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Getting Taken to Court – Papers Will be Served
First of all, you can expect to be handed the papers by a process server. This is one of the functions of the process server, and once you are notified of the pending court action, you will have to think about what happens next. First of all, be sure to read all the information carefully so that you can be sure not to make mistakes and misunderstand what's happening.
Your Legal Assistance Will Need to be Found
Now that you know you're going to be going to court, you will want to find a legal representative to work with you as soon as possible. There should be no delay in finding someone who can do this for you because you don't want to be left trying to sort this out without having a lawyer by your side. Talk things through and be sure that you're hiring someone you know you can work well with before you sign any agreements.
Getting Taken to Court – You Should Have a Chance to Settle Things
If you don't want to go to court, and the other side doesn't really want it to get that far either, you should try to settle things early. There will be a chance to talk things through and potentially find an out of court settlement. If you think you're going to lose a civil case, it's usually worth doing this. But other people want to push forward and find their case.
If You Fight, A Court Date Will be Set
If you do decide to push ahead and fight the case, this next thing that will happen is a court date will be set in stone. You will be obligated to show up on that date and be prepared to go through the formal court proceedings. This is when you will also have the chance to present your case, and we'll talk about that next.
Getting Taken to Court – You'll Get the Chance to Present Your Case
Finally, you'll get your chance to present your case to the court and put your side across. Depending on the kind of case you're part of, this can play out in various ways. But whatever your case is, you should know how to present it having already worked on it alongside your lawyer. And you should also know what you're trying to achieve it in terms of outcomes.
Being taken to court, for whatever reason, is always worrying and scary. If it arrives out the blue, you need to keep yourself composed, prepare yourself and think clearly about how you should go about tackling the problem. It's the people who lose their cool and panic too soon who end up paying the price.
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The Houston Dash have added midfielders Dominique Richardson and Tori McCombs to the 20-player roster for games against the Western New York Flash and FC Kansas City on June 11 and 14, respectively, via the NWSL's amateur call-up mechanism, the club announced today. The team has also called up goalkeeper Megan Kinneman for the June 14 match.
Richardson, 21, appeared in two games, starting one, for the Dash earlier this season before being waived on May 16. McCombs, 22, and Kinneman, 22, both trained with the Dash as trialists during the 2014 preseason.
The amateur call-up mechanism allows teams to add amateur players to their roster while national team players are participating in national team matches. Whitney Engen, Megan Klingenberg and Nina Burger will miss both the June 11 and 14 matches for the Dash with their respective national teams, while Erin McLeod and Kaylyn Kyle will miss only the match on June 14 vs. FC Kansas City.

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I once led an offsite with the top 100 leaders at a multinational chemical company. I was immediately struck by how humble, friendly, and polite this room full of engineers was. At one point, I decided to take a risk and let them know what a pleasant bunch of people they were, but that I wondered if their polite exterior might be masking conflicts that were simmering below the surface. A ripple of laughter went through the crowd. Embarrassed recognition?
When I asked them to rate the quality of their relationships within the company, 88% responded that they belonged in the "dysfunctional family" category, full of unacknowledged conflicts.
I wasn't surprised. Conflict avoidance is one of the most common — and divisive –behaviors my company encounters at the companies we work with. Instead of dealing with differences of opinion and working collaboratively, people choke back what they think until the boss has left the meeting, or when they are alone with a clique of like-minded colleagues. Teams break down into small, polarized groups that pursue their own agendas.
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by Linda Theil
Oxford University Press raised a storm of major media coverage this week with the announcement that their new edition of Shakespeare's complete works credits Christopher Marlowe as co-writer on Shakespeare's Henry VI plays. OUP editor Gary Taylor and others have recently devoted themselves to the notion of Shakespearean "collaboration", but this is the first time that an academic publisher has broken the authorship taboo by admitting there may be unanswered questions about the origin of Shakespeare's works.
Peter Farey citation: "Stylometrics and Edward II by Peter Farey" The Marlowe-Shakespeare Connection weblog, Sept. 18, 2014.
Taylor, a staunch Stratfordian, doesn't realize that an emphasis on Shakespearean "collaboration" invites investigation of the entire Shakespeare authorship question by validating the search for authentic attribution.
Oberon asked Dr. Ros Barber -- who wrote her 2012 doctoral dissertation and her award-winning novel, The Marlowe Papers, on the topic of Marlowe writing Shakespeare -- what she made of the news from Oxford.
Oberon: Did you know this was coming?
Barber: No, not in such a formal manner regarding co-author attributions in the new Oxford Shakespeare. But I've been aware of some of the work that led up to it -- Craig & Kinney's work on Henry VI Part 2, John Nance's follow-on work. In addition, some of my own and Peter Farey's research on specific Kentish knowledge in Part 2 which I wrote up in Shakespeare: The Evidence is suggestive of Marlowe's authorship.
Part 1 has long been considered co-authored (since the nineteenth century), but several hands have been suggested -- not just Marlowe but Kyd and Nash. Possibly Peele. Have they been written out of the equation? It is too patchy a play to be solely a Marlowe-Shakespeare project, especially when put up against Parts 2 and 3 (both of which were written earlier, scholars think). Part 3 was more of a surprise, and I haven't yet seen the underlying scholarship for giving Marlowe a co-authorship attribution on this play, but since Parts 2 and 3 are stylistically very similar and they were published very much as a pair, that doesn't feel very surprising.
Oberon: Do you feel vindicated?
Barber: Certain scholars deciding that Marlowe co-authored three Shakespeare plays is not the same -- as I'm sure they would point out! -- as entertaining the idea that Marlowe might be the chief author of the Shakespeare canon. It's good that it raises Marlowe's profile and highlights his importance to the Shakespeare 'project' -- if I can call it that. It emphasises how close Marlowe's style is to 'early Shakespeare' -- something that other scholars have noted but not formalised with an attribution, generally explaining away (parallelisms, for example) as 'influence'.
But Gary Taylor et al are suggesting their methodologies can tell the difference between the hand of Marlowe and the hand of Shakespeare-influenced-by-Marl
owe. If this were so, it would put paid to any wider authorship claims for Marlowe. However, nearly all the stylometric methodologies I've investigated are unconvincing:
- They do not conform to proper scientific (or statistical) methods.
- They do not take into account, for example, the purpose of a particular scene (a court scene, for example, will have more formal language than a scene involving 'commoners').
- They do not take into account genre when setting baseline standards (lumping the Shakespeare canon into one, rather than breaking it out into histories, comedies etc).
- They do not consider that we have no 'clean' text that has not passed through several hands (including scribes).
- And most important of all, they do not consider the fact that a single writer's style and word usage changes over time.
Consider this from Peter Farey:
Suppose that there are two bodies of work, one which we will ascribe to playwright A and the other playwright B.
We work out that the frequency with which they each use the words 'most' and 'then' differs greatly. In fact, if we add up the total for both words in a play by either of them and find what percentage of them are 'most' we can be fairly sure that:
* if it's less than 40%, it's by playwright A
* if it's more than 40%, it's by playwright B
(In fact this works for all of A's 21 plays bar one, and all of B's 16 except two. You would need to get a bit more complicated to get 100% in each case!)
Now let's imagine that we have a play where we suspect collaboration between the two playwrights. We find that Acts 1 & 2 are well below 40% (so probably playwright A) and Acts 3 & 5 well above (playwright B). Act 4 is more doubtful at 43%.
So does this tell us anything at all about whether the two playwrights are different people? No. In fact playwright A is Shakespeare before 1600, and playwright B is Shakespeare after 1600. And Twelfth Night (1601?) was the play in question, if you were wondering.
What we can see, therefore, is that to claim that this tells us they were different people is circular reasoning. If you start with an assumption that they are two different people, and take no account of time, then it's hardly surprising that this is just what the figures will seem to show.
Oberon: Are you surprised Gary Taylor was involved?
Barber: Not at all. He has been at the forefront of the co-authorship movement for many years. However, his attempts to gift 200 lines of Macbeth to Thomas Middleton, and give Middleton credit for parts of Measure for Measure have been entirely dismantled by other scholars, and I imagine the Marlowe attribution will be ripe for dismantling too.
Oberon: How does this data fit into your thesis?
Barber: It isn't data so much as an argument around that data, and that argument is entirely disconnected from my PhD thesis, which was looking at the relationship between Early Modern biography (Shakespeare and Marlowe biographies in particular) and fiction. I did mention in passing the fact that certain early Shakespeare plays (including the Henry VI trilogy) were sometimes attributed to Marlowe right up until 1920, and the similarity of 'early Shakespeare' stylistically to Marlowe. But the work of Gary Taylor et al is claiming they can distinguish between the two.
Oberon: Do you plan to write about this?
Barber: When the underlying research is published, I'll take a good look at it and decide from there.
Oberon: Are you excited, or is this not as important as we, here, think it is?
Barber: I have seriously mixed feelings about it (as you can probably tell). I need to drill down into the underlying research before make up my mind one way or another. As you can tell, I don't have a lot of faith in stylometry, and I suspect that reducing Marlowe to co-author on three early and minor plays will be seen as destructive to the theory of his wider involvement. This announcement is important just because of the amount of press interest it has generated, but unfortunately that can have the detrimental effect of cementing something as 'true' that is actually unproven or even false. And I'm always against that, no matter what the subject area.
We are grateful to Dr. Barber for sharing her insight with us at Oberon. We also thank Richard Waugaman, PhD and Elizabeth Waugaman for their assistance with this article.
Additional information:
New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works edited by Gary Taylor, et al, will to be published Dec. 27, 2016.
Download Ros Barber thesis, "Writing Marlowe as Writing Shakespeare" from the British Library EThOS system at http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDet
ails.do?did=1&uin=uk.bl.ethos. 554887
EThOS registration is free.
Media reports on OUP announcement:
NPR, http://www.npr.org/sectio
ns/thetwo-way/2016/10/24/ 499144368/christopher-marlowe- officially-credited-as-co- author-of-3-shakespeare-plays?
Guardian, https://www.theguard
ian.com/culture/2016/oct/23/ christopher-marlowe-credited- as-one-of-shakespeares-co- writers
Note: Because this article includes a written interview, we have left the authentic British spellings in place, Ed.
UPDATE 11/4/16: "How Statistics Solved a 175-Year-Old Mystery About Alexander Hamilton" by Ben Christopher, published Oct. 31, 2016 on the Priceonomics website, is an excellent explanation of the statistical methods used to determine the Marlowe attribution of the Shakespeare Henry VI plays. Well worth reading!


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The venues are designed so the beauty of the environment dominates while providing layers of well-appointed luxury. Off-white terrazzo, traditional Balinese thatched roofing and vast ceilings complimented by palimanan stone floors, custom-made lime-washed and waxed furniture, large mirrors, khaki upholstered sofas and four-poster daybeds.
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Emily Joseph, Esq. joined the Weiss Law Group as an Associate in May, 2017 to focus on Estate Planning and Special Needs of the elderly and disabled. She has been practicing Elder Law and estate planning since 2012 and brings with her the discipline and knowledge of health policy and financial transactions. In addition to her legal training and experience, Emily holds a graduate certification in Health Policy from the Milken Institute School of Public Health in Washington, D.C.
Emily began her legal career as a member of the Delaware Corporate Bar working as an associate at the firm of Richards, Layton and Finger, PA. She focused on formation and management of private equity and hedge funds, and the finance and structuring of commercial real estate transactions.
Emily is admitted to practice law in the State of New York, State of Delaware and in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. She earned her law degree from The George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C., in 2008 and concurrently graduated from the Milken Institute School Public Health. She earned a Bachelor of Arts, with Honors, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Emily is an active member of the New York State Bar Association and a member of the New York City Bar Association, Legal Problems of the Aging Committee. She recently moved to New York with her husband and young child and is establishing herself as a valuable member of the New York Elder Law community.


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Finally hauled all the tools I need to build 2 ships to PLANET Pluto (Yep, I am one of TH0SE astronomers) and THEN some under the truck. Getting up and down to the ground is a major thing for me. Nudder story. Going to replace the center support bearing and its associated u-joint. Done this(tried) Friday and realized I wouldn't get it before sundown and stopped. Resumed Sunday afternoon and it is the first u-joint in my life I didn't get OUT, let alone replaced in 15 minutes or less,
Well went to hospital weekend before last with bad gas pains in bowel and they did xray and sent me home with Movicol. Took a good dose and 3 senna and cleaned myself out over the next couple of days. I noticed on Wednesday & Thursday last that my legs really started kicking early afternoon and had a good BM after first in morning, went quick and good consistency & shape (used MB) So figured that peristalsis was somehow raising it's head where after 2 years on senna I thought it was gone.
Rhinitis and spinal cord injury
I am a C5-6 SCI and at age 70 have developed non allergic rhinitis initiated by
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A Practical Guide to Kinesiology Taping (With DVD)
Physical therapist John Gibbons explains why, when, and how to appropriately apply kinesiology taping techniques in this book and DVD.
This book is written for physical therapists working with patients, athletes, or anyone with a sports-related injury, including peripheral limb, trunk, or cervical spine pain.
The opening chapter discusses the benefits of the kinesiology taping method, explaining what it is, as well as when and why to apply it. Following chapters are designed as a practical guide on the application of tape for each individual area of dysfunction, and they include the use of illustrated demonstrations, examples of injuries common to each area of pain, and the subsequent variations in taping applications.
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Fright Night (1985)
Directed by Tom Holland
Writing credits Tom Holland
Chris Sarandon .... Jerry Dandrige
William Ragsdale .... Charley Brewster
Amanda Bearse .... Amy Peterson
Roddy McDowall .... Peter Vincent
Stephen Geoffreys .... 'Evil' Ed Thompson
A vampire moves next door to a horror movie fan. Wow. Wouldn't that be great? Unfortunately they don't get along. Soon the teen must convince his friends and the host of his favorite horror show to help him get rid of his undead next door neighbor. Vampire violence follows.
I always appreciate the attention paid to the legends of the vampire. You know, vampires can't see their reflection, holy water hurts them, sunlight kills them, stake through the heart etc. Too many movies come out and say something stupid like, "Forget what you've seen in the movies! This is how it's done!". "Fright Night" stays true to the legend and makes it much more enjoyable.
"Fright Night" is a very fun movie. This movie moves ahead without any slow spots. Vampire moves next door and the hero must kill him. Bingo. Here we go. Also, Chris Sarandon makes a great vampire. Cool and confident. Great flick.
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For more than half a million visitors each year, Leeds Castle and its estate is considered a national treasure, providing a window onto nine hundred years of British history, a haven of tranquillity and a world of discovery and enjoyment.
The aim of the Charitable Foundation is 'the preservation of the Castle, its collections and interiors, and its estate for the benefit of the public.' To achieve this aim, there is an on-going programme of maintenance and restoration of this magnificent 12th Century Castle requiring expertise, care and of course, money. All profits go towards this aim, the Charitable Foundation receiving no external funding to further this good work. Therefore we are extremely grateful to each and every visitor who contributes by purchasing a ticket or staying here in one of the delightful cottages or other overnight accommodation.
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Maggie Rogers moved out of her NYU apartment on May 31. On June 1, a video of Pharrell Williams listening to her song "Alaska" launched her career after going—shall we say—slightly viral. As nearly two million viewers know by now, the video was from Pharrell's Masterclass at NYU's Clive Davis Institute back in February, where he critiqued student work. The superstar was encouraging but constructive with every young musician—except Rogers. For her, Pharrell had only praise, a sense of awe quietly unfolding across his face as "Alaska" played. Occasionally, he glanced over at Rogers while she bobbed along to the beat, as if to confirm her existence.
"I've never heard anything that sounds like that. That's a drug for me," he said after the song finished, calling Rogers' sound "singular." He launched into a brief diatribe about how the best artists are those whose visions offer up something that had not quite existed before, and that Rogers was one of them.#iframe:https://www.youtube.com/embed/G0u7lXy7pDg||||||
Out of this 30-minute workshop, "Alaska" had been snipped and ripped to YouTube by listeners (Rogers' part starts around the 18-minute mark), with many of these bootlegs garnering 50,000+ views each. The song and its accompanying moment were written about across the internet, including Slate, Jezebel, and Reddit, where it originally took off. Rogers hadn't even heard of Reddit before all this. Hell, "Alaska" just happened to be the only song she had ready in time for the Masterclass. She wrote it in 15 minutes, and by the end of that day, had completed a version with her co-producer Doug Schadt, a 2014 graduate of Clive Davis Institute.
As new fans clamored to hear more from Rogers, her traditional folk albums written in high school—2014's Blood Ballet and 2012's The Echo—have gotten 300,000+ streams each on Bandcamp. She gained 100,000 Facebook followers in a matter of days without doing anything. Soon she solidified a relationship with Mick Management—home to Sharon Van Etten, Leon Bridges, and Real Estate, among others—to handle the influx of inquiries from labels.
Last week, Rogers self-released the mastered version of "Alaska," and already it's been played more than a million times on Spotify and SoundCloud each. It's not hard to see why: "Alaska" is one of those songs where the beat is so palpable, the rhythm so ingrained in every fiber of the music, that the actual lyrics become secondary, so long as the flow is maintained through a stunning waterfall of Rogers' folksy falsetto harmonizing with itself. The whole thing is so catchy while still maintaining a bit of mesmerizing intimacy (via samples Rogers recorded out in the wild), it seems poised to break out further, into the mainstream, as a curious hit as the summer unfolds.
Rogers has found an audience—or perhaps it's the other way around. After all, she hadn't turned to the internet looking for fame. It's an unprecedented model for a viral hit, free of the thirst common in that arena. What started as the rapid sharing of Pharrell's meme-worthy response turned into the embrace of an exquisite song.
She watched this all happen from her childhood bedroom at her parents' home in rural Maryland, where she returned after graduation.
"I come from such a small place and I've always really thought that if you make good music, then people will find it," she tells Pitchfork. "I know that's a really naïve statement and that isn't always the case, there is so much good music that doesn't get heard, but it's been really wild watching people find my old music. It kind of reaffirms my belief that if you make what you want to make, maybe somebody will find it, even if it takes four years."
Those small-town roots and faith in the universe come through in "Alaska." Lyrics about self-discovery in the midst of life transitions and a break-up feel optimistic instead of burdened. And rarely does electronic-based music feel this grounded in natural sounds. Rogers says much of her inspiration comes from the outdoors; "Alaska" is based on reflections from a solo hiking trip she took to the state the summer after her freshman year—right as she took a break from making her own music.
"I've gotten some really incredible messages about the way this song is making other people feel," Rogers said. "It's the story of a time in my life when I was really lost, and it in turn has provided so much clarity for me."
It was during a study abroad term in France that she fell in love with electronic music and came to understand the ways rhythm and lyrics can best complement each other. It broke her out of her folk mode.
"When I got to NYU, I had applied based on playing folk music and they said 'you're the banjo girl,' so I thought 'OK, I'm the banjo girl,'" she says.
Now the fear is that she might be known as "the Pharrell girl." She's trying not to get too caught up in all that, though. "Ultimately, Pharrell is only one pair of ears," Rogers says. "He could like something and my mom could hate it, and that's two opinions. Music is about connecting with people on a personal level and doing that one set of ears at a time."
For now, Rogers is enjoying her independence. She has an EP's worth of songs ready to go and has plans to make a video for "Alaska" next month, but she isn't in a hurry to sign with a label. Rogers wants to see what "Alaska" does on its own while she takes her long-planned post-graduation trip to Europe.
"I'm taking it a day at a time," she says. "I'm excited to see what the world looks like when I get back in July, but it will probably pretty much look like me living in my childhood bedroom and my mom telling me to do the dishes."


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I am writing this blog while waiting for the next batch of training participants at a company that provides generous support for its employees.
Apart from free housing in the employees' village, employees do not pay a single centavo for electricity or water. Employees shell out only Php600 a year for each child's elementary education as supervised by one of the top schools in Metro Manila. They also get free transportation to and from the company's plant site. Even their recreation is provided for via tennis and badminton courts, an Olympic-sized swimming pool and a club house at the employee village.
So why was I still hired to provide personal finance training for the employees of this company? Apparently, the host of benefits lulled the employees to a false sense of financial stability. With not much by way of financial challenges, many of the employees resorted to loading up on consumer durables like household appliances. And many times, the purchases of consumer items were done through the aid of debt, up to the point of borrowing as much as 10% per month on add-on-rate from private lenders, commonly known as "utang sa tao." Some went overboard and even pawned their payroll ATMs with lenders.
The financial situation of this company's employees is not uncommon. Overconfidence combined with convenience in spending (as private lenders readily lend just with the pawning of ATMs and with no other evidence of repayment capability) have led people to wallow in debt. My solution is to D.R.E.A.M.
"D" stands for direction. There must be a conscious effort to get out of debt. One way to encourage this direction is to see how much savings can be had over several years if payments to (expensive) debts were not being made.
"R" stands for refinancing. Since debt from private lenders is expensive, securing refinancing from more formal sources like banks and credit card companies would be ideal. A 10% add-on-rate is equivalent to 88% in effective interest p.a. A credit card debt can go as low as 0.59% add-on-rate or effectively 13% p.a. The lower interest rate also affords a much lower cash outflow.
"E" stands for expel. Once the debt has been fully refinanced, a person should expel his credit card by cutting it up. If he does not, this new source of (cheaper) debt can also lead to a false sense of wealth.
"A" stands for automate. Automatic debit arrangements should be set up not only to pay the refinanced debt. And to make this auto debit arrangement more acceptable, a person must condition himself to think that he is not saving a portion of his income. Instead, he should think positively by framing the auto debt as making him live on the complimentary percentage of his income. Behavioural scientists have shown that putting a positive spin makes the person see the auto debit as a foregone gain rather than an outright loss (when he saves a portion of his income).
"M" stands for magnify. If a person can afford it, he should have an amount equal to his previous debt amortization debited monthly. Any debit amounts in excess of the new and lower debt amortization should be credited to an investment account. And once the refinanced debt has been fully paid, all of the periodic debits should be invested.
If a person wants to be emancipated from debt, all he has to do is to D.R.E.A.M.
(Originally written by Efren Ll. Cruz, RFP at http://www.savingstips.com.ph)


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In news that will delight fans of Old Navy commercials and enrage National Lampoon's Vacation purists, who feel that the series ended perfectly with 1997's Vegas Vacation, and to do another movie would be like pissing on Randy Quaid's legacy the way Canada did to…Randy Quaid, Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo are in talks to reprise their roles as Clark and Ellen Griswold in the rebooted Vacation.
The new version of the Griswolds' Vacation adventures will follow grown-up son Rusty (Helms), who now has his own family misadventures on the road, which includes making a pit stop to see his mom and dad. Though the roles are more on the cameo level, there was concern when it wasn't clear whether Chase and D'Angelo would return to the franchise they started 30 years ago. After the budget was set and script was given a polish, the producers redoubled their efforts to include them in the reboot. (Via)
If the rumor proves true, Brown Sugar and Chase, a.k.a. Racist Old Man on Community, will join The Office's Ed Helms (Rusty) and Up All Night's Christina Applegate (Rusty's wife) in John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein's NBC Thursday night love-fest. So, by the powers vested in me by the state of Wanting to See Vince Explode, Parks and Recreation's Aubrey Plaza will play Audrey #17.
At least they don't need a new Christie Brinkley.


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Diamond Cook is an actress and model who appeared as a Risian woman in the Star Trek: Enterprise first season episode "Two Days and Two Nights". She received no credit for this appearance and filmed her scenes on Monday 27 March 2002 on Paramount Stage 9.
Born as Adrienne Dawn Cook, she previously had guest roles on episodes of The Parent 'Hood (1996 and 1997) and City Guys (2000, with Jeff Rector) and was featured in the crime comedy Baby Boy (2001).
Following her appearance on Enterprise, Cook guest starred in episodes of MADtv (2004), All That (2005), The Suite Life of Zack and Cody (2006, with Kim Rhodes), and Curb Your Enthusiasm (2009, with Jason Alexander, Estelle Harris, Ray Proscia, Todd Stashwick, and Jamison Yang) and was featured in the crime comedy Malibu's Most Wanted (2003, with Greg Grunberg, Rey Gallegos, Damion Poitier, Josef Cannon, and Justin Rodgers Hall), the comic adaptation Constantine (2005, with Francis Guinan, Larry Cedar, April Grace, and R.A. Rondell), and the sport comedy Kicking & Screaming (2005, with Musetta Vander, Rachael Harris, David Bowe, Matt Winston, and Tom Virtue). Between 2005 and 2009, Cook was featured in twelve episodes of the comedy series Everybody Hates Chris where she worked with Trek alumni J.D. Hall, Kortney Manns, Whoopi Goldberg, Damara Reilly, Wren T. Brown, and Jim Lau.
In addition, Cook worked as stand-in on the comedy Sexual Life (2005, with Fionnula Flanagan, Steven Weber, Michelle Bonilla, and Bruce French) and was a guest on The Rodney Perry Show (2008). She also worked under the artistic name "Diamond Double D" for Foxxhole Radio Sirius Radio Channel 106.


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Untold Reveals Surprise New LP; Download It Now
UK innovator Untold (a.k.a. Jack Dunning) is set to release a surprise album in August […]
UK innovator Untold (a.k.a. Jack Dunning) is set to release a surprise album in August via his own Hemlock label. The forthcoming Echo in the Valley LP, which comes just a few months after his excellent debut full-length, Black Light Spiral, is being packaged as a limited-edition wooden USB key, which, according to Boomkat, contains the WAV files for "a cryptic suite of modular extractions" and arrives in a "hand-finished box, oil stamped, tied with leather rope, lined with hand-cut Welsh slate." While the online retailer has already sold out of the 100 keys initially put on offer, the album will also see release as a mix available for free download, as reported by Resident Advisor. Both formats are slated for official release on August 11, with clips available to stream here. A tracklist has been included below, along with album artwork and an image of the USB key.
UPDATE: The mixtape version of Echo in the Valley is now available for free download here, while the USB Box set—which contains separated WAV files of each track—is still available for purchase here.
01. The Miller
02. The Maze
03. The Messenger
04. The Pageant
05. The Guard
06. The Idler
07. The Innkeeper
08. The Curse
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I earned an undergraduate degree in fiction writing from Northwestern University in 2000, which means the window of opportunity to land on one of those 20-under-40 lists is closing fast [update: too late!]. My short story "Sky Boys" won Chicago Reader's 2012 Pure Fiction contest and was published in the January 12, 2012 issue. My work has also appeared in Jabberwock Review, Beloit Fiction Journal, Sycamore Review, Salamander and Chicago Quarterly Review. I've also been a finalist in recent fiction contests run by Glimmer Train, Third Coast, Sycamore Review and Beloit Fiction Journal and am currently working on my first novel, "Glow." I teach fiction writing at StoryStudio Chicago and co-host "Fictlicious," a quarterly live-lit and music series at the Hideout. I live in Chicago with my wife, Kathryn and our cat Talisker. Both are sweethearts.
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text: In this month's Missouri Miles, we show you how MoDOT crews work around the clock to make sure your roads are safer. Plus, a major Missouri road project wins a very prestigious award! We also give you tips on how to keep your car running smoothly in the winter and ask some of the best truck drivers in the state why it is important to Buckle Up.


text: Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs Wants Everyone to See 'Birth of a Nation' HBR Media Team August 26, 2016 Film Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Cheryl Boone Isaacs believes that "people need to see" The Birth of a Nation regardless of the history of filmmaker Nate Parker. Boone Isaacs spoke to TMZ on Thursday, and stated that she hasn't seen the film, but added, "I know just by the conversation that has gone on at Sundance that it's clearly a movie that filmgoers should go and see." When asked about Parker's "presumed guilt", she replied: "That's one issue, that's his personal issue. And then there's the issue of the movie." In 1999, Parker and co-writer Jean Celestin were accused of rape by a female classmate. Parker was acquitted at trial while Celestin was found guilty, but his conviction was later overturned on appeal. The trial transcripts have been shared in the media in recent weeks as the Oct. 7 release of The Birth of a Nation nears, and Parker recently spoke out about the case. It also was revealed that the accuser killed herself in 2012. The Birth of a Nation tells the story of the 1831 slave rebellion led by Nat Turner. The unflinching portrayal of slavery's horrors and Turner's personal story captivated audiences at the Sundance Film Festival in January and fetched a record $17.5 million when it was sold to Fox Searchlight. Despite the film's success at Sundance, the backlash of Parker's past is already starting to negatively affect the film. On Wednesday, the American Film Institute cancelled a screening and Q&A for the film, and Parker has cancelled all press scheduled for next month's Toronto film festival. "The important thing is for people to see it and enjoy the film, be impressed by the film. And I think that is what is very important. People need to see this movie." – Cheryl Boone Isaacs Comments comments


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Please be aware that placing a single order will result in a one combined charge and invoice. If you want to forward on the invoice to clients without details of unrelated orders placed, consider separating these out based on what you'd like the invoice to include.
What are the domain authorities of the blogs and websites you post on?
At Loving DA, you're able to choose the domain authority (DA) that you'd like to target for each guest post you request. At present, this includes a DA of 10+, 20+, 30+ or 40+. As DA scores do naturally change every month, please be aware that we can only guarantee the ranking of the guest posting website at the time of placement. This is why we use DA targets that range by 10 points. The majority of the time, we do find that the websites we use stay within these categories. However, changes on the website itself as well as alterations to the way that DA's are calculated will influence its rating over time.
Who will write the content for me when I place an order with Loving DA?
In choosing us as your guest post or blogging service, you'll gain access to our incredible team of talented writers. These professionals have been thoroughly vetted so you can rest assured knowing they're well-trained and experienced in creating interesting, informative and engaging posts that speak to your brand. Because we use people with a wide range of backgrounds and areas of expertise, we'll match your content topic with a specialist who's knowledgeable about your niche. They'll then go about matching your desired content to the likes, needs and wants of the hosting website and know exactly how to incorporate in-content links and SEO in a seamless and natural way. Whether you are or aren't comfortable writing yourself, our team will put your business's best voice forward.
What will my Loving DA blogs or guest posts be about?
When it comes to deciding what your content will be about, our aim is to create pieces that educate the blog owners audience while incorporating in-content links in a natural way that's effective at driving traffic to your own website. To do this, we'll look at a few factors including the topic that's covered by your guest posting site, your website's niche, the subject of your anchor text and the content covered on your directed URL. However, regardless of what we write about, our posts are designed to be non-promotional and will present an unbiased opinion of the post subject. In our experience, this is the most effective way for us to secure great content placements and ensure that your business is presented in the best way possible.
Will I be able to choose or approve which sites my guest posts are featured on?
Apart from being able to select the DA level that your guest post will be featured on, you won't be directly involved in selecting the website itself. The main reason we do this is to streamline the process for you. At the end of the day, you're choosing to work with us so that we can take a load off your hands. Imagine how much longer getting your content published would take if we waited to liaise with you to get site placements approved by both you and the site owners first. Take comfort in the fact that we've built relationships with high-quality guest posting websites and know how to secure effective placements for your guest posts.
Will I be able to approve my content before it goes live?
You won't be able to approve your guest posts before it goes live because using our expert team simply makes this step unnecessary. Any content that we create for you will be objectively and professionally written and edited in a way that's properly designed to educate and entice readers to view to your website. If you're nervous about the idea of us posting content that you haven't reviewed on your behalf, ask us for samples of work we've produced for other clients or place an order for a single piece as a trial. We're confident that you'll be more than happy with the subject, tone and quality of the articles we create for you and the subsequent SEO benefits that it'll bring to your business or website.
What countries are you able to secure guest posting placements in?
Because the world wide web is essentially a virtual place, we may be able to secure guest posting placements on a wide range of English language websites. However, most of our placements are focused on the US and UK as these sites generally have largest number of viewers and match the majority of our clients' needs. This means that your guest post may be featured on a top-level domain website with a .com, .co.uk, .net, or .org suffix or similar.
Where will you place links to my website in guest posts?
At Loving DA, we place your website links in the blog text itself. This is firstly because Google places more weight on in-content links that show relevance to the guest posting topic instead of simply adding a generic link in an author bio at the bottom of the article. But, it's also because most people tend to gloss right over links left at the bottom of the page. Instead, we'll grab their attention while they're in the meat of the article and use your anchor text to feature important keywords that'll improve your domain authority and SEO results.
How long will my guest blog last?
The placements secured by Loving DA are usually made on an indefinite basis. However, do remember that because guest posts are created on third-party websites that we don't have control over, we can't guarantee exactly how long your post will be featured for. We do expect that most will be around for years as having a backlog of relevant and useful content is great for the site owner too. Nevertheless, you should expect some natural loss in the performance of your white-hat SEO backlinks over time. In rare occasions, your guest posts may be deleted altogether if a website stops running or changes its focus. For your peace of mind, we do offer a 90-day guest posting placement guarantee. Ask us for more details.
What happens if you can't find a relevant website for my premium guest post?
With our extensive network of quality host websites, we haven't had to face the situation of not being able to find a suitable site to guest post for any of our clients yet. In saying that, if we don't think we can find a great fit for your website and content needs, we'll be in touch straight away to discuss your needs further. If we then decide that we won't be able to find a relevant website for your post, we'll provide you with a full refund.
Do you work with adult, gambling or pharmaceuticals companies and websites?
It can be tough to build relationships in the adult, gambling and pharmaceutical industries. Therefore, we won't necessarily be able to help you with regular blogging or guest posting on any of these websites. Get in touch with us so that we can have a more in-depth discussion with you about your needs. We might be able to create a custom plan and pricing for you.
Do you offer a premium guest post placement guarantee?
Yes, we do. Any guest posts that we publish on hosting websites are guaranteed to be kept live for at least 90 days. This means that if, for some reason, your guest post does go down, we'll fix or replace any links for you. However, the agreements that we make with blog owners are completed on an indefinite basis which means that your post is likely to stay put for years or as long as the blog is running.
When will I start to see results from guest posting?
According to research conducted by Moz (the developers of the domain authority ranking algorithm), it takes an average of 10 weeks for an active back-linking strategy to move a websites search engine results up one place. But, adopting a more aggressive guest posting strategy and focusing on hosting websites with a higher DA can reap results much sooner than this. Additionally, websites that are starting out on a lower page in search engine results have potential to move upwards much faster too. This means that although link-building won't bring overnight success, working with a specialised company that knows exactly what to focus on for faster results will help you to reap the benefits of this solid SEO investment.
What keywords should I use in my guest post anchor text?
Using exact word match anchors in your guest posts is generally the most beneficial way to improve SEO and develop a strong back-linking strategy. But, in saying that, it's important that you don't try to stuff all your keywords into the link text because it'll look like spam. The goal with creating quality backlinks is to include them naturally so pick keywords that are relevant but simple and easy to incorporate into your article. We generally recommend that people stay away from geographically based keywords (many publishers won't accept these), adult, gambling or pharmaceutical based keywords or any non-English words.
What is the turnaround for Loving DA guest posts?
After placing an order with Loving DA for guest posts, except a turnaround time of approximately 30 days. This is because we follow a rigorous process of manually outreaching to relevant websites so that you can get the maximum benefits from guest post backlinks. We won't cut corners to reduce the time it takes to secure a quality spot. However, most of the time, your posts will be live sooner. It will depend on the complexity of the outreach needed to find the best fit for your business or website.
Why choose Loving DA over other guest posting services?
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The collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art is officially 10 pieces larger.
At Saturday night's gala at the museum -- the culmination of its 29th annual Collectors Committee weekend -- trustees, patrons and others voted on which works, from among curators' selections, the museum should acquire for its permanent collection.
Nine works were on the ballot, representing a broad range for the encyclopedic museum, which has a collection that spans ancient Egyptian art to contemporary works; all nine were purchased, including a Japanese "Pair of Guardian Lions" from the 9th century and contemporary works such as a 3,300-pound, lavender-hued glass work by Roni Horn and an interactive video game installation by Feng Mengbo.
CHEATSHEET: Spring 2014 arts preview
At the start of the evening, museum Director Michael Govan announced that trustee Carole Bayer Sager would be purchasing for LACMA a 10th artwork that was not up for consideration that night: the installation "Helen Pashgian: Light Invisible," currently on view at the museum.
"Carole Bayer Sager's generous gift was a wonderful way to start the Collectors Committee gala…" Govan said. "The good news kept coming after that, with the acquisition of all nine artworks that were proposed by LACMA's curators."
Collectors Committee weekend is one of the museum's biggest fund-raisers. It's a two-day event to which participants, or "committee members," pay between $15,000 to $60,000 for festivities and the opportunity to vote on new acquisitions.
Friday night saw private dinners catered by celebrity chefs and prominent vintners at trustee homes around the city; on Saturday morning, there was a private exhibition at the Resnick Pavilion for committee members to view the works up for consideration.
Voting took place at that evening's gala -- each place setting came equipped with a voting device and as the works were pitted against one another onstage, committee members cast their votes. The process went on until the pool of funds -- raised from ticket sales to the event, as well as from a high-end live auction that takes place at the evening's gala -- had been depleted.
Last year, LACMA raised $3.2 million that went toward acquiring eight of nine proposed artworks. This year, the 87 couples who'd joined the Collectors Committee event, along with Sager, raised a record $4.1 million. $800,000 of that was raised through a live auction at the gala.
ART: Can you guess the high price?
Two works on the ballot were purchased for the museum Saturday night even before voting began: LACMA trustee Kelvin Davis bought Antonio de Torres' 18th century painting "Virgin of Guadalupe"; Mitra Tabrizian's large-scale photograph "Tehran 2006" was acquired by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Jill and Dennis A. Roach, directors.
During the gala, trustee Lynda Resnick and husband Stewart purchased two artworks: Nancy Grossman's "No Name" (1968) and the "Pair of Guardian Lions."
The museum also acquired Jean–Auguste Dominique Ingres' 1815 reclining nude, "Odalisque"; Charles Rennie Mackintosh's nine-foot-tall poster "Scottish Musical Review" (1896); and a Pablo Picasso print from 1952, "Bull and Picador."
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I never do big gifts for most of my list. Friend, coworkers, neighbors, my kid's teachers and extended family members are usually on a separate list. One where the main point isn't to give them something so much as it is to show I am thinking of and appreciating them. This is best done (in my opinion) through things I made myself, rather than anything bought from the store.
But what to give? I try to break everyone up into two categories: edible and non-edible. People closer to me go with the former, as it takes more effort for me to make those. The latter are given edible gifts that I can make in bulk and wrap up nicely.
Our previously featured DIY hacks:
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Hurricane Matthew Victims Update
Two weeks ago, Furkids took in 63 Hurricane Matthew victims who had been affected by severe flooding in the Carolinas. We asked for contributions to help with the care of these helpless animals who had lost everything, and our fans stepped up. Thanks to your generous donations, we were able to provide for all the Hurricane Matthew dogs and cats who came into our shelters. Many of the animals were placed into safe, warm, loving foster homes and are settling in well and recovering.
Again, we want to thank all our supporters, volunteers, fosters and staff who contributed toward this astonishing rescue. We are so thankful for each and every one of you. If you would like to make a donation toward the animals still in the program, please visit furkids.org/donation.
The Hurricane Matthew animals will be available for adoption soon. Follow us on Facebook for updates!


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Meet Me In New York: Ryan Hamilton
What do they say about New York City: There are eight million stories, and sometimes it seems as though eight million of the people telling them think they're comedians? No, that's not it. It is a fact, though, that America's biggest city is also its biggest comedy mecca. Hollywood may be Hollywood, but New York City is where comedians are born funny, become funny or arrive to thrust their funny upon us. I think we should meet some of these people. This is a new recurring feature, a mini-profile of newcomers, up-and-comers and overcomers of New York's vibrant comedy scene. It's called Meet Me In New York. When I first became aware of Ryan Hamilton, he was a cross between Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock, because he told me and the audience so. When I learned he had grown up in Idaho, I, as an Idaho resident for two prime years of my life, felt he was OK in my book. Now let me share him with your book. He has updated his website just in time for you to see him here, or perhaps on the NBC television network's Last Comic Standing. Here's two scoops of knowledge on Ryan Hamilton. Name: Ryan Hamilton Arrival date: October 2007 Arrived from: Salt Lake City, UT, but I'm originally from Idaho. When and where did you start performing comedy? 2001 in...Read More


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So last night, before bed, I leaned over and whispered into my dog's ear "Tomorrow is Sunday. And we can sleep late on Sunday. So there's no need for you to wake me up at 7:30. You can sleep late too." See how I did that? Pointed out the positive for him in this. I talk to my dog like he's human.
Every weekend where I get to sleep in, there are two big brown eyes perched on my side of the bed with a wagging tail and the repeated nudging of a wet nose into my elbow saying 'hey…hey thumblady…I gotta pee. Can you open a door for me?'. This was something Ginger used to do, but Jack has taken up the habit since she's been gone. He does this at 7:30. Which isn't really that bad since Ginger thought 6:30 was wake-up time. I'm up at 4:35 for bootcamp (okay, 4:46 post-snooze) and 6:10 on any other weekday. 7:30 is actually pretty late under that circumstance. Except that it's Sunday no-alarm-day. I have fantasies on Sunday no-alarm day where I get to sleep straight through until 10am. Fantasies, I tell ya! Just about the time I consider being a big meanie-stupidhead and telling him to go back to bed – he puts both front paws up on my arm in this post we call 'Buddha' (I taught him that!) . Insufferably cute. And then I am awake. The day begins.
I read somewhere once that the first four minutes of your waking mostly determine your mindset for the remainder of the day.
This morning – he woke me up at 7:47. My little speech worked! kinda. Cut the dog some slack – English is his second language.
I guess there are worse ways to wake up than to a fuzzy thing doing the 'Buddha' for you.
It's my busy season, so I haven't been able to post much. Busy season lasts from October-to-end of February and it gets in the way of a lot of things. Sanity, particularly.
Which is part of the reason why I'm way off plan on my running schedule. I've been keeping up with bootcamp three mornings a week, though it's still not challenging me as much as it used to. But I've only been getting in two runs a week when I'm scheduled for three. And I haven't gone over six miles since Thanksgiving.
But, but, but, but…
I'm running happy.
Honestly, I feel awesome about it. That's good too, right? Somewhere in the middle of finally figuring out some pace control and getting rid of the intervals, I've found a happy place.
After the running group ends in November, there's a few little sub-packs that keep meeting to stay motivated for the 6 weeks between one running group session ending and the next beginning. They also fill in the 3rd & 4th runs in the training plans where the official running group leaves off at two. (It's designed to run 2 group runs & 1-2 on your own runs.) I've been invited to join this subgroup for over a year now and have never gone b/c frankly, they're faster than I am by A LOT and I didn't want to get left behind. Bawk! Bawk! Bawk!
This time – feeling much stronger than I have in the past – I decided to go.
I have had SO MUCH FUN!
First off, I found a running buddy that's majorly good company. She's struggling with a few of the demons that I seem to have conquered this past Summer with letting go of intervalling, picking up the speed, and essentially – not quitting on herself. So I get where she's at – and she's a bit slower than I am. But I really don't care. We ran the first time together as the only two slower runners out of the pack, buddying-up for safety on an after-dark run. I decided to let the slower pace help me focus on clean inclines and good form. Not to mention, I can talk while I run at that pace. And so can she. Which opens up opportunities to be encouraging. Since I spend a lot of time focused on my own run goals, I run in a group – but not really with a group – I don't usually talk to people during the run. It throws my breathing off. But for this round, I decided I can work on speed on my own time – and when I am feeling like I need to pick it up – she doesn't take it personally. Changing up my habits a bit, I made a new running friend. Yay me! Yay her too – I'm pretty awesome. 🙂
Also, when January rolls around & the marathon group fires up, I'll have a few familiar faces there. Most of this sub-pack is marathon people. They've gotten to see my face in a smaller group setting & I theirs. So now they know I drink beer after a run & we are all instant friends. We've done some pub runs togethers. In fact, one of those runners organizes a pub run – outside of any other official organizing group – to raise money for Girls on the Run. No registering or fees, no chip timing – just show up and go. She does a voluntary 'Split the Pot' raffle & makes the run into a scavenger hunt as well – with clues at each of the 4 bars. Distance was 4.5 miles with 4 stops. I think there were about 40 people there & she raised $200. HOW COOL IS THAT?!!! People, anyone can make a difference if they want to.
Marathon training fires up January 5th – and I'm thinking that's still where I'm going to start to prep for Run the Bluegrass – and then I'll decide if I want to run the Flying Pig Marathon or Half-Marathon after that's over, when I know how recovery is going. The trick will be integrating the long runs into the weekends that I have Yoga Teacher Training – as that is going to chew up significant time also. May end up doing a lot of the long runs alone. Challenging.
But seriously, what's a few challenges to a runner? We bust that shit up all the time.


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Black Farmers Rally on Capitol Hill
John Boyd, a fourth generation farmer, wants it to be clear – his effort to secure Congressional funding for a discrimination settlement that Black farmers reached with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is not the pursuit of "reparation."
"It's [about] discrimination," John Boyd, the president of the National Black Farmers Association told Fox News. "It's about justice. Black farmers have not been getting justice."
Black farmers originally filed a lawsuit against USDA in 1997 and reached a settlement agreement in 1999. Even though thousands filed claims in the settlement, many more were unaware of the deadline. A second deadline was set for September of 2000 but only a small percentage of those farmers filing claims were declared eligible for payment. Now, nearly a decade later, Black farmers are still waiting for funding for the Black Farm bill. President Obama proposed adding $1.25 billion to settle the suit and the plaintiffs agreed. However, the money was to be allocated by Congress by March 31st, it was not.
Standing in solidarity beside the Black Farmers were members of the Congressional Black Caucus, including Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), CBC Chair Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), and former CBC Chair Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), who has been standing with the Black Farmers since the mid-1990s.
"I was pleased to join my friend John Boyd of the National Black Farmers Association, and the many Black farmers and their families and friends…to urge the Senate to fund the $1.15 billion settlement owed to these hard working Americans," said Waters. "I have been working on this issue for almost 15 years, as Chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus in the late '90s, I worked closely with my CBC colleagues to urge then-Attorney General Janet Reno to waive the statute of limitations so that farmers could redress decades of financial and racial discrimination with the Department of Justice."
With support from the Obama Administration and with the funding already passed by the House, Waters said , "we now find ourselves waiting on the Senate, which is using procedure as an excuse to further delay and deny justice to these Black farmers. I firmly believe the Senate should make the Black farmers' settlement a legislative priority, and that they should not recess for mid-term elections until this issue is resolved. I therefore applaud Senator Kay Hagan and some of her colleagues latest efforts to fast track this payment."
In a symbolic gesture to garner support for and bring attention to the Black Farmers Bill, Boyd recently led a peaceful march from the USDA headquarters to the U.S. Capitol atop an orange tractor he named "Justice". Prior to the march, Boyd drove "Justice" through the streets of Washington for a week. He has been calling on the Senate to pass funding for claims stemming from the class action lawsuit, known as "The Pigford Case", in which Black farmers sued the USDA for denying them fair treatment when they applied for federal assistance. The case was settled in 1999 and the federal government paid out approximately $1 billion to claimants.
Approximately 80,000 black farmers missed the deadline for the 1999 settlement. In February 2010, the Obama Administration announced a $1.15 billion agreement to resolve the second round of claims, with the purpose of bringing "these long-ignored claims of African-American farmers to a rightful conclusion."
The funding has passed the House but has been stalled in the Senate, where it has been attached to several bills only to be scratched out.
Senators Kay Hagan (D-NC) and Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee, also stood with Boyd, during the news conference to announce they are introducing a standalone bill with Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) to fund the $1.15 billion settlement. "We're working together to send this language to the President as quickly as possible because our Black farmers have waited too long," said Sen. Hagan. "We want to ensure Black farmers in our country finally receive the justice they deserve," she said. "More than 4,000 African American farmers in North Carolina and over 75,000 nationwide have been discriminated against and denied just compensation for decades. Today, I join with my colleagues from Louisiana and Arkansas, Senators Landrieu and Lincoln, to introduce a bill to fund the settlement once and for all, and we are working to send this language to the President."
The news conference was the culmination of the mile long march, led by Boyd, which began at the steps of the Department of Agriculture and ended at the U.S. Capitol. Among the participants: John Bonner of Dinwiddie, Virginia, whose father passed away earlier this year but continues to have an outstanding claim.
"At this late and critical stage of the process I was compelled to walk over to the Senate, stand up with my friends, and speak out for jobs, for justice, and for civil rights," said Waters. "I will continue to speak and work with John Boyd and the Black farmers to make sure that this issue is finally resolved in a swift and fair manner."