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The industrialized countries in particular will have to address the issue to which degree they have come closer to an ecologically sustainable development and which areas need further action in the future. Clarifications in this respect require a system of control and measures that allows for documentation and evaluate trends over an extended period of time. While international discussions about environmental goals are intensifying – Kyoto Protocol, compilation of environmental plans in most OECD states – the development of more comprehensive monitoring and evaluation systems appears to be not yet satisfactory: For example, there is a lack in describing the quality of ecosystems or developments in biodiversity. But only by relying on empirical data and the actual state of the environment we can determine whether the ecological functions of nature and landscapes have been damaged.
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I got the same thing on donations about 2 weeks ago (see attached). UghHere are the attachments:
A group of "researchers" using a Harvard University return address (108 Littauer Center – I checked and Harvard has that center.) is sending out campaign contribution information showing one Republican donor (me) and multiple (blinded) Democratic donors. This reeks of intimidation tactics, i.e. "we have your name, etc and we will spotlight you". They claim this is information from "my neighborhood" – I know I live in a very Republican neighborhood so these names could be pulled from anywhere, e.g. the big UVA Democrat areas several miles from here.
Have others received similar notes? They do it under the guise of "research" but the timing and tone seem very fishy if not illegal. Is this research being funded by "stimulus" funds by the Federal Government? I am sure there are other questions here.
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I didn't know what to do with it but your posting encourages me to at least share it with you.
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The research is being conducted by Ricardo Perez-Truglia, a graduate student in economics at Harvard, and Guillermo Cruces, deputy director of the Center for Distributive, Labor, and Social Studies at the National University of La Plata, in Argentina. According to the Web site for the project, the purpose of sending out the letters is to understand how "the open nature of information can affect contributions."...
The researchers declined to offer more information about the study until it's completed. They wouldn't say how many letters they had sent or how many complaints they had received (though Truglia wrote in an e-mail that it was an "extremely small" number). The project was approved in advance by Harvard's Committee on the Use of Human Subjects in Research, but, in a statement, the university said that a research-ethics committee would "review these complaints to determine if changes should be implemented to the study or, as all the planned mailings have already been sent, whether lessons learned from this study and the questions and complaints it generated can inform the design of future studies."


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Florida Shocks Tennessee on Hail Mary — College Football Week 3 Recap
Last-second wins and shocking upsets ruled the day in college football on Sunday. Here's a recap of the day's most interesting games.
Florida Beat Tennessee on a 'Hail Mary' Pass
Feleipe Franks threw a 63-yard touchdown pass to Tyrie Cleveland on the game's final play, and No. 24 Florida shocked No. 23 Tennessee, 26-20, on Saturday afternoon. The desperation "Hail Mary" pass allowed the Gators to beat the Vols for the 12th time in 13 years.
After both offenses struggled for the first three quarters, the teams combined for 37 points in the fourth. Tennessee (2-1, 0-1) trailed for most of the game, but rallied to tie it up with a late field goal after a Franks interception set them up with great field position. Florida (1-1, 1-0) had under a minute left to win the game or force overtime. They opted for the former. Vols' running back John Kelly carried 19 times for 141 yards and a touchdown. Both teams remain contenders for the SEC East title.
Walk-on Kicker Leads USC Past Texas
Freshman walk-on Chase McGrath kicked a 43-yard field goal and fourth-ranked USC beat unranked Texas, 27-24, in double-overtime on Saturday night. McGrath sent the game into overtime with his first career field goal as regulation time expired.
The teams each scored touchdowns in the first OT, but the Longhorns came up short when Trojans' defender Christian Rector stripped Texas freshman quarterback Sam Ehlinger of the ball to set up McGrath's heroics. Quarterback Sam Darnold threw for 397 yards and three touchdowns for USC (3-0). Deontay Burnett caught eight passes for two scores for the Trojans, who will finally have to play a road game next week at Cal.
Ehlinger threw for 298 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions for the Longhorns. He led a 91-yard touchdown drive late in the fourth quarter that nearly gave the win to Texas (1-2). Collin Johnson had seven catches for 191 yards for the Longhorns.
Clemson Buried Louisville & Lamar Jackson, Moved Up in Polls
Kelly Bryant threw for 316 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score, as third-ranked Clemson crushed No. 14 Louisville, 47-21, on Saturday night. The Tigers sacked Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Lamar Jackson four times and marginalized his impact in the key Atlantic Coast Conference victory.
Jackson passed for 317 yards for the Cardinals, but most of that production came after Clemson (3-0, 1-0 ACC) already had control of the game. Louisville (2-1, 1-1 ACC) scored 14 points in the fourth quarter to narrow the margin. As a result of the dominating victory, the Tigers moved up to No. 2 in the new AP Top 25 poll.
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Unranked Vanderbilt stopped 18th-ranked Kansas State on a fourth-and-8 inside their 20-yard line in the fourth quarter, and the Commodores upset the Wildcats, 14-7, in Nashville on Saturday night. Kyle Shurmur's 2-yard touchdown run with 8:23 left gave Vanderbilt (3-0) a huge non-conference win. The Commodores could soon land in the AP Top 25. Kansas State (2-1) fell out of the rankings after the loss.
Christian Chapman threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to David Wells with 54 seconds to play, and San Diego State upset No. 19 Stanford, 20-17, late Saturday night. The game was delayed for 25 minutes in the final quarter when the lights at 50-year-old Qualcomm Stadium went out. When they returned, the Aztecs concluded their improbable win over the Cardinal, their first over a ranked, nonconference opponent since 1981. Rashaad Penny ran for 175 yards a score for San Diego State (3-0), which found itself at No. 22 in the new Associated Press Top 25. Bryce Love carried 13 times for 184 yards and two touchdowns for Stanford (1-2).
Riley Ferguson threw for 398 yards and six touchdown passes, and Memphis beat No. 25 UCLA, 48-45, in a wild game on Saturday. Bruins quarterback Josh Rosen threw for 463 yards and four touchdowns, but his two interceptions — one of which was returned by the Tigers for a score — hurt his team's chances. UCLA (2-1) led 45-41 with under 10 minutes left, but its dreadful defense allowed a 4-play, 81-yard drive capped by Ferguson's sixth TD pass for Memphis (2-0). Tigers wide receiver Anthony Miller had nine receptions for 185 yards and two scores.


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Meanwhile, a second person who has worked in the CDC joined a pending federal lawsuit against the agency, citing a vindictive work atmosphere.
A former director of the CDC's Division of Local Public Health, Sharon Leahy-Lind, was the first to sue the agency, saying her boss, Christine Zukas, had told her to shred documents related to $4.7 million in Healthy Maine Partnerships grant awards. The documents had been requested by the Lewiston Sun Journal as the newspaper sought to learn how the money had been allocated.
In her lawsuit, Leahy-Lind claims that she was retaliated against for refusing to shred the documents. She eventually left her job, citing harassment for making the issue public, and has sought protection under the federal Whistleblower Protection Act.
Leahy-Lind has appeared before the Government Oversight Committee voluntarily, but she also will receive a subpoena, as an apparent formality under the motion approved Friday.
The others who will receive subpoenas are: Pinette; Zukas, the deputy director; Debra A. Wigand, the CDC's director of public health; Andrew Finch, senior program manager for Healthy Maine Partnerships; and Lisa Sockabasin, director of the Office of Health Equity.
All five officials have refused to appear before the committee voluntarily to answer questions about any destruction of records related to the allocation of public health grants. They will be compelled to appear before the committee on March 14.
Officials said the move to force testimony before the legislative committee is unusual, although not unprecedented. It happened in 2011, in an investigation into the Maine Turnpike Authority and its executive director.
In Leahy-Lind's whistleblower lawsuit, Zukas and Sockabasin were added as defendants Friday, joining Pinette and the CDC itself. And Katie Woodbury, who has worked as office manager in the CDC, joined Leahy-Lind as a plaintiff.
Court documents filed Friday indicate that Woodbury shared Leahy-Lind's concerns about a vindictive atmosphere in the CDC.
"They are referred to as the Third Reich. The reign of terror," Woodbury said in the court documents.
Last year, the Legislature's investigative arm, the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability, found evidence of orders to shred documents and "strong indications" that supervisors manipulated selection criteria for the grants in the Healthy Maine Partnerships program.
In late January, Government Oversight Committee members said they were frustrated with gaps in that review, many of which stemmed from missing documents and inconsistent stories from CDC officials.
While the committee voted unanimously Friday to issue subpoenas, some Republicans questioned whether ordering the officials to appear would be effective. The committee's Republicans conferred among themselves for about 15 minutes before voting in favor of the subpoenas along with the Democratic members. The investigative committee has six Republicans and six Democrats.
Rep. Paul Davis Sr., R-Sangerville, said he expects the committee will glean little information from the CDC officials, who will likely invoke their Fifth Amendment right not to give testimony that could be self-incriminating.
"I can't imagine any attorney advising his client to testify on something that's pending," Davis said.
But Sen. Roger Katz of Augusta disagreed with his fellow Republicans, saying he expects most of the committee's questions will be answered.
"Doing nothing is not an option," Katz said. "We have a public interest in getting to the bottom of this."
Emily Cain, D-Orono, the committee's Senate chair, said the scope of the questions would be narrower than in a civil trial.
"We're not trying to try the civil suit. That's not our cause or interest," Cain said. "It's very clear something went wrong. We're trying to determine what went wrong to make sure it doesn't happen again."
Cain said she doesn't believe that those who testify will have grounds to invoke their Fifth Amendment right, because no criminal charges are pending.
The FBI has interviewed Leahy-Lind, according to her attorney, Cynthia Dill, but spokesmen for the FBI have said they cannot confirm or deny reports that it is investigating.
If the CDC officials do not invoke their Fifth Amendment right but still refuse to testify, the committee's co-chairs, Cain or Democratic Rep. Chuck Kruger, could order them to answer questions, said Beth Ashcroft, director of the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability.
Such an order could be overruled by a majority vote of the committee, she said.
Ashcroft said she expects the government employees will answer questions.
When the committee invited the officials last month to testify voluntarily, Department of Health and Human Services attorney Kevin Wells advised them that they would not be authorized to represent the CDC at the hearing.
"If you choose to attend this meeting then please be advised that you are NOT authorized to speak for or otherwise represent the Department of Health and Human Services or Center for Disease Control and Prevention in any capacity and that your attendance would ONLY be in your personal capacity," Wells wrote earlier this month.
Kruger and other committee members said the officials probably felt pressured by the letter not to appear before the oversight committee, and the subpoenas will give them protection from any fears of retaliation for testifying.
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What do you do when you're a post-industrial city fallen on hard times? There's a sort of default answer in the marketplace that I'll call for want of a better term the "Standard Model." The Standard Model more or less tells cities to try to be more like Portland. That is, focus on things like local food, bicycles, public transit, the arts, New Urbanist type real estate development, upscale shopping, microbreweries, coffee shops, etc., etc. The idea seems to be that the Rust Belt city model is a failure and should be chucked in favor of something better. In this model the publicly subsidized real estate project is the preferred economic development strategy. We've seen city after city work to create downtown and near-downtown "Green Zones" resembling miniature Chicagos. While these have generated excitement and even attracted some residents (upwards of 4,000 in Cleveland and 3,000 in St. Louis, though these are the high end), they have not fundamentally changed the civic trajectory other than in the largest Tier One type cities. And they likely never will. People who want Standard Model urbanism can find superior versions in many cities that generally boast more robust economies to boot.
Enter Rust Belt Chic. This approach in theory solves two of the issues plaguing Standard Model urbanism, authenticity and uniqueness. I haven't seen a crisp definition of what Rust Belt Chic actually is according to its boosters, but Pete Saunders summed up some of the salient points. The three key elements I see, which build upon each other:
1. Do the Fail. Giving up on the idea of the factories coming back or large scale re-population.
2. Reject Growth as a Success Marker. This actually aligns it somewhat with the standard model. Traditional signs of civic success such as population and job growth are rejected in favor of items like per capita income, brain gain, etc.
3. Brashly Embrace the "Rust" in Rust Belt. This extends Do the Fail to actually embrace the civic characteristics failure produced, as well as various quirky legacies of the industrial past such as Pittsburgh potties.
The best part of Rust Belt Chic is that it understands that you have to be who you are, not who you aren't. Someone once described a brand as "a promise delivered." When cities decide that what they are is of no worth or that it can't succeed in the marketplace, the temptation can then be to try to pretend like they are Portland or some such. Almost invariably in such cases cities end up building towards a false promise they can never deliver. That's not to say any of the elements of Standard Model urbanism are bad in an of themselves. The problem is that they are basically "best practices" types of things. Just as no company can succeed as nothing but an agglomeration of best practices, no city can either.
The tendency in Rust Belt cities has been to try to downplay their authentic characteristics in order to try to portray themselves as hip and with it. As I've noted before, the one thing most clearly associated with Indianapolis is the Indianapolis 500, yet auto racing plays a fairly small role in how the city tries to sell itself these days.
Rust Belt Chic is a first attempt at a region deciding no longer to be a passive importer of ideas about what cities should be, but instead trying to chart a path that is rooted in a unique, local history, culture, geography, etc. To the extent that it steers cities away from a purely "me too" strategy towards creating something that has a unique market positioning that's real to the place and has at least some competitive advantage in the marketplace, Rust Belt Chic is a big win.
However, as currently constituted, Rust Belt Chic would appear to be limited. In effect, it is really a marketing and to some extent a talent attraction program. Looking at the ironically appropriated trappings of the working man that characterize so much of hipsterdom, Rust Belt Chic says "Hey, we've got the real thing." So rather than drinking PBR ironically, you drink I.C. Light with a more subtle degree of irony (i.e., by pretending that you're actually drinking it authentically). The term "chic" itself is suggestive of fashion, and thus of artifice.
What Rust Belt Chic does not do is address any of the core problems of the cities in question, ranging from fiscal crises to corruption to poor business climates to segregation, to say nothing of safe streets, better schools, etc. Maybe that isn't its aim. But if not, then it would appear to be only one small component of an overall civic strategy, and not an alternative to the Standard Model in its own right. The theory of change it embodies would appear to be that authenticity of place and culture will attract people looking for the real, thus restarting the demographic engine through more population dynamism and ultimately that will percolate into the economy. That's fine as far as it goes, but it's insufficient.
The elevation of authenticity also poses the danger of imprisoning the community in a straitjacket from the past. With "do the fail" and the embrace of decline as part of the culture, Rust Belt Chic deftly side steps some of the worst dangers of the corrosive force of nostalgia. However, the problem with authenticity is that is has to be, well, authentic. And the way that's normally accomplished is by encasing something in amber, stunting its evolution.
What Rust Belt Chic needs to be able to do is inform real, substantive change, and to not only unearth the authentic civic character, but updates it for 21st century realities.
A city I think has done this quite well is Nashville. It would have been tempting for them to see their country music legacy as déclassé, and try to basically pitch themselves as the Portland of the South or some such. Instead, while they have embraced a number of Standard Model approaches – as I said, there's nothing per se wrong with them – they kept country music as core to their identity. But it isn't yesterday's country music or culture. People in Nashville today aren't sitting around watching Hee Haw reruns. Country music today is as much Hollywood as Hank Williams.
That's not to say Nashville disparages its past. Far from it. The old classic country performers are still honored, and their music still respected and listened to. And they see today's country as linked across time to that of previous generations. So there's evolution, but with continuity. They very much value their traditions. But they haven't become imprisoned by them. Also, Nashville happens to have a stellar business climate, far less corruption than your average Rust Belt city, an openness to outsiders, an increasingly diverse population base, and an aggressiveness towards growth missing in most of the Rust Belt. That's not to say Nashville's perfect, but they've done a pretty good job of updating their authentic culture while backing it up with an actual product that's functional demographically and economically.
If Rust Belt Chic wants to reach its potential, it has to be able to do more than unearth and embrace the authentic culture of a place – though that's important – it needs to be able to inform cultural evolution and also the very real changes in the product (such as Atlanta's striving to shuck itself of the stigma of racism in the South by becoming the "city too busy to hate" and in the process becoming America's premier city for blacks) needed to make these cities competitive again.


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The group New Order's World in motion, commissioned by the British Football Association to mark the 1990 World Cup soccer finals, "is probably the least likely official football theme song ever recorded: Denying its own status as a football song, introducing elements of subcultural love lyrics, and becoming a gay club hit, but also assuming the burden of combating football's major peripheral problem, hooliganism, the song is ultimately unheimlich, even despite its closing chorus that speaks of 'playing for England; playing this song.'"
This according to "Playing for England" by Paul Smith (South Atlantic quarterly 90/4 [fall 1991] pp. 737–752). Smith goes on to note that "both the BBC and the independent television companies forewent the pleasure of having 'Love's got the world in motion' going across the airwaves every night, and the BBC used as their World Cup theme another piece of music that quickly became a number one hit: Luciano Pavarotti singing his version of the Nessun dorma aria from Turandot."
Today would have been Pavarotti's 80th birthday! Below, singing Nessun dorma in 1994.
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The following is an excerpt from The MacArthur New Testament Commentary on Matthew 28.
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; (Matthew 28:19–20)
It was in light of His absolute, sovereign authority that Jesus commanded, "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations." The transitional word is therefore. "Because I am sovereign Lord of the universe," Jesus was saying, "I have both the authority to command you to be My witnesses and the power to enable you to obey that command."
In light of the Old Testament teaching about Israel's mission to be God's light to the Gentiles and in light of Jesus' earthly ministry, it should not be surprising that His commission was to make disciples of all the nations.
Matheteuo (make disciples) is the main verb and the central command of verses 19–20, which form the closing sentence of Matthew's gospel. The root meaning of the term refers to believing and learning. Jesus was not referring simply to believers or simply to learners, or He would have used other words. Matheteuo carries a beautiful combination of meanings. In this context it relates to those who place their trust in Jesus Christ and follow Him in lives of continual learning and obedience. "If you abide in My word," Jesus said, "then you are truly disciples of Mine" (John 8:31). It should be noted that some disciples were not true (see John 6:66).
The Great Commission is a command to bring unbelievers throughout the world to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, and the term the Lord uses in this commissioning is make disciples. The true convert is a disciple, a person who has accepted and submitted himself to Jesus Christ, whatever that may mean or demand. The truly converted person is filled with the Holy Spirit and given a new nature that yearns to obey and worship the Lord who has saved him. Even when he is disobedient, he knows he is living against the grain of his new nature, which is to honor and please the Lord. He loves righteousness and hates sin, including his own.
Jesus' supreme command, therefore, is for those who are His disciples to become His instruments for making disciples of all nations. Jesus' own earthly ministry was to make disciples for Himself, and that is the ministry of His people. Those who truly follow Jesus Christ become "fishers of men" (Matt. 4:19). Those who become His disciples are themselves to become disciple makers. The mission of the early church was to make disciples (see Acts 2:47; 14:21), and that is still Christ's mission for His church.


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Inspiring a new generation of women engineers in Liberia
The students traveled from the University of Liberia and St. Clements University College as representatives of their own SWE chapter, Liberia SWE (L-SWE).
Six women engineering students from Liberia traveled to the U.S. to attend the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Women in Engineering 2016 conference, under the sponsorship of the Excellence in Higher Education for Liberian Development (EHELD) program and U-M-SWE. They spoke of their passion to improve their country through engineering, as well as the difficulties of being female engineers in their country.
The students, four of whom are pictured above, traveled from the University of Liberia and St. Clements University College as representatives of their own SWE chapter, Liberia SWE (L-SWE).
The women are keenly aware of how underrepresented they are in Liberia's engineering landscape, and are trying to change that.
"Women can contribute to Liberia's development as much as men," says Quinnetta Clement, one visiting student. "There are a lot of people that have the passion and ability, but they don't have the confidence to move. We believe that working as a team will help us. If you're a female at the school of engineering, you have someone to rely on."
Being a female engineering student in Liberia is not an easy road. They often face intimidation by faculty and instructors, are excluded from student organizations, and do not feel safe in the university due to low security standards. One student recalled being accused of cheating in the middle of taking a test because she was answering the questions more quickly than her male classmates. Another said she was asked to stay back and cook lunch while male classmates attended an industry tour.
"Even in high school they tell you that it's a man's field," says Edith. "You hear that you're not going to be a good housewife if you're at school all the time doing 'men's stuff.'"
"Every day is a problem," Quinnetta adds. "If you don't face it from the school, you face it from the teachers."
The six women attended WE16, the world's largest conference and career fair for women in engineering and technology sponsored by SWE, for the chance to gain new perspectives on these challenges, and connect to others in their field. Two students presented papers about their own experiences as women engineers in Liberia and their efforts to try to get more women involved in engineering.
"I met a lot of people with different mindsets and from different backgrounds," says Catherine. "What struck me most was that being in America doesn't automatically make anything easy – you've still got to work to reach the place you want to reach. It's not just me who struggles."
SWE has been an ongoing source of support for these and other female Liberian students. For the past two summers, U-M SWE members have traveled to the University of Liberia to organize SUCCESS Camps (Setting Up Collegiates for Careers in Engineering through Social Support). This two-week program seeks to build a network of Liberian women engineers while teaching them vital academic and professional skills.
"We introduced them to the idea that you can have a group of women that are collaborative and supportive as opposed to competitive," says ECE PhD student Liz Dreyer, who helped organize the first two SUCCESS Camps. The Liberia chapter of L-SWE was founded in 2013, after initial efforts under the EHELD Grant put Liberian students in touch with U.S. SWE programs.
Women involved in L-SWE now participate in outreach activities in high schools, host science fairs, and conduct peer advising programs. The organization is now up to 35 members.
The Liberian women chose to study engineering when they realized it could get them directly involved in Liberia's development efforts.
"My purpose in school is to do something challenging, it's what motivates me," Quinnetta says. "I want to develop my country."
"I know if we work as a team, as a society, we can make Liberia better," Littie says. "If they're not going to help us, we've got to help ourselves."
About EHELD
The USAID-funded EHELD program was established in 2011 to help develop a strong academic program in Liberia that could train a generation of engineers to rebuild the country. Prof. Herbert Winful, PI on the project, has been coordinating efforts within the College of Engineering, which included supporting two Liberian graduate students to study at U-M, bringing Liberian faculty to campus, and sending Michigan students and faculty to Liberia to share their knowledge.
Read more about Prof. Winful's involvement with the project.
Related Stories: Herb Winful ◦ Outreach and Diversity ◦ Student Groups ◦ Department News


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SO full right now. So so very full. The annual Easter party was full of friends and food and eggs that now look like angry birds…what more could you want!?! Why music of course! I'm trying to clear some room in my stomach for the french fries that will hopefully accompany more friends and some awesome tunes at Saint Rocke tonight…assuming I will be able to move by then…
I will definitely be able to move by Monday night because I got my ticket for The Airborne Toxic Event at The Satellite the instant they went on sale (AKA wouldn't miss it for the world). There are tons of great shows this week. I'm really looking forward to it. Hopefully my work schedule will permit me to partake!
Here's my dream list:
Monday: Airborne Toxic Event at The Satellite (8:30)
ALSO: The Head & The Heart at The Troubadour (10:15)…unfortunately sold out…but if you don't know this band from Seattle, you should
ALSO: Songwriters in the Round at Room 5 (9pm)
ALSO: The Chris Robinson Brotherhood at The Echoplex (8:30)
Tuesday: Madi Diaz and Joe Firstman at The Hotel Cafe (8,10)
ALSO: The Filthy Souls at The Piano Bar (midnight)
ALSO: Airborne Toxic Event at The Troubadour (10pm)
ALSO: Jonathan Clark and Satellite at Molly Malone's (8,9)…last night of the residency!
ALSO: Alien Ant Farm, Finger Eleven, and Papa Roach at The House of Blues Sunset (8:30)
Weds: Joe Firstman at Saint Rocke (9:45)
ALSO: Andy Clockwise CD Release with George Stanford at The Troubadour (8:30)
ALSO: High Voltage Night at The Mint featuring Maren Parusel (8pm)
ALSO: The Ditty Bops at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: The Airborne Toxic Event at The El Rey (8pm)
Thursday: Purple Melon and Rival Sons FREE at Hard Rock Cafe (10,10:50)
ALSO: Little Hurricane at The Hotel Cafe (11pm)
ALSO: of Verona and The Canyons at Molly Malone's (8,9)
ALSO: The White Buffalo at The Mint (10pm)
ALSO: The Airborne Toxic Event at The Music Box (9pm)
Friday: Queen Caveat at Bardot (11:30)
ALSO: Milk Carton Kids at Saint Rocke (10pm)
ALSO: Jenni Alpert and Rob Giles at The Hotel Cafe (7,9)
Saturday: Joe Purdy and The Milk Carton Kids at The Troubadour (9pm)
ALSO: Prohibition Rose and Inverse at The Viper Room (9, 9:50)
ALSO: The Boxer Rebellion at The Roxy (10pm)
Sunday: Thao & Mirah at The Troubadour (10pm)
ALSO: The White Buffalo at Saint Rocke (9pm)
To Keep in Mind:
May 2nd: Xavier Rudd at The El Rey
May 4th: The Pipettes at The Satellite
May 7th: The Silent Comedy at The Roxy
May 9th: KT Tunstall at The El Rey
May 14th: The Other Side of Morning CD Release
May 15th: Eisley at The Troubadour
May 20th: Curtis Peoples at The Hotel Cafe
May 21st: Saint Motel at The Roxy
May 27th: The Script at Club Nokia
May 27th-29th: Sasquatch Music Festival (Washington)
June 2nd: Manchester Orchestra at The Music Box
June 7th: Death Cab for Cutie and The Lonely Forest at The El Rey
June 9-12: Bonnaroo (TN)
June 13th: Florence and The Machine at The Greek Theater
June 15th: Augustana at The House of Blues Sunset
June 29th: Brooke Fraser at The Music Box
July 26th: The Indigo Girls at The Troubadour
July 28th: A Perfect Circle at Gibson Auditorium
August 12-14th: Outside Lands in San Francisco
August 18-20th: SSMF
September 22-24: Hotel Carolina (South Carolina)
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Although I grew up in California, I was born in Philadelphia. Other things that originated in Philadelphia include the Declaration of Independence, the Post Office, the Stock Exchange and Hall & Oates. But Philadelphia's greatest contribution may just be the cheesesteak. Seasoned and thinly sliced beef, cheese (Provolone, American or Whiz), onions and occasionally peppers or mushrooms, all grilled to perfection and served on a warm soft roll… Who doesn't like a good cheesesteak?
While the best are found in Philly, there are some very tasty cheesesteaks here in LA and I've been on a mission for the past couple months to find the best ones this city has to offer. Although I evaluated bread, meat and cheese, there was another essential element that was key to making the grade here. Philadelphia is the City of Brotherly Love and any great cheesesteak establishment must make you feel at home and provide super friendly and warm service; it's the Philadelphia way. Of the twenty or so cheesesteak eateries that I visited on my quest, here are my top five favorites:
1. Figueroa Philly Cheese Steak (3844 S. Figueroa in Downtown) This newcomer has the best service and awesome cheesesteaks. The Amoroso rolls and marinated rib eye are imported from Philadelphia. Their one non-traditional, California-esque twist is that one of your cheese options is nacho jalapeno. I loved it!
2. The Shack (2518 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica) Only the Santa Monica location, which is owned by a Philadelphian, of this venerable LA burger joint serves cheesesteaks. The meat is perfectly seasoned and served on Amoroso rolls. They are really, really good.
3. Philly West Bar & Grill (1870 Westwood Blvd in Westwood) These are Allentown-style cheesesteaks and are made with a bit of marinara sauce. The bread is incredibly delicious. Instead of Amoroso rolls shipped frozen from Philadelphia, they use fresh baked French rolls from a local bakery. A great place to watch Phillies or Eagles games.
4. Philly's Best (17200 Ventura Blvd. in Encino, 1421 W. Olive St. in Burbank and other locations) This successful chain knows what they're doing. They use Amoroso rolls from Philly and are one of the few places that offer Cheese Whiz. They also have Philadelphia-style Hoagies, Wise potato chips and Tastykakes.
5. Soda Pop's (349 N. La Cienega in Mid-City) The owner is from Boston and refers to his cheesesteaks as "Steak Bombs," but don't hold that against him. These are really good cheesesteaks served with housemade potato chips. Plus 100 different specialty sodas like Blueberry Birch Beer and Pumpkin Pie Soda.
Special Mention: Philly Cheesesteak at The Bazaar (465 La Cienega, Mid-City) It wouldn't be fair to compare this molecular gastronomy version with the others, but it should be noted that this specialty of Jose Andres is insanely good. Crispy air-filled bread filled with aged Cheddar sauce and topped with Kobe beef.
Tastykakes! Several cheesesteak places sell Tastykakes, delicious snack cakes which are incredibly popular in Philadelphia. Philly's Best has the largest variety. My favorites are Butterscotch Krimpets, Peanut Butter Kandy Kakes and Koffee Kake Cupcakes.
I will be discussing cheesesteaks on KABC Talk Radio 790 this Sunday night at 8:00 on Dining with Dills. If you enjoy Consuming LA, please subscribe, like me on Facebook and/or follow me on twitter at the top right of this page. And please forward to your friends!


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BOSTON (AP) — Meet a victim of the nation's opioid addiction scourge: the American worker.
A number of U.S. states are taking steps through their workers compensation systems to stem the overprescribing of the powerful painkillers to workers injured on the job, while helping those who became hooked to avoid potentially deadly consequences.
Injured workers, like so many others dealing with pain, are often prescribed opioids like OxyContin and Vicodin.
"I was eating them up like they were candy," said Jimmy Duran, of Boston, who was prescribed opioids for years after hurting his neck and fracturing vertebrae in a workplace accident in 2004. A commercial mover, Duran was hit and thrown 30 feet by a moving truck.
"OxyContin, Percocet, morphine. … It ruined my life," he said. "It brought me to my knees."
Unable to work, broke and desperate to feed his habit, Duran said he eventually began dealing cocaine to bring in cash, a mistake that landed him in jail for two years. Free of addiction now, he has become a licensed counselor at a substance use prevention and treatment program.
In all, about 2.8 million private industry workers and 752,000 public sector employees suffered nonfatal workplace injuries in 2015, more than half resulting in time away from work, according to the most recent figures from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
According to a survey by CompPharma, an industry group that seeks to control workers compensation spending, more than $1.5 billion was spent on opioids by workers compensation insurers in 2015, with prescriptions for injured workers accounting for 13 percent of total opioid pharmacy costs in the U.S. that year. Survey respondents cited opioids and addiction as their most pressing concern.
A separate study of 337,000 workers compensation claims in 25 states published last year by the independent Workers Compensation Research Institute found that 55 to 85 percent of injured workers who missed seven days or more of work received at least one opioid prescription.
Rates of longer-term opioid use varied widely among states, the study found, including 1 in 6 injured workers in Louisiana, and 1 in 10 in California, New York and Pennsylvania, but only 1 in 30 in New Jersey and Missouri.
States oversee workers compensation insurance systems that employers pay into, and that provide medical care and help offset wage losses from on-the-job injuries.
Omar Hernandez, an administrative judge who resolves workers compensation disputes for the Massachusetts Division of Industrial Accidents, said injured workers belie a common misconception of addicts as people shooting up in back alleys.
"These are people from all walks of life that didn't ask to get injured," he said. "These are hard-working people who unfortunately suffered a work-related injury … and are now hooked on these drugs."
After he and other judges became alarmed by overdoses and deaths among people in the state's workers compensation system, Hernandez spearheaded a voluntary program for people who had settled claims but were still being treated with opioids. It offers an expedited hearing process to resolve medication disputes with insurers and assigns care coordinators to help guide workers toward alternative treatments for pain.
Other states are changing policies, as well.
Calling opioid abuse a public health crisis that "deeply affects" injured workers in New York, the workers compensation board there announced in October it would allow insurers to request hearings to determine whether a claimant should be weaned off opioids.
Under new rules issued by the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation, reimbursement for opioid prescriptions can be denied if it's believed physicians are overprescribing or otherwise failing to follow "best medical practices" in treating injured workers.
The rules also allow the bureau to provide treatment for opioid dependence to workers who got hooked on painkillers after getting hurt.
Those and previous steps taken by Ohio to combat opioid abuse have resulted in 44 percent fewer injured workers receiving opioids in the past five years, saving $46 million in drug costs, said Melissa Vince, a spokeswoman for the bureau.
Duran's advice to other injured workers is to use painkillers sparingly and get off of them as quickly as possible.
"Once you're on these pills, you forget you're hurt," he said. "You're just about getting that high."


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All the stripes went away and I put down this white rug with a gray border that I also picked up. A solid gray over by the sink, because I already had that one.
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The most lasting impact of the recent nationally televised interview Rick Warren did with Senators Barack Obama and John McCain may not have to do with the two presidential candidates. It may be its effect on, and the impression people have of, evangelical Christianity.
Rick Warren, already in the process of becoming one of the most significant faces within the evangelical world, went a good distance toward becoming one of its most recognizable and influential leaders. And because of the tone, grace, and sensibilities with which he approaches politics, Warren is replacing the "religious right" model with a new, better, and, I think, more Christ-based paradigm.
To understand why, it is worth reading Warren's Wall Street Journal interview with Naomi Schaefer Riley. In it, we learn that unlike other prominent religious leaders, Mr. Warren won't be endorsing anyone this fall. He places an admirable emphasis on civility and mutual respect in public discourse (his feelings of respect and even affection for both McCain and Obama were evident). Warren's effort to move evangelical Christians away from what he calls the "combativeness" of the religious right is welcome and long overdue. And his call for conservative Christians to broaden their agenda to include issues like fighting poverty and disease, as well as environmental conservation, rings true to me.
"I don't just care that the little girl is born," Warren tells Schaefer. "Is she going to be born in poverty? Is she going to be born with AIDS because her mom has AIDS? Is she going to never get an education?"
At the same time, there is a tendency for the mainstream media to exaggerate how much the evangelical community is shifting in its attitudes on key political issues and its worldview. According to Warren, "A lot of people hear [about a broader agenda] and they think, 'Oh, evangelicals are giving up on believing that life begins at conception. They're not giving up on that at all. Not at all.'"
When asked about the assertion that the Democratic party is changing its abortion platform, Warren replies, "Window dressing. Too little, too late." And when asked about the opposite claim by the Rev. Jim Wallis, Warren is admirably honest and dismissive. "Jim Wallis is a spokesman for the Democratic party," according to Warren. "His book reads like the party platform."
Warren has a sophisticated view of the role churches can play in shaping our culture and, while not himself reflexively hostile to government–he praises the Bush administration for its global AIDS initiative, for example–he understands that the Church can shape attitudes and serve the poor and dispossessed in ways the government often cannot. After having attended a recent gathering at the Aspen Institute, for example, Warren commented that many secular liberals there thought "the answer to everything was a government program."
Warren begs to differ, and the remarkable work of Saddleback Church is the best evidence he can amass to prove his case.
The last quarter-century have shown us that striking the right balance when it comes to Christians being responsibly involved in public affairs without being consumed by them is not always an easy task. Even Billy Graham slipped up for a time, having gotten too close to Richard Nixon in the early 1970s, causing those closest to him to fear he was injuring his ministry.
A passionate commitment to issues has sometimes led Christians in the public square to demonize those with whom they disagree, which has badly harmed their witness. And of course the allure and temptations of power can corrupt even those with good intentions. It doesn't help when Christians who weigh in on matters of policy are often uninformed, misinformed, or say silly and even malicious things.
Rick Warren, along with Tim Keller and some others, are helping evangelical Christians to be associated again with intellectual and moral seriousness and fidelity to their faith. That is very good for Christianity, and very good for America.


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Trenton, NJ – The Christie Administration today announced the state's request to amend the current New Jersey Disaster Recovery Action Plan to allocate additional federal funds to two Superstorm Sandy housing recovery programs and also to set aside funds for a program to demolish unsafe structures. If approved, the Action Plan amendment would enable thousands of additional Sandy-impacted homeowners to receive federal resources to assist them in their recovery effort.
"The demand for our major Sandy housing recovery programs has far exceeded available federal funding, which forced us to place many eligible families on a waitlist," said New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Richard E. Constable, III, whose Department administers the state's Disaster Recovery Action Plan. "This amendment will help more Sandy-distressed homeowners get much needed monies to return to their communities to repair and rebuild their homes. In addition to helping homeowners, the amendment also seeks to eradicate threats to health or public safety in Sandy-ravaged communities by demolishing unsafe structures."
The Christie Administration opened a 14-day period through Wednesday, November 20 for the public to comment on the first substantial amendment of the Action Plan. The substantial amendment will:
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- Add $35 million to the Homeowner Resettlement Program to provide each of the more than 2,100 Sandy-impacted families on the program's waitlist with a $10,000 grant to incentivize them to stay in their home community rather than relocating. The program, which closed its application period on August 1, 2013, has sent Resettlement checks to date to more than 15,000 eligible families, who can use the money for non-construction storm-related expenses such as increases in flood insurance premiums, rent payments for temporary housing, and new furniture and appliances. With this funding reallocation, every eligible applicant who applied to the program before the August 1 deadline will now receive a Resettlement award.
- Set aside $15 million to support the demolition of unsafe Sandy-damaged structures in order to alleviate blight and address threats to public health and welfare.
In light of the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) allocation schedule for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Disaster Recovery funding, the significant waiting list for housing recovery programs, and an analysis of the State's business and housing recovery needs, the Christie Administration is seeking HUD's approval to transfer $160 million of the federal funds designated for Grants and Forgivable Loans to Small Businesses to the above named programs.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Difficulties in finding affordable child care cost Enoshja Ruffin her job three years ago. The mother of six was let go from her position as a counselor for kids with cerebral palsy after she missed three shifts because she had trouble finding babysitters.
After three months on a waiting list, though, she placed her children in a day care center whose cost was covered by government subsidies and the center's financial assistance program.
"Had I not gotten financial help, I would not be successful. I would not have a degree. I would just be another statistic," said Ruffin, 28, of Utica, New York, who was able to take college classes while her kids were in day care. She now works as an organizer for the liberal political group Citizen Action.
Democrats in Washington had big ambitions this year to boost child care subsidies nationally as part of a broad domestic spending bill. But with those plans stalled because of a lack of bipartisan support, some states moved ahead with plans of their own.
New York lawmakers passed a state budget in the spring that calls for it to spend $7 billion to make child care more affordable over the next four years.
The legislation will double previous state support for government subsidies that help families shoulder part or all of their child care costs. Eligibility will be expanded to more middle-income families. Under the new rules, a family of four with an annual household income of up to $83,250 will be eligible for subsidies.
New Mexico last spring raised income eligibility for subsidies to the highest level of any state. A family of four with an annual household income of up to $111,000 can now qualify for at least some government aid. Until June 2023, New Mexico will also waive child care copays, which saves families $400 to $900 per month, based on their income level.
Rhode Island lawmakers passed a state budget last month that provides a one-time tax credit of $250 per child to help pay for child care, nearly doubles the number of seats available in government-funded prekindergarten programs, and provides subsidies for child care workers.
All those steps were intended to address an affordability challenge. In 2019, child care centers in the U.S. charged an average of $406 per week for children under 18 months old, $315 per week for children ages 18-35 months and $289 per week for 3- to 5-year-olds.
Ronora James, a child care provider based in Rochester, New York, said she lost staff to fast-food restaurants that offer competitive wages.
Child care workers made an average hourly wage of $13.22 in the U.S. in May 2021, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The minimum wage in New York ranges from $13.20 to $15 per hour, depending on the part of the state.
"People have to go where the money is to survive, and that is an issue for us," James said.
"In New York City, we have some of the highest minimum wages in the country, but a minimum wage worker has to work 26 weeks at a minimum wage to pay for the child care for their family," New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, said Monday at an event promoting the state's child care investments. "That's asking too much of our families."
Although child care has seen increasing bipartisan support in recent years, some Republican leaders are cautious about expanding government aid.
"I support steps to create more quality, accessible and reliable child care options, especially as costs continue to rise," said New York's GOP Assembly Minority Leader William Barclay in a statement. "However, as we've seen repeatedly in state programs, the level of spending and how funds are distributed must be closely monitored. Too often, state-run programs spiral out of control and fail to provide the intended services. Despite the governor's lofty promises, we can't allow that to happen here."
New York's legislation also increased state reimbursements to child care providers, which the industry said was necessary to help centers remain financially viable.
Since January 2020, the number of center- and family-based child care facilities in the state has shrunk by about 1,326, according to Pete Nabozny, policy director at The Children's Agenda. Most of those programs are operated by women and people of color, he said.
Some New York lawmakers say they want to eventually make child care freely available as early as kindergarten. Sen. Jessica Ramos and Assemblymember Sarah Clark, both Democrats, said they hope to get support in the state's next legislative session for more changes, including expanding eligibility even more and boosting pay for providers.
"I think child care is one of the few places where it's hard to fix one piece of it. You have to fix the whole system at one time. I'm hoping we can continue to build on what we've done so far and do more," Clark said.
Maysoon Khan is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow Maysoon Khan on Twitter.


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