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Posted by David Dudley Field '25 under Nigaleian at 7:04 am
One of our Williams sources forwarded e-mails (from Morty Schapiro and Dean of the Faculty Bill Lenhart) and suggested "discussion" at EphBlog.
Well, I don't know if discussion is really what we do best here, but if you're looking for uninformed speculation and disjointed mutterings, then you have come to the right place!
See below for the complete e-mails. Here is the key section, from Lenhart:
At the end of the spring semester, a meeting took place in which a group of faculty members, one of whom is African-American, was conducting department business. One of those present raised a concern about the status of her own field of professional work relative to the fields of the others. At one point, she made a heated statement to the effect that she did not want her field to be "used as a nigger."
The matter was promptly brought to my attention by several of those present at the meeting and a formal complaint was made against the faculty member who made the remark. Upon investigating, I concluded that the faculty member's behavior warranted the serious step of imposing sanctions on her, which I have done. I believe that the statement made at the meeting was a use of racist language that was meant to provoke or hurt the African-American colleague who was present.
Although the Record — and perhaps the Eagle and Transcript — will be diving into this controversy soon enough, I can't wait to start asking questions:
1) Which department? There are only so many departments at Williams with African-American faculty members. In this case, we also need a female member (the perp) doing work that might be perceived as outside the mainstream. Is there a list of the African-American faculty at Williams? The best that I could come up with is this listing of faculty associated with African American studies. I do not think that every black faculty member is on this list (although, off-hand, I have trouble coming up with a counter example) nor would I guess that every person on this list (Shanti Singham?) is black.
Anyway, my guesses are History or Political Science. I have trouble even coming up with topics in departments like Art, Theatre and even English that would be considered outside the mainstream in a Williams context.
UPDATE: Not Political Science.
2) Who is the perp? My guess would be someone who either has tenure (and therefore feels safe saying whatever the heck she wants to say) or was not born/educated in the US. I find it almost inconceivable that an untenured faculty member who had spent the last 10+ years in the caldron of political correctness that is US higher education would be so stupid as to make such a career-ending remark. Without knowing the department, it is hard to get more detailed. But there is a certain tenured female member of the political science department with a flair for the outrageous remark and some interests that might fairly be considered outside the mainstream.
Again, I have no idea if this total guess is anywhere near the mark, but . . .
UPDATE: Wrong guess. (Apologies if this tongue-in-cheek was too much tongue and too little cheek. If the suggested professor is offended, I will remove this portion of the post.)
2) What were the "sanctions?" Can the College actually keep the punishment secret in this case? What are the sanctions available to Lenhart anyway? No doubt the perp was concerned that Lenhart might have a "frank exchange" with her, but I assume that more was involved in this case. I assume that the BSU will demand to know more.
3) Who were the dime-droppers? Oh, to be a fly on the wall at the department's next meeting! Lenhart does not make clear (purposely?) if the tattlers came to him as a group or individually. Nor does he tell us if the African-American faculty member complained. This is the sort of inside detail that EphBlog readers need to know!
This is probably enough for now. Readers of EphBlog are encouraged to provide their own answers.
UPDATE: Minor corrections and editing done.
Below are the actual e-mails. After extensive examination of superscripts, kerning and other technical issues, I have determined that they are authentic, unlike some other newsworthy documents . . .
This e-mail contains two messages of importance to our community — one
from me and one from the Dean of the Faculty.
September 10, 2004
To the Williams Community,
While there is so much about Williams that we can be proud of, one area in which we clearly need to do better is in becoming fully welcoming and supportive of every member of our increasingly diverse campus community.
Yes, we've made progress in recent decades and in recent years. I acknowledge this and am thankful to the many people who have worked hard to realize those gains. But I have to say that there have been too many reminders, including the letter from Dean of the Faculty Bill Lenhart that's included below, that we haven't yet reached this important goal.
Today, with the strong support of the Board of Trustees, I call on all of us at Williams to contribute to a special initiative this academic year toward ensuring that our community be one in which all members are accepted and respected.
I am consulting with the Committee on Community and Diversity, the Multicultural Center, the Office of Human Resources, and others on campus on how best to mobilize the community for this effort. To launch it, I will be inviting all students, faculty, and staff to a gathering to be organized with the Chaplain's Office. I will report back to you on this soon.
As a college, our emphasis should be on education. The light of knowledge and understanding is our most effective tool.
We value the free and vigorous exchange of ideas. At the same time, every member of the campus community should know that we reject personal harm as a part of that exchange. A civil atmosphere of mutual respect is critical to our educational mission. We therefore insist that public discourse not be undermined by personal attacks, especially when they reopen the many wounds of historic discrimination that burden our culture even today. Breaches of those limits will face serious consequences.
This is a national (even an international) issue but we take no comfort in that. At Williams we set for ourselves the highest possible standards including, critically, in the promotion of civility, tolerance, and community.
We can do better. We will do better. It will take the efforts of all ofus.
M. Schapiro
September 10, 2004
To the Williams Community,
I am writing to inform you about an occurrence that resulted in sanctions against a faculty member.
At the end of the spring semester, a meeting took place in which a group of faculty members, one of whom is African-American, was conducting department business. One of those present raised a concern about the status of her own field of professional work relative to the fields of the others. At one point, she made a heated statement to the effect that she did not want her field to be "used as a nigger."
The matter was promptly brought to my attention by several of those present at the meeting and a formal complaint was made against the faculty member who made the remark. Upon investigating, I concluded that the faculty member's behavior warranted the serious step of imposing sanctions on her, which I have done. I believe that the statement made at the meeting was a use of racist language that was meant to provoke or hurt the African-American colleague who was present.
Over the summer, I and other administrators have been working with the department to determine how best to move forward toward the goal of ensuring an environment that is respectful of all the department's members.
In recent years there have been a number of discussions concerning the extent to which various members of our campus community feel it to be one that is sufficiently welcoming and supportive of all. President Schapiro's letter addresses these broader issues.
I am confident that a community as strong as ours can seize this challenge to make Williams a better place for all its members.
William J. Lenhart
Acting Dean of the Faculty &
A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Computer Science
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8 Responses to "Used as a . . ."
(d)avid says:
While I think this is a great topic for posting on Ephblog (even though it might scare off potential applicants), I am concerned that "readers of EphBlog are encouraged to provide their own answers." Do we really need to engage in baseless speculation as to which faculty member used a racial slur at a meeting? [Note: the context from the email is vague, but it is hard to see a context in which the phrase would be within the bounds of polite conversation]
Your own musings strike me as unfair. What does an amusing/poignant quip about the nature of higher education have to do with racial attitudes? Why is an essay on tourism indicative of racial bigotry? Indeed, the essay speaks of sensitivity to different cultures on the part of the author. [Note: I don't see why the article is out of the mainstream either. Professor Shanks argues that tourism is not the economic panacea that some governments make it out to be. She doesn't say that tourism is bad or wrong; merely that there are trade offs.]
You are right to call attention to the incident. And I agree with your question about the nature of the "sanctions." Both are worthy subjects of discussion.
But why should Ephblog stoop to impugning the character of Williams faculty based on no evidence? It would be more efficient to start a thread entitled: The Ten Professors Most Likely to be Closet Racists. If and when the identity of the department or professor comes to light, then perhaps Ephblog should weigh in. In the meantime, I object to innuendo and gossip. Ephblog should hold itself to higher standards (especially if it continually questions the truth value of posts on other blogs run by members of the Williams community).
curious says:
Why was Sam Crane's comment removed?
Eric Smith '99 says:
I was just wondering the same thing. I never saw the comment – only the link in the sidebar.
David Kane '88 says:
Only because you asked . . .
Sam Crane and I have been having an e-mail exchange on this topic. A great advantage of blogging is that it allows one to correct false information in a timely manner. Sam posted his comment before he saw my update above. He thought that his comment was made somewhat off-point by my update. He suggested that I edit it (his comment) accordingly. I wasn't sure how best to do that (while preserving his other valid points), so I temporarily removed the comment.
Sam (who has many better things to do!) has kindly offered to trust my editorial judgement, so I will reprint his original comment here.
I have to set the record straight here. The comment was not made by any member of the Political Science department and to suggest that it was does nothing but sully the reputation of faculty in that department. You owe Professor Shanks, in particular, a public apology.
The identity of both the victim and perpetrator are, I would bet, fairly widely known among faculty but I think Morty's and Bill's efforts to maintain a veil of confidentiality are appropriate. It is a difficult enough situation; public airing of names and details only makes it harder, to no good end that I can see.
I'll comment on the substance of this point later.
A disadvantage of blogging is that the editing options create trade-offs between getting the most correct information near the top of the post (as I have done with the UPDATE) and preserving the post as it originally appeared so that the following comments and discussion make sense.
But I only went into all of this because you asked . . .
David Kane '88 says:
To (d)avid:
You object to "baseless speculation as to which faculty member used a racial slur at a meeting". Since the College has decided the withhold the information, I am afraid that speculation is all we have. If you think my speculations are "baseless" — i.e., that there is good reason to believe that the Math or Physics department is actually the home to the perp — please provide your reasoning.
Given the information that we have, I think that my speculations, at least at the department level, are quite baseful. In fact, I am doing a good job of clearing the reputation of the departments that (assuming the information we have is correct) are innocent.
Dean Lenhart's e-mail says, in essence, that one of the hundred odd female faculty at Williams is a racist (defined in this context as someone willing to use a racist term for evil purpose). If you refuse to speculate as to the guilty party, then you have no choice but to conclude that there is a 1% chance that Dean Edwards and Katie Kent and is a racist. I would rather that my probabilties were more accurate than that. I am glad to know that Professor Shanks is not the guilty party.
My *guess* that the guilty party was either tenured or foreign born/educated is merely speculation. Whatever else maybe said about graduate school in the US over the last 20 years, it has done a good job (I think) at teaching Ph.D candidates that there is no better way of *destroying* your career than to use the N word.
You suggest that I am "impugning the character of Williams faculty based on no evidence." I did not say that Professor Shanks did anything wrong. I *guessed* that she *might* be the perp based on speculation (she's tenured) and evidence (perp must come from a department with an African-American member). That speculation turns out to have been wrong.
[Side note: I make no judgments about the intrinsic worth of Professor Shanks scholarly work. But, we are looking (according to Lenhart's e-mail) for a perp whose work might *appear* to someone else in the field — perhaps someone of ill-will — as being out of the mainstream. I know political scientists who would assert that work on tourism is not within the mainstream of that field. (Personally, I'd rather read Professor Shank's work on this than much of the drivel that appears in the "mainstream" journals, but the issue is not what my particular preferences are.]
Is it your position, then, that no one (including the authors of EphBlog) should (publically?) speculate as to the identity of the perp?
The sooner the perp is revealed — I would bet that the smart folks at the Record already know the department and are hard at work on the individual — the sooner the speculation can stop.
David Kane '88 says:
To Professor Crane:
You suggest that by *guessing* — with reasonable although not deteriminate evidence — that Political Science *might* be the department I have "sull[ied] the reputation of faculty in that department." I do not think that this is fair.
There is a sullied department here. The College just refuses to tell people — or at least students and alumni — which one it is. If I had no information, I would assume that each of the 20 odd departments has a 5% chance of being the guilty one. But, I do have information. I know — or at least I have been told — that the sullied department must have both a female member and an African American member. This suggests to me that departments such as Math, Physics, Computer Science and others are unsullied. (Actually, I don't have complete information on the racial composition of departments at Williams — where is Nancy McIntire when I need her? — so I could be wrong about these. Corrections are sought.)
Am I a bad person to try to use the evidence that I have to update my probablities — like any good Bayesian — as to which department deserves some sullification? Am I a bad person to make that speculation public?
Again, if I said that the Political Science department was *guilty*, you would have a point. But I did not assert that.
Given this new information, my posterior probabilities are:
40% History
20% English
10% Economics
30% Other (including Art, Theatre and Music).
I am ready to consider the argument that it is best for the College that secrecy be maintained about both the guilty party and the sullied department, but my bias is always in favor of sunlight being the best disinfectant.
Kevin Koernig '05 says:
I just wanted to point out that it is somewhat foolish to be too concerned with sullying the reputation of one department or another through speculation about this issue. President Schapiro already went several steps further by sullying the reputation of the entire college community with the letter he sent along with Dean Lenhart's. Perhaps there is some big factor to the original issue that has not been reported, because otherwise I cannot fathom why a stupid and highly distasteful comment by one faculty member indicates that the entire Williams community needs to "do better is in becoming fully welcoming and supportive of every member of our increasingly diverse campus community." According to this formulation of the issue, I'm just as guilty of racial insensitivity and being unwelcoming to the entire diverse campus community (whatever that means) even though I made no comments myself nor took any other action similar to that of this faculty member and in fact do not even know the identity of the perpetrator or many of the details of the incident. And the same goes for every other student, professor, and college employee. This is guilt by association to a radical extreme, and I find it very insulting. If a faculty member had been caught stealing from the college, I doubt President Schapiro would take the time to lecture the entire college community on how we are a bunch of thieves who need to do better to respect other people's property. Yet in this case the actions of one individual are being used to indict an entire community of over 2,000. It seems that President Schapiro is taking the famous speech from Animal House far too seriously.
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About Tyler DeWitt
Tyler DeWitt has extensive experience advocating on behalf of clients, including individuals, small businesses, corporations, and estates. Tyler focuses his practice on matters involving both federal and state tax controversy, tax planning, and general civil litigation. In addition to his practice, Tyler is a prolific speaker and regularly contributes his expertise as both an attorney and certified public accountant.
Prior to founding DeWitt Law, Tyler was a Principal Attorney with Monypeny, DeWitt & Associates, served as a Tax Analyst for Federal Express, a Fortune 100 company, and as a legal extern for Judge Bernice Donald, Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. Tyler is a quadruple alumnus of the University of Memphis, where he served as President of the Student Government Association and successfully implemented the U.S.A. Today Collegiate Readership Program, among several other initiatives.
When he is not advocating for his clients, Tyler enjoys politics, the outdoors, University of Memphis football and basketball, hunting, fishing, and spending time with his family
- Attorney, Tennessee
- Attorney, Florida
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- Juris Doctor (JD), cum laude, The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
- Tax Certificate, with honors, The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
- Master of Business Administration (MBA), Summa Cum Laude (4.0 GPA), The University of Memphis
- Master of Science, Accounting, The University of Memphis
- BBA (Accounting), Summa Cum Laude, The University of Memphis
- Accelerator Program, Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management
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- CALI Award for Excellence in Partnership Taxation
- American Bar Association
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- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
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- Represented defendant in criminal tax evasion case
- Represented small business in resolving complex IRS audit with no additional tax owed
- Represented defendant tax preparation firm in an accounting malpractice lawsuit. The court granted a directed verdict in favor of the defendant
- Represented contractor in reducing a $250,000 federal tax liability by nearly 90% under the IRS Offer in Compromise program
- Represented individual in settling a multi-million-dollar federal tax liability through a nearly 90% reduction under the IRS Offer in Compromise program
- Represented multiple individuals with reaching compliance under both the IRS Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program ("OVDP") and the IRS Streamlined Disclosure Program
- Successfully appealed IRS termination of tax preparation firm's electronic filing privileges
- Represented restaurant owner in reversing the Tennessee Department of Revenue's proposed six-figure tax assessment under the Tennessee successor liability statute
- Represented small business owner in reversing the IRS' six-figure determination of liability based upon a complex Alternative Minimum Tax issue
- Represented tax preparation firm in obtaining a confidential settlement of six-figure federal tax penalties
- Represented large gas station chain in significantly reducing or eliminating proposed TN sales tax assessments
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On behalf of our team at DeWitt Law, welcome to our website! I hope you find the content on our site helpful. Over the years, I have come to realize that much of my clients' stress from facing tax issues is caused by the sheer power our government possesses to assess and collect taxes, further compounded by the complexity of our tax code. Contacting a lawyer enables you to be advised of your rights and to begin the process of restoring peace of mind.
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Over two million children in England are growing up in families where there are serious risks, major study from Children's Commissioner reveals
The Children's Commissioner has published Vulnerability report 2018 which brings together a range of information held by various government departments, agencies and others to reveal the scale of child vulnerability in England. It estimates that 2.1 million of England's 11.8 million children – one in six – are living in families with risks so serious that they need some level of help.
The study also warns that for 1.6 million of those vulnerable children, the support is effectively 'invisible' – we don't know if they are actually getting any coordinated help, despite the difficulties they are growing up with. Some of the risks these children face include parents with mental health problems or parents who are alcoholics or have substance abuse problems.
The 2.1 million children growing up in families with these complex needs includes:
- 890,000 children with parents suffering serious mental health problems
- 825,000 children living in homes with domestic violence
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As TM has evolved into a well-defined discipline, it has become increasingly important to identify the skills and behaviors that differentiate a great TM leader. In this article, we describe those factors. What we present is likely very different from how a typical HR leader or line executive would describe a good talent manager – and that's exactly why it works.
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Thursday, 5 August 2010
Painting, Bee's and the Witch's Cat
I'm not a fantastic painter.
Lets rephrase that. I do not paint.
So in case your wondering no, I didn't give the cottage bear any help with his painting.
The painting is an original by Caroline at Uniqart.
I won it earlier in the year in one of Caroline's giveaway.
I think I probably won it for all the cheek and teasing I give her.
As the bear is sitting in the window with his paintbrush, how can I not add one of our garden sunflowers Obviously with a bee or two.
It wouldn't be a cottage without lavender.
It maybe slightly twee to have lavender and sweet peas, I grow them because I love them.
Lots of colour around in the garden at the moment.
Somethings take longer to grow ripe ready to pick than others.
The grape vines are full and seem bigger this year. These are dessert grapes. We eat them. No wine, as the grapes never hang around for long.
This Witch's cat has absolutely nothing to do with my garden or cottage, Caroline is having another giveaway.... it's always a fun giveaway. You can click HERE or click on the side bar where I normally leave all your lovely giveaways until their time is up and the draw takes place.
I'm always happy to put your beautiful art in all forms on the side bar when you are having a giveaway, so let me know.
This Witch's cat on the other hand has something to do with the cottage.
There is a mouse short around here.
Innocent Frank isn't !
16 comments:
- Christine said...
A 17th century English cottage should have sweetpea growing!
May I take you up on your very kind offer of a couple of wooden cotten reels, please? I really need 2 tall ones of about 2" high if you have any.
Much appreciated,
- 5 August 2010 at 15:46
- Caroline B said...
You may not be able to paint, but you take some lovely photographs!
Thanks for the mention - perhaps I should have named the witch's cat Frank Junior!
- 5 August 2010 at 16:08
- Sue Doran said...
I entered that competition for the potato picture, hope I have more luck in the draw for Eldritch.
What gorgeous sweet peas, I love the colours in them!
- 5 August 2010 at 16:15
- WendyCarole said...
great photos as usual. Love the sweetpeas and you know about me and lavender!
- 5 August 2010 at 16:34
- Janet said...
The flowers are lovely. I love purple flowers. What a wonderful big black kitty. :)
- 5 August 2010 at 18:11
- Dolores said...
You do have fun dressing bear up in different outfits.
Wonderful things in your garden both edible and not.
Don't the mice know about Frank yet?
- 5 August 2010 at 18:17
Slow Mice :-) x x x
- 5 August 2010 at 18:32
- purplecat said...
Thanks for advertising my giveaway :)
I love the sweet peas, I can almost smell them from here!
- 5 August 2010 at 18:39
- Heather said...
Potato Painting!
I love the cottage's witch's cat... but I'll have to enter that drawing too, I have a witch's cat of my own!
- 5 August 2010 at 19:22
- Victoria said...
The witch's cat is so cute!!! I love seeing your bear all dressed up, I still want to trade places with him for a day and just sit and gaze out of that window:)
Your flowers are lovely!
- 5 August 2010 at 21:42
- SewCalGal said...
Very cute post and excellent photos. Love it. I'm not a painter either, but it is sure fun when I find time to paint! Can't wait to see what you create with your painting!
- 6 August 2010 at 03:35
- Lisa said...
Great giveaway! Love the cats, do you really miss the mice? ;)
Hugs, Lisa
- 6 August 2010 at 04:03
- WoolenSails said...
I think I need to win that kitty, it is just too neat.
Your black kitty would make a nice piece to recreate.
- 6 August 2010 at 04:05
- Allie said...
Oh such loveliness in and around your cottage, dear Midge! Frank, Aunt Allie says BEHAVE.
- 6 August 2010 at 04:42
- Rouky said...
Beautiful images! Wow! All these colors are a celebration of summer. You are really talented!
Love the cat too!
Sophie and Rouky
- 7 August 2010 at 19:06
- Tweedles -- that's me said...
Hi Midge
My mommy thinks your bears are the happiest bears on earth. She said she would like to be a one of your bears. Oh to sit and stare, and drink tea!
You are an artist Midge. You paint with your words and your photos and your heart. We feel everything you say.
We love your sweet peas, and all the lovelys you share with us.
My mommy took a photo of a bee on a flower last week. She thought it was good UNTIL she saw YOURS! Wow, nice job.
We just love everythig about you
- 8 August 2010 at 01:19


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It's almost time for the 2019 Emmy Awards!
Ken Jeong and D'Arcy Carden announced the nominees for this year's award show from the Wolfe Theatre at the Television Academy's Saban Media Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
Game of Thrones swept the nominations with a record-breaking 32 nods. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Chernobyl followed the HBO hit with 20 and 19 nods, respectively. Saturday Night Live also secured 18 nominations and Barry and Fosse/Verdon earned 17 nods each.
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"Uhhhhh. Shocked. Grateful. Holy crap!!!" the Dead to Me star tweeted. "Thank you thank you thank you!!! Best part of the morning was my kid finding out and she screamed. Haha."
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"Many thanks to the Academy," the Jon Snow star says. "It's been an amazing journey with ol' Jon Snow. I'm thrilled he's been nominated."
"The truth is, I'm at a loss for words! Thank you to the Academy for recognizing me alongside such formidable actors," he says in a statement. "To my friends: Kit, Peter, Gwen, Lena, Emilia, Nikolaj, Maisie, Carice, and especially Sophie whom I was in the trenches with for so much of this journey—I am honoured to share this with you. Dave, Dan, our amazing HBO team—for 10 years you pushed me to my limits. Many moments I questioned why—but now I realize that it was because you believed in me. And finally, to our truly amazing fans, thank you for sticking with me, for sticking with us, through it all. I am forever grateful for your support!"
"Astonished by the surprising Emmy pat on my back, humbled. My heart is bursting with pride for all my When They See Us brothers and sisters and their noms. I pray that Kevin, Antron, Raymond, Korey and Yusef continue to absorb healing from this sweeping acknowledgment. Thank you to the Television Academy."
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"Thank you to the Television Academy for recognizing Escape at Dannemora with these incredible nominations," he says. "We had so many dedicated artists giving their all on the series, both in front of and behind the camera—so to be celebrated this morning in this way is truly gratifying. Thank you to Showtime for being such incredible partners on this journey, and to the people of the North Country and Clinton Correctional, who helped invariably in bringing this story to life."
"GROUP HUGGIES! We're honored to be nominated for 6 #Emmys this year including Outstanding Structured Reality Program," the Fab Five tweet.
"I am still in shock and overwhelmed with gratitude to the Academy for being nominated in a category with such undeniably strong and talented women, all of whom I absolutely stand in awe of," the brunette beauty says in a statement. "After 3 seasons and 54 episodes, it's a tremendous honor to have the hard work of our crew, cast and creators recognized amongst TV's best and brightest. This Is Us is the job of a lifetime and I wake up grateful every day to be on this ride."
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"I'm honored to be nominated for This Is Us," the Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series nominee says. "Thank you Dan Fogelman and the special group of writers for giving me a temporary home. Congratulations to the cast and crew on all of their nominations. It was truly a dream job and I'm so grateful for it."
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"It is a privilege to do work that I love. It is an honor to be acknowledged by peers in this way. Thank you, Television Academy," she says via a statement.
"I'm very touched and grateful to the Academy," the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie nominee says. "Also to Stephen Frears for luring me back to TV. (And to showbiz, frankly.) Also to my wife for enduring the hair-do for four months."
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"My deepest gratitude to my fellow Academy members for a nomination amongst so many talented actors this year," he shares in a statement. "For Chuck Lorre's great writing and Alan Arkin and our excellent ensemble cast. I am blessed."
"I was dead asleep and my phone rang and it was Joey King on FaceTime crying," she says. "But she was crying happy tears and I said 'Did you get nominated?' And she cried and I said 'What is it? Did you get nominated?' and she shook her head yes and then she said 'We both did!' It was such a great feeling to see her face and feel her joy she is so damn talented and she kept saying 'I couldn't do it without you.' But she could have because she is an incredible talent. Then my boyfriend came in and told me about all the nominations for Escape at Dannemora too. Then Ben Stiller texted me. So it was a pretty amazing morning. Now I'm just laying here being grateful for all the talented people I have had the chance to work with and I love the work of all the actresses I am being recognized alongside, so I would say it's as they say a 'good day at the office.'"
"I'm wildly grateful and absolutely thrilled to be invited back to the party, alongside some of my favorite performers and performances of the year. I can't wait to celebrate so many different members of our Maisel family at work today," the 28-year-old actress says.
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"I am beyond thrilled to have received recognition from the TV Academy and my peers for this Emmy nomination!" the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie nominee says. "I'm ecstatic that our cast and crew of When They See Us had had a effect on the hearts and minds of viewers and received 16 nominations! My sincere hope is that the mini-series will continue to shine a light on the Exonerated Five and the injustice they've experienced."
"Playing Brienne of Tarth has truly been an honor and I am beyond grateful for this nomination," the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series nominee says. "This character has changed my life and redefined the way I look at the world, women and particularly myself. Thank you to George R.R. Martin, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, HBO and our incredible cast and crew. Lastly, apologies to my taxi driver who endured my screams, sobs and pure joy when getting this incredible news!"
"Very grateful!" the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series nominee says.
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"This nomination is not for me, but for the parents of the innocent children who have been put through the unimaginable—just because their vulnerable children were unjustly accused of a crime by racial profiling, and how almost impossible it was to clear themselves," the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie says in a statement.
The Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie nominee breaks down in tears after hearing her name called.
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"Omgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomg omgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomg omgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomg omgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomg," the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie nominee writes on Instagram. "Blessed, honored, bewildered, shocked. Ill have better words to say a little later but right now i cant breathe, I LOVE YOU FAM."
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"I'm humbled and honored to be nominated yet again for a show that is so personal to me," the actor shares. "I cannot be mentioned alongside these other talented actors whose work I respect and admire without mentioning my own talented cast and writing staff. For without them, I would not be a part of this conversation this morning. Thank you."
"I am thrilled that I somehow ended up in this group of kick-ass women, who all raise the bar over and over again," the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series nominee says. "I am also especially happy for my Ozark family, Julia, and that Bateman guy."
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"So incredibly honored by this nomination and elated for our entire @veephbo family!" the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series nominee says. "What an incredible journey these past 7 years have been. Thank you @televisionAcad!"
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"I am incredibly grateful to receive this nomination from the TV Academy, and even more so for the honors Escape at Dannemora earned," the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie says. "The cast, crew, writers, Ben Stiller and Showtime brought this unbelievable story to life and I am so proud to be a part of it. Thank you."
"Game Of Thrones has been an incredible journey for me over the past 10 years and I feel hugely honored to have been nominated in such an incredibly strong category and alongside some of my closest friendsI have immense admiration for my fellow nominees," the Sansa Stark star tweets.
"They say second time's a charm right?" the Jaime Lannister star says. "Thrilled to be nominated together with so so many of my castmates, and the show's incredible creators and crew. This is the cherry on the cherry on the icing on the cake. Grateful and happy."
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The Arya Stark actress sums up her excitement with a single meme.
"Wow! Thank you Television Academy for nominating RuPaul's Drag Race 14 times," the Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program nominee says. "On behalf of our incredibly talented queens, cast and crew we share this recognition with all the sweet sensitive souls out there who lead with their hearts rather than follow their fears, who paint with all the colors in the rainbow, and who, in the face of hate and violence, courageously pursue the American dream."
"We are very proud of being EMMY nominated for our @netflixisajoke special #GROWING as we were both on stage during filming!" the comedienne states via Instagram. "Very proud and excited. Thank you everyone who voted and to my husband who wants me to never stop talking."
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"I am thrilled to get this recognition! Thank you to the Academy and to everyone who watched our fourth season," the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series nominee says. "I am so proud to be in this wonderfully written and perfectly executed show!"
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"Wow, I am 85 years old, so this comes in just the nick of time," the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series says.
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"This nomination is a tribute to Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, Raymond Santana, Korey Wise and Yusef Salaam," the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie nominee says.
"Let's all say their names. Yusef's mother, Sharonne Salaam, is nothing less than a warrior for her son and a survivor of an emotional violence few of us will ever understand. I am utterly grateful to her. Thank you to the visionary Ava DuVernay and Netflix for giving me the blessing to be a part of this act of restorative justice."
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"Thanks to all the tweeps wishing me congrats! Appreciate you," the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series nominee tweets. "Hope season two kicks season one in the a--...figuratively..."
"I am grateful to my colleagues for these nominations, to my writers and producers, the great casts of Live in Front of a Studio Audience and, most of all, very lucky to be included alongside the eldest and perhaps greatest Emmy nominee of all, Norman Lear," the host says.
"I love my Orange family so much!" the Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series tweets. "Thank you to the entire Orange team for all your brilliance that made this nomination possible. This is always a team effort and the Orange team is the best in the business!"
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"Having spent 32 years basing my personality on fear and sarcasm, the unbridled Shirley-Temple-on-crack joy I feel today is a massive inconvenience for me," the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series nominee says. "I'm so grateful to the Television Academy for this honor, and to Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch for making dreams I didn't even know I had come true. I am a humbled, teary mess, and also thank you Mom."
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"I never in my wildest dreams thought I'd ever win an #Emmy, never mind a few," the host says. "Thanks for the honor of the 2019 nomination today for @nbcthevoice! It's never lost on me how special this show has been to my family at home & my work family. This nom is made possible by talented artists, A-level coaches & so many people behind the scenes who are simply the best. Thank you!"
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"I am deeply honored to receive this EMMY nomination for such an important project," she says. "I truly hope it will bring more much-needed attention to this rarely seen kingdom of resilient, beautiful animals in a way that inspires everyone to help protect it for years to come."
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"I am so thrilled to be counted in the number," the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series nominee tells E! News, later adding: "The show speaks truth in a world full of hate."
The Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series nominee shares the good news with his family members—including his dad, wife and mom—as well as with his co-stars, including Sterling K. Brown.
"We are unbelievably blessed to have the writing that we do," he tells E! News.
"I am so grateful for the Television Academy's warm embrace* of Nanette. (*entirely consensual, to be sure) What an honor to be nominated," the nominee for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) says.
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"EMMY NOM.Three years straight/one Win/Thank you to all the Fans for the Love you give to WILLIAM," he writes on Instagram. "And Congratulations to all my THIS IS US Family for their Nominations (WORK). Like Jackie Gleason used to say 'How Sweet It Is.' Cool."
"In awe," the Lead Actress in a Comedy Series nominee tweets. "Life is a real magical mystery tour! Congratulations to all the brilliant forces who made our special show. So proud & profoundly grateful. @RussianDoll."
"Thank you @televisionacad for this incredible honor!!!" he captions a video of himself with his son. "And for recognizing #ThisIsUs in such a spectacular way!!! Big Up to my whole extraordinary ensemble, especially my man @sullivangrams & my momma @mandymooremm for their first nominations!!! (More to come)."
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"Uhhhhh. Shocked. Grateful. Holy crap!!!" the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series nominee tweets. "Thank you thank you thank you!!! Best part of the morning was my kid finding out and she screamed. Haha."
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"My deepest gratitude to my fellow Academy members for an Emmy nomination amongst so many talented actors this year," the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series nominee writes via Instagram. "For Chuck Lorre's great writing and Alan Arkin and our excellent ensemble cast. I am blessed!"
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"Its been so inspiring to be part of Hostile Planet, a series unlike any other that I've been involved in before," the host and executive producer states. "There's no doubt that it shines new light on how unforgiving and challenging life can be for animals at the toughest of times. I'm incredibly grateful to the Television Academy for honoring my role in this groundbreaking series and to National Geographic for the privilege of being able to guide viewers through these powerful, and at times shocking stories of survival."
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"Thank you to the EMMYs for the nominations for Who Is America?," he says in a statement. "It was a bare-bones production. I went out into the heartland of this country armed only with a camera crew, a makeup kit and my trusted pedophile detector. I want to thank my crack team of researchers told to uncover bigotry, racism and hate in the US. That took them about 30 seconds… they just started following the President. While I am flattered at these nods, it is a shame that my co-stars were not recognized. Particularly Dick Cheney, who I had hoped would come across on camera as someone who'd gleefully sent hundreds of thousands to their pointless death–and boy did he deliver. I've played some lunatics in my time, but the look of vacuous evil in his eyes as he autographed a waterboard kit, would put Daniel Day Lewis to shame. There's one more person I need to thank even though she didn't appear in the final project, Sarah Palin. Sarah, if you are out there, and you are WAY out there, please know the last time unseen footage generated as much interest, was when Donald Trump visited a Moscow hotel room."
"Thank you so much to the Television Academy for this honor, and for once again continuing to recognize our show," she says. "This wouldn't be possible without A&E and our amazing crew and producers. As a result of making this show, they get harassed, stalked and slandered every day for giving a platform to Scientology's victims. We are grateful to be given the opportunity to share a project with the world that gives a voice to the victims of an abusive cult. Thank you for this recognition and for your support for those who bravely speak out and are continually attacked by Scientology for doing so."
"What an incredible honor to be nominated alongside such talented men and women this year," he says via a statement. "I couldn't be more thankful to the TV Academy, and to my fearless cast and crew who made this all possible. Excited to be going back to one of my favorite nights of the year!"
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The Ministry of Education's Annual Report (2009) identified that a disproportionate number of Pacific students were not developing required literacy and numeracy skills in line with their peers.
Both national and international surveys of educational attainment at primary level show that Pacific students overall are achieving at lower levels than their peers. The 2005/06 Programme for International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) survey identifies that 16 percent of Pacific students were less likely to reach the lowest reading benchmark. The international median was four percent, and for all New Zealand students it was eight percent. The 2006 Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) gave average scores for Pacific (427), Māori (453) and NZ European/Pakeha (510). Researchers, educators and Pacific communities have expressed concern about this underachievement. Since 2001, the Ministry of Education's Pasifika Education Plans have highlighted a commitment to reducing disparities and improving the achievement of Pacific students in New Zealand.
Recent National Education Monitoring Projects (NEMP) (2005 to 2007) show that although Pacific students do not perform as well as pākehā students they are more engaged with, and more positive about their own abilities in, mathematics, science, social studies, and science.
Ministry of Education data on Pacific presence, engagement, and achievement at secondary school shows complex relationships between the three factors. While Pacific students are more likely to stay at school longer than Pakeha and Māori, they have a higher absence rate than pākehā and Asian students. The visibility of Pacific adults is low, with Pacific students less likely to be taught by Pacific teachers, or to be at a school with Pacific members on the board of trustees.
In 2007, 56 percent of Pacific school leavers obtained National Certificates of Educational Achievement (NCEA) level 2 or higher, compared with 84 percent of Asian, 71 percent of Pākehā and 44 percent of Māori students. Longitudinal research on NCEA and motivation and achievement shows that Pacific students reported more family child-caring responsibilities which correlated with achieving fewer credits in NCEA level 1. [2]
The National Administrations Guideline 1 that requires every board through its principal and staff, to:
This evaluation is closely linked to the Ministry of Education's Pasifika Education Plan 2009-2012 which sets goals and targets for promoting Pacific students' achievement from early childhood through to tertiary education. In the school sector, the goals are: increased Pacific parent involvement in students' education; effective teaching focused on achievement; and Pacific students achieving qualifications. ThePasifika Education Plan also has a goal to increase Pacific children's access and participation in early childhood education.
The overarching evaluation question ERO asked in schools was:
What does the school know about progress in Pacific student achievement since the last ERO review?
ERO sought answers to this question through six investigative questions about the extent to which there had been improvements in:
Information from individual school reviews was aggregated nationally to provide the findings for this report which are grouped under:
The report includes some comparison between the findings from ERO's 2009 pilot report in Auckland schools and those from the wider 2010 evaluation.
Pacific students in the 233 schools made up from 95 percent of the roll to less than one percent. Approximately half the schools had fewer than five percent of the roll students of Pacific ethnicity.
Samoan students were the largest group, followed by Tongan. Others were Niuean, Fijian, [3] Cook Island Māori, Tokelauan and Tuvaluan. Schools grouped some Pacific ethnicities together and classified them as 'other Pacific'.
In each primary school ERO asked what the school knew about Pacific students' early childhood education (ECE) attendance.
Fourteen percent of the 173 primary schools said that all their Pacific students had attended ECE. In a further 30 percent of schools most Pacific students had participated in ECE, and 18 percent of schools reported that some had. In three schools no Pacific students had attended ECE. There was no information about this in the remaining 32 percent of primary schools.
In almost a fifth of schools the numbers of Pacific staff and trustees had increased. Most other schools had the same number of Pacific staff members as at the time of their previous education review. Sixty-seven percent of schools had no teachers that were Pacific and 83 percent had none in senior management positions. Two percent of schools had more than 10 teachers and more than three senior leaders of Pacific ethnicity.
Seventy-eight percent of schools had the same number of Pacific trustees as at their previous ERO review. The number of Pacific trustees ranged from none to eight. Seventeen percent of schools had more Pacific trustees and five percent had fewer.


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Level 1 Improv | December 30 | Christine Pineiro
About the class
This class incorporates scenework, movement-based and group exercises to explore the primary fundamentals of improvisation, making you more confident, trusting and graceful on stage. Learn how to say "yes, and…," make positive choices, initiate and commit to scenes, heighten, use tag-outs and walk-ons, and deliver real-life monologues.
The PIT's Introduction to Improv class emphasizes creating a rich environment for your scenes, committing to your decisions and your scene partner and beginning with the body as inspiration. There will be a final graduation performance at the PIT for friends, family, and others.
(Please note all instructors are subject to change without notice)
Christine Piñeiro
Christine Piñeiro (MTV, VH1, Univison's The Flama) is an actress, improviser, sketch writer, and character performer from The Bronx. She is a winner of the 2016 & 2015 UCB Diversity Scholarship and has performed for NBC's Diversity Showcase at The Peoples Improv Theater. Christine can be seen improvising at the PIT every Wednesday night at 9:30 pm with her house team, Sick Passenger and performing characters and sketch comedy in variety shows around the city. Christine has trained at The Peoples Improv Theater, The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, Stella Adler Acting Studio, and Michael Howard Studio. In 2015, she debuted her one-woman character show, Everyone You Work With, at SOLOCOM. Christine loves Henry Cavill, reading war books, watching classic films on TCM, and dancing. For more on Christine, check out her YouTube channel, Another Brunette on YouTube, her Instagram stories @christinepineiro, follow her on Twitter @ChristineP_ or swing by her website, www.christinepineiro.com.


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Zero-Day Advisory
Fortinet Discovers IBM InfoSphere Data Architect Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs has discovered a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in IBM InfoSphere Data Architect.
IBM InfoSphere Data Architect is a collaborative data design solution. It enables users to discover, model, relate, standardize and integrate diverse and distributed data assets throughout their enterprise. It includes support for column-organized tables and can offer a better understanding of current data assets to help increase efficiency and reduce time to market.
A reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been discovered in InfoSphere Data Architect. This vulnerability is caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. Victims just need to click a specially-crafted URL to execute injected script code in his/her Web browser within the security context of the hosting website. Attackers could exploit this vulnerability to steal the victims' cookie-based authentication credentials, redirect the victims to malicious websites, etc.
SolutionsFortiGuard Labs released the following FortiGate IPS signature which covers this specific vulnerability:
Released Dec 08, 2015
Additional Information
Authentication is not required to successfully exploit this vulnerability
This vulnerability was discovered by Honggang Ren of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs.


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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its opponents in a California lawsuit agreed on Friday to delay implementing a rule that would allow medical workers to decline performing abortions or other treatments on moral or religious grounds, according to a federal court filing. The move comes after President Donald Trump's administration announced the rule earlier in May. It has also championed several policies to restrict abortion both in the United States and abroad. Delegations of Authority," the measure aims to protect conscience and religious rights surrounding abortion, sterilization and assisted suicide, HHS officials have said.
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