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Violence in China, Barbra Streisand, and the Nationals
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
Now that The New York Times pay wall is live, you only get 10 free clicks a month. For those worried about hitting their limit, we're taking a look through the paper each morning to find the stories that can make your clicks count.
Top Stories: A Quinnipiac University/New York Times/CBS News poll of Colorado, Virginia, and Wisconsin find that Romney is being seen as a stronger leader, but Obama has the benefit of "somewhat brighter economic outlook" and the feeling that he is relatable.
World: Li Jianli's skull was smashed in as he became the target of a mob in China for driving a Japanese car and he "has become a symbol for many Chinese of what can go wrong when latent nationalism spins out of control."
U.S.: The Supreme Court looks at affirmative action again, and questioning "on Wednesday from the chief justice and his colleagues was by turns caustic, exasperated and despairing."
New York: As Barbra Streisand is set to perform at concerts at the Barclays Center, some Brooklynites cheer her return and others understand why she wanted out.
Technology: The C-1, an electric motorcycle being developed by start-up Lit Motors, is something in between a motorcycle and a small car and looks "as if it came out of the movie Tron."
Health: A husband mourns his wife, the victim of the meningitis outbreak, as he suffers from a rare form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Sports: In election season, Washington's bigwigs put aside politics to cheer for the same team: the Nationals.
Opinion: Gail Collins on how Democrats "are going bipolar." Nicholas Kristof on Malala Yousafzai and the worldwide struggle for girls' human rights.
Art & Design: Michael Kimmelman examines Tassafaronga Village and the Richardson Apartments in the Bay Area, both the work of David Baker + Partners, a firm whose work represents what Kimmelman believes "is a shift of priorities in the architectural profession."
Fashion & Style: A profile of Tony Marx, the president of the New York Public Library who has faced controversy and embattlement during his tenure.

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Happy Tail: Would you give up your apartment for a dog?
What happens when two dog lovers live in a no-dogs-allowed apartment? Emily Scheu of Washington, DC, tells us what she and her husband did. "Whenever we'd see a dog on the streets," she says, "we'd have to bend down and pet him or her. We watched dog show after dog show on Animal Planet. We knew things had gotten bad when we found ourselves standing outside the local dog park fence, ogling all the adorable dogs inside."
All these "symptoms" meant one thing: The couple had to move. So they did, to a dog-friendly apartment.
Once that was accomplished, the search began. "We immediately turned to Petfinder and fell in love with 1,000 dogs," Scheu says. Fortunately, one stood out. His name was Billy.
Billy was being fostered through K-9 Lifesavers, also in D.C. The couple applied for him, had a home visit and were approved, then drove to Billy's foster home to meet him.
"He ran out to greet us with his foster mom and five or so other dogs
and before we even got out of the car, we knew he was the one for us," Scheu says. Twenty minutes later, he was on his way to his new home. They
renamed him Pocket. "Neither of us can be in a bad mood around him —
he sucks it right out," says Scheu. "We look forward to coming home to him every
The couple still watches Animal Planet, but now Pocket is cuddled up
beside them. And they are no longer lurkers at the dog park; they can go
right in with their spunky pup. It's a happy ending for a Pocket pal.
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NEW COVER SPOTLIGHT ~ HOT ZONE series by Carly Phillips
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Hot Zone by Carly Phillips
Date of Publication: December 9, 2016
Hot Stuff
Book 1
He's about to find out … She's not just one of the guys.
Annabelle Jordan and her two sisters were orphans in frilly dresses when they went to live with their sports-lawyer uncle in his world of locker rooms, bookies and gambling. Now the girls are publicists in their uncle's firm, The Hot Zone.
Despite her upbringing, Annabelle is all woman. She's naturally drawn to real men—like her latest client, businessman and former football legend Brandon Vaughn.
The chemistry is potent, undeniable, irresistible. Annabelle soon realizes that Brandon is much more than just another jock. And that she'd better hold on tight if she doesn't want to lose her heart.
Hot Number
Book 2
Micki Jordan is a tomboy as much at home on the playing field as in a locker room full of naked guys.
But the star publicist is looking to prove she's also an irresistible woman in order to get a second shot at professional baseball player and major league playboy, Damian Fuller.
Micki transforms herself into one hot number Damian can't help but notice and together they burn up the sheets and find themselves falling hard. Until Damian's past returns, threatening their future.
Hot Item
Book 3
Cool, collected Sophie Jordan loves her daily routine running her family's top sports management agency, as long as she gets to stay behind the scenes. But with big sister on maternity leave and little sis on her honeymoon, she's forced to step up to the plate. And a recent media crisis surrounding the disappearance of super-agent Spenser Atkins is not going to make the job any easier.
Enter star quarterback and notorious bad boy Riley Nash who, for reasons of his own, needs to track down Atkins. Up until now, Sophie has kept a strict no-dating-clients policy, but each day with Riley makes her rule near impossible to follow. With her job and her heart on the line, Sophie will need to make the toughest choice of her life!
Hot Property
Book 4
Just one short season ago, major league center fielder John Roper had it all: the looks—and personal life—of a sports hero and the public's adoration. But this hot property's lucky streak has run out. After a World Series disaster, fans diss him, shock jocks mock him and his dysfunctional family hassles him for money he really can't spare.
Now it's up to him, and Hot Zone publicist Amy Stone, to get his life back on track.
Amy finds it's easier said than done. What with the constant intrusions of his nutty family, a crazed fan playing stalker, and Roper's refusal to put his own needs first, she's starting to think that life in the fast lane isn't all it's cracked up to be. But when the two retreat to a secluded lodge, the sexy center fielder throws Amy a curveball—one she never saw coming…
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About the Author
After a successful fifteen-year career with various New York publishing houses, and over 40 sexy contemporary romance novels published, N.Y. Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Carly Phillips is now an Indie author who writes to her own expectations and that of her readers. She continues the tradition of hot men and strong women and plans to publish many more sizzling stories. Carly lives in Purchase, NY with her family, two nearly adult daughters and two crazy dogs who star on her Facebook Fan Page and website. She's a writer, a knitter of sorts, a wife, and a mom. In addition, she's a Twitter and Internet junkie and is always around to interact with her readers. You can find out more about Carly at her website.
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GIVEAWAY ~ Faking It by Carly Phillips & Erika Wilde –
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Faking It
by Carly Phillips and Erika Wilde
Date of Publication: April 11, 2017
BlurbConfirmed bachelor Max Sterling isn't into rescuing damsels in distress, but when the very tempting Hailey Ellison needs his help, there's only one thing for him to do. Step in and pose as her loving fiancé. Except there is nothing fake about his attraction to her, or how much he wants her beneath him in his bed, moaning his name. But what starts as a sexy, flirty, temporary engagement, quickly becomes something more serious that neither one ever anticipated.
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About Carly Phillips and Erika Wilde
***About Carly Phillips***
Carly Phillips is the N.Y. Times and USA Today Bestselling Author of over 50 sexy contemporary romance novels featuring hot men, strong women and the emotionally compelling stories her readers have come to expect and love. Carly is happily married to her college sweetheart, the mother of two nearly adult daughters and three crazy dogs (two wheaten terriers and one mutant Havanese) who star on her Facebook Fan Page and website. Carly loves social media and is always around to interact with her readers. You can find out more about Carly at http://www.carlyphillips.com.
***About Erika Wilde***
Erika Wilde is the author of the sexy Marriage Diaries series and The Players Club series. She lives in Oregon with her husband and two daughters, and when she's not writing you can find her exploring the beautiful Pacific Northwest. For more information on her upcoming releases, please visit her website at http://www.erikawilde.com.
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There is no doubt that a move to Las Vega, Nevada could be the adventure of a lifetime! Las Vegas is the most populous city in the state of Nevada and is known for its outstanding casinos, hotels, and clubs. This city offers lots of entertainment and is the city that many choose to spend a grand weekend in. Since this dazzling city has so much to offer as far as entertainment and job opportunities for its residents, this is why many people choose to move to Las Vegas, NV.
1. Moving Tips and Services
A lot of planning and scheduling goes into any move, and a move to Las Vegas is no exception. Las Vegas is located on the Mojave Desert which makes it a warm city. Therefore, if you are planning to move to Las Vegas, it is better to choose early fall or early spring. If you choose peak seasons to make the big move, you might end up feeling drained. And because it is a world-famous entertainment hub, it is important to relocate to this city in the off season when the roads are not packed with people and cars, and the calendar busy with events. If you hire professional movers to perform your move, take into account that it may take a few days until your belongings will arrive. Be preparing by Taking Your Valuables With You and put together a bag of personal essentials you will need for the first week in the new home. You can find useful articles and moving checklists in our article section.
The humid climate might become a trouble if you are moving to Vegas in the summers. The winters are also quite chilly so it is better to relocate in moderate months.
If you cannot afford a high moving fee, it is best to choose midweek for relocating as prices are lower during weekdays. It is also important to check pet permits before moving to Las Vegas. And if you have multiple pet dogs and cats, you will need a pet fancier permit to avoid any trouble.
When moving to Las Vegas, make sure you stay away from The Strip and the Downtown area that are mostly heavily populated. Parking is another issue in this city and parking enforcement is usually strolling the streets so if you don't want to get a fine on your driver's license, it is better to be aware. Make sure you keep an eye on the parking signs before leaving your vehicle somewhere.
2. Highways and Public Transport
During your move, you may want to check the local traffic in your area to try and avoid running into major delays caused by the sometimes busy traffic of the city. Click here for the most updated reports of delays and traffic accidents. The clean and supreme city planning is the reason that the roads in Las Vegas are pretty decent and are a great support to the heavy Vegas traffic. Because this city is one of the best entertainment hotspots in the world, the streets are very well-maintained and quite broad, which means that you don't have to worry too much about getting to different areas within and outside of the city.
The highways on the other hand can sometimes get too busy and make the traffic slow, which is why it is important to keep an eye on the events' calendar so you don't get stuck in traffic from a big gig in the city. The city blocks are quite stretched so you might not want to walk. The Las Vegas Monorail might be a good commute option, but can be quite expensive and pretty much useless for most of the citizens.
3. Climate
Making a move to Las Vegas in the summer may not be your best option. Please check the weather reports here to avoid making a move during the hottest weather. Las Vegas is a desert valley which is the reason that it is quite humid and warm for most of the months in the year. Peak summer temperatures can reach 105 degrees and sometimes worse. The winter nights can be quite chilly in Vegas with lower temperatures, but the day time still quite moderate with 60 degrees or more.
4. Education
Even though Las Vegas is knows for the entertainment industry, you may not know going into your move that the city also offers high standard of educations. Las Vegas has some decent educational institutions that offer quality education to the students of all ages. The Clark County School District is responsible for providing primary and secondary public education in the city. These schools have hundreds of students that are studying in grades kindergarten to high school.
There are many colleges and universities in LA including the University Of Nevada School Of Medicine, the College of Southern Nevada, Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Touro University Nevada, Nevada State College, and many more.
5. Government
When moving to Vegas, it is important that you have all the necessary resources and information to make your move less troubling. Most of the government programs and rules followed in Vegas are similar to that of Nevada. Some of the things that you need to be careful about include voter registration update, building permit, vehicle registration, driver's license, trash removal, and sewage handling.
6. Cities/Metro Areas
You'll want to know how to get around if you are moving to Las Vegas and may not be familiar with the city. Las Vegas is a city that offers various neighborhoods and locations for people with different living requirements. The city has fewer flats except some high-rise condominiums located on the Strip. A greater part of the city also stretched into the desert. However, there are many neighborhoods that offer an escape from the hustle bustle of the busy city. Some communities in Vegas feature their own centers, parks, and recreation. Even if you choose a neighborhood away from the city, you will still be able to easily commute to other parts and easily access stores and other things present in the city.
7. Cost of Living
Las Vegas is a city that might offer lower cost of living than other states, but for those moving to a metropolitan area for the first time, the city might be to the pricey side. Therefore, the place that you move from is of vital importance in this case. If you are moving from Hawaii or any other pricey state, you might find this place reasonable. And if you are relocating from a state that has a low cost of living, you will find Vegas pricey, especially when it comes to the grocery store items.
8. Schools
Not only will you be moving to a new home, but you may be moving your family into a new school as well. To research the schools and rating in the area, please check here. The Clark County School District is the major school district in Las Vegas that manages several schools and has thousands of students. This district is also the fifth largest in the U.S. and offers great variety to the students. But when you are relocating to Vegas, it is important to search schools that fall in your neighborhood than picking the one that is too far away and creates travelling issues for you. You can easily look for zoned schools by entering your location on Clark County District website.
And if you are looking for a completely different kind of school for your children, you will also find many technical and focus-based schools that offer dynamic subjects to students. One such school in Vegas is the Las Vegas Academy and the College of Southern Nevada High School. Both the institutions offer quality education in technical fields, giving student real-world knowledge on various subjects.
When choosing a school for your children in Vegas, it is important to conduct a little research. In order to find out which school is the best for your child, check the Clark County School District accountability reports. These reports include complete statistics on the various schools in the district, giving you an exact idea about the institution and whether you should go for it or not.
9. Media Outlets
If you moved to Las Vegas thinking about just casinos and resorts, you might find a lot more than you expected in the Sin City. In order to get a complete idea of the city that is new to you, you can make use of the different media outlets and make the most of your early days here. Let's take a look at some of the most popular publications in Vegas that will offer you all kinds of insight on this city.
- The Las Vegas Sun – Available on the newsstand throughout the week, this publication is quite popular source of information and news for the residents of Vegas. This newspaper features news and information on sports, politics, business, world affairs, and entertainment.
- The Las Vegas Review Journal – This is the most read newspaper in Vegas that features insight on sports, business, world affairs, politics, entertainment, health and fitness, and local news from the city.
- Las Vegas CityLife – This free weekly newspaper is widely read and offers local and state news to the readers. It is most popular for keeping the readers informed about the music, arts, cultural, theatrical, film, and night scene of the city.
- Las Vegas Weekly – This is a perfect publication for someone who is new to the city as it offers local entertainment and arts news.
- El Mundo Las Vegas – If your native language is Spanish, this newspaper is the best source of information and news in Vegas.
Las Vegas also has many local TV channels and stations including the following:
10. About Movers USA
The vast majority of people who are moving to Vegas come from a different state. Hiring a professional moving company would be a wise move. With over three decades of experience in interstate moves planning to move to Vegas with Movers USA will be the right thing to do.
We know the process of long-distance move like nobody else, from your first phone call to our company to the last piece of furniture we will unload in your new home, with the most care, professionalism and customer service you can find, our relocation specialist are ready to custom-build any move you require. Movers USA is a proud member of Maryland Movers Conference (only 9 moving companies in MD) at the Maryland Motor Truck Association and the American Moving and Storage Association.
When you are moving your house to a new city, one of the things that can make the entire move easy and smooth is a professional moving company. Choosing an experienced and reliable relocation service provider can help you in a number of ways. Not only does it ensure that your furniture is well handled but it also provides you with consultation services in case of queries and emergencies. The right moving company will help you through the process and ease your mind about an upcoming relocation.
When it comes to local and long distance relocation, it is not always possible to relocate by yourself entirely and can lead to much stress and dissatisfaction. Movers USA makes sure that you receive the best service in this regard. With our decades of experience in moving, we make sure that the specific needs of every client are met. Our well trained and dedicated employees make sure that every piece of furniture in your home, as big as the antique piano you love or other major furniture are moved in the safest way and in the best of hands. Experience and quality is what sets us apart. We treat every move as if we were moving our own belongings.
Movers USA isn't just a relocation company but helps its clients in every way possible to make the move easily. They provide disassembly and reassembly service for furniture, personal certified moving consultants, and climate controlled storage units among others services, which lessens the burden for the client who already have a number of others things to look after during a relocation. We can help every step of the way, from providing expertise advice and guidance of every aspect of the moving process.
We have the knowhow, the experience, and top of the line man power and equipment to make sure any move, of any size is done to the upmost of client satisfaction.


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The stages of life | Caspar David Friedrich | 1835
Along with other artists such as JMW Turner and Constable in England, the German Caspar David Friedrich is one of the greatest exponents of the Romantic movement.
In his landscapes, he shows nature in different ways. Sometimes, it is dramatic and powerful; other times, it is bleak and depressing. In certain exceptions, his landscapes are calm and peaceful.
The artist liked to include small human figures in his paintings, but they are dwarfed against the landscape. Like all romantics, Friedrich considered nature as a divine expression. It was not the object of science anymore; it was the sublime expression of God. The artist enjoyed walking alone through forests and beaches contemplating in silence different landscapes. Then, he used these impressions in the canvas. Therefore, it is not surprising that his paintings have a contemplative and mystical air.
His need for introspection led him to become an isolated man. One of his friends depicts him as "the loneliest of the lonely." As time passed, he showed that loneliness in his works with muted colors and dark compositions. Friedrich frequently meditated on aging, death and transcendence. In The stages of life, one of his last paintings, clearly shows the melancholy he experienced in old age.
The 5 characters that appear in it represent the Friedrichs. The artist, with a cane with his back to us is greeted by a man in top hat, his nephew. The woman and children are all sons of the artist himself. The landscape we see belongs to the north coast of Germany, near his birthplace. The ships arriving are allegorical elements. While many are close to their destinations, others are still distant. The old Friedrich, in this painting, shows us life as a path and the characters he used represent its different stages.
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Trump, Kavanaugh, and the Fruits of 'Dignity Politics'
Last week, a self-described Trump supporter left a lengthy voicemail for Francis Fukuyama. She was taking issue with his assertion that the "American people" are defined not by race or ethnicity, but rather by a shared belief in the principles upon which our nation was based.
"She was really upset," recalled the Stanford University political scientist. "She said the Constitution says America belongs to the people who fought in the revolution, and their descendants. I suspect by 'descendants,' she actually meant 'white people.'"
"At the end of her diatribe, she basically said I should go back to Japan, or wherever I came from. [Editor's Note: He was born in Chicago.] I used to hear this sort of thing when I was a little kid, before the civil rights era. But over the last few years, that kind of rhetoric is crawling out of the woodwork more and more."
Inadvertently, that woman was illustrating the main point of Fukuyama's new book, Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Power of Resentment. To her, citizenship is tied to a specific ethnic identity, and she has internalized that group's grievances.
Fukuyama argues this tendency to ground your sense of self in race, gender, or sexual orientation first took root on the left, often in reaction to genuine injustice, and has now spread to the right. No wonder our politics are so polarized: We all feel we're being dissed, and we take it very personally.
In an interview from his Stanford University office on Monday, he discussed this increasing fragmentation, how it showed itself in the recent controversy over now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and how we could get to a shared identity as Americans.
In the wake of the Kavanaugh hearings, and his ultimate confirmation as a Supreme Court judge, are you more pessimistic about the future of American democracy?
Yes, I definitely am. I think what the hearings demonstrated is the fact that Americans are polarized in a very deep way. The people who watched Dr. Ford and said "I believe her," and those who watched Kavanaugh and said "He's a victim of the Democrats" were looking at exactly the same images, and hearing exactly the same words. But they interpreted them in dramatically different ways.
How you interpreted them depended upon your identity, and, increasingly, our identity is defined in partisan terms. If you have a certain set of beliefs, you must also [share the view of fellow partisans] regarding the veracity of a woman's testimony.
There are fears that the new Supreme Court will implement a radical right-wing agenda that lacks popular support. Do you think that is likely?
If the court tries to dismantle what people consider settled law in a dramatic fashion, it's going to produce a very big political controversy, in a way that will threaten the court's legitimacy. But it seems to me [Chief Justice] John Roberts wants to protect its independence and integrity. The way he settled the Obamacare case [where he joined the liberal justices to uphold the legality of the Affordable Care Act] indicates he does not want to see the court politicized in that fashion. So it's not inevitable that the court will move in a dramatic direction.
I recently spoke to a political scientist who argued the next Democratic president who has a Democratic Senate should immediately expand the Supreme Court from nine to 11 seats. Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne made that same argument on Monday. Is that a good idea, or a dangerous one?
I think that would just inflame the partisan divide. I actually think this is a good opportunity to think about structural changes in the way we appoint justices. There are other reforms we need to think about before we go to that one. The first thing I would do is get rid of lifetime tenure [of justices]. That would dramatically reduce the stakes in these battles.
You could also formalize a lot of the procedures by which the prospective justices are vetted. Democrats are angry about the way Republicans used their control of the Judiciary Committee to cut short deliberations. You can write into law exactly how the committee needs to proceed in future cases. You could also write into law that the Senate has to consider a nomination within six months. That would make what the Republicans did to Merrick Garland [a President Barack Obama nominee who was denied a hearing for nearly a year] illegal.
Should that be a priority for congressional Democrats?
It would be perfectly legitimate. But the Democrats are going to have a long to-do list as they write into hard law the norms Donald Trump has violated. For instance, there's no reason why the president should be the only federal official exempted from all these conflict-of-interest laws. That doesn't make any sense to me.
You could also pass a law requiring presidential candidates to release their tax returns.
I actually think that's going to happen, one way or another. I don't see how the Republicans can resist an effort to turn that into law.
Kavanaugh was nominated by a president who lost the popular vote, and confirmed by senators who represent around 44 percent of the population. This is increasing popular awareness of the undemocratic nature of the Senate and the Electoral College. Do we need to make some fundamental changes in how we elect our president and representatives?
A few political scientists have run the numbers to predict what's going to happen in the next few presidential elections, given the country's demographic shifts. There's a significant possibility that the Republicans will continue to hold onto the presidency, as the Democrats keep winning the popular vote. It's happened twice in the past two decades. I think if this goes on and becomes a regular pattern, it will lead to a big crisis.
Changing the Electoral College and the Senate will require changing the Constitution, and that's very difficult, especially at this moment of extreme polarization. That means we are building toward a slow explosion. I don't think it will come right away, but if we have an election in which the Democrat wins the popular vote by an even bigger margin but loses the presidency, that will produce a big crisis, and I have no idea how it's going to be resolved.
New York Times columnist Tom Friedman is warning of the possibility of a second Civil War. Is that overstated?
Yes, that's overstated. But people could start resorting to violence. They'll certainly be out in the streets, and things can get ugly really quickly.
You argue in your book that our current polarization is, at least in part, due to the rise of "identity politics." Do you see the Kavanaugh controversy in those terms?
I think the whole #MeToo movement is a textbook case of what I describe as "dignity politics." It's based on women feeling they have an inner dignity, based on their accomplishments and who they are as human beings. But they're regarded by men as sexual objects, and not recognized for what they believe to be their true selves. They argue that male society has to adjust its norms.
I think that's fundamentally just and necessary, but the right has now borrowed that framing from the left. A lot of people on the white-nationalist side say they are a victimized minority also.
If you're a working-class white person in rural Kentucky who lost his job because the factory shut down, you haven't been at the center of the cultural discussion in this country in your lifetime. People have gone from thinking they represent the median person in the American national identity to thinking of themselves as being despised by the opinion-makers and the cultural elite.
There is a very significant number of whites in this country whose driving motive is explicitly racial. They are panicked about no longer being the dominant racial group. But I don't think that's the whole story. There are a lot of people who have a legitimate claim to not being adequately recognized.
Aren't those feelings of grievance, justified or not, being exploited by politicians as a way to get, or stay, in power?
Yes, and the worst offender is Trump himself. He's the first racist president in my lifetime, and he has worked to drive wedges between people.
So how do we start to move beyond this divisiveness?
I make the point in my book that the Constitution doesn't define who the "American people" are. Gradually, we worked our way toward an identity that is not based on race or ethnicity, but rather belief in the Constitution and the rule of law. I believe this idea of a "credal identity" is very important. We need to find ways to look at each other as fellow citizens in a democratic republic.
Polls suggest most Americans don't have a good idea of our nation's founding principles. Are schools doing a bad job teaching civics?
I think they're doing a terrible job. There's poll data that only around 20 percent of high school graduates can identify even one right in the Bill of Rights.
Do you see young people getting involved in politics now to a greater extent than they have in recent decades?
I've always been quite conscious of how few of my students wanted to go into politics. Now, a lot of them are. I think there's a new realization that you can't take these things for granted. But we'll see. I think how many young people vote will determine the outcome of the election in November.
What do you think of the polls we read arguing that support for democracy has sunk to shockingly low levels among the young?
I've been following that quite closely. Since the original article [that made that claim], there have been some follow-up studies showing the decline in support for democracy is actually slight, and largely dependent on how you ask the question. A lot of people are unhappy with American democracy right now, including me. But that doesn't imply they believe a military dictatorship, or some other form of authoritarian government, would be better.
The trend toward authoritarianism is not confined to the U.S. Brazilians are poised to elect an openly racist man with authoritarian tendencies as their new president.
That's what started me on the project to write about identity. I think the whole world is shifting from the left-right economic divisions of the 20th century toward a politics that's increasingly based on identity.
Narendra Modi, the Indian president, is basically trying to take a liberal national identity and make it a Hindu one. You have populist candidates in Europe who want to define national identity in ethnic terms. It's a broad phenomenon, and it's also leading to a populist leadership style, where politicians take a popular mandate and then use it to dismantle constitutional order.
On the other hand, the Quebec separatist movement virtually died last week after being soundly defeated in a major election. Does that indicate these identity-based fevers do break at some point?
It goes up and down, partly due to economic conditions. I don't think it's an inevitable trend. It's a scenario where leadership can play a really big role. If you had a leader who didn't want to opportunistically divide people on identity grounds, but rather spoke up in favor of a broader identity, that would do a lot to reverse these current trends.
In the end, we're living in de facto multicultural societies. The only way you can do that peacefully is if you have a broad-minded sense of national purpose—one that makes all citizens feel they are part of a common enterprise. That's what leaders do.
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It's funny. With all of the furor over Beyonce's losing the Album of the Year Grammy for the third time, you'd think Katy Perry or Britney Spears had snatched the prize out of Queen Bey's outstretched hands. But people, she was beaten by Adele.
While I personally think there wasn't much to 25 beyond "Hello" (for me, 19 remains Adele's strongest album-length work), are we really going to start slamming an artist as important as the Brit with the big, booming voice ― one who apparently also doesn't think she's worthy of her second Album of the Year prize in as many tries?
Everyone, including Adele herself, has been asking what Beyonce needs to do to win Album of the Year. It's a valid question, and this five-part answer has nothing to do with the quality of her music or her race. #GrammysNotSoWhite
1. She needs to release an acclaimed hit album with at least one monster single.
Lemonade was not the "cultural movement" everyone keeps saying it was ― not unless you spend all of your time reading online think pieces. Here in the real world, 2016 was all about "Hello." The 25 power ballad was everywhere. It was the song that launched countless homages/parodies and had us all reminiscing about past loves. Even non-Adele fans can probably sing its opening line.
But here's a task for those who aren't dedicated to the Beyhive: Quick, name one song on Lemonade. While you consider that for a moment, also consider this: Lemonade didn't spawn a single runaway smash. Even "Formation," for all the internet obsession, only made it to No. 10 on Billboard's Hot 100 (a position it held for one week before tumbling to No. 19).
In fact, Beyonce hasn't scored a Hot 100 No. 1 since 2008's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" from her first Album of the Year Grammy nominee, I Am...Sasha Fierce. And if we're being completely honest, it was the last time a Beyonce song was a bonafide cultural movement. You didn't have to be in the Beyhive to get all those "put a ring on it" references.
For all of Sasha Fierce's chart success, critics were not totally on board. It never stood an Album of the Year chance against Taylor Swift's better-reviewed Fearless. If she's going to finally snag the big prize, Beyonce is going to have to find a way to be a singles lady and a critical darling.
Still trying to come up with a Lemonade title? "Becky with the Good Hair"? No, that was the publicity hook. The title was "Sorry," and it debuted and peaked at No. 11 on the Hot 100. The cheating track was bigger in the tabloids than on the charts. Now I challenge you, casual Beyonce fans, to sing one line from it.
2. She needs to take it down a few notches.
While I don't completely agree with Carlos Santana's assessment that Beyonce is "not a singer, singer," I do understand where it's coming from. I'm reminded of George Clooney, who has been nominated for the Best Actor Oscar three times, but has still only won in the supporting category.
People say he always plays the same character, but anyone who has actually seen his Best Actor-nominated performances in Michael Clayton, Up in the Air, and The Descendents knows that is not the case. Clooney, like Cary Grant before him, simply makes it look too easy. His Oscar-winning turn in Syriana aside, you don't see the sweat in his performances... so that must mean they can't be quite Daniel Day-Lewis caliber.
Beyonce has the opposite problem. She tries too hard. All of the dancers, the costumes, the props can sometimes be too much. It's a gorgeous and gaudy spectacle, one that's more likely to find favor in MTV's Video of the Year competition, where Beyonce has won twice. Understatement tends to have a better shot in Grammy races.
3. She needs to prove herself as a songwriter.
There's long been speculation about just how much Beyonce goes into her music, and it's unlikely to go away as long as her songs continue to be written by committee (several Lemonade tracks are credited to at least a dozen songwriters).
For an artist who has been around for such a long time, we know very little about Beyonce. Her songs are like masks. We pick them apart for clues (note the aforementioned tabloid hoopla over "Becky with the good hair"), because we're desperate for a morsel of revelation.
Then there is the alleged political statement of Lemonade. While Beyonce deserves credit for encouraging black women to be proud of their black beauty, she had to go and muddle that powerful message with irrelevant lines about having sex and eating at Red Lobster later. It dilutes the power of her social statement, and lyrically, it's awkward as hell.
India.Aire covered similar ground with far more finesse and far less fanfare in "I Am Not My Hair" ― and she backed it up with a public image that was considerably less airbrushed than Beyonce's. It's hard to take a supposed statement about embracing natural beauty seriously when it's coming from someone who epitomizes glamor-squad celebrity.
Beyonce, listen to 1999's Album of the Year, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (and take a closer look at what your Grammy-anointed sister Solange has been doing). If you ever dare to release an album that is as stunning a singer-songwriter showcase ― one that doesn't need a TV special, a "surprise" release, and a fake tabloid scandal to grab attention ― Album of the Year is as good as yours.
4. She needs to let go of the gimmickry.
In other words, just sing.
Everyone talks about how Beyonce and Lemonade represent a music-marketing revolution. They were released on the sly without months of build-up publicity. While that may have been true of her 2013 self-titled opus, it wasn't true for Lemonade.
Beyonce's latest album practically begged us to drink up and shell out even before we knew there was an album. She pulled the ultimate marketing ploy by getting to plug it with an HBO special right before its "surprise" release. It was a genius commercial move, but not necessarily the kind of move that wins the big Grammy, which, as I've mentioned before, tends to go for understatement.
5. She does not need to be white.
It's really hard to buy that old fallback argument about the Grammys being racist when Beyonce is the most-nominated female artist in its history (with 62 nods, including her cited work with Destiny's Child). She's also the second-most-awarded woman, with 22 wins, right behind Alison Krauss's 27, and ahead of Aretha Franklin, with 18, and Alicia Keys and Adele, both with 15. (Clearly it pays to have a name that begins with A or B.)
Saying Beyonce is due to win Album of the Year is a bit like saying Annette Bening is due the Best Actress Oscar. (Does that A-B thing only work with the Grammys?) Both may have been deserving in the past, but when I think of due for the Album of the Year Grammy, I think of The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Madonna and Prince. There are so many notable performers, ones who are even more iconic than Beyonce, who have never won Album of the Year.
Bob Dylan, arguably the most esteemed singer-songwriter in history, didn't win until Time Out of Mind in 1998, and when Robert Plant finally won, it was for his work with Alison Krauss (on Raising Sand), not Led Zeppelin.
When you think of the Grammys' history with black Album of the Year winners, it's hard to cry under-representation. Stevie Wonder won three times in the '70s, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie won consecutively in the '80s. Quincy Jones, Natalie Cole, Whitney Houston, Lauryn Hill, Outkast, Ray Charles and Herbie Hancock won in the '90s and the noughties. Not exactly a Grammy blackout.
Despite the recent dominance of Taylor Swift and Adele, two artists with very little in common other than their whiteness, the Grammys have actually shown a lot of diversity in its Album of the Year choices over the decades.
The last time Beyonce was up for the honor, she lost to Beck, who had lost 15 years earlier to Steely Dan, a duo more than two decades past its creative prime at the time. In other words, the Grammys have been doing inexplicable forever.
But as travesties go, the 2017 Album of the Year race was not one of them. Sorry, Beyhive. Better luck next album.


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Trade union alliances are a means by which European works councils can be strengthened and trade union objectives advanced within multinational companies (MNCs).
As part of a recent research project (VS/2014/0359), financed by the European Commission, no fewer than twenty trade union alliance meetings took place multinationals in all the sectors represented by UNI Europa.
Most of the meetings were primarily information sharing sessions. The challenge is to ensure that information sharing develops into policy making and/or negotiation. Leadership within the trade union alliance is essential to make this transformation.
Delegates identified a wide range of objectives as appropriate for trade union alliances. Most of these objectives were 'external facing' and required the trade union alliance to be proactive. Among the objectives identified by delegates were
- develop and implement a trade union policy appropriate for the MNC
- improve trade union organisation in the MNC
- strengthen collective bargaining with a view to improve terms and conditions of employment within the MNC
- increase trade union membership in the MNC
- improve articulation between the different industrial relations institutions within the MNC
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What is OfficePolitics.com? Real People. Real Problems. Expert Advice.
"Set Chemistry "
I have been working with my boss for four months. My boss and I don't seem to have chemistry. I feel as though I am kept out of the loop, sometimes purposely. I have to seek work to do outside of my department because there isn't enough to do, even though I ask periodically then she'll ask me about a project I know nothing about and becomes frustrated when I ask for details. My supervisor is also good friends with her supervisor's assistant, who is a known gossiper. Although I thought I had a good rapport with this person, she makes "rounds" so to speak, which I can easily ignore, however, the past couple of weeks it has been my turn and I believe my boss is listening to it. My boss has embarrassingly yelled at me in the hallway over immaterial things. I do not feel my job performance is an issue. When I do have an assignment I complete it well and on time. Do you think I have a problem, and if so, how do I fix it? Thank you!
Out of the Loop
Dear Out of the Loop,
"What we have here," as Strother Martin said in the film Cool Hand Luke, "is a failure to communicate."
My suggestion for addressing problems such as you describe is to ask your boss for an appointment to talk about managing your work better. Tell her you would like her help in clarifying her expectations for you. As your supervisor it is part of her task to give you the direction you need in order to do your work.
When you meet with her I would suggest that you first describe the situation from your perspective and how you feel. Tell her, as you told me, "I feel out of the loop." or "I feel isolated." Try to present the situation to your boss in a way that the two of you can work together on creating a better communication pattern. Avoid presenting the situation in a way that suggests your boss, or you, are not performing as you should. That would set up a confrontation, when what you want is to encourage cooperation.
With respect to the gossipy assistant, if you have a good rapport with this person I would suggest you invite her out for a coffee and tell her how you feel when you hear that she has been talking to others about you. In doing this be sure to make it clear that you are describing your feelings by starting your sentence with the words "I feel." For instance you might say, "I felt hurt when George told me you had told him about our conversation concerning my feeling out of the loop."
If you value this relationship you can indicate that and seek to work together to ensure that it works for both of you. You might say, "I value our friendship and appreciate the help you have given me since coming to this firm. Will you treat future conversations as confidential unless we agree otherwise?"
The key to dealing with difficult relationships, in the office or elsewhere, is to approach the person privately and speak to them one on one in a way that lets them know how you feel and seeks to work together to create a better relationship. If you are accusatory or demand that the other person change, you are unlikely to get a positive response.
If the one on one approach does not lead to an improved relationship, or if the relationship is already so difficult that you are reluctant to try this approach, contact your firms Human Resources Department whose job it is to help in these kinds of situations. If there is no HR department bring in a superior and ask them to help resolve the situation.
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Hello, everyone! Time to begin prepping for the final. Fortunately, with the change logs and statements you've been writing all quarter, you've already started that process. Now it's time to articulate what you learned this quarter and communicate that learning through various media. There shouldn't be any math involved, tho.
The final consists of two parts: a reflection and a group presentation.
The Reflection
Your reflection should assume the form of a digital video roughly two minutes in duration (no less than 90 seconds and no more than 150).
In that video, you should (either directly or indirectly) respond to these questions:
In BIS 343, what—exactly—did you learn about digital collaboration and publication?
How did your perceptions of (or assumptions about) digital collaboration and publication change over the course of the quarter?
How will what you've learned transfer to other situations (academic or not)?
As you compose the video, please keep in mind a few things:
Your reflection should demonstrate how your work fulfilled the course outcomes, which you should review carefully before you begin this assignment. (Note how the outcomes speak to not only technical competencies (e.g., how to compose in Omeka), but also social (e.g., project management), cultural (e.g., the valences of DIY), and theoretical (e.g., questions of access and representation) issues.)
Evidence! Evidence! Evidence! In your two minutes, point your audience to specific things you've contributed to the course and to the exhibit. Try quoting your writing (e.g., change logs & statements), referencing specific parts of the website, including your interpretation of a reading (e.g., Vallier, Siebert, or Daniel), recalling a moment from class (e.g., workshops, lectures, or collaborations), and mentioning what you did outside of the classroom. In short, ground your reflection in examples—examples that represent how your learning developed over time. Highlight change.
Barring any objections from you, your video will ultimately be included in our Omeka exhibit on DIY music and the Croc. (I will distribute release forms.)
Since the video will be part of the exhibit, it should be aware that its audience includes anyone from scholars in new media studies to fans of DIY music in Seattle. Of course, that audience includes me and your peers, too.
That said, the content and style of the video should be accessible, creative, and engaging, but also thoughtful and self-reflexive. You want to show a broad spectrum of people what you learned and that you learned it in an academic setting; however, you also want to show how that knowledge influences your everyday life.
Your video can be "production-lite." That is, if all you know how to do is record yourself speaking into a camera, then that's fine! There's no need to edit. Post-production will not be figured into your grade. Still, you are welcome to edit as you so choose.
The video does not have to be you sitting in front of a camera. Use the medium as you wish. However, do consider some basics, including how to set up your shot (e.g., what's in the background? are you using a tripod? is the room noisy?). Here are some tips.
If you include any media (e.g., audio, video, or images) that are not your own, then please be sure to abide by fair use and/or select media in the public domain (or media subject to situation-friendly Creative Commons licenses).
The file size of your video should not exceed 1 GB. Preferred formats are: MPEG-4, MOV, AVI, and WMV.
Experiment. Record a few times. Watch and listen to what you have. Repeat until you're happy.
Your video is due on Monday, March 14th. You should submit your video via the class dropbox. The dropbox automatically closes at 12:01 AM on March 15th. Prior to publishing your video as part of the exhibit, I will contact you for a final review.
Group Presentation
While your final reflection asks you use video to communicate what you've individually learned this quarter, the group presentation asks you to use other media forms to speak to the work conducted by your clusters. More specifically, it asks you to present your work with the sustainability or shelf-life of our exhibit in mind.
Your presentation should be framed around these concerns:
In five years from now, what will be the status of our Omeka exhibit on DIY music and the Croc? How (if at all) will it have changed or grown? Why will it still matter? Who (if anyone) will be accessing and moderating it? And how?
With those concerns in mind, your presentation should:
Be between 7 and 8 minutes in duration,
Be prepared and rehearsed,
Point your peers and me to what—exactly—your cluster did this quarter,
Mention what you still think needs to be done to the exhibit,
Articulate your concerns about the future of the exhibit,
Include a concise and easy-to-read print handout, intended for readers five years from now and including guidelines (or a "sustainability plan") for how to pick up, develop, and maintain our exhibit,
Mention at least two specific things your cluster collectively learned about digital collaboration and publication,
Include a visual medium of some sort (e.g., PowerPoint, Google Docs, or Prezi presentation), and
Be conducted in such a way that it is clear how all cluster members contributed. (In other words, not everyone needs to speak, especially if your cluster is large.)
Feel free to present from your cluster's perspective. For example, if your cluster oversees the exhibit's metadata, then you don't need to account for what the theme/code cluster, or the history/representation cluster, is doing (or should be doing in the future).
Each cluster will present during our last class meeting: Wednesday, March 9th. Your presentation should not exceed the time limit. Presentations will be followed by a brief Q&A, so be prepped to respond to any quibbles or concerns.
Prior to the presentation, all of your materials (e.g., the digital version of your handout and other presentation materials, like slides) should be uploaded to the class WordPress blog and included in a blog entry (one entry per cluster).
That's it! By comment below, please let me know what questions you have. I'm happy to elaborate on anything above, since I'm sure not everything is crystal clear.
It's been a pleasure working with you this quarter.


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By Daniel Edward Moore
Dreaming Of Sacrifice Gone
The gentle shepherd with apocalyptic rants wearing eighty six years
of warfare and wonder is the incarnation of pure contradiction,
a contemplative Father with biblical ink flowing through veins
into hands that drove tractors, hands that turned fields into green congregations
that worshipped the maker of days. From the field a lamb was taken.
Slain without consent. Something innocent, unlike me, paid for the stripes
of barbwire shadows streaking my soul like a bad referee
who failed to blow the silver alarm as creation fell to its knees.
As in days of old, when the cold steel wings of Air Force bombers
sprouted from a farm boy's back, carving the land of Viet Nam into
nothing that looked like Ohio, nothing that dare looked up into Heaven
and sang the psalms of lambs. If every son is a Father's lamb waiting
for Abraham's knife, may morning find me turning away from tears dripping
off the blade. May evening find me sleeping on stone dreaming of sacrifice gone.


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Healthy alternatives to Halloween treats
Halloween is just around the corner, bringing with it candy, costumes and the commencement of the holiday season that runs through New Year's Day. It's easy to allow good habits to fall by the wayside, but establishing your positive intentions early on during this most tempting time of year will help you – and your entire family - stay healthy into 2013 and beyond.
Though Halloween likely originated as a pagan festival centered on the harvest, it has mutated over the centuries into an annual celebration of sugar. As you take your kids trick-or-treating this year, remember that the scariest things are often the ingredients in the food being dispensed by your neighbors.
Not only is processed candy made almost entirely of highly refined (and difficult to digest) sugars like high fructose corn syrup, they are rife with artificial colors, fat, sodium and other worthless components. These foods, or food look-alikes, will ultimately make your child feel lethargic, and provide no nutritional value whatsoever.
But that doesn't mean Halloween can't be delicious – rather than dispense meaningless provisions, offer up items that simultaneously promote you children's health and satisfy their sweet tooth! I like to give out Yummy Earth organic lollipops, Xocai chocolates with probiotics and any brand of organic, dark chocolate-covered goji berries.
The benefits of dark chocolate are well-established, and they are many: Dark chocolate contains compounds called flavanols, which are packed with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. One study showed that dark chocolate helped lower people's blood sugar levels and contributed to lowering LDL (bad cholesterol) and raising HDL (good cholesterol). Similarly, goji berries are rich in antioxidants, and may help ward off cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer's, according to research. As with any food, moderation is key, and make sure your dark chocolate of choice is organic as well.
If you've got time, another wonderful alternative is making your own Halloween-inspired snacks from scratch, using organic ingredients. Bite-sized granola bars, whole-grain oatmeal raisin cookies, and dark-chocolate covered organic strawberries or other fruits are all easily executed options that won't leave your kids with bellyaches, or bouncing off the walls.
Beyond the dangers of a candy overdose, be wary of your children's Halloween get-ups. Like cleaning supplies and personal care products, the masks and makeup children adorn for Halloween are full of toxic substances. Rather than buy a brand new costume made with endocrine-disrupting phthalates or other plasticizers, go green by reusing clothing and other supplies you've already got on hand in the house, or stop by a secondhand store to pick up whatever accessories you may need. It's a great way to conserve resources, and also money.
If you must buy something new, the website GreenHalloween.com recommends costumes made from organic cotton or silk; though they're more expensive, chances are your little ones will wear these items on more than one occasion. The Environmental Working Group notes the importance of avoiding face paints and lipsticks that contain lead and can cause cancer or skin irritations. They also suggest steering clear of hairsprays and nail polishes that can aggravate asthma and other respiratory allergies.
Halloween is one of the most fun and festive holidays for kids of all ages. With just a little bit of effort, you can help make it a healthy, eco-friendly event that will set the tone for the festive, food-centric months to follow.


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Derrick Mitchell, a defensive tackle from Jacksonville's First Coast High School has committed to Florida State, Ira Schoeffel confirmed via twitter. Apologies for not getting this up sooner, but we were unable to reach two of our primary sources. Mitchell is the eighth commitment for the 'Noles, joining First Coast RB Eric Beverly, Nova DT Nile Lawrence, Navarre OL Sterling Lovelady, Treasure Coast DBs Lamarcus Brutus and Keelin Smith, Deland OL Trey Pettis, and Ridge ATH Karlos Williams.
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32" Vertical
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Not a shocking commitment by any means. Mitchell goes to what is considered an FSU feeder school in First Coast. The 'Noles offered fairly early. Mitchell visited for the February 20th Junior Day and loved his visit. First Coast has several other good underclassmen as well, including WR Chris Black.
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He's a big, strong kid that will most likely be a defensive tackle at FSU. He's considered a very good athlete for his size. Mitchell is very raw right now and in the limited film we've seen, plays too high. FSU will need to coach him up, something DT Coach Odell Haggins has always done well. Due to his great length, he's still growing into his body and like most defensive linemen, he might not be an immediate contributor. Mitchell also has a 1993 birthdate, making him one of the youngest kids in FSU's recruiting class.
I'd expect him to get above 300 pounds by his 2nd season at FSU. He reminds me a bit of a skinnier version of former Tennessee DT John Henderson (Jacksonville Jaguars). In an odd comparison, his length reminds me of former Marlins 1B (current Cub) Derrick Lee.
From the recent UA combine:
The 6-foot-5, 285-pounder was impressive during one-on-one drills. He showed excellent footwork and used his hands well to shed potential blockers making it tough on offensive linemen throughout the day.
"I think I've got really good speed," he said. "I mean, I weigh 285 pounds, but I don't look it and I don't feel it."
This fall, Mitchell will play end for First Coast, but he potentially projects as big, athletic interior defensive tackle in college. Alabama recently joined a host of schools that have offered early. Others include Florida State (where Mitchell's father played basketball), Clemson, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida International, among others.
As far as the defensive tackle position goes, FSU might take one more.
Sort of narrow hipped, but he can easily add 10-15 lbs of good weight in his lower body. Uses his long arms to stalemate blockers and does a pretty good job of shedding. Can get some quick penetration, but must get better at attacking half-a-man and quickly getting into the gap. Needs to learn how to get skinny, slip past blockers and split double teams. When he stays low he can dominate, but when he gets high he exposes his long torso and the blocker can get him. That's common for tall defensive tackles. Once in the backfield his long arms engulf the running back and while he sometimes tackles high, he does stay square and make the play. Bats down a lot of passes with his 6'6" frame and tremendously long arms. Tends to rely a little much on his raw strength and I would like to see him generate more power from his lower body coming out of his stance. Pretty good at finding the ballcarrier. Good GPA and is likely already fully qualified. Dad played hoops for FSU in the late 80s. 6th player from First Coast HS for FSU. Film | Photo | Photo
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The Cavs got destroyed by the Lakers on Sunday night. Keeping the theme of the ridiculous schedule, the Cavs will immediately have a chance for redemption. It's still the west coast, so I hope you all plan on being late to work tomorrow morning.
Who? Cleveland Cavaliers (9-30) at Sacramento Kings (13-24)
When? 10:00 PM Eastern
Where? Sleep Train Arena -- Sacramento, CA
Where on my eyeballs? Fox Sports Ohio / NBA League Pass
Tickets? Cleveland Cavaliers tickets
This a matchup between two pretty horrible teams. The Kings have been slightly better as of late, but still aren't anywhere near challenging for a playoff spot. The Cavaliers are, well, they're 9-30. The last time these two teams met, the Kings beat the Cavs at the Q and it was a pretty horrible loss. Can the Cavs return the favor and knock off the Kings on their home court? Uh, maybe?
There have been many fans on this site that want to trade for DeMarcus Cousins. And for good reason -- he's an awesome player. But there's roughly a 0% chance that the Kings are going to trade away their best shot at a franchise player. Since coming back from his suspension, he's been an absolute monster. If you think his talent is worth the headache of all his attitude problems, why wouldn't the Kings think the same way?
Cousins is probably the biggest mismatch of the evening for the Cavaliers. Tyler Zeller and Tristan Thompson watched Dwight Howard do whatever he wanted last night and Cousins is a similar beast. He isn't the same defensive monster that Howard is, but his offensive game is far more versatile. I'd love to see TT shut him down, but Cousins could very well bully the Cavs' front court big time.
Jimmer Fredette has been playing pretty well lately. I don't have much more to say about this, it's just shocking to me.
Kyrie Irving needs to get some help. He wasn't at his best on Sunday night, but he did create a lot of open looks for his teammates. Unfortunately, C.J. Miles, Tyler Zeller, Dion Waiters, and basically everybody else, refused to hit those open looks. One of Kyrie's flaws (yes, he still has flaws, you guys) is that if his teammates aren't performing, he starts to say "screw it, I'll do it myself." This is also known as "what Kobe Bryant does 100% of the time." It makes him more predictable and less efficient. There were a couple of bad possessions when Kyrie seemed clearly upset with his teammates so he just went iso against 3 defenders and put up a bad shot. His teammates needs to hit shots more consistently, but Kyrie also needs to not ignore them.
Tristan has had a couple of low rebounding games recently. It would really make me feel good if he could haul in 15 boards tonight and get back on that double-double train. Do it up.
Fear the Sword's Fearless Prediction
I think the Cavs will win. Kyrie Irving should have a monster game. Spoiler: we might have a Google+ hangout with some bros from the Kings blog later. So there's that.


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S.D Public School
S.D. Public School was established as a co-educational English medium school in Bata in the year 2013
By the relentless efforts of great visionary Sh. Rajender Prasad Ji founder chairman, the school reached dazzling heights and became a name to reckon with in the field of education. The school admits children belonging to all the stratas of the society and inculcates in them a spirit of secularism with respect for all religion.
S.D Public School offers a safe and secure pollution free and eco-friendly environment with the state of the art infrastructure. The class rooms are airy, spacious with quality intensive surrounding. The school has the right atmosphere to teach the children and enrich their growth. They learn through their personal experience curiosity to do a work and their sensitive response to the environment, which the school endeavors to make secure and familiar. Beside simulating them encourage them, generating self confidence in them and above all, making them feel relaxed, the school also claims to take personal care of each and every child.
In short, S.D. Public School represents an effort in taking represents initiative to impart education in a an innovative and unconventional manner.
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2016 ELECTION: That time Ted Cruz went to South Beach with homocon megadonor Peter Thiel, and Aaron Schock: "Mr. Cruz continues to rely on Mr. Thiel's generosity and describes the venture capitalist, who is gay, as a close friend. He has been a guest at two lavish conferences Mr. Thiel hosts for up-and-coming conservative leaders, one in Miami Beach at the Setai, where rooms top $1,000 per night, in 2008, and another at the Reynolds Plantation in Georgia in 2009. A person who attended the Miami Beach gathering described the retreats as brainstorming sessions on the future of the American right involving people who were more centrist-minded than fire-breathing conservatives. Attendees included young Republicans who were considered rising stars at the time, including Eric Cantor, who would become House majority leader, and Aaron Schock, the former Illinois congressman who would later resign amid revelations of campaign finance impropriety.
PARIS: Frenchman on trial for anti-gay death threat targeting Paris city official: "Tarek Laboun, a 31 year-old engineer, is accused of posting the tweets targeting Jean-Luc Romero, an openly gay deputy mayor and AIDS activist when Romero was married in 2013. Thursday's trial turns on issues of free speech limits online."
NYC: Crane collapse in lower Manhattan kills one, injures two.
OKLAHOMA: Sally Kern pulls anti-LGBT bill: "In an unexpected move Thursday, Rep. Sally Kern publically withdrew a bill that would prohibit school counselors from distributing any informational material to students regarding human sexuality without first notifying parents. The bill was scheduled to receive a hearing from the House Common Education committee that afternoon but during the measure's introduction, Kern instead read a statement she had prepared. Kern told committee members she recently learned her bill could have unintended consequences that could affect the work of many pregnancy resource centers in the state that "volunteer their time, energy and resources in helping women and babies in crisis time in their lives."
SEATTLE: Catholic high school won't run gay wedding announcement in alumni magazine: "Bishop Blanchet High School in Seattle has refused to run an announcement in its alumni magazine for the same-sex marriage of an alumna who once served as student body vice president and homecoming queen. In response to the submission by the 1997 graduate, the school sent her a letter saying, in part, '… the Archdiocese does not permit this type of information to be published in our Catholic school magazine.' Open letter: "I would invite you to consider that a marriage is first and foremost a celebration of love, and while the debates within Christian communities around the question of gay marriage indicate something short of scriptural clarity on the matter, there is another matter upon which scripture is absolutely clear: the value of love." And the response.
MAINE: Governor LePage is stopping the Department of Education from issuing rules protecting transgender students: "Rep. Matthea Daughtry of Brunswick says the rules are required by the 2013 Maine Supreme Judicial Court's decision in favor of Nicole Maines, a transgender student in Orono who was barred from using a bathroom appropriate for her gender.LePage spokeswoman Adrienne Bennett said LePage has read the court decision and believes it requires the Legislature to take action, and that new rules are not required."
NEW ZEALAND: A politician was hit in the face with a sex toy: "The large, pink sex toy was launched by a woman in the crowd as Joyce spoke to media in Waitangi. She hit him squarely in the face. Such aim takes skill. 'That's for raping our sovereignty. That's for raping our country, because of the TPPA and selling away our rights and our freedom.'"
SPACE: Pluto has icebergs: "The nitrogen ice glaciers on Pluto appear to carry an intriguing cargo: numerous, isolated hills that may be fragments of water ice from Pluto's surrounding uplands. These hills individually measure one to several miles or kilometers across, according to images and data from NASA's New Horizons mission. The hills, which are in the vast ice plain informally named Sputnik Planum within Pluto's 'heart,' are likely miniature versions of the larger, jumbled mountains on Sputnik Planum's western border. They are yet another example of Pluto's fascinating and abundant geological activity."
EMERGENCY DEFECATION SITUATION: Australian reporter loses it over news story: "Today could be the day I lose my job."
BEACH FANTASY FRIDAY: Norwegian sunbather Andreas Sletten. (nominated by reader Joe B)
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A 45-year-old low-income senior housing tower in Midtown is slated to get a $12 million renovation starting in early 2019.
Cathedral Tower, at 80 E. Hancock St. east of Woodward Avenue, is the first affordable housing scheduled to be renovated using financing in part from Dan Gilbert's Bedrock LLC under an agreement approved by the city late last month.
The 236-unit building, constructed in 1972, is expected to get updated heating and cooling systems, new windows, upgraded kitchens and bathrooms and other improvements as part of the renovations to be completed in 2020, when an agreement to keep it as low-income is set to expire. Under the agreement, Cathedral Tower is to retain its affordable designation for another 30 years.
As part of the deal, the building will become affordable to those making 60 percent or less of the area median income rather than 80 percent or less, as it currently stands.
A joint-venture between MRK Partners Inc. and Fortus Partners is buying the property for an undisclosed price.
Arthur Jemison, the city's director of housing and revitalization, has said that as many as 2,000 affordable housing units in downtown, Midtown, Corktown and the New Center area are at risk of being converted to market-rate housing in the next five years.
"For equitable growth to happen in Detroit, we need to retain the residents who have stayed while attracting new neighbors. Preserving affordable housing in buildings like Cathedral Tower is a large part of that equation," he said in a statement.
"With this project, we are also taking the critical step of helping preserve existing affordable housing, ensuring that we don't take one step forward and two steps back by losing the existing affordable housing and long-time residents we have today," Dan Mullen, president of Detroit-based Bedrock, said in a statement.
Bedrock's agreement with the city calls for the development or preservation of 700 affordable housing units, based on being affordable to those making 80 percent or less of the area median income. That metric has been criticized because it is based on the Detroit-Warren-Livonia Metropolitan Statistical Area, which factors in household incomes from the suburbs, rather than just the city of Detroit, where the median household income is substantially lower.
In addition to the 236 Cathedral Tower units, Bedrock is also building 85 affordable units in its 28Grand development in Capitol Park and another 60 in its City Modern development in Brush Park. The remaining 319 units that are part of Bedrock's 700 affordable units have yet to be announced.
Cathedral Tower is owned by Bloomfield Township-based Princeton Enterprises LLC, according to CoStar Group Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based real estate information service.


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AGR Steering Pros Rock Ram Steering System
The Rock Ram "Hydro Assist" steering system is the original hydraulic assisted steering system designed and developed for competition rock crawlers. The Rock Ram System will improve the off and on-road handling of any vehicle running larger than stock tires. When installed, this system increases your steering force 100% or more while retaining excellent handling characteristics for daily driving. The Ram cylinder serves as an added assist to the gearbox and transforms the steering stabilizer into a power assisted unit, eliminating the need for a conventional steering stabilizer. The Ram Cylinder uses dynamic hydraulic pressure to control the front end movement, not just cushion it, which results in an overall smoother ride and increased steering control.
The Rock Ram Steering System consists of competition and trail proven Super Ram Box, Rock Ram Super Pump, the Rock Ram Hydraulic Cylinder and install kit. The Super Ram Box has been machined, ported and fitted with a properly matched Rock Ram Valve to provide the needed increased fluid flow to supply both the Ram Box and the Ram cylinder.
The Rock Ram Gear Box is manufactured with light valving for turning ease. Gear ratios vary depending on the vehicle application. In additional to the tremendous increase in turning force, the Rock Ram System reduces stress on the steering gearbox and frame by sharing the load with the Rock Ram Cylinder. The components and modifications include the Rock Ram system are purpose designed to provide pure turning power for off-road maneuvering as well as stabilizing the front end for pavement driving.
Each Rock Ram Steering System Kit is application specific. Be sure to check the fitment criteria carefully to make sure your vehicle qualifies. Kits are separated by either "Rock Ram" or "Super Rock Ram", which is denoted with the part number ending in "T". Super Rock Ram Kits include an upgraded Super Thrust Pump, which is a reinforced, high flow, increased pressure rating pump that has roller thrust bearings in place of traditional bushing style bearings found in the standard Super Pump. Super Thrust Pumps are incredibly durable and are proven to withstand the most demanding heavy-duty situations.
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Motor Vehicles
WARNING: Motor vehicles contain fuel, oils and fluids, battery posts, terminals and related accessories which contain lead and lead compounds and other chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects and other reproductive harm. These chemicals are found in vehicles, vehicle parts and accessories, both new and as replacements. When being serviced, these vehicles generate used oil, waste fluids, grease, fumes and particulates, all known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, and reproductive harm.
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How does intergenerational mobility differ between and within countries?
How should we interpret these differences?
Our study of the economic theory used to model intergenerational mobility gives us a framework to begin to address these questions. What does the empirical literature have to say about geographic variation? This is the major challenge you have in this lecture, a discussion that started with our introduction of the Great Gatsby Curve which involved differences between countries.
To ask the same question we posed in our study of differences through times: what are the challenges we face in bringing together our empirical insights with our theoretical understanding to draw conclusions for public policy? In addition, one must wonder if some cross-country comparisons are more informative for public policy than others. We also explore this them by making both a between and a within country comparison of Canada and the United States.
Download the Lecture 9 slides.
Listen to the lecture with a voice-over of the slides and participate in the discussion.
Chetty, Raj, Nathaniel Hendren, Patrick Kline, and Emmanuel Saez (2014). "Where is the Land of Opportunity? The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in the United States." Quarterly Journal of Economics. 129 (4): 1553–1623.
Connolly, Marie, Miles Corak, and Catherine Haeck (2019). "Intergenerational Mobility between and within Canada and the United States." Journal of Labor Economics. 37 (S2): S595-S641.


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Homemade Dishwasher Soap
By: The Cleancult Team
November 14, 2017
After trying out our homemade laundry detergent recipe, we just couldn't stop ourselves from trying out a recipe for homemade dishwasher soap. As with everything else, the internet is filled with many different recipes for homemade dishwasher soap, with many different ingredients ranging from borax and baking soda to Kool Aid and vinegar. The key to a great homemade recipe is both that it has great results and that almost anyone could find the ingredients already in their kitchens or homes. Today we bring you two working recipes, with ingredients that are very common in households. Remember, these recipes are for dishwasher soap, these are not a recipes on how to make liquid dish soap. So get your measuring spoons primed and get ready to start cleaning some dishes.
This first recipe makes an entire jar full of soap and at a cost per load of roughly 2 cents, makes for a great substitute to regular dishwasher soap. The ingredients used are just 1 cup of borax, 1 cup of washing soda, ½ cup of salt and 5 packets of unsweetened lemonade mix.
- Mix all ingredients and store in a closed jar
- Use 2 tablespoons in your dishwasher's "Normal Wash" or "Main Wash" compartment and close the lid.
- Close the dishwasher lid and set the cycle to "Normal Wash" or "Light Wash," along with any other desired settings. Press "Start."
The second recipe is even easier to create, and models the typical lineup of ingredients we already have in our kitchen. The ingredients used are just regular dish soap (there are many debates about which is the best dish soap, but, really, any of them will do fine), baking soda, and salt. Now I know, I know. You can't use regular dish soap on your dishwasher… But bear with me. We find that, actually, you can...use a "little." The purpose of mixing the soap with the baking soda is to keep them from filling the dishwasher, dishwasher door and kitchen floor with suds. Now to the recipe:
- Place dirty dishes in the dishwasher as usual (grime, goo, and all)
- Add about three drops of your regular liquid dish soap to your dishwasher's detergent compartment
- Fill the compartment ⅔ of the way with baking soda.
- Add salt until the cup is nearly full
- Close the dishwasher lid and set the cycle to "Normal Wash" or "Light Wash," along with any other desired settings. Press "Start."
An important fact to note is that the effectiveness of these recipes on your individual homes may vary according to different factors, including which type of water runs in your specific area, either hard or soft water. Hard water refers to water that has high mineral content. Hard water is formed when water percolates through deposits of limestone and chalk which are largely made up of calcium and magnesium carbonates. In domestic settings, hard water is often indicated by a lack of foam formation whenever any kind of soap is agitated in water, and by the formation of limescale in kettles or water heaters. However, soft water is surface water that contains low concentrations of ions of calcium and magnesium. Soft water naturally occurs where rainfall and the drainage basin of rivers are formed of hard, impervious and calcium poor rocks.
So now that you know two recipes for homemade dishwasher detergent, what are you waiting for to try them out?! Who knows, maybe you are tired of regular green brands or want to stop buying regular powdered soap altogether. Maybe the best green dishwasher detergent is not yet available. ; )


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Freedom Through Truth
From the Christian Science Journal Vol. 5, No. 3, June 1887, by A Truth Seeker, page 137
"And the truth shall make you free." (John) Free from what? From the bondage of physical sense, sin, and suffering.
Were the gracious promises of Christ given without meaning? Were the Disciples, whom he sent into the world to preach the Gospel and heal the sick, commanded to do the impossible? Are not they who believe today also his Disciples?
Come thou, and learn from Christian Science how the "still small voice of Spirit" may pierce the deafness of material sense, and bring you a realization of the glorious Truth, that we are the "children of God, and joint-heirs, with Christ," of harmony and glory. We are made in God's image, and only in perfection can we reflect Him.
With more understanding, we have more harmony of body, more enlightenment of Spirit. Come, and learn with David, that "He is the health of my countenance, and my God."


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Charcoal, white chalk and ink on toned paper, 83x78 cm, 2019
All the materials used are of a prime quality.
The series are a homage to the traditional craftsmanship from the XIX century. The strategy of seeking the maximum elegance, in the simplification of the forms and the organisation of values, is key for this idea of beauty.
In this series I want to express also my Love for spontaneity, the gestures and brushstrokes in the visual language.
I'm specially seeking the beauty in the composition of the figure in space. There is an extraordinary pleasure in placing the abstract elements in their precise order.
In the other hand, accidents help the artwork to feel more alive, as if it was in permanent process. We can imagine the battle of the materials, giving form to the human figure.
This is the 15th piece of the "human" collection.
Human 15
The Certificate of Authenticity will be shipped with this work
Customs charges will depend on the country we're shipping to, and it's unfortunately not something I have control over. All pieces will be shipped from Barcelona.