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Mar. 8, 2018, 2:18 p.m.
- Betsy DeVos
- school safety
California's top education official and more than 60 of the state's top teachers have sent a message to President Trump: Guns do not belong in schools.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson and the large group of California Teachers of the Year wrote an open letter to Trump on Thursday, telling him that arming teachers is not the answer to school violence.
After the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., President Trump suggested having teacher carry guns.
Mar. 8, 2018, 10:19 a.m.
- University of California
- Community Colleges
In and around Los Angeles:
Schools across L.A. are celebrating International Women's Day.
Cal State Fullerton announced a $50,000 grant from Mercury Insurance for the women's leadership program in its business school.
Mar. 8, 2018, 3:00 a.m.
As Los Angeles schools and others this week observe the 50th anniversary of the East L.A. walkouts, when thousands of Mexican American students marched to demand a better education, much attention has focused on those who became known as the Eastside 13.
Mar. 7, 2018, 10:27 a.m.
- Betsy DeVos
In and around Los Angeles:
New York's dramatic search for a new schools chief has removed two big-name candidates from the pool of potential Los Angeles Unified candidates.
In California:
Mar. 7, 2018, 9:15 a.m.
- Betsy DeVos
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos toured Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Wednesday to offer her support after last month's mass shooting, but some students panned the visit for failing to provide more access to student journalists.
On Tuesday, DeVos' office said the visit would be closed to media "out of respect for the students and faculty" who returned for their first full day of class at the South Florida campus since the Feb. 14 shooting that left 17 people dead.
At a short news conference after the visit, DeVos said she met with "a small group of students that are having a particularly tough time." She said their faces lit up when she asked them about the comfort dogs dispatched to their school.
Mar. 7, 2018, 8:07 a.m.
For a while, the nation's three largest school systems all were on the hunt for new leaders, but now Los Angeles has the only vacancy.
Mar. 7, 2018, 7:22 a.m.
One of 13 siblings found living captive in a Perris home in January had posted a video of herself on social media days before she and her siblings were rescued, according to a new report.
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Mar. 6, 2018, 11:59 a.m.
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- California State University
- University of California
- Community Colleges
California's public colleges and universities face a "drastic disparity" in diversity between their undergraduates, who are overwhelmingly students of color, and their predominantly white faculty and campus leaders, a new study has found.
That mismatch can negatively affect student academic success and must be addressed, says the report by the Campaign for College Opportunity, a Los Angeles nonprofit.
"Our public colleges and universities have to do more than communicate that they 'value' diversity while tolerating its absence," Michele Siqueiros, the nonprofit's president, said in a statement. "We can no longer accept excuses that leave out African Americans, Latinx, Asians and women from faculty and leadership positions in our colleges and universities, especially when we know including them on our campuses is key to our students' success."
Mar. 6, 2018, 10:27 a.m.
- Higher Education
- University of California
- Community Colleges
In and around Los Angeles:
Coast Community College District officials said they were reviewing a viral video in which a professor told a Long Beach couple to "go back to your home country."
L.A. Unified encourages educators to participate in a charity campaign and use it to help make students "civic minded."


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Are you Missing Out on the Benefits of
Local Search?
A Guide to Google Places
Local Search has been incorporated into the results of Google and Bing for some time now as a method of segmenting search results for users looking for a business based on its location.
The aim of local search is to provide a search user with a selection of businesses near-by without the need to visit many different websites to find the locations or get contact information.
I still find that some business owners have not claimed their listing, and some that have at least put their business on the map have not filled out their profile or business details enough to have a chance against their competitors.
What Is A Places Result?
You see these 'places' results when you search for a business or trade with a local term, such as: "Carpet Cleaners Essex", "Plumbers in London" etc.
They come in a group of 8 results from A to G underneath the paid listings but above the organic results, those local listings are linked to a Places business profile and the locations are shown by pins on a map. (see image below)
By creating a google places listing for your business you can take advantage of a free mini web page and listing in the Google search results. For certain businesses, local search can be just as effective as your own website for generating enquiries.
It is still necessary to have your own website however, as there is only a limited amount of information you can include in your places profile and a ranking factor within the local search results is the authority and rank of the website connected to the Places listing.
The big boy in search (including Local) is Google, so Google Places is the first platform you should concentrate on and if you have time later you can sign up with others such as Bing Local.
You can claim your business listing by going to http://www.google.com/places/
Your Places Profile
Ranking Your Google Places Page Higher
Google places is part of a search engine, so therefore it is possible to optimize your profile for better rankings just as you can optimize your site to rank higher in the organic results. There are several factors at play in where your business is listed and in typical Google tradition, the public is not really privy to that information.
It is obvious however that the location of the searcher is the most important ranking factor, your business in London should never appear in a search for similar businesses in Scotland. But it is possible to optimize your profile to compete with your local rivals.
Some independent studies investigating raking factors within Google Local results have discovered some best practises to follow to ensure you can get an upper hand on your less savvy competitors.
Be 100% complete
To get a good ranking in the places search results it is important to add as much information as possible, try to use all of the available text space, upload as many pictures as you can, include at least one video and complete the profile 100% if possible.
Get reviews
Reviews are an important ranking factor, but it can be a difficult process to encourage your customers to leave reviews on google places especially if the customer has to create an account to do so. You cannot write reviews on behalf of your customers, you must get them to use their own Google account, which is a barrier to some people.
Could you create some kind of ethical bribe? Such as discount on next order or booking when leaving a review to provide an incentive to your clients.
One important factor in your profile performance in local results is the amount of other references or citations your business has elsewhere on the internet.
You should sign up with some other business directories on the web, such as freeindex, yelp etc and where possible link to your google local places page (and of course your own domain) to build up these citations.
You could also link from your domain to your google local page and the profile on the other directories, this will give the google search spider a nice easy to follow path to all of your references from one place.
Contact Info
Ensure you have the same contact information across each of your social profiles or business pages, when the Google bot crawls the web it should see the same contact details for your business across all of the web properties connected to your brand. Consistency is key.

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EVENT: McCann Partners to Sponsor Chicago .NET Developers (Downtown) Presentation
Attendees will learn how to use existing ASP.NET MVC skills to create RESTful services with ASP.NET Web API.
When: Thursday, March 7, 2013
Where: Echo Global Logistics, 600 West Chicago Avenue, Suite 725, Chicago, IL 60654
Building RESTful HTTP Services Using ASP.NET Web API
The consumers of our data and application logic are vast. They include internal and external consumers, web, mobile and traditional clients, and span many platforms, vendors and technologies. Providing API consumers RESTful HTTP services can help you reduce some of the pain associated with reaching this diverse set of consumers. ASP.NET Web API is a technology that helps reduce your pain when creating these RESTful services. In this session, Eric D. Boyd will walk through ASP.NET Web API and show you how you can use your existing ASP.NET MVC skills to create RESTful services with ASP.NET Web API. From there, Eric will show you how you can take more advanced control with content negotiation, hypermedia, OData support, security and self-hosting your services.
What you will learn:
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Speaker Bio:
Eric D. Boyd is the Founder and CEO of responsiveX, a Windows Azure MVP, and a regular speaker at national conferences, regional code camps and local user groups. He is so passionate about apps and cloud services that he founded responsiveX, a management and technology consultancy that helps customers create great web, mobile and client experiences, and these apps are often powered by cloud services. Eric launched his technology career almost two decades ago with a web development startup and has served in multiple roles since, including developer, consultant, technology executive and business owner. Keep up with Eric on his blog and on Twitter.
About McCann Partners:
McCann Partners is a Chicago-based IT recruitment firm committed to providing businesses with highly customized talent solutions. Led by a team of recruitment and technology experts who have a combined 50 years of industry experience, McCann Partners offers a comprehensive range of IT recruitment services that includes recruitment process outsourcing, co-sourcing/sourcing, training and contract/contract-to-hire staffing. McCann Partners is the pioneer of a unique and highly effective assimilation process, which integrates teams deep into client businesses in order to provide truly collaborative, customized and results-driven recruitment solutions. To learn more, visit www.mccannpartners.com. You can follow McCann Partners on Twitter at www.twitter.com/McCannPartners and Facebook at www.facebook.com/McCannPartners.
About Chicago .NET Developers (Downtown) Group:
The Chicago .NET Developers (Downtown) Group is focused on educating and assisting downtown Chicago developers with the latest Microsoft Technologies. The group meets monthly on the first Wednesday or Thursday of the month and presents on topics related to all aspects of development, including web, desktop and cloud, as well as architectural design and application development frameworks. To learn more, visit www.chicagodev.net. You can follow Chicago .NET Developers (Downtown) Group on Twitter at www.twitter.com/chicagodevnet and Facebook at www.facebook.com/ChicagoDevNet.


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Laser Clay Pigeon Shooting!
OFFER - A 2 hour Quad biking tour, a 4 course lunch and a Laser clay pigeon session for only 79€ PP (normal price 108€).
OFFER - A 2 hour Quad bike tour, a light lunch, a Laser clay pigeon shooting session, 4 course evening meal, overnight stay in a double/twin en-suite room & breakfast for only 99€ PP (Normal price 142€).


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Another recent addition to our McKinlay's collection is the Comfort Sole Desert Boot. Similar to the alternate approach for the Brogues we posted yesterday, this version takes elements of a work boot and applies it to the body of the classic Desert Boot. While traditional desert boots use thin leather and a crepe sole, the McKinlay's version, features a thick suede body with leather lining and the "comfort sole", all aimed at making a pair of boots for walking. Even with these upgrades and additional features, the Desert Boot is still lightweight and ideal for being on your feet.
The Comfort Sole Desert Boots are available in Brown Suede, Sand Suede, and Oakwood Suede.


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SoC 2008 student proposals
- name / university / current enrollment
- short bio / overview of your educational background
- did you ever code in C or C++, yes/no? please provide examples of code.
- do you photograph panoramas? please provide examples.
- do you make other use of hugin/panotools than for stitching panoramas? please describe and show examples.
- were you involved in hugin/panotools development in the past? what was your contribution?
- were you involved in other OpenSource development projects in the past? which, when and in what role?
- why have you chosen your development idea and what do you expect from your implementation?
- how much time you plan to invest in the project? (we expected full time 40h/week but better make this explicit)
- please provide a schedule of how this time will be spent on subtasks of the project. While this is only preliminary, be aware that at the beginning of the project you will be required to provide a detailed plan, and during the project you will issue weekly progress reports against that plan.
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James Legg, OpenGL Accelerated Hugin Preview
- I am James Legg, a 2nd year undergraduate in Computer Science and Mathematics at The University of York (UK).
- At university I have taken modules in human computer interaction, artificial intelligence, computer graphics and visualisation, theory of computation, algorithms and data structures, group & ring theory, linear algebra, vector calculus, and analysis among others. I have A-Levels in Physics, Maths, and Further Maths, and a Critical Thinking AS-Level.
- I have experience in C++ and OpenGL, for example I created a program that displays a procedural random terrain, including multiple layers of textures, using OpenGL, SDL (for platform independent event handling), and libnoise (for coherent noise generation). The source is available from http://lankyleggy.members.beeb.net (Download megamap.tar.gz)
- I do photograph panoramas and stitch them with Hugin, there are a few examples at: http://lankyleggy.members.beeb.net/panoramas/
- I also use Hugin for aligning bracketed photos to create HDR images, and I use enblend (and the Gimp) to create seamless textures from photographs. An HDR example and a tonemap are on the same page as linked above.
- I have only recently started contributing to Hugin, see http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx/browse_thread/thread/f94c584095fcb9d0.
- I have not been involved in other open source development projects beyond use, evangelising and bug reporting.
- After completing this project, I expect to have a new optional preview display, acting largely like the existing one. This should instead use OpenGL, and a grid-like mesh to remap the images. It will only be approximate, but still functional. It will not require OpenGL shaders, as the hardware for this is not available to most users, although I would like to make it easy for someone to add this functionality at a later date. The main purpose is to speed up the preview process. Unfortunately, it will not have the accuracy and logarithmic HDR display of the current preview.
- I would like to do this project since I have an interest in computer graphics and human interface design.
- I will invest at least 40 hours a week after the first 3 weeks of the project. Unfortunately the 3rd week of Coding Phase 1 is an exam week, However I will attempt to make up the time before the official coding start date.
- I plan to split the project into the following stages:
- Beginnings: I will derive a new panorama preview from Hugin's existing one, set up an OpenGL context for it, and add extra preferences into Hugin to control selection of preview types, and the amount of texture memory and mesh resolution to use. I plan to have this done before the official "Coding starts" date.
- Texture creation: After this each image would be scaled appropriately and placed in texture memory.
- Photometric Alignment: OpenGL (without shaders) only directly supports linear colour transformations, however after this stage, white balance correction and (approximate) exposure correction will be used to display the images.
- Mesh creation: A grid-like mesh will be created for each displayed image. This will then be transformed under distortion correction, input lens projection and output projection, to get the coordinates used to make the display on the preview window. This will require using and extending the current remapping code. I will find a way to track duplicates (e.g. fisheye projections with a FOV > 360 degrees), and to split the mesh across discontinuities in the projection. The final output would then be a linear approximation between the mesh points (along continuous mappings), which is then handled by OpenGL. The results of the mesh transformations will be stored in memory so that changing parameters does not cause unnecessary costly calculations. I expect to have started this by the end of coding phase 1, but I expect this will be the most time consuming stage.
- Usability improvements: This will add extra features, e.g. a feature show the outline of an image in the preview, which will hopefully provide quicker identification of images.
- Performance enhancing and testing: I will try to improve the performance of my code, and fix any bugs I may have. I will call for testers on the mailing list during this stage, and I may add additional requested features if I have the time. I will also make sure that the documentation is completely up-to-date.
If this feature is not wanted, or mentors are not available, I have an alternative proposal: I would like to make a cube map projection, since cube maps are the most common way of handling static reflections in real-time computer graphics, they should work well with interactive panorama viewers such as FreePV, and it has been requested before.
I would keep the definition of the faces that make the projection generic enough (perhaps specified in a script) to allow shapes other than cubes to be defined (I see there is interest in foldable panoramas and other shapes, including ceating a Pilosphere). This will require work on making enblend and enfuse blend across distinct faces. I don't know any algorithms that can do this well, but I would be willing to research it and experiment.


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To meet the needs of the people. If you look back at the last mid-term election where voter turnout was at an all-time low, it should be fairly obvious that people feel demoralized and useless when it comes to controlling our political system. Local government is the area of power in which citizens can find themselves exerting the greatest control and radically transforming the managed democracy that we've become into a real one which meets popular needs.
Should we have "more" local government? It depends what you mean. If you mean citizens need to exert more control over the local institutions that they have, then I think yes. If it means that we need an overwhelming amount of local government structures (which we already have), then I would think not.


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Last August, while Suicide Squad, Sausage Party, and Don't Breathe were perched atop the North American box office, a different sort of movie fever was taking ahold of Japan. Your Name, an anime about a boy named Taki (Ryunosuke Kamiki) and a girl named Mitsuha (Mone Kamishiraishi) who find themselves suddenly "switching" bodies, opened to become the most financially successful anime film of all time, beating out established classics like Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle. Only this past weekend has it finally made it across the Pacific to North American theaters, and its arrival has been met with fervent acclaim from American reviewers: several of them have gone so far as to declare that director Makoto Shinkai has a claim to being "the next" Hayao Miyazaki.
When you consider just how much there is to take in on the movie's surface, it's not hard to see why people are so ecstatic.


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There are some very, very clever scams on the Internet, with new ones happening regularly.
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Daisy Hill Craft
We are a craft group that meets at church every week during the school term.
We enjoy friendship, new skills in craft activities, hope in everyday living through a short Bible talk and enjoyment in sharing homemade cooking delights for morning tea.
Our Coffee Spot Cafe is open, so we always find time in the morning to stop and chat over a hot cappuccino or cup of tea.
We also have demonstrators to lead us through in how to bead, scrapbook and use a computer. But many come and bring along their own unfinished craft from home.
All ages of men and women are welcome! Come along, we'd love to meet you.
When? Every Tuesday in school term time. 10am until noon.
Where? In the main church hall.
Cost? $3
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Universal Credit
A new benefit called Universal Credit has started to replace a range of benefits and tax credits. Read more
Fun and sun at The Swifts
Sunshine, children's entertainment, food and residents were the recipe for our fabulous event at Fulbourn. Read more
Garden Challenge 2015
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Jeremy Beal (DL)
Selected by: Denver Broncos
Round: 7
Pick (Overall): 44 (247)
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- Vertical Jump28.5 inch
- Broad Jump106.0 inch
- 3 Cone Drill7.19 sec
- 20 Yard Shuttle4.46 sec
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Beal is an undersized college defensive end that will likely have to move to a 3-4 outside linebacker in the NFL. He explodes off the ball, shows good lean to get around the corner and has a vast repertoire of pass rushing moves. He has an outstanding motor and never gives up on plays. He is a fluid athlete that flashes the ability to play in space and he has a great feel for the game and should hold up in zone coverage. Beal lacks experience as a linebacker, but has the tools to play there and will likely hear his name on Day 2.
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2011 Draft Profile - DE Jeremy Beal, Oklahoma
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As this school year ends, I'd like students to take some time to reflect on all of the adventures, hardships and fun we have experienced together. You are all incredible, unique individuals who deserve every moment you are given. Now go spend those moments outside!
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Rain LeeAttends the same school as HyuNa. Like her, he has a difficult family situation. He has his own way of doing things, which makes his behaviour look strange sometimes but due to his good looks he's still popular at school. He seems to have feelings for HyuNa.
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If your parents are considering whether to trade in the responsibilities of home ownership and daily chores for the freedom that comes with having meals prepared and letting someone else mow the lawn, then perhaps it's time for them to consider joining an independent living community.
Your first question will likely be, "Can they afford it?" If you do a search for independent living costs, you will often only find the pricing at the community level. This isn't helpful, especially if your parents have the option of moving to another state to be closer to family or if you want to determine how the pricing at a community compares to the state average.
Unlike state-level assisted living and nursing home costs which are published annually by Genworth Financial, there is very little published information on state-level costs for independent living. To help fill this cost gap, SeniorHomes.com has compiled a state-by-state comparison of independent living costs. These costs were calculated based upon the pricing which our clients provide to us and what is displayed on a community's profile.
With many communities having an average cost of $2,000 or more, you and your parents might experience sticker shock, especially if they haven't had to pay a mortgage payment in years. Yet it's important to realize that included in this monthly cost are a number of amenities and services, such as apartment maintenance, utilities (excluding cable and telephone), dining services and transportation. If your parents calculate their monthly expenses, they might discover that they are saving money by joining an independent living community.
To learn more about whether joining an independent living community can fit within your parents' budget, visit our recently updated 2015 Independent Living Community Costs: Facts and Figures.


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(WILMINGTON, NC) – PerryGolf has announced its participation at the 2018 PGA Merchandise Show at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. PerryGolf will exhibit along with Visit Scotland in Booth #3373 from January 24-26, 2018.
PerryGolf recently launched an all new website highlighted by QUICK QUOTES, the industry's only true online trip calculator. Beginning on Monday January 15, visitors who generate a quote by February 28, 2018 will automatically be entered in a sweepstakes to win a $10,000 to any of the eleven destinations where the Company offers Custom Tours.
PerryGolf was founded in 1984 by two Scottish brothers, Colin and Gordon Dalgleish; and is widely known today as one of the leading providers of golf vacations to The Old Course at St Andrews Links.
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As most of you may already know there's been a dramatic swing in the number of video uploads from Ray Stevens on his You Tube channel. He's gone into the archives and uploaded several music videos that the public at large may not have been aware of until recently. Some of the videos that Ray uploaded onto his channel had already been on You Tube for a number of years (uploaded by a wide array of You Tube members). However, since these particular performances have now become officially uploaded on Ray's You Tube channel, I've decided to make some commentary about some of the uploads in this blog.
"Surfin' U.S.S.R.", a novelty single from Ray in 1988, was uploaded several years ago. It wasn't until a few days ago that it was officially uploaded on Ray's channel. I recall that it had previously been available on Ray's channel but for whatever reason (?) it was removed soon after. That earlier upload has since been removed from his channel line-up. The song kind of blends "Surfin' U.S.A." with "Back in the U.S.S.R." with Ray delivering a spot on impression of Beach Boys-style harmony.
The Cold War between the United States and Russia was still underway and the talks between Reagan and Gorbachev were at an all-time high. That bit of news is perhaps why the music video takes a topical approach complete with Reagan and Gorbachev visual and vocal impressions, a feature which was missing on the album track. I don't have the 45 single and so I can't say for sure if this comical exchange was on the single release but it's definitely not on the album and so I assume it's an exclusive just for the music video.
As of now the "Surfin' U.S.S.R." video has more than 900 views and it can be seen HERE.
Between the years of 1990 and 1994, as longtime fans are well aware, Ray Stevens was one of the best selling attractions in Branson, Missouri. He may have been the biggest attraction at one point but he was definitely one of the most successful down there. He owned, operated, and performed at his own music theater, officially called The Ray Stevens Theatre, from 1991 until 1993. Three consecutive seasons. It was during this time period that home videos became a huge part of his career. The obscure release titled Ray Stevens Comedy Classics arrived in 1991, mostly as an experiment. It became a top seller at his theater and the next release was The Amazing Rolling Revue...which came along in 1992. This home video contained an un-aired television pilot titled 'The Amazing Rolling Revue'. The show's title was a reference to the show's performances being set inside a moving tour bus...being driven by race car driver Darrell Waltrip! To get the effect that the venue was on wheels, the camera would shake and the set would hover around in unison with Waltrip's 300mph tendencies. Soon after the releases of those projects Ray emerged with Comedy Video Classics in the spring of 1992. This collection became a monster sales hit, both in mail order and later in retail stores, during the next 2 and a half years. This project was followed up by Ray Stevens Live! and then More Ray Stevens Live!, both released in 1993. The concert itself was taped in 1992, split into two parts for home video release. Home video #1 was sold over television and in print advertisements while the second home video was sold exclusively at his theater and through his fan club. Ray Stevens Live! was another monster sales hit.
Performances from those two home videos have occasionally appeared on You Tube but never in any great abundance until now!
Can He Love You Half as Much as I, a song that originates from 1986's Surely You Joust album. Although the single never made the weekly charts, it's long been a part of Ray's concert set list, and obviously a fan favorite and a favorite of Ray's. I saw him in concert twice and the last one (as of now) was as recent as 2009...and the song was part of that show. He performed it in the first concert I saw, by the way, and so it's safe to say it's been in his set-list for the last 27 years, considering he was performing it at his theater in the early '90s. It's a comical love song. It was issued as a single early in 1987. The link takes you to a 1992 performance from Ray Stevens Live!.
Gitarzan, a song that originates from 1969, is a definite classic in Ray's career. This song has more than likely been part of Ray's set-list from 1969 onward. It was a Top-10 pop hit that year and it sold more than a million copies. It was also an international hit where it reached the Top-30 of several music charts all over the world. Ray would make a music video of this song in 1995, for the Get Serious! home video, but the particular link above will take you to his 1992 performance from Ray Stevens Live!. The song features resident singer, Janice Copeland, playing and singing the part of Jane.
I Saw Elvis in a U.F.O. is one of those zany novelty songs that Ray is well known for. This performance, also from Ray Stevens Live!, is his most visually detailed. The song, originating on 1989's Beside Myself, was released as a single and Ray performed this at the annual Music City News awards that year. The performance was one of the show's highlights and it's performance incorporated a giant replica of a flying saucer...a special effect that amazed the audience. You can see that performance in a video clip on You Tube but the link I provided, as mentioned, is from Ray's 1993 home video where he dresses like Elvis during the performance and gives more special effects not seen in his 1989 awards show performance.
Some may know of it but I bet a lot don't and that's Ray's song about using cell phones while driving. The song, titled Hang Up and Drive, was made into a music video in the early 2000's. The song originated on a 2000 release from Ray titled Ear Candy but it was re-released in 2002 on the more widely known project, Osama Yo' Mama. The video originated on a project known as The Cartoon Video Collection. That project featured music videos with limited animation backgrounds and a live-action Ray Stevens. Soon after it's release, however, his company would begin releasing cartoon music videos with a completely animated Ray Stevens...for example, Barbeque, a video to a song that Ray had recorded in 1990. In it, Ray appears in cartoon form, singing the praises of barbeque while obsessing over it's taste and his addiction to it.
There are more new uploads at Ray's You Tube channel besides the ones I've mentioned. Given that we're heading into the summer season, which means that there will likely be county fairs, festivals, and even circuses all over the place, I felt like closing this blog entry with Ray's music video of Hugo the Human Cannonball. That song, which originates from 1985's I Have Returned, was recently re-recorded by Ray.


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It seems to me that the kind of affection one finds in friendship can be considered to be superior to the kind of obligatory affection for family we see as part of everyday life; not in every single way, but in one specific way it could certainly be described as more genuine, perhaps.
What I mean is this. You will sometimes hear people say 'oh, I have to love him, because he's my brother, but really he's a dick a lot of the time,' or words to that effect. Whereas, with friends, there is a limit to the amount of crap you will put up with, with family that limit does not exist. Because there is nothing my family members can do which will mean they are no longer family, there is therefore nothing they can do which will destroy the resultant familial affection. Or perhaps there is, but it would be particularly horrendous behaviour indeed. On the other hand, there is no way my friend could get away with anything nearly as horrendous, and still be considered a friend of mine.
So, what I am saying is that your friends are your friends because of certain standards of behaviour which you, consciously or not, expect them to uphold. There is certainly forgiveness for wrongs, and tolerance for bad behaviour tends to increase given the length of the friendship, but it is also true that friendships can (and do) end, even after years, because of errors committed by one or both parties.
Now, I am not saying there are not occasions when families stop speaking, stop behaving as friends do, as it were, nor am I saying we do not judge our family members by standards of behaviour; what I am saying is that our family are much more likely to get a free pass, to get away with things our friends wouldn't. And this is not through merit of behaviour, but rather simply by being born. By contrast, friendship is earned and maintained.
Consider how much more likely people are to encourage you to reconcile a long-standing feud with your brother than with a former friend. Consider the right of a king to rule, versus the right of a president. One is born, the other chosen based on merit (or perceived merit). Certainly there are good kings and bad presidents; certainly we judge kings now by similar standards to those we judge presidents by (something which, in the past, was unthinkable); but do many of us really question a king's right to be king. The right to things through birth is ingrained in our thinking, and it can work both well and badly.
I make no judgement on whether this attitude to our family is right or wrong. Certainly it can be defended on account of the fact that family will always support you, will back you when others will not, will help you out of tight spots. This upholding of standards goes both ways, but it also goes beyond behaviour and into, again, something you were born into.
The point is that your friends can be the best people you know, but can they ever really earn the same leniency and forgiveness as your relatives. Their position may, in many ways, have more merit, since it is based on nothing more than personality and action, and this is why I think good friends should be prized as highly as good family.
My second contention is mostly unrelated to the first, but since it occurs to me now I feel like putting it down on paper (see: MS Word).
I was raised to believe in the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus on the cross, a man laying down his life to cure the world of ills. I recall a particular hymn which had a line: 'a man can have no greater love than to give his life for his friends'. Now, I want to argue against this line within the framework of the Catholic ideology in which it was uttered, rather than from my usual outside perspective.
There are two main problems I see with this line. I'll start with the easier of the two, and that is friends. Surely the level of the sacrifice is increased if the man is giving up his life not for friends, but for strangers. You might say, why would someone love strangers more than friends? But this is what Christians are encouraged to do. Therefore, the sacrifice must be extended to cover everyone Jesus had never (and, since this dying thing covered future people too), and would never meet. And it did. Kudos to JC, he died for everyone, not just his mates, so he has that aspect covered.
The second thing is that he didn't really give his life, did he? I mean, it's kind of a cheat. He was part-god, and he knew that, despite all the pain, he was going to get a free respawn. If you let your brother play your last life during a game of Sonic the Hedgehog, it's more meaningful than if you let him play a life with ten lives still in the bag. So all he really did was suffer a whole bunch, sleep it off, and come back later.
Now, admittedly that must have hurt a whole bunch, but it's still not the same as doing it, knowing there is no coming back. You could argue that any martyr, with their belief in another life, is really, despite the agonising pain of their demise, just kind of cheating their way through. In fact, if you martyr yourself for the promise of a big reward after you've done so, then perhaps you're not really the big altruist you thought you were.
Following on from this is the idea that, if the priests are right, then there can be a greater love than to give up your life (even for strangers). And that would be to give you're your soul. If the soul lives forever, and can be sent for eternal torment, then surely the man with the greatest love is the man who sacrifices not only his life, but his soul, for the sake of others. Progressing even further with the logic, the true hero of Christianity is the man who ensures that others are going to heaven, even at the cost of his own self being sent to the Other Place.
Remember, when reading this next part, that I am still working within the framework of the religion in which I was raised, and that the conclusions, while logical in a certain sense, are not something I myself believe. They are more of an extrapolation from data, based on information provided to me by the church, through teachings, sermons, and the like.
I am forced to conclude that our heroic man, the man with the greatest love of all (or woman, if you like, let's not be sexist here), is the one who gets others to heaven while committing himself to hell. How to ensure others get to heaven? Easy. Baptism, and then murder. If you baptise a child (and to qualify for this criteria, all the experience you need is to have been baptised yourself), it is cleansed of all sin. If you kill it immediately afterward, by Catholic teaching, it will go to heaven. And you, for having committed such an act, will be condemned to the fiery pit. Therefore, the true hero of Catholicism is the person who baptises as many babies as possible, and then murders them.
Now, you might say: what the fucking hell? It's just a poorly-worded line in an old hymn, why would you go that far? My answer would be, the hymn is just the starting place, just one example of the strange logic which pervades the religion of my upbringing (and many others), a religion with beliefs like 'god loves you unconditionally, but if you don't obey these conditions, you suffer for all eternity'. I have taken some of the key teachings, and followed them to a conclusion which is unavoidable based on the internal logic of the system of belief under consideration. And yet this is a system which many people claim to believe in. You do the math.


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Andrew joined Caldwell Tree Care in 2012 after graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry from UGA. Andrew manages our rapidly expanding plant healthcare department and personally monitors, evaluates, and provides plant health care for trees and shrubs for our many clients. He is responsible for insect and disease control, fertilization, administration of plant growth regulators, and treating many other general plant health issues. Andrew holds a Commercial Pesticide Applicator's license in turfgrass and ornamentals as well as mosquito abatement. Additionally, Andrew obtained his certification as an ISA Certified Arborist after only 2 years of employment which was a huge accomplishment!
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Although Arturo has been with Caldwell Tree Care since 2010, he comes from a legacy of family members and friends of landscaping and maintenance professionals who have worked for Caldwell Tree Care since 1996. He knows his plants! His detailed pruning techniques provide long-lasting health and beauty for any Cryptomeria, Leyland or other evergreen!
Rigoberto Peraza, Climber
Rigoberto (Rigo) comes from a legacy of tree climbers and has over 22 years of experience in tree care with a special concentration in ornamental pruning. As a seasoned climber, Rigo can take on the more challenging tree removal jobs that require the years of experience he possesses. Rigo is the eldest of the three Peraza brothers who have worked for the company.
Joe Schifani, Climber
Joe joined Caldwell Tree Care in January of 2014 with an interest in pursuing a career in tree and plant care. Joe has received over 2,000 hours of training under the supervision and mentorship of our certified arborists and crew leaders. He has received numerous accolades from customers regarding his pruning of both trees and shrubs and will continue on the career training track that has been established for him since he joined the team.<In the event you elect Caldwell Tree Care to provide your plant health care, the following team member would be engaged to perform the work.


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What a wonderful picture. Happy Thanksgiving Beth.
And a Happy Thanksgiving to your family.
The first one with Mia.
Oh Happy Thanksgiving honey! You have a lot to be thankful for! That is SO awesome! Hugs!
Adorable! Hope this first Thanksgiving with Mia will be memorable. :)
Aw. Very nice. :)
Happy Thanksgiving!
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. ♥
The hair is life father like daughter :)
Happy Thanksgiving!
Yes, you certainly have a lot to be grateful for. Happy Thanksgiving, Beth!
Awesome picture. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you.
Beautiful! And Chris looks okay too. Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Very adorable.
Awww - nuff siad - that's adorable!
That is a wonderful picture.
You are truly blessed.
Great pic. :-)
So many blessings!
I still have your mantra posted above my desk- Thank you God for this good life, and forgive us if we do not love it enough.
so beautiful.
I love the pic on Chris' blog you took of him playing the guitar to her.....
so precious.
HOpe your holiday was happy.
gah! she's cute!
so cute :)
you need to frame that....i think a big ol' poster-size would be great! that is SOSo cute. I love dads loving their babies.
Great picture!
What a wonderful picture!
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There has been a THIRD public hearing scheduled for the "Vet Bill"-Senate Bill S. 687 on Tuesday at June 16th at 10am Gressette Bldg Room 308
PLEASE ATTEND!!!!! You do not have to speak to have your voice be heard. The presence of those in the room who oppose can make a very powerful, visual statement!
PET OWNERS …your choice of affordable veterinary care is being threatened!
The South Carolina Veterinary Association (SCVA) wants to prohibit you from seeking affordable care from non-profits by restricting services offered by non-profit clinics. It would PROHIBIT ANYONE ABOVE POVERTY LEVEL from using selected low cost services offered by non-profits.
The (SCVA) wants to limit your choice of veterinary care by eliminating competition, despite the fact that non-profits have been responsible for a reduction of 31% in the euthanasia rate in the last 5 years.
According to the 2015 Poverty Guidelines (HHS), 1 person would have to make less than minimum wage to qualify. So, a person making minimum wage (less than $16,150) would have to take their pet to a private practice clinic.
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Task monitoring will continue until the application is exited or the Stop Monitoring button is enabled.
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Transmit a Codeword or PRM:
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Screenshot of Tx of PRM+SPRM Messages
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"Is it possible that the most truthful witnessing can be fictional rather than documentary?"
This question slides across the screen as one navigates (or perhaps, more accurately, gets navigated by) "Programmed Visions." Following its lead, we might also ask "Is it possible that insight derives from opacity as much as from transparency?" This is not an easy project to traverse. It resists your desire to unfold or unpack it, to hone in on its point, its secret. Rather, its meaning layers and accrues as you give in to its difficulty and its structure. The opening screen hints at the complex architecture of the piece (and Reagan Kelly's "Designer's Introduction" informs us that we are exploring a "hypothetical z-axis" of 38 fields), but none of this is obviously apparent from our first attempts to move through its structures.
Many will resist this difficulty, turning away to more transparent and obedient interfaces, but I believe the project can teach us at least two things. First, it refreshes our awareness of the interface as something coded and constructed, reverse engineering our perceptual frames. While I suspect that to some users it will feel 'broken,' for me it powerfully illustrates how naturalized the many interfaces I encounter daily have become. This distanciation is, of course, the goal of much net art (and of much avant garde practice in general) but is less typically the province of 'scholarship' proper. But "Programmed Visions" is not content to trouble our perceptual frames simply for difficulty's sake. Rather, the piece weds this opacity to a complex figuring of the systematic production of race as a category of power/knowledge and, most importantly, inextricably links race (as archive) to our understandings of visuality, whether opaque or transparent or somewhere in between.
- Tara McPherson, USC, LA, CA, USA, 10.09.2007
"Assemble and Read the Archive" is the first command one is given. And with it, one is already subjected to a machinic logic that Wendy Chun's project replays as the auto-construction of race. The archival urge may seem like a perverse path to take when it comes to the somatic and that which is supposed to be written upon the body. Nonetheless, Chun and her media collaborator Reagan Kelly put in motion the duality of inscription -- the mute legend of what the body writes and the invisible face of its appearance in mediation, in text. I, the reader/user, click on a section of text and it doubles itself, floating by over the trace of its "original" and across the brown-toned screen.
The question asked is "to what extent race can be conceived as an archive?". The answer, open to be sure, is enacted. Networked interactive media as filtered thought the hands of Chun/Kelly. The piece is navigated by binaries. One is led to a definition of the science of eugenics or an international document (France 1950) announcing the end of the race, the recognition of one human race. Slipped in between expert/common knowledge/power, and categories such as determinism, class, or language, one finds Toni Morrison's Pecola Breedlove, she of the broken heart and bluest eyes, planting her garden.
"Programmed Visions" presents a tension between the indexical, that which is purely information, and an aesthetics of information. As mediation, it creates a sense of vertigo and a chase. If I touch or move can I still grasp this archive? Can I get it all? How is it held? The slippery motion is indicative of Chun's point about the semiotics and ideology of race. It makes for difficult reading. I look for an index or other more familiar navigational tool, and magically one appears. It is a graphic chart of the territories this archive spans, citing authors in a static view. If one hits on the points of connection on the map, the texts reanimate in the background. At this moment, when humanists and scientist alike are recognizing what most 13 year olds understand intuitively -- our lives as integrated circuits -- Chun takes a daring step into the critical reflection on such times and spaces. The archive, a sign of mediation, reflects, reassembles, and reads an integrated history of race.
- Beth Coleman, MIT, 10.15.2007
This is a very striking--what?--piece, essay, archive. Like Tara I felt I was interacting with an artwork. But that is simply to say that this work is what I like to call the 'practice of theory' rather than the theory of practice. How interesting to see how well Foucault's lectures in "Society Must Be Defended" remediate onto the web. Then again, perhaps it's no surprise that the pre-eminent theorist of power networks renders well in networked form.
I took several points from my first few encounters with this archive. It reinforced my sense that there is a certain futility in writing race--that is to say, the archive of race is not logical, consistent or transparent (even as the dialectical other to Enlightenment) but is rather necessarily illogical and an articulation of domination as domination. At the same time--and this is point that Chun has made elsewhere but comes through strongly here--one sees how the protocols--whether 'visible' or 'invisible'--of the internet continue to articulate that domination in and as race. The Platonic web-dream of leaving the 'meat' of the body behind seems further away than ever.
At the end I found myself asking the Derrida question--which may be somewhere in this archive--about the archon of this archive. Is the designer in charge or the 'writer'? What difference does that make? Or is it a différance? I'll think about this and come back later. Thanks for such a provocative piece, in the sense that it calls forth so much.
- Nicholas Mirzoeff, New York University, 10.18.2007


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I got let go from my day job on Thursday. Most people didn't even know I had a 9-to-5. They know about the freelancing—that side hustle that in and of itself is a full-time job—but they had no idea that eight hours of my day were spent under someone else's employ. Thursday's debacle was just a neon flashing example of why I never bothered being too dependent on a corporate gig anyway.
No sooner had I had the chance to take my coat off and reply to exactly three emails, I got The Call to the conference room. I hadn't even gotten a glass of water and sliced my breakfast apple yet, but when the smoke cleared that fine morning, they'd hatcheted 17 of us, streamlining the company of dead weight a mere 19 days before Christmas. Ho ho ho.
I'm not mad. I'm not upset. I've been through enough corporate restructurings and just plain ol' fashioned firings—and boxed my belongings up for that instantly recognizable walk of shame—to know that nothing's personal in business, especially when the bottom line is sagging. But until I get my bearings, it has necessitated a big girl chat with my daughter about the reality of this Christmas aka the don't-get-your-hopes-up-for-new-Air-Jordans-and-an-iPhone-under-the-tree conversation.
When she was a little tot, I would've broken my neck—and the bank—trying to make her every Santa Claus fantasy come true. She would hand over those lists all wide-eyed and expectant and I would commence to overextending myself to ensure she let out that little squeal of delight on Christmas morning. But at 14, she should be able to understand that, at least for the first few months of being a full-time freelancer, money is going to be a little tighter, trips to Ruby Tuesday are going to be a little fewer and farther between, and packages wrapped with that same paper we've been using for the past five years may be stacked a little lower this holiday.
Some hard-learned advice to my fellow would-be generous parents:
1. Don't rack yourself financially trying to make Christmas magic that you'll still be paying for on the Fourth of July. You're not depriving your children—you're actually teaching them how to prioritize their expectations and delay gratification. You know, those pesky real life lessons. Better to get them early because they're gonna get them, one way or the other. Might as well be from you.
2. Tell your kids to separate their wish lists into two columns: the dream gifts and the cool stuff. The first would be the pricey electronics, the big-name designer ooh la la, and the second would be the dolls, the balls, the games, the more reasonably priced stuff. Pull one thing from the dream list if you can and if not, give your kid an estimate of when they'll be able to get it. Chances are, by that time, they will have moved on from that anyway, which ultimately saves you from paying for something that's just going to end up collecting dust in the obscure corners of their room.
3. Ask them to pick out a separate gift for an Angel Tree project or give to a child through charity. Even though you're struggling, there's still someone worse off, and kids should grasp that.
4. Shake off some of the guilt by spending time doing something they've been wanting to do or would enjoy in the days leading up to Christmas. Being broke sucks, but it will sure make you creative. Bake a cake together, have a family dance contest in the living room—just do something fun and memorable to offset the lack of materialistic wow factor.
5. Kids will probably inevitably whine about what Mikey or Brittney got as a gift (because Mikey and Brittney will probably make it their business to brag their smug little faces off). Let them whine. Build up your tolerance, tune them out, and know that they'd be even saltier if they didn't have lights, food, or a roof over their heads. Now that wouldn't be fair. Not having the new iPad or Baby Alive? They'll live. Promise. My daughter is living proof.
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Yes, Battlefield 3 had a rough start (server issues) at launch but all was forgiven when we were able to play. So what makes this patch so special? It will probably fix everything that PC gamers have been having issues with since the game launched.
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On 4/10/2013, as I looked down the plastic jug holes, little leaves finally sprouted! From the looks of the leaves and the jug itself (the pink plastic ring on the top), they are kohlrabi and Swiss chard. This wasn't planted back on 3/22/2013, but one I prepped later on 3/28. You will notice the spray bottle in the picture. It's my secret weapon (don't tell anyone) to watering once the jugs are sealed up. The WinterSown.org instructions say to take the duct tape off to water, but that sounded like a lot of work. I just spray water in from the top, thus not disturbing the seeds nor over watering.
The other jugs are also making progress, though not as much as this first one. The Apiacea (or Umbelliferae) family jug (carrots, cilantro, celery, and chervil) is almost totally barren, but I'm not surprised as these usually takes longer to germinate than others. If you look closely though, you can see a little green at the top of the picture, but since they are all the same family, I'm not sure which plant it is. The Snarky Gardener will taste them later to see who is who. If it tastes like licorice, it's the chervil. Cilantro and celery are very distinct tasting also.
Snarky Gardener fact: they are known as Umbelliferae because their flowers spread out like little umbrellas (think Queen Anne's lace).
The broccoli, leek, echinacea, and carrot below are still at a standstill, though you can see a few broccoli poking their little heads out at the top of the picture. Seeds from the Brassicaceae family (cabbage, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, mustard, kale, radishes, and turnips) tend to sprout pretty quickly, with radishes being one of the first to develop (ready to eat in 3 to 4 weeks).


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Johnny Depp gets into character as vampire Barnabas Collins on the cover of Entertainment Weekly's latest issue.
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On director Tim Burton: "I feel as though he's my brother. It's a weird understanding, this kind of shorthand we have. I truly understand him, I think, just as well as anybody can. He certainly knows me as well as anybody can." (The two previously worked together on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands, and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)
On meeting Jonathan Frid, the actor who originated the role of Barnabas: "When I finally met him on the set, he was incredibly sweet about my taking on this character that he essentially created. He was quite fragile toward the end but had his faculties about him. He was blown away by the sets. And putting his eyeballs on me for the first time, all decked out as a slightly different version of him … it had to be pretty weird for him."
On Jonathan's death (he passed away April 14 at age 87): "There's something very weird and tragic about the fact that he died just before the film was released. If he had stuck it out – if that fate had been dealt to him – he would have really enjoyed the film and enjoyed the attention."
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Dakshin a mans "right". For this reason, the term Dakshinachara is often translated "Right-hand practice".
The Brahma Yamala, a Tantric text, says there are three currents of tradition (dakshina, vama, and madhyama) characterized respectively by the predominance of each of the three gunas (sattva, rajas, and tamas). According to this text, dakshina is characterized by sattva, and is pure; vama, characterized by rajas, is mixed; and madhyama, characterized by tamas, is impure. The Tantras of each class follow a particular line of spiritual practices. Dakshinachara consists of traditional Hindu practices such as asceticism and meditation.
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Bill Thompson goes back to bond firm after failed New York mayor bid
Bill Thompson, two-time mayoral hopeful, is rejoining his former municipal bond house, Siebert Brandford Shank & Co.
Bill Thompson, a former top New York city finance chief and two-time mayoral hopeful, is rejoining his former municipal bond house, Siebert Brandford Shank & Co, after losing the Democratic primary for New York city mayor, the firm said on Wednesday.
Thompson, who served as city Comptroller from 2002 to 2009, where he oversaw more than $100 billion of city pension funds and acted as watchdog for the city's budget, will return to Siebert as chief administrative officer and senior managing director.
Siebert specializes in the underwriting municipal bonds. The firm said Thompson would be critical as it explores "new business opportunities in other sectors" outside infrastructure.
"Given all of the uncertainty surrounding federal, state and city budgets in recent years, it is more important than ever for municipalities to have access to experienced financial industry guidance," Thompson said in a press release.
Thompson left Siebert, where he had worked from 2010 to 2013, to run for mayor of New York, losing in the Democratic Primary to Bill De Blasio. Thompson ran for mayor previously in 2009. He secured the Democratic nomination but lost the race to incumbent Michael Bloomberg by a narrow margin.