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Brentin Mock
Brentin Mock is a staff writer at CityLab. He was previously the justice editor at Grist.
In a CityLab interview with former Baltimore Sun reporter David Simon, producer of the HBO series "The Deuce" and "The Wire," Simon was asked which cities were "doing a pretty good job." His response:
I'd say Pittsburgh. They've never had the same rates of entrenched poverty, never had the same rates of under-education, never had the same rates of drug abuse as in Baltimore or Philly, places like this. The last few times I've been to Pittsburgh I've been pretty impressed with what they've managed to achieve.
Pittsburgh is streaking. Earlier this month, the city was honored with having two of its neighborhoods listed among the top ten coolest in the U.S. by Lonely Planet and Time.com's "Money" blog. This was just the latest of several top-of-the-class rankings, accolades, and superlatives bestowed upon Pittsburgh in terms of livability. They've all made for a nice collection of resume enhancers the city can exploit to make its case for landing Amazon's much-coveted HQ2 site. The thirst is so real that the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette shamelessly knocked several cities, including a few currently hobbled by disaster, to make its case for the Amazon prize:
Pittsburgh would be a much better headquarters choice than many other likely contenders, including Philadelphia, with its East Coast weather and swaths of abject poverty; Houston, now under water; St. Louis, battered by racial strife; Chicago, with its sky-high homicide rate; or Detroit, with a labor pool nowhere near as deep and educated as Western Pennsylvania's. Pittsburgh has good housing stock, a diverse population, reasonably good race relations, a low crime rate and an availability of land within the city and nearby. Uber and Google already have operations here. Amazon has a small presence, too, on the South Side.
That part—"reasonably good race relations"—is a dubious claim at best, though, especially in Pittsburgh's East End neighborhoods that LonelyPlanet has a huge crush on. Several incidents have happened there in recent years that undermine such honors. It was the East End neighborhood of Highland Park where unarmed African American Leon Ford was shot five times by a Pittsburgh police officer and left paralyzed in 2012—no officer has been convicted of any crime for this yet. It's also the new East End neighborhood of Bakery Square—"the sleeper hit your hipster sensibilities have been craving," writes Lonely Planet—where white Alt-Right, Free Speech-Truthers recently planned to rally just days after the racist unrest their followers caused in Charlottesville.
It seems that those editorialists and city rankers who've been quick to make East End Pittsburgh all the rage perhaps haven't lived or spent enough time there to understand all the rage that's been bubbling beneath. But Pittsburgh-based filmmaker Chris Ivey has been exploring and documenting that rage for well over ten years now. During that time, he has used his camera to meticulously cobble together various stories from struggling East End families who don't fit into the "coolest neighborhood" narratives. He's used these stories to create a series of documentaries called "East of Liberty," which focuses on the displacement of families.
"What's it gonna be like when that big Bakery Square opens?" asks "Kwame," a young black man in Ivey's "Unlivable Times" documentary, released right before Bakery Square opened. "They're gonna look at us like, 'What are they doing in here?' I can't even walk into Trader Joe's over there, without them looking at me weird. I can't even go into the Whole Foods without getting weird looks, and this is in our neighborhood."
For Ivey, there is no way to tell the story of Pittsburgh's new trendy real estate zones without shining light on the families sacrificed in the pursuit of gloss. Less than ten years ago, one could find a dense collection of subsidized housing for low-income and elderly households, not far from Bakery Square, in the East End hub called East Liberty (which Ivey's film series derives its name from). This housing cluster was situated by a business district once home to a bunch of pizza joints, Jamaican restaurants, sneaker shops, barbers, and other local boutiques. However, East Liberty still could have used a large anchor business back then—the kind that could supply jobs that come with health benefits.
The retail department store Target ended up becoming one of those anchors when it opened in 2011. But at that point, the city had already begun dismantling the nearby public and senior housing complexes, which housed people who could have benefitted from those walking-distance jobs. Today, most, if not all, of that subsidized housing is gone and Target is almost completely surrounded by luxury condo buildings that advertise studios in the $1,300 range. So much market-rate housing has been built there, in fact, that developers are now halting further development, because, curiously, people haven't been snapping up those units as quickly as hoped.
Meanwhile, many of the former residents have been involuntarily (or forcibly, depending on who you ask) relocated, and it's in dispute whether they got what they were promised. This clip below from Ivey's series features some of the people who claim they caught a raw deal and confronted Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto about it.
Ivey's "East of Liberty" series might be the only comprehensive video archive of everything that went into the transformation of these neighborhoods over the last twelve years: the explosions and implosions of the residential towers, the razing of the Penn Plaza low-income housing developments, the closing of the much cherished Shadow Lounge, the erasure of a popular community mural, the deaths of community members throughout all of this—all of the realities that put any narrative about East Liberty's "coolness" to shame. Which is probably why Ivey's work has become less popular among the city's business elites and social entrepreneurs.
"People have been getting really angry with me with these films because they think the black communities look too negative in the Pittsburgh light," says Ivey. "I'm like, y'all are worried about how you look while they're taking your communities away. People were looking at the documentaries seven years into the project and saying, 'Oh, but now it's too late.' It was too late when I started making the films!"
Ivey is far from the only person out there making the case that Pittsburgh is not all that it's cracked up to be. The Brookings Institution's recent 18-month study on the city found the same promise that David Simon saw, calling the once mighty steel town "the vanguard of … the new localism," for transforming from an obsolete extractive industry-based economy to an economy that thrives on knowledge- and tech-based industries. However, reads the report:
Pittsburgh's scientific and technical strengths have not fully translated into broad-based economic activity. In fact, if the region had the same share of hightech employment as university research, it would employ 9,000 more in the software industry and 5,500 more workers in drug development, not to mention tens of thousands of workers in related jobs. Instead, the city currently has seven percent fewer jobs in high-wage, hightech advanced industries than it did in 2000.
Earlier this year, Brookings found that the median wage for African Americans in Pittsburgh dropped nearly 20 percent between 2010 and 2015. Every other race saw an increase in average median wages in that time. Poverty, meanwhile, increased by 25.9 percent amongst African Americans during that period, according to the Brookings metro monitor index. It decreased for whites and Hispanics, the latter dropping 19 percent.
These problems are not concentrated in just the East End neighborhoods of Pittsburgh. The Brookings data applies across the entire Pittsburgh metropolitan region, especially the outer-ring communities and municipalities that were more dependent upon the steel and coal jobs—the ones that have yet to benefit from the largesse of the new Google/Uber-based economy. Wrote John Russo about these failures for The American Prospect this summer:
It isn't that the Pittsburgh story is wrong. It is simply incomplete. The narratives about this city, like the broader debates among new urbanists and economic and urban planners, do not fully consider the continuing costs of deindustrialization, disinvestment, globalization, and neoliberal austerity programs on individuals and communities. These personal, community, and national costs rival the displacements caused by natural disasters and armed conflicts. The devastation of economic change has left far too many with limited options and little power to improve their lives or communities.
Ivey gets this and expounds upon his displacement thesis in his upcoming fourth installment of the series, "Youth Rising." This documentary is a collection of stories Ivey captured from travelling beyond Pittsburgh to Philadelphia, Baltimore, New Orleans, and as far away as Johannesburg and Capetown, South Africa. In these cities, he talks with black youth in both street and classroom settings about how they are coping under the constant pressures of community change.
Some of the "Youth Rising" footage was captured during the Baltimore uprising after the funeral for Freddie Gray, the young, black man who died in police custody in 2015. Ivey spoke with Bloods gang members, who—not knowing the Pittsburgh filmmaker apart from any other stranger descending upon Baltimore—sought to dispel any misconceptions about why those riots were happening.
"The government is the biggest gang," says one Bloods member, a red flag draped over his head under a black Yankees cap, "because they have the power to change everything we're going through, but instead they let us live in poverty, so this is what they get," he says, sprawling his arms out, beckoning to the chaos of the riots going on around them. In the trailer below, students from Baltimore and New Orleans schools discuss with Ivey the impacts of poverty and violence on their livelihoods:
All of this is why Ivey tends to roll his eyes whenever the new Amazon HQ2 location comes up. He's been to enough of these communities, commiserating with families and young folks left behind to know that few cities actually deserve the awards they've claimed. This would especially hold true in Pittsburgh, where East Liberty's residents weren't even fortunate enough to be sustained for the opening of a Target, let alone a behemoth like Amazon.
"I get really pissed off when I see them try to jump through hoops for shit like this when we have worse fucking water than Flint," says Ivey, referring to the Pittsburgh's current problems with lead in the municipal water system. "I don't see Amazon contributing, and I definitely don't see the city seeing to it that they contribute. These are the stories they don't want to talk about, like, we get so focused and excited about all these new developments, but what about the people?"
Two new studies have revived the long-running debate over how police respond to white criminal suspects versus African Americans.
Often ranked as one of the deadliest cities in America, Camden, New Jersey, ended 2017 with its lowest homicide rate since the 1980s.
Architects and planners have an obligation to protect health, safety and welfare through the spaces we design. As the George Floyd protests reveal, we've failed.
Despite new research on police brutality, we still have no idea whether violence toward African Americans is fueled by racial prejudice. That has consequences.
For low-income buyers, new predatory lending techniques may make it easier to get behind the wheel, and harder to escape a debt trap.


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I bought my bottle of Mansinthe for about $75-$80 on an online European site. Still have the bottle somewhere. Wouldn't mind having it signed.
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It is with great sadness that I must report I am selling my setlist from the Manchester, NH show during Twins of Evil in October 2012. Its autographed by both Manson and Twiggy. It includes Mansons dick drawing demonstrating how prepostrously disproportiatate Twiggy and I would be. It also includes my name (Lindsay) so that kind of sucks, but the dick drawing can be removed by taking the paper setlist out of the plastic encasement from the stage.
This as well: the VIP buttons and two Twiggy picks.
Anyone selling promo CDs ?
I'm selling some MM cassettes and regular version singles and albums (Japanese too), let me know if interested
I am looking for info on fair pricing to some of my Manson items that I will be selling. Any info appreciated. I will try to get pictures posted sometime today if I get time. Heres what I have that I know of.
1. Zim Zum Autographed Satanic Bible Circa 1996. I had it signed after a show at the Newport music hall in Columbus Ohio. Might still have the original ticket stub......
2. Smells Like Children Promo CD first issue SRC##01.. Cover shows some wear. In original jewel. CD also has some scratches but plays fine. Was going to remove the scratches but would prefer to let whoever buys it decide on that.
3. Oct 1997 Hit Parader magazine including poster.
4. Mid 90's Black light poster. This is your world/get your gun face. I would say condition is 85-90% good. Has a few light spots in velvet. More like tiny missing spots.
5. Original 90's Titan of Toilet Poster. Over all Great shape.
Any idea of what to expect price wise would be great. This is far from a complete list. I have only started to go threw old boxes of stuff from when I was in high school. Thanks again.


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Mang Yang was found guilty on Dec. 21, 2012 in Ramsey District Court for his role in the gang rape of a St. Paul teenager.
The jury also found the existence of two aggravating factors. Sentencing for Yang is set for Feb. 27 at 9 a.m. where he faces a guideline sentence of 24 years in prison.
Ramsey County Attorney John Choi said he thanks the St. Paul Police and the Gang Unit for their diligent work on this case both to help the prosecution as well as the victim throughout this process.
"We are pleased with the jury's verdict, which sends an important message to a bright and beautiful girl who is making progress from being a victim of a brutal gang rape to a survivor, her family and to other girls and women who have been sexually assaulted," said Choi said. "This community will hold those who perpetrate acts of sexual violence accountable for their crimes and we stand and support victims of sexual assault."
The victim's courage and testimony at trial was aided by a victim-centered, culturally specific response by the Saint Paul Police Department, victim advocates and the prosecutor handling this case, Choi added. The County Attorney's office will publicly address the matter at a later date after related cases are resolved.
"I am moved by the courage of this young girl and her family to come forward, which was not an easy thing to do for a number of reasons that we as a community need to address in the future," Choi said. "Our resolve to enforce the community standard that you don't gang rape others and our vigorous pursuit of justice for the victim and her family in the remaining cases will continue until justice is fully accomplished."


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How to get rid of gray hair naturally is the biggest question for some people especially old people. But the fact, gray hair is not existed in old people. Some young people have the gray hair. Basically, gray hair doesn't grow by itself.
The gray hair is presented as the changing of hair pigment which is known as melanin. The changes are caused by lack of oxygen that received by the hair shaft. The hair shaft is receiving the nutrients form the end of the blood vessel and inhaled substance is deprived of oxygen.
Therefore, the composition for the hair became bad and it affects the melanin. Melanin is produced in the follicle melanocytes cells. The researchers found that the cumulative damage melanocytes survive in many years, which ultimately makes the melanocytes unable to produce melanin.
Studies have cited that DNA damage and the accumulation of hydrogen peroxide in the follicle may be caused the disorder of the melanin production. Because without melanin, the new grown hair has no pigment so it looks gray, white or silver.
Based on the researches, climate stress, drug consumption can also affect the occurrence of the gray hair. Meanwhile if the gray hairs grow at an older age over 40 years, indeed it is influenced by the age factor which requires hair stop producing the pigment. In previous time, gray hair is visible only for those who are old age. But now, gray hair can also occur in young people aged about 20 years.
Usually gray in young children is due to genetic factors or the intake of nutrients from food. There is a research by Galvan from Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain. The Galvan's research result said that the people who have gray hair live longer and stay healthy.
The gray hair happened because of the reduction of the melanin. This means the person lives healthy. Revoking gray hair is a mistake because the repeal of gray hair can damage the follicle, the hair roots and nerves of the head.
Until today, how to remove the gray hairpermanently hasn't been found. The use of hair dyes that are believed to eliminate gray hair was not the best solution to get rid of gray hair.Hair dye is only able to provide another color to the gray hair, in temporary. Meanwhile, the hair dye substances are believed to stimulate the growth of gray hair.
The consumption of food which is containing of vitamin B12 can help to inhibit the growth of gray hair. Meanwhile, a doctor from New York Medical Center, Diana Bihova said that the excessive stress can deplete of reserves of vitamin B12. The depletion of vitamin B complex can accelerate the growth of white hair.
Poor nutrition not only caused the gray hair, but also interfere the healthy condition of the hair. In addition, heredity is the most common cause of the appearance of the white hair especially at the young age.
The disturbances due to the metabolism disorder, immune disorder, x-rays, hormonal disorder, kidney disorder, and heavy metal poisoning can also contribute the increasing of the gray hair on the head. The disorders caused analin that contained in the acid is not metabolized properly, causing gray hair.
On the occurrence of gray interference immunity disorders like the appearance of white patches on the skin. Unhealthy lifestyles also contribute in accelerating the growth of gray hair. The smoking habit can block the current of the nutrient which is carried in the bloodstream.
In addition, the lifestyle in using the hair oil and hair dye can cause them. The chemical containing in the hair dye can affect oil and grow the gray hair quickly.
Dr. Diana Bihova suggested how to get rid of gray hair naturally by doing exercise, breath, meditation, and acupressure. She also suggested consuming the food that strengthens the kidneys and lungs. Sesame oil and hazelnut oil can be used as the natural ingredients of how to remove the gray hair.
There are many possibilities that can cause the gray hair, like
- Stress
Stress can reduce the productivity of melanocytes cells. It can produce melanin that causes gray hair.
- Genetic factors
The parents with the gray hair since young age can bring the risk to the children. So the children also have gray hair in young age.
- Vitamin deficiency
Vitamin deficiency also triggers the growth of gray hair quickly. Vitamin B12 can make the hair healthy.
- Smoking
Some studies show that smoking can increase the risk in growing of gray hair four times greater than those who do not smoke.
There are many way how to get rid of gray hair naturally without any chemical ingredients, such as
- Hazelnut
The first step is roasting the hazelnut. After that, mash the roasted hazelnut until the oil comes out. Then rub the oil to the hair and leave for 15 minutes. And the last step is washing the hair with shampoo. This natural way can be apply twice a week to get the maximum result.
- Lemon and coconut oil
The ingredients are to reduce the gray hair is mixing the lemon and the coconut oil. Once, they have been blended, and then apply hair while massaging it well. After that, let the ingredients stand for 15 until 30 minutes, then rinse with clean water.
- Papaya seeds
Papaya seed is very useful for healthy hair. Prepare the papaya seeds and wash them. After that, roasted the seeds and mash them until smooth and soft. Pout the coconut oil to the papaya seeds puree. Stir them and apply in the gray hair. Leave for 2 hours and then wash with warm water.
That is the traditional way to overcome some gray hair with natural ingredients. Then to maintain the black hair do the treatment such as:
- Do not smoke
- Get enough rest
- Drink at least eight glasses of water a day
- Eat more vegetables and fruits
- Consuming food and vitamin which consist of vitamin B12 and Omega 3
- Exercise regularly
- Avoid stress
- Relax and do yoga


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Conversation Starters
- This week's voices on #CdnCult Times are all emerging directors: top read for me was by Andreja Kovac on how immigrant artists are included/excluded in Canadian theatre
- Howard Sherman wonders who thinks it's OK to "improve" playwrights' work and provoked numerous responses, including Alexander Offord (We Do Not Owe Fealty to a Playwright's Wishes) and Holger Syme (Performance and Authorship). Personally, I believe that theatre thrives with the collaboration of all of the artists involved—including the playwrights. Successful collaboration requires respect
- Andrew Taylor looks at a study of successful and unsuccessful crowdfunding language, and finds that many of the "ancient principles" still apply
- Meet the Thousand Islands Playhouse 2014 Playwrights' Unit: Attila Clemann and Jodi Essery, Rona Waddington, Mark Crawford, and Paul Van Dyck
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An Uber (UBER) driver in California is wasting no time seizing upon a new law passed by the state legislature Wednesday that could reclassify ride-hailing drivers from independent contractors to employees.
The law poses two big threats to the current business models of ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft (LYFT). One is a three-pronged requirement, called an "ABC test," stating the following:
"A person providing labor or services for remuneration shall be considered an employee rather than an independent contractor unless the hiring entity demonstrates that the person is free from the control and direction of the hiring entity in connection with the performance of the work, the person performs work that is outside the usual course of the hiring entity's business, and the person is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation or business."
The other is an enforcement mechanism that gives the state Attorney General power to sue over claims that drivers are misclassified as independent contractors.
"If the Attorney General is aggressively pursuing these pieces and obtaining these orders requiring reclassification, that really could, in some instances, impact the business model," said Gena Usenheimer, a partner in the Labor & Employment department of Seyfarth Shaw.
Lawsuit references California's recently passed law
In a proposed federal class action lawsuit filed in the Northern District of California, Angela McRay argues she and other California drivers are owed reimbursement of job-related expenses, unpaid minimum, and overtime wages. McRay's claims rely on a California Supreme Court test for determining whether or not a worker must be classified as an employee, the basis for a newly passed state law, Assembly Bill 5. McRay is asking the court for an injunction that would order Uber to classify its drivers as employees.
The filing comes as the new bill, Assembly Bill 5, awaits Governor Gavin Newsom's signature, and as Uber and a coalition of companies, including Lyft, DoorDash, and Postmates, try to create carve-outs that would spare the companies the version of the bill, as it stands.
"Indeed, the California legislature has now passed a statute known as Assembly Bill 5, which codifies the 2018 California Supreme Court decision…," the complaint states, "under which an alleged employer cannot justify classifying workers as independent contractors who perform services within its usual course of business."
A decision Wednesday from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals could also make enforcing mandatory arbitration agreements increasingly difficult. The court opened the door to allow an Uber driver to argue that his work is considered engagement in interstate commerce, which in turn, would permit him to bring a claim in court to argue that the company had misclassified him as an independent contractor.
'Drivers will not automatically be reclassified'
For Uber's part, the company says, despite the law, it plans to continue treating drivers as independent contractors, and may have success challenging the position that drivers are part of the usual course of its business. Uber's chief legal officer Tony West said during a conference call with reporters before the lawsuit was filed on Wednesday that Uber had been successful in arguing under the ABC test in the past .
"Because we continue to believe that drivers are properly classified as independent, and because we'll continue to be responsive to what the vast majority of drivers tell us they want most — flexibility — drivers will not automatically be reclassified as employees even after January of next year," West said.
Still, Usenheimer, the lawyer who spoke to Yahoo Finance, said it could be difficult for employers to demonstrate the "B" part of the ABC test — that drivers perform work outside of the company's usual course of business.
"I think prong 'B' of the ABC test is going to be the most problematic for most hiring entities in California, and the hardest for them to meet," Usenheimer said. "It is the most unusual, I think, part of the California version of this ABC test." Most states, she explained, have a broader interpretation of prong "B" that includes an alternative avenue for entities to classify workers as independent contractors when their work is performed outside the employer's place of business.
"These rideshare platforms, they were able to easily meet that prong," she said because drivers' work is not performed in a specific place.
West did not address the differences between California's law and those of other jurisdictions, though emphasized what could be a sign of the company's arguments to come if it is not offered relief from the current version of the California bill.
"Just because the test is hard doesn't mean that we will not be able to pass it," West said. "In fact, several previous rulings have found that drivers' work is outside the usual course of Uber's business which is serving as a technology platform for several different types of digital marketplaces."
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Okay, okay, I wasn't going to do a Father's Day hit list, but the people have been asking. So, here you go. My dad isn't here in Richmond, Virginia, so I won't be celebrating with him, but some of these events are tempting, even without a dad in tow. Also, several of these events take place on more than just Sunday, too, so you can celebrate all weekend.
Father's Day Events in Richmond, Virginia
The All-Out Swanky Father's Day Feast: Fleming's 3-Course Father's Day Dinner and Bourbon Tasting
Today through Sunday, Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar is offering a special three-course menu. The crown jewel of the meal is a 35-ounce Prime Tomahawk steak served with dad's choice of signature butter. Yes please. Dad can also order a special tasting of Basil Hayden's, Buffalo Trace and Knob Creek bourbons to round out his special meal. Along with the special menu, the regular menu will also b e available all weekend.
And, if dad is more of a brunchy guy, Fleming's opens at 10 a.m. on Father's Day with a three-course brunch menu. Fleming's Steak & Egg Scramble featuring sliced filet mignon, blistered tomatoes and caramelized onions served with a scramble of farm fresh eggs and vegetables sounds like a dad-approved brunch dish. Make your reservations here.
A Casual Dad's Day: Burgers!
There are two tasty burger specials happening around Father's Day. First off, Carytown Burgers & Fries is offering buy-one-get-one-free burgers when you bring dad in for a patty on Saturday or Sunday. You just have to dine in and mention "DAD" to get the deal at any of the Carytown Burgers & Fries locations.
And, for fry daddies, bring your dad to any of the Burger Bach locations on Sunday for one free small or large order of fries per dad.
Dad's Day Pig Out: Center of the Universe
If your dad is a smoke master, give him the day off and take him to Center of the Universe Brewing Company on Sunday where Grandpa Eddie's BBQ Mobile Kitchen will be smoking multiple pigs on-site. You can just bring dad to the brewery, or swing by before and snag a ticket for $5 that gives dad something to open on Father's Day and a free beer when he arrives at the event. Food will be sold a la carte. There will also be live music, special pit master-centric gift boxes from Gifted RVA, and frozen yogurt from Sweet Frog.
Salty Dad: Hardywood Father's Day Keg n' Oyster Fest
Take dad to Hardywood's Richmond taproom on Sunday between 12 and 6 p.m. for oyster stout, crab cakes, and Rappahannock oysters. This is the fifth year for this event and it's popular with the food selling out ever year, so go early! If dad likes beer and not seafood, there will be several other food trucks on site.


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When we moved in I loved that we had a fireplace and a mantle. I even loved that it was all brick. The only drawback for me was that since the actual mantle was brick it wasn't very deep which really limited what I could put on there. So the Mr. set out to basically make a cap to fit over the current brick mantle that would make it deeper.
Let's check out the before:
It's definitely a mantle already that I could live with. It's pretty and all, but is just wasn't quite enough room.
See how narrow this mantle was? I couldn't even safely fit candle sticks on there.
Safety issue? Yes!
Decorator's issue? Yes!
Picky person issue? Yes!The first step was to purchase a wooden board that was wide enough and deep enough (1 x 6 ). Once the board was cut to the correct width, the Mr. placed it right on top of the old brick mantle and, using a mason bit, drilled it into place.Using a compound mitre saw, which can cut on an angel, the Mr. cut a piece of crown modeling at a 45 degree angle so that it would fit together like a puzzle and go around the three sides of the mantle. Using finishing nails, he hammered the three pieces of crown molding to the top board.Using the left over breadboard from our kitchen island, the Mr. cut a piece that would serve as the bottom of the mantle. He had to take special measurements to go around the support bricks at the base of the mantle because I really liked the charm that the bricks added and didn't want them removed.
Then all of the edges were sealed with white caulk, clamped, and painted.Then it was time to decorate to my hearts content!
It was so nice to have the deeper mantle for the holiday season! It was everything I imagined it would be.
A mantle is so much more useful when I can stack my junk on it ;-)
Here are pictures of our fall and Christmas mantles:
Didn't he do such a great job?!


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Power Tip - It's a numbers game, the more high value accounts you have the better. Go spread your money around!
As already mentioned, obtaining best possible odds is part of professional betting. On that note, did you know many bookmakers often have different lines for the same bet? An example of such:
Betting a football team to win 1X2 market or -0.5 (asian h'cap) is the same bet. Even top bookmakers such has Pinnacle have odds variation in different markets. Why not check for yourself by clicking through the Pinnacle website.
The fact is, Double chance, Asian h'cap +0.5, and European h'cap +1 are the same bet. To reiterate, you will often see a bookmakers showing varying odds for what amounts to the same bet!
Did you know you can often find better odds by making the line yourself. For example, a draw no bet is no different to betting win and using a proportional part of the stake to buy the draw (insurance).
Here is a working example:
For the sake of argument, the best odds you get in Asian h'cap for +/-0 (draw no bet) is 1.97 1.97. While, the best odds betting in the 1X2 market with various bookmakers is 2.8 3.5 2.8.
This is what you should do, using a 100 stake……..
Bet 28.57 on the draw @ odds 3.5. If the match ends in a draw you receive 100 back. The balance 71.43 is bet at odds 2.8, so if your team wins you receive 200.00 (odds 2.00 for your original 100 stake)
Using this example, you have just raised the Asian h'cap odds from 1.97 to 2.00 (email@example.com = 200).
You can do the same with other Asian h'cap lines, but the maths and methods become more complicated - another day maybe!
The first rule of professional betting, never bet money you can't afford to lose. Everyone who takes betting serious should have a staking plan, and includes you.
Clients of our premium service often ask how much they should stake. With regards to our football tips, we recommend betting 1 to 1.5% of your betting bank. And, for the record, we place 100 - 150 pre-match bets per month during season!
Your staking plan should take in several factors, and one of them is the number of bets you expect to make. If numbers are low (20-30 per month), the unit will be higher. Those making loads of bets will want to decrease stakes.
Another consideration is the odds. Afterall, betting horses at 10/1 is clearly different to taking short odds in a football match. Our staking suggestion would consider many factors, yours should do the same.
Power tip - Decide your stake on a periodical basis, and stick with it until the next review.
We have many tools at our disposal, and that includes in-house sports modelling software. Furthermore, we gather team information before making an informed choice. For the record, we also pay other services, but there are free tools available.
We won't list them all here, but for team news Injuries & Suspensions is a decent service. We are not saying all the information is correct, but it helps with a quick overview.
However, if we planned on making a bet, we would also check the clubs news feed. The latest team news is often listed on a clubs website / Social media feed. And, If you don't understand the language, most sites have Google translate installed.
With regards to finding bets, be realistic and accept you can't know everything yourself. Unless you want to specialise, be willing to buy-in tips. And, if you are lacking the financial clout to buy picks, search for Freemium Tipsters.
We have a free section on betting-analyst.com, and we often add a Free Premium bet. Once progressing to the next level, you can buy our Syndicate bets. These are the same bets we are making, and we are proven over the past 20 years!
Power Tip - Be sceptical of free picks on websites which promote bookmakers. Afterall, these sites are often signed up to affiliate programs, and they receive revenue share from customer losses. Ask yourself this, would you visit a doctor that was advertising the local Funeral parlour?
Before starting your professional betting career, you will need a plan of attack. And, while this must ideally be flexible at first, it's important you have a plan to which you will adhere.
We have already covered some of the factors which you will need to consider, and we wouldn't want to dictate an exact plan. However, for the sake of clarity, here are some of the considerations you will need to take on board.
- Volume - Number of bets you are expecting to make over the course of a month.
- Bookmaker accounts - Who can you legally bet with, and what is the real value of these accounts.
- Betting Bank - Separate funds from your household money. And, if you need to pay yourself a salary, add it to the equation.
- Odds - Expected strike rate will is dependent on average odds, and this also applies to ''losing runs''.
- Limits - Bookmakers impose limits, think how this could affect your concept.
- Time - If you are doing another job, think about how much time (realistically) you can dedicate to betting.
Power Tip - Plan ahead, because at some stage your account will get restricted by bookmakers - Can someone else open betting accounts on your behalf!
At this stage we have to throw in a reality check. Making money from bookmakers is both hard work and time-consuming. If you are a dreamer don't be easily deluded.
If Tipsters are advertising unbelievably high strike rates, maybe they are not telling the truth. When you see websites/e-mails advertising ''fixed-games'', they are simply scammers. And, what about better-known racing tipsters advertising when they have a big priced winner, have you tried getting on at those odds. With all that said, it's possible to make a lot of money from gambling.
At Betting-Analyst.com we tell it like it is, since we are totally transparent. We give out odds which are readily available, meaning everyone can get on. In fact, those punters with more betting options (leisure bookmakers) can make even bigger profits.
At the time of writing, here is return on investments from our professional betting syndicate (same tips we sell):
- Racing is 14% on circa 1500 bets per year. Someone betting 100 on each would expect to make around 21K per year.
- Football is averaging 12.84%. Our best performing leagues are Belgium (16.51%), Internationals (16.49%), France (14.06%), England (11.43%) and Spain (11.17%). We place an average 1400 to 1600 bets per season.
- US sports, NBA (9.7%), NCAAF is around +6.8% , NFL +7.8% and MLB +3.5%. Profits would increase if you use Matchbook without commission.
- WTA (tennis) 7% on over 600 picks, all at Pinnacle odds. Suffice to say you can get better odds.
The secret is being realistic with expectations, and don't believe those who exaggerate to sell. If you would like to subscribe to any of our betting services, contact us at email@example.com
Power Tip - Don't listen to people in betting forums, you might get distracted!
Handle betting accounts with care, if you don't they will lose value. If you are a winning punter, closure and limitations will happen at some stage. With that said, by doing things right you are able to prolong the life of betting accounts!
With regards to ''leisure bookmakers'', don't ask for the biggest stake possible. Afterall, your bets will be noted by risk managers. And, if they believe you are ''sharp'', account closure or limitations will follow.
When betting with Exchanges or Asian h'cap specialists (Pinnacle, SBO etc), limits are clearly defined. These bookmakers use dynamic odds which work similar to the stock exchange. Odds move in accordance to the weight of money being bet!
Power Tip - Understand the bookmakers you are using. Keeping accounts open is half the battle.
You might have heard the saying ''emotions have no place in business''. Well, it's no different in professional betting, and you simply have to stay cool. How many times have you seen punters get excited because they lost a bet?
Emotions could also make you irrational. For some that might mean chasing losses, or '' betting higher when on a roll''. If you are one of those people who looses focus easily, change your environment and work on yourself staying calm.
One thing we recommend on our coaching course, put a line under every bet made. Win or lose, it's important that you focus on the next bet.
Power tip - Don't dwell on the ''luck factor''. You will lose some bets you should have won, and you will win bets you should have lost. While it's human nature to think of the bad luck, it all balances out at the end!
We believe anyone with a semblance of intelligence and starting bank can make money from Sport-betting. And, the best thing is you can earn while you learn. If you have self-control and time on your hands, professional betting can be very lucrative.
For those needing a kick start, we offer one-to-one coaching courses. And, while this is a paid service, it could be the best investment you ever made. Contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com to get started!


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Baluchistan, 1970. Home to the Pashtuns whose territory lies in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran. Very wild men with long beards, all armed and all addicted to tea, or chai. Extremely strong, overly sugared – basically a liquid dessert. The chai maker sat cross-legged behind his kettle, firelight flickering over his leathery face. He eyed me as though I were a creature of fable; he had never seen a European in the flesh before. "American?," he asked. "No, German." His eyes lit up. "Beckenbauer," he yelled ecstatically. "Bec-ken-bau-er!" I got my tea for free.
Southern India, 1982. A sacred mountain. A tiny temple near the top run by a young Brahman woman, Sushila, who had a nine-year-old son, a transistor radio and a good dozen chickens for occasional sacrifice to the goddess Kali. She wore rings in her nose, chalked intricate white mandalas onto the clay every day, and spoke little English. Still, I learned that she was 29 fingers old and that the three villages in her valley were the only world she knew. My announcement that I was German had no effect on her, but her son went crazy, shouting "Rum-me-nig-ge."
Amazonia, 1992. After two weeks traveling in the rain forest with some gold seekers, I had grown accustomed to the darkness, the jaguars, crocodiles and snakes – but not to the Yanomani, who still hunted with poisonous darts, and insisted on calling me Lothar, once they knew where I was from. "Lo-thar Mat-thä-us!"
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Our columnist, Helge Timmerberg, an irrepressible globetrotter since 1969, writes travel books and contributes monthly to our magazine.


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Magic: The Gathering, is a collectible card game ("CCG") or trading card game ("TCG") created by RIchard Garflield, and first published by Wizards of the Coast in 1993. It is probably the most popular game of its type, and for good reason. The rules are generally well balanced, the game is fun and strategic, the artwork is intriguing, and one can play without a huge investment in the most expensive cards.
The best way to learn to play is to find a friend that knows how and learn by playing. But there are other options. Magic is played online, and there are outstanding tutorials all over the internet. The following introduction is a great starting point:
In the usual format, players have one-against-one duels. Each game is generally fairly quick (much shorter than a typical board game), and in tournaments, players compete against each other in best two out of three matches, with a chance to adjust their decks in between games.
The game is easy to learn, and complex enough to remain strategically appealing for years to follow.


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The Chicago Blackhawks brought in a new defenseman last week when they acquired Trevor Daley in a trade with the Dallas Stars, but they will be losing another one as news came out that Johnny Oduya will not be returning to the organization next season, according to his agent Don Meehan.
Oduya, who was acquired in a 2012 trade with the Winnipeg Jets, spent three full seasons with the Blackhawks and won two Stanley Cups with the team. After giving the team time to make some salary cap adjustments in an effort to keep Oduya in the fold, the defenseman will explore his other options in free agency.
Oduya made $3.3 million with the Blackhawks last season, but he will likely get a little bit of a pay bump if he signs elsewhere. The Stars and Buffalo Sabres have both expressed interest in his services, and a decision could come as soon as Tuesday night.


text: CORRECTION: In a previous version of this story, Fin24 referred to Siphile Buthelezi, secretary general of PPF. Buthelezi alerted Fin24 to the fact that he has resigned from this role. Cape Town – The Progressive Professional Forum (PPF) "is not owned or funded in any way illegally, or legally or clandestinely by the Gupta family", it said in a statement on Monday.PPF president Mzwanele "Jimmy" Manyi, who is a former ANC spin doctor, is also head of policy at the Black Business Council (BBC) and leads the Decolonisation Foundation.These organisations are spearheading a drive to tackle a lack of economic transformation in South Africa and the BBC gave a presentation last week at Parliament's hearings into the banking sector's progress on the topic.However, the source of their funding has come under the spotlight, with Democratic Alliance MP David Maynier seeking information from state-owned entities and departments to see who is funding the organisations.So far, parliamentary responses to Maynier's questions by Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown and Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies revealed that government has been funding the PPF and BBC.Brown revealed that Eskom and Transnet sponsored the PPF with R840 000 in donations, while Davies disclosed that the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) gave the BBC R7m over the past three years.Regarding the BBC donation, Maynier said in a statement that "it looks like the DTI is funding a dodgy Treasury opponent and Gupta proxy".Concerning the PPF donation, Maynier said Eskom and Transnet should not support an organisation "which is deeply involved in politics and which campaigns against the Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan and National Treasury".Groups to sue over Gupta proxy allegationsThe three Manyi-linked organisations - as well as former Economic Freedom Front MP Andile Mngxitama's Black First, Land First organisation - have also been accused of being proxies for the Guptas.This allegation was criticised by the PPF on Monday. "PPF is not a proxy for anyone but it is and steadfastly remains the vanguard of the interests of all South Africans, in particular the progressive professionals," said the office of the secretary general of PPF.It was announcing the PPF's decision to sue Daily Maverick journalist Marianne Thamm for a story on March 17 2017 entitled Tom Moyane, Zuma Kingpin, because she referred to the PPF as "Mzwanele Manyi's Gupta-sponsored Progressive Professionals Forum".The PPF said Thamm's "labelling is meant to create an impression in the mind of the reader that PPF is sponsored, financially or otherwise by the Gupta family". The organisations often refer to "white monopoly capital" or "radical economic transformation" when discussing the topic of transformation.Manyi tweeted on Sunday that he will be briefing his lawyers to also sue the Sunday Times, following its lead story this Sunday entitled 'White monopoly capital' chosen distraction in PR strategy to clear Guptas.The story claimed that PR firm Bell Pottinger "either helped set up or funded two organisations, the Decolonisation Foundation and Andile Mngxitama's Black First, Land First, that were critical of the Treasury and 'white monopoly capital'."It said "Decolonisation Foundation head Mzwanele Manyi yesterday did not respond to questions, saying only that there was no direct link between himself, his foundation, Bell Pottinger or the Gupta family".Black First, Land First said on a website linked to Mngxitama that "it will report the Sunday Times to the Press Ombudsman, take legal action against the Sunday Times and identify and occupy land owned by Johann Rupert".DA to continue funding probeMeanwhile, Maynier said the DA is ramping up its investigation into the funding structures of the organisations. The party will be:- probing whether public funds have been transferred by state departments, state-owned enterprises and public entities to the PPF, Decolonisation Foundation and the BBC;- submitting requests, in term of the Promotion of Access to Information Act, for copies of the sponsorship policies employed by Eskom and Transnet; and- requesting Auditor General Kimi Makwetu to investigate the sponsorships received from Eskom and Transnet.Transport Department has not funded Manyi-linked groupsTransport Minister Dipuo Peters said the department has not funded or procured services from the PPF, BBC and Decolonisation Foundation in a parliamentary response issued on Monday. Read Fin24's top stories trending on Twitter: Fin24's top stories


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I have just two simple questions. I have been trying to find a solid answer to this for some time so I am just going to post it to see if anyone knows the answer.
I am equipping 3 pieces of pve gear / weapon which provide +hit, head slot, neck slot, and bow. Otherwise I have all the +hit runes I could find. With most of my pve builds I have 151 hit or so, which is fine for most pve. But with my favorite pvp build (due to the lack of +hit soul points), I only have 99 to hit.
The issue (if it is an issue) is that I would like to upgrade my gear, as I will be closing in on Rank 3 soon, with the upgraded Rank 3+ pvp gear, but this gear offers no +hit at all, which means I will loose even the 99 hit I do have when running WFs. So my questions are these:
1. Can anyone honestly tell me what the hit cap is for pvp (if there is one - if not there is no issue here at all) ?
2. And if the hit cap is let's say 100 hit, how then am I able to upgrade my gear with pvp upgrades if there is no +hit on the gear, when I have already enchanted all the slots I could with +hit?
Any information is appreciated. Thanks.


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Abbey Wood Nursery School is able to offer up to 156 places for children aged 3-4 year olds.
We have a limited number of 2-3 year old places available and these children are taught with the 3-4 year old children. There is a charge for our 2-3 year old places unless you are eligible for the '2 year old entitlement' (Please see Children's Centre staff for information about 'Together for two's').
Our places are mainly part time, for children who are entitled to the free 15 hours per week. The session times are 9.00am-12.00pm or 12.15pm-3.15pm. We have a limited number of full-time places, 9.00am-3.15pm, the extra 15 hours paid for by parents, these places may also incur a dinner money charge if the child is not entitled to free school meals.
Our provision will be changing in September 2017 to include the Governments new 30 hour enttlement for working families. To see if your family qualifies for the 30 hours provision please click here and it will take you to an eligibility checker.
The demand for nursery provision in this area means that we are unable to offer a place to every child on the application list. Our policy is reviewed regularly to ensure it follows the advice given by Greenwich Education Service in the booklet "Choosing a Nursery School in Greenwich". A copy of this booklet is available on request.
You may fill in an application form for a nursery place after your child's second birthday. Filling in an application form does not guarantee a place for your child, nor give your child priority over late applicants.
The school endeavours to keep a balance of 3 and 4 year olds.
Three terms is usually regarded as the minimum time that children should spend in the school although there can be exceptions to this.
The nursery admits children according to Greenwich Admissions Criteria and will give priority in the following order:
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When your child starts attending this school he/she will be offered a place in line with their entitlement of 15 hours. We try to give the preferred session, as far as possible.
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I always say that SHOWING UP is like a treasure map and you never know what treasure you will find, and believe me no matter what you do and where you SHOW UP at you will find a treasure.
On Christmas Eve I volunteered with many of my Menifee Valley Lions Club and Menifee Nafe members to help deliver the Christmas meals that The Concern Inc was doing and that Merna's Cafe & Grill had prepared. Sue Lopez, secretary of the Lions and also a Nafe member and I teamed up and one of the houses we delivered to was our treasure. The women who we delivered the food was very appreciative but as we walked in the house through the carport to deliver this we met Mike Langness her son-in-law who was busy working on these amazing planes. We asked him if he sold them he said "no, I want to preserve the History of World War II for my grandchildren, as many of the new history books where they learn in school have less and less history on this War". He went on to say "my goal is to make a model of every plane that ever flew in World War!! So as I tell them the story I can also show them". He had such an array of planes as you can see from above, almost 120 and they are so unique and what a beautiful legacy to leave his grandchildren who can share it with their children as they grow up. He said" I have been working on the project about 3 years and that depending on the model and detail I can do one in a week to three weeks".
He and his wife Terry moved to Sun City 5 years ago to become full time caregivers for his wife's mother who is 96 years old. They are originally from Pasadena, CA. They have 3 children, 2 daughters and 1 son. Plus 9 grandchildren. His one granddaughter Taylor who is ten has built some planes with him, and his oldest Caleb joined the Marines and loves military history. All of his grandchildren love to come and see his work and hear the stories.
Mike said "I was never in the service, got drafted in the Vietnam War but they found I had an ear problem so I was not able to serve".
I asked him how he got interested in building planes and he said "I was raised by wonderful parents and my father was a gun collector of weapons of World War II and had great knowledge on everything so I started getting really interested in knowing more about World War II and decided his goal was to recreate every plane from every country that was part of World War II". When he is building a plane he researches the dimensions and the detail so that each plane is built the way they where. He told me he may not be able to build everyone as some there is no detail or models for, but he will do as many as he can.
One thing he loves is that when people take walks they pass his carport and see all his work and ask if they can come and see what he has done, he says "I love that as I have met pilots and so many others that were in the war and they share their stories with him as well".
My step father Donald Reed who is now in a Board and Care was also in World War II he dropped food in Berlin with the Navy before the wall came down, he retired after 25 years and is now 94, so our World War II veterans are dwindling down. I also was 5 and lived in Hawaii when Pearl Harbor was bombed and many of my uncles were workers at Pearl helping to save some of the sailors from their ships.
We in Sun City have so many hidden treasures if we just take the time to look and ask.
Here are some statistics that perhaps you did not know.
Ilyushin IL-2 Sturmovik 36,183,Yakolev Yak-1,-3,-7, -9 31,000+,Messerschmitt Bf-109 30,480,Focke-Wulf Fw-190 29,001,Supermarine Spitfire/Seafire 20,351,Convair B-24/PB4Y, Liberator/Privateer 18,482,Republic P-47, Thunderbolt 15,686,North American P-51 Mustang 15,875,Junkers Ju-88 15,000,Hawker Hurricane 14,533,Curtiss P-40 Warhawk 13,738,
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 12,731,Vought F4U Corsair 12,571,Grumman F6F Hellcat 12,275,Petlyakov Pe-2 11,400,Lockheed P-38 Lightning 10,037,Mitsubishi A6M Zero 10,449,
North American B-25 Mitchell 9,984,Lavochkin LaGG-5 9,920,
Note: The LaGG-5 was produced with both water-cooled (top) and air-cooled (bottom) Sources: Rene Francillon, Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific war; Cajus Bekker, The Luftwaffe Diaries; Ray Wagner, American Combat Planes; Wikipedia.
Some other information that you probably did not know:
9.7 billion gallons of gasoline consumed, 1942-1945,.107.8 million hours flown, 1943-1945,
459.7 billion rounds of aircraft ammo fired overseas, 1942-1945.7.9 million bombs dropped overseas, 1943-1945.2.3 million combat sorties, 1941-1945 (one sortie = one takeoff).
299,230 aircraft accepted, 1940-1945.808,471 aircraft engines accepted, 1940-1945.
and 799,972 propellers accepted, 1940-1945.
IN SUMMATION: Whether there will ever be another war like that experienced in 1940-45 is doubtful, as fighters and bombers have given way to helicopters and remotely-controlled drones over Afghanistan, Iraq and other places in the Middle East. But within living memory, men left the earth in 1,000-plane formations and fought major battles five miles high, leaving a legacy that remains timeless. Thank you Mike Langness for doing your part in preserving World War II History, I know I am so happy I got the opportunity to meet him and see his great work. If you want to reach Mike Langness he can be reached at 951-491-4619 he lives in the Core area of Sun City.
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Liberals are our great allies, the crucial lynchpin against fascism. Liberals hold the key to building a popular front against divisive forces which are gathering at the Centre and across the world. Or so suggests Pratap Bhanu Mehta in a sarcastic piece ('Blame it on the liberals', IE, June 28), which builds a romanticised victimhood of liberals.
The article ignores the historical trajectory of liberalism while falsely projecting valiant works of resistance against the current dispensation as the result of a handful of the upper middle class (generally men) activist liberals. In that way, Mehta has remained true to the historical actions of liberalism as an ideology, which hijacks victories of the working class and the marginalised as its own while remaining a valiant defender of free speech and a "moderate" variant of capitalism. The irony of the latter is particularly sweet; Bill Clinton and P V Narasimha Rao (both avowed liberals) have been torchbearers in ripping apart whatever was left of welfare capitalism in the 1990s.
Acts of resistance have been expanding over the last four years. These have emerged not from the position of a self-avowed saviour but from collective people's struggles along with the innumerable acts of everyday resistance against the neo-liberal- fascist nexus. The Una aandolan in Gujarat, the protest of Tamil Nadu farmers in Delhi, the farmers' march to Mumbai in early 2018, the anti-Sterlite protests, are examples.
The convenient sense of (liberal) victimhood obfuscates the structural oppression of Dalits, Muslims, women, tribals, workers and farmers. These liberals are aloof and impartial observers who remain open to being attacked because of their remarkable self-awareness and malleable ideology. Heroes of the marginalised, these individuals have supposedly saved the environment, spoken up for free speech and the press, all while remaining valiant in their opposition to the authoritarianism of government.
The same liberals, however, waited until 2018, when the effects of GST and demonetisation crippled their businesses, to raise their voices. They barely raise an eyebrow over the dismantling of higher education (the latest being the scrapping of the UGC), not only because it is their love for neo-liberalism that enabled the process, but also because the alternative lies in the new Ivy-league-esque private universities like O P Jindal and Ashoka.
There is no doubt that liberals are occasionally allies, particularly in countries like India. The choice suggested is between lack of jobs, crippling farm loans etc and communalism, mass lynchings and an atmosphere of fear and hate. But to articulate such a choice is to create a false binary. The opposition to communalism and fascism seems to point towards a broad mass, popular front, which must grudgingly include liberals but not embrace them with open arms.
A popular front led by the Lutyens' elite will not only be defeated — in the 2019 general election and the subsequent ones — but it will also fail to combat the RSS and other Hindutva groups that are expanding beyond the Hindi heartland. Moreover, it will further strengthen popular support (of the RSS) and disillusionment with any alternative that may exist for a large number of Indians. The above dilemma has led a lot of "progressives" to mollycoddle liberals, conveniently ignoring such articles in public while being privately critical of them. The strategy, however, is a misguided one since a sustainable fight against fascist forces cannot emerge from the top. The refusal of the Congress in Delhi to join AAP's protest against the blatantly obstructive nexus of Centre, bureaucracy and the LG is evidence not only of their short-sightedness but also indicative of their declining credibility within the opposition.
Liberals cannot be the vanguard of the opposition because the alternative we have to imagine needs to include radical demands for land, healthcare and education among others, areas that these very liberals systematically destroyed. Ignoring self-righteous assertions of liberal pride is one way of going forward, but it will dilute any sustained opposition and reinforce the falsely curated image of an elite opposition to communalism.
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Jan Powers graduated from National College of Education (Presently National Louis University) with a Bachelor of Arts in Education and Human Development with a minor in Dance. Her additional dance training took place at Gus Giordano Dance Center in Evanston, Illlinois where she had the privilege of having Gus himself as an instructor. After spending a few years teaching 2nd, 5th and 6th grades in both Dallas, TX and the Chicago suburbs, she began raising her family and eventually found herself returning to her first love, dance. She created and developed what became known as the Schaumburg School of Dance and spent the last 18 years teaching as well as directing the program and its in-house dance company, The Schaumburg Dance Troupe. She is excited to once again to be involved with the building of a dance program and is more than thrilled to be working with her amazing staff and extremely talented students and their supportive families.
Noel Stanton, originally from Schaumburg, Illinois, graduated Magna Cum Laude from Western Michigan University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance. While there, she was also awarded The Dalton Exceptional Dance Major Scholarship and the Wendy Cornish Endowed Scholarship. She has performed in such Great Works as George Balanchine's Who Cares? and Serenade as well as Lou Conte's The 40s. In 2005, she had the great opportunity to perform George Faison's Suite Otis at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. as part of the Masters of African American Choreographers Showcase. Upon graduating, Noel accepted a position with Inaside Chicago Dance and performed as a company member for six years. Throughout this time, she had the great privilege of performing works by such choreographers as Autumn Eckman, Harrison McEldowney, Lizzie MacKenzie, and Nick Pupillo. Through Inaside, Noel has been given numerous teaching opportunities at workshops and intensives as well as youth outreach programs at various elementary schools, high schools, and colleges throughout the midwest. In addition to workshops, Noel has taught at various studios in the Chicago area and is thrilled to be have opened Rise Dance Center.
Christine Costello studied both Dance and Film Directing at Columbia College Chicago, where she had the opportunity to work with many acclaimed artists and master instructors. She has performed in numerous Chicago dance shows and festivals such as Chicago Human Rhythm Project and Dance Chicago, as well as various events around the U.S. including the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, Dance Teacher Magazine's Capezio Showcase, and Rockin' the Seas, on Royal Caribbean cruise line. Christine has had numerous teaching opportunities and has taught at many different workshops, intensives and studios throughout the Midwest. She has had choreography showcased at various dance festivals and competitions, including Dance Chicago, Team Dance Illinois, Universal Dance Association & Universal Cheer Association, and has earned many awards for her choreographic work. She has also worked in the dance competition world as an adjudicator for Applause Talent and Power Cheer. Besides her dance career, Christine has studied acting and improvisation at the Second City in Chicago, and has worked in numerous musical theater, commercial and independent film productions. She continues to work free lance in the film industry and as a commercial print model.
Ashley Deran received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in dance from Western Michigan University. During her time there she had the pleasure of working with many world-renowned guest artists such as Autumn Eckman, Jason McDole, Amanda McKerrow, and Willy Shives. Ashley recieved several scholarships while at WMU including the Jean Warner Labelle Endowed Dance Scholarship and the Wendy L. Cornish Dance Scholarship. She was also the recipient of the CFA 40th Anniversary Legacy Grant for collaborative art and was the 2012 Presidential Scholar for Dance. After graduation, Ashley relocated back to her hometown of Schaumburg and is currently choreographing, performing, and teaching in the Chicagoland area . She also enjoys dance photography and has her own business, A.Deran Photography.
Katy Kowalski grew up in Carol Stream, Illinois. Katy trained at numerous dance studios in the Chicago area including Dance Motions Dance Studio and performed with the Motions Dance Company, under the direction of Kristin Hild and Sinead Gildea. Katy graduated Magna Cum Laude at the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance. While training at the University of Arizona, Katy performed works by Mia Michaels, Sam Watson, Michael Williams and Susan Quinn. Katy is excited to begin her dance career as a Performing Apprentice with Inaside Dance Chicago, under the direction of Richard Smith, as well as teaching and choreographing around the Chicago area.
Sarah Kramer is multiple scholarship recipient and magna cum laude graduate with a B.F.A. in dance and a B.S. in finance. Sarah has danced commercially with DanceWerks Dance Company, Carlton Bradley Company, and Stage Factor Inc. and was a featured dancer for Fadro's "This is What We Live For" Tour. She has performed internationally with world- renowned vocal artists such as Heather Smalls and Zoe Badwi. Sarah also has had the opportunity to perform works by highly- noted industry choreographers such as Gustavo Vargas and Kym Johnson (DWTS), Tabitha and Napoleon (SYTYCD), Jon Charron and Jill Hillier (Stiletto Entertainment). Sarah was a dancer and aerial artist with Holland America Line cruise ships for several years and a 5-time mirror ball champion and celebrity dancer on Dancing With the Stars at Sea (an extension of the hit TV Show Dancing with the Stars). For the past ten years, Sarah has been teaching, choreographing, and adjudicating several dance genres at various national conventions, studios, companies, and competitions across the nation. She is also a certified group fitness instructor and personal trainer. Sarah is happy to call Rise Dance Center home and agrees with Dorothy, as "there's no place like home".
Alyssa Leahy has been dancing and performing for 17 years. As a student at Harper College, she plans to receive her Associate in Arts degree while keeping dance a main focus. Alyssa has trained consistently at Rise Dance Center and has been on the competitive company, DSP, for 5 years. Within these years, she has been brought upon many performing opportunities and has had the privilege of working with various choreographers and dancers. As Alyssa is ending her years with DSP, she is continuing her training and expanding dance career in the Chicagoland area with various studios and companies. While growing as a dance herself, she wants to share that experience with those who want to grow as a dancer as well. Being a teacher at Rise Dance Center allows her to do so while allowing her to begin her career as a dancer.
Cheryl Leahy has studied acrobatics, tumbling, jazz, tap, ballet, drama and voice from various instructors. She was a professional acrobatic/contortionist for over 10 years where she appeared on NBC as well as other telethons and television shows. She has been teaching for over 25 years at a variety of locations in the northwest suburbs including 10+ years of having her own competitive dance and tumbling teams. Cheryl is also a certified group exercise instructor and is certified in Zumba and WerQ for adults and children. She is a mom of two daughters, working part time as a nanny. She adds a new approach to her classes from her variety of experiences.
Devon Lloyd is a freelance dancer, choreographer and sought after technique coach from Naperville, Illinois. With a BFA in Dance from Western Michigan, Devon started her dance career at a local studio, dancing her way through high school at both the dance team and studio competition level. While at school, she devoted her years in learning theories based on jazz fundamentals and body connection. Throughout her career she danced works by renowned artists Peter Chu, Eddie Ocampo, Rennie Harris and international choreographer Ohad Naharin. She even performed at Washington, D.C's Kennedy Center for the American College Dance Association's final national competition. In addition to her dance training and performance background, Devon worked on staff with Universal Dance Association (UDA) for the last seven years landing her a teaching opportunity in London. After graduation Devon moved back to the Chicago area. Working at various studios and assistant coaching both high school and all-star teams rounded off her year with many judges high placement awards, 3rd place at NDTC Nationals, and has helped place dance teams on the competition radar. Placing technique and coordination at the forefront of her classes, dancers experience a full breakdown of fundamental technique while developing a positive love for dance and encouragement to explore the beauty within the field of dance.
Lisa Lorenz comes from St. Charles, IL and graduated with a BA in Dance from Western Michigan University. There she met Noel Stanton and they then continued to dance together with Inaside Chicago Dance. Other professional dance experience includes dancing with: Royal Caribbean Productions and Thodos Dance Chicago. Teaching has always been a passion for Lisa and she has been doing so all over Chicago since 2006. This past year, Lisa was the "Dance & Yoga Specialist" at The British School of Chicago in Lincoln Park. In addition to dance, Lisa is a certified yoga teacher and also specializes in barre, yoga sculpt, zumba, prenatal yoga and group fitness. Over the years Lisa was awarded lululemon ambassador, Athleta brand ambassador and has been honored as one of Chicago's top rated Yoga Instructors. One of Lisa's pivotal moments as a teacher was when she visited Haiti to teach underprivileged youths. Lisa has also spent her time co-producing a dance/art collaborate in Chicago named Still Inspired and taught both dance and yoga to the students in After School Matters program at the Harris Theatre. She is thrilled to bring her passion of dance and movement with the artists at Rise Dance Center.
Donielle Richmond is a professional dancer and choreographer currently under contract with Rise Elite Modern Company and formerly with Ascension Performing Arts Hip Hop Company for four seasons. Donielle holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Performance from Northern Illinois University under the direction of Judith Chitwood, Autumn Eckman, Steven Norman, Paula Frasz and Brian Carey Chung. Donielle was also a three-time scholarship recipient in Musical Theater Dance during her time at Elgin Community College. Some of Donielle's Proudest performance and choreographic achievements include Dance Chicago: Urban Movement, Prelude Midwest, Freespace Dance Festival, ABC's Extreme Make-Over, Takes of Herror Art Festival and choreographing the Calvin Harries Concert Opener for KISS FM radio at the Aragon Ballroom. In addition to her choreographic and performance credits, Donielle has over 13 years of teaching experience both recreationally and competitively. Donielle has created award winning competitive routines in the genres of Contemporary, Hip Hop, Jazz and Lyrical. Donielle is the owner of ACTIVATE YOUR ARTISTRY, a local dance intensive company. Donielle is excited for the upcoming convention season as ACTIVATE YOUR ARTISTRY will be embarking on its first national tour! Donielle is glad to be back at Rise Dance Center for the summer season and cannot wait to help her students achieve their dance ambitions.
Jennifer Wagner, native of Schaumburg, Illinois, received her dance training from Jan Powers, Noel Stanton, and Christine Costello as well as being a member of Dance Stellar Productions. Wagner received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in dance from Western Michigan University. While at WMU, Ms. Wagner had the pleasure of dancing works choreographed by Ohad Naharin, Joshua Manculich, Derrick Evans, Erica Pedersen and more. She also, danced original choreography by alum Ashley Deran to "A Soldier's Tale", a collaborative work that included dancers, actors, and musicians. Wagner was also selected to travel to New York City with the Department of Dance as a great opportunity to explore the dance world outside of college. She has returned to the Chicagoland area to pursue a performance and teaching career. She is very eager and excited to be teaching at Rise Dance Center!


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A lost load caused damage to several vehicles on Interstate 5 on the Ship Canal Bridge on Friday morning. Apparently, a steel ramp fell off of a semi truck and landing on the highway. According to a Washington State Patrol media release, approximately 24 vehicles ran over the ramp.
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Now that the dust has settled, tax day behind us, do you owe the IRS more than you have available to send them? Let's look at the ways you might consider, starting with the easiest.
Ask for additional time to pay: It's nearly that easy. You can request an additional 60 to 120 days to pay what you owe. You can call the IRS or go to the Online Payment Agreement and submit your information. This is a good solution if you have a first quarter bonus coming in or just needed time to rearrange some of your assets to free up the cash.
Apply for the Installment Plan: You can use this option to pay off a tax debt of up to $25,000 over as long as 60 months. You can use the same Online Payment Agreement link or apply by using Form 9465. Your application is subject to approval but it's guaranteed if the amount owed is not over $10,000, you have a clean record for the prior five years (all taxes paid with or prior to the return due date), you agree to pay it in full within three years, and the IRS determines you can't pay in full immediately.
Pay by credit card or debit card: Since the penalty can be as much as 1/2%/mo and interest is currently 4% annually, you may have a credit card that offers a lower rate, perhaps even a zero percent teaser rate for a year. With average credit card rates still at 14% in addition to the 2%+ fee from the card service provider, the IRS route still seems best in most cases. The fee to pay with a debit card is less than $4, but if you have the cash to debit, why not just cut the check?
401(k) loan: The rules for these loans allow you to borrow up to 50% of your vested balance for five years. The current rate (based on the common "Prime+1/2%) is about 3.75%. There are risks, however. Should you lose your job, your loan balance is subtracted from your account and the amount is deemed as distributed. Taxes and 10% penalty are then due which results in yet another debt to the IRS.
The IRA shuffle: You can't borrow from your IRA, but did you know that if you wish to transfer the funds from one account to another, you have 60 days to do this? In effect, this is the same as a 60 day loan. So long as the money is deposited into a different account on or before day day 60, there's no tax or penalty. You should only consider this option if you are certain of having the money within the 60 days, otherwise, there's a high price to pay, both tax and a 10% penalty.
HELOC: The home equity line of credit is to be used as a last resort, it puts your house at risk if you default. With most HELOCs tied to the Prime Rate plus a bit of an adder the rate will be in the 4%-5% range. Not a bad cost to borrow and you avoid any penalty. If you choose this type of loan, try to pay it off quickly, the bill's minimum payment will likely reflect interest only. Don't let a single year's tax bill turn into 10 years of payments.
Now that you've decided how to pay the tax man, take a look at How to Adjust Your Tax Withholding for the New Year. Understanding and making changes to your withholding this year will prevent you from owing so much in April 2012.