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Investing in communities Reconciliation Canada Partnership Funding Programs Vancity enviroFund™ Program MOV Reconciliation Partnership Mobi by Shaw go Modo The Car Co-op Moose Hide Campaign Vancouver Mural Fest Vancity Theatre and VIFF Vancity Community Foundation What you can do to welcome Syrian refugees Vancity is the founding partner of Reconciliation Canada, an initiative working to build and revitalize relationships among Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians. Reconciliation Canada is a catalyst for change in Canada that is Indigenous-led, but multi-cultural and multi-faith in scope. It aims to: educate Canadians about the impacts of Indian residential schools promote reconciliation through dialogue and storytelling develop strategies for moving forward in a positive way. Reconciliation Canada’s work is closely aligned with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, whose final report was issued in the fall of 2015. The report contains 94 Calls to Action as the Commission’s recommendations for Canadians to better understand and respond to the history and impact of the Indian Residential School system, the experience of former students and their families and the ongoing legacies of these institutions within communities. Reconciliation Canada is engaging with Canadians in the reconciliation process through public education, community engagement and a series of events. Why is reconciliation important? The reconciliation process is important for all Canadians because it's about the basics of how we treat each other as fellow human beings and the kind of relationships and communities we want to build for the future. As Reconciliation Canada Ambassador Chief Dr. Robert Joseph says, "Our future, and the well-being of all our children, rests with the kind of relationships we build today." For many Canadians we don't really know much about the ongoing impact of Indian Residential Schools—how it continues to be felt throughout generations and contribute to social problems. Residential schools for Indigenous people in Canada date back to the 1870s and the last school only closed in 1996. More than 150,000 First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children were placed in these schools. Connections with culture and family, parenting skills, and intergenerational relationships were damaged or lost. People were broken. It's time to acknowledge and understand the past, and find a new way forward. How is Vancity involved? Vancity has adopted the Call to Action for business contained in the Commission Report as well as the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a framework for meaningful reconciliation. Our Board has added Reconciliation as a core value for the organization and we continue to support Reconciliation Canada as a founding partner, as well as other initiatives that create opportunities for dialogue and better understanding among Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. We are proud to continue the journey we started in November 2012 when we gave a $500,000 grant to Reconciliation Canada (read the news release and watch highlights from the announcement) “A core element of our vision is to promote social justice and build resilient, sustainable communities," says Linda Morris, former senior vice president of Business Development, Member and Community Engagement at Vancity. "We believe the process being led by Reconciliation Canada will help create a better, stronger Canada for all.” There are many opportunities and initiatives where you can learn more, get involved, and provide your support. It’s an important first step in our personal reconciliation journey and the creation of a better Canada for all of us. At Vancity, we are investing in community initiatives and projects that create opportunities for awareness, learning, and dialogue. The links on the side of this page provide additional information on organizations and events in the community. Join us on the Walk for Reconciliation on Sunday, September 24, 2017, register at reconciliationcanada.ca Tweets by @Rec_Can Moosehide Campaign Talking Stick Festival Indigenous artists at the Vancouver Art Gallery Our Living Languages at the Royal BC Museum Vancity drives financial inclusion on Cormorant Island How Vancity is working with Indigenous communities Backgrounder: Vancity's investments in Indigenous communities

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Home News Family Owned Business On Line Support On Line Support Tech support company levels up employee engagement Courtesy of On Line Support After serving in the Army as a computer programmer analyst, On Line Support founder and owner Eric Olmsted, made his way to the Pacific Northwest to work in the tech industry. He worked in the computer industry before becoming a telecom executive. Recognizing a need for technology consulting and support for small and medium businesses, Olmsted founded On Line Support in 1998. Headquartered in Vancouver, On Line Support today serves more than 250 businesses of all sizes throughout the Pacific Northwest, offering clients everything from fully managed outsourced IT and cybersecurity services to large scope projects and telecom solutions. Eric’s wife Nancy is the vice president of communications. On Line Support takes employee engagement to the next level. “Our work family is critical to our success and we are fully committed to their workplace fulfillment,” said Eric Olmsted in a statement to the Vancouver Business Journal. “In addition to competitive pay we know benefits are extremely important to employees.” Even though On Line support is a small business with fewer than 25 employees, Olmsted said providing a robust benefit package is a priority. Benefits include 100% employer-paid medical, dental and vision insurance; 401(k) with employer match; paid vacation, holidays and sick leave; and training, education and professional development opportunities. “As technology professionals, our team deals with high stress situations requiring creative problem solving and innovative thought processes,” said Olmsted. “It is important to us that our hard-working team is supported by a fun environment.” Volunteer employees sit on what is referred to as the Culture Committee. Their role is to hold the organization accountable to its core values and to plan team building and other fun events. Past events have included themed holiday parties, employee cook-offs, family barbecues, after-hours game nights and “nerd culture” chat sessions. And, the office is dog friendly. “As parents and employers, we believe in the importance of investing in young people by providing opportunities to learn outside the classroom,” said Nancy Olmsted. “During school breaks we have anywhere from one to three paid interns working with us, and often times these are employees’ family members.” Interns are either high school or college students interested in making a career in the technology field. They perform technical work, often assisting full-time technicians with projects, so the internship is a true learning experience. All of On Line Support’s interns have gone on to college, the military or careers in technology. Joanna Yorke Joanna Yorke is the managing editor of the Vancouver Business Journal. She has worked in the journalism field since 2010 after graduating from the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University in Pullman. Yorke worked at The Reflector Newspaper in Battle Ground for six years and then worked at and helped start ClarkCountyToday.com.

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Burns, Greenhill headline young local talent at Auburn Auburn baseball has a bright future and it's thanks in large part to a heavy contingent of talented North Alabama natives on the roster. Posted: Jun 15, 2018 10:09 PM Updated: Jun 15, 2018 10:41 PM Posted By: Jesse Merrick The Auburn Tigers are coming off of their best baseball season in over two decades and regardless of the fact that they're losing around eight key players, including the MLB's number one overall selection, Casey Mize, there's still plenty of optimism on the Plains because the Tigers return a ton of young talent. Included in that group are a pair of North Alabama natives in right handed pitchers Tanner Burns, of Decatur High School, and Cody Greenhill, out of Russellville High School. The two slingers picked up Freshman All-American honors from Perfect Game/Rawlings on Friday. Following a 7-4 season as a starter, with a team-best 3.01 ERA, good for sixth in the South Eastern Conference, Burns landed on the first-team. Even though he missed nearly four weeks at the beginning of conference play with an illness, Greenhill led the team in earned run average during SEC play, posting a 2.42 ERA with a 6-3 record, five saves and 55 strikeouts. Fellow freshman Edouard Julien and Seteven Williams also earned Freshman All-American honors. Julien turned in one of the best freshman seasons from the plate in program history, crushing a team leading 17 home runs and 69 RBI, which broke former Auburn great and National Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Thomas' freshman program record for RBI. Those 69 RBI were also good for the league lead and most among any other freshman in the countrry. Furthermore, his 17 homers were tied for the second most among freshman nationally, and the third most ever hit by an Auburn freshman. Williams posted 12 home runs and 51 RBI in his debut season, marks tied for second and third best on the team. His 12 homers are the fourth most by an Auburn freshman in program history. So there's no denying their future is bright at Auburn but they aren't the only young guys looking to make some noise next season. Fellow Russellville grad Judd Ward also had a solid freshman year, playing in 37 games with a 2.50 batting average and 8 RBI. Ford Luttrell, a Bob Jones High School grad, didn't play in 2018 but the freshman right handed pitcher struck out 90 batters in 52 innings as a senior in high school and is a name to watch out for next season. The local flavor doesn't stop there. Joining the arsenal this coming season is Hartselle lefty Garrett Wade, who was named the 2018 Gatorade Alabama Baseball Player of the year after going 7-2 with a 1.03 ERA, and posting 109 strikeouts as a senior. He's one of the many big names heading to Auburn in the 2019 recrtuiting class, which Baseball America ranks the sixth best in the nation. Auburn wins! DB's, young receivers shine in Auburn's first scrimmage Greenhill residents want 'dangerous' intersection fixed after teen's death Decatur native Tanner Burns to start Auburn's NCAA Tournament opener Tanner Burns one of three Auburn Freshman All-Americans Auburn, Alabama and local MLB Draft recap Jarrett Stidham leaving Auburn Auburn rebounds in Fayetteville Joey Gatewood Leaves Auburn

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About the Contributors - Ahead of the Class The Wallace Foundation / Knowledge Center / About the Contributors - Ahead of the Class Ahead of the Class Introduction - Duplicating the Success of the Pathways Model Program Section 1 - Creating Successful Institutional Partnerships Section 2 - Recruiting and Selecting Program Participants Section 3 - Building an Innovative Curriculum to Prepare New Teachers Section 4 - Providing Support Services for Candidates Section 5 - Costs and Budgeting for Success Click here to download the full report: Brian O. Brent is an assistant professor at the University of Rochester’s Warner Graduate School of Education, where he specializes in school finance. He is particularly interested in microlevel resource allocation practices, nontraditional revenues, and the cost-effective use of education dollars. Clemencia Cosentino de Cohen is a doctoral candidate in the department of sociology at Princeton University. She worked at the Urban Institute for several years, first as a research assistant and later as a consultant. Her major interests include the sociology of education and educational assessments, social inequality, and educational policy. Tamara Lucas is associate professor of education at Montclair State University. She teaches graduate courses on research methods and critical social issues in education. Her numerous publications address topics such as educating culturally responsive teachers and teaching language minority students. She has a Ph.D. in education from Stanford University, with a specialization in language, literacy, and culture. Stephanie L. Mudge is working on her doctorate in sociology at the University of California–Berkeley, where she is pursuing her interest in education research and urban sociology. Formerly, she worked as a research assistant at the Urban Institute’s Education Policy Center. Jennifer King Rice is an assistant professor in the department of education policy and leadership at the University of Maryland. Her research interests include education policy, education productivity, cost-analysis applications to education, and educational reforms for at-risk students. Her work has been published in multiple forums, including journals, chapters, and reports. Nancy S. Sharkey is a doctoral student in education policy research at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education. She was a research associate in the Urban Institute’s Education Policy Center while this research was done. Her main research interests are market-based reforms in education, school finance, teacher certification and professional development, and the effects of federal education reform on local schools and districts. < < Previous | Next > >

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Cows and humans share 80% genes: India's interior minister New Delhi, India Nov 07, 2016, 02.48 PM(IST) He stressed on the need to bring the states in India into confidence on banning cow slaughter adding that the mammals were protected even during the?Mughal rule.? Photograph:( AFP ) Indian interior minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday stressed the importance of cow protection saying that 80 per cent of the genes found in a cow and a human were the same. The minister cited a conclusion from a US Department of Agriculture meet convened to define the genetic sequence of cows where 300 scientists were invited from 25 countries. Singh was speaking during the meet where tributes were paid to those killed in the anti-cow slaughter agitation 50 years ago. A large number of religious leaders and Vishva Hindu Parishad and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leaders were also present at the meet. "I believe they gave their supreme sacrifice for a big goal. I pay my tributes to them. I also laud you for remembering them even after 50 years," Singh said. He stressed on the need to bring the states in India together on banning cow slaughter adding that the mammals were protected even during the Mughal rule. "Cow slaughter and beef were banned since the Vedic times. Even during the Mughal rule, it was banned during the times of Bahadurshah Zafar, Akbar and Jehangir. It has even been written in the 'Babarnama' that one cannot rule over Hindustan unless you stop cow slaughter," he said at the function. "As far as cow is concerned, it is not just a cultural issue, it is an issue of faith. But besides being an issue of faith, it is also an issue which should be viewed from economic, historical and scientific perspective." Singh said the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government was working towards enforcing a complete ban on smuggling of cattle to Bangladesh and had taken a number of steps in this regard, but achieved only "partial success" keeping in view the long borders, Press Trust of India reported. Singh said that article 48 of the Indian constitution mentions that governments will work to stop cow slaughter. However, a complete ban on smuggling of cows "will take some time", the minister said. Singh also asked for the issue to be viewed through the "angle of climate change". "I feel that the prevailing polluted atmosphere, the angle of climate change should also be examined. Because scientists have said to produce one pound of beef, 1,800 gallons of water is used while for producing other meats 500 to 1,200 gallons of water is used. You can yourself conclude that we have to stop the fast changing climate changes that are taking place," he stressed. (With inputs from PTI) Pakistan won't remain inactive observer along LoC: Imran Khan CAA not necessary but it is India's internal matter: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina US envoy Alice Wells to arrive in Islamabad on 4-day trip

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It's still absurdly difficult for blind people to vote in the election The UK has two million blind and visually impaired people. It's not easy for them to vote, and help is limited Getty Images / Bloomberg / Contributor On Thursday, two million blind and visually impaired people living in the UK could find themselves struggling to cast their vote as they head to the polls. Worse, they may feel so disenfranchised that they won’t vote at all, because the current measures put in place to assist visually impaired voters are not fit for purpose. Ballot papers aren’t accessible for visually impaired people because they do not contain large print, let alone braille for the one per cent of visually impaired people who can read it in the UK. In order to try and make ballots accessible, the UK government introduced something called a tactile voting device (TVD) back in 2001, which hypothetically gave visually impaired voters the ability to vote independently and in secret for the first time. But earlier this year, the TVD was ruled unlawful because it does not do what it was introduced to do. The device, which is a fiddly plastic template strip with flaps containing numbers in both large print and braille written over the flaps, is fitted over the boxes on a ballot paper. In order to cast a vote, the visually impaired voter needs to use the large-print reference ballot placed in every polling station to identify which number corresponds to each candidate, or have a volunteer read out the candidates one by one. Once the voter knows which number corresponds to each candidate, they then lift up the relevant flap and make their mark. Back in May, the device was ruled unlawful after Rachael Andrews, who has myopic macular degeneration and is registered blind, took the government to court over the provision of the tactile voting device. “A judge ruled in a judicial review case that the provision of the TVD was unlawful because it doesn’t allow blind and partially sighted people to vote independently and in secret – and they are the two key words there – under current legislation,” Andrews says. “It doesn’t do either of those things because it’s a plastic device that has lift-up flaps which don’t allow you to know who you’re voting for, so somebody has to read it out or you have to memorise the order in which the candidates are listed.” Can Dominic Cummings really run Britain like a startup? Probably not By Gian Volpicelli According to the Royal National Institute of Blind People’s (RNIB) most recent report on the 2017 general election, only one in four blind and partially sighted people said the current system let them vote independently and in secret. Eight out of ten of those who voted at the polling station using the TVD said they did so with a companion or member of staff. “We hear multiple stories every election from blind and partially sighted people who have needed assistance from elections staff to vote, and have had their vote commented on by staff or not been 100 per cent sure that their preference has been recorded correctly,” says Eleanor Thompson, head of policy and public affairs at RNIB. “We hear about occasions when the TVD has not been available, and the large print ballot paper is frequently stuck on the wall, meaning partially sighted voters cannot easily take it with them into their polling booth.” Despite winning the case back in May, nothing has yet been done to actually bring in a system that allows vision impaired people to vote both independently and in secret. “The government has been rather reticent in their progress towards replacing or enhancing or adding to it, so we’re considering going back to court because basically they just haven’t done anything about it,” says Andrews. In order for visually impaired people to vote in elections, Andrews says, we need to move away from a paper ballot voting system, and instead adopt one where people can use the telephone or vote electronically. In 2011, the state of New South Wales in Australia launched an electronic voting system called iVote, and it expanded it in 2015. It is a web-based platform that allows people to vote by phone or by web. The iVote system was only available to those with a disability, those who live in remote locations, and those outside of New South Wales on election day. According to WebRoots Democracy, a think tank focusing on the intersection between technology and democratic participation, iVote increased participation, with one in ten users reporting that they would not have cast a vote without the system. “Given how technology is being used in so many different applications for voters with various disabilities, whether it's navigation or anything else, it makes sense to look at technology as a way to reform voting in the same way,” says Areeq Chowdhury, founder of WebRoots Democracy. “So, I see it as quite a good, necessary solution. It shouldn't really be something that we just think is nice to have, it’s necessary.” Critics have questioned the potential for online voting to get hacked, but Chowdhury points out that there are measures that can mitigate the security risks and verify votes. “In terms of it being hacked by a foreign state, it could require a public ledger of all votes split amongst every local authority where everyone can go and verify their vote anonymously,” he says. It’s not just visually impaired people who are finding themselves cut out of the electoral process, but those with other disabilities, too. Disability campaigners believe that it’s not just the voting process that needs to be made accessible, but also campaigning as it works now. “We have done some research on disabled voters, and based in part on collaboration with disability rights groups, and a lot of the things that they are demanding, really has to do with political communication,” says Pier Luc Dupont Picard, a research associate in the EU’s Horizon 2020 project Ethos on justice, and sociology, politics and international relations professor at the University of Bristol. Last month, inclusion activist Hector Minto launched the #NoCaptionsNoVote campaign, calling on politicians to add captions to their campaign videos if they want their vote. “In this election [campaign], more than ones in the past, there’s so much video content being created, and short clips, but what we’ve seen with so many of them is that they’re not using captions, so they’re missing out on a potential huge voter base, whether that be people who are deaf or hard of hearing,” says James Taylor, head of campaigns, policy and public affairs at Scope, who has helped lead #NoCaptionsNoVote. All in all, Andrews, who took the provision of the TVD to court back in May, says that it’s about having the right to vote in secret like sighted voters. “To dismiss it and say, ‘you know, it doesn't really matter’ – it does matter. It matters to a lot of people, and it's a constitutional right, and I think we should have that.” More great stories from WIRED 🐘 The illegal trade of Siberian mammoth tusks revealed 🙈 I ditched Google for DuckDuckGo. Here's why you should too 📧 How to use psychology to get people to answer your emails Get The Email from WIRED, your no-nonsense briefing on all the biggest stories in technology, business and science. In your inbox every weekday at 12pm sharp. by entering your email address, you agree to our privacy policy Thank You. You have successfully subscribed to our newsletter. You will hear from us shortly. Sorry, you have entered an invalid email. Please refresh and try again. 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Which River Forms Part of the Border Between the United States and Canada? The St. Lawrence River forms the boarder between Ontario, Canada and New York, US. The river runs from the Great Lakes all the way to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The Saint Lawrence: Part of the US-Canada Border The Saint Lawrence River system runs a total of 1,900 miles (3,057 kilometers), with the river itself being 743.8 miles (1,197 kilometers) in length. Most of the river runs through the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec, with only 144 miles (70.8 kilometers) of the St. Lawrence going through the American state of New York. With the river running from the Great Lakes all the way to the vital mouth of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, which deposits into the Atlantic, it is a vital maritime passageway for trade. US-Canada Border Disputes Involving the Saint Lawrence The United States and Canada share the longest international border on Earth between any two countries. Counting maritime boundaries the border runs 5,525 miles (8,891 kilometers). Eight Canadian provinces and territories and 13 American states are located along the border. Despite the Saint Lawrence River only covering a small portion of this, it has been the source of several border disputes and their resolutions. In 1783, the Treaty of Paris was signed which ended the American Revolutionary War (1775-83) and established boundaries between the British colony of Canada and the newly formed United States. This declared that the Saint Lawrence River and the Great Lakes would become the far west boundary between the two. In 1842, the Webster-Ashburton Treaty resolved a dispute between the border that Maine shared with New Brunswick and the Province of Canada. It also reanalyzed the border situation between the Province of Canada and the states of New York, New Hampshire, and Vermont, which involved area near the Saint Lawrence. The Treaty of 1908 set the current border boundaries that the United States and Canada share today. As part of Article IV, the border going through the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence River where surveyed using modern techniques, with a couple of changes being made. A Brief History of the Saint Lawrence River In 1535, Jacques Cartier (1491-1557) became the first European explorer to sail up the Saint Lawrence River during his second trip to the region. Of course, he was not the first European to have explored the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and at the time the area was home to the St. Lawrence Iroquoians. Cartier named the river after Saint Lawrence (225-58), as he arrived in its tidal mouth on August 10th, which is his feast day. However, Cartier ended up being blocked from going further just southwest of where Montreal now stands because of the Lachine Rapids. Over time, the waterway was shaped to become a way to navigate into the interior of the North American continent. The major catalysts for this over the 19th century were the building of the Erie Canal (1825), the first canal near Niagara Falls (Welland Canal, 1829) and the first locks at Sault Sainte Maire, Michigan (1855). However, the United States was reluctant to open the Saint Lawrence to accommodate sea traffic to the Great Lakes throughout the first half of the 21st century. It took until 1954 for Congress to approve the country's participation in the joint effort to build the Saint Lawrence Seaway after two rebuffed efforts in the previous decades. The seaway then formally opened five years later in a joint ceremony lead by President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) and Queen Elizabeth II. Which River Forms the Border Between the United States and Canada? The St. Lawrence River forms the border between Ontario, Canada and New York, US. This page was last updated on June 11, 2019. By Gregory Sousa Is the United States Bigger Than the European Union? Which River Forms The Border Between The United States And Mexico? Which US States Are Part Of The Rocky Mountain Region? Is Canada Part of the US? Is Jersey Part of the UK? Is Jersey Part of the EU? Which Present Day Countries Were Once a Part of Yugoslavia?

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8 takeaways from the Democratic presidential debate's first night Democratic 2020 candidates debated over universal health care, with Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Mayor Bill De Blasio calling for abolishing private insurance Posted By: CNN Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts was the top-polling Democratic presidential candidate onstage Wednesday night, and the early moments of the party's first 2020 debate showed why. Warren was asked four other questions before most of the nine other contenders had been asked two. Her platform set the pace for the night, with other candidates embracing elements of it -- or at least passing on opportunities to break directly with her. Meanwhile, two of the most aggressive candidates onstage, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro, chose another target to mercilessly attack: former Rep. Beto O'Rourke of Texas. De Blasio hammered O'Rourke on health care, while Castro accused his fellow Texan of failing to do his homework on immigration. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey was a steady presence onstage Wednesday night, offering an aspirational message and separating himself from other candidates on gun control. Warren dominated the debate's first half hour, moving herself closer to Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont on single-payer health care -- a move that could ease the concerns of progressives in the process. She faded the rest of the way, but went unscathed. Another candidate who took no fire: former Vice President Joe Biden, the party's front-runner, who will debate with nine other Democrats on Thursday night. Here are eight takeaways from the opening night of Democrats' first 2020 presidential debates: Warren goes all in on 'Medicare for all' One question going into the debate was how hard Warren -- who has cut deeply into Sanders' hold on Democrats' progressive wing -- was willing to fight for single-payer health insurance when she had signaled an openness to more moderate plans in the past. "I'm with Bernie on 'Medicare for all,' " Warren said. Her answer further narrowed the political distance between Warren and Sanders, who will be on the debate stage Thursday night. In her response, Warren channeled Sanders' attacks on the insurance industry, casting it as a fundamentally corrupt enterprise, then targeting candidates who, for whatever reason, opposed or cast doubt on the plan. "There are a lot of politicians who say, 'Oh, it's just not possible. We just can't do it. There's a lot of political problems,' " Warren said, before further sharpening her language: "What they're really telling you is they just won't fight for it. Well, health care is a basic human right and I will fight for basic human rights." A night for Spanish speakers and women O'Rourke got the third question of the night, about the economy -- and answered it in Spanish before delivering the English version. It was an effort to show the former El Paso congressman's ability to reach Spanish-speaking voters as immigration takes center stage in the Democratic race -- as well as to reach the audience watching live on Telemundo. Booker's stare-down of O'Rourke during the answer got buzz on Twitter -- and 30 minutes later, it became clear why: Booker went with the same move, beginning his answer on immigration by speaking Spanish. Castro got in a line in Spanish, too, at the beginning of his closing remarks. It was by far the most Spanish that had ever been spoken on a presidential debate stage. And it came on the heels of history being made at the debate's outset: Three female candidates (Warren, Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii) were onstage, more than ever before. Battle of the Texans Castro took aim at his fellow Texan, O'Rourke, over immigration in what was by far the most direct and personal clash of the night. Castro has called for decriminalizing crossing the border by repealing Section 1325 of the Immigration and Nationality Act -- a position O'Rourke opposes, saying he wants a "comprehensive rewrite" of immigration laws and backs plans to "ensure you don't criminalize those who are seeking asylum." Castro jumped on these comments, telling O'Rourke that "if you did your homework on this issue" he would understand that what he is talking about is different from what Castro is proposing. Castro brought up comments O'Rourke had made on CNN earlier this month, when he told CNN's Jake Tapper that he did not think the law should be repealed. "Let's be very clear: The reason that they are separating these little children from their families is that they are using Section 1325 of that act, which criminalized crossing over the border, to incarcerate the parents and then separate them," Castro said. "Some of us on this stage have called to end that section, to terminate it; some, like Congressman O'Rourke, have not." Castro added: "And I want to challenge all of the candidates to do that. I just think it is a mistake, and I think if you truly want to change the system then we have to repeal that section." 'There are three women on this stage' Klobuchar brushed Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee back on abortion rights, responding to his claim that he was the only person onstage to sign into law measures that protect women's choice by saying that "there are three women on this stage" who have fought for abortion rights. It was a simple but effective reminder that there are more women on this debate stage and the one Thursday night than you've ever seen on a presidential debate stage. Klobuchar also brought a straightforward approach to the stage Wednesday night. She was the first to attack President Donald Trump, and invoked him in nearly every answer. Warren sets the pace while O'Rourke wears the target Warren was the highest-polling candidate onstage Wednesday night. But several lower-tier contenders had clearly decided their best chance at a breakout moment would come by ignoring her and instead attacking O'Rourke -- the candidate positioned to her left. First, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio assailed O'Rourke for saying his health care plan would preserve a role for private insurance. "Private insurance is not working for tens of millions of Americans," de Blasio said. Then Castro launched his sustained attack on the issue of immigration. Warren, meanwhile, dominated the first half hour of the debate. Moderators asked her four questions before any other candidate had been asked a third, and before most had been asked a second. And her vast policy platform steered the terms of the debate. Booker separates himself on guns Booker took an opportunity Wednesday night to draw a contrast with other candidates on gun control. "If you need a license to drive a car, you should need a license to buy and own a firearm," he said, adding that "not everybody in this field" agreed with that position. Booker unveiled his gun plan in May. It would create a gun license, making it a federal standard, similar to a driver's license or a passport. The license would require fingerprints, an interview and completion of a gun safety course. "My plan to address gun violence is simple," the New Jersey Democrat said in a statement at the time. "We will make it harder for people who should not have a gun to get one." Biden gets a pass Biden isn't onstage until Thursday night -- but it had seemed likely that other Democrats would have something to say about him. After all, O'Rourke had criticized Biden's reversal on the Hyde Amendment. Booker had called on him to apologize for his comments about "civility" with segregationist senators. Warren had cast him as backward-looking and out of touch with systemic problems. But Biden didn't come up at all on Wednesday night. Trump was a punching bag, as expected; O'Rourke took a lot of shots; and lower-tier candidates like Rep. John Delaney of Maryland looked to inject themselves at every possible opportunity. But for the most part, the candidates didn't take aim at members of the vast Democratic presidential field who weren't there -- including the party's front-runner. De Blasio goes New York The exception to that rule was de Blasio. He was willing to interject at every turn. He pummeled O'Rourke all night. And he also made reference to South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who isn't onstage until Thursday night. De Blasio said he's had serious conversations with his black son, Dante, about how to protect himself. He went on to describe some of the discussions he's had with his son, including "how to deal with the fact that he has to take special caution because there have been too many tragedies between our young men and our police, too, as we saw recently in Indiana." It was a reference to criticism of Buttigieg after a white police officer shot and killed a black man in South Bend. "Look, obviously they are going through a tragedy there in South Bend and a lot of cities, including our city, have been through tough, tough moments like that. I certainly, my heart goes out to everyone in South Bend. It is a tough, tough thing to go through," de Blasio said. 6 takeaways from the Democratic debate's second night 7 takeaways from the CNN/New York Times Democratic presidential debate What Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and other Democrats need to do in Thursday night's presidential debate Fact check: CNN's Democratic debate 5 takeaways from 2020 Democrats' second quarter fundraising reports Democrats offer divergent takes on impeachment and other top takeaways from CNN's town halls Democrats say they will not hold debates on Fox News 6 takeaways from the Michael Cohen hearing Authorities: Child, 6, dies after being hit by falling tree

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Keynote—What New World Order is emerging? Managing economic and social change toward a sustainable future Toshio Dokei Arthur M. Mitchell In Tokyo, White & Case gathers leading thinkers on international business and trade policy from around the globe to explore what evolving US policy means for other nations—and to propose effective responses The beneficiaries of a "confused American diplomacy" are Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin. In a day marked by observations of vexing international concerns, the two keynote speakers—Robert Feldman, a professor at Tokyo University of Science and a senior advisor to Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities, and Yukio Okamoto, a diplomatic commentator—contributed an upbeat note by proposing some potential solutions. Feldman began by describing a new vision for what the US-Japan relationship should look like and how it should contribute to the world. Money that is presently being allocated to healthcare and pensions for the elderly would be better spent on educating younger generations, Feldman said. Energy consumption is growing exponentially, and concerns abound over where future resources are going to be found. Crumbling infrastructure and a rapidly urbanizing world require investment. At the same time, there is a need to protect living standards, best achieved through capital intensity and increasing the efficiency of capital. In both the US and Japan, the diffusion of technology is important to the overall well-being of an economy, but regulation is serving to limit the movement of capital and labor between sectors, according to Feldman. Legal and corporate reforms, along with changes in corporate governance, can help to solve that problem, just as they did in the 1970s in the US airline sector. Technology is also vulnerable to the protectionism that is sweeping the world, and Feldman emphasizes that halting technology transfers means that the "flow of ideas stops, and when ideas stop flowing, new combinations stop being made and productivity slows." As a potential cure, Feldman put forward two possible solutions. The first would be a trade alliance that he called The North Pacific Partnership, which would permit the US and Japan to set a new standard for global trade agreements that other nations could apply to join. The second is for a technology hyper-alliance that would bring together scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs from both countries, an alliance that would serve to accelerate the adoption of new technology. Introduced by Aiko Doden, the moderator of the session and a special affairs commentator for national broadcaster NHK, keynote speaker Okamoto identified the key issues that are of prime concern to the Japanese government. Starting with security regarding North Korea, Okamoto said North Korean leader Kim Jong-un won "a big victory" in his summit The beneficiaries of a "confused American diplomacy" are Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin. with President Donald Trump in Singapore, reinforcing Okamoto's belief that Kim never intended to give up his nuclear weapons. The North Korean leader would also have been encouraged by Trump's suggestion that US troops be withdrawn from the Korean Peninsula, a matter of deep concern for Japan, as the US is the only security guarantee in Northeast Asia. The beneficiaries of a "confused American diplomacy" are Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin, both of whom have expansionist ambitions, Okamoto said. Just as worrying was Trump's call at the UN Security Council for other nations to follow his lead and put their own narrow national interests first, which can only serve to harm universal values such as freedom, democracy, free trade, humanitarian thinking, protection of the environment and the rule of law. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been very proactive in his diplomacy, although his biggest task may well be handling Trump— particularly if the US president makes demands in the areas of trade or defense spending. Okamoto closed his presentation by pointing to the adverse impacts of technology on modern society, such as the fragmentation of personal relationships, and social media being used to link like-minded people and reinforce their shared views. Asked by Doden about the possibility of the US-China trade war worsening, Feldman compared the situation to game theory, in which players can cooperate or decide not to, with failure to cooperate having a negative payoff. Early US exchanges with North Korea on its nuclear capabilities indicated there would be military consequences in the event of a failure to cooperate. When it comes to US-China trade, the two sides are locked in a tit-for-tat cycle of tariffs and countermeasures with no sense of a potential positive payoff for different behavior. Japan has previously been able to convince US administrations that the US-Japan security treaty benefits both nations equally and that trade discussions must be kept separate from security discussions, although Okamoto points out that Trump may not be willing to play by the same rules. There is therefore a need to remain "vigilant" in upcoming trade discussions, he added. Feldman reiterated the need to find common ground in trade talks, and for Japan to underline the mutually beneficial outcomes that can be achieved, although Okamoto pointed to the president's track record of bilateral demands— possibly, in Japan's case, with the threat of altering the security arrangement for failure to capitulate. And Japan is in no position to entirely shoulder its own security needs, Okamoto added, at a time when Asia appears to be increasingly diverging into a group of countries being drawn into China's orbit and the other states of "maritime Asia." Feldman said there is a need to get back to "truth and humility" in trade talks. He said if the US and Japan could reach agreement on issues that are of concern to both governments, a very positive moral example would be set that others could follow in similar discussions. Feldman also warned that there is a risk of recession, as the US president's protectionist policies are reducing demand as well as investment. In every facet of the international economy, diplomatic relations, security and countless other connections have bound much of the global community for decades. Now the status quo is being challenged. Often, any positive achieved winds up being a negative elsewhere. And nowhere is that more evident than in the state of international trade and the closely connected issue of security. Panelists expressed alarm about the direction that the US administration is taking on global trade and the use of confrontational tactics toward traditional allies in the give-and-take of trade negotiations. Panelists laid out the pros and cons of the emerging New World Order and were able to single out a number of positives. A number of speakers proposed solutions that would be relatively straightforward to implement and would be quick to make a positive impact, bringing the international community back onto a more even keel. FULL MAGAZINE

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World| Trump’s ‘madness’ may be doing the trick Op-ed: An American success vis-à-vis North Korea will weaken Iran’s bargaining position, which in turn will affect Trump’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan. There is a difference between a plan presented by an inarticulate and rejected US president and a peace plan presented by a president who has scored significant achievements in the international arena. Ben-Dror Yemini|Published: 04.30.18 , 19:09 In 1994, something seemed to be happening between the United States and North Korea. With former US President Jimmy Carter’s help, Kim Il-sung, the nuclearizing country’s former leader, vowed to halt the nuclear development in exchange for international aid. But the agreement didn’t last long. North Korea dishonored the international community in general and the US in particular, and succeeded in developing a nuclear weapon despite the sanctions. Has almost a quarter of a century made any difference? Can we trust the declaration made by Kim Jong-un, the former leader’s son, that his country is finally going to abandon its nuclear weapons? Trump’s threats in the Korean arena are working, and that’s exactly what Iran is afraid of (Photo: EPA) The next stage is coming up, a meeting between the tyrant from Pyongyang and US President Donald Trump. Contrary to previous reports, Kim has presented conditions for the disarmament, which means nothing has been finalized yet. One thing is clear: Tehran is closely examining every piece of information. There are initial signs that Trump’s threats are working in the Korean arena, and that’s exactly what Iran is afraid of, because Trump’s success in one arena will pave the way. The European countries, primarily France and Germany, which are in principle against changing the nuclear agreement with Iran, have also started to blink. They understand Trump is insisting. They have also started talking about the need for a certain change. Trump’s insistence, against the opinion of all experts and advisors and commentators, may actually be doing the trick. Now, we’re about to be flooded with commentaries arguing that even if there is an achievement or breakthrough, it shouldn’t be attributed to Trump. The Iranians, however, understand what the commentators are refusing to understand—that the rules of the game are changing. And they are definitely troubled by that. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in (Photo: AFP) The nuclear agreement with Iran is a bad agreement, mainly because it gave the Shi'ite country an open-ended ticket to a Middle Eastern expansion. Since the agreement was signed, Iran has turned into a regional power that controls—fully or partially—Yemen, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, and influences Hamas as well. And its appetite is only growing. It’s true that Iran is in the middle of an economic crisis. It’s true that the Iranian currency is collapsing. It’s true that there are different streams in Iran. But the thing is, as an exiled Iranian professor told me a decade ago, the Iranian regime doesn’t go by rational or conventional rules. Its logic is similar to Hamas’ logic: The most important thing is the damage inflicted on the enemy, regardless of the harm to Iran’s residents. That’s why it’s more important to invest a fortune in a military infrastructure in Syria than to solve Iran’s economic problems. Just like Hamas prefers to invest tens of millions of dollars in the industry of death than in the Gaza Strip’s reconstruction. We must admit that the rational Western approach has failed miserably in the face of the North Korean and Iranian madness. Appeasement is perceived as weakness. So to make some kind of change, there may be a need for an American leader whose conduct is slightly “insane.” In this sense, contrary to what I myself thought, the Trump method may be providing to yield dividends. Kim wouldn’t have changed his stance if it weren’t for Trump’s tough stance. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. The rules of the game are changing (Photo: AFP) Which leads us to the Palestinian arena. An American success vis-à-vis Pyongyang will weaken Tehran’s bargaining position, which in turn will affect Trump’s peace plan in regards to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It’s possible, just possible, that the US is delaying the presentation of its peace plan until it reaches a much stronger position after the developments in the Korean and Iranian arenas. In recent months, the Palestinians have adopted an ultra-scornful approach towards the US in general and Trump in particular. It’s possible that in a few weeks from now, they will meet a new Trump. Granted, that won’t make them give up fantasies like “the right of return,” and the right-wing government in Israel would not rush to accept a peace plan which includes conceding most of Judea and Samaria. But there is a difference between a plan presented by an inarticulate and rejected Trump and a peace plan presented by a president who has scored considerable achievements in the international arena. We are in the midst of a fascinating diplomatic chess game. Trump is making unpredictable and unrecommended moves in every sphere, including moving the American embassy to Jerusalem. There’s no need to be one of his fans to admit that if he succeeds, we’ll be living in a slightly more civilized world. And I will be forced to eat my hat too. Inshallah. See all talkbacks "Trump’s ‘madness’ may be doing the trick"

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Lanier and Dana Levett know a thing or two about celebrating family and honoring the past. With their purchase of Young Funeral Home and its two locations in Covington and Monroe, the Levett’s have become the new owners of Young-Levett Funeral Home. This latest chapter in their story is inspired by a colorful history that spans 79 years, two families and three generations. Dana’s grandfather and grandmother – Daniel and Grace Young – opened their first funeral home in Monroe in 1938, followed by their second in Covington in 1961. In their employ was Lanier’s grandfather – George W. Levett, Sr. – who taught everything he knew about funeral service to his son, Gregory. In turn, Gregory and his wife, Betty opened their own family business – Gregory B. Levett & Sons Funeral Home – in Scottsdale in 1990. In the years since, the family business grew to include Gregory and Betty’s children and three more locations in Decatur, Lawrenceville, and Conyers. Before Daniel Young passed away in 1988, he handpicked one of his three grandchildren to carry on the family legacy. After his death, Grace continued faithfully in his stead, followed by their daughter, Ariel and granddaughter, Dana. In the same spirit, Lanier Levett of Gregory B. Levett & Sons Funeral Home knew from a young age that he wanted to be a funeral director and rose through the ranks of the family business to Chief Operations Officer. As fate would have it, Lanier and Dana were introduced at an industry function in 1995 and were wed the following year. In the summer of 2013, their story took a new turn when Ariel Young mentioned her intentions to retire. Following in the footsteps of their parents and grandparents, Lanier and Dana made the decision to start their own legacy, while honoring the rich heritage of both families. The result is Young-Levett Funeral Home. The home in Monroe - located at 128 West Washington Street and the home in Covington - located at 3106 West Street are currently undergoing renovations while continuing to serve families in Walton and Newton Counties who have lost loved ones. In order to give each family they serve the personal attention they deserve. “We wish to be perceived as a firm that is compassionate and caring,” explains Dana. “We are dedicated to giving each family individualized attention and helping them through a difficult time as we honor their loved one in a memorable way. We hope to blend our family’s combined history with an entirely new experience – so that the people we serve encounter something unique and extraordinary. We want them to look back and smile through their tears. At Young-Levett Funeral Home, we truly are committed to ‘Celebrating Life. One Family at a Time.’” Young Levett Funeral Home: (770) 786-2944 © 2020 Young Levett Funeral Home - Funeral Home Website Design by funeralOne

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The Daily Globe - Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties James Colosimo KENOSHA, Wis. — James Colosimo, 78, of Kenosha passed away on Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at Froedtert South-Kenosha. James was born on Oct. 16, 1939 in Hurley, the son of the late James & Celia (Kolarchek) Colosimo. He was educated in the schools of Hurley. James was employed at AMC for over 30 years. His hobbies included watching football and the news. Survivors include his children, Jimmy Colosimo, Jeffrey Colosimo, and Jean Neu; sister, Gloria (Steve) Uremovich; and 2 grandsons. James was preceded in death by a son, Michael, brother, Bill Risko, and sisters, Connie, Ruth, and Marie. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, June 2, 2018 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary of the Seven Dolors Catholic Church, 404 Iron Street, in Hurley with Fr. Frank Kordek, O.F.M. officiating. There will be a visitation on Saturday at the church from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Interment will be at St. Mary Cemetery in Hurley. McKevitt-Patrick Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. For more information and to express condolences, please visit mckevittpatrickfuneralhome.com. Patrick Bernard Krause Kurt Harvey Karen Renee Jager Todd W. Lehto Nancy M. Berg

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Paul J. Weber Published: December 14, 2019, 9:18 am Tags: politics, John Cornyn, Ted Cruz, Beto O'Rourke, Royce West, Government, Donald Trump With O'Rourke not running for Senate, many don't know who is In this Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019 photo, Democrat Royce West, left, a Texas state senator who is running for U.S. Senate in Texas, talks with local party organizer Jimmy Alan Hall after a campaign stop in San Marcos, Texas. West is one of a dozen Democrats in Texas running to challenge Republican incumbent John Cornyn in 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Weber) (Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) SAN MARCOS, TX – It's finally official: Beto O'Rourke isn't running for Senate in Texas. The problem for Democrats is most voters don't know who is. Unusually high hopes among Democrats for Texas in 2020 are facing an unsettled post-Betomania landscape: a dozen Senate challengers and no clear frontrunner. None have landed viral moments or raised big money. Months into their campaigns, most candidates remain widely unknown, and even party faithful struggle to name more than few of their options against Republican incumbent John Cornyn. Nationally, Democrats see winning Texas as an essential step toward finally taking and keeping control of the Senate, but in 2020 the party's chances instead may depend on races in Arizona, Colorado and Maine. As always, victory statewide here seems to be a cycle away for Democrats, never the one they're in. This despite a demographic boost from the state's growing Latino population, big cities that are already solidly blue and the GOP's firewall in the booming suburbs weakening under President Donald Trump. For Democrats, the best prospects may be finally winning control of the state House and turning a few longstanding GOP congressional districts into real battlegrounds. In the Senate race, “They're not running as strong as Beto did,” said Anjelita Cadena, the Democratic chairwoman of Denton County, a suburban GOP stronghold that is quickly turning competitive. "They're going to have to run strong campaigns because everybody is going to compare them to what Beto did last time.” Texas isn't alone. In Georgia, where the GOP also got a scare in 2018, Democrats are also sorting out their candidates. The campaign arm of Senate Democrats haven't made endorsements in either state or weighed in on the field. It's nothing like a year ago, when college activist Trevor Newman wrangled long lines of classmates at Texas State University to rally with O'Rourke, the charismatic congressman from El Paso. O'Rourke's livestreaming, barnstorming campaign across all 254 counties went on to narrowly lose to Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and change overnight what Democrats thought could actually happen in ruby-red Texas. Now Newman was spending the first weekend of December in a white-walled classroom with a handful of Hays County Democrats. They were gathered to meet Royce West, a state senator and Senate candidate, who carries the longest list of legislative endorsements. Store-bought Christmas cookies sat at the front. West's first crack at firing up the room flopped when he asked whether the fast-growing suburban county outside Austin — which O'Rourke flipped to Democrats for the first time since 1992 — was ready to turn blue. “We already did!" several shouted back. Outside, in the parking lot, four cars still had “Beto for Senate” stickers on the bumpers and windows. “It's very frightening to see someone as successful as Beto coming into the picture, getting so close to winning, and then we're in 2020 and we have another Senate cycle, but no one is getting the energy because there is so many candidates,” said Newman, 22, who is now president of the college Democrats at Texas State. O'Rourke, who spent the last two years as Texas Democrats' brightest star and biggest draw, stayed out of sight during Monday's deadline to get on the 2020 ballot in Texas. He insisted throughout his failed bid for president that he wouldn't run again for Senate, but party leaders hoped he would change his mind. It's not clear whether he will back a candidate before the Texas' primary in March. For now he has thrown his weight behind trying to help flip the Texas House, where Democrats need nine seats to take over for the first time in a generation. Some Republicans are also puzzled. Brendan Steinhauser, who ran Cornyn's last reelection campaign in 2014, lives around liberal Austin and said he would have expected to see more yard signs or events by now. “There's a war. It's happening,” said Steinhauser, referring to GOP worries about losing important races in Texas. “It just doesn't feel like the Democrats are really optimistic about beating Cornyn.” West and other candidates say it's far too early to get alarmed about their prospects. But with or without O'Rourke, beating Cornyn was never going to be easy for Democrats. The former second-ranking Republican in the Senate is not as polarizing as Cruz, and unlike in 2018, the Texas Senate race this time is second billing to a presidential race that is unfolding during Democrats' march toward impeachment. “I think people are preoccupied with the impeachment,” West said. “That's what I think it is. I think once that is resolved, then we'll see more and more people paying attention to these races.” At this stage of his 2018 campaign against Cruz, O'Rourke had raised $3.8 million. That's about what the Democrats' five most well-known 2020 candidates have raised so far combined, and far less than the sums pouring into battleground Senate races elsewhere. MJ Hegar, an Air Force veteran who nearly won a House seat last year and leads the Democrats' fundraising with $2 million, said Monday that she has driven more than 10000 miles (16,090 kilometers) across Texas and disputed that people weren't paying attention. “The hands I'm shaking and the eyes I'm looking into are voters getting engaged for the first time,” she said. The field also includes Houston City Councilwoman Amanda Edwards, former Congressman Chris Bell and Latina activist Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez, who on Monday rolled out endorsements from O'Rourke's former campaign manager and his staff. "I think there will be eight people in the city of Austin that don't vote. Everybody's going to vote," Austin Mayor Steve Adler said of the Senate field. “But what's going to be driving it is the presidential election.” Follow Paul J. Weber on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pauljweber

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A Journalist Remembers The High Hopes And Deep Tragedy Of The 1960s By Laura Pellicer & Frank Stasio • Jan 10, 2019 The 1960s was a time of great social change, and Frye Gaillard was there to capture it in his new book, 'A Hard Rain.' Courtesy of Frye Gaillard NewSouth Books Credit NewSouth Books Prolific journalist and writer Frye Gaillard’s latest book takes readers back to a time of profound political and cultural change: the 1960s. Gaillard was a young teen in middle school at the start of the decade, and by the end he was working as a reporter. In those years he witnessed firsthand the power and dynamism of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., both of whom were assassinated in 1968. Host Frank Stasio speaks with journalist and writer Frye Gaillard about his latest book 'A Hard Rain: America in the 1960s, Our Decade of Hope, Possibility, and Innocence Lost.' In “A Hard Rain: America in the 1960s, Our Decade of Hope, Possibility, and Innocence Lost” (NewSouth/ 2018), Gaillard weaves together his personal reflections with stories of the politics, innovations, and musical wonders of the time. Host Frank Stasio speaks with Gaillard, writer in residence at the University of South Alabama and former southern editor at The Charlotte Observer, about how looking back at the ‘60s can inform today’s understanding of societal dynamics. Gaillard will be at The Regulator Bookshop in Durham at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 10 and McIntyre’s Books in Pittsboro on Jan. 19. He will also teach a day-long course at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Duke University on Jan. 11. Frye Gaillard A Revolution Within A Revolution By Anita Rao & Frank Stasio • Jan 31, 2017 Jose Angel Figueroa Iris Morales was among the first women to join The Young Lords, a Puerto Rican nationalist group founded in the late 1960s that aimed to fight the colonial status of Puerto Rico in addition to poverty and racial inequality within the United States. From Myth To Man – New Play Creates Intimate Portrait Of Martin Luther King Jr. Dick DeMarsico / Wikimedia Commons Martin Luther King Jr. is an inimitable cultural icon known for his vast contributions to the advancement of civil rights in the United States. A new play features an intimate portrait of the civil rights figure by putting his inner concerns and vulnerabilities on display. Debut Novel Features A Glimpse Of Post-Prison Life In Appalachia By Amanda Magnus & Frank Stasio • Jan 8, 2019 Courtesy of Mesha Maren How can you return to a place that was once home? That question is at the center of the new novel “Sugar Run” (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill/2019). Protagonist Jodi McCarty was sentenced to life in prison for manslaughter when she was 17. Eighteen years later, she returns to her home in the Appalachian Mountains after her release, and on her way home Jodi meets and falls in love with a young mother named Miranda. She brings Miranda back to West Virginia and tries to get a fresh start while grappling with her past.

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Amazon helped create a housing crisis in Seattle; DC already has one How will the world's most profitable company impact the DMV's already out-of-control housing market? Author: Delia Goncalves, Jordan Fischer Published: 10:38 PM EST February 5, 2019 Updated: 11:33 PM EST February 7, 2019 WASHINGTON — In the 25 years since it was founded, Amazon has grown into a household name, the most valuable publicly traded company in the world -- and the bane of affordable housing, according to its neighbors in Seattle. Since 2000, average rent in Seattle has increased by more than 65 percent, according to the Seattle Times. Home prices have more than doubled over that period and continue to rise faster than anywhere else in the nation. The result of a massive influx of high-wage tech workers and skyrocketing rents has been a transformation of Seattle, and a forced migration of low- and middle-income residents out of the city’s center and, in many cases, out of the city itself entirely. "People are being priced out of very basic housing," said Sharon Lee, executive director of Seattle’s Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI). "We have so many people that have fallen into homelessness, or at the very edge of becoming homeless because of rent increases … they are literally being squeezed out of the home that they have lived in for 10-20 years. You could have multiple housing code violations and you could still not afford to live there." READ MORE: Will 25,000 new jobs make it impossible to get around? The situation has grown so dire in Seattle that the City Council, spurred by a dramatic rise in homelessness in the city, voted to impose a payroll tax of $275 per employee for companies with revenues exceeding $20 million annually. A lobbying effort led by Amazon eventually resulted in a reversal of that vote. How will Amazon change DC? We went to Seattle to find out Amazon points out that it has invested $4 billion into its development of its Seattle headquarters. In 2020, the company will open a shelter for Mary’s Place -- a non-profit that helps women, children and families experiencing homelessness -- in one of its new Seattle buildings. But for a company that reported more than $232 billion in revenue in 2018, housing advocates said it isn’t nearly enough. "If we saw [Amazon was] responding with solutions around housing or solutions about unaffordability or homelessness or health care or education, that would be different," Lee said. "If they were doing too much, it would be fine to say you're doing too much. But nowhere are they anywhere near doing what they ought to be doing." Walking into a crisis In November, Amazon announced Crystal City, Virginia, would get half of the 50,000 jobs expected to be generated by its so-called HQ2 – now being split between the D.C. area and New York City. Drawing Amazon to Northern Virginia cost the Commonwealth more than $1 billion in state incentives, including a direct $22,000 per year kickback for every job the company creates that pays more than $150,000. READ MORE: Virginia to pay steep price for Amazon commitment Those jobs, and as many as 22,000 additional, indirect jobs Amazon’s presence might draw to the area, aren’t expected to have the oversized impact on rents in the D.C. metro they did in Seattle, though, largely because the D.C. area already has a housing crisis all its own. A study by the Stephen S. Fuller Institute at George Mason University predicts Fairfax County will receive roughly 33% of the new households generated by Amazon's HQ2. Stephen S. Fuller Institute at George Mason University The Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metropolitan statistical area, known by the shorthand "DMV," is one of the top 10 most expensive metros to live in the country. At minimum wage, the National Low-Income Housing Coalition estimates a person would have to work 91 hours a week just to afford a one-bedroom rental at the fair market rate. If D.C. were a state, it would be the second most expensive state to live in the country -- right behind Hawaii. READ MORE: Amazon’s HQ2 is officially coming. What’s it going to do to your rent? Your home value? At the very lowest end of the housing spectrum, access to public housing has become nearly nonexistent. In most DMV jurisdictions, applicants can’t even get on the Section 8 waitlist. Arlington’s, which is closed indefinitely, has more than 5,000 names already on it and a five-year waiting period. Alexandria’s list, similarly closed, has 4,902 names and only turns over 242 families a year. Montgomery County, one of the few DMV areas where you can still get on the public housing wait list, estimates only around 8 percent of its wait list will have a unit become available annually. Where is Housing Affordable in the DMV? WUSA9 mapped out every unit of affordable housing we could find in the areas the Fuller Institute predicts will get the most new households from HQ2. Data for this map was pulled from local government websites and publications and a national database of affordable housing. If you think your property has been missed, email jfischer@wusa9.com. The picture is the same, although perhaps less immediately dire, for renters who fall above the poverty line but below the DMV’s area median income: The City of Fairfax said the price of housing in the city has "significantly outpaced wage growth." Exacerbating the problem, almost all new housing construction in the city over the past 30 years has been in the upper housing price ranges. In Alexandria, the city currently has an inventory of just 4,011 committed affordable units for the 18,280 families who make less than or equal to 80 percent of area median income. In Arlington, where Amazon will make its new home, the number of market-owned affordable units has been decimated, dropping from 20,000 units in 2000 to less than 2,500 in 2017. At the same time, the county predicts half of its current and future housing need will be comprised of households with incomes below 30 percent of area median income. Jurisdictions around the DMV are dealing with the crisis in different ways. Over the past several years, the District of Columbia has allocated tens of millions of dollars annually to the preservation of the city’s existing affordable housing stock. Earlier this year, the city issued its first round of Preservation Fund dollars to help tenants at 11 apartments purchase their buildings through the city’s Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA). READ MORE: 'We're ready to take control of our destiny:' Salvadoran families, others use Preservation Fund to save affordable housing Montgomery County has for decades had a law on the books requiring new housing developments with 20 or more units to dedicate between 12.5 to 15 percent of those units as affordable. The county beefed up that requirement in October by making it a mandatory 15 percent in areas where the median household income is at least 150 percent of the county median. In Fairfax County, which a study by George Mason University’s Stephen S. Fuller Institute estimates could get as much as 33 percent of new households generated by Amazon, rising rents have spurred the creation of the Fairfax County Magnet Housing Program to help school teachers, police officers, firefighters and health care workers afford to live in the county where they work. Fear across the river Just across Four Mile Run, the residents of the Arlandria-Chirlagua Housing Cooperative have a clear view of Amazon’s new home in Crystal City. And what they see worries them. Almost as old as Amazon itself, the Chirilagua co-op -- named after a town in El Salvador -- was founded in 1995 by a group of tenants after a decade of fighting against illegal evictions. The complex is comprised of 282 units occupied mostly by low-income, Spanish-speaking residents like Suyapa Gomez. Gomez left Honduras 18 years ago. She found it in Alexandria, where she got married and now raises her three sons. Gomez said having a place like Chirilagua -- surrounded by the food, the culture and the language of her home country -- is a blessing. Now Gomez and other residents of Chirilagua are worried that blessing may be threatened by Amazon and the inflated rents its highly paid employees promise to bring. She has been attending meetings at Tenants and Workers United, an affordable housing advocacy group which helped found Chirilagua years ago. She said her oldest son is starting to ask about the meetings, and to worry about what Amazon means to him. "He asks me, 'If Amazon comes, are we leaving?'" Gomez said. Through translator Ingris Moran, Suyapa Gomez talks about her and her children's fears that Amazon will help price them out of their homes. WUSA9 The Commonwealth of Virginia has already allocated $225 million to address the affordable housing crisis in the state. That translates to about $5 million annually for Alexandria, which comes out to roughly 200 new units of affordable housing a year -- a far cry from the 3,452 new households the Fuller Institute estimates may be Alexandria’s share of the Amazon bump. Alexandria housing director Helen McIlvaine said the city also has plans to revitalize Mt. Vernon Avenue in Chirilagua, and to conduct a housing impact study later this year. For Margarita Damian, one of Gomez' neighbors at Chirilagua, it’s not enough. And she worries that her home could be at risk if her neighbors, enticed by developers and their big wallets, vote to sell the property. "I think it's empty promises" Damian said. "We want to tell them we’re here. We exist." READ OUR FULL AMAZON COVERAGE Will 25,000 new jobs make it impossible to get around? What are the Amazon jobs coming to DC and what will they pay? Will HQ2 cause the homeless population in the D.C. region to grow? Amazon’s HQ2 is officially coming. What’s it going to do to your rent? Your home value?

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Transgender woman shocked by higher car insurance rates for women in Michigan Her rate jumped almost $1,000 after sex change. By: Kim Russell A transgender woman says her auto insurance went up $1,000 a year after she transitioned and it's a form of discrimination. She says her ability to drive didn’t change when she transitioned from life as a man to life as a woman, but her insurance rates sure did. Faith Frances asked that we use her first and middle name and omit her last name to protect her privacy. She thought she was the victim of discrimination against transgender people. When she fought for justice, she learned she is the victim of legal discrimination all women in Michigan are subject to. It is an issue we exposed. Car insurance companies are allowed to charge women a lot more for car insurance, simply because they are women Faith contacted her insurance company because she changed her legal name. She never imagined it would skyrocket her car insurance prices $970.08 - almost $1000 a year. “I don’t know. What do they think? My breasts get in the way of driving? I don’t know,” said Faith. She jokes, but it is serious. That $80 is a significant chunk of her income. “If they would put my insurance rates back where it should be, I wouldn’t have to go to the food bank,” said Faith. When it happened she contacted Attorney General Bill Schuette’s office. She thought it was transgender discrimination. She says she received a response from the Michigan Insurance Commissioner’s office. It explained it had nothing to do with her change of gender. Women who are born female also pay more. It included a letter from Progressive Marathon Insurance Company. She says the letter, ironically, revealed Progressive has a very unprogressive policy. The letter reads in part: On March 7, 2018, we received a call from Ms. (redacted), asking that we change her name from (redacted) to (redacted), and change her gender from male to female. (redacted) is right. This change did increase the rate by $80.84. We utilize gender and marital status as factors that, in conjunction with age, determine an individual driver class rating factor, which is used as part of a customer’s rate calculation in our Chapter 24 group rated companies. “You are punishing me for being my true self, and you are punishing the rest of the women in this state for nothing more than we don’t have a penis,” said Faith. She saw our reporting on how a lawmaker who controls insurance regulations has received numerous donations from insurance companies and wanted to share her story. “Judge me by my driving record, not by what is between my legs,” said Faith.

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Is Concrete Worth Caring For? When you skinned your knee on your driveway in fifth grade and cursed the concrete, you probably had no idea how grateful you would one day be to drive on it. Concrete is one of those things that we constantly experience but never think about. Things you didn’t know about concrete: It’s popular Concrete is the single most widely used material in the world. Over 2 billion tons of it are produced every year. It’s easy to acquire and it’s fairly durable, creating a barrier between cars and mud, among other uses. It’s been around the block The Egyptians were using early forms of concrete 5,000 years ago to build the pyramids! It’s a cheap date A basic concrete driveway will cost approximately $4 to $10 per square foot. It can vary depending on whether you use a custom concrete contractor, trustworthy commercial concrete contractors, regular concrete slabs or high quality concrete slabs, etc. So next time you’re cursing concrete driveways, remember that concrete takes care of us. It’s only fair that we take care of it. How do you take care of your concrete driveways, walkways, and patios? If installed and maintained correctly, your concrete driveway will last between 25 and 50 years. Properly constructed permeable concrete, including pools, patios and walkways can last 20 to 40 years because of its ability to handle a wide variety of temperature conditions. Cure it Protect your concrete from loss of moisture and mitigate cracks that could negatively impact its durability. Experienced concrete contractors know that the ideal curing weather is about 70 degrees, with a damp surface. Concrete has been around for a while, so whether you’re falling on concrete slabs or you’re admiring decorative concrete driveways, remember that it holds quite a bit of significance; and surely at this point it’s earned it. Is Concrete Worth Caring For? was last modified: October 27th, 2015 by wedoconcretecheap

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Prosecutor: Pastor encouraged other ministers to have sex with 'groomed' teenager Updated: 11:56 AM EDT Mar 27, 2019 Lucas County Sheriff's Office SOURCE: Lucas County Sheriff's Office A minister who promised a woman he’d take care of her daughter began having sex with the teenager daily and later encouraged two other pastors to have sex with her as well, federal prosecutors said Monday.Anthony Haynes could face up to life in prison if he’s convicted of child sex trafficking and other charges. The two other Toledo-area pastors charged in the investigation have pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing.Prosecutors said during the opening of Haynes’ trial that he first had sex with the girl when she was 14. They said the evidence against him includes text messages, photos, voice mails and DNA evidence from his church where the girl said they often had sex.Haynes’ attorney told jurors that the allegations are shocking, but there’s not enough evidence to prove the trafficking and conspiracy charges he faces.Attorney Pete Wagner also said Haynes may have had a questionable relationship with the girl, but he didn’t coordinate or take part in trafficking her to the other ministers. He also said there was no paying for sex.Prosecutors say the girl had a difficult childhood and was sexually abused by a relative.Haynes pledged in front of his congregation to protect her and serve as a father figure, but he began grooming her for sex when she turned 14 and first forced her to perform sex acts in front of him, said Michael Freeman, an assistant U.S. attorney.They had sex day after day, often at a motel or his church, the Greater Life Christian Center in Toledo, and Haynes would give her cash, Freeman said.After about a year, Haynes introduced her to Kenneth Butler, another pastor, and he also began having sex with her, Freeman said.Sometimes, the two men joked about the arrangement, prosecutors said. One text shown in court that prosecutors say was sent by Butler to the girl said: “You better be nice and naked when I get there.”Prosecutors said the girl next met Cordell Jenkins, a minister who founded his own church in Toledo and built a large following until it closed after his arrest.The FBI has said in court documents that Jenkins had sex with two girls at his home, church office and a motel and often recorded the acts with his phone.Haynes, prosecutors said, encouraged the relationship with Jenkins.In addition to the charges against the men, Haynes’ wife and stepdaughter are accused of abducting the girl at gunpoint in January and warning her not to testify at his trial.Court documents say the pair forced the teenager from her apartment, choked her with a cord and told her to take back statements she made to investigators. Attorneys for Haynes’ wife and stepdaughter have declined to comment.Just before her husband went on trial, his wife appeared Monday in the same courtroom where the judge overseeing the case turned down her request to be released. A minister who promised a woman he’d take care of her daughter began having sex with the teenager daily and later encouraged two other pastors to have sex with her as well, federal prosecutors said Monday. Anthony Haynes could face up to life in prison if he’s convicted of child sex trafficking and other charges. The two other Toledo-area pastors charged in the investigation have pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing. Prosecutors said during the opening of Haynes’ trial that he first had sex with the girl when she was 14. They said the evidence against him includes text messages, photos, voice mails and DNA evidence from his church where the girl said they often had sex. Haynes’ attorney told jurors that the allegations are shocking, but there’s not enough evidence to prove the trafficking and conspiracy charges he faces. Attorney Pete Wagner also said Haynes may have had a questionable relationship with the girl, but he didn’t coordinate or take part in trafficking her to the other ministers. He also said there was no paying for sex. Prosecutors say the girl had a difficult childhood and was sexually abused by a relative. Haynes pledged in front of his congregation to protect her and serve as a father figure, but he began grooming her for sex when she turned 14 and first forced her to perform sex acts in front of him, said Michael Freeman, an assistant U.S. attorney. They had sex day after day, often at a motel or his church, the Greater Life Christian Center in Toledo, and Haynes would give her cash, Freeman said. After about a year, Haynes introduced her to Kenneth Butler, another pastor, and he also began having sex with her, Freeman said. Sometimes, the two men joked about the arrangement, prosecutors said. One text shown in court that prosecutors say was sent by Butler to the girl said: “You better be nice and naked when I get there.” Prosecutors said the girl next met Cordell Jenkins, a minister who founded his own church in Toledo and built a large following until it closed after his arrest. The FBI has said in court documents that Jenkins had sex with two girls at his home, church office and a motel and often recorded the acts with his phone. Haynes, prosecutors said, encouraged the relationship with Jenkins. In addition to the charges against the men, Haynes’ wife and stepdaughter are accused of abducting the girl at gunpoint in January and warning her not to testify at his trial. Court documents say the pair forced the teenager from her apartment, choked her with a cord and told her to take back statements she made to investigators. Attorneys for Haynes’ wife and stepdaughter have declined to comment. Just before her husband went on trial, his wife appeared Monday in the same courtroom where the judge overseeing the case turned down her request to be released.

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Agtech Startup Inocucor Enters Plant Nutrition with ATP Acquisition Perceptive Unveils New $210M Fund to Invest in Early-Stage Biotechs Bryony Winn Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Andrea Giuffrida Vice President for Research at UT Health Science Center at San Antonio Software Veteran John Mutch Moves IT Security Specialist BeyondTrust to San Diego, on Path to Build “Freemium” Business Model When Agoura Hills, CA-based Symark acquired Portsmouth, NH-based BeyondTrust for a little over $20 million a year ago, the deal was viewed as a complementary combination of similar IT security technologies for fundamentally different markets. BeyondTrust specialized in providing IT security for Windows-based networks by managing the access privileges granted to both system administrators and ordinary users. Symark, founded in 1985, addressed the IT security requirements of Unix/Linux-based networks. But the combined company, which took the BeyondTrust name, is aiming its IT security technology more specifically at the regulatory requirements that top public companies have to maintain and protect their internal financial controls. This became apparent when I sat down with CEO John Mutch, who recently moved the company’s headquarters from Agoura Hills, CA, near Los Angeles, to Carlsbad, CA, about 44 miles north of San Diego. Mutch, a San Diego enterprise software veteran, joined Symark at the end of 2008 as CEO and investor. Mutch told me he now owns 10 percent of the company, after he partnered with Insight Capital, a private equity firm in New York that purchased Symark in December of 2006. “They saw the potential with the core product that they acquired at Symark,” Mutch said, “but then they really hired me to come in and execute a transition into a ‘freemium’ model software company.” Freemium is a Web-based software business model that offers customers a basic software program or service for free, and coaxes them to pay to upgrade to a premium version with more features. It is a low-cost model that enables a software company to avoid establishing its own sales force or creating a network of sales partners. “So our whole thing is driving traffic to our website, getting people to download the free version of the product, and then converting them to buy the pay-for version,” Mutch said. “We’re in a whole new innovation cycle in the [software] industry,” Mutch said, due in part to widely available access to online information and the “instant on” capability of mobile devices like the Apple iPad. “The way people buy things now, the way they consider purchases, and the way they research purchases has changed dramatically.” How Mutch and BeyondTrust plan to ride this wave was less clear to me, however, especially since Mutch is targeting what he calls the “global 2000” market of the top public companies around the world, rather than a mass market of small-business and home consumers. In addition to offering such corporations security software for delegating user privileges on their networks (technology categorized as “identity and access management”), Mutch says BeyondTrust is ideally suited to help public companies address matters of corporate governance, risk, and compliance. I told Mutch it’s hard to see a stodgy public company downloading a free version of something as important as the IT security software needed to help U.S. public companies satisfy the section 404 requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley. John Mutch In an e-mail response this morning, he writes: “The business has changed. The process of learning about new technologies, acquiring demonstration of those technologies and executing a proof of concept can be done most efficiently through the Web. With a high “clutter factor” companies must offer value in everything they provide in order to attract interest. So the use of the freemium model accomplishes this.” He also notes that the employee doing the shopping is more often a mid-level IT manager, who is presumably more comfortable with the freemium model. BeyondTrust’s technology attempts to provide IT and corporate governance executives the ability to ‘monitor the monitors’ in IT—such as a rogue system administrator who otherwise might have access to everything in the network, Mutch says. In this age of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance woes, Mutch says, BeyondTrust aims to address compliance concerns that might be raised by a company’s outside auditors. For example, he says an auditor might ask: “‘Do you have security and a lockdown over your IT infrastructure? Can the segregation of duties be maintained? Can the same guy who issues an invoice to a vendor also write a check to a vendor? How do you know? And [how do you] protect against that?'” Mutch says BeyondTrust’s system sets authentication information for each employee and authorized network user. A system administrator or some other high-level user can get access to a particular system on the network by obtaining a temporary password that grants access to specific resources. “Once you have access, we basically decide what you can do, how often you can do it, when you can do it, and to what level you can do it,” Mutch said. For “mission critical” servers, Mutch says, the system also maintains a record of everything users do after they are granted access. Mutch is one of the few CEOs in the industry with insight into the misdeeds that high-level employees can do—and in meeting the regulatory requirements of internal financial controls. In mid-2003, he was named as CEO of San Diego-based Peregrine Systems during the scandal-wracked company’s bankruptcy reorganization—after Peregrine’s largest creditor group wrested control from John Moores, the Texas software mogul who had controlled Peregrine as the company’s single largest investor. Peregrine specialized in enterprise software installed on corporate computer networks designed to help big companies and other large organizations track and manage their laptop computers, software licenses, and other high-tech assets. Peregrine had about 4,000 employees and ranked among San Diego’s biggest technology companies until it collapsed in a financial accounting scandal in early 2002. In its bankruptcy reorganization, Peregrine eventually disclosed that its fast-growth story was an illusion. The company had inflated its sales by more than $500 million and under-reported its losses by $2.55 billion over the two-and-a-half-year period before its collapse. During the bankruptcy reorganization, it was clear the company’s financial controls were a mess, even after Mutch took over with a new financial team. The company disclosed in financial documents nearly a year later a litany of problems, including insufficient segregation of accounting duties, deficiencies in contract management, undocumented accounting policies, and lack of certain internal audit functions. Beyond Trust’s technology aims to make such shenanigans far more difficult, if not impossible, to pull off. “This is a solution that directly addresses from an IT perspective issues around the ability of people to perpetrate a fraud,” Mutch says. “CitiBank is our biggest customer. Our technology runs on every server they have. You can basically go to a server and ask ‘Who accessed it? What privileges were they granted? And what did they do when they accessed the server?’ Or at least that’s the goal.” BeyondTrust currently has about 85 employees, and generates about $50 million a year in sales, according to Mutch, who describes the business as “extremely profitable.” Last month, the company announced it was hiring Ken Saunders, who had worked with Mutch as CFO at both Peregrine Systems and HNC Software, as Beyond Trust’s CFO. Mutch, who plans to retain some operations in Portsmouth and Agoura Hills, told me he’s also looking to recruit a new chief technology officer. The company, which has only a handful of employees in San Diego now, should have about 30 employees here in the next couple of months, and about 45 by this time next year. Could Facebook’s Crypto Break Financial System? Congress Airs Fears 4 responses to “Software Veteran John Mutch Moves IT Security Specialist BeyondTrust to San Diego, on Path to Build “Freemium” Business Model” Jay Sheehan says: Freemium. What a deal. Customers try the product. Have a chance to see it’s minimal potential then realize they’ll need to upgrade to truly meet their needs. No sales force. I get it, no commissions on sales. John has a way of making this make good sense. I can’t help but think of the ‘drug dealer’ analogy. “First one’s free.” I’m glad I read this just to keep up with matters of business. Now I’ll be slightly more careful of what I download as I get swallowed up by the “try this” concept. Honestly, I’m impressed to hear that a CEO like John Mutch is honest and up front about all of this. He’s quite a “straight shooter”. I like that.

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DDG: Volunteer Drives Cross Country To Reunite Dying Woman With Dog A woman in Minnesota received a terminal health diagnosis and doctors only gave her a few months to live. She was forced to move to Washington state, where a friend could help care for her, but her beloved dog, Bailey, couldn’t come. He’s a pug mix with a “smoosh” nose” who could have problems breathing at high altitudes, so the airline wouldn’t allow the dog to make the trip. She tearfully left Bailey with a local vet clinic and made the move. But Ryan Chukuske, a volunteer at Spot’s Last Stop Canine Rescue heard the story and stepped up to help. He volunteered to drive the dog across the country so the woman could enjoy her last days with her pet by her side. “I didn’t hesitate,” Ryan explains. “I just think it was one of those things where everyone deserves good things to happen to them regardless of where you’re at in life, and especially maybe at the end of your life. Source:Majically

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Soi Rambuttri – How Bangkok used to look Soi Rambuttri sits in the ‘old’ Banglumphu district close to central Bangkok. Some say that Soi Rambuttri resonates with the pre-progress feel that Khao San Road once possessed. It’s a quaint little U-shaped laneway that wraps around Wat Chana Songkhram where Banyan trees provide abundant shady cover for strolling around and soaking up the laidback atmosphere. The tourists here are generally not the fly-in, fly-out party animals either. They’ve been around a bit, and they know a good place to stay when they see one. Now that Khao San Road has grown up and become a mecca for tourists it can get a bit wild. Soi Rambuttri remains a more peaceful stretch. Because of the proliferation of new accommodation and attractions on Khao San Road, Soi Rambuttri is now seen as a more authentic, quieter and cheaper destination for those who love the shopping and the atmosphere but wish to avoid the jam-packed crowds and thumping noise. It’s only five to ten minutes’ walk from Khao San Road but is far enough away to feel more relaxed or get a good night’s sleep if you want to stay in the area. Soi Rambuttri, while peaceful, is full of life. The street is lined with stalls selling clothes, food, knick-knacks, t-shirts, DVD’s and much more. It’s populated by guest-houses, convenience stores, restaurants, tour offices, indoor (and outdoor) massage services and there’s still suit tailors for those who’ve come looking for the cheap suits they’ve heard so much about. At night, colourful paper lanterns line the road and later, the neon-lit bars spring to life. Get a massage on the roadside and relax as you watch the world go by. Soi Rambuttri is much more low-key than Khao San Road. There is a level of sophistication here which will appeal to tourists wearied by the frenetic pace of Bangkok. The street lights here are dimmer, there’s no techno music drowning everything out, and some of the restaurants have candle-lit, intimate, and romantic settings. That said, there are plenty of seemingly random ‘hole-in-the wall’ eateries and bars, which all have more ‘arty’ feel about them. If you’d still like some entertainment, there are some bars and restaurants that offer live music. There’s plenty of authentic Thai food options but also other cuisines to appeal to all tourists. Fish and Chips anyone? Western travellers will even find other western delights to help ground them like wholemeal bread (hard to find!) and will be able to get a decent latte. Some of Bangkok’s best and cheapest accommodation is in this area, budget conscious travellers will love the mix of things to do that are so centrally located around reasonably priced accommodation. For the more practical folk among us, there’s hairdressers, doctors, dentists and pharmacies. Let’s hope you don’t need them but they’re here. As with Khao San Road, it’s easier to arrive in the area by express ferry boat on the Chao Phraya River. It’s so close to central Bangkok that there is plenty more to do and see within a short distance. If you’re after a more relaxed and bohemian feel along a lane that feels more like the Bangkok of old, then Soi Rambuttri should be on your ‘must visit’ list when you visit Bangkok. Fans of Thai food, both restaurant and street style will love Soi Rambuttri. Things to remember about Soi Rambuttri Your Thai Guide will be able to show you the sometimes-quirky ways of getting in and out of Soi Rambuttri If you keep an eye out, you’ll spot squirrels darting about in the trees and on the electricity wires. There’s no shortage of food and drink along Soi Rambuttri but it isn’t party central like Khao San Road On Trok Kasap, an alleyway just off Rambuttri, you can watch some real Muay Thai training at Sor Vorapin gym. Some of the best attractions in Bangkok are found in the Banglamphu area. Some suggestions of other places you can visit nearby include: Bangkok National Art Gallery (at the end of the Soi) Wat Chana Songkhram Grand Palace and Wat Pho Chinatown (take the ferry boat to Ratchawong Pier)

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