You must make reservations at least 5 minutes in advance of the time at Sirena Restaurant - Marriott.
Located near the Carolina Beach in the Courtyard Marriot Beach Resort, Sirena Restaurant – Marriot is an open restaurant that serves seafood on the beach. The restaurant has two dining areas: One on the beach and the other on the patio covered with white bellowing cloths and dozens of lights. The restaurant is popular for serving fresh catch of the day. In the morning, the restaurant serves seafood cuisine in a casual style and at night, it transforms into tapas for romantic dinners.
This was our third dinner party at A Mare in three weeks and we love it. However, our guests have remarked on the dearth of non seafood dinner entrees.
Waiter was lovely, atmosphere and view gorgeous. Food wasn't great and was luke warm. On the costly side for what we got.


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Q: Не запускается таймер в Thread Есть код таймера который должен быть запущен в отдельном потоке при клике мышью.
    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Thread tmr = new Thread(TimerStart);
        tmr.Start();
    }
    private void TimerStart()
    {
        date = DateTime.Now;
        timer1.Interval = 10;
        timer1.Tick += new EventHandler(TicTimer);
        timer1.Start();
    }
    private void TicTimer(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        long tic = DateTime.Now.Ticks - date.Ticks;
        DateTime stopwath = new DateTime();
        stopwath = stopwath.AddTicks(tic);
        label1.Text = string.Format("{0:HH:mm:ss:ff}", stopwath);

    }

Однако ничего не происходит. Если же я просто вызову метод:
    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
       TimerStart();
    }

работает без вопросов. В чем тут проблема?

A: Я бы посоветовал Вам использовать таймер System.Timers.Timer и использовать его событие Timer.Elapsed. Преимущества данного подхода очевидны: метод, подписанный на это событие выполняется в свободном потоке из пула потоков ThreadPool, таким образом ваш основной UI-поток не блокируется на время выполнения трудоемкой операции. Если метод, подписанный на событие Elapsed должен что-либо изменять на форме, то можете воспользоваться Invoke и MethodInvoker для проброса через контекст синхронизации необходимой информации в UI-поток формы.
    private void timer_Elapsed(object sender, System.Timers.ElapsedEventArgs e)
                {
                    timer.Stop();

                    Invoke(new MethodInvoker(MethodForInvoke));

                    timer.Interval = 5000;
                    timer.Start();
                }

Метод запуска такого таймера в отдельном потоке выглядит так:
 public void Run()
        {
            timer.Interval = 5000;
            timer.Start();

            while (!stopFlag)
            {
                Thread.Sleep(1000);
            }
            timer.Stop();

        }

Если хотите остановить поток с таймером, просто отправьте stopFlag=true, где stopFlag - поле класса, в котором находится метод Run().

A: Простой метод BeginInvoke(new Action(() => timerStart.Enabled = true));

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All of the chaos that has allegedly happened on the Don't Worry Darling press tour
The drama.
Don't Worry Darling, an upcoming film from Olivia Wilde, has attracted a significant amount of press coverage and intrigue, and it hasn't even been released yet.
From reports of a supposed feud between Wilde and lead actress Florence Pugh, alleged pay discrepancies (which have not been substantiated) and apparent inconsistencies in reports of Shia LaBeouf's departure from the film, there's been no shortage of drama.
To absolutely no one's surprise then, when the film made its debut at the Venice Film Festival, the intrigue continued. We expected chaos, and that's exactly what we got.
Olivia Wilde said Florence Pugh couldn't make the conference due to a filming conflict
During the press conference, a reporter asked Olivia to comment on rumours of a feud between the two women. Firstly, Olivia addressed Florence's absence, and said that she couldn't make it due to filming commitments. She praised her leading actress, but refused to comment on the rumours.
Why we're so intrigued by behind the scenes drama
"She's amazing in the film, and as for all the endless tabloid gossip and all the noise out there, I mean, the internet feeds itself. I don't feel the need to contribute; I think it's sufficiently well nourished," Olivia said.
And then Florence Pugh rocked up to the festival's, Aperol spritz in hand, looking extremely unbothered.
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Harry Styles said his favourite thing about the movie is that it's a movie
Olivia Wilde praises Florence Pugh as "ferociously talented" amid Don't Worry Darling controversy
The singer plays the male lead, opposite Florence, and during the press tour, he shared his thoughts on the film itself. In an interview, he said: "My favourite thing about the movie is that it feels like a movie. It feels like a real like, you know, go to the theatre film, movie, that you know, you kind of, the reason why you go to watch something on the big screen..."
you can almost see the screams catching in his throat pic.twitter.com/AXtiPAd4zx
— anna (@romansgerri) September 5, 2022
He also apparently spat on Chris Pine???
As Harry moved into his seat next to Chris Pine during the actual screening, it looked like he may have spat into the actor's applauding hands. In a now viral clip, Pine can be seen staring at his hands with dismay as Harry settles into his seat.
#HarryStyles appears to spit on Chris Pine i won't sleep until i know the truth pic.twitter.com/wLXjIHTYgU
— JZMaclin (@Mac70J) September 6, 2022
The film got a standing ovation and it was eventful
The film appeared to be pretty well received by its Venetian audience, and it earned a standing O, that lasted five minutes. And it was a long five minutes. Much to the delight of his fans on Twitter, Styles planted a huge kiss on his co-star Nick Kroll, and as the applause continued Florence decided to call it an night and ducked out. Fair.
Harry and Nick Kroll kissing after the end of Venice Film Festival's Don't Worry Darling screening.
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Harry Styles,
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Don't Worry Darling.
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The NLRB has, once again, struck down work rules the Board deemed overly broad. This time, the employer is Whole Foods Market, and the rules at issue essentially barred employees from photographing or making audio or video recordings during working hours—that is, when employees were being paid to do their assigned work. These rules did not apply while employees were on break.
Readers may remember that the NLRB's rationale for striking down various employer policies in recent years has hinged on protecting employees' rights under the National Labor Relations Act to engage in "concerted activity for mutual aid or protection." For example, the NLRB has struck down rules barring employees from discussing their wages because those discussions, in the NLRB's eyes, are concerted activity protected by law.
Now, no employee was actually disciplined for violating the rules at issue in this most-recent case—and there is no accusation that the rules actually infringed on any employee's right to engage in concerted activity for mutual aid or protection. There also was no evidence that any employee even believed that the rules prohibited protected concerted activity. Nevertheless, the NLRB felt it necessary to ban these rules based on the possibility that employees might believe the rules prohibited the recording of, for instance, picketing or unsafe working conditions—things that may generally be considered protected concerted activity.
One of the more interesting aspects of the decision, aside from the fact that no one was harmed by the rules at issue, is that the NLRB dodged the issue of whether the rules would be enforceable in states in which at least some of the prohibited recording is illegal under state law. Whole Foods argued that in some of the states in which it does business, it is illegal to record a private conversation without the consent of the parties involved in the conversation. The NLRB, apparently having no interest in issuing a decision with any nuance, rejected that argument (with no acknowledgement of the irony) because such laws were not in effect in all of the states in which Whole Foods operated.
Also interesting is the fact that the NLRB did not overrule prior precedent in which no-camera rules were upheld in a hospital setting. The rationale for that prior precedent was essentially that the privacy of hospital patients and their medical information outweighed potential concerns over employees' protected concerted activity.
With all of that in mind, it is likely that some no-recording rules could survive NLRB scrutiny. The key to drafting enforceable rules will be making them apply to a narrow set of circumstances—circumstances that, ideally, are already protected by existing laws on consent for recording, or which can be tied to significant privacy interests, like medical patient privacy or, perhaps, the protection of trade secrets—although the NLRB's decision is unclear as to whether the protection of trade secrets would be a valid basis for a no-recording rule.
The bottom line is that employers implementing broad no-recording policies that could be misconstrued to cover protected employee activity face a considerable risk that those rules will be deemed unenforceable by the NLRB. As such, we recommend that employers work closely with experienced legal counsel to craft no-recording rules that closely align with operational needs and other applicable laws, and at the same time make clear that the rules will not infringe on employees' rights under the National Labor Relations Act.
Finally, we note in closing that Whole Foods appealed this decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on January 5, 2016. We will monitor that action closely, and provide updates here with any further information as it becomes available.
This entry was posted in National Labor Relations Act, National Labor Relations Board and tagged employee handbook, NLRB, No recording policy on January 11, 2016 by smithamundsen.


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Hands Off the ADA
How a Landmark Law To Protect the Rights of Disabled People Is Being Twisted To Oppress Others
By Rebecca Cokley and Valerie Novack July 23, 2020, 9:04 am
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is one of the most comprehensive pieces of civil rights legislation since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1965. This landmark legislation prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability and mandates that people with disabilities have "equal opportunity" to participate in American life. It affects one-quarter of U.S. households and more than 61 million people. And it regulates nearly every aspect of daily living—from what surfaces are used on playgrounds to the inclusion of captions on Netflix films.
In recent years, conservatives have begun a targeted campaign to suppress marginalized communities by misapplying the ADA. This effort has led to the ADA being misused as a tool to engage in voter suppression targeting African American and Native American communities; to support the mass incarceration of people experiencing homelessness; and to promote dangerous and inaccurate information on the coronavirus crisis, among other outrages. The very people who have tried repeatedly to decimate the law are now exploiting it to further an agenda that is antithetical to the ADA's mission.
The spirit of the ADA was to increase the full participation, access to equality of opportunity, economic self-sufficiency, and independent living of people with disabilities and their families. It was to make the American dream more accessible, open the doors to democratic institutions, and help provide access to jobs so people who were once institutionalized could own their own homes, and so a person could walk into a bank and manage their money with an expectation of access. The story that motivated former President George H.W. Bush to sign the law 30 years ago was that of a young woman, Jennifer Keelan, who wanted to go to the movies with her friends—a simple ask, a rite of childhood, but something unreachable for people with disabilities before the ADA. In recent years, however, the fight for disability rights has been reframed by the media and the opposition as disabled individuals seeking extra rights, with stories amplifying the message that people with disabilities are receiving special treatment rather than equal access and rights. This has led to a flip of the script about the importance of the ADA, instead framing businesses as victims that are forced to comply with a series of standards to provide access to a community they frame as manipulating the system.
Background on the ADA
The Americans with Disabilities Act was signed July 26, 1990, by President Bush after decades of activism and advocacy across the country by disabled people, their loved ones, and supporters. The law passed with bipartisan support—a rarity for modern disability legislation. It is notable that it was signed into law by a Republican president who pledged his commitment to the proposal as part of his presidential campaign, a Republican attorney general, Dick Thornburgh, who had a personal commitment to the cause, and a bipartisan group of congressional lawmakers.
The law defines disability as "a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a person who has a history or record of such an impairment, or a person who is perceived by others as having such an impairment." The ADA also makes it unlawful to discriminate against a person based on that person's association with a person with a disability.
The ADA is divided in five titles, or sections, that make up the law: employment; public entities and transportation; public accommodations and commercial facilities; telecommunications; and miscellaneous provisions. It does not include a grandfather clause, nor are historic structures exempt from its requirements. In the federal statute, individuals are not allowed to sue for monetary damages, but some state laws allow damages to be collected for violations of the statute.
While the ADA has made significant progress for the disability community, there is still much to do. Approximately 70 percent of the working-age disability community is not employed; 60 precent of polling places are inaccessible; one-third of states have laws allowing the removal of child custody on the basis of a parent's disability; and major public transportation systems such as the New York City subway system remain largely inaccessible.
Often, those who oppose the ADA portray the law as though it removes rights from people without disabilities and gives them to disabled people. This could not be farther from reality. Rather, the ADA protects the rights not only of disabled people but also anyone who could suddenly acquire a disability—in essence, all of us. Becoming disabled shouldn't mean that one can no longer expect to be able to go to a bank, pick one's children up at school, watch a movie, or perform any of the tasks or joys of daily living. For far too long, some have perceived disability rights as something special, or extra, as opposed to a guarantee that all people have the same basic rights to access.
As part of the fabric of civil rights, the ADA has also been a target of attacks from both big business and movements such as the tea party. These opponents of the law falsely argue that the ADA favors the rights of disabled people over those of nondisabled people. More worrisome, this sentiment has begun pervading a multitude of U.S. institutions and structures.
Twisting the ADA to suppress voting
In the fall of 2018, officials in Randolph County, Georgia, proposed closing 7 of its 9 polling locations under the guise of ADA compliance. Despite the U.S. Department of Justice—the enforcing body of the ADA—warning against closing polling places due to ADA violations, those in favor of closing the polls largely rooted their efforts in the ADA and cited a consultant's report that indicated the seven locations were not in compliance with the 30-year-old law. However, those same exact locations—which mainly served voters of color—were used earlier in the year for the primary election despite the fact that officials were already aware of the lack of ADA compliance. Civil rights groups such as the NAACP and others pushed back on this attempt at suppression, as did Rev Up, a national program amplifying the power of the disability vote.
The closure of these polling locations would have required some voters to travel as far as 30 miles in order to vote in a pivotal gubernatorial election between former Georgia House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams (D) and Georgia's then-Secretary of State Brian Kemp (R). It is clear that given the location of the polling places, which were centered in low-income neighborhoods and communities of color, their closures were a blatant attempt at voter suppression—one of a series of actions targeting African American voters in particular.
Similar efforts have been tried on tribal lands to heavily restrict the number of polling places available for Indigenous voters. The actions were undertaken even though sovereign nations are not required to comply with the ADA. Moreover, both Indigenous North Americans and Black Americans have disproportionate rates of disability—3 in 10 Alaskan Native and American Indians and 1 in 4 Black Americans have a disability—increasing the negative effect of these efforts to close or consolidate polling places in lieu of making them accessible. This effort wasn't limited to these instances, as several counties across the country have discussed taking similar actions.
In 2019, the National Disability Rights Network issued a report that, among its many recommendations, focused on remedying the lack of accessibility at polling places on the front end versus closing the spaces to voters. The report provides both temporary and permanent accessibility options for counties to consider to address myriad voting issues, the most timely being access failings in the push for mail-in-only ballots in elections and the lack of ADA compliance in buildings commonly used for voting such as schools and churches.
Misusing the ADA to harass homeless people
In January 2020, Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX), who ironically is the only wheelchair-using governor in the country, tweeted a desire to use the ADA to examine Austin's policies related to regulating the movements of people experiencing homelessness. Specifically, Gov. Abbott cited Title III of the law, claiming that homeless people who block sidewalks create a lack of access to public accommodation. It was just the latest in a back and forth between the governor and the city of Austin regarding the banning and relocation of the homeless community. Abbott's actions and rhetoric ignore that the very same individuals the governor targets could be both homeless and disabled. Making matters worse, in responding to the effect of the coronavirus crisis on the state's budget, the governor has proposed cuts to home- and community-based services that could lead to even more people with disabilities experiencing homelessness.
While it is still unclear if the ADA is applicable in this instance, Gov. Abbott's desire to use the ADA as grounds to arrest or relocate homeless individuals blocking sidewalks is a clear misuse of the ADA. It is an attempt to leverage the civil rights protections of one community—disabled Americans—against the rights of another community—homeless Americans.
Meanwhile, anti-homeless acts by residents and city governments muddy actual ADA compliance for people who need to access public spaces. Some city governments use so-called anti-vagrant architecture to curb loitering, which also can make cities less usable for people with disabilities. For example, benches with excessively large armrests that prevent people from lying down or seating that is purposely made uncomfortable may also render the bench unusable for disabled people. Planters that are strategically positioned to prevent people from sleeping or demonstrating can block access for wheelchair users.
Recently, a San Francisco neighborhood placed boulders along its sidewalks to prevent homeless populations from loitering and sleeping in their neighborhood. When the city removed the boulders, San Francisco's director of public works said, "They are not big enough," and that they would be working on a permanent solution despite requirements on clear sidewalk width for access purposes. This problem is compounded, as people with disabilities make up 47.6 percent of the homeless population nationally.
Using the ADA to skirt coronavirus mask policies
Following the spread of the coronavirus in the United States, states and localities began passing ordinances requiring the wearing of masks. However, a growing group of so-called anti-maskers began advancing the notion that individuals who deliberately choose not to wear masks could use the ADA as a way to rebuff business owners' requests to wear a mask. Flyers urged anti-maskers to specifically rely on the right to not disclose a disability as the response for denial of access to public spaces. This quickly gained traction—particularly among anti-vaxxers, those who oppose vaccinations—with people claiming that mask orders were violations of their civil rights. This effort is specifically differentiating nondisabled people who are choosing not to wear masks in public as an act of civil disobedience from those individuals who cannot wear masks due to an actual disability. For example, there are people who, due to asthma, a lack of ears, issues with texture, or skin allergies, may not be able to wear a mask. The challenge for cities and localities, particularly given the heightened tension around the coronavirus, is to determine who is violating the law and who has a legitimate disability related to mask-wearing.
However, the ADA includes a clause stating that "disabilities must be accommodated except when there is a significant risk to the health or safety of others." Those misrepresenting the law are also counting on the fear of confrontation and potential legal consequences should they challenge those who cite it. At the same time, as part of their refusal to wear masks, they are simultaneously endangering the very people whom mask use would most protect.
Why misusing the ADA is a problem
The use of the ADA to suppress the civil rights of marginalized communities is a blatant misuse of the law and the protections it provides. Civil rights for one community should never be used to oppress other marginalized people.
However, opponents of the ADA have long sought to usurp its protections by attempting to change who counts as disabled. These efforts date back to the 1990s and the Sutton trilogy, when conservative courts ruled that a disability was no longer valid if an individual employed an accommodation to remedy it. For example, a pilot who wore glasses to remedy a vision impairment could be fired for being disabled and have no legal recourse because their glasses would be regarded as a "mitigating measure"; legally, the pilot would no longer be recognized as having a disability. These efforts effectively cut millions of people out of the law's intentionally broad protections. Those who used an accommodation to successfully fulfill an essential function of their job could be denied the right to sue under the ADA if they faced discrimination. So, in effect, while they were disabled, the court would no longer count them as disabled because of their accommodations. The argument was purposely confusing, and as a result, there was a bipartisan effort to restore the definition of disability in the law and restate that people who were no longer included as disabled—due to "mitigating measures"—were in fact disabled. Those efforts culminated in the ADA Amendments Act, which was signed into law in 2008 by President George W. Bush.
While the federal statute does not allow the collection of damages for ADA discrimination, a small number of state laws do. As a result, state-level efforts have been underway for a number of years to prohibit damages for ADA claims. In California, a major effort led by business interests was launched shortly after the original law was passed. Frequently referred to as so-called ADA notification bills, these laws would prevent people from filing lawsuits until after an "indefinite wait-and-see period" was provided for businesses to attempt to remediate their access issues.
Over the past 20 years, California's approach has made its way east to Washington, D.C., and Capitol Hill—most notably with a Democratic-sponsored H.R. 620, the ADA Education and Reform Act. Citing the impact of "drive-by lawsuits" on minority-owned small businesses—although driven by the massive hotel and lodging association—the bill was introduced in 2017 to provide practically unlimited time for businesses to comply with accessibility complaints and a vague goal of "substantial progress" which had no grounding in actual modifications to provide access. In reality, the legislation was an attempt to divide marginalized communities who had rapidly bonded and mobilized to save the Affordable Care Act. After passage in the U.S. House of Representatives with bipartisan sponsorship and support, the bill was blocked from the Senate by Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and allies who have instead argued for increased enforcement of the ADA and additional funding to support businesses in making modifications to provide access.
The ADA is 30 years old, and yet there are still businesses operating in violation of the law. There are tax credits available and technical assistance and training to help business owners learn what they need to do and access the information they need to become compliant.
Stopping the abuse of the ADA
State and federal dollars need to be invested in funding wraparound services, including but not limited to nutrition programs, community-based mental health programs, home- and community-based services, and others to ensure that people have the services they need in their communities to support housing stability.
Implementation and bolstering of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule would restore the right to access housing for people with disabilities and low-income individuals. It would also help to address issues of being unhoused that have resulted in ADA violations, as noted above.
Amid the pandemic, proactive actions and messaging on the part of local, state, and federal governments regarding social distancing and mask-wearing would support those being harmed by the abuse of the ADA to avoid wearing masks in locations requiring them.
Not only do actions that distort the intent of the ADA actively harm people with disabilities and those who may become disabled, but they also hurt people who do not identify as disabled but who benefit from the law's provisions and protections. The ADA's policies are intended to increase access to services, support people at many stages in their lives, and make navigating programs and services easier and more flexible regardless of disability status. For example, there is the so-called curb-cut effect, where accessibility features such as ramps and curb cuts, captions, and large-print books are used by people without disabilities, including parents of young children, older adults, and non-English speakers. Moreover, the current pandemic highlights how ADA accommodations such as flexible scheduling and telework have become standard practice in many workplaces.
The misuse of the ADA to oppress marginalized communities disproportionately affects the people with disabilities inside those communities, compounding the inequalities these individuals face. What is needed in this moment is increased funding for the Department of Justice to enforce the ADA and the ability to levy harsher fines and penalties for entities that are not in compliance. All levels of government need to be held accountable for whether programs, services, buildings, and infrastructure created with government funds are compliant with access laws and have built-in funding to provide accommodations that mitigate potential discrimination. This enforcement cannot be used as a carrot or stick for political gains or business endeavors; rather, the ADA should be treated as the 30-year-old anti-discrimination bill that it is, with the expectation that all ADA-covered entities are in compliance with the law and that efforts to overturn those rights be viewed as what they are: attacks on people with disabilities.
Rebecca Cokley is the director of the Disability Justice Initiative at the Center for American Progress. Valerie Novack is a fellow for the Disability Justice Initiative at the Center.
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2023 Assured Logistics Summit to take place in Oxon Hill, Maryland, April 12-13
The 2nd Annual Assured Logistics Summit will convene senior level experts for an in-depth discussion revolving around strategic initiatives towards facilitating responsive, flexible, and sustained supply chain and logistics operations to remain in stride with Warfighting demands. The 2023 Summit will discuss how defense agencies and the Military services are enhancing the resiliency, efficiency, and security of supply chain and logistics infrastructure amid a challenging global threat environment.
Today's threat environment presents a multitude of serious challenges to supply chain and logistics operations. Mission success on the battlefield is dependent on reliable and timely flows of material and people uncontested across the globe. Amid an era of strategic competition, this is becoming an extremely complex and ever-evolving task. Senior level experts will offer insights into the modernization of U.S. infrastructure, logistics, and supply chain capabilities to effectively meet current and future challenges and threats. The necessity for material readiness and reliable logistics support are essential elements for maintaining the effectiveness and safety of the Joint Force.
The 2023 Assured Logistics Summit will explore efforts to supply persistent logistics in unpredictable operational environments, address the challenges of transporting materials, equipment, and people in an era of Strategic Competition, provide crucial supply and sustainment support to partners and allies, leverage data and technological capabilities to enhance sustainment and supply chain functions, and partner with industry, federal agencies, and global partners to ensure the sustainability and survivability of the defense supply chain. The event will also convene two panels: one on bulk fuel management and delivery and the other on renewable and alternative energy sources.
DSI's team specializes in the extensive research and development of our Summit's content and focus areas, and we will assemble the most respected minds in the Assured Logistics and Sustainment community, industry, and academia as well as key policy makers across DoD, military services, federal government, and industry. Our non-partisan approach allows us to reach across all services and organizations to bring together a truly holistic group of decision makers and solution providers.
2023 Confirmed Speakers Include:
HON Christopher J. Lowman - Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment, Department of Defense
Kristina M. O'Brien, SES - Principal Deputy Director of Strategic Logistics, J4, Joint Chiefs of Staff
RADM Philip E. Sobeck, USN - Director, Strategy, Policy, Programs, & Logistics, J5/4, U.S. Transportation Command
MG Mark T. Simerly, USA - Commanding General, Combined Arms Support Command
MG David Wilson, USA - Commanding General, U.S. Army Sustainment Command
Maj Gen Linda S. Hurry, USAF - Director of Logistics, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering, & Force Protection, HQAF
John E. Hall, SES - Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, HQDA
Brig Gen Jimmy R. Canlas, USAF - Commander, Defense Logistics Agency Energy
Topics to be Covered at this Year's Summit Include:
- Providing globally responsive, sustainable, & cost-effective logistics & material readiness
- Integrating logistics planning & execution in support of global operations joint force readiness
- Supporting the data-enabled Army sustainment enterprise of the future
- Delivering readiness & lethality to the Joint Force & supporting the nation through proactive global logistics
- Providing full-spectrum global mobility solutions to deliver lethality and ensure mission success
- Ensuring the safety, security, & prosperity of the western hemisphere through secure & resilient operational logistics
- Delivering & sustaining persistent mission generation through more adaptive & resilient airmen, equipment, & basing
- NDAA 2022 direction for bulk fuel management
- Renewable and alternative energy- what does the future look like to replace fossil fuels
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Many honourable senators would have had representations with regard to this clause. The returned from active service badge was issued to those people who returned from qualifying active service. Because of the extent of the debate on this Bill I will not go into detail, but essentially this item is covered under Military Board Instructions No. 44 of 1946, which gives the full operational details as to who is eligible for the returned from active service badge. The instruction with regard to persons who served after the Second World War, particularly in Korea, the Malayan emergency and in the Malay-Thai border area from May to July 1963, is fairly clear. The instruction concerning the special service operations in Vietnam after 1963 is also fairly clear. Basically we are dealing with a problem that has occurred since the Second World War. I believe this is an area which could and ought to be reorganised. The returned from active service badge should be issued to those who returned from active service. If the Military Board Instructions No. 44 had been adhered to the badge would have been issued under those circumstances because the instruction referred to those people who embarked on overseas service from September 1939 to September 1945. The instruction also referred to those who served in the Northern Territory north of latitude 14 between February 1942 and September 1945; to those who served in the Torres Strait between March 1942 and September 1945; to those who served in New Guinea between January 1942 and September 1945; and to those who served in Papua between February 1942 and September 1945. The people who served during those periods are the people who are actually eligible. It appears that this returned from active service badge was granted to people who may not necessarily have been eligible under that instruction.
The difficulty I am trying to point out is that persons have an expectation that this badge will be given out in future, and that has not been accepted by the Government. In other words, one part of the Government is saying that such persons have returned from active service and another part-the repatriation system, which will become known as the veterans' system-is saying that they have no entitlements. I think there needs to be a concurrence of views on this. I would be interested in the Minister's response to this problem. No doubt he has been well briefed about this matter. It has gone on for so many years and I think it has been a running sore in the Government.


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Carol Gilligan is the only child of a lawyer William Friedman and nursery school teacher Mabel Kaminez. Born on November 28th, 1936, brought up by Jewish family in New York City, she is a notable American feminist, ethicist and psychologist. She acquired her BA in English literature from Swarthmore College and Master's degree in clinical psychology from Radcliffe college, her academic accomplishments does not end here as she obtained her Ph.D in sociology from the prestigious Harvard university.
She started off her career as a teacher in 1967 at Harvard university where she got an opportunity to teach at Harvard Graduate School of Education. She resigned from Harvard in 2002 to start her tenure as a full-fledged professor in New York University at their school of law and school of education. She gained fame while working with Lawrence Kohlberg on ethical relationships and ethical community.
She studied conducted research on women's psychology and wrote a book based on it and entitled it as "In a different voice" published by Harvard university press in 1982. She also wrote her first novel Kyra in 2008. Carol Gilligan's work on the theory of moral development holds an important place in the explanation of real life dilemmas. The implication of this theory is based on the fact that there are many important factors than justice which contributes to the development of a human being. She was the first psychologist who considered gender differences in the moral development. She considered the difference in mental processes of men and women as a variable that effects the moral development based on the difference of genders. Carol Gilligan observed that young girls are more inclined towards love, care, affection and meaningful relationships with other humans whereas young boys are more focused on justice. She suggested that this difference in feelings and values is due to different gender makeup and the relationship enjoyed by the person with his or her mother. She also observed that a woman has three transition phases in which she recognizes and adapts to her roles and responsibilities. At the first stage when she is growing up as a child she works for her own survival which is termed as selfishness by Gilligan, at the second stage she starts to become responsible as a young adult caring more for others and becoming less self-centered, this is the stage where she learns to equate goodness with sacrificing and then the final stage is where she takes on the responsibilities of the consequences of her actions achieving the level of self-acceptance. Her works on moral development influenced a lot of other psychologists who opted to work on moral development, which served as a positive outcome of Carol Gilligan's psychological works and observations on morality or moral development.
She is currently associated as a professor with New York University as well as serving at University of Cambridge as a visiting professor. She earned a name in Time Magazine's Influential Americans with 25 other people in 1996. Recently, she has been awarded with Mr. L Award 4th period in 2013.
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REVIEW: "HIDDEN FIGURES" (2016) 20th Century Fox
Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe), are more intelligent as children than most. But sadly, they have the wrong skin color for America of the 1960s, so educational opportunities aren't as readily available to them as to most. And luckily for all of us, they don't let it stop them.
"HIDDEN FIGURES" – written & directed by Theodore Melfi, is based on the true events of these three women's accomplishments of beating the odds in a time when those odds were almost insurmountable. Although all three are working at NASA, they are widely under-ultilized, stuck in a mundane employee-temp circle with other African-American women. It is only when the 'space-race' heats up and NASA is concerned with the fact that Russia might beat us to manned space travel that they even get considered and their abilities are brought to light. But it is still a long journey to get from the temp pool to the point of where now-famed astronaut John Glenn (Glen Powell) had her double-check the numbers against a 'new' computer machine before his now-legendary orbit around the earth.
The film does do well in summarizing the story and making the period of the early 60's space-race look exciting. Melfi succeeds in revealing the perspective of the people who made it possible for a human being to be brought into an orbit were chiefly physicists and, above all, mathematicians. Making it truly special is the fact that three of these essential figures were not only women, but African-American women. In a time where different races were still strictly separated in everything from the bathrooms, to yes, even the coffee pot and how they had to fight not only to assert themselves into the circles of white, male-dominated NASA, but also with the colour of their skin.
In addition, we have a decent supporting cast with Kirsten Dunst as Vivian Mitchell, head of the white secretarial pool and chief scientist, Al Harrison (Kevin Costner), who while blind to all the bias at first, gradually begins to notice Johnson's intelligence and how she is being treated by her white, male co-workers and steps up to the plate. Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge, Olek Krupa just to name a few, are great additions to the supporting cast.
Performances are all above par here and not being Costner's biggest fan, he comes off very well here in one of what is surely one of his more likeable performances. Hands down winner for me though is Octavia Spencer, who not only steals the show, along with hopefully not only a nomination, but a win from this performance.
Finally, do I think some liberties might have been taken here with the story-line or some of the characters, most likely, and it's in these spots that the film lags, but it is also very simple to just look up history and see this is accurate in the frame of what these women did at/for NASA and what they went on to do in leading the way for so many to follow is even more impressive.
HIDDEN FIGURES is emotionally stirring cinema and should leave a lasting impression on viewers.
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Media Review Screening: Monday, November 21, 2016 ~ Courtesy of 20th Century Fox
In Limited Release: Sunday, December 25, 2016
NATIONWIDE RELEASE: Friday, January 6, 2017
Tags Aldis Hodge, Alkoya Brunson, Ariana Neal, Arnell Powell, Corey Mendell Parker, Donna Biscoe, Glen Powell, Gregory Alan Williams, Jaiden Kaine, Janelle Monáe, Jim Parsons, Ken Strunk, Kevin Costner, Kimberly Quinn, Kirsten Dunst, Mahershala Ali, Maria Howell, Nasa, Octavia Spencer, Olek Krupa, Saniyya Sidney, Selah Kimbro Jones, Taraji P. Henson, Tre Stokes, Zani Jones Mbayise
"EMMY AWARDS" – 2015 – QUICK PICKS
Just throwing out a quick roll on The Emmy's for some of the main categories only. I always do well for my Oscar picks..but not so much on The Emmy's. I'm guessing it's because most of the time I haven't seen all the shows being as I don't have Netflix or Amazon accounts and I don't illegally bootleg anything because good shows get cancelled because of it and people lose jobs and money. In other words.. My choices mean nothing..ha!
My picks are bolded & italicized. I probably won't do well on this.. 😀
"Better Call Saul" – not my favourite new show..Some people are ranting and raving over this, I was just meh on it.
"Downton Abbey" – I mean it's Downton.. It's not what it once was, but it's still very watchable.
"Game of Thrones" – This was a slow season on GOT. Just like season 2, it was very mixed with only a good episode thrown in here and there.
"Homeland" – Everyone thought this show would just go down the toilet without 'Brody' (Damien Lewis) instead..it was.. dare I say it..almost better. It's all about Peter Quinn (Rupert Friend).
"House of Cards" – Only have seen an episode of this way back when..
"Mad Men" – Tis the season of Mad Men for me. This really should sweep and it's final season proved to be hands down, one of the best ever on TV. Just truly a show to sit back, watch and be awed by.
"Orange is the New Black" – N/A
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES I just don't have a pick here but if I had to guess…
"Louie" – I know this is a critical darling, but it's just not my show.
"Modern Family" – it's never bad, but it's also rather ZZZzzzz now.
"Parks and Recreation" – I never got as hooked into this show as some did..but I did like it.
"Silicon Valley" – N/A
"Transparent" – N/A
"Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" N/A
"Veep" – Again, another critical darling, and I watch it on occasion.
LEAD ACTOR, DRAMA
Bob Odenkirk, "Better Call Saul" – in Breaking Bad I found Saul rather humourous – in his own show..I just really didn't gravitate towards the character at all.
Kyle Chandler, "Bloodline" – N/A – though I've been a Kyle Chandler fan since 'Early Edition'..yes I said 'Early Edition' 😀
Kevin Spacey, "House of Cards" – N/A
Jon Hamm, "Mad Men" – This is Jon Hamm's year. It has to be. His performance in this last season was just sublime. And that finale..come on!!!
Love this show..Love the character and the acting.. But again, it's all Jon Hamm for me this year.
Liev Schreiber, "Ray Donovan" – same as above..I love Liev..but. yeah..it's just all about Jon Hamm.
LEAD ACTRESS, DRAMA
Taraji P. Henson, "Empire" – this over-the-top show and character are amusing if nothing else..
Claire Danes, "Homeland" – Again, fantastic season and performance by Claire, but she's won before..and the faces..oh those faces!! 😀
Viola Davis, "How to Get Away with Murder" – I love Viola as an actress.but this show is sorely lacking and I can't for that reason alone.
Tatiana Maslany, "Orphan Black" – oh Tatiana..I love you and this show equally..I do..and you so deserve this nomination.
Elisabeth Moss, "Mad Men" – But I gotta go with Peggy Olsen. And not just because she is a 'Peggy' in this too..but because I still have that totally badass episode of her from 2014 on my DVR with her and Don.. plus her ciggie eps. She was just incredible.
Robin Wright, "House of Cards" – N/A
LEAD ACTOR, COMEDY
Anthony Anderson, "black-ish" – I enjoyed this show from the beginning and I'm a big Anthony Anderson fan from way back but I did sorta lose steam for it.. It's an 'on occasion' show for me now.
Matt LeBlanc, "Episodes" – Matt playing over-the-top Matt..is so fun.
Don Cheadle, "House of Lies" – Not a fan of this show..
Will Forte, "The Last Man On Earth" – I gave this one 2 eps. and then I was done..
Louis C.K., "Louie" – yeah..not my fav. in any way, shape or form.
William H. Macy, "Shameless" – Love Bill Macy – so-so on the show.
Jeffrey Tambor, "Transparent" – N/A
LEAD ACTRESS, COMEDY
Lisa Kudrow, "The Comeback" – It's Valerie Cherish – do I need to say anything more?
Lily Tomlin, "Grace And Frankie" – N/A
Amy Schumer, "Inside Amy Schumer" – comedy's 'It Girl' of the moment right now..and I LOVE her.
Edie Falco, "Nurse Jackie" – Oh Jackie..I will miss you. No one's ever had a nurse like you.
Amy Poehler, "Parks And Recreation" – Love Amy.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Veep" – Julia is comedy gold..
SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA
Jonathan Banks, "Better Call Saul" – Big fan of Banks, but again, the character that worked so well for me on Breaking Bad, doesn't work for me here.
Ben Mendelsohn, "Bloodline" – Ben Mendelsohn is a fantastic actor that can truly play almost any role. Wish I could see him in this..truly.
Jim Carter, "Downton Abbey" – I think everyone likes Mr. Carson just not enough for a win here.
Peter Dinklage, "Game Of Thrones" – Dinklage was a highlight of a slow season.
Alan Cumming, "The Good Wife" – When does Alan not bring it on this show? Even with an uneven season..he's always spot on.
Michael Kelly, "House Of Cards" – N/A
SUPPORTING ACTRESS, DRAMA
Joanne Froggatt, "Downton Abbey" – last years surprise winner to almost everyone but me.. 😀
Lena Headey, "Game Of Thrones" – Lena gave it her all.. literally..
Emilia Clarke, "Game Of Thrones" – another fav. character for me from the show.
Christine Baranski, "The Good Wife" – Hands down, my winner. Christine is priceless.
Christina Hendricks, "Mad Men" – Joan really gave it to us for the final season. Stepping up into her own and really giving us an insight into what the fight for equal rights for women possibly entailed. I won't be mad if she wins.
Uzo Aduba, "Orange Is The New Black" – N/A
SUPPORTING ACTOR, COMEDY
Andre Braugher, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" – for me, this is the funniest show on TV..And Andre just brings it to this role.
Adam Driver, "Girls" – don't really like the show and not an Adam Driver fan so..
Keegan-Michael Key, "Key & Peele" – they have some damn funny skits.
Ty Burrell, "Modern Family" – ZZZZzzzz oh..sorry..I like Ty but I'm pretty over their run.
Tituss Burgess, "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" – N/A
Tony Hale, "Veep" – I've just not got a thing to say here..ha! I just haven't watched the show enough to really say yay! or nay!!
SUPPORTING ACTRESS, COMEDY
Mayim Bialik, "The Big Bang Theory" – not my show, just never got the 'ha ha' from it.
Niecy Nash, "Getting On" – Never seen this show. and I'm fine with that!
Julie Bowen, "Modern Family" – See 'Ty Burrell'
Allison Janney, "Mom" – I've watched this show a few times trying my best to get into it.. I just didn't succeed, but I do love Alison
Kate McKinnon "Saturday Night Live" – She's just a gem all the time, every character.
Gaby Hoffmann, "Transparent" – N/A
Jane Krakowski, "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" – N/A
Anna Chlumsky, "Veep" – I like 'out of the box'..this is a good 'out of the box' character for Anna.. but just not enough for me.
That's it!! Wish I had more time to get in-depth on these and more categories..Just pressed for time. Let's just hope that the Emmy's aren't the same ol' same ol' that they can sometimes be and pick some new different and I might add, much deserving winners.
Cheers all!!
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REVIEW: "NO GOOD DEED" (2014 ~ SONY PICTURES)
Ohhhhh Idris Idris Idris… I knew walking in to this movie that I wasn't going to get an Oscar winner..just in case you're wondering, I was right. 😀 What you do get though, is a mildly entertaining, but pretty much feeling like straight out of a Telenovela, series of events. I'm a big fan of both Idris Elba & Taraji P. Henson and both do a decent job here in at least trying to make this plot believable. I mean let's face it..what do you think of when you hear Idris Elba's name ~ handsome, talented, gritty and a bit funny at times to name a few. The same could be said for Taraji. Here Elba is just flat out villainous & Taraji somewhat empowering.
Before I go on here ~ I want everyone who reads this review to know that everything I am about to describe takes place in the trailer, so is no way a spoiler as I hate big spoilers in reviews and try to NEVER do them!! (end note)
The film starts off introducing the audience to Elba's character, "Colin Evans", at his parole hearing. Colin is an extremely violent and dangerous felon, who is denied parole and escapes during his transfer back to prison. Taraji P. Henson's character, "Terri", is a former career women, a District Attorney turned stay-at-home mom with a toddler and a baby. Colin arrives at Terri's home, while her husband "Jeffrey" (Henry Simmons) is of course, conveniently away on a golf weekend for his fathers birthday, and Colin runs his vehicle off the road in a big storm, and proceeds to ask to use her telephone. – This is of course when all the chaos begins.. While there are many many..and I mean MANY predictable moments including the ever so stereo-typed, single, 'in heat' best friend "Meg" (Leslie Bibb) coming over for a 'girls night' and coming on to Colin etc etc.. You really do see it all coming right at you and no offense to the actors, as they have the power to elevate this film and make do as best they can.
Elba handles Colin's psychotic breakdowns in a unique manner. Most films just show a villainous character in their murderous rage, but "NO GOOD DEED" will take you through Colin's mind for a few seconds before he snaps. Elba, being the talented man that he is, does an incredible job showing Colin's 'normality' versus his more well… 'psycho stage'.
For the most part, the screenplay, coming from Aimee Lagos, is completely predictable though probably not meant to be that way. There are very few twists and turns that you won't see coming or that will have you on the edge of your seat, except for maybe one singular twist. And for me at least, laughing at scenes that maybe weren't meant to be funny, I can't help it, if something is bad, I tend to laugh, especially when it just seems like Idris takes a licking and keeps on ticking. I mean ouch! ouch! and ouch! but let's hear it for #GirlPower here from Taraji!
My summation: Even though Colin is every person's character to hate, Idris does him justice and yes, Idris Elba is still my choice to be the next James Bond 😀 I mean everyone gets a bad movie here and there right. Though there are more plot holes than a slice of swiss cheese..and yes, it's also cheesy, lacks complete and total believability and though neither Elba nor Henson can save this mess of a film, as I noted before, it's cheap thrills plot IS mildly entertaining. And it did sweep last weekend's box office though I'm guessing that won't last. Sadly 'No Good Deed' is just that..No good..and I'm probably giving it a much higher grade than it deserves just based on the fact that I adore Idris & Taraji. #sillyme oh and if "No Good Deed" teaches you anything..it's the same old cliche, for crimeny sakes, don't let strangers in your house on a stormy night when you're home alone. *sigh*
Grade: C- (below average)
#peggyatthemovies
Tags Frank Brennan, Henry Simmons, Idris Elba, Kate del Castillo, Leslie Bibb, No Good Deed, Taraji P. Henson


In the past few years I have followed with great interests the political and economical developments in Cuba, because as many of us believe, the end of the Castro era is near and our return is imminent. However, in following these developments and discussing them with some compatriots I have started to sense a marked distinction in how Cubans in cities with a large Cuban communities react as compared to Cubans who live in cities with small Cuban communities. My observations have led me to conclude that those of us who live in cities where there is "no cubaneo sato" are much more effervecent about our feelings towards our homelands. By no means do I say nor imply that we have greater love of country, it is just that we are much more enthusiastic about those things which we hold dear to our hearts and which are further away from our reach. Before I am made the target of the old guard, let me clarify and say that I am limiting these comments to the younger generation of cuban-americans "YUCAS" who left Cuba when we were young and learned about our country more through the second hand stories passed down from our families than from first hand experiences.
Why is this phenomenon occuring? Should it not be the complete opposite? Maybe the principle of diminishing return is at play here. Some examples could perhaps best illustrate my point.
My brother who lives in Puerto Rico where there is a large cuban community visited New Orleans last year and was surprised that my brand new BMW had a license plate with the flag of Cuba. His comment was, "que guajiro". I know my brother well enough to know that he did not mean to offend me, not that I would be offended by being called a "campesino de mi patria", but he thought it was a bit of an overkill to display my patriotism in such fashion. My response was " gracias y a mucha honra". On the other hand, two of my best cuban friends in New Orleans also have such displays in the cars. One has a sticker of Hermanos Al Rescate, the other one has a personalized license plate that reads "Hatuey".
I took the exercise one step further and gave to my father an identical license plate of the Cuban flag to display in his car in Puerto Rico. My father is anticomunista hasta el meoyo and the person who is most responsible for instilling in me my love for Cuba. To make the point clearer as to his beliefs, he has chilled his relations with the Church ( he attended mass daily) because el Papa went to Cuba and met with "El Diablo". My father was very appreciative of my gift but told me he could not put it in his car because it would elicit negative reactions from some in Puerto Rico, where he lives. I did not push the issue because I knew I did not have to. I just needed to drop subtled hints to make my point. All I said was, I have it displayed in my car because I want everyone to know that I am Cuban and proud of it. A few weeks later, he sent me a picture of his car so that I could see where it had been dented in an accident. Well I could not see the dent because the angle of the picture only let me see the front of the car where he had prominently displayed the Cuban flag license plate. I did not expect any less from him. However, I took a small detour in my story since he is not the point of my example, my brother is.
My uncle who lives in Miami and with whom I have had many interesting discussions regarding Cuba, the past, present and future, and who like my father is totally anti- Castrista, sent to me a few years ago a polo shirt with the "Escudo de Cuba" embroidered in the chest. I was thrilled, I loved it. Not only do I think "El Escudo de Cuba" is the most beautiful Coat of Arms I have ever seen, but now I could display my patriotism once again and, in a very subtle way invite the questions and conversations that I knew would be forthcoming. "What is that?" Ahora si me puedo dar banquete explicandole a los gringos what it is and what it stands for. I do know the meaning of all the symbols of our Coat of Arms, thanks to my aunt who drilled it into me when I was very young. I have had the opportunity and pleasure of explaining to friends and collegues that it is the Coat of Arms of Cuba which undoubtedly leads to more substantive discussions about my favorite topic, what is going to happen in Cuba. A few years later I found out that my uncle had sent an identical polo shirt to my brother. To this day, he has yet to wear it. What a shame! ... No, not that he won't wear it, but that it is too small for me to wear. I loved the polo shirt so much and the embroidery even more that I wanted to have the "Escudo" embroidered in other pieces of clothing. Not wanting to abuse my uncle's generosity, and since he was going through some rough times, I asked some Cuban friends who live in Miami if they could do me a favor and get some items embroidered for me. Their answer, why do you want something so picuo? Kind of the same reaction I got from my brother to my Cuban flag license plate. Well, I am a true believer that everyone is entitled to their opinions and moreover, that everyone is deserving of being left alone and not have other's opinions imposed on them. I for one, despite being a trial lawyer, will not try to impose my views and beliefs on others and demand that others do not try impose their views on me. Simple, live and let live. I will gladly engage in civilized discussion on issues on which we may disagree, but do not try to convince me that you are right, because it is your belief and it has to be right. Again, I have taken a detour in the story which has for its purpose only to emphasize the differences in attitudes and perspectives between those of us who live somewhat isolated and those who live in the middle of "La Sawesera", or other comparable places.
I yearn for Cuban things. It does not matter what it is, music, food, cigars ( I don't even smoke but will collect any Cuban cigar I can get my hands on), art, I even went as far as to buy sand which purportedly came from Varadero from a Chilean restauranteur I met in Santiago. I devour any news about Cuba and follow with interest any developments that may precipitate a change in the regime. However, those in Puerto Rico and Miami do not share this hunger and thirst for what is ours and gives us identity. Are they saturated with the Cuban thing which they have all around, all the time? Maybe. Do they have enough identity with their roots that they do not have to seek it out? Perhaps. I can never get enough of it, maybe because I never have had enough of it around me. I certainly seem to feel more rootless than them because the idea of country and belonging to one of the greatest cultures and civilizations is not something that comes to me naturally and uninvited. I have to seek it out. I have to find it, discover it, embrace it, replenish it or my pilot light may run out (not a chance).
No, I do not think I am a greater patriot or lover of the motherland than them. I just have a greater need to seek out the roots that give identity and a sense of belonging. Point of this article, non other than to perhaps state the obvious, the more you are denied something and the harder it is to get what you want , the more you want it. I want my country, I love my country, I want to have a sense of belonging and the more difficult it is to attain this goal, the harder I will pursue this Nirvana which to me exists only in the vague memories that I very dearly keep in the back of my mind, in the stories passed along by my family and in every cell that makes up my body. This is the meaning of my "Cubanidad". I know that those of you who live outside of the Miamis and San Juans can identify with the feeling.


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Four goals at the Hawthorns: El Ghazi shines on against rivals
By Harry Trend December 21, 2020 December 21, 2020 Opinion
Anwar El Ghazi, in Jack Grealish's words, is "back". And he's continuing his strong form at The Hawthorns.
Words: Harry Trend | @HazaTrand
Despite criticism in recent months, Dean Smith outlined how his team was 100% behind Anwar El Ghazi after Aston Villa's 3-0 victory over West Bromwich Albion despite missed chances at home to Burnley three days previously. "He got no stick from the dressing room, his performance levels were good against Burnley. Let's remember he hadn't played 90 minutes in a while before that, but he scored two goals today and we're all pleased for him."
El Ghazi very much deployed a shoot on sight policy in the Clarets stalemate, the Dutchman failing to find the net from eight attempts. On one hand, there were self-fashioned efforts like that thunderous free-kick which Tom Pope expertly tipped onto the crossbar, but on the other hand, there were more guilt-edged chances; guilt-edged chances such as when the Villa winger made it all too easy for Pope to save a one on one at the near post. This was not the only clear opportunity El Ghazi had against the Clarets, with the Villa winger seemingly lacking in composure at times.
"Against Burnley I was upset, I should've scored at least two," reflected El Ghazi. Nonetheless, the Dutchman confessed a sense of relief at his two goals at home to the Baggies, feeling he "had to do something right."
The 25-year-olds display in Villa's 3-0 away win showed he had not let his Burnley misses get to him. In assuming penalty responsibilities in the previous week away to Wolves, you can safely say courage isn't something El Ghazi is lacking in.
El Ghazi's first goal tonight highlighted his determination. The Dutchman making a darting run to the back post before connecting with Bertrand Traore's cross with the outside of his right foot to put Villa ahead.
The Hawthorns seems to be a happy hunting ground for El Ghazi. Two years ago the Villa winger bagged a brace in West Bromwich. The brace including a rocket of a shot from outside the box which flew into the top corner. Between these two years, you get the feeling El Ghazi has never quite convinced Villa fans as a collective. Yes there's been highs; the play-off final opener and a late goal in the Pride's 2-0 win at home to Everton good examples, but inconsistent is a word often attributed to the Dutchman since his £8 million pound move from Lille.
But El Ghazi manifested that swaggering confidence from two years ago in his performance against Sam Alladyce's men. The Dutchman worked well with Matt Targett down the left but also wasn't afraid to veer inside to test Sam Johnstone with a long ranger.
Yes there were a couple of wayward touches, but for every wayward one there was a clean take; thus exemplified when using the momentum from Targett's pass to beat Dara O'Shea with his right prior to forcing Johnstone into a smart save with his left.
And with two minutes left El Ghazi would match his goal tally from two years ago, allowing the West Brom keeper to make his move before striking his penalty down the middle to seal the points for Villa.
Ultimately, you'd have to say that, when Villa have a fully fit side, just one starting place is up for grabs between El Ghazi, Traore and Trezeguet. For now Anwar has to convince Dean Smith that he's more than a player on the periphery of the starting XI.
However, El Ghazi will get plenty more chances to do so in the coming weeks.
Tagged : Anwar El Ghazi Aston Villa Bertrand Traore Dean Smith Sam Allardyce The Hawthornes Trezeguet West Bromwich Albion
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Columbia Does the Right Thing
From Box Turtle Bulletin:
Columbia Recognizes Same-Sex Couples
The Congress of Columbia has passed a bill to provide same-sex couples with many of the rights of married opposite-sex couples. The Latin American country joined with Tazmania, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, and nearly all of Europe as well as parts of Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico in providing protections that are denied by most of the United States.
posted by JimK at 11:03 PM
Colombia to Recognize Gay Unions With Extension of Health, Other Benefits
By Juan Forero
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, June 16, 2007; Page A10
BOGOTA, Colombia, June 15 -- Colombia's Congress voted to recognize gay unions, approving a bill to give same-sex couples full rights to health insurance, social security and inheritance benefits. The measure would make Colombia the first country in Latin America to extend such rights to gay couples, a prospect celebrated by gay rights advocates from Buenos Aires to New York.
The lower house of Congress approved the bill 62 to 43 on Thursday night after a long lobbying effort by gay rights activists, who argued that gay couples have a human right to the benefits that heterosexual couples enjoy. In the Americas, only Canada has approved a similar law. In the United States, a handful of states entitle gay couples to health and other benefits. But those rights are not recognized nationally, and several states have approved laws prohibiting gay unions.
"I think this is an incredible victory that should resonate across both continents, north and south," said Scott Long, director of the gay rights program at Human Rights Watch in New York. "It should definitely be an example to the United States. Colombia is a country that's Catholic, with a conservative government, and they still recognize that this is the right thing to do."
Colombia, like most Latin American countries, does not have fundamentalist groups with the kind of influence and funding to launch a national campaign against gay rights. But it does have a powerful Catholic Church, which argued that extending rights to same-sex couples would violate church doctrine. "This gives legal sanctity to families that are artificial and false," said José Galat, a prominent Catholic activist.
After a long public battle, advocates from groups such as Diverse Colombia slowly won over many lawmakers in Congress. Among those who support the bill is President Álvaro Uribe, a conservative Catholic. He is expected to sign the measure.
Elizabeth Castillo, a lawyer and gay rights advocate, said activists succeeded by shifting the debate from morality to human rights. The country is still in the midst of a long guerrilla conflict marked by widespread rights violations. But human rights groups have increasingly gained prominence here in recent years -- a trend that helped the gay rights movement.
"This argument was never based on moral or religious grounds, even though the detractors always went to the religious and moral arguments," Castillo said.
Compared with Bogota, the capital, other Latin American cities have traditionally been considered more tolerant of gays; Mexico City and Buenos Aires have passed laws extending health and other benefits to same-sex couples. But Bogota has a thriving gay neighborhood, bars whose patrons are openly gay and a center that provides counseling and legal advice to members of the gay community. Local politicians, among them Mayor Luis Eduardo Garzón and prominent members of Congress such as Sen. Armando Benedetti, have supported the drive to give more rights to gay couples.
Still, activists say violence against gays is not uncommon and discrimination remains a recurring problem. Castillo said that even with the new law, many partners in gay relationships would probably be denied health and other benefits.
"It's possible things won't change for some people," Castillo said, "as if the law had never been passed.
I haven't seen the print edition, but there's a picture of our hero Jim under local news in the online edition of the Blade:
www.washblade.com
Here's a study for MCPS. Studies are more appropriate for curriculum reference rather than association votes:
"June 8, 2007 -- New research reveals that religious attendance especially among fathers is associated with higher rates of marriage, better relationship quality among urban parents and better parent-child relationships.
Religion seems to foster a code of decency encompassing sobriety, fidelity and hard work among urban parents, especially fathers, said Bradford Wilcox, a professor of sociology at the University of Virginia, who conducted the research. This decency translates into better relationships among married couples and, much to my surprise, among unmarried couples. Specifically, Wilcox finds that churchgoing fathers:
1. Are 95 percent more likely to be married when their child is born.
2. Increase the likelihood that an unmarried mother will enter into marriage between the birth of her child and three years after birth by 67 percent.
3. Have relationships in which both mothers and fathers are significantly more likely to rate their partner as supportive whether or not they are married.
4. Have relationships in which both the mothers and fathers are significantly more likely to report that they have an excellent relationship with one another, whether or not they are married. Previous research has established that better relationship quality between married or unmarried parents translates into better parent-child relationships and child development outcomes.
Source: Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Survey, sponsored by Columbia and Princeton Universities."
JimK said...
Anonymous, that's just fascinating. Is there some way that this information has anything at all to do with the topics we discuss here or the posted item about Columbia?
Randi Schimnosky said...
Anonymous, these correlations may not (and probably don't) have any relation to religion, but rather to the social support network that goes along with it. Society can develop and encourage participation in such social support networks without including the damaging effects of beliefs in magic, the supernatural, and the prejudices that often go along with such "us versus them" philosophies.
Welcoming congregations in my area (e.g. Hope UCC, Wellspring UCC, UUCA, UUCF, Little River UCC, Friends meeting of Washington, Washington Plaza Baptist, Clarendon Presbyterian) are filled with church-going LGBT fathers (and mothers). Research (and common sense) indicate that LGBT people make good parents. Unfortunately, MCPS BOE didn't see its way to putting that in the curriculum
"I haven't seen the print edition, but there's a picture of our hero Jim under local news in the online edition of the Blade:
www.washblade.com"
Went to look at this site and it was very interesting. Seems that they are very upset about the prudent D.C. councilmembers who don't want to reopen the gay strip bars that were displaced by the Nats stadium.
Oh, and a column called "Bitch Session" with this:
"I'm sorry but the Gay Pride Parade was as usual absolutely hideous! There was nothing classy about it. Just a bunch of obnoxious queens flaunting their gayness and perversion to a somewhat captive audience."
Sounds familiar. Maybe you write and explain to the Blade how much money these fellas are raisin' fer charity.
What charities were those again?
There's a movie coming out in July called "I now pronounce you Chuck and Larry", with Adam Sandler and Kevin James, about 2 straight firemen who fake a gay marriage for the health benefits. Too cool.
www.chuckandlarry.com
I love Bitch Session. Too funny for words. Anyone can say anything.
You should loosen up a little and enjoy life.
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Andrea- not anon
nutty anon doesn't get bitch session. His only happiness is coming here and bitching to us.
I enjoy reading anon's comments for the same reason I like bitch session, kind of a vicarious enjoyment of people being catty. Bitch Session makes my friend Dennis from Richmond really sad, because he doesn't like people being so mean to one another, even anonymously. I think at some point we have to let loose and not take ourselves so seriously, else we become bitter (was it Nietsche who said "that which doesn't destroy us makes us more bitter?").
Tish said...
'm with Robert's friend Dennis from Richmond. I find the meanness of the BS feature disheartening. However, it isn't about me, for me or from me, and I stopped reading it a long time ago; problem solved.
The Blade has won a number of journalism awards for both news reporting and editorials. They deserve those awards. Politically, there is more diversity in the opinion pages of the Blade than any other DC area newspaper, with strong voices speaking about conservative and liberal issues and concerns.
When covering our little corner of the activerse, the Blade's reporters have never found it necessary to "round out" a story by interviewing people who weren't there and weren't involved, as the Post, Times and Examiner have done on several occasions. Furthermore, I have never seen the new curriculum misquoted or quoted out of context in a Blade story.
Bitch Session notwithstanding, I look forward to my Friday mornings with the new on-line edition of the Blade.
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Craspedonta levis es un insecto coleóptero de la familia Chrysomelidae.

Fue descrita científicamente en 1993 por Borowiec.

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lawsuits Feb. 5, 2018
Comic Kicked Out of UCB for Alleged Sexual Assault Sues for Gender Discrimination
By Gabriella Paiella@GMPaiella
Aaron Glaser. Photo: Courtesy of Facebook/Aaron Glaser
In August 2016, the Upright Citizens Brigade theater investigated and then banned comic Aaron Glaser after he was accused of rape by multiple women. The news spread quickly throughout the comedy community and, long before the most recent wave of the #MeToo movement, became a springboard for discussion on how the industry handles sexual-assault allegations. Now, the New York Post reports, Glaser, 30, is suing UCB for gender discrimination.
His lawsuit reportedly calls out "hollow and wrongful allegations of sexual misconduct'' and a "gender bias at UCB." It also says that UCB director Shannon O'Neill "labeled Mr. Glaser a 'privileged white man' and decided that he must be guilty because he looks like other people who have been guilty of crimes in the past."
As Jezebel reported last November, Glaser filed a lawsuit against comedian Jasmine Pierce for $38 million in December 2016, claiming that she defamed him by calling him a rapist online. (He dropped the suit in September 2017.) At the time, he told the outlet that he was planning to sue UCB next.
The Comedy World Can't Handle Rape Allegations
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aaron glaser
Comic Sues UCB After Being Banned for Alleged Sexual Assault


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Gustav Adolf Fuchs (* 27. Juni 1857 in Heilbronn; † 9. März 1929 in Danzig) war ein deutscher Zeitungsverleger und Mitglied im Danziger Magistrat und später parlamentarischer Senator im Senat der Freien Stadt Danzig.

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Gustav Fuchs war der älteste Sohn des Heilbronner Kaufmanns Gustav Fuchs († 1878), der 1864 eine Eisenwarenhandlung in der Heilbronner Kramstraße gegründet hatte. Gustav Fuchs machte eine Banklehre und studierte dann Nationalökonomie in Straßburg bei Gustav Schmoller. Nach dem frühen Tod des Vaters trat er gemeinsam mit seinem Bruder Albert als Prokurist in das von der Mutter Luise weitergeführte elterliche Geschäft ein. 1884 übernahm er mit seinem Bruder das Unternehmen. 1893 schied er aus dem Unternehmen aus und nahm verschiedene Tätigkeiten im Bereich des Zeitungswesens auf. Im Jahre 1894 gründete er in Danzig die Firma Fuchs & Cie. an der er Teilhaber war, und den Verlag, der die Zeitung Danziger Neueste Nachrichten herausgab.

1907 gründete Fuchs zusammen mit August Huck, der 1902 die Stettiner Neueste Nachrichten erworben hatte, und mit August Madsack in Stuttgart die Württemberger Zeitung, deren Verlag zwei Jahre später mit dem Verlag des Stuttgarter Neues Tagblatt unter der Holding Stuttgarter Zeitungsverlag zusammengeführt wurde.

In Danzig wohnte er in der Breitgasse, wo sich auch der Verlag befand. Bis zu seinem Tode im Jahre 1929 führte er den Zeitungsverlag. Den Verlag und die Zeitung übernahm daraufhin sein Sohn Hans Fuchs. In Danzig gehörte er als Senator dem Magistrat an und führte dort das Dezernat für die Sparkasse. Für seine Verdienste um die drucktechnische Entwicklung des Zeitungswesens wurde ihm der Ehrentitel Dr.-Ing. ehrenhalber verliehen.

Gustav Fuchs war früh politisch engagiert und vertrat liberale Positionen. Bei der Reichstagswahl 1887 kandidierter er in Württemberg erfolglos für die Nationalliberale Partei. 1899 wurde er Stadtverordneter, später Mitglied des Magistrats. Nach der Abtrennung Danzigs vom Reich wurde er Staatsrat und war nach der Bildung der Freien Stadt Danzig 1920 bis 1924 parlamentarischer Senator. Er erwarb sich besondere Verdienste um das Theaterwesen, insbesondere um die Waldspiele im Gutenberghain bei Danzig.

Ämter
 Vorsitzender des Vereins Westpreußischer Zeitungsverleger (bis zur Abtrennung Danzigs vom Deutschen Reich)
 Vorsitzender des Vereins der Zeitungsverleger im Gebiet der Freien Stadt Danzig

Mitgliedschaften
 Verwaltungsrat der Danziger Privat-Actien-Bank
 Bankenbruder der St. Reinholds-Bank zu Danzig
 Hauptvorstand des Vereins Deutscher Zeitungsverleger
 Vorstand der Liga für den Völkerbund
 1927–1929: Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft

Literatur

 Werner Föll: Gustav Fuchs. In: Maria Magdalena Rückert (Hrsg.): Württembergische Biographien unter Einbeziehung hohenzollerischer Persönlichkeiten. Band II. Im Auftrag der Kommission für geschichtliche Landeskunde in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-17-021530-6.
 Georg Wenzel: Deutscher Wirtschaftsführer. Lebensgänge deutscher Wirtschaftspersönlichkeiten. Ein Nachschlagebuch über 13000 Wirtschaftspersönlichkeiten unserer Zeit. Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt, Hamburg/Berlin/Leipzig 1929, .
 Christian Krollmann u. a. (Hrsg.): Altpreußische Biographie. Band 1, ISBN 3-7708-0804-5, S. 200, Eintrag "Gustav Fuchs" von Schwarz

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