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Isolation and characterization of mammalian homologs of the Drosophila gene glial cells missing
Jaesang Kim, Bradley W. Jones, Christiane Zock, Zhoufeng Chen, Hai Wang, Corey S. Goodman, David J. Anderson
The glial cells missing (gcm) gene in Drosophila encodes a transcription factor that determines the choice between glial and neuronal fates. We report here the isolation of two mammalian gcm homologs, Gcm1 and Gcm2, and the characterization of their expression patterns during embryonic development. Although Gcm2 is expressed in neural tissues at a low level, the major sites of expression for both of the mammalian genes are nonneural, suggesting that the functions of the mammalian homologs have diverged and diversified. However, when expressed ectopically, Gcm1 can substitute functionally for Drosophila gcm by transforming presumptive neurons into glia. Thus, certain biochemical properties, although not the specificity of the tissue in which the gene is expressed, have been conserved through the evolution of the Gcm gene family.
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Kim, J., Jones, B. W., Zock, C., Chen, Z., Wang, H., Goodman, C. S., & Anderson, D. J. (1998). Isolation and characterization of mammalian homologs of the Drosophila gene glial cells missing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 95(21), 12364-12369. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.95.21.12364
Kim, Jaesang ; Jones, Bradley W. ; Zock, Christiane et al. / Isolation and characterization of mammalian homologs of the Drosophila gene glial cells missing. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 1998 ; Vol. 95, No. 21. pp. 12364-12369.
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NGC 2425 est un vieil amas ouvert situé dans la constellation de la Poupe. Il a été découvert par l'astronome germano-britannique William Herschel en 1793.

NGC 2425 est à  du système solaire et les dernières estimations donnent un âge de 2,5 milliards d'années. La taille apparente de l'amas est de 5,0 minutes d'arc, ce qui, compte tenu de la distance, donne une taille réelle maximale d'environ 16 années-lumière.

Selon la classification des amas ouverts de Robert Trumpler, cet amas renferme moins de 50 étoiles (lettre p) dont la concentration est moyennement faible (III) et dont les magnitudes se répartissent sur un intervalle moyen (le chiffre 2).

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Voir aussi

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 Liste des objets du NGC

Liens externes

 NGC 2425 sur le site du professeur C. Seligman

2425
Constellation de la Poupe
Amas ouvert
Objet céleste découvert en 1793
Objet céleste découvert par William Herschel

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Firefighters union sues Santa Maria city, employees
By ZAC EZZONE
FILING SUIT
The Santa Maria Firefighters Union filed a complaint in March claiming that city officials retaliated against labor union executives for opposing a promotion policy.
FILE PHOTO BY JOE PAYNE
The Santa Maria Firefighters Union is accusing the city and three of its current and former employees of illegally retaliating against labor union executives for opposing a proposed hiring policy.
A lawsuit filed in March, shortly after a Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) hearing found that the city violated the state law on collective bargaining, claims that Santa Maria Fire Chief Leonard Champion, Human Resources Director Jayne Anderson, and former City Manager Rick Haydon threatened to investigate and impose disciplinary measures on labor union executives for pushing back on a policy that would have changed how the department hires fire department captains.
"By retaliating against members for openly defending themselves against a policy that could potentially harm citizens, it has created an atmosphere of fear surrounding union activities," the complaint states.
According to the complaint, in March 2016, then interim Fire Chief Scott Kenley proposed opening the captain's exam to firefighters outside of the Santa Maria Fire Department to fill three open positions. Labor union executives openly opposed this move, and said it could not be done without discussing the proposal with the union. The situation was resolved after three internal candidates were promoted to fire captain positions in April 2016.
Less than a year later, Fire Chief Champion proposed the same idea as his predecessor, and he was met with the same opposition from labor union executives.
According to the complaint, Champion notified labor union executives via email that he planned to post the job opening to outside candidates in February 2017. Two labor union executives, Anthony Morales and Jill Hoover, discussed the situation with Chris Mahon, a representative from the California Professional Firefighters (CPF), which represents more than 100 fire agency labor associations throughout the state.
After Champion moved forward with posting the job opening, the CPF sent an email to all of its member agencies recommending that firefighters don't apply for the job.
"In an act of solidarity and mutual support ... CPF has routinely broadcast such notices to its members to keep professional firefighters aware of the illegal actions of certain administrations and agencies," the complaint states.
Following this, Champion sent a memorandum to all members of the fire department expressing his frustration with the notice. According to the complaint, Champion then notified labor union executives that they were under investigation for their roles in the notice and could face disciplinary actions, including termination.
"Champion has deliberately harassed, discriminated, and retaliated against [labor union executives] by investigating them for no other reason other than to retaliate for plaintiffs' association activity," the complaint states.
According to PERB's proposed decision, the city violated state law by not meeting and conferring with the labor union before making changes to the hiring process. Additionally, PERB's decision states that the city violated state law by retaliating against labor union executives.
In its proposed decision, PERB directs the city to meet and negotiate with the labor union on the possibility of changing the hiring process for fire captains. The proposed decision also directs the city to destroy any documents obtained during the investigation against labor union executives. Both the labor union and the city have the chance to comment on PERB's proposed decision before it becomes official.
In the complaint, labor union executives are requesting relief through more than $25,000 in damages, as well as lawsuit costs, attorney fees, and all other relief deemed necessary in court. Labor union executives are also requesting a jury trial.
The city has not yet filed its response to the complaint and doesn't have a comment on the lawsuit, said city Public Information Officer Mark van de Kamp. The Santa Maria City Council is set to discuss the complaint during a closed session at a meeting on May 7.
According to attorney Michael McGill, who is representing the labor union executives in the lawsuit, the city has said the lawsuit lacks merit and that it intends to file a motion for the case to be dismissed.
"The sad thing about a case like this is the city is going to end up paying their attorneys more money than it would take to resolve it," McGill said.
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Gallagher-Iba Arena, Stillwater, Oklahoma Attendance: 8,134
Oklahoma State looks for faster start as it hosts Wichita State
Oklahoma State coach Mike Boynton was happy that his team overcame a slow start Friday to edge Oral Roberts in overtime on the road.
But beginning with Wednesday night's home game against Wichita State in Stillwater, Okla., Boynton says the Cowboys need to get out of the gates a bit quicker.
"It'll be more difficult to go to West Virginia and do this, to come back and play this well in both halves," he said to the Oklahoman. "It'll be a learning experience. It's better to learn from a win than a loss."
Thanks to Bryce Williams, Oklahoma State (6-1) got to enjoy its learning experience. He made the Cowboys' last two buckets of overtime and then forced Oral Roberts star Max Abmas to pass up a highly contested shot as time was expiring.
Abmas passed to Trey Phipps, whose open jumper as time expired found nothing but the outside of the net in the Cowboys' 78-77 win.
"I was just trying to make it hard," Williams said.
Kalib Boone's 10.4 points per game lead a balanced attack for the Cowboys. While Williams averages 10.2 points, seven other players chip in between 6.1 and 9.9 ppg.
Meanwhile, Wichita State (5-1) continued to put together a solid nonconference resume on Friday night when it visited Missouri and emerged with a 61-55 win. The Shockers never trailed and created separation with an 8-0 second half run that gave them an 11-point lead.
"In order to be a team that can go out and get a win, you've got to defend, rebound and play with toughness," said second-year coach Isaac Brown. "And we executed tonight."
Tyson Etienne tallied 13 of his game-high 18 points in the second half for Wichita State, while centers Morris Udeze and Kenny Pohto supplied 15 and 10 points. Etienne's 18.6-point scoring leads the Shockers' attack.
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Justia Dockets & Filings Ninth Circuit Hawaii District Court Fountain et al v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Filing 53
Fountain et al v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS ROSITA FOUNTAIN AND LESLIE FOUNTAIN'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT re: 45 . Signed by MAGISTRATE JUDGE RICHARD L. PUGLISI on 6/23/2017. (afc)CERTIFICATE OF SERVI CEParticipants registered to receive electronic notifications received this document electronically at the e-mail address listed on the Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF). Participants not registered to receive electronic notifications will be served by first class mail on June 26, 2017.
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF HAWAII ROSITA FOUNTAIN, ET AL., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) vs. ) ) JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., ET ) AL., ) ) ) Defendants. ______________________________ ) CIVIL NO. 15-00119 SOM-RLP ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS ROSITA FOUNTAIN AND LESLIE FOUNTAIN'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS ROSITA FOUNTAIN AND LESLIE FOUNTAIN'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT Before the Court is Plaintiffs Rosita Fountain and Leslie Fountain's Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint, filed May 17, 2017 ("Motion"). ECF No. 45. Defendant JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. filed its Opposition to the Motion on May 31, 2017. ECF No. 49. The Fountains filed their Reply on June 20, 2017, after the Court granted them leave to file a late reply. ECF Nos. 51, 52. The Court found this matter suitable for disposition without a hearing pursuant to Local Rule 7.2(d). ECF No. 46. After carefully reviewing the submissions of the parties and the relevant legal authority, the Court DENIES the Motion. BACKGROUND In 2005, the Fountains obtained a loan from Long Beach Mortgage Company, secured by a mortgage on their home in Mililani, Hawaii. Complaint, ¶ 2. See ECF No. 45-2, Proposed Second Amended Defendant JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., ("JPMC") serviced the Fountains' mortgage. Id. ¶¶ 3, 41. The Fountains allege that JPMC failed to meet its obligations as servicer of their mortgage in handling their loan modification requests. ¶¶ 45, 47, 48, 62. Id. The Fountains' mortgage was not modified, and a foreclosure action was filed against them in Hawaii state court. See ECF No. 48 at 2. The foreclosure action was voluntarily dismissed after the Fountains sold their home and paid off the loan. See id. In their First Amended Complaint, the Fountains asserted the following claims against JPMC: breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, tortious breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and unfair and deceptive consumer practices. Id. On May 24, 2017, the district court dismissed all three claims asserted in the First Amended Complaint. ECF No. 48. In the present Motion, the Fountains seek leave to file a Second Amended Complaint asserting four claims against JPMC: unfair and deceptive acts or practices with respect to loan servicing, breach of contract, violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and tortious interference with a business relationship transcending the contract. 2. See ECF No. 45- In opposition, JPMC argues that the proposed claims are futile, that the Fountains delayed in bringing the proposed claims, that JPMC would be prejudiced by further amendment, and that the Fountains' conduct evidenced bad faith. 2 See ECF No. 49. DISCUSSION Under Rule 15(a)(2) "a party may amend its pleading only with the opposing party's written consent or the court's leave." Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2). Rule 15(a)(2) states that leave to amend should be freely given when justice so requires. Id. Whether to grant leave to amend is within the court's discretion. Foman v. Davis, 371 U.S. 178, 182 (1962). In determining whether to grant leave to amend, courts consider several factors including undue delay, whether the opposing party will be prejudiced, futility of the amendment, and bad faith by the movant. Id. As discussed below, the Court finds that the claims asserted in the Proposed Second Amended Complaint are futile and, therefore, leave to amend is DENIED. Because the Court finds that the proposed claims are futile, the Court does not address the other arguments raised in JPMC's Opposition. A. Futility An amendment is futile if "no set of facts can be proved under the amendment to the pleadings that would constitute a valid and sufficient claim or defense." Miller v. Rykoff-Sexton, Inc., 845 F.2d 209, 214 (9th Cir. 1988). Here, JPMC argues that all of Plaintiffs' proposed claims are futile. See ECF No. 49 at 14-23. 1. Proposed Claim for Unfair and Deceptive Acts or Practices with Respect to Loan Servicing (Count I) In the Proposed Second Amended Complaint, the Fountains 3 assert a claim for unfair and deceptive consumer practices with respect to loan servicing in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 480-2. See ECF No. 45-2, Proposed Second Amended Complaint, ¶¶ 85-100. To state a claim for unfair and deceptive acts or practices, the Fountains must plausibly allege (1) that they are consumers, (2) that JPMC engaged in an unfair or deceptive act or practice, and (3) that they suffered an injury resulting in damages. See Compton v. Countrywide Fin. Corp., 761 F.3d 1046, 1056 (9th Cir. 2014). For purposes of a Section 480-2 claim, a mortgage loan secured by a residence is "conduct of any trade and commerce" involving "consumers." Haw. Cmty. Fed. Credit Union v. Keka, 94 Haw. 213, 227 (Haw. 2000). The district court dismissed the Section 480-2 claim in the First Amended Complaint holding that the Fountains failed to allege facts sufficient to support the claim. 12-15. See ECF No. 48 at The district court noted that the First Amended Complaint alleged that JPMC violated Section 480-2 by failing to timely and accurately respond to foreclosure alternative options, charging excessive or improper fees for default-related services, failing to properly oversee the corporate procedures in review of loan modification requests, providing blank, incorrect, and incomplete documents in response to loan modification requests, providing borrowers false or misleading information in response to borrower complaints, and failing to maintain appropriate staffing, training, and quality control systems. 4 Id. at 15. The district court held that the Fountains' allegations were insufficient to suggest an unfair act or practice because the Fountains failed to allege how the actions of JPMC offended established public policy or were "oppressive, unscrupulous or substantially injurious to customers." Id. (quoting State ex rel. Bronster v. United States Steel Corp., 82 Haw. 32, 51 (Haw. 1996)). The district court also stated that the allegations failed demonstrate a deceptive act. Id. The district court concluded that the "bare assertions" regarding JPMC's loan servicing conduct contained in the First Amended Complaint failed to allege sufficient facts to state a claim. Id. In the Proposed Second Amended Complaint, the Fountains allege many of the same facts regarding JPMC's purportedly unfair and deceptive loan servicing activities. ¶¶ 48, 62 with ECF No. 16 ¶¶ 41, 46. Compare ECF No. 45-2 For the same reasons as detailed in the district court's prior order, these "bare assertions" are insufficient to state a claim under Section 4802. In addition to the facts previously alleged, the Fountains allege several new facts: that JPMC failed to "properly file mortgage documents" with the Bureau of Conveyances; that JPMC "lo[st] documents provided to them by the Fountains"; and that JPMC failed "to observe corporation formalities regarding the chain of title." 88, 90, 119. See ECF No. 45-2 ¶¶ 1, 12, 44, 47, 54, 58, 62, Although these facts were not previously alleged, 5 these facts are also not sufficient to state a claim under Section 480-2. As with the Fountains' prior allegations, the new allegation may show JPMC's sloppiness or error, but they do not, without more, demonstrate an unfair or deceptive practice. ECF No. 48 at 13. See None of the new allegations show that JPMC's actions were "immoral, unethical, oppressive, unscrupulous or substantially injurious." See Bronster, 82 Haw. at 51. Further, the Fountains fail to allege how JPMC's alleged actions have "the capacity or tendency to mislead or deceive." See Courbat v. Dahana Ranch, Inc., 111 Haw. 254, 261 (Haw. 2006). The allegations in the Proposed Second Amended Complaint do not provide sufficient detail to determine whether JPMC's actions were unfair or deceptive. Accordingly, the Court DENIES the Fountains' request for leave to assert a claim for unfair and deceptive consumer practices with respect to loan servicing in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 480-2 because such amendments would be futile. 2. Proposed Claim for Breach of Contract (Count II) In the Proposed Second Amended Complaint, the Fountains assert a claim for breach of contract against JPMC. 45-2 ¶¶ 103-111. See ECF No. To state a claim for breach of contract, the Fountains must plausibly allege (1) the contract at issue; (2) the parties to the contract; (3) whether the Fountains performed under the contract; (4) the particular provision of the 6 contract allegedly violated; (5) when and how JPMC allegedly breached the contract; or (6) how the Fountains were injured. See Velez v. The Bank of N.Y. Mellon, No. CIV.10-00468 JMS/KSC, 2011 WL 572523, at *3 (D. Haw. Feb. 15, 2011). Here, the allegations in the Proposed Second Amended Complaint are insufficient to state a claim for breach of contract because they do not identify a contract that the Fountains entered into with JPMC. serviced their mortgage. The Fountains allege that JPMC ECF No. 45-2 ¶ 3. allege that they had a contract with JPMC. The Fountains do not Instead, the Fountains allege that JPMC "acted with all of the same rights and responsibilities of the Lender and therefore should be held at the same accountability as the Lender in regards to the Mortgage contract." Id. ¶ 59. The Fountains allege that JPMC violated the terms of the mortgage by failing to mitigate damages as required by section 20 of the mortgage. Id. ¶¶ 45, 56. The Fountains also allege that JPMC "breached their contract with the Fountains" by failing to "responsibly handle the loan modification process, [] timely respond to loan modification requests, [] maintain accurate account information, charging of fraudulent fees, requesting excessive documentation, requesting documents that had already been received, providing misleading information, and fail[ing] to properly remediate inaccuracies in the Fountains' account." Id. ¶ 104. 7 Because the Fountains do not allege that they had a contractual relationship with JPMC, their claim for breach of contract must fail. See Conder v. Home Sav. of Am., 680 F. Supp. 2d 1168, 1174 (C.D. Cal. 2010) (holding that the plaintiff failed to state a claim for breach of contract against a loan servicer because there was no contractual privity). Accordingly, the Court DENIES the Fountains' request for leave to amend to assert a claim for breach of contract because such amendments would be futile. 3. Proposed Claim for Violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (Count III) The Fountains seek leave to assert a claim for violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA") against JPMC. See ECF No. 45-2 ¶¶ 112-115. The Fountains allege that JPMC violated the FDCPA "by using abusive, deceptive, and unfair debt collection practices." Id. ¶ 113. Generally, the FDCPA prohibits "debt collectors" from engaging in various abusive and unfair practices in collecting debts. Heintz v. Jenkins, 514 U.S. 291, 292 (1995). See, e.g., To be liable for violating the FDCPA, a defendant must be a "debt collector" under the statute. Id. at 294. Here, the allegations in the Proposed Second Amended Complaint are insufficient to state a claim for violation of the FDCPA because JPMC is not a debt collector. "[C]ourts have consistently held that the FDCPA does not apply to, among others, 8 mortgage servicing companies, or assignees of the mortgage debt, if the debt was not in default at the time the debt was obtained." Klohs v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 901 F. Supp. 2d 1253, 1258 (D. Haw. 2012) (collecting cases); see also 15 U.S.C. § 1692a(6). The Fountains do not allege that JPMC became the servicer of their mortgage after it was in default. Because JPMC is not a debt collector under the FDCPA, the Fountains' claim for violation of the FDCPA must fail. See Kohls, 901 F. Supp. 2d at 1258 ("nothing in the Complaint alleges that the loan is in default, much less was in default when Wells Fargo obtained servicing rights. Thus, given the clear weight of authority, Wells Fargo is not (or was not) a 'debt collector' within the meaning of the FDCPA"). Accordingly, the Court DENIES the Fountains' request for leave to amend their complaint to assert a claim for violation of the FDCPA because such amendments would be futile. 4. Proposed Claim for Tortious Interference With a Business Relationship Transcending the Contract (Count IV) It is unclear in the Proposed Second Amended Complaint the precise claim that the Fountains are seeking to assert in Count IV. See ECF No. 45-2 ¶¶ 116-120. The Fountains allege that JPMC "committed a tort by interfering with a business relationship" and also allege that "committing this tort . . . is a tortious violation of the breach of contract." 9 Id. ¶ 117. To the extent the Fountains are attempting to assert a tortious breach of contract claim, such claim must fail because Hawaii does not recognize a claim for tortious breach of contract. See Francis v. Lee Enters., 89 Haw. 234, 238-39 (Haw. 1999); Kapunakea Partners v. Equilon Enters. LLC, 679 F. Supp. 2d 1203, 1218-19 (D. Haw. 2009). To the extent the Fountains are attempting to assert a claim for tortious interference with a business relationship, that claim also fails. To state a claim for tortious interference, the plaintiff must plausibly allege: "(1) the existence of a valid business relationship . . .; (2) knowledge of the relationship . . . by the defendant; (3) a purposeful intent to interfere with the relationship . . .; (4) legal causation between the act of interference and the impairment of the relationship . . . ; and (5) actual damages." Bodell Constr. Co. v. Ohio Pac. Tech, Inc., 458 F. Supp. 2d 1153, 1163 (D. Haw. 2006) (citing Robert's Haw. Sch. Bus, Inc. v. Laupahoehoe Transp. Co., 91 Haw. 224, 258 (Haw. 1999)). all of the required elements. The Fountains fail to allege The Fountains allege that JPMC interfered with the Fountains' "performance by knowingly providing inaccurate account information and misleading loan modification attempts when [JPMC] lost documentation, provided approvals with incorrect loan numbers and property address, and informed the Fountains they were sending specific documents to 10 complete the Fountains loan modification and instead sending blank documents to restart the process." ECF No. 45-2 ¶ 119. However, the Fountains do not allege any facts regarding the business relationship that JPMC allegedly interfered with, JPMC's purposeful intent to interfere with that relationship, or the legal causation between the purported interference and the impairment of the relationship. Because the Fountains fail to allege all of the required elements, their claim for tortious interference must fail. Accordingly, the Court DENIES the Fountains' request for leave to amend their complaint to assert a claim for tortious interference with a business relationship because such amendments would be futile. CONCLUSION The Court DENIES Plaintiffs Rosita Fountain and Leslie Fountain's Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint. IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED AT HONOLULU, HAWAII, JUNE 23, 2017. _____________________________ Richard L. Puglisi United States Magistrate Judge FOUNTAIN, ET AL. V. JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., ET AL.; CIVIL NO. 15-00119 SOM-RLP; ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS ROSITA FOUNTAIN AND LESLIE FOUNTAIN'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT 11


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For how long had USA financial aid to Israel were used to destroy and demolish Palestinian homes?
Posted by: adonis49 on: April 16, 2021
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REP. BETTY MCCOLLUM:
LEADing EFFORT TO BLOCK ISRAEL FROM USING U.S. AID TO DESTROY PALESTINIAN HOMES
Putting conditions on U.S. aid to Israel has become a controversial topic — but it was the norm in Washington just a few decades ago.
Alex Kane. April 14 2021,
SINCE 2015, Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn., has been the leading congressional critic of Israel's military detention of Palestinian children, introducing multiple pieces of legislation that would bar Israel from using U.S. military aid to arrest Palestinian youth.
By targeting Israel's detention of Palestinian children — just one aspect of Israel's military occupation, but one that involved a highly vulnerable population — McCollum was attempting to make her bills appeal to the widest swath of Democrats possible.
For most others in her party, the check the U.S. wrote to Israel every year was Not up for debate.
McCollum is now planning to introduce legislation on Thursday that would bar U.S. aid from subsidizing a wider array of Israeli occupation tactics, an indication of just how far the debate over U.S. aid to Israel has come in the past six years.
"There is nothing out of the ordinary about conditioning aid. … All taxpayer funds provided by Congress to foreign governments in the form of aid are subject to conditions in a myriad of generally applicable laws, yet the $3.8 billion provided to Israel by the State Department has no country-specific conditions despite Israel's systemic violations of Palestinian human rights," McCollum told The Intercept.
"I don't want $1 of U.S. aid to Israel paying for the military detention and abuse of Palestinian children, the demolition of Palestinian homes, or the annexation of Palestinian land."
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McCollum's bill is the result of years of work by Palestinian rights activists to cut or condition aid to Israel.
These calls have been fueled by reports of U.S.-made weapons being used to kill Palestinian civilians, whether with Hellfire missiles fired by Israeli fighter jets on homes in Gaza or with U.S.-made rifles used to gun down Palestinian protesters.
Human rights organizations have documented the Israeli military's repeated use of bulldozers produced by the Illinois-based Caterpillar company to demolish Palestinian homes.
The legislation has been endorsed by more than 20 groups, including mainstays in the Palestinian rights movement like the Adalah Justice Project and Jewish Voice for Peace Action, as well as the liberal pro-Israel group Americans for Peace Now and the progressive Justice Democrats, which focuses on launching primaries against establishment Democrats.
53% of Democratic voters told Gallup this year that they support increasing pressure on Israel — an increase of 10 points since 2018 — yet most Democrats in the House and Senate do not support conditioning aid, and the bill faces steep odds of even getting a hearing in the House Foreign Affairs and Appropriations committees.
Still, it's the most significant effort yet by progressive Democrats to broach what was once an unthinkable red line: changing the nature of U.S. military aid to Israel so that U.S. aid is banned from furthering Israeli human rights abuses.
It's a remarkable development in an institution long thought to be a permanent stronghold for the pro-Israel lobby.
"The movement in Congress is unprecedented," said Raed Jarrar, a Palestinian American analyst and the former advocacy director for American Muslims for Palestine.
"I never dreamed that we would have bills banning the U.S. government from funding Israeli activities that are in violation of U.S. law or international law."
Broader political dynamics — the combination of Israel's hard-right direction, its apartheid system in the occupied territories, and Barack Obama's clashes with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu followed by the Trump-Netanyahu alliance — have created space for this discussion to come to the fore.
These developments have also pushed groups closer to the Democratic mainstream to advocate for restrictions on how U.S. aid can be used by Israel. J Street, a liberal group that supports U.S. aid to Israel but opposes Israel's military occupation, is backing McCollum's bill — the first time the group backs one of her efforts to ensure that U.S. military aid to Israel comes with strings attached.
In addition to encouraging congressional support for McCollum's bill, the group, whose annual conference will begin on April 18, will lobby members of Congress to introduce language to the foreign appropriations bill to restrict U.S. military aid from furthering policies of annexation or the exercise of permanent military control over a territory under occupation.
While J Street's language does not single out Israel, the group sees it as prohibiting U.S. aid from supporting those Israeli actions.
The lobbying marks a significant shift for a group seen as the most influential liberal Jewish group working on Israel in Washington. J Street's endorsement or opposition to legislation around Israel carries significant weight in the Democratic caucus, and Palestinian rights advocates — and even some within J Street — have often criticized the group for standing in the way of legislative efforts to condition U.S. aid to Israel.
"We believe that every dollar of our current security assistance to Israel should go towards measures that address Israel's actual security needs — and that none of that money or the equipment bought with it should be used in connection with the demolition of Palestinian communities, settlement expansion or other actions that facilitate de facto annexation in the occupied West Bank," said Dylan Williams, J Street's senior vice president of policy and strategy who leads the government affairs team. "
Policies like that trample on Palestinian rights and undermine Israel's own long-term future as a democratic homeland for the Jewish people."
J Street's position is in stark contrast to that of other pro-Israel groups. In March, as part of its virtual national council meeting, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, lobbied members of Congress to sign on to a letter authored by Reps. Mike McCaul, R-Texas, and Ted Deutch, D-Fla., that criticizes efforts to condition aid to Israel.
"The Democratic Party has been clear in its opposition to putting additional conditions on military assistance to Israel. …
While there are a few Democrats who want additional conditions, the party has spoken clearly and unambiguously against such efforts," said Rachel Rosen, spokesperson for the lobby group Democratic Majority for Israel, which has spent heavily against lawmakers and candidates who have been critical of Israel.
President Joe Biden has taken some steps to reverse the Trump administration's unprecedented practice of gifting the Israeli government whatever they wanted, including by reversing Donald Trump's decision to cut off all humanitarian aid to Palestinians.
But the Biden administration has also made clear that it will not fundamentally change the U.S.-Israel relationship. Biden called the idea of conditioning aid to Israel "bizarre" during the 2020 campaign and has stocked his administration with pro-Israel officials who have ruled out pressuring the country over its treatment of Palestinians.
The task for the Palestinian rights movement, then, is to find a way to convince the majority of Democrats to join their side, or to successfully unseat enough lawmakers whose support for Israel is unconditional and immovable, such that the rest of the caucus recognizes where the political winds are shifting.
This has begun already, perhaps most notably with the ouster of longtime congressman and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Eliot Engel by Jamaal Bowman last year. It's a monumental mission that will likely take years to reach.
While conditioning military aid would mark a historic rupture in the U.S.-Israel relationship, sending a message to Israel that the days of committing human rights abuses with blank American checks are over, it would also be a return to what was the norm in Washington just a few decades ago.
Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn., asks questions during a hearing in Washington, D.C., on June 11, 2020.
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U.S. MILITARY ASSISTANCE to Israel dates back to 1962, when President John F. Kennedy decided to sell Israel anti-aircraft missiles. Since then, the U.S. has given Israel over $110 billion in military funding, making it the largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid in history.
This military assistance falls under the rubric of the Foreign Assistance Act, which stipulates that U.S. aid cannot be used by foreign countries to commit human rights violations, and the Arms Export Control Act, which limits foreign military forces from using such aid for purposes beyond "self-defense."
Beginning with Gerald Ford's presidency, successive U.S. presidents used military aid as a tool to pressure Israel to make concessions to its neighbors, acting on a belief that Israeli-Arab peace was crucial to tamping down tensions in a resource-rich region that had become a venue for U.S.-Soviet proxy battles.
The regional conflict had begun with Israel's declaration of statehood in 1948, which prompted surrounding Arab states to invade, ostensibly to defend Palestinians, although Arab countries had their own territorial designs on Palestine.
The conflict intensified with Israel's lightning defeat of Arab nations in the 1967 war, which saw Israel capture and occupy the Syrian Golan Heights, the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula, and the Palestinian West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem.
In 1975, the Ford White House temporarily suspended delivery of fighter jets to Israel in a bid to get Israel to agree to partial withdrawal from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.
In September of that year, Israel relented, carrying out a partial withdrawal.
In 1977, Jimmy Carter threatened to withhold aid to Israel if it didn't come to an agreement with Egypt over full withdrawal from the Sinai, which Israel eventually did after signing the Camp David Peace Accords with Egypt.
In April 1983, Ronald Reagan held up the delivery of F-16 fighter jets because of Israel's invasion of Lebanon, authorizing the shipment only after Israel agreed to withdraw its forces. (Israel didn't withdraw its troops until 2000)
And in 1991, George H.W. Bush blocked $10 billion in U.S. loan guarantees to Israel and demanded that Israel stopped building illegal settlements in the West Bank and Gaza; the loans started flowing only after Israel agreed to participate in the Madrid Peace Conference, alongside Palestinian, Jordanian, Syrian, and Lebanese officials, as well as limits on settlement construction.(A conference that was cut short after Shamir promptly withdrew from it and returned to Israel)
Bush, however, was the last president to use U.S. aid to compel Israel to act a certain way.
"For most places in the pro-Israel community … there doesn't seem to be a very significant appetite for putting pressure on Israel."
According to Dan Kurtzer, former U.S. ambassador to Israel from 2001 to 2005, this shift was the result of a decline in hands-on foreign affairs experience among U.S. presidents, combined with the fact that "pro-Israel, both Jewish and, particularly, evangelical Christian communities, have grown into very outsized political roles.
They're not just in politics in our country, but also in the funding of the politics. And for most places in the pro-Israel community, whether from the right or left, stopping short of the progressive wing on the left, there doesn't seem to be a very significant appetite for putting pressure on Israel."
Among the key actors were AIPAC, which had established itself as a singularly influential force by the 1990s, and Christians United for Israel, a group of mostly white, Christian, evangelical Republicans whose influence grew after the September 11 attacks.
Both AIPAC and CUFI mobilized millions of people and poured millions more into campaign coffers in pursuit of their interests.
In the early 2000s, when Israel ramped up military operations against Palestinians during the Second Intifada, killing civilians, some U.S. officials questioned whether Israel was using U.S. equipment legally and thought the U.S. ought to send a warning to Israel, according to Lawrence Wilkerson, who served in the State Department's Policy Planning Staff from 2001 to 2002.
"We knew it would never get past the secretary," said Wilkerson, referring to then-Secretary of State Colin Powell. "It would never get sent. The White House would not permit it."
Instead, successive White Houses agreed to provide even more U.S. aid to Israel, without any specific conditions on how that aid can be used — even during periods of tension between the two countries.
Obama's relationship with Netanyahu was famously cold, clashing over Israel's settlement expansion in the West Bank, which in turn imperiled the prospects for a Palestinian state, and over Netanyahu's meddling in U.S. politics to torpedo the Iran nuclear deal.
Nevertheless, in 2016, Obama and Netanyahu struck a record-setting Memorandum of Understanding, in which the U.S. promised to give Israel $38 billion in military aid between 2019 and 2028.
When the Obama administration "negotiated the memorandum of understanding, they wouldn't consider using those talks as leverage to get Israel to stop problematic activity, including settlement expansion.
They siloed security assistance and had those discussions separately," said Zaha Hassan, a Palestinian human rights lawyer and visiting fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. "This is Biden's position as well — that security assistance benefits the U.S., so we don't want to condition that."
Raising questions about U.S. military aid to Israel was "third-rail politics" in D.C. for many years, Jarrar, the Palestinian American analyst, said. "If you touch it, you'll get electrocuted."
Palestinian women and a child walk past rubble following Operation Cast Lead in the northern Gaza Strip on Jan. 23, 2009.
Photo: Olivier Laban-Mattei/AFP via Getty Images
JUST OVER A decade ago, the prevailing assumption among Palestinian rights advocates was that appealing to U.S. audiences, let alone politicians, to question U.S. weapons sales to Israel was futile, according to Brad Parker, who began to volunteer with the Ramallah-based Defense for Children International – Palestine, or DCIP, in 2009.
That same year, though, an intense Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian coastal area under Israeli blockade since 2007, began to change the conversation. Dubbed Operation Cast Lead, Israel's U.S.-backed attack killed 1,400 Palestinians, the vast majority of them civilians. Amnesty International called the assault "22 days of death and destruction."
On college campuses, student activism for Palestinian rights, led by Students for Justice in Palestine chapters, surged. Over the next five years, 24 SJP chapters presented resolutions before student governments to end their university's investments in companies that profited off of Israeli abuses. Eleven of them passed — eight more than the total passed between 2005 and 2008.
The changing American landscape got Parker's attention, and at the end of 2014, Parker, who had joined DCI's staff as an international advocacy officer, pitched them an idea for a D.C.-based legislative campaign centering on Palestinian children called "No Way to Treat a Child." The group agreed, and in early 2015, along with the American Friends Service Committee's Jennifer Bing, DCIP approached McCollum about doing something regarding the Israeli army's practice of arresting, detaining, and abusing Palestinian children throughout the occupied West Bank.
In addition to her reputation as an advocate for children's rights, McCollum had also previously voted against AIPAC-backed legislation that humanitarian organizations warned would make it difficult to provide health care for Palestinians. After McCollum voted against the bill, she said an AIPAC member in her district had called her a terrorist supporter, and McCollum, in a public letter, demanded an apology. (AIPAC denied this account.)
In June 2015, McCollum authored a letter, co-signed by 17 other members of Congress, calling on then-Secretary of State John Kerry to raise Israel's abuse of Palestinian children in his discussions with Israeli officials. Since then, McCollum has authored two bills that would prohibit U.S. military aid from being used by Israel to detain Palestinian children — though it has been a somewhat lonely journey.
"In the last Congress, fewer than 30 Democrats supported my legislation to prohibit Israel from using the U.S. military aid they receive to mistreat or torture Palestinian children," McCollum told The Intercept.
"Until the lives and futures of millions of Palestinians are made a priority by Congress, nothing will change. But I am determined to keep trying and I hope more of my colleagues will join me in working for peace, justice, and human rights for Palestinians and Israelis alike.""Why is de jure annexation more problematic than actual on-the-ground activities that lead to home demolitions, residency revocation, exploitation of Palestinian resources?"
Last year, as Netanyahu considered officially annexing large swaths of the West Bank to Israel with Trump's support, critics of Israel were galvanized. McCollum introduced a House bill that would prohibit U.S. aid to Israel from being used in territory annexed by the state.
In the Senate, Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., led the introduction of an amendment to the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act that would prohibit Israel from using U.S. aid in carrying out annexation of the occupied West Bank. The amendment did not get a vote in the Republican-controlled Senate, but it marked the first time U.S. senators raised the idea of legislating restrictions on U.S. aid to Israel.
Ultimately, Netanyahu backed down on his annexation plan in exchange for the United Arab Emirates normalizing diplomatic relations (though human rights groups say Israel's de facto annexation of Palestinian land continues apace). When that happened, the energy behind placing restrictions on U.S. aid dissipated, at least in the Senate.
"When it came down to de jure annexation they were willing to talk about conditionality and settlements, but only in the context of Israel taking this official step," said Hassan, the Palestinian human rights lawyer. "Why is de jure annexation more problematic than actual on-the-ground activities that lead to home demolitions, residency revocation, exploitation of Palestinian resources?"
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference on rent and mortgage cancellation in Washington, D.C., on March 11, 2021.
Photo: Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call via AP
OVER THE LAST couple of years, a small group of progressive Democrats in Congress has been trying to forge a new reality on U.S policy toward Israel. It includes Reps. McCollum, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Mark Pocan, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, as well as Sen. Bernie Sanders.
The group also includes Reps. Marie Newman and Jamaal Bowman, whose primary challenges to pro-Israel hawks last year signal that being a sharp critic of U.S. support for Israel no longer means destroying one's electoral chances.
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Bowman, who backed conditioning aid to Israel, unseated Eliot Engel, an entrenched and powerful incumbent from New York, while Newman, an anti-bullying activist, took on staunch AIPAC ally Dan Lipinski in Illinois.
In a position paper published by her campaign in 2019, Newman said she's against U.S. military aid being used by Israel to maintain its military occupation of Palestinian land and that she supports legislation to bar U.S. aid from subsidizing Israel's detention of Palestinian children.
That posture stood in sharp contrast to Lipinski, who had co-authored the Protect Academic Freedom Act in 2014, which would bar federal funds to universities if any organization funded by the school supports the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, or BDS, targeting Israel over its human rights abuses.
During the 2020 Democratic primary, Israel advocacy groups contributed about $75,000 to Lipinski, who attacked Newman as "anti-Israel" and likened her to Omar, whose 2019 comments denigrating the pro-Israel lobby unleashed a wave of attacks on her.
In the Bowman-Engel race, Democratic Majority for Israel spent about $2 million in TV ads and mailers in support of Engel, while Pro-Israel America PAC and NorPac, two Israel advocacy groups that focus on electoral campaigns, gave Engel over $260,000 in contributions."When progressives do take critical stances towards the occupation, there is definitely a price to pay for that."
"When progressives do take critical stances towards the occupation, there is definitely a price to pay for that because of the work of DMFI, AIPAC and other affiliated foreign policy hawks, who will spend hundreds of thousands of dollars, or sometimes millions of dollars, to destroy a progressive challenger," said Waleed Shahid, spokesperson for Justice Democrats, which had backed both Bowman's and Newman's campaigns.
Newman's race against Lipinski was largely fought around his opposition to abortion rights, a position out of step with most Democratic primary voters. Still, Newman's outspokenness on Palestine boosted her in an ethnically mixed district that includes about 110,000 Arab Americans, the majority of them Palestinian.
Lipinski's anti-BDS bill and alliance with AIPAC angered many Palestinians in the district. Combined with an energetic Democratic primary base looking to punish one of the most conservative Democrats in the House, it was enough to put Newman over the top.
Democrat Marie Newman campaigns in the Archer Heights neighborhood of Chicago on March 9, 2020.
Photo: Charles Rex Arbogast/AP
This year, Newman was the first member of Congress to criticize Israel for not extending its Covid-19 vaccination program to Palestinians living under Israeli military occupation. And in March, she was one of 10 progressive Democrats to sign Tlaib's and Pocan's letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, calling on him to investigate whether Israel unlawfully used U.S.-made military equipment to demolish Palestinian homes.
"You can't violate international law. You can't use aid that we're giving you to hurt other folks that live with you, or side by side with you. These are just golden rules, right?" Newman told The Intercept. "It was perfectly logical from a humanitarian rights standpoint to make sure that we continue to be consistent with every country, and right now we're not being consistent with Israel."
Beth Miller, Jewish Voice for Peace Action's government affairs manager, noted that the sea change in congressional discourse is due to new members of Congress who are aligning their domestic progressive agenda with foreign policy issues like conditioning military aid to Israel and ending U.S. support for the Saudi war in Yemen.
Still, Miller noted, these advocates face another steep challenge: Biden's firm commitment to the status quo of unconditional U.S. aid for Israel.
"What that means is that we just need to push harder for that fight to happen in Congress, because there is a robust debate happening in the House, and there's room for a much more robust debate to happen in the Senate," Miller said.
"We're going to be pushing for as many different versions of vehicles that condition or cut military funding as we can get, and vehicles that center Palestinians and the impact of Israeli government policies on Palestinians, and force Democrats to go on the record time and time and time again saying whether or not they support our tax dollars being used to oppress Palestinians."
Mairav Zonszein contributed reporting to this story.
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AC Milan To Bid $20 million For Beckham
by David on February 3, 2009
Soccer Tickets Online is reporting that AC Milan might be getting ready to make a £14 million bid (about $20 million) to turn David Beckham's loan from LA Galaxy into a permanent deal.
The Italian giants are already in talks with US companies to try to lure in new sponsors to supplement the player's wages.
Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani said:
"We want to keep him so badly. Losing him would be appalling, so we will make every effort to have him here for good."
The England midfielder will be offered the same basic salary he gets at Galaxy — around £4.5m a year. But his overall package with Major League Soccer could prove a giant stumbling block. When Beckham agreed to join the MLS in late 2006, his contract was worth a potential £128 million over five years. With the rise of the dollar against the pound his contract is now worth an estimated £175 million.
His earnings are linked to the overall profits of the MLS and it was always unlikely he would get the maximum amounts stipulated in the contract. Yet he could still expect to pocket, on average, around £12 million a year, a wage Milan could not match.
That is why the Italians are looking at sponsors to supplement a package for Beckam, who most likely will have to accept a pay cut to join Milan for good.
Is this a good move by AC Milan? Is he worth £14 million or would Milan be better off spending their money elsewhere?


If getting fit and building muscle is on your agenda, you will understand that it's important to work out regularly. This said even though the quantity of your sessions may be high you may not be utilizing your time spent. Speaking from personal experience, in the past I have often skipped leg day and instead focused on something else. I have come to the realization that this was father foolish. So, why is leg day important?
After skipping leg day for a while, talking about six months here. My girlfriend started pointing out that my legs were looking smaller compared to the rest of my body. Also during this time I had not done any cardio at all either. I wasn't really doing any exercise with my legs at all, apart from walking places. I listened to her immediately and decided it was time to start training my legs. My friend showed me this picture (see below), I promised myself I was never going to look like this. Not only does skipping leg day prevent you from building even muscles all round your body, it can even hinder development of your upper body. After working out a muscle group you need a couple days of rest before training again. Simply this is because when you tear your muscle fibres, they need time to repair. Working out on already torn muscles will only tear them more. This can also lead to injuries and put you out of action for a while.
Don't be that guy, train your whole body. Don't skip leg day.


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The Ultimate Date Restaurants and Bars in SoMa
The best date spots in the neighborhood
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Nailing the perfect venue is an absolutely essential component to the success of a date. But here's the thing: What makes a great first date spot is definitely not the same as what makes a place the best to celebrate a special occasion or even a second date — so deciding where to take a plus-one doesn't always get the same answer. Every situation has different needs — neighborhood, vibes, price point — and it can be tricky to find the right bar or restaurant if you've never been there. So next time you're trying to pick a fitting location, just consult this guide. We've got you covered if it's SoMa you're cornering.
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1. First date, drinks: The Perennial Bar
59 9th St
A lesser-known area of San Francisco's top dog of sustainability is its expansive bar, which has plenty of high-top seating for the taking. Meet your date here, and if things lag, you can tell them all about the ways in which The Perennial is ultra-environmental (they're all right here, so read up). On the flip side, if all goes well, you can choose from a variety of small plates for sustenance.
2. First date, coffee: Samovar Tea Lounge
730 Howard St
At this San Francisco take on pan-Asian tea culture, you can choose from Zen-quiet seating inside among plush pillows, or the sunny patio overlooking the green Yerba Buena Gardens. Order from a wide and exotic menu of palatable Chinese, Japanese, and Indian teas. The vibe is chill and the ambiance is quiet, making it easy to hold a conversation and linger if you want — or dash if needed.
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3. Second date, moderate: Trou Normand
140 New Montgomery St
Located in the historic Pac Bell building (one of San Francisco's most impressive Art Deco buildings), the trendy Trou Normand provides an intimate setting to gather over a board of house-made charcuterie, a glass of wine, and perhaps a pour of Calvados, which owner Thad Vogler hand-selects from France. The atmosphere is lively, but not too loud, making it the perfect place to grab a pair of seats at the long marble bar or in the cozy booths and have a close conversation.
4. Second date, expensive: Bellota
888 Brannan St
The Absinthe Group knows a thing a or two about creating a great date spot, and its newest, biggest project to date is no exception. Sitting anywhere in this Spanish stunner is ideal date territory, but the prime zone is at the bar or in the lounge. Saddle up to the bar or choose a couch to perch on and order some excellent cocktails alongside tapas, paella, and hearth-cooked mains. As the night goes on, a live piano player often infuses the room with romantic, fun vibes, as do the flamenco dancers.
5. Where to lock it down: Mourad
Amid a town that flaunts its casual fashion, Mourad offers a luxe and elegant setting for its Michelin-starred contemporary Moroccan fare. Large slabs of gleaming white marble, reclaimed branches, huge mid-century modern chandeliers, sweeping ceilings, and its flawlessly executed tasting menu provide the swoon-worthy atmosphere to cinch the deal. If tasting menus aren't your thing, you can go a la carte or — better yet — create a shared memory by ordering the la'acha, a family-style dish to share with a choice between a whole chicken, a whole fish, a whole lamb shoulder, or 72-hour short ribs with four decadent sides.
6. LTR, moderate: Cockscomb
True to its farm animal theme, Cockscomb welcomes guests into an inviting, wood-laden farmhouse-style restaurant, which spreads across two floors above an open kitchen. Reserve one of the seats in the dining room for a full dinner of oysters and rich cuts of meat, many of which make use of the wood-fire grill that envelopes the entire space with soft heat. Or grab an easy seat at one of the bars upstairs, downstairs, or in the mezzanine for cocktails and lighter plates.
7. LTR, expensive: Saison Salon
The three-Michelin-starred Saison may be the state's most expensive restaurant, but the salon offers a way to experience it for way, way less. The area, which has six bar seats and a few tables, has its own menu with a la carte options that are often pulled straight from the tasting menu and range between $18 and $50, as well as some very elegant drinks. (The regular $398 tasting menu is available there, too, should you want to go all the way in more ways than one.) If you're celebrating a special occasion or just looking to get fancy, there is no better place to go than here.
8. Breakup spot: Driftwood
1225 Folsom St
When the sparks start to fizzle, head down to this damp and dark dive-turned-beach-themed-cocktail bar. The cocktails are unfussy and not too expensive (about $10 a pop) so that you can grab a discreet corner on the couch or a bar seat near the door, get the bad news over with, and then slink out.
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CANADIAN producer Western Coal has upped its production guidance for the 2011 fiscal year on news of a 90% spike in second-quarter coal production.
Western Coal president Keith Calder.Courtesy of Western Coal.
For the quarter ended September 30, the company's output totaled 1.5 million tonnes, a 90% jump over 805,000t in the September quarter 2009.
As a result, Western's adjusted outlook for the 2011 fiscal year, which will end on March 31, is now 6.1Mt, versus an initial estimate of 6Mt.
The new target is an increase of about 91% over 3.2Mt of actual production recorded in fiscal year 2010.
Company president Keith Calder said the 1.5Mt of production during the second quarter represents a new quarterly record for Western.
"Our strong performance so far, which will be further bolstered with the addition of new equipment just arriving at our mines, gives us confidence that we can achieve our new and higher volume target for the year, and that our delivery plan is working," he said.
He said the producer is especially fortunate that its British Columbian metallurgical coal mines are so close to the province's Ridley Terminals in Prince Rupert, the closest port in North America to Asia. It is also the only major port in the word with excess capacity.
"Our partners Ridley Terminals and CN Rail are helping us to satisfy the growing demand for our metallurgical coal products in Asia," he said.
Western officials said last month that it was optimistic for the company's current fiscal year performance, and was on track to meet its 6Mtpa goal after record production in the first quarter as well.
"Market fundamentals for metallurgical coal remain strong, both in the short and medium-term, and the company expects a continued growth in the global demand for its products during this period," he said during Western's annual general and special meeting.
With a comprehensive evaluation of all Western assets, the company said it was considering numerous opportunities outside North America which could further increase resources and provide it access to emerging markets.
Western chief financial officer Braam Jonker also looked ahead, confirming that the producer continues to deliver against its stated targets for the year while supporting cash flow through higher sales and lower costs.
"The company remains confident that it should be able to implement its organic growth target of producing 10Mt of coal per annum by 2013 without having to revert to the markets for financial support," he said at the time.
The operator is continuing on a notable growth path; in August it announced it had closed a $C35.6 million acquisition of Welsh operators Energybuild. That deal was initially announced in June.
Vancouver-based Western Coal produces metallurgical coal from mines in northeast British Columbia, Canada, met and thermal output from mines in West Virginia and high quality anthracite and met product in South Wales, United Kingdom.
It also holds a 24% interest in Mandalay Resources, a 40% interest in Xtract Energy and a 20% interest in NEMI Northern Energy & Mining.
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[cont.]His most recent feature, Samson, was released in 1000 US theatres in 2018 to earn more than 5m USD. Bruce also directed the break-out feature, The Perfect Wave, which catapulted Scott Eastwood into the limelight as a leading man.
Utilizing his in-depth knowledge of how to convey stories with strong narrative that evoke human interest by entertaining, educating, and inspiring change, Bruce was nominated for a Humanitarian award for excellence in film for his work as a director on a series of Human Rights shorts. Those doc films won Best Director, Best Short film at prestigious festivals (Cannes World Film Festival, CBS Telly awards, Hollywood shorts).
Recent documentaries as producer include Last Known Coordinates (2021); Ocean Driven (2016), which won numerous Best Film Awards and Audience Choice awards; The Parlotones (2018), which premiered at Cannes in 2018; and the iconic music documentary Springbok Nude Girls.
Projects in pre-production include Jet Jungle (a co-production with Revelations Entertainment, owned by Morgan Freeman and Lori McCreary). Bruce's relationship with Revelations Entertainment has generated another project due to film in the Middle East in 2022.
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For our Reserve Zinfandel, we carefully selected the best barrels from the 2010 crush. It was by no means an easy task. The Dove Pond fruit gave us very consistent quality across the board. We finally landed on a blend with a slightly higher percentage of new oak. Hints of raspberry and eucalyptus on the nose. On entry, layers of both black and red fruit ease into a lush mid-palate, punctuated by spice and pepper notes. The oak lends a toasty quality to the long finish. Drink now through 2018.


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ABC and Blink TV congratulate Isabella Clarke on placing an extraordinary 3rd at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 (JESC), following an amazing performance of her catchy pop anthem Speak Up, at last night's event at the Tbilisi Sports Palace, Georgia, behind Russia and Georgia.
The Melbourne singing sensation wowed the judges, jury and the international audience during last night's event.
Isabella hit all the right notes to come 3rd out of 16 competing countries. This is the highest place Australia has received since joining the JESC in 2015.


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In diesem Video wird Bildung der Partizipien - Present Participle, Past Participle, Perfect Participle - erklärt.
Bildung der Partizipien (participles) im Englischen: Wir schauen uns das Present Participle, das Past Participle und das Perfect Participle an. Außerdem erklären wir deren Bildung und Besonderheiten.
Zu Besonderheiten b: Sandra bought a ticket and drove home.
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Small, community organizations in the community power sector require significant funding in the early stages of developing their energy projects, but it is very difficult for them to obtain loans from banks because such loans are considered risk capital. Since community power groups are generally new organizations, they have no equity, bank account or assets to use as collateral against a loan. The only place where these groups can get funding is from grants, the amount of which are limited and are often very demanding.
Recognizing this problem, OSEA's original proposal for the Renewable Energy Standard Offer Program included provisions for just such a funding mechanism and the Community Power Fund was established by OSEA in 2006. A year later, the Government of Ontario provided the fund with an initial $3 million as a pilot program and the Fund issued its first call for proposals in September 2007.
Similar to OSEA, the Community Power Fund envisions a renewable and sustainable energy economy that is developed, owned and governed by Ontario's citizens and communities. The fund's mission is to ensure that sufficient financial resources are available to realize the vision of Community Power in Ontario. However, there are significant barriers to overcome.
Since beginning operations, the Fund has awarded 13 grants to First Nations, co-operatives and non-profits pursuing mainly 2 KW to over 20 MW wind and solar projects across Ontario.
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The City of Toronto is offering interest-free loans to cover up to 49 per cent of the cost of a renewable energy project. Amounts of between $50,000 and $1,000,000 are available from the city's Sustainable Energy Funds for non-profit groups developing renewable energy projects.
The funds will provide low-interest financing to help overcome the barrier created by high upfront costs for energy efficiency measures in buildings (new or retrofitted), and renewable energy generation projects. The funds were created as part of the Climate Change, Clean Air and Sustainable Energy Action Plan, and consequently, the amount of the loan awarded will be determined by how much the project reduces greenhouse gas emissions and how much the project reduces energy consumption. All projects must be located in the City of Toronto. Those awarded loans for generating renewable energy may have up to 20 years to repay them. There is no deadline for applying for these loans, but those who are eligible are advised to apply soon as applications are expected to increase once the provincial feed-in tariff program is launched.
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Kailua, HI - Another female store clerk becomes a victim, she was unarmed and could not defend herself. An armed robbery at a convenience store in Kailua-Kona.
The incident happened at about 3 a.m. on Kuakini Highway near the intersection with Kalani Street. According to police, officers responded to a report that a "hold-up alarm" had been activated as store workers determined that two men had entered the store with a handgun.
Police say one pointed the gun at the female clerk and demanded money and the other went behind the counter and removed numerous boxes of cigarettes and lighters.
Kailua, HI - Armed robberies are on the rise, because thugs know that in Kailua all store employees are unarmed. Honolulu police are investigating an armed robbery at a McDonald's restaurant in Kailua.
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