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Stitch Fix is the personal style service for men and women that evolves with your tastes, needs and lifestyle.
It's our mission to change the way people find clothes they love by combining technology with the personal touch of experienced style experts. The Stitch Fix experience is not merely curated – it's truly personalised to you. We're here to help you save time, look great and enhance your personal style.
Founder Katrina Lake created Stitch Fix to blend the human element of personal styling with high-quality clothing and proprietary algorithms. She sent the first Stitch Fix order out of her flat in 2011 while attending Harvard, and today the company has brought the exclusive shopping experience to millions of men and women worldwide
We're proud to work with thousands of passionate Stylists. They're trendsetters and fashion experts who are motivated to learn about your style and needs in order to find the perfect pieces for you. Your Style Profile and feedback power the engine of the Stitch Fix experience.
Katrina Lake
Katrina is passionate about helping women achieve everyday confidence.
Katrina is passionate about helping women achieve everyday confidence. She founded Stitch Fix to help women everywhere discover and explore their style through a truly client-focused shopping experience. Prior to founding Stitch Fix, Katrina developed extensive experience at the intersection of fashion, retail and technology. She managed the blogger platform at venture-backed social commerce company Polyvore and consulted with a variety of e-commerce and traditional retailers during her time at The Parthenon Group. Additionally, she has invested in and worked with dozens of entrepreneurs and start-ups at Leader Ventures. Katrina holds a B.S. in Economics from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
What's the best styling advice you've ever received?
Don't be afraid to stick to a uniform. Finding a silhouette and color palette that really works for you and flatters your body makes it so much easier to get dressed, and ensures you'll leave the house feeling great every day.
"Don't be afraid to stick to a uniform. Finding a silhouette and color palette that really works for you and flatters your body makes it so much easier to get dressed, and ensures you'll leave the house feeling great every day."
Chief Legal Officer
Scott Darling
Scott is responsible for the company's legal affairs.
Scott is responsible for the company's legal affairs, and is a member of the company's executive and leadership team. He has over 15 years of corporate legal experience, having served as the chief legal officer at several technology companies. Previously, Scott served as the General Counsel of Trulia where he helped lead their initial public offering and subsequent $2.5B sale to Zillow. He also served in leadership positions at Beepi, Imperva, Danger, and Microsoft. Scott attended Yale University and graduated with a B.A. in Ethics, Politics & Economics. He earned his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.
What is the best part of delivering our service to our clients?
It's fun - people love getting their Fix in the mail, it's like getting a present. Joining Stitch Fix made me realize the importance of that element, and the excitement our clients experience.
"It's fun - people love getting their Fix in the mail, it's like getting a present. Joining Stitch Fix made me realize the importance of that element, and the excitement our clients experience."
President & Chief Operating Officer
Mike leads the company's Operations, Styling, and Merchandising organizations.
Mike is the President & Chief Operating Officer at Stitch Fix, overseeing operations, styling and client experience, and merchandising. He joined Stitch Fix to deliver a superior customer experience that benefits from what he believes is the best retail business model in a long time. Previously, Mike was COO at Walmart.com where he oversaw all operations for a $5 billion division, including one of the most successful multi-channel offerings in the industry, which drove as much as half of Walmart.com's sales. Prior to Walmart, Mike worked in business and corporate development in software and consumer internet. He holds a B.A. from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from the Haas School at University of California, Berkeley.
I love their personal stories about how Stitch Fix surprises and delights, and feels like a gift to yourself.
"I love their personal stories about how Stitch Fix surprises and delights, and feels like a gift to yourself."
Chief Algorithms Officer Emeritus
Eric Colson
Eric leads special projects and data research with the Algorithms and Data Platform teams at Stitch Fix.
Eric leads special projects and data research with the Algorithms and Data Platform teams at Stitch Fix. He is responsible for the multitude of algorithms deployed in nearly every function of the company: merchandise, inventory, marketing, forecasting & demand, operations and, of course, the styling platform. Prior to joining Stitch Fix, he was the Vice President of Data Science and Engineering at Netflix. He's also held analytical roles at Yahoo!, Blue Martini, Proxicom and Information Resources Inc. Eric holds a B.A. in Economics from San Francisco State University, an M.S. in Information Systems from Golden Gate University, and an M.S. in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University.
What do you love about our Stitch Fix clients?
I love the symbiotic relationship we have with our clients. It only works if they get value from us and us from them. There's no "selling" here—only relevancy.
"I love the symbiotic relationship we have with our clients. It only works if they get value from us and us from them. There's no "selling" here—only relevancy."
Chief Algorithms Officer
Brad Klingenberg
Brad leads the Algorithms and Data Platform teams at Stitch Fix.
Brad Klingenberg is the Chief Algorithms Officer of Stitch Fix, leading the Algorithms team of data scientists and platform engineers. Brad and his team use statistics, machine learning and human-in-the-loop algorithms to optimize the Stitch Fix client experience, the management of inventory and the selection of items for clients. Prior to joining Stitch Fix, Brad received his PhD in Statistics from Stanford University and worked as a data scientist in technology and financial services.
Cathy Polinsky
Cathy leads the engineering team at Stitch Fix.
Cathy leads the engineering team at Stitch Fix and supports the company's efforts to deliver services that meet client needs and expand the business. Previously, Cathy was SVP and VP of Enterprise Search at Salesforce, overseeing the company's search initiatives. She has also built robust, large-scale systems and led engineering teams at industry powerhouses like Oracle, Yahoo! and Amazon, and was named to Business Insider's 2015 list of most powerful women engineers in world. Cathy graduated from Swarthmore College with a degree in computer science and is a member of the Swarthmore College Board of Managers.
What do you love most about Stitch Fix?
I love that Stitch Fix helps busy moms like myself look and feel like their best selves.
"I love that Stitch Fix helps busy moms like myself look and feel like their best selves."
Chief People & Culture Officer
Jevan Soo
Jevan leads the People & Culture team and is responsible for all employee-related initiatives.
Jevan is the Chief People & Culture Officer at Stitch Fix and is responsible for employee-related initiatives that ensure the company finds, grows, and keeps the brightest, kindest, and most motivated talent in the world. Previously Jevan held key people operations and business leadership roles at high-growth, consumer-centric companies including Minted, Blue Bottle Coffee, and Square. Jevan began his career at McKinsey & Company where he spent nearly a decade in both consulting and recruiting leadership roles in North America and Asia-Pacific. Jevan received an A.B. in East Asian Studies from Harvard College, an MBA from Harvard Business School, and a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School.
Our mission is to inspire people to be their best selves - both our clients and our employees - and our success relies on relationships built on trust and feedback. It's pretty easy to get out of bed every day with those as your north star to guide you.
"Our mission is to inspire people to be their best selves - both our clients and our employees - and our success relies on relationships built on trust and feedback. It's pretty easy to get out of bed every day with those as your north star to guide you."
Founder & CEO, Stitch Fix
Katrina is passionate about helping women achieve everyday confidence. She founded Stitch Fix to help women everywhere discover and explore their style through a truly client-focused shopping experience. Prior to founding Stitch Fix, Katrina developed extensive experience at the intersection of fashion, retail and technology. She managed the blogger platform at venture-backed social commerce company Polyvore and consulted with a variety of e-commerce and traditional retailers during her time at The Parthenon Group. Additionally, she has invested in and worked with dozens of entrepreneurs and start-ups at Leader Ventures. Katrina holds a degree in Economics from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Founder, Baseline Ventures
Steve is the founder of Baseline Ventures, and a founding investor in Stitch Fix. Bringing a variety of experience from his time at companies like eBay, Microsoft, Starbucks and Digital Equipment Corporation, and his time as a partner at Kleiner Perkins, Steve helps founders build and grow early-stage companies into change-affecting enterprises. Steve is a founding investor in Instagram and an early investor in companies including Twitter, OMG Pop and GoodEggs. Since its inception, Baseline has invested in more than 75 companies and helped more than 25 companies exit profitably for founders and investors alike. Steve holds a B.A. in Business from the University of Washington and an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Bill Gurley
General Partner, Benchmark
Bill has spent 20 years as a General Partner at Benchmark, joining in 1999. Before entering the venture capital business, Bill spent four years on Wall Street as a top-ranked research analyst, including three years at Credit Suisse First Boston. Prior to his investment career, Bill was a design engineer at Compaq Computer. Before that he served in the technical marketing group of Advanced Micro Devices' embedded processor division. Bill maintains a blog on the evolution and economics of high-technology businesses called Above the Crowd. Over his venture career, he has worked with such companies as GrubHub, Seamless, Nextdoor, OpenTable, Uber and Zillow. Bill holds a B.S. in computer science from the University of Florida and an M.B.A. from the University of Texas. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Marka Hansen
Former President, Gap North American and Banana Republic
Marka is an advisor and board member at Stitch Fix, bringing years of retail experience as the former President of Gap North America and Banana Republic to the team. At Gap, Marka was responsible for all aspects of the Gap brand, including global design and marketing. Prior to Gap, Marka held the position of President of Banana Republic for four years. Marka started her retail career at Robinson's department store in 1977 holding buying positions in Women's and Men's before joining Gap in 1987. Marka has been a merchandise and marketing advisor for Sur la Table, where she has served as a director since 2001, and is a director at True Religion, The Orvis Company and J.Jill. Marka holds a B.A. in Liberal Studies from Loyola Marymount University.
Kirsten Lynch
EVP & Chief Marketing Officer, Vail Resorts
Kirsten was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Vail Resorts in July 2011. As CMO of Vail Resorts, Kirsten leads all marketing, sales and communications efforts for the global mountain resort company, including driving revenue for the company's lines of business, growing the company's industry-leading season pass business and advancing the company's data-driven marketing approach with targeted messaging to existing and prospective guests. Prior to joining Vail Resorts, Kirsten was with PepsiCo, where she was Chief Marketing Officer of the Quaker Division. Prior to PepsiCo, Kirsten worked for Kraft Foods in Marketing.
Sharon McCollam
Former EVP, CFO and Chief Administrative Officer of Best Buy Co.
Sharon most recently served as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative and Chief Financial Officer of Best Buy Co., Inc. In this role, Sharon has been widely recognised as the co-pilot of the company's Renew Blue transformation, which has been praised by the investment community as of one of the foremost turnarounds in the retail sector. Previously, Sharon served as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating and Chief Financial Officer of Williams-Sonoma, Inc. and in 2010 was appointed to the Board of Directors. She retired from the company in 2012. Prior to Williams-Sonoma, Sharon served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc., a division of Dole Food Company Inc. Today, she serves as a director on the boards of Signet Jewelers, Ltd. and Stitch Fix. In addition, Sharon serves on the privately held boards of PetSmart, Inc., Hallmark Cards, Inc., GetYourGuide AG and Art.com. Sharon also serves on the nonprofit boards of Sutter Health and ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Sharon previously served on the boards of Del Monte Foods Company, OfficeMax Incorporated, Whole Foods Market, Inc. and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Sharon is a certified public accountant and holds a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Central Oklahoma.
Mikkel Svane
Founder and CEO, Zendesk
Mikkel Svane co-founded Zendesk, Inc., and has served as its Chief Executive Officer since August 2007 and as a member of its board of directors since August 2007. He was appointed Chair of Zendesk's board of directors in January 2014. Prior to founding Zendesk, Mikkel founded and served as the Chief Executive Officer of Caput A/S, a software company, and served as a technology consultant. Mikkel holds an A.P. in marketing management from Arhus Kobmandsskole.
President, Taco Bell International
Liz Williams is the President of Taco Bell International, reporting to the Yum! Brands CEO. She is responsible for the brand strategy and performance of the International business. Prior to this role, Williams was the Taco Bell CFO, where under her financial leadership, the brand delivered six years of industry-leading sales, profit and brand growth. She played a key role repositioning the Taco Bell brand from food as fuel, to food as experience, and launching the breakthrough Doritos Locos Tacos and Breakfast Platforms. Prior to this, Williams spent six years with The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) as Principal in the Consumer and Retail practices in U.S. and Asian markets. She also spent seven years at Dell Computer in various finance, brand marketing and corporate sales positions. She received her bachelor's degree, with a major in marketing, from the University of Texas Business Honors Program and earned her MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
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What's Coming in PCI DSS 4.0 and How Should You Prepare?
05/05/2021 by wcapra No comment(s) data security, Payment Technology, Payments, pci, PCI compliance, pci-dss
It's been almost ten years since the last major Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) released a major set of new requirements. Put another way, the last time PCI released a new version, there was no Apple, Android, Google or Samsung Pay, the Ethereum blockchain had not yet been released, and the EMV liability shift had not yet occurred in the United States. Much has changed in the payments ecosystem, and merchants can expect significant changes forthcoming in PCI 4.0 for the standard to match the current state of our technology.
What Changes are Coming with PCI DSS 4.0?
While we at W. Capra have no crystal ball or spy technology, the buzz around PCI 4.0 is that the 12 core requirements from PCI DSS 3.2 will not change. In building upon these requirements for PCI DSS 4.0, merchants can expect the burden for proof of compliance to drastically evolve. Whereas this process was previously a "check-the-box" exercise, it will likely be incumbent upon the merchant to demonstrate a) understanding of intent of the law, and b) how the merchant will meet that intent.
Josh Kennedy, Senior PCI Security Consultant at W. Capra added, "There will be a requirement within organizations looking to maintain PCI Compliance to have a more in depth understanding of the how and why the security controls they use actually work."
Based on the above, QSA's will find themselves in a position of interpretation in audits. On the front end, this will place a greater burden of proof on a merchant's technological capability. Merchants will therefore have to argue their case on behalf of their technology, which will require a true expertise of how their technology functions.
Merchants should also expect certain security trends, such as multi-factor authentication (MFA), that have achieved greater significance in recent years, to take a greater role in PCI DSS 4.0. When PCI 3.0 was released, it required that passwords be seven characters, alpha-numeric— as the industry's best practices have obviously evolved beyond such standards, we anticipate a refresh in sys-admin policies and procedures will come into play with the introduction of PCI 4.0.
How Should You Prepare for PCI DSS 4.0?
The document itself is scheduled for release at the end this year, and compliance is required 18 months after publication. As such, it is reasonable to anticipate that you'll need your PCI 4.0 Report on Compliance (ROC) in place by 2024 at the latest.
Until PCI DSS 4.0 is published, W. Capra recommends that merchants familiarize themselves with the Designated Entity Supplemental Validation (DESV) that lays out best practices and will likely come into play in 4.0. Since PCI DSS 4.0 will likely require merchants to increase how often they are validating their data environments (and since upcoming data privacy regulations mandate safe and clean handling of consumer data), we advise merchants to become familiar with their data environments immediately and to gain an expertise over their data and technological architectures. Toward this end, it's important to ensure that not only knowledge, but processes, are buttoned up and as secure as possible.
For further discussion on PCI 4.0 and its potential implications to your merchant environment, contact Josh Kennedy at jkennedy@wcapra.com.
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KRONENWETTER - Jacob Price accomplished two noteworthy feats this winter.
The 6-foot-3 senior for the Northland Lutheran boys basketball team surpassed 1,000 career points in late January.A few weeks later he was playing the title character in the Central Wisconsin Educational Theatre Alliance's production of "Shrek the Musical".
It was the first production for Price, which leads to the question of what makes him more anxious: Standing in the spotlight on stage or standing at the free throw line in the final few seconds of regulation with the game on the line?
"Definitely that first performance on stage was very nerve-wracking to me," Price said. "But the free throw line, that's tough. I have spent hours in the gym at the line and it doesn't get any easier. ... I know I just have to stick to my routine and the results will come."
Price has been a versatile player for the Wildcats during his prep career and shown the ability to play all five positions on the court. Price came into the week averaging 18.6 points and 9.1 rebounds per game this season for the Wildcats, who fell to Almond-Bancroft in a WIAA Division 5 regional quarterfinal Tuesday.
Price recently sat down with USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin to talk about his performance on and off the court along with his post-high school graduation hopes.
You reached 1,000 points this season. What does that day about your prep career?
I guess it says a lot about the people around me more than anything. Definitely, you have to show up each day and be willing to put your work in. When you put your passion into practice, good things can happen.
How aware were you of how many points you needed for the milestone going into the game?
People had informed me that it was coming. I didn't know when it happened at first, but I was running back (on defense after the basket) and you could hear people cheering. Then I knew: "Oh, I just did it." That was a really cool moment.
It's one or two (others). I played with one (Tim Venus) during my freshman year. He was a mentor to me and a great point guard for us.
You are a two-sport athlete but say basketball is your main sport. What is it about basketball?
It didn't come easy to me at first. I wasn't really a natural at it but I loved to get out on my driveway and work at it. Then it became more like second-nature and felt like home to me when I had the ball in my hands.
You plan to pursue an education major in college. What led you to that choice?
Probably that I love to help people grow, including myself. Teaching is a profession that pushes one to grow in who they are so they can help others grow. I was inspired by my teachers and just thinking that working with kids on a daily basis would be fun for me. I would like to be where I am right now. I think working with high school kids would be a blast and hopefully, I would be able to stay involved with sports as well.
You are someone who got a lot out of the high school years. You are involved with athletics, arts and are senior class vice president. Were you always someone who wanted to be involved in a lot of things?
I think life is what you make of it, so I try and make the most of my opportunities. Everyone has gifts and I try and spread them out and do as much as I can. When I look back at my high school experience, I don't want to say that I missed something. I want to say I gave everything and had no regrets.
Did you go out for Shrek to challenge yourself?
I was comfortable in doing it, but I felt I needed something else in my life. I was busy to begin with but I felt there was more that I could do and serve in the community. I always like to challenge myself like that and push myself to do more. It was my first musical I have tried for and definitely a whirlwind to get the lead role. It was a blast.
Family: Father, Tom; mother, Debbie; sister, Maya.
Favorite subject: I love learning about history but my favorite class right now is pre-calculus. Not because it's my favorite thing to do but because it pushes me the most.
Favorite athlete: LeBron James for his versatility on the court. I appreciate Stephen Curry as well.
Favorite sports memory: It's not a specific play or a specific game but just when it clicked why I was doing what I do. Coming in as freshman I played the game because I thought I was good and wanted to be recognized for it but over the four years that is not why I do it anymore. I do it to try and give my best (on the court). I know I can impact people by what I do. I have the talent and want to go out and use it.
Post-graduation plans: Attending Martin Luthern College (New Ulm, Minn). Education major and member of men's basketball team.


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via Washington Post: Amy Coney Barrett served as a 'handmaid' in Christian group People of Praise
Posted on 7 Oct 2020
By Emma Brown, Jon Swaine and Michelle Boorstein
While Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett has faced questions about how her Catholic faith might influence her jurisprudence, she has not spoken publicly about her involvement in People of Praise, a small Christian group founded in the 1970s and based in South Bend, Ind.
Barrett, a federal appellate judge, has disclosed serving on the board of a network of private Christian schools affiliated with the group. The organization, however, has declined to confirm that she is a member. In recent years, it removed from its website editions of a People of Praise magazine — first those that included her name and photograph and then all archives of the magazine itself.
Barrett has had an active role in the organization, as have her parents, according to documents and interviews that help fill out a picture of her involvement with a group that keeps its teachings and gatherings private.
A 2010 People of Praise directory states that she held the title of "handmaid," a leadership position for women in the community, according to a directoryexcerpt obtained by The Washington Post.
Also, while in law school, Barrett lived at the South Bend home of People of Praise's influential co-founder Kevin Ranaghan and his wife, Dorothy, who together helped establish the group's male-dominated hierarchy and view of gender roles. The group was one of many to grow out of the charismatic Christian movement, which sought a more intense and communal religious experience by embracing such practices as shared living, faith healing and speaking in tongues.
Barrett's ties to the group, which has conservative stances on the role of women in society and other social issues, did not come to light until after she was questioned by senators considering her nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in 2017. Senators are preparing to question her next week over her nomination to the high court.
Barrett has said that judges are not policymakers and that she does not impose her personal convictions on the law.
Responding to questions about Barrett's membership in People of Praise and her tenure as handmaid, Sean Connolly, a spokesman for the group, said: "Like many religious communities, People of Praise leaves it up to its members to decide whether to publicly disclose their involvement in our community."
White House spokesman Judd Deere called Barrett an "independent jurist with an exceptional record" and called The Post's questions offensive.
The title of handmaid was adopted by People of Praise in reference to the biblical description of Mary as "the handmaid of the Lord," according to the group.
Former members including Art Wang, a member from the late 1980s until 2015, told The Post that handmaids, now known as "women leaders," give advice to other women on issues such as child rearing and marriage.
But the role did not carry authority equivalent to positions held by men in the group's formal hierarchy, the former members said. The community is led by an overall coordinator and a board of governors. They oversee coordinators of each branch across the country, who in turn oversee coordinators of areas within the branches.
In 2010, Barrett was one of three handmaids in the South Bend branch's northwest area, according to the directory obtained by The Post. She and 10 other area handmaids were overseen by the branch's principal handmaid.
Barrett's position was in keeping with her family's prior service in the community. Her mother, Linda Coney, served in the New Orleans branch as a handmaid, the Associated Press previously reported, and her father, Michael Coney, led that branch as principal coordinator and sat on the national group's all-male board of governors.
Connolly said in an email that the group replaced the title of handmaids with "women leaders" in 2017.
Connolly said in a 2018 statement that the title was dropped out of a recognition that its meaning had "shifted dramatically in our culture in recent years." The phrase took on a particular meaning in popular culture after Margaret Atwood's dystopian 1985 novel "The Handmaid's Tale" was adapted for television in 2017. Atwood said in a tweet last month that she was inspired by "a different but similar" group.
Women leaders "help other women who are seeking advice and guidance" and lead retreats and events, Connolly said in the email, adding that they are "appointed after consultation with members of a branch."
'Much more intense'
People of Praise was established in 1971 by Ranaghan and Paul DeCelles, then young academics at the University of Notre Dame. It was formed as a "covenant community," in which members looking for close community promise to abide by a common agreement.
While People of Praise is open to all Christians, the vast majority are Catholic, like Barrett. At the time the group was founded, many denominations — including the Catholic Church — looked warily at groups that adopted different practices and created insular, separate communities. That wariness has largely subsided.
People of Praise now claims about 1,700 members in 22 cities in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean.
At its formation, People of Praise wanted "to have a more intense Christian community," said the Rev. James Connelly, a historian of religion based at the University of Notre Dame who was close to some early members. "They wanted to talk about religion, spiritual life, their experiences, to do things together that might not be to the average person's liking. Not just Mass on Sunday, but something much more intense."
The community was led by men, who taught members to run their families according to their interpretation of biblical views of gender roles, according to former members and group documents.
"Women were homemakers; they were there to support their husbands," one former member said in an interview. "My dad was the head of the household and the decision-maker."
A person who was raised in the community said she was instructed by elders not to "emasculate" her male peers by getting the better of them in conversation. "I was made aware of the difference from a young age," the person said. "I was aware that it would have been better if I had been born a boy."
The people spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak about their experiences because they feared negative consequences for members they care about who remain active in People of Praise.
Connolly said that telling girls not to seem smarter than boys does not align with People of Praise teachings.
A 1986 community handbook obtained by The Post said each member is "personally accountable to God for his or her decisions," but also emphasized "obedience to authority and submission to headship."
Members are typically assigned a "head" to give them spiritual leadership and guidance on life matters such as buying a car or finding a romantic partner. Younger men and women are led by older members of the same sex, according to former members, but husbands typically take over as "heads" for their wives following marriage.
Men's "headship" of their wives, and the male-dominated governance of the community, has been the basis of accusations from some critics of Barrett that People of Praise is built on the sexist expectation that women defer to men.
The summer 2015 issue of People of Praise's magazine, Vine & Branches, featured an article titled "Holiness in Marriage," which it said was based on a talk given to women in the community in the 1980s by Jeanne DeCelles, wife of co-founder Paul DeCelles.
"Make it a joy for him to head you," Jeanne DeCelles said, according to the article. "It is important for you to verbalize your commitment to submission. . . . Tell him what you think about things, make your input, but let him make the decisions, and support them once they are made."
Connolly said every People of Praise member is responsible for his or her own decisions. "In the People of Praise we live by the Gospel of Jesus Christ, which recognizes that men and women share a fundamental equality as bearers of God's image and sons and daughters of God," he said. "We value independent thinking, and teach it in our schools."
The group declined to make current members available for interview, and some members reached by The Post declined to comment.
John Fea, a prominent historian of U.S. religion at Messiah University, said Barrett would be the first Supreme Court justice to come from a charismatic Christian background.
Fea said he believes it is fair for senators to ask Barrett how she views the blending of her small, insular community and a job judging for a nation. But he said People of Praise's belief in distinct gender roles is similar to what is lived and preached across much of America today, in faiths as different as Catholicism, the Southern Baptist Convention and orthodox Islam and Judaism.
He said that believing men should be the spiritual leaders of the family does not mean that women cannot be professionally ambitious. "Everything about Amy Coney Barrett's career contradicts the idea that women in People of Praise can't have careers or be successful," he said.
When President Trump introduced Barrett as his nominee in the White House Rose Garden on Sept. 26, Barrett described her own husband as doing "far more than his share of the work" in raising their seven children.
"To my chagrin, I learned at dinner recently that my children consider him to be the better cook," she said. "For 21 years, Jesse has asked me every single morning what he can do for me that day. And though I almost always say, 'Nothing,' he still finds ways to take things off my plate."
Since its earliest days, some People of Praise members have lived in communal homes or lodged with elders before marrying. Former members said this was a way for older members to show a model of family life. Over the years, multiple members stayed at the Ranaghans' nine-bedroom house in South Bend, often while studying at Notre Dame and after graduating, former members said.
Barrett lived with the Ranaghans when she was a Notre Dame law student, according to a person who knew her at the time.
"Let's just say it was one of the better experiences of our life. She is just a gem. But I don't feel comfortable talking right now," Dorothy Ranaghan told the Guardian, which first reported the fact that Barrett lived with the Ranaghans on Tuesday.
Kevin Ranaghan, a theology scholar and teacher, was already a major figure in charismatic Catholicism, speaking internationally and hosting prayer events at Notre Dame that drew hundreds and sometimes thousands of people in the movement's early years.
Dorothy Ranaghan, a former high school religion teacher, co-wrote two books on charismatic Christianity with her husband in the years around People of Praise's founding.
She lamented the impact of modern feminism in a 1991 essay that said "the basic differences between men and women should be respected and given cultural expression" and promoted the traditional roles of husbands as decision-makers and wives as homemakers, even as women pursue professional ambitions.
"The wife for her part is called to submit to her husband, not as a slave, but as a companion," Ranaghan wrote, while stressing that there was "no room here for domination, oppression or of thinking of her as less than a full and free human person." The Post obtained a copy of the essay from a former People of Praise member.
The essay also criticized a magazine for Girl Scout leaders as presenting an "overly aggressive idealization of girls and women."
After Barrett graduated from law school in 1997, she worked in D.C. as an intern and then as a judicial clerk, according to biographical details she has submitted to the Senate.
Meanwhile, her future husband, Jesse Barrett — whose family also had long ties to People of Praise, according to an obituary he wrote for his grandfather — remained in South Bend to finish law school. In a court record for a February 1998 speeding offense, Jesse Barrett's address is listed as the Ranaghans' home.
Jesse graduated in 1999 and married Amy later that year.
Kevin Ranaghan referred interview requests in recent days to Connolly, and on Tuesday he and his wife did not respond to questions about Amy Coney Barrett's time living with their family.
A Web purge
Questions about Barrett's Catholic faith in 2017 prompted a backlash from conservative critics, who accused Democratic senators of trying to impose an unconstitutional religious test on a judicial nominee.
Barrett did not mention her membership in People of Praise in response to questions from the Senate about groups with which she has been affiliated, either that year or in conjunction with her current nomination.
Recent Supreme Court nominees have not listed their houses of worship among the organizations to which they belong. People of Praise says on its own website that it is not a church but a "Christian community" whose members come from more than a dozen Christian denominations and churches.
But some have reported participation in organizations that have religious associations. When he was nominated to the Supreme Court by Trump in 2018, Brett M. Kavanaugh reported having volunteered for Catholic Charities, a philanthropic arm of the Archdiocese of Washington. And Barrett reported that she served on the board of directors of Trinity Schools, a group of independent Christian schools in South Bend; Eagan, Minn.; and Falls Church, Va. She did not mention that Trinity was established by People of Praise and requires directors to be members of the group.
Numerous references to Barrett and her family that previously appeared on People of Praise's official website have since disappeared from the site, according to a Post review of versions of the site that are hosted by the Internet Archive.
Links to at least 10 issues of Vine & Branches that included mentions of Barrett or members of her family were removed from the site during the first half of 2017, the review found. On May 8, 2017, Barrett was nominated by Trump to serve as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.
In one of the removed issues, from May 2006, Barrett was pictured at the group's 2006 Leaders Conference for Women in South Bend. An accompanying article described the gathering as "three days of talks, sharings and conversations, all of which revealed the explosive power of love."
Other issues of the magazine that disappeared from the site included announcements of the births of some of Barrett's children and articles that mentioned relatives of Barrett and her husband, Jesse.
The section of the People of Praise website that for years featured a gallery of links to full issues of the magazine dating back 14 years was removed from the site altogether soon after Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death last month, the archives show.
Connolly said the changes to the website were made "after discussions with members and nonmembers raised privacy concerns with the heightened media attention."
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"And yet as a first-timer, Morgan threatens better things to come on two fronts. First in the spiky character roles she creates for Levieva and Angela Trimbur, as a volatile "other woman" pivotal in reorienting Annette's point of view on relationships, who both succeed in bursting the film's hermetically sealed bubble. (Following either of these ladies outside of la la land might have been a worthy endeavor.) And second in the precise and playful visuals composed with d.p. Nicholas Wiesnet, which do more than anything else to distinguish the film from too many others of its ilk."
"Mostly utilizing two shots with spare cuts for conversations, there's a confidence in the filmmaking largely missing in today's indie comedies. With Morgan's specific, slightly heightened diction, the dialogue refreshingly never comes across as improvisation. Nearly every line has a punch to it, making the laughs all the more effective. With a thoughtful eye for framing — reminiscent of Jody Lee Lipes' work in Tiny Furniture, albeit less sterile — Nicholas Wiesnet's cinematography patiently finds more beauty in the city than last year's La La Land. It's also a personal rarity to single out the costume and production design work, but presumably on a tight budget, Heather Allison and Hillary Gurtler, respectively, do wonders to make each aspect as visually appealing as possible."
"During a couple of cleverly constructed early scenes, the film channels this sharp tone in stark visual terms with Tati-like precision, as when a conversation plays out entirely in front of a giant FX "Green Screen" on a TV set, or when Annette and Elliot argue in the foreground as a Twister game of entangled bodies plays out in the background."
"The film's edge is only sharpened by cinematographer Nicholas Wiesnet's evocative use of framing, enchantingly beautiful, but full of static shots and abstract framing to make the characters feel stifled and disconnected from anything outside their gilded nests, as well as a classical score of Vivaldi and Gilbert and Sullivan, among others, that raises the stakes of mundane conversations to the level of life or death that all of the film's Angelenos irrationally feel. Others have used a similar juxtaposition to great effect – Lena Dunham's "Tiny Furniture" comes to mind, as do the films of Whit Stillman – but Morgan has fashioned something with a bewitching style all its own."


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Labour ruling body in bid to oust deputy leader Tom Watson
Labour deputy leader Tom Watson. Picture: PA
The Labour party's ruling body is considering a move to abolish the post of deputy leader.
On the first day of the party's conference, the National Executive Committee will examine the issue after Momentum's Jon Lansman tabled a motion to remove the role.
Current deputy leader Tom Watson has publicly clashed with Jeremy Corbyn on a number of occasions.
He recently called for a new Brexit referendum to be held before a general election.
Labour's NEC is to consider abolishing the post of deputy party leader on Saturday after a bid to get rid of the post failed at a meeting on Friday.
Labour MP Wes Streeting described the move as "self-destructive"
Labour Conference this week needs to put the Party on a general election footing - talking to the country about our vision for Britain. For @jonlansman and @PeoplesMomentum to try and remove our Deputy Leader @tom_watson isn't just outrageous, it's self-destructive and must stop.
— Wes Streeting MP (@wesstreeting) September 20, 2019
A Momentum source said: "No one person is more important than beating Boris Johnson, ending austerity and tackling the climate emergency. We just can't afford to go into an election with a deputy leader set on wrecking Labour's chances.
"Labour members overwhelmingly want a deputy leadership election, but our outdated rulebook won't let it happen. You need 20% of Labour MPs to trigger an election, and they just won't let the members have a fair and open election."
Mr Watson has been a vocal critic of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Picture: PA
The NEC is responsible for overseeing the overall direction of the party and the policy-making process.
The Labour Party conference starts on Saturday in Brighton.


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Seventeen missing after dinghy with migrants capsizes off Libya
Rome - A dinghy with about 20 migrants on board has capsized off the Libyan coast.
Three people were rescued, the Italian Navy said, but 17 others were still missing.
The boat found itself in distress 50 nautical miles (92.6 kilometres) north-east of Tripoli on Friday.
The three survivors were seriously injured and were taken for treatment on the Italian island of Lampedusa.
Since Italy has largely closed its ports to migrants, fewer and fewer of them are arriving from Libya. However, people are still dying on the dangerous crossing.
Since the beginning of the year, 83 people have been killed in the Mediterranean, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). In the same period last year, there were 199 deaths.
"As long as Europe's ports remain open, as long as someone helps the smugglers, unfortunately the smugglers continue to do business and continue killing," Italy's right-wing Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said.
Since Italy's new populist government decided in June to close its ports to migrant rescue charities, EU governments have clashed on how to handle incoming asylum seekers from North Africa.
Rome's hardline stance left two German charity rescue boats with dozens of migrants stranded for weeks in the Mediterranean until eight EU nations agreed to take them in.


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What Better Day to do a Rockies Top-Five Games?
By Alex Patterson
Today is one of the better unofficial holidays of the year. 303 day, a celebration of Colorado heritage. Appropriate ways of celebrating are, but no limited to: wearing jerseys of the Colorado sports teams in as many ways as possible, enjoying some Rocky Mountain Oysters, skiing or hiking (since it was a fantastic day today), and rocking out to some local artists while making the famous 303 hand signal. So, in my own way, I'll celebrate by reminiscing on some of my favorite Rockies games of all time. Here's my top five (really it's six, but its' my list).
Tie-5. August 22nd, 2000. Brent Mayne, the catcher, gets his first and only win of his career when he comes in to pitch in the 12th inning after the Rockies had used up their pitchers in a 7-6 win. This game had everything: a catcher becoming the winning pitcher, a brawl, homers, entertainment, and the game-winning hit was delivered by a rookie for his first ever hit. What a way to end a game. Best Moment: had to be the brawl involving Andres Galarraga. Former Rockie, playing as a Brave, going after the pitcher for really no apparent reason. Awesome. (Side note: this game is extra special because I attended this game, and got put on the scoreboard doing the chicken dance. Bonus for this one. Extra side note: The next five all took place within 4 weeks of each other. Can you guess when?)
Tie-5. October 27th, 2007. The World Series finally comes to Denver. That alone makes it special and should make it a top five, or at least a top ten game, for any Rockies fan. Even though this game was a loss, many fans would give an appendage to see their team in the World Series. Nothing to be ashamed of to lose to a team that came in hot, and was pretty good to begin with, and the Rockies hadn't played in 9 days. Nothing wrong with being the second best team in the entire league. Best Moment: Matt Holliday's home run that cut the game to a one run lead for the Red Sox. The Rockies were never closer, and the crowd was never louder, than that. (Side not: I also attended this game, which might be why I feel strongly about this game.)
4. To be fair, my 1-4 could be in any order, but this is how I chose them. September 30th, 2007. The Rockies needed a win and a Padres loss to clinch a play-in game. The Brewers helped out our Blake Street Brethren by beating the Padres badly. The Rocks responded with a gritty 4-3 win. Best Moment: several. The crowd reacting to every run the Brewers scored against the Padres, then the final out with Todd Helton jumping around in what looked like excitement he was trying to hold in but failed miserably, and lastly, the victory lap around the stadium by the team. (Side note: I attended this game as well. Maybe I'm just biased with my picks)
3. October 15th, 2007. The Rockies finished off a sweep of the Diamondbacks with a 6-4 victory. Not much to say about this game, since the best parts happened in the last inning. Best moment: Eric Byrnes, the hated outfielder for the D-Backs, was, fittingly, the final out of the game. As Helton caught the throw from Troy Tulowitzki to record the final out, he raised his fists in triumph and screamed. It's a picture that will live in the minds of baseball fans for a long time.
2. October 1st, 2007. The play-in game. What more need be said? A baseball game couldn't have more to it. The game had controversy with the slide by Matt Holliday and, not many people remember this, Garrett Atkins hitting what looked like a home run only to have the umpires not see the ball go over the fence, giving him a double. He didn't score in the inning, and if he had, the game might never have gone to extra innings in the first place. This game had the best pitcher in baseball getting beat up by the Rockies, and the best closer ever blowing a two-run lead. The game had passion, the game had drama, and, most importantly, the game had great fans cheering on a great team. What else could this game have had? Best moment: while teammates wanted to celebrate with Holliday after his slide, he wouldn't let them due to injury. So the team piled up around Jamey Carroll, the guy who hit the game-winning sacrifice fly.
1. September 18th, 2007. The day started with a day game against the Dodgers, and the Rockies literally couldn't lose a game the rest of the season to make the postseason. The first game of the double header started with a solid 3-1 victory. The second game wasn't looking so good. Down 8-5 going to the bottom of the 8th inning, the rally started. Ryan Spilborghs hit a two-run bomb, keeping hope alive and cutting the lead to a single run. But in the 9th, the Rockies would have to face Takashi Saito, the Dodgers closer who had not given up a hit to the Rockies all season. Matt Holliday ended that streak with a two-out single to right, setting the stage for Todd Helton. All Todd did after that was hit a walk-off blast, with two strikes no less! Best moment: Helton (notice a trend) throwing his helmet as he rounded third base and diving into a pile of his teammates at home plate, showing how much getting to the postseason meant to him. The team responded, and the rest is history.
Not a bad top five, eh?
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My favorite game of all time was last year. It was an evening game against the Braves. It was cold but I couldn't have had a better time. The guy in front of me was seventyish. He bought a hot dog for five consecutive innings and ate them all, and then in the seventh he cought a foul ball without dropping his dog. Really impressive stuff.


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Exemptions and discretions to the residence requirements for Australian Citizenship
Overseas absences (s22(1A) and s22(1B))
Section s22(1A) allows for absences from Australia of up to 12 months within the four years immediately before applying for citizenship. A period of time cannot be counted as an absence from Australia unless the person has already been present in Australia. This means that a person does not meet the residence requirement if they have three years continuous presence in Australia (with the last 12 months as a permanent resident) unless they were previously in Australia.
Section s22(1B) allows a person to be absent for up to 90 days within the 12 months permanent residence immediately before applying providing they remain a permanent resident during this time. Before 15 March 2009, applicants were allowed three (calendar) months absence during the 12 month permanent residence period.
Confinement in prison or psychiatric institution (s22(1C))
Under s22(1C), if a person has been confined in a prison or in a psychiatric institution in relation to a criminal offence at any time, that person will need to spend four years in Australia since last being released from that confinement before being residentially eligible for citizenship.
However, s22(5A) provides that s22(1C) does not apply in relation to a person if, taking into account the circumstances that resulted in the person's confinement, the decision maker is satisfied that it would be unreasonable not to take those periods into account towards the residence requirement. Refer to Ministerial discretion – Confinement in prison or psychiatric institution (s22(5A)).
People working on ships or aircraft
People working as members of a crew of a ship or an aircraft should be assessed against the special residence requirement – persons engaged in particular kinds of work requiring regular travel outside Australia (s22B).
If absent from Australia on the day four years immediately before applying
If a person's first arrival in Australia is less than four years before they apply for citizenship, they cannot meet the general residence requirement, even if they spend three years continuously in Australia.
The start date of the four-year lawful residence period is usually the date four years immediately before they lodge their application. However, if the person has not made their first entry into Australia, they need to wait at least four years after their first entry to meet this requirement.
Where a person was outside Australia on the day four years immediately before applying, but had previously been in Australia as the holder of a permanent visa, they may still use the day four years immediately before applying as a start date (for the purposes of being eligible to satisfy the four year lawful requirement), providing that on that day they held a permanent visa.
If these conditions are met, then the person may use the full four year period immediately before applying towards meeting the general residence requirement.
Calculations for New Zealand citizens
Unlike most other visas, the Special Category visa (SCV) (subclass 444) ceases immediately when a person leaves Australia, and the person therefore does not hold a visa while outside Australia. To ensure New Zealanders are not disadvantaged by virtue of the unique status they hold under the Migration Act the calculation of the four-year lawful residence period is different to that of other nationals.
New Zealand citizens who were outside Australia four years immediately before applying for citizenship, but had previously entered Australia on a SCV at any time within eight years before lodging their application, may count the four years before lodging their application towards the general residence requirement.
New Zealand citizens who hold a SCV are no longer considered as permanent residents for Australian citizenship purposes, unless:
they were in Australia on 26 February 2001 as holders of a SCV or
were outside Australia on 26 February 2001 but were in Australia as the holder of a SCV for one or more period totalling 12 months in the two years prior to 26 February 2001 or
did not fall within the above two categories but have a Centrelink certificate, issued under the Social Security Act 1991, that states that the person was, for the purposes of social security, residing in Australia on a particular date.
Partial exemption to the general residence requirement (s22(2))
There is a partial exemption set out in s22(2) that may be applied to certain applicants to assist them to satisfy the general residence requirement.
The partial exemption in s22(2) only applies to the general residence requirement in s22. It cannot be used to assist a person to satisfy the s22A or s22B special residence requirements, or the defence service requirement in s23.
Under s22(2), applicants who were born in Australia or are former Australian citizens need only have been present in Australia as a permanent resident for 12 months immediately before the application. Absences from Australia in that period of no more than 90 days are allowed (s22(1B) refers).
Under s24(7) a former citizen cannot be approved for Australian citizenship by conferral unless more than 12 months have passed from the date upon which the person ceased, or last ceased, to be an Australian citizen. Some former Australian citizens may also be eligible to apply for resumption of Australian citizenship. Refer to Chapter 8 – Resuming citizenship.
Discretions to the general residence requirement
There are a number of ministerial discretions that may be applied to certain applicants to assist them to satisfy parts of the s22 general residence requirement. These are set out in s22(4A) to s22(11).
These ministerial discretions apply only to the s22 general residence requirement and cannot be used to assist a person to satisfy the s22A or s22B special residence requirements, or the defence service requirement in s23.
Ministerial discretion – Confinement in prison or psychiatric institution (s22(5A))
However, s22(5A) provides that s22(1C) does not apply in relation to a person if, taking into account the circumstances that resulted in the person's confinement, the decision maker is satisfied that it would be unreasonable not to take those periods into account towards the residence requirement.
Circumstances that may be taken into account are not prescribed in citizenship legislation therefore any information that an applicant puts forward must be considered. It is envisaged that the circumstances where this discretion may be exercised include:
convictions quashed (set aside by the court)
a pardon, that is, a free and absolute pardon granted because the person was wrongly convicted.
Statement to be provided
Applicants seeking exercise of the residence requirement ministerial discretion under s22(5A) – confinement in prison or psychiatric institution will also need to provide a statement giving reasons as to why it would be unreasonable not to take those periods into account.
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Ministerial discretion – Administrative error (s22(4A) and s22(5))
Under s22(4A) and (5) the Minister has a discretion to count for the purposes of s22(1)(b) and (c) (respectively) periods spent in Australia during which the necessary legal status was absent, provided certain requirements are met (the specific sections do not apply to people who were permanent residents immediately before 1 July 2007 – in these circumstances use s5B of Schedule 3 of the Transitional Act apply instead).
Under s22(4A) the Minister '… may treat a period as one in which the person was not present in Australia as an unlawful non-citizen if the Minister considers the person was present in Australia during that period but, because of an administrative error, was an unlawful non-citizen during that period'.
Under s22(5) the Minister '… may treat a period as one in which the person was present in Australia as a permanent resident if the Minister considers the person was present in Australia during that period but, because of an administrative error, was not a permanent resident during that period.
The discretion can only be exercised on condition that the legal status is absent '… because of an administrative error'. The condition can be divided into two parts:
there must be an administrative error (in other words, an error of a particular kind) and
the error must be the reason why the person lacks the necessary legal status (in other words, the error is the cause).
Definitions for further guidance on lawful presence / residence and unlawful non-citizen status
Administrative error.
Ministerial discretion – Significant hardship or disadvantage (s22(6))
Under s22(6) periods of lawful residence, other than permanent residence, can be treated as periods of permanent residence if the applicant can demonstrate that they would suffer significant hardship or disadvantage if those periods were not treated a periods of permanent residence. This section makes explicit reference to s22(1)(c) of the Act. Refer to Significant hardship or disadvantage/detriment.
Section 5B of the Transitional Act was amended with retrospective effect from 1 July 2007, providing that the section also applies to applicants who are permanent residents on commencement of the Act.
Use of this discretion may be appropriate for persons who have become permanent residents of Norfolk Island. Until 1 July 2016 Norfolk Island had its own migration legislation (the Norfolk Island Immigration Act 1980) which required that a person must have been ordinarily resident in Norfolk Island for five years in the past seven years to be eligible for permanent residence. As such, it is considered that such a person would suffer significant disadvantage compared with other applicants for citizenship by conferral if they were required to spend a further period of time as a permanent resident to satisfy the residence requirement.
If an applicant satisfies all the requirements under s21 except the residence requirements, but has spent the appropriate periods in Norfolk Island as a temporary resident prior to being granted permanent residence of Norfolk Island, use of this provision would be appropriate. Such a person would not be expected to show further evidence of hardship or disadvantage for this discretion to be exercised. Further information on arrangements regarding Norfolk Island, refer to Norfolk Island.
Applicants seeking exercise of the residence requirement ministerial discretion under s22(6) – significant hardship or disadvantage will also need to provide a supporting statement concerning the significant hardship or disadvantage that would be suffered by the applicant if the discretion was not exercised and they could not become an Australian citizen.
Ministerial discretion – Spouses and de facto partners (s22(9) and s22(10))
From 15 March 2009, the same-sex de facto partner of an Australian citizen who is seeking a residence discretion should be assessed against the criteria at s22(9) of the Act, and not s22(11), as was the case previously.
Under s22(9), periods spent overseas by a permanent resident who is the spouse, de facto partner or surviving spouse or de facto partner of an Australian citizen at the time of making an application, can be counted as periods of permanent residence in Australia.
The discretion to treat periods spent overseas by an applicant as periods during which the applicant was present in Australia as a permanent resident can only be applied to periods when:
the applicant was the spouse or de facto partner of a person who was an Australian citizen and
the applicant was a permanent resident and
the applicant had a close and continuing association with Australia.
If the applicant is the surviving spouse or de facto partner of an Australian citizen and is applying for discretion on that basis, they must not have entered into another spouse/de facto relationship after the death of their spouse/de facto partner in order for the time to be counted.
In all cases, applicants must provide evidence that they maintained close and continuing association with Australia while overseas. Factors that may demonstrate this close and continuing association with Australia include, but are not limited to:
evidence that the person migrated to and established a home in Australia prior to the period overseas
Australian citizen children
long term relationship with Australian citizen spouse or de facto partner
extended family in Australia
regular return visits to Australia
regular periods of residence in Australia
intention to reside in Australia
the person has been on leave from employment in Australia while accompanying their spouse or partner overseas
ownership of property in Australia
evidence of income tax paid in Australia over the past four year and
evidence of active participation in Australian community based activities or organisations.
In assessing whether a person has a close and continuing association with Australia for the purposes of s22(9)(d) more weight should be given to the listed factors if the person has been lawfully and physically present in Australia for at least 365 days in the four years immediately before making an application for Australian citizenship (including at least 90 days as a permanent resident). Less weight should be given to these factors if they have not been present in Australia for at least this period.
Evidence to be provided for s22(9)
Applicants seeking exercise of the residence requirement ministerial discretion under s22(9) – spouse, de facto partner or surviving spouse or de factor partner of an Australian citizen will also need to provide:
evidence of their spouse's, or de facto partner's, Australian citizenship. For example, a full Australian birth certificate or citizenship certificate
their marriage certificate or, if a de facto partner, evidence of their de facto relationship. The definition of 'de facto partner' provided in the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 lists circumstances that can be taken into account when determining whether two people are in a de facto relationship. These include:
the duration of the relationship
the nature and extent of their common residence
whether a sexual relationship exists
the degree of financial dependence or interdependence, and any arrangements for financial support, between them
the ownership, use and acquisition of their property
the degree of mutual commitment to a shared life
the care and support of children
the reputation and public aspects of the relationship.
evidence that they were overseas with their Australian citizen spouse or de facto partner, and they maintained a close and continuing association with Australia during that period
evidence of their spouse's, or de facto partner's, death, if applicable.
Interaction with s24(5) – Person not present in Australia
If the applicant does not need the discretion to be applied in order to meet the general residence requirement but is overseas at the time of decision, the s22(9) discretion may be applied to avoid a refusal under s24(5) of the Act, provided the applicant meets the criteria.
Ministerial discretion – Interdependent relationships (s22(11))
From 15 March 2009, the discretion at s22(11) applies only to people who are in an interdependent relationship other than a same-sex de facto relationship. The same-sex de facto partner of an Australian citizen is now able to access the discretion at s22(9) of the Act.
Under s22(11) periods spent overseas by a permanent resident who was granted their permanent visa because they were in an interdependent relationship with an Australian citizen and is still in that interdependent relationship at the time of making the application, can be counted as periods of permanent residence in Australia for the purposes of s22(1)(c) of the Act.
The discretion to treat periods spent overseas by the applicant as periods during which the person was present in Australia as a permanent resident can only be applied to periods when:
the applicant was still in the same interdependent relationship with the Australian citizen and
the applicant had a close and continuing association with Australia (refer to below).
In all cases, applicants must provide evidence that they maintained close and continuing association with Australia while overseas. Factors that may demonstrate this close and continuing association with Australia include but are not limited to:
long term relationship with Australian citizen interdependent partner
employment in Australia where the person has been on leave to accompany their spouse overseas
evidence of income tax paid in Australia over the past four years and
The amendments to the Act allowing the same-sex de facto partner of an Australia citizen to access the discretion at s22(9) apply to all undecided applications from 15 March 2009.
Evidence to be provided for s22(11)
Applicants seeking exercise of the residence requirement ministerial discretion under s22(11) – interdependent relationship with an Australian citizen will also need to provide:
evidence of their interdependent partner's Australian citizenship. For example, a full Australian birth certificate or citizenship certificate
evidence that they were overseas with their Australian citizen interdependent partner and that during that time they maintained a close and continuing association with Australia during that period.
If the applicant is the interdependent partner of an Australian citizen and they are overseas at the time of decision, this discretion may be applied to avoid a refusal under s24(5) of the Act, provided the applicant meets the criteria. The s22(11) discretion may be applied for the purposes of s24(5) if the applicant is not present in Australia even though the discretion may not be required for the purposes of meeting the general residence requirement.
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It's almost end of October and believe or not, it's going to reach a record-breaking 27 °C in Toronto. That means still a few more days of nylon-less legs, windows down while driving and ice cream.
I'm a self-proclaimed ice cream monster. This sweet treat stirs up emotionally charge memories of my childhood when Mama Lee would yell at me for only eating the strawberry section of the Neapolitan ice cream.
That sweet sweet taste was worth every word screamed in my ear.
When I heard about a new place serving liquid nitrogen ice cream, I just had to try it out for myself.
You heard me correctly … liquid nitrogen, the transparent, odorless, colourless, tasteless gas that boils at -196 °C.
And the same stuff that finally caused the demise of T-1000 in Terminator 2.
Let me put on my Bill Nye the Science Guy hat and explain.
Liquid nitrogen freezes the ice cream base (i.e. egg yolks, cream, sugar) at a rapid rate causing the fat and water particles to stay microscopic. This decreases the likelihood of ice crystals forming when the ice cream freezes too slowly using other forms like an electric machine or by hand.
As an overly eager observer, I reached out to touch the cloud of smoke only to have this employee to warn me that my hand was about to fall off! Contact with liquid nitrogen can freeze tissue and cause severe trauma.
With all of my body parts intact, I enjoyed the Mango Popice filled with milk pudding, ice cream and mango chunks.
I'll take a few more days of summer and I'll definitely be back to CoolN2.


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The Summer of '75 -- Spaceman, Catfish, Charlie Hustle, and the Greatest World Series Ever Played
by Tom Adelman
The 1975 World Series between the Boston Red Sox and the Cincinnati Reds is generally considered the best of all time, and baseball historians often rank its sixth game as the greatest single game ever played. In this resoundingly acclaimed bestseller, Tom Adelman tells the story of the season that led up to that classic Series and then delivers the inside pitch on those amazing seven games.
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"I can't take the cold, but I am not looking forward to the spring, because I am usually stuffed up and bothered by allergies. I am in my early 30s and as I get older, it seems that my allergies get worse and last longer. As I age, should I worry about these allergies turning into asthma?"
The relationship between aging and asthma is unknown. A risk factor such as cigarette smoking may change one's risk for developing adult-onset asthma and may overlap with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). "Postviral asthma" and "fixed airway obstruction" (not responding to inhalers) are types of adult-onset asthma that are more common in the elderly. Research suggests that genetics may play a role in developing asthma.
Regardless of age, sensitivity to allergens is related to a decline in lung function. For example, if your body makes a specific allergic antibody to tree pollen (you have positive skin tests with associated symptoms), you are at risk for asthma. The more pollen you are exposed to, the worse your risk for disease.
Putting children with allergic rhinitis on allergy shots (immunotherapy) may, in some cases, prevent asthma. So, if you never had immunotherapy as a child, you may be at greater risk of developing asthma as an adult.
Over time exposure to air pollution and fire (smoke) is associated with increasing symptoms of asthma. Seasonal fall ragweed pollen is harmful to the lungs. Because of its physical and chemical properties, ragweed pollen can cause lung injury. Repeated and intense exposure to ragweed can lead to symptoms resembling asthma. Global warming is to blame, because when carbon dioxide levels are doubled, ragweed plants will produce 61 percent more pollen. Ragweed pollen counts were at their highest level on the East Coast last year. Mild winters, followed by wet early springs, then dry days, cause the release of more pollen into the atmosphere.
Symptoms of asthma are often irregular. You may have had asthma in the past, which may have gone away, but now has recurred. In adolescence, asthma is more common in boys than in girls, and later in life, it is more common in men. According to new research, estrogen may be beneficial to the lungs.
The bottom line is that you should see your primary care physician or specialist for a complete evaluation.


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List of mountains and hills of Japan by height
35°7′26″N 135°46′17″E / 35.12389°N 135.77139°E / 35.12389; 135.77139Coordinates: 35°7′26″N 135°46′17″E / 35.12389°N 135.77139°E / 35.12389; 135.77139
鞍馬山 (Japanese)
Topo map
Geographical Survey Institute 25000:1 大原, 50000:1 京都及大阪
Shrine at Kurama Temple
Main Gate of Kurama Temple
A close-up of the main gate of Kurama Temple
Mount Kurama (鞍馬山, Kurama-yama)[1] is a mountain to the north-west of the city of Kyoto. It is the birthplace of the Reiki practice, and is said to be the home of Sōjōbō, King of the Tengu.
It was supposedly the Tengu who taught swordsmanship to Minamoto no Yoshitsune.[2]
Kurama is also the location of the annual Kurama Fire Festival (鞍馬の火祭り, Kurama no Hi-matsuri), which takes place every October. Kurama-dera (鞍馬寺) is now designated as a national treasure of Japan.
The philosopher Hayashi Razan lists one of the three greatest of the daitengu as Sōjōbō of Mount Kurama.[3] The demons of Kurama and Atago are among the most famous tengu.[4]
The mountain is also known as the birthplace of the holistic healing art called Reiki. In the early 1900s (some say 1914, others say 1922), the founder of Reiki, Mikao Usui, meditated for 21 days on this mountain and received the Reiki healing energy. Mikao Usui meditated near the top of the mountain at a site called Osugi Gongen, at the site of a great sacred tree (kami) said to be an incarnation of the god Maoson.[5]
^ "Gazetteer of Japan 2007" (PDF). Geospatial Information Authority of Japan. 2007. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
^ Turnbull, Stephen (1977). The Samurai, A Military History. MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. p. 61. ISBN 0026205408.
^ de Visser, M. W. (1908). "The Tengu". Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan. ZP Maruya & Co. 34 (2): 71.
^ Mizuki, Shigeru (2001). Mizuki Shigeru No Nihon Yōkai Meguri. Japan: JTB. pp. 122–123. ISBN 4-533-03956-1.
^ Miller, Jessica A. (May 2007). Reiki's Birthplace: A Guide to Kurama Mountain. Infinite Light Healing Studies Cente. ISBN 9780967872148.
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It is easy to be carried away from the things that truly matter to us. One day you wake up and realize that your family life doesn't look the way you imagined it before you had children, or your life- work balance is not what you were hopping for. Or maybe your child is in a middle of a tantrum and you are loosing it too, although you committed to raising your children in a different way you were raised. "No yelling in our home". You believed in that and yet you find yourself yelling at your child.
Parenting days- I mean real parenting days- are not like the ones we see on social medias. There are good days and there are bad days too. Days when we are happy about who we are and what we do, and days when we feel guilty and lost. But the good news is: we can always try again.
It took me a while until I started using my knowledge and skills as a coach in my life as a mother. But when I adapted and used them on daily basis I realized that I was able to overcome many of my challenges and struggles. So I want to share with you one of the tools that has been helping me over the years. It has enabled me to stay focused on what matters to us as a family.
How not to be carried away by our fears, doubts? By what our family and friends think we should be doing with our children, or by what social media shows us to be "the perfect way that works for every family"?
As a life coach, I use this tool each time I work with a new client . Why? Because values are who we are. They can serve us like a lighthouse, pointing out the way to our true self. As a parent, I have discovered that when we live our values on regular and consistent basis, we make better decisions and we live a fulfilled life with our partner and children.
Find a piece of paper and allow yourself some time to explore your family values. I recommend you to try some of these exercices and avoid choosing values from a list.
2/ Another way to look at your values is to explore a moment when you felt frustration and anger. What happened? What were the circumstances? Who was with you? How did you feel? Write down the words that come to your mind. Very often, the moments of unhappiness and distress are the signals that one or several values are not honored or have been suppressed.
In the end, look at your paper and find the words that resonate most with you. You can group some of them together. Sometimes unexpected words come together (for example one mother I worked with wrote "simple things in life/ vital/ surprise/ bubbles"). It doesn't matter if these values are understood by someone outside your family. They need to have meaning to you and sound true.
--> Although these little exercises are effective when done with a coach who can guide you and know how to point out the values shoer he is hearing, I also have the participants to my workshops do these exercices in pairs and it works very well. So this is something you might want to try with your partner. You can also engage the discussion with your children. Children are extremely sensitive and if you listen to them empathically, you will find out what truly matters to their heart and what they value in their family.
Probably the most difficult thing when we do this kind of introspection work is to put it into practice. This where most of us quit the process. Don't let your family values to be just words and your values board just a piece of paper on the wall. Values are who we are so we have them already in our family's life. Role model your values. Pay attention to what you are doing and point out to your children the things that matter to you. Name the values that they reveal.
I can give you a little example. Gratitude is a core value to me personally and to our family. I start my days with a yoga session and I invite my daughter to join me if she wants to and I do a little gratitude visualisation. Before we have our meals, we say a short poem learnt in our forest playgroup about being grateful to the sun and to the earth who enable us to have our food. In the evening I write in a gratitude journal and I share with my daughter the things I'm grateful for.
These values are there for you to use them as an efficient and simple tool to make your life easier. Yes, they have that much power.
Go back to your family values and ask yourself "How am I honoring my values (each of them) if I'm choosing A? Or B?" Then listen to your heart.
This tool won't make you the perfect parent. It didn't make me either so it's not something I can promise to you. But it is simple and efficient and it can help you touch base over and over again with what truly matters to you.
*** This post is a part of a series called "Mindful Parenting- Tools for Parents". In my work as a life coach and in my own yoga and mindfulness practice, I use a wide range of tools that help my clients find in themselves the ressources to live a fulfilled and balanced life. As a mother, I have too soon discovered how easily we can get out of balance and how hard it is to raise children without loosing ourselves on the way. We might follow trends and other people's ideas on parenting, without paying attention to what can work and already works in our family. Each family is different and each interaction with a child is different. There are no recipes that work for everyone. This I know. That's why I am using these tools: to find my own way as a mother. And I'm sharing them in this series with you so that you can find your own, very precious, unique way too.


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FRANCE – Cannes Lions announces Lions Innovation Festival
Actively recognising the growing relationship between data, technology and ideas, the new Creative Data Lions and expanded Innovation Lions are the product of extensive industry consultation. The Innovation Lions will now include categories for standalone and branded technological solutions, adtech platforms and models.
Cannes Lions has announced the launch of the Creative Data Lions and expanded Innovation Lions, which will form part of a new, two day Lions Innovation Festival within next year's International Festival of Creativity.
The move is a comprehensive response to dramatic industry shifts which, says Lions Festival CEO, Philip Thomas, have created exciting opportunities for both brands and agencies. "Using data and technology as tools that can lead to great ideas has become mainstream. As ever when these seismic changes occur in the industry, Cannes Lions is asked to consider ways we can acknowledge and reflect the reality of what is going on. The Lions Innovation Festival will highlight how data and technology can be powerful catalysts for creativity."
Actively recognising the growing relationship between data, technology and ideas, the new Creative Data Lions and expanded Innovation Lions are the product of extensive industry consultation.
The Innovation Lions will now include categories for standalone and branded technological solutions, adtech platforms and models. The new Creative Data Lions will celebrate the role of data in shaping ideas, better storytelling and engagement, which David Droga, Creative Chairman, Droga5 sees as integral.
"I love the friction between creativity and data. I think when you can navigate between the two and they complement each other it's a wonderful thing. Data and science is liberating for creativity because it offers a foundation. We're not scared of it – data furnishes us with great insights and allows us to stop bullshitting ourselves. It helps us to ask the right questions."
Setting the stage for the awards will be the Lions Innovation Festival itself – a carefully curated programme of talks, demonstrations and networking opportunities designed to ignite ideas and showcase the tools to bring them to life. Lions Innovation will be part of the 2015 Cannes Lions and open to Classic Pass-holding delegates, but the inaugural Festival can also be attended as a separate, 2 day event.
Speaking about the central role data will play in Lions Innovation, Todd Cullen, Chief Data Officer, Ogilvy & Mather, and head of OgilvyAmp, the agency's data offering, said, "There's really no better place than Cannes Lions to experience the electricity produced by data-inspired creativity. Lions Innovation will show Cannes Lions veterans and newcomers how geeks and creatives are sparking new ideas to create the future of media."
The Lions Innovation Festival takes place on 25th-26th June 2015 in the Lerins Hall of the Palais des Festivals, closing with the new Lions Innovation Awards. Passes will be available from 15th January 2015 and can be booked standalone or, during the launch year only, included in the Classic 7 day Cannes Lions pass. Entries will open 22nd January 2015. For more information, visit www.canneslions.com/innovation.


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SA-spec VW Golf R gets cranked up to 228kW
Latest launches / 5 February 2019, 11:11am / Motoring Staff
Johannesburg - Volkswagen South Africa is now offering the Golf R with the same outputs as overseas models.
While South African spec models were previously detuned to 213kW and 380Nm due to our country being classified as a hot weather market, we now get the same spec as overseas markets, which is 228kW, produced between 5400 and 6500rpm, and 400Nm from 1850rpm.
With launch control activated, the Golf R will sprint from 0-100km/h in 4.6 seconds, according to claims.
When asked for comment Volkswagen South Africa did not elaborate on the exact technical reasons for the output change, but did state that engineers at the Wolfsburg head office ultimately decide on the specifications for various markets and that they had now decided on a "technical release" for the higher-output engine for South Africa.
Power, as before, goes to all four wheels through a seven-speed DSG dual clutch automated gearbox and 4Motion all-wheel-drive system.
The liberated ponies coincide with some very minor exterior enhancements in the form of an (optional) R Performance Titanium exhaust and R Performance brakes with black-painted calipers.
As before, the Golf flagship is fitted with unique 'R' bumpers, LED headlights and taillights and 19-inch alloys, available in a variety of styles.
Standard cabin amenities include a panoramic sunroof and digital instrument cluster and there's a long list of optional extras such as Adaptive Cruise Control, Adaptive Chassis Control, Discover Pro infotainment system with gesture control, Blind Spot Monitor and Rear Traffic Alert, to mention just a few.
All of that is over and above the Golf R's base price of R676 000, which includes a five-year/90 000km service plan and three-year/120 000km warranty.
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Salvador Dalí was an essential figure in Surrealism. His extravagant nature and the fanciful imagery that surrounded both his art and his life made him one of the best known and most controversial twentieth-century artists. Dalí began training as an artist with the Impressionist painter Ramón Pichot in Figueras, and in 1922 he enrolled at the Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid, where he studied until his expulsion in 1926. In 1925 the Galería Dalmau in Barcelona staged his first one-man show, which attested to the young Dalí's repertoire of different styles: Cubist-inspired paintings were displayed alongside others in which Ingres appeared to be the predominant influence and a group of still lifes that recalled Carlo Carrà and Giorgio de Chirico. During his formative years in the Spanish capital, Dalí lived at the Residencia de Estudiantes, where he became a friend of Luis Buñuel and Federico García Lorca. He collaborated with his friends in many fields of art, such as designing the scenery for Mariana Pineda, Lorca's first play to be staged in 1927, and in Buñuel's film Un Chien andalou in 1929.
In 1929 Joan Miró introduced Dalí to the Paris Surrealists, who expelled him from the group in 1934 for his political ideas. In 1930 he developed his "paranoiac-critical" method, which would become his chief contribution to the Surrealist movement. According to this method, invented by Dalí on the basis of Freud's theories on the interpretation of dreams, every image or association of images could be read with a double meaning. Dalí went on to create a whole universe of symbols and obsessions inspired by psychoanalysis, rendered carefully in a realistic style.
Special mention should be given to Dalí's relationship with his wife and muse, Gala, who played an essential role throughout his artistic career. In 1940 he and Gala emigrated to the United States, where they lived until 1948. In America Dalí partly abandoned painting and devoted himself fully to decorating shop windows, creating film sets for Holywood, and designing the covers of magazines like Vogue. On returning to Spain he settled in Port-Lligat with Gala, and opened the Teatro-Museo Dalí in Figueras, his hometown, in 1974.


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runner-up, "Equal Rights for All," Smrithi Chary, second grade, Jacob Wismer.
runner-up, "We Are Malala," Matthew Lei, seventh grade, West Sylvan Middle School.
runner-up, "Sanctuary City Essay," Ellie Younger, junior, Southridge High School.
Award ceremony at Beaverton City Hall Council Chambers Opens a New Window.