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Oprah Winfrey's modest gifts to Meghan Markle's mother
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Media mogul Oprah Winfrey revealed what her gifts to the Meghan Markle's mother, Doria Ragland, actually were amid speculation of she trying to bride the Duchess' for an interview.
Weeks before the Royal Wedding between Markle and Prince Harry, Winfrey reportedly spent an afternoon with Ragland snacking and doing yoga, according to ET Online. This led to a number of headlines questioning the Winfrey's intention behind it all.
She finally spoke candidly about her meeting with Ragland in an interview with ET Online's Nischelle Turner on the red carpet at the premiere of her new series.
Winfrey did not deny that she gave gifts to the mother of the new Duchess of Sussex, but she did explain about the modest nature of the gifts and the intention behind giving them
"She said, 'I love kumquats,' and I said, 'I have a kumquat tree! You want some kumquats?' So it was a basket of kumquats, people," Winfrey told in the interview.
The star also revealed that the other highly speculated gift she gave Ragland was 'a yoga mat.' She explained that Ragland was great at yoga so she had asked her to bring her yoga mat - just in case they might want to do yoga on the lawn.
Winfrey also revealed that Ragland loved the fruit of kumquat and the media mogul had a kumquat tree, so she brought her a basket of kumquats.
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"For all of the people who said I am getting her gifts and I'm trying to bribe her for an interview -- they were kumquats. If kumquats can get you an interview, I'm all for it!" Winfrey stated.
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On Saturday we went over to move the herd in the evening, a rather routine operation. But… there she was, hidden in the grass by her mama cow, our first new calf of this season. How glorious, how delicate, how right!
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When One Solution Is Better Than Two
by Jeffrey A. Krieger
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Over the years, clients have sought my advice after they have obtained a judgment against a limited liability company or a corporation, and after they have tried, without success, to collect on that judgment. All of the typical judgment enforcement methods have already failed. Because judgment debtors generally do not volunteer payment and sometimes will take steps to make it much more difficult for a creditor to collect, this scenario is somewhat common. In response, clients will ask what they can do. There are a number of options. These include putting the judgment debtor into an involuntary bankruptcy; another option is to seek to have the judgment amended to add the principals of the debtor as additional judgment debtors. The case of In re O'Reilly & Collins (discussed below) is interesting because it shows that although both options are available, a creditor might run into problems trying to do both.
Involuntary Bankruptcy
An involuntary bankruptcy can be effective in the right case because it creates some judicial supervision over the debtor's disposition of assets. It triggers the possibility of an orderly process for paying creditors. When compared to trying to chase down assets of the debtor as the debtor moves them around, this approach can be appealing.
Section 303 of the bankruptcy code allows even a single creditor, under certain circumstances, to force a judgment debtor into bankruptcy. However, this is risky because if the bankruptcy court finds that the correct circumstances did not exist, the bankruptcy court can sanction the creditor in the form of attorneys' fees and other damages. More commonly, at least three creditors are required in order to file the involuntary bankruptcy petition. This is a much safer approach, and counsel for petitioning creditors generally prefer to have even more than three creditors join in the bankruptcy petition. Under the circumstances described above, where assets are being moved around to the detriment of the judgment creditor, it is certainly worth considering whether there are other creditors that might be interested in joining in the filing of an involuntary bankruptcy petition.
Adding Additional Judgment Creditors
A second option, amending the judgment to add the principals of the judgment debtor as additional judgment debtors, is authorized by section 187 of the California Code of Civil Procedure. This provision has been interpreted to allow a judgment creditor to demonstrate that the principals of the debtor should be held liable as alter egos of the judgment debtor. If successful, the court will add the principals as judgment debtors for the full amount of the judgment.
Lessons from In re O'Reilly & Collins
As a creditor in a recent case in the Northern District of California learned the hard way, it can be important to be selective when deciding which of the above methods to utilize and not to try to combine them. In the bankruptcy case of In re O'Reilly & Collins, Michael Danko sued his former law firm, O'Reilly & Collins ("OC"), for wrongful termination. Judgment was granted in favor of Danko for over $3.25 million. OC, the former law firm, then filed an assignment for the benefit of creditors (a state law insolvency proceeding). In response, Danko and two other creditors filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition against OC. Just over one month later, Danko filed a motion in the state court to amend his judgment against OC to add Terry O'Reilly, personally, as a judgment debtor under section 187. Four months after that, the state court granted the motion and entered an amended judgment against the original judgment debtor (OC), and against O'Reilly personally. The amended judgment imposed joint and several liability in an amount greater than $4.5 million.
Back in the bankruptcy court, a bankruptcy trustee had been appointed. The Trustee filed a notice in the state court asserting that because of the bankruptcy automatic stay, "any attempt to obtain a judgment or enforce a judgment against defendant O'Reilly for claims based upon fraudulent conveyances and/or alter ego, are property of bankruptcy estate and are subject to the stay imposed under 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)(3)."
Danko then filed a motion in the bankruptcy court asking for an order stating that the Trustee's notice was legally incorrect and that the automatic stay was inapplicable to Danko's judgment and to his underlying claims against O'Reilly. The bankruptcy court denied Danko's motion, and on appeal, the district court upheld the bankruptcy court's decision.
It is well established in the Ninth Circuit that a fraudulent transfer claim to recover assets of a debtor in bankruptcy belongs to the bankruptcy estate, giving the Trustee exclusive standing to bring such claims. A creditor's attempt to bring such a claim would be barred by the automatic stay. The principal issue raised by Danko's appeal was whether his alter ego claim against O'Reilly was also property of the estate, and thus subject to the automatic stay, merely because the underlying facts in his alter ego claim were the same as those that would have given rise to a fraudulent transfer lawsuit.
Danko argued that the mere overlap of facts was insufficient. However, the District Court disagreed. In his section 187 motion, Danko had specifically argued to the state court that "the reason [Danko] is having trouble collecting is that O'Reilly stripped the firm of assets in the three years since Danko was fired, and particularly in the period leading to and following trial, in order to create that 'trouble.'" The state court's reliance on this particular evidence convinced the District Court that the alter ego judgment was similar enough to a fraudulent transfer claim that it belonged not to Danko but to the bankruptcy trustee. Accordingly, the automatic stay barred Danko from enforcing the judgment against O'Reilly, personally.
In re O'Reilly & Collins is an interesting case because the creditor involved, Michael Danko, attempted to both add an additional judgment debtor from whom he might collect, and to put the original debtor into bankruptcy. These solutions were in conflict. Danko's potential recovery from O'Reilly implicated property of the bankruptcy estate – namely, the assets which O'Reilly had allegedly transferred from the original debtor, OC. This created a potential fraudulent transfer claim by the bankruptcy trustee to recover those assets. Therefore, Danko was barred by the automatic stay from enforcing his judgment against O'Reilly. Sometimes one solution can undercut another.
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Review: Frank Sabatella's "The Shed" (A Brutal Reminder That Bloodsuckers Still Reign Supreme)
by Michael Therkelsen Nov 11, 2019, 12:06 pm
I've been a huge fan of Frank Sabatella since his debut feature Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet in 2009 and his annual Halloween short films including Night of the Pumpkin and Children of the Witch. After three years away from the camera, one of the best independent film-makers in the horror genre returns with The Shed, a full length movie written and directed by Sabatella and starring Jay Jay Warren ("Bosch"), Cody Kostro, Sofia Happonen, Timothy Bottoms ("Land of the Lost"), Siobhan Fallon Hogan ("Scorpion"), Frank Whaley ("Luke Cage"), Chris Petrovski and Damian Norfleet. Shot by A Bigger Boat and Sideshow Pictures, The Shed follows Stan and Dommer, two best friends who have to put up with bullies and tough families on a daily basis. Their bad luck changes one afternoon when Stan discovers a ferocious, murderous ancient vampire living in the shed outside his farm house. Instead of using the monster to destroy those who wronged him, Stan seeks to find a way to destroy the beast instead. Unfortunately, others disagree or disbelieve him, leading to a violent and maniacal rampage that paints the farm red. The Shed is in select theaters and on digital and on demand starting November 15th 2019 courtesy of RLJE Films. Here's why you really need to check this out.
The vampire subgenre has been making a huge comeback in recent years, and The Shed is a brutal reminder that bloodsuckers still reign supreme as long as they're handled with unnerving intensity and primal instinct. Vampire films have been around since the 1920s and so, at this point, a script needs to be filled with to the brim with originality to harness the interest of viewers. I can say, without a doubt, that The Shed is one of the best vampire movies in the last three years – and the real magic behind that is the fact that it was shot mostly during the day. It's a cool contrast since bloodsuckers die in direct sunlight, but the light of day is used here to cage the beast within and drive him absolutely hungry, bonkers and stir crazy. You'll never see another movie with such a deadly character thriving in its own natural enemy. Again – originality, originality, originality! The Shed also plays out like a teen drama/coming of age story all wrapped up in a box of unexpected twists, character de-evolution and equal measures of suspense and gratification. Although this movie has a slightly higher body count and more gore than I was expecting, it does have more bite to it than an average horror flick. I attribute this to the baseline story originally penned by Jason Rice.
The Shed was produced by Peter Block and Cory Neal with executive producer Josh Crook and co-producer Mike Mendez. James Thomas served as first assistant director, Matthias Schubert served as cinematographer and Mike Mendez served as editor. This movie is absolutely flawless from start to finish, although the ending battle has a little hokeyness to it. I looked at reviews online from audience members who saw The Shed at film festivals, and I literally rolled my eyes at the ones who launch any criticisms in its direction. The Shed is a grand production with some of the most solid work in the independent scene, and the acting was much better than anything you'll find on the Blu-ray shelves at Target and Walmart these days. Some reviews say it's "boring," but Frank Sabatella and Jason Rice never said they were making the next Underworld or 30 Days of Night. Instead, they made a homey, realistic, harsh and punishing movie with a great set of characters, an ominous location and a whole bunch of talent behind and in front of the camera. The Shed is refined, stylized and a punch in the jugular all at the same time with some Fright Night thrown in. Going in to your viewing, you know it's not going to end well for the characters; so buckle up and enjoy the ride!
Speaking of characters, Stan and Sheriff Dorney were my favorites. OK, I'm done raving about The Shed now. Final Score: 10/10.
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Q: Can I initialize a class variable using a global variable? (ruby) Do I have create extra method for this kind of assignment? @@variable = @global_variable Why? I want to have some variables that hold values and definitions to be accessible all through my script and have only one place of definition.
@global_variable = 'test'

class Test

@@variable = @global_variable

  def self.display
    puts @@variable
  end
end

Test.display #gives nil

A: In Ruby, global variables are prefixed with a $, not a @.
$global = 123

class Foo
    @@var = $global
    def self.display
        puts @@var
    end
end

Foo.display

correctly outputs 123.
What you've done is assign an instance variable to the Module or Object class (not sure which); that instance variable is not in scope of the class you've defined.

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The Monon Trail (known as the Monon Greenway in Carmel) is a rail trail located entirely within the state of Indiana. The Monon Railroad was a popular railroad line connecting the cities of Chicago and Indianapolis, with stops at major settlements along its route. After the decline of railroad travel and the sale of the company in 1987, the portion of the line between Indianapolis and Delphi, Indiana, was abandoned.

In Northwest Indiana, the trail is  long, running through Lake County from Munster to Hammond. In the Indianapolis area, the trail consists of  running through Hamilton and Marion counties, connecting Indianapolis, Carmel and Westfield. The trail has been extended to Sheridan, making the total length .

The first portions of the trail were created in the late 1990s, but it has been consistently extended in both of its segments since then. The trail is a shared use path complete with trailheads, park amenities and local attractions near it.

Northwest Indiana segment
Northwest Indiana's portion of the Monon covers , starting at the Pennsy Greenway near the Illinois–Indiana border in Munster, and running north to the Erie Lackawanna Trailhead in downtown Hammond.

In 2014, the trail was significantly extended, with a segment opening between Munster and Hammond. The segment connected a previously existing portion of the Monon Trail located entirely within Munster. The extension required the reconstruction of the old 1909 railroad bridge across the Little Calumet River, at a cost of approximately $1.5 million.

The Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District, which operates the South Shore commuter rail service, is reconstructing a portion of the rail route along the old Monon right-of-way. The West Lake Corridor project was planned to provide service from southern Lake County communities to and from downtown Chicago; it is estimated to be completed in 2025.

Indianapolis segment

The Monon Trail in the Indianapolis area runs from just north of downtown Indianapolis, passing through Martindale's Hillside neighborhood, the King Park, Mapleton-Fall Creek, Meridian-Kessler, Broad Ripple, and Nora neighborhoods, and then proceeding into Carmel and Westfield, Indiana, a length of . Plans to create a shared use trail on the former Monon right-of-way date back to the late 1980s. In 1999, a  segment in Indianapolis was completed, while a  segment in Carmel was opened between 2001 and 2002. The first phase of the trail cost approximately $5.5 million to create.

The trail was extended into Westfield starting in the fall of 2008, and since then has been extended north over the abandoned Monon right of way toward Sheridan, Indiana, for a total of  in Westfield. In Indianapolis the Monon connects with the Central Canal Towpath along the Indiana Central Canal, and the Fall Creek Greenway. In Westfield, the trail provides access to the Midland Trace, Anna Kendall, and the Little Eagle Creek trails.

In the Indianapolis area, the Monon Trail is used by more than 1.3 million people annually. The trail has been cited as having a positive economic impact to neighborhoods adjacent to the trail, including Broad Ripple in Indianapolis and the mixed-use developments of downtown Carmel, which have experienced a large growth in population over the past decade.

The longest continuous stretch begins in Indianapolis at 10th street, and runs North, terminating in Grand Park of Westfield at 191st street. This continuous stretch is . After reaching Grand Park, bikers can take country roads to reconnect with the trail at 216th street, where the trail picks back up and goes another  and ending in Sheridan. The final connection from 191st Street to 216th Street was completed in 2020.

Visitor attractions along the trail:
 Monon Depot Museum
 Carmel City Center
 Monon Community Center
 Indianapolis Art Center

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Any one that knows me even relatively well knows I'm into my cars and bikes. Ive been around bikes especially my entire life as my dad was always in the garage customising which ever bike he had most recently bought. I also spent a few years working as a trainee mechanic in local garages. Im not so keen on the newer models, I mean i appreciate the engineering and the incredible designs that are being developed to make cars faster and more economical. But i can't seem to get my head around the advanced computers and endless electric gadgets they all have. Give me good old nuts and bolts any day. Which leads me to Beaulieu, the home of the National Motor Museum. I'm going to be honest it was probably a good five months ago that i actually visited the museum with my dad but i thought it was definitely was well worth a bit of a write up.
The museum is on the grounds of an outstanding house and gardens which are all open to the public at a small price of course and are well worth a little explore if you have the time especially if the weathers not to shabby. In the gardens there are the remains of what used to be the old abbey, unfortunately these days there isn't a great deal left to see mainly low level walls. There is also an out building dedicated to the history of Beaulieu's secret army finishing school in the second world war.
But onto my favourite part. When you enter the area towards the entrance of the famous museum you are first met by a short hall of fame, of the car world of course. In here you find a Bond car along with the trusty of Reliant from Only fools and horses among several other iconic cars from the TV and cinema.
Around the corner from this hall of fame is what is know as Top Gear world. Exactly as it says on the tin, almost every Top Gear challenge car can be found in all its "glory" from the last 10 years or so. Including the infamous amphibious cars they built to try and cross the channel. The limos which quite frankly failed to be cars at all and the motor homes they built to tour cornwall. Well the two that were left anyway. Until you see them up close you don't appreciate the fact that someone has actually taken time out of their day to engineer and build these crazy machine that we used to watch on our TVs being crashed and raced around the test track.
Once you've had a good explore around the hall of fame and Top Gear world the main attraction of Beaulieu National Motor Museum is literally around the corner. First walking through the doors you are met by what i personally think is an outstanding looking machine. The 1935 Auburn 851, admittedly they do change the car at the for front of the exhibit from time to time so if you were to visit this may not be the first car you see. However in this case it was the first thing i set eyes on. Once the fastest production car of its generation with a 4.5 litre supercharged engine i was dying to hear it running however it wasn't meant to be. I have got a picture but due to the lighting being far to dark it doesn't do the car justice therefore I've left it out of this post. Around the edge of this first room is a time line of car icons including the Ford Model T.
Walk through into the main hall and the time line begins, starting with the first machines built to carry people or goods right round to 21st century F1 cars and our modern day classics such as the Mk2 golf. I could literally talk about this museum for ever. Anyone who is enjoys cars or this type of mechanical engineering will absolutely love it here and most probably won't want to leave. We actually ended up walking round several time just trying to take it all in. Just the vast range was incredible. World famous land speed record holders were sat next to priceless Rolls Royce's and World Rally legends such as the Audi Quattro. I can't even start to imagine the amount of time, money and effort that has gone into the restoration and care of every single vehicle in this building. It truly is something you have to experience for yourself.
Most people will just say, well its just a room of old cars and motorbikes. But people who are truly into there cars and bikes. Who are as fascinated by the engineering and brilliance that has gone into each and every part of that machine as i am, will honestly understand what I'm saying when i say how amazing this place really is. Its like nowhere I've been before purely on scale and standard. I would 100% highly recommend a visit, even if your not that fussed by cars theres still the beautiful grounds to explore. I will defiantly be taking a trip back there in the future.


President Emmanuel Macron's trip to Cairo on Sunday for talks with Egypt's bloodstained military dictator General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was a barely veiled threat, tacitly endorsed by governments around the world, against the working class.
For eleven weeks, hundreds of thousands of "yellow vest" protesters in France have marched every weekend to demand higher living standards, tax increases for the wealthy, and an end to repression and militarism. But the financial aristocracy will make no concessions to workers' social and political demands. Rather, it is preparing a drastic intensification of repression of social protest amid a universal turn of the capitalist class around the world towards authoritarian forms of rule.
The meaning of Macron's visit to Sisi is unmistakable. Sisi is infamous for his resort to mass murder to drown in blood revolutionary struggles of the working class that erupted in Egypt in 2011. During the 2013 coup against Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, his troops shot thousands in broad daylight on the streets of Egypt's cities. Since then, more than 60,000 people have been jailed, as the Sisi junta carries out mass show trials of its opponents and resorts to systematic torture, documented by human rights groups, of thousands of political prisoners.
Macron's claim Sunday night that he is visiting the hangman of Cairo so that he can "speak more openly" about "human rights" is ludicrous. Sisi banned the sale of yellow vests in Egypt last year for fear that mass protests would spread from France to Egypt. Macron's meeting with Sisi doubtless concentrated on a feverish discussion of repression.
Faced with a parasitic financial oligarchy that cannot and will not make concessions, the working class faces a political struggle that can have one of only two outcomes: revolution or counterrevolution.
Asked about Amnesty International's report that French armored vehicles were used in the 2013 repression in Egypt, Macron said France "foresaw they would be used for military purposes." He claimed that there is "no possible ambiguity" in French weapons sales, that they are intended for the "defense of Egyptian territory against external enemies," not against the Egyptian people.
Who does Macron think he is kidding? French armored vehicles serve to repress the workers not only in Egypt, but also in France—since Macron took the hitherto unprecedented step of deploying armored vehicles against the "yellow vests." As Macron escalates repression in France and showers Cairo with weaponry, Sisi can take Macron's toothless remarks as a green light to use French arms for further crackdowns in Egypt.
The authoritarian regimes and police-state policies of the capitalist class are now facing a challenge from the working class. After over a quarter century of imperialist war in the Middle East since the Stalinist dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, and a decade of European Union (EU) austerity after the 2008 crash, the mechanisms used to suppress the class struggle are collapsing. A global upsurge of the class struggle, of which the 2011 uprising in Egypt was a forerunner, is underway.
The beginning of 2019 has seen a wildcat rebellion by 70,000 autoworkers in Matamoros, Mexico, the largest strike on the North American continent in 20 years, as well as strikes and anti-austerity protests across Europe, and continued mass "yellow vest" demonstrations in France.
On January 14, after nationwide demonstrations in December, a general strike of 700,000 public sector workers in Tunisia brought the country to a standstill, as tens of thousands in Tunis chanted, "The people want the fall of the regime." Last week, Sisi met with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, whose government has arrested hundreds and killed dozens since protests began last month over the rising cost of bread and other basic commodities.
As masses of workers and youth internationally enter into struggle, it is critical to draw the lessons of Macron's trip to Cairo. Macron's hailing last year of French fascist dictator Philippe Pétain, or German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer's endorsement of neo-Nazi riots in German cities, are not isolated accidents. Faced with a challenge from below, the ruling class will seek to use the most ruthless methods.
The French ruling elite's response to the "yellow vest" protests has been to launch mass arrests and repression on a scale unseen in metropolitan France since the Nazi Occupation. Over 5,000 protesters have been arrested, including more than 1,700 on a single day on December 8. At least four protesters have had their hands blown off by police stun grenades, another 20 have lost eyes from police bean-bag bullets, and one person has been permanently deafened.
This statement sums up the sentiments prevailing not just in the ruling classes of France, but of the whole world, who see the turn to dictatorship and repression as the only means to prop up the increasingly hated capitalist system.
The most basic needs of the working class today, including the defense of the most fundamental democratic rights, cannot be met outside of a frontal assault on the fortunes and prerogatives of the capitalist class—a struggle of the international working class for the expropriation of the ruling class and the building of socialism.


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Sense and Nonsense in ESG Scoring
NYU Stern School of Business
39 Pages Posted: 13 Nov 2019
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Ingo Walter
New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business; New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance
Date Written: November 5, 2019
Concerns about the future of the natural environment, prevailing social conditions, and governance of private and public institutions inspire today's ESG movement. None of these concerns are new. But they have gained much traction from the techno-communication revolution alongside a growing populist focus on "stakeholder" claims. This paper proposes a coherent heuristic for sorting out the elements of a social control platform that captures the key elements of the ESG movement from the perspective of modern business firms and investment funds that mostly operate under the classic conditions of market discipline. The diagnostic radiates from regulatory constraints anchored in legislation – and that bear most directly on the enterprise – outward to much less tractable areas of business conduct subject to claims and values that may or may not be generally accepted. The ESG ratings industry attempts to identify, calibrate and condense corporate and investor conduct across a wide spectrum of behavior against the benchmarks of normative ESG values. The industrial economics of the large and growing ESG ratings industry is discussed and compared to the credit rating industry with its long history and vastly simpler mandate – the probability of contractual debt service "on time and in full." The paper concludes with an assessment of the future of ESG ratings and their bearing on capital investment and business practice.
Keywords: environmental degradation, social impact, sustainability, corporate governance, corporate ratings, target funds, investment fund performance
JEL Classification: B55, D18, D30, D62, D68, D74, F53, H89, I30, K29, K38, K42, K49, Z128
Walter, Ingo, Sense and Nonsense in ESG Scoring (November 5, 2019). NYU Stern School of Business, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3480878 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3480878
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The Cake, The Court, Gay Rights – and Religion Polling Data
The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a Christian baker in Colorado who refused to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple. The 7-2 ruling said that Jack Phillips' First Amendment Rights to free speech and religious expression had been violated by a Colorado State court that found his decision to turn away David Mullins and Charlie Craig in 2012 was unlawful discrimination. However, the ruling was a narrow one and did not resolve how states are to balance the prevention of discrimination and the protection of religious freedom.
Robert Jones is the CEO of PRRI (Public Religion Research Institute) which recently conducted a large survey of American opinion on this topic, the American Values Atlas. Our associate director, Jane Little, asked Robert for his take on the decision.
JL: What does this mean in the context of your research?
RJ: The case, Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, was narrowly decided and doesn't change much in terms of standing law or public opinion. But the case does provide a moment to reflect on just how much the ground has shifted over the last decade. In 2004, a raft of state constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage passed, and even when Barack Obama was elected in 2008, only about four in ten Americans supported same-sex marriage. Today, marriage for gay and lesbian couples is constitutionally protected in the U.S., and more than six in ten Americans agree with that policy.
JL: According to your research, all religious groups – except for white evangelical protestants and Mormons – actually oppose allowing service refusals to gay and lesbian people on religious grounds. What does that tell you about the direction of the culture?
RJ: While it's common to think this is just about generational differences — with younger, liberal Americans replacing older, conservatives ones — we have an abundance of evidence that people in all walks of life have changed their mind on issues related to gay rights.
On allowing religiously based service refusals, there is just a slim majority (53 percent) of white evangelical Protestants and Mormons that favor such a policy. For every other major religious group, a majority opposes.
JL: It was a narrow ruling, leaving the door wide open to future cases. What can we expect in the near future?
RJ: Narrow decisions like this have been a hallmark of the Roberts Court. The court recognized the legitimacy of nondiscrimination laws and mostly focused the ruling on a perceived hostility toward religion in the enforcement of these laws. But because the court declined to offer positive guidelines for appropriate enforcement, we'll inevitably see more cases in the courts here. Justice Kennedy explicitly noted the need for additional judicial rulings to define these guidelines: "The outcome of cases like this in other circumstances must await further elaboration in the courts, all in the context of recognizing that these disputes must be resolved with tolerance, without undue respect to sincere religious beliefs, and without subjecting gay persons to indignities when they seek goods and services in an open market."
JL: Do you expect public opinion to continue to shift in favor of gay rights here or are we going to see further backlash against a perceived loss of religious freedom?
RJ: Generally speaking, we're likely to see both in the near term. In the general population, current trends of increasing support for LGBT rights are likely to continue. Between 2014 and 2017, we saw increasing support for same-sex marriage, even among religious groups who were least supportive, including Mormons, White Evangelicals, Hispanic Protestants, Black Protestants, and Muslims. Most indicators would suggest that this is an issue where the American public is going to become even more liberal than it is today. At the same time, we are likely to see more legal challenges from groups that have been on the losing side of this cultural argument, especially white evangelical Protestants. But even these movements may have a limited time window, since majorities of young white evangelical Protestants (ages 18-29) and young Republicans, for example, now favor same-sex marriage.
Robert Jones is the CEO of PRRI and author of The End of White Christian America.
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My daughter's eyes glistened with tears that were about to spill over. "I just feel like I'm never good enough for you!" She blurted.
My husband had just been chastising her for her messy room, but those words stung him to the heart. He gathered Katie in his arms and assured her that he still loved her, would always love her, no matter what. Then he helped her clean up her room.
Many of us feel that we aren't good enough. The thought may come when we fail in some way, or when we see "friends" go off together, leaving us alone, or when we are passed over for a promotion at work or an award we felt we deserved. There are many circumstances in life that make our heads drop and our shoulders slump as our self esteem sinks to new depths. These feelings can lead to frustration, anger and even depression. The pressure to be perfect is self-defeating. You know you can't do it. You know you never will. So what's the point in even trying?
But, the good news is, as a famous theologian once said, God knows us best yet loves us most. He knows all our failings and weaknesses, all our bad motivations and self-serving decisions, yet He still, as my husband did with our daughter that day, wraps us in His arms and tells us he loves us, no matter what.
He can do that because, when we acknowledge Him as our Saviour and Lord we are able to receive His forgiveness. Then He wipes away all that is flawed and ugly in our lives. He took all of it away the day he was nailed to a cross in a faraway place called Palestine, over 2,000 years ago. In the moment we accept the forgiveness He offers us through that ultimate sacrifice, He clothes us in His righteousness. We become holy, not because of what we do, but because of what He has done. That's why he was able to tell that thief on the cross beside Him that He would see Him in Paradise that day. The man was forgiven because of his faith in the One whose sacrifice tore the curtain in the temple and made the very ground tremble.
Once we grasp that concept, the self-deprecating feelings of never being good enough fade away. When we understand the depth of His love none of our failings can defeat us. When we know we are loved and accepted we are able to lift our heads and straighten our shoulders. We are good enough for God. Nothing else matters.
Jesus didn't die for those who were already perfect and righteous. He died for the ungodly. He died for you and me.
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The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood is based on the anxieties of the 1980's impending nuclear war and the issues of gender and reproduction. Atwood portrays a dystopian society based in a republic called Gilead, which is run by a theocratic and misogynist dictatorship. The society distorts the hierarchy of its citizens from the modern world, to one that characterizes males as the ruling class, who oversee women in servant roles.
Most of the women population of Gilead is infertile, while the women that still have the ability of child- bearing, live under sexual degradation as handmaids in the households of the Commanders that act as the ruling class. By using a feminist and Marxist viewpoint to analyze the novel, it magnifies the power that women have over themselves and others regardless of their suppression and to further the agenda of men. Due to economic factors, the Gileadean society is divided up into explicit social classes. The society thrives off the social division of labor and the suppression of women.
The social hierarchy is formed through the Commanders, the Guardians, and the Angels of the male-dominated society. While the Handmaids, the Aunts, and the Commander's wives structure the class of the feminine world. The class structure of Gilead can also been seen through the ranking of the characters. The commander's guardian Nick, would be considered upper class but not in the same realm as the commander. "He lives here, in the household, over the garage. Low status: he hasn't been issued a women, not even one. " (18) Nick resides in the same dwelling as the commander, yet still doesn't hold the same authority.
In contrast, the commander and his wife Serena Joy live lavishly with carpets and artwork in their house. "Late Victorian, the house is, a family house, built for a large rich family. " (9) The house interior indicates the material basis of the commander's power. The ability for women to follow the patriarchal and religious structure determines the value of labor among Gilead. "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. " (88) Women have the ability to control the marketplace through the supply and demand of their offspring. Women are placed higher in the pecking-order but not directly themselves, but by men taking away every luxury.
"There's no longer any hand lotion or face cream, not for us. "(96) From resorting to butter to replace lotion, to the matches and cigarettes they are not allowed to have. Women subvert oppression despite who places it upon them. From a feminist standpoint, the social caste of women would be seen as suppressed, while a Marxist standpoint would see the handmaids as unpaid sex workers. With the purpose of procreation, Offred the protagonist of the story was expected to engage in sexual intercourse with the Commander, while Serena Joy sat nearby.
Serena Joy acquired the position of authority and would be considered a strong feminist role model, until the reader establishes that she uses her power for self-serving purposes. To control her work force, Serena changes Offred's perception of her through several actions. "Then she takes the cigarette she's been fiddling with and, a little awkwardly, presses it into my hand, closing my fingers around it. " (206) In reality Serena Joy has more power than the commander. Offred's position could be viewed as a sex worker, without income paid for her services.
From a Marxist viewpoint seeing the handmaids as legal sex workers, who are sanctioned by the Gilead government is a good thing. The workers have more control than they think, but due to the capitalist controlling the market, they therefore control the workers. "It's difficult for me to believe I have power over him, of any sort, but I do; although it's of an equivocal kind. " (210) Offred would realize her true power in society and overcome oppression, if she grasped the value of her labor to produce offspring. "…both of us are supposed to be invisible, both of us are functionaries." (232)
To establish value in the dystopian society, women would have to recognize their labor power such as Serena Joy does. Although, the handmaids get housing for their duties, some feminists would find oversight and earnings that come with legalization as good thing. "Well, some of them are real pros. Working girls. " (237) On the other hand, feminists would be against women selling their bodies for an occupation. Feminists would also be against Moria's role in society, since she accepted it over being in a work camp, but even more approving of Offred's role since it was not her choice.
The Marxist viewpoint would scold Offred for not asking for financial payment, but commend the Commander for showing Offred there is more room for development within the work place by taking her to a sex club. "If anyone asks you, say you're an evening rental. " (233) While the patriarchy live under the impression that they are the capitalist of the Gilead society, by looking at the novel with a Marxist and feminist viewpoint we can see the power of women regardless of their suppression.
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Alison Barker awarded an ERC Starting Grant
The European Research Council (ERC) awards its first early-career research grants under Horizon Europe
Alison Barker, new Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt receives the prestigious ERC Starting Grant for her project "Neural circuits for social communication". She is one of eleven 2021 early-career research grant laureates who are currently affiliated with the Max Planck Society. The ERC Starting Grants are worth on average €1.5 million will help ambitious younger researchers launch their own projects, form their teams and pursue their best ideas.
Alison Barker, PhD
Our capacity for language is an essential part of our ability to forge and reinforce social bonds. Humans are exceptionally good at communicating via vocal cues, yet many types of acoustic communication are found throughout the animal kingdom. Surprisingly little is known about how social information encoded in acoustic signals is subsequently decoded within brain networks.
Barker started her research group "Social Systems and Circuits" at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in December 2021. For her research, Barker adopts a broad evolutionary perspective, studying vocal communication in the naked mole-rat, a highly vocal and highly social rodent which lives in large multi-generational colonies under the rule of a single breeding female, queen. In addition to their extreme cooperativity, these rodents are highly vocal with a repertoire (> 25 distinct vocalizations) comparable to that of non-human primates. "Naked mole-rats use greeting calls, "soft chirps" to share information about individual identity and colony membership. Using these specialized vocal cues as a starting point we aim to understand the underlying neural circuitry that allows for the social recognition, and how these signals are adapted to changes in social situations," explains Barker.
Barker is one of 397 early-career researchers who are awarded the 2021 ERC Starting Grant. Female researchers received 43% of grants, an increase from 37% in 2020 and the highest share to date. Following the first call for proposals under the EU's new R&I programme, Horizon Europe, €619 million will be invested in excellent projects dreamed up by scientists and scholars.
About the ERC
The ERC, set up by the European Union in 2007, is the premier European funding organisation for excellent frontier research. It funds creative researchers of any nationality and age, to run projects based across Europe. The ERC offers four core grant schemes: Starting Grants, Consolidator Grants, Advanced Grants and Synergy Grants. With its additional Proof of Concept Grant scheme, the ERC helps grantees to bridge the gap between their pioneering research and early phases of its commercialisation.
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Tatjana Tchumatchenko has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant
Tatjana Tchumatchenko, Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, has received this prestigious grant for her MolDynForSyn project. She is one of the twelve 2020 laureates currently working at the Max Planck Society.
Gilles Laurent receives second ERC Advanced Grant for project on sleep evolution
Julijana Gjorgjieva has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant
Research Group Leader Julijana Gjorgjieva at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research has received this prestigious grant for the NeuroDevo project. She is one of the 19 laureates currently working at the Max Planck Society. In addition, three of them, including Julijana, are in the MaxPlanck@TUM program, reflecting the success of the dual Max…
Max Planck neuroscientist Hiroshi Ito is awarded a prestigious grant from the Human Frontiers Science Program
Research Group Leader Hiroshi Ito (Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt, Germany) has been awarded a Young Investigators Grant from the Human Frontiers Science Program of more than one million USD in total. Together with fellow scientists from the United States and Argentina, he will initiate a three-year project to investigate the…
Tatjana Tchumatchenko is awarded a DFG grant to investigate contrast invariance
Tatjana´s project is part of the Priority Programme "Computational Connectomics", a newly established research programme which aims to facilitate the automated reconstruction of neural connectivity by strengthening the cooperation between experimental and theoretical research.
Julijana Gjorgjieva receives 2017 NARSAD Young Investigator Award to study spontaneous activity in the developing mouse brain
With the grant from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, Max Planck Research Group Leader Julijana Gjorgjieva will characterize specific aspects of normal brain development. The work will focus on spontaneous activity, a phenomenon observed in the brain prior to sensory experience, which plays a powerful role in shaping brain-wide circuits.
ERC Starting Grant for Hiroshi Ito
Hiroshi Ito, Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, receives an ERC Starting Grant to investigate neural circuits for goal-directed spatial navigation.
Hiroshi Ito receives prestigious prize from Japan Neuroscience Society
Hiroshi Ito has been awarded the Young Investigator Award of the Japan Neuroscience Society for his investigation of functional impact and modulatory mechanism of distinct inputs to the hippocampus. The award will be presented at the annual meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society in July 2017.
German Research Foundation SPP 1665 funds work in the Letzkus lab to dissect the organization of cortical circuits connecting to the amygdala
German Research Foundation SPP 1665 funds work in the Letzkus lab to dissect the organization of cortical circuits connecting to the amygdala.
Amparo Acker-Palmer receives an ERC Advanced Grant
With this five-year European grant of 2.5 million Euro, she will study the similarities between neurons and blood vessels and how they communicate in the brain.


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LeNá Powe McDonaldPh.D.
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The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Fall 2017-June 2018 Funded Researcher
The University of Alabama,Tuscaloosa, Alabama
2014-2017 Political Rhetoric and Social Outreach
Summer 2015-Fall 2015 Interpersonal Communication
Fall 2008 Freshman Compass
Miles College, Birmingham, Alabama
Spring 2011 Honors Speech
RESEARCH INTEREST:
Political Rhetoric
Project Coordinator-Office of the President (Present)
Provide overall support to all projects under the administrative offices of the University.
Provide direct support to the Chief Administrative Officer.
Conduct research on higher education laws, policies and practices.
Generate reports to make informed recommendations to University leadership on a variety of projects.
Serve as the primary administrative liaison for the Chief Administrative Officer
Communications Specialist-Division of Advancement
Facilitated event logistics for both the largest one-time contribution and the largest donation pledge in the University's history.
Crafted communications for a record setting fundraising year which raised $224.3 million.
Help generate content for all University advancement and development materials.
Serves as the primary liaison with development officers and the Office of Strategic Communication.
Provides direct support for all fundraising and capital initiatives.
Director-Advancement
Birmingham Children's Theatre
Increased sales and sponsorship revenue by 15% to $500,000 in earned revenue.
Awarded $40,000 in grants, sponsorships, and partnerships.
Developed all communication, marketing and social media content
Executive Director/Director-Workforce Development
West Alabama Works/West Alabama Chamber of Commerce
Planned and hosted an automotive hiring fair, in partnership with area suppliers with 2,000 attendees over 500 opportunities for employment extended onsite.
Developed the organization's Workforce Development Newsletter.
Provided direct oversight for regional education, curriculum and career readiness standards which resulted in a direct decrease in area unemployment.
Project Manager –Strategic Initiatives (Education /Workforce Development)
Birmingham Business Alliance(BBA)
Created and managed the Women's Business Council, the region's first council for development and education of women in business and women owned businesses.
Managed the organization's signature business and community development events including: The Magic City Classic Scholarship Breakfast, the African American Business Council Luncheon, the Hispanic Business Council Breakfast, and the Talent Recruitment Project hosting students from five Alabama institutions of higher education.
Recent Conference Presentations
Powe McDonald, L. (Invited-2019). From rose-bearers to warriors: A 30 year analysis of Black women in film, a comparison of Coming to America and Black Panther. Communication and Media Studies International Conference at the University of Bonn (Germany).
Powe McDonald, L. (2018). Pageantry as preparation for political leadership. Paper presented at the Oxford Women's Leadership Symposium at the University of Oxford.
Powe McDonald, L. (2018). Creating the next generation of women leaders: The impact of participation in collegiate sports dominated by women. Paper presented at the 6th Annual Alabama Program in Sports Communication
Symposium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Invited Lectures
Powe McDonald, L. (2018). UA Performing Arts Center Campaign Announcement Presentation. Presentation to the University of Alabama Office of Advancement in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Powe McDonald, L. (2016). Political communication and public speaking: Women in politics and the media. Invited lecture at Elect Her UA for the University of Alabama Women and Gender Resource Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Powe McDonald, L. (2015). Political communication and public speaking: Women in politics and the media. Lecture at Elect Her UA for the University of Alabama Women and Gender Resource Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Powe McDonald, L. (2015, February). Successful workforce development strategies. Keynote speech delivered to the Cullman Chamber of Commerce's Community Luncheon in Cullman, Alabama.
Powe McDonald, L. (2015, January). Workforce development in West Alabama. Keynote speech delivered to the Tuscaloosa Human Resource Professionals in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Powe McDonald, L. (2013). The little pink toolbox. Presentation delivered to the Alabama Small Business Development Network Women in Business
Conference at Alabama State University in Montgomery, Alabama.
Literacy Council of West Alabama Grant for $2,500- 2018
Birmingham Children's Theatre-Grants totaling $40,000 (from various organizations)- 2016-2017 and over $500,000 in earned revenue.
Wrote private grants and sponsorship requests totaling $40,000-2011-2014
Diabetes Related Initiatives. Grant from City of Birmingham for $20,000- 2009
Powe McDonald, L. (2018). Pageantry as preparation for political office: Preparing women leaders today. Paper presented at the Oxford Women's Leadership Symposium in Oxford, UK.
Powe McDonald, L. (2018). Creating the next generation of women leaders: The impact of participation in collegiate sports dominated by women. Paper presented at the 6th Annual Alabama Program in Sports Communication Symposium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
McDonald, L.P. (May 2020). From first lady to madam president: A study on women college leaders at public four-year institutions. Dissertation.
Powe, L. (2015, January 23). Celebrate Birmingham's World Games win, but don't take shots at past administrations. AL.com.Retrieved from www.al.com.
Powe, L. (2013, November/December). Renaissance for Miles College: Historic Miles College is hitting its stride with a $20 million expansion, embedding its mark on the Birmingham Fairfield community. Alliance Magazine.
Powe, L. (2013, September 12). Birmingham's new challenge. The Birmingham Times.
Powe, L. (2013, July/August). Celebrating small business: The BBA celebrates the success of its 2012 Small Business Award winners, as it seeks a new class of entrepreneurs and advocates to honor in 2013. Alliance Magazine, pp. 18-19.
Powe, L. (2013, May/June). Educating the world: The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute serves as the anchor of major tourist events, and an example of the future, 50 years following the local movement. Alliance Magazine, p. 24.
Powe, L. (2012, November/ December). Earning potential: Holy Family Cristo Rey High School: Students work corporate internships in companies throughout Birmingham to gain experience and tuition. Alliance Magazine, pp.26-27.
Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration
Educational Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies
Advisor: Dr. Karri Holley
Master of Arts in Communication Studies
Advisor: Dr. Jason Black
Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies Concentrations: Community Development/Dance
lmpowe@crimson.ua.edu


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Many Americans have been disturbed by decisions of the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) to implement airport screening procedures that are far more intrusive than anything previously seen in the United States. These techniques—which often include aggressive body searches of passengers—present especially serious concerns for transgender people, who can be outed against their will or face bias and harassment. These screening procedures can be especially traumatic for transgender children. In the National Transgender Discrimination Survey—which includes data collected before these more intrusive techniques were introduced—nearly one in five transgender travelers reported having been harassed or disrespected by airport security screeners or other airport workers.
In 2011, the TSA began phasing in new screening technology that replaces electronic viewing of images of passengers' unclothed bodies with automated detection of potentially hazardous objects. This technology mitigates some privacy concerns but has not changed the frequent use of intrusive pat-downs. NCTE continues to hear troubling stories from transgender travelers about their treatment by TSA, as well as by officials at U.S. border crossings. While NCTE continues to work with TSA to promote better staff training, respond to individual complaints, and educate the trans traveling public, the agency's lack of transparency and persistent use of invasive and unproven security procedures are a continuing cause for concern.
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Rep. Rice Introduces Bill to Improve Airport Security Screening of Transgender Travelers
U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice (NY-04) introduced a bill yesterday to protect the dignity and privacy of transgender and other travelers at airport security screening checkpoints.
How to Mitigate the Stress of Flying While Trans
The airport security process brings scrutiny onto the bodies, belongings, and identity documents of all passengers.
Court Orders TSA to Publish Rules in Response to NCTE Suit
Last Friday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued an order in the National Center for Transgender Equality's (NCTE) lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).


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Little Rory Gilmore, aka Alexis Bledel, is all grown up ... and nominated for her second Emmy! The Handmaid's Tale star took home the award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series last year for her portrayal of Ofglen/Emily, and this year she's nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress for the same role.
Clearly, a lot has changed since Alexis's Stars Hollow days. The actress made a supremely un-Rory-like move when she guest starred on Mad Men in 2012 and felt a spark with her on-screen love interest Vincent Kartheiser (aka Pete Campbell, objectively the slimiest character on Mad Men — which is saying a lot).
Two years later, she and Vincent wed, and about a year after that they welcomed their first child together.
Scroll down below for a run-down on Alexis and Vincent's ultra-private relationship.
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They Didn't Start Dating Until Two Months After Bledel's Arc Wrapped
Though the flame was ignited on set, Kartheiser told Vulture that things remained strictly professional between him and Bledel until after season 5 wrapped. "We were completely professional. We never saw each other out. We never — it was nothing, it was just work."
The Mad Men Cast and Crew Saw It Coming
Jon Hamm told Vulture, "I did know he liked her from a very early point. I was a supporter of that union."
The series' creator, Matthew Weiner, also saw the writing on the wall, explaining, "I told Vinnie that they would be great together. I was like, 'Don't blow it!' Honestly, they're a really good match. They're both very down to earth, with a sense of responsibility and strong family ties. And they've been acting since before they can remember, which makes for a very special personality. It's not just that I thought they would look cute together. Even with all of Alexis's amazing qualities, I think that if she had not been such a good actress, he would not have been interested."
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Vincent Practiced His Proposal on His Co-Stars
The actor's Mad Men co-stars Jessica Paré and Elisabeth Moss (who'd later star alongside Bledel in The Handmaid's Tale) received a special preview of Kartheiser's proposal. "It was purely comedic but he was giving [Elisabeth] and I a facetious rendition of his planned proposal," Paré told People in 2013. "We were like, 'Great! Let's do this one without cursing and without yelling!'"
"They are such a yin and yang," Moss said of Vincent and Alexis. "I've known Vinny for 12 years and Alexis is just the sweetest. I've never seen Vincent like this. It is really cool."
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Luke Danes (aka Scott Patterson) Broke the News That Alexis and Vincent Had Welcomed a Child
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If you launched your cluster in the EC2-VPC platform, follow the steps in To Configure the VPC Security Group (EC2-VPC Platform).
If you launched your cluster in the EC2-Classic platform, follow the steps in To Configure the Amazon Redshift Security Group.
You only need to configure one of these two types of security groups. Follow the steps that correspond to the platform in which you launched your cluster.
In the Amazon Redshift console, in the navigation pane, choose Clusters.
Choose examplecluster to open it, and make sure that you are on the Configuration tab.
Under Cluster Properties, for VPC Security Groups, choose your security group.
After your security group opens in the Amazon EC2 console, choose the Inbound tab.
Port Range: type the same port number that you used when you launched the cluster. The default port for Amazon Redshift is 5439, but your port might be different.
Source: select Custom IP, then type 0.0.0.0/0.
Using 0.0.0.0/0 is not recommended for anything other than demonstration purposes because it allows access from any computer on the internet. In a real environment, you would create inbound rules based on your own network settings.
Under Cluster Properties, for Cluster Security Groups, choose default to open the default security group.
On the Security Groups tab, in the cluster security group list, choose the cluster security group whose rules you want to manage.
On the Security Group Connections tab, choose Add Connection Type.
In the Connection Type box, choose CIDR/IP.
In CIDR/IP to Authorize, type 0.0.0.0/0 and choose Authorize.


Actually, that appreciation begins with parents establishing a prayer foundation well before children enter the Catholic school system. That foundation is then built upon by families, parishes and our elementary and secondary schools.
As part of the catechetical program, schools teach common prayers that students can appreciate and understand. But even before introducing common prayers — the Our Father, Hail Mary and prayers before and after meals — teachers and parents instil that prayer is a conversation, a discussion with God. That leads to many types of prayer being taught in Catholic schools.


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Q: ESP8266 gives garbage using Arduino IDE I am using ESP8266 board connected to Arduino Nano using this Video. But every time I switch on the board, I get garbage values like this "¤HlzGà". It changes each time I switch on and off.
I tried using different baud rate and ESP8266 board. But I am getting the same results. Can anyone help me in this?

A: There are a number of possible reasons why your ESP8266 is returning "garbage" values via serial:

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*During boot of the ESP8266 (before the welcome message is displayed) the baud rate is set to 76800 before being set to the default baud rate of your firmware (note I do not know what firmware you are running, there are many floating about right now). This is normal! You will know if your ESP8266 has successfully booted if you receive a welcome message (which varies with firmware).

*You have not selected the correct baud rate to communicate with your ESP8266. There are three common baud rates being used presently after the ESP8266 boots (i.e. set just prior to the welcome message), 9600, 115200, and 57600.
For your particular case I strongly suspect that your power supply does not have enough power to power the ESP8266, this is especially true if you are trying to power it from the Arduino Nano's 3.3V supply. In most cases you will need a separate 3.3V power source for your ESP8266. I suspect you are seeing the ESP8266 boot (i.e. showing it's "garbage" during boot sequnce) then the module is shutting off shortly after and becoming unresponsive.

A: When using platformio, I found out that if I put in my main.cpp the following line:
Serial.begin(115200)

I get garbage.  Baud-rate of 9600 was fine, until I tried a different value, then nothing worked.
I found another entry in platformio.ini:
monitor_speed = 115200

and unless I matched these, it got garbage characters.  I can only assume default worked originally, then broke when I set it explicit.  I can also only assume that the Arduino IDE probably has a settings for the serial monitor window as well that needs to match whatever you set in your main.cpp.


While I wasn't mopping up the kitchen or soaking my hands in dishwater I was working on these over the weekend! Last year when I made our tree skirt, my family suggested stockings. I wanted to make them, but had purchased enough fabric for the tree skirt only. Well, earlier this summer I was blessed, when the charming Kelly cleaned out her stash, and I knew that stockings were a must!
I love the maverick stars and this is my first project with them. I love the gentle reminder of Christs' birth with the star – even Emmalie noted while I was sewing that they were like "Jesus' star". She's such a smart girl :) I put everyone's name on them, that way there are no squabbles year to year. And I had fun mixing up all the fabrics that I had!
I took pictures of my process, and plan to post a tutorial this week!
Let's swap dinner recipes tomorrow – k!?
No dishwasher yet :( It needs a bit more work. . .
They look beautiful! I keep telling myself I'll make my family stockings…but it hasn't happened yet.
Your Christmas stockings are the best I've ever seen. Lovely. I'm so happy to hear you'll be writing a tutorial, as I found these to be inspirational.
Yay! They are BEAUTIFUL!! I probably won't get to mine until after Thanksgiving :D but I'm looking forward to the tutorial.
Yeah!!!! I can't wait to see the tutorial for the stockings – they are so pretty. We just got a new puppy, and Ginger needs her own stocking, too.
beautiful stockings. They look like a LOT MORE fun to work on than mopping or doing dishes!!!
Beautiful! I can't wait for the tutorial.
I love these. I may be borrowing this idea for my own family. We already have stockings, but don't have them with us this year.
Love them, Amy. Sorry to hear about your dish washer. Dishpan hands are not attractive. LOL!
Those are beautiful! I have been wanting to make my family stockings for awhile so I can't wait for your tutorial!!
They're adorable! Happy Monday Amy!
Oh Oh your stockings are fantastics.
these are amazing. they look so great.
They look great – so much better than store bought.
Ohhh, Christmas stockings! Such a good reminder for me today as the one I made for my grandson last year got lost in the mail never to arrive. I should probably start on a new one for him NOW so it's ready in time for this Christmas.
These are great!! I love the star on top – and I love that you are going to post a tutorial.
Those are wonderful! Wish I wasn't nearly done with all the felted, knit stockings I started last year. I love wonky stars, and the way you mixed the fabrics makes each unique!
Those are so cute! I love that line of fabrics. I have got to get going on my girl's stocking.
They look awesome. I've inally given up on cross stitching stockings so maybe I'll quilt some instead!
Gorgeous stockings Amy! You'll have to post a pic of them hanging with goodies in them closer to Christmas!
Gorgeous! My sister requested new stockings this year and I was debating on the style/pattern. I absolutely LOVE yours!
Hey friend, I haven't been here in a while, so hello!
So, do you make new stockings each year? I only have 2 stockings, my grandma embroidered both of them. One is so special that a few years ago when we nearly had to leave our home for the San Diego fires, I made sure to grab it!
Great stockings. The fabrics are great. I especially like the coordinated lining. I agree the stars are perfect for stockings. Looking forward to seeing all the recipes tomorrow.
Those are great! We have a jumble of different looks going on in the way of Christmas stockings. I've been thinking of making new ones that are matching in some way.
Thank you for visiting me and leaving the kind comment. Your Christmas stockings look so cute. I will be watching for your tutorial.
I love these! Fantastic, great fabrics.
Fabulous stockings! Looking forward to the tutorial!
Adorable! I love that they match but use different fabrics.
I can't believe Christmas is coming so soon again!
Love those striped fabrics on the inside!
I can't wait for the tutorial. I have been wanting to make some stockings for the grandkids for some time now. Your stockings are adorable.
Great Job! I love the stockings.
Beautiful job, Amy! Love the fabric.
Love your stockings. I used to make lots of Christmas stockings when the kids were little but I've only made a couple for the grandkids. Guess I should browse through my Christmas fabrics and make a few more. Thanks!
You've inspired me! My husband and I started out 33 years ago with just the 2 of us and now our family has grown to 11 (3 married children and 5 grandchildren).
We have been blessed each year so far to have everyone at our home on Christmas Eve! I hang stockings for all 11 of us but they are a mish-mash of pretty ones and ugly ones…all fairly cheap. NO QUILTED ONES!
So…I'm hoping to make (or at least start) pretty ones for this Christmas!