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Graduation Yearbook 2021
Benton, KY (42025 )
Partly cloudy skies. High 31F. Winds NNE at 5 to 10 mph..
Not only do ring-billed gulls not need the sea, they are perfectly comfortable hanging around where there is no water.
Our gulls probably never experience the sea
by Steve Vantreese
Some people occasionally question what all these "seagulls" are doing around here.
What they may not recognize is that a great many gulls live and die without ever visiting one of our coasts. They never set their beady little eyes on an ocean.
Most are interior birds and, therefore, only legitimately can be called gulls. The sea doesn't figure into their lifestyle or habitat.
That is true for some species more than others. It is quite true for our predominant gull, the ring-billed gull. Chances are great that when you observe one or two or a couple of hundred gulls hereabouts, you are seeing ring-billed gulls.
The ring-bill is a crow-sized waterbird that often is but doesn't have to be associated with some sort of waterway. To those of us who aren't much attuned to gulls, the ring-billed gull probably looks like a generic. But there are specifics.
A ring-bill is about two feet in length, give or take two or three inches. In flight it looks even bigger, boasting a wingspread that can stretch to nearly four feet.
This basic bird in adult plumage is squeaky clean white with some light gray shading on its mid-back and lower. There is some black plumage on its wingtips, which shows up back along its tail with wings folded at rest.
If you are near enough to see, a ring-billed gull has yellowish eyes, legs and bill. That beak, however, is marked with a wrapping of black band, a feature from which the species' name is derived. Biologists say the purpose of that black ring seems to be that it gives young chicks a target at which to peck when a mother gull returns to the nest to feed her young hatchlings.
When adult ring-bills are of full breeding age, they sport that snowy white head. If they are a little shy of being active reproducers, even these adults with have a little bit of tan to gray streaking or speckling on the back of the head and down the back of the neck.
Regardless of where ring-billed gulls rank in breeding readiness, we will not have any of that foolishness going on here.
Breeding territories for ring-bills are spread across the northern tier of American states and well into Canada. There are no nesting colonies of these gulls in Kentucky or anywhere nearby.
What appears locally are migratory ring-bills of mixed ages during the winter. On toward spring and summer, what will remain will be juvenile and non-breeding young adults.
Ring-billed gulls in our region are just here to hang-out, feed on the abundance of our habitats and, in the case of juveniles and sub-adults, grow toward their ultimate mission of making more ring-billed gulls.
In regard to propagating themselves, ring-bills have done that handily. Way back in the early 1900s, these gulls among others fell into major decline, their very existence threatened, in large part because they were killed by market hunters for their plumage.
Migratory bird protection eventually put an end to that, but decades later the exploitation was not overcome.
These gulls later got a boost when the pesticide DDT was banned, and the gradual elimination of the chemical from the ecosystem saw improved reproduction in bald eagles, other raptors, shorebirds and various egg-laying species, including ring-bills.
Nowadays, the continental population of ring-billed gulls has been estimated at about 1.7 million. They are not a species of concern as of late.
Mankind once nearly quashed ring-bills, but some of their present prosperity is also the result of civilization's expansion. It is a matter of habitat.
Ring-billed gulls are primarily fish eaters that find themselves at home around rivers, lakes and ponds in our nation's interior. The development of our lock and dam systems and reservoir creations on our riverways have created super habitats for these gulls. Even now, some of the best gull concentrations in our region are to be found around our big lakes and big rivers area, especially around the tailwaters of Kentucky Dam and Barkley Dam. To a gull, it doesn't get much better than that.
But gulls are opportunistic feeders, and what is available is often what's for dinner. They are known to eat things like insects and small rodents along with fish, but they also have come to relish what humans cast aside. Ring-bills think garbage is just great.
Some sources say a more southerly expansion of ring-billed gulls' nesting territories is a result of more accessible landfills and refuse operations where the birds can continually scavenge food.
The gulls don't even need big garbage consolidations to enjoy boosted food options. Instead of gathering by the hundreds at a landfill, they fan out and appear by the dozens around parking lots of big box stores and fast-food restaurants.
It sounds like a joke, but it is said that one of the primary foods of ring-billed gulls nowadays is French fries.
Do you want fries with that? Gulls do. If they have the fries, in fact, they seem to need little else.
If we lived by the sea, we almost certainly would have gulls engaging in coastal behavior. While we do not live along the ocean, we still have gulls, mostly ring-billed gulls, and they live and do what is most appropriate for their local circumstances.
Indeed, our ring-bills are much closer to being parking lot gulls than seagulls here and in these times.
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UNDERCOVER: Bribery, massive fraud sabotaging N-POWER scheme
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Every month, the federal government spends about N15 billion as stipends on 500,000 volunteers of the N-Power scheme, a component of the National Social Investment Programmes (N-SIP). Dubbed as the largest post-tertiary employment programme in Africa, the Muhammadu Buhari government sees the scheme as one of its major achievements. Although some critics have said the programme is non-existent, this investigation that covered a year revealed that it is real and beneficiaries do not need high-wire connections.
Headquartered under the office of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, N-Teach is the most popular of the N-SIP, which also focuses on health, agriculture and public finance. Due to the deficiency in the number of teaching staff in public schools, many "unemployed graduates" were deployed to schools in order to complement the efforts of the staff on ground. But after conniving with corrupt officials, some of these volunteers abscond from their duty post. They receive monthly stipends with which they bribe school authorities and milk the federal government in billions of naira. TAIWO ADEBULU went undercover to get first-hand details.
In 2016 when the N-Power programme began, 200,000 beneficiaries were selected and deployed to their primary place of assignment (PPA) out of about 700,000 Nigerian graduates who reportedly applied. However, several allegations arose from the exercise, ranging from absenteeism of the volunteers from PPAs, impersonation and fraudulent practices by officials handling the programme.
With the announcement of the 2017 batch, I proceeded to the N-POWER web portal and registered for the programme. I selected Ondo state, did an online assessment test on my mobile phone and participated in the screening process which took place in Akure, the state capital. Aside the lack of monitoring for the open test which was prone to malpractice by applicants and the constant tipping of officials by beneficiaries to get screened on time due to the huge population, the screening process was largely transparent and efficient.
But despite several efforts by the administrators to sanitise the exercise and retain only volunteers who are genuinely unemployed, inside workings still revealed large-scale fraud involving the programme officials, school officials and beneficiaries who get paid regularly without reporting for work.
BENEFICIARIES PAYING N8000 TO BE REDEPLOYED
Letter of redeployment
On June 17, 2018, I received a message from N-POWER congratulating me for being among the 300,000 new beneficiaries, selected out of 2.5 million applicants, for the second batch engaged till 2020. With the identification number NPVN/2017/125765, I was posted to Ikare-Akoko, the headquarters of Akoko north-east local government area.
At the National Orientation Agency (NOA) office at the federal secretariat in Akure, where the programme is coordinated, open-secret deals are being hatched. I met a group of beneficiaries who had complained of being posted to different local governments from the ones they chose. They were discussing about one Pascal, a government official working as an agent for the N-POWER officials. Pascal could "process" a change of local government. His phone number was shared among the group and I engaged the agent, who said I should pay N8000 being the usual charge for the "deal".
After the amount was paid to his account, he set off to process the deal. While some deals pulled through, mine and a few others didn't. While Pascal assured me that he was going to keep working on the deal, I received my deployment letter signed by one Olubunmi Ademosu, the state focal person. I was posted to Ansar Ud Deen Primary (AUD) School IV, Ekan, and instructed to resume on or before Friday, August 10, 2018.
NOA OFFICIALS CO-ORDINATE THE FRAUD
At the NOA office, I met with the young officials who were handling the physical verification and assessment. After explaining to them that I had a stable job but wanted to strike a deal to "ghost" the exercise, one of them asked if I was ready to pay the sacrifice and let go with part of my stipend. I told him I was ready to let go.
"But to be sincere with you, things have changed from the way it used to be with the way the programme is being seriously monitored now," an official said.
"During the 2016 set, there was little or no monitoring. So, it was easy for us to strike good deals with beneficiaries from here and they won't show face at their station at all. Now, the beneficiaries must involve his or her PPA before things can work out because if we are able to handle our monitoring team, what about the ones who come from Abuja without notifying us? Go to your PPA and strike a good deal with the school officials who can easily protect you; then, come back here. In as much as our own men are aware of the arrangement, there won't be any problem when they visit your school."
THE 50-50 SHADY DEAL
Pupils of AUD climbing a tree to cross the stream to their school
The easiest road to AUD primary school was through a flowing stream, where I had to climb a tree with some other pupils to cross a small stream and get to the school. With four buildings, two totally condemned ones and the other two in use, the school has a population of about 200 students and six staff in all. Four N-POWER teachers in the 2017 batch were posted there.
One of the senior teachers popular called "Mr. Ray" had asked why I reported late. I told him that I had a permanent job which I was fully engaged in another town and couldn't cope with the stress of combining it with teaching at the school. Then, he offered a way out if only I was going to "co-operate" and sacrifice part of my monthly stipend as it is done by my colleagues in other schools.
"There is a way we can do it for you to beat the system and nobody would detect. I will help you find someone who can impersonate you. You don't have to come here. The person resumes, bears your name, appears when supervisors come and you pay the two of us. You have to divide your stipend into two, half for us and the remaining one for you. You need to co-operate because that is how your colleagues in other schools are doing it. In as much we have a good deal with you, you have no problem wherever you are," he said.
For the next 15 minutes, Ray and I haggled over the sharing formula for my N30,000 stipend. At last, I succumbed and we agreed to a 50-50 deal. He takes N15,000, out of which he removes his share and pays the impersonator who would stand in for me in case there is need for my physical presence while I manage the rest. When asked if there's any possibility that the deal might go wrong at any point, Ray assured me that he's going to carry other staff along and also work with officials of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) who come around occasionally to check on the volunteers.
"Even with the fact that you are a man, the person that will represent you will be a woman. They can't know because they do not come with your bio-data and passport, even the ones who come from Abuja sometimes. Any gender could bear your name. You don't worry; the SUBEB people are my friends. They are aware of such deals and they also have their own candidates. We know how to settle them," he concluded.
The reporter given NPOWER attendance list to fill for the days absent from work
Thereafter, he gave me the attendance register where I wrote my name from the days I was absent to that very day. He assured me that my impersonator would register my name in subsequent days. In just three days after I left the town, Ray had found a replacement for me –- a woman indeed. She resumed duty. He reassured me that I didn't have to come back again as long as I fulfill my side of the bargain. Then he jokingly sounded a note of warning. "Don't forget that I will always know when your stipend is paid. So, don't play pranks with me."
'WE NEED TO LEGALISE THE CONTRACT AND BE SURE YOU ARE REAL'
After a month of a smooth-running contract, a new head was transferred to the school. Even without my knowledge, Ray had informed the new headmistress of the deal in order to get her to support it. The headmistress objected and ordered for my presence in the school. Ray swung into action to convince the new head how the former headmaster played along and how officials from NPOWER and SUBEB are also involved. He gave me up-to-date information on the development. Still, the new woman insisted that I had to sign a legal contract in the presence of a lawyer where it would be stated that I won't default in my payment or play smart with the school. The following week, I arrived at the school and met with the new headmistress.
"Mr. Ray has briefed about the deal between you and the school with the knowledge of some officials from the state," she noted. "I understand everything that is going on and I know it happens in other schools. I'm just trying to be careful and also make sure there is someone on ground to do your work. I like your sincerity with the way you opened up that you are already working somewhere.
"In fact, the person who signed for you (former headmaster) said there should be a written document that you will sign to show that you are going to pay. But Mr. Ray said you will not disappoint.
"Sincerely, I don't want part of your money. Just make sure you don't default in your payment to him every month so that he can also settle the person representing you. Then, we won't have any problem."
In a chat with the impostor, she said some officials from the state and N-POWER visited the school twice but did not pose any problem as far as someone was available to bear the name and Ray had also done the needful.
FREE MONEY FOR THE BOYS
"Alert is raining now"
On November 30, after four months in which the programme began, beneficiaries started receiving bank alerts for their stipends. In a Facebook group for the beneficiaries, one of the members posted, "Alert is raining now. I received mine…EcoBank". In the comment section, others trooped to testify that the alert is really "raining" and it keeps pouring. One said, "May this rain not stop, let it keep raining. This is showers of blessing." At this point, it had not "rained" at my location several miles away from my PPA.
An hour later, I received alerts on my phone. They trickled in one after the other. They were stipends for three months and amounted to N90,000. The next day, I received a call from Ray to ascertain if the "rain" also poured at my location. I answered in the affirmative.
Screen shot of successful transfer of 30K to Ray
"Should I send my account number? This is free money for the boys," he said immediately and chuckled. The next day, I sent him N30,000 to pay for two months of the contract.
A week after, the impostor called me to complain that Ray had refused to fulfill his side of the contract. After so much persuasion, the senior teacher paid the impostor for one month and kept the remaining fund to himself.
BILLIONS OF NAIRA GOING DOWN THE DRAIN
N-POWER beneficiaries at a rally in Akure
In 2016, the government had reportedly budgeted N500 billion for the N-SIP. However, as of May 16, only about N41 billion had been expended on the four programmes with the N-Power gulping N26 billion. According to Osinbajo, the N-Power scheme would provide jobs for at least 10 million Nigerians by 2023 — yet more money will go down the drain to volunteers who are not present at work, possibly because they have other jobs, but have found their way to beat the system in a way that fetch them "side money".
In 2017, while addressing 5,559 volunteers in Kwara state, Afolabi Imoukhuede, senior special sssistant (SSA) to the president on job creation and youth employment, reportedly said about 60 volunteers on the programme are on payment hold and may be prosecuted for fraud.
He added that 363 volunteers in Kwara were ghosts and did not exist in the programme, while those found guilty of absenteeism would be forced to return all stipends received and prosecuted. Even with the warnings, findings showed that there is no solid structure in place to weed the ghost volunteers out of the system as they continue to milk the federal government billions of naira monthly.
N-POWER REACTS
Imokhuede with Osinbajo
In an interview with TheCable, Imoukhuede said he was aware of the cases of absenteeism in the programme but there was no way they could run a perfect system. He, however, denied that there is fraud in the system.
"That's not true. That does not exist in N-POWER programme. We do know that there is no perfect system. But I do expect a minimal number of Judas out of every congregation of 12. There's nothing you've written that I am not aware of," Imoukhuede said.
"When we took the programme online, there were chances that those who deserve it and those who do not will come into the programme. That was why we introduced the physical verification process, which was a process they all had to go through before being engaged formally into the programme. The process helps check that there are no ghosts. Everyone was verified to be an individual, qualified, and has a BVN.
"Our state focal persons are mandated to provide us monthly reports of attendance, discipline and compliance by the volunteers. When people engage in absenteeism, they go on payment hold immediately. There is a control mechanism. Yes, you can be deployed and choose not to go to work every day if you want to dictate your own time. That is not our terms and conditions. It's a full-time volunteering programme.
"What your investigative journalism will help us in doing is to name and shame as we often do on all our platforms when we receive the reports. For the second batch, we had 1.8 million qualified applications after we removed double-counts and incomplete applications from the 2.5 million we received and we selected 300,000. Like I do tell them, for everyone, there are other qualified Nigerians that can replace them.
"The volunteers have a whistle blower programme where they report themselves, especially those who don't go to work. We have NPOWER in the states and local governments who have formed a monitoring team and they report absenteeism. We have independent monitors in every local government who also give us reports every month. Then, if some volunteers are really smart to beat all the systems, I can assure you that they can beat the system today, but they can beat it tomorrow."
Government apparently needs to do more to plug the loopholes in the project which has no doubt put smiles on many faces.
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While I'd like to commend the N-Power initiative, I also wish to state that the programme is over 70 percent shy of perfection. No doubt, if properly implemented, the programme has the potential of improving the education sector, but measures need to be put in place to not only ensure that participants do the jobs for which they are being paid, but the overall impact or effectiveness of the scheme is appropriately measured, to ascertain that government is not just wasting valuable funds. Has there been any positive impact on this scheme in the improvement of education in the country? Which states or regions have recorded the greatest impact? How has the programme affected the overall performance in external examinations like SSCE, JSCE, PLCE and others? Until these elements are evaluated, we will not know how useful the programme actually is.
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Journalists, a professor, and a group of prisoners brought a civil rights lawsuit against Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) officials on Monday, December 9, asserting that prison officials violated the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution in restricting media access to prisoners convicted of crimes related to the 1993 Lucasville prison uprising in order to stifle public discussion.
3) The restrictions on media and public access to information are unreasonable restrictions on speech in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendment.
The media plaintiffs are Noelle Hanrahan of Prison Radio, Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Christopher Hedges, James Ridgeway of Solitary Watch, and Derrick Jones, a theater and film instructor at Bowling Green State University. The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio is representing the plaintiffs.
All five prisoner-plaintiffs were framed for homicides that occurred during the 1993 Lucasville prison uprising. The uprising lasted 11 days. Nine prisoners and one prison guard were killed during the uprising.
Siddique Abdullah Hasan, Keith Lamar (aka Bomani Shakur), Jason Robb, and George Skatzes are four of the prisoner-plaintiffs who are part of a group collectively referred to as the Lucasville 5-plus. These men were framed and sentenced to death for homicides that occurred during the 1993 Lucasville uprising, and have been held in solitary confinement for the last 20 years, fighting Ohio's ongoing efforts to execute them. The "plus" refers to the numerous other prisoners framed up in the aftermath of the uprising who received sentences other than death.
A fifth prisoner-plaintiff, Gregory Curry, is serving a life sentence after being convicted for a homicide occurring during the riot in a trial fraught with perjured testimony, suppressed evidence, and prosecutorial misconduct.
As the state persists in its efforts to execute the Lucasville 5, the fight over historical truth continues as well, with lives hanging in the balance. Access to media in this context involves more than the protection of an abstract right, but instead implicates the most fundamental questions about the humanity of people in prison and the tyranny of the state.
The lawsuit claims "Defendants and their predecessors have for twenty years denied all face-to-face media access to prisoners convicted of crimes committed during the April 1993 uprising[.]" In addition to denying requests by Hanrahan, Ridgeway, Jones, and Hedges for interviews with prisoners convicted of crimes related to the uprising, reporters from the Columbus Dispatch, the San Francisco Bay View, and the Associated Press in Columbus have been denied access to those prisoners as well.
In contrast, prisoners convicted of crimes that are unrelated to the 1993 uprising have been permitted to speak with journalists and media workers from WTVG 13 (ABC Toledo), The New York Times, Fox 25 News in Lima, Ohio, French national TV channel France 2, the Edinburgh Evening News, BBC News, Channel 35 in Lima, Ohio, Towers Productions in Chicago, News of the World of Glasgow, Sunday Post of Glasgow, The Times of London, Cicada Films, and WJW-TV in Cleveland, Ohio.
ALC will continue to follow this case and support efforts for the Lucasville 5-plus.
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In recent months, our society has experienced a powerful reckoning on the issue of racial justice, including the injustices and inequities within the reproductive health, rights, and justice movement. While they are difficult and often painful to have, conversations about equity are critically important and we are committed to having them inside and outside of our organization.
But conversations on their own are not enough. As a white-led organization in a large, diverse reproductive health movement, we understand our particular obligation to demonstrate leadership in addressing systemic racial barriers that exist within our organization, in the movement, and throughout our broader society. We also understand the need to hold ourselves accountable and truly listen to the communities affected by these barriers to ensure that we are centering their needs and priorities.
At the National Abortion Federation (NAF), we have recently embarked on an 18-month initiative to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) across our organization. This DEI work stems from a broader effort to improve NAF's organizational culture and ensure that we are a workplace where everyone feels safe, supported, and able to show up as their authentic selves. We have also expanded this work to ensure that we are as accommodating and flexible as possible in response to new challenges and obstacles created by the pandemic.
While we know there is much more to do, we are proud of the work we have done so far to ensure that everyone at NAF feels heard and to start on the journey to become a truly antiracist organization. Among our actions taken to date, we have:
Launched an extensive and comprehensive DEI process, including:
Creating a staff DEI task force.
Engaging a DEI consultant to work with the leadership team and task force over the next 18 months to map out a strategy toward achieving internal diversity, equity, and inclusion at NAF and supporting members who are making similar commitments.
Securing funding to hire a DEI Manager to work with key stakeholders on implementing the DEI strategy identified by the consultant and task force.
Changed our hiring practices to center DEI, including expanding our outreach and prioritizing recruitment efforts in geographic areas that have a larger pool of diverse candidates.
Conducted a salary survey to determine our competitiveness in the nonprofit sector, used the data to demonstrate a need for salary increases at our entry and mid-level positions, acquired necessary funding, and implemented pay raises at those levels.
Developed a new paid time off structure to allow staff flexibility to use leave however they choose.
Changed our workplace policies and practices to maximize flexibility and staff support amid the pandemic, including:
Allowing flex work time to meet childcare and caregiver needs.
Supporting staff who temporarily relocated to where they feel safe.
Launching a CEO task force to give employees a voice on returning to in-person work, including the potential impact on home life and caregiver needs.
We recognize that these efforts, while important, are only the beginning of a long process. We feel it is important to share this information publicly to hold ourselves accountable and acknowledge the need for ongoing action and improvements to achieve our vision of true diversity, equity, and inclusion at NAF. We welcome continued conversation from within and beyond the reproductive health, rights, and justice movement about how we can make continued progress in these areas together.


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New Biopic Returns Tonya Harding's Story to Prominence
Milan Loewer '21
Feb 6, 2018 3 min
"I, Tonya" is a sympathetic portrayal of American figure skater Tonya Harding's rise and subsequent fall, following her infamous 1994 attack on fellow figure skater and longtime rival Nancy Kerrigan.
Harding was born into a poor family in Portland, Oregon. Even as a child, she was a bit of a tomboy, often working on cars, hunting, drag racing and chopping wood — as the fictionalized Tonya puts it in the film, she was a "redneck." By the age of three, however, she already showed promise as a skater, and her mother signed her up for lessons. In her teens, Harding moved up in the figure skating world, dropped out of high school her sophomore year, moved in with an abusive boyfriend to escape her abusive mother and, at 19, won gold in Skate America.
But the reason this film exists and the reason we are still talking about her today was not her skating prowess and the fact the she is the first woman to ever complete a triple axel in competition. Rather, it was her connection to the 1994 attack on Kerrigan. No one will ever know the true extent of her involvement in the attack, but the general belief at the time was that Harding's ex-husband, with her then-bodyguard, had hired a man to kneecap Kerrigan, in the run-up to the 1994 Winter Olympics. At the time, there was a media frenzy surrounding the attack, and the dominant narrative was that white-trash Harding had attacked America's princess, Kerrigan.
The first time I watched "I, Tonya," I loved it. I found it at times funny, at times moving and walked away from it pondering one of Tonya's last monologues where she looks into the camera and says of her experience with fame: "I was loved, then I was hated, then I was just a punchline. It was like being abused all over again, but this time by you, all of you."
However, in the sober light of the following morning, I realized that much of what had been funny about the film was Tonya's abuse. The abuse is a punchline reused throughout the film, and aside from the oafish stupidity of Tonya's bodyguard, which is honestly pretty hilarious and certainly a highlight, such abuse is practically the only source of humor in the film.
At the same time, the theme of Harding's abuse is also the pathos of the film. "I, Tonya" oscillates from jerking laughs out of the audience one moment to evoking tears the very next scene. Of course, there certainly is a lot of humor in tragedy, but in "I, Tonya," the tragedy and humor negate one another, detracting from the seriousness of scenes like the one in which Tonya's mother tells her that maybe she "deserves to get hit" by playing it for laughs. Similarly, after Tonya comically introduces her abusive boyfriend Jeff Gilooly as "the first boy I ever loved…The only catch was…he beat the hell out of me," it is a bit jarring when he really does beat the living hell out of her. The audience is left unsure about whether to laugh at that introduction in the first place.
All this makes her line about being abused by "all of you," (that is, the audience, the consumers of news and media) either a sadistic stroke of ironic genius or, more probably, given how sympathetic — if at times patronizing — the film is towards her, an unfortunate irony that points towards the essential problem with the film —for all our sympathy towards Tonya, her abuse becomes a punchline that all of us can have a good laugh at.
So, why does this somewhat condescending, if sympathetic, portrayal of a mostly-forgotten figure skater from the 90s known basically for one scandal, seem relevant right now? In a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times, the film's director, Craig Gillespie, said that he saw the film partly as a way to address the "anger in our society starting out with what happened in the election" and "how you transcend that creatively."
The premise of "I, Tonya" is an attempt to present an emotionally real telling of the Tonya Harding story from Harding's point of view. It aims to humanize her by presenting her whole story and to show how much she suffered from all the vitriol that the public spewed at her following the attack. Much of the vitriol that was aimed at her stemmed from the environment she grew up in, because she was poor and "white trash," because she was the type to vote for Trump, which, incidentally, she did — because she was a "deplorable." And the film is certainly successful to a degree in all these things, but, ultimately, it falls short of its mark. Harding is somewhat one dimensional, and the film lacks the nuance to really explain how she became a world-class athlete despite the abuse and poverty she suffered. It portrays her as a victim of abuse that comes off both somewhat comic and somewhat tragic. With all of the accolades and attention that it has received, it seems that this dumbed-down, somewhat patronizing film has hit a nerve because of its ultimate revelation: that white trash deplorables are people too.


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**Description:** **Providence is calling a new opportunity as Executive Assistant PSJH in Hr Integration (Full Time, Day Shift) to Providence Health & Services in Renton, WA.** **In this position you will have the following responsibilities:** + Be responsible for performing ongoing administrative and secretarial support services of a complex, and often confidential, nature for a senior management position within PSJH + Perform work that is varied and generally administrative and/or project-oriented + Network extensively with many of the organization's management team and will represent their supervisor in a positive and professional manner + Manage calendars, correspondence, meeting and agenda preparation and other logistical matters, and special projects **Qualifications:** **Required qualifications for this position include:** + Two (2) years of College training in English, liberal arts or related subjects + Graduate from a technical program in secretarial or office support services + Four (4) years experience as an administrative assistant or executive assistant, including at least two years working directly for a manager or executive **About the department you will serve.** Providence Strategic and Management Services provides a variety of functional and system support services for all eight regions of Providence Health & Services from Alaska to California. We are focused on supporting our Mission by delivering a robust foundation of services and sharing of specialized expertise. **We offer a full comprehensive range of benefits - see our website for details** http://www.providenceiscalling.jobs/rewards-benefits/ **Our Mission** As expressions of God's healing love, witnessed through the ministry of Jesus, we are steadfast in serving all, especially those who are poor and vulnerable. **About Us** Providence Health & Services is a not-for-profit Catholic network of hospitals, care centers, health plans, physicians, clinics, home health care and services guided by a Mission of caring the Sisters of Providence began over 160 years ago. Providence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Providence does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. **Schedule:** Full-time **Shift:** Day **Job Category:** Administrative (Non-Clinical) **Location:** Washington-Renton **Req ID:** 244455
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DMV supervisor pleads guilty for leaking info to estranged spouse
By John Annese and Thomas Tracy
Anthony Cataldi, 53, resigned from his position at the Staten Island DMV office as part of his plea deal with Richmond County prosecutors. (Getty Images/iStock)
A Staten Island supervisor for the state Department of Motor Vehicles was out of a job Friday after he pleaded guilty to supplying a man with the DMV records of his estranged wife, who had a restraining order against her harassing hubby, officials said Friday.
Anthony Cataldi, 53, resigned from his position at the Staten Island DMV office as part of his plea deal with Richmond County prosecutors following an investigation conducted by the New York State Inspector General.
He was arrested in October on charges of computer trespass, a felony, for accessing the woman's DMV records and giving them to her estranged husband on two separate occasions. The DMV computer system is unique to the state agency and can't be accessed remotely. Employees can only access it with their pass code, officials said.
"Not only did this defendant use his position at the DMV to illegally access a woman's personal records, he then disclosed that information to the victim's estranged spouse against whom a court order of protection had been filed," Richmond County District Attorney Michael McMahon said in a statement. "My office will not tolerate such egregious violations of an individual's privacy and safety."
Added Inspector General Letizia Tagliafierro, "The defendant abused his position and disregarded his obligation to protect sensitive and confidential information, potentially compromising the safety of an individual who had obtained a court order of protection."
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An investigation into Cataldi began after his friend reached out to his wife, claiming that he had specific information about her vehicles. The woman was aware that her husband knew Cataldi and that Cataldi worked for the DMV, officials said.
Cataldi didn't receive any jail time for his actions, but was sentenced to a three-year conditional discharge, meaning that if he doesn't get in any more trouble, the charges against him will be sealed.


WASHINGTON – The latest AOL online poll shows 81 percent of respondents saying Barack Obama should release his birth certificate.
This finding in spite of a veritable media barrage in recent days of unsubstantiated claims ranging from all Hawaiian birth certificates were destroyed to it already has been released.
A story that went unnoticed by most of the major media has now become one of the most covered stories in the nation. But the coverage has been almost exclusively of the kind that downplays the seriousness of the controversy – often ridiculing concerns about the birth certificate as conspiracy fodder and matters that only preoccupy the uninformed.
But in the latest AOL poll of more than 66,000 people, 81 percent said it's time for Obama to cough up the original long-form birth certificate. At one point over the weekend, the percentage was as high as 82 percent with more than 30,000 votes.
In fact, in every state in the union – including Obama's claimed birthplace of Hawaii and his more recent home state of Illinois – most people want to see the birth certificate.
A scientific poll conducted by WND last month found 50 percent of Americans aware of the eligibility controversy, with 49 percent believing he should release the birth certificate as well as other documents, such as his college records.


Anyway, it's not that a cable problem is so awful–I mean, I'm not losing any data or anything–but it is annoying. Until I get it straightened out, you'll be seeing old photos of the boys here, or clip art images. Be patient with me (hear that, Grandma?), I'll get a new cable soon, I promise.


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Toronto Basic Information
A shining metropolis
Canada's largest city is home to a wide array of attractions.
Take me out to a ball game
Canada may be famous for ice hockey, but Toronto also enjoys a baseball game with its American neighbours.
Where entertainment abounds
Don't miss watching a show at Toronto's Skydome, also known as Rogers Centre.
Home to many cultures
From peaceful temples to sizzling street food, Toronto is a multicultural city.
As a harbour city, you'll fall in love with Toronto's incredible views.
The gateway to nearby Niagara Falls and a popular destination for millions of travellers, Toronto is a bold, multicultural city pushing the point of being tolerant and accepting. Go up the CN Tower and take in the vast quantity of sights all at once. Behind the modern facade, Toronto also has historic and architectural works of art around every corner with its cultural diversity at the forefront for all to see and appreciate. To get the most out of your Toronto holiday, here's some top tips.
Australian passport holders are eligible to holiday in Canada for up to 6 months without a visa. In order to travel under these terms, you must hold a valid passport for the dates you are travelling within. If you're between the ages of 18 and 30, Aussies may also be eligible to work and stay in Canada for up to 2 years with a temporary work permit as part of International Experience Canada. Please be aware that these details are only a guideline. For up-to-the-minute visa information, contact your local embassy or consulate of Canada.
The currency in Canada is the Canadian Dollar. The exchange rate between the Australian Dollar and the Canadian Dollar fluctuates constantly, so it's a good idea to monitor the rate before purchasing cash. For safe spending while overseas, consider bringing a credit card or travel money card with you.
With almost too much choice, Toronto's chefs have brought a new dimension to compete and stand out from the crowd in this culinary hotspot. Sourcing vegetables from local suppliers has been deemed too far for some establishments so they have adopted a self-grow program as well as nose-to-tail cooking, which has been impressively mastered, most notably, at The Black Hoof. From simplistic pizzas to luxuriously rich classic dishes, Toronto has no gastronomic boundaries. Unquestionably, this city has the most excitingly fast-paced and evolutionary catering scene in Canada and it is hard to predict what direction it will turn next. With such a multicultural society in a modern city, you'll also find a huge variety of international cuisines from around the world, as well as all your fast food faves and interesting street food vendors.
Once the sun goes down, the entertainment really kicks off in the city. Live bands, drama performances, bars and clubs from high-end formal affairs to basement dives open for the night and continue well into the morning. Much of the city's club scene has moved over to Queen Street West, Parkdale and Ossington with The Horseshoe Tavern on Queen Street West historically being the venue of choise for musical icons. This establishment is the veteran of the strip, not losing any of its sharpness over the years. Parkdale, which follows on from Queen Street West, is a rising star competing to stamp its own mark on Toronto's nightlife scene. Open 7 days a week, Not My Dog (yes, that's its name) is a great little find serving local beers and introducing many unsigned bands to the stage. Be prepared to stand on a Friday and Saturday as this popular joint gets busy.
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When I was little, I was amazed by just how much could be done with a simple stick of colored wax. I'd make all of my imaginary worlds come to life, leave 'hiya!' notes for my mom and friends and sometimes, when I was too young to know better, it came in handy as an afternoon snack. I've since stopped the enjoying the culinary cuisine of Crayons but not my recreational love for them. So imagine my joy when discovering this! Whether your little one's latest box of 64 is down to the nubs or you've decided to purchase a brand spankin new box for the kid at heart, Lets Do The DIY Thang! You'll need to grab yourself a hair dryer, canvas, glue gun & sticks. Glue the crayons in a row at the top of the canvas and let them set for at least 10mins. (This makes sure they are all cool and stuck for good…dont want a random crayon making a run for it). Then use the hair dryer on it's highest heat setting to blow over the crayons, starting from left to right. Once the crayons start to heat up, they become shiny and the wax begins to melt. The longer you hold the heat to the wax, the faster it melts. Mix it up by making a monogram, adding decoupage'd pieces below the drips or even a bit of spray glitter to make it fancy. No matter how you do it….Voila! You have you new fun & crafty project that creates an original piece of DIY art.
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You are here: Home / Blog / #4 (2018) Your "job stuff" or career in Football lingo… HIKE!
Superbowl Sunday is upon us, a mere 4 hours or so away. Seemed like an apropos time for a fun post. Of course, many of you have shared with me that what makes Bizzeebobber.com different is its fun and edgy posts. "Thank you." Nonetheless, this pays homage to a great game and some reminders on what we all go through via our careers and regular "job stuff", which can include interviewing, searching for a job, compensation and anything else I can conjure below.
Your diminishing salary + bonus after years in the same company. Pay hike? HA! Compensation is the football. It's the main object, right? Maybe not as an entrepreneur, but when you are working for the man (yes, this includes woman. Not being fresh…) you want to bring home the bacon. And I don't mean the ACTUAL football. Afterall, footballs are called "pigskins" (See, an educational post). Pigs, well, there is your bacon.
To be clear, I assumed a $60,000 gross for the count-off above. Thus, your year 1 bonus was 20% (or $12,000: $60,000 + $12,000 = $72,000). 2016 was not bad. You made about 8 grand per your annual bonus. And last year? Last year was $3,000 (An abysmal 5% hike). After taxes it was about $1,500. Consider inflation or cost of living with your new cell phone bill… (as I aggressively punch this into the calculator – calculator on my new phone, of course…) VOILA! You made about $8.
I know. The silver-lining. Better to have made something than nothing at all, but diminishing bonuses year over year (probably promised as something different in your contract or job offer) may be a sign that you can be a higher paid quarterback elsewhere. Or, you are thinking, "When pigs fly?" But try to think positive.
TIP: Being PoIGnant, salary is always better than promised bonuses.
Moving on… Like, Hike the ball already?
The infamous redirect. "Yes, I was instrumental in saving that company millions, but let me share a more RECENT example if you don't mind?" You got the ball back. You are going to use a recent example that actually happened… Score a touchdown!
Hold onto the ball. Two hands, jauntiness.
TIP: Bullet points aren't made up, if you believe them. But being able to speak to them is important, too. Review your resume – and be prepared to speak to anything on it – before walking into an interview.
When you have an important presentation that goes well and you KNOW you scored. You're a big hit! The audience loved you and more importantly, you are probably going to get promoted by your company as a result (Ohhh YASSS! Another great bullet point for my resume).
Here's what to do: Take the mic or object you might be holding (a la stress reliever) and spike it against the floor. Then, do your touchdown dance. Or what the new kids do: Make fire, open a gift, or perhaps have your colleagues join in and do a 4 man bobsled? Be creative.
TIP: Don't spike anything at your audience. But feel free to serve spiked drinks to enhance the experience and mood during the presentation.
TIP: Missed extra point if your audience says the best part of the presentation was the spiked drinks.
Switching gears, this is when an interviewer asks you a question and you want to jam in as much as you can to sound awesome. Not making one point, but TWO. To pull it off really does earn you that extra point. Focus is important, but every once in a while it works in your favor when you go for it.
TIP: Be short and sweet. Concise.
Pick 6 bullet points for each job on your resume. Any more than that it can get clunky.
When you have gone through the screening call and show-up for the onsite interview and it is not at all what you expected. Company is in a bad neighborhood. As you walk through the space, the employees look miserable. The team you have met thus far is not painting a rosy picture. Is this the bait and switch?
When asked if you are interested in taking the position, you kindly turn them down. Said differently, Punt.
TIP: Trust your gut. You will know when it makes sense to punt. Why go for it, when it might be too risky? It's 4th down pal.
When you are at a company gathering and want to tell the leadership team (or CEO) that they are insensitive and could be doing XYZ better, but your senses get the better of you and wisdom kicks in. Instead, your position matters. Keeping yourself out of harms way matters. You have a family. Safety is keeping your job that you could have lost if you said how you REALLY feel.
TIP: Personally, I like people who speak their mind. But don't take my advice, if your job matters. Corporate America 101.
You might think this is what your company pays you when you work extra hours, but that is too obvious. It's how your body feels approaching retirement or over time (in a duration sense). Overtime = Tired. Or maybe we just call it 60+. or 70+? What is it these days anyway?
TIP: Invest in a 401K, 403B, or retirement planning. We will all get to the retirement age – whatever it is – if we are lucky. If not… well, this advice won't matter anyway.
Field goals are harder than you thought, right?
TIP: Go for the touchdown.
Since college is over, there is no more rushing for a Fraternity or Sorority. Rushing in the business world is being accepted and able to join the company softball team. Or, you try your hand at some other club, group or volunteer initiative.
Nowadays companies are very hep into cultural / social acceptance. It's used as a meal ticket to attract future employees: LBGTQ, Veteran, Women supporting women groups, and more. Community is indeed a powerful aspect to consider as a job-dweller.
TIP: Find companies that have these communities and values. It's enrichment. But make sure you don't have to go through some archaic hazing ritual that will not make for a great resume bullet. Streaking isn't admired on a corporate campus – even if you are attractive.
(uh-fence). Yeah, the other pronunciation – not offense as in "the team with the ball trying to score". Offense is akin to a written warning. Your job performance has a notch against it. Worse, you committed sexual harassment or some other offense. Basically, in the business world offense is a bad thing.
TIP: No offense, but you should know better. Keep your hands to yourself. PERIOD.
What everyone should do to prepare for their annual review. Have an official statement prepared; a rebuttal; and please, talk about the bonus structure.
FYI – 3 is average.
TIP: Fight for yourself. But first, make sure you have the goods. If you are a "4" let it be known.
What game goes without penalties? None really. So, here are some you should be aware of for your "job stuff" or career.
When you eye the person who walks into the department meeting "without a notebook (umm, the paper kind) or laptop"… Hey, they aren't prepared to take notes. In this game, holding is a GOOD thing. If you walk in a room and don't abide by the unwritten business rules shame on you. ALWAYS be holding. Pencil, pen, laptop, notebook (the composition books look very serious).
Sorry, bottles of water don't count.
TIP: Don't bring your laptop into the meeting only to play solitaire instead of taking notes. The person to your left will rat on you especially if they are the one who came to the meeting without anything except a water bottle.
When you are in the process of defecting or leaving your job to work at another company, and get caught by your current employer.
TIP: Never tell your current employer you are going on an interview. Stay tuned for a blog post coming in February that will give you some better excuses. Geez, make up something. "Sorry, I won't be at work today because the Eagles lost the Superbowl and I am sad".
When you accept a job to work elsewhere and then the current company gives you a pay increase so you DON'T leave. For the company that thought you were starting two weeks from now, it's a false start.
False starts happen often, but always be weary of taking the cash your current company offered to make you stay. [Ahhh, so they could have been giving me a better bonus all these years]. Now they know you are looking or are unhappy. Still risky.
I think it's okay to be a boomerang employee and return back to work for the same employer, but NOT in this scenario. Wait a few years.
TIP: Make out you are leaving for a better offer even if you are not. Bonus baby!
Think of these like rounds for an interview process.
Stay away from positions that require like 8 rounds. Punt already.
TIP: 3rd downs are most important. Make sure you crush it on 3rd down… Know what I mean?
The attitude (or 'tude) you take when you have been working with the company (night, weekends) for many years and still getting very little recognition. It's a realization. Then, after the epiphany, you start working for the company "Half-time", the other half you are doing a job search. You had enough.
TIP: Seriously, don't hold an interview at your desk. "Cube-ville" is very curious. They hear everything. You are like the neighbor who has a big secret, but is it really a secret now?
Your raise after you were promised 4-5% to take the position. Not 25%. .25%. This is real folks.
TIP: Ask for a PTO day (Personal Time Off) and never go back. Not worth it.
Bill Belichik said it best, "Do your job". So why are you still reading this? Seriously, especially at work. And you wonder why you aren't getting good bonuses. Have we taught you nothing?


Why do I need a degree from King's Seminary? Many churches, schools, ministries, academics and employers will NOT hire you, nor use you (no matter how talented or knowledgeable you may be) unless you have achieved a higher education.
Is King's Seminary right for me? Philippians 1:6 KJV being confident of this very thing that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.
I will help thee: yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
How are exams/tests taken? All open books and why? Because we cannot teach you what the Holy Spirit can teach you and we are lead by God not man. In John 14:26 it said, But the Comforter, which is the Holy (Ghost) Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. At King's Seminary open book exams allow you to take notes, texts or resource materials into an exam situation. They test your ability to find and apply information and knowledge. It's an assessment method designed in a way that allows students to refer to either class notes and summaries or a memory aid, textbooks, or other approved material while answering questions.
What kind of programs does King's Seminary have? Specialized Certifications, Vocational Diplomas, Master and Doctorate programs.
I have misdemeanors and felonies on my record. Will having a criminal background automatically disqualify me? No. Anyone who is willing to repent and commit their life to Christ, his arms are wide open. We know how serious a criminal background can be but if we ever became a physical campus we wouldn't allow people with past a criminal history to be a student. Why? For the safety of our students and besides Dr. Compher is a retired security manager. We're correspondent study so we don't have to worry and we believe everyone deserves a second chance. In Matt 7:1 (KJV) The bible saids, Judge not lest ye be judged.
I am a drug user. Will the Seminary accept me as a student?
If you are addicted to narcotics (physician prescribed or not) we ask that you don't try to enroll at King's Seminary. Why? Because substance abusers can't concentrate under the influence and in reality no one can. Go to Majestic's mission statement page for important resource and abuse hotline information including Narcotics Anonymous 1-800-974-0062 it's never to late to change and get help.
Will you accept a GED? Yes, with documentation of completion.
Will you honor a (correspondent) home study High school diploma? Yes, with documentation of completion.
What is the minimum GPA requirement to be accepted? There is no GPA minimum requirement.
We would prefer all students to have completed high school or its equivalent but it is NOT required for our specialized certifications and Diploma programs.
What is the application fee? Can it be waived? The application fee is $40.00 for graduate classes and $20.00 for all diploma and certification classes and no, it can not be waived.
Is there a fee for the scholarship application? The scholarship application is free of charge.
What happens If I don't get my scholarship in before the deadline date? No scholarship application will be accepted or considered. You will have another opportunity to reapply when the scholarship reopens.
What is the normal waiting time for the scholarship and how will it be applied to my class/course? It will take 2-3 weeks for notification and after you're accepted your tuition will be reduced to what the scholarship award states.
Can I get a scholarship or financial aid for certification and diploma classes? No. it's only for Master and Doctorial College classes. Why? The certification and diploma classes are inexpensive.
What is the cost of Life experience option? Can it be waived? It is only for the master degree program the (portfolio) application fee is $300 and it can not be waived.
Does King's Seminary have any accelerated degree programs? No.
What is the application deadline? There is no application deadline. Whenever you are ready to get started, apply!
How do I apply? By copying the application and mailing it in to our office.
How long will it take to complete my degree?
That depends on how many credits you will receive from prior courses, Life Experience, documented training and course you complete. The program is done at your pace. It depends on you.
Is it possible to get a degree from King's Seminary based solely on Life experience? No. the credit we allow for your life experience will reduce the amount of studies you will be required. Our degrees may be earned through a combination of your life experience credit, PLUS studies completed through King's Seminary.
Is the Life experience option accepted through certification and King's Seminary Diploma programs? No, only for Master Degree programs.
Does KS have Real Professors? King's Seminary has only the finest professors. They have demonstrated their commitment to Christ in their lifestyles and stable, lifelong ministries. They have all achieved academic excellence and are well qualified to teach.
What kinds of students attend King's Seminary? We have students from all fifty states and over in Europe. We have students from different backgrounds and different walks of life.
Do I have to reside in the city of Alliance or the state of Ohio in order to apply? No, you can live anywhere in the world.
Am I too young or to old? We have students from 18 to 85 attending King's Seminary. The only requirement is that you are at least 18 years old.
Who may enroll and take classes? Any adult male or female may that is willing to make an earnest effort with their studies may enroll.
How much credit from another college or school does King's Seminary allow? We appreciate many of our students have invested much of their lives serving the Lord, and we want to reward them for their efforts. According, upon request, students may be granted up to forty percent of credit hours toward their degree. We evaluate each request for credit hours upon receipt of application.
Can I receive Financial Aid? King's Seminary is a religious oriented institution and does not quality for any federal loans and grant programs. King's Scholarship program through Majestic Messiah Ministries now offers all of our students an opportunity to recieve financial aid through our own funding and we also offer several low payment plan options without a loan. Please see our tuition/scholarship section.
Can I apply for more than one scholarship? Yes, but you will only be eligible for the scholarship that best fits your background. Why? We would like to help every student achieve their goals and we need to use our funds wisely.
Can I renew my scholarship every year? No.
What if I drop out permanently and discontinue my classes. Do I have to pay back the scholarship? Yes, only the tuition that you used because the funding is from Majestic Messiah Ministries Inc.
What if an emergency arises and I have to temporarily drop out of class for several months. How will that effect my scholarship? In certain circumstances King's Seminary will give you a Grace Period and allow you to return your studies at a later date.
What does the KSCode mean? The KSCode is a discount and when you apply it to your application you get additional savings. We emphasize and highlight different KSCodes throughout the year to encourage our students.
Will I be able to transfer my hours from another college or school? Yes, we will accept them with a minimum passing grade of "C"
I have recently felt called to the Ministry. Will someone at King's Seminary help me determine what I need to do next? Absolutely! King's Seminary is a Christ-centered school and If God has called you we will help you prepare.
I am still hesitant and skeptical of making this major decision. What advice does King's Seminary give? Proverbs 3:6 KJV In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.


Band hopes to replace Wes Borland via series of auditions, parties.
It's another case of life imitating art as Fred Durst, taking his cue from a Significant Other track, asks fans to "Show Me What You Got."
Limp Bizkit will hold a series of guitarist auditions in cities nationwide beginning in late November, according to the band's management company. The guitarist whose chops are deemed tastiest will be considered, but not guaranteed, to replace the recently departed Wes Borland (see "Limp Bizkit And Wes Borland Part Ways").
"We're going to comb the globe in search of the illest guitar player known to man. ... Wes was a big part of the Limp Bizkit you're used to, but his decision to leave has left us in a place where we know the best of Limp Bizkit is yet to come," Durst wrote in a post on the band's Web site Monday (October 15).
"Lethal, John, Sam and I are gonna take this as an opportunity to take our songwriting to a whole new level. At the end of the day it's all about the music, and the music is all we're about. Life is unpredictable, and though we're shocked, we're not discouraged. As the world turns, so does Limp Bizkit."
The band's manager didn't offer any explanation why Borland left, saying only that it was an "amicable parting."
The group will host fan parties to coincide with the auditions, and the soirees could be thrown in a mall, club, high school, private residence or any other locality, Durst said in a statement.
Although an itinerary has not been established, Limp Bizkit hope to hit between eight and 14 markets, including Boston; Philadelphia; Charlotte, North Carolina; Atlanta; Dallas; Detroit; Chicago; Denver; Seattle; San Francisco and Los Angeles. Details on both the auditions and parties will be announced on local radio stations as well as on the band's site.


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in communism and post-communism, Democracy, suburban life, Václav Havel
Havel: For young radicals or middle aged and middle of the road?
Photo Bogomolov.PL CC BY-SA 3.0
Václav Havel has lent his name and inspiration to many events and movements. His dissident writings have been translated into Arabic, serving as point of reference for activists and thinkers contemplating entrenched but brittle authoritarian regimes.
More expectedly, perhaps Havel's is a liberal oppositionists in Putin's Russia which – as Havel himself suggested in later life – has seen communist structures morph into a new repressive structures. So it's no surprise to see a Guardian commentary by Natalie Nougayrède that flags Havel and the Central European dissident movement as inspiration for young, radical left movements that have emerged in Western and South Europe.
It's a balanced piece, which notes the obvious differences between normalisation era Czechoslovakia regime and the far more open and competitive political and social systems of Western Europe. The typewriter and carbon paper technology of 1970 and 80s samizdat is also clearly a world away from networked and internet-based communications of the early 21st century – even for those fighting authoritarian regimes thumb drives and encryption software have replaced clandestine printing and duplicating.
And Nougayrède is surely right when she suggests Václav Havel is in some ways an unlikely source of inspiration for Podemos, Syriza and similar movements (themselves often the products of mash-up of various heterodox Marxist traditions, Trotskyist, Maoist, Euro-communist etc)
The sharp critique of Western societies Havel expressed in his writing of 1970s and 1980s as somewhat less extreme version of a single impersonal technocratic mass civilization mellowed after the fall of communism into a pragmatic, if critical, acceptance of conventional parliamentary democracy, capitalism and the European Union. Havel's disdain for party politics and big scale economics also saw him quickly outmanoeuvred after 1989 by opponents, on both left and right, who realised more quickly than he did both that parties were necessary workhorses of democracy and that voters' concerns about economic security and prosperity needed addressing head on. Read More…
in Democracy, EU politics, euroscepticism, populism
Eastern Europe's euro-elections: from anger to apathy?
Photo: Sečovce CC BY-SA 3.0
The results of the elections to the European Parliament which took place across the EU's 28 member states last week very much as predicted – at least in the 'old' pre-2004 member states: driven by frustration with austerity, economic stagnation, diminished opportunities and a yawning sense of disconnect with established parties and politicians, a variety of outsider parties made sweeping gains and unignorably stamped themselves on the electoral map.
In Northern Europe, where socio-economic malaise and disconnect were often refracted through the politics of anti-immigration, this tended to benefit right wing, Eurosceptic parties. In Southern Europe anti-austerity parties of the radical left such as Greece's Syriza or Podemos in Spain gained most.
The most spectacular gains were been made by parties of varying political complexions which had a long-time presence on at the political margins: UKIP in the UK, the Front National in France, Sinn Féin in Ireland. Whatever their coloration, scale of their political success underlines the potential fragility of mainstream parties in Western Europe even in states with well-established party systems previously considered immune to populist surges such as Spain or the UK.
Many commentators have lumped in the newer EU member states of Central and Eastern with the unfolding (if exaggerated) story of a populist backlash in the EU's West European heartlands. Anticipating the strong showing of the radical right in Denmark, Holland and Austria The Observer's Julian Coman, for example, causally assured readers that 'across much of eastern Europe, it is a similar story'
But, in fact, it was not. Read More…


This article will aid you to remove Nemesis Virus effectively. Follow the ransomware removal instructions given below in the article.
Nemesis Virus is a ransomware that encrypts your files. The used email is [email protected] which might also be appended as a new extension to encrypted files. Nemesis Virus is actually a version of the Nemesis ransomware, that first appeared to infect in the month of May, last year. Some users report that they recently have become victims of the latest Nemesis Virus variant. The ransom note message is located inside an .html file. You are demanded to pay between 100 and 1000 US dollars in the Bitcoin cryptocurrency as a ransom to supposedly recover your files. Keep on reading and check below how you could try to potentially restore some of your files.
Symptoms The ransomware will encrypt your files. It will put up a ransom note called HOWTODECRYPTFILES.html or something similar.
User Experience Join Our Forum to Discuss Nemesis Virus.
Nemesis Virus might spread its infection with various methods. A payload dropper which initiates the malicious script for this ransomware is being spread around the World Wide Web, and researchers have gotten their hands on a malware sample. If that file lands on your computer system and you somehow execute it – your computer system will become infected.
Nemesis Ransomware might also distribute its payload file on social media and file-sharing services. Freeware which is found on the Web can be presented as helpful also be hiding the malicious script for the cryptovirus. Refrain from opening files right after you have downloaded them. You should first scan them with a security tool, while also checking their size and signatures for anything that seems out of the ordinary. You should read the tips for preventing ransomware found in the forum section.
(Update 2018) How to remove Nemesis ransomware from your Windows Server? Restore files encrypted by Nemesis ransomware with random extensions.
Nemesis Virus is a type of ransomware that is spread via targetted attacks (mainly). The virus might make entries in the Windows Registry to achieve persistence, and could launch or repress processes in a Windows environment. Such entries are typically designed in a way to launch the virus automatically with each start of the Windows Operating System.
Restore the data, follow the instructions!
3. + On the website you will be prompted to download the Tor browser, download and install it. To work.
The note of the Nemesis Virus states that your files are encrypted. You are demanded to pay 100 or 1000 US dollars in the Bitcoin cryptocurrency, depending on the whim of the cybercriminals. Some victims say that the wanted sum is 500 US dollars but doubled if you do not pay that sum quickly enough. However, you should NOT under any circumstances pay any ransom. Your files may not get recovered, and nobody could give you a guarantee for that. Moreover, giving money to cybercriminals will most likely motivate them to create more ransomware viruses or commit different criminal acts.
Logging in with your personal identification ID on the box that pops up after loading the site, will reveal the chat window shown above.
What is known for the encryption process of the Nemesis Virus is that the cryptovirus gives the [email protected] email for contacting the cybercriminals. That email might be used as an extension to all locked files, as a secondary extension. What is more, the encryption algorithm used by the virus is AES, although it is not confirmed by an official source.
If your computer got infected with the Nemesis Virus, you should have a bit of experience in removing malware. You should get rid of this ransomware as quickly as possible before it can have the chance to spread further and infect other computers. You should remove the ransomware and follow the step-by-step instructions guide provided below.
Threats such as Nemesis Virus may be persistent. They tend to re-appear if not fully deleted. A malware removal tool like Combo Cleaner will help you to remove malicious programs, saving you the time and the struggle of tracking down numerous malicious files.
Threats such as Nemesis Virus may be persistent on your system. They tend to re-appear if not fully deleted. A malware removal tool like SpyHunter will help you to remove malicious programs, saving you the time and the struggle of tracking down numerous malicious files.
Note! Your computer system may be affected by Nemesis Virus and other threats.
SpyHunter is a powerful malware removal tool designed to help users with in-depth system security analysis, detection and removal of threats such as Nemesis Virus.
1. Install SpyHunter to scan for Nemesis Virus and remove them.
2. Scan with SpyHunter, Detect and Remove Nemesis Virus.
Ransomware infections and Nemesis Virus aim to encrypt your files using an encryption algorithm which may be very difficult to decrypt. This is why we have suggested several alternative methods that may help you go around direct decryption and try to restore your files. Bear in mind that these methods may not be 100% effective but may also help you a little or a lot in different situations.
Note! Your computer system may be affected by Nemesis Virus or other threats.
Remove Nemesis Virus by cleaning your Browser and Registry.
Fix registry entries created by Nemesis Virus on your PC.
Combo Cleaner is a powerful malware removal tool designed to help users with in-depth system security analysis, detection and removal of threats such as Nemesis Virus.
Step 5: In the Applications menu, look for any suspicious app or an app with a name, similar or identical to Nemesis Virus. If you find it, right-click on the app and select "Move to Trash".
Step 6: Select Accounts, after which click on the Login Items preference. Your Mac will then show you a list of items that start automatically when you log in. Look for any suspicious apps identical or similar to Nemesis Virus. Check the app you want to stop from running automatically and then select on the Minus ("–") icon to hide it.
Remove Nemesis Virus – related extensions from your Mac's browsers.
A pop-up window will appear asking for confirmation to uninstall the extension. Select 'Uninstall' again, and the Nemesis Virus will be removed.
When you are facing problems on your Mac as a result of unwanted scripts and programs such as Nemesis Virus, the recommended way of eliminating the threat is by using an anti-malware program. Combo Cleaner offers advanced security features along with other modules that will improve your Mac's security and protect it in the future.
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Why Calvin Klein Fired Chief Creative Officer Raf Simons
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It has been recently announced that Raf Simons, chief creative officer of Calvin Klein, left the company. After two years working for the brand, Simons exited eight months prior to the end of his contract, which means that he will not be presenting another collection at the coming New York Fashion Week in February. It has been stated by the company that Simons' creative direction was unprofitable for the brand despite multiple fashion awards for his work at Calvin Klein. His leave may not be as prominent as that of Phoebe Philo exiting Céline, but for such a high-profile fashion designer, it is surely something that will bring consequences to the brand.
Raf Simons is a Belgian fashion designer who has previously worked with Dior and Jil Sander and created his own label, Raf Simons. The clothing garments he designs are notable for their bright colours and mostly strict lines. However, with that being said, some of his designs are made out of flowy fabric and have a shape that is far from classic. Considering this, it can be said that Simons designs clothing that fits all tastes, as he uses a variety of colours and shapes. Simons' time at Dior has been a huge success for the brand, bringing its revenues up to $1.94 billion.
Dior Spring 2016, by Raf Simons. Image Credit: Bisous Magazine
In 2016, he was appointed Chief Creative Officer of Calvin Klein, overseeing everything from Fashion Design to Global Communication within the brand. In fact, it was stated by the CEO of the company himself that with the appointment of Simons, the brand's stance would be solidified in the lifestyle field. Simons' entrance into the world of Calvin Klein seemed opportune – the different brands under Calvin Klein, like Home, Platinum, Jeans and Underwear were to be united under the creative direction of the one Raf Simons. Considering his success at Dior, it seemed that it was only a matter of time before Simons would bring Calvin Klein's revenues up.
His success spoke for itself – winning multiple fashion awards, Simons seemed to be the right choice for Calvin Klein. As a way to push American art, Simons partnered Calvin Klein with The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The foundation granted Simons access to all of Warhol's work, allowing him to use it in campaigns as clothing prints and in fashion shows. In the 1970s, Calvin Klein himself befriended Andy Warhol because of their similar vision of a new American essence. Forty years later, this relationship has been renewed with this collaboration, and Andy Warhol's art returned back into trend.
Calvin Klein Fall 2017 at New York Fashion Week, by Raf Simons. Image Credit: The Cut
Calvin Klein Fall 2017 at New York Fashion Week, by Raf Simons. Image Credit: Man In Town
Undoubtedly, Simons entering Calvin Klein changed the brand's general style. More colourful garments were introduced into the brand, but overall, the casual and classy look was continued. Neutrals, pastels and an occasional orange or navy were switched to vibrant yellow, gold and red – to name a few colours. Another notable aspect of his work at Calvin Klein is the fact that most models walking his shows were of a more healthy complexion, which should have made the clothes more appealing for the average customer. Simons was to make the brand more colourful and attractive, and yet, he failed to attract the customers.
Months before the end of his contract, Simons was fired from Calvin Klein. The PVH group, which owns Calvin Klein, released a statement: "Both parties have amicably decided to part ways after Calvin Klein Inc. decided on a new brand direction which differs from Simons's creative vision." Simons' time at Calvin Klein did not bring much profit. Some say it was because of all the money devoted to the collaboration with The Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, which was, according to an industry insider, met with indifference from consumers. Perhaps, it was not the clothes themselves that were not appealing to the customer, but rather the lack of skilful fund management that led to little profit.
Calvin Klein Spring 2018, by Raf Simons in cooperation with The Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Image Credit: L'Officel
Due to Simons' leave, Calvin Klein will not be presenting a runway show at the New York Fashion Week in February. It is uncertain about who will be taking the over the brand now that Simons has left.
Featured Image via Harper's Bazaar
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 * (by extending the `Herrera\Service\Container` class), and a helper for the
 * Symfony Console. By making the class a helper, commands will be able to
 * access the registered services.
 *
 * @author Kevin Herrera <kevin@herrera.io>
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There's no doubt that one of the biggest attractions at the State Fair of Texas is the food. And yes, a lot of it is ingenious fried food, like fried lattes, fried Oreos, and fried ice cream. Essentially, if it can be dropped in batter and deep fried, you will find it at the State Fair of Texas. And it will likely be delicious.
Concessionaires spend all year thinking up these outlandish-sounding creations, and fairgoers show their appreciation by chowing down with gusto. You can get up to some serious mischief with the fair's abundant high-fat, high-carb eats, or you can tread a wiser course with the many gluten-free vittles available at the annual celebration of all things Texas.
Whatever you choose, bring a hearty appetite (and maybe an antacid) to enjoy some of the best treats at any state fair. These are our picks for the best of the best.
The crunchy, golden brown nuggets of goodness known as Fletcher's Original Corny Dogs are a Dallas original and a beloved State Fair tradition. Preferably with a dollop of yellow mustard. Their Dallas inventors, Carl and Neil Fletcher, claimed the legendary deep-fried, corn-battered hot dog on a stick as America's first corn dog. About half a million of them have been sold at the State Fair of Texas since 1942.
Go to a State Fair college football game, and you'll find fans there calling them "breakfast of champions."
Fernie's Funnel Cakes have been a State Fair tradition since the 1980s. Made of twisty batter that's deep-fried, dusted with powdered sugar, and given an optional fruit topping, these treats have long been a favorite of fairgoers. Formerly a rarity, funnel cakes are available these days as grocery store mixes. But they're not nearly as good as the handmade originals. They're the winners, hands down.
Maybe the crazy name is why fried lemonade didn't win a Big Tex Choice Award for flavor. But trust us, this is one of the best-tasting treats at the State Fair. This absolutely delicious dish should have been renamed Fried Lemon Pound Cake since it consists of a few mounds of lemon pound cake fried up a bit like a doughnut. A glaze at the bottom of the cup might have won over Choice Award judges if it had been drizzled on top of the delicious morsels instead.
This is another case of a misleading name, but we're not complaining. Deep Fried Latte is not a frozen drink but a wonderfully fried pastry topped with cappuccino ice cream, caramel sauce, whipped cream, and instant coffee powder. Who's to say you can't have ice cream for breakfast, especially this way? Deep Fried Latte was named the "Most Creative" State Fair food creation in the Big Tex Choice Awards of 2007.
If you can deep-fry an Oreo cookie, you can deep-fry just about anything. Deep-fried Oreos are everything you want in a classic treat. The only thing missing is a cold glass of milk. This is one sweet at the fair that you don't want to miss.
Some people go to the Texas State Fair just for the deliciously smoked turkey legs, wrapped at the base with aluminum foil for easy handling. It's fun to watch fairgoers casually stroll through Fair Park caveman style, with a humongous turkey leg in one hand. Definitely LOL-worthy. It also may be one of the healthier choices at the concession stands.
There's something truly special about cotton candy at a fair, and you can find it just about everywhere at this fair. The airy pastel-colored spun sugar on a cone is something we all loved as children, and as adults, it brings out our inner child.
Texas is known for Tex-Mex dishes, and although this savory delight barely qualifies, it stands on its own merits as pure indulgence. You take tamale filling, you bread it and you fry it. There's nothing wrong with that picture.
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