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How to Recognize the Historical Importance of Your Stuff
by Susan Larson
Published July 24, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.
Susan Larson
Elizabeth Dow (left) and Lucinda Cockrell
The current trend for downsizing and decluttering is missing a vital element, according to Vermont authors Elizabeth Dow and Lucinda Cockrell.
"Yes, we all have too much stuff, and yes, we need to get rid of it, but not at the expense of our heritage and personal history," Cockrell said in an interview.
She and Dow are the authors of How to Weed Your Attic: Getting Rid of Junk Without Destroying History. They appeared at the Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh earlier this month to discuss their book during the reception for the current exhibition "Amassed and Up-Ended: Decoding the Legacy of Stuff."
"Our book and the Rokeby exhibit complement each other," Dow said.
The two women met in 2002 during a live video conference class at Louisiana State University that Dow was teaching and Cockrell was taking. Cockrell, who has degrees in historic preservation and museum education and is a certified archivist, was then working as an archivist at the Center for Popular Music at Middle Tennessee State University, from which she took Dow's course. Dow, another archivist with a PhD in library and information science, was teaching in the archives track she'd created at LSU.
Dow and her husband grew up in Pennsylvania, met in Maryland and moved to Vermont after getting their degrees in other states. She began her career as an elementary school librarian in Morrisville, but after 12 years there, she wanted a change. Dow landed at the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History in Middlebury. While there, she and colleague Polly Darnell developed a presentation on how to distinguish family papers that have historical value from those that don't.
As she moved to other jobs, and from Vermont to Louisiana, Dow kept giving the presentation and decided to turn it into a book. Then life got in the way. "I was retiring, which took a lot, and my husband got sick and eventually died, and I put it aside," she said. "A couple of years ago, it started calling me back, saying, It's a really good book idea."
To make the book truly useful, Dow decided, she needed input from someone with museum experience. She and Cockrell had kept in touch over the years. Cockrell's husband had taught at Middlebury College before the couple met, and they planned to retire to their beloved Vermont, as did Dow.
Dow asked Cockrell to collaborate. "I said, 'Wiz [Dow's nickname], I can't write!'" Cockrell remembered, laughing. "I'd written programs, interpretive plans and exhibit labels, but I'd never written a book.
"'Yes, you can!' Wiz said to me. We've had fun together, and it's been very rewarding."
"The voice in the book is mine, but a lot of the information comes from Lucinda," Dow said. "It's a very happy collaboration."
The Rokeby exhibition where the pair spoke covers four generations of the Robinson family — farmers, abolitionists, artists, writers and homemakers — who lived on the property from 1793 to 1961. Running through October 27, "Amassed and Up-Ended" presents artifacts, writings and photographs exploring "the ways in which what we save over a lifetime gives voice to some of our stories and silences others," according to exhibition text.
Dow said she hopes their book, like the exhibition, communicates that family history matters. "No one is raising that issue," she said. "It's a good auxiliary book to all those books about downsizing and decluttering, because none of them discusses looking at the historical value of the stuff that you don't want to keep."
In the book, Dow writes:
All family histories include stories, and often families have tools, clothing, souvenirs, photographs, letters and so on that provide tangible evidence of both oft-told stories and other, perhaps untold, stories. The surviving materials can bring family stories alive for generations that didn't yet exist when the stories happened.
The authors explain why people's possessions matter to history and provide general rules for making decisions about what to do with them. They discuss the historical value of mass-produced, individualized, corporate and commemorative materials. The last two chapters cover preserving and donating family objects and papers.
"We don't mean to complicate people's lives," Cockrell said. "We want to make it easier for them to say, 'Yeah, I can get rid of this' and 'Well, maybe I should donate this somewhere so it will stay around and be accessible to people for research and learning.' Of course, not everything belongs in a museum or archive, but so much stuff is just thrown out."
"Without these things, we're trapped in the limbo of the present with no understanding of how things were or how they got to be as they are," Dow said.
"Obviously, Wiz and I are all about public history as it happens around us," Cockrell said. "I was there at the very beginning, when nobody knew what it was and [people] thought we were nuts. We were just coming out of the 1960s and all the social movements. History was supposed to be all this writing about the great white fathers. It wasn't supposed to be about the common people, and heaven forbid you talk about women."
"History can be really dry, with names and dates and actions," Dow said. "But history is really about humans and how they react to stuff. The more you understand that humans have not changed that much in the last roughly 10,000 years, and you can catch them being very human, the more I think history becomes relevant and knowable."
Dow shared the example of a couple in the 1830s who lost a child at birth. The husband wrote in a journal that he went looking for a puppy his wife could nurse. There were no medications to dry up her milk. "It's stunning in its simplicity, but it lights up the way life was," she said.
What about the digital age? "A great deal of the human story is going to be lost," Dow said. "If you've got stuff online that you want to keep for posterity, print it out," she went on. "Facebook is not thinking about 100 years from now. None of them are, even if they claim to be archiving sites. They have a business model that may not survive, and once their business goes down, so do all their servers."
"Most people are like, 'Oh yeah, I can just digitize this, and it will be just fine,'" Cockrell said. "Well, honey, I'm here to tell you it may not. And if it is, how do you know you're going to have that whatchamadigit to be able to see it on, hear it on, play it on?
"It makes you stop and think: In 100 years, what's history going to look like?" she continued. "We're losing that real social, right-there-of-the-moment stuff." Text messages, Instagram posts, Snapchat — all are ethereal forms of communication. "We've lost that culture already, because it's a medium that's not conducive to saving," Cockrell concluded.
"The people whose stuff survives are the people who influence the way history is written," Dow said. "It's important that the documentation of the lives of people at all levels of society be maintained, if we're really going to understand what life was like."
How to Weed Your Attic: Getting Rid of Junk Without Destroying History by Elizabeth H. Dow and Lucinda P. Cockrell, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 152 pages. $32.
The original print version of this article was headlined "Vermonters' Book Shows How to Recognize the Historical Importance of Your Stuff"
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Okinawan sixth-grader places third in US film festival
Kosei Matsuyama giving an acceptance speech at the UN Headquarters during the awards ceremony of the Peace in the Streets Global Film Festival. (Photo credit: PSGFF)
November 15, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
The awards ceremony for Peace in the Streets Global Film Festival 2019 was held on November 6 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, followed by a screening of the winning films.
The film festival is organized by the Peacemaker Corps Association (PCA), a non-profit organization.
Kosei Matsuyama, 11, a sixth-grader at Okinawa Amicus International Elementary School, placed third in the "Age Group 9-13" division.
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A frame from Matsuyama's short film, Nuclear Power Plant in Fukushima as Seen by Okinawa Student, which placed in the peace film festival.
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People's Vote was a United Kingdom campaign group that unsuccessfully campaigned for a second referendum following the UK's Brexit vote to leave the European Union (EU) in 2016. The group was launched in April 2018 at which four Members of Parliament spoke, along with the actor Patrick Stewart and other public figures.

In October 2019, there was a power struggle within the group. After the Conservative Party achieved an overall majority in the 2019 general election, the group announced that it would rebrand in 2020 to push for a fair deal following the UK's exit from the EU in January 2020.

History

Parliamentary group
In July 2017, the Parliament of the United Kingdom established an all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on the UK's relations with the European Union. Co-chairs were Chuka Umunna MP (Liberal Democrats, formerly Labour and Change UK) and Anna Soubry MP (Change UK, formerly Conservative); the remaining members of the group were Caroline Lucas MP (Green), Jo Swinson MP (Liberal Democrats), Jonathan Edwards (Plaid Cymru), Stephen Gethins MP (Scottish National Party), Ros Altmann (Conservative), Andrew Adonis (Labour), John Kerr (crossbench), Sharon Bowles (Liberal Democrats), and Dafydd Wigley (Plaid Cymru).

On 1 February 2018 The Guardian reported that a grassroots coordinating group (GCG) representing more than 500,000 members opposed to a hard Brexit had formed, with Umunna as its leader. Later that month it was reported that George Soros's Open Society Foundations had donated £182,000 to European Movement UK and £35,000 to Scientists for EU, two of the grassroot groups.

In March 2018, HuffPost reported that several pro-EU groups had moved into an office together in London's Millbank Tower in order to co-ordinate their campaign to retain strong links between Britain and the European Union. This was also reported to be in order to work alongside the APPG on EU Relations. Umunna commented, "In our democracy, it is vital that the people get their say on Brexit, rather than their elected representatives in Parliament being reduced to some rubber stamp for whatever plan Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees-Mogg, and Michael Gove have been putting together behind closed doors".

People's Vote formation

People's Vote was launched at an event in London on 15 April 2018, at The Electric Ballroom in Camden. The event comprised Andy Parsons with MPs Chuka Umunna, Anna Soubry, Layla Moran, and Caroline Lucas speaking, as well as actor Patrick Stewart. Lord Adonis also attended the event.

Campaign activities

On 23 June 2018, the second anniversary of the EU referendum, People's Vote organised a march and protest from Piccadilly to Parliament Square in Central London. Speakers included actor Tony Robinson (who criticised the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn for not attending the march), business owner Gina Miller, Liberal Democrats Leader Vince Cable, Labour MP David Lammy, Lucas and Soubry. An estimated 100,000 people attended the march.

The Independent wrote an editorial on 24 July 2018 calling for a "final say on the Brexit deal". Over the next two weeks the television presenter Gary Lineker, the satirist Armando Iannucci, broadcaster Gavin Esler, comedian Rory Bremner, and former Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell also announced their support for the campaign.

In August 2018 the co-founder of Superdry, Julian Dunkerton, donated £1m to the campaign. In the same month the Press Association reported that, according to a leaked memo, People's Vote were attempting to secure a motion calling for Labour to continue to support a second referendum.

In September 2018, BBC News reported that the Conservative MP Sarah Wollaston had given her support to the campaign. She was followed by Phillip Lee and former Government Whip Guto Bebb. Other Conservative MPs who openly support the People's Vote campaign are former Education Secretary Justine Greening and former Attorney General Dominic Grieve.

2018 People's Vote March
On 20 October 2018, protestors marched from Park Lane to Parliament Square in support of a referendum on the final Brexit deal. The march was started by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and featured speeches by Delia Smith and Steve Coogan. Former Downing Street Director of Communications Alastair Campbell supported the march, saying "the Brexit that was campaigned successfully for [...] doesn't exist". The organisers of the march said that almost 700,000 people took part. Police stated that they were unable to estimate the numbers involved and a later police debriefing document prepared by Greater London Authority  estimated the number to be 250,000. Another estimate by Full Fact gave around 450,000.

2018 Central Hall rally
On 13 November 2018, a rally organised by the People's Vote and Best for Britain groups at 3 days' notice filled the Methodist Central Hall in London. The rally was introduced by Andy Parsons and featured an interview of Jo Johnson by Gary Lineker, and speeches by MPs Anna Turley, Justine Greening, Ian Blackford, Caroline Lucas, Layla Moran, Dominic Grieve, Liz Saville Roberts and David Lammy.

March 2019 People's Vote March
On 23 March 2019, organisers said that over a million people took part in the Put It to the People march in London in support of a second Brexit referendum; independent estimates by experts in crowd estimation, researchers at Manchester Metropolitan University, put the figure between 312,000 and 400,000 people. A rally at the end of the march was addressed by SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, Conservative peer Michael Heseltine, former Attorney General Dominic Grieve, Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson, London Mayor Sadiq Khan and MPs Jess Phillips, Justine Greening and David Lammy. An 800 square metre crowd flag was unfolded on Parliament Square revealing a 2012 quote from Brexiteer David Davis saying "If a democracy cannot change its mind, it ceases to be a democracy", organised by anti-Brexit campaign group Led by Donkeys.

October 2019 People's Vote March
A Let Us Be Heard march took place on 19 October 2019, coinciding with a historic Saturday sitting of Parliament to debate Prime Minister Boris Johnson's latest proposed Withdrawal Agreement. Organisers claimed that one million people took part on 19 October 2019's march, although no independent verification of that figure exists at the time of writing. At the march's conclusion a crowd flag with the message "Get ready for a People's Vote" was unfolded on Parliament Square, as part of Led by Donkeys' satirical campaign mocking the government's own Get ready for Brexit campaign.

October 2019 internal power struggle
On 27 October 2019, Roland Rudd, the founder of Finsbury PR and the chair of Open Britainone of five organisations under the People's Vote umbrellaannounced he wanted to sack James McGrory and Tom Baldwin, as the campaign's director and director of communications. More than 40 staff members walked out in protest at this decision and Rudd's effort to impose Patrick Heneghan as the campaign's interim chief executive. At a subsequent staff meeting Rudd was criticised as a city PR man who had rarely been seen in the offices and a motion of no confidence in his role was passed by 40 votes to 3. Earlier, Baldwin accused Rudd of taking a "wrecking ball" to a successful campaign through a "boardroom coup" while failing to consult other organisations in the campaign such as the European Movement and For our Future's Sake. Rudd later resigned as chair of Open Britain but retained control of money and data through a new holding company he had formed for the purpose called Baybridge UK. Alastair Campbell, a former head of strategy and communications in Tony Blair's Downing Street, accused Rudd of putting his personal status ahead of efforts to stop Brexit through a new referendum.

Organisation
The campaign was a collaboration between several groups. They used a campaign office based in Millbank central London, apart from Wales for Europe which is based in Wales. The European Movement UK and Britain for Europe also have roughly 150 local campaign groups.

List of collaborating groups
The main collaborating groups are:

 European Movement UK
 For our Future's Sake (FFS)
 Open Britain
 Our Future Our Choice (OFOC)
 Wales for Europe

Minor groups which once worked alongside the People's Vote campaign included Britain for Europe, Infacts, Scientists for EU.

Supporters

Campaign groups

Best for Britain

Political parties
 Liberal Democrats
 Green Party of England and Wales
 Scottish Green Party
 Green Party Northern Ireland
 Peace Party
 Renew Britain
 National Health Action Party
 Radical Party
 Scottish National Party
 Plaid Cymru
 Mebyon Kernow
 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
 Social Democratic and Labour Party
 Women's Equality Party
 UK European Union Party
 The Independent Group for Change
 Scottish Labour
 Labour Movement for Europe
 London Labour
 UK EPP
 Left Unity
 Advance Together

The Labour Party, Welsh Labour and the Animal Welfare Party also supported a second referendum, but did not officially endorse the People's Vote campaign.

Criticism
Co-chair of Leave Means Leave, Richard Tice, branded the campaign a "losers' vote" following the London march in October 2018. Chris Bickerton, a lecturer in politics at the University of Cambridge, argued that a second referendum advocated by the campaign undermines principles of parliamentary democracy. In an opinion piece in The Guardian, he argued that the campaign promotes the idea that Leave voters in the 2016 referendum failed to understand what was at stake, a view that he characterised as elitist. Owen Jones has offered a left-wing critique of the movement, particularly pointing out that despite Labour's policies and actions to support a second referendum, People's Vote still routinely attacked its former leader Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party, indicating a potential ulterior motive in stymying progressive voices in the United Kingdom.

Publications
People's Vote commissioned a report into the economic effects of former Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal. The report, published late November 2018 by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), stated that the deal 'will cost UK £100bn' a year by 2030.

See also
 Opposition to Brexit
 European Union Withdrawal Agreement (Public Vote) Bill 2017–19
 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum
 Reversibility of the United Kingdom's invocation of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union
 "Bollocks to Brexit"

References

External links

 Official website
 People's Vote – The Independent

George Soros
2018 establishments in the United Kingdom
2018 in British politics
2019 in British politics
Consequences of the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum
Brexit–related advocacy groups in the United Kingdom
Lobbying organisations in the United Kingdom
Pro-Europeanism in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom and the European Union
2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum

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Former Gymnastics Coach Furious Over Potential Underage Competitors
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However, Karolyi had many good things to say about the skills and competitiveness of the Chinese athletes in their events. His issue was not with the athletes but with those who irresponsibly use them in the pursuit of Olympic glory.
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Ukrainian WBA lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (11-1, 9 KOs) is recognized as the best boxer in the world by reputable online publications.
Lomachenko last Saturday in new York in the 10th round with a stunning shot to the liver knocked out Jorge Linares (44-4, 27 KO's) and became the first boxer to win titles in three weight divisions in just 12 fights in the Pro ring.
The editorial Board of "World Boxing News" praised the impressive achievement Lomachenko and sent the Ukrainian to the first line of the rating of the best boxers in the world regardless of weight class.
Lomachenko is not the only representative of Ukraine in the top 10. Champion of the WBO and WBC lightweight champion Alexander Usik (14-0, 11 KO's) closes the top ten boxers in the world by "World Boxing News".
Top 10 boxers in the world by world Boxing News:
1. Vasyl Lomachenko (Ukraine, light weight)
2. Gennady Golovkin (Kazakhstan, middle weight)
3. Terence Crawford (USA, the first Welterweight)
4. Mikey Garcia (USA, lightweight)
5. Anthony Joshua (Britain, heavyweight)
6. Saul Alvarez (Mexico, middle weight)
7. Srisaket COP Rainwise (Thailand, the second lightest weight)
8. Naoya Inoue (Japan, the second lightest weight)
9. Wenhong Menayothin (Thailand, minimum weight)
10. Oleksandr Usyk (Ukraine, heavyweight)
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'90 Day Fiance' : The prenup drama makes Juliana to reveal her problems in the relationship
The prenup talk between Michael and Juliana on 90 day fiancé show (image source:instagram/@michael_jessen_77)
Juliana decides she wants to be independent after the mediation with Michael. She reveals how Michael left her and how feels about the prenup.
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In last week's episode, Michael's ex-wife, a 42-year-old wine entrepreneur from Connecticut, brought up the topic of a prenup. Micheal and his ex-wife seem to be close. This might be because of his children.
Juliana was upset because she didn't expect Michael's ex-wife, Sarah, to be the one to bring it up. Sarah explained that the only reason she brought it up was for the sake of her two children, Cece and Max.
Michael revealed that he never had a prenup with his ex-wife because they started dating as college students, and they didn't have money at the time.
He went further to say that the divorce with his ex-wife cost him a lot, and he didn't want to repeat the same mistake.
Juliana does not understand what the prenup means
According to Eonline, Juliana struggled to understand what the prenup was all about. She said that it made her sad because she was going to put so much work into making sure that the marriage worked out. She was also uncomfortable with Michael telling his ex more information than her.
Michael and Juliana went to see a lawyer discuss the prenup.
The couple later went to see a mediator. The mediator explained the process very well. It became so intense for Juliana. She almost broke down.
Michael wants a separate bank account
Michael made it clear that he wanted to keep all his assets in his name and also have different bank accounts. Michael said that he wasn't cutting her off everything; he explained that he would buy her things and take care of her, but the lawyer told him that those were just gifts and not sharing.
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Michael and Juliana have broken up before
Juliana said that she stopped working a couple of months ago and was depending on Michael. The lawyer told her to start thinking of how living in America and fending for herself would look like.
According to Eonline, Juliana said that she had broken up with Michael once, for three months, and he wasn't there when she needed him the most. She said that Michael had just disappeared and wasn't there to support her.
It was a hard time for her, and she didn't want to go through it again.
Juliana decides to start working to be independent
Juliana says she wanted her independence and would work after the show. Juliana felt very vulnerable and decided she wanted to become independent. She said she could not trust Michael and wanted to be able to care for herself if they broke up again. She explained that she wants the marriage to work because she left her family in Brazil to be with Michael and build a home in Connecticut.
She had also left her job to be with him.
Juliana appreciated how the lawyer handled it. She felt like the lawyer was on her side, and she was happy that the lawyer somehow, out Michael in his place. Michael justified his way of speaking, saying that Juliana took it the wrong way and still didn't understand it. Juliana stated that by the end of the episode, she would want to have her independence and not feel vulnerable.
She wants to be self-reliant. She says that if Michael were in her shoes, he would want that too.
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Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Monday that he will personally speak to Uddhav Thackeray to allay the Shiv Sena leader's fears about the threat to farmers' lands due to the proposed Ratnagiri refinery.
Pradhan was speaking after the signing of a MoU here between Saudi national oil company Aramco and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC) to jointly develop and build the integrated Ratnagiri Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (RRPCL) in collaboration with an Indian consortium consisting of state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) Indian Oil, Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum.
The $44 billion project at Nanar is being opposed by the Shiv Sena along with a section of local villagers.
"We are talking with all stakeholders on this issue. I will talk to Uddhav Thackeray and the genuine grievances of the local people will be sought to be resolved by the companies," Pradhan said.
"On principle there is no objection to the refinery. The farmers' grievances will be taken care of," he added.
An MoU to set up the RRPCL was signed here on the sidelines the 16th International Energy Forum (IEF) in April between an Indian consortium and Aramco.
RRPCL will have Aramco and ADNOC as overseas strategic partners. The project will be set up as a 50:50 joint partnership between the consortium from India, Aramco and ADNOC.
"This will be a single largest overseas investment in the Indian refinery sector," Pradhan said.
The mega refinery will be capable of processing 1.2 million barrels of crude oil per day by 2022 or 60 million tonnes per annum, he added.
According to a Petroleum Ministry statement, the refinery will produce a range of refined petroleum products, including petrol and diesel meeting BS-VI fuel efficiency norms.
It will also provide feedstock for the integrated petrochemicals complex, which will be capable of producing around 18 million tonnes per annum of petrochemical products.


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Over at The Bulwark, historian Joshua Tait writes, "Christianity's emphasis on forgiveness, suffering, the meek and poor runs totally counter to the tendencies of the New Right and National Conservatism. Here is a taste of his piece: Within National Conservative...
Critics of liberalism; critics of national conservativism
I missed this when it appeared last month. Several intellectuals, many from the world of religion and theology, published "An Open Letter Responding to the NatCon 'Statement of Principles.'" Signers include Paul Griffiths, David Bentley Hart, Eugene McCarraher, John Milbank,...
A national conservative defines "national conservatism" as an effort to "legislate toward a Protestant vision" for America
The so-called "national conservatives" are meeting next month in Miami. Speakers include Florida governor Ron DeSantis, Missouri senator Josh Hawley, political scientist Yoram Hazony, First Things editor R.R. Reno, historian Wilfred McClay, and Southern Baptist seminary president Albert Mohler (we...
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Built as the Hotel Somerville, the Dunbar Hotel played a key role in L.A.'s African American community for decades. Doctor John Somerville built the hotel for the first West Coast convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1928. The hotel provided first-class accommodations for African Americans in segregated Los Angeles, who were denied comparable lodging elsewhere.
The hotel was a great source of pride, having been financed and built by African Americans. An instant landmark, it was considered the finest black hotel in the nation—and quickly sparked the area's development.
The Dunbar was an important gathering place for notable figures, intellectuals, and community leaders.
At the heart of the Central Avenue jazz scene, many prominent jazz musicians stayed or performed there, including Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Bessie Smith. Other notable guests included Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Hern Jefferies, Langston Hughes, Joe Louis, Arthur B. Spingarn, and W. E. B. Du Bois.
The Dunbar fell into a slow decline starting in the 1960s and stood vacant for over a decade. Despite several attempts at renovation, the building languished until the City put it into receivership.
Thomas Safran Associates and the Coalition for Responsible Community Development revived the hotel as the centerpiece of Dunbar Village, an affordable housing project for seniors and families. Reversing years of deferred maintenance and alterations, the team restored hundreds of original features with great attention to detail, while fully upgrading the building for modern use. The building's atrium, which was enclosed years after the building was first constructed, was reopened as a communal space with skylights and replicated tiles, flooring, and a fountain in the same location as the original - all elements that bring back the hotel's grandeur.
The work to restore this Central Avenue gem earned a Conservancy Preservation Award in 2014.
Of the overall project's eighty-three units, the Dunbar provides forty-one affordable apartments for seniors, as well as a beautiful gathering space for the community. Some of the current residents were active participants in Central Avenue's jazz scene during the 1960s.
Courtesy Thomas Safran & Associates, Coalition for Responsible Community Dev.
Architecturally, the Somerville (now Dunbar) Hotel featured a blending of styles. It most prominently displayed Mediterranean Revival influences, particularly the generous use of arches along the exterior, and its interior spaces enlivened with Art Deco inspired fixtures. A cast stone stringcourse divides the rusticated scored plaster base from the upper brick façade.
When it opened in 1928, the Somerville Hotel was the center of the cultural life of African-Americans in Los Angeles. The hotel hosted many Black luminaries and celebrities, including Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Lena Horne, Lionel Hampton, Langston Hughes, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Bessie Smith, Herb Jefferies, and Duke Ellington.
Many of the famous guests performed next door to the hotel at Club Alabam and at local jazz clubs along Central Avenue, where a jazz scene thrived for decades. Although the hotel was also known for top notch musical performances in its dining room area, the owners didn't receive a cabaret license until 1931, well after Somerville had sold the hotel to Lucius Lomax. Somerville sold the hotel due to financial difficulties after stock market crash of 1929, and the name was changed to the Dunbar in honor of the poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar.
Dr. John A. Somerville himself was a leader in the fight for full civil rights for African Americans in Los Angeles during the early twentieth century. Jamaican-born, in 1907 he became the first African American student to graduate from USC's School of Dentistry. In 1918 his wife, Vada Watson, whom he had met while she was an undergraduate at USC, became the second African American to graduate from USC with a degree in dentistry.
Upon learning of the very real and imminent possibility of Dr. Somerville's conscription into the military to fight in World War I, Ms. Watson felt a strong sense of duty to continue serving Dr. Somerville's dental clients, which led her back to USC for her training as a dentist. Originally when Somerville had arrived in this country, he faced discrimination in finding hotel accommodations – an experience he sought to rectify by building a first class hotel for people of color.
The Somerville Hotel immediately won a national reputation after housing some of the luminaries attending the first NAACP National Convention on the West Coast, including W.E.B. DuBois, James Wheldon Johnson, Mary White Ovington, and Charles Waddell Chesnutt. Soon it was described as one of the best African-American owned hotels in the country.
This highly visible monument to U.S. military veterans enjoys new life serving those who have served our country.
Constructed for $2 million, the Catalina Casino was hailed as "a monument to the effort of William Wrigley, Jr. to give Catalina the finest and best the world's artisans have to offer."


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I have the FLU!. Can't afford to stay out of work, so I will be going to work.
Hopefully no one will catch it.
I can't afford to go to a doctor, much less be out of work, so I am going in anyway.
RE: I have the FLU!. Can't afford to stay out of work, so I will be going to work.
What do you think going to a doctor would do if you did have the flu?
Because I have all the symptoms, fever, body aches, headache, constantly sneezing, runny nose, feel horrible.
NOTHING, it has to run its course.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHY IT SHOULD BE THE LAW THAT EMPLOYERS ISSUE PAID SICK DAYS TO EMPLOYEES.
When I worked past jobs having no sick days for employees, the first person to become sick every year would be forced to work for those same reasons and then infect all others.
It really needs to become LAW where ALL employers are forced to issue sick days to employees.
you can take vitamin c so you won´t feel tired.
Going to the doctor for the FLU would be a complete waste of money, They can't do anything about it.
Employers offer as LITTLE as possible. They don't give a crap.
You re correct. Because going to a doctor will actually get you worst. They will give you antibiotics which kills both good and bad bacteria and then while your immune system is down, the bad bacteria quickly overcome the good bacteria. Antibiotics are the cause for so many issues such as Leaky Gut and Candida.
Please make you best attempts to cough on the bosses office door knob, paperwork, vehicle handles, and in his/her face. And then say "oops I am very sorry" after coughing in his/her face!
And then be sure to let him know that you cant afford to take off because he/she doesnt offer sick days.


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Merk Hard Currency Fund Inks Deal with Euro Pacific Capital
-- Agreement enables Euro Pacific clients to seek protection against a declining dollar through no-load mutual fund --
DARIEN, Conn. and PALO ALTO, Calif. — December 15, 2005 — Euro Pacific Capital today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Merk Investments to make the no-load Merk Hard Currency Fund™ available through Euro Pacific Capital. The Merk Hard Currency Fund seeks to protect investors against declines in the US dollar by investing in a basket of hard currency denominated investments composed of high-quality, short-term money market instruments of countries pursuing sound monetary policy, and indirectly in gold. Euro Pacific is a full service, NASD-registered broker-dealer that is recognized for its expertise in foreign markets and securities.
"We believe the U.S. dollar is in a major long-term bear market, and as such recommend keeping exposure to the dollar at an absolute minimum. All long-term savings and investments should be denominated in select foreign currencies against which we believe the dollar is likely to fare the worst," said Euro Pacific Capital president Peter Schiff. "We believe that the Merk Hard Currency Fund's investment strategy makes it a valuable diversification component for our clients, enabling them to seek protection for their assets against a decline in the dollar with the ease of investing in a no-load mutual fund."
"Euro Pacific's viewpoint on world markets and the US dollar's long term trend is consistent with our own," said Axel Merk, manager of the Merk Hard Currency Fund. "Peter Schiff is well versed in the field of international investing and has helped investors who seek to position their portfolios to be insulated from a weakening US economy. This partnership is a perfect fit for Euro Pacific clients and both our organizations as well."
For more information, or to obtain a prospectus, contact a Euro Pacific Capital representative at 800-727-7922.
About the Merk Hard Currency Fund and Merk Investments
The Merk Hard Currency Fund, a pure play on hard currencies, provides investors with a new fundamental investment option to gain exposure to hard currencies such as the euro, Swiss franc, Australian dollar and indirectly in gold. To gain access to a basket of hard currencies without the Fund, investors must either determine which currencies they wish to invest in and gain exposure through buying those currencies directly; invest in funds that may include more speculative currencies in their portfolios; invest in international stock or bond funds that introduce stock market, credit and/or interest risks; or engage in complex and speculative derivative trading.
The Merk Hard Currency Fund is managed by Merk Investments, a money management firm that invests with discipline and long-term focus while adapting to changing environments.
Axel Merk, president of Merk Investments, makes all investment decisions for the Merk Hard Currency Fund. Mr. Merk founded Merk Investments AG in Switzerland in 1994; in 2001, he relocated to the US and transferred all investment advisory activities to Merk Investments LLC, an SEC-registered investment adviser.
Mr. Merk holds a BA in Economics (magna cum laude) and MSc in Computer Science from Brown University, Rhode Island. The institution awarded him the Class of 1873 Prize for Excellence in Economics in 1991. He has extensive experience and expertise in how global financial imbalances, as evidenced by an enormous trade deficit, affect the markets. He has published many articles describing complex economic phenomena in understandable terms and speaks on the topics of investment and global financial markets at conferences.
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Cosmetic Dentistry Dubai : Best Cosmetic Dentists in Dubai UAE. Find aesthetic dentists in Dubai to help you discover the best dental cosmetic option that's perfect for you to create a brighter and better smile. Locate the best dental center in Dubai for dental Lumineers in Dubai, Invisalign treatment, laser teeth whitening or porcelain veneers. Meet with expert cosmetic dentists in Dubai to get the best cosmetic dentistry solutions. Compare dentists in Dubai with phone numbers, reviews, cost, prices and location map.
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Obviously the biggest benefit to cosmetic dentistry is that it produces results. Patients who just a few years ago may have had to be satisfied with chipped, cracked or broken teeth can now have that fixed. Teeth that have been deeply discolored can be whitened. In fact most types of dental defects can be corrected with cosmetic dentistry. Cosmetic dentistry can even reduce signs of aging and leave the patient with a more vibrant and youthful appearance. It can also repair dental damage caused by trauma, illness, infection, developmental abnormalities, or heredity.
Since cosmetic surgery is so successful it can leave the patient not only with a more attractive physical appearance but an improved psychological outlook as well. Many patients report battling years of low self-esteem that is reversed when these types of dental problems are corrected or covered up. They report being more comfortable not only with themselves but with others they have relationships with.
With the exception of patients who live in extreme rural or remote areas cosmetic dentistry is fairly accessible. Unlike other specialties of cosmetic surgery, cosmetic dentistry has become fairly widespread even in smaller urban areas. While many dentists choose to specialize in cosmetic dentistry most of the procedures of cosmetic dentistry are not beyond the scope of general dentists. This leaves the possibility of utilizing cosmetic dentistry much more open to a wider segment of the population.
While it would be dishonest to say cosmetic dentistry is cheap the price of many procedures used in cosmetic dentistry is coming down. This enables many more patients to be able to benefit from cosmetic dentistry. In addition many dental insurances are choosing to cover cosmetic dentistry procedures when done to help with structural reasons. Patients considering cosmetic dentistry should check with their insurance company to see if procedures are covered.
Cosmetic dentistry has long lasting effects. Unlike many other cosmetic procedures many cosmetic dental procedures can last as long as upwards of 10 years. This is a huge benefit to patients as it limits the amount of money and time that must be committed to maintaining whatever procedure that has been done.
The recovery time from cosmetic dentistry is fairly short. Many other cosmetic procedures require a lengthy recovery time and involve a great amount of pain. Most patients using cosmetic dentistry report not only a short recovery time but very little pain in the recovery. In addition the success rate for these procedures is quite high with some studies showing success rates on cosmetic dental procedures up into the 90th percentile. As with any other medical decision patients should weigh both the pros and cons and then make the decision that is right for them. But the bottom line is dental technology has provided a fast, efficient and relatively cost efficient way to improve our smiles by the use of cosmetic dentistry.
In the earlier days, cosmetic dentistry was supposed to be an area belonged to the rich and the elite. Cosmetic dentistry prices have never been a source of concern for the common man. With the advancement of the technology, innovative and cost effective methods came into existence and cosmetic dentistry gained popularity among different sections of the society. In these days, it can be said that the cosmetic dentistry has flourished in a very rapid manner and more and more people have been making use of the unlimited possibilities of these types of treatments.
A good smile radiates tremendous amount of positive energy. If you are gifted with a good smile the confidence and self esteem will get enhanced. People having some unattractive teeth become self conscious about this defect and a good smile will be an alien thing for them. The self confidence gets a beating and the relationships may suffer as well. That is where the relevance of cosmetic dentistry comes in and it can be described as a combination of art and science geared to improve the appearance, function and health of the teeth.
Cosmetic dentistry treatments can be classified into different categories and cosmetic dentistry prices differ with different kinds of treatments. Various types of cosmetic dentistry procedures include teeth whitening, bleaching procedures, porcelain veneers, dental implants, dental bonding, dental bridges, tooth contouring and reshaping, dentures, dental fillings, dental crowns, dental caps, root canals, accelerated orthodontics and cosmetic gum surgery.
The advancement of the technology has reduced the recovery time to a great extent and you do not have to take long period of rest for the recovery process. Treatments like dental implants require a fair amount of rest because it involves two to three phases of treatments. The recovery period has a lot to do with individual and complicated treatments like implants may last up to 5 to 8 months. Naturally, cosmetic dentistry prices for these types of treatments will be on the higher side. Minor treatments like tooth whitening and dental veneers require only a week or so for the complete recovery.
Choosing the clinic or the dental surgeon assumes an importance of paramount because a minor error in the treatment can involve dangerous health implications. The successful outcome of the treatment has a lot to do with the efficiency of the dental surgeon. A general dentist may not be trained in the field of cosmetic dentistry and even in the case of a cosmetic dental surgeon; specialization in a particular area like dental implants or dental bonding or teeth whitening, should be taken in to consideration.
The clinic and the surgeon can influence the dentistry prices and a suitable decision based on your budget will have to be taken. An extensive online search will make you familiarize with the quality of the dental surgeons in your area and various online directories will provide the profile pages of qualified dental surgeons for you. The cosmetic dentistry prices and the quality of the treatment should complement each other to fetch you the desired result. That is how a smile makeover becomes a qualitative and affordable one.
Living with missing, gapped or decayed teeth can be limiting, inconvenient, and embarrassing. The innovative cosmetic dentistry can bring back the appearance and function of natural teeth, and can correct almost any deficiency in a person's smile. Today, dentistry is more than just pulling a tooth. Cosmetic dentistry is a new area of dentistry, which is different from general dentistry in many ways. In the traditional dentistry, the dentist focuses on the patient's dental health as well as general monitoring for possible oral diseases and hygiene, while the cosmetic dentistry focuses on improving the aesthetic appearance of the patient's teeth, mouth and smile.
Some of the most commonly performed cosmetic procedures include dental implants, tooth-colored restorations, fillings, tooth whitening, veneers, crowns/bridges, braces, dental bonding, gum de-pigmentation, gap closures, lip and cheek injections, orthodontics, and more. Using one or more of these cosmetic dental procedures, combined with the latest advances in general and cosmetic dentistry, a skilled, experienced cosmetic dentist can transform your ill-shaped teeth and help you achieve a whiter, brighter smile.
Patients with damaged tooth structure now no longer need to rely on unsightly metals to replace decayed teeth. Dentists now use high density, advanced composite resins and porcelain materials for filling up cavities. These modern filling materials mimic the look, feel, and function of natural teeth. Dental implants are used for substituting missing or broken teeth, dental veneers mask badly shaped, stained teeth and gaps, while tooth whitening helps to improve the color of your teeth and gap closures and bonding techniques can close those embarrassing pockets in between the teeth.
Cosmetic dentistry prices can vary from procedure to procedure, depending on what kind of implant surgery you undergo as well as what kind of services, in terms of the quality of dental care and standard of the facility, you are getting. For instance, dental implant cost may vary depending on the type of dental implant, permanent and temporary implants, and the number of teeth that need to be replaced or restored. Likewise, bridge cost also varied based on how many teeth are involved, and the quality chosen by you. A dental surgeon's expertise and the location and reputation of the dental facility are other considerations that can increase the price of your cosmetic dentistry procedure.
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#import "MXKSoundPlayer.h"

#import <AVFoundation/AVFAudio.h>
#import <AudioToolbox/AudioServices.h>

static const NSTimeInterval kVibrationInterval = 1.24875;

@interface MXKSoundPlayer () <AVAudioPlayerDelegate>

@property (nonatomic, nullable) AVAudioPlayer *audioPlayer;

@property (nonatomic, getter=isVibrating) BOOL vibrating;

@end

@implementation MXKSoundPlayer

+ (instancetype)sharedInstance
{
    static MXKSoundPlayer *soundPlayer;
    static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
    dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
        soundPlayer = [MXKSoundPlayer alloc];
    });
    return soundPlayer;
}

- (void)playSoundAt:(NSURL *)url repeat:(BOOL)repeat vibrate:(BOOL)vibrate routeToBuiltInReceiver:(BOOL)useBuiltInReceiver
{
    if (self.audioPlayer)
    {
        [self stopPlayingWithAudioSessionDeactivation:NO];
    }

    self.audioPlayer = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:url error:nil];

    if (!self.audioPlayer)
        return;

    self.audioPlayer.delegate = self;
    self.audioPlayer.numberOfLoops = repeat ? -1 : 0;
    [self.audioPlayer prepareToPlay];

    // Setup AVAudioSession
    // We use SoloAmbient instead of Playback category to respect silent mode
    NSString *audioSessionCategory = useBuiltInReceiver ? AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayAndRecord : AVAudioSessionCategorySoloAmbient;
    [[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory:audioSessionCategory error:nil];

    if (vibrate)
        [self vibrateWithRepeat:repeat];

    [self.audioPlayer play];
}

- (void)stopPlayingWithAudioSessionDeactivation:(BOOL)deactivateAudioSession;
{
    if (self.audioPlayer)
    {
        [self.audioPlayer stop];
        self.audioPlayer = nil;

        if (deactivateAudioSession)
        {
            // Release the audio session to allow resuming of background music app
            [[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setActive:NO withOptions:AVAudioSessionSetActiveOptionNotifyOthersOnDeactivation error:nil];
        }
    }

    if (self.isVibrating)
    {
        [self stopVibrating];
    }
}

- (void)vibrateWithRepeat:(BOOL)repeat
{
    self.vibrating = YES;

    dispatch_after(dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, (int64_t)(kVibrationInterval * NSEC_PER_SEC)), dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
        AudioServicesPlaySystemSound(kSystemSoundID_Vibrate);

        NSNumber *objRepeat = @(repeat);
        AudioServicesAddSystemSoundCompletion(kSystemSoundID_Vibrate,
                                              NULL,
                                              kCFRunLoopCommonModes,
                                              vibrationCompleted,
                                              (__bridge_retained void * _Nullable)(objRepeat));
    });
}

- (void)stopVibrating
{
    self.vibrating = NO;
    AudioServicesRemoveSystemSoundCompletion(kSystemSoundID_Vibrate);
}

void vibrationCompleted(SystemSoundID ssID, void* __nullable clientData)
{
    NSNumber *objRepeat = (__bridge NSNumber *)clientData;
    BOOL repeat = [objRepeat boolValue];
    CFRelease(clientData);

    MXKSoundPlayer *soundPlayer = [MXKSoundPlayer sharedInstance];

    dispatch_after(dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, (int64_t)(kVibrationInterval * NSEC_PER_SEC)), dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
        if (repeat && soundPlayer.isVibrating)
        {
            [soundPlayer vibrateWithRepeat:repeat];
        }
        else
        {
            [soundPlayer stopVibrating];
        }
    });
}

#pragma mark - AVAudioPlayerDelegate

// This method is called only when the end of the player's track is reached.
// If you call `stop` or `pause` on player this method won't be called
- (void)audioPlayerDidFinishPlaying:(AVAudioPlayer *)player successfully:(BOOL)flag
{
    self.audioPlayer = nil;

    // Release the audio session to allow resuming of background music app
    [[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setActive:NO withOptions:AVAudioSessionSetActiveOptionNotifyOthersOnDeactivation error:nil];
}

@end

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A loan consulting firms takes an application under the premise that as long as you have good credit (680 or above) that they could secure funding up to $500,000. Well, as a start up business, seeking to stay in business as a credit partner with a seasoned Real Estate investor, I wanted IN. Afterall, it looked promising seeing how there were so many great deals to be had. Long story short I was unable to meet the guidelines of traditional lenders due to the required assets and reserves that they were asking for. Then here comes this loan consulting firm that unbeknownst to me were going to place me as a managing partner of a company that I had nothing to do with and knew nothing about in order to meet those aforementioned guidelines. Their fee $2,500. I had enough sense to notice that this was some kind of scam. Unfortunately, it was already too late as we were several months into purchasing houses that were flipped on me. Now all I have is considerable debt in properties that I can't afford. No more funding, no more credit and no one at the Secretary of State office, AG or any law enfrocement that sees anything wrong with this activity. Is anyone out there able to shed some light on how to report this sort of activity?
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In his coaching module on the construction of back moves, Wayne Smith searches for the meaning of the popular phrase "heads up football". That phrase is often-used in the commentary on games but it is rarely broken down into specifics.
"A lot of coaches talk about 'heads-up rugby' in attack," he says.
"But what does that mean?… If you don't know what you're looking for, and what sort of feedback to give, you are not going to be successful".
Wayne Smith goes on to define 'heads-up' attack as the ability to read and react to what the defence is doing, and communicate your understanding to the back-line director.
In his coaching module on "Walk through on Attack", ex-All Black centre Conrad Smith develops this thread further, pointing up the specific attacking possibilities that can occur from left-side scrums in that prime attacking zone inside the opposition 40m line.
In this scenario the opposition half-back can often be caught on the 'wrong side' of the play near the touch-line, which presents some inviting opportunities for the attacking side when they stack all their backs to the open side of the field.
The message from these two great All Black minds is that 'heads-up' means an awareness of field position, of opposition tendencies and how to exploit them, plus the ability to communicate the right solutions effectively to your team-mates.
A lucid recent example of these processes working together to produce a score occurred in the Wales v England Six Nations match last Saturday afternoon.
Just before the scrum was set, the Welsh half-back Rhys Webb and the key attacker on the play – blindside wing, #11 Liam Williams – are snapshotted on camera together, with Webb talking quietly to Williams behind the back of his hand. That is probably where the plot was first hatched.
Scrums on the (attacking) left side of the field are notoriously difficult to defend. Usually the defending right wing stays put on the short-side wherever his opposite number lines up – as Conrad Smith says, there is always a chance of the scrum being promoted on the attacking loose-head side and an 8-9 move down that narrow corridor. Meanwhile the scrum-half has a difficult decision to make: does he chase around to the base to disrupt, or pull out and circle around to link up with the open-side defence?
At 37:30 we can see that England have collectively failed to answer these questions with any accuracy. Number 14 Jack Nowell is still out of shot on the blind-side and number 9 Ben Youngs has taken the risk of chasing around on to the Wales eighth man Ross Moriarty. As soon as Moriarty successfully gets the ball away to his scrum-half, England are in serious trouble.
Webb is looking to engage the England number 10 George Ford and Liam Williams is 'hiding' just behind him, with Youngs having been 'used up' by the chase around the back of the scrum and Nowell still out of frame beyond the England 15 metre line. Meanwhile the two England centres Owen Farrell and Jonathan Joseph are also looking at an overload with three Welsh attackers (10 Dan Biggar, 12 Scott Williams and 13 Jon Davies) opposite them.
Wales would also have understood from their preparation prior to the game that England always stick close to Ford in the 10 channel in these scenarios. As Webb brings the ball to the gain-line, Ford has a pair of 'minders' both inside (number 7 Jack Clifford) and outside him, with Farrell engaged by the angled 'holding' run of Scott Williams.
All of this leaves poor Jonathan Joseph defending on what appears to be an island, and surrounded by a sea of red at 37:31.
If he moves in towards Williams, that leaves Davies and Biggar free outside him. In the event he stays out on the Wales 10 and 12 and Williams has a clear run through to the goal-line to score untouched.
All the way through from the initial conversation between the two key attackers Webb and Williams, the accurate prediction of the way the England defence would react and the identification of where the space would be, the scenario fulfils Wayne Smith's definition of 'heads-up' attacking rugby exactly. It is planned but it is also executed according to the circumstances of the moment.
A few years ago, the Pumas used to defend these situations by inserting their blind-side wing in the 10 channel to provide the extra open-side defender, with the scrum-half looking after the short-side on his own.
In this instance however, the wing is again defending empty space out of camera shot, while the scrum-half Martin Landajo is attempting to get a read off Julian Savea as to All Black intentions. He tries to mirror Savea as he jumps left at 10:19, then back to the right one second later.
Landajo follows the first move but is (fatally) a step slow on the second, and that is enough to allow the same narrative to develop as in the Wales-England game. The New Zealand 9 Aaron Smith engages Puma 10 Nicolas Sanchez while the Argentine 12 is successfully held by the angled run of Ryan Crotty. This levers open the space for Savea to run past the hapless #13 Matias Orlando stuck out on his island!
Playing 'heads-up' attacking rugby does not mean approaching a contest without any preparation and relying on instinct or hunches to guide you through all the labyrinths a game of rugby presents. Far from it.
It means being ready to improvise from the foundation of a real depth of preparation off the field. When something clicks mentally and you recognize the overlap in preparation and on-field circumstances, you act decisively.
It means being able to communicate your recognition clearly to those around you in order to realize the opportunity fully and cohesively. 'Heads up' is nothing else but the perfect marriage of preparation off the field and action on it – and for those heady thirty seconds before and during that attacking scrum against England, that is exactly what Wales achieved.


Following last month's ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in Assoc. for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., which held that a naturally occurring DNA segment is a product of nature and not patent eligible merely because it was isolated, Myriad Genetics filed two lawsuits against competitors that have begun to offer genetic testing for breast cancer risk.
The decision spurred various competitors to announce that they would bring to market tests for the two genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 that were indicators of future breast cancer. Myriad had controlled the testing for almost two decades and the newly announced tests were expected to cost less than the $4000 that Myriad charged for full analysis.
Myriad's lawsuits filed this week against Ambry Genetics and Gene by Gene did not assert claims based on the two genes, but instead focused on the other patent claims that were not invalidated by the Supreme Court, including the synthetic DNA used as probes and on methods of testing that the high court noted in its opinion were not invalid. Myriad had already received backlash from some segments of the public, as the original litigants, comprised of patients, medical societies, and researchers, argued that Myriad's monopoly on the tests impeded research and denied women options to test for breast cancer susceptibility. Earlier last week, Myriad had announced that it would not impede noncommercial academic research or stop labs from doing a test to confirm results produced by Myriad.
The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah where the company is based. The company was joined by the University of Utah and three other organizations that receive royalties from Myriad for BRCA-related patents licensed to it. Myriad is seeking a preliminary injunction to stop the further marketing of competitor products.
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