The Real Estate Board of New York is going to bat over 421a with a new advertisement aimed at discouraging lawmakers from including a prevailing wage requirement in the package.
The 421a tax abatement program expires on June 15, and whether it will be amended or renewed at all is still up in the air. Union groups have been advocating for any extension of 421a to include a requirement that projects benefiting from the program adhere to a prevailing wage requirement, according to Capital New York.
But in a new ad financed by Affordable Housing and Local Jobs Now, whose members include REBNY, the New York State chapter of the NAACP, and the New York State Association for Affordable Housing, and others — the industry trade group seeks to vilify those demands.
"'If we want to create more affordable housing, we can't just talk about it—we need to build it, in neighborhoods across New York City," says the narrator in the television spot. "But now, special interests are pushing a deceptive wage proposal that would stop builders from hiring local workers, severely restricting new affordable housing construction and denying thousands of Families A Place to call home." Watch the ad here.
REBNY supports Mayor Bill de Blasio's proposal for a 421a program that would require affordable housing to be included in all developments that receive the benefit, and that would eliminate the program for condo projects.


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Can Chad Ochocinco Make MLS team Sporting KC?
The ongoing lockout is definitely taking a toll on players already, although some of them are taking things in stride and looking for other ways to fill their schedule. Cincinnati Bengals WR Chad Ochocinco for instance is trying out for Major League Soccer. Ochocinco played soccer as a kid and he's always been attracted to the sport.
He took up football in high-school, but his dream of playing for a MLS team has stuck with him. The Sporting Kansas City of the MLS will apparently give him that opportunity now. Peter Vermes, manager of the Sporting KC said that he was looking forward to have an exceptional athlete of Ochocinco's stature train with his team.
The Bengals WR will participate in a 4-day tryout session with the Sporting Kansas City, with an extension of the tryout period also in the cards. Ochocinco is friends with some of the world's best-known soccer players: Ronaldinho, Cristiano Ronaldo and Thierry Henry are just some of his soccer-buddies.
The WR who says he uses a soccer ball to warm up before football practice or games, made the news for a different reason yesterday too. He was ordered by a Hamilton County Municipal Judge to pay $11k to a Cincinnati Exclusive Wear, where he allegedly picked up clothes and never paid for them.
Legal action in the matter was filed in December, after the store had tried to recover the money on amiable terms several times. Despite the apparently simple and straightforward nature of the case, Ochocinco is not in a hurry to settle the issue.
Shortly after the news about his alleged debt surfaced, he tweeted that he was going to pay the store right after he returned from "Mars". Since all of NASA's plans concerning a manned mission to Mars are in an extremely incipient stage, it is safe to assume the Cincinnati Bengal meant "never" by that… Which rooms hire poker props? Those looking to secure critical player liquidity.


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Oregon police release chilling video and documents of grocery store shooting
BEND, OR – On a Sunday evening in August, 20-year-old Ethan Miller walked out of his apartment in the city of Bend, Oregon, armed with an AR-15 style rifle, a shotgun, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. Five minutes later he was inside the Safeway supermarket across the street, dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Before taking his own life inside the supermarket, Miller shot a shopper at close range. He also killed a store employee, Donald Surrett Jr., an army veteran who tried to disarm the gunman.
Details of those five minutes of terror in the shopping center were released last week by the Bend Police Department. Utilizing angles from security and ring cameras, a video timeline shows Miller leaving his apartment until the moment he ends the rampage.
A 398-page police document of the incident includes eye-witness interviews of the attack and reports from responding officers. The file also includes testimonies from Miller's relatives and acquaintances, most of them expressing shock that a person they knew would attempt a mass shooting.
All up, the released information recounts in sometimes graphic detail what occurred in the Forum Shopping Center on August 28, a collection of information local police say was issued to satisfy the dozens of public records requests made after the shooting.
The police video begins with footage from a Ring doorbell camera, showing Miller armed, dressed in black, and walking outside his residence, the Fox Hollow Apartments. Residents of the complex later told police they heard gunshots. The 911 calls start coming in at 7:04 p.m.
Less than a minute later, a surveillance camera captures Miller walking across a parking lot toward the Forum Shopping Center, home to an Old Navy store, a Costco, a Safeway, and a Big Lots, among other businesses.
More shots were fired at 7:05 p.m. in the parking lot, as described by witnesses. At least one driver is injured when the gunman shoots his car, sending shrapnel flying.
Video from inside the Big Lots store shows shoppers ducking in a panic. Witnesses say the shooter was firing his rifle at cars in the parking lot. At 7:06 p.m. the glass doors of Big Lots are blown in from gunfire and a moment later the shooter is seen through the window calmly walking past, rifle in hand.
The manager on duty at Big Lots stated that he heard the gunman yelling at people as he walked past, something to the effect of "You better run you m—-f—--s!"
At that moment, according to police interviews, a shopper named Geoff Wagner was driving in the parking lot in his SUV. Wagner saw the shooter firing at the buildings and cars and wanted to run the shooter over but did not.
The police report also contained receipts that showed Miller had purchased a weapon and ammunition from the Sportsman's Warehouse in Bend. Two of the receipts were dated from July. One was from August 27, the day before the attack took place.
Next Big Lots is Safeway and the video switches to a view from inside the grocery store. Store workers and shoppers appear panicked, unsure of where to go as they look out the window at the commotion outside. The gunman then approaches the store entrance, causing customers and store workers to flee. It's 7:07 when the shooter enters the Safeway, his former place of work.
Glenn Bennett, an 84-year-old shopper, and an army vet, walks into the frame just as the gunman enters the store. The gunman opens fire on Bennett, shooting him in the right arm, hip, and thigh. Bennett was conscious when police arrived to help him. They applied a tourniquet before medical staff arrived. He is taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital where staff try to save him but are unsuccessful.
Bennett would later be described by friends and relatives as a kind person who had served the U.S. as a medic in the Korean War. He enjoyed walks around Bend and was known for chatting with store workers at a convenience store near his home. During the holidays he enjoyed buying bags of groceries for local food drives, the Bend Bulletin reported.
The shooter would have had no knowledge of the person he had just killed, and carried on through the store. Surveillance video then shows the gunman calmly walking past the registers and then turning into the aisle containing chips and snacks.
The aisle is clear of people but the gunman fires off a few rounds into the food products. He is wearing a tactical vest and a black hat. He fumbles a bit with the shotgun and continues deeper into the store.
The video at this point only shows the gunman walking through the aisles but police reports describe what is happening elsewhere in the store. The smell of gunpowder is thick in the air and gunshots echo through the aisles. Many customers have fled outside but a few people are still in the store, hiding in bathrooms or coolers.
Gary Hansen, a store worker who usually works the dairy section, said when the shooting started he grabbed a wine bottle to use as a weapon and prepared to defend himself. He managed to slip out through a back door. Workers from the meat department also escaped, but not before helping customers exit the building.
Bystander Brett Smith was outside the store locking his bike when he heard gunshots. He ran into the store and made his way to a cooler behind the deli where he waited with three others. Smith held pepper spray in one hand in case the gunman opened the door.
Another customer, Molly Taroli, was inside the store in the frozen food section with her husband Jason Taroli. When the shooting began Jason moved to the front of the store to get a better look, heard more shots, and ordered his wife to the back of the store.
Molly retrieved a 380 semi-automatic pistol from her purse and held it ready as she stood at the rear loading dock. Jason went out the front, retrieved a gun from his pickup, and returned to the store. He helped one customer out of the store but did not reenter because police had arrived on the scene.
A delivery driver named Bill Crumrine was behind the store when he saw people fleeing out of an emergency exit. "The fear on the people's faces who were running out of the emergency exit was unbelievable," he later told police. At that moment Crumrine also witnessed police arriving on the scene on foot, he said they were in a "full sprint" headed to the backdoor of the store, rifles in hand.
"It was an overwhelming amount of force and amazing to see," Crumrine told police.
Meanwhile, back in the store, Miller had reached the meat department. The video changes its angle and a man, later identified as Richard Johnson, is shown falling to the ground behind a cooler.
The shooter spots Johnson and approaches him. The video has no sound but it's clear there is an exchange of words. Johnson later told police what was said. The gunman asked him if he was a Christian, and Johnson replied "I am." The gunman asked, "why?" Johnson said, "I have no idea but I am."
The gunman then points his rifle away from the man, shoots the ground, and walks away. He then begins blasting the glass of the meat department with his shotgun. The exchange between the two men lasted less than 10 seconds.
The gunman is then seen walking through the back of the store with Johnson still lying on the ground behind him.
Another camera angle is shown and now Surrett, the 66-year-old army veteran, can be seen crouching behind a small produce cart. He is squatting low between displays of melons and snacks, waiting for the shooter to approach.
At 7:08 p.m., just as the shooter passes him, Surrett emerges from his position and lunges forward with a knife in his hand. Surrett and the gunman are briefly blacked out and the encounter only lasts a few seconds. But police reports explain that Surrett is unable to grab onto the gunman, instead falling to the ground and covering his head with his arms. He is shot twice in the back of the head.
It was a tragic end for the mild-mannered produce clerk now considered a hero for his attempt to stop the gunman who entered his store. He had ample time to flee the building but instead stayed put, in his produce area, waiting for a chance to take down the shooter.
Perhaps, the 26 years he spent in the military as a combat engineer had prepared him for the moment. He had gotten into the military at a young age, enlisting out of high school. His experiences also included working for the U.S. Forest Service at Newberry National Volcanic Monument.
He was remembered fondly by coworkers, who recalled that Surrett would regularly buy stargazer lilies to take home to his wife, according to the Bend Bulletin.
The rifle had fallen to the ground in the scuffle and the shooter left it there, a few feet away from Surrett. Shotgun in hand he then walks another 24 feet into the produce area and sits down.
Another video angle comes into view, showing the produce area and the front door simultaneously. It's at that moment that two police officers are seen walking into the store, their guns drawn. The time is still 7:08 p.m.
The shooter then turned the gun on himself. The sound of the shotgun blast causes the two police officers to change direction and move toward the produce area where they find both Surrett and the gunman dead. At 5:25 p.m. the following day, funeral home staff arrive to take both bodies away – Surrett through the front door and the gunman from the loading dock in the back.
In the days after the incident, police contacted the family of the shooter. One relative said the gunman had "anger problems" but he believed that part of him was getting under control. Some reports said the shooter had been bullied in middle school and high school. Others said he had bullied others and was quick to pick fights. Boxing, shooting guns and MMA fighting were hobbies.
There was little indication that the incident was coming, but a friend of the gunman said he had received what amounted to a suicide note by text just prior to the attack. By the time the friend reached the Fox Hollow apartments to help it was too late.
A high school friend told police he had gone shooting with the gunman and there were times when he had denounced mass shootings because they "ruined" the gun community. He said he never expected him to go on a shooting rampage.
But shortly after the incident, online posts written by the gunman paint a different picture, revealing his suicidal thoughts and desire to become a school shooter. Because school was not yet in session, and he simply couldn't wait any longer, he went to the shopping center for his final act.
The online messages revealed relationship problems and an inability to get along with others. He also blamed COVID for keeping him isolated and said society had turned against him, forcing him to react violently.
There was no indication that the gunman sought support or treatment that could have saved him and prevented the attack. Somehow, the shooter was able to keep these thoughts to himself – no one around him, not his friends or family, suspected how he planned to end his life.
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a hotline for individuals in crisis or for those looking to help someone else. It can be reached at 1-800-273-8255. Support is also available from the Crisis Text Line, a texting service for emotional crisis support. Text HELLO to 741741, it's free, available 24/7 and confidential.
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West Coast Blue Wall still intact after close race for governor in Oregon
BEND, OR — Outside the Kevista Coffeeshop in this Central Oregon city on the morning after the election, a fresh layer of snow covered the ground, the drifts building around a row of political yard signs supporting Republican candidates.
Inside the cozy shop, voter Matt Bryant bucks the majority voter sentiment in this part of the state, declaring his relief that the Red Wave ended up being more of a ripple in Oregon.
"I am happy to see some of the Democrats have won," said Bryant, who describes himself as a progressive. "Republicans in my opinion don't have any policies that try to help actual people."
Bryant, 44, lives in Oregon's 5th Congressional District, which may go red as Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer is leading Democrat Jaime McLeod-Skinner in a tight race. But he's glad the Governor's Mansion will remain occupied by a Democrat. Tina Kotek beat Republican Christine Drazan in a close race for governor, the Associated Press declaring her the winner late on Thursday.
As of Thursday evening, Kotek had 47.1% of the vote compared to Drazan's 43.5%, with 86% of the votes counted. Unaffiliated candidate Betsy Johnson, a former Democrat who tried to run a middle-of-the-road campaign, saying she would take the best ideas from both parties, won 8.6% of the vote.
The results have been somewhat slow to come this year because ballots can still be counted if they were postmarked by 8 p.m. on election day, per the state's vote-by-mail system. In previous elections, ballots had to be received on election day.
Although not all races have been finalized, the results in Oregon and nationwide were surprising, said David Bernell, an Oregon State University professor of political science.
"The Democrats outperformed expectations," said Bernell. "They bucked what is one of the few solid predictions people can make in politics — the law of political gravity that says that the party in the White House tends to lose pretty significantly in the midterm elections, especially in the second year of a new president."
In the Oregon gubernatorial race, it was Johnson's campaign, and her surprisingly high poll numbers during the race, that attracted attention over the summer and into late fall.
A month before the election, Johnson held 20% voter support, according to polls. Democrats worried she would play the role of the spoiler, pulling votes away from Kotek, who was in a dead heat with Drazan. For much of the past month, it looked like Drazan — a former leader of the Republican minority in the Oregon House — had a chance to be the first Republican elected governor of Oregon in 40 years.
The tie going into November prompted President Biden to make a campaign appearance with Kotek in Portland.
All three candidates had amassed large war chests to sway voters on hot button issues, which in Oregon focussed squarely on inflation, crime, homelessness, abortion rights, and access to guns.
The total funds spent reached nearly $69 million, a record for an Oregon governor's race. Kotek led the funding spree, raising $29.4 million, followed by Drazan's $22.5 million and Johnson's $17.5 million. Their coffers overflowing, voters were subjected to relentless political attack ads, which painted Drazen as a far right extremist and Kotek as a reason for Oregon crime and housing woes.
The dynamics of the race changed in the final few weeks, said Jim Moore, a political science professor at Pacific University, as voters gravitated toward the mainstream candidates.
"Betsy Johnson turned into a regular third-party candidate, taking a bit more from Kotek than Drazan, but not having a tremendous impact at less than 9% of the vote," said Moore.
Kotek's victory keeps the West Coast "Big Blue Wall" intact. She takes the reins from Kate Brown, who served since 2015 but could not run again due to term limits.
During her term in office, Brown had forged an alliance with fellow West Coast Democrat governors – including California's Gavin Newsom, and Washington's Jay Inslee – to cooperate on COVID lockdowns, climate change regulations, abortion access, and other issues of regional and national importance.
On Tuesday Newsom beat back a challenge from Republican challenger Brian Dahle. Inslee's term as Washington governor ends in 2025.
Kotek, the longest-serving Speaker of the House in the Oregon state legislature, is eager to show that she is different from Kate Brown, ranked in some polls as America's least popular governor. She campaigned on a platform of distancing herself from Brown and has vowed to deal with Oregon's homeless crisis and rising urban crime, two problems that festered under Brown's leadership.
She has also promised to address the state's housing shortage and affordability. As Speaker, she helped pass legislation that allowed some cities to increase their housing stock by building more duplexes and triplexes. She also passed statewide bills on rent control.
And while it hasn't figured as a talking point in Oregon, Kotek makes history as America's first out lesbian elected governor along with Maura Healey, the newly elected governor in Massachusettes. Kotek is married to Aimee Wilson, a social worker.
Down the road from the Kevista coffee shop, at a McDonald's restaurant, 34-year-old Michael Hagert was having breakfast alone during the chilly post-election morning. Hagert, a Walmart greeter in Bend, does not belong to a political party and said he votes for whoever he thinks will do the best job. This time he gave his vote to Drazan.
"I didn't really care for Kotek, I think (Drazan) was a better person," said Hagert, a native of Medford in southern Oregon.
But Hagert isn't surprised that Kotek won, he's lived in Oregon most his life and watched the state change, getting bluer each election cycle. While saying "hello" to folks walking through the door at Walmart he can tell there is a demographic shift going on in the Beaver State.
"A lot of people are moving here from California and other states, the East Coast, everywhere, they bring their politics. It's becoming more Democrat, it's not surprising it's Kotek (winning)."
Beyond the governor's race, slavery was also on the ballot in Oregon, with Measure 112 asking voters if they want to remove constitutional language allowing for slavery and involuntary servitude when used as a punishment for a crime. While the measure passed 56% to 44%, Moore was surprised more than 740,000 people voted against the measure.
"In other states where this passed, it was not even close, 80-20 or 70-30. I fear the result will just contribute to the narrative about deep-seated and unacknowledged racism in Oregon," said Moore.
Measure 114, which calls for stricter firearms regulations, is too close to call but was leaning "yes" with 51% wanting to adopt the measure, and 86% of the votes counted as of Thursday. If passed, the measure will make Oregon one of the most difficult places to purchase a firearm, an unusual twist in a state where "Ore-gun" bumper stickers are a common sight in rural areas.
The new rules for buying a gun include submitting fingerprints, taking a safety course, passing a background check, and paying a fee before the individual can obtain a five-year permit for all gun purchases. In addition, the sale of high-capacity magazines, which contain 10 or more rounds, is banned. Bryant at the coffee shop voted to support the measure.
"Go to a gun range if you want to shoot off a large clip. But you don't need a 30-round clip to defend your house, there is no army coming to get you," he said.
NRA supporters call it the nation's most extreme gun control initiative. Supporters say it will save lives. Political watchers say both sides could politicize the issue.
"Measure 114 will probably give a shot in the arm to advocates of greater gun control, showing them a pathway to get stronger restrictions in place," said Bernell, the OSU political science professor.
"It will certainly galvanize the pro-gun advocates and the GOP to strengthen their efforts, as they have a real example of the quote-unquote, liberals coming to take your guns away," he added.
Controversy over the law is unlikely to go away. At least one sheriff in Oregon has already declared she will not enforce at least one part of the law.
Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan declared on Facebook the day after the election that the measure was "poorly written" and "a terrible law for gun owners, crime victims, and public safety." She declared that she would not enforce the limit on magazine capacity. Passage of the law will result in a lawsuit, she added.
In other key Oregon races, the state's senior U.S. senator, Democrat Ron Wyden easily defeated Jo Rae Perkins, 56% to 41%. Perkins has a background in the financial services industry but had never held an elected office.
Perkins denies the 2020 election results, has voiced support for QAnon conspiracy theorists, opposes abortion for any reason, and opposed mask and vaccine mandates during the pandemic. But she received little backing from her own party, raising just $92,000, a fraction compared to Wyden's $13.8 million war chest.
In congressional races. Democrat Andrea Salinas is leading her Republican rival Mike Erickson in a close race in Oregon's newly created 6th Congressional District, awarded to Oregon because of population growth reflected in the 2020 census. The new district is one of the most diverse in the state, including both rural areas that support agriculture and timber, as well as urban areas with mixed demographics.
In the 5th Congressional District race, current leader Lori Chavez-DeRemer is a former mayor of Happy Valley, a Portland suburb with a population of around 24,000. If she hangs on to win, Chavez-DeRemer will have flipped the seat out of Democrat's hands — it had been held by Democrat Congressman Kurt Schrader since 2009 until he was ousted by McLeod-Skinner in the May primary.
If DeRemer and Salinas are declared winners, they will be the first Latinx community members to represent Oregon in Congress.
Moore says that the proportion of registered Democrats to Republicans in Oregon is around 60% to 40% and the state's congressional delegation should vaguely reflect that. The results of this year's election could make the delegation go from 80% Democrat and 20% Republican to 67% Democrat and 33% Republican.
"Pretty close to the partisan breakdown in the entire state," said Moore.
The closeness of the gubernatorial race and the 5th and 6th congressional district races shows that Oregon is more purple than most people realize, he said.
"It has always been purple but that is now more obvious to national observers who have not really looked carefully at Oregon politics as we reliably voted for Democrats for statewide office and our congressional delegation," said Moore.
Other states could take a close look at the results of the election in Oregon to get a clear read on the direction the country is taking.
"We will simply be part of the tea leaves that prognosticators use to look at the 2024 presidential election," said Moore. "Democrats hanging onto overwhelming control gives them hope that the 2024 battles will take place in Republican states, not defensively in Democratic states."
Back at the Kevista Coffee Shop in Bend, the progressive voter Bryant takes another sip of coffee and laments that he could not withhold his vote from Democrats as a way to protest both mainstream parties.
In the end, he supported Kotek and other Democrats to try to prevent any Republican candidate from winning. "The majority of them believe in complete and utter nonsense," he said of Republican candidates. He believes that most people who vote Republican have been misled by politicians and "crazy" election deniers.
"Republican leaders are not looking out for people's best interests, they are looking out for corporate interests, for their own interests," said Byant. "Democrats can be the same sometimes but for the most part they are going to try to help people."
The Oregon GOP hasn't pulled this off since Ronald Reagan was in office
The last time Oregon had a Republican governor, Reagan was in office and the original Top Gun was in theaters. This year polling indicates the GOP could finally break their 35-year losing streak with Republican newcomer Christine Drazan holding a slight lead over Democrat Tina Kotek with a month before the election.
Whichever candidate prevails in November, governing Oregon is viewed as an increasingly difficult job in the politically charged and divided Beaver state.
Violent crime and homelessness increased during the pandemic years in Oregon, especially in Portland, where tent camps have become a fixture. The state also suffers from drought and water shortages. Illegal drug use has reached epidemic proportions. There was even a short-lived attempt by counties in southeastern Oregon to join Idaho.
Gender isn't an issue for voters when they decide who is best to deal with these and other problems – the three remaining top candidates are all women, making this election somewhat unique for its lack of male candidates. Polling remains tight and Ballotpedia says Oregon is one of the top four watched races for governor in the country along with Kansas, Arizona, and Nevada.
Early October polling reported by FiveThirtyEight website has Drazan at 34% to Kotek's 32.9%. The Republican is pulling away from Kotek after polling in September showed Kotek ahead by three points. Johnson trails at 19.5% and is losing ground to Drazen. The poll was conducted by Emerson College and has a plus or minus 3% margin of error.
The tight race has prompted donors to step up and open up their purse strings to a tune of $45 million, making this Oregon's most expensive election in state history, and there's still a month of fundraising to go.
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Billionaire Nike co-founder Phil Knight has been the largest private donor, dropping $3.75 million into Johnson's bucket and recently giving another $1 million to Drazan. Johnson has also received large donations from lumber mills and heavy equipment companies. All up, Johnson has raised $16.5 million, outpacing Kotek's $14.9 million and Drazan's $13.9 million, according to The Oregonian.
Gov. Kate Brown cannot run again due to term limits but her least popular policy decisions and low approval ratings – intelligence firm Morning Consult declared her the least popular governor in the U.S. – have been fodder for Republicans to attack Kotek and other Democrats.
Brown was mentioned repeatedly in a late September gubernatorial debate held in left-leaning Bend. There was a telling moment around 10 minutes into the debate when Johnson turned to Kotek and asked why she did not oppose Brown's decision to release nearly 1,000 "dangerous, violent offenders" onto the streets in the early months of the pandemic. Five seconds of awkward silence ensued as Kotek avoided the question before Drazan changed the subject.
In other instances where Kotek has been lumped with the current governor, she has pushed back, trying to distance herself from her Democrat ally in Salem. That moment came during a portion of the Bend debate where the candidates discussed school closures during the pandemic.
"I did not agree with the governor, having teachers vaccinated, but then not getting schools open," said Kotek. But all three of us were in the legislature, all three of us had influence on the governor, and yet it was the governor who made these decisions."
But Brown's dark cloud over the Democrats is not Kotek's only problem in this race. Johnson – a former Democrat who is supports abortion rights – is pulling votes away from Kotek's base.
Johnson's campaign has been boosted with endorsements by state and national leaders on both sides of the aisle, as well as independents. Knute Buehler, who ran against Brown as a republican in 2018, has come out for Johnson. She has also received support from Andrew Yang and former Democrat governor of Oregon Ted Kulongoski.
In campaign advertising, Johnson has tried to portray her rivals as "too extreme" for Oregon and herself as a sort of Goldilocks candidate that can cross party lines and end feuding between Democrats and Republicans. She's pro-life but also defends the Second Amendment.
"That is the premise of my campaign, to bring the best ideas from both parties and make sure we can implement practical solutions to our most difficult problems," Johnson said at the Bend debate. "An independent governor with no agenda, beholden to nobody, is the right person to lead that effort."
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In late August, Bend was witness to gun violence in the form of an attempted mass shooting at a Safeway that left two victims dead. When the tragedy came up in the Bend debate, Johnson said she supports a stronger background check system and raising the age of buying semi-automatic weapons from 18 to 21. But she is also against Oregon Ballot Measure 114, which requires safety training to acquire a firearm and prohibits certain magazines.
The 71-year-old also owns a machine gun, which could be a little hard to swallow for some Democrat voters. That admission earned her the nickname "Machine Gun Betsy" by local media.
"Johnson is trying to do something that is very difficult in this more-partisan time — assert that there is a middle between the Republicans and the Democrats," said Jim Moore, a political science professor at Pacific University.
Abortion is one of the few issues where she lines up with Kotek, and the pair have tried to use the Dobbs decision against Republicans. Abortion is legal in Oregon and Drazan says she intends to uphold the current law if she wins, but Kotek warned voters to be wary of her position.
"A governor can do a lot of damage even if there is a law on the books. Stopping agencies, not being a champion, not moving resources to help Oregonians, so you cannot trust that statement," she said.
While most Oregonians would line up behind Kotek on abortion, the national political mood has become a drain, with Biden's unpopularity hurting any Democrat up for election and the tendency in the midterms to vote against the party in the White House. Moore, the political science professor, adds that Trump-inspired challenges to the legitimacy of government are also at work against Democrats in Oregon.
"In terms of issues, we may finally be seeing the main Republican campaign theme of the past 20 years actually work to move voters — Democrats have been in charge too long and the state has suffered for it. This theme did not lead to victory from 2002 to 2018. Maybe 2022 is the year for it," Moore said.
While the political winds blow against Democrats — and voters align with issues that matter most to them — the candidate's personal stories and personalities could still be a wild card in the race.
Johnson portrays herself as a jack-of-all-trades, a pilot, a seasoned politician, a small business owner, and a recipient of an 'A' rating from the NRA. She's traveled far beyond Oregon's borders, representing the U.S. in helicopter competitions in the Soviet Union in the 1970s.
She hails from Central Oregon where her father was a lumberman before serving in the state legislature. She makes no apologies for her gruff demeanor and sometimes crass manner of speaking, recently describing Portland as a "city of roaches."
Kotek isn't from Oregon, often a detriment to politicians seeking office here, but she's made up for that by planting strong roots in the state. She grew up in York County, a Republican corner of Pennsylvania, and attended Georgetown University for two years, then looked West and moved to Oregon where she finished her undergraduate degree in religious studies at the University of Oregon in the late 1980s.
Kotek came out as a lesbian in her early 20s years, a decision she describes as liberating. While she makes little of it in her campaign, a victory would make her America's first lesbian governor. Married for five years to spouse Aimee Wilson, a social worker, her sexual orientation could help motivate LGBTQ+ votes on both sides of the aisle.
Kotek prides herself on humble beginnings and her hands-on, pre-political work at the Oregon Food Bank. She describes glowingly her fight to reduce food insecurity, including pushes for a strong minimum wage, housing assistance and access to health insurance. She still regularly volunteers at her church pantry. Kotek also pushes for legislation to fight climate change while her rivals veer towards business interests over carbon emissions.
Kotek's negative ads against her opponents have attempted to portray them as too right-wing for liberal Oregon. In one TV ad, she attempts to link Drazan to far-right extremists who stormed the U.S. Capitol in the Jan. 6 insurrection. There has been no evidence that Drazan supports the right-wing fringe and she hasn't claimed Democrats stole the election from Trump, at least not in Oregon.
Moore said Kotek has done a reasonably good job during this campaign of telling voters how she plans to fix homelessness and how she'll do a better job than Brown but adds that she has been preaching to the choir.
"Her main message is to Democrats but there are more registered unaffiliated voters than Democrats right now. Even with lower turnout rates, we can expect about 600,000 to 650,000 unaffiliated votes," said Moore. "Kotek needs to speak to them, not just assume they will respond to Democratic campaign themes."
While Kotek and Johnson are both familiar to Oregon voters, Drazan is newer on the stage and has less political baggage. She touts herself as a "small town girl from Klamath Falls" in southern Oregon, raised by a stay-at-home mom and a mill worker dad. She's a mother of three and most recently spent two years as the Oregon House Republican leader, elected to the state legislature in 2018.
If elected, Drazan said she will crack down on lawlessness, especially in Portland, where the homicide rate in 2021 was 13.5 per 100,000 people – double the nationwide rate. Drazan said she will send in state police to quell violence if Portland police are unable to do so.
"If Portland leaders do not step in, specifically around riots, specifically around unrest that engages around property damage and criminal activity. If Portland leaders don't step in and resolve that, I as governor will." she told local TV in Portland. "We have got to get serious about public safety."
Drazan's time in the legislature was notable for leading repeated walk-outs by Republicans in order to stall legislation by preventing a quorum, which is two-thirds of the legislative body. Over the course of ten months, Republicans vanished multiple times to prevent the passage of bills on issues ranging from guns to climate change.
Republicans only ended the walkouts after negotiating a deal with Democrats that gave them a greater say in the House Redistricting Committee, partly responsible for redrawing political maps.
David Bernell, an associate professor at the School of Public Policy at Oregon State University says that while Drazan may not be a headline-grabbing candidate she is doing enough to stay in the race, while also not putting her campaign in jeopardy by lining up with fringe elements of the Republican party.
"I don't think she is a weak candidate for governor as you see in other parts of the country," Bernell says. "For example in Pennsylvania, where the candidate for governor is right-wing, associated with Trump and the MAGA movement, and denying the results of the presidential election. I don't think Christine Drazan has that kind of weakness attached to her."
Drazan mutes her ties to Trump but she has appeared with his more extreme supporters. At a Drazan campaign event at Smith Rock in early September, far-right militia organizer BJ Soper took to the stage and declared that his People's Right group will defend themselves and their movement physically "if all else fails."
"Some portion of Republicans will rally behind the candidate with an (R) behind their name, no matter what," said Eric Lint, a political consultant in Central Oregon. "That's what BJ Soper called his followers to do at Smith Rock."
Lint said turnout matters in this election and low turnout will hurt Kotek while Drazan's success so far stems from a loyal base.
"Drazan's narrow lead appears to be more a reflection of demographics than a result of persuasion," said Lint. "Like Trump in the 2016 primaries, a solid base of support in a crowded field gives a strong position."
If Drazan does become governor, she will be leading a state that has a Democrat supermajority in the House of Representatives. Moore thinks Drazan will need to become an astute bridge builder with Democrats to govern with any impact.
"Drazan's very short history in the legislature featured quite a few walkouts – she can't do that as governor," said Moore.
Into the final month of campaigning, Bernell said he will be watching to see if Johnson supporters – realizing they are giving their vote to a spoiler – may continue their departure from Johnson's camp and go back to Kotek or Drazan. Such a scenario would probably benefit Kotek in the long run, he said.
"I wouldn't be surprised to see some small movement -- more likely for Kotek -- if people see they might be casting their vote for a spoiler," he added. "Betsy Johnson is likely to be taking more votes from Kotek than Drazan. But who knows how people are going to react."
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Q: Random and brief fan spin up I occasionally leave my Mac mini on but with its screens off, the way my power settings is  set.. the Mac should go into sleep mode after 15 minutes of inactivity.
I noticed tonight that this did not happen, and randomly an hour later the Macs fan started to spin up aggressively for a very brief period (5 seconds).
Could anyone tell me what this could be? Or is there a log that I can go through to see what was happening?
EDIT (as suggest by @AnonymousAppDev)
    23/01/2014 01:30:46 GMT
Assertion status system-wide:
   BackgroundTask                 0
   PreventDiskIdle                0
   ApplePushServiceTask           0
   UserIsActive                   1
   PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep    0
   InteractivePushServiceTask     0
   PreventSystemSleep             1
   ExternalMedia                  0
   PreventUserIdleSystemSleep     1
   NetworkClientActive            0
Listed by owning process:
   pid 182(coreaudiod): [0x000000010000178c] 00:00:57 NoIdleSleepAssertion named: "com.apple.audio.'AppleUSBAudioEngine:Bose Corporation:Bose USB Audio:14200000:1'.noidlesleep"
   pid 1063(VLC): [0x000000010000178d] 00:00:57 NoIdleSleepAssertion named: "VLC media playback"
   pid 72(hidd): [0x0000000a0000178f] 00:00:43 UserIsActive named: "com.apple.iohideventsystem.queue.tickle"
    Timeout will fire in 557 secs Action=TimeoutActionRelease
   pid 1264(screensharingd): [0x000000080000175c] 00:02:50 PreventSystemSleep named: "Remote user is connected"
Kernel Assertions: 0x10c=USB,BT-HID,MAGICWAKE
   id=500  level=255 0x4=USB mod=22/01/2014 20:59 description=XHC1 owner=AppleUSBXHCI
   id=502  level=255 0x4=USB mod=22/01/2014 20:54 description=EHC1 owner=AppleUSBEHCI
   id=504  level=255 0x8=BT-HID mod=01/01/1970 01:00 description=com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver owner=BNBMouseDevice
   id=505  level=255 0x100=MAGICWAKE mod=23/01/2014 01:41 description=en0 owner=en0

I suspect it has something to di with either VLC or my USB Speakers?

A: First of all, we need to see if something is preventing your Mac from sleeping.

*

*Open Terminal.app

*Type in pmset -g assertions

What you are looking for is these lines:

PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep
     PreventSystemSleep
     PreventUserIdleSystemSleep
     InternalPreventDisplaySleep

and

Listed by owning process:
    pid xx(nameofdaemon): [0x000000090000012c] 01:45:46 BlahBlah named: "com.randomnam"

Copy and paste all of that into your question.
Next, try resetting the SMC (System Management Controller)
Taken from Apple Support

*

*Shut down the computer.

*Unplug the computer's power cord.

*Wait fifteen seconds.

*Attach the computer's power cord.

*Wait five seconds, then press the power button to turn on the computer.
Finally, check the Console Logs

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*Open Console.app

*Click in the search box and type in sleep

*Find the entries that match the time your Mac was sleeping

*Copy and paste it in your answer
The first and third fixes weren't really fixes. I just hope that the data you paste will help find the cause.

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American Express is delighted to continue its support for the British Fashion Council as Official Card Partner of London Fashion Week.
The Amex Insiders will return for their fifth year to ensure that attendees have an effortless, stress-free experience as they navigate the new home of London Fashion Week. The Amex Insiders will be unveiling their exclusive new look on the first day of London Fashion Week, Friday 19th February.
In addition, the London Fashion Week Talk Series Presented by American Express will feature celebrated industry insiders for a series of intimate talks, offering exclusive insights into the inner workings of the fashion industry.
David Collins Studio have provided creative direction for the designers' presentation showroom at The Brewer Street Car Park, the new home for London Fashion Week. The Studio have worked with the British Fashion Council to stage the 1,600 square metre open space layout and the design of the second floor showroom showcasing the work of British designers. To be able to support British designers through this collaboration is very important to The Studio, who work with a number of British luxury fashion brands including Alexander McQueen and Jimmy Choo.
This year DHL is supporting Sid Neigum in exhibiting his designs at London Fashion Week. The Canadian designer is one of four winners of DHL Exported, our programme which helps locally established fashion designers further expand their business into international markets.
Lavazza, Italy's favourite coffee, is excited to be entering another year of sponsoring of London Fashion Week. Press, buyers, designers and models can reward their hard work with a cup of Lavazza coffee. Lavazza will be served throughout the week, from the brand new Brewer Street location in the heart of Soho; you won't have to go far to enjoy the real Italian espresso experience!
Founded in Turin in 1895 and owned by the Lavazza family for four generations, the company is now among the world's largest coffee producers. Lavazza's presence at main international events, such as London Fashion Week, shows their dedication to bringing real Italian espresso around the world. Lavazza will be ensuring the fashion elite get their caffeine fix during London Fashion Week this season with coffee served in special cups designed by Ryan Lo. Follow @LavazzaUK on Twitter and Instagram to keep updated on all the latest fashion news and backstage gossip.
M&S is sponsoring LFW for the third season and will be previewing its new collaboration with style icon Alexa Chung on the eve of fashion week. Using the rich and extensive Marks & Spencer Company Archive in Leeds*, Alexa and the M&S design team have embarked on a journey of rediscovery.
This project is the first of the 'M&S &' series**. A sequence of unique, exclusive collections in collaboration with some of today's most exciting designers, brands & fashion icons.
For the ninth consecutive year, The May Fair Hotel prepares to welcome the world's fashion elite as the Official Hotel of London Fashion Week. The hotel's desirable location next to the treasure trove of designer boutiques in neighbouring Dover Street, Mount Street and Bruton Street, make it the fashion glitterati's favourite retreat away from a day's business in Soho.
To celebrate the Autumn/ Winter 16/17 season, the hotel lobby windows will be adorned with designs from Henry Holland following in the footsteps of previous collaborators, Gareth Pugh, Sophia Webster, Nicholas Kirkwood, Manolo Blahnik and Anya Hindmarch. The May Fair Hotel will also be the only hotel to offer the Official Afternoon Tea of London Fashion Week, inspired by the new collections and served daily in the restaurant. This season will also see the "Streets of Style" Special Edition Cocktail Collection on sale in the award winning May Fair Bar , inspired by the designer talent in Mayfair Village .
Boasting an unrivalled collection of London's most colourful and stylish suites, bars, restaurants and meeting spaces, The May Fair is the perfect venue for business and pleasure throughout London Fashion Week. Pop down to the bar for a quick drink or sample some of the finest meat and freshest seafood in the May Fair Kitchen; and relax and revive with a signature treatment at The May Fair Spa.
Visit www.themayfairhotel.co.uk/lfw for more information.
Mercedes-Benz, the Official Car Sponsor for London Fashion Week provides a luxurious fleet of chauffeured cars to ensure guests from around the world arrive in comfort and style during London Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2016 catwalk shows.
Celebrating over a decade as Official Sponsor of London Fashion Week, TONI&GUY continue to support British fashion talent through unique collaborations and the expertise of the world renowned TONI&GUY session team. Over the years, TONI&GUY have partnered with many designers, including GILES, Jean-Pierre Braganza, Pam Hogg, Bass & Brooke, Gareth Pugh, Peter Pilotto and many more. label.m, TONI&GUY's professional haircare range, is also the Official Hair Care Product of London Fashion Week.
HIX is delighted to be the official restaurant partner at London Fashion Week for the second season, hosting a pop-up HIX Cafe in Brewer Street car park and welcoming the fashion elite into HIX Soho for breakfast, lunch, dinner and late-night drinks.
Aggreko is proud to be providing power, electrical distribution and cooling solutions for LFW's new Brewer Street Car Park venue in Soho. With a mix of power generation and cooling equipment strategically located across the site, our aim is to ensure the show runs smoothly whilst Brewer Street is in the spotlight!
Fashion and Beauty Monitor is a proud supplier of London Fashion Week for autumn/winter 2016. Established in 1989, it is the most powerful industry tool providing contacts, news and events information for the fashion, beauty and lifestyle industries. Fashion and Beauty Monitor provides over 59,000 global contacts, a forward planning calendar of events and daily announcements on the latest news and moves, keeping you in touch and up-to-date with this fast-paced industry. The service has also launched into the US in 2014, along with a standalone Beauty Monitor for the UK market. This year has already seen a global relaunch of the site including brand new influencer index and blog. Fashion and Beauty Monitor will yet again host the London Fashion Week takeover page featuring a full schedule and interviews with key members of the industry involved with the four day event.
LG returns as the Official Garment Care Supplier of London Fashion Week for the tenth consecutive season, with its on-site dedicated steam team helping designers and exhibitors prepare their AW16 collections.
The Steam Team will be located in the backstage show spaces. If you'd like support steaming or refreshing your items, please speak to a member of the LG Steam Team.
LG's latest home appliance range includes leading innovations in couture care, such as the introduction of 6 Motion Direct Drive technology designed to deliver different washing motions to best care for even the most delicate fabrics, using a combination of unique drum motions.
Another important innovation has been the TurboWash™ technology, which uses high pressure water particles that dramatically reduce washing time, while delivering a deep and thorough clean.
Mainetti are once again very proud to be supporting the British Fashion Council. At Mainetti we offer the complete print and packaging solution for the garment and retail industry. We offer a complete end to end service in multiple locations across a varied range of packaging products. We hope you enjoy your Preen by Thornton Bregazzi tote bag and have a fantastic LFW.
Scavi & Ray is one of 'Italy's premium proseccos' and proud supplier of London Fashion Week. From the Scavi & Ray Winery of northern Veneto, it is the umbrella brand for Italian premium wines, boasting a vast range of products including sparkling, wines and cocktails.
Triumph International has been crafting innovative, high-quality lingerie since 1886. Triumph 'The Maker of Lingerie', is steeped in 130 years of lingerie expertise, craftsmanship and heritage with a dedication to inspiring feminine confidence at the heart of the brand. The new Triumph collection is inspired by the modern woman who is constantly seeking new experiences and adventures. In a world dominated by perpetual movement and the fusion of lifestyles, Triumph encourage women to awaken their senses, ask questions and dare to break the mould. As fit specialists, Triumph understands and is committed to ensuring that women experience the perfect fit. As part of this initiative, Triumph continues to work with the British Fashion Council, supporting London Fashion Week as 'The Official Catwalk Lingerie Supplier', cementing their relevance to the fashion industry by supplying on-schedule designers with their key intimate apparel collections.
Sonos returns as the Official Music Supplier of London Fashion Week and is proud to be connecting designers, ideas and audiences, with smart speakers at the best sounding spaces in the capital this week.


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Dorothéa Steinbruch era viúva de Mendel Steinbruch, co-fundador do Grupo Vicunha e figura na lista da revista Forbes como uma das pessoas mais ricas do mundo. É mãe de Benjamin Steinbruch. Dorothéa Steinbruch foi anunciada como 160ª pessoa mais rica do mundo, teve sua fortuna triplicada de 2007 para 2008 com de crescimento de US$ 1,8 bilhão para US$ 6,1 bilhões.

Mãe de três filhos foi dona da maior empresa de aço do Brasil, Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN).

Sua família também é dona do Grupo Vicunha que hoje tem fábricas até na Ásia e também são proprietários do Banco Fibra, que atualmente tem ativos de US$ 5,7 bilhões.

Faleceu em 21 de novembro de 2015.

Ligações externas
 Dorothéa Steinbruch & Family - Forbes 2011

Ver também
Lista das pessoas mais ricas do mundo

Forbes os mais ricos do brasil 59
Brasil tem 18 bilionarios na forbes - Oglobo

Família Steinbruch
Empresários do Brasil
Judeus do Brasil
Bilionários do Brasil

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Although visitors to Woking Town Centre enjoy the benefits of its modern amenities and up-to-date shopping centres, the surrounding Borough has a wide range of historic buildings and sites of architectural interest.
These include Henry VIII's Tudor hunting palace, one of the country's earliest navigable waterways, Britain's first purpose-built mosque, and the one of the largest 19th century cemeteries in western Europe.
In addition, The Lightbox - Woking's museum and gallery - is home to Woking's story, an exhibition showing the town's history from the 19th century to present day.


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Geoffrey Rush wins largest-ever Australia defamation payout
Local media reported Geoffrey Rush (centre) has been awarded almost US$2 million for lost earnings and compensation, after he was accused of inappropriate sexual behaviour toward female cast members. PHOTO: REUTERS
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SYDNEY (AFP) - Hollywood star Geoffrey Rush won an Australian record multi-million-dollar payout on Thursday (May 23) after a court found that a Sydney newspaper defamed him.
Local media reported the Oscar-winning actor has been awarded almost US$2 million (S$2.76 million) for lost earnings and compensation, after he was accused of inappropriate sexual behaviour toward female cast members.
In a front-page article published in 2017, the Daily Telegraph wrote that the Sydney Theatre Company received a complaint that Rush had inappropriately touched a female co-star during a staging of King Lear.
A Sydney judge had described the content as a "recklessly irresponsible piece of sensationalist journalism".
The paper, owned by Mr Rupert Murdoch, had appealed the initial ruling that set part of the compensation.
Australia's defamation laws are notoriously strict.
The Age newspaper said the sum was the largest ever paid to an individual in the country.
Geoffrey Rush would 'look at me and lick his lips', actress tells court
Rush won the Best Actor Academy Award in 1997 for his role in Shine and is one of the few stars to have also won a Golden Globe, an Emmy and a Tony Award.


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As American As Cream Ale: Only Three Beer Styles Were Born In The U.S.A. Here's The Story Behind Each.
As American As Cream Ale: Only Three Beer Styles Were Born In The U.S.A. Here's The Story Behind Each.Do You Know The Only Three True American Beer Styles?
Fact: America introduced the world to light beer in 1975. You can thank us later.
Tom Acitelli June 16, 2015
An early location of Anchor Brewery in San Francisco, the ancestral home of steam beer.
Stare at the kaleidoscopic shelves of beer in most supermarkets today, or the equally myriad tap runs in many bars, and it's hard to believe: Only three of the dozens of styles you may see were born and, more importantly, raised in the U.S. of A. The roots of the rest invariably cling to European soil.
And even this trio of American born-and-bred beer styles have distinct European ancestors. Some would argue that the first one we will mention is but an unpardonable bastardization of the pilsner style born in what is now the Czech Republic. We would argue, though, that because its beers are made from different recipes in different ways and — crucially — yield different results, they, in fact, represent something distinct.
Others might argue that the second style here is a mere update of that grand English gift — pale ale — and even of that style's German counterpart, kölsch. Not so: Its ingredients, brewing and end result render it unmistakably unique.
As for the third style, there is no debate. It is all-American. You hear anyone saying otherwise, stand up for your country, why don't you? It is almost the Fourth of July.
Spuds MacKenzie, one drunk dog.
Light beer as it is understood today was born over a dinner between George Weissman, chairman of Philip Morris International, and John Murphy, president of the Miller Brewing Co., in Munich, in what was then West Germany. The year was 1972, and Philip Morris had just finished taking over the brewer from descendants of its namesake.
Weissman told their waiter he was on a diet. The waiter recommended a low-sugar German beer called diat pilsner often marketed toward people with diabetes. Weissman took him up on the suggestion, and Murphy quickly joined his boss. The beers came, and they sipped.
"There's room for something like this in America," Murphy said.
The seed of what would become Miller Lite three years later had been planted. The low-calorie, lighter-colored beer itself was not all that novel, though Miller understandably touted it as such in an advertising blitz that swelled to nearly $250 million by the early 1980s. There had been lower-calorie beers for years in the U.S. and Europe — just nothing like Miller Lite.
Its runaway success set the stylistic template for light beer forevermore: Make it watery, thin, only mildly bitter and definitely low in calories — and, whatever you do marketing-wise, for God's sake, don't mention "diet."
Biochemist Joseph Owades developed Gablinger's Diet Beer for the old Rheingold Brewery in Brooklyn in the mid-1960s. His formula dramatically reduced the starch in beer, and therefore the amount of calories and carbohydrates. Gablinger's notoriously flopped upon its 1967 debut due to corny advertising and that clunky name. One early commercial showed an obese man scarfing spaghetti with one hand while the other held a Gablinger's, as if the beer would do little to add to his weight.
Miller was, ironically, the next U.S. brewery to try a light beer. It had acquired Meister Brau, a Chicago brewery, in the early 1970s. Meister Brau had itself acquired Rheingold shortly before — along with the light-beer recipe of Owades, who died in 2005. A Miller offering called Meister Brau Lite also tanked commercially, largely because it made the same marketing mistake as Rheingold did with Gablinger's: They sold it as a diet beer. Who wanted to drink a diet beer — or beer on a diet, period?
Under John Murphy, Miller crucially steered clear of any direct diet references in marketing its new brew nationally, beginning in early 1975. Instead, Miller Lite rolled out under the taglines "Great Taste, Less Filling" and "Everything You Always Wanted in a Beer. And Less." These touted the beer's supposed drinkability, not its calorie count.
It worked. Miller sold 70 million cases of the stuff in 1976, which helped it ascend to the no. 2 spot among U.S. breweries, behind only Anheuser-Busch. That rival released its own light beer, Natural Light, in 1977 and another one, Bud Light, in 1982.
Taken together, these three beers, all lagers, seemed to chisel Miller's light-beer template into granite, but some smaller breweries have strived to shatter the perceptions of and approaches to light beer. As far back as 1987, the Boston Beer Co., now the biggest craft brewery in America, debuted what it called Boston Lightship, a lower-calorie beer with a fuller taste than Miller Lite et al.
Other craft and regional operations have followed in the last 30 years as this style, the most popular one (for better or for worse) that America has gifted the world, continues to evolve.
Serving suggestion: The first two ice-cold and in an emergency only; the last two cool, but not cold. From the bottle or can will do for all of them.
Miller Lite's design has evolved — just slightly — over the years.
What To Drink?
MillerCoors, Chicago, IL
The stylistic granddaddy is nearly translucent and has barely any bitterness. It finishes with a kind of alkaline aftertaste, and it smells like the brewery simply watered down a fuller beer.
Anheuser-Busch-InBev, Leuven, Belgium
The best-selling American-born beer brand on earth, it has a slightly grainier, sweeter taste than Miller Lite, but the same thinness and distinct dearth of any real beer-like bitterness.
Yuengling Light Lager
Yuengling Brewing Co., Pottsville, PA
Go to eastern Pennsylvania and order "a lager." You will invariably get — without the need for further explanation — a pint or a bottle of Yuengling Amber Lager, the signature of America's oldest continuously operating brewery (est. 1829). First released in 2001, Yuengling Light Lager is the 99-calorie version of the Amber Lager. It's full-bodied and crisply bitter: a solid performance. (Note: Yuengling also makes what it simply calls "Light Beer." That one's terrible.)
Sam Adams Light
Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA
Now we're talking. Originally introduced in 2001 to supplant Boston Lightship, you will be forgiven if you mistake this for Boston Beer's flagship Boston Lager. It's got a medium-heavy mouthfeel and hints of citrusy bitterness — not thin and watery at all, yet only 119 calories, according to the brewery.
"I think we have a winner here," Geneseee brewmaster Clarence Geminn is said to have declared.
If you are of a certain age and you grew up in, or visiting, Northeastern states such as New York and Pennsylvania, then you are familiar with cream ale solely through a single brand and perhaps color: the green cans of Genesee Cream Ale.
That Rochester, New York-based regional brewery (now part of conglomerate North American Breweries, which also includes Labatt and Magic Hat) first introduced its cream ale in 1960. It proved a commercial smash and was briefly the best-selling ale in the United States, despite Genesee's then-limited distribution beyond New York state.
"I think we have a winner here," Genesee brewmaster Clarence Geminn is said to have declared at the Rochester brewhouse when he figured out how to make a lighter-tasting ale.
Fans cheer New Glarus Spotted Cow as a cream ale.
Soon, though, the paler pilsner lagers, such as Budweiser and Miller Lite, washed away Genny Cream and the style itself — not to mention domestically made ales in general. Why settle for a lighter-tasting ale when you can have a lager with barely any heft at all? It's only been in about the last ten years that cream ale has made a voguish comeback.
Neither Geminn, who died in 2006, nor the brewery invented cream ale — even though, like Miller Lite and light beer, the brewery and the style became intimately entwined. Cream ale instead predates Prohibition, and the exact inventor or inventors is unknown. Ditto any set recipe.
What is known is that cream ale developed as a counterpoint to the lighter-tasting pilsner lagers that had swept the U.S. due mainly to an influx of German immigrants during the mid-19th century. This is where we get the Budweisers and the Millers of American beer — German brewers trying to create the lager styles, particularly the crisp, clean pilsner, that they had become accustomed to back home.
Cream ales were basically the American version of kölsch, an earlier German counterpoint to the Czech-developed pilsner. Cream ales were generally made with adjuncts such as corn and rice to lighten the body of what would normally have come out as a conventionally thicker, richer ale. They were then fermented at cooler temperatures than more traditional ales and aged at similarly cool temperatures to boot, if the brewery could spare the time.
The result? A lighter-tasting ale not unlike the lighter-tasting lagers dominating the country.
Those lagers, of course, won the day, which is why we don't see too many cream ales. That, and because the adjuncts, especially rice (a favorite of Budweiser), remain a major turnoff for many craft brewers, who see its use as heresy. Again, though, there is no set recipe for this American original, and you will see different iterations out there.
Generally, a cream ale should be less than 7 percent alcohol by volume (no hopped-up cauldrons here), mildly bitter, straw-like or golden in color, and — most importantly — light on the palate and lighter in the belly.
Serving suggestions: Cool, but not cold; a simple pint glass will suffice, but definitely pour out whatever you choose — you'll want to see the color.
Genesee Cream Ale
North American Breweries, Rochester, NY
It's wonderfully malty for a cream ale, bready even. There's a hit of fruit in the aroma — not citrus, but maybe passion. And it finishes with a surprising bitterness. We weren't around for the 1960s original, but wasn't it supposed to be on the sweeter side?
Sixpoint Sweet Action
Sixpoint Brewery, Brooklyn, NY
We had this many times while living in New York City and had no idea it was a cream ale. First released in 2005, Sweet Action was born of a homebrew batch that was "part wheat ale, pale ale and cream ale," and it tastes more pale ale than any. Smooth, slightly bitter, very malty and eminently drinkable. The best of the bunch.
New Glarus Spotted Cow
New Glarus Brewing Co., New Glarus, WI
The brewery touts it as both a "naturally cloudy farmhouse ale" and a "cask conditioned ale," but fans cheer Spotted Cow as a cream ale. It's fruity and light, crisp and clean — perfect for what New Glarus was going for. It's available only in Wisconsin, where it's basically as ubiquitous as Packers paraphernalia if you're into beer.
Narragansett Cream Ale
Narragansett Brewing Co., Providence, RI
The one-time Rhode Island staple is actually now mostly brewed under contract at the same Rochester, New York, brewery that turns out Genesee Cream Ale. Though different recipes (we assume), the two share the same hint of fruit in the aroma and a pronounced bitterness.
There are many myths as to origins of the name "steam beer."
Steam Beer
Steam beer is Anchor Steam. Anchor Steam is steam beer.
That is, at least as far as federal regulators and the brewery are concerned. (There is one gigantic loophole. Read on.) San Francisco's Anchor Brewing Co., the oldest craft brewery in the U.S., owns the trademark for steam beer and is understandably feisty about protecting it. An operation called California Steam Brewery arose in the San Francisco Bay Area around 1979. Anchor owner Fritz Maytag is said to have gently but firmly warned the newcomer off, and California Steam quickly disappeared.
Since then, Anchor has had the style to itself, though it predates the 1896 founding of the brewery and the 1965 dawn of its modern era, when Maytag saved it from oblivion. By the time Anchor got around to making steam beer, there may have been as many as two dozen breweries in California producing the stuff.
It's not entirely clear how they came to call it steam beer. However, creation myths are legion.
One has it that "steam" was simply the nickname that 19th-century newcomers to California gave it. Some swore that steam rose from popped caps or tapped kegs. Its inventor was named Pete Steam, went another (ridiculous) theory. A Journal of Gastronomy entry said the steam referred to the "volatile, foamy" behavior of the beer when it was warm. It was said that breweries anxious to quickly cool their wort, the boiled ingredients of beer before it is fermented, placed it in open rooftop tanks, where the wort gave off steam as it cooled. And still others insisted the whole thing was a marketing ploy to capitalize on Californians' fascination with steam power.
Whatever the etymological origins, this American original was likely born of necessity. There was no refrigeration nor ice widely available in California for much of the 19th century. The early steam-beer brewers therefore ended up fermenting lager yeast strains at higher temperatures, the sorts typically utilized for brewing ale. (Lager was the regnant beer type in the U.S. then, so the brewers were just trying to slake demand.)
The end result was a hybrid of the two beer types: heavier in mouthfeel and darker in appearance than most lagers, yet not as heavy and dark as most ales.
Steam beer all but died in the early 20th century as widespread refrigeration and modern brewing techniques arrived in California. Brewers pivoted to stricter ale or lager styles rather than the necessity-born steam beer.
It was Maytag and Anchor that saved it (and claimed it), though it is not entirely clear whether the amber-colored, slightly sweet, highly effervescent current iteration is like its precursors. Media and even literary references from the likes of Jack London paint a picture of earlier steam beer being a bit rough around the edges. Writing of his time working in a saloon-slash-bowling alley in 1880s San Francisco, the future author of White Fang and The Call of the Wild hinted at the beer's down-market reputation:
"A bottle of ginger ale cost the saloon ever so much more than a glass of steam beer; and it was up to me, if I wanted to hold my job, to drink beer."
Just as brewers birthed it from necessity, tipplers isolated on the West Coast appear to have drank it for much the same reason, moving on as soon as they could.
Today there is more and more reason to come back. There is Anchor Steam, of course. Also, several breweries have driven through a loophole in the trademark, labeling their steam-beer interpretations as "California common" or "Common" (or some variation of the two), after an antiquated nickname for the style. These beers tend to be one-off seasonals or specialty releases at brewpubs, and they roam the stylistic landscape, often far from the archetypal Anchor Steam.
The only thing really holding these versions together is the use of lager yeast fermented at higher ale-friendly temperatures. Take that away and it would appear that the steam style evaporates.
Serving suggestion: Toward room temperature; a pint glass will do.
San Francisco's Anchor Brewing Co. owns the trademark for steam beer.
Anchor Brewing Co., San Francisco
The steam beer, it offers up a ton of carbonation fueling a head like densely packed snow. Sweet and malty, yet crisp and clean, with a mild bitterness at the finish — why, it's like an ale meets a lager!
Tarnation California-Style Lager
Baxter Brewing Co., Lewiston, Maine
We're devoted fans of Baxter's big, bitter and bold Stowaway IPA, too. Its Tarnation is basically the polar opposite: a light-tasting, sweetish beer made with, according to the brewery, "an authentic San Francisco lager yeast."
SteamHead California Common
Aviator Brewing Co., Fuquay Varina, NC
This brewery in the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina produces some of the state's best beers. Among them is SteamHead, which arrives with a nutty, toasty aroma and finishes with barely any bitterness. It's a malty beer, sweet and very drinkable — and very true to the style, per a simple description from the brewery: "This is a beer fermented with a lager yeast at ale temperatures."
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Q: Seaborn FacetGrid: while mapping a stripplot dodge not implemented Using Seaborn, I'm trying to generate a factorplot with each subplot showing a stripplot. In the stripplot, I'd like to control a few aspects of the markers.
Here is the first method I tried:
import seaborn as sns
tips = sns.load_dataset("tips")
g = sns.FacetGrid(tips, col="time",  hue="smoker")
g = g.map(sns.stripplot, 'day', "tip", edgecolor="black",
          linewideth=1, dodge=True, jitter=True, size=10)

And produced the following output without dodge

While most of the keywords were implemented, the hue wasn't dodged.
I was successful with another approach:
kws = dict(s=10, linewidth=1, edgecolor="black")
tips = sns.load_dataset("tips")
sns.factorplot(x='day', y='tip', hue='smoker', col='time', data=tips,
          kind='strip',jitter=True, dodge=True, **kws, legend=False)

This gives the correct output:

In this output, the hue is dodged.
My question is: why did g.map(sns.stripplot...) not dodge the hue?

A: The hue parameter would need to be mapped to the sns.stripplot function via the g.map, instead of being set as hue to the Facetgrid.
import seaborn as sns
tips = sns.load_dataset("tips")
g = sns.FacetGrid(tips, col="time")
g = g.map(sns.stripplot, 'day', "tip", "smoker", edgecolor="black",
          linewidth=1, dodge=True, jitter=True, size=10)

This is because map calls sns.stripplot individually for each value in the time column, and, if hue is specified for the complete Facetgrid, for each hue value, such that dodge would loose its meaning on each individual call.
I can agree that this behaviour is not very intuitive unless you look at the source code of map itself.
Note that the above solution causes a Warning:
lib\site-packages\seaborn\categorical.py:1166: FutureWarning:elementwise comparison failed;
   returning scalar instead, but in the future will perform elementwise comparison
  hue_mask = self.plot_hues[i] == hue_level

I honestly don't know what this is telling us; but it seems not to corrupt the solution for now.


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SGO Weekly: F1 Manager 22, Super Baseball League, and More! (8/19/2022 – 8/25/2022)
by Kevin Finley
The SGO Weekly breaks down news that may have gone unnoticed throughout the previous week. In addition to general news, this includes reveals, trailers, and announcements. Check out this week's breakdown featuring more on F1 Manager 22, Super Baseball League, and more!
SGO Weekly: F1 Manager 22 & more!
F1 22 Driver ratings update
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Codemaster and EA Sports released the first Driver Ratings update for F1 22. The update brings changes based on mid-season performance. Driver Ratings consist of four categories: experience, racecraft, awareness, and pace. Formula 1 experts David Croft, Alex Jacques, and Anthony Davidson collaborated with Codemasters to tweak the ratings to better reflect individual performance. Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton maintain their positions at the top of the leaderboard, while George Russell's performances have seen him take the third position from Charles Leclerc. Additionally, F1 22 launches Podium Pass Series 2 for use in My Team and online modes as of August 24.
Super Baseball League release 'Club Confrontation'
Haegin announced the introduction of Confrontation to Super Baseball League. In Club Confrontation, teams play with a lineup of players affiliated with the club, not individual users. 13 users can each register 1 player for the lineup. Lineups consist of nine batters, one starting pitcher, and three relief pitchers, totaling 13 players. Only the club master and manager will be able to register the final lineup. Clubs face off with their strongest lineup of players. Matches feature a 1v1 PvP format. Gold and CP (Club Points) will be rewarded based on the result of the game. Honor Points, as well as Boxes containing Gold, Player Cards, and Star Pieces, will automatically be awarded based on rankings.
New eTour Competition
DP World Tour announced the introduction of a new eTour competition in partnership with the mobile game, World Golf Tour by Topgolf, and esports specialists DreamHack Sports Games. The tournament opens to players across the globe on August 31. The new eTour competition has four stages, with the entire competition played on the stunning Wolf Creek Golf Course in Nevada, USA, culminating in a live grand finale hosted at DP World's high-tech FLOW Pavilion in Expo City, Dubai.
F1 Manager 2022 launches on early access
As the header suggests, F1 Manager 2022 launched on early access this week. The game is available for those who pre-ordered digitally on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox. Players who purchase the game digitally before August 30 can play immediately as well as receive 10% off. In F1 Manager 2022, players take control of their chosen F1 team. As Team Principal, it is on players to lead them to glory throughout the official 2022 season and beyond. Players will need to balance short-term success with long-term objectives as they aim to establish themselves as a dominant force in the world's most prestigious motorsport.
Be sure to check out these other great articles from outside the SGO Weekly.
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Kevin Finley currently resides in California where he juggles pursuing fiction, technical and game writing. He acquired a Bachelor's Degree in Game Art & Design and hopes to continue specializing in narrative design. Although an avid player of narrative based role-playing games like The Elder Scrolls and Mass Effect, Kevin regularly mixes it up in a variety shooters, combat sports, and prefers to play a Fighter in D&D. Kevin is no stranger to Anime, cooking, debating, and when all else is unavailable, a good book.


HISD's Read Houston Read program will soon kick off its fourth school year, and volunteers are needed once a week to read to a first-grade student — either in person or online.
The goal of Read Houston Read is to instill a love of reading in children, while giving Houstonians an opportunity to give back to their community. The program is part of the district's Literacy by 3 movement, which aims to have all students reading at or above grade level by the end of third grade.
If you have friends or family who might be interested in volunteering, encourage them to sign up at this link. All volunteers are required to pass a background check each year and attend a training session, which is online. From there, volunteers can pick a participating school and schedule weekly sessions with a student.
Optional Experienced Volunteer Refresher Trainings will be held on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017. Please click here to sign up for the 1:30-2:30 p.m. session or the 3-4 p.m. session. Volunteers will receive an email as soon as campus volunteer opportunities are available, which should be the beginning of October.
This entry was posted in Literacy, News, Read Houston Read, Volunteers and partnerships and tagged Read Houston Read on August 7, 2017 by HISD Communications.
March is National Read Aloud Month, and Barbara Bush and her son Neil were at Walnut Bend Elementary School on March 2, 2016, to bring attention to the annual observance. The Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation has joined forces with HISD and 14 other Houston literacy organizations to increase awareness of the importance of reading to children so that they can learn, grow, and succeed.
This entry was posted in District VI - Holly Maria Flynn Vilaseca, Early Education, Literacy and tagged Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation, Legacy Community Health, National Read Aloud Month, Read Houston Read, Walnut Bend ES on March 2, 2016 by HISD Communications.
Would you like to volunteer for Read Houston Read?
Sign up for Read Houston Read by clicking here. Show your support by downloading the attached badge and add it to your Facebook page or share it on Twitter.
The turkey has been eaten, the pies are gone, and the day set aside for American families to give thanks for the blessings in their lives is over. Now it's time to give back. "Giving Tuesday" on Dec. 1 is an annual global day for giving back to the community through service, as well as celebrating generosity in all its forms.
The idea is simple: Give of your time and/or your money and inspire others to do the same by telling them about it. Use the hashtag #GivingTuesday on social media to let everyone know how you are helping to make change.
Consider giving to the Houston ISD Foundation to help build a future generation of educated adults who are prepared to serve as tomorrow's leaders.
HISD's Read Houston Read volunteer program is another great way to give back to your community. Read to a first-grader and give them a gift that grows exponentially in value — the love of reading. Read Houston Read is part of HISD's Literacy by 3 movement, which calls for every child to be reading on or above grade level by the time they leave the third grade.
Sign up for up to an hour each week, either in person or virtually, to mentor a child by reading to them and listening to them read aloud. Then use #GivingTuesday on Twitter or download this badge on Facebook to tell everyone about your service.
If you can't make the weekly commitment, there are plenty of other ways to volunteer in HISD. Register through VIPS and discover campus-based opportunities to get involved.
This entry was posted in Literacy, Read Houston Read and tagged Giving Tuesday, Read Houston Read, VIPS on November 30, 2015 by HISD Communications.
In this week's I Am HISD, which features district students, graduates, employees, and other team members, returning volunteer Sharon Plummer discusses how she and her husband first discovered the Read Houston Read program, why they both immediately signed up to participate, and why they can't wait for this year's first mentoring sessions to begin.
I understand you and your husband, Chandler Davidson, both volunteer as reading mentors at Burnet Elementary School through Read Houston Read. How did that arrangement come about?
This entry was posted in District VIII - Diana Dávila, I Am HISD, Literacy, Read Houston Read and tagged Burnet ES, Read Houston Read on October 7, 2015 by HISD Communications.
Former Houston Oiler quarterback Dan Pastorini was accustomed to passing a football on the field. Now, he passes on knowledge and a love of reading by volunteering to read to a child. Pastorini and gridiron legend Charles Alexander joined The Barbara Bush Literacy Foundation, Lone Star Sports and Entertainment, and Phillips 66 at Walnut Bend Elementary School on Aug. 31 to help kick-off National Literacy Month.
This entry was posted in District VI - Holly Maria Flynn Vilaseca, Elementary Schools, Literacy, Read Houston Read, Volunteers and partnerships and tagged Read Houston Read, Walnut Bend ES on September 1, 2015 by HISD Communications.
All year long, caring volunteers from across Houston have been helping HISD students read by simply going online. But on May 29, students at Paige Elementary School got to meet their mentors in the flesh.
TutorMate is a web tool that allows mentors to tutor students via the internet. It was incorporated into HISD's Read Houston Read program as a part of its Literacy By 3 initiative, which aims to have every child reading well by the end of Grade 3.
This entry was posted in District II - Rhonda Skillern Jones, Elementary Schools, Literacy, Read Houston Read, Volunteers and partnerships and tagged Literacy By 3, Paige ES, Read Houston Read, Rhonda Skillern-Jones on June 4, 2015 by HISD Communications.
In 71 hours, a person can ride a bicycle from Paris, France, to Brest and back or complete 48 orbits of planet earth. For Mimie Taylor, who was honored at Thursday's Read Houston Read Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast, those 71 hours were best spent helping first-graders improve their reading skills at Garcia Elementary School.
"Tuesdays and Thursdays are dedicated to Read Houston Read and my scholars," said Taylor brightly.
This entry was posted in District I - Elizabeth Santos, District II - Rhonda Skillern Jones, District III - Sergio Lira, District IV - Jolanda Jones, District IX - Wanda Adams, District V - Sue Deigaard, District VI - Holly Maria Flynn Vilaseca, District VII - Anne Sung, District VIII - Diana Dávila, Read Houston Read and tagged Read Houston Read on May 14, 2015 by HISD Communications.