Villa La Massa is a stunning 16th Century Medici Villa, situated alongside the banks of the River Arno in the heart of the Tuscan countryside, yet just 15 minutes from the centre of historic Florence. With just 41 guest rooms providing an experience akin to staying in a private home, Villa La Massa has a magical atmosphere of historic charm. The rooms and suites are each individually decorated in a Renaissance style, with views out across either the landscaped gardens, Florentine countryside or the River Arno. In the west part of the villa's garden there is a small, charming chapel with a sacristy dating back to the period of the Rinuccini, which can accommodate up to twenty-five people. Ceremonies can also be organised in the hotel's gardens full of lemon trees and olive groves, followed by a reception in the banquet room with direct garden access, perfect for cocktail parties.
This summer saw Villa La Massa launch four new suites in a brand new accommodation wing called Casa Colonica, an ancient farmhouse which dates back to the mid 1800's. The suites are kept within the same decorative Renaissance style as rooms in the main villa, featuring floor to ceiling windows and balconies, impressive walk in wardrobes and exquisite Tuscan baths. Perfect for weddings, the Casa Colonica is ideal for hosting family and friends and may be rented in its entirety to guarantee full privacy to its guests.
Other facilities at Villa La Massa include the Arno SPA, offering signature Chianti beauty treatments and boasting a Turkish bath, sauna, Roman pool with hydro-massage, sensory showers and two treatment rooms. Il Verrocchio restaurant is famed for serving traditional Italian gastronomic fare, including seasonal produce grown in the Chef's garden, plus the hotel's own olive oil. The property also features a beautiful Iris Garden, a flower which is native to the region. The atmospheric wine cellar showcases some of the finest Italian wines and is home to numerous wine tastings throughout the year.
Nestled within a secluded sandy cove, Jamaica Inn is a truly special Caribbean resort just east of Ocho Rios. Combining unrivalled privacy with heartfelt personalised service, Jamaica Inn is a firm favourite among the sophisticated jet set with Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller choosing to honeymoon at the iconic resort in 1957. Spread over eight-acres and boasting a 700-foot private white sand beach, considered to be one of the best in the Caribbean, Jamaica Inn is a timelessly elegant resort and a perfect hidden spot for couples.
Among the swaying palm trees and on the soft sands of resort's private beach, Jamaica Inn is an idyllic scene for a destination wedding. Against the backdrop of turquoise waters, couples are invited to start their lives together in a paradisaical setting surrounded by their loved ones whether on a manicured lawn overlooking the Caribbean Sea or on the private beach itself. From intimate parties of two to celebrations with 100 guests, Jamaica Inn makes each wedding and vow renewal unforgettable.
This year, Jamaica Inn has taken barefoot luxury to the next level with the launch of their new beachfront villas. Situated on their own private stretch of beach away from the main resort, the three exclusive villas are perfectly positioned for newlyweds seeking solitude and privacy. Providing soaring sea views as well as direct access to the sparkling, crystalline waters of the Caribbean Sea, the villas comprise one bedroom with a king size bed, en-suite bathroom, dressing area and a separate living room and kitchenette. Moreover, the villas lie adjacent to the hotel's Ocean Spa where couples are invited to enjoy locally-inspired treatments in a tranquil outdoor setting with sweeping sea views.
Home to the illustrious Coote Family for 100 years, Ballyfin has long been admired as one of the most distinguished late Georgian houses in Ireland. Located at the foot of the Slieve Bloom Mountains, a 1.5-hour drive from Dublin airport, the hotel boasts just 20 individually designed bedrooms and The Gardener's Cottage, giving guests a homely environment with the comforts of an international luxury hotel. Today's guest can enjoy formality blended with a relaxed and easy-going approach that is wonderfully warm and welcoming.
At Ballyfin, romance is very much part of the scenery and the house and demesne act as a spectacular backdrop for a wedding. Ballyfin is an exclusive five-star wedding venue where there are no interruptions or distractions. The beautiful and relaxing surroundings, the privacy, the luxuriously comfortable accommodation, and the fine food and wine provided by the hotel's superb chefs and sommelier, make Ballyfin the perfect place for a wedding.
Couples are able to choose from a selection of stunning spaces from an impressive ballroom ideal for wedding receptions accommodating up to 130 guests to a grand State Dining Room with views over the water cascade accommodating up to 70 guests. In addition, there are elegant rooms for more intimate pre-wedding celebrations, dinner or parties as well as vibrant outdoor terraces or garden spaces for the afternoon.
After the wedding, newlyweds have the option of hiding away in Ballyfin's newest and most exclusive accommodation – The Gardener's Cottage. The Gardener's Cottage is Ballyfin's first standalone, private residence and is utterly charming. It is perfectly positioned for couples looking to enjoy all the amenities and luxurious afforded by a stay at Ballyfin yet also wish to have a little more privacy. It is located adjacent to the main house with accommodation spread over two floors and boasts glorious views out across Ballyfin's 614 acres of private parkland, walled gardens, ancient wood and 28-acre lake.
Located on the shores of Lake Como, one of the most romantic settings in the world, Villa d'Este is surrounded by ten acres of enchanting park with centennial trees, statues and colourful flowers. Built in 1568 as the summer residence of Cardinal Tolomeo Gallio, it was transformed into a luxury hotel in 1873, becoming a favourite destination for royalty, Hollywood legends, musicians, writers and discerning travellers.
Once a former residence of a Cardinal and then the summer residence of British royalty, the hotel sits regally on the shores of the lake, with spectacular gardens and is home to the iconic heated, floating pool on the lake. The addition of four stand-alone private villas completes the ultimate Villa d'Este experience, combining the renowned classic service and amenities of the hotel with the seclusion of one's own villa. Interior décor is the perfect combination of classic charm and modernity, history and sophisticated technology and, importantly for weddings, embellished with streams of nautral light. Each of Villa d'Este's 152 rooms are uniquely and elegantly furnished with antiques and vintage articles, with many also offering awe-inspiring lake vistas from a private balcony.
Villa d'Estes's 25 acres of landscaped gardens, flowing fountains, dramatic mountain views and intricate architecture appear to be beautifully carved from a favourite fairytale. Noted for its exquisite gardens, the backdrop for wedding photography is unparalleled.The hotel offers an array of venues ranging from the sixteenth century Mosaic House, the jewel of Villa d'Este, to grand dining rooms adorned with marble floors, crystal chandeliers, floor to ceiling windows and frescoes. For a more understated yet equally stunning venue, there is a secluded and intimate lakeside terrace tucked away in the corner of the garden. Moreover, after the wedding, the beautiful outdoor terraces are the perfect areas for stylish aperitifs and canapes.
After the ceremony, for those wishing to make the most of the Italian outdoors, boat tours can be arranged to discover the lake and the beautiful villas and gardens, such as Villa Carlotta in Tremezzo, Villa Balbianello in Lenno and Villa Melzi d'Eril in Bellagio. Moreover, for something a little out of the ordinary, Lake Como is also the home to the oldest seaplane school in Europe and seaplane training facility in Italy. Newlyweds are able to book scenic seaplane tours of the lake with the Aero Club Como.
Built in 1939, The Phoenicia was Malta's first luxury hotel, giving it a wealth of history and a unique charm standing proudly on the doorstep of Valletta. With 300 days of sunshine, Malta is the perfect destination for a wedding and The Phoenicia is the perfect venue. A member of Leading Hotels of the World, The Phoenicia's interior harbours an imposing Art Deco influence sustaining 128 bedrooms and 8 suites, affording some truly majestic views from most rooms and terraces. With plentiful elegant dining rooms, expansive gardens and a prestigious reputation, The Phoenicia is one of Malta's most iconic wedding venues. Suitable for groups of 10 to 300, celebration dinners, receptions and galas can be held in the hotel's manicured gardens or in one of the customisable dining rooms. The hotel encompasses a great variety of indoor and outdoor spaces, including the hotel's most sought after reception venue: the Bastion Pool. The Bastion Pool offers soaring sea views and has a unique backdrop of St Michael's bastions.
One of The Phoenicia's most iconic venues is the the Grand Ballroom, which once hosted Queen Elizabeth II herself, and offers a stunning balcony and private entrance for a true sense of regality. The hotel's iconic, lush 7.5-acre garden is undoubtedly one of the hotel's romantic highlights and an understandably popular setting for wedding photographs. In addition, the hotel also boasts a full civil ceremony license and an in-house wedding planner, who is at hand to ensure that the happy couple's day runs smoothly. Whether planning an elaborate celebration with hundreds of guests or an intimate family dinner, The Phoenicia is a faultless wedding venue.


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A woman receives a BioNTech-Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in Makati City, suburban Manila on November 29, 2021. ( AFP / TED ALJIBE)
Outdated news report misleads on Covid booster jab safety
AFP Philippines Published on Tuesday 4 January 2022 at 09:14
As the Philippines launched its Covid-19 booster shot campaign, a screenshot of a news report circulated in social media posts that claimed the health department warned the vaccines were dangerous. The posts are misleading; the news report was broadcast in November, when authorities warned the public against seeking boosters before they had been approved. The Philippine health chief said approved jabs were safe and effective.
The screenshot was shared on Facebook on December 20.
It shows a news report with the logo of Philippine broadcaster GMA News alongside the Tagalog-language news ticker: "DOH'S WARNING TO THOSE WHO RECEIVED A COVID VACCINE BOOSTER SHOT: THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT ACCOUNTABLE IN CASE OF ANY UNTOWARD REACTION".
DOH is the acronym for the Philippine Department of Health.
Text underneath the screenshot reads: "WARNING FROM THE DOH TO THOSE WHO HAD A BOOSTER SHOT".
The Facebook post claims the news report shows that the DOH "does not feel confident about dangerous vaccines".
Screenshot of misleading post taken on December 31, 2021
The post circulated after the DOH announced all fully-vaccinated adults were eligible for booster shots from December 3, as an Omicron-driven surge loomed in one of Asia's most virus-striken countries.
Screenshots from the same news report circulated in similar Facebook posts here, here and here.
"You forced the vaccine [on us] and then if something happens, you can't be held accountable? How dare you", one person commented.
"See? It's because you're all afraid of Covid when it's just a hoax. You don't believe the vaccines are dangerous", another wrote.
However, the posts are misleading.
Outdated report
Keyword searches on YouTube found the screenshots were taken from a news report aired on November 12 on GMA News. At the time, the Philippine Food and Drug Administration had not yet authorised any booster dose for public use.
The report states: "The DOH warned those who Covid got booster shots that are not yet authorised in the Philippines.
"According to Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, the government is not accountable for any possible untoward reactions for those injected with booster shots.
"The FDA is still reviewing the applications of Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Sinovac at Sputnik V for amended emergency use authorisation that would allow the use of these vaccines as booster shots."
The FDA authorised Pfizer, Moderna, Sinovac and AstraZeneca booster doses on November 15, three days after the report aired.
Healthcare workers were first to receive boosters on November 17. The DOH expanded the rollout on December 3 to include all fully-vaccinated adults.
Below is a screenshot comparison of the screenshot in the misleading post (left) and the 17-second mark of the GMA News report (right).
'Boosters are safe'
Philippine Health Secretary Francisco Duque has said that Covid-19 booster shots are "safe and effective".
"Because we now have the emergency use authorisation amendment issued by the FDA, at least now we can be sure that our booster dose policy is safe and effective. That is why we are implementing it starting today," Duque said at the 32:40 mark of this live broadcast during the booster rollout for health workers on November 17.
The Philippines enacted a law in February 2021 to manage Covid vaccine administration in the country.
Under the law, the government set up a fund to compensate possible serious side effects from Covid-19 jabs used in the immunisation programme.
Vergeire told AFP that booster jabs were covered by the scheme.
As of January 3, the Philippines had administered more than 1.9 million booster doses.
AFP Philippines

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JLS' Aston Merrygold: "Me And Olly Murs Choose Single Life"
The 'She Makes Me Wanna' singer says being single allows him to enjoy touring more.
JLS' Aston Merrygold has claimed that he and Olly Murs have both chosen to be single.
The pair's private lives are frequently subject to speculation, with Aston currently the only single member of JLS.
But the She Makes Me Wanna star said he wanted to remain by himself for now because it allows him to enjoy touring more.
He said: "I'm single out of choice, unless there is anyone interested? And I think Olly Murs is single out of choice too, he's just done an arena tour and that's full on!
"This is going to sound so bad and don't mean any disrespect to people in relationships but right now I want to experience everything.
"When I'm on tour I want to get the whole tour vibe, I want to get the whole backstage vibe I don't want to be on the phone to a girlfriend."
He added: "I want to be with the boys, with my dancers with the security team, with management all of it.
"This could all go tomorrow and I don't want to be sitting there on the phone talking about how was your day for two hours."
JLS are currently gearing up for their forthcoming UK arena tour, '4th Dimension', which kicks off later this month.


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Fall is upon us and, second to a pumpkin spice latte, we are thrilled to have our dancers back in the studio full time! They are hitting the marley floor hard in preparation for NewDance, Up Close fall series and The Nutcracker.
We are proud to announce that Ballet Idaho Academy student, Lydia Herman has joined the Ballet Idaho company as apprentice. We had a moment to sit down with Lydia and discuss the upcoming season.
BIA: How has this start to the season differed from previous years of coming back to the Academy?
Lydia: I started off with academy classes just as always, but as soon as company classes started so did rehearsals and preparation for our first performance. That is something I was not used to, jumping right in to get ready for our first showing.
BIA: What are you most looking forward to this season?
Lydia: This season I am excited for everything, since it is my first year. I am thrilled to perform on the same stage as all of the wonderful, inspiring company dancers. But most of all I am just excited to dance, more than I have ever before.
BIA: Is there anything you are anxious about this season?
Lydia: Although I am looking forward to performing most shows, it makes me nervous and anxious to think that I will be on that stage most of that year, in front of those huge crowds. Hopefully I will be able to dance higher level parts as well.
BIA: How do you spend your time when you're not dancing?
Lydia: When I am not dancing I start to focus more on my school work and catching up with everything I am behind in. Also to keep in shape I take hot yoga classes as much as I can or I go to the gym.
BIA: Who or what inspires your dancing?
Lydia: Since I was five I have loved dancing. Maybe because I am inspired by my mom, who is a dancer also, or just because I enjoy creating those beautiful lines that I am always trying to improve. I have never really known why I love it, but watching it makes me happy and performing makes me even happier. Like I can get away from all of my problems and only focus on improving myself physically and emotionally.
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Why won't wired LAN work on my Dell Inspiron 15R N5010?
I have DELL inspiron 15r N5010 laptop, with all drivers properly installed. I am trying to access internet via the LAN port, but i am not getting LAN options in "Network and sharing center of control panel" ? What can I do?
There are plenty of possibilities, but the first thing to check is the status of the LAN card driver. Run "Computer Management" and click on Device Mangaer. Expand the "Network Adapters" branch and locate the ethernet card. Double click on it and check its status.The device may be disabled (in which case, re-enable it), not working properly (try to roll back the driver, or, if that's not an option, to update it from Dell).
If it states that "this device is working properly" ,then there may be a problem with the ethernet cable, the router or very possibly with the speed negotiation. Most devices are set to negotiate speed automatically, but from time to time you come across a particular pair that doesn't seem to do this properly, in which case you can try the different options (try 100 duplex and 100 half duplex before other options).
Your drivers may or may not be properly installed. Make sure you have Auto Update enabled. Then Restart your laptop.
My brother in law experience the same problem on his Dell and switch to WIFI perhpas LAN port problem on your Dell.
perhaps network interface card (NIC) became disabled, go to device manager and see if there are yellow signs?
you can try to reset CMOS battery and flash BIOS?


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Deze lijst van voetbalinterlands is een overzicht van alle officiële voetbalwedstrijden tussen de nationale teams van Luxemburg en Montenegro. De landen hebben tot op heden drie keer tegen elkaar gespeeld. De eerste ontmoeting, een vriendschappelijke wedstrijd, werd gespeeld in Luxemburg op 17 november 2013. Het laatste duel, een groepswedstrijd tijdens de UEFA Nations League 2020/21, vond plaats op 13 oktober 2020 in Podgorica.

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A 51% attack is linked to mining and specifically to the work test algorithm, under which many blockchains work and in which many cryptocurrencies are handled.
In the case of the Proof of Work consensus mechanism, the miners use their computational power to verify transactions and keep the system safe, so that, if there is an approval by all users, the operation it is executed and added to the last block of the chain.
This work is done in the blockchain, where the public record of all these transactions is maintained and because of its decentralized status, it generally allows the miners to group together to accumulate more power than they would have individually, thus adding more efficiency to the process.
A 51% attack occurs when a person or group of miners acquires control over the computing power of 51% of the entire network. That is to say, to procure with greater mining capacity than the rest of the members of the ecosystem, being able to carry out unfavorable alterations for the network and its technology.
Should You Worry About It?
Carrying out an attack of 51% requires an enormous amount of time and resources, which does not result in something suitable or practical for any interested party and as an added obstacle, the duration of the attack would be practically minimal after it becomes evident.
Many members of the community currently believe that an attack of this type to Bitcoin Blockchain would be unfeasible because of the amount of energy needed and above all because it would also be immediately counteracted by users, since at this point and being aware of the consequences, to generate an increase in the percentage of power in a group of miners, they would be responsible for redistributing that power to maintain balance.
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Barbara Zack Quindel has practiced labor and employment law for over 35 years, working with both Wisconsin labor unions and individual employees to get their work-related issues resolved. A passionate advocate for employee rights, she is well-respected and consistently included in the Best Lawyers in America and Wisconsin Super Lawyers.
In advising employees on employment and separation agreements, discrimination, family and medical leave rights, wage disputes and other employment-related claims, Attorney Quindel brings both her knowledge of the law and compassion for employees, recognizing the personal impact of unlawful treatment at work.
Attorney Quindel has represented numerous women in sexual harassment claims, including working with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to ensure women who have experienced sexual harassment are compensated and employers have policies and provide training to prevent future harassment. For example, in EEOC vs Hufcor, a settlement was reached providing significant compensation to the employee Attorney Quindel represented, the employer was ordered to train its managers and supervisors to prevent harassment and retaliation against employees who complain of harassment and to post a notice to all its employees explaining the settlement and their right to contact the EEOC with any complaints of discrimination or retaliation.
Attorney Quindel recognizes the power that comes from employees taking collective action and represents labor unions and other organizations to defend and expand workplace rights. Her union clients include the Milwaukee Teachers Education Association, the Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 998, and SEIU Healthcare Wisconsin.
Attorney Quindel has extensive experience in labor and employment law. She has served as a member of the national Board of Directors for the AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee. In 1995, Attorney Quindel was appointed by the U.S. District Court in New York as Election Officer to supervise the 1996 national Teamster elections.
Between 2008 and 2011, Attorney Quindel and fellow Hawks Quindel Attorney Richard Saks represented the Milwaukee Chapter of 9to5, National Association of Working Women in successfully defending a legal challenge to the Milwaukee Paid Sick Leave Ordinance, which was approved by nearly 70% of Milwaukee voters. Attorney Quindel also served as the attorney for the League of Martin, an organization of Milwaukee's African-American police officers, challenging discriminatory practices in promotion, assignment and hiring. In 2004 the League recognized her 24 years of service as their counsel.
Attorney Quindel serves as one of Senator Tammy Baldwin's appointees on a six-member Federal Nominating Commission established to advise Senators Baldwin and Johnson on filling vacant federal judgeships in Wisconsin.
Attorney Quindel also serves on the Legal Coordinating Committee for Wisconsin Election Protection, a coalition of organizations defending voting rights and monitoring election practices and polling places.
Attorney Quindel is a co-founder and member of the Wisconsin Employment Lawyers Association and has served on the boards of the Wisconsin Bar's Labor and Employment Section and the Wisconsin Chapter of the Labor and Employment Relations Association.
The American Bar Association Labor and Employment Section selected Attorney Quindel for the 2014 Arvid Anderson Public Sector Labor and Employment Attorney of the Year Award.
Attorney Quindel is consistently included in the Best Lawyers in America, which named her Milwaukee's 2012 "Lawyer of the Year" in Employment Law-Individuals. Martindale-Hubbell rates her AV "Premier," its highest rating, and lists her in its 2013 Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers™. She has also been listed since 2005 as a "Super Lawyer," and was recently interviewed by Super Lawyers.
A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Attorney Quindel holds a Masters degree from Harvard University and received her law degree from Northeastern University.


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By Rob Mitchum | Photo by Rob Mitchum
There's no summer slowdown at the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Walk through the University of Chicago's innovation hub, and you'll hear about a new web platform to help employers purchase health care plans or see data scientists around a whiteboard building a computer model to predict school dropout rates in El Salvador. In one room, high school students are learning code by rebuilding their own program's website, while in the "Fab Lab," a public policy student experiments with laser-cutting acrylic art.
The 34,000-square-foot incubator and coworking space on 53rd Street is the summer home for the Polsky Accelerator, the Data Science for Social Good Fellowship and Coderspace. So while some in Hyde Park escape to Promontory Point, student coders, makers and entrepreneurs create an electric atmosphere where ideas thrive and individuals with a wide variety of interests can mix and mingle.
Over the summer, the Polsky Center is home to student coders, makers and entrepreneurs in a lively, engaged atmosphere. Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2p_ngyQ4a8 (Video by UChicago Creative)
"A hallmark of the Polsky Center is that we work with entrepreneurs and innovators from all backgrounds and interests," said Starr Marcello, executive director of the Polsky Center and adjunct assistant professor of entrepreneurship at UChicago's Booth School of Business. "We connect people across campus, and across the community, to develop and grow their ideas. The programs working side-by-side in the space this summer are the perfect example of the Polsky Center's dedication to forging connections that can have lasting, real-world impact."
Morning: How to jump start a startup
From afar, Melissa Harris' presentation to the Polsky Accelerator looks more like calisthenics than entrepreneurial advice. Everyone is asked to stand up, lift their arms to the sky and take a deep breath before they speak, getting into a confident posture for delivering a terse, snappy elevator pitch for their startups.
"Good presentations are like good songs," Harris, an entrepreneur-in-residence at the Polsky Center, tells the group. "You need to project variation and enthusiasm."
The morning session is part of a teaching doubleheader for the Polsky Accelerator, which provides 14 student startup teams with a $10,000 investment and dedicated working space at the Polsky Center as part of its 10-week summer program. Earlier, startup teams took a deep dive into product forecasting with Art Middlebrooks, executive director of the Kilts Center for Marketing at Chicago Booth.
"Putting these entrepreneurs in one space and giving them an opportunity to bond, essentially it creates a strong sense of family."
—Crissy Ritter, assistant director for experiential entrepreneurship and venture support
For the rest of the day, the Polsky Accelerator teams work with student staff members and interns on the many challenges of growing a new business: fundraising, prototyping, marketing, human resources and—hopefully—sales. At one table, the founders of AI-meets-skincare startup Veda Grace Dermatology talk with the students and software developers working on Fiduscript, an online marketplace for the overdose reversal drug Naloxone. The collaboration goes beyond teams to alumni, Booth and Polsky experts, and entrepreneurs from the Chicago business world.
"Putting these entrepreneurs in one space and giving them an opportunity to bond, essentially it creates a strong sense of family," said Crissy Ritter, assistant director for experiential entrepreneurship and venture support with the Polsky Center. "Entrepreneurship can be a really lonely journey, so this is a way for them to work with peers. They're never working through things alone, they always have someone to bounce ideas off of and work through challenges and solutions."
Kati Karrotki and Tyler Huggins of BTRFY, a company using fungal fermentation to create healthy and environmentally friendly snacks, said that the combination of resources and the open environment is providing their business with an essential boost this summer.
"It just gives you a home," Karrotki said. "They have a tremendous sense of all the blind spots you have as a startup."
One of the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation's locations on 53rd Street in Hyde Park. (Photo by Jean Lachat)
Lunchtime: Data and impact from Chicago to Jakarta
Just a few steps from the BTRFY team, Data Science for Social Good fellows Joao Caldeira, Alex Fout, Aniket Kesari and Raesetje Sefala comb through video footage from traffic cameras in Jakarta. Below an Indonesian flag, they're training computer vision algorithms to automatically detect objects and hazards—such as a vehicle driving the wrong way, or a motorcycle riding on the sidewalk—as they work with Jakarta Smart City and UN Global Pulse, Jakarta to make the city's streets safer.
Since 2013, the DSSG fellowship has played matchmaker for ambitious projects, bringing together undergraduate and graduate students in computer science, statistics and the social sciences to work with nonprofit and government partners. To date, the UChicago program has organized more than 70 projects, each designed to help partners do more with their data, from keeping kids in school to earlier diabetes screening to creating smarter building inspections.
Members of a Data Science for Social Good team collaborate on a project. (Photo by Rob Mitchum)
This summer, DSSG set up shop at the Polsky Center, bringing them closer to the UChicago campus community. It's also the fellowship's most international year to date, with cohorts of fellows and projects running simultaneously in Chicago and Lisbon.
"This is the most diverse year yet of Data Science for Social Good—from the mix of fellows and partners at our two simultaneous sites, to the range of problems that our project teams will address and the methods they will use," said DSSG global director Rayid Ghani, a senior fellow at the UChicago Harris School of Public Policy and research associate professor in the Department of Computer Science.
The lunchtime training session focuses on a point of concern in today's artificial intelligence community: the persistence of societal bias in supposedly "objective" data-driven models. Center of Data Science and Public Policy postdoctoral researcher Pedro Saleiro walks the 23 DSSG Chicago fellows through examples of discriminatory results from data-driven models used for setting bail or promoting employees.
"This is the most diverse year yet of Data Science for Social Good."
—DSSG Global Director Rayid Ghani
Later, a weekly discussion evolved from technical concerns into a broader conversation of how their work will impact government agencies and the populations they serve.
"I believe that one larger impact that is within reach, for DSSG projects, is the potential to spark institutional change towards more systematic and sustainable data management practice and evidence-based public policymaking," said Mirian Lima, a DSSG project manager. "That's really important."
Early afternoon: Debugging basses in the Fab Lab
Across the street in another Polsky Center building, a very different kind of experimentation is taking place: one that requires safety goggles and hearing protection.
In the Polsky Fabrication Lab, dubbed the Polsky Fab Lab, Polsky member Andrew Hassel and intern Harry Critchfield-Jain hover over the ShopBot, a wood-cutting machine controlled by a nearby computer. When Hassel, a luthier and owner of Chicago Bass Works, hits "go" on the 3-D modeling program, the ShopBot sends a drill bit for several passes across a large slab of wood, creating a sharp 90-degree edge in what will become the body of a double bass.
"Normally this step would take me six to eight hours by hand," Hassell says after the machine finishes its work in a mere five minutes. "You can imagine the amount of psychological stress this will save."
Fab Lab members work on their prototypes in the wood working section at the Polsky Center's Fab Lab. (Photo by Eddie Quinones)
In addition to the ShopBot, the Polsky Fab Lab features devices for 3-D printing, laser etching and vinyl cutting, as well as kits for experimenting with microcontrollers, circuits and other hardware. Polsky members, Accelerator teams, Incubator companies and UChicago community members use the facility for designing and prototyping products, or just picking up new skills.
"Summer is generally an active time in the Fab Lab, and our classes this summer have been particularly full," said Elizabeth Koprucki, assistant director, Fab Lab and design at the Polsky Center. "One of the Accelerator companies, D20 Robotics, has prototyped some parts with us, and we've also had artists from Hyde Park Arts Center and the Arts Incubator creating work. We help people make their ideas tangible using hardware, software and the design process."
Late afternoon: A crash course in code and co-working
During their daily report, the youngest coders at the Polsky Center share a common programming gripe—merging the work of multiple teams on the popular code-sharing site Github.
"It's glorious if it works," said Sean Batey-Johnson, a student at South Shore College Prep. "But if it doesn't, you sit there for hours."
"We've learned a lot about what it's like to work in a tech environment"
—Janiya Hudson, student at Lindblom Math and Science Academy
Sensing frustration, Coderspace co-founder Arelia Jones reassures the high school student presenters that their headaches are a sign of progress.
"You're using technology used by professional developers every day" said Jones, a software engineer at Sprout Social. "So running into issues is OK! This is valuable experience."
Founded in 2015, Coderspace brings in a new class of high school students each summer and introduces them to programming through experience on a real-world project. This year students are working together on a common goal: redesigning the Coderspace website from scratch, including new styling, custom forms and a store for fundraising.
As the day comes to an end, each team presents their progress and the remaining "blockers" to be resolved before the new site launches. The instructors — all alumni of earlier Coderspace summers — then give the students information on the next day's travel to Sprout Social's downtown headquarters, the latest in a line of business trips to the offices of companies such as Grubhub (former products of the Polsky Center) and Microsoft.
Students in Coderspace present their work to Data Science for Social Good fellows. (Photo by Rob Mitchum)
By basing Coderspace completely in the Polsky Center for the first time, Jones said that the students observe other team-based projects in the Polsky Accelerator and DSSG as they pursue their own collaborative efforts.
"We've learned a lot about what it's like to work in a tech environment," Janiya Hudson, a student at Lindblom Math and Science Academy, told the DSSG fellows during a recent presentation of their work. "We sit in here and watch you guys out there and try to mimic what you're doing."
Originally published on August 22, 2018.
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Appeals court dismisses Trump emoluments case
A federal appeals court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit by the attorneys general of Washington, D.C., and Maryland accusing President Donald Trump of violating emoluments clauses.
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7 U.S. tourists have died of illness at Dominican resorts since January
A Staten Island, N.Y., woman died this week while vacationing in the Dominican Republican, bringing the number of Americans who have died due to illness at resorts in the Caribbean country to seven this year.
Prince William is 'absolutely thrilled' for Prince Harry after baby boy's birth
Prince William and Kate Middleton congratulated Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on the birth of their baby boy.
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Prince George of Cambridge (George Alexander Louis;[fn 1] born 22 July 2013) is the oldest child and only son of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. He is third in line to succeed his great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, after his paternal grandfather and father.
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Anti-inflammatory medications such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and steroids are commonly used to treat various diseases. According to a new study, a colored extract obtained from the seeds of the avocado (Persea americana) — an important tropical crop that is rich in unsaturated fatty acids, fiber, vitamins B and E, and other nutrients — represents a potential source for new anti-inflammatory compounds that can be developed as pharmaceuticals.
Dabas et al explored the anti-inflammatory potential of colored avocado seed extract. Image credit: Tookapic.
"We developed the colored avocado seed extract (CASE) over the last decade as a food colorant and it is not known whether the compounds responsible for the extract's vibrant orange color play any role in its ability to inhibit the production of pro-inflammatory mediators," said Dr. Joshua Lambert, a researcher at Pennsylvania State University.
To determine the anti-inflammatory properties of CASE, Dr. Lambert and colleagues used cell culture models and enzymes that are important in immune response and inflammatory diseases.
A class of immune cells called macrophages were grown in petri dishes and activated with pro-inflammatory stimuli in the presence or absence of the extract.
The researchers measured the production of important pro-inflammatory mediators and signaling pathways in the cells after treatment with the extract.
"The next step, before we can draw further conclusions about the anti-inflammatory activity of this avocado seed extract, will be to design animal model studies," Dr. Lambert said.
The study lays the groundwork for more research because it provides evidence that there are bioactive compounds in avocado seeds that have anti-inflammatory activity.
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The findings were published in the journal Advances in Food Technology and Nutritional Sciences.


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However, we are glad to ship OTZSHOES also abroad. The process is a bit more manual for the time being (SECRET: we are launching our international webshop very soon!) but if you have the patience to tell us what you are after and give us your details we are happy to make it happen.
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Glowy: Guessing Game: What Shoe is She Wearing?
Guessing Game: What Shoe is She Wearing?
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Hook Norton pub spread over a couple of floors not far from the High Street. There is actually more seating downstairs than on the ground floor. But, on this visit, it was quiet enough for everybody to fit upstairs. The 4 Hook Norton ales were Hooky, Hooky Gold, Old Hooky & Black Out. A guest ale was Glutenus Maximus from Brew York and there were a couple of Weston's ciders - Rosie's Pig & Hand Brake. I'd not seen the Black Out before and it was fairly good.
Newly renovated and Hook Norton's first dedicated outlet in Oxford, this is decent enough although perhaps suffers a little from the nearness of the barbaric new Westgate shopping centre across the street, leading to an inevitable atmosphere of transience. The beers are fine although Hook Norton is a solid mid ranking performer as breweries go and there is little exciting in their range.
Okay beer, but only Greene King. Some half decent disco to be found on the jukebox, as you might expect in a gay pub. Just nothing to mark it out really.
Gay pub, one Green King real ale, quiz machine. Pretty bland. Not much to say.
This place did have a rather unpleasant manager some months ago who has now left, which is nice.


The international luxury-class Pulkovskaya Hotel is sitiated on Ploshchad Pobedy, that is 5 km from the airport and 8 km from the centre of St. Petersburg, which is easily accessibly by public transport.
• The hotel's guest service operates day and night.
The service office assists with theatre, excursions for city, circus and concert bookings, and also handles tickets for exhibitions, museums and the sauna. Rail and air tickets can also be booked through the service office.
When at Pulkovskaya Hotel you are only a short drive away from the Hermitage and St. Isaac's Cathedral in downtown St. Petersburg and from suburban parks and the palaces of Pushkin (Tsarskoye Selo) and of Pavlovsk.
The hotel restaurants serve a wide range of dishes, including Russian specialities. Guests may enjoy a cup of coffee or refreshments and buy small items at the buffets on individual floors.
The hotel has a beauty salon, a newsstand, a souvenir stall, a currency exchange office, clothing and shoe repair services.
Situated in the hotel building is the 500-seat Pulkovsky concert hall.
There is an American Based Marriage Agency - "A Foreign Affair" - in hotel.
The hotel's address is: 196240, St. Petersburg, Ploschad Pobedy, 1.


SYDNEY, April 16 (Reuters) - The Indonesian armed forces and pro-Jakarta paramilitary groups are deliberately trying to destabilise East Timor ahead of a July ballot on autonomy, Amnesty International said on Friday.
``Paramilitary groups are terrorising independence supporters and human rights defenders,'' said the human rights group.
``If the Indonesian government does not take action to check the activities of these groups the violence will spiral out of control and seriously compromise efforts to find a peaceful solution to the problems of East Timor,'' it said.
ABRI has said they support the government offer of autonomy and that although they do arm official militias in East Timor and elsewhere in Indonesia to help maintain peace, they have not given guns to unofficial militias.
East Timor rebel leader Xanana Gusmao has said 21 people have been killed by pro-Jakarta forces in the first three months of this year in East Timor. The territory's spiritual leader, Nobel prize-winner Bishop Carlos Belo, has said 25 people were killed in a massacre by pro-Jakarta forces on April 6 at the village of Liquisa.
Indonesia rejects reports of a Liquisa massacre.
Amnesty urged Jakarta to allow a U.N. human rights monitoring team in East Timor, to reinforce the U.N. peace efforts and bolster the confidence of the East Timorese community.
Indonesia invaded East Timor in 1975 and annexed it the following year in a move not recognised by the United Nations. More than 200,000 of its people have died of war, disease and starvation under Indonesian rule.
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Since Jakarta made the offer of autonomy or independence in January there has been an upsurge in violence in East Timor.
A new round of U.N.-sponsored talks between Indonesia and Portugal on the future of East Timor, and the autonomy package, are scheduled to take place in New York on April 22.


The nice thing about music: it plays such a ubiquitous role in our lives. You can benefit from it even when you're just sitting on your hands. Even when we're not paying attention, music is still all around us; one of the elements, a force of nature.
But while music may seem magical, but it does not happen magically. Choosing music as our medium means acting with intention—channeling that great force to make lives better, and embracing everything that comes with that choice.
Choosing to engage with the world through music means choosing to be open to vulnerability and uncertainty; I believe KEXP has a responsibility to model this ourselves and nurture it in others.
We talk often about the unique freedom KEXP DJs have to play what they want, to express ideas through curation. But—as you can hear when you listen—there is also an underlying responsibility that goes along with this. When DJs process the news through a playlist, when artists speak openly in interviews on air, when community panels tackle weighty topics ... this is really a way of opening doors for people to think about things that can be hard to think about, and for KEXP to use our voice in a way we might not otherwise feel permitted to do.
You can see this approach reflected in all the other ways we choose music as our tool to engage with the world. With the recent launch of Sound & Vision, we've featured artists and other voices telling broader stories through music, with interviews, commentary, insight and conversation about timely topics. In the first two episodes of this new program, artists and others have offered perspective on the relationship between music and mental illness, addiction and recovery, abuses of power in the music industry, and race and gentrification, among other topics.
You can also see this in special programming days and events like Music Heals series and John Richards' annual "Mom" show—using music to make space for grieving, grappling, healing. Or in the more day-to-day, personal interactions KEXP DJs have with listeners who need to hear a particular song in any given moment, in the spirit of celebration or solidarity or solace.
KEXP listeners and supporters, along with the artists we champion, share in a collective understanding that music is not isolated from everything else in our lives. In connecting over a love of music, we have created a community with profound impact on the lives of others. I know I'm not the only one who is grateful for that community.
Because you choose music, and because you choose music with KEXP, your fellow music-lovers—here in KEXP's Seattle home and all around the world—have deeply meaningful experiences with music every single day. Your love of music inspires more love of music. And that's a choice I think we can all get behind.
Is there a memorable time in your life when music was the right choice? I'd love to hear about it. Email me any time at tom@kexp.org.
I've had to write a lot of tributes over the past few years. It's tempting to try to contextualize Aretha Franklin's passing with other recent musical losses (David Bowie, Prince, Sharon Jones, Chris Cornell, Charles Bradley, and too many others) but I'd like to try and do a little more than that.
Each of these artists was a great gone too soon, each possessed a voice that drew a direct line to something bigger, and each inspired the KEXP community to join together in search of an outlet for shared pain.
So, yes, we're going to talk about Aretha Franklin―because there was no one like her, no interpreter of the American songbook as skilled at wrenching the humanity out of words and melody.
But really we're going to talk about connection.
At the heart of August 16th's on-air celebration of the Queen of Soul was an emotional eight-hour marathon set by DJ Riz. Suffice to say, dry eyes were at a premium. Of the many moving responses we received from listeners, I want to mention one in particular.
This listener spoke of the bond he and his sister shared through Aretha, one that connected them even when separated by thousands of miles. He described calling his sister and asking her to stream KEXP so they could dance together and celebrate the singer's life and her gifts. They danced, they cried, they connected.
That's what happens when music works its unique magic. Distance is no match for the art form's power to connect us, not when it features a voice as rife with passion, pain, and hope as Aretha's.
Sometimes losing something profound, like an artist whose very name is synonymous with soul music, forces us to look inside and reconsider what is most important. In the case of the listener above, it was his sister. For you, it might be a child, a best friend, a spouse.
The listener closed by thanking Riz and everyone who makes this kind of programming possible. In truth, he was thanking you. It's because of the support of you and your fellow donors that KEXP is able to facilitate these kinds of exchanges. We can be there for you because you are here for us. It's as simple as that.
We may be separated by miles, years, even conflict, but music maintains a special ability to cut through any divide. A song can remind us of a loved one we need to call or a bridge we need to rebuild. In fact, when Aretha's voice wraps itself extraordinarily around Paul Simon's lyrics in her version of "Bridge over Troubled Water" the lyrics take on an added dimension.
This is what you power when you give to KEXP: donors supporting other listeners, making it possible for more people to experience the benefits of music. We don't need to be in the same area code―or on the same continent, for that matter―to be dancing to the same song.
For another chance to experience the power of Aretha's voice, I encourage you to watch this performance.
If you'd like to share the story of a connection you've made through music, please email me: tom@kexp.org.
I think of 2017 as an extraordinary year for all of us, one filled with profound changes and contradictions. People made their voices heard as they spoke out against injustice and in support of human rights, in numbers we haven't witnessed in decades. As always, music maintained an essential role in social change, providing both encouragement and relief. You let us know how events were affecting you and together we navigated the challenges.
At KEXP, we've continued to pursue our organizational mission while adapting to a shifting landscape that has left many members of our community disillusioned yet impassioned. We believe more strongly than ever in the power of music to make lives better.
One way to really grasp the positive effects of music is to watch individuals share in the listening experience. On January 20th, 2017 during our Bed-In For Peace I saw a Gathering Space full of people singing in unison, in their own unique voices. It was a powerful moment, one that caused me to step back and reflect on the power of music to bring us together.
Every day, I am moved by what your gift makes possible at KEXP and the ways you help us grow. In 2017, audience members of all ages danced to Preservation Hall Jazz Band, emerging musicians experiencing mentorship from industry professionals, community members gathered spontaneously to grieve and celebrate a local musician, listeners shared heartfelt stories during our Music Heals programming—these are all examples of what you've built.
I know we are moving forward. I know this because I can look back just a few years and see how far you've taken us. Thank you. With your help, we'll continue to push in new directions we haven't yet imagined.
In musical terms, sustain is the length of time a guitarist, vocalist, or other instrumentalist holds out a note before it becomes inaudible. For an arts nonprofit like KEXP, the word "sustaining" refers to supporting an organization on a recurring basis, for the long haul.
In the classic mockumentary This is Spinal Tap, guitarist Nigel Tufnel, played with wonderful cluelessness by Christopher Guest, was a little confused about how amplifiers actually work. Still, Nigel provided us with a useful metaphor: turning it up to "eleven." At KEXP, we're not talking about volume, however, we're measuring impact.
So, what does "eleven" mean? It means music playing a larger, more meaningful role in people's lives, artists touching broader audiences, the music entrepreneurs of tomorrow getting access to the resources they need. Eleven means reaching past what we might've thought possible before. Together.
KEXP introduced its Amplifiers giving club in 2010, so to arrive at a point when we have 10,000 sustaining donors is an extraordinary milestone. The name was no accident. By definition, an "amplifier" enlarges the reach of the sound it pushes out. You turn up the voltage of what we do.
While that number is dramatic, what I find so profoundly moving is the thought that, every month, each of these individuals is actively committing to sharing music's life-enhancing qualities with others. Our community of Amplifiers possesses its own collective electricity that powers what you hear on-air, see in the Gathering Space and YouTube, or read on KEXP.ORG.
The influence of our Amplifiers can't be overstated. The chances we get to take with our Music Heals series, as well as educational programs like Mastering the Hustle and Audioasis Youth Initiative are a direct result of these committed donors. In 2013, Amplifiers even helped KEXP make a major shift in our fundraising, when we instituted the One-Day Summer Drive in place of the previous week-long version.
This Friday marks the beginning of Amplifiers Love Week, a yearly tradition celebrating these special donors and the monumental effect they have on KEXP. All week, you'll hear testimonials from individuals who choose to champion music in this sustained manner alongside appreciative shoutouts from our DJs.
Inspiration, a source of strength, vital nourishment—music provides all of these things. It can help us aspire to become better versions of ourselves, even prompt us to help another person. Amplifiers exemplify the belief that art can change lives.
It all comes back to the personal commitment behind the giving. You choose to become a member of this music-loving community of donors, each of us essential to KEXP's ability to keep music in people's lives.
We all participate in the best way we can—as an Amplifier, a VIP club member, a volunteer, a listener sharing a new song with a friend. Collectively we power this amazing community.
Thank you for helping amplify what KEXP can achieve.
If you have a question about Amplifiers Love Week or This is Spinal Tap, feel free to reach out to me at: tom@kexp.org.
As KEXP has evolved, we've seen the role of our DJs grow right along with us. In those early days, I was fortunate to witness how 40-plus DJs would challenge, explore, and champion artists from a tiny booth in the University of Washington Communications building. That early organic, raw approach evolved into a philosophy, which grew into an organizational mission: to enrich your life through music discovery. As we've grown, we've become more intentional in upholding the institution of the curating DJ.
It's a powerful and beautiful thing our DJs do every day. They engage, react, and respond, creating a soundtrack to our lives in real time. They tell stories through the mix, harnessing the emotional power of music and art to build a vibrant community. It all works toward helping make the world a smaller, more connected place.
The power of human curation. People sharing music with people, choosing songs from their hearts and experiences to surprise, comfort, move, even occasionally provoke.
We do that by encouraging our DJs—and by extension, our organization—to stay engaged with the world. There is no playlist that can replace the enthusiasm, subtlety, and sense of purpose one music lover demonstrates when sharing their passions and findings with another.
You can find the DJ in our mission statement. They are adventurous explorers, guiding us through music discovery. It's more than simply a breadth of knowledge and passion for music—what makes the KEXP listening experience enriching is the authentic ongoing dialogue between listeners and DJs. Hour by hour. Day after day.
When Morning Show listeners reached out to John Richards to share how inspired they were by the young activists from Parkland organizing on behalf of their fallen classmates, he was able to weave song suggestions, lyrics, and themes of youth empowerment into an uplifting and engaging set of music.
Human curation also means that Kevin, for example, can take an event in history—artistic, political, or social—and use music to give it context, along the way helping us understand or feel a song or artist in a new way.
Artist. DJ. Listener. All connected by music and by choice.
Then there are DJs modeling and encouraging empathy through their curatorial decisions. We hear it when DJ Chilly makes the choice to showcase the music of Puerto Rico and Mexico in direct response to natural disasters in those regions. Music can connect us and provide a sense of respite when events are out of our control.
We'll keep doing what we do: curating, crafting, and delivering the best audio, visual, and storytelling we can every day. We ask that you let us know what's happening in your homes, in your countries, in your community, in your schools. We also hope music will increasingly connect us, encouraging and enabling a coming-together despite our many points of view. That's how we can keep this conversation going far into the future.
Ultimately, we approach our work in this way because we believe music can make your life better. And we are able to sustain the work because a global community of donors, artists, volunteers, and listeners believes that too.
If you'd like to talk to me about human curation and the important role music plays in fostering tomorrow's leadership please reach out to: tom@kexp.org.
What hasn't Paula done? She was chief council of Starbucks—handling everything from music rights to fair trade coffee, she's jumped out of planes, she was a member of the White House council during the Iran-Contra hearings.
The first time I met Paula was when she and Randee came for a tour of our old home at Dexter and Denny. We sat down and had a coffee in the conference room. That conversation was about the importance of music, the role it plays in our lives, and seeing KEXP as a platform for her to play a role for serving the community.
When I later asked her about joining our board, the way she said the word "yes" floated me. It was a joyful yes.
That's the effect Paula has on people and the effect she's had on our organization. It's positivity married to commitment married to wisdom. Paula is both a doer and a giver.
Paula is a positive force not just in terms of community but in terms of engineering her own life. After her incredible achievements in the business world, she retired relatively early to light up a path as a singer-songwriter. I can't think of anyone with the strength, positivity, passion, and dedication all funneled into making this decision.
Recently, Mary and I went to see Paul play at the Muse up in Conway. It was an intimate crowd witnessing the concentration of talent up there, elbow to elbow, onstage. It was large band including banjo, Tor Dietrichson on congas, and Paula, expressing and singing with sustained joy.
And Randee has been there the whole time, supporting Paula and the organization throughout the capital campaign and her work on the board, even hosting a concert in their home with the Cave Singers. You combine the two of them and you've got some nuclear fusion going on.
Paula's friendship is immensely important to me personally. I will also never forget her mentorship, those pearls of wisdom she offered me from time to time from her wealth of experience.
I'll leave you with this unscripted moment from the stage at our New Home Ground Breaking on January 28th, 2015. Spontaneously, Paula shouted, "Yay KEXP!" Today we say, Yay, Paula!
I want to discuss why music matters so much to us.
Music gives us hope. It helps us get through. Music brings people together and inspires change.
All of these notions came together a few weeks ago when Mary and I attended the 2017 SMooCH fundraiser. I wish you all could have been with us at The Showbox that night. The lineup featured KEXP-favorites from across the stylistic spectrum: Phantogram, Built to SpillTacocat, and Dirty Bomb. Once again, in partnership with the Nordstrom family and Sub Pop, we saw our music community come together to raise more than $3.5 million dollars this year to fund uncompensated care at Seattle Children's Hospital.
With that cause in mind, it seems especially appropriate that Issaquah's School of Rock kicked off the evening. During the course of their set, I witnessed roughly a dozen young folks come together to express themselves and demonstrate their mastery of music performance. Yes, School of Rock captured the room from the first power chord, but their performance was powerful on other levels as well.
More than just their undeniable charisma and polished stage show, the kids' performance was a reminder of music's ability to transform how we feel about ourselves. As David Byrne and Kate Tempest told us when they visited our studios, young people can use music to create an identity and find a place for themselves. This is especially important during tumultuous times. Some of these young players might be the headliners of 2020 or 2025 and—thanks to your support—KEXP will be there to play them.
It's a role we take seriously. Nurturing and championing artists is what we aim to achieve every day. A philanthropic event like SMooCH reaffirms music's profound ability to help us look for the best in ourselves and each other.
I would love to hear from you about your relationship to music, the role it plays in your life. Feel free to reach out to me at: tom@kexp.org.
2016 wasn't always easy. We experienced laughter and profound loss, thrilling accomplishments and new challenges. KEXP entered a new phase in the organization's history, and with it came new responsibilities. It was a year of dramatic contrasts. While KEXP celebrated hard-won achievements, we watched our musical and civic communities suffer disheartening blows. Through it all, music helped us navigate both the delight and despair.
April 16th, we celebrated your contributions to KEXP's new home during our Grand Opening celebration. It was a high point in the organization's history: a mammoth event with performances by Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Strand of Oaks, Bob Mould, Deep Sea Diver, and so many others. Throughout the day, more than 12,000 people walked through KEXP's still-pristine new home for the first time. The day was a celebration of what our community can accomplish together and an indicator of things to come.
A few moments from that day clearly stand out in my memory. Mary and I shed tears as Grace Love, armed with a single microphone, hypnotized the room with an a capella version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah." I also had the career highlight of introducing the crowd to Cliff Noonan, and Brent Wilcox, who along with Victoria Fiedler and John Kean, constitute the core founders of KCMU.
But even during times of celebration, there were sobering moments. At the unveiling of the donor tiles at our New Home, several groups sat quietly, taking in a tile for someone they'd lost. 2016 will forever be marked as the year we lost some of our most iconic artists including David Bowie, Prince, Leonard Cohen, and the beloved Sharon Jones. We certainly hadn't anticipated how the Gathering Space would become a place to congregate and grieve together so often.
Music connects us. This report is for donors like you who kept that idea in your head, the feeling in your heart, and then pulled it all into the real world with your gift.
With your passion powering it all, we continue building on what this music community has done over the past decades. We remain committed to pursuing curatorial excellence. At the same time, we are expanding our service to the community with programs like the Audioasis Youth Initiative, and worldwide, with music discovery projects like our trip to Trans Musicales.
Last year, you made it possible for KEXP to present unique and powerful programming like our most successful International Clash Day to date, a day-long breakdown of De La Soul's Three Feet High and Rising, KEXP's first-ever Record Fair, the kickoff of our music and literature series, and so much more.
But it's not always about the new and flashy. Your gift also powers the overnight DJs who are with you on your drive to the airport, and the admin staff who crunch the numbers. Each day here in our Gathering Space, I see parents with their sixteen year olds, freelancers working on their next projects, music lovers lining up for in-studios, preschoolers in capes marching together through the courtyard. And you made all of that possible, too.
Everything in this report is a direct result of your support, as well as that of your fellow donors. We wouldn't be here without you, and it is you who keeps us thinking about the future and where we can go from here. Count on us to continue working to expand and deepen the role music plays in your life and in our community, both globally and locally.
Here's to a new era of music and connection!


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