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Five Business Models for Local News to Watch in 2020
As the local news marketplace transforms, these new ways of doing business could take hold next year and beyond
Predictions are a tricky business, but there is one sure thing for 2020: local news publishers cannot depend on the old ways of doing business. The time for chain newspapers wielding a monopoly in communities is ending, and more independent and nonprofit news organizations are taking root around the country and making sure that watchdog journalism continues to thrive.
The old business model was largely dependent on print advertising and circulation revenues, and newer digital ads have been gobbled up by the voracious tech giants, Facebook and Google. That leaves local news publishers in a tough spot, but they're increasingly finding new ways to serve the public while diversifying revenue streams. I previously highlighted "9 Great Local News Business Ideas" to show just how ingenious these publishers have become.
Now let's dig a little deeper into some of the more interesting business models that are cropping up, from the co-op ownership model to government subsidies and "information districts" to state-level ecosystem support. There are pioneering efforts being made around the country, and while it's hard to predict which models will win out, it's important to watch them all to see which one is most relevant to your community.
Many local news organizations talk about working more closely with their communities, listening to what they want, engaging over social media and at in-person events. But some have taken that idea much further, allowing community members to actually buy a stake in the publication. In 2018, Berkeleyside ran a successful "direct public offering (DPO)," raising $1 million from 355 investors, including author Michael Pollan. "The notion of free journalism is simply not sustainable, and if Berkeleyside is something we value then we should show that with our support," Pollan said at the time of the DPO.
Other publications have gone further, becoming cooperatives where the readers become part owners and have a direct say in business decisions. The Bristol (UK) Cable has been run as a cooperative local news organization since 2014, with 2,000+ members paying £3 ($4.20 USD) per month to get a vote in major decisions of the publication; they also donate their skills and time to help out. A more recent entry in the cooperative field is The Devil Stripin Akron, Ohio, which lets people pay as little as $1 per month to join, but when they hit $330 in donations they become a fully vested "shareholder for life." Those shareholders get a say in deciding on which investigative stories The Devil Strip will cover, as well as other business decisions, and they can run for the governing board of the publication.
There's also the related idea of a multi-stakeholder cooperative, with readers and employees becoming owners. The Mendocino Voice in Northern California will be re-incorporating in the next six months as a reader-worker co-op, with readers paying a sliding scale monthly fee and all employees becoming members automatically. The co-op will have legal ownership of the publication and the members will elect a board to provide oversight of hiring and budgets, though the editorial staff will maintain day-to-day control of the newsroom.
"The beauty of the co-op is how it'll allow us to work together with our readers to dial-in exactly how our publication can serve them, creating a more equitable and responsive distribution of news," said Adrian Fernandez Baumann, managing editor of the Mendocino Voice. "Our model is centered on the idea of news as a public utility — particularly in rural news deserts like ours, where people rely on local news in emergencies like wildfires, to build community resiliency county-wide. We also want to incorporate the perspectives of underserved community members that have been excluded and fill their needs."
Nonprofit Conversion
Can local news operations become known as a public good, a cause for philanthropy and giving, a non-partisan platform for communities? That's the aim for local news publishers who are converting from a for-profit model to nonprofit. Just this year, publications as varied as the Salt Lake Tribune newspaper, Berkeleyside and alt-weekly Chicago Readerhave announced their intention to become nonprofit ventures.
Why make the move to nonprofit status? Is it just about making less money? Not really. As Matt DiRienzo, former executive editor of LION Publishers, told MediaShift: "It's a tax status, not a business model." Nonprofits don't have to pay taxes on their income, but their activities must serve the public interest rather than the interest of owners or shareholders and they can't "participate in any campaign activity for or against political candidates," according to the IRS.
But they still have to make enough revenues to pay everyone and keep the lights on. It's just easier to take in tax-deductible donations and raise grants from foundations. But nonprofits also have to create a Board of Directors that oversees the them, approves the budget and the hiring of the executive director. In the case of the Salt Lake Tribune, its owner had to give up control of the news organization for it to become a nonprofit. For Berkeleyside, it must get unanimous consent of all its shareholders from the DPO to convert.
"For the shareholders, it means they take a capital loss on their investment," said Lance Knobel, who will be CEO of the new nonprofit. "It legally can't 'convert' to a charitable donation (which many people have asked about) because at the point of conversion, the shares become valueless (nonprofits don't have shareholders). So there's technically no value to the shares post-conversion. All of our shareholders will remain what we're calling Foundation Members. We'll stay in touch with them and keep them as a vital group of supporters."
In an era of newspaper chains being owned by hedge funds that have strip-mined local outlets, it's a good change for local news publishers not to have to worry about voracious owners or shareholders.
"I hope to see more for-profit newsrooms considering and making the switch to nonprofit," said Debbie Blankenship, director of the Center for Collaborative Journalism at Mercer University. "Communities need access to well-sourced, factual information and I think nothing shows a commitment to providing that kind of journalism better than saying we are going to do this as a service to our citizens. Nonprofit fundraising and support also gives community members a 'buy in' on your service without concerns or questions that the type of reporting you see is being influenced by outside interests. This model has worked well for public radio and I think more organizations should give it a serious consideration."
For a long time, the U.S. government has supported local news through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, mainly for the infrastructure of public media stations, even though funding has been threatened many times over the years from Congress. That support pales in comparison to other countries such as the United Kingdom, Germany and others in Europe that fund public media much more generously. But is there a way for local news to be funded by the public, through the government at the state or local level? The idea is starting to become more of a reality, with New Jersey – yes, New Jersey! – leading the way.
With a push from advocates at Free Press and the public, New Jersey passed a law creating the Civic Information Consortium, a nonprofit that will give grants to collaborative projects that improve access to information, nurture civic engagement and train community members in storytelling and newsgathering. While the initial law called for $5 million, the funding started at $2 million–which is still a great start, if the money gets released by the governor. "I'm speechless," tweeted Josh Stearns of Democracy Fund. "Make no mistake, this victory is the result of thousands of NJ residents standing up for local news. That's a message we need now more than ever." According to Free Press, there is growing interest in this model in Colorado, Massachusetts and Ohio.
There have been some other ideas for government support of local media. In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio issued an executive order requiring all city agencies to spend at least half of their ad budgets on community and ethnic media. This could provide a real boost to smaller independent media in New York, as the city spends millions each year on advertising. And some academics, led by Guy Rolnik at the University of Chicago, suggested a check-off box on tax returns that gives U.S. citizens a $50 voucher to contribute to their favorite local news outlet. It would cost $13 billion, which would be a pretty big hurdle for Congress.
However, there's another intriguing idea at the local level: creating information districts. The idea is modeled after business improvement or library districts in cities. Info districts would fund participatory media and civic communications projects to meet local info needs. Simon Galperin, who developed this idea with support from the Craig Newmark School of Journalism at CUNY and the Reynolds Journalism Institute, helps run the Community Info Coop to help communities create public-funded journalism projects.
"There's broad consensus that the market failure in local news is having devastating effects on civic participation and community welfare," Galperin said. "But it's more than an economic failure. It's a social one, too. So we need a holistic solution that's broadly applicable but still adaptable enough to meet a community's unique needs. That's an info district. The process for setting up and governing a special district dedicated to local news and information requires the adoption of the best of journalism: community organizing, transparency, listening, and co-creation."
Public Media + Digital Media Merger
Speaking of public-supported media, the legacy NPR and PBS local broadcasters are also starting to up their game when it comes to local and civic news coverage. There have been a series of mergers involving public media stations and digital media startups in their communities. Among the many mergers over the past few years: Colorado Public Radio bought Denverite, WAMU bought DCist, and most recently NJSpotlight merged with NJTV and WNET.
"Public media brings scale, a mature business model, and stable, diversified revenue," said Melissa Davis, interim director of the Colorado Media Project. "Nonprofit digital startups bring new ideas, lots of energy, and younger and more diverse members. Because they share a mission to serve communities, it's an easier move toward collaboration and a willingness to experiment. These innovations are going to be a huge win for the community – and it's a direct result of public media's public service orientation and the vision of local leaders."
Rachel Sadon is editor in chief at DCist and she definitely has seen the light when it comes to merging digital media startups with public media.
"Synergy might be the most annoying word in the English language, but it's really applicable here–and exciting," Sadon said. "There's no silver bullet for the local news crisis, but public media offers one important path forward, not only for financial stability, but for making our journalism more responsive to our audiences."
So are these mergers working and really serving the public? Academic researcher Elizabeth Hansen will be focusing on this question with the new Public Media Merger Project. As she writes on Medium: "Addressing market failures in local journalism is not going to be an either/or proposition. When I say I lead the local news sustainability research at Shorenstein, people often ask me, 'so what's the solution to the local news crisis?' My answer: there isn't one answer, and it's going to look different in different places."
State-Level Ecosystem Support
Another promising approach is to support local news through state-wide initiatives. This includes the collaborative work of the Colorado Media Project (CMP), which has helped local media with research, events and a new coworking space next year in Rocky Mountain PBS. Following in the footsteps and model of CMP is the New Mexico Local News Fund, which will offer fellowships, training and events for local journalists.
Can this kind of ecosystem-building approach work in more states around the country? Nancy Watzman, former executive director for CMP, certainly thinks so.
"In today's climate for local news, it's hard for any one news organization to meet all the challenges alone," she said. "State-based organizations that serve as hubs to support local news ecosystems can help local news organizations by fostering collaboration, exploring ways to generate more revenue together, build cost-saving infrastructure, and developing community support. With this kind of support, the sum is much larger than the individual parts."
Another interesting state-level approach is SpotlightPA, a nonprofit collaborative funded by the Lenfest Institute for Journalism and place-based foundations around the state of Pennsylvania. The partnership includes reporting from newspapers such as The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the PA Post, the Caucus (in Lancaster) and Harrisburg's Patriot-News, but is run as a nonprofit startup with 10 staffers in the state capital, Harrisburg.
"The revenue model for SpotlightPA is membership, foundation support, and civic-engagement driven events—similar to many other digital news start-ups—but the impact of the news has been maximized and the cost structure optimized by the use of the broad distribution of Spotlight's partner network," said Jim Friedlich, executive director of the Lenfest Institute. "There's much to be said for the financial (and financing) appeal of hybrid business models and strategic alliances between like-minded start-ups and heritage news media."
Finding the Way
That kind of collaborative spirit is what's needed for local news publishers to truly find their way in a time of transition and transformation. Working together has never been more important, whether it's collaborations between former competitors or local news publishers working in tighter connections with the community they serve. The idea of a cooperative alone is revolutionary for a news organization that always saw itself standing apart from the masses, penning the first draft of history. Instead, the business models to watch bring the community ever tighter, either as owner-readers, donors, members or even contributors.
A special thanks to all the people in the local news ecosystem who suggested ideas for the year-end roundups, especially Mara Jezior at INN, who helped shepherd more ideas my way!
Mark Glaser is executive editor of MediaShift.
Originally published at kf.org under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
Website: https://knightfoundation.org/articles/5-business-models-for-local-news-to-watch-in-2020/


Surprise, surprise. They are now finding that all the TLC we shower upon our children may NOT be what they need to succeed. A good self-esteem is very essential, don't get me wrong, but not allowing our children to problem solve obstacles in their lives, and, instead, nurturing them through difficulties may not be the answer.
I do believe that there is a balance to nurturing and allowing stumbles. I don't think my parents were very good at nurturing but they sure were excellent at making me find my own way.
NPR ran a story March 17, 2014. When I listened I thought it is kind of true. I find kids no longer are exposed to successes and failures. When they compete they ALL get trophies; everybody wins or certificates are blanketing the classrooms. I have to admit when I was a child, and I was trying my best but I knew some kid was just being lazy, and we BOTH got an award I lost all motivation to do my best. I mean; why should I if the reward goes out to everyone.
I CAN DO THIS THING!


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Talking about Creation on Native Land
by Mark Bigland-Pritchard Jan 2, 2015 4 min read Share Twitter Facebook
Buffalo Shout, Salmon Cry: Conversations on Creation, Land Justice, and Life Together
Edited by Steve Heinrichs
Herald Press, 2013
Christianity, said the Sioux author and activist Vine Deloria Jr., has a track record that "bring(s) fear into the hearts and minds of non-Christian peoples." In the Americas, the church's complicity with the violence and genocide of colonial empire runs from Columbus and the conquistadors through to Canada's residential schools and beyond.
And yet some Christian leaders have been among the strongest critics of colonial practice, from Bartolomé de las Casas to Jeremiah Evarts to many in the churches today. For some of the authors represented in this anthology, this is the true position for a disciple of Jesus; for others, the whole structure of Christian belief is oppressive. Either way, in compiling this book, editor Steve Heinrichs has rooted himself firmly in the tradition of dissent and solidarity.
Buffalo Shout, Salmon Cry is a diverse compilation, commissioned from a wide range of Indigenous and settler writers. It contains poetry and political analysis, theology and anti-theology, history and vision, anger and conciliation, hope and stark reality. It offers no answers but presents real challenges to us all, irrespective of our religious affiliation or spiritual beliefs, our ethnicity or family history, and our current relationship to the land on which we live. Although originally conceived as a church educational resource (Heinrichs is director of Indigenous relations at the Mennonite Church Canada), it can inform and challenge much more widely.
To set the scene, Anthony Hall presents a survey of colonialism in North America. Anishnaabe feminist Leanne Betasamosake Simpson writes eloquently about the liberation of land as inseparable from the liberation of people. She recalls a teaching session with an Anishnaabe elder and a scientist. The scientist explained the concept of sustainable development: meet the needs and wants of the present generation of humans without compromising the needs and wants of future generations. Asked whether there is a similar concept in Nishnaabeg practice, the elder thought for a while and then replied that this sustainable development thinking is backwards. Instead, we should take as little as possible, be as gentle as possible with our mother the Earth, leave as much as possible for future generations to enjoy, and ensure that life can promote more life.
After contributions by two white Christians on volunteering at a Nebraska jail and working for reconciliation in Manitoba, there follows a series of theological essays. Indigenous theologians Randy Woodley and Lawrence Hart argue for the compatibility of Indigenous insights about the Earth with Christian faith. Ched Myers interprets the first 11 chapters of Genesis as a critique of the growth imperative common to both ancient Middle Eastern and modern western civilizations.
A third section offers a much more direct challenge to probably just about any reader. Three contributors critique the hierarchy, the quest for domination, and the objectification of the Earth as inherent both to Christianity and western culture itself. While these pieces present a vital challenge, the writers' acceptance of traditional interpretations of scripture, and their failure to read it in its historical context, weakens their case. Yet perhaps their provocation is necessary to initiate serious changes in settler society. Another essay addresses the split within many First Nations between those who oppose virtually all industrial development and those who welcome it as a way to emerge from poverty.
After a complex and brilliant piece of poetry by the Stl'atl'imx writer and educator Peter Cole, the anthology looks for ways forward. There is an attempt here to build some common ground from which relationships can be built: all creation is a gift and a mystery; community is more than human; the universe is alive; humility and openness are good foundations; Indigenous land rights demand that we start talking seriously about reparations. If there is a sense of something lacking here, it is only what cannot be put into a book: the ongoing day-to-day work of building justice, learning from each other, and respecting the Earth. Such stories are always more exciting and provide a deeper learning experience when you live them.
If this book is about one thing, it is about relationships: between settlers and Indigenous people, Christianity and Indigenous spirituality, economics and the Earth, humans and other living beings, and between all of us and the land.
And because it is about relationships, it is also about putting our convenient assumptions on hold and listening – even when it hurts. Maybe especially when it hurts. Reading Buffalo Shout, Salmon Cry is in itself a listening exercise – sometimes exhilarating, sometimes painful – and it has also driven me to listen more carefully to my neighbours and hosts here in Treaty 6 territory.
Mark Bigland-Pritchard is an energy consultant, a climate justice and Indigenous rights campaigner, and a member of Osler Mennonite Church in Saskatoon.
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You can click here to see the full details of the poll.
Governor Hogan has, at minimum, a 13-point lead on every one of his rivals, and a nearly 20-point lead over more than half of them.
Mr. Hogan remains in a historically strong position — by this point in 2006, both Democrats running against Maryland's last Republican governor, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., were leading him in the polls, with then-Gov. Martin O'Malley nearly at 50 percent. Attempts to tie Mr. Hogan to the profoundly unpopular President Donald Trump (25 percent approval, 70 percent disapproval in Maryland; SAD!) have not succeeded.
Yes, at this point in 2006 Governor Ehrlich trailed both Martin O'Malley and Doug Duncan in the polls. The missteps of the Ehrlich Administration, particularly his support of tax hikes and the 12% increase in state spending in his last budget, came back to hurt Governor Ehrlich. That is not something that is going to hurt Governor Hogan, who has not raised taxes and has not raised state spending. Much as we said right after his election in 2014, Governor Hogan can run on a platform of promises made, promises kept.
The Democrats should be just as alarmed by the numbers their individual candidates are receiving, because it means that voters are not automatically training themselves to default to supporting the Democratic nominee for Governor. We've established that the baseline of Democratic support in a statewide election is only 25% of the electorate (determined by the fact that Krish Vignarajah receives the lowest amount of support in this poll). That the best-positioned Democrats, Jealous and Baker, can only achieve 31% in the poll and a 13-point deficit shows that historically weak position of the Democratic Party in this election. These candidates can't even get a third of the electorate to support them, and that's before the vast majority of the electorate knows anything about them.
That last part is truly the cliff that the Democrats are about to fall over. As we have said in many different forums, the Democratic primary is operating primarily in a bubble. As a story in last week's Sun discussed, candidates are spending less money on television and more money targeting Democratic primary voters through digital means. They haven't even begun to think about what happens after June 26th because of the logjam for support among the nine candidates running for Governor. So once people know who the Democratic nominee is, and once people start learning about the Democratic nominee, that's when the Democrats are going to be in real trouble. Because every Democrat in the field as a record of flaws, of failure, and of unattainable policy goals.
The more people learn about the eventual Democratic nominee, the less they are going to like them.
This poll may look like doom and gloom for the Democrats. But more than likely, they haven't even hit rock bottom yet.


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Les Filles de Saint François de Sales (en latin : Congregatio Filiarum Sancti Francisci Salesii) forment une congrégation religieuse féminine enseignante et hospitalière de droit pontifical.

Histoire

Le 24 mai 1869, le Père Cavina fonde à Lugo une école pour filles et en confie la direction aux Sœurs de la charité de Sainte-Jeanne-Antide-Thouret. Une école pour garçons voit le jour un peu plus tard. Mais à la suite de malentendus, la supérieure générale des sœurs de la charité retire les religieuses de l'œuvre.

Pour continuer à gérer les écoles, Don Cavina fonde sa propre congrégation le 23 août 1872. Les constitutions, inspirées des écrits de saint François de Sales, sont approuvées par l'évêque d'Imola le 28 juillet 1890. L'institut obtient le décret de louange le 31 janvier 1931 et l'approbation définitive du Saint-Siège le 17 mai 1939.

Fusion
1999 : La congrégation des oblates de Saint François de Sales fondée en 1816 à Città di Castello par  , évêque de Città di Castello, pour s'occuper de l'enseignement, fusionnent avec les filles de Saint François de de Sales.

Activité et diffusion

Les filles de Saint François de Sales se consacrent à l'enseignement et aux soins des malades.

Elles sont présentes en:
Europe : Italie, Angleterre, Allemagne.
Amérique : Brésil.
Afrique : Afrique du Sud, Kenya, Ouganda, Tanzanie.
Asie : Inde, Indonésie, Philippines.

La maison-mère est à Rome.

En 2017, la congrégation comptait 350 sœurs dans 52 maisons.

Notes et références

Congrégation catholique féminine
Congrégation enseignante catholique
Fondation en 1872

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Recently we had the chance to read and devour Melissa Goodrich's Daughters of Monsters. You can click here to check out our full review, but the overall consensus was extremely positive. So much so, that we wanted to look into her brain to see how her mind works in creating such a great book. Luckily, she obliged. Check out what she had to say, and take in all her fantastic advice.
Who or what inspired you to write Daughters of Monsters?
This is embarrassing. Somewhere in the process of piecing the collection together I realized: these are break-up stories. And put-back-together stories. This is the chronology of heartache. Of leaving, of pining, of the heartquakes and stupid loneliness and the sluggish healing-over process.
The oldest story in this collection is "For Good." I wrote it the same March I broke off an engagement. I was twenty. And it was hard writing the sentence "Because I want him to stay" because at the time I kind of meant it. Fiction was a way of walking that relationship out of my life. And Fiction was a way to put heartache in context, to give it a body and hands, to give it superpowers or satellites to repair or a ghost to trail it home. And soon, Fiction became a way to "get over" and get better. I became healthier. And I didn't want my characters to just broil themselves in malcontent, but to find hopefulness, or humor, or a different kind of love.
By the end of writing, I found I was into "hopefuller" endings. Think of the end of The Grapes of Wrath, or The Handmaid's Tale, or Lean on Pete. I love that feeling of pain usurped by hope, or relief, or love. The more stories I wrote, the more I felt it.
What would you like people to learn from the collection?
To trust-fall. To pay attention.
Are there any stories in the book that you would have liked to develop into their own novels?
I'm kind of scared of novels. I don't know how anyone sits down thinking they're starting the first of 200,000 sentences. But if I write a novel, I'd like to make it like Aimee Bender's The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake. Though I can't begin to imagine what that looks like.
What made you choose Daughters of Monsters as the title story?
It sounded title-y! But more seriously, it's kind of the anthem of this collection. Maybe a better word is "preoccupation." What makes someone "monstrous," sort of malformed, or incompatible, or broken? Are we who our parents are? Are they their parents? What do we do about these patterns we notice in our lives? What if we change in ways we weren't expecting? Can we control it? What if we aren't broken, after all? These questions are always on my mind. In "Daughters," the monsters don't know they're monsters. But when they do realize it, when they look hard-on at themselves in the mirror, it's okay. It isn't evil or detestable or wrong – just is.
I wish for such point blank acceptance all the time.
Several of the tales involve forms of reincarnation/ shape-shifting. Is this something you believe in or was it more just a fun idea to write about?
There's something ancient about transformation, right? A rib turned woman, a worm grew wings. Think evolution. Or snakes shedding themselves. Even the swinging-doors of seasons, of being born. It's crazy weird what bodies do. In fairy tales, magic makes and unmakes you. I watched all the incarnations of Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, all the gold-gilt swirls, the kitchen mice, the pumpkin patch – I was spellbound by how being good could grant you a wish, and that wish transformed everything.
So yes, this is something I believe in. People change. Things change. We don't shift into birds or heads of cabbage or enormous apes or oranges – not on the outside we don't.
Why did you decide to write from a middle ground between fantasy and reality?
Magical realism – fabulism – is my favorite genre. It is the best ground. It is so fruitful to be able to write "They eat spicy Cheetos and Ramen noodles, have the kind of beautiful faces that crack rearview mirrors," because Fabulism is permission to write it how it feels, not just how it is. It's much better than writing "They were intimidating" or "They were teenagers" or "What can I say?" What I can say is anything.
Did you let the stories build and gather before you wrote them down or were they typed as soon as each idea hit you?
I like writing right away. I like to start stories from the beginning. Catherine Dent, one of my fabulous teachers from Susquehanna, once challenged me to just sit down and write a story, beginning to end (instead of, say, stopping at the end of a beautiful paragraph). That advice has really become my writing style – I prefer to sit, start, keep going, pushing through the fiction like I am pushing up for air.
And I don't always finish on the first go. But what is on the page preoccupies me. Bubbles to the surface when I'm dreaming. I think about what trouble I can send into the story. And that trouble is usually magic.
Aside from writing and literature, what interests you?
I love board games! And puzzles! And recently I've been obsessed with doodling over these make-your-own puzzles I found on Amazon. I love the sounds a piano makes. And I'm working on building a kingdom of Holland lops.
Where do you see your writing going in the future?
I'm working on a couple thematic collaborations at the moment, a collection of magically-real school stories (a floating away school, a gorilla in the classroom, students who migrate with the seasons) with my amazing writing friend Dana Diehl, and a collection of "Fallen Gods" stories with the incomparable Mariah Young. It's great fun. I'm really lucky to work with them.
Is writing more of a blessing or a curse?
God. Both. I usually think I'm not writing enough. I'm haunted by those people who write every day, and run ten miles, and read new books and journals, and eat organically nurtured produce…I'm still a cereal-eater, a sleeper-inner, a person who writes slowly and then binge-watches TV.
But the blessing is I trust my voice now. And I trust that writing should be joyous and surprising, and that none of it is wasteful.
And lastly, what is the most valuable thing you learned during the creation of Daughters of Monsters?
I learned that pain is a means, and so is getting better. That it's okay to not know what your character wants right away, to let them follow their own instincts. That sometimes a story takes years of revising (like sometimes…five). And I learned I liked happy(er) endings. Not easy ones. But ones that tilt upward, that catch the sun.


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Melbourne to Sandridge (now Port Melbourne). Governor La Trobe offered the MCC a choice of three sites; an area adjacent to the existing ground, a site at the junction of Flinders and Spring Streets or a ten-acre (about 4 hectares) section of the Government Paddock at Richmond next to Richmond Park.
Cricket World Cup, at a final cost of $150 million.
Australia achieving the third Ashes sweep in the 21st Century. The wicket used for the Boxing Day test was the first Australian wicket ever to be rated 'poor' by the ICC.
John Longmire in 1990. Before an AFL match between Richmond and Carlton on 27 August 1999, the city end scoreboard caught on fire due to an electrical fault, causing the start of play to be delayed by half an hour.
Frank Lowy announced that the MCG would host a world class soccer event each year from 2006 until 2009 inclusive. The announcement came as the game gained further popularity in the country following the qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
Real Madrid and Manchester City (24 July 2015).
The Killers concert on September 30, 2017, after the 2017 AFL Grand Final.
Highest VFL/AFL attendance – 121,696 (Collingwood v Carlton, 1970) Highest soccer crowd at MCG (Clubs International Friendly) – 99,382 (International Champions Cup, Manchester City F.C.
Yarra Park precinct. The MCG is a magnet for tourists worldwide and the statues reinforce the association between the elite sportsmen and women who have competed here and the stadium that rejoiced in their performances.
Australia Post Avenue of Legends project aimed to place a minimum of five statues in Yarra Park, extending from the gate 2 MCC members entrance up the avenue towards Wellington Parade. The most recent addition of Kevin Bartlett was unveiled in March 2017.
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After your flight touches down in Vancouver you transfer to your downtown hotel where your Jonview Canada Roadbook is waiting at reception. The remainder of the day is at leisure when you can see some of the wonderful sights in this stunning ocean side city.
More time to take in all that Vancouver has to offer with maybe some last minute shopping before catching the ferry for a mini cruise across the Strait of Georgia. When you arrive in Victoria, capital on Vancouver Island, fit in a visit to Butchart Gardens.
Enjoy a relaxing day in the soothing waters of the mineral hot springs. If you ever tire of the warm waters then Harrison Lake offers a wide sandy beach and numerous recreational activities. Spend another night at Harrison Hot Springs resort.
Today you leave the relaxing atmosphere of Harrison Hot Springs and travel through spectacular Fraser Valley and Hell's Gate seeing the breathtaking scenery of the Fraser Canyon. Drive past Kamloops and continue to the year round resort of Sun Peaks where you will spend the night.
Full day to relax and tour Jasper and the surrounding area. Try a boat cruise on Maligne Lake, visit Miette Hot Springs or take a ride on the Jasper tramway. For the more adventurous there are guided tours of the national park with river rafting. In the park you will take the routes used by fur trappers two centuries ago.
Today is free to take a guided tour of Banff National Park and do more exploring in town. Visit the Banff Natural History Museum, try river rafting or take a boat trip on Lake Minnewanka. If you want to relax, try the Banff Hot Springs then enjoy another night in this great tourist town with its superb shops and restaurants.
Beautiful scenery is all around you in the valley and today there is the chance to really enjoy it with a variety of outdoor activities on your doorstep. You can play golf, swim, play tennis, go horseback riding, hiking or biking. Overnight in Kananaskis.
Today you leave the Kananaskis valley, in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains and travel through Kananaskis country which is famed for its rugged mountain scenery all along the edge of the scenic Kananaskis River. Arrive in Calgary where you stay.
You have seen all the Western Wonders on this marvellous tour of Alberta and British Columbia and today there may be time for some last minute shopping or sightseeing in Calgary, including the Calgary Tower and the famous Stampede Ground before driving to the airport for your onward flight or journey home.


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All You Need to Know about Samsung Galaxy S8
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Just like every year, Samsung has been planning to come up its 2017 variant of their flagship device, Samsung Galaxy S8. The device is supposed to come in two separate variants, the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 plus. There were already several speculations made by tech enthusiasts around the globe about the specifications of the new Samsung Galaxy s8 device.
Since the disaster that happened last year with the Samsung Galaxy Note line-up, it is pretty sure that this time there won't be such thing happening to the battery of the flagship. The galaxy s8 will be going to impress you with a larger display, faster innards and all-around spec improvements. Let us discuss each and every point in detail.
Galaxy S8 Release Dates & Price
Samsung Galaxy S8 and Samsung Galaxy S8+ are launched in India on April 19th 2017. There were no promises made in the Gear VR segment by the company at the launch event of Samsung Galaxy s8.
The beast will be sold in two variants, the S8 version and the S8 Plus version. The unlocked version of the Samsung Galaxy S8 is priced at $720 making it one of the most expensive smartphones on the market. On the other hand, if you are interested in buying the Plus variant of the Samsung Galaxy S8, you'll have to pay $799.99. Samsung Galaxy S8 comes to India a price of Rs. 57,900 while the Samsung Galaxy S8+ is priced at Rs. 64,900.
Design of the Galaxy S8 device
Companies like Samsung spend a lot on the R & D when it comes to the design and form factor of their tech. The main feature that steals your attention is the screen of the phone. The phone sports a massive screen that covers most of the front portion of the phone.
The bezel-less design gave much room for the display, therefore while increasing the screen size, Samsung had to compromise with the physical home button and capacitive back and multi-task buttons. This time Samsung have come up with on-screen buttons that we see the Google Pixel phones. Good move Samsung!
The on-screen home button doubles up as a pressure sensitive button that in a similar vein to that on the Apple's iPhone 7, where you are supposed to press the home button and get some haptic feedback.
The fingerprint scanner has been moved to the back, which is a good thing but unfortunately, it is placed next to the camera. Honestly, it is placed a bit too high up for our liking, as we think that there will be accidental touches to the camera lens instead of the fingerprint sensor, which might leave potential smudges on the camera lens.
Well, let's say that Samsung wants us to focus more on the facial recognition and the iris sensors for unlocking the phone.The outer rim of the phone is a fusion of both metal and glass, the headphone jack is still there, unlike the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus.
Let us be honest, if you are supposed to step up your game every single year, the camera must come at your priority, right? NO! This is not the case with the camera of the 2017 variant of the Samsung Galaxy s8. The device sports the same camera that was there on the Samsung Galaxy s7, which blew up several times in the last year and this is some the biggest disappointment about the s8.
Well, if being fair Samsung must've tweaked some or the many features and functionalities on their camera software so that the pictures looks way better. The device sports a 12-megapixel rear camera and an eight-megapixel front camera. If not by capturing images or videos, install Nomao Camera App to test the camera quality on your S8.
Samsung hasn't done much in the battery department here; we guess this is because of the issues that Samsung encountered with the previous generation Galaxy Note lineup, Samsung is keeping them safe from any more hazards. The Samsung Galaxy S8 Sports a 3000 mAh battery that is non-user replaceable and is sealed inside of the phone.
This explains everything about the limited screen resolution that the Galaxy S8 is offering which is Full HD by default. The users are supposed to change the resolution manually to 2K if they want to. Both, Fast charging and Wireless charging are supported.
Operating System and tech specs
The device will be running Android Nougat with the latest build of the TouchWiz software out of the box. Samsung has also developed their personal assistant that is AI based called as Bixby that can be triggered by a dedicated physical button.
The device has 4 GB RAM under the hood and is built on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor for the US variant and Exynos 8894 for the rest of the world.
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Cobra Recognised For Its Innovation At The Elevator Awards
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As their new bailout rebreather COBRA nears availability, the team at Divex are recognised for their innovation at the annual Elevator Awards.
COBRA (Compact Bailout Rebreathing Apparatus) is a unique system developed by the Divex design team in Aberdeen to respond to an urgent safety requirement in the world's saturation diving industry. The system provides greatly extended emergency breathing gas to stranded saturation divers in an emergency scenario.
Mike Howarth, Managing Director at Divex says:
"I'm immensely proud of what the team has achieved. COBRA is a massive leap forward in technology and is the embodiment of our commitment to subsea safety. Our Engineers have doubled emergency life support, without increasing weight or size. Our Designers have made COBRA easier to operate and maintain than ever before and our Testing & Operations teams have worked tirelessly to ensure COBRA's patented design is as reliable as our customers demand. It's this coming together of disciplines, this large-scale teamwork that makes revolutionary products like COBRA possible. And it's what sets Divex brand equipment apart from the rest of the industry."
The set has been designed to be as simple as possible to operate and maintain and is completely mechanical, relying on no complex electronics for its operation. It has been developed to provide up to 45 minutes of fully independent breathing gas to allow the diver to return to the safety of the bell. This is a significant improvement on conventional bailout methods, such as scuba which at certain depths can only provide 7 minutes of breathing gas.
The aim of the Elevator Awards is to encourage enterprise by selecting and rewarding businesses and individuals within Grampian who can help lead to the future prosperity of the region. The Innovation award category recognises businesses which can demonstrate a proven ability to create, nurture and develop innovative products, processes or services that substantially improve the commercial performance or prospects of the business.
COBRA is expected to be available to customers in the last quarter of 2015. Interested customers can contact Debbie Allan (d.allan@jfdglobal.com) for further information on availability or for a demonstration of the set.
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Oncimmune and Scancell Present Data on use of Autoantibod...
Oncimmune and Scancell Present Data on use of Autoantibodies in Predicting Response to SCIB1 Immunotherapy
Oncimmune Holdings plc (AIM: ONC.L), a leading early cancer detection company developing and commercialising its proprietary EarlyCDT® platform technology, and Scancell Holdings plc, ('Scancell') the developer of novel immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer, today announce the presentation of data on the use of Oncimmune's autoantibody technology to successfully predict disease recurrence in subjects undergoing SCIB1 immunotherapy for malignant melanoma. The data will be presented at the Cambridge Healthtech Institute (CHI) Immuno-Oncology Summit 2017 on August 29th 2017.
The collaborative study, which also included a team at the University of Nottingham, developed a method using a panel of seven tumour associated autoantibodies to predict disease recurrence in patients with resected Stage III/IV melanoma treated with Scancell's SCIB1 immunotherapy. Whilst Phase I/II trials with SCIB1 have been highly encouraging, this additional information potentially enables the identification of patients prior to commencement of therapy who are most likely to respond to treatment in future clinical trials with SCIB1.
Geoffrey Hamilton-Fairley, Chief Executive Officer, commented: "This is the first of a number of companion diagnostics programmes we are undertaking, having shown with internal data that by using Oncimmune's autoantibody platform it is possible to differentiate patient responses to a range of cancer treatments. While validation on a larger data set is necessary, these results indicate that in this case it was possible to identify patients who are most likely to respond to Scancell's SC1B1 and thus further demonstrate the potential of our technology in this application."
Dr Richard Goodfellow, CEO of Scancell added: "If this preliminary data is confirmed in a larger clinical study, it has the potential to improve the design of future clinical trials using SCIB1 by selecting patients most likely to positively respond to our novel treatment and thereby increase the chances of a successful outcome."
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Sarah Sypher graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law in May of 2004 where she earned the 2004 Medal of Academic Excellence from the American Bankruptcy Institute and was a member of KU's 2004 Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition team. Sarah also holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in psychology from the University of Kansas School of Business. Sarah studied abroad in 1992 to Kanagawa University in Hirasutaka, Japan to study language, culture and business. She took 6 years off between earning her Business degree and law school to experience life after college. During that time Sarah worked in small business management and accounting in Chicago and Kansas. She also traveled extensively in Europe, Asia and even Africa to experience different cultures, languages and lifestyles. Sarah is now settled back near her hometown of Lawrence, Kansas where she and her husband spend their time enjoying a more quiet life in rural Douglas County. Since earning her JD, Sarah has limited her practice to consumer bankruptcy law. She founded Sypher Law in 2005.


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Q: Query "is valid" but produces an error: Scalar subquery produced more than one element This query "is valid" according to the BigQuery SQL editor. However when it is run, it produces an error:Scalar subquery produced more than one element
Input:
SELECT
  (Select
     pcr.repdte
     from
     usa_fdic_call_reports_1992.All_Reports_19921231_
     Performance_and_Condition_Ratios as PCR) as Quarter,
(SELECT
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     FROM
   usa_fdic_call_reports_1992.All_Reports_19921231_Performance_
   and_Condition_Ratios as PCR) as NetLoansAndLeasesToDeposits,
(SELECT LD.IDdepsam
    FROM usa_fdic_call_reports_1992.All_Reports_19921231_
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Output
Scalar subquery produced more than one element

The output of the queries when they are run independently is below:
SELECT
  PCR.repdte as quarter
  FROM
     usa_fdic_call_reports_1992.All_Reports_19921231_
     Performance_and_Condition_Ratios as PCR

Output:

SELECT
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  FROM
     usa_fdic_call_reports_1992.All_Reports_19921231_
     Performance_and_Condition_Ratios as PCR

Output:

SELECT LD.IDdepsam as DepositAccountsWithMoreThan250k
  FROM
    usa_fdic_call_reports_1992.All_Reports_
    19921231_Deposits_Based_on_the_dollar250_000_
     Reporting_Threshold AS LD

Output:

A: Scalar subqueries cannot produce more than a single row. You are showing your scalar subqueries show a single column, and multiple rows. That -- by definition -- won't work.

A: I solved the problem by not using a subquery, and instead using JOIN
SELECT
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  pcr.name as NameOfBank,
  pcr.repdte as Quarter,
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A: To fix, use ARRAY.
For example, this query works:
 SELECT 1 x, (SELECT y FROM UNNEST(SPLIT("1")) y) y

But this one will give you the stated error:
 SELECT 1 x, (SELECT y FROM UNNEST(SPLIT("1,2")) y) y

 "Scalar subquery produced more than one element"

And I can fix it with ARRAY(), that will produce nested repeated results:
 SELECT 1 x, ARRAY(SELECT y FROM UNNEST(SPLIT("1,2")) y) y

Or make sure to emit only one row, with LIMIT:
 SELECT 1 x, (SELECT y FROM UNNEST(SPLIT("1,2")) y LIMIT 1) y

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Although adjacent to the Hotel, Meira Restaurant also works with a soul of its own ... and what a soul! From the kitchen and minhoto recipe, it challenges those who love traditional cuisine with water dishes such as cod, octopus, swordfish or lamprey, and with earthen dishes designed with veal or Iberian pork. Based on a concept of "honest food", the base of Meira Restaurant is the genuineness of the product - fresh, tasty and local!
In the Meira Bar, you will have the opportunity to end the day with a Port, a Liquor or a cocktail suggestion.
- Veal Cheek "to the spoon"
Open for lunch (12:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.) and dinner (7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.) every day.
Open from 3pm to midnight every day.
From weddings, christenings, birthdays, gatherings, to a simple socializing among friends, Hotel Meira offers refinement and quality to the highest demands.


Visiting Venezuela this young comrade has got a taste of the revolutionary fervour that is gripping the country. He has witnessed the masses taking part in political life, masses that have risen off their knees and are challenging capitalism and everything that it represents.
With the Summit of the Americas final declaration, in which five of the continent's largest countries refused to endorse the FTAA, Chavez argued that a significant victory had been won. At the Summit Chavez also spoke to Colombia's president about reports of Colombian secret police activity in Venezuela.
More than 400 people from 235 worker occupied factories and 20 different national trade union centres participated in the "First Latin American Gathering of Worker Recovered Factories" in Caracas on October 27-29 This was truly a historical meeting, the first time that workers involved in factory occupations in different countries met to discuss their problems, share their experiences and draw political conclusions from their struggle. And such a meeting could only take place in revolutionary Venezuela where it had the support of Chavez's Bolivarian government.
The Construction and Energy division of the Australian Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union, passed a resolution in solidarity with Venezuela. The resolution is broadly based on the ones passed earlier this year by a number of British trade unions and finally passed unanimously at the British Trades Union Congress (see Motion 79). We hope this resolution will spread throughout the Australian union movement.
The Hands off Venezuela campaign in Sweden was invited to speak at an international conference organised by the Swedish Left Party (former Communist Party). Martin Lööf went along to explain what HOV was about and also to give an account of what is happening in Venezuela.
On Friday 28th October a successful meeting of ten people was held in Newburgh, Fife, to discuss the Bolivarian revolution and the formation of a local committee in solidarity with our Venezuelan brothers and sisters.
Below is a talk that Michael A. Lebowitz gave at el Encuentro Nacional de Trabajadores Hacia la Recuperación de Empresas (the National Meeting of Workers for the Recovery of Enterprises), organized by la Unión Nacional de Trabajadores (UNT, the National Union of Workers) in Caracas, Venezuela, 22 October 2005. The meeting was preparatory to el Primer Encuentro Latinoamericano de Empresas Recuperadas por los Trabajadores (the 1st Latin American Gathering of Companies Recovered by the Workers), to be held in Caracas on 27-29 October 2005.
A report on the Speech Chavez gave recently in Paris. Asked by the local mayor what was the "secret" behind his political success and resilience, Chavez explained that his power emanates from the mass movement, of the involvement of the mass of the people in the struggle for change. During his speech he also praised the work of the Hands Off Venezuela campaign and underlined the need for such international solidarity.


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It's obvious that Amazon has advertising on the brain, so we're taking the time to dive into their advertising solutions, their competitors, and so much more in a three-part series. First, we've explored how brands can advertise with Amazon to drive sales, boost awareness and help consumers along their customer journey.
Amazon's first-party data reflects every stage of the consumer journey on and off the Amazon ecosystem for millions of shoppers, from awareness to advocacy, through the use of remarketing pixels and advanced targeting segments.
Along with these three ad buckets, Amazon also offers video advertising, device-based advertising, and ads designed for its entertainment streaming service. A custom advertising feature that can include a full homepage takeover of Amazon.com or Amazon boxes as ad inventory for brands is available as well.
Sponsored Products are keyword-targeted ads that use a cost-per-click, auction-based pricing model that can begin with a low daily budget. These ads typically appear within search results on Amazon.com and below the fold on product detail pages. Since they are similar to Google Shopping Network Ads, Sponsored Product Ads can help to drive Amazon searchers right to the specific products you're selling through keyword targeting.
Target keywords relevant to the products you are advertising.
Use keyword suggestions then optimize future campaigns based on performance.
Refer to the category bidding guide to set your bid.
Amazon recommends that you maximize your impact by using all three ad products together.
Headline Search Ads are keyword targeted ads with a custom text headline displayed as a headline banner ad that uses a cost-per-click, auction-based pricing model that can begin with a low daily budget. These ads typically appear above search results on Amazon.com and use keyword targeting to target shoppers and can be scheduled to run up to four months in advance.
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To target product detail pages that shoppers may be visiting to purchase your products on Amazon.com, product-targeting display ads help to target specific products or related product categories. To reach a broader audience, Amazon lets advertisers utilize display ads for interest-based targeting that allow advertisers to select shopper interest categories when setting up their display ad.
Advertise products with good customer reviews or A+ detail page content.
Keep the box checked to expand targeting to other related products to increase impression volume.
Preview your ads to confirm the logo is clear and legible.
Since Amazon's advertising solutions operate on a cost-per-click, auction-based pricing model, it's important that you plan out ahead of time. To do this, it's recommended to use clear headlines that keep the promotional copy actionable and specific that's approved by your internal teams ahead of time. By setting up your product detail pages with high-rated products, high-quality images, and the correct information, your campaign is better optimized for success. Especially since 91% of shoppers would not consider purchasing a product that received fewer than three stars.
Another recommendation is to bid manually and carefully monitor your budgets to ensure you don't run out mid-campaign and to check up on the live campaigns at least once a week to evaluate performance and measure against your KPIs. While each of these provide different advertising opportunities for your brand, Amazon recommends that you can maximize your impact by using all three ad products together.
For more strategies, keep an eye out for another post about Amazon Services that's coming soon.


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UPDATE 1-Sanofi-Aventis, Nichi-Iko to ink generics deal - Nikkei
May 27 (Reuters) - French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis SNY.NSASY.PA will form a capital and operational tie-up with Nichi-Iko Pharmaceutical Co 4541.OS as part of a foray into the Japanese generic-drug market, the Nikkei business daily reported on Thursday.
Sanofi-Aventis will invest around 5 billion yen (about $55 million) to obtain nearly a 5 percent stake in Nichi-Iko, making it the second-largest shareholder of the company after its founding family, the daily said.
As per the agreement, Nichi-Iko will privately place about 1.5 million shares with Sanofi-Aventis as early as June, the daily reported.
The two firms will also form a joint venture in Japan, with Sanofi-Aventis obtaining a 51 percent stake and Nichi-Iko set to hold the remaining 49 percent, the daily said.
The two firms also plan to pursue joint development of bioengineered drugs down the road, the paper said.
$1=90.36 Yen Reporting by Krishnakali Sengupta in Bangalore; Editing by Vyas Mohan


So.. as I told you last night, things have been going well.
in TEN DAYS, I have LOST a total of SIX INCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is one inch off my waist and 2 1/2 inches off EACH THIGH!!
So pumped that the donuts and pig n blankets at the faculty meeting WERE NOT EVEN TEMPTING!
Yes, I just passed up donuts, without a thought. without a whimper.


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Kenosha shooting: Protests erupt after US police shoot black man
Monday - 24/08/2020 08:01
Protesters set vehicles on fire in Kenosha
Protests have erupted in the US state of Wisconsin after police shot a black man many times while responding to what they said was a domestic incident.
The man, identified as Jacob Blake, is in a serious condition in hospital.
Video posted online appears to show Mr Blake being shot in the back as he tries to get into a car in the city of Kenosha.
Authorities in Kenosha declared an emergency overnight curfew after unrest broke out following the shooting.
Hundreds of people marched on police headquarters on Sunday night. Vehicles were set on fire and protesters shouted "We won't back down".
In a public safety alert, police urged 24-hour businesses to consider closing because of "numerous" calls about armed robberies and shots being fired.
Officers used tear gas to try to disperse hundreds of protesters who defied the county-wide curfew, which is in place until 07:00 on Monday (12:00 GMT).
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Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers condemned the shooting of Mr Blake, who was reportedly unarmed.
"While we do not have all of the details yet, what we know for certain is that he is not the first black man or person to have been shot or injured or mercilessly killed at the hands of individuals in law enforcement in our state or our country," he said in a statement.
"I have said all along that although we must offer our empathy, equally important is our action. In the coming days, we will demand just that of elected officials in our state who have failed to recognise the racism in our state and our country for far too long."
Jacob Blake's name was trending on social media and thousands signed a petition calling for the officers involved to be charged.
The shooting comes amid heightened tensions in the US over racism and police brutality following the death of African-American man George Floyd earlier this year.
Kenosha Police Department said the "officer involved shooting" happened shortly after 17:00 on Sunday. It added that officers had provided "immediate aid" to Mr Blake, who was taken to a hospital in Milwaukee.
It said police had been responding to a "domestic incident" but gave no details about what led to the shooting.
The Wisconsin Department of Justice is investigating the incident. It said the officers involved had been placed on administrative leave.
In video footage shared on social media, three officers can be seen pointing their weapons at a man identified as Mr Blake as he walks around a parked SUV. As he opens the door and leans into the car, one officer can be seen grabbing his shirt and opening fire. Seven shots can be heard in the video, as witnesses shout and scream.
The officers involved have not been officially named.
Prominent civil rights lawyer Ben Crump told CNN that Mr Blake's family had reached out to him for assistance.
In a tweet, he said Mr Blake's three sons were in the car he was getting into when he was shot.
"They saw a cop shoot their father. They will be traumatized forever. We cannot let officers violate their duty to PROTECT us," he wrote.
He said the shooting happened after Mr Blake tried to break up a fight.
Witnesses also told local news site Kenosha News that Mr Blake had tried to break up a fight between two women and that police had attempted to use a Taser on him prior to the shooting.
Clyde McLemore, a spokesman with a nearby chapter of Black Lives Matter, told reporters "the frustration is boiling to the top and we're sick and tired".
Black Lives Matter protests were held across the US and around the world after African-American man George Floyd was killed in police custody in Wisconsin's neighbouring state of Minnesota in May.
A white police officer knelt on Mr Floyd's neck for almost nine minutes before he died. The officer, Derek Chauvin, has been charged with murder.
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Герб Красне́нького затверджений 23 січня 2014 р. рішенням № 2 сесії Красненьківської сільської ради.

Опис
У зеленій главі золота гілка дуба з двома листками і трьома жолудями. Щит перетятий; у верхньому золотому полі три червоні маки з зеленими стеблами в один ряд; у нижньому червоному полі золоте дерев'яне колесо водяного млина, яке опирається на муровану опору срібної стіни і занурене у лазурову хвилясту базу. Щит обрамований декоративним картушем i увінчаний золотою сільською короною. Внизу картуш перевивається срібною хвилястою стрічкою з червоним написом «КРАСНЕНЬКЕ». З обох боків над нею по червоній китиці калини із зеленим листям.

Значення символів
Червоні маки на золотому полі символізують історичне минуле поселення. Гілка дуба із жолудями вказує на дубовий гай, що є мальовничим місцем відпочинку. Колесо водяного млина на мурованій опорі символізує помол зерна. Лазурова база підкреслює розташування села на березі Південного Бугу.

Автор — І. Д. Янушкевич.

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Solis resigns as chairman of Zoning Committee after report details corruption
By Heather Cherone and A.D. Quig - January 29, 2019
Ald. Danny Solis (25). [Darryl Holliday/DNAinfo Chicago]
Ald. Danny Solis (25) resigned Tuesday evening as chairman of the City Council's Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and building standards, less than 12 hours after the the Sun-Times reported he received sex acts at massage parlors, the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra and campaign contributions in exchange for ushering deals through City Council.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel said in a statement that Solis "made the right decision" by resigning.
"Alderman Danny Solis has recognized that he cannot effectively preside over the matters before the Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards, and he has communicated with my office his intent to resign as chairman," Emanuel said. "I commend him for making the right decision for the City Council and the City of Chicago."
Solis will be replaced by the committee's vice chairman, Ald. James Cappleman (46) under the City Council's rules of procedures.
It will be up to Cappleman to shepherd the mega-projects fueled by $1.6 billion in subsidies through the City Council during Emanuel's final weeks in office.
Solis is the second close ally of Emanuel's to be forced from a powerful perch by the spiraling investigation that has upended politics as usual at City Hall. The Sun-Times reported that Solis wore a wire as part of the investigation into Ald. Ed Burke (14), who was forced to step down as chairman of the Finance Committee after being charged with attempted extortion. Burke maintains his innocence.
Solis, who is not running for re-election, has not been charged with wrongdoing.
Two of the candidates running to replace Solis — Hilario Dominquez and Alex Acevedo — reiterated their calls Tuesday for the alderman to step down, although window for Emanuel to appoint a replacement before Solis' replacement is elected is closing quickly.
At a City Hall news conference, mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot called for Emanuel to issue an executive order to rein in aldermanic prerogative, as she called for in her platform, and audit zoning decisions going back to 2014.
Rival Paul Vallas also headed to City Hall — brandishing another broom — to blast opponents' past ties with Solis and Burke.
"I think I'm going to need a bigger one to clean up City Hall," Vallas said, who has an ethics plan. "This is a new low."
Mayoral candidate Amara Enyia, who released a good governance plan several weeks ago, noted her lack of ties to Burke or Solis.
"This is just the tip of an iceberg that could entangle more public officials who've been part of the political machine for years," Enyia said.
"I think I'm going to need a bigger one to clean up City Hall," Paul Vallas said "This is a new low." [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line]
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As mentioned previously on this blog, I'm a girl who loves going to the spa. I do it most often when I'm on vacation or if girlfriends are visiting, but every now and again I'll hit a spa on my own right here in Phoenix. I'm not afraid to admit that I like my "me time." I recently ventured out to Joya Spa at the Montelucia. I can't take full credit for the idea since by husband encouraged it with a generous gift certificate (insert: "Awww!").
They offer lots of options for massages, body treatments, facials, etc. But after perusing their site, I settled on their 80-minute Joyambrosia Signature Massage. Well, if I do say so myself, that was a brilliant decision. Of course, I'm now hooked on the longer massage. I'm pretty sure I can never go back to a 50-minute treatment. Oh, I almost forgot – I also added in paraffin treatments for my hands and feet. Tres magnifique!
Aside from the amazing massage, Joya Spa is a beautiful place. It redefines pampering and relaxation. You can't help but feel like a princess with the Moroccan decor – rich, deep colors, comfy furniture and pillows everywhere!
The Fairmont Scottsdale is hosting a Season of Personal Discovery, appropriately scheduled before the holidays, and after a year of the battles of the economy, most of us need a little rejuvenation. Besides the mental health break, this is just a ridiculously fun event series to attend.
But this isn't your average package.
Nadja Piatka, Kathy Balland, Beverley East, Linda Henley-Smith, Sandi M. Marques adn Lisa McKenzie.
Michael Mina, Jamie & Bobby Deen, Michelle Bernstein, Karen MacNeil and Robin Goldstein.
I'm sure you want to see more about their books, etc., so check out more details on the Fairmont Scottsdale's website.
Sometimes, a girl just needs a day to pamper herself. I recently had one of those days. Ahhhhhhhh!
I whole-heartedly live by the philosophy of taking time to slow down when life gets a bit too crazy. One of my favorite places to slow down is the Spa at Camelback Inn. I've been multiple times, and I always leave relaxed and refreshed. I've had spa days with girlfriends and on my own – either way it's a little slice of tranquilty. This particular day I treated myself to a swedish massage and a manicure (ladies, the manicure lasted a week!), both of which put me in the perfect state of mind. I spent the rest of the day lounging by the pool and reading, just indulging in a little "me time." In between lounging and reading, I ordered food from Sprouts, the Spa's restaurant, which was delivered directly to my lounge chair. Can you say "lazy"? It's definitely the way to lunch after a morning of pampering. I enjoyed the Pomegranate Salad and Dungeness Crab Cake – yum and yum!
I was sad for my reign as a lady of leisure to end; but alas, I knew I would eventually have to return to the real world. Can't wait to do it again!


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TOTALITARIAN SOCIETIES AND DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION
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Tommaso Piffer and Vladislav Zubok
OTALITARIAN SOCIETIES AND DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION
Essays in memory of Victor Zaslavsky
This book is a tribute to the memory of Victor Zaslavsky (1937–2009), sociologist, émigré from the Soviet Union, Canadian citizen, public intellectual, and keen observer of Eastern Europe.In seventeen essaysleading European, American and Russian scholars discuss the theory and the history of totalitarian society with a comparative approach. They revisit and reassess what Zaslavsky considered the most important project in the latter part of his life: the analysis of Eastern European – especially Soviet societies and their difficult "transition" after the fall of communism in 1989–91. The variety of the contributions reflects the diversity of specialists in the volume, but also reveals Zaslavsky's gift: he surrounded himself with talented people from many different fields and disciplines.
In line with Zaslavsky´s work and scholarly method, the book promotes new theoretical and methodological approaches to the concept of totalitarianism for understanding Soviet and East European societies, and the study of fascist and communist regimes in general.
Tommaso Piffer is a Bodossakis Research Fellow of Churchill College at the University of Cambridge and an affiliate of the Harvard University's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
Vladislav Zubok is Professor of International History at the London School of Economics. Among his publications are Inside the Kremlin's Cold War (with Costantine Pleshakov, Harvard University Press, 1996); Anti-Americanism in Russia: From Stalin to Putin (with Eric Shiraev, Palgrave Press, 2000); A Failed Empire: The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev (The University of North Carolina Press, 2007); Zhivago's Children: The Last Russian Intelligentsia (Harvard University Press, 2009).
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WINDSOR — The Loveland Housing Authority (LHA), in partnership with the Windsor Housing Authority (WHA), has selected Pinkard Construction Company as construction manager/general contractor to construct the Golden Meadows Senior Apartments in Windsor.
Golden Meadows Senior Apartments will be a 90-unit, two-story independent living housing development, designed to serve moderate and low income senior households. Pinkard is currently conducting feasibility studies with architect WORKSHOP8 and modular construction consultant Prefab Logic to consider the possible benefits of modular construction. Final unit numbers for the project will be determined by the time and cost savings afforded through a prefabricated, modular construction approach.
The apartments will be constructed on 5.2-acres located immediately north of the existing Windsor Meadows multi-family apartment development along the west side of 15th Street in Windsor. The portion of the site that will accommodate the proposed 90-unit senior housing development is being platted into two individual lots, to allow the Project to be developed in two construction phases if required by funding limitations. Lot 1 will contain 60 units of housing and all common lobby and other facility programming amenities. Lot 2 will contain the remaining 30 housing units.
The project is intended to meet the needs of income-qualified seniors whose incomes range between 30 percent and 60 percent of the Area Median Income (AMI). It will be funded through the federally-sponsored Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program, requiring all households residing in the rental units to be at or below 60% of the Area Median Income. Additional funding will be provided through a combination of Town of Windsor fee waivers and other considerations, Federal and State grants, a long term commercial mortgage, and WHA equity. Preliminary construction estimates for the 90-unit project are approximately $18 million plus site infrastructure.
LHA will submit an application for 9 percent Low Income Housing Tax Credits in 2020. Construction will begin no later than eight months from the award of the tax credits from CHFA.
The Loveland Housing Authority will serve as the developer for the project and general partner with Windsor Housing Authority. LHA will manage and maintain the facility upon completion.
It will be funded through the federally-sponsored Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program, requiring all households residing in the rental units to be at or below 60% of the Area Median Income.


With Toys 'R' Us shuttering all of its U.S. stores as part of its bankruptcy, small vendors could follow suit as the Toys 'R' Us and Babies 'R' Us locations disappear.
Citing interviews with more than a dozen executives, specialists and lawyers, Reuters reported that experts believe many small vendors will go under, as payments owed to many suppliers are now at risk.
As Toys 'R' Us continues to seek a buyer for its Canadian, Europe and Asia businesses, the company wants to keep those shelves stocked and customers coming into those stores. However, the same strategy is not being applied to its U.S. stores.
"We have a $14-$15 million payment due that hasn't been paid," Isaac Larian, chief executive of Bratz dolls maker MGA Entertainment, told Reuters. "If I was a guessing man, I wouldn't think I'd get all of it back." MGA, which makes the popular L.O.L Surprise! toys, told Reuters that it stopped supplying products to Toys 'R' Us last week, and that the retailer accounted for 15 percent of its annual sales.
Meanwhile, Reuters reported that last week, vendors' lawyers have been receiving calls from clients hourly, inquiring about whether they will get paid for hundreds of millions of dollars in claims. The answer depends on the outcome of the liquidation, noted Reuters.
With retailers closing in droves, the toy vendors are now paying close attention to the financial health of their partners and are eyeing online sales as a new way to boost revenue. Toy retailers that could gain market share as a result of the Toys 'R' Us closings include Walmart, Target, JCPenney, Kohl's and Bed Bath & Beyond, reported Reuters. CVS, Rite Aid and Dollar General are also expected to benefit.
"We'll work really hard with folks like Walmart and Target to see if they can take up volume by year-end," said Jay Foreman, chief executive of Basic Fun!. Foreman noted he is also working with Amazon, which will become the second or third largest account in 2018, up from ninth in 2015.