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Q: loop for change button value when clicked i'm trying to use a loop to change the value of my button, but when i run the app and click in the button, he just changes one time and the button stucks, like it's not reseting the button when gets to the last value.
There are only 3 options in the button (Normal, Repeating, Shuffle)
It may be a completely dumb question, but i really don't know what i can do.
var repMode = 0

        binding.btnRepMode.setOnClickListener {
            do{
                repMode++
            }while(repMode < 2)

            when(repMode){
                0 -> normalRep()
                1 -> repeatRep()
                2 -> shuffleRep()
            }
        }

A: I don't think that doing
do {
  repMode++
} while (repMode < 2)

does what you think it does. A do-while loop will run repeatedly until the while condition is no longer true. This means it will keep incrementing repMode until it reaches 2, then stop. It's not clear if you want it to stop when it gets to 2, or start over.
Stopping at 2 (0-1-2-2-2-2-2...)
If you want to increment repMode but not allow it to be greater than 2 you could use something like this instead
if( repMode < 2 ) {
  ++repMode
}

or
repMode = (++repMode).coerceAtMost(2)

Starting over (0-1-2-0-1-2-...)
If you want repMode to have a repeating cycle (0-1-2-0-1-2...) rather than getting stuck at "2" then you could use a modulus operator (%) like this:
repMode = (++repMode) % 3

You can test the original code out in a simple unit test very easily in Android Studio - the result is always 2. I highly recommend using small tests and log/print statements to help you solve problems like this when you encounter them.
@Test
fun testDoWhile() {
    var repMode = 0
    do {
        repMode++
    } while (repMode < 2)

    println("TEST repMode = $repMode")
}

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Q: High performance caching The following code is supposed to cache the last read. The LastValueCache is a cache that can be accessed by many threads (this is why I use the shared-memory). It is OK for me to have race conditions but I want that other threads would see the changed LastValueCache.
class Repository
{
    public Item LastValueCache
    {
        get
        {
            Thread.MemoryBarrier();
            SomeType result = field;
            Thread.MemoryBarrier();
            return result;
        }
        set
        {
            Thread.MemoryBarrier();
            field = value;
            Thread.MemoryBarrier();
        }
    }

    public void Save(Item item)
    {
        SaveToDatabase(item);
        Item cached = LastValueCache;
        if (cached == null || item.Stamp > cached.Stamp)
        {
            LastValueCache = item;
        }
    }

    public void Remove(Timestamp stamp)
    {
        RemoveFromDatabase(item);
        Item cached = LastValueCache;
        if (cached != null && cached.Stamp == item.Stamp)
        {
            LastValueCache = null;
        }
    }

    public Item Get(Timestamp stamp)
    {
        Item cached = LastValueCache;
        if (cached != null && cached.Stamp == stamp)
        {
            return cached;
        }

        return GetFromDatabase(stamp);
    }
}

The Repository object is used by many threads. I do not want to use locking because it would affect performance which in my case is more important than data consistency. The question is what smallest synchronizing mechanism that will fit my need? Maybe volatile or single MemoryBarrier in get and set would be enough?

A: If this is stupid you don't need to vote me down.
Just tell me and I will delete.
But I am not following this logic.
public void Save(Item item)
{
    SaveToDatabase(item);
    Item cached = LastValueCache;
    if (cached == null || item.Stamp > cached.Stamp)
    {
        LastValueCache = item;
    }
}

You are worried about memory milliseconds but you are waiting on a write to the database before you update the cache.
Based on the public Item Get stamp is a key.
Lets assume a db write is 20 ms
A db read is 10 ms
Cache get and cache set are each 2 ms
public void Save(Item item)
SaveToDatabase(item);  20 ms
Item cached = LastValueCache; 2 ms
if (cached == null || item.Stamp > cached.Stamp)  1 ms
LastValueCache = item;  2 ms
During that 23 ms prior to the LastValueCache = item; any call to public Item Get(Timestamp stamp) is going to hit the DataBase and not the cache.
During the 23 ms prior to the LastValueCache = item; any call to public Item LastValueCache
get is going to get a value that is stale by up 23 ms.
The stated objective is for other threads to see LastValueCache - but the are seeing a stale LastValueCache.
Same thing with Remove.
You are going to have several hits to the database you could have avoided.
What are you trying to achieve?
Have you profiled this?
My bet is the bottle neck is the calls to the database.
A database call is 1000x longer than the difference between a lock and MemoryBarrier.
public void Save(Item item)
{
   // add logic that the prior asynchonous call to SaveToDatabase is complete
   // if not wait for it to complete
   // LastValueCache will possible be replaced so you need last item in the database
   // the time for a lock is not really a factor as it will be faster than the prior update
   Item cached = LastValueCache;
   if (cached == null || item.Stamp > cached.Stamp)
   {
       LastValueCache = item;
   }
   // make the next a task or background so it does not block
   SaveToDatabase(item);
}

Could even change the logic to only wait for prior call if you setting LastValueCache = item;
But you need to throttle the database somehow
The next step would be to cache the last X and use that in Item Get(Timestamp stamp)
The database are calls are what you need to optimize
Again you need to profile
After that the logic would get more complex but feed the database calls to a BlockingCollection.  Would need to be sure the last X cache is bigger than the BlockingCollections size. If not block and wait for the BC to clear.  And you would need to use the same BC for insert and delete so they are processed in order.  Could get smart enough that you just don't insert a records that has a delete.   And don't just insert or delete a single record at a time.

A: I implemented a thread safe pseudo LRU designed for concurrent workloads: ConcurrentLru. Performance is very close to ConcurrentDictionary, ~10x faster than MemoryCache and hit rate is better than a conventional LRU. Full analysis provided in the github link below.
Usage looks like this:
int capacity = 666;
var lru = new ConcurrentLru<int, SomeItem>(capacity);

var value = lru.GetOrAdd(1, (k) => new SomeItem(k));

GitHub: https://github.com/bitfaster/BitFaster.Caching
Install-Package BitFaster.Caching

A: volatile should be sufficient and most performant for your case. There are potential scenarios where volatile alone is not sufficient for ensuring the read gets the most up-to-date value, but in this case, I don't think it would be an important factor. See the "the volatile keyword" section of this awesome article by Joe Albahari for details.

A: Alternative use may be the ReaderWriterLockSlim class to enable thread synchronization for reader/writer scenarios like yours.
    ReaderWriterLockSlim _rw = new ReaderWriterLockSlim();
    get
    {
        _rw.EnterReadLock();
        SomeType result = field;
        _rw.ExitReadLock();
        return result;
    }
    set
    {
        _rw.EnterWriteLock();
        field = value;
        _rw.ExitWriteLock();
    }

This is an efficent implementation for Reader/Writer synchronization. This blog entry of Eric Lippert may be interessting for you.
Another intersting Option may be the ConcurrentExclusiveSchedulerPair class that creates two TaskScheduler for Tasks, wich can be splitted in 'Task with read access' (Concurrent) and 'Tasks with write access' (Exclusive).
More information about this can found here.


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Q: Rails modelling for multiple trades of shares I'm trying to model a (very) simple share trading simulator in rails to play with 3.1 and try and learn more about web backend stuff as opposed to UX where I normally sit.
so lets say you've got
Users (has many transactions)
Transactions (belongs to users, companies)
Companies (has many transactions)

So a User buys a number of shares in a company, and that creates a transaction record with the quantity column reflecting the number of shares bought for that particular transaction, the share price at the time, and a status column indicating whether things were bought or sold. (For simplicities sake, and as this is a learning exercise, lets assume that 1 transaction contains only one buy OR sell event)
So lets say the user, for some reason, buys and sells all kinds of strange quantities of the same company.
He'll end up with multiple transaction rows, which must be queried and summed in order to figure out
for each company

*

*if he owns any shares in it at all

*how much he owns (all buys - sells)

*etc.

So my question is, is this model correct for this type of use? It seems cumbersome if I want to, for example, write a page indicating what the user owns. It means running all kinds of sums of to determine if owned, and amount owned. But maybe thats just how these things should be done? Or is there a better way?
Would it be better to maintain only one transaction representing 'ownership', and update the columns in it for each company 'owned' and then record individual transactions in a second, transaction_history table that is separated out and joined to transaction?

A: I think your model structure is fine. If you want to simplify the current ownership of a user, then you could add an additional table to effectively cache this information.  Perhaps add a OwnedShares model that references a user, a company, and the amount of shares owned.
You could then use an "after_save" callback in the transactions model to update these OwnedShares.
With this structure, reporting on current ownership for a User would be easy, but you don't lose the transaction history.


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Donald Trump says his recent comments about the judge in his Trump University case have been "misconstrued as a categorical attack against people of Mexican heritage."
In a written statement released Tuesday, Trump continued: "The American justice system relies on fair and impartial judges. All judges should be held to that standard. I do not feel that one's heritage makes them incapable of being impartial, but, based on the rulings that I have received in the Trump University civil case, I feel justified in questioning whether I am receiving a fair trial."
The presumptive GOP nominee added an attack on the media.
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"I have watched as the media has reported one inaccuracy after another concerning the ongoing litigation involving Trump University. There are several important facts the public should know and that the media has failed to report," Trump said in a statement.
The judge, Gonzalo Curiel, was born in Indiana and is an American citizen. Trump has been sued by former students who claim that the education provided at his self-titled university was worthless.
Trump has been heavily criticized, including by some leading Republican figures, for suggesting that the judge could be biased against Trump because Curiel had Mexican immigrant parents.
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"Throughout the litigation my attorneys have continually demonstrated that students who participated in Trump University were provided a substantive, valuable education based upon a curriculum developed by professors from Northwestern University, Columbia Business School, Stanford University and other respected institutions, Trump wrote. "Over a five year period, more than 10,000 paying students filled out surveys giving the courses high marks and expressing their overwhelming satisfaction with Trump University's programs."
Trump says students who decided that Trump University's programs were not for them were refunded.
The statement concludes: "While this lawsuit should have been dismissed, it is now scheduled for trial in November. I do not intend to comment on this matter any further. With all of the thousands of people who have given the courses such high marks and accolades, we will win this case!"
17 Billionaires and Celebrities Who Could Run for President in 2020 (Photos)
Donald Trump's successful presidential campaign will probably motivate other billionaires and celebrities to run for office in 2020. From Mark Cuban offering to be Hillary Clinton's running mate to Kanye West declaring early, here are 14 potential candidates.
Billionaire entrepreneur and "Shark Tank" star Mark Cuban was reportedly courted by anti-Donald Trump conservatives as an alternative candidate in 2016.
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Starbucks CEO and chairman Howard Schultz, who considered a run for the 2016 Democratic nomination, has a rags-to-riches story that could win over the American public.
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Kanye West announced his candidacy for the 2020 at last year's MTV Video Music Awards. We have no idea if he's serious.
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Former wrestling star and actor Dwyane "The Rock" Johnson is a Republican who recently tweeted about running for office.
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George Clooney could emerge as the Democratic version of Ronald Reagan.
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Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg hinted at a potential run in 2016, but 2020 could end up being a better fit.
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Former WWE star Jesse Ventura was governor of Minnesota from 1999 to 2003 and has hinted at a presidential bid.
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Angelina Jolie once said she's "open" to a career in politics. She also told Vanity Fair, "If you really want to make an extreme change, then you have a responsibility."
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Howard Stern ran in New York's gubernatorial race back in 1994. Trump's success proves anything is possible.
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Oprah Winfrey has denied interest in the past but deserves a spot on this list because she's asked about running so often.
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Aging, inflammation, immunity and periodontal disease
Jeffrey L. Ebersole, Christina L. Graves, Octavio A. Gonzalez, Dolph Dawson, Lorri A. Morford, Pinar Emecen Huja, James K. Hartsfield, Sarandeep S. Huja, Subramanya Pandruvada, Shannon M. Wallet
Oral Health Science
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics
Oral Health Practice
The increased prevalence and severity of periodontal disease have long been associated with aging, such that this oral condition affects the majority of the adult population over 50 years of age. Although the immune system is a critical component for maintaining health, aging can be characterized by quantitative and qualitative modifications of the immune system. This process, termed 'immunosenescence', is a progressive modification of the immune system that leads to greater susceptibility to infections, neoplasia and autoimmunity, presumably reflecting the prolonged antigenic stimulation and/or stress responses that occur across the lifespan. Interestingly, the global reduction in the host capability to respond effectively to these challenges is coupled with a progressive increase in the general proinflammatory status, termed 'inflammaging'. Consistent with the definition of immunosenescence, it has been suggested that the cumulative effect of prolonged exposure of the periodontium to microbial challenge is, at least in part, a contributor to the effects of aging on these tissues. Thus, it has also been hypothesized that alterations in the function of resident immune and nonimmune cells of the periodontium contribute to the expression of inflammaging in periodontal disease. Although the majority of aging research has focused on the adaptive immune response, it is becoming increasingly clear that the innate immune compartment is also highly affected by aging. Thus, the phenomenon of immunosenescence and inflammaging, expressed as age-associated changes within the periodontium, needs to be more fully understood in this era of precision and personalized medicine and dentistry.
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After a long bus ride there's nothing like some great food and a little fun and games. Enjoy both at GameWorks in the Streets of Woodfield.
After a quick dip in the pool at any one of dozens of our hotels in the Northwest suburbs head on over to Laugh Out Loud in the Streets of Woodfield complex. Enjoy a pizza party before the all ages show, similar in style to the television show "Whose Line Is It Anyway".
Kids not ready for bed yet? Catch a late show at the AMC Loews Movie theater, walking distance from the comedy club, also in The Streets of Woodfield.
A quick trip down highway 90 brings you into beautiful downtown Chicago. Get your vertigo on at the Sears Tower Sky Deck. Then grab some lunch at Tommy Gun's Garage to experience the comedic side of Chicago's gangster past. Tommy Gun's Garage features an interactive musical revue with the gangsters and flappers of the roaring 20's.
After lunch stroll up Michigan Avenue and into Grant Park and Millenium Park. Take a boat ride or maybe a Segway Tour. Work your way North up Michigan Avenue to experience the Magnificent Mile and all it's glory. Tour the Museum of Contemporary Art before heading over to Navy Pier for dinner at any one of the many dining options for all price points. Spend your evening taking in the lights of the City from atop the famous ferris wheel.
Before hitting the road you must experience a Chicago Style Hot Dog at Portillo's in either Schaumburg or Rolling Meadows. If there's time and some change left in your pockets head on over to Woodfield Mall. Woodfield attracts 27 million visitors annually to its 300 stores. You will find something for every kind of fashionista.


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3 reasons this small country's court decision will have a big impact on global climate action
Blogpost by Kristin Casper and Kate Simcock - November 8, 2017 at 7:26 Add comment
Two years ago, a courageous law student, Sarah Thomson, sued the New Zealand Government over its weak climate targets. Now she's made history.
On 2 November, 2017, the High Court of New Zealand issued a game-changing ruling. It found that climate change presents significant risks and government actions on climate change are subject to judicial scrutiny. The court also found that the former Minister for Climate Change acted unlawfully by failing to review the country's climate change targets after the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published an updated report on climate science.
The court didn't issue an order against the recently elected government because the new Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, has committed the country to zero carbon by 2050. While Sarah is excited about the new 2050 target, she believes there needs to be a concrete plan to achieve it. Sarah hasn't ruled out an appeal.
This ruling is a big deal.
It demonstrates that countries must review climate decisions in line with updated science and courts will weigh in on inadequate efforts to respond to climate change.
Here's why this ruling from a small South Pacific country court will have a big impact on global climate action.
1. People are securing big wins for the climate in court.
First there was the case brought by the Urgenda Foundation and 900 co-plaintiffs. They argued that the Netherlands committed a tort of negligence against its citizens by contributing to climate change. The court agreed and ordered the government to increase its emission reduction targets.
Then in Pakistan a farmer sued the Federal government, arguing that inaction on climate change violated the constitutional rights to life and dignity. Again, the court agreed and ordered the government to act and placed it under judicial supervision.
Members of the Senior Women for Climate Protection deliver their legal complaint against Swiss authorities to the court in May, 2017.
And the wins continue. In the USA, 21 young people and a climate scientist, as guardians for future generations, sued the government for violating their rights by committing the US to a fossil fuel based energy system. In rejecting government and industry efforts to have the case dismissed, the court ruled that their case could proceed to trial and identified a new right to "a climate system capable of sustaining human life."
Like the landmark decisions that came before it, the New Zealand High Court's ruling will inspire more people to sue. It provides strong legal arguments in favor of government accountability for weak climate policies in other pending cases, such as the climate lawsuit brought by over 700 Swiss senior women.
2. The stage is set for the climate trial in Norway and human rights investigation in the Philippines.
Another epic court battle is set to begin on 14 November, and a Norwegian court could be the next to hold a government accountable in a climate case.
Greenpeace Nordic and Nature & Youth filed a lawsuit against the Norwegian Government for opening up new areas in the Arctic for drilling for oil and gas, further north than ever before. They allege that the licenses infringe the Constitutional right to a healthy environment, explicitly safeguarded for future generations, as well as contravening the Paris Agreement.
Plaintiffs and supporters stand outside the Norwegian courthouse in Oslo with the lawsuit against the Norwegian government in October, 2016.
On the other side of the world, the people of Tacloban are marking the 4th anniversary of super typhoon Haiyan, which hit the Philippines in November 2013. At least 6,300 lives were lost and millions of others were affected and have yet to recover. Like Sarah and the youth in Norway, disaster survivors and other Filipinos are using the power of the law to accelerate action on climate change.
In September 2015, they filed a legal petition, triggering a powerful human rights body to launch a serious investigation into the responsibility big fossil fuel companies have for fuelling climate impacts that contribute to human rights harms. On December 11th, the Commission will be holding a preliminary conference with the aim of finding a speedy resolution, which the people hope will work to prevent climate-related human rights harms.
3. Climate litigation creates a strong mandate for global climate action.
The Paris Climate Agreement set down a bold ambition to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. We're in a race against time to increase climate action to meet this target.
Right now, governments are gathering in Bonn, Germany at the 23rd annual Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. This should also be the moment where countries prepare to speed up their global climate action efforts.
The New Zealand ruling is a warning to all governments. If countries fail to get their act together to make sure deadly climate impacts are averted, they too will be hauled into court.
Take action! You can hold the big polluters accountable. Add your name and support communities seeking climate justice through legal actions.
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Based on a series of alternating, displacement-controlled load tests on ten one-third scale models, to study the behaviour of the interface of a hybrid shear wall system, it was proved that the concept of hybrid construction in earthquake prone regions is feasible. The hybrid shear-wall system consists of typical reinforced concrete shear walls with composite edge members or flanges. Ten different anchorage bar arrangements were developed and tested to evaluate the column-shearwall interface behaviour under cyclic shear forces acting along the interface between column and wall panel. Finite element models of the test specimens were developed that were capable of capturing the integrated concrete and reinforcing steel behaviour in the wall panels. Special models were developed to capture the interface behaviour between the edge columns and the shear wall. A comparison between the experimental results and the numerical results shows excellent agreement, and clearly supports the validity of the model developed for predicting the non-linear response of the hybrid wall system under various load conditions.


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A primeira referência conhecida da igreja encontra-se no testamento do cardeal Santiago Lorenzo Domínguez, datado de 1276, onde é mencionada juntamente com outras igrejas e ermidas. A igreja ergue-se junto à Porta do Caminho, por onde o  entra na cidade muralhada, a antiga Porta Francigena, referida no Códice Calixtino () como "primus introitus" da urbe. Do lado de fora da muralha situava-se o arrabalde de São Pedro de Fora, o primeiro e possivelmente o mais populoso de Santiago. Junto à igreja existiuo hospital de São Miguel, destinado a peregrinos, que é mencionado em 1400 no testamento do cónego de Santiago Ruy Sánchez de Moscoso, que doou a sua residência para esse fim. O hospital serviu depois para acolher «pobres e enfermos, naturais do Reino», tendo sido anexado ao Hospital de São Roque em 1760.

O edifício original, de estilo românico, foi parcialmente demolido entre 1747 e 1749 para reconstruir a capela-mor, aumentando-lhe a altura. Poucos anos depois, foi reconstruída a fachada, segundo projeto do arquiteto Miguel Ferro Caaveiro, que terminou as obras . A fachada é decorada com elementos barrocos e neoclássicos, e nela se destaca o grande óculo, coberto com uma coroa laureada de talha excecional. Por cima ergue-se um pequeno campanário. A porta é enquadrada por quatro pilastras jónicas gigantescas, que sustentam o frontão.

A igreja tem uma só nave dividida em cinco tramos por separados por arcos e com abóbada de aresta. Nas paredes há capelas laterais de ar mais classicista.

No interior destacam-se a imagem neoclássica da Imaculada Conceição pisando a cobra, da autoria do escultor compostelano Manuel Prado Mariño, um retábulo-mor realizado em 1758 por Manuel de Leis e imagens rococó de Bieito Silveira.

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Those are the words of a kid in the latest commercial from "Skateistan," a nonprofit organization that works with kids in Afghanistan, Cambodia and South Africa to empower children through the world of skateboarding. Why do we highlight activism operations around here so much? Because they're on the ground floor of a movement to globalize the sport and ultimately help people of color achieve.
What you're going to see in this video isn't high-flying pros deftly handling rails and ramps all over some exotic city. You'll see young kids, including girls, thankfully, trying and achieving the most basic of tricks. As a young person, nailing one of those can be a rather inspirational building block when it comes to learning the value of perseverance. Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk lends his face to this effort, as well, in case you were wondering if it's legit.
Overall, skating is fun. But it's also an industry and a business that, when powers are used for good, can ultimately create a world where kids feel they accomplish more than what their typical lot in life may have initially shown them.


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7 Reasons Why We're Excited For Jaejoong's Return To K-Pop
The two long years have gone by and the wait is finally over, Jaejoong is back!
With Jaejoong's release from the army today, there is definitely an air of excitement as one of Korea's favorite Hallyu stars comes home. Fans are very excited as his return from the army means that their favorite idol can make a comeback into the K-pop scene. Here are five reasons why we're
Here are five reasons why we're excited to have Jaejoong back!
1. His amazing vocals
As a former member of TVXQ and a current member of JYJ, Jaejoong's vocals skills are on another level. His solo releases demonstrate his amazing vocal abilities. After two years of waiting, it'll be great to hear him singing again!
2. His Unique Music Taste
Unlike others, Jaejoong does not conform to the standards around him. For his solo debut album, Jaejoong strayed away from the typical pop sound and pursued a darker rock-themed sound for his album I. It'll be exciting to see what kind of music and concept he has planned out for his next release!
3. His incomparable beauty
Amongst all idols in the industry, Jaejoong is known to be one of the most handsome/beautiful faces within K-pop. His slim face and perfect facial proportions, make him quite the fatal attraction. With or without long hair, he's still handsome, he even makes the standard military uniform look amazing. It'll be nice to see his beautiful face.
4. His Acting
Before his enlistmentJaejoong had quite the roster of dramas and movies he was in. From the 2011 drama Protect the Boss to the 2012 movie Jackal is Coming to the 2015 drama SPY, Jaejoong had built up his acting credibility. Hopefully, we will be able to see him starring in dramas soon!
5. His SNS
One thing that has definitely been missed by fans is internet user bornfreeonekiss's Twitter and Instagram updates. Jaejoong's last tweet was back in 2015 when he cut off his hair for the military.
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— kimjaejoong (@bornfreeonekiss) March 30, 2015
His Instagram has also been pretty lonely, with no adorable dog pictures being uploaded in over 92 weeks.
A post shared by Kim Jae Joong 金在中 ジェジュン 김재주응 (@jj_1986_jj) on Mar 20, 2015 at 2:24am PDT
Maybe now that he's free he can finally get back to updating his SNS!
6. His Fanservice
Jaejoong is known to be very genuine and caring towards his fans. He always tries to interact and talk with fans to the best of his abilities. Fans must be excited to know they'll be able to interact with him again soon!
7. His quirkiness
Overall, what we miss about Jaejoong, is Jaejoong himself. His quirky and bright personality is something that has been greatly missed!
It's nice to have this hunk of a man back!


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Ли́га Леуми́т (Национальная лига) (, ) — второй дивизион баскетбольного чемпионата Израиля.

В лигу входят 14 команд, играющих между собой два круга по системе «дома и на выезде». После 26 игр восемь команд, занявших первые места в регулярном сезоне, проходят в плей-офф. Две лучших команды по итогам плей-офф переходят в высший дивизион — баскетбольную Суперлигу.

Шесть команд, занявших последние места в таблице, также проводят игры по системе плей-офф, по итогам которых две худших команды переходят в Общеизраильскую лигу (, Лига Арцит).

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The US Water Alliance is proud to announce the publication of One Water Roadmap: The Sustainable Management of Life's Most Essential Resource, a guide for how we can tackle our nation's most pressing water challenges.
This report makes a compelling case for the One Water approach—we highlight successful strategies and powerful real-world examples of One Water management in practice. The roadmap highlights the bold approaches that water utilities, businesses, agricultural groups, and municipalities, are implementing to build a secure water future for all. The roadmap is organized around six arenas for action where we are making progress: Reliable and Resilient Utilities, Thriving Cities, Competitive Business and Industry, Sustainable Agricultural Systems, Social and Economic Inclusion, and Healthy Waterways.
Click below to download the entire document or you can view the Executive Summary here.


The fjords of South East Alaska are the most challenging and unforgiving waters in the whole world. Even Captain Cook himself said so, and he's the one who first chartered the whole Pacific. It takes years to learn to navigate those rocky shore lines with their massive tides and angry storms. I learned as a young commercial fisherman. You have to have a wise old captain teach you. It takes many years before you can earn a command of your own vessel. Big John taught me. And I love him for it. He introduced me to the salty mistress that still surges in my veins like the rise and fall of tide. The sea is really in my blood. And I owe that joy to John. I don't want to see my boat die tied to the dock. That's not a good death. If I can't be free, I at least want my boat to be. She needs to crest the waves and feel the sea spray on her decks. She needs to feel fair winds and a following sea once again.
Yes, I love that boat. For the last 7 years I've been holding onto the dream of getting out and going back to sail those waters that are so dear to me, and so interwoven with my soul. But those dreams are sinking. And I need to let them go. A thing neglected slips away — no matter how precious it may be. I have to open my hand, accept an unknown future, and give up all hope of a better past.
Note: We recently learned that a baby born, 01/16/2019, was named after Schaeffer Cox! Congratulations to the couple and to Schaeffer Cox.


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Coffee and Facebook 101
Submitted by Byron Better Ho... on Wednesday, May 1st, 4:11 pm
Join us at The Welcome Center each Thursday at 9 a.m. for Coffee and Facebook 101. Come out and allow Joan to help you promote your business. This is also a great time to meet with other local business owners as well as advertise your business. For more info contact Tiffany at 956-2409
GA JugFest Chicken Q
Submitted by Kristen Thompson ONeal, By Kristen O'Neal, Community Blogger
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013, 5:31pm
Annual Crawford County Historical Society Fundraiser
Crawford County Historical Society Headquarters
Intersection of GA Hwy 42 & US Hwy 80
Knoxville, GA
$7.00 includes Half BBQ Chicken, Slaw, Chips, Pickle, Tea or Lemonade
All the proceeds go to the preservation and restoration of the Knoxville Courthouse located in Knoxville, GA 31050
Easter Bunny Leaves Behind Multiple Egg Hunts
Friday, March 29th, 2013, 11:03am
Hop on down the bunny trail this weekend for an egg hunt! See where the bunny is leaving behind eggs to hunt:
--6:30 p.m.Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt, Second Baptist in Warner Robins, 2504 Mood Road
--6 p.m. Egg hunt at Harvest Church after 6 p.m. service
--Noon: Annual Eggstravaganza : Ada Lee Park, 203 Scott Blvd. Warner Robins
--10-noon, Easter Egg Hunt at Parkway Assembly of God at 5191 Eisenhower Parkway, Macon (across from Middle Georgia State College)
Community Invited to Outdoor Sunrise Easter Service
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013, 2:57pm
The community is invited to a sunrise service on Easter Sunday.
That's at Vinson Valley Campground on Hwy 41 in Byron starting at 7 a.m.
DeKalb County's District Attorney Headlines Davison Lecture Series
Submitted by FVSU on Tuesday, March 19th, 2:14 pm
The next John W. Davison Lecture Series will feature a legal eagle featured on Georgia Trend magazine's "40 Under 40 list" of the state's rising stars. The Middle Georgia community is invited to spend an evening with Robert D. James Jr., the DeKalb County district attorney, at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 20 in the C.W. Pettigrew Center.
James is a well-respected legal professional. In 2011, Georgia's Governor Nathan Deal appointed the seasoned attorney to the state's Judicial Nominating Committee. This 20-member board provides recommendations for vacant state trial and appellate courts. The district attorney was also the recipient of an "On The Rise" award by The Daily Report. He was named to The National Law Journal's "40 Under 40" minority lawyer list, and to the Atlanta Business Chronicle's "Who's Who in Law and Accounting."
How to Write for 13WMAZ's Where You Live
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013, 7:00am
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Once you have an account, here are some examples of how you can stay involved Where You Live:
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Daisy Duke Calls Peach County "Pretty As a Peach"
Catherine Bach, who played Daisy Duke in "Dukes of Hazzard," says she loves that Peach County is called Peach County and says its "pretty as a peach." She also recommends folks visit Peach County.


The Consumer Education and Research Society conducted tests on 18 variants of eight brands of toothpase and found all fluoridated toothpastes to be high in fluoride content, far above permissible concentration.
AHMEDABAD: Consumer Education and Research Society (CERS) conducted tests on 18 variants of eight brands of toothpaste in its in-house laboratory and found all fluoridated toothpastes to be high in fluoride content.
According to CERS, since fluoride is present in water, food, fish, tea, some fruits and vegetables as well as in some drugs containing sodium fluoride (meant for osteoporosis and dental caries), its excess use could cause fluorosis, leading to discolouration of teeth and even loss of teeth. It may also lead to dental fluorosis, skeletal fluorosis, non-skeletal fluorosis affecting the central nervous system.
The highest fluoride content 910 ppm was found in Pepsodent Kids' against the permissible 1000 ppm. According to CERS, children swallow about 50 per cent of the toothpaste on their brush. More than half the fluoride intake of a two-year-old comes from toothpaste. It has recommended use of non-fluoridated toothpaste for children.
As per standards, the flouride content in toothpastes should not exceed 1,000 ppm but there is no such provision for children's toothpaste. CERS stated that maximum fluoride was found in Colgate Advanced Whitening' 797 ppm, followed by Close Up' 738 ppm, Pepsodent' for adults contained fluoride in the range of 603 to 693 ppm. The least was found in Colgate Super Shakti Dental Cream' 527 ppm.
CERS also stated that fluoride is more poisonous than lead, slightly less poisonous then arsenic, is used in rat poison and as an insecticide for ants and cockroaches. The brighter side however, is that, after brushing with fluoridated toothpaste the fluoride left on the teeth diffuses the plaque and helps protect teeth from decay.


Why it's important: Although electric scooter rental is still a fairly new phenomenon in the US, several companies have already entered the field. Among them, Lyft is currently a fairly small player, having only entered three cities so far. It's not clear why Lyft was singled out, as it isn't the sole company using Xiaomi scooters; American companies Spin and Bird also use the brand. The letter might be explained in part by Bird's May announcement that it has an exclusive contract for Xiaomi scooters. However, another scooter rental company later told TechCrunch that they also have a contract, casting some doubt on that claim.


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Saints' Jordan not letting up in 2nd decade, on field or off
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) gets sacked by New Orleans Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan (94) during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark LoMoglio)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan's goal of kicking off his second decade in the NFL with a strong campaign wasn't looking so attainable early this season.
Jordan had no sacks in his first five games.
But the 32-year-old comes into Monday night's game against Miami with six sacks in his past eight games.
He's also received a seventh Pro Bowl invitation and was the NFC defensive player of the week after sacking Tamp Bay's Tom Brady twice and stripping him of the ball in Week 15.
Jordan also has become just the second Saints player with 100 career sacks.


Chia-chi Charlie Chang is highly sought after for her wedding photography. Her subjects have included Persian, Afghan, Indian, Pakistani, Chinese, Japanese, Nigerian, Ghanan, and Ivory Coast traditional ceremonies and festivities. Her familiarity with the intimate aspects of international cultures imbues her work with striking images and a dazzling array of intimate and grand celebrations.


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Miguel Madero, et al., appellants, et al., defendants.
In an action to foreclose a mortgage, the defendants Miguel Madero and Martha Madero appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Maltese, J.), dated January 5, 2010, as granted those branches of the plaintiff's motion which were for summary judgment on the complaint insofar as asserted against them and for an order of reference and, in effect, denied those branches of their cross motion which were for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against them, or for a framed-issue hearing.
ORDERED that the order is modified, on the law, by deleting the first, second, seventh, eighth, and ninth decretal paragraphs thereof granting those branches of the plaintiff's motion which were for summary judgment on the complaint insofar as asserted against them and for an order of reference, and substituting therefor a provision denying those branches of the plaintiff's motion; as so modified, the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with one bill of costs to the appellants.
The defendants Miguel Madero and Martha Madero (hereinafter together the Maderos) owned and resided in a home located on Victory Boulevard in Staten Island since 1995. On October 20, 2005, Miguel Madero executed a note and, in return for a loan he received, promised to pay the sum of $570,000 plus interest to the lender, Mortgage Lenders Network USA, Inc. (hereinafter the lender). The note was secured by a mortgage on the Maderos' home. The mortgage states that the Maderos mortgaged their home to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (hereinafter MERS), and its successors in interest solely as nominee for the lender and its successors in interest. In or around April 2008, the Maderos allegedly defaulted in paying their mortgage.
The mortgage was assigned by MERS, as nominee for the lender, its successors and assigns, to the plaintiff, US Bank National Association, as Trustee, by assignment of mortgage dated July 7, 2008, and recorded July 28, 2008.
On or about July 12, 2008, the plaintiff commenced this action against, among others, the Maderos to foreclose on the mortgage. The Maderos answered and alleged lack of standing as an affirmative defense. Thereafter, the plaintiff moved, inter alia, for summary judgment on the complaint as to the Maderos, and the Maderos cross-moved, among other things, for summary judgment [*2]dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against them, or for a framed-issue hearing to determine whether the terms of the note and mortgage were unconscionable. In the order appealed from, the Supreme Court, inter alia, granted those branches of the plaintiff's motion which were for summary judgment on the complaint as to the Maderos and for an order of reference and, in effect, denied those branches of the Maderos' cross motion which were for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against them and for a framed-issue hearing. The Maderos appeal. We modify.
Where, as here, a plaintiff's standing is put into issue by the defendants, the plaintiff must prove its standing to be entitled to relief (see U.S. Bank, N.A. v Collymore, 68 AD3d 752, 753; Wells Fargo Bank Minn., N.A. v Mastropaolo, 42 AD3d 239, 242). "In a mortgage foreclosure action, a plaintiff has standing where it is both the holder or assignee of the subject mortgage and the holder or assignee of the underlying note at the time the action is commenced" (U.S. Bank, N.A. v Collymore, 68 AD3d at 753). "Where a mortgage is represented by a bond or other instrument, an assignment of the mortgage without assignment of the underlying note or bond is a nullity" (id. at 754). "Either a written assignment of the underlying note or the physical delivery of the note prior to the commencement of the foreclosure action is sufficient to transfer the obligation, and the mortgage passes with the debt as an inseparable incident" (id.; see LaSalle Bank Natl. Assn. v Ahearn, 59 AD3d 911, 912). Here, the plaintiff failed to demonstrate its prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law because it did not establish that it had standing, as the lawful holder or assignee of the subject note on the date it commenced this action, to commence the action (see U.S. Bank, N.A. v Collymore, 68 AD3d 752; see also Suraleb, Inc. v International Trade Club, Inc., 13 AD3d 612; Tawil v Finkelstein Bruckman Wohl Most & Rothman, 223 AD2d 52, 55). Accordingly, the Supreme Court should have denied those branches of the plaintiff's motion which were for summary judgment on the complaint as to the Maderos and for an order of reference.
The Supreme Court properly denied those branches of the Maderos' cross motion which were for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against them (cf. U.S. Bank, N.A. v Collymore, 68 AD3d 752), or for a framed-issue hearing (see Gillman v Chase Manhattan Bank, 73 NY2d 1).
In light of our determination, we need not reach the Maderos' remaining contentions.
COVELLO, J.P., DICKERSON, HALL and LOTT, JJ., concur.


There's a party going on outside Servicios de la Raza, a social services nonprofit in Denver less than a mile away from Mile High Stadium. Police block off a street to better accommodate the fiesta's occasion: a Thanksgiving giveaway for the city's poor.
Four hundred or so families stream in for bags and boxes filled with food and clothes. Representatives from health provider Kaiser Permanente offer free flu shots and blood pressure tests; a DJ spins some hip-hop but mostly plays reggaetón and conjunto norteño, the polka-style music of northern Mexico. A large, colorful mural of the Aztec calendar high on the side of Servicio's two-story building looms over the scene, along with the organization's name in English: Services of the People.
Executive Director Rudy Gonzales works the crowd. Sharp in a black suit, loafers and sunglasses, he tosses out jokes and words of encouragement in English, Spanish and enthusiastic Spanglish. "¡Buenos días, señora!" he tells a weathered, middle-aged Latina before shouting, "Hey man, what's up?" to a friend. African-American and white families join in the festivities, but the majority of the crowd is Latino — mostly immigrants, according to Gonzales.
More than a few are probably undocumented, but Gonzales doesn't care.
Servicios, which was started in 1972, has joined many similar, decades-old nonprofits across the West in a historical pivot to welcome new immigrants. For years, many of these groups, created at the height of the 1960s civil rights movement to help Chicanos — American citizens of Mexican descent whose families have deep roots in the United States — ignored and sometimes even actively opposed more recent immigrants from Latin America. Now they've begun to reach out, partly in fulfillment of their overall mission to help out those in need but also out of a desire for self-preservation. In an era when immigrant-rights groups and their concerns now dominate the progressive Latino agenda, it's hard to remain relevant without the new outreach.
Interviews with the heads of four Chicano nonprofits — Servicios, Utah Coalition of La Raza, the Phoenix-based Chicanos por la Causa and the SouthWest Organizing Project in Albuquerque — reveal another, deeper-rooted factor, however. They say escalating anti-immigrant sentiment across the Southwest over the past three decades, from state legislatures to the White House, endangers the social justice gains Mexican-Americans have made.
To fight back is not just the right thing to do: It's necessary. And to try and bridge the long-standing divide between Chicanos and Mexican immigrants — related groups but with different histories and needs — is now more important than ever.
Servicios de La Raza executive director Rudy Gonzales is glad to serve anyone that comes to the organization's door, regardless of immigration status.
GONZALES' OFFICE COULD be out of a Hollywood screenplay for the executive of a busy, idealistic nonprofit. Trophies and stacks of documents form mountains around the edge of his desk; awards and Chicano art cover the walls. A couple of pictures feature Gonzales' father — Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales, a former featherweight boxer who went on to become one of the founding fathers of the Chicano movement through his group, Crusade for Justice. He brought an urban perspective to el movimiento, rallying people against police brutality and other inner-city issues. Corky also wrote an epic poem, "Yo Soy Joaquín/I am Joaquín," which is still read in Chicano studies classes for its lyrical depiction of the internal identity struggles of people who claim both Mexican and American heritage.
"We don't get that as much here," he says from behind his desk, while employees bring checks to sign or reports to review. "This is the land of Corky Gonzales. He'd tell us, 'They're your brothers and sisters. They're not aliens.' And people remember that." Instead, he relies on private donors and foundation money to assist that population. Fortunately, the work has drawn almost no complaints from the Denver community.
A founding father of the Chicano movement, Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzalez (right) at the National Convention of the Raza Unida Party in 1972.
Before the late 1960s, however, that position was outside mainstream Mexican-American thought. Almost from the end of the 1848 Mexican-American War, many Mexicans who remained in the U.S. tried to align themselves with Anglos in order to survive. They married their daughters to white settlers, and minted new identities — as Tejanos, Californios, Hispanos — that emphasized the European side of their ancestry at the expense of their Indigenous side.
That schism endured for decades, especially among groups created to fight Anglo discrimination and segregation against Mexican-Americans.
A few Latino leaders, most notably labor organizers Bert Corona and Luisa Moreno, tried to soften this stance, but to no avail. Even the legendary Cesar Chavez notoriously lambasted migrant workers almost from the start of his career, regarding them as perpetual threats to his unionizing efforts. His United Farm Workers spearheaded an "Illegals Campaign" that asked UFW members to report undocumented immigrants to immigration authorities. Chavez's cousin oversaw so-called "wet lines" in Arizona that monitored the U.S.-Mexico border — a Chicano predecessor to the far-right Minuteman Project militia of the mid-2000s.
When other UFW members urged Chavez to tone down his anti-immigrant tactics, he refused to listen.
By then, though, attitudes had begun to change. In the late 1960s, young activists began embracing the concept of Aztlán — the idea that the American Southwest was the historical homeland of the Aztecs, and hence that all people of Mexican descent were part of the same family, regardless of where the current border lay. This new generation —many of them children of the very "wetbacks" derided by the Mexican-American old guard — felt that the assimilation strategy of the civil rights movement during the 1950s had done little to improve their lives. They forged a new label — "Chicano" — to root them both in the U.S. and Mexico.
Rudy Gonzales has fully embraced his father's message.
SB 1070 made failure to carry identification a felony.
ROBERT "ARCHIE" ARCHULETA distinctly remembers his first encounter with la migra — immigration enforcement. His godparents, Mexican nationals, were repatriated during the 1930s when he was a child; a time when the Hoover administration forced over a million Mexicans, some of them American citizens, to return to their home country, putting them on trains or otherwise deporting them.
His own family — whose roots in the American Southwest go back to the 16th century — soon fled Grand Junction, Colorado, for Pocatello, Idaho. He eventually moved to Utah during the 1950s to become an elementary school teacher. In the late 1960s, he co-founded of one of the first Mexican-American civil rights groups in the state, the Spanish-Speaking Organization for Community, Integrity, and Opportunity (SOCIO).
Utah Coalition of La Raza President Richard Jaramillo helps his organization bridge the gap between the immigrant and Chicano communities.
"Ten years ago, we were largely working with Chicanos," says Utah Coalition of La Raza (UCLR) president Jaramillo, who was mentored by Archuleta. But "copycat laws" convinced UCLR to align itself with immigrants more than before. And the harsh words and anti-immigrant actions of President Donald Trump, Jaramillo maintains, were the final wake-up call Utah Chicanos needed.
Under Jaramillo, UCLR started know-your-rights workshops and joined with other groups to offer undocumented people legal, medical and even housing assistance. He argues that this is in line with the historical Chicano movement, despite some pushback from older UCLR members.
Ingrid Ordóñez Campos poses for a portrait in the South Valley Academy in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she teaches a middle school special needs class. Ordóñez Campos is a Southwest Organizing Project board member, community organizer and DACA recipient.
BRIDGING THE DIVIDE between Chicanos and Mexican immigrants has proved particularly vexing for the SouthWest Organizing Project (SWOP) in Albuquerque.
Here in the West, New Mexico's Mexican-American population has historically been the most adamant about keeping Mexican nationals at arm's length. To this day, many Hispanos in the Land of Enchantment insist they're descended from pureblooded Spaniards, or even conversos (Jews who hid their religion during the Spanish Inquisition) — anything but Mexicans. Residents even created a slur for them: surumatos.
"Colonization is alive and well among us," says SWOP executive director George Luján with a sigh.
Everything is a bit messy in the SWOP offices on a Monday morning because "we had a lot of events over the weekend," jokes Luján. But the atmosphere is positive as a multiracial wave of volunteers and workers stroll in a bit after 9. The group isn't Chicano-focused, per se. It works to engage ordinary people with issues ranging from gentrification to the schools-to-prison pipeline via workshops, community forums, and lectures. It also has fostered partnerships with Native American groups, renting out storefront spaces near its headquarters in a working-class barrio of Albuquerque to a Native American comic book store and an incubator space.
Luján officially started working for SWOP in 2008, though he's known the organization his whole life. His father, Joaquín, was a member of the Black Berets, a militant group that looked to New Mexico's own radical history of resistance for inspiration. They claimed as spiritual ancestors the Gorras Blancas, a Hispano secret society in the late 1800s that fought Anglo encroachment on their land grants and water rights — cutting down fences, ripping up railroad ties and setting fires to barns.
That past, however, is not one that Mexican immigrants know about, let alone care for, Joaquín Luján believes.
Founded in 1980, SWOP initially focused on environmental racism and voter registration drives while creating ties with similar movements across Latin America. But members realized they couldn't ignore the tensions existed between Hispanos and newly arrived Mexican immigrants.
They see it especially at community workshops, where SWOP tries to present issues it feels the two groups can rally around.
"A Chicana once said, 'We gotta stop them Mexicans from getting our welfare!'" Joaquín said with a laugh. "And then one time, an immigrant from Juarez told someone, '¿Que es Joaquín? ¿Que es él? Es como un gringo!' ('What is Joaquín? What is he? He's like a gringo!')" The woman evidently thought Joaquín Luján was a well-meaning but patronizing Anglo American.
SWOP board member Ingrid Ordóñez Campos and fellow community activists discuss the script for an informational video on their "Education not Deportation" campaign.
While SWOP works to unite adults, it especially focuses on high school and college students, encouraging them to see beyond a citizen-or-immigrant worldview. One particularly effective tool has been 500 Años del Pueblo Chicano/500 Years of Chicano History, a book edited by legendary Chicana educator Elizabeth "Betita" Martinez, which tells the saga of Mexican-Americans in the United States through archival photos and explanatory captions. The 1990 volume explicitly connected the struggles of Chicanos to Mexican immigrants.
SWOP has sold 33,000 copies of 500 Años, and also turned it into a video and coloring book. The volume is consistently banned by school districts for its unapologetically Chicano approach or else stolen by students who want a copy for themselves. But more than a moneymaker, it represents an opening for SWOP.
SWOP doesn't try to take the lead on immigration issues in Albuquerque. Instead, it assumes peacekeeping during rallies and teaches other groups about their rights during protests. And SWOP has offered a lot of training as of late.
Chicanos por la Causa President David Adame (checkered suit) cuts the ceremonial ribbon of a new Native Health Phoenix clinic at the CPLC Maryvale Community Service Center.
CHICANOS POR LA CAUSA (CPLC) president David Adame calls the rapprochement between Chicanos and immigrants "el nuevo movimiento" — The New Movement.
CPLC is unique among Chicano nonprofits in the United States in that it's part of the political establishment. The group ended the 2017 fiscal year with revenue of $75.7 million, $72.4 million in expenses and $53.6 million in net assets that includes everything from health clinics to charter schools to even real estate across Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada.
It started in 1969, with a grant by the Ford Foundation, a private entity that helped to fund many of the country's oldest Chicano groups. CPLC's founders were Arizona State students who had pushed for affirmative action at their university and organized walkouts at Phoenix high schools to protest the bleak learning conditions.
But CPLC adjusted with the times, especially as border clampdowns in California and Texas in the early 1990s forced undocumented migrants to enter the United States through Arizona. The group opened a branch in Somerton to help migrants, which is still operating today. CPLC also took vocal stances in the last decade against the state's increasingly vitriolic anti-immigrant actions. In 2006, voters passed Proposition 300, which forced undocumented college students to pay out-of-state tuition; in response, CPLC created the American Dream fund, which raised over $5 million for affected undergrads. The group became a plaintiff in one of many federal lawsuits against Arizona's SB 1070.
In the years since, CPLC has provided rent-free office space for immigrant-rights groups, helped to incubate new ones, sponsored events and hosted town halls. Nevertheless, some activists have complained that CPLC is too corporate and vendido (sell-out) because of its size and willingness to speak with politicians on both sides of the aisle.
That's now the de facto strategy for nearly all Chicano community groups and activists in the United States in the era of Trump. The plight of undocumented immigrants weighs heavily on la lucha — the struggle. Politicians are as likely to speak in their defense as are high school students. It's as if they've absorbed the 1973 speech Corky Gonzales gave to urge Chicanos to realize that they and Mexican immigrants were one and the same.
In 2008, Sonia Salazar, a UCSB student in Chicano Studies, joins over 1,000 people to commemorate the historic East LA student walkouts of 1968. Due to pressure from a new generation of leaders with a progressive pro-immigration stance, Chicano organizations have been pushed to expand their agenda.
Gustavo Arellano is a features writer for the Los Angeles Times and the author of Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America. Email HCN at [email protected] or submit a letter to the editor.