During that visit, he donned a yellow jacket and spent a night with the Town Pastors, a 570-strong volunteer project which sends Christians out onto the streets across Suffolk to help vulnerable people – mostly on Friday and Saturday nights and into the early hours of the morning – to manifest the compassion and love of Christ to those who may be in need, whether smashed out of their heads from clubbing, or homeless through circumstances beyond their control.
The Town Pastors don't reason the need; they simply minister from their hearts. They give out bottles of water, bars of chocolate, or just sit and listen at 4.00am to whomever wants to talk. As a result, tense situations are defused, and violence mitigated. They have a team back at their base which keeps in touch via walkie-talkies and prays all night for peace.
These guys are amazing, people from all walks of life and ages coming out to help others. They are out until 4am or later, while most people are asleep and must feel like zombies for the rest of the weekend.
The Archbishop also had breakfast with local farmers; met with civic groups; spoke to a tent-full of people engaged in community projects; signed choristers' hymnbooks; and answered young people's questions during the Eucharist at St Edmundsbury Cathedral.


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Serial Killer Used His Garden As A Crematorium
Thirteen-year-old Erich Baumeister's garden was like paradise for the other kids in the neighbourhood. There were 18 acres of grass and rough woodland, open space and dense bushes, and since none of it was very well cared for, there was no fear of offending Mr. and Mrs. Baumeister.
You couldn't offend the Baumeisters by tramping about in their garden anyway. Their huge mansion on the million-dollar-plus estate at Westfield, Indianapolis, was a tip. All the rubbish in the state seemed to be piled up there.
Erich's pal and neighbour Kevin Dennison dived behind a clump of bushes into a clearing. "Look what I've found!" he shouted, emerging from the other side of the bushes. What he'd found was a human skull, complete with teeth. Laughing, the boys held it aloft like a trophy.
"Let's see if we can scare the hell out of Emily," said Erich. Emily was his younger sister. They hoisted the skull on a pole and marched back into the mansion. Emily screamed. Erich's mother Mrs. Julie Baumeister, arriving to see what the noise was all about, looked startled.
"Where did you get that, Erich?" she asked. She followed him back to the clearing and Kevin pointed to the ground. Julie stared. There were brown sticks that looked curiously like bones scattered about and she didn't feel inclined to investigate. "Leave it where you found it," she said with a shudder. "Come inside now, I've got some doughnuts."
When Herbert Baumeister returned home from work that evening Julie mentioned the skull to him.
Herb shrugged. "I know all about it," he said. "It used to belong to the skeleton my dad used when he was at medical school. The raccoons must have dragged it out of the garage."
That was all right then, Julie thought. She had never seen her father-in-law, the late Dr. Baumeister, with a skeleton in his surgery, but as she was to say much later, "It wasn't as if I had nothing else to think about."
She didn't entirely erase the discovery from her mind, however. Several days later she went back to the spot where the boys found the skull. She stared hard at the ground. The brown sticks she thought might have been bones were all gone. Was she in the right place? She was certain of it but there were no bones.
The woodland animals must have taken them away, she thought. Especially the raccoons. They were nesting in the roof of the mansion, leaving their pee everywhere, gradually causing the roof to collapse and raising a terrible stink.
A year later Julie Baumeister, co-director of the Save-A-Lot chain of stores founded by her enterprising husband, had good reason to recall the skull found in her garden that December day in 1994. Without knowing it at the time, she had peeled off the first layer of her bisexual husband's extraordinary secret double life of crime…
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Home Entertainment Theatre Strindberg's 'Miss Julie' Comes in New Setting With Highlights of Ballet
Strindberg's 'Miss Julie' Comes in New Setting With Highlights of Ballet
Jonathan Slaff
Fri September 26, 2014
From October 21 to November 8, 2014, August Strindberg Repertory will transport Strindberg's "Miss Julie" to an antebellum Louisiana plantation in a new interpretation conceived by Artistic Director Robert Greer and adapted by Edgar Chisholm from a translation by Greer. The production will include a ballet sequence, which Strindberg specified in the original manuscript and which has never been performed before. The piece will be directed by Robert Greer and choreographed by Ja' Malik.
Ivette Dumeng as Julie, Reginald L. Wilson as John, her father's butler. Photo by Jonathan Slaff.
"Miss Julie" is the actress's "Hamlet." It centers on the proud, neurotic child of a degenerate aristocracy who is willing to sink her pride in a frenzied attempt to satisfy her love of sensation. Strindberg originally set the play in a Swedish manor house in 1888. This production moves the location to an antebellum Louisiana plantation in the same year. Julie, the landowner's daughter, has just broken off her engagement. It's Mardi Gras; she and the master's black butler, John (named Jean in the original), dance and drink at her insistence. Hearing the roughneck field hands coming, they hide in John's room while these rowdies vandalize the house in a ballet sequence. Leaving the room, it is revealed that Julie and John have had sex. The pair plan to flee for New Orleans, to take a steamer to Jamaica and open a hotel there. She steals her father's cash box to pay for the trip, but their plan is thwarted when John's fiancee, Christine (the cook), announces that she, enroute to church, will tell the stable boy not to let any horses out until the Master is back. The stakes of being discovered would be even higher for John in the antebellum South than for Jean in the Swedish original. Unable to face the certain scandal, Julie slits her own throat.
The play will be acted by Ivette Dumeng, Reginald L. Wilson and Teniece Divya Johnson.
Strindberg wrote the play in 1888 for his first wife, Siri von Essen (making her a noblewoman playing a noblewoman). It is generally agreed that the play's suicide scene was inspired by the death of Swedish author Victoria Benedictsson, an early feminist who was also a model for Ibsen's Hedda Gabler. She was one of the greatest proponents of the Swedish realist writing style and had an unhappy love affair with the Danish critic and scholar Georg Brandes, which has often been blamed for her subsequent suicide. Strindberg wrote a ballet sequence into the script to illustrate the wedding party of roughnecks breaking into the mansion, but it has actually never before been performed that way. The playwright was probably inspired by ballets which were interjected between acts 3 and 4 in operas of his period. This production will contain a ballet choreographed by Malik and danced by Allison MacDonald and Joshua LaMar.
Ivette Dumeng (Julie) most recently performed in Neil LaBute's new play "Bad Girl," directed by Glory Kadigan, John Patrick Shanley's "The Big Funk" and his new play, "Tennessee" (multiple revivals including Signature and LAByrinth), both directed by Lori Kee, and "What do you Mean" by Bruce A Kraemer, directed by Joan Kane (59E59, Edinburgh Fringe). She appears regularly in commercials and films and recently guest starred in CBS's "Blue Bloods." She is an alumna of T.Schreiber Studio, Producing Artistic Director of Nylon Fusion Theatre Company and a current member of The Actors Studio Playwrights/Directors Unit.
Reginald L. Wilson (John) arrived in NYC in January of 2011 to intern with Woodie King Jr., and The New Federal Theatre and by 2012 has been awarded an Audelco Award (Lead Actor) for his performance as Levee in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," presented by New Haarlem Arts Theatre (NHAT). The year before, he made his NY debut in NHAT's production of "Blues for Mister Charlie" by James Baldwin and was commended by Nytheatre.com for his "standout performance." Other New York credits include Layon Gray's "Black Angels Over Tuskegee," by Layon Gray, "Twisted," "Haiti's Children of God," "The Whistle In Mississippi" and "The Meeting." On TV, he has appeared in five episodes of "Celebrity Crime Files" and two episodes of "My Dirty Little Secret." He holds an MFA in Theater from University of Florida and has taught at CCNY.
Teniece Divya Johnson (Christine) has appeared at The Living Theatre, Teatro Latea, New Haarlem Arts Theatre and Wow Cafe Theatre, Black Spectrum Theatre and National Black Theatre Festival, among others. She has also appeared widely in indie films. She holds an MFA in Acting from University of Florida.
Edgar Chisholm (adaptation) is an award winning playwright, director, and producer. His plays include "Without Love," "Holiday Diary" (1999 National Federation of Community Broadcasters Silver Reel Award), "The Long Dance" (2010 Raymond J. Flores Playwriting Prize and the 2003 Eileen Heckart Drama award), "Unfinished Work" (2003 New American Playwrights Festival Award), "The Savage Queen" and "Bhavacakra: The Wheel of Life." His work was recently presented at the Association for Jewish Theatre Conference in Chicago. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild and Lincoln Center Theatre Directors Lab, a Founding member of Harlem Arts Alliance and Uptown playwrights workshop and a Director and Board member of Polaris North Theatre Workshop. He was executive producer of the theatrically released 2010 film, "Deceptive."
Ja' Malik (choreographer) is a former member of Cleveland Ballet, Oakland Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre, City Dance Ensemble, Ballet Hispanico and Ballet X and is now a freelance choreographer based in Harlem. He has created works for North Carolina Dance Theater 2, Oakland Ballet and CityDance Ensemble of Washington D.C. Recent productions include "Brief Company" for The Columbia Ballet Collaborative in NYC and works in Ballet Builders 20th anniversary and final presentation, E-Moves 11, the historic 92nd Street Y Noon Dance Series and The Young Choreographers Showcase. He self-produced works in Harlem Stages E-Moves 10th anniversary season and The 2009 Reverb Choreographic Project.
Lighting design is by Miriam Crowe, costume design is by Marisa Ferrara, graphics are by Donna Miskend and sound design is by Andy Evan Cohen.
August Strindberg Repertory Theatre (www.strindberg.org), under the direction of Robert Greer, is committed to production of the author's best, and less often performed, plays in new translations and interpretations that illuminate the plays for today's American audience. The company made an auspicious debut in 2012 with Strindberg's autobiographical play "Playing With Fire," adapted by the late Leslie Lee. The play was re-set from a Swedish Victorian summer house to the black community of Oak Ridge, on Martha's Vineyard, in the 1920s. That production opened at The New School Theatre and expanded to an Off-Broadway production at the Gene Frankel Theatre, the company's present home. It received three Audelco nominations: Best Revival, Best Ensemble and Best Costume Design. Cast members from "Playing With Fire" returned to play their corresponding roles in an equally autobiographical play, "Easter," the next season. "Easter" was adapted from a Swedish coastal town in 1901 to Harlem in 1958. Both productions were directed by Robert Greer.
The company presented a double-bill of Strindberg's "Casper's Fat Tuesday" and "The Stronger" in October, 2012 (in a run that was overshadowed by Hurricane Sandy). "Mr. Bengt's Wife," Strindberg's answer to Ibsen's "The Doll's House," was presented in September 2013. Last Spring, the company presented "To Damascus, Part 1," adapted to Harlem, 1962. August Strindberg Rep is the resident company at the Gene Frankel Theatre.
Robert Greer (director) is founding director of August Strindberg Rep. He has directed English-language premieres of numerous contemporary Scandinavian playwrights, including Sweden's Marianne Goldman, Helena Sigander, Cecilia Sidenbladh, Oravsky and Larsen, Hans Hederberg, Margareta Garpe and Kristina Lugn; Denmark's Stig Dalager and Norway's Edvard Ronning. He has also directed classics by Victoria Benedictsson, Laura Kieler, Anne Charlotte Leffler, Amalie Skram and August Strindberg. His productions have been presented at the Strindberg Museum and Strindberg Festival, Stockholm; Edinburgh and NY Fringe Festivals, Barnard College, Columbia University, Rutgers, UCLA; Miranda, Pulse and Theater Row Theaters, La MaMa E.T.C., Manhattan Theatre Source, Tribeca Lab, Synchronicity, TSI, BargeMusic; and The Duplex in LA. He has also directed plays by Mario Fratti, Sartre and Corneille here in New York. He is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, the Broadway League, Actors' Equity; the Strindberg Society, the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study and Swedish Translators in North America.
"Miss Julie" will be presented by August Strindberg Repertory October 21 to November 8 at The Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street (East Village), NYC. Performances are Tuesdays through Saturdays at 8:00 PM and Sundays at 1:30 PM. There is no show October 31 (Theater is reserved for Actors Fund Benefit.) Tickets are $18 general admission; seniors and students $12, student groups $9. The box office is 212-868-4444 or www.smarttix.com
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How Did We Get Here, Where Do We Go From Here
June 10, 2014 By Special Contributor to UMR 13 Comments
On May 22, before the season of annual conferences began, a time when United Methodists gather to conduct business — and this year, a time when delegates to the 2016 General Conference will either be nominated or elected — a group of 80 "theologians and pastors" released a statement.
While there may be some nuance in allowing for other options, the thrust of the statement is a proposal for "amicable separation," or rather, schism.
Immediately, the statement was panned by those on the right and left, or as we say, the middle. Not only were most of the 80 signatories kept secret, but also the language used to describe the view of Scripture was immediately shown to be unWesleyan. As I have pointed out elsewhere, the fact that 80 members of the UMC called for separation is statistically immeasurable. Simply, these unelected pastors and theologians were generally seen as having had no right to issue such a call.
There is some question as to whether or not such a call was issued and if it was, was it as unanimous as the statement and press release would like us to believe?
The Rev. State Wood, pastor of Mount Pisgah UMC in Johns Creek, Ga., told UMNS he didn't sign "the call for separation", although he was part of the 80 who had discussed it. He stated that amicable separation is possible, but only as a last resort.
Even if an official statement signed by 79 does not (yet) exist, the mere promise of it has generated significant pushback in the Church by many arguing against separation. Pastors and laity in the North Georgia Annual Conference have signed a unity covenant. The United Methodists of Mississippi are passing one around with more to follow. The North Texas Annual Conference rebelled against the IRD. Finally, the reverends Adam Hamilton and Mike Slaughter have issued their own proposal. There are some issues with it, but people can discuss it — and even discuss the discussion — and know that many are working with a spiritual eye to John 17 for the unity of the Church. This is not the only statement out, with more sure to follow.
The middle of the UMC — the great majority are those who believe the unity of the Body of Christ as represented in the UMC should not be destroyed — are starting to speak out against separation. They are pastors and laity, taking to various social media platforms, who seek to honor all that we are as United Methodist Christians while making disciples for the transformation of the world.
One such team of bloggers can be found at Via Media Methodists. Their goal is one Wesley would have favored: "Our vision is thus to represent, resource, and give voice to a Middle Way at a crucial time in the North American church."
Some have suggested the middle are overreacting, that the group was not calling for separation, only raising the question.
In the press release accompanying the statement, however, it would seem that separation was the only option the group sought. "The idea of separation was not an issue that the pastors and theologians wrestled with casually." Rev. Dunnam said, "There is no viable 'third way,' or 'compromise,' so why not be Christian and civil, valuing each other, and work out a separation that will allow both groups to serve the Kingdom with the kind of commitment and passion essential for any powerful witness we wish to make."
Perhaps it is the loud voice of the middle that has caused Dunnam to issue almost a retraction of sorts, or at least step back from the precipice. In a 4 June Facebook post, Rev. Dunnam wrote, "While some of us may agree that a peaceful parting could be in the best interest of United Methodists, we are not calling for separation as the only possible answer" after reminding his readers that "the possibility of separation was raised." He goes on, "Too many are responding as though separation is the only issue on the table." He chides us not to lose perspective but to focus on the subject and to focus on our mission.
Indeed, the middle desires nothing more than to do what Rev. Dunnam, at least on his Facebook post suggested, "and explore every possible option to find our Wesleyan missional nerve again, and be the church God is calling us to be."
While we gather in person at our annual conferences or via social media, such as the numerous forums devoted to this topic, the middle's voice, something that many wish to dismiss or hope goes away, is searching for a viable third option, that option that allows us to leave the United Methodist Church to our children more united than when we found it.
Tagged With: A Way Forward, connection, schism, umc
A more illuminating, "higher-wattage" take on the central issue: http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2014/06/n-t-wrights-argument-against-same-sex-marriage
Wes Andrews
Brilliant link to N.T. Wright, Mark.
William, check out Tim Tennent: http://timothytennent.com/2014/06/10/is-a-way-forward-for-a-united-methodist-church-really-a-way-forward-part-1/
Thanks Mark. Tennent offers a sober, respectful and reasoned approach to the dialog.
Roger Tanquist
Thank you, Mr. Watts for your thoughtful comments about the importance of working together. For a number of years, I've been able to work on numerous projects through Volunteers in Mission (VIM) and the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). Any schism would result in a tremendous loss of connectionalism and effectiveness in serving God's people.
Gary Bebop
Earlier posters are right, this article "baits" rather than bothers with argument. This is obviously low-watt rather than high-watt op-ed.
This article makes little pretense of fairness or objectivity, further reveals the bias of the UMR, and is emblematic of the problem in this denomination. Mr. Watts is very unfair to traditional believers in this rambling, tremendously unbalanced piece. Avoiding the actual issues that brought this about, he focuses on the messengers and not the message. He rails against the qualifications of the 80 pastors, but what are his qualifications? What qualifies him to speak for the "middle?" Has he conducted a poll or done a survey? The so-called "middle" are probably surprised at all this because they have not… Read more »
Rev. David Goudie
I ask again: If progressives choose to disregard the discipline and make legislation that urges us to do the same… what good is it to have a discipline? It breaks the covenant, and trust. I don't want Schism. But who is it that is breaking the covenant and creating the schism? Where is the answer to 'How did we get here?' in this article? Is it not those who say we cannot abide by the discipline any longer, and forgoing the General Conference process who are pressing the issue and have thus 'gotten us to this place and predicament?"
And so……, the Ph.D. candidate says absolutely nothing. Mr. Watts is falling shoulder to shoulder into the ranks of the progressives. He doesn't even mention the issues at hand. A tornado is raging down on the UMC and he's pointing at those who are warning people of the danger that is coming.
The author seems to suggest that the idea of "schism" was the brainchild of these 80 evangelical pastors. Which is, of course. complete nonsense. While they are the target of backlash for talking about schism, Annual Conferences such as Minnesota are voting for schism–albeit by another name. At least the 80 pastors are being honest in their description of the state of things in this pitiable passage.
Heavenly father, we bow down before you. In our selfishness we did not respect your authority; we relied on our own thoughts, and we bear the scar of our fights with our brothers.
Humble us; let us see our own faults. Teach us to say our brothers' prayers, and carry their burdens as well. What we cannot do, but in you we can do.
Lord, stay your winnowing fire. We will lay down our hate and repent. In Jesus' name, Amen.
Sadly, this "opinion piece" can't even be bothered to address the first part of the title, i.e., "How Did We Get Here?". What was even the point in publishing this "hatchet" piece against traditionalists? Couldn't the author have at least been honest enough to even mention the role of progressives who have forced this issue by flagrant and continued violations of our covenant? This author sounds a lot like the schoolyard bully who thinks it's great fun while little Billy is getting picked on, but immediately runs bawling to his Mommy, "Billy hit me! Billy hit me!", once little Billy… Read more »
Lisa Keenan
I would like to hear from Martin Luther on his views of separation.


The father of the race of centaurs, Ixion was punished by madness for murdering his father-in-law. After he was pardoned he attempted to supplant Jupiter in Juno's bed and was consequently condemned to be turned on a wheel for all eternity. Ribera depicts the wheel being set in motion by a satyr who has chained Ixion to it, allowing the artist to display his mastery of anatomy. The canvas is a pair to Tityus (P1113).
The virtues of Ribera's Furias are even more apparent in Ixion, the most personal of his interpretations of the sinners in Hades. Unlike Tityus, there were few precedents for Ixion. He is the only one of Titian's Furias of whom we no longer have any visual record, and he was not popular with earlier painters, either in Italy or in the Netherlands. Ribera's Ixion is thus something of a seminal piece, and displays his remarkable ability both to depict the human body in extreme conditions and to convey to the viewer the horror inherent in the scene. Even more than in Tityus, he placed the action in the immediate foreground. The giant's huge body, animated by the circular motion of his torture, stands out against a black background, and seems to plunge towards the viewer, who is also oppressed by the torturer's cruel stare. In Ixion, it is the torturer rather than the sinner who conveys the cruelty of the punishment. The torturer glaring out at the viewer deserves some comment. He is an invention of the painter for three female figures -Alecto, Megaera and Tisiphone, the true Furies- were responsible for enforcing the torture of sinners in the underworld. Ribera, however, opted for a male figure whose most distinctive physical features are his little horns and pointed ears. There is no reference in classical or Renaissance sources to this figure but, as Vincenzo Abbate has noted, he is mentioned by Marino in 1623 in his L'Adone. Canto XIII, entitled La prigione, focuses on the ordeals suffered by Adonis, chained in Hades by order of Vulcan, the simbolo di Satana. Amongst the figures torturing Adonis there, Marino mentions one con l'orecchie asinili, che non gode della dolcezza dell'armonia, anzi l'aborre, ci rappresenta l'avarizia e l'ignoranza, che non si curano di poesie né si compiacciono di musiche. The resemblance of Marino's torturer, the personification of greed and ignorance, to the version painted by Ribera is conclusive, and suggests that Ribera was aware of the poet's celebrated work (Falomir, M.: Las Furias. Alegoría política y desafío artístico, Museo Nacional del Prado, 2014, pp. 182-183).
Height: 220 cm.; Width: 301 cm.
Royal Collection (Royal Palace of El Buen Retiro, Madrid, 1701, [n. 95]; El Buen Retiro Palace, 1794, n. 800).
Inventario. Alcázar de Madrid (1636-1666)., II, Madrid, 1686, pp. ?.
Trapier, Elizabeth du Gué, Ribera, Hispanic Society of America, Nueva York, 1952, pp. 78, 81/lám. 49.
Ars hispaniae: historia universal del arte hispánico, Plus Ultra, Madrid, 1971, pp. 115.
Ponz, Antonio, Viage de España., VI, Madrid, 1972, pp. 118.
Bermejo de la Rica, A., La Mitologia en el Museo del Prado, Editora Nacional, Madrid, 1974, pp. 195.
Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E., Sobre los monstruos de Ribera, Archivo español de arte, 47, 1974, pp. 241.
Spinosa, Nicola, La obra pictórica completa de Ribera, Noguer, Barcelona.Madrid, 1978, pp. 103.
Brown, J., Un Ribera enderezado., Archivo español de arte, 52, 1979, pp. 174.
Inventarios reales: testamentaria del Rey Carlos II : 1701-1, Museo del PradoPatronato Nacional de Museos, Madrid, 1981, pp. 284.
Jusepe de Ribera: lo Spagnoletto, 1591-1652, Washington University Press, Fort Worth, 1982, pp. 58/lám. 34.
López Torrijos, Rosa, La mitología en la pintura española del siglo XVII, Editorial de la Universidad Complutense, Madrid, 1982, pp. 1126.
Civiltà del Seicento a Napoli, Electa, Nápoles, 1984, pp. 411.
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Benito Domènech, Fernando, Ribera. 1591-1652, Bancaja, Valencia, 1991, pp. 86.
Jusepe de Ribera, Piero CorsinoInc, Nueva York, 1992.
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For the first time in four weeks, Marion Reservoir is not under a warning for toxic blue-green algae.
Kansas Department of Health and Environment downgraded its warning to an advisory Thursday. The advisory was based on tests performed Monday.
The warning had been in effect since June 28. Before that, an advisory, which is less serious, had been in effect May 31 through June 21. Only one week this summer has not seen either a warning or a less serious advisory at the reservoir.
Under a blue-green algae advisory, reservoir facilities are open. Although water activities like boating and fishing are considered safe, direct contact with water by wading or swimming remains strongly discouraged for people, pets and livestock.
KDHE recommends that if reservoir water contacts human or animal skin, the area should be washed with clean drinking water as soon as possible.
Fish caught during an outbreak are safe to eat if they are rinsed with clean water and if only the fillet is eaten, KDHE advises. Anglers should wash their hands with clean water after handling fish caught during an outbreak.
Other lakes with blue-green algae warnings are Chisholm Creek North Lake, Sedgwick County; Harvey County East Lake, Harvey County; Logan City Lake, Phillips County; Memorial/Veterans Lake, Barton County; and South Lake Park, Johnson County. Marion Reservoir is the only lake to drop off the warning list this week.
Other lakes on less severe blue-green algae advisories are the northern portion of Milford Reservoir; Atchison County Park Lake; Brown County State Fishing Lake; Centralia Lake, Nemaha County; Deanna Rose Farmstead, Johnson County; and Scott State Park, Scott County.
Some blooms are harmless and merit no warnings or advisories, but others potentially contain toxins that can be released when the blue-green algae are killed. Toxins vary with the species of blue-green algae. Most have relatively minor effects, but some — such as anabaena — can be lethal.
Health effects occur when surface scum or water containing high levels of toxins is swallowed, contacts the skin or is inhaled as airborne droplets.
Most people have "allergic"-type reactions such as intestinal problems, respiratory problems, or skin irritations. However, symptoms of the extremely fast-acting neurotoxin can include coordination loss, paralysis, muscle twitching, shortness of breath, and even death.
Marion, Hillsboro, and Peabody all get their drinking water from Marion Reservoir. State and local officials emphasize that costly improvements at treatment facilities make it highly unlikely that neurotoxins from a bloom could make their way into municipal drinking water.


With the first quarter of 2018 complete, how am I doing on my 2018 plans?
Consume more new content: I read a 1900 page fantasy trilogy last month and have restarted my long stale Netflix queue (currently watching Colony, Season Two) so I award myself a passing grade here.
Get back on the treadmill: I'm failing at treadmill time for two reasons -- (1) given the choice between exercising my body or my brain, I always choose my brain, and (2) when I'm on the treadmill in the early morning, I feel like I'll wake the baby up (directly upstairs) if I run too hard. However, I'm still walking with Maia every single day and my pants still fall off of my hips without a belt, so the lack of cardio isn't awful, just bad.
Learn to play the soprano recorder: I know 5 notes (G through D) and can play several songs from memory, but have not made as much progress as I could. If there were rewards like Book It pizzas, I would be more motivated. Passing grade, regardless, because I went to public school.
Try new things in cooking: The cool cooking book that Rebecca bought me has sat in the kitchen so long that it's faded into the background. I need to pick it back up again. Fail.
Don't work more than necessary: I'm doing great on this!
Maintain programming skills: I have not gotten back into programming yet. Instead, I went even further back to refresh my math skills in the areas vital to data science -- linear algebra, calculus, and statistics. I took all of these classes in undergrad for my math minor, but cared so little about them that I learned just enough to pass tests and then forgot it all. Last month, I started a self-study course in linear algebra and am making steady progress through Chapter Two right now. Passing grade!
What have you been doing with your life?
Maia has made it to 9 months on the dot, so she's been out almost as long as she was in. Over the past two weeks, she has perfected her army crawl which is mainly an elbow-based method of mobility. She can also open bottom drawers and pull herself up on them (though she can't get herself from a crawl to a sitting position yet). Lastly, she makes clicking sounds with her tongue constantly like she's learning a tribal language.
To stay one step ahead of her, the house has slowly been baby-proofed. Outlet covers have been on since Ella came over to visit in 2007 so that was a no-brainer. The stair gate went up in early March and strategic barricades have been erected between her and various power strips or oily treadmills. I also installed a stove anti-tip brace, TV anti-tip straps, and carry-out dinner anti-tip protection. I'm currently going room by room to anchor top-heavy dressers to the wall.
This weekend, we're taking her up to Rhode Island to visit her 3 cousins. Our 90 minute direct flight to Providence feels like it will be easy mode compared to LA, and the presence of young kids up there means we can travel with mostly just the clothes on our back!
Maia enjoys the plane ride (90 minutes) north.
Pretty sure this travel crib is haunted.
A cold walk along Calf Pasture Beach.
This picture was taken ten years ago today, on April 11, 2008.
Rebecca and I were on our first trip to Europe and April 11 was a cold and rainy travel day. After leftover quiches in our room in Collioure while watching Melrose Place, we got on the train to Barcelona. Accompanying us was Pierre the French Dog, who we purchased for Anna's 1-year-old, Ella, and who we took pictures of all over Europe to make a little story book.
Pierre got really bored on this train because it turned out to be a regional train that stopped in every tiny border town south of France. When we finally arrived at the Sants train station in Barcelona, no one knew where our hotel was. It turned out to be another hour outside of town, requiring a long commuter train and 10 block walk to reach. When we arrived at 6 PM, it was nowhere near Spanish dinner time, so we got a box of wine and assorted crackers and breads from a local convenience store and crashed in our surprisingly swank hotel room.
6:56 AM: Early morning treadmill run with Colony, Season Two.
7:26 AM: Showered and ready for the day.
9:09 AM: Breakfast over a thrilling chapter on linear geometry.
10:38 AM: Helping with the vacuuming.
10:51 AM: Off to library story time though she'd rather be writing new age music (she's a little yawny).
12:51 PM: Noodles for lunch.
3:25 PM: A bottle of distrust.
5:36 PM: Happy hour with the departing boss.
6:16 PM: Second nap is game time, although the inmates have figured out the effective range of the camera in the yard.
9:13 PM: Costco stuffed peppers for dinner.
The final book in the Farseer Trilogy outstays its welcome by being longer than the previous books but with less going on. What's sad is that there is a very fulfilling conclusion in the final pages of the book, but it feels almost like an afterthought. If that section had been expanded upon and the previous, repetitive sections of people walking somewhere and being sad had been trimmed by a good 25%, the book would have been much more satisfying.
This is a fairly silly show (with one new episode released every Sunday) in which Joel McHale makes fun of clips from various reality TV shows and random famous guest stars stop by to do amateur skits and plug their new shows (essentially a reboot of The Soup from the E! network). The humor is hit-or-miss and the skits generally fall flat, but there are just enough hilarious clips to make it worth a watch. Free on Netflix.
The problem with this season is that there aren't enough new, thought-provoking ideas to build episodes around. Instead, this season felt more like the writers were exploring "What if we told other stories in the same worlds we had already created?" Over half the episodes dealt with the concept of the "cookie" that contained a person's consciousness, which is fine, but something we already explored in earlier episodes. The episode, USS Callister, is probably the best mix of fun and horror, and Metalhead is easily one of the worst episodes ever created. Free on Netflix.
Perhaps I'm spoiled by quality shows with shorter, complete seasons (like Fargo), but I find Colony to suffer from a plodding, network pace in which new plot information is methodically spoonfed to allow for the show to possibly carry on for years. If the plots of the first two seasons (26 episodes) had been compressed into a single 20-episode season, it would be much more compelling. As it is, I worry that the show is going to pull a LOST on me (a real danger since the creator of LOST is also the creator of this). Free on Netflix.
This picture was taken 36 years ago in June of 1982.
I am 2 years old and sitting on the beach in Ocean City, Maryland, according to my Dad, the historian. I don't remember being in Ocean City at all as a kid, and spent a good portion of my 20s and 30s dismissing it as a poor man's Outer Banks. Based on my 2017 visit for our Babymoon, it kind of is, but there's nothing wrong with that if that's what you need for a long weekend!
Back in 1993 when local cable access channels were still a thing and Jones Intercable had not yet been bought out by Comcast, the show, Scouting in Alexandria was featured in an article in the Alexandria Gazette Packet.
I did very little with this show other than to get interviewed once about my Eagle Scout badge although I did attend a few editing sessions when it was an "Explorer Post", turning knobs and splicing VHS tapes like a pro. This participation gradually petered out after I couldn't find anyone willing to give me a ride to the studio on a regular basis.
Following five years of work and fifteen months of hype, the URI! Recital is the most anticipated event in the history of mankind. With ten original compositions performed by twenty-three musicians in a room that holds two-hundred and fifty-two people, the URI! Recital will be the biggest ninety minutes of your lifetime.
Featuring past and present MVs doing all sorts of wild and crazy things: Dave Ball, Philip Barbie, Chris Booher, Kelley Corbett, Dave Day, Scott Elliott, Chris Fraker as "Doobie", Tim Galyen, Abby Gray, Kristi Kirby, Christy Kull, Erin Lawson, Julia Mays, Jason Mirick, Wythe Newberry, Rosie Pereira, Jonathan Shachter, Anna Spellerberg, Joe Tornello, Carly Williams, and Jaime Williams, with special guest, John Schurman, as Audience Member #24.
Since it's the halfway point to a long musical weekend, you can pre-game by attending Peter Schatz's senior trumpet recital on Saturday afternoon, and the New River Valley Symphony concert Saturday night. Cool down after the recital with a faculty concert Sunday night, and the VT Brass Ensemble Monday night. Attending this recital will aid in the liberation of starving musicians all over the world.
Co-sponsored by "Hubcap" and Delta Mu, the non-service music fraternity.
I abused multiple listservs to get the broadest dissemination for my undergraduate recital.
Please accept Elizabeth's Practica Musica file. I was supposed to send it for her this morning when I woke up b/c she did not know how to do it herself. I didn't wake up till 8:30. I am so sorry about the late sending.
I totally accepted this late submission even though Elizabeth should have known how to submit her own file in the LAST WEEK OF THE SEMESTER. This is probably why I got such great evaluations on my ear-training / sight-singing class.
I am not making any recommendations (not allowed to do that) but I think from a personal point of view that your cheapest and least time consuming route maybe throwing more physical memory at the problem. You are currently only running 4GB. Total slots = 6. Believe that it is only using 2. (Unsure of this without doing a physical check).
There was a time when our work project had amazing onsite system administrators who would proactively identify problems and work with us to correct them before they affected the end users. Within five years, they had all been replaced by entry level staff who thought that racks only occurred on women and in dishwashers. Also, 4 GB of RAM seems like a rather small allotment for a webserver serving the entire Department of Defense.
For everyone who wants more baby pictures.
This week, Maia pulled herself up onto our low-rider coffee table (by way of an even lower footstool). It lasted mere moments until she tumbled down, unphased and instilled with a sense of pride and accomplishment.
This is Maia sitting in the grass at Claude Moore Park, performing science experiments with sticks and gumballs. The temperature that day was a pleasant 72 degrees.
Got sick with something Maia had on Easter, S 4/1.
Flew to Rhode Island to visit my sister and the nephews for the weekend on F 4/6.
Maia got her 9-month-old vaccines on T 4/10.
Went to a Happy Hour for my departing boss at American Tap Room on H 4/12.
Maia got sick and passed it on to me on F 4/13. Hiked in Algonkian and had Car over for dinner.
Sat on the back porch and in the backyard with Maia to enjoy some spring weather on S 4/14.
Rebecca and Maia went to the Farmer's Market and made Shiitake Omeletes for dinner on S 4/15.
Up all night sick without sleep on M 4/16.
Triumphant return to Claude Moore Park for an afternoon walk on W 4/18.
Walked through the golf course at Algonkian on F 4/20 and had Joe's for dinner. Got sick with some weird abdominal cramps for the next four days.
Went to a BBQ at Karolina and Carlos' house on S 4/22 after another Algonkian walk.
Had my first migraine since 2016 on T 4/24.
Took Maia to see my parents on W 4/25. Had dinner from Rollplay -- a little skimpy on the meats.
Had a family date at Mellow Mushroom on F 4/27 and gave Maia some delicious pizza crust.
Rebecca and Maia went to the Farmer's Market on S 4/28. Went to my parents' house in the evening for a belated birthday dinner.
Watched Maia while Rebecca went to Jessika's birthday dinner on S 4/29.
Finished securing all of the wide loads in the house to prevent baby crushing.
Got to level 1150 in Overwatch. Purchased Divinity: Original Sin 2 but have not dived into it yet as I'm still in RPG character creation paralysis mode.
No exciting TV shows, movies, or music this month. Currently enjoying the second season of Sneaky Pete though.
April's Final Grade: C-, spent most of the month sick!


In March, Cleary Gottlieb represented the underwriters, including Barclays, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, JP Morgan, Mizuho, Morgan Stanley, Nomura, and RBS, in 23 Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed transactions, representing more than $12 billion of mortgage-backed securities. This activity brings total agency mortgage-backed deals handled by the firm in 2014 to more than $38 billion.
In general, the "agency" transactions involve the issuance of mortgage-backed securities, in each case guaranteed by Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae or Ginnie Mae. Ginnie Mae is part of the U.S. government, while Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are government-sponsored, publicly-owned companies. In each transaction, the underlying assets were residential mortgage loans. The cash flows on these mortgages support the issuance of securities. The securities were issued in multiple classes.


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Facts to contradict the propagandists
SIR – There have been a number of confusing and propogandist letters about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict published in recent weeks which clearly need to be challenged with the hard facts, which I lay out below:
During Israel's establishment in 1948, Zionist terrorists and Israeli forces ethnically cleansed more than 400 Palestinian towns and villages, including homes, businesses, houses of worship, and vibrant urban centres, which were systematically destroyed or repopulated with Jews. Most of them were demolished to prevent the return of their Palestinian owners, now refugees or internally displaced.
Israel initially expropriated some 4,244,776 acres of land belonging to Palestinians while between 1948 and 1967, Israel expropriated another 172,973 acres of land belonging to Palestinian citizens of the state.
Today, approximately 100,000 internal refugees live in more than 100 'unrecognised villages' near their original demolished homes.
Palestinians have been living under oppressive Israeli military rule in the occupied territories since 1967, while inside Israel proper, apartheid policies and laws limit and contain the Palestinian population in order to create and maintain a Jewish majority with privileges denied to non-Jews. An example is that non-Jewish citizens of Israel are confined by law and zoning policies to just 3.5% of the land.
Illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem are segregated housing units built for the use of Jews on Palestinian land. Their purpose is to cement permanent Israeli control over the occupied Palestinian territories and to prevent the creation of an independent Palestinian state.
All Israeli settlements violate international law and Article 49 of the 4th Geneva Convention which states, 'The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.' The Hague Convention on the laws of war also forbids occupying powers from making permanent changes in the occupied territory unless it is a military necessity.
Palestinian land is stolen, homes destroyed and occupants evicted by the Israeli government and by settlers themselves for these illegal settlements. Today, there are some 650,000 settlers living on occupied Palestinian land in over 200 settlements. Checkpoints limit Palestinian movement and many are denied access to their farmland as more and more separation barriers are erected.
Although Israeli settlers and Palestinians in the occupied territories live in the same land, they are subject to two separate and unequal legal systems based on their religion. Settlers are given exclusive legal protections, rights, services and financial benefits denied to Palestinians in the same territory and subjected to Israeli military law.
This is the reality of an apartheid Israel which seeks to sell itself as under constant threat to its existence and no longer with any pretence of achieving peace or compliance with UN regulations or international norms of behaviour
Bob Storey,
Skibbereen.
Israeli-Palestinian conflict


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Barbara Beck
Barbara Beck is a co-founding principal of Sage Communications, which partners with nonprofit, foundation and public agency leaders to help them think about new ways to advocate, influence and accelerate social impact. Beck previously worked as a public affairs officer at The Pew Charitable Trusts. She also worked at the University of Pennsylvania, where she served as director of news and public affairs. In addition, Beck has two decades of experience in the news business at The Philadelphia Daily News and The Los Angeles Herald Examiner.
Zachary Epps
Zachary Epps is a dynamic facilitator, analytical thinker and servant leader committed to producing measurable improvements in the lives of children, youth, and families. Throughout his emerging career, Zachary has committed to elevating youth voice and agency, led efforts to establish a shared, cross-sector vision for improving collaborative impact and has worked directly with domestic and international organizations to empower communities and leaders to implement results-based and data-driven decision making. A lifelong learner and avid competitor, Zachary enjoys spending time in one of Philadelphia's many parks with his wife, Phylicia and their terrific toddlers, Carter and Micah.
Jane Isaacs Lowe
Jane Isaacs Lowe has an extensive career in philanthropy, academics, and social work. With an 18-year tenure at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, she most recently served as their Senior Adviser for Program Development, and Director of the Vulnerable Populations Portfolio. Prior to that she was a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania, School of Social Work teaching and publishing in the areas of community health practice, administration, and planning. She began her career as a social worker and administrator at Mt. Sinai Medical Center (New York City) where she also was a faculty member in the medical school's Department of Community Medicine. Throughout her career her work has focused on driving social change through the creation of programs and partnerships to address the many complex issues that impact the lives of vulnerable children/youth, families and adults. She serves on the Board of Trustees of Lutheran Services in America (LSA) and is a fellow at the New York Academy of Medicine. Lowe earned a doctorate in social welfare policy and planning from Rutgers University, a masters in social work from Columbia University, and a bachelor's degree in sociology from Cedar Crest College, where she was a member of the board of trustees from 2008-2017.
Salomon Moreno-Rosa
Salomon Moreno-Rosa is a Consultant at Envoy Growth, a social impact consulting firm, where he supports private and public sector organizations with operational growth and strategic planning, new market expansion, and impact measurement. Prior to Envoy, Salomon led community-based programs and youth development initiatives at the Urban Affairs Coalition and conducted policy research and development at the White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation (SICP) and the Office of Council President Darrell Clarke at Philadelphia City Council. Salomon is a 2019-2020 Buchholz Fellow through the Committee of 70 and serves on the board of Young Involved Philadelphia (YIP) and the Eastern Steering Committee for Draw the Lines. Salomon is a native of Amherst, MA and holds master's degrees in Public Administration and Education Policy and a bachelor's degree in Urban Studies from the University of Pennsylvania.
Johannah Rogers
Johannah Rogers is currently a Senior Brand Manager at Diageo where she offers strategic brand direction to win the hearts and minds of consumers on Diageo's biggest business Crown Royal. Prior to this role, Johannah served as both Senior Brand Manager and Brand Manager of various leading brands within the Diageo portfolio. She has been responsible for leading multicultural marketing of the respective brands she managed to grow penetration with these diverse segments. Prior to Diageo, Johannah spent 3+ years in marketing at Campbell Soup Company where she garnered numerous awards and accolades for her work on the U.S. Soup business. In particular, she counts her work on the Andy Warhol limited edition soup cans sold exclusively at Target as her greatest accomplishment. Prior to her tenure at Campbell's, Johannah spent 4 years working for the NBA in Team Business Development. Johannah has a passion for both lifestyle and multicultural marketing, passions she developed at Kellogg School of Management where she received an MBA with concentrations in Marketing, Accounting and Organizational Management. Johannah is a proud Duke Blue Devil. At Duke, she gained a B.A. in both Economics and Theater Studies. Johannah hails from Brooklyn, NY but is currently living in Harlem, NY. She enjoys running; traveling the world and playing with her dog Bane.
Harper Seldin
Harper Seldin is an associate at the law firm of Cozen O'Connor. His practice focuses on business litigation and complex commercial disputes. His pro bono work includes civil rights litigation in federal court on behalf of transgender public school students. Harper is a Buchholz Fellow for the Committee of Seventy, and independent and nonpartisan advocate for better government in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. He is also a member of the Toll Public Interest Center Advisory Board and the Law Alumni Society Board of Managers at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. His published legal scholarship focuses on child welfare. Prior to joining Cozen O'Connor, Harper was federal law clerk for the Honorable Stewart Dalzell (ret.) in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Harper graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, where he served as an articles editor for the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. He received a B.A., summa cum laude, in American history from the University of Pennsylvania.
Alexandre Turner is a graduate of Haverford College and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He dedicated the first seven years of his legal career to representing low-income clients accused of crimes, first at the Miami-Dade Public Defender, and subsequently at the Defender Association of Philadelphia. Mr. Turner has tried hundreds of criminal matters before judges and juries. He has obtained favorable results in numerous serious cases, including where his clients were charged with firearm possession, arson, and attempted murder. Prior to opening his own practice, Mr. Turner was associated with the law firm Ballard Spahr LLP, where he litigated complex matters on behalf of local and national businesses. While at Ballard Spahr LLP, Mr. Turner participated in several internal investigations for high-profile clients facing potential government prosecution.
Bradley Bridge
Bradley S. Bridge is an Assistant Defender at the Defender Association of Philadelphia, Philadelphia. Mr. Bridge graduated from the University of Washington with a B.S. in Psychology in 1976 and from Harvard Law School with a J.D. in 1979. From 1979 to 1983 he worked in the State Appellate Defender in Chicago, Illinois representing indigent defendants in their appeals to the Illinois Appellate and Supreme Court and in federal habeas corpus cases in the Northern District of Illinois and the Seventh Circuit. From 1983 to the present he's worked with the Defender Association of Philadelphia. His responsibilities have included representation of indigent defendants in Municipal Court, the Court of Common Pleas (waivers and jury trials, homicide and non-homicide cases), Juvenile Court, Mental Health Court, Pennsylvania Superior Court and Supreme Court, in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and in the Third Circuit. His current assignment is with the homicide and appeals units. In connection with that, he is currently challenging in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the Superior Court and in Courts of Common Pleas the constitutionality of sentencing juveniles to life imprisonment without parole. Other responsibilities include evaluation of cases that should be reopened in light of police corruption. He was involved in litigating issues arising out of the 39th District scandal as well as the Bureau of Narcotics Investigations and others. This has led to well over 450 cases being reopened and vacated from 1995 to the present.
Sophie Bryan
Sophie Bryan is the Executive Director of Philadelphia VIP, the hub of pro bono legal volunteering in the greater Philadelphia region and the pro bono arm of the Philadelphia Bar Association. Leveraging the power of volunteerism, VIP volunteers and staff assist thousands of clients and families annually in important civil legal matters impacting shelter, employment, family composition, and financial stability. Prior to joining VIP in June 2017, she was the Program Director at Reinvestment Fund for the Invest Health initiative, an effort to improve health and well-being in low-income neighborhoods in 50 mid-sized U.S. cities through better integrating community development, local government, and health sectors; training teams of cross-sector leaders; and attracting new sources of capital. Prior to joining Reinvestment Fund, Sophie held a series of positions at the School District of Philadelphia, most recently the Chief External Relations Officer, where she was responsible for developing and implementing strategic advocacy, government relations, external engagement, and communications plans to support the School District's strategic priorities. Sophie's prior experience includes serving as Chief of Staff to Philadelphia City Councilman Bill Green, in which role she focused on budgetary issues, tax policy, ethics and campaign finance reform, and reforming the City's real estate assessment and taxation system. Before joining local government, Sophie practiced law for eight years, primarily in the legal services field where she represented low-income clients, first in Boston and then in Philadelphia. Sophie served for five years as an adjunct professor at the Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law, teaching an upper-level writing course. A native Philadelphian, Sophie graduated with honors from Harvard College, with a BA in History and Science, and from Harvard Law School.
Lisa Campbell has been a public defender at the Defender Association of Philadelphia since 2004. She is currently the Assistant Chief of the Juvenile Unit of the Defender Association. After graduating cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, she went on to clerk for the Hon. Mary A. McLaughlin on the United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. As a public defender, Ms. Campbell has handled countless adult and juvenile cases during rotations through the various trial units. She has experience handling complex and serious juvenile cases, as well as leading and training teams of attorneys in the Juvenile Unit. Ms. Campbell has provided trainings for her office as well as attorneys across her state on a variety of issues. She currently is researching and presenting on the issue of collateral consequences of juvenile adjudications and the need for expungements of juvenile records.
Frank Cervone
Frank Cervone is the Executive Director of the Support Center for Child Advocates, the lawyer pro bono program for abused and neglected children in Philadelphia. Previously, he was a staff attorney at Delaware County Legal Assistance Association and adjunct clinical professor at Villanova University School of Law, where he instructed law students in domestic abuse and child support litigation, and served as counsel for Saint Gabriel's System, an agency providing treatment services for juvenile offenders. He serves as chair of the Pennsylvania Children's Trust Fund, and chaired the Advisory Committee on Child Welfare Services, served as a member of the Advisory Committee on Adoption Law, of the Joint State Government Commission, the research arm of the Pennsylvania General Assembly. He also serves as a member of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania's Juvenile Court Procedural Rules Committee. He is also a member of the board of the Philadelphia Children's Alliance and a member of the American Bar Association Section of Litigation's Children's Rights Litigation Committee Working Group. He is a founder and co-director of the National Children's Law Network. Frank is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Villanova University School of Law, and he has a master's degree in theology and ministry from LaSalle University. He lectures and trains both lay and professional audiences in child abuse and child advocacy.
Dana Cook
Dana Cook is the Deputy Director for the Atlantic Center for Capital Representation (ACCR), a death penalty resource center that provides trial level consultation and training in capital cases in Pennsylvania and Delaware. Prior to that, she worked at the Defender Association of Philadelphia, both as a social worker and a mitigation specialist. She began in the Juvenile Special Defense Unit representing Direct File Juveniles. After working in this unit for two years, she worked in the Homicide/Special Defense Unit as a mitigation specialist. There she represented capital and non-capital clients charged with homicide. Over the past several years, Dana has become a trainer and presenter at death penalty conferences. She has presented on various topics including client relationships/team building; storytelling/presenting mitigation; age as a mitigator and poverty as a mitigator. Prior to working at the Defender, she was an investigator in the Capital Habeas Unit of the Federal Defender Office in Philadelphia. She began her career as an investigator at the Post-Conviction Defender Office in Nashville, TN. She received her B.S. in Criminal Justice Administration in 1996 from Middle Tennessee State University and her Masters of Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania in 2003.
Edwin Desamour
Edwin Desamour was born and raised in North Philadelphia. Edwin's life experiences have inspired him to pursue a career serving the youth in his community. When Edwin was 16 years old he was convicted of 3rd degree murder, and spent over 8 years in prison. When he returned to the community he felt a sense of urgency to prevent young people from making the same decisions. He also wanted to demystify conceptions about prison, and the lifestyle he formerly lead. When Edwin first came home from prison he was tempted to return to life on the streets. At a critical moment, he was offered an opportunity to provide crisis intervention and conflict resolution through the Philadelphia Anti-Drug Anti-Violence Network (PAAN). Edwin worked for PAAN for 6 years. Following his work with PAAN, he worked for 3 years as an Education Specialist at Women Organized Against Rape, raising awareness about violence and sexual assault. Edwin also worked at Congreso as the Latino Juvenile Justice network Coordinator. His work in this position was guided and funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation's Models for Change project. In this position he educated community members about juvenile justice issues specific to the Latino community. Most importantly he provided group presentations, and mentoring relationships that offered youth opportunities to improve self esteem, learn good decision making, and experience positive lifestyle options. Edwin's passions to make a positive impact on the community lead him to found MIMIC: Men in Motion in the Community. Edwin is currently the director of MIMIC, an organization made of up men from the community who have transformed their lives, and who are passionate about decreasing violence in the community. In addition to directing MIMIC, Edwin also serves as a motivational speaker, educator and mentor, teaching youth about healthy relationships, and making healthy life choices. Edwin also serves on numerous committees and coalitions that serve the community.
Arlene Rivera Finklestein
Arlene Rivera Finkelstein is Assistant Dean and Executive Director of the Toll Public Interest Center (TPIC) at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She directs the Law School's wide array of public interest programming, which includes one of the first mandatory pro bono programs in the country. TPIC supervises 26 student pro bono groups, advises students on how best to prepare themselves for public interest careers, and oversees the school's public interest scholarship program. Finkelstein also teaches Legal Interviewing and Client Counseling at the Law School. Before coming to Penn Law, she was the inaugural director of the Public Interest Resource Center at Widener Law School. Finkelstein began working at Widener as a professor of legal research and writing, where she also taught interviewing and counseling, and public interest law. Finkelstein serves on a number of legal services boards including Community Legal Services and Philadelphia Legal Assistance, Friends of Farmworkers, and the Defender Association of Philadelphia. She received her JD from Temple University Beasley School of Law, and her BS from Cornell University. She began her legal career as an Assistant Defender at the Defender Association of Philadelphia, where she focused primarily on the defense of juveniles.
Tara Grove
Tara Grove is the education editor at The New Press, where she acquires for the press's celebrated list of progressive education titles and also edits books about race, gender, justice, and inequality. The New Press publishes books that promote and enrich public discussion and understanding of the issues vital to our democracy and to a more equitable world. Underlying the press's editorial program are three aims: to broaden the audience for serious intellectual work, especially by reaching out to audiences intellectually redlined by commercial publishers; to bring out the work of traditionally underrepresented voices; and to address the problems of a society in transition, highlighting attempts at reform and innovation in a wide range of fields. Tara is also a member of the Project for the Advancement of Our Common Humanity, an emerging think and do tank based at New York University. Before transitioning to book publishing, Tara worked with young mothers in Philadelphia's homeless shelter system as a case manager and trauma recovery facilitator.
Reuben Jones
Reuben Jones is a community activist and social justice advocate who serves as Executive Director of Frontline Dads, Inc. where he provides transitional services to men and women returning from incarceration, mentoring for "at-risk" youth, and social justice advocacy. Reuben is a trauma-informed clinical therapist who obtained his Masters Degree with honors in Human Services from Lincoln University. His social justice advocacy work has included "Ban The Box," bail reform, voter education, voter registration and voting rights advocacy for returning citizens, juvenile lifers with the Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project, and prison decarceration. Reuben is an active member of the Philadelphia Reentry Coalition, the NO215Jails Coalition, the South Philly Prevention Coalition, and the Philadelphia Anti-Violence Coalition. Reuben served on the Mayor's Transition Team (Public Safety Committee) and on the Universal Pre-K Commission. Reuben is a National Institute of Corrections-trained facilitator for the "Thinking For a Change" cognitive skills development program in the Philadelphia County prisons where he works with men preparing for release. Additionally, Reuben is the founder of "Peacemakers," a violence prevention initiative that teaches conflict resolution skills and mediation to "at-risk" youth. For his humanitarian efforts, Reuben was awarded the Presidential Service Award from President Obama in 2016 and is a 2017 Just Leadership Fellow.
Umi Howard
Umi Howard is the Director of The Lipman Family Prize at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.Umi has spent the past fifteen years working in the social sector. His experience includes direct service, program development & management, consulting, board service and organizational leadership in the nonprofit sector. During this time he served in various roles at the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania for over eight years. Umi and his wife, Sylvie, also ran a sustainable travel business based in Ecuador called Solidarity Travels. Umi has traveled extensively and lived abroad for more than 6 years. He brings an intense passion for the community empowerment and educational opportunity embodied in the Lipman Family Prize and hopes this work will help bring recognition to the University of Pennsylvania as a hub of learning for the social sector.
Sara Jacobson
Sara Jacobson is Director of Trial Advocacy and an Associate Professor at Temple University's Beasley School of Law. Since joining the law school in 2008, Jacobson has written and worked on issues surrounding teen sexting and juvenile life without parole (JLWOP). She also volunteers with the ACLU. Before coming to Temple, Jacobson was an assistant public defender at the Defender Association of Philadelphia for nine years, where she spent much of her time working with juveniles. At the Defender Association Jacobson served as the Assistant Chief of the Juvenile Unit and taught a Criminal Defense Clinic for the University of Pennsylvania Law School. As Assistant Chief, she helped create the Juvenile Defender Association of Pennsylvania (JDAP), and directed three annual statewide trainings for juvenile defenders across Pennsylvania. Before joining the Defender Association, she worked as a public defender in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Jacobson is a graduate of the Temple Law LLM in Trial Advocacy Program, Temple Law School, and Ursinus College. She is also a graduate of the National College of Criminal Defense Trial Practice Institute and the teacher training program of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA).
Decker Ngongang
Decker Ngongang is a Senior Fellow at Frontline Solutions and an independent consultant providing advisory services to individuals and institutions in the social sector. Along with formal engagements, Decker has written and speaks extensively on the non-profit sector, education and social justice issues. Prior to Frontline, Decker launched and managed the Black Male Achievement Social Entrepreneur Fellowship Program at Echoing Green. Before Echoing Green, Decker served as Director of Community Outreach with Communities for Teaching Excellence, a project of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and as Vice President of Programs at Mobilize.org. Decker's career began at Bank of America where he was a Global Markets and Investment Banking Compliance Risk Manager. Along with formal engagements, Decker has written and speaks extensively on the non-profit sector, education and social justice issues.
David Rudovsky
David Rudovsky is a founding partner of Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing & Feinberg, LLP. He has practiced in the civil rights and criminal defense fields for over forty years, including cases on police and governmental misconduct, prisoners' rights, first amendment freedoms, and racial discrimination. Mr. Rudovsky has argued two significant civil rights cases in the United States Supreme Court: Mitchell v. Forsyth (1985) (immunity of Attorney General for illegal electronic surveillance) and City of Canton v. Harris (1989) (liability of municipalities for civil rights violations by police). He has also prepared numerous amicus briefs in civil rights cases in the Supreme Court and has argued scores of civil rights and criminal law cases in the federal and state courts. Since 1987, Mr. Rudovsky has been a Senior Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law where he teaches courses in Constitutional Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law, and Evidence. Mr. Rudovsky has written a number of practice books for civil rights and criminal cases. These include Police Misconduct: Law & Litigation and The Law of Arrest, Search and Seizure in Pennsylvania. In addition, Mr. Rudovsky has written a number of scholarly articles in law reviews on civil rights and the criminal justice system. Mr. Rudovsky is President of the Board of Directors of the Defender Association of Philadelphia and is Vice President of the Board of the Pennsylvania Innocence Project. In 1986, Mr. Rudovsky was a recipient of the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship for his work in Criminal Justice. He has also been honored by the Philadelphia Bar Foundation with the Judge Gerald F. Flood Award for Public Interest Accomplishments, the ACLU Civil Liberties Award, and the Philadelphia Bar Association Cesare Beccaria Award for Criminal Justice.
Robert Schwartz co-founded Juvenile Law Center in 1975 and was its executive director from 1982-2015.In his career at Juvenile Law Center, Schwartz has represented dependent and delinquent children in Pennsylvania juvenile and appellate courts; brought class-action litigation over institutional conditions and probation functions; testified in Congress before House and Senate committees; and spoken in over 30 states on matters related to children and the law. Schwartz's career has not been limited to Pennsylvania, but has included fighting nationally and internationally for juvenile rights. Schwartz chaired the American Bar Association's Commission on Youth at Risk from 2011-2013. From 1992-98 and 2006-08, he was chair of the Juvenile Justice Committee of the American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section. In 1993 he also co-authored the American Bar Association's report,America's Children at Risk; and in 1995 he helped author a follow-up report on youth's access to quality lawyers,A Call for Justice. In 1993 he visited South Africa to help develop a legal system for children, and was invited to China in 2010 to speak to judges and lawyers about sentencing of youth. From 1996-2006, Schwartz was a member of the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice. As part of the Network, he co-edited Youth on Trial: A Developmental Perspective on Juvenile Justice (University of Chicago Press: 2000). From 1996-99 he was a gubernatorial appointee to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. From 1991 to 2012, he was a gubernatorial appointee to the Commission's Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Committee, which is the State Advisory Group that distributes federal funds in Pennsylvania and advises the governor regarding juvenile justice policy. Schwartz in 2005 became chair of the Advisory Committee to the Children's Rights Division of Human Rights Watch. From 2003-2012, Schwartz chaired the Board of the Philadelphia Youth Network. Schwartz is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Andrew Hamilton Award, presented by the Philadelphia Bar Association "for exemplary service in the public interest," the Reginald Heber Smith Award, presented by the National Legal Aid and Defender Association, the Livingston Hall Award, presented by the American Bar Association, and the Stephen M. Cahn Award, presented by the National Association of Counsel for Children for career achievement. Schwartz is a graduate of Temple University School of Law and of Haverford College, which in 2011 also awarded him an honorary degree.
Jeffrey Shook
Jeffrey Shook is an Associate Professor at the School of Social Work and an Affiliated Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh. He received a PhD in social work and sociology and an MSW, both from the University of Michigan; a JD from American University; and a BA in economics from Grinnell College. His primary appointment is in the School of Social Work and he holds affiliated appointments in the School of Law and Department of Sociology. His research examines the intersection of law, policy, and practice in the lives of children and youth. Specifically, his research focuses on the transfer of juveniles to the adult criminal justice system, the administration of juvenile justice, the movement of youth across child and youth serving systems, and the experiences of youth "aging out" of the child welfare system. Jeff also is involved in efforts to end the sentencing of juveniles to life sentences without the opportunity for parole both in Pennsylvania and nationally.


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Home Breaking Russia and Turkey agreed to a truce in Syria
Russia and Turkey agreed to a truce in Syria
ALL PHOTOS Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has finished negotiations in Moscow
the Press service of the President of Russia At the final press conference the Russian leader said that Moscow and Ankara have agreed on the document on settlement of the situation in Syria. The agreement includes three points: the ceasefire, the creation of a "security corridor" in Idlib, and the Russian-Turkish patrolling the M4 in the territory of the Republic
the Press service of the President of Russia At the final press conference the Russian leader said Moscow and Ankara have agreed on the document on settlement of the situation in Syria. The agreement includes three points: the ceasefire, the creation of a "security corridor" in Idlib, and the Russian-Turkish patrolling the M4 in the territory of the Republic
the Press service of the President of Russia At the final press conference the Russian leader said that Moscow and Ankara have agreed on the document on settlement of the situation in Syria. The agreement includes three points: the ceasefire, the creation of a "security corridor" in Idlib, and the Russian-Turkish patrol route M4 on the territory of the Republic
the Press service of the President of Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has completed talks in Moscow. At the final press conference the Russian leader said that Moscow and Ankara have agreed on the document on settlement of the situation in Syria. The agreement includes three points: the ceasefire, the creation of a "security corridor" in Idlib, and the Russian-Turkish patrolling the M4 in the territory of the Republic. Reported by the Daily Storm.
"We don't always agree with our Turkish partners in assessing what is happening in Syria, but we always managed to find common ground, as happened this time", – told reporters the Russian leader.
Putin emphasized that Russia proceeds from the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria. He also thanked Erdogan for the fact that he arrived at the talks in Moscow, and noted that the agreements reached with President of Turkey the agreement will be a good basis for a peaceful settlement of the situation in the Islamic Republic.
According to Putin, bands in the region of Idlib is so increased its activity that it took a personal conversation between two presidents. President RRussia expressed his condolences over the death of Turkish soldiers in Syria. "Unfortunately, as I already told you in a telephone conversation, no one, including Syrian soldiers, did not know about their whereabouts, said the Russian leader. – During this time, unfortunately, and Syrian soldiers have suffered: the Syrian army has serious losses". He said that it is necessary to discuss the whole situation that it was not repeated and did not damage Russian-Turkish relations.
Erdogan said that the attack of the Syrian government troops in Idlib violated the agreement that was signed in Sochi. "Turkey will not sit idly by and reserves the right to respond to every attack by the Syrian regime on their own", – said the Turkish leader, vowing that Ankara is "committed to assist Syrian refugees in returning home."
Turkish President Also said that on March 6, you would enter a ceasefire, and invited Putin to Ankara in connection with the 100 th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. According to Erdogan, "the spirit of cooperation between Turkey and Russia has made an unprecedented contribution to international efforts to resolve the Syrian conflict."
Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov said that "security corridor" in Idlib will be six kilometers North and South of the Syrian M4 highway. Since March 15, the Russian and the Turkish military will jointly patrol the road.
a Memorandum under which the province of Idlib became one of the four areas of de-escalation in Syria, was signed by Russia, Turkey and Iran in may 2017. In September 2018 in Sochi the presidents of Russia and Turkey have agreed to establish in this province the demilitarized zone depth of 15-20 km along the line of contact between Syrian government forces and armed opposition. By the end of 2019 Idlib was the last province in Syria, which has remained strong armed opposition groups.
In December 2019, the Syrian army launched an offensive, trying to take Idlib under control. In fierce fighting gradually began to get involved Turkish military supporting the Syrian opposition, and the Russian army, serving as an ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
February 27, 2020, opposition armed groups launched a counter-offensive in Idlib, attacking the positions of Syrian government forces. Support the defenders with air had not only the Syrian and Russian aircraft.
as a result of air strikes killed 34 soldiers of the Turkish army, and injuring more than 30 people. In Ankara, said that the dead soldiers were at the observation post. However, the defense Ministry assured that the Turkish military were "in combat formations of the advancing terrorists." The defense Ministry also assured that the aircraft HQs in the area was not used.
March 4, official representative of Russian defense Ministry major General Igor Konashenkov said, and all that happened in Idlib "splicing" the territory controlled by fighters from Turkish observation posts. He also noted that only Russia with its actions helps to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe in Syria. "In the context of total cynicism and false concerns of the West the humanitarian situation in the zone of de-escalation of Idlib, the only Russian Center for reconciliation of the warring parties and the legitimate Syrian government daily in the liberated areas with all the necessary assistance to local residents," – said Konashenkov.
In UN, NATO and the United States criticized Russia for its policy in Syria. The report of the UN Commission on Syria even laid on Russia responsible for war crimes. According to international experts, the attacks of the Russian and Syrian military are exposed to hospitals, and places where civilians. As a result, in Idlib province narushayutI civil rights, including children who reside in areas under the control of the opposition "Democratic forces of Syria."
the head of the military of NATO Jens Stoltenberg condemned the "indiscriminate air strikes of the Syrian regime and its patron Russia" in Idlib, and called on them "to halt the offensive, to respect international law". A us Republican Senator Lindsey Graham urged the President of the United States Donald trump to intervene in Syria. "The world sits idly by and watches the destruction of Idlib, Assad, Iran and the Russians," said Graham.
Later in the United States promised to provide Turkey with military aid, providing her with ammunition for the fighting in Syria.
the Escalation in Idlib led to unprecedented over the entire period of the civil war in Syria, the wave of migration. To the border with Turkey rushed over 950 thousand refugees, mostly women and children. The immigration crisis threatens the European Union, which urgently takes action to resolve.
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