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3 Reasons Why Vertex Pharmaceuticals Stock Isn't Nearly as Expensive as It Looks
The market isn't fully appreciating just how much more room this biotech has to grow.
Keith Speights
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Jul 27, 2018 at 10:19AM
You might have expected Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VRTX) stock to soar after the biotech reported blow-out second-quarter results after the market closed Wednesday. But that's not what happened. Vertex's share price actually dropped a little on Thursday.
Keep in mind that Vertex reported a 46% year-over-year revenue increase. The company's adjusted earnings skyrocketed 147%. Everything about the Q2 results looked great. So why in the world didn't the stock at least jump a little?
One potential answer to that question is that the biotech's Q2 growth had already been priced into its shares, to the point that its stock is now overvalued. With Vertex shares trading at a forward earnings multiple of 37.5, earnings growth of nearly 150% apparently wasn't enough to move the needle. In my view, though, Vertex stock isn't nearly as expensive as it looks. Here are three reasons why.
1. A phenomenal long-term earnings growth trajectory
While I get why some investors might think that Vertex's growth prospects are already baked into its share price, I don't agree with that perspective. You can't look only at the earnings growth expected in the next year (which the forward earnings multiple does). Instead, try to understand the biotech's growth trajectory coming in the long run.
Vertex achieved its stellar revenue and earnings growth in Q2 largely because of the successful launch of Symdeko, its latest two-drug combination for treating cystic fibrosis (CF). Of course, we can't leave out continued solid sales for the company's other CF drugs, Kalydeco and Orkambi. But the maximum size of the market for those three drugs is 45,000 CF patients -- 60% of the total number worldwide.
The company isn't reaching all 45,000 of those patients yet. For example, it's still negotiating with the U.K. on reimbursement for Orkambi. Sweden finalized reimbursement for Orkambi in June. Also, the biotech is awaiting regulatory approvals for both Kalydeco and Orkambi as treatments for younger patients. So there's a lot of potential growth available for the company just with its current three CF drugs.
But the bigger opportunity lies with Vertex's triple-drug combos. CEO Jeff Leiden stated in the company's Q2 conference call that the phase 3 studies of combos based on its VX-659 and VX-445 treatment candidates "have moved exceptionally fast." He said that Vertex expects to be able to submit a triple-drug combo for approval by mid-2019. If approved, these combos should expand the biotech's addressable market by 55%. Again, the forward earnings multiple simply doesn't factor in this growth potential.
2. An underappreciated pipeline outside of CF
Even if all Vertex had was its current CF drugs and pipeline candidates, the stock valuation wouldn't be as expensive as it might seem. But the company also claims several other candidates in its pipeline targeting other diseases.
One candidate to keep your eyes on is VX-150. Vertex has already seen encouraging data from phase 2 clinical studies of the drug in treating acute pain and chronic inflammatory pain. The company expects to report results from another phase 2 study of VX-150 in treating neuropathic pain in early 2019.
Another key pipeline candidate is CTX001, a gene-editing treatment that Vertex is co-developing with CRISPR Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CRSP). Although the FDA placed a clinical hold on the application to begin clinical testing of CTX001 as a treatment for sickle cell disease, Leiden said that Vertex and CRISPR are working together to answer the agency's questions. He added that he thought the FDA was being "appropriately cautious and conservative" with what could be the first CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing treatment candidate outside of cancer to advance to human trials.
In the meantime, it appears to be full steam ahead for Vertex and CRISPR Therapeutics to begin a phase 1 clinical study of CTX001 in Europe for the treatment of the rare blood disorder beta-thalassemia. The two companies received approval for a clinical trial in the U.K. earlier this year, and recently obtained a go-ahead in Canada.
3. A capacity to make deals
Finally, Vertex's current valuation doesn't reflect the company's ample capacity -- and eagerness -- to make deals to build up its pipeline. As of the end of the second quarter, Vertex had cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities totaling nearly $2.8 billion.
On the call, Leiden said that while Vertex didn't need to buy short-term revenue, it definitely wants to add to its pipeline. Chief Operating Officer Ian Smith added that the company is "more active than we've ever been" in looking at potential business development transactions. He listed external CF programs and early-stage assets outside of CF as top priorities on the radar.
Following the leaders
I think that Vertex is in great shape to follow a path similar to the ones that today's biggest biotechs have taken. All of the industry's leaders started by carving out a niche in one area. They then used the cash generated by their initial successes to expand into new therapeutic categories.
In the wake of Galapagos' announcement of disappointing results from its phase 2 trial for C2 corrector GLPG2737 in treating CF, Vertex's competitive advantage in the CF market appears stronger than ever. Its domination of that market seems likely to continue for years to come, providing it with a financial springboard from which to achieve success in other indications.
Considering its long-term prospects, I view Vertex as a reasonably good bargain right now. I suspect after a few more stellar quarters like Q2, Wall Street will wake up and notice this jewel of a stock.
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Largehearted Boy: Book Notes - Cote Smith "Hurt People"
Book Notes - Cote Smith "Hurt People"
Cote Smith's Hurt People is a marvelously unsettling debut novel.
"Writing with extraordinary grace and tenderness, Smith injects unnerving tension into a delicate coming-of-age story set squarely in the path of a tornado."
I don't listen to music while I write. I get too distracted. That said, as I was writing Hurt People, there were several songs that helped me think about the characters, who they were and where they were going (or not going). Here are some songs that did just that, and made me believe that the pain my characters were feeling and inflicting on one another is in some ways universal.
My brother Brett put this song on a birthday mix he made for me when I turned 26, which is around the time I first started writing my novel. I think he was living in Brooklyn at the time, while I, along with the rest of his family and friends, were in Kansas. This song beautifully conveys the emotional and physical distance we were both probably feeling then, as well as the sorrow felt by the young narrator of Hurt People as he watches his family drift apart.
A song, that, like Hurt People, is told from the perspective of a child whose mother maybe doesn't have her priorities straight. I particularly like the lines about how when the mother "had a boyfriend for some while," the narrator busies himself watching tapes on a VCR, and that he somehow "grew up in spite of it." Very fitting for the setting and context of Hurt People, which takes place in the late 80s.
Another great family-themed song. It works well for the older brother in Hurt People, with lines like "I wonder which brother is better / which one our parents loved the most / I sure did get in lots of trouble / they seemed to let the other go." But the song could just as easily be told from the perspective of the father in the novel, who, like the singer, wants his family to know he loves them, no matter what has happened in the past, or what the future will carry.
While I don't listen to music while I write, there are certain songs I occasionally use to pump me up to write. This is one of those songs. Very anthemic. I get goosebumps around the 2:40 mark every time. And the lyrics in the first verse, "Can you see the blood on my sleeve? / I have fallen in the forest / Did you hear me?" would make for a pretty good epigraph for the novel.
A good setting song. The opening lines captures a bleak city filled with cracked sidewalks and broken buildings, not unlike the setting of Hurt People: Leavenworth, Kansas. Leavenworth is a prison town as flawed as the characters in the book, but it's also all the brothers know. It's home.
The tempo and beat make you want to dance, but the song's story of two brothers who left behind a troubled life, trying to disappear, should give you pause. It's a deceptively disturbing song about two brothers inflicting as much pain on one another as possible. The family in Hurt People feels like that sometimes. I think all families do.
I like how Cat Power strips this Velvet Underground song to its bare bones, showing how much we matter to one another, and how one person's infinite faith in another can be reason enough for both of them to carry on. The narrator of Hurt People has a similar faith in the people he cares about, especially his older brother, who he idolizes.
In the novel, the mother has a list of expressions she frequently throws at the two brothers, including a cliche that gives the book its title. You are what you love could be one of those sayings. When Jenny Lewis sings "you are what you love, and not what loves you back," I am reminded that often times we are defined not by the feelings we share with the people we care about, but by the instances in which those feelings aren't returned.
More hype music. Chance goes on some great lyric runs that are fun and inspiring. Writing is very difficult for me, but this song is a good reminder that it's OK to have fun making art.
As someone who majored in Classical Languages, I geek out anytime I have a chance to put that knowledge to use. Here, the chorus references the founding of Rome by Romulus and Remus, who were raised by a she-wolf after they were abandoned. This song uses that myth in so many meaningful ways, all of which suit the family in Hurt People. Perhaps most striking is the idea that after the wolf mother leaves the brothers, things begin to fall apart. In the final verse, when the speaker of the song screams the revenge he plans to exact on the world, you can feel how much pain he has inside him, and how desperately he wants to share that pain with everyone around him.


Soft golden light moves up my cheek, the warmth drawing me from sleep. I pull the blanket over my head and will sleep to return. If it won't, I'll seek comfort in my blanket-cocoon. The world can't find me here.
I hear the bedroom door handle release and the smell of coffee slips through. 'Wakey, Wakey,' he announces to the twisted blankets as he comes to a standstill by the bed. When I don't answer, he places the cup down firmly on the bedside table.
'Babe?' He lets the question hang in the musty air. 'Time to get up.' I imagine pulling the covers back and saying a cheery 'morning' as I pat down my bed hair. But instead, I say nothing. I don't move an inch. 'I'm coming in,' he says.
I feel cool air on my toes as he peels back the covers at the base of the bed. His smooth fingers tickle the soles of my feet. When I don't flinch his hands lock around my ankles. He gives my body a tug as if he's weighing his options. Could he drag me out of bed if it came down to it? Satisfied that he could, he releases me and goes with his second option.
I clamp down my eyelids as he climbs under the covers and begins crawling his way up the bed. His warm breath prickles my neck as he settles in beside me. I remain in the foetal position, back to him, resisting the urge to look. If I meet his blue eyes and linger on his face for too long I won't be able to pretend everything is okay, that I'm not hurting him. But if I am honest with myself, I've known for a while now that his restless demeanour, his words spoken through a clenched jaw, his hands balled into frustrated fists, were my doing.
He tucks the blankets back around us and I hear his breaths slow until they fall into sync with mine. 'I can't see you like this anymore.' His words hang heavy in the space between his pillow and mine. 'And it's been weeks, like weeks, of ... this.' I don't know what to say. It has been weeks.
'I.want.to.get.outofbedbutIcan't.' The words tumble out, before picking up speed and tapering off in a sob.
"I've been waiting to hear those words; afraid that I'd never hear them again but more afraid that once they were spoken they would signal my last chance."
It was the most I had uttered in a week. My throat felt unused, my tongue unsure of where to sit in my mouth. Maybe today would be different. Maybe today I could be the person I wanted to be. Maybe today I could take a shower.
'I'll help you.' He flung off the covers, exposing me to the world. My hands scrambled to find the blankets and pull them back to me. But instead, they found his hands.
'Open your eyes, baby,' he says, squeezing my hands.
'Yes. You. Can.' Lifting me up off the bed like I weigh nothing, he pulls me into his arms and guides my head into the nape of his neck.
Holding me there tightly, he whispers, 'I love you.' I've been waiting to hear those words; afraid that I'd never hear them again but more afraid that once they were spoken they would signal my last chance. I've daydreamed that when the time came they would have the power to ignite the thing in me that's burnt out.
'But what am I going to do?' I whisper.
'You'll figure it out,' he says matter-of-factly as he plants a dry kiss on my cheek. He walks through the bedroom doorway without another glance my way.
I stand where he left me and wait for the familiar sounds of him leaving. The front door locking. The heavy echo of his footsteps across the tiles. Then I watch between the gap of the window and blind as he crosses the street and hops into the front seat of the car. He just sits there. Motionless. Eyes gazing out over the dashboard.
Then, as if coming to life again ten seconds later, he starts the engine and drives off down the street, one hand on the wheel as he wrestles to get his seat belt on with the other.
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The Château de Montbéliard (Montbeliard Castle), also known as the Château des ducs de Württemberg (Castle of the Dukes of Württemberg) is a fortress located on an outcropping rock that overlooks the town of Montbéliard in the Doubs département of France. Since 1996, it has been classified as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture. The property of the commune, it is open to the public.

History
It is believed that there has been a fortress on the site since the Gallo-Roman times, though then it was only a wooden watchtower acting as an observation post for the defence of the town of Mandeure (Epomanduodurum).

Until 1397, the castle belonged to the Montfaucon family. The marriage of Henriette d'Orbe to Eberhard IV, son of the count Eberhard III of Württemberg, transferred the ownership of the castle to the Württemberg family. It was the home of Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt, mother of Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia.

In 1793, the castle became part of Revolutionary France. It served as a garrison until 1933, when it was transformed into a history museum.

Architecture
The castle was once divided into two parts around the ancient Church of Saint-Maimbœuf that dominated the esplanade of the castle with its high belltower.

The Châtel-Derrière (back of the castle), in the east, had two imposing towers dating from time immemorial. It contained the reception and the private apartments of the counts and dukes who followed one another, first in the county and then in the principality. This part of the castle was separated by a wide and deep ditch (which does not exist today), spanned by a drawbridge.

The Châtel-Devant (front of the castle), in the west, dominates the town of Allan and the river Lizaine (before it channels underground), and contains along its northern face the single entry of the fortress, together with its drawbridge and portcullis. The drawbridge spanned a ditch that was added for the protection of the entrance; this ditch was filled in during the great transformations of the 18th century that modified aspects of the castle. Châtel-Devant contained in its enclosure the buildings of the garrison (which sometimes also housed official travelers), the stables, the falconry, and the arsenal which stored the guns, ammunition and weapons necessary for the defence of the castle and the city. The imposing mass of the Hôtel du Baili (the bailiff's lodging) always dominated this part of the castle. One can still make out the building of the chancellery that was located immediately past the entrance of the castle.

It is said that the castle was in a state of advanced decay at the end of the 18th century. Several buildings were demolished and rebuilt during the 18th and 19th centuries. Two prominent 19th-century transformations were: the demolition of the Église Saint-Maimbœuf in 1810; and the destruction of the house called "entre les tours" (between the towers), which was a building flanked by the Henriette and Frederique towers characterising Châtel-Derrière that gives the castle its imposing aspect. This house was replaced by a facade decorated with spires in the Germanic style of the 17th century.

See also
 Montbéliard
 List of castles in France

References

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External links

 Museum of the Castle of the Dukes of Wurtemberg - information
 Musée du Château de Montbéliard

Castles in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Monuments historiques of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
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BASKING RIDGE, N.J., March 17, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Caladrius Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLBS) ("Caladrius" or the "Company"), a cell therapy company with a select therapeutic development pipeline focused on immune modulation and a subsidiary, PCT, a development and manufacturing partner for the cell therapy industry, announced financial results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2016.
Entered into a definitive agreement with Hitachi America whereby Hitachi America agreed to purchase Caladrius' remaining 80.1% membership interest in PCT for $75 million, subject to potential adjustments, including based on PCT's cash and outstanding indebtedness as of the closing of the sale, and a potential future milestone payment.
Expanded the strategic collaboration with Sanford Research beyond operational support for the CLBS03 clinical program.
Reached agreement with Japanese regulators on a development plan for CD34 cell therapy for critical limb ischemia (CLBS12) which would qualify the product for early conditional commercial approval upon successful execution.
Total revenues for the fourth quarter of 2016 increased 35% to $10.2 million compared with $7.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2015, primarily due to higher reported Clinical Services revenues at PCT.
Research and development (R&D) expenses for the fourth quarter of 2016 decreased 19% to $2.6 million compared with $3.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2015, primarily related to the discontinuation of non-core R&D programs announced at the beginning of 2016 and related reductions in R&D staffing and departmental costs, partially offset by costs related to the ongoing Phase 2 T-Rex Study.
Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses were approximately $4.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2016 compared with $5.0 million for the same period in 2015, primarily due to lower operational and compensation-related costs during the 2016 fourth quarter.
The net loss attributable to Caladrius common stockholders for the three months ended December 31, 2016 was $6.0 million or $0.73 per share, compared to $33.2 million or $5.92 per share for same period in 2015.
Net loss for the fourth quarter of 2015 included the impairment of in-process R&D (IPR&D) valued at $34.3 million related to the Company's decision to discontinue its Phase 3 study of CLBS20 in metastatic melanoma. This impairment was partially offset by the reversal of a related deferred tax liability and the reversal of a related contingent consideration milestone obligation. The net impact for these changes was a $24.7 million increase in net loss.
Total revenues for 2016 of $35.3 million represented an increase of 57% compared with $22.5 million for 2015. R&D expenses in 2016 were $15.1 million compared with $23.9 million in 2015. SG&A expenses for 2016 were $20.4 million compared with $30.0 million for 2015.
The net loss attributable to Caladrius common stockholders for 2016 was $32.7 million or $4.99 per share based on 6.5 million shares outstanding, compared to $80.9 million or $16.67 per share based on 4.9 million shares outstanding for 2015.
Net loss for 2015 included the impairments of IPR&D associated with our CLBS20 and CLBS10 clinical programs, valued at $43.7 million. These impairments were partially offset by reversals of related deferred tax liabilities, and the reversals of related contingent considerations obligations. The net impact for these changes was a $24.7 million increase in 2015 net loss.
As of December 31, 2016, Caladrius had cash and cash equivalents of $14.7 million. The net cash used in operating activities for 2016 was $23.7 million. During 2016, the Company invested $2.8 million in capital expenditures primarily related to equipment and improvements for PCT's Allendale, N.J. and Mountain View, CA manufacturing facilities.
Caladrius' management will host a conference call for the investment community today, March 17, 2017, beginning at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time to review the financial results, provide a Company update and answer questions.
Shareholders and other interested parties may participate in the conference call by dialing 877-562-4460 (U.S.) or 513-438-4106 (international) and providing conference ID 95709222. The call will also be broadcast live on the Internet via the Company's website at www.caladrius.com/events.
The webcast will be archived on the Company's website for 90 days.
Caladrius Biosciences, Inc. is a cell therapy development company with cell therapy products in development based on multiple technology platforms and targeting autoimmune and cardiology indications. The Company is investigating its lead product candidate, CLBS03, for the treatment of recent-onset type 1 diabetes in a currently enrolling Phase 2 trial. The Company's subsidiary, PCT, is a leading development and manufacturing partner exclusively focused on the cell therapy industry and has served over 100 clients since 1999. Caladrius has entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Hitachi America intends to purchase Caladrius' remaining 80.1% membership interest in PCT and thereby transform Caladrius into a therapeutics-only development company. The sale of the Company's remaining interest in PCT is subject to the approval of the Company's stockholders and customary closing conditions. There can be no assurance that such sale will be completed in the anticipated timeframe or at all. For more information on Caladrius please visit www.caladrius.com.
Caladrius intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and mail to its stockholders a proxy statement in connection with, among other things, the sale to Hitachi America of the 80.1% membership interest in PCT that Hitachi America does not already own (the "Sale"). Investors and stockholders of Caladrius are urged to read the proxy statement and the other relevant materials when they become available because they will contain important information about Caladrius and the Sale. The proxy statement and other relevant materials (when they become available), and any other documents filed by Caladrius with the SEC, may be obtained free of charge at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. In addition, investors and stockholders may obtain free copies of the documents filed with the SEC by Caladrius by directing such requests to Caladrius Biosciences, Inc., 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 350, New York, NY 10170, Attn: Jacquelyn Briggs or jbriggs@caladrius.com, Telephone: (646) 606-2221.
Caladrius and its directors and executive officers may, under SEC rules, be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from Caladrius' stockholders in connection with the Sale. Information regarding Caladrius' directors and executive officers is contained in Caladrius' proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on May 10, 2016. Additional information regarding the participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect of the Sale and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be contained in the proxy statement when it becomes available.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including forward-looking statements regarding the proposed Sale, the possibility of obtaining a milestone payment and the transformation of Caladrius into a therapeutics-only development company. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation: risks and uncertainties relating to potential adverse reactions or changes to business relationships resulting from the announcement or completion of the proposed Sale; unexpected costs, charges or expenses relating to or resulting from the proposed Sale; litigation or adverse judgments relating to the proposed Sale; risks relating to the completion of the proposed Sale, including the risk that the required stockholder vote might not be obtained in a timely manner or at all, or other conditions to the completion of the proposed Sale not being satisfied; any difficulties associated with requests or directions from governmental authorities resulting from their review of the proposed Sale; any changes in general economic and/or industry-specific conditions; and other risks detailed in Caladrius' filings with the SEC, including those disclosed under "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in Caladrius' Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 17, 2017 and in subsequent reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K and other filings made with the SEC. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Caladrius does not intend, and disclaims any obligation, to update or revise any forward-looking information contained in this press release or with respect to the matters described herein.
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Weekly Hamptons Revenge Recap Season 3, Episode 4: "Mercy"
By Lee Meyer Posted on October 21, 2013
Emily says hello a la Revenge, Graphic: Oliver Peterson/ABC
Welcome to our weekly Revenge recap series, where you'll get a Hamptons perspective on ABC's hit show. Consult our primer for characters and background, and make sure to check out last week's recap to see what you missed.
And now, Episode 4: Mercy…
At Grayson Manor, Victoria cries to herself while playing piano, where she's interrupted by Patrick, who offers words of comfort for her rapidly crumbling life (being bankrupt, her husband about to blow a decades-old secret about their domestic terrorism). Patrick suggests she sell some of her paintings so the two can move out of the Hamptons together.
Father Paul and Conrad are rushed to the ER after a car crash. Emily arrives and is devastated to learn that Father Paul has died. She runs into Patrick, and they share a civil moment as Patrick feels dejected that Daniel booted him from Conrad's room, saying he's not family. Back in the boonies of Montauk, Charlotte – who continues to be on a different show than everyone else – asks Jack if he had a chance to look at some of her proposed redesigns for his Stowaway bar. After he humors his honorary sister-in-law, she mentions that she's only Emily's maid of honor for Daniel's sake. She's disappointed when Jack announces he's not going to the wedding.
Back at Suffolk Hospital, Conrad is concerned that Charlotte will hear about the accident on Twitter. Really, Conrad, that's what you're concerned about right now? Victoria is still furious, but Conrad assures her that he's reconsidering exposing their secret after his brush with death. Emily arrives and announces that Father Paul is dead. Proving that no good deed goes unpunished for poor Father Paul, Conrad spins a story about how Father Paul wanted to drive the Ferrari and couldn't handle the speed and crashed. Victoria calls his bluff and storms out. Daniel asks Emily if she saw who was driving the car, and she grudgingly complies with Conrad. "You are my guardian angel, Emily," Conrad gushes. "Who knows where I'd be without you?"
The next day, Emily debriefs Nolan and Aiden about the series of unfortunate incidents, and Nolan, in the first of several great zingers during the episode, notes that Conrad likely crashed the car because he was having an "Emmisode" from the pills she's been giving him. She's not amused, and asks Nolan to hack into the police department to get some info. He refuses; he's still not using computers. Besides, he's got his own "Revengenda" to carry out this week.
Hamptons Authenticity Alert! In previous episodes they've called the local PD, the Hamptons Police Department—there's definitely no such thing. We are actually a collection of villages and towns, each with their own police force.
At the (also totally fictional) Sheila Lurie Gallery, Victoria meets with her old friend Sheila to reminisce and casually ask for a job. She's desperate, after all. Sheila, who has a mean-spirited glint in her eye, is happy to offer Victoria a position. Of course, Sheila insists that they'll have to throw a nice reception at the gallery with all of Victoria's high-society friends and connections. Victoria looks mortified.
Back at the only safe place in Montauk (the Voulez offices), Emily walks in on Daniel paying off a detective to stop investigating Conrad's accident. He assures Emily that he's given her statement to the nice detective, who leaves. Emily's livid with her fiance and storms out, but is stopped by an assistant, who asks if she can go interrupt Daniel because she needs a quick blurb about him for the first issue. Emily grins and offers to write it up.
At the country club, Nolan approaches Patrick, who is once again shirtless and staring wistfully at the ocean. The two have a moment when Patrick asks Nolan if he's ever felt like an outcast. "Story of my life," says Nolan. Patrick walks off and Nolan slyly snatches his wallet.
Conrad, who is still trying to get in touch with Charlotte (someone should tell him to stop worrying; he hasn't trended on Twitter since Season 1), is not happy to learn that Victoria has moved Aiden into the pool house. Aiden calls Emily, who's made the trek back to the poor side of town (Montauk) to talk to Jack. Emily tells Jack that she's been foiled again, and Jack asks if he can help her with her schemes. She begs him to stay out of it.
Emily plays innocent when an angry Daniel accuses her of trying to hurt him with the bio she wrote about him. She insists she thought mentioning his DUI would show his character, but he doesn't buy it. Emily admits that she thinks Daniel paying off the detective was disgusting, and storms out. Daniel warns her that if she leaves, he won't be there when she gets back. "Don't forget to turn on the alarm," she snipes.
Patrick feels lonely when Victoria can't join him for a totally appropriate walk on the beach because she has to call Daniel and Charlotte and invite them to her gallery party. Elsewhere Nolan succumbs to his temptations and pulls out a computer to do some background checking on Patrick. Later, Patrick brings one of Victoria's paintings to Sheila and arranges to sell it without Victoria's consent. What is going on here?
Aiden, doing Emily's dirty work, switches Conrad's pills. Meanwhile, Emily – who is in full Season 2 spy attire – goes to the junkyard to find Conrad's Ferrari and is startled to find Jack there. Jack tells her Conrad had to be driving; he has burns on his face from an airbag… and the airbag has been conveniently removed from the car. The car is demolished, but Jack took a video of it beforehand. He shocks her by threatening her: either he exposes Conrad or he exposes her. It took two years, but Jack finally grew a backbone to go with those biceps!
At the gallery, Victoria is forced to smile as she is politely ridiculed and humiliated by her former "friends," who are all happy to see the former Queen off her high horse. Victoria tells Emily that she'll never forgive her for exposing her bankruptcy, and Emily cruelly and cheerfully says she hopes to be Victoria's first commission. But Victoria has a trick up her sleeve – when Sheila orders her to replace a light bulb, Victoria accuses Sheila of stealing her painting and selling it without her consent. Sheila tells her Patrick sold her the painting – which, surprise, Victoria planned! – and Victoria tells her that she hoped Sheila would be a friend, rather than humiliate her. The two strike a deal, which ends with Victoria becoming the gallery's new owner.
Conrad considers more high class illnesses
Back at the manse, Conrad imparts some words of wisdom to Daniel: don't forgive Emily just yet. Show her who's boss. Because that's worked so well for his marriage. He thanks Daniel for paying off the detective, but Daniel assures him that he only did it because he didn't want the family to be associated with scandal right before the first issue of Voulez. He walks off, leaving Conrad alone to ponder, but his moment of introspection is interrupted by a mysterious phone call…
Nolan heads to Florida and meets Lacey (played by Devious Maids star Brianna Brown), Patrick's ex-wife! He offers her $20,000 in exchange for some information. Lacey calls Patrick a liar and a loser, but asks Nolan what he wants to know.
At the bar (sorry guys, I'm running out of Montauk jokes), Jack drops a major bombshell on Emily: Conrad's brakes were cut. This (not) shocking revelation is cut short when Emily is summoned back to Grayson Manor for an announcement by Conrad. She quickly meets with Aiden, who swears that he didn't cut Conrad's brakes, then tells him that Jack knows her true identity (how did he not know this yet?).
Conrad announces that the hospital misdiagnosed him and he's not suffering from Huntington's after all. Emily just can't win tonight! I'd like to point out that Southampton Hospital would never make a mistake like that. Afterward, Emily apologizes to Daniel for what she wrote in his bio, but her extremely unconvincing "I love you" isn't enough for him and the two continue to be at odds.
Nolan gives Patrick his wallet back and spins a story about how he found it, but Patrick is skeptical. Nolan admits that he learned some interesting information about Patrick. Patrick is confused until Nolan leans in to kiss him. After Patrick pulls away and calls Nolan presumptuous, Nolan stammers an apology but Patrick smiles and passionately kisses him! "Have mercy," Nolan purrs.
At Grayson Manor, Conrad snarkily congratulates Victoria on her new gallery before being interrupted by Aiden, who has important news. Aiden reveals that Conrad's brakes were cut – and blames Jack!
Who tried to kill Conrad? Basically every character on the show is a suspect, but I'm going to make a guess: Patrick. He's already shown that he'll scheme for his new mom, and what do we know about him (other than that he's apparently a great kisser)? Meanwhile, Aiden better watch out going after Jack! He's becoming the epitome of psycho ex-boyfriend, and Jack came long before Aiden was even a blip on Emily's radar.
Season 3, Episode 4 Takedown: None officially, but Victoria's mini-takedown of Sheila Lurie rocked.
Best Moment: Patrick and Nolan's "have mercy" kiss
Worst Moment: Emily at the junkyard
Question of the Week: This isn't the first time the Graysons have spun a story to get out of trouble. Who eventually took the rap for Tyler Barrol's murder?
By the way, Conrad's Twitter mention turned out to have a meaning after all! ABC wants viewers to tweet #HamptonsKiller and guess who tried to kill Conrad. Check back later in the week for a Revenge Top 5 list (Last week: Top 5 Hamptons Geography Errors) and get the scoop on Episode 5, "Control," on Monday.
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Podcast & Guest Mixes
Friske Delivers Our Latest Guest Mix To Celebrate The Release Of His Second Chance EP
Having already released 2 EPs on METHXX and one on Platinum, Friske is now making his debut on the Mtalheadz main label with the brilliant Second Chance EP. To celebrate the release of the EP he's delivered us a wicked 30 min guest mix that showcases his new music along with a few other tasty…
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We Grabbed Jungle Veteran Missing For A Chat About The 90s, Acid Jazz & His New EP
With over 20 years in the scene behind him, stretching back to before Drum & Bass was Drum & Bass, Missing knows his stuff and has plenty of stories to tell. Ahead of his return to Kemet Records with the Homecoming EP we had a chat with the man himself to talk about everything from…
PREMIERE: Nuphlo – Book Of The Jungle The Sequel (Studio Rockers)
What a pleasure it is to be able to share something really fresh and exciting with you, taken from one of the most interesting an enjoyable albums I've been sent all year. Leeds based producer Nuphlo has just released his debut album, Digital Culture Clash, and we've got an exclusive cut for you. I strongly…
As Insomniax Make Their Debut On Viper We Grabbed The Lads For A Chat
It was only a few days ago that I talked about how Viper is a hotbed for new talent and here we are again with one of their newest artists, Insomniax. Their new single Crying Rain / Facehugger is out now so we had a chat with them to learn more about the people behind…
PREMIERE: Ikon – Belong (Young Guns Recordings)
"A year after the tragic loss of Joe Wells, aka Ikon, comes the first part of his long awaited final release in the form of Ikon:ik Part 1. From his first set almost a decade ago in his hometown Salisbury, Ikon had been gaining traction as an up and coming force in the South Coast…
PREMIERE: Mark Kloud – Levels (Sublimate Records)
It's an all American affair now as we premiere a cut from Portland based label Sublimate Records' latest release, a 4 track EP from the genre bending Mark Kloud. Mark, whose lat album we picked as one of the best of 2015, effortlessly blends breaks, half time and beautiful ambience to create some truly unique…
Detboi Rumbles Onto Metalheadz With His Astonishing Secrets EP
Not many releases make us truly, as the title says, astonished. Simply because it's so difficult now for artists to make themselves stand out amidst the saturation, social medial firestorm and constant need to be in everyone's faces all the time. If you have 100 people shouting at you at once it's harder to hear…
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PREMIERE: Surreal & Critical Event – In Front of You (Atmomatix Records)
Up next on Dutch label Atmomatix Records is the Delirium EP, from Critical Event & Friends which sees Critical Event collaborating with a different producer on each track which is a wicked idea I think. We've got the premiere of his collaboration with Surreal which is called In Front of You and it's a jazz…
We Chat With Seba About His New Latest Single And What's Next For Secret Operations
With a back catalogue that stretches back 20 years, and with his label Secret Operations about to celebrate it's fifteenth birthday, Seba is nothing short of a staple of Drum & Bass. You want find any "bangers" or three and half minute, radio friendly "anthems" in his back cat, oh no. It's full of Drum…
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Когольор ()  —  муниципалитет в Испании, входит в провинцию Гвадалахара, в составе автономного сообщества Кастилия — Ла-Манча. Занимает площадь 8 км². Население — 37 человек (на 2010 год).

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 publispain.com
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Classic New England Cape sitting on 10+ acres. Both the exterior and the thoughtfully renovated/updated interior take advantage of the stunning easterly views of the Green Mtns. THIS is what you think of as "picturesque" VT! Pick your own apples from the healthy, pesticide-free orchard out front, then move to the private oasis behind the house. Enjoy the views over a pond, large lawn, stone wall, lovely gardens, and mature maples. Enjoy the glorious sunrise on the expansive, east-facing deck, look over the mowed fields. The first floor is sunny and bright with new east-facing Marvin windows, sliding glass door, and solid cherry floors. Enter by way of a large mudroom with ample storage. The eat-in kitchen, renovated in '08, has a dbl window over the sink, granite counters, and high-end appliances. A propane Hearthstone fireplace adds to the cheerful warmth and provides backup heating source. Also renovated, the full bath and separate laundry room, with attention to detail-wainscoting, new windows, high quality fixtures and appliances. Also on the 1st flr are a bedroom with wool carpet, an office space, and three comfortable and bright living areas connected by French doors. The upstairs was completely renovated in 2011: new triple, east-facing Marvin windows; solid cherry floors; and new insulation and wiring. Bonus spaces: two bay garage with 10' doors; partially finished bsmt (2 rooms); a 24x24 studio/workshop/rec room. All this just minutes from downtown Middlebury.


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https://rocketswire.usatoday.com/2018/03/11/houston-rockets-clich-playoffs-mavs-sunday/
Rockets clinch playoff berth after beating Mavs on Sunday
Ananth Pandian
March 11, 2018 8:52 pm CT
It took a few days but the Houston Rockets were able to clinch a playoff berth on Sunday after they beat the Dallas Mavericks 105-82.
Houston will now be heading to the postseason for the sixth straight year.
Playoff spot clinched! ✔ pic.twitter.com/LWwmR3LOVo
— Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) March 12, 2018
Houston has a strong chance to finish the season with the No. 1 seed in the West as the Rockets are currently 52-14, which is the best record in the entire league.


Giancarlo. Just because YOU don't know how to use linux, doesn't mean it's a bad OS. Yes, it's not a good choice for computer-morons who only only know how to point and click. But for me, it's the most effecient system out there.
and the program will launch. Yes, command line in windows is somewhat similar, but windows has nothing on the emerge system. You don't even need a GUI to do any of it.
Also, how are you going to tell me Windows is better when you need to pay money to use it. Lol.
And giancarlo, yes dell did pay almost 100 million dollars last week to invest in linux servers.
I got redhat on a 20GB Maxtor drive. So ya I did use it a few times... it isn't bad.. stable.. but not useful for my purposes.
$100 million is nothing. And dell? Who cares for dell?
And you are calling me a computer moron? For one, you need to grow up. I play games.. and i do many other things I can't do on a linux machine.
Giancarlo: 1) You have no defence for windows against the emerge system 2) I hate red hat too 3) No, I'm not calling you a moron, I know that if you took the time, you could learn how to use slackware and gentoo just as well as windows.
Rakedog: 1) YOu have no evidence for your arguments. 2) You resort to ad hominems. 3) You are emotional and full of it.
I'm not going to use crappy gentoo or slackware.
I have no evidence? Lol. Prove it. You're going to deny the existance of the Portage system, and how much easier it is to deal with files using it? Lol. If you do, you'll look like an idiot, because I'll bring you down with cold hard facts.
No, I stated from the very start that I dislike Red Hat. They are turning too much towards windows, more GUI then efficient, though fedora is a nice distro for newbies.
I'm emotional? What? For defending linux, I'm emotional?
And, you've never tried those OS's, I have, so, your opinion here is biassed.
Are you using Red Hat or Fedora? Fedora is ok, but i prefer more cc orientated distro's, like Slack and gentoo.
I didn't deny the existence of anything. What I simply am saying is you are emotional and not acting in a rational manner. You can't even state cold hard facts if they hit you in the face so hard they knocked your teeth out. That's how bad this is. And no I'm not goiing to talk to you anymore. I like Red Hat. Apparently I like nothing you do. You like girls, I like guys. You see... we are opposites.. so bug off.
You are biased and emotional.


... wow, I must be the only guy here who likes playing as Papa Louie.
I still like playing him.
Plus you could serve to yourself.
How can you server ypurself???
I would say choose your character because what if you hate the playable characters in the game?
I like to be one of the customers so then I can serve myself if I get tired.
I chose Doan or Cooper. and Akari or Penny.
How is it a fail? Maybe because of him spelling customer wrong but the main thing I wanted to say is that there's nothing wrong of him saying if he would like to play Robby,Doan,Akari or Sue.
I swear, WE and ahfaz12's decisions aren't the same.


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Jacques Ogg
Sonatas for fortepiano from 1776
Type CD
Label Globe
Catalog number GLO 5103
Release date 19 August 2002
Physical (CD)
Sonata No. 43 in E flat major, Hob. XVI:28: Allegro moderato
Sonata No. 43 in E flat major, Hob. XVI:28: Menuet
Sonata No. 43 in E flat major, Hob. XVI:28: Finale. Presto
Sonata No. 44 in F major, Hob. xvi:29: Moderato
Sonata No. 44 in F major, Hob. xvi:29: Adagio
Sonata No. 44 in F major, Hob. xvi:29: Tempo di Menuet
Sonata No. 45 in A maior, Hob. XVI:31: Allegro - Adagio
Sonata No. 45 in A maior, Hob. XVI:31: Tempo di Menuet
Sonata No. 46 in E major, Hob. XVI:31: Moderato
Sonata No. 46 in E major, Hob. XVI:31: Allegretto
Sonata No. 46 in E major, Hob. XVI:31: Finale.Presto
Sonata No. 47 in b minor, Hob. XVI:32: Allegro moderato
Sonata No. 47 in b minor, Hob. XVI:32: (Tempo di Menuet)
Sonata No. 47 in b minor, Hob. XVI:32: Finale. Presto
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The process for installing. Heists giving players the chance to team up to pull off a string of intense multi- part heists, raids robberies.
Matériel informatique de qualité. While you may install an Xbox 360 game from a disc to your console reduce the noise coming from your counsel, this will not enable you to play the game without the disc— it will only improve loading times, decrease the wear tear on the disc.
If you download it from microsoft then you have to install it to the hard drive purchase games online , via buying it on xbox live with microsoft stead download the content directly to the hard drive of your Xbox 360. Xbox Live Arcade games originally could only be run from the hard drive, but flash drive support has been added. You might not be signed in to Xbox Live there might be a problem with your Xbox Live connection. There are only a few games available you have to either buy them from microsoft itself have the original xbox game disc for it. There is a link in the References section. Check to determine whether your game is compatible for play on your Xbox 360.
Play downloaded xbox 360 games off hard drive. If you' re having trouble playing using content you previously downloaded to your Xbox 360 there are several reasons this could be happening: There might be a problem with Xbox Live. Install your Xbox 360 hard drive if it is not already.
Matériel informatique de qualité. Livraison gratuite ( voir cond). Why YOU need a Modded Xbox 360 in - The History, Custom Dashboards, Emulators, and More!
Modern Vintage Gamer 1, 955, 761 views. This article describes how to install, play, or delete a game on your Xbox 360 Hard Drive. Modern Vintage Gamer 1, 969, 229 illeure réponse: yes they can be downloaded directly to the hard drive and no you cannot play them without the disk.
This is one step at helping people prevent premature failures on their system. by loading the game to the hd there is also a faster access time.
The Xbox 360 allows the option to install games to run off the hard drive or a flash drive instead of the disc. In some cases, this allows games to run faster.


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import org.openengsb.core.api.context.ContextHolder;
import org.osgi.framework.Filter;
import org.osgi.framework.FrameworkUtil;
import org.osgi.framework.InvalidSyntaxException;

/**
 * The OsgiUtils class contains bundle context independent OSGi related methods
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public final class OsgiUtils {

    private OsgiUtils() {
    }

    /**
     * returns a filter that matches services with the given class and location in both the given context and the
     * root-context
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     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the location contains special characters that prevent the filter from
     *         compiling
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    public static Filter getFilterForLocation(Class<?> clazz, String location, String context)
        throws IllegalArgumentException {
        String filter = makeLocationFilterString(location, context);
        return FilterUtils.makeFilter(clazz, filter);
    }

    /**
     * returns a filter that matches services with the given class and location in both the current context and the
     * root-context
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     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the location contains special characters that prevent the filter from
     *         compiling
     */
    public static Filter getFilterForLocation(Class<?> clazz, String location) throws IllegalArgumentException {
        return getFilterForLocation(clazz, location, ContextHolder.get().getCurrentContextId());
    }

    /**
     * returns a filter that matches services with the given location in both the given context and the root-context
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     *         compiling
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    public static Filter getFilterForLocation(String location, String context) throws IllegalArgumentException {
        String filter = makeLocationFilterString(location, context);
        try {
            return FrameworkUtil.createFilter(filter);
        } catch (InvalidSyntaxException e) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("location is invalid: " + location, e);
        }
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     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the location contains special characters that prevent the filter from
     *         compiling
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    public static Filter getFilterForLocation(String location) throws IllegalArgumentException {
        return getFilterForLocation(location, ContextHolder.get().getCurrentContextId());
    }

    private static String makeLocationFilterString(String location, String context) throws IllegalArgumentException {
        return String.format("(|(location.%s=%s)(location.root=%s))", context, location, location);
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meet chris bell in denton!
Join Curtis Clinesmith and Karl Lynch tomorrow as they host a reception for Democrat Chris Bell. Bell faces Bob Gammage and Rashad Jaffer in the Democratic primaries on March 7. These three are vying for the chance to face Republican Rick Perry and Independents Kinky Friedman and Carole Keeton Strayhorn in the general election for Texas state governor.
Meet Potential Gubernatorial Candidate CHRIS BELL
Where: Hannah's Off the Square, 111 W. Mulberry St.
When: March 1, 2006 from 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Labels: chris bell, denton
There was an interesting exchange today in the Senate Armed Services Committee between Senator Kennedy and National Intelligence Director John Negroponte.
Kennedy: [Quoting the President] I'm confident of our plan for victory...and we are winning. Those are the words of the President.....Did you tell the President we were winning [the war in Iraq]?....
Negroponte: I personally? Recalling conversations I've had with the President and other members of the administration, my view has always been that we are moving in the right direction, that we're making progress. I analyze it usually in terms of the
political process there, the progress towards achieving their political timetable on the one hand and progress towards developing their army and their police forces, effective military and police forces. And I believe that progress has been made in both those areas. And I believe that yes, things are moving in a positive direction in Iraq - overall.
Winning? In the words of Jon Stewart, uh, not so much. But we're making progress, right? So what's that look like? Senator Kennedy asks Director of Defense Intelligence Agency, Lt. Gen. Michael Maples to give his assessment:
Maples: ....I do believe that this last week has been a very significant week in Iraq. The level of sectarian violence increased significantly on the ground based on the bombings of the mosques. And we saw exactly the deep divides that exist between the Shia and the Sunni in Iraq....We're also in a very tenuous situation right now, I believe. I think that more violence, were it to occur, were it to be stimulated by Al Qaeda, would have a very significant impact on the situation in Iraq.....
Thirteen hundred Iraqis are dead in sectarian violence since the shrine attack in what the administration finally admits is a low level civil war. But it hasn't yet escalated into an all out civil war...so we're making progress.
Labels: iraq, john negroponte, ted kennedy
Early voting for the March 7 primary continues this coming week through Friday, March 3. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.
For information on early voting sites in Denton County, click here.
For Dallas County, click here.
For Collin County, click here.
For Tarrant County, click here.
In addition to the slate of candidates, voters will be able to vote on two propositions for the Texas Democratic Party platform.
Propsition 1
Do you support lifting millions of families above the national poverty line by increasing the state minimum wage above it's current level of $5.15 per hour?
Proposition 2
Do you support the restoration of Texans' full rights to a trial by jury in civil cases?
It's important to get Democratic turnout in the primaries. Allocation of polling resources is based on turnout from previous elections, so we need your vote even if there are no contested primary elections on your ballot.
Labels: ballot propositons, collin county, dallas county, denton county, early voting, elections, tarrant county
candidate profile: ken tapscott
"I am running for the bench because I believe that one way to restore civility in our society is to restore justice in the courtroom. To do so, I'm going to need help from good people like you."
I had the privilege of meeting the man that spoke those words at a rally at Lee Park in Dallas that was led by Senator Joe Biden, Senator Barack Obama, and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid. As someone that is very interested in the law and criminal justice, I am very concerned with electing Democrats to key positions in the courts, which is why I'll be supporting the campaign of Ken Tapscott.
Ken Tapscott is a Democrat running for Judge, Dallas County Court at Law No. 4. He has been a Senior Associate at the prestigious Baron & Budd law firm for the past nine years and has been named the Rising Legal Star for February 2006 by Texas Monthly. He is also a former staff attorney for the Social Security Administration's Office of Hearings and Appeals.
Tapscott earned his Bachelor of Science in Business, Magna Cum Laude, from the University of Alabama-Huntsville and received his law degree from the University of Miami Law School.
He is most known for his social work and activities in the community. He was named Honorary Mayor of Fort Worth because of his work with the American Diabetes Association (he is a diabetic himself). He serves as a volunteer moot court judge for the Southern Methodist University Law School. He provided pro bono legal representation for victims of Hurricane Katrina. He is a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity and contributes to countless charities, including the North Texas Food Bank, Doctors Without Borders, the SPCA, and Shriner's Hospital for Children.
You can learn more about Ken Tapscott at his campaign website. He is unopposed in the upcoming Democratic primary, so please think about supporting his campaign against incumbent W. Bruce Woody.
Labels: candidate profile, dallas county, ken tapscott
Dallas Morning News Reports that Incomes Decrease
When Republicans and Bush tell us that the economy is striving, are they just talking about the Anderson Ranch crowd? The Dallas Morning News reported that according to the Feds, average incomes, after adjusting for inflation, decreased a drop of 2.3 percent in 2004, when compared to 2001 data. During the Clinton years, average incomes soared by 17.3 percent. It also reports that the gap between the very wealthy and other income groups widened from 2001 to 2004. I guess that is why Bush and Republicans want to give the rich more tax breaks while sending jobs of average Americans off shore. When Americans in the middle and bottom groups realize what Republicans and the Bush crowd are doing to their livelihood, maybe they will start voting based on issues that really affect them. And if they say security against terrorists, selling out our ports to a country with ties to 9/11 is hardly a decision from a Republican government concerned with our safety.
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Labels: bush administration, clinton administration, poverty
Candidates for Governor on Reproductive Rights
The Dallas Morning News has an article outlining the major candidates for governor (Bell, Friedman, Gammage, Perry and Strayhorn) and their views on reproductive rights. Read it here. It begins:
Both sides on the abortion issue have looked to the future and agree on a scenario: Individual states will probably decide its legality.
Chris Bell's campaign has been critical of Bob Gammage over his votes in the 1970's to restrict public funding of abortion, including his 1977 vote in favor of the Hyde amendment. Gammage has since stated he feels those votes were a mistake. In their responses to questions posed by the Dallas Morning News, however, there were no significant differences in their stated views on reproductive rights issues. The most interesting responses came from Carole Strayhorn. A sample:
Should Roe vs. Wade be overturned?
Bell: No. We need to reduce the number of abortions in Texas by reducing unwanted pregnancies. Gov. Rick Perry's policies have failed to reduce abortions, which have increased under his administration.
Friedman: No....I'm running for governor, not God.
Gammage: Absolutely not. A woman's right to choose is a fundamental and core right that should and must be maintained.
Perry: The final disposition of Roe vs. Wade is up to Congress or the courts.
Strayhorn: I believe in the sanctity of life.
Should pharmacists be allowed to refuse to dispense the "morning-after" pill?
Bell: No. The morning-after pill is birth control. Doctors and patients should make health care decisions, not insurance companies, pharmacists and cynical politicians.
Friedman: No. They should follow the laws.
Gammage: No. They are licensed by the state and have a duty to provide services to those who possess a prescription and are legally entitled.
Perry: Yes, if it violates their conscience, they should not be forced to dispense such a pill.
Strayhorn: Declined to answer.
Should schools limit discussion of pregnancy prevention to abstinence-only?
Bell: Obviously, abstinence should play a prominent role in sex education. But we need to give our kids the age-appropriate, medically accurate information they need to keep from getting pregnant in the first place.
Friedman: No. The more education, the better. Lack of education is a big part of the problem.
Gammage: No. We should provide genuine education and engage in dialogue that informs our children of the facts, the dangers, the morality and the responsibility that comes with growing up.
Perry: Abstinence is the surest way of preventing unintended pregnancies and should be taught as such.
Hmm, when faced with difficult questions on sensitive issues, Ms. Strayhorn sticks to her talking points or declines to answer. Now we know where Scottie gets it.
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lake highlands democrats
An informal gathering of Democrats from the Lake Highlands area takes place every Thursday night (7:30pm) at the Starbucks on Abrams and Royal. The event is hosted by Jeff and Maridell Templeton who invite all area Democrats to socialize and engage in lively, liberal discussion.
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abortion banned in south dakota
The South Dakota Senate has passed a ban on abortion that was proposed by the State House of Representatives. It was sent back to the House, who must agree to a small change made by the Senate, and then will be sent to the anti-abortion governor of South Dakota, Republican Mike Rounds.
"It is the time for the South Dakota Legislature to deal with this issue and protect the lives and rights of unborn children," said Democratic Sen. Julie Bartling, the bill's main sponsor.
The bill, carrying a penalty of up to five years in prison, would make it a felony for doctors or others to perform abortions.
Bartling and other supporters noted that the recent appointment of Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito make the Supreme Court more likely to consider overturning Roe v. Wade.
It's quite unnerving that there are Democrats in South Dakota that are so ultra-conservative that they could sponsor, let alone support, this sort of outright ban on abortion. Many conservatives will allow exceptions for limited cases, such as rape, incest, and the mother's health. This is obviously a political ploy to challenge the new makeup of the United States Supreme Court.
I personally think that the new Supreme Court will override this South Dakota legislation and will not overturn the precedent of Roe v. Wade. The "conservative bloc" of the Court is made up by Associate Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Chief Justice John Roberts. The "liberal bloc" is considered to be made up by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, John Paul Stevens, and David Souter. The new swing voter, after the departure of Sandra Day O'Connor, will be Anthony Kennedy. He has already shown the propensity to side with the liberal voters on key issues, even though he is considered by some to be conservative. He has actively supported abortion in most cases, other than late-term abortions. I feel that Kennedy will side with the four liberal justices and Roe will be saved in a 5-4 decision. The jury may still be out on Alito, too. If he decides to vote in favor of precedent, Roe v. Wade could possibly be upheld 6-3.
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book club meeting!
The Flower Mound Democrats book club will meet tomorrow night at a member's house in Flower Mound. The group will meet for dinner and afterwards discuss President Jimmy Carter's book, Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis. Please check the Flower Mound Democrats discussion group for more information.
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"La Batalla Está Aquí": The Chicana/o Movement in Los Angeles15
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Hollywood Blacklist11
Women's Activist Lives11
Twenty-Five Years of Community Organizing and Institution Building in the Aftermath of Watts: 1965-199010
Mitigating Poverty in the City of Angels: Interviews with Affordable Housing and Social Welfare Activists6
Donde Haiga un Trabajador Explotado, Ahí Estaré Yo: Justice for Janitors' Workers, Organizers, and Allies4
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1. Interview of Jane Acem
Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women's Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Lives with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Developed MCS after workplace exposure. Patient advocate.
2. Interview of Konyin Adewumi
Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women's Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experience Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Nigerian immigrant. Public health researcher at Duke Global Health Institute. Research highlights access issues of affor...
3. Interview of John Allard
Union organizer and president of United Automobile Works (UAW) Local 230.
4. Interview of Laura Allen
The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
Educator in the area of greywater systems and Greywater Action founder. Author of The Water-Wise Home: How to Conserve, Capture, and Reuse Water in Your Home and Landscape. Resident of Los Angeles Eco-Village.
5. Interview of Nancy Angelo
Women's Activist Lives in Los Angeles is a series of interviews done by graduate research assistants under the auspices of UCLA's Center for the Study of Women. The series addresses the diverse ways in which women's social movement activities affected public policy and transformed civic institut...
Performance and video artist. Involved in the Women's Building, a center for feminist art in Los Angeles.
6. Interview of Lisa Anon
Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women's Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experiences Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Writer and musician. Outspoken about the challenge of navigating fragrance-free hygiene as a woman.
7. Interview of Portia Anon
Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women's Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experiences Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Advocate and educator on chemical sensitivity, fragrance, and increasing medical understanding of MCS.
8. Interview of Sherrie Anon
1.75 hrs
Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women's Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experiences Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Developed MCS developed after an exposure to formaldehyde in the workplace.
9. Interview of Gloria Arellanes (2011)
Latina and Latino History
Chicano Movement
The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano generation in Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with their position in U.S. society, Chicana and Chicano activists built a civil rights movement from the ground up. Interviewees were selected based on their e...
Minister of finance and correspondence of the Brown Beret organization's founding chapter. Administrator of El Barrio Free Clinic and member of the National Chicano Moratorium Committee.
10. Interview of Lois Arkin
Founder of Los Angeles Eco-Village. Executive director of Cooperative Resources and Services Project.
11. Interview of Solona Armstrong
Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women's Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Born in Montreal, Canada, Solona is a software developer who is living with MCS and is extremely avoidant to mold. Solona has written to government officials and partic...
12. Interview of Albert Aron
13. Interview of Helen Astin (2012)
UCLA professor of higher education and senior scholar at the UCLA Higher Education Research Institute.
14. Interview of William C. Aston
Machine shop worker and chair of the United Automobile Workers, Local 887.
15. Interview of Bill Bailey
16. Interview of Aida Barragan
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This series documents the Justice for Janitors movement in Los Angeles from the 1980s through the early 2000s. Justice for Janitors is a labor organization of the Service Employees International Union that has historically sought to improve the working conditions and bargaining power of workers ...
Involved in the Service Employees International Union's Justice for Janitors campaign.
17. Interview of Rosa Batres
Outreach coordinator for the South Bay Center for Counseling. Activist in the area of port pollution and clean air and member of the Community Partners Council and Cesar Chavez Mother's Brigade.
18. Interview of Cruz Olmeda Becerra
Co-founder of the Brown Berets who protested against unfair conditions in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Founder of the cultural nationalist group, La Junta.
19. Interview of Beauty Belle
Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women's Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experiences Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Advocates for MCS through direct communication: writing letters to CEOS about changing their products and talking to bu...
20. Interview of Brian Biery
21. Interview of Reuben W. Borough
Member of the Socialist Party and active in the Populist movement. Reporter for the Los Angeles Record, editor of EPIC News, and a commissioner on the Los Angeles Board of Public Works.
22. Interview of Ada Bravo
Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women's Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experiences Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). First exposed to dangerous chemicals as a factory worker in the 1980s. Housing that accommodates those with chemical se...
23. Interview of Diandra Bremond
24. Interview of Roy Brewer
Trade union leader and international representative for the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE). President of the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals and vice-chairman of the Council Against Communist Aggression.
25. Interview of John Bright
Interviews in this series preserve the recollections of selected individuals in Los Angeles who were affected by the Hollywood blacklist during the Joseph R. McCarthy-J. Edgar Hoover era.
Screenwriter and co-founder of the Screen Writers Guild who was blacklisted in the post-World War II Hollywood blacklist.
26. Interview of Karen Brodkin
UCLA professor of anthropology. Activist for LGBTQ rights and labor unionization.
27. Interview of Betty Brooks
Feminist activist in anti-rape work, women's sexuality, and feminist theology. Co-founder of the Rape Crisis Hotline and Women Against Sexual Abuse. Co-founder of the Califia Community. California State University, Long Beach educator in the Women's Studies Program.
28. Interview of Cora Brother
Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women's Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Doctoral candidate at an R1 research university and lead editor for a journal. Self-advocate relating to MCS, leading to institutional changes and awareness of MCS. Als...
29. Interview of Varda Burstyn
Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women's Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Novelist and former health communications officer in the provincial Ontario health ministry. Policy writer with strong publication record.
30. Interview of Robin Cannon
The series documents affordable housing activism in the Los Angeles area with particular attention to the work of community development corporations. Additional interviews document the work of social justice activists whose work concerns both the low income housing crisis in the city as well as ...
Founder of Concerned Citizens of South Central Los Angeles and of Communities for Accountable Reinvestment. Co-chair of the Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice.
31. Interview of Annie Carvalho
Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women's Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experiences Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). After years of having difficulties finding a place to live that didn't trigger her MCS, she is now part of a vibrant va...
32. Interview of Victoria Castro
Founding member of the Brown Berets, and key organizer of the Chicano Blowouts. Became the second Latina member of the LA School Board.
33. Interview of Phillip Castruita
Founding member of the United Mexican American Students (UMAS) organization at California State University, Los Angeles. Chicano studies professor, helped implement Chicano studies program in higher education.
34. Interview of John W. Caughey
UCLA professor of history. Civil rights activist involved with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
35. Interview of LaRee Caughey
Publisher of works about racially segregated education in Los Angeles with husband John Caughey.
36. Interview of Steve Chalmers
Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women's Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. A man living in Sacramento, California, and a retired technology strategist. Chalmers is living with MCS and considers himself "an armchair activist."
37. Interview of Sossity Chiricuzio
Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women's Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experiences Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Queer and disabled writer. Works for Oregon Community Health Association. Lambda Fellow and the Creative Non-Fiction Ed...
38. Interview of Nicole Clary
Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women's Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experiences Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Former social worker. Advocates for better understanding of MCS, as the myriad of physical and emotional symptoms assoc...
39. Interview of Linda Coco
Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women's Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Linda Coco is an anthropologist and law professor who currently resides in Florida. Because of the lack of care and accommodations for her chemical sensitivities, she h...
40. Interview of Jeff Corey
Actor and acting teacher who was blacklisted in the post-World War II Hollywood blacklist.
41. Interview of Andrea Cronrod
Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women's Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experiences Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Active in a local ministry. Takes a holistic approach to health, focusing on the physical and spiritual roots of illnes...
42. Interview of Rosie Dano
Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women's Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experiences Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Former artist, hairdresser, and retail worker. Active advocate for the MCS community, writing letters and articles to s...
43. Interview of James L. Daugherty
13.3 hrs.
Union organizer and president of the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America (UE) Local 1414. President of the California Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and member of the Communist Party.
44. Interview of Mary Davenport
Wife of screenwriter Waldo Salt, who was blacklisted in the post-World War II Hollywood blacklist.
45. Interview of Len De Caux
Labor activist and publicity director for the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).
46. Interview of John Delloro
These interviews were conducted by UCLA professor Karen Brodkin and are part of a larger study of a cohort of labor and immigrant worker organizers in Los Angeles who began their activism in the latter 1990s. The interviews deal with the life paths that led interviewees to full-time activism and...
47. Interview of Francine Diamond
Founding member of No Oil Inc. and instrumental in the successful passage of a ballot proposition preventing oil drilling in Santa Monica Bay.
48. Interview of Adam Dickinson
Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women's Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Poet and professor of poetry at Brock University, whose writing has a focus on poetry and science. Author of four books, including "Anatomic" and "The Polymers," which ...
49. Interview of Jeff Dietrich
: Founding member of the Los Angeles Catholic Worker. Co-director of the Los Angeles Catholic Worker soup kitchen. Author of Broken and Shared: Food, Dignity and the Poor on Los Angeles' Skid Row.
50. Interview of Ben Dobbs
Labor organizer and executive committee member of the Southern California chapter of the Communist Party.


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Jaume D'Agramunt was a Catalan doctor and writer, who died in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain in 1350.

In the face of the incredible toll taken across Europe by the Black Plague, on April 23, 1348 he provided the Mayor of Lleida with his Regiment de preservacio de pestilència (Directions for Protection from the Plague), considered the very first medical text written in Catalan. The text provides a detailed explanation of the illness, based on the natural philosophy beliefs of the time, including a strong astrological component, and supposed ways of protecting oneself. Shortly thereafter, Agramunt himself was one of the first victims when the Plague razed Lleida.

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Latest front in Weinstein scandal: Statehouses say 'me too'
By SOPHIA TAREEN , Associated Press, Associated Press
FILE - In this April 22, 2015 file photo, Sen. Connie Leyva, D-Chino, works at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. In California, nearly 150 women spark... FILE - In this April 22, 2015 file photo, Sen. Connie Leyva, D-Chino, works at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. In California, nearly 150 women sparked soul-searching and calls for change at the Capitol when they released a letter calling out a pervasive culture of sexual harassment and intimidation in one of the nation's most powerful Legislatures. "I did not know it was as serious or as a big a problem as it was since I saw the letter," said Sen. Connie Leyva, a leader of the legislative Women's Caucus. The response to sexual harassment allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has spread to statehouses nationwide. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
FILE - In this March 3, 2016, file photo, Oregon state Sen. Sara Gelser, D-Corvallis, listens to a live stream as members of the House of Representati... FILE - In this March 3, 2016, file photo, Oregon state Sen. Sara Gelser, D-Corvallis, listens to a live stream as members of the House of Representatives finish business before adjourning the 2016 legislative session at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore. Democratic Sen. Gelser, who accused Republican Sen. Jeff Kruse of inappropriate touching, said Monday, Oct. 23, 2017, she heard accounts from other women in the Oregon State Capitol of such behavior by men. (Anna Reed/Statesman-Journal via AP, File)
FILE- In this Feb. 14, 2012, file photo, Sen. Jeff Kruse, R-Roseburg, speaks at the Capitol in Salem, Ore. Democratic Sen. Sara Gesler, who accused Kr... FILE- In this Feb. 14, 2012, file photo, Sen. Jeff Kruse, R-Roseburg, speaks at the Capitol in Salem, Ore. Democratic Sen. Sara Gesler, who accused Kruse of inappropriate touching, said Monday, Oct. 23, 2017, that she heard accounts from other women in the Oregon State Capitol of such behavior by men. Kruse, whose committee assignments were removed last week as a punishment, says he hasn't been informed what he's accused of, and that he's been denied due process. (Timothy J. Gonzalez/Statesman-Journal via AP, File)
FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2011, file photo, Illinois state Rep. Sara Feigenholtz, D-Chicago, poses in Springfield, Ill. An open letter alleging widespre... FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2011, file photo, Illinois state Rep. Sara Feigenholtz, D-Chicago, poses in Springfield, Ill. An open letter alleging widespread sexual harassment in Illinois politics and urging women and their allies to come forward has been circulating around the state Capitol, a move that follows similar action in other states. More than 130 people signed the letter as of Tuesday, including legislators, lobbyists, attorneys and directors of nonprofit groups. Feigenholtz filed a resolution Tuesday "to change the culture that breeds such behavior." (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
FILE - In this June 30, 2016 file photo, Illinois lawmakers debate legislation during session at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. An op... FILE - In this June 30, 2016 file photo, Illinois lawmakers debate legislation during session at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. An open letter alleging widespread sexual harassment in Illinois politics and urging women and their allies to come forward has been circulating around the state Capitol, a move that follows similar action in other states. More than 130 people signed the letter as of Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, including legislators, lobbyists, attorneys and directors of nonprofit groups. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman File)
CHICAGO (AP) — The response to sexual harassment allegations against film producer Harvey Weinstein has spread to statehouses nationwide, with hundreds of lawmakers, lobbyists and consultants coming forward to say the problem is pervasive in the halls of political power.
Illinois became the latest to join the chorus, as signatures piled up Tuesday on an open letter describing harassment and intimidation for women trying to negotiate legislation and work on campaigns. In California this week, the Senate hired a law firm to investigate after women described a culture of sexual intimidation.
Lawmakers in Oregon and Rhode Island have spoken up to accuse male colleagues of inappropriate touching or suggesting that sexual favors be a condition for advancing bills.
"Every industry has its own version of the casting couch," read the letter circulating in Illinois, which by Tuesday had more than 130 signatures. "Ask any woman who has lobbied the halls of the Capitol, staffed Council Chambers, or slogged through brutal hours on the campaign trail. Misogyny is alive and well in this industry."
While political sex scandals aren't new, the Weinstein allegations and ensuing #MeToo social media movement have put an intense spotlight on the issue in politics. More women are coming forward with stories, some are naming names and states are making fresh promises of investigations and of legislation.
Most states have formal written policies for legislative employees on sexual harassment, according to a July report from the National Conference of State Legislatures. But the rules are less clear for others who work at state capitols, including lobbyists and consultants. Also, the culture of statehouses may be fueling the problem.
Several risk factors for sexual harassment identified by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission are deep-seated at state capitols: Lack of diversity, power disparities, tolerating or encouraging alcohol consumption, and many young staffers.
Illinois political fundraiser Katelynd Duncan, who helped craft the Illinois letter — signed "The Women Who Make Illinois Run" and accompanied by a private Facebook group — said she was fired from a political campaign in her 20s for reporting inappropriate behavior.
"Very early on in my career, I was taught if I speak up, there'll be negative repercussions," she said. "I had to modify my behaviors to continue doing my job."
In California, a similar letter circulated last week with signers that included lawmakers, lobbyists, political consultants and legislative staff members. The list has turned into an organized campaign called "We Said Enough." The group wants to launch a nonprofit and hold forums. In response, the Senate hired an outside law firm on Monday to investigate the claims.
"I did not know it was as serious or as a big a problem as it was since I saw the letter," said Sen. Connie Leyva, a leader of the Legislative Women's Caucus. "Enough is enough. I can't believe it's 2017 and this is still happening."
Elsewhere, specific allegations surfaced.
A female state senator in Oregon accused a male colleague of inappropriate touching, and his committee assignments were removed as a punishment. In Rhode Island, Democratic Rep. Teresa Tanzi alleged she was told by a more senior lawmaker that sexual favors would allow her bills to go further.
Her revelation prompted an outcry, and state police and the attorney general's office announced they'd launch an inquiry.
"The best outcome for me right now is to look ahead and move forward and to continue to make it so that the next generation of children don't have to endure the same issues that we're facing today," Tanzi said.
Some states pledged to boost training.
State Rep. Sara Feigenholtz, an Illinois Democrat, filed a resolution Tuesday "to change the culture that breeds such behavior." Another proposal was in the works to require legislators, lobbyists and staff to undergo sexual harassment training. Top leaders said they also would require policies for lobbyists.
But some were skeptical of the new efforts.
In California, some raised questions about a firm hired by Senate leadership and are calling for an investigator not chosen by lawmakers, as well as the creation of third-party channels for women and men to bring forward harassment complaints. Complaints brought forward now are handled through Senate and Assembly committees, and many women said they don't report inappropriate behavior for fear it won't be taken seriously or their jobs will be in jeopardy.
Others called for more women in politics, with advocates saying the dearth of women officeholders has consequences.
Though women are more than half of the American population, they account for just a fifth of all U.S. representatives and senators, and one in four state lawmakers, according to data collected by the Center for Women in Politics at Rutgers University.
In Tennessee, Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan, who was the first female House majority leader in state history, said it took 10 years for her to pass legislation that would make the penalty for spousal rape equal with that of non-spousal rape. Some of her male colleagues didn't believe it was a crime.
She said more women at all levels of government would make it clear that certain behaviors, like sexual harassment, are unacceptable.
"You need people at the table who can explain to them what the effect of their words are," she said. "If there are no women to explain why that is sexist or why they can't say that, I don't know if you can ever get people to understand that their words really do matter and their actions really do matter."
Associated Press writers Christina A. Cassidy in Atlanta, Michelle R. Smith in Providence, Rhode Island, Andrew Selsky in Salem, Oregon, and Kathleen Ronayne in Sacramento contributed to this report.
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