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Building Multiracial Community
by CSWAC editorial group | Apr 4, 2019 | building multiracial community, color consciousness, new blog | 0 comments
We have no patterns for relating across our human differences as equals.
We're observing a growing excitement among racial justice practitioners about decentering whiteness. CSWAC's approach to decentering whiteness involves over twenty years history and practice on our part. Now we ask, "What will bring us to embrace multiracial community building?" As racial justice activists engaging in the struggle and putting the "move" into the movement, where might we find an emerging excitement about building multiracial community?
There are examples, although few and far between. Scarcity is not the only quality of these seminal efforts at multiracial community building. They might also be characterized as modest, humble, fearful, unrecognized, honest, authentic, and lived out with intention and commitment. At CSWAC, we're keeping our eyes open for examples, and we suggest you do, too. Maybe we can share stories.
We believe multiracial community building is one of the two necessary things needed to decenter whiteness. And vice versa. Decentering whiteness and building multiracial community go hand in hand, and each will suffer if the other is not done well.
The current struggle for racial justice is multifaceted and takes place on many fronts. But there is a singular nature to these efforts, which is to free communities of color from the grip of white supremacy. There's is also growing recognition that white supremacy negatively affects white people, too. For people of color, it may be enough to live unencumbered by white supremacy and find autonomy in the unfettered cultural expression of one's own people. So, the end of the struggle, if one is to envision it, may just be to be free of white culture.
The political fact is that, given our history and current conditions in the United States, we are unlikely to dissolve into free standing communities, either as communities of color, or as the white community, who conduct our own business independent of one another. Our fate is likely to remain as one society, however fractured and contentious that society may be. For many, the implicit vision is one in which various communities of color and the white community extend equal rights to each other within a single, overreaching governmental and societal framework. So, the question is, "What will that framework look like?" The immediate struggle against white supremacy is so pressing and demanding of our attention and resources that little thought has been given to the final outcome. Not only that, there are serious trust issues at play. Will the lion truly lay down with the lamb? Will a lamb become the lion? One is not encouraged to go out on a limb in speculation. But we must. We contend in the end, we must aspire to and achieve a multiracial society.
CSWAC believes there are two important characteristics of multiracial society. In a multiracial society:
Race does not determine how a person will fit into the overall structure of the society. Physical attributes such as skin color and hair texture will remain a matter of personal difference, and perhaps stylistic preference, but not a determinant of social position, including access to resources and power.
Multiracial settings are the norm. It might theoretically be possible to have a society in which people of various racial backgrounds had equal access to resources and power, but where monoracial groupings (families, communities, work settings) were still the normal and accepted way of life. In a multiracial society, as CSWAC understands it, this will not be the case. The normal and expected way of life will be one in which people of different racial backgrounds intermingle in families, workplaces, churches, neighborhoods, legislative bodies, governing boards, leadership cohorts, and other settings throughout the society. Monoracial groupings, while not precluded, will be seen as marginal, and not consistent with the central values of the society.
Racial progress is uneven at best, and it's doubtful we'll suddenly arrive at all of society becoming multiracial as we have defined it. Rather, we anticipate that smaller multiracial communities will emerge as we begin to learn how it's done. The patterns that Audre Lorde referred to in the epigraph above need to be created and developed. Now is a good time to begin.
So, what is "building multiracial community" to us? Let's break it down. "Building" means to intentionally create something with some advance sense of design and purpose. That something is "multiracial community." "Multiracial" can be broken down to "multi," meaning more than one, in this case more than one "race" represented in significant number in the community. This representation can include people of both multiracial and monoracial heritage. And "racial" means this community is dealing with race, not passing it off as class, ethnicity, or individual cultural differences, or as some fictive social construct that has nothing to do with our contemporary and immediate lived reality. Race needs to be on the table for public examination and discussion. Finally, "community" describes some form of interrelatedness and shared identity among those who are members, with a shared concern for fairness and broad purpose. A multiracial community could be centered around a residential neighborhood, a workplace, a faith community, or any number of other settings where community is experienced.
Here are two things we believe this community needs for it to grow strong.
The community needs to be color conscious, with an informed anti-racist outlook. It needs to provide its members education regarding its values. It needs to uphold a value of examining and discussing racial structure in the United States, with an understanding of how it operates locally as well.
The community must be concerned with both love and justice. This is our way of saying it must give attention to developing sound relationships among members and seeing everyone is fairly treated. It must take some pride in itself and affirm its members as well.
Whether it is known to the community members or not, the multiracial character of the community is necessarily one of co-creation. Suppose there is a multiracial community comprising two races, for instance. If either withdraws, both have lost their multiracial character and exist separately now as monoracial communities.
Finally, there needs to be something of having each other's back. Multiracial communities often face assault by forces set in motion by the larger racial structure, that of US society, in which they exist. This assault may be soft, as in social critique, or hard in terms of actual economic, political, or even physical opposition. In the mist of those greater societal tensions, usually among monoracial communities, members of the multiracial community will be drawn into the fray. If they are not careful, the tensions may begin to dissolve the multiracial community. Given that the community is one of co-creation, there needs to be some value given to remaining in relationship when outside racial tensions may demand other actions and loyalties among members.
We don't envision a wonderland. We expect there is as much muss and fuss to be had in multiracial communities as in others. But we do think the conditions we named are important for building and maintaining a multiracial community. And on the upside, we think it's an attractive idea as an imagined or, hopefully, real lifestyle. It's something to be worked toward. We can tell you, in our experience, people who enter into multiracial community find it worth the effort.
For the purpose of clarity, here are two things we don't think are multiracial community.
When two or more races are represented in an organization or neighborhood, but one holds the economic and political power at the exclusion of the other. This might include an organization where the line staff are multiracial in composition, but the management is effectively in the hands of one race, usually white.
Any place where norms of colorblindness operate such that they preclude in depth acknowledgement and discussion of race. Under such circumstances, if one accepts those norms, one could not claim the community had a multiracial character because they would have to see race to do so. More important, blindness to race often defaults to uncritical acceptance of white norms. A multiracial community needs to guard against this.
That rules out a whole lot of places that might otherwise want to characterize themselves as multiracial.
We'll continue to explore multiracial community building as an ongoing theme in this blog.


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The Lands That Time Forgot ~ Epcot
March 20, 2018 EPCOT, Walt Disney World No comments
When Epcot opened in 1982, the World Showcase featured 9 countries: Mexico, China, Germany, Italy, United States, Japan, France, United Kingdom, and Canada. In the original designs, the World Showcase was to have 10 pavilion sites on each side of The American Adventure for a total of 21 nations represented. Since opening day, only 2 pavilions have been added. Morocco was added in 1984 and Norway in 1988. Over the years, there were plans to add additional pavilions, but they never came to fruition.
In the original plans, there was going to be an Equatorial Africa Pavilion, and Iran Pavilion, and an Israel Pavilion. The Equatorial Africa Pavilion was going to be an area that featured a treehouse, a live show, and focus on the countries of Equatorial Africa. The Iran Pavilion was actually proposed before Epcot opened and was going to have a ride that explored the Persian history and a bazaar style shopping area. The concept was discarded after the Iranian Revolution. The Israel Pavilion was going to have a recreated ancient Jerusalem with a stage and open-air restaurant and advertised on billboards when Epcot first opened. Due to budget problems and security issues regarding the state of Israel, the pavilion was never built.
In addition to the pavilions above, Disney was also going to add Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Soviet Union, Spain, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela Pavilions. It was rumored that these lands were never built because Disney required the national governments to fund the pavilions, but that has been proven false. Actually, the only pavilion that was funded by a foreign country is Morocco, and it is still operated by an entity set up by the Kingdom of Morocco. The remaining pavilions were initially sponsored by a companies from the home nation which helped to fund some of the construction.
If Epcot was to add another pavilion, what country would you like to see?
Author: Susanne
Susanne Kain was not born a Disney fan, but after marrying into a family that loves all things Disney, it didn't take long for them to transform her into a Disney lover too! Since then, she has been to Disney over 10 times and falls in love even more with each visit. A self-proclaimed foodie, she is always looking for the next best dish that Disney has to offer! When Susanne isn't dreaming of Disney, planning her next trip, or visiting a park, she enjoys spending time with her husband and son who also share her love of Disney.
Countries, Epcot, Epcot History, Future World

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Harrods & NSPCC designer charity pop up opens for second year
Melanie May
May 7, 2019 10:24 am May 7, 2019 10:24 am
Home | News | Harrods & NSPCC designer charity pop up opens for second year
Posted by Melanie May on 7 May 2019 in News
Harrods has opened its Fashion Re-Told charity pop-up shop for a second year this month, once again raising funds for NSPCC.
Between 2 May and 2 June, Harrods is hosting the pop up of designer brands, in a retail space donated by Howard de Walden Estates in Marylebone.
The pop-up space has been designed and created by Harrods and is inspired by an English summer garden. The store features a floral entrance designed by luxury florist Flowerbx and scented by NSPCC supporter Jo Malone London.
Fashion Re-told is staffed by Harrods and NSPCC volunteers, and sells curated edit of new and preloved designer womenswear, menswear, childrenswear and accessories donated by brands such as Stella McCartney, Chloé, Self-portrait, Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren.
The shop will also host pop-up events, talks and workshops for members of the public. Proceeds from this year's Fashion Re-Told will go towards the NSPCC's work in the capital, helping to fund Childline, Speak Out, Stay Safe, school assemblies and NSPCC service centres. Last year's inaugural Fashion Re-Told in Sloane Street raised over £110,000 for the NSPCC. It is Harrods' long-standing charity partner; together they have already raised approximately £800,000 to help fund the charity's services in London.
Michael Ward, Managing Director of Harrods, said:
"Harrods is synonymous with luxury retail, and our employees are the industry leaders in designing and delivering the most luxurious shopping experiences for our customers."
"With Fashion Re-Told, our ambition is to change the public's perception of charitable shopping by offering a Harrods-level of service, product range and shopping experience. We want Fashion Re-Told customers to leave not only knowing that they have raised money for a hugely important cause, but also having bought a luxury item and experienced a truly unique shopping experience."
Peter Wanless, NSPCC Chief Executive, said:
"Following the success of last year's Fashion Re-Told, we are really excited to be working with Harrods to launch London's most luxurious charity pop-up for the second year in a row. They continue to show a real dedication and commitment to helping children in the capital. We know that in the average primary school class, at least two children have suffered abuse or neglect – something that is unacceptable. The funds raised by Fashion Re-Told and our ongoing partnership with Harrods will help to provide vital support for children, so they don't have to face abuse alone."
Tags:charity retail, corporate fundraising
About Melanie May
Melanie May is a journalist and copywriter specialising in writing both for and about the charity and marketing services sectors since 2001. She can be reached via www.thepurplepim.com.
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Q: Overriding default Liferay Organization model I need to customise Liferay's default behaviour: currently, each organization must hava a unique name -- I need to override this behaviour to allow duplicate names. Also, currently there are lots of entities in current Organization_ table in database.
Is it possible to override default model and remove uniqueness constraint while preserving old entities? If yes, how would I approach this?
Of course, I could just add unique suffixes to new saved entities and remove them on display, but this approach seems wierd.

A:
Is it possible to override default model and remove uniqueness
  constraint while preserving old entities?

Yes, it surely is, as you can override everything in Liferay

If yes, how would I approach this?

Sarcastic Approach

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*identify all the places, where Liferay handles Organizations and might implicitly rely on their uniqueness.

*hope that I indeed found all the places

*evaluate if it's feasible to change all those places to not rely on the uniqueness of the name any more

*hope that I found everything, and that my changes make sense

*set aside a lot of money to pay for future maintenance of my changes, when I need to adopt the changes to future versions of Liferay.

*to 10. determine that it's not worth it and move on to an alternative solution

Alternative Approach:

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*Determine where this new display is required

*implement alternative name, e.g. through Expandos (Custom Fields)

*change display where needed to show the Expando values instead of the organization's name.

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ATASCADERO – Atascadero High School will start to see construction this month on Phase 1 of the reconstruction of the Music Classroom Building and Black Box Theater on campus. The School Board unanimously approved the sublease agreement of $3,179,622 in bond money Tuesday for RSH Construction to fund the 2-Phase project.
"It's a great value," said Brant Lloyd, Director of Support Services.
According to Lloyd, Phase 1 will be the of the Music Classroom Building 1400. Interior upgrades in technology, electrical, lighting and mechanical systems will be included in the remodel. The building exterior will receive roofing upgrades and minor improvements. Construction is projected to begin this month, on April 23, with an estimated finish on August 31, 2018.
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The board chose RSH Construction in June 13 of 2017 as the best value for the Black Box/Music Building Project among the bids. The Division of State Architect has approved the design plans. .
At the meeting, Board Trustee Tami Gunther said she was grateful AUSD administration and Stu Stoddard, Executive Director of Bond Projects and Facilities, started planning the projects when they did. As bond money becomes available to more San Luis Obispo County schools, local school facilities and maintenance departments have seen construction costs escalate with the high demand for services.
Board trustee Terri Switzer suggested signage posted to the corridors with information and visuals of the projects to differentiate the several different building projects presently in the works at AHS. She thought a timeline would be helpful to ease parking anxiety during construction work. Lloyd said his staff would gladly accommodate that request and has plans to continue communication with school administration on the scope and progress of the project.
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EUREKA STUD
The Australian thoroughbred industry has lost a truly remarkable figure with the passing of Colin McAlpine.
Born and raised in Queensland's Darling Downs, McAlpine commenced working for the family-owned, Eureka Stud, at Cambooya straight out of school, but 'work' doesn't quite cut it. For McAlpine, horses were much, much more than something you do from 9 to 5.
Untiring in his advocacy for the Australian-bred horse, McAlpine was a breeder, owner and keen punter, and saw – from very early on – the advantages of introducing northern hemisphere bloodlines to enhance domestic pedigrees. Indeed, in the mid 60s, McAlpine was one of the first Australians – in tandem with legendary trainer Colin Hayes – to regularly attend sales in Europe and North America, developing associations with people across all spectrums of global breeding and racing. His friendships extended from knights, to the bloke who sold the pies.
Throughout the years, McAlpine imported a string of well bred stallions to Queensland – Lumley Road (sire of Champion Stayer, Grey Affair), Piccolo and Puissance among them, but probably most notable was the highly prolific, Semipalatinsk, who, as McAlpine proudly pointed out, produced winners from 800m to 3200m, and is the bedrock of numerous outstanding Eureka families. Somewhat fittingly, Semipalatinsk features in the pedigree of half-brothers and home-bred Group One winners, Spirit of Boom and Temple of Boom, the latter now carrying on the Eureka name as a resident stallion.
The 'Boom boys' aside, Eureka has also produced Group One winners such as Champion filly, Just Now, Picaday, Scenic Peak, Show of Heart, Tinto and Skalato.
Champion trainer, David Hayes, remembers McAlpine as "larger than life and an uncanny breeder".
"He was one of my father's best friends and a true racing man," Hayes reminisced. "Colin was around for, well, as long as I can remember. He had a lot of very good horses over the years … the families are very close and indeed, his daughter Jenny has worked for me for a long time.
"Colin lived and breathed racing – back in the days before mobile phones, the phone would ring at 7.30 on a Saturday morning and it would be Colin on the phone, followed by Bob Hawke, wanting to discuss the afternoon's racing," Hayes said with a laugh.
"He was a real raconteur – he loved life."
Despite his many achievements as a breeder and owner, McAlpine – however – will long be remembered for his services to the thoroughbred industry as a visionary administrator.
Serving on the Thoroughbred Breeders Queensland from 1956, McAlpine would become its president for 17 years and, notably, was the first Queensland-based Chairman of Thoroughbred Breeders Australia, serving in that capacity for 14 years.
It was in that role McAlpine oversaw the introduction of generous tax concessions to Australian breeders which put his country on a level playing field and largely heralded the commencement of the stallion shuttle era.
McAlpine was an inaugural member of the Thoroughbred Club of Australia and assisted in the founding of the Australian Horse Council. He was on the Board of the Australian and Queensland Horse Councils, was a Director of the Australian Equine Research Council and the Australian Breeders Cooperative Society and, a committee member of the Toowoomba Turf Club.
Furthermore, McAlpine was a life member of the Thoroughbred Breeders Queensland, the Tattersall's Racing Club, the Toowoomba Royal Agricultural Society and the Bernborough Club. In 1991 he was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for his contribution to the Australian Thoroughbred Industry and its promotion throughout the world.
This is an astonishing legacy of service for someone who, until recent years, was still very much involved in the day-to-day activities of his beloved Eureka.
"Colin was one of the most influential breeders in Queensland for many years," Thoroughbred Breeders Australia Chairman and fellow Queenslander, Basil Nolan, points out. "I had had the privilege of working with Colin on a number of Committees for quite a few decades and his dedication and passion for the industry was second to none.
"Not only was he a fine horseman and breeding entrepreneur, but he was a true gentleman and well respected in the industry … not just in Australia, but world-wide.
"I have no doubt that the Queensland breeding and racing industry prospered on the back of Colin's vision."
Colin McAlpine A.M. 14 February 1932 - 4 August 2016
Rest In Peace at Eureka.


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Q: How to apply a list of patterns to a dataset in R all.
I've met the case when I need to clean up a dataset. Specifically, I need to clean up EVTYPE variable with list of patterns.
Anyone knows ways to resolve that?
I have a dtaset:
> str(truncData)
'data.frame':   902297 obs. of  8 variables:
 $ STATE__    : num  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
 $ EVTYPE     : Factor w/ 985 levels "   HIGH SURF ADVISORY",..: 834 834 834 834 834 834 834 834 834 834 ...
 $ FATALITIES : num  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ...
 $ INJURIES   : num  15 0 2 2 2 6 1 0 14 0 ...
 $ PROPDMG    : num  25000 2500 25000 2500 2500 2500 2500 2500 25000 25000 ...
 $ CROPDMG    : num  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
 $ sum.inj.fat: num  15 0 2 2 2 6 1 0 15 0 ...
 $ sum.dmg    : num  25000 2500 25000 2500 2500 2500 2500 2500 25000 25000 ...

EVTYPE field has messy data and it happens that the same Events have different values due to uppercase, lowercase, spaces used incorrectly while data was put into the system.
I have a standard list of event types which I used to create a list of patterns
                     EVTYPE DESIGNATOR                pattern
1 Astronomical Low Tide          Z ^Astronomical Low Tide
2           Avalanche            Z           ^Avalanche
3            Blizzard            Z            ^Blizzard
4       Coastal Flood            Z       ^Coastal Flood
5      Cold/Wind Chill           Z      ^Cold/Wind Chill
6          Debris Flow           C          ^Debris Flow

I've tried to apply the list of patterns to the dataset to define and replace incorrect values.
It could be really hard exercise but to do it manually the last thing I wish.
I also tried to code a function but the result is not I really expected:
find.pattern<- function(dataset, pattern, var.replace) {
        var1 <-  subset(dataset
                        , grepl(pattern
                                , dataset[2]
                                , ignore.case = T
                                )
                        )
        var1 <- gsub(pattern, var.replace, var1)
        return(var1)
    }
x <- mapply(find.pattern
            ,truncData
            , types.list$pattern
            , types.list$EVTYPE)

result is:
    > str(x)
List of 48
 $ STATE__    : chr(0)
 $ EVTYPE     : chr(0)
 $ FATALITIES : chr(0)
 $ INJURIES   : chr(0)
 $ PROPDMG    : chr(0)
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Range Rover Velar Launched, Priced From Rs. 78.83 Lakhs
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The Velar slots in between the Evoque and the Range Rover Sport in the Range Rover family
Land Rover has launched the Range Rover Velar in India with prices starting from Rs. 78.83 lakhs (ex-showroom). The fourth member of the Range Rover family was unveiled earlier this year and is slotted between the Range Rover Evoque and Range Rover Sport. Bookings for the luxury SUV have commenced with deliveries planned from the end of January 2018.
The Range Rover Velar comes in three powertrain options – 2.0-litre petrol and diesel and a 3.0-litre diesel engine. The 2.0-litre four-cylinder diesel engine churns out 177 HP of power and 430 Nm of torque while the 3.0-litre V6 oil burner puts out 296 HP of power and 700 Nm of torque. The 2.0-litre petrol engine produces 247 HP of power and 365 Nm of torque. The vehicle is available in the R-Dynamic and even the First Edition variants while all three powertrains are available in the S, SE and HSE trims. All the engines are mated to the company's 8-speed automatic gearbox.
Featuring a new design language for the interior, the Range Rover Velar gets two central 10-inch HD touchscreens, one for the infotainment (is slightly curved and can be tilted through 30-degrees) and one for climate control and other functions. The SUV also gets an infinite number of customisation options for the exterior and interior. The Range Rover Velar rivals the Audi Q7, BMW X5, Volvo XC90 and Mercedes-Benz GLE.
Range Rover Velar Price
Prices start at Rs. 78.83 lakhs and go all the way up to Rs. 1.37 crores (ex-showroom)
The interior looks simple yet sophisticated and luxurious
The SUV gets an infinite number of customisation options for the exterior and interior
The Range Rover Velar shares its underpinnings with the Jaguar F-Pace
Range Rover Velar rivals the Volvo XC90, Mercedes-Benz GLE and Audi Q7
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Я́ковлевка — деревня в Грязовецком районе Вологодской области России.

Входит в состав Перцевского муниципального образования, с точки зрения административно-территориального деления — в Перцевский сельсовет.

Расстояние по автодороге до районного центра Грязовца — 15 км, до центра муниципального образования Слободы — 5 км. Ближайшие населённые пункты — Девять Изб, Дюкосово, Камешник.

По данным переписи в 2002 году постоянного населения не было.

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All 4 Teamsters found not guilty on all charges…
All 4 Teamsters found not guilty on all charges in "Top Chef" trial
Teamster - Robert Cafarelli - frame grab from a Federal evidence video .
Teamster Daniel Redmond frame grab from a Federal evidence video .
Michael Ross, a member of Teamsters Local 25, arrives at Moakley US Court.
John Fidler, a member of Teamsters Local 25, arrives at Moakley US Court.
Members of Teamsters Local 25 (L-R) Michael Ross, Daniel Redmond, Robert Cafarelli and John Fidler were found not guilty in the "Top Chef" extortion trial by federal jury this morning.
Robert Cafarelli leaves Moakley Federal Court after he and other Teamsters were found not guilty of all charges in the "Top Chef" trial. Staff photo by Mark Garfinkel
Michael Ross leaves Moakley Federal Court after he and other Teamsters were found not guilty of all charges in the "Top Chef" trial.
Robert Cafarelli, L, leaves Moakley Federal Court with his lawyer Carmine Lepore, R, after he and other Teamsters were found not guilty of all charges in the "Top Chef" trial. Staff photo by Mark Garfinkel
By Laurel J. Sweet and Laurel J. Sweet | laurel.sweet@bostonherald.com | Boston Herald
All four Boston Teamsters have been found not guilty on all charges in the "Top Chef" extortion trial, a federal jury decided this morning.
The Teamsters had been accused of terrorizing the set of the Bravo reality show "Top Chef" in 2014 with physical violence and threats of death and bomb scares in a failed attempt to extort the nonunion production into hiring them for truck driving jobs, according to prosecutors.
"We are disappointed in today's verdict," acting U.S. Attorney William Weinreb said in a statement. " The government believed, and continues to believe, that the conduct in this case crossed the line and constituted a violation of federal law. The defendants' conduct was an affront to all of the hard-working and law-abiding members of organized labor. We will continue to aggressively prosecute extortion in all its forms to ensure that Boston remains a safe and welcoming place to do business. I would like to thank the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Labor's Office of Inspector General for their work investigating this case."
Lawyers for defendants John Fidler, 52, Daniel Redmond, 48, Robert Cafarelli, 46, and Michael Ross, 62, did not put on a defense.
However, their legal teams successfully insisted through cross-examination of government witnesses and in closing arguments that their clients lawfully picketed to replace nonunion production assistants who for weeks had been performing the work the men were demanding.
A 44-year-old U.S. Supreme Court decision forbids charging union members with anti-racketeering Hobbs Act extortion if their behavior, however abhorrent, is in the pursuit of a legitimate labor objective.
U.S. District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock said the exception to the Supreme Court's 1973 decision, under which the Local 25 members were charged with attempted extortion and conspiracy to extort, is "narrow."
He told the trial teams that jurors were facing "a very complex area of law" in their deliberations.
The charges stem from incidents that allegedly occurred between June 5 and 10, 2014, while "Top Chef' was filming the seventh episode of its 12th season, which for the first time was based in Boston.
The case, with its mixed cast of Teamsters and Hollywood stars, turned a spotlight on the administration of Mayor Martin J. Walsh, who appeared on the episode of the show.
A network executive who oversees production of the show testified that a top lieutenant of the mayor pressured him to hire unwanted Teamsters to drive trucks, saying the famously pro-labor Democrat was in an "uncomfortable situation" for having guest-starred on the nonunion reality show.
"At one point he asked if I could take the mayor out of the show. I said that wasn't possible," David G. O'Connell, executive vice president of production management for NBC Universal, said of Kenneth Brissette, director of the Mayor's Office of Tourism, Sports and Entertainment.
"He kept reiterating that this would all go away if we just made a deal. "I kept saying, no, it's not going to happen," O'Connell said. "The Teamsters had been sniffing around and wanted to make a deal with us. It's a nonunion show and we were fully staffed at that point."
Brissett was identified by prosecutors as an "unindicted co-conspirator" for pressuring "Top Chef" producers to hire Teamsters while temporarily withholding their permits to film around the city. He is currently on paid leave from his post while awaiting a January trial for his alleged attempted extortion of the "Boston Calling" music festival in a separate labor dispute.
Walsh spokeswoman Laura Oggeri had declined to comment on O'Connell's claims. Two years ago, Walsh's office issued a statement that read, "Mayor Walsh was fully supportive of the 'Top Chef' filming and was happy to participate in the show."
Jurors in the case heard compelling and emotional testimony from high-profile witnesses including "Top Chef" host Padma Lakshmi and show judge Gail Simmons.
Lakshmi said she was "petrified" Fidler was going to punch her in her "pretty face," while Simmons broke down crying on the stand recalling how scared she was when Teamsters surrounded her vehicle.
Location manager Derek Cunningham testified he began sleeping with a knife under his bed. A man trying to deliver meat to the Steel & Rye restaurant in Milton, where the Teamsters were protesting a "Top Chef' shoot on June 10, 2014, claimed one of them threatened to plant a bomb on his truck.
Others testified they were threatened with death and vicious beatdowns.
A crew member said 11 tires on nine rented production vans were slashed while the Teamsters were at the Steel & Rye.
Before sending them to their deliberations, Woodlock told jurors to remember the witnesses were "more exotic than your everyday fare, but they're still people."
The jury was out nearly 20 hours since Thursday after hearing six days of testimony from 18 witnesses called by prosecutors for the U.S. Attorney's Office.
The 12 deliberating jurors – nine women and three men — were culled from a pool of 92 originally summonsed from Cape Ann to Cape Cod.
If convicted, Fidler, Redmond, Cafarelli and Ross would have faced up to 20 years in federal prison.
Mark Harrington, Charlestown-based Local 25's former business agent, pleaded guilty in December to attempted extortion and was sentenced by Woodlock to six months' home confinement as part of two years' probation.
The judge called that sentence "a fair price" to pay, even as he questioned whether it would serve as a deterrent to future union actions.
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Former Goldman Sachs and UBS Executives Join Zytara Advisory Board
Zytara announced that Andy Brown and Moritz Baier-Lentz have joined the company's board of advisors. This follows the news released earlier this week around the company's plans to launch the platform in early 2021.
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Andy Brown is the CEO of Sand Hill East, which provides strategic management, investment and marketing services to emerging companies. Mr. Brown served as Group Chief Technology Officer of UBS, an investment bank. Prior to that, Mr. Brown served in a variety of executive management and leadership roles at a variety of leading banking companies including as Head of Strategy for Architecture & Optimization at Bank of America, Chief Technology Architect at Merrill Lynch, and the CTO of Infrastructure at Credit Suisse. Mr. Brown is also a member of the boards of directors of Zscaler, Guidewire Software, Pure Storage, LMRKTS, Digital Asset, Sitehands, and Moogsoft.
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A former #1 ranked player of Activision Blizzard's Diablo II, Moritz Baier-Lentz is a Partner of BITKRAFT Ventures, the globally leading early and mid-stage investment platform for gaming, esports, and interactive media. Prior to joining the fund, he was a Vice President with the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs, where he built and co-led the firm's global gaming and esports practice. Over the past years, Moritz advised the world's leading technology and media corporations on over $300B transaction volume across M&A, IPOs, venture capital, and other strategic options, including recent gaming transactions such as ZeniMax's sale to Microsoft and the IPO of Corsair. For his work at the interface of Wall Street and Silicon Valley, he was recognized among the Forbes 30 Under 30 and Capital 40 Under 40.
Of the arrivals, Al Burgio, Founder and CEO at Zytara, said: "I am thrilled to have Moritz and Andy join our Advisory Board at this critical time ahead of our 2021 launch. As we're solidifying our plans to drive forward financial education, inclusion, and literacy for millions of gamers and esports enthusiasts around the world, Moritz and Andy will contribute their expertise, experience, and thought leadership to Zytara – and to everyone who uses our banking solutions."
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Farm Labor Shortage Looms on the High Desert
By CBN on	 December 5, 2018 Business & Industry, E-Headlines
(Workers at McPheeters Turf in Culver dig places to nestle plants for the winter inside a deer-fenced area during the week before Thanksgiving. Then the workers will be off until mid-January, if the ground is not too icy to dig up trees | Photo by Denise Holley)
Migrating Mexican farmworkers, who used to line up by the dozens at farms, are disappearing from the agricultural landscape in Central Oregon and across the country.
Vineyard manager Kerry Damon is looking high and low for farmworkers to prune, tend and harvest wine grapes near Redmond and Terrebonne. Four vineyards have recruited him to build a small labor force by February 2019, he said. He's worked in the industry since the 1990s in California and never seen such a scarcity of workers.
"I've always been able to find capable and qualified people," Damon said. "Not this year."
Last summer, Faith, Hope and Charity Vineyards brought in crews from Salem to finish its harvest, said owner Cindy Grossmann.
For the past three years, T & H Farms in Culver has hired inmate crews from the Deer Ridge Correctional Institution in Madras for its spot labor times, said co-owner Mark Hagman. "I don't know where else we would get workers."
In a year with abundant water, T & H irrigates 1,200 acres of blue grass seed, carrot seed, garlic, peppermint and timothy hay, Hagman said. Their cycle begins in March when truckloads of young carrots arrive from California and he needs temporary workers for transplanting.
"There are fewer and fewer seasonal farmworkers in the area," Hagman said. Nearly all his regular employees are Mexican, many in their 40s and 50s, and even an 80-
year-old.
In a report released in June, Oregon State University Extension Service estimated that the state has 82,961 migrant and seasonal farmworkers, but only about 700 work in Central Oregon.
"It's not like it was before," said Guadalupe Estrada, a foreman at Madras Produce. "All the people are permanent [long-time residents who work the agricultural season each year]."
McPheeters Turf, Inc. in Culver, a sod farm and wholesale nursery, employs ten to 15 people through Thanksgiving, and then lays them off until mid-January, said farm manager Jason Potampa. In March, he uses word of mouth to find extra workers to plant trees and then stack pieces of turf in the field.
Unsure about finding enough labor, the farm owner bought a stacking machine, but, "It doesn't produce as quickly as the guys," Potampa said. He believes the economic downturn in 2007 diminished the number of Mexican workers in the U.S.
"The Real ID Act (having to get a new driver's license) scared some people, but I think the big issue was not being able to find work," Potampa said. Now those workers are in demand. "I'm hopeful all our guys will come back in mid-January to dig trees," Potampa said. Not all agricultural workers are guys. Lorena Barrera, a Culver resident since 2000, plants carrots, weeds fields and cleans dirt off crops at different farms, she said. One employer she likes lets his workers plant a vegetable garden on his property. "It's very hard for low pay and the season is short," Barrera said.
Recently, her husband left agriculture to work for a paving company, so the family will have a better income this winter. Barrera is hoping for a good snowfall in the mountains for irrigation water. "If there's no snow, there's no work in the fields."
In Prineville, farmworker Juan Ramírez stays busy year-round and earns about $15 an hour, he said. He does the heavy work of irrigation and drives a tractor during harvest, then works for cattle ranchers during the winter. He feeds cows, helps with calving and builds and repairs fences. Ramírez began working in the fields in Mexico when he was eight, he said. He joined his sister in Prineville in 2000. "Most people want to earn more money with less work," he said. His 19-year-old twin sons have helped him on the job, but they want to study. Children of farmworkers, reared in the U.S., rarely follow their parents into the fields, said Claire Sullivan, a field crop expert with Oregon State University Extension. "Their kids want to do other jobs."
Damon points to two reasons for the shortage. Many farmworkers find higher pay in construction, landscaping and golf park maintenance, jobs that last for more of the year. Another reason is immigration enforcement. "The Trump administration and their policies have scared the heck out of these guys."
Younger farmworkers from Mexico can't get across the border or get a visa to enter the U.S., Hagman said. "As soon as you get close to someone getting a work permit, they change the rules. It's tough for them (farmworkers) to be documented."
Some farmers bring in crews from the Willamette Valley, Sullivan said. But that wouldn't work for Damon's February through September wine grape jobs. If he can recruit experienced vineyard workers outside the area, "Where are they going to live?" Damon asked, referring to Central Oregon's shortage of affordable housing. "The best scenario would be to find the labor force in Central Oregon."


The 'Sally' brand of iPhone games has become quite a well known brand on the devices and there are now a few games that all feature the sally name and are created by the same company. In Sally's Spa, you will have the chance to run your own spa as the character; Sally and you will be in charge of absolutely everything from fitting out your Spa with certain equipment to ensuring that your customers leave happy.
The lite version of Sally's Spa will allow you to play a few levels of the game before you will be promoted to pay for the full version and this is enough to see what the game is actually like. The game is very well designed and has great graphics and your job in the game is to make sure all of your customers are happy from their treatments. The game gets harder as the levels progress and you will be able to upgrade your Spa with the money you earn. There are different scores you can get in the game including an Expert score from the levels.
As you progress through the game, you will open up spa's all over the world including in New York, London and many other locations. The game has hours of game plan when you buy the full version although the lite version will give you a decent amount of game play too.


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Scalaxy/Union provides a type-class-based type union mechanism.
```scala
trait JSONType extends (String | Double | Array[JSONType] | Map[String, JSONType])

def serialize[T: JSONType#union](value: T) = "..."
```

# Whazzat mean?

Scalaxy/Union lets you define and type-check type unions.

It extends the mechanism of `=:=` and `<:<`, which are ways to require proofs that a type matches or derives from another type, by introducing the union-aware type operators `=|=` and `<|<`:
```scala
import scalaxy.union._

type Num = Byte | Short | Int | Long | Float | Double

def takesNums[T](n: T)(implicit evidence: T =|= Num) = ???
def takesStringsOrInts[T](v: T)(implicit evidence: T =|= (String, Int)) = ???
```

What's interesting here is that these evidence params are provided by a macro, which checks that `T` is one of the required types.

But wait, there's better: we can bring type-classes in to simplify the notation!
```scala
import scalaxy.union._

type FloatNumber[N] = N =|= (Float | Double)
def storeFloatingPoint[N: FloatNumber](n: N) = ???

type Payload[T] = T =|= (String | Double)
def take[P: Payload](value: P) = ???
```

And these type-classes can be defined with traits, which allows for recursive definitions:
```scala
import scalaxy.union._

trait JSONType extends (String | Double | Array[JSONType] | Map[String, JSONType])

def serialize[T: JSONType#Union](value: T) = "..."

serialize("blah") // OK
serialize(10.0) // OK
serialize(10) // FAILS
serialize('a') // FAILS
serialize(Array(Map("a" -> 10.0), "foo")) // OK
serialize(Array("a", 10)) // FAILS (10 is an Int)
```
In this previous example, you might have noticed the `JSONType#Union` thingie. It's a dependent type defined on trait `|[A, B]` that makes this `serialize` declaration above equivalent to the following:
```scala
def serialize[T](value: T)
                (implicit ev: T =|= (String | Double | Array[JSONType] | Map[String, JSONType])) = "..."
```

Although this way of implementing union types has flaws (and not all "type types" are handled yet), it might prove handy for simple cases... and suggestions / comments are highly welcome :-)

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