Former Great British Bake Off winner in 2017, Sophie Faldo was born in London on 31st August 1984 and grew up in Suffolk. After gaining a Bachelors degree in psychology from Manchester and then a Masters degree from Toulouse, she was selected to attend the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. She commissioned as an Officer in the Royal Artillery where she served all over the world, including Afghanistan.
After leaving the Regular Army, she worked as a surveillance consultant, personal trainer and Alpine ski touring instructor before applying for The Great British Bake Off . As well as her passion for baking, Sophie also loves sports. She has previously held National Age-group titles in both Rowing and Track Cycling. She enjoys keeping fit and has trained for the stunt register. Sophie's specialities are celebration cakes, chocolaterie and fine patisserie. She also has an interest in alternative grains, sugar-free baking and performance foods.
Since her victory on the Great British Bake Off , Sophie has gone onto complete internships at two Michelin-starred restaurants, The Glasshouse and Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons . She was also commissioned to create a huge nine-tiered cake to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the HMS Belfast . As well as working hard creating world class bakes, Sophie has also tried out banquet catering, baking desserts for 75 people at a VIP event alongside Celebrity MasterChef winner Angellica Bell. She was also honoured with a special commendation at the Women of the Future Awards and featured on the front cover of the October/November 2017 edition of the Radio Times .
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Posted on July 5, 2022 October 27, 2022 by itixadmin
The UAW has now agreed to significant concessions that will eliminate a sizeable portion of the gap between UAW and non-union wages. With competition, the union cartel breaks down, and unions cannot force consumers to pay higher prices or capture higher wages for their members. Now consider how the United Auto Workers –the union representing the autoworkers in Detroit–functions. Before the current downturn, the UAW routinely went on strike unless the Detroit automakers paid what they demanded– until recently, $70 an hour in wages and benefits. Gold-plated UAW health benefits for retirees and active workers added $1,200 to the cost of each vehicle that GM produced in 2007.
Although governmental reforms have helped to reduce the power and presence of labor unions, public sector unions have a consistent pattern of growth and private sector unions help to train people to become skilled workers in a specific career.
The National Labor Relations Act also passed handily because it was acceptable to the centrists and liberals who controlled the executive branch on this issue, meaning Roosevelt, Perkins, and the corporate lawyers and law professors who worked for the National Labor Relations Board.
Union members typically earn more than workers who don't belong to unions.
They contend that unions are the path to the middle class and that expanding union membership will raise wages and help boost the economy out of the recession.
It winning bet ideas found that if at least one of their parents was a union member, they earned about 18% more than the children of non-union parents, even if the children weren't union members themselves. Forty percent of current union members say the union is extremely important to them, according to Gallup. As a business owner in the United States, I try to stay up to date on the state of the U.S. economy and workforce.
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The act ensures that employees can choose their own representatives for the purpose of collective bargaining, establishes procedures for secret-ballot elections, and defines unfair labor practices, to which both employers and unions are subject. This law is also known as the Wagner Act in honor of New York Senator Robert Wagner. As an American business owner, I believe that labor unions are important but unnecessary if employees are treated fairly. In a perfect world, there would be no need for labor unions; unfortunately, we don't live in that world.
Effect On Wages
The Fair Labor Standards Act, also known as the Wage-Hour Act, established the minimum wage for hourly employees and mandatory overtime pay for work in excess of 40 hours a week. Union membership is still falling, and 27 states already have "right to work" laws that prohibit workers from ever being required to join a union. And in the wake of the 2018 Janus decision, members of public-sector unions, which account for half the union members in the country, can opt out of paying union dues in every state in the country. According to Statista, it cost businesses an average of $50.73 per hour in wages and benefits to pay union workers in 2021.
If there are layoffs that have been agreed upon, the least senior person is the first one to go, even if they are the most qualified. Some small employers have found it's worth the trade-off in expense to know that employees are content and feel listened-to. There are plenty of examples of employers who may have tried to prevent unionization, sometimes to their chagrin.
Unions Are Still Working
The majority of Americans believed labor unions mostly helped members of unions by a 68 to 28 margin. A Pew Research Center poll from 2009 to 2010 found a drop in labor union support in the midst of The Great Recession sitting at 41% favorable and 40% unfavorable. In 2018, union support rose to 55% favorable with just 33% unfavorable Despite this union membership had continued to fall.
Army into 11 strikes, governors mobilized the National Guard in somewhere between 118 and 160 labor disputes, and mayors called out the police on numerous occasions to maintain "public order" (Archer 2007, p. 120; Cooper 1980, pp. 13-16; Lambert 2005, p. 44). Despite the greater power of employers, sometimes workers are able to form unions and win contracts for two reasons. First, protests and strikes by workers in some occupations succeed because the "replacement costs" for bringing in strikebreakers and replacement workers are very high (Kimeldorf 1999; 2013). Sometimes replacement costs are high due to skill barriers, as in the case of printers in decades gone by or professional sports players today . Replacement costs also can be high for companies that have fast turn-around times, such as shipping and railroads in the past, or UPS today, which is why UPS drivers have been able to maintain a strong union and keep their wages high.
By most accounts, a ruling that reverses Abood and makes it illegal to require government workers to pay union dues or agency fees for services they may not want, would lead to the same rights for private sector workers. If the Supreme Court someday follows this reasoning and asserts the freedom of association of all workers, it would make every state a right-to-work state. Many legal scholars believe the ruling in Harris could lead to overturning a previous court decision that allows public sector workers to be forcibly unionized in non-right-to-work states.
Setting the stage for this legislative triumph, railroad workers had gained strength during the war because the railroad owners were forced to accept collective bargaining and government regulation, as well as an eight-hour day at the same wages that workers had received previously for a ten-hour day. Furthermore, the federal government had to take over the railroads in 1917 because their owners could not make deliveries in a timely and efficient way, thereby hampering the war effort. As a result of this series of events, skilled railroad workers took the opportunity to organize and gained a greater role in railroad operations. But from a class-dominance perspective, collective bargaining is not about pluralism or values or decency, none of which had been in evidence in the periodic violence and use of repression by employers in the years following 1877.
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by campbellbanks	on July 5, 2016 September 5, 2016
At the back of a stage dense with seated bodies, a man in fancy dress wanders sheepishly, paper in hand. He has made his move slightly early and must pause, lean on steps nonchalantly, check music, wait, put music on stand, insert earplugs. Wait. His presence sparks a wave of surreptitious earplug fortification amongst the concerned and surely a-tensing and a-clenching of muscle and buttock amongst the unprotected. Despite being fixed to cushion, the entire orchestra bends and sways in turbulent response to the music's climbing intensity, clarinets aroused to the horizontal, trombones punching and jabbing, strings wrestling, scrum-like, for a victory so desperately sought.
Behind this orgy of stationary movement, our man ascends three steps with great deliberation and subtle theatricality to face a giant block of wood, a proto-instrument, primordial in its simplicity. With a gentle roll of the wrists he contemplates the enormous wooden hammer that lies upon the block, and like Arthur claiming Excalibur (ahem…Thor is probably a better reference… Ed.), he takes fate into his grasp. Slow and ominously, the hammerhead is brought high, held teasingly and then sent crashing down, a dull-timbred violence to crush our hope and excite our adrenal gland.
And excited I was. My body thrummed, my mind whooped and a smile assaulted its way across my face when I witnessed this exact scene last Thursday night, at a performance of Gustav Mahler's Sixth Symphony by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Whether it was adrenalin or dopamine or an addiction-worthy cocktail of pleasure chemicals that was released I cannot say, but after experiencing this highly effective theatrical device for a second time later in the fourth movement, a life-destroying habit was well on its way to formation.
You may never have heard of Mahler nor heard any of his music and thus be utterly mystified by those three paragraphs, and somewhat concerned for my mental state if I really thought I saw a man hit a block of wood with a hammer on a concert hall stage (GIANT block and hammer, if you please). And all this talk of hands grasping fate, pugilistic trombones and missed Thor references may have you questioning how I could possibly think I'm qualified to write about music (I'm not. No more than you, in any case. I'm just an egotist with a weakness for parentheses). But such is Mahler and his musical world. A world of myth and superstition, of genre-breaking dimensions, fate, tragedy, and heroes felled like trees (that's the whole hammer thing…get it?).
Or so we're told anyway. Mythology is a powerful force and it winds its beguiling way through the lives and music of many composers, obscuring truth, bestowing unintended significance or just generally being a drama king. And we love it. It's in our human nature to create narratives, to give meaning to the unexplained and mysterious, to order the disordered into that to which we can relate. The personal mythologies of our heroes can bring them closer to us, can allow us to feel like we know them, even just a little bit, so that the stories they are telling can reach us deeper.
Mahler's personal mythology is especially rich. We think he personifies the "curse of the Ninth", a superstition that a ninth symphony will be a composer's last. This because he: disguised his actual ninth symphony as the symphonic song cycle Das Lied von der Erde, numbered his next work as the ninth symphony, believed he had overcome fate, began composing a tenth symphony but died before completing it. To spoil a good story: Mahler is not known to have referred to this curse; it was Schoenberg, in an essay on Mahler, who wrote: "It seems that the Ninth is a limit. He who wants to go beyond it must pass away".
In regard to the Symphony No.6, most of the extra-musical aspects of the surrounding mythology come from Alma Mahler, Gustav's wife and a source now deemed so unreliable amongst Mahler scholars that gleaning truth from her anecdotes is referred to as the "Alma Problem". The most captivating of these myths, for me, concerns those hammer blows. Mahler stipulates in the score that they should sound like the blow of an axe ("wie ein Axthieb"). Alma said they were three hammer blows of fate, the last of which "fells the hero like a tree". So far, so believable. She also identified them with three momentous events in Mahler's life which befell him after the composition of this symphony: the death of their eldest daughter Maria Anna, his forced resignation from the Vienna Court Opera and his diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease, at that time a death sentence, execution date unknown.
This is of the ilk of the curse of the ninth, superstitious, death-fixated, highly captivating and yet very far-fetched. Does it really matter? If a personal mythology brings a listener closer to a composer such that their music becomes more moving or powerful, so what? For me, intellectually, the notion that Mahler somehow predestined those three calamities by composing a symphony is just too fanciful; it requires a level of superstition that my mind simply does not possess. But my heart? Oh yes, my heart.
My noisy, whooshing, dishwasher heart. So has it been named when a lover's head, seeking repose, has laid itself upon my chest and heard – like a handful of cars going the wrong way down a highway at peak hour – the cacophony of regurgitation, as blood which should be jetting out of my dodgy aortic valve attempts to return. Yours may go ba-dum, ba-dum (here's hoping. If not…maybe get that checked out?), mine goes b-whooooosh-dum, b-whoooosh-dum. And in that stuttering instant, I can reach back through the veil of a hundred years and connect directly to an Austrian whose music I adore.
Huh? How's that? Because in amongst all that mythology, of Mahler the tyrannical conductor, Mahler the creative genius, Mahler the controlling husband, I find Mahler the terrified, with a ruined valve and a heart murmur. Mine has a whoosh and his had a whistle, with Alma saying "for years I had been frightened by the whistling sound that could be heard very loudly on the second beat" (the opening gesture of his Symphony no.9 is a rendering of this murmur). A diseased heart valve, with its damaged wall and compromised blood flow, is at risk of infection in a way that a healthy valve is not. I was brought up to be terrified of a visit to the dentist because of this risk, to take antibiotics beforehand as prophylaxis and to be on high alert for two or three days after, looking out for any flu-like symptoms that may have indicated my valve was infected (catch it too late and your chances are grim). In Mahler's time, I can only imagine that this fear would have been ever-present, and it did eventually get him. Four years after his diagnosis, two months shy of his 51st birthday, he was dead.
But that's just it. I can actually imagine this. And it brings him – a man of another era, another culture, and of abilities I cannot relate to – right inside me, to my own most terrified moments. Moments that are hard to explain to even my closest loved ones, he experienced too. And it's because of the mythology of his life that I know this, that his already powerful music can affect me like no other. As a result, when that hammer fell, my body felt it as though it were the hammer blow of his diagnosis, as if the mythology my head can't believe was true. And what a rush it was. Now I'll have to search out more performances of this symphony. I need another hit.
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Russia Air Raids Target Opposition Fighters, Avoids ISIS
Thursday October 1st, 2015 by Madar al-Yawm (opposition newspaper)
Military source confirms Russian aircraft carried out bombing attack against Syrian opposition fighters on Wednesday
Syria's state news agency, SANA, reported from a military source that "as part of the agreement between the Syrian Arab Republic and the Russian Federation to counter international terrorism, Russian air forces have carried out its first raids on the northern areas of Homs."
Russian warplanes carried out air raids on the town of Zafarana, killing 11 people and injuring dozens, with the town also witnessing a displacement movement, opposition sources said.
The air raids also targeted the town of Talbiseh, killing over 15 people and injuring scores more.
The raids included the bombing of Makramiyah, killing one and injuring several others, while six others were also killed in Rastan. The western parts of Farhaniyah were also targeted with several strikes, leading to the injury of several civilians.
SANA reported late Wednesday that Russian air forces, in collaboration with the Syrian air force, carried out several air strikes targeting Rastan, Talbiseh, az-Zafaran, at-Tulul al-Humr, Aydoun and Derfoul and Salamiyah in the central region.


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Editorial: Our election recommendations
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A voter fills out their ballot at the Palo Alto Art Center in Palo Alto on Nov. 3, 2020. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
With California's open primary rules, established when voters approved Prop. 14 in 2010, the top two vote-getters in all partisan races, regardless of party affiliation, will face off in the November general election. For non-partisan county offices such as district attorney, sheriff and assessor, however, there won't be a runoff in November if one candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the primary.
For Palo Alto voters, that means there will automatically be a runoff election In November for the congressional seat held by Democrat Anna Eshoo and the state Assembly seat held by Democrat Marc Berman, and it's highly likely in the Santa Clara County sheriff's race, where four major candidates are running with no incumbent.
In the county district attorney and assessor races, it is likely that incumbents Jeff Rosen and Larry Stone will exceed the 50% mark.
We are concerned that two incumbents, Congresswoman Anna Eshoo and County Assessor Larry Stone, have been in office for 30 and 27 years respectively. These two have been reelected by overwhelming margins over the years because they are competent, hardworking and have served their constituents well. They are all but assured of being reelected again this year, in part because their continued service discourages others from running because of the advantages of incumbency, especially in fundraising.
But at ages 79 and 81, they should be creating opportunities and encouraging new candidates to follow in their footsteps and allow a new generation of leaders to represent us. If reelected, we hope that each will announce after the election their intention to retire when their new terms end so that there is plenty of time for good and diverse candidates, including women and people of color, to step forward to run for these important positions.
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In the neighboring congressional district to the north, Rep. Jackie Speier is retiring at age 71 after serving for a distinguished 20 years in Washington. Her decision should serve as a model for others who are inclined to hang on to their offices, unconstrained by term limits.
For non-partisan offices such as sheriff, district attorney and assessor, we would strongly support the adoption of term limits that cap those officials' tenures to four, four-year terms.
Congress — Anna Eshoo and Ajwang Rading
Incumbent Rep. Anna Eshoo and Ajwang Rading, an attorney at the Palo Alto-based firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, are among the candidates vying to represent Congressional District 16 in the 2022 election. Photo of Eshoo by Magali Gauthier. Rading photo courtesy of the candidate.
As noted above, Anna Eshoo has been one of the most popular and successful elected officials ever to serve this region. In 14 reelection campaigns since her initial election in 1992, she has never faced a serious challenge. That is a tribute both to her excellent service and attentiveness to her constituents and the close alignment of her views with her Democratic district.
This year, perhaps because of an increasing belief that it may be time for her to step aside, or that she will do so in two years, Eshoo has seven challengers — three Republicans, three Democrats and an independent. With Eshoo almost certainly set to be the top vote-getter, the second-place finisher who will compete against her in November could get as little as 15% to 20% of the vote in the primary depending on how evenly spread out the voting is.
We hope Eshoo's opponent in November is Ajwang Rading, a Democrat and attorney at the Palo Alto-based firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati who has sparked a strong local following in support of his first bid for public office. Rading, 30, embraces a liberal Democratic platform that revolves around issues of social justice, climate change and universal health care.
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A former staff member for U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, Rading's background includes a stint at the nonprofit Equal Justice Initiative, the national organization founded by Bryan Stevenson. Rading, who is Black, was born in poverty in Los Angeles and says his childhood included spending nights in a 2001 Dodge Neon with his single mom, who immigrated from Kenya. He went on to graduate from college and law school at UCLA. He believes his upbringing and background would make him an effective advocate for boosting affordable housing, tackling income inequality in District 16 and championing other progressive issues.
His message and youthfulness is not unlike those of Silicon Valley Congressman Ro Khanna, 45, a progressive Democrat who was elected in 2016 on his second try to unseat eight-term incumbent Democrat Mike Honda. In four years, Khanna has become a prominent member of the progressive wing of the party.
The other leading candidates in the race are Rishi Kumar, a tech executive who serves on the Saratoga City Council and who lost to Eshoo two years ago with 37% of the vote, and Peter Ohtaki, a Republican who served eight years on the Menlo Park City Council, is a financial executive for a tech firm, and ran unsuccessfully against Marc Berman in the 2020 Assembly race.
A general election campaign between Eshoo and Rading would be an inspiring match-up between an accomplished representative nearing the end of her career who has paved the way for countless other women to seek higher office and an idealistic and passionate young man of color just starting his political journey.
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Santa Clara County Sheriff — Kevin Jensen
Facing a unanimous vote of no confidence last year by the Board of Supervisors, mounting investigations and possible removal from office, Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith spared herself almost certain defeat this year by choosing not to run for a seventh term. So the good news is that a much-maligned and poorly managed Sheriff's department will finally have a new leader.
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The sheriff oversees a budget of more than $188 million and 711 staff members (and an additional 1,080 staff and $200.6 million for the Department of Corrections).
Four major candidates, including Palo Alto Police Chief Bob Jonsen, a retired county Sheriff's Office captain and two current sergeants, are vying for the seat. Jonsen's primary appeal is that he has the administrative experience of having led both the Menlo Park and Palo Alto police departments.
Jonsen, 59, was police chief in Menlo Park for five years until being hired by Palo Alto in 2018. Jonsen may be a good administrator, but his consistent lack of transparency regarding police misconduct and routine police policy matters has cast a shadow on his ability to innovate and reform. Actions speak louder than words, and Jonsen has not shown the leadership that will be needed within the Sheriff's Office.
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When it comes to campaign war chests, Santa Clara County sheriff candidate Kevin Jensen is outrunning the pack fivefold, according to state filings.
Former sheriff's captain and assistant chief of the Department of Corrections, Kevin Jensen, 58, retired in 2013 after 29 years with the Sheriff's Office. He ran unsuccessfully against Smith in 2014 and has since been doing law enforcement consulting, including training new recruits and managers. The two sergeants are Sean Allen, 51, a 32-year veteran, and Christine Nagaye, 50, who has been with the department for 20 years.
We recommend Kevin Jensen, who has had the benefit of rising through the ranks over 30 years in the sheriff's office but the perspective of his consulting work and being away from the troubled department for the last eight years. As a high-ranking administrator in the department who was willing to run against his boss and challenge her record, Jensen was not one who sat back and toed Smith's line.
During his tenure he was the liaison to the Stanford Department of Public Safety, county jail administration commander, court security division commander and administrative coroner. He was also the risk and information-sharing program manager for the Urban Area Security Initiative and was tasked with terrorism prevention, mitigation, response and recovery for the 12-county Bay Area region. In late 2012, he served as the initiative's statewide risk-program manager.
He has the support of the Santa Clara County Deputy Sheriffs' Association, Santa Clara County Correctional Peace Officers' Association, and multiple fire and police groups and individuals, including retired Palo Alto police Chief Dennis Burns.
He is best suited to take on the task of rebuilding the department and restoring the public's confidence in its operations. He sees an urgent need to reform the culture of the organization, a view that makes his support from the two unions all the more important.
The next sheriff will face a monumental challenge to improve transparency, accountability and communication after Smith's years of mismanagement. Jensen is clearly the best qualified candidate to succeed.
Santa Clara County District Attorney — Jeff Rosen
Jeff Rosen. Courtesy Jeff Ronsen.
The county district attorney's office has over 600 employees and almost 200 attorneys, making it California's largest DA's office north of Los Angeles.
Jeff Rosen, 54, has served three terms as district attorney and ran unopposed in the last two elections, making this election the first time he has had to defend his record in a campaign. He has cultivated a reputation as a reformer, jumping at opportunities to be visibly associated with popular progressive initiatives to step up prosecutions of sexual assault, increase the use of diversion programs to reduce the number of offenders in jail, reduce prosecutions in cases that create racial inequities and engage in more public outreach and education about the criminal justice system.
He is being challenged by two progressive candidates who don't think Rosen has gone far enough to implement reforms that recognize the vulnerability of the poor and people of color in the criminal justice system and is too focused on traditional models of incarceration.
Sajid Khan, 39, a public defender for the last 14 years, says he is the "true progressive" in the race and has focused on how racism permeates the system, the importance of ending the money bail system, not ever trying juveniles as adults and increasing diversion programs as an alternative to incarceration. His support of probation for Brock Turner, reflecting his belief that justice should be empathetic and not be measured by jail time, drew sharp criticism last year after Khan posted on social media about his concern for the survivors of sexual assault and the secondary trauma they suffer by the legal system.
Rosen's other opponent, is a prosecutor who was demoted and then fired by Rosen after writing an opinion piece in the Mercury News criticizing progressive prosecutors who would seek short sentences for violent crimes. Daniel Chung, 33, is now suing the county and seeking to unseat his former boss at the ballot box. He said criminal justice reforms are creating a revolving door for repeat offenders and the department's "hot potato" method of handling cases, by which cases get handled by multiple DAs, has led to long delays and is a disservice to crime victims.
In spite of these criticisms, Jeff Rosen has modernized the operation of the DA's office and implemented many important reforms. His greatest accomplishment may be the diversification of his prosecutors so they better reflect the community. Half the attorneys are women and more than 40% are people of color or LGBTQ individuals. He has implemented numerous programs to divert non-violent offenders from jail, especially in drug cases, supported reclassifying minor drug crimes from felonies to misdemeanors and created a conviction integrity unit to investigate innocence claims.
We hope Rosen's next term will bring more attention to police misconduct, which cries out for stronger prosecutorial attention. The police and district attorney's office must work hand in hand to bring criminals to justice, but that relationship cannot result in the type of laissez faire attitude toward prosecuting police misconduct that Rosen has shown.
Santa Clara County Assessor — Larry Stone
Larry Stone. Courtesy Santa Clara County.
Larry Stone has been in office for 27 years, and at age 81 it is time for him to step aside and allow someone of his caliber to take his place. Unfortunately, his name recognition and strong performance in the office has made it impossible for any challenger to mount a serious challenge as long as he chooses to continue in office.
This year is no exception. His opponent, Andrew Crockett, is a CPA working as a financial analyst for the Santa Clara County Health System and doesn't come close to measuring up to Stone's experience or accomplishments.
We recommend Stone's reelection, with the hope that he will then announce it is his last term.
Measure A — Water Board term limit
A 2.25-million-gallon metal holding tank at the Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center in San Jose. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
Measure A is a ridiculous and deceptive attempt by the incumbent directors of the Santa Clara Valley Water District to change the current three-term limit of 12 years in office to give themselves an additional four years to serve. Voters imposed a limit of three terms on directors in 2009 and now that some directors are about to be termed out they have placed Measure A on the ballot to change the limit to four terms (16 years).
This is an easy one. Vote no on Measure A.
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Palo Alto Mom
on May 12, 2022 at 11:11 am
Palo Alto Mom, Crescent Park
Thank you to the Weekly for your endorsement of Ajwang Rading! He is a breath of fresh air that brings much-needed energy, new ideas, and a deep commitment and sense of urgency to issues of our climate crisis, affordable housing, healthcare reform, and social justice. His life/work experiences are invaluable and he has proven in this campaign that he connects with and motivates people of all ages and backgrounds. He has quite a following of first-time voting high school students in the district who have been door knocking and spreading the word about his candidacy at farmers markets. Anna has sat very comfortably in her seat for almost 3 decades now which is just too long for anyone, no matter how popular. I wholeheartedly agree with the Weekly, that it's time for her to "be creating opportunities and encouraging new candidates to follow in their footsteps and allow a new generation of leaders to represent us." And may I add, especially now that such an outstanding candidate like Ajwang is in the field!! #timeforchange
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J Smith
on May 12, 2022 at 12:17 pm
J Smith, Mountain View
As a longtime Anna voter, I agree with this article. Her years of dedicated service have been a cornerstone to our community but it is time to share the wealth of knowledge and experience to tackle new issues.
When I first heard of Ajwang discussing the most important issues during the League of Woman Voters discussion I was deeply impressed and inspired. He gives me hope for the future of our country! I am looking forward to seeing more from him!
Consider Your Options.
Another Palo Alto neighborhood
Consider Your Options. , Another Palo Alto neighborhood
Experience matters...a LOT in Washington. I met Mr. Rading, a smart, warm young man with healthy values and deep life experience that informs a compassionate nature. He graduated from law school a couple of years ago and lacks political experience. Mr. Rading, please start at a city, county or state level. Learn the ropes. Learn how to build coalitions. Build relationships. Learn the process. Without these skills, they will eat you alive in Washington. I see in you a man I could vote for once you have more experience.
Mr. Kumar, the tone of the campaign materials I have received from you has been hostile, disrespectful and dismissive of U.S. Rep Eshoo's long and distinguished service. Your claims are ripe with hyperbole. That is not what I expect from a congressional representative. Your campaign conduct should be representative of how you plan to conduct yourself in Washington. You also lack the kind of government leadership experience that matters in Washington. I am also curious about which analytics software company you serve as an executive. We need better regulation of big tech, and I would like to know who you serve in this arena. Your professional affiliation seems to have been wiped from your internet presence.
Rep. Eshoo, thank you for your service. I probably will vote for you again this one last time because I appreciate your experience and contributions. Please use this term to cultivate talented young people to replace you. It is time for that.
HopefulThinker
University South
HopefulThinker, University South
My wife and I have supported Anna Eshoo for decades. We are very fond of her. However, about two months ago, we were out for a walk with our dog together, and we notice Ajwang canvassing door to door. We slowed to watch what Ajwang was doing at one particular door and to see if the person was receptive. After what felt like a 5-minute conversation that we could barely make out, Ajwang turns back toward the sidewalk and immediately approaches us, 'Hello, my name is Ajwang, and I'm running for Congress, what issues do you care most about?' At first, I was embarrassed that we were caught staring but I felt nothing but Clinton-esque empathy from this young man.
It's an understatement to say we were floored by his overall presentation and intellect. I tried to throw a curveball policy question but of course, Ajwang answered in extraordinary detail. When I asked him if he were a lefty or centrist, he gave the perfect response: "a pragmatist."
As we walked home, my wife, who I would consider a lifelong Eshoo acolyte, said something I never thought I would hear: "I love Anna but I think I'm going to vote for Ajwang."
As a Palo Alto native, Ajwang represents something we haven't felt in a very long time... hope.
Resident 1-Adobe Meadows
Adobe-Meadow
on May 12, 2022 at 1:13 pm
Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, Adobe-Meadow
A person does not run for Congress that has never been in an election before or participated in city, state, or local processes. That is an overreach. A person has to get out there and prove themselves before they choose to run for a federal office. How nice he is, or has good talking points is fine. But not my choice for a federal office in DC. That is like stacking the deck with unknowns. Seems to be a problem in this year.
The former mayor of Menlo Park has a proven track record of moving his city along to accomplish the established goals of this state.
Palo Alto Native
Old Palo Alto
Palo Alto Native, Old Palo Alto
I'm thrilled that PA Online endorses Mr. Rading. He is a formidable young man with great, compassion, energy, experience and intellect. His unique perspective on public policy will really help this district. BTW, he has stronger experience than most in federal politics, having worked as a legislative aide to Sen. Booker. He knows the ins and outs of debating, amending, and passing legislation perhaps better than anybody in this race.
Though Anna has been a faithful servant of our district, I have questions about her connections to Big Pharma and why drug prices here are so darn high. I think there is a correlation between the two. Also, her lack of urgency when it comes to climate changes and other pressing issues is a little unsettling. 30+ years is too much and undemocratic. It's due time for a change.
Do you know what office Bill Clinton first ran for? At the age of 27, he ran for the House of Representatives in Arkansas. Even though he was unsuccessful, you what Bill Clinton then ran for? Arkansas' Attorney General! And he won! While I think most agree that its nice to have experience, to your statement:
"A person does not run for Congress that has never been in an election before or participated in city, state, or local processes. That is an overreach."
We should ask a former President what he thinks. I see Ajwang in that light, with similar expertise and impact at a similar age. He will likely accomplish big things for this District with his new thinking!
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Jennifer, another community
I feel bad for the residents of SCC if "soft on crime" Rosen wins again. Crime rates rise with soft on crime prosecution. If you've ever wondered if that's part of the reason crime in Palo Alto has gotten worse, the answer is yes. Criminal justice reforms are creating a revolving door for repeat offenders. Most people are more concerned about the victims, and we refuse to coddle criminals.
SRB, Mountain View
100% agree with recommendation on the Water District's Measure A: a very easy NO.
And shame on our local rep -Gary Kremen- for putting that deceiving and self serving measure on the ballot .... -wasting over $3M in the process-.
What we all have seen is what people say during an election is not necessarily what you get when they are in office. What in part is required is the vetting of the individuals. As noted above some claims by individuals as to experience cannot be proved by any actual documentation as to facts.
Note that Cory Booker - aka Spartacus - represents his senate area of New Jersey. He has been relatively quiet of late. Our Congressional District is very different and has a lot of complexities regarding Hi-Tech issues which are not relative to other state issues. We need congressional representation which directly affects what we are doing here in CA. This congressional district is about us and our issues. We need people who totally understand what this congressional district is dealing with and problems we are trying to solve.
KarlWolff
on May 13, 2022 at 8:45 am
KarlWolff, Portola Valley
Another Dem lawyer (that worked for Booker) is the last thing we need...
the person they are recommending - Mr. Rading is 30 years old. Given the history that was presented in the Voter's book by Mr. Rading I do not see any relevance to the very complicated Silicon Valley complications which are swirling in the news these days. This specific congressional district has problems which are unique to the state of CA and this congressional area. We need people who are grounded in the business and legal environment we live in - and are well known to us to solve the problems we are encountering here. We are here to protect our direct environment - not solve other state goals and aspirations.
Here is a recommendation for the City of Palo Alto. Have the Mayor position be voted on by the residents of the city.
We have a percentage of residents who want to capitalize on this cities name by feeding information out to the national press so we can say we - the city - thought the idea up. Always pushing to get notoriety. And most of the residents do not agree with these ideas and do not appreciate the grandstanding for political advancement.
Have the Mayor candidates state what their goals are which are measurable. We need to know up front what the goals are and what they plan on achieving. And if they start sliding sideways down a different path then they are out the door.
WE have too many different ideas of what the city is responsible for - some want a sociology class project here to show how woke they are. That is not running a city.
Time to have the residents decide who the mayor is from the candidates that want to run.
rsmithjr
Duveneck/St. Francis
rsmithjr, Duveneck/St. Francis
I am 77 years old and still believe that experience means something. The House is enriched by having Anna Eshoo in it.
I am grateful for Rep Eshoo's long and distinguished service, as well.
William Hitchens
William Hitchens, Mountain View
We don't need any more idealistic "self-called progressives" in Congress. They're just as dangerous as the MAGA morons --- only for the future of the US economy and not the US Rule of Law and our Constitutional liberties. And both threaten the 1st Amendment out of idealism and gross ignorance. Me, I'm a fierce Moderate Independent who wants "steady as she goes" and not "throw the baby out with the bathwater out of sheer stupidity". And I'm exercising my 1st Amendment right to free political speech here. Too sad and frightening so many people at both extremes would try to shut me up.
John Mark Agosta
College Terrace
John Mark Agosta, College Terrace
Why the article discounts Greg Tanaka's campaign entirely raises some questions. I admire the field of well qualified candidates--there's clearly a wide range of choices available. However a combination of experience as an elected official and in high tech, and familiarity with Silicon Valley's uniqueness should be what we look for in our representative. I'll leave it to you to review the candidates, but as a financially astute moderate, with a dedication to the electorate Greg deserves serious consideration.
Annette, College Terrace
I agree that Greg Tanaka is financially astute. Residents can rely on him to push back against unnecessary spending. But he is not persuasive. If a candidate who has served in elected office doesn't have a strong track record of being able to put forth a motion and get his/her colleagues to vote for that motion, does it make sense to promote that person to higher office? Congress is obviously a much bigger arena than a 7-person city council. I am more than a little surprised that Mr. Tanaka thinks he is prepared to make that leap.
Carlos, Green Acres
Still learning and figuring out who will get my vote, but one priority we should all address is the escalating wave of violence and crime we have seen lately. Given how easy it is for those who get caught to be released and offend again, I'll be voting for a new district attorney, and I'll support whoever has a hardline proposal to lock up all these offenders and provide a safer environment for law-abiding residents.
caseyc
Downtown North
caseyc, Downtown North
I know he hasn't run for office before, but I like Mr Rading because he puts dealing with the climate crisis at the top of his list. I don't see that same prioritization by the other contenders. We are on the brink of environmental disaster, and Rading knows it and positions the issue where it belongs.
jguislin
jguislin, Crescent Park
The only reason you site for wanting to replace Anna Eshoo and Larry Stone is their age - that is age discrimination as clear as can be. There may be other reasons for wanting someone to replace them, but you do not offer any. Your rationale is a not-so-subtle bias that permeates our society. Disappointing reasoning from a (mostly) respectable source!
cheese guy
Palo Verde
cheese guy, Palo Verde
I completely agree with jguislin's comment above. This article and endorsement absolutely reeks of agism, noting the age of the Anna A and suggesting that it's time for her to do something different. Please, give me someone with accumulated wisdom and existing relationships in Congress over someone who has never been elected to public office.
Online Name
Embarcadero Oaks/Leland
Online Name, Embarcadero Oaks/Leland
Yup re ageism. And it ignores the seniority required for committee assignments and leadership. You'd think maturity would matter to PAO after its endorsement of Adrian Fine whose temper tantrums were legendary.
Leland Manor/Garland Drive
Nonsense, Leland Manor/Garland Drive
Who cares if Anna is older than Biden. Even if she was 100, I would still vote for her.
What I don't like is that Ajwang lived here less than a couple of years. How can he possibly understand our issues and represent us properly?
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Michelle Preacher
Michelle Preacher, Old Palo Alto
@Nonesnse - Where are you getting your information that Ajwang has lived here for a couple of years? This is categorically false. I noticed a Greg Tanaka google ad stating the same, which I think is the first attack ad of the race.
Yesterday, I recently attended a meet and greet of Ajwang's and he knows more about the area than myself living here for decades. We do realize that the new District goes from South San Jose to Pacifica, including Palo Alto? So before we drop the whistles that a young, black candidate doesn't "understand" the issues of the area, one should first meet him. I was an avid Anna Eshoo supporter and absolutely detest the "progressives" in Congress -- that is not Ajwang -- he is pragmatic and center-left. These attempts to frame him one thing or another another speaks to his momentum.
Anonymous complaint?
Anonymous complaint?, Adobe-Meadow
@Preacher I just checked out Ajwang's ballotpedia. He graduated UCLA in June 2020 so it looks like he has been here less than two years. I don't mind that he is young, but I do wish he lived in the Bay Area longer.
The only attacks ads I've seen is Ajwang's against Eshoo and Kumar. I have seen Tanaka's Youtube ads but I haven't seen anything mentioning Ajwang.
To all candidates: Campaign on your strengths and stop the negative ads!
Duveneck neighbor
on Jun 2, 2022 at 10:58 am
Duveneck neighbor, Duveneck/St. Francis
I have been unable to vote for Representative Eshoo since her disastrous support for the war in Iraq -- the consequences of which resonate negatively to this day, and overwhelm her other contributions.
Therefore, I'm glad to read the Weekly's recommendation of Mr Ajwang.
LindaPA
on Jun 2, 2022 at 3:53 pm
LindaPA, Duveneck/St. Francis
I'm excited to vote for Anna again. She is such a strong, principled voice for her constituents. She has the experience, the knowledge, and the relationships in Congress to keep getting things done for us. I hope Ajwang considers running for local office if he doesn't win this seat. I remember when folks commented that Vicki Veenker should have run for local office rather than going straight to the State Assembly race; I haven't heard anyone say that about Ajwang, though Congress is an even higher office. Local politics matters - please get involved at the local level! And go Anna!!
PA Community Advocate
PA Community Advocate, Another Palo Alto neighborhood
Term limits please. Career politicians need to go.
Dubious
Dubious, Menlo Park
I am dubious about Ajwang Rading. I appreciate that we may want to turn over the representation in our district to a younger representative, but I see signs that Mr. Rajwang is not experienced enough to represent our district.
He touts his general legal practice as extremely broad and sophisticated. But he is only 2 years out of law school, and I suspect that he is currently on a leave of absence for the election (this is an assumption, and I could be wrong). Associates typically start at law firms in about Aug/Sept. after graduating, and assuming that he's been on leave for a couple of months, he's likely worked at the firm for 18 months. That is an extremely junior law firm associate. He is inevitably stretching significantly when he describes his experience. I get it that politicians do this, but I think we as voters all need to pay particular attention to his exaggerations.
He claims to have significant experience in emerging technologies (while also being very experienced on climate, social justice, etc. . . . so much expertise in so little time), and he uses this background to advocate for crypto technologies. He writes he "firmly believes the next chapter of the internet will be formed through decentralization, cryptography and blockchain technology." I fear he's jumping on a trendy Silicon Valley theme that is not well thought through. I don't want a politician, especially someone without actual expertise, who "firmly" believes that a speculative technology is going to be the next thing. It might, and it might not, and there are a lot of good reasons for it not to be the future of the internet and commerce. Just this week, a group of technologists wrote to congress to urge caution on crypto: Web Link
Scotty, Green Acres
I think of Anna every time a commercial airliner flies over my house. Needless to say, I think of her often.
community member, University South
Several very expensive ads for Tanaka have come in the mail.
He is not endorsed by any local organization. Or any known individual.
Also,he does not speak clearly and I can't understand him when
watching Council meetings. He mumbles and goes on at length.
I switch channels when he goes on and on.
Every person who enters congress will require a background check and security clearances. What is required - where did you go to high school and college, when did you graduate? Law school? Date you eneterd law school, date you graduated. Pass the Bar? When and what state. Look at anyone's wikipedia page - extreme amount of information regarding background and current status. Checking google do not see the basic information on Mr. Rading. This is his "maiden voyage" into politics and has not covered the basic information that validates him. That is the starting point. Speeches provided by special intersts are just that - speeches. As a junior he will have to learn first.
We are not doing smoke and mirrors here. already been there and done that. Plenty of time for him to fill the blanks with actual performance on a job with a government entity.
Anna appears very with it in her ads and is doing a very good job.
Do not get the comment above about the airlines. SJX and SFO are major rmployers in the bay area - they feed the business and tourist business which this area desperately needs to survive. They feed the hotel industry and special events industry.
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After tipping the cabbie, Ronald Jameson was elated to exit the taxi filled with the nauseating scent of smoke, garbage, and New Yorkers. Not that the air outside the cab was much better, but Ronald still breathed it in appreciatively before scurrying up the white marble steps to the brand-new American Transportation Through the Years Museum. He glanced up momentarily at the grand stone pillars and sparkling glass windows that framed the revolving door—the comparatively mundane entrance to the building—before shouldering his way in, praying he would not be chided for his tardiness.
"Mr. Jameson?" A gentle voice rang out from his right. Ronald spun around and found himself staring at a thin woman with the oddest silver eyes. Silver? How strange! Perhaps the gleaming silver dress she was wearing was making his eyes play tricks on him. He shook his head and gave his best attempt at a smile.
"Yes, miss," he nodded. "But please, miss, call me Ronald." At the woman's amused look, he hastily added, "Or Ron. Or Ronny. Or…you know what, Mr. Jameson is fine."
"Alright, thank you, Mr. Jameson," the woman replied, an amused lilt to her voice. Once again, her eyes seemed to jump out at Ronald, their metallic color sparkling. He quickly averted his eyes to her fitted long sleeves. "Mr. Jameson, I am pleased to welcome you to the staff here at the museum. We choose our interns quite carefully here, and I saw great…potential in your application."
Quickly making eye contact, Ronald noticed the woman had the strangest look about her, as if she were hiding a grand secret. He found it rather annoying how she was acting as if this job was comparable to one of a prestigious CIA agent, considering he would not even be paid for his interning.
"Well, thank you, miss. I do apologize for my tardiness, miss. Is there a task you'd like me to start or anything like that?" Ronald questioned.
"Apology disregarded, Mr. Jameson. In this museum, we view time as a…social construct I suppose. Here, we believe time should not be thought about so…certainly."
Ronald was beginning to grow rather annoyed with the woman's ambiguous dialogue. New Yorkers were so strange. For a second, a wisp of memory floated behind his brow: grassy, rolling hills; fat, mooing cows; and dirty, overall-wearing siblings. Ronald tried to ignore the vision, but his heart still longed for his life back in South Dakota.
"And to answer your question—yes, I would be so grateful if you would take the time to acquaint yourself with the museum. As an intern, you will most definitely find familiarity to be your greatest tool. Feel free to see yourself around. But please do refrain from dawdling. Passing time is of minimum importance, but time is still of the essence." The woman winked.
Now, Ronald was most certainly annoyed by this woman. Why was she acting so peculiar? Did she not know how to make proper sense? In South Dakota, people were simple, jobs were simple, and life was simple. Ronald was reluctantly beginning to rethink his choice to major in History.
"Alright, uh, thank you," Ronald replied. "Oh! I almost forgot to ask your name, miss."
"Please, call me Tiempa."
Ronald's spirits were lifted as he maneuvered his way through the ginormous, white halls, admiring the vehicles of the past. Each time he laid his eyes upon a new automobile or wheeled contraption, he was momentarily transported to the vehicle's decade of origin. He imagined himself racing across New York City on a bicycle, delivering newspapers dated 1899; cruising through Iowa on a tractor, watching the sun rise with the turn of the century; and flying down the Overseas Highway in a Cadillac V16, breathing in salty ocean air. Ronald was so enraptured by each vehicle that he did not notice the massive black box with wheels he was nearing until it was right in front of his nose.
At first, Ronald was positively flabbergasted. He had never seen such a contraption in all his years of undergrad at Augustana University. The machine looked like a miniature house on wheels, complete with doors and windows. It was entirely black, even the windows were tinted due to either purpose or age. The box was quite long, and one side of it housed a pile of dark rocks, while the other had a cylinder protruding from the roof. Ronald racked his brain for memories of such a machine among his plethora of History textbooks, but his straining led to nothing. What century are you from?
Unable to help himself, Ronald reached out to run a hand along the side of the wheeled rectangular prism. He drew his hand back, expecting a fine coat of dust to have collected on it, but his skin was perfectly pristine. Well, that was odd, he thought. As much as he wanted to accept that the museum cleaning staff were just the most remarkable in New York, Ronald could not rid himself of the nagging feeling he had had since he gazed into those peculiar silver eyes. The feeling felt like a voice pleading, begging "leave." Unfortunately, Ronald had never been particularly good at following directions.
Before he realized what he was doing, Ronald was walking toward the closest handle protruding from the machine. As if in a daze, he reached his hand out once more, gripped the handle, and pulled with all his might.
The door slid open, revealing a dark interior with mysterious shadows and sounds of scurrying. Probably rats. This was New York, after all, and Ronald doubted the hidden inside of each display was cleaned regularly—if at all. Ronald threw a quick glance over his shoulder to make sure he was still alone, took a deep breath, and swung himself inside.
Immediately, Ronald found himself thrown into a fit of coughing. The air was not dusty, but filled with a…metallic-feeling air, like the room was filled with blood. After his fit was concluded, he cleared his throat and took a wary step into the darkness. The floor creaked under his foot, making his heart pulse a beat quicker.
The light let in by the open door did little for Ronald's vision. All he could see was darkness, like he had been transported into a black hole. His eyes strained to see with no success. Timidly, Ronald lifted a hand and began to struggle forward. His fingers found purchase with a cloth-covered ledge that he assumed was the back of a seat.
As Ronald began to move forward once more, sliding his hand across the soft surface for guidance, he saw a flash of light in the darkness. His chest tightened, and his breath began to saw in and out of him in quick intervals. He could almost feel the blood pumping through his veins at an alarming rate. What, or who was in here?
Just as Ronald was turning back toward the light from the museum—his lifeline—he heard another scurrying-like sound. The sound was louder now, a rough scratching at the shadow-shrouded floor. Ronald tried to make himself move, but he was paralyzed with fear. His blood was pounding so strongly he could barely hear himself think. He just had to pick up his feet and—
"Hello, Mr. Jameson. I was beginning to think you had disappeared."
Tiempa. The silver eyes glowing in the darkness were unmistakable. Ronald was absolutely stricken with horror. How had she gotten in here so quickly? She was the last surprise Ronald expected to find in this darkness. Ronald also did not expect to suddenly find dozens of silver eyes blinking to life behind Tiempa's.
Dozens—no, hundreds of illuminated silver eyes that seemed to dance with laughter were the last thing Ronald saw before there was a thunderous sound like rushing water, a blinding flash of silver light, and a darkness deeper than the gaps between the planets.
"Goodness gracious, he has been out for hours now."
"I do hope he awakens soon. I much prefer them when they are conscious."
Ronald Jameson's eyes flew open. The first thing he saw was the sky: pastel blue crowded with humongous, fluffy clouds. The second thing, or things, he saw were four glowing, silver orbs peering down at him curiously.
Ronald let out a yelp and scrambled to his feet. He turned to run, but he quickly realized there would be no escaping. A tight circle of silver-eyed persons surrounded him. Two of them stood directly in front of him, cold smiles on their pale faces. Ronald felt as if his veins had been dunked in ice, a painful chill spreading through his body like frost. This cannot be happening.
Behind a few of the people, Ronald could just barely make out the black box from the museum, its doors and windows all slid open. Behind the rest of the people, Ronald could see a flat expanse of dirt that was punctured by small puddles of turquoise water every few feet. He had never seen such a sight in South Dakota, and the unfamiliar environment added to the nauseating horror racking him.
"What's going on?" Ronald demanded. "What is going on?"
"How forward he is!" Exclaimed the voice that had hoped for Ronald's awakening.
"You picked a good one, Tiempa," said the voice that had remarked on Ronald's unconsciousness.
"Of course, I did. I always do," said Tiempa, her gentle, musical voice unmistakable. Ronald spun toward her, fuming with frustration.
"Tell me what is going on at once!" Ronald shouted.
"Of course, Mr. Jameson. We are so grateful for your being here, we can surely make time for a quick story," Tiempa said with a light, almost humorous tone. Ronald was absolutely horrified and infuriated and discombobulated, but he forced himself to keep quiet. The silver-eyed strangers did not seem like the kind of people he wanted cross with him.
"We are the Conductors, the passengers of the first locomotive. I am sure your mundane mind is unfamiliar with the word. The steam locomotive was a vehicle meant to transport people at a speed quicker than a horse, like an automobile. Alas, there was an…accident…and humankind progressed without it, still managing to design the automobile. We were in the accident.
"You see, the designers of the engine were so confident in their invention, they wished to test it for the first time with human volunteers. Those volunteers stand before you now. During the trip, it was discovered that the locomotive had the most peculiar ability, one never seen before with human eyes. This discovery was realized when we all stepped outside the vehicle after its stop and found this world, unknown to both the present and the past. We had no idea how to utilize the locomotive to return. And we tried so hard, so desperately.
"For twenty years, we survived off roaches and flies and water. Our weights became lighter, and our eyes lost their color. Then, the roaches were gone, and the flies were few. The water was not enough. We needed to return more than ever, and we finally figured it out."
But when we returned, we found that the world was more divided than ever, and that society did not like our silver eyes. We did not like the once familiar food as much as we liked the insects. The clear water did not keep us young like the turquoise water did.
"While we prepared to return to this vast place of youth and brightness, we hid the locomotive in an abandoned church in New York City. One night, a young girl saw the locomotive and ran to alert her neighborhood. We were selfish; we did not want anyone else to discover the beautiful land of flies and dirt. So, we did the only thing we could think of: we devoured her. And we liked it.
"Humans became our sustentation. Through the years, we have developed individual preferences and perfected our method of obtaining our food. Unfortunately for you, Mr. Jameson, today is Hora's birthday, and Hora loves males with country accents."
All Ronald could do was gape as the silver-eyed cult began to move closer, licking their lips and stretching out their pale fingers. All Ronald could do was stare as one silver-eyed woman in a silver party hat stepped in front of him and opened her mouth.


Residents of Rangzhikhar, under Samkhar Gewog in Trashigang, organise a ritual for the well-being of women, every year. Locally known as Tokari Tshechu, the ritual is organised during the night coinciding with Lord Buddha's Parinirvana.
Laymen from the monastic institutions perform rituals to appease the local deities. The ritual lasts several hours through the night. The tradition is said to be over five-generation old.
"Lopen Khekey started the Tshechu to protect women from misfortune. He subdued all the evil spirits and constructed a chorten here," said Rangzhikhar Tshogpa, Naku.
The highlight of the festival is the offerings people make. Villagers prepare a snack in a shape resembling a woman's genitalia.
While the laymen perform rituals and villagers make offering, a group of men prepares to steal the snacks. While it has no specific meaning, the stealing act is just for fun.
"Young people used to steal the Tokari Tsho using a stick. The culture is disappearing slowly but we are trying to preserve it and keep it alive as much as possible," said a Rangzhikhar Resident, Tshering Dorji.
The villagers then, usher a descendent of Rangzhikhar Khoche or local chieftain, to a place where a tree once stood. It is believed that the Khoche family established the current Rangzhikhar village. The local chieftain is believed to have planted a tree upside down.
The ritual, although organised every year has now lost its charm, according to the villagers. The number of people attending the ritual has also decreased in recent years.
But if not organised, villagers' fear the wrath of local deities. They believe that natural calamities will strike their village and misfortunes would befall on their women.
The ritual concludes by passing on the responsibility to organise the ritual to fellow villagers next year. A garland of snacks is present to those who will organise the ritual in the coming year. On rotational basis, 10 households take the responsibility of organising the ritual every year.
The ritual concludes at around 3am. A similar ritual for men is also organised every year, in the 10th month of the Bhutanese calendar.
my name is jigme thinley an i m frm rangzhikhr,i like these becoz every year we do these ritual for the protection of the women,an its belived that once all the women are not able to stain their life,after subdued all the evil,only den the womem are alived, an a garland of snacks is present to those who will organised the rituals in comming years. an lastly just for fun a group of young men prepared to steal snacks during the rituals…….


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Distraction is a powerful tool in managing chronic pain. Living in constant pain might also make you more empathetic to the struggles of others, and volunteering can prove to be a useful way to both distract yourself from your struggles and to help others in need. Giving Tuesday, a "global day of giving fueled by the power of social media and collaboration," is celebrated each Tuesday after Thanksgiving here in the United States and "kicks off the charitable season, when many focus on their holiday and end-of-year giving." This initiative may be the perfect opportunity for you to help yourself and your community.
A recent study found that levels of pain and depression declined in patients with chronic pain who volunteered to help others. The two themes of "making a connection" and having "a sense of purpose" emerged as common sentiments from those who gave back.
If you're planning on getting out and giving back, here are a few things to consider before volunteering with chronic pain.
Volunteering for Giving Tuesday will be great for your mind, but can be extremely taxing on your body. Plan ahead for success. Is there a day of the week where you typically have more energy? Being well-rested and energized can make or break your volunteer experience.
Also, don't be shy to get the lay of the land. What's your volunteer job description? Will there be chairs or benches where you can take a rest if need be? Will the organization provide snacks and water? If not, you can plan to bring your own snacks and even a folding chair if need be.
One of the best benefits of volunteering for Giving Tuesday is feeling connected. Whether it be with other volunteers, with the people around you, or simply with your local community, feeling connected just makes you feel good.
When you're volunteering, push yourself to say hello to someone when you regularly wouldn't. Ask another volunteer a question about herself. Pushing yourself to engage with others can have great rewards. You might even make a new likeminded friend.
Sometimes our society makes us feel shameful for being proud of ourselves. Throw that out the window. Too often we don't take time to congratulate ourselves or our accomplishments.
Take a moment to just feel good, whether it's taking a deep breath in the car and smiling to yourself after volunteering, or grabbing lunch with fellow volunteers. Keep the feel-good vibes going with kind words to yourself.
Giving back to others for Giving Tuesday and throughout the year can be a powerful reminder of the blessings that we do have. Practicing gratitude for the things that we have in our lives – even when we are facing health concerns such as fibromyalgia and chronic pain – can be an effective way to reframe our current situation and struggles.
To find local activities for Giving Tuesday, click here.
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A truly beautiful example of a champagne from a very famous name. On the nose, the champagne is dominated by aromas of white flowers, green apples, brioche and a trace of some kind of minerality or steeliness. On the palate there are notes of stone fruits a certain nutty appeal and a hint of honey supporting the freshness of the acidity.
Founded in 1849 Pol Roger is generally regarded as one of the finest Champagne houses. It is known for the great style and finesse of its wines, particularly for the Vintage Brut and the Cuvée Winston Churchill. Churchill was a great ambassador for the brand, being one of their most loyal customers, and even named a winning racehorse after Odette Pol-Roger, the wife of Jacques Pol-Roger, who was head of the firm at that time!The Brut Réserve follows the traditional Pol Roger formula of 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay, selected from up to 20 Grand and Premier Cru vineyards in the Montagne de Reims, the Grand Vallée de la Marne and the Côte des Blancs. Enjoy at any special celebration, served by itself, with canapés or with lobster.


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Any quick help is appreciated. Thanks

A: To resolved this issue I have to add one extra item in ddl at index "-1" like below:
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The above code works for me perfectly. Hope this helps to anyone.


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ArtistsExhibitionsViewing RoomNewsPublicationsThe Gallery
Georg Baselitz talks to Pamela Kort
Artforum - Pamela Kort
PAMELA KORT: When you think back to the '80s, what comes to the surface for you?
GEORG BASELITZ: I'd like to talk about my relationship with America. It began in 1980. I showed a sculpture at the Venice Biennale, in the German pavilion with Anselm Kiefer. Shortly thereafter, Ileana Sonnabend sent me a letter, which was the first correspondence I had ever received from America. Within a week I got another letter, this time from Xavier Fourcade. Both gallerists offered me exhibitions. Their offers were totally unexpected; I didn't think that there was an interest in German art in America. So Michael Werner and I talked about it. Two invitations at once, how could one choose? I decided I would show new paintings in both galleries--including Die Madchen von Olmo [The Girls from Olmo, 1981], "Orangenesser" [Orange--eater, 1981], and "Trinker" [Drinker, 1981] at Fourcade and "Adler" [Eagle, 1981-82] and "Frau am Strand" [Woman on the beach, 1981-82] at Sonnabend. Both gallerists wanted me to show with them again. The second time, Sonnabend decided to exhibit my recent sculpture. Fourcade, howev er, was more interested in educating an American public about what I had done over the past twenty years, so he mounted a kind of retrospective that included my "Helden" [Heroes] paintings from the 1960s.
PK: How were the shows received?
GB: The reception was tremendous. Many paintings sold, to an extent they hadn't yet in Europe. I got the impression that in America everything was much easier and that my problems were gone.
PK: What kind of problems?
GB: Working as an artist in Europe and especially in Germany, you have to react to what society demands of you. I experienced this on the occasion of my first one man show, at Galerie Werner & Katz in 1963 in Berlin. My paintings Die grosse Nacht im Fimer [The Big night down the drain, 1962-63] and Der Nackte Mann [The naked man, 1962] were confiscated by the district attorney on charges of public indecency. It was not until 1965 that the judicial process ended and the works were returned. Compared with this, America seemed to me completely open and free of ideological pressures.
PK: Were you Inspired by American art even before you started showing there?
GB: In 1958, when I was a student at the Art Academy in West Berlin, Alfred Barr mounted a huge exhibition of Abstract Expressionist work called "New American Painting." We'd been adherents of the School of Paris, but this show blotted out that influence and surpassed it.
PK: When was your first actual contact with young American painters?
GB: I met Julian Schnabel in London in 1981, during the installation of "A New Spirit in Painting," at the Royal Academy of Arts. Julian was very well informed about European art and my work. That astonished me. I began to believe that maybe there was genuine interest in America about recent developments in German painting. But looming in the back of my mind was Joseph Beuys's failure to attain the accolades he deserved on the
occasion of his 1979 retrospective at the Guggenheim in New York.
PK: In the American press Beuys's work was connected with the expressionist tradition. Were you concerned that a similar rubric would be used to describe your work?
GB: I always rejected any connection with the expressionist or neo-expressionist tradition. Unlike the expressionists, I have never been interested in renewing the world through the vehicle of art. Nevertheless, when you step back and consider my post-1980 work, there is no doubt that it has a relationship to paintings by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Emil Nolde. These works represent my reaction to expressionist art during the '80s, when the theme of expressionism came to the fore in America.
PK: Would it be correct to say that one of your greatest paintings, Der Bruckechor [The Brucke chorus, 1983], was inspired by the reception of German art in America?
GB: Yes, but it's a little more complicated than that. I had always loved expressionist painting, like every European. In fact I admired it all the more because these were precisely the paintings despised by my father's generation. Their denouncement made them especially appealing to me as a human being, but not as an artist. The accusation that my art was expressionist brought out a certain aggressiveness in me and compelled me to begin closely examining the aesthetic dimensions of German Expressionist paintings. At first I occupied myself with Nolde: I questioned what he really wanted to achieve with his paintings, and then I started to paint. Many of the works I made around this time represent my reactions--sometimes amused but often extremely serious--to pictures by the Brucke artists. For example, the "Orangenesser" series from the early '80s were small-format pictures, which for me was really unusual.
PK: Did this new style have to do with the freedom that America gave you?
GB: No. Changes in style within my work have nothing to do with how my paintings are perceived internationally. Changes in style result from intellectual processes. I continually try to find something new so that I can change. I still do it today. But getting back to your question, I believe the most consequential effect that showing my paintings in America had on me was that I realized one could work without being hampered by ideological constructs. At the moment, a number of my paintings are defined by what I would call a certain reflective sentimentality. In my left hand I now hold a photograph or a picture and in the right one a brush. It was different in the '8os, when I was painting works like "Orangenesser." Then I was boxing with both hands, so to speak.
PK: Do you think the fact that you are originally from Dresden, which in the '80s was part of East Germany, had something to do with your reaction to the success of your shows in America?
GB: It had a lot to do with it. Artists from the East were always subject to particular pressures. I know that American artists faced difficult circumstances, but for them being an artist was never connected to the threat of arrest. Here in Europe, particularly in the '60s and '70s, artists were well aware that making work meant risking one's person. My new contact with America in the '80s changed all that. I felt as though invisible shackles constricting me had been whisked away. And that remains true to this day. For both Anselm Kiefer and me, the greatest success our careers has come in America.
PK: How did Germans react to your success in America?
GB: In Germany people are skeptical about artists who are successful, who do important things. But it's also true that I experienced moments of enormous support in Germany. The situation fluctuates between endorsement and contempt. There are accolades, but there are just as many wisecracks. In between, there is jealousy.
PK: Earlier you mentioned Julian Schnabel as one of the first American artists you met. Did you eventually become friends with other painters, like Fischl and Salle?
GB: No, not really. I got to know Joel Schapiro and met Chuck Close several times. And above all there was Robert Rauschenberg, whom I met in Basel when I showed at the Kunstmuseum in 1984. I really admire Rauschenberg's paintings; the brilliance and variety of his output is simply astonishing. However, my closest painter friends at that time were A.R. Penck, Jorg Immendorff, Markus Li.ipertz, Anselm Kiefer, and Per Kirkeby. Later I got to know Francesco Clemente; he always called me "Maestro," which amused me a great deal. Nevertheless, these relationships could not be extended into lasting friendships. It was impossible not only because our works were so different but also because of our ideological positions. Artists primarily speak of art, and after that there is immediate trouble. You can't talk about dogs or horses forever.
PK: Why didn't you continue to show with Fourcade or Sonnabend?
GB: I began to show at Mary Boone when Michael Werner became involved with her and spent more time in America. Later, I exhibited increasingly at Pace Gallery.
PK: Has the art scene in New York changed much since the '80s?
GB: Back then artists were treated like football stars. It was a very fun, adventurous time. It's a shame we didn't make even better use it.
PK: What do you mean?
GB: For me, it's simply a matter of age. Look, I was forty. At forty you're at the height of your physical power, and of course at the height of your life. Looking back, I believe the most decisive aspect of my encounter with America and its artists and patrons was that it gave me new information. And this is the most important thing you can bestow upon a young artist. At the beginning of my career in postwar Germany it was difficult to become informed about past and current developments in art. There was also a lack of vigor in Germany: The art scene was far from lively and the market anything but strong. Barr's show was the first to open me up. Then there was the experience of America that began in the '80s and continues today. In those years I became even more antagonistic than I had previously been. The '8os helped me to rearrange everything; I was able to set up a whole range of ideas and experiences anew, which meant I was able to break everything down so I could make something out of it again. Now, for the first time, almost at the end of my career, I have found a method in which I very slowly disappear from the process. I pull back, so to speak, so that I can float a little higher. It never was important for me to be part of a consensus. What counts most is finding new ways to get the world down in paint on my own terms. In recent years I have become even more productive; I am constantly making new work. I stand in front of these new paintings and those I made more than twenty years ago and ask myself, "My God, how have I done all of this?"
© 2020 Michael Werner Gallery


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A Cabinet Office manual aims to enable anyone (not just senior managers or HR professionals) to make their workplace more inclusive. It was written by 20 volunteers in junior roles across departments with national security responsibilities, and brings together research and contact details, to make it easier and quicker to understand and act on diversity and inclusion issues.
Category: Employment Keyword(s): Diversity; National security. Area(s) of law: Employment; Public Sector.


If your home has a septic tank it is your responsibility as a homeowner to take care of it. Changing your septic tank is usually a main house improvement project, so keeping it in good working order is to your benefit. four. Don't leave Christmas lights on the tree on when you are not home or while you can not see the tree. You probably have tall fir timber which have that traditional Christmas tree shape, coloured lights are one of the best. For windy days, it is best to add water to the rubbish can so the pump does not run dry.
There's the pipe that goes from your property to the septic tank, the septic tank itself, a drainfield, and the soil round your yard and the drainfield. On the Christmas tree, glowing lights are one of the best and may give your Christmas tree that sparkling look.
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If your private home has a septic tank it is your accountability as a homeowner to maintain it. Replacing your septic tank generally is a major dwelling enchancment project, so maintaining it in good working order is to your benefit. You can get Christmas tree lights that have candles on strands which might be clamped to the branches of your Christmas tree. These lights are nice to hang from some of your panorama bushes in your entrance yard. Although the two species of ants have related tastes, they're different and the ways to do away with each sugar ants and Argentine ants are listed below.
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Airbus now has a controlling interest in Bombardier's C Series jets. What does it mean for Canadian jobs and taxpayer money lent to the aerospace giant? Vassy Kapelos reports.
OTTAWA – Just hours before Bombardier Inc. was to unveil a dramatic plan to escape its latest crisis, Jerry Dias was summoned to Montreal to meet with Alain Bellemare, the beleaguered firm's chief executive.
The deal would give Bombardier a way around the sky-high U.S. tariff prompted by a complaint from American rival Boeing. But it also put Dias – president of Unifor, a union that represents more than 315,000 Canadian workers, many of them at both companies – in a tight spot.
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity since they were not authorized to speak publicly, said the Liberal government reached out to Dias on trade early on and has kept him in the loop ever since – although they don't agree on everything and don't speak for each other.
"It underpins their political strategy of, 'We can find friends in any party except the Conservative party,"' says Aivalis, a post-doctoral fellow with the department of history at the University of Toronto.
"Anyone who knows Jerry knows that he thinks the rules do not apply to him – and nor should they," said Kelly, because those rules were not written with the best interests of working people in mind.


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