Livingston County fire departments to take over Red Kettle locations
Kayla Daugherty
Livingston County residents will be greeted by various fire department department personnel as they grocery shop Saturday.
Fire departments across the county will take over nine of the 14 Red Kettle locations, a 20-year tradition.
In addition to manning the Red Kettles, several departments plan to bring their trucks to the donation sites for the community to see.
"Although things will be a little different this year, the fire departments are still committed to not only ringing, but also bringing out their big rigs for the kids," April Dertian, development director for the organization, said in a press release.
She said Hamburg and Putnam Township fire trucks will be parked at Kroger and Busch's Fresh Food Market in Pinckney.
"Some years the firefighters have collected in one day what is raised on a good, full weekend," Dertian said in the release.
Firefighters will also be ringing:
In Howell all day at Walmart and Kroger
In Fowlerville between 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. at Walmart
In Brighton all day at Busch's, Kroger and JCPenney
In Hartland all day at Rural King
The Salvation Army of Livingston County has raised almost $150,000 of its overall goal of $385,000 as of Tuesday, according to the release.
"According to Data USA, if every person in the county donated only one dollar and twenty-five cents to our Red Kettles we will reach our goal by Christmas," Dertian said "Of course that number does include children, however, it shows how little each person can contribute and make a huge impact."
The Red Kettles will be out through 1 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 24 for donations.
The Salvation Army's Corps Community Center, located at 503 Lake Street in Howell, will be open Monday through Friday until noon on Dec. 24 to accept donations.
Those unable to make a donation in person can make their donations online www.SalvationArmyLivingston.org or via the postal service P.O. Box 647, Howell MI 48844.
Contact Kayla Daugherty at 517-552-2848 or kdaugherty@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter @KayDaugherty92.


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Women in Cities
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'We get flash floods but we have never experienced this type of flood'
Assam, and its neighbouring region, was lashed by the harshest monsoon rain in years, resulting in massive inundation and floods across 32 of the state's 36 districts, displacing lakhs of people and destroying crops and property. Weeks later, people continued to reel under the lingering impact of nature's fury compounded by Climate Change and development work on the ground.
At the end of the first week of July, 11 districts including the worst-hit Cachar, continued to suffer. Infrastructure such as roads and embankments, besides houses, were still damaged across Barpeta, Morigaon, Kamrup, Sivasagar, Udalguri, Dibrugarh, Majuli, Baksa, Karimganj, Lakhimpur and Darrang districts. The ferocity of the floods and the widespread damage has left a number of people, used to living through floods every once in a while, wondering what hit their homes – and state.
Question of Cities brings you first-person accounts from people in Silchar who lived through the harrowing days and are still struggling to get the rhythm of their lives back.
By Jashvitha Dhagey and Shobha Surin July 15, 2022
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'We lived without electricity for 11 days'
Mohana Bhattacharjee, 27, research scholar, Assam University
The ground floor of my building was flooded by the morning of June 20. It all happened so quickly that families living there had no time to save anything at all. I have never faced such devastating floods before, nor did my parents. In 2004, we had floods but it was not this devastating. Our area never gets flooded, but this time it did. We do get flash floods; we have never experienced this type of flood. This has probably happened due to environmental changes and cutting of trees. Water needs to find its way out.
People could not cope for the first three-four days. It was tough. We purified flood water and used it after treating it with chlorine and bleach. We already had a chlorine water system in our house, so we had chlorine available. Everyone was using flood water for all uses except drinking. A few NGOs provided us with packaged drinking water. The situation was depressing – it was dark, candles were not accessible, so we used earthen lamps…We lived without electricity for 11 days. The water in my locality receded after about 15 days. Some of us are back to normal but my city still has relief camps going on because many people's homes were washed away by the floods.
'My baby born during floods brought relief and joy'
Debashish Sharma, 34, assistant professor of mathematics, Gurucharan College
I have never seen such a devastating flood in my life. Silchar saw floods in May but only some remote areas were affected. The rainfall on June 20 though flooded our area in just 30 minutes. My primary concern was my 38-week pregnant wife who would have gone into labour any moment. As water entered the ground floor of my building, both of us and my parents shifted to the first floor. Getting drinking water was a huge problem, we did not have electricity. There was no relief till June 23, I started collecting rainwater to use it for drinking.
When the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) boat could finally enter my lane, my wife and I were taken to the hospital. My 70-year-old father had to wade in neck-deep water to collect relief materials…It was painful to see my father in such a plight when I was at a safer place. Our daughter, born on June 27, brought relief and joy to the family…Senior citizens in my area recall this to be the worst flood since 1929. The administration has to take the blame for the situation. The embankment at Bethukandi had been damaged, the authorities should have repaired it in May but nothing was done.
'Our children had nothing to eat'
Bidisha Sen, 26, homemaker
There was water everywhere where we live near Azad Hind Road. There was no food to eat for days. I have a 10-month-old child and we went through a lot of suffering…I regret not stocking enough food. I had not anticipated such a deadly flood. It pained us to see the two children, mine and my brother-in-law's 11-year-old daughter go hungry.
My husband, a businessman, tried venturing out on the flooded road to look for food but he couldn't. The view from my first-floor house was frightening – the road was submerged and water had entered the ground floor. It was impossible to go out. There was no relief for days as our lane is in an interior area. Our house was completely damaged but we somehow survived the nightmare. The situation is getting back to normal but those four-five days of suffering still haunts me.
'Chest-deep water submerged vehicles'
Joydeep Biswas, 52, associate professor of economics, Cachar College
I consider myself privileged as my family had food and water during the flood. We live in Ambicapatty, one of the better areas in the city. We stocked up. A chill went down our spine as the water level kept increasing. The lift shaft was flooded. I remember the floods in 1986 and 2004, my family lost 80 per cent of our belongings in the latter one but last month's flood was horrific. Chest-deep water submerged all vehicles. There are 18 families in this building. There was no electricity, no water, and no phone network. On June 23, I took my 18-year-old son, who is preparing for JEE Main, in a small boat and checked into a hotel. Three days later, other family members joined us. I could afford the hotel stay and I luckily got rooms.
Some areas such as Premtola which had never been flooded were submerged in the rainwater. The Goldighi Municipal Mall, located in the heart of the city, is completely damaged with its basement filled with 10-foot water. This is a flood-prone area and the state saw the highest June rainfall in 121 years. Silt was not removed from the river. The floods in May had inundated many areas and some people had cut the dyke so that the water could flow back into the river. Lapses coupled with record rainfall could have led to this situation.
'We were moving spice boxes floating in the flood water'
Arjit Das, 32, engineer
I grew up in an Assam-style house on Public School Road where my family has been living for at least 90 years. We had partially demolished the old house to replace it with a two-storey RCC structure and the house stands about 1.5-foot above road level. Water had never entered our house and my parents had never faced a flood. But on June 26, around 3am, my younger brother and I noticed that there was water on the street. By about 5am, we realised it was only rising and we began shifting to the first floor. My relatives who live in typical Assam-style houses that didn't have a first floor also moved in with us. By 8pm, the water level had risen till it reached the MCB box near the ceiling. As each step on the staircase got submerged, we tried to salvage as many belongings as we could till we were moving spice boxes floating in the flood water. Our new car, sofa set and refrigerator were completely submerged.
The flood water flowed with such intensity that it was difficult for supplies to reach us through rafts. On the second day, we watched as a boat from an NGO with bottled water, mustard oil, rice and dal toppled, and the supplies floated away. We expected help from the government but people from the community did. Members of the local club tied a rope across our gate so that people getting carried away by the current could get a hold of themselves. My brother and I built a raft with some help, we borrowed cash from a paan seller, we struggled to receive supplies because the water current wouldn't allow boats to be at one spot. The District Collector and team showed up in a boat, fully-equipped with life jackets. The water current had slowed down and yet, they struggled to put the supplies in our bags. They threw water bottles in the flood water and expected us to get them.
We had to be alert and stay up all night. The men of all the houses would scream: 'Jaagte raho, jaagte raho' because there were repetitive robberies. Thieves attempted to rob one house thrice; they knew. We would stay awake till the sun rose and catch some sleep after that. We spent our days as beggars and nights as watchmen. If something like this happens again, I will move away from here. It pains me to say that my own city is not safe to live in anymore.
Jashvitha Dhagey developed a deep interest in the way cities function, watching Mumbai at work. She holds a post-graduate diploma in Social Communications Media from Sophia Polytechnic. She loves to watch and chronicle the multiple interactions between people, between people and power, and society and media.
Shobha Surin, currently based in Bhubaneswar, is a journalist with 20 years of experience in newsrooms in Mumbai. An associate editor at Question of Cities, she is concerned about Climate Change and is learning about sustainable development.
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Anti-Semitic: Lady Hayter.
Whoever thought it would be a good idea for Labour lords to hold a vote of 'no confidence' (VONC) in Jeremy Corbyn's leadership over his handling of anti-Semitism – after he sacked one of them for a blatantly anti-Semitic comment – needs to think again, sharpish.
Lady Dianne Hayter (phonetically-speaking, she is well-named), lost her shadow cabinet post after she compared Mr Corbyn's leadership to the "bunker mentality" in the "last days of Hitler".
This clearly an anti-Semitic attack on Jewish members who work for the Labour leadership.
A Labour spokesman said: "To compare the Labour leader and Labour party staff working to elect a Labour government to the Nazi regime is truly contemptible, and grossly insensitive to Jewish staff in particular." Quite right.
It seems Lady Hayter made her comments in a meeting of Corbyn-hating right-wing subgroup Labour First, on Tuesday.
Now it seems the Labour lords may hold a VONC in Mr Corbyn. It would be nothing more than a statement of opinion – there could be no pressure on Mr Corbyn to resign.
But it seems the ringleaders haven't considered what they are really saying in supporting an anti-Semite and attacking a move against her.
They're effectively saying: "We, the Labour lords supporting a 'no confidence' vote, are all anti-Semites and we are attacking Mr Corbyn in bad faith."
In Westminster-speak, the "optics" of this are terrible.
Mr Corbyn is unlikely to take immediate action. But some of us will expect plans for any future Labour government to change the second chamber of Parliament radically.
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Jean Genet Quatre heures à Chatila by Pharoah Chromium
By Daniel Alexander Hignell-Tully	on November 30, 2018 November 30, 2018
Pharoah Chromium
Jean Genet – Quatre heures à Chatila
Not On Label (7″)
There exists a certain tension between politics and art, a dichotomy that on the one hand suggests all art is political, in so far as it seeks to elicit change (mood, opinion, stance, perspective) within its perceiver, whilst on the other claims that such realms are so distinct as to render the infusion of one with the other an impossibility. The philosopher Jacques Ranciere argued that self-stated 'political-art' is not really art at all – that through its explicit political objective, it loses the intangible and amorphous quality that is the foundation of artistic expression. Pharoah Chromium's 'Jean Genet Quatre heures à Chatila' perhaps muddies this debate, by offering a distinctly political work that nonetheless retains the elusive allure of the composers increasingly unique artistic voice.
Based upon the Jean Genet text for which it is named, these two tracks document the authors first-hand experience of the 1982 massacre in Beirut during which 3,000 Palestinians were killed by Lebanese militia. It is perhaps useful, from an aesthetic perspective, that the text is spoken in French, a language I do not speak. Without 'proper' comprehension of the text, I am forced to rely instead upon the inflection of the voice, its pacing, the space between the words. Without knowing the context of the composition, I might well be oblivious to its political underpinning: however, the work is framed in such a precise manner that it would be unfathomable that I would overlook its overall meaning – it is a composition rich with a poetic, almost tired sadness. That is not to suggest it is in anyway melodramatic. There is something distinctly charming about the way the different lines of music and text are woven together: a taunt but emotionless, deadpan, yet bitter voice sits centre-stage, the loudest element by far, whilst beneath it almost incongruous distorted plucks, and melancholic trills are offset by an otherworldly drone.
From a technical perspective, the composer is working with the tools of production as much as the instruments to which they pertain. Volume, and as such, perceived distance, plays an integral role in the works effect, with high-pitched, piano-like arpeggiations placed as if emerging from another room altogether. The distortion, whilst running throughout the majority of both tracks, is always restrained, subdued, held back somehow in the mix. The application of delay, too, serves as more that an aesthetic colouring, providing much of the character for 'Saint Genet à Chatila'. The length or nature of repetitions, the accent of the delay, its feedback and speed, all are exposed as compositional elements rather than mere effects, resulting in a deeply moving work for which it is challenging to pin down any over-riding mood or sentiment. The sound-world is always broadly similar, and the structure never gaudy enough to be broken down into parts, yet there is a sense that we are on a constant journey, though perhaps one without any intended destination.
It is the elusive, wandering nature of Pharoah Chromium's composition that allows it to so easily, and without distraction, support the political text with which it engages. Indeed, it is arguable that the composer has done something quite exceptional in producing such an overtly political work without compromising the art-form that serves as his base material. These two short tracks are at times dramatic, at times sorrowful, at times vaguely humorous, such is the manner in which their elements are juxtaposed. And whilst not every sound seems to have been handled with the same finesse – some of the more distorted parts feel ill-at-ease, as if faintly out of context – Pharoah Chromium's strength is in using such inconsistencies as part of the character of his work – a seductive web of both emotion and restraint that perfectly frames the political text and glacial voice that it serves.
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extremely fascinating work. Hypnotic minimalism, the kind I prefer.
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Facebook Marketing: An Hour A Day – Virtual Launch Party May 3
By Mari Smith | May 1, 2010 | 6
[UPDATE] – we had a marathon seven-hour Virtual Launch Party today (May 3). Here's a wee video greeting I recorded for my Facebook wall on my iPhone:
First, Chris Treadaway and I co-hosted a three-hour presentation via TinyChat where we discussed many of the chapters in our book, along with the recent changes announced at Facebook's f8 conference, and the implications for marketers. The replay of this part will be available shortly! (I recorded my desktop with TinyChat via ScreenFlow and will give it a slight edit).
Then, I went on to lead a four-hour webinar meeting and greeting many of my peeps, and where I continued on to give Facebook marketing ideas, tips, tricks, Ninja secrets, dive deeper into the Facebook changes, do fan page critiques and more.
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I'm super excited for a project that's been a long time coming: my first published book! I'm honored to team up with the talented Chris Treadaway to coauthor Facebook Marketing: An Hour A Day, published by Sybex (a division of John Wiley & Sons).
Our book officially comes out on Monday, May 3, 2010. Copies are already shipping and we are climbing the charts on Amazon.com!
Virtual Launch Party – You're Invited!
On Monday, May 3, we're hosting a VIRTUAL LAUNCH PARTY from 10:00am PST / 1:00pm EST onwards! Come meet Chris and me and a few surprise guests – we'll be LIVE virtually!
Drop in any time during the day for Facebook marketing Q&A, book excerpts, interviews, prize drawings, lots of fun – you name it! We'll even have virtual champagne!
Let us know you're coming via the Facebook Event page – RSVP here.
An Hour A Day series
You may already be familiar with Sybex's popular "An Hour A Day" series, which include:
Social Media Marketing: An Hour a Day – by Dave Evans
Twitter Marketing: An Hour a Day – by Hollis Thomases
YouTube and Video Marketing: An Hour a Day – by Greg Jarboe (Greg is a fellow presenter at the upcoming Social Media Success Summit!)
Web Analytics: An Hour a Day – by Avinash Kaushik
Facebook Marketing: An Hour A Day is the ideal comprehensive guide for marketers, business owners and practitioners alike. I'm sure this book will end up flagged, scribbled on and dogeared as you study it! Chris and I outline all the ways businesses can maximize everything Facebook has to offer, from simple quick techniques to full-on campaigns.
Screenshots taken from my iPad on the Amazon Kindle app for the iPad! 🙂 Yes, our book is available on Kindle (and eBook / Nook).
Expert Contributors to "The Future of Facebook" Appendix:
Chris and I are truly honored by and grateful to the following six professionals, all of whom contributed valuable expertise to our book:
Dave Kerpen Jesse Stay Nick O'Neill
Lauren Cooney Scott McCaskill Kevin Tate
Free Facebook Marketing Online Class!
With Facebook's product changing so frequently, Chris and I wanted to offer special follow up support for our readers. You can join us in a special series of online trainings, designed to help you get the absolute most out of this book and from your own Facebook marketing efforts!
In our three-part online webinar series, we'll walk you through exactly how to:
Integrate the new Facebook Social Plugins
Assess the power of the new Like button for your site
Create a compelling Facebook Fan Page
Source consistent, relevant content to keep your fans coming back for more
Build your raving fan base using creative ways to drive targeted traffic
Increase your brand awareness and brand sentiment
Easily drive traffic back to your website and blog
Engage your fans and turn them into paying customers
Rapidly build your opt-in email list
Place effective Facebook ads that make people take action
This workshop series stars on June 3, 2010 and is entirely virtual, so you can attend via your computer from the comfort of your home/office. Each session will be recorded and replays will be available with unlimited access.
Chris and I will share screenshots and our desktop as we guide you through the exact steps you need to build a vibrant, profitable presence on Facebook.
Here's how to register:
It's super easy to secure your place in the free 3-part Facebook Marketing online class:
STEP 1: Purchase your copy of Facebook Marketing: An Hour A Day at any of the online retailers listed below.
STEP 2: Access the replays here.
Order Facebook Marketing Now At These Online Retailers:
Amazon.com Barnes & Noble Borders
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Also available in Amazon Kindle version for your Kindle and/or iPad! Plus, ebook version for your eReader.
Advance praise for Facebook Marketing: An Hour A Day
Chris and I are truly grateful to the following professionals for their support and encouragement:
"This is the ultimate Facebook marketing guide. It provides the most important strategies to take full advantage of Facebook's best features, make your Facebook presence pop, and generate profits. A must-read!"
–Guy Kawasaki – Co-founder of Alltop and former Apple chief evangelist
"The best marketing engages buyers with valuable information at the precise moment they are receptive. That's why my chiropractor shares video exercises with me on Facebook! And it's darned effective, too. If you want to learn how to tap the communications tool of choice for hundreds of millions of people around the world, study Facebook Marketing. The real-world examples from organizations of all kinds are especially valuable for those who still need to be convinced (like your boss)."
–David Meerman Scott, bestselling author of The New Rules of Marketing & PR, now published in 24 languages
"Facebook is a powerful new marketing platform and thanks to this book it just got a whole lot easier to understand and tap."
–John Jantsch author of The Referral Engine
"The social media world is full of people saying they know this tool or that tool. But there's a reason the first name a lot of people think of when they think of Facebook marketing is Mari Smith. This book shows you how the world's largest social network can be leveraged for your business. And it's written by one of few people out there who actually has shown companies how to succeed on Facebook. If you're trying to leverage Facebook to reach your customers, this book should be on your shelf. It's on mine."
–Jason Falls, Social Media Explorer, Social media educator, speaker and consultant
"This is the only book that walks you through every step of creating, implementing, measuring, and optimizing a successful strategy for engaging on Facebook. Featuring proven strategies and techniques, this approachable guide walks the walk. It shows marketers at all levels how to roll up their sleeves, jump in, and get winning results quickly."
–Brian Goldfarb, Director, Microsoft
"Mari Smith quickly became THE go-to expert before the crowds flocked to Facebook, realizing how powerful this channel is for business. Mari, teamed up with Facebook analytics expert, Chris Treadaway, have created an absolute masterpiece! Facebook Marketing: An Hour A Day is long overdue, and every reader is lucky to have this book at their fingertips so they can tap into the mind of these pioneers and accelerate their success on Facebook by applying these tips."
–Deborah Cole Micek, aka: @CoachDeb, Founder of QuanSite.com and Author of Twitter Revolution and Secrets of Online Persuasion
"Even though (or perhaps because) it's transforming the way businesses interact with customers and prospects, Facebook is often confusing, and counter-intuitive. Not any more. Chris and Mari have created the Holy Grail, a book where nearly every page is worthy of an underline, highlight, or dog ear. With some companies posting to Facebook twice a month, and others posting banalities four times daily, the content strategy guidelines alone make this book indispensable. Buy two copies – keep one for yourself, and mail one to a company whose unfocused Facebook approach drives you crazy."
–Jay Baer – Convince & Convert
"Mari and Chris have a very unique gift in that they can't take the very complex and sophisticated paradigm of marketing on of the world's largest social networks and present it in a way that anyone can understand and more importantly, put into practice."
–Brian Solis, author of Engage, the complete guide for businesses to build and measure success on the new web
"I love books that start with strategic planning. Just about every Facebook title I've seen is obsessed with secret tips and tricks, without ever encouraging the reader to identify what they're trying to accomplish in the first place. Chris and Mari have done a splendid job putting those tips and tricks into a meaningful context and I know I'll be studying my copy to improve my own Facebook presence. If you're looking for the full picture, the "why" along with "what" and "how", then this is your book."
–Dave Taylor, online entrepreneur. AskDaveTaylor.com
"Every marketer knows they need to be on Facebook and other social networks, but few know how to do it right. Chris and Mari have created what is essentially a user's manual for anyone managing a brand or advertising a business on Facebook. Whether you're new to social networking or a savvy user, this book provides the tools every marketing professional needs, from getting setup the right way to managing successful, targeted advertising campaigns. The book's step-by-step format makes what many consider a daunting undertaking seem like a more manageable process for even the busiest marketers by helping you prioritize your time online."
–Peter VanRysdam, Chief Marketing Officer, 352 Media Group
"Not only does FBMHD provide a practical framework for Facebook marketing, but it also offers a 360-degree perspective on how social media connects with a cross-section of marketing disciplines. By reading and using FBMHD, social savvy marketers gain the strategies, tactics and tools to cross the chasm from a hope-it-works community to a well-performing channel for marketing and communications."
–Adam Weinroth, VP of Strategic Marketing, Demand Media [See Adam's Twitter page. Yes, his pic is sideways. ;)]
Additional Recommended Facebook Marketing Reading
And, just to whet your appetite while you're waiting for your book to arrive (unless you're anything like me and get the Kindle/iPad version right now!), here are several tutorial blog posts that you may find helpful too:
How To Add A Custom Landing Tab To Your Facebook Fan Page
How To Attract and Engage Quality Customers With Social Media
13 Ways to Move Your Facebook Fans to Action
How to Better Engage Facebook Fan Page 'Fans'
21 Creative Ways To Increase Your Facebook Fanbase
How to Create a Facebook Fan Page Editorial Guide
How to Add Google Analytics to Your Facebook Fan Page
10 Tips for Creating Buzz With Facebook Events
If you have any comments, questions, concerns, challenges, (rave reviews!) – anything to do with Facebook Marketing, please do share in the Comments below:
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gwenmcgreen on May 27, 2010 at 11:33 am
Great article. I would have said that marketing through facebook requires more than an hour but the general insight and the tips in the article are worth reading.
Thank you for sharing this valuable information.
gwenmcgreen on May 27, 2010 at 2:22 am
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Cindy Hamilton on May 3, 2010 at 5:39 pm
Big congratulations to you and Chris Treadaway on the release of your new Facebook Marketing book. I'm eager to check it out and implement some new ideas. With so many daily users, Facebook has such powerful potential.
Enjoying your live, virtual book launch party!
Lisa Schulteis on May 3, 2010 at 11:16 am
Enjoying the launch today. Wish I could stay for the whole launch!
marveen1 on May 3, 2010 at 5:57 am
Best of Luck today on your book launch! I remember a long time ago you helped me figure out how to place an app on my site that was driving me nuts. I couldn't believe you answered my post. I was so grateful! I am a medium for heavens sake, we can banish ghosts but don't know what to do with a widget! Buying my copy of your book on Amazon.
MarVeena- @theghostqueen


Daniel Lasco RAS
Daniel Lasco was drafted by Saints with pick 237 in round 7 in the 2016 NFL Draft out of California.
He had a recorded height of 6002 that season, recorded as XYYZ where X is feet, YY is inches, and Z is eighths of an inch. That correlates to 6 feet, 0 and 2/8 of an inch or 72.25 inches, or 183.51500000000001 centimeters. This correlates to a 8.31 score out of 10.0.
At the Combine, he recorded a 40 yard dash of 4.46 seconds. This was a difference of -0.13 seconds from his projected time. This forty time correlates to a 8.93 score out of 10.0.
Using Bill Barnwell's calculation, this Combine 40 time gave him a Speed Score of 105.64.
The time traveled between the 20 and 40 yard lines is known as the Flying Twenty. As the distance is also known, we can calculate the player's speed over that distance. The time he traveled the last twenty yards at the Combine was 1.89 seconds. Over 20 yards, we can calculate his speed in yards per second to 10.58. Taking into account the distance in feet (60 feet), we can calculate his speed in feet per second to 31.75. Breaking it down further, we can calculate his speed in inches per second to 380.95. Knowing the feet per second of 31.75, we can calculate the approximate miles per hour by multiplying that value by 0.681818 to give us a calculated MPH of 21.6 in the last 20 yards of his run.
We can calculate the speed traveled over the second ten yards of the 40 yard dash easily, as the distance and time are both known. The time he traveled the second ten yards at the Combine was 1.03 seconds. Over 10 yards, we can calculate his speed in yards per second to 9.71. Taking into account the distance in feet (30 feet), we can calculate his speed in feet per second to 29.13. Breaking it down further, we can calculate his speed in inches per second to 349.51. Knowing the feet per second of 29.13, we can calculate the approximate miles per hour by multiplying that value by 0.681818 to give us a calculated MPH of 19.9 in the second ten yards of his run.
At the Combine, he recorded a broad jump of 1103, which is recorded as FII or FFII . where F is feet and I is inches. This correlates to a 9.98 score out of 10.0.
At his pro day, he recorded a 5-10-5 or 20 yard short shuttle of 4.13 seconds. Because he also recorded this metric at the Combine, his pro day did not count towards his RAS.
At his pro day, he recorded a 3 cone L drill of 6.84 seconds. Because he also recorded this metric at the Combine, his pro day did not count towards his RAS.


Forest Green: Preview & Ways To Follow The Game
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Forest Green Rovers vs Crewe Alexandra
The New Lawn
Saturday 18 November, 2017
Crewe Alexandra & Forest Green Rovers meet for the first time ever in a competitive fixture at The New Lawn after The Green's recent promotion to the EFL.
After a struggled start to life in League Two which saw the Club firmly rooted in the bottom two, Forest Green have turned things around somewhat recently with five wins in their last nine games in all competitions.
In contrast, the Alex have struggled recently, losing 11 of the last 14.
Manager Dave Artell is determined to turn thing around however, and these back to back away games at Forest Green & Morecambe in quick succession (the sides currently directly above & below Crewe in the table), represenet a fantastic opportunity to gain some much needed momentum.
The best way to take in the game is obviously in person at the stadium (tickets available at Forest Green on the day, click here for more info) but if you can't make it, then take in the information below for different ways to follow the action!
Overseas-based fans will be able to watch the game LIVE on IFOLLOW THE ALEX – for a £110 annual fee, or for a £5 one-match-only pass.
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Forest Green Rovers vs Crewe Alexandra on 18 Nov 17


Facebook Says Hackers Accessed Sensitive Personal Information on 29 Million Users
Bryan Menegus
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Late last month, Facebook disclosed a massive security vulnerability that it claimed affected some 50 million login tokens, but details were somewhat thin on its impact pending further investigation. In a blog post today, the results are in some ways better and worse.
The company believes its initial estimate of 50 million compromised login tokens—it reset 90 million in total as a cautionary measure—was generous, and Facebook now believes the number of accounts impacted to be closer to 30 million. That's the good news, if you can call it that.
For 400,000 of the accounts, which these attackers used to seed the process of gathering login tokens, personal information, such as "posts on their timelines, their lists of friends, Groups they are members of, and the names of recent Messenger conversations" and, in one instance, actual message content, were compromised. Of the 30 million ensnared in the attack, Facebook believes that for around half, names and contact information—meaning phone numbers, email addresses, or both—were visible to the attackers; 14 million of that pool had that same information scraped as well as myriad other personal details, which Facebook believes could contain any of the following:
[U]sername, gender, locale/language, relationship status, religion, hometown, self-reported current city, birthdate, device types used to access Facebook, education, work, the last 10 places they checked into or were tagged in, website, people or Pages they follow, and the 15 most recent searches
Facebook believes only 1 million of the total compromised accounts had no personal information accessed whatsoever.
Beginning with a set of accounts controlled by the attackers, the exploit jumped from friends of those users to friends of friends, ballooning to the eventual total of 30 million accounts via an automated script. Facebook reaffirmed that third-party apps were not accessed using the stolen tokens, and that the vulnerability did not affect other services the company owns, like WhatsApp or Instagram.
The vulnerability had existed in Facebook's code since July of 2017, and resulted in "an unusual spike of activity" September 14 of this year. It would be almost two weeks before the activity was determined to be a legitimate attack, and to have the exploit patched. Facebook is working alongside the FBI, and according to remarks by Vice President of Product Management Guy Rosen this afternoon, the agency's investigation appears to be ongoing. When asked if any pattern exists among the victims or who might have been behind the attack, Facebook cited an FBI request not to disclose such information. Rosen did state the company does not believe the attack was directly related to the upcoming U.S. midterm elections.
According to Rosen, a tool in Facebook's help center will now show users if they were affected and what information may have been exposed. Users will also see a "customized message" in the coming days to assist in preventative measures.
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Becoming the next 'Late Late Show' host is a Willy Wonka workout
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James Corden could explain how he got his start on The Late Late Show, but he'd rather just show you.
After receiving a golden ticket to replace Craig Ferguson as the new host of CBS' late-night show, Corden was put through a series of celebrity-assisted tests to to prepare him for the talk show world. After pushing his monologue, humor, and conversational skills to the limit, he was finally ready to face a real audience.
We all knew the road to become a late night host was rigorous but I don't think anyone thought it would be this rigorous.
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USAC candidates criticize opponent platforms, qualifications at debate
By Rupan Bharanidaran
News, Student Government
Seven of the general representative candidates participated in this year's undergraduate student government election debate. Candidates often questioned their opponents' qualifications and platforms. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin)
A crowded pack of candidates for student government tried to differentiate themselves from one another at a debate Wednesday night.
The Undergraduate Students Association Council held its annual candidate debate in De Neve Auditorium amid a crowd of about 300 people. This year's event featured 34 of the 39 candidates, many of whom used the debate to criticize their opponents' platforms and qualifications.
Helen-Sage Lee and Ayesha Haleem, both independent candidates for general representative, criticized Bella Martin, one of the other general representative candidates running under the Bruins United slate, for proposing to create videos and materials about campus resources in international students' native languages. Lee said the proposal was alienating and condescending to immigrant and international students.
Haleem said international students can understand languages other than their first languages.
"How do you think we go to class and understand our professors?" she said.
Martin later said her platform was misunderstood and said she thinks it is important to remember that English is not the first language for every student at UCLA.
"In no way do I think that international students do not speak English or do not understand English," she said.
Eduardo Solis, another independent candidate for general representative, criticized Bruins United candidate Naomi Kisel, one of his opponents, for including throwing a block party in Westwood as one of her platforms. Instead, he argued student funds would be better directed toward supporting undocumented students.
"We cannot stop to use student fees to have block parties," he said. "We must address students being detained."
Furkan Yalcin, an independent candidate running for president, assailed the Bruins United slate, calling it insular.
"They exist for no other reason than to accumulate power," he said.
Julia Ho-Gonzalez, an independent candidate for facilities commissioner, said she and Zahra Hajee, the current facilities commissioner, were physically intimidated by campaign members from her Bruins United opponent, Aneri Suthar, and called it a form of harassment.
"Upon sharing this, we have been called liars," Ho-Gonzalez said. "I would not stand for this lack of accountability – denying our accounts of this story is shameful."
Several candidates made claims that they were substantially more qualified than their opponents in an attempt to gain footing in the debates.
Victoria Solkovits, the Bruins United candidate running for external vice president, said she was the only candidate running that had worked at local, state and federal levels of government.
In response, her opponent, independent candidate Jamie Kennerk, noted that she herself had also worked at all three levels of government.
Solis claimed he was the only candidate to engage in advocacy before joining USAC, while Haleem countered by saying she had to become involved in politics after her family had to escape a dictatorship in Pakistan.
Some of the candidates in the debate had a lighter tone, poking fun at themselves and the other candidates.
Andrew Sokoler, a general representative candidate who is running under the Candidates Operating Clearly slate, said he is advocating for students who ride Bird scooters on campus.
"The Birding community has not been given the right vibe around campus," he said.
Sokoler also claimed he is working to reach out to groups not involved in USAC because he was sanctioned by the Election Board for sending emails to 444 student groups he was not affiliated with. He added he plans to be transparent by replacing his office's wooden door with a transparent glass one.
Many of the candidates also touted their lack of involvement in USAC as a strength.
A.J. Goldsman, an independent candidate running for president, said he thinks the council wastes its time and resources and called on candidates to give back all or a portion of their stipends to the student body should they be elected.
"Many say I have no experience with USAC. And it's true," Goldsman said. "I have no experience wasting your student fees, no experience pocketing student fees."
Yalcin said he thinks he is more open-minded than the other candidates because he has no experience in USAC. He added he did not develop any platforms and instead plans to work collaboratively with council members in order to set student government goals and priorities for the upcoming school year.
Several candidate also criticized the current council members.
Jay Manzano, an independent candidate running for financial supports commissioner, said he thinks the current commissioner has not done much to support underrepresented communities.
"Office experience is not a virtue when you have a party who has controlled this commission for the last seven years, who has done nothing but maintain the status quo," he said.
Voting for the 2018-2019 council begins April 30 and ends May 4.
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Bharanidaran is the News editor. He was previously a news reporter for the campus politics beat, covering student government and the UCLA administration.
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Nat'l members from S. Korean baseball champs 'proud' to represent country
INCHEON, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- Eight national baseball team members from the reigning league champions Doosan Bears said Thursday they'll represent the country with pride at an upcoming international tournament.
No Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club will have more representation at the World Baseball Classic (WBC) next month. And these eight players -- infielders Oh Jae-won, Kim Jae-ho and Hur Kyoung-min; outfielders Min Byung-hun and Park Kun-woo; and pitchers Chang Won-jun and Lee Hyun-seung -- halted their offseason preparations with the Bears in Australia on Thursday to get ready for the national team training camp. The national team will depart for Okinawa, Japan, on Saturday.
Chang, a left-handed starter who won 15 games last season, said he's been gearing up for the WBC for weeks.
"Since I will be representing the country, my focus will be even sharper than during the regular season," Chang told reporters at Incheon International Airport. "I'll continue to work hard over the next month to enjoy a good tournament."
South Korea will host the first round action in Pool A at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul. The first game is against Israel on March 6, with the Netherlands and Chinese Taipei being the other opponents. The top two teams from the pool will advance to the next round, which will take place in Tokyo.
Lee, the Bears' closer, said he can't wait to pitch in his first WBC.
"We're the defending champions, and we have eight representatives for a reason," Lee said. "We're all proud, but at the same time, we feel a weight of responsibility."


Brandi Himmelreich Vocalist / Actor / Musical Groups / Dancer / Skating
Oudorp, Netherlands
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Vocalist, Musical Theater , Acapella, Dancer, Pop, Roller Blading, Cover Band, Stage Actor, Film Actor, Commercial Acting
Miss Brandi Russell is no stranger to the stage. She began as a passionate and determined performer, who with her unique and powerful singing voice and emotional range, escaped from an American "white trash" neighborhood into the professional musical theater world, (with various leading roles such a
s Maureen in RENT, Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, Flo Manfred in the World Premiere of Meat Street the musical, and Frenchy in GREASE!) and is now a musical theatre performer and recording artist in Europe.
In 2008, Miss Brandi Russell won the SBS Dutch televised talent show Popstars. This catapulted her career in a new direction: she was a member of a new popgroup RED, of whom the first single reached number 1 in the Dutch hitlist. The group, who focused on a much younger public, had thousands of fans, but Miss Brandi Russell wanted to reach a bigger audience, writing her own music, and an image that was true to who she was. She decided to take matters into her own hands.
Miss Brandi Russell wanted to record a world class album that would take the music scene by storm. She wanted to work with only the best and went on an international search for the most talented and respected writers and producers to make her dream a reality. Almost immediately, she was signed to an independant record label called NL Factor, part of the company MBR Producties in The Netherlands. Shortly afterwards was she in contact with the Swedish producers Emil Hellman – one of the founders of the famous Cherion Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, and producer of artists such as Michael Jackson, Kylie Minogue, Ace of Base, George Michael and Agnes Carlsson, also known for his SoundFactory remixes and hundreds of worldwide number 1 hits on pop and dance charts; Peter Hägerås, producer of artists such as Taylor Dayne with the hit song "Facing a Miracle" for the Gay Olympics 2010, NEO, UDO, Paul Potts, and the gay-friendly group Straight-Up with their hit song "Show the World Tonight," for Stockholm Pride 2011. Miss Brandi Russell has also worked respected writers such as Bruce R.F. Smith – who has written diverse number 1 hits for artists worldwide, such as the Japanese boy band Kat-Tun "Run for You" and V6 with " Crank It Up". Bruce has won the Golden Harp award for songwriting in Holland and is also the Dutch record holder for 7 songs in the national Songfestival. Miss Brandi has also had the privilege of working with Alan Glass, who has written for the best in the R&B and pop world, including Aretha Franklin, Jocelyn Brown, Earth Wind & Fire, Sheena Easton, Jennifer Holiday, Caught in the Act, Miss-Teeq, Liberty X, and No Angels, among others. The result was the album Electronic Porno Pop, (re-released in 2014 as the album REINVENTED), which was internationally released on iTunes.
In the past few years, Miss Brandi Russell has not only been in the studio, but has also been seen performing by various events such as the Tour de France, the Ride for the Roses, Lego World, the Miss Nederland Finale and various GLBT Events, such as Koninginnedag aan de Amstel and Fright Nights at Walibi World, where she had her own show, Miss Brandi Camazotz Live!. She was the openings act for A Night to Remember, an 80's pop concert with artists such as Rick Astley, T'Pau, Nik Kershaw, Paul Young and Marc Almond. In August, Miss Brandi Russell was seen performing at Stockholm Pride 2011 for over 80,000 people, where her song Leather and Lace was chosen as one of the official songs for the event. In the summer of 2012, she joined musical equality ambitions with the television station OUT TV, and brought out the song "I'm Gay" for Amsterdam and Antwerp Pride. The song was voted as the number 3 summer hit in Belgium.
Until leaving The Netherlands in 2012, she was an ambassador for Kika (non profit organization raising money to fund research for children's cancer) and a presenter / jury for the Scholierentoer from the Revalidation Funds, a Dutch national talent show bringing the talents of teenagers with and without physical handicaps together.
Currently Miss Brandi Russell is performing as a solo artist and in the musical duo Braximusic (www.braximusic.com) for various events, cruise ships and 5 star hotels around the world. She has re-released her first album, with new tracks and artwork- with a brand new title: Reinvented, which is also available worldwide on iTunes. In 2015, Miss Brandi Russell will be recording a new album, which will be a debut into the American music market.
If someone watches a show from Miss Brandi Russell, they will see an artist on an international level with passion and emotion onstage who dares to be different. Miss Brandi's motto: "expect the unexpected..."
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Badgers 2018-19 Big Ten basketball opponents revealed
Thursday afternoon the Big Ten office revealed the full slate of conference opponents for each team. Of course, everyone knew that there would be 13 games against teams from the rest of the conference. However, this season marks the first time the league will institute a 20-game league schedule.
Wisconsin and the other 13 teams in the conference will play two more games and thus give a more even competition level to the league following it's expansion to 14 teams nearly five years ago.
So, what will the Badgers face in their first 20-game B1G schedule? Well, one has to believe the luck of the draw was with Wisconsin on this one.
The schedule breaks down like this:
Home: Michigan State, Purdue, Rutgers
Away: Indiana, Nebraska, Ohio State
Home/Away: Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Northwestern, Penn State
One could argue that only getting one shot at Michigan State, Purdue and Ohio State isn't all that fun, but getting two of those three at home certainly will be helpful for a team looking to rebound from a nightmare 2017-18 season.
Indiana and Nebraska away are intriguing games given what is happening at those two programs. Archie Miller could be bringing back Indiana basketball after a transition year, while Tim Miles' crew could be really tough at home as always.
Home and away games with the likes of Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Minnesota will be the meat of the Big Ten schedule for the Badgers and really for the conference. How those games shake out will shape a lot of the narratives about where teams slot in during league play.
Now it's just a matter of how these schedules will actually play out in terms of when they will be played. Those dates, times and TV information will come out at a later date this summer.
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They say you can always go home, and for one former Wisconsin Badger he's coming back to a state he called home for four years.
Former Badgers forward Jon Leuer was traded early on Thursday morning from the Detroit Pistons to the Milwaukee Bucks. In exchange for Leuer, the Bucks gave up the 30th overall pick in tonight's NBA Draft and traded away Tony Snell.
Last season, Leuer played in 41 games for the Pistons and made just one start. He averaged 3.8 points and 2.4 rebounds per game in his ninth season in the NBA.
Leuer is a very similar player to Snell, but comes at a much more team-friendly salary.
In trading away Snell, the Bucks free up an additional $4 million in salary this year and another $12 million next year.
This could be seen as a way for the Bucks to pony up the big money that Khris Middleton wants from the team in order to stay in Milwaukee.
As for Leuer, he is 17th on the all-time Badgers scoring list with 1,376 points to his name. He also finished his career with 551 rebounds.
Leuer's final season in Madison was his best statistically, as he helped lead the 2010-11 Badgers team to the Sweet 16. He averaged 18.3 points and 7.2 rebounds per game that year.
Badgers basketball land Davis twins
After missing out on the Hauser brothers late last month, the Wisconsin Badgers added a different pair of siblings on Saturday night.
Following an offer to the brother of 4-star shooting guard Johnny Davis and an appearance at a team camp this weekend, the Davis brothers announced their pledge to the Badgers according to Badger247.
It took less than a week after head coach Greg Gard gave the O.K. to offer Jordan for the pair to commit to Wisconsin.
Johnny held offers from Marquette, West Virginia, Iowa, Minnesota, DePaul, UNLV and others.
Jordan had offers from UW-Milwaukee and Green Bay, while also becoming a sought after recruit on the football field as well. Once he became serious about wanting to play basketball first, it seemed like a matter of time before Wisconsin offered.
That time came after seeing Jordan play in a camp last weekend.
It also came because it was time to figure out if Johnny was serious about the Badgers or not.
With the July evaluation period coming up, Wisconsin's coaching staff put the final chips in the middle with this recruitment and it appeared to pay off.
Johnny joins as the No. 141 ranked player in the country and the No. 14 ranked combo guard in the nation according to the 247Sports composite rankings.
The twins will join Detroit, Mich. native Lorne Bowman in the 2020 class.
Wisconsin still has one scholarship available in the class as well, which is likely being held for 5-star and Wisconsin native Jalen Johnson.
After missing out on talented in-state players over and over again, this was a major win for Gard and his coaching staff considering how hard schools like West Virginia and Marquette were after Johnny's commitment.
As for Jordan, it appears the coaching staff believes he is improving enough to get a scholarship and continue his improvement with this program.
Offers don't come out just because it may win over a different recruit at Wisconsin. That wasn't Bo Ryan's style and it also isn't Greg Gard's style.
The trio of players put the Badgers at No. 8 in the country and No. 3 in the Big Ten in the 2020 class as of today.
Former Badgers get No. 2 seed in The Basketball Tournament Columbus regional
Who doesn't want $2 million? That's the prize at stake for winning The Basketball Tournament and a group of former Wisconsin Badgers want in.
On Tuesday it was officially announced that the Kohl Blooded team — spearheaded by former Badgers point guard Kam Taylor — will be the No. 2 seed in the Columbus regional.
They will take on No. 7 seed Mid-American Unity, which is making its second appearance in the TBT after a year off. That group represents teams from across the Mid-American conference.
As for the Badgers, the roster will be made up of some very strong names from the past. The headline names include members of the back-to-back Final Four teams in Nigel Hayes and Vitto Brown. Also joining will be Jordan Taylor, Ryan Evans, Trevon Hughes and recent grad Charles Thomas. You can see the full roster here.
The regionals will take place July 19-21 in Columbus with the winner of this regional meeting seven other winners in Chicago for championship week.
All games will be broadcast on the ESPN family of networks, so you should be able to find them either streaming or on cable television.
Kohl Blooded vs. Mid-American Unity will tip at 1pm ET on Friday, July 19.
The winner will take on the winner of Red Scare (Dayton alumni) and The Region (players from Northwest Indiana) in the regional semi-final the next day.
A week after losing out on Joey and Sam Hauser, the Wisconsin Badgers basketball program needs some positive momentum on the player acquisition front.
With three scholarships available in the 2020 class and two top in-state players in their sites, the Badgers coaching staff has been about as patient as possible.
On Wednesday, Badger247 reports that UW has offered Jordan Davis, the twin brother of top target Johnny Davis. It's not a walk-on or grayshirt, but a full scholarship offer.
After two years of waiting for that offer to come, it finally did.
Jordan is an unranked player in basketball at this time, but I expect that to change once the scouting services catch wind of this offer. Johnny Davis is the No. 131 ranked player in the country, a 4-star rated prospect and the No. 3 ranked player in the state of Wisconsin in the 2020 class.
With the brothers set to make a weekend visit for team camp in two weeks, this is a move that undoubtably puts the pressure squarely on Johnny Davis at this point.
Simply put, the Badgers need to know if Davis is going to commit or if they need to move on.
Offering Jordan a full ride is about the only thing left in the Badgers quiver at this point. If getting the dream of playing basketball together at the same school and in-state no less doesn't tip the scales, at least the Badgers know they can move on.
Is it a desperate move? In some ways one could see it as such. Clearly the Badgers want Johnny in a major way and they see offering Jordan as a critical move that could separate themselves from the competition.
However, this also isn't a coaching staff willing to just throw away a scholarship in an effort to get a coveted player to play for them. That's simply not Greg Gard's style.
Jordan is also a player they see as a contributor, or he wasn't getting an offer. Plain and simple.
There's no doubt that this move ups the pressure, like I mentioned before. But, that's not a bad thing, as UW needs to know where they stand heading in to July's evaluation period.
If the Davis brothers can't commit or at least internally give the coaching staff the information that will make them feel comfortable, they need to start getting offers out to other big time players whom they've been waiting to offer.
Consider UW is an underdog to land in-state five-star prospect Jalen Johnson, and you have to consider this move a smart one for the long term prospects of the 2020 class.
Will the Davis twins jump at the offer to play together at Wisconsin?
Some in the recruiting world believe this was the situation that was holding Wisconsin back all along. So, don't be surprised to see this affect the recruitment of both players in a big way.
As for Jordan, his game has also caught the attention of Iowa and Minnesota and he did have scholarship offers from both Green Bay and Milwaukee prior to this one.
What may have really held the Badgers coaching staff and others back was the fact that Jordan is also a good player on the football side and wasn't sure which sport he wanted to pick.
It seems like UW has gotten the clue that Jordan may be more receptive to a basketball future and pulled the trigger on the offer.
We'll see how much longer the two stay uncommitted, but don't be surprised to see something happen following July's AAU season.
Letting that play out and getting all the offers out there on the table is just a smart move for the twins. From there, it's up to them and clearly the Badgers have left no stone unturned in this situation.


Skolfield Whittier House
The Skolfield-Whittier House was the homestead for three generations of significant women beginning in the 1860s. Martha Skolfield, in chair on the left in the family picture, came as a bride to the house. Her daughter, Eugenie Skolfied Whittier (1860-1951), in chair on the right, was active in the early twentieth-century Brunswick community. An advocate for suffrage, she became an officer in the new League of Women Voters. She also served as president of the Saturday Club, a group of women who hosted musical and intellectual programs. Eugenie and her husband, Dr. Frank Whittier, had three daughters, including Charlotte (the infant in the picture) who died at the age of nine.
Alice Whittier signs the deed donating the Skolfield-Whittier House to the Pejepscot Historical Society in 1982. On the right are Orville Ranger, the lawyer, and Bert Whitman, the representative for the Society.
Alice, Martha, Eugenie holding Charlotte, and Isabel
The Skolfield-Whittier House was the homestead for three generations of significant women beginning in the 1860s. Martha Skolfield came as a bride to the house. Her daughter, Eugenie Skolfied Whittier (1860-1951) was active in the early twentieth-century Brunswick community. An advocate for suffrage, she became an officer in the new League of Women Voters. She also served as president of the Saturday Club, a group of women who hosted musical and intellectual programs. Eugenie and her husband, Dr. Frank Whittier, had three daughters: Alice, Isabel, and Charlotte. While Charlotte sadly died at the age of nine, both of her sisters grew up to be well educated and successful professionals.
Eugenie's child-raising philosophy influenced her two surviving daughters to choose careers that were then considered to be non-traditional. Isabel May Skolfield Whittier (1896-1976) Alice Augusta Skolfield Whittier (1898-1994) both graduated from Bryn Mawr College. Both summered in the homestead after they launched their careers. Isabel Whittier taught history at Brooklyn College after earning a Master's degree at the University of Pennsylvania. An author, she based a children's book on the bats that lived in the house.
Dr. Alice Whittier was an early woman graduate of Yale Medical School. In 1930, when she set up a practice in Portland, she became Maine's first woman pediatrician. She served as Chief of Pediatrics at Maine Medical Center from 1950 to 1958. Her concern for the health of women and children led her to donate her time in clinics. Upon her retirement in 1978, Bowdoin College awarded her an honorary degree. Alice donated her family home to the Pejepscot Historical Society, now the Pejepscot History Center, which continues to manage the house as a museum.
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Hurdygurdy Creek Protection Complete!
This is a true milestone in the protection of the Smith River watershed — 10 years in the making! SRA transferred the final 852 acres into the Smith River NRA (SRNRA) in late July.
The project included approximately 5,500 acres of the Hurdygurdy Creek, Little Jones Creek and Siskiyou Fork watersheds owned by the Agnew family since the 1950's. Success required a coordinated team effort and enormous dedication and help from many of you. The now protected land contains over 9.5 miles of perennial streams and riparian corridors and many more miles of intermittent streams.
Hurdygurdy Creek is recognized as one of the most productive salmon streams within the SRNRA. With the completion of the Hurdygurdy Creek purchase and transfer into the SRNRA, SRA has protected the last remaining large private inholding within the 460+ square mile SRNRA and we have guaranteed public access in perpetuity for hunting, fishing, hiking, nature watching, and other recreational activities. Special thanks to the Agnew family for working with us, the Forest Service staff —- and to the donors who supported our work.
North Fork Smith Mining Update
Our Del Norte community is very much in synch about opposing the strip mining and protecting their drinking water source —- and they turned out to listen to Congressmen Peter DeFazio and Jared Huffman in late October pledge to work hard to persuade the administration to put in place the temporary mineral withdrawal.
It's difficult to go against the 1872 Mining Law, but we have an extraordinary cross-border coalition, excellent leadership from OR and CA Congressional representatives, and our community is standing strong in opposition to upstream strip mining in the headwaters of the Smith River.
We have the support and participation of Del Norte County Board of Supervisors, Crescent City Council, every local water agency in the county, the Crescent City-Del Norte Chamber of Commerce (representing 370+ businesses), CA Department of Fish and Wildlife, N. Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, a Joint-Resolution to Protect the Smith River passed by the CA Senate and Assembly, and of course the partnership and help from dozens of non-government organizations.
To learn more about why the risk is too great (think drinking water and healthy salmon runs) to allow strip mining in the headwaters of the Smith — please see Cal Trout's video, Eternally Wild, about the Smith River and the strip mine threat.
Smith Estuary Restoration Project is launched
In September SRA hired watershed scientist Marisa Parish to lead and advance restoration projects across the basin. Marisa has been working in the watershed for several years and recently completed her M.S. thesis through HSU titled "Beaver bank lodge use, distribution, and influence on salmonid rearing habitat in the coastal plain of the Smith River." A major focus for Marisa will be the Smith River Estuary Restoration Project which is a partnership project involving the Del Norte Resource Conservation District and private landowners. Special thanks to the State Coastal Conservancy for their grant in support of this project. The estuary is the nursery for salmonids and many aquatic species.
Rock Creek Ranch New Faces!
Jason Smith-Vidaurre was hired in October to serve as the Rock Creek Ranch Caretaker. He has a background in engineering, construction, and alternative energy design and installation experience. His partner Brittany Rymer is the Food Program Director for Del Norte and Adjacent Tribal Lands and she has a background in sustainable agriculture and food systems. A warm welcome to both Jason and Brittany!
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Ready to pass along that older truck? Please consider donating the vehicle for our use at Rock Creek. Contact Patty at patty@smithriveralliance.org.
Annual Smith River Clean-up recovers abandoned vehicles + more
This has become a signature project for SRA over the last decade and it has been very exciting to see strong volunteer support and new partners joining with us to clean-up illegal dumping on our public and riverside lands.
2016 was a banner year for our clean-up effort. 5180 pounds of trash, three vehicles, and a travel trailer were recovered and recycled!
Special thanks to our sponsors/partners including the Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority, Del Norte Resource Advisory Committee, Home Depot, Kokatat, Rumiano Cheese, Tidewater Contractors, Curry Transfer + Recycling, HSU's Waste Reduction & Resource Awareness Program, the Trash Dogs, and the U.S. Forest Service.
Smith River NRA Collaborative Launched
SRA has teamed up with nine motivated stakeholder entities and Six Rivers National Forest to launch a "Collaborative" initiative to advance habitat restoration, fuels treatment, and other projects across the National Recreation Area. Learn more here: http://smithriveralliance.org/srnra-collaboration/


European Media Freedom Act: Commission proposes rules to protect media pluralism and independence in the EU
News article16 September 2022Representation in Cyprus
The European Commission adopted a European Media Freedom Act, a novel set of rules to protect media pluralism and independence in the EU.
The proposed Regulation includes, among others, safeguards against political interference in editorial decisions and against surveillance. It puts a focus on the independence and stable funding of public service media as well as on the transparency of media ownership and of the allocation of state advertising. It also sets out measures to protect independence of editors and disclose conflicts of interest. Finally, the Act will address the issue of media concentrations and create a new independent European Board for Media Services, comprised of national media authorities. The Commission also adopted a complementary Recommendation to encourage internal safeguards for editorial independence.
Vice-President for Values and Transparency, Věra Jourová, said: "We have seen over the past years various forms of pressure on the media. It is high time to act. We need to establish clear principles: no journalist should be spied on because of their job; no public media should be turned into propaganda channel. This is what we are proposing today for the first time ever: common safeguards to protect media freedom and pluralism in the EU".
Thierry Breton, Commissioner for the Internal Market, added: "The EU is the world's largest democratic single market. Media companies play a vital role but are confronted with falling revenues, threats to media freedom and pluralism, the emergence of very large online platforms, and a patchwork of different national rules. The European Media Freedom Act provides common safeguards at EU level to guarantee a plurality of voices and that our media are able to operate without any interference, be it private or public. A new European watchdog will promote the effective application of these new media freedom rules and screen media concentrations so they do not hamper plurality."
No political interference, no spying, stable funding
The European Media Freedom Act will ensure that media – public and private – can operate more easily across borders in the EU internal market, without undue pressure and taking into account the digital transformation of the media space.
Protection of editorial independence – the Regulation will require Member States to respect the effective editorial freedom of media service providers and improve the protection of journalistic sources. In addition, media service providers will have to ensure transparency of ownership by publicly disclosing such information and take measures with a view to guaranteeing the independence of individual editorial decisions.
No use of spyware against media – the Media Freedom Act includes strong safeguards against the use of spyware against media, journalists and their families.
Independent public service media –where public service media exist, their funding provided should be adequate and stable, in order to ensure editorial independence. The head and the governing board of public service media will have to be appointed in a transparent, open and non-discriminatory manner. Public service media providers shall provide a plurality of information and opinions, in an impartial manner, in accordance with their public service mission.
Media pluralism tests – the Media Freedom Act requires Member States to assess the impact of media market concentrations on media pluralism and editorial independence. It also requires that any legislative, regulatory or administrative measure taken by a Member State that could affect the media is duly justified and proportionate.
Transparent state advertising – the Media Freedom Act will establish new requirements for the allocation of state advertising to media, so that it is transparent and non-discriminatory. The Act will also enhance the transparency and objectivity of audience measurement systems, which have an impact on media advertising revenues, in particular online.
Protection of media content online – building on the Digital Services Act, the Media Freedom Act includes safeguards against the unjustified removal of media content produced according to professional standards. In cases not involving systemic risks such as disinformation, very large online platforms that intend to take down certain legal media content considered to be contrary to the platform's policies will have to inform the media service providers about the reasons, before such take down takes effect. Any complaints lodged by media service providers will have to be processed with priority by those platforms.
New user right to customise your media offer – the Media Freedom Act will introduce a right of customisation of the media offer on devices and interfaces, such as connected TVs, enabling users to change the default settings to reflect their own preferences.
The proposal is accompanied by a Recommendation setting out a number of voluntary best practices collected from the sector and geared at promoting editorial independence and greater ownership transparency. The Recommendation provides a toolbox of voluntary measures for media companies to consider, such as the conditions for independent creation of editorial content, through empowering journalists to participate in crucial decisions for the functioning of media outlets, to strategies for ensuring long-term stability of news content production.
A European watchdog for media freedom
The Commission proposes to set up a new independent European Board for Media Services comprised of national media authorities. The Board will promote the effective and consistent application of the EU media law framework, in particular by assisting the Commission in preparing guidelines on media regulatory matters. It will also be able to issue opinions on national measures and decisions affecting media markets and media market concentrations.
The Board will also coordinate national regulatory measures regarding non-EU media that present a risk to public security to ensure that those media do not circumvent the applicable rules in the EU. The Board will also organise a structured dialogue between very large online platforms and the media sector to promote access to diverse media offers and to monitor platforms' compliance with self-regulatory initiatives, such as the EU Code of Practice on Disinformation.
It is now for the European Parliament and the Member States to discuss the Commission's proposal for a Regulation under the ordinary legislative procedure. Once adopted, it will be directly applicable across the European Union. The Commission will encourage discussions, notably as part of the European News Media Forum, on voluntary practices by media companies linked to the accompanying Recommendation.
Independent media are a public watchdog, a key pillar of democracy, as well as an important and dynamic part of our economy. They are crucial in forming a public sphere, shaping public opinion and holding those in power to account. On a global scale, the European Union remains a stronghold for free and independent media.
At the same time, there are increasingly worrying trends across the EU. The Commission has been closely monitoring all those developments through the Rule of Law Report and other tools such as the Media Pluralism Monitor. Challenges identified by the previous Rule of Law reports have led to several EU initiatives, including a recommendation on the safety of journalists and measures to address abusive lawsuits against public participation (SLAPP).
The European Media Freedom Act was announced by President von der Leyen in her 2021 State of the Union Address. It builds on the Commission's rule of law reports and the revised Audiovisual Media Services Directive, which provides for EU-wide coordination of national legislation for audiovisual media. The act also builds on the Digital Services Act (DSA) and Digital Markets Act (DMA), as well as the new Code of Practice on Disinformation. It is part of the EU's efforts in promoting democratic participation, addressing disinformation and supporting media freedom and pluralism, as set out under the European Democracy Action Plan.
This proposal complements the recently adopted Recommendation on the protection, safety and empowerment of journalists and the Directive to protect journalists and rights defenders from abusive litigation (anti-SLAPP package). The Media Freedom Act also works in tandem with initiatives related to viability, resilience and digital transformation of the media sector adopted under the Media and Audiovisual Action Plan and revised copyright rules. The proposal is based on extensive consultation with stakeholders, including a public consultation.
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The death penalty for the prestige of the Papacy
I was asked for a quote by a journalist when the story broke; it was used by LifeSite here. I paste my full statement below.
'Catechisms are not usually regarded as magisterial documents in their own right, but as systematic summaries of magisterial documents. Their value lies in their accuracy as reflections of the Church's perennial teaching. With this change by Pope Francis, the Catechism of the Catholic Church has become less accurate than it was before, since it is clear from both the teaching and the practice of the Church over two millennia, and the clear and consistent message of Scripture, that capital punishment is not incompatible with the dignity of the criminal, nor with his redemption.
'The text recently published also appeals to contingent historical circumstances, such as the modern penal system. Such considerations, which apply in any case to some countries more than to others, are irrelevant to the question of whether capital punishment is always and everywhere wrong.
'This development brings to a head the troubling question of whether the Holy Father's theological advisers see themselves as bound by the definitive statements of past popes, including the well-known account of capital punishment given by Pope Pius XII. If they are not bound by past popes, there is no reason why future popes should be bound by this statement, and indeed the authority of Pope Francis over Catholics today is called into question.'
(See also my post about the death penalty here.)
The people online and in the media saying 'Well I've never liked capital punishment so I'm fine with this' are like the people who say, when there's a military coup and the rule of law is suspended and people are rounded up for imprisonment without trial, 'Well I never liked those people so I'm fine with this'. They are conceding something of permanent, strategic significance for something of transitory, tactical significance. They are selling their birthright for a mess of pottage.
Maybe they think that the wrongness of the Death Penalty is of fundamental significance, but even so it should be obvious that this way of winning the argument is not only self-defeating but is destructive of any possible future use of the prestige of the Papacy to win any argument inside or indeed outside the Church about anything. If Pope Francis openly contradicts Pope Pius XII, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith as recently as 2004, Scripture, the Fathers of the Church, and the entire Tradition, then the statement of a Pope, given a permanent place in the documents of the Church both in a speech recorded in L'Osservatore Romano and in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, ceases to have serious weight. Catholics and non-Catholics alike will cease to assume that such a statement is an authoritative emanation from an age-old tradition with normative force for the world's Catholics. It may as well be described as a passing, personal, political, foible. That is what I mean by the loss of the Papacy's prestige.
But wait! some will say: Aren't you going to see if the statement really is in contradiction with the immemorial teaching of the Church? No, that is neither necessary nor possible. Allow me to explain. Here is the money-quote of the new statement:
Consequently, the Church teaches, in the light of the Gospel, that "the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person"
The previous version of the Catechism told us:
the traditional teaching of the Church does not exclude recourse to the death penalty. Since the new wording is not a simple grammatical contradiction of the old wording (as 'the traditional teaching of the Church excludes recourse to the death penalty' would be), then those so inclined may seek to interpret the new statement in some way which is not strictly incompatible with the old. So we have people saying things like this: what the new wording means is that in modern conditions the death penalty can never be used, and not that it is, like murder, per se malum ('evil in itself').
This is not the natural reading of the text, but one might argue that since it is purporting to represent the teaching of the Church we must read it if humanly possible in accord with previous authoritative statements of that teaching. On the other hand, bishops and theologians supposedly friendly to Pope Francis are loudly saying that the natural reading is the correct one: what modern conditions reveal is simply that the death penalty is never licit, never morally possible, because it contradicts human dignity.
We've been here before, have we not? This is the well-worn strategy of Amoris laetitia, and indeed of a lot of things since the Second Vatican Council. Flat contradictions with previous statements are avoided in official documents, but trumpeted by theologians and applied in practice by bishops, who are seldom corrected. This is no accidental ambiguity: it is a design feature. In this case the mouse-hole of ambiguity conservative Catholics need to crawl through to maintain the continuity between the two editions of the Catechism is humiliatingly small. When they have crawled through it, moreover, they will be ignored.
The argument about whether the new statement can be read in continuity with the old is, therefore, not something which can be settled: the ambiguity is inherent to the statement. What is clear is that this statement has been given the form of an official teaching of the Church, rather than just a prudential judgment, and that the purpose and effect of its promulgation is the undermining of belief in the binding and irreformable teaching of the Church that the death penalty is licit in some circumstances.
It is not necessary to settle the question of the precise meaning of the new statement, because whether it is read in a natural way or as being ambiguous makes no difference: in either case, Catholics must accept the constant teaching of the Church, the teaching well expressed in many documents of the Church over the centuries, not very well expressed in the old Catechism wording, and not expressed at all in the new wording.
In the meantime, as I have said, it is the prestige of the Papacy which is undermined. Whereas papal statements once had weight even outside the Church because they visibly expressed an ancient tradition, and could remind us all of truths which modernity was eager to forget, this is clearly no longer necessarily the case. Once we have digested this statement, there is nothing which the Pope will not be able to say to overturn other teachings, a corollary which those who reject other teachings of the Church have already pointed out. If the Papacy's prestige is totally destroyed, of course, it will not even be necessary for a pope to contradict statements made by his predecessors, because those statements will already have lost their force.
So that's fine and dandy, isn't it? If the power of the teaching of the Church is undermined, those things which that teaching have, however feebly, been holding back, such as theft, say, will be left unrestrained. It hardly matters that future liberal popes will not be taken very seriously when they say that theft is licit in certain subjective circumstances, if the old statements saying that it is never licit have themselves lost their power. If, as I have pointed out, liberalism is above all a negative, destructive, doctrine, then this is a win for liberalism. The things liberalism wants to destroy will be effectively undermined, and the positive, constructive project of conservatism will be crippled.
I think a lot of political strategy works by a kind of instinct, by habits of mind and associations of ideas. So I don't think this is necessarily the conscious plan of Pope Francis or anyone around him. What is clear is that he is not worried by the issue of visible continuity of teaching in the way almost all of his predecessors were. He's not worried about it because he's not worried about the consequences of obscuring this continuity, consequences those predecessors regarded as disastrous. He regards those consequences either as indifferent or positive.
This way of looking at things makes it harder for me to respond to the sincere and bewildered question: does all this mean that the Pope is a heretic, or even that his has lost his office? It is harder because I am not attributing to him clear-cut heretical intentions or indeed statements. But two things are clear. The first is that we have to continue to believe the teaching of the Church as authoritatively expressed down the ages. The second is that we have to continue to regard Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope for practical purposes unless and until some consensus or assembly of those with hierarchical authority in the Church declares that he has in some way 'deposed himself', in accordance with various theological theories on the subject. And no, that hasn't happened and is extremely unlikely to happen.
The confusion of this papacy cannot be wished away. Our task is to hold fast to the truth.
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Posted by Joseph Shaw at 9:29 pm
Labels: Death Penalty, Pope Francis
Timothy Graham 9:50 pm
"...the first is that we have to continue to believe the teaching of the Church as authoritatively expressed down the ages". But does this papacy change the relative weight one places on papal teaching as a part of that authoritative expression?
Timothy Graham 11:14 pm
P.S. I mean retrospectively as well as in the present papacy.
Joseph Shaw 12:27 am
The Pope can't change the deposit of faith or its infallible interpretation by the Ordinary or Extraordinary Magisterium.
ChrisR 10:41 pm
Hasn't happened?
Be consequent.
Kathleen1031 10:44 pm
I notice, just as you say, Catholics saying I don't like the death penalty so what's the fuss, missing the point, again, just as you say. The point is, this is past his authority, because if he has the authority to just change dogma or teaching, then tomorrow it will certainly be the "intrinsically disordered", and that will be that. That's if it doesn't happen after this ridiculous World Meeting of Families, which should have been cancelled. They have invited "gay couples" to participate, and there are obvious homosexuals speaking, and probably lots of LGBT madness. This is when they say they have a clear mandate from the youth to advance things on LGBT. What a farce. They are making a mockery of the Catholic Church and the faith. They are killing their own golden goose, because while they have all the power and hold all the cards now, there is no way this will continue. This house will collapse one way or another.
The new catechism is the second defective consumer product from this papacy. It is astonishing to see how many fewer words are needed compared to "Amoris Laetitia" to inflict damage upon the teaching authority of the Catholic Church.
Valegrete 2:09 pm
I've got a question that no one so far on your side has been able to adequately answer. If the text is meant, as you say, to imply that the death penalty is never morally licit, that means that it's evil by virtue of its object. That being the case, can you explain grammatically why the money quote is presented as a conclusion "consequently" arrived at by virtue of the circumstantial factors enumerated before?
Confitebor 5:05 pm
Because the new doctrine is, as is often the case with erroneous doctrine, incoherent.
Valegrete 10:58 pm
So, you're not even going to attempt an answer? Pretty much anything is going to be incoherent when you refuse to admit the surrounding context.
Sean W. 3:25 am
The surrounding content includes a suggestion that the inadmissibility of the death penalty is a matter of what "the Church teaches" "in light of the Gospel," so we cannot lightly dismiss it as a prudential judgment, either.
Confitebor is right -- the surrounding context makes the change a muddled mess, even moreso in light of the CDF's insistence that the change doesn't repudiate earlier doctrine.
coradcorloquitur 3:18 pm
Since our clergy have allowed---from the pulpit and in catechesi---the Catholic Faithful to believe that the Faith=the Pope, this latest (not the first and also not the last) blasphemy against sound doctrine from Pope Francis is only to be expected. The great but contingent virtue of obedience and the hallowed institution of the papacy are being used to subvert the Faith and rob this generation and future ones of the Faith. Oh, how right was Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre about the traitors in high places in the church---but most of us (certainly not me) fled in horror from the righteous battle to which he called us because he was "being disobedient to the Holy Father." To such a multitude of orthodox but misguided Catholics I can only say: Enjoy Francis and his regime, which is sure to last for a long time given the episcopal and college of cardinals appointments he is making to ensure the permanence of his revolution.
The Orthodox seem to be more and more justified on some aspects of their stance of resistance to Rome...I found it interesting historically that, at the Council of Florence, some of the best Roman theologians agreed with the Orthodox bishops on how to deal with wayward Popes. Fr. Christiaan Kappes' essays on these points are must reading today.
abraham 7:35 am
Maybe THAT's just the whole idea: trip the Church!
cogito 12:01 pm
PF's plan is to undermine the papacy in order to please the protestants. Because ecumenism.
Prayerful 11:31 pm
Every PF does is polluted and doubtful. A verse in Psalm 108, on wishing that his days be short....
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