Western Albemarle’s boys basketball team found a spark it hasn’t had yet this season in front of its home crowd Friday night while squaring off against Monticello.
“We played with so much more energy tonight than we have all year,” said Western coach Darren Maynard. “When we play with this kind of energy we’re pretty good.”
Western picked up a 75-44 win in the process, with the Warriors’ only returning starter from a year ago Tommy Mangrum leading the way with 21 points.
“I think tonight we found our way — everyone stepped up, everyone played big minutes,” Mangrum said. “When one person does something good, then it leads to the next thing.”
Western led just 16-14 at the end of the first but by halftime they were in control up 40-23 after a 10-point frame from Mangrum.He’ll be a critical post presence for Western this year, but he was dueling with a guard early in this one as Monticello’s Ben Drake provided the majority of Monticello’s scoring with 24 points. Drake got going early with 14 first half points
“I thought Tommy played exceptionally well,” Maynard said. “I thought Drake played exceptionally well for them but I guess we got a little more help for Tommy than they did.”
The Warriors’ supporting cast did give Western a little more punch to allow them to pull away.
Western point guard Riley Prichard scoring 12 while Daniel Brown, Gabe Nafziger and Henry Sullivan each scored nine. Nafzinger gave the Warriors an early lift with three first half 3-pointers while Prichard was steady handling the ball against the Mustangs, keeping Western out of trouble much of the night.
“It’s amazing the correlation between energy level and how much your shots go in and we finally had some energy level and the shots went in,” Maynard said. “Riley I thought played an excellent game for us at the point.”
Western used a press early on to speed up Monticello and with a largely new lineup for the Mustangs, the Warriors were able to force some turnovers and get some easy opportunities on the other end. A lot of those chances ended in free throws as Western drew a series of fouls and 18-for-25 at the line.
The win came on the tail end of an emotional stretch for Maynard who lost his mother Fran earlier in the week. It seemed appropriate that days after her passing two of her sons — Greg at Albemarle and Darren at Western — as well as her grandsons, Monroe head coach Brett Maynard and Albemarle assistant Drew Maynard, were coaching in heated rivalry games Friday night. Fran rarely missed games her children, grandchildren and even great grandchildren were playing in.
“When I spoke at her funeral yesterday I estimated that she and my dad were probably at 90 percent, 95 percent of all the games I ever played, high school and college,” Maynard said. “It was always comforting to look up in the stands and see them there.”
Western will travel to take on Orange County Tuesday while the Mustangs travel to take on Louisa the same night.


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text: Whether in Paris, Milan, London or New York - there is hardly a fashion show without musical accompaniment . The connection between fashion and melody is so strong that the French family business has now dedicated a pop-up store to the subject. The focus is on the typical silk fabrics of Hermès. The Carré motifs decorate album covers, tie designs can be found on cassettes. Both the discs and the cloths are linked to a soundtrack by the prêt-à-porte Men's Defilees of the past eight years and each cassette or tie corresponds to a title from the year 2018. With a relaxed after-work atmosphere and changing DJ sets advise stylists on knotting and binding techniques. The highlight : with the "Graphomaton" portraits are artistically drawn on paper in the form of a record. The whole program is here . In the fall, the pop-up project will move to Seoul and Zurich.

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A federal judge blocked a Texas "sanctuary city" law Wednesday. (John Moore/Getty Images)
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U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia of San Antonio, Texas, temporarily blocked a measure that would have made so-called "sanctuary cities" illegal in Texas on Wednesday, despite overwhelming support of the law by Texas lawmakers. The measure was set to take effect Friday.
Senate Bill 4 would have allowed Texas leadership to arrest sheriffs and issue fines to cities and towns that did not fully cooperate with U.S. immigration policies. The law passed easily through the Texas Legislature.
“There is overwhelming evidence by local officials, including local law enforcement, that SB 4 will erode public trust and make many communities and neighborhoods less safe,” Garcia said in his decision. “There is also ample evidence that localities will suffer adverse economic consequences which, in turn, harm the state of Texas.”
Garcia took particular issue with certain parts of the bill, such as the provisions that subject local officials to firing or a year in jail, or potential fines imposed on cities of up to $25,500 per day for not complying with immigration enforcement.
The judge expressed concern that the law would allow officials to illegally detain citizens or lawful immigrants who have not been accused of any crimes.
Texas filings contend the law will remove violent criminals from the streets and “stop local officials from frustrating cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration officials.” Texas lawyers have accused Garcia of imposing his own preferences on the issue over the will of the Texas Legislature.
This move by Garcia is the latest in a long back-and-forth between those who advocate tougher immigration policies in order to protect American jobs and root out undocumented criminals, and those who find such tough policies counterproductive in building effective relationships with immigrant communities.
Lawyers representing the Trump administration have urged Garcia to uphold the ban, according to Bloomberg. The White House has already drafted a plan to take federal funding away from sanctuary cities that hinder the enforcement of federal immigration law, a plan that was blocked by a San Francisco federal judge in July.
The state of Texas is likely to file an appeal to reinstate the law.
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Other than the US government, major governments have significantly relied on the US Dollar to underpin the value of their own currencies since before the 1950s. The dollar also gains greater credibility in the eyes of local users, currency dealers, and international transaction participants as a result of its reserve currency position.
The dollar's demise appears pretty improbable, even with its current situation. Only the potential of greater inflation appears to be realistic among the preconditions required to induce a collapse. Because the United States is such a significant consumer, foreign exporters such as China, Japan, and more, do not want the dollar to fall.
Though the dollar's demise does appear improbable as mentioned, it can, and is becoming worth less over time, due to inflation. This is most likely a result of the government printing lots of money. The government controls the dollar, so they can do what they want with it, and they're printing a lot more money. As you probably know, the more dollars there are available, the less the dollar is worth.
So, while a dollar collapse is unlikely anytime soon, we still believe Bitcoin, in the long-term, is a better way of sending and storing money. Let's look at some of the advantages that Bitcoin provides us with:
It's hard for Bitcoins to be stolen
The only person who can modify a bitcoin's ownership address is the owner. Nobody can really steal Bitcoins unless they have physical access to the user's computer and move the funds to their account. Unlike traditional money systems, which just require a few authentication information to obtain access to funds, this system, usually, requires physical access, making it far more difficult to steal.
There is No Taxation
Because there is no method for a third party to intercept Bitcoin transactions, there is no means to construct a Bitcoin taxation system. The only method to pay a tax is if someone sends a proportion of the amount being remitted as tax voluntarily. Additionally, you shouldn't even need to pay any sort of tax on your Bitcoin, unless you sell it (at a profit).
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No one can track transactions back to Bitcoin users unless they make their wallet addresses public. The wallet owners will be the only ones who know how many Bitcoins they have. Even if the bitcoin wallet address has been made public, a new wallet address may be produced quickly. When opposed to traditional money systems, where third parties may have access to your financial data, this dramatically enhances privacy. Furthermore, even if your wallet address were to get leaked, nobody could control your funds or your wallet in any way, they'd just be able to see your wallet balance and the transactions you've made. If you're looking for anonymity, Monero (getmonero.org) may be a better option than Bitcoin for you.
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The transaction cannot be reversed after Bitcoins have been transferred. It is difficult to restore the ownership address of Bitcoins after it has been changed to the new owner. Because only the new owner has access to the accompanying private key, only he or she has the ability to transfer possession of the coins. This assures that receiving Bitcoins is completely risk-free.
Bitcoin is simply a better option than the US dollar in the long term, because of the reasons mentioned above. If humanity continues to rely on the US dollar, we'll have weakened security, more BS, more centralization, less privacy and anonymity, less innovation, and less modernity. Society also will not be on Earth forever - we will eventually expand to outer space, and we don't think it would be very ideal to use physical paper dollar bills and coins in space. A more optimal solution would be to use a digital currency like Bitcoin, so that you can send, receive, and manage your money easily, quickly, and digitally, with minimal transaction fees and wait-time. Sure, Bitcoin may not be perfect right now, and we're mostly comparing it to its value in USD, but over time, that will inescapably change.
If you want to support Bitcoin, you can mine it using a computer software or simply just hold some Bitcoin, and use it for everyday transactions. Keep in mind that there are also other digital currencies besides Bitcoin. Each cryptocurrency has its own advantages. I, the writer of this article, find myself to be using Litecoin very often, for everyday transactions, simply because it's currently cheaper (in transaction fees) and faster than Bitcoin, however, it is less decentralized. When I am making transactions and want to stay anonymous, I usually use Monero, a privacy cryptocurrency, which we discuss in this article.
If you're into cryptocurrency just for the money, that's alright (we all like money), but we seriously recommend learning more about its technology and utility, because cryptocurrency has a very bright future. That's good news for your crypto portfolio, but, in conclusion, it's also good news for all of society, since we're slowly unlocking the doors to a new era, where cryptocurrency is the universal currency and helps us make important, secure, and private transactions on a daily basis. Fiat currency is becoming a thing of the past, and cryptocurrency is becoming the currency of tomorrow.
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August 24, 2007
I got to thinking yesterday that in the great scheme of things , a stolen sign, while annoying and agravating, and bothersome is not really the end of the world. No one broke into my house (that would cause outrage) and no one harmed anyone I love ( that would cause murderous thoughts or worse). Actually I read in the paper recently about two different tradesmen who had their vans stolen, both full of the tools of their trades worth thousands of dollars. That is far worse than what happened to me. So I will carry on and still hold out the hope that the sign will be found in a ditch somewhere and restored to its sign post. In the meantime Dan found the old battered sign and it hanging outside.
I must thank all of you for your comments and commiserating with me. I really needed to just let that anger out!
However, onward and upward.
I want to share a lovely thing that happened to me a few weeks ago. My friend and framer Judy (About Framing, Belleville, ON) attended a church rummage sale where she found a quantity of red evenweave for ...are you ready? $1.00
She promptly bought it and called me to tell me of her find and to give it to me!
Kathy and I had been looking fruitlessly for just such fabric to do M-designs Christmas tree on.
There was a lot of fabric so I decided to offer a piece to any of my customers who purchased an M-design Christmas tree (for $7.50 CDN) .
That offer goes for any of my blog readers as well. If you want a piece of red 25ct evenweave to stitch this tree on, it is free with the purchase of a pattern. This is a picture of mine...actually I am hoping to make it into a flat fold and give it to Judy and then stitch another for myself. I have already printed off Vonna's flat fold directions for doing so!
Beatrice has started her Christmas tree, is doing it in a bright green and it can be seen on her blog.
BTW, I have a couple of pieces of 20 count and the rest is 25 count so if you want to get any, specify which count you want.
Thanks for your patience with my little rant yesterday.

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Jamie Baraldi and Bryan Michael Dein left UBS Wealth Management USA last week to open an office of Gladstone Wealth Group in Marlton, N.J., AdvisorHub writes.
Gladstone is affiliated with LPL, according to the industry news website.
Baraldi and Dein previously managed $350 million at UBS, according to Gladstone chief executive Richard Frick, who joined the company in December from Morgan Stanley, AdvisorHub writes.
Baraldi and Dein have worked together for close to a decade and had been at UBS since 2009, according to the website.
They’re joined by former UBS broker Andrew Yuska, who became a registered representative this February, AdvisorHub writes.
Baraldi tells the website that they had been looking to leave UBS for around two years, spurred on by their concerns about pressures to push proprietary investments and cross-sell banking products.
“They show advisors different investments and portfolio managers, but it might not be the most objective view,” he says, referring to wirehouses, according to AdvisorHub.
Baraldi also says the range of products available from LPL is broader than at UBS, according to the website.
A UBS spokesman didn’t return AdvisorHub’s request for comment.
Founded in 2012 by Robert Hudson III, Gladstone has grown its advisor ranks to 62, having added seven brokers so far this year, AdvisorHub writes.
UBS, meanwhile, lost around 90 advisors in the last quarter, but still has 6,185, according to sources at the firm as well as an internal report reviewed by AdvisorHub.

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Floods show need for revival of Jacksonville’s McCoys Creek
Like a faded movie star, Hogans and McCoys creeks are waiting for their closeup.
When McCoys Creek enters the St. Johns River under the former Times-Union building, it makes a statement.
When Hogans Creek pops out of the ground behind UF Health Jacksonville and darts under a hospital parking lot, it also makes a statement.
It’s time to uncover both creeks and make them the end pieces of an amazing urban trail of parks and walking tracks.
Covering streams with pavement was a common practice in American cities. That’s what led Groundwork USA to start uncovering them.
And that’s what led the administration of Mayor Alvin Brown in 2013 to join Groundwork USA by creating a nonprofit affiliate that would span mayoral administrations.
For most American cities, when you think of a river, you think of one about the size of the tributaries of the St. Johns River, something like Hogans Creek and McCoys Creek.
For over a century, urban visionaries have sought to activate Hogans and McCoys creeks as the anchors of a 34-mile loop of parks that was called the “Emerald Necklace.”
That wasn’t an original name, however. Other cities use it. That is Cleveland’s term for its network of urban parks. Boston’s Emerald Necklace has trademarked the term.
But after Groundwork USA started a Jacksonville affiliate, the local term was changed to the Emerald Trail, which is more descriptive.
The story of this urban park system is one of great, unrealized potential, Jacksonville’s curse.
Hogans Creek shows evidence of an urban park system designed by famed architect Henry Klutho. But it’s mostly in a state of disrepair with the flood control elements ruined.
Hogans Creek begins near the S-line urban trail behind UF Health Jacksonville, a former railroad line that was transformed into a wonderful biking and walking trail.
The creek then dives under the parking lot at UF Health Jacksonville and pops up in Klutho Park, then dives underground again near the campus of Florida State College at Jacksonville, and then pops up in the Stadium District, where it winds its way past the Maxwell House plant before it makes a right turn into the St. Johns River.
A short kayak trip down that last stretch of Hogans Creek is mind-bending. It’s so quiet with birds frolicking overhead and sand crabs crawling on the banks. You can hardly believe you’re in the city.
When Hogans Creek merges with the St. Johns River, it offers a spectacular view of the Downtown skyline, with smells and sounds and views that can’t be found anywhere else in Jacksonville.
So why can’t Hogans Creek be rapidly rediscovered and rebuilt? The answer is pollution — in the creek and in neighboring property.
The river itself has so much toxic industrial pollution that the Duval County Health Department has posted signs not to eat the fish.
Also, there is toxic waste near Hogans Creek, remnants of coal ash. Paying for the cleanup led to a court battle between the city and property owners.
Meanwhile, the empty, blighted former Claude Nolan Cadillac buildings at Main and Union streets is an awful reminder of the city’s inability to resolve this situation.
While major buildings have been demolished along the St. Johns River — the former city hall, courthouse and Jacksonville Landing — these buildings contribute to a lack of progress along Hogans Creek.
By destroying control elements, Hogans Creek regularly backs up into the neighborhood on sunny days, especially near near Confederate Park, the Jacksonville Armory and near Maxwell House.
Yet, there is so much potential. Because the creek empties near the Shipyards near Berkman, it could become an integral part of a waterfront development.
Imagine taking boat rides down Hogans Creek to the river.
It’s just waiting to be rediscovered. See for yourself in a brief video.
Just go to YouTube and enter “Hogans Creek” in the search engine.
Given all the difficulties involving the redevelopment of Hogans Creek, it is no wonder that Groundwork Jacksonville turned to McCoys Creek first. There aren’t the same pollution and toxic waste issues there.
Like Hogans Creek, McCoys Creek darts under pavement in Lackawanna, North Riverside and Brooklyn. It actually pops out of the ground at two locations, one near the KIPP schools near Commonwealth and the other south.
The two small streams join in Mixontown at Hollybrook Park where there are old riverfront trails just begging for an upgrade.
Turning McCoys Creek into something like the San Antonio River Walk seems obvious that it has inspired partnerships in city government.
The Morris family still owns the Times-Union building and is promising a spectacular mixed-use development that will involve opening up the creek in some form.
The city’s capital improvement plan includes funding for McCoys Creek over a multiyear period.
The first mile of a redeveloped Emerald Trail would begin near the creek, headed over the Park Street viaduct, through LaVilla to UF Health Jacksonville.
Meanwhile, Brooklyn is the hottest neighborhood in town with over 1,000 living units, a new charter school and the new world headquarters planned for FIS.
A redeveloped McCoys Creek would become a wonderful neighborhood asset.
Plans involve restoring the creek to a more natural state, allowing it to bend in sections, with ponds where the bends don’t work and bioswales along the banks.
A more natural creek also would work better for flood control while it becomes a great fishing and kayaking spot.
There is another important aspect to the Emerald Trail proposal — it winds through Health Zone 1 with a catalog of health and safety problems.
Groundwork Jacksonville has been speaking to residents to involve them in the process. Skepticism of anything that looks like urban renewal is understandable. Worries that residents will be forced out, gentrified, are real. But so is the commitment of Groundwork Jacksonville to involve the residents as participants.
Though McCoys Creek is receiving the initial attention from Groundwork Jacksonville, Hogans Creek will get its turn.
“Groundwork would like to start designing Hogans Creek no later than January 2021,” wrote CEO Kay Ehas in an email. “We have talked with Springfield Preservation and Restoration and the Cathedral District about that time frame.
“We have not yet received permission from the city to do so. We’d start with the 30 percent design (Groundwork would pay for it), just like we did on McCoys Creek. That would take about six months. We’ll want community, business and developer input into that design.
“That timing does get us through the heavy lifting for McCoys Creek, the current funding campaign and raising design money for the next two trail segments.”
All Hogans and McCoys creeks need is a little attention to turn potential into reality.
However, the Lofts at Brooklyn, now under construction, are meaningful additions.
The Park Street viaduct at the Prime Osborn Convention Center will be split with half of it reserved for the Emerald Trail.
Restoration of the trail, complete with new public art, would symbolize a revival of about 16 neighborhood that richly deserves it. The Emerald Trail would touch on about 20 schools and 20 city parks.
It also can be expected to attract new businesses just as The Atlanta Beltline has done.
The Groundwork Jacksonville plan is to complete the Emerald Trial in 10 years. That is an aggressive plan.
For over 100 years, the Emerald Trail has been a Jacksonville dream.
Finally there is a good reason for optimism.
Mike Clark is Editorial Page Editor of The Florida Times-Union.

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Traditionally, the United States has employed a plurality system of voting. Voters are asked to select only one candidate, and the person with the most votes wins even if they do not have majority support.
In elections with only two candidates, that works out fine. But critics say that the traditional system can do a poor job measuring voter support across a field of three or more candidates, potentially allowing a candidate who is unpopular with a broad majority of the electorate to win.
That’s why an alternative system, ranked-choice voting ― also known as an “instant-runoff” election ― is gaining support in states and jurisdictions around the country.
Next week, New York City’s Democratic primary will provide a high-profile example of ranked-choice voting in action: More than a dozen mayoral candidates will appear on the June 22 ballot, and voters will be able to rank them in order of preference. Since New York City leans so heavily Democratic, whoever emerges victorious in the primary is largely expected to win the general mayoral election in November.
Dozens of cities ― including San Francisco, Minneapolis and Salt Lake City ― have started to use ranked-choice voting, and certain states are turning to the new system, too. Maine uses ranked-choice for federal elections, and Alaska is set to start doing so in 2022.
Here’s what to know.
Criticisms Of The Status Quo
Regardless of whether you lean right or left, having more than two candidates in a race can split the vote in ways that leave voters feeling dissatisfied.
Two big examples are the presidential elections of 1992 and 2000. In each case, a third-party candidate emerged and arguably siphoned votes away from the candidates representing America’s two main political parties, largely seen as having the best shot at winning. If Americans had used ranked-choice voting in 2000, for example, people who liked Green Party candidate Ralph Nader would have been able to register their support for him while still having a say in whether they preferred Republican George W. Bush or Democrat Al Gore.
In a nutshell, ranked-choice allows voters to support outsider candidates who have a lesser chance at winning without “throwing away” or “wasting” their votes. You have backups.
There are other examples of the traditional system arguably failing to capture voter preference. As noted by Vox, Maine voters rallied around three candidates in the state’s 2010 gubernatorial race: The controversial Republican Paul LePage got 37.6% of the vote; an independent candidate got 35.9%; and a Democrat received 18.8% of the vote. LePage won, even though it is believed that more people who voted for the Democratic candidate would have preferred the independent over the far-right option.
The point of ranked-choice is to elect more representatives who have majority support. Research from Equal Citizens, a voting rights advocacy group, showed that 49 U.S. senators were elected with less than 50% support between 1992 and 2019 under traditional voting.
How Ranking Works
The system is supposed to be simple. It’s all in the name: Voters fill out their ballots with their top choice in first place, their second choice in second place, etc.
“Much more than any other election we have in America, you can vote honestly,” FairVote President and CEO Rob Richie told HuffPost.
In the New York City Democratic primary, voters get to rank five candidates. The system works slightly differently in other places; Maine, for example, allows voters to rank every candidate.
You can still vote for just one person if you want to, or only rank a few candidates. And of course, every voter still gets one vote ― nobody’s ballot is counted twice in a round.
Once the ballots are in, everybody’s first choice is tallied up. If one candidate has more than 50% of the vote, then the process is over, and that candidate wins.
But if no candidate has more than 50% of the vote, the candidate in last place is eliminated, and people who picked that person as their first choice will have their second choice counted instead. If there still isn’t a majority winner, the process repeats, with the last-place candidate eliminated and the votes for that candidate redistributed.
According to FairVote, a group that advocates for ranked-choice voting, there have been 236 ranked-choice elections in the U.S. with at least three candidates and a single winner. Of those, 46% were over after the first round ― like a traditional election. The remaining 128 races went through at least one instant runoff to arrive at a winner.
Although Massachusetts voters defeated a proposal to implement ranked-choice voting in their state last year, Sen. Elizabeth Warren posted a good explanation of how it works to YouTube.
Other Benefits Of Ranked-Choice Voting
When used in general elections, ranked-choice can boost prospects for third-party candidates operating outside the two-party establishment, and, its proponents argue, cut down on polarization. One study showed that a ranked-choice system can discourage negative campaigning.
Even when used within one party during its primaries, proponents say, the system gives a more honest picture of voter preference and gauges support for new ideas.
It can also give candidates from underrepresented demographics a better shot at winning. Data compiled by FairVote and RepresentWomen, another group that advocates for ranked-choice voting to be adopted, shows that the system often gives a boost to candidates of color and women candidates, promoting more diverse representation matching the makeup of the United States.
Strategizing With Ranked-Choice Ballots
One piece of (perhaps obvious) advice: If you hate a certain candidate, do not rank them. You also cannot harm the candidate you put in first place by ranking others.
Let’s look at the New York City Democratic primary. Voters are allowed to rank five candidates out of a pool of 13. Polls show a few of them consistently in the lead: NYPD veteran and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, progressive champion Maya Wiley, former presidential candidate Andrew Yang and former city Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia.
It’s possible that the race could come down to Yang or Adams, for example, and if you have not included either one in your ranking, you would therefore not get to express a preference between the two. So in a situation where there are a lot of candidates but just a few slots to fill, it might make sense to include one or more of the top-tier candidates that you think would be acceptable.
Richie outlined a long list of possible voter preferences and advice on how to fill out the rankings for the New York Democratic primary in a guest essay for The New York Times.
In 2018, two candidates for San Francisco mayor caused a kerfuffle when they were accused of trying to “game” the city’s ranked-choice voting system by encouraging voters to rank the two of them first and second (in whichever order they preferred). Mayoral ballots only had room to rank three candidates, so if voters followed the suggestion, they could have knocked a more moderate candidate out in a runoff round. It didn’t work. The candidate considered more moderate, London Breed, is now San Francisco mayor.
As the Times pointed out this week, a similarly complicated situation could arise in a ranked-choice election with three candidates wherein no one gets a majority and some people’s second-choice candidate gets eliminated in the first round, pushing those people’s hated candidate to victory (see “the Alaska dilemma”). In practice, Richie told HuffPost, this is very rare.
“In a sense, of all the electoral systems used in the United States, it’s the one where you can be the least strategic,” he said.
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Evan Grant has an update on the coaching staff situation, with Rick Peterson expressing interest in coming to Texas. Given Peterson's history, he definitely is an intriguing option. Another guy Grant mentions is Mike Maddux, who is the Brewers pitching coach, and who has developed a pretty good reputation.
T.R. Sullivan has a new mailbag up...it includes a proposal for Zack Greinke that Sulilvan says is way too much to give up.

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Education is a huge part of Hong Kong’s national identity. The schools, teachers, parents, and everyone in-between spend hundreds of hours deliberating and deciding on the best approach to learning, how to maximise the efficiency of teaching, the methods most effective when educating, and how to incorporate the needs of a wide variety of pupils. Whilst these deliberations are imperative to ensuring the schooling systems remain some of the best in the world, the role of the child can often be overlooked.
With the sheer magnitude of variables to consider when it comes to education, it’s fair to say there will never be a perfect one size fits all approach. It is therefore important to encourage and guide your children to take responsibility and purposefully find enjoyment in their own learning. Empowerment provides a child with the tools necessary to embrace the learning process with more independence, giving them the confidence to attempt work without relying too heavily on outside influences, and allowing them to remain positive throughout the process, despite not always achieving the desired result. Listed below are different ways you can help empower your child on their educational journey.
The first step to empowering your child is through the avenue of effective communication. As parents and educators, we play a crucial role in what our children end up believing about themselves and what they feel they are capable of achieving. A child’s self-image is a direct result of the kind of reinforcement he or she receives on a daily basis. So, we have to be able to actively listen to our children in order to further understand what they’re meaning when they say they don’t understand a concept or feel negatively about their schooling. Establishing effective lines of communication with your child allows them to feel comfort in knowing you are aware of their concerns and are willing to help guide them to a solution. This process of encouraging discussion and cultivating an openness will also ensure you are equipped with the necessary information to help support them and guide them through the different opportunities and challenges they face.
Create a culture of learning outside of school
Many children solely associate learning with their school. This can lead to feelings of frustration when they encounter unfamiliar and challenging concepts, as they may feel they are unable to find a solution outside of the classroom. This frustration from the seeming lack of available resources can result in the development of a defeatist attitude, where it becomes easy for a student to simply give up. By creating a culture of learning outside of school, through independent study or discussions with family members or tutors, children can remove their dependence on their classroom teacher and becoming comfortable asking for assistance from others, and eventually even trying to find the answers on their own.
Help your child manage their own learning
Once a culture of learning has been established outside the classroom, it will allow you as a parent to devise a sliding scale structure of support. The scale should start off as adopting a hands-on approach, monitoring and supporting your child in helping them organise their learning, discussing solutions, learning how to revise, planning different work timetables, and generally assisting them in any way you can. After a routine has been established, and your child has become more comfortable learning outside of the classroom, you should slowly begin to let go of the control, allow them to devise personal learning objectives without your direct guidance, discuss how they plan to achieve their goals, support them in the implementation of their learning strategy, and discuss solutions or different approaches to a problem if the original strategy didn’t work as planned.
Stay positive about education
For parents and children alike, the past year has been incredibly taxing, especially with the stability of our educational routines being extremely disrupted. With this in mind, it is fair to say many people have been left feeling quite negative towards educational institutions, and increasingly frustrated with the ever-changing timetables and scheduling. However, now more than ever, it is important to remain positive. The thoughts and feelings you express around your children have a significant impact on their own personal opinions. If they see and hear you feeling optimistic about returning to school, and you magnify all the positive aspects of returning to classroom based learning, such as seeing friends, joining in on group discussions, and returning to some form of ‘normality’, your children will also embrace a similar attitude towards their learning and educational expectations.
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Washington – The United States and the international community must provide more humanitarian assistance to the millions of Iraqi refugees still unable to return home more than six years after the invasion of Iraq, leaders of the U.S. Helsinki Commission said Tuesday.
After an event aimed at raising awareness of the world’s largest refugee crisis since 1948, U.S. Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD), Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission), and Co-Chairman Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) called for increasing the aid to countries hosting refugees and the number of refugees allowed to enter the United States.
The Commission event at the U.S. Capitol featured a CityDance live performance — inspired by travel to the region — and remarks by a representative from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. (Photos available here.)
“As the attention of the United States and the world turns to Afghanistan and elsewhere, we must remember that millions of Iraqi citizens are still suffering and still waiting to return home safely. Their plight must not be forgotten,” Chairman Cardin said.
“This is a huge humanitarian crisis that if not addressed properly could become a destabilizing factor in the region,” said Co-Chairman Hastings. “Without action, I fear we will continue to witness the unfolding of a slow-motion disaster.”
Co-Chairman Hastings introduced the Iraqi Refugee and Internally Displaced Persons Humanitarian Assistance, Resettlement, and Security Act to address this crisis by significantly increasing funding to assist displaced Iraqis and help those seeking to emigrate to America.
An estimated 4.7 million Iraqis have been displaced, more than 2 million in neighboring countries. Many lack opportunity, money and food. CityDance artistic director Paul Gordon Emerson recently traveled with a delegation of artists to Lebanon, Jordan and Syria where they met with Iraqi refugees. Their new production, “Wishes of the Sailor,” is based on that experience.
“Humanitarian issues tend to drown in numbers,” Emerson said. “People become statistics and lives become data. Art, and artists, work at an emotional and human level which is essential to bringing us back to the fact that these are individuals and families living through circumstances which are almost unimaginable.”
“Living conditions for Iraqi refugees continue to be very difficult,” said Michel Gabuadan, UNHCR Representative in the United States. “While some Iraqi refugees have opted to return, the majority continue to live in neighboring countries, struggling to support themselves and their families.”


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The industry has returned to growth during the past five years after suffering steep declines during the financial crisis. Between 2008-09 and 2009-10, revenue almost halved due to collapsing demand for loans, tighter lending standards and falling retail deposits. Nevertheless, building societies weathered the financial crisis relatively well compared with the banking industry, which required massive government bailouts. This reflects the fact that building societies are more risk-averse. However, the industry has expanded during the past five years, since government initiatives introduced to stimulate the housing market, low interest rates and rebounding economic conditions have stimulated demand for residential mortgages. Revenue is expected to increase at a compound annual rate of 2.2%... purchase to read more
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After declining sharply before the start of the period, the Building Societies industry is expected to expand over the five years through 2015-16. Although industry revenue fell steeply as a result of the financial crisis, the low-risk strategies and narrow focus of most building societies helped the industry weather the storm more successfully than its banking rivals. Industry revenue is expected to increase at a compound annual rate of 2.2% over the five years through 2015-16.
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GUYMON, Okla. - Starr Morgan, 66, died Tuesday, June 28, 2011.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. today in Grace Southern Baptist Church in Guymon with the Rev. Tom Freeman officiating. Burial of cremains will be in Elmhurst Cemetery by Bunch-Roberts Funeral Home.
Mr. Morgan was born March 17, 1945, in Guymon to Leslie and Zola Loyce Fike Morgan. He began working for Texas County District No. 2 in February 1971 and retired November 2006 as a road grader operator.
Survivors include a sister, Sherli Morgan of Matthews, N.C.
The family suggests memorials be to American Cancer Society, in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 1112, Guymon, OK 73942.
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"Mum, you're too materialistic. All that matters is finding your daughter.
You should know that I am no longer your daughter. I belong to God. I will never return to the land of the unbelievers. If your government of unbelievers should come to find me with an army, we will execute every last one of them, the Truth will win out, we are afraid of nothing. We love death more than you love life".
These are the decisive words, verbal knives in the back, that a French girl of 15 years old addressed to her despairing mother having secretly fled to join the Jihad in Syria in 2012,
reaching her by phone for a few fleeting moments from her secret residence. It was the French scholar Dounia Bouzar who collected these words in a volume entitled Ils cherchent le paradis, ils ont trouvé l’enfer
(‘They are looking for paradise, they found hell’), a book that weaves together the real human stories of a few French families destroyed by the decision of their young children to leave to join up with the militias of Isis or al-Qaeda.
Compelling as a dramatic novel, the text allows you to enter the current phenomenon of terrorist attacks in the heart of the West
and the advance of the black banners of Isis, with an alternative and unique take. Seemingly "normal" families, who are perfectly integrated in the social and cultural life of modern-day France, are suddenly confronted with a conversion to a violent, irrational radicalism by a young child, by a barely adolescent brother perhaps, or by a husband who drifts towards burning all bridges with reality.
Through the intimate confidence of grief-stricken parents, the author reveals the dismay of entire families
that, based on different experiences and contexts (there are of course Muslims, but also atheists or agnostics, and families from all social classes) begin to meet regularly in search of mutual support. They do so to be able to share together an unbearable burden; the discovery that that son, that daughter, and that husband that they thought they knew, have become strangers within the walls of their own home, with a secret second life on Facebook and membership of a sect of fanatics.
On an ordinary afternoon, fifteen year-old Adèle unexpectedly does not return from school.
There is no answer from her phone, her mother starts to panic, seeking clues to explain her disappearance, and finds a note in the girl's room explaining that she has left for Syria in search of paradise. The sister then discovers Adèle's hidden conversations on social networks with her "bearded prince" (whom she will later marry), which are full of reverence for the man and the sect to which he belongs, but also full of doubts and fears which gradually vanish in light of the threatening persuasion meted out by new masters. Her mother and father, at first disbelieving, will have to come to terms with Adèle's transformation from an idealist western girl into a woman veiled in black from head to toe and wife of a jihadist. This is the path described by Bouzar, interweaving the stories of entire families thrown headlong from one day to the next into the inferno of stupefying questions: what happened to my daughter? Who has brainwashed them? What was wrong with our lives and with their education? How can we bring the boys home from Syria?
The author does not censor the families' criticisms about the lack of concrete action by the French government,
the general culpable indifference concerning the rising phenomenon of the flight of minors to Syria, or the ignorance of social workers who do not know or do not want to distinguish between a genuine conversion to Islam and the indoctrination of minors by violent extremists. Bouzar makes herself the spokesperson for an awareness campaign for changes in "dangerous" laws, such as those that allow minors to leave the country without parental permission.
The theme of the foreign fighters is an arresting one, and it is alarming a disoriented Europe which has to face up to its own "children" betraying some of their founding values. Responses have come in the form of sociological and economic studies, with prevention and de-radicalisation plans being drawn up, along with investigations on the processes of integration and multiculturalism.
The darkest side of this issue seems to be overlooked; the fascination of evil, the strength of contagion of violence and the attraction employed by terrorist groups. These are elements that take root where there is an insatiable desire, as is the case for the young people of the stories reported in the book. Excluding a few cases of mental disturbance, the people narrated by Bouzar are normal boys "from next door", for whom even a comfortable life in a wealthy Paris was no longer enough. The author gives some idea of how much the West - that the narcissism of so many media outlets presents as being under foreign attack - has a problem of its own, with its own sons and daughters. The merit of this book, rendered so substantial by the anguish and real tears that it narrates, is that it starts to uncover this aspect of the historical present: the void that is devouring young lives who go in search of paradise. In search of meaning.

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California Regional MLS (CRMLS), the nation’s largest MLS, is now offering its users no-cost 2D floor plans with measurements through CubiCasa, a real estate software company.
CRMLS users will receive special access to free floor plans, discounts on add-on features, and access to a network of real estate photographers who are already actively using CubiCasa in their shoots.
“We strongly believe that floor plans create a better home buying experience for consumers and provide valuable data to the MLS compilation,” said Art Carter, CEO of CRMLS. “With our CubiCasa partnership, we can influence market adoption of floor plans thanks to their easy-to-use technology and valuable data outputs.”
“The team at CRMLS is extremely innovative and forward-looking, and we are excited to be working alongside them in creating a better home buying experience,” added Jeff Allen, president of Finland-based CubiCasa. “This partnership will accelerate CubiCasa towards its ultimate goal of getting a floor plan on every listing in the United States.”


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Later this fall, small businesses that use Square's mobile credit card readers might have an easier time managing their bookkeeping. Intuit has announced that it is launching a new service on November 19 that will synch Square with Quickbooks.
Though many details about the partnership still remain unclear, an Intuit spokesperson noted that Square Register, Square's point-of-sale software, will be offered as an option to current QuickBooks users. And Square Register users will be able to easily transfer their sales data into QuickBooks.
Intuit already has its own mobile credit card processing device, GoPayment, which automatically synchs with Quickbooks, but, until now, Square's 2 million-plus users were out of luck.
"With the Square integration, a local retailer or restaurant may choose Square, while an invoice or service business--like a travel agent or accountant--may select one of Intuit’s payment solutions, such as GoPayment or QuickBooks Point of Sale," says Dan Wernikoff, senior president and general manager of Intuit Small Business Financial Solutions.
Intuit has yet to release pricing information for the new service. For now, the company will continue to offer GoPayment, whose most popular plan costs $12.95 per month.


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Many Threats to EU Funds for Agriculture and Rural Areas
Jill Evans of Plaid Cymru says crucial decisions could be made this year THE European Commission's proposals for a new European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development will be discussed in the European Parliament over the coming months. Following the CAP reform last year, this is now the major focus of policy reform.
It will determine the European funding available for rural areas from 2007 onwards, so the next year will be crucial for Wales as the decisions on the UK's share of the money and shape of the programme are made.
On the whole, the Commission's proposals are to be welcomed if they fulfil the stated aim of simplifying the rules and reducing the bureaucracy.
But we must look at the wider implications for Wales and the effect on important schemes such as Tir Gofal, Tir Cynnal and Tir Mynydd.
The allocation that the UK receives has historically been low. Within the current programme for the old 15 EU member states, it receives just 3.5% of the budget although it has 12% of the agricultural land.
Although it's too simplistic to allocate money on this basis, it does seem to be inconsistent and there are calls for the UK's share to be increased to 10%.
It's then a question of the bargaining skills of the Welsh Assembly Government to get the best deal for Wales.
The money Wales could get has also been cut by the UK rebate negotiated by Thatcher and kept in place by Blair, which First Minister Rhodri Morgan supported only last week in a reply to a question by Plaid Cymru AM Alun Ffred Jones.
In addition to the UK's percentage of allocation, the amount that Wales could receive is threatened by current attempts to cut the EU's budget.
As it stands in the Commission's proposals, 13 billion euros per year will be available for the EAFRD. This is based on an EU budget of 1.24% of the EU's Gross National Income, but the UK Government is leading a campaign to reduce the budget to 1% EU GNI. …


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State and local health officials are advising residents to continue to protect themselves against mosquito bites due to the state’s first human case of West Nile virus (WNV) this year. A resident of Dane County is the first person confirmed infected with the virus in the state in 2018.
The majority of WNV human cases in the state occur during the months of August and September. However, the risk of contracting WNV and other mosquito-borne illnesses is present anytime mosquitoes are active, so it is important for people to be vigilant about preventing mosquito bites throughout the summer and early fall.
In 2017, 51 human cases of WNV were reported in Wisconsin, the highest number since 2012. Eight of these cases occurred in Dane County, which was the highest number ever reported in the county.
The chances of a person contracting WNV are very low and most people infected with West Nile virus will not have any symptoms. Those who do become ill may develop a fever, headache, and rash that lasts a few days. Symptoms typically begin between three to 15 days after being bitten by an infected mosquito. In rare cases, WNV can cause severe disease with symptoms such as disorientation, tremors, convulsions, paralysis, inflammation of the brain, and coma. Older adults and people with weakened immune systems are at an increased risk of severe disease from the virus.
There is no specific treatment for West Nile virus other than to treat symptoms. If you think you have West Nile virus infection, contact your healthcare provider.
WNV is spread to people through the bite of an infected mosquito and is not transmitted person to person. Although few mosquitoes actually carry the virus, there a several things you can do to minimize your exposure and eliminate breeding grounds for mosquitoes. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) and Public Health Madison & Dane County recommend the following:
- Limit time spent outside at dawn and dusk, when mosquitoes are most active.
- Apply an insect repellant with DEET, IR3535, picaridin, or oil of lemon eucalyptus to exposed skin and clothing.
- Make sure window and door screens are in good repair to prevent mosquito entry.
- Prevent mosquitoes from breeding by removing stagnant water from items around your property, such as tin cans, plastic containers, flower pots, discarded tires, roof gutters, and downspouts.
- Turn over wheelbarrows, wading pools, boats, and canoes when not in use.
- Change the water in bird baths and pet dishes at least every three days.Clean and chlorinate swimming pools, outdoor saunas, and hot tubs; drain water from pool covers.
- Landscape to prevent water from pooling in low-lying areas, and trim tall grass, weeds, and vines since mosquitoes use these areas to rest during hot daylight hours.
DHS has monitored the spread of West Nile virus since 2001 among wild birds, horses, mosquitoes, and people. During 2002, the state documented its first human infections and 52 cases were reported that year. West Nile virus infections in humans have been reported from June through October.
The Wisconsin Division of Public Health will continue surveillance for West Nile virus until the end of the mosquito season.


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behaviors of Hispanics impose serious limitations. One frequent and noteworthy problem is the lack of detailed data for subgroups of Hispanics defined by national origin and generation in the United States. Most studies group Hispanics into a single category or focus on Hispanics of Mexican origin, who are by far the most numerous. Another problem is the relative lack of detailed epidemiological data on the incidence and prevalence of common and important diseases, such as cardiovascular disease. Moreover, for many conditions, data are unavailable to assess incidence or prevalence according to immigrant status or, among the foreign-born, by length of residence in the United States and degree of acculturation.
Despite these limitations, researchers have learned a great deal about the health status and health behaviors of Hispanics over the past 25 years. The story that has emerged is a complex one, with some findings that warrant optimism and others that merit serious concern. The picture of both advantage and disadvantage that has surfaced must be appreciated and understood in order to develop interventions and design policies to improve Hispanic health.
In this chapter, we provide an overview of the health status and health behaviors of Hispanics in the United States. The chapter is divided into sections, as follows. The next section discusses mortality rates among Hispanics and compares them with rates for non-Hispanic whites and non-Hispanic blacks. This section also illustrates the variation in mortality across Hispanic national-origin groups. The three sections that follow cover, in order, the health status and health behaviors of Hispanic adults, the health status and health behaviors of Hispanic children and adolescents, and birth outcomes. The sixth section discusses the so-called epidemiological paradox, one of the most fascinating findings regarding the health of Hispanics and a source of controversy since it was first described. Finally, we conclude with a summary of our findings and what they mean for the health and health care needs of future generations of Hispanics in the United States.
Our objective is not to be comprehensive. Rather, our goal is to summarize research findings that have an especially strong bearing on future trends in Hispanic health. Accordingly, a major portion of the chapter is devoted to reviewing selected aspects of the health and health behaviors of Hispanic children and adolescents. We have chosen today’s Hispanic youth as a major focus because their health has enormous implications for the future health and health care needs of all Americans.
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Discussion in 'Games, Gaming & Game-demos' started by Stone Gargoyle, Apr 30, 2014.
You moved to Russia?
A .txt file, and running the game through .exe instead of Steam. :nerd:
Same way ppl used with World At War wich was region locked and it worked with Advanced Warfare too.
Sorry for my request but i cant find the page for Ghost,so can anyone tell me a unlimited ammo command or a working trainer for COD Ghost?for the extinction?Thank You
Yea.... something tells me there won't be one.... since i'm pretty sure doing so could result in one being banned from the game if it's used.
There's more people playing Black Ops 2 than Advanced Warfare.
If it weren't for the Christmas Steam sale no one would be playing this.
Black ops 2 was nice. Ghosts absolutely blew goats. Advanced Warfare is a nice change of pace for the routine. Yes, people tie it together with Titanfall.... but Titanfall absolutely sucked even more. Only thing i liked about Titanfall was the wall running abilities, being able to approach anything from anywhere even moreso than you can in AW. But i still like AW.
I just installed this game and why when i set it to the max the game just draws to a crawl? Didn't apply any update yet.
PS the game doesn't even look that good yet the setting requirements get higher and higher.
I kinda like Ghosts, its different and slower (Bf3-Bf4 style) then usual COD stuff, it runs good too so I can't complain about that.
You're one of the two guys that don't have issues with that game though.
It wasn't bad, the idea behind it and all, but it simply didn't work (for way too many people).
PS: I don't think there's a way to run the (legal) game without patches, so... The caching options are bad though and it will use a lot of VRAM of the textures are set to extra.
Just got this game for as a freebee. MAN O MAN the loading times between chapters is amazing. I can put on the coffee and feed my kids, come back and sit down for a game. But graphics are great.. MY CPU takes a hit with this game not the graphic card..
loading time can be fixed
you need to disable all the cache settings in video option.
Shader preload = disabled
Both Sun Cache settings = disabled
This will fix loading times.
I like to keep the shader preload on though as it stops beginning of map stutter, had to bang it on ssd to make up for it a bit.
applied updates and game runs smooth now with settings almost maxed out.
Loading times still aren't too fast. Is there any difference in grapics if those shaders etc are set to off?
Too bad almost nobody plays classic mode, i find it much better then all that jumping and flying around.
It blends in nicely though. If I want something without jumping, I play a different CoD altogether BO for example, as the servers are much nicer and there's more variation to the maps.
Just picked this up used on the PS4 and its okay. Not great but better than the last CoD I played MW3.
I still like the game, somehow. Nobody plays it though and the polish isn't what I'm used to from previous CoD titles.
IW had some really bad releases but even this one has some pretty bad bugs, just as I'd say the balancing is still off.
The map "Defender" doesn't load, every time, when it comes up in rotation for the first time. It will work nicely the second time around, never the first though.
It's funny to see people say that AW isn't as polished as previous releases... when AW runs, looks and controls WAY better then Ghosts did/does.
Loads of players, I find games all times day and night. Defender loads fine with preload off.


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SCOTT. Mr. President, I wish to pay tribute to a former member of
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Senator Edward Brooke of Massachusetts passed away on January 3, 2015 at the age of 95. I was deeply saddened by his loss. I had the privilege of hosting an event last year celebrating America's Black Senators. We invited Senator Brooke, but he was unable to attend. We did honor him that day, because as one of the two African Americans to currently serve in this great body, I know that I stand on the shoulders of giants like Senator Brooke and those who have come before me in public service. Senator Brooke was a true trailblazer, and those of us who followed cannot thank him enough. As the first African American Senator to be popularly elected to serve, he was a true inspiration.
From his service to our Nation beginning as a captain in the U.S. Army during World War II, to his service as chairman of the Finance Commission for the city of Boston and then as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' attorney general before coming to the Senate, Senator Brooke was a committed public servant. Having served [[Page S54]] for two terms in the Senate, he was a powerful voice for housing reform and advancing issues like economic opportunity for all Americans. Recognized with both the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2004 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2008, our Nation was truly blessed by his life and accomplishments, and his place in history will stand the test of time.
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McCormick Herbs, Spices Contain ‘Heightened Levels’ of Toxic Heavy Metals, Class Action Alleges
Last Updated on January 16, 2023
Balistreri et al. v. McCormick & Company, Inc.
Filed: January 18, 2022 ◆§ 5:22-cv-00349
A number of McCormick herbs and spices contain heightened levels of toxic heavy metals, including lead, arsenic and cadmium, a class action lawsuit alleges.
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Central to the 21-page suit against McCormick & Company, Inc. is a November 2021 Consumer Reports piece that found that a number of brands of herbs and spices were contaminated with toxic heavy metals linked to cancer and other serious health issues. The lawsuit, filed in California on January 18, contends that although other companies in the industry have adapted to limit the levels of heavy metals found in their herbs and spices, McCormick has “stood idly by with a reckless disregard for its consumers’ health and well-being.”
The specific McCormick products alleged to contain heightened amounts of toxic heavy metals include the company’s ground basil, ground ginger, ground oregano, paprika, ground thyme and ground turmeric. As the case tells it, the levels of heavy metals in the foregoing McCormick herbs and spices “far exceed consumer expectations.”
According to the complaint, the harmful effects of heavy metals such as lead, arsenic and cadmium are well documented, and include the risk of children developing a lower IQ, behavioral problems and/or other adverse health conditions. For adults, heavy metals in even modest amounts can increase the risk of cancer, cognitive and reproductive issues and other conditions, the case says.
With regard to the November 2021 Consumer Reports article, the lawsuit states that 126 individual products from brands such as Great Value, La Flor, McCormick, Penzeys, Spice Islands and Trader Joe’s were comprehensively analyzed. Per the case, roughly one-third of the tested products, 40 in all, had high enough levels of heavy metals to “pose a health concern for children when regularly consumed in typical serving sizes,” as well as for adults.
“The authors cautioned that ‘just one serving—3/4 teaspoons or more—per day leaves little room for heavy metal exposure from other sources’ including ‘fruit juice, baby food, and rice[.]’ These latter food categories have also tested high for heavy metals and have been the subject of numerous lawsuits.”
The lawsuit says that although Consumer Reports determined that it is possible for companies to limit the heavy metals found in their products, McCormick nevertheless “fails to test for heavy metals,” even though competitors do so.
“Accordingly, provided this industry standard, Defendant would have had the knowledge that it could test for heavy metals, but it did not, and that it could safely remove these metals from its herbs and spice, but, again, did not,” the complaint charges. “Instead, Defendant chose to ignore the health of the consuming public in pursuit of profit.”
The suit alleges McCormick “intentionally and knowingly concealed” the fact that certain herbs and spices it makes contain toxic heavy metals, and knew that consumers would not buy the products had the presence of heavy metals been disclosed on their labels.
The lawsuit looks to cover all persons in the United States who have bought any of the McCormick herbs and spices listed on this page.
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Swift still won the Album of the Year Award for her album “Evermore”.


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IT HAS been a long eventful Merdeka weekend, what with all the events happening — the Merdeka concert in Bukit Jalil Stadium, National Day parade at Dataran Merdeka and even the Bersih 4 rally.
Many also took advantage of the three-day weekend by taking a short trip, as could be seen from the traffic on the highways.
For residents of the PPR Kota Damansara public housing project, it was just another weekend, a brief respite from the worries of the past week and a lull before the challenges of the next.
For the children, it was another day of loitering in the familiar squalid surroundings of staircases reeking of urine and rat-infested drains.
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Two days before the weekend, the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) Landscape Department had sent more than 300 hibiscus plants to brighten up the new Harmony Garden at the flats.
On Saturday, the open space had already been transformed into a beautiful garden and hosted its first garden party.
Residents of all races shared the joy of the event, while children were thrilled to have a safe and clean garden to hang out in.
MBPJ councillor for the area, Shatiri Mansor was present and joined the residents for a nasi lemak breakfast after symbolically planting a hibiscus.
Prior to this, the open space was waterlogged and in need of beautification.
Friends of Kota Damansara had put up hedge fence poles last year and started planting some hedge plants around it with the objective of widening the “Zon Bersih”, but the plants grew slowly.
The fresh contribution of plants instantly completed the garden, which has become something the residents can take pride in.
Already, some of them have volunteered to water the plants and others have promised to tend to it.
Community gardens have a way of drawing in residents and presenting them with an opportunity to cooperate to enrich the neighborhood.
Public housing projects are infamous for rubbish “bombs” thrown from the upper floors, splashing all over the ground floor. This practice has boosted the rat population and rat-related diseases have seen a rise in many of these urban slums.
Of late, it has also become common for glass bottles to be thrown down. The contractor working on the Harmony Garden in PPR Kota Damansara narrowly missed being hit by one.
It is also common to see rubbish floating down regularly throughout the day and the cleaners are overwhelmed with the accumulated rubbish every morning.
While it is true that many residents staying in public housing schemes lack civic-consciousness, there are also some who are willing to work for the betterment of their community and society as a whole.
The herbal garden set up at the Kota Damansara community forest 10 minutes away from the PPR flats has been regularly maintained by the community there.
Last Friday, the community, alongside more than 100 volunteers from Deloitte, spent time cleaning up the forest, deepening the stream and clearing up the lake.
In the coming MBPJ Budget exercise, it would be good for the local authority to empower local communities to do more for themselves by providing good facilities and setting aside an allocation for capacity-building.
It has been voiced out often at public budget dialogues that the council are too focused on Infrastructure Budgeting but has not allocated anything towards building the People Structure.
Instead of blaming vandalism, Selangor’s local authorities must go beyond the rhetoric of Local Agenda 21 and engage in projects that are sustainable with the cooperation of the community that benefits from these facilities.
They must also start to benchmark themselves against the standards set by Singapore’s public housing project, or even closer to home – Kuala Lumpur City Hall’s work in transforming “black areas” such as the San Peng public housing project.
We are encouraged by MBPJ’s first steps in setting up community gardens.
I hope more of such gardens will flourish all over Petaling Jaya and the tri-sectoral partnership, as envisaged by Local Agenda 21, can become a reality.
This year sees the end of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, and in 2016, the Sustainable Development Goals kicks in.
Like Agenda 21, which saw Petaling Jaya as a pilot site, MBPJ can take the lead again but this time, it must not work alone but in partnership with the people.
The focus must be on capacity building and the creation of a people-structure framework to look after the infrastructure building and maintenance.
Jeffrey FK Phang is an assistant professor at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman and serves as a cluster research head for “Sustainable Township” in the Centre for Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility.


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