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Toolkit for 2019 Year-End Legislator Meetings Meetings
The first year of the 2019-2020 legislative session is over! Except for a one day session on December 1 to “organize,” the legislature is in recess until January 6.
We want to start next year off strong and demonstrate to our lawmakers that we are a force for accountability by setting up in-district office meetings. There are four primary goals for these meetings that will be the main pieces of your agenda.
- Thank them for voting the way we wanted on our top bills from last year
- Hold them accountable for votes that did not support our progressive values
- Tell them what we expect of them in the next year – with very specific asks so that we can monitor their performance against our goals
- Learn what their legislative priorities are for the next year
Before we get into the details of those topics, let’s review a few documents to brush up on how the California legislature works and how we can be effective constituents.
- The state advocacy guide Indivisible States: Empowering States to Resist the Trump Agenda that shows us
- how we can use our constituent power to influence California’s policy agenda, and
- how states can resist the Trump administration and how to develop strategies and tactics for effective advocacy.
- Indivisible CA: StateStrong also has some fantastic guides (you may have noticed that we’re very modest) on how the California legislature works and how we can plan our meetings with our legislators to our best advantage:
- Hold Your California State Representatives Accountable: an overview of the CA legislative process and how to set up effective meetings with your legislators
- How to Research a Bill Using LegInfo: how to use the maze called “leginfo,” the official website of the legislature that is the portal to all the goings-on in the Capitol.
Holding our legislators accountable for their votes on passed bills
This year, the legislature was generally aligned with our goals. Of the 20 bills we were tracking, 12 hit a roadblock along the way and became 2-year bills, 7 were signed into law, and 1 was passed by the legislature but vetoed by Governor Newsom. The details are in our end-of-year update.
For your meeting, you should look up your legislators’ votes on our passed priority bills below using our leginfo research guide.
- AB 392 (Weber) – Police Use of Deadly Force – Redefines the circumstances in which use of police use of deadly force would be considered justifiable to be in self-defense
- AB 32 (Bonta) – End For Profit Prisons – Prohibits California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from entering into or renewing contracts with private, for-profit detention centers
- AB 857 (Chiu) – Public Banking – Gives municipalities and the power to create their own public bank
- AB 1482 (Chiu) – Tenant Protections – Prevents rent gouging and protects people who rent from unfair evictions by requiring landlords to have a “just cause”for any eviction
- SB 47 (Allen) – Ballot DISCLOSE Act – Requires ballot initiative, referendum, or recall signature gatherers to disclose top funders/endorsers
- SB 136 (Wiener) – Repeal Unjust Sentence Enhancements – Fights mass incarceration by repealing an ineffective and unnecessary sentencing enhancement for people with a prior prison conviction
- SB 139 (Allen) – Fight County Gerrymandering – Requires counties with more than 250,000 residents to establish an independent redistricting commission, ensuring a more fair, nonpartisan system for drawing the lines of county supervisorial districts
- SB 200 (Monning) – Clean Drinking Water – Ensures that every Californian has the right to safe, clean, affordable, and accessible drinking water
Plan to thank them for their good votes and hold them accountable for their bad ones.
What do we expect our legislators to do next year?
Support our 2-year priority bills
First and foremost, please check our end-of-year update and if your legislators are an author of any two year bills, please ask what their plans are for resurrecting the bill next year and report back to us! If you’re feeling really ambitious, check the bill analyses (available on the “Bill Analysis” tab on leginfo) to find out who the sponsoring organizations are and contact them as well!
When you meet with your legislator, you should let them know about our 2-year priority bills and ask for their commitment to vote for those priorities next year:
- AB 4 (Bonta) / SB 29 (Durazo) – Expands medicaid to undocumented immigrants
- AB 177 (Low) – Create a statewide holiday for election day
- AB 363 (Gonzalez) – Requires voting centers in all counties to be open the Saturday, Sunday, & Monday before an election.
- ACA 6 / AB 646 (McCarty) – Restores voting rights to people on parole
- AB 1080 (Gonzalez) / SB 54 (Allen) – Requires a 75% reduction by 2030 of waste generated from single-use packaging and single-use plastic products in the state
- AB 1217 (Mullin) – Requires issue ads to disclose top funders/endorsers
- AB 1276 (Bonta) – Develop and implement the Green New Deal with the objective of reaching specified environmental outcomes within 10 years
- AB 1332 (Bonta) – Prohibits localities from entering into new contracts or investing in with entities that work with ICE/CBP by sharing data or providing detention facilities
- AB 1611 (Chiu) – Prohibits surprise bills from “out-of-network” ERs, and caps prices to bring down health costs
Other bill ideas
You may be surprised—your legislators could ask you for ideas for bills to propose in the coming year. Come prepared with a few priority issues that your group has identified as important to your group. Across the country, Indivisibles tend to prioritize democracy reform, immigration, healthcare, and environmental issues as their top issues.
If you’d like to suggest policy changes, connect with partner groups outside of Indivisible whose values you share and who have expertise on the topic. They may already have well-thought-out policy suggestions that you could support. Once your group has identified its priority issue(s), we recommend you do some outreach to other, non-Indivisible organizations focused on that issue. Maybe even invite a representative from that organization to speak at your meeting.
Finally, let us know if you are interested in reaching out to larger non-Indivisible organizations about potential partnerships—we may already have a contact for you!
Check out these resources from Indivisible about how to be a good partner:
What are our legislators’ priorities next year?
This is the section of the meeting that allows our legislators to describe their priorities for the upcoming year. We suggest you put this at the end of the agenda—politicians love to talk about themselves and if this is earlier in the meeting they can derail your agenda.
Do a bit of research into what they have said publicly about their plans. Check their official website (or campaign website for newly elected legislators) for press releases and other statements and do a quick search for their name in the local newspaper. A Google search is usually much better than the newspaper’s own search engine. The syntax for site-specific Google searches is “Topic” site:www.sitename.com, for example: “Toni Atkins” site:www.sandiegouniontribune.com. Then use the “Tools” menu to restrict the search to the last month or so.
Having even a little information about their plans for next year already will make the conversation more of a discussion than a lecture, and your representatives will know that you’re ready to hold them accountable for what they say.
Preparing for and conducting your office visit
Check out the section on district office visits in Indivisible States for details on how to prepare for and execute a successful office visit!
Use our TEMPLATE MEETING AGENDA as a starting point.

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Obama has been declared a winner, but now the real work of this second term president begins. Here's a list of the key things Obama should do starting on day one:
1) Fight climate change
When Obama accepted the Democratic nomination in 2008 he promised that if the US committed to it, the moment would come when "the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal." That did not happen during the president's first term. But his second will provide a make or break moment for the world to take meaningful action to prevent catastrophic climate change.
The US, which consumes more than 20% of the world's energy despite having less than 5% of its population, has continually shirked leadership on climate. But the world has assigned a deadline for collective action: 2015. Obama can support that process and break the oil industry's grip on climate policy by ending fossil fuel subsidies (something Obama has supported), and help drive through a fair, ambitious and binding climate treaty. After Hurricane Sandy's trail of destruction up the east coast, how can the president remain silent?
2) Get big money out of politics
Private money has always played too big a role in US politics. But in this election cycle things got completely out of hand. Thanks in large part to the supreme court's 2010 Citizens United decision – allowing corporations, individuals and unions to spend unlimited amounts of cash – more than $6bn was spent trying to influence the 2012 US election.
Both Obama and Romney benefitted from this cash flow, but now Obama has the power to turn it off. It's hard to keep faith in a democratic system when a corporation has the power to swing elections with money. Obama can restore faith in – and avert disaster for – US democracy by championing a 28th amendment to overturn Citizens United and limit campaign spending.
3) Let the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy expire
This one's a no-brainer – and something the president has vowed to do already. President George W Bush passed tax cuts for most Americans early in his administration. Keeping that low tax rate on the wealthiest Americans during a biting economic crisis and slow recovery has been madness.
Yes, many rich Americans took a hit in the early days of the financial crisis, but unlike their less wealthy neighbours they have recovered – and then some. So extending Bush's tax cuts for income over $250,000 is now both ridiculous and offensive to tens of millions of hard-working Americans. All Obama has to do is not extend the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, and he'll save the government $1 trillion over 10 years. Oh, and in so doing, he will restore a sense of fairness to US tax policy.
4) End the drug war
The presidents of Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico have bravely called for a new direction in the war on drugs. Now it's time for Obama to do the same thing. Obama is in a unique position to champion a change of this disastrous US-led policy – one that has cost hundreds of thousands of lives, billions of dollars and has failed by every imaginable metric.
US drug enforcement policy is senseless. Traffickers and addicts alike are locked up, not rehabilitated or treated, streets are militarised, communities broken. The US has the largest prison population in the world – 25% of those under correctional control are nonviolent drug offenders. And south of the US the war rages: 60,000 people have been killed in Mexico in just six years, and central American countries regularly post some of the world's highest homicide rates.
Real policy change in the US will mean new laws at the state and federal level, and a broad social push in support of decriminalisation (something many citizens already support). People are seeing the cracks and cost of this crazy policy. Change could happen quite fast, and Obama needs to lead it. He should start right now by admitting that the drug war has failed and a new course is needed.
5) Introduce Palestine
Whether it's deserved or not, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has come to symbolise intractable crisis and global leadership impotence. Talks are at a complete standstill: Israel, through its settlers, continues to colonise the occupied West Bank, and Palestinian leaders remain uselessly divided.
There are a growing number of voices despairing of the possibility of the two-state solution, the two decade old standard peace project that aims to achieve Palestine and Israel living in security side by side. But there may be one last hope to rescue it.
The head of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, will take his people's bid for statehood back to the UN this month. That means that the US, Israel's closest ally and patron, will have one more opportunity to revive the vital two-state solution by supporting Abbas's initiative. So far, the US has blocked it. But Obama clearly has sympathy for the Palestinian people and some tension with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Obama can and should introduce Palestine to the community of nations.
6) Stop killing people with drones
It was a signature boast during Obama's re-election campaign: I am the president who "got" Bin Laden. But behind that swagger lies a terrifying premise: that the US asserts the right to kill whoever it chooses, far outside war zones, by whatever means necessary.
Since coming to power, Obama has dramatically scaled up the rate of drone attacks in north-west Pakistan, Yemen and elsewhere, using robot weapons to strike at suspected insurgents – but likely killing hundreds of children and civilians in the process. Many of his advisers see this new mode of warfare as key to winning the so-called "war on terror", particularly as ground engagements in Afghanistan draw to a close. (Obama has committed to pulling troops out by 2014.) The president takes personal responsibility for the weekly "kill list" of strike targets, and despite heavy criticism by legal and human rights groups his commitment to the policy appears unwavering.
This is a disaster. Not only is the president sanctioning extrajudicial killing (with terrifying implications for the rest of the world) and creating a daily nightmare for 800,000 Pakistanis. Drone strikes are also dangerously counterproductive. Instead of eliminating the threat to the US, drones are one of the best recruitment tools for extremists. The resentment, anger and fear they provoke has skyrocketed suspicion and mistrust of the US in Pakistan to a record high. (No prizes for guessing the only country in the world to favour Mitt Romney over Obama in the election, even though Romney has also praised the drones policy.)
Even if you trust Obama's motive on this one – to keep the US safe – the fact is, drone strikes do the opposite. It's past time to end this chilling, cynical form of warfare.
What else should Obama do to start his second term? Share in the comments below.
Sources: Huffington Post, Avaaz, Guardian, Bloomberg, Politico, Elections not Auctions, CNN, Firedog Lake, Al Jazeera, Gallup, Wikipedia, Xinhua


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the paces. (didnt have the revolver long enough)
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Karen Shugart’s article about Carver’s Crossroads is just more tail-wagging-the-dog journalism. The 13 votes against the Gilbane proposal at the Carver Civic League meeting were just that: 13 elder ladies who dislike Virginia Commonwealth University, students and anything else who breathes. Somehow, those 13 have weaseled their way into the consciousness of decision makers and reporters, acquiring mythical proportions, completely irrelevant to good sense and the consensus of the other 2,000-plus Carver residents.
Ms. Shugart failed to interview me. Having lived in Carver for 24 years as a landlord and civic activist, I bring expertise in residency and the rent game. Before VCU had a presence north of Broad Street, I had three drug dealers and a cat house on my block while contiguous behind my building, 25 homeless people camped for a winter. There was constant noise, rape, murder and plunder. The city cops wouldn’t touch them. With VCU, especially Police Chief John Venuti, there is now peace in my valley. I love VCU and all that it brings.
As to the density question, Gilbane surely wouldn’t build something that is not rentable, thus losing money. The city’s Planning Commission and its bureaucrats are part of City Hall; the same who would consider putting a ballpark in Shockoe Bottom, and other tomfoolery, not to be taken too seriously. I’ve lived in China, they don’t know what dense is. And I love China.
I can only invite those 13 elders to move to Petersburg and live amongst their own. Leave the rest of us to enjoy the bounty of good living in a thriving metropolis.


John Mills, Ph.D., Discusses Mass Spectrometry-Based Analysis of M-proteins
According to a recent article in Clinical Laboratory News, clinical laboratories are moving away from the traditional detection and measurement of monoclonal proteins (M-proteins) of using either gel or capillary zone electrophoresis, and moving to mass spectrometry applications. These applications have demonstrated potential for delivering greater analytical sensitivity and deeper insight into this disease process.
John Mills, Ph.D., a fellow in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and author of this post, discusses the limits of the current methods, benefits of mass spectrometry, two approaches to use mass spectrometry, and steps to achieve wider adoption.
According to Dr. Mills, the gold standard for detecting M-protein, electrophoresis, suffers from several well-established limitations, including low analytical sensitivity, the inability to detect and accurately quantitate ß-migrating M-proteins, significant positive bias when quantitating M-proteins <0.2 g/dL, and variability in interpreting results across institutions. Electrophoretic methods can also be laborious, time-consuming, and difficult to automate.
Mass spectrometry can be a practical solution to electrophoresis’s limitations in measuring M-proteins due to the depth of insight it provides, enabling more personalized disease monitoring. In the article, Dr. Mills discusses two different applications of mass spectrometry for measuring M-proteins:
In the first, mass spectrometry serves as a potential replacement of current electrophoretic methods (gel or capillary zone electrophoresis and/or immunofixation/immunosubraction) such that a single mass spectrometry-based assay would substitute for M-protein identification, isotyping, and quantitation.
"In this case, the researchers sought to generate a robust, high throughput method that could overcome the analytical limitations of electrophoretic methods—as well as generate a cost-effective and automatable technology as compared to the current battery of tests used to screen, diagnose, and monitor patients," said Dr. Mills. They found that matrix assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) time-of-flight (TOF) MS improved sensitivity and the ability to detect and quantitate ß-migrating M-proteins while also reducing the number of tests necessary for patient management and bettering analytical times.
In the second application, investigators used mass spectrometry to detect residual disease in patients with a history of multiple myeloma who had received treatment and were subsequently found by electrophoretic methods to have undetectable disease.
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Oil | The G7 has urged Opec to raise its output levels in a bid to cool the oil market. Saudi Arabia has been particularly resistant to calls to increase production, stating that there is no lack of supply.
Shipping | Russia has pledged to open sea corridors from key Ukrainian ports to export grain as global leaders have warned of a global food crisis. Many have voiced concerns that this alone will not solve the problem as the nation’s rail service is also disrupted.
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Cost of living | A package of measures worth £15 billion was announced by the Chancellor to help households tackle the cost of living crisis, targeted towards low-income and vulnerable households. The package will be partially funded by an additional levy on energy company profits.
Living Wage | Employers who have signed up to the voluntary Living Wage have been urged to expedite future increases as the Living Wage Foundation will bring forward its announcement of the 2022-2023 rate from November to September. The rate currently stands at £9.90 an hour across the UK, and £11.05 in London. The statutory minimum, set by the government is £9.50.
CEO pay has recovered to pre-Covid levels amongst FTSE 100 companies according to an analysis by Deloitte,
Bank Holiday impact | Bloomberg economists suggest that the extended bank holiday may shave half a percentage point off GDP in Q2, based on an analysis of previous Bank Holidays.
China | Industrial groups in China reported their worst fall in profits in two years as Covid-19 lockdowns continue. Profits were 8.5% lower than a year earlier.
Rate rises | Banks around the world are rapidly increasing base rates (albeit at small increments) in the most widespread tightening of fiscal policy. Analysis by the Financial Times shows that more than 60 increases have been announced by central banks around the world in the last three months.
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The package of measures announced by the Chancellor this week recognises the urgency and severity of the cost of living crisis and will be welcomed by many. However, the questions being asked over the funding of the package should remind us of the risks to workload in the public sector. Increasing costs led by energy and skills shortages, combined with unavoidable government payments in other sectors could force a scaling back of planned expenditure.
RIBA’s Future Trends survey reflects a growing sentiment of a slowing-down of some projects as decisions are delayed in an extreme inflationary environment and the planning process continues to provide frustrations.
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It appears that commissioners again are finally set to vote – for what seems like the thousandth time but probably isn’t – on the East Knox County Sector Plan, a long-term guide for economic development.
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However, Commissioners during their monthly work session agreed 9-2 (Sam McKenzie and Vice Chairman Brad Anders cast the dissenting votes) to put the rest of the proposal on Monday’s agenda.
In the meantime, county Mayor Tim Burchett said a “visionary” committee he put together in January to brainstorm ideas for the remaining land where the park was planned will report back to him in about 60 days.
“We haven’t really set any parameters,” Burchett said, talking about the marching orders sent to the committee. “We’re just looking for (new) ideas and solutions.”
(On a side note, the good doctor and Commissioner Richard Briggs pointed out that the committee – comprised of business park opponents and supporters – doesn’t own the land. So, the group making the proposals really doesn’t have any control of the outcome. It will be up to the Development Corporation of Knox County – the owners – to act on the recommendations.)
The land in question? About 380 acres off the Midway Road exit from Interstate 40. The Development Corp. bought it for almost $10 million and set aside roughly $17 million to develop it. (Its nerd-name by the way is “E.C.O. 7”.)
As it stands right now, according to Metropolitan Planning Commission Executive Director Mark Donaldson, developers could currently build five units per acre (either houses, complexes, duplexes, whatever), on the land.
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In Tibet many monasteries. The main Tibetan monasteries built in Lhasa or nearby. For tourists are open monasteries Ganden, Drepung, Drikung til, Tsurphu, Drak Yerpa, Sera, samye, Tashilhunpo, Pelkhor chod festival. They all have their traditions, each of them is characterized by its architecture.
There are monasteries with a positive geomagnetic energy that positively affects the health and spirit of people. The nature of Tibet is amazing and beautiful. Mountains and lakes with salt and fresh water are healing for many visitors to Tibet.
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To become a monk in one of the Tibetan monasteries difficult and expensive. First, you have to find the money to live on for 5 years of training in the monastery. In Buryatia and Tuva give the money to the relatives of the future monks as obedience and training in Tibetan monasteries are considered honorable and noble cause. Everyone else will have to learn and live in a monastery at his own expense.
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After training in sedre have to go to the students to the Tibetan lamas in monasteries. For this you need to avoid as many monasteries to learn about the availability and willingness of teachers to teach white Russian. However, there are such monks in Tibet.
Before you go to the monastery for training, you must know that the life of a Tibetan monk rather poor and heavy. Monks are not allowed to have personal possessions, only a few sets of clothes and necessary books. The monks daily routine includes long hours of prayers, hard work for the service of the monastery, and constant learning and improving. No entertainment in the monasteries is not allowed. Your training will be monitored by the individual teacher. The order of the day in every monastery its. However, the monks rise with the first rays of the sun go to sleep after midnight. Monastic food is simple and modest. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are accompanied by the obligatory rites and prayers.
From a geographical point of view, Tibet is an area in Central Asia, located on the Tibetan plateau. For a long time Tibet was dependent on the Mongol Empire, then from the Chinese state. Now the Tibet Autonomous region capital Lhasa.

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Upcoming foldable iPhone could come equipped with self repairing foldable screen
Based on a statement by bgr.com, it seems that Apple might be working on a foldable iPhone that’s equipped with a self-healing foldable display. While there’s no news on when the smartphone will be available for purchase, we do know that it will most likely have a form-factor similar to the Galaxy Fold 2 or Mate X.
Unfortunately, there’s no documentation on how the self-healing display will function but there were hints that it can be initiated by applying either heat, light, or even electric current. With that said, do take some of the information with a grain of salt, due to the fact that Apple has yet to provide an official statement on the leaked info.
Not only that, but there’s also no news on the Malaysia release date, local pricing, as well as exact tech specs for foldable iPhone. What are your thoughts on a smartphone with a self-healing display? Let us know on our Facebook page and for more updates like this, stay tuned to TechNave.com.


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If you are intending to begin dexterity training for pet dogs, there are particular factors to consider that you have to very carefully check out. This is very important to ascertain that the training course will generate great results. Dexterity training virtually offers a fulfilling experience for both the handler as well as the dog being educated. To successfully get started with the dog agility training, it is of the essence that you bear in mind of the complying with information.
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Over anything else, it is crucial that you pay cautious focus on the general health and wellness of your pet. Prior to you begin with any types of agility regimen, it is important that the pet dog is fit to participate in such task. That being claimed, it is extremely advised that you seek advice from the canine’s veterinarian so he/she can give you with a comprehensive physical and psychological analysis of your canine. This is essential so you could design a training program that fits your dog’s abilities.
The way pet dogs react to the training will differ substantially depending upon their breed, size, character, in addition to their overall power. For example, smaller sized breed of pets are more energetic than larger breeds of dogs, like Mastiffs or Great Danes. If you have a pup, it is most ideal to wait up until it reaches at least 9 months old prior to you reveal it to the training.
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TROY, Alabama – The Edgewood Wildcats were in unfamiliar territory Friday at Troy University’s Veterans Memorial Stadium.
Playing in the AISA Class AA championship game for a sixth straight season, Edgewood trailed for much of the first three quarters and found itself down by as many as 16 points late in the first half.
But the Wildcats kept their composure and rallied late for a 61-52 win over Clarke Prep.
Edgewood scored four times in the final 15 minutes of the game to win a fourth straight title, fifth title in six seasons and set an AISA record with 45 straight wins.
“I don’t know,” Edgewood head coach Bobby Carr said when asked how long the streak can last. “At the beginning of the year, people didn’t expect this group to make it to this game, let alone win it. Losing the players we lost from last season and having our quarterback go down with injury during the season, these guys had to pull together.
“I guess that’s what makes this such an emotional win to me. I’ve watched a group of ordinary player find a way to be extraordinary this season. We didn’t have a bunch of stars, we just had a group of guys that busted their tails all season.”
The game is the highest scoring championship game in AISA or AHSAA history.
“Edgewood is a very talented team,” Clarke Prep head coach Billy Hamilton said. “They had a few more athletes in some spots and that made a difference tonight. But I’m proud of our boys. The way we played, I don’t feel like we got beat. Edgewood just won.”
The two teams combined for 113 points and 956 yards of offense.
“We expected this to be a tough game, but we didn’t expect it to be like this,” Edgewood senior quarterback Taylor Hawthorne said. “Clarke Prep played a great game and they were able to get up on us. This was the biggest game of the season and we had to step up and overcome the adversity.
“We weren’t focused on win No. 45. But winning another title and setting the record is a heck of a way to go out as a senior. There were some people that doubted us, but we set goals for ourselves and we worked hard to reach them.”
Hawthorne had a hand in five of the Wildcats’ touchdowns. He passed for three touchdowns, caught one and scored one on defense. Hawthorne was 13-of-21 for 226 yards with touchdown strikes to Heath Young (57 yards), Josh Crawford (39 yards) and Daniel Green (10 yards). He hauled in a 19-yard pass from Crawford picked off a Clarke Prep pass and returned it 36 yards for the final touchdown of the game.
Crawford also threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Young and scored on runs of 1 and 17 yards. David Cayton scored Edgewood’s other touchdown on an 85-yard fumble return late in the third quarter.
Cayton’s touchdown was the first of three straight Edgewood touchdowns in the final three minutes of the third quarter and the first three minutes of the fourth quarter. The Wildcats (14-0) went from trailing by 10 points to leading by 10 points in that span. Cayton also had an interception on Clarke Prep’s final offensive play of the game.
“We never doubted ourselves. We just knew we had to get the lead,” Carr said. “Once we scored and took the lead, I felt like the momentum was shifting. We were able to get on top and finish the game.”
Senior Jarrette Pope led Clarke Prep (8-5) with 237 yards rushing and four touchdowns on 21 carries. Pope scored on runs of 20, 3, 1 and 66 yards.
“Jarrette is the heart of this team. He’s just a winner,” Hamilton said. “He has asthma and he was playing hurt tonight and he still had 200-plus yards. He’s gone over 2,000 yards again this year and over 5,000 for his career. If there is a better player in the AISA, I don’t know who it is.”
Hayden Walker added 128 yards and two touchdowns (15 and 12 yards) for the Gators and Hayden Nichols scored one touchdown. As a team, the Gators rushed for 418 yards.
Keith Johnson had 12 tackles for Edgewood. Colby Myers had nine tackles for Clarke Prep.


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Scrolling back through his credits on this blog alone, it should be clear what a spectacularly huge year mind-and-genre-bending producer Kaivon has had in 2019. Pumping out hits to the clip of a release a month, Kaivon has carried the evolution of the electronic genre on the back of his long, luscious locks.
The latest release, “Open Your Mind,” begins with a harmonically twisted chorus of vocals christening the supposed transformation before it is warped into a supposed renaissance of glitchcore. With damp, synthesized snare beats pushing a two-bar double-time build through the track’s brief but emphatic run time, listeners will be longingly impressed by the concision and compositional simplicity – contrasting modern pop sensibilities of milking a tune for all that it is worth, Kaivon makes no attempt to overstay his welcome in delivering a tight and imaginative soundscape demanding repetitive listens to satiate.
Kaivon has long been a revolutionary artist wrought with terse thematic elements through his impressively lyrical instrumentals. His 2016 opener “Reborn” set the tone for a musical narrative that has blossomed into a symbolic metamorphosis revolving around his constant growth as an artist. A three-track EP in 2019 set the stage for the next step in his artistic development with motifs moving from rebirth to the release’s eponymous Transformation.
It is impossible to predict what musical identities and ideas Kaivon will bring to the table next, but, needless to say, we are stoked to witness the continual development and rise of an artist beyond music as he begins to carve out a creative niche of his own. “Open Your Mind” will be a hard act to follow, but we have no doubt that he will find a unique and incredible way to continue upping the ante.
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“It’s beautiful!” Acne. How dare some people (girlfriends/mothers beware!) call it this way just to make us feel good? After all the damage it has caused to our social and sexual relationships. I am sure you have experienced this first hand. But have you ever wondered, how bad acne is for your social life? I mean seriously, think about it. Is it as bad as having a deep wound or scar or is it worse than that?
Or is it just you? The only person who thinks that acne is affecting your social life? After all, people still sent you invitations to parties and friends seem not to care that much. So it must be you, who choose to stay inside because of embarrassment and shame. Must it be you and your introversion right? Well…NO.


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Morning transfer to La Paz aiport for your direct flight to the town of Uyuni (1 hour).
Meet and greet with your local guide and transfer to the small town of Colchani (15 min).
Learn about the Colchani salt cooperative and how it extracts and processes 25,000 tons of Uyuni salt every year (20 min).
Free time to tour the souvenir market (30 min).
Your 4x4 tour will take you to the Uyuni Salt Flats, the world's largest salt flat covering 4,086 square miles (10,582 square km) with several stops for photo opportunities along the way.
Drive on the salt flats on your way to Incahuasi Island also known as the Isla del Pescado (Fish Island).
Enjoy some free time to climb to the top of the hill and explore this strange mound covered in cactuses.
Note: Incahuasi Island may not be accessible during the wet season.
Your next 2-hour drive will take you out of the salt flats for a short visit of the 'burned town' of San Pedro de Quemes (30 min).
Transfer and check in at your hotel.
Overnight at your hotel in San Pedro de Quemes.
- Breakfast at the Hotel
- Picnic lunch in the middle of the Uyuni Salt Flats
- Dinner at the hotel's restaurant


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UPDATE: A woman taken into custody at gunpoint in a busy Inglewood intersection Monday morning was was wanted on a felony kidnapping warrant, police say. https://t.co/yltfgxM1eF
— CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) July 3, 2018
INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA — By now, you’ve probably seen the incredibly viral video involving a woman’s arrest in traffic. There were over 8 officers at the scene. Seems quite excessive, right? Well, when you understand her crimes, that perspective might change.
According to Fox 11 News, the video was uploaded by Twitter user @x__ricardo.
NOTE: Since more details have surfaced regarding his video, the Twitter user has deleted his page.
His footage showed several officers with their guns pointed towards a seemingly unarmed woman.
While appearances can be tricky, you can understand why the video sparked outrage — especially given the police brutality climate of the United States. Many questioned the officers’ excessive presence.
However, given her and her accomplices’ actions, it might have been warranted.
In response, the Los Angeles Police Department posted this on the departments official Twitter account:
“We are aware this video has raised concerns from the community. Although we are limited in what info we can release, we can confirm this individual was arrested on a felony kidnapping warrant & taken into custody without a use-of-force. She is being held on 1 million dollars bail.”
As it turns out, according to court documents, the woman — Amber Neal — is one of three suspects charged with kidnapping Hollywood actress Daisy McCrackin and her actor boyfriend Joseph Capone on May 3.
You might know McCrackin from “Halloween: Resurrection.”
— Variety (@Variety) July 4, 2018
In a grand jury indictment via Los Angeles County Superior Court, Keith Andre Stewart, Johntae Jones, and Amber Neal were collectively charged with 17 felony counts, including:
- assault with a firearm
- grand theft
- and possession for sale of a controlled substance, methamphetamine.
HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED
According to Fox 11, police say the aforementioned suspects allegedly went to the McCrackin’s home in South Los Angeles and pistol-whipped Capone. Afterwards, the suspects placed black hoods over McCrackin’s and Capone’s heads and drove them to a residence in Compton.
Then, they allegedly stripped McCrackin’s boyfriend of his clothes and held him in a bathtub naked for ransom while McCrackin was taken to multiple banks in an attempt to pull cash for her boyfriend’s ransom.
During this time, the suspects allegedly tortured the woman’s boyfriend as well.
Likewise, the indictment notes the actress was forced to write a check for $10,000 to Neal, who deposited it into her actual account. Later, McCrackin was taken back to her home. That’s when she was able to call police.
According to a news release by the Los Angeles District Attorney, Stewart and Jones face life sentences in state prison without the possibility of parole, if convicted as charged.
Similarly, Neal faces up to life in prison.
The source states that Jones’ and Neal’s bails are set at $1 million, and Stewart’s bail is $2.08 million.
For now, the case remains under investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department.
If you’re interested in local coverage of the arrest, check the video below.
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A cross state route between Council Bluffs and the Quad Cities, U.S. 6 mostly mirrors Interstate 80 through the Hawkeye State. Entering Iowa along side Interstate 480, U.S. 6 spans the Missouri River from Downtown Omaha to I-29 at Broadway and the West End of Council Bluffs. Prior to Fall 2016, U.S. 6 followed Broadway and Kanesville Boulevard across Council Bluffs to Interstate 80 at Exit 8. State maintenance of Broadway was relinquished to the city, resulting in the relocation of U.S. 6 onto a combination of I-29 south and I-80 east to bypass Council Bluffs. U.S. 6 leaves the freeway east to Oakland and U.S. 59.
A short overlap with U.S. 59 takes U.S. 6 north before the route resumes eastward to Atlantic and U.S. 71. U.S. 71 takes the route north again to Interstate 80 (Exit 60), where a lengthy overlap ensues east to De Soto. The realignment of U.S. 6 east 10.36 miles from Exit 100 near Dexter to Exit 110 at U.S. 169 was approved by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) on October 7, 2003.
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U.S. 6 departs I-80 at Exit 110 to combine with U.S. 169 north five miles to Adel. East from Adel, U.S. 6 travels 290th Street and Hickman Road through Waukee and the west Des Moines suburbs to Urbandale. The highway bisects the urban area bound by Interstates 35, 80 and 235 to Euclid Avenue and Altoona, where Hubbell Avenue angles the route northeast back to Interstate 80 (Exit 142).
Another pairing with I-80 takes U.S. 6 east to Exit 164 and the city of Newton. There U.S. 6 dog legs north to rejoin its two-lane alignment east to Grinnell, Ladora and Marengo. U.S. 6 veers southward from Tiffin through the busy Coralville Strip en route to the University of Iowa and Iowa City.
Beyond Iowa City, U.S. 6 follows a rural two-lane route east to West Liberty and Atalissa. Turning north with Iowa 38, U.S. 6 passes by Wilton back to Interstate 80 as Historic U.S. 6 runs east through Durant, Stockton and Walcott.
I-80 & U.S. 6 separate again at I-280, which U.S. 6 utilizes briefly to Kimberly Road into Davenport. U.S. 6 lines Kimberly Road east to Interstate 74, with I-74 carrying the route south across the Iowa-Illinois Memorial Bridge to Moline, Illinois.
|Spruce Hills Drive west meets Interstate 74 and U.S. 6 beyond the intersection with Utica Ridge Road. Photo taken 06/20/15.|
|Utica Ridge Road leads from a residential area south of Spruce Hills Drive northward through a bevy of business parks parallel to Interstate 74. The road becomes Scott County Road Z16 outside Davenport. Photo taken 05/25/08.|
|Spruce Hills Drive expands into a four-lane, divided arterial from Utica Ridge Road westward through the parclo interchange with Interstate 74 and U.S. 6 east. Photo taken 06/20/15.|
|Spruce Hills Drive west at the westbound ramp for I-74 to 53rd Street and Interstate 80. U.S. 6 overtakes Spruce Hills Drive from I-74 west. Photo taken 03/28/16.|
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BALTIMORE (WJZ) – Two of the former convicted officers from the disgraced Firearms Task Force have been released from federal prison. They were the first of eight people originally arrested in March 2017 to be released in the biggest corruption scandal in Baltimore police history.
According to the Bureau of Prisons, former detectives Evodio Hendrix and Maurice Ward were released on February 16. They have already served their seven-year sentences in less than five years.
READ MORE: Baltimore approves new settlements with GTTF police corruption victims, warns more complaints
It is likely that both received credit for good behavior as well as for rehabilitation programs, said Professor David Jaros of the University of Baltimore Law School.
“In addition to not being breached and earning good credit, they did this additional recovery program and were able to shorten the time,” he said, noting the dangers of criminal behavior and abuse of public trust. “Everyone involved in this case committed a serious crime that has caused incredible damage to both those immediately involved and the ability for police to do their job in Baltimore.”
Hendrix and Ward admitted to robbing citizens on multiple occasions and doing wrong overtime. An incident that includes breaking into a home without a warrant stealing cash from the safe contain $200,000 and try to cover it up on video.
Detective Hendrix’s father told WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren in 2018 that his son “made a mistake”.
“He just made a mistake.” This is the father of Baltimore Police Detective Evodio Hendrix. He talked to #WJZ after his son was sentenced to 7 years for robbery while on duty and stealing from city hours – almost twice his salary @wjz pic.twitter.com/raOMzKi4OC
– Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) June 8, 2018
Ward and Hendrix have cooperated extensively with federal prosecutors, who recommended in 2018 that they serve under the proposed guidelines. Their original sentence is half the maximum sentence.
READ MORE: New report sheds light on BPD’s Disgusted Gun Task Force
At sentencing, Ward said he was trying to move out of the GTTF before being arrested. But the lawyer leading an independent investigation into the corruption told Hellgren in January that he had difficulty getting any convicted officers to cooperate with his team and doubts whether they Do you want to apologize?
“This is an opportunity for them to help everyone, including their colleagues in the police department, the public, and the Baltimore community. Why did they do what they did? And they decided to pass it along, so you have to wonder if they really apologized in the end.” Investigator Michael Bromwich speak.
The report states: “We were unsuccessful in obtaining the cooperation of any member of the GTTF. Despite sincere apologies to the BPD and the community at the time of their convictions, these former GTTF members refused to support those apologies with meaningful contributions that could help the BPD and its members. Members draw lessons from their personal experiences. We were assisted by one of the prosecuted non-GTTF members, Victor Rivera, who was our complete partner and the source of considerable insight into individual corruption. multiply him and how it started. “
Superintendent of GTTF, former Sgt. Wayne Jenkins, received the harshest sentence of 25 years in prison.
“He was much more interested in having a film producer come and sit with us for the interview,” Bromwich said. “A guy who claims to be a representative of Jenkins – who is not an attorney and is essentially one of his old inmates – has been pulling this out for over a year. And so I don’t think Jenkins has ever been particularly sincere in conducting the interview according to our ground rules. “
MORE NEWS: Responding to the GTTF Report, Harrison said the BPD has implemented many of the proposed reforms, will implement other reforms
The report makes several recommendations to the BPD on training and transparency to prevent similar corruption in the future. “This is a deep problem that won’t go away easily and it will require a lot of constant and steady attention for us to make progress,” said Prof Jaros.
https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2022/02/28/early-release-for-two-former-detectives-convicted-in-baltimore-gttf-police-corruption-scandal/ Early release of two former detectives convicted in GTTF police corruption scandal in Baltimore – CBS Baltimore