The HP c640 Chromebook and Lenovo Flex 5G can be considered transitional products as we move from our current model of desktop computing to the eventual model of cloud computing that is our projected future. Both products are advanced models, taking into account the learnings from the last three to five years on both Google’s and Microsoft’s attempts to embrace our eventual cloud future. In addition–and I find this fascinating–both products have adapted somewhat discarded methods from each other to get there.
For instance, Chromebooks started on ARM chips and were penalized for performance, while the traditional Windows-based notebook has long been criticized for battery life and WAN connectivity. The HP c640 has an Intel processor, and the i7 version I have is no performance slouch, the Lenovo Fex 5G is ARM-based has a whopping 25 hours of battery life and that 5G WAN connection.
Let’s contrast these two very different products that are both targeting similar opportunities.
The HP Pro c640 vs. Lenovo Flex 5G: Performance Appliance vs. Connected PC
In some ways, I look at both these products and wonder if their respective companies mixed up their offerings’ core requirements. But this kind of seeming confusion is often what happens when the industry is attempting to pivot to a new model by using existing technology. Because the cloud side of this solution isn’t fully cooked yet, those building the client hardware are struggling with the related requirements.
As a result, we have a high-performance Chromebook that isn’t always connected and a relatively low-performance laptop that is. Today’s world doesn’t yet have 5G fully deployed, and the cloud portion of the solution isn’t fully cooked, which drove HP to pivot its offering to the current reality. But 5G is rolling out, and VDI solutions are taking off, putting the Lenovo product more on the cutting edge and closer to where the market will go during the next decade.
This seeming inconsistency, I think, also reflects on the differences between Google and Microsoft. Google is closer to a pure-play cloud vendor, but Microsoft with Azure has a more robust cloud business offering. So both products somewhat better reflect the core technology differences of their respective platforms.
On spec, both products have 14-inch screens; both have fingerprint readers (the Lenovo will also do facial recognition, which isn’t working as well right now with mask requirements). The Lenovo has a 400-nit screen, giving it an advantage over the HP, which only has a 250-nit screen (thus the Lenovo can more easily work outside). Prices aren’t cheap for either product as configured (though you can get a Pentium-based HP for under $500) the Core i7 version I was sent to review is $1,129 while the Lenovo Flex 5G is $1,399.99.
Both products have a similar set of ports, and both have a SIM slot for memory expansion. The Lenovo comes packaged with one year of Office 365 Personal; the HP is more tied to Google applications but can run a version of Microsoft 365. Both have front-firing speakers with HP-branded B&O, and Lenovo branded Dolby Atmos (Bang and Olufsen is arguably better for music and Dolby Atmos for streaming movies). I use headphones when I’m listening to anything on a notebook, so I don’t drive folks near me nuts. But both solutions should be exceptional for those who use laptop speakers more than I do.
The Ideal Buyer
Even though both of these products are bridge products to the cloud future, the ideal buyer for both is very different. The HP buyer likes the idea of a regular laptop computer but would rather have Chrome than Windows.
The HP Pro c640 is an excellent notebook computer that runs Chrome, so clearly, it’s not for a Microsoft shop. This notebook is for someone who is mobile but mostly works inside and needs laptop-level performance for what they do (if they don’t need the i7 performance, they can save a lot by buying the Pentium, i3 or i5 versions instead).
The Lenovo Flex 5G is for someone who loves the idea of a Chromebook but wants Windows. They desire to be able to work outside, at least occasionally, are often nowhere near a power plug (or want to leave the charger behind), and they are doing local light work and a lot of work using VDI or some other connected technology. I should add that this product becomes much more attractive if the user is in an area that has upgraded to 5G. And, finally, this product would perform best in Microsoft shops.
Wrapping Up: Which is better?
This question is kind of like asking: Which is better, the Corvette C8 or the Tesla S; both are fantastic cars, but they address very different needs and requirements. It comes down to what your core need is. The HP addresses the core need for an enterprise that wants both a Chrome appliance and a more traditional and secure laptop experience. On the other hand, Lenovo better addresses the need for an enterprise that wants a Windows laptop that has a crap ton of battery life that is always connected and is very aggressive with remote or cloud apps.
Both of these products are on the path to the cloud future. They are simply taking very different paths, one closer to Google, the other closer to Microsoft, to get there, and both represent state of the art on their respective paths.
Rob Enderle is a principal at Enderle Group. He is a nationally recognized analyst and a longtime contributor to QuinStreet publications and Pund-IT.


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If you like dreamy post-rock, “Shimmer” is here for all your atmospheric indie needs. This PHX band keeps the soundscape hazy in proper shoegaze style, but Dovi adds in nebulous vocal layers to keep things on an astral plane. I’m definitely down for the disembodied feel of “Shimmer” by Dovi. This single marks just the first sampling of the band’s forthcoming LP so make sure you smash those like/follow buttons for Dovi on your preferred platform to stay current on that release. And, for our local readers, you can catch Dovi live next month at The Trunk Space with Cross Record and Justin Moody (another YabYum lo-fi favorite).
Bandits on the Run
Bandits on the Run is a three-piece act from Brooklyn, but their sound seems to draw from both Americana and Eastern European folk roots. The trio honed their “folky-rocky-rootsy-romantic sound” playing NYC metro stations before launching a successful Kickstarter campaign to finance their first album. However you want to describe the earthy-urban sound of Bandits on the Run, “Potted Plant” is a song that I can’t seem to hear enough. I’m guessing many of you will feel the same so give it a spin right here. And then head of to the band’s Spotify or Bandcamp page to hear their very latest track, “Sweet Thing”, which just came out in July.
Hēran Soun was born deaf and only gained the ability to hear at the age of nine. And music has been a driving obsession for the Oakland-based artist ever since. “I Offer” creates a lush soundscape that doesn’t quite move and swell in the ways you might expect. Hēran Soun’s approach is minimal and precise. The layers of sound feel specific and not simply clustered for “texturing”. The result is a beautiful sonic exploration. Take the journey with Hēran Soun and “I Offer” below…
Jon Ditty & DJ Hurley
Fans of nerdcore hiphop need look no further than the musical combination of Jon Ditty & DJ Hurley for their latest earworm. These Florida-based musicians met at a freestyle open mic back in 2017 and having been working together ever since. Ditty’s lyrical prowess combined with Hurley’s sharp instrumentation seems like a match made in Heaven. Or, surprisingly, Florida. Like we just mentioned. Check out the artist Tampa’s Best of the Bay called the “Best Local Hip-Hop Act” down below. And, if you like what you’re hearing, make sure to take the new album from Jon Ditty & DJ Hurley for a spin.
The musician performing under the musical moniker Hawk Mother is a PHX-area artist known more for her efforts in the visual arts arena. But, no surprise, she had additional talents lurking behind all those jellyfish paintings and super cool patch designs. Of course, Hawk Mother is flying under the radar so we can’t direct you to additional musical offerings quite yet. You’ll just have to enjoy this lush, soft-spoken soundscape and visualizer for the “Darkness Demo” and keep your fingers crossed that more music might be waiting down the road…


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If you would’ve asked me back then who I thought I would be with for the rest of my life, hands down I would have never second-guessed my answer.
If you would have told me that same day that the man I thought was meant for me, and I was meant for, would cheat on me with his awful ex, I would have told you that you were crazy.
We used to spend all day doing everything together, cooking, studying, taking naps, trying new food, new wines, everything. I would never have thought that when I left my classes early and took that 4-hour drive to surprise you that I would see what I saw. That I would find the two of you in our bed, in our apartment.
I would never have thought that you would try to fix your mistake by proposing to me, begging me to stay because you messed up and you knew it. I would never have thought that someone I could love with all my heart would do something so terrible to me. That I would even witness the entire scene.
I definitely would never have believed that you would try to make me stay with you after what you did.
You claimed I was the one and only girl for you, but you had no problem going out with her and seeing a movie, and then dinner, and then hooking up with her.You had no problem hooking up with her in our apartment. In our bed.
A better man would have had the decency to do that in her apartment. Hell, a better man wouldn’t have done it at all. You could have had the decency to end it with me. And you could have had the balls to tell me I wasn’t what you wanted anymore.
You told me I was the one and only, so why did you do something like that to me? To us?We talked about everything; kids, marriage, buying a house together. I helped you through school, financially and emotionally. Did she do that?
And the funny part is, after years you still try to see what I am doing. You still want to know if I miss you. I’ll clear it up for you. I don’t miss you, and I don’t love you anymore.
I stopped loving you the day I saw you with her. Knowing that I wasn’t what you wanted, wasn’t enough for you, made me realize how much of a fool I was for believing that I was the girl for you.
I hope that in the future you find the girl who really is meant for you, that she helps you through everything, finding a job now that you are done with school, buying and fixing up a house. Everything.
There were highs and lows in our relationship, but the lowest is what you did.
I hope that you realize that no girl or woman deserves to see what you let me see. And I hope that one day you realize how much you messed up, and never repeat history.
I hope that you realize I would have given you the world and then some.

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The book is too girly for the screen perhaps. But Diablo could rotate it on its head. There could be several revelations if it done with good intention. But how many people will go out and watch this one is still under the radar.


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At the beginning of the 20th century, when 12-string guitars first appeared in the United States, the instruments were considered novelty items, curiosities, freaks of guitar making that were beneath the dignity of serious companies like Martin and Gibson. But when Blind Willie McTell picked up a Stella 12-string in 1927, and then basically never put it down, the instrument was suddenly legitimized.
A folk singer named Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Lead Belly, had actually made the Stella 12-string his own earlier, in 1912, but Lead Belly had so many scrapes with the law and spent so much time in prison that he wouldn’t get a chance to popularize the ringing tones of the 12-string until the 1930s and ’40s. Even then, his biggest hit, “Good Night Irene,” came after his death in 1949.
Pete Seeger and the Weavers kept the 12-string sound alive until the 1960s, when groups like the Rooftop Singers (“Walk Right In”) made it the go-to instrument on the commercial folk scene. Gibson was ready with its B-45 in 1961 and its B-25 in 1962, while Martin got on board a bit later with its D12-20 in 1964 and D12-35 in 1965.
The loudest noise in 12-strings, though, was made by Rickenbacker, thanks to a custom, one-of-a-kind 12-string version of its 325 hollowbody electric guitar made in 1964 for John Lennon of the Beatles. George Harrison also became a Rickenbacker acolyte, playing his Rickenbacker 360 12-string on songs like "A Hard Day’s Night."
One musician who liked that sound a lot was Roger McGuinn of the Byrds. Reportedly, he bought a 360-12 after seeing the movie named after of the famous Beatles song. He went on to play a 12-string on one of the Byrds’ biggest hits, “Turn Turn Turn.”
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an acoustic passage between electric romps—Hector's ringing 12-string guitar channelling The Beatles-inspired harmonies on Down to Me was a highlight—and the deliberate juxtaposition of Not For Sale preceding $oul$ Going Cheap to represent two ...Read more
Paul Orwell - 'You're Nothing Special'Clash Magazine, May 28th
Opening with swampy Hammond organ chords, the track suddenly splits into a searing 12 string guitar riff and Orwell's sneering vocals. The accompany visuals have a 60s theme, echoing classic Swinging 60s flick 'Blow Up'. As the vocal intones "you're ...Read more
Summer in the Studio series opening, features up-and-coming musiciansHollandSentinel.com, May 27th
The St. Louis Riverfront Times calls Jacobs' 12-string guitar playing a “mesmerizing style,” and Livingston Taylor says Jacobs “does everything to that guitar but give it an herbal massage.” Jacobs has been covering diverse music such as gypsy, folk...Read more
Video: Lucinda Williams, Patty Griffin, Sharon Van Etten and more sing the ...NewsOK.com, May 26th
Legend has it that she left her husband behind in Oklahoma but had her banjo and 12-string guitar in tow when she arrived on Greenwich Village's burgeoning folk scene. While Guthrie has become an Oklahoma icon, Dalton is more of an Oklahoma enigma...Read more
James Blackshaw: Best Hand ForwardPremier Guitar, May 25th
By the time he released his second album, 2004's Celeste, Blackshaw had picked up the 12-string guitar and begun to explore gradually unfurling, longer-form pieces with suggestions of raga and British liturgical music, a direction he'd follow on Lost...Read more
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The Oyo State Government, on Wednesday, released new guidelines for the opening of schools in the state.
The state government announced various measures that were in place to prevent the spread of coronavirus in schools.
Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Honourable Olasunkanmi Olaleye, disclosed that various trainings have been given to categories of school heads, principals and teachers on how to monitor and report any sign of illness that showed symptoms of Covid-19 to the authority.
Olaleye said the State has set up Emergency Operation Centers (EOCs) in the State capital and at zonal levels and as well as appointed Incident Managers for each school who will report any emergency directly to the EOCs through special communication lines.
He went further to state that each class would have a Warder whose obligation is to relate with the Incident Managers on his or her observations.
Among the measures were the compulsory hand-washing points at the school entrances and at the entrance of each classroom as well as alcohol-based sanitizer for the use of students and teachers.
“Throughout last week, what we have been doing was to train school heads and teachers of public and private schools, preparing them for this task of taking firm control of preventing the spread of Covid-19 into our schools as we resume.
“Each school has been mandated to strictly enforce social distancing and observe other protocols against Covid-19 among teachers and students as laid down by NCDC.
“Students are to come to school with their facemasks and follow instructions on the guidelines from the management, these are imperative the government cannot lock down forever and education is an aspect of life that should not be allowed to suffer backwardness.
“I can boldly tell you that with these measures in place, the children are safer with us in school than even many homes, imagine situations whereby students are asked to go to private lessons that provided no safety measure, many follow their parents to the market and workplaces where the possibility of contracting the virus is high, so they are rather better kept at school than home,” he observed.
Olasunkanmi said the fear being exercised by the general public over the resumption was appreciated by the government, as it had helped the administration to still go deeply into keeping to stringent measures to avert the spread of the virus.
Buhari raises committee to address 13 million out-of-school children challenge
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs to lead the deployment of a National Plan to address the issue of out-of-school children in Nigeria.
He inaugurated the 18-member Presidential Steering Committee on Alternate School Programme (ASP) on Tuesday in Abuja.
The team is co-chaired by the Ministers of Humanitarian Affairs and Education.
Buhari stated that it was unacceptable to see children abandoning formal school to engage in menial jobs and child labour in the markets, streets and workshops.
The President cited United Nations agencies’ report of out of school children estimated at 13 million.
He said the National Plan would ensure holistic and comprehensive inclusiveness of appropriate basic education for vulnerable children.
He directed that emphasis be given to first provide a limited scope of subjects in Mathematics, English language, Basic Science and Social studies.
Buhari said gradually, the initiative would be scaled up to ensure the acquisition of relevant technical skills in the process that can enable the beneficiaries to participate in gainful economic activities.
The President reiterated the commitment of the Federal Government to deal with key challenges of absolute poverty and propel Nigeria and Nigerians to a better way of life and development.
Other ASP members are Chairman, Northern Governors’ Forum; Minister of State, Budget and National Planning; Minister of State, Education; Senior Special Assistant to the President, Sustainable Development Goals; Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC); Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), National President, Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON).
The rest are Representative, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); Representative, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF); Representative, Global Partnership for Education; Chair, Private Sector Advisory Group – SDGs; Chair, Civil Society Coalition on Sustainable Development; Chair, Senate Committee on Basic Education; Chair, House Committee on Basic Education.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs will serve as Secretary.
NECO announces new date for 2020 SSCE examination
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has fixed new dates for the 2020 SSCE examination.
The exam body in a statement released by Head, Information and Public Relations Division, Azeez Sani, on Tuesday said the decision was taken following requests by candidates to be given more time to complete their registration process for the 2020 SSCE (External).
The statement said that the examination which was earlier scheduled to commence on Monday 1st February, 2021 and end on Wednesday 3rd March, 2021 will now start on Monday, 8th February, 2021 and end on Wednesday 10th March, 2021.
“The Council hereby informs those candidates, who missed some papers during the 2020 SSCE (Internal) due to the ENDSARS protests in some states, to take note of these new dates and report for the examination accordingly at their various examination centers.
“All candidates are advised to access the revised Examination Time Table on the Council’s website.
“All candidates, stakeholders and the general public are to take note of the above information,” the statement said.

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On Sunday, the Albanian government launched an online platform where earthquake victims can apply for compensation from government’s reconstruction program following the deadly November 26 earthquake two months ago.
Minister for Reconstruction Arben Ahmetaj explained that local officials will be responsible of having all earthquake victims apply online for compensation, based on their self-declaration on damages. Civil servants will have to help victims compile all documents and then complete the online application together in municipality offices. The online platform will be open for 30 days, starting from January 29.
Before leaving to Berlin to meet with Chancellor Merkel and discuss the Donors’ Conference for Albania, Prime Minister Edi Rama stated in during the event that the reconstruction program will be funded through government budget, Donors’ Conference and other “new policy alternatives and financial operations”.
It was not immediately clear what exactly Rama meant by the latter, however he assured the public that the government will not rely on international donations only. “We are not expecting billions from the Donors’ Conference but an extra amount for reconstruction,” he said.
He then warned public officials against abusing their power during reconstruction, saying they were under covert monitoring. Rama invited the opposition to denounce cases of abuse. “I invite the opposition to go out there and scream out when they find any case of abuse by any individual. I invite them to deafen us with fake news, as they’ve done in the past, and among their fake news we will try to find bits of truth to address them,” Rama said.
Opposition leader Lulzim Basha reacted in a Facebook post by reminding the public that the deaths of 24 people in Thumane under the rubble were “state crime” that had not been investigated by the “political prosecution that defends Dako and Bushi on Edi Rama’s orders.”
Opposition accuses former Durres Mayor Vangjush Dako and Kruja Mayor Artur Bushi are accused of corruption and abuse of power in issuing construction permits. It claims that after a previous earthquake in September, the Municipality of Kruja falsely assured inhabitants of two apartment blocks in Thumane that their houses were same. In November, both blocks collapsed killing 24 people.
Basha also stated that the government had not taken any measures to helps affected businesses in Durres and it did not cancel concession contracts worth €150 million and use the money to shelter earthquake victims.

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Albarran's Mexican Bar & Grill to open Tuesday
An Amarillo-based, two-story Tex-Mex restaurant is ready to open its doors in Southwest Lubbock.
Albarran's Mexican Bar & Grill is set to open at 11 a.m. Tuesday at 7722 Milwaukee Ave. The Lubbock Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new restaurant on Monday afternoon.
Jorge Albarran, owner of Albarran's Mexican Bar & Grill, started his career in the restaurant industry busing tables about 25 years ago, after his family moved from Acapulco, Mexico, to Amarillo.
Albarran worked his way up to a bar manager, and then to a caterer, which led him to open Jorge's Mexican Bar & Grill in Amarillo in 2004.
Albarran decided to open the new 13,000-square-foot Lubbock restaurant because of his love for the Hub City.
"I've always loved Lubbock and Texas Tech," Albarran said. "I owned the land for about two years. I was waiting on the right time to start building and finally we got it done."
Albarran's Mexican Bar & Grill can seat about 400 guests and includes a bar with several TVs, and a large patio-area.
"Come and see this," Albarran said. "It's a nice and beautiful atmosphere in this building. We have lots of TVs to watch any game."
Albarran also said he hired more than 100 employees to help run the new restaurant.
Albarran's wife, Paola, said the restaurant is family-oriented and offers home-made-style dishes.
"Jorge is the owner, his sister is the manager, his dad makes the chips and his mom makes the tortillas," she said. "It feels like you are eating at home - that's what makes us different. We have the best Tex-Mex food. There are chimichangas, enchiladas and chile rellenos."
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Divided Congress takes up an Ivanka Trump signature issue: paid family leave
WASHINGTON – Democrats, Republicans and the White Houseall agreethat parents should get paid leave from their jobsto care for a new baby. They just differon what a federal policy should look like and who should pay for it.
The Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee will hold its first hearing on family and medical leave on Wednesday at 10 a.m.Republicans and Democrats on the committee told USA TODAYthey were pleased the conversation was happening, even if the path toward bipartisan legislation is far from clear in a Congress that is deeply polarized on a wide range of other issues.
Paid family leave has long been a priority for Democrats who took control of the House in January. Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump'sdaughter and a senior White House adviser, has made it a signature issue. Several Republicans, including Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida andSen. Joni Ernst of Iowa, are pushing family leave proposals.
Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla, a member of the Ways and Means Committee, said she's "always optimistic" about the chances of finding common ground.
"If it is true, if (Republicans) are genuine about their desire to support families then we should be able to find some middle ground on policy to help address this issue and move this country forward," Murphy said.
Rep. Jackie Walorski of Indiana, one of Murphy's Republican colleagues onWays and Means,said she was "very optimistic" about Wednesday's hearing, even though she acknowledged that the two sides favor different types of solutions.
"I think this is good movement. I think this dialogue is what Americans want to hear is that our two parties are going to come together and we’re going tofigure out a way to make this work," she said.
Ivanka Trump's push
Ivanka Trump hasmet with more than 60 lawmakers on both sides of the aisle about family leave, according to a White House official.Walorski met with her last week.
On Tuesday, she shareda Time magazine article about it on Twitter that included side-by-side images of her, Rubio and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a New York Democrat,2020 presidential candidate andvocal supporter of family leave.
"We’re not looking for a messaging bill, but working in earnest to develop bipartisan #PaidFamilyLeave policy that can garner the votes to be passed into law...and we’re making real progress towards that goal!" Ivanka Trump tweeted.
From the Trump administration: Ivanka Trump teams up with conservatives to push Democratic themes
More bipartisan opportunities: What else can Congress agree on?
Donald Trump's last three budget proposals havecalled for six weeks of leave formothers, fathers and adoptive parentsas part of the unemployment insurance program. But presidential budgets arelargely symbolic since Congress controls the purse strings.
Democrats want a broad package
More than three-quarters of the House Democratic Caucus supports The FAMILY Act, which would provide up to 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents and people with personal or family health issues, a larger group thanRepublicans are discussing. It would be funded by a shared pool built by payroll contributions made by employers and employees.
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., has put forth the bill four times,but thinks there finally could be movement:“After many years on the margins, the issue of paid family and medical leave is finally at the center of the public discourse," she said.
DeLauro said she's open to working across the aisle, but what Republicans have proposed so far won't get Democratic support.
Mariel Saez, a spokesman for Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, said the Maryland Democrat "strongly supports paid family leave" and once the Ways and Means Committee is able to vote a bill out of committee, Hoyer's office will look at scheduling it for a full vote inthe House. Any legislation would also need to pass the Senate.
Republicans say the Democratic bill would amount to a tax increase, a nonstarter.
There are multiple pieces ofGOP-sponsored legislation that would allow new parents to take time off when they have or adopt a new baby. They would then delay their Social Security benefits when they eventuallyretire.
While Ivanka Trump hasn't endorsed any piece of legislation she has spoken positively about the GOP efforts to address the issue.She also praised Sens. Bill Cassidy,a Louisiana Republican, and Kyrsten Sinema, an Arizona Democrat, for their work to find a compromise.
Contributing: Christal Hayes
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Maryland HOT lanes extension proposal by Governor Hogan
I have to admit that 10 years ago, I was much more hardcore about transit vs. cars. While I am still pretty hardcore about shifting trips from motor vehicles and supporting the sustainable mobility platform, the reality is that the transportation system is a system and it's best to approach it in that fashion, rather than to be almost exclusively focused on one particular mode.
From the standpoint of a multi-modal transportation system functioning at multiple scales--and in the case of freeways at multi-state, regional, and metropolitan scales--I can see the utility of adding roads, recognizing that in the US transportation system motor vehicle use is privileged and we must fight to ensure that sustainable modes are prioritized and at the very least, simultaneously addressed when major road projects are proposed.
Besides the scale at which various proposals need to be considered, what needs to be focused on in such proposals is the land use context, whether the project extends "sprawl," AND complementary mobility network improvements, especially in terms of other modes.
One of the best ways to "expand capacity of the road network" is to shift trips from cars to transit and biking, and walking. Even marginal drops in traffic of 5% to 10% can result in significant capacity and throughput improvements.
But what happens is that the throughput improvement leads people to make more trips, ultimately using up the capacity. This is why many smart growth advocates talk about "induced demand" and argue that adding roadway capacity just gets "used up," so why bother? It's also why some economists argue for tolls, so that there are costs associated with taking trips, and therefore capacity is less likely to be absorbed "frivolously."
-- "What’s Up With That: Building Bigger Roads Actually Makes Traffic Worse," Wired Magazine
-- "Some Like It HOT: High-occupancy toll lanes work best on high-traffic roads. Without congestion, drivers have little incentive to pay the toll<," Brookings Institution, 2002
$9 billion highway project would widen 3 major Maryland roadways with toll lanes, Hogan says," Baltimore Sun).
From the article:
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday proposed a $9 billion plan to add express toll lanes to the routes of three of Maryland’s most congested highways — the Interstate 495 Capital Beltway, the I-270 spur connecting Frederick to D.C., and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway between the two cities. ...
The highway expansions would add two express toll lanes each way to roughly 100 miles of roadways in Maryland’s densely populated central region. Existing lanes on each road would remain free to drivers.
The massive undertaking involves persuading the federal government to give the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, now controlled by the National Park Service, to the Maryland Transportation Authority.
The price tag for the Baltimore-Washington Parkway would be $1.4 billion. It’s dwarfed by the size of the combined $7.6 billion project to widen I-495 and I-270. Those new lanes would be built and maintained by private companies through public-private partnerships, or PPPs, in what the governor said would be the largest highway public-private partnerships in North America.
The argument is that the public sector can't afford to add capacity on its own and that the addition, even if less democratic because people have to pay to use it, leads to throughput capacity improvements for all the lanes.
These arrangements are called "public-private partnerships," but I don't think they meet the definition of a partnership. They are contractual and financing agreements guided completely by contract provisions. The contracts are difficult to change. There isn't a sense of mutuality.
In short, the state is desperate for someone else to pay for road expansion, and the operator wants to maximize their financial return. The party with money has more power and advantages within the relationship.
There can be problems with HOT lanes in terms of how to get scofflaws to pay and public oversight of the process of penalizing non-payers.
One advantage of HOT lanes is that they tend to be well run in terms of maintenance and "accident clearance," because of performance standards within the contract.
Sometimes, because use projections have been too robust, the projects go into bankruptcy, and either the project is refinanced, acquired by another operator, or sometimes acquired by the public sector.
HOT lanes are big in Virginia. The are expanding in the I-95 corridor and will be extended to the I-66 corridor (66 Express Lanes website).
They function in Northern Baltimore too, on I-95, where they are run by the state ("I-95 toll lanes set to open north of Baltimore," Washington Post), but it isn't clear that the system needed the capacity expansion as much as they were a political priority of the Ehrlich Administration, which also approved the creation of the Inter County Corridor toll road in Northern Montgomery and Prince George's Counties.
There have been some complaints, which I think are reasonable, that the HOT lanes for 495 in Virginia would work better if they were integrated with Maryland roads.
Definitely that makes sense for the I-270 corridor, which needs a broader corridor management approach as I wrote about last year ("Transportation network interruptions as an opportunity: Part 2" and "Transportation network service interruptions part 3: corridor/commute shed management for Northwest DC and Montgomery County, Maryland"), but I argued that if HOT lanes were extended to I-495/American Legion Bridge and I-270, they should be accompanied by simultaneous transit improvements.
Along those lines, I came across an article about the integration of toll lanes in the SR-91 corridor--a corridor management plan--for both Orange and Riverside Counties. The toll lanes started out in Orange County, but were extended by Riverside County for 8 miles, to better manage the road resource and add capacity ("91 Express Lanes in Orange County paved way for new toll lanes opening Monday in Riverside," Orange County Register).
While each county will keep the tolls it collects, the lanes are managed and operated jointly across the two counties. This is a big deal because such agreements typically are handled by "joint powers authorities" operating at a multi-county scale.
My concerns about the Maryland "Traffic Relief Plan"
1. The road expansion proposals are mode-specific and aren't part of a complete and integrated multi-modal proposal.
Atlantic Gateway project ("What to expect from Virginia's Atlantic Gateway projects," Washington Post) is a good example of what is missing in the Maryland proposal.
Maryland is proposing roadway expansion only. While Virginia is focusing on roadway expansion, they are also working on large scale transit improvements at the metropolitan and regional scales.
Although there is justifiable criticism that transit service (long distance bus) was supposed to be included in the 495 Express Lanes project and it wasn't. (It is supposed to be a significant element of adding tolling to I-66.)
The Atlantic Gateway considers how to simultaneously improve other modes and shift trips away from the automobile when it is efficient and cost effective to do so. The Maryland HOT lanes proposal does not.
Maryland already has an expansion program for MARC, the passenger railroad system, but for the most part it isn't moving forward, with the exception of work towards extending service on the Penn Line to Delaware.
According to the Wilmington News-Journal ("Maryland trains to Newark inch closer"), either MARC could extend from Perryville to Newark, or alternatively, SEPTA could extend from Newark to Perryville. Service could start in about three years.
Lower Hudson Transit Link proposed bus service, Westchester/Rockland, New York
As another example of providing integrated transportation improvements using a corridor management approach, the new Tappan Zee Bridge in New York State, which primarily serves automobile and truck traffic, is accompanied by a program of transit and traffic improvements called the Lower Hudson Transit Link, targeting the I-287 corridor, although the new bus service connecting Westchester and Rockland Counties won't open until next year with the opening of the Bridge's second span (and the final service program will be truncated, as it originally anticipated providing service as far south as the Bronx ("Street Beat: A New Bus For A New Bridge. TZx–>LHTL," Nyack News and Views).
Light rail and MARC train, Camden Yards Station, Baltimore
MARC expansion more generally, my idea for beginning to merge the MARC and VRE systems ("A new backbone for the regional transit system: merging the MARC Penn and VRE Fredericksburg Lines"), and ideas expressed in this post, "Setting the stage for the Purple Line light rail line to be an overwhelming success: Part 2 | proposed parallel improvements across the transit network," proposing complementary transit network improvements simultaneous with the creation of the Purple Line light rail line are the kinds of things missing from the Maryland
2. Too much money sloshing around in financial markets favors HOT lane projects.
Because there is a lot of money out there to finance toll projects, these kinds of road construction projects ends up making states like Maryland more focused on expanding roads, rather than considering road expansions as part of a broader set of transportation system improvements, including long distance transit (railroad and commuter bus), medium distance transit (subway, light rail, bus), and short distance transit.
Separately, this problem, the availability of financing and revenue generating capability driving transportation "planning," is endemic to the various proposals by the Trump Administration for investment in "infrastructure" ("The Many Problems With Donald Trump's Infrastructure Plan," Newsweek Magazine).
3. There's no way that Maryland will be able to negotiate an agreement with the Federal Government/NPS on a short time frame to be able to get control of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway.
The Baltimore-Washington Parkway is owned and operated by the National Park Service. NPS doesn't willingly give up programs, especially when the change is likely to be accompanied by changes that aren't congruent with natural resource preservation, conservation, and management principles.
Even in situations where the federal government wants to give up property, it takes years. For example it took about 5-6 years to transfer the deaccessioned Walter Reed Army Medical Center to the DC Government.
Although various proposals over the decades have put forth transferring the road to the State of Maryland, but for various reasons such a change was never consummated. Similarly, issues concerning the Parkway and various use matters have been top of mind for awhile ("B-W Parkway Upgrades: How, When?: NPS, FMA Discuss," BizMonthly), including a proposal to widen the road initiated by a Baltimore-area Congressman, Dutch Ruppersberger ("Plan to widen BW Parkway concerns local officials," Washington Examiner).
The announcement by Governor Hogan wrt the Parkway illustrates that such initiatives tend to have very long histories.
4. However, it would be a good idea for NPS to get out of the road operation business.
First and foremost, the National Park Service should be focused on park management and operations. While parkways in the Washington-Baltimore area run by the NPS do connect various park installations, for the most part these roads serve transportation purposes. Roadway operation that is not park related diverts scarce funds from parks.
It would be better for NPS to give up financial responsibility for this and other parkways in the DC-Baltimore area, and reprogram monies spent on these roads to other NPS priorities, given their gargantuan maintenance backlog. See the 2016 blog entry, "The National Park Service shouldn't be on the hook for basic roadway infrastructure in the Washington Metropolitan Area."
5. The parkway is a particular type of long distance road treatment that is "park like" in conception. Adding HOT lanes to the Baltimore Washington Parkway completely changes its context, negatively.
There's something to be said for roads that aren't "traffic sewers," that are park-like. For example, according to a History of Pelham Parkway in the Bronx borough of New York City:
The parkway is lined with trees on both sides and had a strict building code. Nobody was allowed to build within 150 feet of the center. No railroads were allowed to cross over the parkway; this is why the roadbed of the New Haven Railroad had to be laid in a tunnel underneath the parkway which is now the Dyre Avenue subway line. Bars and hotels are also prohibited from being built alongside the parkway.
It would be a shame to lose the park-like elements of the BWI Parkway. Although granted, it can be full of cars now and isn't the kind of experience that was intended by the parkway's creators.
While there are many "parkways" that are freeway-like in terms of the volume of traffic, they are still park-like in design. I doubt there are any HOT lane projects with a parkway-like design, and I can't imagine that is a concern of the Hogan Administration.
If NPS would even agree to the change, if Maryland were to take this road over and change its context, in return significant mitigation benefits in terms of park and transportation system (bikeways and trails and transit improvements especially) should be provided, something that is unlikely to be received warmly by the Hogan Administration.
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Catholic statists (including the Pope), like to lecture about “just” wages while they all but ignore issues that are a) real, b) causing great harm to families and c) can be fixed without violating Catholic doctrines on subsidiarity and private property rights. Mention this uncomfortable truth and you’ll be cursed, libeled and then blocked (as I was by Comrade Shea over the weekend).
If you are a Catholic (or even just a person of goodwill) and you are interested in practical ways to fix economic inequalities, why not start with the single largest real threat to wages and private property?
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In 1970, S. Korea and Venezuela had a similar GDP. Venezuela had a huge advantage: the largest oil reserves in the world. But while S. Korea embraced capitalism, Venezuela embraced socialism. Korea is an economic miracle and Venezuelans are literally starving to death.… Read the rest
President Cleveland created Labor Day on June 28, 1894 in an attempt to quell a strike by 150,000 railroad workers that had crippled the country’s economy. The striking laborers refused to go back to work and eventually clashed with federal troops. Their leader, Eugene Debs, was sent to prison, where he eventually became a Marxist.
The common ideology of the unions and the socialists made for a profitable long-term alliance. Each sought to overthrow the existing order, each proclaimed an entitlement to the property of others, and each was quick to resort to violence when lawful means were unproductive. Within two years of the institution of Labor Day, a quarter of a million workers in Chicago walked off their jobs, demanding a shorter work week (but the same pay). As so many strikes do, this one resulted in violence when police attempting to disperse the crowd at the Haymarket Square were attacked with a dynamite bomb. Seven police officers were killed. They would be the first victims of the new century of union, socialist violence.
The unions have long cultivated the myth that their reason for existence is the promotion of workers’ rights, but from their earliest days the opposite has been true. Shortly after the Civil War, as black Americans flooded northern industrial areas in search of jobs, labor unions such as The Brotherhood of Railroad Firemen and Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen prohibited the admission of black members. They also banned Catholics. Consequently, the railroads employed almost exclusively white … Read the rest

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Subject: bill knapp chicken and biscuits
Date: 2/11/2021, 12:19 PM
On 2/11/2021 2:12 AM, Russell wrote:
I am looking for bill knapp chicken and biscuits recipe
I have searched for this several times(including today), but I have never been able to find
a recipe for "Bill Knapp's Chicken and Biscuits".
I do have two recipes for Bill Knapp's biscuits on these pages:
A former Bill Knapp's employee told me this: 6-17-2013
The gravy came from the commissary but was essentially what you can get at a store in a jar.
For the Fricassee (chicken and biscuits is the same thing) all you do is add precooked diced
chicken to the gravy and heat.
It appears that he's saying that the "Biscuits and Gravy" was just the "Chicken Fricassee" served
over biscuits. I have not been able to find a recipe for "Bill Knapp's Chicken Fricassee", but he
says that it was just the gravy that was made at the Bill Knapp's Commissary with chopped, pre-cooked
chicken added to it. He also says that the gravy was very much like the chicken gravy that you can
buy in a jar at the supermarket.
So, you should be able to make something very much like Bill Knapp's Chicken and Biscuits by simply
1)Using one of the linked recipes above, make the biscuits.
2)Take your own roasted chicken or a rotisserie chicken from the grocery, chop up the meat(I'd use breast meat.)
3)In a pan, mix the chopped chicken meat with a jar of chicken gravy. Heat and season to your liking.
4)Split and butter the biscuits while hot and spoon the hot chicken and gravy mixture over them.
If that seems too "cobbled up", then try one of these recipes:
Old Time Chicken & Biscuits
There is a Facebook group for former employees of Bill Knapp's here, but there is not much activity on it:
Bill Knapp's Alumni
My Bill Knapp's page is here: Bill Knapp's


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Israel approves 1,100 new West Bank settlement homes: NGO
The settlement watchdog said on Thursday that approvals were given on Wednesday by a defence ministry committee authorised to oversee settlement construction.
Hagit Ofran of Peace Now said that some 352 homes received final approval, while others are at an earlier stage in the process.
A total of 1,122 housing units were advanced, including seven already existing homes given retroactive approval.
The bulk of the approvals are for settlements deep in the West Bank, said Ofran, which would need to be evacuated by Israel as part of any two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
"It's a part of the general trend that the government is doing, which is to build all over the West Bank, even more in places that Israel would need to evict, and in this way to torpedo the possibility for a two-state solution," she said.
On Tuesday, an Israeli settler was shot dead near an illegal settlement near Nablus, leading to renewed calls for further settlement building.
At least 6,742 housing projects were approved in settlements last year, the highest figure since 2013.
In December, the central committee of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's Likud party unanimously adopted a resolution urging its own elected officials "to allow free construction and the application of (Israeli) legislation to all liberated Jewish settlement areas" in the territory.
If such a text were adopted by the government, it would definitively end the "two-state solution" by making a Palestinian state impossible.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas criticised the Likud resolution and the United States' refusal to condemn Israeli "crimes against the Palestinian people".
Abbas said the vote would not have taken place without "total support" from Washington.
Israel's settlement project in the occupied territories is illegal under international law and seen by the international community as a major obstacle to peace with the Palestinians.
About 400,000 Israelis live in illegal settlements in the West Bank, a Palestinian territory occupied by Israel for 50 years.
A further 200,000 live in East Jerusalem, annexed by Israel in a move never recognised by the international community.


GREEN BAY – The Children’s Museum of Green Bay has plenty of activities left this month the entire family can enjoy!
Heather Heil with the Museum joined FOX 11’s Emily Deem on Good Day Wisconsin to talk about a Frozen Family Fun Day that is planned for this weekend!
The event will include Anna and Elsa from the movie “Frozen”! There will be plenty of activities for kids to enjoy on Sunday, August 24.
The event is from noon until 3:00 p.m.


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Hello, happy Monday to you all!
It's been a while, hasn't it? Ever since I started this blog five years ago I never stayed away from blogging for this long. Lately I've been feeling increasingly overwhelmed as there didn't seem to be enough hours in a day to finish all the tasks I planned, so this little break from social media (and my manic need to create no matter what) was just what I needed to catch up a bit.
I didn't stay away from creating for too long though. I did a lot of screen and block printing and I'm super excited about the quilt in the picture above as I only used solids and my screen printed fabric to make it. A lot more photos and a full blog post on this quilt coming just as soon as the weather cooperates :).
I'm in the process of listing some of the screen printed fabric panels in my Etsy shop, as well. I'll let you know when it all goes live (possibly this Wednesday).
And, I'm kind of obsessed with sketching these fun mushroom looking line drawings. I'm very seriously considering turning that giant one into a screen printed pillow.
Oh, and I have to show you Alice (Singer 338), the newest addition to my studio before I go. I was originally looking for a Singer Featherweight (which is quite pricey these days), so when I came across this beauty for a measly $20 at Salvation Army store, I knew she was destined to come home with me. I think there are a lot of beautifully stitched bags in our future.
Off I go, still lots of things to be done as tomorrow is my children's last day of school. I think our school district might be trying to kill off all the parents by letting the kids out so early :).
Wish me luck. Svetlana

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ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – A second woman has accused New York Governor Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment. Speaking to the New York Times, former aide Charlotte Bennett, 25, claims the Governor asked her if she was monogamous and if she had ever been with an older man.
The former health policy advisor also makes claims the 63-year-old Governor said he was “open to relationships with women in their 20s.”
On February 28, one day after Bennett’s allegations were published Cuomo released a statement in which he acknowledged that some of his actions may be: “misinterpreted as an unwanted flirtation.”
While not addressing individual incidents or allegations, Cuomo said that in the work environment, he is sometimes “playful” and makes “jokes” he thinks are funny.
The Governor admitted to teasing people: “about their personal lives, their relationships, about getting married or not getting married,” and insists he meant no offense.
He then goes on to claim he now understands he may have been “insensitive or too personal” and apologised.
“I now understand that my interactions may have been insensitive or too personal and that some of my comments, given my position, made others feel in ways I never intended. I acknowledge some of the things I have said have been misinterpreted as an unwanted flirtation. To the extent anyone felt that way, I am truly sorry about that.”Governor Andrew Cuomo
Cuomo still denies any inappropriate physical contact or making any propositions.
Politicians across both the state and country commented on the allegations after they broke on Saturday evening. Some called for the Governor to be investigated, others called for his immediate resignation. Parallels have also been drawn with Cuomo and his team’s conduct in other instances, such as the ongoing nursing home scandal.
Cuomo’s own proposed review into the new accusations was shot down by lawmakers on both sides. A second proposal: that the state Attorney General and Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals appoint an independent attorney to oversee an investigation also seems to have been rejected.
Attorney General James issued a further statement on Sunday requesting a referral with subpoena powers so her office can conduct its own investigation into the matter.
On Feb 24, Bennett posted a tweet quoting Cuomo’s initial accuser and appearing to support her claims.
In the Times article, Bennett claims to have initially gotten along well with Governor Cuomo, looked at him as a “father figure” and bonded over things like their mutual connection with Westchester County. Cuomo had even pointed out that Bennett “played middle-school soccer against one of his daughters” who is a similar age.
It says that initially, Cuomo asked questions about Bennett’s “dating life” that “seemed inappropriate but not necessarily unmanageable.”
The topics of conversation eventually moved on to whether Bennett “was monogamous in her relationships” and “had ever had sex with older men.” the Times said.
References Cuomo allegedly made to age differences in relationships are recurrent throughout the story.
Governor Cuomo’s response
In response to the article, Governor Cuomo issued a statement calling Ms. Bennett “a hardworking and valued member of our team during COVID” and saying she has “every right to speak out.”
Cuomo says he tried to be supportive of Ms. Bennett when she opened up to him about being a sexual assault survivor and its effects on her. He also claims he attempted to be “a mentor to her” and denies making any advances or intention of acting inappropriately.
He goes on to ask people to await the findings of a review into his conduct before making any judgement.
Governor Cuomo’s full statement is as follows:
“Ms. Bennett was a hardworking and valued member of our team during COVID. She has every right to speak out.
When she came to me and opened up about being a sexual assault survivor and how it shaped her and her ongoing efforts to create an organization that empowered her voice to help other survivors, I tried to be supportive and helpful. Ms. Bennett’s initial impression was right: I was trying to be a mentor to her. I never made advances toward Ms. Bennett nor did I ever intend to act in any way that was inappropriate. The last thing I would ever have wanted was to make her feel any of the things that are being reported.
This situation cannot and should not be resolved in the press; I believe the best way to get to the truth is through a full and thorough outside review and I am directing all state employees to comply with that effort. I ask all New Yorkers to await the findings of the review so that they know the facts before making any judgements. I will have no further comment until the review has concluded.”Governor Andrew Cuomo
Review into the Governor’s conduct
Former federal judge Barbara Jones, who was appointed to the bench in 1995 by President Bill Clinton, was Governor Cuomo’s initial choice to head a review into the allegations made by Bennett.
However, officials were quick to cast doubt on Judge Jones’ fitness to lead the investigation. Her connection with Cuomo, mainly through her links with Steve Cohen who was once the Governor’s most senior advisor, were flagged as a potential conflict of interest.
Chair of the Senate Ethics and Internal Governance Committee, Alessandra Biaggi, said:
“The current review, arranged by the Governor’s team and overseen by an individual who has a work history with his close associates, does not meet any standard of independence.”
State Senator Joseph Griffo also highlighted her “former association with Steve Cohen” as an issue.
The Governor has acknowledged the need for an outside review. However, the administration’s selection of former federal Judge Barbara Jones, who has an excellent reputation and is highly respected, but with a former association with Steve Cohen, former secretary and most recent defender of the Governor, could obfuscate the issue especially when there are bipartisan calls for a true independent investigation.”Sen. Joseph Griffo, (R) NY 47th District
Following the criticism, Beth Garvey issued a second statement claiming they had selected Judge Jones: “with a stellar record for qualifications and integrity” but now want to avoid “even the perception of a lack of independence or inference of politics.”
The Governor’s office has now asked Attorney General James and the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals to jointly select an “independent and qualified lawyer in private practice without political affiliation” to conduct the review into the allegations against Cuomo.
Garvey said all members of the Governor’s office will co-operate fully with the investigation.
Attorney General James has also requested a referral including subpoena powers from the Governor so she can “oversee that investigation and make any appointments necessary.”
The Attorney General went on to release a subsequent statement, making it clear she rejects the Governor’s proposal of an investigation headed by an independent attorney.
Attorney General James says her office has the authority to investigate the matter once the Governor provides a referral.
“To clarify, I do not accept the Governor’s proposal. The state’s Executive Law clearly gives my office the authority to investigate this matter once the Governor provides a referral. While I have deep respect for Chief Judge DiFiore, I am the duly elected Attorney General and it is my responsibility to carry out this task, per Executive Law.
The Governor must provide this referral so an independent investigation with subpoena power can be conducted.”Attorney General Letitia James
On Sunday, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released a statement backing the Attorney General’s request to lead the investigation.
“These allegations are serious and deeply concerning. As requested by Attorney General James, the matter should be referred to her office so that she can conduct a transparent, independent and thorough investigation with subpoena power.”Kirsten Gillibrand
In response to Attorney General James the Governor’s Special Counsel Beth Garvey again claimed the Governor’s office wants a “thorough and independent” review. Garvey says the private lawyer will “be legally designated as a Special Independent Deputy Attorney General and granted all powers provided under Section 63(8) of the Executive Law.”
“The Governor’s office wants a thorough and independent review that is above reproach and beyond political interference.
Therefore, the Governor’s office has asked Attorney General Tish James to select a qualified private lawyer to do an independent review of allegations of sexual harassment. The independent lawyer will be legally designated as a Special Independent Deputy Attorney General and granted all powers provided under Section 63(8) of the Executive Law.
As necessary, other lawyers from the appointed lawyer’s firm shall be similarly designated to assist in the review. The lawyer shall report publicly their findings. The Governor’s office will voluntarily cooperate fully.”Beth Garvey
The Attorney General then released a statement in response to the Governor announcing he would grant her request for a referral to investigate allegations of sexual harassment.
James did add that they will hire and deputize a law firm but argues the referral should be made “solely to the attorney general’s office”
“We expect to receive a 63(8) referral with subpoena power to investigate allegations of sexual harassment against the governor, in line with our demands and New York state law. The referral would be made solely to the Attorney General’s office. This is not a responsibility we take lightly. We will hire a law firm, deputize them as attorneys of our office, and oversee a rigorous and independent investigation.”Attorney General Letitia James
In early June, Bennett had a meeting with Cuomo’s chief of staff, Jill DesRosiers where she recounted her interactions with the Governor.
Bennett claims DesRosiers said: “How can we do this?, referring to her either staying in the executive branch or moving to another part of state government.
Two days after the meeting, Bennett was told she would be transferred to a new job in a different part of the state Capitol.
Bennett said two months into the new job, she met with Cuomo’s special advisor Judith Mogul and repeated her claims before eventually deciding to “let this go and move on.”
She eventually left state government altogether in fall 2020.
Senior advisor and special counsel to the Governor Beth Garvey acknowledged both the complaint and the transfer had occurred. Garvey issued a statement on how the administration initially handled Bennett’s concerns.
She said: “were treated with sensitivity and respect and in accordance with applicable law and policy.”
She goes on to claim Bennett was transferred by request to a “position in which she had expressed a long-standing interest” when the matter was escalated.
The statement claims that during a thorough debriefing “on the facts”, Bennett made no claims of physical contact or inappropriate sexual conduct.
“The determination reached based on the information Ms Bennett provided was that no further action was required which was consistent with Ms Bennett’s wishes.”Beth Garvey, Senior Advisor and Special Counsel to the Governor
Garvey also added that: “There are no limits on the scope of Judge Jones’ review.”
Initial sexual harassment allegations
On February 24, another former aide, Lindsey Boylan, published an article detailing the alleged sexual harassment she suffered while working under Andrew Cuomo. The article expanded on the claims she made against The Governor in December 2020.
Boylan says her career was strained by the inappropriate treatment, which extended to other women in the government of New York. She also claims to have faced hostility from members of Cuomo’s senior team when she “spoke up for herself.”
Following the second accusations, Boylan tweeted the message “you are not going to destroy or derail any more lives” at the Governor’s account.
Several hours later, Boylan tweeted again saying:
“Andrew Cuomo wouldn’t understand the concept of mentorship if it punched him in the face. He grooms women to feel like they have no way out. That’s the training he does.”
Similarities with other allegations
Similarities between Boylan and Bennett’s accusations mainly center on the language the Governor used when speaking to the women.
Boylan opens the post she made on February 24 with a suggestion Governor Cuomo allegedly made that they “play strip poker.”
Bennett’s accusations center around a variety of times the Governor allegedly made lewd or suggestive comments to her.
Boylan directly talked about being uncomfortable being left alone with the Governor, writing:
“I worried that I would be left alone with the Governor. I didn’t know why I was there. Or how it would end.”
Whereas The New York Times claims Bennett described her move to a new role following her transfer as: “still with the administration, but just not interacting with him.”
A key difference is, Boylan described the Governor repeatedly engaging in physical contact with her including: “kissing her on the lips” and going “out of his way” to touch her “lower back, arms and legs.” Conversely, Bennett told the New York Times that “Cuomo never tried to touch her.”
Boylan’s claims that member’s of Cuomo and his team’s use aggressive tactics to suppress people speaking out against the Governor’s conduct have also been paralleled by a number of political figures during the ongoing nursing home scandal. Bill De Blasio, Assemblyman Ron Kim, and Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin are among those accusing the Governor’s team of attempting to intimidate them.
Response from lawmakers
New York State political figures have been quick to respond to the new accusations. Some expressed support for the women making the accusations directly, while others addressed victims as a group. Calls for action ranged between bipartisan support for a review into Cuomo’s conduct, to demands for his immediate resignation.
Congresswoman Elise Stefanik issued a hard-hitting statement describing Cuomo as a “criminal sexual predator” and calling for his immediate resignation. The Congresswoman goes on to say:
“Governor Cuomo’s sickening workplace sexual harassment and grooming of Ms. Bennett is so horrific it makes your skin crawl.”
Lawler says the new accusation is “consistent” with the previous one, and suggests it “reveals predatory sexual behavior on the part of the Governor.”
“It takes bravery and courage for victims to come forward with their horrific experiences facing sexual harassment, sexual grooming, and sexual abuse from Governor Cuomo. Governor Cuomo is a criminal sexual predator and he must immediately resign.
I was one of the first and one of the only elected officials to call on the Governor to resign on Dec 14th. Today, it’s time for other New York State leaders to grow a spine. The New York Times article recounting Governor Cuomo’s sickening workplace sexual harassment and grooming of Ms. Bennett is so horrific it makes your skin crawl.”Congresswoman Elise Stefanik
The congresswoman also tweeted criticizing the current review into the Governor’s conduct.
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez described the women’s accounts as “extremely serious and painful to read” before calling for an independent investigation.
In addition to criticizing the current review into the Governor, State senator and Chair of the Senate Ethics and Internal Governance Committee, Alessandra Biaggi, directly commended Bennett and Boylan for speaking out.
Sen. Biaggi pointed out the Governor did not deny making the alleged comments, which she described as “horrifying” and “They are the epitome of a hostile work environment.”
She also joined calls for the Governor to resign. Her full statement reads:
“The assertions against Governor Andrew M. Cuomo by Charlotte Bennett detail behavior that is unacceptable. I am especially horrified by the comments the Governor made to Charlotte about her experience with sexual assault –– comments he did not deny making. They are the epitome of a hostile work environment.
I commend the courage of Ms. Bennett and Lindsey Boylan for coming forward. The harassment experienced by these former staffers is part of a clear pattern of abuse and manipulation by the Governor, and that pattern makes him unworthy of holding the highest office in New York.
A truly independent investigation into the allegations made by Ms. Bennett, Ms. Boylan, and any forthcoming survivors should take place –– but the Governor’s influence touches all entities in New York that might review his conduct. The current review, arranged by the Governor’s team and overseen by an individual who has a work history with his close associates, does not meet any standard of independence. While a truly independent investigation may uncover more evidence or instances of abuse, the existing details are sufficient for me to form my conclusion.
As a New Yorker, a legislator, Chair of the Senate Ethics and Internal Governance Committee, and a survivor of sexual abuse, I am calling for Governor Cuomo to resign.”Sen. Alessandra Biaggi
Assemblyman Mike Lawler is also calling for the Governor’s immediate resignation, claiming Cuomo is: “incapable of serving as Governor of New York any longer.” He goes on to accuse multiple members of the Governor’s staff of being “complicit” in Cuomo’s “targeted harassment.”
United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s spokeswoman issued the following statement:
“Sen. Schumer has said many times that sexual harassment is never acceptable and must not be tolerated, and that any credible allegation should be thoroughly investigated.”Allison Biasotti
US Representative Tom Reed said the Governor “must be held accountable under the law to ensure justice is served.”
“These incidents of sexual harassment and pattern of abuse are abhorrent and have absolutely no place in our society, let alone the highest rungs of government.
Such behavior is disturbing and unacceptable. Governor Cuomo must be held accountable under the law to ensure justice is served.”Rep. Tom Reed
The New York Senate Majority Leader, Andrea Stewart-Cousins, called for an independent investigation and described the continued allegations as “deeply disturbing.”
“The continued allegations are deeply disturbing and concerning. The behavior described has no place in the workplace. A truly independent investigation must begin immediately.”Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins
Senate Republican Leader Rob Ortt called the new allegations “incredibly disturbing” before calling for a “truly independent investigation – claiming “The review suggested by someone handpicked by the Governor himself, is an outrageous, completely unacceptable idea.”
The latest allegations about Governor Cuomo’s conduct are incredibly disturbing. The review suggested by someone handpicked by the Governor himself, is an outrageous, completely unacceptable idea. We need a truly independent investigation, which is why I continue to support the calls of my colleagues for a Special Prosecutor appointed by the Attorney General.
I will be convening members of the Senate Republican Conference tomorrow morning to discuss these egregious allegations and any next steps that our conference must take.Senate Republican Leader Rob Ortt
Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay has called for a “clear and decisive” response, along with a thorough, independent, investigation.
“With additional allegations against Gov. Cuomo coming to light, the response must be clear and decisive. A thorough investigation, conducted by an entity completely outside the Governor’s reach, must begin immediately.”Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay
Five state senators: Pam Helming, Daphne Jordan, Patty Richie, Sue Serino and Alexis Weik issued a joint statement. The senators added their support to calls for an independent investigation.
Tonight’s New York Times story describes behavior by Governor Cuomo that if true, is disturbing and completely unacceptable for anyone, and especially the top elected official in New York State.
His alleged predatory actions are egregious and if the account is accurate, they have crossed the line. Within a single week, two brave individuals have come forward to share their stories of working for this man.
Governor Cuomo now more than ever must be investigated. We reiterate our original request and demand Attorney General Letitia James appoint a Special Prosecutor to review all of these recent allegations.Senators Helming, Jordan, Ritchie, Serino and Weik
Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara Repeated his calls for an investigation, calling the accusations just as “disturbing and concerning” as the first.
“These new allegations of sexual harassment made against the Governor today by a 2nd former aide are just as disturbing and concerning; reinforcing my call for an immediate independent investigation.
Whether it’s a member of the legislature or the Governor’s office, as a matter of policy and moral code we have an obligation to act.
All allegations of sexual harassment including those made against the Governor, must be investigated thoroughly.”Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara
New York GOP chairman Nick Langworthy has called for Attorney General Letitia James to open an investigation into the matter:
“In 2018, Andrew Cuomo demanded then-Judge Kavanaugh submit to a lie detector test and said victims must be believed. We don’t need another one of his infamous whitewashed reports. These serious and disturbing allegations indicate a pattern of abuse that must be investigated outside of the governor’s reach. We have an independently elected AG for a reason – Attorney General Tish James needs to do her job.”Nick Langworthy, NYGOP Chairman
Albany Mayor and Democrat Kathy Sheehan tweeted a statement in support of an investigation.
Rensselaer County Executive Dan McCoy issued a number of tweets on the subject, one of which described the Governor as a “sociopath” and accused his staff as being: “just as bad in covering for him.”
McLaughlin also called for an independent investigation and an intervention from Attorney General James.
This is a developing story and more information will be added as it becomes available.


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