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If liberals had to endure what conservatives do on campus, or off of it, they would be screaming “witch hunt” so loudly you would think that we were all back in Salem.
Susan Dench, founder and president of the Informed Women’s Network, was named by the governor to the University of Maine’s board of regents. “I have the perfect background,” she told the audience at the Independent Women’s Forum (IWF) “Women Lead” summit meeting on June 4, 2015. “I have a background in business and they are in financial difficulty.”
But first she had to get past the state assembly. She could not make it through a committee vote because Democrats on the panel were asking her such questions as, “Why do you have a picture of Allen West on your Twitter page?”
“He’s a war hero,” she told them. Moreover, “this committee asked me to recant everything I’ve said or written [on that page],” she recalled at the IWF meeting at the American Institute of Architects, the other AIA. The IWF symposium was sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Dench had another encounter that might explain the success of the political Left. She remembered, “A Democratic operative walked up to me once and said, ‘You know what the difference is between us? You have all the facts but we have all the emotions.’ That about sums it up.”

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The pink dolphin population had been affected by the fast moving ferry boats between Hong Kong and Macau.
While the human world slowed down because of the pandemic, the natural world seems to have become more lively. There are species and ecosystems that are thriving because human life has slowed down. Nature seems to be reclaiming its spaces while humans are confined to their homes.
One of those species which might be making a recovery is the rare pink dolphins. They are also called Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins or Chinese white dolphins. They have reportedly increased in numbers around the seas in Hong Kong after ferries have been suspended because of the pandemic. Sightings of the pink dolphins have increased by almost 30% since March, when boat and ferry traffic was suspended, reported The Independent.
Marine scientists worry that the species might be on a downward trajectory but the latest findings show that the marine mammals have adapted quickly to the new normal, which gives them some hope.
These dolphins have been subjected to overfishing, water pollution, as well as water traffic in the form of ferries and boats. The animals had stopped being seen in the waters between Hong Kong and Macau because of the numerous boats and ferries plying in the area. Dr. Lindsay Porter, a senior research scientist with the University of St Andrews, told the Guardian she was studying the area shortly after Hong Kong and Macau closed their borders.
"It was the last week in February, literally the week after the ferries stopped traveling between Hong Kong and Macau," she said. "I’ve been studying these dolphins since 1993 and I’ve never seen anything like this dramatic change before, and the only thing that changed is 200 ferries stopped traveling than before," she added.
Her team was able to attain a yacht and a boat so they could live in that area and conduct a study of the population. "From visual observations the dolphins are spending much more time socializing, splashing around on the surface, quite a bit of foreplay, quite a bit of sex. Hong Kong dolphins normally live on the edges, they’re stressed, they spend their time eating and resting. So to see them playing … to see them having a good time, that was really great to see," she added.
The research team was able to drop underwater recording stations in those ferry lanes, and they intend to compare the vocalizations from the pre-COVID and now. WWF, Hong Kong said they believe there were about 2,500 dolphins in the estuary.
A pink dolphin was also seen in Louisiana and the creature's photos went viral. The dolphin called Pinky was seen in Louisiana's Calcasieu Ship Channel, according to Pop Sugar. The creature was first seen a decade ago with her mother, who was not pink. In August, the marine animal was seen by many people and they also claimed that a second pink dolphin was visible.
These are not the only creatures who have adapted swiftly to this welcome change. In South Africa, lions were seen lazing in the middle of the road at Kruger National Park. The photographer, Section Ranger Richard Sowry, had captured this image. The national park shared the images on their Twitter account in April. "This lion pride is usually resident on Kempiana Contractual Park, an area Kruger tourists do not see. This afternoon they were lying on the tar road just outside of Orpen Rest Camp," the park had informed.
Kruger visitors that tourists do not normally see. #SALockdown This lion pride are usually resident on Kempiana Contractual Park, an area Kruger tourists do not see. This afternoon they were lying on the tar road just outside of Orpen Rest Camp.— Kruger National Park (@SANParksKNP) April 15, 2020
📸Section Ranger Richard Sowry pic.twitter.com/jFUBAWvmsA
In California’s Yosemite National Park, black bears were seen in multiple places where they usually don't go. The park had shared a video of a bear climbing a tree next to ranger housing, which was highly unusual. “It’s not like they aren’t usually here,” Dane Peterson, who works at the park’s Ahwahnee Hotel, told the Los Angeles Times. “It’s that they usually hang back at the edges, or move in the shadows.”
Yosemite National Park is home to about 300-500 black bears. Though there hasn't been an increase in their population since the park closure, bears have been seen more frequently than usual. Check out this bear caught on camera yesterday, climbing a tree next to ranger housing! pic.twitter.com/9rXxIOMRbR— Yosemite National Park (@YosemiteNPS) April 14, 2020


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By COLLEEN QUINN
WALTHAM - A day after major lawmaking ended for the year with casino gambling, municipal health care and pension reforms ticked off his to-do list, House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo told business leaders he is in the midst of crafting economic development legislation for next year.
Speaking at the annual Retailers Association of Massachusetts meeting, DeLeo said with casino gambling done, it was time to think about other ways to boost economic development – the state's jobless rate held at 7.3 percent in October. He did not offer any specifics, but said it was a top priority when the Legislature returns in January. He said he was talking to business leaders and retailers to get their input.
DeLeo estimated casinos would generate 15,000 or 16,000 jobs, and said cities and towns will see a boost to local aid, but said it will not be the only answer to economic recovery.
“This bill is not a panacea. It is not going to solve all the problems of the commonwealth. Now that we have passed expanded gaming, we can move on,” DeLeo told the retailers at Bentley University. “I never meant it to be a panacea. It is one important piece of legislation that could grow our economy.”
DeLeo also cited health care payment reform as the next big piece of legislation lawmakers will need to tackle. Gov. Deval L. Patrick has been pushing lawmakers to move on healthcare payment reform for months. DeLeo said he planned to start meetings next week with Health Care Financing Committee Chair Rep. Steven Walsh, D-Lynn, who he asked to collect information to study “what the exact fix might be.”
“Although I haven’t definitively set forth an agenda for next year – which I will when we go back in January – obviously the health care payment reform, you saw me address that today,” DeLeo told two reporters after his address to the retailers. “That is probably going to be the most difficult, complex issue that we have.”
DeLeo remained non-committal on one of the big concerns from retailers - providing a mechanism to capture the estimated $335 million in uncollected sales taxes from internet retailers. Bills to address the problem are being reviewed by the Legislature’s Committee on Revenue, as well as in Congress.
The Speaker described the online tax dilemma as a “hurdle” he is trying to overcome. Opponents of DeLeo’s successful 2009 push to raise the sales tax have raised it as a competitiveness issue.
The plan - known as the streamlined sales tax - would begin to enable Massachusetts to collect sales taxes from online purchases. Backers of the bill say states are collectively losing billions of dollars from one of their chief sources of revenue because online retailers aren't required to collect sales taxes from consumers. Retailers have held for a decade that tax-free online sales disadvantage brick-and-mortar stores. The issue has only gotten worse, they say, with the proliferation of smart phones.
After his formal remarks, DeLeo said that when he spoke to Retailers’ Association president Jon Hurst at the Wednesday meeting, he said, “I am not making any commitment on this one.”
“On the other hand, I am hearing from a lot of the retailers, they really feel that they are at a disadvantage,” he told reporters. “I am really concerned about our folks in our local communities. I want to see them thrive, and not get eaten up by a not fair playing field. But right now, I am in no way endorsing that.”
During his speech, DeLeo said he never shops online, and joked “I don’t know how,” and also added that “I don’t believe in it.” He prefers to give his business to local merchants.
He told the story of when he broke his ankle last winter after slipping on ice, he was talking to someone about needing to give up his black dress shoes and buy a pair of boots. The friend said he could buy them online, and also said to him, “you don’t have to pay taxes, you don’t have to pay shipping.”
“I said no. I just don’t do business that way,” DeLeo told the group. “That is one of the issues I am working on with Jon (Hurst) and some of you folks. We will see what we can get.”
The House ended its session Wednesday evening by passing bills targeting human trafficking, protecting rights for transgender citizens, and eliminating parole for three-time violent offenders. DeLeo called the habitual offender bill a “great piece of legislation.”
The bill, known as “Melissa’s Law” after the 27-year old teacher who was raped and stabbed to death in 1999, was passed in the House late Wednesday night and now likely heads to conference committee to iron out differences with the more comprehensive Senate crime bill passed earlier this month.
Critics of the bill say it will worsen prison overcrowding and unsafe conditions for both prisoners and corrections officers. DeLeo acknowledged it as a concern.
“I spoke to the chair yesterday, and I said we have to take a look at that, and a matter of fact before it goes into conference, we have to decide what is this is going to be about. And we have to talk to the players over at the Department of Corrections,” he said.
Also topping the priority list for next year is managing the state budget, which DeLeo foresees will continue to be challenging. He said he wants to make sure to continue to put money aside in the state’s rainy day fund, which reached a $1.4 billion balance after the governor signed a supplemental budget in October allocating an additional $350 million to the reserve fund.
“Although we are showing signs of improving and being in a lot better place than we were a year or two ago, I think there is still reason for pause. I think we still have to slow down a bit, make sure we put money into the rainy day fund, because I don’t think the happy days are back here again,” he said.
DeLeo pointed to the state's 7.3 percent unemployment rate – compared to the 9 percent national rate, an increase in state tax receipts, and the recent upgrade from Standard & Poors to a AA + bonding rating, as signs Massachusetts is faring better than most states coming out of the recession.
“This newest credit rating represents the highest credit rating in the history of Massachusetts, even in these difficult times,” he said. “I think it happened because of a lot of people who came together and worked together.”
Another would-be reform plan could center on the state’s special education collaboratives, which have come under fire in recent months after salary abuses were exposed.
“I am very concerned about seeing our taxpayers’ money going to some of these outlandish salaries, but most importantly the students who need to be cared for, who really need the services, aren’t getting the services because money is being diverted elsewhere,” DeLeo said. “I think we have to take a close look at that.”


There’s a lot of quiet work being done right now in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, which many doctors believe could become the greatest health care challenge of the 21st Century, as the global population ages and as people live longer lives.
Much of that work centers around providing support for caregivers, often unpaid family members, who do the vital and constant work of helping people who have dementia live full lives.
The Alzheimer’s Association’s Long Island Chapter held a two-day online conference for caregivers called “Thriving at Home on the East End” in mid-May, to provide information about the growing number of resources for people living with Alzheimer’s disease here.
Alzheimer’s disease causes a long-term decline in cognitive abilities and motor function and is ultimately fatal. There is currently no cure, though early detection and management of risk factors can stave off or prevent this disease.
Nearly 6 million people in the U.S. and 54,000 people on Long Island are currently living with an Alzheimer’s diagnosis. And as people live longer, these numbers are expected to rise — by 2050 the number of U.S. cases is expected to ballon to 13 million. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, one in nine people over the age of 65 has Alzheimer’s disease, and one in three seniors who die have Alzheimer’s disease at the time of their death, though it may not be the cause of their death.
The Alzheimer’s Association is a nationwide nonprofit organization providing free programs and services for individuals with Alzheimer’s or other dementia, caregivers, families and professionals, and is the world’s leading non-profit funder of Alzheimer’s research.
The presenters at the East End conference discussed the latest research about the lifestyle changes most likely to positively impact patients, as well as communication strategies and helpful activities for caregivers and planning tools and support resources available here.
One of the biggest challenges caregivers find in learning to adapt to a loved one with dementia is the changes it causes in their loved one’s ability to communicate as they had in the past.
The Alzheimer’s Association’s Long Island Chapter Community Education Manager Elizabeth Robles stressed that, even as communication becomes more difficult, people with Alzheimer’s Disease still have a strong sense of self, and many communication difficulties arise when caregivers lose sight of “all the elements that make up the characteristics that make our loved ones unique.”
“How to remain connected with a person’s sense of self is key to effective communication,” she said. “Language abilities are going to change and communication needs are going to change.”
Ms. Robles said clear communication is essential in the early stages, when a person facing Alzheimer’s disease can still discuss their wishes for the future.
“It really is about person-centered planning,” she said. “I want to make sure that this journey is what they wish it to be.”
That communication can be as detailed as asking your loved one to what degree they’d like help when they forget a word — whether they would prefer to be given the opportunity to search for a word or would appreciate help finishing sentences.
She urged family members to not rush conversations with their loved one, and stressed the importance of face to face communication, to give the person facing the illness the opportunity to read non-verbal cues, which will become more and more important as Alzheimer’s progresses.
“Leave plenty of time for conversations,” she said. “Include the person in conversations that affect him or her, including planning for the future. Avoid making assumptions about what they want.”
In the middle stages, she said, people with Alzheimer’s disease often invent new words to describe familiar things, easily lose their train of thought, use familiar words repeatedly and have difficulty finding words. They often begin communicating through behavior rather than words.
She shared a video interview with a woman named Beverly, who is caring for her husband.
“You’re supposed to be one that’s reasonable. There’s only one thing you can control and that’s you. You can’t control them and their process,” said Beverly. “I would advise couples that you take your time and always count to three before you respond. This allows you to think about your answers.”
“Live in moment with them. Make sure you’re mindful of your tone of voice while having a conversation,” said Ms. Robles. “Our loved ones are really picking up on our tone of voice and body language. They need time to process what we’re trying to communicate with them.”
Repetitive questions are often one of the most frustrating things caregivers deal with at this stage.
“When seen from their perspective, their behavior can sometimes become understandable to you,” she said. “We want them to know we are there, listening to their concerns, and we want to provide a brief answer and respond to the emotion behind their statement.”
In the later stages, when verbal communication becomes much more difficult, Ms. Robles recommended finding ways to communicate using all five senses. She said many caregivers and their loved ones find it therapeutic to spend time on personal care — brushing hair, enjoying the feeling of the fabric of clothing, or protecting their skin with lotion. Listening to music and looking at photographs are also great activities, as well as going for walks or getting out of the house, which has been a struggle for many families in the Covid era.
“Even though they may have limited speech, the person in front of me that I’m caring for is an adult and still has their sense of self,” she said. “I want to connect with those aspects of who they are as a person.”
Vincent Ortolani, who runs the Caregivers Center at Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead, discussed all the ways caregivers can help their loved ones thrive, including available community resources, giving patients a chance to prepare their health care wishes, and creating a care team.
Mr. Ortolani urged caregivers to make a list of family members, neighbors, support groups and doctors who are able to help their loved one live a full life. He said most members of a caregiver’s support team fall into three categories — doers, who help with housekeeping, chores and projects; listeners, who give caregivers an opportunity to vent about their frustrations and troubleshoot issues; and people who provide respite, by engaging the caregiver in activities outside of their role as a caregiver — taking them for walks or out to dinner or focusing on self-care.
He also urged caregivers to know the role they will be playing in their loved one’s medical care.
“Never postpone medical care,” he said. “If you have any sort of acute situation — a fall or more onset of confusion or a big change in mental status or you’re simply not able to care for loved one, make sure you go to a hospital. It’s the only way you will be able to receive care in a timely manner.”
Mr. Ortolani said he often meets families at the hospital who decided to wait out issues too long at home.
He urged caregivers and their loved ones facing Alzheimer’s disease to make decisions early in the progression of the disease about who should be the patient’s health care proxy, and how to prepare advance directives — instructions from the patient regarding their end-of-life care.
“You’re not a visitor when you’re here for a loved one who’s confused,” he said. “You’re part of the care team. New York’s CARE Act requires hospital staff to ask a patient if they would like to be assigned a caregiver. You are part of the team.”
“Returning home, post-discharge, you have the same role,” he added. “Know the players and the clinical people you need to go to in case of an emergency. Our supports are available to anybody, whether or not they are a patient, or regardless of their involvement with the hospital.”
The PBMC Caregiver Center can be reached at 631.548.6259.
The Burner Law Group, lead by Britt Burner, has been at the forefront of providing legal services for people facing Alzheimer’s disease and their families. The practice is growing, with an office in Westhampton Beach and a new office opening in East Hampton.
Ms. Burner shared the latest information on New York’s rules regarding protecting assets while accessing Medicaid for long-term care, often a thorny subject as people who own property they’d like to pass on to their children begin to realize they need to make a financial plan for moving into a nursing home, which isn’t covered under Medicare.
Her office often works with older adults on putting their property into irrevocable trusts, which must be done, according to state law, at least five years before they need nursing home care.
There is currently no time requirement on when people need to place their assets into a trust if they want to access Medicaid to provide for care in their own homes, but New York has passed a law that is awaiting federal approval that would require those assets be placed in a trust at least 2.5 years before the care is needed.
Ms. Burner said the current guidance she is receiving is that the new law “does not come into play until January 1, 2022 or later.”
“There’s a very good opportunity for planning right now,” she said, adding that people who put their homes in trusts are still able to access the STAR property tax deductions, and are still eligible for a $250,000 income tax exemption if they sell their home.
“You just can’t access the principal,” she said. “If you could access it, Medicaid would want to use it to pay for the cost of care.”
The Burner Law Group can be reached at 631.954.2323.
Stony Brook University’s Center for Excellence in Alzheimer’s Care (CEAD) is involved with the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, and it is also involved in clinical research.
No new Alzheimer’s medications have been approved in the last ten years, and those that have been approved merely temporarily slow the progression of the disease.
While there has been much public attention to the current clinical trials of Lilly’s donanemab, which seems to have some effect on breaking up the beta-amyloid protein plaques in the brain that are believed to cause Alzheimer’s disease, this drug is not yet approved by the FDA.
Abigail Kaske and Stephanie Roncone of CEAD said much of the clinical research they’ve been involved in regards lifestyle changes that help improve symptoms of dementia.
These changes include regular exercise and the Mind diet — which pairs a Mediterranean diet with the DASH diet (designed to reduce blood pressure), along with getting enough sleep and preventing hearing loss, which is often a precursor to Alzheimer’s disease.
“Three days a week of moderate exercise, 45 minutes a session, like brisk walking, shows an improvement of overall cognitive health,” said Ms. Kaske. With diet, “focus on fruits and vegetables, replace unhealthy fats like butter with healthy fats like olive oil and have fish and poultry at least twice a week.”
She added that these lifestyle changes can reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease by 35 percent, if started early.
“You do have some control over keeping your brain healthy,” she said. “What tends to be good for your body tends to be good for your brain. The more accurate and earlier your diagnostic process, the more you can treat this disease at its earliest stage, before there’s too much brain damage.”
Ms. Roncone pointed out the importance of getting as many people as possible to participate in clinical trials.
“Hopefully, we will ultimately find a cure,” she said.
CEAD can be reached at 631.954.2323.
The Alzheimer’s Association’s Long Island Chapter runs support groups and workshops on a regular basis, often in conjunction with local libraries. Get involved by visiting alz.org/longisland.
The national Alzheimer’s Association also has a 24/7 national helpline, available in many languages, at 1.800.272.3900.
June 20, the summer solstice, is “The Longest Day,” the Alzheimer’s Association’s annual fundraising activity date, and anyone is welcome to start their own fundraising activity in conjunction with this date.
“The day with the most light is the day we fight,” they say. Learn more at alz.org.


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Saturday, June 12, 2010
Will this week ever end?
I have to admit that this week has been a challenge.
I even gave in to ordering pizza to Simon's grand delight. It took about 10 minutes for him to talk me into it. I had remorse for about another 10, and then I was quite relieved to be going on with my little projects.
To save some time, I started the week by marinating some pork tenderloin in a very neutral marinade of soy & canola oil. These tender little pieces were skewered and smothered with a caramelized onion & balsamic paste (instant upgrade on the taste!!! ) and we ate those with a rhubarb compote (rhubarb, balsamic, maple, lots of pepper) & orange/watercress salad.
The second half of the pork was spiced up with sambal, given a little twist of lime and we ate it with a mango salsa.
The rest of the week was pretty typical. Soba noodle salad and salad rolls. Big veggie salad. Fish. The treat? Peameal. Quick. Easy. Salty. Yum.
Last night was my mum's bday. All plates were licked clean.
Tonight, I am eating out with a friend and we are wandering over to Wakefield, even though it is not quite sunny... My art is done, varnished, labeled, packaged and ready to go! What a relief. And tomorrow? The wonderful frenziness of a baby shower. Stay tuned for Katie's Food Extravaganza!!!

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A Birmingham cleaner has told how she couldn’t believe her eyes when she saw her first pay cheque after securing the Living Wage.
Mum-of-two Kayann Martin was given the pay rise after her company, cleaning contractor Servicemaster agreed to pay its staff at least the Living Wage rate of £7.85 per hour - rising to £8.25 per hour yesterday. The legal minimum wage for workers over 21 is £6.50 at the moment.
Ms Martin, who cleans an office block on Hagley Road, said she can now afford the occasional treat for her children.
She said: “When our Living Wage pay rise first came in, I thought it was a misprint on my pay slip. I had to check with colleagues to see that we’d all got it.
“I have two young boys, aged two and five, and the Living Wage makes a huge difference to us. Previously I could only just cover the bills and essentials. When it came to food shopping I only just scraped by.
“Asda became too expensive and I had to switch to shopping at Aldi. Now I can afford to shop around. I can buy them better clothes that don’t fall apart when you wash them. “I can get the odd treat for the kids too. With Christmas coming up this will help a lot with the cost of gifts. It’s made our lives much easier and happier.”
Servicemaster was alongside other companies including the Unity Trust Bank, KPMG, Wragge and Co and Money Advice Trust who attended a special Living Wage celebration event at KPMG’s Snow Hill offices.
A total of 78 West Midlands based companies, as well as many more national firms with local branches now pay the Living Wage.
Saidul Haque Saeed of the campaign group Citizens UK Birmingham said: “We are calling on employers in Birmingham who can afford to pay the Living Wage to pay it by getting themselves accredited by the Living Wage Foundation, so we know everyone who works for them are covered.”
He said that throughout Living Wage Week they will be challenging other employers in Birmingham cover the cost of living for staff.

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The big four ISPs in the UK (BT, TalkTalk, Virgin and Sky) are all now rolling out their “filtering” (read: censorship) systems, as demanded by David Cameron last year. Just as anyone with at least half a brain foresaw these systems go far beyond simply “filtering” pr0n and block everything it was predicted they would and much more besides. You can find a nice little summary of why this is a problem over at the Grauniad.
There has been much made of the Government pressuring the ISPs into this. Getting commercial entities to do their dirty work rather than trying to pass it into law has a number of benefits for the government, not least of which is that they avoid a good deal of scrutiny and get to blame someone else when it all goes wrong. Groups like the Open Rights Group, the Pirate Party, Backlash UK, Index on Censorship, Sex and Censorship and similar are (mostly) fighting the good fight with initiatives like the #CensoredUK Twitter hashtag, but there’s something I don’t understand: The ISPs are for-profit companies, with shareholders to keep happy, so why are none of these groups trying to arrange a boycott? Why can’t I find a list of alternate ISPs that aren’t censoring the Internet? Why aren’t people writing to these ISPs to tell them to stop kowtowing to the government and to start standing up for their customers? If we as a nation want to stand up against this Internet censorship by proxy should we not be doing something to make the ISPs sit up and take notice? Perhaps even make them want to fight in the corner of freedom with the rest of us? I think we should, and what better way than to hit them in the profit margins?
So let’s all boycott the big four ISPs (and any others who sign up for Internet censorship). If you’re with the big four leave and tell them exactly why, if you’re looking for a new ISP contact the big four and tell them why you won’t be switching to them. Who’s with me?


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Valdosta, Georgia is an excellent stop for an overnight stay because it offers a good mix of accommodations, restaurants, shopping, and attractions. It is a little over an hour from Douglas, and you can explore this city in one to two days, depending on what you want to do for fun. Valdosta is home to Moody Air Force Base, Valdosta State University, Wild Adventures Theme Park, and the Grand Bay Wildlife Management Area. You should get off on I-75 exit 18 because everything is in one area for your stay. This exit has Valdosta Mall, River Park RV Park, Valdosta Cinemas, gas stations, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Texas Roadhouse, McDonald's, Ole Times Country Buffet, and more.
Tallahassee, Florida is the capital city of the state and is home to Florida State University and Florida A & M University. It is two hours and 42 minutes from Douglas and is also known for its parks and gardens. Plan to visit for a weekend, especially if you're coming during football season. This city has a couple of wildlife refuges, including Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park and St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. Another stop to make is at Tallahassee Museum, which offers a variety of activities from dinosaur exhibits to ziplining.
Atlanta, Georgia is the state capital and one of the largest metropolitan areas in the country. It is three hours and 23 minutes from Douglas, and you can dedicate three days of your RV trip to exploring this city. Atlanta has a vibrant college community with schools like Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Morehouse College, and Emory University. Other attractions to see include Centennial Olympic Park, the King Center, the Georgia Aquarium, Six Flags Theme Park, and Ebenezer Baptist Church.
Douglas has a population of 11,589 and was one of the major tobacco markets during the 1920s and 1930s. The town was established in 1858 and was named after Senator Stephen A. Douglas. Senator Douglas was the challenger to Abraham Lincoln in the presidential election of 1860. This city is also home to South Georgia College, which was the first state-supported junior college founded in 1927.
You can learn more about the history of the tobacco market at the Heritage Station Museum. It is operated out of the old Georgia and Florida Railroad Depot. This museum features a variety of permanent collections, including military, agricultural, African American history, and local business exhibits, has a unique collection of train memorabilia, and displays highlights of Douglas' connection with the railroad industry. When visiting Douglas, make sure you stop at local restaurants to enjoy Southern favorites. The Fern Bank Bar and Grille is in the historic downtown Douglas area and is an excellent restaurant to get a hamburger or steak.
Other restaurants to check out include Flying Cowboy, Hog-N-Bones, and Tokyo Express. General Coffee State Park is one of southern Georgia's best-kept secrets. The Seventeen-Mile River runs through the park, and rare and endangered plants grow here. City parks in Douglas to enjoy include Wade Davis Park, Wheeler Park, and Jackie Allen Park. Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park is just over two hours from Douglas. It is a prehistoric Native American site where different tribal cultures occupied the land for thousands of years.
Little Ocmulgee State Park and Lodge is another state park that is about an hour from Douglas. It offers a variety of activities, including RV camping, golfing, a white sandy beach on a peaceful lake, swimming, fishing, and boating. If you take the time to explore the area, you can learn a lot about South Georgia's history, plants, animals, and culture.
Waycross, Georgia - Waycross has a population of 14,725 and is at the northern tip of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. If you enjoy the outdoors, then you should make a stop at Okefenokee Swamp Park and Obediah's Okefenok. These attractions give an in-depth look at Waycross's one-of-a-kind ecosystem. This city also offers several attractions that explain the area's history, including Okefenokee Heritage Center and Southern Forest World museums.
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Tifton, Georgia - Tifton has a population of 16,350 and is known for its deep roots in agriculture. Many of the local farms use state-of-the-art agricultural technology. This city is also easy to reach because of its central location near many major interstates like I-75. Visitors can enjoy local restaurants, historic sites, shopping venues, and outdoor recreation.
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Albany, Georgia - Albany has a population of 73,478 and is on the Flint River in southwest Georgia. Ray Charles Plaza is in the downtown area, and it has a life-size bronze sculpture of Ray Charles sitting at his baby grand piano. When visiting Albany, you should also stop at Chehaw Park, Thronateeska Heritage Center with Wetherbee Planetarium, and Radium Springs Gardens.
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The Gopher Tortoise Festival – This is an upcoming event that takes place in the fall at the Douglas-Coffee County Chamber of Commerce.
The North Pole Express – This upcoming holiday event in early December features magical train rides for kids of all ages to celebrate the season.
The Swamptown Getdown Music & Art Festival – This is an upcoming festival that occurs in the spring at Okefenokee Fairgrounds and features a number of bands and art displays.
The top choices for the best RV parks and campgrounds in Georgia include Albany RV Resort. Located on Liberty Expressway, the RV park has a one-acre pond and is close to downtown Albany. Amenities include full hookups, pull-through sites, showers, bathrooms, and cable TV connections. Other RV campgrounds in the area include Shady Pines Mobile Home and Dreamland RV Park.
Congaree National Park is four and a half hours from Douglas and is a great stop on your RV road trip. You may even catch a glimpse of the ivory-billed woodpecker. The bird is believed to be extinct, but the last uncontested sighting was at this national park. Other landmarks of interest are the old-growth bottomland hardwood forests and the champion trees.
If you are this close to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, why not make a stop and enjoy this majestic landmark? The Great Smoky Mountains on the Tennessee border is six and a half hours from Douglas. Other must-see geologic landmarks at the park include the Charles Bunion mountain, the Chimney Tops, the Alum Cave Bluffs, and the Arch Rock.
Biscayne National Park is seven and a half hours from Douglas, but it's worth the drive. This majestic national park has 173,000 acres of aquamarine waters, emerald islands, and vibrant coral reefs. Points of interest include Boca Chita Key and Elliot Key. You will also see plenty of marine life, sea turtles, pelicans, dolphins, and manatees. Biscayne National Park is a dream spot for snorkelers.
Douglas is within hours of a few state parks, such as General Coffee State Park. With nearly 1,511 acres to explore, this state park includes the following attractions: a tobacco barn, a cane mill, and a corn crib. There is also Little Ocmulgee State Park and Lodge on the Little Ocmulgee River. Fishing, swimming, playing putt-putt golf, and grilling are popular activities, but some visitors enjoy looking for rare species like the indigo snake and the gopher tortoise. The 2.6-mile Oak Ridge Trail is a notable landmark at Little Ocmulgee State Park as well.
Georgia has some of the top landmarks and monuments in the country, and Douglas has its own notable landmarks. The Broxton Rocks is a beautiful nature preserve featuring caves, rare plant life, and a waterfall. The Heritage Farm at General Coffee State Park is one of the most popular landmarks at the park. You can tour the farm and get up close with the animals.
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Tomorrow night will be the first of two neighborhood meetings concerning a new zoning proposal for the Davis and Bishop corridors. Thanks to Lake Cliff resident Michael Mendoza, you can catch up on the progress made since May by reading over his blog.
Mendoza is one of 12 neighbors on a committee appointed by councilmen Dave Neumann and Elba Garcia to study land uses up and down the two streets. Larry Good of architecture firm Good, Fulton and Farrell is heading up the committee, and Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce president Bob Stimson is facilitating. More details are in a story in November’s edition of the Advocate CliffDweller (which should reach neighbors’ doorsteps next week), but the gist is that there seems to be general agreement among residents and businesses right around Bishop and Davis that more Bishop Arts-style retail and restaurants would be welcome, but the zoning in place is causing major speed bumps.
The point of the study was to discuss how to facilitate change, but also to try to make sure that the kind of change brought about by any re-zoning would be the kind of change neighbors and business owners want to see happen. Tomorrow night’s meeting will be a chance for neighbors to hear and see an overview of the current re-zoning plans, and weigh in with their thoughts, before the plan heads to the city plan commission and later the city council.
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Unable to hide behind the edits of a broadcast package or the nuance of a news story, Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull was last night exposed. Under the bright lights of Brisbane's Powerhouse studio and in front of its live audience for Q&A, his waffle had nowhere to hide.
Twitter users noticed it straight away. Mentions of Malcolm Turnbull's "waffle", "meandering", and "interrupting himself" began to accompany the #qanda hashtag almost as soon as the ABC broadcast went live. Q&A exposed one of the Prime Minister's biggest problems: Mr Turnbull can't seem to talk in a straight line.
Many of Mr Turnbull's answers last night began with "well, I, when, uh, can I just say ..."
Meandering from topics and introducing new arguments mid-sentence saw Mr Turnbull bring up former treasurer Peter Costello's budget record in a question about a 2020-21 return to surplus, clearly distracting from the point.
Stumbling over words in a clumsily formed answer has allowed the Opposition to seize on one of Mr Turnbull's unintended statements today. During the program he admitted there where "big cuts to hospital funding" in the Coalition's 2014 Budget, before backtracking to soften his language, saying he meant "big changes" instead.
The waffle first revealed itself during Malcolm Turnbull's first interview with Leigh Sales on 7.30 when he first claimed the top job. But during the campaign it's proved a real problem.
Travelling with Mr Turnbull's press pack, more than once I've seen a frustrated journalist pull out their earphones in frustration on a post press conference bus trip trying to find a good, succinct quote. At least once I've been that journalist.
He'll start to say something and then become sidetracked and excited by another idea, detracting from the strong point he seemed to be about to make. We know what he's trying to say, but it has to be in his words. And I'm not complaining. Communicating messages reporters have the privilege of hearing first hand is a big part of our job.
But it's also supposed to be a big part of his, too. The clear, quick quotes you see inserted into stories or played on the evening news are often the result of reporters painstakingly combing through their notes, tapes and transcripts to find a quote that gets Mr Turnbull's message across clearly.
Last night, the Q&A audience experienced the frustration of having to decipher the meandering, distracted answers for themselves.
The job of the prime minister is not only to make decisions and enforce policy. It is to explain those decisions and communicate to people, clearly, why the government is spending their money the way it is. The job of a campaigning leader is even more reliant on communication. Clear messages and strong communication get people's attention.
They also get into the two minute news story that is about all most of us have the time and headspace to digest when considering which messages and policies we're on board with.
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For us, 2012 was the Year of Television... for like the twentieth year in a row. And reflection is the month of December's dominant mood, which explains the internet's preferred form of information in month number twelve: the year-end list. So naturally we projected the TV.com bat-logo into the sky and summoned the site's contributors to ask them to name their five favorite shows of the year. Below you'll find plenty of usual suspects—including Breaking Bad, Homeland, and Game of Thrones—but there are plenty of unexpected entries, too. Take a look at our lists, and make sure to list your own favorites in the comments.
In the first part of its final season, all of Breaking Bad's strengths were on display. Entire episodes dedicated to step-by-step explanations of seemingly unbelievable but ultimately thrilling criminal processes? Check. Gut-wrenching and shocking moments involving violence, drugs, or both? You know it. Compelling considerations of masculinity and family? Absolutely. Tremendous performances from top to bottom? Duh. In just eight episodes, Vince Gilligan and company managed to push Walt, Jesse, and company beyond the loss of the Chicken Man while simultaneously pivoting the show toward an end-game we all saw coming but still can't wait for anyway. No show on television builds and releases tensions like Breaking Bad; in this run alone, the show killed an innocent kid, disposed of a major character, and turned the lead into a full-blown villain, all while somehow constantly showing off how fun meth-cooking and inmate-killing montages can be, before concluding with Hank having both a bowel movement and an Aha Moment on the toilet. Not bad for eight episodes. — Cory
Parenthood is a machine. After creating a show that fans struggle to mention without welling up, Jason Katims (Friday Night Lights) engineered another series fastidiously constructed to reduce even the coldest of hearts into a sobbing mess. Like one of Stefon's clubs on SNL, it's got everything: familial belonging and support; constant underdog stories despite the entire Braverman clan being well-off and unhindered by societal ills; cute, multiracial children. Lauren Graham, Peter Krause, and even Dax Shepard have been yanking at our heartstrings for years but now, during this too-short fourth season, Monica Potter has showed up to eclipse them all with that television narrative trump card: cancer. Add Ray Romano—who's been combining his Men of a Certain Age surliness with Parenthood's special blend of sentimentality—to this already strong cast and the audience is just bombarded with crying prompts on every front. This show is a tornado of emotional catharsis that'll hug you in its warm embrace and not let go until it extracts fifty gallons of tears. The season finale is coming. Stock up on tissues. — Nick
You may not have noticed, but one of the outright funniest new shows of 2012 was a cartoon on Disney Channel. The set-up: After twin siblings Dipper and Mabel Pines arrive to spend the summer with their Great Uncle Stan, a two-bit huckster who runs a tourist trap in Gravity Falls, Oregon, they quickly realize the quiet hamlet is an epicenter of spooky phenomena ranging from sentient wax figures to psychotic elves to a man-eating monster made of discarded Halloween candy. The result: In just twelve episodes, Gravity Falls built out a rich world of oddballs and outré antics. The show's humor includes plenty of slapstick and concentrated silliness, but also verbal gags as meticulously crafted as those of the sharpest network sitcom. Anchoring it are the vocal performances of Jason Ritter and Kristen Schaal (the voice-acting MVP of 2012, between Gravity Falls and her work on Bob’s Burgers). Dipper and Mabel’s relationship offers not only a fluid comic yin-and-yang, but also a genuine emotional core. And the supporting and guest cast—including Linda Cardellini, John DiMaggio, Grey DeLisle, and Tara Strong—is as solid as they come. — Andy
After seven seasons, we’re familiar with the intricacies of Liz, Jack, Jenna, Tracy, Kenneth, and the rest as they run around 30 Rockefeller Center, and in 2012 30 Rock took advantage of that fact in tackling the absurd (“Leap Day”), the historical (“Live from Studio 6H”), and the topical (“Murphy Brown Lied to Us” and “There’s No I in America”). It continued to mock NBC’s woes with Jack's attempt to tank the network (“The Beginning of the End”), and it didn't shy away from interrogating feminism in delightful ways (“Mazel Tov, Dummies!”). Criticisms abound that 30 Rock has become too “cartoony” or lacking in stakes as it's chugged along, but that’s fairly ridiculous since the show has always been those things at its core (remember Tracy hallucinating a Blue Dude in Season 1?). These are stories about ridiculous people in ridiculous situations, and they've never better than in 2012. — Noel
When a show only airs twelve episodes in a calendar year, it’s usually because that show is on HBO or AMC and thinks it’s better than the rest (those cable shows can be such snobs). When a half-hour NBC comedy only manages to get twelve episodes into a whole year, there’s something weird going on. But “something weird going on” only begins to describe Community's 2012. With so many things working against it—numerous scheduling delays, the fractured relationship between series creator Dan Harmon and NBC/Sony, Chevy Chase’s negative attitude—it’s amazing to look at what the show accomplished in its short run. It was still as funny as ever, delivering joke after joke and making a second (or third) viewing mandatory just to catch everything. Jeff, Abed, and everyone else grew as characters. The season finale, "Introduction to Finality," was killer, and it could have served as a touching series finale if the show had ended there. And thankfully, we still have three seasons and a movie left to go... right? Right... ? — Bill
When Teen Wolf creator and executive producer Jeff Davis first cited Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Spider-Man as inspirations for his modern conception of the property, many people, well, they scoffed. (This was back when the very idea of a moody adaptation of the Michael J. Fox film was understandably scoff-worthy.) How could this proposed MTV abomination even begin to approach those two pop-culture classics? Well, those questions were quickly put to rest in Season 2, which featured not only a huge increase in the size and diversity of the werewolf population, but also a Greek mythology-derived reptilian beastie, a ghost bent on resurrection, a terminally ill villain, a secret society of cryptozoological experts, and storytelling to rival the most breakneck comic-book pacing. Add to that Allison's transformation from damsel to asskicker, the audacious no-big-dealness of gay issues, and a starring role for Colton Haynes' torso, and few shows walked such a careful line between trashy serial and legit societal asset than Teen Wolf. And don't even get me started on the underappreciated awesomeness of Dylan O'Brien's Stiles. Yeah, I'm calling it now... Someday when everybody's done scoffing at the concept of MTV's Teen Wolf, maybe they'll realize what we fans already know: This show has the makings of a modern classic. — Price
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It was only appropriate that as Mad Men progressed through the '60s and we got to the part where the decade got “weird” that the show itself followed suit. Spanning the months between Memorial Day 1966 and spring of 1967, Mad Men Season 5 seemed to go off the rails of sanity just a teensy bit with Don’s homicidal fever dream and Roger’s little trip down LSD lane, but there was method in the madness because Mad Men is Matthew Weiner's show so of course there was. It’s Mad Men, man! The series has always served as a microcosm of the '60s; the upheaval of the latter half of the decade fundamentally changed the world—and it wasn’t gentle or nice about it, either. Season 5 reflected that as core characters were repeatedly forced out of their comfort zones, for better or for worse. There was an air of impending doom permeating nearly every episode, whether due to Pete’s liaison with Depressed Housewife Action Rory Gilmore or the infamous Richard Speck murders providing a horror-laden backdrop to Joan’s failed marriage (and boy, did that doom eventually appear). Even eternally loyal Peggy jumped ship for a firm that offered her equality and respect—two concepts that repeatedly seemed to elude her peers at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. Roger and Don lamented the loss of the “good ol’ days,” and the question of whether a man like Don Draper could still flourish in the world of the Rolling Stones and the Beatles was one that continued to elude us all season long. — MaryAnn
So many shows disappoint in their sophomore seasons, yet our second journey with Game of Thrones was perhaps more immersive and enthralling than its wildly popular first. On its surface, Game of Thrones' appeal is obvious: high-production values and sweeping vistas of a world that's become the height of contemporary fantasy. However, what has captivated audiences well outside the fantasy genre is the incredibly well-written story's ability to base a fantasy world in humanist political drama with gritty, devastatingly tragic consequences ("Blackwater" showcased one of the most emotionally harrowing battle scenes ever filmed, for TV or cinema). Every character is as beautifully developed and three-dimensional as the series' award-winning, jaw-dropping special effects, and the show's combination of truly world-class acting, a rock-solid script, and money-is-no-object production values leaves Game of Thrones seared into your heart and mind long after the finale. — Lily
Breaking Bad's shortened half-season broke the series' four-year streak as my top show of the year, but ready and willing to take its place was Showtime's tin-foil hat of a drama, Homeland. There's an argument to be made that Season 1 was superior to Season 2, but even in its weaker moments, Season 2 beckoned like a bug zapper. We cross-examined every Carrie tick, over-analyzed the capture of Brody, and debated the value of teen hit-and-runs. This round of Homeland was an exercise in redefining how we think of dramatic television as it ping-ponged between out-of-control pacing and quiet, subtle conversations, with sometimes only minutes in between. It gave us the year's most hilarious murder/phone call AND crafted the greatest scene of 2012 (the Carrie-Brody interrogation of "Q&A;" was even more enrapturing than the lime-green fireworks of Game of Thrones' Battle of Blackwater). Homeland became more about the show itself than what was happening in the story, and that's what made it such a blast. —Tim
New Girl has grown on me so much since its debut that I've started using the show's title as a verb—as in, "That show was just okay in the beginning, but then it New Girl'd on me and I love it now." Which, okay, lots of shows get better after their first few episodes, but I can honestly say that New Girl is one of the shows I look forward to the MOST every week. It's got a great balance of silly sitcom situations and real, emotional moments. Somehow it's both absurd and realistic, without going too far in either direction. It's definitely not just The Zooey Deschanel Show, as many people feared it would be; the cast has grown into a true ensemble. And it's doing great things with its (potential) romantic relationships, hitting familiar/predictable TV arcs in a new way. But most importantly New Girl is funny. It's really funny and I love it and sometimes that's all you need. — Jen
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Malaysia has expressed interest in purchasing India's HAL developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas. A Malaysian Air Force team is expected to visit India soon in this regard, to assess the suitability of the aircraft. The initial requirement is for 12 jets by the Malaysian Air Force, with options for 24 more in the future.
India has offered the LCA TEJAS MK-1A version with a modern AESA radar, new avionics and the capability to integrate a variety of weapons, for the potential export order. Besides, offering full support in training both ground and air personnel, India has also presented to create a full maintenance, repair and overhaul facility for the TEJAS fleet in Malaysia to ensure a high rate of availability. The cost of the multi-role combat aircraft is expected to be around $42 million per unit.


A documentary based on games like Halo. Deals with online play and racism, sexism and violence. How does a world like this effect the minds of children?
I'm so glad i don't play halo! Seriously is it that bad? can any you guys confirm this? or are these extreme cases?
Yea I don't know if the X-Box community is like that but on psn its not like that or at least not that extreme. I play games like GTA4, Socom, and MGS4 and yea we trash talk on PS3 but its not like that. And in Socom I do hear the N word a lot but its usually by a African American and it can have positive or negative connotations. And from time to time I do hear people calling other people Jew's or Jew bastards but for me the violence stays in the game and its all good fun. Psn id mrgrim257
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The Delhi High Court Wednesday permitted DMRC to get semi-low floor mini buses for last mile connectivity from metro stations with a direction to install hydraulic lifts to make them accessible to people with disability.
The application was filed in a pending PIL of Nipun Malhotra, who has been opposing induction of semi-low floor buses for public transport on the ground that they were not disabled friendly.
DMRC had requested for the permission to get semi-low floor mini buses saying its fleet of feeder service vehicles was not in a good condition.
It had said the state transport department was refusing to register such buses as they did not have low floors as ordered by the high court in 2007.
It had told the bench that at present it was operating a fleet of 174 mini buses of which 25 were standard floor and the rest, semi-low floor.
DMRC had also said that when it floated tenders for procuring low floor electric and CNG mini buses, it found that no one manufactured low floor CNG mini buses, but the electric variant might be available.
It had assured that it would procure the low floor electric buses, but that would take time.
It had said that since it needed to augment its "depleting" fleet as soon as possible, to provide last mile connectivity to commuters, it be permitted to procure semi-low floor CNG mini buses and assured the court that ramps or electric lifts would be fitted to make the vehicles accessible to those who are on wheelchairs.
Delhi government had told the court that concern raised by the metro appeared to be genuine.
(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)


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Associate Professor, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
PhD, Syracuse University, 2004; J.D., M.A., University of Colorado at Boulder; M.A., Middlebury College; B.A., Colorado College.
Research Interests: Style, form, and imitation, language theory, composition history, theory, and pedagogy, second language acquisition, Bakhtin
Dissertation Title: Out of Style: A Retrospective and Prospective Look at Style in Composition Theory and Practice
The Writer's Style: A Rhetorical Field Guide, by Paul Butler, Utah State University Press; 1 edition (December 3, 2018), 176pp., ISBN-13: 978-1607328094
Style in Rhetoric and Composition: A Critical Sourcebook, by Paul Butler, Bedford/St. Martin's; Bundle ed. edition (March 16, 2009), 688pp., ISBN-13: 978-0312547332
Out of Style: Reanimating Stylistic Study in Composition and Rhetoric, by Paul Butler, Utah State University Press; 1 edition (January 31, 2008), 196pp., ISBN-13: 978-0874216790

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Part of Buckingham Palace’s roof will be repaired, nearly 200 years after a leak was first discovered.
Permission has been granted to restore the Queen’s London home by Westminster City Council, which considered an application to repair an asphalt roof and a chimney stack.
While it could be assumed that a problem in a royal residence would be tackled quickly, it appears this one has been on the to do list since 1831.
Papers filed as part of the application for the work include notes from that year which read: “Rain had already penetrated the covering of the south-west tower, and though fissures in the composition might readily be close, there was no guarantee against their recurrence.
“The substitution of a more durable covering was therefore advised.”
The covering was made of a mixture of “Stockholm tar, dried chalk in power, and sifted sand” which was laid on in two

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On Friday, former United Auto Workers Region 5 Director Vance Pearson agreed to a plea deal with federal prosecutors. Pearson was indicted last year on charges that he misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars in union funds on behalf of himself and at least six other top UAW officials for personal expenses including high-end liquor, cigars, golf clubs, extravagant meals and stays at luxury resorts.
The successor to the now-disgraced Gary Jones as Region 5 Director when Jones became union president in 2018, Pearson is in a position to provide devastating testimony on the rampant corruption at the highest levels of the UAW. Wayne State University law professor Peter Hennings told the Detroit News that Pearson’s testimony could be key “if the US Attorney’s office want to bring a racketeering lawsuit” against the UAW, which could lead to a federal takeover of the union.
The plea agreement signed by Pearson makes repeated reference to “UAW Official A” and UAW Official B,” earlier referred to in the indictment against him and identified by the Detroit News as Gary Jones and former UAW President Dennis Williams. According to the document “UAW Official B” (Williams) received “a private villa in Palm Springs, California paid for with UAW funds” while “UAW Official A” (Jones) directed Vance Pearson to “conceal hundreds of thousands of dollars of personal expenditures—which had no legitimate union business purpose—within the cost of UAW Region 5 conferences.”
The plea deal also asserts that UAW funds were used to pay for private villas for friends of “UAW Official D,” identified by the media as Amy Loasching, an aide to Williams. Pearson was also tasked with providing liquor and cigars for Williams and his wife.
Another court filing quotes Pearson as telling Edward Robinson, another top Jones lieutenant, that he would get him a “burner phone” so they could talk freely without the danger of a wiretap. Robinson is due in court February 18 and is expected to plead guilty. In a conversation from March 2019, cited in Robinson’s indictment and likely acquired through wiretap, “UAW Official A” (Jones) told Robinson that he “wished they burned the records” relating to the embezzlement scheme. Investigators are looking into the possibility of arson in a fire which broke out at Solidarity House, the union’s headquarters, in July of that year.
As part of the conspiracy, Jones and Pearson directed UAW accounting officials to conceal illegal personal expenses paid out from union funds to union officers for golf green fees, clubs and golf clothing. Pearson admitted to fraudulently diverting between $250,000 and $500,000 in union funds during his time at Region 5.
Pearson is the 12th person to plead guilty in relation to the federal investigation into UAW corruption. Those convicted include three Fiat Chrysler officials and eight UAW officers, including former UAW Vice President Norwood Jewell, who reported to federal prison earlier this month. Monica Morgan, the widow of former UAW Vice President General Holiefield, also pleaded guilty to tax fraud for concealing illegal payouts.
The UAW attempted to provide itself a facelift last fall by forcing Jones to resign and appointing Rory Gamble as interim UAW president. This maneuver received a sharp setback when Gamble himself was implicated last month in a kickback scheme involving contracts for UAW-branded merchandise. The payouts were allegedly made in cash at a local Detroit-area strip club.
Last week, the UAW has moved to expel from membership eight top officials who have been charged or convicted of crimes related to corruption. Jones was compelled to resign from the union in November.
The move followed a renewed call by two Republican congressmen for the House Education and Labor Committee to investigate "the growing corruption scandal" in the UAW. The Democratic House leadership has so far not responded.
At stake is a major pillar of the Democratic Party’s fundraising and election infrastructure, which the Republican Party is seeking to undermine. The UAW has spent more than $10 million on political contributions since the 2016 election cycle, the overwhelming majority on Democratic Party campaigns.
In another development, General Motors issued a subpoena for 1.9 million union documents, as well as internal documents related to contract negotiations, as part of its unfair business practices lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler alleging that it used its control of the union through bribes to undercut its corporate rivals.
The request includes all correspondence between the UAW and late FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne and the FCA officials convicted in relation to the bribery of UAW officials. GM is also seeking documents from the UAW-controlled retiree health care trust as well as from Jones and Williams.
Pointing to the mysterious fire last summer at UAW headquarters in Detroit, GM based its request for documents on the grounds that they are in danger of being lost or destroyed.
The UAW said it had moved about 13,000 boxes of paper records out of its Solidarity House Detroit headquarters for “cleaning” following the fire. About 80 percent have been returned. The UAW presented this as evidence that it was cooperating with federal investigators and was seeking to preserve all relevant documents.
General Motors itself is just as embroiled in the corruption scandal as FCA—former UAW official and GM board member Joe Ashton is among those who have already plead guilty. The GM lawsuit comes out of a bitter struggle over market share and profits, under conditions in which the auto industry is entering a protracted decline. Fiat Chrysler, which enjoys a significant cost advantage over its competitors because of its higher utilization of temps, was the only one of the Detroit automakers to post an increase in profits in 2019.
The systemic nature of the corruption exposed in the UAW demonstrates that what is involved is not the failings of individuals, but the entire organization. The transformation of the UAW into a bribed corporate entity is part of a universal process which has affected unions throughout the world.
The UAW cannot be reformed through the election of new leaders because the UAW as an institution has separate social and financial interests opposed to those of the workers it falsely claims to represent. The alternative to the union’s treachery is the formation of rank-and-file factory committees as new forms of workplace organization, separate from and hostile to the union apparatus. These committees would link workers in different industries and occupations nationwide and globally in a common fight against the corporations.
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An actress with Down’s Syndrome has taken on the starring role in a powerful play about love and diversity.
Abigail Brydon, 28, is leading the cast of Down’s with Love as it goes on a 14-venue tour of Scotland.
Abigail plays Beth, a confident young woman who falls in love with local singer Mark in her pub. But Mark is already falling for Beth’s support worker Tracey, leaving them in an awkward love triangle.
Downs With Love challenges society’s perceptions of what is considered socially acceptable when it comes to disabled people pursuing a relationship.
Abigail, who studied acting at Fife College in Dunfermline, worked with Cutting Edge Theatre to incorporate some of her own life experiences into the script.
She told STV News: “Parts of the show are based on my experience. One of them is being discriminated against. It makes me upset and makes me feel like people are judging me.
“It’s important to show people what it’s like for someone with a disability because the same things might happen to other people.”
But despite some emotional scenes, Abigail wants the audience to come away from the show feeling uplifted.
Abigail has always wanted to be an actress and landed the dream job after joining the INSPIRE programme, created by Cutting Edge Theatre to offer drama training to young disabled adults.
Talking about her inspiring message to others, she said: “Don’t give up be yourself and forget what other people think about you.”
The show is now on a three-week tour during Down’s Syndrome Awareness Month.
Explaining why she created the show, writer and director Suzanne Lofthus said: “I want to challenge perceptions about disability. Can we accept a couple, one of whom has a disability, and one does not, and if not, why does that make us uncomfortable?
“If we were to see somebody who is a disabled person walking down the street hand in hand, romantically involved and loving and kissing somebody who is not disabled. Why do we as a society struggle with that?
“We know we shouldn’t, but we do and so it’s just simply asking that question ‘why’?”
Downs With Love includes integrated BSL interpretation in every performance with actor and BSL interpreter Rachel Amey joining the cast to play Julie, Beth’s confidant.

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If you are a seasoned traveler, starting your blog is a great idea. This is because it allows you to share your travel experiences and ideas. In fact, making a travel blog makes you a better traveler. Other than delivering pleasure, you get an opportunity to earn online. Nowadays, several passionate travel bloggers are making lots of money online. You can equally start one and turn it into a full-time business.
If you have a passion for traveling, you should start your travel blog now. Although starting one takes a few minutes, making it successful can take a couple of months. With expert tips, you can make your blog popular and earn a good income from it. The following are some tips to follow:
How to be successful at travel blogging
Share unique experiences
To make your website unique, you should avoid talking about towns, cities, or destinations superficially. You can get several travel websites offering general information about different destinations across the world. Ensure you share activities or things people can do there and your unique experiences.
As far as sharing your travel experiences is concerned, you need to it in a great manner. When you go to a given destination, try to indulge in various interesting activities that you can find. However, if you are unable to share your story in a unique way, it will just dilute its effect. Thus, it is very useful to write it well. Do not copy other bloggers’ content. Instead, create yours.
Become an avid reader
To become successful, it is not just about traveling. You should read extensively. Find information and facts about great travelers, authors, and books. You should read them to increase your knowledge. Also, you can subscribe to popular travel websites and magazines. When you focus on a particular niche as a blogger and read relevant scripts, you are bound to be successful.
What is the need of traveling without taking pictures? In fact, a travel blog that does not have pictures just looks dead. Other than writing well, you need superb images. You need to craft your blog posts well, and they can go viral in few minutes. Moreover, it is not possible to tell a great story without the use of pictures.
You should know that success does not come overnight. Therefore, when you start your travel website, you will be sharing your stories, experiences, and relevant pieces on a routine basis. You should not leave your readers to wait for weeks until the next post.

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When we created this glam living room design, the fun was in mixing and matching—high vs low, vintage vs contemporary, traditional vs modern, glam vs organic, refine vs rustic, feminie vs masculine…
This stunning glam home office we designed features a calming creamy color palette with a pop of gold accent, a glam white writing desk with a metal base and brass hardware, a boucle desk chair, two of art deco bookcases, a sleek LED task lamp, an framed abstract artwork, blue-and-white vases, an chic animal print area rug:
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Mood-board of the Day—a modern glam entryway that features with a clean-lined modern classical console table, a group of Chinoiserie hand-painted vases, a pair of crystal table lamps and an oversized artwork.
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The entry is where your guests get the first impression of your home and who you are. So, why not to take some bold decisions to make it dramatic and wow everybody! Today we are going to share 21 of our favorite glam entryways.
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Happy Monday! It is always great to start a whole fresh week from your well-organized, chic and stylish home office, isn’t it? For today’s mood board we created, we love to talk about 8 ideas to elevate your home office and keep yourself motivated all-week long.Continue reading
We have developed an appetite for tone-on-tone neutral palettes in the past year. We firmly believe that all these neutrals help create a soothing and relaxing home—the ultimate sanctuary for most of us under the current situation. We find out that if we do it right, the tone-on-tone color scheme will make home interiors high style and timeless. The challenge is often on how to create a monochromatic home that has a depth, dimensions and warmth. We came across this urban Chicago home and fell in love with its aesthetic. Yes, it has varied shades of grays and subtle pops of jewel tones— a perfect case study for a monochromatic home that is fresh, clean, modern yet elegant and sophiticated.
The entry is painted in Benjamin Moore’s Cape May Cobblestone which sets the tone of a crisp, monochromatic palette for the rest of the home. The gray leather on the seats add textures while the dark brown wood flooring evokes a warm feeling. The brass details on the console lamp and the mirror above elevate the entry with a touch of glam. And of course, the loose floral arrangement enlivens the space. You can click here for more ideas on entry design.Continue reading
We have actually developed an appetite for the tonal neutral interiors as we have been going through the whole pandemic thing since last year, particularly those interiors with a lot of natural light. Those homes are truly heavenly sanctuaries that allow us to wind down, relax and rejuvenate. So, when we came across landscaping architect Perry Guillot’s Southampton escape on AD, we feel the similar verve and fell in love with this serene escape–a playhouse with a garden that is inspired by nothing short of cosmos and has tonal white stucco walls. Guillot is known for the artfully restrained gardens he has created for such clients as Tory Burch, Aerin Lauder, and Reed and Delphine Krakoff.
The clipped hollies embrace the main entrance of the playhouse. It looks like the sky is on the earth.
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This six-floor, five-bedroom Upper East Side townhouse, owned by by notable art collector and philanthropist Nancy McCormick, a longtime Lawrence client who’s an American Ballet Theatre trustee and founder of the children’s clothing line Florence Fancy, was just redesigned and renovated by Mexican architect Carlos Garciavelez and New York designer David Lawrence. The home is sophiticated and sumptuous.
We love how calming and graceful Venetian plaster walls and hand-embroidered, quilted-cashmere curtains provide a perfect neutral backdrop for patterned furniture and client’s museum-worthy art. The oriental antique area rug has a subtle sheen and patterns to add an extra layer of glam. A cream mid-century chair with the sleek tapered brass legs by the classical fireplace brings in a youthful energy.Continue reading
It is an art to make a home both sophiticated and livable. Luckily, we came across such a home when we searched inspiration today. The house is located in the historic northwest Portland neighborhood of Kings Heights. It took five years to complete the interiors of this 1922 Federal-style 5,400-square-foot house. The design team did such a great work to find a way to make the home feel open…while still respecting the period of the house.
We love the muted white paint on the walls and all of the natural elements from the rug to hanging bags that bring in a touch of nature. The arch doorways , the details on the doors and a framed artwork indicate a sophiticated taste of the owners.Continue reading
We came across this eye-candy home on the internet today and love its simplified classical vibe and neon colors.
The marble floor design is pretty eye-catching and the classical gilded portrait nicely contrasts with the modernity in the entry. Click here to see more entry design ideas.
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