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Design, Process, and Collaboration at Stripe
Developer platforms don’t have a reputation for being particularly well-designed. Often, they’re strictly utilitarian, with little attention being paid to aesthetics and usability.
But then there’s Stripe. The widely-used web and mobile payments platform, built specifically for developers, is a diamond in the rough. It’s a sophisticated tool with the design to match.
We recently spoke with Ludwig Pettersson, Stripe’s creative director, about organizational culture, the state of our industry, and design collaboration.
Hi Ludwig. When deciding where to take your talents, what attracted you to Stripe?
I joined Stripe about five years ago, when it was a tiny company in a tiny office in Palo Alto and I was the first designer. There were a handful of engineers just trying to build this crazy thing, and what drew me to Stripe was two things:
First, the product we’re building is a service that I strongly felt needed to exist. Before joining Stripe I’d been building things myself. I’ve always had side projects, and there was one in particular that I’d been working on for a couple of months, and I started thinking: “Maybe I can turn this into a side business and live off of it.” I remember looking into how to charge for it, and it was really difficult. There was all this arcane technology and APIs that were really bad, and I remember thinking, “I’ll figure this out in six months.” But I just stopped working on it before then. And so, working on something like Stripe that removes those hurdles — that was a big part of it. There should be nothing standing in the way of starting a business or selling something online and charging for it. I liked seeing that someone was fixing it.
Second, joining early was a big creative opportunity. Having the ability to set the direction and visual style was exciting, and definitely a big part of why I joined.
How does design fit in with Stripe’s organizational culture?
Very early on we all saw the value of design. I tend to think of design as something that amplifies things that already exist — it can hit the turbo-boost button on a product, a launch, or whatever it might be. It can make something get more attention or be better-received, and will just be an objectively better thing that you create.
Companies saying that they value design has become a platitude in the past several years — it’s the cool thing to say, because you can’t not say it — but I don’t necessarily think that was obvious a couple of year ago. I think it’s true that most companies in tech today value design, but when we got started that wasn’t obvious.
What we got right, or lucked into, was investing a lot of energy into design very early, and when we launched, everyone at the company got to experience why it’s worth investing in design. One of the worst things is coming into a company that doesn’t inherently value design — not having that trust. I think you should always be able to defend your reason for being at the table, but having the trust of the people around you goes a long way. Not having that trust would break my heart, basically.
Being able to prove the value of design very early on has meant that everyone has bought into it and sees why we should continuously invest in it. You want to have that as a reason — to be able to point back and say, “Oh right, that’s why we care about it.” Otherwise, when you’re hitting up against a deadline and things aren’t as good as you want them to be, you’ll start bending all those principles.
Having proved it very early has done us very well in keeping design as a core part of everything we do. It is very important at Stripe, and everybody sees the value of it.
Expanding on that, how has the design team influenced the direction of the company?
The fact that design is core to everything we do — we’re always there, always working — is important for a couple of reasons.
Say you’re working on a product, or whatever it might be. The magical touches that make something really good don’t tend to happen at a meeting with Post-It’s or with everyone brainstorming ideas, but rather tend to happen when you’ve got an engineer or a designer or someone who’s been tirelessly working away and testing their ideas in their own time and their own space. Having designers positioned so early on in everything, we’ve been able to have a lot of impact on everything we’ve built because we’re there working on the products from Day One. If you don’t have that early on, it’s hard to have any impact.
Developer tools tend not to get much design love. Being able to invest in design in an industry where it’s considered an afterthought has propelled our products further ahead, and that has come from designers in their work. Say we’re bouncing around ideas of what to build next, or what the next version of something should be. Having that product design perspective is key, because otherwise — if you think of setting the direction as an isolated process and then it gets sent out to all the teams designing it and implementing it, you lose the magic that is iterating and having the freedom to test things. That’s where all the really good things come out — not from the initial meetings. The actual implementation is where it matters, and I think that us having designers very early in there has made all the products we’ve built so much better.
How does Stripe’s design team collaborate?
We tend to be fairly loose in terms of structure. We try to show each other as much work as possible and keep everyone involved. I think that having completely isolated designers is bad for everyone on the team, because then you have these small islands of interesting things happening, and you miss out.
For example, on a small team, everyone talks all the time. As it grows, the default ends up being that people don’t share all that much. We tend to work very independently on many projects and have a lot of space to experiment and try new things and push things forward, but then we always try to pull it back to what the team wants and the direction we see ourselves going in. We give everyone individual freedom, so then you have to make sure everyone stays up-to-date in everything and everyone’s able to follow along and at the right times give feedback and input.
I’d sum it up with: a designer winds up owning a very large part of something and they can have ownership over it and make the decisions that they think are best, but they still have the support of the team when they need it. You don’t want an overly centralized way of working that smothers creativity, but the extreme opposite end is the design going in ten different directions. Finding the balance there is not always easy, but we err more on the side of trusting each other and giving each other the independence and spacing and then being there when an individual designer wants and needs the support of the team around them.
Is your whole team in-office, or are there remote workers as well?
Most of us are here in San Francisco, and then we have some remote designers. That ends up working out great. We just talk a lot on Slack, and it’s wound up working really well.
What does your team do differently today than it did a year ago?
We’ve started to figure out where to add some minor process. For example, we tried to add a tiny bit of process in places where things used to happen very naturally, and as we’ve grown end up not happening anymore by default. An example there is making sure that — say you’re two designers working together. You’re talking constantly, right? Sending things back and forth. If you’re three designers, everyone starts sharing within the group. Four five six, not everyone is talking to everyone. I think that’s an example of a place where we’ve tried to add a very little amount of process to make sure that everyone gets to share their work, everyone gets to prompt others for feedback, and to make sure that all the things that naturally happen when you’re smaller continue to happen as the team grows.
It’s human nature to want to over-engineer everything. You go into a room and want to come up with a perfect plan for this perfect machine of how design or anything should work, and you plan it all out and you leave and you start up this machine and you can just kind of relax. But that never works, and you wind up with a super complex system that’s hard to change or understand. What we try to do is introduce a little bit of process and recognize “Here’s something that’s missing that we used to do all the time that we now really miss.” An example would be regularly scheduled critiques so people get to share their work and get everyone to look at it and get the thoughts and feedback and comments they want. With everyone having a lot of freedom and a lot of space, if you don’t look out for it it can easily become too independent with people feeling like they’re not getting the support they need. What we try to do is that, any time we start feeling like something isn’t working as well as it did six months ago, we try to figure out the smallest tweak we can make to get back to there.
Do you use a design collaboration tool, like Wake?
We started using Wake a couple of months ago, and it’s working out really well in terms of getting that constant feed of everything going on. That’s a perfect example of something that everyone used to do. In a small team, everyone sends screenshots back and forth constantly, but then if you have these independent channels, or have the main channel for the team, you can very easily start losing out on that because people might feel like they have to post very polished things, or just forget because they’ve already sent it to two people and forget that three others haven’t seen it yet. It’s worked out really well as a default feed of everything that’s going on, which we’re really liking.
That gets people away from the Dribbble mentality of only being able to show polished work.
Right. And then also it’s wound up being a safe space for the team to show whatever they’ve been working on in whatever state it is, so you don’t wind up with just final polished things. You want people involved way earlier than that.
What do you think is the biggest challenge facing the design world today?
This is very individual and very subjective, but something I’m worried about — especially in digital design — is getting stuck in an even bigger echo chamber than we’re already in. If everyone just gets inspired by each other, the field will keep narrowing and narrowing. You want to keep borrowing ideas from neighboring design fields. I think that goes in cycles, where, for example, mobile app design keeps getting narrower and things start looking the same, and then someone or some company mixes it up a bit, and then people are back to having more original ideas again. That is less so something I’m worried about happening, but it is something that happens, and getting stuck there would be unfortunate.
More broadly, in terms of how design gets applied at companies, if it gets channeled and focused on the wrong things… a lot of design works as an amplifier, but you can’t rely entirely on it. You need to back up really good design with really good fundamentals — is the product you’re working on what people want? Is it something people care about? Is it solving the problem it’s supposed to solve, rather than just looking really beautiful but not doing much? That requires asking hard questions about what you’re working on, and that’s never super comfortable. When people rely on design too much by itself rather than relying on fundamentals… that’s not a good thing.


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Steelers Daily Links: Historic Underdogs at Bills, Pickett at Fault for Turnovers?
The Pittsburgh Steelers will be an underdog to historic proportions this Sunday against the Buffalo Bills, while social media debate has raged about how responsible Kenny Pickett was for his three interceptions on Sunday.
Kenny Pickett had three interceptions in his NFL debut, but Pro Football Focus charted him with zero turnover-worthy plays (which is certainly debatable). Pickett received a 71.6 passing grade from PFF.
Through four games, Minkah Fitzpatrick is rated as the second-best safety in the NFL by PFF with an 83.8 overall grade. PFF also has Fitzpatrick ranked fifth in coverage grade (81.5), ninth in run defense (78.7) and 10th in passer rating allowed (34.7). Fitzpatrick’s three interceptions rank second among safeties.
Ben Roethlisberger’s latest Footbahlin podcast was released on Monday. Roethlisberger discussed his recent elk hunt, the Steelers Week 4 loss to the Jets, and the importance of raising Godly kids.
According to Ryan Scarpino, the Steelers will be double-digit road dogs on Sunday for just the 13th time since 1986. In the previous 12 games they’ve covered six times. When they don’t cover, the average margin of defeat is 23 points. The Steelers haven’t been a 14-point underdog to any team under Mike Tomlin. The last time they were close to that mark was when they were 13.5-point underdogs in Super Bowl XXX.
Zach Wilson completed 10 of 12 passes (83%) for 128 yards and one touchdown against the Steelers in the fourth quarter. It was the first time a Jets quarterback had a fourth quarter with 120+ yards and an 80% completion percentage since Ryan Fitzpatrick against the Cowboys in Week 15 of 2015.
Jim Nantz, Tony Romo and Tracy Wolfson will call the Steelers-Bills game for CBS on Sunday.
Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa (concussion) has been ruled out for Sunday’s game against the Jets. Teddy Bridgewater will start in his place.
Broncos running back Javonte Williams suffered a torn ACL and will be out for the season. According to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, the MRI also revealed a torn LCL and posterior lateral corner.
49ers safety Talanoa Hufanga continues to turn heads this season, as he had a pick-six off Matthew Stafford in San Francisco’s 24-9 win over the Rams on Monday night.
Mike Tomlin will speak with the media at noon. — Alan Saunders
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February, March and April are the best months to plant sweet peas in all Australian climates, but traditionally Australians sow their sweet pea seeds on St. Patrick’s Day (March 17).
Common name: Sweet pea
Botanic name: Lathyrus odoratus
Flowering annual with fragrant perfume. Colours range from white, blue, lavender, purple and pink through to red. Sweet peas usually grow about 1.5-2.0m (4-6′) tall, but there are many different kinds available, including dwarf cultivars.
All areas are suitable for growing sweet peas. Try them as a winter flower in warm climates, and a spring or early summer flower in cold or mountain districts.
excellent cut flower winter flower display fragrant garden good for covering a trellis or screen dwarf types such as ‘Cupid’ are great as ground covers or planted in hanging baskets
beautiful perfume attractive flowers in a wide range of colours
To grow well sweet peas need plenty of sun (at least six hours per day), a soil enriched with compost and manure, and good drainage. Provide a trellis, wire netting or stakes for tall varieties to climb, and don’t use too much fertilizer (particularly high nitrogen fertilizer) or the plants will produce lush green leaves but very few flowers. Prolong the display by removing spent flowers.
Seed and seedlings are available now at your local nursery or garden centre.

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Carrying Case, Demolition Device, Sprengpatrone Z.48
This carrying case held a demolition charge for destroying an artillery piece before capture by the enemy. The Wehrmacht name for the charge, which is not in the case, was "Sprengpatrone Z.48," and this appears to be the 5 cm model.
It came to the Smithsonian as part of a transfer of German rocketry artifacts from the U.S. Army Ordnance Museum in Aberdeen, Maryland, in 1989.
Transferred from the U.S. Army Ordnance Museum
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Myrtle Beach is a haven for golfers looking for the same appeal that golfing in Florida offers with its nice weather and scenic backdrops, without having to drive an extra couple of hundred miles down the east coast. Myrtle Beach is family friendly with so much to do, including spending the day on a golf course.
The best time to go golfing in Myrtle Beach is in the summer months because that is when courses are cheapest. Conveniently, this is when beach goers flock to the area a great excuse to plan a beach trip with family or friends and also spend some time golfing. Prices for tee times can drop by almost 50% if you go at the right time of year. Needless to say, fall and winter months are when golfers are in some force in the area, but the peak season, the time when courses are looking their best and the weather is welcoming, begins in March lasting through April.
The list of golf clubs and country clubs in Myrtle Beach seems almost endless. There are over 100 golf courses beginning just north of Myrtle Beach and ending just south of it a 60+ mile stretch of coastline. Several of those Myrtle Beach golf courses are considered to be very high end, luxury courses.
The Dunes Golf and Beach Club is the most well-known club in Myrtle Beach and it is located so close to the beach that it boasts beach access. Built on 270 acres, the course consists of long tees, fairway traps, and elevated greens. As the Dunes Golf and Beach Club has gained prestige in recent years, it has been ranked among the top courses in America according to Golf Digest, and it has hosted the Senior PGA Tour Championship. It costs about $200 on a given day to golf, but most people will tell you it is well worth the money and you’ll get what you pay for.
Pine Lakes Country Club is another upscale golf resort that gives an old-fashioned, southern vibe. Built in 1926, Pine Lakes was the first golf club in Myrtle Beach. Its exclusivity means that only club members can golf, with the exception of guests who are staying at a select few hotels nearby.
The Kings North golf course located at the Myrtle Beach National Golf Club and Resort is worth mentioning because of its size and design. It has a resort-style design and includes an island fairway. Myrtle Beach National is away from the hustle and bustle of Myrtle Beach, and Kings North was built throughout a pine forest, giving golfers a serene setting to golf in.
Finally, the Grand Dunes Resort offers arguably the most visually appealing course with the best views. Its design has drawn hoards of golfers. Overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway, the course also offers views of the forest surrounding it and its 34 acres in lakes. It costs under $100 to golf here, providing a refreshing change from the high prices of some luxury clubs in Myrtle Beach.

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Blue for the colour of summer skies, blue for the colour of the Pacific Ocean, blue for the colour of Antarctic ice.
My blue look, consists of:
Odette Top in floral blue by E! Eclectic Apparel
Barny pants in blue from Spirit
Margiella Cutting Sneakers by UFO for Collabor88
JADA hair in Fairly Odd Collection/Cotton by Lelutka
And my skin is from Ugly Duck

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wore Marli New York diamond earrings and a Djula diamond ring
to UGG’s 40th Anniversary Celebration
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MARLI New York diamond earrings:
Founded in New York in 2014 by Maral Artinian, Marli is redefining minimalism with distinctive, original jewelry design, artisanal craftsmanship and precious materials. Marli draws inspiration from a novel mix of pop culture, urban life and Haute Couture fashion. Every jewel is meticulously hand-crafted in 18K yellow, rose or white gold and top quality diamonds. Discover the magic of minimalism at www.marlinyc.com.
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Djula diamond ring worn in white gold:
Djula was founded in 1994 by famed Parisian designer Alexandre Corrot. Each unique piece in Djula’s collection exudes a delicate, seductive originality that epitomizes French elegance. With an emphasis on fashionable yet timeless design, Djula is clearly recognized today as one of the most famous, in‐demand jewelry brands in Europe. Djula can be found in over 80 exclusive retailers worldwide, including its first US flagship store on Madison Avenue. For more information, please visit www.djula.fr.
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Dental implants can transform your smile, and in fact your whole appearance, by replacing missing teeth with natural-looking replicas. Implants can even improve the functionality of your mouth as a whole, allowing you to chew more effectively. While the benefits of dental implants can be significant, they are not right for everyone. Read on to learn the two quick questions you need to ask yourself before considering dental implants.
How Healthy Are Your Gums?
Healthy gums are necessary for proper support of dental implants, so it is important that you consider the overall state of your gums before considering implants. A quick visual examination can give you a good general idea of whether gums are healthy.
- Pale Pink Gums are typically healthy, making you a good potential candidate for dental implants.
- Dark Pink Gums are not in ideal condition. This color may mean that gingivitis is present. Talk to your dentist about eradicating the problem - with careful attention to dental care, gingivitis can often be removed.
- White or Very Pale Gums are unhealthy. This color may indicate infection, gingivitis, or damage from tobacco use. This damage may be reversible through good dental care, medication, or cessation of tobacco use.
The gum tissue will serve as the secondary support system for the implant, and is partially responsible for keeping the implant in the correct place. Thus, having a normal amount of healthy gum tissue is also important. If you are missing gum tissue for any reason, dental implants may not be possible.
Has Your Jaw Been Damaged?
While the majority of people will be able to answer "no" to this question, there are still many people who have experienced jaw damage of some type during their lives. Since the primary metal support system for the implant is typically drilled directly into the jaw, a healthy jaw with full bone density is important for dental implants. Some things that could negatively impact jawbone density include:
- Osteoporosis: Osteoporosis doesn't just impact the spine - it can cause bone loss in the jaw as well.
- Broken Jaw: When the jaw is broken, it is possible that bone loss could occur during a surgical repair.
- Bone Infections: Infections in the bone called osteomyelitis can cause bone loss in the jaw. When the jawbone is exposed to germs, or when an infection spreads to the jawbone via the gums, dead bone may eventually result. This bone may have to be removed surgically, which will permanently lower bone density.
If you have healthy gums and a healthy jaw, you've passed the initial test for dental implants. The next step is talking to your dentist -- a gorgeous new smile could be in your near future!
To find a dentist in your area, click this link http://www.charlottesvilledentistry.com/ or do an online search.

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Bucks lock up the playoffs ahead of schedule, Bucks four-game winning streak Raptors Middleton 22 letters brother 19
What happened to Salah's corner kick? What is the impact of Salah's corner kick?
Global Connection丨A new batch of Chinese Covid-19 vaccine arrives in Colombia
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text: No trip to India is complete without a visit to the State of Kerala. Agoda.com offers big savings on 765 hotels in top locations. The great Kerala is teeming with tourist attractions and popular cities such as Kochi / Cochin, Alleppey, Trivandrum / Thiruvananthapuram. Whatever your appetite demands, you can find in one of many wonderful restaurants around the State. Book now on Agoda.com and save up to 75% on Kerala hotels.

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STING – 57TH & 9TH TOUR
That's right! Sting is coming to Warsaw and will be performing live at Torwar, so give a warm welcome to the best musicians of the year with your Sting Warsaw tickets! The wait has been long, but now it's the time to purchase your Sting Warsaw tickets and attend the best show ever! Make sure you listen to the latest tracks before the event, for Sting will be singing them at the concert and you will have to sing along! Get hold of your Sting Warsaw tickets and have the best day of your life. You won't regret it!
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Tickets for the newly announced 57th & 9th Tour concert in Warsaw starting at 349 pln go on sale November 21st at 10am via www.LiveNation.pl.
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text: Here is yet another time in Earth's history from Jer 4 Jer 4 23 I looked on the earth, and behold, it was formless and void; And to the heavens, and they had no light. 24 I looked on the mountains, and behold, they were quaking, And all the hills moved to and fro. 25I looked, and behold, there was no man, And all the birds of the heavens had fled. 26I looked, and behold, the fruitful land was a wilderness, And all its cities were pulled down Before the LORD, before His fierce anger. 27For thus says the LORD, "The whole land shall be a desolation, Yet I will not execute a complete destruction. 28"For this the earth shall mourn And the heavens above be dark, Because I have spoken, I have purposed, And I will not change My mind, nor will I turn from it." Where does this time for earth fit in your escatology? During the Millennium?

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Late last week, the Obama Administration announced that it will delay until 2015 the penalty imposed on employers for not providing “minimum essential health care coverage” to its employees as part of the Affordable Care Act. The penalty would have applied to employers with 50 or more full time equivalent employees starting in 2014.
Based on the press release by the Treasury Department, the agency in charge of imposing the penalty, as well as writing the regulations explaining how to comply with the law, there has been significant push-back from the business community about the penalty. The main concerns raised are the lack of clear guidance from the Treasury department on a penalty that was to go into effect in five short months, as well as the complexity of reporting proposed by the department and the burden that reporting would impose on employers.
The “individual mandate” requiring individuals to have health insurance or be assessed a penalty, is still set to go into effect at the beginning of 2014. The requirement for employers with more than 250 employees to report the value of employer-provided health insurance on the employee’s W2 is also still scheduled to go into effect in 2014.
Based on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act to date, it would not be surprising to see more delays announced on other parts of the law in the future. The best advice when working with this law is to determine how it will affect your business and work to comply with the law as it stands at the end of the year. This also happens to be the advice of the Treasure Department as well.
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Solar electric generation systems (SEGS) currently in operation are based on parabolic trough solar collectors using synthetic oil heat transfer fluid in the collector loop to transfer thermal energy to a Rankine cycle turbine via a heat exchanger. To improve performance and reduce costs direct steam generation in the collector has been proposed. In this paper the efficiency of parabolic trough collectors is determined for operation with synthetic oil (current SEGS plants) and water (future proposal) as the working fluids. The thermal performance of a trough collector using Syltherm 800 oil as the working fluid has been measured at Sandia National Laboratory and is used in this study to develop a model of the thermal losses from the collector. The model is based on absorber wall temperature rather than fluid bulk temperature so it can be used to predict the performance of the collector with any working fluid. The effects of absorber emissivity and internal working fluid convection effects are evaluated. An efficiency equation for trough collectors is developed and used in a simulation model to evaluate the performance of direct steam generation collectors for different radiation conditions and different absorber tube sizes. Phase change in the direct steam generation collector is accounted for by separate analysis of the liquid, boiling and dry steam zones.
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27 Apr 2023 Podcast: Guest – How to Buy a Property That Will Stand the Test of Time with Aife Horsley
In this episode, Evelyn and Maddie sit down with buyer and vendor advocate Aife Horsley from Raveche Property Group to learn more about how buyer’s advocates can benefit homebuyers.
A buyer’s advocate is a professional who works solely on behalf of the buyer during the home buying process. They can help buyers navigate the complicated real estate market, source un-advertised properties, negotiate with sellers, and ensure that buyers get the best deal possible.
We discuss the specific ways in which a buyer’s advocate can save buyers time, money, and stress during the home buying process. Specifically, understanding why it is so important to lean on the professional knowledge of an experienced buyer’s advocate is. Whether you’re a first-time homebuyer, downsizer or a seasoned pro, this episode will provide valuable insights into the benefits of working with a buyer’s advocate.
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BRUSSELS, March 5 (Itar-Tass) —— The Russia-NATO summit in Chicago may not take place because of the disagreements over missile defence, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said.
At the same time, he said one should not dramatise the situation.
Fogh Rasmussen said it would be too early to speak about the summit in Chicago as more meetings with Russia are in store to discuss missile defence.
He stressed that if no summit takes place in Chicago, this would not mean the end of dialogue with Russia.
Speaking of the March 4 presidential election in Russia, Rasmussen said he hoped for continuity in the Russian leadership’s policy with regard to cooperation with the alliance in order to achieve practical results.
NATO is ready for constructive dialogue with Vladimir Putin who is said to have been elected the new Russian president, Rasmussen said.
He said NATO hopes for Moscow’s further participation in the positive dialogue towards cooperation with the alliance.
He believes that further development of the bilateral dialogue should proceed in accordance with the agreements reached at the Russia-NATO summit in Lisbon in November 2010.
Fogh Rasmussen noted that important progress has been reached in key areas over the past year and named security in Afghanistan, the fight against terrorism, illegal drug trafficking and piracy as an example.
He expressed hope that NATO and Russia will be able to move further in other areas, especially on missile defence as both sides would only benefit from such cooperation.


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Joe Cajero, Jr. is active/lives in New Mexico. Joe Cajero Jr is known for Indian figure and animal sculpture.
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Joe Cajero, Jr. was born in 1970 in Santa Fe, New Mexico and raised in the Pueblo of Jemez. He is a descendant of a long line of Pueblo artists, including his father, a painter, and his mother, Esther, a potter. As a child, Cajero would often accompany her to Indian art shows throughout the Southwest. On the road as well as in her small shop in Old Town, Albuquerque, the young Cajero learned from his mother, the business of marketing ones art and was challenged to try a creative form he never guessed he’d be known for today, clay and bronze sculpture. While growing up, Cajero also had the privilege of spending many hours with his maternal great-grandmother Petra Romero, listening to the wonderful stories she would tell of times gone by. Her
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There are numerous figures from entertainment history that have made the transition from the screen to politics. One such figure is Sonny Bono, who started out his career as a musician before finding success in the realm of variety television with the help of second wife Cher. After divorcing from Cher in 1975, Sonny decided that he didn’t want to be another washed-up celebrity. This is what inspired the star to open up his very own restaurant in 1985. Running a successful business led to Sonny becoming interested in politics, and he went on to become a congressman before his death. The pain of losing Cher is what caused Sonny to do all this. Join Facts Verse as we explore how Sonny Bono never recovered from his breakup with Cher.
Sonny Bono Couldn’t Find Success On His Own
Sonny Bono was born in Detroit, Michigan, in February of 1935. During his 20s, Sonny found success as a songwriter working with a record label by the name of Specialty Records. Around this time, Sonny had an early success with the song “Things You Do to Me”, which he penned for recording artist Same Cooke. Sonny’s successful work as a songwriter with Specialty Records led to him forming a professional relationship with producer Phil Spector.
It was during the early 1960s that Sonny Bono first met Cher. Sonny was 27 years old at the time, while Cher was only 16. Sonny was married to first wife Donna Rankin from 1954 to 1962, and he would marry Cher in 1964. During their marriage, the husband and wife formed the aptly named pop duo of Sonny & Cher. It was Phil Spector that helped produce the duo’s biggest songs. The biggest song from the pop duo of Sonny & Cher inarguably remains 1965’s “I Got You Babe”. Sadly, the love between Sonny and Cher wasn’t as strong as that iconic song continues to suggest.
Sonny and Cher remained married for over a decade, with their marriage finally coming to an end in 1975. By that point, the duo hadn’t even gifted the world their iconic variety series. Following the dissolution of their marriage in 1975, Sonny and Cher had to hold it together for the audience’s sake during the production of The Sonny and Cher Show, which premiered on television in 1976. The show lasted for only a season, but remains notable largely for it’s absurdity.
Sonny and Cher Divorced in 1975
The Sonny and Cher Show was a success by some metrics. However, the argument can certainly be made that the duo had already fallen from critical acclaim by the time of their divorce in 1975. Since Sonny and his ex-wife were no longer on good terms during the filming of the series, the singer often found himself the butt of Cher’s jokes. Cher has always been the much more popular of the two performers, and many have made the case that Sonny was always just profiting off of his younger wife’s talents.
When Cher walked out on Sonny Bono in 1975, it proved the beginning of the end for the singer as an entertainer. Still, Sonny tried for several years to continue to find work in the entertainment industry. Sonny had a hard time finding success by himself on either the screen or the radio. His musical endeavors all flopped without Cher, and his film work saw him relegated to humorous cameo roles.
According to the late Sonny Bono himself, it was appearing on The Love Boat that proved the wake-up call he needed to leave the entertainment industry behind once and for all. Of course, The Love Boat was infamous for being the final resting place for stars whose time in the industry had gone on for far too long. Sonny didn’t want to become just another famous face that wasted away his final years performing on The Love Boat, so he decided that he was going to start a new chapter of his life. This is when the former singer made the decision to get into the restaurant business.
Sonny named his restaurant Bono’s Italian Restaurant, and it was located in the city of Palm Springs. The restaurant remained in operation until 1991. It was during Sonny Bono’s time operating this restaurant that the former musician first got the idea to venture into politics. Before his death, he would make a name for himself as both a mayor and a congressman. If you’re enjoying this video so far, be sure to hit the like button to show your support! Also, subscribe to the channel if you’d like to be among the first to know when more Facts Verse videos are on their way!
Sonny Got Into Politics After Opening Up His Restaurant
According to the late Sonny Bono, he first got the idea to venture into politics as a result of a zoning conflict that arose while he was operating his Palm Springs restaurant. Sonny wanted a sign that was bigger than the zoning restrictions allowed, and he became so passionate about the issue that he eventually became the mayor of the whole city! Sonny became the mayor of Palm Springs in 1988, and fans were flabbergasted that the once-washed-up star had successfully made a name for himself in the arena of politics.
Sonny Bono was certainly proud of himself towards the end of his life for venturing out successfully into realms outside of the entertainment industry. However, there was always a bittersweet tinge during celebrations as the former singer remembered why it had happened. The reason that Sonny accomplished so much during the later years of his life was because he never got over his second divorce.
Sonny Bono was married four times over the course of his lifetime, which makes his decade-long marriage to Cher a relative blip on the radar. However, it’s undeniable that Sonny held a special place in his heart for the woman that made him famous in the years leading up to his 1998 death. After divorcing from Cher in 1975, Sonny went on to marry third wife Susie Coelho in 1981. For those that don’t know, Susie is a lifestyle expert. Similar to Martha Stewart, she is known for her incredible homemaking skills.
Sonny Didn’t Find Success in Love Until His Third Marriage
Sonny divorced from Susie Coelho in 1984, after only a few years of marriage.
In 1986, Sonny Bono married a fitness instructor by the name of Mary. Mary became Sonny’s fourth and final wife, and they would remain married until the former singer’s accidental death in 1998. Mary helped Sonny manage his restaurant, and also encouraged him to get into politics.
Sonny Bono acted as the mayor of Palm Springs from 1988 to 1992. However, he ended up being unsuccessful in his attempts to remain mayor for a second term. Still, Sonny would later find continued political success before his death by becoming a congressman in 1995. Sonny served as a congressman until his 1998 death. Following his death, Mary Bono was elected into congress to take her husband’s place.
Cher Has Bad Memories of Her Time with Sonny
Cher is still alive today at the age of 76. Shortly after divorcing from Sonny Bono, she entered into a marriage with Greg Allman. However, this marriage didn’t last past the 1970s. Nowadays, it seems that Cher prefers to be single. The icon holds some pretty negative views on her time with Sonny Bono. Cher has alleged that Sonny took advantage of her when she was too young to stand up for herself and subsequently used her to attain fame.
Not longer after Sonny and Cher’s marriage ended in divorce, Cher would claim that her former husband had kept her in a state of essential indentured servitude. The fact that Sonny had a hard time finding continued success in the entertainment industry without Cher furthers this theory.
Cher also had a lasting effect on the late Sonny Bono in other ways. Sonny Bono was encouraged to join the Church of Scientology during the 1970s, and the person who got him into it was none other than Cher herself! It was only Sonny who had continued involvement with the organization after that. The Church of Scientology would continue to pester the former musician until his death, and it even tried to preside over the fallen politician’s funeral after his tragic 1998 ski accident.
Mary Bono made sure that the Church of Scientology had nothing to do with her late husband’s funeral. Though Cher had her negative feelings about her former husband, she attended the 1998 funeral service and gave a memorable eulogy. It wouldn’t be until many years later that Cher would become more vocal about the negative feelings that she maintained about the time she shared with the singer.
Sonny Bono failed to find success in the entertainment industry without his much younger second wife, so he had to become a politician instead. Now it’s time to hear from you: did you know that Cher claims that Sonny Bono kept her in a state of essential indentured servitude during their marriage, and that she was only 16 years old when they first met? As always, like this video to show your support, and subscribe and hit the notification bell if you’d like to be among the first to know when more Facts Verse videos are on their way!

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Normally, when Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, drummer for The Roots, food lover, and man about town has a few friends over at his downtown New York apartment, his go-to dinner strategy is ordering in from Han Dynasty. “I’ve never not witnessed a food orgasm when someone tries the spicy cucumbers.” He’s also a major fan of the dan dan noodles, and dubs the entire meal experience as “tantric.”
However, on this particular September evening, Questlove wasn’t serving his eclectic mix of guests transcendent Chinese takeout. Instead, he was hosting his third food salon, where he’s brought top-notch chefs together to cook for a group of his friends, who [this night] included Padma Lakshmi, Chris Rock, Eugene Mirman, and__Carl Bernstein.__ Questlove describes the concept succinctly as a “high-brow potluck.”
The featured chefs for the evening each prepared a course. Paul Liebrandt from Brooklyn’s The Elm made a complexly flavored king crab–based mousse, where each bite was filled with a different and expected gem. Next, Michael Solomonov of Philadelphia’s Zahav, prepared a divine smoked lamb shoulder with saffron rice, black-eyed peas, and tahini. And the meal was ended on a perfect sweet note by DB Moderne’s pastry chef Ashley Bruze, who managed to highlight the last of the season’s strawberries paired with a frozen sheep’s-milk yogurt, for a light and elegant take on a classic strawberry shortcake. Solomonov, perhaps in a nod to the host’s proclivities, plated his lamb dish in a Chinese-food carryout box.
In terms of guests, Questlove hopes to have to a future salon, his wish list reflects his signature brand of nerd cool. He hopes his new “quasi-BFF” Fran Lebowitz, and Tonight Show colleague Jimmy Fallon will make it to future gatherings. He was shocked when one of his “bucket list” attendees, Bjork, showed up at the last food salon. “She was the first to arrive, and she asked if she could help with setting stuff up. I was like, ‘Bjork, what are you doing at my house?!” And she replied, “You invited me.”
In this video shared exclusively withVanity Fair, go behind the scenes with the chefs and learn about the influences on their craft, watch them make their dishes, and hear guests’ reactions to the evening.

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How is a discography performed?
Discography is a diagnostic procedure in which x-ray dye is injected under gentle pressure into the discs of the spine. Based on the presence or absence of pain during the injection of dye, your doctor may be able to determine if the disc is responsible for your pain symptoms.
How painful is a Discogram test?
How Painful Is a Discogram? The needle insertions for IV and local anesthetic may cause a mild stinging pain from the pricking. The discogram is designed to provoke existing pain to find out the source, so certain amount of pain is to be expected.
How long does a Discogram procedure take?
The discogram procedure usually takes 30 to 45 minutes. If a suspect disk is found, a CT scan is often performed to determine the condition of the disk. You will be kept for observation for 30 to 60 minutes and can then go home.
What is the difference between a Discogram and a myelogram?
Myelograms only give a clear picture of the spinal canal. Discograms, however, enable your doctor to view the disc itself. While viewing an x-ray monitor, called a fluoroscope, the doctor inserts the hollow needle through your skin into the center of the disc space.
Are you awake for a Discogram?
Although you’re awake during the procedure, your doctor might give you a sedative through a vein to help you relax. You also might be given an antibiotic to help prevent infection.
Are you awake during a Discogram?
What does a positive Discogram mean?
As each disc is injected with contrast, you are asked to describe your symptoms, such as the intensity and type of pain experienced. When discography replicates your symptoms, it is called a positive discogram. If symptoms are not replicated, it is a negative discogram.
What should I expect after a Discogram?
How will I feel after the discogram? You may have a temporary increase in back pain or pain at the injection site for several hours after your discogram. Apply ice packs and take your pain medication as directed by your doctor. You might also feel drowsy from the sedative medication.
How do you feel after a Discogram?
Typically, if a disk is causing your back pain, you will feel pain during the injection that’s similar to the back pain you have daily. If a disk is normal, there’s little pain during the injection. During the discogram, you’ll be asked to describe and rate your pain.


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Ars Nova Workshop Presents The New Paths Festival Pairing brilliant voices in jazz To Peculiar Philadelphia Spaces And Stories
Performers are conceptually connected to sites that are uniquely Philadelphian and as diverse as Bartram’s Garden, Barnes Foundation, American Swedish Historic Museum, German Society’s Horner Library, and Girard College Chapel PHILADELPHIA, PA – Ars Nova Workshop (ANW) will showcase some of the most consistently brilliant voices in jazz and experimental music in some of Philadelphia’s most ...Read More
Born on a hunch in Dublin, back in 2007, 12 Points, the festival of young European jazz, has grown in size and ambitions, and will celebrate its 8th edition this April in Umea, Sweden; the 2014 EU Capital of Culture. From Thursday 10th to Saturday 12th April, young musicians from all points on the European compass ...Read More
The 1970s was a transition period for jazz. Legends from the 1940s and '50s were still performing all over the place, but rock, soul and disco all took a toll on jazz greats' income and sense of direction. Aging artists weren't sure what to do to hold onto fans or how to reach new ones. They ...Read More
Los Olivos Jazz and Olive Festival Grammy-nominee Denise Donatelli will be returning along with Steafan Karlsson and the rest of “The Los Angeles A Team”. All of these musicians have performed with some of the biggest names in jazz and popular music, and we are very fortunate to have them play for this event. Saturday June ...Read More
SFJAZZ today announced summer programming for the 32nd Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival running June 12 to June 22, 2014 and the 2014 Summer Sessions running July 17 to August 24, 2014. The Festival will present a nonstop celebration of legendary performers and up-and-coming artists at the SFJAZZ Center’s Robert N. Miner Auditorium, Joe Henderson Lab, ...Read More
Jazz This Week: Mwata Bowden, a David Sanborn Tribute, "Newport Jazz Festival: Now 60," Alarm Will Sound, and More
Events have conspired to make this week's preview of jazz and creative music shows in and around St. Louis both rather terse and somewhat behind schedule. so let's go straight to the highlights.... Tonight, multi-instrumentalist Mwata Bowden of Chicago's Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, performs a free concert with bassist Paul Steinbeck and drummer ...Read More
Presented by Fourth Street Merchants, KCSM/Jazz 91, Avalon Berkeley, and Berkeleyside, the 19th Annual Jazz on Fourth Street Festival will take place Sunday, May 18, from Noon – 5:00pm in Berkeley, CA on Fourth Street between Hearst and Virginia and is free. For more information, visit fourthstreet.com or call the hot line at (510) 526-6294. This ...Read More
The 7th annual Red Hook Jazz Festival will take place once again in Brooklyn's Urban Meadow on two consecutive Sundays, June 8 and 15, 2014 from 1-6 PM. As part of its continuing grassroots tradition, the RHJF is a 100% volunteer-run event that receives no major corporate sponsorship beyond in-kind donations from local businesses, nor any ...Read More
Brilliant news for jny: Belfast jazz lovers! Brilliant Corners, the city’s jazz festival is back for its eagerly anticipated second edition from March 26th to 29th and it promises to be an absolute cracker. Local musicians of the highest caliber will highlight the strength of the Irish jazz scene while international acts attest to the pulling ...Read More
From 10 to 19 July in Ghent, Belgium Big names and musical discoveries on two stages colour Gent Jazz Festival’s vision of the future. Gent Jazz Festival 2014 presents musicians from the new generation on the Garden Stage every day of the festival, while on the main stage a traditional and carefully balanced mix of international ...Read More
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Corderman, Edwards on Maryland Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
Two state senators representing Washington County will be on the Maryland Senate Budget and Taxation Committee for the 442nd session of Maryland General Assembly that meets Wednesday.
Sen. Paul D. Corderman, R-Washington, will be joining Sen. George C. Edwards, R-Allegany/Garrett/Washington, who has been on the committee since 2007.
Senate President Bill Ferguson, D-Baltimore City, made the assignments along with other standing policy committees for the session.
“The Senate is gifted with members who bring their experiences, policy understanding, and ability to work together to the table,” Ferguson said in a news release announcing the assignments. “With all the differences of this upcoming session, the most important work will be done in our committees, and I have faith in our chairs and senators to produce the finest legislative work on behalf of all Marylanders.”


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Nora Pouillon hasn’t found a buyer for Restaurant Nora yet, but she says that no matter what, the dining room will close June 30.
The 38 year-old American restaurant, which pulled off farm-to-table cooking decades before it became trendy and marketable, is a unique property—and a potentially tough sell—because Pouillon is also including the building it’s housed in. It’s on the market for $7 million ($5 million for the building, $1 million for the business—and add another $1 million if the buyer wants to keep the Nora name). That’s too steep a price tag for many chefs, who are used to leasing. José Andrés said no, as did the owners of Vedge, the ambitious vegan restaurant in Philadelphia. Nora alum Haidar Karoum “didn’t want to do any white tablecloth restaurants,” according to Pouillon. But for the right buyer, it’s the opportunity to take over a historic building (it was built as a grocery store at the turn of the 20th century) that holds a rare commercial license in the residential Kalorama neighborhood. Plus, she’ll throw in the furniture, pots and pans, and silverware, too.
As for Pouillon? She’s slated to receive a lifetime achievement award from the James Beard Foundation on May 1st. She’d also like to help restaurateurs and chefs figure out how to operate with organic and sustainable ingredients. In her perfect world, she’d consult on something like an organic fast-food project. But it’s time to quit the grueling noon-to-9 PM schedule the 73 year-old chef has kept up for over three decades: “I don’t want to be in the restaurant when I’m half deaf and half blind—you want to go out with everything still great.”


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Donald Trump’s claims that Democrats will rig the 2016 election have struck a nerve in Colorado.
That nerve belongs to Secretary of State spokesperson Lynn Bartels.
Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, has for months complained about vote-rigging in several states where he has done poorly, including Colorado, where he failed to pick up a single delegate in the state Republican convention in April.
Bartels told The Colorado Independent that six of the state’s* most populous counties are all under Republican clerks and recorders, and that the idea that they are in it to help either candidate win is “insane.” She added, “Clerks don’t pray for winners and losers but large margins of victories so there are no recounts!”
In a statement to media outlets, Bartels responded to inquiries about vote-rigging claims by saying, “Donald Trump has been tweeting about elections being rigged, but he offers no evidence of such. I can say on Twitter I’m a supermodel but that doesn’t make it so.”
She explained that in 2014, 5 percent of Colorado votes were cast at Voting Service Centers, the majority of which are located at county government offices. The rest came from mail ballots, and county clerks have what she described as “extensive extensive checks and balances in place in scanning the mail ballots.”
But the strongest evidence of all, she added, might be seen in the results of the 2014 Republican primary for governor. Included among the candidates was then-Secretary of State Scott Gessler.
Gessler came in third in that primary, Bartels pointed out. “If you really can rig the system, how come he didn’t win?”
Gessler made voter fraud a signature issue during his four years as secretary of state, and used it to argue (unsuccessfully) for legislation requiring voters to bring photo identification to the voting booth. The peak came after the 2012 election, when he claimed there were more than 150 cases of voter fraud in Colorado.
Those allegations were found to be largely baseless, and resulted in just one conviction. A second case went unprosecuted when the defendant fled the state.
Bartels’ boss, Secretary of State Wayne Williams, is equally adamant about the reliability of Colorado’s election system and the safeguards in place to protect against shenanigans on (or before) Election Day.
“While there are occasional instances of voter fraud, Colorado’s processes are very good at catching attempts to commit voter fraud,” Williams said. “We are working to improve our processes and prosecute those who break the law.”
This year, prosecutors are looking into several cases of alleged signature fraud committed by hired petition signature gatherers, as well as instances of “dead voters” casting ballots.
In 2014, a review of voter fraud allegations between 2000 and 2014 found just 31 credible allegations out of more than one billion ballots cast.
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If you are a Baby Boomer, someone born between 1946 and 1964, you were probably asked sometime in the past week, “Where were you when JFK was shot?” The answers spill out from the depositories of childhood memories, high school and college days we knew then. Then the flash back to that day, that November 22, 1963, after which our young lives would never be the same. Media journalists did their best to pin down the meaning of that still unfathomable day. America was never as innocent after that day, never as hopeful or naive, it’s true. We didn’t know it so well then, but we know now how our lives were forever marked by the tragic loss of our youthful and intelligent President Kennedy.
I was sitting in a classroom in my all-girls high school. I was a sophomore and had just turned 16. Sometime around noon, the black-habited sister who was principal of the school burst open the door and quickly shouted, “President Kennedy and Governor Connally have been shot!” Then she was gone.
We must have gasped and been in a daze, wondering what had happened. Perhaps there was a following report over the room’s intercom, but I’m not sure. Then, about an hour later, the principal again flung open the door and cried, “He’s dead!”
And that was how this classroom full of young and innocent Catholic girls, dressed in identical white blouses and blue vests, first heard the news and felt the impact. And then they cried and didn’t stop for three days, and the sisters who were our teachers were crying too and asking why, how could this have happened in this great land of ours.
I don’t remember crying because more than anything I was worried about what this horrible act would mean for our country, whose history and presidents I loved so much. Another assassinated president, Abraham Lincoln, had been my hero since I was in fourth grade and I remembered being driven round and round the great monument to that fallen President in Washington, DC, a little girl waving good by to a towering marble figure. Now I wondered whether “this nation” in 1963 would survive too, would have a government that would continue to be —or at least strive to be — of the people, and not perish from the earth.
Then the human drama swept over us that weekend, murder on live TV as Oswald was shot in broad daylight, the wife alone in the rotunda of the Capitol, the little girl touching the casket, the little boy saluting his father as the casket rolled by in procession, drums tapping out a somber, mournful beat. We were riveted. At my school, we were allowed the rare privilege of TV at all hours to watch the history unfold. We sat in silence before a small set in the second-floor study hall and could hardly talk.
Then, life went on as it had to. We were deep into the 1960s, and I had left the convent school and entered public high school in my small home town of Sheboygan. I went to college and the world was changing faster and faster. Young people changing their minds changed their attire to beads and bellbottoms. I was drawn to civil rights protests, the politics of the Vietnam War, women’s rights as they were becoming known and my own personal journey in journalism and life.
There was optimism, there was hope and there was a future, of course, we believed. But there would always be that stain of November 22, 1963, when the JFK was shot and something else died, too. Still, remembering his words, we had to go on. We were young, after all. In 1969, Kennedy’s promise of sending a man to the moon was realized and it was a wonderful sign that, though he was gone, his vision and dreams could still be ours.

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Just before the US Senate approved Joe Biden as the next president of the United States, hundreds of Trump supporters stormed Congress.
Only after being challenged by Biden did President Donald Trump ask the protesters to go home.
Biden urged Trump to behave like a statesman and end the shocking scenes unfolding in the US capital on Wednesday.
In the end, Trump responded with a one-minute video on Twitter in which he asked the protesters to go home.
“We won the election with an election landslide, but it was stolen from us, something everyone knows and especially the other side.
“But now you have to go home. We must have peace, law and order and respect,” Trump added, adding that he loved the protesters and reiterated that the election had taken place in a fraudulent manner.
Shortly after the message was posted, Twitter blocked it for further sharing.
Thousands of protesters
Tens of thousands of Trump supporters gathered when Congress was about to formally approve the election result and confirm Joe Biden as the country’s next legally elected president.
Around the same time as the Republican majority leader in the Senate Mitch McConnell asked his party colleagues to accept the election result, there were reports that several protesters had broken through the barricades and were about to enter the building.
The approval of the election result in Congress was stopped.
Several American media reported that Vice President Mike Pence had been escorted out of the Senate chamber at the same time as reports that the protesters had broken the security barriers and went all the way into the Senate hall and on to the offices of several of the elected representatives.
A woman was treated for critical injuries after she was shot in the chest in the Congress area.
Later, there were reports that she had died from the injuries. The mayor of Washington ordered a curfew from 6:00 PM local time, and the National Guard was deployed.
Tear gas and pepper spray
Police in riot gear removed hundreds of protesters from the site. Several tried to get up the stairs to the building but were stopped by police.
The police also asked the elected representatives to put on a gas mask because there was tear gas in the building.
A video on Twitter, posted by a Washington Post journalist, showed many people moving past the barricades while shouting “USA, USA.”
Employees at the Congress were asked by the police to leave the building.
It is unclear when Congress may reconvene to complete the certification of Joe Biden as the election winner.
When angry Trump supporters besieged the building, only 12 of the 538 election delegate votes had been certified.
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A senior citizens advocacy group is warning that millions of elderly taxpayers are finding themselves in the position of unexpectedly owing hundreds of dollars in back taxes as a result of the Making Work Pay tax credit, and in some cases paying penalties.
The tax credit, a provision of the 2009 stimulus legislation, was advanced to taxpayers in 2009 and 2010 in the form of higher payroll and pension checks, due to lower federal income tax withholdings being deducted from them. Eligible people qualified for a credit of up to $400. But millions of taxpayers were either advanced the tax credit without being eligible for it, or they were advanced more of the credit than they were entitled to under the law.
One glitch affected working seniors who also received Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, railroad retirement or veterans' disability compensation, according to the Senior Citizens League. Seniors qualified for a separate $250 economic stimulus payment that should have reduced their maximum Making Work Pay tax credit to $150. But the IRS withholding tables used by employers did not adjust for those payments.
Seniors receiving pensions were affected as well, because the IRS tables allowed reduced withholdings for pensions — even though such income was not even eligible for the credit, which only applied to income earned from a job.
Married couples who worked and also received a pension are at greatest risk and could potentially owe as much as $1,600.
Because the faulty tax tables caused many people to owe taxes they didn't expect to owe, the IRS has allowed penalties to be waived for the 2009 and 2010 tax years. But the waivers are only given if taxpayers explicitly request them. According to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, last year virtually no taxpayer surveyed knew they could request a waiver (see 13.4M People May Owe More Taxes Because of Making Work Pay Credit).
The Senior Citizens League said it supports efforts to repeal or reform the way Social Security benefits are subject to taxation. Even though retirees already paid taxes during their working years to fund the Social Security system, their benefits are also taxed once they rise above $25,000 a year. Every year the benefits of more retirees are subject to tax, because the federal government does not adjust the income levels annually as is routinely done with income tax brackets.
Social Security recipients are also required to compute their taxes using a special formula that factors in "provisional" income, including supposedly "tax-free" money such as tax-free municipal bonds or proceeds from ROTH retirement accounts.
"Many seniors will be surprised to find they owe money on their tax returns for 2010 because of the way the IRS implemented the Making Work Pay tax credit," said Senior Citizens League chairman Larry Hyland in a statement. "We urge affected seniors to file their penalty waivers. We also urge the government to eliminate what amounts to double taxation of Social Security benefits, by removing taxes on those benefits."
In response to the report that TIGTA issued last December on taxpayers who owed money last year as a result of the credit, IRS management said the agency planned to continue to do outreach efforts, but declined to contact taxpayers who owed any penalty based on the Making Work Pay credit. When asked about the claims by the Senior Citizens League, an IRS spokesperson cited the IRS response in that TIGTA report, along with a Web page on the IRS site containing information on how to adjust the withholding for the Making Work Pay credit.
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Dubai, UAE – At launch, the INFINITI Q30 was one of the most hotly anticipated vehicles to be introduced to the region. One year on from the launch, the premium hatch has delivered in spades on the results front making it one of the best-selling vehicles for INFINITI in the Middle East.
Introduced in August 2016, INFINITI has delivered almost 1,200 vehicles to customers around the region. This makes the INFINITI Q30 the dominant performer amongst premium hatchbacks in the C-segment.
Juergen Schmitz, Managing Director, INFINITI Middle East said: “When the INFINITI Q30 was introduced, it marked a new chapter for our brand. It was the first ever hatch to be introduced by INFINITI – something we felt could contribute strongly to the premium C-segment. Looking back on the performance in the last year, the numbers prove beyond a doubt the absolute success of this vehicle.”
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“With its dynamic styling, enhanced performance and just an all-round premium motoring experience, we expect demand for this vehicle to continue to grow and drive strong results for the INFINITI brand in the region,” added Schmitz.
The INFINITI Q30 is available with 1.6L or 2.0L Turbo variants, with the 2.0L Turbo engine delivering a thrilling 208hp and 350Nm torque. When equipped with front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive, the highest-performing engine in the range is capable of powering the INFINITI Q30 from 0 to 100kph in 7.3 seconds.
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Honey Lee, Sandara Park, And More Step Down From “Get It Beauty”
OnStyle’s beauty show “Get It Beauty” has announced that its four cast members will all be leaving the show as of this season’s finale.
On November 20, a producer of “Get It Beauty” confirmed that Honey Lee, the MC since 2015, is leaving the show. Sandara Park, Park Na Rae, and Lee Se Young, who joined Honey Lee for the 2017 season, are also departing.
“‘Get It Beauty 2017’ wrapped up its final filming last week, and the show will be airing as normal until mid-December,’” said the source. “After that, the new ‘Get It Beauty 2017’ beauty survival segment ‘Perfect Brush’ will take over for ‘Get It Beauty 2017’ in early January.”
A representative of Honey Lee has stated that she plans on donating her appearance fees to a charity for women.
Sandara Park recently shared a photo of herself on her last day of filming “Get It Beauty,” adding that she’d grown attached to the dressing room and saying she loves the show.
Meanwhile, new plans for “Get It Beauty 2018” are currently in the works.
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Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009
K-STATE'S VISITING WRITERS SERIES TO FEATURE AUTHOR ROBERT DAY NOV. 19
MANHATTAN -- Author Robert Day will read from his Kansas-based works as part of Kansas State University's Visiting Writers Series at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, in Hale Library's Hemisphere Room.
Day is best known for his 1977 novel "The Last Cattle Drive," a Kansas tale that has been compared to Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
"While the great trip is along the east-west roads of Kansas rather than south along the Mississippi, and there's no raft and plenty of cattle, the mixture of hilarity and seriousness is quite similar," said Elizabeth Dodd, professor of English and director of K-State's creative writing program. "Day has a lively, engaging voice on the page and I'm sure readers -- whether Kansans by birth or not -- will enjoy an afternoon hearing him read from his work."
Day's "The Last Cattle Drive" was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection and has been reprinted in a 30th anniversary edition. Day also has published several novellas and a collection of short stories, "Speaking French in Kansas," in addition to a number of poems and essays.
A reception and book signing will follow the reading from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Strecker-Nelson Gallery, 406 1/2 Poyntz Ave., downtown Manhattan.
Day has a bachelor's and a master's from the University of Kansas. He presently teaches English at Washington College in Chestertown, Md.
Additional information on the series is available at: http://www.k-state.edu/english/visit.html


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We are a music licensing library for motion picture and television advertising. We are establishing a new company, TONAL INJECTION. We now have a logo, but we are looking for cover art. Think of this as CD covers but without the actual CD packaging (for now) as we are doing an all digital release.
Our current library, Q-FACTORY, can be seen and heard at http://www.qfactorymusic.com/catalog.htm.... You can see the past CD covers we have used.
We want brand new ideas, but in general, we would like something dynamic and simple.
HERE IS WHAT WE NEED:
We need four cover art variations.
We have included the TONAL INJECTION logo. This should go on top. We then need you to create a background, which should be the same for all 4 covers. However, we need color changes and font changes for each to make them distinctive from each other.
The 4 titles are:
The fonts should reflect the title genres. For example, Horror & Thriller could have a gothic/scary feel with possibly a blood red background. Be creative as you'd like, but they should be readable and all in caps. And please stack the titles the way you see them listed above.
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Incorporate the logo (which is included in our upload section) at the top as every cover is part of our new TONAL INJECTION series. We have a logo with a black background and a white background. Choose whichever you prefer creatively for your work.
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