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It’s a deeply fiery, richly umami sriracha sauce with a slightly sweet citrus finish. It’s sweetened with pineapple instead of sugar and doesn’t contain any preservatives. It’s Merfs’ classic red hot sauce, and a great alternative to the traditional sriracha.
HEAT LEVEL: Medium 7/10
Pairings: Burgers. Ramen. Spice up pasta, bloody mary, or michelada. Marinate chicken.


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Some John Mayall fans might be disappointed to find that the radically expanded two-CD edition of A Hard Road actually includes no previously unreleased material, even though it tacks on a whopping 22 additional tracks. It's more a complete document of the Bluesbreakers' recordings with Peter Green, of which A Hard Road was just the most prominent part. It might be an awkward fit for Mayall completists, since much of the bonus material also appears on other Mayall releases, particularly the Looking Back and Thru the Years compilations. For those just looking for a comprehensive overview of the Green-Mayall era, though, it's excellent, with the extra tracks including several non-LP singles (among them the 1967 B-side "Rubber Duck," which had never before appeared on CD); the A Hard Road outtakes that first showed up on the 1971 Thru the Years LP; the Green-sung and -composed "Evil Woman Blues," which was placed on the Raw Blues various-artists anthology; "First Time Alone," the Blues From Laurel Canyon track on which Green guested; and all four tracks from the 1967 EP that paired John Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Paul Butterfield.
A Hard Road itself was a good if uneven blues-rock album, highlighted by Green's incredible sustain on the instrumental "Supernatural" (a clear influence on Carlos Santana). Green also took some of the lead vocal and songwriting duties, though Mayall remained the dominant singer, whether on covers (the best of them being Freddie King's "Someday After a While (You'll Be Sorry)") or originals (highlighted by the uncharacteristically frantic "Leaping Christine" and the moody "Living Alone"). But some of the non-LP tracks are among the best recordings the Bluesbreakers did with Green in the lineup, like the supremely downbeat Green-written and -sung B-side "Out of Reach"; the quality outtake (again written and sung by Green) "Missing You"; the hard-edged outtake "Please Don't Tell," cut in March 1967 months after the A Hard Road sessions; and the haunting 1968 B-side "Jenny," actually done in late 1967 after Green had left for Fleetwood Mac, but featuring a return visit from him on lead guitar. Other extra tracks are duller and more routine, but at least it accounts for everything done by the Bluesbreakers with Green in tow, with the unimportant exception of a 1967 session on which they backed Eddie Boyd. Note, incidentally, that while Green and Mick Fleetwood briefly played together in the same Bluesbreakers lineup, just two tracks here (the 1967 single "Double Trouble"/"It Hurts Me Too") feature Fleetwood on drums.

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"This is why it is inherently unfair, since gay couples can satisfy all but the last requirement, and it's the only one which serves absolutely no legitimate state interest."\
I totally disagree. The states interest in marriage is indeed to promote strong and stable families for the procreaation and nurturing of children. This is pecisely why gay marriage is not in the state's interest. Otherwise why have marriage at all? Why not a certificate for room mates, for couples living together? Its all about encouraging and protesting the family unit and procreation. While gay couples may be able to satisfy other requirements, they cannot satisfy the most important one, creating children.
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It takes only 30 seconds for a fire to double in size, regardless of what type of home it starts in.
That’s why having working smoke alarms is vitally important, Davenport Fire Lt. Zach Soliz said Thursday.
“The quicker we have that notification, we can respond faster and mitigate that situation,” he said during a media briefing at the Five Seasons mobile home park on Fairmount Street.
From 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, the fire department and the American Red Cross of the Quad-Cities and West Central Illinois will install free smoke alarms to homeowners at the mobile home park as part of an ongoing program to help prevent property damage, serious injury and death.
Five Seasons reached out to the fire department following a fire that broke out Dec. 21 in a mobile home fire in the park that took the lives of Kelsey Clain, 23, and her children Jayden Smead, 5, and Carson Smead, 2. Two other children, Isabella Smead, 9 months, and Skylar Smead, 4, died later at University Hospitals, Iowa City.
The cause of that fire is undetermined. Fire officials have said there were no working smoke alarms in the mobile home.
Angie Moss, regional director of YES! Communications which operates the mobile home park, said the company reached out to the fire department after the fire.
“We realize with the recent tragedy that awareness is imperative and we want to be extremely proactive and make sure that our residents are aware of the resources available to them,” she said.
The Davenport Fire Department launched its smoke alarm program in 2012 and has installed around 150 alarms to-date. About 50 of them have been installed since the fall, Soliz said.
The fire department’s year-round program works specifically with home owners who don’t have smoke alarms installed.
As they do the installations, firefighters talk to home owners about how and where to install them — on every floor off the kitchen and sleeping areas.
Landlords are required to provide smoke alarms to tenants, who in turn are required to maintain them.
The winter months tend to be busy for area firefighters as several factors, such as holiday cooking and the use of fireplaces, furnaces, space heaters and electrical cords present the potential for starting a fire.
Soliz said Davenport firefighters have handled 25 building fires, 11 cooking fires and three other fire-related incidents since Nov. 1.
“The loss of property, and unfortunately the loss of lives, has made this year unique compared to years past,” he said.
Soliz said that some people think that a fire can’t happen to them or “I’d wake up, my dog would wake me up.”
That’s why early alert through a functioning smoke alarm is so important for the home, he said.
“It’s just important to reflect on what happened, reflect on what’s available and learn from it,” he said. “We’ll try to help out the best we can.”
Soliz said the fire department already has had requests to install about two dozen smoke alarms during Saturday's event.
Moss said the mobile home park currently has 222 occupied units on the property and that the majority of the residents are homeowners.
She said the park staff frequently checks smoke alarms in the rental units and makes free smoke alarms available to homeowners who need them.
"This is truly something that hit home for us and something that we're very happy to be a part of," Moss said of Saturday's event.
Amber MacGrath, disaster program manager of the local Red Cross chapter, said that there has been a record number of fire responses in the Quad-City area this year.
The Red Cross has been called in to assist at 199 fire-related incidents since Jan. 1, she added.
Typically, they typically respond to 60-90 calls in January.
“I think part of that also is our continuing work and partnership with our fire departments,” she said. “We work really hard to make sure our first responders are reaching out to the Red Cross so that we can be there to support the families that are impacted.”
The Red Cross launched its own smoke alarm campaign in 2014 with the goal of decreasing death and injuries by 25 percent. Since then, the Red Cross has installed thousands of smoke alarms.
They also hosted "Sound the Alarm, Save a Life" in the fall, which aimed to put 100,000 smoke alarms in homes across the country. The Red Cross will again host the event in April, MacGrath said.


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Mary Page is a public relations, government affairs and communications specialist. She says that working in public relations, media and branding has given her the opportunity to tell other peoples' success stories.
She lives in Stoke Bishop and is standing on a platform of scrapping the role of mayor if she is elected.
In her own words this is why she says she should be Bristol's next mayor
The challenges we are facing as a city, are so great that we need to change the system.
We’ve had City Mayors since 2012, putting major decisions about the way Bristol is run in the hands of just one person. The two Mayors we’ve had, have ignored consultations, communities, and you.
● The Bristol Arena cancelled – £12m wasted
● 800 trees to be hacked down in Hengrove
● Hotwells and Harbourside under threat from a four-lane highway
● Struggling Bristol Energy bailed out by c.£40m
● Unnecessary pay-offs to not one, but two Chief Executives
● Paying council consultants £850-1450 per day making a mockery of the commitment to the living wage
We need to turn the page on our past and create a council system that remembers it’s about services and serving the people, with you empowered to be at the heart of decision-making.
My proposal to you is to clear, it’s time to end this bad relationship with the Mayor. These are my key priorities and together we can:
> Create a council that prides itself on giving all a fair share.
> Sort our terrible transport using franchising to get better bus fares.
> Improve our environment, protect trees and parks, and clean up our air.
> Prioritise Special Educational Needs and Disabilities funding and Adult Social Care.
> Provide homes not just houses, help the homeless with appropriate welfare.
> Stop financial waste and give people the choice to Scrap the Mayor.
Right from day one in office we can have a rainbow Cabinet, delegate powers and budget to councillors, communities and you, to give you a Mayor that shares and cares.
Mary Page is the only candidate who wants to abolish the role of mayor and give power to the people. Vote Mary Page, Bristol Liberal Democrats to change the system.
We also asked each candidate what they would do to address five key issues in Bristol - housing, transport, inequality across the city, climate change and Education/SEND funding.
Tackling Transport/Climate Change/Equality
In order to combat the huge challenges we are facing, it is essential to look at improving our current systems not continually segment and count our differences.
Tackling transport, Climate change and inequality are three areas that must be interlinked to effect the level of change required to be successful in making our city fairer, more sustainable, accessible and relevant to all. So we will:
1) Prioritise all transport investment into public transport improvements to reduce congestion, air pollution and emissions, facilitate accessibility for all and not just build new roads.
2) We will promote and vote for a Bus Franchise system (London style) at West of England Combined Authority and convince partners that this is the best way forward to deliver the public Transport improvement needed in this region.
3) Introduce smart card system with integrated ticketing for all modes of transport inc. trains, (e)cars, (e)bicycles, buses, walking and mobility scooters. Make sure a young people’s bus pass (0-25yrs) is created and funded to reduce fares.
4) Push for an increase interconnected transport systems to large sporting venues, hospitals, airports, railway stations, shopping centres and all destination attractions in the city.
5) Investigate and implement with consent pedestrianisation in the City centre, Clifton village and other suitable areas, with walking routes to be made safer, fun (rainbow crossings) and more attractive. Support key commuter or travel to destination-attraction routes with the pedestrian route prioritised.
6) Develop more Park and Ride to ease traffic in the city and encourage mini feeder Park and Rides and support suburban railways (Ashton gate/St Annes/Ashley Down Railway/Bus Hubs (Central, Brentry).
7) Deliver better air quality for all of Bristol with a clean air zone that focuses on dirty vehicles that makes the polluter pay and promotes clean travel over a phased period.
8) Create a living garden along the M32 route, and other major routes so there is a better welcome into the city whilst extracting pollution with green infrastructure and natural resources.
9) Strengthen access to green spaces for all Citizens. Facilitate speed cleans to encourage pride in our city. Work on a presumption of protection and investment in our trees and parks and increase the number and quality of children’s play parks. Turn city centre wastelands into green spaces, encourage park-lets, street planters and plant boxes.
10) Make sure that Residents Parking Zones work for the communities they serve. Deliver 30 mins free parking in the Central Parking Zone, to enable quick stops for drop offs, supporting local shops and those with mobility challenges but not blue badges.
11) Expand recycling - starting with the immediate implementation of soft plastic. Recycling of soft plastics such as crisp packets and plastic bags. Get back on track to Zero Waste – with the concentration on reduce, reuse recycle and the waste hierarchy.
12) Ensure we investigate the opportunity for hydrogen technology for public vehicles and plan infrastructure for private hydrogen vehicles for the future. Invest in more renewable energy production. Remain frack free. Extend heat and power networks.
13) Invest in public health programmes including smoking cessation, reducing drug and alcohol consumption and protect services for young parents. Support drug consumption rooms to reduce drug deaths, crime and dangerous litter and protect the public to provide equal access to support systems.
14) page10image7868480Promote healthy, safe communities, and also consider again how to invest time and money in the multi-agency preventative approaches that de-escalate tension, change lifestyles and prevent abusive behaviours from starting in the first place.
15) Appreciate Bristol as a diverse city, and include more representations of women, LGBTQ+, multicultural with history plaques and statues. Push for World Heritage status for Brunel’s sites within the city.
We aim to provide homes in thriving and sustainable communities, not just houses without access to a full range of services.
1) Invest more in Extra Care Housing to increase social and private provision of high quality supported housing across the city.
2) Encourage the provision of more dedicated student housing to reduce pressure on family housing stock. Implement a planning cap on unsustainable growth by the university until there is a better provision of student housing.
3) Improve the retrofit program for 19th century homes so they are fit for the 21st century and retrofit to achieve energy savings energy use. Set up a green bond to bring funding forward.
4) Ensure the council housing delivery company delivers more social housing and higher environmental standards.
5) Work closer with charities and homelessness 3rd party organisations to have one plan to eradicate street homelessness in the city and ensure adequate end of life care for the homeless.
The Liberal Democrats exist to build and safeguard a fair, free and open society in which we seek to balance the fundamental values of liberty, equality and community and in which no one shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity so we wish to provide opportunity for all Bristolians.
1) Ensure the council lives up to its legal duty to guarantee every child a school place and produces firm plans with 10 year projections for providing school places accounting for demographic change, future housing demands and SEND provision.
2) Lobby government to increase pupil premium in early years and extend universal free school meals beyond infants.
3) Fair access to higher education for all Bristol young people. Adult education, learning over life, collaboration across West of England. Increase apprenticeships including entrepreneurship and self-employment.
4) New annual city-wide competition for young people’s ideas on how to deliver all sorts of benefits to the city, with potential to work with organisations like Future Brunels to encourage interest in science, technology, engineering and maths.
5) The council to work with schools, academy chains, colleges, universities and employers to bring more joined up working, resources bases and shared knowledge. To help provide better opportunity for those from disadvantaged backgrounds.


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We had a great hike on the Perham Stream Birding Trail in Madrid Township on Saturday, May 23rd. The weather was a bit chilly at the start (there were a few snow showers in the mountains!) but it was a hardy bunch of about fifteen birders with binoculars and birding lists in hand.
The group was led by Pete McKinley, Ecologist at The Wilderness Society and Maine A.T. Land Trust Vice President, Kirsten Burbank, Trustee of the Sandy River Land Trust, and property owner Carson Hinkley. We were treated to sightings of a Brown Thrasher, a few Magnolia Warblers, and a Northern Goshawk, among others (see full list below)!
Special thanks to Carson Hinkley for not only graciously opening his property up to public use, but for maintaining the trails and having a vision as to the design and future of the landscape. His knowledge of the history of Madrid Township and the lands all around the High Peaks makes the trail what it is today.
Complete list of species seen (courtesy of Western Maine Audubon):

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Earlier this week, Violeta Bulc, the EU’s head of transport, announced plans to develop a Europe-wide scheme to charge lorries and cars for using roads. Bulc clarified that the scheme would be optional, meaning that countries like the UK could opt out if they want to. The Transport Commissioner also stressed that the amount of the fee should be based exclusively on the distance driven and should not be time-dependent, which would bolster more efficient use of roads.
This blogpost was first published as a comment by EurActiv.This week, the proposal to reform EU biofuels policy is back on the European Parliament’s agenda for the second reading, starting with a discussion about MEP Nils Torvalds’ recommendation, and a vote in the environment committee on 24 February.
The decision at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to recommend to its environment committee a definition of black carbon arrived at by scientific consensus, after four years of debate, has been welcomed by environmental NGO Transport & Environment. Lack of agreement at sub-committee level had been holding up technical work to calibrate and test black carbon measurement methods that could be used to evaluate control measures as well as monitoring and engine certification technology.
The latest round of climate talks concluded in Lima last month with a sense that some of the basics have been agreed to set the foundations of a global agreement in Paris next year. While the final outcome fell short of expectations, all parties seem to have accepted in principal the need to curb their emissions to keep an increase in global temperature below 2C. However, the two international sectors, aviation and shipping - the emissions of which have not been allocated to parties - seem to be the exception.
As the European Parliament’s Environment Committee Rapporteur today presents his report on the reform of Europe’s biofuels policy, a new web documentary explores how the EU has failed to decarbonise transport through biofuels. The web documentary can be found at www.biofuelsreform.org.
The findings of the public consultation on investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in the EU-US free trade negotiations, published today, leaves no room for any other conclusion than that ISDS should be excluded from any such trade agreement, two members of the European Commission’s own advisory group have said. The European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and Transport & Environment (T&E) called on the EU to heed the views of the almost 150,000 European citizens who participated, a record in the history of European public consultation.
We live in a world where governments struggle to address climate change. Scientific advice on what needs to be done to stop warming our planet is very clear; stop burning fossil fuels. Even the rather conservative International Energy Agency (IEA) agrees that we need to leave more than two-thirds of proven oil reserves in the ground to avoid catastrophic climate change.


RABAT (Reuters) – A suspected Islamic State militant and bomb maker went on trial in a Moroccan court docket on terrorism prices after his arrest in cooperation with U.S. intelligence, police stated.
The 24-year-old Moroccan was energetic in town of Sala Al Jadida close to the capital, Rabat, and was in the superior phases of planning assaults, police stated in a press release.
He was arrested on Dec. 16 as a part of an operation in cooperation with U.S. intelligence and safety companies, police stated with out providing additional particulars.
“This operation reaffirms the significance and effectivity of the shut bilateral cooperation between the Moroccan police and intelligence and U.S. intelligence and safety companies on the sector of countering violent extremism and terrorism,” the assertion stated.
Compared with different nations in North Africa, Morocco has been largely insulated from militant assaults. The most up-to-date happened in December 2018 when two Scandinavian vacationers have been killed in the mountains close to Marrakech.
Morocco’s counter terrorism company, often known as BCIJ, has arrested 65 militant suspects to this point this 12 months.
The United States declared Morocco a serious non-NATO ally in 2004 and each are members of the Global Coalition to Defeat Islamic State.
(Reporting by Ahmed Eljechtimi; Editing by Nick Macfie)


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Forming and informing the present: a conversation among Liryc Dela Cruz, Alex Gence, and Loreleï Regamey
We met Liryc Dela Cruz in the context of the CCC summer school “Documenting Shadow Knowledge” hosted by the Istituto Svizzero in Rome and were fortunate enough to be there for the last days of his exhibition “Il Mio Filippino: For Those Who Care To See” at Mattatoio. The relevance and generosity of Liryc’s contribution to the summer school compelled us to invite him to take part in a conversation to further discuss the implications of his work and the state of research by the means of art today. We warmly thank Liryc for accepting our invitation and are happy we can share the complexity and agency of his work in a dialogical manner.
This conversation was originally published in the first issue of SEARCCCH in January 2024. SEARCCCH is a publication of the Master program CCC – Critical Curatorial Cybermedia in the Visual Arts Dept. of HEAD – Genève, University of Art and Design in Geneva.
Alex Gence: How and when did you start working on the project Il Mio Filipino?
Liryc Dela Cruz: I started this project in 2017 when I arrived in Italy. At the time, I was doing housework, since when you go to the Filipino community and ask them: “Do you know if there’s any job for me?”, they always answer: “Of course, since you’re a Filipino you can do domestic work”. So from 2017 to 2018, I was being trained by Filipino workers to do cleaning and domestic work. The fact that these were the most readily available jobs for me, can partly be explained by how the Philippines and Italy created and structured the “Filipino workers” identity. This, we can trace back to the 1970s, when the Philippines and other Western countries or rich countries solidified the economy of exhaustion. I think I can call it the economy of exhaustion, this exportation of manpower. During the time of martial law and dictatorship in the Philippines we had so much debt in other countries and also in the global economic institution that our president, the dictator Ferdinand Marcos, started sending Filipinos as workers to Western countries to pay debts for our country.
AG: The historical context of how that economy and an economy-based identity was formed is really interesting. As you said, the consequences of this economy of exhaustion is also the point of departure for your work from the moment you arrive in Italy. As you already had an artistic practice, how did that influence the way you decided to develop your work in that context?
LDC: Before arriving, I was already doing cinema. I started doing cinema when I was 16. Informally, I had also been doing performance since I was young. But my artistic practice, what I consider my professional practice is Cinema. When I arrived in Italy, I started cleaning jobs and domestic jobs, but then I said, okay, how can I still do artistic things through Cinema? So I decided to document these workers that taught me how to clean, who also really collaborated with me and really took care of me.
I eventually consulted my mentors in the Philippines to ask how I could create a choreography from the movements of cleaning workers because, in the Philippines, our folk dances and some traditional dances are based on the movements of farmers, on the movements of animals or on the movement of an event. For example, harvesting or catching fish. I thought that, okay, since these movements are related to labor, why not also, try to dissect and also investigate the movements of domestic workers and how they take care of spaces.
But then, in my documentation, I found that there is a repetition of movements, that isn’t so random. I started to question how this repetition of movements connects to how their bodies were structured, way back in the Philippines, when they were being trained to serve Western countries.
There are public videos on the internet that you can see of the so-called slave schools in the Philippines. In these tutorials, instructions are given, for example: for three minutes you have to clean the table, for ten minutes you have to clean the toilet. These temporalities created certain repetitions and structured the movements in their bodies and were carried out for like 10, 20, 30 years.
I think from here you can see how care and processes and methodologies of cleaning have been redefined. I’m questioning how the idea of care, hospitality, cleanliness and methods of taking care have been redefined by this territory. In this regard, we also have to go back to where these cleaning methods were created, in the Philippines, because they were imagined as an offering, an offering to Western countries so that we can get bigger remittance.
When speaking about the Filipino workers you have to include domestic workers, nurses, seafarers, etc. For example, recently in London, The Department of Tourism from the Philippines made a campaign to promote the country. Instead of depicting places, landscapes and local cultures they chose to use the portrait of a Filipina worker, with the slogan “We offer the world our best”. This is a very strong example on how this political geography has affected people’s identities, how this manpower, the bodies exported to Europe contribute to the image of a country, of a nation.
AG: And when was that?
LDC: It was in 2023, I think months ago this year.
AG: I was going to ask you in terms of your practice, how did you arrive at the form we saw in the exhibition? Something interesting to us is how you articulate your research process, connecting things, finding sources or creating your own sources. Maybe you could talk about how you engage with all these different materials that you have from a methodological standpoint?
LDC: When I started this research it was important for me to not use so much Western feminist theories, because I still question how they are positioning themselves. In a way their theories have been situated in privileges detached from the reality I encountered when working with the Filipino workers. That’s also why I got closer to them, rather than working on theories and detached hypotheses. Still, one of the books that I really value and use in this work is A decolonial feminism, by Françoise Vergès. She’s very upfront in criticizing white feminist theories and she dissects and focuses on black, colored and indigenous women who are doing maintenance work and sustaining the society through labor and domestic work.
I also consulted Filipino groups here in Italy, unfortunately some of them are not that active because they lack time to organize, and they get little or no support from the Philippine government. The problem is that they know that they are in the master’s house due to this colonial legacy of considering Filipinos as resilient. This is also connected to catholicism, Filipinos are mostly catholics and so are Italians. Catholic people who will not speak, but just embrace the suffering. So I had a very limited way to access the bigger issues, because even in the community they don’t talk about it.
I realized that I had to invest in being with the workers, to really understand what they were going through, and they eventually started to open up to me.
This is how I could get a sense of the situations, and not just their personal ones, because each of their lives, individually, are dramatic. What interests me, is the collective experience, because through the collective you can see what their aspirations and their desires are. From there I understood that if I wanted to do research, it had to be one that could resonate with me, because somehow I’m also experiencing what these Filipinos are experiencing. And this research had to focus not only on their suffering but their desires as well.
I was talking, for example, to Gina Apostol, a writer from the Philippines who recently won the Rome Prize for Literature. We talked about the importance of learning and listening to the desires of people, like the domestic workers, because if you just listen to their suffering, you cannot see what’s on their mind. If you listen to their desires, you can also hear them get mad at their employers, how they curse, their living conditions, how they want what they want, how they miss being with their bodies, how they desire having another body. With this kind of approach, I was able to really connect with them, with their wholeness, to humanize them.
Loreleï Regamey: I find your criticisms of western academia interesting, take for example, anthropology, as it is often focused on a certain group of people and not from within the group. So I was wondering, how did you conceive the group? And how was it organized in itself? Was it always collective? Was the group stable all along?
LDC: There’s no organized group because it’s hard to organize them. Sometimes the workers will agree to take part in the project and their employers forbid them to do so. That was one of the challenges in the filming process.
I really tried to engage with them every now and then about why we were doing this project. I wanted them to get comfortable. We discussed the placement of the camera, so we could record their bodies as a whole, to avoid their objectification. I wanted to make sure they felt respected in the process of documenting their work, because there’s always a risk of prejudice when using a camera depending on what you decide to record and how you decide to frame it. All these things have an impact on the direction of your research.
I also wanted to avoid the repetition of recording and documenting the movements of the same stable group. So I met people here, in Rome, but also from Milan and Bologna. This was also important as it made it possible to hear other voices and avoid a one-sided narrative.
LR: It makes me wonder, how did they react to the footage? The videos you presented for your exhibition are reminiscent of the aesthetics of CCTV cameras and video surveillance. How did the workers react to these images of themselves at work?
LDC: The documentation started years before the exhibition at Mattatoio. For example, some of the videos on display were made in 2018, and I always consulted the people I was working with in the process, to make sure we were on the same page. I tried to explain what the exhibition would be and I tried to make the process accessible to them, while not maligning their capacities to understand what we were doing. It’s important for me to translate and transmit my ideas in an accessible way, not using highfalutin or academic words because in the end, it was always a collective project. All the videos in the exhibition were discussed beforehand, to make sure they understood the role they were going to be playing in that context. It’s a kind of negotiation, also challenging my position as the artist taking something from them, to make sure the process and the result are thought out in a collective and collaborative manner.
After every performance we read Françoise Vergès’s book, trying to understand how to relate her idea of decolonial feminism with our colonial history and their lived experiences. This resulted in the translation of academic thinking to make it more relatable to us, by the fact we were absorbing knowledge together. For example, Jenny, one of the participants, thanked me because she was contacted by an Italian filmmaker to play the role of a domestic worker in a movie and she said no, and told them to hire an Italian actor instead. Theory helped her to know that if she wanted to be someone else, she could. And this one small thing was so important! Again, it’s not about saviourism, nor about putting myself as the one who gave them access to something, but rather acknowledging the importance of the shared knowledge that makes it possible to take what is relevant for them while allowing them to take action for themselves. It’s a big thing that this project is doing something that does not only resonate in the art world and in academia. It was made by a community of workers, and it resonates with the community, with the people involved in this geography, and that’s what matters.
That’s why, when people are saying that this is not contemporary art, when a white curator, a white critic or a white artist is telling me that’s not contemporary, I’m done. I used to overthink this notion of contemporary art, as I didn’t study it, or art, for that matter. I believe that being here and doing this now makes us contemporary, in the way we are able to talk about a world that isn’t the one usually told.
AG: That’s something really important in your work, in what you say about an individual practice which becomes a collective process. We are then faced with the question of who your research is addressed to, in a contemporary sense. Then it isn’t not so much about asking oneself about the conditions they are working in rather it becomes a question of self-determinacy. That could be considered a form of activism, a means to create political agency that goes beyond a simple depiction of their living and working conditions.
It makes me think of the common trope where researchers and theorists move out of academia because of its limitations, and find in art something of a refuge, a space where they can work towards something that could become more than just theory. Art research in that sense, is contemporary by forming and informing the present.
LR: Also changing the modes of representation and proposing new narratives that are not yet palpable or visible are an important aspect of art research.
LDC: Yeah, I think it’s very important. In contemporary art we usually question and make speculations about the world we live in, but we lack a real engagement to the people we are getting knowledge from and getting inspiration from, don’t you think? Our imagination and our speculation is just addressing the surface and can be very superficial. The inclusion of people is what makes collective action and imagination stronger. You can hear their dreams and their desires for a different future, because you are with them, you are not alone, as an artist, playing the fortune-teller. We also have to admit that, as artists, it’s often about our egos, it’s tempting to listen only to what you want to hear, to what can serve you in the end. When you start to acknowledge the presence and the importance of other bodies, other perspectives, you can collectively create other possibilities, needed by other people than yourself.
AG: I also wanted to ask you about the use of the term “research” in your practice, as the idea of research in art can mean something specific. Could you tell us when it became relevant for your practice and what it means to you now in your career?
LDC: It’s not new for me, my first films were research-based as well, when I was trained as a filmmaker, working with Lav Diaz, considered to be the father of Phillipine’s independent cinema. I was made into a filmmaker by learning to spend time in the places we would shoot, working on site to understand the temporalities, the challenges of the geography, and I’m happy this is how I was trained. To me, questioning my position, my point of view and my way of formulating hypotheses is also about research; it developed my discernment. Maybe something new with the project Il Mio Filipino is the temporality, the slowness in the development which includes the preparation of the videos and performances. I am working with a different sensibility here, that is informed by the collective and as I am not rushing it, new things can unfold in the process.
AG: And as things are unfolding, are you thinking about the continuity of this project? As you just stated, it’s a long process, but it’s also interesting to know where you see yourself going after this exhibition and with the collective of workers.
LDC: I am slowly giving responsibility to the community of collaborators, so they are also in charge of artistic decisions and production. I am doing my best to distribute my institutional privileges to them, by encouraging them to create new networks of Filipino workers who want to engage in the project. Some of my collaborators came to me, saying their friends want to perform too, and since we chose this kind of platform, this way of engaging with others, we continually try to strengthen it. Not so long ago the idea of performing in museums wouldn’t have seemed possible, it remained a fantasy. Now, I want to make sure that they take themselves seriously, if they are performing then that makes them performers. The audience sometimes works actively against this recognition, telling me that they are not professional performers, that I am the one teaching them how to move, but that’s so wrong! How and why would I teach them? I mean, the movements are coming from them, from what they learn by being who they are, in this particular geography and economy. We are also working towards the involvement of other generations of Filipino workers in Italy, they are a big part of the community, and very important in the expansion of this research. The idea is that this project persits in a community-driven way. On the other hand, I want to do other things, to develop other projects, more personal, on the topic of domestic work. I have this idea of a love letter to my mom, who was a domestic worker in the Middle East, just as other members of my family.
AG: To follow up on that, you talked about strengthening the community and as you said, you are not claiming it for yourself, you are a part of it but you also have your own projects. What kind of very concrete strategies do you wish for in this community, on various levels, in order to strengthen it?
LDC: First of all, I don’t believe in empowerment, it’s a poison to the community, it is like resilience that keeps us in place to accept suffering. To me, the idea of empowerment is a way for governments and power officials to play on our constructed identities, asking for resilience on our part, to build up tolerance to hardship.
LR: Resilience is always a trap.
LDC: Yeah, it’s true and it’s the same with empowerment. What we are doing together is going beyond this superficial empowerment, by opening it up and by acting collectively on wounds that are hardly manageable on an individual level. The condition of Filipino workers is a very silent one, and this silence is caused by the fear of losing everything they worked for, be it their rights, permits and low wages. This is also true for all the other marginalized people in this geography, who are very conscious of the fact that they are living in the master’s house. So for me it’s less about celebrating the importance of the work but rather engaging in a process that allows us to talk about lived experiences without fear. That’s very challenging, and time is always your enemy here, because it’s a ressource they lack, they don’t have time for themselves or their families. One thing I would consider as a success so far is that 70% of our audience for the last performance was Filipino, and that’s huge! Our audience wasn’t from the art circles or museums, our audience was one that could understand, something in the work resonated differently to them.
In the hall, during the performance, we could hear a collective reaction, a collective grief, a collective cry, and that meant alot. I am moved that this happened, because it’s so rare to cry collectively with your people, because this geography keeps us in small spaces, with no place to cry, to tell our desires, or to simply dream. With our collective artistic engagement and our gatherings we are trying to make a space for us to collectively cry, mourn, and to create and imagine the present and future that we want.


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Historic Japan: Castles, Festivals, People & Fall Color - Hagi & MatSUE with Greg Gorman, George Nobechi & Joshua Smith
Dates: november 6-15, 2019
Length: 9 Nights, 10 days
Location: Hagi, Matsue
Cost: $8995 (+8% Japanese Consumption Tax) per person for double occupancy ($5995 +8% Japanese Consumption Tax per non-shooting roommate)
$9,995 (+8% Japanese Consumption Tax) per person for single occupancy
7 nights accommodations in Hagi’s most luxurious, traditional Japanese inn
2 nights accommodations at a spacious lakefront hotel in Matsue
Domestic Airfare from Tokyo (Haneda Airport) to Yamaguchi-Ube Airport and van transfer to Hagi
Domestic Train Travel (First Class where available) from Matsue to Tokyo
Local Support/Guidance all the way from Tokyo to Hagi and back
Exhibition Opening Party
Daily Breakfast (9 mornings)
3 additional dinners
Small Group and Personal Instruction by Greg Gorman, George Nobechi, Joshua Smith
All lighting equipment (Rotolight) and reflectors (California Sunbounce), with instructions on how to use them
All location fees and admissions including exclusive behind-the-scenes access to photograph participants in the Hagi Autumn Festival
Official endorsement of this workshop by the Hagi City Tourism Board, allowing for access to exclusive venues and locations
Private Classroom for lessons
Printing Equipment and Paper provided by Epson
Participation and Inclusion in a Group Photo Exhibition to be displayed at a Museum in Hagi, with full credit to the participating photographers to include on your artist CVs
Limited Time Bonuses
First five sign-ups receive an on-location-in-Japan, private portrait session with a 16”x20” signed print by Greg Gorman - a package valued at over $10,000
Participants receive a $500 discount on any future, full-length (over 7 days) Nobechi Creative workshop and will also receive a 10% discount for the Tokyo Portraiture Master Class Extension with Greg Gorman that immediately follows this workshop
What’s Not Included
Trip cancellation insurance or travel insurance (highly recommended)
Alcohol besides the Welcome Dinner and Exhibition Party
Other Dinners on your own
Additional nights before and after the workshop in Tokyo/Japan
Immerse yourself in the beauty of traditional Japan with this all-new workshop led by world-renowned portrait photographer Greg Gorman and Japanese fine art and editorial photographer and expert producer George Nobechi, assisted by the patient and accomplished photographer and long-time Gorman collaborator Joshua Smith.
Hagi, a small city on the southwest coast of Honshu, Japan’s main island, is a picturesque former castle town rich in history. Designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hagi was the starting point for Japan’s famous Meiji Restoration, which transformed the island country from a feudal land ruled by samurai into a modern nation and industrial leader. Despite being the launching pad for this period of rapid modernization, Hagi itself preserved its historic town center, with beautiful earthen and clay walls, traditional houses and gardens, as well as artisans and craftsmen, particularly Hagiyaki pottery makers. This rich history and colorful setting provide an ideal backdrop for the main focus of this special workshop.
Every year in November, Hagi produces a traditional samurai period festival and this workshop is structured around the festival as a main event. We will have exclusive access to the festival performers in their set-up, during the parade and events, and following the festival. In addition, thanks to official support from the City of Hagi we will have the ability to visit special locations like the wholesale fish market, artisans’ studios and traditional temples and shrines in order to make unique work.
The City has offered us a beautiful classroom in which to conduct our lessons and critiques each day. Thanks to Epson, we will have the use of 17” printers and fine art papers for making prints under the guidance of Greg and George, after which we will create a group exhibition of the work we make during the workshop, to be displayed in the beautiful Hagi Meirin Center, with full credit for your artists’ resumes for having been part of an exhibition at a Museum in Japan. We will donate these prints to the permanent collection of the City upon completion of the exhibition. And we will have an exhibition opening party.
During our time in Hagi, we will stay at the exclusive Tomoe, a luxurious, traditional Japanese inn, the best in Hagi and one of the top 100 inns in Japan. The Tomoe was the chosen hotel for the Imperial Family of Japan on their visit to the city. We will be in beautiful, well-appointed tatami rooms overlooking the gardens on the property. There is a hot spring spa on premises for your enjoyment as well.
Once the exhibition is up on display, we will move up the coast together by rural train, taking in the picturesque seaside and pastoral views on our way to the fascinating castle town of Matsue. Along the journey we will stop at Izumo Taisha, one of Japan’s most important shrines, known as a place for love and match-making. The Matsue area was included in the Michelin Guide as a “hidden gem.” Just outside town is the stunning Adachi Museum of Japanese Art, which overlooks a garden voted the most beautiful in Japan for the past 17 years. In the heart of town is the wonderfully preserved Matsue Castle, which will be a fantastic complement to the Samurai Festival we experienced in Hagi. Immediately outside our hotel is a beautiful lagoon, where in the early mornings fishermen head out in the shallows to dig for clams in a picture-perfect setting.
After a final dinner together in Matsue on the last night, we will head back to Tokyo together via first class express train and the famed bullet train.
During the course of the workshop, you will be taught how to set up, light and photograph exquisite environmental portraits by the masterful Greg Gorman, who has been trusted by the world’s most beautiful people to photograph them. You will also be taught to make carefully considered documentary-style photographs by George Nobechi and Joshua Smith. You will have additional support staff versed in photography and Japanese culture to assist you with every need you may have.
You will have time to deeply explore each location, work in small groups and individually, and create portfolio-worthy work that you can be proud of when you return home, while avoiding the crowds of the busier tourist locations such as Kyoto. The backdrop of beautiful autumn will provide a wonderful canvas for your photography and take your portraiture, travel photography and vision to the next level, all while adding to your artist’s resume and participating in an exhibition and joining a permanent collection of a City Archive.
And now, for the first five sign-ups, we have an exclusive offer for a private portraiture session with Greg, which will include Greg making portraits of you on location in Japan, and one signed print of your choice made by Greg himself—a session with Greg is valued at $10,000 back home.
Additionally, everyone participating in this workshop will qualify for the Tokyo Master Portraiture Class offered as an extension option immediately after this workshop, and will receive a 10% discount for the extension, or $500 off any future, full-length (over 7 days) Nobechi Creative Workshop. Secure your place in this exclusive workshop with a $1500 deposit.
To request more information or to sign up, please contact Nobechi Creative Director, George Nobechi via email: email@example.com
Please note this workshop has a minimum enrollment of 8 students (and a maximum of 12 students). Nobechi Creative will let you know as soon as the workshop is confirmed to go ahead. Nobechi Creative reserves the right to cancel the workshop due to low enrollment or for any other reason. In such cases, your deposit will be refunded in full. Nobechi Creative will not be held liable for airfares and other travel bookings you have made, so please enroll in trip cancellation insurance or wait to make your international flight arrangements until the workshop is green-lighted.
Picturesque historic castle towns of Hagi and Matsue
Exclusive Access to locations and artisans/performers/fishermen with support from Hagi City
Luxurious, traditional Japanese-style inn in Hagi
Spacious, modern lakefront hotel in Matsue
Izumo Taisha, one of Japan’s holiest shrines
Adachi Museum, one of Japan’s best art museums and Japanese gardens.
Samurai Period Festival in Hagi, with behind-the-scenes access
Printing supplies from Epson
Participation in a group exhibition and inclusion in a city archive collection
Small group instruction
Masterful instruction in lighting, portraiture, staging by Greg Gorman
Instruction in documentary and street photography by George Nobechi and Joshua Smith
Four staff supporting your every need
First class train travel, including bullet train travel back to Tokyo
A mix of group meals and free evenings
Ample time in each location to relax and make deep, meaningful photographs
Lighting instruction using the latest in Rotolight and California Sunbounce gear
Bilingual and bicultural support
A trip for the discerning traveler who wants to dive deep into Japan’s culture, people and history
A chance to stay in one place for longer in order to make more meaningful photographs and add to your portfolio
A chance to learn from one of the world’s greatest masters of portraiture
For a look at what a Gorman-Nobechi Creative workshop in Japan involves, please watch this 5-minute video:
Click on the following link for more information on Tokyo Portraiture Master Class Option, November 16-18, 2019.
Alternatively, participants have the option of paying by EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer) or “Wire” via their banking institution. Participants paying by EFT will receive 2% off the total cost of the workshop. Participants will be responsible for payment of any bank wiring fees.
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As fall weather descends on Reston today, Flavors of Fall is set for tomorrow (Oct. 6) in Reston Town Center from noon to 11 p.m. The festival features area restaurants and their favorite fall menus, entertainment, live music, fall beers, and family activities.
Tickets are required to purchase food, beer, and wine. The event is produced by the Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce. The following day, GRCC will host the Reston Pumpkin 5K & Kids’ Pumpkin Dash, which begins at 8:15 a.m.
The following is a list of selected weekend events in the area:
(Editor’s Note: This is just a limited list of all the events taking place in the Reston area this weekend. If you have an event you would like to ensure is listed on the website, be sure to submit it to our Events Calendar.)
- Young adults with special needs and their buddies get to take a tour of Frying Pan Farm Park, ride on a wagon, and learn to do social dancing at the farm today at 6 p.m. Registration is $12.
- Kids between the ages of 6 and 11 can make thermoformed foam masks at Reston Regional Library on Saturday from 2-3 p.m. Registration is open online.
- If you’re planning to stop by Reston Town Center for Flavors of Fall (or anything else), you can swing by Reston Hospital Center from 9-11 a.m. for a free bleeding control training class.
- Old Town Tradition will offer a free lunchtime concert outdoors at Lake Anne Plaza on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event is sponsored by Reston Used Book Shop and Friends of Lake Anne.
- On Sunday, the 2018 Arts Herndon Children’s Literary Festival kicks off from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at ArtSpace Herndon. Organizers anticipate “record crowds” at the festival, which features guest authors, publishers, and illustrators from the area, along with live entertainment and art projects. The first 300 kids get a free book.
- But if history is your cup of tea, you can listen to a lecture by Dr. Harry Butowsky of George Mason University for a talk on the history of World War II on Sunday from 2-4 p.m. at Reston Regional Library.
- Join Rebecca as she leads a free community yoga session on Sunday at Lake Anne Plaza from 9-10 a.m. The event will be followed by a yoga happy hour at Lake Anne Brew House.
- The work of DC-based artist Caitlin Teal Price will be on display at Greater Reston Arts Center through Nov. 24. The exhibit is called “Green is the Secret Color to Make Gold.”
Photo via Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce
A local pet sitting company that offers services for Herndon, Reston, Sterling and Ashburn, will celebrate its grand opening tomorrow (April 17) at 2:30 p.m. in front of Herndon’s Old Town Hall.
Pooch Pros Pet Care Services is owned by Herndon resident Cyndie Anderson.
Anderson, who has lived in Northern Virginia for 21 years, left her corporate job in 2000 to stay at home with her two stepdaughters. She opened her business after becoming an empty nester.
She owns two fur babies: a 14-year-old mixed breed and a nine-year-old Maltese.
The business is licensed, bonded and insured through Business Insurers of the Carolinas and Travelers Insurance, according to its website. A reception will follow the ribbon-cutting ceremony at ArtSpace Herndon (750 Center Street).
Photo via Pooch Pros
Fitness Challenge Offered for the New Year — Start the new year with a 30-day fitness challenge at Reston Community Center Lake Anne. Participants will perform a selected fitness activity for 30 minutes. At the end of each week, a drawing will take place for participants who perform and log in at least five days of fitness activities. The log will be maintained at RCC Lake Anne. [Reston Community Center]
Pop Up Tea Shop Opens in Herndon — Every Saturday, Elden Street Tea Shop will hold a pop up shop at ArtSpace Herndon (750 Center Street) from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The opening of a brick-and-mortar store in the Junction Square mixed-used building in historic downtown Herndon is set for the spring of 2018. Pre-opening tea selections include chai, herbal, rooibos, green, black and seasonal specials. [The Connection]
Local Food Service Operations Recognized for Outstanding Food Safety — Atrium Catering & Design, a Herndon-based business, and Simply Elegant, a Reston-based business, were recognized for outstanding food safety in the annual 14 Carrot Gold award this week. Businesses were selected from more than 3,400 permitted establishments inspected each year by the health department. [Fairfax County Government]
The seven-member Herndon Town Council unanimously approved a comprehensive agreement with Comstock Partners that lays out responsibilities of both parties. Comstock plans to bring 281 residential apartments, 17,600 square feet of retail space, an arts plaza and walkways, an 18,000-square-foot arts center and a 761-space parking garage to the center.
The public-private redevelopment deal states the town will pitch in $3.6 million to help with the redevelopment effort, including $500,000 for environmental remediation, $500,000 for transitional public parking, $250,000 for the relocation of the arts center, $100,000 for culvert repairs and up to $100,000 for any off-site easements. The town will also contribute land purchased for $5.8 million
In return, the developer will provide 339 public parking spaces in the garage, the arts center, an arts work and recreation proffer and $505,000 in proffer funds for town recreational services. The total value of the contributions is roughly $12 million, according to the town.
Construction, which is set to begin in early 2019, is expected to be complete by early 2021. With the green light from the council, the developer must begin designing the project. Once the design is complete, Comstock will submit a site plan to the town for approval and seek design approval from the town’s Heritage Preservation Committee — a process that could take one year.
The site on which the development would take place is north of Elden Street, east of Center Street, west of Station Street and south of the Washington & Old Dominion Trail. The space in question includes municipal parking lots and the home of ArtSpace, as well as the former Stohlman Subaru building on Elden Street.
As the development moves forward, the town plans to work with Comstock on a transitional parking plan. ArtSpace will be relocated off-site during construction of the project. The future of the Herndon Festival is unclear as the festival’s committee will evaluate options for relocation. During construction, parking will either continue to be located on-site or be transitioned to other locations in downtown Herndon. The town will work with Comstock on the transitional parking plan.
In a release, Mayor Lisa Merkel applauded the council’s decision as a major step forward in the redevelopment effort.
“After decades of discussion, vision and planning, the town is thrilled to be moving forward on a project that will revitalize our downtown and solidify Herndon’s position as a 21st century town where history and heritage are integrated into a thoroughly contemporary setting. We are grateful to the citizens, business owners and others with a stake in Herndon’s future who have dedicated so much time and energy to get us to this point, and we look forward to working with Comstock in bringing the town’s vision to reality.”
County officials project the purchase of the property will bring in roughly $300,000 per year from taxes and fees for licenses. The site is currently exempt from property taxes.
For more information about the plans, visit the town’s website.
Image courtesy of Anne Curtis
A 4.675-acre site in downtown Herndon is expected to become a mixed-use project that includes residential and commercial structures, an arts center, and a parking garage.
The Town of Herndon and Comstock Partners announced this week that they have completed a proposed comprehensive agreement for the project. It will be discussed with the community during an informational town-hall meeting Oct. 12, and the Town Council will consider adoption of the plan following a public hearing Oct. 24.
According to information provided by the Town of Herndon:
The proposed agreement between the town and Comstock is reflective of Comstock’s proposal, submitted in response to the town’s Request for Proposals (RFP), for a redevelopment project comprised of approximately 281 residential apartments, approximately 17,600 square feet of retail space, an 18,000 square feet Arts Center and an approximately 761-space parking garage. As per the proposed agreement, Comstock anticipates beginning construction on the project early in 2019, with completion estimated in 2021.
The site on which the development would take place is north of Elden Street, east of Center Street, west of Station Street and south of the Washington & Old Dominion Trail. The space in question includes municipal parking lots and the home of ArtSpace Herndon, as well as the former Stohlman Subaru building on Elden Street.
The Herndon Station building at the corner of Elden and Station streets is not included, nor is the Ice House Cafe & Oyster Bar building next door.
According to Herndon’s website, the town’s purchase price for the land was $5.8 million. The town will be selling the land to Comstock and contributing an additional $3.6 million in allowances, which include environmental remediation ($500,000), transitional public parking ($500,000), Arts Center relocation ($250,000) and culvert repair ($100,000).
In return, Comstock is to provide $12 million in assets, including 339 public parking spaces in the parking garage, to include 60 for the Arts Center and 59 for the retail space; the 18,000-square foot Arts Center; and $505,000 in proffer funds for town recreational services.
“This proposed comprehensive agreement comes after months of spirited negotiation between the town and Comstock,” said Bill Ashton, town manager, in the press release. “Ultimately, we came to agreement by working toward the same vision: a vibrant, energized downtown that is financially viable both to the developer and to the town. We are grateful to Comstock for their collaborative spirit throughout these negotiations and look forward to public comment and Town Council deliberations.”
Christopher Clemente, Comstock CEO, said the company is “excited to have an opportunity to participate in the reshaping of Herndon’s downtown.”
“Comstock is committed to creating a vibrant cultural arts district and community open spaces together with high quality residences, exciting retail spaces, and an accessible structured parking facility,” Clemente said in the release. “We take great pride in delivering quality developments that fit well in the community where they are located and we look forward to partnering with the Town of Herndon on this important project.”
The town-hall meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 12, at 7 p.m. at Herndon Council Chambers (765 Lynn St.). The public hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 24, at 7 p.m. in the same space, and it is expected to be followed by the council’s vote.
More information about the project can be found at www.herndon-va.gov/downtown.
The sound of guitar, mandolin and the cello will fill ArtSpace Herndon (750 Center St.) on Saturday as traditional music trio Lulu’s Fate performs.
According to a bio provided by ArtSpace:
Lulu’s Fate is a trio based in the Washington, DC area, performing a variety of traditional American music as well as original and “new traditional” songs and tunes. The group is comprised of Tom Espinola (guitar, mandolin & vocals), Kristen Jones (cello & vocals) and Kara Bolling (vocals). Lulu’s Fate combines virtuosic instrumentals with tight three-part harmonies to create new interpretations of traditional Appalachian music. They also mix in a variety of country blues, Dixieland, sea chanteys, southern string band tunes, and covers ranging from Hank Williams to Tom Waits. In addition to several original songs and instrumental tunes by Tom Espinola, Lulu’s Fate also features songs by other contemporary “new traditional” performers.
The band regularly throughout the DC Metro area, including at tthe Washington Folk Festival, Takoma Park Folk Festival, Kingman Island Bluegrass & Folk Festival, and the Institute of Musical Traditions.
Tickets for the show, slated for 4-6 p.m. Saturday, are $15 and can be purchased online.
For more information about this and other shows at ArtSpace Herndon, call 703-956-6590 or email [email protected].
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It's been nearly six years since Metallica last released a studio album, but as they gear up for a run of summer festivals in Europe, the band is also putting together material for a new LP. "We're going through the grind," says Lars Ulrich. "We're in there doing riffs and putting them into songs. We don't really write one song and then show up the next day and do another one. We just work on riffs and sections, connecting riffs and tempos and moods."
There's no timeline for the release of the album, but Ulrich says they've made much progress. "We've been doing this, off and on, for the better part of a year," he says. "We're going to do these dates this summer and then really hone down. I'd say that right now, we're in the fourth inning."
The four members of Metallica took breaks earlier this month to travel with their kids during spring break, but they plan on getting back together before the beginning of May. "We're going to start talking about who is going to produce the album," says Ulrich. "We haven't started recording yet. But we are deep into the songwriting part of it."
In the meantime, they're also plotting out their summer tour of Europe. "We haven't done the festival run in Europe in two summers," says Ulrich. "We had our own festival [Orion] for the past couple of years, but because of scheduling issues and so on we decided to sit this year out."
In a Metallica first, fans will have complete control over the group's setlist. "We're calling it 'Metallica by Request,'" says Ulrich. "Ticket holders can go on a website and vote for any song Metallica ever recorded. There's 145 or something. We play the top 17 vote getters. It's really fun."
They did a trial run of the show in South America in March. Some rarities were dragged out, but mostly the fans picked hits like "One," "Nothing Else Matters" and "Enter Sandman." "To be totally honest with you," says Ulrich, "sometimes I wish they would vote on some of the really obscure songs. We love playing crazy stuff."
The voting process is completely transparent, and fans can see a constantly updated list of winning songs in each city. "It looks like when we play Helsinki in May we'll be playing a song called 'The Frayed Ends of Sanity' from …And Justice For All," says Ulrich. "We're really excited about that. Also, St. Anger was really big in Germany, so we'll get to play some of the songs there. That's going to be really fun. We want to mix it up as much as possible."
Voting closes about a week before showtime, giving the group time to learn any obscure songs the fans might request. "We've never played 'The Frayed Ends of Sanity' before," says Ulrich. "We're going to have sit down and spin that one around for an hour or two. We carry a rehearsal room with us wherever we go. Give us an hour and we can learn any song in our catalog. We like to make the setlist real wacky and change it up as much as possible, but in 2014 the fans are picking the songs."
Will American fans have the opportunity to see a "Live by Request" show sometime in the near future? "The main thing this year after Europe is just trying to make a record," says Ulrich. "Then we can come home and do a bunch of stuff in America. If that's not next year, then in 2016."


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TVs and Blu-ray players vulnerable to DoS attacks
Security researcher Luigi Auriemma has discovered a vulnerability in the latest firmware of some of Samsung's network-connected TVs and Blu-ray players that allows attackers to cripple a device. The devices listen on port 55000, where they receive control packets from iOS and Android smartphones.
Auriemma said that, if these controller packets contain unexpected characters such as a line feed, the device will not accept any further commands after five seconds – neither from a smartphone nor infrared remote or on the device itself. Apparently, the device begins to restart repeatedly after another five seconds. The researcher says that to exit this loop, a technician must intervene and reset the device in service mode.
Auriemma has released a proof-of-concept exploit with which the problem can be recreated. Sony's Bravia KDL-32CX525 TV can also reportedly be crippled remotely. However, the danger presented by these vulnerabilities is small: the affected port is usually only accessible in a local network, unless users change their router settings. A malicious attacker must, therefore, be on the same network.


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CBD and other cannabinoids attach to specific receptors in the body found within what is referred to as the endocannabinoid system. In fact, up until recently, scientists didn’t know that these cannabinoids are actually naturally produced in humans and most animals. Some researchers speculate that an endocannabinoid deficiency may be the cause of many disorders and conditions. When CBD is introduced into the body, it binds to receptor cells called CB1 and CB2 receptors.
Unfortunately, THC needs to be removed from its schedule 1 status before we can study the full relationship and extent of the entourage effect. The line of thinking is there exists a perfect ratio between THC, CBD, and the rest of the phytocannabinoids — this ratio could only cause a slight and manageable high, or still none at all — high levels of CBD will counteract THC’s psychoactive properties.
Yes, CBD derived from hemp plants is legal in the U.S. Growing, processing, and selling hemp and hemp-derived products for commercial purposes in the United States is permitted. While previously hemp was only legal to grow for hemp pilot programs and research needs, the passage of the 2018 bill reclassified hemp as an agricultural commodity and made it legal to produce all hemp-derived products, including CBD oil.
This article may contain certain forward-looking statements and information, as defined within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is subject to the Safe Harbor created by those sections. This material contains statements about expected future events and/or financial results that are forward-looking in nature and subject to risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements by definition involve risks, uncertainties.
Scientists have only scraped the tip of the iceberg so far. The DEA has recently removed CBD from its list of controlled substances. This significant event paves the way for government-funded grants that will allow some of the best minds in the world study cannabidiol’s effect on the human body. It will be exciting to see what is uncovered in the years to come. For the time being, evidence points to CBD’s use as a valuable tool for losing weight. And because it is safe and readily available in most places (check your own state to be sure), it is a simple way of supplementing your health as you attempt to shed unwanted pounds.
All in all, current research shows us that we will experience the most significant degree of therapeutic relief when all the cannabinoids and the terpenes — essential oils that produce the plant’s aromas — are in the oil. Even adding just a little THC in CBD oil can greatly improve the medical properties because of the phenomenon known as the entourage effect.

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Key Findings: - Perhaps the greatest contribution of the Sultanate was its temporary success in insulating the subcontinent from the potential devastation of the Mongol invasion from Central Asia in the thirteenth century. - The Sultanate ushered in a period of Indian cultural renaissance. The resulting "Indo-Muslim" fusion left lasting monuments in architecture, music, literature, and religion. - The Sultanate provided the foundation for the Moghul Empire, which continued to expand its territory.

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2024 Wedding Trends
Weddings are a time for couples to celebrate their love and commitment to each other, and every year, new trends emerge that shape the way couples plan and execute their big day. As we look ahead to 2024, here are some of the top wedding trends to watch for.
5 Reasons Why an Engagement Session is a Must-have
An engagement session is a must-have for any couple planning to get married. Not only does it allow you to capture beautiful photos that you can cherish for a lifetime. But it also provides a unique opportunity for you and your partner to connect with your photographer and get comfortable in front of the camera before your big day.
Wedding Dress Rental: The Pros & Cons
If you'd rather spend more on your honeymoon than your wedding dress, maybe rental is the way to go. We explore the pros and cons of this big new bridal trend.
What to Put in a Wedding Card
Sure, you could go with the standard “Congratulations on your big day!” But why not spice things up a bit and make your wedding card stand out from the rest!


WERDER BREMEN progressed to the lucrative Champions League group stages after a late show broke Sampdoria hearts in Genoa.
Giampaolo Pazzini netted twice, scoring after eight and 13 minutes, before talisman Antonio Cassano struck a third of the night five minutes from time to put Sampdoria 3-0 up and on course for the group stages having seemingly overturned a 3-1 first-leg deficit.
But Bremen substitute Markus Rosenberg scored in the third minute of stoppage time to send the tie into extra time.
Claudio Pizarro then struck a rasping low drive in the first period of extra time to hand the German side a 5-4 aggregate triumph.
Partizan Belgrade joined Bremen in the group stages courtesy of a 3-2 penalty shootout win over Anderlecht, who join Samp in this week’s Europa League draw.
The first leg tied was tied at 2-2.
Lima netted a hat-trick as Braga won 4-3 against Sevilla in Spain to progress 5-3 on aggregate.
Basle won 3-0 in Moldova to complete a 4-0 aggregate success over FC Sheriff.Marco Streller scored after 74 minutes and Alexander Frei netted twice in the final six minutes to seal victory.
FC Sheriff finished the game with 10 men after captain Vazha Tarkhnishvili was sent off for two bookable offences after 76 minutes.
Erin Zahavi scored in the 92nd minute as Hapoel Tel-Aviv claimed a 4-3 aggregate success over Salzburg, who had taken the lead through Douglas da Silva’s own goal three minutes before the break. The second leg ended 1-1.


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These hours represent this office's business hours. Dr. Mark E Easter's opening hours may vary from the office hours displayed here.
- Dr. Mark E Easter has been identified as specializing in family practice and has been in practice for more than 36 years.
He can have one or more medical licenses for different specialities in Iowa or the different states. Related medical licenses for Dr. Mark E Easter are as mentioned below.
- Taxonomy: 207Q00000X
- Speciality: Family Medicine
- Type: Family Medicine
- Licence Number: 02206 (Iowa)
- Definition: Family Medicine Is The Medical Specialty Which Is Concerned With The Total Health Care Of The Individual And The Family. It Is The Specialty In Breadth Which Integrates The Biological, Clinical, And Behavioral Sciences. The Scope Of Family Medicine Is Not.
Education and Quality Reporting
- Medical school
Not available - Graduated year 1981.
- Medicare Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Incentive Program: Yes
- Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program: N/A
- Medicare Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program: N/A
- Participated in the Medicare Maintenance of Certification Program: N/A
- Heart health through the Million Hearts® initiative: N/A.
Dr. Mark E Easter is professionally affiliated with hospitals in Leon, IA area.
- DECATUR COUNTY HOSPITAL
- Address: 1405 Nw Church Street, Leon, IA 50144
- Phone: (641) 446 4871
- Hospital Type: Critical Access Hospitals
- Hospital Ownership: Government - Hospital District or Authority
- Emergency Services: Yes
- Meets criteria for meaningful use of EHRs: Yes
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- Accepting new patients? - Yes
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Just for fun, I’m creating four “bookworm” posts in September starting with “Top 5 Ways to Catch a Bookworm.” Watch for my bookworm posts every Tuesday this month.
Top 5 Ways to Catch a Bookworm
I’m linking up today with Meeghan at Meeghan Reads for Top 5 Tuesday: Top 5 Ways to Catch a Bookworm.
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Besides the obvious way which is to hang out in a bookstore where they congregate, here are five more ideas.
Ask the bookworm for a book recommendation
As a confirmed bookworm, one of my favorite things to do is to give book recs! I love the challenge of finding a perfect book for YOU and your reading tastes!
Talk books with your bookworm
Ask me about the last book I read, my favorite book of the year, my most recommended book, my favorite author and/or genre, or a favorite quote. Who has tried to catch a bookworm by engaging her in public and asking what she is reading? (The only downside to reading on an electronic device is that it’s difficult to spy titles!) Talking books is my “love language” and I’ll talk to strangers or friends about books!
Surprise your bookworm with a book, bookish gift, or a Kindle gift card
Buying a book-themed gift is as easy as picking up flowers or a potted plant! Popular options include a bookish tote, mug, book tracking journal, puzzle, or t-shirt. If you keep your eye out, you’ll be surprised how many bookish items you will find! If you know your bookworm’s favorite genre or author, you could risk buying a book (or perhaps the person has an Amazon wish list for books). Other options include a book light or an electronic device. Check out some of my book recommendations on this page.
Take your bookworm to a bookstore
Won’t she be surprised when your lunch venue is within walking distance of a bookstore? Combining a bookstore visit with a lunch or coffee date is a fun way to catch a bookworm! Bookstores can also be creative and fun date nights! Don’t forget that bookworms love signed books, so check out author signings! Taking bookworms to bookstores works exceptionally well if the bookstore is a quaint independent bookstore in a fun location.
Go with your bookworm to a movie adaptation of a book she has read (or invite her over for a “streaming” party)
….And be prepared for her frequent comments such as: “The book was better!” or “That isn’t what happened in the book.” or any sentence that begins with “In the book…….”
What is your favorite way to catch a bookworm?
Do you have other ideas for catching bookworms?
Happy Reading Bookworms!
“Ah, how good it is to be among people who are reading.”
~Rainer Maria Rilke
“I love the world of words, where life and literature connect.”
~Denise J Hughes
“Reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad ones.”
~Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
“I read because books are a form of transportation, of teaching, and of connection! Books take us to places we’ve never been, teach us about our world, and help us to understand human experience.”
~Madeleine Riley, Top Shelf Text
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CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) Yovani Gallardo brushed off his rough debut.
Gallardo allowed three runs and four hits in the first inning in his first start for the Orioles, Darin Ruf hit two homers for Philadelphia and a split squad of Phillies beat Baltimore 8-4 Wednesday.
The Orioles are 0-9-1, the only team without a win this spring training. South Korean outfielder Hyun Soo Kim remained 0-fer with the O's, hitless in 21 at-bats.
Gallardo settled down and tossed a 1-2-3 second after giving up a pair of doubles and a homer in the first. The right-hander signed a $22 million, two-year deal with the Orioles after camp opened two weeks ago.
''Obviously, if the results are there it's a good thing, but the most important thing is building up to that 100 pitch count,'' Gallardo said. ''I was able to get two innings and get those two ground balls in that second inning, which is a good sign.''
Manny Machado hit his first homer, a two-run shot just inside the left-field foul pole off starter Alec Asher. Xavier Avery added a two-run drive for Baltimore in the eighth.
Gallardo, who is 102-75 with a 3.42 ERA in his career, has thrown at least 180 innings and started at least 30 times for the last seven seasons. He was 13-11 with a 3.42 ERA for the Rangers last year.
Signing the 30-year-old Gallardo cost Baltimore it's first-round pick, No. 14 overall. The sides had agreed to a $35 million, three-year deal before it was changed to two years with a team option for $13 million in 2018.
''It was a little bit of a different offseason for me this year,'' Gallardo said. ''I (couldn't) wait to get the first one out of the way.''
Ruf connected off Gallardo in the first and Vance Worley in the fourth. He hit a two-run homer Tuesday against Pittsburgh.
The right-handed hitting slugger is expected to platoon with Ryan Howard and start against left-handers. Both of his homers on Wednesday came off right-handers.
''I just try to have a consistent approach whether it's against a lefty or a righty,'' he said. ''It's still early in spring. It's nice to have good at-bats and see some positive results.''
Orioles: INF/OF Jimmy Paredes, who injured his right wrist last Friday at Tampa Bay, doesn't have a fracture. Paredes has already begun swinging one-handed, and manager Buck Showalter hasn't ruled out his return before the end of spring training. ... LHPs Brian Matusz (back) and T.J. McFarland (elbow) are progressing and Showalter said both have a chance to break camp with the team.
Phillies: RHP Jeremy Hellickson was scratched from Wednesday's start because of the flu. ... OF Aaron Altherr had surgery on his injured left wrist on Wednesday. He is expected to be out 4-6 months. ... OF/INF Cody Asche is getting closer to returning from a right oblique injury. He hasn't appeared in a game yet this spring, but has started hitting.
Orioles: RHP Tyler Wilson pitches when Baltimore hosts a split squad of New York Yankees on Thursday. RHP Brian Mitchell is New York's scheduled starter. RHPs Chris Tillman and Kevin Gausman will pitch in a ''B'' game in Sarasota.
Phillies: RHP Aaron Nola starts against Detroit. He allowed four hits and four runs in two innings in his first start.
SETTING THE TONE
The Phillies are 7-3-1 in spring after two split-squad wins. For a team that finished with the worst record in the majors last year, exhibition wins aren't quite as meaningless.
''When you have a lot of young kids, it's good to win and give them a taste of what it's like,'' said bench coach Larry Bowa, who managed the team vs. Baltimore.


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At a US Senate hearing yesterday on “Early Outpatient Treatment: An Essential Part of a COVID-19 Solution” before Senator Rand Paul and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee a number of doctors advocated the use of various treatments that studies and clinical practice have shown to be effective. They included Vitamin D, Ivermectin and HCQ.
Fox News posted this video from the hearing showing Dr Pierre Kory, Associate Professor of Medicine at St. Luke’s Aurora Medical Centre, titled “‘I CAN’T KEEP DOING THIS’: Doctor pleads for review of data during COVID-19 Senate hearing”. A report on Dr Kory’s contribution from Newswise is here.
The resistance to the use of cheap and proven safe and effective therapeutics such as Vitamin D, Ivermectin and HCQ in this epidemic has been one of numerous mysteries that has cost many lives. Still the Government is not following the evidence on this.


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Starting from the toll-road (kr70,- card payment) down in ‘Årmotdalen’ the trial climbs swiftly up the slope. At a place called ‘Gryta’ you leave the leave the trees beheld and you have about 3,5 kilometers above the treeline with far views in all directions. Good trails all the way up.
Short part without trail from the top and into the trial down to the lake of ‘Trogatjønnen’ and ‘Løkjin’. From there the trail goes up a little trough the woods to the summer cottage of ‘Grønbygil’ and your back at the road.
Well marked with red dots and signposts at all crossings all the way to the top. Short part without trail from the top down to the trail to the lake ‘Trogatjønnen’ which runs 200m straight south of the top. Once you hit that trail you have marked trails all the way back past Løkjin-Grønbygil & back to the car park.


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An economist and former advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia will is expected to address a gathering of the Manufacturers’ Association and offer an economic forecast for 2017.
Luke Tilley, chief economist at Wilmington Trust, will make a keynote speech at the Nov. 17 gathering at the Clarion Inn New Cumberland, which is located in Fairview Township, York County.
Presentations and economic analysis also will be offered by The John C. Maxwell Group, and Baker Tilly.
The York-based association serves nearly 350 member companies in Pennsylvania and Maryland, offering benefits such as employee education, training and workforce development, group benefit insurance, professional HR and search services and networking events.
As a member of Wilmington Trust’s Investment Committee, Tilley develops forecasts of the U.S. and international economies, and researches emerging issues to support the firm’s investment strategy. He also is responsible for communicating the economic outlook and investment strategy to clients and the public.
Prior to joining Wilmington Trust in 2015, Tilley was an officer and economic advisor with the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. Earlier in his career, he worked as a senior economist at IHS Global Insight and as an economist for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Tickets are $25 for the general public, $15 for Manufacturers’ Association members. Tickets are available online, or by calling 717-843-3891.


A federal court upheld Obamacare’s individual mandate tax Tuesday, but the plaintiff in the lawsuit alleging Congress passed the tax unconstitutionally have vowed to bring the case to the Supreme Court.
Matt Sissel, a self-employed artist and National Guard serviceman from Iowa, sued the Department of Health and Human Services for subjecting him to the individual mandate tax because he chooses not to purchase health insurance.
Sissel “does not have, need, or want health insurance,” he wrote in his original lawsuit, and “is able to and does pay for any and all of his medical expenses out of pocket,” but is still subject to the individual mandate tax.
Timothy Sandefur, Sissel’s representation and a principal attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation, argued before the court that because the Supreme Court ruled in 2012 that the individual mandate penalty is a tax, it’s unconstitutional because Obamacare didn’t originate in the House of Representatives, as all tax bills are required to by law.
But a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled Tuesday that although the Supreme Court has labeled the individual mandate as a tax, Obamacare as a whole is not intended to be a “bill for raising revenue” and the individual mandate tax is merely “incidental” to the health-care law’s goal of increasing health insurance coverage.
The same court recently overturned the use of federal premium subsidies in federally-run Obamacare exchanges. (RELATED: Federal Court Takes Down Obamacare: Subsidies In Federal Exchange Are Illegal)
“The decision today is disappointing, but not very surprising,” Sandefur wrote in a statement. “We expected that either side in this case would appeal, and eventually this case will likely have to go before the Supreme Court.”
“The D.C. Circuit for the first time holds that judges can decide for themselves what the ‘main object or aim’ of a tax is, and then pick and choose whether constitutional rules on the enactment of new taxation should apply,” Sandefur writes. “We think that’s wrong, and that’s what we’ll be taking to the Supreme Court if necessary.”


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Ranveer and Vaani are currently in the city of love, Paris, where they are shooting for ‘Befikre’.
Mumbai: Ranveer Singh and Vaani Kapoor are having a blast shooting for their upcoming film ‘Befikre’ in Paris. From exploring the city of love to letting her hair catch the wind, Vaani Kapoor is doing it all.
Going by the beautiful pictures of Vaani and Ranveer from Paris, it’s not wrong to say that the two are having the time of their lives. In between ‘Befikre’ shoot, Vaani captured Eiffel Tower through her eyes and the picture will give you major wanderlust.
In another pictures, we see Vani posing on Paris’ Love Lock bridge with her hair loose and bright smile on her face.
While we see Vaani posing along, her co-star Ranveer Singh was snapped with few fans while shooting for the film. The actor had also earlier released their film’s first look on Instagram.


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The occasion is the International AIDS conference and the warm words earned by Bush is for his leadership in promoting AIDS relief around the world. Actress Debra Messing is in town this week for the conference and is joining the praise for the 43rd president.
“President Bush created PEPFAR [President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief],” Messing told POLITICO. “That’s one of the most important contributions to this fight made by anybody, by any living president. So I think that regardless of his other policies, or how you feel about how he was as a president, anybody who is an advocate and trying to support global health has so much to thank the former President Bush for.”
Kind words from an actress who has historically supported Democratic candidates. Elton John also heaped the accolades on Bush this week during his swing through D.C.
Messing, who rose to prominence for her role on “Will & Grace,” currently stars in NBC’s “Smash” and is talking to lawmakers this week about her recent trip to Zambia. She’s keen that the U.S. maintain its level of funding for global health efforts.
“I think that our country has been facing financial strains and difficulties for many years now and if there’s any threat to the funding it would be because of that and not because people have lost interest in eradicating AIDS and feeling like it’s not a worthy cause,” she said.
“I’m here to encourage that we stay the course, that we have strong financial and political commitments to keep the funding so that we don’t lose all the success progress that we’ve made over several years. Less than one percent of the U.S. federal government goes to foreign aid and only a fraction of that goes to global health so it’s not an egregious amount. An AIDS-free generation is within reach.”
Among the lawmakers Messing is slated to meet are Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. John Boozman.


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