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With the launch of our new pearls collection, we thought we'd shine the spotlight on them here on our blog. Pearls are big this year, we're seeing them everywhere and we are obsessed!
Pearls have come full circle in fashion history, dating as far back as 2300 BC the once rare gemstones were presented as gifts to royalty. Fast forward a few thousand years to 1893 and Japanese entrepreneur Kokicho Mikimoto discovered how to farm pearls.
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Poinsettias and pine will never be passé for the holidays, but try mixing in new foliage for a refreshing and unexpected delightful twist.
All it takes is a dash of red, some green for good measure, fruit and a lot of creativity. Add place card holders, displays of tiered silver serving trays and table runners and you've got the makings of a seasonal show-stopper.
Molly Wood, founder and owner of Molly Wood Garden Design in Costa Mesa, hosts table decor workshops each year.
"Special tabletops bring a feeling of decadence and celebration to a home," said Wood in an email. "I prefer a combination of living plants, garden clippings and dried materials, each with a contrasting texture and color that create drama when combined. One of my favorite recipes is star pods, silver-dollar eucalyptus and several mounds of sempervivum in a small planter."
Most of her designs are meant to last through the holidays, by adding a few touches. "I often suggest starting with petite white pumpkins at harvest time and switching to pomegranates when a pop of red is in order," she said.
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Wreaths are popular at this time of the year, adorning doors and windows and welcoming people home. But they also make great centerpieces, according to Celine Martinez of Highland.
"I've been making handmade crafts since I was a little girl with my mother. Wreaths are a particular favorite — for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, and, yes, Christmas," she said with a laugh, adding that she uses burlap, mesh, ribbon and lots of bells for Christmas versions. "I'll also pick up pine cones, branches and twigs — whatever catches my eye at parks — to use, too."
Martinez, who works from home using an old refurbished workbench in her backyard, owns Celine's Creations.
"Wreaths are fun because you can do so much with them. If you're going elegant, they can add sparkle. If you're going casual, it can become a conversation piece," she said.
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"All of our Christmas decor is inspired from the gardens. The Victorians gathered from nature, and that is the basis for our inspiration. We do something a little different every year," she said.
Past holiday tablescapes have included cranberry Christmas trees with plastic shapes and covering them with the tangy fruit using regular pins and displaying them in silver bowls; a mix of sugared fruit (red/green apples, red/green pears, limes and grapes) washed in an egg-white glaze and sprinkled with granulated sugar and showcased in silver compotes or on cake stands piled high with fruit on each level; and arrangements of clove-studded oranges on platters, sometimes blue-and-white ones to add more color, often in letter forms to spell "noel" or "merry."
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Information: 818-949-7980, www.descansogardens.org.
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Where: Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford St., San Marino.
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Information: www.huntington.org/calendar.
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Cancel culture is a phenomenon that keeps on growing. This phenomenon is mainly driven by the big media, promoted in social platforms and made effective by large and medium-sized companies that give in to the pressures of a loud minority. Cancel culture has axed books, artists, authors, common people who lost their jobs, and now cartoons. Pepe Le Pew and Speedy Gonzales are the latest victims.
A columnist for The New York Times, Charles M. Blow, indirectly started the war against Pepe Le Pew, Speedy Gonzales and other animated characters in his column "Six Seuss books Bore a Bias."
Blow explains that when he was a child, racism in the U.S. "was relayed through toys and dolls, cartoons and children's shows, fairy tales and children's books."
"At every turn, at every moment, I was being baptized in the narrative that everything white was right, good, noble and beautiful, and everything Black was the opposite," explained the author who expressed his joy in the article at the cancel of Mr. Seuss' books that had "racist" characters.
After this explanation about the transmission of racism and hatred among children, Blow charged against several cartoons, among them Pepe Le Pew and Speedy Gonzales, who, in his opinion, normalize "racist stereotypes" against Mexicans.
"Some of the first cartoons I can remember included Pepé Le Pew, who normalized rape culture; Speedy Gonzales, whose friends helped popularize the corrosive stereotype of the drunk and lethargic Mexicans; and Mammy Two Shoes, a heavyset Black maid who spoke in a heavy accent," the author outlined in the Times.
Blow added: "Reruns were a fixture in the pre-cable days, so I watched children's shows like Tarzan, about a half-naked white man in the middle of an African jungle who conquers and tames it and outwits the Black people there, who are all portrayed as primitive, if not savage. I watched the old "Our Gang" ("Little Rascals") shorts in which the Buckwheat character summoned all the stereotypes of the pickaninny."
While the author does not directly call for the cancel of the cartoons, he did show his happiness at the cancellation for Mr. Seuss' books, "So, this week, when the company that controls Dr. Seuss books announced that it would no longer publish six of the books because of the racist and insensitive images, saying that "these books portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong," I rejoiced as some lamented another victim of the so-called 'cancel culture.'"
After that, Blow pointed out that "Racism must be exorcised from culture, including, or maybe especially, from children's culture. Teaching a child to hate or be ashamed of themselves is a sin against their innocence and a weight against his possibilities."
In this way, the author gave rise to the controversial request for the cancellation of the cartoons, which quickly moved to social media and was covered by several media outlets.
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Reactions to The New York Times columnist's article were mixed. Many supported his assessments of the cancellation of Dr. Seuss' books and criticism of the animated characters Pepe Le Pew and Speedy Gonzales.
Others did not support his review at all, claiming that it is another episode of the cancel culture that promotes censorship based on subjective beliefs in today's society.
For example, Speedy Gonzales himself defended himself or, rather, the man who will bring his voice to life in the next installment of Space Jam, Gabriel Iglesias:
On the case of Pepe Le Pew, the situation is more complex.
Blow himself reaffirmed his argument about French skunk normalizing "rape culture" on Twitter by posting one of the classic videos of Pepe Le Pew seducing Penelope Pussycat, who was trying to wriggle away from the skunk.
The controversy, moreover, was stoked after Deadline reported that Pepe Le Pew will not appear in the second installment of Space Jam. Although they did say that the Times column had nothing to do with it as the decision was taken months ago.
But there were also those who defended Pepe Le Pew.
Meanwhile, Ian Miles Cheong also commented on his Twitter account.
There were even those who expressed their indignation with the cancellation of Pepe Le Pew claiming that, if those were the parameters, the cartoon Pucca should be cancelled for being "toxic" and a "compulsive stalker" with Garu.
The only sure thing is that the cancel culture continues to advance by leaps and bounds.
Emmanuel Alejandro Rondón is a journalist at El American specializing in the areas of American politics and media analysis // Emmanuel Alejandro Rondón es periodista de El American especializado en las áreas de política americana y análisis de medios de comunicación.
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The Princess Grace Foundation Has a New CEO
Before she was a princess, Grace Kelly was one of leading American film stars of the 1950s, dazzling in High Noon, Rear Window, and To Catch a Thief. She met Prince Rainier III of Monaco in 1955, and when the pair married in 1956 she officially became Princess of Monaco, leaving her acting career behind (not unlike a more recent actress-turned-royal). Still, she remained committed to helping emerging artists throughout her life.
After her tragic death from a car accident in 1982, Prince Rainer III created a foundation in her name that would help American artists working in theater, dance, and film, providing them with scholarships, apprenticeships, and fellowships.
This year, the foundation is celebrating what would have been Princess Grace's 90th birthday. Current award winners include acclaimed playwright Tony Kushner, whose latest project is an anticipated remake of West Side Story, directed by Steven Spielberg.
Today, the foundation announces a new CEO, Brisa Trinchero, a two-time Tony Award winning Broadway producer. She replaces Toby Boshak, who has been at the foundation for more than two decades.
Trinchero says, "I'm honored to be guiding the Princess Grace Foundation USA into a new era, building upon the enduring legacy of Princess Grace and her commitment to excellence in theater, dance, and film. The Foundation has stewarded an extraordinary community of diverse and exceptional artists and arts patrons and I look forward to working with HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, his family, and the esteemed board of directors to enhance the mission and impact of this important organization."
Princess Grace's only son, His Serene Highness Prince Albert says of Trinchero's appointment, "For 37 years, the Foundation has honored my mother's legacy by fulfilling her dream of supporting artists all across America. We look forward to strengthening her mission and securing an even brighter future with Brisa's passion and vision at the helm."
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The Black Stars of Ghana have touched down in Rabat ahead of their friendly on Tuesday.
Ghana have lined up two International friendly matches against Morocco and Ivory Coast this month.
The Black Stars will take on the Atlas Lions of Morocco on Tuesday, June 8, in Rabat, before hosting the Elephants of Ivory Coast on Saturday, June 12, at the Cape Coast stadium.
However, the team travelled to the North African country without Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey.
According to multiple reports, he was sacked by Ghana head coach Charles Kwablan Akonnor after reporting late for training.
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It is known if he would be allowed for later join the team for game against Ivory Coast on Saturday.
The friendly matches will serve as a test the team ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers that gets underway in September.
Meanwhile, Youth and Sports Minister Mustapha Ussif (Hon.) and Deputy Minster designate Evans Opoku Bobie (Hon.) called on the senior national team – Black Stars at their camp in Cape Coast before their departure
The visit was to wish the team well ahead of this month's friendly matches and also to assure the team of governments continues support going into the 2020 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.


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Yolanda Foster, who was diagnosed with Lyme disease in 2012, revealed Thursday that her daughter Bella Hadid and son Anwar Hadid have been battling the disease as well.
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Noah Syndergaard Signs A One Year Deal With The Los Angeles Angels (of Anaheim), Essentially Ending His Career
Noah Syndergaard has signed a deal with the Los Angeles Angels (of Anaheim) which essentially means, it was nice knowing ya, Noah.
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What is shadow work? The practice of investigating unconscious characteristics is called Shadow Work, and it is something you do on your own. There are various ways to do this, but you must first recognize and accept your shadow before embracing and befriending it. You can only begin to live genuinely, uncover your inner wisdom and life purpose, and gain access to your Soul or Higher Self by bringing these characteristics to the surface.
What is shadow work?
Shadows are the aspects of ourselves that we've rejected, hidden, and bury deep within our subconscious mind. Shadow work, she explains, is the act of bringing those unconscious shadows to our cognitive awareness so that they might be healed.
So, whence do we get our shadows? According to Massi, clouds arise when our brain classifies a traumatic encounter as such. "Anytime the brain feels something is too traumatic to hold on to," she explains, "it represses it into the unconscious." "It's like hiding something that might be too frightening to face."
We all have shadows because we're all people who have been through some form of pain. A traumatic experience, according to Massi, can range from minor and seemingly insignificant events such as a friend at school telling you that you couldn't sit with them at lunchtime, making you feel insufficient, or witnessing your parents fight and believing it was your fault, to significant trauma such as domestic violence or severe illness.
Even if we forget about the horrific event, as Massi claims happen frequently, it remains imprinted in the unconscious mind. It continues to affect our lives in ways we are unaware of.
According to Massi, various things might trigger emotions, physical reactions, and thoughts linked with the trauma as we move through life, forming patterns that make the world feel unsafe. Because of this, our decisions and actions may be impacted.
A shadow founded in fear of change, for example, can keep you stuck in a 9-to-5 job you don't enjoy rather than seeking something new. Shadows, according to Massi, "alter how you see the future steps." "It alters your actions because if you're terrified of events, you're less likely to engage in ones that could be dangerous."
To put it another way, shadows keep us from doing the things we want to accomplish, and shadow work help us develop the confidence and sense of safety we need to achieve those things.
Advantages of shadowing
The Advantages of shadowing include:
1. Listening to your gut instincts
Depending on the kinds of things you've stuffed into your own shadow, shadow work may be able to assist you to connect with your intuition or more profound knowledge.
"You throw that into the shade," says Swartz, if you were discouraged from using your intuition as a child—trusting your gut and inner compass.
2. Getting rid of your subconscious shadow
Our shadow effectively dominates us when we're acting on an unconscious level. While addressing our shadow is difficult , it is also wonderfully liberating.
"It all sounds really terrible," Swart says, "but it's indispensable to raise it from unconscious to conscious, because then it won't be able to govern you as it can when it's suppressed."
3. Self-awareness and acceptance of one's own abilities
"People with poor self-esteem, interestingly enough, will often place wonderful aspects about themselves into their shadow because they don't feel worthy of it," Swart adds. In situations like this, shadow work allows us to reclaim the gifts that make us who we are but have been hidden.
4. Taking a step in the direction of self-actualization
You're probably interested in your own development and personal progress if you're reading about shadow work. And, according to Swart, shadow work is essential for everyone seeking fulfilment and self-actualization.
"To become the best version of yourself," she continues, "you must first understand what the terrible elements are that are holding you back or that are concealed."
5. Be on the lookout for the things that set your body off
"Everything that bothers us about others might bring us to an insight of ourselves," said Jung. As you work on this project, you'll become increasingly aware of the small things that trigger you and why. So keep your eyes peeled.
"If there's something you've always wanted to accomplish and you see a friend do it," Swart explains, "that generates shadows because it's like, why does that person have it and I don't?"
6. Solicit assistance from others
Shadow work is never easy, especially if you've experienced a traumatic experience. If thinking about your shadow sides causes you anguish, misery, or terror that you don't know how to handle, it's time to seek treatment from a competent professional.
Caraballo says, "I think it's crucial for anyone undertaking shadow work to have things that make them feel grounded and welcomed." "While a nonjudgmental therapist may help, we also need our own tools to help us reaffirm and embrace ourselves while we confront the more challenging feelings and pieces of ourselves."
There are numerous approaches you can take, all of which are valid. Caraballo suggests grounding exercises, affirmations, and therapeutic writing as a few examples.
Shadow Work Exercises And Prompts
To get started with shadow work, try the following exercises and prompts:
1. Consider someone who irritates you
"What we find most disgusting or difficult in others is one way the shadow shows up for us," Caraballo explains. "These images are frequently a reflection of aspects of ourselves that we find repulsive."
So, he argues, a good place to start with shadow work is to consider someone who irritates you and reflect on what it is about that person that may also be present within you.
To figure this out, he suggests asking oneself kind questions like:
What is it about this person that makes me dislike them?
Do I see that I have some of those similar characteristics from time to time?
What makes being with them so difficult?
When I'm around that individual, what parts of myself do they enliven? And what do I think of that aspect of myself?
2. Examine your ancestors
Swart also suggests examining your family history as a way to get your feet wet with shadow work.
"Put your grandparents, aunts, uncles, and parents on a family tree to see how they all relate to each other and to you.," she continues, "because they're the generations above you whose characteristics—good and bad—might be in you." Swart uses the example of "I love my family, but one of my uncles drinks too much" to illustrate the importance of this behavior.
The next stage is to examine all of the attributes that are present in your family and determine if any of them exist in you.
3. Face down your shadow
Another practice is to contemplate and confront your own shadow. Once you've gotten a clear (or at least reasonably clear) picture of the components of your shadow self, you may start facing and releasing them with affirmations.
The Affirmation that you will faced are as follows:
I release the darkest gloom that has been hidden within me.
I let go of my fears, my doubts, my humiliation, and my uncertainty.
Looking into the aspects of ourselves that we hide away will teach us some of the most valuable things we will ever learn in this life. We progress immensely when we can bring our darkness to the surface, heal, and integrate those lessons into our lives. After all, Jung observed, "Without pain, there is no coming to consciousness."
Shadow work has a spiritual dimension
According to Sweeton, Shadow work might feel like soul-care for some people, and it can help those around you.
Sweeton explains, "If you can [connect with yourself and soul], and you may access elements of yourself that you can't see, and that may allow you to feel a greater spectrum of emotions that you can use to enhance yourself and serve others."
For example, Sweeton claims that embracing your anger rather than rejecting it might lead you down a path where you channel your energy into opposing injustice.
Sweeton says, "You may channel your rage in a more good way to effect change in the world."
Some therapists believe that the insights gained from shadow work are spiritual in nature.
People with poor self-esteem will often place wonderful aspects about themselves into their shadow. Consider someone who irritates you and reflect on what it is about them that may also be present within you. Some therapists believe that the insights gained from shadow work are spiritual in nature.
Confirm Your Authority
Finally, recognizing your ability to accomplish the work is an excellent method to practice shadow work. Affirmations assist you in programming your subconscious mind with more positive beliefs. You can write your own or get ideas from one of the following.
Try repeating each affirmation three times while looking in the mirror with your monodominant eye (if you're right-handed, that's your left eye, and vice versa). You want to receive the affirmations with your "receptive" regard.
Plus, looking at one eye is a lot easier than looking at both. You may also make your commitments your phone backdrop, write them down on a sticky note and put it in your mirror, or whatever else comes to mind.
Affirmations Of Shadow Work
Here are some affirmations for shadow work that I like, but feel free to make your own!
I combine all aspects of myself by transmuting my shadow.
I am firmly rooted in my authority, directed by all aspects of my truth.
I'm a terrible b*tch, a powerful witch, and I own every aspect of myself.
I respect and love my shadow; I respect and love my whole self.
My shadow is simply a portion of me that requires more attention and mending.
I repair my heart and dive deeper into love as I heal my shadow and integrate it into the light.
How To Find Your Shadow Self?
|Question 1
|What quality do you most like about yourself?
|Question 2
|What is the negative opposite of that quality? (That is your shadow)
|Question 3
|What is the gift of your shadow?
Illustrations of the Shadow
Your parents didn't value what you had to say when you were a kid. Little you concluded that your opinions don't matter, so you stay silent, so your parents don't blame or criticize you. This feature continues to evolve, and you learn to repress your ideas and develop a fear of speaking up, particularly in school and subsequently in the workplace or on social media.
Or perhaps you learnt not to eat all of the desserts on the table for fear of being labelled a glutton. Or you learnt not to be as loud, wild, and free in your expression as a child to avoid being labelled as obnoxious.
In both circumstances, you may evaluate others for the same reason, such as being obnoxious or greedy.
In my case, my family of origin is not particularly creative in their expression, so when I created things as a youngster, I didn't receive the praise I deserved from my parents, leading me to believe that I wasn't creative enough and that my intentions were not good enough.
This resulted in my never sharing my photography/films with anyone and a lack of confidence in my abilities; I wanted to, but lacked the confidence to apply to film/photography school.
You see yourself feeling envy when you read through Instagram and see someone celebrating a six-figure product launch, or having just purchased a fabulous beach house, or getting married to their perfect spouse. Or it might be sadness. And you condemn or pass judgement on them. "Oh, look at them flaunting their big-money egos" or "Who needs such a big property in the first place?" or "Well, we all know how many marriages end in divorce, so I'm sure they won't last long."
It's the part of you that wishes for the same thing yet lacks it. It's the section that's in a state of scarcity. It's the part of you that's angry because you grew up in a poor home, or because your parents split when you were seven, or because you grew up in a small apartment with two siblings.
Frequently Asked Questions:
People asked many question about "what is shadow work" few of them were discussed below:
1. What does shadow work entail?
Shadow work entails connecting with the elements of yourself that you've suppressed, or what some refer to as your "dark side." According to therapist Akua Boateng, Ph. D., "shadow work" entails "delving into the unconscious stuff that influences our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors."
2. Is it simple to work as a shadow?
Solicit assistance from others. Shadow work is never easy, especially if you've experienced a traumatic experience. If thinking about your shadow sides causes you anguish, misery, or terror that you don't know how to handle, it's time to seek treatment from a competent professional.
3. What can I anticipate from shadowing?
Shadow work is an inner alchemical process in which you bring your undesired parts to the surface to purify, heal, and integrate them into yourself. Your shadow isn't and isn't to be embarrassed about or to despise. It merely indicates that you have work to do and that you need to love yourself more.
4. Where do I look for my shadow self?
It would help if you had some psychological mindedness to discover your shadow. That is, you must be able to look inside yourself and ponder the key components of yourself that support your self-concept and version of reality. After that, consider what makes you defensive.
5. What is shadow work so difficult?
Because of the resistance, shadow work is exceptionally challenging. Examining oneself and facing what has happened in one's life's the other hand, frees a person to make changes and harness the abundance of energy that had been trapped in shadow.
6. What do you mean by shadow behaviors?
Shadow Behavior is an adverse reaction to events, people, and situations that is often automatic, unintended, and unconscious. Shadow Behaviors change from person to person. You might defend yourself, reject change, manipulate people, or be hostile.
7. What are shadow emotions, and how do you recognize them?
The shadow (also known as the id, shadow aspect, or shadow archetype) is an unconscious part of the personality that the conscious ego does not recognize in itself, or the entirety of the unconscious, i.e. everything of which a person is not fully aware in analytical psychology.
8. Does your shadow alter over time, and if so, under what conditions?
Its form always determines the shape of an object's object. On the other hand, the size and shape of the shadow can change. The position of the light source causes these shifts. We can see how our shadows shift throughout the day when we are outside on a sunny day.
9. For how long should I shadow?
Take five or ten minutes at the end of the day to think about your interactions with others and your reactions to them. Whatever irritates you in someone else is most likely a hidden part of yourself.
10. Is shadow work similar to therapy?
Shadow work proponents claim that it can help adults heal generational trauma, reconsider the signals they send their children, manage with emotions in more constructive ways, and feel more whole. Although shadow work is best done in therapy, you can complete some exercises on your own.
People who have poor self-esteem usually cast negative aspects of themselves under darkness. Consider someone that irritates you and what it is about them that you find frustrating. Shadow work, according to some therapists, yields spiritual insights.


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Republican candidates for president faced off in South Carolina in their sixth debate
CNN's Reality Check Team put their statements and assertions to the test
The Republican candidates for president gathered Thursday in North Charleston, South Carolina, for their sixth debate,, and CNN's Reality Check Team spent the night putting their statements and assertions to the test.
The team of reporters, researchers and editors across CNN selected key statements and rated them: True; Mostly True; True, but Misleading; False; or It's Complicated.
Jeb Bush
Reality Check: Bush on Iran missile tests
By Jamie Crawford, CNN National Security Producer
In discussing foreign challenges in the Middle East, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said, "As it relates to Iran, we need to confront ambitions across the board, reimpose sanctions. They already violated sanctions after the agreement was signed by testing medium-range missiles."
The agreement Bush was referring to was the deal reached last year between Iran, the United States and five other countries that seeks to roll back Iran's ability to obtain a nuclear weapon.
Since the signing of that agreement, Iran has indeed tested missile technology. The test violated sanctions not covered by the new deal but rather in contravention of existing U.N. Security Council resolutions. Last month, a panel at the United Nations said Iran violated existing resolutions when it tested a ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead in October.
But under the terms of the agreement reached in Vienna last year over Iran's nuclear program, the missile tests, while violating existing resolutions, are actually not a violation of the new agreement because that accord is focused on restricting Iran's path to a nuclear weapon.
In fact, the October ballistic missile test violation would not contravene the nuclear agreement brokered with Iran once it goes into effect, which the Obama administration believes will happen soon. Under the new nuclear deal, Iran will be able to conduct ballistic missile tests – a concession to Iran included in the deal – meaning Iran could have simply waited until after implementation of the deal to do the test.
Verdict: True – Iran violated the sanctions, but not the nuclear weapons agreement
Marco Rubio
Reality Check: Rubio on Cruz's opposition to ethanol
By Theodore Schleifer, CNN
Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida claimed that Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas flipped on his support for ethanol, just one attack in a rapid-fire succession of them, but also the one that could matter the most in Iowa, which is a leading corn producer.
Cruz has always opposed the Renewable Fuel Standard, the fuel mandate supported by the state's ethanol interests, calling it an example of corporate welfare pushed by "lobbyists and Democrats." It's an issue that Cruz has taken flak over all across Iowa, with voters frequently questioning him at town halls and retail stops concerned about his view.
Cruz admits that he did co-sponsor a 2013 bill that would've ended the RFS immediately. But his current position, as outlined in a 2014 comprehensive energy bill he introduced in the Senate, is to phase it out over five years, with his policy as of now to end the RFS by 2022.
The ethanol lobby sending negative mailers about Cruz's record says that he did flip, but Cruz denies that, pointing to his bill instead of the one he co-sponsored. Cruz's personal preference, however, has always been for a five-year phase-out.
Verdict: False
Reality Check: Rubio says Obamacare is a certified job killer
By Tami Luhby and Kate Grise, CNN
Rubio said that Obamacare is "a certified job killer."
In fact, Obamacare is not a job killer, according to the 2015 Kaiser Family Foundation/Health Research and Education Trust survey released in September 2015.
The report showed that only 4% of employers with at least 50 employees said they shifted some staffers to part-time hours so they wouldn't qualify for health care, and another 4% said they were reducing the number of full-time employees they planned to hire because of the cost of health benefits. In fact, that study showed that 10% of employers reported that they were changing workers from part-time to full-time status to enable them to obtain coverage.
An ADP Research Institute study had similar findings.
One reason may be that the economy has been improving. Some companies interviewed by ADP said they may increase their part-timers' hours to retain talent and reduce training costs.
As to whether employers are cutting jobs because of Obamacare, it's nearly impossible to determine from Labor Department data since the economy is recovering and adding jobs. The number of people who can only find part-time jobs has declined in recent years, signifying companies are hiring more full-time workers.
Verdict: False
Marco Rubio and Chris Christie
Reality Check: Rubio claims Christie supported Sonia Sotomayor
By Marshall Cohen, CNN
Sen. Marco Rubio took a swipe at Chris Christie when he said the New Jersey governor backed President Barack Obama's nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court in 2009. Christie hastily denied the accusation.
But looking back at the record, Christie did in fact support Sotomayor's nomination. It was July 2009, and Christie locked in a tight race for governor of New Jersey, a Democratic-leaning state. Perhaps in an attempt to appeal to moderate voters, Christie said "elections have consequences" and threw his support behind Obama's nominee.
"While Judge Sotomayor would not have been my choice, President Obama has used his opportunity to fill a seat on the Supreme Court by choosing a nominee who has more than proven her capability, competence and ability," Christie said at the time. "I support her appointment to the Supreme Court and urge the Senate to keep politics out of the process and confirm her nomination."
Verdict: Rubio's claim is true, and Christie's is false
Reality Check: Rubio accuses Christie of donating to Planned Parenthood
By Marshall Cohen, CNN
Rubio also accused Christie of donating to Planned Parenthood, a highly contentious allegation, especially considering the effort among conservatives to strip the organization of its federal funds.
After the allegations first surfaced, The (Newark) Star-Ledger unearthed a 1994 article where Christie, who was running at the time for a position in county government, said, "I support Planned Parenthood privately with my personal contribution and that should be the goal of any such agency, to find private donations."
But in the past week, Christie insisted that he was misquoted in the old article: "This is a quote from 21 years ago. I'm convinced it was a misquote," Christie told The Washington Post. " Understand what was going on. In 1994-95, I was fighting against county funding of Planned Parenthood even though I was pro-choice."
So it's true that Christie once said he donated to Planned Parenthood, and Rubio and his allies are holding that article up as proof. But Christie claims the quote was inaccurate. So given the "he said, he said" situation, it's difficult to know for sure where the truth lies.
Verdict: It's complicated
Donald Trump
Reality Check: Trump says Paris has the "strictest no-gun policy of any city anywhere in the world"
By Ryan Browne, CNN
Donald Trump said the terrorist attacks in Paris last year happened despite the city having "the strictest no-gun policy of any city anywhere in the world."
However, in France, private gun ownership, while heavily regulated, is permitted.
According to French law, to get any category one or four weapons, like a Glock pistol, you need to be 21, to have joined a shooting range for the last six months, provided a blank criminal record and a certificate of physical and mental health not older than two weeks. Then, the local police precinct starts a "morality investigation" in your neighborhood, according to French journalist Phillipe Coste.
While French laws are restrictive, the gun laws in the UK are even more so. After a series of mass shootings in the 1980s and 1990s, the UK passed a law effectively banning the private ownership of all handguns.
According to the UK government's Home Office 2015 "Guide on Firearms Licensing Law," the British Firearms Act of 1968 and its 1997 modification "has meant the prohibition of handguns."
Verdict: False
Reality Check: Trump on law professor about Cruz
By Kevin Liptak, CNN
In defending his questioning of Sen. Ted Cruz's eligibility for the presidency, Donald Trump cited Harvard Law School professor Laurence Tribe, who Trump claimed is raising "a serious question to whether or not Ted can do this."
Although Tribe has weighed in on Cruz's eligibility, he has not outright questioned whether Cruz – who was born in Canada to an American mother and a Cuban father – would be considered a "natural born citizen," the definition of which Tribe says is "completely unsettled."
What Tribe has questioned is whether Cruz's own originalist judicial theories – expressed when the senator was a student in his Harvard Law class, and again on the campaign trail when speaking about potential judicial nominations – would render himself eligible for the White House.
"Ironically, the kind of justices he says he wants are the ones that say he's not eligible to run for president," Tribe argued on CNN this week. "This is important because the way this guy plays fast and loose with the Constitution, he's a fair-weather originalist."
In a Boston Globe editorial, Tribe argued that almost any judge would avoid weighing in on Cruz's eligibility.
"No real court is likely to keep Cruz off the ballot, much less remove him from the White House if he were to win – Bush v. Gore isn't likely to get a return engagement over this issue," he wrote.
But soon after the debate concluded, Tribe went further, telling CNN's Anderson Cooper that the issue is a "serious cloud" over Cruz and saying he can see a challenge going to the Supreme Court.
"If some secretary of state refuses to put his name on the ballot if he's the nominee, there's no way out of it other than to have Cruz or the Republican National Committee sue the secretary of state. And that issue would then have to go all the way to the Supreme Court," Tribe said. "But the fact is, you know, it's a serious cloud. It has to be taken seriously. It's not just a matter of coming up with great talking points or winning some debate. I think he does a disservice to the Constitution and the country when he thinks he can slide his way, slip slide his way around this serious constitutional issue," Tribe said.
Verdict: True (Editor's note: We changed the verdict from false because Tribe's comments after the debate suggested a legal fight was much more likely.)
Ted Cruz
Reality Check: Cruz on the U.S. sending $100 billion to Iran
By Eve Bower and Sonam Vashi, CNN
Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said, "President Obama is preparing to send $100 billion or more to the Ayatollah Khomeini. I will tell you, it was heart-breaking …"
We previously fact-checked this when Donald Trump made a similar claim in the December 15 debate. Here's what we found:
In 2011 and 2012, the United States and Europe imposed sanctions on Iran that included freezing some Iranian assets overseas. With the announcement of a deal in 2015, those same assets stand to be released, creating a pool of money that will be newly available to the Iranian government. The total amount of those assets is not known, but as a deal with Iran seemed imminent, some estimated that the number was as high as $150 billion.
In late July, at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the deal, House Speaker John Boehner, just as Cruz said, claimed that "more than $100 billion" in unfrozen assets would be available to Iran.
Both the Treasury Department and the White House have disputed these estimates.
In Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew's July testimony to the Senate, he estimated that, after sanctions relief, Iran will only be able to access "about $50 billion" in unfrozen assets. He noted that another large portion – about $20 billion – was tied up in projects with China, and "tens of billions" comprise nonperforming loans to Iranian energy and banking interests.
The money already belongs to Iran but has been frozen, so the United States is not sending this money from its coffers to the Iranian government. Additionally, none of the parties with access to the assets have substantiated an estimate close to the figure that Cruz suggested.
Verdict: False
Reality Check: Cruz on percentage of Americans working
By Tami Luhby, CNNMoney
Asked whether America's economy is as strong as President Barack Obama said in his State of the Union address, Sen. Ted Cruz said, "We have the lowest percentage of Americans working today of any year since 1977."
Last month, 59.5% of Americans age 16 and older were employed, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That's higher than it was in 1977, when it ranged from 57% to 58.7%.
The share of Americans employed during Obama's terms has ranged from as low as 58.2% in mid-2011 to as high as 60.6% when Obama took office in January 2009.
Since 1977, the highest share of Americans were employed in April 2000, when 64.7% had a job.
However, the overall percentage of adults who are working isn't the best measure, since the number of retirees is growing as the nation ages. So let's look at the share of prime working age adults (age 25 to 54) who are employed. Some 77.4% of these Americans were employed in December, compared to between 71% and 72.8% in 1977.
By no measure is the share of Americans employed at its lowest point since 1977.
Verdict: False
Opinion: Who won the Trump-Cruz smackdown?
Reality Check: Cruz on Dianne Feinstein taking away all guns
By Lisa Rose, CNN
During a discussion of proposed reforms to gun laws in the wake of recent mass shootings, Cruz claimed, "California senator, Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein said if she could say to Mr. America and Mrs. America give me your guns, I'm rounding them up, she would."
Feinstein did say something to that effect – 21 years ago. And she was referring specifically to assault rifles, not all firearms.
Cruz exhumed the comment from a 1995 episode of "60 Minutes," during which Feinstein discussed the limitations of the assault weapons ban. She talked about loopholes in the law that allowed dealers to sell assault rifles weapons at gun shows.
"If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an outright ban, picking up every one of them, 'Mr. and Mrs. America, turn them all in,' I would have done it," Feinstein said. "I could not do that. The votes weren't here."
Because Feinstein's comments were only about assault weapons and made 21 years ago, not as part of Obama's current initiative, we rate his claim true, but misleading.
Reality Check: Cruz on Manhattan's conservatives
By Kevin Liptak, CNN
Cruz, explaining his attack on Donald Trump's "New York values," asserted there are "not a lot of conservatives coming out of Manhattan."
There's no doubt New York City's third-most-populous borough is known more for liberal urbanites than as a bastion of conservatism. But the island is not without its Republicans.
Voter registration records indicate there are 83,970 active Republicans on the rolls in Manhattan – only about 10% of the total number registered, but not an insignificant portion.
Some of those Republicans carry outsized influence on the national political stage. The latest federal campaign finance filings show Manhattan donors contributed $2.9 million to Republican presidential candidates, the second-highest concentration of donations in the country behind Houston.
Cruz himself has taken in $135,588 from Manhattan's ZIP codes this cycle, behind his rivals Jeb Bush and Chris Christie, but still more than many other Republicans in the race. While those numbers are far behind the campaign cash taken in by Democrats in Manhattan, the borough clearly remains a magnet for politicians of all stripes looking to raise funds.
The federal filings also don't account for contributions to outside groups like super PACs, which raise enormous amounts of money from wealthy Manhattan donors. One of the most prolific conservative political donors, David Koch, is a resident of Park Avenue.
Cruz's claim that "not a lot of conservatives" come out of Manhattan is, based on pure voter registration numbers, true. But the influence of the Republicans that do reside there extends well beyond the East and Hudson rivers.
Verdict: Mostly true
Carly Fiorina
Reality Check: Fiorina on vetting visa applicants' social media accounts
By Kate Grise, CNN
During the Fox Business Network undercard debate, Carly Fiorina claimed that "this (Obama) administration has told us they don't even bother to check Facebook or Twitter to find out who's pledging allegiance to jihadists. We can do better than this, citizens. We need to take our country back."
On December 16, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said that the department has, in fact, been examining social media when reviewing visa applications since early 2015.
"Under my leadership as secretary, we, in fact, began to consult social media in connection with conferring various immigration benefits and we will be doing more of this," he added. "Any reports or partial reports to the contrary are simply false."
Johnson did acknowledge that there were some restrictions on looking at an applicant's social media account before 2015, but said that there was no current policy prohibiting the check of an applicant's social media.
"We had policies in place regarding consulting social media, which in my judgment, particularly in this current environment, were too restrictive," Johnson said.
Many have criticized immigration officials for not checking the social media accounts of Tashfeen Malik, one of the San Bernardino, California, shooters, after there were reports that she advocated jihad in messages on social media. Her comments were made under a pseudonym and with strict privacy settings that did not allow people outside a small group of friends to see them, U.S. law enforcement officials told CNN.
FBI Director James Comey said that neither Malik or her husband and fellow shooter posted publicly on social media about supporting jihad.
However, they did show "signs in their communication of their joint commitment to jihad and to martyrdom" in private messages, according to Comey. The comments were private communications, both by phone and social media, and the U.S. government was not monitoring them because they had no reason to. The couple were not on any terrorist watch lists, and Malik made her comments under a fake name behind many privacy settings that would have required a warrant to access them.
Even if immigration officials had looked at Malik's social media accounts, they would not have had access to her private communications.
A U.S. official told CNN that the United States only recently began routinely reviewing the social media activity of visa applications from certain countries. The exact date that these types of reviews began is not clear, but it was after Malik's application was considered, the source said.
While the policy changed only a year ago, Fiorina's claim that immigration officials don't bother looking at visa applicant's social media has been untrue for more a year.
Verdict: False
Reality Check: Fiorina on record numbers of men out of work
By Tami Luhby and Sonam Vashi, CNN
"We have record numbers of men out of work, we have record numbers of women living in poverty, we have young people who no longer believe that that the American Dream applies to them," Fiorina said.
Related: Why have so many men stopped working?
There were 42.1 million men who were not working in December, just below the record 42.9 million set in October 2013, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This includes men who were not in the labor force, as well as those who are unemployed. (To be included in the labor force, you have to be working or actively looking for a job.)
While Fiorina's comment is true, it is misleading because the vast majority of men who are not in the labor force are not looking for work. They include students, retirees and those who've just given up trying to find a job.
That said, there is an employment crisis among working-age men these days. The labor force participation rate – which includes those who are working or have looked for a job in the past four weeks – is near record lows. The share of men ages 25 to 54 in the labor force now hovers near a record low of 88%. It stood at nearly 97% in 1965.
Verdict: True, but misleading
Reality Check: Fiorina on Geneva Conventions
By Jamie Crawford and Ryan Browne, CNN
Regarding Iran's brief detention of U.S. Navy sailors, Fiorina said, "The President wouldn't even mention the fact that Iran had taken two Navy boats and our sailors – hostage. He didn't mention the fact that they violated the Geneva Conventions."
The Geneva Conventions are a series of treaties and rules that apply in times of armed conflict and also seek to protect people who are not or are no longer taking part in hostilities.
In a briefing with reporters on Thursday, State Department spokesman John Kirby said, "The Geneva Conventions apply for wartime; we're not at war with Iran. So, it's a moot question."
Legal experts with whom CNN spoke tend to agree with that assertion.
"We don't have a state of declared war or actual armed conflict between the U.S. and Iran, therefore the application of the Geneva Conventions does not come into play," Allen Weiner, the director of Stanford's Program in International and Comparative Law, told CNN. "Both sides have said it was an inadvertent crossing into territorial waters, where Iran is entitled to exercise criminal jurisdiction," Weiner added.
Steven Vladeck, a professor at American University School of Law in Washington and a CNN contributor, told CNN that "Common Article 2 of Geneva is clear on this," and only applies in a state of war or armed conflict.
"There is a whole lot of daylight between animosity and armed conflict," Vladeck said, adding other legal mechanisms applying to international human rights law or governing the law of the sea, but the absence of direct armed conflict between the two countries negates the application of the Geneva Conventions in this case.
But legal experts said there are relevant legal provisions that Iran could be in violation of based on what occurred.
Some experts CNN spoke to did indicate that the Iranian actions may have violated customary maritime law. In a situation where a ship enters territory waters due to a technical problem or damage, a country "would have the right to verify the problem" but not use force to detain the sailors, according to Craig Allen, a professor of marine and environmental affairs at the University of Washington.
Verdict: False
Rick Santorum
Reality Check: Santorum on Americans without college degrees
By Lisa Rose, CNN
Rick Santorum said that President Barack Obama's policies have hurt the manufacturing sector, creating dwindling employment opportunities for the "74% of Americans who don't have a college degree between the age of 25 and 65."
The former senator, a Penn State alum who once called the President a snob for promoting higher education, needs to check his numbers again.
According to 2014 census data, the most recent stats available, 67% of Americans between 25 and 64 have not graduated from college. The total number of people in that age bracket is 164.8 million, and 55.2 million of them have not attained a bachelor's degree or higher.
Santorum made a similar statement in May on "Face the Nation," although he blamed both parties for failing to address economic inequality among the "70% of Americans who don't have a college degree." Politifact checked his claim and rated it true, crunching Census numbers to conclude that 68% of Americans 25 and older don't have degrees, good enough for a green light from the website.
Santorum wasn't a math major at Penn State so he can be forgiven for the miscalculation, but he should have stuck with his original estimate. For that reason, our verdict is false.


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Doctor Who: Legend of the Sea Devils - Release date April 17, 2022
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"Doctor Who: Legend of the Sea Devils" premieres tonight at 8pm on BBC America. Join The Doctor and her companions for an intergalactic TARDIS adventure—free with Philo and FuboTV.
"Doctor Who: Legend of the Sea Devils" is the second in a trio of new Doctor Who specials to air this year. Tonight's feature follows The Doctor, Yaz, and Dan to a seaside town in 19th century China. Faced with the imminent threat of both Madame Ching (the pirate queen) and a powerful alien force she accidentally releases, the gang must be prepared to either confront the Sea Devils or accept planetary destruction.
About the show: "The Doctor, Yaz, and Dan are in 19th century China, where a small coastal village is under threat – from both the fearsome pirate queen Madame Ching and a monstrous alien force which she unwittingly unleashes. Will the Doctor, Yaz and Dan emerge from this swashbuckling battle with the Sea Devils to save the planet?" -BBC America
Starring: Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill, John Bishop, Crystal Yu, Craige Els


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Frankly speaking, it's not the hike of the headline CPI inflation to 5.5% that worries me the most. It is clear that a big part of it is due to the global increase of oil prices. Everybody is feeling this effect, Poland as well as the UK. It is quite natural that, after the fall of the oil price to $20 per barrel in May 2020, with the global economic recovery we see it on a more normal level of $75. Once oil prices stabilise, with skilful monetary policy, the problem could disappear.
However, the problem of Poland is different. Exactly 18 months ago, just before the outbreak of the pandemic, I published a text on the economic prospects. I was pointing out several factors pushing Poland in the stagflationary direction: a gradual slowdown of the economic growth, mainly due to insufficient investment and labour shortages; and the increase of inflationary pressure, mainly due to the wage inflation and the significant increase of the electricity prices. The pandemic has frozen the problem for several quarters, but now we are facing exactly the same problems. What really worries me in the published CPI data is the rapid increase in prices of food, services, and obviously energy. Firstly, it indicates that the government policy of stimulating consumer demand and wages leads to the inflationary setback. Secondly, it shows that there is a huge price to be paid for the delay in the policy of decarbonisation. And thirdly, it makes me doubt the ability of the central bank to curb inflationary expectations. It is not a call for the rapid hike of the interest rates. But the central bank must be clear in its communication with business and consumers. Its role is to fight inflation and nobody should have any doubt about it.
The pandemic seems to be becoming a long-term feature of the global economy, with successive waves, waning in deadliness but still keeping hospitals busy and disrupting business. Governments, firms and citizens all seem to be adjusting to the new reality, with winners and losers emerging. Which regions, countries and sectors would you pick out as salient winners or losers? How has the global supply chain reacted?
No doubt, the pandemic has changed the development paths of the global economy. After decades of the cheerful spreading-out of the value chain across the globe, multinational companies are now trying to gain more control over it. The pandemic demonstrated, sometimes painfully, that global logistics is not always working perfectly. There are growing bottlenecks and growing political and social threats to the globalisation. However, there is a more important factor to be taken into account. The global economy is changing due to the fourth industrial revolution, and the pandemic, with the increased pressure for digitalisation, has only accelerated this. Some economic models become obsolete, some others become a reality, although a few years ago this looked more like sci-fi. It is not the case that countries will be winners or losers because of the pandemic. Everybody can be a winner in the global game if only they are able to use the opportunities offered by technological change. And everybody can be a loser if they do not join the race. This is the truth about industrial revolutions. A country, sector, or firm can either go up, joining the mainstream of changes, or falls down if it doesn't. Examples? Two hundred years ago, China was as well developed as Europe. But Europe did undergo the industrial revolution, while China decided, for political reasons, not to allow for the economic change. As a result, after a century the Chinese productivity fell to one tenth of the European one. But China did its homework. Today almost 40% of all industrial robots installed worldwide are installed in China.
We last spoke about the effects of the pandemic on the global economy shortly after its outbreak in the spring of 2020. You talked then of a Great Realignment – and one of the beneficiaries seems to be Poland. Our members, in particular in recruitment and real estate, are reporting record levels of new inward investment enquiries from corporations from around the world looking to relocate.
Indeed, the change may lead to the realignment, and countries that can create the right economic environment may benefit a lot. For example, the shortening of the value chain is opening up many opportunities for Poland. Poland can offer to the investors a lot of safety, the geographical and political closeness, relatively stable economic and legal environment, reasonable costs, and an excellent access to the world's biggest market. In a nutshell, a perfect mix for the multinational company trying to enhance control over its value chain. However, one should be careful – Poland is not the only country that can offer all this. First of all, one should remember that this company can build a factory in Poland, but also domestically, operated by robots. A business service centre operated by computers using artificial intelligence can be opened everywhere as well. Tesla is building its European factory neither in Poland, nor in the Czech Republic, but at the outskirts of Berlin. So, Poland can benefit a lot. But to benefit, we must offer really excellent conditions, the right milieu, rule of law, and the appropriate economic environment.
Cultural differences have been highlighted by the pandemic; nations with a more individualist attitude are suffering worse than countries with a more collectivist culture. Poland, the UK and the US have seen around 2,000 deaths per million, whilst Far Eastern countries have seen deaths per million well below 150, regardless of whether they are authoritarian (China, Vietnam) or democratic (Taiwan, Japan, South Korea). Egregiously authoritarian regimes tend to falsify death tolls, but even so, the biggest contrast in terms of the pandemic's effect seems to lie between cultures where the individual has primacy, and those that prize collective behaviour more. How will this play out in the recovery?
Frankly speaking, I do not know the answer. And I say it openly, because I do not know the answer to an even more basic question. I do not know, to what extent individualism versus social collectivism will determine the success in the global race caused by the fourth industrial revolution. China already has a bigger GDP than the US. It seems that it has just surpassed the US in the total spending on R&D. The Chinese accomplishments in the last four decades are astonishing. But Silicon Valley, as well as Wall Street are still in America, and the most important scientific and business innovations are created there. In the previous history, the intellectual and economic freedom of individuals was simply indispensable for real success in the economic development. Can China substitute it with the perfect collaboration and planning? I do not know. But obviously, it helped a lot with the pandemic.
How has the pandemic affected the global green transformation? In what areas has it accelerated, and in what areas has it slowed? The EU's 2021-27 financial framework has climate change, digitalisation and post-pandemic recovery at its core. To what extent will the green agenda power the recovery?
In my view, the most important effect of the pandemic is the increased social awareness of the global issues. It is a rare occasion to see, in such a dramatic form, just how interconnected the world has become. A virus spreading from one continent to another in a few hours, factories stopped because of a delay in delivery from another country thousands of kilometres away, videoconferences linking peoples in various parts of the world. And a gloomier vision of people migrating to safer places, searching for safety and a better life. I am not surprised to see that the green transformation is a clear winner of this situation. Because the more we understand the global interconnection, the more we support the policy of fighting the climate change.
Finally – a 'what-if'. Let's imagine that on 1 March 2020, the World Health Organization announced a total global lockdown, with emergency services being the only exception. Governments around the world comply. The entire human population is confined to their homes for 14 days. Yes, there was hardship, thousands of deaths – but by the end of the month, the virus had been snuffed out. No more lockdowns, no new variants, no more economic turmoil. A short, sharp coordinated global response, and Covid-19 was consigned to the history books. Tens of millions of lives saved, the economy quickly back on course. This couldn't have happened in real life. But could such a scenario be a realistic solution after a future outbreak of a deadly new virus?
Well, a good question. Obviously, not with the SARS virus… nasty, but not really deadly. But if we encounter a really deadly plague, who knows? The immediate global lockdown, grounded airplanes, banned travels, extreme epidemiological measures. Probably in the interconnected world it could be the best solution. But, frankly speaking, I do not believe in it. If the European countries, working closely within the EU, were not able to have a joint action, and even individual US states were using their own policies, how could we imagine such a global cooperation? But never say never.


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LINCOLN SQUARE — The cancellation of this year's Maifest combined with the closing of Dank Haus's Lincoln Square building threatens to cripple the nonprofit, its executive director said.
Dozens of public programs, weddings and school fundraisers have been canceled since March 18, causing Dank Haus to hemorrhage over $140,000.
"We are truly the cornerstone for the community and over 40 nonprofits use our building for their own fundraising efforts," said Monica Jirak, Dank's executive director. "If the Dank Haus fails, the community fails."
The nonprofit also relies on beer and food sales at Maifest, which typically has 35,000 people in attendance, to raise an average of $75,000 each year. That money goes towards maintaining Dank's six-story, 93-year-old building at 4740 N. Western Ave.
The building was closed and Maifest was canceled to help slow the spread of the coronavirus.
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The Neighborhood Boys and Girls Club, German American Police Association, Ravenswood School, Northside College Prep, Boy Scouts of America, Waters Elementary and other neighbors come to vote, get married, attend community meetings and worship at the building, Jirak said.
"The ripple effect has the potential to bear down on dozens of other nonprofits in the Lincoln Square community. People often assume we operate exclusively for German Americans, but we support local theaters, community orchestras, small businesses, churches and schools in the neighborhood. Everyone that calls Dank Haus home needs to rally or there may be no Haus to come home to," said Dagmar Freiberger, Dank's board president.
Dank Haus sent an email asking people to donate here to help cover its losses from the event cancellations.
"We are committed to the safety of our students, teachers, staff, visitors and guests and will not reopen until it is safe," Jirak said.
But because it's uncertain when the state shutdown will end, she's worried about Dank's ability to stay open once the pandemic is over.
"We also are worried about our storied Lincoln Square neighborhood and all of our restaurants and retailers that are affected by the pandemic," Jirak said.
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