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Here's the table of contents for today's edition of Daily Notes.
1. Brief Previews for Select Games
2. Lightly Annotated Video: Strasburg's April 11th Start
3. Crowdsourcing Broadcasters: Kansas City Radio
Brief Previews for Select Games
Here are brief previews for five of today's games — each including the preferred television feed of FanGraphs readers, per the results of our offseason crowdsourcing project. (Information on probable pitchers from MLB.com.)
Tampa Bay at Boston | 11:05 ET
Today is Patriots' Day in Massachusetts (and Maine and, for some reason, Wisconsin) — a commemoration of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, according both to Wikipedia and almost definitely Mrs. White, my second and third grade teacher at Dame School. It's also the day of the 116th Boston Marathon, the world's longest-running marathon… Daniel Bard makes his second career start. Here's the line from his first, at Toronto (box): 5.0 IP, 24 TBF, 6 K, 1 BB, 11 GB on 17 batted-balls (64.7%) — good for a single-game xFIP of 1.90. Fenway's excellent center-field camera angle will provide an opportunity to observe Bard's repertoire as a starter… James Shields starts for Tampa Bay.
Readers' Preferred Broadcast: Boston.
Houston at Washington | 19:05 ET
Stephen Strasburg makes his third start this season. Here's his line so far: 13.0 IP, 28.0% K, 8.0% BB, 41.9% GB, 83 xFIP-… As of Sunday, center fielder Jordan Schafer has posted an 8:7 BB:K in 38 plate appearances (21.1% BB, 18.4% K)… Kyle Weiland pitches for Houston.
Readers' Preferred Broadcast: Houston.
Minnesota at New York AL | 19:05 ET ***MLB.TV Free Game***
Justin Morneau is available in the FanGraphs ottoneu league (which, not for nothing, the present author is currently winning). Question: what's Morneau worth? For example, here's his line as of Sunday afternoon: 33 PA, 6.1% BB, 21.2% K, .233/.303/.400 (.273 BABIP), .310 wOBA, 101 wRC+, 0.0 WAR. And here's what he did Sunday: 4 PA, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 BB, 3 K. And here's his rest-of-season ZiPS projection: .269/.347/.456, .345 wOBA… Discovery: Clete Thomas is now a Twin. He was DFA'd by Detroit late last week and then claimed by Minnesota off waivers on Saturday. He started for the Twins in right field on Sunday, hitting a home run. Before Saturday, both Ryan Doumit and Ben Revere had made three starts in right; Trevor Plouffe, two… The starting pitchers for this game are Carl Pavano and Freddy Garcia. As a service to the reader, no mention will be made here of how Pavano pitched for the Yankees.
Readers' Preferred Broadcast: Minnesota.
Baltimore at Chicago AL | 20:10 ET
As of Sunday afternoon, Baltimore had posted the second-highest batter WAR in the the majors (2.3), having recorded a team-wide 120 wRC+ despite a not-particularly-remarkable .288 BABIP. Among the team's leaders: Adam Jones, with a 203 wRC+ (.409 BABIP) and 0.7 WAR; Matt Wieters, 161 wRC+ (.261 BABIP) and 0.5 WAR; Nolan Reimold, 165 wRC+ (.348 BABIP) and 0.3 WAR; and Robert Andino, 108 wRC+ (.350 BABIP) and 0.3 WAR… Somewhat related note: BABIP is down across baseball. As of Sunday, the league average BABIP was .278. Last March/April it was .290… Right-hander Jake Arrieta, 26, pitches for the Orioles. He has a 102 xFIP- so far through two starts and 13.2 innings — and, per our PITCHf/x data, has been throwing his fastball over a mph faster than last season… Philip Humber pitches for Chicago.
Readers' Preferred Broadcast: Baltimore
Philadelphia at San Francisco | 22:15 ET
Roy Halladay faces Tim Lincecum… Despite the fact that Lincecum has allowed 11 runs in his first 7.2 innings and appears to be throwing his fastball about 2 mph slower than last season so far, his component stats through two starts are, in sum, better than last year's: 23.8% strikeout rate (24.4% last year), 7.1% walk rate (9.6%), 53.6% ground-ball rate (47.9%), 73 xFIP- (87). Meanwhile, he's recorded a .444 BABIP against, 28.6% HR/FB, and 42.3% strand rate — all unsustainably poor… Brandon Belt Status Update: Brandon Belt did start on Sunday, playing first base and batting sixth. Line: 4 PA, 1 2B, 0 HR, 1 BB, 0 K, 1-for-1 SB.
Readers' Preferred Broadcast: San Francisco.
Lightly Annotated Video: Strasburg's April 11th Start
Here's video from Strasburg's most recent start, during which he threw 6.0 innings, striking out nine and walking three of the 24 Mets batters he faced.
Of particular note: the changeup at the 1:23 mark, which features 11.1 inches of arm-side run, according to Brooks Baseball — this, relative to the six or seven inches of arm-side run the league average changeup possesses.
Crowdsourcing Broadcasters: Kansas City Radio
Recently, we released the results of our television broadcaster rankings — itself the product of reader crowdsourcing that started in late November. Now, FanGraphs is asking readers to rate the radio broadcast teams for all 30 major-league clubs (Click here for more on this project.)
Please note that today we're crowdsourcing the Royals radio broadcast from last season — to help serve as a baseline of sorts for the other 29 broadcast teams. We'll publish a ballot for Matthews and new primary radio colorman Steve Physioc during the season sometime, to give fans a chance to become acquainted with the latter.
Rate other teams: Washington / Toronto / Texas / Tampa Bay / Seattle / San Francisco / San Diego / St. Louis / Pittsburgh / Philadelphia / Oakland / New York (NL) / New York (AL) / Minnesota / Milwaukee / Miami / Los Angeles (NL) / Los Angeles (AL).
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Tupac Shakur passed away on 13th Sep 1996 aged 25.
Tupac Shakur was previously married to Keisha Morris (1994 - 1996).
He was also in relationships with Faith Evans (1995), Madonna (1994), Rosie Perez (1993), Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes (1991), Jada Pinkett Smith (1986 - 1989), Angel Kelly, Jara Everett, Heather Hunter, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Nina Hartley and Sharise Neil.
Tupac Shakur had a child named none none.
Tupac Shakur is a 25 year old American Rapper. Born Lesane Parish Crooks on 16th June, 1971 in East Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States and educated at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Baltimore, Maryland, United States (Transferred), he is famous for Rapper Shot In Las Vegas Drive-By. in a career that spans 1988–1996. His zodiac sign is Gemini.
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Always quick on the uptake, James Corden jumped on the current controversy between Kanye West and Taylor Swift and added his own narrative during his "Late Late Show" monologue last night (July 19).
Taylor Swift had her lawyer threaten Kanye West with criminal prosecution after learning his wife Kim Kardashian had recorded their phone conversation without permission.
She's been very vocal with her disapproval of Kanye West's single "Famous," but it turns out Taylor Swift knew more about the track than she initially admitted.
Calvin Harris has hit out at ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift for making him "look bad" after confirming her involvement in his Rihanna collaboration 'This Is What You Came For'.
Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris's relationship reportedly reached "breaking point" after he failed to acknowledge her input on his hit song 'This Is What You Came For'.
The 26-year-old singer's involvement in Calvin and Rihanna's recent hit has long been rumoured, after she was listed as a co-writer on the Wikipedia entry for the track before the entry was changed to Nils Sjoberg - believed to be Taylor's pseudonym.
They've been enjoying each other's company in the Land Down Under this week, and on Tuesday (July 12) Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston were both busy with their own pursuits.
The "I Knew You Were Trouble" songstress dropped by Lady Cliento Children's Hospital in South Brisbane to hang out with a few lucky kiddos, snapping photos and signing autographs.
It's no secret that they know how to make beautiful music together, and on Monday (July 4) Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran showed off their cover band chops with an impromptu rendition of "Baby One More Time."
Every year she invites her famous friends for a fancy Fourth of July fete, and it's clear Taylor Swift made Ryan Reynolds a little uncomfortable at Monday's party.


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The 26-year-old Dutchman comes into the race in strong form after second place overall at the Tour of Switzerland.
Mollema, who was fourth at the Vuelta, is preferred as team leader to Robert Gesink.
Gesink was earmarked as a star of the future after finishing sixth in the 2010 Tour but retired at the Giro d'Italia. "We have geared our team around Bauke", stated directeur sportif Nico Verhoeven in the official team announcement.
"We are looking to score a good classification with him. We are aiming for the top ten but in fact we're simply trying for the maximum achievable. We could say that we'd like Bauke to finish fourth, but if he then finishes fourth when second was within grasp, I'd say we'd be less satisfied. But if it turns out that he is seventh and that is the best result we could have expected, then we'd be happy with that.
"In the Tour of Switzerland, Bauke showed that he was ready in the way he rode and led the team. On top of a good GC, we would like to take a stage win."
Sprinters Theo Bos or Mark Renshaw have not been selected so Blanco will focus on GC with Lars Boom their best chance of stage wins.
Laurens ten Dam, Gesink, Tom Leezer, Lars Petter Nordhaug, Bram Tankink, Sep Vanmarcke and Maarten Wynants complete the team.
Verhoeven explained Gesink's role.
"Robert will have a relatively open role but will be expected to take care of Bauke in the high mountain stages together with Laurens," he said.
"Nordhaug and Boom are dangerous stage pirates but also understand what it means to be a domestique. Bram [Tankink] is our road captain and Maarten [Whynants] is an all-rounder who has proven his worth in the big tours. Sep and Tom [Leezer] formed a good team with Bauke in the Tour de Suisse and kept him out of trouble in the run-up to the mountains."
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LemmingsJune 7th, 2013 at 10:00 am by David Farrar
Just like leemings, watch the media in Australia at a press conference rush off when they sight a MP they've been trying to interview, and then head back to the press conference they were at.
Just like leemings, watch the media in Australia at a press conference rush off when they sight a MP they've been trying to interview, and then head back to the press conference they were at.
From the reaction of the MP they were interviewing in the first place, it's pretty much par for the course.
However I've heard about tragedies in the US where the entire country's media turns up. They're sitting around and see someone (say, a kid from the school where there was a shooting) and suddenly what was a poor member of the public is being chased down the block by a hundred seasoned professionals who think this is part of their job.
being unkind to Lemmings…with the Fourth more valuable as Real estate,the dumber creature surely has to be the journalist/editor…afterall the Lemmings jumping to their deaths was artistic licence/a cinematic construct..whereas the MSM death spiral is actual.
Dumbarses.- most of them silly little girls as well.
No wonder our media is so absolutely black hole hopeless and completely beyond redemption. Just shallow lame brained fucking idiots the lot of them. The latest models off the production line of the west's fast degenerating education systems.
And John Key hires these people as his "advisers."
There are of course a large number of ex-journalists that have gone to work for the current government. In the PMO, Kevin Taylor and Paula Oliver came from the NZ Herald, Jason Ede came from TV3, and Lesley Hamilton came from Radio Live. In the other ministerial offices, Craig Howie and Grant Fleming came from NZPA, Brent Webling and Rachel Bruce are from Radio Live, Jackie Maher from TVNZ, Gillon Carruthers from RNZ, Ben Thomas from NBR, Sia Aston from TV3, and Simon Beattie from the Evening Post.
Mr Fitzgibbon, a Rudd supporter and vocal opponent of Julia Gillard is who they media are running to. The Press Conference was being held by Scott Morrison, Shadow Minister for Immigration.
For someone who didn't want to speak to the media it was interesting Mr Fitzgibbon chose to come through "the doors". Doing the doors in Canberra is a bit of an institution where the pollies stand either outside the public entrance to the house of representatives or sentate in the morning. Its an easy way to talk to media without having to call a press conference. Pollies will line up for their time in front of the camera.
There are a number of other ways a politician can enter the complex without having to walk past the media. Mr Fitzgibbon would have known exactly the response he would receive and was no innocent party to such an event taking place.
suzie's of course right in her observations… it's more important to the media to interview a backbencher for Labor who has made not so subtle references to the ALP leadership than to scrutinise the would be Minister for Immigration about their utterly inhumane approach to dealing with refugees
More like moths to the flame = pity they don't get burnt.
Sad, the girls chase cock like that as well? just stop and go with the bigger hardon?
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The PKK & Hamas...A Tale Of Two Terror Camps
The PKK & Hamas...A Tale Of Two Terror
By Gerald A. Honigman, a longtime contributing
writer for ekurd.net
Specifically, it has
had to engage in shameful behavior to assist its
alleged Turkish friends in the suppression and
subjugation of another entirely different people,
the Kurds. Israeli intelligence and weaponry have
indeed helped Ankara in these matters, and --for a
number of reasons--this must finally come to a halt.
I have written about the analogy between what Arabs
face vis-a-vis Israel and what Kurds face vis-a-vis
Turkey elsewhere (Between Ankara and
Jerusalem and
Department Math for
example), so won't elaborate on this here. Please
open those urls above, however, to see some
information very relevant to this discussion.
My aim now is to showcase the differences between
what Israel faces relative to its terrorist enemies
and what Turkey faces regarding those whom engage in
terror against it as well.
The assorted Arab enemies which Israel faces among
"Palestinian" Arabs (most of whom were newcomers
into the Mandate themselves)--Fatah, Hamas, Islamic
Jihad, and so forth--have one goal...the destruction
of both Israel and its Jews. Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah
plays relatively nice now simply to milk dhimmi
nations for $$$ billions while building up his own
modern military, courtesy of Uncle Sam. His dead
boss's Swiss bank accounts are legendary. Hamas is
simply more honest. Look at both of their websites
and such in case you think there really is a
difference in their plans for Israel.
An Arab state emerged after World War I on almost
80% of the original April 25, 1920 Mandate of
Palestine. In 1922, most of the original
territory--all the land east of the Jordan
River--was handed over to Arab nationalism by Great
Britain. So, right from the start, and contrary to
Arab storytelling, most of the land was given over
to them--not to the Jews. Had Arabs accepted the
1947 partition, they would have wound up with almost
90% of the total area. They rejected it, because, in
Arab eyes, no one except themselves had any rights
at all in what they call "purely Arab patrimony" and
the Dar ul-Islam.
Since those days, the Jews (one half of whom who
were refugees from the so-called "Arab" world) have
made repeated attempts to reach peace via additional
land-for-peace measures.
Palestinian Arabs (and most others as well) have
rejected all such efforts to reach a modus vivendi
with their Jewish neighbors. So, that brings us to
where we are today...
Fatah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad & Co. have been engaged
in continuous efforts to eradicate Israel and its
Jews...blown buses, restaurants, teen nightclubs,
shopping malls, ice cream parlors, schools--civilian
targets have been the most sought out.
How has Ankara dealt with its alleged "friend's"
attempt to deal with this violence?
By expecting Israel to simply put up with it.
On more than one occasion, it has withdrawn its
ambassador and has taken other measures in rebuking
Israel for its retaliation.
While Israel has dropped thousands of leaflets, made
phone calls, and the like to try to avoid civilian
casualties, when Arabs deliberately use
non-combatants as human shields (a common tactic
that they deploy), this is hard to do. And when
Arabs fire at Israeli civilians from behind Arab
civilians, they are committing a double war crime
according to the Geneva Conventions--which no one
seems to care about.
The flotilla backed by Ankara and sent to Hamas-ruled
Gaza was sent to break Israel's legal maritime
blockade of a enemy sworn to its destructions and
which acts on its pledge repeatedly. Faced with such
an enemy, the Turks would have never given back Gaza
to their own enemies if the situation was reversed.
No doubt here...
So, given this stance, it's time to examine problems
the Turks themselves have with another
Kurds predate the Turks' arrival in Turkey by
literally thousands of years. Like the Jews in
Israel, they were there long before an Arab or Turk
ever invaded and conquered their land.
Some thirty-five million Kurds live in the Middle
East, and about one-fifth of Turkey's population is
Kurd. The first Kurdish nationalist revolts in the
area dated from the 19th century. Others would come
as well.
The emergence of powerful Turkish and Iranian rulers
after World War I wound up leaving tens of millions
of Kurds stateless in the new age of nationalism in
the region.
After Great Britain won a favorable decision from
the League of Nations in 1925 tying the oil of
Mesopotamia's predominately Kurdish north to the new
Arab state of Iraq, promises earlier made in support
of Kurdish independence were aborted. The Kurds have
been used and abused by many players ever
since--including America and Israel.
Being a mere remnant of the former great Ottoman
Turkish Empire, Mustapha Kemal's (Ataturk) Turkey
was determined to see no further geographical losses
from its territory.
That being the case, what was there to do with
millions of non-Turkic people who already predated
you on the land?
Well, in the Turks' eyes, you could just rename
them, outlaw their culture and language, intimidate,
murder, and subjugate them--etc. and so forth.
Bingo!!!!! That was the ticket...
And they have been all "Mountain Turks" ever
since... not Kurds.
The violent, originally revolutionary Socialist
Kurdistan Workers' Party (the PKK), was born amid
this subjugation of the Kurdish people.
Unlike Arabs, with twenty-one states to date (carved
out largely from non-Arab peoples' lands), Kurds are
a truly subjugated, stateless people. They have
suffered horrendously because of this condition, and
long before Saddam Hussein's Arab Anfal Campaign
slaughtered over a hundred thousand of them in Iraq.
The 22nd state Arabs are striving for would be, as
we have seen, the Arabs' second one in Palestine
(the name the Roman Emperor, Hadrian, bestowed upon
Judaea after the Jews' second revolt for
independence in 135 C.E.), not their first. Today's
Jordan has that honor. And, much later, renaming
themselves "Palestinians" instead of Arabs fools no
one except those who want to be fooled in this
game....Unfortunately, many folks fit into that
Thus, we see the whole world clamoring for the birth
of that Arab 22nd state, have Turks themselves
support it knowing full well that neither a Hamas
nor a Fatah Arab state will accept a Jewish State of
Israel as its neighbor; etc. and so forth. And now
we also have Ankara threatening war with Jerusalem
over this as well as it gets cozy with Syrian Arab
butchers and Iran's mullah maniacs.
What compromises did Turks make with their own
national competitors, the Kurds?
Unlike Ankara, which outlawed the Kurdish language,
Israel made Arabic the second national language of
the state. By the way, the proportion of Jews to
Arabs in Israel is the same as Turks to Kurds in
Turkey...80% to 20%. About thirty-eight Israels
would fit into the land mass of Turkey--for a little
Did Turks agree to a partition with its fourteen
million "Mountain Turks?"
Jews accepted repeated partitions with Arabs,
resulting in Arabs getting most of the
territory--despite their lies.
The answer, of course, to all of this is a glaring
Unlike Hamas & Co., the PKK was born out of this
total denial of Kurdish rights.
And whatever its bloody sins are, the PKK has never
sought the destruction of Turkey nor of its people.
It has merely sought rights for Kurds, not "Mountain
Turks," which the Turks refuse to
grant...ironically, those very same rights that the
Turks expect Israel to grant to those who would
indeed destroy it if given but half a chance.
Gerald A. Honigman is a Florida educator who has
done extensive doctoral studies in Middle Eastern
Affairs. He has created and conducted counter-Arab
propaganda programs for college youth, has lectured
on numerous campuses and other platforms, and has
publicly debated many Arab spokesmen. His articles
and op-eds have been published in dozens of
newspapers, magazines, academic journals and
websites all around the world. Visit his
website at
Gerald A. Honigman, a longtime contributing writer
for ekurd.net. Honigman has published a major book,
Quest For Justice In The Middle East--The
Arab-Israeli Conflict In Greater Perspective."
By Gerald A. Honigman. eKurd.net,
June 17, 2010. You may reach the
author via email at: honigman6 (at) msn.com.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely
those of the author.
Copyright © 2010 ekurd.net.
All rights reserved
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Achashverosh...The Ties of Two Ancient Peoples
Fatah's Decline...
Pardon My Dry Tear Ducts 25.6.2010
The PKK & Hamas...A Tale
Of Two Terror Camps 17.6.2010
Send In The Marines!
Turkey And The Case Of
The Missing Caravan... Who Says You Can't Have
It Both Ways? 3.6.2010
Let's Face It...The
Arabs Are Correct 29.4.2010
Oh No...Not Another Book
About The Middle East! 15.4.2010
So, What Do the Vatican,
Hamas, and the Latter-Day Arafatians Have In
Common? 11.4.2010
Jerusalem and The Gang
of Three 21.3.2010
Hey Joe, What D'ya
Know.... 12.3.2010
There They Go Again...
Syria . . . Seriously
(Take # 2) 8.2.2010
President Obama's
Old/New Plan: Resolution To Kill The Resolution
Mr. Prime Minister, Make
Your Decision... 11.1.2010
Apology Not Accepted...
How Not To Treat A
Friend... 23.11.2009
A Proper Response To The
White House Rebuke... 6.9.2009
Hallelujah...It's About Time! By Gerald A.
Honigman 11.7.2009
Obama, Settlements, and
the Missing Two-State-Solutions 7.6.2009
Hamas, Gaza, And The
United Nauseating Nations 26.1.2009
Kurds, Jews, and Shi'a
shoes 22.12.2008
Of Kurds and Arabs: beyond
ignorance…The allegedly free press 7.8.2008
My Friends, Dare To Think
About What The Future Could Be… 2.3.2008
Hamas, Fatah, & The
Missing Kurdish Dual Track. By Gerald A. Honigman
The 1002nd Arabian
Night...By Gerald A. Honigman 4.11.2007
Turks, Kurds, and Jews. By
Gerald A. Honigman 24.10.2007
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Your Promise. By Gerald A. Honigman 24.9.2007
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Fall Foolishness. By Gerald A. Honigman
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80,000 school children to receive cycle training 'in next 12 months'
Transport Minister Rosie Winterton today announced that over £3 million would be dedicated to providing cycle training to nearly 80,000 school children by March 2009.
This funding is part of the £140 million package announced in January, which will give up to half a million ten to eleven year olds cycle training by 2012.
Cycling has a major role to play in the Government's drive to promote sustainable travel - 41% of all trips are less than two miles, a distance easily cycled in less than 15 minutes.
Bikeability training gives children and parents the skills and confidence to cycle safely on today's busy roads, enabling them to undertake short journeys, for example cycling to school.
Rosie Winterton said: "Encouraging cycling also encourages healthier lifestyles. Considering obesity now affects around one quarter of adults and 1 in 10 children, encouraging people to take exercise has never been more important.
"At the same time congestion is getting worse. If parents can be satisified their children can cycle safely they are more likely to let them use their bikes. And getting children cycling could even encourage their parents to dust off their own bikes."
The funding will support the new National Cycle Training Standard being promoted in England by Cycling England as Bikeability - the new cycling proficiency for the 21st century.
This training allows children to learn essential road safety skills and gain greater awareness of the dangers on the road - giving parents reassurance that their children are suitably equipped to use the roads and enjoy their bikes.
The training is also complemented by Cycling England's funding of links to school from the National Cycle Network and increases in secure cycle parking at schools.
Philip Darnton Chairman of Cycling England in supporting the DfT announcement said: "This is wonderful news for cycling. We are making real progress with the delivery of Bikeability training.
"We are now well on course to exceed the 100,000 additional training places promised to the then Secretary of State when Cycling England was set up in 2005 and the extra 500,000 training places the Department wants by 2012."
The funding package announced in January will also see an expansion of the cycling demonstration areas programme and an additional 250 links to schools connecting 500 schools via traffic calmed or traffic-free routes to the wider national cycle network as well as other programmes to promote cycling.
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by Rosalind
January 14th, 2014
A Dream Come True
Every so often we have a chance to do something truly meaningful as a company (or individuals). These opportunities aren't always the happiest of occasions though — in fact it is usually during the truly dark times that we are called upon to step up and lend a helping hand, and this winter was no exception. One of our coworkers has spent this last season undergoing chemotherapy for lymphoma, and as many cancer survivors can tell you, the financial burden of treatment on top of being unable to work can be the most stressful thing about the already unpleasant experience. Even with temporary unemployment and the great healthcare that we Dreamers receive, we knew it wouldn't be enough. That's when we decided to ask our community for help on our coworker's behalf.
We decided to use our collective personal time and money to put together a raffle basket. It immediately became clear that everyone here really really cares, as the donations consisted of some seriously great stuff: hand crafted items, gift certificates (including a 45 minute massage!) and some generally luxe products started pouring in!
The most beautiful moment of all came when we posted this photo of the basket to our shop's facebook page, and within 24 hours it had over 30 shares and some incredibly heartfelt notes! Since we kept ticket sales to our shop in Sellwood, it was largely our own neighbors who came in to buy tickets, raising enough money to make a serious dent in our colleague's medical expenses!
At the end of business hours on December 30th Dreamer Gelsey drew our winning raffle ticket! We left a voicemail for the winner, and in the following days a few different people came in to claim the basket, to our vast confusion. As it turned out, several workers at a neighboring company had all bought tickets under the same name, just because they thought it was a good cause (and hopefully they're enjoying the basket, too)!
Many many thanks to everyone who helped us out on this project! Nothing has warmed our hearts this winter quite like this — even a really good pair of socks can't compare with the kindness of our community.
by JenDub
November 20th, 2013
Department Spotlight: Sock Dreams Shop
Nestled in a turn of the century house in the historic Sellwood neighborhood, recessed from busy 13th street just off of SE Nahalem is the Sock Dreams brick and mortar store. Here, you'll find many of the items we sell on our online store, as well as several other shop exclusive styles. People as far away as Eastern Europe have been known to make pilgrimages to the shop, while visiting the Portland area, but the busiest time for our little shop is always the Holidays.
From Black Friday until almost the New Year, our shop is a bustle with folks getting warm, cozy, kitschy, fashionable, soft, funny and cute socks, tights and other accessories for their loved ones. The Sock Dreams shop team is four people strong and they do their best to help our customers find the perfect gift.
Pictured here, is our shop crew wearing some of their favorite socks.
First up is Rose, who has been working with us since August 2012 and, like many of us, has noticed a drastic change in her wardrobe-Waking up each morning and planning a whole outfit around my socks is awesome. Best dress code ever. Socks Dreams has filled me with so much confidence in my body/legs that I went from wearing a dress or skirt once a year to weddings to wearing them every day.
Rose is wearing the Sock It To me Dinomite knee high– I'm the weird one; I'll just start with that. Every day I layer and mash weird colors together to make my personality jump out of my socks.
Rose spends much of her time at the shop picking out shop exclusives and helping customers.
In terms of tips on shopping for the holidays- Shop early! We have a few select holiday styles that are shop exclusive and they will be going fast.
Next is Gelsey, the Assistant Shop Manager, Gelsey has been with Sock Dreams since August 2010.
When asked what her favorite part of working here is- Hands down: the people. I love being friends with all of my coworkers. Best. Coworkers. Ever.
Gelsey wears Sock Dreams own brand of cotton slouch sock– I like wearing my socks scrunched down around mid-calf high boots, and I love the Cotton Slouch Socks because they actually hold their slouch rather than slowly sliding down to the bottom of my foot during the day.
Her tip for holiday shopping- The store and web site sometimes have different items. If you're coming in for something you saw on the web site, make sure to call ahead so we can hold it at the shop for you.
Then there's Laurel, our vivacious Shop Manger. Laurel has worked for Socks Dreams since August of 2008 and also loves all her co-workers.
Laurel is wearing a brand that is new to Sock Dreams, and we are all totally in love with- I really like the Sockwell compression knee highs because I'm on my feet a lot. They stay up great without being too tight at the top. They have a nice, cushy foot that's great for boots and a toe seam that's not very noticeable. They're warm, they're cute, and I've worn and washed them several times and they hardly show any wear. I especially like them when I go to the Timbers game and stand on cold concrete for 90+ minutes. Go Timbers! The Timbers being Portland's pro soccer team.
We're also part of a fantastic local network of shops where you can earn points to gain rewards- Sock Dreams is proud to be a part of the Supportland network. With Supportland, the customer has one card (or a phone app) that they can use at a ton of rad locally-owned businesses to earn rewards. With more businesses joining the network all the time, you can earn points every time you shop, and then turn around and use those points for coupons, gift cards, and other free stuff!
Last, but by no means least, is our newest shop employee Sabrina! Sabrina has been with us since July of this year and is a fantastic addition.
Her favorite part of working at Sock Dreams, so far, is- Helping customers find the perfect pair of socks!
Sabrina wears another house brand favorite, the O Dreamy's in Heliotrope- They're super soft, have a great texture and are subtle, yet visually interesting.
Sabrina's holiday shopping tip- When it comes to returns, I would suggest calling us at the shop with any questions regarding what is acceptable for refund/ exchange. Also, I would suggest asking about a certain pattern/design they may not see in the store. We keep track of all customer product requests and try to meet them when placing orders for future stock.
These ladies work really hard to make your shopping experience effortless; they're always happy to help you find the perfect thing. If you're in the Portland area, come on by and say hello!
by Brenna
July 19th, 2013
One year at the Indigo Building!
Wow. Last June we were finishing up plans to say goodbye to our old headquarters. And a month later we were at our new HQ. Even though it's just been a year, it feels like we've been in this pretty purple building always!
We've been spending the last year making this place our own (in between serious sock business, of course). Even though a lot of it has been arranging, rearranging and then re-rearranging to find the best way to fit things (if you've ever made a big move, you know the complicated dance we mean!), lots of fancier touches have been put in place to make us feel at home.
Our conference room is now super slick, with old sock blocking forms kickin' it on the wall. There's even a big, beautiful whiteboard where all those great sock graphs get cooked up.
The lovely folks of Customer Service re-painted their department, and the one bazillion teal and off-white paint chips we all looked at were totally worth it! Though, I am starting to suspect they were purposefully trying to match this Swashbuckler's Ball poster. . .
One of the newest and most fun additions to our space is a decorated break area. One of our pretty transit ads decorates the wall behind the new couch.
Maybe you've noticed our new couch in pictures already! Or, if you follow Niq on Instagram, you've noticed it a couple of times.
Just like at our old place, bits and pieces of where we are sneak into our product pictures. I'm personally in love with the purple of the outside of the building and love putting other purples against it, like in this shot for the Leg Avenue Striped Tights.
We have a big bay door by our break area, and it often becomes an impromptu stage for pictures.
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• Sock It To Me Rainbow Block Knee Highs •
• EG Smith Solid Thigh High Stockings •
But I think the thing we're most in love with shooting on, by and around right now is our new, velvety, leopard-print couch and gorgeous hand-painted floor in the break area! Niq made great use of the floor in the shots for the new Tie Dye Ripple OTKs.
And I was like, "who says plaid and animal print don't go together?!" when I got the pictures of the Plaid Printed Tights.
Clearly, we're loving our new place! And we couldn't have made this move or been so happy about it without the support of wonderful customers like you! You folks just make our day and keep on making it. ♥
by niqkita
March 13th, 2012
Our first Ad… Filmed By Bike
Sock Dreams has been a proud sponsor of the "Filmed by Bike" Film Festival for the last 4 years. This year the organizers allowed the sponsors their very own 45 Second spot that will air between shorts during the festival.
For more information on the Filmed By Bike Film Festival go here.
…There are a bunch of Sock it to Me socks featured, with the Striped Bolt knee highs in the starring role. The Gumball Poodle Geek socks costar. Here's a blog post on the filming of this spot from the Rose City Roller girl… Shaolin Spocker who is prominently featured wearing the above mentioned Bolt socks.
by Brenna
April 1st, 2011
Happy 3rd Birthday, Storefront!
Three years ago today we opened up the tiny lobby space of Sock Dreams HQ to local sock shoppers. It was a soft opening, we didn't know what to expect. Would we have customers (it's not easy to park at SDHQ, there is a very busy thoroughfare right next to us), would we have enough space for customers? Even though it was a soft opening, there was quite a buzz gathering. As Niqkita posted the day before our quiet little opening, the excitement from future customers was "both hugely flattering and just a wee bit scary".
Then, the October after the store's first birthday, we had our grand opening at the new shop site! Instead of a little lobby at HQ, the shop graduated to a whole building, an adorable little historic house in the heart of Sellwood. Though our primary business is selling online, our storefront lets folks from Portland (and all around—we're always touched to hear that people have us on their see-while-in-Portland vacation to-dos!) check out a selection of our top-selling styles in person.
There's no way we can fit everything we have have online in our shop, but we do make sure that everybody's favourites are well-stocked, like Tabbisocks, Leg Avenue, Sock It To Me and our Extraordinary and DreaM Stocking styles.
What's especially special about the store is that we're able to offer boutique styles and special brands that we can't order in the amounts we need to sell online, or that we're testing out in the shop before we bring them to the website. So, there may be socks that you see online that you can't get in the store, but there are lots of styles at the store that you can't get online. It's a pretty good trade-off. 🙂
A few of the things we have just at the storefront are a wide range of wee baby and kid socks and tights, gorgeous Swan Clothing Garters and a giant selection of SmartWool.
I love going to visit and seeing how our shop-folks have transformed the lovely pieces of antique furniture into vibrant rainbow sock displays.
The fun banner there is by another lovely vendor whose work we're able to offer at the store (though these ribbon banners are all ours!). You can also get a peek of the coat hanger draped with socks for folks to test the stretch of.
More things special to the store and some panoramas of the inside after the jump!
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Wear these chic green pieces this St. Patty's Day and be prepared for compliments to fly.
We get it. You want to dress in green like your girlfriends, but you don't want to look like you're seeking out a pot of gold.
But who said green has to be glaring? We found a few ways for you to support St. Patrick's Day in style by incorporating a little emerald, kelly, or mint-colored pieces into your outfit. Just don't wear these all at once or you will look like a leprechaun.
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"I am very happy with the services provided by Law offices of Dayna Kelly. They have helped me in getting all the legal work for my H1B visa and the Green Card process. I really appreciate their dedication and professionalism all through these processes. Dayna Kelly and Heather Sivaraman made sure that all the documents were completed appropriately. They even made an effort to call me ahead of time to guide me through all the anticipated issues which I may have faced. Due to me being on the west coast all through these legal processes and their offices being in North Carolina, I have not been able to meet them in person, but their work done on my behalf was always handled with the utmost priority. I would whole-heartedly recommend them to all the people seeking legal assistance for immigration."
"I had the best experience and cooperation from this firm over many years of a very lengthy immigration process. I have nothing, but, accolades for this group. I highly recommend it to anybody who needs assistance in this area. Thanks a lot."
"My experience with Dayna Kelly has been mind-boggling. . . They held my hand and re-assured me when I expressed my silly worries, they kept me informed at every turn including the waits but most touching of all – I could feel the excitement they shared with my upon announcing the good news of my success. In my culture, someone who shares your joy is no stranger, they are family. Thank you, DK."
–North Carolina
"The service was seamless, responsive and thorough. Very professional I must say."
–North Carolina
"We worked with Dayna Kelly's firm on several occasions regarding immigration issues. They were always extremely helpful, reliable, organized, thorough, and easy to work with. We would always receive prompt responses on questions or concerns and they would take the time to research complex issues pertinent to our cases. We would highly recommend this firm."
— Puerto Rico
"The firm of Ms. Dayna Kelly provided me with topnotch legal assistance in the arduous process of J1 waiver completion and green card processing. Everyone from Ms. Kelly to her partners to her paralegals were very nice, helpful and reassuring. Most importantly, they were very efficient. They are excellent in the work they do."
"I've known Ms. Dayna Kelly for many years. She took care of our papers from
the very start. She's been very accommodating, compassionate and patient. I
can't thank her enough for helping us attain our American dream."
–North Carolina
"My experience with "The Law Offices of Dayna Kelly" was very productive and satisfying. I started to work with them when I was looking for J-1 waiver petition followed by family based naturalization and finally through the citizenship process. During this almost 10 years of professional relationship I found the staff in that office very helpful and professional. I appreciate their commitment to work they do. I have recommended them to many of my friends for their immigration needs. Thanks."
–New York
"The Law Offices of Dayna Kelly provided me and my family with the needed advice and support in the process of applying for a green card first and more recently for U.S. Citizenship through naturalization. I got to know the office through a physician colleague and friend of mine who had gone through a similar process. Since my first call in 2004, I felt reassured, guided, and had all my questions answered to the best of my satisfaction. She helped me with a change of H-1B visa status to immigrant status (green card). I was very pleased with the process and I also involved her in the process of applying for U.S. Citizenship. I have recommended her office to other friends in similar situations and would involve her again, should any close relative or friend require similar professional services."
"Professionalism, dedication, and confidentiality made our trust in your office.
Job well-done. Thank you so much."
–North Carolina
"In immigration matters expertise, prompt response and attention to detail matters the most. I would rate the law firm as excellent in all of these areas. Unquestionably one of the top firms in immigration matters for physicians."
"I would like to thank Ms. Kelly and her colleagues for helping me throughout my immigration process. During that process, they guided me closely and answered my questions patiently. I felt a great sense of support from them and felt confident that my case was handled right."
–North Carolina
"I recommend the services of The Law Office of Dayna Kelly to college and university professors, and health care professionals from all over the world. The Law Office of Dayna Kelly has highly competent , versatile and proficient attorneys-at-law with an up-to-date and immaculate knowledge about legal procedures and changes in immigration laws. In particular, I find the services at the Law Office of Dayna Kelly, highly reliable, reassuring, and complete."
–North Carolina
"We want to thank you for all you did for us. Your firm exhibited outstanding professionalism and support from day 1."
–North Carolina


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As the flight of birds. (7-8)
We can't hear the flight of birds (unless it's those honkin' geese), but the beauty of them flying is what's really important. Likewise, the beauty and feeling of a poem should be palpable, but we shouldn't have to hear a bunch of noise to go along with it.


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The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
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"All right," sighed the executioner, "but first you've got to take off your hat."
"Why?" asked Bartholomew.
"I don't know," said the executioner, "but it's one of the rules. I can't execute anyone with his hat on." (112-114)
Rules outdoing rules. In Didd, it seems even the King's rules can't overcome the King's rules, so long as the latter came before the former. Or is it the former before the latter? Man, law is complicated.
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But the King was quicker than Wilfred. He grabbed him by the back of his fine collar. "This is to teach you," His Majesty said sternly, "that Grand Dukes never talk back to their King." And he turned the Grand Duke Wilfred over his knee and spanked him soundly, right on the seat of his royal silk pants. (138)
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Ricardo Mayorga Promises To Punish "Juiced Up" Martinez
By Armando Mendoza, notifight.com
Former champion Ricardo "El Matador" Mayorga, has promised to punish Mixed Martial Arts fighter Rene "Level" Martinez (4-0) on July 27th in Managua, Nicaragua. On May 4th in Managua. Mayorga, a former welterweight and junior middleweight champion, is now looking to win world titles in MMA and plans to have Martinez as his next victim. Mayorga is training hard in MMA, with two training sessions per day. He weighs 171-pounds, four pounds under the agreed upon fight weight.
"He will be afraid when I look at him. I've been a true champion. He fought bums and strangers in parks. The risk is for him, because I'm a real fighter. I will beat him easy. I have only lost to champions and I've beaten champions. The truth is - he does not impress me. He has a lot of muscle, but that's by steroids, pure hormones. Those who love me, thanks for supporting me, because they're going to see me fight and win," Maryorga said.
Mayorga made his debut in Mixed Martial Arts against Wesley Tiffer and won by TKO in the second round. But there were several issues after the match was over. For starters, Mayorga weighed in 20-pounds over the contracted limit of 165-pounds. Then during the fight Mayorga launched an illegal knee to the back of Tiffer, which made the fighter scream out in pain. At that point Tiffer was unable to continue and Mayorga was declared the TKO winner.
The Mixed Martial Arts Commission held a press conference in Managua on May 11, and chairman Ardeshir Zack Asagary announced that Mayorga's victory had been changed to a no-contest. The boxer was also suspended for three months. Due to some legal manuevering by Carlos Mario Peña, Mayorga's attorney, he was able to void out the existing suspension [something having to do with a violation of the labor code of Nicaragua].
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Tenement Museum Walking Tour: Then & Now
Join UPSA for a Walking Tour with the LES Tenement Museum and learn about the evolution of Lower East Side neighborhoods!
"Then & Now" Program:
Tickets are free and they are limited, so RSVP early!
The Power of Public Spaces
Join UPSA for an interactive workshop on placemaking, and learn how policy makers can create and sustain public spaces that build stronger communities. We will work in teams to transform an underutilized public space.
Nidhi Gulati, from Project for Public Spaces (PPS), will provide the concepts, tools, and creative ideas needed to develop a powerful public space. Then we will put pen to paper and re-imagine a public space near the NYU campus. This workshop is an incredible opportunity to learn from and work with a professional Placemaker.
PPS is a nonprofit planning, design and educational organization. It was founded in 1975 to expand on the work of William (Holly) Whyte, author of The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces. They have completed placemaking projects in more than 3000 communities in 43 countries and are the premier center for best practices, information and resources on placemaking.
20th Annual Kovner-Behrman Health Forum | Check Your Intuitions: Improving Decision-Making in Health Policy and Management
Managers and policymakers in many fields are using evidence-based approaches to make smart, strategic decisions that improve services for constituents and communities. So why isn't the field of health policy and management doing the same?
Evidence-based decision-making is difficult: gathering evidence often requires resources and time, someone needs to analyze and interpret the data, the evidence sometimes contradicts personal instinct, and many leaders don't know how to use the evidence to make better decisions (or sometimes resist making changes). Yet, overcoming these hurdles is critical for improving organizational performance and public services.
Don't miss the 20th Annual Kovner-Behrman Health Forum, where leading experts in medicine, nursing, and big data will share how they have overcome these challenges and have used evidence-based decision-making to improve services. Their experience, knowledge, and best practices can be applied directly to the health policy and nonprofit fields for better and more effective decision-making.
Thomas D'Aunno | Professor of Management, NYU Wagner
Maja Djukic | Assistant Professor, NYU College of Nursing
James Knickman | Derzon Clinical Professor of Health and Public Service, NYU Wagner; Director of the Health Evaluation and Analytics Program, NYU Wagner and the NYU School of Medicine
Jon Sendach | Adjunct Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, NYU Wagner; Deputy Executive Director for Hospital Operations, North Shore University Hospital at Northwell Health
About the Kovner-Behrman Health Forum
Established by NYU Wagner Professor Anthony Kovner in 1996, the annual Kovner-Behrman Health Forum convenes leading health experts for a dialogue about how to improve the healthcare delivery system. With extensive experience as both a health practitioner and academic, Professor Kovner recognized the value of bridging the gap between the two sectors. Each year, experts at the Kovner-Behrman Health Forum debate a different healthcare topic that is relevant to both practitioners and researchers, with the goal of learning from one another and improving overall health outcomes.
NYU Wagner Open House
The best way to get a broad introduction to NYU Wagner is to attend an Open House. In this Open House, you will learn about NYU Wagner's Masters programs and its vision for a public service education re-framed. You will hear in-depth descriptions of our programs, get important information about admissions and financial aid, as well as have an opportunity to meet faculty and current students. This open house is relevant for anyone interested in our Masters or Executive Masters programs.
At the start a faculty member will speak about NYU Wagner broadly. Other faculty will then lead small group discussions by degree program with current students.
Sign in begins at 5:45pm and the event begins promptly at 6:00pm.
Advancing Collective Leadership: The experience of the NYU Leadership Initiative
The field of leadership studies has made a decided shift to embracing more collective forms of leadership. Theories of distributed leadership, shared leadership, relational leadership, co-leadership abound in the literature as well as the popular press. Increasingly, we even hear corporate leaders touting the value of team-based leadership and distributed decision-making. Yet, we still focus the vast majority of our leadership development investments in individuals and their skills. How might we advance collective leadership capacity? That is the question the NYU Leadership Initiative has taken up through the development of its various offerings for students across NYU. Come hear about their approach and what they are learning and contribute your ideas to help further their work.
Techbrarian: An Innovator in Education
Join WEPSA for an engaging discussion with innovator in education, Lou Lahana (also known as Techbrarian), as he shares how he has used technology to promote talent development and social action in teens.
A middle school educator at the Island School on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Techbrarian is committed to empowering teens to channel their intelligence and creativity to maximize the power of their message. Using technology, his students take social action against social injustice.
Finance Forum: Gender & Culture in Financial Access
WEFA, along with the Wagner Women's Caucus (WWC) and the Association of Latin@s and Allies in Public Service (ALAS), will be hosting a salon discussion focusing on gender and cultural issues in financial access.
This timely topic comes in the wake of the September 2015 Fifth Third Bank scandal, in which the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau took actions against the Bank for its discriminatory auto loan pricing towards African-American and Hispanic borrowers.
You are invited to join the practitioners and your classmates in discussing the role of gender and culture in the financial access services.
Debates of the Century @NYU Wagner: "Public college should be free."
NYU Wagner and The Century Foundation are proud to present Debates of the Century @NYU Wagner, a public debate series showcasing thoughtful, informed dialogue from experts on the most vital national policy issues. The Spring 2016 Debate Series will focus on higher education, immigration, and privacy and security.
Millions of American students are burdened with debt that not only affects their future savings but also influences their career choices. Would free tuition increase participation in higher education? And would it lead to a better educated, taxpaying workforce—a self-sustaining social benefit?
College loan debt has exploded to the point that, today, some 40 million student loan borrowers collectively owe more than $1.2 trillion in outstanding debt, and the average graduate who borrowed owes $29,000. Supporters of free college are not just concerned about mounting student debt; they also argue that the cost of attending school has prevented less-well-off students from enrolling or completing college, contributing to inequality. On the other hand, skeptics of the "free tuition" solution argue that pouring more taxpayer dollars into the system will only encourage colleges to charge more tuition, with no added benefit to education.
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Conflict, Security and Development Series - Spring 2016 - Storytelling as Transitional Justice
with Louis Bickford, Associate Adjunct Professor, NYU Wagner
Documentary Screening: Merchants of Doubt
Join ACE as we watch the critically acclaimed documentary Merchants of Doubt. The film explores public relations tactics that have been used to cast doubt on scientific research in order to protect business interests. The central concern of the film is the ongoing use of these tactics to forestall governmental action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions in response to the risk of global climate change.
Storytelling with Open Data: A Tool for Civic Impact
Join WagnerTech and Bridge: Students for Social Innovation for a panel discussion on using open data as a tool for civic and social impact!
Since 2012, New York City has made over 1,200 data sets available to the public on the NYC Open Data portal. But what do these numbers actually tell us? What can we use them for?
Since their release, individuals and organizations have used these freely-available information sources to tell creative stories about New York City, painting compelling portraits of urban life from the information collected by the government. Others have used data sets to affect public policy, by drawing connections between different human behaviors.
Panelists will include:
Panelists will share their storytelling approaches, techniques, and cases.
A Deep Dive into CDFIs
Join us for a deep dive exploration of Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFI) in New York. A CDFI is a mission driven financial institution that provides credit and other financial services to underserved people and communities. They are a crucial source of financing and support to develop affordable housing, childcare centers, health care facilities, small and growing businesses, and more.
In this panel event we will discuss the strategies of CDFI's, what has worked, what hasn't, and what the future holds for the development of underserved communities in the US. We will be joined by speakers from several CDFI's including: Business Center for New Americans, Primary Care Development Corp, and BOC Capital Corporation.
Skills Workshop: GIS Data Visualization
Please join UPSA on March 3rd for our first installment of our Skills Workshop Series. Learn about data visualization and how to make compelling and appealing maps from our speaker Sean Capperis of the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development to learn.
Fireside Chat with Mohamed Abdel-Kader, Deputy Assistant Secretary of International & Foreign Language Education, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Join WEPSA for a fireside chat with Mohamed Abdel-Kader, Deputy Assistant Secretary of International and Foreign Language Education (IFLE) at the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE). As Deputy Assistant Secretary of IFLE, Mr. Abdel-Kader is responsible for encouraging and promoting the study of foreign languages and the study of the cultures of other countries at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels in the United States; and coordinates with related international and foreign language education programs of other Federal agencies. His office administers programs to strengthen foreign language learning, international and area studies teaching, and research and curriculum development on global issues at the undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate, and K-12 levels.
Conflict, Security and Development Series - Spring 2016 - View from the Frontlines: U.S.-Pakistan Relations Under Fire
With Cameron Munter, Chief Executive Officer and President of the East-West Institute and former U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan (2010-2012)
Islam Nusantara: An Indonesian Challenge to the Ideology of Islamic State
Many in the world's largest Muslim-majority country claim a brand of Islam - called Islam Nusantara or Islam of the East Indies - offers a tolerant alternative to violence in the name of Islam. Akhmad Sahal will speak about Islam Nusantara and the degree to which it can confront jihadism.
Akhmad Sahal is a Ph.D candidate of the Department of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania, and a former research fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Ash Center. His research area revolves around modern Islamic and Jewish political thinking. Sahal is the co-editor of Islam Nusantara (2015).
In the Field: Government
Join UPSA for our first semester installment of the In the Field series. We will hear from three current students about their experiences working in city government on issues such as transportation safety, city planning, and affordable housing. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask specific questions and gain a better sense of what types of jobs exist for planners in city government. Light refreshments will be provided and informal happy hour to follow.
New York Transit Museum Tour
A guided tour of the New York Transit Museum (corner of Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street). Only 15 spots are available, so please RSVP as soon as possible.
Webinar for EMPA Public Service Leaders Prospective Students
Join us for an online information session to learn more about NYU Wagner's EMPA program for Public Service Leaders. We will provide an overview of the program, enrollment options - including a Saturday-only format, admissions process and student outcomes. There will be a short presentation and plenty of time for questions.
13th Annual IPSA Conference on the Future of Development | Looking Ahead
The 13th Annual IPSA Conference will explore issues around the Future of Development, focusing on where the industry is heading in terms of innovations and social issues in development.
2015 was a big year in the international arena, with both the UN Sustainable Development Summit in New York and the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris. Determining how to move forward to achieve these goals with innovative solutions is now one of the big questions.
This year's summit will focus on issues such as innovations in development, women´s rights, economic development, and the role of feedback loops as an effective tool for learning and collaboration within the development arena. It is our hope to have an open and honest conversation about the challenges that the future presents and how we might be able to overcome such challenges in order to accomplish these goals.
The Summit will take place on Friday, February 26, 2016 from 11:00 AM to 4:30 PM at the NYU Kimmel Center for University Life, 4th Floor.
Career Opportunities in Public Finance
Come hear a diverse panel of Public Finance market participants who will share their perspectives on careers in the industry. A panel of experts from Northeast Women in Public Finance will speak about the varied opportunities within the Public Finance industry and offer advice to job-seekers, followed by an informal networking session with plenty of opportunities for Q&A.
Panelists Include:
Women's Foreign Policy Group Mentoring Fair
Join the Women's Foreign Policy group for an evening of round table discussions with senior-level experts in International Development, UN, NGOs, Human Rights, International Law, International Health, International Business, Foreign Service and Communication. Learn about the skills required in the global job market and get valuable career planning advice and guidance.
Conflict, Security and Development Series - Spring 2016 - Religious Harmony Versus Religious Freedom: The Rise of Religious Discrimination and Intolerance in Indonesia
with Andreas Harsono, Indonesia Researcher at Human Rights Watch
Downtown Rising: How Brooklyn became a model for urban development
Moderated by Mitchell L. Moss
Philly Wagner Get Together
Date: 2/20/2016
Our next social endeavor: drinks, bratwursts, and good company at Frankfurt Hall (1210 Frankford Ave, Fishtown). Festivities will commence on Saturday, Feb. 20 starting at 4PM. Feel free to bring spouses, significant others, kids, and friends.


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Work on concession stand will be in phases
Lake renovation costs first priority
With costs looming for the rehabilitation of Lake Helen, Gothenburg City Council members are watching their dollars and cents.
As a result, the council decided that renovation and an addition to the city four-plex concession stand will be done in stages.
During a meeting Dec. 4, members decided to extend a roof line on the south side of the structure this winter for about $5,000.
In the last couple of weeks, the city crew knocked out a wall inside the building to expand the concession stand area.
Councilman Jeff Whiting, who had asked for more storage and and serving space, said he was impressed by what had been done.
According to Miller and Associates Consulting Engineers of Kearney, who provided a drawing of proposed renovations, estimated a $35,000 cost to renovate the building.
By using city crew labor, city administrator Bruce Clymer said the cost—only for materials—might be around $21,000.
Although extending pergola, over one side of the building was discussed, city services director Shane Gruber said uniformity—with matching roof lines—would be better.
Gruber pointed out a need for renovations because other towns, who host the same amount of games played at the four plex as Gothenburg, have larger and nicer facilities.
He suggested adding an extended roof line each year for four years which would also make maintenance of the building easier.
This year, $25,000 was budgeted to renovate the concession stand but using those funds for the Lake Helen project had also been discussed as well as $42,000 in KENO money.
Clymer said he thinks more storage is needed but realizes that money is an issue.
"Perhaps all we want to do at this time is what has already been done by the crew," he said.
Because the school softball team uses the four plex year round, council members discussed asking school officials to pitch in but made no decision.
The school district pays a dollar a year to rent the facility.
Both city and school equipment has been stored in rest rooms during the winter months.
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