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The Leadership of The Partnership and the Affiliates
Board of Directors
Before joining CPI, Dr. Greene was an Assistant Professor of Sociology at San Diego State University where she taught courses on socioeconomic inequality, race and qualitative research methods. She has served as an instructor in sociological courses on public policy at both Rider University and Stanford University. She was also the Diversity Coordinator for the Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education in the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (EDGE-SBE) program at Stanford University. Dr. Greene's past research has focused on social movement messaging/framing, legislative processes and public policies affecting the lives of people of color and people with disabilities. Dr. Greene earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from Stanford University. She also holds a B.A. in Social Sciences from Bard College at Simon's Rock.
Rev. Holston is the Executive Director of POWER. A recognized community activist, pastor, educator and leader known for advocating for racial and economic justice by promoting fairer workforce development policies, improved job opportunities and skills development for the underserved and disadvantaged in the Philadelphia area. As a leader of POWER, Rev. Holston helped to lead a coalition of faith groups, unions and social justice activists to raise the living wage to $12 per hour for all Philadelphia contracted and subcontractor workers – in particular, the nearly 4000 workers at the Philadelphia International Airport. In May 2014, as one of the leaders in POWER, a city-wide referendum was passed making the living wage for all Philadelphia contracted and subcontracted workers $12 per hour. Rev. Holston helped lead successful fights to unionize airport workers to pass labor piece legislation and city-wide sick leave. As a direct result of his efforts, tens of thousands of Philadelphia workers now have higher wages and better working conditions. Rev, Holston is the Senior Pastor of New Vision United Methodist Church in North Philadelphia. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University of Pa., a Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University, a Masters of Education degree from Cheyney University and a Masters of Divinity degree from Lutheran Theological Seminary of Philadelphia. Rev. Holston is experienced as a pastor, businessman, activist, entrepreneur, college professor, speaker and community activist. However, his most important role is serving as a devoted and loving husband to Deborah, his beautiful wife of twenty-seven years, and father to the four children they share, Taheerah, Jamila, Nia and Nasser.
Derecka Mehrens was named executive director in August 2013. She brings more than a decade of community organizing and civic engagement experience working in communities of color and with low and moderate-income families. As Working Partnerships' organizing director beginning in 2008, she was instrumental in developing organizing and campaign strategies to win policies that improved the lives of workers and their families, including the recent minimum wage increase in the City of San Jose. She led the organization's non-partisan civic engagement programs to engage low-income communities of color in Silicon Valley and statewide in critical public policy issues, particularly budget and fiscal reform issues. She also led community organizing work to improve worker health and safety and increase economic opportunity for workers. Mehrens is responsible for building organizational alliances and maintaining key partnerships with several organizations throughout California, including California Calls, the Bay Area Equal Voice Coalition and the California Domestic Workers Alliance. Prior to joining Working Partnerships she was a director with the California chapter of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), where she set statewide legislative priorities and managed organizing campaigns in 12 regions across the state. Mehrens is currently a board member for the Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice and California Calls. Mehrens is the daughter of a union construction worker and a community college teacher and is married with two small children. She graduated from the University of Oregon with a bachelor's degree in Sociology, History and International Studies.
Amisha Patel serves as Executive Director of Grassroots Collaborative and Grassroots Illinois Action, affiliated non-profit organizations working to win racial and economic justice in Chicago and statewide. Both organizations educate and mobilize Illinois residents to build real power for working families, by fighting for living wage jobs, quality public schools, affordable housing, and safe streets, and by connecting these fights to the voting booth. She has served as the director since 2007.
This follows six years at Service Employees International Union Local 73, where Amisha organized hospital employees and Head Start workers, and worked in coalition with community organizations to fight against school closings. She worked for five years doing arts-based violence against women prevention programming in communities of color in the Bay Area. The documentary that her youth created, Young Azns Rising! Breaking Down Violence Against Women, screened in numerous film festivals and won the Asian Emmy for best documentary. Amisha received the 35 under 35 award for Chicago community leaders, the 2014 Crain's Chicago Business 40 under 40 award, Chicago Freedom School's Champion of Justice award, and is in the 2016-7 Rockwood Leading from the Inside Out cohort.
Jennifer Rafanan Kennedy is Executive Director of Pittsburgh United, a coalition of community, labor, faith and environmental organizations committed to advancing the vision of a community and economy that work for all people. In her tenure as managing director and now acting director, Pittsburgh United has won campaigns to organize thousands of low wage workers; dedicate millions of dollars to affordable housing, green infrastructure investment and community benefits; and expanded from Pittsburgh and Allegheny County to a footprint that stretches across western Pennsylvania. She also leads Pittsburgh United's strategic planning and organizational development efforts.
Previously, Ms. Kennedy served as the first executive director of Missouri Immigrant & Refugee Advocates, building the statewide immigrant rights coalition from the ground up. In addition, she has been an organizer, lobbyist, fundraiser and field director on progressive political and issue campaigns.
Anne Barnett is a lifelong Tennessean who has been an advocate for social justice from an early age. She has fought for workers' rights for over twelve years, beginning as a student organizer with United Students Against Sweatshops, later as a rank-and-file union member and a leader of the local Jobs with Justice chapter, then as an organizer with United Food and Commercial Workers union, and currently as the Campaign and Community Coordinator for the Central Labor Council of Nashville and Middle Tennessee. She also Co-Chairs Stand Up Nashville, a community-labor coalition focused on equitable development in one of the fastest growing cities in the US.
Over the past 17 years, Matt has played a leading role in devising and implementing cutting-edge civic engagement strategies that increase voter participation in our democracy. Matt also leads in the development and implementation of innovative social media strategies that are integrated into traditional organizing and civic engagement programs. Matt hosts Citizen Action's weekly podcast, Battleground Wisconsin, which features the latest progressive news from Wisconsin. The 5-year-old podcast has built a statewide audience and produced Nealy 300 shows. In 2007 Matt shared (with his colleague Robert Kraig) the "Progressive Innovation Award" from the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center. In 2004 Matt won the "Forty Under 40" award from the Milwaukee Business Journal, which recognizes up and coming professionals. Before Citizen Action, Matt worked for the Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters, where he was Field Director. He was the Deputy Political Director for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Wisconsin State Council from 2000-2005. Matt helped found and lead Milwaukee's Good Jobs and Livable Neighborhoods Coalition which spearheaded historic campaigns to establish job standards for large economic development projects in Milwaukee. The organization merged with Citizen Action in 2009. Matt was raised in Milwaukee and went to Marquette University High School.
Maria Noel Fernandez joined Working Partnerships in 2013 and leads our Silicon Valley Rising campaign as well as our community organizing and civic engagement model. Previously, she worked with the South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council on successful local issue campaigns to raise the minimum wage, pass a general tax for county safety net services, and more. She was district director for the previous California State Speaker Pro Tempore and joined that office after spending three years as a community organizer through Sacred Heart Community Service's policy and organizing department where she led successful campaigns to protect senior services, defend immigrant rights and increase resources for the most underserved areas of San Jose. She also spent three years teaching English and Social Studies in Bogota, Colombia after having spent several years working for then City of San Jose Vice Mayor, Cindy Chavez. Maria Noel is also a board member of Californians for Justice and the national Partnership for Working Families.
Sheheryar Kaoosji, Founding Co-Executive Director, has been leading the research and organizing in the warehouse industry of the Inland Valley since 2008. Sheheryar leads the research and policy analysis for the organization, as well as the WWRC's civic engagement and community organizing programs. He has over two decades of experience engaged in research in support of organizing in California. He holds a Masters degree in Public Policy from UCLA and a BA from UC Santa Cruz.
Odessa is a native of Nashville, she works diligently to bring positive and equitable change to the Nashville community by serving as co-chair for Stand Up Nashville, a coalition of community-based organizations and labor unions that represent the working people of Nashville who have seen our city transformed by development, but have not shared in the benefits of that growth. She also serves as Nashville Organized for action and Hope (NOAH), Economic Equity & Jobs task force chair. Her work with NOAH has included building one of the largest and most powerful social justice movements in Nashville. She has advocated for the working class and underserved communities in Nashville, issues ranging from affordable housing to establishing the first ever Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) in the state of Tennessee. She believes that Nashville has the potential to be achieve a progressive paradigm shift. A cultural shift in how a traditional southern city becomes a leader in the progressive movement across the country.
Darlene started with CLU in 2006 as a Senior Organizer, became Organizing Director then Co-Director in 2008, and finally Executive Director in 2011, Darlene has been organizing around various community issues since 1996, including police accountability and home daycare justice at Direct Action for Rights and Equality in Providence, RI as well as transportation equity, gentrification and displacement, and education reform at Sisters in Action for Power in Portland, OR. She brings fifteen years' experience in community and youth organizing, leadership development and coalition-building to this work.
Carmen Medrano is the Executive Director at United for a New Economy. Before her time with UNE, she served in varying roles with the Faith in Action Network, including organizing with Colorado Dreamers to pass legislation allowing instate tuition for undocumented students, and leading a variety of civic engagement programs in six states. During her tenure she organized at a national level with Faith in Action's Campaign for Citizenship, where she trained grassroots leaders to lead efforts across the country for passage of a comprehensive immigration bill. In the Fall of 2014, she brought her expertise and passion for social change to the Central Valley of California, where she most recently led the merger of five separate affiliate organizations into one powerhouse that works to empower grassroots community leaders to address racial, economic, and health equity. Carmen was born in Mexico and came to the United States at the age of 4.
Maricela began with CAUSE as a volunteer with the Ventura County Living Wage Coalition. She came on as staff in 2001, the same year CAUSE began and obtained the organization's 501c3 status. Since 2001, Morales has worked on a variety of issues ranging from living wage, health coverage for the uninsured, women's economic justice, green economy and local hire projects. Grateful to her Mexican immigrant parents, Maricela was raised in Ventura County, attended Fillmore public schools and went on to earn a BA in Human Biology at Stanford University and an MA in Counseling (Depth) Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. Responding to the need for public officials that prioritize social, economic and environmental justice, Maricela worked with the community to be the first Latina elected to the Port Hueneme City Council in 2002. By 2007 she became the city's first Latina Mayor. Her commitment to work collaboratively on issues of local, regional and state concern has been recognized by the California Association of Leadership Programs, National Women's Political Caucus of Ventura County, Pacific Coast Business Times 40 Under 40, Soroptomist Club of Oxnard, and the Ventura County Leadership Academy.
Nelson is the Director of LAANE's Fair Work Week LA campaign. He was born in El Salvador and has lived in Los Angeles since 1980. He began organizing day laborers with IDEPSCA, and later organized with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), CLEAN Car Wash Campaign, and the United Steel Workers. He later worked as a labor representative representing public school employees with the California School Employees Association (CSEA). Most recently, he worked as an organizer with the New Orleans Worker Center and the National Guest Worker Alliance, organizing immigrant metal workers in New Orleans' shipyard industry and organizing guest workers around the country.
Jahmese Kathleen Myres is an organizer and researcher based in Oakland, CA. As Deputy Director at the East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE), she supports the advancement of EBASE's economic and racial justice campaigns, led by powerful coalitions of community, labor, youth and faith partners. Over the last 9 years, Jahmese has led ground-breaking victories to ensure local economic development projects are accountable to the most impacted communities; specifically low wage workers, people of color, women, and formerly incarcerated folks.
Jahmese also is also Chair of the City of Oakland Planning Commission where she engages in similar work from a decision-maker perspective. She holds a B.S. in Economics from Saint Mary's College of California and a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from University of California, Irvine.
Kate O'Hara leads EBASE, focused on building powerful partnerships and creating a strong foundation from which staff can drive winning campaigns for change. In her 8th year at EBASE, Kate previously directed the Revive Oakland campaign which won a landmark good jobs agreement for the Oakland Army Base redevelopment in 2012, followed up by a construction careers agreement for AC Transit's Bus Rapid Transit Project in 2013. Kate loves spending time with her husband, also a movement activist, reading, playing and having dancing parties with their two young children, Mabel and Miles.
Deborah Scott is Executive Director of STAND-UP, a "Think and Act Tank for Working Families" that supports community economic development through advocacy for community benefits, project work agreements, and other policies that increase equity and access to opportunity. She is the founder of TRADE-UP, a prep-apprenticeship program that provides a pathway for residents of low-wealth, disadvantaged populations to 21 skilled trades through the AFL-CIO multi-craft training program. Deborah is the convener for Emerald Cities Atlanta, a regional affiliate of the national Emerald Cities Collaborative that supports economic growth and job creation by retrofitting buildings to conserve energy, water and other resources. Deborah is a leading advocate for employing sustainable principles in the effort to expand opportunity and transform disadvantaged communities.
Maritza is the Executive Director of ALIGN. For the past seven years, Maritza has served as the Deputy Director and Campaign Director, as well as the coordinator of Real Affordability for All, the largest affordable housing coalition in the City. During her time at ALIGN, Maritza played a critical role in the Caring Across Generations campaign, helping to secure $1.2 million in funding for undocumented and low income seniors to access home care and the Universal Pre-K campaign which brought the program to many children across New York City. She originally joined ALIGN to prevent Walmart from developing in East New York, leading a four-year fight that successfully halted the company's plans and brought a union supermarket to the neighborhood. Previously, Maritza worked with the Long Island Progressive Coalition to coordinate the Yes, In My Back Yard (YIMBY) campaign, increasing affordable housing throughout the entire island. A native of Ecuador, Maritza earned her BA in journalism from the Central University of Ecuador and later completed a BA degree in communications from SUNY Old Westbury, where she organized with the New York Public Interest Research Group and United Students Against Sweatshops. She has also worked with Long Island Jobs with Justice on issues related to youth, labor, and immigrant rights where she combined her passion for documentaries, journalism and activism by producing short workers' rights documentaries.
Syed's advocacy and activism is rooted in the principle that every person deserves respect and equal opportunity and that change does not come from top-down, but rather bottom-up. One of his core value is to work together in alliances and coalitions for the common and the greater good. Syed knows OCCORD and Orange County well. During his tenure as Chairman of the Board of Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice, Syed has been steadfast in advocating for a just and fair economy for working families. Syed did not hesitate to challenge powerful corporations when they compromised the rights of workers. He has marched, fasted and put himself at risk of arrest as an expression of his conscience and his belief in fairness and respect for workers. As the Vice President of the board of American Civil Liberties Union (Southern California), Syed works to protect, preserve and defend the civil rights and liberties of every person. As a board member of the Death Penalty Focus, he works to abolish the death penalty in our nation. Syed comes to OCCORD after serving as the Executive Director of the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California, where he organized, empowered and mobilized communities for more than a decade. He led the Council to become a leading voice on issues of xenophobia against immigrants and participated in a walking pilgrimage of Dreamers from Sacramento to Bakersfield. Syed holds two masters degrees in the natural sciences and continues to live as a student for life. He is married and has four adult children.
Roxana Tynan joined LAANE in 2001 and served as deputy director for six years until assuming the position of executive director in February 2012. She has spent her entire career advancing the cause of social and economic justice. Ms. Tynan was the guiding force behind LAANE's groundbreaking Community Benefits Program, which has pioneered a new model for economic development in Los Angeles and across the country. She negotiated many of LAANE's Community Benefits Agreements as well as the Los Angeles Superstore Ordinance, which has successfully limited Walmart's expansion efforts in Los Angeles. Ms. Tynan has been instrumental in the expansion of LAANE's work and impact over the past decade. She has also played a leading role in developing LAANE's community organizing department, mentoring dozens of young organizers and creating one of the region's most effective grassroots recruitment and advocacy programs. Prior to joining LAANE, Ms. Tynan served as economic development deputy to L.A. City Councilmember Jackie Goldberg, working to encourage responsible economic growth. During her tenure with Councilmember Goldberg she helped negotiate the country's first Community Benefits Agreement, which ensured living wages for hundreds of workers on the Hollywood and Highland development. She also worked with the Yucca Corridor Coalition to fight slum conditions and successfully advocate for the city to build affordable housing and public parks. Ms. Tynan worked as an organizer for the Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union in Las Vegas and Los Angeles for four years. A graduate of Yale, she is bilingual in English and Spanish. She lives with her husband and two children in Highland Park.
Nicole is the Executive Director at Puget Sound Sage. She has more than a decade of experience in research, advocacy, civic engagement, racial justice organizing, social services, and community and business outreach.
Previously, Nicole was the executive director of the Fair Work Center, a hub for workers to better understand and exercise their legal rights, improve their working conditions and connect with community resources. Before launching the Fair Work Center, Nicole served as the Policy Director at Puget Sound Sage, where she led policy and analysis work on labor standards and environmental justice. Nicole began her career through community engagement and youth engagement roles at the Washington Environmental Council, El Centro de la Raza and the Washington Bus.
Nicole has co-authored several publications on a variety of topics including financial capacity, income taxes, childcare, environmental justice and the economic impact of living wages. Her work has been featured in local, national and international media including the New York Times, BBC, The Guardian and Huffington Post. Nicole holds a Bachelors degree in Public Policy from The College of William and Mary, and a Masters in Social Work from the University of Washington. In 2014, Nicole received a 50th Anniversary Civil Rights Leadership Award the Seattle Office of Civil Rights and Women's Commission and in 2015 she was named as one of the 15 people Who Should Really Run Seattle by the Seattle Metropolitan Magazine.
Born and raised in Boston, Brendan graduated from Harvard and taught English in Chile before enrolling in a Ph.D. program in American Studies at Yale University. While there, Brendan became a leader in the union for graduate-student teachers and researchers, GESO, where he collaborated in campaigns for social justice with Yale's unions of clerical, technical, maintenance, and dining hall employees. More recently, he has directed political and community programs for UNITE HERE!, the hospitality workers union.
Lucas moved to Ventura at the age of 14 and had his first experience volunteering for a nonprofit organization by phonebanking for CAUSE. While attending college at UC Berkeley where he majored in political economy, Lucas worked for CAUSE over two summers, doing research and advocacy for local hire agreements on stimulus-funded projects in 2009 and running CAUSE's youth fellowship program in 2011. Locally, his work has also included interning with former Ventura Mayor Bill Fulton to pass Measure A, to protect vital city services and coordinating a team of canvassers to put an anti-WalMart initiative on the ballot in Ventura. He has also worked in community organizing in Oakland, CA with the East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) and the Center for Media Justice, interned for the Obama administration with the White House Council of Economic Advisors, was appointed to the City of Berkeley Labor Commission and served as the chair of the state board of directors of the California Student Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG). After graduating from college, Lucas moved back to Ventura to do research and youth organizing with CAUSE and continues to run the organization's summer youth fellowship program. He believes strongly in the importance of youth creating the progressive future of Ventura County.


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Gonzales hints Bush could expand warrantless wiretaps / He refers to calls sent and received in U.S.
2006-04-07 04:00:00 PDT Washington -- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales suggested for the first time Thursday that a president might have the legal authority to order wiretapping without a warrant on communications between Americans that occur exclusively within the United States.
"I'm not going to rule it out," Gonzales said when asked about that possibility at a House Judiciary Committee hearing.
The attorney general made his comments, which critics said reflect a broadened view of presidential authority, as President Bush reiterated his defense of his decision to authorize the National Security Agency to eavesdrop without warrants on international calls and e-mails to or from the United States.
At the House hearing, Gonzales declined to discuss many operational details despite tough questioning from Democrats and Republicans.
Rep. James Sensenbrenner, the Wisconsin Republican who is chairman of the Judiciary Committee and one of the Bush administration's staunchest allies, accused the administration of stonewalling.
"Mr. Attorney General, how can we discharge our oversight responsibilities if every time we ask a pointed question, we're told that the answer is classified?" Sensenbrenner asked. "Congress has an inherent constitutional responsibility to do oversight. We are attempting to discharge those responsibilities."
The House and Senate have conducted limited inquiries into the surveillance program, which many Democrats contend is illegal.
Republicans on the Senate Intelligence Committee have agreed on measures to impose new oversight but allow wiretapping without warrants for as long as 45 days. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., has proposed that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court have a role in ruling on the legitimacy of the National Security Agency's eavesdropping program.
At the hearing, Gonzales inched closer toward acknowledging that intercepting purely domestic calls could be considered legally permissible in his view if the communications involved al Qaeda.
"You would look at precedent," he said. "What have previous commander in chiefs done?"
Answering his own question, he cited President Woodrow Wilson's authorizing the interception of all cables to and from Europe during World War I "based upon the Constitution and his inherent role as commander in chief."
Gonzales said he would use that legal framework to decide whether intercepting purely domestic communications without a warrant is legally permissible. He would not say whether such wiretapping has been conducted.
The attorney general and other administration officials have said the National Security Agency's eavesdropping was authorized just to monitor communications with one end outside the United States.
The Justice Department later backed away somewhat from Gonzales' statement and said his comments should not be interpreted as a change in policy.
"The attorney general's comments today should not be interpreted to suggest the existence or nonexistence of a domestic program or whether any such program would be lawful under the existing legal analysis," department spokeswoman Tasia Scolinos said.

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Lodi FFS office looking to add an Associate Dentist to their long established team. Many opportunities to take your career to new levels. Aspects of the opportunity will be discussed at your initial interview. Please submit your resume to: Todd Franklin, DDS, Inc. 1208 W Tokay St, Lodi, CA 95240


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Ron J. McKerlie - President
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Foundation Team
Bonnie DeWitt - Administrative Coordinator
Phone: 905-575-2287
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Bryan Webber - Senior Development Officer, City School and Indigenous Initiatives
Phone: 905-575-1212 ext. 3329
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Cheryl Stornelli - Donor Relations and Communications Specialist
Phone: 905-575-2453
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Gena Dureault - Senior Development Officer, Planned Giving and Awards
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Katie Burrows - Director, Development
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Linda Rourke - Senior Development Officer, Academic Partnerships
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ROSE HILL- Duplin Winery is jumping on the "Rosé All Day" train with its newest product addition, Sweet Rosé. Duplin Winery specializes in Muscadine wines, so naturally this sparkling wine is made with a secret blend of delicious Muscadine grapes. Duplin Winery's last product debut was the release of Pelican Red in 2017. Since then, many dedicated minds have been working together to create the perfect blend of red and white muscadines for the Sweet Rosé and its finally here. Sweet Rosé will be available to all Duplin Winery fans starting Wednesday, May 2.
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Research is one of the most important parts of writing a crime novel, and while I don't research as heavily as some authors I did have several areas I wanted to focus on to make After the Eclipse as authentic a story as I could. I started with the setting – for me, a vivid setting is vitalto getting sucked into a book. I knew from the start I wanted to create a similar world to the one in which I grew up. My parents were divorced, and for a while my dad lived in a caravan. He travelled all over Derbyshire, and when I would stay with him at the weekends my inner explorer came to life. I loved the sweet-smelling open fields, the friendly locals in the small towns and villages, and the glimpses into a hundred other lives. Continue reading
Interview with HANNA JAMESON
Let's start with an introduction: Who is Hanna Jameson?
I'm a writer. 28. University dropout and current history student. I've written four books and lost an award for one of them! I like bourbon, true crime, and ghost stories.
Your latest novel, The Last, was recently published by Viking in the UK. It looks really interesting: How would you introduce it to a potential reader?
The Last is a murder mystery set in the months immediately following nuclear war, narrated by an American academic stranded in a remote hotel in Switzerland.
What inspired you to write the novel? And where do you draw your inspiration from in general?
I was inspired to write The Last by a few things, as novels are generally the product of several disparate ideas falling together rather than the outcome of one event. I was inspired by the hellish state of discourse following the 2016 US election, nuclear war jokes on Twitter, a historian friend of mine telling me about a long commute between different US states that got me thinking about the theme of displacement, J.G. Ballard, Stephen King, a curious true crime case in LA where the body of a girl was found in a rooftop water tank of what was then The Cecil Hotel. I also frequently draw inspiration from my own rage, despair, and sadness. Continue reading
Quick Review: THE NIGHT AGENT by Matthew Quirk (William Morrow)
A fast-paced, gripping political conspiracy thriller
To find a Russian mole in the White House, an FBI agent must question everything… and trust no one
No one was more surprised than FBI Agent Peter Sutherland when he's tapped to work in the White House Situation Room. From his earliest days as a surveillance specialist, Peter has scrupulously done everything by the book, hoping his record will help him escape the taint of his past. When Peter was a boy, his father, a section chief in FBI counterintelligence, was suspected of selling secrets to the Russians — a catastrophic breach that had cost him his career, his reputation, and eventually his life.
Peter knows intimately how one broken rule can cost lives. Nowhere is he more vigilant than in this room, the sanctum of America's secrets. Staffing the night action desk, his job is monitoring an emergency line for a call that has not — and might never — come.
Until tonight.
At 1:05 a.m. the phone rings. A terrified young woman named Rose tells Peter that her aunt and uncle have just been murdered and that the killer is still in the house with her. Before their deaths, they gave her this phone number with urgent instructions: "Tell them OSPREY was right. It's happening…"
The call thrusts Peter into the heart of a conspiracy years in the making, involving a Russian mole at the highest levels of the government. Anyone in the White House could be the traitor. Anyone could be corrupted. To save the nation, Peter must take the rules into his own hands and do the right thing, no matter the cost. He plunges into a desperate hunt for the traitor — a treacherous odyssey that pits him and Rose against some of Russia's most skilled and ruthless operatives and the full force of the FBI itself.
Peter knows that the wider a secret is broadcast, the more dangerous it gets for the people at the center. With the fate of the country on the line, he and Rose must evade seasoned assassins and maneuver past jolting betrayals to find the shocking truth — and stop the threat from inside before it's too late.
That surprisingly long synopsis does set up the plot for Matthew Quirk's latest fast-paced thriller rather well. Peter Sutherland is languishing in the basement of the White House, working for two prominent administration staffers, in a strange, important-yet-unexciting job. Then, with a single phone call, his job and life is thrown completely out of whack. What follows is 400~ pages of breakneck paced thriller action and conspiracy. This is an entertaining, well-written thriller. Continue reading
Interview with SCOTTO MOORE
Let's start with an introduction: Who is Scotto Moore?
I've been a playwright in Seattle for the past fifteen years, focused on bringing ambitious science fiction and science fantasy stories to the stage. Sometimes they're comedic, like H.P. Lovecraft: Stand-Up Comedian! which envisions Howie Lovecraft as a modern day comic expressing his vision of the mythos through increasingly dangerous stand-up routines. And sometimes they're dark, like my recent musical, Silhouette, about a genocidal war fleet hunting down immortal mutineers in hiding. I've written shows about a genetics lab where experiments produce sentient, intelligent (and singing) mice; scientists who weaponize linguistic techniques; inventors who capture and transmit digital emotions; and an infinitely tall building at the center of the multiverse where demiurges and interdimensional travelers mingle.
I've also been a music blogger for more than a decade, and over the past year and half or so, I've become a progressive house DJ. Not for a living — just in my living room and at the occasional party. And I write a deeply absurd Lovecraft-themed meme generator on Tumblr called Things That Cannot Save You. Continue reading
Upcoming: DRAGON HEART by Peter Higgins (Gollancz)
I haven't read as much of Peter Higgins's work as I would like. I really enjoyed his debut, Wolfhound Century, though, and have always meant to read more of his work (so many books, so little time…). Gollancz recently unveiled the cover for the author's next novel: Dragon Heart. A novel "[f]or readers of Cormac McCarthy and Justin Cronin", it is pitched as "the story of one family's battle for survival in a world where evil has already won". Here's the synopsis:
As they fight their way across a dying land, Shay and Cass will do anything to keep their daughter, Hope, alive. The family faces unimaginable dangers as they try to stay together, and stay alive, long enough to reach safety. But when the heart of a dragon starts to beat in Hope's chest, they fear they'll lose her to a battle they can't possibly help her win…
Dragon Heart is due to be published by Gollancz in early January 2019.
Quick Review: THE MURDERS OF MOLLY SOUTHBOURNE by Tade Thompson (Tor.com)
An intriguing, creepy and ultimately tragic novella
Every time she bleeds a murderer is born.
The rule is simple: don't bleed.
For as long as Molly Southbourne can remember, she's been watching herself die. Whenever she bleeds, another molly is born, identical to her in every way and intent on her destruction.
Molly knows every way to kill herself, but she also knows that as long as she survives she'll be hunted. No matter how well she follows the rules, eventually the mollys will find her. Can Molly find a way to stop the tide of blood, or will she meet her end at the hand of a girl who looks just like her?
This is the first book by Thompson that I've read. The first thing that jumped out at me was the quality of the author's prose: it's pristine, really. It's journalistic in its clarity, it is gripping, expressive, and a delight to read. Over the course of this short novella, you'll come to care for Molly, and even some of the mollys. Once again, Tor.com have published a fantastic piece of short speculative fiction. Continue reading
Upcoming: FINDING BABA YAGA by Jane Yolen (Tor.com)
Another author whose work I've not yet tried. My attention was grabbed by the title — for some reason, Baba Yaga has always been a name I've been familiar with (although I can't remember where I heard it first). Finding Baba Yaga, Jane Yolen's new novella, is due to be published by Tor.com at the end of October (so, a little far away). It sounds rather interesting:
A young woman discovers the power to speak up and take control of her fate — a theme that has never been more timely than it is now…
You think you know this story.
You do not.
A harsh, controlling father. A quiescent mother. A house that feels like anything but a home. Natasha gathers the strength to leave, and comes upon a little house in the wood: A house that walks about on chicken feet and is inhabited by a fairy tale witch. In finding Baba Yaga, Natasha finds her voice, her power, herself…
According to the publisher's page for the book, Yolen is considered by some to be the "the Hans Christian Andersen of America". Intriguing. Finding Baba Yaga is published by Tor.com in North America and the UK, on October 30th.


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One of my favorite new beers this year was Anderson Valley's Highway 128 Gose, a nifty session beer (4.0-4.5% abv) with a slightly bracing sour tang, some lemon citrus character and a pronounced salty finish. (OK, its real name is
"The Kimmie, The Ying and The Holy Gose" but most people I know call it Highway 128 Gose.) It's a little hard to find around here so I pick up a six-pack nearly every time I see it. Now Anderson Valley has added some tangy blood orange to the mix. Does it work?
This version isn't quite as bracing in its sourness, more fruity, the saltiness doesn't come through as much. The flavors are little more complex, but each component is a little more muddled. Is it better? I keep leaning one way or another but never make up my mind which one I like more. What do you think?


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After a splendid batting effort saw Australia post a mammoth 337/1 on Day 1, the tourists continued to pile more misery on the dispirited England bowlers on the second day at Lord's.
Though the Australia lost Chris Rogers and Michael Clarke early in the day, the World No. 2 Test batsman Steven Smith continued to march on by playing a wide array of shots. He notched up his 150 in the 106th over and also went on to register his maiden double-hundred in Test cricket.
The Rogers-Smith partnership finally came to an end at 284, an Australian record for all wickets in Tests at Lord's. The duo surpassed the 260-run stand set by opener Michael Slater and Mark Taylor in 1993.
Rogers, who missed out on his double-hundred, was bowled by Stuart Broad after scoring a stellar 173 runs including 28 fours. Australian captain Michael Clarke, who never looked comfortable at the crease, soon followed Rodgers back in the hut after being dismissed by Mark Wood for seven runs.
Adam Voges gave some support to Smith, as England reached 424/3 at lunch. Just when Alastair Cook-led England looked out of sorts, Broad once again provided quick breakthroughs to rattle the opposition.
Broad struck in his first over after lunch to scalp Voges for 25 runs. Soon after he dismissed Mitchell Marsh for 12 runs with a deceiving off-cutter. Marsh's dismissal brought the highly-talked debutant Peter Nevill at the crease who added 91 runs alongside Smith for the sixth wicket.
However, Joe Root struck in the 140th over to help England end Smith's marathon-innings. Smith was trapped in front of the stumps during an attempt to play a premeditated reverse-sweep after scoring 215 runs. Root came back to haunt Australia once again as he dismissed Nevill for 45 runs in his very next over.
With Mitchell Johnson (12) and Mitchell Starc (11) at the crease, Australia were 562/7 after 148 overs at Tea.
Fall of wickets on Day 2:
95.4 overs: Stuart Broad bowled Chris Rogers (173) on a fuller delivery. Rogers was looking to drive but got an inside edge back onto the stumps.
106.5 overs: Mark Wood got Michael Clarke (7) out caught at square leg. Clarke was looking to pull but sent it straight into the hands of Gary Ballance who took an easy catch.
119.3 overs: Stuart Broad got Adam Voges (25) out caught by the wicket-keeper. Voges was undone by the cross-seam delivery as he got a thin edge that went through to Jos Buttler behind the stumps.
123.3 overs: Stuart Broad bowled Mitchell Marsh (12) on a deceiving off-cutter. Marsh was looking to punch it towards covers but got an inside edge that went back onto the stumps.
139.4 overs: Joe Root got Steven Smith (215) out lbw on flighted delivery. Smith was looking to employ the premeditated reverse sweep, but misses it as the ball crashed onto his pad in front of the stumps.
141.3 overs: Joe Root got Peter Nevill out caught at mid-off on a tossed-up delivery. Nevill was looking to drive, but failed to keep it down as the ball traveled straight towards Moeen Ali who dived forward to complete the catch.
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Australian batsmen couldn't have answered their critics in any better manner than the way they did on the opening day of the second Test at Lord's. After deciding to bat first, Australia got off to a sturdy start as their openers Chris Rogers and David Warner added 78 runs in 15 overs. Though Moeen Ali provided the breakthrough to England, the hosts were in for a really long day. Rogers (158*) and Steven Smith (129*) teared into the opposition bowlers to record a partnership of 259 runs on the opening day.
The duo broke the previous second-wicket record of 231 runs put up by the Australian pair of Don Bradman and Bill Woodfull at Lord's in 1930. Smith and Rogers happily exploited the sluggish pace on a flat and lifeless pitch. The barrage of runs will surely boost the Australian fans who would be expecting to see their team make a comeback in the Ashes series after their loss in Cardiff earlier.


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An employment-law litigator with over 20 years' experience, Steven Tindall has prosecuted numerous California WARN Act cases. His largest recovery in a single employment case is $29 million.
The California WARN Act entitles workers in CA to 60 days' advance notice before a mass layoff or worksite closure. If the employer doesn't give advance notice, California's WARN Act allows workers to sue for 60 days' worth of pay and benefits.
Below we discuss what counts as a "mass layoff" under the California WARN Act, and 6 common issues that come up under the Act.
If you and many other employees were laid off without notice, you could get up to 60 days' worth of pay under California law. Get a free consultation. No obligation.
California's WARN Act defines a "mass layoff" as a layoff of 50 or more employees in a 30-day period. The California WARN Act also covers workers who suffer a layoff due to a business stopping or suspending its operations or relocating to a location more than 100 miles away.
(1) Are temporary or part-time workers covered by the California WARN Act?
Part-time contract workers or temps are given the same protections under the California WARN Act as a full-time employee if they've worked there at least six months. Part-time employees and temps also count towards the 50 workers required for a "mass layoff."
(2) When does the 60-day clock start ticking?
The California WARN Act requires that employers give 60-days' notice of mass layoff, and the 60-day clock counts backwards from the first worker laid off.
For example: Big Box Retail Chain Inc. decides to shut down its California operations. It lays off 10 workers on July 1, 20 workers on August 1, and 20 workers on September 1. The California WARN Act requires that notice of a mass layoff be given on May 1, two months prior to the first set of layoffs on July 1.
Businesses sometimes close down with no advance warning, but 60-days' notice is often required in California
(3) What are the differences between the California and federal WARN Acts?
Generally, California labor law is more protective of worker rights than federal law. The WARN Act is no exception. The federal WARN Act defines a "mass layoff" as being at least one-third of the company's total workforce, or at least 500 employees. California requires only 50. In addition, companies can get an exemption from the federal WARN Act if the company shows that the mass layoffs were due to unforeseeable business circumstances. California has no such exemption.
(4) What payoff can California employees get if there was no notice of a layoff?
The California WARN Act allows employees to recover up to 60-day's pay and benefits. If an employee lost health insurance benefits due to the layoff, they can make their employer pay for health care expenses they incurred during that 60-day period.
(5) Does a mandatory leave of absence or furlough require 60-days' notice under the California WARN Act?
California courts have decided that a furlough of 50 or more workers within one month is a "mass layoff' under the California WARN Act. The same is not true under federal labor law.
(6) Are seasonal workers who are laid off after the busy season (such as Christmas) entitled to protection under the California WARN Act?
The California courts have interpreted the WARN Act as applying to seasonal workers if more than 50 are laid off during a 30-day period.
For example: Big Box Retail Chain Inc. hires 50 employees in its California stores for the busy Christmas season. When the Christmas season ends, Big Box lays off all 50 workers. Even if Big Box plans to re-hire the workers next Christmas season, the company is required to give 60-days' advance notice before the seasonal layoff.
You speak to an employment attorney because you may be entitled to 60 days of wages and benefits, which you could recover through a class action lawsuit. Alternatively, you can report the violation to the California labor department.
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An employment-law litigator with over 20 years' experience, Steven Tindall has prosecuted numerous California WARN Act cases. His largest recovery in a single employment case is $29 million.
Prior to joining us at Gibbs Law Group LLP, Linda Lam worked at a national employment law firm, where she represented workers in lawsuits to recover unpaid wages and benefits.
Steve has prosecuted a variety of complex employment cases involving California labor law. He is fluent in English and Spanish.
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Teamgo offers plans for all types of business solutions. Our current live pricing can be viewed on the Teamgo website.
How Pricing Works
Teamgo offers several plans that offer features for different needs.
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Choosing a plan will put you on the correct pricing schedule for your Teamgo locations. Each location will require a license, so all you need to do is head over to our pricing page, choose a plan then decide how many locations you need to use Teamgo at.
What is a location? Location is defined by a physical address, so if you have the one office location, that needs just license. If you have several or more locations across the city, country or globally they will each need a license to operate Teamgo.
A kiosk is your physical iPad/Tablet sign in station for visitors, employees, contractors, meeting rooms, spaces etc. Each license lets you setup unlimited kiosks at a location, there is no limit.
A user someone who users Teamgo in any capacity and needs to be added to the system to access features and functions of Teamgo, or to receive visitor arrival notifications. All plans come with unlimited users.
Why Subscription Pricing
Historically, companies have been required to buy, build, and maintain their IT infrastructures despite exponential costs. SaaS (software as a service) gives companies an alternative. Now, they can plug in and subscribe to services built on shared infrastructure via the Internet. Benefits include
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If you would like to know more benefits about Teamgo and our Software as a Service product get in touch with the support team.
For annual payments Teamgo offers 10% discount on services. When you subscribe online annually the discount will be automatically applied. We also offer discounts for multiple locations if this applies to you. These discounts are applied automatically.
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On the road! What working remote looks like for me.
'What do you think, should we go for it?' This is how the conversation played out this fall. From there my family loaded up the truck, our two spoiled Australian Shepherds, and our 20-foot pull-behind travel trailer – and we headed West! What followed was an almost three-month epic road trip! It started mid-August when … Continued
Mapping Content to the Buyer's Journey – a Runner's Path
Have you ever been thinking it's time for a new *something* (i.e. a watch, computer, shoes, CPA, marketing agency, or literally anything) so you start researching? This scenario happened to me recently, and it got me thinking. In my case, I was in the market for a new pair of running shoes. I started with … Continued
Are Your Customers Trying to Tell You Something? Start Listening with Social Media Monitoring.
While monitoring social media activity is now a best practice for many consumer brands, Business-to-Business (B2B) companies have been slower to make the connection. However, those B2Bers that are taking the plunge are seeing positive results. Mostly that's because targeted social media efforts wrapped into a unified digital marketing strategy can help companies get to … Continued
Getting Email Deliverability Right
In the marketing world, there's no shortage of frustrating scenarios that can happen on a daily basis. Lack of data, poorly performing marketing automation or CRM applications, and content that only a few people actually read (thanks, Mom and Aunt Jane!) is a true-life situation for many telecom agents and MSPs. Also scoring high on … Continued
Why Do My Email Campaign Metrics Suck?
If you've ever asked yourself 'why do my email metrics suck,' you're certainly not alone. A study by Return Path tells us that only 79% of commercial emails land in the subscribers' inbox. That means one out of every five emails sent either gets filtered as spam or blocked. That's not good odds if you're … Continued
Everyone is not your customer (or partner): Why cloud service providers need to create personas
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On the Spot
Purpose: This small group activity gives learners opportunities to practice formulating questions and answering a wide variety of questions.
Preparation Time: None
Materials Needed: None
- Choose one learner who will be "on the spot." Their job is to answer all of the questions that they are asked.
- Give the rest of the group a chance to think of some questions that they want to ask. They can write down some ideas in a notebook or on the mini-whiteboards.
- Explain that all of the questions that are asked must be answered, and that the group can help the learner who is "on the spot" if they need help. However, they can't help unless the learner asks for help answering the question.
- The learners in the group take turns asking the learner who is "on the spot" the questions. If the learner is unable to answer, the group can chime in and assist with the answer.
- After a few minutes, stop the activity and select another learner to be "on the spot." Give the rest of the group a minute or two to generate some new questions, and then repeat the process with the new learner.
Variation 1: For low-level learners, have people in the group work together to generate questions.
Variation 2: Give the group a specific topic to ask questions about. Ideally, it will be a topic that they are currently studying in class, or one that is familiar to the learners. For example: family, community, work, personal information, childhood, future plans, etc.


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Westley, formerly known as Private Westley, was a loyal watchdog of Lord Hater's army up until the recent events that occurred in the Wander Over Yonder episode "The Little Guy". In a failed mission to capture Wander and Sylvia, Westley is left behind. His only way to get rescued is to capture Wander and Sylvia and report to Commander Peepers.
Physical appearance
Westley wears the regulated watchdog uniform, black with red gloves and boots and a black cap with a small lightning bolt on top. Like every watchdog, he also has an eyeball for a head with a red iris. Westley is short and overweight with stubby arms and legs. He is the youngest of the watchdog army.
At the end of "The Little Guy", Westley changes his cap from one with a lightning bolt to one with a star on top which was given to him by Wander.
Probably the most energetic of watchdogs, Westley is both a loyal soldier and strong supporter of Hater's Empire. He is shown to be a bit of a day-dreamer but determined to do his best. His short stature and weight tend to make him lag behind the other watchdogs as he lacks the same physical strength and is often clumsy. Throughout "The Little Guy", during his adventures with Wander and Sylvia, Westley constantly accuses them of being the "real bad guys" and refuses to trust them (as influenced by Lord Hater). As the episode continues, Westley slowly begins to soften up to the two vagabonds until finally laying down his laser pistol. However, when Lord Hater's ship arrives, and Lord Hater himself alongside Peepers stand outside waiting for the young watchdog. Westley turns against Wander and Sylvia and turns them in. Later, however, Westley plays a trick in helping the vagabonds to escape and appearing to die in a fake attempt to stop them. In other words, he is imperfect.
At the very end of the episode, Westley is given his new hat, throws away his laser gun and parts as good friends with Wander and Sylvia.
- Westley, along side Commander Peepers, Moose, Bob, Pete, Teddy, Greg, Barry, and Tim is one of the only named Watchdogs so far.


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Fixed Wire Testing (EICR)
An EICR (Electrical Inspection Condition Report) is issued after the successful completion of Fixed Wire Testing, which involves testing the electrical installations and circuits in your building(s).
Fixed Wire Testing requires the isolation of the electrical supply at various times during the inspection. This will cause disruption to the people in a building and for this reason is something that requires careful planning.
A full survey of an installation prior to the commencement of any inspection and testing programme will enable discussions between the client and the contractor and will help to ensure that any disruption will be kept to a minimum.
In practice it is often advisable to arrange for inspection and testing to take place outside of normal working hours, either overnight or at weekends. This will allow more or less free access to the installation without concern for the productivity or the Health & Safety of the users in the building.
There may still be concerns regarding IT Systems, Servers, Telephony Systems and Building Management Systems which will not react well to sudden power downs. These issues are best dealt with by careful planning of the timing of testing in critical areas and working in conjunction with IT Departments and any other interested parties.
Many contractors will not charge a premium for working out of hours because this generally enables them to inspect and test an installation more quickly and efficiently without the need to 'work around' the users of the building.
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An EICR (Electrical Inspection Condition Report) is issued after the successful completion of Fixed Wire Testing, which involves testing the electrical installations and circuits in your building(s).
Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) is a Health & Safety requirement for any organisation. This involves the testing of any portable appliances, machinery or equipment.
Using thermal imaging, our engineers can accurately identify existing faults with an electrical installation, as well as predict potential future issues that could save lives.


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This section contains troubleshooting information for the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure SDK for Java.
ObjectStorage client does not close connections when client is closed.
Too many file descriptors are opened up, and it takes too long to close existing ones. An exception may look like this:
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: classes/caspertest.pem (Too many open files) at java.io.FileInputStream.open0(Native Method) at java.io.FileInputStream.open(FileInputStream.java:195) at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:138)
Use one of the following workarounds to fix this issue.
- Make this call before creating a client:
System.setProperty("http.keepAlive", "false");
Use this command line argument when running Java:
Serialization errors when making requests or handling responses
If you encounter an
UnrecognizedPropertyException error when handling a response to a call against the SDK for Java, this indicates that the version of the Jackson library in use does not support a feature that was injected at runtime from another dependency in your application's class path. This happens even if the
FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES deserialization property is set to
false for the configured
Determine which version of Jackson libraries are referenced in your application's class path and, if necessary, upgrade to version 2.9.5. For a complete list of Jackson libraries that the SDK for Java depends on, please refer to the pom.xml file that is hosted on GitHub.
If you customize a client when instantiated in your application, ensure that you reference the preconfigured
ObjectMapperfrom the
RestClientFactory using the
RestClientFactory#getObjectMapper() method.
An alternative solution is to to use the shaded version of the SDK for Java jar file, which includes a bundled version of the Jackson libraries.
Encryption key size errors
By default, the SDK for Java can only handle keys of 128 bit or lower key length. Users get "Invalid Key Exception" and "Illegal key size" errors when they use longer keys, such as AES256.
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Chatfield School Board hears 'back to school' reports from administrators
Chatfield's 2019-2020 school year is off to a grand start, according to the district's principals and superintendent, who reported that they were glad to welcome students into the school buildings on Tuesday, Sept. 3, for another year of learning.
During last week's School Board meeting, Chatfield Superintendent Ed Harris related, "There's a lot of positive energy in the buildings."
High School Principal Randy Paulson concurred, "The staff came back with a lot of energy, it's nice to come back to a school building without a construction mess, and this is the earliest I've seen the building up and ready to go. It's a combination of things, but I want to thank the staff for their hard work. We're off to a great start, and on Friday, we're having a 'welcome back' assembly."
Elementary Principal Shane McBroom commented, "The workshops went very well this year, and they were well attended. It was an opportunity for teachers and parents to check paperwork."
Harris gave his report for the evening, citing that the School Board held a special meeting on the morning of Aug. 21 to consider whether to proceed with posing an operating levy referendum to help boost the district's finances, coming out of that meeting with the decision to do so but to take into account district taxpayers' needs.
"Our Aug. 21 meeting, we discussed how we started out with about $400,000 in budget reductions to make, but over the summer, with staffing changes and not filling some of those positions, as well as doing some smart hiring, we were able to save about $95,000 beyond the $400,000," he explained. "We still are possibly thinking about some moderate reductions."
Harris then shared that the district has sold its fiber optic cable between the elementary and high school to HBC, a telecommunications company that recently moved into Chatfield and is expanding its service to Chatfield residents. This means the company's acquisition of the cable benefits both the school district and HBC in that the district was paid approximately $55,000 that can be used toward capital purchases and the company assumes responsibility for the cable.
Harris concluded his update with news of the board's plans to hold a retreat and to review the current chain of command, or to whom someone on staff should report for direction and advice when needed.
Principals' reports
Paulson highlighted that junior high students will now have the opportunity to participate in Flex Time activities and there are teachers developing things for students to explore, as did the teachers who provided the ninth through 12th grade students with Flex Time activities last year. This made way for the entire high school population to take time out of their school day to pursue interests or educational experiences.
He thanked departing alternative learning program (ALP) paraprofessional Crystal Smith for her dedication to Chatfield's students as she takes a position with Fillmore County as a dispatcher. "She leaves big shoes to fill," he remarked.
Paulson also reported that the district is hiring Lyle Dietz to supervise the weight room so Adam Hurley, who was hired for that position, is moving to another position within the high school.
McBroom gave his update as well. "We're working on personal learning – there were two coaches working with staff and professional learning communities (PLCs) for more examples of what personalized learning looks like," he said. "The teachers are looking at ideas to begin with."
He then acknowledged that the district's staff has done well integrating technology into everyday curriculum and the elementary administration feels comfortable directing teachers to allot more time for upper elementary physical education and music classes.
"There's a small change for the kids at the elementary. They do a lot of work with technology, and we're working to provide more physical education and music time, piloting this with the fifth and sixth graders," McBroom added. "They're pretty good at tech skills, and right now, they have art as a third special for one semester. We're making room for one and a half classes for physical education and one and a half classes of music, and we're moving tech's Sue Danielson so that she can be in with the physical education class as an extra. We'll see how it goes, maybe make changes in the fourth grade as well."
Other business
Board action for the evening encompassed approving the combined polling places for the upcoming election of a new School Board member. The candidate will fill the seat being vacated by F. Mike Tuohy, who took Jerry Chase's seat following his resignation earlier this year. Absentee ballots may be obtained at city hall, and voting will take place at the high school on Tuesday, Nov. 5. The board also passed a resolution appointing the election judges and absentee ballot board members for the election.
The consent agenda included approving the 2019-2020 junior varsity winter coaching staff – including boys' basketball coaches Ryan Eppen, Matt Davidson, Damien Nickelsen and Josh Berhow, girls' basketball coaches Kyle Tollefson, Matt McMahon and Scott Schmaltz, wrestling coaches Zach Curry and Matt Mauseth, and hiring Rianna Cooper and Dominic Pape as elementary paraprofessionals.
The next regular School Board meeting is slated for Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 7 p.m. in the high school Forum room. The public is welcome to attend.


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The mobility component of disability living allowance (DLA) is paid to about 80,000 care home residents. This money allows people to visit friends and family, as well as take part in leisure pursuits or education.
The government is proposing to remove this benefit for those in institutional care, arguing that funding of transport costs should be included in local authority contracts with care homes. This move will save £160m by 2015.
A report, Don't Limit Mobility, from a group of 27 charities, shows that in fact most local authorities do not fund these costs. Given the savage cuts being forced on these authorities there is little likelihood they will step in to replace DLA.
The report concludes that, '... removing the mobility component of DLA will significantly restrict the ability of those in residential care to play an active role in their local community, be independent and maintain relationships with family and friends.' And further, that, 'Limiting people's ability to do these things goes against the concepts of choice and independence, and goes against the principles of the government's personalisation agenda.'
A copy of the report can be downloaded at: http://www.mencap.org.uk/document.asp?id=20622
Editorial comment: DAA agrees with David Brindle, writing in the Guardian, when he says this is perhaps the '... meanest and nastiest cut of all in the carnage that is sweeping through our public services.' The response to criticism of this measure from Maria Miller, minister for disabled people, is instructive of how the government is approaching the whole package of funding cuts. In the face of strong evidence of the negative effect the policy is likely to have on the lives of disabled people and that the reason (double funding) for making this particular cut is clearly wrong, she simply repeated it was being done "to remove overlaps in the payment of mobility support". She added helpfully, "It is not intended to lead to a loss of independence and we remain committed to promoting greater personalisation for disabled people."http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/joepublic/2011/jan/12/mobility-allowance-cut-disabled-meanest-of-all
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DescriptionMaxfield Parrish (American, 1870-1966)
A Man of Letters [The Mudball], Life Magazine cover, January 5, 1921
Oil on paperboard
14-5/8 x 11-5/8 inches (37.1 x 29.5 cm)
Initialed center right: M.P
Signed and dated on the reverse: Maxfield Parrish / September 1921
Rike D. Wootten;
Vose Galleries of Boston, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts;
American Illustrators Gallery, New York;
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, "Maxfield Parrish: Master of Make Believe," May 31-September 2, 1974;
Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, "Art of American Illustration," September 11-November 21, 1976.
American Illustrators Gallery, New York, and elsewhere, "The Great American Illustrators," 1993;
Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, "Selections from the Sordoni Collection: American Illustration & Comic Art," April 7-May 20, 2018.
C. Ludwig, Maxfield Parrish, New York, 1973, p. 101, no. 68, illustrated.
Maxfield Parrish: Master of Make Believe, exhibition catalogue, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, 1974, pp. 32-33, illustrated;
S.E. Meyer, America's Great Illustrators, New York, 1978, p. 128, illustrated;
The Great American Illustrators, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1993, p. 58, illustrated;
S.I. Grand, Selections from the Sordoni Collection: American Illustration & Comic Art, exhibition catalogue, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 2018, pp. 50-51, 150, nos. 20, 53, illustrated.
When Maxfield Parrish painted the comical A Man of Letters [The Mudball] in 1921 for Life, he had already established himself as America's leading book and magazine illustrator. His early artwork for children's classics like L. Frank Baum's Mother Goose in Prose (1897), Kenneth Grahame's Dream Days (1900), and Eugene Field's Poems of Childhood (1904) popularized his signature atmospheric settings, cobalt blue-and-gold palette, and dreamy figures inhabiting magical worlds. Likewise, his covers for Century, Collier's, Harper's Bazaar, Ladies' Home Journal, Life, and Scribner's Magazine were highly desirous and instantly recognizable, often more stylized than his book imagery; no other journal illustrator could match Parrish's winning combination of precise draftsmanship, strong graphic design, and amusing characters.
Produced for Life in 1921, A Man of Letters recalls the distinctive design vocabulary of many of Parrish's illustrations for Collier's between 1904-10. Capitalizing on the wild popularity of his fairy-tale publications and magazine work, Collier's made him an irresistible offer: in exchange for signing an exclusive six-year contract, he would receive the staggering salary of $1250 per month and retain ownership rights of any artwork created for the magazine. Under his tenure with Collier's, Parrish introduced a number of stylistic trends, variously influenced by Art Nouveau posters, Japanese prints, and the theory of "dynamic symmetry" (ideal proportions), that would appear on his later magazine covers: flattened backdrops with few or no landscape elements; reduced palette of three or four colors; broad, uniform areas of color or patterning; juxtaposition of colors, textures, or shapes; and trompe-l'oeil puns.
For example, Parrish's January 2, 1909 cover for Collier's clearly served as a precursor to A Man of Letters (fig. 1). In both, an artist, seated on a stool or platform with his back to the picture plane (the bottoms of his shoes and red socks visible), rotates slightly toward the viewer. Each artist holds a paintbrush and paint (on a palette or in a cup) and is in the process of painting the words of the magazine cover onto a giant canvas or billboard; using trompe-l'oeil, Parrish integrates the very magazine cover into the narrative setting. Additionally, both paintings feature a handful of colors-artists in neutral brown-and-white clothing, and pale yellow backgrounds punctuated by eye-catching red or green letters. Rounded shapes, whether a palette, curved back, bowed legs, or bowler hat, carefully balance the strong verticals and horizontals throughout both compositions, while textured passages, such as a patterned shirt in Collier's or grainy shoe bottoms in Life, offset the smooth, monochromatic backdrops. In A Man of Letters, Parrish injects a dose of humor by marring the painter's pristine sign with a mudball, thrown by the offending viewer; this mudball repeats the trope of the ink splatter dominating the Collier's September 3, 1910 "penmanship" cover.
In his early Collier's illustrations, Parrish also developed memorable themes that he would return to in his 1920s magazine work. One of his most popular characters was the "seer," or man with keen visual powers, most often depicted as an artist, but also appearing as a tourist, scientist, and philosopher. Parrish's seer was recognizable by particular physical attributes: round glasses, indicating his visual and analytical acuity, and an overcoat and/or hat signifying his role as observer of the outside world (fig. 2). For instance, The Botanist (Collier's, July 18, 1908), wearing spectacles, derby, and long coat, scrutinizes a plant sample with a magnifying glass; The Farmer/Philosopher (Collier's, November 2, 1912), sporting glasses and a wide-brimmed hat, surveys his fields while smoking a pipe; and The Artist (Collier's, April 3, 1909), donning glasses, bowler hat, and short coat, turns to look at the viewer while painting a Collier's cover about advertising.
Parrish frequently dressed up as a model for his figures, and that he identified with the character of the seer is evidenced by a 1935 photograph of himself posing wide-eyed in a derby, scarf, and coat. In A Man of Letters, as in these Collier's covers, Parrish refers to himself, further underscored by the type of artist: here is a technical sign painter, who, carefully coloring in the of the letters of "LIFE," values the precision of his craft; likewise, Parrish called himself "the mechanic who loves to paint," and as the practitioner of a painstaking painting process involving multiple layers of glazes and varnishes, he, too, would have been horrified by a mudball wrecking his workmanship (L. and J. Cutler, Maxfield Parrish and the American Imagists, Edison, New Jersey, 2004, p. 34).
After his contract with Collier's expired in 1910, Parrish focused on mural commissions and did not actively return to magazine illustration until the early 1920s. Graphic artist Charles Dana Gibson, who was president of the humor magazine Life at the time, seized the opportunity and hired Parrish to create cover art, imploring: "What we want from you is just Parish's" (C. Ludwig, Maxfield Parrish, New York, 1973, p. 98). A Man of Letters was one of the first Life covers Parrish rolled out for Gibson, and he repeated the character of the artist-seer, emphasizing the comic spin, for two later editions: A Dark Futurist (Life, March 1, 1923) captures a Parrish-like artist in foggy round glasses and a long green coat hunched over on a stool, balancing in his hands a paintbrush and a palette and staring quizzically at the viewer; A Good Mixer (Life, January 31, 1924) takes the exact same figure and turns him on profile next to an easel, reiterating his dwarfish stature and befuddled expression. Parrish actually gave a name to these covers with whimsical characters silhouetted against a plain backdrop: "odds and ends." In a note to Life's art editor, he summed up his utter delight in creating "odds and ends" like A Man of Letters: "I'll say right now that there is a lot of good fun doing these for your crowd down there that I like. I like the spirit of it, and work, I think, is the better for it" (Ludwig, p. 101).
The artwork is executed in oil and glazes on a standard illustration board appropriate or the period. The substrate is stable and in firm condition, exhibiting a minimal age-appropriate oxidization hue. Under Ultraviolet examination, a circle of restoration is evident just under the paint splotch to the right of the figure, as well as a few small re-touch areas between the his legs. The letters forming the title "LIFE," appears to have been strengthened at some point. The work is initialed in the center, and also on the verso of the board. The painting is in overall very good condition.
Framed Dimensions 19.5 X 16.75 Inches
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