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Q: Local shallow git cloning with hard-links On my local filesystem, I want to be able to only clone the head of git repo (A) so no history comes along to a new git repo (B).  But I want the benefits of hard-links for the files now in B to save on space.  Is there a way to do this?  Do the hard-links even help once repo A changes?
Thanks!

A: It appears that it is impossible to do local shallow cloning with hard links among object databases, at least as of git 1.7.12. git clone --depth 1 --single-branch explicitly warns that --depth is ignored in local clones, and to use file://. So you will need to choose between hard links and shallow cloning.
The hard links do work even when repository changes, at least for a time, because git adds new objects to new files, and never modifies existing files. However, it does occasionally repack the object database for efficiency, and I don't see how the hard links could be preserved then.
If you choose shallow cloning, you can create the clone with git clone --single-branch --depth 1 file://old_repo_dir options. I find it annoying that --depth 1 means 1 item of history, so you'll get not only the latest commit, but also its parent (or parents if it's a merge). The parent gets the commit message from the original repository, but the commit message lies because the commit in actuality contains the creation of the entire tree.
I prefer to start off with a single commit with a commit message of my choosing that creates the initial tree. This is obtained by first creating a new branch without history in the old repo, and then pulling that branch into the new empty repo. I tested this on a huge repo with a 664MB object database with 673k objects (the Emacs bzr repository converted to git). When the new repo received the pull, it had a 36MB object database with 3477 objects — so the excess content was apparently pruned. Here are the exact steps:
# at the old repo:
git checkout --orphan tmp-snapshot
git commit -m "Initial commit."

# at the new repo location:
git init
git pull OLD_REPO_DIR tmp-snapshot:master

# back at the old repo:
git branch -D tmp-snapshot   # no longer serves a purpose

Now the master branch of the new repo contains a single commit with a tree identical to the tree of the old repo, and without any history.

A: You can clone it and then recreate head commit stripping off parents. Considering your original repo's objects are likely to be in packs, you'd hardlink more than you want to, anyway. And yes, the hard links will stay intact for a while, but once you start doing gc or some such, the effect will likely be gone. You can also use alternates instead of hardlinks.
Look up the docs for git commit-tree to create a commit from the tree, I can't tell you the exact syntax.

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McLaughlin SLO County Jail death case not over yet
By KAREN VELIE
San Luis Obispo County Counsel Rita Neal is claiming the family of a 60-year-old man who died at the county jail accepted a nearly $42,000 settlement, while the family's attorney is saying no such settlement occurred.
Amid allegations of neglect at the county jail, in 2017 Kevin Lee McLaughlin died of a heart attack. He told his jailers he needed to go to the hospital, but his request was denied. Less than an hour later he was found dead.
Dorothy McLaughlin, the decedent's 85-year-old mother, filed a lawsuit against San Luis Obispo County in 2018, alleging negligence that resulted in death.
Recently, the county offered to settle the lawsuit for $41,850, and Dorothy McLaughlin, wanting to avoid the stress of a trial, accepted the offer subject to approval by the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors, according to the settlement agreement.
However, on Oct. 22, before the supervisors voted on the proposed settlement, Dorothy McLaughlin's attorney James McKiernan withdrew his client's acceptance.
"Dorothy McLaughlin will continue on with this grueling court process to see that justice is served for her dead son and others in the county jail whose serious medical complaints are disregarded by jail medical personnel," McKiernan said.
County Counsel Rita Neal
Following the Oct. 22 closed session, in which the settlement agreement was on the agenda, County Counsel Rita Neal said there had been no reportable action. However, later in the day, Neal retracted her earlier statement and said that during closed session the supervisors had voted to approve the settlement offer.
McKiernan, however, said he sent an email prior to the alleged vote rejecting the settlement offer.
"The county's offer to settle the McLaughlin case was rejected by the plaintiffs before it was finally approved by the Board of Supervisors," McKiernan said. "The McLaughlin jail death case has not been settled and will proceed to trial."
McKiernan plans to produce state and federal reports of deficiencies in inmate medical care "in violation of both state and federal law," McKiernan said.
At around 2:30 a.m. on April 15, 2017, McLaughlin complained of pain in his left shoulder, including numbness and tingling, and that it felt like an "elephant was sitting on his chest," according to the coroner's report.
"Dorothy McLaughlin's son complained to jail staff of multiple classic heart attack symptoms (which are noted in his jail medical records) that otherwise would have required him to be rushed to an emergency room code red. But his jailers gave him an aspirin, sent him back to his jail cell where he died 30 minutes later," McKiernan said.
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What do you bet Rita Neal knew the family had withdrawn their approval? Rita Neal has no ethics or integrity, her goal is to hide wrongdoing at all cost and cover for corrupt public officials. If she pushed the letter of the law on behalf of the public, who pay her salary, we would have a much better county.
SLOGROWN
Wow. I didn't know that Kevin had passed away until seeing this article this morning, nor did I know that he passed in the CJ.
I grew up with the McLaughlin kids. They lived up the street and around the corner from our home. Kevin, Kenny, and Keith. Dorothy and her husband Ken owned and operated Kens bicycle shop in the 70's-80's on Monterey St.
The McLaughlin's were a great family. Unreal news about Kevin. RIP Kevin……. God bless you Dorothy and Keith. [Kenny passed away a few years ago].
LameCommenter
Is this the same Rita Neal who advised that the Cheri Aspero/Bruce Gibson written agreement stating they " won't sue the county if our superior/subordinate sexual relationship turns sour" was VALID to protect county taxpayers? You generally cannot sign away your rights against workplace sexual harassment and such agreements are void on their face as contrary to public policy, therefore void from their inception, and easily pierced at trial.
There's a history of bad work by counselor Neal.
AmericaTheFree
I'm tryin', really tryin' to see the connection here…. and I ain't gettin' there!
The topic of the article ain't about work place harassment or in the ins-and-outs (yep, pun intended) of written agreements between two co-workers having consensual sex outside the work place, it has to do with the unjustified death of person in the custody and care of your sheriff's department!
How 'bout bringin' forth something a bit more relevant to the article and shows her, County Counsel Rita Neal's, complete disregard for transparency in cases like these; when Andrew Holland died (something the most of you have shoved underneath your carpet of apathy) her and your Sheriff, Ian Parkinson, denied that Parkinson had any knowledge or communication of that death at the time it was happening, a lie proven by Parkinson's phone records (oh by-the-way, Parkinson also approved the method of torture and murder of Andrew).
This type of behavior should be one of the reasons the bunch of you should be on the City Hall's steps demanding some real frickin' change! Good god! Exercise your rights to free speech, to non-violent assembly, and demand the removal of these types from their offices. You don't? Don't go bitchin' and cryin when this type of shit comes knockin' on your door, and it surely will!
Robert1
Replace Mr. McLaughlin with a black person or a gay person, the county would in no way offer a paltry $42,000, put this before a jury.
So, this is reverse racism? Or just your racist view of the world comin' out?
We know for a fact that those two groups of people often don't find equal justice in our criminal justice system so how can you suggest they would get preferential treatment in the civil courts? It don't add up…(a)
What this is typical of is how the county/city will drag shit like this out to the point that it becomes so emotionally draining on the plaintiff (having to revisit and relive a tragic event time and time again) they are almost assured of these paltry settlements offers being accepted.
(a) https://www.enjuris.com/blog/news/race-gender-injury-settlement/
I'm sorry for your loss Mrs. McLaughlin, I truly am. I also applaud your decision not to take this settlement offer. While no amount of money can replace your son the amount offered here is so egregiously insulting it needed to be rejected. Let your attorney take this in front of a jury, let the evidence be presented to them, open up the counties past like misdeeds to them and then let them decide what is an appropriate settlement.
I have a question to all of those posting here; when is it going to be enough? What is it going to take for y'all to open up your eyes and demand changes? When will you stop with the passive aggressive bullshit and confront this head on? I know most of you here don't give a rats ass about this mans life, or how his loss effects his family, but you do care about your tax dollars being spent every frickin' time this kind unjustified shit happens, right?!!!!
And y'all wonder why no one should trust any cop for any reason anymore? Stop burying your collective heads in the sand and step up, or, shut up!
Neal has got to be the most incompetent county employee. Why she continues to have such an important position defies logic and belief.
I can tell you exactly why this type shit continues; your voice, the people's voice of SLO have been rendered ineffective and mostly by the apathy that most feel about this type of crap. No one actually cares about the death of Mr. McLaughlin, nor the effect is has on his family or the community as a whole, and they've proved it! How? Here's just one example of the apathy I speak of…
"To bad, so sad. Get over it, if YOU screw up, YOU are screwed. Some expect law enforcement to curtsy to the criminals followed by a barrage of etiquette, WRONG! They are the good guys that morph into not nice when their job skills are subjectively required. Life in prison is not allowed to be filmed, being a punching bag is what can be filmed and hopefully a deterrent to prison." – post from "Did Santa Maria police officers assault DUI suspect?" article of 10/21/2019 by CCN
That's the type of attitude the cops rely on so they can continued unabated and unchecked, do you get that?
Every person, every human being, arrested is behind bars both for the protection of the community and for his or hers own protection, that's the law! Every person who is in jail, other than those convicted, should have the right to a presumption of innocence from you, and your community, as it's also the law! Once those two things have been lost to indifference and the attitude of guilty until proven innocent, and they have, this is the type of shit y'all deserve to pay for. It's just too bad it really comes at the expense of those like Mr. McLaughlin and their families.
Easy when your job is covering up and supporting whatever the city manger and council does, regardless of whether it is legal or not. Come on and any time there is real work to be done she farms it to outside people, why not right? After she is successful in making Chief Cantrell's many illegal acts go away following the chief losing her gun Neil will be up for another raise. Of course she has brought in outside help for both Cantrell and the city for representation, as usual.
all ways write
She has nothing to do with Chief Cantfindmygun. She is the county's attorney not the city. But your right as far as anytime there is a problem they farm it out.
I worked for the county for 12 years and have worked with her directly. She is incompetent and fits right in.

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by Martin Kidston (The Missoulian)
Photo credit: Martin Kidston/The Missoulian. Marcel Huijser, a research ecologist with the Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University, discusses the engineering design of a U.S. Highway 93 wildlife underpass with government and mining officials from Mongolia on Monday.
EVARO – The drone of traffic created a constant roar on U.S. Highway 93 early Monday as a delegation of Mongolian government officials joined scientists in climbing an earthen bank spanning the roadway.
Animal tracks left in the mud told them they weren't alone. A few deer had moved over the crossing earlier in the morning. Moose, bobcats and bears weren't far behind.
"With underpasses and overpasses, different species have different preferences for the type of structure they like to use," said Marcel Huijser, a research ecologist at Montana State University, who joined the Wildlife Conservation Society's multiday tour. "This is a long-term vision if grizzly bears are to strengthen their existing small populations, or recolonize areas where they used to be, decades ago."
With funding provided in part by the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Trust for Mutual Understanding, the Wildlife Conservation Society led the team of Mongolian officials, including those in the mining and energy sectors, on a tour of western Montana's wildlife crossings before taking the tour to New Mexico.
Half a world away, copper and gold mining has boomed at Mongolia's Oyu Tolgoi mine, a project so large it's expected to account for more than 30 percent of the nation's gross domestic product when fully operational.
To serve the project – the largest ever undertaken in Mongolia – government officials are planning an expansive transportation network, and they're racing to get ahead of the work.
If they do it right, they agreed Monday, the result might look similar to this network of wildlife crossings along Highway 93, with touches of a similar project along the railroad cutting Abo Canyon in New Mexico.
"We're trying to minimize the impact of mining and other development," said Buya Tulga, representing the Ministry of Environment and Green Development. "It's why we're studying here. We chose Montana because these are good examples of how to (enhance) the wildlife movement alongside the road."
Standing on the overpass with the tracks still soft in the Montana mud, Tulga expressed concern that as development races forward in Mongolia, habitat will be fragmented and the region's endangered species could be lost.
Much of that development is taking place south in the Gobi Desert and Mongolia's eastern steppe. The new Ulaanbaatar-Beijing railway may further bisect the region's prized habitat, jeopardizing the migration of several threatened species.
"Mongolia is facing a very big economic boom, which is mostly associated with mining," said Lkhagvasuren Badamjav, the leading scientist at Mongolia's Institute of Biology. "The development of this mining needs infrastructure development. But we need to build environmentally friendly, wildlife friendly roads."
Touring the stretch of Highway 93 south of Arlee, members of the delegation snapped pictures and scribbled notes, observing the crossings that offer wildlife safe passage under and over the roadway.
Yerjan Khabshai, representing the Ministry of Roads and Transportation, said that while the terrain here is different from the Gobi Desert, the tour has helped showcase what's possible in Mongolia before development begins.
"The biological diversity is different in our country than this area," said Khabshai. "We'll still learn a lot from the overpass and underpasses on this study tour. We have the opportunity to do this type of building at the same time we build our roads – not after. Learning this lesson is very important."
The Mongolian steppe remains one of the largest expanses of grassland in the world. The Gobi Desert, one of the last great wildernesses on the planet, covers 500,000 square miles, reaching across southern Mongolia into China.
It's an enormous landscape, spanning a region nearly four times that of Montana, and it's largely intact. But Mongolia is a developing nation, rich in resources that range from copper to coal. It's also rich in wildlife, with animals found nowhere else on the planet.
Kina Murphy, program manager in Mongolia for the Wildlife Conservation Society, said the vast Gobi Desert and eastern steppe are home to the rare Bactrian camel, the Gobi bear, the Goitered gazelle, the Saiga antelope and Asiatic ass, among others.
Many of the species are considered threatened or critically endangered. If development takes place with no mind to habitat, some fear, the species could be lost forever.
But Murphy believes that nation's competing interests have a rare opportunity to come together and mitigate the impacts of development before they arise. The fact that members of the delegation have traveled together, landing halfway around the world to study Montana's crossings, shows the sincerity of their efforts.
In fact, Murphy added, representatives from the Oyu Tolgoi mine joined the Ministry of Environment and Green Development in helping to fund the trip. The Trust for Mutual Understanding serves as a partnership that unites U.S. and world scientists.
"They're here in a relaxed environment talking about how to put these crossings in before the problems arise," said Murphy. "Our goal is to equip the ministries and private sectors of Mongolia with the capacity to make informed decisions about what they can do to mitigate the impacts of mining and other industries."
Reporter Martin Kidston can be reached at 523-5260, or at martin.kidston@missoulian.com.


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Sondre Nordstad Moen gets ready to attack the European one hour record
© Getty Images | Norway's Sondre Nordstad Moen headlines the Gdynia Half Marathon on Sunday
7th July 2020 01:50
Norway's Sondre Nordstad Moen will continue taking aim at Europe's distance running records when he attacks the long-standing continental one hour mark on home soil in Kristiansand in exactly one month's time on Friday 7 August.
Moen's target is the distance of 20,944m set by the Dutch runner Jos Hermens back in 1976, almost 15 years before Moen was born. It has stood the test of time and is the second oldest official European athletics record.
"I went close to it en route to breaking the European 25,000m record in Oslo last month, I was 241m short when 60 minutes were up. If I am honest, it's a bit more meaningful to me than the 25,000m so I'm very motivated," commented Moen.
"I'm going to talk to my coach Renato Canova but it's possible we might modify my tactics a little for this race. However, I will have pacemakers for the first 10-12 kilometres and hopefully they can take me a bit further.
"Then comes the hard part. I know I will probably be running for about 20-25 minutes on my own. It will be tough but Hermens set the record without pacemakers."
Despite coming down from altitude for his races, Moen has been putting in the kilometres at around 1800 metres and training around Juvasshytta, just a few kilometres from the ascent to the highest mountain in northern European, Galdhopiggen.
"I've been here for just under a month already and I'll be here for another month, until just after the record attempt," added the 29-year-old former European marathon record-holder.
Moen was the first European to run under two hours six minutes for the classic distance when he won the 2017 Fukuoka Marathon in Japan in 2:05:48.
"I was aiming for the London Marathon in April but when that race got cancelled and overseas travel became complicated because of the COVID-19 situation, I started looking for other targets."
"Training where I am at the moment is different to when I am at altitude in Kenya or Sestriere (in the Italian Alps) but it is still very enjoyable in so many ways. When I'm out running, I can turn around and see a glacier (the Styggebreen glacier). However, it can get colder than you might imagine. A few days ago, the temperatures went down to minus two or three (degrees Celsius)," joked Moen.
Moen has an affinity for the Kristiansand Stadium where he will attempt the one hour record. At the same venue in August 2019, he broke the Norwegian 10,000m record with a time of 27:24.78, the third fastest time by a European last year.


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N.S. legislature increases Black, female presence, still has no Indigenous member
By Michael TuttonThe Canadian Press
Thu., Aug. 19, 2021timer3 min. read
HALIFAX - The representation of Black and female members has risen notably in Nova Scotia's legislature following Tuesday's provincial election, but no one who identifies as Indigenous was elected in the vote — or at any point in the province's history.
Four Black people won ridings this week, which is a historic change; before Tuesday, a total of five African Nova Scotians had won seats since the province's first election in 1758.
Suzy Hansen, a newly elected NDP member of the legislature, referred to the change in Black and female representation as "wonderful, compared to what we had before."
The day after she won her riding of Halifax Needham, the 42-year-old politician stood at the police barricades of a chaotic demonstration against the city's decision to tear down shelters for the homeless. She said her presence as a Black woman was a visible reminder of her community's experience.
"We know what it's like to be pushed out of our homes, when you recall what happened in Africville," she said, referring to a Black community in Halifax where residents were evicted from 1964 to 1970 in the name of urban renewal.
Ali Duale, the new Liberal member for Halifax Armdale, said he felt inspired to run by party leader Iain Rankin during their encounter at a vigil in June after a Muslim family was struck down and killed by a vehicle in London, Ont.
"(Rankin) said 'If you want to see change, the best way is to put your name on the ballot,' and that touched my heart," said Duale, who fled Somalia in the 1990s and is a practising Muslim.
Twenty women were elected in Tuesday's vote, representing 36 per cent of the 55 members. That's compared to the 15 women who were in the former 51-seat legislature, representing 29 per cent of all members.
"It's not 50 per cent of the total, but it's climbing with each election and hopefully we'll get there eventually," said Sarah Dobson, a lawyer who co-authored "On our shoulders: the women who paved the way in Nova Scotia politics" with political science student Grace Evans.
For Indigenous candidates, however, the Nova Scotia election result did not produce gains in representation.
Records at the legislative library indicate no elected member has identified as Indigenous in the history of provincial elections, according to David McDonald, the legislative librarian.
Nadine Bernard, a Liberal candidate in the Cape Breton riding of Victoria-The Lakes, said Thursday she believes her candidacy as an Indigenous person made a difference, as it introduced her community to the normalcy of having a Mi'kmaq person run for office.
But she said significant obstacles remain.
Over a century of Indigenous bands dealing directly with federal governments has led to less involvement with provincial politics, despite the crucial role it plays in everyday Mi'kmaq lives, Bernard said.
"I'm disappointed and I'm saddened there still won't be a voice where decisions and polices that will impact our people will be made," Bernard said in an interview. "We'll be voiceless (in the legislature) once again."
Bernard said creating some form of riding or guaranteed representation for the Mi'kmaq should be considered, adding that the political parties should continue efforts to seek out and encourage Indigenous candidates.
The 2021 election included four so-called protected ridings, one for the Black community in the Preston area and three ridings with large Acadian populations.
In addition, all of the major parties say they have increased efforts to recruit candidates from diverse backgrounds, either though education of riding executives or — in the case of the NDP — a requirement that local party officials provide "comprehensive evidence" of having approached a diverse group of people.
The Progressive Conservatives, who won a majority mandate on Tuesday, were unable to elect any of their Black or Indigenous candidates to the legislature.
In a news conference Wednesday, premier-designate Tim Houston said when he became leader of the party three years ago he set up a committee to explore methods to increase the diversity of Tory candidates.
"We attracted the most diverse group of candidates we ever had … I share in their sorrow that we didn't win them all," he said.
"Certainly it's my intention to continue to make sure that every Nova Scotian sees themselves in our government and certainly in the structure of the Progressive Conservative party, and we'll continue to work on that."
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Like the Second Module of Business Writing, this module zeroes in on a practical formula for successful presentations. William establishes this structure, and then breaks down it down into modular elements, so the most complex presentations can be created easily, revised effectively, and delivered confidently. Still, no one-size-fits-all outline, no rigid set of rules, is capable of expressing your own personality and unlocking your own brilliance, and so William goes beyond the basic formula to teach you the secret ingredient to public speaking: creativity.
Your talk has one compelling point.
four hours presenting my whole company.
I don't have one point, I have 500 points.
best practices number eight is that your talk only has one compelling point.
But, how can that be?
Maybe it's true, maybe you are that CFO.
only take in so much information in oral delivery.
Again, you could give your listeners, your audience, a laminate card.
You could do all this and go have a glass of wine on your own time.
denominator that dominates all of those separate points.
You cannot hold 500 points or even ten points as equal.
you have to present that point at the beginning of your talk.
what you want them to walk away with.
whatever they remember and you've lost control of your presentation.
So stop and think about that common denominator.
figure out in your mind which one is the important one.
And let me tell you this.
audience and they get it, then you are done.
Then you've done it, the rest is downhill.
if there's a fire alarm you've delivered your one point and the audience knows it.
For all you care, the talk is over.
And you can comport yourself with that attitude.
is all you have to do.
Now, we can stand back a bit.
And look at the whole introduction.
We can see that it's really a three by three grid.
the place where you introduce yourself and the acknowledgements.
the middle, and the end.
then it tells them why that point is important.
That's the formula for the introduction.


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Cultural References
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by Robert Palmer
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Joni Mitchell's new album "Shadows and Light" (Elektra) is a two-record set, recorded live with a jazz-fusion band that includes the exceptional young guitarist Pat Metheny. Mr. Metheny, who's bound to acquire some new fans as a result of his work with Miss Mitchell, is following her album with a two-record set of his own. It's called "80/81" (ECM), and while it isn't as overtly commercial as his tightly arranged quartet LP "American Garage," it does indicate he's still taking himself seriously as a musician.
In a sense, Mr. Metheny has taken the same sort of chance on "80/81" that Miss Mitchell took when she began working with jazz-oriented musicians for her collaboration with the late Charles Mingus. Both projects represent a broadening of horizons, and both have entailed working without most of the structural props that helped make Miss Mitchell's and Mr. Metheny's earlier music so immediately accessible. Both artists foreshadowed their present departures, Miss Mitchell in the increasingly free flowing, open ended songs on her last few albums, Mr. Metheny on his first ECM album, "Bright Size Life," a more open affair than his subsequent LP's [sic]. But "80/81" and Miss Mitchell's "Mingus" and "Shadows and Light" were fresh, risky undertakings nevertheless.
"Shadows and Light" isn't as risky as it might have been, however. Three of the songs are repeated from "Mingus," Miss Mitchell's previous album, and the jazz-fusion stars who toured with her late last year (Mr. Metheny; the pianist Lyle Mays from his quartet; Michael Brecker on tenor saxophone; Don Alias on drums, and Jaco Pastorius on bass) generally subordinated their egos to the demands of her music.
But by now, Miss Mitchell's musical range is pretty broad, and in fact her eclecticism emerges as the new album's most winning feature. The new performances of her recent songs don't add much to the earlier versions, but there's a sweet remake of Frankie Lymon's 1950's [sic] classic "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" with Mr. Brecker playing some convincingly gritty rock-and-roll saxophone and Mr. Alias imitating the drummer on the Lymon original. Here and on several other numbers, the Persuasions sing vocal backgrounds and blend interestingly with the musicians, several of whom are given relatively extensive solo space.
Mr. Metheny's "80/81" is riskier but more uneven. Dewey Redman and Charlie Haden, the saxophonist and bassist who are celebrated for their work with Ornette Coleman and Keith Jarrett, are in the backing group, along with the formidable drummer Jack DeJohnette and Michael Brecker. It's an interesting but odd grouping, and Mr. Metheny has given the players only the flimsiest structures on which to build their improvisations. "Open," a free-form piece that's essentially a string of solos, tends to ramble, and so do the two "Folk Songs" (one composed by Mr. Metheny, the other by Mr. Haden) that take up the album's first side. But it's interesting to hear Mr. Metheny tackle Ornette Coleman's "Turnaround," and the free-wheeling contexts offered by most of the other pieces suit his playing just fine.
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The Greek word for Easter is Pascha, a Greek pronunciation of the Hebrew word for Passover, Pesah (see also Easter, Origin of the Word). Greeks also call the festival Lambri, meaning "the radiance" or "brightness." This name recalls the fires and lights used in the Resurrection service that commemorates Jesus' rising from the dead (see also Easter Vigil; Easter Fires). In Greece Easter is the most important holiday of the year. Greeks sometimes call it Eorti Eorton, "the festival of festivals."
Most Greeks are members of the Greek Orthodox Church. Orthodoxy is one of the three main branches of the Christian faith. Orthodox Christianity developed in eastern Europe, the Middle East, and north Africa. It split away from Western Christianity, which later divided into Roman Catholicism and Protestantism, about 1,000 years ago. Orthodox and other Eastern Christians follow a slightly different schedule of religious observances than do Western Christians. In addition, they maintain their own distinctive calendar system which causes their Lent and Easter season observances to fall on different dates than those celebrated by Western Christians (see also Easter, Date of).
Christians call the last week of Lent, that is, the seven days that precede Easter, Holy Week. Strictly observant Orthodox Christians fast throughout Lent, refraining from eating meat, fish, eggs, dairy products, olive oil, and alcoholic beverages. Many less observant Orthodox Christians, who do not fast throughout Lent, will observe the fast during Holy Week. Distinctive religious observances take place throughout Holy Week. In addition, Greek families put their homes through a special spring cleaning in preparation for Easter. This cleaning includes giving their homes a fresh coat of whitewash. Other Easter preparations include the purchase of decorated candles, wrapped with ribbons or molded into playful shapes, to carry during the Resurrection service. Godparents buy these candles for their godchildren. For those who would like a more permanent memento of the holiday, jewelry shops sell egg-shaped pendants, made of gold or enamel and marked with the current year.
Greeks and other Orthodox Christians observe the day before Holy Week begins as a religious holiday. Known as Lazarus Saturday, the day commemorates the raising of Lazarus from the dead (John 11:144). Orthodox church services held on that day retell the story of his coming back to life at Jesus'command. Some people refer to this miracle as the "first Easter." Indeed, Lazarus' raising provides Jesus' followers with a preview of the kind of miracle that will occur the following week on Easter Sunday.
Children celebrate Lazarus Saturday by singing folk songs about Lazarus from door to door. Called lazarakia, these songs describe the miracle of his return from the dead. Sometimes the children carry props said to represent Lazarus, such as a picture, doll, or even a staff or rod covered with flowers, ribbons, and cloth. On the island of Crete children display a more abstract emblem representing Lazarus, a cross made of reeds and decorated with lemon blossoms and pretty red flowers. In central Greece girls usually take responsibility for banding together to sing lazarakia. On the island of Cyprus boys do, often acting out the story told in the song. One child, draped with garlands of yellow flowers, lies down and pretends to be Lazarus. When the others call, "Lazarus, come out!" he jumps up from the ground. Songsters refresh themselves with special buns known as lazari. Some bakers form the buns by twisting lumps of dough, as if to represent a man twisted up in a sheet. Others form it into long thin strips, cross the ends, and decorate the resulting loop with a cross made out of currants, a raisin-like dried fruit. According to Greek folklore, a child who rolls one of these buns down a hill stands a good chance of finding a bird's nest where it comes to rest.
Fasting is relaxed on Palm Sunday, the first day of Holy Week, because it commemorates the joyful welcome that Jesus and his followers received as they entered the city of Jerusalem. Church services feature processions recalling that of Jesus and his followers, and worshipers are given small crosses twisted out of palm leaves attached to a sprig of bay or myrtle. Parishioners bring these ornaments, called vayas, home with them and tuck them inside the frame of an icon, a religious image used to focus prayer or worship. Old folk beliefs taught that the vayas protected against disease and other misfortunes. A pregnant woman, touched by a vaya, could expect an easier delivery, and in some places even farm animals were thought to benefit from the protection they bestowed.
Church services on this day recall the woman who anointed Jesus'feet, sometimes identified as Mary Magdalene and sometimes as Mary of Bethany, another of Jesus'friends (John 12:3). Many women who don't normally attend church make an effort to attend this ceremony.
On this day church services include special healing ceremonies in which worshipers are anointed with holy oil, a specially blessed, fragrant oil. As parishioners file out of the church the priest paints a cross on their foreheads, cheeks, chins, palms, and the backs of their hands with a swab dipped in holy oil.
In Greece people dye their Easter eggs red. Several legends illustrate the significance of red Easter eggs to the Greek people. According to one of these tales, as Jesus hung on the cross a woman walked by carrying a basket of eggs. A drop of Jesus' blood fell onto the eggs, staining them all red. This miracle inspired the Greek people to dye all their Easter eggs red, in memory of the Crucifixion (for more on crucifixion, see Cross). Some people add that the red color of the egg represents the blood of the Crucifixion, the egg itself Jesus inside the tomb, and the cracking of the egg Jesus' resurrection and emergence from the tomb. Another old legend popular among the Orthodox credits Mary Magdalene with the invention of red Easter eggs, when an egg she was using to demonstrate the Resurrection to the emperor Tiberius miraculously turned red in her hand. In Greece the red egg has become an extremely popular Easter symbol. Red Easter egg toys for children also appear in shops at Easter time.
Some families take their red eggs to church to be blessed on Maundy Thursday, after which they are known as "evangelized eggs." In some areas old folk traditions called for housewives to dye one egg per family member and one for the Blessed Virgin Mary (see Mary, Blessed Virgin). After the eggs were eaten the shells were collected and buried at the foot of fruit trees in the belief that this would help them to bear more fruit.
Greek tradition recommends that families bake Easter breads and dye their Easter eggs on Maundy Thursday. Because of its strong association with the dyed red eggs, Greeks sometimes call Holy Thursday "Red Thursday." According to one custom, the first egg to emerge from the dye is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Folk tradition suggests that this egg might have the power to work miracles. Often families keep this egg or an Easter egg blessed at the Resurrection service in the ikonostasi, a shelf or niche where the family keeps devotional materials such as icons, incense, blessed palms from Palm Sunday, a Bible, and a cross. The Easter egg and other seasonal items, such as palm crosses, remain throughout the year, until they are disposed of on the following Maundy Thursday.
The morning church service on Maundy Thursday commemorates the Last Supper (for more on the Last Supper, see Maundy Thursday). The Bible tells that Jesus washed the feet of his disciples at the Last Supper, providing them with an example of how to treat others. Some Greek churches offer footwashing ceremonies on Holy Thursday in which the priest washes the feet of twelve men and boys. The people of Patmos stage a play called Niptir, or "Washing," in the town square which reenacts the famous footwashing scene. Some people wash the feet of their elders or other family members on Maundy Thursday, anointing them with scented oils.
The Last Supper is also famous for Jesus' sharing of bread and wine with his disciples, a gesture which the early Christians turned into a ceremony called the Eucharist. Since Maundy Thursday may be seen as the "birthday of the Eucharist," many people honor the day by participating in this ceremony.
Evening church services commemorate the Crucifixion (see also Royal Hours). Twelve Gospel passages, selections from the Bible that tell the story of Jesus'life, are read aloud and hymns are sung, including a long religious song called "The Virgin's Lament." Women and girls may stay up throughout the night, mourning the torture and death of Jesus.
Good Friday is a national holiday in Greece. The day's religious services commemorate the death of Jesus Christ and many of the day's folk customs echo the theme of death. Flags are flown at half-mast, people visit cemeteries, and church bells play funeral knells. In some towns people practice a folk custom called the burning of Judas, in which Jesus' disciple Judas is symbolically punished for having turned Jesus in to the religious authorities. Many devout people drink vinegar or eat foods prepared with vinegar on Good Friday, recalling that when Jesus thirsted on the cross, the guards offered him vinegar to drink (Matthew 27:48, Mark 15:36, Luke 23:36, John 19:29). Others observe a total fast.
On the morning of Good Friday the children and women of Greek parishes gather together to decorate the kouvouklion, a symbolic representation of Jesus' funeral bier. They cover it with flowers or flower petals donated by the people of the parish. In some places young girls sprinkle lemon leaves and rose petals over the bier. Later in the afternoon it will hold the epitaphios, a cloth embroidered with the image of Jesus reposing in death. Afternoon services commemorate the removal of Jesus from the cross. During this service people come forward to kiss and bow before the epitaphios, using it as a devotional tool that allows them to express their feelings about Jesus' death. Sometimes children pass under the epitaphios in the form of a cross in order to receive a blessing from the cloth icon. As people leave the church clergy members offer them a flower from the kouvouklion. People part from each other with the pre-Easter greeting, "Kali anastasi" (good resurrection). The epitaphios remains in front of the church until the evening service. People come in throughout the afternoon to pay respects to the epitaphios in much the same way they would pay respects to the deceased at a funeral.
Evening services, which technically belong to Holy Saturday, commemorate Christ's burial and honor his dominion over death and darkness. This somber service features a candlelight procession, said to represent Jesus' funeral procession. Led by the priest and those who carry the kouvouklion containing the epitaphios, the congregation files out of the church and forms a procession that winds through the city streets, in some towns taking a tour through the cemetery, where the bier is carried over graves. Some families burn incense outside their homes to honor the passing of this procession. In many Greek cities, bands playing funeral marches accompany these sorrowful parades. In the Greek capital, Athens, the head of state and other important politicians participate in these processions. As the congregation returns to the church the bearers station themselves outside the front doors, raising the bier so that people must pass under it to reenter the church. Doing so is thought to confer a blessing. Before passing under the epitaphios worshipers blow out their candles, a gesture that signifies the death of Christ, and clergy members sprinkle rosewater, representing tears, on the congregation.
In Corfu people break crockery on Holy Saturday. The cracking and breaking apart of the pottery represents the opening of the tomb and Jesus' emerging from death to life. People also say that this custom punishes Judas for his betrayal of Christ, since every sharp edge of the broken crockery is thought to cut into him (see also Judas, Burning of). An old folk belief holds that the dead are released from the underworld on this day and permitted to return to earth. For the fifty days between Easter and Pentecost they live within spring flowers and communicate in secret ways with the living.
Many people spend part of the day preparing for the coming Easter feast. They bake breads and cakes, and buy or slaughter a lamb to be eaten at the festive meal on Easter Sunday. Greek custom also calls for visiting cemeteries on this day and for taking gifts of food to the recently bereaved and to the poor.
Morning church services on Holy Saturday commemorate Jesus' Descent into Hell, where he liberated the dead from captivity in the underworld. The mood of this service lightens considerably as it turns to consider the Resurrection. The clergy change their robes from dark to bright colors in the middle of the service, after which the priest scatters flower petals or bay leaves around the church while chanting, "Arise, O God, to the world." The leaves and petals represent Christ's triumph over death. One old Greek custom called for placing wagtails, a bird similar to a warbler, under a pile of bay leaves. When the priest called out, "Arise, O God, to the world," parishioners kicked away the covering of leaves and the birds flew away. The resulting commotion led Greeks to apply the phrase, "Arise, O God," to everyday speech, where it denotes a sudden noise or uproar of some kind.
Easter celebrations begin late at night on Holy Saturday with the Resurrection service, the most well attended church service of the entire year. Everyone who attends the Resurrection service brings a candle or buys one at the church. Some congregations decorate the church for this occasion with twigs of rosemary, signifying remembrance, strings of lights, and Greek flags. One popular tradition encourages people to wear new clothes to this service. Often people wear a single item of new clothing, such as a new pair of shoes. In response to this tradition an old Greek courting custom recommended that men send a new pair of shoes and a candle wrapped in white and pink ribbons to their betrothed at Easter time.
As the hour nears midnight the light inside the church dims until only an oil lamp near the altar continues to glow. At twelve the royal gates that close the altar off from the view of the congregation swing open and a priest emerges from behind the screen of icons holding a lighted candle and declaring, "Come receive the light from the unwaning light and glorify Christ who rose from the dead." He passes his light to a member of the congregation, who in turn passes it on until everyone's candle is lit. Next the priest leads the candle-bearing congregation in a procession around the church, which represents the arrival of the myrrh-bearing women at Jesus' tomb early on Sunday morning (see also Mary Magdalene). The priest proclaims the Resurrection outside the main doors of the church. Then the congregation reenters the building, now ablaze with lights, to conclude the service.
All Greece seems to erupt with noise in celebration of Jesus'midnight rising. Fireworks explode, car horns honk, church bells ring, and foghorns bellow. Amidst this joyful din the people exchange the customary Easter greeting, "Christos Anesti" (Christ is risen), and response, "Alithos Anesti" (Indeed he has risen). They may also kiss each other on the cheek.
Greek tradition also calls for families to bring a number of red eggs to the Resurrection service that they might be blessed. Afterwards the eggs are called "eggs of the Resurrection" or "eggs of the Good Word."
In Greek Orthodox churches the Resurrection service is punctuated with the singing of a joyful hymn strongly associated with Easter, "Christos Anesti" (Christ Is Risen). Red eggs may be distributed to the congregation as they leave the church. At the end of the service some people take their lighted candle home with them and use the flame to light the vigil lamp in front of their icons. Although the Saturday night service constitutes the main religious celebration of Easter, many Orthodox churches also offer an Easter Sunday service, known as the Great Vespers of Agape.
After returning home from the Resurrection service many families break their fast with a special Easter meal. Instead of offering a prayer before sitting down to eat, everyone sings "Christos Anesti" three times. This meal usually includes cheese, Easter eggs, mayeritsa, a lemony soup made from chopped lamb innards, and tsoureki, a sweet, braided Easter bread studded with red eggs. Many follow a tradition that states that the first food to cross one's lips after the long Lenten fast should be an Easter egg. According to this same tradition, the last food one eats before beginning the fast should be an Easter egg (see also Cheese Week).
The meal often begins with an egg-tapping game. In Greece egg tapping constitutes a popular Easter Week pastime. Greek families may place any egg that survives the egg-tapping contest intact in the home ikonostasi. In Greece egg tapping is such a common Easter game that the image of two red eggs knocking against one another appears on many Greek Easter cards. Winning the egg-tapping game is thought to bring good luck for the year. Some players make a wish before testing their egg against an opponent. Greek folklore teaches that the winner's wish will come true.
Activities on Easter Sunday afternoon revolve around the preparation and consumption of a huge Easter feast. A Greek Easter feast nearly always features roast lamb. Traditionalists prepare a whole lamb by roasting it on a spit. Other popular Easter foods include tsoureki, also called lambropsoma, roast chicken, spanikopita, or spinach pie, and dol- mades, stuffed grape leaves. Some villages increase the festivity of the day by sponsoring community Easter barbecues. Many people continue Easter celebrations on Easter Monday and Tuesday.
Greeks call Easter Week, that is, the week following Easter, "Bright Week." Some people continue to offer the Easter greeting and response throughout this week. In Greek Orthodox churches the doors to the sanctuary remain open all week as a sign of Easter joy. The Sunday following Easter is known as Antipascha, a name signifying that the day closes the Pascha, or Easter, festival (see also Low Sunday).
Griffin, Robert H., and Ann H. Shurgin, eds. Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Holidays. Volume 1. Detroit, MI: UXL, 2000. Lord, Priscilla Sawyer, and Daniel J. Foley. Easter the World Over. Philadelphia, PA: Chilton Book Company, 1971. Newall, Venetia. An Egg at Easter. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1971. Rouvelas, Marilyn. A Guide to Greek Traditions and Customs in America. Bethesda, MD: Nea Attiki Press, 1993. Storace, Patricia. Dinner with Persephone. New York: Vintage Books, 1996.


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increased levels of these low-frequency waves in the brains of high school football players after a concussion. Levels declined only after symptoms eased, the researchers observed.
"There's debate right now in the science literature over whether that indicates damage or if it's a healing response to the damage," said lead researcher Elizabeth Davenport, an assistant professor of radiology at University of Texas Southwestern O'Donnell Brain Institute in Dallas. "The jury's out on whether or not it's healing or just a kind of distress signal."
Concussions are a form of brain injury caused by a blow to the head or violent shaking of the head and body.
Davenport suspects delta waves might be a sign of the brain cleaning and repairing itself after such an injury. They might also be a sign of the brain's connecting cells, axons, being torn apart, she said. These two activities might not, however, be mutually exclusive. As the brain heals, delta waves disappear, Davenport noted.
"What we're really hoping for with this is that it becomes a part of the toolkit that doctors have to diagnose concussions," she said. "Right now, they have a lot of neuropsychological testing, which especially, many high schoolers will try and fake their way out of, but this is not something that you can fake or that you can kind of fudge. The machine is going to give you the result that's there."
For the study, Davenport's team collected data on 24 high school athletes, divided into three equal-sized groups. One group included football players who had concussions, including quarterback, cornerback, wide receiver, tight end, safety and linemen positions.
The second group was made up of football players without diagnosed concussions, and the third group was made up of athletes from noncontact sports, including swimming and tennis.
Participants underwent a magnetoencephalograph (MEG) scan before and after their seasons and additional scans if they were diagnosed with a concussion. MEG scans are a kind of noninvasive brain mapping.
Over the season, Davenport's team found that delta waves decreased slightly among athletes who didn't suffer concussions. After a concussion, however, delta waves increased and continued to be seen even in the postseason.
Davenport plans to do more follow-up to see if tracking delta waves after a concussion could lead to a way to determine when it's safe for an athlete to start playing again.
"We are starting that study very soon, where we are going to bring in players, hopefully, as soon as they get a concussion, get them scanned, and then sequentially scan them until their symptoms are resolved," she said.
The researchers are getting closer to a quantitative measure of concussion that will help players understand why it is or is not safe to play, Davenport said. It's hard for players to grasp that right now, she said.
"What we're hoping to do in the future is provide them with a number, something that they can see that shows them, 'OK, I need to sit out for two weeks and then this wave on my brain goes away, and I'm able to return to play safer.'"
Dr. Avy Ronay, director of the pediatric concussion program at Northwell Health in Bay Shore, N.Y., reviewed the findings.
He said the ability to diagnose and quantify concussions is important when treating patients with recent head injuries.
"Unfortunately, the variability of the definition of a concussion and lack of advanced diagnostic methods beyond the conventional ones, such as symptom inventories, standardized assessment of concussions and neuropsychological testing, makes the task above difficult at times," Ronay said.
It will take time and more and larger studies to determine if delta waves can be used to diagnose concussions and predict when the injury has healed, he said.
"It is encouraging to see studies such as this one that strives for new and innovative ways to improve upon our own clinical diagnostic capabilities," Ronay said. "Further research with larger sample sizes and analysis of cost, benefits and access to these technologies is warranted."
The findings were published recently in the journal Brain and Behavior.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more about concussion.
SOURCES: Elizabeth Davenport, PhD, assistant professor, radiology, UT Southwestern O'Donnell Brain Institute, Dallas; Avy Ronay, MD, director, pediatric concussion program, Northwell Health, Bay Shore, N.Y.; Brain and Behavior, Sept. 2, 2022
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WashPIRG
New Analysis: Tiny Number of Wealthy Contributors Match Millions of Small Donors, Will Continue to Set Agenda In Washington
A new analysis of data through Election Day from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and other sources by U.S. PIRG and Demos shows how big outside spenders drowned out small contributions in 2012: just 61 large donors to Super PACs giving on average $4.7 million each matched the $285.1 million in grassroots contributions from more than 1,425,500 small donors to the major party presidential candidates.
In addition, the analysis found that just 132 donors giving at least $1 million were responsible for 60.4% of all the money Super PACs raised in the 2012 cycle. $71.8 million of Super PAC money came from for-profit businesses.
This evidence shows that the first post-Citizens United election afforded corporations and large donors the opportunity to use their wealth to amplify their voices far beyond the volume of the average member of the general public - threatening the basic American principle of political equality - and they took full advantage.
Outside spending organizations reported $1.28 billion in spending to the FEC through the end of Election Day 2012.
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Large Donor Dominance
Almost half of all reported outside spending comes from Super PACs, the independent expenditure-only committees created in the wake of Citizens United. Super PACs continue to receive the bulk of their funds from a small set of wealthy donors and corporations making very large contributions.
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$396 million, or 60.4% of the $656 million raised by Super PACs, came from just 132 donors giving at least $1 million.
Fewer than 2,800 donors giving $10,000 or more were responsible for 98% of this fundraising.
Policy Recommendations:
The only way to stop the flow of unlimited money into our elections and curb the influence of large donors is to overturn the "money equals speech" precedent in the 1976 Buckley v. Valeo decision, either by constitutional amendment or by Supreme Court revision.
Small Donors v. Large Contributors
The two major party presidential nominees have reported raising a combined total of $285.2 million from small donors giving less than $200 according to the Center for Responsive Politics, which came from at least 1,425,500 individuals. Just 61individuals and corporations giving an average of $4.7 million each to Super PACs matched the total contributions of these small donors.
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Because of their wealth and the Supreme Court's equation of money with speech, those very large donors are able to amplify their voices to more than 23,000 times the volume of an average small donor.
Sheldon and Miriam Adelson, have given $52.2 million to Super PACs in the 2012 cycle, which, though a significant sum, is just 0.21% of their net worth. It would take more than 322,000 average American families donating an equivalent share of their wealth ($162) to match the Adelsons' giving alone.
Short of the aforementioned constitutional amendment to allow for the democratic establishment of reasonable contribution and spending limits, there is much to be done to encourage the increased participation of small donors to balance out the big money.
A system of tax credits for small contributions to federal candidates was in place through the mid-eighties and should be restored. Vouchers for small contributions would also significantly increase donor participation among non-wealthy Americans. Matching small contributions with public funds would help candidates focus their campaign time on constituents, rather than big donors.
Business Money to Super PACs
While it is likely that much of the business money coming into the elections was funneled through dark money sources such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which spent at least $36 million on races nationwide, business corporations remain the second largest source of Super PAC money, accounting for $71.8 million, or 11% of all Super PAC funds.
Some of the largest and most active Super PACs receive a significant portion of their funding from businesses: pro-Romney Restore Our Future received 20% of its funds from for-profit corporations.
Polling released in late October revealed that 84 percent of Americans agree that corporate political spending drowns out the voices of average Americans, and 83 percent believe that corporations and corporate CEOs have too much political power and influence.
Corporations do not have the same rights as individual human beings and should not be allowed to spend money from their general treasuries in elections. Allowing a CEO or corporate board to direct funds aggregated from commercial enterprise to support or a candidate or cause fundamentally skews our democratic process and favors the profit imperative above all else. The only way to prevent this entirely is to overturn the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United, either by constitutional amendment or Court revision.
Until we reverse Citizens United, Congress should empower shareholders at corporations to have final say on whether the corporations they own may spend money in elections, thereby creating a minimum system of people-powered checks and balances on business money in politics.
Of the $1.28 billion in outside spending reported to the FEC, nearly one-quarter, or $298.9 million, was "dark money" that cannot be traced back to an original source.
Americans across the political spectrum have long held transparency in campaign funding to be crucial. When citizens can't follow the money voters can't judge the credibility of political communications and corporations and other special interests can fund misleading advertisements without facing accountability.
Congress and the states should enact laws that create transparency and allow Americans to trace every penny spent on elections back to an original source.
The Securities and Exchange Commission should issue a rule requiring publicly traded corporations to disclose their political spending to their shareholders, both direct spending and gifts to politically active trade associations such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, so that at the very least investors know when their money is being used to support causes they oppose.
Last month, new polling found that 76% of Americans support a requirement that companies publicly disclose their contributions to groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that funnel their money into politics.
Doubly-Secret Money
Because of gaps in reporting requirements, spending reported to the FEC is only part of the picture. Groups are not required to report to any public agency certain spending that is intended to influence an election but falls outside of certain time windows before that election.
However, there are a few races where complete spending information is available from private sources. These may give us a sense of the discrepancy between what was reported and what was actually spent by dark money groups. For example, when all types of outside spending on television ads related to the presidential race are taken into account, 37% the spending has come from by "dark money" groups that do not disclose their donors.
To begin to understand the full scope of dark money in elections, Congress must expand the electioneering communications window, which presently only captures spending two months before generals and one month before primaries, to reflect the true length of modern elections.
It is clear that unlimited, corporate, and secret money continues to undermine the principle of 'one person, one vote.'
Never before last Tuesday has big money had such a large profile in a national election, and the voters spoke clearly: we rejected the premise that elections are auctions and that democracy is for sale.
In the cities and states with direct referenda on money in politics, the electorate's stance was clear: Colordans rejected unlimited money in elections with 73% of the vote. Montana, which went overwhelmingly red in the presidential election, passed a resolution shooting down the dual notions that money is speech and corporations are people by a margin of 50 points (75%-25%), proving that this issue bridges partisan divides. Voters in towns all over Massachusetts and in Chicago and San Francisco also passed ballot initiatives pushing back on the avalanche of big, special interest money.
Polling over the last few months confirms the premise that Americans' awareness of the problems associated with corporate and unlimited money in our politics has reached new heights: seven out 10 Americans believe that Super PACs should be illegal and nine out of 10 believe that corporations have too much power in our political process.
Furthermore, many of the winning campaigns facing massive Super PAC and dark money opposition made big money in politics an issue, which turned the tables and transformed big spending into a double-edged sword.
All this could not have been accomplished without heavy media attention on the issue of big money. Unfortunately, some in the media have now begun to embrace the notion that the big money didn't matter, looking for the simplest story of a correlation between cash and victory, which fundamentally misses the point.
This narrative on campaign finance is misguided. Allowing the wealthy few to amplify their voices in the public square threatens the basic American value of political equality for several reasons:
First, a tiny number of wealthy individuals and interests continue to set the agenda in Washington and in state capitals across America. Second, down-ticket races are easier to buy than high-profile presidential and senate contests where there is plenty of media coverage and general awareness of candidates and their positions. Third, large donors and big spenders enjoy preferred access to and influence over winning candidates—giving them another, direct chance to shape the agenda in Washington and state capitals across America, and undermining citizens' confidence in our democracy. Fourth, the threat of massive outside spending is ever-present, shaping candidate behavior and forcing them to spend time on a high-stakes arms race rather than engaging voters or actually governing (in the case of incumbents).
The narrative also puts America in a Catch-22: according to some, if money in politics is really a problem, then the candidates with the most financial backing will always win. But in that scenario, those who rode into office on a wave of money will never vote for reforming the system that elected them. On the other hand, if there is not an unquestionable correlation between victory and outside spending, then maybe we'll have elected legislators willing to tackle reform, but some will argue there is no problem with unlimited money in the first place.
We see it differently: rather than seeing Tuesday's results as an indicator that big money in politics is not a problem, our freshly elected legislators, in particular those who fought back against special interest outside spending should see the results as a mandate for reform.
We hope the figures and policy recommendations in this analysis can provide a roadmap for the changes needed to build a campaign finance system grounded in democratic principles.
This is the fourth release in the PIRG and Demos series of analyses on the role of money in the 2012 elections. Previous reports are available here, here, and here. Today's release shows the overwhelming influence of a tiny number of wealthy donors. The organizations plan to release a comprehensive analysis of 2012 election fundraising and spending in January 2013.
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Emily Chelsea Jewelry
2429 E Gordon St, Philadelphia, PA 19125
@emilychelseajewelry
Meet Emily! The creative and ethically minded jeweler.
Meet Emily! Emily is from central PA. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in jewelry/metals/CADCAM from the Tyler School of Art and Architecture in 2011. Emily is a certified Graduate Gemologist through GIA and has consistantly worked in the jewelry industry. After graduating, Emily and her husband moved to CA for four years during which time she branched out on her own, and in 2015, Emily Chelsea Jewelry was born.
Emily has settled down with her little family in Philadelphia and in 2018 she opened her first shop in Fishtown.
"I was probably a sophomore or a junior in college when I thought of opening my own business. I could never find jewelry that I wanted to wear, so I would just make it, and I started to take on little commission jobs and projects while I was still in school. Even after I got my first job, which at the time I thought was my dream job, I remember asking someone, 'What do you do when you get your dream job at twenty-one?' They replied, 'Find a new dream.' After that is when I set out to create my own business."
Emily grew her business while maintaining full time jobs in both PA and CA. She would work in her studio before work, on her lunch break, and then normally head straight to her studio after work, staying often until 10pm. In 2015 Emily finally felt ready to take it on full time. Though this dream of hers had been in the works for a long time she considers October 2015 the official beginning of Emily Chelsea Jewelry. Her spot in Fishtown now operates as a headquarters as well as a beautiful showroom.
Roses and Thorns
"I love owning a business! It's certainly not for everyone and it has had its ups and downs. I lived without a salary for a couple of years and worked out of a basement, a bedroom, a garage and even a stained glass warehouse! The path was not easy but I was determined. With each step forward, I get the courage to dream even bigger. I enjoy the chase and challenge to my next milestone."
https://www.emilychelsea.com


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At first you might be confused by the world of Adventure Time, but soon you'll be totally in love with the adorable and deceptively mature universe it presents. The show's themes often emphasize the angst and growing pains of adolescence via Finn, a boy coming of age in the post-apocalyptic Kingdom of Ooo. Finn, along with his dog Jake, do exactly as the title suggests and go on adventures, meeting Ice Kings, Lumpy Space Princesses and Vampires along the way. It's as weird and as wonderful as it sounds.
The Regular Show might be a silly cartoon about talking bluejays, raccoons and lollipop-headed men who work at a local park, but it's also a brilliant portrayal of emerging adulthood. Plus it's filled with '70s and '80s movie references that will go straight over your kids' heads. (One episode even included a brilliant homage to cult classic The Warriors.) In other words, there's something for everyone to enjoy. Your kids will love the crazy action sequences and you'll love reminiscing about how awesome laserdiscs once were.
Between maniacal, bunny-ear-wearing Louise, musical-obsessed Gene and boy-crazy Tina, chances are the Belcher kids are as idiosyncratic as yours. But no matter how crazy their antics get while running the family restaurant, the Belchers are always there for each other, even if their support manifests in the oddest of ways, like infiltrating horse conventions or performing in competing school plays. Sweet but never overly sentimental, Bob's Burgers is reminiscent of The Simpsons at its best, a rarity in a TV landscape overrun by mean-spirited Family Guy-esque animation.
Twins Mabel and Dipper Pines find themselves spending the summer with their Great-Uncle (or as they refer to him, "Grunkle") Stan in the mysterious town of Gravity Falls, Oregon, where they help him run The Mystery Shack, a tourist trap billed as "the world's most bizarre museum." Over the course of two seasons, Mabel, Dipper and Grunkle Stan have found themselves in increasingly supernatural situations, and the show shows no signs of slowing down as the paranormal activity that surrounds them continues unabated.
Steven Universe is another fantastical gem of a show, and we mean that almost literally. In this cartoon, the world is protected by a group of warriors known as the Crystal Gems, who draw their power from a stone inherited by a boy named Steven. Steven and the Gems spend their days hanging out and saving the universe. The intriguing premise has grown more sophisticated by the episode, leaving kids and parents alike captivated by the show's unique magic.


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Obama administration non-transparency watch
ST February 18, 2009 President Obama
Like so many other Obama campaign promises, this one's been broken, too (via Memeo):
In his first weeks in office, President Barack Obama shut down his predecessor's system for reviewing regulations, realigned and expanded two key White House policymaking bodies and extended economic sanctions against parties to the conflict in the African nation of Cote D'Ivoire.
Despite the intense scrutiny a president gets just after the inauguration, Obama managed to take all these actions with nary a mention from the White House press corps.
The moves escaped notice because they were never announced by the White House Press Office and were never placed on the White House web site.
They came to light only because the official paperwork was transmitted to the Federal Register, a dense daily compendium of regulatory actions and other formal notices prepared by the National Archives. They were published there several days after the fact.
A Politico review of Federal Register issuances since Obama took office found three executive orders, one presidential memorandum, one presidential notice, and one proclamation that went unannounced by the White House.
Two of Obama's actions on regulatory reform were spotted by bloggers, lobbying groups and trade publications after they emerged in the Federal Register.
There was no apparent rhyme or reason to the omissions. A proclamation Obama issued on February 2 for African-American History Month was e-mailed to the press and posted on the White House web site. But another presidential proclamation the same day for American Heart Month slipped by.
Such notices were routinely released by the White House press office during prior administrations — making their omission all the more unusual given Obama's oft-repeated pledges of openness.
Most of the documents were posted to the White House web site Tuesday night, after Politico inquired about their absence. "It was a simple oversight," a spokesman, Ben LaBolt, said.
Ed Morrissey responds:
Another EO halted review of regulations in federal agencies, pending the installation of a new review process. That seems less controversial, as most administrations have their own regulatory procedures. However, since the EO stopped review altogether, transparency would have called for disclosure of that fact and of the EO itself.
Most Transparent Administration Evah? More like the same old, same old.
Here's more, via the WaPo (h/t: ST reader Neo):
Sen. Charles E. Grassley (Iowa), the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, railed against a provision [in the stimulus bill] that he said would undermine the independence of watchdog agencies within the government. The bill sets up a new panel, the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, which has the authority to request "that an inspector general conduct or refrain from conducting an audit or investigation."
"Any new limitation on the independence of inspectors general is dangerous," Grassley said.
Now that's change you can believe in.
2 Responses to "Obama administration non-transparency watch"
Rovin says:
I think the transparency board needs an oversight committee appointed by an FCC commission that is selected by a nomination process created by the transparency board.
Come on, ST, you've got it all wrong.
This is the most transparent administration ever.
I mean, you and I and almost everyone can see right through him. He's not fooling anyone here except alchemist. You can't get more transparent than that.


I came up with the idea for these felt ombre wreaths by combining my love of felt wreaths (see here, and here) with one of my favorite new trends…ombre!
To create these felt ombre wreaths, I used wool felt purchased from Etsy, as well as two straw wreaths (12″ and 8″). Oh, and lots of hot glue.
Questions? You can refer to my first felt wreath post here, or leave a message in the comments! I'll probably list these in the shop at some point, but I'm loving them too much in my own home at the moment.
Oooh! I love the blue one! Beautiful! A red ombre pattern would be great for Valentine's day….with some of your air-dry clay hearts hanging from it. Hurry up and put the blue wreath in your etsy shop! Heehee!
Oh these are so gorgeous!! I love the colours and everything about them!!
These are so lovely!! I saw them on TT&J. I just love all the leaves! And the ombre is perfect. The teal one is my fave. Looks like I'm going to need to buy more felt from Etsy!!


A set of ankle weights is one of the easiest ways to add a little extra resistance to your next workout. Let Offers.com help you choose; we've put together a list of the best ankle weights on the market, based on star ratings, user reviews, price, adjustability, weight range, and more.
Add a little extra resistance to bodyweight workouts with a set of ankle weights. These small weights wrap around your ankle to strengthen your muscles, prevent injury, and increase balance and flexibility. They range in weight from a quarter pound to 25 pounds.
While using your body weight allows you to get a fully effective workout, you can always take it to the next level by adding a little extra weight and resistance. There are many ways to do this, such as by using dumbbells or resistance bands, but perhaps one of the easiest ways to add a little additional challenge to your next workout, is by using ankle weights. These small weights, which wrap around your ankle, are designed to help strengthen your muscles, prevent injury, and increase balance and flexibility.
Ankle weights are typically covered with some sort of cushioned material to keep you from hurting your ankles, and to allow you to have full range of motion while you're wearing them. They are adjustable, generally by way of Velcro, to fit a variety of sizes, and range in size from one-quarter pound to 25 pounds; some are fixed-weight styles, but many come with adjustable weight bars so you can increase the weight as you grow stronger. Thanks to their adjustable size, you can also wear ankle weights on your wrist to gain the same toning benefits in your upper body. Using ankle weights daily offers a huge benefit both to your lower body and your core. Adding ankle weights for just ten minutes a day is enough to fatigue your muscles and help build your full body strength.
So how do you decide which ankle weights are the right ones for you? Much of this depends on your current fitness level. If you are just starting out with them, opt for a lower weight of one or two pounds, and wear them while you do core exercises such as reverse crunches, leg raises, and bicycle crunches. The added weight provides enough instability to challenge your core as you work. If you plan to use them for leg exercises, most experts recommend starting around five pounds and gradually building up as you grow stronger. You can wear them while doing such exercises as single-leg squats, leg curls, and inner and outer thigh moves.
Make sure the strap of your weights wraps around your ankle about one and a third times to keep them from getting too loose or having long ends that could cause you to trip. If you are using adjustable ankle weights, be sure to put the weight bars or sandbags in the same pocket on each weight band, so that you get evenly distributed weight on both legs.
A good starter set of ankle weights is the line from Da Vinci, which have adjustable Velcro bands, soft, sweat-absorbing cloth, and are available in sizes ranging from one to five pounds to fit any workout routine. They receive high reviews for their comfort level. If you are looking for a set of adjustable ankle weights, try the set from Valeo, which allows you to go from two to 10 pounds in each weight, thanks to five two-pound sandbags that fit into the pockets of the weight.


The Dalai Lama began his annual three-day teaching to over two thousand Tibetan youth from various schools and colleges across the globe at the main hall of Upper Tibetan Children's Village School, Dharamsala, North India on June 4, 2014.
The Dalai Lama asked the Tibetan students present at the teaching to study Tibetan Buddhism as an educational field instead of simply following a blind faith.
Students were given opportunity to ask questions directly to the Dalai Lama, followed by a question and answer session with the Buddhism teacher of different schools.