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FAKE KISS: A couple on the West Bank takes a selfie this week in front of a mural illicitly drawn by street artist Lushsux that depicts President Trump kissing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The mural is on the controversial Israeli barrier separating Israel and the West Bank.
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University of Akron freshman Alex Schwarz tried to skirt his dorm’s ban on carved pumpkins by making his jack-o’-lantern out of a pineapple. But his dorm supervisor tossed it anyway, UPI reported. Schwarz responded by carving several apples into an army of mini jack-o’-lanterns and posting a photo of them on Twitter. He said he won’t quit carving and might try a cantaloupe, bell pepper or head of lettuce next. (AP)
A judge on “The Great British Bake Off,” a TV cooking competition in the U.K., apologized Tuesday after revealing the winner hours before the final episode aired. Prue Leith posted the name of the winner on her Twitter feed while traveling in Bhutan, which is six hours ahead of Britain, thinking fans had already seen the last installment. The show aired at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Britain. Leith, 77, tweeted: “I am ... mortified by my error.” (AP)
With a population of just 700 in the mountains of Japan, the people of Kosugemura are trying to attract residents. To promote the village, they created a mock video-game trailer starring current residents in gory makeup, the Mirror reported Monday. The video shows all stages of the game, from picking characters to action, including a bear attack. When the trailer ends, a voice asks, “Do you want to continue playing in real life?” (EXPRESS)
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THE DISTRICT A virtual cascade of money seemed to fall from the facade of the IRS building Monday night in Washington. The faces of President Trump and Paul Manafort — the president’s former campaign chairman who was indicted on federal charges Monday morning — were swapped in and out in the background. “ Follow the money,” the 15-second video, which was played in a loop, stated in capital letters. “Release Trump’s tax returns.” The protest art is the work of Robin Bell, the go-to anti-Trump projection artist in the nation’s capital. He said he had planned to stage the protest at the IRS even before Manafort was indicted. He teamed with the organizers of the Tax March — the April 15 demonstration where protesters called on the president to release his tax returns — for Monday’s
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projection. When he learned of Manafort’s indictment Monday morning, Bell scrambled to add his face to the video. Bell and his team have also projected anti-Trump protest art onto the Trump International Hotel, the Justice Department, the Newseum and on a Confederate statue near D.C.’s Judiciary Square. “We hadn’t done the IRS yet, and with all this Manafort stuff, the clearest way we are going to
find out stuff is through these records. It all made sense,” Bell said. “It was cool to do this projection last night and tie it together with the news.” Bell uses a truck with a projector in it to pull off the displays. He said he pulled up to IRS on the 100 block of Constitution Avenue NW about 7:30 p.m. and stayed for about 40 minutes. He said no police or security officers asked him to leave. PERRY STEIN (THE WASHINGTON POST)
Starting today, you can try a free sample of meat-free burgers, courtesy of The Economist. The magazine is bringing its food truck to CityCenterDC today, and it will be in different locations around the city until Nov. 12, washingtonian.com reported. The truck will pass out free samples from Beyond Burgers, a plant-based alternative to beef. It’s part of a live content initiative from the magazine to educate potential readers about food waste. The truck has already visited London and San Francisco. (EXPRESS)
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John Walton, the Capitals’ radio play-by-play man, announced via Twitter on Tuesday that he will be going to the Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in February for NBC to do the playby-play broadcast for women’s ice hockey at the Winter Games. Walton, who is in his seventh season with the Capitals, said that “when I heard the word ‘Olympics,’ I almost drove off the road,” about what it was like to get that call from NBC. (TWP)
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VIRGINIA One week from Election Day, Democrat Ralph Northam’s lead had narrowed to five points in the Virginia governor’s race, with Republican Ed Gillespie closing a motivation gap and consolidating support among conservatives and supporters of President Trump, a new Washington PostSchar School poll found. Northam, the state’s lieutenant governor, led among likely voters 49 percent to Gillespie’s 44 percent, a margin that is not statistically significant. The Democrat was up by 13 points in a Post poll earlier this month. Libertarian Cliff Hyra was at 4 percent, enough to play spoiler if the race remains tight through Tuesday. Democrats had at least a slight edge in two down-ballot contests, with incumbent Attorney General Mark Herring, D, holding a 51 percent to 43 percent lead against Republican challenger John Adams. In the lieutenant governor’s race, Democrat Justin Fairfax led Republican Jill Vogel, 49 percent to 43 percent. Vogel would be the first woman to hold the seat, Fairfax the second African-American. The Trump administration’s tumultuous first year has overshadowed the contest, and most
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The latest Washington Post-Schar School poll has Democratic candidate Ralph Northam, left, leading Republican Ed Gillespie by just five points.
likely voters say their opinion of the president is important to their decision for governor. Gillespie has faced criticism for sponsoring ads focused on Confederate monuments and the danger posed by the Latino MS-13 gang, themes that echo Trump’s presidential campaign. Darwin Byrd, who plans to vote for Northam, said he does not like the fact that Gillespie has made Confederate monuments a central issue. “I’ve never seen that come up in any election I’ve ever voted in,” said Byrd, 55, who is African-American. “It seems like we’re drifting more toward the Old South.” But there are only modest signs of backlash in the PostSchar School of Policy and Government poll conducted Oct. 26 through 29 among 1,238
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More than a third of cases investigated by a D.C. police oversight board after complaints were made about officers’ conduct this past year involved officers who did not properly use their body-worn cameras during those incidents, according to a report made public Tuesday. Some officers turned the cameras on too late, others too early, the report from the Office of Police Complaints found. In 13 percent of the cases, at least one officer at a crime scene or incident failed to turn on the camera, though colleagues did. Michael G. Tobin, the director of the Office of Police Complaints, said that part of the noncompliance with the cameras “is unintentional and can be attributed to the time it takes to adapt to any new technology.” (TWP)
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The amount Virginia gubernatorial candidates Ed Gillespie and Ralph Northam raised from Oct. 1 to Oct. 26, according to the Virginia Public Access Project. Republican Gillespie raised $9.7 million while Democrat Northam raised $11 million. The late flood of campaign money is unprecedented in modern Virginia history, according to VPAP. Gillespie and Northam together raised almost twice what the gubernatorial contenders collected in the same period four years ago. (TWP)
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A Virginia lawmaker says he’s working on a bill to decriminalize marijuana. The Virginian-Pilot reported Monday that Senate majority leader Tommy Norment does not support full legalization of the drug. But the Republican said the bill would make possessing it a civil offense subject to a ticket or a fine. His comments followed the release of a State Crime Commission study that said decriminalizing marijuana would prevent more than 10,000 arrests per year in Virginia. The study said police arrested more than 133,000 people on first-offense marijuana charges in the past decade. (AP) CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.
Some charges dismissed after KKK protest in July A Virginia judge has dismissed charges against nine counterprotesters arrested during a Ku Klux Klan rally in Charlottesville. About 50 members of the North Carolina-based Loyal White Knights were met by some 1,000 counterprotesters when the N.C. group came to Charlottesville on July 8 to protest the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. A month later, white nationalists returned and violence erupted. (AP) TRANSPORTATION
Va. unveils extension of I-95 Express Lanes Commuters in Virginia are in store for a measure of relief along the notoriously congested Interstate 95 corridor. The Virginia Department of Transportation is unveiling a two-mile extension of the I-95 Express Lanes this week in Stafford County. Commuters can use those lanes free in carpools of three or more, or they can pay a toll that varies depending on traffic volume. Commuters could use the southbound lanes beginning Tuesday. The northbound lanes open to vehicles this morning. (AP)
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Federal prosecutors say five men have been convicted in a heroin trafficking ring that was protected by a corrupt Baltimore police officer. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a statement Tuesday that the five men were convicted last week of conspiracy to traffic heroin and cocaine. Prosecutors say the ring sold 37 pounds of heroin in Baltimore over seven years. Authorities say a Baltimore police officer provided protection, information and tips to the conspirators to help them avoid law enforcement. Thirty-four-yearold Momodu Gondo pleaded guilty in October to racketeering conspiracy in the case. (AP)
A D.C. police officer who admitted to wearing a T-shirt in public that was printed with what authorities said were inappropriate images has been disciplined, according to Police Chief Peter Newsham. Newsham said two supervisors also were disciplined for knowing about the shirts, which were printed with the name of a police unit, but failing to take action. The shirts had depictions of the Grim Reaper and a pre-Christian style of cross that an advocacy group said has been used as a whitesupremacist symbol. Newsham declined to describe the discipline but said none of the officers had been fired. (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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Stories from federal employees bold enough to expose wrongdoing in government agencies are strikingly similar. They are often “humiliated, marginalized, ostracized, given additional bogus assignments,” said Valerie Riviello, a whistleblower retired from the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Albany, N.Y., as she described her ordeal. At the same time, discipline is “almost unheard of” for the managers who retaliate against whistleblowers, said Tom Devine, legal director for the Government Accountability Project (GAP), an organization that works with whistleblowers. Instead, it is “almost routine that he or she will be rewarded with a bonus or promotion.” That could change under a law President Trump signed last week. For a White House and Congress that often seem intent on undermining federal employee rights and benefits, last week’s enactment of the Dr. Chris Kirkpatrick Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017 was a welcome change. The legislation — approved
unanimously by both chambers of Congress — is designed to stem management retribution by making supervisors face disciplinary measures for their actions. The law is potentially a watershed in Uncle Sam’s approach to whistleblowers. Devine called it “a paradigm shift that may prevent far more retaliation than whistleblowers can stop through lawsuits. By filling the accountability vacuum, the new law replaces virtually guaranteed carrots with the specter of sticks for bureaucratic bullies who harass whistleblowers.” The vacuum stems from what GAP calls the “absence of deterrence against whistleblower retaliation. Currently, agency bullies have nothing to lose and can retaliate with impunity. In the past, when they have not gotten away with it, they almost routinely received a bonus or promotion as a reward for doing the dirty work of harassment.” Not sharing in the unanimous approval Congress demonstrated are the Senior Executives Association (SEA) and the Federal Managers Association (FMA) — organizations representing managers
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and supervisors. In a letter to the House on the day it passed the legislation, SEA President Bill Valdez complained that “specific classes of Federal employees, in this case supervisory employees, are singled out for unique and disparate treatment under the law. The notion of different sets of rules for different groups of citizens is fundamentally un-American.” Gayle M. Petersen, an Agriculture Department whistleblower, is skeptical, though, that the culture will change
with the new policy in place. “Management sets the tone,” Petersen said. “If the leadership … [will] notify staff members of the new bill and send the message that whistleblower retaliation is unacceptable and will no longer be tolerated and follow this up with swift corrective action as an example of their seriousness, then yes, there will be change. “What is the likelihood of this happening? Not much.” Follow Joe Davidson on Twitter @joedavidsonWP
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POLITICS Several GOP senators said Tuesday they will not support any efforts to cut the funding or otherwise curtail special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election. “My basic philosophy is, once you have an independent counsel, you ought to give him a chance to follow the facts,” said Sen. Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala., a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the chairman of the subcommittee that handles the Justice Department’s funding. “If somebody’s doing a job, you don’t want to cut it off.” “I would not support that. He needs to continue to investigate,” said Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. “I would oppose,” said Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. “And so would the American people.” Those voices and others reflect an emerging GOP message for dealing with the Mueller investigation: Stay away from it — and warn President Trump to do the same. “There would be an uprising at the Capitol like never seen before if any kind of interference looked like it was taking place,” said Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. “Regardless of which side of the aisle.” Those reactions came amid evidence that some Republican lawmakers would like to curtail or at least redirect the ongoing
Sen. Bob Corker said trying to interfere with special counsel Robert Mueller, above, would cause “an uprising.”
investigations into Russian interference — including several congressional inquiries. Some Republican senators and House members, for instance, have heeded the president’s call in recent weeks to turn harsher scrutiny against the Democratic Party, launching new inquiries into a uranium deal with Russia that President Obama’s administration approved in 2010. Trump used the uranium deal as a political cudgel against Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail, despite scant evidence she had played a role in the decision. At least three congressional committees are also continuing to look into how the FBI handled Clinton’s email scandal. But even those Republicans don’t want to touch Mueller’s
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Trump calls aide a ‘liar’ President Trump on Tuesday sought to dismiss former foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos by calling him a “liar” and a “low level volunteer.” Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents about how he sought to meet with Russians offering “dirt” on Hillary Clinton in the form of thousands of emails, according to documents. He is now cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller as he investigates possible coordination between Russia and Trump’s campaign. (AP)
funds: “I don’t want to deny the Justice Department or special counsel resources they need,” said Senate Judiciary Committee member John Kennedy, R-La.,
just moments after saying he believed the uranium probes deserved more attention. “Now I don’t want to see them just go hog wild and waste money either. But I don’t want to try to do anything to hurt their effort.” Most Republicans said they don’t believe that Trump will fire Mueller or defund or otherwise upend his investigation. So long as there are no signs that will change, Republican leaders will continue trying to keep their focus on the legislative agenda. “The special counsel has his job to do. The job we have here in the Senate is the investigation being carried out by the intelligence committee,” said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. KAROUN DEMIRJIAN AND SEAN SULLIVAN (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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The amount the Federal Emergency Management Agency is spending each day to address a wide range of disasters, according to FEMA Administrator Brock Long in testimony before a Senate committee Tuesday. FEMA is working with victims of hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria as well as people affected by the wildfires in California and elsewhere. He said about 25 million Americans had been affected by natural disasters in the past 50 days. (AP) Suspect arrested in Japan after police find nine dismembered bodies in coolers at apartment
Lawyers from Facebook, Google and Twitter testified on Capitol Hill on Tuesday about Russian efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, a day after prepared testimony revealed that the reach of Russian-connected disinformation on their platforms was much larger than initially reported. As many as 126 million Facebook users may have seen content produced by Russian operatives, and Twitter said it had discovered 2,752 accounts controlled by Russians. None of the companies sent their top internal security researchers to the hearing, opting instead to send senior company lawyers. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., described the dangers of social media as the “national security challenge of the 21st century,” and senators challenged the companies on their abilities to know who their advertisers are. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., blasted Facebook for failing to discover the Russia online influence campaign sooner, given that many of the ads were paid for in rubles, the Russian currency. “American political ads and Russian money, rubles: How could you not connect those two dots?” he said. Facebook’s general counsel, Colin Stretch, admitted there were “signals we missed.” HAMZA SHABAN, CRAIG TIMBERG AND ELIZABETH DWOSKIN
Libyan militant accused of playing key role in Benghazi attack on his way to U.S. jail
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Give, Volunteer, Advocate: United Way’s Approach to Strengthening the Community
ost teachers could fill a book with the excuses they hear from their students about why they were late or missed school entirely. One day they blame traffic and the next they couldn’t find their backpack. Maybe mom lost her keys or the car wouldn’t start. Sometimes those excuses are a window to a larger issue. Timothy Johnson, vice president of community impact at United Way of the National Capital Area, recalls such a story involving Greg*, a student who was attending one of United Way’s community middle schools. These middle schools are funded through partnerships to provide resources – like food, clothing and school supplies – to the students and their families, who typically have a low income and are oftentimes at poverty level. Greg was arriving late to school and sometimes not even coming in at all. His excuse was a common one – his alarm clock wasn’t working. One of Greg’s community school coordinators thought there was a little more to the story than a faulty alarm clock, so he dug deeper. It turned out that Greg’s household was food insecure, and his mom struggled to provide meals for Greg and his siblings when school wasn’t in session. “So that meant that Greg was coming to school, sometimes on Monday, sometimes throughout the week and maybe sitting in class with an empty stomach,” Johnson says. “If you’re like me, it’s very difficult to focus if you’re hungry. Especially for our kids who are developing, that empty
stomach is really going to serve as an impediment. So not only are you not focused on what’s going on in class, but who wants to have that particular stigma associated with them?”
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In many traditional schools, this issue may not have been identified, much less solved. Maybe a teacher would’ve helped connect the family to a food pantry, but that unfortunately wouldn’t have been enough for Greg’s situation, which went deeper than food insecurity. Luckily for Greg and his family, United Way’s community schools are organized to handle situations like this in an holistic way.
Greg’s mother had monetary challenges that prohibited her from buying school uniforms and even warm winter clothes. United Way’s staff used their local resources to provide the necessary clothing to Greg and his siblings. The last step was to arrange a tutoring schedule to help Greg catch up on his missed school work. “We had a student who was slipping behind, not coming to school and, at the rate that he was going, was probably going
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to experience some great challenges in even just passing,” Johnson says. “Now he was able to not only come to school, pay attention and focus, but was able to keep up with the rest of the class and successfully move on to the next grade.” Gabriela Gonzalez and Cindy Portillo know how important the job of a community school coordinator is. Both women only recently transitioned out of that position into new roles. But when they were community school coordinators in Maryland middle schools, they came across a host of challenges. It was their job to seek out and provide academic and non-academic resources to help students and their families. “One of the things that Cindy and I created was a needs assessment for the families that we serve and the students that we serve,” Gonzalez says. “That gives us a better idea of what the school needs so we can bring that resource to the school.” This involved surveying the community school families about which services they do or don’t have access to, such as food, child care, crisis intervention and professional development. Gonzalez and Portillo then used the results of the assessment to help bring in the resources that the community was lacking. “For the past two years, we have been able to provide Spanish literacy classes to Spanish-speaking parents who do not know how to read and write,” Gonzalez cites as one example. There are also computer literacy classes and a Microsoft Office certification for parents. And this year, they started English classes for the first time as a result of the feedback they received from the needs assessment. All of the classes are free of charge, and child care is provided as well, Gonzalez says.
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u William Wirt Middle School students and teachers were visited by D.C. United player Patrick Mullins and Good Morning Washington anchor Larry Smith, who delivered backpacks filled with school supplies as part of United Way NCA’s “Stuff the Bus” effort. While some programs are created to provide personal and professional development for the parents, others like “Stuff The Bus” are focused on the students, though these programs indirectly support the parents, too. This particular initiative provides backpacks filled with school supplies or nonperishable food and personal care items. Torrance Hucks, volunteer manager at United Way of the National Capital Area, was at a “Stuff The Bus” event in August 2017, where 250 backpacks were given to middle school students. The students were thrilled to have a new backpack and school supplies in time for the school year to start. “You would’ve thought that this was Christmas for them,” he recalls fondly. In Hucks’ role, he’s responsible for volunteer engagement for a variety of United Way events. He also has a personal connection to the mission of his job. Hucks himself experienced a period of homelessness in the Bay Area in 2001 after having been let go by his employer. “It left me devastated,” Hucks says. “I stayed with a friend of mine who was
going to Berkeley, and I wasn’t able to make ends meet and found myself staying in my car for 8 or 9 weeks. When I was homeless, I went to a number of the soup kitchens and different shelters and different organizations in Oakland and San Francisco, and the volunteers there became my family.” Now, more than a decade later, Hucks is exactly where he wants to be, where he feels he is meant to be. “I love, love, love what I do,” he says. “This is truly my passion. I come to work just geared up and ready to serve every single day.” Hucks is involved in a range of initiatives that seek out local volunteers, like Project Homeless Connect, a oneday resource fair for people experiencing homelessness. This initiative provides on-site medical services, housing assessments, employment services and more to participants. Volunteers help with setup, logistics and breakdown, as well as guiding participants and helping them navigate the opportunities that are available at the fair. Just last month, United Way of the National Capital
Area successfully ran its third-annual Project Homeless Connect at the Kennedy Recreation Center in D.C.’s Shaw neighborhood. Volunteering doesn’t have to be a solo act – it can involve the entire family. “There are times when we’ll care for a local school’s garden, and this is when you really see the little ones coming out – 3 and 4 years old,” Hucks says. “They’re coming out to help with gardening and weeding, but they’re also finding out a little bit more about fresh produce.” The kids often return later in the year to witness the literal fruits of their labor, like fresh greens or strawberries growing from the seedlings they planted. The visceral connection that children volunteers experience goes back to the organization’s mission. “‘Give, volunteer, advocate’ is what we like to say is our tagline,” Johnson says. For United Way, it’s all about serving and strengthening the community by any means necessary. *The child’s name was changed to help protect his sensitive situation. Story by Tara Shubbuck United Way of the National Capital Area CFC #31408
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OD. That stands for explosive ordnance disposal, which is essentially the disarming and disposing of bombs. This military profession is undoubtedly one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. Yet every day, thousands of men and women put their lives on the line all over the world as EOD technicians in the Navy, Army, Marines and Air Force. Why do they do it? Each technician carries his or her own personal reason. For EOD Senior Chief Petty Officer Robert Arrowsmith, it’s a selfless reason and one that you just might expect from someone who volunteers to both defend his country and perform the dangerous mission required by this role. “It’s a unique approach to combat,” he says, “because you get to serve in the front lines, but you also serve in a role where you can save lives – directly and indirectly, depending on what type of mission you’re integrated with. Every day I was at war, I knew my life could go away, but honestly, to me, if that’s the way it went, it’s an honorable thing. I know that’s not the case for everybody, but the ability to serve in a combat setting and save lives, I think was one of the biggest draws.” In the current state of warfare, improvised explosive devices have become all too common. They cause the majority of injuries and fatalities to American troops, making the occupation of an EOD technician more important, and risky, than ever before. To honor all of the fallen EOD technicians, the EOD Warrior Foundation (EODWF) maintains and cares for the EOD
The EOD Memorial Wall at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida honors fallen EOD technicians. Donations help fund the maintenance of this important memorial. Memorial Wall at Eglin Air Force Base in the Florida panhandle. “I couldn’t be more honored to maintain the [Memorial Wall] grounds and keep the roses looking their best,” Melissa Tackitt, retired Navy EOD technician and current memorial and events coordinator at EODWF, says. “Those are my brothers and sisters that are on that wall. I feel I owe it to them to keep the EODWF strong so we all keep our promise to ‘never forget.’” Within the same year that an EOD technician is killed, there’s a ceremony held at the Memorial Wall, and the Foundation helps pay to bring in the families of the fallen for the occasion. Arrowsmith describes his experience witnessing the ceremony: “It’s hard to put it into words what the Memorial Ceremony is. It’s very rough to see your friends’ names go on the wall. It’s an emotional
ceremony, and I can only imagine how difficult it is for the families.” Caring for the EOD Memorial is one of the four pillars of the EODWF. The Foundation also provides educational scholarships to EOD family members, hope and wellness resources, and financial assistance in the form of grants. The grants can be applied toward a variety of financial burdens, from child care to bringing a wounded veteran’s family to his or her bedside for support during recovery. In working for the Foundation, Tackitt is able to actively support these pillars and help injured technicians, as well as families of the fallen, get back on their feet. In 2002, Tackitt was an instructor at the EOD school at Eglin Air Force Base, and two of her students – Sara and Jeff* – ended up marrying each other and raising a family together.
“Jeff was what we call a ‘Sky God’ because he loved parachuting and was one of the first in line when it came time for Jump Operations,” she says. A couple years ago, Jeff was involved in a skydiving accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down. “When I received word, I called Sara immediately asking what she would need and to give her some information on how to request assistance from the Foundation,” Tackitt says. Since the accident, the EODWF has assisted the family during both recovery and adaption to Jeff’s new situation. It’s support like this that makes the Foundation such a powerful force in the EOD community. “Not everyone comes from money where they can afford the type of assistance that the EOD Warrior Foundation provides,” Arrowsmith says. “We take care of our own.” Arrowsmith is referring to the
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budgetary constraints of the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs. Those departments can’t offer financial assistance for the small luxuries, like a TV that provides distraction or having your siblings at your bedside, that make recovering from an explosive blast a little more manageable and comforting. But the EODWF can, and that’s where donations play the largest role. Monetary assistance helps these wounded warriors and their families recover. Small donations may not seem like much, but the cumulative effect is large, which is just what EOD technicians need after having given up so much of themselves for their country. *The names have been changed to help protect this sensitive situation. Story by Tara Shubbuck EOD Warrior Foundation CFC #37190
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In the small village of Cabracancha nestled in the Andes Mountains of Peru, Viani Estrada listens to her son read a children’s book. Friends and family gather around, relaxing in the shade of their church building after an afternoon meal. He sounds out words in his language, Wanca Quechua, diligently working his way through the story of Noah and the ark. Some of the people, especially those in the older generation, have never been able to read Quechua, and it’s a treat to hear a young person read it to them. Viani nods along word-by-word. “I’m the pastor of our church,” she said. “It used to be that parents would not allow their children to speak Quechua. They’d force them to speak Spanish even though none of them really spoke Spanish very well. Since the arrival of the Wanca New Testament, they’ve valued Wanca much more and have begun reading it as a family.” Viani remembers the beginning. “At first when people saw the New Testament, they said, ‘There’s no way we can use that; it’s too difficult! We don’t know how to read!’ But little by little, I read and taught them from the Wanca New Testament,” she said. “They became more and more comfortable with the idea of reading in their own language, and then they realized, ‘Oh, it
really is easy! It’s written just the way we talk! There’s no problem with it.’” Those who can’t read listen carefully to those who can. Then they recite those passages over and over until they memorize them. “Once they have it memorized, they have it in their hearts, and they know it,” she said. “They’re able to apply it to their own lives.” Before Viani had the New Testament in Wanca Quechua, she tried to preach from the Spanish Bible. It was hard for everyone to understand — even Viani. But with new resources in Wanca, like the New Testament and children’s Bible storybooks, she and her congregation are excited about God’s Word like never before. Idol worship has been another major roadblock for the Wanca Quechua congregation. “But since the arrival of the Wanca New Testament, they’ve discovered that a real God exists — a God who created everything, who created them!” Viani said. Now when they’re sick, they pray to God to heal them, instead of statues of plaster or carved wood. Viani knows that transformation rarely happens in isolation. For God’s Word to reach the Quechua, it has taken a large team and we thank you!
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CFC Supporter Story: My Cause, My Why
anning Pellanda was devasted when he heard the news. His daughter, at 27 years old, had been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. “The best way to describe it is being completely gobsmacked in your head and in your heart,” he says. It wasn’t the first time that Pellanda’s life had been disrupted by disease. “My mother died from breast cancer, which left a huge hole in my heart,” he says. “She went through unbelievable emotional and physical trauma that nobody should have to experience.” Unfortunately, it doesn’t stop there. Just out of college, a friend of his was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. “Her life, full of promise, resulted in no remissions and now [she’s] completely bedridden and dependent upon caregivers,” he says. “I have felt helpless for years because they still haven’t found a cure for MS.” And recently, a close college friend was diagnosed with breast cancer and is currently undergoing chemotherapy. These firsthand experiences motivate Pellanda to support medical research through charitable donations. As a senior policy advisor at Health and Human Services (HHS), Pellanda is able to donate to charities of his choosing through the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). It’s one of the largest workplace giving campaigns in the world, running from October through January. Through the CFC, federal employees are able to choose from thousands of vetted charities to donate to or volunteer their time at. In 2016, Pellanda was a loaned executive for the CFC of the national capital area (meaning he was “loaned” by HHS to work on the CFC). Though he isn’t involved in the same capacity this year, Pellanda says he’s there in spirit and support, as the CFC is a key way for him to support the causes that matter most to him. “Those contributions are needed to do the things that we can’t do, but care deeply about,” he says. “I can’t find a cure for breast cancer or multiple sclerosis or type 1 diabetes, but I can donate through my monthly payroll deduction to help make that happen for the people that I love, and all the others that I don’t even know. It takes teams of brilliant minds to do research, and research cost money. It is what I can do to support the eventual cures and eradication of these debilitating and feared diseases.” We dive a little deeper with Pellanda in this Q&A to learn more about his passion for supporting medical research and the annual CFC.
What keeps you motivated to continue your donations toward medical research? I am motivated by selfishness. What I mean by that is that the people I love that are negatively impacted by diseases that don’t have cures are the people that I don’t want to lose. I don’t want them suffering. I want them to have their lives back and to fulfill all their dreams without any suffering. I am motivated by reading about the medical research that is taking place in the areas of cancer, MS and diabetes, and the commitment of those minds, greater than mine, that are searching for the same things I am. Why do you think it’s important to donate to charitable causes? We never know when we might be faced with a crisis within our community and will need the assistance of a local charity. We
never know what Mother Nature is going to throw at us, or any unexpected situation that impacts our lives. Hopefully that will never happen, but what about those that can’t take care of themselves and need help from a charity? I also let people know that just because I donate through the CFC doesn’t mean I have stopped donating through my church or that I can’t still volunteer my time at a food bank or homeless shelter. People tend to think it is one or the other, but it isn’t. A donation of even just one dollar makes a huge difference. We help ourselves when we help others, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. For those who are new to charitable giving, how would you advise them on which cause or charity to support? If someone isn’t certain where to make their donation,
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I would ask them what they are passionate about – what are their hobbies or concerns – because it is most likely they will find what they are looking for within the CFC charity guide, either locally or somewhere in the world. Even though I don’t live in the town where I was born, I still donate to a charity there, and I do that through my CFC contribution. It doesn’t have to be just local. That is the beauty of the CFC – it is worldwide, and we can help others and ourselves when we donate. Story by Tara Shubbuck
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Over the years, members of the U.S. armed forces stationed in Virginia have generously volunteered to assist the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) in its many Bay restoration activities. Personnel from the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Air Force have volunteered often at CBF’s Virginia Oyster Restoration Center in Gloucester County, Va. There they’ve helped wash and bag oyster shells, make concrete reef balls, unload oyster seed, and spread baby oysters on reefs in the York River. Others have helped construct floating oyster cages for use in CBF’s “oyster gardening” project with civilian volunteers. Thanks to the military’s help, today there are more oysters in the Chesapeake Bay to provide food and shelter for fish and crabs and to clear the water of algae and plankton. (One adult oyster can filter 50 gallons of water a day, helping to improve water clarity needed by important underwater Bay grasses.) CBF’s annual Clean the Bay Day, a massive one-day stream cleanup on the first weekend in June, sometimes draws up to hundreds of military volunteers to help pull litter and debris from Hampton Roads waterways. Event Manager Tanner Council observes that nearby Navy, Army, Air Force and Coast Guard bases typically provide the greatest number of volunteers for the event
– more than any single business or community group. This past June, an estimated 6,000 volunteers across Virginia removed 110,000 pounds of litter and debris along some 450 miles of shoreline. “Clean the Bay Day just would not be as successful without the generous assistance of our partners in the armed services,” Council says. Another Bay cleanup initiative with which the U.S. military is increasingly engaged is the management of polluted runoff, which is the rain and storm water that washes off streets, parking lots, buildings and lawns. This runoff often sweeps dirt, grease, pet waste, fertilizers and other chemicals directly into nearby waterways. Polluted runoff is a growing problem for Chesapeake Bay waters, and reducing it is one of the key goals of the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint, the regional plan to restore the Bay. Like cities, towns, college campuses and other large institutions across the Bay watershed, many federal facilities, including military bases, are required by the EPA and the Commonwealth of Virginia to have five-year storm-water permits that comply with the Clean Water Blueprint. These facilities are now preparing action plans detailing how they will achieve compliance with their permits. Given the number and size of military
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u Guardsmen at the U.S. Coast Guard’s Milford Haven Station in Mathews, Va., help load oyster shells laden with “spat” (baby oysters) for placement on oyster reefs in the nearby Piankatank River. installations in the Bay region, the military’s efforts to manage stormwater could have a significant impact on the health of the Bay and its many creeks and rivers. CBF remains grateful for the military’s ongoing support of Bay restoration, and we look forward to continuing our partnerships in the months and years to come. Story by Christy Everett, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Hampton Roads Director CFC# 11325
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12003 National Kidney Foundation 11409 National Multiple Sclerosis Society 11314 National Ovarian Cancer Coalition 11098 National Parkinson Foundation 10214 National Psoriasis Foundation 11378 National Stroke Association
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From Food Waste to Feeding Thousands
wo topics have made countless headlines in the news over the last year: the record-setting highs of the Dow Jones Industrial Average – like on January 25 when it crossed 20,000 for the first time ever – and the downward trend of the U.S. unemployment rate, which was at 4.2 percent in September. But some numbers aren’t getting as much press. Particularly 12.3 percent. That’s the amount of U.S. households that were food insecure just last year, according to the “Household Food Security in the United States in 2016” report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service. That means that in 2016, 15.6 million American households struggled to provide enough food for each person in the household to maintain healthy eating habits. The reasons are many and sometimes multiple, varying from monetary concerns to a shortage of easily accessible grocery stores. The faces of America’s hungry do not always look the way you would expect; people experience food insecurity for differing reasons. At the Society of St. Andrew, staff and a network of nationwide volunteers work to provide fresh fruit and vegetables to America’s hungry – at no cost. This charity has a unique approach, with a neighbor-helping-neighbor model that is focused on reducing local food waste and distributing that food to community members in need. It all starts with the Society of St. Andrew’s programs – like The Gleaning Network and the Potato & Produce Project – and the generosity of local farmers, who donate their excess
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glean from a Virginia field while a food bank truck waits to be loaded. and unmarketable produce, explains Lynette Johnson, executive director of the Society of St. Andrew. “Local volunteers go into the fields to pick, dig or gather that good food and then take it to local feeding agencies – soup kitchens, shelters and food pantries – where it is often prepared and served or distributed the very same day to people who are struggling to get by, right in the same community or county,” she says. Tens of thousands of people of all ages volunteer with The Gleaning Network each year. Through their efforts, they were able to salvage and distribute
more than 16 million pounds of fresh produce in 2016 alone, which was then donated to those in need and to local food pantries and kitchens at no cost. Contributions from the Potato & Produce Project added another 10.6 million pounds to last year’s total. “We’ve been at this work since 1983, always focused on getting fresh, healthy food from farms to the forks of people in need as quickly as possible,” Johnson says. “[The volunteers’] hard work has put more than 2.2 billion servings of fruits and vegetables on the tables of our hungry neighbors, making ‘struggling to get by’
some of the beautiful heads of broccoli she has just gleaned from a farmer’s field in Georgia. just a little less difficult.” In 2016, the Society of St. Andrew received thousands of pounds of bell peppers that needed to be prepared for a food bank in Florida. They brought the peppers to an AARP convention, where seniors dropped in to donate their time to help bag the peppers. Most people stayed 15 to 20 minutes, but there was one volunteer who worked all morning. This particular volunteer approached the Society of St. Andrew’s Florida regional director, Barbara Sayles, and asked, “Where could I go to get beautiful peppers like this for myself?”
During their conversation, says Johnson, Sayles “learned that this volunteer had a difficult family situation and was really having a tough time making ends meet. In addition to her financial struggles, she lived in a senior tower and regularly had access only to a corner convenience store for purchasing food.” When Sayles offered the woman a bag of peppers to take home, the volunteer was moved to tears. Another volunteer overheard their conversation and approached the woman to discuss her situation. This interaction eventually led to connecting her with a nearby food pantry that she didn’t previously know about. “What I love about this is a volunteer spending her entire morning bagging healthy food for others with no expectation of return – giving for the benefit of others when she herself didn’t always have enough to eat,” Johnson says. “That choice is paying a dividend in her life week after week, as she now receives health-sustaining fresh fruits and vegetables from a pantry.” It was a ripple effect of goodwill that all started with the farmers who donated their crop and the volunteers who rolled up their sleeves to glean the produce for those in need. “This work really demonstrates how one caring person can make a meaningful difference in the lives of others,” Johnson says. “And what energizes me further is knowing this isn’t a one-time thing. It’s a story that plays out in a thousand variations every year – of the connections the Society of St. Andrew is privileged to make.” Story by Tara Shubbuck Society of St. Andrew CFC #12046
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Eric McElvenny Doesn’t Let Anything Hold Him Back
u Eric McElvenny was seriously injured when an IED exploded in Afghanistan taking his right leg. During his months of arduous recovery, his family was by his side thanks to the Fisher House that became their home away from home.
Eric McElvenny jokes he has five legs. Four are prosthetics – each serving a unique purpose – replacing the right leg the retired U.S. Marine captain lost to a landmine in the Middle East. The fifth, he teases, is the left leg he’s had all his life. Eric deployed to Afghanistan’s violent Helmand province in August 2011, and his mission ended the following December 9 when he triggered an Improvised Explosive Device. The bomb claimed his right leg below the knee, damaged tissue on his left leg, shot shrapnel into his arm and caused a jarring concussion. At home in San Diego, Rachel McElvenny struggled to keep calm while awaiting her husband’s return to the United States and news on his condition. The military sent Eric to Naval Medical Center San Diego for treatment. His parents arrived quickly from Pittsburgh, and were always near him thanks to accommodations at the Fisher House next door. “When you’re in that situation, you don’t think, ‘Oh, where are we going to stay? How are we going to get there? Should we rent a car?’ That’s not your mindset,” said Eric’s mother, Susan McElvenny. “You’re just, ‘Get me to the hospital – period.’” Eric said his parents put him at ease. “Every morning
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I looked forward to my dad coming up with coffee,” he remembered. “I think what the Fisher House helped provide was a constant presence.” The McElvennys celebrated Christmas 2011 at Fisher House with a visit from Santa, while his young daughter rode a new scooter. “It’s an experience I will never forget. My daughter was excited that we were together for Christmas. It was extremely memorable,” Eric said. “We put presents around the tree, and Christmas morning was the first time I left my hospital floor. I made a field trip to have Christmas together at the Fisher House. Mom prepared a wonderful home-cooked dinner.” Today, Eric and Rachel are raising three kids. Eric keeps busy with studies in Christian theology. The McElvennys remain grateful for Fisher House’s role in his amazing recovery. “Fisher House did a service for us that we really, really needed but didn’t even know we needed at the time,” Susan said. “When people ask me what charities to donate to, I always recommend the Fisher House.” Story by Marshall Adams for Fisher House CFC# 11453
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For more than 25 years, the Fisher House program has provided “a home away from home” for families of patients receiving medical care at major military and VA medical centers. These homes provide free temporary lodging to military and veterans’ families so they can be close to their loved one during a medical crisis, allowing them to focus on what’s important — the healing process. With your help, we will continue to meet the needs of our military community today, and long into the future. Show your love by making a donation to Fisher House. Fisher House Foundation
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“I am so grateful for all that Habitat has done for my family,” the oldest Ousman daughter expresses, a half-eaten slice of cake on a plate in her hand. Her siblings and cousins run about her frenetically, possibly due to the large amount of cake they consumed. Smiles abound as parents Kedir and Amina are busy meeting the neighbors and welcoming everyone into their newly dedicated home. The home which had not only been rehabilitated by Habitat for Humanity staff and volunteers, but by the new homeowners themselves. Because after all, the Habitat program is not a hand out, but a hand up. Despite the longs hours worked by Kedir, he and his family found themselves rent burdened, in a tight two-bedroom apartment. When an opening for a home at Habitat for Humanity Metro Maryland appeared, they applied and were eventually selected as the new homeowners-to-be. In order to secure the
home with its affordably priced 30-year mortgage with zero percent interest rate, the family completed 300 “sweat equity” hours. These hours were completed through work on the construction site, in the affiliate office and by attending homeownership workshops. Through their labor and the support of donors and volunteers, the family now enjoys greater self-reliance in a stable home. The Ousman family is just one of many that has been impacted by the work of Habitat for Humanity Metro Maryland (HFHMM). An affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, the organization serves Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties in Maryland. Since being established in 1982, almost 100 homes have been dedicated to hardworking, low-income families. The affiliate is also approaching its 400th completed project at the end of this year. Thanks to the repairs and weatherization program, these projects serve many more individuals and families,
allowing them to stay in their homes. While Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties are some of the most affluent, fastest growing communities in the nation, thousands of residents are living in poverty. Housing costs have skyrocketed, while income growth in many jobs has remained the same – making the dream of homeownership almost impossible for low-income families. Through HFHMM’s unique homeownership program, the goal is to end the cycle of poverty, empower communities, and show families that with the right tools, they can maintain their own stable community. We have many more deserving families waiting for the funds needed for HFHMM to purchase more land and the materials required to build or rehabilitate additional housing. Helping us build strength, stability and self-reliance can start with you. Designating Habitat for Humanity Metro Maryland as your preferred charity through your employee giving program is
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Building Strength, Stability and Self-reliance Through Shelter
u The Ousman girls cut the ribbon to their new home. a great way to become part of making the dream of homeownership come true for those less fortunate in our community. Will you join Habitat Metro Maryland in our efforts to create a world where everyone has a decent place to live? Story by Whitney Petersen for Habitat for Humanity Metro Maryland CFC# 99371
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Take a close look at that photo. There’s more to it than meets the eye. Yes, it shows a family that was helped by Bread for the City — along with a member of our legal staff — on the day they moved into their new home after years of living in cars and homeless shelters. But the key Ms. Lean is holding did so much more than open an apartment door. That key also opened the door to a better future for the whole Lean family. That’s because Ms. Lean’s permanent home has made it possible for her children to attend the same school two years in a row for the first time ever — leading to stronger connections with their teachers. Having a home to call her own has given Ms. Lean the confidence to start planning a return to college in pursuit of a psychology degree. Your support is especially important right now because the need for services from Bread for the City increases every holiday season. A new year means more parents bring their children to us for required vaccinations, medical checkups and dental care — all things that
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Advancing From Hard Times to a Better Future
u Ms. Lean, her family, and her Bread for the City attorney celebrate the new home that Bread for the City helped secure. many families take for granted, but are unaffordable and unattainable for our clients. As a survivor of abuse and a victim of a string of bad breaks, Ms. Lean struggled being the sole provider for her family. As she puts it: “If people can’t break out of
their daily struggles to afford food and other basics, they can never reach their full potential. No matter how hard I worked, I couldn’t break that cycle on my own. So help from Bread for the City made all the difference — for me and my kids.” Bread for the City helped give Ms. Lean the key to a better future in numerous ways. We provided legal aid to settle a dispute with her landlord, and assisted her in finding an apartment she could afford. We kept Bread for the City’s clothing room open so the family could get coats, jeans, shoes, socks and other items when they outgrew or wore out old clothes. And when Ms. Lean’s paychecks couldn’t be stretched far enough to feed her children, we made healthy groceries available from our food pantry. Without Bread for the City, Ms. Lean and her children might still be struggling with the obstacles of their old life. It is distressing when any of our neighbors face hard times all alone. It’s particularly distressing when children suffer. Ms. Lean knows full well that donations to Bread for the City can make a life-changing difference. “Bread for the City supporters do more than just help people like me,” she says. “They empower us to help ourselves.” Story by Bread for the City CFC# 61733
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olunteer work is not always glamorous. Some days you’re serving freshly cooked meals to those in need, but others you may be stuffing and sealing envelopes. The gratification comes from the aid you’re providing, not necessarily the specific job you are doing to achieve it. Make-A-Wish® Foundation of America volunteers can play a large role in making dreams become a reality for kids and teenagers who have a lifethreatening medical condition. This is called “wish granting.” Staff and volunteers work with Wish Kids to determine what they wish for most – whether it’s meeting a movie star, having a superhero party or being a runway model for a day – and then help to make that wish come true for the child. Cathy Scott, a contract specialist at the Federal Bureau of Prisons, joined the Make-AWish® Mid-Atlantic chapter as a volunteer back in October 2010 and has assisted in making 29 wishes come true since joining. She recalls her first wishgranting experience fondly. It was for a 4-year-old girl whose wish was to swim with dolphins. “What struck me most and keeps me volunteering is the impact the wish has on not only the Wish Child but the whole family,” she says. “In this family, the dad worked three jobs to make ends meet while mom stayed in the hospital, and the sibling stayed with a nanny or other relatives. When we presented the tickets and itinerary to the Dad, he cried. He said he could not get over total strangers giving this vacation to his family.” Make-A-Wish® covers all the expenses for the Wish Kid and their family to relieve them of
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experience – that motivates Scott to continue volunteering with Make-A-Wish®. On the other side of the country, JD Kristenson balances being a Make-AWish® volunteer with his fulltime job as the commanding officer of a San Diego-based U.S. Navy warship. “Military service can make it tough to commit to any organization because of frequent deployments and
relocations,” he says. With its national reach, Make-A-Wish® ended up being a perfect fit for Kristenson. His participation with Make-AWish® has run the gamut since he joined in October 2014, from public speaking to greeting Wish Kids and their families at the airport to his newest endeavor of mentoring newly trained wish granters. Of all his roles, helping to grant wishes for kids has been the most gratifying. Like Scott, Kristenson is fueled by the personal interactions and connections that he makes through helping to grant wishes. Case in point, he recalls a recent wish-granting experience for two sisters who both wanted to go on a shopping spree. “I was in the back of the van with her younger brother who was accompanying us on the wish,” Kristenson says. “He turned to me and said ‘This is the best day of my life!’ The next day, we were back there again granting his other sister’s wish, and he said to me, ‘Now this is the best day of my life!’ Responses like that from the Wish Kids and their family make it all worthwhile.” Story by Tara Shubbuck Make-A-Wish® Foundation of America CFC #11375
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“My grandma has dementia. She can’t read or play with us like she used to. It makes me sad. I want the scientists and doctors to figure out how to stop this disease and give the cure to my grandma so we can have fun together again.” – Marie, age 9 More than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, the nation’s sixth leading cause of death and the only top 10 cause that cannot be prevented, cured or even slowed. One in three seniors dies with Alzheimer’s or another dementia. “At the age of 53, my husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. My children were 8, 12 and 20. I became the decision maker, breadwinner and caregiver. Our hopes and dreams for the future were no longer applicable.” – Sarah More than 15 million Americans – mostly family members and friends – provide
unpaid care for people with Alzheimer’s or other dementias. Nearly two-thirds of caregivers are women. Approximately one quarter are “sandwich generation” caregivers – caring for both someone with the disease and a child or grandchild. “My mother passed away from younger-onset Alzheimer’s. Despite retirement pensions, private and federal government health coverage, and three children contributing both financially and emotionally, my parents had to declare bankruptcy due to mounting medical bills. It’s a disease that impacts the entire family economically, physically and emotionally.” – Shannon Dementia is one of the costliest conditions to society. Total annual payments for health care, long-term care and hospice care for people with Alzheimer’s or other dementias are projected to increase from $259 billion in 2017 to more than $1.1 trillion in 2050.
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The End of Alzheimer’s Starts With You This dramatic rise includes more than four-fold increases both in government spending under Medicare and Medicaid and in out-of-pocket spending. “My father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s soon after my son was born. When you have a parent with this disease, you can’t help but think, ‘Am I next?’ Then, you look at your children and think, ‘What about them? Will we find a cure in time for them?’” – Stan The Alzheimer’s Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer’s care, support and research. Our free resources include a 24/7 Helpline, in-person and webbased education programs and support groups, and comprehensive online tools. As the largest nonprofit funder of Alzheimer’s research, the Association is committed to accelerating the global progress of new treatments, preventions and ultimately, a cure.
u In 2016, 15.9 million family and friends provided 18.2 billion hours of unpaid assistance to those with Alzheimer’s and other dementias, a contribution to the nation valued at $230.1 billion. But we can’t do it without you. Please designate CFC #49577 or United Way #8056 and help move us closer to our vision of a world without Alzheimer’s®. Learn more at alz.org or call 800-272-3900. Story by The Alzheimer’s Association CFC# 49577
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rom Africa to Asia and Latin America to the Pacific, the missionaries of Operation Mobilization are spreading their message of hope and salvation through Christianity. No corner of the world is too remote. Operation Mobilization (OM) began modestly enough. In 1957, founder George Verwer visited Mexico with two friends, giving out Christian literature to locals. Their continued success in Mexico over the next couple summers encouraged them to travel to Spain in 1960 with the same message and mission. OM grew out of those early mission trips and has now reached more than 110 countries through the work of 6,800 staff and volunteers. Today, their work extends beyond distributing literature. They take an holistic approach to strengthening the communities they visit. “There are organizations that do a great job of evangelizing and sharing the gospel, and others that do a fantastic job of providing aid, relief and support to those in need,” Chris Fedelem, OM’s vice president of marketing, says. “We feel like as followers of Jesus, we are compelled by his word and commandments to do both; and in practice we see that this approach is most successful at creating lasting, sustainable change.” In the Caribbean, OM is providing disaster relief after the recent devastating hurricanes swept through. In Angola, the churches operated by OM teach a variety of classes for locals, like discipleship, agricultural skills, English language and HIV and AIDS awareness. In Costa Rica, OM provides medical outreach to poverty-stricken areas. Fedelem recalls the story of a woman in El Tejar, Guatemala, named Josefa. After this widow and mother of six visited OM’s Project Rescue, the workers discovered that five of her children didn’t have civil registration papers. “The government doesn’t recognize children not registered with the state,” he explains. “So when a child is kidnapped or lost, it is virtually
u Children participating in Project Rescue are doing their homework. ©OM International. impossible to identify the child – let alone get him or her back – making this an ideal place for traffickers to stalk victims.” The team at Project Rescue determined that Josefa’s 12-year-old daughter was most at risk for assault and abduction. To help empower her to protect herself, they coached the young girl on understanding and dealing with the dangers she faced. On days when she spent time at Project Rescue, they even escorted her home. Project Rescue services the community as a day-care center that also provides valuable training. The team there offers tutoring, mentorship, hygiene instruction and also engages children on a spiritual level, teaching about God through songs and Bible studies. For Josefa, Project Rescue’s crucial assistance didn’t stop there. “The OM team found a local ministry specializing in legal matters and, with its help, all five of her unregistered [children] were officially registered within one month,” Fedelem says. “With papers now in hand, they were finally able to enroll in school, which will help them to break the cycle of poverty.” It’s stories like Josefa’s that exemplify OM’s holistic approach to community building and keep its many dedicated staff, volunteers and donors supporting its worldwide mission. Story by Tara Shubbuck Operation Mobilization CFC #84158
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May 14, 2014, started off like any other day for the Phu family. Everyone was healthy, and the Phu children— Michelle, 18; Tiffany, 13; and Nicholas, 11— all went off to school. As always, Michelle and Tiffany, who both had asthma, made sure they had their asthma quick-relief inhalers with them before they headed out the door. An avid athlete, Tiffany was looking forward to running track during her advanced athletics class that day. Tiffany’s mother, Amy, who happened to have the day off, had even surprised her daughter by coming to school to see her and the rest of the class run their laps around the school building. Amy waved at Tiffany, who saw her mom and smiled back. A few minutes later, Tiffany rounded the corner, out of sight, and walked with a friend to the finish line in front of the school office. Tiffany got the good news that, for the first time, she had beat her own “personal best” time. Then she held her chest and dropped to her knees. Until this moment, all of Tiffany’s previous asthma episodes had been triggered by illnesses. Now she was having her first exercise-induced asthma attack. She grabbed her inhaler and used it several times, but it did not help. Tiffany collapsed. The teacher carried
her into the nurse’s office where they called for help and administered CPR. But it was too late. Within minutes, Tiffany was gone. What had started as a normal day ended in a heartbreaking tragedy. The Phu family supports the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) because of our mission to help people with asthma and allergic diseases through education, advocacy, support and research. You, like the Phu family, can make a difference in the lives of people living with asthma. You can join our efforts to educate people about the best ways to manage their asthma. Tragically, nearly 10 people die each day from asthma in the United States. Although some asthma deaths can’t be prevented, like Tiffany’s, many are avoidable with proper treatment and care. It’s because of our donors that we’re able to advocate on behalf of patients and put valuable education and support resources into the hands of more people managing asthma. Your gift will help a frightened mom dealing with her baby’s new asthma diagnosis. Your gift will help train school nurses and respiratory therapists on
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lmost 25 years ago, the International Rescue Committee brought Mirela Bruk to the United States as a refugee from war-torn Bosnia and Herzegovina, where a civil war had made it dangerous to stay in the country. Within a few years, Bruk started work as an international broadcaster at the Voice of America – a job she says she wouldn’t have gotten without her undergraduate degree. “I viewed it as highly meaningful work for a good cause where my skills, knowledge and language expertise could reach full potential,” she says. In 2010, Bruk completed her master’s degree at American University’s School of International Service in Washington, D.C.
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Your charitable cause is education. Why have you chosen to give to that cause? Education is a tool for success, but not necessarily available to everyone. I want to make it available at least to some, so they can improve their lives, their family’s lives and the lives of others as well, locally and internationally. What keeps you motivated to continue donating? I view motivation as an engine to change yourself and then the world around you in a positive way. Being educated means you enlighten yourself with knowledge that enables you to better understand others in a diverse environment. Education gives you tools to be compassionate, more understanding and a better person. Education gives you power to be collaborative, work with others and apply your knowledge in a way that will help society and people in need. How did you get involved with the CFC? I got involved with the CFC during my first years at work, and I immediately loved the concept. It’s easy to select a desired
She undoubtedly recognizes the importance of education and how it helped her get to where she is today: a regional strategic analyst at the Broadcasting Board of Governors. That’s why Bruk has continually supported charitable organizations through the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) that focus on education. “If I did not have a proper education, I would not be where I stand right now,” she says. “Helping others opens doors and provides an opportunity to those who would like to contribute to their community but just do not have the means to do it.” Bruk shares her motivation behind her continuous support of education-focused charities and how others can select a cause to support through the CFC.
cause and whom you want to donate to. The ease of payroll deduction just worked for me in a way that I knew money continuously supports the cause I decided to support. What advice would you give to someone who isn’t sure which cause to support? If you want to donate but are wondering which cause, just look at the world around you. Do you see a child in need? A homeless person on the street? A sick child on TV? Someone close to you struggling with a disease? Do something about it! You might not understand the impact of your compassion, but those receiving a gift will. Story by Tara Shubbuck
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Picking up a book to learn a complex computer program takes a special gift. But it’s especially difficult for deaf people like Panuwat Manee, the video editor for the Thai Sign Language team. Thai Sign Language is visually dynamic, but reading is static and two-dimensional, says Panuwat. “Spoken Thai and Thai Sign Language are completely different. For the deaf, reading means learning a new form of communication and a new language.” Although reading has always been difficult for Panuwat, a natural gift for technology helped him excel in studying computers and video. Job options are limited for the deaf in Thailand, because employers often prefer to hire hearing people. Once Panuwat graduated from school, he worked doing laundry at a hotel. But God had bigger plans for Panuwat. At his deaf school reunion, Panuwat talked with a woman who invited him to a Christian camp for the deaf. Although Panuwat was Buddhist, he agreed to attend. “After the deaf pastor talked about Jesus’ crucifixion, I asked, ‘Even if you do good works, you can’t go to heaven?’ I wanted to see the passage.’ I saw it, and it was true — that’s what the Bible said.” Feeling deeply convicted, Panuwat accepted Christ.
When the Thai Sign Language team approached Panuwat about joining them as a video editor, he was reluctant to leave his steady job, and unsure he could handle the technical challenges. They encouraged Panuwat, “We think you can do the work. It’s important to help the deaf–you can use the editing and video skills you learned in school.” After much thought and prayer, Panuwat finally agreed. Since then, Panuwat has advanced his editing skills and learned about the unique challenges faced when translating the Bible into sign languages. For example, because sign languages are visual, translators have to find ways to communicate certain story details that the hearing might not consider critical, such as identifying positions in physical space. Creating and organizing new signs is another challenge. For words that occur often in the Bible, like ‘Moses,’ you can make new terms. For uncommon words you can use finger spelling, but this is based on spoken Thai, which doesn’t communicate clearly to the deaf. It’s better to create unique signs that reflect the characteristics of each person, place or idea. With the Apostle Thomas, the translation team created a sign that incorporates the symbol for a question, signifying his doubts. Checking new signs with the deaf
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NYC ‘lone wolf’ attack kills 8 Suspect shot by police after striking bicyclists, pedestrians with truck
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Police say eight people were killed and 11 seriously injured Tuesday after a man drove down a New York bike path.
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NEW YORK CITY A man in a rented pickup truck mowed down pedestrians and bicyclists along a busy bike path near the World Trade Center memorial Tuesday, killing at least eight and injuring 11 others in what the mayor called “a particularly cowardly act of terror.” The driver was shot in the abdomen by police and taken into custody after jumping out of the truck with what turned out to be a fake gun in each hand, officials said. His condition was not immediately released. Two law enforcement officials who were not authorized to discuss the investigation and spoke of condition of anonymity identified the attacker as Sayfullo Saipov, 29. He has a Florida driver’s license but may have been staying in New Jersey. As of Tuesday evening, officials had no other details on his background. The driver barreled along the bike path for the equivalent of about 14 blocks, or around eighttenths of a mile, before slamming into a small yellow school bus. The attack set off panic in the neighborhood, with people screaming in fear and the bike path left strewn with mangled bicycles and bodies that were soon covered with sheets. “I saw a lot of blood over there. A lot of people on the ground,” said Chen Yi, an Uber driver. Police closed off streets across the western edge of Manhattan along the Hudson River and officers rushed into the neighborhood just as people were preparing for Halloween festivities. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called it a “lone wolf” attack and said there was no evidence to suggest it was part of a wider plot. A law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity
A man is put into an ambulance after the attack in Lower Manhattan.
said witnesses told police the attacker yelled, “Allahu Akbar!” — “God is great” in Arabic — as he got out of the truck. Asked about that at a news conference, New York City Police Commissioner James O’Neill replied: “Yeah. He did make a statement when he exited the vehicle.” O’Neill said the statement and the method of attack led police to conclude it was a terrorist act. On Twitter, President Trump
called it “another attack by a very sick and deranged person” and declared, “NOT IN THE U.S.A.” Cities around the globe have been on alert against attacks by extremists in vehicles. The Islamic State has been encouraging its followers to mow down people, and England, France and Germany have all seen deadly vehicle attacks. Police said the vehicle, a rented Home Depot truck, entered the
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bike path at about 3 p.m. on West Street a few blocks from the new World Trade Center and mowed down several people. The truck then turned at Chambers Street, near the trade center site, hitting the school bus and injuring two adults and two children. In addition to those killed, 11 people were seriously injured, police said. A paintball gun and a pellet gun were found at the scene, police said. “This was an act of terror, and a particularly cowardly act of terror aimed at innocent civilians, aimed at people going about their lives who had no idea what was about to hit them,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said. Tom Gay, a school photographer, was on Warren Street and said he saw a slender man in a blue track suit running with a gun and being pursued. He said he heard five or six shots and the man in the track suit fell to the ground, gun still raised in the air. He said a man came over and kicked the gun out of his hand. COLLEEN LONG AND JAKE PEARSON (AP)
HONOLULU Two Hawaii women who say they were lost at sea for five months never activated their emergency beacon and described running into a fearsome storm that meteorologists say didn’t exist, adding to a growing list of inconsistencies that cast doubt on their tale of survival. The women previously said they had radios, satellite phones and GPS, but they didn’t mention the beacon, which communicates with satellites and sends locations to authorities. A Coast Guard interview with Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuiava found they had the device but never turned it on. Appel said Tuesday that in her experience, the beacon should be used only when facing imminent physical danger and death in the next 24 hours. “Our hull was solid, we were floating, we had food, we had water, and we had limited maneuverable capacity,” Appel said. “All those things did not say we are going to die.” The pair left for their trip from Hawaii on May 3, when they said they encountered a storm off Oahu that tossed their vessel with 60 mph winds for three days. But the National Weather Service in Honolulu said no storm systems were in or near Hawaii at that time. Archived NASA satellite images confirm no storms were around the state. Appel expressed surprise Tuesday that there was no record of the storm. She said they received a Coast Guard warning. CALEB JONES (AP)
Iran’s supreme leader restricts range of ballistic missiles manufactured in the country to 1,240 miles
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Facing possible criminal charges at home that could put him behind bars for decades, ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont took his bid for independence from Spain to a highprofile appearance in the Belgian capital Tuesday. He tried to portray his secessionist movement as that of persecuted underdogs who deserve international backing in their fight against Madrid. A Spanish judge, meanwhile, ordered Puigdemont and the rest of his ousted Cabinet to appear for questioning later this week as part of a rebellion probe. Whether they appear or not, the judge is likely to decide by Friday whether to issue arrest warrants. (AP)
A man sought in a carjacking that took the life of a University of Utah student and in the death of a Colorado man was arrested Tuesday after he turned himself in at a Salt Lake City library, police said. Austin Boutain, 24, dodged a manhunt in the foothills near the Utah campus for nearly 15 hours before his arrest in the death of ChenWei Guo, 23. Guo, a student from China, was shot to death Monday during an attempted carjacking and found dead in his car. Police in Golden, Colo., want to question Boutain about the killing of a 63-year-old man whose truck had been driven by Boutain in Utah. The man’s body was found Tuesday. (AP)
NPR is investigating allegations by two women who said the head of its news department made unwanted physical contact with them nearly two decades ago while he was Washington bureau chief of The New York Times. The women, both journalists at the time of the alleged incidents, made the accusations against Michael Oreskes, senior vice president of news and editorial director at NPR. In separate complaints, the women said Oreskes, now 63, abruptly kissed them and stuck his tongue in their mouths while they were speaking with him about working at the newspaper. (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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BEERSHEBA, ISRAEL | History enthusiasts ride Tuesday during a reenactment to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Beersheba on Oct. 31, 1917. Forces of Britain, New Zealand and Australia captured Beersheba from the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
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Coach Jay Gruden insisted his team isn’t out of the race, but his expression said otherwise.
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The bitter truth: Redskins’ injuries can’t be overcome Moments of truth in the NFL come right after games end, when the raw combination of pain and defeat isn’t so easily hidden. The league mandates a 10-minute cooling-off period before reporters enter the locker room, but that’s not enough time to dispense with the emotions that are filtered out a few days later, when the focus has turned to the next game. So it was revealing Sunday when Redskins coach Jay Gruden — normally beholden to the one-game-at-a-time
philosophy — mentioned “tough” upcoming games against the Seahawks, Vikings and Saints after six more of his players were injured in a loss to the Cowboys. The Redskins entered the game with 17 players on their injury report. Gruden wouldn’t concede that the season is slipping away, but the blank look on his face revealed more than sadness over one loss. It exposed foreboding over a 3-4 team that is quickly circling the drain. Kirk Cousins, who’s always optimistic, for once seemed realistic when he talked about an offensive line that was without six of its top seven players by the end of the game.
It wasn’t the quarterback’s words, but his body language that betrayed him. That nervous smile from his rookie year returned as he tried not to blame a line that featured three guys he barely knew, including one — tackle Orlando Franklin — he first met in the pregame locker room. When asked about a vicious hit he took, Cousins voiced his appreciation for a Riddell helmet that kept him safe when his teammates could not. The locker room was quiet and mostly empty, much like it’s been after many losses in the past. But players too banged up to move quickly still lingered. Tackle Trent Williams discussed the chance that he might stop playing with a bruised knee bone and floating kneecap. He knows surgery is likely with six to nine months of rehab. How long can it wait? Williams is week-to-week, but Gruden trailed off when he counted the two, three, four or more weeks he expects the Pro
Bowl lineman to miss. And, like a bad wind out of nowhere, former Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III started tweeting. He wrote that he loved Washington and his past teammates there. He wrote that he’s learned from past mistakes and understands why Gruden picked Cousins over him. It felt like a trial balloon for owner Dan Snyder to consider reconciliation in case, you know, his team needs a quarterback sometime soon. Washington’s 2-2 start proved it was a postseason contender, but injuries have decimated the roster. In the postgame locker room, it seemed like players could feel their playoff hopes fading away. The club won’t get healthy in time to make a difference. Coaches and players know the bitter truth but can’t speak it aloud. Their playoff chances are gone.
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Elliott loses latest appeal to halt ban A federal judge cleared the way Monday night for the NFL to enforce a six-game suspension of Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott over domestic violence allegations. U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla denied the request for a preliminary injunction from players’ union attorneys working for Elliott. Failla put the ruling on hold for 24 hours to give Elliott’s legal team time to appeal, a likely move. It’s the second time a federal ruling has overturned a reprieve that kept Elliott on the field. If the suspension holds, Elliott will be out starting Sunday at home against Kansas City. Serving the ban would make him eligible to return for the final three games, starting Dec. c. 17 at Oakland. (AP)
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Texans linebacker Jadeveon Clowney shared a video to Instagram of himself in an orange prison jumpsuit at a team Halloween party Monday, fueling speculation that his outfit was a dig at owner Bob McNair. Texans players were upset after McNair was quoted by ESPN as saying, “We can’t have the inmates running the prison.” A team spokesperson told the Houston Chronicle on Tuesday that Clowney wasn’t “taking a ‘shot’ at anyone” with the outfit. (EXPRESS)
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Capitals forward Brett Connolly wasn’t at practice Monday, the team’s first after a three-game trip through Western Canada. Connolly was placed in the concussion protocol during a 6-2 loss last Thursday in Vancouver, and it’s unclear if he’ll play Thursday against the visiting Islanders. Connolly, who scored a career-high 15 goals last year, is one of four injured Capitals players. Forward Andre Burakovsky had surgery on his left thumb last week and is expected to miss six to eight weeks. Forward Tyler Graovac has missed the past five games with an upper-body injury. Defenseman Matt Niskanen (left hand) is on long-term injured reserve. (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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400 meter champion tears ACL in charity rugby game South African sprinting champion Wayde van Niekerk will be out six to nine months after injuring his right knee during a celebrity tag rugby game. The reigning Olympic gold medalist and world record holder in the 400 meters tore his ACL and sustained medial and lateral cartilage tears when he slipped and fell during the game in Cape Town, South Africa, on Oct. 7. The 25-year-old was scheduled for reconstructive surgery Tuesday at the Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo. He’ll stay in the United States for two to three weeks before heading to Doha, Qatar, for his rehabilitation. Van Niekerk’s management held back news of the injury because of the athlete’s wedding Sunday. (AP)
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ANALYSIS The Eagles have clearly been the NFC’s top team this season. At 7-1, they have the NFL’s best record. They have established themselves as the conference’s Super Bowl favorite and have a league MVP candidate in secondyear quarterback Carson Wentz. In other years, that would have meant sitting back and watching things play out for the rest of the season. Not this year. Ahead of the NFL’s 4 p.m.
trade deadline Tuesday, Philadelphia acquired Dolphins running back Jay Ajayi for a fourthround pick. The way of the NFL this year, apparently, is to keep bolstering your roster right up until the calendar turns to November. The Eagles already had an effective back in LeGarrette Blount. Now they’ve added Ajayi, 24, who ran for 1,272 yards last season and has 465 yards rushing in seven games this season.
He is not the pass-catcher out of the backfield that the Eagles lost when Darren Sproles suffered season-ending injuries. But Ajayi is very good in pass protection. He was dealt days after Miami coach Adam Gase ripped the effort of his offense. The Eagles still aren’t perfect.
NFL won’t suspend Dolphins LB Kiko Alonso for hit on sliding Joe Flacco that gave Ravens QB a concussion
They lost left tackle Jason Peters to a season-ending knee injury. They lack a true No. 1 wideout. Their defense is excellent against the run but has had issues against the pass this season. But they are a better team at this moment than they were when Tuesday began. MARK MASKE (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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By getting Jay Ajayi for a fourth-round pick, Philadelphia added a proven running back.
Right at the deadline, the Panthers agreed to deal wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin to the Bills for 2018 third- and seventh-round picks. The 49ers on Tuesday acquired their QB of the future by getting Jimmy Garoppolo from the Patriots for a 2018 second-round pick. The Seahawks on Monday acquired Texans offensive tackle Duane Brown — who played his first game of the year Sunday in Seattle after a contract holdout — for cornerback Jeremy Lane, a 2018 fifth-round pick and a 2019 second-round pick.
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Lee Brice, left, and Jerrod Niemann bonded more than 15 years ago when they moved to Nashville.
Palling around Nashville Country artists Lee Brice and Jerrod Niemann are two best friends living their music dreams In the early 2000s, Lee Brice and Jerrod Niemann were among thousands of singer-songwriters in Nashville, and they bonded as they both tried to break through in the industry. Fast forward more than 15 years — Brice and Niemann, both 38, are still best friends and, coincidentally, releasing their fourth studio albums within a month of each other. Niemann dropped “This Ride” in early October, while Brice will release his self-titled record on Friday. Below, the two discuss what it’s like competing with friends in the country music business, recording together and how they’ve evolved musically. EMILY YAHR (THE WASHINGTON POST) Nashville really is a tightknit place. What’s the origin story of your friendship? Lee Brice: We met in the honkytonks — the bars there that we were playing in together. We would run into each other on stage and then have a drink. We kind of knew we were cut from the same cloth even though we were born states apart. What was it like as you were launching your careers at the same time along with close pals Jamey Johnson and Randy Houser? Did it get competitive? LB: Oh, yeah. … But I think it’s a healthy competition. First of all, it made us better. Anytime I was around something that
Jerrod was writing or singing or recording, or Jamey or Randy, I would step up my game. What was it like when you started experiencing success together around the same time? Jerrod Niemann: It’s so crazy because, as [songwriter] Lance Miller puts it, “We were eating out of the same dumpsters when we moved to Nashville.” Then you see one of your friends actually succeed at one portion of our dream … and if he accomplished it, it’s like, “I’m on his team, maybe I can accomplish it, too.” Lee, how do you think Jerrod’s sound has evolved? LB: Jerrod’s always been such
a freak-of-nature genius. Even some of the first stuff he did was ahead of his time. … He can make all this interesting, amazing stuff that blows your mind that has these deep roots for his knowledge and love for traditional country music … and he makes it relevant in today’s music. Jerrod, same question about Lee. JN: Lee writes so many great songs at such a high rate that I don’t think he would have to write another song again for the rest of his life and still have a 30year career. … Lee is able to go in and produce his own record, write his own records, sing on them; he can sing the harmony, mix them together and really do the entire process from scratch. You both released introspective ballads as singles. What was behind those decisions? JN: With “God Made a Woman,” I haven’t released a ballad in five years. I just felt like it was a turning point for me in my life, for a few different reasons. One, being married. Two, being on a new label, I just kind of wanted
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to switch it up. And also, lyrically, it really hit home and there was just a lot of things that made it special for me and my wife. LB: “Boy,” to me, it’s a no brainer. It just feels like it’s going to resonate with so many people in this world. On top of that, it was something I didn’t write, but I loved. I got two boys, and as I was deciding on what [song] to put out, we found out we were pregnant and we were having a little girl. So I figure I better go ahead and put it out before she realizes what’s going on. Why did you decide to sing “A Little More Love” together for Jerrod’s record? LB: I got pitched the song and I knew I loved it, but I wasn’t sure if it was necessarily me on my own. I played it for my wife … and it was like, boom, a light clicked: “I’ve gotta play this for Jerrod.” … He was like, “Dude, it’s awesome, great job, are you going to cut that?” I said, “Let’s just cut it together, let’s just do it and let’s not ask. Let’s ask forgiveness and not permission.”
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NBA superstar and noted country fan Jimmy Butler is the star of Luke Bryan’s new music video, and boy, is it a treat. Butler plays himself, of course, but he is sad because his lady won’t text him back. So he broods and drives his car with angst and plays basketball and broods some more until he comes home to discover her phone — spoiler alert — was broken the whole time. Really. B.C.
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East] solution, and a woman from Israel came up to me at a party and just screamed. I didn’t mean this in a manipulative way, but this woman was so drop-dead gorgeous that when she stopped talking, I go, “You are stunning.” Immediately, she was, “You are so sweet!” People just want to feel loved. All her porcupine needles just went down.
STREAMING Sarah Silverman’s new Hulu series boasts intriguing contradictions, just like the comedian. “I Love You, America” sets the goal of trying to help an at-odds nation find common ground — while gleefully indulging in fart gags. The 10-episode series combines an expansive version of a talk show with field pieces in which Silverman meets Americans outside the EastWest coastal “bubbles.” Here, Silverman discusses her creative approach, bonding on social media and what people are really searching for.
This show seems more like your antidote to the angry political climate than a career move. I keep my overhead very low and it’s given me immense freedom in my creative choices, and what I feel OK to be outspoken about. I can’t imagine not saying something because it might get a conglomerate I’m working with mad. You’ve had insulting messages aimed at you online, but you said that social media has also helped you make unlikely friendships. I have so many examples of that on Twitter — people that I have become friends with out of very
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You may say or do something today that proves rather controversial — but why? You’re only following your instincts and trying to be transparent. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Any attempts to distance yourself from perceived improprieties today are likely to fall short. Instead, why not address them head-on?
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1936: In a speech in Milan, Benito Mussolini describes the alliance between his country and Nazi Germany as an “axis” running between Rome and Berlin.
1950: Two Puerto Rican nationalists in D.C. try to force their way into Blair House — then a temporary presidential residence —in a failed attempt to assassinate President Harry S. Truman. An assailant and a police officer are killed.
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In an interview with Vanity Fair, Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez revealed details of their romance. Lopez made the first move, calling to the former baseball player when she spotted him in Los Angeles. “He was just so talkative,” she said of their first date. “I don’t know if he thought it was a date.” Said Rodriguez, “I didn’t know if it was a date.” She mentioned she was single, and Rodriguez went to the bathroom “to readjust my thoughts.” He sent her a text: “You look sexy AF.” She says that a fire alarm then forced them to evacuate the restaurant. “No, really,” Lopez said. (EXPRESS)
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