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A day later and they could take advantage of Nov. 1 candy sales As of Monday night, more than 400 people had signed the petition in Lexington, Ky., urging county officials to move Halloween trick-or-treating to Oct. 30 this year. Residents are concerned that a University of Kentucky home football game and the Breeders’ Cup will strain the city’s resources, since both are being held Oct. 31. (AP) EMERGENCIES
‘Hello, 911? Help, I’ve been attacked by stoner cliches!’ Police in Ohio say they were called to a house by a man who complained he’d gotten too high smoking marijuana. Austintown Township police on Friday found the man curled in a fetal position on the floor, groaning and surrounded by snacks that included Doritos, Goldfish crackers and Chips Ahoy cookies. The man told officers he couldn’t feel his hands. Officers found marijuana in the man’s car after he gave them his keys. (AP) FAIR ENOUGH
“I want everyone to know that it wasn’t the bear’s fault. He was as scared as I was.” CHASE DELLWO, a Montana bow hunter who survived a grizzly bear mauling by remembering a tip from his grandmother and shoving his arm down the animal’s throat
THOU SHALT NOT: Workers remove a Ten Commandments monument from its base on the grounds of the state Capitol in Oklahoma City Monday night. Oklahoma’s Supreme Court ruled in June that the display violates a state constitutional prohibition on the use of public property. The granite monument was to be transported to a private conservative think tank for storage.
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From the floor to the stage NBA It’s 4 p.m. on a Thursday in July and Martell Webster is imitating Michael Jackson’s dance moves. Directly in front of the stage at Holocene, a former warehouse that’s been converted into a music venue, his “Billie Jean” routine is impossible to miss — he’s the only 6-foot-8 person in the room. The Wizards swingman had spent the afternoon watching acts rehearse before a show for the evening’s public launch of Eyrst Records, a label Webster created last year with Portland hip-hop producer Neill Von Tally. But there’s one performance for which the NBA player is particularly excited: his own. In a few hours, he’ll be rapping in front of a live audience for the first time. “Playing [basketball] in front of 20,000 people every night, the crowd is the easy part,” says Webster, whose mixtape “A.R.T. (Anybody Relates to This)” is due out next year. “The music isn’t.” While the Wizards sharpshooter’s music career is finally public, it’s been a long time in the
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Wizards swingman Martell Webster, right, raps last month to music recorded by Carl “Kokayi” Walker in Hyattsville, Md.
making. The seeds of his passion were sown along a less-than-traditional course — his first concert was James Taylor (“Who woulda thunk?” Webster asks) — and his taste still varies from hip-hop stalwarts like Jay Z, Drake and Lil Wayne to “old school guys” like Twista, Tech N9ne and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to the grunge bands of his native Seattle (Nirvana, Soundgarden). “There’s no musician that I listen to more than the other. I kind of listen to them all the same,”
“This past year was rough. Coming off of back surgery … and having high [personal] expectations, but then me not being able to meet them.” WIZARDS SWINGMAN MARTELL WEBSTER, on his injury-prone 2014-15 season in D.C.
says the 28-year-old. Webster’s confidence in his own artistry stems from a turbulent childhood in which he lost his mother when he was 4, but found stability among surrogate parents and other family members. Perhaps due to his varied musical palette and life experiences, his album doesn’t sound like merely another ballplayer-turnedperformer. He doesn’t rap about bling or excess. Instead, Webster’s lyrics thoughtfully reflect on his life with sharp wordplay. Listening to his songs, you wouldn’t know he was an NBA player, which is probably a good thing since many hoopsters have tried their hand at the music game, some legit and many laughable. But while he can identify success in his other love, basketball, defining success in his burgeoning music career is more difficult. “A 40-point game is something that’s getting statistical, you can see that. Every point of the way, you see it,” he says. “With music, it’s like more of a feel. I couldn’t compare it to a 40-point game. When do you know you have a 40-point game in music if you’re not thinking about what the billboards are saying?” CLINTON YATES (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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Redskins get a pre-game pep talk from special fan Matthew McConaughey isn’t a football coach, but he played one, and the actor and Redskins fan helped inspire Jay Gruden’s players at a charity event the night before their win over the Eagles. On Monday, Gruden was asked whether McConaughey would be making the trip to Atlanta to deliver another speech before Washington’s Week 5 game. “If he wants to come,” Gruden said. (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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Child’s game looks to shed light on sex assaults A George Washington University fraternity is planning the world’s largest game of red light, green light to educate students about sexual assault. The idea is to show students that following the sexual and social cues of their peers is as simple as responding to red and green lights, says Nick Carr, the chapter’s president. The event at GWU is at 4 p.m. Oct. 24. (TWP)
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A woman who flew from Boston to D.C. said staff with United Airlines at Dulles Airport suggested she pump her breast milk in the pet relief area. Liz Meagher Cooper told WFXT-TV after she left the plane Monday, she asked a woman at the counter where she could pump. Cooper said the woman told her she could use the bathroom, which Cooper said was unsanitary. Cooper says the woman then suggested the pet relief area. A spokesman for Dulles says the airport does not have dedicated nursing areas, but is working to develop such lounges. (AP) MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Md. officer helps save life of infant on highway A Montgomery County police officer has helped save the life of a 9-month-old girl on Interstate 270. Officer James Hermon said he was conducting a traffic stop Sunday afternoon when a man ran up to him with an infant, screaming that the baby was not breathing. The baby’s skin appeared to have turned slightly blue. Hermon cradled the girl in his arms and performed CPR. The infant, identified as Kenzlee Mae Cushman of West Virginia, soon regained consciousness and coloring. Emergency responders took the girl to a nearby hospital, where she is recovering. (AP) MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Council gives approval to lawn pesticides bill The Montgomery County Council has approved a measure Tuesday banning the use of pesticides on county-owned and private lawns. The county is one of the few in the nation to have such restrictions. The measure was changed to allow the county’s recreation department to keep using pesticides on playing fields as part of a pest-management program. The measure will affect private property on Jan. 1, 2018. (AP)
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Rain causes large flow in the Potomac Tuesday’s sunny day was a significant change after several unremittingly gray days. Although nothing like what came down in South Carolina this weekend, rain fell in the area Thursday, Friday and Saturday, amounting to almost 2 inches at Reagan National Airport. Much of that water apparently ended up in the Potomac River. River flow at Little Falls, just upstream from Washington, was measured Monday night at a rate of about 11 million gallons a minute. For those keeping score at home, the figure is based on a National Weather Service measurement of about 24,000 cubic feet per second Monday night. It’s a lot of water. At that rate, an Olympic-size swimming pool could be filled in about 3½ seconds. MARTIN WEIL (THE WASHINGTON POST)
Troubled agency says it may need fare hikes to increase its revenue TRANSPORTATION Metro, in an unusual acknowledgment, says breakdowns and other service failures appear to be contributing to a steady, years-long decline in ridership that is causing financial stress for the transit agency and could lead to fare increases. The persistent drop in annual rail ridership since 2010 results not only from economic and lifestyle changes in the region, according to a Metro budget report made public this week. The report cites “preliminary evidence” that “concern by customers over service quality and reliability” also is taking a toll on ridership. The document — prepared as a revenue briefing to be presented to members of Metro’s board Thursday— includes a candid recognition by the agency that subway performance woes have become so chronic that more and more commuters are abandoning the system, which has worsened Metro’s money problems. “Metrorail is struggling to provide reliable service to customers,” the report says. It cites three huge disruptions in the past 10 months, notably the Jan. 12 incident in a Yellow Line tunnel in which smoke from an electrical
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Metro has seen a persistent drop in annual ridership since 2010.
malfunction enveloped a stalled train, sickening scores of passengers, one of whom died of respiratory failure. The report also says rail ontime performance has been “consistently below target, particularly since the opening of the Silver Line” in July 2014. It adds that riders “are experiencing more unpredictable travel times, and must budget more time to reach their destination.” Other factors in the ridership decline include federal job cuts, the popularity of biking and car-sharing, the growth of telecommuting and a reduction in the federal tax benefit for using public transportation, the report says. Those factors have been mentioned in many past budget documents. But rarely has Metro
been so blunt about the impact of its service shortcomings. “I think it’s a very straightforward and honest report,” Board Chairman Mortimer Downey said Tuesday. “When I read it, my observation was, this is much more explicit than ever about performance being part of the revenue problem. And we should be happy to get the report. It’ll help us focus on what we need to do.” Because rail fares account for a major portion of Metro’s annual operating revenue, the agency’s budget managers could include fare increases for subway users (as well as bus riders) in their proposed spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2016. The plan is scheduled to be submitted to the board next month. PAUL DUGGAN (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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Mayor backs merger of Pepco and Exelon THE DISTRICT D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has agreed to back a $6.4-billion takeover of Pepco, the city’s electric utility, by Exelon, a Chicagobased nuclear energy giant, according to people close to the deal. Bowser’s administration initially opposed the merger, which was turned down by the District Public Service Commission in a unanimous decision. And her decision is sure to enrage environmentalists who rejoiced last month when D.C. regulators struck down the merger. Since then, the mayor has been lobbied intensely by both opponents and proponents, including a group of business and civic leaders led by former Mayor Anthony Williams, who supports the deal.
The mayor announced her support at a news conference Tuesday and said the deal will increase investment in the city 5-fold to $78 million. Her endorsement is expected to be critical in an appeal before the District Public Service Commission, which is a final hurdle to a merger that has already won approval from regulators in several states and the federal government. Pepco and Exelon are appealing the D.C. regulator’s decision. Members of Bowser’s administration have been meeting with representatives of Exelon and Pepco to hash out a deal that would include concessions on issues such as renewable energy, rate reduction and job security for Pepco employees. AARON C. DAVIS AND THOMAS HEATH (THE WASHINGTON POST)
Making sense of D.C.’s proposed paid leave bill A majority of the D.C. Council co-introduced a measure Tuesday to make D.C. the most generous place in the country for paid family leave. As introduced, it would allow 16 weeks of paid family leave for most residents. Here are three things to help you know if — and when — you would be eligible: AARON C. DAVIS (THE WASHINGTON POST)
Students rally for gun reform
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How soon could I take paid leave?
Under the proposal, D.C. would offer 100 percent of pay for those making up to $52,000 a year. Employees who earn more would be eligible for $1,000 a week plus 50 percent of their additional income, up to a maximum of $3,000 per week.
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THE DISTRICT | Emma Iannini, 21, from Newtown, Conn., and president of Georgetown Against Gun Violence, speaks Tuesday at a rally on Capitol Hill to call on Congress to vote on sensible gun reform. The rally comes less than a week after the deadly shooting rampage in Oregon that killed nine.
There is no proposed start date for the law. If the council moves quickly to approve it and the mayor signs it, the measure could be law by mid-2016. D.C would also need to set up an office to guard against fraud.
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Gen. John Campbell testifies Tuesday before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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U.S. general: Hospital was ‘mistakenly struck’ Campbell also urges U.S. to leave more troops in Afghanistan POLITICS Gen. John F. Campbell, the top commander of U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan, recommended Tuesday that President Barack Obama revise his plan and keep more than 1,000 U.S. troops in the country beyond 2016, just days after a deadly U.S. airstrike “mistakenly” hit a Doctors Without Borders hospital during fierce fighting, killing 22. Campbell told Congress that conditions on the ground have changed since Obama announced his plan in 2014 to cut the current U.S. force of 9,800 to an
embassy-based security contingent of about 1,000 in Kabul post-2016. Obama vowed to get U.S. troops out by the time he leaves office in 2017. Campbell said, however, that Afghanistan remains engaged in a violent battle against the Taliban, the emergence of fighters linked to al-Qaida from Pakistan and Islamic State fighters has complicated the conflict. Campbell said that dropping to 1,000 troops would leave the U.S. with limited ability to train and assist Afghan forces and even less capacity to conduct counterterrorism operations. He said the different options he has provided to his superiors are for troop levels beyond a normal embassy presence of
about 1,000, but he refused to discuss the numbers of troops he is recommending. When asked if he thought the president should revise his plan, Campbell said: “I will stomp my foot. Yes, sir.” In his opening remarks to the Senate Armed Services Committee, Campbell offered details about the airstrike the hospital in Kunduz: “The decision to provide [airstrikes] was a U.S. decision, made within the U.S. chain of command,” Campbell said. “The hospital was mistakenly struck. We would never intentionally target a protected medical facility.” He promised a full investigation: “We will do everything we can to understand this tragic incident, learn from it and hold people accountable.” DEB RIECHMANN (AP)
One perk of being a member of the Supreme Court Bar is a separate — and shorter line — to get in to see oral arguments. Still, it’s become common for lawyers who don’t want to wait around to send lowly associates or even pay “line standers” to hold spots for them. Lawyers have been known to pay people, including the homeless, up to $50 an hour for the service. But on its first day of the new term Monday the court said “enough,” declaring: “Only Bar members who actually intend to attend argument will be allowed in the line …; ‘line standers’ will not be permitted.” (THE WASHINGTON POST)
General Mills is voluntarily recalling about 1.8 million boxes of gluten-free original and Honey Nut Cheerios because of the possible presence of wheat, the company announced Monday. Jim Murphy, senior vice president of the company’s cereal division, said an incident allowed wheat flour to get introduced into the gluten-free oat flour system at a production facility in Lodi, Calif. (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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FAA proposes $1.9M fine against drone operator Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday proposed a record $1.9 million fine against an aerial photography company for flying drones in crowded New York and Chicago airspace without permission. SkyPan International Inc. of Chicago operated 65 unauthorized flights between March 2012 and December 2014, the FAA said. The previous largest fine was $18,700. (AP) POLITICS
U.S. deports fewest immigrants in a decade The Obama administration deported fewer immigrants over the past 12 months than at any time since 2006, according to internal figures. The overall total of 231,000 deportations generally does not include Mexicans who were caught at the border and quickly returned home. Total deportations fell by 42 percent since 2012. (AP) WHITE PINE, TENN.
Boy, 11, charged with killing 8-year-old girl
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“The mission of the Select Committee on Benghazi is to find the truth — period.” HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER KEVIN McCARTHY, in a statement Tuesday, rebutting claims made by Hillary Clinton’s
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IMF downgrades the economic growth forecast for world to the lowest level since the recession year 2009
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An 11-year-old boy has been charged with murder after he killed his 8-year-old neighbor Saturday in White Pine, Tenn., police said, and witnesses say it was because the girl wouldn’t let him see her puppy. The boy shot from inside his home with his father’s shotgun, according to the Jefferson County sheriff. (AP)
Guatemala declares mudslide-hit community uninhabitable
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Neutrino scientists win Nobel Prize SCIENCE Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for key discoveries about a cosmic particle that whizzes through space at nearly the speed of light, passing easily through Earth and even your body. Takaaki Kajita, 56, of Japan and Arthur McDonald, 72, of Canada were honored for dispelling the long-held notion that these tiny particles, called neutrinos, have no mass. That’s the quality we typically experience as weight. “The discovery has changed our u ndersta nd i ng of the
innermost workings of matter and can prove crucial to our view of the universe,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said in awarding the prize. Neutrinos come in three types, or “flavors,” and what the scientists actually showed is that neutrinos spontaneously shift between types. That in turn means they must have mass. The existence of neutrinos was first proven in 1956. They come from a variety of sources in the cosmos, on Earth and in Earth’s atmosphere. Most that reach Earth were created by nuclear
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reactions inside the sun. Trillions pass through the body in a second. Kajita showed in 1998 that neutrinos created in Earth’s atmosphere and captured at the
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Super-Kamiokande detector in Japan had changed “flavors.” Three years later, while working at Canada’s Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, McDonald found that neutrinos coming from the sun also switched identities. McDonald said that the discovery helped scientists fit neutrinos into theories of fundamental physics, and Kajita stressed that many people contributed to the work. “The universe where we live in is still full of unknowns,” Kajita said. “A major discovery cannot be achieved in a day or two.”
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EU-U.S. data share voided Court rules European info is not sufficiently protected in America TECHNOLOGY In a decision that is reverberating across the digital economy, the European Court of Justice on Tuesday struck down a transAtlantic agreement that enables companies to transfer data from Europe to the United States, finding that European data is not sufficiently protected in the United States. The ruling will affect more than 4,400 U.S. and European companies that rely on the agreement to move data back and forth across the Atlantic to support trade and jobs. It also could have
huge implications for U.S. intelligence agencies, which depend on an ability to sift through large volumes of data in search of clues to disrupt terrorist plots. The decision invalidated the Safe Harbor framework of 2000, reached between the United States and the European Commission. Tuesday’s ruling grew out of revelations by a former National Security Agency contractor, Edward Snowden, about the scope of NSA surveillance. The Obama administration reacted with dismay. “We are deeply disappointed in today’s decision from the European Court of Justice, which creates significant uncertainty for both U.S. and [European Union] companies and consumers, and
puts at risk the thriving transatlantic digital economy,” Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker said in a statement. “The court’s decision necessitates release of the updated Safe Harbor Framework as soon as possible.” In the immediate term, data will continue to flow, analysts said. But the risks associated with those data flows have multiplied exponentially, they say. “It’s regulatory roulette,” said Trevor Hughes, president and chief executive of the International Association of Privacy Professionals. “Those data transfers are not going to stop. However, many companies today are now likely out of compliance with the expectations of European law.” ELLEN NAKASHIMA (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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6K inmates to be freed The result of new drug sentencing guidelines, the release will be the largest in U.S. history
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PRISON REFORM The Justice Department is set to release about 6,000 inmates early from prison — the largest one-time release of federal prisoners — in an effort to reduce overcrowding and provide relief to drug offenders who received harsh sentences over the past three decades. The inmates from federal prisons nationwide will be set free between Oct. 30 and Nov. 2. Most of them will go to halfway houses and home confinement before being put on supervised release. The early release follows action by the U.S. Sentencing Commission — an independent agency that sets sentencing policies for federal crimes — which reduced the potential punishment for future drug offenders last year and then made that change retroactive. The commission’s action is separate from an effort by President Barack Obama to grant clemency to certain nonviolent drug offenders, an initiative that has resulted in the early release of 89 inmates. The panel estimated that its change in sentencing guidelines eventually could result in 46,000 of the nation’s approximately 100,000 drug offenders in federal prison qualifying for early release. The 6,000 figure, which has not been reported previously, is the first tranche in that process. The Sentencing Commission estimated that an additional 8,550 inmates would be eligible for release between this Nov. 1 and Nov. 1, 2016. The releases are part of a shift in the nation’s approach to criminal justice and drug sentencing. Along with the commission’s
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Federal prison populations have grown by 800 percent since 1980, fueling a call for shorter drug-crime sentences.
action, the Justice Department has instructed its prosecutors not to charge low-level, nonviolent drug offenders who have no connection to gangs or large-scale drug organizations with offenses that carry severe mandatory sentences. The U.S. Sentencing Commission voted unanimously for the reduction last year after holding two public hearings in which members heard testimony from former attorney general Eric Holder, federal judges, federal public defenders, law enforcement officials, and sentencing advocates. The panel also received more than 80,000 public comment letters, with the overwhelming majority favoring the change. Congress did not act to disapprove the change to the sentencing guidelines, so it became effective on Nov. 1, 2014. The commission then gave the Justice Department a year to prepare for the huge release of inmates. An average of about two years
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The approximate proportion of the inmates who will be released in a coming weeks who are foreign citizens and will therefore be quickly deported, according to the Justice Department. Critics of the release have argued that setting so many inmates free at once could lead to a spike in crime. (TWP)
is being shaved off eligible prisoners’ sentences under the change. Although some of the inmates who will be released have served decades, on average they will have served 81/2 years instead of 101/2, according to an official. In each case, inmates must petition a judge, who decides whether to grant the sentencing reduction. Judges nationwide are granting
about 70 sentence reductions per week, Justice officials said. Critics, including some federal prosecutors, judges and police officials, have raised concerns that allowing so many inmates to be released at the same time could cause crime to increase. But Justice officials pointed to a study last year that found that the recidivism rate for offenders who were released early after changes in crack-cocaine sentencing guidelines in 2007 was not significantly different from the rate for offenders who completed their sentences. Federal prison costs represent one-third of the Justice Department’s $27 billion budget. The U.S. population has grown by about a third since 1980, but the federal prison population has increased by about 800 percent and federal prisons are operating at nearly 40 percent over capacity, officials said. SARI HORWITZ (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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Roni Dean-Burren wasn’t expecting to receive a text from her 15-year-old son Coby of a photo of a colorful page in his ninth-grade McGraw-Hill World Geography textbook. In a section titled “Patterns of Immigration,” a speech bubble pointing to a U.S. map read: “The Atlantic Slave Trade between the 1500s and 1800s brought millions of workers from Africa to the southern United States to work on agricultural plantations.” “We was real hard workers wasn’t we,” Coby wrote to her. The image alarmed DeanBurren. “This is erasure,” she said. “This is revisionist history — retelling the story however the winners would like it told.” In calling slaves “workers” and their move to the U.S. “immigration,” she noted in viral Facebook posts Wednesday and Thursday, the textbook suggests not only that her African American ancestors arrived on the continent willingly, but also that they were compensated for their labor. In a statement Friday, McGrawHill Education said a close review revealed that “our language in that caption did not adequately convey that Africans were both forced into migration and to labor against their will as slaves.” The company said it will update the caption. The changes will be made in the textbook’s digital version and included in its next printing. YANAN WANG
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MILITARY Russia and the United States tentatively agreed Tuesday to resume talks on how to prevent conflicts between their warplanes in the skies over Syria, even as concerns mounted about the potential for a broader confrontation between the two powers. After days of complaints from U.S. and NATO officials about a lack of cooperation and risky maneuvers by Russian warplanes, Russia’s Defense Ministry offered to hold another round of discussions with the Pentagon on avoiding a midair disaster or a hostile encounter among their fighter jets, drones and other aircraft over Syria. The tone expressed by both sides remained distrustful, however, as they labored to agree on when to meet and accused each other of blocking progress. The dispute has escalated in recent days as Russia has ramped up its bombing campaign in Syria, further congesting a war zone that was already crowded with a dizzying array of foreign forces. Russian warplanes based in Syria have violated the airspace
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NATO: Intrusion into Turkish space ‘doesn’t look like an accident’
A Russian SU-24M jet fighter prepares to take off from Syria’s Hmeimim on Tuesday.
of neighboring Turkey, a NATO member, adding to concerns about the potential for an inadvertent shootdown or collision. “It doesn’t look like an accident, and we’ve seen two of them over the weekend,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Russia’s recent incursions into Turkish airspace, calling them “very serious.” Russia’s NATO envoy said the accidental incursion was used to “distort the aims” of Moscow’s nearly week-old air campaign in Syria. NATO leaders have called the airspace incursions a deliberate act and are scheduled to meet Thursday in Brussels to discuss ways to counter Moscow’s moves. Meanwhile, the issue has surfaced
at every stop made by U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter this week during his travels to Europe. On Tuesday, during separate visits to see U.S. troops stationed in Spain and Italy, Carter was asked repeatedly how the Pentagon intended to respond to the Russian intervention. Each time, he criticized the Kremlin for its strategy and what he described as its risky behavior, but said Russia would not deter the U.S. or its allies from attacking the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. “We’re going to keep doing what we’ve been doing,” Carter said. “What they’re doing is not only wrong, it’s backwards.” CR AIG WHITLOCK AND BRIAN MURPHY (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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Inspiring Millennial Employees to Save the World (and Your Office) Want to stage a wildly successful giving campaign and improve your o fice atmosphere for the long term? Focus on Millennials, the generation born between 1980 and 2000, says “Cause, In luence & the Next Generation Workforce, The 2015 Millennial Impact Report”. “Millennials are a generation of cause enthusiasts, and their expectation of supporting causes and doing good is really high,” says Derrick Feldmann, lead researcher on the study published in June by research agency Achieve and The Case Foundation. “Because it's so high, when they're in the workplace for eight, ten, twelve hours a day they're asking their workplaces to participate as well. They believe the company has a stake in their community beyond just being the place you go to make money.” The study, which surveyed 1,584 Millennials and 1,004 managers, sought to determine who and what gets Millennials to devote their enthusiasm and energy to participating in company-wide service days. It also explored how Millennials and their managers can be inspired to donate through company-sponsored giving. Results showed that Millennials actively give and volunteer in and outside of the workplace of their own volition, and they expect their employers to do so as well. “If you look at the demographic overall, one of the things they're calling on employers to do is to really be more upfront and vocal in supporting community,” Feldmann says. “They've had civic-style and community-style programming since school with programs like Americorps and others. [So] their expectation is that the company is really going to be not only a participant, but that it will be a leader in their community by getting employees to actively participate and use their skills for good.” Millennials also have the expectation that the skills and products produced in their workplaces are going to have a positive rather than negative impact on the world, an attitude that helps to create a positive atmosphere and culture in the workplace, Feldmann says. They also have a belief in their own ability to in luence others. “From their buying power to their handle on the limitless potential of social media, Millennials can address issues and be a
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did, 46 percent said co-worker and peer participation was the stronger incentive. Surprisingly, the top brass didn't have comparable clout – only 21 percent said they were more likely to donate if the CEO or another top executive asks them to. O fer Short,Relevant Volunteer Opportunities Most Millennials volunteer between one and 10 hours a year, which means company-wide service days are just about right for them, the study said. It also found that Millennials like to contribute their own particular skills. So if your Millennials are
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“That year there was a neighborhood theme to the CFC campaign, and our campaign manager suggested doing a skit based on ‘Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood,’” she recalls. “I loved watching Mr. Rogers as a kid, so I was excited about the idea.” First, Emily says, she and her colleagues went into a huddle.“Brainstorming with a group of creative people is so much fun. The ideas were lying, and the energy was building. When we came out of the room, we had a good idea of the characters we wanted to include and the direction we wanted to go.” That collaboration created an atmosphere in which Emily’s own creativity thrived. “A ter the brainstorming session with the team, I sat
down on my own and put together a rough dra t, incorporating the ideas we had generated as a team.” The show was a success, and Emily has worked with her agency's CFC campaign ever since. In 2014, she and the leadership team again sat down to brainstorm ideas for another skit. This time they wanted to illustrate the many charitable causes that can benefit a single individual. They started out by imagining a homeless veteran, a man named Dave, as their central character. “We really tried to put ourselves in his shoes to try to understand the challenges a person in this situation might “IT’S GENERALLY CHEAPER face,” she says. FOR CHARITIES TO Then the team identified the RECEIVE CONTRIBUTIONS kinds of charities THROUGH THE CFC — IN PART BECAUSE OF LOWER that could provide services to help ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.” him get back — EMILY YAGHMOUR on his feet. One charity could help him find a job. Another could help him acquire the business attire he needed for job interviews. And a third could provide mental health services to help him manage his post-traumatic stress disorder. But they didn't want to just educate their audience—they wanted to entertain them, too, so they created a fairy godmother to guide the central character through his transformation from someone with no home and no prospects to someone who is dressed for success and feeling optimistic about his future. The fairy godmother, delightfully unconventional, combat boots, fatigues, and a bright pink tutu. She had a tough-love attitude that a military veteran could appreciate. “Fortunately, not only do we have creative thinkers in our agency,” says Emily, “we also have acting talent and — more important than that — a willingness to get out of their comfort zone for a worthy cause.” THE MULTIPLE-CHARITY MODEL Though Emily understood the good CFC could do, its multiple-charity model was not a natural fit for her at first, she admits. “When I first joined the agency, I didn’t see why I should give through the CFC,” says Emily. “I thought it made more sense to give directly to charities.” As she learned more about the CFC campaign, however, she realized the model's advantages. “It's generally cheaper for charities to receive contributions through the CFC — in part because
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CONTINUING EDUCATION Emily, who has a master's degree from George Mason in English with an emphasis
“IF YOU’RE GIVING $30 FROM YOUR PAYCHECK EVERY TWO WEEKS, IT’S A LOT EASIER THAT GIVING $720 IN ONE SUM FOR THE YEAR. IT’S MORE MANAGEABLE.” — EMILY YAGHMOUR in professional editing and writing, realized early on that her writing skills could be put to good use in many areas with the CFC campaign. Over the years, she has written many news articles for her agency's employee newsletter to educate and inspire FCA employees to give to CFC charities. Last year she worked with a colleague, photographer and graphic designer Linda Toki, to create a slide show about the CFC's Universal Giving program. The program, piloted by the CFCNA in 2014, allows federal employees to donate to more than 24,000
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“WE REALLY TRIED TO PUT OURSELVES INTO HIS SHOES TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES A PERSON IN THIS SITUATION MIGHT FACE.” — EMILY YAGHMOUR individual charities across the country. This represented a huge change in donation possibilities – before the program's launch, federal employees were only able to donate to nationwide charities or charities in their CFC region. “We wanted employees to understand the importance of this new program,” says Emily. “Thanks to Universal Giving, if you come from a little town in Kansas and there's this tiny little charity there that you want to help, you can!” she says. “I created some content, and Linda pulled together some beautiful photos she had taken of landscapes and small towns. The presentation turned out well, and it was a lot of fun for both of us.” BEATING GOALS TO HELP OTHERS Emily's dedication and the support of her team helped FCA to raise more than $75,000, exceeding its 2014 goal by 136 percent. Emily looks forward to working on the 2015 campaign as well. “The reason I've really enjoyed writing about the CFC is that it gives me an opportunity not just to inform and educate, but to inspire, and that's tremendously exciting,” she says. “You become involved on an emotional level, not just an intellectual level. “Working on CFC campaigns allows you to exercise your creative muscle, and it carries over to other aspects of your job,” says Emily. “I believe we learn to approach other work tasks more creatively. In the end, we're not only contributing to a worthy cause — we're improving our productivity on the job.”
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of lower administrative costs,” says Emily. CFC contributions also provide consistent monthly income for charities, she continued, allowing them to better plan their annual budgets and thus use their money more e ficiently. “Plus, it can be a one-stop shop for all of your charitable giving, and it's so easy because it's taken right out of your paycheck,” she says.“If you're giving $30 from your paycheck every two weeks, it's a lot easier than giving $720 in one sum for the year – it's more manageable.” “I also like how easy the CFC makes it to educate yourself about the charities. You can easily find how much of your donation will go to a charity's overhead and how much will go directly to the cause you want to support.”
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Changing the Game with Service Dogs Fred is Becky Sullivan's two-and-a-half-yearold yellow Lab, and sometimes he's naughty on purpose. “I'll be painting, and I'll point for him to get a certain color,” says Becky of Fred, her service dog. “But sometimes he's got his own opinion - he'll come back with something else and I'll say, ‘gosh, that works better than what I wanted.’” Becky, 47, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in January of 2000. She got Fred last November from Palmetto Animal Assisted Life Services (PAALS) in Columbia, SC. A CFC charity, PAALS provides service and assistance dogs to veterans with PTSD, children with autism, and mobility challenged individuals. Since Fred joined her family, Becky says, life just keeps getting better. “He's awesome - to say that he's changed my life is such an understatement,” Becky says.“He’s there when I wake up first thing in the morning, helping me to get out of bed without falling down. He saves me so much energy that now I can even go out with my walker again instead of using my wheelchair.” Low energy was actually the reason Becky went looking for Fred. A couple of years ago she realized she had to choose carefully which tasks to complete each day, and she worried about the burden she felt she was putting on her family. “I didn't want them to have to do every
ensure they had the right fit. Once she was matched with Fred, they asked her to sign a contract to raise $5,000 for the two-week class that teaches clients how to work with their dogs. “I was able to raise the funds, but they just aren't going to turn someone away if they have done all they can, but don't get the full $5,000,” she says.“It costs them over $20,000 to breed, raise, train and care for [each of] the “HE’S CONSTANTLY RIGHT THERE, AND HE SAVES ME SO MUCH ENERGY THAT NOW I CAN EVEN GO OUT WITH MY WALKER AGAIN INSTEAD OF USING MY WHEELCHAIR.” — BECKY SULLIVAN dogs, so the $5,000 goes towards helping future dogs get placed.” ALWAYS IMPROVING Fred arrived at Becky's Lexington, SC home with a broad set of skills, but he never stops learning, Becky says. A ter a shower, he’s right there with a towel, and he helps Becky navigate the bleachers at the high school football games where her son, Daniel Fulmer, 18, is the kicker. Fred even does the laundry, putting clothes into the dryer as Becky hands them to him from the washer, and pulling them out for her to fold once they're dry. More importantly, Fred drags the heavy laundry basket from room to room, helping Becky to put away the clothes.
up against it, putting pressure on it,” she says. “In about 30 seconds I started to feel the nerve, but he calmed it down. So now when that happens he puts pressure on the nerves so I don't have to get up and leave places.” PEACE AND JOY Fred has helped Becky regain her independence and stability,and he's brought peace of mind to her family. “If I'm in another room,they don't have to constantly get up and check to see if I'm on the loor,”she says.“If I fall,Fred will go and get someone to get me up.” Becky's home is equipped with a special button that Fred can press to call 911.This means her husband,firefighter Jim Sullivan, can put in his required 24-hour shi ts at the fire station without worrying,and Daniel can work at night now. Just as important as the help that Fred provides, however, is the joy he brings to Becky's life, she says. In his service vest, he's all business, but when that comes o f, the fun begins. “He gives me his vest to hang up,and then he rolls around on the carpet and runs to look for the cat,”she says.“When you have a chronic illness,you really need the laughter,and around Fred you are gonna laugh.” All in all,Becky says,nothing about her life is the same since Fred came into it. “He's a huge game changer,he's really just changed it all.”
PAALS founder Jen Rogers and her husband Charles “Chuck” Rogers, Jr. with a group of dogs in training.
little thing for me, and I went online to see what kind of assistance I could find,” she says. At PAALS, Becky saw service and assistance dogs are trained for 18 months to two years, and then are carefully matched to their owners by personality, skill set and compatibility. Upon accepting Becky as a client, PAALS sta f met with her every three months to
Becky says Fred is “way smarter” than she is, and that he knows things no one has taught him. When he noticed Becky o ten misplaced her glasses, he learned to find and return them to her. Then there was the day he knew before she did that she was going to have an episode with nerve problems in her legs. “I was sitting in church one morning when he started messing with my leg and leaning
PAALS IN NEED Becky's story is not unique.It's been nine years since Jen Rogers started PAALS out of her Spring Valley,SC home.In 2014 alone,Jen says,the charity helped 1,656 young people in animal-assisted programs,placed five service dogs,and eight pets with a purpose. “It's hard to put a number on all of the people PAALS has helped,”says Jen,43.“It's
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definitely in the thousands.” PAALS services and programs include facility dogs,occupational therapy dogs, physical therapy dogs,and special education dogs.There's also a schedule of events including reading clinics,a ter-school programs,summer camps,and therapeutic programs for veterans. Volunteers are a big part of the PAALS story, as is constant fundraising to help those most in need.Veterans,for example,pay nothing for the companions that help them with their PTSD. “If they have served in some capacity,we don’t ask them to do a thing besides fill out the application,”Jen says. This year, Jen and her supporters finally bought their dream property, a large, former daycare center in Columbia. But on August 17, just 10 days a ter the sta f and dogs moved in, the main sewage line next to the property poured raw sewage into all 4,600 feet of the facility. Damages were estimated at $150,000,and the insurance companies involved have denied the claims,Jen says.This means PAALS must raise the funds themselves. “It's an awful lot of money,an enormous part of our operating budget,”Jen says.“We've never tried to raise this much at once before.” Jen hopes the CFC's Universal Giving program,which enables donors to contribute to more than 24,000 charities worldwide,will help to raise the needed funds. “Ultimately we need to raise enough to not only get PAALS back on its paws,if you will,but to realize our vision of building a complete therapeutic environment,”Jen says.“We want to get back to our work of restoring possibilities and creating futures for children and adults with physical,emotional, behavioral and learning disabilities through the interaction with animals.”
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A Donation To Food For The Poor Will Lift A Poor Family’s Burden F or more than 30 years, Food For The Poor has fed the hungry, sheltered the homeless, and provided hope for millions of poor families in Latin America and the Caribbean. Through the Combined Federal Campaign, you can help families like Asenett’s in Jamaica. Life for Asenett's 5-year-old son, David, was anything but easy — until Food For The Poor donors came along. A ter David’s father, a security guard, was shot and killed on the job, the family was le t without any support. They lived in an unsafe shack, and their situation was dire. It’s a miracle Asenett was able to care for her severely disabled eldest son in such terrible conditions. To move around the stuffy ramshackle home, she hoisted 16-year-old Clinton onto her back, while avoiding rotten floorboards that were caving in. Thankfully, generous Food For The Poor donors helped relieve this poor family's burden, and these children now have a new Food For The Poor home. “I'm glad for it because down there it was a pit,” Asenett said, while standing on the porch of their
new home. “I give Him thanks because I was here with no help, and I see the help come.” Every day, this thankful mom and her children rejoice over having a safe place to call home.
TO MOVE AROUND THE STUFFY RAMSHACKLE HOME, SHE HOISTED 16-YEAR-OLD CLINTON ONTO HER BACK, WHILE AVOIDING ROTTEN FLOORBOARDS THAT WERE CAVING IN. As a federal employee, when you donate through the Combined Federal Campaign, your support makes a significant di ference in the lives of desperately poor mothers like Asenett. You join with Food For The Poor in caring for the poorest of the poor — those who lack life's most basic essentials. And you can trust Food For The Poor to be a good steward of your gi ts. More than 95% of all donations go directly toward programs that help the poor. For more information about how you can help, please call Food For The Poor at 1-877-654-2960, ext. 6148 or email cfc@foodforthepoor.com.
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Before: Asenett and her son, 5-year-old David, in front of their old shack. After: Thanks to generous Food For The Poor donors, this family now has a new Food For The Poor home.
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CFC Hero Odunola“Ola”Ojewumi was just 11 years old when she was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a diseasein whichtheheartmusclebecomes abnormallythick,andonewhich canleadtofatalheartarrhythmias. Attemptstotreatherconditionled tokidneyfailure,andOlaunderwent bothaheartandkidneytransplant beforesheturned12. “Charitable organizations within the CFC sponsored medical research that saved my life,”says Ola,now 24. “There are many charities within the CFC that sponsor organ donation awareness.If not for these charities,I wouldn't be here today.” Ola got the perfect chance to show her appreciation for the CFC's help: In 2014,she was interning for the GSA’s O fice of Civil Rights when senior leadership sta f nominated her to run communications for the agency's entire CFC campaign,which had a goal of raising $300,000 for the year. She was already a writer,she says, and had written for the Hu fington Post.But running campaign communications meant a whole lot more.She came up with innovative ways to use social media; helped to produce videos promoting the campaign to GSA employees; and she told the stories of the people that the CFC campaign helped. “It was incredibly di ficult,”Ola says wryly of the job that spilled over into her nights and weekends.“It's a great initiative,but it takes a lot of work to raise that amount of money.” Upon accepting her mandate, Ola was thrown into a whirlwind of managing 70 workers for the campaign,tirelessly raising awareness of its benefits and ways to donate,hosting webinars and leading weekly meetings. The result? GSA overshot their
goal by close to a third,raising $385,000 for the year.Ola says she was happy with the outcome,and what it would allow the CFC to do for others. “It's important to give to the CFC because you are changing the lives of many people,”she observes.“A lot of people think it takes a large amount of money to make a real di ference. It only takes a dollar donation to a CFC charitable organization to truly change the world.” THE HARD PART The CFC campaign runs from September through mid-December, a time of the year in which persuading people to part with their funds can be quite di ficult,Ola says. “It was challenging to encourage people to dig deep in their pockets at that time of year,to think about other people before themselves,” she remembers.“It's especially hard because during the holiday season most people are really scrambling to buy gi ts for somebody else. “IT ONLY TAKES A DOLLAR DONATION TO A CFC CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION TO TRULY CHANGE THE WORLD.” — OLA OJEWUMI “When you think about it,though, you can give the gi t of life through the CFC.We had to really implore people to open their hearts.” HAPPY SIDE EFFECTS Ola's dedication and output were noted: GSA took her on full time following her internship,and today she's a contract specialist working with IT contracts.Then the agency nominated her as a CFC Hero as well. “It was exciting,I was happy because it was unexpected,”she says. “I'm really grateful for the award and the honor.I felt recognized for working on my days o f and organizing large groups of people– and remember,I was just an intern!” “It was really fun at the end of the day,”she concludes.“It was hard work,but fun.” So will she be working on this year's CFC campaign? Ola hesitates only a moment.“If they reach out to me,yes!”
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You and I have just experienced a moment like no other, as the Holy Father graciously visited our community. Hearts soared not only because we were seeing the Pope, but because, whenever we see him, we are seeing Jesus sensing Christ's love, witnessing His work. Francis reminded us, this is beautiful and important work, because so many children and families are hurting. They need a loving touch from on high. Today, in celebration of the Holy Father's visit, Catholic Charities invites you to “be about our Father's work”, as Jesus said in Luke 2:49, by once again helping Catholic Charities provide for the poor and marginalized, right here in our neighborhoods, with a generous pledge through the Combined Federal Campaign #83997. In this act of Christ-like compassion,you will be participating in the Pope's call for unconditional love and care for those in need. For more than 80 years,Catholic Charities has been doing the work of Christ among the
poor.We have the joy of serving more than 120,000 men,women,and children each year. The people we help come from all economic,religious,and social backgrounds —just like the people Jesus reached out to— but they all have one thing in common: they need your ongoing support.
“THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO TRANSFORM THE LIFE OF SOMEONE WHO IS SUFFERING. SOMEONE WHO, AS YOU READ THESE WORDS, NEEDS A CARING FRIEND.” — CATHOLIC CHARITIES This is your chance to transform the life of someone who is su fering.Someone who,as you read these words,needs a caring friend. Your pledge to Catholic Charities through the Combined Federal Campaign will help the next family that comes through our doors. Let the beautiful truth of Pope Francis’ message inspire you today to become all that God has designed you to be.
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CFC Hero
Jeff Brooks Department of Defense’s Defense Logistics Agency
When Army Reservist Je f Brooks deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq in 2003,2007 and 2011,he learned first-hand what true need was. “I saw how truly blessed we are in this country,”says Je f,who in 2007 volunteered more than 600 hours at a military hospital in Balad,Iraq. “There are so many people out there who don't have nearly as much as we have.There are people who just don't have anything at all.” Following his tours, Je f returned to the United States and was hired by the Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), working with DLA Acquisition. In 2012, he signed up as a keyworker on his agency's CFC campaign, helping to get the word out to DLA sta f about why the campaign is important and how they could participate. “While I was deployed I saw how CFC charities such as the USO,the Red Cross,and Fisher House for Wounded Warriors can help,”he says.“I believe that pretty much every single person,whether they know it or not,has benefited at some point in their life from one of the charities supported by CFC.” While working on the campaign, Je f marveled at the willingness of his colleagues to pitch in and help.It was such a good experience that he jumped at the chance when his department's chief of sta f circulated an e-mail last year asking people to join the CFC's core sta f for the 2014 campaign. He took on the role of marketing and fundraising coordinator. “I thought it was a great idea, but I didn't actually read the
whole e-mail,”he says,laughing.“I probably should have read to the bottom,because that was really a full-time job and I already had a full work load.” Once he signed up, however, Je f says he never considered pulling back. “I made a commitment to my division chief that I would not fail in my duties,and I also made a commitment to the core team leader that I would give 100 percent,” he says.“I never give up and I take a hundred percent ownership of everything I do.I'm never going to say I can't do this anymore.” Je f credits his can-do attitude to growing up with his parents, Lorna and Larry Williams, in Alexandria, Virginia.
hard to choose activities that would be fun and interesting to as many people as possible. “I always try to think of something that hasn't been done before,that will be di ferent and persuasive in getting people interested in supporting them,”he says. Je f’s work for his agency’s CFC campaign earned him the honor of being named a 2014 CFC Hero. As a result of his team's hard work and enthusiasm, the employees at DLA headquarters contributed over $371,000 to the campaign, more than $10,000 over their assigned goal. Je f says DLA Director of Acquisition Matthew Beebe was a role model for him–someone who truly exemplified the spirit of giving
“WHILE I WAS DEPLOYED I SAW HOW CFC CHARITIES, SUCH AS THE USO, THE RED CROSS, AND FISHER HOUSE FOR WOUNDED WARRIERS CAN HELP. I BELIEVE THAT PRETTY MUCH EVERY SINGLE PERSON, WHETHER THEY KNOW IT OR NOT, HAS BENEFITTED AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIFE, FROM ONE OF THE CHARITIES SUPPORTED BY CFC.” — JEFF BROOKS “My mother was a special education teacher aide,and I think I got my caring attitude from her.She was always helping everybody,”he says,before going on to praise his father,a master plumber.“Honestly, he's the hardest-working person I've ever met in my life.” Je f,who coached his daughters Natascha and Julia's soccer teams when they were growing up,brought a coach's dedication and spirit to the marketing and fundraising activities.He sacrificed his free time and much of his holiday time to organize events including a turkey trot,a car and bike show and chili cook-o f competitions. At the same time, he focused on the campaign's nitty-gritty details, managing vendors and ensuring activities were in full compliance with DOD legal requirements. In order to inspire his coworkers, he says, he worked
and the importance of making the di ference in the lives of others. “He truly made things fun and his positive attitude made me want to support him,”he says. When Je f volunteered to be team captain this year,DLA Division Chief Glenn Starks told him he could let someone else shoulder the work this year. By the last week of August, however, no one else had stepped up and Je f committed to pitching in again. He says he's looking forward to work he describes as fun and worthwhile, at the same time that it impacts the lives of thousands of people. “I really,really,really love people. I think God put me on this earth to help others,” he says.“I think the greatest satisfaction in life comes from helping others, and if I have the ability to help someone, I'm going to go ahead and do it. I don't ever say no.”
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CFCHeroLindaStockton-Liedlserved asCFCcaptainfor2014intheO fice oftheInspectorGeneral(OIG)atthe DepartmentofDefense,overseeing logisticsforheragency'sevents.Shewas knowntobeunstoppablewhenitcameto gettingitdone–submittingpaperworkfor approvals,collectingmoney,coordinating itemsdonatedforauctionsandbake sales,anddistributinginformationto employeesaboutupcomingevents.She alsodiscussedthecampaignwithallof hercoworkersface-to-face.Herhands-on approachhelpedasingleauctionraiseover $3,000,andhelpedOIGachieve127%of itsfundraisinggoal.Lindaalsoworkswith severaldi ferentveteransorganizations.
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Q: HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED WITH THE CFC CAMPAIGN? A: Volunteering and giving back to organizations that are important to me has always been a passion of mine.As a military spouse for more than 30 years,giving back to the community and helping organize volunteer events has been a way to help make each duty station feel a little more like home for others,and my family.I just like being a part of something that mattered. Q: WHAT HAVE BEEN SOME OF THE HIGH POINTS OF WORKING WITH THE CAMPAIGN? A: The biggest joy is the instant self-satisfaction you get knowing you are helping to make a di ference in the lives of others.Volunteering with Wreaths Across America last year at Arlington National Cemetery,which is actually a CFC Charity,to lay and remove wreaths during the holidays was definitely a highlight.It was such an honor and very humbling for me to have been able to participate. Q: WHAT KINDS OF CHALLENGES DID YOU FACE ALONG THE WAY? A: It's always tough to get everyone on board. Finding creative and fun ways to motivate
everyone to participate is one of my strengths as a CFC leader-I have many years of experience. Last year,I hosted a bake sale and had all my baked goods sold before 8 a.m.at the o fice. I was riding the shuttle bus from Springfield Metro,and one of the riders made a comment how good the cupcakes smelled and asked if they could have one and I explained they were for the CFC Fundraiser,so they asked if they could donate and get one I said sure,so before I even made it to the fundraiser I raised over $150 for CFC.We'll do that again next year! Q: IS IT TOUGH TO MAKE YOURSELF ENGAGE WITH ALL OF THE NITTY-GRITTY DETAILS THAT YOU ARE KNOWN FOR HANDLING SO WELL? A: Planning and hosting events is a hobby of mine. So my motivation comes naturally when it comes to the minor details and making sure things go o f without a hitch. I think my biggest downfall is that I put my heart and soul into what I am doing and sometimes that is misconstrued. Q: WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU HAVE FOR OTHER PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH CFC? A:Do it! There is no better way to get started
than to start. “THE BIGGEST JOY IS There is no THE INSTANT SELFright or wrong SATISFACTION YOU GET answer for the KNOWING YOU ARE HELPING CFC campaign. TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN You've got to THE LIVES OF OTHERS.” jump in and — LINDA STOCKTON-LIEDL get started,it really is a great experience. Q: WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS FOR WORKING WITH THE CFC GOING FORWARD? A: I just want to raise more money! And to make a di ference where it is possible.I want to encourage more people to look at CFC as an opportunity to make a di ference, not just an annual fundraiser. Don't be afraid to try something di ferent. I suggested we do a “pie in the face” auction. They voted down the idea, so I did it with my component and it was a great success! Q: WHAT’S THE BEST WAY OF ENGAGING PEOPLE TO GET BEHIND SUPPORTING THE CFC? A:Keeping the end result in mind and keeping it fun! And have an open mind.Knowing all of the lives that we can touch by just giving a little bit of time and having some fun in the process!
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Those are the ingredients that made professional surfer Bethany strong enough to get back on her board a ter losing her arm in a vicious shark attack. And it's what makes America's service women brave enough to face our country's enemies. That same fighting spirit is what makes the millions of young girls and women able to confront lupus every day. Lupus is a disabling autoimmune disease that targets women unfairly with females representing 90% of su ferers. It discriminates particularly against women of color who are two to three times more likely than Caucasians to develop the disease. And lupus is the body's own worst enemy, attacking organs and tissues from within without warning. Instead of protecting the body against infection, the immune system creates antibodies
that attack the body's own tissues and organs — the kidneys, brain, heart, lungs, blood, skin, and joints. People with lupus o ten compare its e fects to a lu that never goes away. Symptoms require fortitude to endure: fatigue so severe it can be a struggle to get out of bed, swollen and painful joints, fevers, sensitivity to the sun, mouth sores and unusual hair loss. The few available treatments can be equally challenging with a host of side e fects. Only one new drug, the monoclonal antibody belimumab (Benlysta®), has been approved for lupus in nearly 60 years. The need for more and better treatment options is critical. The Lupus Research Institute (LRI) was founded 15 years ago to answer that call. The LRI is the leading private supporter of innovation in lupus scientific exploration. It is the
only organization dedicated to advancing the truly novel lupus research that has delivered many of the decade's most pivotal breakthroughs, transforming lupus treatment and advancing toward prevention and a cure. Those discoveries would not have been possible without the courage of the families that founded the LRI to take risks no one else would, to give the world's best scientists the chance to pursue their most creative ideas. What lupus needs now are fighters with that same courage and conviction.People like Bethany. People like you who commit themselves to making a di ference and serving the American public. Please use the CFC campaign to make a di ference for those struggling with lupus. Your contribution will fund the research needed to provide the more e fective and safer treatments they need today and the cure they need tomorrow. Please help the LRI fulfill its vision of Life Without Lupus.
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35 Years and Counting Cheryl D. Hardy, United States Patent and Trademark Office
In2014Cheryl“C.C.”Hardyandherteamat theU.S.PatentandTrademarkOffice(USPTO) raisedmorethanamilliondollarsforCFC,a resoundingsuccessbyanymeasure.She’d had sometimetofigureouthowtogetthingsdone, sheadmits:Afederalgovernmentemployeefor 31years,shetookherfirststepontoheragency’s CFCcampaignladderin1980. THE EARLY DAYS “I've always volunteered, and so I started as a keyworker in the ‘80s, putting on CFC campaign promotions and getting the word out to my fellow employees,” C.C. recalls. “Back then we didn't have the internet. We had pledge cards. So it was important to make sure those were filled out properly.” Once C.C.was in,she knew she wanted to stay. “I realized the format really appealed to me . The fact that you could assist so many charities at once in a combined setting,” she says. “I didn't have to go and do a lot of research, everything was there at my fingertips. Running the campaign was really simple, it's a one-stop shop.”
C.C. also liked the campaign's supportive structure. “It's a very clear hierarchy at the CFCNCA. There's a committee for everything,so I wanted to have the campaign at USPTO structured the same way. I've held every position at the USPTO CFC campaign,from keyworker, coordinator,captain,agency coordinator, deputy and a two-term campaign manager. “A ter working in every position,I started getting noticed by the higher-ups,and then I moved onto the sta f that runs the entire [USPTO] campaign-a dream come true!” MODERN DAY REWARDS Today C.C.works at the agency level,targeting over 10,000 USPTO employees and managing approximately 700 campaign workers.She also chairs her agency's CFC sub-committees for Marketing and Outreach,Scheduling and Coordination,and Entertainment and the Legal Committee. “The campaign manager role is great because you get the chance to interact with employees at all levels,”she says,“from people just starting
in the federal government right on up through the executive leadership.” Hands down,C.C.says,the best part of the job is the di ference it makes in the lives of CFC beneficiaries.As part of the campaign, they come to tell USPTO employees about the di ference CFC makes in their lives. “I like the personal stories-I like to hear about the work that's done for youth and assistance provided for the homeless,”she says.“It's actual live stories,and it gives you that heartfelt feeling about CFC.The stories really do help the campaign,and they also help promote the true meaning of CFC as I see it —giving and helping others.”
ADVICE FOR NEWBIES Working 29 years for an organization will teach you what it's about, C.C. says, but it also takes some interest and e fort. A common mistake people make when starting to work for the CFC is focusing on one aspect rather than considering the organization as a whole. “There's a lot to learn about CFC, and how it's structured,” she says. “The way you can be most helpful is to really engage yourself in all of the areas. Gain as much knowledge as you can and learn where the money is going, that's what's really important.” FUTURE GOALS These days,C.C.loves working with the CFC's Universal Giving program,and she has plans to work with the CFC even a ter she retires. “I'd like to become a member of the Principal Combined Fund Organization, responsible for administering the local campaign,” she says.“Hopefully I'll get a chance one day to work at that level and not have all this CFC knowledge go to waste!”
More than a donation... This is a fresh start for someone who wants out of poverty. This is dignity for someone who wants a meaningful job. This is a chance for a brighter future. FINCA works to ensure that people with low incomes, who are financially excluded from accessing banking services within their traditional markets, can access the suitable loans, savings and insurance they need to build secure, productive lives. Your support allows FINCA to provide people around the world with the capital to help them break out of poverty.
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You are sixteen years old.Your belly is beginning to swell beneath your loose-fitting top and leggings. You know that you cannot stay hidden much longer,but you are so afraid of what will come next. You are homeless.You feel his little foot prodding your stomach and you know that he is safe in there. But what will happen when you have him in your arms? How will you put a roof over his head and food on his plate when all you have known is worry,heartache and hunger? Before Charde arrived at St.Ann's Center for Children,Youth and Families three years ago,this was her reality.She was sixteen,nine months pregnant,and homeless.But she was also determined to break the cycle of instability for her child. Charde was admitted into St. Ann's Teen Mother-Baby Program, a residential care center that provides wrap-around support to pregnant and parenting young women and their infants. While in the program, Charde found support as she prepared for delivery, learned parenting skills, and continued her education. When her son was old enough to enter St.Ann's Child Care Center, Charde enrolled in St.Ann's High
School.She blossomed in the small classes,where teachers and counselors work with each student to chart a path toward a family-supporting career.Mrs. Courtney Beckler,Mathematics and Technology teacher,recalls thinking that“the school could be collapsing around [Charde] and she would still
team – Charde graduated from St. Ann's High School.Moments later, something even more extraordinary happened.Charde's work supervisor announced to the audience that he would be o fering her a full-time position,starting immediately. Charde is just one of countless young women and children who have found LAST YEAR, ST. ANN’S SERVED 46 FAMILIES IN OUR healing in St. SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAMS AND 80 CHILDREN Ann's supportive — IN RESIDENCE AND FROM THE COMMUNITY — housing IN THEIR ON-SITE CHILD CARE ENTER. programs.In 1860,St.Ann's be sitting at her desk,ready to start became the region’s first home for the next assignment.” orphaned and abandoned children During her senior year, Charde and single women preparing for was admitted into a competitive childbirth. Over 155 years later, work-study program. St. Ann's St. Ann's continues to pioneer resident managers and life innovative programs that bring coaches helped her to balance the hope to young families. Last year, demands of motherhood, school St. Ann's served 46 families in our and work. Once again, Charde's supportive housing programs colleagues quickly recognized her and 80 children – in residence unshakeable work ethic. Her workand from the community – in our study supervisor couldn't recall a on-site Child Care Center. Families day in over three years that Charde arrive at St. Ann's in crisis, but was ever late or absent,“When the they leave with the confidence clock hit 1pm, I always knew that that only a solid foundation of Charde would be walking through care can provide. that door.” LearnmoreaboutSt.Ann’s On May 29th – surrounded by her supportivehousingprogramsby classmates,coworkers and support visiting:www.stanns.org.
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From Grief to Gratitude Audrey Washington, U.S. Postal Service, D.C. Capital District
On a September day in 2014, letter carrier Audrey Washington arrived for work at the Laurel Post O fice in Laurel, MD and learned she would be leading the CFC campaign for the year. “I was volunTOLD,” she recalls.“When I got to the o fice, Postmaster Stephen Leigh told me ‘I put your name in for this federal campaign because people told me you had done it before.’” The news didn't come as any surprise. Audrey had worked closely with CFC campaigns since 1990. This year, however, things were di ferent. “I had buried my mother on September 2nd, and it just hit me harder than I thought it would,” she says. “I think Postmaster Leigh was trying to give me something to take my mind o f of it.” Audrey's mother, Daisy Mae Young, passed away at the age of 76. At the time, she su fered from a number of health conditions that required considerable assistance. Audrey had been her mother's caretaker for six years, and with all those
to go and talk to a counselor at my church, and I'm so glad I did. It really helped.”
duties behind her now, it might seem that she would be able to throw herself wholeheartedly into the campaign. She found the opposite to be true. “I just couldn't seem to get anything done,” she recalls, describing how she would start on a project and then simply lose momentum and interest. Days turned into months, and Audrey wasn't getting any better. Two weeks before the campaign ended, she knew she had to do something.” “I knew something was wrong with me. I was still grieving,” she says.“Finally I decided
BACK ON TRACK Feeling better, Audrey went into overdrive on the campaign. She upheld her long-held reputation for speaking one-on-one with every employee in her jurisdiction, and she worked at warp speed. As in previous years, she canvassed relentlessly and helped search for charities that would speak to each donor's cause of choice. She is especially grateful, she says, for Postmaster Leigh's encouragement. “When I'd done all I needed to do in the o fice [he] would pretty much give me carte blanche to do whatever I needed to do,” she says.“I said,‘give me the time I need to do it and I will do it. That's all I ask.’ He did, and it made a world of di ference.” When it comes to success with fundraising, however, no amount of research and canvassing can substitute for knowing and understanding the people you're talking with, Audrey says. “Knowing the heartbeat of your
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“KNOWING THE HEARTBEAT OF YOUR ORGANIZATION AND KNOWING THE PEOPLE YOU WORK WITH DEFINITELY HELPS. IT’S A MATTER OF KNOWING THEIR NEEDS, TREATING THEM WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT, AND SHOWING THEM THAT YOU CARE. IT OPENS DOORS.” — AUDREY WASHINGTON organization and knowing the people you work with definitely helps,” she says.“We spend more time with our postal family than that of our real family. Its’ a matter of knowing their needs, treating them with dignity and respect, and showing them that you care. It opens doors.” A FINE FINISH Thanks to Audrey, the Laurel post o fices were able to contribute more than $9,000 to the CFC campaign for 2014. Although Audrey says she may have raised more in some campaigns during the early ‘90s, when the economy was better and people gave more freely, she's very happy with her result.
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NFC South on the rise
THOMAS BOSWELL | COMMENTARY
NATIONALS Everyone has a personality. Some want to show it in public, incorporate it into their job and then live, enthusiastically, with the consequences. Successful big-league managers, with a few exceptions, fall into this category. They show who they really are to their players, their opponents and the public. And, over time, their teams come to resemble them in positive ways. Some people, such as Matt Williams, aren’t interested in being known beyond a certain point. Williams was fired by the Nationals, in part, for standard reasons: poor building, handling and protecting of his bullpen. A dugout fight showed he was out of his own team’s information loop. And he had the lousy luck to get saddled with injuries or rotten years from key stars. But he also was fired because whoever he really is, whatever that private person might be like, that guy never showed up. Williams hid inside his job. He barely impacted
his team, never inspired (or scared) anybody, seldom made a player more confident. And he certainly never built a team personality, in part because he never risked showing or sharing his own. Williams was handed a talented team known for average fundamentals, poor situational hitting and subpar defense. Also, foes thought the Nats, as a group, faded, perhaps even folded, under pressure. That description still fits the Nats after two years under Williams. They didn’t change, in part because he didn’t force them or inspire them to change. His failure was the first item in his job description: leadership. It’s not enough to know who you are. A baseball manager also has to show who he is — openly, proudly, specifically — then make his team want to follow. Whomever the Nats hire as their next manager, let it be a force such as Davey Johnson, Frank Robinson or Buck Showalter who doesn’t manage an entire game without changing
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Manager search: New man should have some oomph
Matt Williams, emotionless on the surface as manager of the Nationals, didn’t inspire confidence in his players and never built a team personality.
expression, or only go on the field when his internal Manual of Proper Managing tells him “it is time to take 11 steps toward the ump to keep my star from being ejected.” Don’t let it be a man who protects himself after every brutal loss with the same evasive non-accountable emotionally defensive cliches about “another game tomorrow.” Can you imagine Johnson, Robinson, Showalter, or Joe Maddon not knowing about a fight in his own dugout? Only someone who is emotionally isolated himself, who is hard to approach with bad news, can be so cut off. Surely, that’s the opposite of leadership.
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Who’s at quarterback? Who knows? Coach Randy Edsall, left, of Maryland
(2-3) has struggled to find a quarterback this season, and that hasn’t changed heading into Saturday’s noon game at No. 1 Ohio State (5-0). He said Tuesday that he won’t announce a starter until game time, essentially reopening the competition among Caleb Rowe, Perry Hills and Daxx Garman. Rowe started Saturday against Michigan but threw three picks in a 28-0 defeat. ROMAN STUBBS (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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Who might be better? What about Cal Ripken, you ask breathlessly? Cal’s done everything except ask, “What day and time is my interview for your job?” There’s no one in baseball I’ve talked to more often or like and admire more than Ripken. Around people he knows, he’s funny, profane and sarcastic. He’s a semi-cynical storytelling smart aleck, wise to the world, who could do a baseball late-night talk show if he let that guy out. But he has a private component to his self and likely would arrive boxed inside a public persona erected since he was 1982 rookie of the year.
TERRAPINS
Louisville campus police investigating allegations that escorts were hired for sex with recruits
Each week, The Washington Post’s national NFL writer, Mark Maske, will rank the league’s 32 teams. This week’s rankings see the NFC South’s steady rise continue with two unbeaten teams, the Panthers and Falcons.
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After Seattle’s Kam Chancellor (No. 31) forced a Detroit fumble at the goal-line Monday night, controversy ensued.
Why NFL didn’t review game-changing bad call Batting-the-ball penalty is specifically excluded from replay system NFL The NFL’s instant replay system is designed to prevent an officiating blunder that costs a team a game. It failed Monday night. The NFL admitted that an officiating gaffe prevented the Lions from having a late chance to win in Seattle. Dean Blandino, NFL vice president of officiating, told NFL Network after the game that the officials should have penalized Seahawks linebacker K.J. Wright for illegally batting the ball out of the back
of the end zone on a fumble by Lions receiver Calvin Johnson. If the penalty had been called, the Lions would have had a first down inside the Seattle 1 in the final two minutes. Instead, the Seahawks (2-2) were awarded possession and a touchback at their 20. They ran out the clock to hold on for a 13-10 triumph, keeping the Lions winless at 0-4. All turnovers are subjected automatically to replay review. But Blandino said that call — illegal batting of the ball — is specifically excluded from review because the NFL believes an official must judge what the player intended to do. So if, say, replay showed Johnson’s knee to be on the turf
(it wasn’t) before the ball was knocked from his hands by Seahawks safety Kam Chancellor, the play could have been reversed via review and the Lions would have been given possession. But because the official who was well positioned to make the call simply missed Wright’s illegal swipe at the ball, there was nothing that could be done via the replay system. Replay failed because of its own rules. Is there a solution? Blandino said the NFL competition committee will review after the season whether such illegal batting of the ball should be added to the list of reviewable plays. MARK MASKE (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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Backstrom’s recovery going OK Center Nicklas Backstrom is expected to miss a handful of games at the start of the season as he works his way back from hip surgery. GM Brian MacLellan said Tuesday that the team originally thought Backstrom could miss zero to 10 games, but “now it seems to be four or five.” The Capitals open the season at home Saturday against the Devils. (AP) Because of area flooding, South Carolina Gamecocks might not be able to host LSU on Saturday
As the Redskins wasted a 13-0 halftime lead against the Eagles on Sunday, fans had a familiar, selfhating lament: “That’s so Redskins.” Defensive tackle Terrance Knighton, below, in his first year here, doesn’t want to hear it. “Early in the third quarter, people were probably giving up,” he said after the Redskins righted themselves for a 23-20 win. “I just hope that the fans see that this is a different team, man. If I hear anybody say, ‘This is what happened last year,’ I go crazy.” The numbers bear him out: Twentythree men who started at least one game for the listless Redskins last season didn’t play a down Sunday. DAN STEINBERG (THE WASHINGTON POST)
Insider trading? It’s a new worry in fantasy sports FANTASY SPORTS Playing fantasy sports has often been likened to playing the stock market. Now it appears that the daily fantasy sports, or DFS, industry is undergoing its first insider-trading scandal. Recently, a DraftKings employee admitted to having tweeted out ownership percentages for the website’s biggest game, the Millionaire Maker, before the contest “locked” with all the relevant NFL games having begun. That data, usually made public only after a contest locks, can lift a player’s odds of beating thousands of participants. A common DFS strategy is to avoid players widely selected by other competitors, thus maximizing the chances of building a uniquely successful lineup. Adding to the intrigue, the employee finished second the same weekend in a large-scale contest at DraftKings’ rival site, FanDuel, earning $350,000. That raised questions about whether he used knowledge of ownership percentages acquired from his site to build a successful lineup at the other. DraftKings said it investigated and found the employee got the data only after making his FanDuel selections. But there is fallout. ESPN said Tuesday it will carry DraftKings commercials but will drop sponsored content in shows. And employees of the fantasy sites are no longer being allowed to wager at either of them. DES BIELER (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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Beal’s new ideal: Shoot fewer long 2s WIZARDS On the eve of the Wizards’ preseason opener Tuesday night against the 76ers at Verizon Center, shooting guard Bradley Beal again made it clear: He’s serious about taking fewer long (and thus inefficient) 2-point shots. “The biggest thing, man, like I’ve been preaching all summer, is just not shooting those long 2s,” he said. Beal and his trainer, Drew Hanlen, decided he needed to change his shot selection after evaluating last season’s film and statistics. They focused his
Bradley Beal last season made only 33.2 percent of shots from 16 to 24 feet.
offseason regimen on finishing around the basket and creating his shot from beyond the 3-point line, including a stepback 3-pointer. Beal averaged 15.3 points last season on 42.7 percent shooting.
Of his 851 field-goal tries, 27.9 percent were from 16 to 24 feet, although he made just 33.2 percent of them, the second-worst mark among players with at least 200 shots from that range. Beal wasn’t the Wizards’ only
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Cubs at Pirates 8:08 p.m. today, TBS STARTERS: Jake Arrieta (22-6, 1.77 ERA) vs. Gerrit Cole (19-8, 2.60 ERA) WHY THE CUBS WILL WIN: No one is hotter than Arrieta, who has given up less than half a run per nine innings since Aug. 4 and was 3-1 with a 0.75 ERA this year against Pittsburgh. WHY THE PIRATES WILL WIN:
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DESSERTS If you were to look at the first batch of cookies Elizabeth Mahon decorated … on second thought, she’d probably prefer you didn’t. “I have photos, and it’s hilarious,” says Mahon, who founded her custom cookie company, District Baking Co., in 2014. Today, after fine-tuning her skills and steadying her hand, Mahon sells her impeccably decorated sweets for up to $60 a dozen. Mahon’s painstakingly made sweets — such as her sugar cookies in the shape of Mason jars complete with the signature “Ball” script — reflect the growing number of elaborately detailed cookies, macarons, cakes and pies available in the D.C. area. “People appreciate the artistry, and I think they appreciate how much thought went into it,” says Tiffany MacIsaac, the owner and lead pastry chef of soon-to-open Buttercream Bakeshop. MacIsaac often hand-paints watercolor flowers or fruits on her macarons and cakes using food dye. Most often, MacIsaac says, people order her edible masterpieces for weddings and other special occasions like baby showers and birthday parties. (Host
of the year?) “A lot of times people use them as a focal point for an event,” she says. “You don’t see hand-painted food often. For most people it takes something that would otherwise not be very memorable and makes it mind-blowing.” You may recall the photo cake craze of the ’90s, when snapshots were made into edible sheets that topped cakes or cookies. These bakers shun that outdated style, preferring something that requires a bit more craftsmanship. “Nobody wants just a printed image on a cookie,” says Fresh Dizicheh, founder of Fresh Bakes in Ashburn, Va. “They want the hand piping. I think people appreciate the little mess-ups because they know it was made by a human.” As is the case for Mahon and MacIsaac, not a day goes by that Dizicheh doesn’t hear a client say, “It’s too pretty to eat!” She’s flattered, but let’s be real. “I want people to eat them and enjoy them,” she says. “They’re not meant to sit on a shelf or be a souvenir.”
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These Mason jar sugar cookies were made by Elizabeth Mahon for a friend’s birthday. She piped the text and miniature rosettes freehand.
The Dupont Shake Shack will offer this cheeseburger Oct. 13-18 in honor of the 10th anniversary of Every Day with Rachel Ray magazine. We don’t get it either, but we love that it’s topped with Gordy’s Thai basil jalapenos, fried shallots and Sriracha.
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It’s been one year since Taylor Gourmet debuted its cheesesteak. To celebrate, the local chain teamed up with Danny Lee of Mandu for this sandwich with bulgogimarinated rib-eye, kimchee, cheddar and scallions. It’s available through October.
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Alex (Tommy Dewey, left) and Valerie (Michaela Watkins) are a pair of screwed-up siblings in “Casual.”
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Casually brilliant Hulu’s hip new show ‘Casual’ rises above its indie competition TELEVISION Like so many of its peers, the streaming network Hulu has thrown quite a bit of spaghetti against the wall to see what sticks. Its original series so far have been mixed, to say the least. But with “Casual,” an intelligent and beguilingly downbeat 10-episode dramedy from executive producer Jason Reitman (“Up in the Air,” “Juno”), Hulu appears to be entering a phase of shrewdly hipper choices. Michaela Watkins, an underappreciated comic actor seen too briefly on “Saturday Night Live” and ABC’s “Trophy Wife,” stars
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as Valerie, a Los Angeles therapist whose recent discovery of her husband’s affair leads her to move in with her younger, single brother, Alex (Tommy Dewey), the co-founder of a popular online dating app called Snooger. Alex uses his own Snooger profile to meet (and mate) with multiple women who’ve set their profiles to “casual.” Eventually he fat shames a one-night stand who turns out to be a tech blogger; she writes a negative essay about him that jeopardizes the company. Valerie, meanwhile, is also becoming a frequent user of Snooger, exploring her options as a newly-single woman in her 40s, while trying too late to set some boundaries for her 16-yearold daughter, Laura (Tara Lynn Barr), who is busy throwing
herself at her photography teacher (Patrick Heusinger). “Casual” is entirely saved by strong, measured performances from Watkins and Dewey. The show is enjoyable in an unseemly way, with characters who do and say things that a viewer can only hope is an aberration rather than reflective of the social norm. In fact, “Casual” can sometimes seem almost too selfconsciously of a piece with so many other shows and indie films about poisoned relationships: Amazon’s “Transparent,” HBO’s “Togetherness” and FXX’s “You’re The Worst.” These upper-income, mostly-white tales of emotional ennui in L.A. tend to feed off one another’s cliches. At best, it’s good for a quick fling.
In an interview Monday on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 radio show, Will Smith announced he and DJ Jazzy Jeff are launching a world tour next summer. Smith revealed that he’s recorded 30 new songs and there are “six or seven that I really, really like.” Smith has slowly been easing his way back into the music world. Last week the Colombian electronica band Bomba Estereo released a remix of its song “Fiesta” featuring Smith. He also said “there is a very, very, very strong possibility” that the third installment in the “Bad Boys” franchise will come in the next few years. (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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The number of years since the best-selling “Twilight” vampire novel was released, which is why author Stephenie Meyer is offering a gender swap for the millions caught up in the saga of Bella and Edward. Little, Brown on Tuesday released a “Twilight/Life and Death” dual edition of the first novel in the series. “Life and Death” reverses the author’s famed romance between a teen girl and male vampire, instead having a human boy (Beau) fall for a female vampire (Edythe). As of Tuesday evening, the book was No. 10 on Amazon.com’s best-seller list. (AP) Vulture: CBS greenlights “Nancy Drew” series about the detective in her 30s
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ABC Family changing its name to Freeform The ABC Family network, home of youthful dramas “Pretty Little Liars” and “The Fosters,” said Tuesday it will change its name to Freeform this winter. The rebranding reflects the Disneyowned network’s worries that its current name is a turnoff to its target audience of 14- to 34-yearold viewers. The changeover takes place on Jan. 1. (AP) LOSSES
Belgian director Chantal Akerman dies at 65 Belgian film director Chantal Akerman, a champion of feminism during the heady days of French filmmaking in the 1970s and beyond, has died. She was 65. Artemis Productions in Brussels, which worked with Akerman, confirmed her death on Tuesday. Akerman gained critical acclaim with “Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles,” and will be remembered as a major art house figure. (AP) PEOPLE
Judd tells Variety she was assaulted by studio head Actress Ashley Judd told Variety that she was once sexually harassed by a famous Hollywood studio executive. The powerful executive “physically lured” Judd to his hotel room and made various requests of her before she extricated herself from the situation. “We internalize the shame,” she said. “It really belongs to the person who is the aggressor. … That’s sexual harassment. That’s illegal.” (THE WASHINGTON POST) COURT BATTLES
Phil Rudd loses appeal, gets home detention A court in New Zealand has rejected AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd’s appeal against his conviction of threatening to kill a man who worked for him, Billboard reported. Rudd will serve eight months of home detention, though his lawyers argued that the sentence was “excessive.” (EXPRESS)
Hollywood Reporter: “Straight Outta Compton” director F. Gary Gray will direct “Furious 8”
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“Won’t be buying this magazine ever again. Such disrespect to the actual first family. Shame on you Cosmo” @STHJRSYGRL is outraged that Cosmopolitan magazine referred to the Kardashians as “American’s First Family” for its 50th birthday edition. Twitter was up in arms over the cover, pointing out the obvious fact that, actually, the Obamas are America’s first family.
“The vice president is mourning. He’s also calculating.” EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE , at politico.com, reveals that Joe Biden himself was the one to leak the story about his dying son Beau asking him to run for president. According to Dovere, Biden called New York Times columnist and renowned Hillary Clinton-critic Maureen Dowd with the details, which boosted calls for him to run for president.
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avoid a major conflict by talking about the issues that are most important to you. Keep talking, and you can avoid fighting!
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Don’t let yourself get tangled in an issue that is not of your making. It’s a good day to stay neutral, no matter who is involved. CANCER (June 21-July 22) You may not be able to turn a blind eye to what someone does by accident. You’re likely to discover it was no accident after all!
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1960: Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy and Republican opponent Richard Nixon hold their second televised debate, this one in Washington, D.C.
1989: Hungary’s Communist Party renounces Marxism in favor of democratic socialism during a party congress in Budapest.
1991: University of Oklahoma law professor Anita Hill publicly accuses Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of making sexually inappropriate comments when she worked for him; Thomas denies Hill’s allegations.
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Singer Grace Jones says she wasn’t impressed by Lady Gaga. “Gaga came to me, and I just could not find a soul,” Jones said on the SiriusXM show “Bevelations.” “I’d come from church — maybe that has something to do with it. I like to get to the soul of a person. I just didn’t feel a soul.” She added that she was “angry” at Gaga for stealing her style. (EXPRESS)
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Johnny insists he meet photographers’ parents before she goes to work Johnny Depp told Germany’s Gala magazine that he’s worried about his 16-year-old daughter Lily-Rose’s modeling. “To be honest, I’m quite worried,” he said (according to translation from The Huffington Post). “What’s happening with Lily-Rose right now isn’t what I expected.” (EXPRESS)
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Claire does the verbal equivalent of a shrug Claire Danes opened up to Howard Stern on Monday about her past relationship with actor Billy Crudup, who left his pregnant girlfriend, Mary-Louise Parker, for Danes in 2003. “I was just in love with him and needed to explore that, and I was 24,” Danes said. “I didn’t quite know what those consequences would be … but it’s OK … I went through it.” (EXPRESS)
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Isabella Cruise, adopted daughter of Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise, is married, but it’s not clear whether either parent attended the ceremony. Australia’s Woman’s Day magazine first reported the union of 22-year-old Isabella and I.T. consultant Max Parker at the Dorchester Hotel in London. Though People magazine added that neither Tom Cruise nor Kidman attended the ceremony, a source told the New York Post that Kidman was not invited, as the wedding was a Scientology ceremony. Both sources said Tom Cruise paid for the wedding. (EXPRESS)
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