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Corona by the Numbers & Local Updates: COVID-19 cases creep toward 200,000 in LA County; Hawthornebased SpaceX makes history Compiled by Christina Campodonico Reported Data & Cases by Neighborhood as of Tuesday, Aug. 4 Culver City: 326; Del Rey: 260; El Segundo: 97; Marina del Rey: 61; Mar Vista: 248; Playa Vista: 104; Playa del Rey: 20; Santa Monica: 655; Venice: 210; Westchester: 300 Total Confirmed Cases in LA County: 195,614 Current Hospitalizations: 1,757 Testing Postivity Rate: 8.5% Total Deaths: 4,758 • Two NASA astronauts splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday (Aug. 2) after completing a successful mission to the International Space Station aboard Hawthorne-based Space X’s Crew Dragon Endeavour. The mission was the first crewed spaceflight to launch from the U.S. since the Space Shuttle program ended in 2011 and also the first time that a commerically developed spacecraft carried humans into Earth’s orbit. (via Patch.com & CNN) • Despite LA County reaching almost 200,000 cases of COVID-19 this week, L.A. County Public Health Director

Barbara Ferrer expressed cautious optimism at Monday’s (Aug. 3) LA County press briefing, which noted downward trends in hospitalization and daily case rates. “Simply put, closing the bars worked,” Ferrer said. “It also worked to limit indoor dining at restaurants and to move the operations of various businesses and institutions outdoors.” (via LAist) • LAUSD and United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) reached a tentative agreement Monday (Aug. 3) for online distance learning. Under the deal, the average school day would run between 9 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. and students would receive at least 90 minutes of live online instruction per day. (via LAist) • Know a micro-entrepeneur, small business or nonprofit in need of $5,000 to $15,000? Applications for the LA Regional COVID-19 Fund are being accepted through Friday, Aug. 7. Learn more at lacovidfund.org and visit ewddlacity.com/index.php/local-business/businesssource-centers to get application help and apply.

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they have to put up with in society. Not only do they have to suit up physically for battle, but mentally every time, like going into a potential war zone. What’s happening to our society where it seems our police are being hunted, facing down potential enemies and combatants? Are we next when there’s nobody around protecting us? Police are human flesh and blood and want to go home to their families every day like the rest of us. Fortunately, most of us will never know what it’s like being out there in the midst [of chaos]. Thank god, someone has to. As far as I’m concerned, they are as important — maybe even more so —than other first responders. The fire department cannot do their job without the police. They are equal first responders (remember 9/11?). Getting caught up in this latest frenzied political movement to defund/remove our precious police does nobody any good in the long run. SMPD is the main reason why Santa Monica remains a safe and secure city and why I continue to reside

here. Let us kneel for law and order, not for anarchy. Linda Ryan Ocean Park, Santa Monica The State of Venice Boulevard I felt so sad driving on what used to be beautiful Venice Boulevard. It now looks like Skid Row in downtown LA. Mayor Garcetti, you should be ashamed. Andrea Daroca Marina del Rey Call on Your Senators to Fund Vote-by-mail COVID-19 is still wreaking havoc on our families, our economy, and our elections, with cases surging across the country. But Congress has the power to intervene right now. In response to safety concerns and pressure from constituents like me, Congress has passed limited funding to expand absentee voting, online registration, and in-person early voting — but it’s simply not enough. Without $3.6 billion in total funding for election assistance, voters may not be able to make

their voices heard during one of the most important elections of our lifetime. That’s why we need our leaders to prevent a situation where any voter is forced to choose between protecting their health and casting their ballot. While these policies are critical as we recover from this national crisis, voting reforms like expanding no-excuse absentee voting and online voter registration are common-sense changes that will help voters participate in the political process. Multiple states have already adopted vote-by-mail, and their models could be implemented across the country. When Congress is back in session, it will be up to Mitch McConnell to ensure the bill they pass next must include expanded funding for mail-in voting, more early voting at safe polling places and other options to make voting possible this November. If voting by mail is good enough for Donald Trump and others in his cabinet, it should be good enough for all of us. Congress needs to make it possible for every eligible

American to vote by mail if they choose to do so. Richard Perez 90066 COVID Relief, Not Campaign Money As Congress negotiates the next COVID-19 relief bill, they should include provisions to stop it from being used as a Trump campaign tool. After the first bill, the administration arranged to have Trump’s name printed boldly on the stimulus checks, which was unprecedented. And instead of the customary generic notice from the Treasury Department, the follow-up letter indicated that it came from The White House, with the salutation “My Fellow American,” signed by President Trump, touting his administration’s efforts. The envelope indicated that it came from the IRS, making it hard to ignore. And postage and mailing costs were paid by the IRS. Ironically, a major reason we even need this relief is because Trump initially failed to act and then took so many deadly missteps in dealing with the pandemic. He has continued to

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‘Frictionless’ Technology LAX’s new thermal cameras aim to make flying safe and seamless during COVID-19 By Lydia You The coronavirus is here to stay, and the road back to “normal” life is looking increasingly, well, not normal. As businesses and institutions begin the process of re-opening, Invisible Health Technologies is seeking to make that transition as safe and seamless as possible through the Omnisense Systems Sentry MK4 Mass Fever Screening System, a top-of-the-line mass fever detection system that is being tested at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Originally developed by Singaporean company Omnisense Systems in response to the 2003 SARS outbreak, the Sentry MK4 Mass Fever Screening System estimates core body temperature of travelers by sensing heat waves emanating from their bodies. There are around 100 MK4s in Singapore’s vaunted Changi airport, which has long been acclaimed as one of the best

Omnisense Systems Sentry MK4 Mass Fever Screening System is currently being test at LAX airports in the world in terms of safety and amenities. After over 15 years of development, the technology is now on its fourth model. Invisible Health Technologies recently became an authorized reseller of the MK4, one of three thermal camera brands being

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Southern told Fox News that the MK4 fever-screening system has the capability to record if needed, but is not set to record. “Our philosophy is that if that technology doesn’t inconvenience people, they will accept that new responsibility of looking out for other people’s health by looking out for their own health,” says Southern. This is an especially important point considering that fatigue — from endless quarantine restrictions and myriad anxieties over health and safety — has proven to be just as dangerous as the virus itself, resulting in spiking cases across the country as states juggle re-opening. “I think people have a lot of trauma related to COVID...this is something that’s going to be with us for some time if not the virus, the trauma of the shared experience. Moving forward, this technology can be useful into the future to ensure that we’re safe in case there’s a serious second wave, or when we have our next flu/cold season,” Southern explains, citing this focus on providing a seamless and undisruptive experience as a key

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As part of a pilot program, thermal heat cameras and detection systems have been installed at LAX’s Tom Bradley International Terminal component of his company’s longevity in the market postCOVID. “Because they [the MK4s] are so frictionless, you can keep them turned on and just catch folks as they come through if it’s a bad flu season or something,” says South-

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An Ode to the Westside Local poet Candice Kelsey writes her life story into neighborhood landscapes By Meera Sastry Candice Kelsey has made a home on the Westside for over twenty years, all the while working as a teacher and honing her craft. Her book of poetry “Still I Am Pushing” released with Finishing Line Press earlier this year. Kelsey’s work deals with the complexities of family relationships, the realities of growing up as a woman and much of it is illuminated by the backgrounds of Venice, Santa Monica and Marina del Rey. Although she has felt a lifelong affinity for the craft, Kelsey turned to writing poetry seriously about five years ago. A transplant from Ohio to West LA, Kelsey was living here when a series of personal events prompted her to begin writing. When a friend suggested that she consider publishing her work, she produced over 400 poems. And the rest, as Kelsey says, is history. The local poet has been published in literary journals such as Poets Reading the News and Poet Lore, and received awards, including an Honorable Mention in Common Ground’s 2019 Poetry Contest and a nomination for a 2019 Pushcart Prize. “Still I Am Pushing” — Kelsey’s debut book — gathers poems that deal with a range of subjects both personal and contemporary and structures them in a way that makes for a compelling whole. The collection is primarily divided into sections that correspond to the arc of a Greek tragedy with choruses, antistrophes (a section of an ancient Greek choral ode) and a designated catharsis. Kelsey likens some of the dynamics she sought to capture to this mode of drama. “When I was thinking about expressing what it’s like to be a daughter and what it’s like to be a mother, I realized that there’s such an element of tragedy in it, in the ancient Greek sense,” Kelsey says. “I see echoes of these great stories in all of our attempts to navigate family and identity.” The personal nature of her work is the standout quality of

For her new book of poetry, Candice Kelsey drew inspiration from favorite Westside landmarks and eateries her poems. The emotions expressed in her poems are not always neat or complimentary, but the whole collection rings with empathy, as Kelsey digs into her past experiences while acknowledging the cyclical nature of her relationships — mother, daughter, wife, sister. “This collection is really about reconciliation,” Kelsey says. “Naming what’s happened, addressing it, moving forward and understanding all of the people it speaks to.” There are also sections that

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connect to the present; one is titled “Facebook” and several feature excerpted text messages. Not only is “Still I Am Pushing” grounded in time, but in place as well. West Los Angeles establishments like the Cafe in Marina del Rey and the restaurant Ashland Hill in Santa Monica lend themselves to poems’ titles, and Kelsey makes many more small references to the landscapes that shaped the years of her life in which she wrote these pieces. “I want to write a letter as reckless as the cars metal rip

tides speeding over our hill / this Dog Town street,” Kelsey writes in “Married Love, Part II,” “I want to write our house watching fig lemon and avocado trees frame a sprawling vista / the Marina... I can’t write back steps we climb one last time… only the Jacaranda knows.” “In many ways,” Kelsey says, “I feel like I grew up in Venice and in Santa Monica. So many of my pivotal moments of growth and challenge and sadness occurred there, in restaurants or on the bridges of

the canals. Place is so integral to both experience and memory, and I really wanted to honor that.” These concrete details give the work a sense of reality, and Westside readers especially will be able to identify with the tensions she explores between the iconic landscapes of Los Angeles and the struggles of building a life here. As Kelsey says, “It’s rough to try to make your way in Los Angeles. It’s kind of a love-hate relationship, that raw struggle in the midst of paradise.” Another prominent aspect of Kelsey’s life is her work as a teacher at the girls’ campus of Yeshiva University High School of Los Angeles. “I’m definitely more in tune with the creative potential of my students,” Kelsey says. “It’s made me more sensitive and more probing. For years, I didn’t use my voice, and I really want my students to not only find their authentic voices, but to use them for good.” Kelsey continues to write. Some of her most recent work, she says, expands upon her ideas of place to discuss the other places she’s lived before, including Hong Kong. She plans to publish a chapbook called “The Pier House,” which is also largely set on the Westside — focused on the loss of a home in Ocean Park — and is working on a project with the O, Miami Poetry Festival. Just as writing poetry has been a transformative experience for Kelsey, she hopes that her work can be a constructive and reassuring experience for her readers, given the state of the world today. “Each person has a collection of poetry in them, even if it never manifests,” Kelsey says. “Reading and writing and acknowledging poetry is the opposite of destruction and suffering. It’s life and it’s hope and it’s connection; it’s what this world so badly needs.” Copies of “Still I Am Pushing” are available at finishinglinepress.com/product/still-iam-pushing-by-candice-kelsey. Visit candicemkelseypoet.com to learn more.

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FOWLA volunteers pick up a food delivery for first responders at a local restaurant By Anthony Torrise We are in a confusing and conflicting time. But through it all, there are silver linings, like the work of local nonprofit Friends of West L.A. From schools to emergency rooms, FOWLA has been serving the Westside with love and a dedication to further strengthen community bonds for over five years. So when COVID-19 began to rip through Los Angeles earlier this spring, FOWLA decided to focus on providing meals for first responders, who work tirelessly to be the first line of support during the ongoing pandemic. The initiative is titled “Responders First.” Twenty local restaurants provide meals that FOWLA board members Joseph Galloway and Lisa Morocco, along with local Jae Wu, personally deliver two to three times per week. Between the three of them, the deliveries go to first responders on duty at Los Angeles Fire Department Stations 37, 43, 59 and 92, the West Los Angeles Police Division and the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Each delivery is met with smiling faces and relief to have a hot meal during another busy shift. “It’s been a really great effort to support UCLA ER and see their reaction once we give them the food the restaurants make for us,” said Galloway, who has built relationships with local restauranteurs over the years, making Responders First

possible. Firemen, police and nurses not only receive a hot meal and gratitude, but local restaurants hit hard by the pandemic benefit from the business FOWLA provides through their nonprofit service. So far, the group has spent over $160,000 on Responders First, which has provided about 10,000 meals, according to the initiative’s website. The group is currently in “Phase 2” of fundraising, according to the site. Participating restaurants include The Calif. Chicken Cafe (with locations in West LA and Venice), Westwood’s California Fresh and Los Angeles sushi favorite Sweetfin, among many others. Galloway’s passion for serving West LA would not be possible without those who feel the same at FOWLA. A lot remains uncertain as the fight against the coronavirus continues, but the efforts from Responders First continue to show gratitude. “The overall message we’re trying to promote is that in this very difficult time where morale is low for police and nurses… the least we could do while they’re trying to take care of people for emergency calls related to COVID-19 is a free meal,” expressed Galloway. To learn more or make a donation, visit respondersfirst.la. Got a scoop of good news? Email christinac@argonautnews. com.

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and state stay-at-home orders, Playa Vistans have had to adjust to online ordering and contactless, drive-thru pick ups of produce and other offerings. Finally, on Saturday, Aug. 1, with temps hitting 80 degrees, the Playa Vista Farmers’ Market reopened for foot traffic – with a lot of safety protocols in place as required by the LA County health department. These protocols include mandatory masks, no sampling, queuing to enter the market, “no-touch”

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purchasing, and an 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. “Senior Hour” for customers over 65 and those with sensitive immune systems. Absent are the vendors preparing hot food along with live entertainers and the clown who makes balloon animals. Playa Vista Farmers’ Market operator Mark Anderson, known by locals as “Farmer Mark,” was thrilled to be back in the community. But don’t think Farmer Mark has spent the time off baking sourdough

bread and watching “Tiger King.” “It’s been very, very hectic,” says Farmer Mark. “We’ve had to pivot and adjust with the closing of this market. We had farmers and food vendors dependent on this for their livelihood, so we set up an online, drive-thru, contactless delivery market and that’s a whole different animal than a live farmers market in terms of e-commerce, packaging and delivering,” he says.

Farmer Mark only learned from Playa Vista Community Services that he could reopen the market the previous Monday, getting the paperwork that Wednesday. As stressful as switching to online sales has been, Farmer Mark never considered abandoning the Playa Vista Farmers’ Market. “My passion is to support the local food movement, especially the local farmers. I felt honored and grateful to find this solution,

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even if it was a temporary solution, to generate some sales because crops in the field keep growing no matter what is going on in the COVID war,” he says. Pedro Gallardo, owner of Pedro’s Organic Ranch in Fallbrook, California has been selling his exotic fruits like cherimoya, dragon fruit and loquats at the Playa Vista Farmers’ Market for the last four years. When the pandemic hit, he was lucky enough to sell his produce at other farmers markets. “I wasn’t really affected, but the people here were affected. They need food to eat. Now we’re back and we hope to stay here,” he says. For Mynor Ixco of Cambria’s Stepladder Ranch and Creamery, famous for their small batch goat cheese, things were crazy when the pandemic first broke out. “There was a mad rush on the farmers markets. People were buying lots of cheese,” says Ixco. But Stepladder Ranch continued to provide its cheese to the Playa Vista community online and also have a presence at Farmer Mark’s other farmers markets. “I’ve been doing the Costa Mesa Farmers Market, so I’ve been able to spread the cheese love to Orange County!” Ixco says with a laugh. Luke Lokhorst of Oma’s Puffers, makers of the delicious mini Dutch pancakes, is happy to be back at the market, even if they don’t yet have a permit for cooking the cakes on-site. Instead, he’s selling the cakes pre-packaged. Lokhorst says the pandemic has been a very difficult time for the business that’s “based on making the food fresh. LA isn’t handing out any permits for that. That’s why you don’t see any other vendors here making food.” Lokhorst says it could be next year before the county renews those permits. In the meantime Farmer Mark insists shopping at a farmers market is the safest way to buy food. “It’s open-air, plenty of space and ventilation. And it’s the least amount of food handling you’ll find,” he says. The Playa Vista Farmers’ Market takes place Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., with a special “Senior Hour” from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at 12775 Millennium Drive, The Runway Playa Vista.

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A New Inspector General to Curb City Hall Corruption Doesn’t Go Far Enough By Mark Ryavec The author is the president of the Venice Stakeholders Association, a non-profit dedicated to civic improvement. He previously served as a legislative analyst for the City of Los Angeles. The unfolding prosecution of city councilman Jose Huizar for felony corruption, racketeering and money laundering is just the tip of the iceberg of scandalous behavior that is rampant in Los Angeles City Hall. And the recent call by former city councilman Michael Woo in the Los Angeles Times for an independent inspector general does not come close to addressing the systemic corruption. Start with the fact that the adoption of Woo’s ethics reforms 30 years ago gave us the ineffective regime of public financing, disclosure and campaign spending limits that has failed us so spectacularly in the cases of Huizar, and former councilman Mitchell Englander, who in his plea deal with the U.S. Attorney’s office acknowledged accepting cash in envelopes and other lavish gifts from a Southern California businessman during trips to Las Vegas and the Palm Springs area. It was magical thinking then for Woo and others to argue that simply setting spending limits, providing some public funding and requiring that all donations are made public would stop or hinder corruption. One only needs to look at an earlier development scandal to see the ineffectiveness of those rules. Starting in 2008, developer Samuel Leung through his associates illegally gave tens of thousands of dollars to at least six Los Angeles-area politicians who could approve the 352-unit Sea Breeze apartment project in the Harbor Gateway neighborhood of South Los Angeles via donors who were all connected in some way to Leung, according to a Los Angeles Times investigation. The apartment project was ultimately approved in 2015. In 2016, the Los Angeles Times also reported that then-city councilmembers Janice Hahn (who currently represents Marina del Rey on the LA County Board of Supervisors) and Mitchell Englander, and current city councilmembers Jose Huizar, Joe Buscaino and Nury Martinez were among the politicians who

received more than $600,000 in donations over a seven-year period. An independent campaign committee that supported Mayor Eric Garcetti, but supposedly was not controlled by him, also received illicit contributions. But there was no audio or written evidence that those donations were traded for votes, so no charges were brought against those politicians, and only Leung and his associate Sofia David were charged. But the corruption is broader and more insidious than the mere trade of city approvals for campaign cash. Those with financial interests in city hall decisions also donate to private charities either controlled by, or favored by, elected officials and little of that cash is tracked.

Only donations over $5,000 must be revealed. Special interests, with multimillion dollar projects pending in city hall, also can and do funnel unlimited amounts of cash to other campaign committees not subject to the limits of the Woo reforms. These committees are set up by councilmembers to advance their personal political causes, but also can boost the councilmember’s reputation and name recognition. The unspoken agreement is: Special Interest A will give tens of thousands of dollars to the councilmember’s cause over here and later the councilmember will support the planning variances or “spot” zoning Special Interest A needs to increase the allowable height or density he wants for his project

over there. In late 2016, Mayor Eric Garcetti and Councilman Mike Bonin were hell-bent on passing Proposition HHH to build 10,000 units for the homeless. Atlas Capital Group was one of many developers that responded to Bonin’s request with a $25,000 donation to Bonin’s campaign committee to support HHH. Why would Atlas make such a generous donation? Because they had a huge investment in pending (and future) real estate projects that would need approvals from the Planning Department, Planning Commission, city council and the mayor. For example, in 2019, Atlas purchased the old Los Angeles Times’ printing plant in Downtown for $240 million. The property includes about 660,000 square feet of manufacturing and distribution space, along with about 15 acres of developable open space. Atlas and its partners are also developing the Row DTLA project adjacent to LA’s Art District, turning 2 million square feet of warehouse space into a complex of stores, restaurants, offices and parking. In 2018, Atlas was also seeking city council approval of a 725-unit development in Chinatown, which was granted in 2019. When approached for donations by councilmembers – or their fundraisers – developers like Atlas frequently feel that that they don’t have a choice. Contributions are simply a cost of doing business. In the late ’80s I represented Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI) in opposing Councilman Hal Bernson’s efforts to prematurely close Sunshine Canyon Landfill in Granada Hills. At the same time, I was the lobbyist for No Oil, Inc. working to stop Occidental Petroleum from sinking 100 oil wells along Pacific Coast

“The city must curtail the ability of special interests – especially property developers – to give massive amounts of money to any committee controlled by a city elected official or even to respond to requests from politicians for donations to charitable organizations.”

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– Mark Ryavec, Venice Stakeholders Association

Highway across from Will Rogers State Beach. I asked BFI to give $5,000 to the campaign to pass No Oil’s Proposition O to ban drilling along Los Angeles’ coast, which would kill the Oxy project. They declined, so I gave the phone number of BFI’s vice president to Councilman Zev Yaroslavsky, one of the sponsors of Prop. O, and suggested he call. The BFI vice president knew that some months later Yaroslavsky would be voting on whether to keep Sunshine Canyon open. BFI made the donation. Did Yaroslavsky vow to vote to keep Sunshine Canyon open? I doubt it even came up. These transactions go on all the time. The city must curtail the ability of special interests – especially property developers – to give massive amounts of money to any committee controlled by a city elected official or even to respond to requests from politicians for donations to charitable organizations. The existing rules for city elected officials campaign committees also must be tightened. When I ran for city council in the city’s 11th District in 2017, I limited donations to $250 (not the $700 allowed at the time), and accepted no donations from anyone living outside the 11th District or from anyone who had, or expected to have, a project or contract before the city council during my tenure in office. While these standards severely limited the population from which I could raise funds, and the amount per person, they also significantly reduced the potential for anyone to have actual or apparent influence with me, if elected. The city should adopt these rules for campaign donations to cut-off the huge influence of special interest cash in our local elections. Power to Speak is The Argonaut’s guest opinion column for community members to voice their views on local matters and does not represent an editorial position by The Argonaut. The opinions, experiences and research expressed in this article are the author’s own. Have a unique point of view on a neighborhood matter or a national issue with a local twist? Email christinac@argonautnews. com.

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Pizza for Breakfast Top off your slice with bacon, eggs and cheese! PHOTOS BY AMY WATSKY

By Amy Watsky One of my fondest food memories from my childhood in suburban New York is getting breakfast sandwiches with my twin brother and my dad. Most weekends, we’d all go for the classic bacon, egg and cheese on a Kaiser roll at one of the many breakfast counters in our small town. At the time, I worshipped this greasy, comforting sandwich. It wasn’t perfect; the bread was usually stale, the bacon a bit too crispy and the eggs always overcooked. But we loved it. Naturally as I’ve grown older, I’ve left many of my childhood indulgences behind. But one of the foods I’ve never been able to shake is bacon, egg and cheese. I order it at my collegetown sandwich shop before every exam I take. Whenever I’m rushing through airport security and need a quick pick-me-up, I go for McDonald’s version of bacon, egg and cheese (the Egg McMuffin) —with a small side of guilt. The ingredients are so accessible that I’ve made it for my grandparents in rural Japan. Whether I’m off at college, rushing through a McDonald’s or somewhere in the Japanese countryside, the first bite of each bacon, egg and cheese never fails to provoke an instantaneous rush of reminiscence. The combination is just that good. So, I’ve decided to make a “grown up,” fancy version that retains the same sentimental flavor value but leaves out the stale bread and grease. Pizza

With this bacon, egg and cheese pizza recipe, your mornings can look this colorful, too! crust is the best answer to the Kaiser roll. Crunchy with a satisfying chew, it pairs perfectly with any toppings. You’ll see that the ingredient list is pretty customizable and shorter than usual; this lets the usual “side” pieces of cooking (such as fresh onions, herbs,and garlic) steal the spotlight for once. The pizza dough is rubbed with garlic butter and baked until the eggs on top are runny and creamy. Crunchy, gooey, salty and satisfyingly cheesy, it earns this childhood favorite a place in the food hall of fame. For adults, there are no rules. So if you want to eat pizza for breakfast, eat pizza for breakfast. And make that a bacon,

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Chopped scallions A tablespoon of softened butter or olive oil 2 minced garlic cloves Salt Pepper 1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Slice up the bacon into bite-sized pieces and bake them in the oven until the fat is mostly rendered and just cooked through. Set aside on a paper towel. 2. Raise the oven temperature to 500 degrees, or the highest heat possible. Mix the butter and garlic together with a pinch of salt. 3. Stretch the dough on a pizza pan until it covers most of the

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MC YAMMER My friend won’t stop talking about her new crush, and it’s driving me up the wall. I was annoyed, but now I’m getting increasingly angry, and I don’t appreciate this toxic feeling rising up. It’s all her and her new love all the time. If she asks anything about me or how I’m doing, it’s an afterthought. I try to avoid conflict, so I haven’t said anything. I keep hoping she’ll realize she’s behaving really selfishly. What will it take to get her to recognize this and start being a better friend? — Upset

potential for the angry person to inflict costs (sometimes just through the scary ugliness of aggression) or to withdraw benefits (such as the various social and emotional perks of being somebody’s friend). Either of these tactics suggests to the person doing the short shrifting that they’ll be worse off if they continue to put too little weight on the angry person’s interests, and this can motivate them to mend their selfish, neglectful ways. In other words, in anger, you’ve got a fantastic tool to protect you from being taken advantage of...that is, if you use it There’s actual friendship, and then instead of trying to suppress it. Because there’s calling somebody a friend but anger is triggered automatically, stifling using them as a giant ear-shaped it won’t make it go away; it’ll make it go trash can. away and get bigger and uglier. It’s Not surprisingly, being treated this way likely to leak out at inappropriate times has left you feeling angry. Like many (like in sniping hostility when you speak), people, you’re uncomfortable with and there can be an eventual out-ofanger. Anger is often characterized proportion explosion, often at some (wrongly) as a “negative” emotion. Sure, seriously minor perceived “slight,” like the the expression of anger — ours or that of person you’re angry with not passing a somebody around us — can make us condiment quite zippily enough. feel stressed out, uncomfortable, and Healthy assertiveness, on the other even poisoned. Uncontrolled anger can hand, requires the expression of what get us in trouble (sometimes for 20 years I’d call “timely, judicious honesty.” to life). “Timely” means expressing that you However, anger, like the rest of our have unmet needs relatively quickly emotions, is actually functional. Over — as soon as you can after you realize millions of years, our emotions evolved to there’s an issue. be the factory foremen of human Being “judicious” means taking an behavior, motivating us to behave in emotionally strategic approach: framing ways that solved problems humans the discussion with how you feel rather dealt with on a recurring basis, such as than how someone’s wronged you. In finding a mate, avoiding a beat down, practice, this means evoking the other and getting a friend to be more giveperson’s empathy (saying, “I feel bad and-take than take, take, take. when...”) rather than using language of Evolutionary psychologist Aaron Sell, accusation or blame (“You do this who researches anger, explains that it is rotten thing...”), which makes a person one of a few emotions that serves to feel attacked and motivates them to regulate not just our behavior but also fight back instead of listening. that of others (as do shame and The third step, “honesty,” is expressing, sadness). When we express sadness, for “Here’s what I need...” and seeing example, like by sobbing, it evokes whether the other person says they’re empathy in others, which makes them up for providing it. Then, of course, want to reach out and give us a hug there’s seeing whether they actually will and maybe even let us use their (perhaps with a reminder or two from shoulder as a substitute for snotty you if they automatically fall back into Kleenex. their old ways). Sell calls anger a “recalibrational If you accept responsibility for being emotion” and explains that it functions delinquent in expressing what you want as a bargaining tool for us to negotiate from your friend, it should help you cool for better treatment. When we notice off enough to do that now in a civil way. that another person doesn’t place If it turns out she isn’t genuinely interested in your welfare — that is, in being enough value on our “welfare” (meaning our interests, our well-being), anger a real friend to you with all the give-andrises up in us, motivating us to take take that involves — you can downaction to get the other person to correct grade her accordingly (like from friend — that is, recalibrate — the imbalance, to “someone I know”). Of course, you really couldn’t be a better friend to treat us better. to her right now — that is, unless you Anger does its “recalibrational” work — that is, incentivizes better treatment had your jaw wired shut for a month. — through two tactics, explains Sell: the

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How To Support Anti-Racism With Your Home Buying Or Homeowner Dollars The country was rocked by the murder of George Floyd on May 26, and protests have been erupting all over the world ever since. In the aftermath of Floyd’s death, many companies have spoken out to decry racism and commit their dollars—and their activism—to equality. In that vein, we’re posting a list of companies who have been outspoken in their support of racial equality. For the purpose of this article, we’re focusing on those that are in some way related to buying or selling a home, renovating, decorating, and even celebrating a purchase or home-related milestone. But you can track corporate donations and see a growing list of companies across nearly every type of industry who have taken a stand here. This is not meant to be a comprehensive list, and we invite you to add anyone we missed in the comments. Look to your lender Choosing between financial institutions for a purchase or refi? “Bank of America pledged $1 billion over four years to help communities across the country address economic and racial inequality and said the commitment will include programs such as virus testing and other health services, especially focusing on communities of color, support to minorityowned small businesses, and partnerships with historically black and Hispanic

educational institutions,” said Forbes. Buy some appliances or new flooring at Lowe’s The home improvement store has given $25 million in grants “to help minority businesses reopen,” said CNBC. The company’s CEO has also challenged other executives to “do our part.” Change your cellular carrier When it comes to cellular companies, so far it’s Verizon leading the way. The company has committed $10 million, which will be split between The National Urban League, NAACP, National Action Network, Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights, Rainbow Push Coalition, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Get your sweat on Since it’s not super safe to be in the gym right now, anyway, get a piece of home equipment for your new place instead. Peloton’s $500,000 donation to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund makes this an easier decision. Order some dinner Get a meal delivered from your fave new restaurant by DoorDash, who has announced they’re donating $1 million to the cause, including $500,000 to Black Lives Matter.

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Book an Airbnb Once it’s safe to travel again, keep in mind that Airbnb is donating $500,000 to be split between the NAACP and Black Lives Matter. Get some new sheets Brooklinen already has some of the most coveted sheets out there, and the company has now announced plans “to donate an undisclosed amount of money to the ‘right partner(s)’ as ‘the needs of the movement change,’” said Yahoo. Carefully consider your agent or real estate partner Some agents and real estate companies are being loud about their feelings and their plans to better support racial equality. “CEOs at Compass and Keller Williams…among others, detailed steps their companies are taking to address racism in the real estate industry and inside their offices,” said Inman. The Real Deal notes that, “Major landlords including Brookfield Property Partners and Empire State Realty Trust say the destruction of property and looting pales in comparison to the social issues driving the protests. In the context of the larger movement that’s afoot right now, we think it’s a small consideration,” Brian Kingston, Brookfield’s CEO, told them. “In the sense that these protests and this movement is about fair and equal treatment for all Americans, we support that

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