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Ali Ryerson Quartet - Mon, Aug 10 - The 1905

Posted on Saturday, August 08 @ 00:00:56 PDT (14 reads)

Ali ryerson quartet mon, aug 10 tickets $30 | all ages ali ryerson - flute jasnam daya singh - piano bill athens - bass ken ollis - drums with a career spanning over five decades, jazz flutist ali ryerson consistently ranks among the top flutists in the prestigious downbeat jazz poll. Born in 1952 in new york, ali grew up in a musical family. Her father, art ryerson, was a renowned jazz guitarist who got his start during the big band era with the paul whiteman orchestra, and later, became a top studio/session player in nyc, recording with everyone from louis armstrong, charlie parker, errol garner, sarah vaughn, frank sinatra, to elvis presley. He was also the first electric guitarist to perform and tour with the metropolitan opera orchestra of new york. ali has successfully carried on the family tradition, becoming an international touring and recording artist, with performances ranging from carnegie hall to the famed blue note jazz club (ny and japan) to the kennedy center in washington, d.C., Plus festival and club appearances worldwide. Ryerson has released over two dozen albums on major labels, including concord records, capri records, and red baron (for legendary jazz producer, bob thiele). ryerson has worked with jazz greats such as red rodney, hubert laws, roy haynes, kenny barron, frank wess, holly hofmann, stephane grappelli, wynton marsalis and the jazz at lincoln center orchestra, as well as classical artists julius baker and, while principal flutist with the monterey bay symphony, with luciano pavarotti. Ryerson had a long-time collaboration with renowned jazz guitarist, the late joe beck, with whom she toured and recorded for nearly a decade. Ali, a classically trained musician, studied with harold bennett (principal flutist with the metropolitan opera orchestra) and john wion (principal flutist with the new york city opera orchestra), and earned her performance degree from the hartt college of music (university of hartford). She has served as jazz chair and low flutes chair for the national flute association, was the founder of the nfa jazz flute big band and was nfa program chair for the 2023 national flute convention in phoenix. As an educator, ryerson’s ‘jazz flute practice method’ is widely acclaimed. She conducts master classes worldwide in addition to her long-running annual masterclass in california, and teaches a popular online series for lessonface. As a composer, ryerson has received numerous commissions. Her flute works, ranging from solo to large flute ensemble, are published by tetractys, theodore presser, edition kossack and acr music, and performed internationally by numerous artists and ensembles. Ryerson has an autograph series of flutes (c and alto) made by gemeinhardt musical instruments. Ali ryerson is a sankyo flute artist.

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The brutal truth about who swallowed the American middle class

Posted on Saturday, August 08 @ 00:00:56 PDT (13 reads)

A half-century ago, america had the largest middle class in the history of the nation and of the world. then, those on the “left” wanted stronger social safety nets and more public investment in schools, roads, and research. Those on the “right” sought greater reliance on the “free market.” but as power and wealth have moved to the top in america (and, to a lesser degree, in other “rich” nations, almost everyone else — whether on the old right or the old left — has become disempowered and less secure. america’s huge middle class has become a small shadow of what it once was. The bottom 90 percent are struggling to make ends meet. The richest 10 percent account for a large and growing portion of all consumption. The top one-tenth of one percent holds an increasing portion of all wealth. today the great divide is not between left and right. It’s between democracy and oligarchy. the word “oligarchy” comes from the greek word oligarkhes, meaning “few to rule or command.” It refers to a government of and by a handful of exceedingly rich people who control the major institutions of society and therefore have most power over other people’s lives. oligarchs may try to hide their power behind those institutions, or try to justify their power with platitudes about the public good, or try to excuse their power through philanthropy and “corporate social responsibility.” But no one should be fooled. Oligarchs wield power for their own benefit. even a system that calls itself a democracy can become an oligarchy if power becomes concentrated in the hands of a corporate and financial elite. Their power and wealth increase over time — as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets to their advantage, and create or exploit economic monopolies that put even more wealth into their pockets. modern-day russia is an oligarchy. A handful of billionaires there control most major industries and dominate politics and the economy. what about the united states? america has experienced oligarchy three times in its brief history. the first was at the nation’s start. Many of the men who founded the united states were slaveholding white oligarchs. America didn’t have much of a middle class. Most white people were farmers, indentured servants, farmhands, traders, day laborers, and artisans. A fifth of the population was black, almost all enslaved. a century later, a second oligarchy emerged, the robber barons. They were men who amassed fortunes through their railroad, steel, oil, and financial empires — men such as j. Pierpont morgan, john d. Rockefeller, andrew carnegie, cornelius vanderbilt, and andrew mellon. They ushered the nation into an industrial revolution that vastly expanded economic output. they also corrupted government, brutally suppressed wages, generated unprecedented levels of inequality and urban poverty, pillaged rivals, shut down competitors, and made out like bandits — which is why they earned the sobriquet “robber barons.” world war i and the great depression of the 1930s eroded most of these robber barons’ wealth. And most of their power was eliminated after the elections of franklin d. Roosevelt in 1932 and democratic majorities in the house and senate. for the next half-century the gains from growth were more widely shared, and democracy became more responsive to the needs and aspirations of average americans. although america created the largest middle class the world had ever seen, there was still much to do — civil rights and voting rights for black americans, wider economic opportunities for them and for women and latinos, protection of the environment. Yet by almost every measure the nation was making progress. a third american oligarchy emerged starting around 1980. Since then, the share of the nation’s wealth owned by the richest 400 americans has quadrupled (from 0.8 percent to 3.7 percent). the richest 130,000 americans and their immediate families now own as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent — 117 million — combined. The three richest americans own as much as the entire bottom half of the population. the only other country with similarly high levels of wealth concentration is russia. all this has been accompanied by a dramatic increase in the political power of the super-wealthy and an equally dramatic decline in the political influence of everyone else. unlike income or wealth, power is a zero-sum game. The more of it at the top, the less of it anywhere else. the average american now has little or no effect on public policy. Giant corporations, their ceos, and a handful of extremely rich people have more influence than any comparable group since the robber barons. the power shift that’s occurred in america since around 1980 is directly related to a tsunami of big money into politics. in the 2024 election, just 300 billionaires (and their immediate family members) donated more than $3 billion to candidates — almost 20 percent of all contributions to federal elections in 2024, either directly or through political action committees. billionaire families gave an average total of $10 million each in 2024, roughly equal to what 100,000 typical political donors gave, combined. One of them — elon musk — devoted a quarter of a billion dollars to trump’s reelection. (This doesn’t count money that billionaires contributed through dark money groups that do not have to disclose their donors.) five presidential elections ago, adjusting for inflation, the share of billionaire spending on elections was almost zero — 0.3 percent, to be precise. That was before the supreme court’s 2010 citizens united ruling that lifted many remaining campaign finance restrictions. corporate lobbying has also soared. The voices of average people have been drowned out. meanwhile, and largely because of this vast power shift, taxes on the wealthy and on corporations have been slashed. Trump’s so-called big beautiful bill of july 2025 cut taxes for the richest 10 percent of americans by more than $14,700 per year, per household, and cut taxes for the richest 1 percent of americans by more than $50,000 per year. meanwhile, safety nets for the poor and middle class have unraveled. About 3 million fewer americans have access to affordable care act marketplace coverage than they did before the second trump regime, due to higher premium costs. Approximately 4.5 to 5 million fewer americans receive food stamps. Public investments in education and infrastructure have also waned. the “free market” has been taken over by crony capitalism, corporate bailouts, and corporate welfare. the american oligarchy is back, with a vengeance. not all wealthy people are culpable, of course. I am not advocating class warfare, although america’s latest oligarchy has waged it against everyone else. the abuse has occurred at the nexus of wealth and power, where those with great wealth use it to gain power and then utilize that power to accumulate more wealth. This is how oligarchy destroys democracy. as oligarchs fill the coffers of political candidates and deploy platoons of lobbyists and public relations flaks, they buy off democracy. Oligarchs know that politicians won’t bite the hands that feed them. which brings me back to jamie dimon — chair and ceo of jpmorganchase (the largest and most profitable bank in the united states) and the most influential ceo in america. if you want to understand the american oligarchy, you need to understand dimon. as a lifelong democrat, dimon is a friend of bill clinton. He supported obama in 2008 and mentored several of the people who became high officials in the obama white house. At obama’s inauguration in 2008, dimon said to the incoming president, “tell me what you need. I’ll send people down here. I’ll do anything.” In 2009, the new york times called dimon “obama’s favorite banker.” dimon supported hillary clinton in 2016. but he can be a switch hitter. Speaking from the world economic forum’s confab in davos, switzerland, at the start of 2024, dimon heaped praise on trump. “Take a step back, be honest,” dimon said. Trump was “kind of right on immigration. He grew the economy quite well. Tax reform worked.” hello? Trump has been dead wrong on immigration, the economy, and taxes. Why did jamie dimon — the most influential ceo in america — spout this nonsense in favor of trump? Probably because he thought trump had a good chance of becoming president again, and dimon wanted to be in his good graces. at a time in american history when the most powerful business leaders in america should be standing up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, for democracy, for decency, and against trump, dimon has led the charge in the opposite direction. dimon knows better. Over the years, he has frankly acknowledged the dysfunctions of the american system and urged that they be addressed. in his 2017 letter to jpmorgan’s shareholders he warned, “we should be ringing the national alarm bell that inner city schools are failing our children.” In 2018 he told them that “middle class incomes have been stagnant for years. Income inequality has gotten worse” and cautioned that “no one can claim that the promise of equal opportunity is being offered to all americans.” In his 2019 letter he noted that “a big chunk of [americans] have been left behind.” more recently, he told the economic club of chicago that racial discrimination isn’t adequately understood by white people. “If you’re white, paint yourself black and walk down the street one day, and you’ll probably have a little more empathy for how some of these folks get treated,” and he called for making “a special effort because this is a special problem.” yet dimon is full of contradictions. Let me list them, because dimon represents the most responsible of the leaders of american business, and his contradictions suffuse corporate america (and are emblematic of so-called “corporate democrats”). 1. Although he publicly worries about the plight of america’s poor, dimon has never mentioned america’s growing concentration of wealth and power and the tight connection between the two. he has never talked about the role of big money in politics. He has never advocated campaign finance reform. He doesn’t mention how the prospect of lucrative jobs on wall street upon retirement tempts some public officials to pull their punches. to the contrary, dimon lobbied congress intensively for trump’s 2017 and 2025 tax cuts. Overall, the tax cuts have rewarded the already wealthy, enriched big corporations, and exploded the federal debt while delivering no measurable benefits to america’s working class or poor; almost nothing trickled down. dimon is correct that many americans have been left behind, but he has failed to address the role he and his bank have played in leaving them. For example, jpmorgan paid $13 billion to settle justice department claims that it defrauded borrowers and investors in the years leading up to the 2008 financial crisis when he was at the helm. Among its victims were many left-behind americans. 2. Dimon has spoken about the devastating effects of climate change, including its effects on left-behind americans who can’t afford homes able to withstand storms and floods and have no insurance against climate catastrophe. yet dimon’s bank is the world’s leading financier of fossil fuels, according to the annual banking on climate chaos report. This year alone, jpmorganchase pushed $58 billion toward fossil fuels, up 13 percent from 2024. A report, “banking on climate change,” issued by a coalition of six major environmental groups, named dimon the “world’s worst banker of climate change.” The likely consequence: more americans left behind. 3. Dimon decries racial discrimination and points to the money jpmorgan is investing in poor cities. yet his bank has prevented black people from getting loans. In january 2017 jpmorgan agreed to pay $55 million to settle a justice department lawsuit accusing it of discriminating against minority borrowers by allowing its mortgage brokers to charge them higher interest on home loans than it charged white borrowers with the same credit profile, causing the black borrowers to pay tens of millions of dollars in additional mortgage costs. The result: more americans left behind. 4. After the august 2019 mass shootings in el paso, texas, and dayton, ohio, dimon wrote a well-publicized email to his employees calling on them to “recommit ourselves to work for a more equitable, just and safe society.” yet dimon’s bank is the largest source in the united states of financial services to gun makers and gun retailers, and of loans to gun buyers. If dimon were serious about controlling the use of guns, he could stop this financing and urge other banks to do the same. He could have his banking and credit card systems track gun sales. He could use his formidable lobbying prowess to enact laws requiring that financial institutions create a world-class system for tracking gun sales with built-in safeguards. but he has not. The result: more americans killed, injured, and left behind. 5. Dimon has long expressed concern about gender discrimination and women’s rights. yet jpmorganchase maintained a long and close financial relationship with jeffrey epstein, processing $1.1 billion in more than 4,700 transactions for him across the 15 years spanning 1998 to 2013, including at least seven years after he pled guilty for solicitation of prostitution. in a 2011 email, the bank’s general counsel, steve cutler, warned that epstein “is not an honorable person in any way. He should not be a client.” Yet the bank allowed epstein to make large, recurring cash withdrawals totaling millions of dollars. Bank accounts managed by jpmorgan were used by epstein to facilitate financial transfers and payments to victims of his trafficking ring. the bank later paid hundreds of millions of dollars to settle lawsuits accusing it of enabling his sex-trafficking operation. 6. Dimon expresses concern about workers who don’t earn enough to live on. yet jpmorgan pays its bank tellers peanuts. In april 2019, at a hearing of the house financial services committee, congresswoman katie porter noted that the starting salary for a jpmorgan bank teller in her district in irvine, california, was $24,000, which left the teller $567 a month short of what she needed to live on. “How should she manage this budget shortfall while she’s working full-time at your bank?” Porter asked dimon. “i don’t know, i’d have to think about that,” dimon said. “would you recommend that she take out a jpmorganchase credit card and run a deficit?” Porter continued. “i don’t know, i’d have to think about it,” dimon repeated. “would you recommend that she overdraft at your bank and be charged overdraft fees?” Porter asked. “i don’t know, i’d have to think about it.” “mr. Dimon, you know how to spend $31 million in salary, and you can’t figure out how to make up a $561 shortfall?” after bank of america agreed to increase its minimum wage to $20 an hour by 2021, dimon was asked if jpmorgan would match it. “It’s not an arms race,” he said. i’ve focused on jamie dimon because he’s the democrats’ favorite ceo. He’s thought to be liberal on social issues, moderate on the economy. His views are trusted by the establishment. He is the establishment. but dimon is awash in contradictions. He says he’s a patriot before he’s ceo, but in all the ways i’ve noted, he behaves as if his first responsibility is to maximize jpmorgan’s profits. the underlying issue here isn’t hypocrisy. The world is filled with people who say one thing and do another. And let’s be clear: jpmorgan — its directors and shareholders — expect dimon’s first priority to be jpmorgan’s profitability. That’s his job, and he’s paid handsomely for it. the underlying problem is power and deception. Dimon has enormous public and political influence. But despite his rhetoric and the occasional trappings of social responsibility, he is using his public influence for private purposes: to make more money for jpmorgan. when he takes public stands on issues, he clothes himself in the garb of the public interest. He appears to be a public leader whose primary interest is the good of the nation when he announces his support for trump’s tax cuts, publicly opposes a wealth tax, proffers his alleged economic expertise on cnbc and other media outlets, urges members of congress to loosen bank regulations, or warns democrats against nominating someone other than a political moderate. but his job is to do whatever he can to boost the profits of jpmorgan, even if and when that goal conflicts with the public interest. And one of the ways he achieves that goal is to exercise significant influence over government. so how can the public, the media, and members of congress ever trust his — or any oligarch’s — advice on the economy, taxes, financial regulation, the environment, widening inequality, and all else? Why should we think that he seeks any goal other than making more money for himself and his bank? we cannot, and should not. dimon and his fellow oligarchs — elon musk and his billionaire bros; brad carp and many of america’s elite corporate lawyers; peter thiel, jeff bezos, mark zuckerberg, and the ellisons — have kissed trump’s assets to obtain corporate welfare, giant tax cuts, tariff exemptions, antitrust acquiescence, and war contracts, and to avoid his wrath. They’ve given trump billions for his inauguration, his ballroom, his 250th birthday, his family businesses, and his superpac. all have sold their integrity in exchange for large profits. They’ve created media empires that won’t criticize trump, financial empires that feed trump’s crypto, energy empires that feed off trump’s war, and legal empires that allow trump to ride roughshod over the rule of law. all have abdicated public responsibility to maintain the health of our political-economic system at a time when it is succumbing to authoritarianism. they have used their power to siphon off the gains of the economy to give themselves unprecedented wealth — which has bought them even more power. They have justified their wealth and power as being in the interest of the public, but the public has been shafted. they’ve changed the rules of american capitalism to favor themselves and harm most other people. They’ve eroded trust in the system. They’ve undermined democracy. as long as the oligarchy is in control of america, there will be no meaningful response to the failure of most people’s paychecks to rise, nor to climate change, nor to the emerging dangers of artificial intelligence, nor racism, nor the soaring costs of health insurance, college, childcare, and housing. these would require resources from the oligarchs or their corporations, which they don’t want to provide. As long as they control the purse strings, the oligarchs are unwilling to bear tax increases. They want their taxes to continue to drop. as long as the oligarchy is in control, there will be no antitrust enforcement to puncture the power of their giant corporations. Instead, their corporations will continue to grow larger, raise prices for consumers, and become more politically powerful. as long as the oligarchy is in control, there will be no meaningful constraint on wall street’s dangerous gambling addiction. The gambling will grow. as long as the oligarchy is in control, there will be no limits to ceo pay, and wall street hedge fund and private equity managers will rake in billions more. as long as the oligarchy is in control, government will dole out even more subsidies, bailouts, and loan guarantees to big corporations, and it will continue to eliminate protections for consumers, workers, and the environment. the propagandists and demagogues behind the oligarchy (donald trump included) are pouring salt into some of the nation’s oldest wounds. They’re stoking racial resentments, describing human beings as illegal aliens, fueling hatred of immigrants, and spreading fears of communists and socialists. this strategy gives the oligarchy freer rein: it distracts americans from how the oligarchy is looting the nation, buying off politicians, and silencing critics. the only way to disempower the oligarchy is for the rest of us to join together and take power back. this will require a multiracial, multiethnic coalition of working-class, poor and middle-class americans fighting for democracy and fighting against concentrated wealth, power, and privilege. we must get big money out of politics. End corporate welfare and crony capitalism. Bust up monopolies. Stop voter suppression. And strengthen the countervailing powers of labor unions, employee-owned corporations, worker cooperatives, state and local banks, and grass-roots politics. this agenda is neither “right” nor “left.” It is the bedrock for everything else america must do. robert reich is a professor of public policy at berkeley and former secretary of labor. His writings can be found at https://robertreich.Substack.Com/. report typos and corrections to: feedback@alternet.Org.{{ Post.Roar_specific_data.Api_data.Analytics }}

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Texas A&M WR No Longer on Fall Camp Roster

Posted on Saturday, August 08 @ 00:00:56 PDT (12 reads)

Texas a&m wr no longer on fall camp roster in this story: the texas a&m aggies are continuing to make their way through fall camp ahead of what should be an exciting 2026 season. however, a member of their wide receiver corps is no longer listed on the fall camp roster that was officially handed out to the media during day 1 of practice. texas a&m wide receiver jonah wilson is not on the fall camp roster, as pointed out by carter karels of on3. Texas a&m linebacker kelvion riggins was also not listed, though he is still on the teams online roster. wilson is also not included on texas a&ms updated online roster as of friday evening. It appears as if he is no longer a member of the team, though fans will have to wait for an official word from head coach mike elko about whether or not this is the case. jonah wilson arrived to texas a&m last offseason a houston native, wilson spent two seasons with his hometown cougars before transferring to texas a&m last offseason in a portal class that also included wide receivers kc concepcion and mario craver. however, he did not appear in a game with texas a&m last offseason. during his time at houston, wilson appeared in 14 total games (five starts) while posting 11 catches for 118 yards and a touchdown. he originally committed to the texas longhorns in the 2023 class as a four-star recruit but ended up decommitting and eventually chose to join the cougars instead. where texas a&m goes from here despite transferring in from a big 12 program last offseason, wilson became a forgotten name in the texas a&m wide receiver room with so much other emerging talent also present. if elko confirms that wilson is no longer on the roster, nothing really changes for texas a&m. He could have been a solid depth piece or special teams contributor but the aggies simply have too much talent at the position this upcoming season to think that wilson would have made any notable impact. the aggies will continue to work their way through fall camp with their current receiving corps, which features an elite trio of mario craver, isaiah horton and ashton bethel-roman along with terry bussey, madden williams, tk norman, jerome myles, aaron gregory and more. sign up to our free newsletter and follow us on facebook, x and instagram for the latest news. follow zach dimmitt zach dimmitt is the deputy editor texas a&m aggies on si. He also contributes as a writer for multiple other on si channels. Born and raised in san antonio, texas, dimmitt received his bachelor’s degree in journalism. He originally started with si’s fan nation network in 2021, providing extensive coverage of the nfl and nba along with college football and basketball. In that time, dimmitt has published thousands of stories and has reached millions of people across multiple fan bases. You can follow him on x at @zachdimmitt7

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Marcia Lynn Campbell

Posted on Saturday, August 08 @ 00:00:56 PDT (13 reads)

Marcia lynn campbell, 79, of franklin, a loving wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on thursday, august 6, 2026, at oakwood heights village. born on february 11, 1947, in grove city, she was the daughter of the late georgia romaine peters and franklyn a. “Bud” faivre, of grove city. marcia graduated from grove city high school in 1965. on july 27, 1968, marcia married rodney lynn campbell sr., Who preceded her in death on november 18, 2023, by the rev. Clair heitzenrater, in the grace united methodist church. marcia and rodney met while carpooling and attending the new castle business college for two years. She graduated in 1967 earning her degree to become an executive secretary. marcia initially worked as a school secretary. When she became a mother, she dedicated her life to caring for her children. Later, she also spent her days caring for her grandchildren. Marcia was known for her thoughtful cards. She always made sure to send her love on every birthday, anniversary, or event with a personalized card. She loved birdwatching, raggedy ann & andy, snowmen, and reading. marcia and her husband, rodney, were longtime members of grace united methodist church in oil city. surviving are her four children, julie ann danzer, of franklin, rodney lynn campbell, jr., Of franklin, michael andrew campbell and his wife, colleen, of westport, ma, and jennifer lynn davis and her husband, brandon, of oakdale, pa. Marcia has six grandchildren, kenzie (dan wetzel) danzer, danielle (kylie morgan) davis, nate (nicole) danzer, john campbell, emily davis, and jason campbell. She was also a soon-to-be great-grandmother. also surviving are a sister, bonnie faivre rihel and her husband, jerry, of grove city; along with three nieces and one nephew. family and friends are invited for a visitation on monday, aug. 10, from 1 p.M. To 3 p.M. At morrison funeral home. A funeral service for marcia will take place immediately following the visitation at 3 p.M. With pastor denise l. Mains, of grace united methodist church, officiating. marcia will be laid to rest with her husband of 55 years in crestview memorial park in grove city. the family would like to extend a special thank you to the staff and nurses at oakwood heights village for the loving care they gave marcia during her stay there. if desired, memorial contributions may be made in marcia’s memory to, the gideon’s international, p.O. Box 140800, nashville, tn, 37214-0800, and/or grace united methodist church, 100 central ave., Oil city, pa 16301. To leave the family a special message, obtain directions, or view other helpful services, please visit www.Morrisonhome.Com. tribute store.

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Abdul El-Sayed Is an American Tragedy

Posted on Saturday, August 08 @ 00:00:56 PDT (12 reads)

Dr. Abdul el-sayed, the michigan democratic senate nominee, grew up in an affluent suburb of detroit. the median household income in his hometown of rochester hills, named after revolutionary war hero nathaniel rochester, is roughly $120,000. Not bad. by the time el-sayed graduated from the local high school, well over 95% of his classmates were also headed to college. at the university of michigan, an institution co-founded by the catholic priest gabriel richard and presbyterian minister john monteith, el-sayed excelled, graduated with high honors and delivered his class’s commencement speech. after receiving a full scholarship to the university of michigan medical school, el-sayed won a rhodes scholarship, a prestigious academic award named after cecil rhodes, a diamond mining magnate and champion of the british empire. he then attended oriel college — “the college of the blessed virgin mary,” to be exact — at the university of oxford, ultimately earning a doctor of medicine degree from columbia university, a school named after the great italian explorer christopher columbus. born into a society of unprecedented wealth built on american work ethic, capitalistic imagination, christian ethical and communal norms, and liberal freedoms, el-sayed won the generational lottery. every step of his impressive career was sustained by foundational institutions of western culture and american exceptionalism. el-sayed didn’t adopt third world marxism because of his color or his circumstances. He is one of the luckiest people to ever live. He is an extremist by choice. our meritocratic system, imperfect as it may be, offered el-sayed the opportunity to parlay prodigious intelligence into a very good living, advancing western medical science or caring for his community. Instead, he’s chosen to degrade the nation. el-sayed’s movement, the people who support him most vociferously, want to abolish not only constitutional governance, eliminating virtually every institution, but also to get rid of our capitalistic system, and import third world bigotry and violence. marxists and the islamists share a deeply illiberal and anti-christian outlook, but they also share a near-universal antisemitism. In virtually every islamic majority nation, even ones where there are no jews, over 90% of the population is antisemitic. a recent pew research center survey found that 44% of american muslims expressed a favorable opinion of hamas, a group that has murdered dozens of americans. this is the culture el-sayed fosters. Virtually every day, the candidate spreads some medieval conspiracy about the “genocidal,” “bloodthirsty” and “evil” disposition of world jewry. yet, at the same time, el-sayed won’t take a public stand on the death of america’s enemy, terrorist leader and mass murderer ali khamenei, for fear of insulting his constituents. if this is true, and we have no reason to believe otherwise, there is something deeply wrong and un-american happening in this country. judging from his friends, there is something deeply wrong with el-sayed, as well. after all, no one forced el-sayed to appear with a holocaust-denying traitorous imam who holds vigils for terrorists and asks allah “to grant victory to our brothers in iran.” no one forced el-sayed to closely ally with hasan piker, a man who believes 3,000 innocent americans deserved to die on 9/11, who wants the streets to “soak in red capitalist blood,” and who says he holds no patriotic feeling for america but celebrates mass murders such as mao zedong. At this point, even if el-sayed condemned piker, which he hasn’t, no one should believe it. of course, when el-sayed empathizes with an american islamic terrorist who attempted to murder a kindergarten filled with jewish children in michigan — “hurt people hurt people” — he gives the game away. the truth is that el-sayed’s islamic background makes him especially appealing to the democratic socialists of america wing of the left. But he isn’t a first-generation immigrant worth celebrating. Indeed, he should know better. in his commencement speech at michigan, el-sayed claimed that one of the hallmarks of the “american dream” was an “audacity to believe we can change this world.” if el-sayed really wants to “change the world,” the place to start is cairo, khartoum or damascus, not ann arbor. As the writer hussain abdul hussain retorted, changing america is “a nightmare, one that i left behind and came to america to live the american dream, as a proud arab who believes in america, not in changing it.” like el-sayed, and millions of others, i also won a generational lottery. My parents fled european socialism and fascism. While i may or may not be hopelessly wrong on a host of issues, i have zero interest in importing any of the detestable, failed philosophies or ancient prejudices of the wider world. that, however, seems to be el-sayed’s mission. agree/disagree with the author(s)? Let them know in the comments below and be heard by 10’s of thousands of cdn readers each day!

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Mels Deli & Cafe offers Pennsylvania cooking - Williamsport Sun-Gazette

Posted on Saturday, August 08 @ 00:00:56 PDT (13 reads)

Trending mels deli & cafe has been a mainstay of the area for over two decades, and recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. originally opened at 45 w. Fourth street in downtown williamsport, mels quickly outgrew that location, necessitating a move to pine street. we loved all of our people. Everybody working in the courthouse, the law offices, the judges and the banks and all the people that worked downtown, that was our clientele, owner and operator melony mel hartranft said. unfortunately, they were unable to remain in that space after their lease was pulled out from under them. however, hartranft would take the opportunity to raise her children as well as continue to build the catering side of the business while staying in touch with many of her customers, faxing them a menu, and making deliveries every friday. we did great, but i missed the everyday people coming in and out, so i said to my husband, i really want to have a storefront, she explained. that itch would lead hartranft to set up shop in their current location, 365 broad st, montoursville, 11 years ago, only a few blocks from where she grew up and just around the corner from where daughter, aubri pyles attended daycare. today, pyles works alongside her mother at the cafe and acts as venue coordinator at their catering venture, twin meadows farm. we gutted this place, and when we got it in, uncovered old tin ceilings that were originally in here, but had been covered by a drop ceiling, hartranft said. we put new drywall and everything in here, so the tin ceilings and the hardwood flooring are the only things original here, and i love how it turned out, she said. the new location also came with a built-in williamsport clientele that eagerly embraced the new location, as mels quickly established a customer base in the heart of montoursville. we have so many people that are basically like family, hartranft said, among them local first responders. hartranft and co quickly engrained themselves into their new surroundings, donating to local high school teams and community events. we even have some high school students that are awesome employees and continue to come back and work whenever they have time during college, she said. we have been lucky enough to have some of the same loyal employees throughout the last 11 years in montoursville, hartranft added. mels offerings have vastly expanded in the years since moving to montoursville, including several new breakfast items, among them sausage gravy, cream dried beef, scrapple and corned beef hash and much more. we have our basic menu, but then we do a lot of specialty stuff, like our coconut dream pancake stack. Its like dessert for breakfast, and we do avocado toast, hartranft said. mels also offers seasonal specialty drinks, as well, which are created in collaboration with the cafes employees. many of the products and ingredients utilized by mels are locally sourced, including poco farm honey, non-in-house-made dressings, courtesy of village eatinghouse and fresh baked bread from lycoming bakery in south williamsport. the vast majority of recipes used at the cafe, described by hartranft, as pennsylvania cooking, have been handed down by families over the years. we do fresh ground coffee here, and you can buy half pound by the pound. We probably have about 20 different flavors, she said, adding that they are also available as whole beans for those that prefer to grind their own coffee at home. asked how it feels to reach 25 years in the business, hartranft called the milestone surreal. when i had to close my restaurant down, it wasnt my choice, so i was very heartbroken because it was thriving, she said. so when we reopened here, i just hoped and prayed that everything would go great, and i just love all my customers, hartranft said, adding that while it is certainly hard work, she has a great team backing her. i have my daughter by my side, and i always say, my ride or die, she said. im very happy she chose to stay working with me, because she did a two years associate degree in business, and when she graduated, she decided to stay on with the family business, hartranft said, stressing that if there ever comes a time when pyles decides to pursue a new career path, that will be just fine. working a family business has its challenges but we bring a unique piece to the business and thats what makes the balance so fun, hartranft said. after all these years, mels deli & cafe remains a customer-centered business. all of our customers have become like family. Weve watched some customers grow up and now bring in their children, hartranft said. restaurants come and go, but weve always believed that if you treat people like family, serve food youre proud of and never stop improving, theyll keep coming back, she said. twenty-five years later, thats still exactly how we operate, hartranft said. for information on mels deli & cafe, please check out their facebook page.

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Jermaine Dupris Daughter Shaniah Mauldin Chose Vet School, Entering A Field Wher

Posted on Saturday, August 08 @ 00:00:56 PDT (16 reads)

Jermaine dupri built a music empire launching some of the biggest names in hip hop, but his daughter shaniah mauldin has made it clear from early on that music was never going to be her path. Mauldin recently graduated from the university of miami with a bachelor of science in biochemistry and molecular biology, complete with a double minor in chemistry and psychology, and she is now headed to veterinary school, continuing a journey she has been building toward since her college years began. view this post on instagram a post shared by jermaine dupri (@jermainedupri) mauldin first stepped into the public eye through her appearances on “growing up hip-hop atlanta,” where fans got an early look at a young woman balancing reality television with a genuinely demanding academic path. Even back then, she was candid about the fact that music simply was not calling her name, despite growing up in a household built entirely around the industry. In past interviews, she described her decision to pursue medicine as intentional, saying she wanted to show young girls around the world not to limit themselves based on other people’s expectations, adding that she was determined to take hard classes and prove she could handle the workload while still being visible in entertainment spaces. that determination paid off. Mauldin balanced her academics with launching her own fashion line, shaniah mone collection, serving as its ceo while carrying a full course load in one of the more demanding science tracks a college student can choose. Now, with her undergraduate degree finished, she has set her sights on veterinary school, a shift that builds naturally on her science background while carving out her own specific niche in medicine. jermaine dupri has been vocal in his pride over his daughter’s path, and it is easy to see why. Building a career in biochemistry and eventually veterinary medicine requires years of rigorous coursework that has nothing to do with fame or family name, and mauldin’s decision to walk that road anyway speaks to a level of independence not every child of a music mogul chooses to pursue. Her story adds to a growing list of celebrity kids proving that access to fame does not automatically mean stepping into their parents’ industry, and in many cases, it means the opposite. mauldin’s path is a reminder that plenty of celebrity children are choosing years of demanding academic work over an easier route into entertainment, often putting in the same discipline and focus their famous parents did to build their own careers, just in an entirely different field. that next step also puts mauldin on track to enter a profession where black representation remains exceptionally rare. According to the u.S. Bureau of labor statistics, black workers accounted for just 1.2 percent of veterinarians in 2024 , compared with 12.8 percent of the overall employed population. With the agency estimating roughly 98,000 veterinarians working nationwide that year, that percentage translates to only about 1,200 black veterinarians across the country. If mauldin completes veterinary school and enters the field, she will be joining a remarkably small group while adding another visible black face to a profession that has struggled with representation for decades. as she begins the next chapter of her education, shaniah mauldin is proving that being jermaine dupri’s daughter opened doors, but walking through the right ones was always going to be up to her.

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Ramos, Jouanneau, Filippelli Named Skyline Conference Scholar-Athletes of the Ye

Posted on Saturday, August 08 @ 00:00:56 PDT (13 reads)

Ramos, jouanneau, filippelli named skyline conference scholar-athletes of the year 8/7/2026 9:03:00 pm by: john ewen, director of athletic communications new york, n.Y. – Three student-athletes from manhattanville university were named 2025-26 skyline conference scholar-athletes of the year, the conference announced on thursday. Senior esther ramos (queens, n.Y./Forest hills) of the valiants womens basketball team, graduate student thomas jouanneau (luneville, france/lycee arago) of mens tennis and sophomore adrianna filippelli (mastic, n.Y./William floyd) represented manhattanville among the skylines 19 scholar-athletes of the year, one from each of the conferences sponsored sports. Our scholar-athletes of the year exemplify the very best of what it means to be a skyline conference student-athlete, said skyline conference commissioner melissa reilly. Their commitment to academic excellence, competitive success and leadership within their campus communities is truly commendable. We are proud to recognize these outstanding individuals for the dedication and discipline they have demonstrated both in the classroom and in their respective sports. The scholar-athletes were chosen through a nomination process conducted at the end of the 2025-2026 academic year and were based on cumulative grade-point average, academic accomplishments and athletic excellence. Ramos concluded her undergraduate studies in the spring, graduating with a 3.949 gpa with her degree in education. The outgoing senior put up the best season of her career in 2025-2026, being named a skyline all-conference first team selection, a d3hoops.Com all-region second team honoree and a met basketball writers association all-met second team recipient. Ramos scored 15.2 points per game, shooting .493 from the field and finishing with 6.6 rebounds per game, all of which were team-highs for manhattanville. Ramos added 47 assists, 46 steals and four blocks. Academically, ramos made her fourth skyline winter/spring academic honor roll and earned her third college sports communicators academic all-district selection after the season. Jouanneau was named the skyline conference mens tennis player of the year in his lone season with manhattanville. The graduate transfer went a combined 13-0 against skyline conference opposition in singles and doubles play during the 2026 season, culminating with a run to the conference championship finals. Posting a 3.608 gpa in pursuit of his masters in sports business management, jouanneau finished the year with a 12-7 mark in singles play and a 15-5 record in doubles, playing primarily in the top flight all season. He was also named to the skyline all-conference first team in addition to his player of the year nod and made the skyline academic honor roll this year. Filippelli also shined on the court in her sophomore season, serving as a key piece in the valiants skyline conference championship victory. Filippelli was selected as the skyline conference womens tennis player of the year in addition to making the all-conference first team in the fall, finishing the year 12-1 in doubles and 9-3 in singles. Like jouanneau, filippelli was a nightmare for conference opponents, going 6-0 in both singles and doubles against the skyline. The sport studies and occupational therapy double major posted a 3.966 gpa through her first two years at manhattanville and made the skyline academic honor roll, college sports communicators academic all-district team and international tennis association scholar athletes list this year. Valiants on social media for the latest on manhattanville athletics, follow the valiants via social media on facebook, instagram, twitter, threads and youtube. #Wearevaliant #govaliants print friendly version

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VFS and Animation Career Review Renew Scholarship Partnership for 2026 - Offerin

Posted on Saturday, August 08 @ 00:00:56 PDT (14 reads)

For the second year, multiple scholarships will be awarded to aspiring animators to enrol in vfs’s globally recognized animation programs. this scholarship is an important opportunity for artists looking to build the skills and portfolio needed for careers in animation and visual effects. We’re excited to welcome this partnership back.” — Jonathan bell, managing director, vancouver film school vancouver, bc, canada, august 7, 2026 / einpresswire.Com / — announcement highlights: • the animation career review scholarship returns for 2026, following another year of strong industry demand for animation talent. • up to $145,000 cad in partial scholarships will be awarded. • scholarships are for vfs’s award-winning 3d animation & visual effects, classical animation, and animation concept art programs. • applications open july 31, 2026. vancouver film school (vfs) and animation career review (acr) are once again joining forces to help aspiring artists launch careers in 3d animation, concept art, classical animation, and visual effects through the return of the animation career review scholarship. following a successful launch in 2025, the animation career review scholarship returns with up to $145,000 in tuition funding available to talented creatives from around the world who want to train hands-on in vfs’s production centre in vancouver, canada. vfs has been ranked by animation career review as the best animation school in canada and internationally for seven consecutive years. Students train using professional production pipelines in industry-standard facilities, including a 64,000-cubic-foot motion capture volume and a 280-degree green screen studio. They also collaborate across multiple vfs programs and learn from experienced faculty and industry mentors working across film, television, and games. Vfs is also a sidefx certified school, ensuring students learn one of the industry’s most in-demand production tools. the following will be awarded: • two $15,000 scholarships • five $10,000 scholarships • seven $5,000 scholarships • multiple additional awards from a funding pool of up to $30,000 winners can apply the scholarship toward any of vfs’s one-year school of animation & visual effects programs: • 3d animation & visual effects • animation concept art • classical animation applications open on july 31, 2026, close on august 27, 2026, and recipients will be announced on september 10, 2026. “the animation career review scholarship has become an important opportunity for aspiring artists looking to build the skills and portfolio needed for careers in animation and visual effects. We’re excited to welcome this partnership back for another year because we’ve seen what is possible when passionate creatives are given the opportunity to develop their skills in our production-focused environment. Our alumni go on to contribute to some of the industry’s biggest productions, and scholarships like this help make those career journeys possible.” — Jonathan bell, managing director, vancouver film school “we are proud to partner with vancouver film school on this scholarship offering. We receive messages every day from prospective students and their parents seeking guidance and advice on choosing a college. Paying for college is almost always a concern, so it pleases me greatly to see an institution of vancouver film school’s caliber proactively addressing it.” — Brad prescott, founder, animation career review as studios continue producing feature films, episodic series, games, and immersive experiences, demand remains strong for artists with production-ready skills. Vfs graduates have recently contributed to projects including the odyssey, project hail mary, off campus, and battlefield 6, with alumni working at leading studios including dneg, industrial light & magic, sony pictures imageworks, netflix, and many others. to learn more or to apply, visit the official scholarship page . about vancouver film school vancouver film school (vfs) is canada’s premier post-secondary entertainment arts institution, offering hands-on, production focused training in film, animation, game, and creative design. Unlike traditional multi-year programs, vfs trains artists in one accelerated year, with students learning through industry-standard tools, workflows, and professional production pipelines, and graduating with a powerful production portfolio that will serve as their industry calling card. Visit vfs.Edu to learn more and apply. For information on upcoming online and in-person events, visit vfs’s official events page . for more information, or to schedule interviews, please contact: vanessa kliskey vancouver film school +1 778-302-1821 email us here visit us on social media: linkedin instagram facebook youtube tiktok x the 2026 animation career review scholarship – apply by aug. 27! legal disclaimer: ein presswire provides this news content “as is” without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the author above. media gallery

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Sophie Cunningham Stuns in Black Leather Mini-Shorts Before Fever Game

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Sophie cunningham stuns in black leather mini-shorts before fever game sophie cunningham and the indiana fever came close to beating the las vegas aces on thursday but fell just short. after a tough game from start to finish, cunningham, caitlin clark and the fever fell, 86-84, to the aces in a heartbreaker of a game. it took place at gainbridge fieldhouse in indianapolis, and fans cheered them on, win or lose. Before the action started, the wnba stars impressed with their fits as they entered the arena to get ready for the big matchup. ahead of the game, amazon prime shared footage of cunningham making her way into the arena, and her look certainly turned heads. Followers flooded the comments section of the video to praise cunningham for her fashion sense and how great she looked getting ready for the game. sophie cunningham gets praised for her pre-game fit in the clip, cunningham is seen walking into the arena, wearing black leather mini-shorts, a short black tube top and a matching black, white and blue striped leather jacket. Her blonde hair is wavy, long and flowing in the clip. sophie cunningham is in the building for prime, the caption on the video states. regular tv (has to) spend time showing arrival fits like they do for the guys in the nba, one excited follower wrote on the video. Sophie is must-see tv. Ill never miss a fever game if they get that right. shes hotter than she is smart and she went viral for her intelligence in addition to being a great basketball player, another said. this is a great player that loves her career, another said. wow. What a beautiful girl, another said. she is a beauty with class, character and integrity, one more stated. sophie showing up like she owns the building, another commenter said. sophie cunningham is focused on the court so, when cunningham isnt wowing followers with her fashion, she really is all about the court. The star player has been in the news lately because of her comments on transgender athletes, but this week, she said that she just wants to focus again on playing basketball and drown out the noise. im going to let people just do the speaking for themselves, but for me, i want to get back to basketball, cunningham said on wednesday, according to espn. Its always been about basketball. she added that people are playing at such a high level in the wnba, and shes excited for the focus to get back on the talent in the league. follow anne erickson anne erickson is a sports and entertainment journalist, covering a range of sports, including the nfl, nba and college. Her work spans interviews with big names, such as detroit lions quarterback jared goff, dallas cowboys quarterback dak prescott, erin andrews of fox sports and more. Erickson’s work has been published via newsweek, espn, fox sports, heavy sports and more. Anne erickson has both a bachelors and masters degree from michigan state university. follow anneerickson

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