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Saint Mary’s campus dining undergoes changes at start of school year

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first_imgA new year on campus brings many new experiences. At Saint Mary’s, campus dining has undergone a number of changes. For example, the establishment formerly known as Cyber Cafe will now be rebranded as the 1844 Grill.Sodexo’s Field Marketing Coordinator Megan Briegel explained that a change of amenities in the restaurant led in part to the name change.“Cyber originally had computers for students to be able to work on papers and print stuff out,” Briegel said. “Once we got rid of the computers and put in the store the name just didn’t really fit the location anymore, so we went with the 1844 grill since it was the year the school was founded, and we know students love having a grill on campus, so we wanted to emphasize that as well.”However, the name is not the only thing changing. There are many new items in the store in addition to new healthier menu items such as salads, fish tacos, a spicy Italian grinder and more.“This year we have three new Starbucks items which we are super excited about,” Briegel said. “We now have a Frappuccino, refreshers and cold brew.”The dining hall is also undergoing changes with continuous dining hours and more menu variations trying to incorporate more mindful and healthier options.“We are trying to do some more authentic foods because that was a big thing we heard from students was a call for more authentic international cuisine rather than Americanized versions,” Briegel said.Sodexo district manager Donna Picklesimer oversees operations at seven schools including Saint Mary’s as of this past week. Picklesimer is charged with figuring out differences in food preferences between the schools in order to customize a menu.“Salad bars are important everywhere, but I think it is more so here as a result of being an all-women’s college,” Picklesimer said. “One thing that is not different at any college is chicken nuggets, they are hugely popular at all campuses.”Picklesimer is also hoping that the simple servings station within the dining hall will attract more interest.“This station gets its name because it doesn’t use all the creams and sauces and it is all cooked without the top eight allergens and is not just for people with allergy issues,” she said.Sophomore Rose Stackhouse, a student-athlete, said she has been pleasantly surprised with the new options in the dining hall.“As a student-athlete I find it very important to have healthy options on campus,” she said. “I am especially excited about the new types of lettuce on the salad bar and have been impressed with the changes I am seeing.”Another change is the departure of former Sodexo general manager Kenneth Acosta, who had to step down from his position this year because of personal reasons. The College is looking for someone to fill his position.“We are really wanting to take our time and find the right person who knows Saint Mary’s and is invested in the students, community and dining program,” Briegel said. “Ken left big shoes to fill and we will all miss him very dearly.”Tags: cyber cafe, saint mary’s, Saint Mary’s Campus Dining, Sodexolast_img read more

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Bar enhances online news media center

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first_img August 1, 2002 Managing Editor Regular News Bar enhances online news media center Bar enhances online news media center Mark D. Killian Managing EditorIn an effort to better communicate with journalists throughout the state, The Florida Bar has launched an enhanced bilingual online media center as part of its new Dignity in Law campaign.President Tod Aronovitz said the online media center will play an integral role in the success of the awareness and education program designed to clear up the misperceptions about lawyers and judges “that are ultimately turning people away from the legal system.”“The Florida Bar is committed to doing a better job of telling the whole story about the good work lawyers and judges do every day, and the unveiling of the online media center is a step in this direction,” Aronovitz said. “We want all media, from the small community papers to the major dailies and broadcast outlets, to be able to find good information about the legal profession as quickly as possible and come back to our site again and again.”Aronovitz said since the Dignity in Law campaign was launched, the response from the membership has been “strong and supportive.”“Most letters, calls, e-mails, and responses that I have received applaud the leadership of our Board of Governors in educating the public about the great work performed daily by lawyers and judges for our clients, in our courtrooms, and in our communities,” Aronovitz said. “As to those who feel our task is impossible, I ask only that you keep an open mind. I believe it is never too late to inspire change.”As part of the campaign, rbb Public Relations, the Coral Gables-based firm managing the program, recently conducted a media analysis designed to gauge the tone and subject matter of news stories about the profession.The study found that from November 2001 to April 2002, seven percent of the media’s coverage portrayed the legal profession in a positive light, while 30 percent of the coverage was deemed negative, and 63 percent neutral, according to Christine Barney, rbb’s CEO. Barney also said stories on pro bono issues and lawyer involvement in community service were almost nonexistent.The consultants also conducted 170 one-on-one interviews with reporters to glean their perceptions of the profession and the resources they would like the Bar to provide. The survey found the reporters want more information about the pro bono and community work lawyers are involved in and regard the Bar as a credible news source.“That fits in perfectly with some of the messaging we want to get out,” Barney said. “Reporters say they don’t get enough news in those areas.”(To enable the Bar to pitch stories about the good works lawyers do, the Dignity in Law program is now asking members to make the Bar aware of the positive contributions lawyers make to their communities. See the Media Tip Sheet below.)Barney also said the survey found that those reporters who regularly use Bar resources as a source of information “write more positive stories, which supports the case for working more closely with them.”Reporters also said they would like to use the Bar as a resource to locate legal experts willing to comment on legal matters, provide news tips that can be turned into stories on local lawyers, and provide greater online access to legal information.Barney said the survey found 56 percent of Florida reporters interviewed do not now use the Bar as a resource, but the ones who do are “overwhelmingly more familiar with our messages” and view the Bar more positively “because they work with the Bar on a regular basis.”“This is a clear opportunity to become the source for them and make them think the Bar is the place to go to for information, regardless if it is just about legal news or whether it is about banking or real estate or a variety of other subject matter,” Barney said.The survey also found reporters do hold on to the “veil of objectivity,” in that 47 percent said their opinion of the profession is “mostly or somewhat positive.” Barney, however, said reporters believe only 7 percent of the public holds the same opinion.“We’ll take the survey again to see if we can move the needle to get more of them to have a favorable opinion and to see if they think consumers have a more favorable opinion in about eight months or so, after we have had a chance to make a media impact,” Barney said.Barney said the survey also showed that more than half the reporters surveyed said their most common news source for information about the profession was other media outlets.“So there is a chain effect,” Barney said. “The more media we begin to influence, they will influence other media just by the sheer fact that’s where a lot of them borrow their story [ideas] from,” she said.Barney said the Bar’s online news center will feature a media registration page that will allows reporters to receive breaking news and research on Florida lawyers, judges, issues about the profession, and access to the Bar’s internal publications like the News and Journal. The site also includes an online version of the Bar’s Reporter’s Handbook and an updated listing of the resources the Bar offers.Barney said President Aronovitz has started a round of editorial board meetings with the state’s major papers to give reporters an in-person opportunity to hear the “compelling messages” the Bar has to offer. The Bar also will be encouraging Board of Governors members, local bar leaders, and private citizens who are familiar with the profession to write letters to the editor supporting news stories favorable to the profession and refuting those that portray the profession unfairly.“I think we are where we need to be in terms of getting people’s attention,” Barney said. “There will be some people whose minds we can’t convince, but as long as we are moving to convince the majority where we want to go, then we are going in the right direction.”last_img read more

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Retired Suffolk Police Chief James Burke Arrested, Indicted For Civil Rights Abuses & Coverup

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first_imgSign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York By Rashed Mian, Christopher Twarowski & Spencer RumseyFormer Suffolk County Police Chief of Department James Burke was arrested Wednesday morning by federal authorities for covering up a retaliatory assault on a suspect and misleading federal agents investigating the case.Federal authorities unsealed a two-count indictment charging Burke with violating the suspect’s civil rights and conspiracy to obstruct justice.Burke, who retired in October amid reports of a federal investigation, was handcuffed at his St. James home Wednesday morning and taken to the FBI’s Long Island field office in Melville for processing. Silent during his arraignment before US District Court Judge Leonard Wexler in Federal Court in Central Islip Wednesday afternoon, Burke will be held in protective custody until a bail hearing Friday, which was sealed upon his attorney’s request.Robert Capers, US attorney for the Eastern District of New York, at a press conference in Central Islip announcing the indictment, said, “No one is above the law.”Diego Rodriguez, FBI assistant director-in-charge of the New York field office, told reporters, “When an officer’s actions threaten to obstruct the integrity of an investigation, they unjustly call into question the reputation of those among them.”The case against Burke centers around the December 2012 arrest of Christopher Loeb of Smithtown. Loeb was suspected of breaking into several vehicles in Suffolk, including Burke’s department-issued SUV, which contained a duffel bag of personal items, including Burke’s gun belt, ammunition, a box of cigars, a humidor, clothes, toiletries, and other items, authorities said.Several members of the Suffolk Police and the New York State Probation Department arrested Loeb inside his mother’s Smithtown home. Burke then went to Loeb’s house to retrieve the duffel bag, Capers said. Capers noted that it’s “unusual” for a high-ranking officer to respond to a crime scene and later confront a suspect who had victimized him.“That was an unusual occurrence,” Capers told reporters.Afterward, Burke, the highest-ranking uniformed officer in the department, traveled to Suffolk police’s 4th Precinct, where Loeb was handcuffed and chained to an eye bolt fastened to the door, authorities said.Burke allegedly entered the interrogation room with other officers and “slapped and punched” Loeb in the head and body, according to the federal indictment. Loeb confessed to the robberies, authorities said.A cover-up ensued, the indictment alleges.Loeb has been outspoken about what occurred after his arrest, and he’s accused Burke of assault. He has since filed a federal lawsuit against the police department.After Loeb’s arrest Burke and other members of the police department met “on multiple occasions to discuss” Loeb’s assault allegations “and agreed to conceal Burke’s role in the assault,” according to the indictment.Capers said the meetings were held in an effort to “agree on ways to get their story straight.” It was at one of the meetings that they agreed to “provide false information and to withhold relevant information from the FBI,” the indictment alleges.Burke went as far as pressuring a Suffolk police detective to lie under oath and testify that it never happened, authorities said.The FBI first opened an investigation into the alleged assault in April 2013. In June the agency subpoenaed members of the police force.Capers said the investigation is ongoing. He did not say if the detective who lied under oath is under investigation. He also declined to elaborate about the “other items” that were inside Burke’s duffel bag. Loeb has suggested that there was pornographic material in the bag. The items were personal, Capers said, and possession of such items are not illegal.Loeb was sentenced in April last year to three years in prison for the duffel bag theft after pleading guilty to criminal possession of a weapon. At the time, authorities said the bag contained Burke’s gun belt and ammunition.Burke retired in October after the FBI had reopened the case against him. Outgoing Suffolk County Police Commissioner Ed Webber praised Burke following the announcement, saying Burke “is one of the most outstanding supervisors, investigators, and trainers in the history” of the department. In November Webber announced he’s retiring as of Jan. 25, 2016.Burke, whose father and grandfather were both New York City cops, was 14 years old when he was a witness in the murder case of John Pius, Jr., a 13-year-old Smithtown teen whom classmates suffocated with rocks in 1979 for stealing a dirt bike. Three were convicted; a fourth classmate’s conviction was later overturned. Burke spent a year as a New York City police officer in 1985, and joined the Suffolk County Police in 1986 at 21, first as a patrolman in North Amityville and later as an undercover narcotics officer.He later spent a decade as chief investigator under Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota, the former chief prosecutor in the Pius case.The Loeb incident is not the first time the 30-year veteran of the Suffolk County Police Department has come under scrutiny.Burke was the subject of a 1995 Internal Affairs investigation that concluded allegations he “engaged in a personal, sexual relationship” with “a convicted felon known to be actively engaged in criminal conduct including the possession and sale of illegal drugs, prostitution and larceny,” “engaged in sexual acts in police vehicles while on duty and in uniform,” and “failed to safeguard his service weapon and other departmental property” were “substantiated,” according to its report.Burke also came under fire in 2012 for the controversial disbandment of a highly successful Suffolk County Police Department component of the FBI’s joint Long Island Gang Task Force—its dismantling was the subject of a Press cover story “Turf War: Is SCPD Playing Politics By Leaving FBI’s LI Gang Task Force?”Yet instead of discipline, Burke received promotions, moving up through SCPD’s ranks throughout the years to the top position. Spota, along with County Executive Steve Bellone—who appointed Burke police chief in 2012—facilitated his meteoric ascent.Burke’s indictment was reverberating throughout Suffolk County government Wednesday morning, with county lawmakers still expressing surprise regarding Burke’s unceremonious departure two months earlier, and shock and dismay about his latest fall from grace.“This whole situation is upsetting to me,” lamented Legis. Leslie Kennedy (R-Smithtown). “We will find out what is truthful and what is not during the course of the process.”Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota did not return a call for comment. Both Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone and Police Commissioner Webber declined to comment, citing the ongoing investigation.[Photo: Disgraced former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke was arrested by federal agents Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015 and indicted on civil rights violations and conspiracy charges. (Long Island Press)]last_img read more

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The CUInsight Experience podcast: Christina O’Brien – Building foundation (#87)

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first_imgThank you for tuning in to episode 87 of The CUInsight Experience podcast with your host, Randy Smith, co-founder of CUInsight.com. This episode is brought to you by our friends at PSCU. As the nation’s premier payments CUSO, PSCU proudly supports the success of more than 1,500 credit unions.Over the last few months, credit unions have had to adapt to new ways of interacting with their members. On this week’s episode, I’m talking with Christina O’Brien, President and CEO of Robins Financial Credit Union in Georgia, about how her team has “weathered the storm” and why the pandemic has changed the way members will interact with credit unions in the future. Christina is having a great first year as President and CEO, despite having to deal with a global pandemic. Listen as she shares how she got her start in credit unions, how she’s grown as a leader during the pandemic, and what she believes credit unions need to change to stay relevant in the financial services industry. She also shares her thoughts on why credit unions can’t be afraid to change how they do business.In the leadership and life hacks’ portion of the show, Christina and I talk about her leadership style, how it has changed over the years, and what her process is for making difficult decisions. We discuss a common myth about leadership, mistakes young leaders make, and building a good team. We also learn that when Christina has a day off, she likes to unplug with her family in a boat in the middle of a lake or work on one of her many DIY home-improvement projects.Through the rapid-fire questions, we learn that Christina wanted to be an attorney when she grew up, and that Dr. Seuss’ Oh, the Places You’ll Go! is her go-to book to give to anyone graduating high school or college. We also learn that she never seems to sing the right words to songs. Christina’s final thoughts are to go for it and never turn down an opportunity given to you. This conversation was a ton of fun. Enjoy! Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher Books mentioned on The CUInsight Experience podcast: Book List How to find Joanne:Christina O’Brien, President and CEO of Robins Financial Credit Unionwww.robinsfcu.orgFacebook | Instagram | LinkedInShow notes from this episode:A big shout-out to our friends at PSCU, an amazing sponsor of The CUInsight Experience podcast. Thank you! Check out all the outstanding work that Christina and her team at Robins Financial Credit Union are doing here. Check out Macon Magazine article about Christina hereShout-out: Robins Financial Credit Union Executive TeamShout-out: John Rhea, Former President and CEO of Robins Financial Credit Union Shout-out: Christina’s FamilyShout-out: Jill NowackiBook mentioned: Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss Shout-out: Christina’s GrandsonPrevious guests mentioned in this episode: Jill Nowacki (episodes 4, 18, 37, 64 & 82) In This Episode: 11SHARESShareShareSharePrintMailGooglePinterestDiggRedditStumbleuponDeliciousBufferTumblr,Randall Smith Randall Smith is the co-founder of CUInsight.com, the host of The CUInsight Experience podcast, and a bit of a wanderlust.As one of the co-founders of CUInsight.com he … Web: www.CUInsight.com Detailslast_img read more

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‘Project Lives’: Inside the Misunderstood World of New York City’s Public Housing

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first_imgSign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York [dropcap]B[/dropcap]eginning in 2010 a nonprofit group called Seeing for Ourselves trained over 200 residents living in New York City’s housing projects in photography, gave them Kodak disposable cameras, and sent them out to document their day-to-day lives in what amounted to the largest program in participatory photography ever undertaken.The result is remarkable. Project Lives: New York City Public Housing Residents Photograph Their World is a small book that, in words and pictures, delivers a very big punch. Each turn of the page is a visit into the homes and lives of people most of us rarely see and would not recognize on the street yet their presence is vital to the city and its economy.Since its April 2015 launch and accompanying photography exhibition in DUMBO, the fashionable upscale Brooklyn art center, the exhibit has traveled to Patchogue Artspace, an innovative affordable-housing center for Long Island artists. While there are many Artspace affordable-housing projects for artists across America, this is the first one on Long Island. Although that show has closed, Long Islanders will get their next chance to see this remarkable exhibit later this month at fotofoto gallery in Huntington.New York City is where affordable public housing began in the 1930’s and where its survival is at stake under the unrelenting pressure of cutbacks in government funding on the federal, state and city levels. An estimated 400,000 low-to-moderate income residents live in the 2,563 buildings that comprise the 334 public housing projects. But most of us never know anything about them until something horrible occurs that commands the front pages of the city tabloids and dominates the evening news.We live in an age where amped-up violence is rampant, accentuated and marketed.  Project Lives is the complete antithesis. What is extraordinary about this book is that it is so normal, real and readable—and some of the photographs are absolutely brilliant.The soulful expression, for instance, captured by Margaret Wells of the elderly man standing in the kitchen and dressed for church is so poignant and genuine. His resignation to attend the weekly ritual is a visual contradiction to the halo-like light fixture above his head. In all likelihood it was not intentional, but it was captured.The snowflakes on the window of her apartment intrigued Helen Marshall. This dark photograph is filled with the light of her creative mind and stands apart from all the other photos as this one gravitates to the abstract. The famed photographer Dorothea Lang once remarked that “the camera is a tool that helps us see,” and Marshall has allowed us to see beyond the obvious.A girl named Aniyah using the back porch as her canvas. (Photo credit: Sheik Bacchus)The photograph of the chalk drawings on the red playground by Sheik Bacchus makes me think of Miro’s constellation paintings where he symbolically connected the celestial to the terrestrial. This child’s creative sprawl dwarfs the green box of chalk, and all that we see of the maker is her lower torso with pink painted nails. The mystery is pink-alicious.Aaliyah Colon photographed the face of her sleeping brother tenderly juxtaposed with the wide-awake face printed on the pillowcase. How simple and pure…what dreams and thoughts are drifting within the tranquil innocence of that sleeping child. And I wonder what his day will be like when he awakens.The mystery and melancholy of the shadows on the sidewalk in the photograph by Jared Wellington immediately brings to mind the foreboding in the paintings of Giorgio de Chirico, the Italian artist whose work influenced the Surrealists. I am almost certain Wellington knows nothing of de Chirico yet…but he may in the future.Wellington’s evening photo of his cousin roaming around the neighborhood is mighty potent. The glow of the night-lights complements the child’s expression perfectly. What ideas churn behind those wide-open eyes…and those eyes continue to follow me even when I am not looking at him.These are but a few of the 80 photos in this book, and I can go on and on discussing them. Yes, they were taken in the housing projects but they are universal icons of daily life in America in our time. Their unpretentious truth has the power to change how we see life in the projects. Perhaps, we may even become more sensitive to our own daily lives as well as to each other wherever we live.These pictures might have been plucked from any of our smart phone or family albums. But it was New York City housing project residents from children to seniors, with no previous photographic skills, who documented their lives. Their photos and words are filled with hope and love and family and life, even though they live in an environment where the deck certainly seems to be stacked against them.The three editors of Project Lives, George Carrano, Chelsea Davis and Jonathan Fisher, prompted by their lifelong relationship with NYC, envisioned this participatory photography project and with singular determination brought the idea to actuality. For the first time, nearly half a million residents of the New York City housing projects have been presented with the opportunity to tell their own story and not have it told for them.This book brilliantly and succinctly weaves background information into the photos to complete the whole picture of life in the projects. Exuding sensitivity, humanity and love for the city and its people, it has the power to be a mind-changer, forcing us to shed the stereotypes that have filled our thoughts with negativity, violence and waste for far too long._____In conjunction with the upcoming exhibit at fotofoto gallery in Huntington, we spoke with one of the key forces behind the lens on “Project Lives,” George Carrano, who brought the Developing Lives photography program to the New York City Housing Authority in 2010 and helped oversee the publication of the book and the creation of the show.Long Island Press: So what led you to “Project Lives”?George Carrano: “I started working for the New York City Transit Authority back in the ‘70s and the garage where I was working in is directly across from the street from the Manhattanville Houses, which is a very large housing project in Harlem built in the late ‘60s. So I used to walk through there on the way to work and I never felt threatened, never felt uncomfortable. It was just another New York community. The 1970s’ “Cooley High” was the last Hollywood film where the housing projects were shown in a favorable light. Since then, I started seeing this contrast between the reality that I experienced and the way residents in housing projects were being portrayed in films like “American Gangster,” with Denzel Washington and “Brooklyn’s Finest” with Richard Gere, where the projects were described as “Bagdad on a bad day.”How did you come to team up with Chelsea Davis and Jonathan Fisher on this project?Carrano: Jonathan Fisher also worked at the Transit Authority and we became life-long friends.  When we decided to do this project in 2010, we came upon Chelsea Davis, who was doing this kind of photography project in a children’s hospital in St. Louis, where she worked with children with cancer and used photography to deal with the tragedy of living with cancer.What inspired you to see this through?Carrano: I think it was the unfairness of seeing the way hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers were being portrayed and feeling that something should be done about it. The tabloids and the Hollywood films had deprived housing residents of their public voice by portraying them all as violent offenders. And we felt that the most authentic way to push back would be to have the residents themselves tell their own stories and talk about their own lives. So this participatory photography concept became a vehicle for story-telling. It allowed those whose public image had been defined by others to take control of their own narrative. That’s what was driving this project from the beginning.Did you envision a book from the beginning?Carrano: The first instance was to have an exhibit of their photographs, but then we thought of a book because affordable housing is really a national issue. And New York is where public housing all began back in the ‘30s. It’s the last stronghold for public housing and we felt there would be national interest. What made public housing successful in New York was the triple subsidy: the city, the state and the federal government came together with Franklin Roosevelt in the White House and Herbert Lehman in the state house and Fiorello LaGuardia in Gracie Mansion, and that allowed public housing to begin. Since then, federal cuts to public housing have been steadily declining and the deficits are now huge. Major rehabilitation of the housing stock is needed. And we hoped that the book would spark a national discussion about federal funding to public housing.The photographer captures a photo of her sleeping brother Quahmel. (Photo credit: Aaliyah Colon)How did you make your final selection?Carrano: We probably could have done a much bigger book but for this project we chose to use Kodak disposable cameras, which offer 27 shots per camera and they’re on film. The cameras cost under five dollars each, whereas a digital would be a couple of hundred dollars. And you have a film negative that you can blow up to a huge size, and to get a digital equivalent of that would require a fairly expensive camera. We didn’t have the funding for that. And, at the same time, 27 shots taught a certain economy of selecting and composing consciously, knowing that you had a limited number of frames to play with. Sometimes with digital photography, you can shoot off a hundred pictures in a matter of seconds. This really forces you to think about composition and know that every single shot had to count.How did you get these people from the projects involved?Carrano: People were eager to participate. We ran the project in 15 different housing projects across the city from the Bronx to Brooklyn. Kids and seniors just gravitated to the program. There was a lot of excitement about it. Kodak donated hundreds and hundreds of the single-use cameras, which helped reduce costs. The three of us spent a lot of time going through the pictures and through the bios of the photographers. It was a long, hard process to come up with the photographs that are actually in the book. Even with the limitations that we had imposed on ourselves of only 27 shots per camera we still had enough photographs for a couple of books. So it required a lot of discriminating selection by age, by location, by issues. It was our job as editors to come up with a coherent book.Did the participatory process pose any problems?Carrano:  People today are far more protective than in the period of Henri Cartier-Bresson and street photographers  of his era. People didn’t have the same sense of themselves being photographed. Today people have to feel very comfortable around who’s taking pictures. These [issues] were all part of the workshops that we ran. We went to the masters; we showed examples of great photographs. We talked about composition, about lighting. We gave a 10-week program that was a serious photography program for all the participants.How much aesthetic judgment went into the final selection of these images compared to the political importance of showing these lives that have been stereotyped in the media?Carrano: What surprised me most about the project is that we didn’t get a lot of pictures of disrepair, of broken elevators and broken windows. The photographs actually portray a kind of benign banality of daily life. A kid walking in the park, someone sitting in their kitchen.Does that normalcy undercut the significance of these photos? There’s no buzz: no murder victim on the sidewalk? Carrano: I think the spark comes from the fact that it’s not what people expect to see. They’re going to be surprised and wonder about these pictures. If you just read the tabloids and see the movies, you’d expect to see kids collecting shell casings on a Saturday morning, not kids playing basketball in the park. These pictures are the reality.Did all three of you editors have to agree on whether a particular image made the final cut?Carrano: The three of us are all consensus builders! We all shared many favorites. The one I liked the best is from the Bronx of two women, one looking out her window and the other standing on the sidewalk because it just conveyed to me a sense of community. I grew up in the Bronx and it just took me back to that sense of neighborhood and people watching out for each other. [Editor’s note: The caption of Jane Mary Saiter’s photo says simply: “My neighbors.”Can a typical suburbanite view these photos without bias?Carrano: Everyone brings some bias to looking at anything. There are those suburbanites who were part of the urban flight from the city at one point in time, although there’s also been a counter stream of people going back into the city and rejuvenating neighborhoods that were once abandoned. I think the connection is really about American lives. Even if their circumstances aren’t the same, the same joys, hopes and concerns go across both groups.Did you get photos of crime scenes and other disturbing subjects?Carrano: No, we left that to the tabloids. We didn’t get pictures of crime scenes and disrepair. People were told to go out and document what’s important to them. We were taken aback that we didn’t see these pictures of disrepair. It took us time to understand that this was really a vehicle for people to tell their own stories and what’s important to them. And the story they wanted to tell was not one of disrepair, but of the day-to-day joys of living.What more do you have in mind for ‘Project Lives’?Carrano: I would like to see the resident photographers who participated in this book have an opportunity to testify in Congress on hearings that focus on affordable housing. Sympathetic Congressman could hold ad hoc hearings in the Rayburn building and bring together like-minded Congress-people to hear testimony of people living in public housing. That would be a valuable way to shine light on this issue.It’s interesting that the banality in itself is political in the context of the debate over public housing. Carrano: What comes to mind when you hear the words ‘housing projects’? Nothing good comes to mind because everything the public has been bombarded with has been negative. I think of a Congressman from Idaho going to the movies on a Saturday night and seeing the movie, ‘American Gangster,’ and then going into the halls of Congress and voting on an appropriations bill for public housing. How’s he going to vote? This is pushing back!Neighbors catching up. (Photo credit: Jane Mary Saiter)Do you think we’ve seen the end of public housing projects like this?Carrano: I hope not! I think it’s needed. For a studio apartment in Manhattan the average going rate is $2,350 a month. Getting a one bedroom or two-bedroom apartment in the city, where would these people go if you lost public housing? Where would low-income people go? The people working in fast food and the hospitals—people whose jobs pay the minimum wage—where could they possibly go? It’s necessary. It’s one of the four freedoms that Roosevelt talked about.Is “Project Lives” more a political book or an art book?Carrano: Art is political. I don’t want to use ‘political’ as a pejorative word. The book tells a story; that’s what this book does, and it can have political implications. But it’s basically using photography to tell a story about the lives of those living in public housing whose voices haven’t been heard.How should viewers approach your photos? Should they say, ‘Oh, that’s what a project looks like inside!’ Or should they marvel at the light and the composition, for example?Carrano: I would want them to look at it and say, ‘These are people just like me! Their lives are very similar to my life.’And that should be a revelatory experience in itself?Carrano: Yeah, that’s it exactly.Exhibit runs from July 31-August 29 at fotofoto gallery, 14 West Carver St., Huntington. Gallery is closed Mondays and Tuesdays; check for hours. Holly Gordon is a working fine art photographer whose work has appeared in published form and in museums and galleries. George Carrano, Chelsea Davis and Jonathan Fisher (eds): Project Lives: New York Public Housing Residents Photograph Their World. Brooklyn: powerHouse Books 2015.last_img read more

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National parks and nature parks closed to the public

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first_imgIt will inform the public about the reopening when the conditions for it are created in accordance with the instructions of the Government of the Republic of Croatia, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Energy and the Civil Protection Headquarters. In order to protect employees and visitors, the National and Nature Parks are being closed to the public. Let’s be responsible. Let’s stay at home and take care of ourselves and the health of our loved ones. #ostanidomalast_img

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From past historic to future perfect?

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Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga ‘disrespected’ two people by defying Maurizio Sarri, says David Seaman

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first_imgKepa Arrizabalaga was dropped for Chelsea’s clash with Tottenham (Picture: Getty)David Seaman says Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga ‘disrespected’ Maurizio Sarri and Willy Caballero by refusing to be substituted during the Carabao Cup final.Sarri tried to replace £72million summer signing Kepa during extra-time of Sunday’s final after he received medical treatment for the second time in quick succession.Caballero had stripped out of his training gear and was preparing to come on when Kepa angrily gestured to the bench and refused to come off.Sarri subsequently said the incident was a ‘misunderstanding’ but Kepa was dropped from Chelsea’s starting XI for the Premier League clash with Tottenham on Wednesday.AdvertisementAdvertisementADVERTISEMENTMore: FootballRio Ferdinand urges Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to drop Manchester United starChelsea defender Fikayo Tomori reveals why he made U-turn over transfer deadline day moveMikel Arteta rates Thomas Partey’s chances of making his Arsenal debut vs Man CityAnd England legend Seaman says the Spain international not only disrespected Sarri at Wembley, but also his Chelsea team-mate Caballero.He told Sky Sports: ‘I don’t think anybody in football has seen anything like that.‘I thought he was disrespectful not only to his manager but his fellow goalkeeper in Caballero.‘He shouldn’t have been out there on the pitch wagging his finger; he should’ve gone over to the bench to explain himself because there was a miscommunication from the physios back to the bench. Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga ‘disrespected’ two people by defying Maurizio Sarri, says David Seaman Comment Advertisement Metro Sport ReporterFriday 1 Mar 2019 11:23 amShare this article via facebookShare this article via twitterShare this article via messengerShare this with Share this article via emailShare this article via flipboardCopy link565Shares Kepa has served his time says Sarri following win over TottenhamTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Play VideoLoaded: 0%0:00Progress: 0%PlayMuteCurrent Time 0:00/Duration Time 9:04FullscreenKepa has served his time says Sarri following win over Tottenhamhttps://metro.co.uk/video/kepa-served-time-says-sarri-following-win-tottenham-1872712/This is a modal window.Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window.TextColorWhiteBlackRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyOpaqueSemi-TransparentBackgroundColorBlackWhiteRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyOpaqueSemi-TransparentTransparentWindowColorBlackWhiteRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyTransparentSemi-TransparentOpaqueFont Size50%75%100%125%150%175%200%300%400%Text Edge StyleNoneRaisedDepressedUniformDropshadowFont FamilyProportional Sans-SerifMonospace Sans-SerifProportional SerifMonospace SerifCasualScriptSmall CapsReset restore all settings to the default valuesDoneClose Modal DialogEnd of dialog window.He said: ‘I felt very good because when I found out I was playing – it’s a very hard decision.‘I have not had chances to play. When the boss confirmed the team I was surprised. I felt blessed to have the chance to play.‘I said to Kepa: ‘Keep going. I know it is a tough decision but you must keep going’. He said the same to me. We support each other.‘It had been a strange situation. We had to get through it. I had to live with it, we had to live with it.’More: FootballBruno Fernandes responds to Man Utd bust-up rumours with Ole Gunnar SolskjaerNew Manchester United signing Facundo Pellistri responds to Edinson Cavani praiseArsenal flop Denis Suarez delivers verdict on Thomas Partey and Lucas Torreira moves Willy Caballero was waiting to come on (Picture: Getty)‘Caballero wasn’t just warming up, he has his gloves on and was ready to go so a signal’s gone back saying he can’t carry on.‘Kepa’s obviously not understood that and thinks he’s okay, but then he realises he’s being taken off so he should’ve just gone over and then that would’ve stopped everything, but that didn’t happen.‘He’s been fined, he’s apologised and he’s been dropped so that’s good enough punishment for me and now he’ll have to wait and see if he gets his place back.’Caballero, meanwhile, has revealed what he told Kepa after he was dropped for Wednesday’s clash with Spurs. Kepa defied Maurizio Sarri during the Carabao Cup final (Picture: Getty) Advertisementlast_img read more

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Wassenberg, Frederick, Yarie are winners at Shawano

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first_imgBy Scott Owen SHAWANO, Wis. (May 31) – What had been a three-wide battle ended with Tracy Wassenberg standing alone in victory lane Saturday at Shawano Speedway.Lap 18 of the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature saw Joey Taycher, Wassenberg and Lu­cas Lamberies go side-by-side-by-side for the lead on the front stretch of the track. Entering turn three, Taycher got a bit too high and made contact with the wall, allowing Wassen­berg and Lamberies to pass him in turn four. Wassenberg went on to hold off Lamberies for the win. Taycher recovered to finish third. Kyle Frederick stayed undefeated in four IMCA Sunoco Stock Car starts this season at Shawano, winning by an eyelash ahead of longtime leader Tom Riehl.Marcus Yarie was the third and final leader in the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified main.last_img read more

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