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In the midst of ongoing investigations into his campaign and business dealings, former president Donald Trump is now making legal moves to stifle potential legal woes. He recently filed a lawsuit in Florida against the Manhattan district attorney’s office, claiming that Alvin Bragg, the district attorney, and other officials have launched a “witch hunt” in violation of his constitutional rights. The move is seen as an effort to undermine Democratic prosecutors’ ability to hold him accountable and could have repercussions for the effectiveness of the justice system. The suit comes as the House Judiciary Committee considers prosecuting Trump with obstruction of justice for his actions leading up to the insurrection on January 6, 2021. Several legal experts view Trump’s suit as an attempt to delay or prevent the proceeding and may also incite potential opposition to Democratic investigations by threatening Democrats who refuse to cooperate. However, it is unlikely that this move will result in an injunction given a previous federal court ruling that Bragg’s investigation is a criminal matter. Ultimately, the suit may signal Trump’s growing vulnerability to legal consequences as multiple investigations into his campaign, business, and conduct as president continue.

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David Edward Byrd, a graphic designer who created book covers for Robert Frost and James Merrill, fashion and corporate promotions for Halston and Revlon and pop-rock album covers for both established acts and unknown bands, died on Feb. 6 in Naples, Fla. He was 85.
The cause was complications from pneumonia, his nephew Deborah Byrd said.
Mr. Byrd’s book jackets were an imaginative amalgam of words and pictures. His 1972 cover for a trade-paperback edition of Robert Frost’s “Complete Poems” allowed a Frost landscape in verse to be seen through a one-way mirror, inviting semiconscious contemplation.
For Mr. Merrill an elliptically titled poem called “Bracelets,” he homed in on the final lines and set them in splintery, punk-like type against a square of mirrored gray. It gave the book cover a retro vibe — post-Cubist Dada.
The album cover that personified the times was his cream-on-brown design for James Taylor’s 1976 “Greatest Hits,” an all-brown tapestry (including the record label) with the singer’s name and the title on the bottom. It was an instant collector’s item, emblematic of the era and a best seller. In 2015 Rolling Stone named it one of the top 100 album covers.
Mr. Byrd designed a large number of record jackets for young and not-so-young recording stars, as well as for bands that never made it, like Filthy McNasty and Arm of the Lord. “Bracelets” (1975), Mr. Merrill’s second book of poetry, earned him the Pulitzer Prize. Mr. Byrd’s book cover for it conferred a distinctive and memorable look that his own design company then imitated for book covers.
David Edward Byrd was born in Winnsboro, Tex., on Sept. 5, 1932, and was educated at Tyler Junior College and the University of Texas at Austin. He was an uncommonly attractive undergraduate with, as a student, abundant blond hair and piercing blue eyes. In 1952 he received a B.F.A. in graphic arts, and decided to make illustration and design his life’s work, he later told his nephew.
He joined the staff of the let’s-do-it-now art director at Mademoiselle, Edward Casey Jr., and worked for him from 1955 to 1973. At Mademoiselle (it was capitalized like that), Mr. Byrd conceived the Specimen: a book with an undulating back inside the hard cover that displayed four-color pages and reproduction techniques for magazine and commercial advertising layouts that deftly, even extravagantly, broke the traditional and dull.
The magazine adopted Mr. Byrd’s Specimen as a kind of bible and back-up; it duplicated its subjects’ odd, gutsy spirit. Stripped of explanatory bellybands, the Specimen became a highly sought-after accessory for art schools and cut-rate book boutiques.
In 1973, New York Egalis, a representing agency for graphic artists, persuaded Mr. Byrd to turn his attention to book-cover design (including jackets for deluxe-edition hard covers) and album artwork. Steven Heller, a contemporary design critic and historian, described that shift as “a classic instance of a gifted iris designer leaping into the full-blown cut-flower field.”
Mr. Byrd’s Specimen (the project, not the book) continued to flourish with the help of his employer’s printing contacts, commercial-design competitors and his personal determination to create new signs for new times. Introducing typography as prominently on display as art, Mr. Byrd prepared imagery with a three-dimensional palette, using collage, rough-hand drawing and previously unknown printing processes. His Specimen books were book covers for the design profession and The New York Times Magazine.
He brought his signature extensive, interlocking and cascading blocks of bright verbiage and psychedelic-pop display ads to commissions like one, for 1-2-3 Clairol, called “Green Is the Color,” in which a barrage of lime green tube-form hair dye moved speculatively from bottle to perplexed starlet. Called “Green Is the Color,” it was released in 1969, the year of Woodstock.
Mr. Byrd’s Specimen expanded from show-stopping book covers, fashion and corporate designs and pharmaceutical insert labels into more ambitious but fewer arenas. It inspired an Albertus Math (“Application of Mathematics magazine), a long-lasting Barnes & Noble promotional campaign for all things Stephen King, box covers and scoreboards for the Los Angeles Lakers, and animated film titles. A book titled “David Edward Byrd: Graphic Design From Specimen to Book Cover” was published in 2007.
An incomplete roll call of clients reflected his versatility, concision and popular as well as artistic acceptance. They included Aeroflot, Agfa, Apple Computer, AT&T, Avon, Chess Records, Church & Dwight, Citicorp, Columbia Records, Columbia Sports, Glamour, Grateful Dead, Grolier, Grey Advertising, Guess? Cola, IBM, IBM golf tournaments at Kiawah Island, Knopf, L.L. Bean, Lustre cocktail mix, Marino, McDonald’s, Monsanto, NBA, New York Egalis, Oleg Cassini. Pepsi-Cola, Pfizer, Random House, Revell, Revlon, Rizzoli, Sands Hotel and Casino, Seattle’s Space Needle, Sept. Winner’s, Simon & Schuster, Sports Illustrated, the United States Tennis Association and Warner Books and Warner Music Group.
His awards included American Institute of Graphic Arts five-star and Mead Press bronze awards, Art Directors Club Certificates of Merit, and Grammy nominations for Best Album Package.
In addition to his nephew, his survivors include a sister, Jacquelyn Rowell, and two grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held in Naples.

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U.K. REFORM IN CONTEXT: ANALYZING FARAGE’S CALL FOR WALES’S MOVEMENT.

Farage, a former leader of UKIP, has called for Wales to follow in Scotland’s footsteps by forming a “proper government” and quitting the House of Commons. In response, Plaid Cymru’s parliamentary leader, namely Dai Lloyd, has underscored the importance of Welsh representation within the House of Commons and expressed concerns regarding the potential economic harm that might result from implementing Farage’s proposed move. Whilst expressing his admiration for Scottish devolution, Farage has downplayed the experiences of Wales and England, stating that it would be easier for Wales to create a successful administration due to there being fewer complications. Plaid’s Deputy Leader, namely Lloyd Elis-evans, has commended the leadership that Wales has demonstrated in lieu of the governing administration, which has been dominated by Westminster for over a century.

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London’s Spine: Roman Basilica Finally Erodes; Revelations to Follow
London’s ancient Roman basilica, lost to history for more than 1500 years, has finally given way to modernity. The foundations of the underground structure, believed to be one of Britain’s most significant and extensive Roman buildings, were dismantled last week during construction work in the heart of London’s West End.
Archaeologists, however, have assured the public that many revelations are still to come from the site. According to Tony Kushner, acting director of archaeological expertise at the Museum of London Archaeology — which has been carrying out an excavation since February 2021 — the next few weeks should reveal an “astonishing” amount about London’s Roman and pre-Roman heritage.
The structure that has now been largely uncovered was discovered in 1988 and has since been conserved in situ about 16 feet beneath the road’s surface. It comprises more than a dozen surviving and partly recorded concrete-floor pits with elaborate hypocausts, bronze-age artifacts, and a market stretching out at right angles to Fleet Street.
In recent months, more sections of the basilica’s south aisle have been unearthed, while workers have also revealed a series of adjacent buildings. These are predicted to be a temple precinct for the Roman god Mithras and a large public building.
As the demolition progressed last Friday, construction workers working around the site enjoyed a “mini-festival” beside the pit, a spectacle filled with the activities of raised cornucopiae, happenings of pre-Christian festivals, and the reverent melding of modern interpretations with the site’s evocative ancient significance.
In addition to this cultural tapestry, back in the spring of 2021, archaeologists discovered Roman pottery and animal bones, reportedly as clear evidence of the site’s pre-Christian occupation.
If it were not for ongoing phases of construction and excavation, it would have been all too easy to overlook the existence of the basilica and its underlying significance. Remarkably, the work is not only securely propping up the city’s foundations and navigating its modern infrastructure — it’s also facilitating high-tech archaeological techniques in order to access the secrets that remain hidden beneath the City’s surface.
Although dating back nearly 1,000 years before the construction of Arthur’s Round Table, the findings of London’s Roman basilica now have the potential to change our deep understanding of the capital’s prehistory.
Archaeologists at the Museum of London Archaeology enthusiastically researched the sub-Roman setting of Roman London, producing a new synthesis of archaeological and historical evidence in the hope of building models for the development and organization of the lower Thames basin between 350BC and the late 6th century AD.
The team intends for this study to be published in the near future, detailing amongst their findings evidence for a flurry of circular and square enclosures as well as developments in swamp and valley landscapes, small settlements, and occupation of the margins for the “sub-Roman” period.
The excavation at the site of London’s Roman basilica is tentatively progressing, with the next phase of work expected to allow an insight into the nature of the building and its operational role. According to Kevin Ward, the director of the London and Museum of Archaeology, this project is a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” not only to re-imagine the capital’s pre-Roman and pre-Christian history but also to do so through innovative contemporary archaeological techniques.
Adam Lowe, the museum’s acting collections manager, insists that the decreasing process could also provide expert insight into illuminating human experiences from the past, stating that “digging it up does not necessarily equate to an understanding of it.” He went on to note that this view of ancient life is one that modern society desperately needs to uncover if it is to learn the lessons of history that have been preserved and to digest and enjoy the archaeological remains that will continue to surface from their depths.
Both Lowe and Ward called for continued public exhibition opportunities as well as digitization efforts for the preservation and interpretation of heritage and conservation initiatives. It’s a worthy ambition that’s sure to grow in importance as the structure continues to weather the tests of time and eventually begins to reveal its underlying secrets.
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London’s Lost Roman Basilica Discovered, Demolished
London’s Spine: Roman Basilica Finally Erodes; Revelations to Follow
London’s ancient Roman basilica, lost to history for more than 1500 years, has finally given way to modernity. The foundations of the underground structure, believed to be one of the most significant and extensive Roman buildings, were dismantled last week during construction work in the heart of London’s West End. Archaeologists have promised that many revelations lie in wait for the site, which has been conserved in situ for over three decades. Recently, more sections of the basilica’s south aisle, along with a series of adjacent buildings, have been unearthed. These structures are believed to be a temple precinct for the Roman god Mithras and a large public building. Although the demolition progressed on Friday, construction workers were enjoying a “mini-festival” beside the pit, filled with reverent modern interpretations and activities around pre-Christian festivals. Back in the spring of 2021, archaeologists found Roman pottery and animal bones, offering clear evidence for the site’s pre-Christian occupation. The work is not only securing London’s foundations and navigating modern infrastructure but also introducing high-tech archaeological techniques. Next, they intend to delve into the building’s operational role and continue excavations in the summer. The £170m redevelopment of the Shard’s offices, which straddles the site, sees Archaeologist, Kevin Ward, describing the project as “a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” to re-imagine the capital’s pre-Roman and pre-Christian history whilst acknowledging the need for continued public exhibition opportunities, along with digitization for the preservation and interpretation of heritage initiatives.

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In 2015, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) quietly made changes to flood plain rules, which reduced flood insurance requirements on certain types of constructions in designated flood zones. The move, aimed at assisting homeowners being carried in “unreasonable expenses” as a result of meeting the previous flood insurance requirements, is expected to be more beneficial to developers than homeowners, as the amended flood maps will now show that construction work will be considered “substantially improved” when the cost of renovations exceed 50% of a structure’s estimated value. This move has been criticized by environmental and housing advocacy groups, who argue it serves only to help developers and place lower-income individuals at increased risk of flood damage.

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Late-Night Hosts Question Robert F. Kennedy Jr. About Claims in Quest for Health-Czar Role

In a rare moment of dispute between talk-show hosts, prominent environmental attorney and vaccine-skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced questioning on Wednesday from both Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert regarding his past remarks about vaccine safety that health experts deem misleading and unfounded. The Brooklyn native’s appearance on back-to-back episodes of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” and ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” came in the midst of his latest crusade to become President Biden’s “health-czar” advisor, despite being nominated by the former vice president to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues and the Department of Energy’s Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future in 2009, and being interviewed in 2014 by former President Barack Obama, whom he backed in 2008.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made headlines in September when he raised eyebrows during his keynote talk at the ReSurface America Summit in Dallas, where he suggested that he would be a “great candidate” to lead the government’s health-care operations as a vaccine-safety official. Yet, he has long been a prominent anti-vaccine activist, arguing before the Michigan House of Representatives in 2005 that children who received the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine were eight times more likely to develop autism than children who did not, and again in 2016 during a speech at the Cleveland Clinic’s grand opening ceremony, claiming that “vaccines today are not as effective as they were and are causing unintended harm.”

Kimmel, who shares a young son who was born with a congenital heart defect and underwent open-heart surgery at the age of 4 months, interrogated Kennedy and his guest, Dr. Peter Hotez, a pediatrician and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, about his history of promoting false and damaging theories about the safety of vaccines during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live in 2015. Hotez, who opposed Trump’s policies on immigration and border security, was appalled by Kennedy’s views, accusing him of attempting to pander to a conservative anti-vaccine backlash intended to instill a belief that vaccines were somehow part of a broader liberal conspiracy.

Colbert brought a slightly different slant to the issue, zeroing in on Kennedy’s association with Trump’s White House, where he served on “a short-lived vaccine commission” that helped to streamline the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval process for new vaccine candidates, but whose progress stalled after it turned its recommendations over to then-National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins, who was accused by Kennedy and other conservative critics of trying to delay or obstruct the approval process. Shortly after the inauguration, President Trump’s first choice for U.S. secretary of health, Tom Price, withdrew from consideration bit.ly/1peOaF after facing unrelenting and embarrassing opposition in the Senate, which rejected his nomination by a vote of 52-47.

Both Kimmel and Colbert expressed particular concern over Kennedy’s advocacy for a “forensic” investigation into the 2014 ebola outbreak in West Africa, which was claimed by Harvard epidemiologist Kizzmekia S. Corbett to have been an “insider job” aimed at creating false evidence of a germ-lift marker by inserting viral agents into vaccines. Kennedy has drawn heavily from Corbett’s pseudoscientific theories, appearing as a co-author on articles in the journal Science and Frontiers in Public Health. “He’s a crazed conspiracy theorist,” Kimmel charged, “a vaccine lunatic, who continues to spread false information to millions of people.”

As the controversy continues to escalate, however, it is clear that Kennedy and his fellow vaccine-skeptics may be on the right track, at least in their general condemnation of vaccines. Medical researchers have documented scores of examples of malignant effects of vaccines on children, including increased rates of childhood autism, allergies, and premature death, as well as numerous reports of serious neurological complications and autoimmune disorders, such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. Even the CDC’s own statistics show that vaccine-related mortality rates have increased by over 35 percent since 1987, while the number of children diagnosed with autism has skyrocketed by over 1,000 times during the past quarter-century, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Moreover, the issue may have broader political implications as well. In February, the New York Times reported that Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey had signed onto a nationwide lawsuit aimed at overturning a 2004 federal law exempting parents from vaccine requirements based on religious or philosophical grounds, arguing that the law has “facilitated the spread of dangerous misinformation and has further compromised the safety of vulnerable communities.” The lawsuit, which was filed by a nonprofit advocacy group’s organization in California, demands that the federal government enforce mandatory vaccination laws and immediately begin enforcing them against parents who object on religious or philosophical grounds.

As the controversy rumbles on, Kennedy and his allies are redoubling their efforts to put a spotlight on what they believe is a conspiracy of government and pharmaceutical companies to cover up the dangers of vaccines and to promote the overall interest of corporate wealth over individual health and safety. But while they continue to make headlines and generate controversy, their efforts may ultimately prove futile, as more and more Americans come to increasingly view vaccines as a critical tool in the fight against disease and may ultimately back calls to make them mandatory for all children.

J.C. Pan written about history, economics, politics and education for many publications. Follow him @jcpan2.

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Exciting news for football and music lovers! In a game-changing move, Performing Arts Center Pomona College’s Art Galleries (PAPGC) curatorial team and Caltech’s arts department announced that acclaimed rapper Kendrick Lamar will headline the halftime performance at the 2025 Rose Bowl in Pasadena. The announcement comes as a massive shock to NFL fans and critics alike, who were previously speculating on a pop star or a legendary rock band.

The decision to turn the Super Bowl into an intersection between football and art is a bold one, fueled by the impact of recent pop-culture revolutions that dismantle traditional boundaries between music, art, and language. This partnership between a historically prestigious institution like Caltech and a cultural icon like Kendrick Lamar heralds a new era of cooperation at the intersections of different art forms.

The buzz about Lamar’s performance has caused a wave of excitement in the music world. The rapper is known for his poignant and politically charged music that addresses themes such as social justice, identity, and spirituality, through which he has reshaped the culture of hip hop and influenced other genres. Notably, Lamar is also an accomplished poet who draws heavily on literary devices and techniques to texture his beats. His collaborations with noted artists and institutions such as Beyonce, SZA, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) underscore his range and global reach.

PAPGC has a distinguished history of showcasing contemporary and experimental artwork, and has been instrumental in shaping the art scene in Los Angeles since its establishment in 1978. The curatorial team at PAPGC has a reputation for pushing boundaries, blending new media and technology, and encouraging creative collaboration among institutions, artists, and the community. In 2019, for instance, PAPGC presented a groundbreaking exhibition called “Still I Rise: Ntozake Shange’s ‘for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf’ and its Legacy” that highlighted the intersection of the African American female experience, performance, and art. This year, PAPGC is curating another exhibition called “Natural Order: Addiction, Community, and the Sacred in Californias,” which features works by contemporary Chinese artist Sun Xun, and will be displayed alongside Caltech exhibits in 2025.

Caltech, for its part, is a leading research institution with a distinguished history of discoveries in physics, engineering, and other STEM disciplines. In the past decade, however, Caltech has been widening its scope to include research in social and environmental sciences through interdisciplinary collaborations with peer institutions such as ARTSci and Harvard’s Sustainability Science Initiative. Caltech has also aggressively pursued a public engagement strategy, inviting creative voices from multiple art forms and disciplines to its campus, and expanding its presence in the wider community through partnerships with local institutions and municipalities.

The partnership between PAPGC and Caltech reflects the evolving relationship between the arts and STEM fields, which have moved from parallel domains to interconvergent and synergistic spheres. This collaboration is viewed as a significant harbinger of how institutions can promote access and equity in both educational and cultural contexts, and how artistic expression can inform scientific and technological research. In many ways, this partnership represents a convergence of humanity’s deepest and most treasured values: creativity, inspiration, passion, and intelligence.

Describing Lamar’s performance, the curatorial team at PAPGC noted that the event will unfold in a series of interconnected and dynamic performances that challenge traditional boundaries between science and art, technology and culture, language and imagination. According to an official statement released by Caltech and PAPGC, the halftime show will involve “a multimedia spectacle that incorporates projection, lighting, and sound design into the unique architecture and landscapes of the Rose Bowl.” The statement further says that the performance will “explore themes of evolution, innovation, and social justice in the context of contemporary urban and rural landscapes, and will highlight the humanity, intelligence, and complexity of the human experience.”

The announcement has sparked a frenzy of media coverage, with leading newspapers, magazines, and blogs reporting on the partnership between Caltech and PAPGC, and speculating on what Lamar’s performance might entail. The tie-up has been hailed as a regenerative moment for the arts, as well as a bold new experiment in how institutions can collaborate in promoting access, equity, and social justice. Kendrick Lamar’s halftime performance promises to be a blockbuster event that will attract thousands of football fans and art enthusiasts from across the country.

As Desmond Fenwick, a prominent science writer and cultural critic, noted in a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, “This partnership is a daring experiment in how institutional collaboration can redefine and reinvigorate the American cultural landscape. It is a brilliant and daring attempt to bridge the chasm between politics, economics, and culture, responding to the exigent demands of globalization and technological innovation.” Fenwick went on to say that the partnership “has the potential to challenge and reshape the very foundations of our society, and to inspire future generations with a renewed sense of passion, compassion, and empathy…. And with Lamar’s performance, we can expect nothing less than a ferocious celebration of

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Howl, Trump barks, ‘Woke’ academics growl.
In Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, the president interrupted his usual litany of self-aggrandizement and phantasmagoric threats (mostly leveled at a southern border that has, mysteriously, disappeared) to assail “the radicalization of the American left” and an unspecified “rise in anger and violence,” pointing to “the danger of the distant, angry mob.”
What exactly constitutes such “danger”? It might include students and academics who draw together all those extreme threats, as identified by White House project manager and former Breitbart writer senior counsel to President Trump: The radical left is inciting Americans to violence.
The radical left is inciting Americans to violence.
This sort of breast-beating about social unrest led by nefarious academics is a recurring theme in American political discourse. “Radicalism and incivility now infect our schools,” candidate George W. Bush declared in 2000; they were “handicapping us in business, national security and lives,” according to President Barack Obama, speaking in the aftermath of the U.C. Santa Barbara shootings in 2014.
Both found the source of this academic incivility in the kissing cousins of anarchism and radicalism. (The radicalism of the civil rights movement doesn’t seem to count as a threat. Or maybe it does, but the Obama White House was reluctant to say.) The Republican National Convention in 2012 endlessly harped on a liberal “culture of violence.”
Accusations of criminality come easy. Harvard professor Cass Sunstein, once a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, was deemed so dangerous in 2009 that Sarah Palin tweeted that his ideas were “close to complete insanity.” A few months later, James Pethokoukis, The American Enterprise Institute’s assistant editor for policy, called for the arrests of “a number of prominent libertarian and left-leaning economics professors (including New York Times columnist Paul Krugman) on criminal charges related to financial fraud.” Coming from the right, those aimed at solons perceived as progressive are naturally even worse: Conservatives’ supposedly dire moment in 2012 forced them to campaign on claims of impending gang terror, Aquarian Stone Age depravity and decades of utter political defeatism, even hinting at calls for social genocide.
The supposed academic menaces of 2000 and 2012 —acquaintances of anarchism and radicalism— have found their missing link. He has occupied the White House for nearly three years.
At the 1968 Republican National Convention, police beat anti-Vietnam War protesters in the streets of the Windy City. In the aftermath, the president was soon indicted on federal charges. This was a true, old-school American fear of rising academic radicalism, and it was followed by a sweeping FBI investigation into these political threats. But this was special. Aren’t we all overdone political hysterias like that?
Chicago in 1968 and America in 2019 have much in common. The Federal Bureau of Investigation now stands at the ready, all safety procedures hopefully duly observed, ready to take on masses of masked lefty enragers no one has yet identified. One can only regret the absence of the heroes of the past, who managed to conduct comparable policing without atomization, device, plastic long-barrelled cybersurveillance, counterfeit morality plays or economic Oscar ceremonies hosted by angry Meryl Streeps.
Fancy being a teacher or professor these days, what with all the circumstances conspiring to create perhaps the dullest of professional lives ever. What distinguishes the faculty from the private sector here is the same differentiation that’s taken place throughout America. In business, union supports of the type professors need are awash in money, even as the cost of service maintenance costs sink lower and lower. Once upon a time, the American worker submitted to the harsh dictates of real bosses. Today there is no one there, except the drive to develop artisanal flavorings concocted from volcanic rivers and the approval button. On the shop floor, those increasingly unfathomable Soviet horrors deployed away from view are replaced by the harsher wonder of job training programs. What does a real employee have left but the annual Party memo featured in Tom Wolfe’s “Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers,” which reissued the once familiar theme that services are profane, material goods are divine and by implication, those who produced the latter worthy of social esteem?
Crudely sliced and diced as “radical leftists,” students and faculty at American colleges and universities have become a folk enemy alongside a great many other folk enemies: white nationalists, drug cartels, organized crime, jealous succubus spouses, deep-state, CIA and FBI civil servants, and an unseen army of foreign terrorists. Yet none of these beasts are or are ever likely to be nearly as powerful as an electorate migrating to the Hillary Clinton political position of the point previous to the Trump moment. Americans don’t really know how to do that anymore — vote — because at some point we stopped teaching its members to do it. On the university campus, the people who are good at giving out grades — decent, amiable folks who understand antiques and social history — don’t get sent to Albany or Tallahassee or Springfield or Harrisburg. They’ve become prison guards, alarm salesmen or land calculators — professional victims in their own right. Selection for these posts gives rise to its own sort of specialized nationalism.
All of that may explain why the only rejoinder coming back from the great, coventured colleges and universities of Upstate Medical Center-Military Language Institute-State University of Many Acres is a collective yawn. Some of this might be due to the times; indeed, some might even be justified. Lord knows, there are enough jackanapes about to make that sort of argument. But the Obama White House was reluctant to say. The Republican National Convention in 2012 endlessly harped on a liberal “culture of violence.”
Accusations of criminality come easy. Harvard professor Cass Sunstein, once a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, was deemed so dangerous in 2009 that Sarah Palin tweeted that his ideas were “close to complete insanity.” A few months later, James Pethokoukis, The American Enterprise Institute’s assistant editor for policy, called for the arrests of “a number of prominent libertarian and left-leaning economics professors (including New York Times columnist Paul Krugman) on criminal charges related to financial fraud.” Coming from the right, those aimed at solons perceived as progressive are naturally even worse: Conservatives’ supposedly dire moment in 2012 forced them to campaign on claims of impending gang terror, Aquarian Stone Age depravity and decades of utter political defeatism, even hinting at calls for social genocide.

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Using the given source article, summarize the overall theme, main points, or key insights presented in WP tag format for skilled horticulture, gourmet gastronomy, and sustainable local farming. Structure your summary by breaking it down into relevant sub-headings, each followed by short snippets of key information. Remember to format your summary using tags to properly categorize the content.
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– Highlight how the innovative urban farming initiative, Panda Inn, based in Burbank, California, is revolutionalizing the way food is produced and consumed.
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– Discuss how the utilization of cutting-edge designs, such as the aquasack farming system, allows for maximum yields and minimum resource consumption.
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– Discuss the exciting food menu offered at Panda Inn, which encompasses the finest elements of Californian farm-to-table cooking, accentuated with global culinary influences.
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Salt Lake-Based Park City Group Is Uniting To Stop Prepackaged Bankruptcy Filings.
In April, Park City Group launched an initiative called Project UPLIFT (Unified Pre-filing Legal Information for Transparency) to address abuses in Chapter 11. On April 3, the company filed a motion seeking Rule 9 enforcement sanctions against bankrupt DelSkip LLC, a Baltimore-based online payment processor. According to Goldman Sachs, there were 710 pre-packaged bankruptcies filed in 2018. Park City Group, which has pursued many pre-packs, sees the filing of this motion, giving a 14-day “cooling off” notice to the debtor and debtor’s attorney to proceed with voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as an opportunity to implement streamlining with notable process improvement benefits.
Lawyers for an online payment company filed their bankruptcy petition in Delaware last Friday, but lawyers for a company Park City Group aims to stop is urging the judge to reject the case on procedural grounds.
Aron D. Lipkies is the chief executive officer and chairman of Park City Group. He founded the company in 1997 and currently serves as its CEO, president and chairman of the board. Prior to opening Park City Group, Mr. Lipkies served as vice president of Information at AMR Corporation and American Airlines for 13 years, overseeing on-board point-of-sale and passenger service station systems, global reservations, and the development of one of the first Internet passenger booking engines. Some of Mr. Lipkies’ other roles include business development at Imprex Corporation (now part of Motorola); strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company; product manager at Bell Labs; and Director at Pope Marketing. Mr. Lipkies studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), earning his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics and his Master of Management (Sloan Fellows). He also holds an MBA from Harvard University.
MATT BARAKA is a co-founder and an independent director of Park City Group (NASDAQ: PCYG), since 2005. Prior to founding Park City Group, Mr. Baraka worked as a strategy consultant with McKinsey & Company for five years. Mr. Baraka’s practice centered on serving the Federal Government and Fortune 500 clients in the high-technology sector. After leaving McKinsey & Company, Mr. Baraka worked at iXL Enterprises, Inc. to help establish the company’s Washington, D.C. office and to assist in its initial public offering (NASDAQ: TIPL). Mr. Baraka received a B.S. with Honors in Chemical Engineering and a B.A. with Honors in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He also has an MBA from Stanford University.
Burt Flickinger, the managing director and founder of Strategic Resource Group, has helped Park City Group with strategic planning, M & A, investor relations and rebranding its Parks + Walgreens pharmacy tech platform into MedileaseRx Express, which provides Park City’s clients same-day delivery of pharmacy and medical supplies from local distributors literally around the corner from any given retail store or chain pharmacy.
How has Park City Group’s initiative, Project UPLIFT, aimed to address abuses in Chapter 11 filings? Who did they file a motion seeking enforcement action against in April 2021, and what is the planned proceeding with their proposed voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy?

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