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[Traducción] 181118 Fanaccount de #EXO en el Fansing para DMUMT en Seokcho. 💖

-Kai: 💕 OP le contó a Kai que ella tiene sobrinos y que como él es una tonta de amor por ellos, Kai respondió que sus sobrinos son muy lindos y que lo vuelven loco de amor.

🐻 Kai: Ellos (familia) me mandaron un vídeo hace poco y preguntaban "¿Quién es Kaichun? Y Raeon dijo "¡Mío!"

👩 OP: ¡Tan lindo!

🐻 Kai: Ellos le dijeron "¡Él no es de Raeonnie!" Y Raeon dijo "¡No, Kaichun es mío!", entonces le preguntaron "¿Deberíamos ir a ver a Kaichun?", pero él dijo "¡No, no quiero ir!"

💛 OP le pidió a Kai un spoiler del álbum repack, él dibujó una pistola y le dijo "Esto es totalmente un spoiler".

💜 👩 OP: ¿Cuál fue el momento más feliz de este año? 🐻 Kai: El día del Showcase. 👩 OP: ¿Por qué? 🐻 Kai: Después de un largo tiempo presentamos nuestra nueva canción y baile, y esperaba encontrarme con los fans luego de mucho tiempo.

💙 Kai le contó a OP que deja que sus sobrinos elijan lo que ellos quieran jugar con él y que a menudo juegan a las escondidas, que él se esconde en lugares obvios, pero difíciles de encontrar.

💚 👩 OP: ¿Cómo te sentirías si más adelante Rahee te dice que le gusta más su novio que vos? 🐻 Kai: Ahh eso no se puede evitar ¿O si? 👩 OP: ¿No te vas a sentir un poquito triste? 🐻 Kai: Creo que tal vez sí... No debería ser así, pero 😞

-XiuMin:

◘Xiumin cantó 'Beyond' y 'You Are The One' durante el fansign

• En el caso de Xiumin sabía lo que hada significaba en inglés y se quedó tipo "¿Qué es eso?", Entonces la OP dijo que es X-I-U-M-I-N. (deletreado en inglés).

Xiumin intentó imitar lo que OP decía y pronunciaba "S-I-U" y ella dijo: "No, dije Xiu M-I-N" Él dijo: "Ah, ah, entonces es eso ..." y se rió.

• La OP preguntó qué bebida alcohólica le gustaba más a Xiumin actualmente y él dijo que era whisky. La OP respondió diciendo que le gustaba el tequila y que era bueno. Xiumin preguntó "Es bueno ???" con los ojos abiertos. 👀

• OP pidió a Xiumin escribir "(Nombre de la OP) es mía" en su álbum. Él la miró y preguntó sonriendo: "¿Eres mía?".

• Xiumin dijo que actualmente vio "Beauty Inside" (k-drama) y "The Flash" en Netflix.

• OP preguntó a Xiumin lo que fue más memorable para él durante 'Magical Circus' y él dijo que fueron los saludos finales con el staff y miembros de la banda y el stage de 'Ka-Ching!'.

• OP: Sobre el repackage, se dijo que es algo que a tú y Xiumin hacían muy juntos ... ¿Podría, por favor, decirme? 😭 D.O.: No puedo ~ Es secreto ... OP: Un consejo ...? D.O: Es algo que hice bastante con Xiumin durante un show.

-Chanyeol: fan: ¿alguna idea sobre el lanzamiento del audio oficial de 'You Are'? chanyeol: no ~ no es la mejor canción de calidad en mi estándar fan: estas haciendo otras canciones? chanyeol: estoy haciendo mejores canciones ~ (Chanyeol eres demasiado humilde ㅠㅠㅠ ㅠㅠㅠ ㅠㅠㅠ)

OP: "por último, le dije a Chanyeol que realmente vivo con mis ojos puestos solo en él. Hizo contacto visual directo conmigo y me dijo:" Sigue viviendo con tus ojos solo en mí ~ "

-SuHo: 🐰 OP le pidió a Junmyeon que dibujara una jirafa para ella! Después de dibujarlo, le preguntó (con una cara orgullosa) si lo dibujó bien ...

🐰 OP cantó un dúo con Junmyeon ㅠㅠㅠ ㅠㅠㅠ Es una de las canciones de 《The Man Who Laughs》 Junmyeon incluso dijo que OP lo hizo bien ~

🐰 OP dijo que se decoloró el pelo pero su cuero cabelludo quedo realmente en mal estado y, como estaba llorando tanto, Junmyeon habló de ello en un intento por consolarla.

SuHo: ¿No te duele el cuero cabelludo? Parece que duele OP: 😭 SuHo: ¿Te duele? OP: si😭 SuHo: Haz un poco de cuidado del cabello, ¿si? Lo has lastimado OP: ok😭 SuHo: La próxima vez teñí tu cabello de un color oscuro y veni a verme, ¿si? OP: ok😭

🐰 OP tuvo una conversación personal con Junmyeon y él le dijo que si ella estaba bien, todo estaría bien siempre y cuando ella esté contenta ♡♡

👩: Junmyeon ssi tiene un álbum y un musical ... Porque estás tan ocupado, siempre pensé que eras genial. También pensé que debes estar cansado. ¿Hay alguna forma de superar las dificultades? SuHo: no, no las supero haha Fan: ah ... TT_TT SuHo: En esta situacion quiero viajar Fan: ¿A donde ? SuHo: Los Angeles, U.S.A.

-Chen:

◘Chen cantó "Drunken truth" en el fansign de hoy

OP: ¿CBX tendrá un concierto? 🦕No hay planes para eso todavía OP: Estará bien si hacen 1... ¡Por favor hagan 100 conciertos! 🦕 100? Tenemos que hacer una gira por el país para eso (risas). (OP dijo que su contacto visual era realmente cálido mientras hablaba.)

◘* firmando * de repente Jongdae preguntó "¿qué canción te gusta más en el álbum de Tempo?" OP: ¡Me gusta todo! Pero entre ellos, realmente me gusta 여기 있을 게 / cantando la parte para ella /

- Baekhyun:

◘La vestimenta favorita de Baekhyun enTempo, es la vestimenta que usaron para la primera transmisión de tempo en Music Bank ◘Baekhyun cantó ‘The Moon of Seoul’ ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

🙆🏻‍♀️¿Puedes cantar una línea de Tempo? La parte "Di que solo me amas" 🐶Dime que solo me amas ~ 🎶 🙆🏻‍♀️ te amo 🐶 hahaha 🙆🏻‍♀️ ¿Qué hay de oppa? 🐶Yo también te amo 🙆🏻‍♀️¡Una vez más! 🐶 te amo ~

◘ En estos días a Baekhyun le gusta jugar “Lost Ark”

🐧KyungSoo:

◘Kyungsoo cantó Havana, Cherry Blossom Love Song y Billionare de Bruno Mars en el fansign de hoy ㅠㅠ ❤️

🙆🏻‍♀️¿Ves Netflix? D.O.: Sí! 🙆🏻‍♀️¿Qué viste recientemente? ¿Me puedes recomendar algo? D.O.: Breaking Bad! y Narcos! y Dexter! 🙆🏻‍♀️¿Te gusta ese tipo de género? D.O.: Realmente me gusta !! y también Chef Table!

OP le pidió a Kyungsoo que usara la aplicación Snow para la photocard del álbum repackage, pero Kyungsoo dijo que no sabe usar las aplicaciones.

Cr: Owner Subido y traducido por EXO Argentina

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Elementi Luxury Mansion, Beverly Hills For Sale

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Elementi Luxury Mansion in Beverly Hills – For Sale!

Nov 9, 2021

John Legend & Chrissy Teigen Have Too Many Beverly Hills Homes!

Location: Beverly Hills, Southern California, USA

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Super-Star Drake Moving Into a Super-Star Elementi Home In Beverly Hills?

After several media reports that super-star-performer-and-songwriter Drake was moving into the upscale Trousdale area of Beverly Hills, the celebrity residents who already live there are wondering if they will soon be able to call him a neighbor. Is he really shopping real estate or just testing the water with his recent rental of one of its most elegant contemporary homes: Elementi?

The multi-platinum artist already has a collection of properties in the LA area and another home where he lives when in town, but after living in his over-the-top $100 million Toronto digs, his taste will only allow the finest. Did he find that in the $65 million Elementi?

First noticed for his acting in the Canadian teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation that ran for six years until 2007, Drake left television to begin a career in music, where he excelled, literally off the charts. He rapped, he wrote and he sang. Starting in 2006 with Room for Improvement up to 2021 with his album Certified Lover Boy, his rise in popularity has been meteoric.

All astounding successes for such a young age, the proceeds were invested, and as reported by Forbes, his endorsements and business partnerships brought in $94 million, just between 2016 and 2017. So, it’s no surprise that he became a real estate investor. Four years later, he’s apparently trying on Elementi for size.

One of California’s most spectacular new homes, the façade of Elementi displays designer Michael Chen’s unique talents, including the home’s bridge entry to a large pivoting front door over water that cascades down past a dining room suspended over a lower courtyard, and then continues into an atrium on the lower level.

Measuring 18,000 square feet, the home has seven bedrooms and fourteen baths, a great room dressed in marble with views to the ocean, an atrium open from the roof to the lower floor, a chef’s kitchen and butler’s pantry designed so cooking takes place away from the clean, minimalistic lines of the main kitchen.

The master suite cantilevers over a balcony and has two walls of glass capturing the views, along with dual baths clad in marble and one with a skylight. The basement/ground floor is designed around entertaining and its pièce de résistance: a 150-year-old imported Mediterranean olive tree in the atrium. There is also a 2,000-bottle wine cellar, a wellness center and gym, office and a home theatre.

Trousdale Estates was developed in the 1950s and ‘60s for the crème de la crème of Beverly Hills society by real estate-developer Paul Trousdale, with the slogan “Life Above It All.” Spread out on over 400 acres at one of the highest points in Beverly Hills in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains, Trousdale’s famous residents, past and current, include Elvis Presley, Katy Perry, Simon Cowell, Jennifer Aniston and Richard Nixon.

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Bakers Against Racism Is Just the Beginning

Paola Velez, Willa Pelini, and Rob Rubba launched an international movement of anti-racist bake sales to empower communities and change their own industry

When Willa Pelini messaged Paola Velez about co-hosting a bake sale to benefit the Minnesota Freedom Fund, Velez took a day to think it through — and to do some baker’s math. Throughout April and May, Velez, a James Beard Award finalist in 2020 for her work at Washington, DC’s Kith/Kin (where she is currently furloughed), hosted a fundraising pop-up called Doña Dona featuring doughnuts inspired by her Dominican-American childhood. The pop-up raised a little over $1,000 for immigrant rights organization Ayuda, which Velez describes as both a lot of money and in the grand scheme of things, not nearly enough. If she and Pelini teamed up, that $1,000 could become $2,000. And what if she opened up the project to a wider array of people, and shared everything she knew about running a successful pop-up fundraiser?

Velez typed up a mission statement and several detailed documents about how to bake at scale and raise funds, and emailed them over to Pelini, who was most recently the pastry chef at the D.C. restaurant Emilie’s until she was laid off due to COVID-19. “We both speak the same language — pastry math,” Velez says. “So I said, ‘Willa, if we both participate and make 150 pieces of one dessert and price it out at $8, individually we’ll raise $1,200 dollars. If we ask everyone to participate virtually and decentralize it, we might be able to get 80 participants, and 1,200 times 80 is $96,000.’” The scale of the project seemed daunting, but the international movement for black lives in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of a white police officer fueled a sense of urgency and ambition. “If we donate a little bit of money, we can make a little bit of change; with others, we can donate a lot of money that can make a lot of change.” They called their fundraiser Bakers Against Racism.

Eighty participants in Bakers Against Racism seemed like a huge reach to Velez and Pelini at the time. But the little bake sale bootstrapped by three DC chefs (a third collaborator, Rob Rubba, designed the graphics) has blown way, way past that to become a worldwide phenomenon. Participants in Bakers Against Racism, which opened its pre-sales on Monday (many bakers sold out far ahead of the Friday pick-ups), hail from 200 cities around the U.S.; hubs have formed in London, Berlin, and Paris, and Velez says the movement has reached five continents. Pastry chefs, professional bakers, and home cooks across the country are selling cookies and challah to support causes both national and essential to their communities. That’s by design — the whole process has been decentralized, with a broad list of suggested charities to support, so every baker has the chance to impact their own local causes.

According to foodtimeline.org, the phrase “bake sale” became popular in the early 20th century as a way to describe the age-old human practice of donating time, materials, and labor to raise money via baked goods. Since then, it’s become a uniquely American tradition, tied to women’s participation in charitable causes. Bake sales have played roles in political movements before — most notably in the case of George Gilmore’s Club from Nowhere, which sold peach pies, pound cakes, and hot meals to support the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and which Velez cites as an inspiration for her own baking activism. But since Donald Trump’s election spurred politically liberal women, especially white women, to become more involved in activism, the bake sale has become an increasingly large-scale and familiar tool, especially in the restaurant community. In New York, pastry chef Natasha Pickowicz is renowned for her Planned Parenthood bake sales, which began in 2016.

In Los Angeles, Gather for Good, an all-volunteer organization run by Sherry Mandell and Stephanie Chen and co-founded with Zoe Nathan of the Rustic Canyon group, launched in February 2017, and their bake sales have since raised nearly $100,000 for causes as varied as mental health advocacy to providing lawyers for families separated at the border. At the same time that Pelini and Velez brainstormed their bake sale, Mandell, who runs the Tehachapi Heritage Grain Project, and Chen, who owns Sugarbear Bakes, decided, as Mandell put it, to “get the band back together” to support the movement for black lives (they have since folded under the Bakers Against Racism banner).

“We were already talking about doing this with COVID,” Mandell says. “Other events we’ve done have been very much about coming together. We had to think of a way we could come together but still be apart.” Their solution was to launch a Pies for Justice initiative with many of the city’s best-loved restaurants and chefs, offering pre-sales for pies this Friday, June 19, on their website, with pick-ups organized for the next day. Proceeds from the effort will be split between Black Lives Matter Los Angeles and Gathering for Justice, an (unaffiliated) organization fighting against racial injustice in the prison system.

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Roxana Jullapat, the baker and co-owner of the Los Angeles cafe Friends & Family, was unable to coordinate with the larger bake sales happening this week, and instead held her own bake sale Monday, splitting the proceeds between Black Lives Matter LA and a black-run hyper-local effort to feed the homeless, Brown Bag Lady. Bake sales were always meaningful to Jullapat, but now that meaning has completely changed. “Pre-COVID, [the bake sale] is a very studied, measurable tool to raise money and bring awareness. Post-COVID, it’s many other things — it’s a healing device, it’s a way to make a statement about where you stand.” Jullapat believes online donations are important, but picking up a baked good engages people in a different way — and offers a concrete action people struggling to save their businesses can take in the face of uncertainty. “There’s an underlying feeling of, The house is burning, might as well share while we still have it. In three months, we could all be going under, so might as well do it now.”

The bakers taking part in Bakers Against Racism around the world describe a similar sense of purpose, often despite the challenges they’ve been weathering during the pandemic. In Paris, Janae Lynch, an African-American expat and a pastry chef at the doughnut shop Boneshaker, says joining the bake sale was important to her both to support the cause in the U.S., and address France’s persistent racism and police brutality. “We thought that since food brings joy, we could support fighting for black lives, fighting against police brutality and systemic and institutionalized racism. It’s a global issue.”

In Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Melanie Lino, who co-owns Lit Coffee Roastery and sells her baked goods under her company Made by Lino, is baking to support two organizations in the Lehigh Valley fighting systemic injustice. She first got involved with the bake sale because she’d formed an online friendship with Velez, who like Lino is Dominican-American. All of Lino’s baked goods have already sold out, and she raised over $2,400. “Everything’s been so heavy for awhile right now, and it was such an incredible feeling [to see] this many people show up in a short period of time, and this many people decide to volunteer their time to help,” she says. “We raised all this money, 100 percent of which can be used to better the lives of other people.”

Velez describes a similar sense of solidarity and uplift at the heart of the Bakers Against Racism, which she calls a “pure moment.” But she also does not want the restaurant industry to engage in a bake sale against racism and then do nothing to address the rampant racial discrimination in professional kitchens. On Instagram, she noted that some restaurants joining the bake sale have not addressed the racism in their own workplaces, even when employees have asked them to. “Don’t use another black life to make yourself look good,” she writes. To me, she added, “Now that you’re saying you’re open to fighting against racism, if you’ve been called out and told you’re racist in your establishment, what are you going to do to change the systems you’ve heavily relied on for profit?”

In the #bakersagainstracism Instagram hashtag, a surreal, very 2020 phenomenon emerged: white-run accounts previously dedicated to burnished sourdough or cookies with animal faces are now decorating their wares with revolutionary Black Power fists. Velez notes that the Google Drive, which goes out to every participant, includes a document of podcasts and videos for bakers to listen to while they work in order to educate themselves on, say, turning performative wokeness into genuine action. The bake sale isn’t just about raising funds, or awareness, outwardly; participants can take the time to deepen their own commitment to fighting for black lives, too.

As for Velez, she opted to bake a passionfruit strawberry buckle with a salty streusel, “something simple, not extravagant, though it’s gonna be tasty.” It sold out immediately. Right now, she is trying to keep up with her grassroots mega-success and watching hubs form organically, sometimes in places which would have once been unthinkable, like Richmond, Virginia, the former capital of the Confederacy. She hopes Bakers Against Racism is only the beginning of a larger cultural transformation. “It’s given people the confidence to say: You’re going to buy this cake and stop being racist. That’s it.”

Meghan McCarron is Eater’s special correspondent

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Bakers Against Racism Is Just the Beginning

Paola Velez, Willa Pelini, and Rob Rubba launched an international movement of anti-racist bake sales to empower communities and change their own industry

Velez typed up a mission statement and several detailed documents about how to bake at scale and raise funds, and emailed them over to Pelini, a pastry chef at the D.C. restaurant Emilie’s. “We both speak the same language — pastry math,” Velez says. “So I said, ‘Willa, if we both participate and make 150 pieces of one dessert and price it out at $8, individually we’ll raise $1,200 dollars. If we ask everyone to participate virtually and decentralize it, we might be able to get 80 participants, and 1,200 times 80 is $96,000.’” The scale of the project seemed daunting, but the international movement for black lives in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of a white police officer fueled a sense of urgency and ambition. “If we donate a little bit of money, we can make a little bit of change; with others, we can donate a lot of money that can make a lot of change.” They called their fundraiser Bakers Against Racism.

In Los Angeles, Gather for Good, an all-volunteer organization run by Sherry Mandell and Stephanie Chen and co-founded with Zoe Nathan of the Rustic Canyon group, launched in February 2017, and their bake sales have since raised over $100,000 for causes as varied as mental health advocacy to providing lawyers for families separated at the border. At the same time that Pelini and Velez brainstormed their bake sale, Mandell, who runs the Tehachapi Heritage Grain Project, and Chen, who owns Sugarbear Bakes, decided, as Mandell put it, to “get the band back together” to support the movement for black lives (they have since folded under the Bakers Against Racism banner).

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Roxana Jullapat, the baker and co-owner of the Los Angeles cafe Friends & Family, was unable to coordinate with the larger bake sales happening this week, and instead held her own bake sale Monday to support a black-run hyper-local effort to feed the homeless, Brown Bag Lady. Bake sales were always meaningful to Jullapat, but now that meaning has completely changed. “Pre-COVID, [the bake sale] is a very studied, measurable tool to raise money and bring awareness. Post-COVID, it’s many other things — it’s a healing device, it’s a way to make a statement about where you stand.” Jullapat believes online donations are important, but picking up a baked good engages people in a different way — and offers a concrete action people struggling to save their businesses can take in the face of uncertainty. “There’s an underlying feeling of, The house is burning, might as well share while we still have it. In three months, we could all be going under, so might as well do it now.”

Meghan McCarron is Eater’s special correspondent

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Robots employed to eliminate the coronavirus in China, the United States, and Europe

Robots dispersing hand sanitizer and face masks.

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The virus, which causes an illness known as COVID-19, has actually spread out to 169 nations, and the bulk of infections and deaths are now outdoors of China.

As the break out spreads, robotics are being used to disinfect, take temperatures, and even prepare food.

Worldwide, robots are being used to minimize the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, by taking on cleansing and cooking tasks that are considered unsafe for humans.

The around the world death toll of the coronavirus illness that originated in Wuhan, China, is now more than 17,000, and the virus has infected more than 398,000 people. On March 11, the World Health Company (WHO) formally stated it a pandemic. The virus has disrupted travel worldwide, leading to flight cancellation s, quarantines, and other breakdowns in motion and supply chains.

Take a look at some of the smart ways robotics are used around the globe to slow the spread of the coronavirus and aid health care workers.

In Wuhan, where the outbreak began, a robotic spraying disinfectant moves through a residential area of the city.

Sanitizing robots.

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Volunteers refilled the robot with disinfectant on March 3.

Sanitizing robots.

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Employees on scooters manage the robot.

Sterilizing robots.

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A patrol robotic in a Shenyang, China, health center checks temperature levels and sanitizes people and areas.

Temperature display robot.

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These robots are used at medical facilities to minimize demands on medical personnel.

Temperature monitor robotic.

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Hangzhou, China, is yet another city utilizing robotics to disinfect large areas.

Sterilizing robots.

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They’re managed via push-button control, and can be seen getting filled up here.

Sanitizing robotics.

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Hangzhou’s disinfecting robots look notably various from those in Wuhan and Shenyang, resembling mini tanks.

Sterilizing robotics.

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Another robot disinfectant in Luoyang is remote-controlled and able to climb up stairs.

Sanitizing robots.

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Anhui, China has a fleet of sanitizing robotics prepared to start working.

Sanitizing robots.

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This hand sanitizer-dispensing robot was photographed in Shanghai on March 4.

Sterilizing robots.

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On March 11, robots in the Hunan province in China perform early morning temperature level checks.

Temperature display robotic.

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Engineers have actually likewise modified the robots to tape data, provide feedback, and even decontaminate individuals’s hands.

Temperature level monitor robot.

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Robots are being used for more than simply sanitizing locations with coronavirus. A healthcare facility in Ezhou has incorporated a robot chef into its kitchen.

Food prep robotic.

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The robotic can supposedly produce 100 pots of rice per hour.

Food prep robotic.

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The robotic runs without human supervision, which decreases the variety of individuals in the hospital exposed to the infection.

Food prep robotic.

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Sharing food provides a chance to spread out the infection, so some cities have actually been integrating robots in food service and preparation.

Food prep robot.

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This robot delivered food to diners in Hangzhou.

Food prep robot.

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Beijing-based Zhen Robotics says that its yellow robotics remain in demand to provide groceries and patrol shopping centers for individuals not wearing face masks.

Delivery robot.

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Engineering trainees at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok modified medical “ninja robots” developed for stroke clients to make them useful with patients who have COVID-19

Thai ninja robotic.

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The robotics can take clients’ temperatures and safeguard the security of health care employees by decreasing interactions with sick people.

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They also have a screen, enabling physicians to video chat with sick patients.

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Postmates shipment robotics provide food in Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles is one of many US cities that closed all non-essential organisations due to COVID-19, and dining establishments are allowed to remain open only for takeout and shipment.

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A medical facility in Johannesburg, South Africa is using a UV light robot to decontaminate the center.

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The health center is utilizing UV light rather of hydrogen peroxide, because it cuts cleansing time down from hours to five or ten minutes.

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UV light also presents less danger to health care employees than hydrogen peroxide.

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Startup Asimov Robotics launched 2 robots to spread awareness of the coronavirus in India.

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They disperse face masks and hand sanitizer …

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… together with information about avoiding the virus.

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A self-driving Starship robotic drops off deliveries in Emerson Valley, Britain.

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Belgian company ZoraBots made a robot developed for senior people to interact with loved ones from the safety of their own homes.

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The robotic has video and audio so individuals can still talk while safeguarding in your home, keeping the most vulnerable individuals socially linked.

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Gay Bar Meet Cocktail Bar

In a 2009 article for queer publication Between the Lines, writer Camper English laments the lack of “couture cocktails” at gay establishments, pointing to the stereotype that “we’re supposed to be trendy people.” Having covered cocktail culture since 2006, English believes drinks programs at gay bars have remained remarkably static as the bar and restaurant industry have drastically evolved.

Ten years later, he says that’s still the case. “It dawned on me that none of the gay bars were moving in the same direction as other bars — they were just doing the same old flavored vodka drinks, most without fresh juices or even drink menus,” English tells VinePair. “These days, there are some gay bars using fresh juices in their cocktails, at least, and more of the restaurants in gayborhoods are getting it right. But it seems generally that gay bar cocktails are about where nightclub cocktails are in terms of average quality.”

Of course, the high-volume drinks programs at some gay venues function primarily as social lubricants. They are designed to lower inhibitions, complementing the shirtless go-go dancers, pounding music, and condom dispensers. Why, though, can’t excellent cocktails and handy condoms coexist?

While the mixology movement has brought well-made Manhattans and Mojitos to hotel bars, cruise ship bars, piano bars, music festival bars, and, hell, even airplane bars, 20 years after the cocktail revolution launched in NYC, gay bars are one of the last places in America you can’t always find a good drink. With so many priorities to juggle, from shifting socioeconomics to vanishing venues, gay bars and cocktail culture are now at a historic crossroads.

“We think of cocktail bars as a place to go and have a curated experience,” says Alex Negranza, a gay bartender and director of operations at Tongue-Cut Sparrow and The Pastry War in Houston. “Historically, we don’t have that association in the gay bar scene because, for so long, gays were never afforded the luxury of a place to indulge. … They needed places to be safe, and be away from society.”

Much has changed, and continues to change, since bars like San Francisco’s Black Cat and New York’s Stonewall opened in underserved neighborhoods to provide refuge to gay communities in the 1950s. Namely, the steady closing of the “gay wage gap.” According to the latest studies from Prudential and the Harvard Business Review, the average queer American — albeit mostly cis white gay males — now earns as much if not more than their straight counterparts.

Then there’s the fact that today’s “gayborhoods,” like Chelsea in New York, Boystown in Chicago, or Montrose in Houston, are among their cities’ whitest and most affluent. Modern gay bars, likewise, no longer inhabit the same cultural and physical spaces as their predecessors. Widespread acceptance of LGBT culture in large cities, while offering safety and visibility for the community, has stripped these establishments of their edge. And, one could argue, their heart.

Some queer bartenders are hesitant to bring the craft cocktail movement, with its hand-cut ice and elevated price tags, into gay and lesbian bars because there are so few of them left. “The gay bar isn’t nearly as ubiquitous as we’d all like it to be, so switching the beverage program at even a couple of gay bars in the city makes access to queer spaces even more limited,” says Yi Chen, bartender at The Aviary NYC. “If gay bars are truly to remain about community, the message sent by cocktail-specific gay bars is one of alienation to those who can’t afford it, which implies a culture that I personally find problematic.”

Others believe queer establishments with quality cocktails would provide a welcome alternative to hard-partying gay nightlife. “I don’t really go to gay bars anymore,” Negranza says. “I just remember looking around and seeing people hooking up in the bathrooms or doing drugs on the dance floor. That’s totally fine and I think people should enjoy what they like, but it’s not for me. I like to have a nice cocktail or spirit.”

In recent years, a small handful of bars have aimed to strike a balance by serving good cocktails as well as their community. In 2016, Garrett McKechnie opened Mattachine Society, a gay cocktail bar in Los Angeles, but it sadly closed shortly thereafter. Fortunately, in early 2019, chef Angela Dimayuga, formerly of Mission Chinese Food, opened No Bar, a “new-wave gay bar” in New York City’s Standard East Village Hotel.

Dimayuga, who is lesbian and Filipina-American, says the higher-end bar suits the luxury hotel and its neighborhood, which is also home to some of the nation’s most acclaimed cocktail bars, like Death & Co. and PDT. While No Bar’s prices are competitive with those at surrounding establishments, inclusivity is important to Dimayuga. The bar is designed to serve the neighborhood’s ethnically diverse, queer-friendly crowd.

“When we introduced more affordable cocktails, we found our guests gravitated to the more high-end cocktails,” Dimayuga says. “The menu is very much a response to the neighborhood — high-end drinks and bar food in a space that is open and available to anyone. Our programming is created for the community it’s serving. There’s an extremely diverse set of people that feel at home at No Bar and we want to create nightly events that feel accessible to all.”

Events at No Bar also highlight the creative contributions of queer folks in New York, and include a monthly installment by Humberto Leon of Opening Ceremony.

When Shawn Vergara and his sister Tiffny Vergara Chung revamped their Brewcade bar in San Francisco’s historic gay neighborhood, The Castro, earlier this year, they wanted it to represent its location. Now called Detour, after a historic gay club, it serves elevated cocktails in an intergenerationally inclusive space.

“I’ve been drinking, partying, and working in the neighborhood for 15 to 20 years, but as I got older, I couldn’t find places where I could have a drink that was delicious, and that matched the place I was in my life,” Vergara says. “My palate had matured. And the mature crowd wants something a little more sophisticated. There was definitely something missing, and I wanted to show that gays can participate in cocktail culture, too.”

Caitlin Laman, founder of the cocktail conference Chicago Style, believes we could soon see many more gay-friendly or -focused cocktail bars like those McKechnie, Dimayuga, and Vergara have opened, but says those interested in courting the community need to do so thoughtfully. “The most important thing is that the people opening these bars be queer, and really care in order to create a space that’s opening and safe for the queer community — it’s going to take creative thinking on the business side and marketing side,” Laman says.

Beyond putting up rainbow stickers, some cocktail bars now do more to seek out the queer community when hiring — Facebook posts will make note of preference to qualified POC and LGBT applicants, for example. Others offer programming for LGBT patrons, such as Brooklyn’s Donna Cocktail Club, which hosts a queer happy hour every other Sunday, and Oakland’s Starline Social Club, which puts on a monthly queer dance party.

In July 2019, Christina Cabrera, 41, moderated a panel at Tales of the Cocktail called “Turning Allies Into Advocates.” It featured Negranza along with New York bar pioneer Julie Reiner and Whit Kathner of Washington, D.C.’s women-owned Republic Restoratives distillery.

“My seminar at Tales was the first of its kind. It took 15 years to have a queer-focused seminar,” Cabrera says. “I think the industry wants to be better, there are people out there who genuinely want to be more inclusive. I heard from straight people afterwards who said they were unaware of the struggle, and that they want to do things like be more conscious of pronouns.”

Cabrera, who serves as the New York ambassador for Grey Goose, says spirits brands have enormous potential to diversify the offerings in and impressions of queer cocktail bars. A lot of programming depends on what brands bars work with or have in stock. She points to brands like Stoli and Absolut, which have invested in the queer community for decades, along with some of Bacardi’s recent efforts during Word Pride NYC 2019.

“Our community is one to invest in — if all I can do is start the conversation, then I’ve done my part,” she says.

The success of establishments like No Bar and Detour shows that a delicate middle ground for gay cocktail bars can and should exist — as long as queer people are empowered to open them. “As a generation, we need to leave things better than how they were when we walked in,” says Cabrera. “Your dollars are your vote, so know what products you’re putting behind the bar. We appreciate you coming to the parade with us, but we need you to fight with us and fight for us.”

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Gay Bar, Meet Cocktail Bar

Events at No Bar also highlight the creative contributions of queer folks in New York, and include a monthly installment by Humberto Leon of Opening Ceremony.

“Our community is one to invest in — if all I can do is start the conversation, then I’ve done my part,” she says.

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Gay Bar, Meet Cocktail Bar

Events at No Bar also highlight the creative contributions of queer folks in New York, and include a monthly installment by Humberto Leon of Opening Ceremony.

“Our community is one to invest in — if all I can do is start the conversation, then I’ve done my part,” she says.

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The Great American cannabis experiment

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The Great American cannabis experiment

The Green Lady Dispensary on Nantucket island sells cannabis products, but that’s not all it does. The shop also grows and processes its own marijuana flower, cooks or bakes all the weed-infused candy and other edibles sold on the shelves, and tests everything for safety and chemical content. In fact, everything the Green Lady sells is made completely in-house – something very uncommon for a dispensary.

Being single-origin might be a business model for other dispensaries in Massachusetts, but that’s not why Green Lady owner Nicole Campbell does everything herself. She has no choice. Campbell’s problem is Nantucket Sound, the roughly 30-mile-long, 25-mile-wide stretch of ocean between mainland Massachusetts and Nantucket. Some of that water is federal territory, and since cannabis is federally illegal, no cannabis products can cross it.

“I would love the opportunity where I could buy wholesale from other companies, at least to supplement what we’re doing. But because we’re on an island, we can’t do that,” Campbell explained.

Like a growing number of U.S. states, Massachusetts has legalized marijuana for adult use. Over 60 percent of Americans favor legalizing marijuana – roughly the same percentage of voters on Nantucket who voted “yes” on legalization. But since cannabis products cannot cross federal water or travel through federal airspace to reach the island, the production, testing and sale of cannabis on the island must be completely self-contained.

Nantucket’s situation is just one example of the unexpected complications of what is arguably the largest and most widespread contradiction between state and federal law since the Civil War. States are increasingly moving toward legalizing all forms of cannabis, including marijuana. A majority of Americans either have or soon will have access to legal marijuana – for medical use in 33 states, and for “adult” or recreational use in 11 states and the District of Columbia. The legal and recreational markets in these states are already grossing billions of dollars, despite federal prohibition.

At the federal level, however, little has changed. Marijuana remains illegal, classified by the Controlled Substances Act alongside heroin and LSD as a dangerous “Schedule I” drug with a high potential for abuse and little medical benefit. And while state legalization has allowed the cannabis industry to grow – it generated over $10 billion in sales last year and employs more than 211,000 people nationwide — state laws are increasingly unable to overcome hurdles created for the cannabis industry by the federal government.

What this means is that while some Americans are making money producing and selling cannabis, other Americans are still being arrested and charged for the exact same activities. In 2017, the most recent year for which full statistics are available, the nascent industry neared $8 billion in sales, legal states made $745 million in cannabis tax revenue, and 659,700 people were arrested and charged with marijuana-related violations, including possession.

In effect, cannabis legalization has become a massive experiment in the powers and limits of federalism; it is arguably the first time since the Constitution was adopted in 1787 that states have created and operated entire economies outside of federal law.

This experiment is now almost seven years old; it was in 2012 that voters in Washington and Colorado chose to make cannabis in their states legal for recreational use or adult use. Since then, nine other states have joined — including the nation’s largest, California, and the District of Columbia, the seat of the federal government. Illinois recently became the first state to legalize adult-use cannabis through a vote in its Legislature — a sign of how acceptable legalization has become for state-level politicians — and its law will take effect in 2020. At least three more states, including Florida, are actively considering legalization.

With every new state that legalizes, the contradictions deepen and there are growing signs that the strain between state legalization and federal prohibition is reaching a breaking point. Federal restrictions on marijuana research mean law enforcement has little information about when users become impaired behind the wheel and federal researchers are struggling to identify compounds in marijuana vaping cartridges that might account for the deaths and illnesses of e-cigarette users around the country. Banking regulations make it nearly impossible for cannabis-related businesses to get bank accounts, forcing them to conduct most transactions in cash – including paying their federal income taxes. And veterans risk losing VA benefits for treating anxiety and PTSD with medical marijuana, even when it’s fully legal in their state.

The legalized states are doing their best to work around these problems. Massachusetts’ Legislature, for example, took Nantucket’s geography into account when it created the state’s recreational guidelines; since growers or processors on Nantucket aren’t able to send samples to licensed testing facilities on the mainland, the state provided that island communities could undertake their own marijuana testing. But despite the workaround, it’s a huge lift for Campbell at The Green Lady: She has to wear the hats of farmer, chef, lab technician and saleswoman, and obtain and manage state licenses for each of those functions.

As a result of these tensions, pressure is growing on federal officials to make more accommodations to legalized states. But the political reception in Washington for full legalization — or “descheduling” marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act — shows few signs of shifting, at least for now.

For her part, Campbell is holding out hope that the federal government changes the law, sooner rather than later. That would mean she could buy wholesale from distributors on the mainland, offer a greater variety of products to her customers, and not have to spend so much time testing marijuana products on her kitchen table.

“This isn’t a Massachusetts thing,” she says with resignation. “This is federal water.”

MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION HASswept through the United States in three overlapping waves: decriminalization, medical legalization, and most recently, adult-use legalization.

Eleven states – led by Oregon – first started decriminalizing marijuana in the 1970s, meaning that infractions like possession no longer resulted in jail time or a criminal record but were treated more like minor traffic violations. Then in 1996, California led the way to the next stage by legalizing medical marijuana use — users who obtained a “card” from a doctor were allowed to buy and consume cannabis from licensed dispensaries. The third wave began in 2012, when Colorado and Washington state both passed ballot initiatives to legalize adult use or recreational marijuana by anyone over age 21.

Since then, every year, additional states have decriminalized cannabis or legalized either medical or recreational marijuana. As it stands today, only three states are left in the nation with no laws on the books allowing even minimal use of CBD for specific medical needs: Idaho, Nebraska and South Dakota.

Meanwhile, marijuana continues to be just as illegal at the federal level as it has been for decades.

“There are areas of law over which the federal government reigns supreme and there’s nothing a state can do to get around that,” says John Hudak, who studies marijuana policy at the nonpartisan Brookings Institution. “When cannabis reform began, I think there was this faulty belief that, ‘The states are going to fix this’… and in significant ways, they have. But those holdover effects show that the federal government and its powers have real abilities to manipulate markets.”

Universities were some of the first institutions to recognize the power of federal law to limit or complicate legalization. At the risk of losing all federal funding – in the form of student loans and Pell grants, research funding, and medical residency programs — institutions of higher education located in legal states have found they must prohibit students and faculty from using cannabis on campus, even if it would be legal a block away. Harvard University, which receives funds to research the uses of medical marijuana and is located in a legal adult-use state, prohibits any use of marijuana on campus. So do many Washington state universities, including the University of Washington and Western Washington University.

“When state and federal laws are in conflict, federal law takes precedence,” Western Washington University’s director of communications Paul Cocke explains. “And since Western receives federal funds — and thousands of Western students receive federal financial aid — Western must continue to abide by federal laws and regulations and campus policy barring the use and possession of marijuana on campus.”

Researchers in legal states also have found their reliance on the federal government frustrating. The University of California, Los Angeles is just blocks from Farmacy Westwood, a licensed dispensary in the state of California. But Jeff Chen, director of the UCLA Cannabis Research Initiative, can’t walk down to the dispensary to buy the kinds of vape pens that consumers are purchasing if he wanted to do, say, a study on how consuming cannabis through vape pens impacts cannabis users—the kind of research that might have helped prevent the current rash of vaping-related illnesses.

Instead, Chen has to wait for federally approved cannabis to be sent to him from the only federally approved grow facility in the U.S.: the University of Mississippi. And he won’t be getting vape pens or anything remotely like what actual cannabis consumers use day to day. Medical researchers at both private and publicly funded universities around the country, even in legal states, must all abide by the same rules; as dispensaries pop up around their campus, they still are required to study only federally distributed research cannabis products.

Some of the most widespread problems facing the nascent cannabis industry, though, are related to commerce and capital — two areas in which the federal government holds full sway. For instance, hundreds of pounds of marijuana sit rotting in garbage bags in Oregon because the state cannot export it across state lines, even into neighboring Nevada, which is also a legal state. Nevada dispensaries have struggled at times to fill shelves with a product that takes a huge amount of water to grow in an incredibly arid state.

Little to no access to banking services is one of the most widely documented problems facing the cannabis industry. The lack of banking creates an additional hoop for small-business owners to jump through when trying to find capital to open their new business or in acquiring essentials like crop insurance. It also increases the likelihood that cannabis businesses will be targets of theft, according to a study by the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.

One farmer in central California, who asked POLITICO not to publish his name for fear of becoming a target for thieves, described the complex system he uses in order to pay about $200,000 in taxes every quarter.

“I actually schedule an appointment where I go to an office – an undisclosed location… and we actually have to make arrangements for an armored truck to pick up the money so I can make the payment in cash,” he explained.

And while it is nearly impossible for his business to retain a bank account because of federal law, he is still required to pay his federal employment taxes electronically each pay cycle. In order to make those biweekly payments, he has to transfer thousands of dollars into his personal bank account and pay them that way – a workaround that may not be fully legal.

“My fear is I’ll lose my personal account,” he says. “And then what happens?”

Federal taxes themselves can be a huge burden for business owners in the cannabis industry. Federal tax code Section 280E still classifies cannabis farmers, dispensary owners, processors and others as drug traffickers. This drastically limits what business expenses they can write off on federal tax returns. Other businesses, for instance, can take deductions for operating expenses or payroll. But East Fork Cultivars, an award-winning cannabis farm in southern Oregon, can’t do that. Despite not turning a profit, East Fork owed the IRS $300,000 in 2017. Co-owner Nathan Howard and his business partners are now on payment plans with the IRS.

Howard, who once worked for Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and has been very active in the creation of Oregon state’s laws, says that without changes at the federal level – fairly soon — the state cannabis industry cannot thrive.

“Even if we got everything right in Oregon,” he says, “as long as 280 continues to exist, and cannabis continues to be federally illegal, and people keep going to jail, and it continues to be a tool for racial profiling, it will be a failure.”

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENTdidn’t always have the broad jurisdiction over commerce, capital or even veterans’ affairs to the extent that it does now. Under the Articles of Confederation, the highest law of the land from 1777 to 1789, states had their own currency, their own rules of trade and management of their own militias. Traveling over neighboring state lines meant dealing in multiple currencies, and trading between U.S. states was as complex as international trade is now.

After a decade of this disorganized system, though, states were ready to give up some of their autonomy. In the Constitution, they handed regulatory rights over money and taxation, the military and interstate trade to a newly created federal government in order to form “a more perfect union.”

It’s those same areas of regulatory purview – finance and interstate trade – that are now the source of most problems for state-level cannabis industries.

Conversations with business owners, advocates and politicians in states from California to Massachusetts about issues that have arisen in the years after legalization tend to wind up in the same place: a discussion of what the federal government can do – and state governments can’t — that would help solve these problems.

Take Oregon’s oversupply problems. Oregon’s Legislature has taken every measure at its disposal to solve the oversupply; It is limiting grower licenses and has even passed a bill, which the governor has signed, to allow interstate trade in cannabis. But despite state-level legislation, Oregon still needs the federal OK in order to pack its excess cannabis into trucks and send it across the border to Nevada and beyond.

California and West Virginia, meanwhile, instead of waiting for changes in federal banking law, are attempting to create state-level banks for their recreational and medical cannabis industries, respectively. California Assemblyman Rob Bonta was the principal co-author of a bill earlier this year allowing banks and credit unions to offer limited services in the state. But the bill was a Band-Aid fix, not a permanent solution, and was pulled from the floor in September.

“Just because California wants to [fix it] doesn’t mean [it] can, because of the way banking specifically works,” Bonta said earlier this year. “If banking was a state function, and we had total control over it – including how bank deposits are insured – then yeah, we could do it. But banking is a federal animal.”

FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’Spoint of view, cannabis legalization has been largely viewed as a state-level experiment that it’s been watching from afar. In 2013, shortly after Colorado and Washington fully legalized, the Department of Justice issued a document that came to be known as the Cole Memo, named after then-Deputy Attorney General James Cole. The memo said that if state laws were robust enough to manage a legal marijuana market and prevent negative knock-on effects on nonlegal states, the federal government would leave legalized states alone.

The Cole Memo was officially reversed after President Donald Trump took office and named Jeff Sessions, a former Alabama senator and longtime marijuana opponent, to be his attorney general. Still, for all intents and purposes, federal policy hasn’t really changed. The DOJ has said it leaves the decision to prosecute up to the purview of individual U.S. Attorneys, and no state industries have been shut down.

The “leave them alone” mentality, however, has had its downsides for the cannabis industry, preventing the federal government from passing any legislation that concerns cannabis. A series of laws to address industry issues like banking, states’ rights or full descheduling have been introduced repeatedly by cannabis-friendly lawmakers, with minimal progress on everything aside from banking. The way that the committee system and party hierarchy in Congress is structured means that a handful of people hold the keys to whether cannabis bills will even be discussed, and many of those gatekeepers have been staunchly anti-cannabis.

Perhaps the most important of those gatekeepers is Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell who keeps a very tight rein on what makes it to the Senate floor. He also is not pro-marijuana, though he pushed for hemp – which is cannabis with less than 0.3 percent THC – to be legalized in the 2018 farm bill. He remains an avowed opponent of legalizing marijuana; even if a marijuana bill passed the House and through all required Senate committees, McConnell has said he would not consider marijuana legalization this year.

“[Hemp] is a different plant,” McConnell said last year. “It has an illicit cousin which I choose not to embrace.”

Still, there are signs of at least some shifts in some areas of federal policy. The SAFE Banking Act – a bill that would make it easier for federally insured banks to offer financial services like accounts and loans to cannabis businesses – recently passed the U.S. House with a bipartisan supermajority. Numerous bills addressing veterans’ access to medical marijuana and scientific access to better research products have been introduced. The VA has issued guidance that allows veterans to at least talk to their doctors about medical marijuana use without facing repercussions (though whether that is actual experience of veterans is another matter). And Oregon lawmakers Ron Wyden, Jeff Merkley and Earl Blumenauer have co-sponsored a bill that will allow states with legal cannabis markets to export to other states with legal cannabis markets.

The bill with the most chance of making it through the federal government in this session of Congress is the SAFE Banking Act — which would not solve all of the financial complications created by the federal government’s placement of cannabis as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act, but it would do a lot more to make the issue more manageable than states are capable of doing on their own.

At least one lawmaker is thinking bigger, however. House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler has introduced a bill that would remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act. That one piece of legislation would eliminate many of the federal rules cannabis proponents find most onerous: researchers could easily access marijuana for their studies, banks could offer bank accounts to cannabis businesses, and Nicole Campbell could ferry wholesale cannabis products across the Nantucket Sound from the mainland to sell in her dispensary. Nadler’s bill, known as the MORE Act, has large Democratic support in the House, but its chances of passage in the Senate remain unlikely as long as McConnell remains opposed to even debating it.

“The ability of the federal government runs a tremendous continuum to doing nothing to doing as much as possible and then everything in between,” says Hudak of the Brookings Institution. “And I think the feds haven’t struck that right balance yet.”

Back in “mainland Massachusetts,” as Campbell calls all nonisland parts of Massachusetts, the cannabis industry is facing its own nonisland issues. Current estimates put the percentage of cannabis in the state purchased on the illicit market, rather than the legal market, at 80 percent. It’s a problem faced by many legal states; persuading many marijuana producers and sellers to leave the illicit market is hard when the legal market remains so difficult or expensive to navigate and while so many would-be consumers remain without legal access.

When POLITICO asked Steve Hoffman, chairman of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission, what it would take for that percentage to flip, he had one answer.

“As long as banks are not servicing this industry with standard financial services support, and as long as there’s limited research… until that changes, there are some big challenges,” says Hoffman. “I think it will take the federal law changing.”

Natalie Fertig covers cannabis policy for POLITICO Pro.

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Divorces, Infants and Most cancers Scares: Checking In With The Wonderful Race’s Most Memorable Successful Groups

It was a easy premise. 11 groups of two would race around the globe, competing in legs that may require them to navigate picturesque overseas locales whereas performing bodily and psychological challenges. Leg after leg, one workforce can be despatched residence till one made it to the ultimate mat, incomes themselves a grand prize of $1 million {dollars}. When The Wonderful Race premiered on CBS in 2001, it was an prompt hit with each viewers captivated by each the gorgeous visuals and entertaining sport play and business heavyhitters, who’ve awarded it 10 Emmys for Excellent Competitors Program because the class was launched in 2003, leaving it in a league of its personal. (Solely The Voice comes remotely near its report, with 4 wins.) And simply final night time, venerable host Phil Keoghan—who, like Jeff Probst, Julie Chen and Ryan Seacrest, has been round since day one and turn into actually an irreplaceable a part of the present’s DNA—handed over the present’s 31st verify for $1 million to winners Colin Guinn and Christie Woods after a season that noticed groups of returning gamers, in addition to groups from Huge Brother and Survivor, race across the globe. The finale received us pondering: What have the opposite groups who have been fortunate sufficient to separate a cool million bucks between the 2 of them been as much as since their globetrotting days? Not like winners on exhibits like American Idol or America’s Received Expertise or Survivor, even, winners on The Wonderful Race are typically heard from much less typically, so we thought we would observe them down. And actually, it proved tougher that we ever imagined. However we did it for you as a result of we care. And earlier than you panic about not each successful workforce being function, simply know that we tried our greatest. Typically, some folks simply do not need to be discovered. Kevin Winter/ImageDirect Rob Frisbee and Brennan Swain, Season 1 These finest mates who met whereas working on the identical regulation agency in Los Angeles maintain the excellence of being The Wonderful Race‘s first million-dollar prize winners. And whereas they do not nonetheless work collectively all these years later—Brennan is a accomplice at a Los Angeles movie specializing in patent, trademark, and copyright regulation, whereas Rob works as an legal professional at a distinct agency within the space and writes for TV and movie in his spare time—they’ve remained as shut as ever. In keeping with Brennan’s Instagram, the 2 spent Thanksgiving 2018 collectively. Because the Race, Brennan has used his celeb to assist elevate cash for St. Jude’s whereas touring the world, hitting 39 of 50 international locations on his bucket listing, as he advised host Phil Keoghan in an episode of his podcast in April 2019 recorded alongside Rob. The Wonderful Race CBS Chris Luca and Alex Boylan, Season 2 These lifelong BFFs, who met on the varsity bus heading to their first day of kindergarten, have been sure that competing collectively on TAR would don’t have any damaging have an effect on on their brotherly relationship. And it seems they have been proper, as Alex’s Insta account is peppered with pictures of the 2 spending time collectively. A number of years after successful, Chris, who has no social media presence that we might discover, married his long-time girlfriend in 2004 and settled down in Florida, whereas Alex used his platform to carve out a profession within the leisure business. After internet hosting exhibits like On the Chef’s Desk and What’s Cooking with Alex for manufacturing firm Pineridge Movie and Tv, he partnered with Survivor contestant Burton Roberts to create manufacturing firm Round The World Productions, which has produced exhibits like Across the World For Free, Jeff and Jordan Do America, and Rach to the Rescue for The Rachael Ray Present. He is labored as a correspondent for CBS This Morning, in addition to visitor host for VH1’s Huge Morning Buzz. He is since launched the web site DreamJobbing.com alongside Burton and Lisa Hennessy, which he describes as “a subsequent technology profession platform matching candidates and firms by way of video know-how” on his LinkedIn web page. The Wonderful Race CBS Flo Pesenti and Zach Behr, Season 3 These two good mates with a mutual attraction to 1 one other that they’d by no means pursued since assembly in school squeaked out a win in season three whereas Flo was busy flirting with competitor Drew Riker. Following the Race, Flo dated Drew for seven years earlier than breaking apart in 2009. Zach, however, married longtime girlfriend and documentary movie director and producer Elyse Steinberg in 2008 earlier than welcoming a toddler in 2012. After beginning a manufacturing profession of his personal at NBC Sports activities in 2004, he labored his means by way of the business and has been the Vice President at The Historical past Channel since July 2018, in response to his LinkedIn. In 2009, he opened as much as National Geographic on what he did along with his half of the million greenback prize, telling the publication he purchased “some new computer systems and an iPod, which on the time was the most recent know-how” and put the remainder away, investing and saving whereas taking his spouse on “some nice journeys.” Flo, however, is at present the vice chairman of PR at enterprise capital agency MacAndrews & Forbes. In 2010, she started relationship TV anchor, authorized commentator, and present Reside P.D. host Dan Abrams and, in 2012, gave delivery to their son Everett Floyd Abrams. Nevertheless, they hold mentions of the opposite to such a minimal that it is unclear whether or not they’re nonetheless collectively or not. Article continues under Tony Esparza/CBS Photograph Archive/Getty Photos Reichen Lehmkuhl and Chip Arndt, Season 4 These two made historical past as turning into the primary dedicated homosexual couple to win The Wonderful Race. Sadly, they cut up up six months after competing. Following their cut up, pilot and mannequin Reichen made headlines for briefly relationship Lance Bass as he dipped his toe within the leisure business, visitor starring on Frasier, The Younger and the Stressed and Days of Our Lives, whereas touchdown a spot within the solid of Emblem’s former actuality collection The A-Checklist. In 2013, he went to regulation faculty and has labored because the CEO of LeaseLock since 2012. Chip, in the meantime, has labored because the EVP of Flimp Communications, a human sources and worker advantages digital communications firm, since 2013. Tony Esparza/CBS Photograph Archive/Getty Photos Chip and Kim McAllister, Season 5 Earlier than this married couple residing in Coto de Caza, Calif (aka the land of The Actual Housewives of Orange County) went on The Wonderful Race, they’d watched at their info know-how firm was taken over by their companions, leaving them ousted. After operating the race, they started touring as motivational audio system obtainable to “energize and encourage your organization to win collectively as a workforce,” per their LinkedIn web page. They based PeopleStar FilmWorks alongside their son CJ to “carry their experience in tv and movie to what you are promoting by way of company video manufacturing. They’ve additionally shaped The McAllister Actual Property Group by way of Coldwell Banker, working as realtors in Orange County. TONY ESPARZA/CBS Freddy Holliday and Kendra Bentley, Season 6 These two engaged fashions weren’t precisely fan favorites after Kendra’s insensitive feedback concerning the Senegalese folks, however they gained however. They tied the knot on Might 27, 2005 and had two youngsters collectively earlier than divorcing. Freddy’s since remarried, to a girl named Ginger in 2015. Kendra’s appeared to have moved on as effectively, as her Instagram web page is stuffed with date night time pictures with an unidentified male who appears to be the daddy of her youthful youngsters. She nonetheless fashions. Article continues under The Wonderful Race CBS Uchenna and Joyce Agu, Season 7 After successful TAR and returning for All-Stars, the place they positioned fifth, this married couple known as it quits, as Joyce revealed in a 2011 interview, although they’re “nonetheless nice mates.” As Joyce defined, previous to the Race, they weren’t certain in the event that they have been going to stay married, however the expertise introduced them again collectively for a couple of extra years. Earlier than splitting, they based a charitable youngsters’s group in Houston. In 2014, Entertainment Weekly reported that Joyce was engaged on a memoir, whereas Uchenna’s LinkedIn highlights his present work as a motivational speaker and managing accomplice at a Houston-area enterprise improvement consulting agency. Robert Voets/CBS Photograph Archive/Getty Photos The Linz Household, Season 8 This workforce of siblings, Nick, Alex, Megan and Tommy, gained The Wonderful Race’s first-ever Household Version (which additionally featured a pre-Vanderpump Guidelines fame Stassi Schroeder) and have half their prize cash to their dad and mom. In 2015, their mom gave updates on every of her youngsters to Cincinnati Public Radio WVXU. Nick is married with youngsters and had spent eight years residing in Manhattan Seashore, Calif. earlier than shifting again to Cincinnatti. On the time, he was accomplice at Tripack, a producing firm, however was made president in January 2018. Alex can also be married and a younger father and was working in gross sales at a meals packing firm till March of this 12 months, when he joined Nick at Tripack. Megan can also be married with a handful of youngsters, together with her mother reporting in 2015 that she was a stay-at-home mother. Youngest son Tommy seems to nonetheless be single residing in Orange County, Calif. and is at present working as an Aviation Gross sales Advisor. The Wonderful Race CBS B.J. Averell and Tyler MacNiven, Season 9 These finest mates generally known as “The Hippies” have been some of the widespread groups to ever compete on TAR. Following the race, Tyler dabbled in movie, touchdown a small position within the film The Pursuit of Happyness, whereas opening eating places within the Bay Space along with his brother. After assembly girlfriend Kelly Hennigan in 2012 at a pal’s wedding ceremony, he popped the query on their two-year anniversary and so they tied the knot on Sept. 26, 2015 after going viral with an epic Save the Date video. They’ve since welcomed a toddler. BJ, in the meantime, is quite energetic on Instagram and has carved out an leisure profession, making visitor appearances on CSI and Weeds, in addition to starring in a handful of indie movies. Article continues under The Wonderful Race CBS Tyler Denk and James Branaman, Season 10 When these two fashions who met throughout a Semester at Sea program gained TAR, they have been recovering addicts who have been rebuilding their lives. Now, James is working as a photographer and is married to artwork director and mannequin Elaina Bellis. The couple welcomed a pair of similar twin ladies, Quincy and Rowe, somewhat over a 12 months after their first youngster, Lincoln, was stillborn. Tyler, however, continued modeling after the race. Nevertheless, he has zero web presence following his time on the present, so what he is as much as nowadays is anyone’s guess. obert Voets/CBS Photograph Archive by way of Getty Photos Eric Sanchez and Danielle Turner, Season 11 These two initially competed on separate groups in season 9, started relationship, and have been invited again for All-Stars two seasons later, which they went on to win. Nevertheless, they shortly broke up, citing the space between them as the principle purpose. Years later, Eric would admit they’d solely been relationship for 2 months and have been just about damaged up by the point the race started. Danielle has since married contractor Christopher Stout, given delivery to some cute infants, and is working as a licensed actual property agent on Staten Island, New York. Eric, however, is at present residing in Deerfield Seashore, Fla. In keeping with a Twitter account that hasn’t been up to date since 2014, he is labored because the director of gross sales for Southern Jet. Monty Brinton/CBS by way of Getty Photos Nick and Starr Spangler, Season 13 This brother and sister workforce have been already residing their goals once they gained TAR, with Nick performing off-Broadway and Starr cheering for the Dallas Cowboys. Because the race, Nick received married in 2013 and welcomed a son, Nathan, in 2015, adopted by Skye in 2017. Most lately, Nick has been showing within the musical Tootsie on Broadway. As for Starr, she dated fellow season contestant Dallas Imbimbo as soon as the present ended, although the lengthy distance proved to be an excessive amount of and so they separated. After overcoming a 2010 lymphoma prognosis, she married Tyler Rey in 2013. In keeping with her LinkedIn web page, she’s at present residing within the San Francisco space, working because the Senior Supervisor of Fb’s Change Administration and World Recruiting Operations. Article continues under Sonja Flemming/CBS by way of Getty Photos Tammy and Victor Jih, Season 14 It was one other brother/sister duo who gained the million in season 14, with these two attorneys popping out on high. As they advised People after successful, they deliberate to do the accountable factor with their prize cash and repay scholar loans and contours of credit score. After the race, Tammy started working at Google, first as Senior Litigation Counsel earlier than working her means as much as her present place, Director, Privateness Authorized. She is married to her fellow Harvard Regulation classmate Mark John Murray. They’ve two youngsters. Victor, however, has been working as accomplice at Los Angeles agency Irell & Manella LLP since Might 2015 and co-teaches the Ninth Circuit Appellate Follow Clinic at UCLA. An avid marathon runner, he seems to be single. Cliff Lipson/CBS by way of Getty Photos Meghan Rickey and Cheyne Whitney, Season 15 This couple met in elementary faculty and, after 10 years of friendship, started relationship. They’d been collectively for 5 years once they gained season 15 of TAR. In February 2010, they received engaged and received married somewhat over a 12 months later, on Might 7, 2011. Since then, they’ve settled down in San Diego and welcomed two kiddos, daughter Rumi Holland Whitney in September 2016 and son Mays Rhone Whitney in April 2015. Meghan works because the director of operations and vendor relations at True Pictures, whereas Cheyne is the top coach of the Samurai San Diego baseball workforce and a senior supervisor on the Rescue Social Change Group, a conduct change advertising and marketing company that works to enhance well being outcomes for at-risk audiences. Monty Brinton/CBS by way of Getty Photos Dan and Jordan Pious, Season 16 When these brothers snatched a win, Dan was working as a monetary advisor and Jordan was a strategic marketing consultant. As of late, Jordan’s LinkedIn web page notes that he is been working for Ulta Magnificence for the previous two years within the better Chicago space, entering into the position of Senior Director Merchandising, Technique & Insights in April 2019. Dan, in the meantime, has been working as an operations supervisor at Reebook CrossFit Again Bay in Boston since June 2017. In October 2018, Dan married his spouse Jamie, an occasion that Jordan famous on Instagram “lastly” gave him “the sister I at all times wished.” Article continues under John Paul Filo/CBS by way of Getty Photos Nat Strand and Kat Chang, Season 17 These two physician mates grew to become fan favorites for being presumably the one workforce in season 17 to not get mad at each other or anybody else. Since successful in 2010, Nat received married and welcomed two youngsters. She continued to advocate for the diabetes neighborhood, as she was recognized with Sort 1 at 12, sharing her story to assist others and lift consciousness. Kat can also be married with two kiddos. She and Nat stay mates and supportive of each other on social media. Sonja Flemming/CBS by way of Getty Photos Ernie Halvorsen and Cindy Chiang, Season 19 In March 2012, this couple made it official and at last tied the knot. Two years later, they welcomed son Maverick Zhang Halvorsen into the world. Once they gained TAR, they made a vow to offer sustainable employment alternatives for folks in growing markets, which they made good on by investing in Thread Worldwide, based by Survivor alum Ian Rosenberger, and Piece & Co. Robert Voets/CBS by way of Getty Photos Rachel and Dave Brown, Jr., Season 20 After successful the million {dollars}, this married couple mentioned that they might be returning to Madison, Wisconsin to renew their common programming. “We’ll repay our mortgage and stay life as regular,” Dave advised the Journal Sentinel. Sadly, life had different plans and so they divorced in June 2013. Rachel has since remarried to Chad Weiss. In keeping with Dave’s Twitter, he is welcomed a son, Nixon Ames, into the world simply this 12 months. With whom, nevertheless, stays a thriller. Article continues under Cliff Lipson/CBS by way of Getty Photos Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge, Season 21 These two have been already well-known once they competed in season 21 of TAR, having been the celebs of The Fabulous Beekman Boys, which chronicled the couple’s makes an attempt at taking on the Beekman Farm. A 12 months after successful, they received married on their farm and used their incomes to repay the property, in addition to assist different small farmers. In 2015, they launched {a magazine}, The Beekman 1802 Journal. Josh has written a handful of books, whereas each have labored at SUNY Cobleskill, as Brent joined the school as an adjunct advertising and marketing professor. Their lifestlye model, Beekman 1802, now options meals, magnificence, residence decor and attire. Sonja Flemming/CBS by way of Getty Photos Bates and Anthony Battaglia, Season 22 These former NHL gamers and brothers have settled into totally different lives, publish TAR. Bates is the proprietor of Fortunate B’s Bar in Raleigh, North Carolina, whereas Anthony works as a fireman in the identical metropolis who additionally owns and operates Axes and Ales Raleigh with fellow firefighter Ryan Nelson. The corporate presents celebration excursions aboard a fireplace engine. Cliff Lipson/CBS by way of Getty Photos Jason Case and Amy Diaz, Season 23 Successful as mere boyfriend and girlfriend, these two tied the knot in 2015 and shortly welcomed two daughters and a son. Their youngest youngster, Allyson, was born in March 2019. Amy at present works as a motivational speaker and host, whereas Jason stays the president of Case Snow Administration, Inc. Article continues under John Paul Filo/CBS by way of Getty Photos Amy DeJong and Maya Warren, Season 25 These two pal and Ph.D college students have been by no means seen as an actual risk by the opposite groups, permitting them to shock everybody and win season 25. Since then, they’ve each graduated, with Amy happening to be a meals construction scientist at Mars (aka the corporate behind Snickers, Twix, and each different sweet you like) and Maya Warren working as Sr. Director of Worldwide Analysis and Improvement for Chilly Stone Creamery. How candy! CBS Laura Pierson and Tyler Adams, Season 26 These two have been paired collectively as a Blind Courting workforce for season 26 of TAR and one way or the other went on to win the entire thing. They by no means went on to this point each other, regardless of the attention-grabbing premise that introduced them into each other’s orbit. Laura returned to her day job engaged on Hallmark’s Residence & Household, entering into the position of Government Producer, Expertise in 2017. Tyler, in the meantime, as been working as Chief Working Officer at CertifID, a real-time identification platform for actual property, mortgage, and title business professionals to securely switch checking account checking account info, since March 2018. Each seem to nonetheless be single. Sonja Flemming/CBS by way of Getty Photos Kelsey Gerckens and Joey Buttitta, Season 27 When these two competed, they have been relationship colleagues who each labored for information station KEYT NewsChannel Three in Santa Barbara, Calif. The 2 made issues official in 2017, tying the knot on August 25, and introduced they have been anticipating their first youngster in February. “Breaking Information: Child Buttitta coming August 2019!” Kelsey captioned her Instagram publish asserting the excellent news. They each stay of their gigs at KEYT, with Kelsey working as climate anchor whereas Joey is an anchor and reporter. Article continues under Cliff Lipson/CBS by way of Getty Photos Dana Borriello and Matt Steffanina, Season 28 When these YouTubers {and professional} dancers competed in season 28, they have been engaged to be married. Sadly, they known as it quits in 2016. Dana posted concerning the cut up on Instagram, saying she was “devastated” after Matt “left me a number of weeks in the past.” Whereas at present single, the 2 have continued their dance careers at full power. And Matt likes to publish loads of ab-tastic shirtless pictures on Instagram. In the event you’re into that type of factor. John Paul Filo/CBS by way of Getty Photos Cody Nickson and Jessica Graf, Season 30 These two started relationship whereas additionally competing on season 19 of Huge Brother and their reputation led to CBS looking for them out as racers for season 30 of TAR. They started racing simply 11 days after filming on BB wrapped and went on the win your entire factor, making them the primary workforce from one other CBS franchise to win The Wonderful Race. They received engaged on February 13, 2018 and introduced they have been anticipating their first youngster that September. They tied the knot on October 13, 2018 in Malibu, with their daughter Maverick coming into the world 4 weeks untimely on March 2019. The Wonderful Race returns for season 32 on CBS someday in the course of the 2019-20 TV season. https://www.eonline.com/information/1052840/divorces-babies-and-cancer-scares-checking-in-with-the-amazing-race-s-most-memorable-winning-teams?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories The post Divorces, Infants and Most cancers Scares: Checking In With The Wonderful Race’s Most Memorable Successful Groups appeared first on Kartia Velino. https://kartiavelino.com/divorces-babies-and-cancer-scares-checking-in-with-the-amazing-races-most-memorable-winning-teams/

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(Monday 20th- Sunday 27th August)

Monday 20th August

The Real Housewives of Potomac- (Bravo , 10:00 a.m. ET)

The "Real Housewives" franchise continues to expand across America, with this edition landing in Potomac, Md., a community of rolling hills and gated mansions just up the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. As is standard for the franchise, the reality show follows several well-to-do women who are part of the exclusive society. The featured women include former Miss District of Columbia Pageant winner Ashley Darby, who became a stepmother to a 21-year-old and a 24-year old after getting married at the age of 22; socialite Charrisse Jackson Jordan, who is married to NBA player Eddie Jordan; model Katie Rost, who is ready to give matrimony another shot with her current beau following a short-lived marriage to her college sweetheart; and philanthropist Gizelle Bryant, a single mother of three who is getting ready to launch a makeup line geared toward women of color.

Chopped Junior - (Food Network , 02:00 p.m. ET)

Coming up with ideas for dishes using the mystery ingredients provided on "Chopped" can be difficult for adult chefs with years of experience, so imagine how difficult it is for young chefs on "Chopped Junior." In this version of the long-running franchise, children are tasked with making something out of mystery-basket ingredients that don't seem to go together. The usual "Chopped" judges are joined by celebrity guest judges to determine which kids advance after each round. The winning cook earns the same $10,000 prize that adults win on the main show. If things get a little too intense for the youngsters, host Ted Allen is there to comfort them and encourage them to keep going.

The Golden Girls- (HallMark Channel , 10:00 p.m. ET)

Four mature women live together in Miami and experience the joys and angst of their golden years. Strong-willed Dorothy, spacey Rose, lusty Southern belle Blanche and matriarch Sophia, Dorothy's mom, occasionally clash but are there for one another in the end. After all, when the show's theme song is titled `Thank You for Being a Friend', the ladies have to remain friendly with one another.

Better Call Saul- (ABC , 09:00 p.m. ET)

Ex-con artist Jimmy McGill turns into a small-time attorney and goes through a series of trials and tragedies, as he transforms into his alter ego Saul Goodman, a morally challenged criminal lawyer.

Tuesday 21st August

Jimmy Kimmel Live!- (ABC , 08:35 a.m. ET)

A daily dose of late-night entertainment with comic Jimmy Kimmel in a talk show with offbeat guests, chatty interviews with A-list Hollywood stars and live music performances.

Trisha's Southern Kitchen- (Food Network , 10:00 a.m. ET)

Trisha Yearwood is a renowned singer who has won a number of awards in her career, including multiple Grammys. But what people may not know about Yearwood is she is also an accomplished cook. This series invites viewers into the singer's kitchen as she showcases her family-inspired recipes and food traditions. While preparing her recipes, Yearwood shares nostalgic stories and is visited by family and friends. Whether she's preparing traditional dishes from her childhood or planning events like a baby shower or a family reunion, Yearwood prepares dishes that viewers can duplicate in their own kitchens.

Frasier- (Hallmark Channel , 03:30 a.m. ET)

Psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane moves to Seattle to start afresh and earns the spot of a radio psychiatrist.

Million Dollar Listing New York- (Bravo , 08:00 a.m. ET)

`Million Dollar Listing' has showcased some of the most luxurious homes in Los Angeles. The franchise now heads east with `Million Dollar Listing New York', featuring relentless real estate agents in Manhattan and their intertwining lives as each agent fights for his share of the market. The agents must deal with demanding clients as they earn a living selling some of New York's hottest real estate. The featured agents, some of the best in the city, include "listings machine" Fredrik Eklund and Ryan Serhant, who was an actor and hand model before pursuing his real estate passion.

Late Night With Seth Meyers- (NBC , 10:00 a.m. ET)

With his signature monologue and sharp newsy segments like "A Closer Look," Seth Meyers hilariously breaks down the day's biggest stories and takes the current political circus head-on. He then welcomes Hollywood's most beloved A-list guests, as well as people not seen anywhere else in late night, like political figures and other interesting newsmakers. With fan-favorite comedy segments that become viral sensations, and the talented 8G band at his side, Seth consistently brings home the last laugh.

Wednesday 22nd August

Whose Line Is It Anyway?- (Bravo , 03:30 a.m. ET)

Several stand-up comedians perform in front of an audience while taking suggestions from them, thereby improvising their acts.

Guy's Grocery Games- (Food Network , 02:00 p.m. ET)

Get ready for the Food Network All-Stars to bring their "A" game to Flavortown. In game one, the chefs show off their spelling skills and culinary prowess in ABC. Next, the chefs go international as the Food Wheel determines their destiny. The two remaining All-Stars bring the heat in Frozen Food Feud like you've never seen before. The winning chef takes to the aisles in hopes of grabbing up to $20,000 for their chosen charity.

Big Brother- (CBS , 08:00 p.m. ET)

Seasoned host Julie Chen returns to helm the 20th season of the reality competition, which is loaded with epic challenges, juicy romances and surprising eliminations. In this combination of a reality series and a game show, the contestants battle it out each week to maintain their places in the house, all in the hope of claiming the $500,000 prize awarded at the end of the summer. Houseguests include a flight attendant, a former undercover cop, a cyber security engineer and a Vegas entertainer, among others.

Buying & Selling with the Property Brothers- (HG TV , 08:00 a.m. ET)

The "Property Brothers," Drew and Jonathan Scott, take their tag-team real estate partnership to the next level in "Buying and Selling." Drew helps home buyers find the right property to purchase, but before closing on the deal, the buyers' current home needs attention, and lots of it, in order to make it salable. That's where Jonathan comes in. To leverage its value, Jonathan comes up with a plan to breathe fresh life into the home, and he and his contracting team take over from there. Drew then oversees the selling of the renovated home and the buying of a new house.

The Chew- (ABC , 10:00 p.m. ET)

The format and title for Daytime Emmy-winner "The Chew" is inspired by ABC's "The View" but is geared toward foodies and other lifestyle enthusiasts. The show celebrates and explores life through food with a dynamic panel of fun, relatable co-hosts. The panel includes renowned chef Michael Symon, style maven and former "What Not to Wear" co-host Clinton Kelly and "Top Chef" alumna Carla Hall. The topics of discussion include cooking, home entertaining and food trends such as food trucks and urban gardens.

Thursday 23rd August

Island Life- (HG TV, 06:30 a.m. ET)

Making one's home on a tropical island sounds like an expensive proposition, but this house-hunting series shows it can be done within almost any budget as families seek to find their own corner of paradise. The featured properties run the gamut from ultra-affordable to totally outrageous, located in places like Key West, Fla., Kodiak Island, Alaska, Mount Desert Island in Maine, and Washington State's San Juan Islands. Everyday families ready to start a new adventure, escape hectic lifestyles in cookie-cutter subdivisions, or simply get away from cold and snow, prove that island fantasies can be reality.

The Big Bang Theory, The The Tenant Disassociation- (CBS, 08:00 p.m. ET)

Leonard decides to run against Sheldon for president of the tenants association; Bernadette encourages Wolowitz and Koothrappali to find the owner of a drone after they find it in the backyard.

Cupcake Wars- (Food Network, 10:00 a.m. ET)

It's a race to the finish line as four cupcake bakers fight for a place at a VIP party celebrating the Los Angeles Marathon.

South Park:Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow- (Comedy Central, 12:30 a.m. ET)

When the boys discover their idols, Terrance & Phillip, have called it quits, they'll go to any length to reunite the duo.

Friday 24th August

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel- (HBO , 08:00 a.m. ET)

Bryant Gumbel hosts this investigative sports newsmagazine series that features in-depth reports from "Real Sports" correspondents Mary Carillo, Bernard Goldberg, Soledad O'Brien, Andrea Kremer, Jon Frankel and Gumbel himself. The series airs monthly, and each hourlong edition contains four segments. "Real Sports" has won multiple Sports Emmy Awards and in 2006 became the first sports program honored with the duPont Award for excellence in broadcast journalism by Columbia University.

Held Up- (HBO Signature , 11:50 a.m. ET)

A romantic getaway turns disastrous for hapless businessman Jamie Foxx in this riotous action-comedy. At a remote Arizona convenience store, he loses his girlfriend, has his car stolen and winds up being held hostage by a goofball trio of robbers. He's thankful when the cops arrive...until he realizes they think he's one of the bandits! With Nia Long, Barry Corbin, Eduardo Yanez, John Cullum and Jake Busey.

Giada Entertains- (FoodNetwork , 12:30 p.m. ET)

Entertaining family and friends in your home can be a daunting task for some people. Luckily, longtime Food Network personality Giada De Laurentiis is a pro at throwing parties and is offering her expertise to viewers. Her goal is to prove that throwing a bash can be easy while also being enjoyable for the host and guests. Whether preparing for a casual night in with friends or an epic tailgate for football fanatics, De Laurentiis has tips to help plan the party, including crowd-pleasing food and drinks that can be served.

Beachfront Bargain Hunt- (HG TV, 06:30 a.m. ET)

Purchasing a beachfront property doesn't always mean buyers have to break the bank. This series documents the journeys of families who are dreaming of living in a sandy locale with palm trees and warm ocean breezes, but those dreams are accompanied by a firm budget. And by budget we mean substantially short of a million dollars. The house hunters tour three to four waterfront properties -- each with surprisingly affordable price tags -- before choosing the one that turns the beach lifestyle dreams into reality.

Unexpected- (TLC, 09:00 p.m. ET)

Unexpected, a new series following the journey of three pregnant teen couples and the parents who raised them.

Saturday 25th August

Barefoot Contessa- (Food Network , 08:30 a.m. ET

Hosted by cookbook author Ina Garten, "Barefoot Contessa" is all about simple, fun entertaining. The former White House nuclear policy analyst (for President Richard Nixon) shares recipes for picnics, parties and dinners as well as other touches to make a meal or event a success.

Fixer Upper- (HG TV , 01:00 p.m. ET)

Chip and Joanna Gaines own and operate Magnolia Homes, a remodeling and design business in Waco, Texas, and "Fixer Upper" shows the process by which the couple turn dilapidated but potential-rich houses into showplaces that are helping revitalize whole neighborhoods throughout central Texas. Chip manages the construction and realty side of Magnolia and Joanna is the lead designer. They also act as part-time counselors to clients who can't see a structure's beauty beyond the blemishes. Combined, Chip and Joanna save homes that look hopeless, renovating the imperfect, and revealing them as what they were always intended to be.

The Office- (Comedy Central , 01:35 a.m. ET)

This US adaptation, set at a paper company in Scranton, Pa., has a similar documentary style to that of the Ricky Gervais-led British original. It features the staff of Dunder-Mifflin, a staff that includes characters based on characters from the British show (and, quite possibly, people you work with in your office). There's Jim, the likable employee who's a bit of an everyman. Jim has a thing for receptionist-turned-sales rep Pam (because office romances are always a good idea). There's also Dwight, the successful co-worker who lacks social skills and common sense. And there's Ryan, who has held many jobs at the company.

Random Acts of Flyness- (HBO 2 , 09:10 p.m. ET)

Writer/director/producer Terence Nance is the mastermind behind this project, a "show about the beauty and ugliness of contemporary American life," he says. Using a fluid, stream-of-conscience approach, Nance explores cultural idioms such as patriarchy, white supremacy and sensuality via numerous interconnected vignettes, all of which showcase an ensemble cast -- including Nance -- of emerging and established talent. Nance and his collaborators weave together such themes as ancestral trauma, history, death, romance and more, creating a television show like nothing seen before.

Insecure- (HBO , 12:25 a.m. ET)

African-American women Issa and Molly residing in Los Angeles go about finding that one missing piece to make their lives fulfilling.

Sunday 26th August

NCIS: Los Angeles All is Bright- (CBS , 10:00 p.m. ET)

The team investigates a ransom-ware attack that's taken out the whole power grid for Western Los Angeles.

Worst Cooks in America- (Food Network , 04:00 p.m. ET)

Two teams consisting of eight amateur cooks are mentored by two chefs, Anne Burrell and Robert Irvine. They help them overcome the elimination at each level.

Flip or Flop- (HG TV , 10:00 a.m. ET)

Tarek and Christina El Moussa lead dizzying professional lives. After finding success as real estate agents and then experiencing the drastic downside of the housing market, the Californians switched career gears: They now buy distressed properties -- foreclosures, short sales and bank-owned homes -- remodel them and sell them at a profit. At least, that's the way it's supposed to work. "Flip or Flop" tracks the El Moussas' roller-coaster journey in each episode, beginning with a cash purchase at auction of a home -- often sight unseen -- and the fix-it-up process, to the nail-biting wait to find a buyer.

Vice 102- (HBO , 04:20 a.m. ET)

Documentary series featuring startling, groundbreaking stories from around the world.

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver- (HBO 2 , 11:30 a.m. ET)

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Paola Velez, Willa Pelini, and Rob Rubba launched an international movement of anti-racist bake sales to empower communities and change their own industry When Willa Pelini messaged Paola Velez about co-hosting a bake sale to benefit the Minnesota Freedom Fund, Velez took a day to think it through — and to do some baker’s math. Throughout April and May, Velez, a James Beard Award finalist in 2020 for her work at Washington, DC’s Kith/Kin (where she is currently furloughed), hosted a fundraising pop-up called Doña Dona featuring doughnuts inspired by her Dominican-American childhood. The pop-up raised a little over $1,000 for immigrant rights organization Ayuda, which Velez describes as both a lot of money and in the grand scheme of things, not nearly enough. If she and Pelini teamed up, that $1,000 could become $2,000. And what if she opened up the project to a wider array of people, and shared everything she knew about running a successful pop-up fundraiser? Velez typed up a mission statement and several detailed documents about how to bake at scale and raise funds, and emailed them over to Pelini, who was most recently the pastry chef at the D.C. restaurant Emilie’s until she was laid off due to COVID-19. “We both speak the same language — pastry math,” Velez says. “So I said, ‘Willa, if we both participate and make 150 pieces of one dessert and price it out at $8, individually we’ll raise $1,200 dollars. If we ask everyone to participate virtually and decentralize it, we might be able to get 80 participants, and 1,200 times 80 is $96,000.’” The scale of the project seemed daunting, but the international movement for black lives in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of a white police officer fueled a sense of urgency and ambition. “If we donate a little bit of money, we can make a little bit of change; with others, we can donate a lot of money that can make a lot of change.” They called their fundraiser Bakers Against Racism. Eighty participants in Bakers Against Racism seemed like a huge reach to Velez and Pelini at the time. But the little bake sale bootstrapped by three DC chefs (a third collaborator, Rob Rubba, designed the graphics) has blown way, way past that to become a worldwide phenomenon. Participants in Bakers Against Racism, which opened its pre-sales on Monday (many bakers sold out far ahead of the Friday pick-ups), hail from 200 cities around the U.S.; hubs have formed in London, Berlin, and Paris, and Velez says the movement has reached five continents. Pastry chefs, professional bakers, and home cooks across the country are selling cookies and challah to support causes both national and essential to their communities. That’s by design — the whole process has been decentralized, with a broad list of suggested charities to support, so every baker has the chance to impact their own local causes. According to foodtimeline.org, the phrase “bake sale” became popular in the early 20th century as a way to describe the age-old human practice of donating time, materials, and labor to raise money via baked goods. Since then, it’s become a uniquely American tradition, tied to women’s participation in charitable causes. Bake sales have played roles in political movements before — most notably in the case of George Gilmore’s Club from Nowhere, which sold peach pies, pound cakes, and hot meals to support the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and which Velez cites as an inspiration for her own baking activism. But since Donald Trump’s election spurred politically liberal women, especially white women, to become more involved in activism, the bake sale has become an increasingly large-scale and familiar tool, especially in the restaurant community. In New York, pastry chef Natasha Pickowicz is renowned for her Planned Parenthood bake sales, which began in 2016. In Los Angeles, Gather for Good, an all-volunteer organization run by Sherry Mandell and Stephanie Chen and co-founded with Zoe Nathan of the Rustic Canyon group, launched in February 2017, and their bake sales have since raised nearly $100,000 for causes as varied as mental health advocacy to providing lawyers for families separated at the border. At the same time that Pelini and Velez brainstormed their bake sale, Mandell, who runs the Tehachapi Heritage Grain Project, and Chen, who owns Sugarbear Bakes, decided, as Mandell put it, to “get the band back together” to support the movement for black lives (they have since folded under the Bakers Against Racism banner). “We were already talking about doing this with COVID,” Mandell says. “Other events we’ve done have been very much about coming together. We had to think of a way we could come together but still be apart.” Their solution was to launch a Pies for Justice initiative with many of the city’s best-loved restaurants and chefs, offering pre-sales for pies this Friday, June 19, on their website, with pick-ups organized for the next day. Proceeds from the effort will be split between Black Lives Matter Los Angeles and Gathering for Justice, an (unaffiliated) organization fighting against racial injustice in the prison system. View this post on Instagram We love Chef Cattleya Asapahu for her beautiful pie that SAYS IT ALL!!! We are here because #blacklivesmatter and we demand justice! Head to the link in profile to pre-game your pies on sale tomorrow including this delicious Coconut Cream Pie from @providencela. #piesforjustice A post shared by &gatherforgood (@andgatherforgood) on Jun 18, 2020 at 10:23am PDT Roxana Jullapat, the baker and co-owner of the Los Angeles cafe Friends & Family, was unable to coordinate with the larger bake sales happening this week, and instead held her own bake sale Monday, splitting the proceeds between Black Lives Matter LA and a black-run hyper-local effort to feed the homeless, Brown Bag Lady. Bake sales were always meaningful to Jullapat, but now that meaning has completely changed. “Pre-COVID, [the bake sale] is a very studied, measurable tool to raise money and bring awareness. Post-COVID, it’s many other things — it’s a healing device, it’s a way to make a statement about where you stand.” Jullapat believes online donations are important, but picking up a baked good engages people in a different way — and offers a concrete action people struggling to save their businesses can take in the face of uncertainty. “There’s an underlying feeling of, The house is burning, might as well share while we still have it. In three months, we could all be going under, so might as well do it now.” The bakers taking part in Bakers Against Racism around the world describe a similar sense of purpose, often despite the challenges they’ve been weathering during the pandemic. In Paris, Janae Lynch, an African-American expat and a pastry chef at the doughnut shop Boneshaker, says joining the bake sale was important to her both to support the cause in the U.S., and address France’s persistent racism and police brutality. “We thought that since food brings joy, we could support fighting for black lives, fighting against police brutality and systemic and institutionalized racism. It’s a global issue.” In Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Melanie Lino, who co-owns Lit Coffee Roastery and sells her baked goods under her company Made by Lino, is baking to support two organizations in the Lehigh Valley fighting systemic injustice. She first got involved with the bake sale because she’d formed an online friendship with Velez, who like Lino is Dominican-American. All of Lino’s baked goods have already sold out, and she raised over $2,400. “Everything’s been so heavy for awhile right now, and it was such an incredible feeling [to see] this many people show up in a short period of time, and this many people decide to volunteer their time to help,” she says. “We raised all this money, 100 percent of which can be used to better the lives of other people.” Velez describes a similar sense of solidarity and uplift at the heart of the Bakers Against Racism, which she calls a “pure moment.” But she also does not want the restaurant industry to engage in a bake sale against racism and then do nothing to address the rampant racial discrimination in professional kitchens. On Instagram, she noted that some restaurants joining the bake sale have not addressed the racism in their own workplaces, even when employees have asked them to. “Don’t use another black life to make yourself look good,” she writes. To me, she added, “Now that you’re saying you’re open to fighting against racism, if you’ve been called out and told you’re racist in your establishment, what are you going to do to change the systems you’ve heavily relied on for profit?” In the #bakersagainstracism Instagram hashtag, a surreal, very 2020 phenomenon emerged: white-run accounts previously dedicated to burnished sourdough or cookies with animal faces are now decorating their wares with revolutionary Black Power fists. Velez notes that the Google Drive, which goes out to every participant, includes a document of podcasts and videos for bakers to listen to while they work in order to educate themselves on, say, turning performative wokeness into genuine action. The bake sale isn’t just about raising funds, or awareness, outwardly; participants can take the time to deepen their own commitment to fighting for black lives, too. As for Velez, she opted to bake a passionfruit strawberry buckle with a salty streusel, “something simple, not extravagant, though it’s gonna be tasty.” It sold out immediately. Right now, she is trying to keep up with her grassroots mega-success and watching hubs form organically, sometimes in places which would have once been unthinkable, like Richmond, Virginia, the former capital of the Confederacy. She hopes Bakers Against Racism is only the beginning of a larger cultural transformation. “It’s given people the confidence to say: You’re going to buy this cake and stop being racist. That’s it.” Meghan McCarron is Eater’s special correspondent from Eater - All https://ift.tt/2UU0vif

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