There are all kinds of issues raised here. Misogeny, racial bias, class, business etiquette and more.
The bill has virtually no chance of passage in the Republican-led Senate.
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The series will immediately follow the conclusion of CBS Sports’ Sunday, Feb. 7, Super Bowl LV broadcast, with subsequent episodes of “The Equalizer” airing at 8 p.m. EST Sundays, CBS said Thursday.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Queen Latifah’s upcoming drama series has scored a touchdown. CBS says “The Equalizer” will get the coveted post-Super Bowl slot next February to showcase its debut.
“The Equalizer,” a reboot of the 1980s series about a retired intelligence agent turned private detective, stars Latifah as an ex-CIA agent and single mom who helps those “with nowhere else to turn,” according to a network description.
The series will immediately follow the conclusion of CBS Sports’ Sunday, Feb. 7, Super Bowl LV broadcast, with subsequent episodes of “The Equalizer” airing at 8 p.m. EST Sundays, CBS said Thursday.
A special edition of Stephen Colbert’s daily “The Late Show” will follow late local news on Super Bowl night, the network also announced.
The returning series “FBI” also is getting special treatment, with its season debut following the NFL’s AFC championship game on Sunday, Jan. 24. The show will then air regularly at 9 p.m. EST Tuesday.
The other daily CBS late-night program, James Corden’s “The Late Late Show,” will air a weekend edition on the night of the conference championship and after local newscasts.
Jazmine Sullivan spoke on who her album is dedicated to. Sullivan’s mother Pam Sullivan was diagnosed with breast cancer in May has been in a battle with the cancer since then.
Jazmine Sullivan spoke on who her album is dedicated to. Sullivan’s mother Pam Sullivan was diagnosed with breast cancer in May has been in a battle with the cancer since then.
Spotlighting the Disney Dreamers from the DMV as the program takes on a new look
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS DISRUPTED MANY THINGS – ESPECIALLY OUR TEENS AND STUDENTS INCLUDING THE DISNEY DREAMERS ACADEMY CLASS OF 2020.
IN MARCH THEIR DREAMS WERE PUT ON HOLD WHILE IN ORLANDO WHEN THE PROGRAM CAME TO A HAULT. WELL THE ACADEMY HAS RESUMED AS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM SERIES. MY GUEST THIS MORNING WILL BE ESHA VANKAT, ONE OF OUR DREAMERS FROM THE DMV. , A HIGH SCHOOL HONOR STUDENT, WHO HAS ALSO STARTED HER OWN NON-PROFIT. HER GOAL IS TO BECOME A NEUROSURGEON AND CONTINUE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE’S LIVES.
ALSO, I’LL BE SPEAKING WITH A MEMBER OF THE DISNEY DREAMERS ACADEMY’S SPEAKERS RESOURCE GROUP, A RADIO AND TV BROADCASTER AND INTERNATIONAL MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER, JONATHAN SPRINKLES.
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7) Instead of your [former] shame you will have a [a]double portion; And instead of humiliation your people will shout for joy over their portion. Therefore in their land they will possess double [what they had forfeited]; Everlasting joy will be theirs.
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Why should those of us living here or anywhere other than there… care?
Law enforcement deemed marchers were not moving from the road fast enough and pepper spray was used to clear the road.
Drumwright was charged with assaulting a law enforcement officer during an October “March to the Polls” event in Graham in October. During that event, marchers stopped at the Alamance County Historic Courthouse and blocked traffic for a few minutes during a tribute to George Floyd. Law enforcement deemed marchers were not moving from the road fast enough and pepper spray was used to clear the road.
DC police are offering a $60k reward to help find the killers of 15-month-old Carmelo Duncan. Text information to 50411 or call 202-727-9099
The shooting happened around 9:30 p.m. in the 5700 block of Southern Avenue in SE. Police say the car was riddled with bullets. But no one else was hurt. Authorities are looking for suspects and offering a $60k reward in the case. Anyone with information is asked to text 50411 or call 202-727-9099. Mayor Muriel Bowser and outgoing Police Chief Peter Newsham both expressed anger and sadness over the shooting. “No words can express the sense of outrage we all should feel at the loss of this beautiful baby boy Carmelo. We all are sick of the heinous crimes in our city,” said Bowser at a morning press conference.
The death of little Carmelo is the 180th murder in DC this year.
The Kappa’s have teamed up with us to provide coats for needy youth.
The goodwill continues during WHUR’s Season of Giving. The Fort Washington Alumnae Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity is joining us to help provide new coats for youth in need in the DMV. My guest this morning is Tony Evans 757-535-9950
WHUR’s Season of Giving roars on as we seek to help those in the greatest of need in our community. Thanks to our partners like the Fort Washington Alumnae Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity and generous donations from our listeners, we are able to provide hundreds of youth in the DMV with brand new coats for the winter. You can still help our efforts by logging on to whur.com.
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Exhortation
7 So wait patiently, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits [expectantly] for the precious harvest from the land, being patient about it, until it receives the early and late rains.
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“Take your twerking and get out of my restaurant!”
It was hard NOT to talk about the video that went viral of the frustrated restaurant owner who told a group of women to take their business elsewhere, if they don’t stop twerking on his tables and chairs. He insisted that their behavior was disrespectful to themselves, as well as to the other patrons. Which begged the question, was he over reacting? Or, was he right to insist that people act more respectable in his establishment? Of course, we all chimed in with our opinions.
Celebrity MUA Derrick Rutledge joined the conversation with beauty tips for the holidays. He came ready with his gorgeous, new, brand of luxurious lashes. Then, he gave us a complete tutorial on how to properly apply, remove, and care for our luxurious false lashes. He literally applied them to his eye and walked us through the process. We all learned something new.
Diabetes is even more concerning during the pandemic.
Kenneth Walker is also suing two of the officers who gunned down Taylor in her apartment back in March.
Under Maryland’s vaccine distribution plan, frontline healthcare workers would be the first to receive the treatment.
At 62, Byrd considers the world his oyster as he moves into a new chapter: He sings, has film and TV credits and is also focused on building a following for his own Instagram Live show that he hosts with his wife, titled “Bonding with Byrd.”
Judith Sheindlin has been the sole judge, jury and verbal executioner for the last quarter century on her behemoth TV court show, “Judge Judy.” Her trusted bailiff, Petri Hawkins Byrd, has stood by her side during approximately 12,500 cases, and remembers an instance when he thought she got it wrong.
“I told her how I felt about it. And I remember she looked at me and she said, ‘Really, Byrd? You really think that I got it wrong?’” Byrd recalled, remembering Sheindlin’s stern look. “I felt the need to tell her that there was something that she missed.”
Byrd, referred to as Officer Byrd on the show, says he doesn’t remember the specific case but the judge recalled it. “She said, ‘My officer said that there was something that you said that you pointed out in your testimony.’ And I believe she reversed the decision on that one.”
Byrd says that moment sticks out because of its rarity; he only remembers feeling that way one other time on the show. Arguably the most recognizable bailiff in court TV history, he’s the only officer the show has known. But after 25 years, his time — and the show— will end this season.
It may have been that same natural urge to speak up that got him hired. Byrd, a bailiff, and the judge worked together in the New York City court system in the late 80s. In 1995, after learning that Sheindlin was getting a TV show, Byrd wrote her a congratulatory letter and jokingly added that he was available for work. When the synergy with an actor during a test shoot wasn’t to Sheindlin’s liking, she reached out to Byrd.
“I think she was nervous about doing this Hollywood thing. It was something out of her wheelhouse,” Byrd said. “To have a Brooklyn born, fellow Brooklynite start this adventure with her and somebody who knew how she was…I think that made her feel comfortable. “
Millions of viewers have been educated in courtroom etiquette and legal terminology through the show that at one time beat the legendary “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in the ratings and will close as one of the most successful daytime shows in TV history.
Viewers have seen Byrd calling the court to order, helping the judge with math problems and escorting unruly litigants out of the courtroom. Byrd says Sheindlin’s appeal was her King Solomon-like fairness and consistency.
“When we started, there was like our court show, maybe one other court show and a plethora of talk shows. And those talk shows kind of exploited people’s foibles … I think America, in particular, was looking for answers, or they were looking for somebody to be able to stand up and say, ’Hey, let’s call a spade a spade,’” Byrd said. “I think that’s what’s kept our show in the forefront. We haven’t changed the set. The only thing that’s changed in almost 25 years is Judy’s hairstyle.”
The coronavirus pandemic, which halted television production this spring, has changed the show. New episodes are taped without an audience, a noticeable difference as Sheindlin’s jokes — and occasional dressing-down of litigants — aren’t supported with giggles from the TV crowd. Byrd no longer passes evidence to the judge; it’s kept at the podiums as cameras zoom in tightly, a symbol of coronavirus protocols.
Byrd says he doesn’t watch episodes but occasionally catches them playing in the waiting room during visits to the doctor. Hilariously outed by social media for playing crossword puzzles as cases are tried, he’s substituted passing the time with something more pressing: mapping out his future.
“There are times when I’m looking and I’m thinking about a case and I’m listening to it and I’m thinking, ’Man, this might be a case more so for mediation than arbitration…maybe there’s a show here and maybe a certain bailiff who has sat under the tutelage of a certain famous judge (who) could mediate these cases himself,” Byrd said. “There’s a bunch of things going on in that brain while I’m there listening to cases.”
At 62, Byrd considers the world his oyster as he moves into a new chapter: He sings, has film and TV credits and is also focused on building a following for his own Instagram Live show that he hosts with his wife, titled “Bonding with Byrd.”
Sheindlin said in a statement that it’s been fun having Byrd “along on this journey.”
“He is a consummate professional who knows how a courtroom should be run,” she said. “Byrd has a great voice, is a terrific storyteller and is generous with his time and talent to many worthy organizations.”
Sheindlin recently announced she’s taking her gavel to Amazon Studios for an exclusive, unnamed U.S. show on IMDb TV. There’s no word on if Byrd will join her, but he says he’d be ‘honored’ if there’s room for him. If not, he has no complaints.
“I’ve gotten a chance to fulfill a lot of dreams that I probably wouldn’t have gotten the chance to do if it hadn’t been for Judge Judy Sheindlin taking very seriously a funny comment at the end of a letter,” Byrd said. “It just goes to show you that if you want to make God laugh, just tell him your plans. And then he’ll go, ‘You have no idea what you’re about to embark on.’ But I trust God and I trust the ride, and the process has been wonderful.”
People magazine has named George Clooney, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Selena Gomez and Regina King as the “2020 People of the Year.”
LOS ANGELES (AP) — People magazine has named George Clooney, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Selena Gomez and Regina King as the “2020 People of the Year.”
The magazine revealed its list Wednesday morning as part of a year-end double issue with four covers. The four will be celebrated for their positive impact in the world during a challenging 2020.
Clooney, Fauci, Gomez and King will be separately featured on the magazine covers of the issue, which is out Friday.
Clooney has received some Oscar buzz for his upcoming film “The Midnight Sky,” but the actor was also in spotlight for his advocacy work. He donated $500,000 to the Equal Justice Initiative in wake of George Floyd’s death and $1 million for COVID-19 relief efforts in Italy, London and Los Angeles.
As the nation’s top infectious disease expert, Fauci provided steady guidance during the turbulent pandemic. As the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, he has been one of the nation’s leading sources of information about the fight against COVID-19.
Gomez released her chart-topping album “Rare” and hosted the cooking show “Selena + Chef” on HBO Max. But the pop superstar also spread her message of inclusion through her makeup brand Rare Beauty, which set the goal of raising $100 million in 10 years to help give people access to mental health initiatives.
King, who won an Emmy in September, used her voice to encourage people to vote. The actor also called for support of marginalized communities during the pandemic and end police brutality of unarmed Black people. Her directorial debut, “One Night in Miami,” has also been talked about as a possible Oscar contender.
Cosby has served more than two years of his three- to 10-year prison sentence for drugging and molesting Constand, whom he met through the basketball program at his alma mater, Temple University.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court questioned Tuesday whether Bill Cosby’s alleged history of intoxicating and sexually assaulting young women amounted to a signature crime pattern, given studies that show as many as half of all sexual assaults involve drugs or alcohol. Cosby, 83, hopes to overturn his 2018 sex assault conviction because the judge let prosecutors call five other accusers who said Cosby mistreated them the same way he did his victim, Andrea Constand. The defense said their testimony prejudiced the jury against the actor and should not have been allowed.
“That conduct you describe — the steps, the young women — there’s literature that says that’s common to 50% of these assaults — thousands of assaults — nationwide,” Chief Justice Thomas G. Saylor asked a prosecutor during oral arguments in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. “So how can that be a common scheme?”
The prosecutor, in response, offered more precise details about the relationships, saying Cosby used his fame and fortune to mentor the women and then took advantage of it. And he sometimes befriended their mothers or families.
“There was a built-in level of trust because of his status in the entertainment industry and because he held himself out as a public moralist,” said Assistant District Attorney Adrienne Jappe, of suburban Philadelphia’s Montgomery County, where Constand says she was assaulted at Cosby’s estate in 2004.
“The signature was isolating and intoxicating young women for the purpose of sexually assaulting them,” Jappe said.
Cosby has served more than two years of his three- to 10-year prison sentence for drugging and molesting Constand, whom he met through the basketball program at his alma mater, Temple University.
Courts have long wrestled with decisions about when other accusers should be allowed to testify in criminal cases. It’s generally not allowed, but state law permits a few exceptions, including to show a signature crime pattern or to prove someone’s identity. The state’s high court appears eager to address the issue, and in doing so took on the first celebrity criminal case of the #MeToo era. The court typically takes several months to issue its opinion.
Judge Steven T. O’Neill had allowed just one other accuser to testify at Cosby’s first trial in 2017, when the jury could not reach a verdict. The #MeToo movement took hold months later with media reports about movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and other men accused of sexual misconduct.
O’Neill then let five other accusers testify at Cosby’s retrial in 2018, when the jury convicted him of drugging and sexually assaulting Constand.
Cosby’s appellate lawyer, Jennifer Bonjean, said prosecutors exploited “all of this vague testimony” about his prior behavior and his acknowledgement that he had given women alcohol or quaaludes before sexual encounters.
“They put Mr. Cosby in a position where he had no shot. The presumption of innocence just didn’t exist for him,” Bonjean said in the arguments Tuesday, which were held online because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Constand went to police in 2005, about a year after the night at his home. The other women knew Cosby in the 1980s through the entertainment industry, and they did not go to police.
The defense also challenged the trial judge’s decision to let the jury hear damaging testimony Cosby gave in a lawsuit Constand filed against him in 2005, after then-prosecutor Bruce Castor declined to arrest Cosby.
The testimony was sealed for nearly a decade until The Associated Press asked a federal judge to release documents from the case as more Cosby accusers came forward. The judge agreed, and Castor’s successor reopened the case in 2015, just months before the statute of limitations to arrest him would have expired.
Cosby, a once-beloved comedian and actor known as “America’s Dad,” has said he will serve his entire 10-year term rather than admit wrongdoing to the parole board.
Criminal law professor Laurie Levenson believes it’s important for the court to scrutinize Cosby’s conviction given the publicity the case attracted, the legal questions it raised and the potential influence of the #MeToo movement.
However, she was less sure there’s data to show that intoxication was as prevalent in sex assault cases in the 1980s through 2004 as it is today.
“We have heard a lot more about doping types of sexual assaults (recently), but I’m not sure how common it was at the time of this offense,” said Levenson, of Loyola Law School. “I think the court’s doing the right thing, which is asking, ‘Did he get convicted on legitimate evidence?’”
The AP does not typically identify sexual assault victims without their permission, which Constand has granted.
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“I do my father’s linguini with white clam sauce every Christmas Eve,” says the legendary songstress. “Then we do that traditional, more of a Southern-style Christmas dinner.”
NEW YORK (AP) — Christmas is still a few weeks away, but Mariah Carey is already orchestrating her dinner menu.
“I do my father’s linguini with white clam sauce every Christmas Eve,” says the legendary songstress. “Then we do that traditional, more of a Southern-style Christmas dinner.”
But is the woman known for her grandeur nearly as much as her 19 No. 1 hits really going to sweat over a hot stove?
“I do so with the help of several sous-chefs,” Carey said with a laugh, before noting like many families around the world, she’ll scale back Christmas slightly due to the coronavirus pandemic. “I am going to have to have maybe one person helping me and then we’ll figure it out. We’re making it through the holidays.”
Helping others get in the holiday spirit is part of the legacy of her iconic holiday tune, “All I Want For Christmas is You.” But the Christmas chanteuse will soon gift the world with a new present: the Apple TV+ event “Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special.” Carey hopes to provide some Christmas cheer during a time some may need it more than ever.
“(Apple TV+) was able to help realize this dream of really doing something special and spectacular and not having … a regular concert,” said Carey. “During COVID, people made magic happen with this … it feels like another very big, historic kind of a moment.”
After “All I Want for Christmas” historically hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 during its 25th anniversary last year, Carey says the idea of a special was sparked just a couple of months later.
Starring Carey and narrated by actor-comedian Tiffany Haddish, the production centers around a holiday cheer crisis, with Santa’s friend Mariah coming to save the day. Premiering Friday, performers include Ariana Grande, Snoop Dogg, Misty Copeland, Jennifer Hudson, Billy Eichner and more. Carey’s nine-year-old twins, son Moroccan and daughter Monroe, also join in the festivities.
“Magical Christmas Special” is another example of diverse, family-friendly holiday programming that hasn’t always been allotted by Hollywood. But productions like this, along with others such as the John Legend-produced “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey,” signals a promising shift. It’s of particular significance this year after the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery sparked global social justice protests, attempting to force America to again reckon with its racist history.
Union leaders discuss proposed cuts to DMV’s Metro system.
A new program targeted at African Americans in Montgomery County
The African American Health Program Executive Committee has launched “Target COVID-19 Response” program, which includes free testing for African-American residents and wraparound wellness services. More information here:
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Proverbs 18:21 | AMP
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it and indulge it will eat its fruit and bear the consequences of their words.
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FBI agents have been working diligently to follow up on specific complaints and information they’ve received.
African American woman is a pioneer for the Prince George’s County Fire Department
Tiffany Green is the 13th Prince George’s County Fire Chief, but she is the first woman to hold that position. We sit down to talk to the Chief Green about her career, her vision for the department and safety in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A special toy drive for kids who have suffered a loss
The Edith P. Wright Breast Cancer Foundation is hosting its 8th Annual EPW Oh What Fun Toy Drive. Summit your nominations by Wednesday December 2. For more information go here:
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Romans 8:31 | AMP
31 What then shall we say to all these things? If God is for us, who can be [successful] against us?
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Transit agency facing a $500 million shortfall. Metro’s General Manager Paul Wiederfeld says “it gets down, unfortunately, to very hard math that you just can’t get there from here without having significant impacts.’
The proposals are part of Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld’s proposed spending plan for fiscal year 2022, which begins July 1st. The transit agency has been especially hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, seeing its ridership plummeting since March. Metro’s money woes are exacerbated by a deadlocked Congress failing to come up with another COVID-19 relief package, which would provide much needed aid.
County Council Chair Todd Turner discusses, COVID-19, police reform, the search for a new chief and other issuess.
Outgoing President Donald Trump approved the briefings for Biden last Tuesday.
Nearly 1.2 million people passed through U.S. airports Sunday, the greatest number since the pandemic gripped the country in March, despite pleas from health experts for Americans to stay home over Thanksgiving.
Nearly 1.2 million people passed through U.S. airports Sunday, the greatest number since the pandemic gripped the country in March, despite pleas from health experts for Americans to stay home over Thanksgiving.
The Transportation Security Administration screened at least 1 million people on four of the last 10 days through Sunday. That’s still half the crowd recorded last year at airports, when more than 2 million people were counted per day.
With new reported cases of coronavirus spiking across the country, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had issued a warning against Thanksgiving travel just a week before the holiday.
Some airlines had reported a pullback in bookings as virus cases grew. On Monday, JetBlue Airways said “booking trends remain volatile,” and a recovery in travel demand will be uneven into next year.
JetBlue, the nation’s sixth-largest airline, plans to fly only half its normal schedule in the fourth quarter and revenue will fall about 70% from the same period last year. Those are slightly deeper reductions in flying and revenue than the New York carrier had expected before the recent spike in infections.
The 2020 BET Soul Train Music Awards aired Sunday evening. Tisha Campbell and Tichina Arnold hosted big event. Here is the complete list of last night’s winners.
Song of the Year:
Beyoncé – “Black Parade”
Chloe X Halle – “Do It”
**WINNER — Chris Brown & Young Thug – “Go Crazy”
H.E.R. Feat. YG – “Slide”
Summer Walker & Usher – “Come Thru”
Usher Feat. Ella Mai – “Don’t Waste My Time”
Album of the Year:
Brandy – B7
Chloe X Halle – Ungodly Hour
Chris Brown & Young Thug – Slime & B
Jhené Aiko – Chilombo
**WINNER — Summer Walker – Over It
The Weeknd – After Hours
Video of the Year:
**WINNER — Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, Saint JHN & Wizkid – “Brown Skin Girl”
Chloe X Halle – “Do It”
Chris Brown – “Go Crazy” Feat. Young Thug
H.E.R. – “Slide” Feat. YG
Lizzo – “Good As Hell”
Skip Marley & H.E.R. – “Slow Down”
Best R&B/Soul Female Artist:
Alicia Keys
Beyoncé
Brandy
**WINNER — H.E.R.
Jhené Aiko
Summer Walker
Best R&B/Soul Male Artist:
Anderson .Paak
Charlie Wilson
**WINNER — Chris Brown
PJ Morton
The Weeknd
Usher
Best Collaboration:
**WINNER — Chris Brown Feat. Young Thug – “Go Crazy”
H.E.R. Feat. YG – “Slide”
Ne-Yo Feat. Jeremih – “U 2 Luv”
Skip Marley & H.E.R. – “Slow Down”
Summer Walker & Usher – “Come Thru”
Usher Feat. Ella Mai – “Don’t Waste My Time”
Best New Artist:
Giveon
Layton Greene
Lonr.
Saint JHN
**WINNER — Snoh Aalegra
Victoria Monét
Rhythm & Bars:
Cardi B Feat. Megan Thee Stallion – “WAP”
Dababy Feat. Roddy Ricch – “Rockstar”
DJ Khaled Feat. Drake – “Popstar”
Drake Feat. Lil Durk – “Laugh Now Cry Later”
**WINNER — Megan Thee Stallion – “Savage”
Roddy Ricch – “The Box”
Best Dance Performance:
Beyoncé, Shatta Wale & Major Lazer – “Already”
Chloe X Halle – “Do It”
**WINNER — Chris Brown & Young Thug – “Go Crazy”
Danileigh Feat. Dababy – “Levi High”
Missy Elliott – “Why I Still Love You”
Teyana Taylor – “Bare Wit Me”
Best Gospel/Inspirational Award:
Bebe Winans
**WINNER — Kirk Franklin
Koryn Hawthorne
Marvin Sapp
PJ Morton
The Clark Sisters
Soul Train Certified Award:
**WINNER — Brandy
Fantasia
Kelly Rowland
Ledisi
Monica
PJ Morton
The Ashford and Simpson Songwriter’s Award:
“Black Parade” – Written By: Akil King, Beyonce Knowles Carter, Brittany Coney, Denisia Andrews, Derek James Dixie, Kim “Kaydence” Krysiuk, Rickie Caso Tice, Shawn Carter, Stephen Bray (Beyoncé)
“Do It” – Written By: Chloe Bailey, Halle Bailey, Scott Storch, Victoria Monet, Vincent Van Den Ende, Anton Kuhl (Chloe X Halle)
“Go Crazy” – Written By: Cameron Devaun Murphy, Christopher Brown, Dounia Aznou, Jeffrey Lamar Williams, Johnny Kelvin, Kaniel Castaneda, Omari Akinlolu, Orville Hall, Patrizio Pigliapoco, Phillip Price, Said Aznou, Soraya Benjelloun, Tre Samuels, Turrell Sims, Wayne Samuels, Zakaria Kharbouch (Chris Brown & Young Thug)
**WINNER — “I Can’t Breathe” – Written By: H.E.R. (H.E.R.)“Playing Games” – Written By: Summer Walker, Bryson Tiller, London Holmes, Kendall Roark Bailey, Cameron Griffin, Aubrey Robinson, Beyoncé Knowles, Kelendria Rowland, Letoya Luckett, Latavia Roberson, Lashawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins III, Rodney Jerkins (Summer Walker Feat. Bryson Tiller)
“Slide” – Written By: Charles Carter, Elijah Dias, H.E.R., Jermaine Dupri, Keenon Daequan Ray Jackson, Roger Parker, Ron Latour, Shawn Carter, Steven Arrington, Tiara Thomas, Waung Hankerson (H.E.R. Feat. YG)
Social distancing, wearing masks, washing hands and completing daily COVID-19 assessments “seem to be working to keep transmission low within schools,” Fulton said.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The infection of a single cafeteria worker was all it took to close classrooms in the small Lowellville school district in northeastern Ohio, forcing at least two weeks of remote learning.
Not only did the worker who tested positive for the coronavirus need to quarantine, but so did the entire cafeteria staff and most of the transportation crew, because some employees work on both. The district of about 500 students sharing one building had resumed in-person instruction with masks and social distancing and avoided any student infections. But without enough substitute workers, administrators had no choice but to temporarily abandon classroom operations and meal services.
“It boils down to the staff,” Lowellville Superintendent Geno Thomas said. “If you can’t staff a school, you have to bring it to remote.”
Around the country, contact tracing and isolation protocols are sidelining school employees and closing school buildings. The staffing challenges force students out of classrooms, even in districts where officials say the health risks of in-person learning are manageable. And the absences add to the strain from a wave of early retirements and leaves taken by employees worried about health risks.
It’s another layer of the “tremendous stress” faced by administrators and educators navigating the pandemic, said Dan Domenech, executive director of AASA, the nation’s leading school superintendents association.
The superintendent in Groton, Connecticut, recently announced the entire district would transition to distance learning for two weeks following Thanksgiving — a decision driven primarily by a staffing shortage.
“When you have the wrong teacher, like an art teacher who over a two-day period sees as many as 80 children, you’ve got the possibility of a really significant number of contacts,” he said. “It’s not being transmitted in schools apparently, but we have lots of cases of children and staff members who are getting it very typically from a family member.”
In Kansas, the 27,000-student Shawnee Mission School District announced recently that middle and high school students would return to remote learning until January because of difficulty keeping buildings staffed. Scores of employees are quarantined because of known or potential exposure.
“It is important to emphasize that this decision is not being made because of COVID-19 transmission within our schools,” Superintendent Mike Fulton wrote to families. He said available substitute teachers would be shifted to elementary schools to keep up in-person learning for younger students.
Social distancing, wearing masks, washing hands and completing daily COVID-19 assessments “seem to be working to keep transmission low within schools,” Fulton said.
The effects of school staffing struggles have prompted some officials to suggest relaxing quarantine rules.
On Monday, leaders of several Louisiana public school systems told the state House health committee that too many students are missing in-person classroom instruction because they have been sent home for 14 days to quarantine. The state health department said it would not recommend any changes to quarantine regulations.
“We have a lot of healthy kids who are home when they don’t need to be,” West Baton Rouge Parish Superintendent Wesley Watts told lawmakers. “We’re not asking to do away with quarantine. We’re just asking for some modifications.”
In Missouri, Republican Gov. Mike Parson took a different approach to trying to keep schools open. He announced new guidance this month that teachers and students exposed to an infected person no longer have to quarantine for two weeks as long as both people were wearing masks. He said quarantines had interrupted learning and created staff shortages.
Shortages of substitute teachers have compounded the personnel problems.
“I think everybody understands when you can’t have enough subs to fill the roles, it’s also a safety issue: You can’t have that many children without support from adults,” said Julie Mackett, a kindergarten teacher in Perrysburg, Ohio, who went through her own two-week quarantine early in the school year after a student tested positive.
Staffing shortages in her district in mid-November moved up the start of a return to remote learning around Thanksgiving for Perrysburg’s high schoolers, and the district was closely monitoring elementary schools.
Cincinnati’s public school system pointed to staffing concerns and surging virus cases in southwest Ohio when it decided to shift to distance learning until after winter break. It noted that community spread of the virus directly affects staff absences.
“Teachers and staff must stay home when sick, when in quarantine as a result of a close contact or as needed to take care of family members,” the district said.
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Associated Press writers Melinda Deslatte in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Michael Melia in Hartford, Connecticut, contributed to this report.
As the vaccines are expected to arrive in multi-dose vials for shots to be administered all on the same day, Belgium health authorities are planning to vaccinate people in groups as much as possible. The task will pose many logistical challenges, including the creation of vaccination centers that festival organizers say they can help set up.
BRUSSELS (AP) — With nothing on their agendas for months to come, music festival organizers in Belgium want to use their know-how to help the country’s coronavirus vaccination campaign.
The Belgian government has set a goal of vaccinating about 70% of the country’s population, about 8 million people, when approved COVID-19 vaccination shots become available.
As the vaccines are expected to arrive in multi-dose vials for shots to be administered all on the same day, Belgium health authorities are planning to vaccinate people in groups as much as possible. The task will pose many logistical challenges, including the creation of vaccination centers that festival organizers say they can help set up.
Enjoying a strong reputation in the music world, Belgian festival experts have proven experience in both building huge pop-up structures and in crowd management.
With the music industry hit hard by the pandemic’s economic, several festivals in the French-speaking region of Wallonia and the Brussels area have created a federation to better defend their interests. They have a large network of technicians who are currently unemployed and are ready to help out.
“Our sector has been at a standstill for many months, and our many staff are eager to bring their creativity and dedication to the fight against coronavirus,” said federation president Damien Dufrasne.
One of the hardest-hit countries in Europe, Belgium has reported some 577,000 confirmed cases and more than 16,500 deaths linked to the virus.
Last week, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said COVID-19 vaccinations could start in the European Union’s 27 nations before the end of December. The commission, the EU’s executive arm, has agreements with six potential vaccine suppliers and is working on a seventh contract. The deals allow it to purchase over 1.2 billion doses, more than double the population of the EU.
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He expressed some regret that, thanks to Vader’s mask, “I can walk around with complete anonymity.”
“All actors crave recognition and I’d like to have some like Luke Skywalker and Han Solo,” he told The Associated Press in 1980. “Fortune tends to follow fame.”
LONDON (AP) — Dave Prowse, the British weightlifter-turned-actor who was the body, though not the voice, of arch-villain Darth Vader in the original “Star Wars” trilogy, has died. He was 85.
Prowse died Saturday after a short illness, his agent Thomas Bowington said Sunday.
Born in Bristol, southwest England, in 1935, Prowse was a three-time British weightlifting champion and represented England in weightlifting at the 1962 Commonwealth Games before breaking into movies with roles that emphasized his commanding size, including Frankenstein’s monster in a pair of Hammer Studios horror films.
Director George Lucas saw Prowse in a small part in “A Clockwork Orange” and asked the 6-foot-6-inch (almost 2-meter) actor to audition for the villainous Vader or the Wookie Chewbacca in “Star Wars.”
Prowse later told the BBC he chose Darth Vader because “you always remember the bad guys.”
Physically, Prowse was perfect for the part. Yet his lilting English West Country accent was considered less than ideal and his lines were dubbed by James Earl Jones.
Prowse donned Darth Vader’s black armor and helmet for “Star Wars” (1977), “The Empire Strikes Back” (1980) and “Return of the Jedi” (1983).
He expressed some regret that, thanks to Vader’s mask, “I can walk around with complete anonymity.”
“All actors crave recognition and I’d like to have some like Luke Skywalker and Han Solo,” he told The Associated Press in 1980. “Fortune tends to follow fame.”
Lucas said Prowse “brought a physicality to Darth Vader that was essential for the character.”
“He made Vader leap off the page and on to the big screen, with an imposing stature and movement performance to match the intensity and undercurrent of Vader’s presence,” the director said in a statement on the official “Star Wars” website.
“David was up for anything and contributed to the success of what would become a memorable, tragic figure. May he rest in peace.”
Prowse also worked as a trainer for other actors, helping Christopher Reeve prepare to be the Man of Steel in hit 1978 film “Superman.”
Prowse was also known to a generation of British children as the Green Cross Code Man, a superhero in road safety advertisements during the 1970s and ’80s.
Prowse suffered from arthritis for many years and campaigned to raise money for research into disease. In 1999 he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to charity and road safety.
He was a regular at “Star Wars” fan events but was banned from official conventions by Lucas in 2010 after the pair fell out.
Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker in the “Star Wars” films, tweeted that Prowse was “a kind man & much more than Darth Vader.” Hamill said the actor “loved his fans as much as they loved him. #RIP.”
“Shaun of the Dead” director-writer Edgar Wright also paid tribute to Prowse on Twitter.
“As a kid, Dave Prowse couldn’t be more famous to me; stalking along corridors as evil incarnate in the part of Darth Vader & stopping a whole generation of kiddies from being mown down in street as the Green Cross Code man,” he wrote. “Rest in Peace, Bristol’s finest.”
Prowse is survived by his wife Norma and their three children.
“I want to do and achieve more, and it’s not about a financial gain… I got one life. I want to be great,” said Jeezy. “When it’s all said and done, I want to be remembered as the guy who went out and actually got it done (who) came from nothing.”
Self-improvement can be a difficult journey. It’s often an arduous process that takes time to work through and move toward. But Jeezy, who burst onto the national music scene in meteoric fashion 15 years ago with his accounts of street life and drug dealing, is relaying a new message on his latest album: Evolving is not only possible, but necessary.
“Everything that I ever wrote or spoke on was about evolution. It was about evolving. And that’s a clear message,” the Atlanta emcee said. “I never wanted to stay the way I came into anything. It just doesn’t make logical sense. You have to grow or you die.”
It’s a stark contrast from his initial “trap or die” mantra of the mid-2000s. But it’s that philosophy of change that fuels his new album, “The Recession 2,” a follow-up to 2008’s “The Recession.” The artist who taught hip-hop fans about Georgia cocaine prices and could be seen flashing guns on WorldStarHipHop is now photographed at political events in the state and has been seen conversing with President-elect Joe Biden.
Released last week just hours after his monumental Verzuz event with real life rival Gucci Mane — the most-viewed in the series — Jeezy says although the first installment was in celebration of Barack Obama, America’s first Black president, his new project reflects what he believes is a dire time in the country.
“I don’t think people realize three months ago we were marching, looting, fighting for our lives, watching people get killed on camera … And then we’re in the middle of a pandemic,” said the “My President is Black” rapper. “We’re in the middle of a recession. I don’t even think people really realize that.”
The 15-track project boasts features from music heavyweights like Ne-Yo, Rick Ross and Yo Gotti, as well as a surprising appearance from pop star Demi Lovato. Jeezy says he wanted to recapture the feeling of riding with his uncle in a Delta 88, listening to soul artists like Curtis Mayfield and Bobby Womack.
“I couldn’t get beats from producers and just be like, ‘OK, this is how I’m feeling’ because that didn’t bring that emotion out of me. So, I called in bands and different musicians to come in…everything’s (played) live” Jeezy said. “It was refreshing for me because I was able to be creative but with intent. And I was passionate about making songs that could stand the test of time.”
On “Praying Right,” one of the more introspective tracks, Jeezy raps, “Woke up this morning, your problems big, you’re feeling small/Woke up this morning, your problems really aren’t big at all.”
About the song, Jeezy says talking to God should be “about something real.″
“Sometimes I just feel like we pray for the wrong things because we’ve been programed that way. We think the material things and money is really the way,” said Jeezy. “Pray for the things that’s going to make other people better and then the blessings will come to you…if you’re going to take the time to talk to God, talk to Him about something real.”
Throughout the album, Jeezy meticulously juggles his success and themes of Black progress and economic empowerment with reminding core fans that he’s still very aware of what’s going on in the streets through songs like “Modern Day” and the Yo Gotti-assisted “Back.” Although some may interpret it as straddling the fence, Jeezy looks at it as authenticity.
“I think the key is to always keep the integrity, because that’s the most important part. As long as I can look at myself in the mirror when I wake up in the morning, I’m good.”
The track that has garnered the most intrigue is “Therapy for My Soul.” The song, which surprisingly reveals some of Jeezy’s internal grievances, namechecks 50 Cent and rapper Freddie Gibbs.
“That was moreso of me letting the world be my therapist. This is how I’m really feeling. This is how I really felt and this (is) what’s actually been weighing down on me,” explained Jeezy, who says he’s not in therapy but is open to it. “I just needed to just clear that out so that now, for me, I can do what I do. I feel lighter.”
Jeezy, who is receiving attention outside of music because of his engagement to “The Real” co-host Jeannie Mai, is also hosting “Worth a Conversation” on Fox Soul and a new limited series podcast in conjunction with the album entitled “The (Re)Session Podcast.” He’s also been named senior advisor to the chairman of his label, Def Jam.
While he says he’ll never go into politics because he’s “too honest,” he recognizes he’s been afforded opportunities to sit in boardrooms and have access to influence and power that most people will never experience. But his goal is to relay all the knowledge he’s accumulating through his art.
“I want to do and achieve more, and it’s not about a financial gain… I got one life. I want to be great,” said Jeezy. “When it’s all said and done, I want to be remembered as the guy who went out and actually got it done (who) came from nothing.”
“That’s significant,” Kelly emphasized. “It seems maybe a little bit obvious, and that’s fair to say, but think about life before the pandemic. Things like pandemic fashion would have made no sense. The pandemic as an event created a new language for a new normal.”
NEW YORK (AP) — On Dec. 31, China reported a cluster of pneumonia cases of unknown origin to the World Health Organization. By Jan. 31, WHO declared an outbreak of a novel coronavirus a global health emergency. Come March 11, the world was facing down the COVID-19 pandemic.
Parents sat children down to explain what a pandemic is. Related terms usually restricted to medicine and science stormed into everyday conversation. Over time, we were pandemic baking and pandemic dating and rescuing pandemic puppies from shelters.
All of which led Dictionary.com on Monday to declare “pandemic” its 2020 word of the year.
Searches on the site for the word spiked more than 13,500% on March 11, senior research editor John Kelly told The Associated Press in an interview ahead of the announcement.
“That’s massive, but even more telling is how high it has sustained significant search volumes throughout the entire year. Month over month, it was over 1,000% higher than usual. For about half the year, it was in the top 10% of all our lookups.”
Another dictionary, Merriam-Webster, also selected pandemic as its word of the year earlier Monday.
Kelly said pandemic beat out routine lookups usually intended to sort more mundane matters, such as the differences between “to, two and too.”
“That’s significant,” Kelly emphasized. “It seems maybe a little bit obvious, and that’s fair to say, but think about life before the pandemic. Things like pandemic fashion would have made no sense. The pandemic as an event created a new language for a new normal.”
Lexicographers often factor out routine lookups when evaluating word trends.
The pandemic, Kelly said, made us all worthy of watercooler chatter with Dr. Anthony Fauci as our knowledge grew about aerosols, contact tracing, social distancing and herd immunity, along with the intricacies of therapeutic drugs, tests and vaccines that can help save lives.
“These were all part of a new shared vocabulary we needed to stay safe and informed. It’s incredible,” said Kelly, who works with a team of lexicographers to come up with words of the year based primarily on site traffic.
Asymptomatic, furlough, non-essential, hydroxychloroquine and a host of other pandemic-related words saw massive increases in lookups as well.
Jennifer Steeves-Kiss, chief executive officer of Dictionary.com, said one key ingredient in the hunt for the site’s word of the year is sustained interest over time. Pandemic met that standard.
“This has affected families, our work, the economy,” she said. “It really became the logical choice. It’s become the context through which we’ve had dialogue all through 2020. It’s the through line for discourse.”
The word pandemic has roots in Latin and the Greek pandemos, meaning “common, public.” Breaking it down further, “pan” means “all” and “demos” means “people.” As evidenced in a medical text by a Dutch-born physician, Gideon Harvey, pandemic entered English in the 1660s in the medical sense, Kelly said. He noted that “demos” is also the basis for the word democracy.
A pandemic is defined by Dictionary.com as a disease “prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world; epidemic over a large area.” Its broader sense, as evidenced in its roots, can be used thusly: “A pandemic fear of atomic war.”
Dictionary.com also noted other worthy search trends beyond the pandemic. After the May 25 death of George Floyd under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer, words around racial justice experienced spikes, including fascism, anti-fascism, defund and white fragility.
“There was no way for us to leave that out of the conversation this year,” Kelly said.
UPS is hiring in the DMV area
UPS is hiring up to 100k nationwide, including right here in the DMV. The news comes at a time when people have many have been displaced by the COVID-19 pandemic. UPS says this is a good time for those workers to launch a new career. Job seekers can apply online here:
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Prayer and the Golden Rule
7 “[a]Ask and keep on asking and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking and you will find; knock and keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who keeps on asking receives, and he who keeps on seeking finds, and to him who keeps on knocking, it will be opened.
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Dr. Wayne Frederick talks to Dr. Shelly McDonald-Pinkett, Chief Medical Officer with Howard University Hospital.
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Howard University’s healthcare workers are on the frontline keeping our community staff. The Howard University Hospital has been in the spotlight as they continue to use resources to the best of their ability to serve District residents. On this episode of “The Journey,” Dr. Wayne Frederick talks to Dr. Shelly McDonald-Pinkett, Chief Medical Officer with Howard University Hospital.
Air Date: June 7, 2020
Young Mothers Inc. needs help to provide young moms with the job skills they need to succeed and Housing Counseling Services Inc. is hosting free weekly seminars. Details on these events and more are inside this week’s Community’s Choice.
Registration for the Dulles Greenway’s first annual race “Run the Greenway is now open. Runners can choose a 5k or 10k distances. There will also be a kids fun run and a virtual race option. www.dullesgreenway.com
WHUR’s Community’s Choice
To get your non-profit on-air and on-line, email Renee Nash at rnash@whur.com at least three weeks prior to your event.
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery is taking submissions for its 6th triennial Portrait Competition. The deadline is January 29th.
USO Holidays
The holidays can be a lonely time for our military and their families. The USO invites you to celebrate service members with their“12 Days of Gratitude” campaign. www.uso.org
Housing Counseling
Housing Counseling Services holds free webinars every week for people looking to rent, buy or keep their housing in the DC metro area. Registration is required. www.housingtc.org
WHUT
WHUT and Bright By Text reminds Parents, Caregivers and Guardians to read, talk, sing, and play with your children. Get free educational tips and reminders! Text “WHUT” to 27448 today!
Young Mothers
Young Mothers Inc. needs your help to assist young mothers who have lost their jobs in the midst of the pandemic. Give now to their virtual campaign. www.youngmothersinc.com
WHUR Toy Drive
Make this holiday season a joyous one for a needy youth in the DMV. Give to WHUR’s Children’s Toy Drive. It’s totally virtual this year now thru December 19th. Make a donation at whur.com and click on Toy Drive.
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10) ‘Do not fear [anything], for I am with you; Do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, be assured I will help you; I will certainly take hold of you with My righteous right hand [a hand of justice, of power, of victory, of salvation].’
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We’re spotlight this years dreamers from the DMV and their mentors at this years Disney Dreamers Academy.
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS DISRUPTED MANY THINGS – ESPECIALLY OUR TEENS AND STUDENTS INCLUDING THE DISNEY DREAMERS ACADEMY CLASS OF 2020.
IN MARCH THEIR DREAMS WERE PUT ON HOLD WHILE IN ORLANDO WHEN THE PROGRAM CAME TO A HAULT. WELL THE ACADEMY HAS RESUMED AS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM SERIES. MY GUEST THIS MORNING WILL BE AMARI MEALY, ONE OF OUR DREAMERS FROM THE DMV. , A 14 YEAR OLD ATTENDING HAYFIELD SECONDARY SCHOOL IN ALEXANDRIA, VA AND ASPIRES A CAREER IN EDUCATION.
ALSO, I’LL BE SPEAKING WITH A MEMBER OF THE DISNEY DREAMERS ACADEMY’S SPEAKERS RESOURCE GROUP, THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF “TIED TO GREATNESS” , DR. ALEX ELLIS.
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Dr. Alex Ellis:
“All I know is, he should have known better than to ask to tie me up, and spank me on our second date. You have to warm up to these things!”
96.3 WHUR’s First Ladies pulled out all the stops in this candid conversation. Once we started talking about pushing the standard boundaries in relationships, there was no turning back.
The questions went from “Should you tell your partner your fantasies?” to “Would you date a stripper?” to “Are you into spanking?” You’ll have to tune in to hear some of our craziest stories.
All I’m gonna tell you is that somebody referenced former stripper, “JJ Long!”
Sit back and get ready to laugh.
A Promised Land is extraordinarily intimate and introspective—the story of one man’s bet with history, the faith of a community organizer tested on the world stage. Obama is candid about the balancing act of running for office as a Black American, bearing the expectations of a generation buoyed by messages of “hope and change,” and meeting the moral challenges of high-stakes decision-making. He is frank about the forces that opposed him at home and abroad
Tag a #blackownedbookstore We are talking about Former President Barack Obama as he releases his new book “A Promised Land”. It’s important to recirculate that $ back into our community! Shoutout a black owned book store where you can get your copy! #blackownedbusiness
Proverbs 27:1
Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring.
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Join us in congratulating Anthony Brown and group therAPy for earning a GRAMMY nomination for Best Gospel Album for 2econd Wind: Ready!
Al Payne, 96.3’s Programming Director had this to say about Brown’s nomination —
“Anthony Brown is a dynamic force! His Blessings on Blessings Radio show on Sundays from 12:15-2pm has quickly become one of the high points of the WHUR weekend. We are honored to work with him and know that this Grammy nomination will be the first of many!”
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Restrictions tightening in our region as the Thanksgiving holiday approaches.
Helping to make it a happy Thanksgiving for families in need
Each year, WHUR and the Steve Harvey Morning Show crisscross the community to provide 100 free turkeys to families in need just in time for Thanksgiving. This year, in order to keep everyone safe, we are handing our Walmart gift cards so that everyone can practice social distance and we are working with social service organizations who help to feed families daily.
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