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Divide and Conquer
One of the key throughlines from my time in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa, was the theme of division. Division was an evil and malicious tool that supported minority white rule both before and during apartheid. Division was seen everywhere – tribal divisions, race-based divisions, urban vs. rural divisions, economic divisions, educational divisions, access
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Slump (Concrete)
ACC is committed to supporting the workforce needs of our region. To that end, we are partnering with Texas Workforce Solutions, the City of Austin, unions, and local employers to develop the Infrastructure Academy to ensure that our region has the skilled workers needed to meet our mobility and infrastructure goals in the next decade
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Brotherly Shove (AKA Tush Push)
As I watched the NFL playoffs in January, the announcers periodically referenced the “tush push”. In the Philadelphia game (for the NFC conference championship) the announcers referred to the “brotherly shove”. Both the tush push and the brotherly shove refer to the same short-yardage play, in which the team lines up behind the quarterback and
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Sacred Spaces
I recently sold my parents’ house. They built it, and it had sheltered the Scott family (and only the Scott family) for over 60 years. A friend of mine referred to that house as a sacred space, and it got me thinking about sacred spaces. What are your sacred spaces? Is it a house? A