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Profiling of Sputum Inflammatory Mediators in Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary DiseaseBafadhel M.a · McCormick M.b · Saha S.c · McKenna S.a · Shelley M.a · Hargadon B.a · Mistry V.a · Reid C.a · Parker D.a · Dodson P.b · Jenkins M.b · Lloyd A.b · Rugman P.b · Newbold P.b · Brightling C.E.a
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Background: Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) display features of overlap in airway physiology and airway inflammation. Whether inflammatory phenotypes in airway disease describe similar mediator expression is unknown. Objectives: To explore the relationship of airway inflammation and cytokine and chemokine expression in asthma and COPD. Methods: Subjects with asthma and COPD (n = 54 and n = 49) were studied. Clinical characteristics and sputum were collected at entry into the study. A 2-step sputum processing method was performed for supernatant and cytospin preparation. Meso Scale Discovery and Luminex platforms were used to measure cytokines, chemokines and matrix metalloproteinase levels. Results: Analytes sensitive to dithiothreitol (DTT) that had increased recovery in the 2-step sputum process were IL-1β, 4, 5, 10, 13, IFN-γ, TNFRI, GM-CSF, CCL2, 3, 4, 5, 13 and 17. There was a differential expression in IL-8, TNFRI and TNFRII between asthma and COPD [mean fold difference (95% CI): IL-8, 2.6 (1.3–5.4), p = 0.01; TNFRI, 2.1 (1.3–5.4), p = 0.03; TNFRII, 2.6 (1.2–5.6), p = 0.02]. In neutrophilic and eosinophilic airway inflammation, TNFα, TNFRI, TNFRII, IL-6, IL-8 and IL-5 could differentiate between these phenotypes. However, these phenotypes were unrelated to the diagnosis of asthma or COPD. Conclusion: Recovery of sputum mediators sensitive to DTT can be improved using the described sputum processing technique. Within airway inflammatory sub-phenotypes there is a differential pattern of mediator expression that is independent of disease. Whether these inflammatory phenotypes in asthma and COPD confer distinct pathogeneses, therapeutic responses and clinical phenotypes needs to be further evaluated.
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma represent a significant challenge to the respiratory physician in their management and diagnosis, with significant overlap in their clinical features, physiological parameters and airway inflammation [1,2]. COPD is characterised by chronic irreversible airflow obstruction, structural changes such as small airway destruction, fibrosis and neutrophilic airway inflammation [3,4,5,6]. However, up to 40% of COPD subjects display eosinophilic airway inflammation [7] which is associated with elevated levels of interleukin (IL)-5. Treatment with corticosteroid therapy reduces eosinophilic inflammation and IL-5 levels [8]. In contrast, asthma is characterised by variable airflow obstruction, airway hyper-responsiveness, a thickened basement membrane and eosinophilic airway inflammation [4]. Both non-eosinophilic and neutrophilic asthma have been described and these are hypothesised to confer steroid resistance [9,10]. The use of induced sputum has led to further insights into the pulmonary inflammation of asthma and COPD [11,12], allowing characterisations of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines. Importantly, COPD and asthma have often been studied independently using limited mediator panels [8,13]. In light of the increasing recognition of the heterogeneity of asthma and COPD and their potential overlap [2,14], it is important to investigate whether there are different pulmonary mediator responses and whether airway inflammatory phenotypes confer similar cytokine and chemokine expression in both asthma and COPD.
In this study we sought to investigate the sputum cytokine and chemokine pattern in subjects with asthma and COPD using a novel sputum processing method and to compare the inflammatory response within and between diseases and in relation to sputum phenotypes.
This was a prospective study examining sputum mediators of subjects with asthma and COPD. The study was approved by the Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire ethics committee, and all subjects gave informed written consent (REC 08/H0401/88).
Subjects with a physician diagnosis of asthma or COPD attending the respiratory clinics at Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK, were invited to take part in the study. Subjects with a diagnosis of active pulmonary tuberculosis, other clinically relevant lung or medical illnesses or the inability to produce sputum following the induced sputum procedure were excluded.
All COPD subjects had airflow obstruction with a post-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1)/forced vital capacity (FVC) ratio (FEV1/FVC) of less than 0.7, with which severity was classified according to Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) criteria [6]. COPD subjects that demonstrated bronchodilator reversibility were not excluded from the study. A diagnosis of asthma was made by a respiratory physician with consistent symptomatology. Asthma severity was classified according to the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) treatment steps and described as mild (GINA I–II) or moderate to severe (GINA III–V) [15].
All subjects had complete demographic data including age, duration of symptoms and full smoking history recorded. Spirometry and bronchodilator reversibility was performed on all subjects according to ATS/European Respiratory Society (ERS) guidelines [16]. Asthma subjects had atopy assessment with skin prick testing for Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, dog, cat, Aspergillus fumigatus, tree and grass pollen and measurements of airway hyper-responsiveness using methacholine (Pc20) and exhaled nitric oxide (measured at 50 ml/s; NIOX; Aerocrine, Stockholm, Sweden).
Subjects provided spontaneous or induced sputum which was processed using a 2-step method with a Dulbecco's phosphate-buffered saline (D-PBS) wash step followed by a dithiothreitol (DTT) step and cytospins. In summary, selected and weighed sputum plugs were incubated with an 8× volume (sputum weight) of D-PBS, vortexed for 15 s and placed on a bench rocker on ice for 15 min. After centrifuging at 790 g for 10 min, the solute preparation was split in two: 4 volumes of the supernatant were removed (one half) and 300-µl aliquots were prepared and stored directly at –80°C; this was identified as the D-PBS supernatant. The remainder of the solute was incubated with a 4× volume (sputum weight) of 0.2% DTT for 15 min on a bench rocker on ice to disperse the cells. This sample was then filtered through a 50-µm nylon mesh filter and an aliquot removed for estimation of the total cell count. The remainder of the filtered sputum was centrifuged and the supernatant was removed and stored at –80°C (DTT supernatant). The remaining cell, D-PBS and mucus pellets were processed to form cytospins for sputum cell differential as previously described [17]. Comparison and validation of the effects of the additional D-PBS step with that of currently used sputum processing for cytospin preparation for the sputum total cell count and differential cell count was performed in 20 subjects with COPD and asthma. There were no significant differences in the cell differential counts between the methods with or without the additional D-PBS wash step [mean (SEM) neutrophil count 78% (5) vs. 80% (5); geometric mean (95% CI) eosinophil count 1.3% (0.7–2.7) vs. 1.0% (0.6–1.9), and total cell count 4.0 × 106 cells/g sputum (1.7–9.8) vs. 3.8 × 106 cells/g sputum (1.6–9.0)].
The D-PBS sputum supernatant was analysed using the Meso Scale Discovery platform (MSD; USA) and Luminex platform (R&D Systems) for measurement of cytokine and chemokine mediators and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), respectively. Recovery of cytokine and chemokine mediators and MMPs using the MSD and Luminex platform was assessed by adding standard chemokine, cytokine and MMP spike to the sputum plug and to the buffer prior to processing. Following ERS recommendations [17] further analysis was carried out on those mediators that gave >80% recovery of spike from D-PBS-treated sputum compared to buffer controls.
Statistical analysis was performed using PRISM version 4 (GraphPad Software, San Diego, Calif., USA) and SPSS version 16 (SPSS, Inc., Chicago, Ill., USA). Parametric and nonparametric data are presented as means (SEM) and medians (interquartile range) unless otherwise stated. Log-transformed data is presented as geometric means (95% CI). For comparison of unpaired or paired parametric or non-parametric groups, the Student t test, paired t test, Mann-Whitney test and Wilcoxon matched pairs test were used, respectively. For comparison of 3 groups or more for parametric and non-parametric variables the one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) or Kruskal-Wallis test was used and the χ2 test was used for proportions. Sputum eosinophilia was defined as >2% eosinophils of non-squamous cells, and sputum neutrophilia was classified as >61% neutrophils of non-squamous cells [18]. p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
One hundred and three subjects were recruited (asthma, n = 54; COPD, n = 49). The baseline demographics of all subjects are presented in table 1. Asthma severity showed that 13, 24, 30 and 33% of subjects were GINA I, II, III and IV/V. The GOLD classification for COPD severity identified 19, 33, 33 and 15% as having GOLD I, II, III and IV. The mean (SEM) post-bronchodilator FEV1 % predicted for the asthma and COPD subjects was 87% (4) and 54% (4), respectively. Sputum mediator analysis using the MSD and Luminex platforms was available in 37 asthmatic and 23 COPD subjects. The clinical characteristics of these subjects with available sputum mediator analysis are presented in table 2. Analytes with increased recovery in D-PBS-treated sputum compared to DTT-treated sputum were IL-1β, 4, 5, 10, 13, IFN-γ, TNFRI, GM-CSF, CCL2, 3, 4, 5, 13 and 17 (online suppl. fig. 1; for all online supplementary material, see www.karger.com?doi=10.1159/000330667). The mediators that were measured in the sputum and their lower and upper quantification limits are listed in online supplementary table 1.
Correlations of all measured sputum markers are presented as a heat map illustration in figure 1. Sputum markers that are closely correlated are identified as intense bright colours (white: r = 1.0). There was a strong correlation identified between TNFRI, TNFRII and IL-6R (r = 0.93, r = 0.90 and r = 0.90); MMP8, MMP9 and IL-1β (r = 0.94, r = 0.91 and r = 0.87), and CXCL10 with CXCL11 (r = 0.92).
Airway eosinophilic and neutrophilic inflammation was present in 48 and 35% and in 45 and 59% of asthma and COPD subjects, respectively. Sputum eosinophils were higher in asthma compared to COPD subjects (2.6 vs. 1.2, fold difference 0.3; 95% CI fold difference 0.1–0.6, p = 0.02). There was no difference in sputum neutrophil counts between asthma and COPD (57 vs. 64%, mean difference –7; 95% CI –18 to 3, p = 0.18). Sputum neutrophils but not eosinophils were significantly lower in mild asthma compared to moderate/severe asthma (mean neutrophils 35 vs. 69%, mean difference 34; 95% CI –51 to –16, p = 0.0004; and geometric mean eosinophils 4.5 vs. 1.6%, fold difference 0.4; 95% CI –0.2 to 1.0, p = 0.15). Sputum eosinophils but not neutrophils were significantly lower in mild/moderate COPD compared to severe COPD (geometric mean eosinophils 0.6 vs. 2.4%, fold difference –0.6; 95% CI –1.1 to –0.1, p = 0.01; and mean neutrophils 60 vs. 65%, mean difference –6; 95% CI –26 to 14, p = 0.0004) (fig. 2).
Sputum mediator profiling between asthma and COPD showed increased levels of IL-8, TNFRI and TNFRII in COPD compared to asthma subjects [mean fold difference (95% CI): IL-8, 2.6 (1.3–5.4), p = 0.01; TNFRI, 2.1 (1.3–5.4), p = 0.03, and TNFRII, 2.6 (1.2– 5.6), p = 0.02] and elevated MMP8 and 9 in COPD subjects [mean fold difference (95% CI) 2.7 (1.1–6.6), p = 0.03, and 3.0 (1.3–7.0), p = 0.01, respectively] (fig. 3; online suppl. table 2). No differences in sputum mediator expression could be determined in COPD or asthma subjects according to smoking status. The effect of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) upon mediator expression was assessed in subjects with asthma and COPD; this was performed by subdividing subjects into high dose ICS (≥1,600 µg beclomethasone equivalent), moderate dose ICS (>400 and ≤800 µg beclomethasone equivalent) and low dose ICS (≤400 µg beclomethasone equivalent). In all subjects, significantly different mediator expression was found in CXCL10 and CXCL11 only, although this was not in a dose-dependant way. The geometric mean (95% CI) CXCL10 and CXCL11 mediator expression in high dose ICS, moderate dose ICS and low dose ICS was as follows: CXCL10, 214 (125–364) versus 562 (325–972) versus 86 (25–300), p = 0.020, and CXCL11 9 (3–24) versus 40 (16–101) versus 4 (2–12), p = 0.043. These findings were true for asthma and COPD subjects.
Differential mediator expression was present between eosinophilic and non-eosinophilic airway inflammation (fig. 4). There was no difference in mediator expression between subjects with asthma and subjects COPD after dichotomising for eosinophilic or neutrophilic airway inflammation (online suppl. fig. 2).
In this study we have shown that sputum cellular patterns of airway inflammation are distinct across disease severity in asthma and COPD. However, sputum cell profiles are similar between severe asthma and COPD. Likewise, the sputum mediator profiles are largely similar between asthma and COPD, with a few mediators increased in COPD. Importantly, differential mediator expression is more marked between eosinophilic and non-eosinophilic sub-phenotypes, which is independent of disease.
Mediator expression between COPD and asthma has confirmed elevated levels of the pro-inflammatory mediators IL-6 and IL-8 in COPD [19,20], whilst there is increased expression of Th2 cytokines such as IL-4, IL-5 and IL-13 in asthma and allergic disease [21,22]. Bronchial biopsies studies have shown predominately neutrophilic inflammation in COPD and eosinophilic inflammation in asthma [5,23]. However an overlap in cellular inflammation exists [24]; indeed we have shown a similar overlap in airway cellular inflammation with little difference in airway inflammation and in particular airway inflammatory phenotypes between moderate-to-severe asthma and COPD. It has been recognised that in persistent severe asthma there is often neutrophilic airway inflammation with elevated levels of IL-8 [25] and this type of inflammation confers steroid non-responsiveness [10,26], albeit this maybe confounded itself by the effects of inhaled and oral corticosteroids [27], which have been shown to alter mediator expression [28]. Here we have shown that the neutrophilic airway inflammation that is present in severe asthma is similar to the degree of neutrophilic inflammation that exists in COPD. The identification of airway inflammatory phenotypes has been effectively used to reduce exacerbations in asthma and COPD [29,30], whilst cluster analysis has determined airway inflammatory phenotypes within clinical phenotypes of asthma [14].
We have also validated a sputum processing method that improves the recovery of previously difficult to measure cytokines [13]. The use of multiplex platforms has provided the opportunity to assess inflammatory mediators in small volumes. In our study the initial incubation of selected sputum plugs with D-PBS followed by standard sputum processing techniques improved the recovery of cytokines including previously difficult to measure Th2 cytokines [8] and improved the recovery of several cytokines satisfying the European Respiratory Guidelines on mediator recovery [17].
In our study we have shown that the chemokine and cytokine expressions in asthma and COPD are broadly similar, with a few mediators increased in COPD. Indeed the differential expression of mediators between eosinophilic and non-eosinophilic airway inflammation is more marked and we could not demonstrate any differential expression between asthma and COPD after stratification for inflammatory airway cellular phenotypes. This mediator expression between airway inflammatory phenotypes has been demonstrated separately in COPD [8] and asthma [10]. Although it has been widely perceived that asthma and COPD are distinct entities [31], the observation of similarities in their clinical phenotypes [2], and airway inflammometry [1], increasingly suggests that one needs to view these airway inflammatory diseases together as a spectrum of disease with similar clinical symptoms, airway inflammation and physiology [32,33]. A phenotypic approach can propagate the development of targeted treatment strategies including the development of monoclonal antibody therapies [34] and further the understanding in the pathogenesis of the disease [11,12,35,36].
A limitation in this study is that we used subjects with asthma and COPD and did not compare the mediator response with relation to healthy controls, and in particular smoking and non-smoking controls. However we have been able to investigate asthma and COPD across all severities and applied our analysis to a widely observed clinical spectrum of disease; smoking healthy controls have previously demonstrated mediator expression and airway inflammation similar to subjects with COPD [23]. In this study we did not fully characterise the airway disease phenotype using computed tomography or gas diffusion, and this and the effect of treatment could affect the inflammatory profiles seen. Serum and bronchoalveolar lavage cytokine expression with radiological characterisation of COPD have previously shown that mediator association is independent of lung function [37] and Th2 cytokine expression is higher in subjects with radiological emphysema [38,39]. Thus, it is interesting to note that similar mediator expression was seen within inflammatory groups in different disease expressions.
Although we were unable to do so in this study, inspection of mediators that are released, expressed on the cell surface or act as a surrogate measure of cell activity would provide further characterisation of eosinophilic and neutrophilic airway inflammatory patterns in COPD and asthma above that already shown using sputum mediator analysis in this study.
In conclusion, we have described and validated a novel sputum processing method which improves recovery and detection of several cytokines and chemokines, including that of previously difficult to measure Th2 cytokines. We have demonstrated that there are limited differences in the expression of sputum cytokines and chemokines between asthma and COPD, and there is greater differential expression between eosinophilic and non-eosinophilic sub-phenotypes, which may be independent of disease. Whether these airway mediator phenotypes confer a particular pathogenesis and clinical phenotype, and subsequent responses to treatment, needs to be further investigated in larger cohorts of subjects with airway disease.
The authors would like to thank all of the volunteers that took part in this study and the following people for their assistance in patient characterisation and laboratory support: M. Bourne, H. Pateman, A. Singapuri, S. Terry, M. Pancholi, and W. Monteiro.
This study was funded by AstraZeneca, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF 05567) and a grant from a Wellcome Senior Clinical Fellowship (C.E.B.).
M.B., S.S., S.M., B.H., M.S., C.R., V.M. and D.P. have no financial interests to disclose. M.M., M.J., A.L., P.D., P.R. and P.N. are/were employees of AstraZeneca at the time of data collection and analysis. C.E.B. has received grant support and consultancy fees from AstraZeneca, MedImmune, Roche and GlaxoSmithKline.
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The incivility continues unabated. The temperature of the vituperation reaches a boiling point. What was once considered unacceptable is now looked upon as the norm. There are times when we seem to have become a nation where the notion of "common courtesy" is as dead as the dodo.
A member of Congress shouts, "You lie!" to the president during the 2010 State of the Union speech. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, in full view of the cameras, during the same speech, shakes his head and mouths, "Not true" about a comment made by the president. During the final debate on the health-care reform bill, one congressman shouts at another, who is speaking, "Baby killer!" A Republican in Texas, saying, "Our nation was founded on violence," suggests that violent overthrow of our government is a possibility that should not be dismissed.
In 2004, then-Vice President Dick Cheney used language on the U.S. Senate floor against Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) which cannot be printed in a family newspaper and would cause a non-cable channel to pay a fine. The Senate was having a class photo taken, so that body was not in session. Had it been, Cheney's outburst would have been a violation of Senate rules. As it was, it was just disgusting. Cheney considers that his remark was "sort of the best thing I ever did," according to a 2010 radio comment.
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Ex-state Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio began it when in January 1992 he interrupted the State of the State speech by then-Gov. Mario Cuomo. Tony shouted from the audience: "It's good when you got a lot of dollars. It's good when you got a lot of dollars, guv!"
That may seem minor and clownish in today's world, but after that it was all down hill for civility. And most of us thought it started with Newt Gingrich, that eminent husband and family man. Google him — you'll find out what I mean.
Seminerio died in a federal prison Jan. 6. The trend he started is nearing its 20th anniversary. The shouts get louder, the insults more severe, the intelligence goes lower and the information level is sinking at an ever-growing rate.
Dynamite words and pictures, death panels, Armageddon, don't retreat — reload! while showing pictures of opponents in the scope of a rifle, gangster government and baby killer repeated again and again can have an effect on many people and lead to acts of violence. Those who spout those words will deny they mean harm and perhaps they do not, but they have sown the wind and all of us are reaping the whirlwind.
The horror of the massacre in Tucson Jan. 8 cannot be separated from the viciousness of the intolerance to civility that has overtaken too much of our country. Where are the voices crying out against the intolerance shown in what should be rigorous but decent public discourse?
Felix Rohatyn, the investment banker who helped save the city from bankruptcy 30 years ago, said recently, "The world demands a relationship of mutual civility." In his first remarks as governor, Andrew Cuomo, another son of Queens, asked for a return of "decorum" in Albany political life.
Denunciation of incivility, at every level, should be the bedrock of vigorous discourse in a democracy. Who will lead this worthwhile crusade?
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They and all who care about our world may wish to use these words of the mother of the 9-year-old girl killed in Tucson Jan. 8 as their motto: "I think there's been a lot of hatred going, and it needs to stop."
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The Oil for Food program was established by the United Nations and Iraq in 1996 to address concerns about the humanitarian situation after international sanctions were imposed in 1990. The program allowed the Iraqi government to use the proceeds of its oil sales to pay for food, medicine, and infrastructure maintenance. Allegations of fraud and corruption have plagued the Oil for Food program. As we have testified and others have reported, the former regime gained illicit revenues through smuggling and through illegal surcharges and commissions on Oil for Food contracts. The United Nations' Independent Inquiry Committee was established in April 2004 to investigate allegations of corruption and misconduct within the Oil for Food program and its overall management of the humanitarian program. In January 2005, the Committee publicly released 58 internal audit reports conducted by the United Nations' Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS). GAO (1) provides information on OIOS' background, structure, and resources; (2) highlights the findings of the internal audit reports; and (3) discusses limitations on the audits' coverage.
Before the United Nations established OIOS, the United States and other member states had criticized its lack of internal oversight mechanisms. In 1993, the United States proposed the establishment of an inspector general position within the United Nations and withheld U.S. funds until such an office was established. In 1994, the General Assembly created OIOS and tasked it with conducting audits, investigations, inspections, and evaluations of U.N. programs and funds. OIOS has generally provided audit reports to the head of the U.N. agency or program subject to the audit but also provided certain reports of interest to the General Assembly. However, this limited distribution hampered member states' efforts to oversee important U.N. programs. In December 2004, the General Assembly directed OIOS to publish the titles and summaries of all audit reports and provide member states with access to these reports on request. The audit reports released in January 2005 found deficiencies in the management of the Oil for Food program and made numerous recommendations. We identified 702 findings in these reports. Most reports focused on U.N. activities in northern Iraq, the operations of the U.N. Compensation Commission, and the implementation of U.N. inspection contracts. In the north, OIOS audits found problems with coordination, planning, procurement, asset management, and cash management. For example, U.N. agencies had purchased diesel generators in an area where diesel fuel was not readily available and constructed a health facility subject to frequent flooding. An audit of U.N.-Habitat found $1.6 million in excess construction material on hand after most projects were complete. OIOS audits of the U.N. Compensation Commission found poor internal controls and recommended downward adjustments totaling more than $500 million. The United Nations asserted that OIOS had limited audit authority over the Commission. Finally, OIOS audits of the contractors inspecting Iraq's oil exports and commodity imports found procurement irregularities and limited U.N. oversight. OIOS' audits and summary reports revealed deficiencies in the management and internal controls of the Oil for Food program. However, OIOS did not examine certain headquarters functions--particularly OIP's oversight of the contracts for central and southern Iraq that accounted for 59 percent or almost $40 billion in Oil for Food proceeds. The Independent Inquiry Committee noted several factors that limited OIOS' scope and authority. First, OIOS did not believe it had purview over the humanitarian contracts because the sanctions committee approved the contracts. Second, the U.N. Office of the Iraq Program steered OIOS toward programs in the field rather than at headquarters. Third, the Office of the Iraq Program refused to fund an OIOS risk assessment of its program management division. Finally, U.N. management and the Office of the Iraq Program prevented OIOS from reporting its audit results directly to the Security Council.
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Cuba:U.S. Policy Changes Increased Engagement with Private Sector, but Agency Information Collection Is LimitedGAO-17-201: Published: Dec 15, 2016. Publicly Released: Jan 17, 2017.
Dec 14, 2016
Rule of Law Assistance:DOD Should Assess Workforce Size of Defense Institute of International Legal StudiesGAO-17-118: Published: Dec 14, 2016. Publicly Released: Dec 14, 2016.
Dec 5, 2016
Human Trafficking:State Has Made Improvements in Its Annual Report but Does Not Explicitly Explain Certain Tier Rankings or ChangesGAO-17-56: Published: Dec 5, 2016. Publicly Released: Dec 5, 2016.
Nov 2, 2016
Emergency Funding for Ebola Response:Some USAID Reimbursements Did Not Comply with Legislative Requirements and Need to Be ReversedGAO-17-35: Published: Nov 2, 2016. Publicly Released: Nov 2, 2016.
Oct 4, 2016
Diplomatic Security:State Should Enhance Its Management of Transportation-Related Risks to Overseas U.S. PersonnelGAO-17-124: Published: Oct 4, 2016. Publicly Released: Oct 4, 2016.
Sep 28, 2016
China:U.S. Universities in China Emphasize Academic Freedom but Face Internet Censorship and Other ChallengesGAO-16-757: Published: Aug 29, 2016. Publicly Released: Sep 28, 2016.
Sep 27, 2016
Foreign Assistance:Selected Agencies' Monitoring and Evaluation Policies Generally Address Leading PracticesGAO-16-861R: Published: Sep 27, 2016. Publicly Released: Sep 27, 2016.
International Trade:Government Procurement Agreements Contain Similar Provisions, but Market Access Commitments VaryGAO-16-727: Published: Sep 27, 2016. Publicly Released: Sep 27, 2016.
Sep 22, 2016
Combating Wildlife Trafficking:Agencies Are Taking a Range of Actions, but the Task Force Lacks Performance Targets for Assessing ProgressGAO-16-717: Published: Sep 22, 2016. Publicly Released: Sep 22, 2016.
Sep 20, 2016
International Cash-Based Food Assistance:USAID Has Established Processes to Monitor Cash and Voucher Projects, but Data Limitations Impede EvaluationGAO-16-819: Published: Sep 20, 2016. Publicly Released: Sep 20, 2016.
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Graphically making me happy here. ehhe
I really love this project, so I tried to achieve effect similar to this, but I need a little help to get blending between skull and wall right, could you help me please?
Sick sick sick! <3
Wow, and when you read villianoftruth's comment it kind of doubles the impact, if that make any sense.
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Septic soul tank empty project,Endure walking the edge surviving forever,Nether spark the face as a fist through the placid silk trap,No web necessary to hold so many back!
That reads like stream of concesness writing, rather beautiful and it work with the image. Thank You
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Silent electric cars sneak up on ya@!
I hardly ever post a rant thread, so I think I am due. Here's one that is pretty harmless:
Don't you just hate how Toyota Priuses and other electric cars run "silently" most of the time, so as a pedestrian , you cannot rely on your sense of hearing to tell you that you are in the pathway of a car and about to get hit. then you see it coming and you just jump out of your skin! I hate how they sneak up on me.
Ok, isn't that about the most harmless , inane rant you've seen here lately?
Not really - I wonder about blind people when there is nothing to hear?
LOL Caroline! I used to have a Prius and it kind of drove me insane that after I started it, I never realized it was started!
Never thought of it... but I agree Face, the phrase silent but deadly might apply to those things
LOL! I've had to dodge those, and a few Volts in the town I work in. Keeps you on your toes!
I heard that they will require the newer models to have some kind of noise created that sounds like an engine when they are running in electric mode, for the very purpose to help the blind. My mom has an hybrid Lexus that does this.
In any case, I've had a few surprises in parking lots .
Well, hopefully they install a pleasant "warning" sound. I really dislike the sound of an engine. But then, I dislike cars - in their entirety. Maybe the sound of a herd of horses running...that would be nice!
I think electric cars discriminate against people that do not live on a paved road as most that I have seen have a clearance next to zip. So, lift them and make 'em sound like a herd of wild buffalo - ya might have somethin! :)
Can't say that I've dealt with that. If I'm on foot where I'm at, it's much more likely to be a tractor or combine trying to sneak up on me :wink:
put cards in the spokes.
No electric cars around here!
Plenty of diesel trucks and tractors though.
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Lovely lies light up the sky
Fading darkness slowly dies
Safe and sound from the pain
But im still dreaming of rain
I see a bright light shining at me
Telling me im where im suppose to be
I feel the light caress my skin
So much to say but no where to begin
My heart is beating but im
not breathing
Cus im afraid now the light is leaving
My world has gone cold...
My soul i have sold
Into the darkness i stare
Unable to care
Nothing matters anymore
My heart is broken forevermore
I have nothing left to do but cry...
Then slowly curl up and die
Why feel when theres only pain?
Why think when i'll only go insane?
This is why i need you to stay!
Please don't take the light away!
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There were three inherent dangers that came with making these rankings. First, the obvious reader disagreement with my rankings and the subsequent cries of "You're a moron" and "This child is yours" that come with it. Second, the distraction of the themes and the argument that I've neglected this girl or that. With that, I feel true regret for some omissions, but I'm not Bill Simmons and I can't assign a different female to every player listed, nor can I fellate myself. And third, I've exposed myself to my own
neighbors leagues and now my fellow fantasy owners know my draft strategies and the players that I'm targeting. Oh well, it's their funeral, because I'm wrong 9 times out of 8.
But the show must go on, and today we are examining the endangered species of the worthwhile tight end. Through no obvious relation or even basic reasoning other than my newfound adoration of the WWE's Maryse Ouellet, and with the help of Senor Stroud, I've chosen to compare tight ends to the ladies of professional wrestling. Perhaps in another season I'll even go as far as to use the Glamorous Ladies of Wrestling. Until then, the standard tight end rules apply:
– Don't draft one too early.
– Don't draft one too late.
– Don't get sucked into the "run."
– Don't draft Jeremy Shockey. When will you learn?
Now let's start the controversy.
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I should point out that when it comes to drafting tight ends, I hate the idea of drafting one in the third round. I'm not fond of drafting one in the fourth either. The only scenario that I could envision doing so is if I pull a top tier QB, RB and WR coup and want to solidify my core with a top TE. But that means that every domino has to fall just right. Regardless, someone always takes a tight end early, so these are the hottest of the bunch.
1) Antonio Gates – Through all of the years and all of the teams I've drafted, I've had Gates on my roster once. It was his breakout season and I grabbed him off waivers. I have never seen the point in drafting him in the late second or third round like everyone does when there are other WRs and RBs still available.
2) Jason Witten – Mr. Dependable, I guess. My league awards .5 points per reception so Witten is usually solid, even when he peels off a run of 7-catch, 61-yard game. But he's also getting older and he has Martellus Bennett and John Phillips looking scrappy behind him.
3) Jermichael Finley – If he stayed healthy last season, Finley would have probably had a better season than most wide receivers. He's talking some big game now that he's healthy, and if he hadn't been injured he would be my No. 1.
4) Dallas Clark – Before last season, Clark had never been a concern for injury. Two years ago he had a phenomenal season, too, but he's also 32 now. Can he get back to an elite level this season or will last season's wrist injury and surgery affect him enough that you'll pass over him and take Jacob Tamme later on as a backup… *whispers* foreshadowing.
The Trish Stratuses
Don't get me wrong, I would drive a Trish Stratus *rim shot, bicycle horn*. She was always great eye candy, and boy could she wrestle (and pillow fight), but she was always the overrated second fiddle to Torrie Wilson (and some could even argue Stacy Keibler, but I would turn up my nose at such a notion). These guys certainly have (and in one case had) the potential, but they're just not at the top level.
5) Jimmy Graham – Big reach, right? I don't care. I want to put Graham at No. 1 since he helped me win my lone fantasy title last season. He wasn't a yard monster, but he had 4 TDs in his last 3 games, so he looks like he might have become a big end zone target for Drew Brees. If your TE gets you 6 or 7 points per week, then he's doing his job.
6) Vernon Davis – Even with Braylon Edwards in town, Davis is still the best receiving option in San Francisco, but Alex Smith is terrible and Colin Kaepernick can't be trusted. This is typically the guy that you'll be forced to take if you get sucked into the TE run.
7) Tony Gonzalez – I still love T-Gon, but Atlanta has so many options on offense now that his TDs will be limited. His reception total last season was his lowest since 1998, and his YPG was under 10 for the first time in his career. Swan song draft pick.
8) Zach Miller – For two years I've drafted Zach Miller while thinking, "This guy could be so good" and for two years I've ended the season thinking, "Get this guy on another team ASAP." Well, he's on another team now and my thoughts won't change.


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BeschreibungInteractive systems are growing in the last decade because of the amount of fields in which this kind of application can be used as a test bed to experiment in medicine, training, education, and so on. Developing Future Interactive Systems is a complilation of knowledge collected from several researchers in the field of interactive systems, offering an overview of the different parts of the environment that must be taken into account to develop a quality interactive system from the software engineering discipline. The book is oriented to developers of interactive systems, as well as researchers in the field of virtual environments.
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Daughters Persuaded Melanie Griffith to Seek Rehab Help
Melanie Griffith has revealed an intervention staged by her daughters finally prompted her to seek help for addiction issues.
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The actress admits she was struggling with painkillers three years ago when kids Dakota and Stella begged her to consider a stint in rehab.
She tells the Los Angeles Times, "(It) was the tipping point for me. It was when I finally went, 'Oh, OK, I get it. The family intervention?'
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She added, "My daughters really sat me down and said, 'Look, mom, this is what it is'. I don't want to say what really happened, but they were the ones who said, 'You really need to get help,' and I heard them and knew what they meant. I couldn't have done it without them and I'm so grateful. I see now I just didn't get it before. It doesn't mean that I'm stupid. It's just that that's what the disease is."


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Would be interesting if Mr. Zook found out if the employees at the Sheriff's Office that returned from retirement to work for Sheriff Elder had to pay back the retirement benefits they received.
Not so much, perhaps. A spike is not necessarily a trend. Using the numbers from the chart, and taking a global view of each year, we come with the period ending Feb 15 being 46 days, or 12.6% of the year. Using the total from 2016 of 439 cases we would then expect 55 reports to the selected cutoff.
Breitbart Editor Calls Milo Yiannopoulos Comments Indefensible As His Future With The Site Remains In Doubt
LMAO- Milo Yiannopoulos Disinvited From Conservative Confab, Loses Book Deal
Gay alt-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has been disinvited from the Conservative Political Action Conference after videos surfaced of him defending sex between men and boys and making light of the sexual assault of women.
The videos have also cost him a book contract with Simon & Schuster and are threatening his position with conservative website Breitbart. KARMA IS A BITCH!!!
It was my understanding that the plan was to shutter the farming operation out of abundance of caution until a determination could be made on the contamination effects on the produce from the contaminated well water that was used to irrigate the fields. If the contamination could be passed into the crops and cause health issues with the public... the liability of knowingly and willingly selling the product would put the future of the facility at financial risk. It was a smart if not the smart thing to do for future of the facility.
She is dismissive, Does not keep her word and should not represent the people of this city.
Fort Carson and the Catholic Diocese needs to step up and help out. I met the Venetucci's years ago. When I was in elementary I went there for the pumpkins too.. My son for a couple years went to the farm as well. I am sad to read about what is going on there. I have since moved away from CO after 32 years. I moved away last year and am saddened and shocked as to what is happening. I think both Carson and the Church should help out. My father served at that post and I was a member of the Church. Anybody and everybody should help out.
And the GOP is doing such a great job that it took that Libtard paper to figure out they dont even know how to file there own reports Or maybe its like that Sheriff that had a woman strapped around his waste while covering up a felony. Hot damn them some good ol boys they dont mean no harm. Whats the harm in wasting that tax payer money everybody does it.
The GOP baby! Libtards are not welcome in Colorado Springs. Move to Boulder if you want governed by Snowflakes!
TruB - that is interesting - if I read the charts correctly and did the math right the five candidates supported by CSF are averaging 83.85% of their funds received being from members of the development groups.
Obviously, everybody is free to support candidates with as much as they feel they need to but it does seem to point to the need for the public to ask very hard and penetrating questions during whatever candidate forums are scheduled!
The next four years may see the need to resolve the details on the Banning-Lewis Ranch, which may come up as soon as the election votes are counted - what form will be used to tax us to pay for the $460M the mayor has committed to stormwater.
Does 85% of campaign funds to your account buy good judgement or just put you in line to follow orders? Maybe keeping the current council in place will eliminate the question?
Iverson is in the developers pockets!
Nothing will happen just like when blood samples and evidence where not handled properly. No one will be held accountable. No accountability when the DA's are found to be out drinking and driving county vehicles.
Don't tell the dude calling people libtards who is charge of this town.
The Venetucci Farm has great historical value to the Colorado Springs area. Perhaps best known for their pumpkins and produce, the Venitucci farm contributed far more then vegetables to the community.
On July 13, 1942 the US government initiated a condemnation action to acquire 815 acres of land from the Venetuccis as part of a military camp that eventually became Fort Carson,for $10 per acre. The original acreage of the farm was 1020 acres. Following the sale of the 815 acres to the army (El Paso County assessors office. 1942) the farm was left with only 205 acres. The willingness of the family to support the building of camp Carson allowed the city to bring a military facility to the area bolstering the economy.
The Venitucci Family also owned very valuable water rights that supplemented their agricultural income. In November 1941, they drilled their first water wells: No. 1, No. 2, and No.3. The first filings of these wells were made with the state water engineer on May 1, 1945 (El Paso County assessors office 1930 6B reception number 206157933, book number 287, page 673 Warranty deed 915). Additional wells were drilled after that time. Other farmers in the area, seeing their success, began to also drill wells.
During the early 1950s, a serious drought situation developed along the Front Range. It became particularly serious in the pikes Pikes Peak Region during 1954. The Venetuccis entered a 10 year contract with the city of Colorado Springs, beginning August 2, 1954 to have water from their wells pumped to the city. Before the pipeline was completed the drought had become so bad that that Broadmoor's putting greens were drying up and the Broadmoor was on the verge of closing their doors. An agreement was made between the Venetuccis and the Broadmoor and in June 1954 and trucks hauled water from the farm to the Broadmoor until August 2 of 1954, keeping the Broadmoor open.
In addition, the Family donated a portion of their land to the Diocese of Colorado Springs for the construction of a Catholic Church. The farm was also dedicated by Colorado open lands as a conservation reserve for migratory birds and animals that have been pushed to the farm from surrounding areas due to encroaching development.
In 2003, Bambi and Dominic Venetucci decided that they wanted to keep the farm just the same as it was despite urban encroachment in the Security- Widefield area, and quietly contacted the local philanthropic organization in Colorado Springs known as the Pike's Peak community foundation to make an arrangement with them to take control of the farm. It was a lease arrangement which was to be in place for 99 years. Eventually the farm will be placed in a conservation easement, ensuring that the farm will be protected and remain a farm forever.
" The Venetucci Farm, preserved in perpetuity through the efforts of the Pikes Peak
Community Foundation, shall remain as a living legacy to the spirit and generosity of its
founders Nick and Bambi Venetucci. Established in the 1930s, the farm gained recognition for
giving away literally millions of homegrown pumpkins to school age children throughout
Colorado Springs. The pikes peak community foundation aspires to uphold this tradition, as
well as to offer educational experiences and agriculture and to create a rural setting for
community gatherings."
(Pikes Peak Community Foundation. 2007. The Mission of the Venetucci Farm).
I had the honor of researching the Venetucci farm for my graduate thesis at UCCS, Geography and Environmental Studies in 2007.
"The Family Farm as a Community Resource: A Case Study of The Venetucci Farm"
The above information is just a small portion of the contributions the Venetucci have provided to the Colorado Springs Area.
Maybe someday this city will make police and fire the priority. The city is growing beyond the means of either Department. You get what you pay for! Don't complain when mistakes are made and crimes increase!
You can't even spell "Makita"! :) You do realize that CSINDY is a Liberal publication written by Snowflakes/Libtards right??
A make-believe "participation trophy" is certainly more than anyone ever got from Trump University, but is it as prestigious as the "Order of Friendship" that Trump's pimp gave to our new Secretary of State for the invaluable services he rendered to the tyrannical Russian dictatorship?
CSPD is making Makita look more normal with gross misconduct (or worse), of their own. So they self-confess right before the INDY cuffed them...I think it's time for a real investigation to find out who is behind this and whether it is criminal or merely crass incompetence.
This is wonderful! because we want God's kingdom to be a reality on the earth, Jesus Christ came to destroy the adversary works and he did it; so today as Christian we have been mandated by God through the finish works of Christ, to destroy demonic power in every culture and make all the nation the disciple of Jesus Christ for the glory of God; so thank you apostle Robert and all others Christian leaders who work in that way, I want to say that we are supporting this idea and we encourage you to go forward, I personally will pray for you and I also declare a spiritual warfare against God's purpose in my culture and every demonic power that will try to stand against God's kingdom on the earth will be broken down in Jesus Christ's name because he(Jesus) gave his life and he paid the prize so the victory has been won. thank you once again, God, bless you abundantly! we love you in the love of Christ.
I don't know why the Democrats are still upset about the election, as Hillary got the usual award for achievement in today's world, i.e., a participation trophy.
Connections with Russia? After watching yesterdays (Feb 16th) press conference, congress ought to examine Trump's connection with reality.


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As an artist with a high sense of fashion- life cannot be more than comfortable for Inoue Mao. Living off with her best friend's food and house, she's a spoiled brat of a f
Inoue Mao wondered for years as to why her lover left with no reason at all. As for Jun Matsumoto... he had a lot of explaining to do.
Inoue Mao. An angelic face in a hot-as-hell body. A loving daughter. Owner of a leading clothing line. Heiress to the Inoue Group of Companies. She is a gorgeous young woman with lots of suitors around, like bees buzzing and roaming around a beautiful rose.
Summary: Due to a dare given by their friends, Jun and Mao were forced to stay in a hotel room for three days. Seeing that there's nothing else they can do, the two decided to play a little game.
This story was written for my friend Shan.
Thinking that the world is fair, but in reality, the world is unfair!
Thank you to blue14_sapphire from Pandromeda. Love the poster, background and character chart. You did an amazing job! A laboratory in Tokyo that was meant to run experiments that could save millions. Instead it ended up creating a monster within an innocent person. This one mistake cost many innocent people there lives. Mao Inoue, a survivor, escapes to Hokkaido and finds a family. To that family she tells the story of how one person's life would be changed
Alice in Wonderland tells of a girl named Alice
Jun Matsumoto and Mao Inoue are both from wealthy families and have been betrothed to each other since they were 7 years old. Not knowing what betrothed meant they happily went along with their lives until the time came for them to be married. They only see each other as friends and not only that but they have someone they love. For Jun he has fallen for his univeristy teacher, Yukie Nakama. For Mao she has fallen for fellow classmate Eiji Wentz. So the problem is
Inoue Mao is known and respected for her beauty, her high grades and also, her mother owns one of the high ranking companies that are influencial throughout Japan. What will happen if everyone found out that she will be marrying Haruma Miura-The Person Known as the Most Uncool Nerd Guy in their school ?
The only thing they did is to fall in love Yori, with his sister Mayu, with a dying man Their love came to end When… They FINALLY meet. Trailer:
The story is about the sweet relationship between Inoue Mao and Matsumoto Jun.. almost perfect. In the other hand, there has another couple, Lee min ho and Yoon Eun Hye...they love each other... Min ho loves Eun Hye so much, Eun Hye loves him too but she is choosing beween her love over career... One event changes their lives when the two( Min ho And Jun) encounter the same accident...Jun is tried to kill by an obsessed girl while Min ho saves his friend for h
"If fate allows would you kill for love or let go to survive?" "I didn't kill for love" answered Chiyo (Mao Inoue) since she chose to lose her love ones just to survive. It was too late when she realized what she did was the most regretful thing she could ever feel. Now, to change her fate She decides a new route
Jun matsumoto confesses love to his teacher. Her teacher, Yuki-sensei obviously cannot accept his love but there are times she is thinking to be a high school student again to have the love of JUn without worrying anything.
Magic tricks is what makes him fall in love with her. Pink is what she remembers about him. Together they created and bonded by the PINK MAGIC. This is Z's new one shot featuring Yamaa Tomohisa and Inoue Mao.
This is my first fan fic and i don't know if it'll be good, but please comment whether this story is good or bad.. i would appreciate it very much... thank you... Imported from Winglin...
(Jun/Mao) Transfer students bring about conflict. The appearance of a new student could be good or bad. As Inoue Mao finds out, being friends with said a transfer student isn't all what it cracked up to be. Especially when she keeps going on about the philosophy of relationships. "For the last time, Matsumoto-san is not uke!" [Includes other members of Arashi]
Third Time's The Charm


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As our nation's students pack their book bags and return to school this month, we don't often notice those students who are missing from the empty desks. According to The Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University, 7.5 million or 15% of American PreK-12th grade students are chronically absent, meaning they miss 18 or more days of school per year. It seems obvious: our students have no opportunity to succeed if they don't show up to school. Perhaps Woody Allen said it best when he said, "80% of life is showing up."
When it comes to academic and lifelong success, research proves that attendance may be the most essential one of three key early warning indicators of high school graduation, along with behavior and course performance. According to a study of students in Chicago Public Schools, students who are chronically absent have, at best, a 41% chance of graduating from high school. While one might assume that chronic absence only affects middle and high school aged students, patterns of absenteeism and lateness often develop early. According to Attendance Works, 10% of Kindergarten and first grade students are already chronically absent. By third grade, these students are only about a quarter as likely as their peers with strong attendance to be able to read at their grade level. More students develop poor attendance patterns as they age. Mayor Bloomberg's Truancy Task Force reported that more than one third of high school students miss an entire month of school annually. Nationwide, one in five high school students did not graduate this spring.
So it's clear our nation is facing a tremendous social problem in absenteeism, but there are also extreme financial costs to truancy. According to The Alliance for Education, if our country's dropouts in the class of 2011 had graduated, our economy would have benefited in $154 billion in income over the course of their lifetimes.
In the shorter-term, however, absenteeism is costing our schools, literally everyday. In California, schools miss out on $29 in state funding each day for each absent student. In the San Diego County Public Schools, a relatively small district of 3,000 students, the district lost $624 million in attendance-based funding due to truancy over five years. If all 7.5 million of the nation's chronically absent students cost $29 per day, they would collectively cost schools nearly $4 billion each year (and this figure doesn't even include the cost of students who miss school below the chronic threshold). If schools recovered this funding by getting kids to school, the U.S. could hire almost 73,000 new teachers, fund approximately 1 million free school meals, or provide nearly 90,000 free seats in yearlong after school programs.
But how do we solve this dual social and economic problem?
1. Improve efficiency and data accuracy. More efficient tools to track attendance and automate data representations allow teachers to spend less time tracking attendance and more time teaching students. When I started teaching in the New York Department of Education in 2008, I was astonished that I was required to record attendance onto paper Scantron bubble sheets SIX times daily, each of which was then manually fed into a system called ATS. I estimate this daily process took about 25 minutes per high school teacher. In 2014, the 1700 schools in the NYC Department of Education continue to record official attendance manually on Scantron papers. However, using simple apps like Kinvolved's, teachers record attendance in 30 seconds per class, or about three minutes per day. They can also see automated graphic reports of attendance, to identify who misses school, when, and why, informing required interventions. This app has proven effective at improving efficiency, saving nearly 4,000 hours of time for each teacher, every year.
2. Increase parent engagement. Parent engagement is twice as important to student success as children's socioeconomic status. While 33% of parents admit that they do not know how their children are doing in school, 65% want to be more engaged. A survey of dropouts by The Gates Foundation found that 71% said improved parent engagement would have been the best way to keep them in school. Tragically, 53% of those dropouts said their parents were never informed when they missed class, failed, or in some cases, dropped out. Teachers we've surveyed report they spend an average of one hour per day or 180 hours each year making phone calls to parents. Through apps like Kinvolved's, teachers and administrators can communicate with parents, and vice versa, immediately via text message and email, exchanging information within seconds. We've found that teachers in our two-year beta test had much higher rates of response from parents via text than phone call, and that virtual communication converted into higher rates of parent attendance at conferences and events.
3. Make schools the center of the community. A study from the New School shows a map of NYC's five boroughs and each district's chronic absenteeism levels. Not surprisingly, the communities with the highest levels of chronic absence are also those with the lowest graduation rates and household income levels. Many of these communities need safe spaces for children and families. Schools can, and should, be those safe havens. Community schools provide holistic supports to children and families, while making the school building a safe, familiar center of the community. By offering after school programs, healthcare, nutrition awareness, and other community necessities within schools, we can begin to mend the often-strained relationships between many schools and the communities in which they are situated. By opening lines of communication and increasing collaboration among schools, community organizations, and families, we know we can drive up attendance, graduation rates, and general quality of life in communities.
With the promise of the new school year ahead, we educators and administrators, parents and family members, and community members, have an opportunity to change the current status quo. Combining technology with human capital, we have a chance to work together, not only to great social benefit, but potentially immediate and long-term financial benefit to our schools and nation.
Miriam Altman is co-founder of Kinvolved, a social enterprise improving graduation rates by increasing attendance and real-time communication, and a former NYC public high school teacher.


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Jim I am so glad to see your recent posting "Comments on Plagiarism." I
respect the way you are conducting yourself in this "sordid affair" I would
be hard pressed to be so contained and respectful of an adversary in a
situation such as this. I tend to be a bit more aggressive. I don't believe I
would have been able to "sit on" a wrong so blatantly perpetrated against me
for so long. My professional and personal experience in the
Theraputic/Counseling community tells me definitively, that the ultimate
measure of a healthy Family/community is the degree of openness and honesty
present and freely expressed. Good Sir I compliment you on your open, direct
In recent postings I have attempted to be as clear as possible with how
I feel about my new family. I intend to do so again. At 53, semi retired,
with 18 years involved in Hosta and getting more involved each year, I plan
to be around awhile. One of the newest members of the Open I observed the
goings on from the side lines. I remember interesting postings, Jim Hawes
sharing excitement about a Galaxy X Chirifu Hybrid seedling that he was
planning to enter in the First Look Competition, a Pay Pal and an off topic
Boy Scout discussion, a PENIS thread introduced by a Sam person (very pfunny,
great comments). Then some Dutchman threw in some crazy thing about the
massive amount of money that his Government was spending to study and
research Hosta. I eventually began to pay attention to the various
personalities and discussions going on. It quickly became obvious that DR.
Zonneveld was manipulating and controlling the entire community with some
incessant need for attention. I assume he felt that he wasn't getting enough
because he moved to attempting dominance, claiming superior knowledge,
superior intelligence, superior experience and superior privilege, he got it.
Others in the community primarily Jim Hawes, DR. Joe Halinar and Bill Meyer
appeared as patriarchs trying to expose the behavior, expressing a long term
love and respect for the community and its many members and friendships. The
saga continued.
At a specific point in the "Great Debate" Joe Halinar posted something
about DR. Zonneveld getting Irradiated and I just wasn't able to contain
myself any longer. I jumped in. The Patriarchs didn't need any help, they
were skilled at dispatching the usurper, I just wanted to get my feet wet and
at the same time I thought I could offer an introduction to the community.
Claiming the "High Ground" with those already there, I began throwing my
nickel's worth in when I could.
Jim, with your posting of today, DR. Zonneveld's pathetic postings last
night, and a dime in my pocket, I must share my ten cents worth. DR.
Zonneveld is a seriously unhealthy man. He is without defense. With last
night's ranting, he has destroyed any credibility he ever had and is a man
without Honor. I can only assume that he relishes the attention he is getting
regardless of the cost. He needs help, put him out of his misery, give him
another battlefield send the entire summary document to Leiden so he can
focus his energy with his peers.......Gentlemen good Patriarchs rid us of
this sickness and escort him to the door.
Jim Towle
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Filled with self-righteousness, Kino's sole and fervent desire is to exact revenge on the man who is responsible for the death of her family, ruin of her world, and hardening of her heart. To this end, she enlists in the crew of the world famous submarine, Blue 6, and manages to convince Tetsu Hayami to join the cause as well.
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