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Reject the soft bigotry of low expectations, don't be a party to it
Ian Rowe | September 27, 2017 |Originally published on The Fordham Institute
(Trigger warning: This essay contains a bleeped, profanity-laced rant that may cause you to question your most deeply held beliefs.)
It's not often I cite vulgar, inappropriate humor to draw attention to the absurdity that occurs when someone sets achingly low standards and then expects accolades for surpassing them. But I cannot resist after re-discovering a raunchy (NSFW) skit from Chris Rock's 1996 classic, savagely funny performance in "Bring the Pain":
You know the worst thing about [bleeps]? [Bleeps] always want credit for some [bloop] they supposed to do. A [bleep] will brag about some [bloop] a normal man just does. A [bleep] will say some [bloop] like, "I take care of my kids." You're supposed to, you dumb [bleeper][bleeper]! What kind of ignorant [bloop] is that? "I ain't never been to jail!" What do you want, a cookie?! You're not supposed to go to jail, you low-expectation-having [bleeper][bleeper]!
I have been wondering how Chris Rock would re-write this skit as we enter the annual season in which a parade of education reform leaders triumphantly announce academic results marginally superior to the poor outcomes of the public education system we have committed our lives to transform.
You know the worst thing about ed reformers? Ed reformers always want credit for some [bloop] they supposed to do!
Take for example Richard Whitmire's groundbreaking new series in The 74 entitled "The Alumni." It highlights nine premier charter management organizations. Each network has been operating for nearly two decades or more, and each now can proudly and rightfully claim large numbers of high school graduates who have successfully completed college.
Indeed, rather than the standard dipstick measure of annual state test scores, Whitmire describes a remarkable paradigm shift in the way charter schools define success: "About a decade ago, 15 years into the public charter school movement, a few of the nation's top charter networks quietly upped the ante on their own strategic goals. No longer was it sufficient to keep students 'on track' to college...nor enough to enroll 100 percent of your graduates in colleges. What mattered was getting your students through college."
Fair enough! Once again, the charter sector would prove its dominance over the status quo and be an exemplar for how public school systems should be held accountable. Understandably, jubilant headlines like this one captured the impact: "Public Charter School Students Graduate From College at Three to Five Times National Average." Who wouldn't declare success when the results of these nine networks were compared to the reality that a mere 9 percent of children from low-income families go on to complete college by age twenty-four?
But, as Whitmire acknowledges, we must look closer. Figure 1 depicts the actual college completion rates for eight of the networks he profiles.
Figure 1. Six-year college completion rates at eight top charter networks
SOURCE: Richard Whitmire, "Data Show Charter School Students Graduating From College at Three to Five Times National Average," The 74 (July 26, 2017).
Across the nine networks, the six-year aggregate completion percentage is 35 percent, not accounting for the size of each network's student body. Yes, that only 9 percent of low-income students graduate in six years is a crime and a tragedy. But 9 percent is neither an expectation nor a standard. Each of the outstanding leaders of these networks would agree. And they all no doubt aim to have 100 percent of their scholars ultimately earn a degree. So a 35 percent four-year college completion rate in six years is actually an incredibly disappointing absolute outcome, especially for well-established charter networks that produce proficiency rates on state tests far higher than 35 percent.
9 percent? You beat nine percent! What do you want, a cookie?!?
What's more, these completion percentages are likely lower when measured against a more rigorous, accurate standard. For example, in KIPP's report, The Promise of College Completion, the network emphasizes that measuring college completion accurately begins by tracking "students' progress starting at the end of eighth grade or the beginning of ninth grade to get a clear picture of KIPP's impact on our students' educational attainment. Some educational organizations and reports only measure the college success of high school graduates—an approach that fails to count the students who drop out before earning a high school diploma." And indeed Whitmire notes that all of the charter networks included in figure 1, except KIPP, do just this.
"Starting counting in 12th grade." What kind of ignorant [bloop] is that?
Moreover, a four-year degree should take four years to complete, right? Wrong.
The 1990 Student Right-to-Know Act established the nationwide requirement that postsecondary institutions report the percentage of students who complete their program within 150 percent of the normal time for completion (e.g., within six years for students pursuing a four-year bachelor's degree). So the federal government set the six-year time-to-complete measure for consumer information for colleges and universities. But that additional two years represents a significant additional burden of time and money, which could be especially devastating for low-income students. Charters, as the laboratories of innovation within K–12, are neither morally nor legally obligated to use this federally imposed low-bar metric to measure their college completion outcomes.
At Public Prep, for example, the pre-K–8 charter management organization I lead, forty-five scholars started first grade in 2005 when Girls Prep opened as the first and, at the time, only all-girls public charter school in New York City. Because we accepted transfer students—or "backfilled" to replace attrition—throughout the ensuing years in the upper grades, forty-seven Girls Prep scholars actually graduated from eighth grade in 2013. In 2017, an amazing 90 percent of that inaugural cohort of forty-seven graduating Girls Prep scholars were accepted into and will be attending some of the finest colleges and universities in the country, some of which are highlighted below:
Four years from now—not six—we will measure college completion rates for all forty-seven scholars. If we learn that it takes longer for them to earn their degree, then we will work to understand the factors driving the delay and adjust our strategies to help them get closer to on-time completion. But we won't change the measure.
A [bleep] will brag about some [bloop] a normal college student just does. A [bleep] will say some [bloop] like, "My kids graduate in six years." You're supposed to graduate in four years, you dumb [bleeper][bleeper]!
College completion rates are not the only area in which standards for comparison are regularly lowballed in the ed reform world. Take for example the obsession among education policymakers to close the racial achievement gap. In July, the National Center for Education Statistics released some "good news" in its report Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Groups. On the 2015 fourth grade NAEP reading assessment, the white-black gap narrowed from thirty-two points in 1992 to twenty-six points in 2015. And the white-Hispanic gap of twenty-four points did not get worse from 1992 to 2015.
Yay? Hardly.
The same NAEP 2015 data revealed that more than half of all white fourth graders—1.25 million white children—are not reading at proficiency, far surpassing any other racial group in raw numbers. Indeed, only 34 percent of all American fourth grade students of all races performed at or above the "proficient" achievement level in reading. Who cares if the black-or-hispanic-to-white achievement gap has barely closed over twenty-three years, if at all, when the majority of white kids can't read proficiently either and closing the racial achievement gap would simply mean virtually everyone is mediocre?
You're not supposed to just equal low-performing white kids, you low-expectation-having [bleeper][bleeper]!
What's worse is that myriad states have defined "proficient" to mean something less than college ready. Far too many "proficient" students require remedial courses when they matriculate—and their college completion rates are woefully low compared to their more advanced peers.
This fact is often glossed over, however. Take, for example, the common practice of lumping "proficient" and "advanced" scores on state tests into one consolidated measure. When district and charter schools report proficiency, the percentages are overwhelmingly made up of scholars who fall short of advanced scores. But these higher marks are much more reliably indicative of being on a college ready path.
We in the charter sector have to resist the temptation to go along to get along, even if the apparatus of mediocrity surrounding us incentivizes a race to the bottom (or at least just above the lowly status quo). Imagine if we were to take all five of these steps:
- Track college completion rates beginning after eighth grade instead of twelfth.
- Measure on-time, four-year college completion rates instead counting those who take six years.
- Focus on an achievement gap defined as how far we are from 100 percent proficiency instead of obsessing over gaps between races that are all performing poorly.
- Use unchanging, national benchmarks like NAEP to assess student progress instead of annually determined, politically motivated, state-set standards.
- Distinguish between "proficient" and "advanced" scores on state assessments instead of lumping them together.
If we took this handful of steps, the charter sector would be forced to confront the reality that the vast majority of kids who have been in our schools are not on a path to college completion. Perhaps then we would act with the appropriate urgency to both explicitly name and then address causal factors that truly impede our ability to achieve the academic and life outcomes we know are possible for our kids, such as the decline in family stability and the explosion in multiple births to unmarried women and men age twenty-four and under.
No one who has committed their lives to education reform signed up to measure ourselves against a despicably low standard that represents nothing more than the failed system that we are trying to improve. Achieving student results only marginally better than that low standard also offers no solace whatsoever.
In the must-read bible on college completion, Crossing the Finish Line, the authors describe the students most likely to earn a degree as possessing character traits that "often reflect the ability to accept criticism and benefit from it, and the capacity to take a reasonably good piece of one's work and reject it as not good enough." As the charter sector embarks upon its next twenty-five years, leaders should be proud to celebrate the progress we have made and the positive impact we have had on children.
Simultaneously, while we recognize charter school accomplishments as reasonably good, we should reject our work as still not good enough.
Let's start by ensuring the metrics against which we measure ourselves and our students' outcomes truly place them on a path to college completion. Let's shift our focus to absolute results that are aligned with the highest of expectations instead of being continuously shielded by relative comparisons to the pitiful outcomes of a dysfunctional system.
Yeah, that's what we're supposed to do!
In part 1 of this two-part essay, I argued that if we want to empower our scholars to truly be on the path to college completion, charter school leaders should use the occasion of the sector's silver anniversary to stop measuring student performance against the worst outcomes of the frayed traditional public school system. It's a sector that's long produced dismal district, city, and state test averages and graduation rates.
Consider, for example, my home state of New York, which is regularly guilty of these comparisons based on low expectations:
- City: In Rochester, New York, a criminally low 7.6 and 7.9 percent of all students citywide passed the state's 2016–17 English language arts and math exams, respectively. And of the eleven charter schools in Rochester, only eight exceeded the city's 8 percent average passage rate on both assessments. Hardly a cause for celebration.
- District: In Community School District 8 in the South Bronx, 63 percent of all boys who started ninth grade in 2011 never graduated high school at all. And over the last three years, an average of 11.9 percent of eighth grade boys in District 8 passed the state math exam. So how does it feel that, in its first year of testing, 51 percent of the third grade students at Boys Prep Bronx, a charter school that's part of the Public Prep network I lead, passed the 2016–17 iteration of that exam? Bittersweet. Yes, we beat the depressing District 8 threshold and are proud of our hard-working faculty, but 50 percent of our young male scholars still are not yet "proficient—and it's not clear that this benchmark correlates with a college-ready path anyway.
- State: As of 2015, New York State defined a student as "college and career ready" if he or she graduated high school with a score of 75/100 or higher in English language arts and 80/100 or higher in math on New York's Regents exam. But as the state education department outlined in its 2015 presentation, as table 1 shows, only half of all high school graduates across race cleared that bar.
Table 1. New York State graduation and college and career readiness rates, June 2014
Indeed, a high school diploma far too rarely correlates with college readiness—especially for low- and middle-income students of all races. In New York City alone, 21,000 college students who have graduated from city high schools pay on average $3,000 each for catch-up courses—totalling a whopping annual "remediation tax" of $63 million.
Across the country, the outcomes of the public education system in the communities we charter leaders serve are so devastatingly poor that they should be rendered useless to us as a basis of comparison. Instead we should adopt measures that actually predict success in higher education.
Despite my issues with how college completion rates are measured, established charter networks that have learned what works by actually producing college graduates can be a guide. Towards this end, Richard Whitmire and The 74 have teamed up to create "The Alumni," a blog series that covers networks like KIPP, Yes Prep, Uncommon, and Achievement First, and features the interventions that have best prepared students to make it to and through college. The articles enable other school leaders to compare the characteristics of these networks' alumni who earned degrees to those who didn't.
One key takeaway is that annual state test scores—a common, government-mandated accountability metric—are wholly unreliable indicators of future college success. To improve likelihood of college completion, schools would be wise to develop students' character-based strengths and develop not only their knowledge of personal finance, but incentivize actual college savings from an early age.
Character development
In College Initiatives Redefined, YES Prep acknowledges that, since its founding in 1998, it "learned that there were many flaws in our thinking that would begin affecting our students' [college] success if we did not shift our focus." They once thought, for example, "If our students are academically prepared for college, they will be successful in college"; but later learned that "non-academic skills are often the determining factor in our students' success."
This YES Prep realization echoes findings from KIPP, who in 2011 became the first network to bravely publish its longitudinal college completion results, as well as its discovery of critical traits that increased the likelihood of college completion. In 2016, KIPP once again highlightedthat their alumni who became college graduates possessed a "powerful set of character strengths, including grit, self-control, social intelligence (including self-advocacy), zest, optimism, and gratitude, that enables students to stick with college even in the face of considerable obstacles."
To acclimate our scholars early to the challenges of college, Public Prep has created strategic partnerships with higher education institutions like Cornell University, US Naval Academy at Annapolis, and Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, in which our middle school scholars must travel away from home and take part in immersive, multi-day experiences on a college campus. There, these students—at eleven and twelve years old—have taken week-long classes in physics, leadership development, STEM, and science fiction writing with college professors; slept in dorms; and normalized their self-expectations of college completion—and did all this six years before they enter college.
How to develop these traits of "stick-to-it-iveness" is an area for sector-wide learning. It is heartening to see foundations like Walton supporting efforts such as Character Lab to achieve its mission to advance the science and practice of character development. Hopefully all of us will be able to implement practical classroom strategies to help our scholars develop a growth mindset from the earliest of ages.
Personal-finance education
KIPP, in its first-ever survey of nearly 3,000 alumni in college, highlighted the financial fragility that many first-generation and low-income college students encounter and fail to overcome. Lack of money and adequate financial planning manifests itself in food insecurity, the inability to pay bills, and ultimately the tragic decision to defer or end enrollment.
At Public Prep, beginning in our PrePrep program for four year-olds and then continuing each year through eighth grade, we match at least $50 for each scholar's New York State 529 College Savings Account and encourage each family to develop a normal practice of setting aside money for their child's higher education. Additional matches are made throughout the year to incentivize perfect attendance and other behaviors conducive to long term success. In our College Knowledge program, we also educate our middle school scholars on approximately one hundred of the finest colleges and universities in the country that are either tuition-free (e.g., West Point) or have adopted no-loan financial aid policies (e.g., Princeton or Yale), especially for low-income students. The message: If our scholars get the grades, incredible schools await them with significant financial resources to make college affordable.
Public Prep, like many charter networks, is constantly innovating to help solve the puzzle of college completion. This is why for twenty five years the charter sector as a whole has overcome enormous opposition to provide high-quality options to families. Yet even here in New York City, where CREDO has just found that charter results supersede underperforming district schools, we must acknowledge the former's real but infrequently admitted advantages over the latter, such as the ability to: (1) hire and fire our own faculty and operate free of union regulations; (2) recruit motivated, self-selected parents who proactively enter lotteries; and (3) refuse to accept transfer students (or "backfill") into the ever-critical testing grades of three through eight, as some networks do to avoid disruption to classroom culture.
With all these advantages—after twenty five years—the charter sector's student performance results should be far superior to traditional district outcomes, especially as it relates to longitudinal outcomes like college completion rates.
We already know much about what it takes to put our scholars on a path to college completion and to break the cycle of poverty. Indeed, the seminal book Crossing the Finish Line has been described as "the most comprehensive look yet possible at the primary determinants of graduation rates—and what might be done to improve them." In it, authors William Bowen, Matthew Chingos, and Michael McPherson argue that, beyond content mastery, "qualities of motivation and perseverance—as well as the presence of good study habits and time management skills—tell us a great deal about the chances that a student will complete a college program."
If K–8 leaders measure our ability to instill in our scholars these character-based strengths—and imbue the growing knowledge around the likely success of sequencing life choicesrelated to education, work, and family formation—then we will truly equip our scholars to best overcome whatever institutional barriers they may face on the way to and through college. We just have to stop patting ourselves on the back for surpassing the low standards of the current system.
I hope we all have the courage to recognize that this is what we are supposed to do.


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A Common Sense Advisory Study: XML Content Management System SCHEMA ST4 Scores with Content Management and Process Optimization
US Consulting Company Publishes Study on Global Content Management(PresseBox) ( Nürnberg, )
For international companies to successfully position themselves, global content management strategies, i.e. adapting product information and company presentation to individual target markets, are the decisive factors. According to assessments by the Common Sense Advisory consultants, last year in Germany alone more than a billion US dollars were spent on language services. In their study on global management, viable solutions, along with the most common content management systems, were presented and evaluated in this context. Web content management and technical content management emerged as the most important areas of application.
System Requirements for Global Content and Processes
For the creation of content and texts it is important in global content management that systems comfortably support the capture of content as well as subsequent processing, translation, and management. Texts in various languages - including those with non-Latin alphabets - should be easy to publish. Typically, translation and localization are integrated into workflows, so that the exchange of content between systems needs to work seamlessly. Data standards such as TMX or XLIFF, as well as other text standards such as DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architechture) ensure this. In this area, SCHEMA ST4 achieved one of the highest scores with 3.25 of a possible 4.00 points, on the same level as EMC Documentum and behind DocZone and IBM FileNet.
SCHEMA ST4 also scored extremely well in the area of process support. Comparing systems, the consultants examined how integrated the workflows are, how easy the exchange of project data, and how well the integration with language technologies are handled. Here SCHEMA ranked only 0.63 points behind the frontrunner.
Services and Support by System Providers
Another central aspect of the study was the services and support by the providers. For software interface and user guide localization and customer service and technical support, among docoriented systems the global players EMC Documentum and IBM FileNet had the highest scores, followed by SCHEMA ST4.
In regards to multiregional rollout scenarios, SCHEMA still has one or two tasks to accomplish. "We are in the process of implementing our internationalization strategies," comments Stefan Freisler, CEO and responsible for marketing at SCHEMA GmbH. "We are very well prepared for the Englishlanguage regions. In the US, for example, SCHEMA ST4 is in use at Philips Healthcare."
Future Developments in Global Content Management
Where are we headed? No IT solution is an island, say the Common Sense Advisory consultants. This is especially true for content management systems, the content and texts of which can be used in various departments, or even across an entire company. When selecting a system, therefore, it is very important to ensure an easy integration into the IT environment. Above all, the system should possess standard interfaces to professional translation management solutions.
Also very important for the future is the ongoing integration of content component management into the complete product lifecycle management portfolios of classical DMS and ERP providers.
SCHEMA - Complex Documents Made Easy!
SCHEMA GmbH was founded in 1995 by a team of IT and documentation specialists in Nürnberg, and is represented by over 60 employees in four locations. SCHEMA's flagship standard software is the XMLbased editing and content management system SCHEMA ST4, offering efficient features for all aspects of creating, managing, and publishing complex and large amounts of documentation. Its scalability makes it suitable for small editing teams as well as for companywide solutions for information logistics.
SCHEMA ST4 is successfully deployed across a wide range of industries to manage all tasks around complex documentation including technical documentation, software documentation and help systems, catalogs, labeling for pharmaceutical companies, solutions for specialized publishers, contract and bid management. Integrating SCHEMA ST4 into modern IT environments is simple: implemented in Microsoft .NET Framework, it supports the entire bandwidth of documentationrelevant standards (XML, XSL:FO, DITA, etc.) and boasts a wide range of interfaces (MS Office, Adobe CS, SAP, Documentum, SharePoint). A wide network of partners enables SCHEMA to offer specifically tailored solutions for the various needs of customers and industry.
Among the numerous customers already using SCHEMA ST4based solutions are: ABB, Agilent, Avaloq, Bosch, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bundesanzeiger Verlagsgesellschaft, Carl Zeiss, Daimler, InterComponentWare, Lindauer Dornier, Lufthansa Systems, MAN, Reifenhäuser, Schaeffler Gruppe, Siemens, Österreichische Bundesbahnen, Philips, STOLL, T-Systems, Voith and Wolffkran.
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Determining whether to move toward adoption can be an emotional time. Whether you live in Indianapolis or another part of the state or country, you need to know the available options and resources before making an educated decision.
At Herrin & Leach, our adoption attorneys listen to you and take time to address your unique concerns in a confidential setting. Many people have heard the terms open and closed adoption. Here we provide answers to some common questions about the differences.
What Is An Open Adoption?
An "open" adoption means the process is not confidential and there is contact between the expectant mother, adoptive parents and the child. The expectant mom knows the names and address of the adopting parents and communicates with them directly or through us in the future for letters, pictures and/or visits.
What Are The Benefits Of Open Adoption?
Open adoptions allow a greater degree of transparency and control. Some expectant parents and prospective adoptive parents wonder if an open adoption will confuse the child. They have concerns that an open adoption may be awkward. But this is rarely, if ever, the case. Children of open adoptions are aware that they were adopted and are therefore more readily able to voice any concerns or questions about their birth parents.
How Common Is Open Adoption?
The great majority of the adoptions our lawyers handle are open, and future communications, photos, letters and visits are contemplated. However, in Indiana, an adoptive parent cannot enter into a contract for visits in exchange for signing a consent for adoption for children under two years of age as it would potentially invalidate the consent.
As such, the adoptive parents' obligation to adhere to their promises to the expectant mother in these situations is more of a "moral" obligation than a "legal" obligation. If the expectant mother does not trust that the adoptive parents will honor their commitment, then we work to find a family that meets her expectations.
What Is A Closed Adoption?
The great majority of the adoptions our lawyers handle are open, and future communications, photos, letters and visits are contemplated. An open adoption allows the birth mother and adoptive parents to work together for the good of the child who will benefit from the love of everyone in their life. Depending upon the circumstances, a closed adoption can offer a sense of closure, clear boundaries, privacy and freedom.
For more individualized legal guidance on open versus closed adoptions, please call 317-566-2174 or email us to set up a free initial consultation to discuss your concerns.


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Lakers Draft Workouts: June 3, 2018
The UCLA Health Training Center has been quite busy of late as Magic Johnson, Rob Pelinka and Co. evaluate players ahead of the June 21 NBA Draft.
While L.A.'s own pick (No. 10 overall) will be made by Philadelphia as the result of the 2012 Steve Nash trade, they'll be selecting at No. 25 via the trade deadline deal they made with Cleveland. The Lakers also hold the 47th overall pick.
This particular range in the draft has been quite kind to the Lakers over the last few years, as Asst. GM/Dir. of Scouting Jesse Buss and his staff have hit on pick after pick, like Kyle Kuzma (27), Josh Hart (30) and Thomas Bryant (42) last year, or Larry Nance Jr. (27), Ivica Zubac (30) and Jordan Clarkson (46) a few years back.
Here's a look at the six players who worked out for the Lakers' brass on Sunday:
Alize Johnson – 6-7, 217 – Missouri State
A versatile frontcourt player, Johnson earned All-MVC First Team honors in consecutive seasons for Missouri State, while leading the conference in rebounds (11.6) to go with 15.0 points, which ranked seventh.
Working out for the #LakeShow today, @MSUBearsHoops' Alize Johnson pic.twitter.com/jAAa8zmpFL— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) June 3, 2018
The Williamsport, PA native has three brothers and four sisters, and played his first two seasons at Frank Phillips College, where he earned NJCAA All-American honorable mention honors prior to attending Missouri State.
Terry Larrier – 6-8, 185 – Connecticut
Larrier scored in double figures in 36 games at UCONN, including three 20-point games, towards an average of 13.9 points per game plus 4.8 boards in 34 minutes per game. He ranked sixth in the ACC in minutes, and made at least two three-pointers in 24 games, including a career-high five on one occasion.
Working out for the #LakeShow today, @UConnMBB's Terry Larrier pic.twitter.com/c2llqg1CDp— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) June 3, 2018
Jared Terrell – 6-3, 215 – Rhode Island
A two-time Atlantic 10 Player of the Week and former A-10 All-Rookie Team selection, Terrell averaged 16.8 points, 3.5 boards and 2.4 assists with 1.5 steals in 33.2 minutes at Lamar Odom's school. The 23-year-old finished eighth in the conference in free throw percentage (82.1 percent) and ninth in steals.
Working out for the #LakeShow today, @RhodyMBB's Jared Terrell pic.twitter.com/1JEItyhdr2— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) June 3, 2018
Moritz Wagner – 6-11, 241 – Michigan
The German big man had an impressive NCAA Tournament run to the Final 4, and was named to the NCAA West Region All-Tournament Team, plus the All-Big 10 Second Team, All-Big Ten Tourney team and the Most Outstanding Player. He led the Wolverines in points (14.6) and boards (7.1) as a junior, and missed only two games in his final two seasons.
After the Lakers workout, Wagner said he thought the NCAA Tourney run was a big help to him, and showed he can play well in big moments, something NBA teams don't have to wonder about. He noted that the biggest thing he'll have to show at the NBA level is an ability to switch onto guards and defend, and while Michigan didn't have its bigs do so, he did say he "feels confident switching."
@umichbball big man Mortiz Wagner talks about competing in today's draft workout and his relationship with fellow countryman Dirk Nowitzki. pic.twitter.com/qGaoVPxD5k— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) June 3, 2018
If there's one thing Wagner think translates immediately from college, it's his shooting stroke, as he shot 39.4 percent from three as a junior. Wagner won a gold medal with the German National Team back at the 2014 Euro Under 18 Division B Championships, and reiterated Sunday that Dirk Nowitzki is his version of Michael Jordan.
Thomas Wilder – 6-3, 190 – Western Michigan
Wilder earned First Team All-MAC honors for a second straight season as a senior, producing 18.8 points, 4.4 boards, 4.3 assists and 1.9 steals to become the only player in school history to rank in the top 10 in career points, games played, field goals made, threes made, free throws made, assists and steals. The Montgomery, IL, native finished second in the MAC in points, third in dimes and steals and scored in double figures in 97 career games, and never missed a single game in his career.
Working out for the #LakeShow today, @WMUMBB's Thomas Wilder pic.twitter.com/yJfNWGxG33— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) June 3, 2018
Kenrich Williams – 6-6, 200 – TCU An All-Big 12 Second Team selection as a junior, Williams averaged 13.2 points, 9.3 boards and 3.9 assists plus 1.8 steals in 36 minutes. The NIT's Most Outstanding Player in 2016-17, Williams ranked second in the Big 12 in minutes and boards, third in steals and sixth in assists as a sophomore. The Waco, TX., native spent one season in junior college in New Mexico.
Williams certainly filled up the stat sheet by doing multiple things that translate well to the NBA level, and said after the workout that his primary focus this offseason will be on his shooting, coming off a college of hitting 39.5 percent from three. "Just want to get my shooting consistent," he said. "I want to be a consistent three-point shooter. If I can do that I think I'll have a long career in the NBA."
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Friday January 13
@Grizzly Hall
2015 E Riverside Dr. ATX
Metal Goes Hip Hop
Death Of A Dream
Cerberus Syndicate
Modern Day Kings
The Anti-Scene
Doors at 8 / $10 at door
Saturday December 3
@Grizzly Hall
2015 E Riverside Dr. ATX
Memories in Broken Glass
Death of a Dream
Bury The Rod/No Life Kings
Desecrated Remains/The Bearer
Doors at 7
Saturday November 19
@Dirty Dog Bar
505 E 6th St. ATX
Critical Assembly/
Death of a Dream
Morningside/The Bearer
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Doors at 7
Saturday November 5
@Dirty Dog Bar
505 E 6th St. ATX
6th Annual
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Paegan/Critical Assembly
Cerebral Desecration
Death of a Dream
Stage The Massacre
FREE entry with Donation/Doors at 7
Our debut EP Birth Of A Nightmare is now available for purchase. You can purchase the digital download online with the links provided below, or you can order a physical copy and have it mailed to from our Official Merch Store.
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Thursday October 13
Empire Control Room
606 E 7th St. ATX
Red Sun Rising
Gemini Syndrome
Death of a Dream
$27.50 advance $30 at door / 16 and up
Doors at 6:00
Show starts at 7
Tuesday September 20
@Dirty Dog
505 E 6th St. ATX
Scar Symmetry
Arsis /
Shattered Sun /
Painted in Exile
The Ansible / Death of a Dream
$17 advance $20 at door /
Doors at 6:00
Saturday August 20
@Dirty Dog
505 E 6th St. ATX
Dimefest 2016
Snake Skin Prison /
Critical Assembly
Death of a Dream
Last Judgement / Vicious Cycle
$8 advance $10 at door /
Doors at 6:00
Saturday July 30
@Grizzly Hall
2015 E Riverside ATX
Black Thorn Halo / Death of a Dream
Force of Rage / Manifest Insanity
$15 advance $20 at door
Doors at 7:00
Friday July 8th
@The Lost Well
Southern Front
Death of a Dream
Manifest Insanity
to get in /
Doors at 9:00
Saturday June 4th
Dirty Dog Bar 6th St ATX
American Head Charge /Motograter
Cerebral Desecration /
Death of a Dream
Pigweed / Astrixion
Tickets are
pre sale /
at door
Doors at 6:00 / 16 and up
Aww damn! Another amazing show!
Friday May 13th
Dirty Dog Bar 6th St ATX
Ill Nino / Bobaflex /
Terror Universal
Saint Diablo /
Death of a Dream
D-Reil / Ever Since The Fire
Tickets are
pre sale /
at door
Doors at 6:30 / 16 and up
Friday April 15th
Dirty Dog Bar / Austin, TX
Last Judgement / Gathered at the Gallows / Green as Emerald
Death of a Dream / Cerebral Desecration
Fear Control
$8 advance / $10 day of show
You can buy advance tickets direct from us
ESM's Out On The Town Ep. 4 - Death of a Dream
Death of a Dream were honored to be featured for Ear Splitting Media's "Out On The Town" episode 4. Check them out and follow them on YouTube. These segments are very cool and help spread the word about our Local Music Community
This is our next show! Check out this lineup its ridiculous!
Black Thorn Halo / Slurr / Reign / Nahaya / Casket of Cassandra / An Oath of Misdirection / PM Green as Emerald / Myra Maybelle / Bow Before Horus / Carry the Storm / Dead Earth Politics / Critical Assembly / Death of a Dream / Death Will Tremble
FREE to get in over 21 / $10 under
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Chichester Psalms and Toward the Unknown Region
Venue: Reading University Great Hall, RG1 5AQ, 7:30pm (View in google maps)
Performance Date: 14th October 2017
Tamesis is excited to be joining with the fabulous Aldworth Philharmonic Orchestra again for what promises to be a fantastic concert. APO and Tamesis will be performing two pieces together - Leonard Bernstein's fabulous Chichester Psalms and Vaughan-Williams' gorgeous piece, Toward the Unknown Region. Tamesis will also be singing Lauridsen's Lux Aeterna, while APO will be performing Richard Strauss's tone poem Tod und Verklaerung.
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CAEB appoints new director of activities
October 15, 2015
The headline of this story falsely reported that the Clubs and Events Board appointed a new director of finance. In fact, Kylie Marx was appointed director of activities.
The Associated Student Body Clubs and Events Board began voting on plans for the Oct. 22 Club Day and appointed a director of activities to the board during its meeting Tuesday.
The "haunted harvest" themed Club Day is set for Oct. 22 and will include a scavenger hunt styled maze full of information about the different clubs with a prize at the end.
Other ideas thrown around include a pumpkin painting contest, a "fact-or-fiction" game on local urban legends and a costume contest for students.
The contest for Club Day will be based on which club can create the best "curse." The curses must be appropriate for each club, and the prize for the winning club will be $30.
Kylie Marx, an ASB student senator and member of the Fierce Club, was appointed to CAEB as director of activities.
"I'm goal oriented," said Marx. "When I was with the Civil Air Patrol, there were a lot of events and fundraisers and I helped set that up."
Applications for the General Assembly for the Student Senate for California Community Colleges in Sacramento are available in the Center for Leadership and Development and are due by 9 a.m. on Monday.
The board approved $150 for the Sociology Club to attend a local conference hosted by the California Sociology Association on Nov. 14 and 15.
CAEB whip Laurie Jones updated the board on the Tobacco Free Task Force Committee.
"We're looking forward to Jan. 1 when the campus, hopefully, becomes smoke-free," said Jones. "(We've) thought about repurposing ash trays in way that will help the campus."
CAEB also opened discussion on the possibility of an ASB newsletter.
The newsletter would include, among other things, news about CAEB and Student Senate, a section for students to voice the opinions and concerns and a list of upcoming events on campus.
CAEB President Justin Nicholson stressed that the newsletter would not be a "work of journalism."
"This is meant to be an informative work," said Nicholson. "We just want this to be a way for students to learn more about us and what's going on around campus."


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Do you want to live forever?
That's the question Reader's Digest has asked of online survey respondents.
(Reader's Digest? Since when does the favorite bathroom magazine of senior citizens start asking transhumanist questions? This must be an indicator of something, although I'm not sure what.)
In any case, here's what they reported:
So much for eternal youth! Most respondents to our latest global survey are just fine with their limited shelf life here on earth. Not even the younger crowd consistently chooses immortality. In fact, more than 50 percent of those 45 and under in seven countries (including the United States) report that they don't want to live forever. Brazilian youth buck the trend, with 74 percent preferring no expiration date. Two surprises: In the Philippines, everyone over 45 wants life everlasting; in China, not a single older survey-taker does.
And here is a graph showing percentages of people from 17 countries who answered, Yes, they would like to "live forever."
Follow this link to see how the responses broke down along male and female lines.
Obviously, this is not a scientific survey, and it's also not clear if we can learn anything valuable by asking such an unadorned, unqualified question. It does seem to show, however, that the possibility—and desirability—of a radically prolonged healthy lifespan is taken more seriously by more people than some of us might have thought.


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Simon Leys on Literary Criticism: Why and How
Simon Leys' cultural and political commentary has spanned four decades, with no corner of the arts escaping his sharp eye and acerbic wit. Since moving to Australia in 1970 he has become one of the country's most highly acclaimed writers, with books including The Hall of Uselessness, Other People's Thoughts, The Death of Napoleon, and The Wreck of the Batavia & Prosper.
In this special lecture, one of Australia's most important writers and critics reflects on the how and why of literary criticism; in particular, where one may find truth, trust, knowledge and judgement in the relationship between readers, authors and critics.
Leys is introduced by Chris Feik, publisher of The Monthly.
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Simon Leys' books include The Hall of Uselessness: Collected Essays, The Death of Napoleon, Other People's Thoughts and The Wreck of the Batavia & Prosper. Leys' writing has appeared in the New York Review of Books, Le Monde, Le Figaro Littéraire, Quadrant and The Monthly.


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Festival season might be winding down in the UK right now, but on the other side of the globe it's about to kick into gear. Australia's summer is fast-approaching, and with it comes a whole new year of festival-based weekend escape. However, for every field full of punters, there's a mammoth clean-up job to follow. While festivals might offer escape from life's mundanities, the real-world effects of your partying can have very serious environmental impacts. (Sorry to be a downer).
The Lost Lands, an Aussie festival launched by Simon Daly (who also founded Falls Festival over there) has announced plans to tackle that head-on, by pledging to be complete free of single-use plastics by 2019 – and they're looking to get 95 percent of the way there this year, too.
That means no plastic bags, no plastic water bottles either backstage or sold by food vendors, no plastic straws or cutlery, and a heap of other pro-environmental moves. It's hoped the moves will encourage others to think about how to make their festival-going more environmentally conscious, and ultimately make the carbon footprint of festival season a whole lot more manageable.
What's more, The Lost Lands is address festival season's diversity problem, too, with the 2019 line-up 50% female and indigenous musicians. Basically, this festival is doing it right. No more excuses from the rest of you, okay?
NME caught up with The Lost Lands found Simon Daly to talk through making festival season sustainable and representative, and how the everyday punter can make their festival-going experience a whole lot better for the environment.
Hey Simon! To start with, could you talk us through your own history in the industry?
I founded Falls Festival – a music and arts festival held annually over the New Year's Eve and January Aussie summer period – in 1993, and stayed at the helm until 2013, with the festival running in three states simultaneously. I also ran a festival called Offshore which ran from 1996 to 2001. I started The Lost Lands Festival in 2016.
Let's talk The Lost Lands – when did the idea for this particular festival come about, and what makes it stand out in festival season?
I had a great break post-Falls, enjoying a lot of time at our little getaway in the bush. Each year us and a bunch of families would go and camp over a three-day long weekend, in a phone and gadget-free environment, with the sole purpose of spending quality time with our kids. From fishing to Frisbee, table tennis to tight rope walking, and of course a massive slippery slide and bonfires and marshmallows, we all had a blast.
It got me thinking: how can I bottle this spirit and share it with the greater community? And so, with the addition of music, comedy, theatre and circus, the initial idea of The Lost Lands was born.
I later learned of the wonderful Camp Bestival, and my family attended (including our third child still in the belly). The charm of Camp Bestival affirmed to me that The Lost Lands could work, albeit at a more intimate size. The Lost Lands venue is an incredible mansion with stunning old gardens protected by Parks Victoria, situated next to the Werribee open-range Zoo with farmland surroundings. When camping overnight, you can literally hear the lions roar and the zebras bark!
You've pledged to go single-use plastic free – when did come to your attention as a particularly important issue?
My own personal awakening was probably inspired by my wife Mella's passion: that we have this resource – plastic – that can be incredibly valuable, but it has been harnessed in the wrong way. To have a product that is used once and thrown away, and yet the Earth will be left with it for hundreds – if not thousands – of years, is something we all need to come together and change.
We can do this by educating people to value plastic, and appreciate it as a product that can be used many times over and, where possible, find better alternatives for the products we consume that currently rely on single-use plastic. Coffee cups and water bottles being a prime example.
How will you be tackling the single-use plastic market at Lost Lands?
At this year's festival, we aim to achieve 95 percent of our mission by removing single-use plastic bags, water bottles, straws, plastic plates and cutlery from the event, including backstage – we're including all artists in our mission as well.
We also have other great initiatives happening, including sourcing reusable velcro cable ties for staging and infrastructure, and biodegradable tape and carpet to cover cables and wires. We will also be using 100% biodegradable waste bags that are certified 100% compostable throughout the event site and campgrounds. As we're a family-friendly festival we will also be supplying 100% biodegradable and compostable baby wipes in mothers' rooms.
Meanwhile on site, we've made sure we're using recyclable materials for signage, onsite programs and accreditation items such as lanyards and wrist bands. Our food and drink vendors are advised to use recyclable or biodegradable food packaging and utensils, as well as biodegradable and/or reusable cups. Our market stall traders are also advised to avoid using single-use plastic products and all vendors will be monitored on-site.
It's a grand undertaking, but with a fantastic team in place who are up for the challenge, we're more than optimistic that we'll get there – especially after the success of the 2016 event, where we diverted 2480kg of recyclable material from the landfill.
Why do you think it's important for festivals in particular to up their environmental game?
Festivals do have a large environmental footprint – they are often larger than the cities or country towns that host them. So, there is a responsibility to leave no trace. Festivals are also a great vehicle for social change and taste making – it is why sponsors are always eager to support them.
For a festival to be part of a social movement like this is really important. We collectively now have a great opportunity to be an important cog in the wheel of environmental change in society. I am so excited about this future, and for many attendees of The Lost Lands it will be their first experience at a single-use plastic free festival.
A few Australian festivals have hit the headlines for issues surrounding diversity recently, but The Lost Lands' line-up features plenty of female and Indigenous Australian musicians. Was that an important thing for you to consider when booking the line-up?
Australia is a talented, diverse, multi-cultural country and it makes sense for festivals and events to reflect this. We are lucky to have so much talent to showcase, regardless of race and gender, and so I am very proud of the line-up we have put together. It always has been in the back of my mind since my early programming days to have balanced line-ups that capture the feel of the festival.
Do you think more festivals need to be taking these immediate steps to redress the balance?
I think overall a lot of festivals are starting to realise they need a better balance. Ultimately though, it is not just music festivals – it is an industry-wide issue. Thankfully, the conversation is starting to get loud enough that I would hope that if there are music scenes, events, venues, record labels, music press and/or radio stations that are underrepresented in terms of gender diversity, that they will be redressing that balance at the first chance. The conversation can only get louder from here – which can only be a good thing!
And finally, sadly not all festivals this year will be taking a similar pledge to you guys. What can we, as festival-goers, do to reduce our carbon footprint over the course of a festival season?
There are many actions festival-goers can take to reduce their carbon footprint. We encourage our festival goers to pre-pack food in re-usable bags or baskets instead of single-use plastic, or bring food products unpackaged.
Of course, there are more obvious ways to make an impact that require next-to-no effort at all. Bring your own reusable water bottles and/or coffee cups, and remove any other single-use plastics – along with glass – from what you bring into the site.
Also, participate enthusiastically in festival recycling programs and encourage your kids to do the same. It seems easy enough, but it's still worth reiterating – place rubbish and waste in bins provided to compost and recycle as much as possible. When getting there, carpool with friends for family or take public transport to/from event where possible to reduce your carbon footprint.
Finally, be aware of leaving no trace – that means taking everything with you when you leave!
The Lost Lands 2019 takes place November 3 and 4 in Werribee Park, Victoria, Australia. Tickets are available here.


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It takes a community to raise a family..... The Building Star Communities Expo is the only South Auckland based lifestyle event tailored specifically to cater for the needs and wants of community groups in an around the greater Auckland region. The Expo features dynamic people that can discuss your community needs and offer services, skills and latest products. This expo is a one-stop shop for not only people seeking advice, but also for general public to find and build networks that support their local area. It's a great opportunity to enjoy a fun, friendly and interactive experience by joining in on workshops and mini talks around how to build a community, group support, networking, insights and experiences.
The growth of the super city has allowed some smaller communities to feel isolated and out of reach of services that they need, but are located in city locations. So this expo will allow you to come and access new organisations, volunteer groups, service groups, equipment and products that are helpful and useful. Come along to find the links to people you need to attract them back into your areas.
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David Lanz & Paul Speer – Natural States
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This has been one of the most relaxing new age CD's i have ever listened to. As a newcomer to the music of Lanz & Speer i was pleasantly surprised how good this album was. David Lanz' keyboards and Paul Speer diversity on numerous instruments, particularly the guitar, truly impresses. Tracks like " Faces of the Forest" and "Mountain" pave the way for truly outstanding pieces like "Allegro 985" and "Lento 984". The sheer beauty of this album cannot be overstated. Listen with good quality headphones and let the sounds take you to another place. First class!


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The e-bike community is booming around the world. Navigant expects around 35 million e-bikes to be purchased this year. In comparison, electric vehicles currently account for about 1 percent of all vehicle sales around the globe, with about 1.15 million units to be produced worldwide. E-bikes have also become popular in Europe and are now viewed as an alternative to cars, according to the New York Times. This year alone, about 400K e-bikes are projected to be sold in the United States, which is about 2.5 percent of the total bikes sold in the country.
The big threshold is the cost of the bike and riders can expect to pay around $2000 for a quality model e-bike.
E-bikes have gained popularity in recent years. They are cheaper than other types of vehicles, easier to park, and are perfect for commuters who are looking for additional health benefits on their commutes to work. The average cost of maintaining and operating a car is about $9,283, compared to the $390 that it costs to operate an e-bike. For professionals who worry about working up a sweat pedaling up hills to get to work, e-bikes take the stress out of the commute.
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Media Silent On Party As Democrat Arrested For Savage Murder
Almost no major media outlet reported that the man was a career democrat with a savage past.
Lance Mason served as assistant minority whip in the Ohio legislature, a position he got after he'd served nine months in prison for savagely beating his estranged wife in front of their kids before being welcomed back into power by democrats.
Now, the career democrat has been arrested for murdering the same woman, but no media outlet seems interested in reporting his political affiliation.
He first assaulted his wife in 2014, while serving as a common pleas judge in Cuyahoga County.
According to reports, the beating was brutal.
Mason "punched his then-wife 20 times and slammed her head against the dashboard of his car five times, breaking her orbital bone.
"The couple's children were in the back of the car when the attack occurred. Mason, who previously served in the state legislature, was a sitting Cuyahoga County judge when the attack happened."
Now, he's been arrested for "felonious assault for crashing into a police cruiser and injuring an officer while leaving the scene of the fatal stabbing."
Despite briefly mentioning Mason had served in both the Ohio House and Senate, including a stint in leadership of the House Democrat caucus, these media reports fail to indicate his political party.
Why is that?
What would the headlines be if a republican had done such a disturbing act and hen been allowed back into politics after only serving less than half the time sentenced?
After serving only nine months of his two year prison sentence for assaulting his wife, "Mason was hired last year by Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson as minority business development administrator in the city's Office of Equal Opportunity. He was fired from that job this past weekend after his arrest on murder charges."
When the story of the murder went national, Mason's deep roots in the Ohio Democrat Party were curiously missing.
A former Ohio judge and state lawmaker who went to prison for brutally assaulting his wife in 2014 has been arrested after she was found dead, authorities said. https://t.co/0vPjKQFJz2
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 19, 2018
Of course, the Cleveland Mayor has also gotten a free pass for welcoming a wife beater to such a position.
Mayor Jackson was unrepentant about hiring Mason following his domestic violence conviction and prison sentence. When asked by the local media about Mason's hiring and whether he would stop hiring convicted abusers, Jackson said, "No, we're not gonna say that.
"We're gonna look at it as a policy. Our policy is second chances unless there is something that would prevent us from doing it. For example, you wouldn't hire a convicted felon and put them around children. You wouldn't hire an embezzler and put them in the finance department."
Seriously, this is what he said.
What if a republican had something like this? What sort of protest, outrage, and sickening media coverage would there be?
If a Republican served in the Ohio House and Senate *and in caucus leadership* before being appointed a judge by a Republican governor, then was hired by a Republican mayor after doing time for beating his wife, and then killed her… "Republican" would be in every headline.
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In addition to being All Saints Day, November 1 is National Calzone Day. Bob Sonnhalter was Rotarian of the Day and gave a bit of history for the calzone and how it earned a national day. These half-moons of goodness are thought to have started in Naples and were designed to be eaten on the go. Bob said that calzone roughly translates to "pants legs" and are stuffed with traditional pizza fillings. In 2016 Minsky's restaurant in Kansas City was successful in their petition to get a national day for calzones on the National Day Calendar, and if you find yourself at Minsky's you can order their Deluxe Loaded Lobster and Bacon calzone. Sitting at the front table had its benefits on November 1- Flavor Chef brought us our own calzone!


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Club Carlson partners Philippine Airlines' Mabuhay MilesStaff Writer | October 5, 2016
Club Carlson, the global rewards program from Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, announced the global partnership with Mabuhay Miles, Philippine Airlines' frequent flyer program.
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Minor Threat was an American hardcore punk band, formed in 1980 in Washington, D.C. Along with the fellow Washington, D.C. hardcore band Bad Brains and California band Black Flag, Minor Threat set the standard for many hardcore punk bands in the 1980s and 1990s. All of Minor Threat's recordings were released on Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson's own label, Dischord Records. Minor Threat's song "Guilty of Being White" led to some accusations of racism, but MacKaye has strongly denied such intentions and said that some listeners misinterpreted his words.


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So here I am trying to jump start an engine that hasn't been turned over in a while. I used to write a ton, but with life, kids, priorities, (you name it, I have probably used it as an excuse), etc., writing fizzled out.
My writing fizzled and I feel a little fizzled, too.
I am discovering that when I was a young Christian, I quickly created a facade to match what I believed – it was fast, efficient, and created evidence of change. As I got older, I have been able to see how immature the inside of me was because the inside has slowly crept up to meet that shallow change that was really nothing but evidence of a change that was hoped for. I see that in many facets of my life, but especially with relationships. Relationships and love were outwardly selfless but inwardly they couldn't have been more selfish. It has been an interesting learning/growing experience to see just how off the mark I had been – not that I have it figured out now, but I know I have to try.
So that is it – early on, I mastered a facade that looked great. As time marched on, the inside has grown and the facade had cracked and faded in bits. So this journey – written and lived – is me. I hope in all of it, the me that manifests itself isn't me at all; not a facade, not a picture of who I want people to see me as. Rather I hope the me becomes a reflection of Christ because the reality is that the 'me', no matter how I look at it, is broken and will always be.
Over the next days, weeks, months, years (as long as I am around and my attention span can handle it), I hope to post things on this blog. Musings about life, new and old poetry, prose, songs, photos, and art.
If you have anything to add – comments, suggestions, complaints – feel free to jump in there and post. The goal isn't perfection for me, but reflection for Him. We can do this together.
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Beautiful table setting!!! I love your clear glass plates, so pretty:) I had fully intended to get a post up before Christmas but it didn't happen and today everything's coming down. I always put my decorations up early but once the day is over, I'm done with it!!! So I'll be busy with that!ReplyDelete
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Dennis Toft Named to NAIOP New Jersey's Hall of Fame
Dennis M. Toft, Chair of Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi's ("CSG") Environmental Group, has been selected for induction into NAIOP New Jersey's Hall of Fame – a recognition reserved for chapter members who have played an enduring role in support of the state's commercial real estate sector.
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A pastor has locked lips with a young woman in front of his congregation in a bizarre attempt to cleanse her spirit.
In video footage of the incident, a minister of an unspecified church in Zimbabwe kisses a woman in a pink dress to 'rid her body of demons' during a sermon, according to local media.
He can be seen with his hands holding the lady's face, kissing her for an uncomfortably long time in front of church members.
He then waves his hands around, yelling out commands before going back in for a second kiss.
The odd ritual lasts longer and this time the members of the congregation can be seen moving in closer to watch the two kiss.
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Ralph posted a topic in Help and SupportWindows Home Server 2010. For many months, from either a remote desktop or client W10 PCs, I have been unable to access certain folders in my ServerFolders. Specifically Music, Pictures & Video (all system created). However no problems with folders I created. All I was getting from Permissions / Security / Ownership was 'Unable to display current owner' . I could not change the ownerships. Yesterday I tried mapping each of the pool drives. Then on each mapped drive, I was then able to access the M, P & Vs ownerships and simply reset each to Administrator and the problems were gone! Am still having problems with CLIENTS BACKUP, which ceased some while ago and I can't restart.
Release v22.214.171.124 release (2016-12-10)
Ralph replied to BradJ's topic in General DiscussionWHS2011 - I also had to revert to 2400
Suddenly I have the same issue (22.214.171.124 on WHS2011) Other than Windows updates, have altered nothing on my server for some while. As a result am now running out of pool space. Submitted a support ticket Wed 14/09/2016 09:53 (UK) but heard nothing.
A new version - 220.127.116.11 ??
Ralph replied to CBers's topic in Help and SupportI am unable to download v18.104.22.168. Browser reports No data receivedERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE ReloadHide details Unable to load the web page because the server sent no data.
Beta v184.108.40.206
Ralph replied to Anthony's topic in Beta VersionsDitto!
My problems with mapped drives have been fixed in v184.108.40.206 Thanks
v184.108.40.206 WHS2011 (System Drive is an SSD) Client Win7x64U MSE (All fully up to date) I'm having problems accessing from a client (Not accessible/Access denied) previously OK mapped shared folders in the pool from client computers. It seems that other than a recycle bin, a 'blank' mapped drive is created that a homegroup client computer can't access. Have tried clearing & re-establishing the mapping, but it doesn't help. Have tried network troubleshooters etc. From the server, running the HomeGroup troubleshooter, I get - Unexpected Error. The TS wizard can't continue. 0x80070057 I'm also having a problem with getting my License key to 'stick'. Every time I reboot, MY license is replaced by the temporary one. Could these issues be linked?
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Ralph posted a topic in Help and SupportHi everybody - don't like to start off with my tale of woe... WHS2011 installed on my HP485 (headless). No server backup. I installed a trial DB a couple of weeks ago (& now upgraded to 188.8.131.52) & have just got round to sorting it. Originally I pooled D + my additional 3 1.5Tb drives, then after comments read here, I removed the D drive from the pool. My ServerFolders including my Client Computer Backups are all on the pool (not without difficulty...). My server will now no longer back up any clients (all w7x64) reporting 'No backups available & The backup is not successfully set up, An unknown error prevented the server from performing the task'. Make sure all services on the server are running, and then try again. (WS Server Backup Service is started). Event viewer reports Event IDs 267 & 271 The Windows Server Client Computer Backup Service failed at (1714) of (d:\wssg_src\hsbs_colorado\backup\pc\util\datafile.cpp). [i can't find datafile.cpp anywhere] The Windows Server Client Computer Backup Service encountered the following error: Error code: 0x5 API name: GetFileAttributesEx File: E:\ServerFolders\Client Computer Backups\S-1-5-21-3161307467-197533064-774703749-1012.Machine.configdat Error: Access is denied. & LOADS of Schannel 36887 & 36888 Events (Starting before the DB install) The following fatal alert was received: 42. The following fatal alert was generated: 10. The internal error state is 1203. As an experiment to fix the problem I removed one of my lesser computers from the system, uninitialised the connector, which won't reinstall. Similarly reporting 'An unknown error.... Please help me fix this. (Is there a 'roll back to an earlier point? or a headless repair method?)


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Gert's Salon Wins Best in Show at 6th Annual International Gay Polo Tournament RBC Wealth Management Tailgate Competition
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This year's tailgate competition at the 6th Annual International Gay Polo Tournament on Saturday, April 11, was bigger and more creative than ever. Participants socialized and watched the action on the polo field from decorated theme booths along the sidelines at the International Polo Club Palm Beach. Many tailgate participants opened up their tents to event attendees, sharing food and drink in the spirit of fun at the cordial event. Winning tailgate producers art directed and integrated every aspect of the tailgate into a particular theme. The costumes, presentation, props, food and drink all worked together to produce the top tailgate in each category. Described as "great theater meets the best party you've ever been to," close to 50 booths vied in this year's competition. Sponsored by RBC Wealth Management, awards were presented in five categories: Best in Show, Most Enthusiastic Spirit, Most Enthusiastic Theme, Best Cuisine and Best Dressed.
Gert's Salon, with a bevy of hair stylists and their client-party-goers decked out in pink to match the décor, won Best in Show. Its two connected booths offered mock hair services and featured Gert, a well-known social event personality in Los Angeles, as salon manager. The booth was entered by Bill Doyle and his partner Jed Pearsall, a GPL polo player from Newport, Rhode Island, who played for the winning team in the tournament to clinch the Senators Cup. Doyle and Pearsall were responsible for the memorable NASCAR, Titanic and Pan Am GPL tailgates of years past.
The Best Cuisine award went to Kevin Clark, whose restaurant-motif booth was themed "Elegant." On the other extreme, competitors garbed in lumberjack attire (and carrying pretend hatchets), entered by William Kruogel, won Best Dressed. Most Enthusiastic Theme was "Frozen," the entry of Eau Spa.
A new feature in the tailgate section this year was the "Chapel of Love," an actual wedding venue where same-sex couples could have a commitment ceremony or a legal marriage performed by retired judge Rand Hoch. Entered by Ilean Zamlut, the booth won the Most Enthusiastic Spirit award. After nearly 18 years together, Chris and Tom Vuk of the Wellington area were wed in the chapel. "It was an awesome party and so unexpectedly nice," said Chris Vuk. "They did a great job, and it was an honor to get married at the beautiful International Polo Club," said Chris Vuk. Raymond Lee Jewelers donated their wedding rings, and cake and champagne were gifts of Zamlut and Frank Zittick. Marcella Mirande-Ketcham, the official wedding photographer, provided free photographs.
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