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Water fountains are the perfect way to add a little Zen to your home, bringing beauty, calm, and nature to your doorstep. In this wikiHow you'll find three fountain designs, all of which can work indoors or out. These are easy projects which require few skills or tools and can be completed on your own in just a few hours. Just get started with Step 1 below to learn how!
Flower Pot Fountain
1Gather your materials. You'll need a 14", 7", 6", and three 4" terra cotta saucers. You'll also need 6" and 4" flower pots, a fountain pump, 1/2" rubber tubing, silicone sealant, clear spray sealant, a round file, and a drill with a masonry bit.[1] X Research source
2Prepare the base. Spray the inside of the 14" saucer with the spray sealant.[2] X Research source Do three coats in total, with dry time between them.Advertisement
3Drill and file the pots and saucers. Soak the rest of the flower pots and saucers to make them easier to shape and drill. Drill a 1/2" hole for the rubber tubing in the 7" saucer, with a wood block underneath it for support. Then file four notches in the lips of the 6" pot and one of the 4" saucers.[3] X Research source File downward angle large notches in the 7", 6", and one of the 4" saucers. These will be the downspouts.
4Assemble the main fountain. With the pump on the 14" saucer, attach the rubber tube to the pump and then then side it up through the hole at the bottom of the 6" pot (with the pot upside down). Arrange the pot so that the cord for the pump goes through one of the notches on the lip of the pot. Now place the 7" saucer on top, facing up. Trim the extra tube, leave about a 1/2", and then seal the edges around the tube with silicone.
5Assemble the rest of the fountain. Place the 4" flower pot upside down and top it with the 6" saucer, and the 4" saucer with the lip on top of the 4" saucer with no cuts. Arrange the saucers and pots so that the downspouts pour into each other. Finally, place the 4" saucer with the notches upside down so that it covers the hole with the tube.
- Water should flow up from the bottom, pour out the 7" saucer, into the 6" saucer, into the 4" saucer, and then back into the 14" saucer so that the process can start again. The notches allow for water flow, so if you're having circulation problems, try making the notches bigger.
- You may need to stabilize the fountain by gluing these components together, or by lashing them down with twine.[4] X Research source
6Add finishing touches. Fill your saucers with river stones or other flow-friendly materials, and then add plants or other decorations to your fountain. Enjoy![5] X Research source
Bamboo Fountain
1Get a nice, large bowl or pot. This will be the main part of your water feature. A wide opening is important here. [6] X Research source
2Get and cut your bamboo to size. You'll need 3/4" diameter bamboo cut long enough to fit over the opening of your pot. You'll also need a larger ~2" diameter piece of bamboo, cut to about 6" in length. Miter one end of this piece to create the spout.
3Assemble your platform. Using twine or string, lace the three narrow pieces of bamboo together into a platform which can be fit over the back half of the pot. Attach the larger piece of bamboo to the platform using glue, but attach it at an angle (using a wedge) so that the spout is angled down towards the center of the pot slightly.
4Assemble the fountain. Place the pump at the bottom of the pot. Connect the tube and run it up and behind the platform. Place the end of the tube in the bamboo spout so that it goes about 2" in, and then tape the tube in place against the pot (not anywhere that will get wet).
5Add water and start the pump. Add water into the pot and then start your pump. Everything should be working. Now you just have to make it pretty!
6Add finishing touches. Fill the bottom of the pot with river rocks and add some fake plants around the spout to cover up evidence of the pumps. Enjoy your new fountain!
Seashell Fountain
1Get a large decorative bowl or pot. It should be glass or something else that is waterproof. It should not have any holes or method for water to escape.
2Get shells. You'll most importantly need a large whelk or conch seashell. The rest of the seashells can be random jumbles. You'll also probably want some river or beach rocks.[7] X Research source
3Drill the hole. You'll need to run a tube from the pump and into the large shell. Get a rotary tool with a ceramic drill bit and start with the smallest size, then work your way up until the hole is large enough to fit the tube through. This will probably be around 3/4". If you run out of rotary bits that are large enough, use a round file to get the hole to size.
- Sand the hole smooth afterward to remove any glass burrs and rough edges.
4Assemble the pump. Place the pump in the bottom of the bowl. Attach a rubber tube to the pump and then fit the other end into the large shell.
5Seal the tube. Use silicone sealant around the opening to make it watertight and help keep the tube in place. Allow the sealant to set.
6Finish the fountain. Cover the pump in rocks and then shells or other waterproof decorative items. Set the large shell on top and angle the spout slightly downward.
7Add water and turn on the pump. You're done! Enjoy your fountain!
Expert Q&A
QuestionHow can I get water fountain construction plans?Anthony "TC" WilliamsAnthony "TC" Williams is a Professional Landscaper in Idaho. He is the President and Founder of Aqua Conservation Landscape & Irrigation, an Idaho Registered Landscape Business Entity. With over 21 years of landscaping experience, TC has worked on projects such as the Idaho Botanical Garden in Boise, Idaho. He is a Idaho Registered Contractor and a previously Licensed Irrigator in the State of Texas.
Experienced LandscaperExperienced LandscaperExpert AnswerIn general, plans for construction may be available where supplies are purchased.
QuestionHow do I make a fountain without a pump?Anthony "TC" WilliamsAnthony "TC" Williams is a Professional Landscaper in Idaho. He is the President and Founder of Aqua Conservation Landscape & Irrigation, an Idaho Registered Landscape Business Entity. With over 21 years of landscaping experience, TC has worked on projects such as the Idaho Botanical Garden in Boise, Idaho. He is a Idaho Registered Contractor and a previously Licensed Irrigator in the State of Texas.
Experienced LandscaperExperienced LandscaperExpert AnswerThe water source would have to be above the top of the fountain and allowed to run down into pots and drain out the bottom to be carried away. The water source would have to be constant.
QuestionWhy do I need to seal the holes that I drilled into the bottom of a flower pot when making a small water fountain?Community AnswerThe seal is to avoid the water leaking back into the pot. If you notice, there is a tube that comes out through the hole and sealed around it.
Get creative and find your own way to customize these projects!Thanks
The pump cord should be grounded or plugged into a GFCI outlet to lower the risk of shocks.Thanks
- Make sure you have enough water in the fountain when you turn on the pump and that you occasionally refill the fountain. The pump running dry will cause damage to the pump.Thanks
- Make sure that there is enough room in the water storage area to hold all the water the pump is circulating, in case the pump is unplugged.Thanks
- Keep the area around the fountain clear of objects vulnerable to water damage.Thanks
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeA8g-9jHSo&list=WLC4E46965F788388C
- ↑ https://blog.gardenloversclub.com/diy/how-to-build-a-terra-cotta-fountain/
- ↑ https://blog.gardenloversclub.com/diy/how-to-build-a-terra-cotta-fountain/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzP2lgGQFHs
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzP2lgGQFHs
- ↑ http://safaffect.wordpress.com/2011/06/18/diy-bamboo-water-feature/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Foh8Wy_9K04
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To make a water fountain out of bamboo, choose a large bowl with a wide opening to form the base. Next, get 3 pieces of bamboo with a 3/4" diameter that are long enough to fit over the bowl's opening. Then, cut a piece of bamboo with a 2-inch diameter down to 6 inches and miter one end to create a spout. Use twine or string to lace the 3 pieces of bamboo together to create a platform and fit it over part of the bowl's opening. Finally, glue the larger piece of bamboo to the platform at an angle. To learn how to assemble your fountain, read on!
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Situated on the open coast of Saadiyat Island, we are constantly exposed to strong waves and winds that bring with them a lot of trash. Every day our team collects bags full of trash, and every morning more items wash in. Here on the coast we really see the impacts of plastic usage/disposal, in a way that people in the city might not realize. Other challenges we face are the extreme tides and winds; in the winter the winds can completely change the landscape of the beach, and in summer the extreme tides can have devastating effects on the nests laid here by critically endangered Hawksbill Turtle – if the nests are washed over and get wet, they may not survive.
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Monday, July 25, 2016
It's Monday! What are you reading? 7-25-16
It's Monday! What are you reading? Is a wonderful community of readers, teachers, and librarians. Hosted by Jen over at Teach Mentor Texts along with Kellee and Ricki at Unleashing Readers, participants share their reading adventures from the past week along with their reading plans for the week ahead.
My Monday posts are generally just a highlight of what I've been reading during the week so if you'd like to see all that I've been reading, follow my Goodreads page.
Last week I reviewed:
Sunny Side Up by Jennifer and Matthew Holm
Picture book that stood out in the pile:
Arlene Sardine by Chris Raschka
This stood out for a less than positive reason. I seriously didn't understand the point of this book. Arlene wants to be a sardine and end up on somebody's plate? And midway through the book (*SPOILER ALERT*) Arlene dies and ends up in a Sardine can? I'm not against books that teach kids about the realities of life, but I just didn't understand at all why Arlene's goal was to end up in a sardine tin. This one is worth reading just for the simple act of asking yourself "What the heck did I just read?" at the end.
Still reading:
Static by Eric Laster
I tried to have this one done last night so I could say that I read it instead of still reading it, but alas I was just too tired.
Still reading with my ears: (because it's TWENTY-NINE CDs long!)
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
Status update: I'm on disc 11 now. I definitely won't be finishing before it's due back to the library this Sunday.
Also reading with my ears on my iPhone:
All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook by Leslie Connor
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I went ahead and ordered Arlene Sardine from my library, just to see if I can make sense of it. Sometimes books just aren't very good, but we'll see. Thanks for your suggestions and have a wonderful week!ReplyDelete
HA now I just want to read Arlene Sardine and see what I think! Sometimes you need a little madness now and then, if just to wake up your brain a little and make you say "huh?!" :)ReplyDelete
I'm hoping to get to Perry before school starts. I'm hearing good things about it.ReplyDelete
I am impressed that you have two audiobooks going at once. The Hamilton book is so LONG! I hope that it at least is intriguing and good to listen to.ReplyDelete
Great review of Sunny Side Up. It is so true that it doesn't seem "historical" at all.ReplyDelete
Happy reading this week :)
Just started "All Rise", Beth. There are others saying good things about it, so hope you're enjoying it. Will look for #static! Thanks.ReplyDelete
I went to see if our library had Arlene Sardine and it was available as a download, so I read it. I laughed and laughed. It is certainly dark and twisted. It would be an interesting book to read with older students to see what they think of it. I'm certain the conversations would be interesting.ReplyDelete
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Sunny Side Up is such an amazing story and since I started elementary school in the mid 70s and had a family with some secrets too, it really resonated.ReplyDelete


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Brussels, 17 May 2010: Newly revealed evidence of war crimes in Sri Lanka last year makes an international inquiry essential.
War Crimes in Sri Lanka ,* the latest report from the International Crisis Group, exposes repeated violations of international law by both the Sri Lankan security forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during the last five months of their 30-year civil war. That evidence suggests that the period of January to May 2009 saw tens of thousands of Tamil civilian men, women, children and the elderly killed, countless more wounded, and hundreds of thousands deprived of adequate food and medical care, resulting in more deaths.
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Me: (frowning over embroidery hoop)
Gamma: (sitting stupidly close, poking at her tablet) Mom, which is a German horse breed? Shetland, Holsteiner, or Gelderland?
Me: (stops, perplexed) Why on earth are you asking me that?
Gamma: I'm playing Horse Haven and I can earn coins for answering horse questions.
Me: Oh. (thinks) Uh, I'd guess Holsteiner. (turns back to embroidery)
Gamma: Yes! (silent a moment) Mom? What's the name of Alexander the Great's horse? Is it…
Me: (doesn't look up) Bucephalus.
Gamma: (jackpot noise from tablet) You're right! I got a thousand coins! You're so smart, mom.
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is no happy camper when it comes to American foreign policy. Fresh off of a narrow defeat to partially stop President Trump's Saudi weapons deal, Paul rallied against Syrian military intervention during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing this afternoon.
"Are we going to limit the president's power? Are we going to take back our power? I think a five-year sunset, is–you know, and I don't mean to be mean, but–is essentially nothing. I mean, we've had millions of people die in five-year wars before, so I think it's — it's virtually meaningless," Paul said.
Paul believes that proposed Senate's reforms would do very little to change the status quo. Instead, they are mere token measures that would allow the military-industrial complex to continue its hegemonic policies abroad while Americans are lulled back to sleep in the homeland. Paul is especially livid about the abuse of the Authorization of Use of Military Force signed by George W. Bush in 2001, which has been used as an open-ended mandate for war in the Middle East by the federal government ever since.
"The document, as Senator Cardin said, was very, very specific to 9/11," Paul said. "And we've had people just saying, "you can do anything you want" now for 15 years… The practical question is, is doing anything you want, killing every perceived enemy and every perceived leader or chieftain of five people in some misbegotten village, is it helping?"
Paul believes that it is not helping in any conceivable way. In addition to America being the cause of many humanitarian crises throughout the Middle East, the wars are unauthorized and have made a complete mockery of the Constitution.
"There's nothing in the War Powers Act about unauthorized war, because we're not supposed to be doing it… There's supposed to be no war without an AUMF. We have been illegally at war for a long time now. This is illegal war, at this point," Paul said.
Paul closed out his statements by mentioning that the foreign policy of endless war is all but assured to end in complete disaster for the American republic.
"For a hundred years, they'll be talking about the time the Americans came and killed the people and killed our women and children. For a hundred years, they're going to be talking about the Saudis dropping bombs on a funeral procession. That does not go away. These people remember the battle of Karbala in 680 A.D. They have long memories," Paul said.
Even if it fell on deaf ears, Paul's eloquent words demonstrated that his commitment to pursuing a non-interventionist foreign policy will not waver.


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Coral Bell was one of Australia's most distinguished analysts of international politics who broke down barriers for women in international relations.
The Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs is located in the Hedley Bull Building and is home to the world's foremost collection of expertise in the politics and international affairs of Asia and the Pacific. Dr Coral Bell AO (1923-2012) was an internationally renowned scholar and leading analyst of international relations who broke down barriers for women in foreign affairs. Dr Bell's focus was on the big issues: war and peace, the avoidance of nuclear war, great power relationships, alliances, and global and regional security architecture. Her ideas had a direct and lasting impact on policy debate, particularly during the Cold War and immediately after.
In The Lowy Interpreter, Minh Bui Jones wrote of Dr Bell:
"Through her writing she explained the chaos of international events and human affairs in simple and clear language to her baffled compatriots. For the rest of the world, she brought an antipodean temperament and perspective to the great questions of our time; she was our George Kennan in thick glasses, blue floral dress, white sneakers and a string of pearls.
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Ever wanted to take over the world with airships? Now's your chance. Zeppelin Attack is a game from Evil Hat Productions set in the world of Spirit of the Century. You and your opponents play the evil masterminds bent on world domination—Der Blitzmann, Gorilla Khan, Jacqueline Frost, or the Walking Mind—sending out your zeppelins to do your bidding. (I mentioned this briefly in my last Kickstarter roundup, but I'll get into more details here.)
At a glance: Zeppelin Attack is for 2-4 players, ages 12 and up, and takes about 45-60 minutes to play. The pledge price for the game is $30 including shipping in the US (higher elsewhere), or $10 for the print and play files. The pledge levels also include a print-and-play game called Zeppelin Conquest, which I talk about below.
The game consists of 112 cards, which may seem slim for a deck-building game, but there's more attacking and hand-management than building.
The cards are designed pretty well to make the game easy to navigate, and the artwork by Christian St. Pierre (who has also done art for other Spirit of the Century products) has a great pulp-adventure feel to it, with plenty of humor. Since my copy of the game was a demo prototype, I can't really speak to the final print quality.
How to Play
The rules are available for download here, and the Print and Play is available immediately if you pledge at least a buck.
The object of the game is to score the most points—by buying cards and scoring battle points with successful attacks—by the time 3 of the mercenary decks run out.
Each player gets the deck associated with their character and two Fate cards (valued 3 and 4). The flagship is placed in front of them on the table, the Experimental Zeppelin is placed out in the center of the table (available for purchase later), and the rest of their cards are shuffled together to form a deck. The remaining Fate cards are shuffled and placed face-down in a deck, and then all the mercenary cards are sorted by type (Attack, Defense, Operative, Attack Zeppelins, Operations Zeppelins), shuffled, and placed face up in the center of the table.
Everyone has a hand of five cards to start. On your turn, you may play zeppelins in front of you, and each zeppelin you have in play lets you play one action on it—but only if the action card matches the type of zeppelin. Your flagship can handle any of the three actions, but the mercenary zeppelins give you either Attack/Defense or Defense/Operative. Attacks let you attack an opponent's zeppelin, and Operatives let you gain Fate cards, which are the game's currency.
When you attack another player, you pick one of their zeppelins and play an attack card (on one of your zeppelins with the attack ability). The other player can then respond with a defense card that matches the weapon type on your card. Successfully defending means they get the defense effect of their card and the general effect, and then the attacker only gets the general effect on their attack card. If the player cannot defend, then the zeppelin is discarded (unless it's a flagship), the attacker gets the attack and general effect on their card, and they also get a Battle Point—that's any top card of a mercenary stack placed face-down under their flagship.
The abilities on the zeppelins are numbered—for all but the flagship, you can "overload" the zeppelin by playing a higher number than the allowance, but it means that your zeppelin will be discarded. Sometimes you'll have to decide whether a card is valuable enough to discard a zeppelin to play it.
Once you're done playing cards, you may then spend Fate Points in your hand to buy any number of cards from the mercenary decks—spent cards go back into a discard pile in the center of the table, so you'll have to earn some more Fate Points to buy more later. Finally, you may discard or keep any of your unplayed cards, and then draw back up to five cards. All the action cards you've played this turn (on your zeppelins) get discarded, and zeppelins stay out unless they were overloaded.
There are a couple of other rules—for instance, some Fate Points cards have effects that come into play when they're acquired. Also, whenever you buy an action card (attack, defense, operative) you may purge a card from your hand or discard pile and put it under your flagship as a Battle Point—that both trims out cards you don't want and increases your score.
That's basically it—the game continues until three of the decks run out, and then you finish that round of play. You get 1 point for each Battle Point under your flagship, as well as the indicated number of points for cards you've purchased. The player with the most unspent Fate Points also gets a small bonus. Highest score wins.
The Verdict
I'm not entirely familiar with the Spirit of the Century world—I did back the Race to Adventure game back in 2012 because I liked the concept but haven't checked out any of the fiction surrounding it all. But you don't really need much back story to enjoy a game about zeppelins attacking each other, do you?
The designer of Zeppelin Attack, Eric Vogel, is also behind a few other games that I've really enjoyed like Cambria and Romans Go Home, so I was interested to see his take on a deck-building game. His specialty seems to be squeezing a lot of strategic depth into what appears to be a pretty simple game, and Zeppelin Attack is no different.
Your choices seem limited at first: play one action per zeppelin, get your zeppelins out there so you get more actions, and buy some more cards. But pretty soon you realize the importance of the choices you make: do you hang onto attack cards at the end of your turn, hoping to launch multiple attacks next round (thus having a better chance of getting past an opponent's defenses) or do you save up defense cards instead? If you do the latter and you don't get attacked, then you'll find yourself on the next turn not having a whole lot of actions. Likewise, you could store up Fate Points to buy that shiny new zeppelin, but it leaves you vulnerable to attacks and reduces the number of attacks you can make.
When you buy cards, you really need to make sure that you're acquiring zeppelins and actions that are compatible; it does you no good to have an entire hand of attack cards if you only have one attack zeppelin. Also, that option to purge cards when you buy an action card is very handy—as long as don't dump defense cards you'll need against your opponent's fancy guns. When you acquire Battle Points for a successful attack, you get to take cards from the mercenary decks—that runs the deck out, bringing the end of the game closer, but it also puts that particular card out of commission for the game. That makes it a good way to neutralize a card that you can't afford but don't want your enemies to obtain.
In my plays, I did find that the two-player game felt a little unbalanced and I'd recommend it for 3 or 4 players. With only two, it's possible for one player to get ahead, and there doesn't seem to be much of a catch-up mechanism. The player with more zeppelins can take more actions, get more money, make more attacks, buy better defense, and so on—while the other player struggles to build up anything. With three or more, people can gang up on the leader a little bit.
The four characters have slightly different abilities, though the starting decks are more or less equivalent. The main difference comes in the Experimental Zeppelins—each player has one available for purchase (you can't buy somebody else's) and they're generally worth the 10 Fate Point cost if you can afford them. I haven't seen nearly as many games played as Vogel, but so far I'm having a hard time overcoming Gorilla Khan's Chimpanzee zeppelin, which lets you acquire Fate Points at an alarming rate. Vogel assures me that there are ways to counter this strategy, so I'm going to keep working at that.
Overall, I can see Zeppelin Attack is a game that will take some time to master, and even though it looks like a very small number of cards for a deck-building game, it offers a lot of good player interaction and forces you to make tough choices throughout the game. Now the question is: is it worth $30? Well, you can read through all of the updates that explain how Evil Hat's Fred Hicks figured out pledge amounts, total funding goal, and so on—he's pretty transparent about how all the numbers work out. I think it's a game that will be satisfying to play, but $30 for the number of cards might seem higher than what you're used to, depending on whether you generally include shipping costs in your calculations. You can pledge for multiple copies to save on shipping, though, and that may bring down the price to a more palatable level.
On top of the base game, though, you'll also get the print and play files immediately so you can start playing already. And you'll also get a print-and-play of Zeppelin Conquest, a two-player game (also by Eric Vogel). To help you decide, here's a brief overview of that game as well.
The rules for Zeppelin Conquest are available here. Each player gets a deck of cards, either as Rocket Red or Princess Cyclone. There are three target cards in the center of the table, each with three locations.
You play cards face-down next to the cities over the course of three rounds, so that each player has three cards next to each city. Then they're flipped over and scoring is resolved. For each location on a target card, there's a scoring condition; for example, most soldiers = 5 VP, or most zeppelins and at least 1 soldier = 3 VP. There are some that subtract VPs, and some that require you to be first to play a Doomsday device. You compare the rows of symbols corresponding to each target, and score accordingly.
It's short and sweet, but again has room for interesting decisions. Since cards are played face-down, you'll find it's tough to remember all of the cards you've already played. I have a lot of zeppelins already, but did I play the required soldier? Should I play this card that will cost me a point on the middle location because I might be able to win this 7 VP location with the Doomsday Device? Do I put all of my strength behind fewer locations, or try to cover as many bases as possible?
While you won't get a hard copy of Zeppelin Conquest (except by making it yourself), if you do back the Kickstarter at a $10 or higher level, you'll get it included as a PDF, and it's definitely worth printing out and trying.
Between the Attack and Conquest, that may be enough to satisfy your zeppelin fix for a little while. If not … there's more on the way. For more information, visit the Zeppelin Attack Kickstarter page.
Disclosure: Thanks to Eric Vogel for providing a demo prototype of Zeppelin Attack and a print and play version of Zeppelin Conquest for this review!


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High costs are a major reason why many poor students don't take part in school sports, clubs or arts programs, a new survey finds.
"For some families, financial burdens may override a child's interest in pursuing school activities. No school wants cost to be the reason for non-participation," said Sarah Clark, co-director of the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health at the University of Michigan.
The survey involved 666 American parents with at least one child in middle or high school. Responses revealed that one in four students from poor families did not participate in school programs in the 2015-2016 school year.
Cost was the reason for less involvement said 27 percent of parents in households earning less than $60,000 a year, compared to 12 percent of those in households making more than $60,000 a year.
"School activities allow students to broaden their interests, develop teamwork and leadership skills, and strengthen their connections with peers and their school community. Participation in school activities has been linked to better grades and lower dropout rates," Clark said in a university news release.
"However, we found that a substantial portion of students, particularly those in lower-income groups, are not fully engaged in a well-rounded school experience that includes activities — and too often, it's because of cost," she added.
Clark noted that many schools offer activities with low or no cost. For example, 60 percent of parents reported there was no cost for their child to take part in arts or in clubs. However, only 30 percent of parents said there was no cost for their child to play school sports.
Solutions include making sure students and parents know about low- and no-cost activities; offering waivers, scholarships, and other cost-reducing options; and reducing non-financial barriers, such as transportation, according to Clark.


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The number of prisoners in the last 20 years increased in the United States, mainly as a result of longer sentences. That is why a big problem now that drew public attention is a set of potential consequences that the release of a large number of convicts back into the society can bring. Such issues as the public safety, the ability of correctional officers to manage them and the way of successful integration of ex-prisoners into the society are becoming quite urgent questions that should be considered. Hence, lots of people think that it will lead to higher crime rates and an increased resistance of neighborhoods in terms of absorbing the ex-inmates. One of the organizations that are working on solving these problems is the Urban Institute. Its Justice Policy Center has launched a special project called Returning Home in 2001 in order to collect information about prisoner's reentry experiences (Urban Institute Justice Police Center, 2006). For around six years prisoners' reentry study was trying to collect as much information as possible about all the challenges it requires and, what is more, the impact of such a reintegration into the society of the ex-convicts' families and communities, providing public policy as well as different articles and reports along with this information.
Given that the Urban Institute was the first one to evaluate the numbers of inmates returning to their respective communities and to shape practical decisions for safer return, it is important to tell about its work in general. Marking a start as a non-government policy group, the institute went on to become "leading liberal think tank" (Rich, 1988) with nine policy centers, that operate in such areas as health and health policy, immigration, housing, finance, job market, labor force, philanthropy and others. It is important to emphasize that the main goal of the organization is collecting evidence-based information and providing recommendations backed up by the research, so as to improve the effectiveness of public policies. The Urban Institute itself identifies themselves as those, whose "mission is to open minds, shape decisions, and offer solutions through economic and social policy research" (Urban Institute, n. d.a). Apart from the prisoner's reentry project, there are many others Urban Institute's accomplishments. Some of them are rethinking the public housing situation (rejection of poor Chicago public housing project with mixed-income communities) and supporting working families (helping to provide access to work-support programs easier for low-income families). In addition, one should not forget the organization's appeal to accept the immigrants with greater sympathy and understanding (helping policy authorities benefit from rapid demographic changes) and evaluating health care reforms (forming the structure of federal health reform legislation). The organization's excellent record and reliability is proven by a number of affluent and respected sponsors and funders, which treat the Urban Institute as an organization to turn to in order "to help solve complex challenges and influence social changes" (Urban Institute, n. d.a).
As it was already mentioned above, one of the most significant studies conducted by the Urban Institute is called Returning Home: Understanding the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry (n. d.b). In fact, this is a long-term study that focuses on the pathways for prisoners' reintegration and studies the factors that contribute to both successful and unsuccessful reentry experiences. To implement this study, four states were chosen Maryland, Illinois, Texas and Ohio (Urban Institute Justice Police Center, 2006). The timeline of the research cruises the perimeter of the prisoners and their life circumstances right before, during, and one year after their release. According to the study, the most significant challenges for people who reenter the society are those that refer to the sphere of relations with the community, family, state, peers, as well as the issues concerning individuality. The study involves numerous interviews with returning prisoners regarding their lives prior and post their release. Moreover, to investigate the problem in depth, the members of the prisoners' families are also involved. The data received from the interviews is considered to be a valuable source for the study. Another important contribution to the study is made by the reentry policymakers, together with the practitioners from each of the chosen states. While talking about the Returning Home study, special note should be made about the importance of Reentry Roundtable forum, organized by the Urban Institute. This is the forum, main goal of which is bringing together distinguished academics, scholars, advocates, and even, strange though it might sound, former prisoners in order to evaluate and analyze to what extend social and household components can affect the reentry process. The importance of the roundtables lies in the fact that they assist in developing new ways of thinking about the issue of prisoners' reentry and fostering the innovations in reentry policy-making processes that, in turn, will help improve end-results for families and individuals and for neighborhoods in general. The fact that more than a half Urban's funds are provided by the federal government contracts makes such researches a reliable source of information. All in all, there is no doubt that the work on the Returning Home study is a long and painstaking one, the importance of which is impossible to overstress.
The achievements of the study are impressive. Among its accomplishments one can name success in gathering and analyzing a huge amount of information regarding the experience of the reentering prisoners. The reports devoted to highlighting this topic are structured, logically organized and clear for comprehension, which turns their aspiration of raising public awareness into quite an achievable task. One of the key findings is the outline of the topic concerning prison programs and employment. According to the interviewed employers, the lower reoffering rate is, the better employment history is, and the salary is inversely correlated with the criminal activity levels. While incarcerated, those who enter a prison with limited marketable work skills or low levels of education lose the opportunity to compensate this weakness completely, despite the prison programs available. In addition, they lose a chance of gaining professional connections and social contacts that obviously makes legal employment a pie in the sky, because the employers demonstrate reluctance in terms of employing ex-inmates that create the obstacle for a job placement. However, those prisoners who participate in job trainings prison programs are less likely to get thrown in prison again, and every second of them manages to find a job. Other accomplishments are the findings about family relations. Communication with family members during the incarceration period is believed to contribute a lot to the reintegration into the society afterwards. It is not a secret that family members are for the prisoners a source of both the financial and emotional support right after release. According to the study, the released prisoners that are married turned out to have higher probabilities in finding suitable employment and presence of children only increases the former prisoners' desire to look for a better job (Urban Institute Justice Police Center, 2006).
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What is important for comprehending the results of Returning Home study is that it highlights the problems of all kinds and sorts, the ones that human beings constantly face in their everyday lives: employment, health, family relationships, along with the relations within neighborhoods and communities, recidivism and so on. To my mind, however, there is a shortcut towards the topic of supervision importance and the role of parole officers. Despite the fact that the project discusses the extent of parole officers' importance, I believe that this subject is still waiting for the right time. However sad it might sound, parole supervision with its modern approaches has little impact on rearrests after release and sometimes even questions their likelihood, because of technical violations. To my way of thinking, this fact should convey a need of reconsidering by the parole officers the very basic approaches to the supervision. However, one should not forget that parole officer's work is not only supervision and monitoring the conditions of the release to be followed. Parole officer also helps the ex-convicts within local resource constraints, sets up educational opportunities, designs intervention programs that can facilitate the success of parolees (ex-prisoners) in society, and reduces the chance of resorting to the us of substance. The parole officers' work are capable of yielding large potential gains for both released prisoners and the society. For the first ones, it helps pave the way to the society again. As of the community, it helps to reduce the safety concerns in connection within one, with the increasing number of offenders released. That is why paying more attention to the significance of reconsideration of major approaches to supervision processes would be the improvement that, in my view, should be sought first and foremost.
The success of the Returning Home study is unquestionable. As stated above, it was the first significant attempt to evaluate and comprehend the problem of the mass incarceration. Moreover, its value lies in the fact that their executed work gathered, processed and analyzed the information in the way that does not take much time to learn and comprehend because of the very form of data submission. The Urban Institute's Returning Home initiative helped detect what the current issues are and indicated their origin. On top of that, a good beginning makes a good ending, which is why realizing where the problem comes from is already half of the job done. Implementing the modifications to the reentry policy is already a government's concern.
Doubtlessly, a massive increase in prisoner's reentry turned the attention to the extent of the consequences and effects on the society and on the ex-inmates themselves. These individuals experience lack of services or parole officers' help when they leave jail and make their first attempts to reenter the society on their own. The Urban Institute's Returning Home study stresses the importance of the measures that should be undertaken in terms of the reentry policy to avoid the safety concerns increase within the society. Apart from this, the conclusions of the study serve as the impulse for policymakers to take action.
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It's that time again.
I really don't have anything to update in the way of writing or writerly things. I haven't touched WHTF. I haven't done any marketing for NC. I'm not even thinking about EG or any of the other books waiting to be written/finished. Bleh.
I read one book - The Thirteenth Man by JL Doty. It was epic, so it took a while, even though I couldn't put it down. I'm in the process of re-reading Calumet K by Samuel Merwin and Henry Webster now. I read it years ago. It's a pretty awesome book with a very simple premise.
I went fishing a few times. Then the rain hit and the temps dropped.
The rain... Man, it rained a lot. I'm not sure how many inches total we got, but the lake level is up 5 feet from Friday morning and the Army Corp of Engineers is dumping water out the other end.
Most of the week was consumed with worrying about the cat. Kira wasn't peeing the way she usually does. Monday afternoon, she was meowing and spending a lot of time going in-n-out of the litterbox with nothing to show for it. Tuesday morning, she was fine. Tuesday afternoon, she was doing the thing again, so I called to get her in to the vet. Wednesday morning, she was fine, so I cancelled. She was fine again until Friday morning when I had no choice but to drive her to the vet in the pouring rain. We didn't have an appointment, so I had to leave her all day and they'd get to her between appointments and emergencies. They finally called about 3pm and said I could pick her up at 4:30. Got there, and they were still running tests. The blood work came out fine, but she does have a urinary tract infection. Antibiotics for 7 days and an anti-inflammatory to keep her comfortable. Yes, I should've just ignored her 'getting better' on Wednesday and taken her in. Live and learn. She'll really get better now. As a preventive for the future, she's getting more wet food and some urinary tract formula dry food (if she ever decides to eat it). If nothing else, we learned that despite her being overweight (14.6 lbs) and almost 14 years old, all her organs are in perfect working order. She's fat and lazy, but she's healthy. Or will be once we get this UTI kicked.
That's it for me. What have you been up to lately?
Sunday, April 23, 2017
Sunday Update - Week 16
Posted by B.E. Sanderson at 7:01 AM
Labels: catitude, reading, Sunday Update, weather
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Poor Kira! I hope she feels better soon.ReplyDelete
I finished proofing 5C and got it off to Createspace. Kindle version is ready to go when I get a proof I like.
And I've outlined 7C! Yay! Well, mostly. I'm sure it needs more work, but I'm worn out tonight.
One more read-through on 6C, and it can go off to my beta reader. :-DReplies
She does feel better now. Thanks!Delete
Yay for 5C! And for all the work you're getting done! You rock!
I was a lump. All weekend. I think I needed it. Except I was pretty much brain dead for the previous week. I got line edits back so no more procrastinating. Gotta get to work. Right after I get more coffee...ReplyDelete
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Hitting the right notes at Choir Fest
Dr. Sinclair led all the schools at the fest in a collective rendition of "Prepare." and Video courtesy of Chris Jones
December 1, 2016
Every year the St. Edward choir travels to perform with a few hundred other chorus singers to one large and loud choir, where they showcase their vocal skills. This year the choir performed at Elmurst Christian Reformed Church, and was joined by schools such as Fenton, Illiana Christian, ICC, and Riverside Brookfield. The entire event was led by Dr. Sinclair, a renowned music professor at Vandercook College of Music. St Edward sang the classic and beautiful Christmas song 'Mary, Did You Know'. Senior choir student Anna Skog stated, "Choir fest was an amazing experience because I got to make music with hundreds of other choir students and learned how to be a better soprano. Dr. Sinclair taught us the importance of expressing emotion when singing."
For another chance to see the choir perform, make sure to come to St. Edward on Sunday, December 11 at 4:30 p.m. for a exciting night of Christmas caroling. The concert will be performed by the St. Edward choir and jazz band. They will be performing songs such as "Baby it's Cold Outside", "You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch", and a new holiday-themed jingle, "Text Me Merry Christmas." There is no admission fee and all are welcome. This is a fun event for all families to gather and enjoy great music performed by our talented students.


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Say Hear is page that patches together voice messages from people who want to say why they've voting for whom. Interesting to click around.
I just wrote in my vote for Obama. Somewhere back early this year I explained why I favored Obama. I liked what I said then, but can't find it now.
What Colin Powell said about Obama being a "transformative figure" comes close.
What Martin Luther King said in his I Have a Dream speech comes closer, and perhaps says all that needs to be said. This is the line:
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
If Obama wins on Tuesday, that dream will have come true.


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I was tagged in this blog hop by Tracy Simmons, a lovely blogger who enjoyed reading "I Grew My Boobs in China" with her daughter. I was lucky enough to get in touch with her as it's always rewarding to stay connected with readers and meet fellow authors. To participate, thank the blogger who tagged you, answer four questions about your writing world and process, then tag two or three more bloggers. It's a good idea to provide a link to the tagger's blog somewhere within your post.
1. What are you working on?
For years I have been working on a non-fiction series which documents my family's 4 year, 80-country journey around the world. In 2012 I published the first in the series, "I Grew My Boobs in China" and the second "Backpacks and Bra Straps" is currently in editing, due to be released in September/October. I am currently working the publishing process in order to meet the deadline for my book tour.
The second installment "Backpacks and Bra Straps" covers our overland backpacking journey through Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Western China, Tibet and Nepal. The characters continue to grow and develop, with the group dynamic ever evolving and fluctuating. New characters and their reactions are introduced when my sister's best friend flies out to join us for the Everest Base Camp trek in Nepal. The reader will experience parts of the Silk Road, Tibetan monasteries and the strength of Nepali sherpas in the incredible Himalayas. And of course it'll all be tied in with the same kind of adventure, humour and excitement that was found in my first book, "Sihpromatum – I Grew My Boobs in China".
2. How does your work differ from others of its genre?
There are tons of excellent, thrilling travel memoirs out there but few are, one; about family travel, and two; written from the perspective of a young, budding teenager being dragged around the world against their will. The voice is very innocent and sincere, taking the reader along each step as I grow both physically and emotionally, documenting how the travels mold me into the woman I eventually become.
3. Why do you write what you do?
I always loved expressing myself through writing. Travelling really sparked my dream to be an author, and ever since I was 14 I wanted to share my crazy upbringing with the world.
4. How does your writing process work?
Oh goodness, it varies so much. Though I do have a sense of self-discipline, I cannot say I do it one way or the other. My outline starts with organizing the many journal entries and blogs kept while on the road. The rest is all just a matter of feel. Sometimes I feel inspired, sometimes I don't. At times my brain will go wild while I lay in bed at night, words and sentences forming like magic and I am forced to get out and write them down. Nights like those can easily turn into a 4am bedtime. Other times I have to sit at the desk and force myself to write. Luckily I have amazing support from family and friends to keep me going.
Here are the questions:
1. What are you working on?
2. How does your work differ from others of its genre?
3. Why do you write what you do?
4. How does your writing process work?
It was too difficult to choose amongst all the amazing blogger/writer friends I have made since publishing my first book. I look forward to reading answers from these amazing writers…
I consider Roy AKA @Evervillefans to be my help line when it comes to promoting and marketing my books. When you start out as a writer, weak and shivering with doubts, there are those few people who come into your life and help you get started. Well, Roy is one of those people to me. I met him early on in my author career and he always seems to be one step ahead of me, always an email away with tips and advice to share. I'm so thankful we somehow bumped into each other on this vast internet world.
Ionia AKA @readfulthings is everything reading and writing, including book reviews, which is how we met. A great gal with a loyal following because, well, she's just awesome!
Megan AKA @mappingmegan is an inspiration to many as she blogs, travels, reads and keeps everyone waiting breathlessly for her next amazing travel shot! She has helped me so much by simply encouraging and guiding me in the blogging world. Follow in her footsteps and you're bound to meet with success.
Karla AKA @travellersoul76 met me through Twitter and my book "Sihpromatum – I Grew My Boobs in China" (can't remember which came first) and ever since has become like a big sister to me in the blogger, tweeter, writer world. She is an incredible person, overflowing with talents. I mean, she speaks FIVE bloody languages. Now tell me you aren't jealous of that!
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By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Africa's Congo Basin is home to the second largest rainforest on the planet. But according to a new study, this may soon not be the case. It finds that at current rates of deforestation, all primary forest will be gone by the end of the century.
The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Maryland (UMD) in the U.S. who analyzed satellite data collected between 2000 and 2014. Their results were published Wednesday in Science Advances. It reveals that the Congo Basin lost around 165,000 square kilometers (approximately 64,000 square miles) of forest during their study period.
In other words, one of the world's largest rainforests lost an area of forest bigger than Bangladesh in the span of 15 years.
The Congo Basin rainforest is home to many species, such as this okapi (Okapia johnstoni), which is listed as Endangered by the IUCN and is found only in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
But why? Is it due to industrial pressure like in South America and Southeast Asia where the majority of deforestation has been done for soy, palm oil and other commodity crops? Or commercial logging, which is razing forests on the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea?
Not so much, according to this newest study. It reveals that the dominant force behind rising Congo deforestation, driving more than 80 percent of the region's total forest loss, is actually small-scale clearing for subsistence agriculture. The researchers write that most of it is done by hand with simple axes.
According to the authors, the preponderance of small-scale deforestation of Congo rainforest is due largely to poverty stemming from political instability and conflict in the region. The Congo Basin rainforest is shared by six countries: Cameroon, the Central African Republic (CAR), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo (RoC) and Gabon. Of these, the DRC holds the largest share of Congo forest—60 percent—and is home to more people than the other five combined. The DRC, along with CAR, has a human development index in the bottom 10 percent, meaning that lifespans, education levels and per capita GDP there are among the lowest in the world.
Three-year moving average of annual forest loss area for the major disturbance categories in all countriesImage from Tyukavina et al., Sci. Adv. 2018;4: eaat2993
With few livelihood options, most people survive by carving farmland out of the forest. These plots are farmed until the soil runs dry of nutrients, whereupon a new plot is cleared and planted.
Before now, it wasn't exactly understood how much this type of smallholder farming called "shifting cultivation" and other forms of small-scale agriculture were contributing to overall Congo deforestation. So UMD researchers looked for patterns signaling different types of deforestation in regional tree cover loss data captured by satellites.
According to study coauthor Alexandra Tyukavina, "It was important for us to explicitly quantify proportions of different drivers, to demonstrate just how dominant the small-scale clearing of forests for shifting cultivation is within the region, and to show that it's not only re-clearing of secondary forests, but also expansion into primary forests." Tyukavina is a post-doctoral associate at UMD's Department of Geographical Sciences.
Tyukavina and her colleagues found that small-scale forest clearing for agriculture contributed to around 84 percent of Congo Basin deforestation between 2000 and 2014. When zooming in on the portions contained only in the DRC and CAR, that number goes up to more than 90 percent. The only country where small-scale agriculture isn't the driving force of deforestation is Gabon, where industrial selective logging is the biggest single cause of forest loss.
The study also reveals that the majority—60 percent—of Congo deforestation between 2000 and 2014 happened in primary forests and woodlands, and in mature secondary forests.
Pre-disturbance forest type. (A) Reference pre-disturbance type for sampled pixels identified as forest loss. (B) National estimates of 2000-2014 forest loss area by re-disturbance forest type. Area estimates expressed in ha along with SEs are presented table S2A.Image fro Tyukavina et al., Sci. Adv. 2018;4: eaat2993
The United Nations projects that there will be a fivefold increase in human population in the Congo Basin by the end of the century. The researchers found that if current trends hold, this means that there will be no primary Congo rainforest left by 2100.
In their study, the researchers also warn of "a new wave" of large-scale clearing for industrial agriculture. While contributing a comparatively scant 1 percent of Congo deforestation during the study period, it appears to be trending upward, particularly in coastal countries.
"Land use planning that minimizes the conversion of natural forest cover for agro-industry will serve to mitigate this nascent and growing threat to primary forests," the researchers write.
Wings of Paradise: Drawing Attention to #Rainforest Destruction https://t.co/M0VJkuIzrD @Greenpeace @WildForests @SkyRainforest
— EcoWatch (@EcoWatch) September 25, 2018
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'Twas a Dark and Delicious Christmas by Stacey Espino
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was a good collection of Christmas stories with a paranormal twist- though I must admit several were very dark. I see where the dark came into play. But if you're looking for Christmas tales that aren't all warm and fluffy give this one a go.
A Vampire for Christmas: Enchanted by Blood\Monsters Don't Do Christmas\When Herald Angels Sing\All I Want For Christmas by Michele Hauf
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Great vampire Christmas antho. I think my favorite was Monsters Don;t Do Christmas- but all of them were great reads. If you want a little fang in your holiday reading you must pick this book up. You'll love it.
A Clockwork Christmas by J.K. Coi
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Very nice collection of Victorian holiday tales with a steampunk twist.
Now these weren't exactly hardcore steampunk stories but they were great reads. If you want tomrance, historical settings and a little steampunk flair you'll like this collection.
Wicked Christmas Wishes by Tara Fox Hall, Jaden Sinclair, J. Troy Seate
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This was a varied collection. All three tales were vastly different.
I of course loved the vampire one best but was left wondering if there's more to these characters. It seemed maybe this was taken out of a series because there was so much left open in a way that made me feel as a reader I should know what was going on from reading a previous book. And though it was set at Christmas time, Christmas wasn't really the focus like I wanted it to be.
It was an entertaining read though- also a little wicked.
I'll Be Mated for Christmas by Rebecca Royce
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Great little story. I love that the character had a lot to overcome on her own and that she made it.
This made me want to read Royce's other wolf books- a lot.


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The state of Broadband in developing countries
Australia is a mixed bag at Broadband. In some ways we resemble the US, and in no way do we resemble the Japan style FTTN networks (yet). But the infrastructure is starting to be there. What sucks is that sometimes to get the 30 Mbps connections you have to pay quite a bit for it (AUD$90/bundled per month for 25GB, Bigpond Cable). Yes I'm only with Bigpond cable as no ADSL service exists in my area that comes close to that speed. Damn counted uploads and data shaping.
But at least unlike some countries, we do seem to have decent peering links to EU and the US. I have actually achieved 3 MBytes/sec (24Mbps) transfer on a regional transfer and about 1MBytes/sec (8Mbps) using international servers.
Why do I mention this? I just watched Walt Mossberg talk about the bad state of Broadband and the lack of integration of the online world with big TVs (watch below, 8 mins).
Lastly Australia gets, as no doubt does the rest of the world, a time lag factor of everything latest and greatest. No iPhone yet, no iTMS TV/Movie store, no local Amazon style service (some come close), up to 1 year delay on airing TV series (though it is improving recently); and so on.
The tyranny of distance, and small population on a great land mass, is at play.
Oh yes, and the iPhone rumour gets another bump – woot 3G iPhone in June, well in the US. No doubt another 6 months will pass before Australia gets it. Lets hope it is not locked to Telstra. I don't want to have to pay for my 3G data on top of the expensive plan AND the phone. I want it bundled, and not a pitiful 5 Megabytes worth. I have a $500 cap on Vodafone for now, including all my 3G data usage at $1 per 5 mins (part of the $500 cap).
If the iPhone ends up locked to Telstra, I'll be singing Elvis.


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Which ones are your favorites?
Ten Technologies That Will Rock 2010 from TechCrunch
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Attorney Profile—Brian T. Borders
Practice Areas
Brian T. Borders practices in the following areas of law:
- Federal Regulation
- Federal Legislation
- Securities Regulation
- Securities Class Actions
- Corporate Governance
- Broker-Dealer Regulation
Professional Background
Brian Borders has represented a wide range of clients on a variety of regulatory and legislative matters during his 25-year career in Washington.
For 10 years, Mr. Borders was president of the Association of Publicly Traded Companies (APTC), a non-profit business association of over 900 companies. He represented APTC to Congress, the SEC, stock markets, and various regulatory agencies. In 2002, APTC merged with the American Business Conference, a Washington, DC group with similar membership and goals, for whom Mr. Borders now serves as outside counsel.
Mr. Borders has served on a variety of regulatory and advisory boards and committees. He has addressed national and regional meetings of various organizations and participated on panels before corporate, investor and international business groups.
Mr. Borders also served for four years as president and chief administrative officer of a manufacturing trade association and managed an array of programs such as member education, standards, and statistics. He served as liaison to the association's counterpart organizations in Europe and Japan.
Mr. Borders was legislative counsel to U.S. Senator Alfonse D'Amato of New York, a senior member of the Senate Banking Committee. During this time, Mr. Borders worked on major financial services and securities legislation, and tax and federal budget matters.
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- University of California, Hastings College of the Law, J.D.
- United States Military Academy at West Point, B.S.
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- Order of the Coif
- Thurston Society
- Note and Comment Editor, Hastings Law Journal
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Hastings College of Law
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- Board of Governors, National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD, now FINRA) 2000-2004
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- Listings Hearing Panel, NASDAQ Stock Exchange
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WCQ: Southgate defends zero subs strategy after Poland draw
England manager Gareth Southgate defended his decision not to use any substitutes in the 1-1 World Cup qualifying draw against Poland on Wednesday.
The Poles used all five of their substitutes during the game and ended strongly, grabbing their equaliser in stoppage time.
"We were playing well, we were in control. At those moments, it's not easy to come on as a substitute and we would be taking people off for the sake of it, frankly," said Southgate.
"We were in total control, there was no issue, why disrupt it when you're in control?" he said.
The result ended England's 100% record in group I after five straight wins but still leaves the Three Lions four points clear of second placed Albania and five ahead of Poland.
Southgate said Wednesday's game had been the hardest test his side had faced since losing the Euro 2020 final to Italy on penalties in July.
"It was no surprise that this was the hardest game in the group. Early in the game, we were a little slow to move the ball and Poland pressed us well.
"As the half wore on we started to get a grip of the game and gain more control without making really any clear chances – other than Harry Kane's header at the far post.
"In the second half we controlled the game. If there's a criticism it's that we didn't create enough clear chances from that possession and we didn't get enough players in the box," he said.
Read Also:WCQ: Italy return to winning ways with rout of Lithuania
England showed little desire to add to their one-goal lead and paid the price but Southgate said the result had to be put in the context of a three-game span which saw 4-0 wins in Hungary and at home to Andorra.
"While it's one-nil you run the risk of what happened at the end. We're clearly disappointed not to get the three points but I have to look at what the players have done across these three matches," Southgate said.
"Given that there was no way of telling how they would react after what happened in the (Euro 2020 final), I think their mentality and application has been really good."