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TJEd & College PART I: A Report on the Growing Importance of Higher Education
May 19th, 2015 // 6:40 am @ Oliver DeMille
The Divide
A college-level education is increasingly important in the new economy. Higher education has long created a significant divide between the "haves" and "have nots," and by all indications this trend will intensify for the next three decades.
The gap between the affluent (we'll call this the A Economy) and the middle class (the M Economy) is growing, and higher education is one of the clearest differences between these groups. The ranks of the lower classes (the R Economy—with R standing for "Risk") are swelling, as more in the middle class find themselves caught in high debt and paycheck-to-paycheck living. Again, higher education marks the divide between those in the A Economy and almost everyone else.
Moreover, as North Americans compete for well-paying jobs and economic success in an increasingly global marketplace, the old system of "college degree = secure job with good benefits" no longer holds. Fewer graduates are able to maintain their parents' lifestyle, and the middle class is dwindling.
As a result, those in the Middle Economy are left with a choice: rise to the Affluent Economy or join the Risk Economy. With career opportunities increasingly elusive for young people in this environment (in both North America and Europe), higher education has become even more important.
There is much more to this article – including where the different classes are heading; various ways of getting a great education; finding where to get your college-level education; and more!
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The Bedrock of Freedom: The Ben Carson vs. Rand Paul Debate by Oliver DeMille
February 13th, 2015 // 9:27 am @ Oliver DeMille
Measles, Vaccinations, Common Core,
and the Deeper Issue We're All Experiencing
The disconnect right now is tearing our nation apart. Over and over, people engage in the Surface argument, while the Deeper issue is actually a lot more important.
For example, consider the national discussion of whether the government should mandate vaccinations against measles and other similar diseases. The Surface issue is whether vaccinations are safe, or whether in some cases they are hurtful to a child. But the Deeper issue is much more important: Who should make the decision about vaccinations for your children? Government? Or you as the parents?
I recently watched two interviews with U.S. presidential hopefuls that clearly illustrate this point. In the first interview, Ben Carson was asked about measles and vaccinations. He stated that vaccinations should be firmly mandated by government for all children. Period.
Rand Paul took a slightly different approach. He said that vaccinations work and that children should be vaccinated, but that the more important issue is this: Government doesn't own such decisions about children, parents do. Parents should have the final say.
Both of these men are medical doctors, and both have a history of commitment to the principles of freedom. But in this case, one called for government mandates and the other called for sticking with freedom. Very interesting.
Force and Reason
Ben Carson went on to say that the idea that vaccinations are widely damaging has been debunked, but then he added an interesting point. He said that of course a few children are allergic or otherwise react poorly to vaccinations, but overall the benefits of widespread vaccination are worth it.
That's reasonable. But, if reason is to be our guide, which of the following is more reasonable:
1-Educating the populace about the scientific facts, then using government force to mandate what parents must choose for their children?
2-Educating the populace about the scientific facts, then letting parents make choices for their children?
This illustrates the current growing division between those who generally trust the government and those who usually distrust it. This disconnect is now a major feature of our nation. It shows up in numerous important issues, including:
1-The government should mandate Common Core across the nation to raise standards for schools and students.
2-Parents should have the final say on whether or not Common Core is good for their specific children.
1-The police are justified in using deadly force as needed, because law enforcement is paramount and force is frequently necessary—and police and government agents are nearly always in the right.
2-The community should be very vigilant about any use of force by the police to ensure that it was truly justified, because police forces and governmental agencies sometimes overstep their bounds and aren't held accountable.
To Trust or Not to Trust
America is split, more each year, by these two major perspectives: "We almost always trust the government to do the right thing," versus "We don't usually trust the government to do the right thing."
Through most of the 20th Century, by the way, an average of 78% of Americans held the first view (trust), while today only 23% of Americans believe the government will do the right thing most of the time. That's a huge change.
And clearly the disconnect isn't partisan. It divides both major parties, and it also divides independents. Just look at Common Core, for example. Rand Paul and Ted Cruz are strongly against it, while Jeb Bush is a firm supporter. Bobby Jindal and Mike Huckabee supported it at the state level and then opposed it when it became a federal program. And all of these men are leading Republicans.
Or look at the vaccination issue. Some of the strongest supporters of government mandates are top Democratic politicians, while many of the communities with the lowest rates of vaccination (and highest levels of anti-vaccination activism) are university neighborhoods dominated by progressive faculty and administrators.
On the Right, many Republican voters demand that everyone get vaccinated, while a vocal opposition calls mandatory vaccination a socialistic plot. Ben Carson versus Rand Paul, so to speak, but spread through the population regardless of party.
Now, change the Surface issue, from, say, vaccinations to police use of deadly force in Ferguson, Cleveland, or New York, and the sides quickly shift.
Bad Comparisons
Here's another example:
1-The government should regulate and then force the education of all children ages 5-16.
2-Parents should have the right to make the final educational decisions for their family.
This one clearly hits very close to home, but the divide is still there. Ben Carson said something really interesting while he was making his case for mandatory vaccinations. He compared them to seatbelt laws and also laws against texting while driving. I like Ben Carson, so this surprised me because these two things shouldn't be treated the same. (He probably would have clarified this if he had time to elaborate.)
The main intent of "don't text while you drive" laws is to protect other people from bad driving, while the focus of seat belt laws is to protect the driver.
In the case of Common Core, supporters often speak as if their major goals are to improve society, while many parents who dislike Common Core care mostly about the education of their own children. And pro-vaccinators often cite public health statistics at the same time that anti-vaccination parents point to anecdotal examples where specific children were harmed.
Simplicity and Standards
This all makes sense, if we take the time to really consider it. In short, those thinking in terms of the mass population naturally overlook the specific, individual cases ("they're just anecdotal") while many a concerned parent logically ignores the statistical tables ("my son isn't just a number") and focuses on the potential danger if her child just happens to be one of those who is harmed.
Both views have merit. Both are reasonable. Both make sense. But back to our original question: To whom are we going to give the final say?
The answer depends on what level of society is best equipped to deal with each specific situation. Consider:
- If it's a question about nuclear attack or foreign invasion, the federal government was designed to deal with it.
- If it's a question of crime or direct danger to everyone, it's a state or provincial issue.
- Or, if anything in level B can be handled more effectively at a local level, it should be.
- If it's about what's best for an individual's education, prosperity, or health, let the individual choose. This is the essence of freedom. If it's about children, let's trust the parents.
This simple little system is essential to freedom. Without such standards, freedom is quickly lost.
The Level
So, let's get specific. Do the measles meet the "danger to everyone" level in B or C above? No. So leave such health decisions to the parents. Same with Common Core. Of course, if Ebola is the issue, level B kicks in because it truly is a "direct danger to everyone." It may even be level A, depending on the circumstances. But Common Core and the measles are nowhere near level A. Not even close.
In fact, this system of doing things at the right level, and only at the right level, is the key to maintaining freedom and applying wisdom on nearly every issue. For example:
-Seat belts? Level D.
-Drunk driving or text-driving? Level B. (It would be level C if people didn't travel very much, but in our current world conditions, if every local area has a different law, far too many drivers will be confused and the laws will be ineffective at protecting the life and liberty of others.)
-Police using deadly force? Level B.
-Oversight of any use of deadly force? Levels A-D.
-Compulsory school laws? Level D only. Seriously, leave to families those things best handled by families.
-Dedicated study and wise oversight of all laws? Level D.
This isn't just the Deeper level; it is the bedrock of freedom.
Oliver DeMille is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling co-author of LeaderShift: A Call for Americans to Finally Stand Up and Lead, the co-founder of the Center for Social Leadership, and a co-creator of TJEd.
Among many other works, he is the author of A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the 21st Century, The Coming Aristocracy, and FreedomShift: 3 Choices to Reclaim America's Destiny.
Oliver is dedicated to promoting freedom through leadership education. He and his wife Rachel are raising their eight children in Cedar City, Utah.
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The New Ivy League by Oliver DeMille
August 27th, 2014 // 6:34 am @ Oliver DeMille
The Dinosaur Reality
The day of turning a college degree into a ready job and high pay is over. That was then. The new economy is different now, and many graduate schools are taking note.
For example, The New York Times reported:
"On a spring afternoon at Michigan State University, 15 law students are presenting start-up proposals to a panel of legal scholars and entrepreneurs and an audience of fellow students. The end-of-the semester event is one part seminar and one part 'Shark Tank' reality show.
"The companies the students are describing would be very different from the mega-firms that many law students have traditionally aspired to work for, and to grow wealthy from. Instead, these young people are proposing businesses more nimble and offbeat: small, quick mammals [entrepreneurial businesses] scrambling underfoot in the land of dinosaurs [oldstyle mega-businesses]." (John Schwartz, "This is Law School?" The New York Times, August 1, 2014)
Many schools are increasingly emphasizing entrepreneurialism in a new economy where the traditionally educated law school graduate faces a dearth of jobs. "With the marketplace shifting, schools have increasingly come under fire for being out of touch." (ibid.)
Professionals in the Basement
A surprisingly high number of law school and other professional school graduates are moving back home to live with parents, and those who do get jobs are finding the work stifling and unrewarding in an environment with a glut of professionals holding degrees.
Those who don't like the cutthroat and grinding work are easily replaced.
In fact, a Forbes study recently noted that being an associate attorney is the least happy job in the nation. (See Psychology Today, July 2014) It has relatively high pay compared to most entry-level career paths, but the hours are extreme and the other rewards are minimal.
With the glut of attorneys in the market, a large number of law school grads are ending up as paralegals anyway—which seldom helps them to pay off their huge student loans. (ibid.) Medical careers are nearly as bad for most young people—at least for the first eight to twelve years.
A recent poll of college graduates showed:
"People who take out significant college loans score worse on quality-of-life measures, a trend that persists into middle age…. Even 24 years after graduation, students who borrowed more than $25,000 are less likely to enjoy work and are less financially and physically fit than their counterparts who graduated without debt.
For more recent college grads, the discrepancy is even more pronounced….
"About 70% of college grads have debt (Douglas Belkin, "Heavily Indebted Grads Rank Low on Life Quality, The Wall Street Journal, August 8, 2014), and those with graduate or professional schooling have even more debt on average than those with a four-year degree.
"Catherine L. Carpenter, vice dean of Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, tracks curriculum across the country. She said schools are trying to teach their students to run their own firms, to look for entrepreneurial opportunities by finding 'gaps in the law or gaps in the delivery of services,' and to gain specialized knowledge that can help them counsel entrepreneurs." (op cit. Shwartz)
A Return to Apprenticeship
Some of the schools themselves are turning more entrepreneurial as well. The Times reported:
"All law schools, including the elites, are increasing skills training by adding clinics and externships…. [T]he University of Virginia will allow students to earn a semester of credit while working full time for nonprofit or government employers anywhere in the world." (Ethan Bronner, "To Place Graduates, Law Schools Are Opening Firms," The New York Times, March 7, 2013)
This kind of non-traditional learning harks back to the time when most attorneys learned by apprenticing with practicing lawyers—usually with no formal law school at all.
A few law schools are also implementing innovative ways to help their graduates get jobs, or work in firms set up specifically for this purpose by the law schools. For example, Arizona State University set up a special nonprofit law firm so that some of its graduates would have a place to work and learn to practice law.
"[There is] a crisis looming over the legal profession after decades of relentless growth…. It is evident in the sharp drop in law school applications….
"[P]ost-graduate training programs appear to be the way of the future for many of the nation's 200 law schools. The law dean of Rutgers University just announced plans for a nonprofit law firm for some of his graduates." (ibid.)
Entrepreneurship and Life
Other innovations are trying to deal with the crisis.
"At Indiana University's law school, Prof. William D. Henderson has been advocating a shake-up in legal education whose time may have come. 'You have got to be in a lot of pain' before a school will change something as tradition-bound as legal training, he said, but pain is everywhere at the moment, and 'that's kind of our opening.'" (op cit. Shwartz)
"'This is the worst time in the history of legal education to go to law school,' said Patrick Ellis, a recent graduate [of Michigan State University]. 'I am not top of my class, not at a top-10 law school, but I'm confident I'm going to have a meaningful career because of this [entrepreneurial studies] program.'" (ibid.)
Entrepreneurialism is injecting life into many sectors of the economy. In fact, it always has. Without entrepreneurship, free economies cannot flourish. But when the economy is as sluggish as the new market today, entrepreneurs are the main hope.
Note that it's not just law school grads who are facing a tough economy. Don Peck wrote:
"The Great Recession may be over, but this era of high joblessness is probably just beginning. Before it ends, it will likely change the life course and character of a generation of young adults…. The economy now sits in a hole 10 million jobs deep…[and] we need to produce roughly 1.5 million jobs a year—about 125,000 a month—just to keep from sinking deeper.
"Even if the economy were to immediately begin producing 600,000 jobs a month—more than double the pace of the mid-to-late 1990s, when job growth was strong—it would take roughly two years to dig ourselves out of the hole we're in…. But the U.S. hasn't seen that pace of sustained employment growth in more than 30 years…" (Don Peck, "Can the Middle Class Be Saved?" The Atlantic, March 2010)
In addition, to pay for college, many more students are staying home and learning in local schools or talking courses online. (See, for example, Tamar Lewin, "Colleges Adapt Online Courses to Ease Burden, The New York Times, April 29, 2013.)
And over half of college students who go away to earn their degrees have moved back home after graduation in recent years—they aren't finding jobs, and home is their only option in many cases. (Harper's Index, Harpers, August 2011).
Deep Holes Around the World
In fact, this problem is prevalent in Europe as well as the United States.
As one report noted:
"By the time the parents of Serena Violano were in their early 30s, they had solid jobs, their own home and two small daughters. Today, Serena, a 31-year-old law graduate, is still sharing her teenage bedroom with her older sister in the small town of Mercogliano, near Naples." (Ilan Brat and Giada Zampano, "Young, European and Broke," The Wall Street Journal, August 9-10, 2014)
With few jobs available in her field, she "spends her days studying for the exam to qualify as a notary in the hopes of scoring a stable job." (ibid.)
The reason the European economies are struggling is the same as the American challenge–with one difference: the media is more open in saying what is really causing the problems in Europe.
For example, "[the young European's] predicament is exposing a painful truth: The towering cost of labor protections that have provided a comfortable life for Europe's baby boomers is now keeping their children from breaking in [to economic opportunity]." (ibid.)
Dead or Alive
In the United States, such protections include Social Security, Health Care laws, Government Pensions, other entitlements, and the debt necessary to maintain these programs—along with the high levels of regulation that hamper entrepreneurial ventures.
But why are people turning to graduate school to learn entrepreneurship, when the best entrepreneurs tend to learn their craft by application in the real market? It appears to be a matter of trying to avoid risk—of attempting to do what works in the new economy (entrepreneurship) while hedging one's bets by still doing what used to work in the old economy (college degrees).
As one interesting article captured this theme: "College is Dead. Long Live College!" (Amanda Ripley, "College is Dead. Long Live College!" Time Magazine, October 18, 2012, cited in Allen Levie, "The Visual Tradition: The Coming Shift in Democracy," unpublished manuscript.)
Both "college is dead" and "long live college" can't technically be true at the same time, but today's students and their parents aren't sure which to believe. Still, the best road to entrepreneurship is clearly the path of actually engaging entrepreneurialism.
This is a scary reality for a generation that was raised to believe that school was basically the only route to career success.
Watching Results
Alexis de Tocqueville wrote in Democracy in America that as go the attorneys, so goes the United States. Today the cutting-edge trend in legal training is a huge influx of entrepreneurialism.
Ultimately, as another report put it:
"It used to be that college was the ticket to the top. Now graduates are starting from the bottom—buried by student-loan debt that has skyrocketed to a collective $1.2 trillion" in the United States. (Kayla Webley, Generation Debt, MarieClaire, June 2014) Today's college students and graduates are coming to be known less as the Millennial Generation and more as "Generation Debt." (ibid.)
This doesn't mean that higher education is dead. It means that "hire education" is going to be increasingly judged by how well it works—meaning how effectively its users succeed as entrepreneurs.
As a result, a lot of "higher education" innovation and non-traditional types of learning—many of them informal, self-directed and hand-on-building-a-business—are beginning to flourish.
Those who successfully entrepreneur (in law and nearly every other sector of the economy) are going to be the successes of the future. Entrepreneurship is the new Ivy League.
Oliver DeMille is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling co-author of LeaderShift: A Call for Americans to Finally Stand Up and Lead, the co-founder of the Center for Social Leadership, and a co-creator of TJEd.
Among many other works, he is the author of A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the 21st Century, The Coming Aristocracy, and FreedomShift: 3 Choices to Reclaim America's Destiny.
Oliver is dedicated to promoting freedom through leadership education. He and his wife Rachel are raising their eight children in Cedar City, Utah
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A Missing Piece of Entrepreneurship
July 25th, 2014 // 7:38 am @ Oliver DeMille
What Some Entrepreneurs Are Missing
I write a lot about entrepreneurship, even though my main focus is freedom. The reason for this is simple: free nations are always nations with a strong entrepreneurial sector. There are no exceptions in history.
Put simply, the great free nations of human experience had a flourishing free enterprise. This was true in ancient Athens and ancient Israel, the Swiss free era and the Frank golden age, the free periods of the Saracens and also the Anglo-Saxons, the American founding era and the modern free nations of Britain, U.S., Canada, Japan and Europe, among others.
Take away free enterprise, and a nation's freedom always declines. Shut down the entrepreneurial spirit, and liberty rapidly decreases.
The main reason freedom rises or falls with entrepreneurialism is simple: 1) to succeed as an entrepreneur, a person must exhibit the character traits of initiative, innovation, ingenuity, creativity, wise risk-taking, sacrifice, tenacity, frugality, resilience, and perseverance, and 2) these characteristics are precisely the things that through history have proven necessary for free citizens to stay free.
The Hidden Problem
The large majority of responses when I write about entrepreneurship are thoughtful, insightful, and even wise. But once in a while when I write an article pointing out the importance of free enterprise and entrepreneurship to freedom, I get a strange response. I call it "strange" because it shows that some people don't quite understand what I mean by entrepreneurship. Such comments go something like this:
"I'm a born entrepreneur, and I've started dozens of businesses, so I understand that…"
"I have a list of ideas for successful entrepreneurial projects—could you suggest which of these might be the best options…"
"My spouse is constantly starting entrepreneurial ventures and using up our capital in such schemes, and your article made him want to do several more of them…"
These types of sentences are a real head-scratcher. Why? Because this isn't what successful entrepreneurship and free enterprise is all about. Not at all.
Successful entrepreneurs typically start 2-4 businesses during their life, not dozens, and at least one of them becomes an important enterprise. The free market just doesn't reward people who start dozens of businesses, frequently jumping around from business to business.
People who are constantly engaged in their latest "start-up" aren't really following the entrepreneurial path. They're just endlessly repeating the first part of it. Free enterprise rewards those who stick with a business until it becomes a real success, or who learn from the mistakes of the past and then stick with the next venture until it truly prospers.
A lot of successful entrepreneurs have had a failure or two, but not many of them have spent their years working on dozens of businesses. They soon learn to pick one and do what it takes to succeed. They buckle down and go through the process of turning their company into something.
In fact, many successful owners have suggested that it takes about 10,000 hours, or even more, to become good enough at a business or economic sector to make it profitable. Those who are constantly jumping around just can't ever get there.
The Real Thing
When people talk about an entrepreneurial attitude or viewpoint of always starting another business, that's one thing. But it's not the same thing as tenaciously persevering until one business flourishes—and then tenaciously persevering as it keeps thriving.
This latter approach is the kind of entrepreneurship that builds a nation. It's more than just a posture or a habit of starting a bunch of businesses. It's more than liking the idea of business ownership. It's more than talking about being your own boss.
It takes an amazing amount of hard work and tenacity to make a business truly work. Nothing else really gets the job done—for entrepreneurship, or for freedom.
This might seem like a little thing, like a meaningless play on words, but it isn't. It is huge! Entrepreneurship doesn't spur liberty in a society just because some people have an independent, "I'll do it myself" or "I'd rather be my own boss" attitude. That's part of it, but there's more.
Free enterprise is great when the enterprises work. This happens only when the small business owner pays the price to become a successful leader and make the enterprise blossom and grow.
Again, this might not always occur—and it never comes easily—but the leaders who build a free nation are those who hunker down and do the hard work to make it happen. Even if they fail, they make it happen the next time. One dedicated day at a time. Through all the hard times and challenges. Even when everyone else would have given up.
A nation with a lot of such entrepreneurs has a real chance at freedom.
A nation without them never does.
Oliver DeMille is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling co-author of LeaderShift: A Call for Americans to Finally Stand Up and Lead, the co-founder of the Center for Social Leadership, and a co-creator of TJEd.
Among many other works, he is the author of A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the 21st Century, The Coming Aristocracy, and FreedomShift: 3 Choices to Reclaim America's Destiny.
Oliver is dedicated to promoting freedom through leadership education. He and his wife Rachel are raising their eight children in Cedar City, Utah
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A Huge Surprise! by Oliver DeMille
July 21st, 2014 // 6:09 am @ Sara DeMille
My Eureka Moment
It was downright amazing! Surprising, in fact. Shocking. Actually, I don't think the American founding generation would have been surprised at all. They would have expected it. But for me, raised in our modern world, it was a true Eureka!
I should have seen it coming, to tell the truth. In fact, if someone had asked me beforehand to predict what would happen, I'd have put on my forecasting cap and I…probably still wouldn't have known. But nobody asked, and I didn't give it a thought. I guess I'm getting ahead of the story, though, so let's back up a bit.
Petitions and Amazing Happenings
Last summer and fall a number of people in our small town went around getting citizens to sign a petition. The city had decided to raise taxes to meet the growing demands, and some people thought this was a bad idea. The truth is, the leaders in our town are very dedicated and honest—the ones I know personally, which includes most of them, are people of deep integrity.
The same is true of the citizens who talked to me about signing the petition. I studied the issue and decided that, in my opinion, we really didn't need the additional services the tax increase would cover. I signed the petition.
So did a lot of people, and the taxes were postponed—at least for a while.
Then came the annual 4th of July celebration. Of course, one of the great traditions of Independence Day is watching the fireworks. This was suggested by founding father John Adams, and it has been a ritual of growing up for most Americans ever since.
But fireworks were one of the things cut by postponing the tax increase. As the 4th approached, this became a topic of discussion across back fences, near mailboxes, and anywhere else neighbors met. "I voted against raising taxes," one neighbor told me, "but I'll sure miss the fireworks." He shook his head sadly.
I found myself agreeing with him. I repeated his sentiment several times during the last half of June.
Time passed, as it always does, and the holiday arrived. There was a parade, snow cones, barbecues and races. When evening came, my kids asked if I wanted to drive to the neighboring town and watch the fireworks. I told them to go ahead. On the one hand I felt a bit like a hypocrite for voting against the taxes and then driving to the next town for their tax-funded fireworks. But mostly I was just worn out from the day and wanted to stay home. "If only we could just sit in our yard and watch the fireworks like every year," I heard my voice saying in spite of myself.
The kids left, and Rachel and I sat in the yard and watched dusk turn into darkness.
Then an amazing thing happened. Our neighbors just down the road begin shooting off amazing fireworks. Because the city wasn't providing fireworks, policies were relaxed and people were allowed to fire up the kind of fireworks usually only done by the local government.
Firework Economy
We watched in awe. Because our home is on a hill, the bursts seemed close enough to reach out and touch.
But that was just the beginning. Right after the neighbors began their display, another one started just down the road. Then another, and another. We walked the stairs to our balcony and looked out over the valley. Every neighborhood seemed to have the kind of fireworks that in past years have only been done by the city. We counted seventeen distinct places that shot off huge firework displays.
We watched them simultaneously. This went on for over two hours. The city's usual annual display seemed to last about a half hour or so—I have no idea the actual timing, just my recollection. This one went on and on. An hour into this, three more neighborhoods started. Some ended, and new ones began.
We watched in awe.
It was by far the most amazing fireworks display I've ever witnessed. All provided by private citizens. As far as I know, all paid for without tax funds.
As we watched, and as it continued well into the night, I turned to Rachel and said, "I can't believe it! The city government never did anything close to this! Look at what the people are doing, all by themselves."
She nodded. "Government tries to do too much," she said, "and ends up doing less than if they'd just let people exercise their freedom."
"Can you imagine what would happen to our economy if the government would get out of the way and let free enterprise work?" I asked.
"Instead of standing on a balcony watching the best fireworks ever," she replied, "we could stand back and watch the nation's economy boom and blossom. There would be jobs, progress and more prosperity everywhere!"
The One Thing That Works
We sat and watched in silence for a long time. The explosions boomed against each other and echoed through the valley. Sometime close to midnight things died down, and shortly after that our kids came home. They piled out of the van laughing and talking.
"Did you see all that?" our twenty-year-old asked enthusiastically. "That was the best fireworks display ever!"
"We didn't even leave town!" our seventeen-year-old said. "We started to go, but then all these places started shooting up fireworks. They were everywhere! In every direction…"
"So we just pulled over at the park and got out to watch them!" our fourteen-year-old interrupted. "It was so amazing!"
I looked at Rachel. "Someday the government will get out of the economy and tell the people they're on their own…and then we'll see what freedom can really do in America."
"That's what you're here talking about?" asked our twenty-two-year-old daughter with a big smile, baby in arms.
We laughed. "Well, it is the 4th of July" I said. "Isn't this is exactly what every American should be talking about today?"
Long after the 5th of July arrived I rested on my bed, eyes open, unable to sleep. One thought just kept coming back to me, over and over.
Freedom works.
Today's America should give it more of a try. Deregulate and let free enterprise shine and flourish. Most people today probably can't even imagine it, but I bet it's amazing what the people of this nation would rise up and do if given the chance.
Freedom works.
America should try it…
Oliver DeMille is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling co-author of LeaderShift: A Call for Americans to Finally Stand Up and Lead, the co-founder of the Center for Social Leadership, and a co-creator of TJEd.
Among many other works, he is the author of A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the 21st Century, The Coming Aristocracy, and FreedomShift: 3 Choices to Reclaim America's Destiny.
Oliver is dedicated to promoting freedom through leadership education. He and his wife Rachel are raising their eight children in Cedar City, Utah
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Leap Day wedding starts with Leap Day e-mail
Bride-to-be's Leap Day e-mail starts march toward the aisle
It was Feb. 29, 2008, when Sophie McClish heard a radio story discussing the Leap Day tradition of women turning the proposal table around and asking men to marry them. She thought it would be fun to ask spur of the moment, so she e-mailed an article about it to her boyfriend, Michael Welch, at work with the simple line: "What do you think?"
Michael said he didn't take it too seriously since it was "just an e-mail." But it did get him thinking, and finally (with a little prodding from McClish and his family) he officially proposed two years later on May 30, with the ring his parents had been saving for him for the occasion.
In honor of Sophie's original proposal, the couple chose the calendar's next Leap Day for their wedding day.
"I liked the idea of something a little different, and it gave us a good amount of time to get used to the idea of marriage after having been single for so long," she said.
Both Sophie and Michael were born in 1968, another leap year. Since they were getting married at 43, people often mistakenly assumed that one - or both - had been married before. "We just needed a little more time to find each other," Sophie said, adding that she knew Michael was the one back when she sent the e-mail in 2008, but was willing to wait.
"When you are already almost 40, a few more years don't really matter," she said. "He loves me for who I am. I would have waited for much longer."
On Feb. 29, four years to the day after Sophie sent that initial e-mail, the couple tied the knot in front of about 80 friends and family members at the First Presbyterian Church in Berkeley. Sophie's father, Art, and brother, Blaine, were the ushers, and both were dressed in traditional Scottish kilts, a nod to the family's heritage.
The ceremony included the presentation of a wedding certificate in the Quaker tradition that all the guests could sign. While they are not Quakers, Sophie said she really liked the idea of everyone being a participant in the wedding - and that she has a strong affinity for the religion's values, having taught fifth-grade history for a number of years. Today, she teaches elementary school in Alameda. Welch works for Monster Cable Products' order management department in Brisbane.
They met in 2006 through Match.com. Perhaps unsurprising, it was Sophie who made the first move - a small but significant one. When Sophie clicked on the "See Who Has Been Looking At You" button, Michael's profile popped up. Liking what she saw, she clicked the site's "Wink" button (that lets someone know you like his or her profile). Even though Sophie was living in Sacramento at the time and Michael was in Oakland, the relationship took off. Two years and many dates later, the couple bought their first house together in Hayward, where they still live with their eight cats.
For Sophie, the cats were a huge sticking point.
"Not liking cats would have been a deal breaker," she said. "He came into the relationship with one. I came in with four. We've added three together." Drawings of all eight were included on the wedding certificate.
Michael said Sophie's thoughtfulness and caring about others (including their cats) has always stood out. And their wedding day was no exception. When it came time for cake, there was another cake beside the traditional, tiered cake that read "Happy Birthday." It was a surprise for Anna Gravina and Claire Parra, McClish's two closest childhood friends, who were at the wedding and whose birthdays were the same week. Gravina said the sweet gesture summed up Sophie's personality perfectly.
"I think she's just so happy she wants to share her joy with everyone," she said.
Elizabeth Garone is a freelance writer. Send us your stories of upcoming weddings, anniversaries or celebrations at email@example.com.


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Maisie's dad has a new job as live-in caretaker of a Victorian secondary school. Finding it hard to make friends, things change when Maisie tells her new classmates about something strange she saw the night before - a girl's face in the window of a gothic tower. The girls tell Maisie about the ghost of a Victorian pupil rumoured to wander the corridors. One particular student called Kat seems captivated by what Maisie has seen, and - both feeling like outsiders - they quickly become close. One night, though, Maisie comes across a tin box full of photos and notes. It's plainly decades old, and, squinting at the photos, she spots a smiling girl who looks exactly like Kat...


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About the Company
PGMC has been operating for only six (6) years at Brgy. Cagdianao, Claver, Surigao del Norte but it has already achieved results beyond expectations. PGMC posted tenfold increase in nickel ore export in just a period of five (5) years. From a volume of less than 500,000 metric tons in 2007 it has grown to 5.9 million metric tons in 2012. The national and local taxes paid by PGMC to the government for CY 2012 is estimated to be Php 688M.
While making a mark in the industry, PGMC has built a name that doesn't just aim to profit but to build a balanced, strong partnership with stakeholders, government and the community. Its main thrust that empowers business in serving humanity, the country and the community are people, growth, mining and compliance.
PGMC value the existence of its people within and outside the company. PGMC has implemented well its Social Development Management Program (SDMP) with a 2012 budget of P27M.
It was directed towards People empowerment through Livelihood/skills Program (Backhoe Operation, Dump Truck Driving, Light & Heavy Equipment Servicing and Pipefitter Training), Health & Education Support Program (Feeding Program, provision of barangay doctor, nurses and medicines, maintenance of ambulance unit, support to Alternative Learning System Program/ALSP, school fees and supplies assistance for barangay school children, Brigada Eskwela Program for Claver Municipality, etc.), Infrastructure/Public Utilities (Electrification Program, Water System, Improvement of Roman Catholic & Pentecostal Churches, construction of 52 units of household sanitary toilets), ICE/Information Communication Education (School to School ICE Campaign, mine site tour for students of Claver, hosted stakeholders' annual gathering), Pilot Project on Vegetable Farming with Samahang Magsasakang Cagdianao, Baragay Sports Program for host communities, community clean up, monthly rice subsidy for senior citizens, PWD and tanods.
On top of the SDMP, PGMC implements CSR Program such as regular Medical/Surgical Mission (with 1,113 beneficiaries for 2012), calamity assistance, daily transportation for students, scholarship grants for college students, P2.9 M as financial assistance for the relocation of illegal settlers of Kinalablaban, Cagdianao, Claver SDN, P1M as financial assistance to Sitio Sabang, Claver, SDN for the construction of breakwater, and support for various provincial and municipal programs.
PGMC goes beyond what is asked to show its commitment for caring the environment. It has implemented well its Environmental Protection and Enhancement Program (EPEP). It has spent Php223.5M for its 2012 EPEP alone which is above the approved budget or Php308M over six (6) years since 2007.
This covers the mitigating measures to address impacts of mining operations on land, air and water, waste management, environmental monitoring, greening program, adopt-a-river program, research and training and IEC campaign. It has also started its progressive rehabilitation program on mined-out declared area.


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Is it me or does Mad Men smell this season? I don't mean that it isn't good; I mean, can you get a whiff of the world that they are living in? My husband and I watched Sunday's episode last night and both had the sensation of knowing well what their world is starting to smell like. As I watched, it was like all the cigarettes they have been smoking for the past four seasons, the alcohol they drink all day, is now embedded in their skin, clothes, and carpets and exuding from the screen.
In previous seasons, everything had this scentless atmosphere -- as if the characters were themselves ads for a world that was beautiful, if lacking in humanity. This season you see that things, bodily things, cannot be so much controlled as they once were, but covered up. Betty's body, growing with weight and age, is covered up in thick, quilted polyester from the neck down, as if to say, "Nothing to see here!" Yet, what fabric absorbs and exudes smells more than quilted polyester? I could practically taste the Oil of Olay foundation cream, mixed with Chanel No. 5, and Moore cigarettes as she lumbered from one scene to the next. Don is still handsome, but a little oilier, his molded hair and skin giving off the same moist sheen. In the show's current time, 1968, Don's age -- his personal age, and his era -- is getting tired and it's starting to smell of too many cigarettes and too much aftershave. The smooth world of surface that the show began with, and we have all reveled in aesthetically, is giving way to something much more raw -- and I can smell it coming.
Perhaps it's partly because the aesthetic atmosphere of the show is aging from the deodorized Kennedy era, to the sweaty Nixon era -- an era that I actually have some associations with. Granted, I wasn't born until 1972, but the aesthetics of the late '60s, early '70s stuck around for a lot longer through my grandparents and relatives. Through them, I know how the quilted polyester feels and smells all too well. My friend Jenna has a term she uses to sum up the aesthetic feeling of the 1970s I am beginning to experience on Mad Men. She calls it simply, "Orange." For example, quilted polyester is definitely "Orange," as are Phyllis Diller, white patent leather men's shoes, and macramé plant hangers. I would say so is the wrinkled plaid jacket of the new copywriter, Michael Ginsberg. As my husband said, once a plaid jacket shows up, it's all down hill from there.
I wonder how long Mad Men will be able to survive just on the aesthetic question alone. Part of its charm has been the vintage style of its atmosphere. Its story is sunk in an era just old enough that it seems alien and fascinating -- but what happens when it starts to bleed into the places we already know too well and find less pretty? Of course, older people than I may already be experiencing this, while younger people than me probably don't get the same smelly recall I do. I like to think of the '70s as a particularly stinky time, but that may just be the stench of my limited memory bank. Either way, the fumes are starting to leak out -- and to me, they are so orange.


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|RED cherry tomatoes my mother grew in Tasmania,
Australia. They were as delicious as they look!
Colors often have different meanings in various cultures. As a psychologist and an artist/designer I have always been interested in the psychology of color, (or 'colour' as it is spelled back home in Australia, and other countries). Color is something I am constantly thinking about as it relates to the world of arts and crafts.
Considered the most emotionally intense color, red stimulates a faster heartbeat and breathing. It is also the color associated with love, passion and romance. A new study, published this year in the American Psychological Association's journal 'Emotion', finds that when humans see the color red, their reactions become both faster and more forceful. And people are unaware of the color's intensifying effect.
Here are just a few interesting notes about the color red.
- In Greece, Easter eggs are dyed red as a representation of life and the blood of Christ. The Greek have a custom of marking the heads and backs of small lambs with red dye to protect them. The Greek expression "piase kokkino" means 'touch re'd and is said when two people say the same thing at the same time. Superstition claims that such an occurrence is an omen that the two will soon have an argument, which can only be broken if they both touch the closest red item.
- Cochineal red, discovered by the Aztecs, was derived from the cochineal beetle. A great many insects must be processed to produce any useful amount of the highly prized red dye extract. It requires about 70,000 or more dried cochineal insects to produce just one pound of dye. For the Aztecs, Indian red dye was considered more valuable than gold! However, it was the Spaniards who introduced the crimson color of Cochineal red to Europe in the 1500s. Cochineal dyes although natural do have contraindications; some people have had allergic reactions to this colorant which is labeled as E120 on the products ingredients.
- Visible light waves are the only electromagnetic waves we can see. We see these waves as the colors of the rainbow. Each color has a different wavelength. Red has the longest wavelength and violet has the shortest wavelength. When all the waves are seen together, they make white light. Red is at the highest arc of the rainbow.
- Feng shui recommends painting the front door of a home red to invite prosperity to the residents.
- In Chinese and other East Asian societies red envelopes are generally given at social and family gatherings such as weddings or on holidays such as the Lunar New Year. The red color of the envelope symbolizes good luck and is supposed to ward off evil spirits. It is believed that this red envelope will bring good luck to the person who receives it and to the person who gives it.
- Bees can't see the color red, but they can see all other bright colors. Red flowers are usually pollinated by birds, butterflies, bats, and wind, rather than bees.
"Of all the hues, reds have the most potency. If there is one electric blue, a dozen reds are so charged. Use them to punctuate white, burn into bronzes, or dynamite black." -- Jack Lenor LarsenWant to see some of the beautiful reds in the world? Visit Life in Color: Red Photos at National Geographic.
Perhaps the color red will inspire your next work of art!
I hope you have a, red letter day!


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Installing on H3900 uses the same basic process as installing on older models of iPAQ. This document only describes aspects that are specific to H3900.
The regular StrongARM bootblaster will not run on XScale-based machines. Use the H3900 build, available at http://handhelds.org/feeds/BootBlaster3900/.
H3900 support is included in bootldr 2.19.xx. Binaries for XScale are located at http://handhelds.org/feeds/bootldr/pxa/.
Root images
Some experimental root images live in this directory. The "-3900" images are appropriate for H3900. GPE2 and Opie versions are available.
Latest PXA kernels can be found in the 2.4.19 feed. Add this line to ipkg.conf:
src 2.4.19 http://handhelds.org/feeds/2.4.19/
and then type ipkg install kernel-pxa to install the current kernel.
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To those paying close to minimum wage to some employees, this is a courtesy reminder that the Florida Minimum Wage has been increased from $8.05 to $8.10 per hour, effective January 1, 2017. If you use Tip Credit, the new minimum required to be paid by the employer, irrespective of tips, has also been increased from $5.03 per hour to $5.08 per hour. It is important that you review your payroll to make sure the correct amounts are used and review your payroll processes with your in-house individual responsible for payroll processing, or your outside payroll provider, to avoid unnecessary violations due to this change.
As always, Lubell & Rosen's Employment Law Group is here to help you with planning and compliance so that you follow Department of Labor regulations and mitigate risks for future liabilities involving payments to your employees.
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About Us
Each of our practitioners at Totally Psyched holds graduate and postgraduate degrees in their specialist areas and is a registered practitioner in their field. They also have extensive experience working with young people and families within the Auckland area district health board community mental health teams and bring this experience to families from all areas. They each sub-specialize in specific areas according to their interests and experience, which we match to the needs of each young person and family to ensure the very best support.
What can you expect?
The first appointment usually includes a comprehensive discussion about the concerns and your child's earlier development leading up to them. Exactly what is asked will depend on what the presenting concerns and goals for coming are. Usually, this first appointment takes an hour to an hour and a half. If there are any safety concerns, these will be assessed and a plan developed to address them in the first appointment - please be sure to bring up any safety concerns immediately so support can be put in place.
Sometimes psychometric assessment tools, such as international standard questionnaires, are used to provide additional objective information that can be compared to other children the same age and gender from the population sample. If you agree it will be useful, information may also be collected from teachers in the form of observations, psychometrics and written forms.
When the assessment is complete, a plan for therapy will be discussed and agreed upon. This often means weekly or fortnightly appointments (or 'sessions' as they are called) for anything between 4 - 12 sessions. How long it takes generally depends on the severity and complexity of the disorder/difficulties and the motivation of your child.
We offer a warm and friendly service in a supportive environment that endeavours to provide practical and long lasting results.
Comfortable & inviting environment
We have a clinic in the heart of Takapuna, designed with the young person's needs in mind. The clinic waiting room and reception area has a fun and vibrant retro space as well as a snug area that is relaxing and calm. Our friendly receptionist offers a warm welcome and will take care of all your scheduling and other admin needs.
The clinic consulting rooms are designed according to age and combine the same retro feel with squishy beanbags to comfy couches. Our staff is friendly, warm and completely approachable.


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The day before Thanksgiving brought a major snow storm to our area. My husband was thrilled because he was able to use his brand new snow blower for the first time. The kids were thrilled because, well, they are kids. I was thrilled for perfect scrap material! I created the two pages here for my December album using a bunch of on-hand supplies and Toni From Designs Christmas Icons flair.
I love the wood grain background of this flair set, paired with white silhouettes:
Here's a closer look at my pages and the flair details.
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Severus Alexander Æ Sestertius, Sol Reverse
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As people age, the services of medical care providers also becomes in demand. Each year, the number of patients confined in hospital facilities increases. For this reason, healthcare teams need additional hands which can help them get the job done in the quickest, most proper way possible. And these roles are being handed to nursing aides.
Before being officially called as CNA, you first have to take in a CNA training program. This is a training which you actually have to pay for. Most training centres in Joplin is known to offer $400, while costly programs amounting to $1000 is common in Joplin. Great news is, there are free CNA training programs you may actually get into.
These scholars of nursing homes and hospitals will be great inclusions in the team, that's why they continue to offer free CNA classes. This is an excellent move from them since the costs of hiring and training new employees are actually just similar with the CNA training costs. Other medical facilities also provide free classes given that the scholar will agree to render pay back services for a certain period of time. Funding of CNA scholarship programs are very much active in Missouri, especially at Joplin.
CNA scholarship programs are also available from the state government. They pay for your complete training session. And of course, who will ever leave behind the power of the internet? This definitely is a cut from your budget since you get to have training for free and experience the comfort of your home. Free CNA training online will help you build a career, and it starts right now.Author: Paula Shelton


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The local government and Educational Supervisor are fully behind our project, giving us access to many schools in the area. This gap year volunteer in Costa rica programme consists of working with students aged between five and 19, teaching language classes – usually English, – although we can cater for French, German or Mandarin Chinese too.
Some of the larger schools have English teachers, but the teachers themselves often struggle. Participants will be free to choose their own way of teaching and may bring their own ideas into class.
It is important to understand that the methods of teaching are less important than the attitude of the participant towards the students. In addition, the subjects to be taught can alter, depending on current activities in the schools which might include, for example, environmental issues or current festivals.
The teaching programme serves a dual purpose; of course it is meant to help children in rural Costa Rica to have a chance to learn another language with a mother tongue speaker, but it also benefits you, giving you an insight into the Costa Rican education system as well as an excellent opportunity to become good friends with students, teachers and even parents, and so take a full role in the community.
You will be organizing and balancing a range of classes for your duration at the school. With some schools your schedule can be flexible and you may also have some say in what classes you prefer to teach. Overall you should be prepared to teach 3-6 hours a day.
You will have lunch at the school and can expect to remain there from 8:00am until just after 4.30pm, depending on your schedule. This gives you plenty of time to immerse yourself in the school and its activities, and to get to know its students and staff.
When confirming your dates please take note of the long holidays (late Dec to early Feb) and the other Public Holidays in the Holidays section which schools may take advantage of. During such times, renovation work continues, with the option to join special classes and English camps when requested by the local community.


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Roberto Croce is a managing director of quantitative strategies at Salient. He is the lead portfolio manager on Salient's risk parity and managed futures strategies and co-portfolio manager on several other funds. In addition, Roberto and his team built Salient's quantitative software and hardware platform from the ground up and continue researching potential strategy improvements and new products.
Prior to joining Salient in 2011, Roberto taught macroeconomics and finance at Ohio State University, published academic research and served as a research assistant to Professor Don Haurin. In 2010, Roberto interned in the Strategic Research group at the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Dr. Croce earned both a master's and a doctoral degree in economics from Ohio State University and a Bachelor of Science in economics from Penn State University.


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(SportsNetwork.com) - Wins came easily for the Nashville Predators for most of the season, but that has clearly not been the case lately for the struggling Central Division leaders.
The Predators hope to halt a five-game losing streak when they host the Winnipeg Jets in Saturday's clash at Bridgestone Arena.
Before losing its last five games in regulation, Nashville hadn't lost more than two tests in a row at any point this season. In fact, the Preds never even dropped consecutive games until losing to Detroit and Montreal on Jan. 17 and 20.
Prior to the current slide, the Predators went 0-1-1 in their only three losing streaks of 2014-15. With zero points gained over the last five trips to the ice, even an overtime or shootout loss tonight would look good to Nashville.
As a result of the slide, the Predators have lost their handle on the NHL's best record and now sit two points behind Anaheim for that distinction. Nashville is still four points ahead of St. Louis for first place in the Central Division, but the Blues, who visit Toronto on Saturday, hold two games in hand over the Predators.
Three of Nashville's losses during the slide have come on home ice, including Thursday's 4-3 setback to the New York Islanders. The Predators fought back to tie the game after trailing 3-1 in the third period, but Brock Nelson delivered the game-winner for the visiting Isles with 6:08 remaining in regulation.
Peter Laviolette, who is in his first season as Nashville's head coach, stressed the importance of staying together as a team after Thursday's tough loss.
"I really think we have to look at this as a team, and we will get out of this together," said Laviolette. "Our guys have done an excellent job of staying tight as a group, and there are a lot of things that could have been better tonight too. We still gave up scoring chances; it's one of those things we could do better, but I think it's important to stay together right now."
Craig Smith, Colin Wilson and Mike Ribeiro scored for Nashville in the loss, while Pekka Rinne allowed all four New York goals on 26 shots.
The Preds hope to snap their three-game home slide tonight. They are 26-6-1 as the host on the season.
Winnipeg also hopes to get back on track tonight after losing four of its last six games. The club hasn't made the playoffs since relocating from Atlanta prior to the 2011-12 campaign and is just two points ahead of Los Angeles for the final wild card spot in the West. The Kings host Pittsburgh on Saturday.
The Jets fell 3-1 to Ottawa on Wednesday and wrapped a four-game homestand with a 2-1-1 mark. In addition to the game, the club also lost defenseman/forward Dustin Byfuglien to an upper-body injury that expects to keep him sidelined for at least two weeks. Centerman Bryan Little also suffered an undisclosed injury in the loss and will be out tonight.
Byfuglien is fourth on the team with 42 points on 15 goals and 27 assists. Little, who is with the Jets for the start of this road trip, is leading the club with 24 goals and is second on the team with 51 points.
Michael Frolik was the only Jet to score against Ottawa goaltender Andrew Hammond, while Michael Hutchinson allowed three goals on 17 shots in the loss. Hutchinson was replaced with just over eight minutes to play in the second by Ondrej Pavelec, who stopped all three shots he faced.
"Hammond played really well, but we had a couple opportunities to put it in and couldn't," said Winnipeg forward Andrew Ladd. "It was one of those nights. We'll put this one behind us and move forward into this next stretch of games that are really important."
Winnipeg is beginning a four-game trip tonight and is 15-10-7 as the guest. The Jets have lost in two straight and six of their last seven trips to the Music City.
Tonight's test marks the finale of the season series and Nashville owns a 3-1-0 mark against the Jets so far. Winnipeg has lost eight of 11 overall in this matchup.
Rinne is expected to start tonight as he attempts to maintain a perfect career mark against the Jets. Over eight lifetime appearances (seven starts) versus Winnipeg, the Finnish veteran is 7-0 with a 2.04 goals against average.


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I have a "harvest" banner to share with you today.
I will have close up's of each letter at the end of the blog.
I cut the paper to fit each banner and glued them down I punched holes into each banner and added some We R Memory keepers eyelets.
At this point, you can just add your letters. I like to layer so I cut some doily shapes and scalloped ovals.
All of the supplies are shown in more detail in the video below.
To embellish the banner, I added stickers from the sticker sheet in the paper collection and some ribbon from my stash. I used brown tulle to string the banner. I also covered each letter in Golden Rod stickles.
Here is a snapshot of each letter.
Here is the video. This will show you all of the supplies used, how I used them, and a closer look at the banner.
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Arts and Crafts Movement
Physical law is often the force behind societal change. "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." This pendulamic dynamism of nature is a driving force of human nature as well. Such, our taste has swung radically from Queen Anne to Chippendale, from sandals to wing tips, from Carter to Reagan, and from disco to country, seemingly overnight. As patron taste changes, so too must the artist. Understanding the forces that have steered our artisans makes the study of history and antiques all the more interesting.
The Arts and Crafts Movement that dawned in the last quarter of 19th century England was one of the most sweeping and significant changes in decorative art history. Today, it is the most fertile and untilled of all antique fields. Toward understanding this market, know first that it was born as a reaction. Industrialization had seized Western society by 1850. Dickens had written of its de-humanizing effects in Hard Times(1854). The influential writer/critic John Ruskin blamed mechanization for subverting workers' creativity. He censured industrial products as "monotonous uninspired goods," and wrote "industry without art is brutality." Taste was changing. English socialist, poet, and designer, William Morris founded a company bearing his name in 1861 employing craftsman and artists to produce furniture, glass, ceramics, metalwork, and textiles to meet this demand.
In 1871 Ruskin founded the Guild of St. George, to restore "organic art" and a pre-industrial life-style of handcraft and joy in labor. Other community leaders and societies followed Ruskin and Morris. The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society was established 1875. They argued not only for a return to skilled craftsmanlike workmanship, but to have such products recognized as art. This was a reaction as well; against the exclusive view of academic art encouraged by the English Royal Academy. The clique heralded gilt-framed oil paintings at their exhibitions; relegating sculpture, architecture, pottery, and other arts of decorative design to subordinate positions. By 1900, the twin revolts against the crushing influence of academic arrogance and industrial monotony had been successful.
Recognizing those valuable antiques influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement is made easier by understanding its artists' tenets: The appreciation of art in everyday objects, handcraftsmanship-or at least the objects should appear that they were made by hand, sound materials and straightforward conceptual design, ornament derived from nature and subordinated to form and function. These reformers believed that they were saving society with their art. Society lives on and so does their influence in the history of western design: In the organic lines of the French "Art Nouveau"(1895-1915) movement, in its German equivalent, "Jugendstil"(1900-1915), in the American Franciscan expression of "Mission(oak) Style"(1900-1935) with its purposeful design and obvious signs of handwork such as exposed mortise-and-tenon joints and hammer-pommeled coppersmithing. Even the tubular steel, modernistic movement of "Art Deco"(1925-1950), and artist-concepted "Studio Craft"(1945 - today), show Art and Crafts influence in their severely functional, highly individualistic designs.
When you come upon a Mission Oak chair stamped by Gustav Stickley, or a mat-glazed mullen-leaf colored pot marked by Grueby, or a Tiffany lamp and that feels so natural you would swear that the artist was sitting in forest when he/she fashioned it, remember physics, and a pendulum that swung in the twilight years of 19th century England.


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White Lake Citizens League
Enjoy an afternoon on beautiful White Lake:
$30.00 per person
Sales strictly limited to the capacity of the pontoon boats
Boats depart from the White Lake Inn docks (3955 Ormond Road)
Your ticket entitles you to receive a "Buy One Entree Get 2nd Half Off"
For ticket waiting list, send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com.
2015 Ticket Procedure
In the past, ticket requests have exceeded the number available, and have sold out by e-mail requests prior to the Pancake Breakfast.
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He usually on time but you get about 2 mins of his time for follow up appts. I find him rude and always seems to have something better to do than to properly listen. Its obvious its all about the insurance $$$$$$ with him.
I saw Dr. Kabek for severe shoulder pain after being wrongly diagnosed by another doctor. Dr. Kabek listened carefully to my problem, followed up with a lot of questions and properly diagnosed me with inflamed bursa. The inflamation was severe enough to requuire surgery. He explained the procedure to me in detail, and asked me questions to ensure I understood what the surgery would entail. He was just as thorough with post-surgery appointments, explaining what movements to avoid, and what movements may hurt, but wouldn't cause any injury. My full recovery time was about 2 weeks. I've referred two friends to him, and both have been just as pleased with his treatment of the medical issue, as they were with his treatment of the patient. Highly recommend.
After being referred to DR Kaback for a shoulder issue,he scheduled an MRI.That was done promptly however upon my return visit to discuss these results,the Dr.said I had a calcified tendinitis. He gave me an injection but did not tell me what the medicine was and was quite abrupt with me. I was in extreme pain the previous weekend so I called the emergency phone number and the P.A on call returned my call and said I should perhaps be taking percocet for pain.After I was given that injection I asked Dr Kaback for this medicine for pain control and he was nasty to me and said"That isnt the right med you need" AND"If I was to give u any pain med,I would be a drug dealer"end quote.I found him to be totally unsympathetic to my needs,sarcastic,and very rude to me.HE WAS CLEARLY non caring about my shoulder pain and didnt take any time to explain why this happens or when it might get better.All he did after the shot was to refer me to P/T. I would never return to this physician again!!
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|Visitation: Friday, September 8, from 2-4 and 7-9 pm at Stroo Funeral Home
Service: 4 pm Saturday, September 9 at Grand Valley Community of Christ, 4790 Jacobs St., Grandville, MI
Randall Lee Johnson, age 60, of Wyoming, joined his brother, Corey Michael Johnson, "on the flip side" after battling COPD for years. He took his last breath on Monday, August 28, 2017. Along with his brother, Randy was preceded in death by all four grandparents, Elva and Harry Johnson, Laura Caro McLenithan, and Earle McLenithan. He said, "catch you later" to his surviving parents, Margaret and Richard Johnson of Wyoming; siblings, Bart and Tracy Johnson of Jenison, Dan and Mary Johnson of Wyoming, Laura and Mike Tew of Kentwood, Mark and Andrea Johnson of Hinesville, Georgia; and many nieces and nephews, who adored him. Randy is also survived by a daughter, Cheryl Lynn and two grandchildren. Randy served in the U.S. Army at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Visitation with the family will be held on Friday, September 8 from 2-4 and 7-9 pm at Stroo Funeral Home. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 pm on Saturday, September 9, at Grand Valley Community of Christ, 4790 Jacob St. Grandville, MI. People are encouraged to wear tie dye to the visitation and memorial service.


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2017 Entertainment Program
Utah's best song and dance studios perform live daily. Enjoy festive performances rich in costume and choreography. Come see some of Utah's future stars! See the entertainment schedule.
Friday – Entertainment stage
Noon – Intermountain Christian School Handbell Choir
1pm – Intermountain Christian School Vocal Ensemble
4pm – The Dance Academy
5pm – Hot Shots Dance Studio
6pm – Expressions Dance
Saturday – Entertainment stage
Noon – Charisma
1pm – Utah Artists School of Ballet
2pm – Celebration / Quarter Notes
3pm – C&C Ballet Academy
4pm – Royal Academy
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|After your azalea finishes blooming, you can safely prune it back by about one-third. Azaleas spend the summer months growing and developing flower buds for the following year's floral display so prune as soon after the flowering is finished as possible so it will have several months to recover and develop flower buds.


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This is the very first band I ever recorded on video. This is the only time I ever used that $15 camera I mentioned a few posts ago. I came down and spent the day with my good friend Kelly Dawson and bummed around Columbia SC for a bit before driving further down south to this show. At this point I was about to finish college but had only been working weekends so I didn't have much money to travel to see bands, but how could I miss RAMBO playing at an armory in South Carolina? Just like in the videos, there were kids there with cardboard swords in the moshpit. Not quite as epic as the Philly shows where they descended a cardboard helicopter off a balcony or a full on cardboard tank vs a cardboard robot person, but pretty good still. I saw RAMBO again for the last time at Best Friends Day and they had a BMX bike that was meant for crowsurfing where the pegs were actually things for people to hold it up above their heads. Both shows were in their thrash punk stage before they started to sound like a Tragedy clone. Also if anyone knows of pictures from this or the BFD show, I'd love to see them. I can see a guy holding up an SLR in front of me during this video!
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Dr. Ben Carson or Hillary Clinton?
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Pro: For Dr. Ben Carson. Con: For Hillary Clinton
Round 1: Acceptance
Round 2: 3 Points or less on why your candidate is best, 2 points or less on why the other is worse.
Round 3: Closing statements
No Rebuttles in this debate!
Dr. Carson: African-American Neosurgeon, first to Seperate conjoined twins, author, rising Republican star.
Hillary Clinton: White female, former Secretary of State and First Lady, Author, most likely democratic candidate.
I do not know whether the purpose of this debate is humor, but I accept your challenge. I am a new member and I am inclined to practice, practice, practice as I have not debated in over 20++ years.
As Round 2 is where we are asked to provide pros and cons, I am uncertain as to the information that you require in Round 1. First, I know the candidates which is why I am curious as to the seriousness of the debate. From my understanding, we are referring to Dr. Ben Carson whose last accomplishment was dated back in 1987. If this is the same gentleman, then, it is my understanding that this debate is to whether someone who openly professes against equality would be a better president than someone who does not openly speak out against homosexuals, immigrants, blacks, and women's rights.
If my understanding is correct, then Round 2, when we begin our arguments, will be enlightening to me. I look forward to hearing your point of view.
Also, I appreciate the clarification of sources given the character limit. I just began a debate yesterday and the character limit was 10,000. A character limit of 3,000 truly limits sources…and, perhaps a verification of facts.
You pose an interesting challenge indeed.
1. Carson has common sense solutions
Written in Carsons famous book, "Save America's Future", he provides us with the common sense solutions to our problems that our government has failed to realize. People like Hillary Clinton try to make it seem like a long and hard road but really there are simply ways to fix problems like social security, national debt, etc. for example to fix social security just personalize it so everyone pays for their own retirement and money can be transferred between family and friends.
2. Carson is an example of accomplishment
In highschool Carson did horrible and was a bad student, soon his mother with only a third grade education made him and his sibilings read. Soon he became a bright and intelligent man who crawled out of poverty and became a renowned Neosurgeon. He has proven he is a very intelligent man and that he can fix things. He is the best example of a good american citizen.
3. He's against political correctness
Political correctness is a huge problem, people don't look at the point someone is trying to make and just look at the words. For example, if you state a fact like majority of our jail population is African-American, you'll most likely be called racist. When really your just trying to state a fact and talk about an issue and how to solve it. People have become too sensitive and so people are afraid to speak their minds.
Now why Hillary is bad
1. She supports collectivism
The core flaw with socialism and liberalism and communism is collectivism. The belief that the issues of society as a whole come before the rights of an individual. The problem with that is simple, the government then becomes a powerful source of oppression as people become dependent on it. It's shown to fail with Soviet Russia. Hillary Clinton believes in that.
What my opponent said here is totally false, no where ever has Dr. Carson ever stated these things so just from this we can see that my opponent is extremely uninformed about the candidates. Dr. Carson has always stated this is America and everyone deserves rights. And that fact that my opponent would say he's against minorities when Dr. Carson himself is a minority (African-American) proves my point further that my opponent knows nothing.
"Hillary Clinton has experience speaking, negotiating, and partnering with other countries"
My opponent seems to have forgotten about all the issues that have arisen from Hillary Clinton under her leadership as secretary of state. Such as Benghazi.
My opponent also brought up that fact that we have yet to have a female leader. We see from that, that my opponent is one of those people that vote on emotions, not on who is the best candidate as instead of actually learning about what each candidate is like, since he doesn't know Dr. Carson, he just would vote for whoever we haven't had yet.
Dr. Carson supports everyone's equal individual rights, he himself is a minority, 100% black unlike obama. Hillary wants to through away individual rights for society and as we've seen with Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia it doesn't work and is a very bad idea.
A couple of his beliefs contradict the Republican Party platform. However, because Dr. Ben Carson is black, has a medical degree, and struggled as a youth, the Republican party has a mascot to promote a false notion that they are a party of inclusion rather than a party of exclusion. However, the Republican Party is not what it used to be and is a distorted image of the party that Ronald Reagan grew. Ronald Reagan believed and worked for universal health care. Many presidents tried before and after Ronald Reagan was in office. President Obama was not a better president than Ronald Reagan; it is only because of a perfect storm that the health care legislation passed. Ronald Reagan believed that there should be some reasonable restrictions to gun laws. Reagan believed in climate change.
The Navy has to hide how it is dealing with climate change. Whenever they outline measures to research and investigate its effect on the bases around the coast, money is removed. Thus, they have a serious crisis at the moment. Many of their nuclear facilities as well as some other critical assets are near coastlines that, by their calculations, will destroy facilities within 10 years - not 20, but only 10 years. These facilities are worth billions of dollars. If you speak to anyone within the Secretary of the Navy office, you will discover that the Navy cannot obtain financial support from Congress purely out of fear of the political ramifications of admitting that there is a real problem. So, they are stuck with having to be reactive rather than proactive. The Republican Party itself has become one which is denying science, excluding women and minorities, and isolating itself from other religions or beliefs.
This is all to say that Dr. Ben Carson is a member of a party which has forgotten its core principals. Moreover, Dr. Ben Carson is simply a mascot rather than a serious contender.
Independents, many of them old Republicans and Democrats, dislike Hillary Clinton. Some Democrats would prefer Elizabeth Warren. Independents want anybody else. However, when the debates begin, Clinton will be able to prove herself to be the best leader if paired against a Dr. Ben Carson. On Hillary Clinton's side there will be science, inclusion, and a goal to partner with even those countries which do not share the beliefs of this country. If the Republicans are going to survive the general election, they must win the independents-those Republicans that have been disenchanted. In this regard, Dr. Ben Carson will make it as far as Herman Cain.
In conclusion, Dr. Carson is the worst of the two as he has no hope of winning independents. Clinton has a chance.
(Vote for Pro. RFD: He stood by his objective of saying why Dr. Carson is a better candidate while con went off track many times and talked about things that didn't have to do with the topic of the debate and didnt say why Hillary would be a good candidate in closing statements..)
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(Vote for Pro. RFD: Come strayed off topic a couple times. Con also wrongly assumed his opponent was racist for supporting a black candidate. Pro gave more convincing arguments.)
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