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I have so much to share from our week at Philmont that I decided it might be best if I divided it up over this next week. Our church asked Beau to attend the LDS BSA (Boy Scout) Leadership Conference in New Mexico. This Leadership conference is a family conference and we had the option of attending as a family as well. We thought it was a great opportunity and the cheapest vacation we could get for 6 days - plus everything was taken care of. What better arrangements than that! We were also going to be attending with another family that has kids the same age as ours which we were excited about. We'd be able to learn some great stuff, spend time as a family and get to know this other great family in our neighborhood.
There is nothing like spending 12 hours in a car to bind or tear apart a family. Luckily for us we made it through alive. The trip down we split into two days but did most of the driving the first day. Although it was long, and we stopped plenty of times, we enjoyed new scenery of Utah, Colorado and New Mexico. The kids even survived with no portable DVD player. I think they actually were better because they found other things to do, rather than asking over and over when they would get to watch a movie.
On the way down we stopped in a little tiny town to search out a cemetery. Our friends had some ancestors that came from the area and they wanted to see if they could find any gravesides for them. We had no idea what a neat little place it was. It was located on the top of a hill and as we drove through in rain, puddles and washed out dirt roads, we wound past stucco walls, old churches, and came at last to this tiny little cemetery that had such a native Hispanic feel about it. The rain slowed, so while being attacked by swarms of mosquitoes we search for his family names, enjoyed the cactuses, red earth, fantastic tombstones and a double rainbow in the sky.
I have always loved cemeteries. They are one of my favorite places to roam, sit, and enjoy the peacefulness of them. What other place can you have so much history, stories, lives, and generations in one spot. There is something about them that I can't get enough of. In college if I needed peace away from roommates, or a place to write in my journal, I would hike to the top of the hill and sit amidst the old broken tombstones and wonder about the people while finding rest to my soul.On the way back down we passed this gorgeous adobe church, with it's three crosses. This whole place had such a neat feel of old mission homes and Spanish heritage.


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This will probably be the last post of the year for 2014 mag spreads, the 2015 mags have already been coming out and have some really fine looking spreads to post. Actually this first one with Manatsu and Reika is for the January 2 issue of Young Gangan, could have waited until next year but it came out last week and think it's a double issue as most mags combine two issues due to the holidays.
From the December issue of UTB we have Mai F. and another one with Manatsu, really a fine looking spread.
Kazumi, who deserves bigger spreads and Mai F. again from the Dec. issue of Samurai ELO.
And those should wrap all of the 2014 mag spreads but bet there's a few others floating around, one last thing here are the Christmas cards for Yuuri which I forgot to post.
Welcome to this Baka's blog on his fave Japanese Pop Culture interests.
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Hajimemashite minna san....welcome to my site on my fave Japanese Pop Culture likes such as dramas, movies, magazine scans, promo events etc. Mainly concentrate on my faves...Keyakizaka46... Erina Mano... Nogizaka46!.... C-ute.... Lee Yeon-Hee!.... if you're a fan at all of any of them then you've come to the right place(!) but many others are featured here besides them. Do mainly quick reviews on things I've watched, try to make the reviews brief, quick to read through with not too many spoilers, just whether they're good or bad and why I thought so plus whether you may find them enjoyable. Many, many screenshots are included from everything I've watched plus any video trailers if they're available. Hope you find something that interests you, don't hesitate to comment, arigato gozaimasu!
Also these days(mid-2017) have many posts for Korean actresses, dramas and films that are worth checking out as over the years have become a much bigger fan of Korean dramas versus the ones from Japan.
Few tidbits.... have no idea why the background color constantly changes, think Blogger keeps doing it.
New item on the right is the 'Featured Post of the Day', will be putting some fabulous oldie posts which some of you may have missed the first time around, all will be at least one year old.
Monday, December 22, 2014
Nogizaka46: 2014 magazine scans #43
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The Black Stars of Ghana have landed in the United Arab Emirates and are set to open their pre-Africa Cup of Nations training camp later today (Tuesday) in the Gulf country.
The 26-man squad, which was released by coach Avram grant on Monday, is expected to start their training at the Al Ain Stadium.
The Israeli coach is expected to have the full squad by Wednesday as some eight players were in action for their clubs in Europe on Monday night.
Eight (8) players who did not train with the squad including Leicester City's Daniel Amartey, Christian Atsu, Andy Yiadom, Andre and Jordan Ayew, Adam Kwarasey, Thomas Partey and Asamoah Gyan will all join the squad in the UAE.
The former Chelsea and West Ham United manager announced a 26-man squad to train in Al Ain's UAE City training Camp.
Grant named Barnsley's Andy Yiadom, striker Raphael Dwamena and Schalke 04's Bernard Tekpetey to join usual faces.
Ghana won silver medal at the last edition of the competition after losing on penalties to the Ivory Coast in the final.


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Three Things
First: Why on earth would a guy in a car shout "Nice tits!" at a woman on the sidewalk as he approaches from behind?! I mean, if he can see them from back there, they can't be all that nice, now can they?
I expect a certain level of logic from my sexual harassers, dammit.
Secondly: What's with this blogslides thing? Y'all are jacking up my site stats big time. I show 45 visits today, but all except for about six or seven of them are apparently the same two people who just have my blog running, along with presumably hundreds of others, on an automated feed. Not that I don't love traffic, and joyfully welcome my new reader overlords; but I like to have a better feel for how many of them there actually are, you know?
On the other hand, maybe it'll inflate my stats enough that I can sell ads on my blog and make some money. I'd do it, too, if I got to pick the ad content myself.
And thirdly: There's nothing like a metal cabinet and a bunch of magnetic letters to make you really, really appreciate your subconscious. Have you hugged yours today?


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Formerly known as "I'm a Hoe" but times and people change. It was a fun and productive metaphor that I enjoyed extending too far. Now it is done. The tool shed is retired, but the vicious momma is still here. I will be making adjustments to this blog as time allows.
Thursday, April 20, 2006
(left)The Tower Card as I saw it a couple of years ago, but now I would probably do it differently.
(right) The traditional Rider-Waite Tower Card.
The Tower card ultimately signifies failure which opens the path for new growth. No one likes to fail, but some of us learn best by finding out what doesn't work first and then trying new things. I see the development of tarot over the centuries as more of a psychological and spiritual counseling tool than a divination tool. But this post isn't really about tarot.
In case you've missed it on the news lately there is currently a mumps epidemic. In the US the state of Iowa has been hardest hit, but it is happening in the UK also. The main reason for this is that about 20 years ago many parents began deciding not to have their children immunized. I know I'm stepping on some toes here, but facts is facts. I know parents who have not had their kids immunized because of several reasons which generally fall into the following catagories:
1. Unrealistic fear of side effects.
2. Erroneously thinking that mumps and other illnesses had disappeared from the planet because of the previous people being immunized.
3. Religious influences which used the previous reasons as their propaganda.
People will tell you that they know someone who knows so-and-so who had such-and-such happen because of an immunization. I am aware that there have been a few isolated cases of severe reactions to immunizations. I'm not denying that, but I do know far more people who have had no problems from immunizations. Statistically we know that the risk of severe side effects is very low. And now we are seeing that the risk of contracting mumps (and probably other diseases) is much higher without the immunizations, even when "most other people have been immunized so what are the chances of me getting one of those diseases?" (one of the comments I've heard from people who did not get immunized)
This leads me to the second reason. It's funny how quickly people become complacent. When we had a generation that avoided getting sick because they were immunized then people decided that the danger of getting sick must gone. They didn't stop to realize that the people didn't get sick because they were immunized; they assume that without people getting the diseases then those diseases just disappear or something. Wrong! These viruses and bacteria still abound in the environment, but we who have been immunized don't get sick because of the immunizations, not because we haven't had contact with the microorganisms that cause the diseases.
Almost invariably the people I know who have not immunized their kids have been influenced by their churches. Somehow some religious leaders have brainwashed their congregations that immunizations aren't necessary. They spread horrific stories of unusual side-effects that may or may not have been the result of the immunizations, and they told their congregations that if they pray hard enough they will be protected from these diseases that must surely be rare by now anyway. They suggested to the church-goers that the medical and pharmaceutical fields are just trying to make a bunch of money by giving their kids 'unnecessary' and 'dangerous' injections. Of course, most people who have spouted that view or have heard it spouted and believed it will not come forward to confirm this. But I have seen and heard it with my own eyes and ears, in church no less.
So, what does this have to do with failure (and the tarot Tower card)?
Well, we are seeing the results of a failed social experiment by those who tempted fate by not getting immunized. Certainly, there are some who still refuse to accept that their experiment failed. But it seems pretty clear to me that they were and are wrong. Sometimes the ripples of the church's influence spread like a disease. Lightning strikes the tower and knocks it down.
I'm going to make a bold prediction here. I see many parallels between the 'no immunizations' camp and the 'homeschooling' camp. Again, sorry for any toes I might be smushing here, but this is how it looks to this mediocre visionary. This home-schooling movement that has been going on for about a decade is going to prove to be another failed social experiment. I foresee that we'll have problems arise from it that most of us haven't even considered possible. What exactly those problems are I can't really say yet because my mediocre crystal ball is just that, mediocre. But I am sure that we will see problems directly related to it. Mark my words.
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OK. I want to send my kids to public school when things like this are happening: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-04-20-kansas_x.htm
Mark my words, indeed.
- Thursday, April 20, 2006 5:18:00 PM
Your blog is TOTALLY messed up in Firefox. You may want to check it out and fix it.
- Thursday, April 20, 2006 6:11:00 PM
- Rae Ann said...
dh, you should be applauding the officials who discovered the plot and stopped it. Of course public schools aren't perfect, by far, they have many problems. But I don't think the solution is to abandon them. It concerns me that the people who can really help the schools are the ones who choose to withdraw from them. It seems rather selfish to me. And you can't protect your children by sequestering them at home forever. That does not prepare them for life. I was 'homeschooled' my freshman year of high school because of skating training, and that was before homeschooling was a thing. I'm so glad that I only did it one year. There are valid, exceptional reasons for homeschooling, but the are few and far between. Besides, there are many other schools even in smaller cities like Knoxville if people believe they are absolutely 'too good' for public school. Making schools better requires involvement not desertion.
- Thursday, April 20, 2006 6:27:00 PM
- Lioness said...
Time to replace that crystal ball. Studies have shown that adults who were home educated are typically better adjusted than adults who were publicly educated. Looks like the current public education system is the failed social experiment.
- Thursday, April 20, 2006 6:28:00 PM
- Rae Ann said...
brian, that's not news to me. I've been working on it and my suggestion is that maybe people should start using a better browser. The blog is fine and dandy on IE.
lionness, your toes hurt don't they? I've seen no conclusive evidence to support your claim. Give me a list of valid, independent, unbiased studies and I'll consider it.
- Thursday, April 20, 2006 6:33:00 PM
- Lioness said...
I agree that making schools better requires involvement, but it also requires discerning involvement. The heroic efforts of thousands of involved parents dedicated to changing the school system haven't convinced the school system that it needs to change; many "secular" homeschoolers only became homeschoolers after they burned out from trying to fix their local school system by traditional means. More of the traditional style of "involvement" would only turn us into enablers. It's time to try a different approach. If enough parents withdraw, maybe they'll get a clue. The alternative would be to accept the premise that nothing will cause them to change, and I'm not prepared to do that.
- Thursday, April 20, 2006 6:36:00 PM
- Rae Ann said...
My suggestion to all these enlightened homeschoolers is to band together to create new schools. In the present world isolation really isn't a good thing, and if you've got something that is all that good for you then why not share it with others to help make the world a better place? And this is a 'liberal' idea, is it not?
- Thursday, April 20, 2006 6:40:00 PM
- Lioness said...
You're a bit behind the times. Your idea was tried back in the "free schools" movement of the 1970s. There were some parents and children who flourished under those circumstances, and others who did not. It still lives on in thousands of homeschool associations and co-ops, one of which I lead. Some children and their families flourish under such arrangements, some do not. Even "liberals" can learn from experience.
- Thursday, April 20, 2006 6:54:00 PM
- Rae Ann said...
Another failed experiment I guess. As you said, some flourish and some do not. Some children in public schools flourish and some do not. Your friend who posted an attack on me seems especially angry and defensive about his own choices. Hey, I just have an opinion, made a simple statement of prediction, and what do you really care anyway if you are so satisfied with your own decisions?
You can think I'm ignorant or whatever. Let's allow time tell us how things turn out. If I'm wrong in 20-30 years I'll freely admit it.
- Thursday, April 20, 2006 7:01:00 PM
- Lioness said...
If I thought you wouldn't listen to reason I wouldn't bother trying to reason with you. There are those who have changed their minds about homeschooling when presented with another viewpoint.
- Thursday, April 20, 2006 7:07:00 PM
- Kat said...
I homeschooled my oldest kindergarten through second grade. We had very valid reasons. Mostly because public school would have made her wait a year for kindergarten even though her birthdate was within the limits. My Granny would have said she "had ants in her pants". She couldn't sit still. But over a few years she outgrew a lot of her hyperness, and this year she started third grade in public school. (I should also mention it is a better school than the schools where we were living while I homeschooled.)
To me the decision was simply this: What works best for us, public school, private school, or homeschool. If we could have afforded private school I would have sent her there for a while for the smaller classrooms, etc. Not because she was too good for public school but because it wasn't where she needed to be. But like I said, she outgrew some stuff and does fine now in public school. She's on the B honor roll and has plenty of friends.
One thing I should mention that is very important, homeschooled children need to be socialized. Mine was involved in dance and soccer, we belonged to a group that met for monthly zoo classes, field trips, and park days as well as some church related activities. I remember seeing some kids that were very backwards socially and it was obvious they weren't getting the social skills they needed.
My toes feel fine, your complaints about the matter really didn't apply to our reasons for homeschooling. :)
- Thursday, April 20, 2006 7:30:00 PM
- Rae Ann said...
kat, I knew that you homeschooled and that it worked well for you for the time you did it.
lionness, I'm not wholesale condemning homeschooling as some of you have taken from my statement. I simply stated that I predict that in 20 or so years our society will experience unforeseen problems related to it. I'm sure you are a fine homeschooler, but you cannot deny that there are just as many who have no business trying to teach their kids at home. These are the ones who concern me. They are the ones who can't seem to read a statement and derive its actual meaning. If they can't do it themselves then how are they going to teach their children to read and comprehend what is written? Apparently mr. cobranchi.com isn't able to read and comprehend without lashing out. Is he teaching his children to believe that they are superior to other children by virtue of being home schooled? Are his kids going to grow up thinking that they are better than those poor, lowly public school educated people? Maybe that is the problem that was a bit fuzzy in my crystal ball? But his reaction seems to clear it up for me. From the looks of his site he trolls blogs looking for people to bash. What a great example he's setting for his children!
We can agree to disagree. We're both intelligent, thoughtful, and loving mothers. This is the land of freedom of choice, but we all (myself included) must face the fact that all of our choices can have long-term, unforeseen consequences. My primary point of this post was to show that chosing not to immunize can have negative long term consequences as opposed to the short term choice of avoiding the potential side effects of the immunization.
- Thursday, April 20, 2006 8:13:00 PM
- Lioness said...
Rae Ann, I'll agree that there are those who shouldn't homeschool. I'm related to some of them. The thought of my own mother trying to homeschool -- well, she had just enough sense not to try it.
However, those parents either don't try it or don't stick with it. Dh's cousin was in the latter camp. She tried to homeschool in order to avoid other problems she had. When the other problems didn't go away, she dropped it after only a year. That year out was still good for her daughter, as it kept her away from the most repressive year of junior high when the pressure to get into trouble was the strongest.
The parents who do stick with it actually enjoy their children, and tend to work to improve their education and socialization.
As for not being able to read a statement and derive it's meaning, I can tell you that as a schoolteacher's spouse I've met far more teachers that have that problem than homeschoolers.
Daryl Cobranchi runs a homeschool news site. He trolls for news articles, but if he finds a blog he hasn't seen before talking about homeschooling he'll put that up as well. Doesn't matter if they say good things or bad things about homeschooling. He got my blog in it's first week, and he got the group blog I've joined in its first day. I'm mildly annoyed at him for that, since now I have to actually write something for it. >:O
But you are correct, widespread homeschooling is an unregulated social experiment which will have unforseeable consequences. So what? So is Feminism, Fundamentalism, the Civil Rights movement, Environmentalism, the Gay Rights movement, the New Age, and for that matter each and every marriage/marriage equivalent in America. Life is an unregulated social experiment with unforseeable consequences.
- Thursday, April 20, 2006 9:11:00 PM
Homeschooling is NOT the experiment. The Public school system is the experiment. Ask how this country's founding fathers were educated; NOT in a public school system. Ask how long the public school system has been around verses the length of time mankind has been around and you will discover which one is the experiment; and it is NOT homeschooling.
- Thursday, April 20, 2006 9:18:00 PM
- David said...
"My suggestion to all these enlightened homeschoolers is to band together to create new schools."
We did. They're called homeschools (although it's really not that new of a concept).
"In the present world isolation really isn't a good thing,"
Who's isolated? My daughter goes to church, Sunday School, dance class, and Brownies. She plays with her friends, those that are homeschooled and those that are not. What's so magic about not participating in a specific 6.5 hour long group activity?
"and if you've got something that is all that good for you then why not share it with others to help make the world a better place?"
We have. You just don't seem to like it.
"you cannot deny that there are just as many who have no business trying to teach their kids at home.
I see. We have to provide conclusive evidence for our claim. You do not.
- Thursday, April 20, 2006 9:24:00 PM
- CapitalistImperialistPig said...
Just to muddy the waters, I see many parallels between evronmental deniers and the "no immunizations" camp. Both ignore science and pursue immediate safety by neglecting long term threats.
Homeschooling can be great or terrible. So can going to public (or private) school. I do think homeschooled (and private schooled) children should take the same academic tests the public schooled kids take. That way parents and kids can get an idea how they are doing.
A lot of parents here are afraid to send their kids to public school because they are afraid they will be bullied or otherwise damaged in public school, but it can be useful for kids to survive that too.
- Friday, April 21, 2006 12:21:00 AM
- Rae Ann said...
Jesus, people settle down! It's not like I said that the sky is falling. The only voice of calm reason among you is lionness. I hope that you others handle other conflicts of your life in a better manner than the way you've reacted to an innoculous statement on a nobody's blog. Stop. Take a breath. Count to three. And let it go.
So if traditional schools are so bad what is the answer besides abandoning them?
Look past your own backyard and think about the inner city, etc. What about those kids? Is homeschooling the answer for them too? Not implying that all inner city kids are in bad situations, but what about the ones who are? Do you want a bunch of crack addicts homeschooling their kids? Don't you think it might be your responsibility as an American citizen to contribute to the betterment of the whole country, and not just your family? That's the reason we pay taxes and have governments instead of just everyone living independently and taking care of only themselves. When you pull your 'good' students out of school you are making ripples in the system that affect everyone. I'm just trying to open your eyes to the broader vision of the world and the future.
Honestly, how well do you think your children will be able to handle interacting with children who are very different from them? Or will they just continue to only associate with other homeschooled kids and exclude all others? These are my concerns. Bash me if you must, but don't think that I'm the only one who has these concerns. As much as I dislike Hillary I do agree that in some sense it does take a village in that we have to live in a way that supports the larger communitiy. Damn, I sound a like a liberal don't I?
- Friday, April 21, 2006 9:10:00 AM
Some have made a statement about homeschooler being socially awkward. How do you know these same kids would not be even more awkward in public school and bullied? Perhaps they are homeschoolers because they are awkward.
In my homeschooling circle, we have two boys with mild autism. They are awkward. But they have a safe place to interact that they can improve their behaviors. My children have learned from this experience of interacting with them and have grown socially.
Public school do not guarantee results. My publically schooled nephew is a rude, lazy, spoiled brat who talks in monosyllables. And yes I still love him.
- Friday, April 21, 2006 9:35:00 AM
- Lioness said...
"So if traditional schools are so bad what is the answer besides abandoning them?"
That's what I'm going to be posting about here: http://homeschoolcafe.blogspot.com/ I've been posting for a while on non-homeschool friendly sites about this, and I've been asked to pull it all together in one place. I'm about 1/3 to 1/2 way through outlining the first one.
I answered some of your questions last week when http://democracylover.blogspot.com/ brought them up. I apologize for sending you there instead of answering them again here, but I don't have much time right now.
"Honestly, how well do you think your children will be able to handle interacting with children who are very different from them?"
Honestly? That's the biggest reason why I am homeschooling.
Dh & I are both gifted. That meant we were very different from everyone else at the large schools we attended. We were isolated even among hundreds of our agemates, because they expected us to be like them, and we were not.
Our children are also gifted. With few exceptions, they are going to be very different from their agemates no matter where they go to school. They deserve the opportunity to make friends across as wide a spectrum of people as they can, instead of simply being stuck in class all the time with hostile classmates who think they are "weird".
- Friday, April 21, 2006 10:36:00 AM
- Lady Lydia Speaks said...
These results just in: We homeschooled our children. The oldest, is age 31, and works as a public relations consultant in a prominent (liberal) state university. Another is busily homeschooling a brood of her own and writes her own newspaper. Another is the owner of his own construction business.
The only awkwardness we observed is their reluctance to associate with people who ridiculed them over and over again because they were homeschooled, hence our tendency to be isolated. We as the parents also got tired of being verbally attacked for homeschooling, so we found ourselves withdrawing from public inter-action, doing most things from home. We got tired of being questioned and cross examined and accused. We would never have done that to the public school proponents, because it is their business and it is rude to attack the way people live, but they felt free to do it to us.
One of the by-products of homeschooling was our family strength. We are capable of going into business together and knowing each other's goals and aims without a falling out. We are not divided.
- Friday, April 21, 2006 11:42:00 AM
- Lady Lydia Speaks said...
We didn't get shots, either, and one thing that I noticed is that our grown children don't have chronic illnesses,or even major illnesses or suffer from unusual diseases. They are also not on pharmacueticals or pills, as are many others their age. Shots neither immunize nor vaccinate. Vaccines and immunizations can come in many forms, but the chemicals contained in the government vaccines are not helpful, helpful, medicinal, nutritious or prevent disease. There is not one single "cure" in them. It is a combination of chemicals, including metals, and preservatives, plus some of the disease. The theory is that injecting this poison in the body will create anti-bodies (as any wound or poison will, naturally) which will fight off the injected disease, and "cure" them for life or for many years. We are finding out that this is not happening, and yet heaping more and more toxins on children's bodies against their will. There are many good and effective ways to immunize and vaccinate, but chemical shots are not one of them.
- Friday, April 21, 2006 11:56:00 AM
- David said...
"Jesus, people settle down! It's not like I said that the sky is falling. The only voice of calm reason among you is lionness. I hope that you others handle other conflicts of your life in a better manner than the way you've reacted to an innoculous statement on a nobody's blog. Stop. Take a breath. Count to three. And let it go."
I don't consider this a conflict. This is more like setting someone straight who is misinformed. If you make a statement in a public forum that criticizes other people's parenting decisions, you need to be prepared for debate.
Your "innocuous statement" has snowballed into a whole series of criticisms telling homeschoolers how wrong they are, so please don't act like everybody's shouting but you. Saying things like "I'm just trying to open your eyes..." or "take a breath" is condescending at best. You tell us to let it go, and then proceed to tell us for three more paragraphs how wrong we are. I hope this is not how you handle conflict normally.
- Friday, April 21, 2006 5:49:00 PM
- Rae Ann said...
Thank you for providing me with plenty of evidence to support my conclusions.
You obviously need to work on your reading comprehension as I never criticized anyone's parenting. I've only raised common concerns as to the outcome of some people's education choices. I hope that in your home instruction of your kids that you give a more balanced treatment of issues and teach them to not to read through biased thought so that they misinterpret what they read. I mostly asked questions of everyone and instead of getting honest answers I got attacked just for asking.
Do you know what an 'experiment' even means in the true scientific sense? Or don't you "believe" in science?
In no way can you logically conclude from any of my statements that I said 100% of all homeschoolers are bad or will fail. I said it will be a failed social experiment. Study up on your scientific method and maybe you'll be able to understand what that really means.
And besides, this is my blog and I was only defending my own position when under attack. If telling people the reasons for my statements is an unappropriate way to handle being attacked then I'm not sure what kind of world you really live in.
- Friday, April 21, 2006 6:03:00 PM
- David said...
I apologize if I offended, but there's certainly no need to be insulting! I think my reading comprehension is OK, and let's just say I have a passing acquaintance with science. :-) I saw no question in your original post, just an assertion about homeschool being a failed social experiment.
As for criticizing homeschoolers' parental choices, you did say this in your comments:
"Honestly, how well do you think your children will be able to handle interacting with children who are very different from them? Or will they just continue to only associate with other homeschooled kids and exclude all others?"
...phrased as a question, but the implication is clear. You think we're isolating our children, and that's bad.
Still, let's call a truce. I'd ask you to read some more about homeschooling and homeschoolers. There are tons of blogs (despite what you might think of him, Daryl's a good starting point, but there are plenty of others as well). Visit the Carnival of Homeschooling (the latest installment is here: http://homeschooling.about.com/b/a/216350.htm?nl=1). That will lead you to many other resources.
Society has now been conditioned to think that the way to teach children is to put them with 25 other children (their same age) in a classroom for 6.5 hours a day. Society thinks that government is the best way to provide this "service." But that doesn't make homeschooling a "social experiment." If it is, though, the time frame is much more than ten years.
Success stories abound. I can assure you that there are plenty of functioning, normal people who were homeschooled and have managed to survive college and go on to prosperous careers. You probably don't care for anecdotal evidence, but one of the two winners of our senior Computer Science Major Award a couple of years ago was a student who had been homeschooled. A phenomenal student who has been working for a large software company now. Mrs. Sherman above provided even more personal examples.
I doubt you'll find any studies about the success of homeschool that would satisfy you. The ED schools aren't going to churn out favorable studies on homeschooling. Anything else would probably come from a source you wouldn't trust.
I've been thinking a lot about how our culture has conditioned us to think of education -- primary, secondary, and college -- as needing to be delivered in a certain way. As a college professor who is interested in student learning, I've been especially thinking about the college situation. But as a homeschooling father, I see the parallels at the other end of the spectrum. But I think I'll save any more of this for my own blog.
Again, peace. Sorry if I seemed abrupt in my responses.
- Friday, April 21, 2006 9:56:00 PM
- Lady Lydia Speaks said...
Is inter-acting socially the most important thing in life? I believe some people think it is a priority. During our family-education years when my children were still at home, people would say, "What about socialization," more than they would say "what about reading, writing, and arithmentic?" No one was the least bit curious about our learning methods or the content. They watched our children for social retardation, rather than educational failure. It seems to me they should have been more suspicious of the curriculum or non-curriculum, but they were mostly concerned about our children's mode of dress and entertainment, because they weren't like "the group."
We observed that public schooled children had a herd instinct. They ran with "the group," ate with "the group," talked like "the group," learned with "the group," and dressed like "the group," or the herd. Homeschoolers of the 80's seemed a bit awkward and different, but by the time they grew to manhood and womanhood, they were far more capable of settling down to a stable life. I know 30 year old public school graduates that still cannot get their lives together. I don't see that in the homeschool families, if they were truly homeschooled . I am not speaking of the ones who tried it for a few months, a few years or just left their children on their own to learn, but the truly dedicated families whose children were taught to apply themselves. These families had grown children who fully functioning adults.
- Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:16:00 AM
- Rae Ann said...
David, sure, we can call a truce. I appreciate thoughtful, civil comments.
Everyone who has implicitly stated that public schools are bad have gone much further in their judgments and insults than I'd ever do. I can assure you that not every public school is the muck of mediocrity with savages having to be controlled by disgruntled teachers. In fact, that has got to be, at best, the very minimum of schools. Success stories abound out of public schools too.
Some of the respondents here and at the blogs that chose to bash me are NOT very good ambassadors for the homeschooling community. And that leads me to question exactly what they are teaching their kids.
For the record, I've NEVER suggested to MY children that homeschooled kids were dumber, weirder, less adjusted or whatever than they. I've only told them that they just do things differently and not given them any reason to think that either way is better. Can you say the same? (I really wonder how many of you have totally given your kids the impression that school and public school kids are horrible, etc.)
And my kids have said that they are really glad to go to school, not because we don't like to spend time together or some other bad reason some have suggested. They love to be out of the house for a while and have that sense of independence that being in school gives them. They don't have the temperament for being at home all the time. And I don't have the temperament for teaching. If I had wanted to be a teacher I would have gotten a teaching degree.
I and my kids and my husband have a very loving, happy, well-adjusted, and peaceful home. To suggest otherwise is purely mean and unwarranted.
- Saturday, April 22, 2006 6:50:00 PM
- Daryl Cobranchi said...
Yes, we know what science is. Some of us are scientists IRL. Homeschooling in the modern sense of the word might be an "experiment," but your prediction is utterly vacuous. No scientist worth his salt would ever posit a hypothesis as vague as "I foresee that we'll have problems arise from it that most of us haven't even considered possible. What exactly those problems are I can't really say yet because my mediocre crystal ball is just that, mediocre." I would have flunked any student who came up with that kind of nonsense.
Daryl Cobranchi
P.S. BTW, major improvement on the design. My old eyes thank you.
- Saturday, April 22, 2006 9:46:00 PM
Rae Ann, I'm wondering what in your experience with homeschoolers leads you to believe that they are home all the time? And that they are never away from their parents?
- Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:07:00 PM
- samuel said...
One thing that I find Rae Ann keeps suggesting is that homeschoolers just stay at home doing nothing.
"They don't have the temperament for being at home all the time," she says about her own kids, as if to homeschool, one must never leave the home.
We really don't just sit at home all the time. We are not isolating our kids, yet you keep suggesting that we are. That insistence proves how little you are willing to understand about homeschooling. We do all sorts of things outside the home just like pschoolers. We dine out sometimes, and we visit the library. We go to the homes of relatives and friends. We play soccer. We have friends that homeschool and we have friends who attend public schools. Because we don't spend so much of our week in activities related to school, we have more time to do more things, to meet more people. And, we can sit at home all day in our pajamas and watch movies if we want, no matter what day it is.
- Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:26:00 PM
- Stephanie said...
Hi Rae Ann. Interesting discussion, I just could not help but jump in. Mainly because it does seem as if you are open to listening. So am I. And for the record, we have lots of friends whose kids go to public school for which it is working very well. In my mind it is not a black and white thing. If it works for you, then great! Homeschooling works just as great for my family.
You raise many typical concerns about homeschooling..I have heard them many times. What I ask is that you realize that homeschooling parents are aware of these issues as well and obviously have still choosen to homeschool? Why is that do you think? I want my children to be able to function in society and I do feel that they will be able to do that. I would not homeschool otherwise.
I wrote about several of the issues raised here on my blog if you care to check it out one titled Sheltering Kids is very applicable:
I have more to as well about the "I am sure that you are a good homeschooler but what about those out there that are not" issue as well, but will have to wait as I need to get going...I am sure that you can not wait LOL!
- Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:36:00 AM
- Stephanie said...
Oops. Sorry for the punctuation errors and minor typos...I was writing really fast because my kids want to get moving...
- Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:44:00 AM
- Lioness said...
Perhaps Rae Anne would benefit from reading some typical "day in the life" stories from homeschoolers. Perhaps we could post urls of such stories.
- Sunday, April 23, 2006 12:02:00 PM
- Stephanie said...
When you pull your 'good' students out of school you are making ripples in the system that affect everyone. I'm just trying to open your eyes to the broader vision of the world and the future.
I have heard this arguement often as well. I should put my energies into improving schools and not be selfish by only focusing on my child. My feeling is that if I thought that it would make a difference, I would. But much better people then I have tried and it has not made much of a difference. I do not feel that it is a productive use of my time. My own personal opinion is that children learn best in an environment that is tailored to how they learn best. I am not exactly sure how this can be accomplished in a school environment.
While I personally do not want to spend my time on fixing schools, that does not mean that I don't want to help kids. I work as a volunteer mentor to "at risk" moms where I do feel like I am making a difference. I help enrich the lives of other homeschool kids as well by coming up with programs...does this count? Personally I think that it does.
School would not be the best choice for my boys. Why should I sacrifice their best interests in the hopes that I *might* be able to make a change in the school system? Why is improving the schools the only way to make a difference in a child's life? Why does the fact that I have a child make it so important that I spend my volunteer time in a school? I only have so much time to spare...why can't I decide to put that time into my children or other causes (such as the environment or whatever (for the record, yes I am a progressive liberal). Are these other causes any less important? And isn't that my choice to make?
- Sunday, April 23, 2006 6:22:00 PM
- Stephanie said...
I'm sure you are a fine homeschooler, but you cannot deny that there are just as many who have no business trying to teach their kids at home. These are the ones who concern me.
OK. Last comment for now. :o)
Are there homeschoolers who are doing their children a disservice by homeschooling? Yes, I am sure there are (I do not know any personally though). However, can't you also say that there are children for whom school is doing them a disservice? Most definitely. Putting a child in school does not guarentee that they will thrive or learn how to "read a statement and derive its actual meaning" or even stay safe. For some reason it makes people feel better to think so though.
In my perfect world, there would be a way to ensure that every child gets what they need...but unfortunately in this world that is not possible. Should my right to educate my children the way that I choose be comprimized because there "might" be homeschooling parents who are not doing right by their kids? If so, then what do we do if a school is not doing right by a child in their care? "Accountability" tends to let people feel warm and fuzzy, but in my experience it does not guarentee anything.
I do know many kids who are doing well in school and I am glad that they have that option. I also know many kids who are thriving as homeschoolers (mine included) and I am glad that we have the option. I chose to homeschool, not out of a reaction to public schools (we actually live in a very good school district), but because the more I read about it the more it seemed like a really wonderful way to learn.
Anyways, if you are interested in reading more about typical homeschooling days in our family, feel free to check out our blog. That is mostly what you will find there. I have found (at least with my family and friends) that the more they learn about homeschooling the more they understand what and why we are doing. It is something very different and many people really don't have a good idea of how it works (they assume that we spend all our time at home and never get out into the community etc).
Thanks for the conversation...I hope that you enjoyed it as much as I have. Sorry we took over your blog. ;o) I usually do not jump into these blog debates because it usually seems like a bunch of folks yelling at each other and not listening. I did not see much of this happening here....
- Sunday, April 23, 2006 7:02:00 PM
- Lioness said...
Why don't we spend our energy fixing the public schools instead? Here's a story from my husband the public schoolteacher about how the schoolteachers themselves are told to answer that question: http://lionesshomeschool.blogspot.com/2006/04/teacher-training-lesson.html
- Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:46:00 PM
- CapitalistImperialistPig said...
One size does not fit all. Homeschoolers have a few academic statistics to show than many kids do well with home schooling, but I can't find anything comprehensive - I would be interested if any State requires all homeschooled kids to be tested.
Homeschooling is simply not an option for many or most. Most kids live either in single parent families or families where two paychecks are needed. Families that can afford to homeschool usually have a lot of markers for academic success anyway - intact families, middle class economic status, and concerned parents.
We considered homeschooling our children, but decided we lacked the domineering personalities needed to sufficiently browbeat our high-spirited and independent children - better to let some hapless teachers try to do it.
My children attended mostly majority minority schools in a mainly poor community, but that didn't seem to handicap them much - though that was before no child left behind. We did teach the children a lot at home, especially reading and math -with very mixed success, but they managed outstanding college academic performances anyway.
To return to Rae Ann's initial point, though, parents who don't have their children vacinated are creating a public health menace, and should have their children taken away - at least long enough to properly immunize them.
- Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:50:00 PM
I am now a homeschooler. Yes some do not need to homeschool, just as some do not need to teach ANYWHERE. Our choice was a long time coming. I had looked into it from the time my child was born. We lived in a BAD area. When we moved to the BEST school area I sent her. Well when it got to the point in first grade where you had to pry her out of the car and all she did was cry...SOMETHING WAS WRONG. She had been beat up in kindergarten, then in first grade, oh my lets just say the lady (and I use that term loosely) had NO business teaching!
My dd has been homeschooling for 6 years now & LOVES IT! I love the time we have together and learning things with her. I taught cheerleading for the city so she was a cheerleader. We meet every week for park day. and then extra times or Field trips. Our group has 123 kids. We do a year book, graduation and LOTS of other things. We are involved in our Church youth group where there is only one other homeschooler.
I understand your thoughts on the FEW, but please remember we are NOT ALL like that.
- Monday, April 24, 2006 4:45:00 AM
- Rae Ann said...
cip, thanks! My experience is very similar to yours. If you think about it that way our kids have the best of both worlds in that we do 'homeschool' by being actively involved with the school and their homework, etc. and send them to public school to learn how to function in a structured non-home environment, respect authority other than their parents, and develop tolerance for other people. We considered homeschooling before our kids started school, but we decided that it wasn't for us. I don't think that makes us uncaring or unloving or whatever.
steph, sorry I didnt' have time to reply over the weekend. I never suggested that people shouldn't have the right to educate their children as they see fit. I just suggested that our society will have some problems (maybe if I called them 'growing pains' it would seem less offensive) related to having a population of people who were educated at home versus a population of people educated in schools. I just see that there will likely be some conflicts arising there, and many of the responses to my statement seem to support my idea/prediction. Of course, only time will tell.
I'm not indicting all homeschoolers and never did, but only the ones who insist on perpetuating the idea that public schools are horrible and that the students that attend them are inferior to homeschooled kids. Teaching that kind of intolerance is just as offensive to me as some were offended by my statement.
Thanks for all the comments!
- Monday, April 24, 2006 8:38:00 AM
- Lioness said...
I'm been looking into that rash of mumps cases. Seems like two-thirds of the people who came down with it had been vaccinated against that specific variety with a two-part vaccine. The vaccine didn't work. Hmm, what should you do when the system fails so many people?
- Monday, April 24, 2006 9:00:00 AM
- Lady Lydia Speaks said...
I've got adult children that didn't get these shots. I saw the folly of them when I read the ingredients on the package insert. Just garbage--no medicine, no drugs, no cure, --just a list of metals and poisons. There was a big public outcry against the shots when they were invented way back in the 19th century, but they were no force against the powerful companies that stood to gain a lot of money. These shots may be presented as "free" but they cost almost $100 each and someone is paying for them. It is a huge waste of government money.
- Friday, April 28, 2006 11:07:00 AM
- Lady Lydia Speaks said...
I know a family of 9 children who have never had one shot. They all have great skin, hair, teeth and are not chronically ill with sniffles, colds, flue, aches and pains and they are very very smart.
- Friday, April 28, 2006 11:08:00 AM


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Change.org petition seeks greater community input and the halting of work and activity at 2800 Bruckner Blvd.; Velázquez also pens letter to property owner and developer seeking answers
Amid growing concerns over the possible conversion of a Throggs Neck office building into a social service clearinghouse, Bronx Community Board 10 Treasurer and Democratic candidate for City Council Marjorie Velázquez has launched a petition urging more input from local residents and cessation of work currently underway. In addition to the effort, which has already gathered hundreds of signatures, Velázquez is also writing a letter to the landlord and developer to seek answers for the families living in the largely residential community.
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This past weekend, Velázquez launched a petition on the site change.org calling for an end to work at 2800 Bruckner Boulevard in the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx. Velázquez's actions were spurred by growing confusion amid residents over the future of the commercial office property after office tenants were recently served with 30-day eviction notices. During this time, nearby residents also reported seeing beds and furniture moved into the property, and residents found job postings for substance abuse staff to work at the location, prompting fears that the site will be converted into a possible social service clearinghouse.
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Since 2014, the New Democrats have been engaged in a pitched battle with the Board of Internal Economy – the all-party committee that oversees MPs' spending — after the board determined that funnelling money into those now-shuttered satellite offices was an "inappropriate" use of parliamentary funds.
The New Democrats responded with a legal challenge, which has been working its way through the pre-trial process ever since, with the board taking the position that its decision – and, indeed, the entire case – falls under parliamentary privilege, which would put it firmly out of legal bounds.
If the court concurs, that will leave the 25 New Democrats still listed as party to the case – which currently includes outgoing party leader Tom Mulcair as well as many now former MPs – with only one remaining avenue of appeal: the Supreme Court of Canada, which may or may not decide to take up the case.
The court is slated to hear the case in Montreal on July 27 and 28.
Last month, the New Democrats' legal team suffered an unexpected reversal of evidentiary fortune when the Federal Court of Appeal quashed an earlier decision allowing the party to introduce an affidavit authored by Universite de Sherbrooke professor Maxime Sainte-Hilaire, in which he argued such expense disputes don't fall under parliamentary privilege and are, in fact, subject to judicial review.
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In his ruling, Justice Yves de Montigny noted that Sainte-Hilaire's statement "is not limited to facts, but is riddled with opinions," including his belief in an "international global standard of constitutional law" that "not only rests on his own assessment of the practice in other countries and of the authorities upon which he relies, but is also meant to be prescriptive of the direction towards which Canadian law should be moving."
Ultimately, de Montigny concludes that "it cannot credibly be contended that the St-Hilaire affidavit is in the nature of a factual brief providing neutral information with respect to the historical development of the parliamentary privilege, and on comparative and foreign law."
Not only does it "read like a legal opinion," he observes, but "it draws from Canadian and foreign sources to offer a conclusion which happens to support the respondent MPs' argument," to the extent that "the gist of its content could very well have been integrated in the Memorandum of Fact and Law" submitted by the NDP.
"It clearly does not provide evidence that is necessary to enable a judge, as a trier of fact, to appreciate the matters in issue due to their technical nature, as required by Mohan."
Responding to the initial decision allowing the affidavit last May, the party's then-executive director Karl Belanger told the Canadian Press that it was a "huge setback" for the board.
The NDP did not respond to a request for comment.


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Ozone air cleansers are typically readily available as well as offered in the industry as a health and wellness boosting device to utilize in your home. The producers usually declare that they transcend air filtration systems, which the stimulated oxygen that the maker discharges will certainly get rid of infections, germs, plant pollens, family dirt, in addition to smells as well as unstable natural substances. The cases are not real. Not just that, ozone air cleansers could in fact be hazardous to your health and wellness. Much clinical study has actually been done concerning these makers, consisting of a reasonably high account research study by the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States. Right here are the 3 primary verdicts of that research study, and also 3 great reasons that you do not desire an ozone air cleanser in your house.
ozone is really a harmful chemical that exists in the ambience. We consider it as an advantage, due to the fact that up in the air it serves in maintaining our environment undamaged, as well as obstructing several of the damaging radiation from the sunlight. Down right here in the atmosphere, it ends up being an effective lung toxic irritant that has actually been connected to bronchial asthma strikes. It is normally happening, as well as could be developed by sunshine as well as lights tornados amongst various other points, it does not immediately comply with that it is 'great for you'. Taking breath ozone could create constraints, mobile damages, cause bronchial asthma assaults, as well as lower the body's capability to eliminate infection.
There are numerous aspects which could add two of ozone, several of them past the control of the customer as well as tough to anticipate. The supplier's suggestions are worthless in the face of these elements, and also the equipment could finish up developing sufficient ozone to create breathing issues as well as trigger as well as bronchial asthma assault. These elements consist of the dimension of the space the device remains in, the quantity of air flow, the focus of the ozone outdoors, and also the kind as well as quantity of product in the space or residence with which the ozone could respond. In several examinations performed making use of ozone as an air cleanser, if was ended that in order to in fact work versus germs, mold and mildew, plant pollens, infections and also allergen, the degrees of ozone would certainly need to be 5 to 10 times above exactly what is thought about the secure limitation. Ozone focus was discovered to have no impact on smells, as well as minimal or no result on chemicals, consisting of carbon monoxide, which producers assert it could eliminate. When greater degrees of ozone are used, a chemical response can take place which develops a spin-off most likely to be damaging or at the very least annoying to the lungs and also body.


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NY Times: Donald Trump Jr. Got Email From Russian Lawyer Telling Him of Russian Plot To Aid Trump Campaign
Yet another journalistic bombshell from the New York Times: the paper reports that Donald Trump, Jr. was informed in advance of his meeting with a Russian lawyer that she had negative info about Hillary Clinton — and that the info came from the Russian government.
Before arranging a meeting with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer he believed would offer him compromising information about Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump Jr. was informed in an email that the material was part of a Russian government effort to aid his father's candidacy, according to three people with knowledge of the email.
The email to the younger Mr. Trump was sent by Rob Goldstone, a publicist and former British tabloid reporter who helped broker the June 2016 meeting. In a statement on Sunday, Mr. Trump acknowledged that he was interested in receiving damaging information about Mrs. Clinton, but gave no indication that he thought the lawyer might have been a Kremlin proxy.
Mr. Goldstone's message, as described to The New York Times by the three people, indicates that the Russian government was the source of the potentially damaging information. It does not elaborate on the wider effort by Moscow to help the Trump campaign.
There is no evidence to suggest that the promised damaging information was related to Russian government computer hacking that led to the release of thousands of Democratic National Committee emails. The meeting took place less than a week before it was widely reported that Russian hackers had infiltrated the committee's servers.
But the email is likely to be of keen interest to the Justice Department and congressional investigators, who are examining whether any of President Trump's associates colluded with the Russian government to disrupt last year's election. American intelligence agencies have determined that the Russian government tried to sway the election in favor of Mr. Trump.
It's not clear at this point that she actually had any such information — from what we can tell, she sought the meeting in order to discuss with the Trump campaign her longstanding campaign to get a set of sanctions related to human rights abuses lifted. And there's no indication that the Veselnitskaya meeting had anything to do with the emails pilfered by Russian-backed hackers from the Democratic National Committee or John Podesta.
Still, the fact that the Trump campaign took a high-level meeting — Paul Manafort and Jared Kushner were also present — whose ostensible purpose was for the Trump campaign to work with the Russian government to take down Clinton certainly increases the level of plausibility around the possibility that people from Trumpworld were involved in the anti-Clinton information operation that we do know took place.
For future law school exams: which laws were broken?
For today: should a family in hock to Russia command the US armed forces?
— David Frum (@davidfrum) July 11, 2017
"The source, who requested anonymity to describe the content of the email but I will blink three times if his name rhymes with Pike Mence.."
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) July 11, 2017
GOP source re the DonJr/Manafort/Kushner RU meet: "Trump is a micromanager. Nothing happened in the campaign & transition w/o his direction.
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) July 10, 2017
In retrospect, seems so obvious Trump's "election is rigged" mantra was both to innoculate himself and to deter Obama from taking action.
— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) July 11, 2017
This. Remember, Putin's goal is to weaken US by undermining our democracy. Need bipartisan effort to stand up for our country now. https://t.co/5kvtEnpanx
— Laura Rosenberger (@rosenbergerlm) July 11, 2017
This family of mobbed up money launderers thought they could bring that skill set to D.C. and it would work like it has in NYC. Nope.
— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) July 11, 2017
"It looks like clear proof of collusion." —Fmr. Asst. Watergate special prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks on the NYT report pic.twitter.com/9FhR76AtuR
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 11, 2017
Legally significant because this is
(1) written evidence
(2) before the meeting
(3) stating Russian gov involvement https://t.co/Ae5QbK0sh4
— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) July 11, 2017
Don Jr took the meeting EXPECTING help from the Russian government.
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) July 11, 2017
Just how far down the rat hole will Republicans go to normalize this abhorrent, anti-American behavior? How low will the GOP go? https://t.co/PYmUApqktG
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) July 11, 2017
Get ready to hear a bunch of rationalizations that the Trumps were not savvy campaign operatives so they cannot be blamed for colluding
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) July 11, 2017
If you've been in a coma for the past 8 months and you're just now turning on the TV — no, no, @HillaryClinton is not the president pic.twitter.com/JwanyKTGYr
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) July 11, 2017
FLAG: Schiff tells @maddow when Don Jr. took that meeting, the Russians had *already* hacked into Democratic servers, but hadn't dumped docs pic.twitter.com/KI56VpMmZa
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 11, 2017


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The newly released TARGIT Decision Suite 2014 went to market last week with six distinct areas of improved functionality and new capabilities, including new native connections to known and trusted big data platforms. TARGIT users can now connect directly to CDH, as well as Microsoft Analytics Platform System (previously Microsoft SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse), Google BigQuery, Hortonworks (HDP), HDInsight, MongoDB, EXASOL, and SAS.
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Drop down value list beeps, then finds.
Having been a FMP user since v.3.5 was out, I just upgraded to v.11 after using v.7 for years. One of the many applications I use this for is contribution data for my church, where one table has address info, and the other table has contribution data – classically simple one to many relationship.
In the contribution entry mode, the first field is DonorNum. The drop down value list uses two fields, the first being the donor's number, and the second one being a "last & first & addr" calculation (LFA). The LFA list is alphabetical and for years, all one had to do was type the first letters of the name then scroll through the many "Torres..." to find the correct one. Of course, if you are fast enough to type "TorresMargie," you will get the exact person who follows "TorresMarcus." You get the idea. Ultimately, upon selection, the donor's number is entered into the box, and the other fields on the layout are populated.
Problem: With FMP 11, when I type the first "T," my mac beeps. Apparently, it does not load the entire list (2500 names), and cannot find the "T's." I can type "A," and it selects it immediately. The only way around this, which seems archaic, is to type random letters in the alphabet to get me closer to the letter that I need. So, I type A, then G, then L, then T, pausing a moment in between, and it works flawlessly. Or, if I manually scroll to the "area" of the correct letter, it goes right away.
This is progress? This has worked for all of the versions that I have had previously perfectly. Is there a setting where I can tell it to load the whole list?
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NEW YORK, NY, July 24, 2007 -
A public school teacher was arrested todayat John F.Kennedy International Airport as he attempted to board a flightwhile in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a set square, a slide rule and a calculator.At a morning press conference, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said hebelieves the man is a member of the notorious Al-gebra movement .
He did not identify the man, who has been charged by the FBI with carrying weapons of math instruction.
"Al-gebra is a problem for us" , Gonzales said. "They desire solutions bymeans and extremes, and sometimes go off on tangents in a search ofabsolute value. They use secret code names like 'x' and 'y' and refer to themselves as 'unknowns', but we have determined they belong to a commondenominator of the axis of medieval with coordinates in every country.
As the Greek philanderer Isosceles used to say, 'There are three sides to every triangle'.
When asked to comment on the arrest, President Bush said, "If God had wanted us to have better weapons of math instruction, He would have given 'us more fingers and toes. White House aides told reporters they could not recall a more intelligent or profound statement by the president.


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The first New Zealand Marist team was fielded at the Masterton Golden Games (Golden Shears) in 1963 as the feature rugby game of the various sports catered for during the Games. The game was played against ALBERT PRYOR'S Invitation XV at the Solway Showground. The opposition was virtually a third All Black team.
Players such as Blair Furlong and Neil Thimblebyrepresenting NZ Marist against the likes of Fergie McCormick, Bill Birtwistle, Roger Urban, Snow White, Terry O'Sullivan and of course Alby Prior.
The result was a 38 - 37 win to the Alby Prior XV.
The 1964 season saw the N Z Marist team play Wellington on Athletic Park on Sunday July 19th, with proceeds going to the injured player's fund. A splendid game resulted in a win for Wellington by 14 - 6.
The NZ Marist team fielded the likes of Ian MacRae, Des Connor and Neil Thimbleby.
This was followed in 1965 with NZ Marist's return to the Masterton Golden Games to play the feature game against a Brian Lochore's Invitation XV.
NZ Marist led at half time by 14 - 6 but subsequently lost the game by 18 - 14 with the Brian Lochore's Invitation XV team scoring the only second half points.
1976 saw NZ Marist play two further 15's games against Wellington and Manawatu.
The Wellington XV won the game 33 - 20. Players involved included All Blacks (or soon to be All Blacks) Clive Currie, Greg Kane, Mark Sayers, Ian Stevens, Graham Williams, John Fleming, Andy Leslie and Murray Mexted (who were bracketed for the No.8 position) and Stu Wilson in the reserves for Wellington. NZ Marist had Bernie Fraser on the wing, Vance Stewart at blind side and captaining the team was Frank Oliver at lock.
The Manawatu game included Fraser, Oliver, John Flemingfor NZ Marist with Manawatu including All Blacks (past, future and current) Murray Watts, Duncan Hales, Geoff Old, Kevin Eveleigh, John Loveday, Sam Strahan and Gary Knight.
The Alan Boyd Benefit Match on 20th July 1986 resulted in NZ Marist losing by 35 to 13 against a Wellington Centurion XV with players of note in the NZ Marist team being All BlacksBernie MCCahill, Mark Shaw, Marty Brooke, brotherZinzan Brooke, Brian McGrattan and current All Black Assistant Coach, Steve Hansen.
1998 saw the NZ Marist XV play against the newly formed Central Vikings Provincial team who were a merger of the Hawkes Bay and Manawatu Rugby Unions. The result was a 31 -29 loss but the interest was not the players in the teams but those Marist players who were unable to play because of other commitments.
Those unable to be considered due to prior commitments with the All Blacks, NZ 'A', NZ Academy, NZ Colts, Central Vikings and other representative teams and injuries were:
Robin Brooke (Auckland Marist)
Taine Randell (Dunedin RFC)
Mark Hammett (Marist Albion, Chch.)
Kevin Nepia (Marist Albion, Chch)
Xavier Rush (Auckland Marist)
Reece Robinson (Napier O B Marist)
Paul Henderson (Invercargill Marist)
Jeremy Winders (Invercargill Marist)
Angus Gardiner (Marist Albion, Chch)
Steve Lancaster (Marist Albion, Chch)
Tabai Matson (Marist Albion, Chch)
Ryan Wheeler (Hamilton Marist)
Dean Angalsea (Hamilton Marist)
Matthew Cooper (Hamilton Marist)
Paul Martin (Hamilton Marist)
Karl Williams (Palmerston North Marist)
Paul Smidt-Uili (Palmerston North Marist)
Dion Waller (Palmerston North Marist)
Tony Coughlin (North Harbour Marist)
Jeff Karika (Hastings Sports & Rugby)
Lee Waller (Palmerston North Marist)
Elton Moncrieff (MSP Wellington)
Brett Sinkinson (Whakatane Marist)
Barton Haggard (Auckland Marist)
Scott Adams (Dunedin RFC)
Colin Wycherly (Hamilton Marist)
Those able to play included notable future All Blacks inAndrew Hore (age 19), Marty Holah (age18) and 18 year oldBen Blair. The Manawatu's 'Evening Standard' reporter Michael Lampp wrote:
"Where the1998 Vikings had rolled past Wellington so impressively a week ago, Wednesday night they were forced to watch 18 year old Christchurch fullback Ben Blair, a New Zealand under-19 reserve, scrape a penalty just past the left upright in the last minute."
These three players went on to become All Blacks within four years. For These players this game was a second chance as they had all missed out on their NPC squads that year.
In 2003 NZ Marist played the New Zealand Defence Forces in Upper Hutt for a 38 to 27 win with notable NZ 7's CoachGordon Tietjens coaching a very young NZ Marist team that included a number of NZ Marist Colts players. Eleven of the NZM players selected went on to secure NPC contracts within the next three years. NZ Marist also has an annual NZ Marist Colts Tour which first began in 1974 when they played the Wellington representative Second Grade team. The inaugural 1974 Colts team included one Gordon Tietjens at No. 8 and shows how the links through the years continue with Marist rugby players and supporters.


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THE devastated family of tour guide Sarah Howard - killed with four teenage friends in a horrific coach crash in Ecuador - spoke of their heartbreak today.
Sarah's parents, Pamela and Peter Howard, and her 21-year-old brother Daniel, said they were "devastated" by her death.
In a statement they said: "Sarah was a beautiful, bubbly, intelligent, kind and caring person with a tremendous love of life."
They described her as: "The kind of person that everybody loved."
The statement added: "Her loss is indescribable and her friends feel the same way.
"Travelling was her passion. As well as central and south America, she had been to Japan, South Africa, China, New York, Mauritius, Jamaica and many parts of Europe."
Sarah, 26, from Northwich, Cheshire, died alongside four gap-year students, Lizzie Pincock, 19, Indira Swann, 18, Rebecca Logie, 19, from Chorley, Lancashire, and Emily Sadler, 19.
Twelve others were injured when the chartered coach they were travelling on was hit by a lorry carrying sand.
They were on a 15 week trip.
Sarah was a freelance tour guide leading her first expedition for the Warwick-based gap-year tour company VentureCo Worldwide.
Her brother Daniel, a student at Liverpool Hope University, said his mother Pamela and father Peter, are architects, were waiting for news from Quito, the Ecuadorian capital.
Voluntary work
He said: "We are all just trying to stay strong for the family."
It is understood that Sarah's party were travelling to a national park to carry out voluntary work building a creche.
Sarah, a former pupil at the Grange School in Northwich, graduated with a 2:1 degree in modern languages, Spanish and Italian, from Durham University in 2003.
Her family revealed her extensive charity work in the statement.
Sarah worked for an anti-drugs programme working with street kids and children from broken homes in Peru during her time at university, between August 2001 and June 2002.
She even set up her own charity to raise funds for the children.
After finishing university, she worked as a project leader for two gap-year companies in Peru and Ecuador.
From July 2004 to December 2006 she worked for Trekforce Expeditions in Belize as an assistant expedition leader, a logistics and teaching placements manager and as a projects manager.
In March 2007 she worked in London as expeditions development manager for Schools Worldwide, an expedition company providing tailor-made trips abroad for schools and colleges.
She moved back to Northwich in January and obtained a place on an NHS Management Training Scheme.
She was due to start work in September.
The job with VentureCo was due to be her last trip abroad before starting work.
Hundreds of Sarah's friends were today posting tributes to her on the Internet socialising website Facebook.


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