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Tue, 13 December 2016
Our annual holiday luncheon featured a performance by the Florentine Opera.
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Tue, 6 December 2016
Marcelle Polednik has served as the Director of the Milwaukee Art Museum since May 2016. Prior to moving to Milwaukee, she was the Director and Chief Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville at the University of Florida. Marcelle is a specialist in contemporary art and earned her doctorate in art history from New York University in 2009. Marcelle will share her journey and vision for the Milwaukee Art Museum.
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Tue, 29 November 2016
Marty Schreiber has held many prominent positions, including Governor of Wisconsin and Founder of a successful government affairs consulting firm. None of Marty's endeavors prepared him for the role as caregiver for his wife, Elaine, who is living with Alzheimer's disease. Marty will speak candidly about his journey as a caregiver and the need for all caregivers to seek out education and support to allow them to cope, learn and survive the heroics of caregiving.
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Tue, 22 November 2016
Todd J. Teske, is the Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Briggs & Stratton Corporation. He has served in various capacities during his 20 years at the company. Prior to joining Briggs & Stratton, Todd worked at Arthur Andersen where he served various clients from small business to international conglomerates; lead and performed several merger investigations and was involved in many public equity and debt offerings. As a leader of a global company, Todd is extremely knowledgeable about conducting business internationally and the challenges companies are facing in today's economic and regulatory environment. He will speak about the role of innovation in a global market, challenges and successes of being a global company headquartered in Milwaukee.
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Tue, 15 November 2016
Precious Lives is a 100-part radio series about the impact of gun violence on young people in Milwaukee and what we can do to keep our communities safe. We are moving out of the studio and into businesses, civic organizations, and communities of faith to expand the conversation and discuss solutions. Brad Lichtenstein, President of 371 Productions, will host a live pop-up performance of Precious Lives featuring Khary Penebaker, Leatanya Dunn, and Damian Smith. Performers will share personal stories about gun violence and what they are doing to make a difference.
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Tue, 8 November 2016
The Rotary Club of Milwaukee is honored to welcome two of Rotary's senior leaders: Jennifer Jones, Vice President of the Rotary International Board of Directors and our 2016-2017 District Governor, Julie Craig. She is a current member of the Kenosha West Rotary Club and offers her time, talent and energy to support the many clubs in our area and District initiatives. Julie will share with us the initiatives and work on the District level. Jennifer Jones, an avid champion of the Rotary Foundation, will inspire us with stories of the Foundation.
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Tue, 1 November 2016
Between 1999 and 2014, Cincinnati saw a 69 percent reduction in police use-of-force incidents, a 42 percent reduction in citizen complaints and a 56 percent reduction in citizen injuries during encounters with police. Violent crimes dropped from a high of 4,137 in the year after the riots, to 2,352 last year. Misdemeanor arrests dropped from 41,708 in 2000 to 17,913 last year.
How did they do it? Attorney Al Gerhardstein, Past President of the Fraternal Order of Police and Cincinnati Police Officer Kathy Harrell and community organizer Iris Roley will be at Rotary to share the Cincinnati experience with a model of community problem-oriented policing or CPOP. David Haynes, editorial page editor of the Journal Sentinel, will lead the conversation.
To read more about this, here is a link to an article from the Atlantic that provides some excellent background. ("How to Fix a Broken Police Department", The Atlantic, May 28, 2015.)
This is a joint-program with the Milwaukee Press Club.
Watch the program here: https://youtu.be/8B4TNfIuDu4
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Tue, 25 October 2016
Celebrate the 71st Anniversary of the Founding of the United Nations! Carl Gershman, President of the National Endowment for Democracy, will present on the "State of Democracy around the World."
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Tue, 18 October 2016
UW System President Ray Cross will share 2020FWD, the strategic framework based upon listening sessions held throughout the state. Nearly 5,000 citizens - including business leaders, students, families, faculty and staff, and community leaders - provided their input about what they need and want from UW institutions. Two of the biggest concerns: college affordability and developing the workforce of tomorrow. Learn how 2020FWD initiatives will help address those issues. The four key areas of focus in 2020FWD are: Educational Pipeline, University Experience, Community and Business Mobilization and Operational Excellence.
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Tue, 11 October 2016
The Internet of Things (IOT) is transforming manufacturing, creating a competitiveness that will drive growth not only in manufacturing, but in the broader U.S economy. Rockwell Automation - the world's largest company dedicated to industrial automation and information - is at the center of this transformation helping global manufacturers be more productive, sustainable and competitive. However, there is a misconception among the next generation of talent that manufacturing is a gritty, low-tech industry, resulting in a significant workforce gap. Milwaukee Public Schools and other schools around the world are working closely with the private sector to solve this problem through efforts to train and inspire students, teachers and parents about exciting careers in manufacturing. Blake Moret, President and CEO of Rockwell Automation, will share more details.
Direct download: Rotary_10.11.16.mp3
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Tue, 4 October 2016
County Executive Chris Abele will present to Rotarians an executive summary of his proposed 2017 budget. Highlights of the budget presentation will include: investments in transit, parks, public safety, mental health reform, and infrastructure; debt reduction efforts; economic and workforce development initiatives; Bus Rapid Transit; and new revenues. As well, the county executive will discuss the County's overall improved fiscal health.
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Tue, 27 September 2016
When Milwaukee-based veterans Tom Voss and Anthony Anderson returned home from Iraq, they didn't expect their debilitating battles with depression and anxiety to prove every bit as life-threatening as the war zones they left behind. In an effort to help mend the emotional scars and moral injury they've sustained, the two men set out on an extraordinary journey - a 2,700-mile trek on foot across America, starting off in Milwaukee and ending in California. With suicide rates among veterans at near-epidemic levels (a veteran commits suicide nearly every hour), Almost Sunrise is an inspiring and intimate portrait of two men who journey on behalf of the mental health of fellow veterans. Anthony Anderson will share his journey with our club.
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Tue, 20 September 2016
As Executive Managing Director of Mason Wells, Tom Smith is responsible for the day-to-day investment activities of the Mason Wells funds, including the management of new investment activities and the oversight of portfolio development efforts. Tom Smith's presentation will provide details on the current economic environment for investments. This is a joint program with the Kellogg Alumni Association of WI.
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Tue, 13 September 2016
The Great Lakes are one of our greatest natural assets; vast and vital, yet fragile. The presentation on by Jenny Kehl will focus on the environmental and economic benefits and stressors of the Great Lakes, then briefly conclude by connecting our local water issues to global water issues. Jenny Kehl is the Director of the Center for Water Policy and Associate Professor in the School of Freshwater Sciences.
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Tue, 13 September 2016
Gary D'Amato has been a sports reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel since 1990 and was promoted last October to columnist. He has covered 25 Masters golf tournaments, three Super Bowls and10 Olympic Games, including the recently concluded Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro and hundreds of other major sports events. He will share his recent experiences and takeaways from the Olympic Games Rio 2016. Rotarian Dave Haynes, Editorial Page Editor of Journal Communications, will facilitate the discussion.
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Tue, 30 August 2016
For first time in recorded history, Americans are spending more at bars and restaurants ($54,857 billion in 2015) than they are on groceries ($52,502 billion in 2015), and millennials are by all indications, leading the charge. In 2012, New York Magazine published an article "When Did Young People Start Spending 25% of Their Paychecks on Pickled Lamb's Tongues? Foodie-ism as youth culture". For a city to attract, and retain some of the best and the brightest of millennial talent, it is now understood by CEO;s and recruiters alike that a city must have a vibrant culinary culture. Kyle Cherek, a life-long Milwaukee resident and host of the twice Emmy-nominated Wisconsin Foodie on PBS moderates a panel of some of the key contributors and innovators to Milwaukee's current dinning representations.
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Tue, 23 August 2016
RCM is filled with the brightest business, professional and community leaders in the metro Milwaukee area. Join us to hear a few of the remarkable young professionals in our club discuss their professional journey and how Rotary has impacted their career.
Panel of Speakers will include Charles Birts, Director of Grants Administration of Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee; Richie Burke, President of GoGeddit; Rachel Allen Larrivee, President/Owner of Props Unlimited; Edgar Lin, Attorney/Wisconsin Public Defender. Panel will be moderated by JoAnne Anton, Director of Herb Kohl Philanthropies.
Direct download: Rotary_8.23.16.mp3
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Tue, 16 August 2016
Artistic & Executive Director of Milwaukee Film, Jonathan Jackson, will provide an in-depth look at Milwaukee Film and its signature event, the Milwaukee Film Festival, which now ranks as a top ten film festival in the country. Get a sneak preview of the 2016 event that will feature 500+ events between September 22 - October 6 and learn about the growing business of filmmaking in Milwaukee.
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Tue, 9 August 2016
The story of Fix Development is about the belief, in the face of many industry naysayers, that commercial real estate projects with a triple bottom line- social, environmental and economic impacts- can be not only financially successful, but also generate the excitement and energy that attracts other entrepreneurs and revitalizes a community. Juli Kaufmann will highlight her strategy for transforming our most disinvested neighborhoods by leveraging the power and capacity of regular citizens using the tools of co-development and crowd-funding.
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Tue, 2 August 2016
Did you know that 2.6 billion people – half the developing world – lack even a simple 'improved' latrine and 1.1 billion people have no access to any type of improved drinking source of water? This has profound implications for health, education and economic stability around the world. Vanessa Tobin, Senior Technical Adviser for Water Supply, Sanitation and Water Resources Development for Catholic Relief Services, will tell us what is being done to address this global scourge.
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Tue, 26 July 2016
From Donald Trump's announced candidacy for president to the vote for Brexit in Great Britain, politicians are tapping into deep-seated concerns about immigration in the US and abroad. This presentation from Doris Meissner will examine the facts and the fiction surrounding the 2016 election debates over the issues of immigration and what voters should know to assess what they are hearing.
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Tue, 19 July 2016
The population of Milwaukee would be shrinking if not for the growth of the Latino population, while Latino workers have accounted for all net growth in employment in the four-county area during the last 25 years. A new study commissioned by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation offers an unprecedented look at conditions in the Latino community and the trends that continue to shape the region. The study will permit greater understanding, among Milwaukee policymakers and residents alike, on the nature of the remarkable demographic and economic transformation underway here, and inform discussion about the implications of these trends for the future of the city and the region. Marcus White, Vice President of Civic Engagement, will provide insight into their work.
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Tue, 12 July 2016
Like most people, Wisconsinite's want their state to be a great place to live and work. Wisconsin as a state, ranks anywhere from 35th to dead last in job creation! Wisconsin possesses all the needed ingredients (intellectual property, research facilities, well educated workforce) to form these companies except for the needed financing through investment in these companies. The BrightStar Foundation was established 3 years ago to take deductible donor contributions and invest them in job creating early stage companies. In the 2.5 years of deploying money, the foundation has invested over $4 million into 29 individual companies with the intent of growing hundreds and then thousands of high paying jobs. Thomas Shannon, President & CEO of BrightStar will provide insight into their work.
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Tue, 5 July 2016
Steve Walters, Senior Producer of WisconsinEye, returns to the Rotary Club of Milwaukee to interview Senator Ron Johnson.
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Tue, 28 June 2016
Celebrate the end of President Dan's term as RCM President at our 2016 Toast! We will also welcome Nancy Sennett as our 2016-17 President.
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Mon, 27 June 2016
Drawing on more than three decades of business experience, John Burke, president of Trek Bicycles, applies his independent thinking and no- nonsense approach to tackle the complex problems facing America with the release of his new book, 12 Simple Solutions to Save America. In his latest book, released on June 15th, Burke proposes concrete solutions to fix America's problems and challenges Americans to lead the effort for needed changes. Dave Haynes, editorial page editor of the Journal Sentinel will explore these ideas in a lively conversation with John.
Watch a video of his talk at this link.
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Tue, 14 June 2016
Aurora Health Care will invest $40 million in Marquette University's Athletic Performance Research Center the university is developing on its campus in partnership with the Milwaukee Bucks. Nick Turkal, President and Chief Executive Officer of Aurora Health Care, will share some details.
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Tue, 7 June 2016
2016 Rotary Person of the Year Sr. Edna Lonergan, President of St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care.
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Tue, 31 May 2016
Mary Miss is an artist and Founder of CALL / City as Living Laboratory. Mary Miss has reshaped the boundaries between sculpture, architecture, landscape design, and installation art by articulating a vision of the public sphere where it is possible for an artist to address the issues of our time. Her remarks will be about Watermarks, which proposes to transform the city of Milwaukee into an Atlas of Water, where a point by point mapping of water related topics occurs at the scale of the city. Starting in the Inner Harbor a constellation of markers can be identified by a series of verticals which will act like oversize 'map pins' to highlight pieces of the water story particular to the sites.
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Tue, 24 May 2016
As Milwaukee experiences an unprecedented surge in downtown development, it has an opportunity to translate that investment into substantial and meaningful jobs for low-income residents. New research by the Public Policy Forum seeks to shed light on whether the City has the right policies and programs in place to do so. Forum President Rob Henken and Senior Researcher Joe Peterangelo will present the research, which examines the performance of the City's Residents Preference Program and explores best practices from other "targeted hiring" programs across the country and their potential applicability to Milwaukee.
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Tue, 17 May 2016
Michael Telzrow, Director of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, will present on "The Role of the Military in Wisconsin", and how the museum depicts Wisconsin's contributions through exhibits and interviews with veterans. This is our Armed Forces Day program.
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Tue, 10 May 2016
John Norquist is the former Mayor of Milwaukee and the retired president of Congress for New Urbanism. He will talk about Jane Jacobs, author of "Death and Life of Great American Cities", who would have been 100 on May 4th. He will talk about the effect she has had on the development, planning and revitalization of cities in the US and around the world. Jacobs was known for her powerful opposition to the urban renewal czar Robert Moses of New York City in his attempt to put a freeway through Washington Square Park.
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Tue, 3 May 2016
Understanding how trauma response influences behavior has the power to unlock all forms of human potential - from the world of child welfare and the court system to the world of corporate Milwaukee. This presentation will introduce members to this new science, focusing on the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study. They will also discuss what a trauma response looks like and what professionals across all walks of Milwaukee can do to create a Trauma Informed Community. Tim Grove is the Chief Clinical Officer at SaintA and Mary Triggiano is a Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge.
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Tue, 26 April 2016
Mark Murphy is the current president and Chief Executive Officer for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. His talk will be about the business of the Packers.
Click here to view his PowerPoint.
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Tue, 19 April 2016
Over the past two decades, the topic of concussion in sports as risen from total obscurity to the public spotlight. Concerns about the short-term and long-term effects of concussion and repetitive head impact exposure now dominate the national narrative surrounding contact sports. Major scientific advances have been achieved over the past decade that now inform evidence-based approaches to injury management and return to play after acute concussion. Questions are emerging, however, about the potential long-range effects of repetitive concussion on neurologic health. This presentation will provide an overview of the progress realized over the past two decades and future research directions to advance our understanding of concussion. Dr. Michael McCrea has been an active researcher in the neurosciences, with numerous scientific publications, book chapters, and national and international lectures on the topic of traumatic brain injury.
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Tue, 12 April 2016
Pat Milligan's talk will cover the findings of Mercer's newly released When Women Thrive research report, representing over 640 organizations from 42 countries, covering 3.2 million employees in which 1.3 million are women. This is the 2nd version of this report, and our platform has grown to be the largest of its kind and while we are experiencing a lot of progress, the reality is what organizations are doing is simply not enough. Some key findings include that women continue to be underrepresented at all career levels, current hiring, promotion and retention rates are insufficient to create gender equality by 2025, and organizations are failing to build future female talent pipelines. The findings are consistent across all regions, proving this is a growing, global issue. The report offers tools and recommendations for organizations to take action to really move the needle.
Direct download: Rotary_4.12.16.mp3
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Tue, 5 April 2016
The Arab uprisings began with seemingly secular cries for ousting dictatorships. But five years on, the initial unity with a state purpose has eroded into a sectarian conflict in some countries and all out war in others. The strife focuses upon this question: Who is a Muslim and who is an unbeliever? Non-state actors, in particular, who claim a monopoly on religious interpretation, are the key drivers of the conflict. The geopolitical rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia is also fueling the violence. Can there be a resolution or is the region doomed to violence for the foreseeable future?
Geneive Abdo is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East. Abdo specializes in issues regarding modern Iran and political Islam. She published in April 2013 a monograph for Brookings, The New Sectarianism: The Arab Uprisings and the Rebirth of the Shi'a-Sunni Divide.
View her PowerPoint here.
Direct download: Rotary_4.5.16.mp3
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Tue, 29 March 2016
The Rotary Club of Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Press Club will present a Newsmaker Luncheon, featuring County Executive Chris Abele and State Senator Chris Larson. Both are candidates in the Milwaukee County Executive race. The candidates will be interviewed by Ernie Franzen of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Marti Mikkleson of WUWM and Steve Chamraz of Today's TMJ4. The interview with Chris Abele will begin at 12:20 pm. The interview with Chris Larson will begin at 12:45 pm and will go to 1:10 pm.
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Tue, 22 March 2016
Today at Rotary we planned a joint program with The Press Club with three reporters interviewing County Executive Chris Abele. Unfortunately Chris is ill and cannot attend our lunch program. However, thanks to the efforts of fellow Rotarian Dave Haynes, Editorial Page Editor of the Journal Sentinel, we have an alternate program to offer. Dave Haynes, Mary Spicuzza and Dan Bice will have a conversation about politics primarily on a state and local level followed by Q&A from the floor.
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Tue, 15 March 2016
Steve Walters, Senior Producer of WisconsinEye, returns to the Rotary Club of Milwaukee to interview Russ Feingold, candidate for U.S. Senate.
Direct download: Rotary_3.15.16.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:51pm EDT
Tue, 8 March 2016
Kevin Shafer will provide a presentation on the "MMSD 2015 Year in Review". He will talk about the environmental benefits and economic impact MMSD has on the region as well as discussing specific initiatives such as green infrastructure and the 30th Street Corridor.
Direct download: Rotary_3.08.16.mp3
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Tue, 1 March 2016
Milwaukee Area Technical College President Dr. Vicki J. Martin will share an overview of the MATC Promise, a program that was introduced in September 2015 and will provide free tuition and fees to eligible high school graduates. The MATC Promise, funded entirely by private dollars raised by the MATC Foundation, is geared for low-income students who do not believe they can afford college. At a time when young people and our community needs MATC most, the MATC Promise develops a talent pipeline that benefits area residents and local business and industry. Dr. Martin will detail how the initiative was constructed, the services that are being developed to support the students' success, and how this program will help keep the greater Milwaukee talent pipeline filled with highly-qualified professionals.
View her PowerPoint here.
Direct download: Rotary_3.1.16_Dr._Vicki_Martin.mp3
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Tue, 23 February 2016
Lt. Gen. Patricia Horoho, 43rd U.S. Army Surgeon General and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Medical Command will address the "The Military's Role in Global Health". This is a joint program with Froedtert Hospital, The Medical College of Wisconsin, and the center for International Health.
Direct download: 2.23_Lt._General_Horoho.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:56pm EDT
Tue, 16 February 2016
Mike McCabe, founder and president of Blue Jean Nation and author of Blue Jeans in High Places: The Coming Makeover of American Politics, will talk about how the ranks of the politically homeless are growing in America, and what history shows will happen whenever that occurs. He will talk about the need to loosen and eventually break the grip of the professional political consulting industry that is lording over our democracy and create opportunities for people who don't practice politics for a living to participate meaningfully in the public arena. His message is about how to revive citizen-centered, people-powered politics and get people with a life outside of politics back in the driver's seat of our government.
Direct download: 2.16.16_Mike_McCabe.mp3
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Tue, 9 February 2016
Judge Derek Mosley, the Presiding Judge of the Milwaukee Municipal Court since 2004, has been working tirelessly for decades to improve the quality of life in Milwaukee' s toughest neighborhoods. He comes to Rotary to celebrate Black History Month and will share black history facts, both local and national---facts we should have learned in school in American History, but were not taught.
View his PowerPoint here.
Direct download: Rotary_2.09.16_Judge_Mosley.mp3
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Tue, 2 February 2016
The Milwaukee Press Club and the Rotary Club of Milwaukee will present a Newsmaker Luncheon, featuring David Stearns, the new general manager of the Milwaukee Brewers. Stearns was hired last fall at age 30, and became the youngest general manager in the major leagues today. At the time he was hired, Stearns was less than half the age of outgoing general manager Doug Melvin and one year younger than Brewers right fielder Ryan Braun. Stearns youth and experience with data analytics is seen as crucial for the future of the Brewers as they embark on a major rebuilding effort.
Direct download: Rotary_2.02.16_David_Stearns.mp3
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Wed, 27 January 2016
January 26th, 2016
Bruce Bittles will focus on the principal movers of the equity markets in 2015. The discussion includes the outlook for the global economy and the domestic economy. Last year, stocks experienced the first episode of volatility in four years. We will offer the odds of a repeat this year. The implications of the first rate hike by the Fed in nine years and the impact of further rate hikes will be discussed. He will offer his views on inflation prospects. Finally, the Election will be front and center next year and we will outline the implications for investors. Mr. Bittles is the Chief Investment Strategist with Robert W. Baird & Co.
Direct download: Rotary_1.26.16_Bruce_Bittles.mp3
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Wed, 27 January 2016
Steve Walters, senior producer of WisconsinEye, returns to RCM to lead a panel discussion on international trade. Panelists include: Damian Felton of the US Department of Commerce, Roxanne Baumann of the WI Manufacturing Extension Partnership and Jim Hunter, President of Dynamic Solutions.
Direct download: Rotary_1.19.16_International_Trade.mp3
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Wed, 27 January 2016
Creative placemaking is driven by the National Endowment for the Arts in collaboration with national and local foundations looking for effective ways to create economic prosperity and cultural vibrancy within communities. Thanks to national funding and local effort, creative placemaking projects in Milwaukee – like the Beerline Trail Extension, the NEWaukee Night Market and the City of Milwaukee's HOME GR/OWN – have garnered national recognition and attention. Hear from Greater Milwaukee Committee president Julia Taylor about creative placemaking as a whole and the GMC's creative placemaking efforts, followed by a discussion with Riverworks Development Corporation's Darryl Johnson and HOME GR/OWN's Tim McCollow.
Direct download: 1.12.16_Creative_Placemaking_audio.mp3
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Transitions to a Market Economy in the Soviet Union: Part 1/
by Timothy Planert
November 30, 2015
Cover Photo Credits
Editor's Note: This is the first part of a two-part blog post exploring the failures and successes of Soviet transitions to market economies.
Why did some countries in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union have smoother transitions from a centrally planned to a market economy than others? This is a crucial question for policymakers in these states, as the region's economic issues cannot be solved without a thorough understanding of what factors drive successful economic transitions. Based on research I carried out in the summer of 2014, I will explore a few of them here.
The parameters I used to evaluate the "transition economies" are primarily related to the degree of corruption, rent-seeking, and state capture present in the political and economic decision-making processes of formerly Communist states. Corruption in this case is a broad term encompassing several categories of unscrupulous or illicit activity, following the framework laid out by Hellman, Jones, and Kaufmann in their 2000 paper "Seize the State, Seize the Day: State Capture, Corruption, and Influence in Transition."[1] The first, administrative corruption, consists of "misuse of public office for private gain," including bribes, kickbacks, nepotism, theft, unauthorized sale of state assets, and similar behavior on the part of politicians and civil servants.[2] State capture, the second category, involves firms manipulating the laws and regulations through cash payments or gifts to politicians. State capture is especially common in bidding for public procurement contracts, and also includes behaviors such as collusion between firms.[3] The final variety of corruption, influence, also involves firms "capturing" the state regulatory apparatus, but through social connections and market power rather than outright bribery. Influence can be legal (e.g. lobbying), but typically harms the economy, especially when firms engage in rent-seeking, which is the pursuit of rents created through government intervention into the economy, typically in the form of artificial monopolies.[4]
So, which countries in Eastern Europe and the former USSR have the most corruption? Generally, Central European countries such as Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Hungary, along with the Baltic states, are the least corrupt, former Soviet states, particularly in Central Asia, the most corrupt, and other Eastern European countries, such as Romania, Albania, and the former Yugoslavia, are in between. Hellman, Jones, and Kaufmann, using the 1999-2000 Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS), constructed an index of state capture for the transition economies, given in percentages of firms engaged in either state capture or influence. Figures that were above average for the region are in bold, and countries are ranked by overall level of state capture. A more recent survey, the 2013 World Business Environment Survey (the successor to BEEPS), looks at how many firms in a given country had to pay a bribe to obtain basic services and infrastructure, business licenses, import permits, government contracts, and other rights or amenities.[5] A section of that survey data is provided in Table 2, which shows the percentage of firms reporting paying a bribe to obtain services such as electricity and running water. Finally, the 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index, published by Transparency International, measures the degree of perceived corruption in a country based on a composite of surveys of policy experts and businesspeople.[6] Table 3 shows the countries of the region ranked from least corrupt to most corrupt (the scores run from 0 to 100), as well as each country's cumulative change from the initial index in 1995, providing a measure of countries' progress in combatting corruption.
Now for the most important question: why do some countries in the region have substantially less corruption than others, and why have some countries, particularly the Baltics, been able to improve so dramatically since 2000?
Continued in Part 2.
[1] Hellman, Joel S. and Jones, Geraint and Kaufmann, Daniel, Seize the State, Seize the Day: State Capture, Corruption and Influence in Transition (September 2000). World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2444. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=240555
[2] Kaufmann, Daniel. "Corruption: The Facts." Foreign Policy, No. 107 (Summer, 1997), pp. 114-131 Published by: Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, LLC Article DOI: 10.2307/1149337 Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org.proxy.wm.edu/stable/1149337
[3] Hellman, Jones, and Kaufmann 2000; Svensson, Jakob. 2005. "Eight Questions about Corruption." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 19(3): 19-42.
[4] Hellman, Jones, and Kaufmann 2000; Ekelund, R., and Robert D. Tollison. Politicized Economies: Monarchy, Monopolies, and Mercantilism. College Station, TX: Texas A&M Press, 1997.
[5] EBRD-World Bank Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) http://econ.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTRESEARCH/0,,contentMDK:20699364~pagePK:64214825~piPK:64214943~theSitePK:469382,00.html
[6] http://www.transparency.org/cpi2013
Timothy Planert is a Master's Candidate in Public Policy at the College of William & Mary and an Associate Editor of the William & Mary Policy Review.

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Model NO.: 7790
Style: Modern
Sound Insulation: 45
Veneer Wood: White Oak
Security Rating: A
Function: Security, Decoration
Profile Thickness: 2.0mm
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Certification: SGS/CE/CCC
Payment: T/T.L/C
Warranty: 10 Year
Specification: ANY CUSTOMIZED SIZE
HS Code: 76101000
Material: Aluminum Alloy
Open Style: Sliding
Screen Netting Material: Stainless Steel
Position: Exterior
Surface Finishing: Finished
System: Aluminum Sliding Door
Frame Face Width: 45mm
Accessories: China Brand Handle/Hinge/Rubber Strip
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We are an excellent and experience company in "one stop solution" for aluminum curtain wall, aluminum window, aluminum door,aluminum louvers, aluminum railings, glass wall ect. As a state-owned company, we have been established good and long term relationships with builders, developers and architects from all over the world.
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We've been to Aruba several times now but this trip was unlike any other experience we've had. We decided to try staying outside of the high-rise, northern side of the island where we had stayed many times and instead rent out some space on the outskirts called Savaneta, at the "Coral Reef Aruba Apartment". The trip was supposed to be a more genuine and rustic experience but on first impression we were more than disappointed.
Perhaps it was because we were spoiled by our comparatively extravagant prior vacations or maybe we were fantasizing a bit while planning this trip, or maybe this was what we wanted all along-whatever it was it was certainly surprising.
I just remember passing by the rows of homes and commercial buildings as we left the airport and gradually there we less floors, more dirt, and an abundance of dogs. To be honest, the Coral Reef Apartment really reminded me of homes from "that side" of town with the paint peeling, uneven flooring, and truly authentic supply of used-in furniture.
The kids weren't happy nor was my wife. I remember walking through the home toward the back and maybe it looked a little better than the front. I remember feeling uncomfortable at my children and wife's discontentment but soon found myself falling in love with everything…
The decoration and style of the home was rich with tradition and personality. The residents/employees were real and genuine. No amount of outward "poverty" marred the people that lived here. The more I opened my eyes the more I could see. I knew it would take me many days to process all that I saw here.
The weather was classic Aruba. Pleasantly warm, the sun high and bright in the air, with breaks of clouds here and there and a gentle breeze that caressed the floor sometimes picking up dust.
By the time we unpacked and got settled in the sun was beginning to set and cast a warm orange glow over everything. I must say, being away from the city with all the smog both in the air and the people, was a refreshing breath of fresh air.
Before hitting up the local restaurant next door we went to the market and bought some food for the week to come.
The next day, we woke up early to take advantage of the empty beaches although in retrospect we pretty much had the beach to ourselves the whole day! Swimming there I was a bit scared that the beach near our apartment was very deep but the water not too clear and there were many large fish swimming all around but somehow when we went back around noon the water had cleared up a lot and the fish we had seen in the morning were nowhere to be seen and it felt much more comforting with the sun fully risen and shining into the waters.
I think one of the things I immediately perceived was the lack of people. There was plenty of life just… not so many people and it was so peaceful. Rather than feeling isolated, I felt freed and I think as my children and wife spent more time getting used to the environment they too really accepted the newfound freedom. It only took a day or two before everyone was enjoying themselves and really appreciating the vacation!
On the third day, we found ourselves outside again this time snorkeling in a nearby local, less-known beach that was very rocky. It's a beach that we like to visit every time we go to Aruba. Although private didn't really mean less people cause well, there was so little people elsewhere too. We found ourselves at "DELIMAR" (another favorite that we always hit up) a local Peruvian restaurant for lunch and this time we went downtown to grab some food and also to see if we could grab some souvenirs as well. The day panned out pretty similarly to the other days and we went back to Zeerover for dinner.
Zeerover, another local restaurant, gets their fish fresh every day and they even sell this seafood raw if you want! The fresh red snapper and even tuna was absolutely delicious and knowing it came from the waters right beside you was nice as well.
The next couple days were more of the same but on the sixth day I had a little bit of an adventure. Madi, our tour guide during this trip told us of a nice tour that she could take us on but after just 10 minutes on the van, a rusted old Humvee style jeep with no real doors, seats, seatbelts or much of anything, it broke down. To be honest, I thought the jeep was pretty nice with lots of character but eventually after a long wait another bus came to pick us up.
However, while we were waiting, Madi was telling us about a particular dish that the people enjoy in Aruba. Although illegal, iguana soup is apparently a delicacy that is common to the area.
Preparing the iguana consists of cutting off the various unnecessary appendages and hanging them high on a tree (to keep them away from dogs, to which iguanas are dangerous). Unfortunately, I didn't have an opportunity to try the soup as it is only commercially sold in two restaurants. While we were talking, Stella got to learn how to strip aloe and apply it to your skin.
By then however, our bus arrived and we went on our way again.
Later that day I got to meet Jenni, Madi's brother, a painter by trade. He apparently studied art in Holland and as I looked around his studio it was filled with paintings and art of all kinds. However, something was off and soon enough I realized that he was mostly paralyzed. Madi explained to me that he painted with just a single finger dipped in paint. Tedious and difficult no doubt but definitely not limiting considering what I saw!
As an artist I took great inspiration from his devotion to his works and I have a feeling Jenni was not born paralyzed but from what I could tell something happened and yet through that tragedy he had the strength to keep pushing forward.
I like to think that I would stick with photography no matter the cost but seeing someone like Jenni who wasn't just a "what if" but rather an example of "what did" was really inspiring to me. It gave me a renewed passion for my art with all its difficulties and benefits!
We also managed to stop by Madi's mother's home whose house was wonderfully colorful and full of life. I got to meet her and I noticed that on her entrance gate there was a sign that said, "You promised to come back but you didn't." I didn't even have to ask, once Madi saw me looking at the gate, she explained to us about her younger brother who was 29 at the time and two nephews 12 and 14 respectively who died in the bay area. I was surprised because the water there was so calm but that's when Madi told me about how the calmer the water the more dangerous it really was. Just like in people, when emotion is hidden from view, you cannot tell what is going on and people that don't show enough emotion can be hard to connect to.
I think Stella and I are very much not the calm waters and for the better. We are comfortable and free to show each other what is on our hearts and it enables us to communicate and work out differences and conflicts. If we had instead bottled up these emotions I think that in many ways our relationship and marriage would not be as healthy as it is today!
As we left, Madi showed us to some very ancient caves with some cave paintings along with a really cool natural bridge and other secret spots around the beach. Before bidding us goodbye, Madi gave me a warm hug and reminded me to never trust calm oceans.
While we spent some great time eating delicious food, tanning, shipwreck snorkeling and jet skiing, I will never forget that little tour we took with Madi and the people I met. I think that more than spending thousands on a comfortable hotel and various "fun" activities. Getting to meet such amazing people, and even photograph them was far more meaningful to me and a great honor.
I believe that that is why I enjoy photography so much. I may not be the best writer but my photographs always speak much louder than words.


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I serve on the board of a non-profit started by a dear friend and colleague - Roshan Paul. I've had the pleasure of seeing the idea for his organization, the AMANI Institute, blossom in his mind and grow to encompass a vision of social change through smart, focused, and values-driven education reform.
The AMANI Institute is an educational training program that offers courses to encourage and develop leadership skills in social change. Roshan and his team have done some great work, are backed by a number of other educational institutions such as George Mason University and are currently seeking applicants for their Post-Graduate Certificate in Social Innovation Management (SIM).
I encourage you to learn more and apply for the program (classes start in June 2013!).


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Industrial Carpet Installation Guidelines
New carpet in your industrial structure changes the look totally. Commercial carpet is stronger and a lot more durable than several various other kinds of carpet. It is specially developed to withstand the heavier usage it will certainly sustain in the majority of centers. So as to get the very best results, it is recommended to log an expert Your Floor Guys website to have it mounted effectively. Even the most resilient carpet will certainly have issues if it isn't really set up properly. There are a number of installation approaches that are appropriate. The double-glue methods are among one of the most common. The complying with guide covers the basics of preparing for this regularly used installation method.
The double-glue approach involves utilizing adhesives to connect the padding to the floor. The carpet is after that complied with support when the adhesives have actually set. The double-glue approach has the perspective to enhance the efficiency of the carpet over time. It helps to provide added sound absorption to boost the energy of your carpet option. You can choose the kind of pillow you desire. Keep in mind, when selecting a pillow, you must constantly go with one that is recommended by the carpet producer. This will certainly ensure the most effective efficiency with time. Typically, commercial-grade polyurethane carpet padding is utilized. It ought to have a maximum density of.25″. The density must be 10 pounds./ ca. ft. at a minimum. Constantly check to see if the products you purchase are suggested for double-glue installation approaches.
This approach collaborates with a number of flooring setups. Nevertheless, there are a variety of things to consider before installation. Performance troubles could turn up whenever there are problems with excess dampness or alkalinity. Prior to laying the carpet, you will certainly need to examine if the moisture and also alkalinity are within a certain series of acceptability. The most effective means to do this is by making use of a test set. Calcium chloride wetness test kits are offered for this function. You could find them at various flooring and carpet installation distributors. Keep in mind that the test will usually take a number of days to conduct accurately. This suggests that you will certainly have to prepare for the examination prior to establishing an installation day.
After Care
After the expensive carpet installation has actually been executed, there are some certain treatment guidelines that need to always be followed. The first 30 days after installation are vital. It takes roughly that quantity of time for the adhesive to completely cure. During this time the carpet ought to not be subjected to water. If the cleansing is called for, it must only be done by a professional.


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Seglian Rolled Forging (SRF)
This unique process is used to achieve three key objectives:
- Reduce machining costs
- Reduction and Optimization of Gross Material Weight used
- Fast, highly reproducible forging process
Seglian engineers have converted many products over to Ring Roll Forgings that were previously made from other manufacturing processes.
The results for our customers were:
- Significant Cost Savings
- Greater material pricing stability
- Improved quality and durability of the component
- Improved manufacturing efficiencies for our customer's production lines
Our Current Range of Machined Ring-Roll Forged products include:
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- Up to 400mm Dia
- Variable cross section geometry
2.) Marmon Adaptor Rings
- 75mm ~ 200mm Dia
- Spherical and Straight sealing face
3.) Other Rolled Flanges for Oil, Gas, Chemical, other
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Hello! I'm Ichiro Hazama, producer of this title.
To everyone out there, I really am grateful.
Thaaank yoooooouuu!
I'd also like to take this opportunity to extend my deepest gratitude to all those who have worked on this game: Mr. Tetsuya Nomura and the whole staff, as well as those who have developed this game for so many years.
I can't say too much, but I intend to keep on working so that I can give you this greeting again next year, and the year after that.
I'll say it again - thank you so much.
Keep playing, and keep having fun!


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A comprehensive report from The Associated Press has revealed that hundreds of different vehicles sold in China transmit position information, among other things, to the Chinese government.
In total, more than 200 manufacturers, including the likes of Tesla, Volkswagen, BMW, Ford, Daimler, Nissan, and Mitsubishi transmit dozens of data points to monitoring centers owned by the government, including The Shanghai Electric Vehicle Public Data Collecting, Monitoring and Research Center and the National Big Data Alliance of New Energy Vehicles.
The Associated Press reports that the data-collection systems have been in place since the beginning of 2017. Chinese officials claim that the data is collected to improve public safety while facilitating industrial development and infrastructure planning, as well as preventing fraud in subsidy programs. Car manufacturers claim that they are simply complying with local laws by providing the data.
What is particularly worrying about the data-collection are the details the Chinese government receives. In fact, staff at monitoring centers have a real-time map of all new energy vehicles across the country and, at the press of a button, can select an individual vehicle and receive information like the make and model, mileage and even the vehicle's battery charge.
The information from these new energy vehicles is initially sent back to the manufacturer. The companies then send at least 61 data points to local monitoring facilities across China.
According to staff from The Shanghai Electric Vehicle Public Data Collecting, Monitoring and Research Center, information is not shared with police, prosecutors or courts. However, the information can be shared with government security agencies if a formal request is made.
The Verge reached out to a number of car manufacturers supplying vehicle information to the Chinese government, including Daimler and Volkswagen. Both companies say that customers are informed of the data-sharing. However, The Associated Press claims that the data-sharing generally happens without the owners' knowledge.
Critics of China's required data-sharing say that the information can be used for surveillance and to undermine the competitive position of foreign carmakers in the country. No other governments are believed to be gathering data from new-age hybrid and electric vehicles.


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Tim Allen Tickets
Smarter than his grunting comedic persona suggested, Tim Allen turned his stand-up into one of the most successful Hollywood careers of all time. "Home Improvement" won him awards and fans around the world for his portrayal of lovable Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor.
During "Home Improvement's" run at the top of the prime-time charts, Allen revisited his comedy roots with a successful national concert tour. He also found time to pen his first book about the male perspective, "Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man," topping the New York Times Bestseller List.
Allen's film credits include the trilogies of "The Santa Clause" and "Toy Story," as well as "Galaxy Quest," "Christmas with the Kranks" and "Wild Hogs."
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On one hand you want to go up and get that number, and on the other you can't seem to keep your knees from shaking and you're sweating so bad your antiperspirant even said peace out. Sure they may be corny, but betting your dignity on funny pick up lines can sometimes pay off. " once or twice in her day I did have a nice chuckle, and laughter is the key to the heart after all!One common way to get one step closer to getting that coveted 10-digit combination of numbers from Mr. So use all the cheesy pick up lines you can think of!
This line only gets girls if you are a third grader.
I'm pretty sure this pick up line has never been successful ever.
This is sort of a back handed compliment, if you could call it a compliment at all.
Okay, this one might work if the guy comes up with an actual frozen margarita. Only bring this sad pick up line out if you are also providing pizza.
The last time a guy said this to a girl at a bar, she threw a shot of Old Crow "bourbon" in his face. If you're at an 80s retro bar or Six Flags, this line might get you somewhere.
This would be good on a Valentine's Day card, but not at the club. This pick up line is funny, and depending on the circumstances, very creepy.So, firstly, it needs to be said that men aren't so complex that you need an artfully crafted line taken from a book of puns to talk to him or show him interest.Also, you want him to talk to you, not scare him away.So, the real "good pick up lines for girls", or for any young lovely millennial woman approaching a dashing young millennial male, are actual decent ice breakers that start a conversation.We want something that shows interest without using sexual harassment as a punch line. If a woman is "cute and confident" she can say "practically anything" and get him interested.But, we'll still include a few witty lines for the woman that's feeling a little forward.


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What's not to like? Avocados. Lime (or lemon) juice. Onions and garlic and salt and pepper. Maybe cilantro. Maybe tomatoes. Tabasco. Maybe cumin and fresh oregano.
Sure, you can buy the little containers of it at the store.
But you can most definitely make it yourself.
And there's even a hint to tell you how to make sure your avocados are ripe in here, in the outtakes after the credits.
Do you guac?
GUACAMOLE (serves 2-4, depending on how much you eat)
- 2 ripe avocados
- 1/4 fresh lime
- 2-3 dashes tabasco sauce, or hot sauce to taste
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 slice onion, chopped fine
- 1 clove garlic, minced or pressed
- 1 small handful cilantro, chopped fine
- 5 grape tomatoes, chopped fine
1. Halve, pit, and scoop the avocados into a bowl
2. Squeeze lime juice and tabasco over the avocados. Mash with a potato masher or a fork.
3. Add in onion, garlic, tomatoes, cilantro.
4. Stir together well but gently.
5. Adjust seasonings if needed (this will require tasting. Someone has to do it.)


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Last week Celebrity Cruises announced that in 2014-15 their 'Modern Luxury' vessels will sail to all seven continents on 'Celebrity's World Tour.'
The company are set to unveil plenty of details about the World Tour itineraries over the next weeks – they are promising more ports of call and plenty of overnight stays – 245 ports of call in 74 countries.
A range of once-in-a-lifetime land-based excursions will also be launched as part of the initiative; these fantastic adventures have been dubbed "Celebrity Exclusives." The Exclusives will feature personalised experiences for individuals or groups of less than 15. Highlights include a VIP hospitality package at the 2014 British Open Golf Tournament, and sailing around Mykonos on a private yacht.
Details released about Celebrity Cruise Line's 2014-15 World Tour so far:
Celebrity Silhouette will sail across Europe and Africa, departing on a 14-night round trip from Italy. There will be overnight stays in Egypt and Israel, with visits to Turkey, Greece, Sicily and Italy.
Celebrity Infinity will sail for 14-nights out of Buenos Aires, Argentina, setting sail for Chile, Antarctica, Falkland Islands and Uruguay. After, Infinity will then set sail on a 14-night voyage of South America commencing with an overnight stay in Buenos Aires, then calling into Uruguay, Argentina and sailing through the Straits of Magellan and the Chilean Fjords before ending in Chile.
Celebrity Millennium will depart on 14-night itineraries out of Singapore. There will be overnight stops in Singapore, Bangkok, Vietnam and Hong Kong.
Celebrity Solstice will return to Australia, where she will embark on 12-night trips around the country, before heading over to New Zealand.
Then Solstice will set sail to Alaska, where she will sail around North America.
The company's newest ship, Celebrity Reflection will sail on an 11-night roundtrip through the Mediterranean, out of Italy and call into ports at Greece, Italy and Turkey.
Celebrity Summit will sail on 7-night voyages to Bermuda on a round-trip out of Cape Liberty, New Jersey, or you can make this trip on a one-way sailing from San Juan with stops in St. Maarten, St. Thomas, Tortola and King's Wharf on the way to Cape Liberty.
Then during peak season, Summit will sail 14-night cruises around Canada and New England, also out of Cape Liberty in New Jersey. This voyage will call at Portland, Bar Harbor, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec City, Newfoundland and more.
To make the "World Tour" extra special for guests, Celebrity are laying on a "Destination Concierge" on their 2014 routes, which will allow passengers to speak to a port expert who will guide them through their land experience.
Captain's Club members will have first access to booking the exclusive excursions with Priority Access.


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Woman cited for leaving kids in car in Bibb parking lot
Bibb County deputies issued a citation to a woman for leaving two children in a car Tuesday morning while she went into the Wal-Mart on Zebulon Road, according to a sheriff's report.
Deputies cited 31-year-old Joyraya Cherry, of Macon, with reckless conduct after she allegedly left a 4-month-old baby and a 3-year-old toddler in her car for nearly 30 minutes, the report stated. Two customers noticed the children in the vehicle and called deputies.
The case is being turned over to the Department of Family and Children Services.


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Condoms hanging on pegs from line. Photo: Keith Brofsky (Getty)
As a millennial myself, I do my best to stand up for them. But guys, you're making it nearly impossible.
You believe the world is flat, you still live at home, and you've ruined Applebee's (OK, that's actually not a terrible thing). Yet somehow, it gets worse. Now you're reusing condoms? Come on!
The CDC is making big news this week for a recent tweet they sent out warning people to stop washing and reusing rubbers.
We say it because people do it: Don't wash or reuse #condoms! Use a fresh one for each #sex act. https://t.co/o3SPayRf9m pic.twitter.com/AwkPqE9YMl
— CDC STD (@CDCSTD) July 23, 2018
"We say it because people do it," they wrote. "Don't wash or reuse condoms! Use a fresh one for each sex act."
I never thought I'd have to talk about condom use or why it's important to practice safe sex — which includes using a new condom each time — but here it goes…
Why can't you reuse condoms? Because, like Carmello Anthony or Vanilla Ice, they're meant to be a "one and done."
CNN spoke with Elizabeth Torrone, an STD Prevention expert with the CDC:
"Condoms prevent the spread of most STDs and likely reduce the risk of all STDs, but a condom is only effective when used correctly," she told CNN.
"Incorrect use, such as reusing a condom or using more than one at a time, diminishes the protective effect of condoms by leading to condom breakage, slippage, or leakage."
If you're one of the numbskulls attempting to launder your condoms for another use, you're doing it wrong. You're going to have a baby or end up with a sexually transmitted disease (possibly both).
If you think you can't afford protection? Think again.
How to find free condoms:
Josh Helmuth is a sports reporter in St. Louis who contributes to Mandatory.
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Furniture, Wallpaper, Rugs, Fireplaces, Art & Window Treatments – Ambiance On A Budget!
Here is a strategy for identifying what changes for the rooms will capitalize on difference, and a few ideas just for solving certain common decor problem spaces. Figure outside what's quite bothering everyone. When you evaluate a room or space and wish to change it out, take the deep breath away and aim to understand what it's that you truly dislike. Would it be a clothing? Is them a color choice? Is it some furniture through the grandmother for you to think it is advisable to love, nevertheless have continually hated? Does the bedroom feel freezing? Does they feel cramped? Should it feel clean? Is the missing decorum? Is them too cutting-edge, or very old-fashioned? Would it be too dimly lit or likewise light? How you would want to feel while you enter in which room? Would you like to be beautiful? Too often be light and additionally airy? Would you like to feel encompassed by space or perhaps freed because of it? Should they be stark plus white, hot and demure, or elaborate and dazzling?
Solutions – If you glance at the above inquiries, some of your answers happen to be pretty very easy. If it's just a fabric, change it out. If that you are handy, you can drape a different valance for a window, or make your covers just for straight restaurants chairs. A rectangular little bit of fabric thrown for a small circular side dinner table, along which includes a few choosing pillow handles (contemplate straight seams), plus your whole home is cutting edge. With modern fabric glues, that you do not even here is a sewing model for effortless projects; all you want is some of scissors. Slipcovers attended further. Manufacturers sometimes provide man or women pillow addresses, not just simply those giant throws. Their supplements are a lot more sophisticated lately then a little big back pack over an individual's furniture.
Curtains can be purchased everywhere you actually turn. Some sheers can supply privacy without the need of filtering out there the gentle. And you will find there's certain romance to your silhouettes of your outside world in the transparency for the sheers. If you desire ambiance, think about trying an example of today's cutting edge jell or perhaps electric fireplaces. Jell fireplaces contain the charm on the real masonry without air flow or chimneys. These fireplaces apply an isopropyl alcohol in a very jell trust and are available countless fashions. Each may well of power burns for just two ½ to help you 3 hours together with the crackle together with pop on the real flame, hidden regarding ceramic fire wood. The fireplaces release minimal levels of heat, but is going to warm an excellent room. They might need nothing with the exception about 4′ of partitions. Many currently have bookcases, hard drive, or fun units put together above any mantle in the fireplace.
Furniture for Modern Homes
The term 'Modern' displays more involving a natural approach from the person nearby life in opposition to the real bodily looks them suggests a customization toward switch. The world is undoubtedly an endless say regarding flux and human predisposition with re-discovering that change might be exclusive and additionally unrivaled. Full lifestyle together with humanity elements undergone a very important sea change is certainly it, the specifications of accessories for homes and office in addition has seen a major transformation.
The type of spouse and children furniture had been bound to modify due to help you swap while in the revolutionary place design. Old comes with given strategy to new in addition to classicism functions given process of modernism. But show that has not yet changed while in the time can be a desire for folks to convey the best from the worlds. In their normal pursuit, we have seen an awesome blend relating classic and perhaps modern furniture having given an alternate definition to assist you to modern loved ones furniture.
The traditional Amish developed furniture remains that they are a fantastic favorite on the list of masses purely as a result of mass in addition to class classiness. Amish lamps, made by means of great email campaigns and skill together with the Amish craftsmen, make the fantastic traditional and additionally modern home. Moreover, properly built Amish pinups radiate furniture depends upon your sexual enjoyment of appreciating option.
Ought to will not be considered as pretty much any compromise making the solid and also ethnic reasons for having traditional spouse and children furniture. All such features far more are available plus the modern household furniture also. The construction of the current furniture mutually owes considerably to particular switch inside position summary for fashionable people today.
By working with frequent relocations, the specifications of bedroom furniture were was required to adapt to the convenience around transportation. Additionally, the primary home dimensions might be increasingly staying smaller and additionally smaller, which might make the microscopic in capacity furniture an even better choice. But oftentimes compact furniture is available in all documents. The material used in modern residence furniture might be likewise wonderful, or more suitable, than that used in traditional residence furniture.
Taking Care of Antique Carpets, Rugs and Furniture
A number of our furniture, fixtures not to mention home decors in your own home have been inherited to you and me as heirlooms: divans, grandfather's clocks, carpets and rugs, rocking seats, chests, yet others. More as opposed to their charge value, these things have gathered intrinsic together with sentimental values at the same time. Therefore, it is necessary that we learn how to take care as well as these items in your good issue.
Furniture – Furnishings should basically be dusted flippantly with lint-free small cloth. When polishing solid wood furniture, make sure it's been dusted previously applying good beeswax or perhaps wood house furniture polisher. When selecting a polisher for the purpose of wooden your furniture, it is perfect to check labels to ensure that you receive the proper polisher for ones right wooden. Some woods might be more porous compared with others and so, may desire a different particular wood improve. To sustain furniture, it's also best to stay your heirloom and much more expensive bedroom furniture in homes with sometimes temperatures. Avoid holding them inside rooms with sunlight or on rooms which can be vulnerable for you to various temperatures changes as this might easily injury the lumber. Frequent moving forward of furniture can be one common explanation for damage and deterioration. When moving forward and putting in order furniture throughout the house, furniture are usually better raised than drawn. For extremely heavy furnishings, buffer and / or cushion typically the edges to prevent scratches and also dints.
Area rugs, Carpets, Tapestries – Area rugs, carpets as well as tapestries need a different way of cleaning not to mention maintenance. Area rugs, carpets together with tapestries are actually best transported and worked on carefully when their resources and fibers tend to be more easily degraded eventually and by using temperature when compared with wooden pieces of furniture. Rugs, tapestries as well as carpets could be cleaned using a vacuum clean. However, it needs to be done within low preparing. Avoid getting exposed of rugs and carpeting and extravagant rugs for the extreme elements along the lines of extreme heat up or wetness and soaked or interesting areas in your house. When saving rugs as well as carpets, roll typically the bottom-side away with polish paper to safeguard the rugs and green area rug design via dusts as well as other insects in which gnaw on the material. When taken care of properly based on what they might need, furniture, house decors, rugs not to mention carpets really can last much time enough that you should pass onto your young people and his or her children. Occasionally, furniture can perform more as opposed to decorate a homes. These people link lifetime.
Garden Furniture Sheds
At present gardens are generally visited from many to relieve the stress and become with mother nature and spend some time relaxing. Walking within a garden is this amazing option to take. Looking in those flowers and the sweet smells via them rocks !. The landscapes are propagate over a particular acre for land having quantity of plants using various flowers in several colors along with smells.
Did everyone ever ask yourself how things act on managing these and kinds of precautions the dog owner has to consider to check it stunning and relaxing for any viewer? The proprietor has to check from surrounding till growing and maintaining giving drinking water, cleaning these individuals, providing these individuals with fertilizers as well as germicides and so on. All the above mentined things tend to be looked for your maintenance from the gardens. The many equipments required end up being kept effectively and they're in weight stock since the acre about land is normally big what exactly they require is really a shed.
The storage sheds constructed right here are huge and each of the equipments tend to be stored here just like the various germicides, fertilizers, scissors to help shape the actual plants and the whole set of essentials. These outdoor sheds are garden storage sheds so it doesn't require sunlight nevertheless the place ought to be dry otherwise the weapons could get rusted that will affect the particular plants. There ought to be a number of partitions easily obtainable in it in order that one are able to store the same things together just like a rack filled with germicides, some rack together with instruments such as spade, scissors, and so; and these tips should be continued top which means water does not touch these products and corrode it.
The above include the various bands for a variety of sheds but it is important is establishing these sheds rely on how big is gardening locale and the amount of sheds crafted. In many other words you can build a sizable shed and apply it for those purpose whereas you can build additional sheds yet smaller products.
Furniture and Its Importance
Furniture can be explained as the size noun that could be used for your movable things. These removable objects widely-used to service various human pursuits like sitting plus sleeping Thus it will easily get assumed which usually furniture features tables, office chairs, beds and other object the fact that complements real human activity. Furniture is used intended for holding all of the objects on a very practical height when it comes to doing or possibly executing several work.
Additionally, it is considered a physical product of good looking art or simply a product of the certain pattern. It can serve a fabulous religious purpose or perhaps a certain symbolic representation of being. Furniture will likely be made of lot materials and additionally these components include lumber, plastic together with metals. There are many of woodworking joints which can often reflect into the culture that's local.
There are lots of types connected with furniture which are used over a routine basis. This furniture widely-used for waiting, sleeping, enjoying, relaxing and alternative recreational routines Single seating furniture is made up of chair. There are several types associated with chairs just like rocking bar stools, watchman's office chairs, Windsor office chair and wingback office chair. A bean container, chaise longue, fauteuil, ottoman, reclining chair, stool in addition to a fainting couch can be types connected with chairs that will be used about the routine basis.
There can be number of beds to use for slumbering. This bed furniture include bunk mattress, canopy cargo box, four- poster cargo box, Murphy cargo box, platform cargo box, sleigh cargo box and waterbed. There are several other different kinds of beds just like a day bed in addition to a futon, hammock, headboard, infant's bed, mattress in addition to a sofa mattress.
In the modern society, a number of furniture must be used when it comes to entertainment at the same time. This home furnishings includes pool table, chess meal table, entertainment target, gramophone, Hey If, jukebox, pinball piece of equipment, radiogram, TV, radio receiver in addition to a video the game console.
Mcferran Home Furniture
Furniture will be requirement of the home, office or to anywhere. There isn't a site that remains without fixtures. Today the actual craze to get contemporary furnishings has increased and the great everywhere need the finest furniture with regard to their homes together with offices the same.
A huge collection of furniture manufacturers arrived at one's thoughts when looking for the best brand pieces of furniture. One included in this is a McFerrin collection that generate high-end furniture which would suit every an area of the home. Their price tags are most certainly matched with the furniture world as they are a trustworthy warehouse with regard to metropolitan design.
Each dwelling requires a couple special furniture to each bedroom For instance for any bedroom you will find a requirement for the top bedroom house furniture, canopy plant beds, convertibles, afternoon beds, patio chairs, bedside event tables, cupboards not to mention drawers, showcases etc. When 1 seeks furniture for ones living room you will find numbers to choose, chairs, conference tables, closets, would mean televisions, reveal cases, focus pieces, take pleasure in seats, beautiful sofas and many others to enhance that beautiful living area.
Dining space furniture contain the table with every its brilliance and classiness surrounded by way of little components of matching furniture to build the living area a perfect destination to relax spanning a good meal using the entire family members. Dressers and even closets, mirrors plus chairs consist of the lot of McFerrin furniture in your dressing space. Similarly anyone online can decorate the whole home along with the rooms making use of the exclusive bunch of McFerrin furnishings.
Home is in which the heart is so because of this it is required to be well decorated the item would appear the foremost interesting place to go back to after the hard day's deliver the results. Together using the family people furniture is why a house home is. Furniture plus family is a perfect blend on a beautiful property.
Teak Patio Furniture Shopping
Ordering interior fixtures are some sort of investment. Is it doesn't same by using teak deck furniture. You is unable to take buying one to invest in teak wood made furniture gently. Before you produce a decision about getting a particular method of teak outdoor furniture, it is a must you are sure that you intend to purchase the correct furniture for use on your patio.
Is it doesn't everyday maximizing trend involving utilizing patio as a further room as a consequence of which the industry for patio and garden furniture has boomed; particularly teak deck furniture. You are now able to have a number of assortments for styles, combinations along with materials to find the right version of teak patio and garden furniture according towards your specific desires to embellish your outdoor area.
One the easiest way to do a search for good teak furniture is the world wide web. A push can show you about numerous websites overcoming in this particular furniture. One of these impatient, have a look at following points prior to when you reach your ultimate decision:
Whether you desire benches, event tables and recliners or direct sun light loungers, never spend one particular penny upon anything for everybody who is not certainly about how large is teak outdoor furniture according towards your available place. Remember, good high-quality teak furniture might be expensive but it would not even be a prudent decision to put money on something is needless. Before everyone go teak patio and garden furniture shopping, one should measure the you contain. Also, do keep in mind to exclude the actual you will require for you to leave meant for easy movements to build in and from home.
Another thing certainly is the 'cost' in teak patio and garden furniture. Decide beforehand what you are prepared to spend relating to purchasing teak outdoor furniture. An choice of designer teak furniture is often tempting, and its quite certainly likely that you're purchasing typically the furniture who costs you around you is able to afford. Also, take into account you may wish purchasing cushions, a parasol and various other accessories, so incorporate their rates also on your budget.
Home Furniture – How To Take Care
Furniture plays a good role on amplifying the sweetness of our own homes. You need to therefore pay attention to your home furnishing as it might be a downright costly investment. If most people take caution of that furniture, it look better along with serve us for many years. To support maintaining any furniture, there are generally some dos and also don'ts that you must be aware about. Some of such are:
Placing alcoholic beverages and coffee cups directly revealed may leave a truly undesirable stain into it. Some stains typically are not easy to take out and might need that you will scrub to them. This may cause damage belonging to the furniture. Think about using coasters as they simply can boost life in the furniture.
You should not expose set furniture to sunlight. They could fade out and about their color from the effect regarding suns light. To shield your imitation leather furniture as a result of sunlight, implement curtains along with drapes. Dusting on the town furniture is just not advised as it reduces one's own life. You really are advised to make usage of a cleanup cloth and/or by making use of polish.
You should not keep shoes in the furniture; guests should really be advised to make sure you leave one's own shoes around the shoe holder. Train kids to address your household furniture from a young age. They have to also train to contain their shoes helix-copter flight furniture. Shoes get out of dirt marks that can be not simple to apparent. Removal with such stains not alone time taking in, but equally diminishes the sweetness of your furniture.
It is essential to take care of your abode furniture because it saves you a handsome profit on fixing and substitutes. For you to secure a better service in your own home furniture, you should be sure you take maximum care throughout handling the furniture. These are going to ensure you do not have harmed and tarnished furniture in the house.
Buying Lounge and Bedroom Furniture
The potential benefits to quality furniture that includes fine bedroom accessories and bar furniture lie but not just in the country's durability, but also considering how people understand you as long as they visit your personal property. You have done it again yourself any time visiting: noticed the furniture and drew a viewpoint on a person's hosts consistent with their option.
Your bedroom furniture states who you can be and the way you live, even though, while selecting quality bedroom furniture can augment your position, that isn't really the advantage of purchasing the item. The workmanship of a professional suite included with leather isn't just in this leather, but primarily considering how the structure of every piece is actually crafted and designed – all the leather will be the cosmetic dental coating about the quality structural part.
Most people think that chain establishments will promote them level of quality furniture, but which is not necessarily for that reason. Generally, the out of date saying to get what you find the money for is accurate, and a reasonable number the hands down stores will even sell laminated particle plank and plywood portions at commercial prices. For good quality furniture that includes fine bedroom accessories crafted from wood made, you must purchase from a craftsman.
There are a few stores which will sell most people genuine quality living room space furniture, and fine bedroom accessories made because of solid hard wood, such like oak or even teak, or by having a hardwood bottom but an attractive walnut veneer. Rosewood is normally another fabulous wood, as really are maple and therefore the beautiful rich red mahogany. Some rather have pine which is certainly softwood having a clean, recent natural check, and whilst not as proof to deterioration as hard wood, many rather have it with regard to kitchen and bedroom accessories.
Search just for manufacturers for example Stickle Your furniture, American Craftsman, Sherrill bedroom furniture, The Customized Shoppe not to mention South wood pieces of furniture or some of a selection if identical firms that one can find via the internet, and you'll be able to surge of buying high quality furniture that can last please will. Never be in times where one thinks a joint of furniture looks top quality, but really are wondering for sure if it is actually just chipboard, particle panel or plywood by having a glued veneer or possibly laminate.
Impressive Rugs and Furniture
We possess numerous some other articles written on this subject very matter. Each a single tackles a different sort of aspect of the complex issue. Furniture stands out as the wood results bent from back yard garden forest. Rugs happen to be worn that will denote carpets that can come up inside customized in addition to traditional behavior. Furniture together with rugs happens to be worn like decorative matter which is often worn possesses interior and even outer decorating piece. Furniture stands out as the decorative piece which is often worn like mutable element. Furniture incorporates wood bit and through the help of the natural environment advanced in addition to classical different kinds of furniture are actually bent. Through outdated point in time, furniture was initially chiefly put on in palaces, regal houses together with monuments.
But over time, furniture was initially chiefly damaged in almost all buildings, real estate, palaces together with routine ancestors. But these days, furniture was thought of as luxury product and great number of people appeared to be with furniture thus to their houses. Which means that, furniture's had been worn simply by more amounts of people as attractive matter so as to add beauty to the houses? Rugs are definitely the other sorts of decorative product which brings more insist during the sell. Both home furnishings and brown area rug were want matter which usually fetch including insist during the sell. Rugs together with furniture shall be paraded during furniture offers and area rug shops with attractive and even impressive attend.
Now point in time, more availability of artisans is actually viewing their particular appeal with producing attractive, everlasting together with traditional, classical together with advanced zed home furnishings and rug to your people regarding reasonable, economical and highly-priced cost interest. Furniture is actually wood outcomes that can be bent from back yard garden forest. Furniture helps 100 % free in huge way and they are worn when tables, office chairs, beds together with for locations. Rugs are definitely the other luxurious outcome which happens to be bent by way of more quantity of manufacturers just for reasonable costs to give people to apply it inside their houses, homes and typical monuments.
From at this point on away, we can provide tips on which can get this to subject extra helpful to your account. Rugs are supposedly brilliant attractive piece which is supplied in different ensign, variations and rates. Traditional brown area rug, advanced ideas for painting rugs, striking area rugs and important rugs usually are untaken during the sell which happens to be bent within courteous success. Still brown area rug and home furnishings are thought and bent by way of the manufacturer; it is going to be made likely through the help of brilliant, pro and suffered artisans.


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WASHINGTON — As he considers a bid for the White House, Sen. Sherrod Brown is stopping short of endorsing ambitious, sometimes costly progressive proposals to provide Medicare for all and eliminate carbon emissions.
Instead, in an hour–long breakfast with reporters sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor on Tuesday, the Ohio Democrat defended his progressive credentials while not fully embracing the most liberal ideas to come out of the new Democratic House Majority and presidential candidates such as Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
"I'm not going to take a position on every bill that's coming out," he said, while saying he nonetheless considers climate change "one of the most important moral issues of our time." He said he supports universal health coverage, but endorses allowing people to buy in to Medicare at the age of 50 — and possibly expanding it from there.
"I think over time people will see how well this works," he said, saying doing so is "not just practical and smart, it will help people today."
By not fully embracing some of the most ambitious proposals in his party — he also declined to endorse New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez' call for a 70-percent marginal tax rate for the wealthiest Americans — Brown is backing up arguments that he may be able to win industrial Midwestern states that have been loath to elect Democrats in recent years.
David Cohen, a political science professor at the University of Akron, said while Brown won't necessarily sign onto every bill. "This guy's been in politics his entire adult life," he said. "He's a policy wonk, he understands the legislative process, and he understands what is practical and pragmatic and what can be accomplished versus a lot of pie-in- the-sky proposals."
At the same time, Brown emphasized his progressive credentials. "I will be the only Democrat on that stage who voted against the Iraq War. I'll be the only Democrat on that stage who's supported marriage equality for 20 years. I'll be the only Democrat on that stage that opposed NAFTA. I'll be the only person on that stage that has a long lifetime record of an ''F from the NRA so I don't need to co-sponsor every bill that others think they need to co-sponsor to show my progressive politics."


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Instructor: Ms. Salisbury Email: email@example.com
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Course Description & Expectations:
European History examines the social, political, and economic transformation of Europe beginning with a review of world history to the fall of Rome and ending with the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century. This course is also designed to engage students in the world of historiography, including primary and secondary source analysis. In order to succeed in this course, students are expected to engage with course concepts both inside and outside of the classroom.
Course Schedule:
Unit 1 – World History Primer
Unit 2 – Medieval Europe
Unit 3 – The Renaissance and Reformation
Unit 4 – The Enlightenment
Unit 5 – Absolutism and the Monarchs of Europe
Unit 6 – Exploration and Expansion
Unit 7 – War and Revolution
Unit 8 – The Industrial Revolution
Textbooks and Other Materials:
· Miller, Sue, ed. World History: The Human Journey, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 2005.
· Selections from Kishlansky, Mark A., ed. Sources of World History: Readings for World Civilization, Volume II, Addison- Wesley Educational Publishers Inc., 1995.
· Students will receive photocopies and/or will be directed to electronic sources for supplemental readings.
· Students are required to read the newspaper either in hand or online on a regular basis. Newspapers and computers are available to students in the media center before, during, and after-school.
· Use of binder or folder and notebook for the class is strongly encouraged.
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Important course information and certain materials will be posted on our class website. To view uploaded contents on the site, you must be logged in using your Portage account information.
Classroom Policies:
Please abide by the following policies as well as those located in your student handbook:
1. Respect yourself: Maintain a positive attitude and uphold a high standard of integrity. Engage and challenge yourself!
2. Respect others: Value diversity of opinion. Be an active and considerate participant in our classroom.
3. Respect the learning culture: Come to class prepared, on time, and ready to learn!
Personal Electronic Devices:
Personal electronic devices (e.g. cell phones, tablets, laptops, etc) should be turned off and remain out of sight unless specific permission is granted. Failure to abide by this policy will result in an administrative referral.
Academic Integrity:
In our first week of class, we will review school policies and classroom policies relating to academic dishonesty. You are responsible for understanding these policies and abiding by them. All incidents of academic malpractice (including but not limited to cheating, collusion, and plagiarism) are taken very seriously and will be reported to administration. See the school handbook for more specific information.
Grading and Evaluation:
All grades for the course will be assigned to one of the two following categories: Assessment or Responsibility. The assessment category includes but is not limited to tests, quizzes, papers, and projects and will be given a weight of 70%. The responsibility category includes participation based assignments like homework, in-class discussion, and notebook checks. Anything assigned to the responsibility category is given a weight of 30%.
Extra credit is not a planned component in this course.
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In the event of an excused-absence, it is the responsibility of the student to inquire about make-up work. This should be done outside of class time. Students will not be given credit for make-up assignments submitted after the extension deadline. If an absence is unexcused, the student will receive a zero for any assignments missed.
Any assignment turned in after the due date without an approved extension will be subject to a point deduction. If turned in one day late, the student will earn a maximum of 75% credit on the assignment. Assignments turned in two to four days late will receive a maximum of 50% credit. Assignments will not be accepted for credit beyond four days late.
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Were only two days away from fall and if you are anything like us – you can't wait to lite your pumpkin candles and enjoy the cooler weather! Let's talk about fall weddings and all the essentials you will need to make your wedding the ultimate fall wedding.
Fall nights can get a little chilly- keep guest feeling cozy with warm lighting! Candles and tinted lights can make a huge difference. At The Wright House we offer heaters at no extra charge to help keep your guest toasty.
Turn your guestbook into displayable art! Create a tree template and let guest use their fingerprints to create leaves! Then they can sign their own "leaf"
Embrace your rustic side with wooden décor! This trendy look pairs great with vibrant fall leaves and bright blossom!
Looking for a fun way to incorporate autumn into your wedding favor? Consider s'mores to go or late night snack at the wedding- perfect for the season!
Outdoor Ideas
There's no denying the outdoors are beautiful in fall, embrace he season with a sparkler send of or dinner outside in the garden.
The key is to embrace Fall by bringing in elements of fall into your wedding.


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Happy April Fools Day, Fools!
Late last night, I saw on TechCrunch that Twitter was going to start charging $5/month to post tweets with vowels in them. For the first 10 seconds, I did not realize it was already April Fools day.
Photo of me surfing below. April Fools! Not really me, but I do love the photo!
- Kid President is taking over. Love his April Fools video:


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Germany is the land of Mercedes, BMW, and Porsche.
But it's also a country where you can get around with public transportation quite easily, so some people don't even own a car. And most Germans own a car that Americans would probably consider small.
Okay, okay, most German cars aren't quite THAT small, but it's not a rare thing to see microcars such as the smart.
And, of course, German cars most often are stick shift cars, not automatic cars.
Despite rumors to the contrary, there are speed limits in Germany. Within towns and cities, it's 50 km/h (31 mph) and 30 km/h (18 mph) in some residential areas. On most two-lane roads outside of cities (comparable to highways), there's a speed limit of 100 km/h (62 mph). The Autobahn has a "recommended" speed limit of 130 km/h (80 mph), but of course many people happily ignore that recommendation. So I guess it's safe to say that people drive faster in Germany.
If you're speeding in Germany, you usually won't be stopped – you'll get a speeding ticket through the mail weeks after the incident. The German police use radar-linked cameras to catch speeders.
When I did research for Next of Kin, I noticed that getting a driver's licence is different in the US. Here in Germany, we have drivers' schools (Fahrschule). These cars are equipped with dual controls, so that the instructor can take over when necessary.
I also heard that traffic lights in the US are different from German traffic lights, but I don't exactly know how. Does anybody know?


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