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Web Announcements Ltd. PRIVACY AND COOKIE POLICY
LAST UPDATED: [May 2018 ]
This privacy and cookie policy ("Policy") describes how Web Announcements Ltd. ("Company," "we," and "our") collects, uses and shares personal data when using this website (the "Site") and the associated applications(s), (the "Applications"), together (the " Services"). Please read the following information carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
Who we are: For the purpose of applicable data protection legislation, the data controller of your personal data is Legacy.com & Web Announcements Ltd. of 12 New Fetter Lane, London EC4A1JP. Our data protection officer is Mr. Paul Roche - [email protected]
Must Read Sections: We draw your attention in particular to the sections entitled "International Data Transfer" and " Your Rights."
Changes to this Policy: We will post any modifications or changes to the Policy on our Services. We reserve the right to modify the Policy at any time, so we encourage you to review it frequently. The "Last Updated" legend above indicates when this Policy was last changed. If we make any material change(s) to the Policy, we will post a notice on our Services prior to such changes(s) taking effect.
What is personal data?
We collect information about you in a range of forms, including personal data. As used in this Policy, "personal data" is as defined in the UK Data Protection Act 1998/the European Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC/General Data Protection Regulation 2018 and any successor legislation, this includes any information which, either alone or in combination with other information we hold about you, identifies you as an individual, including, for example, your name, postal address, email address and telephone number.
Why do we need your personal data?
We will only process your personal data in accordance with applicable data protection and privacy laws. We need certain personal data in order to provide you with access to the Services. If you created a profile/registered with us, you will have been asked to tick to agree to provide this information in order to access our services, purchase our products, view our content. This consent provides us with the legal basis we require under applicable law to process your data. You maintain the right to withdraw such consent at any time. If you do not agree to our use of your personal data in line with this Policy, please do not use our Services.
We collect information about you in the following ways:
Information You Give Us. This includes:
the personal data you provide when you register to use our Services, including your name, email address, and password
the personal data that may be contained in any video, photo, image, condolence, sympathy message, diary entry or other written submission you upload or post to the Services
the personal data you provide when you report a problem with our Services or when we provide you with customer support;
the personal data you provide when you make a purchase through our Services; and
the personal data you provide when you correspond with us by phone, email or otherwise.
the personal data you provide via any single sign-on service (SSO) including your name and email address
Information from Social Networking Sites. Our Services include interfaces that allow you to connect with social networking sites (each a "SNS"). If you connect to a SNS through our Services, you authorize us to access, use and store the information that you agreed the SNS could provide to us based on your settings on that SNS. We will access, use and store that information in accordance with this Policy. You can revoke our access to the information you provide in this way at any time by amending the appropriate settings from within your account settings on the applicable SNS
Sites we currently connect to include :
Google +
Information We Get from Others. We may also get information about you from other sources, for example, if you have agreed to share information with one of our partners or affiliates eg. newspapers,. this may include name and email address, we may add this to information we get from our Services.
Information Automatically Collected. We automatically log information about you and your computer or mobile device when you access our Services. For example, when visiting our Services, we log your computer or mobile device operating system name and version, manufacturer and model, browser type, browser language, screen resolution, the web page that referred you to our website pages you viewed on our website, how long you spent on a page, access times and information about your use of and actions on our Services. We collect this information about you using cookies. Please refer to the sections on cookies, Flash Technology and Pixel Tags below.
Automated Decision Making and Profiling.
We may use automated decision making and/or profiling in regard to your personal data for some services and products, for example we may refuse access based on your IP address, either temporarily or permanently, based on frequency of page requests or inappropriate use. You can request a manual review of the accuracy of an automated decision that you are unhappy with or limit or object to such automated decision making and/or profiling by contacting us at [email protected]
What are cookies?
We may collect information using "cookies." Cookies are small data files stored on the hard drive of your computer or mobile device by a website. We may use both session cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your computer or mobile device until you delete them or they expire after a set period which varies depending on the cookie) to provide you with a more personal and interactive experience on our Services.
We use two broad categories of cookies: (1) first party cookies, served directly by us to your computer or mobile device, which are used only by us to recognize your computer or mobile device when it revisits our Services; and (2) third party cookies, which are served by service providers on our Services, and can be used by such service providers to recognize your computer or mobile device when it visits other websites.
Cookies we use
Our Services use the following types of cookies for the purposes set out below:
Type of cookie
Essential Cookies
These cookies are essential to provide you with services available through our Services and to enable you to use some of its features. For example, we use session cookies to provide you secure access to your account details and prevent others from accessing your account. Without these cookies, the services that you have asked for cannot be provided, and we only use these cookies to provide you with those services.
Functionality Cookies
These cookies allow our Services to remember choices you make when you use our Services, such as remembering your language preferences, remembering your login details and search filter choices to help prefill search forms on subsequent visits to the site. The purpose of these cookies is to provide you with a more personal experience and to avoid you having to re-enter your preferences every time you visit our Services.
Analytics and Performance Cookies
These cookies are used to collect information about traffic to our Services and how users use our Services. The information gathered does not identify any individual visitor. The information is aggregated and anonymous. It includes the number of visitors to our Services, the websites that referred them to our Services, the pages they visited on our Services, what time of day they visited our Services, whether they have visited our Services before, and other similar information. We use this information to help operate our Services more efficiently, to gather broad demographic information and to monitor the level of activity on our Services.
We use Google Analytics for this purpose. Google Analytics uses its own cookies. It is only used to improve how our Services works. You can find out more information about Google Analytics cookies here: https://developers.google.com/analytics/resources/concepts/gaConceptsCookies
You can find out more about how Google protects your data here: www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html .
You can prevent the use of Google Analytics relating to your use of our Services by downloading and installing the browser plugin available via this link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB
Targeted and advertising cookies
These cookies track your browsing habits to enable us to show advertising which is more likely to be of interest to you. These cookies use information about your browsing history to group you with other users who have similar interests. Based on that information, and with our permission, third party advertisers can place cookies to enable them to show adverts which we think will be relevant to your interests while you are on third party websites
You can disable cookies which remember your browsing habits and target advertising at you by visiting http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices . If you choose to remove targeted or advertising cookies, you will still see adverts but they may not be relevant to you. Even if you do choose to remove cookies by the companies listed at the above link, not all companies that serve online behavioral advertising are included in this list, and so you may still receive some cookies and tailored adverts from companies that are not listed.
Social Media Cookies
These cookies are used when you share information using a social media sharing button or "like" button on our Services or you link your account or engage with our content on or through a social networking website such as Facebook, Twitter or Google+. The social network will record that you have done this.
Disabling cookies
You can typically remove or reject cookies via your browser settings. In order to do this, follow the instructions provided by your browser (usually located within the "settings," "help" "tools" or "edit" facility). Many browsers are set to accept cookies until you change your settings.
Further information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your computer or mobile device and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.com.uk .
If you do not accept our cookies, you may experience some inconvenience in your use of our Services. For example, we may not be able to recognize your computer or mobile device and you will not be able to log in and stay logged in, and we will not be able to remember your language preferences.
We may also use Flash cookies (which are also known as Flash Local Shared Object ("LSOs")) on our Services to collect and store information about your use of our Services. Unlike other cookies, Flash cookies cannot be removed or rejected via your browser settings. If you do not want Flash cookies stored on your computer or mobile device, you can adjust the settings of your Flash player to block Flash LSO storage using the tools contained in the Website Storage Settings Panel at https://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html . You can also control Flash LSOs by going to the Global Storage Settings Panel at https://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager03.html and following the instructions. Please note that setting the Flash Player to restrict or limit acceptance of Flash LSOs may reduce or impede the functionality of some Flash applications, including, potentially, Flash applications used in connection with our Services
We may also use pixel tags (which are also known as web beacons and clear GIFs) on our Services to track the actions of users on our Services. Unlike cookies, which are stored on the hard drive of your computer or mobile device by a website, pixel tags are embedded invisibly on webpages. Pixel tags measure the success of our marketing campaigns and compile statistics about usage of the Services, so that we can manage our content more effectively. The information we collect using pixel tags is not linked to our users' personal data.
Some Internet browsers may be configured to send "Do Not Track" signals to the online services that you visit. We currently [do not] respond to do not track signals. To find out more about "Do Not Track," please visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com .
Generally . We may use other companies to serve third-party advertisements when you visit and use the Services. These companies may collect and use click stream information, browser type, time and date, subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over during your visits to the Services and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of interest to you. These companies typically use tracking technologies to collect this information. Other companies' use of their tracking technologies is subject to their own privacy policies.
Targeted Advertising . In order to serve offers and advertisements that may interest you, we may display targeted advertisements on the Services, or other digital properties or applications in conjunction with our content based on information provided to us by our users and information provided to us by third parties that they have independently collected. We do not provide personal data to advertisers when you interact with an advertisement .
Your Ad Choices. Some of the third party services providers and/or advertisers may be members of the Network European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance ("EDAA") Self-Regulatory Program for Online Behavioural Advertising. To learn more, visit http://www.edaa.eu/edaa-for-users which provides information regarding targeted advertising and the "opt-out" procedures of EDAA members.
Mobile. We may, from time to time, offer certain location or pinpoint based services, such as location assisted navigation instruction. If you elect to use such location-based services, we must periodically receive your location in order to provide such location-based services to you. By using the location-based services, you authorise us to: (i) locate your hardware; (ii) record, compile and display your location; and (iii) publish your location to third parties designated by you by means of location publication controls available within the applications (for example, settings, user preferences). As part of the location-based services, we may also collect and store certain information about the users who elect to use such location-based services, such as a device ID. This information will be used to provide you the location-based services. We may use third-party providers to help provide such location-based services through mobile systems and we may make information available to such providers to enable them to provide their location-based services, provided that such third party providers may use the information only in accordance with this Policy.
We may use your personal data as follows:
to operate, maintain, and improve our Services, products, and services;
to manage your account, including to communicate with you regarding your account, if you have an account on our Services;
to respond to your comments and questions and to provide customer service;
to send information including technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages;
with your consent, to send you marketing e-mails about upcoming promotions, and other news, including information about products and services offered by us and our affiliates. You may opt-out of receiving such information at any time: such marketing emails tell you how to "opt-out." Please note, even if you opt out of receiving marketing emails, we may still send you non-marketing emails. Non-marketing emails include emails about your account with us (if you have one) and our business dealings with you;
to process payments you may make via our Services
to link or combine user information with other personal data
as we believe necessary or appropriate (a) to comply with applicable laws; (b) to comply with lawful requests and legal process, including to respond to requests from public and government authorities; (c) to enforce our Policy; and (d) to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of you or others; and
as described in the "Sharing of your Personal Data" section below.
We may share your personal data as follows:
Third Parties Designated by You. We may share your personal data with third parties where you have provided your consent to do so.
Our Third Party Service Providers . We may share your personal data with our third party service providers who provide services such as data analysis, payment processing, information technology and related infrastructure provision, customer service, email delivery, auditing, reporting and other similar services. These third parties are only permitted to use your personal data to the extent necessary to enable them to provide their services to us. They are required to comply with appropriate security measures to protect your personal data.
Affiliates . We may share some or all of your personal data with our affiliates, in which case we will require our affiliates to comply with this Policy. In particular, you may let us share personal data with our affiliates where you wish to receive marketing communications from them.
Corporate Restructuring. We may share personal data when we do a business deal, or negotiate a business deal, involving the sale or transfer of all or a part of our business or assets. These deals can include any merger, financing, acquisition, or bankruptcy transaction or proceeding.
Other Disclosures. We may share personal data as we believe necessary or appropriate: (a) to comply with applicable laws; (b) to comply with lawful requests and legal process, including to respond to requests from public and government authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements; (c) to enforce our Policy; and (d) to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of you or others.
When we use the term "anonymous data," we are referring to data and information that does not permit you to be identified or identifiable, either alone or when combined with any other information available to a third party.
We may create anonymous data from the personal data we receive about you and other individuals whose personal data we collect. Anonymous data might include analytics information and information collected by us using cookies. We make personal data into anonymous data by excluding information (such as your name) that makes the data personally identifiable to you. We use this anonymous data to analyses usage patterns in order to make improvements to our Services.
Our Services may contain links to third party websites and features. This Policy does not cover the privacy practices of such third parties. These third parties have their own privacy policies and we do not accept any responsibility or liability for their websites, features or policies. Please read their privacy policies before you submit any data to them
You may share personal data with us when you submit user generated content to our Services, including via forums, message boards, guest book entries and blogs on our Services. Please note that any information you post or disclose on our Services will become public information, and will be available to other users of our Services and to the general public. We urge you to be very careful when deciding to disclose your personal data, or any other information, on our Services. Such personal data and other information will not be private or confidential once it is published on our Services.
If you provide feedback to us, we may use and disclose such feedback on our Services , if you have provided your consent to do so, we may post your first and last name along with your feedback on our Services. We will collect any information contained in such feedback and will treat the personal data in it in accordance with this Policy
Your information, including personal data that we collect from you, will not be transferred outside the EEA..
We seek to use reasonable organizational, technical and administrative measures to protect personal data within our organization. Unfortunately, no transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure, and transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure (for example, if you feel that the security of any account you might have with us has been compromised), please immediately notify us of the problem by contacting us using the details in Section 20 below.
We will only retain your personal data as long reasonably required for us to provide the Services until you request otherwise unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law for example for regulatory purposes.
Our Services are not directed to children under 16. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with information without their consent, he or she should contact us using the details in Section 20 below. We will delete such information from our files as soon as reasonably practicable.
Subject to the following paragraph, we ask that you not send us, and you not disclose, any sensitive personal data (e.g., social security numbers, information related to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or other beliefs, health, biometrics or genetic characteristics, criminal background or trade union membership) on or through the Services or otherwise to us
If you send or disclose any sensitive personal data to us when you submit user generated content to our Services, you consent to our processing and use of such sensitive personal data in accordance with this Policy. If you do not consent to our processing and use of such sensitive personal data, you must not submit such user generated content to our Services.
Your Rights
Opt-out. You may contact us anytime to opt-out of: (i) direct marketing communications; (ii) automated decision-making and/or profiling; (iii) our collection of sensitive personal data; (iv) any new processing of your personal data that we may carry out beyond the original purpose; or (v) the transfer of your personal data outside the EEA. Please note that your use of some of the Services may be ineffective upon opt-out.
Access. You may access the information we hold about you at any time via your profile/account or by contacting us directly.
Amend. You can also contact us to update or correct any inaccuracies in your personal data.
Move. Your personal data is portable – i.e. you to have the flexibility to move your data to other service providers as you wish.
Erase and forget. In certain situations, for example when the information we hold about you is no longer relevant or is incorrect, you can request that we erase your data.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details in Section 20 below. In your request, please make clear: (i)what personal data is concerned; and (ii) which of the above rights you would like to enforce. For your protection, we may only implement requests with respect to the personal data associated with the particular email address that you use to send us your request, and we may need to verify your identity before implementing your request. We will try to comply with your request as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event, within one month of your request. Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes and/or to complete any transactions that you began prior to requesting such change or deletion.
We are committed to resolve any complaints about our collection or use of your personal data. If you would like to make a complaint regarding this Policy or our practices in relation to your personal data, please contact us at: [email protected] We will reply to your complaint as soon as we can and in any event, within 45 days. We hope to resolve any complaint brought to our attention, however if you feel that your complaint has not been adequately resolved, you reserve the right to contact your local data protection supervisory authority, which for the UK, is the Information Commissioner's Office.
You may contact us in writing at [email protected]


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STUMP to SUBSTITUTE for JAMES on JAMES GANG/HOBAN
BROTHERS XR1200 at BARBER
Waukesha, Wisc. – Eric Stump will substitute for Paul
James on the James Gang/Hoban Brothers Racing XR1200 during the AMA
Pro Racing Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson race at Barber Motorsports Park
this weekend. James suffered a concussion, four broken ribs and a broken
scapula as a result of a crash at Road America during the AMA Pro Racing
"I was really hoping to be recovered and ready to race
at Barber," said James. "But I'm still pretty beat up and Barber is a very
physically demanding track. I didn't want to miss the chance to work with
our VETMotorsports wounded vet crewman, and I heard Eric was looking
for a ride, so it feels like a win for both of us."
James Gang/Hoban Brothers Racing partners
with VETMotorsports in its mission to honor and empower disabled
combat veterans through active participation in motorsports with post 9-11
wounded combat veterans serving as embedded members of the team throughout the
2014 AMA Pro Racing season.
Stump finished fifth at Daytona and eighth at Road
America after breaking his shifter during the race and having to shift by hand.
Known for his never say die attitude, Stump sits seventh in Vance & Hines
Harley-Davidson Series points. "I'm just really looking forward to being part
of the Gang this weekend," said Stump.
Stump is supported by Liberty Chevrolet and EyeballMOTO.
James Gang/Hoban Brothers Racing is sponsored
by N.E.W. Industries, Spectro Oils, Hoban
Cycle, Darkhorse Crankworks, KymcoUSA, Arai, DrippinWet.com, Motion
Pro, Shorai, Blasier Performance and Chickenhawk Racing.
To learn about or donate
to VETMotorsports please visit them on the web at www.vetmotorsports.org or
follow them on Facebook athttp://facebook.com/VETMotorsports, Twitter
@VETMotorsports or Pinteresthttp://www.pinterest.com/VETMotorsports/
For team updates, follow: www.twitter.com/jamesgangracing or www.facebook.com/jamesgangracing


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How to return to the "gold standard" for education
by Andreas Schleicher
Director, OECD Directorate for Education and Skills
PISA studies have often been disappointing for Sweden; they've been disappointing for me too. When I was a university student, I used to look to Sweden as the gold standard for education. It was a country that was providing high-quality and innovative education to children from all social classes, and that was close to making lifelong learning a reality for all.
Improving Schools in Sweden: An OECD Perspective
Download the presentation: "Improving Equity in Sweden" by Andreas Schleicher, Director, OECD Directorate for Education and Skills
The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
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Director, OECD Directorate for Education and Skills
PISA studies have often been disappointing for Sweden; they've been disappointing for me too. When I was a university student, I used to look to Sweden as the gold standard for education. It was a country that was providing high-quality and innovative education to children from all social classes, and that was close to making lifelong learning a reality for all.
But sometime in the early 2000s, the Swedish school system somehow lost its soul. Superior learning outcomes weren't enough anymore: Swedish educators felt that they had to offer their students shiny buildings in shopping centres, or a driving license instead of better teaching.
And even though students were getting better marks each year, PISA observed a steady decline in the quality of learning outcomes. Beyond that, new analyses show that, after Finland and Korea, Sweden has also seen one of the biggest increases in social inequality, a growing share of low performers, and widening disparities between schools that have led to the biggest decline in academic inclusion after that observed in Israel.
But Sweden has every chance to become one of the world's leaders in education again, and PISA 2015 results show the first encouraging improvements in that direction.
Sweden has one asset that few other countries in the Western world offer: a firm belief in the power of education to transform lives and promote social inclusion. And with that comes the unwavering commitment of Swedish citizens and policy makers to do whatever it takes to provide all children with the knowledge, skills and values to create a bright future.
But some things are in urgent need of change.
At the top of my list is belief in the ability of every child to succeed. Top school systems realise that ordinary students have extraordinary talents; they embrace diversity with differentiated instructional practices. The fact that a majority of Swedish students who sat the PISA test believe that success in mathematics is the result of talent rather than hard work suggests that Sweden must try harder to raise students' trust in their abilities and their commitment to learning. When students in Singapore were asked the same question, virtually all of them said that if they work hard, they trust their teachers to support them and that they will succeed. And they do.
Sweden also needs to revert to one of the traditional strengths of its school system: support for disadvantaged youth. The best-performing education systems attract the most talented teachers to the most challenging classrooms. One of the most disturbing findings from PISA is that Sweden has become almost as regressive as the United States when it comes to matching teacher talent with student needs.
England tries to mitigate socio-economic disparities through a pupil premium, which provides schools with additional resources in accordance with the challenges they face. Schools have to figure out how to spend that money best and are publicly accountable for that. Many other countries use weighted funding formulas that ensure that schools have everything they need to overcome disadvantage. They make it a privilege, not a punishment, for teachers to teach in those schools.
These funding mechanisms include earmarked funding, defining criteria for municipalities and schools, and student funding formulae, to ensure equity and, especially, consistency in school funding.
Sweden also needs to raise standards and aspirations for students. The fact that Swedish students think they are doing fine while their learning outcomes hover around the average underlines the need to significantly strengthen rigour, focus and coherence in school standards and teaching methods. There is a similar need to seriously review teaching methods. According to PISA, the majority of mathematics problems to which Swedish students are exposed are tasks with relatively low cognitive demand, which teachers then try hard to recast as real-world problems. In contrast, tasks requiring deep conceptual understanding and complex ways of thinking are relatively rare. Similarly, while Swedish students do OK when it comes to knowing certain science content, often they can't think like a scientist.
Most countries declare their commitment to education; but the test comes when that commitment is weighed against others. How are teachers paid compared to how others with the same level of education are paid? Would you want your child to be a teacher? How often are schools and schooling the subject of media attention?
Nowhere does the quality of a school system exceed the quality of its teachers. Top school systems are rigorous in selecting and training their staff. They attract the best talent and monitor the performance of teachers who are struggling. They provide intelligent pathways for teachers to grow in their careers. By adopting a new career structure, Sweden has taken the first steps in that direction; but a lot more needs to be done to advance from industrial to professional forms of work organisation in Swedish schools that encourage teachers to use innovative pedagogies, improve their own performance and that of their colleagues, and work together to frame good practice.
And Sweden needs to do more to grow and distribute leadership throughout the school system. School leaders and their employers need to prioritise pedagogical leadership and encourage greater co-operation among teachers and invest more in professional development.
Perhaps the toughest challenge is to put in place a coherent national school system and improvement strategy. A good school system is always more than a few thousand independent schools. School evaluation and accountability needs to be strengthened so that schools, parents and teachers are given clear and consistent guidance as to where they stand and how they can improve. That also means that the Swedish Schools Inspectorate should provide much more assistance to individual schools to examine their weaknesses and to bring about a shift in culture from administrative compliance towards responsibility for better results.
Perhaps the most sensitive point is how to reconcile public demand for choice and competition among schools with the imperative of inclusiveness and public responsibility that governments have for all their citizens. Excellence and equity are inseparable; but excellence does not automatically follow from equity, nor equity from excellence.
There is nothing wrong with school choice; but the combination of school choice and deregulation has proven to be a toxic mix. The more flexibility Sweden provides for its school system, the stronger its school system needs to be overall, and government cannot delegate that responsibility to the market or to municipalities.
Many school systems have addressed the issue of school choice through targeted vouchers or controlled-choice schemes that ensure a more diverse distribution of students in schools. National guidelines that encourage a culture of collaboration and peer learning among schools, and that ensure that municipalities integrate independent schools in their planning, improvement and support strategies, could also help; so could better access to information about schools and better support to parents who are making the difficult choices.
In Flanders (Belgium), for example, parents and students get to choose up to four schools from a list of schools in their geographical area. An Inter-Network Enrolment Commission then steers the selection process, allocates students according to their priorities, and according to weighted geographical and educational criteria.
PISA data also show that the difference between the socio-economic profiles of publicly and privately managed schools is twice as large in education systems that use universal vouchers as in systems that use socially targeted vouchers. Regulating private school pricing and admissions criteria seems to help limit the social inequity that is often the by-product of voucher schemes.
Of course, effective policies are far easier designed than implemented. But the world provides plenty of examples of improvements in education, and there is no time to lose. Without the right skills, people end up on the margins of the society, technological progress doesn't translate into economic growth, and countries face an uphill struggle to remain competitive, much less ahead, in this hyper-connected world.
Improving Schools in Sweden: An OECD Perspective
Download the presentation: "Improving Equity in Sweden" by Andreas Schleicher, Director, OECD Directorate for Education and Skills
The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
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Marijuana Legalization Low-key by Design in Colorado
DENVER (AP) - Colorado wasn't the first state to legalize marijuana, and officials wanted to keep the adoption of a voter-approved pot amendment low key.
Their plans worked perfectly Monday, when Gov. John Hickenlooper took a final procedural step to legalize marijuana on a blustery morning weeks before his deadline. He announced his declaration after the fact.
When Washington state became the first in the nation to legalize pot last week, celebrants lit up outside the Space Needle and other landmarks. Colorado saw only a handful of marijuana activists gather outside the state Capitol to smoke.
Both states prohibit smoking marijuana publicly but no one was arrested in either.
Washington's marijuana enactment date was set by voters, setting up a public countdown. But in Colorado, the governor had flexibility on when to finalize the amendment.
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Sept. 11, 2010
BABSON PARK, MA - The Babson College men's soccer team picked up its fourth shutout win of the season on Saturday, as the Beavers blanked visiting UMass Boston, 2-0, in a non-conference contest at Hartwell-Rogers Field. With their second win in a row, the Beavers improved to 4-1-0 on the season, while the Beacons fell to 1-1-0 with their first loss.
After a scoreless first half, Babson grabbed a 1-0 lead early in the second. Following a UMass Boston foul on the left side of Babson's offensive end, sophomore Josh Danesh (Brookline, MA) sent the ensuing free kick into the middle of the box. There, freshman Mike Fisher (Longmeadow, MA) headed a perfect shot into the upper right corner for his second goal of the season at 50:29.
The Beavers picked up a key insurance goal at the 62-minute mark, as junior Jimmy Stento (Needham, MA) sent a nice through-ball to junior Ryan Obolewicz (Bow, N.H.) at the top of the box. A Beacon defender raced back and kicked the ball away from the Babson midfielder, but the attempted clear went just inside the right post and in for an own goal at 62:03.
That would be all Babson would need, as the Beaver defense limited UMass Boston to just two shots on net coming from freshman forward Stefan Galouzis (Watertown, MA) and sophomore forward Luis Saquich (Marlborough, MA). Junior keeper Peter Crowley (Lexington, MA) finished with two saves in earning his third shutout of the season, while Beacons' sophomore goalie Brycen Dowd (Mansfield, Mass.) stopped a season-high seven shots in defeat.
The Beacons are back in action on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 when they travel to Quincy, MA to face Eastern Nazarene College at 3:30 PM while the Beavers host Coast Guard next Saturday, September 18, 2010 at 1:00 PM.
*Story content provided by Babson College Sports Information Dept.


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The defendant: Grisham's courtroom drama
Almost five years since Katharine Almy originally filed an $11 million lawsuit against legal thriller author John Grisham and a local private school, the parties found themselves sitting across the aisle again June 22 as Judge William Shelton entertained Almy's request for a jury trial– and the defendants' call for dismissal.
It wasn't the first time.
On the eve of trial in January 2003, after more than two years of legal wrangling, Almy filed to nonsuit her first case, with the right to refile in six months.
"This is a much more detailed complaint than before," says her Northern Virginia lawyer, Michael Lieberman. "We learned so much in the initial filing."
Missing from the list of defendants in this round is private school St. Anne's-Belfield. Also, Almy originally sued on nine counts and asked for $1 million in damages for each.
Now she's down to two main counts: conspiracy to intentionally inflict emotional distress (against Grisham, St. Anne's development director Alan Swanson, his wife, Donna, and handwriting experts DavidLiebman and Cina Wong), and the intentional infliction of emotional distress (against Grisham and the Swansons).
So in a case in which, should Almy prevail, attorneys' fees will probably far exceed any damage award, this isn't about money. In fact, sources familiar with the case say that at the beginning, Almy would have been satisfied with an apology.
"This has wrecked her life," says one of her friends.
The chain of events leading to the lawsuit goes back to 1996, when Donna Swanson started receiving "cruel" anonymous letters designed to break up her marriage to her husband, who had coached baseball with Grisham, according to Almy's motion.
In March 1998, Grisham also received an anonymous letter, and he and Swanson concluded that Almy had sent the letters.
According to court filings, Grisham saw an ad for handwriting examiner David Liebman in Norfolk. He sent the anonymous letters to Liebman, along with a note from Almy thanking him for signing books she used for charitable purposes and the registration form she filled out for her child to play baseball at Cove Creek Park, which Grisham had built.
When Liebman said he'd need additional samples, Grisham and Swanson copied a St. Anne's enrollment form for Almy's son– a form marked "strictly confidential."
Liebman allegedly had no opinion whether Almy wrote the letters but noted that it was "possible" she addressed the envelopes, according to the motion.
Grisham and Swanson's letters were not connected, one source maintains.
As for the Swanson letters, "There's no way in the world Katharine Almy would have known anything about the content of those letters," says the source, who spoke only on the condition of anonymity. "They were totally sexual, with Monica Lewinsky-like references. Katharine is not a woman who uses obscenities. She says 'dag nabbit.' And she's never done anything anonymous in her life."
This anonymous source also claims that around that time, a number of other St. Anne's parents were receiving anonymous letters too.
Based on Liebman and Wong's handwriting assessment, which Almy alleges was written in such a manner as to "mislead the reader," Grisham and Swanson took the letters to an attorney, the commonwealth's attorney, and then the police.
On August 13, 1998, Detective Thomas Grimes came to see Almy.
In the courtroom, as Lieberman described the severe emotional distress Almy experienced over the following months– "absolutely hysterical," "distraught," "almost catatonic," "curled up in fetal position"– Charles Almy put his arm around his wife, who dabbed her eyes with a tissue.
Grisham defense attorney Tom Albro told the judge that Almy's emotional distress did not meet the "stringent" requirements of the Supreme Court of Virginia, nor did her medical treatment, which consisted of several visits to a psychologist.
"She alleged she had medical treatment, and Judge Hogshire [in an earlier hearing] said, 'I expected a medical doctor," said Albro.
If Shelton grants Almy's motion for a jury trial, whether seeing a therapist constitutes medical treatment will undoubtedly be an issue.
Another factor necessary to support a claim of severe emotional distress: Almy's attorneys must prove the defendants acted in a manner that would be considered "intolerable" and "outrageous" in a "civilized society."
"How can it be intolerable and outrageous for a handwriting expert to give her professional opinion?" asked Don Morin, Wong's attorney. (Liebman did not appear in court.)
Defense attorneys for Grisham and the Swansons portrayed their clients as taking "responsible, measured steps," checking with handwriting experts and an attorney and prosecutor before going to the police.
"They all forgot to mention they lied," countered Lieberman, "saying, 'Our experts say it was written by Mrs. Almy.'"
Almy took a polygraph test and submitted a handwriting sample to the state forensics lab. Police never filed charges.
The identity of the letter writer, who set in motion this legal morass that has consumed nearly a dozen lives for years and cost thousands and thousands of dollars, continues to puzzle Lieberman.
"We're actively seeking information from any source about who the author is," he tells the Hook, urging those with knowledge to call the law firm of DiMuro Ginsberg at 703-684-4334.
In John Grisham's longest legal tale, he plays a defendant.


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A perfect storm of legacy franchises, reboots of classic films and sequels of popular box-office fare has hit 2015 like a monsoon. Between Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Avengers: Age of Ultron, James Bond's Spectre, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 and Jurassic World, Hollywood should break all types of box-office records just on these 5 films alone. Take a look at the 43 movies that are must-sees this year. Read More


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Gov. Chris Christie will soon have more to say about gun control in the wake of the Connecticut school killings.
Christie has not said whether he would support a federal assault weapons ban, despite being asked repeatedly during recent morning talk show appearances.
The Republican told a questioner at Wednesday's town hall meeting that assault weapons have been banned in the state for 21 years.
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As part of our Title V grant activities, mobile carts with student laptops, wireless projectors, and instructor tablets were purchased for the use of students and faculty in grant-targeted courses. These laptops have enabled instructors to work with interactive online textbook sites, to enhance mathematics skills practice, and to begin to integrate laboratory specific software into laboratory courses. Lab equipment has also been purchased to update laboratory resources as part of the College's effort to improve services for students in the field of science.
Our office has also purchased audio and video equipment to promote both effective communication and training. Student leaders produce materials to both facilitate the development of learning competencies and to advertise review sessions.
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Philosophy of World Language Education
Township of Ocean Schools
"Why should any nation limit its horizons to a single language when the global economy rewards those who accommodate diversity?" (Crawford, 1995).
The Vision
The mission of the world language program is to develop students' ability to use language in real life situations. To have students be able to interact and communicate with members of other culture while gaining a greater understanding and compassion for the cultural practices and products of different countries. The goals of our program is that our students:
v Communicate in a world language within our society and the world.
v Develop an appreciation of different cultures.
v Become contributing members and life-long learners in a global society.
v Prepare students to use world languages in their career choices.
v Meet the appropriate proficiency benchmarks as per ACTFL standards in the following modes of communication: Interpersonal, Interpretive, and Presentational.
It has been reported that students who studied an average of four or more years of world language scored higher on the verbal SAT than students who studied four years in any other subject. Students' math scores for those who studied world language for four years were identical to those who studied math for four years (The College Entrance Examination Board, 1992; Cooper, 1987).
The Township of Ocean School District is committed to providing a quality second language program that is communicative, gains knowledge of other cultures and connects with other disciplines and acquires information and enhances the understanding of English. The World Language Curriculum is aligned with the New Jersey Student Learning Standards. Detailed curriculum guides are available upon request.
The current World Language curriculum is clustered into three grade levels: elementary (grades 1-4), intermediate (grades 5-8), and high school (9-12). The elementary program consists of French, Italian and Spanish which is broken into three cycles. Students will have thirteen exposures to each language. At the end of fourth grade some of the tasks students will be able to complete are:
v Greet one another and be able to conduct a dialogue
v Perform simple mathematical operations with numbers,
v Tell about themselves, their age, family, body parts, health
v Discuss weather and seasons
v Understand holidays and culture of various different countries all done in the target language.
v Have a knowledge of Foreign Language careers
The intermediate program (grades 5 – 8) students can select French, Italian or Spanish and they will study their chosen language for four years while attending the Intermediate School .
Instruction is offered:
Grade 5 One class twice a week for 36 weeks.
Grade 6 Class 5 days a week for 18 weeks.
Grade 7 Class 5 days a week for 18 weeks.
Grade 8 Class 5 days a week for 36 weeks.
Upon leaving the Township of Ocean Intermediate students have the choice to continue with the same language or change and begin the study of another language.
The high school program is comprised of French, Italian, and Spanish. Students are required by the State of New Jersey to successfully complete 1 year of world language study for graduation. Students have the opportunity to study the same language through their senior year.


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I don't know who invented the root beer float, but whoever did deserves a goddamn medal. There's really nothing better, or nothing more summery, than saddling up at your favorite old timey dinner and ordering a fountain soda mixed with ice cream. YUM. And this take on the classic treat is even cooler -- root beer float cupcakes are a must. Cool, creamy, and delicious, they're like a little taste of the 1950s, if the 1950s tastes like chocolate, sassafras, and vanilla.
Root Beer Float Cupcakes via SmittenKitchen
Makes 22 cupcakes
For cupcakes:
2 cups root beer (I used Boylan because it was easy to find and made with cane sugar)
1 cup dark unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup (1 stick or 4 ounces) unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
For toppings:
1 1/2 cups heavy or whipping cream
3 tablespoons powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Pint of vanilla ice cream
Maraschino cherries (optional)
Make the root beer cupcakes: Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 22 cupcake cups with paper liners. In a small saucepan, heat the root beer, cocoa powder, and butter over medium heat until the butter is melted. Add the sugars and whisk until dissolved. Remove from heat and let cool.
In a large bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, and salt together. In a small bowl, whisk the eggs until just beaten then whisk them into the cooled cocoa mixture until combined. Fold the liquid and flour mixtures together in the large bowl. The batter will be slightly lumpy; this is okay. If you overbeat it, it will get tough.
Fill cupcake liners about 2/3 to 3/4 full (a 1/4 cup scoop or measuring cup will filled mine perfectly) and bake cupcakes, rotating trays back to front and top to bottom halfway through, until a tester inserted into the center of each comes out clean, about 17 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack to cool completely.
Assemble cupcakes: Whip heavy or whipping cream with powdered sugar and vanilla until it holds soft peaks. You can do this with an electric mixer, but if you do it by hand, not only will you get a killer arm workout (which you can trade in for a cupcake, very soon), it will be nearly impossible to overbeat the cream. (Which I almost always do with a mixer.)
Use the tip of a knife to cut a small cone of cake out of the top center of each cupcake; feel free to snack on these, I won't tell anyone. Using a spoon or a small cookie scoop, nest a scoop of ice cream in each indent. Surround ice cream with dollops of whipped cream. Top with a cherry, if using. To keep cupcakes in a holding pattern while you assemble the remaining ones, you can put them in the freezer, but try to do so for no more than 5 minutes or the whipped cream will harden.
Eat immediately.
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Korean Antitrusters Put US Tech Heavies Under the Microscope
Apr 17, 2012 9:13 AM PT
The Fair Trade Commission, a Korean antitrust agency, has launched an investigation into the Korean units of HP, Oracle and IBM, according to The Korea Times and other news outlets.
According to the reports, the commission's investigation stems from alleged unfair business practices.
From The Korea Times:
Investigators of the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) raided HP's Seoul office Friday, officials said.
They took computer records and documents and questioned employees over their suspicions.
"It's true that FTC officials visited our office last Friday," said HP spokeswoman Baek Min-jung. But she refused to elaborate, calling the ongoing probe "routine," pointing out the FTC vowed earlier this year to tighten its monitoring over multinational IT firms.
The Korean Fair Trade Commission released a "working roadmap" last December which, according to The Korea Times, is designed to prevent multinational IT firms from leveraging their positions of power.
The Times also reported that HP is already under investigation following a March complaint from IT startup Webcash.
Nokia Floundering in Europe
Nokia has failed to garner momentum in its attempt to challenge the iPhone and Android platforms in the European phone market, according to a Reuters article.
Reuters reports:
Four major telecom operators in Europe, where the phones have been on sale since before Christmas, told Reuters the new Nokia Lumia smartphones were not good enough to compete with Apple's iPhone or Samsung's Galaxy phones ...
"No one comes into the store and asks for a Windows phone," said an executive in charge of mobile devices at a European operator, which has sold the Lumia 800 and 710 since December ...
"Nokia have given themselves a double challenge: to restore their credibility in terms of making hardware smartphones and succeed with the Microsoft Windows operating system, which lags in the market," the executive said.
Moody's cut Nokia's credit rating to "one notch above junk" Monday, according to Reuters, after Nokia reported that it would have first- and second-quarter losses. S&P has a similar downgrade last month.
On the heels of a horrid week for the company, Nokia's shares are at a 15-year low.
European operators, according to the reprt, are itching for a viable alternative -- and the bargaining power that comes with it -- to Apple and Android phones.
Search the World
The Sydney Morning Herald last month published an article detailing the story of a five year-old Indian man who, 25 years ago when he was five years old, hopped aboard the wrong train, fell asleep, and woke up 14 hours later -- without his family.
The boy, Saroo Brierley, later moved to Australia, apparently destined to never see his family again.
But as the Herald tells it,
He turned to Google Earth. "For four years I searched, looking up and down, [then] I started looking from [Calcutta] train station and following the railroad back. But there were so many rail tracks it was sending me absolutely crazy."
Finally, he found it, 1,484 kilometers from Calcutta: Khandwa. He looked closer. He saw the dam he used to swim in as a child, a bridge he remembered, too. "That's where I was born."
The story lived in relative online anonymity -- until last week. On Friday, the BBC ran an article retelling the saga, and other outlets followed suit: The Mirror (UK), Der Spiegel (Germany), The Huffington Post and more.
It took a nearly a month for the story to catch, but that's nothing compared to 25 years.
Internet Battle Rages On
The Guardian's week-long series "Battle for the Internet" rolled right along Tuesday with a slew of articles.
Featured Tuesday was Chinese artist and social activist Ai Weiwei. Ai began his article with a quote from Chinese dictator Mao Zedong:
Chairman Mao used to say: "As communists we gain control with the power of the gun and maintain control with the power of the pen." You can see propaganda and the control of ideology as an authoritarian society's most important task. Before the Internet, all people could do was watch TV or read The People's Daily. They would carefully read between the lines to see what had happened. Now it is very different. The papers try to talk about things, but even before they appear, everyone has talked about it on the Internet.
The Guardian series also included a piece about the U.S. and China engaging in "war games" that focus on the specter of cyberattacks.


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Danny Noonan needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 54 designs submitted by 15 freelance designers.
Our client Shane Anderson is one of the most well known and respected horse racing broadcaster's in Australia. As well as hosting his own radio show Monday to Friday in Melbourne he also has a presence on Sky Channel (cable TV) and is regarded as the global racing expert here in Australia. Shane also understands the global thoroughbred horse breeding scene and covers off on this topic on his popular weekly radio show The Thoroughbred.
He is keen to expand further and get his voice heard online!
Our target audience would be horse racing enthusiasts, horse breeders, and punters keen for a good tip.
For now we just need the home page designed. I have attached a word document to give you an idea of what we are after but PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CREATE WHAT LAYOUT YOU THINK LOOKS AND WORKS BEST - just ensure all the items on the word doc are included on the home page.
You'll need to incorporate some space for advertisment as we are expecting heavy traffic o we need some space for this. I have uploaded some corporate bookie banner ads
We have already had the logo deigned - we hope you like it. We believe it's a slick serious logo so we want the rest of the site to be the same. Feel free to use the logo (or parts of the logo (such as the galloping horse) in other areas of the site.
The main icon button need to be well designed and larger than normal for ease of navigation through the webite.
The winning design will also design a couple of small site pecfic banner ads (Shane's Next Event and Shane's Membership Deal).
In the footer section include;
-the main sections of site (home, news etc..)
- Terms and Conditions, Copyright, Privacy Policy
-2040media logo
- Contact us - with Shane's email - email@example.com
- Button Icons for FACEBOOK, Twitter and You Tube
I have also just added a photo of champion racehorse So You Think - we used this image to make logo. So I guess it could be used to liven page up with this photo. Could be used in the footer somewhere - your the designers I'll leave it with you!
Any questions please yell out - I'll respond to all queries and rate all designs with comments.
Thanks for your time!
See above and attached
Nope he doesn't have one.
No examples as I don't wish to pigeon hole.
Think modern, slick, eye catching!!


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Man who led volunteer efforts to rebuild homes destroyed by fire pleads no contest to torching his Norwich business
Bruce P. "Bruno" Hayn Sr., who led two volunteer efforts to rebuild homes destroyed by fire, pleaded no contest Monday to setting fire to his Norwich business on Oct. 27, 2011.
Hayn, 57, will be sentenced July 9 to up to two years in prison.
In pleading nolo contendere to third-degree arson, Hayn accepted an offer from the state involving a sentence of eight years in prison, suspended after two years served, followed by four years of probation. Under the plea deal, his lawyer, Patrick Tomasiewicz, has the right to argue for a shorter prison term at sentencing.
Hayn, a building contractor, was the owner and operator of Shur Fire, a company that sold wood stoves and products and pellet fuels located at 340 W. Thames St. in Norwich.
According to prosecutor Lawrence J. Tytla, Hayn put a wad of paper towels into an electrical panel to ignite the fire that caused extensive damage to the two-story, 9,000-square-foot building.
Investigators recovered surveillance video that showed Hayn in the ground-floor warehouse where the fire originated with paper towels in hand and showed him leaving the building with smoke and particulates in the air, according to Tytla.
Hayn initially said he was operating a forklift earlier that night when he accidentally backed into an electrical panel, heard a crackle and saw smoke. He later confessed to setting the fire, saying he wanted to cause enough damage to shut down the business, Tytla said. The confession was recorded by Norwich police.
City and state fire marshals had initially ruled that the fire was accidental and possibly was caused by an abnormality in an electrical control box. Travelers Insurance initiated its own investigation, due to an estimated claim of more than $600,000, and found that the control box was not electrically charged at the time of the fire. The insurer also recovered the surveillance video. The state fire marshal's office reinvestigated and ruled the fire was intentionally set.
The insurance claim is part of a civil lawsuit.
Hayn was a longtime member of Colchester's Board of Finance. As president of Home Designs by Bruno, he led a team during the "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" project in Voluntown in December 2008 and a year later was part of a volunteer effort to rebuild a family's house in Griswold that had been destroyed by fire. In 2009, Hayn was presented the Distinguished Service Award by the Builders Association of Eastern Connecticut as well as the Toastmasters International Communication and Leadership award.
At Monday's court proceedings, Hayn's attorney noted Hayn was never arrested before. Judge Hillary B. Strackbein, who will determine the length of his prison stint, said she knew that and has read several letters written on Hayn's behalf. She also noted that the case was serious in nature.
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Voxer CTO Matt Ranney's presentation from our San Francisco Node Momentum Meetup.
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Carlos Cardenas, our Director of Solutions Engineering, discusses the importance of data integrity in cloud computing.
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Essential Science for Teachers: Earth and Space Science "Session 8. Order Out of Chaos: Our Solar System" Why do all the planets orbit the Sun in the same direction and why are the planets closest to the Sun so different from the gas giants farther out? In this session, participants gain a better understanding of the nature of the solar system by examining its formation. D
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Making Meaning In Literature: A Workshop for Teachers, Grades 6-8 "Workshop 8. Planning and Professional Development" In order to grow in their careers, teachers need a great deal of sustenance. In this program, the teachers talk about the ways in which they fulfill this need as they develop individually and as members of a professional community. The group invites us into their classrooms to look at the way they have grown professionally, stimulated by their peers, their membership in professional organizations, and their willingness to seek out new thinking on literature and teaching literature. D
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Rediscovering Biology: Molecular to Global Perspectives "Session 13. Genetically Modified Organisms" While genetic modification of organisms has occurred for millennia, we now have the tools to insert specific genes from one organism into cells of unrelated species. This session illustrates the processes used and how such genetically transformed organisms are increasingly common in agriculture, industry, and medicine, and introduces the ethical considerations of GMO research. D
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New Environmentalists "From Kenya to the Arctic Circle" The New Environmentalists: From Kenya to the Arctic Circle is the latest installment of the Emmy award winning series featuring portraits of six passionate and dedicated activists. They are true environmental heroes who have placed themselves squarely in harm's way to battle intimidating adversaries, while often creating partnerships with unlikely allies. The New Environmentalists share a common goal, safeguarding the Earth's natural resources from exploitation and pollution, while fighting for environmental justice in their communities. D
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Mechanical Universe And Beyond, The "Conservation of Momentum" What keeps the universe ticking away until the end of time?. D
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Democracy In America "Modern Presidency: Tools of Power" This program shows that the American Presidency has been transformed since the 1930s. Today, presidents are overtly active in the legislative process: they use the media to appeal directly to the people and they exercise leadership over an "institutional presidency" with thousands of aides. D
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Arthur "Night of the Tibble/Read and Flumberghast" Night of the Tibble - The Tibble Twins are having their first sleepover! The lucky victim.err, guest: James. Will the Tibbles lock him in the dark basement? Strap him to the terrifying Flatter Fling? Serve him cupcakes and cookies for dinner?!? Read and Flumberghast - A cupcake's been stolen! The primary suspect: Tommy Tibble. D
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Martha Speaks "Billy Collins Speaks/Milo's Reading Buddy" Billy Collins Speaks - Billy Collins writes great poems about dogs, and Martha thinks she knows why. Obviously, the former poet laureate must be a canine himself! When Martha meets Billy Collins she's in for a few surprises.as is he. D
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Curious George "For The Birds/Curious George-Asaurus" George tries to squirrel-proof the birdhouse when he finds Jumpy Squirrel is stealing bird seeds.G
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Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "Blue Feet Are Neat/A Little Reef Magic" Blue Feet Are Neat - Nick and Sally are trying out their new blue rubber boots but they keep getting stuck in the mud! Cat knows just who can help them - Buster, the Blue-footed Booby bird. Buster is only too happy to show them how his wide, flat blue feet help him move easily over the muddy shore. With Cat's help to make their boots wide and flat, Sally and Nick can now walk across the mud without getting stuck - just like Buster! Reef Magic - Nick has difficulty learning a "disappearing" magic trick, when who should appear but The Cat in the Hat! He takes Nick and Sally to the coral reef of Scoobamareen. D
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Super Why! "The Muddled-Up Fairytales" Everyone is busy and Whyatt doesn't know what to do with himself! So Super Why and his friends fly into the story Muddled Up Fairytales where they visit a young dragon new to Fairytale Land who is eager to find a legend of his own. But when Dragon tries to move in with The Three Pigs, he sets off a wacky chain of events that turns the whole land upside down! The superhero readers need to help Dragon find his Happily Ever After! Educational Objectives: To learn the fun of creativity, explore the alphabet, practice the magic of spelling, and use the power to read to create a brand new story!. D
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Dinosaur Train "One Smart Dinosaur/Petey The Peteinosaurus" One Smart Dinosaur - Buddy and Tiny want to test their memory, so they ride the Dinosaur Train and spend some time with the Conductor, since he's a Troodon with a great memory. The kids get to meet the Conductor's mom, Mrs. Conductor. Petey The Peteinosaurus - Buddy and Tiny ride the Dinosaur Train to meet Petey Peteinosaurus, a "flying lizard," who is fun, funny, and friendly, and has some features similar to both Buddy and Tiny!. D
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Sesame Street "Thinks Oscar Is A Prince" Chris is reading Abby a story about a princess who kisses a frog and turns him into a prince. Now, Abby thinks that someone on Sesame Street could be an enchanted prince and she thinks that someone could be Oscar. After all, he's green like a frog and no one could really be that grouchy unless he's a prince who was turned into a grouch. D
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Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood "Super Daniel!/Play Pretend" Super Daniel!: Daniel and Grandpere are at home pretending to be superheroes when Daniel notices that Dad has forgotten to take his lunch to work with him. He and Grandpere take Dad's lunchbox to the Clock Factory and Daniel uses his imagination to have several super adventures along the way. Play Pretend: Teacher Harriet shows the children a big cardboard box and asks them what they think it could be. D
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Sid The Science Kid "Now That's Using Your Brain" When Sid figures out a new way to get ready for school super fast, Mom says to him, "Now that's using your brain!" Sid wants to know that means, and discovers that the brain controls all kinds of things like walking, thinking, breathing, and getting ready for school!. D
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WordWorld "Think in the Rink/X Marks The Spot" Think in the Rink - Duck and Dog want to join Sheep and Frog in their ice skating show. Although Frog warns Duck and Dog to be careful as they practice, the enthusiastic duo gets carried away and carelessly break the ice skating rink. Will Duck and Dog think up a good solution to the problem before the show begins? X Marks the Spot - Duck must search high and low for his letter X that has gone missing. D
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Thomas & Friends "Safe and Sound" Henry's Health & Safety - Victor explains the meaning of Health and Safety to Henry while he is visiting the Steam Works. Henry is so concerned about safety on Sodor that he keeps changing things that are already safe. He takes Rocky to move telegraph poles from the tracks which are safely there to be collected by Percy. D
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Curious George "For The Birds/Curious George-Asaurus" George tries to squirrel-proof the birdhouse when he finds Jumpy Squirrel is stealing bird seeds.G
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Martha Speaks "Billy Collins Speaks/Milo's Reading Buddy" Billy Collins Speaks - Billy Collins writes great poems about dogs, and Martha thinks she knows why. Obviously, the former poet laureate must be a canine himself! When Martha meets Billy Collins she's in for a few surprises.as is he. D
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The Electric Company "Wiki Wiki Walter" Hector challenges Manny to find a beatboxer better than Shock. Shock panics! After his last beatboxing competition with his best friend WikiWiki Walter, their friendship was ruined! When Manny finds a competitor who turns out to be Shock's old beatboxing pal, Wiki, and with Doug E. Fresh as the beatboxing judge, the competition gets a little more interesting. D
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WordGirl "Cherish Is The Word/Granny's Intuition" Cherish is the Word - It's Valentines Day! All of the kids at school are making special valentines to share with their special friends. But when Victoria Best runs off with all of the cards, will she ruin Valentine's Day for everyone? It's up to WordGirl to swoop in and save the day. Granny's Intuition - According to the local news Granny May seems to be figuring out who's been committing the latest crime sprees that are sweeping the city. D
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Cyberchase "A Day at the Spa" The kids learn the value of lists, tables and tree diagrams when they encounter a powerful orb.G
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Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman "Look What The Dog Dug Up!" When Ruff digs up a sarcophagus in his backyard, he's convinced it's an authentic Egyptian mummy, and he's also convinced it comes with a curse. He sends the FETCHers to the Museum of Fine Arts to authenticate the artifact, and also to a carbon dating lab to verify the age of the mummy. The kids then go through Tomb, an Egypt-themed amusement park to solve the mystery of the mummy. D
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Nightly Business Report Tonight on Nightly Business Report, the day after Detroit files the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, what happens to its city workers, bond holders and mutual fund owners? And, as the temperature rises, power companies are put to the test. But what if a utility could store electricity before a heat wave hits? NBR will introduce you to one company that wants to make that a reality. D
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Liberty News
Finding hope and a home
Life is much different now than it was 25 years ago. But at the Liberty Godparent Home, life is still just as precious.
The home, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2007, has a motto: "Changing Lives — Two at a Time." Originally called "Save a Baby," a ministry of Thomas Road Baptist Church, the home provides an alternative to abortion for girls ages 12 to 23, by offering a nurturing environment and guidance in deciding whether to parent or to place their baby up for adoption.
Christy West, executive director, said naturally babies are being saved through the ministry, but it's also making a huge, lasting impact on the mothers.
"When the Bible says God takes all things and works them for good, it's true," she said. "For some girls it [pregnancy] is a life-changing event — on both sides [adoption or parenting]. Yes, they've had a child, but their life would have been so drastically different if they had not walked through those Godparent Home doors."
About 50 percent of the girls choose adoption (offered through the adjoining Family Life Services agency) and 50 percent parent.
"It's all about them [the girls]. They are the stars here," West said. "They are the ones who are making this — either way — incredible very difficult choice; the world says it's a lot easier to have an abortion, so in my mind they're all stars."
The home provides classes on prenatal care and counseling on parenting and adoption in addition to the girls' regular school-work (the home helps them to get their GED or finish high school, and to take DLP classes and attend Liberty University). Caseworkers are assigned to work directly with the girls, taking them to their appointments and following up on their care.
West said the home can accommodate eight to 12 girls. The average age ranges from 14 to 17. Some are local, but some come from all over the country. They are referred to the home through crisis pregnancy centers and other agencies.
"For so long it [Liberty Godparent Home] was viewed as just a little Christian church ministry, but I think they're really viewing us now as a viable option for girls who are in need of services," West said.
The home was started by the late Dr. Jerry Falwell when, as an outspoken pro-lifer, he was challenged to put some action behind his words.
"That's how it all came about," West said. "He [Falwell] said, 'I'll just start a home where girls can come.' It was that simple. Here it is 25 years later and the hundreds of girls he helped … I always tell the girls, it's so neat to me that God knew 25 years ago that you'd walk through that door and he provided that option for you a long time ago."
West said the home misses its founder, who occasionally had breakfast with the girls and would show up at fundraising events.
"He just had the biggest heart and loved the girls. He was always open-minded about the girls and what they needed."
But West said if he were still here, he would be pleased at the direction the home is heading in and its plans for the future.
One goal is to help pregnant girls with drug addictions. West said she is seeing more girls come in with drug problems and is working with LU's counseling department on creating a specialized program to help them.
"That's gonna be a little twist to what we're offering," she said. "The thing about coming to the Godparent Home, if you did drugs, you're no longer doing them."
West is also eager to meet the needs of girls who do not have a home to return to after they have their baby.
"Our biggest goal would be to one day have an aftercare home that would do what we do here, but in a separate facility, that could really help them learn how to get a job, those kinds of things."
The Liberty Godparent Foundation, the umbrella organization for Liberty Godparent Home and Family Life Services, keeps the home in operation through a few major fundraising events throughout the year, along with a list of individual donors and special offerings taken at TRBC.
Every other year the home sponsors a gala, an invitation-only, black-tie event. This year's gala was on Feb. 2 and raised more than $64,000. Dee Kohler, a Liberty University student, was a featured speaker.
Kohler, a psychology major, first got connected with the Godparent Home when she volunteered there. Then, at age 20, while living in the dorms in her sophomore year, she found out she was pregnant.
"They were the first people I called when I found out," she said.
Kohler took a semester off, spent time with her family, then entered the home when she was about 6 months pregnant.
"I needed a place to think, meditate and pray," she said. She had decided to place her baby up for adoption, but said she never felt pressured either way.
"I never received anything but support and encouragement from them," she said.
But in the hospital, after she had delivered, she had "a complete change of heart." (Girls have a 21-day window after delivery to make the final decision).
Her son, Austin, will be 2 in May.
"I honestly believe Austin wouldn't be here if it weren't for them," she said. "I was in such a dark, dark place."
Kohler, who expects to graduate in December, has spoken to other groups about her experience and volunteers at the home a few times a month.
West said there are currently five students at LU who have gone through the home and chosen either adoption or parenting.
Seeing a girl succeed, no matter what choice they make, is welcome affirmation for West and her staff.
"You want them to leave and think back and remember something you've said and done (for them) or maybe you were the only person who truly ever cared and wanted to help them. … I think that's truly our goal, for them to see God's love through us."
* Eighth Annual Walk for Life,May 3 at Liberty University outdoor track.
* Baby Bottle Campaign, September. (Bottles will be located in churches, around the LU campus and at local businesses to collect donations).
*Winter Market indoor bazaar, November.
To volunteer or for more information, call (434) 845-3466