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Wrapping Up
This week, the students started up by sorting and organizing the $427 in coins that they raised for endangered animals in Ontario. In groups they had to figure out how many nickels would go into a roll to make $2, how many quarters would go into a roll to make $10 and how many toonies would go into a roll to make $50. Once we had rolled the money, the students selected animals that were endangered from the World Wildlife Foundation's website and voted on which ones to contribute the money to.
This week we also had our final Reader's Cafe of the year. At this event the students shared their personal portfolios with their parents from the year. This included all of their written projects in mathematics, science, social studies and language. They also shared their independent research projects on their google accounts with their parents. When they had finished sharing the students presented a series of acts to our captivated audience. These acts included scripts, dances, slide shows and stories.
This week the students were also asked to complete one final research project. I told the students that I would like to go on one outing a day the last week of school. I asked the students if they could research a place to go where we could walk as a class. They had to write a letter to me explaining where this location was and convince me why it would be a wonderful location to visit. The students then had to use google maps to figure out the directions to this location.
The writing assignment I had the most fun reading this week though, was the Cheeky Gavin assignments. As the students have listened to my Cheeky Gavin narratives all year, I presented them with a cheeky picture of Gavin and asked them to create their own. The creativity of the students here and their ability to tell a story really made me smile.
What a Wonderful Week!
After a year of receiving guidance in their research skills, typing, creative story writing and editing on the computer, this week the students were awarded something they have been asking for all year...their own tdsb google accounts. This week the students practised using their individual student numbers and passwords to login to their tdsb accounts.
When the students had logged into their accounts they spent a lot of time transferring all their files from my google account to their own. They were very excited to prepare this so that they could share their assortment of written work and typed documents with their parents at the Reader's Cafe this coming Thursday.
Another new routine we started this week to wrap up and review our learning from the year was to practise two different word lists each day. The students reviewed these lists for 15 minutes through kinesthetic activities and then completed a quick quiz. Any words they didn't know they practised the next morning as seat work. I was actually very surprised to see how much they enjoyed reviewing all of our words from the year!
The morning after the Raptors' victory, the class was filled with excitement. To channel their energy, the students worked on their performances for The Reader's Cafe. As the students practised their dances in the hallway, the kindergarten students joined in the fun!
Riveting Research
As a final project for this year, the students in room 101 have had the opportunity to create a presentation for our last Reader's Cafe of the year. Many of the students chose to complete a presentation on google slides on a research topic of their choice. Other students have been working hard to choreograph dances and write down the steps to these dances using procedural writing. Some students have opted to writing creative scripts and stories. Other students opted to help create a gardening centre in our class so we could grow plants for our new Mountview garden next year. We cannot wait to share these project with you on the afternoon of June 20th!
Helping our Animal Friends
This week the students completed their research reports on an endangered or at risk animal in Ontario. This report included details such as the characteristics of the animal, where it is found in Ontario and why it is in trouble. Upon completing this, the students created beautiful watercolour pictures of their animals.
When we had completed our projects, the students thought about what they could do to help endangered animals in Ontario. We decided to have a bake sale. Once we had decided on a date and time, the students created posters to share the event details with the school. In doing so the students had to communicate why were were having the sale, when it would take place, where it would take place and what their customers needed to bring.
To tie our mathematics unit into the bake sale theme, the students learned about fractions and measurement as they prepared goods for the sale. They reviewed skip counting and problem-solving with money as they prepared to work the sale. They also worked on procedural writing as they recorded their recipes so they could enjoy these treats at home.
As the students worked at the bake sale they showed great pride in executing this event. The students worked in shifts to manage the sales tables and did a wonderful job calculating totals and change owed to their customers. Some students even carried signs through the school to attract more customers. In the end, students raised over $420 to help endangered animals in Ontario!!! They applauded themselves when they heard the news.
To add even more excitement to this fun-filled week, students had the opportunity to work with a visiting artist from OCAD. Ms. Gilbert used her expertise to show the animals how to create beautiful animal portraits using different lines and colours.
Simple Machines & Forces
This week, we were lucky enough to be visited by Scientist Gail from Scientists in the School. In her presentation she helped us figure out what our classroom character Dex figure out what he could do on his journey if he encountered obstacles. Scientist Gail taught us about simple machines that could help Dex on his way. She taught us about forces such as gravity, friction and magnetism that could help move Dex's vehicle more quickly and slow it down. This lesson was all taught with a little help from a character called Percy the Penguin.
Research Projects
This week the students decoded Dex's note and inferred that the province he was in is in fact Ontario. In his weekly report we found out that The World Wildlife Foundation had hired him to help an animal who is at risk in Ontario. Dex asked the students in room 101 use the following website: https://www.ontario.ca/page/species-risk-ontario to see which animals were in trouble. He asked the students to each pick an animal from this website to study. Dex wanted the students to look into the characteristics of these animals, where they are located in Ontario and why they are at risk. To connect this project to mathematics and social studies the students learned about coordinate mapping this week. They also looked at word problems to determine different distances Dex has travelled on his journey.
Discovering Dex's Destination
Our class was so excited this week when we received Dex's weekly report along with pictures of his adventures in the mail. Dex explained how he combined all of the students' designs to create a vehicle that used renewable energy. He also sent us pictures of places where renewable energy was being used. The students looked at pictures of Dex at a hydro-electric plant, a solar energy station and in front of a wind turbine. After going through this material the students read Dex's next poem which contained clues to his whereabouts.
Using clues from this poem, the students inferred what country Dex was in. Many students explained that it had to be Canada, because the United States was just made up of states and Canada had 10 provinces and 3 territories. Some also explained how Canada had a beaver on its nickel so he had to be taking about Canada in his poem. Many also explained how Dex said his destination was "close to home" and Canada is home unlike the US or Mexico.
As Dex mentioned that he would not give the students their next clue until they mapped the provinces and territories, the students used computers, maps and books to accomplish this mission.
Magnificent Machines
Last week, the students learned how to construct a vehicle using energy from wind, muscle and moving water. This week they learned how you can use the power of the sun, moving water and wind to create electricity. Upon doing so, they incorporated these elements into their machine designs. They explained how they would use solar panels or wind turbines to create electricity which would power the lights of their boat, an anchor or jet engines. When their design was complete, the students then recorded how long it took for their machines to travel 1 meter. We also looked at other units of measurement such as centimetres, meters, kilometres, inches and yards. In doing so they were able to infer which units would help our classroom character best measure the distance he would be traveling on his trip.
Little Engineers
This week the students examined which renewable resources they could use to power the vehicles they had created. They learned that solar power, muscle power, wind and water power are renewable resources. The students created mini propellor's for their vehicles that used kinetic force, and moving water to push their boats forward.
Here the students created simple machines that use muscle power to work. They used procedural writing to record the steps required to build these machines.
Energy from Moving Air
This week the students in room 101 completed their papier mache globes. Once they had done so our classroom character Dex let us know that the continent he is going to explore is North America. He then informed the students that before he sets off on his journey the students need to explore different forms of energy. Dex wants to know what types of energy he can use to move around North America and which one would be best for the earth. On Tuesday, the students explored energy from moving air. They started to build boats that used the power of the wind to move. While creating their boats the students examined how the area of the flag and the position of the flag pole would change how quickly the boat could travel on its course. They also explored different 3D shapes and looked at which shapes would be best for the base of their boats.


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Scorpion season 3
Seasons: 2
Country: USA
TV channel: CBS
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About TV show Scorpion season 3
When the new series will be released? We can not say for sure, but most likely it will happen is traditionally the beginning of the new television season - in the autumn of 2016. Do not miss the new series Scorpion - the series will return to the third season of autumn 2016 on CBS (Mike and Molly).
It's the story about a group of men of genius, or geeks, as they are called, who work for the government. They are a kind of think tank that engages in processing large amounts of information in order to identify possible threats to national security. Founders of the project as a separate notice that the series storylines based on real events.
Interesting story and good acting ensured the success of this project and the extension of the first to the second season, but there is no doubt that for a third season. This series looks favorably on the background of many of these projects on the work of the various groups the FBI, the CIA, spies, agents and the like.
Will this dramatic story renewed for a third season? It is not necessary to doubt, although it had not yet received any official statements. The creators of the show more than once hinted that they have big plans for this project, and that if the series will be successful and will bring a good audience, the future of Scorpion should not be in doubt.
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text: This coming Friday will be my last day at my company of thirteen plus years. The company builds and sells SDKs and SAAS products centered around digital imaging. I have learned a great deal about what it takes to build, sell and support software. Time to take what I have learned and apply it to my own ideas. Having a family and children (one under 5 years old), my scarcest commodity is time. Not for long! For the past year and a half I have been working on an SDK/App (C# .NET Core) that uses machine learning techniques to dramatically automate finding trading strategies. It currently supports EOD as has exceeded my expectations in terms of usefulness. I have two more items to complete to fully prove out my idea before I can polish it up and make it a commercially viable solution. 1. Add support for intraday futures data and be able to find profitable strategies. 2. Add ability to automatically generate code from those strategies to be used in an external platform for live trading (considering AlgoTerminal as the first platform to target). Assuming I get those two items figured out, I should a fully functioning product by October 1. I have a considerable financial runway but am only giving myself until the end of 2018 to get some initial traction with the product. Good times!! fan27


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Jake Gyllenhaal, Sutton Foster & More Step Out for NYC Center's 'A Chorus Line' Gala Performance!
Jake Gyllenhaal is dapper in a suit as he attends the New York City Center Celebrates 75 Years with a Gala Performance of A Chorus Line held at the City Center on Wednesday (November 14) in New York City.
The 37-year-old actor was joined at the event by Sutton Foster, designer Michael Kors and his partner Lance LePere, Christian Borle and girlfriend Skye Maddox, honoree Stacy Bash-Polley and composer Jeanine Tesori, who was part of Jake's revival of Sunday in the Park with George.
A Chorus Line returns to the New York stage for a five-day engagement at City Center through November 18.
The cast includes Tony nominee Tony Yazbeck as Zach, Robyn Hurder as Cassie, So You Think You Can Dance favorite Melanie Moore as Judy, current The Phantom of the Opera star Jay Armstrong Johnson as Bobby, Olivier winner Leigh Zimmerman as Sheila, Eddie Gutierrez as Paul, Sara Esty as Maggie, Jolina Javier as Connie, Tara Kostmayer as Diana, J. Elaine Marcos as Val, Ryan Steele as Larry, Naomi C. Walley as Bebe, Tommy Bracco as Mike, Kate Bailey as Kristine, Callan Bergmann as Frank, as Don, Aaron Patrick Craven as Butch, Emily Franch as Vicki, David Grindrod as Mark, Denis Lambert as Greg, Jenna Nicole Schoen as Tricia, Joseph J. Simeone as Al, Ahmad SNatalie Bourgeois as Lois, Wesley Ian Cappiello as Roy, Max Claytonimmons as Tom, and Anthony Wayne as Richie.
FYI: Sutton is wearing a Lela Rose dress.


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The Briargate subdivision of northern Colorado Springs, Colorado has seen another impressive month of Real Estate sales. September in Briargate saw 119 sales, that's a 170% increase from the September low of 44 in 2010. The volume of sales in Briargate for September of 2017 is very impressive but...
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There were 108 sales in the "East" MLS area of Colorado Springs for August of 2017. This is up 64% from the Feb low of just 66 home sales but off 10% from its high in June of 120 sales. We feel like the 10% decrease has more to do with normal seasonal slowing in conjunction with lack of inventory...
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Check out this well maintained 4 bedroom 3 bathroom home on cul-de-sac lot in Cordera. You'll love the hardwood floors that extend from the entry throughout main level. Formal dining room w/access to kitchen. Great room has gas fireplace and opens to sunny kitchen and breakfast area. Kitchen incl...
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One of our bestselling designs, the beautiful Personalised Russian Ring Necklace is handmade from sterling silver in our Brighton workshop. The Russian Ring is traditionally said to symbolise the notion of endless love, with three intertwined rings bound together inseparably. The Personalised Russian Ring Necklace can be hand-stamped with your choice of message, we love the thought of personalising each ring with a family member's name or meaningful date to create a truly unique keepsake. Each bespoke necklace is individually handcrafted to order by our skilled jewellers and can be plated with 18ct gold for an extra special touch. Add matching Russian Ring Stud Earrings. Available in sterling silver, 18ct Rose gold or 18ct Yellow gold plate.
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The invisible gorilla effect.
The characters of this story, System 1 and System 2 are the two ways that our brains form thoughts.
System 1: fast, intuitive, subconscious. It allows us to know that if the traffic light is red we have to stop.
System 2: slow, rational, conscious. It allows us to calculate 34*97 and to drive in London – especially if you, like me, are from a right-hand driving country.
David Khaneman, Nobel Economics Prize in 2002, studied how these systems interact and developed some life-changing insights; one of them is that we have a limited "budget" of attention. We would find it extremely hard to calculate 34*97 while we turn left in the middle of a traffic jam in central London (it's not even remotely advisable to try to do so).
This "attention budget" has funny consequences. Concentrating intensely on a difficult task makes us blind to factors that would normally catch our attention. An extraordinary example of this is the Invisible Gorilla effect. Two researchers from Harvard asked a group of participants to watch a video of two basketball teams (wearing black and white t-shirts) passing the ball around. The subjects were told to keep count of bounce passes of the white t-shirt team and ignore the passages between black t-shirt players.
Halfway through the experiment a woman wearing a full gorilla suit walks through the scene, pounds her chest for 9 seconds and then disappears.
Over half of the participants who had the specific task of counting the passes did not see the gorilla. They even declared themselves certain that the gorilla did not exist, insisting that they couldn't possibly have missed something so unusual.
We are blind to evidence and blind to our own blindness.
Hold on! These interactions between system 1 and system 2 can turn in our favor.
The so-called "priming effect" is a good example. It's based on ideomotor effects: in a nutshell, our actions influence our feelings and vice versa.
During an experiment, some volunteers were asked to assess how funny different British jokes were (you can imagine the amusement). Half of them were told to hold a pencil in their mouth. They didn't realize that this caused their facial muscles to assume the typical "smiling face" contractions. The unaware smiling people found the jokes much more amusing than the others.
I find this astonishing: unconscious actions influence our thoughts.
What can we learn from all this? Even if our attention is limited and our emotions moody, all is not lost. And if you ever feel depressed about how much of this world is still undiscovered: take a pencil, hold it in your mouth and your system 1 will do the rest.


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I know I already talked about Saturday morning's events, but the weekend was literally packed with good stuff. And not-so-good stuff.
Boo at the Zoo. I was so excited that we won tickets to it (they're $17 each, so a bit pricey for an evening's entertainment) and the boys were happy to get to officially wear their costumes. I picked them up from school, and after running some errands, we headed to the zoo. The boys were so excited to see all of the other Avengers and the Marios and Luigis. They've already said that's what they're going to be next year.
Look! Another Captain America!
I was trying to get a group shot, but there was very very loud music playing.
There were games and prizes and candy, but the best part was running into a set of twins that were dressed as the other two (male) Avengers! The mom said her little Hawkeye was so happy that someone recognized who he was supposed to be. Heh.
My legs were getting worn out, so we headed home. I needed my rest for the race the next morning.
After the race, I went to the pub with George and our friend Dawn to have a beer or two. My plan was to go home and take a nap before the Madonna concert. Unfortunately, half an hour into my much-needed nap, I got a call that Miles had a fever and I needed to get him. George had stayed at the pub, so he couldn't drive across town. So I blearily drove over to get him, and took him to an urgent care place nearby.
He was diagnosed with strep throat, and so I got him home with his medicines, and then got ready to go to the Madonna show with my friend Terry. Terry dressed up. Hee!
I'd say the audience was 75% women around our age, and a very large percentage of them were wearing either neon lace, neon fishnets, conical breasts, or all three. It was highly entertaining. Moreso than the actual show, maybe. Nah, I mean, it was good, but I was underwhelmed. But it was definitely cool to see Madonna live, so I'm glad I got to go.
Look! There's Madonna! (Yeah, we were in the nosebleeds.)
When I got home, I fell fast asleep. And for some reason, I got it in my head that the time was changing that night, even though I knew that wasn't true. So when I woke up the next morning at 8:30, I figured I'd gotten a good 7.5 hours of sleep. I didn't figure out until today that the time change is next weekend. Duh! I'm such a ding-dong. No wonder it didn't get dark earlier last night! Ha ha! And no wonder I was so tired last night!
I spent the day snuggling with Miles and attempting to catch up on housework. (Fail.) And then I went to photograph my friend Megan's new tiny baby girl, Fern. Who wasn't a fan of falling asleep. I still love her, even if she wouldn't cooperate. Ha ha!
After I was done with that, I went to get Oliver and Linus from Granny & Grandpa's. I was trying to keep them away from Miles as long as possible so we might be able to avoid three kids with strep. Looks like that might have worked. They missed each other so much. Oliver and Linus made a bunch of pictures for Miles. So freaking sweet.
Another busy week ahead, but not quite as crazy as the last few days. I hope!


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Yeah, from FacialBook as usual, the Book of a Million Lies:
Greed is not the problem. Government over-regulation and FDA slow-rolling of drug approval is the problem. Drug companies pour billions of dollars annually into drug development, most of which is "wasted" when new ideas for drugs don't pan out, usually after years of expensive trials. I've read that the success rate for drug development is one drug in ten, so for every billion-dollar development program that succeeds, there are nine billion-dollar development programs that fail. If that rate holds, for every new drug a company develops through FDA approval, they have a $10 billion investment that has to be accounted for and and recovered. Not much profit there!
Yet people wonder why new drugs cost so much, and agitators like Sachin Patel claim it's because of greed. Is it really greedy to want a return on your ten billion dollar investment? Does Dr. Patel like having new drugs and therapies, or would he prefer to go back to the old days when aspirin and chalk pills was about all a doctor could prescribe?
I'll agree in a heartbeat that there are companies like Mylan who ought to be ashamed of themselves (and be run of business) for what they charge for basic drugs just because they have a fancy proprietary delivery system. But by and large, drugs are expensive to buy because they are expensive to develop, and drug companies naturally want to make their money back.
These RealFarmacy people are a real danger to the rest of the world. Liars, cheats, and swindlers all, they are nothing more than modern Luddites wishing the rest of us back into a medieval world where we all drop dead in our 40's from preventable disease, or starve to death because there isn't enough food. They are the logical heirs of Paul Ehrlich and his ilk.


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Thursday, September 10, 2009
Reluctance-Painting Day 3
This doesn't look like much progress for a day's work. When I started painting Bear, I realized I hadn't gotten her stance right. Her legs needed to move farther forward so it's clearer she's holding her ground. I also needed to shorten her face and body; a lot of today's painting was painting over mistakes.
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Local political party officials point to voter turnout and a frustration with the governing establishment as key drivers for Republican Donald Trump's presidential election victory Tuesday.
Trump carried Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama with overwhelming support among white, rural voters. Although Hillary Clinton did better among women than men, she failed to win a majority of any county in the Chattanooga region.
While the Trump campaign benefited from inherent red state advantages in the region, Republican officials said they consider the presidential election a matter of striking a blow against the establishment.
"What we witnessed last night was an historical moment for our country where the average person expressed their opposition to the D.C. political establishment of both parties," Hamilton County Republican Party Chairman Tony Sanders said in a statement Wednesday.
In Hamilton County, Trump carried more than 55 percent of the vote in the most competitive of the counties in the region. In surrounding rural counties in Southeast Tennessee, Northwest Georgia and Northeast Alabama, Trump averaged more than three fourths of the vote total, scoring bigger wins in most counties than did Republican Mitt Romney four years ago or John McCain eight years ago in their unsuccessful races against President Obama.
Bradley County Republican Party Chairman Adam Lewis said the major party primaries offered strong evidence of a fight against the establishment. Using "a broad brush," that means Washington and elected officials who have served two or three terms, he said.
"Trump became an outlet for a lot of people," Lewis said.
The Great Divides
Exit surveys of 360 randomly selected voters across Hamilton County showed Clinton received overwhelming support from black voters and did slightly better among female voters than among men going to the polls on Tuesday.
Among black voters willing to say who they voted for in surveys in Hamilton County during early voting and on election day, more than 95 percent said they voted for Clinton. But more than 61 percent of the white voters in Hamilton County said they voted for Trump, while Clinton got only 29 percent of the white vote, according to the Times Free Press voter survey.
In the heavily black Alton Park neighborhood, Clinton captured more than 88 percent of the vote in one precinct, compared with only 6 percent for Trump. But in one overwhelmingly white voting site in Harrison, more than 93 percent of the voters cast ballots for Trump, compared with less than 7 percent for Clinton.
Kelvin Scott, the sole black member of the Hamilton County Election Commission, called for removing obstacles to voters. That comes down to offering more early voting sites and encouraging elderly voters to use absentee ballots as a means to overcome health and transportation challenges on top of long voting lines, he said.
Scott recently voiced concerns about black voter suppression, describing how he encountered what he termed an unusual amount of scrutiny when he tried to cast ballots during the early voting period.
It's also about the ground game, Scott said.
"I don't think the Clinton campaign did enough in Hamilton County," he said, also questioning the campaign's efforts statewide.
Ultimately, more voters need to turn out regularly for local elections instead of just turning out for presidential battles, Scott said.
In Hamilton County, Trump won among both men and women voters in the Times Free Press poll. Trump had a 5 percent advantage over Clinton among women respondents (51 percent to 46 percent), but he enjoyed a much larger 18 percent advantage over Clinton (55 percent to 37 percent) among male voters surveyed by the Times Free Press.
Bonnie Trotter of Hixson, a Clinton supporter, said Trump's victory has inspired her to get involved with the local Democratic Party — something she said she has never done before.
"I'm devastated," Trotter said. "Donald Trump is not prepared to be the leader of the Free World and it does not seem he tried to get prepared. He frightens everybody."
But other voters seemed eager for change in Washington, helping Trump to win more than 60 percent of the vote in both Tennessee and Alabama.
Trump won big in rural parts of the region, beating Clinton by better than a 4-to-1 margin in Rhea, Polk, Sequatchie, McMinn, Bradley, Meigs and Bledsoe counties in Tennessee, in Catoosa, Dade, Walker and Chattooga counties in Georgia and in DeKalb and Jackson counties in Alabama.
In Grundy County, Trump captured the highest share of the vote that any Republican presidential candidate has gotten in modern times.
Rebecca Hafford, a former Grundy County Democratic Party chairwoman who worked the polls Tuesday, said voters in Grundy County and rural communities often feel they are being left behind and want a new direction in government.
"Many people in Grundy County, like many folks in small towns, are upset, and Donald Trump said the kind of things they wanted to hear," Hafford said. "The election, in many ways, was the cities vs. the rural areas, and in this election I saw a lot of people turn out and vote who hadn't voted in decades."
Hafford, although a lifetime Democrat, said she hopes Trump will bring jobs back to America like he has boasted "and if he does, I will support him."
In Grundy County, Trump scored 17 percentage points better than Mitt Romney four years ago and 22 percentage points better than John McCain did eight years ago in their unsuccessful campaigns against President Obama.
Trump also swept traditionally GOP counties in the region, including Bradley County where the GOP nominee got nearly 76.5 percent of the vote, while Clinton received only 18 percent.
Lewis cited strong conservative and evangelical demographics as contributing factors to Trump's victory in Bradley County.
"All these factors make Bradley County ripe for a Republican victory," Lewis said.
Jeremy Strickler, assistant professor of political science at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, said Clinton was not as successful as Obama in bringing out traditional Democratic constituencies to the polls, while Trump supporters seemed to turn out in droves.
In 2008 and 2012, the Obama campaign was able to bring out new, younger voters, but from what he can tell, Clinton did not replicate those results, Strickler said. Trump, on the other hand, seemed to draw out new voters, although it is not clear at this time whether they were first-time voters or not.
"We saw, as usual, turnout matters," Strickler said.
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This case is going nowhere, for two reasons.
First, the First Amendment. Part of the supposed basis for the plaintiffs' proposed injunction consists of Israeli laws that restrict speech — for instance, laws that "criminally prohibit the publication of praise, support, calls for support for terrorist organizations." But any such prohibition would be clearly unconstitutionally overbroad under First Amendment law. American courts don't enforce foreign speech restrictions that would be inconsistent with the First Amendment.
Indeed, even the plaintiffs' narrower demand for an order that Facebook "immediately remove all pages, groups and posts containing incitement to murder Jews" is likely foreclosed by the First Amendment. Under American law, constitutionally unprotected "incitement" consists solely of situations in which speakers have the purpose to and are likely to produce imminent criminal conduct; and "imminent" is understood to mean happening in minutes, hours or perhaps days, rather than at "some indefinite future time." Many of the examples that the complaint offers thus wouldn't even qualify as "incitement" under U.S. law. But even if in some situations Facebook users are trying to incite imminent and likely criminal conduct, Facebook itself isn't doing so, because it lacks the purpose of producing such conduct. It can no more be enjoined from distributing such conduct than an impartial cable news company can be enjoined from distributing live video of incitement.
Second, and even more clear, U.S. law — 47 U.S.C. § 230 — prevents Internet service and content providers from being held liable for speech by their users. Companies don't have to be censors of their users' posts if they don't want to. Google isn't liable for allegedly defamatory material that it links to, and thus doesn't have to monitor the sites it indexes for alleged libel. I'm not liable for allegedly defamatory comments that you post. Facebook isn't liable for allegedly defamatory, privacy-invading or inciting speech that its users post.
The complaint tries to avoid this by arguing that
Facebook actively makes introductions between those who incite to murder and mayhem, and those who are interested in committing murder and mayhem. By facilitating connections between and among terrorist organizations and people who incite, encourage, and train people to commit terrorism, and individuals and groups who have expressed through their Facebook pages that they support or are inclined to commit terrorism, defendant Facebook actively assists the inciters to find people who are interested in their hateful messages of fighting words. Figuratively speaking, Facebook is introducing the people who scream "fire" in a crowded theater to arsonists, or jealous spouses to professional hit men. Just as "fighting words" are not protected speech, Facebook's conduct is indefensible.
But this doesn't avoid the § 230 defense. Facebook, like other content and service providers, provides a place where people can post a wide range of speech, good or bad. It equally facilitates connections among law-abiding users and among criminals. It "assists the inciters to find people who are interested in their hateful messages of fighting words" (a misuse of the legal term "fighting words," by the way, which means something very different) only in the sense that a vast range of Internet companies "assist" people to find a vast range of things. Google assists people in finding bad material alongside the good. It has no obligation under U.S. law to censor its search results. Likewise, Facebook assists people in finding like-minded people for bad purposes alongside the good; it likewise has no obligation under U.S. law to censor its content.
And this is true even if some material posted on the site is "not protected speech." Section 230 protects Internet content and service providers from liability for their users' unprotected speech. (It wouldn't be needed to protect from liability for users' protected speech, since no one — neither the users nor the providers — would be liable for the protected speech in the first place.)
Plaintiffs also argue that "hate speech, calls to murder people based on their religion, and incitement to commit terrorist acts are all outside the realm of 'political discourse … cultural development, and … intellectual activity,' § 230(a)(3), and are plainly within the realm of 'obscenity, stalking, and harassment,' § 230(b)(5)." But there is no First Amendment exception for "hate speech." And § 230 doesn't limit its protection to "political discourse," "cultural development" and "intellectual activity," nor does it exclude from protection providers whose sites end up containing user-posted "obscenity, stalking, and harassment."
The quoted passages from § 230 are from the language Congress included in its general findings and statements of policy. One of the findings was that "the Internet and other interactive computer services offer a forum for a true diversity of political discourse, unique opportunities for cultural development, and myriad avenues for intellectual activity." That is not a constraint on § 230 (unsurprising, given how vague those terms are). And one of the statements of policy was that "it is the policy of the United States" "to ensure vigorous enforcement of Federal criminal laws to deter and punish trafficking in obscenity, stalking, and harassment by means of computer." Section 230 deals with providers' immunity from civil liability, not with enforcement of criminal laws. Nothing in the portions of § 230 that define the scope of congressionally granted immunity limits that immunity the way the plaintiffs allege.
We've heard a lot of talk about how sharia law is coming to American courts, which will use the foreign law to suppress American constitutional rights. That hasn't really happened in any substantial way (see here and here), though I've certainly been glad to speak out in the few situations in which courts have improperly restricted free speech or other rights based on sharia-related claims. But here we have an attempt to do exactly what we've been warned against — except not with sharia.


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Were Gucci Mane's Mother & Brother Banned From His Wedding?
(AllHipHop Rumors) All kinds of rumors have been coming out since Gucci Mane and Keyshia Ka'oir's wedding special aired.
I mean lawd!
People claimed the woman had secret kids in Jamaica, a woman claiming to be her sister said that she was hurt because she wasn't invited, and now Gucci's brother is claiming that he and their mother wasn't invited to the million dollar affair!
This wedding wasn't a family affair or Gucci is just not rocking with some parts of his family, allegedly.
Gucci's youngest brother Nate told TMZ that he has no idea why he and their mother, Vicky, was left off of the guest list for the lavish affair that took place at the Miami Four Seasons Hotel.
While Nate says he's happy for Guwop, you know he's probably hurting deep down inside since Gucci's best man was another one of his brothers, Duke.
Well, social media had some pretty hilarious unanswered questions about the wedding, and we don't really know what to say about it.
Keyshia did take to Twitter to make it clear that she does not have three kids in Jamaica, and that she doesn't have any sisters. Apparently the woman claiming to be her sister was a woman that Keyshia used to be best friends with until Keyshia allegedly cut her off with no notice.
The fact that Gucci's mother and brother were not invited to the wedding makes me wonder is Gucci's brother not telling us as much as we need to know about the status of their relationship, or was the ceremony just all for show on T.V.
Fans on social media wanted to know:
Why did the Wopsters not show any emotion?
Why was their kiss dry?
Why didn't they have a wedding singer?
Why wasn't the show filmed to lead up to the wedding?
Were they already married?
Where was the true Atlanta presence?
Why were Karrueche and Kendall Kyndall chosen as hosts?
Besides diamonds, what was the real theme of the wedding?
Will you be tuning in to see the rest of the episodes for 'The Mane Event'?
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Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering
The University of Western Australia is saddened to note the passing of UWA's first female engineering graduate Roslyn MacKinlay (nee' Clarke).
The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) has placed The University of Western Australia in the world's top 10 in Mining and Mineral Engineering (5th) and Marine/Ocean Engineering (7th).
A new four-year $3.6 million research partnership between The University of Western Australia (UWA) and Rio Tinto Iron Ore will lead to improved efficiency in geological modelling, through innovative data science solutions.
Rio Tinto and The University of Western Australia have joined forces to bring an innovative global leadership program for students to Western Australia designed to enhance their cultural intelligence, networks, collaboration and leadership skills.
Researchers at The University of Western Australia have received $14.75 million in funding for 26 projects through the Federal Government's Australian Research Council. UWA received $9.6 million for 25 Discovery Projects, $2.9 million for eight Early Career Researcher Awards and $2.2 million for three Linkage, Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities.
Engineering subject areas taught at the School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering (CEME) at the University of WA have been rated among the Top 10 in the world.
In the recent global Shanghai Rankings of academic subjects, CEME was rated seventh in the world for mining and mineral engineering, and ninth in the world for marine/ocean engineering.
Closer ties with Chinese universities, more student and academic exchanges, and the creation of a lithium mining R&D unit in Perth are already shaping up as the result of a recent conference at UWA.
The inaugural Australia-China Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation was held at the UWA campus in February. The conference attracted 261 participants, about half from China and the other half from Australia.
The University of Western Australia (UWA) is proud to host the Target 2017 Conference, organised by Geoconferences (WA) Inc. The conference will provide an opportunity for geoscientists operating globally in government, industry and academia to discuss the most current and successful strategies for mineral exploration, next month.
The University of Western Australia has had seven subjects ranked in the top 50 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject, up from six subjects last year.
CEME engineers are using the expertise gained in the offshore oil and gas industry to help test the effectiveness of offshore artificial reefs (OARs) being deployed around Australia, including one earmarked for the waters off Rottnest Island.
The aim of the artificial reefs is to establish a sustainable marine environment to support productive fish communities for recreational fishing, says CEME senior lecturer Dr Scott Draper.
Environmental Engineer and Faculty Alumnus, Halinka Lamparski, has been awarded Young Water Professional of the Year, the top honours at the 2016 Australian Water Association (AWA) WA Water Awards dinner on Friday 21 October. The awards showcased innovation and sustainable management of water.
Water Minister Mia Davies said each winner demonstrated how innovative thinking formed a vital part of our State's water future.
CEME researcher and lecturer Dr Scott Draper last night won the prestigious $10,000 Woodside Early Career Scientist at the 2016 Premier's Science Awards in Perth.
Researchers at The University of Western Australia who invented a new technique for 'flaming' wild seeds have been nominated as finalists in the WA Innovator of the Year competition.
A public health researcher whose groundbreaking work has helped prevent birth defects and a biomedical scientist who helped pioneer a microscope-in-a-needle to detect cancer cells are two of eight leading academics from The University of Western Australia among 15 finalists in this year's Premier's Science Awards.
Researchers from The University of Western Australia are aiming to prevent calcium scale in oil and gas pipelines through the innovative use of an environmentally friendly seaweed extract.
The University of Western Australia has won $1 million in funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to work on the deployment of arrays of wave energy converters.
Two core engineering disciplines within the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics have ranked in the top 50 courses in the world, according to the prestigious QS World University Rankings by course for excellence.
In its 2016 list - released today - the Faculty excelled in Civil & Structural and Mining engineering, ranked at 33 globally.
An environmental engineering expert at The University of Western Australia said 'greening' the suburbs of Perth will help reduce the emerging urban health crisis of heatwaves.
The creation of a new generation of major marine reserves will require innovative new monitoring techniques to understand the impact of these reserves on oceanic biodiversity, according to a new study led by The University of Western Australia.
The University of Western Australia's Energy and Minerals Institute (EMI) and Australian oil and gas company Woodside have won a national award for outstanding collaboration between business and higher education.The 'BHERT Awards' were established in 1998 by the Business/Higher Education Round Table, a national organisation focused on strengthening relationships between industry and tertiary education, and recognise achievement between the two across the fields of research and development and education and training.
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PARENTS were warned last night that every school in Huddersfield could close as the biggest strike in 85 years draws closer.
The final union ballot results are due to be announced today as millions of public sector workers prepare to take industrial action on Wednesday November 30 over controversial pension changes.
Howard Roberts, secretary of the Kirklees branch of the National Union of Teachers, told the Examiner: "The strike will have a huge impact on schools. All the big schools in Huddersfield will be shut.
"It's possible there may be some very small schools which aren't affected but it looks like this will be the largest strike in living memory."
Teaching union the NASUWT will announce the result of its strike ballot today – the final major organisation to reveal its verdict.
Yesterday public sector union Unite announced its members had backed the industrial action by three-to-one.
GMB and Unison, which also have large memberships in local government, have already voted in favour of striking.
The First Division Association, which represents senior civil servants, has backed industrial action as has Prospect, the union for managers, engineers and scientists.
Mr Roberts believes this month's stoppage will be the largest industrial action since 1926.
"The way things are going, this will be the biggest one since the General Strike," he said.
The industrial action has been called in opposition to proposed public sector pension changes.
The Government wants to switch the pension scheme from final salary to the less-generous career average system.
Ministers also want to increase workers' average annual contribution by 3.2% while the pension age would rise to 66 by 2020 and 67 in 2027.
Mr Roberts said public sector workers would not accept the proposals.
"They want us to pay more, work longer and get less," he said.
"It's bonkers. How stupid do they think we are?"
Mr Roberts added that the Government had not proved there was a problem with the long-term viability of public sector pensions.
He said: "If they could demonstrate that we need to pay more then we would pay more, that was agreed in 2007."
Mr Roberts believes the Government should avoid a "race to the bottom" on pensions with private companies.
He said: "Two-thirds of private sector workers do not have any pension whatsoever. I don't understand how worsening our pensions helps anyone."
THE following unions have voted to strike against proposed changes to public sector pensions:
The Public and Commercial Services Union (civil servants)
The National Union of Teachers
The National Association of Probation Officers
Unison (local government, including bin men, home carers and teaching assistants)
Unite (local government)
GMB (local government, NHS, civil service)
The First Division Association (senior civil servants)
Prospect (managers, engineers and scientists)
The Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians
The National Association of Head Teachers
The Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists
The Society of Radiographers
The Association of Educational Psychologists
INTO (teachers in Northern Ireland)
Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (bus drivers in Northern Ireland)
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Thanks to an outpouring of support from businesses, schools, and individuals another Christmas Distribution at Flat River Outreach Ministries (FROM) helps local families have something to celebrate. Distribution day was Saturday, December 19. Close to 300 families were helped this year, free of charge.
It Takes a Community to Help a Community
Sue Majinska, Karen Whalen, and Mandy McDowell worked to coordinate Christmas Distribution efforts. Those living in the Lowell Area School District needing help this holiday season were able to sign up for Flat River Outreach Ministries gift and/or food distribution. This program allows families and individuals to get a full meal and new gifts for kids birth through high school senior. Through a lottery system those who have registered are given a time to come in and shop on distribution day.
Starting in mid-November various businesses in Lowell are designated drop off sites collecting items for kids from birth to high school senior. As bins are filled FROM volunteers empty them. All of the items are sorted and stored until it is time to set up for Christmas Gift Distribution. Numerous rooms contain new gifts and each room is organized by gender and age range.
Families and individuals who sign up to receive a gift distribution were able to pick out a specific number of items in each room for every child in the family. Either a family board game or puzzle and gloves and slippers were also available. Financial donations were used to purchase gifts in areas where more items were needed. The Lowell Women's Club also donated gifts for moms and grandmothers to pick out because they often put themselves last.
Sylvia Taylor coordinates all of the food distribution. The food pantry provides a complete dinner including the main course, sides, and dessert. When filling out the form to sign up is a spot to choose between turkey or ham. In addition to the meat a grocery bag filled with fresh and canned items including stuffing, gravy, veggies, fruit, and a pie is also handed out.
A group of approximately 20 volunteers made the Christmas Distribution possible. Gifts were sorted and set out on tables. Food was divided up into bags. Distribution day volunteers help people shop and pick up food. Hundreds of children in the community are able to have a few new gifts under the tree and full meal with their family thanks to those who donated time and items to FROM.
Continued Community Support
FROM's Christmas Distribution is one of their larger events of the year. But they support families in the community all year. For those wanting to continue helping FROM, donations can be dropped off to be sold in their Treasures Thrift Shop, which helps raise funds. Food donations are also accepted to help provide those in need with groceries.
FROM also offers lunch for school aged children in the summer and over Christmas break. This year's Lunch Buddies food distribution is Dec. 27 from 1pm-7pm.
Lowell is not only fortunately enough to be able to provide services to those in need in the community but can be proud of those able and willing to donate time, items, and money for others. FROM Executive Director Dawn Broene concludes, "Christmas Distribution is just another example of how the community members of Lowell come together to support one another. This day just helps ensure that families can have a special Christmas and really enjoy the true meaning of Christmas without extra stress and worry."


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300 additional companies to be deployed in twin districts, say officials
Srinagar, May 02: All the additional 300 companies of para-military forces along with the police will be deployed for the smooth conduct of last phase of elections for South Kashmir parliamentary constituency on May 6 with officials declaring both Pulwama and Shopian districts going to polls as hypersensitive along with all the polling stations in twin districts, top security officials told KNO.
They said that massive security build-up will remain in force while as layering of security will be finalised by May 5 to ensure a fool-proof security cover for the last phase.
The officials said that tight security arrangements have been made in Pulwama and Shopian besides other south Kashmir districts that include Anatnag and Kulgam to ensure no trouble on the last leg of polls. "We don't want to take any risk," said an official, wishing anonymity.
For the South Kashmir seat, the major contest is between PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti and Congress chief Ghulam Ahmed Mir while as National Conference has fielded retired Justice Hasnain Masoodi. Kulgam and Anantnag have already witnessed poling at 10.62 per cent and 13.6 per cent.
There will be the deployment of 300 additional forces personnel that means 35000 forces men on ground in two sensitive districts of south Kashmir on May 6 while as special focus will remain on polling booths and areas considered as "vulnerable on militancy front."
A top police office told KNO that all security arrangements have been made for smooth conduct of elections in Anantnag district with deployment of para-military and police personnel. "The companies of BSF, CRPF, ITBP, CISF, IRP and Jammu and Kashmir police have been deployed in strength in all sensitive areas of areas going to polls and they have taken their positions," said the officer, pleading anonymity.
Reliable sources told KNO that army was manning the heights to sanitize the areas and ensure that there was no militant threat during the polling. A CRPF officer said that they have already started night patrolling, area domination while as multiple-layer of security cover will be given to polling booths across the district. "A separate component for law and order challenges has also been deployed," he said.
For the polling stations falling in hypersensitive Pulwama and Shopian, proper security plan has been worked out so that voters come freely to exercise their right to vote.
Separate teams have been deployed on ground for facing the militant threats. Number of checkpoints and mobile check posts has been jointly established by the police and the CRPF on all important road links to facilitate the movement of voters.
All polling booths in Pulwama and Shopian district fall in the hypersensitive category. The polling staff and the machinery including electronic voting machines have reached the designated polling stations in the district.
The polling material will be distributed under tight security on May 4 and May 5. The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) has asked people to boycott the polls and to observe a shutdown on May 6


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The University of Delaware's Center for Global and Area Studies will begin its "Issues in Global Studies" lecture series at 12:30 p.m., Monday
September 10 in 228 Alison Hall.
Each lecture in the series, which continues through December 3, is
free and open to the public. The series also is part of a one-credit course (ARSC300) that is a core course for the minor in global studies. This semester's theme "21st Century Feminisms" addresses key debates within and about feminism as well as the history and practice of feminism, drawing from examples such as voting and reproductive rights for women, civil rights activism, the Stonewall riots, and 'women in development.' The objectives are to bring clarity to thinking about feminism and cultivate an open and inclusive set of ideas about how to address structural oppressions and inequalities in the world.
Lectures will be held weekly on
Mondays from 12:30 p.m. to 1:20 p.m. in 228 Alison Hall, EXCEPT OCT. 29 in 206 BROWN LAB. Each lecture will feature a different presenter, from UD and other institutions, focusing on a particular part of the world.
The topics and speakers are as follows, subject to change:
A flyer is available for download
21st Century Feminisms: ARSC300 Issues in Global Studies Fall 2018(Graphic by Martine Ehrhart)


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Sunday we had a little Christmas party with adults and kids. This was a first b/c usually I do not do a mixed party(kids and adults). However, with my kids getting older and the "nature" of this group....we did! It was great fun. Everyone brought their favorite Christmas dessert.
I made my peppermint punch and snowman cupcakes!
We did a white elephant exchange...I still don't think my 4 yr. old understands this "whole" concept. Even during the exchange...I kept thinking "oh please no one steal her gift...it will be a meltdown!"
Also, we did the "reindeer antler game". Everyone gets an antler when they come in. The host throughout the night will take it off. When you see the host take it off..you quickly take it off..last person with the antler on their head is out. There is a gift at the end of the night to the person still wearing the "antlers". It's crazy but the kids love, love it!
Well, Sunday was crazy with church, basketball game, Nutcracker and then hosting a Christmas get-together. The Nutcracker was very sweet. I even got teary eyed at one part..OH MY! I know I am just exhausted when I cry at the Nutcracker. Do you know how many times I have seen this? I COULD BE THE NUTCRACKER..Just hand me my sword, please!
I did not take one picture during the party. By the time, I sat down for the exchange...I did not have one ounce of energy to go back upstairs to get my camera. Well, off to eat an energy bar and wrap some more gifts!
p.s. I saw the snowman cupcakes on Family Fun. However, recently I saw them on the most wonderful "blog". It's like looking at a magazine...a true delight! Check this talented lady out...her cooking is so beautiful and her pictures are like a storybook!


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21,22 "When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. As He was praying, the heavens opened and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: 'You are My Son whom I love; with You I am well pleased.'"
Luke 3:21-22 (NIV)
Similarly, Scripture shows us that when Jesus simply, humbly took the stage, the Spirit came too. It happened at Christ's baptism and it happens among us too. You see, whenever Jesus gets lifted up and His gospel truly plays out in us and through us, the Spirit comes. And whenever He comes, fullness is felt and power to change bursts forth.
Athlete, put Jesus on center stage. Lift Him up, make much of Him, and make Him known. Let's preach this gospel and showcase Him in and through our lives. And expect the Spirit of God to powerfully support this exaltation somehow, someway. That's what He loves to do. The Spirit loves to come as we make Jesus as big as He really is and proclaim the gospel as we ought.
Who's got center stage in your life? Are others seeing fullness and power following an exalted Jesus in you? The simple leads to the spectacular.