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Just about everyone in the West has heard some variation on "don't judge a book by its cover." That's ordinarily sound advice: The marketing material comprising the "cover" seldom has diddly-squat to do with the contents; frequently, even the purportedly factual material is misleading or worse. Consider El Presidente's purported seminal work The Art of the Deal… which is not "by" him in any sense. (I've even seen some reviews that claim its content didn't then, and still doesn't now, reflect his actual business practices.) Consider overblown titles like "The Only ____ Book You'll Ever Need" — or most trade nonfiction titles beginning with a definite article (falsely implying that there is no possible contradiction or alternative to the rest of the title). Consider misleading cover illustrations, such as putting a picture of Supergolfer X on the cover of a book about golf courses that includes only one course on which X has ever even played, let alone had any actual affiliation with; or that shows Superchef Y smiling in a TVgenic kitchen that Y has never actually cooked in (let alone done any of the cleanup or prep work in, or actually shopped for equipment for, or food to cook in).
But all of that is typical marketing fluff, as misleading as it is (and as regulated out of existence as deceptive trade material it would be in, say, the packaged-dinners section of the grocery store, or an auto-parts store). Publishing is often worse than that. Indeed, by default publishing is worse than that.
- Those annoying Chevrolet commercials claiming that Chevrolet is the "most awarded" (American) manufacturer just copy decades of publishing-industry examples of throwing "Award-Winning Author" on the cover of completely noncomparable works. Just in the last couple of years, for example, I've seen a long-ago-published (execrable and should have been disowned, because the author has grown a lot in the years since) novel remarketed with a "___-Award-Winning Author" fake medallion, because the author recently got an award for a work of short fiction.
- There's also the "Bestselling Author" tag… in an industry that treats actual sales numbers as proprietary trade secrets, and won't even tell authors about them until 18 months later (presuming the accuracy and honesty of royalty reports in the first place). There is literally no wide-spectrum tracker of sales in publishing: Every single one neglects Amazon (and those who haven't had a college student in the house would be shocked at how many textbooks get ordered from Amazon, putting even nontrade books in play). The largest database — Nielsen Bookscan — is not only expensive, but horribly underinclusive.
And then there are the survey-based bestseller lists, most prominently (but not exclusively) the NYT lists. Leaving aside the arrogance and almost-certain conflicts of interest involved in establishing such a list allegedly reflecting the nation as a whole from the city that purports to be the center of trade publishing, the attempts to "protect" the list by keeping the reporting stores "secret" frequently backfire. I offer this as an alternative:
- Blurbs and endorsements. What more can I say? No matter what signed "proof" publishers have that the provider of a blurb has actually read the manuscript, a high proportion hasn't. (Or, as for certain Bay Area authors a few years back, couldn't… having died before the manuscript was with the publisher.) They're also startlingly unhelpful, virtually always extracted out of context… and, more often than not, based on the blurber's perception of the author as Deserving Marketing Help, aside from the merits of the work at issue. They're actually less meritorious than the typical celebrity endorsement, which must at least reveal whether the endorser actually uses the product or service.
Sadly, there's a common thread to these particular marketing efforts: They all display a certain contempt for the reader, depending as they do on uncritical acceptance for products that, by their very nature — even when marketed as "just entertaining stories," let alone anything else — require at least some semblance of the opposite. Indeed, they're not aimed at the actual purchaser of books at all (well, perhaps they're in part aimed at library-system buyers); they're aimed at 1980s-gestalt chain-bookstore Buyers, to get them onto the shelves in the first place. The last time I checked (about five minutes before posting this), it wasn't the 1980s any more… and the public has a helluva lot of alternatives to browsing at a mall-based Waldenbooks, especially that part of the public living more distant from Manhattan than Paramus.
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While riding home from Chicago yesterday, we got pounded with rain. A storm blew up suddenly and the rain was accompanied by ominous dark clouds and high gusts of wind. A Severe Thunderstorm Warning had been issued for our County and surrounding counties for the entire night.
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Aug. 1939 Hitler & Stalin sign a non-aggression pact 1.What did each leader gain from the secret pact? Hitler: Removal of threat from the east Stalin: Take over of Baltics / no German threat
Sep. 1939 Hitler invades Poland Blitzkrieg "Lightning War" - Using fast moving mechanized weapons & overwhelming force. USSR Germany 2. What strategy did Hitler use to conquer Poland?
April 1940 Hitler invades Denmark & Norway Distract the Allies & create a path to France through Holland, Belgium & Luxembourg 3. What was Hitler's plan for conquering France?
June 1940 France Surrenders British civilians rescued Allied soldiers trapped there. 4. What happened at Dunkirk?
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Allentown Brew Works: Fegley's Bourbon Barrel Aged Insidious Stout: A Review
Anytime I hear about Allentown, Pennsylvania, that Billy Joel song invades my brain — I just cannot help it! The song artfully describes the tough conditions in a town that suffered the post-industrial blues. But these days, Allentown is not the same town from the song. In fact, the place is thriving, and craft beer is an important part of this renaissance. This is nowhere more evident than at Allentown Brew Works.
The brewery is young, established only in 2007. Including both the brewery and an attached restaurant (brewpub, or brasserie), the company is owned by the Fegley family, who also founded Bethlehem Brew Works in 1998. Allentown Brew Works has five signature beers and ten flagship beers that they brew year-round, they also brew seasonal beers, including a pumpkin ale in October, when Pennsylvania becomes cold as hell. I really, really love the idea of seasonal brews, and I am enchanted by the idea of snuggling up next to a fire with a lovely lady, enjoying pumpkin ale and lively discussion.
Allentown Brew Works Fegley's Bourbon Barrel Aged Insidious (woo, that's a long name!) has an ABV of 9.0%. What makes it even more complicated is that the company calls the beer both Fegley's Bourbon Barrel Aged Insidious, and in other places, Bourbon Barrel Insidious Imperial Stout. What a mouthful! This penchant for long, creative names for craft beers is fine and dandy, but sometimes I believe it gets out of hand. Alas, I digress.
The beer is an imperial stout, meaning that it is basically a top-fermented, cold-fermented lager, brewed with dark-roasted grains. And as the beer's name indicates, Allentown Brew Works ages it for a year in former bourbon whiskey barrels. Apparently, the company makes an Insidious Stout, and this is that stout after barrel-aging.
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Bottle: The bottle is brown glass. The label, a lighter brown, is sleek and subtle. The lettering is yellow, and the label includes the logo of what appears to be a compass, or a map's directional legend.
Pour: The color is tarry black. There is a tiny head that dissipates almost immediately, leaving no lacing.
Aroma: The bouquet is that of deep vanilla, coffee, and roasted malt, with an undercurrent of chocolate. The aroma is a bit too sweet for my personal taste, but it is certainly rich and complex. There is also an element of bourbon whiskey.
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Texas' northern most terminal of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad was the settlement of Millican. It became the site of Camp Millican during the Civil War. Enlistees arrived by train to this camp that was nothing more than a gathering site. Sometimes recruits were trained here before marching for duty in Arkansas and Louisiana but some went to nearby camps to train. A marker for Camp Millican is across from the Millican Post Office on Highway 159.
Dunn's Fort
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7 Casual Phrases That Make Her Want You So Bad
How do you usually turn a woman on, whether she's a girlfriend who you've been with for a few months or your wife of 12 years?
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The establishment and enforcement of the criteria for recognition of accrediting agencies or associations under subpart 2 of part H of Title IV, HEA. The recognition of specific accrediting agencies or associations. The preparation and publication of the list of nationally recognized accrediting agencies and associations. The eligibility and certification process for institutions of higher education under Title IV, HEA. The development of standards and criteria for specific categories of vocational training institutions and institutions of higher education for which there are not recognized accrediting agencies, associations, or State agencies in order to establish the interim eligibility of those institutions to participate in Federally funded programs. What Agencies Will the Advisory Committee Review at the Meeting? The Advisory Meeting will review the following agencies during its December 6-8, 1999 meeting. Nationally Recognized Accrediting Agencies Petition for Initial Recognition 1. Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (Requested scope of recognition: Baccalaureate Degree Programs in Nursing Education and Graduate Degree Programs in Nursing Education) Petitions for Renewal of Recognition 1. Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology (Requested scope of recognition: the accreditation of private, postsecondary, non-degree-granting institutions and degree-granting institutions, including those granting associate and baccalaureate degrees, that are predominantly organized to educate students for occupational, trade and technical careers). 2. American Psychological Association, Committee on Accreditation (Requested scope of recognition: the accreditation of doctoral programs in clinical, counseling, school and combined professional-scientific psychology, predoctoral internship programs in professional psychology, and postdoctoral residency programs in professional psychology) 3. Council on Naturopathic Medical Education (Requested scope of recognition: the accreditation and preaccreditation (Candidate for Accreditation) of institutions and graduate programs in Naturopathy that lead to the degree of Doctor of Naturopathy (N.D.) or Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine (N.M.D.)) 4. National Accrediting Commission of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences (Scope of recognition: the accreditation of postsecondary schools and departments of cosmetology arts and sciences) 5. 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You must submit a written request to make an oral presentation concerning an agency listed in this notice to the contact person by November 1, 1999. Your request should include: --The names of all persons seeking an appearance, --The organization they represent, and --A brief summary of the principal points to be made during the oral presentation. This notice is not a call for third-party written comments. However, if you wish to provide the Advisoy Committee with a brief document (no more than 6 pages maximum) illustrating the main points of your oral testimony, please enclose one original and 25 copies of the document with your written request to make an oral presentation. Please do not distribute written materials at the meeting or send materials directly to Committee members. Materials submitted by the deadline and in accordance with these instructions become part of the official record and are considered by the Committee in its deliberations. 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by David Celestra Tan, MSK
Weeks before he was officially appointed by President Pnoy as ERC Chairman to replace ex-Pampanga Congresswoman Zenaida C. Ducut, lawyer Jose Vicente Salazar was already being questioned for his lack of energy industry knowledge and therefore will be needing a "long learning curve". He allegedly worked as a consultant for the Aboitiz group. It was implied also that he was involved in some kind of irregularity at the Department of Justice.
Well, allow us to express our take on how this appointment could affect the power industry and the consumers, especially those in the Meralco area.
From news accounts, the new ERC Chairman has an electrical engineering degree from UP and a lawyer. He also has a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Harvard University. More important to MSK, It appears he is not a politician for a change.
Wow. What an upgrade from the previous appointees. For that matter the current composition of the ERC Commission as a whole is an upgrade from the class of 2002 to 2014 of PGMA appointees. Nothing personal, but the consumers did terribly under those commissioners as they gave in to most of what Meralco wanted to change in our rate making methodologies. Somehow the three politician Chairs of ERC under PGMA appeared to have mindsets that did not translate to "consumer first" regulation and the "public interest" mandate of the ERC.
On top of his educational credentials, the new ERC Chair apparently had served on the board of PSALM and represented the DOJ on energy related tasks. We expect he is also a Meralco consumer, probably an important real life experience needed by him to have the right perspective. We mean this guy is not clueless as being implied by early detractors and should not need to struggle through a "long learning curve" in the critical issues facing the ERC, the RCOA and RES rules included.
Part of that is the solid group of Commissioners that is already in place.
It is political season and it is no longer in vogue to heap praises on President PNoy but credit must be given where it is due. In our book one of the best things President Pnoy quietly had done was putting in better people at the ERC. The appointment of Commissioners Non and Taruc, which ironically went unnoticed by the media, was a stroke of genius, a great patriotic step towards infusing a regulatory soul into an agency that had lost its way, and a big testimony of this President's commitment for going "matuwid" in governance. The subsequent appointment of ex DOE undersecretary Josefina Magpale-Asirit was similarly an upgrade in industry knowledge. She brought in energy policy making perspective into the ERC.
"Long Learning Curve"
We doubt that "long learning curve" will be a problem. ERC Chair Salazar is not exactly clueless. And the concept of knowing energy and having a "short learning curve" is overrated. We mean, former ERC Chair Ducut had a term of seven (7) years. Granting that she spent two years "learning" the power sector, we can assume that she can already be considered knowledgeable in power deregulation in the last five (5) years until her recent retirement. But how did the consumers do in those last five years? Dismally. There was no initiative to correct the anti-consumer regulatory rules put in by her two predecessors since 2002. It was perpetuation. Remember the Meralco rate infamy of 2013 when the Ducut ERC approved in one sitting the application of Meralco to pass on to the consumers an 80% jump in generation rates? We mean under Ducut, ERC's conscience was not even bothered enough to take pause and ask "wait a minute, isn't a P4.15 per kwh increase in one month too big a burden to the consumers?"
On the issue of RCOA and RES, we heard Commissioner Non is currently leading the initiative to rewrite the rules to create more competition and avoid conflict of interests that work against the consumers. It is in good hands and the ERC should be allowed to stay the course.
What new ERC Chair Salazar needs to do a good job at ERC is to have his heart in the right place. To sincerely and faithfully pursue "fair and reasonable" rates, to recognize that the promotion of true competition in the power sector is what will bring down rates, to see that opening the generation market is key to assuring continued investments for long term power supply, to balance the right of power sector investors to a fair return without sacrificing the consumers. Chair Salazar has to discern all decisions at hand from the prism of public interest. "It is only through the heart that one can see rightly" as the Little Prince said. If he is faithful to these ideals he will not be swayed, he will not be enticed, and he will not be lost.
The ERC bureaucracy also has professionals who are competent and committed to promote public interest. They just need to be led along the matuwid path towards the genuine pursuit of ERC's regulatory mandate for fair and reasonable rates and the needed creation of a truly competitive industry environment.
ERC as "Quasi Judicial" body
One important thing ERC Chair Salazar should bring to the ERC is a fresh look at things. At the way things are done. We need new approaches.
One area that can use some rethinking and better enlightenment is how it handles its "quasi judicial" powers. The GMA ERC's got caught too much in their "judicial" power. They operated as a court of justice, only hearing arguments and making decisions based on evidence presented. The Energy Regulatory Commission should be a provider (or enabler) of strategic energy policy decisions by sending the right "rate making methodologies" to support those goals. It is too reactive and apparently lacked its own competitive power road map. In the process it made itself susceptible to the enticements of the vested interests and hence easily got distracted. Napariwara ang Bayan. The steadfast initiatives of the team of Commissioners Non, Taruc, and Asirit to promote true competition is a new dawn in the agency long felt to be apathetic to consumer interest (although you hear them use the term in vain).
The ERC can also rethink and streamline its own regulatory coverage. Why is it necessary for it to approve rate reductions as an example? If Chair Salazar can adjust this judiciary attitude, the consumers can see much better regulatory rules that better safeguard them, an ERC that applies its regulatory power and resources on things that need regulating.
As pointed out by former Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla, Commissioner Asirit suffers from the perception that she is a niece of the powerful Rene Almendras who is a known Aboitiz man. Newly appointed Commissioner Geronimo Sta. Ana of Cebu is also reportedly a former Aboitiz executive just like Sec. Almendras. And new ERC Chair Salazar had reportedly served as a consultant of the Aboitiz group.
Unfortunately the Aboitiz group is currently appealing a finding that it manipulated the spot market and is being penalized by P200 million by the ERC. We understand the matter is already with the higher courts. We agree that this is not an ideal situation. But is the glass half empty or half full? How can anyone have deep knowledge of the energy sector, especially power, without having been involved with any of the players in some capacity? Professionals do have rights to practice their professions. What they cannot have is conflict of interest that cannot be shed, like being a family member.
The MSK as an advocacy group in the Meralco area still see the new PNoy ERC as a significant upgrade for the consumers. We will trade anytime an ERC that is unabashedly captured by Meralco that serves 62% of the country for a new ERC that is captured (granting) by the Aboitiz group that serves only 14%.
Let us give new ERC Chairman Jose Vicente Salaz+ar a chance to show that he can put the interest of the Filipino nation first and work for the ERC's mandate to protect the public interest. It should not take him long to find his heart for the consumers.
The electricity consumers are counting on you Chairman Salazar. Please don't let them down.
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|Above, Yoshimitsu Banno addresses the 2004 G-TOUR members at the
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It has been reported by several people that Godzilla vs. Hedorah (a.k.a. Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster) director Yoshimitsu Banno has passed away.
I did a Google search, but it turned up no such news.
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Yoshimitsu Banno, director of GODZILLA VS. THE SMOG MONSTER, and one of the men responsible for bringing Godzilla to Legendary Pictures for the 2014 revival, has just passed away. He lead an eclectic and unique life, with a strange eye for cinema and a documentarian style that made Smog Monster one of the more unique kaiju films ever made. Rest in Peace, Yoshimitsu Banno.
I first met Mr. Banno in August 2001 at the Roppongi, Tokyo T.G.I. Friday's restaurant during G-TOUR. He gave a lengthy talk about his plans to produce a new Godzilla movie in 3D. He appeared as a special guest of G-FEST the following year.
R.I.P., Mr. Banno.


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Television arrived in Cuba on October 25, 1950.[1] In the 1940s, Cuba's two largest radio stations, CMQ and RHC-Cadena Azul, announced they would soon start broadcasting television. Since building TV stations and broadcast networks from scratch was extremely expensive and complex, it took longer than expected.
They were both beaten to the air by the tiny radio station, Union Radio. Gaspar Pumarejo, owner of Union Radio, built the new station in the Havana home and garage of a family named Mestre. Pumarejo set the inauguration of his TV station for October 24, 1950, which was Journalists Day in Cuba.[2] After honoring the journalist, Cuba's President Carlos Prío Socarrás was shown mugging it up for the camera and playing the role of cameraman. After this event Union Radio's slogan became "Union Radio, primera en television, primera en popularidad" ("Union Radio, first in television, first in popularity"). Union Radio was quickly followed by CMQ, which began broadcasting December 18, 1950.[3]
One of the first shows broadcast was coverage of Cuban Winter League baseball games.
"In late October, the station carried the first of what would be regular Cuban Winter League Baseball Games. A crew drove to the stadium in a remote-control truck. The broadcasts were beamed to the Mestre's house by microwave, where they were rebroadcast. Cameramen were positioned at first base and home plate. The station's third camera remained in the house until newsman Alberto Gandero finished his newscast. After the newscast, the third camera was carried to the stadium by taxi and positioned near third base." [4]
Soap operas ("telenovelas"), news, cooking shows, and comedy groups were shown. After Union Radio TV went on the air, Cuban demand for television sets soared. Luckily Cuban broadcasting coincided with a glut of sets in the US market. Despite the high cost, ranging $350 for a 16" set to $2,000 for a 30" set, the Cuban government's Imports and Exports Analysis Agency estimated that Cubans had imported more than 100,000 television receivers by 1952.[3]
From its inception, Cuban television played a huge part in the social and political fiber of Cubans. Extensive discussions about television began to unfold in the radio and entertainment sections of Cuban newspapers and magazines in the year leading up to October 14, 1950, the day Union Radio TV became the first television station to broadcast in Havana.[5] Critics believed that US television set a level of excellence that they wanted to uphold. They believed the medium's primary purpose in Cuba would be to enhance the "high culture" education of the Cuban citizen.[6]
On March 10, 1952 following Fulgencio Batista's successful coup, he sent for representatives of the media and imposed censorship. Though it was supposed to be temporary it wasn't until Journalists' Day, October 24, 1953 that the censorship was supposedly lifted. In truth the censorship became even harsher after Fidel Castro's July 26, 1953 attack on Moncada Barracks. Stations could be fined or shut down for various infractions. On March 14, 1953, CMCH-Radio Cadena Habana permitted a criticism of the coup. The station was immediately occupied by government soldiers.[7]
In true Cuban fashion the media learned to operate within the parameters of the censorship. In late 1957, Circuito Nacional Cubano, a station purported to be secretly owned by Batista, broadcast a fictional program called "El Dictador De Valle Azul." It starred Rolando Leyva as the rebel leader Taguary, who, with his group of men, roamed the Blue Valley and helped the people fight the valley's evil dictator in each episode. The comparisons with the dictator Batista and the rebel leader Castro were unmistakable. The government's failure to recognize the satire only made it appear inept as well as tyrannical.[7]
Moral censorship also increased under Batista. There was a move towards more family friendly broadcasts and less sexually provocative variety shows. In particular these were the rumba and mambo-inspired dances and more specifically the female dancers.
The following is a list of all television stations in Cuba:
The United States Military has a television station to serve the troops at Guantanamo Bay:
Daily listings appear in the newspaper Granma.
Weekly listings appear on the website of Juventud Rebelde.
Salwen, Michael. Radio and Television in Cuba: The Pre-Castro Era. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1994.
Rivero, Yeidy M. "Broadcasting Modernity: Cuban Television 1950-1953." Cinema Journal 46.3(2007):3-23.Print.
Non-Aligned Movement, Cold War, Raúl Castro, Nelson Mandela, Havana
Cuba, Mexico, Spain, Philippines, Turkey
Cuba, Guantánamo Bay, Cuban Revolution, Cuba–United States relations, Puerto Rico
Spain, United States, Cuba, American Civil War, Puerto Rico
Cuba, Havana, Reggaeton, Television in Cuba, Colombia
TeleSUR, Latin America, Cuba, Spanish language, Television in Cuba
Cuba, Spanish language, Havana, Radio, Artemisa Province
Havana, Cuba, Communist Party of Cuba, Cienfuegos, Camagüey
Cuba, Havana, Communist Party of Cuba, Spanish–American War, Cuban Missile Crisis


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Then Valdes points out that a lot of people have questioned what Larry Sykes does for his big salary. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6Wn2AKUYAE1ZXd.jpg
And now Valdes launches into a rather long speech in Spanish. That's how Spanish speaking people feel, she says afterwards in English. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6WnpvQVAAAJYJx.jpg
And now Valdes launches into a rather long speech in Spanish. That's how Spanish speaking people feel, she says afterwards in English. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6WnpflVUAAaNAV.jpg
"Who's going to show up and want an outreach person?" Snively says,as Hispanic outreach position comes soon after complaints from Hispanics. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6WnYjlVUAAzcQ2.jpg
And, Griffin adds, let's not forget the language barrier that makes it hard to take state tests, navigate the system as a parent, etc. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6WjztGUoAAiEGF.jpg
Griffin: Black and Hispanic males are "neck in neck when it comes to need." Really, the problem is poverty. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6WjlcMUsAABf-x.jpg
Shamburger opposes hiring Hispanic outreach officer when black students have greater needs.Worried about "the perceived inequity of it all." http://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6WjSObU4AAPpSB.jpg
"We might not have air conditioning in some of our schools " says Lynn Gray, re: the coat of the new community outreach department. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6WizS2VUAA_mzm.jpg
Actually, so does this one. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6WXy2_UYAATtx3.jpg
Robinson: "We have failing schools." He says superintendent should be able to place staff there at will. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6WUZwPUwAAWPCL.jpg
Robinson: "The union, I hate to tell you, I know you didn't support me (for school board), but the law is the law." http://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6WTwP0U0AE0iIt.jpg
Robinson disagrees with SBJ. "We have failing schools.. Declare an emergency" and place students there at will. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6WTM7XUsAEpEZM.jpg
Good principals are important at Elevate Schools, SBJ said. "Put them there and commit that you're going to keep them there." http://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6WSmxsU0AADici.jpg
Union's Stephanie Baxter-Jenkins doesn't like wording of Elevate schools policy, which suggests superintendent can place staff there at will http://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6WSON8U0AAj4bb.jpg
Avant Garde Charter School up for approval in Citrus Park. Arts and STEM theme, K-8. Approved 7-0. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6WGtbnUoAAClrk.jpg
Lynn Gray is recognizing 90BY20 team who ran the Gasparilla 5K to raise awareness for the district's graduation goals. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6WDbEbUwAITPAb.jpg
Teacher Ryan Haczynski asks, how about a citizen referendum for a half-penny sales tax to support the schools? http://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6V9rqqU8AAEuyn.jpg
John McLaughlin, the Robinson HS dad is back to talk about the student who allegedly made shooting threats. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6V8pYQU4AAeCSr.jpg
Apparently this Alonso senior was named saluditorian, but a mistake was made, now he is not. He and his friends are questioning the system. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6V71RVU8AALxk1.jpg
Joe Robinson says there is trouble with "the perception" that the new Hispanic outreach position is a slight to black students. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6V3EcKVMAAFBjB.jpg
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I was struggling to find a shovel at the right price and one night as I was navigating looking for hot rod, I got onto this add that said, trading motorcyle for Hot Rod and there it was. Went to see it the next day, and the deal was closed.
The S&S was ready for a shake down and a mock up. At first sight, the engine is very dirty but in good condition. there are no electric on it and lights are only there to please the cops. The inside of the tank is rusted and the flange are from home depot.
No bad surprise on the bike, so in my spare time and until I got plenty of it, I take away any inches on chrome.
The bike is really dirty.
and the Tube are in pretty bad shape.
But nothing stops Mr Miaggi.
I bought myself a small mig machine and welded an extension to the kickstand which lay under the bike and was more or less impossible to reach. The kind of things that really piss me off.
Then I look at the back fender which wasn't of the same diameter as the wheel.
The idea is to shorten the strut and bend the fender so it can slide on the tire. I chopped some of the fender to make more flexible and it seems to work.
I looked also at blocking the triple tree to avoid having the handle bar hitting the tank and build a small headlight holder.
Considering the limited capacity of the tank, I decided to add one up and welded some bungs to hook it up.
I think it will look ok when I finish.
And I had to do a bit of work on the tank.
which I position on few angle to see which one I liked best.
And to get an initial idea, I put everything up...
I had to fix the tank, so bought some body fill in and did the work.
And decided to play with some design and actually try the Metal Flake paint I had bought over the internet.
I played a bit with various colour and technique so I could be ready when I would make my f. mind up. The yellow flake on top of black under coat was my favorite.
Then I chopped the exaust and wrap them in white heat tape. It's useless but it looks good
And need to find a way to hook up the tank on the hight bar. I had some seat machism which I cut and weld together and then on the frame to make the mount.
and same for the back seat, although I did not weld very well, so had to do it 3 times until I was satisfied.
Then paint and back for final assembly
And paint for the last 2 things, the gas tank and
the back fender.
While it drying start mounting everything up. F.... the front tire don't fit, it's 110-90 and I think it only take 90-90. They don't have the size in metzeler marathon. Will figure something out.
Well lots more stuff to do, but back fender now finished
tanks looks good
Getting there
and finished.
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National Quality Forum (NQF) study revealed that healthcare professionals were not paying sufficient attention to Patient Reported Outcomes, failed to prioritize patient outcome priorities.
NQF described "patient voice" as a key success factor in healthcare quality, and described a misalignment in priorities between patients and care providers in which patient voice was not sufficiently incorporated.
Excerpt: "An analysis of online patient communities has shown that healthcare professionals usually don't look at what matters most to patient satisfaction. This is a huge development for patient reported outcomes (PROs) measures, according to the National Quality Forum (NQF).
"The analysis leveraged data from hundreds of thousands of patients from the online community PatientsLikeMe. Patients involved in the analysis manage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), multiple sclerosis, and rheumatoid arthritis, and offered feedback about their conditions, quality of life, and functional outcomes. The survey participants also offered feedback about how medical professionals capture PROs, which are data about how healthcare procedures improved patients' quality of life, reported from the patient point of view."
"Representatives from NQF say one of the primary takeaways of the project, which was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is understanding that the patient voice is key in healthcare. It is important for healthcare professionals to know specifically how to better capture PROs, but even more important for industry experts to know how to tap into online patient communities to develop better healthcare measures.
"'Patients are the ultimate stakeholders in their care and their health, so it's critical to know what they need and value most,' PatientsLikeMe Co-founder and President Ben Heywood said in a prepared statement. 'This work is the bridge between our robust online patient communities and the National Quality Forum's long-respected work to identify the best measures of healthcare quality.'"
"Online patient communities offer an important lens into the overall patient experience, and more industry professionals should tap these tools to make improvements. 'We need to focus on the issues that are most important to patients,' Agrawal asserted. 'This approach, drawing on the experience of thousands of patients engaged through the PatientsLikeMe community, is a huge step forward to amplify the patient voice to improve healthcare quality.'
"This analysis was a part of the NQF's Measure Incubator, which works to develop better methods for collecting healthcare quality measures in areas where measures are limited or non-existent."
Source: Patient Engagement HIT
WBB Take: "Voice of the Customer" (VoC) is a core principle in quality improvement, and many studies have pointed out how few quality metrics are directly related to patient outcomes measures, fewer still that are patient reported, and even fewer that were designed with patient involvement. The NQF has embarked on an incubator program to develop outcomes measures that draw on the patient experience, and thus embody VoC in two ways: Involvement of patients in the selection and design of metrics, and collection and use of patient generated outcomes data.
Part of the move from fee-for-service to value-based care is understanding what patients regard as value, and reducing waste by identifying and eliminating elements in the patient journey that are not value-added. This step also has importance in reducing the overall level of waste in healthcare, which some studies have estimated as being as high as 30% of all care cost.
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I had someone asking via Twitter about the "Gerrymandering" Ruling & asked what we should do.... well... my response...
#Liberal #Judicial #Activism and OverReach again in #Michigan. #MI 3 #Judge panel #ORDERS nearly 2 dozen #Mich #Districts be redrawn and new/Special Elections (in some cases)! What #MILeg response should be....
Coincidentally, I was @ a forum discussion (well, was #GrassrootsUSA sponsored #PizzaAndPolitics in #Lansing (#Michigans #Capital for those who may not know) and Panel they had gathered to discuss various topics touched on it) on this just tonight (and they usual insiders moaned about appealing but likely CAVING)! We have to respond in kind when #Libtards play these games. ReDraw them almost exactly the same (dare the court to do a damn thing over it) & send to Court (bypassing Dem Gov, cuz its a Court, not traditional, regular-order/process, legislative matter) & suckering DemGov #Whitless and Dem AG into suing/appealing having been bypassed as a result of the Court over-reach and meddling in the process. Dragging past 2020 (leaving Districts in place for 2020).
Plus, given AntiGerrymandering Ballot initiative being passed in 2018 by Michigan Voters (for detailed discussion on that - see: #Michigan #Prop2 - Will NOT end GerryMandering of Congressional Districts... at http://rattlewithus.ning.com/profiles/blogs/michigan-2018-prop2), is the Legislature actually now the proper place to be reDrawn?!?!? The supposed "experts" didn't even bother to mention it.... Should not the new, bogus, PANEL of People that is ORDERED to be formed by that Constitutional Amendment be the proper place for the Districts Drawings?!?!? Seems to me, at least, yet another chance to muddy the waters and drag the issue out!!!! Though we'd rather prefer to avoid letting that sham committee, likely to be packed with Liberals/Democrats (by hook or by crook, part of the whole reason the Left pushed the initiative, it is/was never about anti-Gerrymandering but all about whether Liberals can (again, by hook/crook) get control of it away from #GOP controlled #MILeg)!
Unfortunately, most #MIGOP in #Lansing are #RINOs/#CINOs and are #MORONS (zero creativity, imagination, ability to think outside the box, any long-term strategic thinking/planning/actions, or willingness to stick it back to Dems, just pretending to stand on any PRINCIPLES, always making EXCUSES why they KNUCKLE-UNDER (are you beginning to suspect I have major DISDAIN for #Establishment Hack RINOs/CINOs?!?!? lol)) and/or have #NOBALLS!
Yes, the Liberal Judicial Activists on that Court will then attempt to draw the Districts, way over-bounds, far outside their authority, which we will easily win said challenge at #SCOTUS (and, again, at least getting a stay leaving Districts in place for 2020 and avoiding the 2020 Special Elections as it drags out if we don't get a Ruling in Time (as, obviously, Districts have to be in place long before Election Day in order for Candidates to be able to Declare/File/Run, Ballots printed, Ballot casting locations potentially needing be reworked, etc...) or even if/when we'd somehow lose we'd be well past able to do anything for 2020 and would have to ReDistrict those and potentially more after #Census for 2022 or 2024 and hopefully have the #MIGov, #MIAG, and #MISOS, back in #MIGOP hands again after 2022 Elections).
Yes, I know, the old "with Honey" adage! Obviously, by my language/tone, I'm not making many #Friends in #Lansing #Michigan - but as a #REAL #CONSERVATIVE and a #PLATFORM #REPUBLICAN it is safe to say they weren't going to be my Friend anyway (my intent is to work with my real Friends and try to rile up Michiganders that stay silent far too often into DEMANDING CHANGE/RESULTS for the Votes our Reps keep asking for, ney, demanding, "but you can't let that other person who is clearly worse" get elected threats, while never actually EARNING our Votes by keeping any promises they make to us!
Rarely, frankly it seems like almost never, do they bother to listen to what the BASE has to say and/or wants (like a #GasTax increase after 80% defeat of Ballot initiative to raise them. Constant FAILURE to do #AutoInsuranceReform with complete control of Lansing because they insist on Comprehensive Bill complete with Poison pills (cuz many #RINOs enjoy the InsCoLobbyist and/or, even-moreso, TrialLawyers', money stream coming their way and work (sabotage) to keep the stats-quo) they know won't pass rather than do a couple/separate one page Bills of/for just one part of the overall issue but would still partially lower Rates (some, better than none) they insist EVERYONE agrees on (yet, again, they refuse to put forth and Pass! Constant excuses, that's not how its done, its always been done this way, BULLSHIT OMNIBUS/overComplex/Comprehensive Bills has not always been done and what about all those promises of INSISTING ON CHANGING THE STATUS QUO (empty rhetoric)). COWARDLY FAILING on any follow-up to all the Voting issues (we've known about forever but) the #JillStein recount FULLY EXPOSED FOR ALL TO SEE (afraid of being called names addressing the Cities most exposed as INCOMPETENT AT BEST and out-right engaging in #VoterFraud (and then they'll acted SHOCKED when we see more of it in 2020)). etc... Need I really go on?!?!?).
From the Detroit Free Press.... "Today, this court joins the growing chorus of federal courts that have, in recent years, held that partisan gerrymandering is unconstitutional," said the opinion signed by Circuit Judge Eric Clay, who was appointed by former Democratic President Bill Clinton"... more: https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/25/gerrymandering...
Conservatives.... TEAParty activists.... When/Where are you willing to Stand and Fight? (RWU discussion, cross-posted at B4IN): https://beforeitsnews.com/v3/opinion-conservative/2018/3394330.html
The GOP (The Party of kNOw) must be the Party of HELL NO! Not just the Party of SLOWer Road to Socialism! (RWU and cross-posted to RedState): https://www.redstate.com/diary/JLenardDetroit/2009/08/04/party-of-h...
#VoterFraud will become more rampant and blatant (RWU/B4IN): https://beforeitsnews.com/v3/politics/2018/3036724.html
UNRELATED (but important):
Gary Peters is far more beatable in 2020 than was Stabenow in 2018! (RWU discussion cross-posted at B4IN): https://beforeitsnews.com/v3/tea-party/2019/2619288.html
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I'll start with a little bit of a summary: just over a year ago I started the quiz bowl Discord as a potential replacement for the IRC. At the time of my first update four months in, the community was a few dozen people; now, eight months after that, there are quite a lot more than that. I think that at this point it is clear that it has established a niche for itself, and even if it is the wretched hive of scum and villainy that some have insinuated in the past, it is at least a well-frequented one.
I am really happy at the level of engagement that the Discord has had, and can scarcely believe that it's been an entire year since its inception. It's hosted several play testing sessions, countless packet readings, and the 2017 Festivus (the packet-reading capabilities of Discord seem good enough to sustain packet readings over text for essentially any number of people). Even just recently there was some very productive discussion about the buzz point data for ACF Regionals, which made its way onto its own post. However, I'm not here to talk about the positives.
Discord is a public platform: I have not installed any barriers to entry outside of the difficulty of obtaining an invite (which is negligible, as any member is allowed to generate one and distribute them freely). It is perhaps one degree less open than the forums since it requires either navigating the forums to find that one permalink I dropped 13 months ago or being in direct contact with someone already on the forums. Much like the IRC though, the chat makes it easy for people to jump in and start contributing. It lacks much of the seriousness, decorum, and occasional unbridled rage that many people have come to associate with the forums*. People of various levels of commitment to quiz bowl come and go talking of Michelangelo, and I think there has been a lot of productive discussion, casual conversation, and socializing. It seems to have continued where the IRC left off in its role as an informal place for quiz bowl people to hang out and stuff.
*But does it really?
It is no secret that the IRC concentrated much of negative, cliquish aspects of quiz bowl, but nevertheless those problems were never really removed. Though tolerated there, I really don't see why that has to continue; for all their similarities, the IRC and the Discord are separate entities, and don't need to be administered the same way. For this reason, I am voicing my concerns with the sorts of behavior that people exhibit on a fairly regular basis in the Discord. People seem to think that it's okay to air personal grievances, insult each other for things unrelated to quiz bowl, and generally be a prick to each other for reasons totally separate to quiz bowl. I disagree.
What I want to discuss is whether the community thinks that there is justification for rules against this sort of behavior. I will now briefly explain my thoughts on the matter in a little box for easy access:
Now, the question of whether people should be nice to each other on the forums is one that has been addressed several times in the past, and I think that it's important that to address the key points from those previous arguments. This post is not targeted at people yelling at each other over the best way to powermark a set, nor is it trying to preserve some kind of existing order that can only be defeated by throwing an unrelenting torrent of rage at it - this is 100% not directed at quiz bowl-related discussion. As others have said with much more nuance than I am about to, it is a slippery slope from there to removing discussions from a place ostensibly created for the purpose of having those kinds of discussions in the first place. If your opinions on Russian historiography whip you into a frothing rage then good for you, because first and foremost, the quiz bowl Discord is meant to foster quiz bowl discussion.my opinions wrote:I don't understand how this mode of conversation has any place, not just in the Discord, but in quiz bowl in general. Hating people is fine, I guess - it happens to everyone. I feel that sort of thing should be saved for private conversations, though. I'm even willing to concede that there's nothing wrong with stating displeasure/annoyance/hatred for another person if that's all it is - a statement. It becomes a fact about you - I dislike Y, I am annoyed with Z, remember it or don't. But the moment that there's elaboration, once specific arguments get involved, it fosters toxicity. It invites people to join in the yelling or argue that it's wrong. And it forces everyone else to either have an opinion on the matter, change the topic, or outright leave. I also find grievance with the comments of this nature that aren't even personally motivated. Instead, they're mean just for the sake of it. Whether it's for the purpose of advancing an argument or merely belittling another, like... why? This is clearly not an okay thing. If the Discord is to act as a public space, suitable for everyone to participate in, I don't see how this sort of behavior can stay.
But! I think that an equally important secondary purpose of the Discord would be to provide a place for quiz bowl people to interact with one another. There are constantly people talking about shared interests, or their travel plans, or any number of things, and I think that's what the real value in having something outside of the forums like the Discord. Negative conversations suck collective attention away from quiz bowl related topics, but they directly hurt perception of the space and as a consequence how willing people are to participate in future conversations. If the Discord disappeared today I think that'd be the main thing we'd lose.
My opinion on this may very well be unique. This is why I have put this topic on the forums, so you guys can roast me if you think this is super dumb or something. I'm not planning to implement any huge overarching reforms for the channel without some semblance of popular support for them, because when it comes down to it I am but one person who uses the Discord. However, I think that this is a topic of discussion that is worth having, if only so that people think for a hot sec before they start ranting about how Person A is the worst and how Person B sucks. That is the sort of behavior that would earn someone community backlash, if not a stay in the Forbidden Zone, on the forums, and I don't get why booting up a separate app suddenly grants one the ability to flame.
(Alright so also there is actually a second part of this post not about "quiz bowl discussion and its limits in the Discord" because it is rather explicitly not about quiz bowl discussion. This is about the #politics chat in the Discord. The rest of my post is me asking for input; that will not be the case here.
I am concerned with the trends I have seen in the politics chat. This is not because I think politics are bad or something, or because of the political opinions that have been expressed - I am concerned because it's getting to be an echo chamber in there and I really don't think that helps anyone. There is a trend of people posting things that they don't like so that other people can join in on not liking that thing. This is bad. Obviously if you share political beliefs with someone else there will be things you agree on, e.g. whether something/someone is "bad". That doesn't mean you should just do that constantly, all the time, though. In an effort to limit this sort of posting I have temporarily removed the ability to post links, as there is no other options short of actual policing of content, which I think we can agree is really dumb. This is an attempt to discourage that sort of behavior - if you guys are willing to post more productively then I'll restore those privileges. If you think that this will kill the politics channel, my response is that if there isn't any sort of meaningful discussion that can happen without that sort of talk, then good riddance. If you want to comment on this policy, feel free.)


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