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Exile From Earth: A Science Fiction Short Story
Being an astronaut was Mason Anderson's childhood dream. And now here he was, floating before a porthole in his space capsule, looking over the moon's horizon at the blue, blue earth beyond.
It had been seven days since he had been hurled into orbit atop SpaceX's most powerful booster rocket. Seven days of checking out the capsule's systems and making sure that his long weeks of training had adequately prepared him to handle any emergency. Where he was going, there would be no one to help if anything went wrong. He would be totally on his own. But after having gone through all his checkout procedures at least twice, Mason was sure he was as ready as he could be.
Now, as his spacecraft gently boosted itself past moon orbit, headed toward deep space, Mason couldn't take his eyes off the planet he was leaving behind. He was moving fast enough at this point that he could almost see the earth getting smaller from moment to moment. And as the size of that orb began to shrink in the capsule's port, so did his connections to the life he had lived for the last 33 years.
The life he left behind
It had been a good life, he thought to himself, at least until Moira came into it. Despite his childhood longing to join the astronaut corps, he had gotten an MBA rather than the engineering degree he initially thought he wanted. After graduation, it had only taken a few years for him to become a top producer in the life insurance business, bringing in a six-figure income every year.
Then he met Moira.
Like himself, Moira had been an up and coming young professional. She was a junior executive at a multinational bank, and everybody knew she was on the fast track. When Mason and Moira announced their engagement, the groans of envy from both sexes could be heard around the city.
From the outside they were the perfect couple. But it hadn't taken Mason long to realize that the ruthless drive that was propelling Moira toward the top on the job didn't shut off when she came home. More and more he found himself feeling trapped in an ever-tightening web of control and manipulation.
What made things even worse was his realization that however fast his own star was rising in the insurance business, he couldn't keep up with his wife. The heavyweight in the Anderson household would always be Moira.
A new life
That's when Mason Anderson began looking for a way out. At that time he was only twenty-seven, and he began seriously considering trying to make his dream of being an astronaut come true. Not only would that get him away from Moira's overpowering control, it would also get him out of her shadow on the ladder of success. And so, for months he investigated what it would take for him to make that drastic career change. He assessed his chances with all the clear-eyed rigor that made him so credible with his insurance clients. And finally he knew the answer.
There was no way. He didn't have the education, the experience, nor the training that many other candidates could present. And at twenty-seven, he'd never be able to acquire the skills he lacked before Father Time closed the door on his aspirations.
That's when another plan began to take shape in his mind.
Point of no return
Suddenly a voice blared forth from the radio.
"Anderson, it's time. Are you ready?"
Mason Anderson said nothing.
After a few seconds, the voice on the radio resumed.
"You will reach the communications blackout point in approximately five minutes. From that time it will no longer be possible for you to send or receive radio messages. All communication circuits in your capsule will be physically dissolved, and cannot be reconnected. This is your last opportunity to send any messages or make any statement you wish to make."
Still, Mason remained mute. That was the one last element of control he still had over his life, and he was determined that for the next four minutes he would exercise that control. Let them talk at him; he would not give them the satisfaction of a reply.
The radio voice began speaking again, remorseless and implacable.
"As you wish. Mason Harold Anderson, you have been tried and convicted for the first-degree murder of Moira Jackson Anderson. Because you have seen fit to remove a human life from the earth, justice demands that you, too, be removed from the earth.
"However, in this enlightened age, our society has recognized the barbarity of the death penalty, and has developed a more humane alternative. You have the distinction of being the first person to benefit from this historic change to our penal code.
"Mason Anderson, for the crime of murder you have been sentenced to exile from the human race. Your space capsule has been stocked with enough supplies of food, water, and air to last you for the remainder of your natural life. Its computer is loaded with audio, video, and text resources encompassing every area of human endeavor throughout history up to the present moment. These you can access at will.
"Your personal robotic assistant has been programmed to respond to any request you may make. However, neither it nor you can in any way affect the navigation of your ship. You are now accelerating beyond the orbit of the earth and, as far as present calculations can determine, will continue on a course that will eventually take your capsule out of the solar system.
"Your sentence of exile mandates that you have no contact with any living person for the remainder of your life. Accordingly, from the moment your capsule crosses the communications blackout point its communications capacities will be permanently destroyed.
"You are now 15 seconds from communications blackout. For the final time, is there anything you wish to say?"
For a moment, just a moment, Mason Anderson felt an overpowering urge to tell that soulless voice where to go. But he didn't. He had said his last goodbyes to his parents before being sealed into the capsule. Let those be his last words to the human race.
The final countdown
No longer looking at the earth that would never again be his home, Mason Anderson watched as the display on the communications console counted down to zero. Then the LED light that indicated a live radio circuit went dark. It would never turn on again.
Do you think this replacement for capital punishment is a good idea?
© 2016 Ronald E Franklin
I just discovered your story and I think it is a great piece of science fiction storytelling. It also gets people thinking. As far as capital punishment goes, I think that separation from humanity may be a fate worse than death even for someone who always wanted to visit space. Once again great story.
The idea sounds really solid. However, I wonder would it ever become feasible. Is this a cruel and unusual punishment beyond death? Death may be more merciful. Yet, this would definitely end the ability of the murderer to act in taking another's life. Great story. Thought provoking. Well done.
Would you ever make a audiobook from this? i found this because i'm learning english. It would be cool to hear it from the author. The story is really good, rather exile isn't. At least for me
This type of exile might be a benefit to some, such as an introvert. Maybe, reduce all the fun stuff. ☺
Thanks for the read. I liked the twist at the end though.
Very interesting!
Good story. The possibilities for exploring this concept further are great! I enjoyed this thoroughly.
Great story! Thanks for sharing.
Very well written. Intriguing from start to end. The ending was unexpected. I enjoyed reading this short story.
Ron, you are indeed an able story-teller.. your short story is proof of that.. thanks for sharing :)
Ron, you gave scifi some depth in this flash fiction story. Very well done. I'll check out more of your stories.
Sounds good. You could do a lot with this!
This was great! It asked a big question, yet the story just drew us in. I found myself trying to imagine what the craft would have looked like and how would the builders know how much food to store on it?
I'd love to read a follow up!
What an idea (not sure what calling it a "great idea" would mean)! Totally interesting!
Wow, you are a versatile writer!
I don't find the death penalty barbaric. The principle is that anyone who deliberately and unlawfully takes a life can only rectify that by giving up their own.
The scenario in this story seems to me worse than the death penalty. It still condemns the person to death (possibly death in a horrible fashion), but first sentences them to months or years of anxiety and madness. Sort of like a lifetime jail sentence.
Thanks for this interesting story.
Well done.
Interesting tale, Ron. It reminds me of an old episode of "Twilight Zone" where a man was exiled on an asteroid with a lifelike female robot. Enjoyed the read! :)
I have never contemplated what it would be like to be exiled from earth. I think being cut off from humans would be a horrible way to live. Anyway, I enjoyed this short story and look forward to reading more. Perhaps a sequel to this story. I'd read that!
Wow. Science fiction is not a genre I'm fond of. However, I've always enjoyed your hubs so I gave this a chance. I'm so glad I did. It's well written, engaging, and a plot twist I never saw coming.
I don't agree with the death penalty, but this...I just don't know. It's given me a lot to think about and I'll definitely be talking about this as well as sharing. Well done.


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There is a concerted call being made around the world for individuals, endowments and corporations to divest from fossil fuel investments. In 2008 the banksters stole my mutual fund investments. Since then I have contributed to a mutual fund through one of my jobs. I am grateful that I am in a position in life where it is easy for me to make the decision to sell this investment in keeping with my beliefs. I have stopped making contributions and after the 6 month waiting period is up I will sell this
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PA Ed Policy Roundup Dec 1, 2016
New study links PA charter school growth with loss of district resources
If you are a school leader in southeastern PA, I look forward to seeing you at this workshop.
Southeastern PA Regional Basic Education Funding Formula Workshop
Tuesday, December 6, 2016 @ 6:00 pm: Chester County IU 24
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Pennsylvania Every Student Succeeds Act Public Tour
First in a series of Public Events:
Friday, December 2- Pittsburgh- 9:30 am- Community College of Allegheny County
Community College of Allegheny County Main Campus in the Tom Forester Student Service Center Auditorium 808 Ridge Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15212
The report released Wednesday focused on public school districts that have experienced the largest shifts of students to charters.By Elizabeth Behrman and Molly Born / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette December 1, 2016 12:11 AM
An Economic Policy Institute paper out this week has linked rapidly growing charter schools in some urban districts to a lack of resources and budget shortfalls in traditional school systems, leading to greater inequities for children overall. The report released Wednesday, by Bruce D. Baker, professor in the Department of Educational Theory, Policy and Administration at Rutgers University, focused on public school districts that have experienced the largest shifts of students to charters — public schools run by private entities — including Philadelphia and Chester Upland. In the 2015-16 school year, there were 132,840 Pennsylvania students enrolled in charter schools, more than half of them in Philadelphia, according to the state Department of Education. More than 150 brick-and-mortar charter schools and 14 cybercharters operate in the commonwealth.
Exploring the consequences of charter school expansion in U.S. citiesEconomic Policy Institute Report • by Bruce Baker November 30, 2016
Bruce D. Baker is a professor in the Department of Educational Theory, Policy and Administration at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey in New Brunswick.
Executive Summary: This report highlights patterns of charter school expansion across several large and mid-size U.S. cities since 2000. In this report, the focus is the loss of enrollments and revenues to charter schools in host districts and the response of districts as seen through patterns of overhead expenditures. I begin by identifying those cities and local public school districts that have experienced the largest shifts of students from district-operated to charter schools, and select from among those cities illustrative examples of the effects of charter school expansion on host district finances and enrollments.
The Right Way to Assess Charter SchoolsThe American Prospect by RACHEL M. COHEN NOVEMBER 30, 2016
How do they affect all the city's children?On November 8, Massachusetts residents went to the polls not only to cast their vote for president but also to weigh in on a hotly debated question regarding charter schools. The ballot initiative—which proposed lifting the state's cap to allow establishing up to 12 new charters or expanding existing charters annually—had generated a heated battle for months, with voters inundated by mailings and advertising from both sides. About $34 million was spent on these efforts, making them easily the most expensive ballot initiative campaign in state history. Teacher unions provided nearly all the money to fight the measure, while out-of-state donors and Boston's business community shelled out most of the money in support. The debate mostly went like this: Supporters of the ballot measure, known as Question 2, argued that charter schools in Boston have proven extremely effective for disadvantaged students. They pointed to research studies that show students who attended Boston charter schools, compared to students in Boston's traditional public schools, were more likely to graduate high school in five years, more likely to attend and complete college, and less likely to enroll in remedial education. In addition, researchers found attending Boston charters led to significant gains in state tests, AP tests, and the SAT. Supporters of charter expansion also pointed to long charter school waiting lists as evidence that families, especially poor families, desperately seek better school options. If the ballot measure failed, proponents insisted, it would be because wealthy white suburbanites were too selfish, or short-sighted, to let low-income African-Americans escape their failing public schools. Polls conducted throughout the campaign did reveal higher support for charter school expansion among black and Latino voters.
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While Green Party candidate Jill Stein's three-state presidential recount push may be sucking up all the available headline oxygen, another really close election is headed for court. As our friends at The Inquirer report this morning, West Chester Mayor Carolyn Comitta leads incumbent Rep. Dan Truit, a Republican, by 18 votes. She claims that 15 provisional ballots thrown out on Election Day should count. And on Thursday, she's going to try to convince a judge she's right.
While Green Party candidate Jill Stein's three-state presidential recount push may be sucking up all the available headline oxygen, another really close election is headed for court. As our friends at The Inquirer report this morning, West Chester Mayor Carolyn Comitta leads incumbent Rep. Dan Truit, a Republican, by 18 votes. She claims that 15 provisional ballots thrown out on Election Day should count. And on Thursday, she's going to try to convince a judge she's right.
PoliticsPA Written by Nick Field, Managing Editor November 29th, 2016
Pennsylvania is on track to lose another Congressional seat.
According to Nathan Gonzalez of Roll Call, PA is scheduled to lose one district in the upcoming 2020 Census. He is basing his report on a 2015 analysis by the Election Data Services. As we noted last year, the commonwealthhasn't survived a Census without losing at least one seat since 1920. Of course, losing a seat in Congress also means losing an electoral vote. PA would drop from 20 to 19 electoral votes, which would make the 2024 presidential election the first since the 1800 contest between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson where PA would be worth less than twenty electoral votes. Other states set to lose a seat include: Alabama, Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, New York, Rhode Island and West Virginia. Meanwhile, Texas is set to gain three seats and Florida two. Arizona, Colorado, North Carolina and Oregon would each gain one.
'Judicial Meddling' at Heart of Lower Merion Schools' Tax Appeal: Advocates
'This case strikes at the heart of local control of education programming,' one advocacy group wrote to Commonwealth Court, which is slated to hear an appeal Dec. 15.
NBC Philadelphia By Brian X. McCrone November 29, 2016Lower Merion School District is at the center of a lawsuit that some education advocates claim is about the governing power of local school boards. Lawyers for Pennsylvania education institutions, including the state teachers' union and three associations for school administrators, have described it as "staggering" and "judicial meddling." A ruling by a Montgomery County judge in August threw out Lower Merion School District's most recent tax increase and, in turn, ignited debate across the educational landscape. At stake, according to briefs filed in Commonwealth Court in recent weeks, is the independent governing power of local school boards. The showdown pitting the affluent Montgomery County district against a handful of residents, led by local attorney Arthur Wolk, will emerge back in court Dec. 15 in Harrisburg. The district's appeal is asking the higher court to overturn Judge Joseph Smyth's decision, which forces Lower Merion to rescind its 4.4-percent tax increase. "It has the potential for untold disruption to public education across the Commonwealth," the Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) and two other statewide organizations wrote in support of the appeal by Lower Merion.
Citizens Voice by JAMES HALPIN / PUBLISHED: DECEMBER 1, 2016
PLAINS TWP. — The Wilkes-Barre Area School District on Wednesday appealed the $152.5 million assessed value of Mohegan Sun Pocono, setting the stage for a high-stakes court battle over how much in taxes the casino will pay. The district's filing, by attorney Raymond Wendolowski, comes a week after casino officials filed a similar appeal of the Luzerne County Board of Assessment Appeals decision to leave the assessment unchanged, arguing the move was "improper, unsatisfactory and unlawful." The cash-strapped school district, which seeks to benefit from taxing one of the county's most valuable properties, maintains the valuation was too low. The casino, which stands to owe nearly $800,000 in additional property taxes per year if the assessed value holds, asserts the value is too high.
CLC Charter School students showcase new foods, marketing ideasCentre Daily Times BY BRITNEY MILAZZO email@example.com November 30, 2016
Eighth-grade student Jefferson Hill created a treat that could be a perfect dessert for some who likes a combination of ice-cream flavors. He mixed homemade mint chocolate chip and chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream into a Popsicle-like goodie he called Frosty Pop. It even came with a drip guard to prevent the ice cream from creating too much of a mess. It was part of a combined seventh and eighth grade project at Centre Learning Community Charter School designed to let students create a new food, gather customer and competitor analysis and create a marketing campaign as if they were to sell the product to a grocery store. On Wednesday, the project came to fruition when they held a Food and Beverage Show and Conference, which showcased the students' food in the school's multipurpose room.
Conservative youth organizing group launches watchlist of academics
Two professors from Temple and two from the University of Pennsylvania were singled out for "advancing leftist propaganda."
The notebook by Darryl Murphy November 30, 2016 — 2:43pmIn a move reminiscent of 1950s McCarthyism, the conservative youth organizing group Turning Point has launched a new website – Professor Watchlist – whose stated mission is "to expose and document college professors who discriminate against conservative students and advance leftist propaganda in the classroom." The site lists more than 100 professors from across the country based on statements they made in and out of the classroom that oppose conservative ideals. Four local professors made the list. The website contends that it aims to "fight for free speech and the right for professors to say whatever they wish," but argues that students, parents, and alumni should know about the incidents and professors that "advance a radical agenda."
"The new "watchlist" is essentially a new species of McCarthyism, especially in terms of its overtones of "disloyalty" to the American republic. And it is reminiscent of Cointelpro, the secret F.B.I. program that spied on, infiltrated and discredited American political organizations in the '50s and '60s. Its goal of "outing" professors for their views helps to create the appearance of something secretly subversive. It is a form of exposure designed to mark, shame and silence."
I Am a Dangerous Professor
New York Times Opinion by George Yancy THE STONE NOV. 30, 2016
George Yancy is a professor of philosophy at Emory University, the author of "Black Bodies, White Gazes" and "Look, a White!" and a co-editor of "Pursuing Trayvon Martin."
Those familiar with George Orwell's "1984" will recall that "Newspeak was designed not to extend but to diminish the range of thought." I recently felt the weight of this Orwellian ethos when many of my students sent emails to inform me, and perhaps warn me, that my name appears on the Professor Watchlist, a new website created by a conservative youth group known as Turning Point USA. I could sense the gravity in those email messages, a sense of relaying what is to come. The Professor Watchlist's mission, among other things, is to sound an alarm about those of us within academia who "advance leftist propaganda in the classroom." It names and includes photographs of some 200 professors. The Watchlist appears to be consistent with a nostalgic desire "to make America great again" and to expose and oppose those voices in academia that are anti-Republican or express anti-Republican values. For many black people, making America "great again" is especially threatening, as it signals a return to a more explicit and unapologetic racial dystopia. For us, dreaming of yesterday is not a privilege, not a desire, but a nightmare.
Professor Watchlist Is Seen as Threat to Academic Freedom
New York Times By CHRISTOPHER MELENOV. 28, 2016
A new website that accuses nearly 200 college professors of advancing "leftist propaganda in the classroom" and discriminating against conservative students has been criticized as a threat to academic freedom. The site, Professor Watchlist, which first appeared Nov. 21, says it names those instructors who "advance a radical agenda in lecture halls." "We aim to post professors who have records of targeting students for their viewpoints, forcing students to adopt a certain perspective, and/or abuse or harm students in any way for standing up for their beliefs," wrote Matt Lamb, an organizer of the site. The Professor Watchlist is a project of Turning Point USA, a nonprofit organization that says its mission is to educate students about "true free market values. Charlie Kirk, its founder and executive director, wrote in a blog post that "it's no secret that some of America's college professors are totally out of line" and that it was time to expose them.
"The new administration would do well to understand that voters are rejecting failed privatization policies. Parents don't want to be forced to search for alternatives - they want fair and equitable funding for quality public schools in their own communities."
Commentary: Public education could face major threats in a Trump presidencyInquirer Commentary by Lisa Haver Updated: DECEMBER 1, 2016 — 3:01 AM EST
Lisa Haver is a retired teacher and co-founder of the Alliance for Philadelphia Public Schools.
THE ELECTION of Donald Trump as president had an instantaneous effect when students in several schools became targets of racial and ethnic intimidation. High school students in Bucks County found swastikas and anti-gay slurs painted on walls; one girl found a note in her backpack telling her to "go back to Mexico." African-American freshmen at the University of Pennsylvania were sent text messages with the greeting "Heil Trump" announcing the next "N-Lynching." Immigrant and Muslim children wondered whether they would be rounded up like criminals and jailed or deported. Whether or not the hate crimes continue, the long-term effects of a Trump presidency could cause irreparable harm to one of the bedrocks of our democracy: an open and equitable system of public education. Trump has made several pronouncements about wanting to break up the "government schools monopoly," viewing it through the only perspective he understands, that of a corporate CEO. His outspoken support for more charters and "school choice" would not be a complete departure from his two predecessors, whose No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top initiatives made millions for edu-vendors and testing companies while doing little to narrow the achievement gap for poor and minority students. Trump, though, talks of diverting billions of public dollars to private schools via voucher programs, despite overwhelming evidence that they have done nothing to improve educational opportunities for most students.
Why Trump's Education Pick Scares Unions
Betsy DeVos favors school choice and helped pass Michigan's first charter-school bill.
Wall Street Journal by JASON RILEY Nov. 29, 2016 7:15 p.m. ET
After Donald Trump nominated Betsy DeVos to become education secretary, teachers union honcho Randi Weingarten tweeted: "Trump has chosen the most ideological, anti-public ed nominee since the creation of the Dept of Education." Since what's good for the unions is often bad for the schools, and vice versa, Ms. Weingarten's apoplexy is reason to cheer. Ms. DeVos is chairwoman of the American Federation for Children, an organization dedicated to helping parents choose the best school for their kids. Ms. Weingarten leads the American Federation of Teachers, which is focused on what's best for the adults. Detractors say Ms. DeVos is opposed to public education. But she told an interviewer in 2013 that her definition of educational choice includes schools of all kinds. "What we are trying to do is tear down the mindset that assigns students to a school based solely on the zip code of their family's home," she said. "We think of the educational choice movement as involving many parts: vouchers and tax credits, certainly, but also virtual schools, magnet schools, homeschooling, and charter schools." In the early 1990s, Ms. DeVos and her husband, a former president of Amway, were involved in passing Michigan's first charter-school bill.
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Betsy DeVos' Husband Says She'd Build on Advocacy Work as Education Secretary
Education Week Politics K12 Blog By Andrew Ujifusa on November 30, 2016 12:03 PM
The husband of Betsy DeVos, the nominee for U.S. Secretary of Education under President-electDonald Trump, said in a radio interview Wednesday that she would have a chance as education secretary to improve "an area where we are not doing our very best," Dick DeVos Jr. also said his wife had never met Trump personally before meeting with him after the election. Betsy DeVos has not granted any interviews since she became Trump's nominee for education secretary Nov. 23. But in a discussion with Michigan's Big Show host Michael Patrick Shiels, her husband said the possibility of his wife becoming education secretary wasn't something he or his wife (a long-time school choice advocated who until her nomination chaired the American Federation for Children) could have easily predicted. "It happened rather quickly, actually. Interestingly enough, she never submitted her own name. And apparently, others suggested she may be a good fit," DeVos Jr. told Shiels. "So conversations ensued." Noting that she must still be confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Dick DeVos also said leading the department would allow her to continue her work in education advocacy. She and her husband are also long-time major donors to Republican Party candidates and conservative causes.
DeVos Has a Friend in Campbell Brown, Founder of Education News Site, The 74
Education Week Education and the Media Blog By Mark Walsh on November 29, 2016 12:49 PM
President-elect Donald Trump's selection of school choice advocate Betsy DeVos to be his secretary of education puts The 74, the website founded by former TV journalist and Campbell Brown, in an awkward position when it comes to the site's identity. Is it an independent education news and opinion site, as Brown, herself a supporter of school choice and teacher tenure reform, has maintained, or is it an electronic pamphleteer for DeVos and her causes? The disclaimer on one of the site's first pieces after DeVos was named on Nov. 23 lays out the close connections between DeVos, Brown, and their organizations. "The Dick & Betsy DeVos Family Foundation provides funding to The 74, and the site's Editor-in-Chief, Campbell Brown, sits on the American Federation for Children's board of directors, which was formerly chaired by Betsy DeVos. Brown played no part in the reporting or editing of this article. The American Federation for Children also sponsored The 74's 2015 New Hampshire education summit," says the statement at the bottom of the story by Kate Stringer with the headline: "Trump Picks His Education Secretary: The First 6 Things to Know About Betsy DeVos."
It's Really Hard to Destroy Public Schools From WashingtonNew York Magazine By Ed Kilgore November 30, 2016
Donald Trump had two obvious, Republican-compatible ways to go in choosing a secretary of Education. He could pick someone from the world of state education policy who could comfortably supervise the elimination of any significant federal role in schools. Or he could pick a conservative ideologue who is hellbent on privatizing public education through vouchers or unaccountable charter schools that are de facto private schools. In Betsy DeVos, Trump chose someone behind door number two. In conjunction with her husband, she has conducted a long, intense guerrilla war against what Dick DeVos calls "government schools." But as education wonk Kevin Carey shrewdly observes, the Department of Education is inadequate to the task of the privatization of public education: [A]ny effort to promote vouchers from Washington will run up against the basic structures of American education. The United States spends over $600 billion a year on public K-12 schools. Less than 9 percent of that money comes from the federal government, and it is almost exclusively dedicated to specific populations of children, most notably students with disabilities and students in low-income communities. There are no existing federal funds that can easily be turned into vouchers large enough to pay for school tuition on the open market.
Education Bloggers Daily Highlights 11/30/2016
The Department of Education (PDE) is holding a series of public events to engage the public on important education topics in Pennsylvania. The primary focus of these events will be the Every Student Succeeds Act, the federal education law signed by President Barack Obama in late 2015. A senior leader from the department will provide background on the law, and discuss the ongoing
development of Pennsylvania's State Plan for its implementation, which will be submitted to the U.S. Department of Education in 2017. Feedback is important to PDE; to provide the best avenue for public comment as well as provide an opportunity for those who cannot attend an event, members of the community are encouraged to review materials and offer comments at www.education.pa.gov/Pages/Every-Student-Succeeds-Act
Upcoming Public Events:
Friday, December 2- Pittsburgh- 9:30 am- Community College of Allegheny County
Community College of Allegheny County Main Campus in the Tom Forester Student Service Center Auditorium 808 Ridge Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Thursday, December 8- Erie- 2:30 pm- Tom Ridge Environmental Center (room TBA)
Friday, December 9- Lock Haven- 1 pm- Lock Haven University
Time and specific locations for the following events, TBA
Friday, December 16- Philadelphia
Wednesday, January 4- Quakertown
Tuesday, January 10- Scranton
"The "Success Starts Here" campaign is a multi-year statewide effort to share the positive news about public education through advertising, web, social media, traditional media and word-of-mouth with the goal of raising understanding of the value of public education in Pennsylvania. The campaign is led by the Pennsylvania School Boards Association, but relies on the support of a wide variety of participating organizations."
Share Your School's Story: Success Starts Here Needs You!
Success Starts Here needs you! Show your support by sharing stories, using social media and applying window clings to all of your school buildings. Below are some links to resources to help you help us.
Not sure where to start? This simple tool kit will provide to you everything you need to get involved in the campaign, including ways to work with the media, social media tips, a campaign article to post, downloadable campaign logos, and photo release forms.
We know you have great stories, and it's easy to share them! Just use our simple form to send your success story to be featured on our website. Help spread the word about how Success Starts Here in today's public schools.
All school entities have been sent a supply of window clings for school building entrances. Need more? No problem! Just complete the online order form and more will quickly be on their way to you.
Webinar: PSBA Board President's Forum DEC 7, 2016 • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join fellow board presidents and superintendents for the latest topics affecting public education in this new webinar series hosted by 2016 President Kathy Swope. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
PASBO is seeking eager leaders! Ready to serve on the board? Deadline for intent letter is 12/31.
PASBO members who desire to seek election as Director or Vice President should send a letter of intent with a current resume and picture to the Immediate Past President Wanda M. Erb, PRSBA, who is chair of the PASBO Nominations and Elections Committee.
PASA, PSBA, PAIU, PARSS, the PA Principals Association and PASBO are traveling around the state to conduct regional workshops for school leaders to provide them with more information on the new basic education funding formula. Register below to attend one of 8 regional workshops to learn more about the new formula and what it means for your school district and for the state. Please note that capacity is limited at each location and registration is required. A webcast option is also available. These regional workshops are being supported by a grant from the William Penn Foundation.Tuesday, December 6, 2016 @ 6:00 pm: Chester County IU 24
(455 Boot Road, Downingtown, PA 19335)
Registration: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BEFworkshop
Join us for a public forum featuring state, city and civic leaders sponsored by Philadelphia Media Network, the Philadelphia Public School Notebook and Drexel University's School of Education.
Creese Student Center 3210 Chestnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19104
It's been 15 years since the state took control of Philadelphia's schools and created the School Reform Commission. Since then, the SRC has been a polarizing presence in the city.
With the recent resignation of two members of the commission and the term of a third expiring soon, the future of the SRC and the issue of school governance is once again at the forefront of the civic dialogue. Is the SRC the only model to consider? Should Philadelphia create an elected school board, or should the governing body be controlled by the Mayor? Are there models in other cities that could help us rethink our own school governance? The Philadelphia Public School Notebook, Philadelphia Media Network -- owner of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News and philly.com, and Drexel University's School of Education are hosting a public forum on this critical issue.
RSVP - Admission is free, but you must register in advance. Register now, and find out more about the panelists and other details at our registration page. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/who-should-run-philadelphias-schools-tickets-28926705555
PSBA Virtual New School Director Training, Part 1
The job of a school board director is challenging. Changing laws, policies, and pressures from your community make serving on your school board demanding, yet rewarding at the same time. Most school directors – even those with many years of experience – say that PSBA training is one of the most important and valuable things they have done in order to understand their roles and responsibilities. If you are a new school board director and didn't have the opportunity to attend one of PSBA's live New School Director Training events, you can now attend via your computer, either by yourself from your home or office, or with a group of other school directors.
This is the same New School Director Training content we offer in a live classroom format, but adjusted for virtual training.
Part 1
· Role and responsibilities of the school board director.
· How to work with PSBA's member services team.
· Your role as an advocate for public education.
· The school board's role in policy.(See also: Part 2, Jan. 11; Part 3, Jan. 18)
Fee: $149 per person includes all three programs. Materials may be downloaded free, or $25 for materials to be mailed to your home (log in to the Members Area and purchase through the Store/Registration link).
Register online: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6607237329490796034
PSBA Third Annual Board Presidents Day
JAN 28, 2017 • 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM Nine Locations Statewide
Jan. 28, 2017 (Snow date: Feb. 11, 2017)
Calling all school board presidents, vice-presidents, and superintendents — Join us for the 3rd Annual PSBA Board Presidents Day held at nine convenient locations around the state.
This is a day of meeting fellow board members from your area and taking part in thought-provoking dialogue about the issues every board faces. PSBA Past President Kathy Swope will start things off with an engaging presentation based on her years as board president at the Lewistown Area School District. Bring your own scenarios to this event to gain perspective from other districts. Cost: $109 per person – includes registration, lunch and materials. All-Access Package applies. Register online by logging in to the Members Area (see the Store/Registration link to view open event registrations, https://www.psba.org/members-area/store-registration/)
NSBA Advocacy Institute 2017 -- Jan. 29-31, Washington, D.C.
Join school directors around the country at the conference designed to give you the tools to advocate successfully on behalf of public education.
Join school directors around the country at the conference designed to give you the tools to advocate successfully on behalf of public education.
- NSBA will help you develop a winning advocacy strategy to help you in Washington, D.C. and at home.
- Attend timely and topical breakout sessions lead by NSBA's knowledgeable staff and outside experts.
- Expand your advocacy network by swapping best practices, challenges, and successes with other school board members from across the country.
This event is open to members of the Federal Relations Network. To find out how you can join, contact firstname.lastname@example.com. Learn more about the Advocacy Institute at https://www.nsba.org/events/advocacy-institute.
Register now for the 2017 NSBA Annual Conference
Plan to join public education leaders for networking and learning at the 2017 NSBA Annual Conference, March 25-27 in Denver, CO. General registration is now open at https://www.nsba.org/conference/registration. A conference schedule, including pre-conference workshops, is available on the NSBA website.
Plan to join public education leaders for networking and learning at the 2017 NSBA Annual Conference, March 25-27 in Denver, CO. General registration is now open at https://www.nsba.org/conference/registration. A conference schedule, including pre-conference workshops, is available on the NSBA website.
SAVE THE DATE LWVPA Convention 2017 June 1-4, 2017
Join the League of Women Voters of PA for our 2017 Biennial Convention at the beautiful Inn at Pocono Manor!


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This material was written by the late Lauren Hamilton and Sherrie Eldridge. Lauren, a teen at the time, was placed in residential care to save her self-destructive life.
Please read this verbiage to get an idea of it's authenticity.
You can click on the cover blow to download the workbook–free
While there, professionals couldn't get her to open up.
In 1999, Sherrie's first book was published–Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew.
Julie Kraft, Lauren's mom, got the book, and wrote her reactions to the content, such as "I am so sorry….I didn't know," or "This thought is totally new to me."
Julie sent the marked-up book to Lauren and it became the ice-breaker Lauren needed. It became a voice when she couldn't give voice to anything in life.
Sherrie and Lauren met after her recovery and return home. Sherrie became Lauren's mentor and together they worked on the workbook called Twelve Steps for Adopted Teens. The highlights are listed below and you are welcome to use.
12 Steps for Adopted Teens
- I admit that I am overwhelmed by the feeling that something inside doesn't feel right.
- I realize that only Someone stronger than me can help the mixed-up feelings go away.
- I ask God to take care of me and help me learn how to trust him.
- I look deep in my heart and discover how I have hurt God, others, and myself.
- I tell God and the person that I trust exactly how I have hurt others.
- I ask God to take away how bad I feel about hurting him and others.
- I asked God how I can become his child.
- I make a list of everyone I have hurt and need to apologize to.
- I go to the people I have heard and say I am sorry, unless it would hurt them or someone else.
- I keep track of every day of how I hurt others and ask themRight a way to forgive me.
- I try everyday get to know God by reading the Bible, praying, ending with other Christians.
- I reach out to those that are still hurting and live daily is Jesus
Twelve Promises for Teens
- Adoption is filled with pain as well as pleasure and a part of my life I cannot change.
- Feeling sad about losing my birth family is normal.
- Taking care of myself when I feel sad or like something inside isn't right means that I am growing in self-esteem.
- Taking responsibility for strong emotions means I am learning to be accountable to God and others.
- Choosing to admit that I want to hurt myself is not a sign of weakness, but strength.
- God will never abandon me even when my emotions tell me something else.
- God loves every part of me–even the parts I cannot see.
- Honesty frees me up to be all God created me to be.
- Only God can create a life. My life is no mistake. I am his creation.
- God has a special plan for my life in human history that no one else can fill.
- Evidence that I am doing what God wants is that I am filled with joy.
- Reaching out to others who are hurting blesses me as well as them.
Two Prayers that Connect Teens with God
Dear God,
Please help me accept the things I can't change, courage to change the things I can,
and wisdom to know the difference.
Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespassed against us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen!
Creative Project for Teens
Create 3 collages showing:
- Your painful past
- Your growth
- Your promising future


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The RFG is planning a trip to the Getty Research Institute on Friday, February 1, 2013. The day will include two tours: one of the artists' books collection, and one of the medieval manuscripts exhibit "The Art of Devotion in the Middle Ages."
Marcia Reed, chief curator, will lead the tour and discussion of artists' books, of which the Getty holds around 5,000. Special attention will be paid to the inventive book formats created by artists who often work in other media. For more information on the Getty's Artists' Books, click here.
"The Art of Devotion in the Middle Ages" includes a wide variety of exquisite books meant to encourage public and private devotion, such as Bibles, missals, and books of hours. For more information on the exhibit, click here.
We will also have some time to explore other galleries of interest during the day–a preliminary schedule is below.
9:30/10am: Depart UCSB
11:30am: Arrive at Getty, early lunch, visit galleries
1 – 3pm: Artists' books viewing
3 – 3:30: Coffee break
3:30 – 5: Medieval Manuscripts Exhibit
5:30 – 7: Dinner nearby
7/7:30pm: Depart LA
9pm: Arrive at UCSB
Please email firstname.lastname@example.com if you are interested in joining us for this unique event!
This trip is generously co-sponsored by the Department of Art, the College of Creative Studies, and the Medieval Studies Program.


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Learn about Glover's Medicine Centre Pharmacy
Our pharmacy was opened in 2005 by Aaron Glover, after several years of working at other local Kamloops pharmacies. Since his graduation from UBC in 1997, Glover has worked toward his goal of running his own pharmacy. As a compounding pharmacist, he takes pride in creating the right medication for his customers. It's his biggest reward. Oftentimes, Glover finds he's able to create a medicine that chain or big-box retail pharmacies aren't able to.
Education for Our Customers
A Personal Service
For Aaron Glover and his pharmacy, it's all about personalized service. Glover is proud to say he knows 90% of his customers by name. He gets to know you and your medication needs, so that our personal service is unmatched by any other pharmacy in the area. If you have a problem, we want to fix it.
Supporting Our Community
- RIH Foundation
- TRU Sports Foundation
- Kamloops Hospice
- Kamloops Wildlife Park
- New Life Mission
- Kamloops Brain Injury Association
- Kamloops Minor Hockey Association
- Canadian Cancer Society
- Humane Society
- Juvenile Diabetes Association
- Heart and Stroke Foundation
- Turtle Valley Donkey Refuge
- United Way
Are we different from other Pharmacies?
In a word, yes! Medicine Centre Pharmacists take the time to listen before speaking, and take even more time to understand you and your family; to know your history and to help you plan for the future.


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A man with a long history of violent, misogynist behavior shot and killed two women (injuring four women and a man) on Friday at a yoga studio in Tallahassee. The shooter killed himself at the scene.
Dr. Nancy Van Vessem and Maura Brinkley were both shot to death. Brinkley "hated gun violence so much," her father told local reporters. Dr. Van Vessem was an internist and remembered for advocating for accessible health care in her community.
The gunman was an "incel" — an "involuntary celibate," or a man who finds community with other misogynist men online, where they express their hatred of women because they aren't able to have romantic or sexual relationships with others. The gunman had a long history of posting violent, anti-women tirades online and engaging with the incel community. He had posted videos and songs online that called women "sluts," "whores," and treacherous, and spoke with disgust about interracial couples and LGBTQ people.
He had also been arrested in 2012 and 2016 for grabbing women, and his former roommates told reporters they felt uncomfortable with his odd, angry behavior, and the way he "the way he lurked and followed girls."
This shooter is just the latest in a long string of "incels" turned violent. In 2014, an incel became a "hero" to his online community when he killed six people and injured 14 in Isla Vista, Calif. He had also targeted women in his killing spree, and posted videos online railing against women who would not sleep with him, men who were sexually active, and interracial couples. The man who shot women at the yoga studio Friday compared himself to the Isla Vista killer.
In Toronto in April this year, a man drove a van through a crowd, killing 10 people. He had also spoken in fawning terms about the Isla Vista killer, and ranted about women who would not sleep with him.
Despite his online presence and history of violent thought and behavior against women, police told Buzzfeed they are still seeking a motive in the shooting.


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With Your Backing
of 150 angels giving $10 per month, I can operate freely for "everything YOUTH-LEADER"
Media on Youth Leadership
for various users, settings and purposes – books, calendars, cardgames, coloring books, teaching tools, videos, games, music, even a musical … inspiring readers with youth leadership and humanity's finest solution-knowledge, in powerful, memorable form
World-Premiere Media
… designed with changemakers' authentic videos, photos, secrets – richly illustrated, profound interviews, app- and QR code-linked to online videos, action guides, heroInes' social media streams, with instant action opportunities !
... empowering Readers to Turn into Users
with a wide scope of tools for inspiring their family, peers, schools and communities – using videos, poster sets, exhibits, presentation kits, fundraisers etc online and onsite
... as Part of a Global Community
uplifted with a year-round stream of actions, becoming part of the heroInes adventures(!), contributing with donations, fundraisers, petitions, campaigns, exhibits, presentations, projects and more aligned with their lifestyle, favorite causes and priorities
I can write epic world-premiere books
I am sooo much looking forward to turn my advanced draft into the final product and see it spread to homes and schools around the planet. View what's coming here. To be followed by likewise on
- boy and men changemakers
- youth leadership
- youth leadership at school
- grand adult changemakers
along the beauty you see on our website!
Publish in 20 Languages
to spread the youth leadership phenomenon, the heroInes' stories, their initiatives … across the entire planet
Empower Parents and Citizens
to better live their values and aims for themselves, their children, students, their workplace, communities, at home and abroad
Leadership Program for Youth Age 8-18
enabling them to grow up taking action with today's Gandhis and Einsteins, and evoke world-changing impact like their famous peers
Summer Camps for Teenage Activists
inspired by our media, on fire to unfold their super powers at school and beyond, as well as to develop campaigns solving needs in their home regions
Presentation & Project Development Packs
enabling citizens to act as messengers and mentors for inspired youth, as well as organizations to boost their impact by connecting with youth at school
Tools, Tricks & Support for High Impact Student Clubs
to create omni-presence at school, involve the entire school community and make significant impact
Media for HeroInes & Their Campaigns
enabling them to better reach into schools and public worldaround, and equip readers, members and followers to turn into users, support and replicate their solutions
Support for "HeroIne" Field Partners
to boost their model solutions to national scale, powered by partnering schools and citizens abroad, as well as equipping them with YL media for strengthening their presence in schools, public and media, and their support
Superb Field Partners for Schools
enabling groundbreaking intensity, real world impact, seeing success unfold, meeting "live", ample activities on both sides, creative opportunity for adaptation, even visits on site… – as well as taking their solutions to greater scale
Add-Ons for Education Programs & Curricula
adding heroIne role models, solutions and action guides to amplify student inspiration, involvement and activities, as well as opportunity beyond the program
Teaching Tools
equipping teachers, students and citizens for making solution stories and role models part of learning culture
Get YL Stories into Textbooks
adding value to their units on global issues and foreign language learning – "The most energized lesson ever" – for optimal motivation on audio-visual understanding, presentations, conversations, translation, transcription, subtitling…
Seed Media in Focus Regions
getting into schools, reaching 1,000s of youth, and also boosting the reach and impact of our heroIne friends, and student clubs like at Beijing Royal School
Train 100's of Online Volunteer Writers
in research, writing, editing, translating and spreading Positive News stories
Positive News Online & Print Magazine
online, as pdf, in print (for cafes, homes…) and even as XL-sized Wall Display(!) in schools, reaching all students daily, serving student clubs as space and learning environment to inspire and involve their community
Get YL Stories into Media
adding value, purpose and meaning to their coverage of global issues, supporting mental health, and cultivating an active citizenry
Promote HeroIne Role Models
to parents, education, media, civil society organizations – by explaining their key role for human behavior, transformational learning processes, as well as providing the world's finest role models, programs for unfolding one's own inner heroIne and evolve into a heroIne role model to others
Re-Animate Virtues, Culture & The Sacred
as our essential resource for creating a good world and upgrading ourselves as co-creators, inhabitants and stewards of a global, peaceful, just, thriving and sustainable, a sacred civilization.
Combine Gaming & World Change
through badges, levels, credits and honors in Change Generation Rising, backed by worldclass knowledge on positive aspects of gaming and how to boost them
Advance Positive Change Media Culture
uplifting and empowering with solutions, heroIne role models, instant action opportunity and involving their audiences, serving their purpose as macro communication tool of our societies
on youth leadership, positive news culture and more
Improve the Image of Youth
as innocent, fresh, free, as the brightest, most empathic, caring, and best educated generation in history, setting records in volunteering, and changing lives, laws, industries and learning culture at unprecedented scale, at already 12,000 schools
Change Worldview on Girls and Women
by showing female changemakers with courage, impact and vision far beyond even the greatest male changemakers. Yes, surprise.
New Learning Culture, Powered by Students
with respect for Our New Highly Gifted (empathic changemaker youth) as "assistant teachers", making their contributions or YL Stories part of every subject once or twice per semester.
to run everything you see in YL … from website and graphic design, to media, speakers and educational programs, volunteer team management and strategic partnerships.
Liberate me until YL's Sales Engine kicks off
2017 is our start-up year of publishing and promoting our vast range of media, programs and services, via our featured heroInes' social media streams, volunteers and friends like you. There's no doubt that YL will soon be self-sustainable. Until then, I need the help of those who see the unique value in my publications and work for YL.
Recurring Donations are great and calming, as I will know that my essentials are secure for the time ahead. I will inform you when YL's financial engines have kicked off, and will return your generous support with beautiful gifts!
Thank you very much.
More Ways To Help
Bigger Donations
Sure thing. Also investment in the "Daughters of the Sun" book Crowdfunder helps, or booking skype sessions (scroll down this page).
In-Kind Support
Temporary homes to complete writing my books, somewhere in Europe. Room & Board in a hotel, holiday lodge, your 2nd apartment, a CAMPERVAN! for some months … organic food baskets, travel coupons on public transports, buslines, railways, airlines… Good energy boosting treats of clothing, good running shoes, massage, sauna, – brief holiday trip with my son? Love it! … Then, of course YL stuff like printing books, cardgames, shirts!
Communication Boosts
for my work with YL, on youth leadership, on YL, … interviews with me, our heroInes' stories, … on your company and NGO newsletter, your social media, at conferences, events, in newspapers, lifestyle magazines (families, green, youth, faith, development…) …
for proper communication, whatsapp… 150€ or used
Video Editing Laptop
1500€ or used
Laminating Machine
for laminating Poster Sets for the Pop-Up Exhibits, A3 double page size, speed 80+ per minute … 200€ or used
Adobe InDesign Editing Software
250€ for one year, or used Adobe InDesign CS5 software (new 900€)
Speech-to-Text Software
for quicker production… 200€ or used
Laser Printer
for the YL Office and Store … 250€ or used
the epic fitness-centre-in-one tool, black version, 80€
Temporary Home Bases
across Europe, of 2-12 weeks, with solid internet (local or via webtrotter), urban or rural or holiday homes, for writing my books, online communications, scouting the region for networking, presentations, partnerships…
Car or Mobile Home
also for part of the year, used or new
Produce Interviews, Articles, Films ...
with me, also involving our HeroInes
Invite me to a Hollywood Party
or similar – to get the community involved in YL and CG Rising. Exciting!
Thank you for helping me bring this into the world.
Unveiled : How I can operate with (just) 1,500 / month
This is a good question, and we have to clarify it so people trust that their investment is put to good, efficient use.
It's not my favorite, but for a while I can function at this amount, until financial engines kick off and I can work with more comfort and flexibility.
Many middle class earners in project development positions as myself have incomes of $/€ 4-10,000 per month, and arrange their living situations according to family, buzy city life and the need for regeneration… a calm quality office, spacious home, comfortable kitchen, eating out for lunch, week-end treats, holiday escapes… then there's insurances, second cars, sports equipment, Christmas gifts etc.
Visionary social entrepreneurs – that's known – are not paid by society, and still have learned to live with their 12-16h/day schedules, fueled by their passion, side jobs not being an option; that's why Ashoka, Skoll etc invest stipends of up to $12,000 per month, for their level of qualification, office, travel needs etc.
That's my situation.
I can work on far less and be PRODUCTIVE – just like Matt Mullenweg who leads the billion dollar global 'wordpress' enterprise without office or email. My ROLE is to coordinate, communicate, train a global network of partners and ONLINE volunteers (I've had 11,000 OVs, winning two United Nations Online Volunteer Awards over the past decade). This works.
I have learned to live light during my travel years in Australia and North America. My family phase is completed (my fabulous son has his high school degree), and I am set to serve the planet with the unique services I have to offer to empower our young generation and their adult allies. My good health comes "free", fueled by daily meditation, yoga etc. Basic rent and mobility are the biggest factors to spread youth leadership to schools, events, regions…
So – a laptop, mat, good company and fresh food is all I need to live at full pace for people and planet. Sure, free stays in your mountain lodges, Paris and Rome apartments, a mobile home or truck, airmilies – are welcome and wanted in-kind support for me and other YL members to stay fresh and move around. But my basics are covered with $/€1,500.
My impact and productivity are guaranteed. I have been committing 100% full-time on spreading youth leadership since 2002, and there is no reason to change this. I have experienced work in settings from city to campgrounds. I know myself, and what works and what doesn't.
Pretty soon, I'll be able to cover my costs from book sales, workshops etc. – so that I can make YOUTH-LEADER the free GIFT to the WORLD that I WISH it to BE. You can tell from the superb media, products and services that It is going to work – once we get through the "start-up phase" of 2017.
For now, I need some investment in me from THE PEOPLE, rewarded with great news and surprise perks.
THANK YOU for liberating my time and helping me do this SERVICE FOR PEOPLE & PLANET.


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30 Meters CCTV Siamese Cables EN-CPV30
The EN-CPV30 is a 30 Meters CCTV Siamese Cables. These 30 Meters CCTV Siamese Cables are pre-made Siamese cables for CCTV camera installations. These plug-n-play Siamese cable run both power and video to CCTV security cameras. This video cable is pre-terminated with a male 2.1mm power plugs on one end and a female 2.1mm plug on the other. The video cable is terminated with male BNC connectors on both ends.
These 30 Meters CCTV Siamese Cables will simplify your surveillance system installation by eliminating the need to cut cables and crimp the ends on yourself. If you need to extend the distance of your cable, you can connect two or more pre-made cables together by using a BNC double female connector.
Because the power portion of the cable is male on one end and female on the other, there is no additional connector needed to connect the power portion of two cables together.
Please note that we DO NOT recommend linking several cables together to create cable long runs longer than 250 feet. This may result in poor or dropped image quality. For cable runs longer than 250 feet, We recommend using a high quality cat5 (utp cable) together with a Passive Video Balun WBT-1CHVB01


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- Parent Category: News
Iroquois County Board OK's Finance Department restructuring
The Iroquois County Board (Tuesday) voted 8-4, with several members absent, to reconfigure the Finance Department.
It's now known as the Finance Center.
Amanda Longfellow will manage the center at a salary of $45,000. Jill Johnson will assume the position of Chief Deputy. She'll be paid $27, 250.
The vote came after executive session.
Board Chairman John Shure calls it a new start.........
Shure said the Board is confident in moving forward with Longfellow and Johnson.
Iroquois County's been without a finance leader since Anita Speckman left for a similar position in Kankakee County earlier this year.


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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
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Uncle Creepy
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
I haven't been able to post any of new stuff I've been working on lately because I've signed N.D.A.s which prevent me from doing so. ...For now. So, I'll try to post something. Soon. Sorry.
new t-shirt
One of my favorite designs has been made into a fancy shirt. Click here to buy one!


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This project inspires vulnerable women from low-income households to help themselves, and their children, by using their own resources and own initiatives to do things they thought were not possible. Participation in a Self-help group (SHG) results in women being empowered economically and socially. Benefits include increased household income, easier access to low interest loans, increased quantity and quality of food, improved health, increase in children attending school, improved housing.
Millions of rural women in South Africa are trapped in poverty with little access to resources and information, living in a patriarchal tradition that places a lower value on their contribution within the household and often does not allow them to participate in everyday decision-making or make broader life choices. The impact of the AIDS pandemic over the last decade has greatly exacerbated the burden of poverty that women and their families face. Many women are vulnerable with no support.
Sinamandla organises poor and vulnerable women into groups that provides care and support, builds their capacity to manage own resources, expands their options for sustainable livelihoods and enables them to actively participate in developing their community.
The Self-help Group (SHG) project will empower 2000 women socially and economically resulting in 5500 children being cared and provided for, and dozens of communty projects being initiated that assist sick community members and vulnerable children.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).


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Key Stage 4 (Year 9-11)
In Key Stage 4, Abrar Academy ensures students study a challenging and valuable GCSE curriculum which prepares them well for A Level and Higher Education Level study. Students will be tackling a more refined and sophisticated study of each of their GCSE subjects.
All Students can study towards the English Baccalaureate. This is made up of English, mathematics, history or geography, the sciences and a Modern Foreign Language. It is a measure that shows where pupils have secured a Grade 5 or above across the core of academic subjects at key stage 4. It is designed to enable parents and students to see how their school is performing.


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Proactive Job Search
Get an Early Start
To be proactive in their job search, students should interact with the Career Center soon after they begin their first year. Early contact is integral to the success of Mines students and graduates so they will be able to acquire the necessary job search and professional development skills. The initial goal is to help the student first obtain experience while they are in school. In order to achieve this goal, the Career Center starts the students' career development process through workshops, one-on-one job search advice, resume development, practice interviews, proactive recruiting outreach, student presentations, and continuous communications. Students are strongly encourage to attend the huge fall and spring Career Day events at, company information sessions, use of the online recruiting database, and on-campus interviews. Resume, Cover Letter, and Online Branding. The Career Center staff can help you with creating a value-added resume / CV and strong customized cover letters that best present your qualifications for strong marketability and increase your conversion rate of resumes submitted to interviews obtained. The Career Center will assist in developing and implementing your online strategy with the important tools will result in a positive response. Professional Job Searching Workshops and Small Group Table Talks. Presented by Career Center Staff and top company recruiters, over forty workshops a year are offered to all students, student groups, and in classroom presentations. Topics include: Resume Writing, Proactive Job Search, Interviewing Skills, Stand Out at Career Day, Networking, Business Etiquette, Social Media, Succeed at Your Internship, Contract Review/Negotiations, and more! Practice Interviews. Stop by and schedule an appointment for a practice interview with one of the Career Advisors, who will offer coaching and feedback about your approach. For additional practice, the Career Center offers a convenient free online practice interview system in DiggerNet.
The Mines Strategy
Nationally recognized and sponsored by ConocoPhillips, this career manual is an innovative and visually appealing resource guide for students from start to finish…from searching for a major or career path through the job search process and then finally going through the contract negotiations. Sections on working internationally, business etiquette, building an electronic presence, transitioning to workforce, are valuable to the student. Many resume and cover letter samples are included.
Engineering Your Career Path Course
This 1.0 credit course (CSM 250) is designed to provide the student with advanced career planning and job searching tools that are instrumental to be successful in obtaining internships, co-ops, research, and full-time positions. Strongly recommended for all students, the class provides guidelines on transitioning into a new career, and making a positive impact in a chosen profession. Top guest speakers, who are leaders in their industries, impart their valuable advice and tips.


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Most coastal cultures have local recipes for fish fried to a golden hue, with a crunchy coating on the outside and tender, succulent flesh encased within the protective blanket of crust. My two personal favorite types of fish fries are crispy shore lunches at our Ontonagon cabin on Lake Superior and Cajun cookouts at my childhood home, where my brother fries southern catfish nuggets in a crusty corn flour dredge. The ritual of these fish fries revolves around a family recipe that we pass down and continually improve with each generation.
In 1993, back in southern Louisiana where I grew up, sac-a-lait (otherwise known as white crappie or white perch) was designated the official state fish. As a child, fishing for sac-a-lait was one of my favorite pastimes on
hot, humid summer days. I thought nothing of day camping in knee-deep reeds and cattails to get closer to the pond that was down the road from my house. Never mind that the water moccasins and vicious mosquitoes
shared the spot with me, I was there to catch fish. Occasionally, I would reel in enough to bring home a mess of sac-a-lait or catfish to cook for dinner. My daddy cleaned them and mama fried them. Dipping them in homemade, spicy cocktail sauce, I was thrilled to eat the success of my labor.
As an adult, when I started working in restaurants in New Orleans, I was indoctrinated with the art of frying fish in a commercial fryer instead of a black iron skillet. Casual seafood restaurants were tagged "fry houses" and most of the day's work at these places was spent prepping fried seafood for dinner service. Back in the day, fish was always fresh and cooking, and was made from scratch with hand-breading; no shortcuts were used because the customer would instantly know if the cook had strayed from local tradition. It was in this restaurant setting where I learned the basics of restaurant fish cookery and was introduced to peanut oil, which is considered to be the best frying oil by most Southerners.
I'm passing on some tips and a couple of new-fangled recipes that will liven up your next fish fry. I like cooking outside even during the abbreviated summers of northern Minnesota; it takes me back to my days as a
child, even if it's only for a little while.
Arlene's Fish Frying Tips -
Des Allemands Catfish
Adapted from "Cajun Cooking Making it Easy"
by Arlene Coco, Wordware press 1977
Here is a twist on the local versions of fish frying found in our area.
The mustard acts as a tenderizer and gives the dish a subtle, tangy
flavor. Freshly fried catfish is the stuff Cajun children dream about.
Most abundant in Mississippi, catfish farms produce the most
luscious and mouth-watering fish available. Don't be afraid of the
amount of Tabasco sauce -- it is hardly traceable once the fish is
fried. Louisiana Fish Fry is a mix of corn flour and corn meal. In a
pinch plain corn meal can be substituted.
Serves 4-6
1 C yellow mustard
3 Tbsp Tabasco sauce
2 lbs catfish fillets
1 C Louisiana Brand Fish Fry,
seasoned with 1 Tbsp Cajun seasoning
1 C 2% milk
1 C cornmeal
4 C peanut oil (to fry in)
1 yellow onion, sliced into large rings
2 lemons, sliced
1 C Sweet and Spicy New Age Tartar Sauce (see recipe below)
1. Mix mustard and Tabasco sauce in large bowl.
Add Catfish fillets and marinate for 2 hours
2. Season Fish Fry mix with Cajun spices. Dip fillets in milk and
then in the fry mix, then back in milk and then in corn meal.
3. Float onions in 375ºF hot oil for a couple of minutes to flavor
the oil.
4. Deep fry fish fillets until golden brown, being careful not
to overcrowd in oil.
5. Serve with lemon slices and tartar or cocktail sauce.
Sweet and Spicy
New Age Tartar Sauce
Yields 1 ½ cups
½ C low fat mayonnaise
½ C low fat sour cream
2 Tbsp sweet pickle relish
2 Tbsp green onions, sliced thinly
1 Tbsp lemon juice
2 Tbsp fresh cilantro, chopped
Sriracha hot chili sauce to taste
Mix all ingredients in bowl and serve with fish.


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(Pocket-lint) - Amazon made Echo-branded accessories for its Echo speakers.
Amazon said it has a "new collection of connected products that enhance voice interactions with compatible Echo devices". This collection is called Alexa Gadgets. And one of the gadgets is the Echo Connect, which we detailed for you here, while another one are the Echo Buttons. Here's what you need to know about them.
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What are Echo Buttons?
Announced at an event in September 2017 alongside several new Echo-branded devices, the Echo Buttons are a new way for you to play games with friends and family. During a demo, Amazon executives showed how they act as buzzers. In a trivia game, for instance, you can slap them to get the chance to answer a question.
How do Echo Buttons work?
Getting started
So, Echo Buttons enhance your game-play with a compatible Echo device. According to Amazon, each button illuminates and can be pressed to "trigger a variety of game play experiences powered by Alexa". They basically work with Alexa skills - more specifically, games - and can really help bring back game night in your household.
Details are scarce at the moment, but we assume you'll need to fire up the Alexa app on your iOS or Android device in order to set up an Echo Button and connect it with a compatible Echo device. In promo materials, we can see that Echo Show and Echo Dot will definitely support the gadget, but we imagine other Echo devices will too.
Echo Buttons appear to be battery-powered, as well.
It looks like you'll be able to use several of them at once when using a supported skill. Imagine playing Jeopardy!, for instance, with a group of friends. Each of you could have an Echo Button, and whoever slaps their button first will get the first chance to answer the Jeopardy! question - just like how contestants compete on the show.
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Which games use Echo Buttons?
During its event, Amazon highlighted a few skills that will work with Echo Buttons. Those include Beat the Intro from Musicplode, Dungeon Escape, Trivial Pursuit Tap, and Sounds Fun with Mike Epps from Ground Control. To activate a specific skill, just ask your Echo device to do so. You might need to open the Alexa app to finish activation.
Just ask your Echo device, "Alexa, what games I play with Echo Buttons", and then you'll get the full list of compatible skills you can enable.
How much are Echo Buttons?
Echo Buttons are available as a pair for $19.99 in the US. In the UK, they cost £19.99 for a pair.
When will Echo Buttons be available?
Echo Buttons were made available for the first time on 19 December.


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Marks & Spencer Food has opened in Dubai Marina and it's AMAZING
We have already visited. Twice
After what feels like forever, the brand new Marks & Spencer Food has opened in Dubai! Located in Marina Walk, the store opened its doors on 13 September to immediate crowds. This newest opening is the first standalone M&S Food Store in the Gulf.
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It's the first standalone M&S Food in the Gulf
James Harvey, Marks & Spencer Head of International Franchise said: "Today is the culmination of months of preparations, and we are delighted to welcome our customers to our first standalone food and hospitality store in the Gulf. Whether expanding our chilled food offer or introducing new lines to our Café menus, we're constantly looking at ways to bring our tempting food products for our customers to enjoy. The new format we've unveiled today gives us the opportunity to extend our reach across Dubai and offer our customers the quality food and drink they love, in new convenient locations like Marina Walk."
There is also an M&S Café!
We popped in and saw some of the happiest people in Dubai, wandering around the aisles, grinning and taking snaps of all of the products. The variety on offer is enough to bring a tear to your eye. Cheese Tasters, quiches, low-fat hummus, mini pittas, Colin the Caterpillar, choccy Dunkers…
Read: What to do in the UAE this week...
There is so much! If you feel a bit overwhelmed, why not stop by the M&S Café for a cuppa and slice of cake? The 16-seater café also serves good ol' British classics like fish and chips along with 100 percent Columbian Arabica coffee and buttery pastries. Here's to having M&S Souper Greens and Colin the Caterpillar for dinner every night of the week!
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Security Expert Rejects MP's Twitter Hacking Claims
UK MP David Wright failed to tell the truth over an insulting Twitter message, according to Sophos security expert Graham Cluley
A security expert has dismissed claims by an MP that insulting messages sent via his Twitter account were down to his account on the micro-blogging service being tampered with.
In a posting on his blog this week, Sophos security expert Graham Cluley said that UK MP David Wright was not "telling the truth" about how a Tweet labeling the Conservative Party as "scum-sucking pigs" had been posted from his account.
"In my opinion, this case is pretty clear cut," said Cluley. "The MP isn't telling the full truth about what happened on his Twitter page. I think it's most likely that he did post the message, and then decided upon the hacking excuse after the heat was turned on."
The post, which went out from the MP for Telford and Shropshire's account on Monday referred to the Conservative party and claimed,"#ivenevervotedtory because you can put lipstick on a scum-sucking pig, but it's still a scum-sucking pig. And cos they would ruin Britain".
But in the latest posting on his Twitter account, Wright claimed that the Tweet had been tampered with after he sent it out. "What a commotion today. Looks like my tweets have been tinkered with. I will keep you posted," the Tweet stated.
The timing of the apparent tampering is the issue according to Cluley who said it was unlikely that the message could be changed by a third-party after it had been sent.
"Wright is now claiming that although he did post about putting lipstick on pig, someone else added the phrase "scum-sucking" after he published his tweet," said Cluley. "Hmm.. that would be a first. There are plenty of cases of hackers breaking into Twitter accounts and posting offensive messages, but I've never heard of them changing a message."
The security expert also pointed out that Wright had made inflammatory remarks via Twitter in the past. "It's perhaps relevant to realise that The Right Honourable David Wright MP has used similar language on his Twitter page in the past when discussing Tory leader David Cameron," stated Cluley linking to a Tweet from Wright that described Cameron as "a hypocritical vicious leader of the nasty party".
Cluley added that while the "scum-sucking" incident was not that serious in the long-run, it did demonstrate the pit-falls of publishing on the Internet without considering the repercussions. "…it is a salutary reminder to all of us to think about the consequences of what we post on the Internet, even if we are trying to be 'down with the kids' and riding the hip wave of social networking phenomena like Twitter. An inappropriate tweet may not just be the vehicle for data leakage, it can also damage your personal or corporate reputation," he stated.


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Students suffer as DU not equipped while taking back charge of the institutions
Students suffer as DU not equipped while taking back charge of the institutions
In February 2017, when Dhaka University took back the responsibility of seven government colleges after more than two decades, the university was neither prepared nor adequately staffed to handle the added burden.
As a result, the DU administration is failing to conduct exams and publish results on time, causing sufferings to students of both the university and the colleges.
DU Professor Emeritus Serajul Islam Choudhury and Supernumerary Professor Syed Anwar Husain said it was the university's responsibility to have necessary preparations before the decision was made.
"We don't understand the reason behind the hasty decision. There was no discussion on whether the university has the capacity or not," said Prof Serajul.
Prof Anwar said, "The situation is much more complicated now. It cannot continue for a long time. Students of both the colleges and the university are suffering. Their academic life has to be saved."
Both of them said the university did not have the capacity to cope with the burden of 2.5 lakh students because of its administrative weakness.
"This is a heavy burden on Dhaka University," said Prof Anwar.
The seven institutions that got reaffiliated with the DU are Dhaka College, Eden Mohila College, Government Titumir College, Government Bangla College, Government Shaheed Suhrawardy College, Kabi Nazrul Government College, and Begum Badrunnessa Government Women College.
It has now become the university's responsibility to conduct admission tests, hold their written and oral exams, prepare question papers, evaluate answer scripts (partially), and publish the results.
But, students of the colleges say, they are still facing session jams because their exams are not being timely held and results are getting delayed.
On the other hand, DU students say the reaffiliation put an extra burden on the university, slowing down its administrative work.
Since 2017, the university has not appointed any new exam controller to manage the affairs of the 2.5 lakh college students.
"No new deputy exam controller or assistant exam controller has been appointed since 2015," said a deputy exam controller recently. "Only a few section officers were hired last year," he added, refusing to give his name.
Another deputy exam controller, who oversees the seven colleges, said about 20-25 administrative officers were recruited in the last fiscal year. "But we need at least 15 more to do the work smoothly," he said, requesting anonymity.
The DU has five deputy exam controllers, 15 assistant exam controllers, and 26 section officers.
Apart from exam controllers, the university needs college inspectors who check on the activities of the colleges and make visits to report the situation first-hand.
The university right now has only one college inspector, one assistant college inspector, and one section officer.
The assistant college inspector, Abdul Kuddus, said no new appointment was made in his office yet, but the university is at the final stage to create 10 posts of college inspector.
Meanwhile, then vice chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique denied that the reaffiliation decision was taken hurriedly. He said it was a government decision which they implemented.
Asked why the DU authorities did not appoint required staff in the last two and a half years, Vice Chancellor Prof Akhtaruzzaman said that the then administration could have done it. "Many things happened unscientifically," he added.
"We are working on the issue. We have formed a committee to resolve the crisis."
When Prof Arefin was asked the same question, he said some extra people were needed, but the university could manage the situation with the existing workforce.
"We have an adequate workforce because the university used to have the same workforce when the colleges were affiliated with DU before 1992."
In August 2014, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked the education ministry to reaffiliate the colleges with respective public universities. But differences of opinion between National University and some public universities delayed the process.
In November 2016, the education ministry decided to start the process by handing over the seven colleges to DU with the president's approval.
The goal was to improve the quality of education, reduce pressure on the NU, and put an end to session jams at the colleges.
The NU was established in 1992 to take over the affiliated colleges of the public universities in Dhaka, Rajshahi and Chittagong. At the time, it was said NU would help break the cycle of session jams and improve education standards.
It now oversees 2,300 educational institutions with more than 20 lakh students.
Students of the seven colleges first took to the street in July 2017, demanding publication of results, exam schedules, and re-evaluation of answer scripts. Since then, they organised street protests on at least seven occasions.
Abu Bakar, a student of Bangla at Dhaka College, said their third-year final exam results were published on July 10, after seven months of the exams. "We were supposed to complete the bachelor programme by July 2018."
"Dhaka University authorities also delay publication of exam schedules. Students of every session are facing a minimum of one year's session jam."
Some also alleged that the DU teachers did not evaluate the answer scripts properly.
Amalendu Paul, a degree (pass course) student of Kabi Nazrul College, said, "All 300 students of the 2014-2015 session failed at least in one course."
Asked about this allegation, DU Business Faculty Dean Prof Shibli Rubayat Ul Islam, who coordinates the seven colleges, said there was no lax in evaluating answer scripts. "But performances of the college students were poor."
According to a deputy exam controller, DU teachers evaluated all the exam scripts of the college students for the first six to seven months. "But now they handle 10 percent of the scripts at best."
The DU students also took to the street in July, and locked all academic and administrative buildings for three days from July 22. They demanded cancellation of the affiliation.
"Usually, we have to wait for a long time to get any administrative work done. Now the burden of additional 2.5 lakh students has aggravated our sufferings," said Lisa Hossain, a student of world religion and culture department at the DU.
Ayesha Siddiqa, a student of political science, said, "Our classes and examinations were suspended several times because the teachers have to conduct the viva voce of the college students."
The university students suspended the protest after a 10-member committee was formed to resolve the crisis. They would not resume demonstration until the report arrives.
The committee first sat on July 29, and sought one month's time to submit the report.
There are 43,385 students and 2,010 teachers at the DU. The university has 116 constituent or affiliated institutions including the seven colleges.
In most cases, the DU's responsibility is limited to issuing certificates and inspection of these institutions. But in the case of the seven colleges, the role is much bigger -- the university conducts most of their exam-related activities.
In 2018-19 fiscal year, Dhaka University earned Tk 21 crore from the sales of admission forms at the seven colleges.


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Roshni: An End of the Darkness
RWH Video
Why Lack of Toilets is Killing Millions
The Drinkable Book - Water is Life
WATERisLIFE World Water Day 2012 Campaign
Urban Water
Shallow aquifer in Bangalore- Open wells in a city
Preparing for Tsunamis in the Mediterranean
Hot Water Trailer (1942)
SADC Groundwater/Climate Change Awareness
SADC Groundwater Threat Awareness
SADC Groundwater Management Awareness Video
This is not a video camera: Chris Lunch at TEDxIHECS
Moto Destino_ FreshWater Project
Water, The World Water Crisis
Generation Awake campaign – Water Maniac Walter
Water Awareness in Yemen
Water for all
Sabemos Agua
Huella Hídrica
Mexico y el Agua vol. 2
Mexico y el Agua vol 1
7 Year Old Superhero
Deventer in Water. Deel 4: Hoogwater Beveiliging
Deventer in Water. Deel 3: Hoogwater Weekend
Deventer in Water. Deel 2: Hoogwater Historie
Deventer in Water. Deel 1: Hoogwater Voorbereiding
No Way Out Without a Sanitary Latrine
Let's change their future
Sisters on the Planet- UK
Wat gaan ze met de IJssel doen?
Climate Theatre (Winner-Water,Climate & Action)
Philippines Climate Change in Coastal Areas
Water Scarcity & problems in Sana'a Basin -Yemen
Save Water for the Next generation
Water Saving in the House
Even Water Drops have their Stories
Stop Illegal Drilling
World without Water
Manantial (The Spring)
Ciao Birds Ciao
Siesta - Transience
Disaster reduction Japan's Global Contribution
I Want To Be A 'Water Expert'
Virtual Water
Water is a gift
Carpa Diem


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