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There's agreement that too few children in Connecticut have access to quality preschool programs, but top state officials are butting heads with a coalition of parents and educators on how to put a near-universal system in place.
Attorney General George Jepsen argues that whether the state pays for universal preschool is an issue that should remain with lawmakers. His office is defending the State Department of Education and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy in a school-funding lawsuit brought by a coalition of parents, school boards, municipal leaders and teachers' unions.
The coalition worries that lawmakers will continue to look at the budgets for early education programs as places to find money when times are tight.
A Jan. 11 trial date is set on the case that will determine whether the state is meeting its constitutional obligation to provide all students a quality education. Among other things, Hartford Superior Court Judge Thomas Moukawsher will soon have to determine whether evidence relating to preschool access will be permitted.
The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled almost six years ago that the state is responsible for providing a certain level of education, but did not specify whether that includes preschool.
In New Jersey, the state's supreme court mandated access to preschool for every child in the state's poorest school districts. Before the 1998 New Jersey Supreme Court decision, in a case known as Abbott v. Burke, the state was providing preschool to about 6,000 children. A few years after the decision, nearly 50,000 children were being served.
In Connecticut, Gov. Malloy, who expanded preschool during his first term, has said he thinks the state can get to universal preschool without a court order. However, the number of children enrolled in high-quality early education programs has decreased over the last few years, reports Connecticut Voices for Children, a New Haven based advocacy group.
A state effort to expand preschool access by spending $15 million more last fiscal year and $20 million more each year afterward until 2024 has gotten off to a slow start.
Just $1.6 million of the $15 million was spent last year.
Malloy has said that nowhere in the state Constitution is there a requirement to provide preschool education.
"The framers of the Constitution, including at its last major revision, did not anticipate early childhood education as being part of the guarantee," Malloy told reporters in 2011, only days after the attorney general filed a motion in to exclude preschool from the lawsuit.
And with the trial now looming, the judge will soon have to rule.
"Without increased access to Pre-K, Connecticut will continue to suffer from large achievement gaps and high levels of school failure for children from low income families, racial and ethnic minorities, and children from homes where English is not the primary language," the Connecticut Coalition of Justice in Education Funding wrote the court last week.
The state still has a long way to go before it reaches universal preschool for the state's 3- and 4-year olds. State officials reported earlier this year that 10,109 children from low-income families — nearly one-third of poor students — cannot afford to enroll in a high-quality preschool program. To provide universal access to preschool, districts would have to add 814 more preschool classrooms.
Connecticut ranks 29th nationwide among the states for access by 4-year-olds to a high-quality preschool, reports the National Institute for Early Education Research.
"Early childhood programs ought to be one of the tools that could be required by the courts to provide an adequate education," said Merrill Gay, a plaintiff in the case and the executive director of the Connecticut Early Childhood Alliance.


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Sterling strengthens against US dollar, but moves sideways against the euro
By Christopher Nye June 30th, 2017
The pound broke through the key psychological barrier of $1.30 yesterday. In the space of seven trading days sterling has gained nearly four cents. This is mainly in response to comments from the Bank of England Governor Mark Carney. While there was some concern that what Carney had actually said didn't necessarily pave the way for a UK interest rate hike later this year, markets took it that way anyway. Given how much the political landscape has affected currency movements of late, it was a bit of a surprise that economic news had the most significant bearing.
Against the euro, the sideways movement that has characterised June continued. There was a brief moment of euro strength on Tuesday when it gained just under one and half cents but this was quickly given back.
We have produced a piece for Forbes that looks at the mixed messages from the BoE about a UK interest rate hike in the near future. Like everyone, we'll be glued to further comments from Carney and his colleagues to get an indication of whether rates are likely to rise, or if the central bank will wait for further developments.
GBP: pound breaks through $1.30 before resting just below
Sterling spiked above $1.30 for a brief moment for the first time in five weeks yesterday, as the markets continued with their confidence that the BoE could tighten monetary policy. The pound is still relatively unstable though, having initially lost more than 2% against the US dollar when May lost her parliamentary majority.
Since then, it has recovered on the back of comments from Mark Carney who said a rate hike might be necessary in the future. The operative word there is might, but the City appeared to overlook that.
Elsewhere, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi woke the foreign exchange markets from their recent slumber as he pointed to a long-anticipated shift in policy over the coming months. GBP/EUR remained range-bound yesterday.
Later today we have the current account data out in the UK.
EUR: euro hits highest level against US dollar in almost 14 months
It was a very good day for the euro yesterday, as it hit its highest level against the US dollar in almost 14 months. Following ECB President Mario Draghi's comments on Tuesday, where he suggested they might look to unwind their quantitative easing programme, and current inflation figures are likely only temporary and banks should look past this.
In addition, German consumer inflation rose unexpectedly in June, to 1.6% against a forecast 1.4%. Looking to the day ahead, the two main releases from the Eurozone are German employment figures and consumer price index.
USD: dollar continues slide against sterling and euro
The dollar continued to weaken yesterday, with the Dollar Index hitting its lowest point since October 2016. This is largely due to rate hike signals coming from some of the world's key central banks. Furthermore, a combination of political uncertainty in the US and optimism surrounding the Eurozone's economy resulted in EUR/USD hitting the 1.14 level.
The dollar slid against the pound for the seventh consecutive day, following comments from Mark Carney that were judged to indicate a UK interest rate hike in the future. While it wasn't an explicit endorsement for tighter monetary policy, what Carney said opened up the possibility and the markets reacted in the way they saw fit.
Yesterday we saw improved final GDP figures from the US at 1.4% against a forecast of 1.2%. This was a result of unexpectedly high consumer spending and a bigger rise in exports than was anticipated.
Today is a quiet day for US economic data, but it will be interesting to see whether the dollar can recover some its losses against the pound.
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Damn the torpedoes and full speed ahead… But Captain we are out of toilet paper… ALL STOP!!! — theleansubmariner
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Congratulations to Prof. Yury Gogotsi, who a received a Changbai Mountain Friendship Award from the vice-governor of Jilin Province at the National Day reception for foreign experts in Changchun, China. See some photos from the ceremony below.
Congratulations to Prof. Yury Gogotsi, who a received a Changbai Mountain Friendship Award from the vice-governor of Jilin Province at the National Day reception for foreign experts in Changchun, China. See some photos from the ceremony below.
Professor Yury Gogotsi has won the 2017 Energy Storage Materials Award, which is awarded by the journal Energy Storage Materials. The Award will be presented to Professor Gogotsi at the ICEnSM 2017 (2017 International Conference on Energy Storage Materials), which will be held in Shenzhen, China, on Nov. 18-21, 2017. The award, which is sponsored by Elsevier, gives special recognition to a person who has accomplished outstanding achievements in energy storage materials and devices.
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It turns out that when they're in a hurry and space is limited, ions, like people, will find a way to cram in — even if that means defying nature's norms. Recently published research from an international team of scientists, including Drexel University's Yury Gogotsi, PhD, shows that the charged particles will actually forgo their "opposites attract" behavior, called Coulombic ordering, when confined in the tiny pores of a nanomaterial. This discovery could be a pivotal development for energy storage, water treatment and alternative energy production technologies, which all involve ions packing into nanoporous materials.
In their paper, which was recently published in the journal Nature Materials, the researchers explain how Coulombic ordering in liquid salts starts to break down when ions are confined in small spaces — specifically carbon pores less than a nanometer in diameter. And the narrower the pore, the less the ions adhere to Coulombic ordering. Read the full press release here.
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5 of our papers published within the past year are currently among ISI Hot Papers (placed in the top 0.1% of papers in its academic field). 57 papers from our group are in the top 1% (ISI Highly Cited). Those are very impressive numbers showing the highest quality and great impact of the work done by the Nanomaterials Group.
Two NMG Alumni are currently faculty at Jilin University in China. Assoc. Prof. Yu (Alex) Gao and Asst. Prof. Yohan Dall'Agnese are working on the China Nano initiative at Jilin in collaboration with Drexel University. Congratulations to our alumni!
While lithium-ion batteries, widely used in mobile devices from cell phones to laptops, have one of the longest lifespans of commercial batteries today, they also have been behind a number of recent meltdowns and fires due to short-circuiting in mobile devices. In hopes of preventing more of these hazardous malfunctions researchers at Drexel University have developed a recipe that can turn electrolyte solution — a key component of most batteries — into a safeguard against the chemical process that leads to battery-related disasters.
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Congratulations to PhD student, Tyler Mathis, for winning the Best Poster prize for Symposium 7 (Supercapacitors from Materials and Processes to Applications) during the ISE meeting last week.


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Disclosure is the process of making known what was previously unknown. This can mean an individual disclosing to others their suspicion of, or diagnosis of, their own Asperger profile. Additionally, this can refer to the process of a person suggesting to another that they might fit the description. In more broad terms, disclosure refers to the process of navigating conversation related to the topic, whether that be in relation to work, friends, family, or strangers.
Disclosure is a process that every person with an Asperger profile navigates, each in his or her own unique way. Most of the time, an individual's first identification with this profile is met with enormous relief. The sentiment, "Oh, that explains so much!" is not an uncommon response. This discovery is often experienced as a revelation, in terms of understanding personal struggles, strengths, and differences that have spanned decades. Of course, some people can be resistant to the idea of identifying (at least at first) with this category, and that is why we are talking about ways to be sensitive to the process.
Disclosing Your Own Asperger Profile to Others
When disclosing your own Asperger profile to friends, loved ones, employers, and others it is understandable that you might have some concerns as to how this information might be received. You might:
- Fear that others will misunderstand or stigmatize you.
- Worry that you will not be believed.
- Feel "in the dark" yourself about what the profile or diagnosis means.
- Have a distaste for narrow, limiting labels that do not take into account your individuality.
Strategies for disclosing one's own profile to others:
When an individual with an Asperger profile is disclosing about him or herself, we often suggest that he or she discloses "strategically." Strategic disclosure involves disclosure of just the necessary amount of information for the situation. The necessary amount might be a full explanation of the individual's diagnosis or it may just be a statement about a particular characteristic of the profile (for example, requesting a quieter workspace because of one's particular challenge in focusing on one's work). Needless to say, disclosure is different for everyone and in every situation and is worth thoughtful consideration and sensitivity. Some common strategies include:
- Leading the conversation with the strengths and gifts of an Asperger profile.
- Referencing specific people of note with this profile, rather than just providing a list of characteristics.
- Staying informed, so that you can better prepare yourself to dispel common misperceptions.
- Having examples of your own life stories, experience, and perceptions that reflect the profile.
- Being aware of the experiences and accomplishments that make you an individual.
- Creating a strong support system.
- Knowing about neurodiversity
Disclosing to Someone That You Suspect That They May Have an Asperger Profile
When disclosing to a friend, loved one, or individual that you suspect that they might have an Asperger profile, be sure that you are well-informed and consider the reasons why this information might not immediately be received easily. He or she might be sensitive to the topic because:
- It feels as if you are telling them who they are, and they know that they understand themselves better.
- They might have already thought of the possibility themselves, and therefore worry that they haven't hidden their personal challenges effectively enough.
- They may have difficulty seeing their own characteristics from your, or somebody else's, perspective.
- They may have very fixed ideas about the world and themselves, and this information does not fit.
- They may process information slowly and say "no" in order to create more time to digest what you have disclosed.
- The person might misunderstand what an Asperger profile means.
- They might understand what an Asperger profile means, but be well aware of how often other people misunderstand the profile and/or diagnosis.
- They might be aware of a limited number of people with this label and believe that it could not apply to them because they are so different — they cannot relate a limited interpretation of the profile.
- They do not want to be labeled.
- They have grown to appreciate their own unique qualities, and now you're telling them they fit a label.
- They might think that the profile is "fixed" and that things won't get better.
- They might not be familiar with the many strengths associated with an Asperger profile.
Some strategies for disclosing your suspicion of another person's Asperger profile:
- Be informed. Know the common strengths and challenges of an Asperger profile.
- Recognize the person's individuality.
- Be familiar with the ways in which the right support can improve quality of life.
- Suggest places to turn for resources and support (AANE is a great place to start).
- Be patient
- Understand the concept of neurodiversity.
Understanding "Neurodiversity"
The term "neurodiversity" can serve to empower individuals with Asperger profiles. Diagnostic labels, by nature, define disorders and tend to ignore the strengths, gifts, and adaptive benefits of the individuals diagnosed. In contrast to this, the Asperger constellation of traits has more recently been described as the product of natural variations in human neurology that lead to differences in individual experiences, sensitivities, and perceptions. It is not necessarily a neurological "dysfunction"; rather, it is evidence of "differently" functioning neurology. "Neurodiversity advocates propose that instead of viewing this gift as an error of nature . . . society should regard it as a valuable part of humanity's genetic legacy while ameliorating the aspects of autism that can be profoundly disabling without adequate forms of support" (Silberman, Neurotribes, p. 470). Just as the natural world thrives through a web of diversity, offering up a range of valuable interconnected attributes, so does humanity.
Informal Online Tests
While on-line quizzes do not take the place of comprehensive neuropsychological exams, they can introduce individuals to some common Asperger themes. Moreover, they can serve as foundations for initial conversations related to the topic. The author David Finch describes how his wife used the Aspie Quiz to initiate the disclosure process with him. His book, The Journal of Best Practices, is a wonderful and humorous window into David's journey of self-discovery and self-awareness.
Two online quizzes include:
Personal Accounts Specific to Disclosure
Like every person with an Asperger profile, the influences involved in the disclosure process infinitely vary. One way to understand the range of possibilities for disclosure is to connect with the stories of individuals with personal experiences. Some examples include:
- First Person Accounts
- Article by Lynne Mitchell
- AANE webinar that provides an introduction to the Asperger profile: Know Your Brand of AS.
Media List Specific to Disclosure
Media representations of individuals with Asperger profiles can help to generate relatable, non-clinical conversations between friends and family members. Here are some suggestions:
- TV: Community, Big Bang Theory, BBC's Sherlock, Parenthood
- Movies: Adam, Temple Grandin, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
- Fictional Books: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
- Non-fiction Books: Look me in the Eye by John Elder Robison, Journal of Best Practices by David Finch, Neurotribes by Steve Silberman, Aspergirls by Rudy Simone, Safety Skills for Asperger Women, Liane Holliday Willey.


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Mario Gabelli's GAMCO Investors disclosed today its equity positions for the third quarter of 2014. According to the Schedule 13F form filed with the SEC, the fund has a highly diversified equity portfolio, worth more than $18.5 billion, with a slight focus on consumer discretionary (27.2%) and industrial (24.6%) stocks. As its top positions remained pretty much the same as in the second quarter, with DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) leading the top, in this article I will look into its largest new stakes disclosed by GAMCO for the end of the third quarter: Weatherford International Plc (NYSE:WFT), TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (NYSE:TRW), and Liberty Media Corp (NASDAQ:LMCK).
Weatherford International Plc (NYSE:WFT) came in first. This $ 12.79 billion market cap provider of equipment and services to the oil and natural gas exploration and production industry (both on land and offshore) saw GAMCO acquire more than 10.81 million shares of Common Stock during the third quarter. This position is worth more than $224.8 million, and makes of GAMCO one of the largest institutional shareholders in the company.
Other major institutional investors betting on Weatherford International Plc (NYSE:WFT) are William B. Gray's Orbis Investment Management and Steve Cohen's Point72 Asset Management. These funds disclosed, by the end of the second quarter of the year, ownership of 34.38 million shares and 6.25 million shares, respectively .
Second in line is TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (NYSE:TRW), an $11.23 billion market cap supplier of automotive systems, modules and components to global automotive original equipment manufacturers and related aftermarkets. According to the 13F filing, GAMCO started a position in the company during the third quarter, with 1.14 million shares, worth more than $116.2 million.
Even more bullish on TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (NYSE:TRW) seems Richard S. Pzena's Pzena Investment Management, which acknowledged holding more than 3.94 million shares as of the end of the second quarter.
Finally, there's Liberty Media Corp (NASDAQ:LMCK), a $15.98 billion market cap media, communications and entertainment company that was spun-off from Starz (NASDAQ:STRZA) in 2013. Over the third quarter of the year, GAMCO acquired 1.42 million Class C shares of Liberty Media Corp (NASDAQ:LMCK), worth approximately $67 million.
Liberty Media Corp (NASDAQ:LMCK)'s Class C stock, which started trading in July, has already attracted the attention of several institutional investors, including Stephen J. Errico's Locust Wood Capital Advisers, which purchased 572,428 shares during the third quarter, and Bernard Selz's Selz Capital, which owns 126,000 shares.
I should also mention that GAMCO has been very active over the past month. Most recently, GAMCO boosted its stakes in BioScrip Inc (NASDAQ:BIOS), by 13%, to 5.86 million shares, and in Move Inc. (NASDAQ:MOVE), MOCON, Inc. (NASDAQ:MOCO), and Astec Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTE). Moreover, the funds affiliated with Mr. Gabelli (GAMCO, Gabelli Funds, GSI, Teton Advisors, GBL) recently disclosed that they had went activist in, and tripled their exposure to, SWS Group Inc (NYSE:SWS), taking their holdings to 1.7 million shares of Common Stock. On the opposite, they closed out their stakes in Annies Inc (NYSE:BNNY) and Medical Action Industries (NASDAQ:MDCI), and trimmed the one in Layne Christensen Company (NASDAQ:LAYN).
Disclosure: Javier Hasse holds no positions in any stocks or funds mentioned
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Many people think that heart attacks are a "man's problem," yet heart disease is actually the number one killer of both men and women in the United States.
Many people think that heart attacks are a "man's problem," yet heart disease is actually the number one killer of both men and women in the United States.
Chronic heart failure (CHF) refers to the ongoing condition of your heart's inability to pump sufficient blood to meet your body's demands.
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The heart is a 4-chambered muscle that functions as a blood pump; the 2 upper chambers are called the atria and the 2 lower chambers are the ventricles.
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Developer Wrenbridge has pulled out of the project to redevelop the Bircherley Green shopping centre, describing it as "the most challenging project we have been involved with".
Wrenbridge have been managing the project for investment fund manager Savilles since 2012, engaging architects Corstorphine and Wright and holding public consultations and managing planning applications for the shopping centre and hotel.
An amended planning application for the shopping centre was withdrawn two weeks ago, with a spokesperson for the owners blaming "a depressed retail sector and subdued housing market".
The shopping centre has been closed since the remaining tenants left last year. The shopping centre's car park and bus station toilets closed at the same time.
Investment fund managers Savills and owner Diageo Pension Trust will now have to decide on the future of the site.
Wrenbridge have issued statement on Twitter which reads:
In 2012, we were appointed to the Bircherley Green project by Savills Investment Management (The Fund), who manage the development on behalf of the owners of the site.
Pressures on the retail and construction markets, combined with local planning conditions, have made the Bircherley Green regeneration the most challenging project we have been involved with.
Based on the current plans, the cost of redeveloping the site will be significantly higher than the value of the completed scheme. No business could deliver a project of this scale at a loss and that is the stark choice faced by the Fund. It was on this basis that they took the decision to withdraw the recent Phase 2 planning application.
We have recommended to the Fund that they explore new options for Phase 2 without us. We believe a fresh start and a new team will give the best chance of delivering a sustainable long term future for the site.
We are continuig to help with the Hotel Phase of the scheme with a continued strong relationship with Savills Investment Management and we hope the project can be delivered successfully.
Wrenbridge continue to be involved in the hotel project on the corner of Railway Street and Bircherley Street.
East Herts District Council and Savills have been approached for comment.
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We are excited to announce our October 2022 songwriting
workshop retreat to be held in Kinglake, Victoria
October 12 - 15, 2022
Places are strictly limited to 12
Residential and non-residential spots are available.
This writers retreat and workshop is for songwriters of all levels who are looking for a way to establish and/or develop their songwriting skills, learn how to finish a song, refine their song and record their song.
David and Merelyn together with multi-award winners Gretta Ziller and (two other artists to be announced soon) will deliver workshops and also focus one on one with each participant. We will focus on techniques and processes that will enable you to freely express your ideas on paper and then into a song - ready to be recorded.
Becoming a more skillful songwriter will allow you confidently pursue opportunities for your songs to be recorded either by yourself or other artists and open the doorway to an incredible world of creativity.
Golden Guitar Winning songwriters
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LEE BOWMAN (Jetty Road)
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Finalist in the CMC New Artist Of The Year Awards
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If you want to know more about Carter & Carter click here: www.carterandcarter.com.au
If you want to know more about Lee Bowman from Jetty Road click here https://jettyroad.band/index.html
If you would like to know more about Gretta Ziller click here: https://grettaziller.com
If you would like to know more about Luke Austen click here: https://www.facebook.com/lukeaustenmusic/
Because the workshop is limited to 12 participants it means that we will have the flexibility to address issues of individuals and adjust the workshop sessions to best address the needs of the participants.
Some of the topics that will be covered are:
Finding song ideas that engage
How to write using a drumbeat to start
How to find a melody that will stick in peoples heads
Analysing hit songs
Understanding the structure of songs
Finding the right chords
The art of rhyming
Keeping your song interesting with dynamics and contrast
Understanding how our creative brain works
Basic Garage Band or similar recording programs
How to record your songs at home
Polishing your song
Making your song fit commercial criteria
Network and why it's important
And much more
Upon booking, you can tell us your songwriting experiences so far and we will tailor your course to meet your needs.
The gorgeous Cheeky Fox Retreat is an amazing B&B accommodation just 1km from our farm. You will be accommodated there, with all meals provided, including morning and afternoon teas, light lunches and Friday & Saturday night meals.
We also want you to have a great visit to our beautiful part of the world, so we are planning a trip to the local waterfalls (both within 8 kms of our home) on the local minibus which we will hire for the weekend to move us around. The Kinglake Pub is also a great place to stop for a drink and if you are hungry between meals you can savour treats from The Songbird in town. There will be opportunities to visit our farm, get close with the 50+ animals, and generally soak up the awesome environment. You can actually see the back paddock of Hilltop Farm from Cheeky Fox Retreat – one day we might install a flying fox to transport us from The Cheeky Fox!
Here are the important details:
Date: October 12 - 15. Plan to arrive Thursday evening if not local.
Travel: You are responsible to get yourselves here. If you are driving we will, of course, provide good instructions and if you intend to fly in, please see below.
Transfers: For those flying in from interstate we will coordinate your arrival times on Thursday and collect you in the minibus to bring you to Kinglake (approx.. 70 mins from the airport depending on the time of day). And return you on Sunday evening or Monday morning. Accommodation is all included (on a shared room basis) as are all meals, drinks etc. (except for alcohol). We anticipate you will arrive Thursday afternoon and leave Sunday afternoon. Three nights accommodation are provided, however, if you wish to extend your stay that can be arranged at The Cheeky Fox Retreat or you might like to visit some other local areas. If you stay on for further nights, you will need to find your own way back to the airport, but please talk to us about it - we might have something up our sleeve.
Payment Plan:
Non - Residential: We have a limited number of non-residential spots available. These spots do not include accommodation.
Fee is $1000 inc GST - Payments plans are available as shown below
$500 deposit upon booking. Then the balance four weeks before the retreat starts.
Fortnightly or weekly payment plans are available upon request by calling 0416 075 638
Residential: We have a strictly limited number of residential spots available. These spots include all accommodation and meals.
Accommodation is on a shared room basis. The weekend is an all-ages retreat.
Fee is $1320 inc GST - Payments plans are available as shown below
$660 deposit upon booking. Then the balance four weeks before the retreat starts.
Fortnightly or weekly payment plans are available upon request by calling 0416 075 638
Invoices will be issued and some of you may be able to claim the trip on your tax
Refund Policy: As you will appreciate there is no funding for this event and to secure the tutors and accommodation, catering etc, we need to be assured of numbers. For this reason, course fees are not refundable, but if for some extreme reason you cannot attend at the last minute, please let us know and we will discuss options to book you in for a future retreat. The deposit payment is not negotiable as we have made a commitment to tutors, accommodation and catering. Thanks for your understanding.
COVID Restrictions Policy: Due to the events of 2020 and the COVID restriction lockdowns that can occur our policy is :
If COVID restrictions occur and impact the date of the retreat, the weekend will be rescheduled as soon as practicable and all deposits, payments and places will be honoured on the rescheduled retreat dates.
The Cheeky Fox Retreat has a COVID safety plan that will be emailed to all participants in the weeks leading up to the retreat.
Venue: Cheeky Fox Retreat – 1km from our farm.
HOW TO BOOK: Call us on 0416 075 638. Payment can be made via direct deposit (preferred option) to Crestway Music BSB 733044 A/c 500638. A credit card will be accepted with a small extra fee to cover Pay Pal costs (approx $20 on the total amount). Or you can go old school and send us a cheque! Need to know more before you book?: Call us – 0416 075 638
About Cheeky Fox Retreat
Cheeky Fox Retreat offers a private, inspiring country location to work and relax for groups of up to 12 people. Situated on 50 private acres with spectacular views over the Kinglake Ranges, the Retreat itself is a large six-bedroom home with features including a large living space with wood heater, boardroom/dining room, award winning kitchen, library, and private cinema. We will also utilise the private cinema and set it up with some basic recording equipment so you can record your ideas as you go along.
Outside, guests have exclusive access to a solar heated swimming pool with stunning views, the house grounds and over 2 kilometres of private bush tracks to explore. Cheeky Fox Retreat is also home to some local farm animals including 30 sheep.


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Some of you just do NOT get it. You don't get something for nothing. Coins are NOTHING. You get them for imaginary actions in the imaginary world of Farmville. Zynga is a company. Companies are in the business of making money. They have to make money to pay the web designers, the programmers, the support staff, and for servers that can handle millions of players. Do you really think that putting together this kind of game is cheap or easy? That they do not deserve to be paid for what they do? They are not a non-profit organization, they are in this to MAKE money. You think because it is "just a game" it should not cost you anything - AND IT DOESN'T. They allow you to play for free. But they create special items that they sell to make money for all the reasons previously noted. If they made them coins or cash they would certainly not make any money as all of you would use coins for them. Do you know what would happen? You would have to pay, either monthly or yearly, to play just like most of the other internet game sites, or they would shut down and the game would disappear. You can play and have fun and never spend a penny, but you appear to be greedy and want all the extras but are not willing to pay for them. Get a grip. I too am on a limited disability income so spending money on a game is not in my budget. But occasionally I spend $5 or $10 just to help insure that I can play as much as I want FOR FREE!
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I've been asked about getting involved in open source projects a couple of times before, so I decided to write up all the advice on this topic I have.
Not that long ago I too was having problems finding a project and sending my first PR. So here's how I would approach it today.
Contributing to projects you like
Having interest in the project you are contributing to helps with motivation. The downside of this approach is that, as a beginner, you might not be exposed to that many open source libraries. In that case, I suggest building a few small pet projects and paying attention to what tools you rely on and what they let you do. After familiarizing yourself with a library or two, check out their issue pages. Chances are you'll be able to find something you can work on.
Your First PR
This initiative has been very helpful by publishing approachable open source issues and encouraging people to contribute. In their own words:
Our goal is to make the open source community more accessible to new contributors, by helping project maintainers lower the barrier to entry through the use of well written issues and documentation.
And while the Twitter feed seems to be a bit stale, check out their issue page for some things to work on.
exercism.io is a platform for practicing your coding skills by solving exercises in a variety of different languages. It has separate repositories for each language and those tend to have beginner-friendly issues that would be a good place to start.
Language specific tips
Since I like Haskell and Rust, here's a few examples of how to start contributing to projects in those languages.
Rust is a great example of consciously working on community involvement. I recommend subscribing to the This Week in Rust newsletter, it has a Call for Participation section that lists several issues every week along with their difficulty levels. Furthermore, projects like Servo and Rust itself have labeled issues that target newcomers.
When it comes to Haskell, there are labeled issues on some projects. There's also a newsletter called Haskell Weekly which has recently added a Call for Participation section as well! There is still more to be done here and actively encouraging the project maintainers to label their issues, outline the solutions for newcomers, and even offer to provide mentorship is something we can improve on.
Benefits of contributing to open source projects
While reading other people's code and figuring out how things work might seem daunting at first, it is still very much worth it. Not only do you get to learn more about writing complex projects, you also get to collaborate with others, and build up your GitHub profile too. That last part will come in handy for your portfolio.
I had a lot of fun working on Ballast together with Chris Allen, you can see some of our discussions here. Chris provided guidance and overviewed the architecture of the project, as well as answered any of my questions.
But I got lucky there and that won't always be your experience. Things don't work out sometimes, and eventually you might find yourself with a PR that won't get merged. Don't despair, focus on the fact that you've gained new knowledge and practiced your skills. That's all the guarantees you can expect.
Conclusion and helpful links
If you are struggling with getting involved in your programming language community, consider reaching out to package maintainers and offering them your help. For example, I strongly feel that adding a CFP section to all the weekly newsletters is a good idea. See if your preferred language's newsletter is lacking that section, and if so, reach out to the maintainer and suggest adding it.
By actively talking to people and taking the initiative to encourage others to participate we can improve our communities, fix those pesky bugs and become better programmers together.
24pullrequests.com has a great collection of articles and posts on this topic: https://24pullrequests.com/contributing.


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First published in the SMART Newsletter
February 9, 2005
© F.I. Goldhaber
SMART Volunteer
Most writers are also avid readers. Some of us have an almost-religious reverence for words and/or books. I know my parents read to me from the time I was very small and I in turn read to my younger brother (okay, so I was reciting the stories from memory) and sister (by then, I probably really read to her). I still have what's left of some of the books I made my parents read to me over and over and over again.
Someone from SMART spoke to the Mid-Valley Lions in Corvallis one night a few years ago. The presenter talked of children entering the program who had never had an adult read even a single story to them. With tears streaming from my eyes, I filled out an application on the spot.
I have done many kinds of volunteer work in my life. I can't think of a single one I have found more rewarding. I spend an hour at an elementary school in Salem, Oregon each week. This year, I have two first graders to whom I read.
When he enters the room, the eyes of one little boy–the kind of little boy who can barely sit still for five minutes let alone a half hour–light up the minute he finds mine. His goal is to get me to read as many books as possible to him in the time we have together.
My other little boy speaks English as a second language. He can sound out the words in Spanish, but it's taken me months to convince him that the same trick works in English.
Each month we let the children pick out a book that they get to take home to keep. We give them stickers with their names on it. The first month of the program, I had the honor of giving this second boy the first book he has ever owned in his entire life. I watched him stroke the page with his name now plastered on it with reverence. When he left the table where we read, he had to pause, on his knees, to reexamine the book that now belonged to him.
SMART needs more volunteers. Beth has told you about how the program benefits the students. But I can tell you from experience that it is the volunteers who are profoundly affected and I urge you to consider sharing an hour of yourself for your own benefit as well as theirs.
If you live in Oregon, you can learn more about the program here. If not, I hope you will look for a comparable program in your own state.


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Just as there are trends in fashion, food, celebrity status and google searches, so are there trends in craft beer. One such trend now in North America and Europe is getting back to the basics; brewing a beer to achieve a clean, unadulterated taste.
This trend has reached the Beer Bazaar Brewery in Kiryat Gat (also known as Mivshelet Ha'aretz). They have brought out a basic lager beer named Gallagher. Nice touch, that: the name contains the style.
To explain what makes a lager a lager while standing on one leg, let me say this. Lagers are beers fermented at lower temperatures than ales, and lager yeasts tend to aggregate at the bottom of the tank, while ale yeasts prefer the surface of the liquid. I have no idea how the little fungi know to do this.
Because of the different yeasts and the cooler fermentation temperatures, lagers are generally more mellowed out than ales. They also tend to be crisp, smooth and light tasting. Ales are more robust tasting, fruity, aromatic and bitter. Almost all of the mass industrial beers brewed in the world today are lagers. That's what most people like. A crisp, cold brewski. Color, aroma and taste are secondary.
|The Beer Bazaar in Jerusalem's
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Gallagher is a very drinkable beer, meaning you can gulp it down to quench a mighty thirst. The moderate 5.1% alcohol by volume won't stand in your way.
Light lagers pair well with bold and spicy dishes which they cool off (stir-fries, pizza and salsas, for example) as well as mild food which they do not overwhelm (such as fruit salads, light appetizers and grain dishes).
Another trend seeping into Israel from abroad is beer-grape or beer-wine hybrids. Actually, since many early beers -- and I really mean ancient -- were flavored with grapes, this is not such a modern idea.
It made its comeback in the U.S. during the last five years or so. Craft brewers began experimenting with adding grape juice (sometimes including the grape must: skin, pits and stems) to the fermentation stage. Obviously, the grape juice begins fermenting into wine as the wort (pre-beer liquid made from malted grain) ferments into beer. The result is a true hybrid, combining taste characteristics of wine and beer. And, to tell the truth, they go well together, as our ancient ancestors also knew. Winemakers, too, have gotten caught up in the trend and are adding hops to their wine. Are the resulting drinks wine that tastes like beer, or beer that tastes like wine? Does it really matter?
Another phenomenon in America has been the ability of this beer-wine to reach across the aisle, as it were. Bottles of it are appearing in wine stores and giving condescending wine drinkers a chance to try craft beer.
Israel's entry into this style is from the Sheeta Brewery in Arad, run by the husband and wife team of Jean and Neta Torgovitsky. They call this their Special Edition Beer, made with grapes from the Midbar Winery in the Negev.
As you would guess, beer-wine hybrids are strong beers, and this one is no exception, at 8% alcohol by volume. The beer's appearance is a cloudy dark amber. The aroma is redolent with malt, yeast, caramel and raisins -- hinting at the fulsomeness to come. The taste is sweet with caramel, dried fruit and alcohol, reminiscent of a fruit liqueur or grandma's thick home-made wine. [They're talking about someone else's grandma, not mine.] The full body fills your mouth with bitter-sweet spice.
Sheeta Special Edition is so strong and flavorful that only the most spicy and pungent foods can stand up to it. It would go well with ratatouille vegetable stew, hot curries, goat cheese and even strong cream cheeses.
Sheeta Special Edition is the kind of strong, heavy beer best enjoyed during the colder months. There might be a few more bottles still available now on the shelves of beer specialty stores and bottle shops, but brewer Jean Torgovitzky told me that he plans to brew another batch which will be ready for shipment in the fall. Look for it. In Israel, it's sui generis.


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On May 19th I am starting summer graduate course at NDSU. The course in on Mathematics of Networks, and an ultimate goal for these four weeks is to get by the end of the course to the existing tools of how to model dynamical processes on random graphs, in particular, how to analytically analyze epidemics.
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Longer-duration antibiotic treatment for urinary tract infections (UTIs) in men does not decrease their risk of early or late recurrence, data show.
Dimitri M. Drekonja, MD, MS, of the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System in Minneapolis, and colleagues identified 39,149 UTI episodes in 33,336 unique patients among 4,854,765 male outpatients in the Veterans Affairs system.
Longer-duration treatment—defined as more than seven days of antibiotics—was not associated with a reduction in early or late recurrence compared with shorter-duration treatment (seven days or fewer), according to findings published online ahead of print in Archives of Internal Medicine. Longer-duration treatment was associated, however, with a significantly increased rate of late recurrence (10.8% vs. 8.4%), which in multivariate analysis translated into a 20% increased risk of late recurrence.
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In addition, longer-duration treatment was associated with a significantly increased risk of Clostridium difficile infection compared shorter-duration treatment (0.5% vs. 0.3%).
The researchers defined early and late recurrence as UTIs that returned in 30 days or less and more than 30 days, respectively.


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These two friends were standing in the picture- book snow, their hands outstretched , birdseed on their palms, waiting for tiny finches to come down and take what was offered.
Once again it was a struggle to force myself to go and walk. Instead of my usual track park. I decided to go to Angrignon Park. It is closer in and with huge snowflakes drifting down in a thick veil, it was a paradise for cross-country skiers and devoted dog walkers. I figured if I walked around the big lake a couple of times it would make up about an hour of exercise. I took my walking poles and it was a good thing as the snow was already thick underfoot.
I was fascinated to see the little finches come down to feed from the hands of these patient bird lovers. I arrived just as they were leaving and I called out to ask if they had had to wait long for the birds to come.
"Oh,no. It's easy to attract them. They know people come here to feed them. We just saw two big cardinals too. Beautiful! " I guess I must have looked like a bird-feeder wanna-be as one of the men pulled out a little container of seed and poured some into my hand.
"Go on," he said. they don't care who gives them the seed." He and his friend walked off into the thick snow and there I was with a handful of birdseed.
And down they flew, one after the other. Their little claws wrapped around my fingers and the boldest of them stopped to pick up two or three seeds. One, a little smaller than the others, made a few timid passes and I thought he would never pluck up the courage to take a seed. Finally he did, however, and then his wings whirring, he retreated to the safety of the bushes.
My hand became very cold and after a few moments the little finches disappeared. I have had a few unexpected lovely moments with birds over the past few days. I wonder why.


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Last night, Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell swan-dived into the St. Louis Cardinals' stands to catch a foul ball. He emerged empty-handed, but the leap also didn't end very well for the Cards fan in the front row (who had to sidestep Russell's airborne body like a matador), or that fan's plate of nachos, which were largely uneaten at the time:
Russell had to wipe quite a bit of cheese off of his arms afterward, and the grounds crew spent a good while figuring out how to remove dirt-caked nachos from the field. A few minutes later, though, all was made good when Russell brought the fan a surprise delivery:
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He even stuck around for a selfie with the Cards fan, who's already embraced his newfound fame by changing his Twitter name to "nacho man."


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Egg Recipe #8
Happy chickens= a lot of eggs= egg recipes for you!
Mexican Breakfast Taco with Chorizo Recipe
~Heat iron skillet and fry 1/2 lb of Chorizo sausage until thoroughly cooked and browned.
~Drain grease, and reheat pan adding 2 Tablespoons of olive oil.
~Dice (3) large Yukon gold potatoes and add them to your skillet.
~Cook for about 10-12 minutes with the cover on then. Add 1 & 1/2 teaspoons of chili powder.
~After you add chili powder, cook for 12-15 minutes longer.
~While your potatoes are cooking, take(6) eggs and crack them into a large bowl and pour in some milk while scrambling them.
~Pour in a separate pan, then cook at a medium temperature while stirring until they are fully cooked.
~Once the eggs and potatoes are both cooked, set them aside.
~Take some corn tortillas and warm them up in the oven or on the stove.
~Put some meat, eggs, and potatoes on the tortillas.
~Top with: cheese, salsa, cilantro & thinly sliced green onions. Feel free to add your favorite additional toppings here as well.
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Are words of support no longer enough?
On Friday, Nike committed $40 million over the next four years to support the black community in the U.S. In a separate statement, basketball legend Michael Jordan and the Nike-owned Jordan Brand announced they'll be giving $100 million over the next ten years to "organizations dedicated to ensuring racial equality, social justice and greater access to education."
"We know Black Lives Matter," Nike CEO John Donahoe wrote in an employee memo. "We must act, and we must act to help create lasting change that addresses the systematic racism in our society."
Nike's "most important priority," he said, is to fix its internal challenges around diversity and inclusion.
Other retailers and brands in recent days likewise announced financial contributions and/or have taken concrete actions to address racial inequity as consumers appear to be increasingly looking for brands to move beyond only taking stands on issues. For many, donations had already been made to fight the coronavirus epidemic.
"Consumers are done with platitudes and empty statements," Ludovica Cesareo, assistant professor of marketing at Lehigh University, told The Wall Street Journal. "They want material action."
On Friday, Walmart committed $100 million over five years to create a new center on racial equity. CEO Doug McMillon said, "The goal of the center is to help advance economic opportunity and healthier living, including issues surrounding the social determinants of health, strengthening workforce development and related educational systems, and support criminal justice reform with an emphasis on examining barriers to opportunity faced by those exiting the system."
Target pledged $10 million to support groups working toward social justice and also offered 10,000 hours of pro-bono consulting services for small businesses owned by people of color in the Twin Cities to help with rebuilding efforts.
Best Buy promised to establish more than 100 new Teen Tech Centers, which help middle and high school students from disinvested communities receive free technology training. Amazon.com, Apple, Glossier, Gap, Home Depot, Lululemon, McDonald's, Sephora, Starbucks and Warby Parker are among others making contributions to social justice groups.
- Nike Inc. Statement on Commitment to the Black Community – Nike
- Jordan Brand and Michael Jordan Statement on Commitment to the Black Community – Nike
- Brands Like Nike and Adidas Speak Out Against Racism. Is It Enough? – The Wall Street Journal
- Making a Difference in Racial Equity: Walmart CEO Doug McMillon's Full Remarks – Walmart
- Target Commits $10 Million and Ongoing Resources for Rebuilding Efforts and Advancing Social Justice – Target
- A Note From Best Buy's CEO: We Will Do Better – Best Buy
- Amazon donates $10 million to organizations supporting justice and equity – Amazon.com
- Brands Are Increasingly Supporting #BlackLivesMatter, But Advocates Want More Than Words – Adweek
- Here are the companies donating to racial justice causes – Yahoo Money
- Companies Taking A Public Stand In The Wake Of George Floyd's Death – Forbes
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Do you agree that consumers are generally demanding more than statements of solidarity from brands and retailers around social causes or is racial inequality a unique issue? What guidelines would you recommend setting for such initiatives?
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Yes, definitely. For a company to make statements of solidarity but then have workers at its own subcontractors in Asia working under unethical conditions is rather embarrassing. This behavior is not accepted anymore by a growing number of consumers — and this is good!
To watch a company like Nike, is to watch corporate "poetry in motion." You may not agree with everything they do, but it is all very well thought out. Their community involvement and willingness to participate in controversial discussions has been one of the reasons Nike stands out and resonates with so many. They take a stand for what they believe in. They take risks with those stands. They lose customers along the way. But the result is authenticity that draws their customer base closer to them. Can every brand do this? Probably not. Whenever you take a controversial or political position, you'll polarize your audience/customers.
When it comes to certain brands, some consumers want to know what they stand for. Study brands like Nike and Chick-fil-A to learn how to promote what you stand for and navigate both the benefits and pitfalls of doing so.
Consumers now demand that companies put their money where their mouth is when it comes to social causes – and this is a good thing. Companies stepping up to fund and address racial inequality furthers this notion.
For most social causes, to ensure sensitivity and inclusion, diversity boards will help companies ensure their execution meets the mark. Good intentions are nice, but mis-execution negatively impacts brands and soils the intent.
Very few brands wade directly into the societal issues and make it part of the brand ethos. Nike is one example. Having made a firm commitment with actions, such brands need to continue to exhibit consistent behavior that their customers expect.
For others, they would have preferred not be in this situation, and do the minimum possible so as not to sound tone deaf. I doubt such commitments and words will make a meaningful difference to the overall situation. But will certainly help the direct beneficiaries.
In the race to brand loyalty, especially in this never-before-seen climate, taking a stand can mean everything. I learned in the RetailWire Live! we did a few weeks back on marketing analytics that your best customers are currently the single most important thing to focus on. With that in mind, it's imperative to take action on the issues that align with what they expect from you—to do the right thing. Not only will you keep the ones that hold your brand closest, but you will likely create new loyalists as well. The current climate may be polarizing, but staying neutral is not a good strategy.
Words are important. So too are donations. However, actions that create a meaningful difference are the best approach. Amazon, for example, has an ongoing program that supports teaching kids and young people (from grade school all the way to university level) coding skills. They aim this at disadvantaged communities. Some of these students go on to work for Amazon, some go elsewhere. It's a great example of an action that is equipping people with much-needed skills that will give them social and economic mobility.
We were already witnessing changing consumer behaviors, as they gravitated to brands that were demonstrating a true social responsibility, openness about their product sourcing, and driving greater transparency around their entire operations. In a sea of social media posts, Instagram hashtags, and statements of solidarity, companies such as Nike are taking significant strides to come up with a constructive authentic approach to the challenge we are facing with diversity and inclusion.
Nike's strategies may backfire with some, however the company has always taken provocative stances on social issues, and it has resonated with many. We should applaud and support brands that are taking significant steps and strides with such a critical social issue.
Words of solidarity and sympathy are insufficient. Now only action will earn trust. For instance, companies can embrace a diverse supply chain and workforce, including leadership. They can also commit to supporting initiatives that help prosperity flow into traditionally disadvantaged communities. This decade, companies with a sincere commitment to unity and equality will gain an edge.
People are asking "How many POC executives do you have? Board members?"
There are no guidelines beyond "pick the most qualified candidates and make sure you've done a gut check on your prejudices." No one is looking for a handout. They want a chance to do what they can do!
I am very pleased to see companies actually take action. It isn't anything they are required to do. But most impressive is that they take these actions at the risk of alienating a certain segment of their customers. They have chosen to do what is good, right and desirable as human beings. Something that is diametrically opposed to the much embraced Friedman Doctrine of what corporate objectives should be.
I have no problem or objection for companies that choose to do nothing. That is their prerogative. But I have huge problems with the companies pandering to the crisis, this one or another one, and showing no action. There must be a name for these insincere "we are with you" words. (If any of you know it, please let me know.) I truly find the "we are with you" words just plain revolting.
Simply pouring money toward a cause is nice good will, however a consistent corporate culture demonstrating societal commitment is more genuine and credible.
Yes, the ongoing protests are proof that the population at large is done with empty promises and platitudes not backed up by action. This is true at all levels and like so many things during the pandemic, these are trends that have been accelerated from the level at which we saw them pre-COVID. Whether it is brands, governments, or other institutions, people around the world are expressing their strong desire for change and real action being taken, not just words of hope.


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Comedian Bill Burr just had a baby last week but he's still been making the late night TV rounds. Last night, he appeared on Conan and took some time to discuss the recent election.
Bill Burr opens up more on Conan than any other late night show. We've seen this in the past. For some reason, he's always at his most candid when he's talking with Conan O'Brien, as opposed to Jimmy Kimmel or Fallon. So Burr had no problems at all with jumping right into why he has zero sympathy for Hillary Clinton after losing the election.
Burr believes that Donald Trump gave her every opportunity on the planet to lose the election. He basically went out on the election trail every week and said countless things that made him unelectable. But somehow Hillary Clinton still managed to lose the election. He doesn't buy any of this 'racist voters backed Donald' talk because he thinks those same voters allowed Barack Obama to become President of the United States of America twice running.
We could sit here and hash out the facts. We could talk about Hillary's failure as a candidate, or how the FBI and Russia handed the election to Donald, but what's the point? The election's over. I don't see why anyone at all needs talk about Hillary when everyone should be focusing on the direction our country is headed in. The election's in the past, and aside from a few lingering investigations we need to proceed forward with whatever it is will fix this shit storm we've been living in for the few months.


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When I was in high school I decided I was going to be a kindergarten teacher. I did what was called "cadet teaching" and worked in a kindergarten classroom one hour a day and loved it.
Then I started working in daycare, and I changed my mind. I didn't know what I wanted to do, but I didn't think elementary school teaching was it.
Today, I was a substitute teacher in a 3rd grade classroom. Now, I never have to wonder if I made the wrong choice in forgoing elementary. Elementary school is not for me. I think we so rarely get to know if the choices we made are the right choices, we just have to wonder. So, it was nice to be reassured on this one choice.


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Therapy involves a large commitment of time, money, and energy, so you should be very careful about the therapist you select. Although credentials, training, and experience are important, by far the most important factor is whether you feel you can connect with that person.
- Here are some questions you should answer when considering a particular therapist:
- Is the therapist licensed?
- Does the therapist have training and experience in the issues of interest to me?
- Does the therapist show an interest in and understanding of my concerns?
- Is the therapist able to talk to me in language I can understand?
- Is the therapist accessible and responsive?
- Does this therapist feel "right" to me-do I feel understood and safe.
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I wanted to share some fun pics captured by Calima Portraits at the Twelve Baskets open house a couple weeks ago. Scout Vintage Rental Co. was there to show off some of our collection, and it was so much fun to meet a lot of peeps in the industry, and also get to know some of the brides & grooms attending! Twelve Baskets really knows their stuff – their food was outstanding (I couldn't get enough of those little crab cakes!) & adorable Catherine was there to capture all the details! What a fun night!
Happy weekend friends! *JB
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From data to meaning
POST helps editorial teams to boost performance and embrace data culture. It is a tool that turns analytics data into actionable recommendations in plain language.
We developed a go-to-market website and a visual language that mirror this new approach.
POST has been created by Edenspiekermann and Pandata, funded by the Google Digital News Initiative (Google DNI).
Its special characteristic is that it uses real-time analytics data to generate human-readable insights and to solve a very. This helps to close the gap between data analysts and editors.
With Post, the people who produce content can react directly to its performance, and the people who analyse performance can automate parts of their work.
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When POST was almost ready for launch, the team working on it decided to put themselves in the client's shoes and "hire" my team to help them with the go-to-market.
Together we defined how POST could be positioned against established and less established competitors, who exactly should be targeted first, how we would explain what POST does and what all that could feel and look like.
The visual language of POST captures the empowering characteristic of POST, adds some boldness and points out that working with data is fun if it's done in the right way.
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MPs in Greece are preparing to ratify a historic pact that will allow Macedonia, the country's northern neighbour, to change its name.
The accord has sparked mass protests on the eve of the vote to resolve one of the world's most abstruse diplomatic rows.
While a vote in favour of the Prespa agreement on Friday afternoon is considered highly likely, the atmosphere both in and outside Athens's parliament was tense on Thursday evening. Demonstrators railed against an accord described as a national sellout by opponents demanding a referendum. Officers fired tear gas to disperse crowds as protesters waved Greek flags and chanted "Hands off, Macedonia". A small number of people launched Molotov cocktails, rocks and flares.
Under the agreement, the former Yugoslav republic will be renamed North Macedonia, paving the way to membership of Nato and ending a dispute that has divided the two Balkan nations for decades. But the backlash is fierce.
"This treason has to stop," said Dimitris Orfanoudakis, a farmer who travelled to the capital from Crete to shout himself hoarse at the demonstration with his teenage son, Giorgos, draped in a blue and white Greek flag. "We are the only people in the world who have to defend our borders from our own politicians because what they are doing is a national crime. Macedonia is one, and it is Greek."
Indicative of the mood ahead of Friday's ballot, more than 1,500 police threw a security cordon around central Athens as black-clad youths chanted "traitors" at lawmakers.
"We feel betrayed," Zografos Stathakopoulos, a 47-year-old protester, said on Thursday. "Most Greeks don't want this deal, but politicians are betraying us."
Police said they arrested 10 people and detained another 133 on suspicion of committing or planning acts of violence before the protest broke up. A new demonstration has been called outside parliament for Friday.
The government had originally called the vote for Thursday night but was forced to delay it after parliamentarians across the board demanded to address the chamber as four days of stormy debate climaxed over the issue.
"You have surrendered the monopoly of the name Macedonia," fumed the socialist party leader Fofi Gennimata giving voice to long-held Greek fears of irredentist claims over the country's own province of Macedonia. "You have given up Greece's geostrategic position."
Earlier in the day the KKE communist party, which had also called on followers to protest against the landmark name-change deal, unfurled a giant banner across the great walls of the ancient Acropolis deploring it as a plot of the "US, Nato and the EU". A similar rally that drew tens of thousands on Sunday turned violent when rock and crowbar-wielding protestors attempted to storm parliament, prompting police to respond by firing copious rounds of teargas.
Since the dissolution of Yugoslavia, Greece has argued that use of the name Macedonia would unleash territorial ambitions over its own province of the same name in a part of the world where borders are prone to shifting. Concerns had been fuelled by the landlocked republic appropriating figures and symbols from ancient Greek history including the erection of a gargantuan statue with an uncanny likeness to Alexander the Great – the most famous Macedonian of all – in Skopje's central square.
For Greece's leftist prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, and his Macedonian counterpart, Zoran Zaev, adding the geographical qualifier of "north" to the state's new name was an honourable compromise that, once accepted, could normalise ties in the otherwise volatile western Balkans. Greece had vetoed the state's membership of both Nato and the EU since 2008 because of the name row.
Friday's vote followed a similar endorsement of the accord by the Skopje parliament earlier this month. Under the treaty, Athens also has to vote for the pact before it can pass into law.
Internationally, both leaders have been praised for the courage they have displayed defying nationalist sentiment on the ground. But what European officials see as "a unique and historic opportunity" to settle a dispute that has defied a solution for decades has tested the two politicians at home.
"Tsipras submitted to pressure from the Europeans, especially [Angela] Merkel," said Panos Kammenos, who heads the populist rightwing Independent Greeks party, the ruling leftists' junior partner in government until it pulled out in protest over the accord.
In northern Greece, which abuts the ex republic and bears the same name, nationalist fervour was at a high pitch on Thursday, with hundreds of farmers and local residents blocking the main border crossing between the two states.
MPs from the region who signalled they will vote in favour of the accord have received death threats. Late on Wednesday arsonists set fire to the home of a female lawmaker representing Tsipras's Syriza party in the northern town of Yiannitsa. Many deputies have confessed privately to being in fear of confronting constituents.
Successive surveys show around 70% of Greeks are opposed to the agreement. "Greeks have vivid memories of Macedonia being fought over four times in the past century alone," said Angelos Syrigos, professor of law and foreign policy at Athens' Panteion University. "This agreement would have been a fair compromise if the new name applied to everything and by that I mean language, citizenship and nationality. Right now we have something in between. If our neighbours are known as 'Macedonians' who speak the 'Macedonian' language that in the future could be the basis for territorial claims."
Tsipras's minority administration, which controls 145 MPs in the 300-seat house following Kammenos's departure, needs the support of six opposition deputies to pass the draft bill into law and with the backing of centrists and Independent Greek party defectors is expected to win the vote.
But the response could be combustible and unexpected in a country that that has become increasingly polarised as general elections loom. "We will take to the streets as they have done in France," said Orfanoudakis, the Cretan farmer. "There's going to be chaos. After eight years of financial crisis, of having foreigners pauperise us, they are not going to take our Macedonia away too."


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A leading GOP-aligned group is launching a $2.9 million ad campaign to fight back against calls to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices. The ad campaign from the American Action Network (AAN) targets 46 Republican House lawmakers and 11 Republican senators, calling on them not to break ranks and join the Democratic proposal. The mail, print and digital ad campaign comes as efforts to lower drug prices ramp up. While members of both parties are calling for action, Republicans have still largely steered clear of the signature Democratic proposal to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices directly. "Government interference will limit seniors' choices in Medicare Part D" reads a mail ad from the group, next to photos of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). The GOP lawmakers being targeted include some of the more vulnerable GOP senators up for reelection in 2020, such as Sens. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.). Opponents of Medicare negotiating drug prices argue that the idea will only work if the government has the power to exclude coverage of certain drugs, in order to gain leverage in the negotiations. They say the government should not be deciding which drugs are covered.
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