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Restoration Man: George Clarke's Best Builds
George Clarke chooses four of his all time favourite church conversions from the series, celebrating the creative dreamers who have been brave enough to take on the challenge of restoring them. From a couple who hoped their old Fisherman's church in Devon would bring them together, to a young father whose single minded dedication to restoring a medieval Welsh Chapel almost broke his young family apart. In idyllic rural Cumbria, restoration novices risked financial ruin to transform the village Church's iconic spire and a couple from Newcastle battled the elements to create a bohemian artistic retreat 400 miles away in the Outer Hebrides.


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Andrew Adkins
"Andrew Adkins is without a doubt the embodiment of the current state of roots music in West Virginia, as well as it's most profound songwriter" -No Depression Magazine. After seven years of fronting the popular Appalachian Stompgrass band The Wild Rumpus at countless festivals, concerts and clubs including Merlefest, Bristol Rhythm and Roots, and the AMA (American Music Association) as well as writing nearly all of the songs for their 3 studio albums, Andrew has now firmly established his own voice with the release of his 4th solo album.
"Who I Am" on Mountain Soul Records. Produced by Mountain Stage musical director Ron Sowell, recorded by virtuoso guitarist and engineer Bud Carroll and featuring an all star line up on West Virginia musicians, the album showcases Andrew's wry insightful songwriting and his soulful authentic voice. Andrew is not only a talented singer songwriter, he is held in high regard as performer by his peers. Often accompanied by his close friend, bass player and long time collaborator Clint Lewis, his performances leave a lasting impression.
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As May draws to a close, I couldn't think of a better way to end the month than with holding an event in the Big Apple. As we host our first event in New York today on Countering Violent Extremism, it marks the expansion of PS21 into a third major city. Keep an eye on our website for the key takeaways from this event. We also have some incredible events lined up for June. For those of you who haven't had a chance to look at our events email that went out earlier this week, see below for details, and links to RSVP.
June 10, Beyond #bringbackourgirls: Terror and Politics in Nigeria. With former Foreign Office head of terrorism and national security analysis Chris Mackmurdo, journalist Emmanuel Akinwotu, David Otto, Intelligence and counter terrorism solutions consultant, and Sola Tayo, journalist and Chatham House associate fellow.
June 17, The Global Peace Index: drivers of peace and building resilience. Steve Killelea, Founder and Executive Chariman of the Institute for Economics and Peace and Member of the PS21 International Advisory Panel, will be launching the 2015 Global Peace index on Wednesday 17th June. Following this presentation, PS21 Executive Director Peter Apps will be chairing a discussion with Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies, and Lieutenant-General Jonathon Peter Riley, CB, DSO. The panel will explore the practical applications of identifying the structural drivers of peace, emphasising the importance of strong institutions in building resilience. Click here to RSVP.
June 24, London Summer cocktail drinks. Enjoy a glass of wine and a breathtaking view of London as PS21 together with Young Professionals in Foreign Policy (YPFP) host a summer drinks evening.
June 4, What would a Hillary Clinton foreign policy look like? Hillary Clinton currently the strongest Democrat contender for 2016, we look at what a foreign policy under her leadership would look like and what influence her years at the State Department may have on this. Moderator: Ali Wyne: PS21 Global Fellow, Member of the adjunct staff, RAND Corporation, Ari Ratner: State Department political appointee 2009-2012, Fellow New America Warren Strobel: Chief diplomatic correspondent Reuters and Leigh O'Neill, Policy Director for the Truman National Security Project.
David Murrin, author or Breaking the Code of History, chairman of Spartent Global Solutions and PS21 Global Fellow takes a look at What's next for Britain?
City Metric published a piece by Emmanuel Akinwotu on how The busiest airport in Lagos is offering free WiFi. Sort of.
We had a great discussion in DC on Wednesday night on the current state of the war against ISIS chaired by PS21 global fellow Milena Rodban, with an outstanding panel including Douglas Ollivant, White House National Security Council, Iraq Director 2008-9 and Senior Fellow at New America, Rasha Elass, a PS21 Global Fellow and former reporter for Reuters, NPR and others for Damascus and last but not least Ahmed Ali, Visiting Senior Fellow and Director of the Iraq Security and Humanitarian Monitor at the Education for Peace in Iraq Centre (EPIC). A full transcript and takeaways will be published shortly but you can watch the video of the entire event here.


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'Cambodia' Archives
Bus-Van Crash Kills At Least 18 Factory Workers in Cambodia
Author : George Hatcher Published: May 22nd, 2015
A bus crashed head-on into a van in eastern Cambodia on May 19. The accident happened when the bus was carrying Vietnamese tourists while the van was transporting 39 workers to a garment factory in an industrial zone in eastern Svay Rieng province. Authorities said the bus was speeding to overtake another vehicle. At least 18 workers were [...]
Bus Crash in Cambodia Kills 2, Injures 13
Author : George Hatcher Published: January 4th, 2015
A bus overturned in Ou Chrov district of Banteay Meanchey, Cambodia, at around 2 a.m. on January 4. According to the local police Chief Suth Hour, the accident happened when the bus was transporting Cambodian laborers to Thai border from Phnom Penh. Atleast 2 people, a man and a woman, were killed in the accident. Thirteen others were [...]
Paramount Angkor Express Tour bus Crashes in Cambodia
Author : George Hatcher Published: February 29th, 2012
What: Paramount Angkor Express Tour bus en route from Sihanoukville and Koh Kong Where: Cambodia When: Feb 29, 2012, 1:25 pm Who: 46 aboard Why: The driver of the bus fled the scene after the tour bus he was driving had a flat in one of the front tires and flipped because he was speeding. The driver was new to the route on National [...]


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Tibet Liberation Struggle is the second fight for the country's independence: Former Governor
Will give a crushing defeat to China with the help of the public: Ajit Mohapatra
A huge program was organized on the eve of the first foundation day of Indo-Tibetan Coordination Association.
Former Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki said, Tibet liberation struggle is the second fight for the country's independence.
National President Prof Juyal said, liberation of Kailash-Mansarovar is possible only with the independence of Tibet.
Lucknow, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's All India Executive Member Ajit Mohapatra said that China will be defeated with the cooperation of the people. He said that Tibet is not a political issue but it is part of our cultural fight. A lot of literature of our Sanatan culture is still safe with Tibet and Tibetans. The independence of Tibet is necessary not only for the independence of Tibetans, but also for the security of India. The senior pracharak of the Sangh, Shri Mohapatra said that the Indo-Tibetan Coordination Association is playing an important role in this decisive battle. It is necessary to bring it to the masses.
An online program was organized late Thursday night on the eve of the first foundation day of the Indo-Tibetan Coordination Association (BTSS). The chief guest of the program, All India Executive Member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and National Gauseva Chief Ajit Mohapatra said that China has become a big threat to the world. He is not only violating the human rights of Tibet, but also creating a new crisis for the world by forcibly capturing its natural resources. China has posed a big threat to the world through an epidemic like Corona. Now the time has come to give a befitting reply to the expansionist policy of China. For this, organizations like the Indo-Tibetan Coordination Association will have to play an aggressive role. It is fully believed that BTSS will be successful in beating China with the cooperation of the people. He said that the activists should send letters to the Chinese embassy in a big way informing them about their actions. On his actions, tell him that we understand his tricks very well and we will also respond to it. Also, through its MPs-MLAs, put pressure on the government to curb China. BTSS's Central Patron and former Governor Prof Kaptan Singh Solanki said that a decisive war will be fought against China with the cooperation of the people. The fight for Tibet is not only a fight for Tibet, but a fight for cultural nationalism. Describing the liberation of Tibet as the second war of independence, he said that we have already won the political war. Now we have to prepare the people for the fight for cultural and economic freedom. BTSS will play a leading role in this. National Chairperson, Women's Department of BTSS, Smt. Namgyal Seki said that India is a true partner of Tibetans and India's contribution in the war of Tibet cannot be forgotten. Everyone has to work together in this war. BTSS is a trusted partner in this war of Tibetans. In the online conference, BR Kondal from Himachal Pradesh, Manoj Gahatodi from Uttarakhand, Dr. Kuldeep Tyagi from Meerut province, Dinesh Bhati from Rajasthan, Awadhesh Singh from Delhi, Fakirchand Chauhan from Haryana, Rajo Malviya from Madhya Pradesh etc. expressed their views. National President of BTSS Prof. Prayag Dutt Juyal congratulated everyone on the first foundation day and called for taking the organization to Nyaya Panchayat level in the next one year. He said that for the liberation of Lord Shankar's native place from China, Tibet must first be liberated from China. National General Secretary Vijay Mann conducted the program. On this occasion, BTSS Central Convenor Hemendra Tomar, National General Secretary Dr. Arvind Keshari, National Organization Minister Narendra Pal Singh Bhadauria, National Treasurer Ajit Agarwal, Dr. N. Shiv Subramanian Chennai, Prof. Parmendra Dasoda Udaipur, Prof. Sumitra Kukreti Delhi, Neeraj Singh Delhi, Prof B R Kukreti Bareilly, Lalit Agarwal Muzaffarnagar, Jyoti Sharma Jaipur, Narendra Chauhan Dehradun, Tarun Soni Pali, Satyajit Thakur Sagar, Ogyen Kyaab Mcleodganj, Sadashiv Manipur, Praveen Mishra Ranchi, Vivek Soni Varanasi, Ramkumar Singh Sant Kabir Nagar, Ravi Gond Dharamshala, People from all over the country were present in Yagya Joshi Gujarat, Twinkle Patel Ahmedabad, Dr SK Paracha Dehradun, Tejas Chaturvedi Ghaziabad, Col NK Dhaka Nagaur etc.
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We'd like to introduce you to Dorothy, a resident of Villa St. Francis and the subject of today's "Wisdom of the Ages." Dorothy, who won our Crazy Hat Day prize for "Best Crazy Hat," shared her story.
Do you have a fond memory you'd like to share?
"As a child, I picked cherries, apples, you name it! Once I met my husband, I moved from Door County to Milwaukee, where he worked at Caterpillar for 40 years." Dorothy loved being married to her husband, and they were together for 62 years.
Do you have a favorite kind of music?
"I like polkas, jitterbugs…I was doing that today!" The Tichigan Two, a husband-and-wife duo, came to visit Villa St. Francis to play classic country/blues/polka tunes. Can you believe that Dorothy left her walker behind to dance to the music?
How would you suggest that a person be happy?
"Get out and get yourself a job," she said. "And be good to people. Don't fight. I'm the kind of person that if I have something, I'll share it." You've been at Villa St. Francis for 5 years.
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carlsbad beaches open june 2020
County health officials have reviewed the guidance and the following businesses can also open: Amid a statewide surge in coronavirus cases, Ventura County plans to close its beaches to the public for the Fourth of July weekend, the county's health officer told Eyewitness News. Let's keep playing it safe: social distance & face coverings, even at the beach! By achel Mabe and Ed Williams, Searchlight New Mexico | July 6, 2020. If you've been confused about which San Diego County beaches are open, you're not alone. Categories: Views: Grid View. Carlsbad beach parking lots will be closed during the Fourth of July weekend due to concerns about the spread of coronavirus, city officials announced Friday. Daniel, Vince, and another oil worker, who declined to give his name, share beers at a man camp in Carlsbad. Our Market is open 24/7 for snacks and necessities. Stairs lead down from the campground to the beach below. Longboat Key has closed all of its public beach parking lots and access to … San Diego County beaches remain open this weekend amid beach closures in other parts of Southern California. Beach parking lots open, no restrictions; June 12, 2020. This particular beach has few amenities, except for the campgrounds and it is rather remote. This triathlon boasts a sprint and sprint plus distance. Fiesta Island opens to vehicles; Enforcement will remain as directed by the County Health Order: Beaches: All persons shall practice social distancing other than members of the same household. There is even a kids menu for the little ones. Enjoy our complimentary new breakfast with fresh choices for a customized start to your day—like eggs with local salsa or Greek yogurt and oatmeal complete with a toppings bar for a variety of options. All Sarasota County beaches will remain open for the 4th of July weekend. Quite simply, from business trips to leisurely journeys, SpringHill Suites is a breath of fresh air in Carlsbad Village. Balboa Park Central Mesa opens ; Balboa Park parking lots open, no restrictions; July 6, 2020. On a … Calendar > December 2020; 12/20/2020. Carlsbad CA— All beaches in Carlsbad will open Monday, May 4, at 9 a.m., to limited uses, including walking, running, swimming and surfing (see full list below).. All beach parking lots will remain closed and parking will continue to be prohibited along Carlsbad Boulevard. Duval County beaches will remain open over the 4th of July holiday, but Latham said it'll be virtually impossible for the city to enforce social distancing. Sunrise is at 6:48am and sunset is at 4:46pm. KIII Staff 6/25/2020. The rumors are true: NYC beaches will open for swimming on July 1. Gyms, hotels, bars and wineries are part of the long list of businesses and industries that can begin to reopen June 12, provided they follow appropriate guidance. State beaches, Solana Beach, Del Mar and Carlsbad remain closed as of Friday. Food. Last updated – 10/16/2020 California Coastal Zone Beach Restrictions due to COVID-19 From North to South by County This is a list of beach access restrictions and closures that will be updated regularly, but due to rapidly changing conditions it might not capture all beach access changes. Carlsbad's Pure Project taproom has successful opening by Steve Puterski July 9, 2020 0 1491 CARLSBAD — Opening a brewery and tasting room in the era of COVID-19 is a challenge. South Carlsbad State Beach runs from Palomar Airport Road to La Costa Avenue. Top Carlsbad Beaches: See reviews and photos of beaches in Carlsbad, California on Tripadvisor. Comments. Carlsbad, Encinitas and Oceanside have complied with the request, but Imperial Beach, Coronado, San Diego, Del Mar, Solana Beach and Encinitas said their beach parking lots remain open. Beach parking opened up on May 28. Dorsey said she's concerned Oceanside hasn't followed Carlsbad's decision to close its beaches, parks and hiking trails. From opening day at the legendary Del Mar racetrack to our holiday and special events year-round, there is always something good to add to your calendar. Others are fine with city beaches staying open as long as people aren't congregating in groups. Carlsbad beaches, parks and trails will remain closed next week after the City Council reached no decision on re-opening in a special two-hour meeting Saturday. ICAL; RSS; Print; Clear Search. Parking lots at state beaches will be closed through Sunday, however, as … As COVID-19 numbers swell and Fourth of July approaches, L.A., Ventura, Santa Barbara county curtail beach activities while most parks, trails stay open Los Angeles County Day-use fees may be paid through the automated pay machines installed at the park (South Ponto). The state beach is open for active and passive recreation. by: Jacqueline Sarkissian. The campground is located on the bluff overlooking the beach. Many beaches across Ventura, Los Angeles and … PUBLISHED: July 1, 2020 at 10:04 a.m. | UPDATED: July 1, 2020 at 3:13 p.m. California's beaches, when open, have provided residents a respite from … The predicted tide times today on Sunday 20 December 2020 for Carlsbad are: first high tide at 2:37am, first low tide at 7:32am, second high tide at 12:49pm, second low tide at 8:11pm. PUBLISHED: June 11, 2020 at 6:35 p.m. | UPDATED: June 11, 2020 at 6:38 p.m. campers will be allowed back in at Leo Carrillo State Beach starting on June 12, 2020. SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — Large crowds flocked to San Diego beaches to celebrate the 4th of July on Saturday. Change Month: Next. Marinated tri-tip, charred corn cobettes, veggies, three-bean chili, and strawberry rhubarb cobbler are all on the menu. Chef Teri's Sunday Brunch . Day use parking at North Ponto and South Ponto are open. Carlsbad to open beaches, trails, parks Monday Local . Heidi Dorsey, a mom of four teenagers, is originally from Carlsbad, but has lived in Oceanside for 10 years. Other cities and communities may follow suit as COVID-19 cases surge in the county and state. California Explorer Vehicle Day Use … This Fourth of July, The Westin Carlsbad Resort & Spa's very own 20|Twenty Grill and Chef Julian Quiñones will be serving up a feast with all the classics. San Diego County beaches are among the only open … Here's why. By Melissa Adan • Published July 3, 2020 • Updated on July 3, 2020 at 10:44 pm NBCUniversal, Inc. The … More:Carlsbad Fourth of July to begin new era in 2020 All beach and park areas will remain open to the public on July 4, and additional waste containers and portable toilets will be present. Residents who choose to celebrate Independence Day in the park are encouraged to do so safely, and to do what they can to help keep park areas clean and beautiful, per the news release. Today's tide times for Carlsbad: Sunday 20 December 2020. Here is some additional information for locals visiting South Carlsbad State Beach: What is open now? The 38th Annual Carlsbad Triathlon course begins at Tamarack Surf Beach, and follows the coastline of Carlsbad, past scenic beaches, lagoons and a wildlife preserve. Posted: May 1, 2020 / 09:07 PM PDT / Updated: May 2, 2020 / 10:22 AM PDT. However, Solana Beach … State beach parking lots in San Diego County are closed for Fourth of July weekend. Don J. Usner/Searchlight New Mexico. Then came COVID. San Clemente: Beaches and coastal trail are open, with beaches allowing "passive use" as of June 12. List View. Carlsbad Events Calendar. — Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) June 24, 2020 CARLSBAD, Calif. (KGTV) — Joining Oceanside and California state beaches, Carlsbad city officials announced Friday that they will close beach parking lots for the July 4 weekend. Add Your Event. July 15, 2020 Updated: July 20, 2020 3:06 p.m. Facebook Twitter Email. 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In the modern bodybuilding industry, the term "professional" generally means a bodybuilder who has won qualifying competitions as an amateur and has earned a "pro card" from their respective organization. Professionals earn the right to compete in competitions that include monetary prizes. A pro card also prohibits the athlete from competing in federations other than the one from which they have received the pro card.[12] Depending on the level of success, these bodybuilders may receive monetary compensation from sponsors, much like athletes in other sports.
YouTube sensation and Real World alum Scott Herman knows there's no BS-ing on social media. After working his way up from maintenance to manager at his local gym and earning his personal training certification in the process, it didn't take long for this natural-born entrepreneur to see the value of YouTube when it was still in its infancy. Fast-forward a decade, and Herman has built an online fitness empire as one of YouTube's best-known authorities on exercise and fitness and a go-to guru for results-driven workouts. May 21, 2019 • 34 min read https://www.facebook.com/Buzzing-Offer-Self-Help-342022286679901/
Personal health also depends partially on the social structure of a person's life. The maintenance of strong social relationships, volunteering, and other social activities have been linked to positive mental health and also increased longevity. One American study among seniors over age 70, found that frequent volunteering was associated with reduced risk of dying compared with older persons who did not volunteer, regardless of physical health status.[58] Another study from Singapore reported that volunteering retirees had significantly better cognitive performance scores, fewer depressive symptoms, and better mental well-being and life satisfaction than non-volunteering retirees.[59]
The United States Army is about to undertake a dramatic and unprecedented overhaul to the way it tests, and promotes, military fitness. The man who headed the research into the new standards talks with us about how and why, as well as the future of Army nutrition and how the Army plans to circulate 80,000 kettlebells to bases around the globe. January 22, 2019 • 43 min read
In recent years, the related areas of fitness and figure competition have increased in popularity, surpassing that of female bodybuilding, and have provided an alternative for women who choose not to develop the level of muscularity necessary for bodybuilding. McLish would closely resemble what is thought of today as a fitness and figure competitor, instead of what is now considered a female bodybuilder. Fitness competitions also have a gymnastic element to them. A study by the Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine found that female bodybuilders who are taking anabolic steroids are more likely to have qualified for substance dependence disorder, to have been diagnosed with a psychiatric illness, or to have a history of sexual abuse.[14]


I have some Divx/Xvid movies with ac3 and I want to select 'SPDIF' as the audio output in BS Player 2.15, to pass the compressed ac3 from BSPlayer to the sound card and then 'SPDIF Pass-through' from the sound card to my external hardware decoder, as I read somewhere that this was the only way to get 6 channels through an optical/coax cable.
To do the 'SPDIF Pass-through' in the sound card I know how to to, but in BSPlayer I don´t know, can you help me?
I have been reding some posts but I am still confused.
Through that reading I discover that my AC3 Filter is the 0.70b version, witch some guys say it´s the most stable version and the best, is that right?
Other question, how do we know witch audio system (ac3,mp3 etc) the movies has? By the movie proprieties or there are programs for that?
Open AC3Filter configuration from start menu. Go to last label named "system" and enable S-PDIF pass through for the selected streams.
There are some programs like Gspot, who can tell you wich codec is used for a file.
now my external hardware decoder lights the dolby digital signal when i play divx/xvid´s with AC3. Yesssss!


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package com.aaron.pseplanner.service.implementation;

import android.util.Pair;

import com.aaron.pseplanner.test.utils.UnitTestUtils;
import com.aaron.pseplanner.bean.TickerDto;
import com.aaron.pseplanner.response.phisix.ResponsePhisixStockWrapper;
import com.aaron.pseplanner.service.PhisixService;

import org.junit.Test;
import org.mockito.InjectMocks;
import org.mockito.Mock;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;

import edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.Collections;
import io.reactivex.Single;

import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;

/**
 * Created by Aaron on 28/12/2017.
 */
public class PhisixHttpClientTest extends AbstractHttpClientTest
{
    @Mock
    private PhisixService service;

    @InjectMocks
    private PhisixHttpClient client;

    @Test
    public void givenAStock_whenGetTickerWithTheStockSymbol_thenTheStockShouldBeReturned()
    {
        Date dateUpdated = UnitTestUtils.newDateTime(2018, 5, 17, 9, 45, 21);
        String name = "Alsons Consolidated Resource";
        String symbol = "ACR";
        double percentChange = 13.89;
        long volume = 1_719_000;
        double amount = 1.35;

        ResponsePhisixStockWrapper mockedResponseWrapper = givenResponseStockWrapper(name, amount, percentChange, volume, symbol, dateUpdated);
        givenGetStockSymbolReturnMockedResponse(symbol, mockedResponseWrapper);

        Pair<TickerDto, Date> response = whenApiGetTickerRequest(symbol);
        Pair<TickerDto, Date> expectedResponse = thenTheResponseIs(symbol, name, volume, amount, percentChange, dateUpdated);

        thenResponseShouldMatchExpectedResponse(response, expectedResponse);
    }

    @Test
    public void givenAStock_whenGetTickerWithNullSymbol_thenIllegalArgumentExceptionIsThrownWithMessage()
    {
        Date dateUpdated = UnitTestUtils.newDateTime(2018, 5, 17, 9, 45, 21);
        String name = "Alsons Consolidated Resource";
        String symbol = "ACR";
        double percentChange = 13.89;
        long volume = 1_719_000;
        double amount = 1.35;

        ResponsePhisixStockWrapper mockedResponseWrapper = givenResponseStockWrapper(name, amount, percentChange, volume, symbol, dateUpdated);
        givenGetStockSymbolReturnMockedResponse(symbol, mockedResponseWrapper);

        expectingExceptionWillBeThrownWithMessage(IllegalArgumentException.class, "Symbol must not be empty");
        whenApiGetTickerRequest(null);
    }

    @Test
    public void givenAStock_whenGetTickerWithEmptySymbol_thenIllegalArgumentExceptionIsThrownWithMessage()
    {
        Date dateUpdated = UnitTestUtils.newDateTime(2018, 5, 17, 9, 45, 21);
        String name = "Alsons Consolidated Resource";
        String symbol = "ACR";
        double percentChange = 13.89;
        long volume = 1_719_000;
        double amount = 1.35;

        ResponsePhisixStockWrapper mockedResponseWrapper = givenResponseStockWrapper(name, amount, percentChange, volume, symbol, dateUpdated);
        givenGetStockSymbolReturnMockedResponse(symbol, mockedResponseWrapper);

        expectingExceptionWillBeThrownWithMessage(IllegalArgumentException.class, "Symbol must not be empty");
        whenApiGetTickerRequest("");
    }

    @Test
    public void givenAListOfStocks_whenGetAllTickers_thenTheListOfStocksShouldBeReturned()
    {
        Date dateUpdated = UnitTestUtils.newDateTime(2018, 5, 17, 9, 45, 21);
        List<String> nameList = Arrays.asList("Alsons Consolidated Resource", "Calata Corporation", "Eagle Cement Corporation", "Philippine National Bank",
                "Wilcon Depot, Inc.");
        List<String> symbolList = Arrays.asList("ACR", "CAL", "EAGLE", "PNB", "WLCON");
        List<Double> percentChangeList = Arrays.asList(13.89, -29.12, 0.10, 3.93, 37.05);
        List<Long> volumeList = Arrays.asList(1_719_000L, 380_000L, 153_400L, 19_800L, 730_000L);
        List<Double> amountList = Arrays.asList(1.35, 2.31, 14.44, 57.15, 8.03);

        ResponsePhisixStockWrapper mockedResponseWrapper = givenResponseStockWrapper(nameList, amountList, percentChangeList, volumeList, symbolList,
                dateUpdated);
        givenGetAllStocksReturnMockedResponse(mockedResponseWrapper);

        Pair<List<TickerDto>, Date> response = whenApiGetAllTickersRequest();
        Pair<List<TickerDto>, Date> expectedResponse = thenTheResponseAre(symbolList, nameList, volumeList, amountList, percentChangeList, dateUpdated);

        thenResponsesShouldMatchExpectedResponses(response, expectedResponse);
    }

    @Test
    public void givenAListOfStocks_whenGetTickerListWithTheListOfStockSymbols_thenTheListOfStocksShouldBeReturned()
    {
        Date dateUpdated = UnitTestUtils.newDateTime(2018, 5, 17, 9, 45, 21);
        List<String> nameList = Arrays.asList("Alsons Consolidated Resource", "Calata Corporation", "Eagle Cement Corporation", "Philippine National Bank",
                "Wilcon Depot, Inc.");
        List<String> symbolList = Arrays.asList("ACR", "CAL", "EAGLE", "PNB", "WLCON");
        List<Double> percentChangeList = Arrays.asList(13.89, -29.12, 0.10, 3.93, 37.05);
        List<Long> volumeList = Arrays.asList(1_719_000L, 380_000L, 153_400L, 19_800L, 730_000L);
        List<Double> amountList = Arrays.asList(1.35, 2.31, 14.44, 57.15, 8.03);

        List<ResponsePhisixStockWrapper> mockedResponseWrapperList = givenListOfResponseStockWrapper(nameList, amountList, percentChangeList, volumeList,
                symbolList, dateUpdated);

        givenGetStockSymbolListReturnMockedResponse(symbolList, mockedResponseWrapperList);

        Pair<List<TickerDto>, Date> response = whenApiGetListOfTickersRequest(symbolList);
        Pair<List<TickerDto>, Date> expectedResponse = thenTheResponseAre(symbolList, nameList, volumeList, amountList, percentChangeList, dateUpdated);

        thenResponsesShouldMatchExpectedResponses(response, expectedResponse);
    }

    @Test
    public void givenAListOfStocks_whenGetTickerListWithEmptyList_thenIllegalArgumentExceptionIsThrownWithMessage()
    {
        Date dateUpdated = UnitTestUtils.newDateTime(2018, 5, 17, 9, 45, 21);
        List<String> nameList = Arrays.asList("Alsons Consolidated Resource", "Calata Corporation", "Eagle Cement Corporation", "Philippine National Bank",
                "Wilcon Depot, Inc.");
        List<String> symbolList = Arrays.asList("ACR", "CAL", "EAGLE", "PNB", "WLCON");
        List<Double> percentChangeList = Arrays.asList(13.89, -29.12, 0.10, 3.93, 37.05);
        List<Long> volumeList = Arrays.asList(1_719_000L, 380_000L, 153_400L, 19_800L, 730_000L);
        List<Double> amountList = Arrays.asList(1.35, 2.31, 14.44, 57.15, 8.03);

        ResponsePhisixStockWrapper mockedResponseWrapper = givenResponseStockWrapper(nameList, amountList, percentChangeList, volumeList, symbolList,
                dateUpdated);
        givenGetAllStocksReturnMockedResponse(mockedResponseWrapper);

        expectingExceptionWillBeThrownWithMessage(IllegalArgumentException.class, "No trade plan/s to update");
        whenApiGetListOfTickersRequest(Collections.<String> emptyList());
    }

    @Test
    public void givenAListOfStocks_whenGetTickerListWithNullList_thenIllegalArgumentExceptionIsThrownWithMessage()
    {
        Date dateUpdated = UnitTestUtils.newDateTime(2018, 5, 17, 9, 45, 21);
        List<String> nameList = Arrays.asList("Alsons Consolidated Resource", "Calata Corporation", "Eagle Cement Corporation", "Philippine National Bank",
                "Wilcon Depot, Inc.");
        List<String> symbolList = Arrays.asList("ACR", "CAL", "EAGLE", "PNB", "WLCON");
        List<Double> percentChangeList = Arrays.asList(13.89, -29.12, 0.10, 3.93, 37.05);
        List<Long> volumeList = Arrays.asList(1_719_000L, 380_000L, 153_400L, 19_800L, 730_000L);
        List<Double> amountList = Arrays.asList(1.35, 2.31, 14.44, 57.15, 8.03);

        ResponsePhisixStockWrapper mockedResponseWrapper = givenResponseStockWrapper(nameList, amountList, percentChangeList, volumeList, symbolList,
                dateUpdated);
        givenGetAllStocksReturnMockedResponse(mockedResponseWrapper);

        expectingExceptionWillBeThrownWithMessage(IllegalArgumentException.class, "No trade plan/s to update");
        whenApiGetListOfTickersRequest(null);
    }

    private void givenGetStockSymbolListReturnMockedResponse(List<String> symbol, List<ResponsePhisixStockWrapper> mockedResponseWrapperList)
    {
        int size = symbol.size();
        for(int i = 0; i < size; i++)
        {
            when(service.getStock(symbol.get(i))).thenReturn(Single.just(mockedResponseWrapperList.get(i)));
        }
    }

    private void givenGetStockSymbolReturnMockedResponse(String symbol, ResponsePhisixStockWrapper mockedResponse)
    {
        when(service.getStock(symbol)).thenReturn(Single.just(mockedResponse));
    }

    private void givenGetAllStocksReturnMockedResponse(ResponsePhisixStockWrapper mockedResponse)
    {
        when(service.getStock()).thenReturn(Single.just(mockedResponse));
    }

    private Pair<TickerDto, Date> whenApiGetTickerRequest(String symbol)
    {
        return client.getTicker(symbol).blockingGet();
    }

    private Pair<List<TickerDto>, Date> whenApiGetListOfTickersRequest(Collection<String> symbols)
    {
        return client.getTickerList(symbols).blockingGet();
    }

    private Pair<List<TickerDto>, Date> whenApiGetAllTickersRequest()
    {
        return client.getAllTickerList().blockingGet();
    }
}


❝ Talk of Nike Inc. sales taking a hit from the company's decision to put ex–NFL player Colin Kaepernick at the center of its latest "Just Do It" campaign is looking overblown, based on data from a Silicon Valley digital commerce research company.
❝ "There was speculation that the Nike/Kaepernick campaign would lead to a drop in sales, but our data over the last week does not support that theory," said Hetal Pandya, co-founder of Edison Trends.
And one more supposedly scary threat of a racist boycott – led, of course, by our fake president – peters out into an impotent dribble.
As President Donald Trump delivered an impassioned speech at a campaign rally in Billings, Montana, on Thursday, one audience member had some colorful reactions to the president's remarks.
Yup, it's a network video. They can be cranky and need fiddling sometimes.


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Teacher Bloggers vs. Moran = No Contest
One Newark must end and Tom Moran must stop writing about things he doesn't understand.
Period. Full stop.
I am so proud of my fellow NJ education bloggers Teacherbiz, Jersey Jazzman and Marie Corfield. With their "combined total of seven degrees, a PhD in the works, and 38 years of teaching experience" they collaborated to do what teachers sometimes must do - educate a resistant pupil - this time in the form of the Star Ledger's Tom Moran.
As Jersey Jazzman says, he's ignored them individually, perhaps he will listen to them collectively.
It's hard to imagine even Moran believes what he writes about Newark anymore. The One Newark plan is in shambles, and by Moran's own admission Anderson has little political acumen and virtually no support. The only thing keeping the badly botched plan afloat is Christie's ham fisted state control of Newark, which makes him the decider, no matter what the people, or their democratically elected mayor, want.
Mr. Moran, please take note. There is no more support for your opinions about One Newark than there is for the plan itself.
Your transparent attempt to shower the blame for the inevitable failure of the plan on everyone from the mayor to the "conspiracy theorists" was about as low as it gets. You sir supported Christie's reelection. You sir supported Cami Anderson every step of the way. You sir opposed Ras Baraka's election. You sir denigrated the people of Newark and their elected Board of Education.
If One Newark fails sir, you must stand and answer to the people of Newark, and you must do it alone.
Moran, a man alone
Christie's relentless quest to marginalize the people of Newark and privatize their schools is undeniable, and it's become quite clear he's not about to back down when he is on the brink of putting Newark public schools right where he wants them.
Dear reader, if you want a real sense of what's happening in Newark, please read everything Bob Braun has written in the last two weeks. One Newark is a travesty, and that it is going largely unreported by the largest paper in the state is unspeakably deplorable.
Diane Ravitch is helping Bob get the word out, bringing the people of Newark's plight to a national audience.
Bob Braun is New Jersey's Jeremiah. Outrage is his message. He will not be silent in the face of injustice. He will not curry favor with the powerful. He is angry. And, unlike those who are playing games with the lives of the children of Newark, his conscience is clear.
And guess what Mr. Moran, the consciences of me and my fellow "conspiracy theorists" are clear as well. We stand on the side of children and parents and their right to democratically run their schools and decide their own fate.
Readers, please do what you can to support the One Newark boycott. You can learn more, volunteer, and/or donate here. And a heart felt thank you to all of the organizers from me and my girls.
For as Antoinette Baskerville-Richardson pointed out at the NJ Ed March:
If Cami Anderson gets away with her One Newark Plan, and we will not let her, because if she does it will be One Paterson, One Jersey City, One Montclair, One New Brunswick, One Perth Amboy, One Highland Park, One Princeton and we will not let that private mess happen all over this country.
Despite what the Tom Morans of the world would have us believe, this is not just about Newark. Christie has no love for our community driven public schools, and he abhors the unions that work in them. We must all stand together to defend NJ's students, their schools and their teachers.
Volunteer. Donate. Raise your voice.
Boycott.
Campbell Brown's Ties To Billionaire "Vulture Fund" CEO
The interwebs have been aflutter all day with analysis of Campbell Brown's Colbert Report appearance last night. You can read about it here, here and here.
One of the big questions that has surfaced is "Why won't Brown reveal her donors?".
While I agree it would be interesting to know, and nobody likes sifting through this kind of stuff more than me, I'm writing today to tell you, in this particular case, we really don't even need to know.
Campbell was silly enough to pretend the reason she can't reveal her donors is because she has to protect them from people like the oh-so-scary protesters outside the studio. Twenty folks who look like you and me.
Campbell Brown's arch nemeses
Ooo, is that scary! I mean, look at these thugs, what with their magic-markered poster boards and their peaceful milling around on the sidewalk! No wonder Campbell won't say who is financing her operation -- clearly, these parents who are "trying to silence debate" are "going to go after people who are funding this"! And by "go after," I guess Brown means "hold up hand-made signs"!
Clearly, we must protect Brown's plutocratic backers from this danger at all costs -- including any normal standards of transparency.
It's preposterous to even entertain the notion that the people in the picture above pose any real threat to Campbell Brown or any of her donors. It seems far more likely that if her donors are revealed it will become painfully clear that the lawsuit is simply not for "THE CHILDREN".
I've already taken a look at the Board of Directors of Brown's new outfit, Partners for Educational Justice, which brings together reformy heavyweights from groups like StudentsFirstNY, DFER and NYCAN, and all the money, power, and influence behind those groups.
But I'm embarrassed to say, I missed a HUGE piece of the puzzle.
In my last post I described Brown's husband, Dan Senor, as a board member for StudentsFirstNY and a former advisor for Mitt Romney. But I missed two gigantic parts of his backstory.
Senor first came to prominence as a spokesman for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq in the aftermath of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, gaining a reputation as "the spinmeister responsible for selling the early years of the occupation … as a rosy time—even as bombs exploded daily and sectarian violence ripped apart the country."[1]
After leaving the Bush administration, Senor—who is the spouse of former CNN anchorwoman Campbell Brown—became a guest commentator on foreign policy issues for Fox News and a private equity executive. He co-founded the investment firm Rosemont Capital LLC[2] before joining Elliott Management, the hedge fund firm owned by Paul Singer, a billionaire Wall Street investor who has given millions to Republican political campaigns and neoconservative advocacy groups.[3] (emphasis mine)
So Brown's husband is a wartime spinmeister, education reformer, AND a Wall Street hedge fund guy? How did I miss that?!?
And who is Paul SInger, the guy who was able to lure Senor away from the investment firm he co-founded?
Paul Singer
"Singer is the big power broker in the Republican financial world," says one operative who knows him. "He's involved with almost everything." Fortune described him as "a passionate defender of the 1%." In practical terms, notes one conservative donor, "if you write checks as big as Singer's, you can be close to anyone." (emphasis mine)
Check out how Singer makes his money.
Mr. Singer is perhaps best known for the fight he put up — and the money he made — in his battle over Peruvian debt. In 1996, he paid $11.4 million for $20 million worth of discounted, government-backed Peruvian bank debt. Then, rather than joining with 180 other Peruvian creditors who agreed to a plan using bonds to forgive some of the impoverished country's debt, Mr. Singer held out for bigger payments.
He battled in the courts. At one point he hired an Albany lobbying firm and got New York State to change an obscure law to strengthen his position. When the dust had settled, Mr. Singer ended up getting $58 million for his Peruvian investment.
Groups advocating debt relief — and higher-profile people like Bono — criticize such transactions, maintaining that they force poor countries to divert money from social and economic programs in order to pay back investors. The International Monetary Fund, where a top official once labeled Mr. Singer's firm a "vulture company," issued a report recently saying that such funds present a "major challenge" to the success of debt-relief programs in poor countries. (emphasis mine)
Excuse me, but HOLY S%&*!!
Reading about Singer's practices in poor, distressed countries around the world is horrific. This is from truthout and Democracy Now!.
You know, right now what's happening in this particular case is now these vulture funds have been equipped with an instrument that's going to force poor countries, like the Ivory Coast and Zambia, into submission. So it's a very powerful precedent that will be impacting the one-out-of-five people that live in extreme poverty around the world.
AMY GOODMAN: Can you talk, Eric LeCompte, very quickly, in 30 seconds, about Paul Singer, who is the head of the parent company of NML?
ERIC LECOMPTE: So, essentially, he's the person that's developed this predatory behavior, that goes after assets in poor countries that essentially belong to vulnerable communities. He's the person that leads several firms that are these predatory hedge funds which engage in this exploitative, extreme behavior. And he's popularized, essentially, this kind of investor action around the world. And right now the World Bank notes that there are about a hundred companies that follow, essentially, the leadership that Paul Singer has laid out in terms of this behavior.
AMY GOODMAN: And his significance in national politics? Five seconds.
ERIC LECOMPTE: Yeah, he's the number one donor to the GOP. (emphasis mine)
Senor and Singer are some seriously scary dudes.
There is simply no way they are going to be intimidated by a small clutch of protesters milling around outside Colbert's studio, but that was one hell of an act Brown put on! Singer, and presumably Brown's husband, take on entire countries for heaven's sake!
And what does it tell us that Paul Singer, the guy who "popularized" the practice of exploiting entire distressed countries, is a well known backer of Eva Moskowitz's Success Academy? And oh yeah, Campbell Brown just happens to be on their Board of Directors.
The guest list for last year's inaugural Success Academy gala is wild.
Daniel S. Loeb put aside discussions with Sony Corp. last night to be the first honoree at the first gala for Success Academy Charter Schools.
With a "no counterparty left behind" philosophy, and feeling "a little bit like Don Fanucci" in "The Godfather," as he put it, Loeb, the chief executive officer of Third Point LLC, rallied impressive support from the financial-services industry. David Einhorn, Paul Tudor Jones, Rich Handler and John Griffin were at his table; David Tepper, Paul Singer and Scott Bommer were at others, all decorated with "Success" pencils.
Moskowitz with Brown
Christie gave the keynote
And who can resist a David Tepper sighting?
Especially when we're talking about tenure!
Check out the rest of the gala pics in the link above. It's quite illuminating. Charter school galas sure can bring out a whole heck of a lot of guys with a whole heck of a lot of money!
Will I keep digging around to find out exactly who is financially backing Brown's lawsuit? You bet I will. But in reality, it really doesn't matter much.
That Brown would feign that she can't disclose her donors to protect them from moms like me or the ladies outside Colbert's studio is preposterous. I have a blog, they have signs and sharpies, and Brown has at her beck and call the main stream media, a well seasoned PR machine, high-powered lawyers, and guys worth $1.5 billion.
The smart money says she won't reveal her donors because some are likely "passionate defenders of the 1%" like Singer (and her husband) who are willing to plunder poor countries all over the world, which, ya know, happen to be full of children.
Sure would make it harder to pretend you're trying to gut the union and get rid of tenure "for the kids", wouldn't it?
Oh, I'm sorry Ms. Brown, is this the kind of targeting of your potential donors you were worried about?
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Guest Post: NJ's Interdistrict Choice Program: Overpraised and Underexamined
By Jeffrey Bennett
There is no program on the New Jersey education landscape as overpraised and underexamined as Interdistrict Choice.
In contrast to the intense debate over other topics in education like charter schools, student testing, teacher evaluation, and the Common Core, rarely is anything critical said about Interdistrict Choice by politicians, activists, and education analysts/bloggers. Articles about this under-the-radar program are almost entirely laudatory and focus on the positive impact of Interdistrict Choice on receiving districts and Choice students, without any consideration of the financial impact on non-Choice districts whose state aid is siphoned away. In an era when 80% of NJ districts get less aid than they got before the recession and have had to accept painful budget cuts, there is very little discussion of how the exponentially increasing cost of the Interdistrict Choice program is a factor in aid stagnation.
This is Part 1 of a two part guest blog series on New Jersey's Interdistrict Choice program. This first post will focus on Interdistrict Choice's budgetary impact on Choice districts, sending districts, and non-Choice districts. The second part will appear after the state releases more academic and demographic information on Interdistrict Choice and will evaluate the program's enrollment patterns and academic impacts.
Choice Aid: Where Money Ignores Need
Interdistrict Choice funding works by having state taxpayers assume 100% of the expenses for non-resident students to enroll in participating Choice districts. This amount is $10,500 on average in Choice Aid per student plus regular state aid and extra Transportation Aid for the sending district. The "Choice Aid" is equal to the receiving district's Local Fair Share, that is, roughly the amount that local taxpayers pay per child for their district's own resident children. Choice Aid varies by the wealth of the district. High-resource Choice districts that have high Local Fair Shares get as much as $15,000 in Choice Aid per Choice student. Lower-resource Choice districts that have low Local Fair Shares may get $3,000-$4,000 in Choice Aid per Choice student, but they get more in regular state aid for the same number of incoming students. However, since regular aid has been below-formula for the last few years, wealthier districts get more money than less wealthy ones.
Prior to 2010 Interdistrict Choice was limited to one-district per county but not every county had a participating district. In 2010 the legislature, nearly unanimously, eliminated that rule. Since 2010 the program has grown from only fifteen districts to 136 for 2014-15. With that increase in district and student participation the amount of education aid diverted into Interdistrict Choice has grown exponentially, despite the recession and stagnant aid for non-Choice districts. In 2010-11 Interdistrict Choice cost $9.8 million, in 2011-12 it was $20.6 million, in 2012-13 it was $33 million, and in 2013-14 it was $49 million (for 4,682 students). For 2014-15 the Christie Administration put a 5% enrollment growth cap in place for existing Choice districts and limited space in new ones, so total cost growth for the new year will be only 10%, to $54 million.
Choice money a district gets is completely independent of need and some of the biggest winners in Interdistrict Choice are the highest-resource districts in New Jersey. Deal, for instance, has an astronomically high $12 million in property valuation per student and gets over $11,500 in Choice Aid per student (both numbers used residential and Choice students for the denominators. Deal gets $1,000 per student in other aids as well.). Deal has six times the property wealth per student of Princeton and Millburn and yet it gets more state aid than Neptune Township and Long Branch, its Abbott neighbors, both of which get $7,000-$8,000 in aid per pupil.
Most Choice districts are middle-resource, but half of NJ's Choice Aid goes to only fifteen districts (2013-14 numbers): Upper Freehold, Mine Hill, Pittsgrove, Englewood, Hoboken, Ocean City, Kenilworth, Deal, Hammonton, Morris Hills, Middle Township, Clinton Township, Central Regional, Hoboken, and Manchester Regional. Of the districts that get the majority of Choice Aid all except Hammonton, Upper Freehold, and Pittsgrove have over $1 million in property valuation per student. Hoboken and the Shore districts have more than $2 million per student.
Nor are Choice districts, in any way, the neediest districts in terms of student population. Choice districts can be Choice districts because they have spare capacity, usually because of a shrinking student population. These districts, by definition, are not ones that have to grapple with residential student population growth and its attendant questions of how to pay more staff to educate more students, buy more computers, provide more classroom space etc. Although there are many fixed costs for a district with a dropping population, by definition, these districts don't have the most acute budget problems in New Jersey. Thus Interdistrict Choice is money for districts with the least pressing needs.
Students who participate in Interdistrict Choice tend to be ones who are less expensive to educate. According to a Rutgers study done when Interdistrict Choice was in the pilot phase, Choice students are half as likely as the general population to have learning disabilities and the Interdistrict Choice legislation even gives Choice districts permission to reject students with special needs.
A Windfall for Choice Districts
Of the 105 Choice districts in 2013-14, 91 got Choice Aid that is equivalent to at least $100 per student, 51 got more than $500 per student, twenty-five get more than $1,000 per student, three got more than $5,000 per student. Deal's $11,500 per student is the highest and allows Deal to finance over 40% of its budget with Choice Aid alone.
Although Choice districts are paid, on average $10,500 for every Choice student they enroll, the net increase in their student population doesn't necessarily equal the number of students they take in, since a Choice district can also send its own students out to other Choice districts. When Choice districts swap students they are still only paid for the raw number of incoming students, so that if a Choice district receives 20 students and has 20 students leave it is paid for another 20 students ($210,000, on average), even though its net change is zero.
This policy has absurd implications for the awarding of state aid. For instance, since 2010-11 Cape May County districts have had a net decrease of 350 students, but despite the population decrease Cape May County districts receive an additional $7 million in state aid ($5.6 million of which comes from Interdistrict Choice). Between 2012-13 and 2013-14 West Cape May had a net loss of 22 students (from 97 to 75) and had a $178,000 increase in state aid because a higher proportion of West Cape May students were Choice students.
Another absurdity is that Choice districts are (literally) paid for non-existent students. When Choice districts have decreases in their Choice student populations they receive as much aid as they got prior to the Choice student decrease, with the money now rechanneled through a peculiar aid stream known as "Additional Adjustment Aid." This practice means that Choice Aid spending is a one-way ratchet up; where Choice districts get more money when they take in more Choice students and they keep the money they got previously when they lose Choice students. For a Choice district, it's heads they win, tails they break even.
In 2013-14 the calculation of Additional Adjustment Aid was very opaque, but Choice districts that lost students appear to have gotten a compensatory $600,000 in Additional Adjustment Aid. For 2014-15 the Additional Adjustment Aid is carried over in the same amount for all Choice districts, but other Choice districts that lost Choice students got another $1.8 million more in Additional Adjustment Aid. The bottom line is that state taxpayers are sending approximately $2.3 million in 2014-15 to Choice districts for non-existent Choice students.
The amounts of Additional Adjustment Aid going to Choice districts is very large in a few cases. Hoboken is getting $255,000 in Additional Adjustment Aid for 2014-15. Englewood is getting $497,000. Brooklawn is getting $142,000. Clinton Township is getting $169,000. These aid totals are huge amounts considering non-Choice districts only got an additional $20 per student for 2014-15. (Choice districts get the same $20 per student too)
Effects on Districts Losing Students
To be fair to Interdistrict Choice, since sending districts are supposed to lose regular state aid when they lose students to Interdistrict Choice, there are theoretical savings offsets for state taxpayers when children transfer out of a high-aid district into a low-aid one. If a child leaves Trenton (which gets almost $17,000 per student) and enrolls in Hopewell Valley (which gets $700 per student), the state would actually save $16,300 on regular state aid, an amount that is greater than the Choice Aid it would have to pay Hopewell Valley. The state would realize savings in the same way when children leave Asbury Park, Paterson etc.
However, the aid difference between sending and receiving districts is rarely as large as it is between Trenton and Hopewell Valley. When students transfer between districts that are at rough parity in per pupil aid, like in the Hunterdon County and Cape May County Choice district clusters, the costs to the state are extremely high.
The flip side of the state saving money through aid reductions is that if a high-aid district has many students who participate in Interdistrict Choice the sending district would have budget problems that are very similar to the problems districts have when students transfer to charter schools. The loss of state aid combined with the transportation subsidy most sending districts must give parents could potentially be very costly.
In any case, for 2014-15 and 2013-14 school years the Christie Administration has had a policy of not allowing any district to lose aid. This means there are no savings offsets for state taxpayers.
How the Windfalls Are Used
Choice Aid can be spent in any way a district wishes. It can be used to cut taxes, offset tax increases, offset budget cuts, or expand academic programming. The ways Choice districts use the money varies. Brooklawn, for instance, has not had a tax increase since 2001 and has let its per pupil funding become very low. At the other end is Englewood, which has used its Choice money to create the Academies@Englewood, a school-within-a-school with selective admissions and unique programming. Most Choice districts follow a middle path, using Choice money to offset tax increases and budget cuts, but not offering any special programming either.
The Context of Aid Unfairness
Choice Aid for New Jersey in 2014-15 is only $54 million. Even if you count Additional Adjustment Aid, extra transportation aid, and administrative costs, the program is still only a small portion of New Jersey's overall $8 billion K-12 aid stream. Why protest?
My answer is that New Jersey's distribution of K-12 aid is already so unfair and irrational that even the diversion of less than $60 million should be scrutinized.
The first unfairness is that there is a funding cliff between the Abbotts and low-resource non-Abbotts, where districts like Carteret and Belleville get one-quarter to one-third as much aid as Jersey City, Paterson, Elizabeth etc do, even though those districts need the money almost as badly. The Funding Cliff means that "Abbott Rim" districts have much lower spending and much higher taxes than the Abbotts that are nearly their economic peers.
The second unfairness is that rural and exurban districts receive 2-3 times as much aid per pupil as their suburban peers do. For instance, West Orange has 6,926 students, of whom 36% qualify for Free and Reduced Lunch. Marlboro has 5,248 students, of whom 4% qualify for Free and Reduced Lunch. West Orange only has $860,000 in valuation per student, Marlboro has $1.3 million per student. West Orange's per capita income is $43,000 a year. Marlboro's is over $50,000.
By logic, West Orange should receive more state aid than Marlboro since its students are poorer and its resources are smaller, but the opposite is true. Marlboro receives $11.5 million in aid, whereas West Orange receives $6.8 million.
In light of the unfairness in the distribution of state aid, is it wise to create and support a program that takes money from the general K-12 aid budget and funnels it into districts that have lost population and thus do not have the most acute needs?
Even if the Interdistrict Choice diversion is not as large a factor in causing districts to be underaided as the recession and the state pension crisis, Interdistrict Choice Aid stands out as one of the only factors within the control of the governor and legislature. For that reason the costs of Interdistrict Choice cannot be ignored as a factor in fixing New Jersey's inadequate, irrational, and unfair distribution of aid.
In theory Interdistrict Choice is a good idea. Who would object to giving students more choice over their educations? But the funding formula pays receiving districts way beyond the marginal cost of additional students and exists against a backdrop of severe underaiding in the suburbs and on the "Abbott Rim." The state's funding priority should be money for SFRA and low-aid districts (which may have growing residential enrollments).
At the very least, Interdistrict Choice should be examined and scrutinized as other innovations in education are. If the program is to be preserved the absurdities of paying districts for non-existent students and based on the raw number of incoming Choice students must stop. The demographics of Choice students should be examined to determine if the full Local Fair Share payment is justified. If not, Interdistrict Choice is just another locked in privilege that benefits the few at the expense of the many.
Jeffrey Bennett is a Board of Education member in Essex County. His opinions are not those of his Board of Education.
Vahan Gureghian's For Profit Charter Chain CSMI Ready To 'Do AC'
It sure has been a busy week in education news in New Jersey. The education blogosphere has been burning up with posts about Governor Christie's executive order regarding PARCC and Common Core, here, here, here, and here. It's been covered in all the major news outlets too, and there was even a press release to explain how the DOE will implement the Executive Order.
With all this chatter it's pretty likely that yesterday's press release about the five charters awarded their final charters, giving them the green light to open in September, will go all but unnoticed. The Star Ledger's Peggy McGlone covered it, but pretty much just regurgitated a few clips from the press release.
Here are the five charters Commissioner Hespe has determined are worthy of your tax dollars.
For now let's take a look at one in particular. I hope you'll forgive me, but the details surrounding the approval of the Atlantic City Community Charter School (ACCCS) had slipped my mind.
Afterall, it's hard to keep track of a charter approved in January of 2011. Yes, you read that right, ACCCS was originally approved more than three years ago.
ACCCS was one of 23 charters approved in one of Christie's blockbuster charter application rounds when he was still riding high on a wave of ed reform. Every year since then ACCCS has been given planning years.
In July 2011 the DOE stated ACCCS and 20 other potential charters needed "additional time to plan and develop."
In July 2012 ACCCS and 9 other charters "failed to demonstrate sufficient progress towards readiness."
By July 2013 the DOE stopped reporting how many charter DIDN'T make the cut for final charters in their press release, but ACCCS was one of 8 not ready for prime time last year.
Finally, it looks like 2014 is their year!
Why did the NJDOE allow ACCCS to take not one, not two, but THREE planning years? Allow me to explain. In 2011 another charter was approved with a very similar name - Camden Community Charter School (CCCS).
CCCS just completed its first year in operation. My good blogging buddy Jersey Jazzman wrote a few posts about CCCS before they opened their doors, and I wrote about them once too, specifically to highlight the for-profit CMO that manages CCCS. That would be none other than CSMI LLC, which also manages the Chester Community Charter School in Chester, PA.
This excerpt from a September, 2013 Philly Inquirer article really tells you all you need to know about CSMI's business practices.
CSMI, the firm that runs the Chester and Camden schools, is a for-profit company founded by Vahan Gureghian, a politically connected Gladwyne lawyer who donated more than $300,000 to Gov. Corbett's gubernatorial campaign and served on the education committee of his transition team.
CSMI has fought to prevent public disclosure of its finances - including how much taxpayer money ultimately goes to company officials. The company has argued that, unlike public schools or some other charter schools, its finances are a "trade secret" or "confidential information," because CSMI is a private company managing a school, and not a school itself.
In 2009, Gureghian attorney Edmond George - listed in public records as a founder of the Camden Community Charter School - sought to silence the Inquirer by asking a judge to order the paper to "refrain from public comments" about the company, the school or Gureghian. The motion was denied. In a separate matter, a CSMI lawyer tried unsuccessfully to bar a reporter from an arbitration hearing in open court.
The school has sued the cash-strapped Chester Upland School District - which was in danger of shutting down last year due to lack of funding - for millions of dollars in disputed payments. The case was appealed up to the Supreme Court but eventually was settled out of court.
A harsh audit
Last month, in an audit report, state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said the Chester charter school had improperly received nearly $1.3 million in state lease reimbursements - including payments for school buildings that had been owned by Gureghian.
"It's like paying yourself for renting your own house," said DePasquale, who wants the school to return the money.
DePasquale also criticized CSMI for what he called a lack of transparency.
"Minus national security, you should always err on the side of more transparency with taxpayer dollars," he said. "I'm not sure how [CSMI] believes in trade secrets. If they're doing something that's good, that helps kids get educated, please share it. (emphasis mine)
Clearly, CSMI plays serious hardball, and now this for-profit CMO has not one but two charters in NJ.
How'd this happen?
Well, notice how the first part of that quote mentions that Gureghian donated $300,000 to Governor Corbett in PA? Gureghian has yet to throw that kind of money around in NJ, but the money has certainly started flowing.
Jersey Jazzman pointed out that in 2013 Gureghian's money fed the Democratic machine in the southern part of New Jersey. But guess what else?
Gureghian and his wife Danielle, who just happens to be CSMI's Executive Vice President and General Counsel, have contributed over $6,000 directly to Camden's own Senator Donald Norcross.
The October contribution of $1,000 came less than 2 weeks after the September 24th ribbon cutting for CCCS, which was attended by both Mr. Gureghian and Senator Norcross.
Gureghian and Senator Norcross, in a photo from the Senator's Facebook page
The official ribbon cutting
Clearly Gureghian knows where to put his money to get things done in Camden.
And guess who got almost $8,000 from Gureghian in 2013? The Senate and Assembly candidates from the 2nd Legislative District, which is, big surprise, Atlantic City.
I wonder why a lawyer from Pennsylvania would want to donate to the campaign of politicians in Atlantic City?
A May 2013 report from Press of Atlantic City reporter Diane D'Amico, who clearly seems to get that something very fishy is going on with CSMI in Atlantic City, provides the trail of breadcrumbs.
The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority on Tuesday approved plans to negotiate a lease agreement with Atlantic City Community Charter School in a move officials said was intended to allow the new school to open by September.
And who has lots and lots of dealing with the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority (CRDA)? Why, that would be Senator Whelan (for example, here, here and here).
But see, the trouble was there was already a charter school in the space the CRDA was looking to lease to CSMI. Luckily for CSMI, Oceanside Charter School was abruptly closed in June, 2013.
Again, D'Amico has the story.
The school will officially close at the end of the month after the state Department of Education did not renew its charter this year.
Just a few blocks away, at the All Wars Memorial Building, representatives of the brand new Atlantic City Community Charter School, or ACCCS, rushed to enroll enough students to meet the state requirement of having 90 percent of its proposed enrollment of 150 students in grades K-5, in place by June 30. If it gets final state approval in July, the new school, managed by CSMI Education Management in Chester, Pa., will open in September at Oceanside's site.
Anyone else conjuring up images of vultures circling over Oceanside?
Back in D'Amico's May report, it could not have been more clear that ACCCS was poised and ready to swoop in and take over Oceanside. Gureghian actually had the temerity to contact the founder and lead administrator of Oceanside, Jeanine Middleton.
Middleton said she also got a call Tuesday from Vahan Gureghian, founder and CEO of CSMI, saying he was interested in hiring some of her staff and also asking for her help in setting up a meeting with parents. Middleton said she will cooperate in the interest of the children.
"This is a bitter pill," she said. "But I'll do what I can to be an advocate for the children and the staff."
I've been researching and writing about charter issues in New Jersey for over three years now, and I have never read something this blatant. While there have certainly been other recent examples of well connected charter chains seemingly jumping in after a questionable recent closure of a mom and pop charter (see Camden's City Invisible Charter School and Newark's Greater Newark Charter School), this story really takes the cake.
It defies logic to think that Oceanside was not closed so that ACCCS, controlled by politically connected and ridiculously loaded Gureghian, could swoop in and take its place. I can find no evidence that Oceanside was ever put on probation, making it's sudden closure after 14 years in operation all the more perplexing, especially when the evidence to support the closure offered up by the DOE was so weak.
Officials from Oceanside say that new renewal requirements were put into place last July that now compare Atlantic City's charter schools' test results to all of Atlantic City's public schools. Middleton said that in her renewal application her school outperformed many of the public schools from the areas that her students live, but that Oceanside does not perform better than the Atlantic City School District as a whole.
Middleton explained, "Suddenly when we're 10 to 15 percentage points above...we are no longer. We are now a percentage point or two below them, as a district."
CRDA's Do AC logo
Oh, well, why didn't you say that Oceanside's test scores were "a percentage point or two lower" than the district's? Clearly, the DOE had no choice but to close them down...
What complete and utter poppycock.
Ultimately, even though ACCCS pretty much had a school full of kids handed to them on a silver platter, they were not able to generate sufficient enrollment to open in 2013.
Yet somehow, here they are in 2014, poised and ready to "Do AC" in September, after three full years of being unable to open.
I don't know about you, but I'm disgusted. It's abhorrent that this DOE has invited a for-profit CMO that considers its business practices a "trade secret" and "confidential information" to make a profit on the backs of the most vulnerable children in this state.
I would never stand by and watch as the likes of Gureghian opened a charter in my town, so how can we sit by and watch it happen in Camden and Atlantic City? We need to demand a full investigation of Gureghian's connections to politicians and officials in the NJDOE, and complete and utter transparency regarding his involvement in and operations of the charters in Camden and Atlantic City.
Anything less is a travesty.
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Never Again – National School Walkout
Students across the country practice their right to protest in response to gun violence.
The official National School Walkout day will take place on March 14, 2018, a month after the shooting in Parkland.
Sophie Hughes, Online Editor
In the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, young activists have been advocating for reforms regarding gun control. Infuriated victims of the Parkland shooting are acting to end gun violence on a national level. In the month since the massacre, students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have participated in conferences with the U.S. administration, town hall debates with Marco Rubio and NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch, rallies, marches, and protests.
"We do not understand why it should be harder to make plans with friends on weekends than to buy an automatic or semi-automatic weapon," said Emma Gonzalez, an activist and senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. "…if you actively do nothing, people continually end up dead, so it's time to start doing something."
Gonzalez's beliefs are held by many young people across America. Many teens feel as though they're not safe in public schools. "I believe that you should be able to go to school and gain your education without any fear of death," said Fr. Sophie Schiavone. Schools are beginning to practice reformed safety drills in the event of a school shooting.
The debate over gun control has been a long-standing controversial topic in the U.S. Though gun violence is undeniably a pressing issue that must be addressed, many Americans advocate for their Second Amendment right to own a firearm for the purpose of self-defense and with the intent of citizens being able to form a militia. "[The militia is] every man, it's every woman," said NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch. "In the context of the time, a well-regulated militia meant an American man, an American woman, a citizen of the United States of America, who could operate and service their firearm."
However, many students seem to disagree with that sentiment. In response to those who exercise their Second Amendment rights, young people are exercising their right to peacefully protest. "I think that [the walkout] is a very good idea for students who would like to express themselves politically and want be able to express their concern for their safety," said So. Timmy Chamblee. Schools across the nation have taken action and organized walkouts to protest gun violence in hopes that the U.S. government will make reforms regarding gun laws.
Though many teens across the country have or will participate in walkouts, some students believe that it is ineffective. "The event itself is just so incredibly unorganized," said Jr. Braden Helfrich. "I don't think that anyone knows really what the walkout is for other than 'to make a change'."
Regardless of contrasting views, student activists have started a movement that cannot be silenced. Teens are using their voices to create change and stand up for what they believe. "I believe that if you are passionate about something, you should express it–use your voice because no one else is going to express your ideals," said Chamblee. "We may be young but our generation has a strong voice that needs to be heard."
DHS will be holding a walkout protest on Wednesday, March 14th, at 10 am on the football field. For more information, visit @dhs.studentsforchange on Instagram.
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Extract of sample "Mean Street"
Download file to see previous pages He is also concerned about his dear friend Johnny boy who was played by Robert De Niro. Charlie worked for his uncle and was involved in an affair with Johnny's cousin played by Amy Robinson who was epileptic in the film. The movie belonged to the genre of westernized gang star films.
The characters – The movie showed Johny Boy as a man drowned in the debt of banks who was I love with an epileptic girl Teresa. Charlie was a man who wanted to make it big in the world of gangsters at the same time maintaining his ethics. The character was real going by the mafia world that existed during the 1990s in the streets of Italy. It was appropriate as it portrayed the experiences of people trying to be rich by entering the crime world conflicting with their inner conscience. The film shows how Charlie was unable to free himself from the mafia world. He was compassionate but was not ready to make any commitments of any form either (Mean Streets –Martin Scorsese, 1973). The character of Johnny boy showed the pathetic condition of debt burden.
The actors- Robert de Niro and Harvey Keitel are huge talents in themselves. The frustration and despair of a man in debt and the struggle of a man who wanted to earn fame and money by entering the crime world at the same time fighting against his morals were beautifully portrayed by Robert de Niro and Harvey Keitel respectively. The social pangs of epilepsis were played very aesthetically by Amy Robinson (Mean Streets (1973)).
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