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BRETT STREZA
2022 recipients (left to right) Reese Grisez, Mallory Chunat
Click on Special Functions under the
REUNIONS/LUNCHEONS tab for
information on the Annual Brett Streza
Memorial Golf Outing.
Brett Streza, a 1981 graduate of Alliance High School, led a storybook life until losing a courageous, two-year battle with cancer in 2005. While at AHS, Brett was a good student and a standout in football and track and field. After graduation, he enrolled at Ohio University where he studied Political Science and Criminal Justice and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Brett was a "walk-on" on Ohio U's track and field team where he excelled in the pole vault. After two years he earned an athletic scholarship and was selected team captain his senior year. Brett rose from being a "walk-on" pole-vaulter to finishing his collegiate career as a world-class vaulter, accomplishing a rare feat of clearing 17'3".
Following a short period as a police officer in Rocky River, Ohio, Brett became a Commissioned Officer in the U.S. Air Force. He served for ten years as a Navigator on a KC-135 air refueling aircraft, flying missions all over the world. He was selected to be in charge of training for the entire navigator force and he instilled many young officers with his high level of excellence. His Air Force service included being a Veteran of the 1991 Persian Gulf War and earning the coveted "Silver Wings" award.
In 1994, Brett met Loretta, who was also serving in the Air Force, while they were stationed in North Dakota. In November of 1995 they were deployed together to Saudi Arabia and flew a mission over Iraq on Christmas Day wearing Santa Claus hats and listening to Christmas music throughout the aircraft. They married in 1996 while stationed back in North Dakota and became parents to two daughters, Nicole and Shannon.
Following completion of his military service, Brett fulfilled a childhood dream by becoming a Special Agent in the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1999. His first duty assignment was in San Francisco and in 2003 he was transferred to El Paso, Texas. In addition to his normal duties he was also a reconnaissance pilot with the Bureau. But, sadly it was here that Brett's storybook life ended with chapters still to be written, but done so by others. Nicole and Shannon will graduate from high school in 2016. One wants to be a school teacher and the other a dermatologist.
Fellow FBI Agent Steven Grassie was on the track team with Brett at Ohio U. where they became good friends. They both joined the Air Force following graduation and the FBI following their military service. Putting all of Brett's accomplishments into perspective, his friend for more than twenty years wrote, "For he was above all things a loving husband and dedicated father who constantly placed the needs of his family and others ahead of his own."
(Sources include www.brettstrezafund.org.)

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I wonder if Clint knows that he was shooting on the ground where Charlie Chaplin grew up. I have a lead that he'll be a couple of minutes from my apartment in a few days. If I can shoot him with my 300mm it will make my day! Woohoo!


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Fantastisk Allerede: Kari Bremnes
Written by Matthew Forss January 4, 2012
A singer for more than 30 years, Norway's Kari Bremnes releases the latest two-CD collection of her best work to date.
Label: KIRKELIG KULTURVERKSTED
A singer for more than 30 years, Norway's Kari Bremnes releases the latest two-CD collection of her best work to date. As a whole, the first CD is a quieter set of songs that features a variety of pop, new age, fusion, and classical elements. The second CD is a continuation of hits, but more focused on pop and light rock. All of the songs are in Norwegian except for the English lyrics of 'Montreal'. Upbeat favourites include 'Sangen Om Ka Ho Anna Dromte Om' and 'Passelig Dose'. Kari's voice resonates with influences from notable European singers, including Francoise Hardy, Carla Bruni and Anna Vissi.
Extensive liner notes in Norwegian are included.
Published in Music Reviews
Verge magazine's music columnist, Matthew Forss holds a BA in biology, MS in exercise science, and an MFA in creative writing. Since 2000, he has been writing world music reviews for Edmonton-based Inside World Music.com, while amassing a very large collection of ethnomusicological recordings from every country in the world. Matthew continues to publish music articles and cultural book reviews in various academic journals and magazines and has an acquired taste for Central Asian linguistics (Uzbek, Kazakh, and Tajik).
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Q: Duration cannot be resolved or is not a field in WebDriverwait in Selenium I am trying to interact with a calendar on a webpage, so I am using WebDriver wait.
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what is wrong here?

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import java.time.Duration;

import this at the top, "Duration" got resolved it worked for me.

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        this.cache = locache.createCache();
        this.cache.storage.enabled = function () { return false; };
    });

    it("with no localStorage length and flush", function () {

        expect(this.cache.length()).toBe(0);
        this.cache.set("key", "value");
        expect(this.cache.length()).toBe(0);
        this.cache.flush();
        expect(this.cache.length()).toBe(0);

    });

    it("with no localStorage keys", function () {
        expect(this.cache.length()).toBe(0);
        this.cache.setMany({
            "key1": "value1",
            "key2": "value2",
            "key3": "value3"
        });
        expect(this.cache.keys()).toEqual([]);
    });

    it("with no localStorage setting, getting and removing simple values", function () {

        var key = "my_key";
        var value = "my_value";

        this.cache.set(key, value);
        expect(this.cache.get(key)).toBe(null);

        this.cache.remove(key);
        expect(this.cache.get(key)).toBe(null);

    });

    it("with no localStorage setting a value with an expire time", function () {

        var key = "will_expire";
        var value = "value";

        this.cache.set(key, value, 1);
        expect(this.cache.get(key)).toBe(null);

    });

    it("with no localStorage incr and decr'ing of keys", function () {

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    });

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From shrimp and grits to linguini with clams, these flavor-packed, easy weeknight dinners practically cook themselves.
Bacon gives this shrimp and grits recipe a nice meaty undertone. I cheat and use quick-cooking grits, which I know is sacrilege in the South but I'm not apologizing — they cook in 5 minutes!
Pan-seared until crisp on top and just barely cooked at the center: this is how I cook salmon when I have to hit the kitchen running. Not only is it fast (15 minutes start to finish) but it's also elegant.
An oven-puffed pancake is like a cross between a crepe and a soufflé. This version is flavored with Dijon mustard, chopped ham, Gruyere, and chives. It makes a great light dinner with mixed greens.
This Americanized version of Kung Pao replaces hard-to-find-ingredients with staples from your neighborhood supermarket, so it's easy to shop for AND easy to make. Bonus: kids love it!
Sun-dried tomato pesto gives these easy grilled cheese sandwiches a gourmet twist. My son calls them "pizza paninis" since they taste like crispy pizza sandwiches.
This recipe proves it IS possible to make a meal the whole family loves. Not only is it quick to make — 25 minutes tops — the kids eat it up, broccoli and all.
Want a healthy burger but don't want to sacrifice taste? These turkey burgers are the ticket. I add Italian turkey sausage — a trick often used with meatballs — which amps up the flavor and makes them incredibly juicy.
Linguine with clams is one of the easiest, elegant pasta dishes you can make. You can do all of the prep and make the clam sauce in the time it takes to boil the pasta, so dinner is done in 30 minutes.


SW – WHEN THE DEVIL ATTACKS…WHAT DO YOU DO ?
WHEN THE DEVIL ATTACKS…WHAT DO YOU DO ?
1. How do you know if demons are attacking you ?
D. Desire to quit serving God.
2. Find out where they came from.
A. Demons from a person will do the same thing to another person.
B. Enables you to avoid, or fortify against the source.
– If not in God-given confrontation with the person, avoid them.
– If in direct God-ordered confrontation with them, defeat them.
3. Find out why they chose you.
B. Demons are like soldiers. They look for those who are most dangerous to them.
C. If you know you fit into either of these categories, you might be attacked.
4. Check out your spiritual relationship with God.
you're going in the wrong direction.
5. Have others check you out spiritually.


How Latino communities are transforming the politics of race, migration and labour in the US.
Visually and pedagogically rich, this wide-ranging introduction to key concepts and debates in welfare uses an innovative, question-based narrative to highlight the importance of theory to understanding welfare.
This collection reframes the debate around Islam and women's rights within a broader comparative literature that examines the complex and contingent historical relationships between religion, secularism, democracy, law, and gender equality.
The present volume brings together a range of case studies of myth making and myth breaking in east Europe from the nineteenth century to the present day.
This important new book from one of the world's leading sociologists of sport weaves together social theory, history and political economy to provide a highly original analysis of the complex relationship between sport and modernity.


Reading: Declarative and Procedural Working Memory: Common Principles, Common Capacity Limits?
Working memory is often described as a system for simultaneous storage and processing. Much research – and most measures of working-memory capacity – focus on the storage component only, that is, people's ability to recall or recognize items after short retention intervals. The mechanisms of processing information are studied in a separate research tradition, concerned with the selection and control of actions in simple choice situations, dual-task constellations, or task-switching setups. both research traditions investigate performance based on representations that are temporarily maintained in an active, highly accessible state, and constrained by capacity limits. In this article an integrated theoretical framework of declarative and procedural working memory is presented that relates the two domains of research to each other. Declarative working memory is proposed to hold representations available for processing (including recall and recognition), whereas procedural working memory holds representations that control processing (i. e., task sets, stimulus-response mappings, and executive control settings). The framework motivates two hypotheses: Declarative and procedural working memory have separate capacity limits, and they operate by analogous principles. The framework also suggests a new characterization of executive functions as the subset of processes governed by procedural working memory that has as its output a change in the conditions of operation of the working-memory system.


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We're currently offering up to $3,000 in scholarships for MEd students.
Nurture your passion for teaching young children.
College of Education : Academics : MEd : Curriculum and Instruction : Early Childhood Education
MEd in Curriculum & Instruction: Early Childhood Education (ECE)
The work an early childhood educator does is extraordinarily important. You give young minds the foundation for lifelong success, while teaching them what it means to love learning and aim high. Bolster the meaning behind your work and your impact with Concordia University-Portland's Early Childhood Education MEd concentration.
You'll explore current trends and research, design developmentally effective curricula, and refine skills in advocating for young children ages 0-8. And through the MEd in Curriculum & Instruction core courses and capstone experience, you'll get a comprehensive overview in addition to specialized knowledge.
Accredited, nonprofit, and taught by practitioners, all of Concordia's online MEd programs reflect the same meaningful experience we've been delivering on campus since 1905. The convenience of 100 percent online, clearly defined coursework — paired with realistic deadlines and the ability to immediately apply what you learn in your classroom — makes our programs ideal for busy lifestyles. And the potential career benefits — from higher pay to promotions — are second only to the reward of having an everlasting impact on the lives of your students.
Length 1 Year
100% online (no in-person field work required)
Earn your MEd in one year, one class at a time, with built-in breaks
Curriculum is up-to-date and relevant
87% of our online MEd grads report positive career benefits as a result of their degree
20,000-strong alumni network
93% of our online MEd grads say they are satisfied with their overall academic program experience
MEd in Curriculum & Instruction: Early Childhood Education Program Goals
In addition to meeting the objectives and requirements for the MEd in Curriculum & Instruction: Early Childhood Education online degree program, successful candidates will also demonstrate:
Expertise in Evaluating Progress
Expertise in the utilization of new methods of authentic assessment and strategies as tools to evaluate student learning progress in relation to Oregon's Common Core State Standards and specific district standards
Effective Instructional Skills
Effective instructional skills in planning, implementing, and assessing instruction in settings that include diverse cultural populations and special needs
Classroom Diversity Skills
An understanding of the ways that the specific curricular/instructional area has the potential to be responsive to classroom diversity
Moral Leadership
A clear understanding of the moral leadership required of them as advanced scholars in the chosen area of curriculum and instruction
The ability to modify instructional plans and promote alternative goals and strategies when necessary, particularly in relation to assessment results
The MEd in Curriculum & Instruction: Early Childhood Education is a 30 credit-hour program
CONCENTRATION COURSES
MEd in Curriculum & Instruction - Core Courses
EDGR 502 (3)
Developing Character Through the Curriculum
This course will provide teachers with the resources and skills necessary to integrate character themes and character development into their school curriculum. It provides a forum in which to discuss and develop one's own moral perspectives on the basis of generally accepted criteria.
Theories of Teaching and Learning
This course is designed to provide leaders with the latest psychological research about learning and guide them in exploring ways to directly apply these precepts to their current work setting. Topics will include cognitive science, learning theory, and relevant teaching theories that utilize this information. The course will fuse the latest biological and psychological understanding of how the brain learns so candidates can harness this knowledge and apply it directly to learning situations.
Relationships constructed on trust are critical for an efficient, collegial, collaborative workplace. This course challenges candidates to confront the tremendous diversity in their current environment and develop strategies to build community in the midst of the social, ethnic, economic and alternative lifestyle differences that permeate today's 21st-century workplace. In sum, this course stresses the critical importance of creating community in the workplace and illustrates how that community, once established, can generate an efficient, supportive, and positive work place.
Contemporary Educational Thought
Candidates identify, review, and analyze major trends and issues impacting the contemporary state and national educational scenes. Each class session provides students with an opportunity to evaluate the advantages and liabilities of current educational reforms and issues from the perspective of prevailing educational research as well as from their own personal beliefs and current work environment. Candidates will also consider how they can impact and influence change in their own workplace.
Please note: Completing a Master of Education degree program does not lead to state certification or licensure. The MEd is not designed or intended to lead in any way toward a teaching license, endorsement, or administrative credential.
MEd in Curriculum & Instruction - Early Childhood Education
EDCI 503 (3)
Issues and Advocacy in Early Childhood Education
This course provides an overview of the field of early childhood education by exploring its past, present and future. Significant issues focusing on advocacy for children and families will be addressed in terms of the interpretation of research, philosophical approaches, and application of theory. Students will become familiar with advocacy for children and families at the local, state, and national levels.
Early Childhood Education: A Constructivist Approach
This course focuses on curriculum development in pre-kindergarten and the primary grades from a constructivist perspective. Emphasis is placed on facilitating child-centered learning and implementing authentic assessment practices within State prescribed standards and benchmarks. This course is specifically designed for classroom teachers willing to explore the opportunities of project-based learning.
Play in Early Childhood Education
This course focuses on the relationship between play and learning for young children (birth through age eight). It is based on the philosophy that children construct knowledge while actively engaged in the process of understanding the world around them. Strategies for implementing play opportunities in the preschool and primary curriculum will be accentuated in order that the student may create a classroom environment that supports playful learning.
Emergent Literacy
This course examines the development of literacy skills in young children, ages 0-8. Topics include the reading/writing connection, use of trade books and thematic literature, and current research in the field of literacy development.
Research Course 1
This course provides students with the basic competencies necessary to understand and evaluate the research of others, and to plan their own research with a minimum of assistance. This course includes the basics of both qualitative and quantitative research.
The Master of Education culminates with the choice of either EDGR 698-Action Research or EDGR 696-Practitioner Inquiry. Either option provides candidates with an understanding of the role of research in the field of education as a tool to solve problems and as a way to improve student learning.
SELECT ONE CAPSTONE COURSE:
3 credits Select one of the following:
Practitioner Inquiry
Practitioner Inquiry focuses on the reflective acts of the candidate as an educator seeking to improve teaching practice. Premised in the self-study research methodological traditions (Samaras, 2011), Practitioner Inquiry provides the opportunity to reflect on teaching practice and generate improvements based on classroom observation. Practitioner Inquiry focuses on the educator and her/his own practices, developing skills of inquiry, observation, reflection, and action in teachers. Prerequisite: Successful completion of EDGR 601 Educational Research
Action research is one of the capstone projects for the Master of Education program. During this five-week course, candidates will learn more about the action research methodology, complete final edits of the Literature Review, and design a complete Action Research proposal including data collection methods and analysis approaches. (During this course, the proposal will NOT be implemented with students/participants.)
This design provides students with the requisite skills and means to pursue the transformative practice called "Action Research" in their classroom, school, district or other work environment. The design method for the capstone project closely aligns with current classroom realities, with district and school requirements, and the needs of teachers and students.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of EDGR 601.
ON-CAMPUS/HYBRID OPTIONS
In addition to fully online, Concordia offers several Master of Education programs in an on-campus or hybrid format. See the options here.
Is the MEd in Early Childhood Education concentration right for me?
Consider choosing this path if:
You want to study new strategies that engage kids in active, hands-on learning
You're looking to take on an ECE leadership role at your school or district
You're ready to gain additional competencies to advocate for ECE programs in your community
Still unsure? We know we offer a lot of programs! Let's talk more about your professional and personal goals.
MEd Programs
Early Childhood Education (ECE)
Educational Technology Leadership
English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL - Online)
English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL - OR/WA Residents)
The Inclusive Classroom
Methods and Curriculum
Reading Interventionist
STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics)
Trauma and Resilience in Educational Settings
I use the techniques I learned from my Early Childhood Education concentration to better assist my students with behavior, social and emotional needs.
KAYVONNA STIGALL, MEd in Curriculum & Instruction:
Early Childhood Education '15
MORE ON THE TOPIC OF Early Childhood Education
What makes this program so relevant today
What does early education look like in the U.S.?
As more states begin to prioritize and provide early childhood education programs to meet the needs of millions of children, access to and awareness of these programs and their benefits are adversely impacted by location and socio-economic status.
In 2015, some 38% of 3-year-olds, 67% of 4-year-olds, and 87% of 5-year-olds were enrolled in pre-primary programs.
—Preschool and Kindergarten Enrollment National Center for Education Statistics (Last updated: April 2017)
Among 3- to 5-year-olds who were enrolled in preschool programs in 2015, some 51% attended full-day programs.
Among 3- to 5-year-olds attending kindergarten, the percentage attending full-day programs increased from 60% in 2000 to 81% in 2015.
In 2015, a lower percentage of Hispanic 3- to 5-year-olds (30%) were enrolled in preschool programs than of 3- to 5-year olds who were White (40%) or Black (39%)
Forty-two states and the District of Columbia had public pre-kindergarten programs, serving a total of 1.35 million children in the 2014-15 school year.
– Steven W. Barnett, Alison H. Friedman-Krauss, Rebecca Gomez, Michelle Horowitz, G.G. Weisenfeld, Kristy Clarke Brown, and James H. Squires, The State of Preschool 2015: State Preschool Yearbook (New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research, 2016).
In 2014, 55% of 3- and 4-year-olds in the United States were enrolled in school, compared to the average enrollment of 79% for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries.
Each year, almost 4 million children enter kindergarten in the United States.
—U.S. Department of Education, A Matter of Equity, April 2015
What are the long-term benefits of early childhood education for learners?
Early Childhood Education is more important than ever for closing our nation's achievement gap and preparing young learners to succeed in school and in life.
"The early years of a child's schooling provide a solid foundation for future learning and their lives as citizens. Researchers say that the human brain develops most of its neurons, and is most receptive to learning, between birth and three years old. The learning of new information helps form neural pathways."
—Institute of Medicine. 2000. From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
"Early intervention into the minds, bodies, and emotions of children suggests long-term benefits." Children who attended high-quality preschool were more successful in school "academically, socially, and emotionally"… and there were fewer placements in special education.
—Linda Bakken, Nola Brown & Barry Downing (2017) Early Childhood Education: The Long-Term Benefits, Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 31:2, 255-269, DOI
A longitudinal study of the The Chicago Child-Parent Centers program reported a 29% increase in high school graduation rates by age 20 among its participants who attended preschool.
— Reynolds, A. J., Temple, J. A., Robertson, D. L., & Mann, E. A. (2001, May 9). Long-term effects of an early childhood intervention on educational achievement and juvenile arrest: A 15-year follow-up of low-income children in public schools. Journal of the American Medical Association, 285, 2339-2346.
By age 24, the people served by the Chicago CPC were 20% less likely to have served time in a jail or prison.
— Reynolds, A. (2007). Paths of influence from preschool intervention to adult well-being: Age 24 findings from the Chicago Longitudinal Study. Society for Research in Child Development, March 31, 2007, Boston, MA.
A longitudinal study of Michigan's Great Start Readiness program reported a 35% increase in high school graduation rates.
— Michigan Great Start Readiness Program evaluation 2012: High school graduation and grade retention findings. Retrieved here.
The Perry Preschool Program saw a 44% increase in graduation rates by age 40. The study also found that adults who attended the preschool program achieved higher income, committed fewer crimes and were more likely to be employed than adults who did not attend preschool
— Schweinhart, L.J., Montie, J., Xiang, Z., Barnett, W.S., Belfield, C.R., & Nores, M. (2005). Lifetime effects: The High/ Scope Perry Preschool study through age 40. Ypsilanti, MI: High/Scope Press
Pennsylvania's Preschool Counts Public Private Partnership program cut—from 22% to 4%—the portion of children at risk for problematic social and self-control behavior.
— Bagnato, S., Salaway, J., & Suen, H. (2009). Preschool Counts in Pennsylvania for Youngsters' Early School Success: Authentic Outcomes for an Innovative Prevention and Promotion Initiative. Retrieved here.
Children's vocabulary skills are linked to their economic backgrounds. By 3 years of age, there is a 30 million word gap between children from the wealthiest and poorest families. "In four years, an average child in a professional family would accumulate experience with almost 45 million words, an average child in a working-class family 26 million words, and an average child in a welfare family 13 million words."
— The Early Catastrophe: The 30 Million Word Gap by Age 3 — By Betty Hart and Todd R. Risley
When it comes to early childhood education programs, quality is critical. High-quality preschool gives children a strong start on the path that leads to college or a career. Research shows that all children benefit from high-quality preschool, with low-income children and English learners benefiting the most.
—Hirokazu Yoshiwaka et al., Investing in Our Future: The Evidence Base on Preschool Education, Foundation for Child Development, 2013.
What skills do early learners need?
"Kindergarten teachers will tell you that the students who are ready to learn are those who come into school with good social and behavior-management skills," Linda Smith, executive director of the National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies says. Early childhood education prepares young learners for their years of schooling and begins building the mental and cognitive skills necessary for life. Skills include:
Numeracy and counting skills
Verbal expression
Emotional skills and self-regulation
Executive functions
Metacognition/self-reflection
Leseman P. Preschool and Learning-Related Skills. In: Tremblay RE, Boivin M, Peters RDeV, eds. Melhuish E, topic ed. Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development Published December 2012.
What will I learn in this concentration?
In our Early Childhood concentration, you'll review pedagogical and practical methods and theory for use in the ECE classroom. You'll learn:
The history and future of Early Childhood Education
Instructional strategies and classroom management for the ECE classroom
How to facilitate child-centered learning and implementing authentic assessment practices
The relationship between play and learning for young children
The development of literacy skills in young children, ages 0-8
Assessment and evaluation in the ECE classroom
How to integrate character themes and character development into school curriculum
Cognitive science, learning theory, and relevant teaching theories
Current educational reforms and issues from the perspective of prevailing educational research
See where an MEd focused on ECE could take you
Planning to stay in your current teaching job? Many MEd graduates do! But in addition to potential benefits like increased salary and more self-confidence, an MEd could also expand your career opportunities within the education industry.
Potential careers include:
Daycare owner
Director, ECE program
Higher education instructor: Early Childhood Education
Consultant/advisor, ECE programs
Professional development, ECE
ECE advisor to local, state, and national policymakers
(Some states may require specific licensure for some of these positions. Check with your state's Department of Education for more details.)
FREE GUIDE: 5 tips for earning an MEd while still teaching full time
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I'm a big fan of CollectorCrate. One day I hope it becomes as big as Loot Crate. Tonight CollectorCrate announced it's December exclusives. Depending on which CollectorCrate you sign up for, your December box will have a sketch print card of Andrew Luck, Mike Trout, or Kobe Bryant. These pencil sketches were done by artist Emily Tester.
If you're looking to get that sports fan something for Christmas this year, and you haven't been able to find that special something. Give CollectorCrate a try. Buy one, or sign up for a few months. Its just like the Jelly Of The Month Club. Its the gift that keeps on giving the whole year.
This contest is for a Kobe Bryant 12-13 Totally Certified – Totally Red Jersey. Good luck!!!


There are two words that can strike fear into the most courageous of souls: root canal. But at Blaisdell Family Dentistry in Boise, root canals are performed with the patient's comfort uppermost in mind.
A root canal is a procedure that treats the inside of a tooth. It becomes necessary when a cavity infects the tooth's interior, which can cause increased sensitivity and a whole lot of pain.
The technical word for a root canal is endodontic therapy. In short, it works like this: after an access hole is drilled in the surface of the infected tooth, the damaged interior, or pulp, is removed. The remaining tooth is thoroughly cleaned, filled, and sealed. A crown is placed over the whole thing to protect it, and provide a natural-looking appearance.
Sound brutal? Root canals have the reputation of being one of being one of the more unpleasant procedures that dental patients undergo. But with modern dentistry, it's a lot like having a cavity filled. For those patients with dental anxiety, we offer sedation dentistry, to make you feel much more at ease.
Blaisdell Family Dentistry in Boise provides root canal therapy, along with family and cosmetic dentistry. If you've got a persistent toothache, don't take a chance. Call us today to schedule an appointment.


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CancerIQ Competitors
Delivered February 11th, 2020. Contributors: Michael B. and
Below is an overview of five of CancerIQ's direct competitors in offering software solutions for the genetic testing market: Golden Helix, IntegraGen, The Gene Box, Sophia Genetics, and Fabric Genomics. It may be of interest that even as we conducted our research, a report was released on the same day naming Fabric Genomics and Sophia Genetics as key players in the Precision Medicine Software Market.
Golden Helix
Golden Helix provides several "industry-leading" software products for analyzing genome data suitable in human genetic research, pharmaceutical R&D, testing labs, and elsewhere, including:
SNP & Variation Suite & GenomeBrowse (analysis and visualization software for genomic and phenotype data)
VarSeq (a simple and fast solution for tertiary analysis) and the VSWarehouse line of tools
Golden Helix has worked in this field for two decades, has over 20,000 users in 400 institutions, and claims to have been cited in over 1,300 peer-reviewed publications.
However, they are still relatively small (likely due to the niche nature of their industry space), with an estimated revenue of only $3.9 million.
IntegraGen
IntegraGen is dedicated to furthering molecular research and bringing the result to clinical practices.
Their primary line of business is the development of "biomarkers which can be used as diagnostic tools for oncology and autism spectrum disorder." To that end, the company comprises a "a network of geneticists, clinicians and biostatisticians who have mastered the most advanced genomic technologies, involving both the sequencing and genotyping of DNA and RNA."
However, in early 2018 IntegraGen entered the Big Data SaaS market with the development of two software tools, Sirius and Mercury, which "which enable the extensive exploration of large scale genomic data to assist in the diagnosis and management of patients."
IntegraGen reported €8.3 million in revenue in 2019, up 20% from 2018, driven in part by strong sales growth for the company's genome sequencing interpretation software, including Mercury and Sirius.
The Gene Box
The Gene Box is a "pioneer in predictive analysis in lifestyle, critical illnesses and research" which partners with an array of industries, including sports & fitness, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and others. To the latter, it offers pharmacogenomics as a solution to eliminate the hurdle of "the unpredictable nature of drug interactions on the human body."
A 2019 story on the Mumbai-based company indicates that the company operates on two different business models: developing genetic tests for the above industries and "a SaaS-based model that works with genetic testing companies " and provides backend support.
The Gene Box is an early-stage startup, founded in 2015, though its level of funding and sources of capital are not publicly available, but it is currently estimated to have revenue of $7.9 million.
Sophia Genetics is dedicated to leveraging big data and AI to unlock "the era of Data-Driven Medicine," particularly in what they consider "the first two pillars of Data-Driven Medicine, Genomics and Radiomics."
The company's signature product is Sophia AI, which "leverages statistical inference, pattern recognition and machine learning to maximize the value of genomics and radiomics data." The platform is particularly promoted for its ability to accelerate the interpretation of somatic alterations in oncology, but is also useful in a wide range of genomic applications.
Sophia is a late-stage venture, having raised over $140 million in capital over six funding rounds since its founding in 2011 and has an estimated revenue of $42 million. As of 2019, the company is used by over 900 hospitals in 77 countries. In addition, Sophia is considered a key player in the Precision Medicine Software Market.
Fabric Genomics
Fabric Genomics, like Sophia, produces an "AI-driven software platform" which "enables clinical labs to uncover critical and timely genomic insights that reduce costs and save lives."
Their signature product is Fabric AI, "a comprehensive platform for NGS analysis, interpretation and clinical reporting" which analyzes genomic data from sequencing to secondary and tertiary analysis to produce actionable reports for clinical management.
This AI solution specifically targets oncology panels, for which it claims to be able to match cancer variants to specific clinical trials and treatments to produce "physician-ready oncology reports."
Fabric is a late-stage venture which raised over $30 million over four funding rounds. It currently has revenue of only $13 million, but its AI solution has garnered praise from Dr. Mark Yandell, Co-Director USTAR Center for Genetic Discovery, Assoc. Director Program in Personalized Health. In addition, Fabric is considered a key player in the Precision Medicine Software Market.
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With more than 2000 exhibitors from 165 different countries, Milan Design Week is one of the biggest design events of the year! From major art shows in town to unique design experiences, make sure you have these 7 design shows in your event guide for this year edition!
This is one of the best interior design tradeshows in the world! With more than 2000 exhibitors, Isaloni showcases the best bespoke furnishings and lighting designs, decor accessories and interior design trends. Each year, over 300 000 visitors organize their trip to Milan with the purpose to find the most inspirational design ideas that can bring character and originality to their home decor projects.
LAUFEN's special installation of juxtaposition will be recognized as "Materialmessage". This design project will take its visitors through the brand's 127 years of history and show them a touch of the future through a journey from the starting point (the material) to the final product.
With the best exhibitors, events, locations, and activities, the interior design enthusiasts' expectations are high for the stunning design district. Always full of surprises and content, Tortona Design Week 2019 is a reflection of reality, a narrative tool that offers the public an unprecedented perspective and interpretation of modem life.
Some of the best masterpieces by the famous Carpenter Workshop Gallery are going to be exhibited in the renowned Italian Gallery. The bespoke exhibition will also feature Cotiis' own pieces inspired by the works of design legends, such as Maarten Baas, Wendell Castle or Rick Owens, and can be visited until the 20th of July.
As a way to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the B.zero 1 ring, the famous luxury brand, Bulgari, invited Tomás Saraceno to create a creative installation that is related to the Ulrico Hoepli planetarium in Milan. The masterpiece will be placed next to a Bulgari design project that shows the evolution of the same ring during the past 20 years. On the 9th there will be an Arachno-concert at 7 pm with musician Silvia Bolognesi.
"Le Radici e Le Ali" (Roots and Wings in English) is a fascinating documentary from the Italian Designer Antonio Circó, where he explains the beauty of art, craft, and collaboration. From artisanal craft to contemporary industrial design, the story focuses on the theme of identity that runs throughout many of his successful projects.
Last, but not least, don't miss the opportunity to know the winner of the Lexus Design Award sponsored by Design Boom and Lexus. For the seventh year in a row, the international design competition targets the world's up-and-coming creators and provides to them the unique opportunity to work with globally recognized interior designers.


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Article of the Day: 5/31/19 Friendship v Politics
This is a very interesting article on several points:
Who is Cory Booker and what is his character?
How have we personally experienced the political divide?
How can we continue to live in harmony with people whom we disagree on fundamental issues like politics and faith.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/05/31/cory-booker-orthodox-rabbi-were-like-brothers-now-they-dont-speak/?utm_term=.6a24a2027642
Cory Booker and the Orthodox rabbi were like brothers. Now they don't speak.
Their bond bridged religious and racial divides, but it collapsed in an increasingly divided country.
Kevin SullivanMay 31, 2019
OXFORD, England — The Jewish festival of Purim was in full swing: Music was blasting, family and friends were bouncing to the beat, and 6-foot-3 Cory Booker was laughing and dancing while carrying a 5-foot-6 Orthodox rabbi in a clown suit on his back.
It was March 1993 at Oxford University, where Booker, then 23, was studying for two years on a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. The man on his back was Shmuley Boteach, an American rabbi who was his close friend and spiritual mentor during what Booker describes as a "profoundly shaping" period of his life.
"My spiritual life really took off at Oxford, and just so many things about that experience were profound to me," said Booker, who credits the Rhodes program with nurturing the politics of "common ground" and "love" that he now espouses as a Democratic presidential candidate.First in a series on the 2020 presidential candidates.
Booker's intense and unlikely friendship with Boteach, who was sent by the ultra-Orthodox Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic sect to establish a presence at Oxford, was a main pillar of his time in England, from 1992 to 1994.
The two men in their 20s seemed to be always together — often with Booker in a yarmulke and Boteach in a Malcolm X baseball cap — and were energized by each other's outsize charisma and shared passion for religious study, according to interviews with them and more than a dozen people who were close to them at Oxford.
Booker, an African American Baptist, became co-president of the L'Chaim Society, an Orthodox Jewish student group started by Boteach.
They spent virtually every Friday evening together with other students studying and debating Torah and often eating "kosher soul food" cooked by Booker and by Boteach's wife, Debbie.
Judaism became a lifelong passion for Booker, and he still quotes Torah passages he learned from Boteach, in Hebrew, from memory on the campaign trail. But after two decades, Booker, 50, and Boteach, 52, are no longer on speaking terms.
They disagree about what cratered an interfaith bond that had inspired blacks and whites, Christians and Jews, on two continents. They both call it betrayal. But Boteach says it was political while Booker says it was personal.
Booker has made overcoming differences the hallmark of his presidential run. During the 2016 campaign, he responded to a Twitter attack from then-candidate Donald Trump by refusing to "answer his hate with hate" and proclaiming, "I love Donald Trump."
But the chill between Booker and Boteach — a liberal Democrat and a conservative Republican who once considered each other family — shows how hard it is to distinguish between the political and personal in today's divided America.
"We shared common values, and there was this deep-seated love between us that made us feel like we were brothers," Boteach said. "It was a much more innocent time."
1993: Cory Booker dances at Purim celebration
'Mahatma Booker'
Booker rolled into Oxford in the fall of 1992, one of 32 U.S. Rhodes scholars in a class of 93 from around the world, as a man who seemed to his peers destined for greatness. Rhodes alumnus Bill Clinton was about to be elected president, which had the super-high-achieving scholars sizing one another up to guess who would be next.
"Within about five minutes of meeting Cory, I went over to someone and said, 'Let me introduce you to the guy who is going to be the first black president of the United States,' " said Noah Feldman, now a Harvard Law School professor.
Michael T. Benson, now president of Eastern Kentucky University, said people immediately referred to their new colleague — an all-American high school football player from New Jersey who also played tight end at Stanford University — as "Senator Booker."
Others jokingly called him "Mahatma Booker" because of his habit of quoting Mohandas Gandhi and what his peers describe as his over-the-top, earnest optimism.
"He loves people," said Jodi Evans, now an executive with Deloitte in Vancouver, B.C., who dated Booker for most of his time at Oxford and played on the Canadian women's basketball team in the 1996 Summer Olympics. "You can't go out for dinner with Cory without having dinner with the people beside you."
Booker recalled feeling liberated when he arrived at Oxford. During eight years of highly competitive football, spending up to 80 hours a week on the game at Division I Stanford, "so much of my identity was giving my life to this sport," he said.
Booker said Oxford gave him the time to "go deep" in his reading as he worked toward a degree in American history. He said he read more books in two years at Oxford than he did in five years at Stanford, where he earned bachelor's and master's degrees.
He studied the Federalist Papers and the writings of African American scholars such as W.E.B. Du Bois, James Baldwin and Cornel West. "It was like a gift to have two years to shift into a different gear," he said. "Oxford had no restraints. It was this place where you could go where your curiosity led you."
He was surrounded by Rhodes scholars who were future stars of U.S. government: Eric Garcetti, now Los Angeles mayor; Gina Raimondo, who is governor of Rhode Island; and Bobby Jindal, who would become Louisiana governor and was a 2016 GOP presidential hopeful. Future Supreme Court justice Neil M. Gorsuch was at Oxford on a Marshall Scholarship at the same time.
"I didn't know back then if I would run for office, but we knew that Cory was definitely going to run," Garcetti said.
Booker's only international travel had been to the Caribbean as a child, and now the Rhodes Scholarship funded his trips to more than three dozen countries in two years, from Asia to Africa to Israel.
He played on the Oxford Blues varsity basketball team, which won the U.K. intercollegiate championship. He volunteered with underprivileged youths in a tough Oxford neighborhood that had suffered riots the year before. He became a vegetarian; he is still a vegan and doesn't drink alcohol.
"It was just an incredibly broadening time for me intellectually, and it helped to clarify and deepen a lot of my intellectual, moral and spiritual values," Booker said. "It shaped my worldview."
Booker said Oxford focused him on "what was driving me, this idea that we live on a planet of such savage injustice."
It also introduced him to an unexpected new passion: Judaism.
Boteach speaks at a L'Chaim Society event during his time at Oxford. Seated are Booker and, two seats to Booker's right, former Australian prime minister Bob Hawke.
Booker and Toba Friedman, co-presidents of the L'Chaim Society at Oxford, introduce former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at the Oxford Town Hall in December 1993. Gorbachev is seated, mostly obscured by Booker. Boteach is at right. (Courtesy of Boteach)
Booker and Boteach at a dinner together in 2013. (Courtesy of Boteach)
'One human family'
Booker and Boteach met in October 1992, when a date stood Booker up.
He had arranged an evening out with a young woman, who was Jewish, and she asked to meet at a place he had never heard of: the L'Chaim Society.
When he arrived at the society's second-floor office in the heart of Oxford, she wasn't there. Debbie Boteach invited him to stay for a big dinner that was already underway, celebrating the Jewish holiday of Simhat Torah.
The table was packed with friends and students, and the only empty seat was next to Boteach. Booker said they immediately fell into "deep conversation."
"A few hours later he and I were actually dancing on tables," Boteach said. "The next day he came back. And for the next two years we saw each other nearly every day and studied together."
Booker recalled those days, especially Shabbat dinners on Friday evenings, as filled with "incredible intellectual discussion and debate" about the Torah and writings that Boteach recommended, from Viktor E. Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning" about Nazi concentration camps to ancient Jewish scholars Hillel and Maimonides. He said the "camaraderie" and religious study at L'Chaim was "sharpening my purpose in life."
"Cory's a Christian, but he found great spiritual nourishment in Judaism," Boteach said. "He loved the universality and the global nature of the Jewish texts we studied. His whole presidential campaign is about that, about going beyond politics to find a common humanity."
Booker read Christian, Hindu and Islamic scholars, but his deepest religious study was of Judaism. He recited one Torah passage in Hebrew and English in a recent CNN town hall: "May my house be a house of prayer for many nations."
It was a verse about celebrating diversity that he had learned from Boteach.
"I wanted to have a deeper understanding of some of the great theologians in the Christian faith," Booker said. "But I also found myself just fascinated by Jewish history. Studying the Torah was really soothing for two years. It showed me there really is just one human family."
It was Booker and Boteach's shared philosophy — that people of different backgrounds could come together as "a community of communities, where you could keep your own identity while embracing others," Boteach said.
George Stroup, an American student who knew both men and is now a businessman in Oxford, said, "Becoming president of a Jewish organization allowed Cory to develop the inclusive approach that he was naturally inclined towards."
He said the friendship between the two served Booker and Boteach in different ways: "Shmuley wanted to communicate and articulate the ideals of Judaism, and Cory wanted to explore. It worked. L'Chaim wouldn't have been L'Chaim without Cory. There wouldn't have been a L'Chaim without Shmuley."
Some Rhodes colleagues were skeptical. More-liberal Jews at Oxford found Boteach self-promoting and suspected he was courting Booker, a popular rising star with obvious political ambitions, to attract attention to himself and his mission.
The friendship surprised some because the 1991 Crown Heights riots in Brooklyn still felt like an open wound. Violence between blacks and Orthodox Jews had broken out after a black child was killed in an accident involving the motorcade of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the leader of the Orthodox sect that had sent Boteach to Oxford.
Now Booker was best pals with Schneerson's personal emissary.
"Cory and Shmuley realized they'd probably not have met in America. Their worlds were not worlds that would have mixed," said Richard Grayson, a British student who knew both men at Oxford and now teaches history at Goldsmiths, University of London. "It took Oxford to create a space where they could discover the things they had in common and explore their differences."
Some Rhodes colleagues recall other black classmates urging Booker to use his talents to organize black students. They noted the tiny numbers of blacks in Oxford in those days; a photo of the 1992 Rhodes scholars has about nine black faces — less than 10 percent of the class.
Booker said he doesn't recall that pressure, and neither do two other African Americans who were Rhodes scholars at the time: Christopher B. Howard, now president of Robert Morris University in Pennsylvania, and Christopher L. Brown, now a history professor at Columbia University.
"I never thought he was doing it at the exclusion of the African American community," Howard said.
Brown said he thought Booker and Boteach's friendship made sense because they were both so gregarious and shared "a real sense of the possibilities in life."
"But nothing in my experience predicted a black American Christian leader of a Jewish student organization," he said. "Honestly, I didn't know what to make of it. I still don't know what to make of it."
Booker became as much a face of the L'Chaim Society as Boteach. Booker became co-president in his second year at Oxford, insisting on sharing the position with a Jewish student.
In December 1993, Booker, wearing a yarmulke, stood before 1,200 people in Oxford Town Hall and introduced former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, a guest of the L'Chaim Society during a speaking tour of Britain. Onstage, Booker, Boteach and Gorbachev lit a Hanukkah menorah together.
The L'Chaim Society grew to be the second-largest student group on campus, attracting thousands of members, most of them non-Jews, with its high-profile events.
Ultimately, the group's Orthodox patrons became concerned with the high percentage of non-Jews in the society — including a Baptist co-president — and they ordered Boteach to remove them. Boteach refused, and the L'Chaim Society became an independent organization.
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) at a Machinists Union conference on May 7 in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach speaks in January during a lunch for comedian Roseanne Barr in Jerusalem. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post)
'Stunning unfaithfulness'
Booker and Boteach remained friends for two decades as Booker graduated from Yale Law School (where he helped found a Jewish society similar to L'Chaim), became mayor of Newark and then, in 2013, became a U.S. senator.
In the summer of 1995, Booker returned to Oxford and spent several weeks living with Boteach's family. They started writing a book together about their childhoods and friendship. Boteach said they shopped the book unsuccessfully to publishers in New York. They also met with Barbra Streisand, who was interested in making a film about their friendship. Eventually the project was shelved.
While their friendship continued, Booker and Boteach were gravitating toward opposite ends of the political spectrum.
Booker is a liberal Democrat who was an early supporter of Barack Obama.
Announcing his support for Obama's Iran nuclear deal in 2015, Booker said it was a flawed agreement but the best option for preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon that would threaten Israel and the West.
"While I may differ with many friends on the choice this deal presents us . . . we share precisely the same goal," Booker wrote. "I am united with all who are determined to ensure that we never again see genocide in the world."
Booker is running for president as a virtual anti-Trump, slamming the president's treatment of immigrants and his "hateful hypocrisy" in referring to "very fine people on both sides" during the deadly white-nationalist march in Charlottesville in 2017.
Boteach is a conservative Republican who ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2012 and calls President Trump as "the most pro-Israel president in history."
"Much has been made of Trump's failure to fully condemn neo-Nazis in Charlottesville," Boteach wrote recently. "Far less has been mentioned of how the president has made up for it in spades."
Boteach said Trump's character is less important than his policies toward Israel, including pulling out of the Iran deal — an agreement Boteach said threatened Israel with an Iranian "genocide."
Boteach also became a high-profile and often controversial celebrity rabbi and TV host, close to Michael Jackson and, more recently, Roseanne Barr. He is a best-selling author who has written attention-grabbing books with titles such as "Kosher Jesus," "Kosher Sex" and "Lust for Love," which he wrote with Playboy model and "Baywatch" actress Pamela Anderson.
Booker and Boteach, both now living in New Jersey, continued to meet frequently for years. Booker actively courted Jewish political support, often with Boteach's help. The largest donor to his 2014 Senate race was Norpac, a pro-Israel political action committee that gave him nearly $159,000, according to the nonprofit Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks campaign contributions.
Then the friendship crashed in a fireball.
Boteach said it happened in September 2015, when Booker announced his support for the Iran deal, which Boteach said was an unforgivable betrayal of Israel.
Boteach also said Booker is "trying to erase" his Jewish connections to satisfy the Democratic Party's increasingly assertive left, which is often at odds with Israel. He noted that in his 2016 book, "United," Booker makes no mention of their friendship or his connection to Judaism: "It's like he's almost embarrassed."
Boteach has repeatedly and publicly criticized Booker with brutal intensity, writing recently in the Jerusalem Post: "I will always love Cory as the man who became my closest friend. But I cannot overlook his stunning unfaithfulness to the Jewish people."
"What you see on that Purim video is a man dancing with utter abandon, with his Jewish friends, not being concerned about how that's going to play politically," Boteach said in an interview. "There's no such thing as unity without living it. You can't preach it; it has to be lived."
Booker sighed heavily when told of Boteach's contentions. He said the falling-out was not over Iran: "I have lots of friends I disagree with over the Iran deal, and we're still friends."
He said he withdrew from Boteach long before the Iran deal, because, he said, Boteach had begun using their friendship for self-promotion.
"Friendships are based on trust," Booker said. "This was somebody who was using the personal in public in a way that was deeply unfortunate."
Booker has rarely criticized Boteach publicly and declined to provide specifics.
But someone who knows both men well offered one example he said was "part of a pattern."
He said Booker felt betrayed in October 2013 when Boteach publicized what was meant to be a private, after-midnight visit to Schneerson's grave in Queens.
Booker's father had died days earlier, just before his son was elected to the Senate. Booker and a small group, including Boteach, went to Schneerson's grave on election eve to pay respects and pray for his father.
Boteach insists the visit to the grave was not intended to be private. Two days later, he wrote a story about it in the Observer newspaper, featuring two photos of him and Booker.
Booker rejected Boteach's suggestion that he has played down his connections to Judaism. He said "United" was primarily about what he learned during his years in Newark, not a comprehensive memoir.
"If I'm not talking about Shmuley, then he thinks I'm not honoring my experience," Booker said. "I speak about my Jewish connections and my connections to L'Chaim often still to this day."
Booker made a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in March, criticizing Trump's immigration policies by quoting the Torah he and Boteach had studied: "Love strangers, for you were once a stranger in a strange land."
"Israel is not political to me," Booker told the AIPAC gathering. "I was a supporter of Israel well before I was in the United States Senate. . . . If I forget thee, O Israel, may I cut off my right hand."
Boteach said the loss of Booker's friendship "hurts to this day."
He said he was sad that Booker's philosophy of seeking unity across differences, which brought them so close together in Oxford, no longer works for them.
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Based on this article, Booker appears to be a man striving for inclusion.
Also a person with a strong personal ethic. Booker withdrew from the close relationship because of Rabbi Boteach betrayed his trust. Rabbi Boteach appears much more political in his withdrawal. Their differences are now attacks of each other's evil and each is now an enemy.
Most of my family is conservative, many are Trump supporters. I love them but it quickly becomes a shouting match if we discuss politics. This was not the case before 9/11. Fear and mistrust seem to feed the political divide. Wrap politically driven issues in religion and each side becomes evil to the other. I have been called Satan's spawn by an uncle because I am pro-choice. 😦 Another uncle passionately believed Obama was Muslim.
As long as the high level financers of political candidates use religion to drive their personal agendas and bottom line, the divide will continue. I try to leave the room when politics are discussed in my immediate or extended family. I doubt I could change anyone's mind and they will not convince me to believe bigoted, racist, anti-science policies are Christian. Yes, I am using religion to declare their stance evil. Lord help us.
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25 Inspirational Michael Bloomberg Quotes
Michael Rubens Bloomberg is an American money manager, legislator, philanthropist, and creator. He is the lion's share proprietor and prime supporter of Bloomberg L.P. He was the chairman of New York City from 2002 to 2013 and was a contender for the 2020 Democratic election for leader of the United States.
Inspirational Michael Bloomberg Quotes:
1. "I do think there are certain times we should infringe on your freedom." Michael Bloomberg
2. "America is the greatest country on Earth – and when people vote with their feet, they come here." Michael Bloomberg
3. "I'm trying to change the culture in New York City; that's hard enough!" Michael Bloomberg
4. "Whatever you may think of the proposed mosque and community centre, lost in the heat of the debate has been a basic question: Should the government attempt to deny private citizens the right to build a house of worship on private property based on their particular religion?" Michael Bloomberg
5. "I think one of the great dangers here is going and categorizing anybody from one religion as a terrorist. That's not true… That would let the terrorists win. That's what they want us to do." Michael Bloomberg
6. "You don't make spending decisions, investment decisions, hiring decisions, or whether-you're-going-to-look-for-a-job decisions when you don't know what's going to happen." Michael Bloomberg
7. "The CIA will only hire people with impeccable credentials to be a translator. 'Impeccable credentials' means you've never lived outside the United States." Michael Bloomberg
8. "Because of my success in the private sector, I had the chance to run America's largest city for 12 years, governing in the wake of its greatest tragedy." Michael Bloomberg
9. "You have to take away some of the tax breaks for the wealthy, and you have to cut back on some entitlements. Because, unless we do all of these things, it just doesn't work. And what's good theatre and what's good politics isn't necessarily good economic policy." Michael Bloomberg
10. "Every one of my positions cuts out half the country. I'm pro-choice, I'm pro-gay rights, I'm pro-immigration, I'm against guns, I believe in Darwin." Michael Bloomberg
11. "If you really believe that you're making a difference and that you can leave a legacy of better schools and jobs and safer streets, why would you not spend the money? The objective is to improve the schools, bring down crime, build affordable housing, and clean the streets not to have a fair fight." Michael Bloomberg
12."I'm not going to run for president. No way, no how." Michael Bloomberg
13. "We can only create good jobs if we make smarter investments in infrastructure and do more to support small businesses, not stiff them." Michael Bloomberg
14. "America is built around this premise that you can do it, and there are an awful lot of people who are unlikely to have done it who did." Michael Bloomberg
15. "If you look at people, whether in business or government, who haven't had any moral compass, who've just changed to say whatever they thought the popular thing was, in the end, they're losers." Michael Bloomberg
16. "One of the great dangers here is going and categorizing anybody from one religion as a terrorist. That's not true… That would let the terrorists win. That's what they want us to do." Michael Bloomberg
17. "Taxes are not good things, but if you want services, somebody's got to pay for them so they're a necessary evil." Michael Bloomberg
18. "The public is upset. If they haven't lost their job, they know somebody that has. If they haven't lost their house, they know somebody that has. What do you do? When something's wrong, it's the government's job to fix it, it must be a government that's responsible for causing it." Michael Bloomberg
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The Joke and the Reality
Niall Kilmartin (Stirling) · Humour · UK affairs
April Fool's day is the day to tell a story that seems real but is in fact a joke. Yesterday was the day when a joke became astonishingly real for me.
Sunday morning, I was casually shown this picture on a friend's phone. On a brexitter's blog, it would be no surprise. On that friend's phone, sent her by her children, it told me the joke was going viral. I laughed appreciatively – and reflected that whatever diminishes the respect anyone still feels for "Parliament knows best what to do on Brexit" was good.
Just what her majesty has told James Bond 007 (licensed to kill) to do with all members of parliament is not explicitly stated – appeal to their (very) latent honesty as regards keeping promises, perhaps? But I saw that it was of course a joke, utterly unreal – the Queen is portrayed uttering a swearword!
That afternoon I saw the Sunday Times. The Times is the ultimate establishment remainer newspaper. It is Sir Humphrey Appleby's newspaper. Imagine my shock when I read on the front page, illustrated with a picture of her, that
"The Queen has a constitutional role to play in Brexit … The Queen may block a soft Brexit …"
Were parliament to seize control of Brexit, then (this establishment remainer paper stated – in more or less the words I am writing here) Mrs May could well advise the Queen to withhold assent. As the private chats between her majesty and her prime minister are confidential, it did not say – nor would we perhaps know – whether that would be the result of Mrs May begging the use of every lever at her disposal or of the Queen pointedly advising Mrs May to advise her so. Far more important to me was this explicit statement that, in our current state, when Parliament cannot or will not act, or not within the rules, the Queen can – not by invoking any extraordinary prerogative power but as an ordinary constitutional act. I saw that last week but I was very surprised to see an establishment endorsement of it over the weekend.
Like everyone else – like Theresa May, Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel and Etc. Etc. – like everyone in the UK and the EU, with the possible exception of Elizabeth R – I don't know what is going to happen next. But beware making a joke. The papers may report it for real that afternoon.
In other news, while many marched in London, some acquaintances marked the absence-of-Brexit day by climbing the Cumbrian hill called 'Great Cockup'. It is next to 'Little Cockup' but they felt the latter summit was not so appropriate a destination.
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Zerren Yeoville
"That afternoon I saw the Sunday Times. The Times is the ultimate establishment remainer newspaper."
Actually, as I recall, the 'Sunday Times' backed a Leave vote, while 'The Times' was for Remain; an inversion of the position of the Mail titles where the 'Daily Mail' (under its previous editor) was a strong advocate of Leave while the 'Mail On Sunday' supported Remain.
I would also suggest the prime mouthpiece of Establishment privilege of the present day is not 'The Times' but 'The Guardian' as it is read almost exclusively by those whom Franz Oppenheimer would have described as 'living by the political means.'
PS: A similar meme doing the rounds is a picture of the House of Commons with a grid of white lines overlaid in the manner of a 'Captcha' image, accompanied by the instruction: 'In order to prove you are not a robot, click all the squares containing a c###.'
Sam Duncan
"living by the political means."
I like that. That is, as a description of a thing I don't like it's very apt and concise.
And yes, one of the clearest indications that the modern Establishment is not your grandfather's Establishment is the replacement of the Times by the Guardian as the low-circulation newspaper which nobody reads except the People Who Matter (according to them).
Also doing the rounds:
"2019? This could be the year when May is finished before April starts".
Julie near Chicago
Roué le Jour
Sir Humphrey doesn't read the Guardian, Sir Humphrey tells the Guardian what to write.
Neonsnake
I can't back this up with facts, because it's a "a friend of mine said that his friend heard on the radio" type of story, but apparently there is a Convention that when the government can't make a decision, and parliament can't reach a majority, then the decision goes back to the people.
I've not been able to find any info online on this, so it could just be nonsense.
Has anyone else heard of this?
Runcie Balspune
when the government can't make a decision
Didn't the government make a decision to leave the EU some time ago?
Isn't this a case that the government made a decision by parliamentary vote and are refusing to carry it out?
Surely a case for Crown intervention ((c) 1975 Australia)?
I'm not sure on the legals (whilst being utterly supportive of your view!)
My worry is that the legal challenge on the "meaningful vote" means that they've reached a kind of legal deadlock, and therefore (if what my friend says isn't complete tosh), then there might be a legal requirement for a people's vote.
I *think* it will just mean that we exit on 12th April with No Deal, but it was enough to concern me.
I think it is worth pointing out that in this scenario the Queen would be acting on the advice of the Prime Minister and not on her own initiative. Throughout her reign Brenda has been impeccably observant of the rule that monarchs do not get involved in politics. The words are probably engraved on her heart. She's not going to change now.
BTW, I suspect the Queen is quite capable of using "choice" language when the occasion demands.
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@Neonsnake
'… but apparently there is a Convention that when the government can't make a decision, and parliament can't reach a majority, then the decision goes back to the people.
Has anyone else heard of this?'
Yes I have. It's called a General Election.
There are precedents for a Queen sacking a prime minister on the advice of her cabinet. (There are of course, precedents for a Queen just sacking a prime minister, but older ones.) Both Mrs May and Parliament would seem to be getting themselves into a very false position – which is an amusing way to say it, since perhaps in one sense Mrs May's own position is becoming increasingly clear. The nearest precedent I can think of is Ramsay MacDonald – who, by a similar contrivance of switching party with a few fellow turncoats, managed to remain our pacifist Prime Minister during the first three years of Hitler's rule, to the latter's very great advantage. One hopes this latest attempt will fail like the rest, but it is informative.
There are some pro British independence people in Parliament Niall – although, alas, I can think of any pro British independence people in the House of Commons who represent Scottish Constituencies (hopefully I am mistaken on that matter).
However, it is true that many (not all – but many) people in the House of Commons are dreadful. Only last night I watched and listened to them LAUGH and mock basic truths, and generally act like utter vermin. It was depressing, profoundly depressing.
It can never be stressed too much that the "Remainers" in the House of Commons are NOT honest people who happen to take another view – but take that view in good faith.
On the contrary, these "Remainers" in the House of Commons (including the Prime Minister and the Chancellor – who pretend they are not "Remainers", but are) are totally dishonest people – they are not people of good faith, they are people of bad faith. They hate truth – and they in deal in lies, they deal in lies every day. They are despicable people whom one should SHUN. And these people must NOT be Conservative candidates for Parliament.
I have not come to this conclusion quickly – as to accuse other human beings of being people of BAD FAITH is a very serious matter. I have come to this conclusion after long observation and consideration of the words and deeds of these people – over a period of years.
Niall – there is no "great cockup".
This has been deliberate sabotage of the prospect of independence of this country, by Mrs May and the rest of the establishment – sabotage from the start.
If I have typed falsely – may I be struck dead, right now. This very second.
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package com.inari.firefly.physics.collision;

import com.inari.commons.event.Event;
import com.inari.firefly.system.FFContext;

public final class ContactEvent extends Event<ContactEventListener> {

    public static final EventTypeKey TYPE_KEY = createTypeKey( ContactEvent.class );
    private static final ContactEvent SINGLETON_EVENT = new ContactEvent();

    private int entityId;

    private ContactEvent() {
        super( TYPE_KEY );
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    protected void restore() {
        entityId = -1;
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    @Override
    protected final void notify( ContactEventListener listener ) {
        listener.onContact( entityId );
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