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Concerns over tabligh members' KLIA transit on their return from Indonesia
There have been concerns over the imminent return of Malaysians who travelled to Sulawesi this week to attend a mammoth rally organised by the tabligh moment, which has since been called off over fears of the spread of Covid-19.
International passengers are still allowed to use KLIA as their transit point to board connecting flights.
But while it is learnt that Malaysian authorities are bent on putting them in quarantine, there are also worries that foreigners who travelled to Indonesia could use Malaysia as a transit point for their connecting flights.
"A group of elder leaders of the tabligh movement from the Indian subcontinent was at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on their way to the Sulawesi event," said a diplomat who spoke on condition of anonymity.
"They would surely travel using the same route. The question is whether they would also be considered a health hazard during their momentary stay at the airport."
Under the movement control order (MCO) which restricts people's mobility until March 31, foreign visitors are barred from entering the country.
However, Malaysia Airports today said transit and connecting flight passengers who do not require immigration clearance are allowed to board connecting flights.
The tabligh group came under public scrutiny after its gathering attended by tens of thousands at the Sri Petaling mosque was identified as the base for a spike in Covid-19 cases, which touched 900 today.
One of the two deaths recorded in Malaysia this week was that of a tabligh member, a 34-year-old man who attended the Sri Petaling event.
The gathering in Gowa, Sulawesi drew tens of thousands of tabligh followers, including more than 80 from Malaysia, even as authorities there tried to persuade organisers to call it off.
It is understood that key leaders of the rally arrived in transit at KLIA before flying to Indonesia on March 17, just a day before the MCO took effect.
Public health think tank Galen Centre for Health and Social Policy said it hoped the returning Malaysians would be quarantined.
"They should be treated the same way Malaysians returning from Wuhan, China were treated," Galen CEO Azrul Mohd Khalib told FMT.
He said incoming passengers, including those in transit, should arrive at a satellite terminal rather than the main terminal.
"But if this is unavoidable, the movements of those who land including transiting passengers have to be restricted. They shouldn't be allowed to move freely in the airport, including going to restaurants.
"Their movements should be restricted to a lounge when they arrive and they should wait there until it's time to board their flight. This way, it will be easier to disinfect the areas after they leave," he said.
Source: freemalaysiatoday.com
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John Livingstone McMillan dit Ian McMillan (né le  à Airdrie) est un footballeur et entraîneur écossais. Il fait partie du Rangers FC Hall of Fame.

Biographie
En tant qu'attaquant, Ian McMillan fut international écossais à six reprises (1952-1961) pour deux buts inscrits. Il fit partie des joueurs sélectionnés pour la coupe du monde de football de 1954, la première participation de l'Écosse qui fut éliminée au premier tour, mais il ne joua aucun match.

Il joua dans deux clubs écossais (Aidrieonians et Glasgow Rangers), remportant avec le premier une D2 en 1955 et avec le second, toutes les compétitions nationales et fut finaliste de la C2 en 1961.

Il fut l'entraîneur de son club formateur de 1970 à 1976, remportant une D2 et fut finaliste de la coupe d'Écosse.

Clubs

En tant que joueur
 1948-1958 :  Aidrieonians
 1958-1964 :  Glasgow Rangers
 1964-1966 :  Aidrieonians

En tant qu'entraîneur
 1970-1976 :  Aidrieonians

Palmarès

En tant que joueur
 Championnat d'Écosse de football D2
 Champion en 1955
 Vice-champion en 1950 et en 1966
 Championnat d'Écosse de football
 Champion en 1959, en 1961, en 1963 et en 1964
 Vice-champion en 1962
 Coupe de la ligue écossaise de football
 Vainqueur en 1961, en 1962 et en 1964
 Coupe d'Écosse de football
 Vainqueur en 1960, en 1962, en 1963 et en 1964
 Coupe d'Europe des vainqueurs de coupe de football
 Finaliste en 1961

En tant qu'entraîneur
 Championnat d'Écosse de football D2
 Champion en 1974
 Coupe d'Écosse de football
 Finaliste en 1975

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Footballeur international écossais
Entraîneur écossais de football
Joueur du Rangers FC
Joueur de l'Airdrie United FC
Membre du Rangers FC Hall of Fame
Naissance en mars 1931
Naissance à Airdrie (Écosse)

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We are excited to announce the Waldorf School of Mendocino County's third annual Gala Auction fundraiser!
An elegant masquerade themed custom party and fundraiser.
It will be an evening full of good food, great friends, lively dancing and excellent wine.
Last year a boot stompin' good time was had by all--and we raised $40,000 for the students and school!
Founded in 1972, The Waldorf School of Mendocino County is located in the Russian River valley of central Mendocino County.
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After a 30-year professional career, Joe McGuire spends his days guiding art classes, substitute teaching and capturing personalities through caricatures.
"Guess like crazy! Guess like there's no tomorrow! Guess like your pants are falling off!" If you grew up in central Illinois in the late 1970s, you might remember this catchphrase from The Captain Jinks Show, a wildly popular children's show that aired every weekday afternoon on WEEK-TV. The exhortation came courtesy of sketch artist Bosun Joe, a show regular played by Joe McGuire.
"I was on the show for four years… during a time when there were only a few channels on TV," McGuire recalls. "It had a big audience with fan clubs all over, even at colleges. I received lots of mail every week and signed a lot of autographs."
But the role of Bosun Joe was not McGuire's first appearance on the nautical-themed show. As a kid, he was a big fan of Captain Jinks and his shipmate, Salty Sam. When he submitted a drawing of their signature ship, the SS Albatross, to the show, it was pinned up on the set for all to see, much to the young artist's delight.
To this day, The Captain Jinks Show continues to follow McGuire, now known as "Joe the Art Guy." Decades later, kids still play the Bosun Joe game when he fills in as a substitute teacher, and people still recognize him when he's out and about. "People stop me in the store and ask if I went to high school with them," McGuire says. "It takes a little while for them to remember me from the show. But it never goes away."
McGuire says he and his wife came up with a "starving artist" plan that would allow him to focus on art in his semi-retirement. He hadn't shelved art during his years in media, however. "All during my career, I did some caricature work," he says. "Fifteen years ago, my wife Kathy got me a Bob Ross art class for Father's Day. I took this class and ended up really enjoying it, and after that, I started to do more oil painting." Today, he works four or five events a month, creating portraits and caricatures at birthday parties, weddings and corporate events.
"I think people are nervous about having a caricature done—like they worry that I'm going to pick out the ugliest part of them and emphasize it," he says. "But I like to create more realistic caricatures, which give a peek into a person's personality. I like to find what is special about them."
There is a moment, McGuire says, when someone looks at their portrait and sees that it has captured some unique part of themselves. That flash of recognition is the reaction he loves most. "I once showed a woman a caricature of herself and her eyes welled up because it reminded her so much of her mom," he recalls. "You really touch people, and that makes you feel like you've really done something."
McGuire can often be seen at local arts fairs and events, including the Pekin Marigold Festival, Peoria Riverfront Market, IGNITE Peoria and the Washington Arts Festival. One family attends the Washington Arts Festival every year so McGuire can draw their children as they grow up and get older.
"Caricature is different than a photograph because it captures the [subject's] personality," he says. "I feel fortunate to have art to grasp onto. It's almost spiritual for me. It's wonderful to be able to draw a four-year-old and see their eyes light up at the finished product."
That personality goes beyond people, says McGuire, who began applying that philosophy to create scenes as well. When he first started painting, he would capture beautiful landscapes that garnered little public interest. Then he created a painting of Washington Square and made several prints of the image.
"They sold like hotcakes," he says. "I had a woman come up to me and say, 'That square is where my husband proposed to me.' Ever since then… I paint local scenes because people can relate to it. It's something they know." His favorite place to sketch is Grandview Drive, overlooking the beautiful Illinois River Valley.
Anyone can connect to art if it is personal, McGuire says, and caricatures and personal portraits are the epitome of that concept. "Art is for everyone," he declares. "Everyone can appreciate it on some level, and exact some emotion. They can appreciate it in their own way."
In McGuire's art classes through the Fondulac, Washington and Metamora park districts, students of all ages learn to create their own works of art. "I developed a friendly, encouraging art style for teaching," he says. "I love how one day I will be teaching drawing to kindergartners, and the next day I'm teaching watercolor to senior citizens."
During his time in the classroom, McGuire began using whiteboards to create works of art throughout the day. These whiteboard landscapes might begin with a lake, then a bear in a boat per a student's request. Another student may request that he add an owl to the picture… and so on. By the end of the day, the whiteboard is covered in a scene that he started and the students helped embellish.
To learn more about Joe McGuire's artwork and classes, visit joetheartguy.com.


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Discovering the Beauty and Culture of Jewish Life in Warsaw
Visiting Poland for the first time is an amazing experience and should be at the top of most people's lists when thinking about a European vacation and a Jewish Heritage Tour.
World Heritage sites designated by UNESCO preserve cultural and historical artifacts of Poland's past. These sites make great destinations for travelers to this country, which I will describe later on in this article. There's also a growing appreciation of the rich Jewish heritage. You can trace the history at your own pace, even beyond the deeply affecting Holocaust memorials, and to visit synagogues that are being sensitively restored.
After travelling around Poland, I realized Warsaw is different. Rather than being centered on an old market square, the capital is spread across a broad area consisting of a diverse architecture, which includes restored Gothic, communist concrete, modern glass and steel.
This medley is a sign of the city's tumultuous past. Warsaw has suffered the worst of what history could provide, including virtual destruction at the end of World War II – and survived. As a result, it's a fascinating accumulation of neighborhoods and landmarks. Excellent museums interpret its complex history, whether it's the joys of Chopin's music, the Polin Museum of Jewish History, or the tragedy of the Jewish ghetto.
The Palace of Culture & Science, a gift to Warsaw from Joseph Stalin, is a huge complex, and at 231m high, remains the tallest building in Poland. Love it or despise it, every visitor to Warsaw should visit this iconic, socialist realist PKiN (as its full Polish name is abbreviated).It's home to a huge congress hall, theatres, a multi-screen cinema and museums. It reminded me of the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, and I later found that the Russian architect had lived and worked in Chicago for many years before returning to Russia. Take the high-speed lift to the observation deck on the 30th floor (at 115m) for breathtaking views over Warsaw.
Palace of Culture & Science – New York Jewish Travel Guide
In the Old Town you will be surrounded by beautiful 17th-and 18th- century merchants' houses, and a lively square, which is filled with street vendors, cafes, shops, galleries and some of Warsaw's top restaurants. It's a special place to watch and wander. All of the buildings around the square are reconstructed based upon paintings of the area. However, the most fascinating thing to see was how much effort had been put into re-building the square to look as it did before WWII. This gives it a feeling of history, albeit sometimes with a Disney-esque feel to it. Don't miss it!
Old Town – New York Jewish Travel Guide
The Lazienki Royal Park is a magnificent palatial and garden complex that was built by King Stanislaw August Poniatowski during the second half of the 18th century and features the neoclassical Palace on the Water (Lazienki Palace) surrounded by magnificent gardens, canals and ponds. The gardens are stunning and there are abundance of wildlife, including peacocks and red squirrels that will actually come and eat out of your hand. The monument to Chopin was magnificent. Enjoy a free Chopin concert here, held every summer Sunday at 4p.m. The best park in Warsaw, it is stunning and breathtaking!
Lazienki Royal Park – New York Jewish Travel Guide
A stop at The Umschlagplatz is a must. This is where the Nazis established a holding depot for hundreds of thousands of Jews, next to a railway station, for deportation to the death camps. The monument symbolizing an open railway car was erected in 1988 close to the 45th anniversary of the Ghetto Uprising. It has four memorial plaques that state in four languages the tragic fate of so many. Carved on the stonework are the first names of the 400 most prevalent Jewish-Polish names, each honoring 1,000 victims. It is a beautiful memorial in the Jewish Ghetto.
The Umschlagplatz – New York Jewish Travel Guide
One of the highlights of my visit to Warsaw was The POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews.
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews – New York Jewish Travel Guide
This is the first and only museum dedicated to restoring the memory of the civilization created by Polish Jews over the course of a millennium. The museum's building faces the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes in Warsaw and it completes the memorial complex. At the monument, they honor those who perished by remembering how they died. At the museum, they honor them, and those who came before and after, by remembering how they lived. The museum's core exhibition is a journey through the 1,000-year history of Polish Jews. You will automatically immerse yourself in the story. You will encounter those who lived in each period – their words are quoted throughout the exhibition. You will enter the scene – a salon, tavern, home, church, synagogue, or schoolroom. There are surprises in drawers, which you can open, screens and objects you can touch, and much else that you can see: artifacts, photographs, documents, and films.
The POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw: Main exhibition, Gwoździec synagogue – New York Jewish Travel Guide
It takes a lot of skill to present such massive documentation, covering a millennium of history, in a format that keeps the visitor engaged for hours on end, and Ms. Agnieszka Biesiadecka, a licensed guide and tour leader (in English, French and Polish) did exactly that at the museum.
Each visit to the museum will be different. There will always be something new for inspiration. As a side note, there is a great children's area that offers activities and supervision for young children. There is also a great kosher coffee bar and restaurant and a bookstore, as well as a family research center.
It is a must- visit in order to understand the 1,000 years of Jewish life. It's beautiful, informative, thought- provoking, and powerful. It's one of the best history museums in the world that copes very delicately with some of the most sensitive issues of Jewish history.
The Monument to the Ghetto Heroes – New York Jewish Travel Guide
For those interested in more recent history, Soho Factory is a fairly new place on the Warsaw's cultural map. That's where the famous Neon Museum is located, and where you will find some of the best restaurants, as well as design shops. This is the place to be! The Neon Museum is not your typical museum, but a small hidden gem, and phenomenal in its content. You will see unique neon pieces that you will not find anywhere else. It is awesome, stunning and meaningful!
If you would like to chill out, visit the Vistula Boulevards. This is a great place to enjoy the sun by the river bank and watch a stunning sunset with Warsaw's skyline in full sight. Many locals meet here for an after-work beer or a leisurely picnic. It's a nice place for families and friends to gather.
Vistula Boulevards- New York Jewish Travel Guide
I had the privilege for a private tour of the former villa of Jan Zabinski in the Warsaw Zoo. Zabinski was the director of the Warsaw Zoo before and during WWII. Upon the creation of the Warsaw Ghetto, Dr. Zabinski and his wife started hiding Jews in his villa and, unbelievably, in the Zoo itself. This was documented in Diane Akerman's excellent book, The Zookeeper's Wife and became a Hollywood movie with the same title directed by Niki Caro.
Jan and Antonia Zabinski, saved the lives of dozens of Jews through various methods, including hiding them in animal enclosures. Many cages in the zoo had been emptied of animals during the September 1939 air assault on Warsaw. Żabiński decided to utilize them as hiding places for fleeing Jews. Over the course of three years, hundreds of Jews found temporary shelter in these abandoned cages on the eastern bank of the Vistula River before finding refuge elsewhere. In addition, close to a dozen Jews were sheltered in Żabiński's two-story private home on the zoo's grounds. In this dangerous undertaking he was helped by his wife, Antonia, a recognized author, and their young son, Ryszard, who nourished and looked after the needs of the many distraught Jews in their care. Israel's Yad Vashem – The World Holocaust Remembrance Center later recognized the Zabinskis as Righteous Among the Nations, a title bestowed upon non-Jews who helped save Jews during the Holocaust.
Villa Zabinskich- New York Jewish Travel Guide
Next was the discovery of The Beauty of the Nyzek Synagogue: This synagogue itself is a living, breathing piece of history, being that it's the only synagogue in Warsaw that survived the war and is still functioning as a daily place of worship. This small synagogue, built between 1898-1902, is hidden away, surrounded by Soviet-built apartment blocks, and was designed by an unnamed architect in the Romanesque style with Byzantine and Moorish ornamentation. There is a men's section on the ground floor, and the women's section on the mezzanine can accommodate up to 600 people.
Noyzk Synagogue- New York Jewish Travel GuideThe building was the only one of 400 synagogues to survive the demolition of the city during WWII. At present, Nożyk Synagogue is the main place for gatherings and services for the Jews in Warsaw. A Mikveh – ritual bath – is located in its basement. During the summer, they have services at around 7:15 for Shacharit and around 20:30 for Mincha/Ma'ariv; e-mail or call for the specific times. It's a small synagogue in an area of skyscrapers and a living memorial for Poland's Jewry.
Nyzek Synagogue- New York Jewish Travel Guide
To plan a trip to Poland, contact the Polish National Tourist Office North America or go to:
https://www.poland.travel/en and www.warsawtour.pl
Story & photography by Meyer Harroch – New York Jewish Travel Guide & New York Jewish Guide
The author took part in a press trip sponsored by the Polish National Tourist Office North America.


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Discovery Suggests Possible Treatment Strategy for Aggressive Leukemias
Published July 18, 2010 | Updated January 20, 2016
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have identified a mechanism that could explain how patients move into the worst phase of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML).
Their findings implicate a protein called Musashi that prevents cells from maturing, creating a large population of immature cells, which is one of the hallmarks of CML.
This same molecular pathway may also be related to other aggressive leukemias, as well as solid tumors like glioblastoma (a severe form of brain cancer) and breast cancer.
With collaborators at other institutions, the Duke team looked at 120 human specimens from patients representing different phases of CML progression. They found that Musashi levels increased dramatically as the disease became more aggressive.
"We found high levels of Musashi in all of the human advanced phase CML samples we studied," said senior author Tannishtha Reya, Ph.D., an associate professor of pharmacology and cancer biology at Duke.
"The fact that this pattern was seen in all of the human cells, regardless of patients' gender or ethnicity, and in people on three continents, marked it as potentially a major signal that needed to be studied in as much depth as possible," Reya said.
The work appears in Nature online on July 18.
Because CML progression is marked by a block in cell maturation (called differentiation) and an increase in immature cells, the team wanted to learn whether this was driven by an aberrant reversal of the signals that regulate cell differentiation. They focused on Numb, a molecule that is known to control differentiation during normal development.
The team used mice to compare the chronic (less harmful) and blast-crisis (most harmful and severe) phases of CML. They found much lower levels of Numb in the blast-crisis phase mice.
"It is not always clear if a pathway that appears to be important in mouse models will be relevant in human disease," Reya said. "In this case, however, the data and patterns are so strong in human patient samples that pursuing these findings becomes critical."
This led them to explore the way that Numb was being repressed in advanced disease, and whether this repression contributes to the maintenance of blast-crisis phase. They focused on the RNA-binding protein Musashi, which had previously been shown to repress Numb in other systems.
The Musashi protein was named for a Samurai warrior who fought with two swords, because the loss of Musashi in fruit flies (where the gene was discovered) resulted in a developmental defect in which flies had double bristles, reminiscent of Musashi's swords.
Reya's team found that Musashi is particularly elevated in stem cells and needed for their growth, which could help explain why it is co-opted to promote the growth of immature cells in cancers as well. Musashi expression was 10 times higher in the more immature blast crisis CML phase. It may be a target for future therapies because blocking Musashi could block cancer growth, Reya said.
"Our current work shows that activating Numb, or blocking Musashi can inhibit blast-crisis CML," Reya said.
Reya explained that there are two basic approaches to fighting cancer cell growth. One is to trigger programmed cell death in cancer cells or to block their growth directly. The other method, which may work in cases where the cancer is composed of immature cells, is to force these cells to mature and differentiate.
"The resulting depletion of immature cells can deliver a heavy blow to the continued growth of the cancer, as is seen in this study," Reya said.
Since high levels of Musashi appear to be an early marker of advanced CML, this might be a tool to determine patient prognosis as well, Reya said.
She said reports of higher levels of Musashi in glioblastoma and lower levels of Numb in high-grade breast cancer raise the possibility that the Musashi-Numb pathway could also be involved in solid cancers.
Other authors include co-lead authors Takahiro Ito and Hyog Young Kwon, Bryan Zimdahl, Kendra L. Congdon, Jordan Blum, William E. Lento, and Chen Zhao of Duke Pharmacology and Cancer Biology; Anand Lagoo of the Duke Department of Pathology; Gareth Gerrard, Letizia Foroni, and John Goldman of the Department of Haematology, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital; Harriet Goh, Soo-Hyun Kim and Dong-Wook Kim of the Division of Hematology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital at the Catholic University of Korea; Charles Chuah of the Department of Haematology, Singapore General Hospital, Cancer and Stem Cell Biology Program, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School in Singapore; Vivian G. Oehler and Jerald P. Radich of the Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, in Seattle; and Craig T. Jordan of the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, University of Rochester School of Medicine, in Rochester, NY.
The work was supported by several grants from the National Institutes of Health, a postdoctoral fellowship from the Astellas Foundation for Research on Metabolic Disorders, an American Heart Association predoctoral award, a Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) Scholar Award, an LLS Translational Research grant, an American Society of Hematology Junior Faculty Award, and an Alexander and Margaret Stewart Fund grant.
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2019 is likely to be one of the most dynamic years in recent memory for nonprofit technology. There are a number of transforming and exciting trends, ultimately resulting in more and better choices for nonprofit organizations looking to leverage technology to support and deliver their missions.
The most significant trend is the continued movement of commercial companies into the sector. The trend started several years ago with Salesforce.com doubling down on their investments with nonprofit solutions which has led Salesforce.org to grow quickly in both size and reach. The trend continues with Microsoft's announcements last year of both their expanded commitments to the sector in general, and to the development of nonprofit-oriented solutions in particular.
These moves will impact nonprofits in multiple ways. First, organizations now have direct, affordable access to the same powerful, road-tested solutions that commercial organizations use. They also directly benefit from the billions of dollars of R&D that flow into those solutions, money provided primarily by the commercial sector, with the benefits flowing through to nonprofits. Secondly, vendors who have already been serving nonprofits have to reevaluate their offerings in light of the increased competition, often improving their products without a corresponding increase in costs to nonprofits. These factors are fundamentally reshaping the nonprofit technology landscape and will continue to for years to come.
A second trend relates again to the existing nonprofit technology vendors. As the market matures, vendors are adapting, expanding and, in some cases, being acquired or making acquisitions themselves.
Blackbaud continues to acquire other companies, as they have for many years. However, one of the more noteworthy recent acquisitions was of a company that expands their services to the commercial sector in the area of corporate social responsibility (CSR). The commercial market is obviously much larger, though the breadth and depth of CSR is still evolving.
Also of note is Blackbaud's partnership with Microsoft. Microsoft is taking their typically broad approach of partnering with many organizations and then utilizing those partnerships to target specific industry needs. The link between Microsoft and Blackbaud is focused on a solution to manage resources that address pressing humanitarian crises. Focusing on the mission side of such organizations is newer for Blackbaud, as is partnering with another, larger organization to develop a solution.
In another area of the sector, Salesforce.org recently acquired roundCorner, the developers of the enterprise fundraising solution, NGO Connect. This is a first for Salesforce.org and how this will impact current customers is still emerging. However, a company's first acquisition is always worth watching, both from what we can learn about how they manage acquisitions and because it could point to additional acquisitions in the future. Given the significant scale that Salesforce.org achieved in the past few years, it may look to additional acquisitions to sustain growth and fill in solution set gaps. How this affects existing partners who supply solutions is unknown – they may be acquisition targets, or their features may be woven into the roadmap by Salesforce.org's expanding product development team.
These acquisitions and adaptations mean that nonprofits can expect more solutions from large vendors. This can be a good thing when solutions expand what nonprofits can expect from a vendor. On the other hand, the intent of an acquisition could simply be to capture a customer list or mothball a competing product. When assessing any acquisition, it's prudent to examine the underlying motive. Certainly though, the trend of acquisitions will only continue.
What's the overall impact to nonprofit organizations? You can expect that the landscape of choices will continue to shift, and, for the most part, better solutions will be the result. The "perfect" ecosystem will continue to be a moving target. However, the idea of a static ecosystem is no longer the goal for forward-looking organizations. Instead there is the realization that the ongoing evolution of technology and your own constituents' preferences will require ongoing adaptation. Finally, as always, planning is important. With more and better choices in technology, it's crucial to clearly articulate the goals for your technology, align those to your organizational strategies, and use those perspectives to evaluate and plan. Doing so will help you take advantage of all that is available.


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Beginning in 1834, the Mint began a search for a suitable design that could serve as an enduring symbol on American gold coins. In that year Engraver William Kneass executed a head of Liberty for quarter eagles and half eagles that became known as the Classic design. But this design, although modified several times, was not to last, as it was adapted from John Reich's old Classic Head motif first used on large cents in 1808 and officials continued to press for a symbol of Liberty more befitting the growing Republic. By 1838, Christian Gobrecht's Coronet design for the eagle took center stage, and a version of this—in keeping with the Mint's penchant for uniformity—was used on the quarter eagle starting in 1840.
The design as finally adopted featured a large head of Liberty facing left, wearing a wide coronet inscribed with the word LIBERTY. Her hair is pulled back in a bun and held in place by a string of pearls. Thirteen stars are placed around the periphery, representing the original colonies, with the date below. The eagle on the reverse was essentially the same one that had been on quarter eagles since 1808. Originally designed by John Reich, the 1840-1907 version was modified by Gobrecht. The heraldic eagle has its wings spread from rim to rim with the union shield covering its breast. An olive branch representing the country's peaceful intentions is in the eagle's right claw, with three arrows emphasizing military preparedness in the left. The legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA surrounds the eagle, with the denomination 2 1/2 D. beneath the bird.
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Also struck in the Philadelphia Mint are two other dates that have achieved fabled status, the 1841 and 1875. The 1841 has affectionately been labeled "The Little Princess." Approximately fifteen examples are known and these extraordinarily rare coins have only been found in the finest and most comprehensive collections. The 1875 Philadelphia issue is another very rare date, with only 400 pieces struck and an estimated 23-25 examples surviving. Interestingly, one prominent gold collector in the Northeast has accumulated more than fifteen specimens of this key issue. Another famous rarity is the first year of issue from the San Francisco Mint, the 1854-S—one of the standout rarities in all of U.S. numismatics, with a scant 10 or so specimens believed to exist today in all grades. Only 246 quarter eagles were struck in that initial year, because the San Francisco Mint lacked parting acids (the same problem that plagued private minters at the time).
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The unchanging durability of the Coronet design on quarter eagles is unrivalled in the history of U.S. coinage. This exceptionally long span of time still stands as the longest uninterrupted use of a coin design without a major design alteration, though the Roosevelt Dime may soon take this prize. When the first coins were struck in 1840, much of the United States was still a rough and tumble frontier that valued hard cider and log cabins enough to elect as their leader the coarse old Indian fighter, William Henry Harrison. As the final Coronet quarter eagles were struck in 1907, America was in many ways a different country than it had been in 1840. It retained the rugged individualism that had characterized the national spirit throughout the 19th century, but it was a more mature America, heralded not only for its powerful economic and military presence throughout the world, but for its diplomatic achievements as well—illustrated by Theodore Roosevelt's winning of the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in negotiating an end to the Russo-Japanese War.
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Camp Tawonga set to introduce mixed gender cabins for children
Patrick Kelleher March 19, 2019
A children's camp called Camp Tawonga that caters to the Jewish community in the US is set to introduce optional new mixed gender cabins for non-binary children.
Camp Tawonga, which is located outside Yosemite National Park and in the San Francisco Bay Area, will be piloting mixed gender cabins for fifth and sixth grade and for seventh and eighth grade campers.
The cabins will be open to anybody who wants to opt in during registration, according to the group's website.
"Providing more choices for housing allows us to accommodate more campers' gender identities and housing preferences."
– Camp Tawonga
The website says: "The all-gender cabins are a good option for children who prefer to bunk with children of other genders, for children who identify as non-binary, who want to bunk with a friend who is non-binary or for campers who feel this is the best fit for any reason.
All-gender cabins will help to accommodate campers' gender identities
"Providing more choices for housing allows us to accommodate more campers' gender identities and housing preferences. This is aligned with Tawonga's mission of encouraging all campers to be their authentic selves.
"Our goal is to ensure that every child who attends camp is welcomed, included and celebrated."
Parents who want their children to reside in mixed gender cabins can put in the request with the camp, however the group has said that they will prioritise non-binary children.
The all-gender cabins will also provide children with access to mixed gender bathrooms and showers as well as single gender bathroom and shower facilities.
The camp also said that they believe "there is not one right way to be a girl or be a boy" and say they encourage "all campers to be themselves regardless of what cabin they live in."
Camp Tawonga aims to foster 'positive self-image' in children
Camp Tawonga has a four-part mission which they say has remained "fundamentally unchanged" since the camp was founded in 1925.
Part of the camp's aim is to foster positive self-image and healthy self-esteem among the children and teenagers who attend.
They also seek to foster a love of nature within children and to give them the chance to explore their Jewish identity.
While the camp is primarily for Jewish families, they say: "Tawonga is a community where diversity is not merely tolerated but celebrated, so every camper feels welcomed regardless of where they are in the spectrum of Jewish identity, affiliation or knowledge, even if they are not Jewish."
The camp also runs an annual camp called Keshet LGBTQ Family Camp, which will run this summer from August 22-25. "Keshet" means rainbow in Hebrew
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RIP Public Education
Posted on September 17, 2015 by Mitch Berg
It's officially too stupid to live.
Texas (!) school district arrests kid for building a clock that they call a "hoax bomb", even though he never, ever called it that. Indeed, other than the idiots at his school district and the Irvine TX police department, nobody ever did:
Ahmed Mohamed — who makes his own radios and repairs his own go-kart — hoped to impress his teachers when he brought a homemade clock to MacArthur High on Monday.
Instead, the school phoned police about Ahmed's circuit-stuffed pencil case.
So the 14-year-old missed the student council meeting and took a trip in handcuffs to juvenile detention. His clock now sits in an evidence room. Police say they may yet charge him with making a hoax bomb — though they acknowledge he told everyone who would listen that it's a clock.
In the meantime, Ahmed's been suspended, his father is upset and the Council on American-Islamic Relations is once again eyeing claims of Islamophobia in Irving.
And you know what? CAIR is right, and I hope the Mohammeds sue that idiot district back to the Stone Age.
I do, in fact, have some experience with brain-dead school administrators making things up from whole cloth – and my hatred for them burns like a million suns.
Mr. Mohammed: if you need airtime to raise money to sue your scumbag district, let me know. I'm happy to help.
Popehat has a much better piece on the subject.
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DMA on September 17, 2015 at 6:22 am said:
Ya know how I know this story is bogus? BO invited him to the WH.
bosshoss429 on September 17, 2015 at 6:46 am said:
On Fox News this morning, it was reported that he won't be charged. Apparently, someone pulled their head out.
Chuck on September 17, 2015 at 8:41 am said:
Two points: Yes, it may be sexist, but one story is a male teacher saw it and said "oh, a cool clock". Then a female teacher saw it and said "A BOMB".
So Barry is inviting him to the White House? What about the 200 others who have had this happen recently? How about the white girl from Wells Minnesota who was suspended for an entire year because she had a pocket nice in her jacket pocket in her locker. The nice was there because she was working on her boyfriends family farm that weekend.
Prussian Blue on September 17, 2015 at 10:20 am said:
Wasn't the Beltway sniper's name Ahmed Mohamed?
I think that you go it wrong, fellas. Look at the pictures of that thing.
If that kid sat next to me on the bus holding that thing I would get off at the next stop, even without knowing his name was "Ahmed Mohamed."
sanjuan on September 17, 2015 at 12:13 pm said:
I disagree, this smells like a setup. Plus, long ago (pre-TSA) I did airport security and this thing would be an immediate call to law enforcement.
justplainangry on September 17, 2015 at 12:31 pm said:
PB gets it 100% correct. Have you seen pictures of that "clock"?
Loren on September 17, 2015 at 1:58 pm said:
Yeah, a bunch of components wired together. Exactly what i think a home-brewed electronic clock would look like.
bosshoss429 on September 17, 2015 at 5:24 pm said:
Can you imagine if I were to bring in one of the many crystal radios that my brother and I built back in the late 60s today? Oh! The humanity!
justplainangry on September 18, 2015 at 6:07 am said:
No, seriously, Mitch. You should definitely take another look at the story, especially now that we know kid's father is a well known islamophobia agitator. In an area which saw Muslim honour killings and a well publicized Muslim shooting. This was a set up.
Prussian Blue on September 18, 2015 at 7:59 am said:
If you are a middle school teacher, and one of your kids brings in a clock thing with all kinds of wires coming out of it, sets it on his desk and starts fiddling with it, don't worry, it's just a "science project" he didn't tell you about!
AlexG'sWankingMitten on September 18, 2015 at 11:37 am said:
I smell a rat. All that clock lacks is a block of C4.
I don't know if I'd have cuffed the kid, but I certainly can't blame the teacher for being alarmed. If JPA is correct, and Dad is a CAIR type, I'd conclude some further digging is called for.


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