After Nines Inc. Launches ChannelE2E — After Nines Inc.
Sept. 15, 2015, Noon ET -- After Nines Inc. today unveiled ChannelE2E (www.ChannelE2E.com), a digital media platform that guides IT service providers on their business journey -- from Entrepreneur to Exit (E2E). The site blends exclusive news, business insights, research and crowdsourced databases for VARs, managed services providers (MSPs), cloud services providers (CSPs), ISVs and emerging channel partners. Launch sponsors include CA Technologies, Continuum Managed Services LLC, Datto, Ingram Micro Inc. and LogicNow.
Case studies: Tracking IT service providers and best practices across the five stages of business (startup, growth, sustained performance, pivot and exit).
Crowdsourced databases: Channel partner programs, event calendars and more. "Built by us. Crowdsourced by you." Note: After Nines Inc. monitors submissions for quality and accuracy.
Quarterly research: Tracking the most lucrative opportunities and best practices for IT service providers, VARs, MSPs and Total Service Providers (TSPs) that achieve complete customer account control.
End-to-end coverage: Spanning small business, midmarket and enterprise opportunities.
Podcasts: Exclusive access to the IT channel's most innovative CXOs and leaders.
ChannelE2E is built on After Nines Inc.'s exclusive COSE (pronounced "cozy") cloud technology. COSE (Content Operating System Engine) optimizes all advertising, content, research and databases for all screen sizes. The technology can host media sites serving any vertical market or audience. COSE gives visitors a rich, fast and complete user experience on any screen (smartphone, tablet, notebook, PC).
ChannelE2E co-founders Amy Katz and Joe Panettieri have more than two decades of IT media experience. The duo previously co-launched, built and sold MSPmentor, The VAR Guy and Talkin' Cloud. A recent 15-month hiatus from running IT media brands allowed Katz and Panettieri to quietly observe technology market trends, pursue a new path toward life-work balance, and contemplate the IT channel's next evolution.
1. Home Page: Visit www.ChannelE2E.com for the latest daily channel news and business insights.
2. Reader Comments: All site visitors are welcome to post comments on all blogs.
3. Crowdsourced Databases: Visit www.ChannelE2E.com/lists to search for or submit information to our growing family of databases -- including our free Channel Partner Programs database. Note: After Nines Inc. reviews all submissions for accuracy and relevancy.
7. News Briefings: Contact Panettieri (Joe@AfterNines.com) for news updates and interview requests. Rumors, gossip and exclusives are welcome.
9. Engage Our Sponsors: CA Technologies (www.ca.com/sp), Continuum (www.continuum.net), Datto (www.datto.com), Ingram Micro (http://www.ingrammicroadvisor.com) and LogicNow (www.maxfocus.com) look forward to assisting ChannelE2E readers on their E2E journeys.
10. Sponsorship Information: A limited number of ChannelE2E sponsorships are available. Contact After Nines Inc. president and CEO Amy Katz (Amy@AfterNines.com) for details.
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Here endeth our press release. The doors are open. It's time to visit www.ChannelE2E.com.
ChannelE2E, from After Nines Inc., tracks every stage of the IT service provider journey — from entrepreneur to exit. Through exclusive blogs, research and crowdsourced databases, our content guides VARs, MSPs, CSPs, ISVs and the broader IT channel through the five stages of business: Startup, growth, sustained performance, pivot and exit. ChannelE2E also tracks the top IT automation tools and technologies that drive partner profitability. For content, research and crowdsourced database information, please contact Content Czar Joe Panettieri (Joe@AfterNines.com). For sponsorship information please contact president and CEO Amy Katz (Amy@AfterNines.com). Visit ChannelE2E daily (www.ChannelE2E.com) and follow us on Twitter (www.twitter.com/ChannelE2E) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/ChannelE2E).
After Nines Inc. provides timeless IT guidance.


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    {
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In Palestine and elsewhere, public institutions are constantly challenged when it comes to digital handling of sensitive information in a way that earn public trust. A key element is maintaining a firm high level of IT security.
The Ministry of Justice is serviced by its own IT Unit, which offers various IT services, both ordinary office applications and applications designed to support specific public services, such as generating non-conviction certificates.
To assist and advice the Ministry of Justice on IT security matters, two Visiting Experts from Sweden have been working closely with the ministry's IT Unit to gain an understanding of current issues, identify potential risks, analyse the options for security improvements and offer best practices in planning for enhanced IT security.
The two-week visit, arranged by EUPOL COPPS, will encompass short term advice for immediate implementation as well as longer term advice. This week, the Head of the IT department of the Swedish Prosecution Authority, Mr Anders Thoursie and his colleague, Head of the IT Security Unit, Mr Davor Lukic completed the second week of the visit. "It has been interesting to meet the team from the Ministry's IT Unit and exchange experiences. They have to manage a wide range of responsibilities with limited resources.
Taking that into account, in my mind, they are doing an excellent job. Nevertheless, it is clear, that we can offer useful advice", said Anders Thoursie. "The Visiting Experts have advised us on a variety of security matters at the network level, on security systems, on operating systems, on applications, and on programming and databases. This has had a significant impact on our knowledge of how to strengthen our infrastructure to ensure a secure and reliable IT environment", explained Ms Hanan Yaghi, Head of the Ministry's IT Unit.
"We have learned how to analyse, develop, maintain and evaluate our infrastructure using systematic tools. This enables us to measure our progress, it tells us where we stand and what we must improve. We are very thankful for the valuable support and really appreciate the efforts and openness of the two experts", she concluded. Besides the advice dispensed during the two-week visit, the Mission is organizing a follow-up study visit to Sweden in March for members of the Ministry's IT Unit.
Top Photo: (From left): Visiting Expert, Mr Davor Lukic; Ms Hiba Sleman; Visiting Expert, Mr Anders Thoursie; Mr Obada Sa'ade; Head of the Ministry's IT Unit, Ms Hanan Yaghi; Ms Haya Ammar; Mr Karmel Rahimi; Mr Ibrahim Salmen; and the Mission's Ministerial Legal and Administration Expert, Mr Lennart Gune.
Bottom Photo: A working session in the IT Unit of the Ministry of Justice.


Though there are no known incidents of Uinta ground squirrels breaking out in four-part harmony, they have a repertoire of calls. Chirps signal an airborne predator nearby. Trills indicate a ground predator, such as a long-tailed weasel. Aside from all this chatter, they're not terribly social with each other outside mating season.
The Uinta ground squirrel, commonly called a Potgut in northern Utah, is a species of rodent native to the western United States. The Uinta ground squirrel is a moderately sized ground squirrel, measuring 28 to 30 cm in total length. They weigh about 210 g when they emerge from hibernation, a figure that steadily increases until they are ready to hibernate again in the fall. Their fur is brown to cinnamon in color, being paler on the underside and grey on the sides of the head and neck. The 6 to 8 cm tail is buff with a grey underside, as distinct from the ochraceous or reddish color found in closely related species such as Belding's or Wyoming ground squirrels. Females have ten teats.


We mentioned some recent master bedroom movin' & shakin' on this week's podcast, so we thought a post full of photos was in order for anyone wondering how it's looking these days. Pretty much everything in our bedroom was purchased while we were living in our second house, so after moving here in 2013 stuff just kinda landed where it landed and whoop, there it was. We painted. We hung frames. We made a few sporadic dresser swaps, and then we repainted. But the anchor pieces like the rug, the bed, the armchair, and most of the other furnishings pretty much remained the same. More recently we got a super on-sale chandelier and swapped beds with the guest room and it felt like the room was nicely settling into feeling "nearly-done." Basically, we were fully expecting to go back to ignoring this corner of the house for at least a few more years.
And then it happened. A total bedroom curveball. My friend texted me a gorgeous picture of a rug she came across in a local consignment shop called Izzie's. YES, A CONSIGNMENT SHOP. And I fell hard. It hit me like a ton of bricks. Rug love at first sight. I'm pretty sure you could have seen little cartoon angels flying around my head holding bow and arrows when I ran up to John with that dazed-looking cheeks-flushed expression and said "remember how we've always said it would be nice to have a plush wool rug in the bedroom someday!?" And thankfully, he remembered. And he agreed that it looked promising enough to go check it out in person (and smell it, because John was wondering how a consigned rug might smell).
We love a flat weave rug – and have a bunch in our house – but ever since we discovered our love of plush wool Turkish rugs, we've been talking about how if ever there were a spot to add one more, it's the master bedroom. It just feels like the ultimate place for something thick and cozy underfoot. Plus, that soft green flat weave was something we bought back in 2011 for our last house's living room, so the size wasn't perfect for the bedroom (it wasn't as long as the space, so it didn't extend quite as close to the closet/bathroom door as we'd prefer). But it couldn't have been that bad because we lived with it for nearly four years this way.
Back to the new rug. It was miraculously the perfect size (around 12 x 16′) and didn't smell at all (hallelujah!). And because it was a one-of-a-kind find at a consignment store, we knew it wasn't going to wait around for us. Cut to John standing there grinning with it on the dolly, ready to be loaded into our car.
And guess who muscled that giant wool beast up the stairs? That's right. This married couple (*points to selves with thumbs*).
Once we got it into the room I pretty much did the Macarena with excitement. It might just be my favorite rug of all time. I mean LOOK AT THE DETAILS! The COLORS! The SHAPES! The SHEER AMOUNT OF CAPS LOCK I'M USING TO DESCRIBE IT!
There are tons of other rugs I love a whooooole lot in this house (I'm looking at you dining room, bonus room, and living room), but this new bedroom edition just feels extra special. So shh, don't tell them. And don't cry for the old rug Argentina! That green flat weave sold in less than an hour on a local buy-sell board on Facebook and is currently living her best life in a neighbor's house.
You may also be noticing a couple of other changes in the wide shot – namely the wall behind the bed. This rug's bolder, more colorful, and larger scale pattern made it much more of a focal point than its soft green predecessor. So when we rolled out the new rug, the frames on the wall felt kinda jumbled and crazy all of a sudden. Like Lady GaGa in a meat dress next to Bjork in a swan costume. Why? Because the frame wall used to be the focal point with a more subtle rug playing backup. But with a big bold rug in the room now, two focal points were fighting for attention.
So we took all of the frames off the wall and tried out a few "calmer" pieces instead. After buying something the instinct might be to go buy a ton of other stuff to go with the exciting new item, but one of my favorite things to do instead is just to play around with what you have. Sometimes you just have to shift a few things around the house and a few rooms end up looking and feeling fresher to the tune of zero more dollars spent.
The winner was this painting that used to hang above John's desk in the office (we bought it right off of the wall at a ski house we rented a few years back). I may stain the frame to match some of the other woods in the room, but for now it's doing the job of complementing – not competing with – the new rug. And from afar it looks surprisingly similar to some of the gold frames we added to the other side of the room (more on those in a sec).
And now in the office there's a mirror we already had hanging where the pink painting used to be – which is nice because it reflects the light from the two windows across from it. There's no better feeling than running up and down the stairs with things and trying them in other rooms until the crazy puzzle of "I need one thing for this room and another thing for that room" is solved. I'm serious. I LOVE that weird challenge feeling. It's like Supermarket Sweep, Home Edition. Come to think of it, that would make a pretty good game show. Stop laughing. I'm serious.
And I know you were worried about where all of our family photos went (JK, nobody cares about family photos unless they're their own family). We found a few other places around the room to hang some, and I moved some into the guest room above my sewing desk. It's not as many as we used to have on display, but I think we'll survive just fine without having 20+ photos of ourselves in a single room anymore.
I reframed the photos in our room in these gold frames that I already had stashed in the guest room (they're my favorite gold ones from Target that I've also hoarded for the beach house). They created a nice little grid above our wood dresser – an antique hand-me-down from John's parents that had been in the closet. We just swapped it for the white dresser that used to sit here since the wood one looks so nice with the rich new rug colors.
In rearranging our family photos, we realized we're waaaay overdue for printing some updated ones (so many of a tiny baby boy and a toddler girl) so we sent a few new 8 x 10″ pics to Target so we can finally update these frames. It just feels like you "notice" pictures again when you change them out, so this bedroom update was a nice kick in the pants to get on that.
The other side of the room still has the gradient dresser we painted back in 2011 for our first book (yes, we have no shortage of dressers in here!). Also, can you tell John is asking Burger why he's always walking into our pictures like he owns the place? You saw him up in the bed squishing all of our pillows a few pictures up too, right? Dude, is ALWAYS ready for his close up.
The Samantha French print above the dresser (she's one of my favorite painters – here's her Easy shop) is one we've had for years, and we FINALLY got it properly framed! It was actually a birthday gift from John, who sent it off to a framing company called Simply Framed and they made it look so much more legit and lovely with a nice chunky white frame and a perfectly sized mat. This isn't a sponsored mention or anything (he paid for it, and we love it). It's not as cheap as finding a ready-made frame at the store (it was about $120, with a coupon code) but it looks so expensive and well done when it comes back to you. Finally feels like the frame is doing the print justice.
It's hard to tell in the pic, but they even emailed us to say "do you want the mat to go right up to the edge of the print or would you like it to be spaced around a quarter-inch away so the penciled title and signature are visible?" We were so glad they suggested that because that little detail that makes it feel much more professionally done and polished.
So that, my friends, is the tale of a bedroom that we thought was going back into dormancy for a few more years, but was propelled into an accidental-but-surprisingly-thrilling makeover, thanks to a rug switch and a whole lot of other free furniture and accessory swapping.
Oh, and that picture above captures one of the cooler things about the rug – see how it looks faded in a few rows? The lady who owns the consignment store said her friend who vends rugs said it's not truly faded in those areas, it's a different looming method and type of wool that they use for those parts so the little water-color-like effect is something they intentionally add when they make the rug. Cool, right? I love how layered and soft it looks with those strips of blurrier colors.
And yes, I totally daydream about moving those windows over so they're centered. Except they would look wonky from the front of our balanced brick colonial, so I guess I need to leave them where they are and DEAL WITH THE FACT THAT MY ENTIRE LIFE CAN'T BE SYMMETRICAL. Maybe adding one more curtain panel on that left side and extending the rod would cheat things a little and make it less noticeable? Might give that a try sometime.
Update: Due to a bunch of people on social media asking for something similar they can actually buy (since our secondhand rug is one of a kind) I tracked down this rug and this rug and this rug that might give you a similar look. And I'm also obsessed with this one for anyone going for a more-blue-less-pink/red color scheme.
But so ends our new tour of the bedroom. I'll leave you with this performance art piece by Burger, entitled Dog Leaves Bed.
You can also always find our room's paint colors and sources for everything in them right here.


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Q: Ajax is returning data but I can't see it? Here's my ajax call:
jQuery.ajax({
    type:  'GET',
    datatype: 'application/json',
    url:   URL,
    dataType: 'jsonp',
    success: function(data) {
         console.log(data);
    },
    error: function(data) {
         console.log(data);
        }
 });

When I click on network in Chrome Developer tools, I see a status 200, and the response data is all there, but it doesn't console log it out anyway that I try.
Instead, here is what I get:
Refused to execute script from 'http://localhost:3000/api/bikes?apiKey=*****&callback=jQuery17204357656354550272_1423492504648&_=1423492968710' because its MIME type ('application/json') is not executable, and strict MIME type checking is enabled.
VM1680:11 Object {readyState: 4, setRequestHeader: function, getAllResponseHeaders: function, getResponseHeader: function, overrideMimeType: function…}

Any explanation?

A: Please try to use 'json' instead of 'jsonp'
If the 'URL' does not return a callback function as expected for 'jsonp', you need to use 'json' instead of 'jsonp'
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Q: Linux Mint (LMDE) suddenly crashed and won't boot again I was working on my linux machine earlier today and when I was in the middle of updating my java packages through the package manager and installing coffee script, my windows started not working and closed down. I didn't think much of it and kept on working in TexStudio and finishing my hand in for this week, saved it and closed it and closed my browser and thought

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*"Hey, maybe it just needs a reboot!"

I then rebooted the computer, chose my Linux Mint partition and here is where it gets weird. The only thing I see when I boot is the Linux Mint logo and after that the screen is just completely black and all I can see is a few light grey pixels in the top left of my screen. I looks like a terminal cursor, but it's not flashing and nothing happens when I press my keyboard.
The good news here is that I can boot the Linux partition in recovery mode, but I don't really know what to do from there. Is there a way to revert some of the latest changes back to how it was set up yesterday? Or am I completely lost here? I would love to have it up and running again, because it's my favorite development environment but I do not know much about the kernel and how it works.
If you need more info, please tell me how to get it and I will post it here.

The lspci output is seen above
Also I noticed the the message ideapad_laptop: Unknown Event: 1 appears on the screen about every 10 seconds. I cannot press Ctrl + Alt + F1 to enter tty from non-recovery mode

A: I noticed that what happened was I install the boot sequence (or whatever it is called) on sdb1 or something similar and not on sda where the boot flag was set. So what I did was I booted linux from a live USB and re installed my linux mint, and put the boot sequence to be installed on sda and set the boot flag there through gdisk.
After that I installed grub from the terminal and ran sudo update-grub and tadaa, my problems were fixed and the GRUB-loader now found the linux boot loader and the windows 7 boot loader :)

A: I've had the same problem with LMDE5 on two computers and couldn't figure out what was occurring. After backing up all my files using the CLI, I'm now using Debian Bullseye. If I want the display to look like LMDE5, I just select the cinnamon desktop.


Click a right side key on desktop and select "Screen resolition".
Click "Make text other items larger or smaller".
Check on "Let me choose one scaling level for all my displays"
Select "Smaller" and click "Apply".
Click "Sign out now" since new settings is reflected after resign in.


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About OLG Parish
Join Parish
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LITES
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Pray for the sick
Pray for the deceased
Meet the OLG Pastoral Staff
Fr. Kevin Shemuga
Father Kevin C. Shemuga was appointed pastor of OLG on March 1, 2016 and was installed as pastor on June 25, 2016 by Bishop Richard Lennon. Father Kevin was ordained a priest in 1983 and has served in several parishes in the Diocese of Cleveland. He comes to Our Lady of Guadalupe with an enriched experience that includes ministry to the Bereaved, spiritual director/confessor to many priests, deacons and laity, and devoted to the care of our young people and the sick.
He received his academic degrees from Borromeo Seminary College (BA), St. Mary Seminary (M. Div.) and John Carroll University (MA). He is presently pursuing a Doctorate in Ministry from St. Mary Seminary in Wickliffe, Ohio to be completed in 2018.
Father Kevin enjoys music, the arts, reading, walking, and golf. He manages and plays baseball in the Roy Hobbs Adult League in Akron, Ohio. His mother, Pat, resides in Barberton, Ohio. He is the oldest of three children. His sister, Kim, and his brother, Kirk, also reside in Barberton.
His motto is taken from the Confessions of Saint Augustine: "For you, God, have made us for Yourself, and, our hearts are restless until they rest in You."
Deacon Dave Govern
Permanent Deacon
Deacon David Govern is the son of founding parishioners Len and Helen Govern and has been a parishioner at Our Lady of Guadalupe since its inception in 1967. He has been married to his wife Elaine since November 26, 1983. Elaine and Dave have four children, Jeffrey (Beth), Steven, Emily (Mike) and Becky. They have one grandchild, Lily.
Dave was ordained as a Permanent Deacon in the Diocese of Cleveland on May 2, 2009 by Bishop Richard Lennon.
Deacon Dave officiates at weddings in the Catholic Church, performs infant baptisms, performs wake services and officiates at other funeral liturgies. He assists the priest at Sunday liturgies and preaches at mass on a regular basis. He visits the sick and officiates at various public prayer services.
He has a passion for sports; in particular, Cleveland sports teams. Elaine and Dave possess a love of animals and have various dogs, cats, chickens and fish at their house in Macedonia.
Nancy Freibott
Pastoral Minister
Nancy Freibott, and her husband Roger, have been members of OLG since 1970. In June 1994, Nancy has served as Pastoral Minister. She facilitates Adult Education and Sacramental programs. She coordinates the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA), the Adult Scripture study program and Adult Confirmation. Other Pastoral responsibilities include: bringing Eucharist to the sick and homebound, coordinating the Adult Catechesis and Speakers Series, and is a member of the Spiritual Life Committee.
Don Grabowy
Donald Grabowy has served as the Liturgical Music Director for Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish since the summer of 2013. He previously held the same positions at St. Martin of Tours in Maple Heights (1983-2001) and St. Luke the Evangelist in Lakewood (2002-2013). Don is married to Heather and they have two children: daughter, Brittany (son-in-law, Will) and son, Bradley. The Grabowy's have been members of OLG since 2004.
Matthew Griffith
Coordinator of Religious Education and Youth Ministry
Our Weekend Mass Schedule
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Jason Weigandt
Unsung Hero Josh Grant
by: Jason Weigandt
Unsung Hero: Josh Grant
"I feel great," said Josh Grant after the Thunder Valley National. "Obviously I had some time off after finishing the GP last year. I didn't ride for a good three to four months, until Daytona. That couple weeks before I got to ride a little bit and it kind of really gave me a chance to heal my body a little bit and my mind. I just wanted to give it another go. So now I feel fresh. I love riding. I want to be back out here. It just brings a whole new intense feeling that makes me go out to the track and just want to crush it."
As a fill-in for Monster Energy Kawasaki, Josh Grant is enjoying a renaissance. While known for flashes of brilliance but also runs of inconsistency, this season he's been solid, the perfect makeup for a fill-in rider on a team. He went 8-8-6-6 in the first four motos of the year. At Colorado, he was a touch better, even flirting with a podium briefly. He ended up going 4-7 for sixth overall, and he also sits sixth in the standings, with 88 points. In 2014, he started the season with one of his usual flashes, holeshotting and winning the first moto of the season at Glen Helen. But by the third round that year, he had just 79 points, and sat eighth.
We've seen it happen so many times. A rider gets to precipice where his career could be over. When he gets another chance, he makes the most of it. Josh is the latest to tell this story, because before this season, he really was thinking his career could be over.
At one point in 2016, Grant wasn't sure he would be racing this season. Cudby
"Yeah, for sure," he said. "The GP was obviously my last race. Then with everybody kind of landing on the teams it was all sorted out already. I didn't really have a deal. So my wife and I were talking, we were like, 'Yeah, this could be it. So what's next?' So I sat at home just trying to figure out what I was going to do moving forward. That's when the whole fishing trip in Florida and going to Daytona and all those things came about. My buddy was like, 'I'm only going to take you out on my boat in Florida if you come out and do Daytona.' I was like, 'All right, let's go do it for fun.' That's how buying the bikes started and getting ready for two weeks and then wham, sixth at Daytona. I was like, 'All right, I'm not done.'"
There would seem to be pressure on Grant at Daytona because it was a last chance to prove his worth. But at that point he was so far down the road the he was pretty much expecting it all to be over. He didn't do it to impress, he did it to have fun and ignore any sort of pressure or expectations.
"Yeah, that's why it was so fun," he says. "I did it on my own. I was out of my own van. I was on my own bikes. We had our own pit. Everything was great. It was a good feeling to actually be there because you wanted to be there and not under the obligation where you had to be there. It's just bringing a whole different aspect to it again."
Wil Hahn was injured at the Atlanta supercross, and a few weeks after Daytona, Monster Energy Kawasaki got in touch with Grant. He had already ridden for the team at the end of the year last year, also as a fill-in for Hahn, and after his own ride at Chad Reed's TwoTwo Motorsports outfit came to an end. While Hahn and Eli Tomac were under contract to the team for 2016, Grant made sure to keep the relationship going.
"Obviously I'm filling in for Wil because he's hurt but unfortunately that's kind of the way the cards fell last year," he says. "I wanted to be on the team as the full-time guy this year, but it's just the way it worked out. They called me up and here we are—they're giving me their full support."
Grant's season started late. It wasn't until March that he got the call from Kawasaki, so he was several months behind his peers in training, especially since prior to that, he wasn't even expecting to be a racer at all anymore.
Grant is off to a strong start in Lucas Oil Pro Motocross. Cudby
"I wasn't going to do it [training] for nothing," he says. "Spend all my days training and not even have a chance to even show it. So I didn't really start until I got this ride. Now each weekend it's confidence building. It's fitness building. I hadn't had a chance to really work out. It was hard, but I think with how many races have gone on it's getting a lot better. Supercross I wanted to get through it, and that kind of helped me build a base into outdoors a little bit. Right now it's kind of the same. Every 30-minute moto I throw in is just helping my base get a little bit better. So when I come to the weekends I'm not feeling as bad as I was."
These first three tracks have always been good ones for Grant, but as he builds his strength again, he might be able to get even further to the front. Regardless of how this season ends, though, it's already rejuvenated him to keep going much further. Josh will turn 30 on June 20, but now he doesn't see an end anytime soon.
"I feel like I've got a lot more left now, so I'm going to do this as long as I can," says Grant. "I'd like to be like John Dowd and be like 45 and then going to Glen Helen and getting on the podium. That'd be sick. One time a year, show up, get my points, keep the number 33, say peace, and I'm out."
Monday Conversation: Jeff Ward 9:30am
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Rob Kozlowski
Washington State Investment Board, Olympia, committed up to $300 million to pan-Asian buyout fund Affinity Asia Pacific Fund IV, confirmed spokeswoman Liz Mendizabal.
The fund is run by Affinity Equity Partners
The $66.8 billion investment board previously committed $100 million to Affinity Asia Pacific Fund III in March 2007.
Separately, the board also made a follow-on commitment to KKR North America XI Fund. The board originally committed $500 million to the fund in February 2011.
Washington State Investment Board commits up to $1.1 billion
Washington State Investment Board makes 2 commitments
Washington State Investment Board commits up to $1 billion to alternatives
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After completing the survey, we watched a short video segment called "Grow Your Brain" from the episode Changing Your Mind (jump to 13:20) in the Scientific American Frontiers series from PBS.
"You Can Grow Your Intelligence" (which I believe is the article Dweck had students read in her studies).
"Flummoxed by Failure–Or Focused?" article from the Wall Street Journal which gives a brief summary of Dweck's work.
Infographic about Fixed vs. Growth Mindsets (although now I think I like the 2 page version here better).
In a (sadly) mostly teacher-centered fashion, we read a few excerpts from the articles, pointed out the differences between the growth and fixed mindsets, and filled out the expert questionnaire.
As I said previously, I think next year I'll cut out the Mindset research stuff (which is separate from brain research shown in the Scientific American video we watched), and turn it into a lesson of its own. Now I just need to find a short video about Dweck's research that I can share with students for that separate lesson.
#4: The 10,000 Hour Rule/Being an Expert?
Also, I need to give a shout out to John Burk, who inspired me when he started building a metacognition curriculum two years ago!
What principles/concepts/ideas/research would you include in a Metacognition Curriculum?
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Cool! Thinking about their thinking is always awesome. Digging your survey questions too. Great stuff.
Awesome! Here at Carleton we've been talking about how to encourage our students' metacognition, but having students begin thinking about their thinking in high school is even better.
Hi Frank, This line of teaching, to me, is more important than any science we'll teach kids. I spent a lot of my time on such matters when I taught kids & spend most all of my time one it while teaching teachers.
This is awesome. Does anyone know where I could find a version of the video that will play full screen?
I couldn't find the clip anywhere else online. I used the magnify option on the projector and it worked fine. I also tried downloading the video using the "Video Download Helper" Firefox plugin, but the quality is poor when shown full screen.
I'm excited about this sequence. So far, I'm giving mind-expanding or self-awareness-augmenting readings or videos as homework every other weekend in my physics classes, et. al.
Okay, there's some cute – even stimulating, things to consume, but I want to learn about effective metacognition pedagogy. Heck, I still need to identify goals.
Way cool. Work worth doing. Kudos.
* Brain level: Evolutionary basis of belief formation, beliefs trigger affect. Certainty. Body metaphor.
* Social level: Social influence. Self-delusion. Reasons for emotional reactions to nonconforming beliefs.
* Reflection/discussion: Can individuals make their beliefs more accurate? How? Why would they?
* Exericse: Pay attention for a week. Look at belief changes in social situations. Look for metaphors. Be mindful of own beliefs. Write them down.
Wow! Hooray for you….teaching kids to think and to think about thinking (and learning).
My focus in middle school and older students.
Thank you for sharing this portion of your curriculum! While metacognition, nor physics, is my area of study, I do value your teaching style. I think I will use surveys and questionnaires in my future classroom to find out where my students stand academically and where they need improvement. Also, I appreciate your student-centered approach. The best way for students to learn is by experience. Great post!
I am a student at The University of South Alabama taking EDM310. I have been assigned to follow your blog and comment on your post. I think it is great that you are getting these young students to think about their thinking process. I think that questionnaires are a great tool to learn about your students.
I borrowed heavily from your "Scientific Reasoning" learning goals a couple months ago when I was planning the homeschooling work that I have been doing with my little sister and this looks awesome too.
Do you have any thoughts on what a good ratio between metacognition work and normal work is? Also, how would one encourage parents to discuss schoolwork with their kids in a way that would promote metacognition?
My name is Kaitlyn, and I am a student in EDM 310 at the University of South Alabama. Our class blog can be found here, and my own blog can be found here. This sounds like a really engaging lesson that you put a lot of thought into planning. I think using surveys are a quick and easy way to see where students are in different academic areas. I hope to deliver great lessons like this one when I start teaching. Thank you for sharing your lesson plan with us.
Great stuff! I was not able to see the Scientific American Frontiers video clip by following the link, I am in the EU– if that matters. I have looked in as many places as could think of for an alternative posting. Has anyone else had this problem. If yes, has anyone found a solution?
I just started really getting into your blog. I've always liked your ideas and contributions, but this summer I'd love to get start getting involved and respond to blog posts of other physics teachers. I tried teaching metacognition this year with a survey and sbg, but it kind of petered out as the year progressed. Have you considered putting this in an online survey? I gave my students a survey at the beginning of this year about their learning styles and their self-perceptions. I used googleDocs and found it to be really convenient. I could run stats, look at correlations, etc. Though I didn't give the survey again, I'd love to calculate how students' perceptions change as the year progresses, and how that change is correlated to content mastery.


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I Want to Be Metropolitan: Boston Case Study
Courtesy of ORO
Written by Diego Hernández
https://www.archdaily.com/301514/i-want-to-be-metropolitan-boston-case-study
I Want to be METROPOLITAN is a research project on small scale metropolises, MINI Metropolis, using Boston as a case study to provide a different reading of the city. The study focuses on showing the efforts that the city of Boston has made in order to grow with metropolitan characteristics while remaining at a much smaller scale than cities like New York, London, or Tokyo. The morphology of Boston has been achieved through different metropolitan interventions that occur on different scales. These are divided on an infrastructural scale, urban scale, and architectural scale. By means of analyzing these different aspects, we can compose a vision of a future Boston, or Fictitious Boston, derived from its metropolitan potential.
The book is structured into four chapters addressing the different scales of analysis. The first chapter compiles general data of the city, and provides a background view of the infrastructural efforts that the city has done to accommodate its population. Examples of these are the Big Dig, land reclamation, and its transportation network. These are efforts that are very difficult to find in other cities of similar scale, and provide the first clue towards the potential of the future of Boston and its current success.
The second chapter identifies Boston's poly-centrality, a characteristic that appears in big metropolitan cities like Tokyo. Rather than having a single civic center or a downtown, Boston accommodates different urban cores such as an industrial core, an institutional core, a commercial core, and others within the confinement of its limited area. The chapter is subdivided into separate sections to explain each core and their significance in the city. In homage to ''Made in Tokyo'', chapter three catalogs hybrid buildings in Boston, referencing the ambiguity of these buildings being born out of a metropolitan context and transported to a less dense setting. Not to be confused with mixeduse buildings, hybrid buildings emerge mostly in metropolises with high density and land value, providing new, interesting ways of life in the city.
Interestingly, hybrid buildings also emerge in Boston, which registers another clue of Boston's metropolitan potential. In present days, urban topics and strategies mainly focus on cities with extreme conditions such as high density, increasing congestion, and fast growth. This book intends to create a dialogue that addresses the missing topics in urbanism for smaller, slower, and much more stable cities. Chapter four concludes the study by introducing our vision of new projects for the city of Boston to generate an open conversation about the topic. This leads us to the possible implementation of the research topic and methodology on other cities similar in size and pace to Boston.
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308 Fiction Boston
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398 Bibliography / Image Credits
Publisher: ORO
Size: 7" x 9" portrait
Paperback: Flexibound (350 Photographs, 100 Illustrations)
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Cite: Diego Hernández. "I Want to Be Metropolitan: Boston Case Study" 06 Dec 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/301514/i-want-to-be-metropolitan-boston-case-study> ISSN 0719-8884


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CM Vasundhara Raje Releases Inc42's Digital Rajasthan Yatra Report
Team Inc42
22 Mar'18 7 min read
Encapsulating The 6 Days Journey Of Inc42 Team In Rajasthan, It Presents A Detailed Analysis Of Digital And Startup Policies Adopted By The State
On the occasion of Rajasthan IT Day 2018, Rajasthan's Honourable Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has launched Inc42's Digital Rajasthan Yatra report. The report encapsulates the six days journey of Inc42 team to the five cities of Rajasthan.
As part of a six-day tour ahead of the Rajasthan IT Day on March 21, a team from Inc42 travelled across five major cities – namely Jaipur, Ajmer, Bhilwara, Kota and Tonk covering the minute details and major insights of the state's startup ecosystem and digital reformation.
The aim of the initiative was to conduct in-depth interviews and group meetings with Rajasthan's startup ecosystem enablers, government officials, and startups & collect and record data on how the locals are utilising Internet, smartphones, and different applications to boost their businesses, highlight the inspiring stories of women empowerment, as well as assess the increased adoption of digital technologies in the urban & rural landscape.
The report also highlights the impressive & inspiring stories of women empowerment and economic development in the state.
As TV Mohandas Pai, Chairman Aarin Capital Partners mentioned in the Digital Rajasthan yatra report, "'Digital Rajasthan' is a Yatra across the State to focus attention on the impact on citizens and their adoption of digital technology. All of us dream of a day when all citizens enjoy a good quality of life. Now we know that a Digital Rajasthan can make this happen and is already positively impacting the lives of its citizens across the vast State."
Digital Rajasthan: Building Stack Of Services To Achieve 'Digital Inclusion'
Rajasthan is one of the first states to embrace e-governance and introduce a slew of reforms to improve upon the ease of doing business index worldwide. Currently, at position #6, the state government is working to make 'digital' a welcome phenomenon not only in the urban areas but even the rural and the remotest parts of the state.
With this, Rajasthan further aims to become a leading startup hub in line with the existing startup hubs like Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and more.
Bhamashah Yojana, e-Mitra, Rajasthan Single Sign On, e-Sign, e-Sanchar, i-Fact, RajNet, Intergrated Government Portals, Rajdharaa, Raj e-Vault, Raj-Kaj, Raj Payment Platform, Schemes like Soil Health Card and Pradhan Mantri Fasal Beema Yojana, using e-learning apps for audio visual-based smart studies in schools – there have been countless initiatives the state government has undertaken at the ground level to minimise possibilities of corruption, increase transparency and infuse tech savviness in the state residents, reflects the Inc42 report.
For instance, during the Digital Rajasthan Yatra, a small school headmaster in Tonk shared with the Inc42 team, "Earlier, the students used to just cram data. Take, for example, school children crammed that Rohida is the state flower of Rajasthan. They knew nothing about it except its name. Now, the teacher shows them its picture on their smartphones along with other details. Now, students understand it better and it helps them to remember for a long time. This is just a small example of how technology can play a vital role in ensuring quality and cater an impactful education."
Inc42's Digital Rajasthan Yatra report further showcases how the state is rapidly transforming from being a tourist destination to a startup hub, by bridging the digital divide and opening opportunities for all – youth, students, women, working professionals, amongst others.
Here Are Some Key Insights From Inc42's Digital Rajasthan Yatra Report
While Jaipur remains the preferred base for most startups in the state, other Tier II cities of Rajasthan, including Jodhpur and Jhalawar, are now building their own robust startup ecosystems.
Women empowerment continues to be an important focus area of the Rajasthan government. To that end, it is hoping to make two individuals (at least one female) in every household e-literate so as to bridge the digital divide.
By linking financial benefits to bank accounts held by women, the Bhamashah Yojana has successfully achieved efficiency of benefit transmission via DBT and also promoted gender equity in the suburbs of Rajasthan.
Majority residents accepted that technology fueled digital grievance redressal mechanism can be a game changer in ensuring efficient delivery of state services.
E-governance, powered by digital technology, can make the entire system much more transparent and accountable and hence, truly democratic.
e-Mitra has become a small rural bank here. Rather than working on numerous separate institutions, the eMitra model which has been developed on a digitech platform can deliver a host of state services in a sustainable, cost-viable and efficient way, especially in rural settings.
Majority of the residents believed that simple digital technology can be a reliable tool for financially empowering a common man. Just skilling is required.
Integration of Rajasthan population on digital platforms via a smartphone has made collective ratings possible based on user experiences. Private service providers have become more competitive and accountable to their services
Rajasthan Digital Ecosystem: The Way Forward
"Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is constantly changing the manner in which information flows to citizens. It is a need of the hour that good governance harnesses the energy of ICT and puts in place tools that allow improved delivery of service and bridge the digital divide. This is our vision for Digital Rajasthan."
As mentioned in the Inc42 report, the Honourable CM Vasundhara Raje's vision shared above is not far from getting accomplished.
As per AngelList, there are currently 750 active startups in the state, along with more than 51,000 entrepreneurs. According to Inc42 DataLabs Funding Report 2017, around 30 startups based out of Rajasthan raised $148 Mn (disclosed) funding altogether between 2014-17. To support the growing number of startups, a number of accelerators, as well as incubators, have also emerged across the state. This includes the likes of iStart Nest, Startup Oasis, TiE Rajasthan amongst others.
Spurred by the government's efforts, till date, 700 startups have enrolled on its flagship initiative iStart, which is in line with the Startup India Hub, in just four months. These startups are leveraging technology to develop solutions that not only drive economic growth but also help solve pressing social problems.
Further apart from setting up Rajasthan Stack to ensure that startups have free access to all and every service, resource, application, and infrastructure offered by the Government of Rajasthan, the state officials are also signing MoUs with different public and private organisations to boost the internal working mechanism of the state government.
The recently conducted series of 24 – 36 hours hackathons such as EduHack, Green-a-thon, coding Hackathon during the four day Rajasthan IT Day is a clear indication of the efforts the state officials are undertaking. Now the Rajasthan IT Day celebrations have come to an end, the Rajasthan government will be full fledgedly working to raise its flag on the DIPP state startup ranking board.
Bhamashah Digital Rajasthan Yatra E-mitra Mohandas Pai Rajasthan IT Day 2018 Vasundhara Raje


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Three South Bay teams in semifinals
Posted on October 1, 2010 by Dave Thorpe
The Chadwick boys water polo team made probably the biggest splash in the first round of the South Bay Tournament on Friday afternoon, but Peninsula, Mira Costa and El Segundo stole the show in the quarterfinals on Friday night.
Chadwick opened the tournament by downing Crescenta Valley in sudden-death overtime, 9-8, at the El Segundo Plunge.
Chadwick, ranked ninth in CIF Division V, was happy to get a crack at Crescenta Valley — ranked first in Division V — and made the most of it.
"I was happy when I saw that we were going to play them because they are at the top of our division," Chadwick coach Will Didinger said. "It's a pretty big win, the kids did a good job of taking smart shots and they played great defense."
Matty Gallas scored a goal with 31 seconds left to tie the score, 8-8, and send the game into sudden-death overtime.
Range scored with 1:28 left in overtime to give Chadwick the win.
Range had five goals, Gallas had two goals and Kevin Wang and Cameron Turner added goals for Chadwick. Matthew Jamele made nine saves for the Dolphins.
But the party crashed early for Chadwick, which lost in the quarterfinals to Hill rival Peninsula, 10-5.
Mira Costa and El Segundo each won a pair of games on Friday to reach the semifinals Saturday.
El Segundo will play Peninsula at 10:40 a.m. in one semifinal, and Mira Costa will play Santa Monica in the other semifinal at 11:45 a.m. The third-place game takes place at 5:35 p.m. and the championship game is slated for 7 p.m. All games are at the El Segundo Plunge.
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Combine the oats with the rest of the base ingredients in a food processor. Pulse on a low speed until all the ingredients clump together, but retain a nice texture.
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Freeze, for at least an hour, until needed.
The longer you soak the cashews, the smoother (and easier on your food processor) they will be.
Transfer to the fridge a little while before serving to aid slicing.


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11th Jun 2020 Dr Jorge E. Núñez
BOOK PREVIEW: Chapter One. Territorial Disputes and State Sovereignty [available July 2020]
Territorial Disputes and State Sovereignty
International Law and Politics
Jorge E. Núñez
Chapter One: Aims/Rationale
A territorial dispute, in simple terms, is a disagreement about "who owns a territory." Yet it is not that simple. In international relations, "territorial dispute" describes a disagreement between at least two parties about which is the sovereign over a territory. Currently, the most well-known territorial disputes are over the control of Jerusalem, Kashmir, Gibraltar, Catalonia, and the Falkland/Malvinas Islands. Yet there are many more.
The traditional academic literature in legal and political sciences focuses on one element to define such disputes: territory. The phrase "territorial dispute" does not do justice to the multi-level and highly-complex nature of these differences. Instead, the phrase reveals the narrow analysis in these sciences in relation to territorial disputes. There are two basic components for this partial view and the incomplete analysis it generates: the claims, assumptions or beliefs behind these studies; and the lack of an inter-disciplinary and comprehensive evaluation.
Some have gone beyond territory and attempted to include other elements. There are claims that the usual reasons most governments use to support territorial disputes have to do with their domestic agenda (for example, human rights, leader's prestige, distracting from internal issues by identifying an external foe). Others assume that most of these disputes center on natural resources. Yet others believe they have to do with religious, cultural and/or ethnic elements. Because of these narrow claims, assumptions or beliefs, many territorial disputes spend years or decades in legal and political limbo with many negative consequences domestically, regionally and internationally (for example, arms trafficking, terrorism, violations of human rights, tax evasion, and war). Territorial disputes are multi-level and multi-faceted.
The literature pertaining to territorial disputes is prolific in at least two ways. There are scholars in legal and political sciences who explore to different depths the same differences. There are also publications around the globe that focus on a particular conflict or region, geographically, historically or sociologically defined. Interestingly (and surprisingly), there is not a single scholarly publication that tackles analysis of regional conflicts using a global and inter-disciplinary approach. The current literature about territorial disputes is fragmented. An immediate and evident outcome is that sciences do not work collaboratively and, in consequence, their results are limited by their own methodology (lack of inter-disciplinary evaluation). Furthermore, when there is an attempt to assess disputes in an inter-disciplinary manner, participants limit themselves to a particular conflict or a particular region.
This monograph brings together a global view of territorial disputes and an inter-disciplinary assessment. The global view examines some of the most controversial territorial disputes to work outward from their particularities toward generalizing the issues at stake behind the conflicts. The inter-disciplinary assessment combines legal and political sciences under a basic rule of communication: clarity, cohesiveness, and conciseness. If participants agree on the key conceptual elements, the same methodology can apply to different territorial disputes with the aim of allowing better understanding of these differences, the reasons they began, and why they continue. The monograph offers a set of guidelines for dispute settlement and conflict resolution that current remedies fail to provide.
The rationale is simple yet potentially of very high impact. Many territorial disputes remain unresolved around the world. Current solutions in law, political science, and international relations always prove to be problematic to at least one of the participants in these conflicts and are, consequently, not viable.The key aims in this book are:
To establish key conceptual elements related to territorial disputes that are central to the legal and political sciences: state, sovereignty and self-determination.
To compare and contrast the many issues at stake in territorial disputes and the potential remedies currently available.
To assess why some territorial disputes remain unresolved.
To identify in theory the elements all territorial disputes have in common when they start and as they continue, and why a party may seek and comply with a settlement.
To establish some guidelines for policymaking in dispute settlement and conflict resolution.
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Recently on my YouTube channel I've been playing through The Sims Mobile which is now available for iOS and Android devices. I've always been very apprehensive about getting into mobile games, because more often than not they are designed with some rather expensive paywalls.
So far I've played the game for about three weeks and I've been legitimately enjoying the game so far. However I do feel some of the micro-transactions are way overpriced and there are a few mechanics in the game that I really hope they change and I go into detail about this in my YouTube series.
The two images above are screenshots of my current household. From my own pocket I've invested $9.00 USD into micro-transactions. If you end up spending any money on this game I highly recommend waiting until a daily deal pops up, the bundle for 500 SimCash and 50 cupcakes I found to be fairly priced.
I would 100% avoid buying any of the item sets in the featured section of the shop, they are simply not worth it at all. Plus you unlock a majority of the sets later on in the game if you keep playing. You're much better off spending your SimCash to unlock all 4 playable Sims that way you can make money in the game much faster.
If you play The Sims Mobile you can send me a friend request and see the status of my current household! Keep in mind though I'm already at the 50 friend limit. However after you send me a invite you should see my username at the very bottom of your friends list and you can still view my house and profile there within the game's client. My friend code is: EMGLERA.
Hope you enjoy the series and have a great day / night!


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We work with children of all abilities to improve their subject confidence, as well as their passion for learning - that's why it's difficult to give you statistical results on how our students are doing. However, we think that the voice of our current members and parents will give you the best idea of how they find Parch Hill!
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A college student from Wayne is suing Fordham University after it refused to allow a pro-Palestinian club on campus.
A college student from Wayne is suing Fordham University after the school refused to allow him and other students to start a pro-Palestinian club, igniting a free-speech battle on campus.
Ahmad Awad, the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit filed this week, said he was shocked when a dean banned Students for Justice in Palestine — even after the student government approved the club — claiming it would create "polarization" on campus.
Awad applied for club status in November 2015. But he and other students faced repeated delays and questioning about their politics, including their use of the term "apartheid" and support for a boycott aimed at pressuring Israel to end its occupation of Palestinian land.
A year after the application was filed, the student government approved recognition of Students for Justice in Palestine as a club. Awad called his father, thrilled over the approval, he said.
Soon after, Fordham's dean of students, Keith Eldredge, applied a rarely used veto to overrule the decision and deny the club. Eldredge said that approving SJP would lead to "polarization," and that the call for a boycott "presents a barrier to open dialogue," Awad contends.
Awad said he was shocked by the decision.
Awad, 22, said the fight for Palestinian rights was natural to him due to his upbringing. He is the grandson of a Nazi labor camp survivor from Poland on his mother's side and the grandson of Palestinians on his father's side.
"Both of them come from oppressed histories," said Awad, a history major.
When he visits relatives in the West Bank, he said, he is routinely stopped, searched and questioned because he is Palestinian, he said.
Awad is joined in the New York County State Supreme Court lawsuit by students Sofia Dadap, Sapphira Lurie and Julie Norris. They are represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights and Palestine Legal, which argue that the university has engaged in viewpoint discrimination in violation of its own policies on freedom of expression.
The lawsuit is one in a number of free-speech battles brewing on college campus. This week, students at the University of California at Berkeley sued after an appearance by conservative commentator Ann Coulter — whose syndicated column appears in the Asbury Park Press — was canceled over reported safety concerns.
A campaign has also been launched to force CUNY to disinvite community activist Linda Sarsour, one of the leaders of the Women's March in January, as a graduation speaker because of her pro-Palestinian views.
Colleges and university in particular have become political battlegrounds over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with many complaints alleging a clampdown on anti-Israel speech and punitive actions against students and teachers who express those views.
Pro-Israel groups claim activists from Students for Justice in Palestine demonize Israel and make Jewish students uncomfortable when they boycott Israel and describe its policies toward Palestinians as racist and apartheid-like.
Lurie, one of the students suing Fordham over the club's denial, is Jewish and said in her affidavit that she grew up in a "Zionist household."
Howe said Fordham has told students that it will grant the club status if they change its name and "slightly" change its constitution. Attorneys said the school has changed its justification for the denial several times, but had never before offered to grant recognition if the students would change the name.
"Fordham administrators refused requests for an appeal of the decision to ban SJP and refused repeated requests to talk with the students about this decision," said Radhika Sainath, an attorney at Palestine Legal.
Still, students said they don't want to change the name. Even though the club would be independent, the name conveys that they are part of a larger national movement on college campuses for Palestinian rights, they said.
At Fordham, the administration's actions to deny the club sparked an outcry on campus and beyond. Civil rights groups condemned the decision, as did a group of Catholic clergy and professors, and over 100 Fordham professors.
Should Fordham reverse its decision, Awad won't be around to enjoy it. He finished his coursework in December and will walk with his class at commencement in May. But he wants to make sure other students have the right to have their voices heard.


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Seth Grahame-Smith Directing DC's 'The Flash'!!!
by Red Zeppelbon on Oct 5th, 2015
Hey guys, Jana here,
Seth Grahame-Smith is putting some distance between himself and the novels that rocketed him to stardom ('Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' and 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies') by turning his eye to directing. The project in question isn't an adaptation to one of his novels, but to 'The Flash'.
The Warner Bros. comic book movie based on the DC Entertainment character was being looked at as a project for the duo from 'The Lego Movie', Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the pair have taken another vehicle launching them into the 'Star Wars' world and have left 'The Flash' rudderless. This is where Grahame-Smith will step in, he will be writing the film and making his directorial debut for a feature.
While working in his lab during a storm one night, a bolt of lightning strikes a tray of chemicals soaking police scientist Barry Allen with its contents. Now able to move at super-speed, Barry becomes The Flash protecting Central City from the threats it faces. Flash is already looking at a release date of March 3, 2018 and a star attached, Ezra Miller. Miller's Flash, Barry Allen, will be introduced in 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice' and then he will appear again in 'Justice League Part 1′ which will debut in the summer of 2017.
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Trump threatens democracy: he's not the only one
Jack Ainslie
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Amongst his angry ramblings, campaign messaging and promotion of a New York pizza restaurant, there has been a recurring target of Donald Trump's tweeting ire in recent months. On multiple occasions he has called into question the security of voting by mail in the November Presidential election. Trump has even gone so far as to call the election "rigged" and outrageously called for the vote to be delayed, sparking widespread rebukes from senior Republicans.
In the early-morning tweet Trump wrote that "2020 will be the most inaccurate and fraudulent election in history" due to the prevalence of "universal mail-in voting." He has said the election will be a "great embarrassment" to the USA. These hyperbolic claims demonstrate Trump's continuing willingness to defy Presidential norms and make patently false claims in order to advance his own political interests.
Due to the continuing pandemic, it is expected that there will be a surge in Americans choosing to post their ballot, rather than masking up and dragging themselves to the voting booth. Donald Trump's apparent concerns over the legitimacy of mail-in ballots seems to not be shared by many Americans, or even justified by his own actions. In a recent Gallup poll, 64% of Americans said that they would favour their state allowing all of its voters to vote by mail. Trump has also voted by mail in the past.
There is little evidence to support the President's claims. Five states currently conduct all their elections by mail, including the Republican stronghold of Utah, and there has been little evidence of fraudulent activity. Colorado has conducted elections using postal votes since 2014. Their director of elections, Judd Choate, told the NYT that there is "very little evidence that there is more than a handful of fraudulent (vote-by-mail) cases across the country in a given election cycle."
Whilst there are concerns that some states don't have the infrastructure to cope with the predicted surge in mail-in voting, there is little evidence to suggest that there will be widespread fraud. Charles Stewart (an academic who studies voting) said that fraud using postal ballots is 'less rare' than fraud when voters physically cast their ballot. However, at the same time, he acknowledged that it was still extremely uncommon.
Trump's attempts to halt this form of voting seem fruitless, with many states, including Republican ones, loosening restrictions on postal ballots in order to make it safer for voters. Indeed, postal voting has been widely increasing over the past few decades with no tangible increase in proven electoral fraud. In the 2016 Presidential election 20.9% of voters voted by mail which equated to around 33 million votes. Only one case of voter fraud was uncovered in relation to postal ballots in during extensive research of this election by the Washington Post, amongst 3 other confirmed incidents that happened through other means.
Trump has suggested that he will challenge legislation expanding vote-by-mail in the courts. In yet another angry tweet he criticised the state of Nevada for passing a bill which ensures that every registered voter will receive a mail-in ballot for the November elections. He wrote that the state's Democratic governor Steve Sisolak was "using COVID to steal the state" and added "see you in court!" The Trump campaign has since filed a lawsuit against the state.
It is obvious that Trump's real concern is that increased mail-in voting will lead to a Democratic surge. Democratic voters have a more positive view of mail-in voting. In the same Gallup poll, 83% of Democrats said they would favour greater access to mail-in voting. In contrast, only 40% of Republicans shared the same sentiment, perhaps in part because of Trump's constant criticisms. The slight increase in voter turnout that mail-in voting generally causes could benefit the Democrats, who tend to profit from higher turnouts.
This apparent fear of Democratic mail-in dominance has also been implied by the President's promotion of absentee ballots. These ballots are effectively the same as mail-in voting but are generally utilised more by Republicans. Absentee ballots are still postal votes but require voters to have a reason in order to request one – for example being out-of-state on election day. If Trump had a genuine concern about fraud, it seems strange that he would not also be questioning these votes.
The President has praised absentee ballots, stating that they are secure because you need to undertake "a precise process" in order to get them. He has surprisingly endorsed mail-in voting in Florida, claiming that their electoral system has been "cleaned up." Opponents have suggested that the large number of elderly Republican voters in Florida, who may be apprehensive about in-person voting in the crucial election state, are playing on the President's mind more than the security of the ballot.
Yet, despite the limited benefit that increased turnout gives the Democrats, there is little proof that universal mail-in voting gives them any sizeable advantage. A study by a team at Stanford University looked at the implementation of the system in Colorado, Utah and California. They found that whilst voter turnout had slightly increased, there was no clear evidence of either party being disproportionately benefited by an increase in postal votes.
This therefore begs the question as to why Trump is so determined to try and undermine mail-in voting. In a widely publicised interview with Fox News presenter Chris Wallace, Trump was asked whether he would accept the result of the election if Biden were to be triumphant. He defiantly replied saying "I have to see. No I'm not going to just say yes."
Trump's shiftiness about whether or not he'll accept the result is linked to his continual running down of mail-in voting. The President is slumping in the polls; his rival, Joe Biden, is ahead in all of the key states. Whilst a lot can change in four months, the situation for the Trump campaign is certainly dire. However, the President's attempt to erode public confidence in mail-in voting could lead to a defiant Trump trying to cling to the White House.
Postal ballots take longer to count and the world may be waiting for an unusual amount of time for the election result due to the large number expected. Whilst we will get initial indications on the night, the result may not be confirmed as quickly as previous elections. Trump has already set unreasonable demands around the speed of the result, claiming that he wants it instantly. This gap between voting day and the full result being declared will allow him to further cast doubt over the legitimacy of the result. His interview with Wallace showed his willingness to create a malaise of discontent around the results of an election in which he is struggling to gain ground. His claims about mail-in voting are one prominent prong of his strategy to undermine the results.
Joe Biden has gone on the record as saying that his "single greatest concern" is that "this President is going to try and steal this election." In an interview on The Daily Show he said "this is a guy who said all mail-in ballots are fraudulent, voting by mail, while he sits behind the desk in the Oval Office and writes his mail-in ballots to vote in the primary".
When former Vice President Biden spoke of his fear of Trump "stealing the election" he wasn't only referring to Trump's views on mail-in voting. He was talking about the voter suppression that Trump isn't tweeting angrily about. That is the calculated suppression of votes in Republican states – predominantly affecting communities of colour, who tend to heavily vote Democrat. Trump's fraudulent claims of electoral fraud heavily distract from this issue and eerily call back to many past instances of politicians crying fraud, and then proceeding to introduce cumbersome electoral laws to apparently 'secure' the ballot.
For a country which likes to praise itself as 'the greatest democracy on earth', there is a certain irony to this state sanctioned suppression. There is clear recognition that the United States is not perfect. The Economist rates the US as a 'flawed democracy' in its annual global democracy index. Overall, the US is rated 25th, ahead of Malta, and behind Japan. Freedom House rates the U.S. 53rd on its global freedom index.
Restrictive voter ID laws, removal of legitimate voters from electoral rolls, gerrymandering, cutting polling places, stripping voting rights from released prisoners and literacy tests: all are means through which American states try to stop voters exercising their democratic rights. These methods are most commonly found in Republican states and overwhelmingly affect poor communities of colour.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 banned racial discrimination in voting. However, in 2013, the Supreme Court removed a key clause in the act, thus allowing states to run rampant with new laws designed to suppress the vote.
The case, brought by the authorities in Shelby County, Alabama, effectively barred the US's Department of Justice from having any ability to scrutinise new electoral laws. Until 2013 certain states were prohibited from introducing new voting laws without approval from the Department of Justice. These states were under these restrictions due to the history of instituting discriminatory voting legislation.
Whilst it is still technically illegal to institute discriminatory voting laws, they can no longer be effectively challenged without new legislation from Congress. There is little sign of that happening. Writing in favour of the decision in 2013 Chief Justice John Roberts stated that Congress's "failure to act" was the reason for the decision. Liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg called the ruling a "demolition of the Voting Rights Act" in her written dissent.
Since the decision, various states have implemented draconian laws designed to suppress voters. In 2014 Alabama was finally able to introduce a voter ID law which had been blocked since 2011. This meant that in order to vote citizens had to present one of seven types of photo ID. However, the IDs which were permitted were predominantly held by wealthier, white citizens. Government issued IDs that are more common in poorer, black and Hispanic communities, such as public housing ID, were not accepted.
From October this year voters in Alabama will require a so-called "Real ID" in order to vote. These are commonly obtained in DMV offices. Yet, the former Governor of Alabama, Robert Bentley closed 31 DMV centres during his time in office, the majority in black communities. Opening hours were also restricted. Perhaps it is unsurprising that Alabama is also rated as the worst state in the country for allowing access to mail-in voting..
Alabama's junior senator, Democrat Doug Jones was elected in a surprise victory in 2017, primarily due to a huge voter drive. Jones has said that he had to run the race in 'defensive mode… in order to make sure that people have the ability to cast their vote.' The state's Democrats have continued these efforts in order to ensure voters are ready for the November election. However, Ben Harris, a senior member of Alabaman Democratic Party in Mobile County has dismally noted that "if I could multiply by 1000 percent the resources we have to get the vote out I would. And it still wouldn't be enough."
Alabama is not alone. Earlier this year a voter ID law in North Carolina was blocked by a district judge who ruled that it was likely that the measure was crafted with discrimination in mind. This came two years after a similar law had been struck down. The state's Republican controlled legislature was seemingly unhappy at record levels of black turnout in the 2008 and 2012 elections. This higher rate of African-American voter registration meant officials could collect data on which IDs they predominantly held. The list of permissible IDs could then be tailored to those more likely to be used by white voters. The court which struck down the law said it was disproportionately designed to impact African-Americans with "almost surgical precision."
The ruling came too late to help counter the six percent drop in black turnout in 2016, though this may also be partly down to the lack of enthusiasm for Trump and his then-rival Hillary Clinton. It is worth noting that the number of black citizens registered to vote declined nationwide between 2012 and 2016, pointing to barriers getting younger people registered. Trump's contrived concerns about mail-in voting, set against his complete silence on these issues demonstrate that political rather than moral obligations motivate his words on these issues.
The academic Carol Anderson has noted that these laws are often introduced due to the menacing idea of "the bogeyman of voter fraud" being propagated by senior politicians. Indeed, Pat McCrory, the former Governor of North Carolina, cited voting fraud as one reason for the voter ID law, with shockingly little evidence. The President may take this one step further, using mail-in voting to both ignore genuine concerns about voter's access to the polls and inventing stories of fraud to deny an unfavourable election result.
Voter ID laws are far from the only way in which the vote is suppressed. Georgia's primary elections in June were disastrous. Coronavirus restrictions led to a reduced number of polling locations and inexperienced poll workers replacing those who preferred to stay indoors. Even more worrying were widespread reports that the state's new electronic election system was not working.
This resulted in hours-long lines for many Georgian voters, with many polling stations processing their last voters long after they were originally scheduled to close. Research by the Atlanta newspaper AJC found that while 80% of majority white precincts closed on time, just 61% of majority black precincts finished as scheduled. What happens in November when turnout will be even higher? Many can't afford to spend their day waiting in line.
An investigation into what went wrong in Georgia has resulted in a political blame game – with the Republican Secretary of State blaming the worst affected counties for poor management. These Democratic counties have hit back, accusing the Secretary of voter suppression. Whilst primaries are contests within parties, if black communities are once again adversely affected in November, there will be serious questions to answer.
Whilst there are huge efforts from campaign groups to get voters registered, signed up for mail-in ballots or supported when waiting in tedious lines at the polls, many worries remain, not least the possibility that Donald Trump will not accept the election result. If this possibly becomes a terrifying reality, there is no doubt that Trump's deliberate spreading of misinformation about mail-in voting will make undermining the result all the easier. However, the real scandal of this election will not be mail-in voting, but widespread voter suppression in the self-titled Land of the Free.
Jack Ainslie is a graduate in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh. He will shortly be beginning a postgraduate course in journalism at The University of Sheffield.
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We've merged and we pledge our continued support in our region's fight against coronavirus
The three clinical commissioning groups of Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire are set to formally merge as a single organisation, in a move that aims to maintain and enhance the health and wellbeing of local people, particularly in light of the current coronavirus pandemic.
Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board, the official name of the new organisation, will formally be established on Wednesday 1 April after more than 18 months of joined-up, cross-boundary working by the three separate ICBs.
Introducing the new ICB, which will serve a combined population of 934,000, Tracey Cox, Chief Executive, said: "For some time, our teams working across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire have being working more closely together and this has enabled us, in collaboration with our health and social care partners, local authorities and voluntary sector colleagues, to start to implement a strategic and cohesive local response to the unprecedented coronavirus challenge.
"By formally merging, we can take this one step further and use our collective strength to become more efficient in how we plan and deliver local healthcare, both now and in the future.
"Of course, we had never expected our new joined-up approach to be tested so significantly so early on in our organisation's history, but, while our focus right now is on providing leadership and practical on-the-ground support to tackling the coronavirus, we are mindful that these difficult times will make us all the more resilient in our ongoing work towards giving each and every person in our area a healthcare system they can be proud of and have faith in."
The new ICB will maintain its roots in local communities and will continue to be driven by local clinicians from the 94 practices across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire.
Dr Andrew Girdher, a GP from Box Surgery in Corsham, takes on the role of Clinical Chair for BSW ICB, while Dr Ruth Grabham, a GP based in Bath and North East Somerset, becomes Medical Director.
The two lead clinicians will be supported in their Governing Body roles by a range of GPs, practice nurses and other healthcare professionals from across the region, all with a unique knowledge of their specific geographical area.
BSW ICB is responsible for planning and buying health and care services for the people of Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire.
The organisation serves a population of 934,000 people and has an annual budget of £1.3 billion.
By April 2021, BSW ICB will have led the way in establishing a region-wide Integrated Care System, in line with expectations set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.
Operating at scale across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire means strategically commissioning services and reducing variation in care so everyone receives high quality treatment, regardless of where they live.
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