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A POLICEMAN'S LOT MAY NOT BE A HAPPY ONE --
BUT IS SO VERY NECESSARY
by Thomas A. Droleskey
"A policeman's lot is not a happy one," goes one
ditty from a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. However
unhappy that lot may be, though, a policeman who
discharges his duty to keep the public safety according
to the binding precepts of the Divine positive law and
natural law is doing very necessary work to help maintain
the common good of a society. So sad is the spectacle,
therefore, of police officers being used in this country
to protect evil-doers, such as baby-killers, rather than
throwing them into jail for the offenses against both God
and man. Nevertheless, a well-ordered and rightly
disposed police force is a necessity for the maintenance
of public safety as our first defense against those who
use their free wills irresponsibly in defiance of the
objective standards of justice founded in Truth Incarnate
as He has revealed Himself through Holy Mother Church.
The Most Reverend Thomas Daily, now the Bishop of
Brooklyn, has exculpated himself for his role in
protecting a priest of the Archdiocese of Boston who was
convicted recently of child molestation by claiming quite
defensively, "I am not a policeman; I am a shepherd."
Bishop Daily thus betrays a woeful misunderstanding of
the simple fact that one of the jobs of a shepherd in
herding his sheep is indeed to police his flock. A
shepherd has the responsibility to prevent chaos among
his flock, using his staff to discipline unruly sheep.
Discipline is one of the chief roles of a shepherd,
something that most American bishops simply fail to
understand.
Bishop Daily was the Chancellor of the Archdiocese
of Boston when accusations of pederasty were first made
against Father John Geoghan in 1980. One printed report
noted that Daily "believed at the time, incorrectly, that
priests had immunity from civil and criminal prosecution
abuse." How a chancellor of a major metropolitan
archdiocese could believe in such folly strains
credulity. However, the predilection of American prelates
to engage in wishful, positivistic thinking is all too
well documented. Time and time again, for example, the
legitimate concerns expressed by the lay faithful about
the horrors of sex instruction programs and liturgical
abuses and heretical statements made from the pulpit or
contained in catechetical texts (or taught in Catholic
educational institutions) are dismissed by bishops and
their apparatchiks in chancery offices as so much
nonsense. If such problems exist, these officials try to
convince themselves, then they are minor and do not need
to be addressed because these situations will correct
themselves over the course of time. Or, in many
instances, bishops and chancery officials adamantly
defend deviancy, liturgical abuses and "diversity" in
theological opinion as objectively good things that help
people to grow in the "journey of their faith
experiences."
The fact that Bishop Daily and Bernard Cardinal Law,
who has been Archbishop of Boston since March 25, 1984,
have failed to police clergy accused of perverted
behavior should come as no surprise. Neither use their
episcopal authority to discipline heretics within the
flock, including pro-abortion politicians. Cardinal Law,
for example, has bent over backward to please the
Kennedys over the years despite the fact that every
single Kennedy in public life supports the mystical
dismemberment of our Lord in the person of unborn
children in their mothers' wombs. He heaped lavish praise
upon the late Thomas P. O'Neil, Speaker of the United
States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1987, at the
latter's Mass of Christian Burial in January 1994, even
though O'Neil was a staunch supporter of "abortion
rights." (This is something that would have made the man
whom O'Neil replaced in his Congressional district in
Massachusetts, the late Speaker John McCormack, roll over
in his grave; McCormack had vowed that there would never
be any bill proposing to "legalize" abortion in the
United States as long as he was Speaker of the House.
McCormack was Speaker from the time of the death of
Representative Sam Rayburn in 1962 until January 1971.)
Cardinal Law has even gone so far as to say that he will
not demand that teachers of theology at Catholic colleges
and universities in his archdiocese, such as Boston
College, receive a mandatum from him in order to teach as
is required in EX CORDE ECCLESIAE, which was issued by
Pope John Paul II in 1990 precisely to ensure the
integrity of doctrine taught by theology professors at
colleges and universities. No, Cardinal Law, who fashions
himself a man of nuanced judgments, does not want to be a
"policeman," something that he now admits was an error of
judgment in the case of Father Geoghan.
What neither Cardinal Law nor Bishop Daily (nor most
of their brethren in the American hierarchy) understand
is that there is a direct connection between failing to
police the hiring and retention of those who teach the
Holy Faith and the increase in public scandals which
arise as a result of the denial of our Lord's received
teaching by priests. If priests are permitted to preach
and to teach heresy with abandon, either from the pulpit
or in the classroom, then this is a pretty fair
indication that they themselves are exculpated from
having to live according to that which they deny so
gratuitously in the official fora provided them by the
Church. Thus, one of the most important things any bishop
is obliged to do to protect the integrity of the Faith
and thus the eternal welfare of the souls of the lay
faithful entrusted to their pastoral care is to police
priests and nuns and teachers who prove themselves to be
disloyal to the received teaching of our Lord. Naturally,
though, if a man is committed to viewing the Faith in a
nuanced way, such as Cardinal Law, then much latitude is
given to outright heretics within the Church to poison
the souls of the faithful and then to engage in predatory
physical assaults upon those they have poisoned with the
rot of theological relativism. A failure to police those
who undermine the Holy Faith leads to the abortion of
souls. And it is the abortion of souls in Catholic
parishes and Catholic educational institutions and
Catholic hospitals which is what helps to lead our own
Catholic women to seek out the abortionist to kill the
fruit of their own wombs. After all, if pro-abort
Catholics in public life can remain Catholics in good
standing -- and if Catholic priests and nuns and teachers
can continue teaching heresy with complete and total
impunity -- then members of the lay faithful are thus
encouraged to succumb to the pressures of the prevailing
cultural and legal orthodoxy. If you want to keep
Catholic women out of the abortuary, then it is incumbent
for shepherds to indeed police those who are responsible
for preaching and teaching.
This lesson is utterly lost on Bishop Daily.
Utterly. Oh, he goes faithfully every month to some
abortuary in the Diocese of Brooklyn to pray Our Lady's
Most Holy Rosary. All well and good. However, his
Excellency does not realize that one of the reasons, as
noted above, that our own women are going to abortuaries
is that they have been the victims of Catholic
educational fraud. Thus, Bishop Daily did nothing in 1995
when then Dean Rudolph Hasl of St. John's Law School
hired a woman named Tanya Hernandez at a time when she
was working for the Center for Reproductive Law and
Public Policy in Puerto Rico. Bishop Daily did nothing.
He said nothing. Indeed, early in his reign as bishop of
Brooklyn Daily used the "I'm not a policeman" line to say
that it was not his job to supervise the hiring of
teachers in the Catholic schools operated in his diocese.
Bishop Daily thus excuses himself so very easily and so
very lightly from the responsibility to make sure that
everyone who teaches and preaches is of one mind and
heart with the Mind of the Divine Redeemer as He has
discharged It in Holy Mother Church and protects Its
contents by the infallible guidance of the Holy Ghost
over the centuries until the end of time. No one who
dissents one iota from the received teaching our Lord has
entrusted to His Mystical Bride, the Church, must ever be
hired in any position of teaching or preaching authority.
As men who have shirked their episcopal
responsibility, however, most American bishops delegate
their authority to others. And then they engage in
gratuitous denials of reality when problems are brought
to their attention -- or angrily defend outrages which
are brought to their attention. It is almost as though
they want to live in a fantasy world and that anyone who
dares to burst the bubble of their fantasy world has to
be attacked with anger and savage fury. It cannot
possibly be that they or any of their hand-picked
officials are guilty of malfeasance, sloth, arrogance,
and contempt for the legitimate right of the faithful to
integrity of doctrine and reverence of worship
(especially as it relates to the Traditional Latin Mass).
Much like elected politicians, most bishops and their
chancery officials attempt to engage in "spin doctoring"
in order to justify themselves.
In essence, you see, many of our bishops and their
chancery toadies believe they are above public
questioning for their refusal to see our ecclesiastical
situation clearly for what it truly is. If everyone in a
chancery office keeps congratulating them on what a great
job they are doing (which is one of the central themes of
the new Mass: everybody is holy, everybody is doing a
great job of pleasing God), they are going to resent
anyone who attempts to tell them that they are not
wearing any clothing. Furthermore, many of our bishops
and their chancery factotums either have a soft spot for
those inclined to active homosexual behavior or are
subject to blackmail themselves in this regard. No one is
alleging this to be the case with Bishop Daily or
Cardinal Law. However, Roman Catholic Faithful, Inc., has
published damning material about a network of homosexuals
in the hierarchy of this country, going so far as to name
names. No one has sued them over that report. No one has
even threatened to sue them over that report. At the very
least, however, it is the case that most of our bishops
and their functionaries do not understand or want to
believe that homosexuality in se is a psychiatric disease
and that those who demonstrate this disease must never be
ordained to the priesthood and must be removed from all
pastoral assignments forever once they demonstrate such
behavior. Better that they spend their lives celebrating
Mass alone in a monastery than that they be placed in a
situation destructive of their own souls and of the souls
of the boys they victimize and the families who suffer
with these boys. Once again, though, anyone who attempts
to explain this ugly reality to bishops is met with
contempt.
As if the avoidable scandals which have broken in
recent decades are not enough, at least two Catholic
colleges, Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, and the
University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana, are
permitting an unspeakably obscene play, "------
Monologues," to be performed on their campuses. This
outrage, which is taking place during the season of Lent,
has been met with indifference by the two bishops
involved. Indeed, Bishop Daniel Reilly of the Diocese of
Worcester has said publicly that it is none of his
business and that he intends to do nothing about it. So
much for preventing souls dear to our Lord from being
polluted and corrupted at allegedly Catholic institutions
of higher learning. Then, again, if bishops don't take
serious the minimal requirements found in EX CORDE
ECCLESIAE to ensure the doctrinal integrity of those who
teach theology at Catholic universities and colleges, why
should they care one whit about that which promotes sin,
the very thing we are supposed to be repenting of during
the season of Lent?
A shepherd is called to be a policeman. Policing is
an indispensable function of a pastor. We need to pray to
our Lady, Mother of the Church, that bishops will police
those in need of policing for the good of the salvation
of souls and the greater honor and glory of the Blessed
Trinity. "Ad majorem Dei gloriam" demands nothing less
than firmness in protecting the flock entrusted to a
shepherd's care.
As is well known to readers of my writing, I am a
critic of the modern state, including the precepts
responsible for the Declaration of Independence and the
Constitution of the United States of America. The modern
state is modern in the specific rejection of the
authority of Christ the King as exercised by His true
Church in the person of the Sovereign Pontiff and those
bishops in full, juridical communion with him.
As Pope Leo XIII noted in IMMORTALE DEI in 1885 (and
throughout his 25-year pontificate) and as Pope Pius XI
noted in QUAS PRIMAS in 1925), the reign of Christ the
King extends to nations as well as individuals. The
binding precepts of the Divine positive law and the
natural law govern the actions of men both individually
and collectively in society. No one has the right to
transgress God's law. No one is morally free to do evil.
There is a difference between having the physical freedom
to choose to do evil and having the moral authority to do
so. Thus, it was the case in the Middle Ages, that period
of time which ran approximately from the fall of the
Roman Empire in the West to the period of the so-called
Renaissance, that leaders of Christian kingdoms
understood that they were as bound to the observance of
the binding precepts of God's law as set down in writing
and contained in Sacred Tradition and the natural law in
their civil rule over their subjects as they were in
their individual lives. And they recognized that just as
the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity made Man
subjected Himself to the authority of His own creatures
in Nazareth, including that of His foster father, Saint
Joseph (who, though a just man, was a sinner), so too
must they, civil rulers, submit themselves to the
authority of the Vicar of Christ or a national primate on
matters pertaining to faith and morals and on matters
pertaining to objective justice founded in the splendor
of Truth Incarnate.
Although never realized perfectly (Saint Louis IX of
France perhaps best exemplified an understanding of the
Social Kingship of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ), the
exercise of the Social Kingship of Christ by the Church
was the brake that checked and curbed the tendencies of
some rulers in the Middle Ages toward absolutism, and it
was the overthrow of that divinely instituted brake
during the Protestant Revolt and the rise of Freemasonry
which resulted in the triumph of monarchical absolutism
as well as the triumph of majoritarian despotism in our
own day. As the late Father Denis Fahey noted in his
great work, THE MYSTICAL BODY OF CHRIST IN THE MODERN
WORLD, the rise of the modern state is founded in the
deification of man, principally by its deemphasis or
denial of the social dimensions of the Incarnation and
Redemption and by its assertion that political
sovereignty resides in the people.
As I have noted on so many occasions in the past six
years, the founding of this nation was a complex event
which was influenced by a number of philosophical forces.
Its principal defect, however, rests in its rejection of
the Social Kingship of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
as exercised by Holy Mother Church, thereby leaving the
Constitution, which does indeed have parts which are
consonant with at least an attenuated understanding of
the natural-law principle of subsidiarity, open to the
same sort of radical deconstructionism that the Bible
itself underwent at the hands of Protestant (and, later,
Catholic) Scriptural exegetes enamored of the so-called
historical-critical method. That is, once man divorces
himself from the authority instituted by God Himself to
direct man in both his personal and social lives, then he
is subject to the whims of whoever happens to hold power
at any given moment or whatever happens to be
majoritarian sentiment at any point in time. If there is
no authority on earth to which men must submit
themselves, then a nation degenerates only too naturally
to the point where people say, "Who are you to tell me
the Second Amendment means what you say it means? Who are
you to tell me that abortion is wrong? I have my own
truth. I don't read things the same way you do." Absent a
belief in the Deposit of Faith our Lord entrusted to His
true Church, which is our mother and our teacher, men of
their fallen nature come to think of themselves as gods,
and come to believe that they can act in any
Machiavellian manner they choose to advance their goals,
noble or ignoble, in the temporal realm.
James Madison expressed his belief in THE FEDERALIST
PAPERS that there was no one "opinion" that could unite
men, who he claimed to be fractionated by a variety of
"opinions." Men thus prone to be fractionated would form
into factions to promote their own interests in society,
using violence and fraud to do so. This tendency of man
to form factions to promote his own interests and
"opinions" is what led to him to devise a structural
framework he claimed would make it difficult, not
impossible, for there to be the triumph of any one
faction or one opinion in society that does not at least
consider the rights of those who dissent from it to make
its collective voice heard in civil debate. Thus, the
whole framework of a bicameral Congress and separation of
powers and of the division of power between a national
government (alleged to be created by the agents of the
people) and the state governments was meant to multiply
factions in order to force them to clash with one another
in the schemata presented by a republican (or
representative) form of government. The tendency of
factions toward mobocracy could be curbed by forcing them
to confront each other in legislative debate, and by
making sure that no one region or one group or one
"opinion" could control the entirety of the policymaking
process. This can be called the Madisonian dialectic:
Madison's belief that men were destined to clash because
there is nothing of substance, apart from patriotism,
which could unite them.
Madison was wrong. There is something which of its
nature is meant to unite all men: the Holy Faith. Men can
live together in peace for the honor and glory of God if
they recognize in each other the Divine impress and
understand how each of us is called to keep company with
our Lady at the foot of the Holy Cross in the Mass,
cooperating fervently with the graces won for us on the
wood of the Holy Cross by the shedding of our Lord's Most
Precious Blood to grow in sanctity, not merely natural
civic virtue for the sake of being "good" citizens.
Catholics understand that it is necessary for men to have
access to, belief in, and cooperation with sanctifying
grace in order to be the best husbands and the best
fathers and the best artisans and the best citizens for
love of the Blessed Trinity. It is not possible in the
normal course of events for men to persevere in virtue
without sanctifying grace; it is absolutely impossible
for nations to pursue justice over the course of the long
run without subordinating themselves to that which the
God-Man Himself ordained for the proper ordering of
individual souls for the pursuit of their Last End as
they go about the business of daily life in this vale of
tears.
That is, the Founders missed entirely the purpose of
government. The purpose of government is not the creation
of the "extended commercial republic" to advance the
economic and other property interests of men otherwise
fractioned by a diversity of "opinions" about their
origins and destiny. No, as Saint Louis IX understood --
and as Pope Leo XIII taught so very clearly -- Catholics
understand that one of the principal purposes of
government, apart from defending the integrity of a
nation and administering justice in the pursuit of the
common good, was to help to defeat those conditions in
society which breed sin and thus lead to the degeneration
of men over the course of time (and which leads
ultimately to the destruction of nations and empires).
Each of us is a sinner. However, it is one thing to sin
and to be sorry, to seek out the mercy of the Divine
Redeemer in the Sacrament of Penance. It is quite another
to persist in sin unrepentantly, worse yet to promote it
in every aspect of a nation's social life. Men and
nations need the Church to guide them.
This is a nutshell summary of the social teaching of
the Church concerning the State, something I have
explicated on a number of occasions in recent years. I
have included it here by way of prelude to a denunciation
of treason. For while I recognize the defective nature of
the founding, I am nevertheless a native-born citizen of
the United States who loves his country in that I want to
will the good of my country, the ultimate expression of
which is her Catholicization and her subordination to the
Social Kingship of our Lord through His true Church
(which was the goal of the North American Martyrs and of
Blessed Junipero Serra as they sought to evangelize the
native peoples on different coasts of what became the
United States of America). A person can be a critic of a
country's founding and love country. However, we love our
country after we love our Lord through His true Church,
as I explained in detail in my reflections following the
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks upon this nation.
That having been noted, therefore, it is important
to note that the betrayal of one's nation is a serious
crime against the natural law, which enjoins us to love
the country in which we were born or in which we have
found refuge. A Catholic works to plant seeds by means of
prayer and sacrifice and fasting and efforts of
evangelization for the conversions of souls in a nation
that might, please God and by His ineffable grace, result
in the conversion of his nation over the course of time
(just as the Apostles and those who followed them in the
first few centuries of the Church planted the seeds that
resulted in the rise of the first Christendom). He does
not fight with the enemies of his nation in instances
where her legitimate right of national survival is
threatened. (There could be instances in which, for
example, a person would believe it to be just to resist
unjust state power if all conditions justifying an
internal revolt were met, even going so far as to accept
foreign assistance to assist that effort; that would not
be treason but an effort to restore order by means of
armed resistance, something that is never undertaken
lightly.) He does not give aid and comfort to those
seeking to kill innocent civilians. He does not work with
those seeking to kill our military personnel as they
attempt to secure his nation's security when attacked by
those intent on his destruction. A patriot is not a
nationalist. However, no patriot can be a traitor.
John Walker Lindh is a traitor to the core. It is
shameful that the Bush administration is not trying him
for treason, just as it was shameful for the
administration of the late President Richard Milhous
Nixon not to prosecute Jane Fonda for treason during the
Vietnam War. One legal scholar noted that Fonda had
committed treason but that the Nixon administration did
not believe it was politically expedient to prosecute
her, especially given the fact that convictions for
treason are very rare. Right is right, however. John
Walker Lindh was fighting side by side with the Taliban.
He is a traitor, not a "confused" young man.
John Walker Lindh was aided and abetted in his slide
down the path to treason by his mother, a fallen-away
Catholic who now practices Buddhism, which, of course,
preaches tolerance and "understanding" of diversity of
beliefs. If little Johnnie wanted to become a Mohammedan,
there was no harm in that, right? It was simply his way
of expressing his individuality, his way of getting "in
touch" with his true "inner self." No Catholic would
encourage his son to fight with the enemies of his
nation. While a Catholic might find it necessary to
refrain from a participation in some military activity
(the Spanish-American War was a masonically inspired
effort to destroy the last influences of Catholic Spain
in the world and to bring the United States into the
imperial era), he does not seek to associate with those
intent on killing his fellow citizens engaged in military
action consonant with the common good
What can be said about John Walker Lindh can be said
to a certain extent about Ted Turner, who praised the
"courage" of the terrorists who attacked this country on
September 11, 2001, in an address to students at Brown
University in Providence, Rhode Island, recently. Turner
blamed the attacks on the "poverty" in the Third World, a
preposterous proposition in light of the fact that Osama
bin Laden is a multi-billionaire who gave his
confederates fistfuls of dollars to spend in flight
academies and for first-class airline tickets. Ever
politically correct, Turner could never admit that it is
Mohammedism of its nature which bred the violence
proximately responsible for the actions of the men who
participated in the September 11, 2001, attack. No, he
who attacks Christianity on a regular basis, could never
criticize a religion which of its nature is a Christian
heresy and foments violence against Christians as doing
the will of Allah. Turner is a man who certainly hates
this country; alas, his hatred of this country is rooted
in his hatred of our Lord. If one can hate our Lord, then
one can quite easily seek to replace the true God with
the false god of internationalism and globalism, thereby
obliterating the natural law rights of his nation.
John Walker Lindh is a traitor. Ted Turner is a
hater. However, if you think about it, both men are
simply manifestations of the anthropocentricity that is
at the root of the modern state. As true lovers of our
nation, therefore, we must work with particular urgency
for the triumph of our Lady's Immaculate Heart as the
necessary precondition for the Social Kingship of her
Divine Son, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The more
that people love our Lord through His true Church and
seek to subordinate every aspect of their own lives and
the life of their nation to Him, the more that people
will be true patriots willing to defend the honor of
their King in the land which gives them both birth and
refuge.
O Immaculate Conception, Patroness of the United
States of America, pray for us.
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Dr. Thomas Droleskey, speaker and lecturer, is a
professor of political science, the author of CHRIST IN
THE VOTING BOOTH and THERE IS NO CURE FOR THIS
CONDITION (www.hopeofstmonica.com), and editor of
the CHRIST OR CHAOS newsletter.
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Time is of the essence and multi-masking might just be the answer.
Encouraging words indeed and if applied well, it can make chores and responsibilities more manageable. And apparently, time and resource management works well even in skincare with the concept of multi-masking.
This latest skincare trend is very much like multi-tasking where you get several things done at the same time. It sounds simple enough; you apply several layers of facemasks to address different skin issues at one go. Areas such as the T-Zone, eyes and cheeks have different needs.
For example, your nose, forehead and chin may be oily but your cheeks are dry so putting on just one mask may not be that effective. What about the lips? Together with the under-eye area, they are one of the most delicate and require a little more special attention when it comes to treatments and care.
For this multi-masking concept to work, it requires us to know our skin condition inside and out. We would also need to invest in a multitude of masks to apply to different parts of our face. This high-level of customisation is also what any good facial therapist would do during treatment facials so some people might just leave it in the hands of the therapist.
Whether you decide to DIY or outsource, the message is the same: we must treat our skin well.
"Irrespective of age, we should always maintain our skin and, prevent age and sun damage from taking a toil on our face," says Dr Terence Tan, Director of Halley Medical Aesthetics.


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ABOUT THE MAGNET PROGRAM
The Kealing Magnet Program, established in 1986 to offer an advanced academic option to students in Grades 7 and 8, was expanded in 2004 to include Grade 6. For over two decades, students from all over the City of Austin have chosen to attend the Kealing Magnet for academic opportunities they cannot find elsewhere. They get on buses and into cars early in the morning because they are eager for the academic challenges they find in the Kealing Magnet Program. The Kealing Magnet Program has a well-deserved reputation for excellence in academics. The program offers students a rigorous and relevant curriculum: core classes at a more advanced level than the Pre-AP honors classes at other middle schools and elective classes that extend and unify core class concepts and skills. Evidence of Kealing Magnet Program students' high achievement is documented by the highest test results in the school district and by success in academic competitions.
The Kealing Magnet Program is a comprehensive advanced academic magnet program. Core classes in English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies are all advanced and all students enrolled in the program take these advanced classes. The curriculum and teachers' instructional strategies promote independent inquiry and learning and allow students to develop their knowledge and skills significantly beyond traditional middle school expectations.
Our mission is to serve students from all over Austin ISD. As a result, acceptance in the Kealing Magnet Program will consist of two parts: 50% of the acceptances will be based solely on the top ranking scores of the rubric, while the other 50% will be divided proportionally by the Austin ISD middle schools feeder patterns. To be eligible for consideration, applicants must show proof of primary residence within AISD boundaries and must maintain primary residence within AISD. Primary residence, in accordance with board policy, "requires living in the district and having the present intention to remain there."
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6-8 Magnet Program Statistics: 2020-2021
Magnet Enrollment: 820
Campus (Both Magnet & Academy Programs) Enrollment: 1280
Magnet Program Office
Magnet Administrative Assistant: Ruby Palmer ruby.palmer@austinisd.org
Magnet Director: Sapna Patel Duchesne sapna.duchesne@austinisd.org


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Front pagePerspectivesBanks need to see fintech as a mindset
With the updated Payment Services Directive (PSD2) just around the corner, and the similar UK directive by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) forcing the largest banks to open up their platforms for new entrants, change is inevitable. To embrace the opportunities it represents, banks need to see fintech as a mindset rather than a them-and-us scenario, says fintech specialist Liz Lumley.
Four years ago, Liz Lumley, fintech specialist and former Managing Director of Startupbootcamp FinTech London, was invited by a close friend to the first London hackathon ever. The Google Campus had just opened, and according to her friend, the venue would be full of developers, designers and coders, just like in Silicon Valley:
"I was like: 'Sweetheart, I write about really big, expensive adult financial technology – why would I want to spend my Friday evening with a bunch of children as they build payment apps for fun?' And she said: 'There will be free beer and pizza'. So, I went and got my t-shirt," reminisces Liz Lumley.
At the bar, paying for her beer with a tweet, Lumley bumped into an acquaintance from a major UK bank whom she had met just a few days earlier, only this time no suit or tie in sight:
"That's when I thought: this world is changing, and it's changing from within – there are people who are concerned about making banking better, and they're looking everywhere to find out how to do it. I realised that I no longer worked in financial technology, I worked in fintech," says Liz Lumley, whose passion for financial technology began by answering an ad in the New York Times in 1994 when she barely knew what a stock was.
Open Banking is coming
Now in late 2017, with the updated EU Payment Services Directive just around the corner, and a similar directive in the UK by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) forcing the top nine banks in the UK to open up their platforms for new entrants, Lumley predicts that Open Banking will be as much of a revolution to the industry as were the ATM and smartphone, which made banking possible 24/7 and put the branch in everyone's pocket respectively.
"This is coming, and everyone is ready for it. Yet no one, including me, really knows what's going to happen," predicts Lumley who recalls hosting a roundtable in London a couple of years back when the PSD2 papers were released, looking at easy access to fast payments in the UK. The Faster Payments platform was built in 2008 specifically for the four largest UK banks, and according to Lumley, none of them really appreciated the competitive advantage it gave them:
"Now with all the new entrants to the market they all want access to this Faster Payments. And of course, the regulators are responding and making it easier. At this roundtable, none of the banks could quite understand why this gave them a competitive advantage, and all the new entrants around the table were like: 'yeah, it does'. And someone stood up at the roundtable and said: 'I went to a fintech event yesterday, and every single start-up had read the new PSD2 documentation backwards, forwards, upside-down, they read it to their children at bedtime - it was intense.' And he said: 'How many banks around the table have read it?' And not one had. The new entrants know exactly how powerful being connected to an established banking platform is," explains Lumley.
In her 23 years in the industry, Lumley apologetically explains, she has never known a bank to look at new regulation aspiring to do over and beyond what is required of them. Come January, incumbents will find themselves working alongside new entrants, including challenger banks such as the Starling Bank in the UK, that have the advantage of being built digitally from the onset.
Fintech is a mindset
But the worst thing an incumbent could do is to become paralysed like a deer in headlights at the prospect of Open Banking:
"When fintech started to become a buzzword, many people at banks felt threatened, including people who work in different business divisions - everything from car leasing to pet insurance to mortgage. To me that is not the right way to look at fintech. Fintech is a mindset and is about making banking better, making financial services more accessible, cheaper and simpler. And you need the banks to be part of that, so to me, it's never disruption. It's not us and them. It's all part of one eco system, and I don't think you can make a cake with two ingredients. You need to make a cake with all the ingredients, so banks, big tech, big financial institutions, small start-ups, innovation labs – they're all part of that eco system that makes fintech," says Liz Lumley, cautioning the industry against becoming dazzled by innovation to the extent that it forgets that a bank is still a secure, regulated entity that takes deposits and makes loans:
"Keeping your money safe, making sure you have access to that money, is very important, so I think banks should get their act together and be that platform. As much as I don't necessarily think that Amazon and Google are the evil empire, they're not banks. They're not regulated in the same way, so my hope is that banks get their act together and change," says Lumley.
She recommends banks to bring innovation into every department and completely rethink product silos, organising themselves around different customer segments instead.
Asia is coming
Meanwhile, as the banking sector in continental Europe and the UK is bracing itself for threats and opportunities brought about by the updated Payment Services Directive and that of the CMA, the game continues not only on a regional but also on a global scale:
"While we're busy debating all of this in Europe – PSD2, CMA, Brexit – this is going on: Silicon Valley-based start-up Stripe struck a deal with AliPay and WeChat, which has China locked down as a market. They've got experience of dealing with a billion people, and they're coming! So, I'd kind of be afraid of these guys too," concludes Lumley, making her audience wonder if size does matter after all.
Hear Liz Lumley explain her thoughts on fintech as a mindset, and much more:
"Banks are aircraft carriers and you don't turn them easily. I would bring innovation into every department and completely rethink product silos," says Liz Lumley, global specialist commentator on fintech.
We spoke to Liz Lumley in Denmark in October when she shared her passion for fintech and fast payments with Nets' merchant, corporate and banking customers.
Liz Lumley is a global specialist commentator on global financial technology or 'FinTech'. She has spent over 20 years working in the financial technology space, most recently as Managing Director at Startupbootcamp FinTech London and as an editor at financial services and technology newswire, Finextra. In addition to being an internationally recognised conference speaker and moderator, she is also a regular contributor to several well-known podcasts, including Brett King's Breaking Banks on the VoiceAmerica Business channel and FinTech Insider from 11.Fs. You can read her regular thoughts on her journey through FinTech and global start-ups on the blog Girl, Disrupted at www.girl-disrupted.com.


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Germany: CDU Makes Armin Laschet Party Chairman
Imanuel Marcus Jan 16, 2021
After a long process, Germany's conservative party CDU has a new leader. Armin Laschet, the First Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, won against two other candidates.Photo: Imanuel
Germany: CDU Prepares for Post-Merkel Era
On Friday night, Angela Merkel's conservative CDU started its first digital party convention. Only a few officials were present in Berlin, while 1,001 delegates…
Germany: Duel in the Fast Breed Reactor
In Germany, the AfD's leadership wants the party to look and sound moderate. But, at a party convention in a former nuclear power plant in Kalkar, attempts to…
German Greens Discuss Climate and Corona at First Digital Party Congress
Imanuel Marcus May 2, 2020
The Greens organized the first purely digital party congress in Germany today, obviously because of the danger posed by Corona. Annalena Baerbock and Robert Habeck, the two party leaders, held their main speeches.
Germany: Coup Against CDU Leadership Postponed
In the eastern German city of Leipzig, a coup within Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party CDU was called off, at least for now. Chairlady Annegret…
Germany: Merkel's CDU to Discuss Issues in Leipzig
In Germany's last big-tent party, the conservative CDU, issues are piling up. There are challenges, both internal and external ones, which need to be confronted…


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Groot-Tilburg is de naam die wel wordt gegeven aan een vroege, min of meer zelfstandige, heerlijkheid die een groot gebied in het midden van de huidige provincie Noord-Brabant omvatte. Het gebied omvatte niet alleen het huidige Tilburg en Oisterwijk, maar ook Goirle, Berkel-Enschot, Udenhout en Helvoirt.

De oudste schriftelijke vermelding is in het Liber Aureus uit 1191, waarin de tekst van een acte is opgenomen die uit 21 mei 709 zou stammen maar die niet meer bestaat. Hierin staat dat de heilige Willibrordus een domein te Alphen geschonken zou hebben gekregen en dat de acte in Tilburg zou zijn opgemaakt (actum publice Tilliburgis). Hoewel de acte waarschijnlijk nooit heeft bestaan dan wel vervalst is, is het Liber Aureus in deze toch een belangwekkend document.

De bekende heren van Tilburg waren vrijwel allen Giselbert genaamd, en men spreekt in deze van de Giselberten. Het is niet altijd duidelijk uit te maken wie nu wie is, maar er is sprake van een oudere en een jongere Giselbert van Tilburg, en van Walter van Tilburg, broer van de jongere Giselbert. Zij worden vermeld in documenten tussen 1167 en 1244. Ze hadden een mottekasteel, dat waarschijnlijk Kasteel ter Borch was, gelegen bij de samenvloeiing van de Voorste Stroom en de Achterste Stroom in het huidige Oisterwijk. De heren van Tilburg hadden banden met Neder-Lotharingen.

Geleidelijk aan breidde het Hertogdom Brabant zijn invloed uit in deze streek, waardoor aan de betrekkelijke zelfstandigheid van de heren van Groot-Tilburg een einde kwam. Hertog Hendrik I van Brabant stichtte in 1212 zelfs, te midden van het gebied van de heer van Tilburg, het stadje Oisterwijk dat in 1230 vrijheidsrechten kreeg. Dit viel min of meer samen met Oost-Tilburg. In 1244 werd Gijsbert van Tilburg voor het laatst vermeld in de oorkonden.

In 1387 werd West-Tilburg, dat wil zeggen het huidige Tilburg en Goirle, een zelfstandige heerlijkheid. Het Kasteel van Tilburg werd echter pas in het begin van de 16e eeuw gebouwd.

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Missing Doctor Who Story, The Faceless Ones, To Be Animated For 2020!
"The Faceless Ones follows on from The Macra Terror…"
The season four story, The Faceless Ones, is the next missing Doctor Who story to receive an animated release. It features Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor alongside companions Jamie, Polly and Ben and revolves around an alien race using airlines to steal identities.
Fittingly, The Faceless Ones follows on from The Macra Terror which was the previous story be animated. Unlike that story, however, there are two episodes, 1 and 3, which exist in the BBC archives. Thanks to off-air audio recordings, minimal footage and still images it is possible for the BBC to bring another missing story to life.
Interestingly, it appears that all six episodes will be animated and will be in both colour and black and white to accompany the surviving episodes.
More details are sure to follow so keep an eye out for future articles!
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Untreated problems with your oral health can lead to issues for your appearance, and your well-being. An untreated issue can even lead to persistent aches and pains that make it harder for you to deal with your daily routine. If you have fallen out of the habit of regular dental exams, or if you have been ignoring signs that something might be wrong with your smile, the process of restoring your oral health could involve multiple procedures. Your Katy, TX dentist is ready to take on the task of fully rehabilitating your oral health. That care can involve work to fix cavities, as well as care to address problems like TMJ dysfunction.
Unhealthy teeth can make it harder for you to bite and chew, simply because the act creates discomfort. Those painful or sensitive teeth that make basic dental functions more difficult could require restorative care. After treating any issues with tooth decay or other health troubles, your dentist can arrange the placement of dental crowns. Crowns are effective at keeping teeth safe and healthy, while also allowing you to bite and chew without discomfort.
Some treatments your dentist can provide can fall outside the type of direct tooth care you associate with visits. For instance, you can receive a custom oral appliance to help you reduce snoring, and manage issues with sleep apnea. You can also have treatment for problems with TMJ dysfunction, which can cause frequent headaches, and other forms of discomfort. The right solution may involve correcting unaddressed problems with your bite function. An advanced study of your bite can help your dentist plan the ideal procedure for you.
If you have suffered the effects of tooth loss, you may worry that the benefits of dental work will be limited. You should know that dental implants have made it possible to keep replacement teeth secure enough to have real functional advantages. In fact, your dentist is even able to provide lasting support for a full denture, thanks to All-On-4 dental implants. When implants are relied on to address tooth loss, you can feel more comfortable in the long term, and address issues with jawbone resorption, a problem after tooth loss where your jawbone can lose mass.
Lathrop Dental Center is ready to help you take on problems that can build up after a long lapse in dental care. Our practice is proud to serve the community of Katy, TX by providing a range of important oral health services. To find out more, you can reach our office in Katy, TX, by calling 832-437-3849.


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HIV and Ebola researcher Andrew Ward at The Scripps Research Institute. Ward uses electron microscopy to determine the structure of antibodies to the viruses, and how they bind to them.
The site was found by studying an antibody that is unusually powerful in neutralizing a broad range of HIV strains. It is the seventh weak spot in HIV found so far — and the third discovered this year.
A vaccine is most needed in impoverished countries, where the residents can't afford the antiviral medications that have transformed AIDS from a near-certain death sentence into a disease that can be managed like diabetes.
All previous HIV vaccine efforts over the last three decades have failed. But a series of research discoveries, such as the existence of broadly neutralizing antibodies, provides reasons for optimism. As researchers collect more antibodies and learn how the immune system produces them, they develop a better understanding of the best strategies to prevent infection.
The study was reported Wednesday in the journal Nature. The paper's senior author is Mark Connors, and the first author is Jinghe Huang, both of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, or NIAID. Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute, which performs a large amount of HIV research, also took part in the study.
Clinical trials of the vaccine are expected to begin in about two years, said Anthony Fauci, director of NIAID, part of the National Institutes of Health. Knowledge of the new weak spot can help, he said.
"Another vulnerable site is another bullet in our gun, as it were," Fauci said.
Fauci said details of the vaccine trials, such as where they will be conducted, remain to be worked out.
The newly discovered broadly neutralizing antibody is "among the most potent thus far described," the paper states. That means even a small amount of the antibody will stop a wide range of viruses, said Andrew Ward, one of the Scripps scientists in the study.
Called 35O22, the antibody prevents 62 percent of known HIV strains from infecting cells in lab studies, the paper stated.
Moreover, neutralizing antibodies similar to 35O22 are fairly common among HIV-positive people, indicating they are relatively easy to develop. This increases the likelihood that such antibodies can be induced by vaccination.
No successful HIV vaccine has been developed because the targeted virus mutates so much. However, a newly discovered vulnerable site on the virus' surface may lead to the long-sought breakthrough.
1. HIV, which causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), uses a body's healthy immune cells to replicate. A structure on the outside of the virus called the viral envelope is used by the virus to grab and penetrate a host cell.
2. Four locations on the envelope were previously identified as vulnerable sites — spots where antibodies can attack. These sites are key to vaccine development because, unlike most of the virus, they stay fairly constant.
3. Over the past few months 3 new sites of vulnerability have been identified.
4. These sites are promising because they are only present on the actual viruses, not on decoys that could distract an immune responses.
5. An immune response is key to a vaccine, because that is when an antibody can attach to a vulnerable site and prevent HIV from infecting a host cell and replicating.
Ward, along with Scripps' Dennis Burton and Ian Wilson and other colleagues, belong to the worldwide effort to develop an HIV vaccine.
Scripps is a major part of the vaccine effort. It is the home of the Scripps Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology & Immunogen Discovery, or CHAVI-ID. The center was established with a $77 million grant from the NIH in June 2012.
Burton, Wilson and colleagues have been working for years to collect and study broadly neutralizing antibodies effective against many strains of HIV. They are studying this approach under the nonprofit International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, or IAVI. In 2009, the initiative established the IAVI Neutralizing Antibody Center at Scripps Research.
Discoveries necessary for an effective vaccine appear to be picking up speed.
Locations on the HIV "envelope" protein spike where neutralizing antibodies bind. A team including scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have identified a powerful broadly neutralizing antibody called 35O22 that binds near the base of the protein spike. Other previously identified locations where broadly neutralizing antibodies bind are also shown. The study was published in Nature on Sept. 3, 2014.
Four vulnerable HIV sites were known at the beginning of the year. Three new sites of vulnerability have been reported since then by teams including Ward. His specialty is imaging with electron microscopy, which he is also using to study the structure of antibodies to Ebola. Understanding where the antibodies bind to HIV, and where they are located in relation to the surface of cells targeted for infection, give clues as to how they function. This guides vaccine development strategy.
The goal of a preventive vaccine is to produce a strong and flexible immune response that can stop HIV before it takes hold. Previous attempts have failed, including an extensive effort by The Immune Response Corp., a now-defunct biotech in Carlsbad.
However, Fauci said one vaccine trial, in Thailand, provides evidence that an effective HIV vaccine is feasible. Results released in 2009 indicated that infection rates were 31 percent lower in those given the vaccine than those given a placebo.
The results are inadequate for a vaccine, Fauci said, but still represent the first evidence that an HIV vaccine can produce any significant protection. So researchers continue to look for better antibodies and more vulnerable sites.
"The current strategy is to find as many sites (as feasible), and then work in parallel on all of the different sites to see if one is easier to exploit than another," Ward said.
Broadly neutralizing antibodies were discovered by examining HIV-positive people who remained in good health for long periods of time. Some of these were found to make antibodies that lab studies found to be effective against many strains of HIV, crucial because the virus mutates so prolifically.
Structural analysis found that these antibodies bound to sites on the HIV envelope protein that didn't change much across strains, presumably because these sites are necessary for infection.
When a good combination of antibodies is selected, researchers must engineer a vaccine that contains the right immune-stimulating substances from HIV, and expose them to the body in a way that causes a defensive immune response capable of thwarting infection.
A year ago, a team led by Shane Crotty of the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology found that higher levels of broadly neutralizing antibodies in HIV-positive people correlated with high levels of "helper" immune cells.
Moreover, the study identified what appears to be precursors of these helper cells in uninfected people. A vaccine that caused these precursors to turn into the right helper cells should in theory amplify the vaccine's effectiveness.
Researchers have identified an unusually potent HIV antibody targeting a newly discovered vulnerable site, researchers report today in the journal Nature.
The broadly neutralizing antibody is "among the most potent thus far described," the paper states. That means even a small amount of the antibody will stop a wide range of viruses, said Andrew Ward, a Scripps Research Institute scientist who took part in the study.
Only a handful of such vulnerable sites have been found to date. However, the pace of discovery is accelerating: Three out of the seven known, including the new one, were reported this year.
Identifying the new vulnerable site expands the possibilities for engineering a preventive HIV vaccine, said Ward, who along with TSRI's Dennis Burton and Ian Wilson is part of a global effort to make an HIV vaccine.
Clinical trials for an HIV vaccine are expected to begin in about two years, said Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health. Like Ward, Fauci said the new study helps in that process.
The paper's senior author is Mark Connors, and the first author is Jinghe Huang, both of NIAID.
Four vulnerable sites were known at the beginning of the year. Three new sites of vulnerability have been reported since then by teams including Ward, including one reported in April, and another reported in May, and now this one. Ward's specialty is imaging with electron microscopy, which he is also using to study the structure of antibodies to Ebola.
The goal of a preventive vaccine is to produce a strong and flexible immune response that can stop HIV before it takes hold. Previous attempts have failed, but Fauci said one attempt, in Thailand, produced a partially effective vaccine. While that vaccine is not good enough to be used, it indicated that progress is being made.
Scripps Research is a major part of the vaccine effort. It is the home of the Scripps Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology & Immunogen Discovery, or CHAVI-ID. The center was established with a $77 million grant from the NIH in June 2012.
Burton, Wilson and colleagues have been working for years to collect and study broadly neutralizing antibodies effective against many strains of HIV. They are studying this approach under the nonprofit International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, or IAVI. In 2009, the initiative established the IAVI Neutralizing Antibody Center at The Scripps Research Institute.
The newly discovered broadly neutralizing antibody, called 35022, binds to a site that stretches across two fragments of HIV's "envelope" protein in an extremely specific manner. It also complements the effectiveness of other broadly neutralizing antibodies, the paper said. Moreover, neutralizing antibodies like this appear to be fairly common, increasing the likelihood that such antibodies can be induced by vaccination.
Structural analysis found that these antibodies bound to sites on the envelope protein that didn't change much across strains, presumably because these sites are necessary for infection. Studying these sites and the antibodies that bind to them help researchers better understand how to stop the virus.
After a good combination of antibodies is selected, the next challenge is to find the right immune-stimulating substances from HIV and expose them to the body in a way that causes a defensive immune response capable of thwarting infection. Scientists have been working on this problem in parallel.
Last September, a team led by Shane Crotty of the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology found that higher levels of broadly neutralizing antibodies in HIV-positive people correlated with high levels of "helper" cells. This gives an important clue to designing an effective vaccine.
Moreover, the study identified what appears to be precursors of these helper cells in uninfected people. If the helper cells are stimulated in the infected, a therapeutic vaccine could help them better resist HIV.


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We are proud to be an accredited community college here to help you meet your education and career goals.
Our accreditation to award associate degrees comes from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), and it's an important part of who we are as a college.
Not only does accreditation help us provide you with financial aid options, it also means that since we are accredited to award associate degrees, your degree will automatically be recognized and accepted by all public or private four-year colleges and universities.
Gateway Community & Technical College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award associate degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Gateway Community & Technical College. Their website is http://www.sacscoc.org/
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Below are steps for converting a non CDB/PDB database to PDB database in oracle. i.e Plugging a normal 12c non pdb database to a container database.
Make sure One container database already exists.
Now connect to the container database, where it need to be plugged.
--- As tempfile is already there, so mention tempfile reuse tag, to avoid this error.
Nocopy means it wont copy the datafiles. As you are planning to move to cdb(assumption is currently db in oracle 12c with non-cdb).
Just Create a blank cdb database on that server of same version and patch set and follow the steps a mentioned in this article.
And you dont have to copy any datafiles. The xml file generated in step2 will contain information about the datafile locations and the pdb will use those location.
Let us know if you still queries.
DWH DB is still running under 11gR2, but we upgrade to 12.2, after that customer wants to put it into CDB as PDB.
We have 70TB database to be converted to PDB. The same procedure will work?. or after creating pdb, we have to clone it assuming the versions are same?.
You to put convert the database to PDB in the same server or on new server?
If you doing on the same server, then mentioned steps in this article will work. However for doing on serparate server, cloning is required.
You can put the question on QA FORUM , for further discussion on this topic.


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Transportation Department faces accusations of illegal lobbying over meme promoting Biden legislation
The Department of Transportation was accused of violating the law after posting a "meme" to social media promoting President Joe Biden's Build Back Better legislation.
The Transportation Department published a meme on Friday of a man and woman texting each other from different places. The purpose of the meme was to promote Biden's Build Back Better legislation.
"What are you thinking about?" the woman in the meme asks the man.
"I'm thinking about how the new infrastructure law is going to make getting from place to place so much better over the next decade and how when combined with the Build Back Better Act, it will create millions of new jobs," the man responds.
"Same," the woman replies.
The meme promptly generated criticism alleging the Treasury Department was violating anti-lobbying laws that prevent executive branch agencies from promoting certain pending legislation.
"This appears to be lobbying. I didn't think federal agencies were allowed to be so blatant in promoting specific legislation. The Secretary of Transportation can, of course, but the DOT's official website? Seems unusual," one person said.
"[A]re our tax dollars seriously being used to fund propoganda?
Are you aware, as employees of the Executibe (sic) Branch, you have no business commenting on pending legislation? Separation of Powers and all that," another person
"The legislation has not passed both houses. You are lobbying, which is illegal," another person observed.
Are critics correct?
The Project On Government Oversight explains, "Executive branch officials and employees are uniquely situated to influence the legislative process given their proximity to and control over various government functions, which is why Congress has enacted legal bans explicitly restricting the lobbying of Congress by executive branch officials and agencies."
In fact, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017 states:
No part of any funds appropriated in this or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, or film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself.
Such restrictions on "lobbying" by the executive branch have been in place for more than 100 years.


Should bonds continue to be included in investment portfolios even when interest rates are expected to rise? Most definitely, Oppenheimer Asset Management's Managing Director Leo Dierckman told our SheaffBriefs editor.
In fact, Dierckman went on to say, bonds serve as the backbone of both individual and institutional portfolios, offsetting the risks of equity and alternative investment holdings, and reducing volatility. Using an analogy from baseball, Dierckman cautions investors that bonds can reasonably be expected to deliver "singles" and "doubles," rather than home runs.
Dierckman agrees. Interest rates tend to rise when the economy is improving, he explains, and those same forces improve corporate credit, thus reducing the credit risk inherent in bond portfolios.
In fact, the two elements of risk that must be managed in fixed income investing are duration risk and credit risk. Bond investors can potentially do better when interest rates are rising rather than in today's market when rates stay at unusually low levels, Dierckman explains, finding the most attractive risk/reward profiles in bonds with three to seven year maturities. Managing credit risk also helps reduce interest rate risk; the corporate debt is less reactive to rising rates and helps level out the greater impact rising rates have on Treasuries. The Efficient Frontier concept of achieving the highest expected return for the lowest possible risk applies here: a combination of assets will tend to outperform monochromatic portfolios over time, and with less volatility.
Should bonds continue to be included in investment portfolios? Leo Dierckman's message to Sheaff Brock investors when he is guest speaker at the special November Knowledge Builder webinars on the dynamic relationship between interest rates and your bond portfolio is likely to be "Most definitely"!
Contact Sheaff Brock at 866.575.5700 or info@sheaffbrock.com if you are interested in attending either of our Knowledge Builder webinars on November 16 or November 17, 2016.


Hi, I'm Clarke Collins, a not-so-average Midwestern mom by day, vivid dream wrangler by night. Aside from being a vast consumer of romance and speculative fiction novels, I also borrow inspiration from an array of influential talents.
I published my first short story, FIRE IN THE BLOOD, in July 2018 followed by a romance novella in August 2018. My next book, a contemporary fiction, is due for release in 2019. Feel free to poke around my website and be sure to subscribe, like and add me on social media. Until next time, happy reading!


Americans prefer real estate to stocks for long term investing. And that's especially true of younger Americans. While 61% of people 35 and over invest in the stock market, only 37% of Americans under 35 do.
Whether you're just starting to invest or you're a seasoned investor, real estate is the perfect way to diversify your portfolio. It's a relatively low-risk way to build wealth over time.
But how do you decide where to buy? Do you stick with the local market or do you take a chance on a new town?
Wonder no more. These are the best places to invest in real estate in 2019.
The City Beautiful has been in the top five for years. Invest in a house near the House of Mouse.
Orlando's employment and population growth is steady. And home values have increased by 10%.
Disney World's ever-expanding compound is like job security. The parks will always be a draw for vacation renters and for people moving to the area for employment, making it one of the best cities to invest in real estate.
Billed in some circles as the "next Silicon Valley," Atlanta is on the rise. The southern city is home to promising tech startups, as well as standbys like Mail Chimp. There's also a Microsoft presence drawing business from around the world.
Job growth is up. Home values are up. And rental prices are competitive.
Tampa's coastal cousin, St. Petersburg makes the list for its vibrant downtown and cultural offerings. Like Atlanta, St. Pete has a burgeoning tech scene. Its rich railroad history is matched by a flourishing future.
Cost of living is low in the Sunshine State's Sunshine City. A recent trend of price reductions makes it a great time to buy.
Plus, it's a great place to go back to. There's something for everyone in St. Petersburg. It's a celebration of the Arts, sports, and, of course, the beach.
Long-suffering Cleveland is having the last laugh. Once an easy punchline, the Ohio city is enjoying a renaissance as young professionals settle in, among them the tall Kardashian.
Jobs are growing at a higher rate than the national average. And there are a variety of job sectors, including manufacturing. When one industry stagnates, the others can pick up the slack.
Low home prices mean you can get more house for your money which makes it one of the best places to buy rental property. You can buy one large home and divide it into several rental units.
There's a bustling theater district and plenty of architecture to admire. Cleveland is also home to two winning sports teams, overshadowing the other not-so-winning sports team.
North Carolina's largest city Charlotte has a lot to offer. Equal parts southern charm and busy metropolis, it's been one of the country's recent fastest growing cities.
Charlotte is an east coast financial hub and home to several NASCAR races, the perfect example of its two complementary sides. It's also a family vacation destination, which makes it prime real estate for vacation rentals.
Located near our country's overpopulated Capital, Silver Spring, Maryland, is rife with some of this year's best property investments. The northern suburb can keep its distance while taking advantage of DC's growing job market. It's just a metro ride away.
Silver Spring's updated downtown area is home to restaurants, live music, and outdoor activities. Public transportation is first rate.
With its central location and strong local pride, Texas often has a spot on any list of best places to make real estate investments. Arlington's family-friendly atmosphere and proximity to Fort Worth and Dallas make it this year's Texas representative.
The average house is less than $200,000, but high rents are common, giving you more return on your investment. Home of the Dallas Cowboys and Six Flags, Arlington has a strong tourist draw.
The best places to buy property have a lot going on, and Colorado Springs fits the bill. Nature and culture come together to make the mountainous city a peak investment opportunity.
There are national landmarks and lots of convenient hiking, thanks to nearby canyons and state parks. The historic district is a chance to relive the Wild West. Museums in the city run the gamut from the military-focused to an exploration of the gold rush.
Employment growth in Colorado Springs is among the highest of the bunch. The cost of living hovers around average, but it's rising quickly.
Rising home prices nationwide mean fewer people are buying and more people are renting. This is particularly true in the Midwest where people are looking for a place to raise a family. Renting a home with a big yard for kids is the next best thing to owning one.
Places like Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and the Twin Cities are holding steady with job growth and make for a good endgame investment strategy. It might not be flashy, but it's a good bet.
As ambitious young earners move home after a stint on the coast, they turn their eye toward the familiar. In an effort to make home a more attractive place to live, they resuscitate and develop their hometowns.
As recently as the mid-2000s, the Over the Rhine neighborhood in Cincinnati was a notoriously dangerous hotbed of criminal activity. Now it's home to some of the city's best restaurants and luxury condos.
The same thing is happening in Indianapolis's Monon 16 area where the city has invested millions of dollars for revitalization. Kansas City has similar plans for their east side.
The best places to invest in real estate in 2019 are the safe bets. While the market bubbles of yesteryear would have netted you handfuls of cash, the economy is still nursing its wounds.
Florida remains an investment stalwart. And the Midwest rises as an unexpected dark horse.
Are you looking to invest in real estate this year? Brush up on your investing technique by browsing our investment articles.


Rogers Corporation will be exhibiting at the upcoming IPC APEX Expo, scheduled for March 15-17 at the Las Vegas Convention Center (Las Vegas, Nevada).
On the conference side, John Coonrod, Technical Marketing Manager for Rogers Advanced Connectivity Solutions, and author of the popular ROG Blog series, will present his paper on "High Frequency RF Electrical Performance Effects of Plated through Hole Vias" on March 16th at 10:30 AM.
Representatives from Rogers Corp. (www.rogerscorp.com) will be exhibiting at Booth #607, providing information and insight on the use of their circuit materials, including ULTRALAM® 3850HT, CLTE-XT™, TC350 RO3003 and XT/duroid laminates. Rogers will also be previewing its new material system developed for extremely low loss digital applications.
ULTRALAM 3850HT high-temperature (HT) liquid-crystal-polymer (LCP) circuit material delivers improved manufacturability in multilayer circuits. Its high melt temperature of +330°C improves multilayer layer-to-layer registration and offers improved thermal stability, while its low effective dielectric constant (3.14 @10GHz), low loss (0.002), and thin core offerings make it an ideal circuit material for millimeter wave frequencies, including 77 GHz used in long range automotive collision-avoidance radar systems. Being highly impermeable, this material is an attractive alternative to ceramic for MMIC (monolithic microwave integrated circuit) packaging.
CLTE-XT laminates are formulated for use in some of the most demanding phase-sensitive applications in communications, radar and electronic-warfare (EW) circuits and systems. These composite materials are ceramic-filled PTFE based circuit materials with woven fiberglass reinforcement. With eXtended Technology™, CLTE-XT laminates maintain a low Dk of 2.94 across wide temperature ranges. CLTE-XT laminates provide excellent dimensional stability, with lower loss than the original CLTE™ circuit materials.
TC350 laminates are for designers seeking a cost effective high thermal conductivity PTFE material. These materials are designed for applications where high power RF signals demand improved PCB thermal management. With a combination of low loss tangent (0.0020 at 10GHz), high z-axis thermal conductivity (1.0W/m°K), low z-axis CTE (23 ppm/°C), and world class temperature phase stability (-9ppm/°C), TC Series laminates enable improved performance and reliability in high power applications. TC Series materials are ideal for high volume applications with panel sizes available as large as 48"x54". TC Series materials are often chosen for applications such as power amplifiers and devices such as couplers, combiners, and dividers.
RO3003 laminates are ideal for loss-critical millimeter wave frequency designs, where consistent circuit performance matters, such as automotive radar sensors and point-to-point microwave backhaul communications systems. While already a benchmark for 77 GHz automotive radar sensors, RO3003 3.0 dielectric constant laminates are available with ½ ounce and 1 ounce rolled copper foil. Combining the very low dielectric loss of the RO3003 PTFE-ceramic resin system with smooth foil, results in high frequency circuit materials with best-in-class insertion loss. Also available with up to 0.040" thick copper plate.
XT/duroid laminates utilize PEEK (polyether ether ketone) based dielectric cores. PEEK is a high melting point polymer (Tm = 343C/649F) with excellent chemical and radiation resistance. This makes XT/duroid copper clad laminates an excellent choice for flex/rigid printed circuit boards that are exposed to harsh environmental conditions (e.g., aeronautics, oil & gas deep hole drilling, etc.) During the Large High Temperature Flexible Printed Circuits Board (LHTFPCB) project, under the European funded Clean Sky program, XT/duroid laminates passed more than 3700 hours at 260C (500F) continuously followed by 2x 8 hours vibration testing at 260°C (500F) without failure. XT/duroid laminates are available in various thicknesses starting at 2mil (50µm), are halogen free and inherently flame retardant. These laminates have very good dielectric strength, very low thermal resistance and provide excellent high frequency performance when utilizing low profile copper foil. Both the dielectric constant and dissipation factor are stable over a wide range of frequencies and temperature.
Rogers Corporation is a global technology leader in engineered materials to power, protect, and connect our world. With more than 180 years of materials science experience, Rogers delivers high-performance solutions that enable clean energy, Internet connectivity, advanced transportation and other technologies where reliability is critical. Rogers delivers Power Electronics Solutions for energy-efficient motor drives, vehicle electrification, and alternative energy; Elastomeric Material Solutions for sealing, vibration management, and impact protection in mobile devices, transportation interiors, and performance apparel; and printed-circuit materials for wireless infrastructure, automotive safety, and radar systems. Headquartered in Connecticut (USA), Rogers operates manufacturing facilities in the United States, China, Germany, Belgium, Hungary, and South Korea, with joint ventures and sales offices worldwide.


The death message says that some person (maybe random) killed you with whatever weapon they had at the time. The only way to get rid of this effect is to restart the client.
You will only see a proper kill message if you die by falling or if someone does actually shoots you.
3)While 2nd person is holding trigger, fly into the ground and explode. If you were successfu, a the kill message will say the 2nd person killed you with the minigun, even if they were on the other side of the map.
I think the kill credits just need to be improved.
I don't think it identifies Hydra/Hunter/Sea Sparrow/Predator kills correctly either.
Typing /kill results in an incorrect kill message. It says that someone else killed you.
Vehicle kills aren't reported correctly.
Shouldn't dying by impact be reported as such, rather than showing 'x died!' in the chat?
Getting killed by drowining doesn't report correctly.
Dont forget heli blades, those arent reported like MTAVC.
Right now it's handled by KillMessages.lua, but it only reports the on-foot weapon used to kill the player (otherwise it will just say that the player died).
There needs to be a scripting function like PlayerDied with arguments like drowned, set on fire, died from collision, helicopter bladed, ran over by a vehicle, etc.
Yea theres no way you can currently throw the deaths burden onto lua scripters.
Really has nothing to do with the scripters, the onPlayerWasted event just needs to give the proper arguments.
Some work has been done to fix this, needs some stuff done by MrJax to complete it.


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Governor right to veto gun-related legislation
In the event you missed the article in the Livingston Daily newspaper in early January, a brief synopsis follows. Essentially, Senate Bill 789 sponsored by Sen. Mike Green of Mayville would provide for people under personal protection orders, including but not limited to domestic violence issues, to apply for and obtain a permit to carry a concealed handgun.
The very essence of a PPO provides for the welfare and safety of victims of domestic and nondomestic abuse, including stalking and threatening behavior. Why would we want a law that encourages and enables the menacing thugs and predators in our midst to obtain a permit to legally carry a concealed weapon? It reminds me of the old adage of putting the fox in charge of the hen house. It is unconscionable to think that a person who is mentally challenged would be allowed to purchase a weapon, let alone be granted a license to carry it concealed.
Thankfully, we can all breathe a collective sigh of relief — when the bill reached the governor's desk, he vetoed it. The consequences involved in the passage of such a measure could have been grave, indeed.
Kudos to the governor and his foresight! Whether you voted for Rick Snyder or not, you have to admit he had the welfare and safety and best interests of the community as the basis for his decision. It is encouraging and refreshing to see common sense prevail in an instance like this.
J.J. Schultz
Green Oak Township


If ABA*ABA=ADEEA then find ABA+ABA=?
can some one explain me the repeated topics in infosys?
There are eight people(Ahaan,Himanshu,Esha,Fiza,gautham,Chaya,Bhavya,Deepak) in which three people are coders,three are testers and two are managers.
A trader had 1200 kg of wheat.He sold a part of it at 5% profit and rest at 11 % profit so that he made a total profit of 7%.How much wheat did he sell at 5% profit?
In how many ways the word CATHOLICS are arranged such that all that all the vowels should be in odd positions.


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Global Weather News
What 50 Years Of Global #HURRICANE Landfall Data Can Teach Us About #CLIMATE Change
January 9, 2020: How many hurricanes have hit land around the world over the past 50 years and more and how have those numbers changed? Here we provide the answers.
Fireballs like a #HURRICANE bring death and devastation in Australia
January 6, 2020: Just when John Aish and his partner Jenny Shea thought they had beaten the inferno ravaging their two properties in Australia's south east on New Year's Eve, a roaring fireball came through forcing them to flee.
Over a Year After #HURRICANE, 'Recovery Is a Long Process'
January 2, 2020: Florence ravaged parts of North Carolina in September 2018, leaving many food sources insecure. Dedicated volunteers help fill the gaps at a pantry.
Watch: Cat turns up two years after #HURRICANE disappearance
December 30, 2019: A Florida sheriff's office said a cat found by deputies outside a district station was found to be a pet missing since Hurricane Irma, two years earlier.
Cat lost during #HURRICANE Irma reunited with owner
Canadas new #ARCTIC patrol ships could be tasked with #HURRICANE relief
December 22, 2019: The Canadian navy will take possession of two Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships in the new year — and it looks like they'll be spending as much time in the sunny south as they do in the Far North.
UNICEF USA BrandVoice: Torn Apart By #HURRICANE Irma, A Family Is Still Picking Up The Pieces
December 20, 2019: Stronger storms linked to climate change are forcing more and more families out of their homes in the Caribbean. UNICEF is there to help traumatized children recover.
Government Liable to Some #HURRICANE Harvey Victims, Judge Rules
December 18, 2019: The government knew that overflowing reservoirs could flood private properties in the Houston area, the judge wrote.
Judge finds US liable for damages incurred during #HURRICANE Harvey
December 18, 2019: A federal judge has found that the federal government is liable for some damage related to Hurricane Harvey, which struck Texas and Louisiana in 2017, causing severe flooding.Judge Charles Lettow determined Tuesday that the government must...
#WEATHER highlights of 2019: Here are the biggest moments, from polar vortex to #HURRICANE Dorian
December 18, 2019: Here are the biggest weather events in 2019.
A Restaurant Renaissance Comes To Puerto Rico Courtesy of #HURRICANE Maria
December 17, 2019: Internationally acclaimed chefs filling a vacuum created by the storm are introducing an entirely new way of eating, drinking and surviving the next hurricane
Rebuilding the Bahamas: How a #HURRICANE blows up social divides
December 17, 2019: How the Bahamas recovers from Hurricane Dorian may widen the gap between the rich and poor – and that raises moral questions for the world.
U.S. liable for home damages from #FLOODING during 2017 #HURRICANE: court
December 17, 2019: Hundreds of Houston homeowners near U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-managed reservoirs may receive compensation for flooding of their properties during 2017's Hurricane Harvey, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
Holiday festival lifting spirits months after #HURRICANE Dorian
December 17, 2019: More than three months after the hurricane, thousands of people are homeless.
Europe Reacts To Historic U.K. Election: '#HURRICANE Boris, Brexit Triumphs'
December 13, 2019: Across Europe, the press remarked on the size of the victory of the Conservative Party led by Boris Johnson, and its implications for Brexit.
#HURRICANE gets upgrade to Category 4 storm, 54 years after making landfall
December 12, 2019: The storm that made landfall more than half a century ago was more powerful than originally thought.
2019 Atlantic #HURRICANE season comes to an end: Heres how it stacked up
December 3, 2019: Another above-normal hurricane season is officially in the books.
Iconic space observatory in Puerto Rico recovers after #HURRICANE Maria
November 29, 2019: The iconic Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico has a plan and new funding to recapture its prominence in space research.
His family lost almost everything in #HURRICANE Dorian. He beat Duke for them, he said
November 28, 2019: The way Nathan Bain's teammates mobbed him in the paint, you could tell what it meant when the unranked Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks chopped down the No. 1 Duke Blue Devils.
The Active 2019 Atlantic #HURRICANE Season Broke Five Big Records
November 28, 2019: Whether it was record rainfall from Hurricane Barry or a surprising scale-topper in the far eastern Atlantic, this was a hurricane season we won't soon forget.
Why Isn't The Major Storm Battering The Pacific Northwest Called A #HURRICANE?
November 27, 2019: A ferocious storm moved into Oregon and California on Tuesday night as one of the strongest storms on record for the region. Despite its impressive appearance and formidable strength, the storm isn't a hurricane. Here's a little of the science behind this powerful storm.
Hero to Help Upset Duke Gets Attention For GoFundMe Site to Help Rebuild Hometown Ravaged by #HURRICANE Dorian
November 27, 2019: After the game, the site had raised about ,000. About two hours after the game, the total amount raised was close to ,000. The goal for the family was 5,000.
FEMA's #HURRICANE Aid to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands Has Stalled
November 27, 2019: Two years after Hurricanes Maria and Irma, records show the agency's work on long-term recovery on the islands is crawling compared with some states on the mainland.
Watch: Laura Dern says she survived a #HURRICANE while filming Jurassic Park on Kimmel
November 27, 2019: Laura Dern told Jimmy Kimmel she experienced a hurricane during production of 1993's Jurassic
Thanksgiving travelers bedeviled by heavy snow, #HURRICANE-force winds
November 27, 2019: Dozens of spin-outs and crashes were reported across thousands of miles of interstates, many of which were shut down for safety
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