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From selling panipuri to multi-crore IPL deal: Yashasvi Jaiswal's pursuit of happiness
By: PTI |
Published: December 19, 2019 8:07:41 PM
In the prestigious Vijay Hazare Trophy in September-October, Yashasvi Jaiswal struck 203 off 154 balls, including 12 sixes and 17 boundaries, to become the youngest batsman to hit a double hundred in List A cricket.
Yashasvi Jaiswal is currently an under-19 World Cup-bound batsman, ready to represent India in the age-group showpiece in South Africa come January-February. (Express photo)
His is the quintessential rags to riches tale of Thursday's IPL auction but 17-year-old Yashasvi Jaiswal, who once sold panipuri to make a living in Mumbai, considers the Rs 2.40 crore deal with Rajasthan Royals a once-in-a-lifetime learning opportunity.
His well-documented struggles include living in a tent after coming to Mumbai from his native Uttar Pradesh as an 11-year-old. That move was triggered by his desire to make a name for himself in cricket.
Shoaib Akhtar believes this Team India batsman can replace MS Dhoni
Hope KL Rahul is persisted with at No. 5 slot: Virender Sehwag
Did Sri Lanka's Matheesha Pathirana bowl the fastest ball in cricket history?
He has certainly managed to that.
Jaiswal is currently an under-19 World Cup-bound batsman, ready to represent India in the age-group showpiece in South Africa come January-February.
But before that, he has made heads turn by fetching a rather impressive IPL deal.
"I am very happy. It's a great opportunity for me to learn. I want to learn as much as I can during my time with Rajasthan Royals. It is a platform for me to make a name for myself," Jaiswal said after getting a higher bid than his Under-19 captain Priyam Garg (Rs 1.90 crore, Sunrisers Hyderabad).
The youngster from Suriya village in Uttar Pradesh has been in stellar form, playing for Mumbai in the domestic season.
In the prestigious Vijay Hazare Trophy in September-October, he struck 203 off 154 balls, including 12 sixes and 17 boundaries, to become the youngest batsman to hit a double hundred in List A cricket.
He tallied an impressive 564 runs at an average of 112.80 with three hundreds and a fifty during this season.
From selling panipuri to multi-crore IPL deal Yashasvi Jaiswal's pursuit of&nbsphappiness
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Ruth Chin · 2014
Muncie photojournalist Ruth Chin is one feisty lady.
Never more than 5 feet 2 inches tall, Chin was Indiana's first female Chinese-American photojournalist. Born May 10, 1924, in Chicago, she grew up in Muncie, where her parents owned the only Chinese restaurant in town.
She began taking pictures at age 8. Her dad loaned her his camera for a Girl Scout project, then bought her one of her own. "He wouldn't give me money for candy," she has written, "but if I wanted new camera equipment, he always got it for me."
When Elizabeth Granger, past president of Woman's Press Club of Indiana and Midwest Travel Writers Association, first saw Chin in 1988, she described her as "a much too tiny woman with a much too large camera hanging from her neck and a heavy bag of camera equipment dangling from her shoulder. It mattered not at all to her."
Bilingual from birth, Chin majored in art and minored in English at MacMurray College for Women in Jackson, Ill. Though art was her first love, she stumbled into a job as the first female photographer at the Muncie Star and Press right out of college in 1946.
She was in a camera store trying to figure out how to use the Speed Graphic she had just purchased when a photographer from the paper came in and mentioned they needed another photographer. She went right to the newspaper office. The editor asked her if she could use a Speed Graphic. She held hers up and said, "I have my own."
Chin was the first female photographer to cover the Indiana High School State Basketball Championship in Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. She was lugging in 55 pounds of camera equipment when a guard stopped her because no woman had covered the game before. "I told him I was going to cover it, and I had credentials to prove it," she said.
Chin wore a strand of beads with her wool skirt suit. The gym was hot; the game went into overtime. Her battery pack blew up, and when she tried to remove the strap from her neck, her beads scattered across the floor.
"It was awful. I yelled for the other photographers to help me pick them up," she said. They did.
She got her shot, and she vowed never to wear beads to another game.
"All in all, it was a fantastic day," she told Ann Allen for a story in the spring 2013 issue of Traces: The Magazine of Indiana History. "I worked from 7 a.m. until 1 a.m. and was paid $7 overtime. Photographers today don't know what overwork is. With digital cameras, they can shoot hundreds of photographs in nothing flat without dragging around all that heavy equipment."
In 1954, after seven years at the newspaper, Chin decided to expand her horizons and opened her own studio, Ruth Chin Photography, in downtown Muncie. It now is in her home. She continued writing a weekly column called Positives and Negatives for the Muncie Star.
"She was one of the first photojournalists to have her own darkroom, and she was the first to develop her own color prints, long before we ever did," recalls Joe Young, a longtime photographer for The Indianapolis News, now retired from The Indianapolis Star.
In the 1960s, Ruth was singled out by the U.S. State Department for a feature in an agency magazine circulated in China depicting the lifestyle of a successful Chinese-American.
As a freelancer, she did a lot of industrial, aerial and medical photography "because I wasn't afraid of blood," she said. "When you work for a newspaper, you see a lot of blood."
She fell in love with travel writing while on a camping trip to Canada. She had been taking pictures everywhere she went anyway, so why not write about it? Her story made the cover of Trailer Life Magazine. "Oh, this is easy," she said, and never looked back. Her work has appeared in publications as disparate as Outdoor Indiana, Ceramics Weekly, Travel Holiday, Midwest Traveler, Horizons and Reader's Digest Travel Books.
In 1951, she was the first female photographer to win the Bushemi Award, Indiana's top news photography award, given by The Associated Press of Indiana. Numerous other awards came from the National Press Photographers Association, Life Magazine, The Associated Press, WPCI and the National Federation of Press Women. She was a member of the American Society of Magazine Photographers and Professional Photographers of America. She also conducted workshops and judged photography contests.
In 1996, she was profiled for an article in The Indianapolis Star by reporter Janet Schneider, and interviewed on a segment of "Across Indiana" on public television station WFYI-20. In 2001, she was included in a calendar of Indiana's Trailblazing Women, endorsed by the Indiana Secretary of State.
"Actually," she told Schneider, "being a woman and a minority has been more beneficial than a hindrance, because you stick out like a sore thumb."
Chin never married. Both her younger sister, who was a newspaper illustrator in California, and her younger brother, who was in the food business, are deceased. She has two nieces and two great nephews, "but I am the last of the Mohicans," she said in a recent interview.
She will turn 90 in May and is independent enough to work only when she wants. She has two stories in the works but won't discuss them. She is slowly getting back into painting and is working on a portrait. She still makes and flies model airplanes (the Academy of Model Aeronautics is based in Muncie), and she is teaching herself to play the piano.
"I learn something from everything I do," she said, "Journalism is a wonderful occupation, because you never stop learning,"
When asked what being inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame meant to her, Chin said, "Me? I think it is a mandate to get back to work. I have had some wonderful experiences. For me, it was never about the money, it was about doing the best work you can do."
–by Marion Garmel, secretary, Woman's Press Club of Indiana
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We searched the Internet for do-it-yourself plans to build a hot-tub. I was very excited to find your web site, which used concrete block as a base. Since, I am a bricklayer; it was easy for me to install the base of the project. The work was done by me, my wife and my son. We followed your directions and covered the base with 1″ x 1″ ceramic tiles. The walls of the spa are a concrete board base covered with Imperial plaster base coat and finished in Venetian Plaster. The glass block panels are separated by 2 mirrors which add plenty of depth to the room. The built-in plant enclosure adds color to the room. We also installed a television enclosure opposite the plant enclosure. Although, I could not keep track of the hours it took me to finish the project, I know it will be enjoyed.


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Stateside: Shoreline erosion on Lake Michigan; history of spiral cut ham; second-career teachers
By Stateside Staff • Dec 4, 2019
Courtesy of Jim Davlin
Stateside for Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Today on Stateside, Great Lakes water levels are at record or near-record highs, leading to dramatic shoreline erosion and threatening lakeshore properties. Plus, the Detroit origins of the spiral cut ham, a holiday dinner staple.
Second-largest teachers' union files unfair labor practice against Utica Community Schools
By Caroline Llanes • Nov 6, 2019
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The second largest teachers' union in the state has filed an unfair labor practice charge against Utica Community Schools this week. The Utica Education Association states that they have lost $65 million in wages since 2011.
At student mental health summit, hundreds talk suicide, cell phones, and therapists in schools
By Kate Wells • Oct 8, 2019
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"Here's the question that even I have difficulty with: are you having thoughts of suicide?" Frank King told a crowded room in Lansing on Tuesday. An estimated 500 students, school counselors, and other educators came in from across the state for a Student Mental Health Summit, where the focus ranged from social media to the impact of putting therapists in schools.
School turnaround plan improving test scores, but teacher retention crisis is urgent
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One year into a state turnaround program, some of Michigan's lowest-performing schools are showing improvement.
Stateside: Whitmer's budget options; teacher of color shortage; the controversial zipper merge
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Stateside for week Monday, September 30, 2019
Today on Stateside, the state budget needs to be approved by Governor Gretchen Whitmer tonight to avoid a partial government shutdown. But the governor has been vocal about her displeasure with the bills sent to her by the state Legislature. So what are her options? Plus, how can Michigan do more to recruit and retain a diverse teaching staff?
What districts, universities are doing to boost the number of teachers of color in Michigan schools
Stateside's conversations with Regena Fails Nelson and Sheila Dorsey-Smith
There's a distinct lack of diversity among Michigan's educators. In districts across the state, just 6% of public school teachers are black. To fix that, you'll need more black students choosing to pursue education degrees in college. So, what is keeping them from doing so? And how can we change that?
West Michigan teachers raise safety concerns about school building
By Caroline Llanes • Jul 31, 2019
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The school year is quickly approaching. But just one more month of summer may not be enough time for Sunset Lake Elementary School in Vicksburg. Thirty teachers at the school released a statement this week in which they said they cannot "in good conscience" return to school this September without making parents and the public aware of the various health issues the staff has suffered over the past year. They believe these health issues are the result of what they describe as poor air quality in the school building.
Closed Detroit charter school will pay teachers after all
By Zaria Phillips • Jun 25, 2019
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Teachers from a closing Detroit charter school are relieved to find out they will be paid, after being told there wasn't enough money for their final paychecks.
Hamilton Academy is run by Education Partnerships Incorporated, a charter school company that took it over from Detroit Public Schools because of the school's low performance.
Ragatz: The increasing disconnect between parents and teachers, and what to do about it
By Stateside Staff • Nov 28, 2018
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Stateside's conversation with Matinga Ragatz
In the past decade, American education has gone through some major changes. Parents are sometimes shocked by how different schools look from when they were there, and that can lead to friction between parents and teachers.
Stateside's education commentator Matinga Ragatz joins us to discuss how to bridge the gap in understanding between parents and teachers.
Stateside: Where candidates stand on Healthy Michigan; what teachers spend in the classroom
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Today on Stateside, we hear from Kalamazoo's city manager about the response to protests over homelessness in the city. Plus, parents aren't the only ones with long lists of school supplies to buy before the year starts—teachers are spending their own money on classroom essentials, too.
City manager addresses protests over homelessness in Kalamazoo
Hiring has become year-round effort for districts facing teacher shortages
By Stateside Staff • Aug 21, 2018
Stateside's conversation with Sarah Cwiek, Michigan Radio Detroit reporter
Summer is winding down. Parents and kids are out doing their back-to-school shopping. But many school districts in Michigan are still trying to find enough teachers to fill their classrooms.
The issue of understaffing seems to be impacting almost all schools — whether they are small, large, public, or charter.
Detroit schools chief: District can now pay for counselors, art classes, and gym in every school
By Amanda Rahn & Erin Einhorn & Chalkbeat Detroit & Detroit Journalism Cooperative • Mar 14, 2018
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After months spent talking about expensive new programs he'd like to see, Superintendent Nikolai Vitti says he's found money in the Detroit district's budget to hire a slew of educators who've been missing for years from city schools.
The budget framework he presented to a school board committee Friday calls for every city school to have a guidance counselor, an arts or music teacher, a gym teacher, and a "dean of school culture" who would be in charge of student discipline and creating in-school suspension programs.
Teachers share what it's like to conduct lockdown drills with students
By Stateside Staff • Mar 13, 2018
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Stateside's conversation with Matinga Ragatz and Rick Joseph, former Michigan Teacher of the Year recipients.
As we debate solutions for gun violence in our schools, teachers and administrators continue to prepare for active shooter situations by holding lockdown drills.
State lawmaker argues for "sky marshal system in the schools"
By Stateside Staff • Mar 2, 2018
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Stateside's conversation with Representative Jim Runestad, a Republican who represents Michigan's 44th District, northwest of Detroit, in the state legislature.
This week alone, four people were shot and killed by one gunman in Detroit. There was an apparent murder-suicide in Southfield. A Grand Rapids man was killed after being shot ten times. And today, two people were shot and killed at Central Michigan University.
Government leaders in Washington and in Lansing are trying to come up with ways to prevent mass shootings. The main focus is on shootings at schools, such as the one last month at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
Past Michigan Teachers of the Year weigh in on safety, guns in schools
By Stateside Staff • Feb 28, 2018
Courtesy of Matinga Ragatz
Stateside's conversation with educators Matinga Ragatz and Rick Joseph.
Students returned to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School today in Florida – their first time back after 17 people were killed in a mass shooting two weeks ago.
The Parkland shooting has seemed to galvanize students, citizens, corporations, and politicians into action. Most everyone agrees something must be done to make our schools safer.
A win for teachers, but not for Democrats
By Jack Lessenberry • Dec 21, 2017
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Jack Lessenberry for Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled unanimously yesterday that the state has to refund more than half a billion dollars improperly taken from the state's teachers.
That has to be an extremely welcome holiday present for Michigan's beleaguered teachers, who for years have felt under siege from politicians who have weakened their unions, their pensions, and made them pay more for health care.
This should also be a political gift to the Democrats, who have in recent years become the party of choice for the state's teachers, especially since Republicans in the legislature often seem to have declared war on teachers as a class.
Michigan Supreme Court: Return $554M to school employees
By Emma Winowiecki & The Associated Press • Dec 20, 2017
The Michigan Supreme Court says the state must return more than $550 million to school employees who had money deducted for retiree health care.
How to recruit black, male teachers and why it's important
By Stateside Staff • Dec 18, 2017
Courtesy of Dr. Curtis L. Lewis
The Next Idea
The teaching profession in America remains largely white and female. That means young African American males can go through school without ever seeing a teacher who looks like them.
Not only can this mean a lack of black role models, but it also means teaching doesn't get held up as a profession that's desirable for black men to pursue.
Community college sues state auditor's office
By Kate Wells • Sep 2, 2017
A small community college is suing the state of Michigan, in a fight over whether some student workers should have to enroll in the public school teacher's retirement fund.
"Yeah, it is difficult to explain craziness, but I'll try," says David Mathews, President of Southwestern Michigan College. The school has about 2,600 students enrolled on campuses in Dowagiac and Niles, he says. Around half are full-time students, and half are part-time.
GOP leaders still focused on teacher pensions after revenues revised
By The Associated Press • May 16, 2017
Republican legislative leaders remain committed to closing the pension system to new teachers and instead giving them a 401(k) after getting mixed news about tax revenues.
Week in Review: House passes GOP health care bill and state lawmakers pass budget proposals
By Rebecca Kruth & Jack Lessenberry • May 6, 2017
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The stalled Republican replacement for the Affordable Care Act cleared a big hurdle this week. Lawmakers in the U.S. House passed the bill -- thanks in part to a last minute addition from Michigan Congressman Fred Upton. This Week in Review, Weekend Edition host Rebecca Kruth and senior news analyst Jack Lessenberry talk about Upton's amendment and what the bill could mean for Michigan.
They also discuss a state Court of Appeals ruling that teachers can drop out of their union whenever they like, another attempt by lawmakers to scrap and replace pensions for new teachers, and budget proposals that passed the state House and Senate this week.
What teachers' viral resignation letters reveal about the state of public education
By Stateside Staff • May 1, 2017
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Stateside's conversation with Alyssa Hadley Dunn, assistant professor of teacher education at Michigan State University.
More and more teachers are posting their resignation letters online and on social media.
A Google search for "teacher resignation letters" returns over 2.1 million results.
Some of those letters have gone viral by echoing the frustrations that many teachers have with the state of public education.
Lansing's first African-American teacher recognized in Michigan Women's Hall of Fame
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Stateside's conversation with Olivia Letts, the Lansing School District's first African-American teacher.
The Michigan Women's Hall of Fame welcomed its latest group of honorees late last year.
Among the five contemporary honorees was Olivia Letts. She was the first African-American teacher hired by the Lansing School District. She started that job in 1951 and from there, Letts spent her life as an advocate for education, community service and civil rights.
Teachers tell us class sizes are getting bigger in Michigan
By Mark Brush & Jennifer Guerra • Dec 3, 2015
We're going to go out on a limb here and say most parents want to know how their child's school measures up in terms of standardized test scores, graduation rates, demographics and so on.
Another big question parents ask when looking at a school:
"How many kids are in a typical classroom?"
When you hear people talk about ineffective school systems, you'll often hear something like, "there aren't enough desks or books," or "there are more than 30 kids in that classroom."
Wayne State gets grant to prepare math teachers for Detroit classrooms
By Rebecca Kruth • Nov 11, 2015
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Wayne State University is getting a $1.4 million grant to prepare elementary and middle school math teachers to teach in Detroit.
The grant from the National Science Foundation's Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program will help WSU recruit and train 56 new math teachers to teach in Detroit classrooms.
Michigan teacher shortage: having all certified teachers in some areas "a pipe dream"
By Lindsey Smith • Sep 4, 2015
Michigan expects there will be a shortage of teachers in certain subjects this school year. Early childhood, special education, foreign language and a variety of occupational teachers are facing a "critical" shortage.
Pilot program at Grand Rapids area schools aims to close achievement gap
By Lindsey Smith • May 11, 2015
A new pilot program in Grand Rapids will try to raise student achievement at high-poverty schools.
Education Trust-Midwest announced Monday it's launching a program to provide greater support and coaching to teachers. Education Trust-Midwest is a nonpartisan education research organization based in Royal Oak.
For some student teachers, a 5th year just for classroom management
By Kate Wells • Apr 2, 2015
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All this week we're talking about teacher training.
But there's one thing that's almost impossible to teach students in college: how to manage a classroom.
At this elementary school, even professors sit in the little chairs
By Tracy Samilton • Mar 31, 2015
A new partnership between Oakland University's School of Education and Avondale School District places education students in courses at an elementary school rather than the college campus.
In many undergraduate education programs, students spend a lot of time in the university classroom to prepare them for their student teaching in the final year.
Until that placement, theory sometimes has little chance to meet up with practice.
Thoughts on how to improve teacher evaluations in Michigan
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Listen to our interview with Michelle Richard, an education specialist with Public Sector Consultants.
There's wide agreement among education experts that teacher quality is the most important school-based factor in how students do in school.


androme.tv has launched in Belgium – an all-in-one TV platform that aims to solve the challenges telecommunications companies and broadcasters currently face. Previously, Androme has developed TV platforms for telecommunications companies such as Telenet and Liberty Global. Now, the androme.tv platform is live at European telco companies Nowo (Portugal) and Melita (Malta).


I've been a little quiet this year, busy travelling in South East Asia and then coming back with a focus on my next career step but I've also been planning on content for House in Tillford, including my South East Asia travel guides and trip reports. So today I'm kicking with one of the first things you do before any trip- pack!
When I pack for my travels its always a conflict between packing light and being prepared for anything. So when packing for my three weeks in Vietnam and Cambodia the goal was to achieve a happy balance between the two. I knew the north of Vietnam was going to be cold but I also knew I could always buy clothes there so I preferred to not fill my bags with puffy winter jackets but rather pack lighter clothes that could be layered and then buy what I needed there. However, I did not want to take the same risk with medical items and bought along things that could be used immediately in case of food poisoning or back pain (something that I typically suffer from, especially after an uncomfortable flight).


The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Thailand.
The Observatory has been informed by reliable sources about the judicial harassment against Mr. Anon Nampa, a volunteer lawyer with the organization Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR). TLHR was established by a group of lawyers in May 2014 to provide legal assistance to alleged lèse-majesté violators and activists targeted by the authorities following the 22 May military coup. Although in existence for less than a year, TLHR received a human rights award by the French Embassy in Bangkok in December 2014. Besides his work for TLHR, Mr. Anon has defended numerous individuals accused of lèse-majesté under Article 112 of the Criminal Code or under the provisions of the Computer Crimes Act since 2010.
According to the information received, on March 5, 2015, Mr. Anon reported to the Pathumwan police station in Bangkok to respond to a complaint filed by Lt Col Burin Thongprapai, an official at the Judge Advocate General's Department, on February 25, 2015. Lt Col Burin accused Mr. Anon of "importing into a computer false information which may damage national security" under Article 14(2) of the Computer Crimes Act for posting five Facebook messages that criticized the role of the military in the administration of justice under martial law. If prosecuted and found guilty, Mr. Anon faces up to 25 years in jail and a fine of up to 500,000 Thai baht (approximately 14,135 Euros).
Mr. Anon posted the five messages on Facebook while in police custody on February 14, 2015. On that day, police arrested Mr. Anon, along with three anti-coup activists, on charges of violating National Council for Peace and Order's (NCPO's) order No. 7/2014, which prohibits public gatherings of more than five people. The four were arrested while they were in the process of organizing an event at the Bangkok Cultural and Art Center to mark the one-year anniversary of the annulled Thai general election on February 2, 2014. All four were released on bail after being detained and interrogated for more than nine hours at the Pathumwan police station.
The Observatory strongly condemns the judicial harassment against Mr. Anon Nampa, which only aims at sanctioning his legitimate human rights activities. The Observatory calls on Thai authorities to drop all charges held against him and put an immediate end to this judicial harassment.
Ensure in all circumstances respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in accordance with international human rights standards and international instruments ratified by Thailand.


Need a Sudden Death mechanic?
I was speculating over the need for a Sudden Death mechanic to bring an end to pvp pet battles dragging out forever. Due to staller teams having no offense, but aiming to frustrate the opponent into forfeiting.
Perhaps a limit of 50 rounds before it kicks in.
All healing effects is reduced with 50%, stacks with healing reduction abilites.
Every time you use a defensive skill, it gains a stacking +1 round cd.
All damage done is increased with 50%.
At the end of each round, every pet alive receives 25% max health as damage (cannot be dodged/blocked/missed/or avoided in any way).
Starts at X rounds (not sure what would be good here...never really count rounds).
Is this really a problem? I think if your games are regularly going 50+ rounds, it may be because your own team doesn't have enough offense.
That said, I wouldn't mind if the round timer dropped to five seconds or something for people who take too long to select moves. I think taking slow turns is a much more irritating tactic than using defensive pets.
Seriously, and even without using some of those pets, I've killed stall teams without much trouble. I saw a Sunflower/Emerald Proto team earlier (forgot the 3rd pet), and beat it with my Xu-Fu/Ancient/Nether Faerie comp. It wasn't terribly QUICK, but it didn't drag out to a point where I wanted to shoot myself either.
I just wanted to clear up a common misconception. Just because someone is playing with a couple healers or other defensive pets, it does not mean they are trying to stall and win via concession. Focusing on building a solid defense first with minimal resources (pets/moves) dedicated to offense is one of many viable strategies; variety is a good thing to see in a balanced metagame. Just because a team's win condition takes a lot longer to execute (eg: DoT, or even something like Sunlight repeatedly) doesn't mean it's immoral in any way.
That said, I wouldn't mind some kind of sudden death win condition, although 50 rounds seems a bit premature.
Jabart wrote: I just wanted to clear up a common misconception. Just because someone is playing with a couple healers or other defensive pets, it does not mean they are trying to stall and win via concession. Focusing on building a solid defense first with minimal resources (pets/moves) dedicated to offense is one of many viable strategies; variety is a good thing to see in a balanced metagame. Just because a team's win condition takes a lot longer to execute (eg: DoT, or even something like Sunlight repeatedly) doesn't mean it's immoral in any way.
that team right there is for the sole purpose of dragging out the fight and hoping the opponent quits.
you can justify it anyway you want but you know exactly what you are doing with that.
and if the are gonna nerf high damage pets like they do all the time(robot cat,murkulot, and kovok to name a few) they should do so to the stall/healing teams or put in a round timer in.
if one cannot win the fight in 50 rounds they are purposely stalling that would take at least 10 minutes to get to 50 rounds.
I am very offended by your "you can justify it anyway you want but you know exactly what you are doing with that" statement, and find it rather ignorant. So you're going to tell me what my own strategy is? Accusing my team of aiming for the opponent quitting is pure bull excrement. My team right there wins via legal means, without concessions. It typically wins in around 50-75 turns, which is not infinite. It's a control strategy.
In a typical game, I start with Val'kyr, place a Curse, then Haunt. I go to my Ancient, who uses Sunlight, then Photosynthesis. In the right situation, I poison them too. Then I go to the Crawdad, Wish, and Mist. I go back to the Ancient to reset Photosynthesis and Sunlight, then go back to the Crawdad to Mist, then Wish. Then I pass the Wish to the Val'kyr.
So far, if all goes right, all my pets are at or near 150% health, I've come close to killing one of the opposing pets, and weakened the other two with a couple Sunlights. THAT IS THE PURPOSE. NOT TO MAKE THE OPPONENT CONCEDE.
I repeat the cycle a few times, passing the Wish back and forth between the Crawdad and Val'kyr as needed to keep them alive, ALL WHILE DEALING DAMAGE TO THE OPPONENT via Haunt/Sunlight/etc.
Eventually, it should come down to three of my pets vs. one of the opponent's. At that point, I cycle through one last time if needed to add health. Then, with a 3-to-1 pet advantage, I turn to offense and finish off the last with minimal to no healing. If the last opposing pet heals in any way, I also let sunny weather die in order to finish the job.
AGAIN, THIS IS A LEGAL (and finite) STRATEGY. I just laid my team's entire game plan out, and note that NOWHERE AM I PURPORTING TO FORCE THE OPPONENT TO CONCEDE. Quit making dirty accusations at legit players with legit game plans; if my strategy bothers you so much, counter it. And if you don't have the patience to play a fun, strategic game for ten minutes, go find someone to play some rock-paper-scissors with; you'll have a winner in seconds.
I don't mean to sound flippant, but if you come up against a team that you don't think you match up against, why not just forfeit? Everyone has the right to construct any team that they want, so there really isn't any "wrong" thing to do.
The heal team works based on strategy and in the end, that's what pet battling is supposed to be about. The reason they nerf op pets is to level the playing field. You can win a heal team, you just have to be patient and outmaneuver them.
Anyways, it would be interesting if you could chose a level of pet pvp battling à la Battle Frontier. You could have one where you choose from a group of preselected pets, timed battles, fighting through a pet battle maze, the possibilities are endless. What would be interesting is if you could queue for a tournament the way you do for raids. Something like that would definitely have to be timed though.
Jabart wrote: I just wanted to clear up a common misconception. Just because someone is playing with a couple healers or other defensive pets, it does not mean they are trying to stall and win via concession.
I totally agree. I typically play a team of S/S Quiraji Guardling, P/P Emperor Crab, and H/S Restless Shadeling. So three pets that heal, sandstorm, shell shield, evasion, and a stun. It's a defensive/control comp, but it wins fairly and none of those pets are OP. I play it because it beats a lot of stuff and because I like how it plays, not to annoy anyone. Also, I think I've had maybe two out of 1,000 matches go beyond 50 rounds.
Considering that I had a 350 round pet pvp, yea, I would want there to be a sudden death mechanic. If it works in regular PVP, there should be one in place for pet pvp too.
I dont think that the team I had was meant to stall. I used it because I was testing out different comps, I only have like 18 wins under my belt. I liked the pets I ran with and thats what I used. However, it became a point wherein the other person was just spamming a heal rather than trying to attack me.
Considering regular arena pvp have their sudden death to discourage bringing nothing but healers to drag it out forever, I think its the same situation reflected in pet pvp.
Edit: Not long ago I ended up with a Ruby Droplet vs Fossilized Hatchling with heal. It was agonizingly slowly to whittle down the opponent.
Jabart is right. Find a counter. I've listed some above in my previous post.
A healing/control oriented team is not inherently a problem, as long as it has the intention of killing the enemy in some fashion. I can definitely see how Jabarts team plays out and I don't have a problem with it, though I wouldn't play the team myself (I loathe extremely defensive playstyles, just a personal preference). The issue is if you replace that val'kyr with, say, a ruby droplet. That's the kind of team that is genuinely there to annoy other people and the source of a lot of grief. It's also the reason why a lot of legitimate defensive setups are receiving collateral hate from frustrated players.
A quick note on the whole "tactical" aspect of long vs short games. A longer game doesn't actually make it more tactical, a short game can leave less margin for error where even a single mistake or a single brilliant move can turn a loss into a win.
you yourself think a 50 round timer is premature.
so how are you not trying to stall out a fight then?
I have no problems with your team because I have a few teams that easily counter it.
but do not say you aren't trying to stall when you yourself said 50 rounds was premature.
what else are you hoping for then?
be truthful with oneself it will make things easier on you.
Jabart wrote: That said, I wouldn't mind some kind of sudden death win condition, although 50 rounds seems a bit premature.
Jabart wrote: My team right there wins via legal means, without concessions. It typically wins in around 50-75 turns, which is not infinite.
Considering I've stated that my finite game plan typically wraps up in about 50-75 turns, it makes sense that I would hope for slightly more than 50 turns before triggering any sudden death mechanics meant to end otherwise infinite battles. What I am hoping for is to execute my game plan, as clearly laid out. Perhaps you should be taking your own advice about being truthful to oneself.
Maybe rather than turns, go by minutes. If a battle is already more than 20 mins then there has to be a sudden death - same rules for arena or maybe even make it end with a draw rather than how the arena randomly picks a winner. I think that is fair considering thats more than enough to work the 50-75 round.
I really don't have a problem with stall teams but if I were to write out a definition of how to play a stall team it would essentially be what you're describing. While you insist your intention isn't to get people to quit to avoid an overlong, drawn out fight, I would think that occurs quite often. That being said, I don't really think there's a need for a sudden death mechanic. You can just quit a match if it's taking too long. You can be right into another pet battle relatively quickly. Most people luckily don't like to play stall teams in my experience. You can get fast wins with plenty of teams without having to resort to doing that.
Mezmaron wrote: I really don't have a problem with stall teams but if I were to write out a definition of how to play a stall team it would essentially be what you're describing. While you insist your intention isn't to get people to quit to avoid an overlong, drawn out fight, I would think that occurs quite often. That being said, I don't really think there's a need for a sudden death mechanic. You can just quit a match if it's taking too long. You can be right into another pet battle relatively quickly. Most people luckily don't like to play stall teams in my experience. You can get fast wins with plenty of teams without having to resort to doing that.
So if you were going to make a stall team, you would include a completely offensive pet such as Unborn Val'kyr instead of something like Singing Sunflower/Ruby Droplet/Emerald Proto-Whelp?
I disagree with the fact that I am "having to resort" to a "stall team." I enjoy testing and perfecting different strategies, and one of them happens to be based around the incredible synergy between Sunlight and Wish. If I was all about getting wins faster, I have plenty of aggro teams such as the aforementioned Bombling team that easily gets through a whole battle in less than a minute. It takes very little time to rack up a bunch of wins using a team like that. I have no need to use any allegedly dirty tactics for cheap wins; if anything, using my Wish team results in much slower wins for myself due to the nature of the team. So why use my Wish team? Simple. Because it's fun and strategic, which is why I enjoy this game. I still see nothing wrong with that.
If Blizz will decide to ban all other specs except DPS in Arena and BG, what will you think the game will be?
More fun? Well, you want the game to end faster right?
It is ridiculous to suggest anyone whose playing any pets in their team with healing abilities or tanking abilities to be a stall team.
Hey, the only tactic I will consider my opponent doing to delay the game for the purpose of wanting me to leave will be : spent the whole clock and doing nothing. Even that, I still will respect his choice and just click my part and move on.
If you don't like to play healer or tank in the game, that's your choice.
But just because you play a rogue and lost to a shadow priest, you really should cry for the nerf bat because your opponent can heal better than you.
You, like your opponent, do have the same choices.


Today, YPO, the premier leadership organization of chief executives in the world, announced the election of Pascal Gerken to YPO's highest elected office, the 2018-2019 chairman of the YPO Board of Directors. Gerken, the 67th member to hold this office, will succeed current YPO Chairman J. Randall Waterfield and begin his term on 1 July 2018.
A member of the YPO Brussels and YPO Yangon Chapters, Gerken is CEO of Gerken Group, a leading company in carbon and graphite technology. The 275-employee company was founded by his grandfather in 1936 and is now part of Wabtec Corporation since 2016.
He is also Co-Founder of GRAGER SA, a real estate group with assets in Berlin, Germany, and Brussels, Belgium, as well as Founder of Coral Green Myanmar, a hospitality company dedicated to building sustainable resorts in emerging markets.
Gerken attended the Institut Supérieur Européen du Tourisme in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. He then joined the academy of cavalry military officer in Bourg-Leopold in the Belgian province of Limburg and spent two years as a Lieutenant in the 1st Regiment of Lanciers before he was called back into the family business.
The YPO chairman is elected by member peers on the board. Gerken continues the legacy of YPO's founder and first president, Ray Hickok, who set the standard for peer leadership. Today, more than 30 past chairmen are actively engaged with the organization.
Gerken is an elected director of the YPO Board and currently is the chair of the YPO Membership Council and a member of the Chapters and Regions Committee and the Strategy Committee. He joined YPO in 2006 and has served in multiple roles across the organization, including the regional chair of Europe, member of the Doing Business Globally Network and chapter chair of YPO Brussels.
In addition, Gerken actively has championed and supported the expansion of YPO throughout the world, founding the YPO Myanmar, YPO Alcatraz and YPO Euro Star Chapters.


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Katydid sp. 61, cf. Amblycorypha sp.
Black Widow sp. 1, Latrodectus sp.
This individual was found completely within the range of the Western Black Widow, Latrodectus hesperus -- no other Black Widow should naturally occur there. However, its markings are fully consistent with the Northern Black Widow, Latrodectus variolus, and since this one was at a bunkhouse, the possibility of introduction by man has to be considered.
Order COLEOPTERA -- Beetles, Weevils, etc.


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package com.helger.ubl20;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;

import org.junit.Test;

import com.helger.commons.io.resource.IReadableResource;
import com.helger.commons.string.StringHelper;

/**
 * Test class for class {@link EUBL20DocumentType}.
 *
 * @author Philip Helger
 */
public final class EUBL20DocumentTypeTest
{
  @Test
  public void testAll ()
  {
    for (final EUBL20DocumentType e : EUBL20DocumentType.values ())
    {
      assertNotNull (e.getImplementationClass ());
      assertTrue (StringHelper.hasText (e.getLocalName ()));
      assertTrue (StringHelper.hasText (e.getNamespaceURI ()));
      assertTrue (e.getAllXSDResources ().size () >= 1);
      for (final IReadableResource aRes : e.getAllXSDResources ())
        assertTrue (e.name (), aRes.exists ());
      assertNotNull (e.getSchema ());
      assertSame (e.getSchema (), e.getSchema ());
      assertSame (e, EUBL20DocumentType.valueOf (e.name ()));
    }
  }
}

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4197-AR-DST is rated 4.0 out of 5 by 62.
Regarding this kitchen faucet: CASSIDY™ Single Handle Pull-Out Kitchen Faucet MODEL#: 4197-AR-DST.  When this faucet is put in spray mode and the water is turned off, will it stay in spray mode when the water is turned back on?
Is the pull-out wand the same material as the base?
I'm trying to find a stainless steel color that matches my sink. Delta's regular Stainless color is too yellow. How does the arctic stainless look?
Does the Arctic Stainless have a brushed finish or shiny?


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Nope, Tar Balls Aren't from Gulf Spill
By LeAnne Gendreau	• Published at 11:07 am on May 19, 2010
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Those tar balls that floated ashore in the Florida Keys are not linked to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, scientists from a New London Coast Guard lab have determined.
A Coast Guard laboratory in New London tested the tar balls, and found that those do not match the type of oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, according to a report released on Wednesday.
Twenty tar balls were found on Monday and more were found Tuesday. Where they come from is a mystery, but they can occur naturally or come from other sources, such as ships.
The local lab has been working long hours to conduct forensic analysis to show the source of oil coming in from the Gulr.
Government scientists who surveyed the Gulf on Tuesday said tendrils of light oil were near or already in a powerful current that could take it to Florida.
The loop current circulates in the Gulf and takes water south to the Florida Keys and the Gulf Stream. But most oil remains dozens of miles away from the current.


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package com.thebuzzmedia.simple.generator.annotation;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

import com.thebuzzmedia.simple.generator.AbstractGenerator;
import com.thebuzzmedia.simple.generator.IGenerator;

/**
 * Marker annotation used by implementations of {@link AbstractGenerator} to
 * determine if a simple POJO object should be recursed on and its member values
 * included in the generation process.
 *

 * As "un-dynamic" as using a marker annotation seems in the world of
 * reflect-everything, this solves the problem of a POJO containing object types
 * that Simple Generator doesn't know how to translate, resulting in empty,
 * unknown or unwanted values in the generated content unless additional/complex
 * checking logic is added by the implementor in their own custom
 * {@link IGenerator} implementation.
 *

 * More specifically, lets say your POJO carried a reference to a significantly
 * complex object from another framework; if Simple Generator relied blindly on
 * reflection, it might automatically include output from those member
 * variables, recursing into them outputting each of their fields in the
 * generated output.
 *

 * By utilizing an explicit annotation, you tell Simple Generator which objects
 * it should reflect into and process and which ones it should just toString and
 * leave alone.
 *

 * Given that the charge of this project is simple generation,
 * it was decided that an "excluded unless included" approach to
 * reflection-based generation would be taken.
 *

 * A nice side effect of this is better performance during generation.
 *
 * @author Riyad Kalla (software@thebuzzmedia.com)
 * @since 2.0
 */
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface Recursable {
	// no-op
}


What Should the Federal Government Do about Infrastructure?
Any new federal spending must take into account that federal public debt now stands at 77% of GDP and is likely to keep rising given the demographic pressures on entitlement spending. This means that the long-term outlook for public finances is dire.
With a current low unemployment rate of 4.4% and a high of 6 million job openings, the economy does not need more government stimulus at the present time.
Bridge quality has improved substantially since 1990 (see chart) although roadway congestion has become more acute (second chart). Rail and transit systems appear to be the main areas with observable deterioration.
The difference between state highways (which are in good condition), local roads (which are in fair condition) and transit systems (which are in poor condition) is simple: state road maintenance is paid almost entirely out of user fees (gasoline taxes), local road maintenance is paid for by a combination of taxes and user fees (motor vehicle registrations and parking meters) while transit maintenance is paid for almost entirely out of taxes.
Privatize areas where government is not needed such as airports, air traffic control systems and railways (Amtrak).
Localize decision making as far as possible such as decentralizing responsibility for transportation infrastructure back to the states.
Remove payment barriers for charging users. This could reduce the cost of capital investment required for highway systems by 30%.
Level the playing field for private sector funding. Currently interest income received for investing in municipal bonds is tax free which is not the case for private debt.
First, and most important: national security.
Second, our roads and bridges must be repaired and rebuilt.
Third, Obamacare must be repealed and replaced.
Fourth, our fundamental liberties must be protected.
Fifth, government must shrink and the tax code must be simpler and fairer.
I don't disagree with the specifics of any of these five goals but rather where the emphasis is placed. Her first two goals are to greatly increase spending for both the military and for infrastructure projects. Her last goal is to shrink the federal government which is a good idea but very hard to accomplish in practice.
Here is the basic problem our national debt (the public part on which we pay interest) is now at 77% of GDP, the highest it has been since right after WWII, and steadily getting worse. Right now this approximately $14 trillion debt is essentially "free" money because interest rates are so low. But when interest rates inevitably rise to more normal levels, interest payments on the debt will soar by hundreds of billions of dollars per year and eat much more deeply into tax revenue.
It should be a very high priority for Congress to establish a plan to bring government spending more closely in line with tax revenue. I have previously described how this could be accomplished over a ten year period without cutting hardly anything but simply using restraint for spending increases.
Conclusion. If Senator Fisher feels that it is necessary to make big spending increases in areas such as national defense and infrastructure repair, then she should be equally adamant about the need to hold down the growth of government spending overall.
As the readers of this blog well know, I am very concerned about the fiscal and economic direction our country has been taking in recent years. I voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election because of Donald Trump's crude and sleazy behavior. However we need basic change in the U.S. and Mr. Trump is clearly a change agent.
Treasury Secretary designee, Steven Mnuchin, says that tax cuts for both upper-income and middle class taxpayers will be offset by "less deductions that pay for it." Revenue neutral tax rate cuts will increase both consumer and investment spending, without increasing our debt, and will give the economy a huge boost.
Health and Human Services Secretary designee, Rep Tom Price, is an expert on health-care and wants to replace the Affordable Care Act with a new healthcare program which provides more consumer choice at a much lower cost.
The Great Rebuilding. Infrastructure investment is needed but it should be accomplished with a lower corporate tax rate and repatriated profits of multinational corporations to avoid increasing the deficit.
Holdback on excessive fiscal stimulus. With the unemployment rate down to 4.6%, a dollar which has already appreciated 40% since 2011, and tax cuts on the way, inflation and higher interest rates are in the offing. Let's not overdo it.
Living on borrowed time. As shown in the above chart, interest rates are very, very low and are likely to rise significantly in the near future. When this happens, our massive public debt (on which we pay interest) of 76% of GDP will become very expensive to service. Ouch!
Conclusion. One can see a Trump agenda emerging which has the potential to be very successful if it is coupled with overall spending restraint.
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman is perhaps the most ardent Keynesian economist in the U.S. today. Let's agree that Mr. Krugman is a very intelligent and articulate fellow. He is a Nobel Prize winner and undoubtedly has made important contributions to economics. But he has the absolutely nutty idea that extreme deficit spending not only doesn't hurt our economy but can actually be beneficial. His column, "Time To Borrow" in yesterday's NYT is a perfect example of this dangerous idea.
Our national debt of $19 trillion is just a big scary number. Actually just our public debt alone of $13 trillion (on which we pay interest) is 75% of GDP, the highest since the end of WWII, and is projected (by the CBO) to steadily become much worse.
Federal interest payments are only 1.3% of GDP, low by historical standards. Just lock in repayment with 30-year inflation protected bonds, yielding .64% interest. Okay, suppose we can lock in very low interest payments on our current debt and therefore just borrow away oblivious to total debt for the next 30 years. In 2046 I expect to be gone but my children and grandchildren will still be around. Why should they be stuck with paying off or refinancing our own extravagant debt at likely much higher interest rates?
There are pressing infrastructure problems all over the country which need fixing now. For example, in Florida, green slime infests beaches because of failure to upgrade an 80 year old dike. The answer is to let Florida voters decide if they want to issue bonds for this project and pay them off with state tax revenue. Nebraska, for example, has decided to raise its state gas tax by 6 cents/gallon in order to pay for infrastructure upgrades.
Conclusion. The U.S. is currently in a huge fiscal bind with massive debt and continuing large annual deficits. It is extremely reckless to continue even current deficit spending, let alone increasing it, for anything less than a true national emergency. Infrastructure repair, for example, is an important but routine need which should be paid for out of current tax revenue.
The former CEO of Nucor Steel Company, Dan DiMicco, has written a book, "American Made: why making things will return us to greatness" describing why and how U.S. manufacturing dominance has shrunk in the past 50 years and how it can be restored. Nucor is the largest American steel company and has never laid off an employee in its 42 years in existence, even during the recent recession.
Build public-private partnerships to restore the manufacturing base. For example, only $60 billion out of the $765 billion stimulus bill in 2009 was devoted to infrastructure spending. As another example, the corporate income tax rate should be significantly lowered.
Level the playing field in international trade. When Germany and Japan built up huge trade surpluses in the 1970s and 1980s, the Reagan Administration responded with the Plaza Accord in 1985 outlawing foreign currency manipulation. Since then China especially has adopted a strongly mercantilist trading policy, subsidizing key industries, exporting as much as possible and importing as little as possible. No president since Reagan has insisted on equitable rule-based trade agreements where the rules are enforced. This would help immensely.
Rebuild the nation's infrastructure. Mr. DiMicco would be willing to increase deficit spending for such needs as highways, bridges, fiber-optic lines, mobile networks, and urban wastewater systems.
Develop our energy resources. Go all out on natural gas production by fracking. This will lower our carbon footprint and has the potential to make us completely energy independent, thereby greatly reducing our trade deficit.
The skills gap myth. It would help if the U.S. had better career education for high school students unlikely to go to college. But Nucor sponsors cooperative training programs at all of its locations and has no trouble finding workers.
A strong revival of U.S. manufacturing has the potential to create 30 million new jobs and thereby revitalize the American middle class. Mr. DiMicco's prescription makes a lot of sense.
An activist monetary policy to do whatever it takes to sustain sufficient demand in the economy.
A credible commitment to sustainable fiscal policy. Some have argued that fiscal consolidation is incompatible with economic recovery. But recent experience, e.g. sequestration in the U.S. and a balanced budget in the U.K., has shown the reverse.
An ambitious program of supply-side reform. The U.S. has a booming technology sector and the fracking revolution. The U.K. has cut its corporate tax rate to 20%, welcomes disruptive innovation and is pushing ahead on shale gas.
In the U.S. things are moving in the right direction and so the focus needs to be on keeping the momentum going. Monetary stimulus has accomplished much but now a sound exit policy is needed. Sequestration has slowed down the growth of government debt but has not ended it. Further progress will require entitlement reform, especially for Medicare and Medicaid. But first, the Affordable Care Act needs to be improved to do a better job of controlling the overall cost of healthcare. Infrastructure improvement, tax reform and expanding trade are the supply side keys to increasing productivity and shared prosperity.
Activist monetary policy, credible fiscal policy, and ambitious supply side reform: these are the policies which will lead to future progress!
The economy added 321,000 jobs in November, the most in one month since January 2012.
The unemployment rate of 5.8% remains steady and is down from 7% in November 2013.
The average hourly earnings for workers is up by 2.1% from a year earlier.
Economic growth for the third quarter is up 3.9% from the previous quarter.
The deficit for the 2014-2015 fiscal year was "only" 2.8% of GDP and is predicted by the Congressional Budget Office to drop to 2.6% for the current year.
The price of a gallon of gasoline has dropped to $2.71 on average, its lowest level since 2010 and is still dropping.
Infrastructure. The continuing drop in the price of gasoline offers the opportunity to replenish the inadequately funded Highway Trust Fund in a fiscally responsible manner. Congress should raise the federal gasoline tax above its current 18 cents per gallon to a level which is sufficient to fund the entire federal share of highway construction and repair.
Tax reform. Individual and corporate tax reform will give the economy a huge boost. The idea here is to lower tax rates in a revenue neutral way by closing loopholes and deductions.
Expanding Exports. What's needed here is to give the President fast track negotiating authority so that Congress has to vote any trade agreement up or down without modification. This is the only way to get other countries to make concessions.
Of course there are many other issues which need to be seriously addressed by the new Congress. But relatively quick action on just these three less controversial items would be a great start!


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Proposed plan would limit SNAP benefits in Iowa
Updated: 7:19 PM CST Jan 19, 2023
STREET. SIX. I HAVE A HOUSE REPUBLICANS WANT TO DRASTICALLY REDUCE WHO QUALIFIES FOR FOOD ASSISTANCE IN THE STATE AND RESTRICT EVEN FURTHER WHAT THEY CAN BUY UNDER A NEW BILL. LOW INCOME, ELDERLY AND DISABLED IOWANS WHO RELY ON SNAP BENEFITS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BUY THINGS LIKE FRESH MEAT WIDE BREAD AND SLICED AMERICAN CHEESE. THE REPUBLICANS WANT TO LIMIT THE DISTRICT AND ITS PEOPLE TO ONLY WHAT'S ALLOWED ON THE APPROVED LIST FOR THE WET PROGRAM. CRITICS SAY WIK IS INTENDED FOR NEW MOTHERS, PREGNANT WOMEN AND INFANTS AND WORK AS ANTIQUATED, OUTDATED DIETARY RESTRICTIONS. BUT THE REPUBLICANS SAY THE MONEY COULD BE BETTER USED ELSEWHERE. IT'S THESE ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GROWING WITHIN THE BUDGET AND ARE PUTTING PRESSURE ON US BEING ABLE TO FUND OTHER PRIORITIES. IOWANS ON SNAP WOULD NOW BE ABLE TO BUY MEAT, FLOUR, BUTTER, COOKING OIL, FROZEN, PREPARED FOODS. IT'S A HUGE LIST, THOUGH. IT WOULD ALSO REDUCE THE INCOME LEVEL. IOWANS NEED TO QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM. TH
A bill introduced in the Iowa House would limit who qualifies for food assistance and what foods they can buy. Under the bill, HF 3, low-income, older, and disabled Iowans who rely on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits would not be able to buy things like fresh meat, white bread and sliced American cheese.The House Republican-backed bill would limit SNAP users to only what's allowed on the approved list for the Women, Infants and Children program.Critics of the bill say that WIC is intended for new mothers, pregnant women and infants and WIC has antiquated and outdated dietary restrictions.But the Republicans say the money could be better used elsewhere."It's these entitlement programs. They're the ones that are growing within the budget and are putting pressure on us being able to fund other priorities," House Speaker Pat Grassley said."Iowans on SNAP would not be able to buy meat, flour, butter, cooking oil, frozen prepared food. It's a huge list," Iowa Hunger Coalition Chair Luke Elzinga said.The bill would also reduce the income level Iowans need to qualify for the programThe proposal is currently being addressed in a subcommittee.
A bill introduced in the Iowa House would limit who qualifies for food assistance and what foods they can buy.
Under the bill, HF 3, low-income, older, and disabled Iowans who rely on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits would not be able to buy things like fresh meat, white bread and sliced American cheese.
The House Republican-backed bill would limit SNAP users to only what's allowed on the approved list for the Women, Infants and Children program.
Critics of the bill say that WIC is intended for new mothers, pregnant women and infants and WIC has antiquated and outdated dietary restrictions.
But the Republicans say the money could be better used elsewhere.
"It's these entitlement programs. They're the ones that are growing within the budget and are putting pressure on us being able to fund other priorities," House Speaker Pat Grassley said.
"Iowans on SNAP would not be able to buy meat, flour, butter, cooking oil, frozen prepared food. It's a huge list," Iowa Hunger Coalition Chair Luke Elzinga said.
The bill would also reduce the income level Iowans need to qualify for the program
The proposal is currently being addressed in a subcommittee.


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Regina's restrictive office policy may have stunted development
A policy limiting larger office development to downtown hasn't spurred the revival the city had hoped, commercial experts say
WI Staff Western Investor
Regina policy has kept office buildings downtown but failed to spark street life. | Submitted
A five-year-old Regina development policy that restricts larger office buildings to the city's core has failed to ignite a downtown revival, according to a leading commercial realtor.
Barry Stuart of Stuart Commercial Inc. in Saskatoon, who moderated the office panel at April's Saskatchewan Real Estate Forum, said only one of five office panellists spoke in favour of Regina's office policy.
The policy, implemented in July 2012, does not permit major office projects of more than 43,000 square feet of floor space outside of the core area, except in limited circumstances.
Stuart, who stressed that he was speaking as an individual, not as a company representative, said Regina's primary goal was to create a more vibrant downtown in the capital city.
"I certainly don't see it," he said. "Drive around Regina's city centre and you'll see what I mean. [It] might have one block that could be considered a retail zone for smaller merchants whereas Saskatoon has at least six that form the heartbeat of the city."
Within Regina's office market, 82 per cent is downtown and 18 per cent is suburban. In Saskatoon, only 68 per cent of the total office space is downtown, "and yet Saskatoon's core is far more vibrant than Regina's," he said.
Stuart recommends that Regina "stop the nonsense about limiting where offices can be built" and concentrate instead on incentives for grocery stores and other retail to help "attract high-density, multi-family development" into the downtown core.
Regina landlords dangle incentives to draw in tenants
Stadium kicks off Regina revival
Regina housing market "problematic" amidst building permit boom


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Location: Nigeria
Deloitte releases new report titled "Invest in Nigeria"
Recent reforms foster recovery, unlocking the potential for West Africa's economic powerhouse
Fresh perspectives enhance the audit
Controls Transformation & Assurance
Cyber Risk Services
Governance, Regulatory & Risk
Private educational institutions
Why are they not taxable?
"Ask me my three main priorities for government and I tell you education, education, and education". This was Rt Hon. Tony Blair of United Kingdom in October 1996. As far as Nigeria is concerned, the level of infrastructural deficit has made education just one of the critical priorities. There are three other priorities in power, housing and transport in no particular order of importance. For instance, Nigeria has an estimated $300 billion infrastructure gap which the current government needs to finance.
The reality today in Nigeria is one in which private educational institutions are thriving at the expense of the public educational institutions. The one time pride primary and secondary are now shadows of themselves. Many are littered with dilapidated structures and reek of neglect. Interventions and salvage missions by alumni organisations are the stories of these institutions at the moment. The uncertain school calendar has also made the tertiary institutions most unattractive and have increased the number of Nigerian freshmen/undergraduates involved in educational pilgrimages outside the country.
The relevance of an educational system in which private educational institutions complement educational service delivery in a competitive manner cannot be over-emphasised. Nigeria's literacy rate is 69.1% and the country has 54% of her citizens between the ages of 15 and 39. It is important that Nigeria must continue to be a learning society, develop talents and raise the ambitions of the youth. It is important also that Nigerian children should continue to be able to not only "gain the basic tools for life and work in schools [but also] to learn the joy of life: the exhilaration of music, the excitement of sport, the beauty of art, the magic of science as well as learn the value of life i.e. what it is to be responsible citizens who give something back to their community."
Apart from stable curriculum, private educational institutions charge significantly high fees relative to the public educational institutions. The incidence of high tuition and other related fees has provoked the concern whether or not such institutions are taxable in Nigeria.
In Nigeria, the provisions of section 23(1)(c) of Companies Income Tax Act, Cap C.21, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (LFN) 2007 (as amended) ('CITA') provide that the profits of any company engaged in ecclesiastical, charitable or educational activities of a public character in so far as such profits are not derived from a trade or business carried on by such company shall be exempt from tax. However, CITA provides for taxation of passive income (dividend, interest, rent or royalty) when earned by such educational institutions.
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York High's Chyna Steele led all scorers with 17 points in the game.
Delone's Allyson Shipley scored 13 points, including the winning free throw in the waning seconds.
Red Lion's Courtney, playing for her father one final time, added 14 points.
RED LION — Jordyn Kloster and Courtney Dimoff share a lot of similar experiences.
They both played for their dads during their senior years.
They both scored 1,000 career points, achieving that feat one day apart earlier this season.
But those moments came in different-colored uniforms — Kloster with Northeastern and Dimoff with Red Lion.
Both Dimoff and Kloster can now to look forward to making some new memories as teammates this coming fall when they get to Millersville University.
Before that could happen, however, the Marauder recruits had to square off one more time on Sunday in the York-Adams League Senior All-Star Game at Red Lion High School.
And, yes, both were again coached by their fathers — Red Lion coach Don Dimoff and Northeastern coach Dennis Kloster.
In the end, however, it was a player from Delone Catholic, Allyson Shipley, who provided the contest's winning margin. Shipley converted on 1 of 2 free throws with 4.4 seconds left to lift a team of mostly Division I all-stars to a 56-55 triumph over a team of mostly Division II stars.
Regardless of the outcome, the two players could hardly contain their excitement about playing with one another in the future.
"I'm excited about it," Jordyn Kloster said. "But I don't think we're going to be roommates."
While those two have a lot of things in common, the coach-daughter relationship was a little different for each.
"We definitely fought a lot (at the beginning)," Kloster said, in reference to playing for her dad, an assistant who took over as head coach in mid-December. "But I felt more comfortable after that."
While Coach Dimoff wasn't afraid to ride his daughter a little, Courtney definitely enjoyed the time she had with her father.
"I'm going to miss him the next four years," Courtney said. "It was great to just be able to think alike all the time and be able to know what each other was thinking."
Both players said they felt at ease playing in their high school uniforms one last time, although they didn't know what to expect coming into it.
"It was a lot of fun," Kloster said. "At first I was really nervous because I thought it was going to be real stressful. But then we got into it."
Dimoff got into it particularly well, to the tune of 14 points for the game. York High's Chyna Steele led all scorers with 17 points, while Shipley chipped in 13 to lead the victors.
Red Lion's Dimoff hits milestone
The Division II team had more balanced scoring, with four players scoring at least eight points each. West York's Morgan Bamberger led her team with nine points while Kloster, West York's Olivia Sollberger and Susquehannock's Ashley Stone each scored eight.
As both Kloster and Dimoff prepare to head off to Millersville, they know that they still have some similar homework to do to prepare for the college game.
"It's definitely going to be a lot faster," Dimoff said. "And we both have to get physically stronger. But I think it's going to be a lot of fun playing together."
Reach Ryan Vandersloot at sports@yorkdispatch.com.


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The Great Escape: A Classic by A Great Director
Posted bywarrenwatchedamovie December 27, 2020 December 24, 2020 Posted inHistoryTags:Adventure, Drama, History
Directed by John Sturges
June 20, 1963 premiere in London) / July 4, 1963 in U.S.
A group of World War II prisoners plot to escape from a high-security Luftwaffe POW camp in this fact-based drama.
This is most definitely one of those must-see classic films. You cannot skip this one if you like great films. It's a character driven dramatic story that plays more like a World War II adventure yarn than anything else, but the story is well written and expertly directed by John Sturges who was behind many great films such as Bad Day at Black Rock, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, the classic western The Magnificent Seven, and Ice Station Zebra.
In this instance calling this film based on a true story might be a bit of a stretch. It is closer to being loosely inspired by a true story. It's my understanding that there is a heavy amount of fiction in this film because the filmmakers and technical advisers, for whom World War II was still fresh in their minds, did not want to provide a visual guide on how the escape was specifically done should something like WWII occur in the future. There was also the adding in of American involvement to boost commercial appeal.
The film itself draws what it draws from a 1950 nonfiction book of the same name by Paul Brickhill that is a firsthand account of the escape of British POWs from German POW camp Stalag Luft III in what is now Żagań, Poland in the province of Lower Silesia in Nazi Germany. No need to take notes class. This will not be on a test because I am not an accredited teacher.
The cast here is all top-notch and were at the top of their game at the time of this film. There is great acting all around here. There are no slouches to be found even in the minor parts. We have the legendary Steve McQueen in a star making performance as Captain Virgil Hilts called The Cooler King who was one of three Americans in the camp in this film. While McQueen was and still is the epitome of big screen cool, he was a bit too cocky here for the majority of his performance in my opinion. It fit in with the adventure type vibe that the film had in portions, but I think if he had muted the swagger a bit the performance would have had more impact. I say this because his moments with Ives (Angus Lennie), which were more subdued, were very strong and his reaction to the characters death due to Ives trying to escape hits strong. It is my understanding that the Hilts character was a work of fiction and not based on any single individual but rather a bit of a composite character.
James Garner is Flight Lieutenant Robert Hendley whose job is to gather whatever materials the prisoners need for their escape. His character is paired with Flight Lieutenant Colin Blythe (Donald Pleasence) who is a mild-mannered and good-natured individual with a love of birdwatching who analyzed aerial pictures before getting shot down on his first mission actually in the field.
The story between Hendley and Blythe is perhaps my favorite of the film. You can see the relationship between the two build at first because Hendley kind of likes the guy and then because he understands what is actually going on with his friend. It took me a few viewings to get that Hendley was picking up what was going on myself. Pleasence is playing the character as nearly blind from the beginning of the film. Watch his eyes and how the character acts from the get-go. At first Hendley thinks there is something wrong about the guy and you can see that but eventually he picks up on it and you see the visual cues when that occurs but he never says a thing until he must.
Richard Attenborough as Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett, or as escape leader Big X, is a bit of a surprise for me. Only because I became truly familiar with him much later in his life and I see him playing Santa Claus in the remake of A Miracle On 34th Street as well as the billionaire mind behind Jurassic Park. In those he was all boisterous and larger than life but here he is, dare I say, subdued in comparison. This was possibly the film that truly introduced the actor to overseas audiences but since it came out before I was born I think I can be forgiven. He was just amazing in this role.
James Coburn acting here was good here as Australian Flying Officer Louis Sedgwick whose job was to make things for the escape. I generally think was always good. Just a great actor to watch, but I hate his accent in this movie with a serious passion. Not every actor can fake an accent well and he was one of them. Based on the general clunkiness of his accent I am guessing he just winged it. The accent he puts on is thicker than peanut butter and faker than a Kardashian's lips. Other than that, it was a great performance by him.
Charles Bronson on the other hand did a fantastic job of faking his accent as Polish Flight Lieutenant Danny Velinski. He is remembered largely as a movie tough guy, but the man had serious talent. He adds nuance to the character who suffers from serious claustrophobia because of what he has gone through digging 17 previous escape tunnels and I think I understand the character's thinking. He does not like small places and working in the tunnel is driving him crazy. In his mind he can do it because he is working to get out. I understand that and it is amazingly shown by Bronson here. He has a nice bit of interaction with Flight Lieutenant Dickes (John Leyton) who supports him as he struggles with his claustrophobia and keeps him on track.
James Donald as Group Captain Ramsey is okay and at okay that makes him possibly the weakest character here but there is nothing wrong with leveling out at okay in a great film. An okay in a great film is great in comparison to other movies. He was always good. I have seen him in so much from around that era, but I am blanking on exactly what that all is. For me he is a face I know but I cannot place from where. His character has a cane and is thus unable to join in the escape. Ramsey though interacted a great deal in this film with the camp's commandant.
I know he was in the enemy army, but I feel kind of sorry for the prison camp Commandant von Luger (Hannes Messemer) at the end of the film. During the course of the film he is not abusive towards the prisoners and treats them as fairly as possible under the circumstances. Von Luger even seems to view Ramsey more as a colleague at times than an opponent. He came off as an individual making the best out of a bad situation. He is no friend to the Nazis and even expresses dislike of both the SS and Gestapo. The escape and its aftermath costs him his command and sends him to the Russian front which is most certainly a death sentence for a man that would probably fit in better with the Allies than the Axis powers. By the end of the film I was hoping for a better outcome for the character.
The talented David McCallum does not get too much to do here as Lieutenant-Commander Eric Ashley-Pitt. His major contribution to the story is figuring out what to do with all the dirt from the tunnels. I'm not sure if his character was even important to the overall narrative considering there was a great deal fiction here and he probably could have been eliminated and his idea credited to another, more prominent character.
While inspired by a true story, it is not an accurate retelling the events. And the film may or may not benefit from that, but it is still a good film nonetheless. It is a solid and well-paced story with tension and exciting moments and even bits of humor in it. Some have complained about this film and its "war-is-fun" attitude. I can see the argument, but this is supposed to be an uplifting story and a mercilessly downbeat film (which probably would have been more realistic) could not have done that. It needed some levity and given the level of fictionalization I think this is acceptable. It is not as if they are cracking fart jokes the whole time.
The film contains a rather iconic motorcycle chase scene featuring Steve McQueen as Hilts as well as at times the soldiers pursuing him. McQueen was a motorcycle enthusiast, and this played into that. Because of insurance concerns McQueen was not allowed to perform the motorcycle leap. This was instead performed by McQueen's friend Bud Ekin whom McQueen readily credited when asked. Not only was he the King of Cool but he was a cool and standup guy.
The Great Escape is a classic World War II film that should not be missed. It has drama and humor and action and plenty of great performances all while being helmed by a great director. Watch it!


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SJR-9 Startup Act 3.0.(2013-2014)
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Senate Joint Resolution No. 9
Relative to the Startup Act 3.0.
SJR 9, Huff. Startup Act 3.0.
This measure would urge the United States Congress and the President to establish new entrepreneur and science, technology, engineering, or mathematics-related visa categories for legal immigrants as part of comprehensive federal immigration reform, that would, among other things, create an Entrepreneur's Visa for legal immigrants, provide authorization to adjust the status of not more than 50,000 aliens who have earned a master's degree or a doctorate degree, as specified, to that of aliens conditionally admitted for permanent residence, and eliminate per-country caps for employment-based immigrant visas.
WHEREAS, The United States is a nation of immigrants, with a long history of welcoming indigents from other nations and giving them a chance at achieving the American Dream; and
WHEREAS, Immigrants have formed the backbone of the nation's economy; and
WHEREAS, Open economies grow faster than closed ones, and as a beacon of hope, America has historically had an unbeatable advantage over societies that shut immigrants out, or stifled their creative and innovative spirit; and
WHEREAS, The United States economy has been enriched by the innovative and entrepreneurial spirit of immigrants from around the world; and
WHEREAS, According to the Kauffman Foundation on Entrepreneurship, of the current Fortune 500 companies, including Apple, Google, and eBay, more than 40 percent were founded by first- or second-generation Americans, and these companies employ more than 10 million people; and
WHEREAS, Foreign nationals residing in the United States were named as inventors or coinventors in one-quarter of all patent applications filed in 2006; and
WHEREAS, Fifty-two percent of Silicon Valley startups between 1995 and 2005 were founded or cofounded by immigrants, generating $52 billion in revenues and employing 450,000 workers; and
WHEREAS, In the past seven years, the national rate of startups by immigrants has dropped to 42 percent according to scholars at Harvard and Duke Universities; and
WHEREAS, The number of foreign nationals with advanced degrees awaiting permanent-resident status in the United States has grown to over one million in the past several years; and
WHEREAS, Under current law, only around 120,000 visas are available annually for skilled workers in key employment categories and only 7 percent of these visas can be allocated to immigrants from any one country. So immigrants from countries with large populations, like India and China, which are the source of the vast majority of startups in the United States, have access to only 8,400 visas per year; and
WHEREAS, The result of this policy is that many of these highly skilled immigrants must wait more than a decade for visas; and
WHEREAS, Many of these highly skilled innovators are deciding instead to return home, or immigrate to other countries that welcome them with open arms, such as Singapore, Canada, Dubai, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Chile. As a result, these innovators are founding companies in these other countries and competing with American companies for market share; and
WHEREAS, The issue of illegal immigration has taken on national prominence in recent years and the resolution of the broader issue should be the result of bipartisan efforts; and
WHEREAS, United States Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kansas), Mark Warner (D-Virginia), Chris Coons (D-Delaware), and Roy Blunt (R-Missouri) have introduced S. 310, and United States House Representatives Michael Grimm (R-New York), Loretta Sanchez (D-California), and others have introduced H.R. 714 in the 113th Congress of the United States, and this legislation is known as the Startup Act 3.0; and
WHEREAS, Entrepreneurs and highly skilled workers can contribute to the continued success of the nation and further the development of an innovation-based economy that will help future generations compete in the global marketplace; and
WHEREAS, There has been bipartisan support in Congress for proposed changes to immigration law seeking to create new jobs and drive economic growth, such as:
(1) Creation of an Entrepreneur's Visa for up to 75,000 legal immigrants who start up new businesses to create jobs in the United States with a path to permanent residency if their businesses continue to hire more workers.
(2) Authorization to adjust the status of not more than 50,000 aliens who have earned a master's degree or a doctorate degree at an American institution of higher education in a STEM field (science, technology, engineering, or mathematics) to that of aliens conditionally admitted for permanent residence to remain in this country.
(3) Elimination of per-country caps for employment-based immigrant visas; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of California, jointly, That the Legislature urge the United States Congress and the President to establish new entrepreneur and STEM-related visa categories for legal immigrants as part of comprehensive federal immigration reform; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the Majority Leader of the Senate, and to each Senator and Representative from California in the Congress of the United States.


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The development of football and children is paramount to FITC. The pyramid to progression starts with our grass roots initiatives including the ability counts program, Social Inclusion through to the Soccer Schools and Soccer Centre's which provide a great base for children to progress to the player development centres and various other advanced initiative such as the girls Centre of Excellence, NCFC Academy or even National Recognition.
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We will aim to develop and progress players through our 'Pyramid to Success'.
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NACRO offer small youth inclusion based projects across the city and are runin a drop in format with open access. They aim to address local needs and also have vital links with other youth based groups. The limitation of the projects is that they are often located and determined by the availability of minimal funding.
The Social Inclusion Project will address a number of community issues such as crime prevention and community safety. The project itself will be structured around three themes Access, Health and Inclusion. The project will address the barriers that stop group's participation, such as transport, location and finances in an attempt to maximise participation. In an attempt to improve the health of these groups the initiative will encourage activities, which lead to sustained regular physical activity.
We also recognise that sport can be used as a medium to raise the basic life skills of the participants. These skills will include initiative; raising self-esteem and motivation levels and ensuring they all have equal opportunities participate.
As a result of the initiative footballing opportunities will be provided in urban communities which have been recognised as disadvantaged through consultations with relevant agencies. Small scale, focused projects that use sport as a tool to work with young people who are excluded.
Constantly working and liasing with agencies such as Youth Offending Team and Social Services. As a result of the project local people will be actively encouraged to attend training and take a role of responsibility.
All of the initiatives activities provide a clear exit route for all target groups to carry on participating. This will hopefully involve charter standard and developing clubs to create new teams in the area. As a whole the Social Inclusion Project will lead to a more co-ordinated approach to Youth based projects in Norwich. This will hopefully lead to practise sharing, training and joint activities and events.
We feel that the initiative is required in an attempt to curve growing problems with alcohol and substance misuse, crime prevention, low income and poor use of free time.
We have identified football as a vehicle which we believe can transport the process of support and new provisions in a constructive environment.
Initial research had identified the following locations for the new provision; Mile Cross, Lakenham, Pilling Park, Bowthorpe, Catton Grove, Heartsease, Costessey and Thorpe St Andrew. Six out of the eight wards above are amongst the top 20% of deprived wards in England. Not only do we recognise this as a problem we feel that it is one that jointly, we can address.
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Grootschermer is een lintdorp in de gemeente Alkmaar, in de Nederlandse provincie Noord-Holland. Het dorp telt circa  inwoners.

Geschiedenis
Tot 1970 viel het onder de gemeente Zuid- en Noord-Schermer waarna het opging in de gemeente Schermer. Op 1 januari 2015 ging de plaats samen met die gemeente op in de gemeente Alkmaar. Het dorp kreeg landelijke bekendheid na een bomaanslag op het huis van staatssecretaris Aad Kosto door actiegroep RaRa in 1991.

Bezienswaardig

De Hervormde Kerk uit 1762.
Het voormalig raadhuis (1639)
De beeldentuin van Nic Jonk
Enkele oude, pittoreske huisjes.
Molens De Havik en de Menningweermolen
Weidemolen Grootschermer.

Sport
De plaatselijke voetbalclub is GSV.
De plaatselijke tennisvereniging is TC Schermer.

Geboren
 Nic Jonk (1928-1994), beeldend kunstenaar
 André Krul (1987), betaald voetballer (doelman)
 Pieter de Hart (1950), 1ste Werelduurrecordhouder Backwards Cycling (19-09-1990)

Zie ook
 Lijst van rijksmonumenten in Grootschermer

Afbeeldingen

Referenties

Geografie van Alkmaar
Plaats in Noord-Holland

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