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How Not to Run a Football Club: The Fall of Pompey
Darren Butler
Play up Pompey
It's May 2008, the Players and Staff of Portsmouth Football Club are ascending the steps of Wembley toward the Royal box to lift the FA Cup, England's most prestigious club trophy.
For Portsmouth and their fans, it was the culmination of a decade long roller-coaster ride, starting with administration in December 1998 and takeover by Milan Mandaric in May 1999. Mandaric was not a patient man and expected results almost instantly, the first of a succession of Managerial changes under his ownership came in December 1999, with Portsmouth struggling at the wrong end of the old Division One.
Alan Ball making way for Tony Pullis, long before Pullis's heroics with Stoke City, Tony was tasked with making sure Portsmouth didn't drop into England's third tier. Despite Pullis ensuring exactly that, he was placed on leave during the 2000/01 Season. Tony would later explain it was down to poor relations with Mandaric, Pullis was replaced by Player/Manager Steve Claridge.
Doing so would prove to be a disastrous decision as Portsmouth once again languished at the bottom of Division One, come February 2001 it was Steve's neck on the chopping block, this time the change in management was the catalyst for improved form and Portsmouth survived thanks to a final day victory over Barnsley, with Huddersfield failing to win their game.
The start of the 2001/02 season brought about more change and Mandaric's demands for Portsmouth to improve and break into England's top tier became ever more obvious. He brought in Harry Redknapp as Director of Football, Redknapp later wrote in his autobiography, Always Managing, regarding the contract he had signed.
"You ask anyone, I've never been great at negotiating my contracts, often I just signed a bit a paper, asked how much I'd be paid and when my first day was. The Director of Football contract I signed with Portsmouth was a bit of pay cut compared to managing, but it did have a rather nice bonus included. Mandaric was offering me 10% of the profit from player sales, to supplement the lesser salary"
Redknapp's responsibility as Director of Football was purely to recruit the best players, within the budget, that also had the potential to be sold on for a tidy profit. First on Harry's list was veteran playmaker Robert Prosnecki, typical 'arry. Sign players that could turn a profit was his remit, and the first player brought in under Redknapp's watch was a 32-year-old Midfielder, it would prove an inspired choice.
Prosnecki was praised at the end of the 2001/02 Season for saving Portsmouth from relegation to Division Two for the second time in as many seasons. His solitary goals against Stockport and Forest determining the destination of all three points, whilst a hat-trick against Barnsley stole two points from fellow relegation contenders. Ultimately Barnsley were relegated, and Portsmouth survived by a margin of four points.
One other player Harry signed that year was Peter Crouch from QPR. Redknapp confessed in his book that Manadaric wasn't convinced by Crouch's ability and was reluctant to make the deal.
"Harry, he's got to be the worse footballer I've ever seen. He can't run and he's not strong enough for someone of his size"
Eventually, Harry twisted Milan's arm and he opened his chequebook, Crouch moved to Portsmouth for £1m and proved Mandaric wrong instantly. His 18 goals that season played a massive part in Portsmouth's survival too, with equalisers against Wolves, Wimbledon, Walsall and Burnley and game-winners against Sheffield Wednesday, Manchester City and Coventry.
Peter was moved on for a tidy profit shortly after the close of that very season, Aston Villa willing pay £5m, a £4m return on Mandaric's original investment, minus Harry's £200k commission. I know what you're thinking £200k isn't ten percent of £4m as promised in Redknapp's contract. Unfortunately, by the time Crouch was sold Harry had become Pompey manager, Harry surrendered his position as Director of Football and had to sign a new contract, his percentage was reduced from ten down to five per cent of transfer profit, and he didn't even realise until the commission from the Crouch sale was deposited.
This would both be a bone of contention between Redknapp and Mandaric, but also used as evidence in Harry's favour in the now infamous Rosie47 Court Case, in which Mandaric and Redknapp were accused of financial crimes, Harry wouldn't be convicted based on the defence that he just wasn't clever enough to pull it off, his own words, not mine.
The 2002/03 Season represented Milan Mandaric's 4th Season as Chairman, and he was starting to grow restless of Portsmouth inability to capitalise on his investment into the club. With Redknapp having a full season as manager ahead of him, Harry played the market well, as he always has done throughout his career, and brought in some great experienced players, mixed with some up and coming young talent.
Several of Harry's acquisitions that Summer would prove both instrumental to Pompey's future success, but also go on to have great individual careers. A 20-year-old Nigerian striker by the name of Yakubu Aiyegbeni was bought in on loan from Maccabi Haifa, Yakubu would later sign permanently for £4.75m, becoming one of Africa's great footballing exports along the way.
Matthew Taylor from Luton and Vincent Pericard from Juventus completed the trio of U21's to join the ranks, but it was the old guard that came with them that would play just as big a part. Paul Merson, Tim Sherwood, Arjan de Zeeuw and Shaka Hislop all joined on free transfers and at an average age of 33 years old between them, brought a lot of experience and a winning mentality.
A Few Sales Short of a Ship
The 2002/03 Division One Season would finish with Portsmouth top of the table, accumulating 98 points and scoring 97 goals, finally, Milan Mandaric got the return he wanted on his investment, Portsmouth would be playing Premier League football again for the first time in 15 years.
Harry Redknapp along with assistant Jim Smith guided Portsmouth to a respectable 13th place in their first year back in England's top tier, Yakubu making good on his permanent switch from Maccabi, scoring 16 goals. The 2003/04 season is notable for Arsenal's invincibles, but it almost didn't happen. Pompey were 1-0 up against the Gunners thanks to former Spurs striker Teddy Sheringham, but it took a controversial penalty decision in Arsenal's favour to level the game and maintain their undefeated streak.
The 2004/05 season was where it all started to go wrong under Mandaric's leadership, despite a good start to the season and a famous 2-0 victory over Manchester United, a boardroom bust-up between Milan and Harry over the appointment of Velimir Zajec as Director of Football, forced Redknapp to walk out on Pompey in the November. The teams form dipped drastically, only just escaping relegation back to Division One with a few games to go. Incidentally, Redknapp joined rivals Southampton shortly after leaving Portsmouth, they were not so lucky and were relegated after West Brom completed their great escape by beating Portsmouth 2-0 on the final day.
Alan Perrin, the man who replaced Redknapp, failed to get Portsmouth firing and on November 24th 2005, a year to the day after Harry left, Perrin was sacked with just four wins in 20 games. Sensationally it was Redknapp that would return to Fratton Park, but it's no coincidence that Mandaric sold the club barely a month later to Alexandre Gaydemak, the clubs finances had been hugely mismanaged by Mandaric, with the club owing nearly £60m to various financiers. Alexandre became the new guarantor for the existing loans and immediately bankrolled a Winter transfer window that saw the arrival of nine new players.
Amongst the new arrivals was Pedro Mendes, who along with new club record signing Benjani helped Portsmouth escape the relegation zone on the penultimate day of the season, losing just once in nine games.
With Gaydemak's financial clout, Harry was able to put together a very competitive squad for the 06/07 season, signing veteran players that otherwise would have been outside of the previous wage structure, Harry signed David James, Glen Johnson, Sol Campbell and Andy Cole. This season would also see the beginnings of a now legendary partnership between manager Redknapp and Midfield maestro Niko Kranjcar, Kranjcar convinced to join Pompey by one Robert Prosnecki.
Portsmouth finished in the top half of the table for the first time ever in the Premier League, just 2 points behind Bolton and the Europa League spots. Nwankwo Kanu finished the year as the clubs top goalscorer with 12 goals, another of Redknapp's veteran signings during the Summer, the former Arsenal man signed a one year deal initially but would go on to make 120 League appearances over five years for Portsmouth prior to retirement.
We know how the 2008 season ended, with Pompey lifting the FA Cup, and much like Portsmouth's triumphant Cup run, the stock market crash of 2008 took many by surprise, not least one Alexandre Gaydemak.
Gaydemak was forced to remove all funding from Portsmouth as a result and in a bid to pay back creditors, the club were punished twice over, having to sell their most valuable assets and highest earners. With the club now £68m in debt, and with no way for Alexandre to pose as guarantor on the loans, he was forced to sell.
The Billionaire With no Money
Alexandre brokered a deal to settle the clubs debts in cash and relinquish control of Portsmouth to Sulaiman Al-Fahim, an Abu Dhabi property developer who claimed to have wealth nearing £3 Billion. Al Fahim came to Gaydemak's attention as spokesperson for Sheik Mansour, who in the same Summer had purchased Manchester City, it's thought Portsmouth was of consideration by Mansour, but the attraction of owning a club in a busy Business hub proved a more tempting prospect, oh what might have been for Pompey.
The deal to buy out Portsmouth for £70m, with Gaydemak only receiving £2m after debt settlement, was agreed and signed in July 2008, but when the source of Sulaiman funds started to become unclear, the deal remained on hold until he could make the first payment of £5m. Sulaiman finally made this payment and became the official owner of Portsmouth in March of 2009, by the time this had happened though Redknapp had left Pompey again and many of the clubs star players had been sold on, with the ones that remained going weeks sometimes whole months without being paid.
It didn't get any better for Portsmouth either, as Sulamain was found out to be a fraud and was arrested for stealing £5m from his wife to make the initial down payment on his purchase of the club. Prior to being sent to Prison, Al Farhim was able to broker another deal to get Portsmouth the finances it desperately needed to not only stave off the administrators but to stop the club being liquidated altogether. Falcondrone a business registered in the British Virgin Islands and financed by Ali al-Faraj had little interest in owning or running a Football Club, however, the club also owned the deeds to developmental land around the ground, which was of interest. Al-Faraj struck a deal with Al Farhim and Gaydamak to purchase the club and thus the land surrounding it, Gaydamak walking away with a paltry £1 after settling the existing debts after interest.
Okay, so now Portsmouth have a stable and well-financed owner once again, their run of bad luck has come to an end? Wrong, it would turn out that al-Faraj's wealth was far less than he claimed, his purchase of the club was partially financed by a £17m bridging loan from Balram Chanrai's Portpin Ltd. Needless to say, al-Faraj was unable to keep up the repayments to Balram, as well as run a Football club and develop land and so defaulted on the loan.
His company, Falcondrone and therefore Portsmouth FC now belonged to Balram, Chanrai immediately put the club into administration in an attempt to re-finance its £135m debts and despite on the field success, in which Portsmouth incredibly reached the 2010 FA Cup final, Portsmouth were relegated to the Championship. Rubbing salt into the wound The FA sanctioned Pompey with a nine-point penalty and UEFA prohibited Portsmouth from taking their rightful spot in the 2010/11 renewal of the Europa League as FA Cup runners-up to Champions League qualifying Chelsea.
Portsmouth did well to survive the Championship starting with such a disadvantage, unsurprisingly they occupied the bottom position for a number of weeks, before finally finishing 17th. The squad had gone through a massive overhaul, gone are the days of Crouch, Defoe, Lassana Diarra and Kevin-Prince Boateng, replaced by David Nugent and Greg Halford. Yet again it wasn't just the squad and management team that saw big changes.
Antonov Trouble
There were just 213 days between Balram Chanrai completing the Football League's fit and proper persons test in October 2010, and him selling Portsmouth to Vladimir Antonov in June 2011. Portsmouth fans were growing tired of the club being palmed off to the next incompetent businessman, they'd already been through two fake Sheiks and busted banker, now the debt collector was handing the club over to a Russian gangster, if it hadn't of actually happened, nobody would have believed the story.
Vladimir Antonov had a shady past in the eastern blocks banking administration, that past caught up with him very quickly after becoming Pompey Chairman. A European wide arrest warrant was serviced on November 2011 at Antonov's London Office, where he faced allegations of asset stripping of a Lithuanian Bank that had gone into administration a week earlier, his company CSI also went bust not long after and HMRC was knocking on Fratton Parks door to settle a £1.6m tax bill. The club went into administration for the second time in two years and there were genuine fears that this time it would result in full liquidation, the financial situation was far worse than the administrators feared with club owing in excess £160m to creditors, players, staff and trades.
The 2010/11 season ended in relegation to League One and a 10-point penalty for going into administration, which was appealed and dispensed until December 2012. Balram Chanrai once again attempted to buy the club but pulled out shortly after a Fan Ownership proposal was tabled, led by former Chief Executive Peter Storie. Upon relegation to League One the entire playing staff left the club, having not been paid for close to 6 months, with no players, no staff and no money The Pompey Supporters Trust officially took ownership of the club prior to the 2011/12 season.
Portsmouth did their best to attract players and a manager to the club, but on a fan owned budget of contributions and sponsorship's they were only able to bring in the best Non-League had to offer, and fill the squad out with their academy players. For those that played League One football that year, Pompey's demise was the best thing that ever happened to them, for the supporters less so. Just 4 years previously they'd lifted the FA Cup and played at some of the biggest stadiums in Europe, and now they were watching their beloved team get beaten 5-0 by Swindon.
Pompey went on a record 23 game winless streak that season, the players just simply unable to compete at that level. For some, it was the first time playing professionally and for others, it was the first time they'd played anyone over the age of 18. Pompey finished rock bottom of League One and for the first time in their history, Portsmouth FC would be relegated to the fourth tier of English Football.
In a space of 15 years the club had experienced more highs and lows than most could expect in a lifetime, more bad luck than anyone could wish upon their worst enemy, yet somewhat poetically one thing remained the same and it was that same thing that ultimately saved them from extinction altogether; the fans.
The one group of people who never stopped believing in the club, followed them with as much heart and soul as any group of supporters out there. Some might call the Pompey faithful the best supporters in the world.
Bouncebackability
After five long years in League Two, Portsmouth finally found themselves promoted back into League One as Champions in 2017, in the off-season the PST (Pompey Supporters Trust) voted in favour of accepting a bid by former Walt Disney CEO Michael Eisner, acting on behalf of a venture capital firm Tornate Company. Eisner's proposal was open and honest, in which Tornate plan to invest heavily, help the club back into the Premier League whereby the clubs value will increase exponentially and be sold, ethically, for a huge profit.
The club also signed a three-year kit deal with Nike, changed the club crest and brought in 15 new players either transfers or loans. No surprise then that they finished 8th just five points outside the playoffs.
They've started this season in fine fettle too, without loss in their first five games and currently third in the table, could we be witnessing a revival of the south coasts blue brand?
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Thank you in advance...

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We must make peace with nature to protect earth
by Soumya Sarkar | Feb 24, 2021
The United Nations has warned that immediate action is needed to face the triple environmental emergency of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution
People hugging a giant rose wood tree in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve in Tamil Nadu, India (Photo by Alamy)
Human society needs to make radical changes in the way it functions if we are to combat climate change, prevent rapid loss of biodiversity and tackle widespread pollution, the United Nations has warned in a strongly worded report released ahead of its biannual environment assembly that ended on Tuesday.
Human well-being and prosperity can be vastly improved by prioritising nature-based solutions, UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres told the assembly on Monday.
"We must put the health of the planet at the centre of all our plans and policies," Guterres said. "Governments and people need to understand in their very DNA that all environmental, social and economic challenges are interlinked. And they must be tackled together."
In a marked departure from its usual diplomatic stance, the UN said in the report, entitled Making Peace with Nature, that the "triple environmental emergency" of climate disruption, biodiversity decline and a pollution epidemic is cutting short as many as nine million lives a year besides making earth an increasingly unliveable planet.
"Our children and their children will inherit a world of extreme weather events, sea level rise, a drastic loss of plants and animals, food and water insecurity and increasing likelihood of future pandemics," said Robert Watson, lead author of the report who has in the past chaired various UN science reports. "The emergency is in fact more profound than we thought only a few years ago."
Must and should
The report eschewed the usual tact employed by the UN and in a break with tradition recommended specific actions to halt and reverse planetary degradation. It used the word "must" 56 times and "should" 37 times, the Associated Press reported.
"Time has totally ran out. That's why the word 'must' is in there," former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres told the US news agency.
The two-day online assembly made an urgent call for action to solve planetary emergencies, warning that the world risks new pandemics if we do not change how we safeguard nature. The assembly, held once in two years, was attended by more than 1,500 delegates from 153 UN member states and over 60 environment ministers.
Painting a picture of the turmoil wreaked by the Covid-19 pandemic, whereby millions have been pushed into poverty, inequalities have grown and among people and countries, Guterres said that 2021 is "a critical year to reset our relationship with nature."
Against the backdrop of oceans filling with plastic and turning more acidic, the catastrophic threat of temperatures rising more than 3 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial level by the end of this century and biodiversity declining "at a perilous rate," Guterres said, "There is no choice but to transform how economies and societies value nature."
There are global expectations that more climate action will be taken this year after the United States under president Joe Biden returned to the 2015 Paris climate pact, bringing the world's second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases back to global efforts to restrain climate change.
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Bailey of Bristol to continue manufacturing operations during lockdown
Nov 07, 2020 Advice, Campervan, Caravan, News 0
….. in order to meet the surge in demand for its leisure vehicle products
Bailey of Bristol is to continue its manufacturing operations during the forthcoming lockdown period in order to meet the surge in demand for its leisure vehicle products.
The company is fully supportive of the Government's decision to take the measures required to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus across the country and the need to keep everyone as safe as possible. At the same time it must balance this with safeguarding the future of the business and protecting the livelihoods of its employees.
Since Bailey Retailers re-opened in July following the first national lockdown, customer demand for both its caravans and motorhomes has been very strong with more and more people looking for a new safe and sustainable way to holiday. As a result Network stocks have reduced by over 75% and are now at their lowest levels for over a decade.
Customer feedback on the new 2021 models (particularly the Phoenix+ and Pegasus Grande SE caravans plus the Adamo motorhome range) has also been extremely positive and the Bailey retail forward order book now extends well into the New Year.
Consequently, Bailey has taken the decision that, in-line with the Government Guidelines on the opening of manufacturing businesses, it will continue with the scheduled production of its caravans and motorhomes. As before support functions, (such as Finance, Sales, Marketing and Customer Services) will keep working to ensure that contact is maintained with Customers, Retailers and Supplier Partners. PRIMA Leisure will also remain open during this period fulfilling on-line customer orders for leisure vehicle parts and accessories orders.
In order for the business to be able to continue operating in this way, it has required the implementation of a series of new working practices, covering hygiene, social distancing and the use of personal protective equipment, which ensure Bailey remains a safe place to work. The company would like to thank all of its employees for actively engaging in this programme and successfully adapting to their new COVID-secure working environment.
With a significant number of our Approved Bailey Retailers closed to the public during this period it will not be possible in many cases to arrange product viewings. However, to assist potential buyers to decide which Bailey leisure vehicle is right for them we have created two new 'virtual showrooms', one for caravans and one for motorhomes on the company website.
Caravan virtual showroom: https://www.baileyofbristol.co.uk/current-caravan-models/
Motorhome virtual showroom: https://www.baileyofbristol.co.uk/current-motorhome-models/
These showrooms display all our current caravans and motorhomes in a single place with a 360 degree interior tour of every vehicle as well as walkthrough videos for each of the new-for-2021 models. An in-depth search function will assist with finding the right model and prospective customers can also complete an on-line enquiry form to send to their local Bailey Retailer to organise a viewing once they are open.
In order to accommodate customers who will be unable to get their caravan or motorhome serviced over the next few weeks Bailey has taken the decision to extend the due date of the 2020 annual vehicle service by a further three months. Provided the vehicle is serviced in this extended window then the warranty will remain valid. Whilst the COVID-19 restrictions in place across the four home nations differ markedly at present, this extension will be available, if required, across the whole of the UK.
Commenting on the situation Bailey Managing Director Nick Howard said: "We find ourselves in the fortunate position at present where unprecedented levels of demand for our caravans and motorhomes has led to a genuine shortage in supply. Consequently we have decided to continue manufacturing vehicles as planned, but in an environment which safeguards the wellbeing of our employees whilst at work".
Finally he added "We therefore anticipate there will be minimal disruption to operations during this period, however would once again like to thank all our Customers, Retailers and Supplier Partners for their continued support and understanding in these challenging times".
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The Lip Smacking Special Gargatta From Solapur! Here's How You Can Prepare It
Spinach is an important ingredient of Gargatta.
On the season of Sankranti, there is a tradition of making Gargatta using 12 vegetables in every house of Solapur.
Since India has a variety of cultures, the food too becomes different in every part of the country. Now, in Solapur, with the journey of village deity Shri Siddharameshwar Maharaj underway, it is accompanied by a special dish with a long history.
Special foods are prepared for the different occasions here. On the season of Sankranti, there is a tradition of making Gargatta using 12 vegetables in every house of Solapur. Generally, Gargatta is prepared by pounding a mixture of spinach and green chilies in a special way. But in Solapur, this Gargatta of twelve vegetables is made by mixing fruits, vegetables and leafy vegetables. It is a recipe developed by the people of Solapur themselves.
Know the recipe of Gargatta
Firstly, take all the ingredients – spinach, chuka, guava, green chillies, ghevda, fenugreek, pulses, carrot, bore, tamarind, gram dal and moong dal which are required to prepare it.
Now, wash all the leafy vegetables and fruits and chop them well.
Then take water in a pan and add turmeric, salt and Solapur black pepper as per taste.
Earlier this dish was prepared on deshi earthen chulha. Now it is prepared on a gas stove.
Once water reaches its boiling point, mix all these vegetables well.
Last, but the most important step of this recipe is to knead all the ingredients very well. The most important part of making Gargatta is kneading all the ingredients together. It is mandatory to knead this mixture with your hands for about 10 to 15 minutes.
Your dish is ready to be serveed.
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Plaintiff sued a lawyer and his law firm for alleged legal malpractice arising out of the collapse of a deal to develop a sports arena for the City of Prospect Heights, Illinois (City), and a "friendship loan" granted by plaintiff to the lawyer. The Illinois Appellate Court affirmed a dismissal of the case based on the six-year statute of repose.
Defendant lawyer was a partner at defendant law firm, and served as the City's general counsel from 1977 through 2003. In 1994, the City hired plaintiff as a consultant to conduct a feasibility study into constructing and operating a sports arena. Prospect Development Corporation subsequently executed a redevelopment agreement to proceed with the project. The sports arena was never built. In January 2005, plaintiff and his companies sued the City for breach of contract, seeking to recover more than $20 million. Notably, plaintiff alleged that defendant attorney, as one of the City's agents, approached plaintiff on multiple occasions to request a $100,000 loan in connection with a personal financial problem. Plaintiff alleged that he granted the loan because he thought refusal would adversely affect the developer's ability to complete the project.
The court ruled in favor of plaintiff on the breach of contract claim. But it denied recovery based on plaintiff's "unclean hands." The court found that plaintiff engaged in bad faith when he failed to disclose his financial relationship with defendant lawyer. The appellate court affirmed.
On July 12, 2012, subsequent to the Illinois appellate court's decision in the underlying case, plaintiff filed this malpractice case alleging that defendants represented him in the "friendship loans," and that they provided negligent advice that caused plaintiff not to disclose the loans. Defendants moved to dismiss the complaint based on Illinois' six-year statute of repose. Plaintiff filed a second amended complaint and acknowledged that the complaint was filed outside the six-year statute of repose. Bur he contended that the lawyer's alleged misstatements and concealment suspended or tolled the statute of repose under the doctrine of equitable estoppel or fraudulent concealment. The trial court denied the motion to dismiss, finding that there was no injury to plaintiff until the conclusion of the bench trial in the underlying case.
Defendants moved for reconsideration and pointed out that the statute of repose runs from the date of the negligent act, not the date the negligent act causes injury. The trial court granted the motion to reconsider and dismissed the second amended complaint with prejudice.
The appellate court affirmed, noting that the trial court in the underlying case in July 2010 had already concluded that plaintiff knew or should have known in 2005 that "friendship loan" advice was potentially negligent and that plaintiff could not rely on the lawyer's advice. Because the trial court in its 2010 findings determined that plaintiff knew in 2005 that he could not rely on the loan advice, the doctrine of collateral estoppel precluded plaintiff from arguing that alleged negligence was fraudulently concealed until July 2010.
The court's opinion affirms the principle that that the six-year statute of repose is triggered when the negligent act occurs, regardless of whether any action has accrued or whether an injury has resulted. Also, the court again recognized Illinois' well-settled policy that the statute of repose will not be tolled where a claimant should have discovered the fraudulent concealment through ordinary diligence, and a reasonable amount of time remains within the repose period to file suit.
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A 69-a ediție a Premiilor Globul de Aur a avut loc la 15 ianuarie 2012 la Hotelul Beverly Hilton din Beverly Hills, California pe canalul NBC. S-au acordat premii pentru cele mai bune filme din 2011 și cele mai bune emisiuni americane de televiziune din 2011. Ceremonia a fost produsă de Dick Clark Productions în colaborare cu  Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
Ricky Gervais a fost gazda emisiunii, pentru a treia oară consecutiv.
Tema muzicală a acestei ediții a fost creată de Yoshiki Hayashi, conducătorul trupei japoneze X Japan.
Nominalizările au fost anunțate de  Woody Harrelson, Sofía Vergara, Gerard Butler și Rashida Jones la    15 decembrie 2011. Printre producțiile care au câștigat cele mai multe Globuri de Aur se numără   filmul mut  The Artist (3 premii) și   The Descendants  (2 premii). Serialul TV Homeland a primit 2 premii.

Câștigători și nominalizări

Cinema
{| class=wikitable style="width=100%"
|-
! colspan=2 | Cel mai bun film
|-
!style="width=50%" | Dramă
!style="width=50%" |   Muzical sau Comedie
|-
| valign="top" |
The Descendants
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
War Horse
| valign="top" |
The Artist
50/50
Bridesmaids
Midnight in Paris
My Week with Marilyn
|-
! colspan=2 | Cea mai bună interpretare (dramă)
|-
! Actor
! Actriță
|-
| valign="top" |
George Clooney – The Descendants as Matt King
Leonardo DiCaprio – J. Edgar ca J. Edgar Hoover
Michael Fassbender – Shame as Brandon Sullivan
Ryan Gosling – The Ides of March as Stephen Meyers
Brad Pitt – Moneyball ca Billy Beane
| valign="top" |
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady ca Margaret Thatcher
Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs as Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis – The Help as Aibileen Clark
Rooney Mara – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ca Lisbeth Salander
Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk About Kevin as Eva Khatchadourian
|-
!colspan="2"|Cea mai bună interpretare (muzical/comedie)
|-
!Actor
!Actriță
|-
| valign="top" |
Jean Dujardin – The Artist as George Valentin
Brendan Gleeson – The Guard as Gerry Boyle
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – 50/50 as Adam Lerner
Ryan Gosling – Crazy, Stupid, Love. as Jacob Palmer
Owen Wilson – Midnight in Paris as Gil Pender
| valign="top" |
Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn ca Marilyn Monroe
Jodie Foster – Carnage as Penelope Longstreet
Charlize Theron – Young Adult as Mavis Gary
Kristen Wiig – Bridesmaids as Annie Walker
Kate Winslet – Carnage as Nancy Cowan
|-
!colspan="2"|Cea mai bună interpretare în rol secundar
|-
!Actor în rol secundar
!Actriță în rol secundar
|-
| valign="top" |
Christopher Plummer – Beginners as Hal Fields
Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn ca Laurence Olivier
Albert Brooks – Drive as Bernie Rose
Jonah Hill – Moneyball ca Peter Brand
Viggo Mortensen – A Dangerous Method ca Sigmund Freud
| valign="top" |
Octavia Spencer – The Help as Minny Jackson
Bérénice Bejo – The Artist as Peppy Miller
Jessica Chastain – The Help as Celia Foote
Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs as Hubert Page
Shailene Woodley – The Descendants as Alexandra King
|-
!colspan="2"|Altele
|-
!Cel mai bun regizor
!Cel mai bun scenariu
|-
| valign="top" |
Martin Scorsese – Hugo
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
George Clooney – The Ides of March
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Alexander Payne – The Descendants
| valign="top" |
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Beau Willimon – The Ides of March
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash – The Descendants
Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin – Moneyball
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! Cea mai bună coloană sonoră
! Cea mai bună melodie originală
|-
| valign="top" |
Ludovic Bource – The Artist
Abel Korzeniowski – W.E.
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Howard Shore – Hugo
John Williams – War Horse
| valign="top" |
"Masterpiece" (music and lyrics by Madonna, Julie Frost, and Jimmy Harry) – W.E.
"Hello Hello" (music by Elton John, lyrics by Bernie Taupin) – Gnomeo & Juliet
"The Keeper" (music & lyrics by Chris Cornell) – Machine Gun Preacher
"Lay Your Head Down" (music by Brian Byrne, lyrics by Glenn Close) – Albert Nobbs
"The Living Proof" (music by Thomas Newman, Mary J. Blige, and Harvey Mason Jr., lyrics by Blige, Mason, and Damon Thomas) – The Help
|-
! Cel mai bun film de animație
! Cel mai bun film străin
|-
| valign="top" |
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Arthur Christmas
Cars 2
Puss in Boots
Rango
| valign="top" |
A Separation • IranThe Flowers of War • China
In the Land of Blood and Honey •Statele Unite (în bosniacă/sârbă)
The Kid with a Bike • Belgia/Franța
The Skin I Live In • Spania
|}

Filme cu mai multe nominalizări
6 nominalizări – The Artist
5 nominalizări – The Descendants and The Help
4 nominalizări – The Ides of March, Midnight in Paris and Moneyball
3 nominalizări – Albert Nobbs, Hugo, and My Week with Marilyn
2 nominalizări – 50/50, Bridesmaids, Carnage, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, War Horse, and W.E.

Filme care au câștigat mai multe premii
3 premii – The Artist
2 premii – The Descendants

Televiziune
{| class=wikitable style="width=100%"
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!colspan="2"|  Cel mai bun serial TV
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!style="width=50%"| Dramă
!style="width=50%"| Muzical/comedie
|-
| valign="top" |Homeland
American Horror Story
Boardwalk Empire
Boss
Game of Thrones
| valign="top" |
Modern Family
Enlightened
Episodes
Glee
New Girl
|-
! colspan="2"|  Cea mai bună interpretare într-un serial TV – Dramă
|-
! Actor
! Actriță
|-
| valign="top" |
 Kelsey Grammer – Boss as Tom Kane
Steve Buscemi – Boardwalk Empire ca Nucky Thompson
Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad ca Walter White
Jeremy Irons – The Borgias ca Pope Alexander VI
Damian Lewis – Homeland ca Nicholas Brody
| valign="top" |
Claire Danes – Homeland ca Carrie Mathison
Mireille Enos – The Killing as Sarah Linden
Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife ca Alicia Florrick
Madeleine Stowe – Revenge ca Victoria Grayson
Callie Thorne – Necessary Roughness as Dr. Danielle "Dani" Santino
|-
!colspan="2"|Cea mai bună interpretare într-un serial TV – Comedie/muzical
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!Actor
!Actriță
|-
| valign="top" |
Matt LeBlanc – Episodes as Himself
Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock ca Jack Donaghy
David Duchovny – Californication ca Hank Moody
Johnny Galecki – The Big Bang Theory ca Dr. Leonard Hofstadter
Thomas Jane – Hung as Ray Drecker
| valign="top" |
Laura Dern – Enlightened as Amy JellicoeZooey Deschanel – New Girl as Jessica "Jess" Day
Tina Fey – 30 Rock ca Liz Lemon
Laura Linney – The Big C as Catherine "Cathy" Jamison
Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation ca Leslie Knope
|-
! colspan="2"|Cea mai bună interpretare într-o miniserie sau film de televiziune
|-
! Actor
! Actriță
|-
| valign="top" |
Idris Elba – Luther as Detective Chief Inspector John Luther
Hugh Bonneville – Downton Abbey as Robert, Earl of Grantham
William Hurt – Too Big to Fail ca Henry Paulson
Bill Nighy – Page Eight as Johnny Worricker
Dominic West – The Hour as Hector Madden
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Kate Winslet – Mildred Pierce as Mildred Pierce
Romola Garai – The Hour as Bel Rowley
Diane Lane – Cinema Verite as Pat Loud
Elizabeth McGovern – Downton Abbey as Cora, Countess of Grantham
Emily Watson – Appropriate Adult as Janet Leach
|-
!colspan="2"|Cea mai bună interpretare în rol secundar într-o miniserie sau film de televiziune
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!Actor în rol secundar
!Actriță în rol secundar
|-
| valign="top" |
Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones ca Tyrion Lannister
Paul Giamatti – Too Big to Fail ca Ben Bernanke
Guy Pearce – Mildred Pierce as Monty Beragon
Tim Robbins – Cinema Verite as Bill Loud
Eric Stonestreet – Modern Family as Cameron Tucker
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Jessica Lange – American Horror Story as Constance Langdon
Kelly Macdonald – Boardwalk Empire as Margaret Schroeder
Maggie Smith – Downton Abbey as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham
Sofía Vergara – Modern Family as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett
Evan Rachel Wood – Mildred Pierce as Veda Pierce
|-
!colspan="2"|Cea mai bună miniserie sau film TV
|-
| colspan=2 style="vertical-align:top;" |Downton AbbeyCinema VeriteThe HourMildred PierceToo Big to Fail|}

Seriale TV cu mai multe nominalizări
4 nominalizări – Downton Abbey and Mildred Pierce3 nominalizări – Boardwalk Empire, Cinema Verite, Homeland, The Hour, Modern Family, and Too Big to Fail2 nominalizări – 30 Rock, American Horror Story, Boss, Enlightened, Episodes, Game of Thrones and New GirlSeriale TV cu mai multe premii
2 premii – Homeland Ceremonie

Prezentatori
 Jessica Alba și Channing Tatum - Best Animated Feature Film
 Antonio Banderas și Salma Hayek - Best Television Series – Comedy or Musical
 Kate Beckinsale și Seth Rogen - Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
 Jessica Biel și Mark Wahlberg - Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
 Emily Blunt a prezentat Bridesmaids Pierce Brosnan
 Gerard Butler și Mila Kunis - Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
 George Clooney a prezentat Moneyball Bradley Cooper - Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
 Meltem Cumbul Announced about Golden Globe rating
 Johnny Depp a prezentat Hugo Robert Downey, Jr. a prezentat The Artist Jimmy Fallon și Adam Levine with Best Original Song and Best Original Score
 Tina Fey și Jane Lynch with Best Actor in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical
 Colin Firth with Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
 Jane Fonda with Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
 Harrison Ford with Best Motion Picture – Drama
 Sarah Michelle Gellar și Piper Perabo with Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
 Jake Gyllenhaal a prezentat My Week With Marilyn Dustin Hoffman with Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama
 Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy with Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
 Angelina Jolie with Best Director
 Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen with Best Screenplay
 Ashton Kutcher and Elle Macpherson with Best Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical
 Queen Latifah a prezentat The Help Rob Lowe și Julianne Moore with Miss Golden Globe, Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film and Best Miniseries or Television Film
 Madonna with Best Foreign Language Film
 Melissa McCarthy și Paula Patton with Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama and Best Television Series – Drama
 Ewan McGregor a prezentat 50/50 Katharine McPhee and Debra Messing with Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
 Michelle Pfeiffer a prezentat War Horse Freida Pinto a prezentat Midnight in Paris Brad Pitt a prezentat The Ides of March Sidney Poitier și Helen Mirren with the Cecil B. DeMille Award
 Natalie Portman with Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
 Reese Witherspoon a prezentat The Descendants''

In Memoriam

Note

Legături externe
 Official Site
 69th Golden Globe Awards at IMDb

Vezi și
2011 în film
2011 în televiziune
2012 în film
2012 în televiziune
Oscar 2012

 2012 în California
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Ebooks, Publishing, and Everything in Between
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Children's and YA Authors: Don't miss these 13 Resources
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For first-time authors, it can be a daunting task creating the initial plan for your book, let alone actually writing it. This is especially the case for authors of children's and young adults' books. Thankfully, courtesy of the internet, there's a lot of hugely helpful information available that will help your ideas blossom into a book.
Access to online resources have also flowered into a beautiful garden of support and inspiration. Featuring articles by and interviews with best-selling authors, all unwrap the mystery of writing books. They also have top tips and advice for getting started, developing plot and characters, as well as the business side of the publishing industry.
With digital books also an option, in addition to print books, there's a huge potential now available for interactive ebooks for children. Authors are no longer restricted to just paper printed editions. They now have the option of tablets and computers to give their books an extra accessibility previously not found.
Below are 13 top online resources specifically aimed at authors writing in the children's and young adults (YA) genre.
1. Fiction University
More a general hub for writers set up by author Janice Hardy. This general website focuses less on what you should be doing and more on how to apply good advice to your writing. Included amongst the top gems are how to plan, write, edit and publish finished manuscripts, as well as top tips from successful authors.
For more: http://blog.janicehardy.com/
2. KidLit
Run by agent Mary Kole, don't let the slightly colourless and unexciting design put you off. It's a more serious blog that deals with the meatier issues of writing and getting published. It features a whole battery of answers to author questions on editing, publishing, dealing with agents and the like. The point to remember is that it's written from the point of view of an agent.
For more: http://kidlit.com/
3. Inky Girl
It's a focus on children's and young adults literature with a twist. A wonderfully interactive site that includes challenges (such as how to turn a coffee stain into art). It also covers writing techniques for books aimed at young readers and illustrating tips. And all done through a unique mixture of comics and words. There are also plenty of tips for young writers, rather than just for adults.
For more: http://inkygirl.com/
4. KidLit411
A wealth of golden nuggets of advice from author Elaine Kiely Kearns and author/illustrator Sylvia Liu. You'll find everything you need under this genre, including writing and illustrating advice gathered from all corners of the web. There's also a Facebook group where you can network with other genre writers.
For more: http://www.kidlit411.com/
5. The Purple Crayon
Don't let the spartan layout scare you – this site holds a real wealth of information. More a bringing together of articles from different sources, there's everything you need. Aside from book reviews and frequently updated info on awards, includes tips for writers, tips for illustrators, as well as info on the business side of publishing.
For more: http://www.underdown.org/
6. Literary Rambles
Focusing on everything children's literature. This is a great blog if you're also looking for profiles and interviews with industry experts. Alongside this, there's a great list of spotlights on agents, and guest 'how to' posts. It's a useful source of info for anyone looking for relevant advice.
For more: http://www.literaryrambles.com/p/interviews-and-like.html
7. Children's Book Insider
One of the few websites you have to pay membership for, nevertheless you get what you pay for. There are webinars, articles and podcasts available, all imparting advice on different aspects of this genre. Covers essential first steps, frequently asked questions, plotting and pacing techniques and the like.
For more: http://cbiclubhouse.com/clubhouse/kb/
8. SCWBI
The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrator's official blog, it's a great haven for authors by authors. It features posts on: general advice for authors (including how to create goals); writing courses and retreats; as well as tips and inspiration for writing and illustrating for different age groups; and features on upcoming books.
For more: http://scbwi.blogspot.com/
9. Adventures in YA Publishing
This highly readable blog is the perfect forum for writers – and it's a lot more navigable too than other blogs. Featuring book giveaways, writing tips and other advice on the publishing industry, this is a great place to glean info. There's also access to highly relevant industry-related workshops and mentoring schemes.
For more: http://www.adventuresinyapublishing.com/
10. Figment
Aimed specifically for young writers just as it is for readers, this crazily colourful website is a wild get-way for youngsters. Aside from writing tips, there's also a "digital library", chat forum, and regular contests. A great addition is the featured works by well-known authors of Young Adult literature, who are also invited to interact with site visitors.
For more: http://figment.com/
11. Rachelle Burk's Resources for Children's Writers
Set up and written by American author Rachelle Burk, this website has an excellent treasure trove of resources and articles. There are also good articles on solutions to common problems when writing, and how to format a book ready for publishing.
For more: http://resourcesforchildrenswriters.blogspot.com/
12. Writing-World.com
Although an all round source of information for writers of all genres, the children's literature section of this site is just as good. There's an excellent range of articles, including on writing picture books and young adult books. Additionally there's further info on publishers and agents, as well as features on book promotion.
For more: http://www.writing-world.com/menus/children.shtml
13. JacketFlap
If you're looking to keep your finger on the pulse of the goings-ons in the children's lit world, then this website is just for you. With a list of several hundred thousand authors, illustrators, and publishers involved in the genre. You'll also get to read through plenty of reviews and find over 700 blogs on children's literature.
For more: https://www.jacketflap.com/
With so much advice freely available online, you'll find plenty of support and pertinent tips to guide you on the writing journey. With access to award-winning and best-selling authors who "drop in" for online chats and Q&A sessions, there's a real glut of the very best advice waiting for you to tap.
Please share with us all other resources you know, as it may help other writers get what they need.
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Thanks for including KidLit411!
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You're more than welcome
Halordain
Can you please provide a list of written (printed) books as well? It's okay if some of them are outdated.
Blogs and websites are nice but they must either be printed, or viewed with an internet connection, on a (likely backlit) screen, often next to a bunch of other distractions if it's on a device. it's much easier to read, highlight, and carry paperbacks to read in bed, at the restaurant, on trains & planes, etc. I'd really appreciate a top ten for classics, and I'm sure some of those blog authors have published their thoughts in print. Thanks!
Halordain, I'll take this suggestion into consideration when deciding for future articles. If you have any other suggestions, feel free to share. Thanks.
Thanks, looking forward to that list! I vote for Robert McKee's Story, Rebecca McClanahan's Word Painting, Stephen King's On Writing, and Les Edgerton's Hooked, as personal favorites, but I'm sure there are more.
Natalie Aguirre
Thanks so much for including me with the list of these other great blogs. I know almost all of them and they are great resources for writers.
Anytime. If you would like to suggest any additional resources feel free to send them over!
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Refusing to be Enemies: Palestinian and Israeli Nonviolent Resistance to the Israeli Occupation
Refusing to be Enemies: Palestinian and Israeli Nonviolent Resistance to the Israeli Occupation presents the voices of over 100 practitioners and theorists of nonviolence, the vast majority either Palestinian or Israeli, as they reflect on their own involvement in nonviolent resistance and speak about the nonviolent strategies and tactics employed by Palestinian and Israeli organizations, both separately and in joint initiatives. From examples of effective nonviolent campaigns to consideration of obstacles encountered by nonviolent organizations and the special challenges of joint struggle, the book explores ways in which a more effective nonviolent movement may be built. In their own words, activists share their hopes and visions for the future and discuss the internal and external changes needed for their organizations, and the nonviolent movement as a whole, to successfully pursue their goal of a just peace in the region. A foreword on the definition and nature of nonviolence by Canadian author Ursula Franklin, analytic essays by activists Ghassan Andoni (Palestinian), Jeff Halper (Israeli), Jonathan Kuttab (a Palestinian activist lawyer with international experience) and Starhawk (an international of Jewish background), and an epilogue from the author, round out the book. Andoni offers an analysis based on his long experience of nonviolent activism in Palestine, while Halper postulates five necessary components of an approach to nonviolence that goes beyond the simply tactical. Kuttab argues that, even given the Palestinians 'legal right to armed struggle, nonviolence is more effective and suitable for resistance', and Starhawk describes the unique challenges faced by Palestinian nonviolence.
Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta lived in Jerusalem for seven years and has written widely on Palestinian and Israeli nonviolent activism and related topics.
Ursula Franklin is a Quaker physicist, co-founder of Voice of Women for Peace (VOW-Canada) and author of The Ursula Franklin Reader: Pacifism as a Map (Between the Lines, 2006).
Ghassan Andoni is a cofounder of the Palestinian Center for Rapprochement and the International Solidarity Movement (ISM).
Jeff Halper is cofounder and coordinator of the Israeli Committee against House Demolitions. His most recent book is An Israeli in Palestine: Resisting Dispossession, Redeeming Israel (Pluto, 2008).
Jonathan Kuttab has practised law in Palestine, Israel and New York State. His activism spans the realms of human rights, social and church advocacy, and he has written and lectured widely. His legal/human rights writing includes co-authorship of West Bank and the Rule of Law (ICJ, 1980).
Starhawk is a peace, environmental and global justice activist whose books include Webs of Power: Notes from the Global Uprising (New Society Publishers, 2002) and has volunteered with the ISM four times in the Occupied Territories.
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Only 1/3 of Wisconsin 8th-Graders Read at Grade Level
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The ability to read proficiently is a fundamental skill that affects not just how well students do in school, but also their future wellbeing as adults.
Students who read proficiently are more likely to perform well in other subjects, such as math and science, whereas those who struggle with reading are much less likely to be academically engaged and therefore do poorly in school. Reading achievement also predicts the likelihood of graduating from high school and attending college. Adults with poor literacy skills find it difficult to function in society because many basic decision-making skills require reading proficiency. Strong reading skills also protect against unemployment in early adulthood. People who are not able to fill out an application because of limited reading or writing skills are likely to have difficulty finding a job or accessing social services. Research shows that performance on adult literacy tests helps explain differences in wages. Adults with limited reading abilities also are likely to have children with limited reading abilities. [Source]
The term "reading proficiency" refers to performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Reading Assessments. The scores for reading proficiency range from 0 to 500 (with a standard deviation of 100) and are divided into 3 achievement levels: Basic, Proficient, and Advanced.
Wisconsin's public school teachers are among the thousands demonstrating in Wisconsin's state capital against Governor Scott Walker's plan to rein in public employee unions' runaway health costs and other benefits. The teachers not only cancelled classes, they corraled their students to join the demonstrations.
But a report by the NAEP reveals that although Wisconsin's spending on public schools had more than doubled in the past 10 years, that has not resulted in even one iota of improvement in the students' reading skills. Worse still, some two-thirds of the state's 8th graders read below "proficiency" level!
Only in America's public sector are employees' pay detached from their performance. If America's public schools were a privately-owned business, it would have gone bankrupt years ago.
~Eowyn
Two-Thirds of Wisconsin Public-School 8th Graders Can't Read Proficiently—Despite Highest Per Pupil Spending in Midwest
By Terence P. Jeffrey
(CNSNews.com) – Two-thirds of the eighth graders in Wisconsin public schools cannot read proficiently according to the U.S. Department of Education, despite the fact that Wisconsin spends more per pupil in its public schools than any other state in the Midwest.
In the National Assessment of Educational Progress tests administered by the U.S. Department of Education in 2009—the latest year available—only 32 percent of Wisconsin public-school eighth graders earned a "proficient" rating while another 2 percent earned an "advanced" rating. The other 66 percent of Wisconsin public-school eighth graders earned ratings below "proficient," including 44 percent who earned a rating of "basic" and 22 percent who earned a rating of "below basic."
The test also showed that the reading abilities of Wisconsin public-school eighth graders had not improved at all between 1998 and 2009 despite a significant inflation-adjusted increase in the amount of money Wisconsin public schools spent per pupil each year.
In 1998, according to the U.S. Department of Education, Wisconsin public school eighth graders scored an average of 266 out of 500 on the NAEP reading test. In 2009, Wisconsin public school eighth graders once again scored an average of 266 out of 500 on the NAEP reading test. Meanwhile, Wisconsin public schools increased their per pupil expenditures from $4,956 per pupil in 1998 to 10,791 per pupil in 2008. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation calculator the $4,956 Wisconsin spent per pupil in 1998 dollars equaled $6,546 in 2008 dollars. That means that from 1998 to 2008, Wisconsin public schools increased their per pupil spending by $4,245 in real terms yet did not add a single point to the reading scores of their eighth graders and still could lift only one-third of their eighth graders to at least a "proficient" level in reading.
The $10,791 that Wisconsin spent per pupil in its public elementary and secondary schools in fiscal year 2008 was more than any other state in the Midwest.
Neighboring Illinois spent $10,353 per student in 2008, Minnesota spent $10,048 per student; Iowa spent $9,520 per student. Among Midwest states, Nebraska was second to Wisconsin in per pupil spending in its public schools, spending $10,565 per student.
Of these nearby states, only Minnesota did slightly better teaching reading to its public school students. In 2009, 39 percent of eighth graders in Minnesota public schools earned a rating of "proficient" or better in reading, and the average eighth grade reading score in the state was 270 out of 500.
In Illinois, only 32 percent of eighth graders earned a rating of "proficient" or better in reading, and the average eighth grade reading score was 265 out of 500. In Iowa, only 32 percent of eighth graders earned a rating of "proficient" or better in reading, and the average reading score was 265 out of 500. In Nebraska, only 35 percent of eighth graders earned a rating of "proficient" or better in their public schools, and the average reading score was 267 out of 500.
Nationwide, only 30 percent of public school eighth graders earned a rating of "proficient" or better in reading, and the average reading score on the NAEP test was 262 out of 500.
The National Assessment of Educational Progress explains its student rating system as follows: "Basic denotes partial mastery of prerequisite knowledge and skills that are fundamental for proficient work at each grade. Proficient represents solid academic performance. Students reaching this level have demonstrated competency over challenging subject matter. Advanced represents superior performance."
In other words, despite the $10,791 that taxpayers were paying to educate students in Wisconsin public schools, two-thirds of eighth graders in those schools showed at best only a "partial mastery of prerequisite knowledge and skills that are fundamental for proficient work" at that grade level.
In fiscal 2008, the federal government provided $669.6 million in subsidies to the public schools in Wisconsin.
For more on how the National Assessment of Education Progress measures and evaluates students' reading, go HERE.
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Perhaps "ARE" is an acronym for "America's Retarded Employees"? Speaking from my time as an instructor of 11/12 yr HS students [very briefly], and college students over a forty year period, I feel that it is more difficult to deal with today's students, brainwashed by fifty years of increasing TV, other forms of disinformation, and NWO propaganda. They experience these as a cohort, so it becomes increasingly difficult for them to see themselves as individuals w/free will, able to deal w/consequences of their responsible behaviour. Dr Weaver treats superbly of education in "Ideas Have Consequences". Having said that, I usually… Read more »
It's probably coming from the bad example of their unionized parents. Success in life is not based on merit or what you know, but rather whether or not you are in a union.
The same can be said about the welfare parents. Why learn anything in school when paychecks (averaging $12.00/hr) are handed out to under achievers every day at the social security office.
Skool, wut need skool when U can vote Demkrat 4 free bennies & helthcare?
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Back in the early 1990s when I worked on a Referendum to repeal the Education Reform bill that mandated Outcome-based Education in Washington State, I collected a lot of federal Dept of Labor and Dept of Ed brochures and documents. One of them identified the goal as "functional literacy", the ability to read a consumer label and a bus schedule. At that time, the official literacy statistics were based on voter registration on the assumption that all registered voters were functionally literate. School Districts literacy rates were based on voter registration! They even signed up disabled Special Education students who… Read more »
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Neither the parents NOR the teachers can read proficiently. How can you teach – what you don't know? Tragic to think, that the first public school in this country was established in 1647. It was titled -"The Ole Deluder Satan Act", in Massachusetts. The whole purpose was to ensure that all people could read the Bible. These early Christians were recently coming out of the dark ages, and although they were not perfect in their faith (no one is), I think they had the right idea. The Pledge of Allegiance and Bible reading and prayer were common in most ,… Read more »
The statement that only 1/3 of the students scored NAEP Proficient on reading is exactly the same thing as saying the 2/3 of the students failed to score B+/A- or higher on the NAEP reading test.
Sorry, I heard once that someone with no data has only an opinion, and that someone with bad data or who misuses data has a wrong opinion.
Given this data comes from the federal Department of "Education," I have to assume the actual number of 8th grade students in Wisconsin who can't read at that grade level is probably far higher. I also have to assume that the "8th grade" reading level standards are far lower now than when I was in that grade back in 1978 – and that was in private school, and most of us were reading stuff at the 11th and 12th grade level by the standards of the time. Government education is failing this nation, and has been for ten decades now,… Read more »
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[…] classroom but rather out in the street protesting during school hours… and then we find out that 2/3 of 8th graders in Wisconsin could not pass their proficiency tests… and can't sufficiently […]


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A universe of development productivity is at your fingertips. 4D developers can now take advantage of numerous publicly available (read: FREE) PHP libraries, thanks to 4D v12's integration of PHP 5.3.
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Let your text be stylish, yet totally indexable.
In addition to making 4D v12 more powerful to develop, we've also made it more intuitive and functional in use.
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List boxes are now more powerful than ever, with the ability to print and display data hierarchically. Their appearance can easily be determined programmatically, with instant results.
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As the use of client/server solutions has grown, so has the need for the accurate updating of data on the server, even more so when working with multiple servers. Until now, it has been up to each developer to create the mechanisms and workflow for accurate data synchronization and backup, leading to a variety of implementations and, of course, a lot of extra development.
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Q: Ansible loop with json and with_items for array? I am trying to set up some elasticsearch roles using the api with ansible and when I run my code I seem to get this below rather than the expected
Incorrect
        "indices" : [
      {
        "names" : [
          "docker-, logstash-, .kibana"
        ],
        "privileges" : [
          "read view_index_metadata"
        ],
expected outcome when I view the role
    "indices" : [
  {
    "names" : [
      "docker*",
      "springxd-*",
      "logstash-*"
    ],

I am using an ansible loop
  - name: Setup Special kibana Roles for Spaces which are later mapped to LDAP
uri:
  url: "https://{{ ansible_fqdn }}:9200/_xpack/security/role/{{ item.role_name }}"
  method: PUT
  user: '{{ vault_elastic_user }}'
  password: '{{ vault_elastic_pass }}'
  body: '{ "indices": [ { "names": [ "{{ item.index_names }}" ], "privileges": [ "{{ item.privileges }}" ], "field_security" : { "grant" : [ "*" ] } } ] }'
  body_format: json
  validate_certs: no
  headers:
    Content-Type: "application/json"
with_items:
  - { role_name: app_components_role, index_names: 'docker-*, logstash-*, .kibana, springxd-*', privileges: 'read, view_index_metadata' }

Any idea how to make the get the right outcome?
Thanks in advance

A: If your value here, your 'index_names' doesn't have any quotes. Ansible isn't going to magically add them, at least not when you are j ust using 'index_names' as a string.
with_items:
  - { role_name: app_components_role, index_names: 'docker-*, logstash-*, .kibana, springxd-*', privileges: 'read, view_index_metadata' }

Maybe adjust your item to look like this?
with_items:
  - { role_name: app_components_role, index_names: '"docker-*", "logstash-*", ".kibana", "springxd-*"', privileges: '"read", "view_index_metadata"' }

Or maybe this if yoiu also want to make it more readable.
with_items:
  - role_name: app_components_role
    index_names: '"docker-*", "logstash-*", ".kibana", "springxd-*"'
    privileges: '"read", "view_index_metadata"'

Or if you want to go with the even better readability adjust to something like this maybe.
uri:
  ...
  body: |
    { "indices": [
      { "names": {{ item.index_names | to_json }},
        "privileges": {{ item.privileges | to_json }},
        "field_security" : { "grant" : [ "*" ] }
      } ]
    }
  ...
with_items:
  - role_name: app_components_role
    index_names:
    - docker-*
    - logstash-*
    - .kibana
    - springxd-*
    privileges:
    - read
    - view_index_metadata


Discussion in 'Apple Music, Apple Pay, iCloud, Apple Services' started by dannysantos, Jun 28, 2009.
Nope, the account will still only last for one year.
Yes, we are aware of the family packs. They are for multiple computer households, not for some wacky 5 for 1 deal.
Family pack is only for people in the same household. I am sure Apple won't be happy with people ebaying their family accounts.
but as you can see there are people on ebay selling these accounts, this price is much more appealing i don't really need the 20gb.
I'm also interested to know if this would work. I know people have said it won't, but I can't see how it could be prevented?
If you use the main one for a year, and then move on to the next one, and so on, how could it be stopped?
It can't be done. Do you really think Apple didn't think of this?
because there's one code for all 5 accounts. So shen you enter the code, the year starts ticking for all 5 email addresses at once. There is no "moving on" at the end because all 5 expire. Hopefully that made sense.
So shen you enter the code, the year starts ticking for all 5 email addresses at once.
Ok, that does make sense, thanks for clearing it up.


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Now reading: Princess Mary's Tin: The Gift Box That Brought Joy To Soldiers On Christmas
Princess Mary's Tin: The Gift Box That Brought Joy To Soldiers On Christmas
Have you heard about "Princess Mary's Tin"? It was a gift box from a 17-year-old princess designed to bring a little cheer to soldiers on the front line of the Great War.
In the context of an unofficial armistice on the front line on Christmas Day 1914, this simple gift reached almost mythical proportions and became a symbol of a moment of peace in an escalating war, according to Ziare.
From India to Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom, these small brass boxes, stamped with the young princess's face, can be found in drawers all over the world. Some contain mementos and artifacts from the war, which have been treasured for over a hundred years.
Princess Mary's Tin - The Origins of the Concept
When the world was plunged into the Great War, Harewood's contested Princess Mary was just 17. She was the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary.
Mary was an intelligent, educated, and strong young woman. The Princess dedicated herself to charity work in the war and eventually became interested in giving a Christmas present to all the British soldiers fighting in World War I.
In her biography of Mary, Elisabeth Basford called her "the first modern princess".
The remarkable Princess Mary's Christmas tin for soldiers began with a simple appeal to the nation. On 16 October 1916, the British press announced the idea by publishing a simple letter. The heartfelt letter was composed by the young Princess herself.
"For many weeks we have all been deeply concerned for the welfare of sailors and soldiers who are fighting bravely by water and by land. I want you all to help me send a Christmas present from the whole nation to every sailor on the waters and soldier on the front. Is there anything that will cheer them more in battle than a gift received directly from home on Christmas Day?"
The effect of the letter was electric. Half of the funds needed were raised by the end of the month. But what was the motivation behind the gesture?
The Gift Box - An Idea Inspired by Queen Victoria
The idea for the gift came to the Princess after a meeting at Buckingham Palace on 8 October 1914. At the meeting attended Queen Mary, the Prince of Wales, who would become Edward VIII and later abdicate, and the Prince's treasurer, Walter Peacock, was held to set up a fund to send pipes and tobacco to sailors and soldiers.
But why a Christmas present? In 1899, the first year of the Boer War, Queen Victoria wanted to give a unique gift to the soldiers who were then fighting in South Africa. The sovereign's gift, chocolate in a brass box, became one of the most beloved artifacts of the war and had a positive impact on Princess Mary.
Although the queen paid for the gifts herself, Mary had no way of funding the idea herself and appealed to the public, turning the gesture into a national campaign during a traumatic year of the war, with defeats at the front and at sea.
The initial number of recipients of Marry's Christmas gift box was estimated at 145,000 sailors and 350,000 soldiers, so at least 495,000 gifts were needed. But in the end, 2.6 million gifts were distributed to servicemen around the world by the end of the war.
Inside Princess Mary's Tin
On 26 November, the Manchester Evening News wrote about the progress made on the Christmas gift boxes.
"The gift comprises an engraved, brass box, a wooden lighter, a pipe, cigarettes, and tobacco, with various alternatives for non-smokers, together with a Christmas card."
At the time, 96% of soldiers were smokers. Boxes were also designed for non-smokers, and instead of pipes and cigarettes, they received sweets or writing instruments. Eventually, four variations of the gift were designed.
Marry's gift boxes continued to be sent to British troops until 1920, and after the war ended.
Check out this interesting video about Princess Mary's tin.
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MPFP transformed this housing project into an idyllic Mediterranean-styled landscape, centered around functionality and user-friendliness. Marble and granite highlight the property's verdant disposition, while a network of linear stone pedestrian pathways engages the community. A shaded pavilion atop an inset sandpit provides parents and caretakers with effortless visibility of children at play.


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Bronze'd Boba isn't exactly new. In 1997, there was a bronze Boba Fett statue designed by Randy Bowen. The collectible went for $3,000.
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This was an excerpt from a paper titled "A Universal Predictor Based on Pattern Matching" by Philippe Jacquet, Wojciech Szpankowski and Izydor Apostol. This appears to be the best definition of SPM I found.
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