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OIG Audit Finds That the Juvenile Intervention and Support Center Cannot Reliably Determine Whether It's Reducing Youth Recidivism in Chicago, Due to Inadequate Record-Keeping and a Lack of Collaboration Between Chicago Police Department and Department of Family and Support Services
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed an audit of the Juvenile Intervention and Support Center (JISC). JISC is a partnership between the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS) implemented to divert youth who are arrested for low-level offenses away from the juvenile justice system. JISC serves 10 of the City's 22 police districts and covers an area comprising most of the West and near South Sides. The objectives of OIG's audit were to determine if JISC is designed according to best practices for law enforcement-based youth diversion and if JISC's administration of diversion programming is consistent with its goal of reducing youth recidivism.
OIG concluded that, due to poor record-keeping and a lack of collaboration, program partners CPD and DFSS cannot reliably determine whether JISC is meeting its stated goal. As a result, the City cannot determine whether over the past 14 years it has created positive or negative outcomes for over 3,000 youth processed each year, nor calculate the return on its $5 million annual investment in the program. Additionally, some components of JISC's design do not align with best practices for youth diversion programs. Further issues found in the audit include:
• JISC has no charter, memorandum of understanding, or governing board to establish goals and accountability measures. Moreover, CPD and DFSS have different visions for JISC and have found it difficult to come to a shared understanding of the program's purpose and goals;
• The case management agency overseen by DFSS did not keep complete and consistent case records, and CPD destroyed youth screening records in violation of the Local Records Act;
• The program does not follow best practices for youth diversion, subjecting youth to a negative experience that does not encourage their success;
• JISC staff is appointed based on seniority, rather than experience or aptitude for working with youth, and they receive no specialized training;
• JISC is not likely leading to more youth arrests, but may send some youth to case management who would otherwise have been diverted entirely; and
• While JISC is diverting many youth from court, we discovered inequities concerning which JISC arrestees were diverted from further involvement in the justice system.
OIG made several recommendations that focus on improving JISC's multidisciplinary strategy, record-keeping, and data quality procedures in order to allow for proper review of the program:
• CPD and DFSS should create an agreement concerning JISC that establishes shared program goals between all partner agencies, delineates each entity's responsibilities and accountability measures, allows for data sharing, and creates a uniform set of reporting standards to allow for a program assessment of JISC.
• DFSS should ensure that the case management agency develops written policies and procedures to ensure consistent data entry among users.
• CPD should replace the current JISC risk screen with an empirically validated risk screening tool that is easy to score and has clear written protocols for its use.
• CPD should implement and enforce a written policy for collecting and retaining risk screen forms, ensure it doesn't destroy records, and create controls to ensure that electronic data is accurately completed in its database.
• CPD, along with DFSS and the case management agency, should take steps to develop the JISC facility into more of a diversion and services center, and less like a police station or lock-up.
CPD and DFSS mostly agreed with OIG's recommendations and have begun implementing them, with both departments willing to collaborate more consistently and efficiently to better accomplish the JISC's mission. However, CPD did not confirm whether it intended to notify the Local Records Commission of its failure to retain JISC risk screening forms per the Local Records Act.
"CPD and DFSS have not operated the JISC in a manner that allows for a reliable assessment of whether it is achieving the intended goal of reducing youth recidivism. However, committing to following best practices, improving data quality procedures, and more aligned and integrated interagency collaboration will position the JISC to more effectively serve its purpose," said Inspector General Joe Ferguson. "We must ensure that JISC arrestees don't go further into the criminal justice system than necessary. We must also ensure that the City institutes a fully trauma-informed and culturally competent process in order to eliminate the potential inequities encountered by at-risk youth and to decrease the likelihood of reoffending. The departments agreed with our findings, but it's crucial that data collection and retention efforts are improved, and that CPD is no longer destroying critical program case records that inform the JISC program nor violating the Local Records Act. We are encouraged by commitment to reliable data tracking, evaluation, and reporting, as well as the convening of an advisory council by the Mayor's Office to oversee JISC reform efforts. We are hopeful that CPD and DFSS will put into practice our recommendations, as may and should be further informed by the solicitation and incorporation of insights from community stakeholders and experts, to help JISC align with best practices and ultimately accomplish its mission to reduce youth recidivism."
The full report can be found online at OIG's website: bit.ly/JISCAudit.
OIG will also be hosting a community presentation about the JISC Audit on Wednesday, February 26th at Thomas Kelly College Prep (4136 S. California Ave) at 4:00 PM. The event is open to the public and we welcome those who are interested in learning more about the report and discussing the issues and findings.
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Review: Deadline Gallipoli (Australia: Foxtel Showcase)
25 April 2015 Rob Buckley Australian and New Zealand TV, International TV 5 Comments
In Australia: April 19-20, 8:30pm AEST, Foxtel Showcase
It's instructive to look around the world and see the emphases placed by different countries on events, even global events. Take the Gallipoli campaign of the First World War, which began exactly 100 years ago this day. The US wasn't involved with the campaign – or indeed the entire War at that point – so if you look through the US TV schedules, you'll find that the Smithsonian Channel is the only one airing anything, and that's a six year old documentary.
Here in the UK, where the Gallipoli campaign is more a "Ooh, I've heard of that. Remind me what happened?" event, we have live coverage of the Queen laying a tribute at the Cenotaph memorial this morning; a docu-drama on BBC2 about Keith "Father of Rupert" Murdoch, Gallipoli: When Murdoch Went to War, and his letter to the leaders of Great Britain and Australia that ended up swaying them into abandoning the campaign; and a repeat on More 4 of an archaeology documentary, Gallipoli's Lost Shipwrecks.
In New Zealand and Australia, where the Gallipoli campaign essentially sparked the dreams of nationhood and is regarded as one of the most important moments in both countries' histories, it's slightly different. Indeed, it's ANZAC Day today, and both countries are predicting it'll be the largest one ever and New Zealand's TV One is dedicating pretty much the entire day to Gallipoli programming and is launching big new drama When We Go To War tomorrow.
In Australia, it's a similar story, particularly on ABC, which again has dedicated the entire day to ANZAC Day coverage. But this is the culmination of existing programming, not the only programming, as the channels have already been doing their best to commemorate the war. The Nine Channel has already aired a multi-part dramatisation of the campaign called Gallipoli and this week, pay TV channel Fox showcase aired a two-part, star-studded TV series called Deadline Gallipoli.
As the title suggests, Deadline Gallipoli eschewed the blow-by-blow recreation of the war in favour of a slightly different angle: the contributions by three journalists to ending the campaign and how they helped to place it so strongly at the forefront of the Australian psyche. Starring Hugh Dancy (Hannibal) as Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, Ewen Leslie as Harry Murdoch, Joel Jackson as Charles Bean, Charles Dance as General Hamilton, it also features Sam Worthington (Clash of the Titans, Terminator: Salvation) as photographer Phillip Schuler, as well as the likes of Bryan Brown (Old School, FX: Murder By Illusion, The Wanderer), Anna Torv (Fringe), Rachel Griffiths (Six Feet Under, Brothers & Sisters, Very Annie Mary, Muriel's Wedding), Jessica De Gouw (Arrow) and other luminaries of the Australian acting profession in surprisingly minor roles.
Basically, everyone wanted to be in this one.
However, such is most Australians' well established understanding of the Gallipoli campaign, you'd actually need to watch both Deadline Gallipoli and Gallipoli in order to really get to know events well, since they all leave out important details in order to get a new angle on the story.
Gallipoli was a pretty straight, blow-by-blow account of the campaign from the point of view of the men in the trenches, showing in gut-wrenching detail the futility and horrors of war. It was so even-handed, in fact, there was almost no attempt to attribute blame anywhere, meaning that although you'd know the landscape, the generals and pretty much every detail about the campaign, you could come out of it not really understanding where it had all gone wrong and why things ended. It was also so focused on the fighting itself that it didn't really make use of the obvious opportunities to have Winston Churchill (the architect of the campaign) show up, for example.
Deadline Gallipoli, by contrast, spends most of its first episode giving a pretty detailed account of the political beginnings of the campaign and how Ashmead-Bartlett, Bean and Schuler ended up covering it. Dancy gives a surprisingly different performance to his Hannibal turn, but also a more caddish interpretation than James Callis gave, something adding by the rampant shagging he gets to do with Torv. He's also a bit more heroic than Callis's Ashmead-Bartlett, whom you might never have known had covered plenty of other wars previously from Gallipoli.
The second episode is where the fighting truly begins, with Deadline Gallipoli focusing on the main push that failed, killing so many ANZAC troops, just as Gallipoli did, before then going through similar ropes to show the lengths that Ashmead-Bartlett and the newly arrived Murdoch went to to try to get word to politicians of just how bad conditions on the ground were, something the army censors couldn't prevent.
Surprisingly, despite Worthington getting an exec producer credit, he doesn't get to do that much, the lion's share falling on Dancy and Jackson's shoulders, appropriately enough. And we get to see how they become more and more convinced that they must do more than simply observe and report, but also end the battle.
However, despite that focus on the journalists, Deadline Gallipoli doesn't do that much better at giving us well rounded, historically accurate depictions. For example, while both it and Gallipoli show the sinking of the HMS Majestic, which Ashmead-Barlett was aboard at the time, both show this as a big surprise to him and use it to show either the risks of war or how effete he was (in Callis's case). However, in real life, the HMS Triumph had been sank two days earlier and he'd actually brought his mattress up on deck so that if the Majestic were sunk, he wouldn't be trapped.
Deadline Gallipoli's big failing – at least for an international audience – is that it assumes the viewer knows everything already. Coupled with the shorter running time, that means you will get a better idea of the politics surrounding the war, but surprisingly, despite the big name cast, you'd have been better off watching Gallipoli to get a good understanding of the campaign itself.
On the flipside, Deadline Gallipoli is much better at remembering that there were other nationalities and ethnicities present, with Indians, Sikhs, Maoris, Africans, Australian Aborigines and other members of the British Empire all being represented, some even getting lines. On the other flipside, Gallipoli was a lot more equitable to the Turks, with Deadline Gallipoli only giving us cannon fodder and helpful translators.
So, if you have the time, watch both. Watch the movie as well. None of them are perfect, but together they'll give you a good understanding and different views of such an important moment in history.
Rob Buckley
I'm Rob Buckley, a journalist who writes for UK media magazines that most people have never heard of although you might have heard me on the podcast Lockdown Land or Radio 5 Live's Saturday Edition or Afternoon Edition. I've edited Dreamwatch, Sprocket and Cambridge Film Festival Daily; been technical editor for TV producers magazine Televisual; reviewed films for the short-lived newspaper Cambridge Insider; written features for the even shorter-lived newspaper Soho Independent; and was regularly sarcastic about television on the blink-and-you-missed-it "web site for urban hedonists" The Tribe. Since going freelance, I've contributed to the likes of Broadcast, Total Content + Media, Action TV, Off The Telly, Action Network, TV Scoop and The Custard TV.
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Invexillata es un género de arañas araneomorfas de la familia Clubionidae. Se encuentra en Papúa Nueva Guinea.

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 Invexillata caerulea Versteirt, Baert & Jocqué, 2010
 Invexillata maculata Versteirt, Baert & Jocqué, 2010
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Beyond the Pandemic, Digital Transformations Must Shift into Higher Gear
CSS Tec, employees, Hiring Managers, pandemic, Tech
The pandemic transformed the way businesses operate into a new digital form. From building out e-commerce platforms, to "buy online, pick-up in store" options, to digital fundraising, and secure remote work solutions, businesses in every industry had to conform or risk losing consumers and employees.
"While the pandemic may not be over, the world — at least as far as consumers and workers are concerned — is moving rapidly into the post-pandemic future." Says Connie Testa, CSS TEC Managing Director.
As that new normal arrives, it's clear that consumers and workers alike have changed, and businesses must meet them where they are now.
How the Pandemic Shaped Consumers
Two years of online shopping and remote work have made Americans far more digitally savvy as consumers and employees. Offices across the nation and world learned how to do their jobs from home using employer-provided devices and collaboration tools. Services and classes adapted to being virtual, allowing consumers from anywhere to join and at any given moment.
Along with that increased tech-savvy comes rising expectations for what constitutes a quality digital experience, and people are beginning to lose patience with companies that don't deliver.
56% of U.S. consumers believe that companies should have figured out by now how to handle pandemic-related disruption, according to Forrester. And 77% of executives told Harvard Business Review Analytic Services that employees will look for a new job if their current employer does not provide the technology they need.
Consumers are no longer waiting for companies to transform their business; they already expect it. If a business has not or will not change, consumers are quick to flock to a competitor who can deliver on their needs.
New Digitalization Is Only the Beginning
The changes businesses put in place over the past two years will be "temporary" only in the sense that they are starting points to even richer digital experiences.
Retailers will invest in immersive experiences and inventory management while driving consumers back to their own digital channels and away from big online marketplaces.
Forrester predicts that many companies will adopt "always-on" digital engagement strategies when it comes to their marketing efforts, which will require deeper investments in automation and artificial intelligence.
About 30% of companies say they will insist on a fully in-office model, while the majority choose to deploy a hybrid model or remain fully remote. These hybrid and remote businesses must surround employees not just with better collaboration tech, but also with a culture that allows them to thrive in a work-anywhere environment.
Whether or not the pandemic is nearing its end, businesses can and should never cease to adapt if they want to continue to stay afloat.
Source: BizTechMagazine.com
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Herndon High School Fiddler on the Roof
By Cappies • Nov 16th, 2010 • Category: Cappies
Tzeitzel's in love with a poor man; all Hodel wants is to be with a revolutionary; and Chava's desperate to marry a man outside her faith — all against their father Tevye's wishes. And to think you worried about your father approving of your boyfriend! With this all in mind, Herndon High School's production of Fiddler on the Roof was well-received and entertaining.
Based on the 1894 novel "Tevye and his Daughters," also known as "Tevye the Milkman," the musical centers on the father of five daughters and his escapades with his own religious beliefs along with the influences surrounding his family. Fiddler on the Roof opened in 1964 on the Broadway stage and ran over 3,000 performances, making it one of Broadway's longest running shows before being adapted into the well known 1971 movie by the same name.
The theme of "traditions" was carried throughout the show with consistent energy and dedication as seen with the lively show opener "Tradition," showcasing the town's villagers and Tevye's family while setting the focused tone of the show. Throughout Fiddler on the Roof, all characters and ensemble demonstrated a clear, consistent, and pleasing vocal blend as seen with many numerous company numbers. Musical numbers typically featured a fantastic use of stage space as well.
As Tevye, Andy Raoufi gave a solid performance that showed a true grasp of his character, creating a likable interpretation that was well-rounded throughout with his vocals, emotional dynamics, and comedic lines; his monologues to God often resulted in chuckles and laughter with well-delivered lines and good humor. Hodel (Christine Bobby) also performed with firm understanding as the oldest daughter, with smooth vocal control and consistency with her vibrato and high notes that were highlighted in "Far From the Home I Love."
Emma Miller-Cvilikas was a delight with a mix of a relentless nature and surprising sweetness as Yente, the town's hounding matchmaker. With a wobbly walk, snorts for laughter, and the occasional knee slap, she gave an excellent performance with vigor and many laughs during the course of the show. The musical number entitled "The Dream" was also a particularly memorable performance as Tevye's nightmare scene was explored with a devilish wife from the grave (Liz Peterson) and fantastic use of a scrim, red cyclorama lighting, and rotational sets.
In turn, the production of Fiddler on the Roof used a variety of technological effects in order to create a believable and convincing atmosphere for its characters to live in, with a simple yet warm set designed by Herndon High School's Tech Theatre Class. The sound was well mastered by Justin Burns who controlled a large number of mics with precision and accuracy. Although set changes could be somewhat drawn out, the Herdon High School Pit Orchestra handled these changes with good timing and strong and solid playing. With music over the high school level, the orchestra gave a fantastic performance without overpowering the cast members.
In the village of Anatevka, "times are changing," but Herndon High School's production of Fiddler on the Roof showed "constant devotion," keeping focus and energy throughout to give a heartwarming and delightful performance.
by Victoria Tovig of Langley High School
Andy Raoufi (Tevye)
Andy Raoufi (Tevye) and Sarah Freeman (Chava)
Micala Fox (Golde) and Emma Miller-Cvilikas (Yente)
Nick Lytle (Motel), Chris Hrozencik (Rabbi), Ashleigh Markin (Tzeitel)
Photos by Melanie Miller-Cvilikas.
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Palace Insiders Hope Harry and William's Joint Polo Match Can End the Feud Rumors For Good
Katie Nicholl
It's Official: William and Harry Have Split Their Charities
Breaking Down Every Angle of Archie's Royal Christening
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Royal Watch: Pippa's Lonely-Hearts Club and Kate's Dental Designer
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In a weekly report on London's regal rumpus, VF.com's Royal Watch plucks the best of Old Blighty's tabloid news for your crib notes. In today's edition: Pippa's pouting, Kate's pearly whites, a Mint-y breakup.
These days, the glass is half empty for poor ol' Pip, who is reportedly feeling a bit overwhelmed by the media storm that currently surrounds her. British tabloid Now reports that Pippa "doesn't know what's expected of her" and that "she feels like her life's in limbo." The same source also divulges that Pippa "confided in Kate she feels controlled, and is having an identity crisis. She feels Kate has all the privileges that come with royal life, but she gets all the limitations and responsibilities." We think she ought to call on self-proclaimed admirer Justin Timberlake and cry him a river.
Brace yourself, because apparently Kate Middleton has. Her gorgeous sparkling smile was apparently no easy task to achieve: the duchess, who usually goes for all things British, chose French dentist Dr. Didier Fillion and the rather poetic-sounding treatment known as "harmonious asymmetry." As Brits are not particularly known for their perfect teeth, he opted for "little micro-rotations on Kate Middleton so that it looks like a natural, healthy smile, but not artificial." The technique itself uses braces on the back of the teeth, grinding and polishing the surface to give the illusion of alignment, and/or veneers, and can cost $15,000.
Press night at the Palace. Buckingham Palace recently opened its gilded doors to a select group of British journalists in advance of the Diamond Jubilee, for an evening in which the Queen met some of the key journalists who will be covering the 2012 celebrations, marking her 60 years on the throne. As well as courting the press, the Queen has been pursing a new cash supplier—the Royal Mint, founded more than 1,000 years ago, has reportedly lost the contract to create the Diamond Jubilee medal. Although the mint holds the exclusive contract to all British coinage, this particular deal went to the Worcestershire Medal Services. Losing the £7 million deal (nearly $11 million U.S.) was "one hell of a shock," according to a mint insider.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, along with Prince Harry, have been named "Olympic Ambassadors" for Team Great Britain. The Queen is patron of the British Olympic Association and Princess Anne, a former Olympic athlete herself, is a member of the London 2012 organizing committee and the International Olympic Committee.
Dress to impress, apparently Prince Harry and Prince William do. Colonel Barry Jenkins of the Royal Artillery Regiment sent around a memo to his officers in which he advised "that they ditch the scruffs that make them look like 'train-crash survivors' and look to Princes William and Harry for style inspiration." Does the Devil perhaps not wear Prada, but army fatigues?
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Salma Hayek posts throwback video on daughter's 10th birthday
The actress shares daughter Valentina Paloma with husband Francois-Henri Pinault.
Salma Hayek (R) and Francois-Henri Pinault attend the Cannes International Film Festival gala on May 23. The couple's daughter, Valentina Paloma, celebrated her 10th birthday Thursday. File Photo by David Silpa/UPI | License Photo
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Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Salma Hayek was feeling reflective on her daughter's 10th birthday this week.
The 51-year-old actress shared a childhood clip of Valentina Paloma, her only child with husband Francois-Henri Pinault, on the preteen's birthday Thursday.
"Happy birthday Valentina! I'm so grateful for the decade of love you brought to our lives," she gushed in the caption. "#tbt #birthdaygirl #cute."
The video shows Valentina playing on a miniature piano as a toddler. She encourages Hayek to sing a note as she plinks on the piano keys.
Happy birthday Valentina! I'm so grateful for the decade of love you brought to our lives. Feliz cumpleaños Valentina! Estoy muy agradecida por la década de felicidad que has traído a nuestras vidas. #tbt #birthdaygirl #cute
A post shared by Salma Hayek Pinault (@salmahayek) on Sep 21, 2017 at 5:09am PDT
Hayek is also a stepmom to Pinault's children Francois, Mathilde and Augustin. She called motherhood "very rewarding" while discussing her family in the May issue of Hola! USA.
"Everyone woman has a maternal instinct inside and I think that it's important that all humans try to have that experience and apply that maternal instinct to some living creature," the star said. "You don't have to have children, but be responsible and take care of animals or a plant. Take care of another being."
"Feeling responsible helps you develop as a human being," she explained. "It doesn't have to be a sacrifice but an intention that you give of yourself, and contribute to another living being's life. That's very rewarding. You learn a lot about yourself when you do something for someone else."
Hayek, who hails from Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, donated $100,000 to earthquake relief efforts in the country this week after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit outside Mexico City. She said her experience with a deadly 1985 earthquake in the city inspired her to give.
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WTCGP March 2015 Newsletter
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WTCGP President joins panel on the Export-Import Bank, the United States, and globalization
WTCGP President Linda Conlin joined a panel discussion about the Export-Import Bank of America and the ways it supports small businesses and exporters. The panel was hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, who have posted audio and video.
President Conlin's contribution is also posted to our YouTube channel:
CEO's China Operations Club Meeting
For more pictures from the meeting please visit our Flickr Page.
Our first CEO's China Operations Club of the year took place at Arcadia University!
Featured Keynote Speakers:
Haiyan Ma, Professor, School of Finance, Qilu University of Technology presented her knowledge on international contracts.
Yong Pan, Ph.D, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics shared his insight on intellectual property.
Lei Huang, Associate Professor, Accounting School, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics spoke about Chinese enterprise and the capital market.
Members' Session Speakers:
Gary P. Biehn, Partner (Chair, China Business Group and International Group) and Yanling Wang, Associate discussed international transactions and disputes
2015 Global Business Conference
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The 12th Annual Global Business Conference was a great success with informative speakers and engaging presentations from international organizations.
The Honorable Michael A. Nutter, Mayor of Philadelphia
José Rasco, Chief Investment Strategist for HSBC Private Bank -Americas
Mark Linscott, Assistant United States Trade Representative for WTO and Multilateral Affairs
William J. Seward, President of International Sales, UPS
Jennifer Morgan, President, SAP North America
Excerpt from AL DÍA News:
"The World Trade Center Philadelphia (WTC) and Drexel University co-hosted the 12th annual World Business Conference on Thursday morning. The event brought together business leaders from local, regional, and national levels. The topic? Expanding foreign trade."
Read full article: http://aldianews.com/articles/business/economy/philly-business-leaders-discuss-international-trade/38130
Armstrong Engineering Associates Inc. dba Armstrong Chemtec Group's Trip To Tokyo
Mr. Peter Watson, International Business Development Manager of Armstrong Engineering Associates Inc., wrote about WTCGP's Ron Drozd's "invaluable" advice to Armstrong's President about Japanese business etiquette, language, etc.
Mr. Peter Watson comments as follows:
"WTCGP's Ron Drozd met with Armstrong's President, International Business Development and Business System managers in West Chester, PA prior to them visiting Tokyo. The purpose of the meeting was specifically to address cultural and business etiquette. Armstrong's President and Business Systems Manager met with major Japanese EPC Contractors, including MHI, JGC, and Toyo. All of these have offices in Houston and we wanted to reinforce our contacts with the Japan Offices. Mr. Drozd's advice on language, business card formats etc. proved invaluable and the Japanese were delighted by the visits. Thanks to the WTCGP we can enter a country for the first time and feel confident that we will avoid faux pas. We have significant business from JCG Houston valued over $ 1 million but believe face to face in-country meetings with specifiers, end users, and EPC contractors to be far the best way to cement relations with Japan and US subsidiaries. Further business is expected as a result of these contracts but the timing, as always with long lead items, is not determinable as we have "lead to sale" cycles of anywhere from 1 to 8 years. Our thanks again to Ron Drozd and the WTCGP!"
International Student Network "ISN" (Philadelphia) Recruiting High School Students from India for USA Universities
Babish Soni, CEO of International Student Network (ISN) in Philadelphia recently commented on his company's recent successful trade mission to India in February 2015. Mr. Soni went on a very successful trip to India with approximately 20 USA Universities to recruit high school students in India with the assistance of the WTCGP and the PA India ATR…


While insurance companies certainly fought against health-care-financing reforms, physicians associations and hospitals are typically considered to have been the more significant opponents—they believed Medicare to be a likely conduit for eventual full-scale single payer (and all the government interference they assumed would come with it), and struck back with more or less the same zeal that they mustered decades earlier. As historian Jill Quadagno puts it, the AMA fought Medicare with 'every propaganda tactic it had employed during the Truman era.' Such tactics included a widespread media blitz, advertising in doctors' offices, and visits to congressmen from physicians in their districts. One tactic, called 'Operation Coffee Cup,' deputized physicians' wives to host ladies' gatherings, at which they'd play their guests an anti-Medicare PSA starring actor Ronald Reagan.
Medicare became law in 1965, succeeding where the Truman administration's earlier effort had failed, Shure argues, only because there rose "a mass movement of people demanding it," a movement joined at the hip to others calling for an end to poverty and all kinds of discrimination.
For one thing, the unions' success at collectively bargaining for employer-provided health benefits during the Truman-era reform battles perhaps reduced their motivation to prioritize national health-care solutions, the ongoing absence of which almost certainly highlighted the advantage of union membership. Since the 1970s, ever-rising health-care costs strengthened the case that labor's interests would be served by removing health-care benefits from tense contract negotiations, but declining labor power during America's rightward political shift tied them to a Democratic Party establishment unwilling to back single payer during the health-care debates of the 1970s and '90s.
to compel people living under the US health-care system to see themselves and one another as part of a single constituency, from the poorest uninsured to those saddled with punishing paperwork, office staff chained to bad jobs for benefits, providers-turned-pawns of corporate conglomerates, and expectant mothers bracing themselves for exorbitant out-of-pocket costs atop weeks of unpaid maternity leave. And it must be done in solidarity with struggles on behalf of all oppressed Americans—people of color, the unhoused, the disabled, and others—whose subjugation benefits the very moneyed interests who'd prefer to keep things as they are.
If the United States is to truly become great, and quit merely pretending, then it must join the rest of the advanced world in providing a system of health care for all of its citizens, regardless of so petty a precondition as a person's ability to pay. In short, "Medicare for all" must be won, and Shure has offered sound advice on how we can win it once and for all.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's goals to fix society and save the planet are a little ambitious. Good.
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Yesterday I'm pretty sure I set a world record. I mean it's not official or anything and it probably doesn't sound that impressive on this of all days, since today is the 82nd anniversary of "the greatest 45 minutes in sports." Admittedly, that was pretty impressive, too.
It was in 1935, at the Big Ten Track and Field Championship in Ann Arbor, Michigan that Jesse Owens tied the 100-yard dash world record and then smashed the world records in long jump, 220-yard dash, and 220-yard low hurdles. With a back injury. In just 45 minutes.
I don't run if I can help it (unless I have let one of my friends or one of my sons talk me into it, because I'm a sucker) but that sounds like a pretty good day to me. Owens went on to dominate in the 1936 Berlin Olympics as well, and had it been a different, more just era, he would have raked in the endorsements. He did become the first African American depicted on a Wheaties box, but the big money sports endorsements he hoped to gain by leaving the realm of amateur sports behind, never materialized, and his career as an athlete was unfortunately short lived. Still, he remains one of the greats in sports history.
I will not go down as such. I doubt anyone will name a stadium after me, or craft a statue in my honor. I've not yet discovered the athletic niche that could land me on a Wheaties box, and at nearly forty, I suspect my time for that may be running short.
But I am proud of my accomplishments yesterday, when I served as the parent-in-charge at the lasso golf station at my son's elementary school Field Day. By now I'm sure you've seen this game, played at company picnics and backyard barbecues.
I'm sure there are more regional names as well, but the basic idea of the game is that you have a three-rung ladder-like structure and you throw bolas at it to try to get them to wrap around the rungs to score points. And by bolas, I mean two balls attached to one another by a rope, similar to the weapon used regularly by pre-Columbian societies to trip and take down animals. So, obviously, this is a great game to play with third through fifth graders.
Actually, we had remarkably few people get tripped up, or even get clocked in the head, which was something of a miracle given that initially the game was set up to throw toward the playground and that grade school students have a tendency to wander across any old field of play they happen upon. But very early on I did discover one major hurdle to lasso golf success.
Because the darn bolas get tangled. I don't mean that once in a while they might get twisted around one another and have to be spun out. I mean that every single time an oh-so-helpful child picks up more than one of them at a time and holds them in his or her hand for more than 0.2 seconds the ropes form into a knot that might as well be held together by superglue. Honestly, I might rather play with live snakes.
But Field Day is about fun and parental perseverance. And so despite the fact that the mother I was partnered with disappeared before the first game could even begin (I have to assume she wandered off and got recruited to lead a rousing game of fun noodle javelin throw), and the line for my incredibly popular lasso golf station never dropped below ten or so anxious kids, and the bolas frequently ended up on the other side of the playground or across the kickball field, where I couldn't always manage to grab them before an oh-so-helpful grade schooler scooped them up, immediately accidentally tying the knot of all knots, I got pretty good at running a smooth game.
Just a small knot here.
In fact, I got so good, had someone been handy with a stopwatch (and if anyone bothered to keep records of such things), I'm pretty sure I would have easily smashed the world record for the length of time it takes to untie a lasso golf bola. I probably shattered the record several times over the course of my two hour sentence shift.
Now I'm not saying I'm a world class athlete, or that this was the greatest two hours in sports. But it might have been the greatest two hours in Field Day, and I'm pretty sure I'm not going to get any big endorsement deals out of it.
I am so impatient with knots that I tend to rely on scissors. Of course, that wouldn't work very well on bolas, although it would certainly shorten the game time.
It's probably a good thing that I didn't have access to scissors. There were a few times that would have been awfully tempting.
Glad it was knot a problem!
Yes! That's just as good.


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Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone PS4 Footage Unveiled at Tokaigi 2016
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At Game Party Japan 2016 – or as it's better known, Tokaigi – the first footage for the next entry in the highly successful Project Diva rhythm-game series was unveiled on Japanese streaming site Niconico. Originally released as an arcade-exclusive under the name Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Arcade Future Tone, this edition of Future Tone will port over the paragon of Japanese pop-culture over to PlayStation 4.
Among the three songs that were showed off during a demonstration, hosted by publisher Sega, were Junky's "Sweet Magic," tilt-six's "Electro Saturator," and livetune's "Decorator."
Although digital-only Japanese releases tend to be difficult to import, it would be surprising to see Sega decide to not localize Future Tone – what with Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F 2nd netting a modest 109,000 units sold in the US. However, Sega could decide to skip Future Tone in favor for the flashier, newer title Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X given the fact that both of them will be releasing within the same year, perhaps making the market surrounding Project Diva crowded in North America.
With Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X launching in Japan on March 24th for the PlayStation Vita and a 226 song list, there's plenty of soak in if you're a fan of the undoubtedly explosive, adorable Vocaloid characters – such as Hatsune Miku, Megurine Luka, and the Kagamine twins – and the equally stellar music that is produced from its expansive community.
Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone is expected to release in Japan in spring 2016 as a digital-only PlayStation 4 exclusive.
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AN AWKWARD encounter went down this week while Derryn Hinch squeezed in a siesta and a rather one-eyed conservative senator poked sticks at Sam Dastyari for copping free travel expenses.
Federal Parliament is back in venomous action and by jingo, it is just as bitter and mean as last time around.
Fringe-dwelling Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi had a blast when news broke of Labor's Dastyari getting a Chinese donor to foot a $1670.82 bill after blowing out his travel allowance.
"It has the stench of corruption," Bernardi thundered.
He was asked to withdraw after inquiring who fronted the bill for Labor Senate Leader Penny Wong's home loan.
"I pay my mortgage and don't be grubby," she seethed with daggers in her eyes.
The Dastyari jab was a fair call, especially considering the latest revelation he had defied Labor policy and told a press conference for Chinese media Australia should respect the superpower's hostile position in the South China Sea.
But Bernardi was eerily quiet about the Independent Commission Against Corruption a day earlier finding up to 20 former Liberal MPs tried to evade political donation laws in the lead-up to the 2011 New South Wales election.
Plenty of crotchety taunts were thrown around Parliament House this week, not least from Treasurer Scott Morrison who reminded those opposite: "You lost the election, buddy."
Morrison somehow stifled the urge to click his heels in glee after that hot take, although a swaggering smirk betrayed his satisfaction.
But it could not all be fireworks and sniping.
Politicians occasionally have to eat, perform their ablutions and catch up for social interaction.
This mostly happens behind closed doors, but the cameras were rolling when Tony Abbott and Pauline Hanson shared a (call me a cynic) teensy-bit contrived peace offering on Wednesday.
The duo, more accustomed to burying the hatchet between each other's shoulder blades, sat down on a nondescript couch to exchange olive branches.
"Pauline, there are half a million people who voted for you, and you'll be a strong voice for their concerns," our former prime minister declared, hands wagging aflutter as Public Speaking 101 suggests.
"Yeah I know, I've got a big job ahead of me for the next six years," Hanson replied.
The pair agreed they both hoped for a "constructive parliament".
This must be that mythical bipartisanship everyone talks about.
Poor old Derryn Hinch had one of history's more cringe-worthy entries to parliament, caught snoozing on the taxpayers' dime just a day after calling for photographers to be allowed take pictures of dozing, nose-picking parliamentarians in the Senate.
He took his shame like a champ and used it to bolster his push for mid-senate happy snaps.
And as proof you really can bet on anything, Sportsbet is offering odds on when Hinch will next be filmed having a kip.
Senate Question Time is the favourite at 3-1, but the longest shot is "during a Leigh Sales interview" paying $101 to the dollar.