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30 Reasons To Love WNIJ
Northern Public Radio | By WNIJ
Published April 1, 2021 at 3:39 AM CDT
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Susan Stephens
Jenna Dooley
WNIJ signed on the air in 1991, and the programming previously provided by WNIU was split into two distinct services. WNIU became an all-classical music station, and WNIJ provided news, jazz and entertainment.
As the broadcast arm of Northern Illinois University, the mission of Northern Public Radio is to enrich, inspire and inform adults in northern Illinois through programs and services that share ideas, encourage thought, give pleasure and create community. For the past 30 years, students, staff, and volunteers have spent every day to meet your need for in-depth news, information, and entertainment. In April, we want to celebrate just a sampling of the reasons you love WNIJ.
REASON #30: Guess who?
Whad'Ya Know? We have just ONE more reason to love WNIJ to share with you right Here and Now. Want to take a guess? Do you think you know what it is and are you saying to yourself, "Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me!" Up First, we want to remind you that you can catch up on all of the great memories over the past three decades elsewhere on this web post, but All Things Considered, we have a clear frontrunner for the best reason to love WNIJ. And if you thought this whole project was Only A Game to us, we take our commitment to programming very seriously. Without further ado, the best reason to love WNIJ is…YOU! Listeners make what we do possible, meaningful, and sustainable. Thank you for listening to WNIJ for 30 fantastic years. Now isn't that just a breath of Fresh Air?
REASON #29: The Women of Public Radio
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Susan Stamberg, circa 1975, still reports for NPR as a special correspondent
Nina Totenberg. Linda Wertheimer. Cokie Roberts. Susan Stamberg.
They're considered the "Mothers of NPR," and rightfully so. Fifty years ago, they helped get the fledgling network off the ground and showed women who were considering journalism careers that they belonged behind the mic, too.
WNIJ listener Denise Showers has an ear for good radio and a fondness for the talented women who have contributed for the past half century at NPR -- and 30 years at WNIJ.
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Listener Denise Showers salutes the women of public radio
REASON #28: NPR + WNIJ
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NPR shared Connie Kuntz's story about Rockford snow sculpting with the world
Northern Public Radio is a member station of National Public Radio, or as we affectionally like to call it-- the "mothership." But WNIJ is in fact independent, locally owned and operated. That's a rarity in today's media landscape. NPR also relies on member station reporters to bring listeners stories that create a sense of place. WNIJ reporters have been featured over the years on national newscasts as well as reporting featured on fan favorites like Morning Edition and All Things Considered. We are grateful for our decades long partnership with NPR.
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Your locals go national
REASON #27: The Founders
You can't build an institution without a strong foundation. The values, standards, and principles that WNIJ's employees exemplified in 1991 are the same that today's employees uphold. Sure, a lot has changed in the industry -- and in society -- but WNIJ's goal has always been and always will be to inform, enrich, and inspire our listeners.
Former WNIJ news director Lester Graham joins us for today's reason to love the station -- the people who built it, with a special tip-of-the-hat to former general manager Tim Emmons.
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Former news director Lester Graham on WNIJ's strong foundation
REASON #26: Northern Illinois University
NPR Member Stations like WNIJ are locally owned and operated broadcasters, but we have a variety of community partners who make what we do possible. About two-thirds of NPR member stations are licensed to, or affiliated with, a college or university. In WNIJ's case, our license holder is Northern Illinois University.
Anne Kaplan is recently retired as NIU's Vice President of Outreach, Engagement, and Regional Development and served as a bridge between university leaders and the radio station.
"The station makes great efforts to be genuinely independent, and the university makes great efforts not to impose itself on the station."
Still, Kaplan says both institutions inherently share a common mission.
"I think both believe that whatever they're delivering should be educational. It's not commercial. It's not propaganda. It's not political. It's what the region or the territory or the audience can genuinely benefit from."
Former Northern Public Radio General Manager Mike Lazar explains the unique relationship is mutually beneficial.
"The fact is that if it wasn't for the university, the station wouldn't be there. There is ongoing support. And I really appreciate the fact that it's a place that they can be proud of what they have. And the station staff can be proud that the roots were developed there."
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REASON #25: Driveway Moments
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You know you've done it: Sat alone in your car, one hand on the radio knob, but unable to turn it off because you're so caught up in the story you're listening to. In public radio, we call them "Driveway Moments," and we're (almost) sorry if we've ever made you late for an appointment or got your neighbors whispering.
For Reason #25 to love WNIJ, General Manager Staci Hoste shares her most memorable driveway moment and invites you to share yours on our Facebook page or Twitter.
A dancehall moment in the driveway
REASON #24: The People Behind The Scenes
Doug Herrington in his early days with Northern Public Radio wouldn't let floodwaters keep him from his job. Still doesn't.
A radio station is so much more than the voices you hear on air. For today's Reason to Love WNIJ, we celebrate the people behind the scenes: the producers, the tech folks, the people who bring in the funding and pay the bills, the volunteer coordinators – it takes a village to build and maintain a strong station. A toast to the behind-the-scenes WNIJ employees for all their work to keep this station strong for the past three decades. And here's to the people who are propelling us into our next 30 years!
It's a chain of gratitude for WNIJ's behind-the-scenes employees
REASON #23: All Things Considered
Chris Lehman, former host of All Things Considered on WNIJ
All Things Considered was a pioneering program on NPR when it debuted on 90 public radio stations in 1971. The name pretty much sums up the program and WNIJ listeners have enjoyed this variety for the past three decades. Many local hosts have kept you company on your evening commute home in northern Illinois, including Drew Leifheit, Simone Orendain, Chris Lehman, Guy Stephens, and Susan Stephens.
It's your constant companion every weekday with national hosts Ailsa Chang, Audie Cornish, Mary Louise Kelly, and Ari Shapiro. You can also enjoy the show on the weekend with Michel Martin.
And of course there's that iconic theme song that we all hum along to.
Chris Lehman considers all things
REASON #22: The Swag
There's an innocuous wooden door down a back hallway at WNIJ's headquarters in DeKalb – and behind
that door? The treasures of public radio. No, we aren't holding Ira Glass and Sylvia Poggioli against their will. It's a room full of t-shirts, mugs, tote bags, book lights, socks – all of the things that help listeners and WNIJ feel a little more connected to each other. Yes, it's the Inventory Closet – a very dry (but accurate) term for the place where we squirrel away the swag between membership campaigns. You can't buy this stuff in stores, but we are always happy to get it into the hands of listeners!
T-shirts and tote bags and mugs -- oh my!
REASON #21: Election Nights
Every Election Night, reporters across the U.S. stuff themselves with pizza to power through long nights waiting for the results to come in. WNIJ isn't one to break tradition so our reporters and editors "carbo load" to make sure we have enough energy to bring you context and analysis before and after the polls close. We've moderated candidate forums, covered the issues, and talked with voters about what they want to see their elected leaders accomplish in office. Election coverage is no easy assignment, but we believe it is a crucial role in democracy.
Election nights are a frenzy of number-crunching and pizza-munching
REASON #20: Volunteers
We simply couldn't do what we do without generous volunteers who give their time and talents to WNIJ.
Jan Booth, from DeKalb, says she volunteers at the station because she believes in the mission of public radio. "WNIJ has been a part of my life since they came on the air. I rely on them to bring me balanced, fair and accurate information, as well as smart and engaging entertainment. I volunteer whenever I can by answering phones and helping prepare mailings. It's important to me to do whatever I can to keep this valuable resource present and thriving in our community."
And we are thankful for Jan and the hundreds of volunteers over the past thirty years who have helped make a connection with listeners by stuffing envelopes, answering pledge calls, and serving as "public radio ambassadors" in our community.
Volunteers are powered by love and doughnuts
REASON #19: Morning Edition
WNIJ's morning host Dan Klefstad, circa 2011.
For 30 years, WNIJ listeners have counted on one morning show to get them going: Morning Edition. Actually, we've carried it since the show's original host Bob Edwards signed on in 1979, but on our (older) sister station, WNIU. We've seen a lot of changes in Morning Edition over the years (check out the theme songs!) but one thing has remained consistent since 1997: our local host, Dan Klefstad! Think we can convince him to stay another 30?
Morning Edition airs from 5 to 9 weekday mornings on WNIJ.
Good morning, early riser!
REASON #18: Community Calendar
WNIJ reminds you that we are also a great destination to keep your social life filled with new experiences and ideas. Our Community Events Calendar keeps your day planner stocked with expert speakers, concerts, and events around the region. If you are an individual or community group looking to reach a larger audience to share your event, you can submit it to our calendar. And if you are just looking for something fun to do this weekend, you can check out the calendar for a list of great experiences on the horizon.
WNIJ reminds you...the events calendar is your passport to local fun.
REASON #17: Live Events
Ain't no party like a WNIJ party!
For decades, WNIJ's live events have connected fans with each other and their favorite on-air personalities. Popular live events over the years have included the Left Bank stage for Rockford's On The Waterfront festival. You may have spotted the WNIJ booth at community expos and farmer's markets in your hometown. Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary were even on the guest list for the launch of our podcast, "Drinkin' with Lincoln" at the Prairie Street Brewing Company. We've also added virtual live events to our line-up in recent years, including our next Facebook Live panel featuring youth poets in Illinois.
WNIJ throws good parties.
REASON #16: The Weekends
Click and Clack, a.k.a. Tom and Ray Magliozzi, a.k.a. The Car Talk Guys, hosted The Ancient Games of Grease back in 1992.
When does the weekend officially start? Here at WNIJ, we've pinpointed it to Fridays at 7:00 p.m. That's when Ira Glass turns on his mic and takes you on another This American Life adventure. Then it's a 53-hour weekend whirlwind of music, news, and smart entertainment – even NPR's own quiz show! From Weekend Edition to World Café, On Being to On The Media, we've got a lot of something-for-everyone.
We also salute weekends past, with a tip of the hat to the shows that helped make weekends great here at WNIJ: Shows like Car Talk and A Prairie Home Companion built a strong foundation for today's weekend lineup.
So raise your vintage NPR mug, filled with your weekend beverage of choice, and toast 30 years of weekends here on WNIJ. Cheers!
Guess what Jason Cregier's favorite weekend show is on WNIJ.
REASON #15: Listener Support
All lines are busy during one particularly fruitful Friday fall fundraiser in 2008.
Public radio is celebrated for many things: in-depth news, intelligent conversations, eclectic music, and yes, even our fundraisers! No matter what you call those couple of weeks each year – membership campaigns, pledge drives, on-air fundraisers -- they are the most important source of funding for public radio stations. Some listeners even tell us they love listening to the pledge drives! Every time someone takes the plunge and goes from being a listener to a contributing member of WNIJ, the station grows that much stronger.
Fun facts about WNIJ's contributors?
There are more than 4,400 of you, and more than half are sustaining members who give a little each month.
While most of our contributions come from northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, we have members in 29 states, including Florida, Rhode Island, California, and Arizona. We even have a member in Munich, Germany!
447 new members joined the fold during the past year.
Last year, 87 people donated their old vehicles to support the station through our vehicle donation program.
Your support gave WNIJ a great first three decades. Our next 30 years look pretty bright, too.
Shhh. Some people even listen during fundraising!
REASON #14: Breaking News
Susan Stephens, Victor Yehling, and Jenna Dooley show off the latest additions to the newsroom's awards in 2017.
A newsroom is a fascinating environment with hourly deadlines and reporters always ready to take their microphones out into the community when breaking news strikes. In the past twenty years, major events have rocked our listening area from deadly tornadoes in Utica and Fairdale, the conviction and subsequent certificate of innocence for Jack McCullough, the arrest of former Dixon Comptroller Rita Crundwell and thousands of stories in between. Staying on top of the news 24/7 requires dedication and curiosity from WNIJ reporters and editors through the years who have made this community more informed along the way.
...and that's the news on WNIJ.
REASON #13: The Repeaters
WNIQ – Sterling. WNIW – LaSalle. WNIE – Freeport.
Retired engineer Jeff Glass in his workshop circa 2013, possibly thinking about heading out to a repeater site to fix something.
You hear those three stations mentioned every hour on WNIJ – maybe you've even recited them along with us. They're known as "repeaters" and they carry WNIJ's signal to more people in northern Illinois.
In 1998, WNIW LaSalle at 91.3 FM, and WNIQ-Sterling at 91.5 FM signed on the air. WNIE Freeport started broadcasting at 89.1 FM a year later. This also opened an opportunity for the news department to pursue stories important to a much larger region: essentially all of northern Illinois west of Chicago. It also opened up some quiet time for WNIJ's engineers to think during the long drive to one of the repeaters when the call comes in the middle of the night that there's something wrong.
So thanks to all of our listeners near Freeport, LaSalle, and Sterling who use and support WNIW, WNIQ, and WNIE. You're definitely worth the drive.
Q, W, and E -- Meet the Repeaters
REASON #12: Statehouse News
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The Illinois State Capitol, from the inside.
Many of the policies that directly impact your life come out of the Illinois Statehouse in Springfield. WNIJ and Illinois Public Radio's dedicated government reporters talk to the lawmakers who make decisions that matter in the lives of people across the state. And there have been more than a few standout moments, including George Ryan's milestone decision to clear out death row, Illinois Senator Barack Obama's ascent to the White House, and former Governor Rod Blagojevich's ouster from office.
Statehouse reporters for WNIJ partner with the Public Affairs Reporting program at the University of Illinois-Springfield, mentoring dozens of students through the years.
Every Saturday morning, "Statewide" also brings you a round-up of the people and places that make Illinois so special.
Sean Crawford delivers birthday greetings from the Illinois Public Radio Statehouse Crew.
REASON #11: NIRIS
WNIJ is one of the stations that make up Northern Public Radio. Northern IL Radio Information Service, or NIRIS, has been part of the team since 1979. Staffed almost entirely by local volunteers, NIRIS has been producing news and entertainment for the visually and print impaired for decades.
People can listen to NIRIS on free specialized radios we provide. These days we can also be heard streaming live on WNIJ's website by clicking Listen Live and then choosing NIRIS or on the WNIJ App by tapping NIRIS in the upper right-hand corner.
If not for the generous volunteers giving of their time and talent over the decades, some of them for 25 years or more, NIRIS wouldn't be what it is today. If you'd like to contribute to that legacy, you can find our contact information at WNIJ.org under the "About" tab.
And NIRIS sends along 30th birthday greetings to its slightly younger sister station!
NIRIS Director Phil Masterton shares birthday greetings for WNIJ
REASON #10: Environmental Reporting
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A ruby-crowned kinglet rests briefly after being caught and banded at Severson Dells Nature Center in Rockford.
Coverage of the environment has been at our core right from the beginning. For thirty years, our reporters have tracked the effects of climate change in your back yard. We've brought you stories of the birds and the pollinators, open lands and protected prairies, polluters and conservationists.
And let's not forget national programs devoted to environmental issues, Climate Connections and Living on Earth!
We are all in this together -- and you can count on WNIJ to continue to be your source for environmental news.
Environmental reporting on WNIJ
REASON #9: Podcasts
In recent years, WNIJ has made the jump from broadcast to podcast so that you have even more ways to explore northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. One of your guides on that journey is WNIJ's roving correspondent Dan Libman. He's taken his microphone to the sled hills, fishing holes, and open roads of the WNIJ listening area for our podcast "Under Rocks." He even transformed into "The Librarian" to shush his way into submission on the wrestling stage.
Peter Medlin sniffs out the most fascinating stories in the world of education in his podcast Teachers' Lounge.
We also produce the Teachers' Lounge podcast hosted by education reporter Peter Medlin. Every other week, he talks with students, parents, and educators about how the pandemic has radically shifted learning in the 21st century. All of the guests for the show come from listener suggestions.
You can also take a dive into our rich podcast archives including a fan favorite, "Drinkin with Lincoln," hosted by Clint Cargile.
Dan Libman and Peter Medlin make WNIJ's podcasts great!
REASON #8: Sessions From Studio A
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Zach Pietrini performs on the dock at Prairie Street Brewing Company in Rockford, October 2018.
WNIJ Rocks! At least on Thursday nights and Saturday afternoons. Recorded in our very own Studio A, Sessions gives a stage to local performers and touring musicians. Founded in 2016 by Carl Nelson, these performances are accompanied by interviews to give listeners the stories behind their favorite songs. Sessions from Studio A is also a great way to explore new music that you simply can't hear anywhere else on the dial.
And the music plays on in the palm of your hand as host Spencer Tritt recently expanded the show with the "Sessions Showcase" Friday afternoons on Facebook.
Sara Dorner and Spencer Tritt about Sessions from Studio A
REASON #7: Perspectives
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Inside Perspective author Marnie O. Mamminga's blanket fort studio closet
WNIJ is asking listeners to share their favorite things about the station as we celebrate our 30th anniversary. One listener called to let us know she loves Perspectives, which deliver "a lot of viewpoints I had never even considered!"
These 90-second essays are an important part of WNIJ's Morning Edition and All Things Considered broadcasts. Twenty regular contributors plus guest commentators tackle issues important to our region – and sometimes, they just share a good story. During the pandemic, these committed Perspectives authors even learned to record in their own makeshift home studios.
It's not easy to squeeze your passionate opinions into a minute and a half – give it a try! Send your script to npr@niu.eduand we'll help you share your perspective with your fellow listeners.
Reason 7 ... and that's my Perspective.
REASON #6: The Next Generation
Did you know some of your favorite WNIJ voices started as students? It's true! Dan Klefstad, Guy Stephens,
Even WNIJ veterans Vani and Yvonne started out in Public Radio 101.
David Tallacksen, and Jenna Dooley began their broadcasting journey while studying at Northern Illinois University.
Years later, they give back to aspiring broadcasters through a workshop called "Public Radio 101" which gives students hands-on training in podcasting, interviewing, and beyond.
During the pandemic, WNIJ still works with a handful of remote interns and recently launched a student-produced and anchored midday newscast on our NPR One app.
And it doesn't end there! News production intern Susanna Kemerling is helping produce the audio segments for "30 Reasons to Love WNIJ."
WNIJ -- The Next Generation
REASON #5: Keeping Up With Technology
WNIJ control board, circa 1979. Still going -- for the most part.
A lot has changed in radio in the 30 years since WNIJ signed on the air.
In 1991, our listener dollars kept us supplied with the typewriter ribbons, razor blades, and miles of reel-to-reel tape that it took to keep our audience informed and entertained. Today? The same commitment to quality sound – but with computers, digital recorders, and upgraded studios and transmitters.
Reason #5 to love WNIJ? Susan Stephens and David Tallacksen explain by visiting WNIJ's Museum of Ancient Technology for a quick round of "Stump the Chump." It takes a lot of work – and sometimes a little magic – to keep your 50-thousand watt source for news and entertainment on the air for three decades.
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Stephens and Tallacksen play Stump the Audio Chump.
REASON #4: Arts Reporting
Aurora poet laureate Karen Fullett-Christensen and deputy poet laureates Fermina Ponce, Anthony Stanford and Quentin Johnson.
If WNIJ's news department is the brains of the operation, our arts coverage is the soul. Dozens of reporters over the past three decades have contributed to the enjoyment and understanding of the arts here in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. In a way, WNIJ is an arts organization, and we value the relationships we've forged with artists, musicians, authors, and supporters of the arts during our 30 years of serving our discerning audience. Arts reporting is reason #4 to love WNIJ!
Guy Stephens and Yvonne Boose on arts reporting.
REASON #3: Blues
We're turning 30 and we've got a serious case of the blues! The good kind of blues, that is, the kind that starts your weekend with a bang on Friday nights, rekindles the flames on Saturday afternoons, and keeps the party moving through the night.
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Ronnie Baker Brooks performs on WNIJ's Left Bank Stage at On the Waterfront, 2006.
Our blues hosts put their own spin on the format from the start, from Tim Emmons to Jill Wininger to Paula Garrett to Dan Klefstad. Today's hosts carry on the tradition by delivering a generous mix of classic blues and up-and-coming artists, with a lot of surprises mixed in.
For our third reason to love WNIJ, we salute blues hosts Harold Brown, David Rosik, David James, and Rich Gordon. We've got the blues every Friday and Saturday nights from 9 til midnight, and Saturday afternoons from 1 til 4. Cheers!
WNIJ's blues hosts namedrop some favorites.
REASON #2: Science Friday
Science Friday is a WNIJ fan favorite with host Ira Flatow's weekly roundup. The program also includes NIU STEAM's very own "The Sound of Science" answering important science, technology, engineering and math questions from our listeners.
Take it from Sandra, a longtime Sci Fri listener from Beloit says the program keeps her current on science news.
"I studied science when the periodic chart was much, much shorter. Science Friday piques my interest and fills me with pleasant and intriguing information about science."
You can catch Science Friday at 1 p.m. on WNIJ.
A Science Friday fan makes the case for her favorite show on WNIJ
REASON #1: Two Stations To Better Serve You
Former General Manager Mike Lazar, back when WNIJ was just a twinkle in his eye.
In the beginning, there was only one public radio station serving northern Illinois: WNIU. In our first installment of 30 Reasons to Love WNIJ, former Northern Public Radio General Manager Mike Lazar explains that in April 1991, WNIJ was born to better serve our audience.
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WNIJ -- the beginnings
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WNIJ and NIU STEAM are partnering to create "The Sound of Science," a weekly series explaining important science, technology, engineering and math concepts using sound. The feature will air at 1:04 p.m. Fridays as a lead-in to Science Friday.The Sound of Science is made possible by Ken Spears Construction
The Sound of Science - 'Egg Tempera Paint'
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Last April, The Heritage Foundation released a WebMemo titled "The Dirty Dozen: 12 New Policies That Undermine Civil Society."[1] Seven months later, many of these policies being advocated by Congress and the President have moved closer to becoming law.
In addition, several new issues have emerged that deserve illumination. Taken as a whole, these policies serve to undermine traditional families, devalue life and human dignity, and weaken civil society in American life.
Massive Expansion of the Welfare State. Within his first two years in office, President Obama will have increased spending on means-tested programs for the poor by 30 percent, and over the next decade he will spend $10.3 trillion on welfare programs alone.[2] These are programs such as food stamps, Medicaid, housing, and Head Start that are targeted at low-income people. In addition to increased spending, the President and Congress are widening eligibility for the programs so that more people will qualify.
Government-sponsored welfare programs do little to actually help move families from a position of dependence to self-sufficiency. Of the 72 existing welfare programs, only one--Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)--has been reformed to help move 2.6 million families off welfare and into real jobs. Congress should reform the other 71 programs along the lines of TANF and help people move toward self-sufficiency.
A Big Step toward National Same-Sex Marriage. The House of Representatives is on a trajectory to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2009 (ENDA), just as it did in 2007. This legislation would disallow discrimination in hiring decisions based on "actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity."[3] ENDA would give special protected class status to sexual orientation and gender identity--just as is given to race, color, sex and religion.
Legislation like ENDA is a major precursor to legalizing same-sex marriage, as the history of the issue in several states shows. According to a recent Heritage Foundation paper, no state that has approved same-sex marriage has done so without first adopting ENDA-like legislation.[4] In Vermont, Massachusetts, and five other states, courts have used the non-discrimination law as part of their reasoning to strike down traditional marriage.[5]
Abstinence-Based Education at Risk. In the annual appropriations bill that funds health care and education, Congress has provided no funding for abstinence-based education and replaced it with a contraceptive-based sex education program. This was done at the President's request according to the FY 2010 budget he submitted to Congress.[6]
However, there is a glimmer of hope. The Senate health care bill was amended by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) to restore $50 million in abstinence-based education funding. Reports show that abstinent teens are more likely to achieve academically, less likely to be depressed or suicidal, less likely to subsequently live in poverty, and less likely to bear children out of wedlock.[7] Further, a Zogby Poll found that 96 percent of parents said they want teenagers to be taught that abstinence is best.[8]
Expanding the Federal Government's Role in Education. A bill moving through the House of Representatives to reform America's higher education system includes the creation of a new $8 billion federal preschool program. The Early Learning Challenge Fund will provide funding for states to expand their government-subsidized preschool programs.
This is grossly unnecessary and a waste of taxpayer dollars considering that more than 83 percent of all four-year-olds are currently enrolled in some form of early education or care program.[9] In addition, research and audit reports have found that two states that had instituted universal preschool (Oklahoma and Georgia) showed little to no improvement in test scores.[10]
Hate Crimes Expansion. The FY 2010 Defense Authorization bill recently signed into law by President Obama included language that expands the definition of a federal hate crime to include "sexual orientation" and "gender identity." It creates a new protected class of victims based on their sexual preferences. Among many concerns about this provision is that it could be used to prosecute religious groups or individuals based on their beliefs or speech.
Eroding Civil Society in the District of Columbia
Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Purposes. In 1998, voters in D.C. approved a ballot initiative that would allow for the legalization of marijuana for medical purposes. Since then, Congress has annually blocked this initiative from taking effect.
While the Senate bill approved in committee maintains this ban, the House-passed appropriations bill would eliminate it and give D.C. the ability to legalize medical marijuana using taxpayer money.
Taxpayer-Funded Abortion. A measure known as the "Dornan Amendment" has long been included in the annual D.C. appropriations bill to ban taxpayer dollars (federal and local) from being used for abortion services. The House overturned this ban and would allow taxpayer dollars to fund abortions using "local" dollars, effectively creating public promotion of abortion in D.C. However, the Senate version approved in committee maintains the ban.
Needle Exchange for Drug Addicts. The House-passed appropriations bill ends the policy barring D.C. from public distribution of free needles and syringes to drug users. The Senate language adopted in committee continues the ban.
Federal taxpayer dollars would be better spent on programs that help move addicts away from addiction and toward recovery rather than sustaining serious drug addiction.
Ending Parental School Choice for Low-Income Children. Both the House and Senate versions of the funding bills include language that would phase out the first federally funded K-12 school scholarship initiative. Since 2004, this program has served some 3,700 low-income students in D.C. with scholarships worth $7,500 to attend the school of their parents' choosing. A recent evaluation has shown a statistically significant increase in reading scores for scholarship students compared to their public school peers.[11]
Health Care Reform in the Wrong Direction
Federal Funding for Abortions in the Health Care Overhaul. While the health reform bill approved by the House on November 7 would restrict the use of federal taxpayer dollars for abortions, the Senate committees have thus far rejected amendments to codify the longstanding policy that federal funds cannot be used to perform elective abortions or to subsidize plans that provide such abortions.
For example, about 8 million federal employees now receive their health care through the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program. There are over 250 different health insurance carriers in FEHB, all of whom are prohibited from paying for elective abortions in these plans because they receive subsidies from the government.
Limiting Parental Rights and Expanding Family Planning. Initially jettisoned from the 2009 stimulus package because of negative attention, this provision has resurfaced as part of the health care reform bills under consideration by Congress.
The policy would allow states under Medicaid to disregard the family income of an applicant for family planning services. A child would be eligible for services under this section regardless of the family's income level, without notification of the parents. Further, the proposal would remove from current law the ability of states to offer coverage that excludes family planning services.
New Government Parenting Program. Tucked away in the mammoth health care reform bills is a little-known provision creating a specific funding stream for a new voluntary home visitation program. The program would send federally funded workers to the homes of low-income adults who are expectant parents or parents of young children and "educate" them with parenting skills.[12]
The ever-expanding reach of the federal government goes too far when it attempts to enter the homes of vulnerable families and teach them how to parent.
Small Pieces, Big Impact
With a flurry of activity surrounding the agenda coming from the White House and Congress, it is easy to overlook the smaller pieces of legislation that would have a big impact on American families and society.
Taken as a whole, the people and communities these policies claim to assist would rely less on strong neighborhood, faith-based, and private networks for support and more on costly and highly regulated federal projects, weakening the same virtues of civil society they purport to nurture.
Katherine Bradley is Visiting Fellow and Charles A. Donovan is Senior Research Fellow in the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society at The Heritage Foundation.
[1]Jennifer A. Marshall, Katherine Bradley, "The Dirty Dozen: 12 New Policies That Undermine Civil Society," Heritage Foundation WebMemo No. 2389, April 9, 2009, at http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/wm2389.cfm.
[2]Robert Rector, Katherine Bradley, Rachel Sheffield, "Obama to Spend $10.3 Trillion on Welfare: Uncovering the Full Cost of Means-Tested Welfare or Aid to the Poor," Heritage Foundation Special Report No. SR-67, September 16, 2009, at http://www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare
/sr0067.cfm.
[3]The Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2009, H.R. 3017, at http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d111:1:./temp/~bd3Q9h:
@@@L&summ2=m&|/bss/111search.html (November 9, 2009).
[4]Thomas M. Messner, "ENDA and the Path to Same-Sex Marriage," Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No.2317, September 18, 2009 at http://www.heritage.org/Research/Religion/bg2317.cfm.
[6]FY 2010 Budget of the U.S. Government, Appendix, p. 490, at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2010/assets/appendix.pdf (November 6, 2009).
[7]Robert Rector and Kirk A. Johnson, "Teenage Sexual Abstinence and Academic Achievement," Heritage Foundation paper presented at the Ninth Annual Abstinence Clearinghouse Conference, August 2005, at http://www.heritage.org/Research/Abstinence/whitepaper10272005-1.cfm.
[8] Robert Rector, Melissa Pardue, and Shannan Martin, "What Do Parents Want Taught in Sex Education Programs?" Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 1722, January 28, 2004, at http://www.heritage.org/Research/
Abstinence/bg1722.cfm.
[9]Kristin Denton Flanagan and Cameron McPhee, "The Children Born in 2001 at Kindergarten Entry: First Findings from the Kindergarten Data Collections of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B)," Institute of Education Sciences, October 2009, at http://www.nces.ed.gov/pubSearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010005 (November 3, 2009).
[10]Ibid.
[11]U.S. Department of Education, "Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Impacts after Three Years," March 2009, at http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/20094050/pdf/20094051.pdf (April 7, 2009).
[12]Lindsey Burke, "Stealth Agenda in Health Care Bill: Early Childhood Home Visitation," The Foundry, July 17, 2009, at http://blog.heritage.org
/2009/07/17/stealth-agenda-in-health-care-bill-early-childhood-home-visitation.
Katherine Bradley
Former Research Fellow, Domestic Policy Studies
Chuck Donovan
Former Senior Research Fellow
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Written by Natalie Davis on March 3, 2016
The TN Legislature Does Not Like LGBT People…: Not a newsflash, but the news from Nashville is not all bad. On Feb. 17, the Tennessee State Senate voted 27-5 to approve Brentwood GOP Sen. Jack Johnson's bill to allow homophobic therapists and counselors to discriminate against their patients using the guise of "religious liberty." Nashville Scene reports that the legislation did not find such support in the Tennessee House: "Rep. Dan Howell, R-Cleveland, gave a ringing speech about religious liberty and then hemmed and hawed a little bit, decided he lacked the votes and took his bill out of the House Health Subcommittee. He could bring it back after amending it to make it less outrageous." That is good news for lovers of equality — for now, at least — but don't get comfy. The Tennessee House turned around on March 3, and voted 73-18 to pass a resolution denouncing marriage equality. As the Scene notes, the resolution effectively is meaningless, but it does send a message to LGBT Tennesseans that their state representatives by and large do not have their backs: "[B]efore the Republican supermajority cut off debate, no Democrat stood up and spoke out for fundamental rights and marriage equality during the floor debate."
… Or Diversity The Tennessean reports that the state Senate Education Committee voted unanimously March 2 to add an amendment to the proposed University of Tennessee budget that would end state funding for the Knoxville campus' Office of Diversity and Inclusion: "'Only federal funds shall be expended to support the Office for Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville,' the amendment reads." Problem is, according to UT officials, the diversity office gets no federal funding, meaning that if this amendment goes through it will defund the office completely. Sen. Delores Gresham told the Tennessean that she was not aware of this, noting, "I would not completely defund the office. I think that would be extremely injurious. I would not do that, so I'll have to double-check that because that's not my understanding." By the way, the reason for the amendment: Reoffers a photo gallerypublicans in the state Senate were angry about two recent posts on the diversity office's website — one promoting the use of gender-neutral pronouns when requested and another advising employees on how to "ensure your holiday party is not a Christmas party in disguise."
Bernin' It in the Streets: On Feb. 27, Nashville was among 80 US cities participating in the March for Bernie Sanders. The Vermont senator and presidential hopeful ended up losing in Tennessee to the Democrat establishment candidate in the March 1 Super Tuesday primary — overall, she won seven states to Sanders' four (which is still positive for those feeling the Bern). But on Saturday, hundreds turned out to march from downtown to Centennial Park and back, and it was, in a word, glorious. Nashville For Bernie Newsletter (edited by moi) .
By the way, if you are a Bernie fan, do not lose faith. Things will improve after March 15, just watch. And remember these words from Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton: This is not a moment, it's the movement. Don't throw away our shot by giving up. There is a long way to Philadelphia.
Speaking of Philly: If you are a Democrat and willing to support the party nominee, whoever it may be, you may be interested in taking part in the electing of delegates for the national party convention, which takes place in Philly this summer. The Nashville For Bernie Newsletter offers advice on how to get involved — the state party delegate meetings take place March 5 and 19 — from party veteran and Bernie2016 volunteer Sidney Bennett.
Mad as Hell: Truthdig on March 3 features a blistering read by Chris Hedges, who posits that "college-educated elites, on behalf of corporations, carried out the savage neoliberal assault on the working poor" and calls the repugnant rise of Donald Drumpf the lower classes' revenge. Check out this uncensored excerpt of The Revenge of the Lower Classes and the Rise of American Fascism:
These Americans want a kind of freedom—a freedom to hate. They want the freedom to use words like "nigger," "kike," "spic," "chink," "raghead" and "fag." They want the freedom to idealize violence and the gun culture. They want the freedom to have enemies, to physically assault Muslims, undocumented workers, African-Americans, homosexuals and anyone who dares criticize their cryptofascism. They want the freedom to celebrate historical movements and figures that the college-educated elites condemn, including the Ku Klux Klan and the Confederacy. They want the freedom to ridicule and dismiss intellectuals, ideas, science and culture. They want the freedom to silence those who have been telling them how to behave. And they want the freedom to revel in hypermasculinity, racism, sexism and white patriarchy. These are the core sentiments of fascism. These sentiments are engendered by the collapse of the liberal state.
The Democrats are playing a very dangerous game by anointing Hillary Clinton as their presidential candidate. She epitomizes the double-dealing of the college-educated elites, those who speak the feel-your-pain language of ordinary men and women, who hold up the bible of political correctness, while selling out the poor and the working class to corporate power.
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Proof that Obama Is No Progressive, and Neither Is Biden: My head is still reeling. President Obama endorsed Patrick Murphy for the upcoming Florida Democratic senate primary. Patrick Fucking-Republican-In-Disguise Murphy. Vice President Joe Biden endorsed Murphy over progressive Rep. Alan Grayson too. I just can't… It would be all too easy to believe that these endorsements had to do with Grayson's recent endorsement of Bernie Sanders over the establishment candidate. And it is all too likely that Grayson's brave move played a part. But Gaius Publius at Down With Tyranny says Obama and Biden's shameful betrayal of progressives is more complicated — and sinister — than that. Of course, the story starts with greedy and controlling corporations and Wall Street banksters, includes potential funding for a presidential library, and ends with Obama throwing his support behind mainstream sellouts like Chuck Schumer, Chris Van Hollen, Ted Strickland, and Patrick Fucking-Republican-In-Disguise Murphy. Read the piece in its entirety; it will blow your mind. When Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren call the US system rigged against We The People, they aren't kidding. And if you buy that Obama — or the Democrat establishment candidate — is on the side of the people, you are fooling yourself.
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Executive Order 12196--Occupational safety and health programs for Federal employees
Source: The provisions of Executive Order 12196 of Feb. 26, 1980, appear at 45 FR 12769, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 145, unless otherwise noted.
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America, including Section 7902(c) of Title 5 of the United States Code and in accord with Section 19 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended (29 U.S.C. 668), it is ordered:
1-1. Scope of this Order.
1-101. This order applies to all agencies of the Executive Branch except military personnel and uniquely military equipment, systems, and operations.
1-102. For the purposes of this order, the term "agency" means an Executive department, as defined in 5 U.S.C. 101, or any employing unit or authority of the Federal government, other than those of the judicial and legislative branches. Since section 19 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act ("the Act") covers all Federal employees, however, the Secretary of Labor ("the Secretary") shall cooperate and consult with the heads of agencies in the legislative and judicial branches of the government to help them adopt safety and health programs.
1-2. Heads of Agencies.
1-201. The head of each agency shall:
(a) Furnish to employees places and conditions of employment that are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm.
(b) Operate an occupational safety and health program in accordance with the requirements of this order and basic program elements promulgated by the Secretary.
(c) Designate an agency official with sufficient authority to represent the interest and support of the agency head to be responsible for the management and administration of the agency occupational safety and health program.
(d) Comply with all standards issued under section 6 of the Act, except where the Secretary approves compliance with alternative standards. When an agency head determines it necessary to apply a different standard, that agency head shall, after consultation with appropriate occupational safety and health committees where established, notify the Secretary and provide justification that equivalent or greater protection will be assured by the alternate standard.
(e) Assure prompt abatement of unsafe or unhealthy working conditions. Whenever an agency cannot promptly abate such conditions, it shall develop an abatement plan setting forth a timetable for abatement and a summary of interim steps to protect employees. Employees exposed to the conditions shall be informed of the provisions of the plan. When a hazard cannot be abated without assistance of the General Services Administration or other Federal lessor agency, an agency shall act with the lessor agency to secure abatement.
(f) Establish procedures to assure that no employee is subject to restraint, interference, coercion, discrimination or reprisal for filing a report of an unsafe or unhealthy working condition, or other participation in agency occupational safety and health program activities.
(g) Assure that periodic inspections of all agency workplaces are performed by personnel with equipment and competence to recognize hazards.
(h) Assure response to employee reports of hazardous conditions and require inspections within twenty-four hours for imminent dangers, three working days for potential serious conditions, and twenty working days for other conditions. Assure the right to anonymity of those making the reports.
(i) Assure that employee representatives accompany inspections of agency workplaces.
(j) Operate an occupational safety and health management information system, which shall include the maintenance of such records as the Secretary may require.
(k) Provide safety and health training for supervisory employees, employees responsible for conducting occupational safety and health inspections, all members of occupational safety and health committees where established, and other employees.
(l) Submit to the Secretary an annual report on the agency occupational safety and health program that includes information the Secretary prescribes.
1-3. Occupational Safety and Health Committees.
1-301. Agency heads may establish occupational safety and health committees. If committees are established, they shall be established at both the national level and, for agencies with field or regional offices, other appropriate levels. The committees shall be composed of representatives of management and an equal number of nonmanagement employees or their representatives. Where there are exclusive bargaining representatives for employees at the national or other level in an agency, such representatives shall select the appropriate nonmanagement members of the committee.
1-302. The committees shall, except where prohibited by law,
(a) Have access to agency information relevant to their duties, including information on the nature and hazardousness of substances in agency workplaces.
(b) Monitor performance, including agency inspections, of the agency safety and health programs at the level they are established.
(c) Consult and advise the agency on the operation of the program.
1-303. A Committee may request the Secretary of Labor to conduct an evaluation or inspection pursuant to this order if half of a Committee is not substantially satisfied with an agency's response to a report of hazardous working conditions.
1-4. Department of Labor.
1-401. The Secretary of Labor shall:
(a) Provide leadership and guidance to the heads of agencies to assist them with their occupational safety and health responsibilities.
(b) Maintain liaison with the Office of Management and Budget in matters relating to this order and coordinate the activities of the Department with those of other agencies that have responsibilities or functions related to Federal employee safety and health, including the Office of Personnel Management, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the General Services Administration.
(c) Issue, subject to the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and in consultation with the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health, a set of basic program elements. The program elements shall help agency heads establish occupational safety and health committees and operate effective occupational safety and health programs, and shall provide flexibility to each agency head to implement a program consistent with its mission, size and organization. Upon request of an agency head, and after consultation with the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health, the Secretary may approve alternate program elements.
(d) Prescribe recordkeeping and reporting requirements.
(e) Assist agencies by providing training materials, and by conducting training programs upon request and with reimbursement.
(f) Facilitate the exchange of ideas and information throughout the government about occupational safety and health.
(g) Provide technical services to agencies upon request, where the Secretary deems necessary, and with reimbursement. These services may include studies of accidents, causes of injury and illness, identification of unsafe and unhealthful working conditions, and means to abate hazards.
(h) Evaluate the occupational safety and health programs of agencies and promptly submit reports to the agency heads. The evaluations shall be conducted through such scheduled headquarters or field reviews, studies or inspections as the Secretary deems necessary, at least annually for the larger or more hazardous agencies or operations, and as the Secretary deems appropriate for the smaller or less hazardous agencies.
(i) Conduct unannounced inspections of agency workplaces when the Secretary determines necessary if an agency does not have occupational safety and health committees; or in response to reports of unsafe or unhealthful working conditions, upon request of occupational safety and health committees under Section 1-3; or, in the case of a report of an imminent danger, when such a committee has not responded to an employee who has alleged to it that the agency has not adequately responded to a report as required in 1-201(h). When the Secretary or his designee performs an inspection and discovers unsafe or unhealthy conditions, a violation of any provisions of this order, or any safety or health standards adopted by an agency pursuant to this order, or any program element approved by the Secretary, he shall promptly issue a report to the head of the agency and to the appropriate occupational safety and health committee, if any. The report shall describe the nature of the findings and may make recommendations for correcting the violation.
(j) Submit to the President each year a summary report of the status of the occupational safety and health of Federal employees, and, together with agency responses, evaluations of individual agency progress and problems in correcting unsafe and unhealthful working conditions, and recommendations for improving their performance.
(k) Submit to the President unresolved disagreements between the Secretary and agency heads, with recommendations.
(l) Enter into agreements or other arrangements as necessary or appropriate with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and delegate to it the inspection and investigation authority provided under this section.
[Sec. 1-401 amended by Executive Order 12608 of Sept. 9, 1987, 52 FR 34617, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 245]
1-5. The Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health.
1-501. The Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health, established pursuant to Executive Order No. 11612, is continued. It shall advise the Secretary in carrying out responsibilities under this order. The Council shall consist of sixteen members appointed by the Secretary, of whom eight shall be representatives of Federal agencies and eight shall be representatives of labor organizations representing Federal employees. The members shall serve three-year terms with the terms of five or six members expiring each year, provided this Council is renewed every two years in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The members currently serving on the Council shall be deemed to be its initial members under this order and their terms shall expire in accordance with the terms of their appointment.
1-502. The Secretary, or a designee, shall serve as the Chairman of the Council, and shall prescribe rules for the conduct of its business.
1-503. The Secretary shall make available necessary office space and furnish the Council necessary equipment, supplies, and staff services, and shall perform such functions with respect to the Council as may be required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. I).
1-6. General Services Administration.
1-601. Within six months of the effective date of this order the Secretary of Labor and the Administrator of the General Services Administration shall initiate a study of conflicts that may exist in their standards and other requirements affecting Federal employee safety and health, and shall establish a procedure for resolving conflicting standards for space leased by the General Services Administration.
1-602. In order to assist the agencies in carrying out their duties under Section 19 of the Act and this order the Administrator shall:
(a) Upon request, require personnel of the General Services Administration to accompany the Secretary or an agency head on any inspection or investigation conducted pursuant to this order of a facility subject to the authority of the General Services Administration.
(b) Assure prompt attention to reports from agencies of unsafe or unhealthy conditions of facilities subject to the authority of the General Services Administration; where abatement cannot be promptly effected, submit to the agency head a timetable for action to correct the conditions; and give priority in the allocation of resources available to the Administrator for prompt abatement of the conditions.
(c) Procure and provide safe supplies, devices, and equipment, and establish and maintain a product safety program for those supplies, devices, equipment and services furnished to agencies, including the issuance of Material Safety Data Sheets when hazardous substances are furnished them.
1-7. General Provisions.
1-701. Employees shall be authorized official time to participate in the activities provided for by this order.
1-702. Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or alter the powers and duties of the Secretary or heads of other Federal agencies pursuant to Section 19 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, Chapter 71 of Title 5 of the United States Code, Sections 7901, 7902, and 7903 of Title 5 of the United States Code, nor shall it be construed to alter any other provisions of law or Executive Order providing for collective bargaining agreements and related procedures, or affect the responsibilities of the Director of Central Intelligence to protect intelligence sources and methods (50 U.S.C. 403(d)(3)).
1-703. Executive Order No. 11807 of September 28, 1974, is revoked.
1-704. This Order is effective October 1, 1980.
[Sec. 1-704 amended by Executive Order 12223 of June 30, 1980, 45 FR 45235, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 268]
Editorial note: The Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health was continued until Sept. 30, 1989, by Executive Order 12610 of Sept. 30, 1987, 52 FR 36901, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 250. Executive Order 12610 also provides that, notwithstanding the provisions of any other Executive order, the functions of the President under the Federal Advisory Committee Act which are applicable to the Council, except that of reporting annually to Congress, shall be performed by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with guidelines and procedures established by the Administrator of General Services.


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PhD student sparks mask-making project in Ghana, saving vocational school and helping thousands
Nurudeen Musah is a former street-involved youth who knows that even small actions can change the course of someone's life
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PhD Student sparks incredibly successful Covid-19 mask making project, saving vocational school and
When news of the COVID-19 lockdown in Ghana reached Nurudeen Musah, it felt like a punch in the gut. He was terrified that hunger would quickly become a bigger danger than the virus, for the children and youth who live on the streets of Ghana's urban centres.
"If there is nobody on the streets," he says, "there's no way for them to make a living."
Musah is a University of Calgary Faculty of Social Work PhD student, based at the school's Edmonton campus. He has first-hand knowledge about what it takes to survive on the streets in Ghana, because for many years he was one of those kids.
Nurudeen Musah
For the last five years as a researcher and volunteer, he has collaborated with street-involved children and youth and the agencies who work to help them. One of the agencies he volunteers with operates St. Vincent Vocational Centre, a training school in Ghana that supports about 50 girls.
When COVID-19 hit, it looked like the school would have to be closed, so Musah knew he needed to find a way to help. He created a GoFundMe page and also donated his own money. He suggested to the agency's board of directors that they consider using the money to buy material and supplies so the girls could make masks — which were desperately needed in Ghana, and around the world.
The St. Vincent board of directors agreed and the little vocational school became one of the first mask production centres in Ghana. Musah's idea took off and orders began flowing in from around the country and around the world, with Germany putting in orders for the girls' masks.
A rare win-win-win-win moment
"I'm very excited because it has exceeded my expectations," he says with obvious delight. "My initial expectation was just to save these 50 young women and make sure that they stayed in the agency. But now, we are talking about thousands. Our last count was around 5,000 people they've actually been able to reach, and they are producing these masks."
The project is one of those rare win-win-win-win moments in life. With the extra revenue they're making from external sales, they are reaching about 5,000 people in Ghana's more marginalized populations (including the elderly, persons with mental health issues who depend on the daily benevolence of people in public spaces, etc.) with a variety of supports including food, toiletries, face masks, as well as income support for some children and families involved in street situations.
In addition, they've been able to produce low-cost or free masks for communities across Ghana who otherwise couldn't afford to purchase them. Musah also points out that keeping the vocational centre open means the girls aren't being forced to return to their homes — many of which are in the countryside — where they could bring the virus to places with no medical infrastructure or supports.
Finally, being at the centre of helping during the pandemic crisis helps build the girls' self-esteem, which is a primary goal of Musah's research program.
"I have directly been working with them (the youth) for five years now," he says. "And they always have a tendency to look down upon themselves, because this is what society does to them. So, they've internalized some of these things."
There's obvious poetry in this story. Musah grew up just like many of the youth he's now collaborating with in his research program and supporting through the school. As he reflects on what he describes as the "adventurous journey" that took him from Ghana to Canada, to New Jersey (where he did his Master of Social Work) and back to Edmonton for his PhD, he doesn't attribute his success on an incredible hard work ethic or brilliance.
Instead, he views it more philosophically, saying he was motivated, and while he did work hard, he was also lucky and took advantage of opportunities that arose.
"I grew up with hundreds of other young people in my community," he says, "most of whom work as hard and some harder than me. So if it was just hard work, they should have made it farther than I did. I took the opportunities that came my way. I've had these little supports from individuals – most of whom I don't have any relation with. But by buying me, say, an exercise book, or encouraging me to stay in school, they helped shape me.
"So I recognize that the very little I can do, can also change the direction of someone else's life. And that has been my motivation."
If you're interested in helping to grow Musah's incredibly successful initiative, you can visit the project's GoFundMe page, or donate directly to the agency. Musah says all funds will be used to grow the program which will help even more street-involved youth, and, in turn, benefit more marginalized communities in Ghana.
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The award-winning author will be stopping by the TES offices to talk about a number of topics, including his books for children and his authorship of the Olympic opening ceremony.
The award-winning author stopped by the TES offices to talk about a number of topics, including his books for children and his authorship of the Olympic opening ceremony.
Read The Unforgotten Coat with your class and use this guide from Amnesty International to support follow-up discussion.
A lovely scheme of work on Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce, including differentiation tasks.
A fun challenge booklet to encourage children to read.
Help your pupils to write a book review with this step-by-step guide.
A re-cap of London 2012 and previous Olympic Games.


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Hyposmocoma confusa — вид моли эндемичного гавайского рода Hyposmocoma.

Распространение
Встречается на острове Мауи в высокогорном регионе Олинда.

Синонимы
 Aphthonethus confusa (Walsingham, 1907)

Ссылки
 Insects of Hawaii. Volume 9, Microlepidoptera

Роскошные моли
Животные, описанные в 1907 году
Эндемики Гавайских островов
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After decades of prominent failures, hope arose for a drug to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD). After heightening expectations recently, Eisai Co. Ltd. (Tokyo) and Biogen Inc. (Cambridge MA) researchers showed that the high dose of their drug BAN2401 produced positive data in a mid-stage study with a statistically significant 30% slowing in the rate of decline compared to the placebo arm of the study at 18 months. The findings added a glimmer of hope but left plenty of reasons for doubt, Bloomberg says.
A day before the results for BAN2401 were unveiled in San Francisco, an executive from Eisai promised certainty–something that failed trials from a host of other drugmakers hadn't been able to offer.
The highest dose of BAN2401 showed statistically significant results in slowing Alzheimer's decline, compared with patients who received a placebo. Treatment also lowered levels of amyloid in the brain, a hallmark of the disease, showing the drug was hitting its target. But patients getting lower doses didn't have any cognitive benefit. After rising for weeks, the shares of both companies wound up getting hammered by the end of the week.
Meanwhile, another study was reported in San Francisco that got trampled beneath the hubbub about Biogen/Eisai's AD news.
Most people are familiar with the steps they can take to lower their risk of heart disease and cancer. Choosing a diet carefully, exercising and quitting smoking have all been shown to lower the risk of these diseases. But when it comes to dementia–including dementia related to Alzheimer's disease–scientists haven't found many actionable steps that people can take to lower their risk. Genes play a prominent role in who develops dementia, especially Alzheimer's, and age is also a dominant factor in the degenerative brain disorder, but neither are under human control.
In a presentation at the same Alzheimer's meeting as Biogen and Eisai's news, researchers reported some of the most encouraging evidence yet for one risk factor that people may be able to control to lower their risk of dementia: their blood pressure. In an extension of the SPRINT study which looked at how low blood pressure could prevent heart disease, scientists also found that lower blood pressure is linked to a lower risk of dementia.
In the SPRINT-MIND study, more than 9,300 elderly people who had had heart problems or were at higher risk of developing heart disease were randomly assigned to lower their blood pressure to either less than 120mmHg or 140mmHg systolic. (Current guidelines, revised in 2017 after the study began, now recommend that most people keep the upper number, or systolic pressure, under 130mmHg.) People who lowered their blood pressure to under 120mmHg lowered their risk of both mild cognitive impairment (MCI), the gateway to dementia, or probable dementia, by 15%, compared to people who lowered their blood pressure to just 140mmHg.
More research needs to be done to explore the connection. But the results an encouraging sign that finally, there may be something people can do to help their brain, body and dementia risk.
So, what's the big deal about this blood-pressure study?
Put simply, for the first time in history, researchers have stumbled upon medicine that can reduce the risk of memory loss and dementia in your advancing years. Even better, most forms of the treatment are available in safe, inexpensive generic formulations. The shocker? These drugs have been around for decades since they're widely used to lower blood pressure and ward off heart disease, The Washington Post reports.
As the population ages, the incidence of cognitive impairment and dementia has surged. One in six women over the age of 55 and 10% of men are expected to develop dementia before they die. Alzheimer's disease, the most common type, affects more than 5 million Americans and is the sixth leading cause of death in the country. And while the drug industry has spent billions of dollars trying to slow down memory loss once it begins, the efforts have been largely unsuccessful. Until now.
The Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial, or SPRINT, was begun in 2010 to see if aggressively lowering blood pressure would reduce a range of health complications, including heart disease and dementia. The heart disease portion was halted five years later because the benefits were overwhelming. Researchers continued to track the cognitive function of 9,361 participants in a separate analysis called SPRINT-MIND through June.
"What is good for your heart is not only good for [just] your heart, but also good for your brain," said Jeff Williamson, the lead researcher and chief of gerontology and geriatric Medicine at Wake Forest School of Medicine.
The researchers weren't particular about what drug regimen the patients used, as long as they got to their goals. Those in the intensive treatment arm were expected to get below 120mmHg, the upper number in a blood pressure reading, while those in the standard treatment group aimed for 140mmHg.
While Eisai and Biogen are predictably bullish with their expectations for a long-awaited breakthrough (and payoff), their time, money and research efforts will focus on finding ways to speed the last stages of studies and get accelerated reviews from global agencies. Doctors are less sanguine, saying longer, larger trials are needed to definitively answer whether BAN2401 works.
Note to self: Ask my cardiologist if lowering my blood pressure, even though it's not dangerously high at present, is something I can do safely to lower my dementia/AD risk. That's a no brainer.


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It has been a year of positive changes as regards my work. I have worked four consecutive years with Patsy and this 2015 I had two different co-workers! So I believe my strenghts of the year have been the posibility to adapt to these changes and continue with the hard work.
I strongly believe that making "good plans" doesn't mean starting over every year from scratch or eliminating everything. Although we always updated and modified plans/activities/projects with Patsy I feel this year we changed and included many new things for example lots of videos for Project ,all the Final Tasks of the projects were new (kids made digital productions) and the project on National Parks that popped up thanks to the hangout connection.
As regards my weaknesses, I think that I could mention the fact that we didn´t finish the last two books for the Home Reading Programme so my goal for next year concerning this issue is to be more consistent until the end.
Create more instances of self-assessment and reflections in the class.
Ani, it is true ! Adapting to two different teachers is not easy and on top of everything they are totally different! I must tell you that luckily all this movement did not interfere in your work what is more you could re design many aspects of the plan and focus on the transition between 3rd and 4th...which I insist ...it is a challenge! You are a good listener and thIs is a lot!


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Electrify Miami, Capt. Todd Simms, and the Super Air Nautique GS22
2021 will be remembered for a lot of reasons — one of them, undoubtedly, will be the arrival of battery electric power in the world of watersports, enabling water skiers, wake boarders, and tubers to really enjoy their sports without the noise and exhaust fumes that powerful towboats have been known for. The first of these boats to arrive is the Super Air Nautique GS22e from Current Craft, and we got the chance to both get experience a Super Air and interview Captain Todd Simms, the company's Director of Sales for the Americas, at Electrify Expo Miami.
Photo by Electrify Expo.
That's a Big Battery
The first thing that needs to be said is that the Ingenity battery powering the Super Air Nautique is big. That's a 125 kWh battery up there — significantly bigger than the 99 kWh (95 usable) battery pack found in the Tesla Model S Plaid. At a show filled with Porsche Taycans, Mercedes EQSs, Kia EV6 GTs, and more, being able to claim "biggest battery" gives some pretty solid bragging rights — but there's more to the boat than just a big battery.
The GS22e has a slalom mode for maximum maneuverability while leaving the smallest possible wake behind. As a tow boat, it can take on water ballast in left and right-side tanks to increase the size of the wake, and tanks and the trim tabs on the bottom of the transom can be configured using from the digital controls in the cockpit. This is used to control the size of the wake, crafting its shape until it's perfect for wake boarding, skiing, or whatever watersport you're up for that day.
High-tech cockpit.
Other fun details include the way the non-slip deck material is cut to look like quilted leather on higher surfaces, while the underfoot surfaces are cut to resemble traditional wooden floorboards. That's a high-end touch you don't see from less expensive boats — and there are lots of those. The Super Air Nautique GS22e starts at $299,711, but it's worth noting that this is about right for a boat like this, ICE or BEV. Indeed, other Correct Craft gas-powered watersport/tow boat models sell for that price or more, depending on how they're optioned up.
Check out this interview with Captain Todd Simms, where clean tech experts Chris Demorro and Jo Borras talk big batteries, changing regulations, and the benefits that instant-torque electric motors offer to water sports enthusiasts in this episode of the Electrify Expo podcast, recorded live in Miami.
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Q: Can I put a condition on a window function in Redshift? I have an events-based table in Redshift.  I want to tie all events to the FIRST event in the series, provided that event was in the N-hours preceding this event.
If all I cared about was the very first row, I'd simply do:
SELECT
   event_time
   ,first_value(event_time)
      OVER (ORDER BY event_time rows unbounded preceding) as first_time
FROM
   my_table

But because I only want to tie this to the first event in the past N-hours, I want something like:
SELECT
   event_time
   ,first_value(event_time)
       OVER (ORDER BY event_time rows between [N-hours ago] and current row) as first_time
FROM
   my_table

A little background on my table.  It's user actions, so effectively a user jumps on, performs 1-100 actions, and then leaves.  Most users are 1-10x per day.  Sessions rarely last over an hour, so I could set N=1.
If I just set a PARTITION BY date_trunc('hour', event_time), I'll double create for sessions that span the hour.
Assume my_table looks like
id | user_id | event_time
----------------------------------
 1 |   123   | 2015-01-01 01:00:00
 2 |   123   | 2015-01-01 01:15:00
 3 |   123   | 2015-01-01 02:05:00
 4 |   123   | 2015-01-01 13:10:00
 5 |   123   | 2015-01-01 13:20:00
 6 |   123   | 2015-01-01 13:30:00

My goal is to get a result that looks like
id | parent_id | user_id | event_time
----------------------------------
 1 |   1       |  123    | 2015-01-01 01:00:00
 2 |   1       |  123    | 2015-01-01 01:15:00
 3 |   1       |  123    | 2015-01-01 02:05:00
 4 |   4       |  123    | 2015-01-01 13:10:00
 5 |   4       |  123    | 2015-01-01 13:20:00
 6 |   4       |  123    | 2015-01-01 13:30:00

A: The answer appears to be "no" as of now.
There is a functionality in SQL Server of using RANGE instead of ROWS in the frame.  This allows the query to compare values to the current row's value.
https://www.simple-talk.com/sql/learn-sql-server/window-functions-in-sql-server-part-2-the-frame/
When I attempt this syntax in Redshift I get the error that "Range is not yet supported"
Someone update this when that "yet" changes!

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New Release–The School For Psychics By K.C. Archer Coming 4/3/18!
Twenty-four-year-old Teddy Cannon is in trouble. She's petrified of the possible consequences, to her and her family, if she's unable to satisfy the loan shark's demand. Teddy shudders at the thought of her innocent, loving parents, being targeted by the mob. So even though Vegas has banned Teddy from their casinos, she feels as if she has no choice, but to go and try to win enough money to pay off her debt. Teddy dons what she feels is a good enough disguise. It's not.
It is at the casino, where Teddy meets the man who will change her life. After this mysterious stranger, saves Teddy from a couple of mobsters, using only his mind-control ability, Teddy decides to take him up on his offer; to attend the school for psychics. The thing was, though, Teddy didn't think she had much in the way of psychic power; this man, however, knew differently. Unbeknownst to Teddy, the school she was about to attend, was really a training center for classified government work. The graduates from this school for psychics, become part of a secret task force, to protect America.
I quickly became engrossed in the story and its characters. I found them to be unique, quirky, and fascinating. School For Psychics is a well-written and enjoyable read.