xfs_copy copies an XFS filesystem to one or more targets in parallel (see xfs(5)). The first (source) argument must be the pathname of the device or file containing the XFS filesystem. The remaining arguments specify one or more target devices or file names. If the pathnames specify devices, a copy of the source XFS filesystem is created on each device. The target can also be the name of a regular file, in which case an image of the source XFS filesystem is created in that file. If the file does not exist, xfs_copy creates the file. The length of the resulting file is equal to the size of the source filesystem. However, if the file is created on an XFS filesystem, the file consumes roughly the amount of space actually used in the source filesystem by the filesystem and the XFS log. The space saving is because xfs_copy seeks over free blocks instead of copying them and the XFS filesystem supports sparse files efficiently.
xfs_copy should only be used to copy unmounted filesystems, read-only mounted filesystems, or frozen filesystems (see xfs_freeze(8)). Otherwise, the generated filesystem(s) would be inconsistent or corrupt.
xfs_copy does not alter the source filesystem in any way. Each new (target) filesystem is identical to the original filesystem except that new filesystems each have a new unique filesystem identifier (UUID). Therefore, if both the old and new filesystems will be used as separate distinct filesystems, xfs_copy or xfsdump(8)/xfsrestore(8) should be used to generate the new filesystem(s) instead of dd(1) or other programs that do block-by-block disk copying.
xfs_copy uses synchronous writes to ensure that write errors are detected.
xfs_copy uses pthreads(7) to perform simultaneous parallel writes. xfs_copy creates one additional thread for each target to be written. All threads die if xfs_copy terminates or aborts.
Create a duplicate (true clone) filesystem. This should be done only if the new filesystem will be used as a replacement for the original filesystem (such as in the case of disk replacement).
The buffered option can be used to ensure direct IO is not attempted to any of the target files. This is useful when the filesystem holding the target file does not support direct IO.
Specifies the location of the log if the default location of /var/tmp/xfs_copy.log.XXXXXX is not desired.
Prints the version number and exits.
xfs_copy reports errors to both stderr and in more detailed form to a generated log file whose name is of the form /var/tmp/xfs_copy.log.XXXXXX or a log file specified by the -L option. If xfs_copy detects a write error on a target, the copy of that one target is aborted and an error message is issued to both stderr and the log file, but the rest of the copies continue. When xfs_copy terminates, all aborted targets are reported to both stderr and the log file.
If all targets abort or if there is an error reading the source filesystem, xfs_copy immediately aborts.
xfs_copy returns an exit code of 0 if all targets are successfully copied and an exit code of 1 if any target fails.
When moving filesystems from one disk to another, if the original filesystem is significantly smaller than the new filesystem, and will be made larger, we recommend that mkfs.xfs(8) and xfsdump(8)/xfsrestore(8) be used instead of using xfs_copy and xfs_growfs(8). The filesystem layout resulting from using xfs_copy/xfs_growfs is almost always worse than the result of using mkfs.xfs/xfsdump/xfsrestore but in the case of small filesystems, the differences can have a significant performance impact. This is due to the way xfs_growfs(8) works, and not due to any shortcoming in xfs_copy itself.
xfs_copy does not copy XFS filesystems that have a real-time section or XFS filesystems with external logs. In both cases, xfs_copy aborts with an error message.
mkfs.xfs(8), xfsdump(8), xfsrestore(8), xfs_freeze(8), xfs_growfs(8), xfs(5).


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Demerger-merger model for power, finance SPVs to avoid dual listing
The demerger of the power and financial services businesses of Reliance Industries would follow a model of demerging the SPVs and then merging them into the two listed companies, Reliance Capital and Reliance Energy. ADAE Group chairman Anil Ambani said this model had benefits like avoidance of dual listing, enhancement of liquidity and better price discovery. For the third, a holding company, Reliance Communication Ventures Ltd, would be listed.
Anil Ambani said on the RCL front, RIL shareholders would get about 5 shares of RCL for every 100 shares held in RIL. This would be achieved by merging an SPV, Reliance Capital Ventures Ltd, the resulting company from the RIL reorganisation, into RCL so that there is a single listed entity for the RCL part.
The ADAE stake in RCL would settle at 50.5% and RILs would fall to nil from 47.9%. Similarly, on the REL side, another SPV created for the reorganisation, Reliance Energy Ventures Ltd, would be merged with REL, and RIL shareholders would get 7 shares for every 100 RIL shares held. ADAE will eventually hold 31.7% in REL, while RILs stake will fall to nil from 52.6% now. On the new entities side, Mr Ambani said GFMS would be the holding company that would have the contracts for supply of natural gas from RIL.
This is being done purely in the interests of transparency, he explained. The gas contracts would soon be signed and would be used for the Reliance Energy Groups power generation projects aggregating over 11,000 MW mainly in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra and also in other parts of the country.
ADAE would hold 37% in GFMS while 35.2% would be with foreign investors. RIL shareholders would get 100 shares for every 100 shares of RIL. The company would have an equity capital of Rs 611 crore. Mr Ambani said while for the moment GFMS would concentrate on gas supplies for the ADAE group, at a later stage global fuel management activities could be taken up. Reliance Communications Ventures Ltd, on the other hand, would be the holding company for the infocomm group of companies, comprising Reliance Infocomm, Reliance Communi cations Infrastructure Ltd, Reliance Telecom and Flag Telecom.
This would be the listed entity, he said, adding that this meant there was little likelihood now of Reliance Infocomm itself being listed. RCVL would hold 65.9% stake directly and indirectly in Reliance Infocomm, and 35.2% in Reliance Telecom.
RIL shareholders would get 100 shares of RCVL for 100 shares in RIL. RIL shareholders have been benefited to the tune of Rs 10,000 crore because of the conversion of RILs preference shares in Infocomm at Rs 32 a share, while the conversion price estimated earlier could have been much higher at Rs 105 per share, Mr Ambani said. ADAE shareholding in Reliance Infocomm will stand at 34.1% at this price.

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Police are searching for the men involved in the robbery of a local pawn shop that left one customer dead. According to reports, two armed men pulled up to the pawn shop in an SUV and committed the robbery. During the incident, one of the men pointed a gun at store customers while the second man smashed display cases holding jewelry. At some point one of the suspects began firing a weapon and struck a customer, killing him.
Classification Of Robbery – Was a Weapon Involved?
In Florida, robbery is defined in Florida Statute Section 812.13 and classification for the crime is dependent upon several factors. If the accused carries a firearm during the commission of the robbery – armed robbery, that is – the crime is classified as a first-degree felony; however, if there is no firearm or other weapon of any type carried during the commission of the crime, it is classified as a second-degree felony.
In the case of the pawn shop robbery, there is the added component of the death of the pawn shop customer. Florida law defines murder in Florida Statute Section 782.04 in several ways, one of which is the unlawful killing of a person while trying to commit one of several crimes, including robbery. In this scenario, the crime is first-degree murder – a capital felony. Possible punishments include a death sentence or life imprisonment; in cases in which the state is seeking the death penalty, notice must be given to the defendant and filed within 45 days of the defendant's arraignment. This notice must include a list of the factors the prosecution intends and believes it is able to prove.
In a capital murder case in Florida, the state has the option to choose to pursue only the life imprisonment, and not the death sentence. In these cases in which the death penalty is not sought, if convicted, the defendant will receive a sentence of life imprisonment without possibility of parole. For cases in which the death penalty is not waived, once a defendant is convicted, a separate proceeding is held to determine the appropriate sentence. Because the stakes are so incredibly high when one is accused of these types of crimes, and because a suspect's future ultimately depends upon the outcome of the case, when facing criminal charges of this nature, you need to ensure you have competent and professional legal representation from the beginning of your case.
If you have been charged with a crime, you need to speak with an experienced criminal defense attorney to learn your rights and responsibilities under Florida law. With a broad range of experience in all aspects of criminal law, attorney Deric Zacca will make sure all aspects of your case are considered and handled appropriately. Contact Deric Zacca, P.A. in Fort Lauderdale today.


API terms of service (TOS) is one of the most critical, yet one of the most silent links for developers who are building apps and business on top of APIs. Terms of service determine what you can or cannot do with an API, and often times developers do not understand these terms, leaving them vulnerable to some very negative outcomes.
Following in the footprints of a larger project, called "Terms of Service Didn't Read", a group of us have gotten together, and created "API Terms of Service Didn't Read", which aims at creating a transparent and peer-reviewed process to rate and analyze API Terms of Service, to establishing a rating classification that all developers can understand.
The goal is to rank each API using a classification ranging from A (good) to E (bad) in these seven areas, so developers can quickly understand where an API stands in the areas that are most important to them.
API Terms of Service Didn't Read, also known as API-ToS;DR, is a crowd-sourced effort and requires community involvement to be successful. To get involved you can visit the API-ToS;DR website, join the working Google Group or help by pushing code in the Github repository.
As APIs grow in popularity this problem is only going to get worse. Terms of service is something I see several groups working to actively understand such as Singly with their personal data terminator project, and EFF with their TOSBack project.
Over the coming months I'd like to help focus all this energy into API Terms of Service Didn't Read, providing a plain english rating system that all developers can use when navigating the often treacherous landscape of API development.


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Broadcast Coffee Roasters is an independent coffee roaster located in Seattle, WA. Broadcast Coffee is known for sourcing high-quality coffee and its careful process. You can visit Broadcast Coffee in one of its three cafes in Seattle or order their delicious coffee online. Visit http://www.broadcastcoffee.com for more.
Uncommon Coffee Roasters is a small batch specialty coffee roaster in West Michigan. Owned and operated by Guy Darienzo and Stephen Keye, UCR opened as a café by the name of Uncommon Grounds in Saugatuck in 1994. In 2000, UCR began roasting their own coffee. Due to popular demand, in 2010, UCR opened a wholesale business in the neighboring city of Douglas.
Since Uncommon Coffee Roasters opened in 1994, it has always been known as "the local gay coffee shop." LGBT youths (and adults) have always found it welcoming and comfortable and have always been greeted by the rainbow flag. Since 2009, UCR has worked with the Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce of Chicago. In 2012, it became certified as an LGBT Business Enterprise through the NGLCC in Washington, D.C.
As an NGLCC Certified LGBT Business Enterprise, UCR now provides services to more than 200 small businesses and large corporations throughout the Midwest. The company enjoys working closely with coffee producers to better understand their products, sourcing green coffee globally and traveling to the origin whenever possible. UCR takes pride in their diverse partnerships and strives to work with companies who share similar values. Their goal is to provide a variety of delicious and unique coffees and coffee products to as many people as they can while creating and maintaining sustainable partnerships with customers, coffee producers and everyone in between. Visit https://uncommoncoffeeroasters.com for more.
In 1995, when business partners Brooke McDonnell and Helen Russell began roasting coffee in a Marin County, Calif., garage, it marked the beginning of their journey to build a high-impact coffee company focused on quality, sustainability, and social responsibility. In the beginning, Brooke and Helen were content to define Equator as a boutique concierge roaster, determined to wow wholesale customers with outstanding coffee and service. Over time they realized they were uniquely positioned at the center of four communities: the farmers cultivating the coffee, the wholesale customers buying the coffee, the employees helping to grow the business, and, more recently, the local communities supporting Equator cafés.
In the early years of Equator, Brooke went to Guatemala to visit coffee farms. It was this visit that gave Equator the foundation for learning the ways to establish lasting relationships with producers, as well as a better understanding of the struggles and challenges that the coffee farming communities face. Brooke and Helen routinely pay quality incentives to farmers, support farming community initiatives, and provide micro-loan credits: all to ensure Equator has a consistent supply of quality coffee. Only with those practices in place can Equator's dedicated and experienced team here in Marin transform the farmers' efforts into a quality cup of coffee so that you can enjoy the results of all their hard work. Visit https://www.equatorcoffees.com for more.
Launched in May 2017, Paru is a modern San Diego tea company. Paru uses organic, high-grade ingredients harvested during peak season, and aims for an experience combining aesthetic beauty with the community of small business and local art.
Coming from the fast-paced corporate world, Paru founder Amy Truong wanted more calm in her workday. The health and tranquility of tea seemed like the logical answer and the perfect way to honor Amy's Asian and Parisian roots. Paru began with pop-up events around San Diego. A few months later, it launched its e-commerce branch, bringing its tea to an international audience. A year after we launched, it introduced its subscription tea box.
Since consuming tea is a historically social practice, Paru prides itself on mingling with small San Diego businesses. It often sources herbs from local farm partners and has worked with numerous collaborators including distilleries, art installations, yoga classes, and kombucha suppliers. Visit https://paruteabar.com for more.
Euro Coffee started as a gourmet coffee roasting company in 1983 and has grown from roasting a few thousand pounds a year to breaking the million-pound mark nearly 15 years ago. Euro Coffee imports fresh, green coffee from all over the world and roast it to perfection in its factory in Los Angeles, California. It remains focused on developing long-lasting relationships with its farmers and customers and bringing the best coffee from the crop to your cup. If you're a discerning customer who is looking for a great cup of coffee at a fair price, try EuroCoffee today and elevate the coffee experience in your home, workplace, or store. Visit http://www.eurocoffee.com for more.
D'Andrews Bakery & Cafe is a modern, Nashville-based bakery with a Southern sensibility and makes and bake everything in house. D'Andrews Bakery & Cafe specializes in desserts and pastries - including croissants, eclairs, cakes, and cookies - as well as coffee, tea, artisanal sandwiches, build-your-own salads, and a soup of the day. D'Andrews Bakery & Cafe also does catering and custom gift baskets for the Nashville area. Visit https://dandrewsbakery.com for more.
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Dr. Samer Saab
Dean of Graduate Studies and Research
With an accomplished academic career developed over more than two decades in the School of Engineering, Professor Samer Saab brings solid experience to the position of Dean of Graduate Studies and Research, to which he was appointed in September 2020, after serving as Interim Dean of Graduate Studies and Research since October 2017.
In this role, he oversees programs and activities in support of interdisciplinary graduate education and research at LAU.
Dr. Saab joined the School of Engineering in 1996 and later served as chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (2005–2012) and as associate dean (2012–2013).
His research interests include optimal stochastic control, navigational positioning systems, control of robot manipulators, managerial policy design, and wireless communications. He is most noted for his foundation and development of Stochastic Iterative Learning Control algorithms and he recently introduced and developed Stochastic Multivariable PID controllers. He was the recipient of the first (2007–2008) LAU Best Research Award in engineering and physical sciences.
Dr. Saab's academic qualifications include three degrees in electrical engineering — bachelor's (1988), master's (1989) and Ph.D. (1992) — as well as a master's in applied mathematics (1990), all from the University of Pittsburgh.
After completing his doctorate, he worked with Union Switch and Signal and ABB Daimler-Benz Transportation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1993–1996).
Dr. Saab served on the editorial boards of IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology (2005–2011) and of the IEEE Control Systems Society-Conference (2005–2009). Since September 2015, he has been a member of the editorial board of IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, the control society's flagship journal. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Shouf National College.
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Well, not specifically... but I knew you would find this interesting as a fellow progressive voter, and I hope that you could publish this note that I wrote to the AV Times as well as on my blog at www.murkyview.com on why I'm switching my vote from Green to NDP.
At the all candidates meeting this past Thursday night in Port Alberni I asked a question to John Fryer on how the Green Party would convince enough people to switch to the Greens and beat John Lunney. His answer was their excellent, progressive platform, unfortunately, this did not resolve the anxiety I had that following my true desire would produce an acceptable result.
I have been conflicted as I agree with so many of the Greens stated goals and policies. Not just on the Environment, but also on support for education, fiscal responsibility, and foreign policy.
Thankfully, my conflict has been resolved... not by John Fryer, but by his party leader, Elizabeth May. In an interview with the Toronto Star on Friday she said... "I'd rather have no Green seats and Stephen Harper lose, than a full caucus that stares across the floor at Stephen Harper as prime minister, because his policies are too dangerous".
So there you have it. Even though my Green Party sign will continue to be displayed on my front lawn, it will be Zeni Maartman and the NDP that get my vote in this riding and I hope all other progressive voters, Liberal, Green and of course NDP, do the same.
An excellent source of information on the subject of vote splitting and strategic voting is Vote for Environment.


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Far Beyond Data Entry
March 1, 2011 by Kirk Bowman
Milex Southern, a family-owned distributor of medical supplies for women's healthcare based in Weatherford, Texas, decided to completely overhaul and upgrade its UNIX-based accounting system. And for good reason. Saddled with a menu-driven, non-intuitive, text-only configuration, it became increasingly difficult to process orders as the company grew. Milex knew it needed to go beyond the entry-level productivity of UNIX to a more versatile and highly intuitive Mac-driven system—FileMaker.
"In our business, we must be able to track lot numbers carefully and expand the number of fields we utilize. FileMaker Pro is very open, user-friendly and lets you work the way you want to. It's also reasonably priced," explains Bob Jenkins, Milex general manager.
As part of a multiple phase rollout, MightyData was tasked to build a comprehensive data management system in FileMaker. The customized application was designed to perform all order entry, order processing, accounts receivable, inventory control and reporting functions. However, there were some potential challenges for Milex that needed to be addressed.
The FDA requires that all medical products be issued in lot numbers, which can take endless hours to track. Plus, certain states have a complex sales structure, with a separate sales tax rate for each municipality. Both required too much time and effort. To solve these challenges, MightyData built an automatic tracking capability into the system to speed up lot number verification and streamlined monthly tax reports to generate accurately calculated rates, quickly and efficiently.
MightyData helped us get the exact reports that we need, says Bob.
Milex has seen significant increases in productivity with the newly installed entry system. For example, online access to accounts meant that file folders no longer needed to be stored and re-filed manually. The program also keeps both sales reps and office staff apprised of important data.
Now our reps get their sales totals each day, so they know exactly what products have been sold.
"They are also tracked through each product category, so they can focus on which products are selling well and which are underperforming."
When Milex added four more states to its existing service area, it was able to seamlessly ramp up with its existing system by adding a faster server. In fact, staffers were able to input and set up all data from the new states in just 15 minutes!
With innovative solutions from MightyData, you'll always go far beyond entry level. Just ask the mighty Milex family.
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By now, you have probably heard about the domestic violence incident with Ray Rice and his fiancée. What you may not have heard about is the negative image NFL sponsors are receiving. In order to explain this phenomenon, we need to discuss the seed of the anger. Although Ray Rice is at fault for the incident, people seem to be even angrier with the Commissioner for his original decision to suspend Rice for two games. Although this punishment has now been upgraded to an indefinite suspension, fans are still not satisfied. Why? Because many people are skeptical about the statement by the NFL, claiming that the horrific footage of the assault was unseen until TMZ released the footage last week. Every year, the NFL brings in roughly $10 billion dollars, with roughly 10% of that revenue coming from NFL sponsors. Sponsors also help fuel the biggest Television event of the year, the Super Bowl. However, the NFL's PR disaster may cause some brands to reconsider their future sponsorship with the NFL. Times have changed. Roughly 45% of all NFL fans are women. This increase in female viewership has spawned new opportunities for advertisement for many brands targeting women. One of the most notable sponsors is the popular makeup brand, CoverGirl. The brand has been advertising colorful and creative uses of makeup that women can use to show their team spirit. Unfortunately for the brand, people have defaced one of their advertisements across the internet. The targeted advertisement was originally a picture of a women dressed in a purple shirt, with purple eye shadow in the shape of raven wings. On the left side of the screen, the text "Get Your Game Face On!" is placed, with the official NFL logo above it. After the advertisement's release, someone took the advertisement into Photoshop and added a bruise under the woman's left eye and altered the eye to be partially closed. The new picture was then plastered all over twitter, which will not help the image of CoverGirl or the NFL. The Twitter posts were attached with the hashtags #BoycottNFL, #GoodellMustGo, and #GetYourGameFaceOn. With the recent events taking place, someone was bound to take advantage of the story in attempts to create a viral image. However, with these twitter posts, it is clear that these posters want Roger Goodell to be replaced. In fact, woman's advocacy groups are currently fighting for more action. Even though CoverGirl had nothing to do with the NFL's decisions regarding Ray Rice, they will clearly receive some negative attention with these edited ads. Advocates of the Goodell resignation or removal see the CoverGirl advertisements as a main source of fuel for the anti-Goodell fire. CoverGirl is the epitome of collateral damage in this situation. CoverGirl has not yet called it quits with their "Get Your Game Face On!" campaign, however, their website has been offline for maintenance for a while. This unfortunate situation serves as a lesson for brands looking to become sponsors for large organizations.


Talk on Puzzle-Based Learning at Carnegie Mellon University.
A talk on Puzzle-Based Learning will be offerred during the Homecoming, Family Weekend & International Festival 2011 at the Carnegie Mellon University. Associate Teaching Professor of Information Systems, Raja Sooriamurthi, will introduce you to an approach to hone your problem solving skills. This hands-on interactive session will take you through a brief tour of the increasing importance of general problem solving skills in today's marketplace and how puzzle-based learning can lay a foundation for solving real-world problems.
Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW introduces Puzzle-Based Learning course.
Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW (the oldest agricultural academic school in Poland) introduced a Puzzle-Based Learning elective course open for all for undergraduate students this semester. Lectures are held in small groups – this facilitates discussions and various exercises.
A workshop on Puzzle-Based Learning was accepted at SIGCSE 2012: Teaching, Learning, and Collaborating – the 43rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, February 29 – March 3, 2012, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
Presentation on Puzzle-Based Learning for high school students.
Dr. Nick Falkner will present a talk on Puzzle-Based Learning during the monthly program for the Maths Association of South Australia (i.e. secondary school maths) on 28 October. Each month, there is a two-hour session with talented maths students (as identified by their schools) where they are engaged with real maths – not necessarily hard or advanced mathematics but with a focus on application and society.
During this seession titled "Eight Problems, Seven Solutions" the students will look at problems where a head-on approach may, ultimately, result in a solution, but only if we wait until the end of the Universe – or longer. How do we approach problems where a brute-force strategy won't work? What is a brute-force strategy? Nick will use puzzles, problems without a great deal of previous knowledge, to develop ways of approaching these challenging mathematical problems and to illustrate how we store and access the information in our heads.
Keynote talk on Puzzle-Based Learning.
Zbigniew Michalewicz will give a keynote talk on Puzzle-Based Learning at the Integrated Planning and Optimisation Summit 2012 (IPOS'12), which will take place in Adelaide Convention Centre, 27 – 28 February 2012.
Workshop on Puzzle-Based Learning for Raytheon.
A workshop on Puzzle-Based Learning is to be offered at Raytheon (a major American defense contractor and industrial corporation with core manufacturing concentrations in weapons and military and commercial electronics) in Mawson Lakes, SA, from 14 to 16 November 2011.
Zbigniew Michalewicz will give a keynote talk on Puzzle-Based Learning at the Raytheon's Engineering and Technology Council meeting on 2 November 2011. The talk will focus on problem solving, innovation, being creative, and having fun while doing it.
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University introduces Puzzle-Based Learning course.
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Poland, introduced a pilot Puzzle-Based Learning course for undergraduate students of Computer Science and Mathematics. The course starts in October, 2011 and is led by Dr Krzysztof Trojanowski, who would deliver two-hour lectures every week of the semester.
Zbigniew Michalewicz will give a keynote talk on Puzzle-Based Learning at the BbSummit Australasia 2011 (http://www.bbworld.com/2011/BbSummitAustralAsia/content.asp?id=1970) in Melbourne on 31 August 2011. The event will be held in Melbourne from 29 – 31 August 2011 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. BbSummit Australasia 2011 will focus on a client lead program sharing best practices in eLearning. Educators, course designers, system administrators and e-Learning managers in the Higher Education and K-12 sector from across Australasia and Asia, will come together and share their knowledge and expertise in the field of online teaching and learning.
Pernod Ricard Pacific offers Puzzle-Based Learning workshop.
Pernod Ricard Pacific will offer Puzzle-Based Learning workshop at their IT Conference on 29 August 2011 in the Hunter Valley, NSW.
Seminar on Pedagogy of Puzzle-Based Learning.
A seminar on Pedagogy of Puzzle-Based Learning will be held for the faculty of the SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, India on Friday, August 12.
A half day workshop on Teaching Puzzle-Based Learning will be held for the faculty of the School of Advanced Software Engineering (SASE), SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, India on Tuesday, August 2.
Workshop on Puzzle-Based Learning at the B.S. Abdur Rahman University.
A half day workshop on Puzzle-Based Learning will be held for the 200+ students and faculty of Engineering of the B.S. Abdur Rahman University, Chennai, India, on Saturday, July 30.
The first offering of Puzzle-Based Learning course in Poland will take place at the Polish-Japanese School of Information Technology from June 6 to 11. The course will run every day (from 17:00) and will be open for students from all levels.
Tel Aviv University introduced Puzzle-Based Learning course.
Tel Aviv University introduced PBL course to Computer Science undergraduate students on their last semester. Currently, 40 students are about to complete the first pilot of this course. While the backbone of the course is the PBL book and the provided slides, the course incorporates also some material (approximately 20%) from other problem solving methods such as Systematic Inventive Thinking (an Israeli descendant of TRIZ) and Mc Kinsey and Co. method. For more information please contact Dr. Uri Globus (go@tau.ac.il).
Hosei University successfully completed Puzzle-Based Learning course.
Hosei University successfully completed Puzzle-Based Learning course (at the Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences). In Professor Ohmori's approach, students were separated into several groups – each group discussed a number of selected puzzles and prepared presentation materials to explain their solutions visually. Finally, students competed in their presentations. The feedback was outstanding: the students enjoyed puzzle-based learning experience very much!
A workshop on Puzzle-Based Learning is to be offered at Raytheon (a major American defense contractor and industrial corporation with core manufacturing concentrations in weapons and military and commercial electronics) in Sydney later this year.
Seminar on Puzzle-Based Learning at the Bogazici University.
A seminar on Puzzle-Based Learning is to be offered at the Bogazici University on 13th June 2011.
Seminar on Puzzle-Based Learning at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
A seminar on Puzzle-Based Learning is to be offered at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte on 3rd May 2011 (from 12:30 to 1:45 pm).
Workshop on Puzzle-Based Learning for kids.
A three hour workshop on Puzzle-Based Learning will be offered in Pittsburgh on Sunday, March 20. This workshop is sponsored by C-MITES (Carnegie Mellon Institute for Talented Elementary and Secondary Students) and targets kids in 8th and 9th grades..
School of Computer Science, the University of Adelaide continues with the full version of Puzzle-Based Learning course.
A full semester course on Puzzle-Based Learning for freshman students starts this semester – this is the third consecutive year this course is offered at the University of Adelaide.
First comment on Puzzle-Based Learning book on Amazon.com.
The Academic College of Tel-Aviv-Yaffo continues with Puzzle-Based Learning courses.
Two courses on Puzzle-Based Learning are offered at the School of Computer Science, The Academic College of Tel-Aviv-Yaffo. After successful pilot last year, two courses (60 students in each course) are being offered: "Mathematical Puzzles 1" and "Mathematical Puzzles 2". Both courses are based on puzzle-based learning approach.
Workshop on Puzzle-Based Learning for Philip Morris International.
A workshop (three sessions) on Puzzle-Based Learning is to be offered at the Philip Morris International (an international tobacco company, with products sold in over 160 countries) in March and April of 2011.
Talk on Puzzle-Based Learning for Polish community in South Australia.
A talk (in Polish) on Puzzle-Based Learning is planned on Sunday, 13th February at "Centralny Dom Polski" in Adelaide, 232 Angas Street.
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte introduces Puzle-Based Learning as a 3000-level seminar this spring semester.
Garrett College introduces Puzzle-Based Learning in their freshman courses.
The Garrett College introduces Puzlze-Based Learning topics in their freshmen courses starting from Spring semester 2011. The first class is a developmental pre-algebra class for students needing to brush up on their math skills before taking a college level algebra class. The second class is an Introduction to Programming Logic class that is required before students can take Java or Visual Basic programming classes. PBL will be used to help these students solve those "pesky" logic problems encountered in flow charting and program designs.
In these courses students apply the course content to practical problems and work in small groups to come up with a solution. The students are of two groups, the first are students that have come straight from high school to earn an associates degree and then transfer to a 4-year university to obtain a bachelor's degree. The rest of the students are older adults returning to school either to gain new skills to improve in their present careers or learn new skills as they change career paths.
Polish-Japanese School of Information Technology introduces Puzzle-Based Learning course.
Polish-Japanese School of Information Technology introduces Puzzle-Based Learning course in their program. The course will be open for students from all levels; the first offering of the course is planned for early June 2011.
Zbigniew Michalewicz is a Professor at the School of Computer Science, University of Adelaide. Zbigniew has secured numerous multi-million dollar industry contracts from companies such as General Motors, Ford Motor Company, Bank of America, U.S. Department of Defense, AirLiquide, PKN Orlen, BB&T, and Dentsu, and his scientific and business achievements have been recognized by many invited talks and publications, including TIME Magazine, Newsweek, New York Times, Forbes, Business Journal, and the Associated Press among others. Currently, Zbigniew also serves as the Chairman of the Board of SolveIT Software, a technology company he co-founded with several world-renowned computer scientists. The company specialises in advanced planning and scheduling, supply and demand optimisation, predictive modelling and mine optimisation. SolveIT Software'smining software applications cover mining exploration management, mine-to-port logistics, mine planning andrefinery plant optimisation. Customers include Rio Tinto Iron Ore, Rio Tinto Simandou, Xstrata Coal, Xstrata Copper, Xstrata Zinc, BHP Billiton Iron Ore, BMA Coal, Fortescue Metals Group, and Pacific National Coal.


The Crime Free Housing program is designed to strengthen working partnerships between the Robbinsdale Police Department and the owners/managers of rental and relative homestead properties. We believe these partnerships help keep the city a safer and more desirable place to live.
The Robbinsdale Police Department encourages property owners and managers to practice "active property management" which keeps them involved at their properties. Through active involvement, property owners and managers become more aware of potential criminal activity which needs to be reported to the police department.
To ensure effective management of rental property, the City of Robbinsdale has a Crime Free Housing provision within its Housing Maintenance City Code (City Code 425). Key elements of the Crime Free Housing provision are listed below.
For additional information, please contact the Crime Prevention Officer at (763) 531-1220.


Steve Calabrese is a personal trainer and fitness model from Long Island, New York. His athletic background includes both wrestling and boxing. He stands 5'9" tall and weighs 170 lbs. We met Steve at the 2009 Mr. and Ms. Jones Beach contest, an old-school muscle beach contest by the boardwalk at the world-famous Jones Beach on Long Island. Steve entered the Best Beach Body contest, and you can see why he took home the 1st place trophy. Not only does Steve have a great beach body, but he also has an energetic and magnetic personality! We hope to do another photoshoot with Steve in the future, and for now we are pleased to add Steve Calabrese to our roster of upcoming fitness models and bodybuilders at NorthAmericanBodies.com!
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Q: PyQt5 - Scroll to QTextEdit's cursor I'm developping a text editor with PyQt5 and I'm implementing "Find next..." function.  The user enters the string that he wants to search for. Every time he clicks on the "Find next" button, the next matching string will be highlighted.

I've done that using QTextEdit.textCursor() like this:
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#This function returns an array: [start index of the matched string, end index of the matched string]
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A brute-force solution is to calculate the current line's y coordiate in pixel than use scrollbar.setValue() method to scroll to that line.

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The QTextEdit's textCursor() method returns a COPY of its cursor, not the real one so we have to set it with setTextCursor() method.

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Taita Research Station
Taita Research Station /
Taita Research Station provides safe and cozy premises for scientists, students and other visitors to promote world-class research in one of the Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspots, and to increase understanding of the importance of environmental conservation for sustainable and climate-resilient development in the Taita Hills.
Rooms and accommodation
Vehicles and transport
The station has nine permanent staff members who offer hospitality to local and international guests and help facilitate research and training activities.
Station manager
M.Sc. James Mwang'ombe
Station foreman
Mr. Mwadime Mjomba
Ms. Rebecca Mwanyolo
Mr. Granton Righa
Mr. Darius Kimuzi
Mr. Peter Mwasi
Mr. Elphinstone Kalaghe
Mr. Julius Mwamburi
Driver/Technician
Mr. Muhia Gicheru
Research station premises are located in a verdant environment within a walking distance from Wundanyi town. Accommodation is available in all four buildings of the research station: the upper house, the main house, the lower house and the wood house. Rooms are available for single, double or triple use. All beds are equipped with mosquito nets. All rooms are non-smoking.
Accommodation rates
Bed only - 2,000 Ksh per person per night
Half-board (breakfast and dinner) - 2,500 Ksh per person per night
Full-board (breakfast, lunch and dinner) - 2,750 Ksh per person per night
Rates are per person, not per room. Rates include free wi-fi. Laundry service is available at an extra cost.
In the main house and wood house the guests may use shared kitchens equipped with refridgerators, hotplates and other utensils. The wood house has a Finnish sauna and a terrace with a view for cooling after the relaxing steam of the sauna. Sauna service is available upon request at 200 Ksh per person per session.
A small library in the office of the station has books, booklets and copies of PhD dissertations and Master's theses mostly focusing on the Taita Hills and Africa in general. These can be borrowed by the guests to be used at the station for research and learning.
The research station kitchen in the lower house serves meals in the dining hall only. Room service is not available. The dining hall serves multiple purposes and may for example be transformed into a seminar room. The terraces of the upper house, main house and wooden house are ideal for small group meetings, briefings or for resting. Storage rooms are available for temporary storage of luggage, research equipment and materials.
The research station provides transport services with its fleet of vehicles. Transport service is mainly available for local transport and research-related purposes within the Taita Taveta County. However, airport pick up service is also available for the guests from and to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, and to and from Mombasa airport. The following mileage charges apply to all transport services:
Mileage charges of vehicles in year 2020
Toyota Hilux (double cab, 4x4 WD) - 70.19 Ksh per km
Nissan X-trail (4x4 WD) - 68.45 Ksh per km
Isuzu Trooper (4x4 WD) - 101.15 Ksh per km
Motorbike (dirt bike) - 24.90 Ksh per km
Fuel is included in the mileage charge. Driver's fees are not included.
Driver's fees
per diem and accommodation allowance - 3,000 Ksh per day
Half-day rates (50% of the above) apply when an overnight stay is not required in transport and the driver returns to Nairobi or to Taita Taveta before 8:00 p.m. All driver's fees are to be paid directly to the office of the Taita Research Station.
Three mountain bikes are available for rent at the research station. Mountain biking is an enjoyable way to explore the scenic landscape, varying topography and sometimes rough terrain of the Taita Hills.


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Dr. Berard and delivered the science closing argument, this time after an eight-day hearing.
Experts play an essential role in product liability litigation and since the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals in 1993, the issues surrounding the admissibility of expert opinion have become increasingly complex and technical. The Kaye Scholer team representing Pfizer is at the forefront of developing and applying Daubert, which requires a defendant to show not that the plaintiff's expert reached a wrong conclusion, but rather used flawed methods to reach those conclusions.
The Kaye Scholer team worked successfully with national counsel, Quinn Emanuel, to land these major Daubert victories that led to the favorable summary judgment for Pfizer. In addition to Yates, the Kaye Scholer litigation team included counsel Bert L. Slonim and associate Aaron H. Levine, as well as partners Andrew K. Solow and Jeffrey H. Horowitz, counsel Julie B. du Pont, associates Daniel Meyers, Jennifer Taiwo, David Giroux and Kathryn Podsiadlo, and case managers Kevin Willett and Albert Cora.


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So you're interested in the new 2012 Mini Coupe but don't know if the car will fit your daily wants and needs. Well, we're here to help with today's episode of top 10 most important things you need to know (our 6th one). Let's get started people.
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Top 10 things you need to know about the 2012 Mini Coupe:
In the 1970s, there was actually a single engine aircraft called the 'Mini Coupe' that was powered by a Volkswagen engine – and that has nothing to do with the British company's new model (just thought it's something you would like to know).
If you're taller than 6 foot-2 inches stop reading here and wait for the Mini Roadster.
It has 2-doors, 2-seats and 9.8 cubic feet of cargo space.
The 2012 Mini Coupe is powered by a 1.6 liter 4-cylinder making 122-hp and 118 lb-ft of torque. 0 to 62 mph comes in 9 seconds with a top speed of 127 mph. The 2012 Mini Cooper S Coupe is powered by a 1.6 liter 4-cylinder with a twin-scrool turbocharger making 184-hp and 192 lb-ft of torque. 0 to 62 mph comes in 6.9 seconds with a top speed of 143 mph. The 2012 Mini John Cooper Works Coupe is powered by a 1.6 liter twin-scroll turbocharged 4-cylinder engine making 211-hp and 192 lb-ft of torque. 0 to 62 mph comes in 6.4 seconds with a top speed of 149 mph.
It's available with a 6-speed manual or a 6-speed automatic.
If you buy the base Mini Coupe with a 6-speed manual you will average a fuel-economy of 29/37 mpg (city/highway). If you drive 15,000 miles a year, you're annual fuel cost will be $1,728. Each tank (13.2 gallons) will get you about 488 miles according to Mini (380 miles according to the EPA).
Recaro sports seats will become an option in March 2012.
It has an automatic spoiler that goes up and down at certain speeds.
Each exterior color is available with a black or silver roof and side-view mirrors.
Prices for the Mini Cooper Coupe start at $22,600; Mini Cooper S Coupe starts at $25,300; Mini John Cooper Works Coupe starts at $31,900.It's possible to price the Mini Coupe over $40,000 (we got up to $41,029), if you pick a fully loaded Mini John Cooper Works Coupe.
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    public class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var gameAdminService = new GameAdminServiceServer(
                new HardcodedAccountRepository(),
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            const int port = 1337;
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            {
                Services = { GameAdminService.BindService(gameAdminService) },
                Ports = { new Grpc.Core.ServerPort("localhost", port, ServerCredentials.Insecure) }
            };
            rpcServer.Start();

            Log("GameAdminService server listening on port " + port);
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Nation's First Master's Program in Medical Cannabis
June 24, 2019 | By Malissa M. Carroll
The University of Maryland School of Pharmacy (UMSOP) has launched a new Master of Science (MS) in Medical Cannabis Science and Therapeutics to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to support patients and the medical cannabis industry, add to existing research in the field, and develop well-informed medical cannabis policy. Based at the Universities at Shady Grove (USG) in Rockville, Md., the two-year program blends online learning with face-to-face experiences, and is designed for any individual who has completed his or her undergraduate degree and is interested in pursuing a career in the medical cannabis industry.
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy offers a master's degree in medical cannabis science and therapeutics. Image Credit: Dorothy Joseph (https://dorothyjoseph.com).
The MS in Medical Cannabis Science and Therapeutics is the first graduate program in the country dedicated to the study of medical cannabis. It aims to meet the needs of all individuals interested in advancing their knowledge about medical cannabis, including health care professionals such as physicians, nurses, and pharmacists; scientists and regulators; growers and dispensary owners; and policy and industry professionals.
"Medical cannabis has been legalized in 33 states, including Maryland, as well as in Washington, D.C., Guam, and Puerto Rico," says Natalie D. Eddington, PhD, FCP, FAAPS, dean and professor at UMSOP. "This number is only expected to increase in the future, fueling a demand for an educated workforce that is well-trained in both the science and therapeutic effects associated with this medicinal plant. Our MS in Medical Cannabis Science and Therapeutics has been critically designed to prepare students to meet this demand. Innovations in instructional design throughout the curriculum will provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to make a positive impact on communities across the United States."
The School of Pharmacy's MS in Medical Cannabis Science and Therapeutics addresses the areas of basic science, clinical use, adverse effects and public health, and federal and state laws and policies surrounding medical cannabis. Online coursework is designed to accommodate students with or without a background in science or medicine, as well as offer flexibility when completing assignments. In-person symposia held once each semester at USG provide students with opportunities to network with peers, as well as meet and interact with experts in the science, therapeutics, and policy of medical cannabis.
The application deadline for this program is August 15, for classes beginning on August 26, 2019.
"The MS in Medical Cannabis Science and Therapeutics is an incredibly unique program," says Leah Sera, PharmD, MA, BCPS, assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science at UMSOP,
director of the MS in Medical Cannabis Science and Therapeutics program, and a clinical pharmacist who practices in the field of palliative care. "Faculty from the School of Pharmacy who lead courses for the program are experts in both basic and clinical sciences related to the study of medications, and are dedicated to making coursework both interesting and accessible to all students."
She adds, "There is truly no other educational program that offers the in-depth instruction on the science, policy, and therapeutics of medical cannabis that students who are accepted into our program will receive."
To better meet the needs of working professionals, the MS in Medical Cannabis Science and Therapeutics does not require the completion of a thesis. Instead, students complete a capstone course that features a selection of expert seminars, case studies, and discussions. Graduates of the program will be able to help identify patients appropriate for medical cannabis therapy and determine appropriate dosing and administration for those patients; ensure the safe and effective design, development, and manufacture of medical cannabis products; identify potential research opportunities related to the science and health effects of the cannabinoids found in medical cannabis; and participate in health policy decision-making processes related to medical cannabis.
"Students who complete our program will have an unparalleled competitive advantage when it comes to pursuing or advancing a career in the medical cannabis industry," says Sera. "These individuals will be well-prepared to support patients and the medical cannabis industry with the knowledge and skills gained from their coursework. They will also be able to add to existing clinical and scientific research on medical cannabis, and will be able to contribute to well-informed policies related to medical cannabis."
The MS in Medical Cannabis Science and Therapeutics welcomes students who possess a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, currently work or are interested in working in the medical cannabis industry, and have the ability to travel once per semester to attend required symposia at USG, which is located in a suburb of the nation's capital.
To learn more about the program, visit https://www.pharmacy.umaryland.edu/academics/ms-medical-cannabis-science-and-therapeutics/ or view the short video below.
About the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Established in 1841, the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy is ranked as one of the top ten schools of pharmacy in the United States. The School is a thriving center for professional and graduate education, pharmaceutical care, research, and community service. Its faculty create the future of pharmacy by pioneering new roles for pharmacists in advanced clinical practice and conducting cutting-edge research in drug discovery and development, comparative effectiveness and patient-centered outcomes, and disease management. A contemporary curriculum, innovative educational experiences, and strategic professional relationships help to inspire excellence in the School's more than 800 students, residents, and postdoctoral fellows. Together, we are critical thinkers, lifelong learners, and leaders who are sought for our expertise.
About the University of Maryland, Baltimore
Founded in 1807, the University of Maryland, Baltimore is Maryland's only public health, law, and human services university, dedicated to excellence in education, research, clinical care, and public service. UMB enrolls more than 6,700 students in six nationally ranked professional schools — medicine, law, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, and social work — and an interdisciplinary Graduate School. The university provides more than $40 million each year in uncompensated care to Maryland citizens, and receives more than $667 million in extramural research funding annually. For more information about the University of Maryland, Baltimore visit www.umaryland.edu.


What is your definition of a "craft" beer — one that's made by a tiny company or one that is new and different? Small brewers and global brewers have differing definitions as "craft" becomes mainstream.
Of course it was only a matter of time before the big boys of brewing started marketing their wares as "craft" beer selections. The branding of "craft" beers has come to mean local, small batch and fancy to connoisseurs of a brewed beverage.
Big beer companies now create brands that have a certain look or feel to convey a "craft" option, often convincing consumers that the beer comes from small, independent breweries.
However, studies show that consumers would likely avoid purchasing and drinking those beers if they knew the truth. A Society of Independent Brewers survey just released says that 98% of beer drinkers do not believe that a global brewer such as Anheuser-Busch is even capable of brewing a "craft" beer.
Is this a deceptive tactic by global beer brewers? Is a beer produced by a global entity still "craft" or are those giants of beer simply appropriating branding conventions established by small brewers.
The Guardian looks at both angles in this refreshing new article.


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Zidane admits Real's vulnerability before 'Clasico'
29 February 2020, 4:47 PM
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has said his side are in a delicate situation as they prepare to host arch-rivals Barcelona in a La Liga title showdown on Sunday amid a downward spiral of results which has left their season in limbo.
Zidane's side held a three-point lead over Barca at the top of the table two weeks ago but defeat by the Catalans would leave them five points behind them with 12 games remaining.
What looked to be a highly promising campaign has unravelled with a run of only one win in their last five games, in which Real have dropped points against Levante and Celta Vigo and been knocked out of the Copa del Rey by Real Sociedad.
Their hopes of remaining in the Champions League are hanging by a thread after Wednesday's last-16 first leg against Manchester City in which they conceded two late goals to lose 2-1 at home.
"This is a delicate time for us because we have not won the last three games in our stadium, but we know things like this can happen and we have to keep a positive mindset," Zidane told a news conference ahead of Sunday's 'Clasico'.
"We will only come out of this situation by staying strong and by not listening to what people say about us.
"We will need our fans on our side from the first to last minute. I can understand why our fans are upset but we need them and they need us and at the very least we will give everything on the pitch."
Real are without injured forwards Marco Asensio and Eden Hazard plus the suspended Rodrygo but French defender Ferland Mendy will return after he was rested in last week's loss to Levante to ensure he would not be suspended against Barca.
This is the second moment of reckoning for Zidane this season after a heavy defeat by Paris St Germain in September and a loss to Mallorca in October left him fighting for his job.
The team responded by tightening up their defence and going on an unbeaten run of 21 matches, although Zidane warned last month that it would only take a couple of bad results for him to be back in the firing line.
"I said if we lost two games I would get criticised and that is what is happening. All I can do is keep fighting with my players," he added.
"My players are the best around and we're going to try and turn things around. It's a delicate situation but we're going to try and win something."
Explainer: Through the Brexit looking glass – What changes and what stays the same?
Brexit is the United Kingdom's biggest geopolitical move in decades. What will change and what will stay the same when Britain officially leaves the European Union on Friday at 2300 GMT?
While the United Kingdom remains a member in all but name, it loses its vote in the meetings in Brussels that ultimately decide EU policy on matters ranging from financial services to the definition of a European-made car.
The United Kingdom accounts for about 15% of the EU's economy and is its biggest military spender, and the City of London is the world's international financial capital. But the United Kingdom's economy is worth about $2.7 trillion economy, so is much smaller than the EU's current $18.3 trillion economy.
Brussels will try to discern exactly how Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to overhaul the United Kingdom: will he try to build a competitor just outside the EU by turbo-charging the economy and the City of London?
British and EU citizens will continue to have the right to live and work in each other's countries until the end of the year because both sides agreed a transition period which preserves membership in all but name until 2021.
The British government has told the estimated 3.5 million EU citizens living in Britain that they have until at least the end of the December to register to retain their rights.
Johnson has said he will introduce an Australian points-based immigration system after Brexit, which he says would allow talented people into the country while barring entry to low-skilled workers.
Companies and customs
The regulatory environment for companies won't change following Brexit because of the transition period.
After the end of the transition deal, UK customs will apply for goods coming from third countries to Northern Ireland only. For goods deemed to be headed for the EU market, UK authorities will collect EU tariffs.
There will be no customs checks on the island of Ireland — they will be done in ports. UK authorities will be in charge of applying the EU customs rules in Northern Ireland.
As soon as the United Kingdom formally leaves the EU on January 31, it can start negotiating trade deals with other countries.
The European Union, which accounts for about half of the United Kingdom's trade, and the United States are the government's top targets for securing new trade deals.
A sticking point in US talks will be a British proposal for a unilateral digital services tax, despite a US threat to levy retaliatory tariffs on British-made autos.
There will in effect be no change for Britain's vast financial services industry dealing with customers in the EU for the next 11 months because of the transition period.
All EU financial rules will still be applicable in Britain until the end of December. Banks, asset managers and insurers in Britain will continue to have full, unfettered access to investors in the bloc during that period.
Algerian protests blunted without a shot fired in anger
While uprisings across North Africa and the Middle East have been quelled by deadly force, Algerian authorities are on the way to becalming a powerful protest movement without a shot fired – at least for now.
Thousands still march, but protests are smaller than those that toppled the veteran president last year. Some prominent figures say the opposition should accept an offer of dialogue from the government.
These changes suggest the secretive authorities, known to Algerians as le pouvoir – "the powers that be" – may have outmaneuvered the biggest threat to their rule in decades.
Their strategy has been to place new faces at the top of government, while playing for time and proposing talks. The approach seems to be wearing down the opposition.
"I did not go to the protests on the past two Fridays," said Hamdadou, 51, a telecoms worker who had attended most previous marches and asked to keep his family name unpublished.
"I think we have done the maximum to push toward change. Let's cross our fingers and see what happens."
Protesters say the marches have diminished since last month's election of a new president, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, seen by the leaderless opposition as an establishment stalwart.
The protests began nearly a year ago, flooding cities with national flags and placards, demanding a removal of the ruling elite, an end to graft and the army's withdrawal from politics.
Le pouvoir jettisoned President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, threw some top officials into prison on corruption charges and let the protests continue, publicly hailing them as a patriotic renewal while detaining dozens of marchers and prominent dissidents.
Their strategy – pushed by the powerful army chief Ahmed Gaed Salah – was to use December's election to restore legitimacy to a system that would remain essentially unchanged.
Tebboune was elected on an official turnout of 40%, though many protesters believe even that figure was inflated, and immediately freed many prisoners and offered dialogue with the protesters and reform of the constitution.
Gaed Salah then died suddenly of a heart attack in late December, meaning Algeria now has a new president, government and army chief and that all the most prominent figures associated with le pouvoir have been replaced.
Some politicians who embraced the protest movement, known as "hirak", say their struggle should now move from the street to the negotiating table, arguing that further reforms can only be achieved through dialogue.
"It is the time for politics now. Hirak would continue to be a means of pressure, but only politicians can talk with the regime to push forward demands including a change of the system," said Soufiane Djilali, an opposition leader.
For the remaining protesters that viewpoint is anathema.
Maasum, a student at the Algiers Bab Ezouar university of technology, who gave only his first name, acknowledged during last Friday's protest that there were fewer demonstrators, but said he remained committed to bigger change.
"How can you talk with a president we do not recognize?" he said. "We said they must all go. So no dialogue until they all go."
Djilali was one of several opposition figures including Mouloud Hamrouche, Ahmed Taleb Ibrahimi, Abdelaziz Rahabi and Ahmed Benbitour to meet Tebboune, a former prime minister under Bouteflika, drawing ire from Maasum and other street protesters.
No set leadership
Few would deny the scope of the hirak's achievements so far. In a region where leaders have often used extreme violence to suppress public dissent, it has brought down a president, Bouteflika, who was entrenched for 20 years, without a gunshot.
Bouteflika's brother and de facto regent during his illness, as well as the once all-powerful intelligence chief Mohamed "Toufik" Mediene, have been sentenced to 15 years in prison.
"Many believe that the hirak fulfilled its mission by sacking Bouteflika and cleaning the country of its corrupt leaders," said Algerian political analyst Farid Ferrahi.
Even in the Kabyle region outside Algiers, a stronghold of the hirak, "life is almost back to normal," said Said Mezouane, a resident of the village of Haizer.
But the thousands – down from hundreds of thousands last spring and tens of thousands before December's election – who still protest believe there has been only cosmetic change.
Since the hirak has no leadership, official organization or commonly agreed plans for effecting change, however, there is no clear mechanism by which it can agree on a way forward.
Novelist Kamel Daoud, a fierce critic of the authorities, wrote: "Has the regime won? Yes, temporarily. It is also true to conclude that the protest has temporarily been lost".
However, Algeria faces a hard economic year with falling energy revenue eating deep into its budget and a planned public spending cut of 9% this year – meaning the government may find it hard to win enduring public support.
Protesters in central Algiers seem unwilling to compromise.
"Morale is high. We will continue our struggle… we want the opposition to unite and push the regime to the exit," said Dahmani, 25, a student at Dely Brahim university.
SAA flights operating normally, despite bailout delays
South African Airways (SAA) says its flights to all destinations are operating normally, after talks on a bailout plan for the state carrier ended without a solution at the weekend.
Government officials are scrambling to work out how they can provide R2 billion of funds it has promised SAA when the airline was placed under voluntary business rescue last month.
The airline's business rescue practitioners held talks with government at the weekend to try to find a solution to SAA's funding gap.
Last week, unions said SAA might suspend some flights and delay salary payments if government didn't come up with a plan to provide the money soon.
Meanwhile on Sunday, the Public Enterprises Department said it was talking to the National Treasury to raise funds for SAA.
The airline is one of several South African state entities, including power company Eskom, that is mired in a financial crisis after nearly a decade of mismanagement.
State companies' financial problems are seen as the single greatest threat to South Africa's economy and have been largely responsible for pushing the country's credit rating down to the brink of junk status.
Palace held by 10-man Arsenal as Aubameyang sees red
Crystal Palace were held to a 1-1 draw by 10-man Arsenal in the Premier League on Saturday as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang fired the visitors ahead and was sent off after Jordan Ayew scored a fortuitous equaliser for the home side.
Aubameyang struck in the 12th minute, steering a low shot past goalkeeper Vicente Guaita after he was put through by Alexandre Lacazette, with Arsenal dominating an uneventful first half at Selhurst Park.
Ayew levelled in the 54th minute with a heavily deflected shot which left keeper Bernd Leno stranded after it came off defender David Luiz, as the visitors failed to clear a tame-looking low cross from the right.
Aubameyang was shown a straight red card midway through the second half after a VAR check, following a rash tackle on Max Meyer which forced the Palace forward to limp off injured.
Palace, who gained the upper hand in the closing stages with their numerical advantage, missed their best chance to grab a winner when Sokratis Papastathopoulos cleared a James Tomkins header off the line in the 78th minute.
They were let of the hook three minutes later at the other end as Guaita tipped Nicolas Pepe's fierce low shot on to the post and then smothered Lacazette's close-range follow up.
The Presidency stands by its earlier statement regarding Minister Sisulu's statement
South African schools reopen
Teenage pregnancies also contributed to high dropout rates: Zikalala
ACDP disappointed with Judicial Conduct Appeals Committee's decision to uphold findings against Mogoeng


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The Man Who Turned "Critical Race Theory" into a Red-Hot Political Issue
Christopher Rufo was a successful documentary maker, some of whose shows were broadcast on PBS. He moved to Seattle and his politics moved rightward.
The New Yorker wrote about his rise as a star of conservative politics. An employee of the Seattle city government sent him slides about anti-bias training that started Rufo on a crusade to expose the bias in anti-bias programs.
…in July, 2020, when an employee of the city of Seattle documented an anti-bias training session and sent the evidence to a journalist named Christopher F. Rufo, who read it and recognized a political opportunity.
Rufo, thirty-six, was at once an unconventional and a savvy choice for the leaker to select. Raised by Italian immigrants in Sacramento and educated at Georgetown, Rufo had spent his twenties and early thirties working as a documentary filmmaker, largely overseas, making touristic projects such as "Roughing It: Mongolia," and "Diamond in the Dunes," about a joint Uyghur-Han baseball team in the Chinese province of Xinjiang. In 2015, Rufo began work on a film for PBS that traced the experience of poverty in three American cities, and in the course of filming Rufo became convinced that poverty was not something that could be alleviated with a policy lever but was deeply embedded in "social, familial, even psychological" dynamics, and his politics became more explicitly conservative. Returning home to Seattle, where his wife worked for Microsoft, Rufo got a small grant from a regional, conservative think tank to report on homelessness, and then ran an unsuccessful campaign for city council, in 2018. His work so outraged Seattle's homelessness activists that, during his election campaign, someone plastered his photo and home address on utility poles around his neighborhood. When Rufo received the anti-bias documents from the city of Seattle, he knew how to spot political kindling. These days, "I'm a brawler," Rufo told me cheerfully.
Rufo has since received many other leaks and has now become the Republicans' go-to expert on the dangers of anti-bias and anti-racism programs, critical race theory, and The 1619 Project.
The Washington Post wrote this about him:
President Donald Trump was watching Fox News one evening last summer when a young conservative from Seattle appeared with an alarming warning, and a call to action.
Christopher Rufo said critical race theory, a decades-old academic framework that most people had never heard of, had "pervaded every institution in the federal government."
"Critical race theory," Rufo said, "has become, in essence, the default ideology of the federal bureaucracy and is now being weaponized against the American people."
Critical race theory holds that racism is systemic in the United States, not just a collection of individual prejudices — an idea that feels obvious to some and offensive to others. Rufo alleged that efforts to inject awareness of systemic racism and White privilege, which grew more popular following the murder of George Floyd by police, posed a grave threat to the nation. It amounts, Rufo said, to a "cult indoctrination."
Spurred by Rufo, this complaint has come to dominate conservative politics. Debates over critical race theory are raging on school boards and in state legislatures. Fox News has increased its coverage and commentary on the issue. And Republicans see the issue as a central element of the case they will make to voters in next year's midterm elections, when control of Congress will be at stake.
These issues will be central to the GOP campaign in 2022. Republicans have seized on it as the way to win because they are defending whiteness, tradition, and white identity by making debates about race a threatening presence against which children and adults must be protected.
"Critical race theory" has been debated in academic circles for at least three decades. But now politicians are using it as a cultural wedge issue to attack diversity training and to ban anything in the schools that focuses on the untold story of black history. Nearly half the states have banned "critical race theory" (although it is doubtful that any of the legislators have ever read the works of Derrick Bell or Kimberlee Crenshaw. Many are also banning The 1619 Project, which they see as a fundamental part of critical race theory. Above all, they don't want whites to feel guilty about slavery, Jim Crow, racial violence, or the KKK.
This question of historical guilt is thorny. None of us wants to be held accountable for what we did not do. But certainly we should be aware of the dark chapters in human history and the atrocities committed because of race, religion, nationality, gender, and sexual orientation. Not everyone has suffered equally, to be sure. But the lesson we must learn today is to learn from history about the cruelty of the past and the importance of treating every human being with respect and dignity.
Teachers are rightly confused and concerned about what and whether they may teach black history.
My view: Teach the facts, teach the conflicts, teach about the dangers of bigotry and hatred. Debate, discuss, and review multiple perspectives.
The ultimate goal of education must be to teach fairness, kindness, character, integrity, and empathy. Teach about the outstanding women and men who have stood for justice regardless of social pressures and stigma. In our history and in all human history, there have been leaders whose courage and conduct defied convention.
Let us teach the world as it was and as we want it to be. We must not allow demagogues, hucksters, ignoramuses, bigots, and politicians to censor what we think, what we read, what we teach, what we learn, what we believe.
Categories Education Reform
Republicans do an excellent job of messaging,, even when the message is inaccurate. Their non-critically thinking constituents and media latch on and repeat the falsehood until it is accepted as fact. In addition to CRT, Republicans have plenty of material to exploit in 2022 including "Defund the Police and Open Borders." These controversies will all be on the right wing agenda in 2022. Koch backed "socialism" ads will likely get another round of propaganda. The right wing will bombard their low information voters with their lies, and Democrats should be prepared to counter the conservative spin doctors.
NYC public school parent says:
Absolutely right. Since 1980, when I started paying attention, every 2 years I feel as if I am watching history repeat itself when I see the Republican spin machine at work, destroying good Democratic candidate after good candidate while the Republican winners just get worse and worse.
AOC is the first politician I can recall (I'm sure there were others) who is absolutely brilliant in countering this. I wish she could give messaging lessons to every politician from president to dogcatcher in how to stop the spin. I think Jen Psaki is also good at this.
But I wish the Dems could all figure out a strong coherent message that every single Democrat says regardless of what the media asks them. That's basically what the Republicans do and they almost entirely control the narrative.
Ed in the Apple says:
It's been fifty years since Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn in "Guess Whose Coming in Dinner?" – has anything changed?
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Critical Race Theory and the Intersection of Cultures
SomeDAM Poet says:
Censorship is bad , whatever form it takes and whoever is doing it.
The cynicism of this political campaign is just stunning.
So let me get this straight- these ideologues who didn't and don't attend public schools and run political campaigns bashing public schools have decided to go into our schools and spend the entire summer after a pandemic screaming and yelling at school boards and principals thereby making it impossible for those school boards and principals to complete the huge amount they must do to address student needs post-pandemic.
And they claim they're "advocates for students"?
The 1776 Project PAC raises money for school board candidates who oppose CRT. The PAC's founder was interviewed at Catholic Vote (worth a read). Catholic Vote takes credit for 6,000 of the 30,000 letters written to the Biden WH to oppose CRT.
Catholic, yes!!
Some Roman Catholic priests were campaigning to deny Biden the Eucharist because he supports a woman's right to choose. Rep.Ted Lieu gave the best response. He said several Republican Catholics support the death penalty, and they should be denied communion as well, if Joe Biden is singled out.
There is an opinion piece today in the Washington Post by one of its columnists saying that if the bishops are consistent, they will deny the eucharist to those who support the death penalty or fail to aid the poor, as Jesus preached.
The Hoya, Georgetown University's student newspaper, wrote 5 days ago about the University's decision to rescind honorifics from a former Provost. The newspaper notes that Cardinal McCarrick received a similar fate. A decision that Catholic schools in a community should receive tax money is a very poor one given the lack of accountability that news articles have highlighted.
Off topic, "Georgetown Professor (Joshua Mitchell) Warns, CRT Creates 'Rage' ".
Can I go into the private school board meetings where these folks send their kids and make it impossible for private schools to get any work done?
Or is this "advocacy" limited to the public schools these folks didn't and don't attend and don't support?
Can I go in and use their kids as political pawns?
likely you do not have the total lack of respect for children which would let you do that…
Agree about teaching facts.
Is the following true, though? I've seen a few of these bills/laws, and I don't recall them banning "critical race theory," or banning the 1619 Project.
"Nearly half the states have banned "critical race theory" (although it is doubtful that any of the legislators have ever read the works of Derrick Bell or Kimberlee Crenshaw. Many are also banning The 1619 Project, which they see as a fundamental part of critical race theory."
FLERP!,
It is a exaggeration. So far 5 states have signed a bill critical of CRT, while about 17 more have legislation proposed. See https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/map-see-which-states-have-passed-critical-race-theory-bills-n1271215
Those states do not want teachers of history and social studies to teach honestly about slavery, Jim Crow, segregation, and persistent racial discrimination. The legislators should read Richard Rothstein's "The Color of Law,"which shows how federal, state, and municipal governments created and enforced housing segregation.
Threatened Out West says:
It's not just legislatures. Utah's school board, under duress from the state legislature, passed a policy and I will get other state school boards and/or superintendents are doing the same.
I think a basic step in teaching students to think critically is to help students to recognize a fact versus an opinion. This step can actually start in elementary school.
I should have said nearly half the states are considering a ban on CRT and the 1619 Project.
I think that is an accurate statement. State legislatures consider many bizarre things. Thankfully few are passed into law.
rbeckley10 says:
Facts are facts. My city installed a bridge through a Black neighborhood, displacing many and rendering others homeless. It's no accident city hall didn't do that to a White neighborhood.
Definitely correct.
One of the criticisms of the XL Pipeline is that it was planned to go through Native American lands and to avoid white communities.
Rufo is a graduate of Georgetown Catholic University in D.C. Before that he was a Fellow at Claremont College. Claremont Mckenna College is one of the colleges in the Claremont consortium. Its motto is the lofty (sarcasm), "Civilization prospers with Commerce".
The Colleges are, "known for the faculty's conservative political orientation". The Claremont Mckenna Wikipedia entry enlightens readers about what type of things happen at the institution.
Rufo spoke about CRT at Hillsdale. The college posted his comments at its site, 3-30-2021.
Rufo – Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute (an organization linked to Koch)
Linda,
Claremont McKenna is arguably the most politically conservative college in the Claremont consortium. I don't think Pomona or Scripps are conservative and Harvey Mudd is sort of the Cal Tech of the consortium. So I think you mean that Claremont McKenna is known for faculty's conservative political orientation, but not all the other colleges in the consortium are thought of that way (nor are the faculty and students). Also, despite the CMC's faculty's conservative political orientation, I think the students still skew moderate to liberal when compared to the country as a whole.
Thank you for the clarification. The reproduced quote made reference to Claremont Mckenna.
Tuition for the colleges is cited at close to $60,000 which contrasts significantly with tuition at Calf.'s state universities.
As a result of the Varsity Blues scandal, colleges and universities in Calf. are required to provide info. about legacy and donor related admissions.
Jan. 21, 2020, Charles Koch's foundation gave $5.4 mil. to Claremont Graduate University's Computational Justice Lab. The Lab's Director joined the university in 2018. Prior to the grant, PR Watch posted an expose, "Koch Criminal Justice Reform Trojan Horse…Following the Money". The section about "Faith-based treatment" is especially interesting.
PR Watch's research is worth reading as is the post from another source, "Campus Resistance to Koch $$" (2-5-2020).
I paused in wonder when I read the cv of the Computational Justice Lab Director. His research papers reflect quite a jack-of-all-trades economist.
Related to Koch's largesse to the Lab, the Director received grants prior to his Claremont employment of $10,000 per year, 2012-2014, from a Charles Koch Foundation.
A few selective titles of the Director's research efforts- "The Perils of Democracy", "Rational Pricing in Prostitution: Evidence from 80 m Sex Ads", "Signaling the Market for Commercial Sex", "The Role of Beauty in the Organization of Sex Markets", "Craigslist's Effect on Female Homicides". … Uh….
I'm glad you brought this up again, Diane. Many of us here have described CRT as grad-level theory that no one is really teaching in our schools, seized on [and mischaracterized] by Republicans as a wedge issue. 1st clause technically true, 2nd clause obviously so. However I think this essay from John McWhorter suggests a closer look is required. https://johnmcwhorter.substack.com/p/you-are-not-a-racist-to-criticize He summarizes CRT well and points us instead to "critical pedagogy" (derived from it and other critical theory) which he claims is actually spreading in public and private K12 schools. He says "To insist that "CRT" must properly refer only to the contents of obscure law review articles from decades ago is a debate team stunt, not serious engagement with a dynamic and distressing reality." The comment thread at the article is worth a read. Some report in depth on what they have observed in ed school, in their children's K12, in diversity training. There is also commentary on K12 material [esp Kendi] from philosophy scholars.
This article also gave me a bit of pause – less import [anecdotal?], but the interviewee is articulate.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/04/black-lives-matter-curriculum-has-unintended-lesson/618501/
I have been a fan of McWhorter for probably coming on 20 years now. And his "Bloggingheads" podcasts with Glenn Loury (who is also an amazing breath of fresh air) are great.
I am an instant fan from this one post and its comment thread, will probably subscribe.
I just noticed that, somehow, the great Glenn Loury got invited to "This Week" on ABC yesterday.
Kathy Skidmore says:
Thank you for this. Here in Australia, this vile belief has just been imported from the USA, and our most racist politician is crowing that she has successfully stopped it being implemented in schools here – when it is a theory that has never, to my knowledge, ever been touted as a possible curriculum element anyway. I am beyond appalled that public debate has been hijacked for these ends, and I fear it won't end well.
Well said, Ms. Skidmore!
Perhaps the front edge of CRT-driven curriculum in K12 is at elite private schools? McWhorter's article mentions 7 schools in the NYC area, naming only Dalton; Brearley is also named in the comment thread. And here is a chilling resignation letter from an Eng teacher at Dwight-Englewood School in NJ: https://www.fairforall.org/profiles-in-courage/dwight-englewood-whistleblower/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=df046454-0cb3-46f8-b928-aadd28294b6f
Here is an example of CRT curriculum guidance – for math!—recommended for CA public schools (tho who knows if anyone's using it): https://equitablemath.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/1_STRIDE1.pdf
The campaign to demonize private prep schools for CRT was cooked by rabid right winger Rick Berman. Post is coming.
Daily Mail. a right wing outlet, never misses an opportunity to trump up the demonization- the coverage is almost comical.
Help! Critical Race Theory's parakeet keeps me up squawking half the night.
You might have wondered, "Why is Bob squawking half the night?" Now you know.
"squawking half the night"- great synonym for right wing noise.
LOL, Linda!
Ponderosa says:
For once your satire falls flat for me, Bob. CRT has indeed been exploited by the Right, but that doesn't mean it's not a real bogeyman. Andrew Sullivan does a good job showing how the New York Times and other mainstream media have led us to think of this as a tempest in a teapot ginned up b cynical Republicans. (Hope the article isn't behind a paywall).
https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/dont-ban-crt-expose-it?r=o10gk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy
I was disappointed in Andrew Sullivan's article on CRT. He has probably not been in a classroom in 40 years. As a freelance journalist, he is not writing from personal experience.
That there is systemic racism in the United States is simply a fact. It requires a lot of wilful blindness not to see this. That people often act in accordance with interpellations, or unconscious learnings, is clearly so. That everyone who lives in America is unconsciously racist is simply idiotic, doctrinaire, party line jingoism. It's ideology and, ipso facto, unthinking.
Diane, I do not think you understand the kinds of monomaniacal zealots our colleges are cranking out.
Sullivan writes:
"… one [NYT] staffer wanted to know why every story in the paper wasn't rooted in an understanding that "racism and white supremacy [are] the foundation of all of the systems in the country."
Yikes! These kinds of people are training our teachers and becoming teachers. These are not balanced thinkers. Do you think any of them have the appreciation of the liberal arts that you do? They have had an imbalanced education and they want to inflict it on kids.
The editor in chief of the Times, Dean Basquet, did not support that statement and made clear that covering the news must be dispassionate and accurate. I would call that statement one person's opinion that was not echoed by his boss, thus taken out of context. Andrew Sullivan shifted to the right long ago, and his judgments (like mine) are colored by his ideology.
I wish I could agree that the Right is exaggerating the power and toxicity of CRT, but I don't think it is. This teacher makes it clear that, at her school, it's destroying to type of humanistic education that I think you value:
I would bet that 99% of teachers and parents never heard of CRT until the Republicans turned it into a cultural wedge issue, the kind that persuades poor and middle class voters to vote against their own self-interests.
I will grant you, however, that some teachers and schools have gone overboard in their efforts to make the curriculum more diverse and inclusive. A friend's son attending a private school told me that most of the semester in world literature was devoted to reading a novel by an obscure Nigerian writer–there are illustrious Nigerian writers but not this one. After months of parsing that novel, there were a few weeks to read Shakespeare.
The example you give is frightening, and I fear that sort of skewed teaching is more and more common. And it's the inevitable result of changes in our colleges. I went to a very unorthodox college in the late 80's, but even then I heard stories from friends in more conventional schools about humanities courses reduced to "Find the -ism". They called it "lit crit". This postmodernist approach has just snowballed, and it's all many young teachers know. So how else are they going to teach? The colleges are creating a cultural wasteland and calling it "social justice", to modify the famous Tacitus quote.
I am more concerned about the Bush-Obama-Trump agenda of test and punish and about the resurgent movement to replace public schools with charters and vouchers than about CRT and The 1619 Project. Most white Americans are ignorant about the violations of human rights committed by our government and by ordinary white people. When you realize that thousands of men turned out to view lynchings as a form of entertainment, it is sickening. We can never escape the past unless we confront it honestly.
I don't think it's fair to suggest he's an ideologue. If Andrew Sullivan is not a free thinker who follows his reason whither it leads him, I don't know who is.
Andrew Sullivan has been a conservative, a liberal, a Republican and a Democrat. At heart, he is a libertarian.
Critical Race Theory hogs the covers.
and its feet are cold
Critical Race Theory is spreading chemtrails in the sky that turn high-school kids transgender. And did I mention the space lazers?
oops lasers
Critical Race Theory slept with a coworker at that conference in Saginaw.
Critical Race Theory always leaves a mess in the bleachers that the janitorial staff has to clean up.
Critical Race Theory changed thousands and thousands of ballots from Trump to Biden.
Critical Race Theory causes cavities.
Critical Race Theory created coronavirus in a lab.
Critical Race Theory is why I am soft in the middle and the rest of my life is so hard.
Or maybe that's the two 20-year-old white boys dressed like Neo in the Matrix who make up the entire group known as "Antifa."
Oh, BTW. There are LOTS of facts that, if taught by a K-12 teacher, could get him or her fired.
Critical Race Theory exported all our jobs to China.
You are on a roll about CRT!
Critical Race Theory used money from George Soros to organize caravans of rapists and murderers and some of them good people to sneak across our Southern Border and sell drugs and register people to vote for Joe Biden.
markstextterminal says:
I knew it! Thanks for your expose, Bob (incidentally, accent over final vowel).
Critical Race Theory lied about the age of Matt Gaetz's "companion."
Critical Race Theory wrote fake news about Trump's perfect phone call with that Ukrainian guy.
I'm all for teaching CRT. What disturbs me is that it is promoted/highjacked by some powerful group of people and organizations for self-serving purposes.
e.g. Catholic Vote and the less politically powerful people behind the 1776 Project PAC.
CRT is the attack du jour against public education and teachers unions. It's used to stoke the fears of the right wing base. "The new official contents of sex education in Mexico: laicism in the crosshairs", at the Scielo site, Epub 3-3-2021, is worth a read to understand the right wing plot across nations. The article is much broader in scope than the title indicates.