Expanding Evidence Approaches for Learning in a Digital World is a new report from the EdTech Office at the Department of Education. "The report discusses the promise of sophisticated digital learning systems for collecting and analyzing very large amounts of fine-grained data ("big data") as users interact with the systems," said Karen Cator, the outgoing EdTech Director. "It proposes that this data can be used by developers and researchers to improve these learning systems and strive to discover more about how people learn. It discusses the potential of developing more sophisticated ways of measuring what learners know and adaptive systems that can personalize learners' experiences."
With the National EdTech Plan, the report bookends Cator's energetic contribution. A former Apple exec, Cator "would like to manage a smooth transition to the next director" and will probably return to the private sector in the first quarter.
expanded approaches to evidence gathering for greater confidence that investments in cost-effective and cost-saving technology-based interventions are wise, producing the outcomes sought.
The 100 page report was compiled by a team led by Barbara Means of SRI and was based on advice from a long list of academic advisors. The giant lit review is well organized but not as forward leaning as it would have been if they had included some technologists and entrepreneurs.
The report is organized around five evidence-gathering approaches and opportunities.
2. Promote personalized learning. Adaptive systems that "combine insights from learning theory...with large sets of detailed learning data...make the long-sought goal of differentiating instruction for every learner much more attainable."
The report offers a useful definition of personalization: "instruction that is paced to learning needs, tailored to learning preferences, and tailored to the specific interests of different learners. In an environment that is fully personalized, the learning objectives and content as well as the method and pace may all vary. Thus, personalization encompasses differentiation and individualization."
adaptations based on students' emotional states and levels of motivation."
used to help classroom teachers dynamically adapt their instructional methods" and highlights the New Visions created the Ninth Grade Tracker and the College Readiness Tracker.
3. Promote responsive supports. This section acknowledges that schools 1) need to be more responsive to students' needs and interests, 2) appreciate that learning happens in a wide range of settings, and 3) attend to the multiple aspects of their well-being.
to explore how behavior can be improved."
4. Improving content and assessment. Evidence-centered design and content-embedded assessment make it easier to measure important features reliably and efficiently.
The report is bullish on embedding assessments in learning experiences as well as "the promise of automating the scoring of complex performances, addressing issues of cost and reliability at the same time. A case in point is the automated scoring of student essays" (a project I co-directed).
analytics techniques to analyze learner log files from digital learning systems"
strategies and tactics (such as adaptation)."
5. Finding resources and making choices . It's becoming easier to produce learning content and common standards are making it easier to share. The report cited examples of pulling together learning resources from multiple sources like LearnZillion and GooruLearning but left out the biggest one--Edmodo.
The report reviews strategies for collecting evidence about learning experiences including aggregating user actions and reviews, user panels, expert reviews, and test beds.
Recommendations. The paper makes 14 proposals that are rational but not very forward leaning; many are university based and require more government funding.
My favorite involves "Interdisciplinary teams of experts in educational data mining, learning analytics, and visual analytics should collaborate to design and implement research and evidence projects." There is great promise in both university and enterprise settings for interdisciplinary approaches.
Parents and teachers should be able to manage a comprehensive profile to customize a learning pathway.
The paper recommends increased R&D funding for promoting noncognitive (or what David Conley calls metacognative) skills including communication, collaboration, leadership, persistence and self-regulation. We agree on the potential for Innovations in Social Emotional Learning and believe that Digital Learning Contributes to Deeper Learning .
With the shift to growth models, proliferation of individual learning pathways, and competency-based systems, one of the emerging evidence challenges of this decade is comparing academic progress from disparate data sets. Common standards helps, but American education is trapped in a dated view of comparability based on the same instrument (usually an end of year multiple choice test) given under the same conditions during the same window. We need to develop new methods to compare thousands of observations in super-gradebooks of standards-aligned data. The fact that comparability is not addressed is a major shortcoming of this paper.
Topics mentioned but given short shrift: micro tagging (key to comparability), motivational profiles (key to persistence), iterative development (key to quality and cost effectiveness).
This evidence framework is a competent contribution to the sector dialog. The objectives are sound and the examples are useful. It covers most of what it should. It signals that the next few years will be full of developments that will benefit millions of American students.
ClassDojo , LearnZillion and Edmodo are portfolio companies of Learn Capital where Tom is a partner. Digital Learning Now is a Getting Smart advocacy partner.


Nick Kyrgios was knocked out at ATP Lyon in the first round, then hinted that Alexander Zverev is a new inspiration for him.
The Australian was in the one set up and in driving seat in Lyon against qualifier Nicolas Kicker, but conspired to lose the second and third sets to the world number 94.
While he fired 16 aces, there were also nine double faults and a code violation for unsportsmanlike conduct after he repeatedly dropped his water bottle on the court.
This erratic behaviour has become par for the course for Kyrgios, whose mental side of the game needs some work. He subtly indicated as much in an interview, where he heaped praise on 20-year-old Alexander Zverev following his stunning Italian Open win on Sunday.
"He's been playing great tennis," Kyrgios told atpworldtour.com.
"He has a massive future ahead. I actually envy him in a way. He does all the right things. He's very professional. That's obviously something I don't quite tick the box for. He's done all the right things.


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Pomodori: An Inspired Italian Eatery
Author: Lynnie Leavenworth
Melanzane Napoleone
Eggplant, fresh mozzarella, roma tomatoes, basil and balsamic
Capesante e Capellini
Diver scallops, white wine, garlic, angel hair pasta, greens
Lasagna di Vegetale
House made pasta, eggplant, zucchini, spinach and tomato
Torta di Mascarpone and Cannoli with Chocolate Chips
My grandmother was a chef in the 1950s for a high school in Ohio of 2,000 people," said Amanda Russ, owner and chef of Pomodori, her Italian eatery on Hilton Head Island. "This is when they really made the food from scratch. They weren't opening cans. They were boiling the pasta, they were making the sauces, rolling the meatballs. It was almost as though Russ's first generation, Italian-American Grandma Cappy (derived from her last name Capuzello) knew she was turning Russ toward her destiny when she infused her granddaughter's soul with the scents and tastes of the family's homeland.
"I lost her when I was eight, but even in my youngest, most formative years, I remember walking into her kitchen, and it was like the Willy Wonka of food. There would be salami and garlic hanging from the ceiling. There would be a fresh lasagna and three pizzas and a baked ziti, pies, cookies. And the smells were unbelievably amazing. You walked in and all you could do was smile. I remember it vividly. I remember her, I remember what she felt like when I hugged her, I remember what she smelled like, and I remember when she helped me stir the pot."
It wasn't exactly a direct route to cooking, and eventually Pomodori for Russ. "I moved to Charleston to take the LSAT and I ended up cooking. I worked for the Neighborhood Dining Group (NDG) who owns Husk and McCrady's, and I was able to work a couple of times with Sean Brock. I was around when he won his James Beard." Brock's 2010 James Beard award placed him among the country's finest chefs and created a spark in Russ. "He would take you up above McCrady's; there would be dried herbs hanging that came from his farm. There would be plants that he had cross-pollinated and made. There would be meat curing. It was like the [George] Peabody Library of food, and it's from this man who eats, sleeps, and breathes it."
Still calling him her "chief," Russ most associates her path with NDG's Rod Ward. "He is the bridge who got me there. He sat me down when I was waitressing at the restaurant and he said, 'What do you want to be when you grow up?' I said, 'I think I want to cook.'" Ward put her in the kitchen, which eventually led to what seemed like a nearly inevitable move to Italy, where she studied with Chef John Nocita.
A Family Resemblance
Amanda Russ sits with an old photograph of her Grandma Cappy.
The lessons about food Russ learned from her grandmother, and Brock, and Ward, seemed to manifest in Nocita. "He is my maestro. I studied with him for a year. He taught us about using every part of something—not wasting. He was very inventive, and he plated food beautifully. He really was probably the first person I worked with directly that took art into account. That's just who he was; he was an artist."
Well-educated and inspired, Russ envisioned Pomodori. "I knew from the beginning that if I didn't ask people for help, and surround myself with people who knew more than I did, it was never going to work." When developing her auspicious menu, Russ said, "Alfred [Kettering] said, write down everything you could possibly want to make and then edit it all down and pick just a few things." The iconic Hilton Head Island chef and owner of Alfred's Restaurant helped Russ find her focal point: wickedly delicious Italian cuisine. "In the beginning, I remember thinking it has to be simple and it has to be perfect, because you really don't get a second shot to make a first impression." Following Kettering's advice, Russ tested her menu to perfection. With the aid of her mother's impeccable palate, the flavors perfectly conjure the tastes of her grandmother's cooking. "My mother likes things to taste like her mother's. I knew if a dish wasn't going to work, she would be the one to tell me."
Salsiccia con arrabiata e penne, vitello di giorno, torta di mascarpone: What goes on the plates at Pomodori reflects the people and the passions in Russ's world. "My food is like a portal to my soul. It's what I value. It's simplicity. It's honesty. It's honoring the ingredients. It's fresh and beautiful food, and colors, and textures coming together. It's all the aspects of my life that I want to see reflected."
After four years, Russ is still surprised by the success of it all, giving much of the credit to her team, who are like family, and the customers who support them week after week. She described bar manager Nate Schuppert as the quintessential barman; masterfully manning the bar and wine list from day one, and like herself, remembering every face. "We have great food, and we have a great staff," Russ said. "Our customers want to support this whole thing. It's not one thing. It's all things together. It was a very divine experience that came together and made this beautiful place.
"I want to make this the best possible restaurant it can be—build a legacy—have it always be here and mean the same thing, and stand for the same thing; that would be a testament." A testament to the ingredients, the people, and the path that inspired Amanda Russ to create Pomodori. Grazie Grandma Cappy.
Pomodori is located at 1 New Orleans Road, Hilton Head Island. For more information or to make reservations, please call (843) 686-3100 or visit gopomodori.com.
I have never been to Pomodori but soon will in November. It not only captures my appetite but, Amanda is the daughter of my sister-in-laws sister! Go Amanda!
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Rear Admiral Best recommends better use of resources for security, defence
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Rear Admiral Gary Best salutes shortly after handing over the Force Colours to new Chief-of-Staff, Brigadier Mark Phillips.
Rear Admiral, Gary Best on Tuesday called on government to overhaul the way it allocates resources to the security sector and urged that the air and maritime wings be strengthened up.
"Therefore, from a defence perspective, it is critical that a constant and sharp eye be placed on aviation and maritime development to provide faster access for forest and remote aerial protection and hydrocarbon security," he said in his farewell speech at the Change of Command Parade held at the Guyana Defence Force's (GDF) Base Camp Ayanganna. Best handed over command of the GDF to Brigadier Mark Phillips who was sworn in on Monday by Commander-in-Chief, President Donald Ramotar.
Guyana's remote and largely un-policed border is said to be a hotbed for drug and arms traffickers, illegal gold and diamond miners and loggers. His reference to hydrocarbon comes at a time when there is increasing oil exploration offshore Guyana for oil.
It is unclear whether the large decades-old long-range helicopter is again down. However, the two other choppers do have severe limitations including being unable to fly at night in certain areas. The Coast Guard is expected to obtain several more vessels from the United States under the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI).
Ending his more than 30-year long military career, Best urged the Guyana government to restructure the allocation of resources to the security sector because the country's successful development would depend significantly on creating and preserving a safe and secure environment.
"It, therefore, appears to me, Your Excellency, that a re-rationalization, a re-prioritization and a re-allocation of key resources to the defence and security sector is now necessary for a safe and secure environment," said Best who holds a Masters in International Relations from the University of the West Indies (UWI).
He argued that defence and national security was more than just the GDF but effective defence and security could only be achieved through the interlinking of the democratic, civil and economic progress of the State. He also recommended the clear interlinking of all key sectors and resources.
In parting words he charged his successor, Brigadier Phillips, to take a firm grip on the defence force in providing leadership. "Your gravest test is not where you stand in the good moments but where you stand in times of challenge and controversy. You will have to be strong and hold your ground. You will have many testing moments.
Rear Admiral Best listed several of his accomplishments which included instilling a sense of morality, purpose and professionalism in the soldiers' lives and working to provide a foundation for education, growth and continued transformation of the GDF.
In apparent reference to several unpopular decisions that he had made, Best seemingly defended his actions without specifically referring to any instance. ""A popular leader tells his troops what they need to want to hear but a good leader tells his troops what they need to hear," educate those under your command and raise their and your esteem at the same time," he said. Among those decisions was putting in place rules to address the abuse of duty-free concessions, non-payment of bonuses to a number of officers that eventually led to legal action in the civilian court which he won, and the institution of a policy to address conduct and sexuality after a phone video had circulated with two females having sex.
Rear Admiral Best urged the Officer Corps to be guided by a moral compass that points to justice, fairness and compassion. Noting that praises must not be the sole objective of decision-making, he urged the officers to use their mistakes and disciplinary action as examples so that their subordinates could avoid those same pitfalls.
Best, who is now completing a doctorate in International Relations at UWI, said "I am ready to serve my country in new capacities as the years progress." His doctoral research focuses on Climate Change Financing.
Brigadier Phillips is now the eight Chief of Staff of the GDF. The others were Colonel Ronald Pope (1965-1969); Brigadier Clarence Price (1969-1979); Major General Norman Mc Lean (1979-1990); Major General Joseph Singh (1990-2000), Major General Michael Atherly (2000-2004) and Brigadier Edward Collins (2004-2007).
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Antique Spray for Stamped Concrete
An antiquing spray is made by adding a pigment to a liquid release agent to add variegated color to newly stamped concrete. See antique spray being applied to a stamped concrete overlay, and gets tips for proper application.
Applying a Microtopping
A cement-based microtopping can be used both indoors and out to provide a clean canvas for decorative treatments. The key to success is the proper surface preparation and applying the overlay at the right thickness. See the tools and techniques to use to apply a squeegee-grade microtopping.
Applying a Skim-Coat Overlay
A skim coat, or cement-based topping, is ideal for use on existing concrete surfaces where a clean canvas is needed. The key to success is the proper surface preparation and applying the overlay at the right thickness. Harris shows the tools and techniques to use for mixing the skim coat, blending in color, roller application, and final troweling.
Applying a Stampable Overlay
Cement-based stampable overlays can be applied at thicknesses ranging from ¼ to ¾ inch, creating a nice build that permits stamping and texturing. They can be used for numerous applications including floors, basements, pool decks and driveways. Harris demonstrates the tool and techniques for mixing the overlay components, preparing and priming the substrate, applying the overlay at the right thickness, and trowel finishing.
Stampable Overlay Coverage Rates
A stampable overlay, applied at a thickness of 3/8 inch, will typically provide a coverage rate of 13 to 14 square feet per bag. Get tips for estimating how much material you will need so you don't run out.
Texturing Stampable Overlays
Harris takes you step-by-step through the process of stamping an overlay, including applying a liquid release agent for easier stamp removal, using texture skins to pretexture the edges, stamp layout and placement (using a serpentine cobblestone pattern), and using a tamper to press the stamp firmly into the surface. He also discusses the best time for stamp removal, how to finish the edges, and how to tint the overlay for an antiquing effect.
When Is Your Overlay Ready to Stamp?
Jobsite conditions, such as temperature and humidity, will often dictate when your overlay is ready to stamp. Harris explains how to conduct a finger test to access the stage of plasticity so you stamp at the right time.
Turbo Roller
See how to properly use a Turbo Roller for applying cementitious microtoppings on interior concrete floors. This tool serves two basic functions. First, it pushes the microtopping, an overlay applied ¼ inch thick or less, across the surface spreading the topping over all areas of the floor. Second, the depth of the ridges on the roller determines the thickness at which the microtopping is applied. It is important to get the material down quickly after it has been mixed. Using the turbo roller helps ensure that your overlay is applied at a uniform depth across all areas of the floor.
Mixing Paddles
Learn how to select the proper type of mixing paddle and drill based on the material you are mixing. For small batches of epoxies or polyurethanes, use a small power drill. With cement-based mixes, use a larger, industrial ½-inch drill. Materials should be mixed at a variable speed no higher than 650 RPM. If the material is mixed any faster it can trap air in the mix and result in air bubbles in the mix. Harris also explains various other types of paddles to use depending upon the type of material being mixed, and demonstrates proper use of the paddles.
Hopper Spray Gun
Spray-on concrete toppings are applied using a hopper gun. The cement-based topping will be sprayed down with the hopper gun. Once the material is sprayed on the concrete surface, a technique called a knock-down-finish is done. This is done with a standard concrete pool trowel to flatten the bumps left by the spray. Make sure the hopper (material canister) is in an upright position to prevent leakage. The settings on the tip of the gun can be adjusted based on the amount of material you want to be applied. Spray-on toppings are often applied on pool decks because they provide a slip-resistant finish.
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Learn the proper application techniques for applying concrete resurfacing materials with the Magic Trowel and squeegees. There are several tools used to apply concrete toppings including rubber squeegees, hand trowels, or metal squeegees. This demonstration video highlights how these tools function in the microtopping overlayment process. The Magic Trowel is used to create a smooth, glass-like, surface when applying the microtopping to a smaller area. Larger squeegees should be used for applying material to floors with thousands of square feet. Be sure you use the tool you are most comfortable with.
Gauge Rake & Smoothing Paddle
Gauge rakes and smoothing paddles are used when applying cement-based toppings or overlays. There are a wide range of choices for gauge rakes, so find out what your topping manufacturer recommends. The gauge rake helps lay down a cementitious material at a uniform thickness. A gauge rake should have rounded edges to ensure that the bonding primer that is often required will not be punctured. After using the gauge rake, use the smoothing paddle to smooth out the overlay's surface. Consider using a paddle with rounded corners, to avoid leaving ridge lines in the surface. Another way to avoud lines is to run your smoothing paddle in a perpendicular pattern to the way you gauge raked the surface. When smoothing, overlap your passes by 3 to 4", be sure not to press down too hard, and try to maintain the overlay's uniform depth.
Knee Pads & Respirators
It is important to follow the proper safety guidelines on the job. Be sure you always have the proper knee protection and respirators. Using knee pads will extend your concreting career as well as help prevent the need for knee surgery later in life. There are a number of knee pads and respirators to choose from. Perhaps the most important factor in selecting a respirator is making sure it is OSHA approved. Secondly, be sure that the respirator is the right one for the job you're doing. For example, if you are working on a job with only airborne dust particulate (fractured concrete in the air), you will need a different respirator than if you are applying a concrete dye that has chemical vapors. The cartridge on the respirator should indicate its proper use. If the cartridge says "chemical cartridge," it can be used when spraying products like acetones, xeylene, or acids.
Notch Squeegee & Porcupine Roller
Tips on using a squeegee and spiked roller for applying epoxy floor coatings to concrete floors. Squeegees are a simple way to smooth out the epoxy coating at a uniform depth. The notches in the rubber squeegees come in variable depths according to the thickness you want the epoxy coating applied at. The deeper the notches, the thicker the coating will be. Industry standard for the thickness of an epoxy coating is 10 millimeters thick up to around 30 or 40 millimeters thick. Once you squeegee on the epoxy, back roll the coating with a typical roller to smooth out the surface. The spiked roller is used after the coating has been applied to pop any out-gassing bubble, commonly referred to as fish eyes.
Choices in Garage Floor Coatings
Harris discusses some of the options available when it comes to choosing a decorative garage floor coating, including epoxy color chip systems (with color chips broadcast into an epoxy base) and metallic epoxies, which have a textured, hammered-metal look. He also talks about what it takes for successful installation, including proper substrate preparation, testing the existing floor for moisture content, and protecting the coating with a clear finish.


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When my son was 9, we had our first in home therapist. This was a brand spanking new idea at the time so we could– and did — invent the service as we went along. My son had had 6 hospitalizations, tried 20-something combinations of medications and gone to countless outpatient visits at that point. Some of these treatments were quite successful — for a while. Some were pretty ineffective. But it was all the system had to offer and all my insurance would pay for. I used to grumble that our choices were inpatient, outpatient and see-you-later-alligator.
Then we were offered this new thing — someone who would come to my house and work with all of us — my son, me and his brother. What a concept.
Ian was a social worker cast from a different mold. He talked about his own experiences when it seemed important or to build common ground. He suggested new approaches and things to try based on his observations and sometimes, his best guess. He listened to my ideas (herbal supplements, meditation, wild ideas) and helped me implement them. He didn't insult me by suggesting star charts or baffle me with gobbledegook. Instead, he partnered. He shared, he asked and he listened. He was respectful and interested. He wasn't afraid to admit to bad ideas and applaud the ones that worked. He was eager to hear about resources I found and learn about strategies that were new to him.
In short, he really and truly partnered. He wasn't the leader and me the sidekick. He wasn't the expert (though his expertise was wonderful) and me the learner. It was clear from the start that we were doing this together.
Several years ago, when we talked about partnering with families, we focused on defining what the family member would need to be a good partner. We worked to ensure that their voices were heard and their participation was supported. The word was out: families were welcomed, accommodated, included and recruited. We changed the environment and the team composition. But here's the catch. Parents have always come to the table–whether it's the treatment, IEP or policy table–and they always worry they might feel blamed or mistrusted or seen as unsuccessful (what parent has not been unsuccessful?). Being included is not being asked to partner. In order to partner, a parent has to feel they have a meaningful voice, not just a role. Parents can't make that happen by themselves.
What hasn't been done so well is define what the professional, the provider, the state agency person (or whoever it is) looks like when they partner. Some, like Ian, know how to do it and do it right. For others, it's not easy or intuitive.
There are a lot of ways to define partnering and to measure it. One of the best lists I've seen is from Brian O'Neill at the National Park Service. In his 21 Partnership Success Factors he notes that partnership needs to be a way of thinking that includes trust, leaving your ego at the door and respecting the right to disagree.
We talk about systems partners and family partners. We discuss parents partnering in primary care, behavioral health and education. But while the frameworks have grown and the opportunities are there, we have a long way to go.
A lot of partnering comes from a head space, a thinking space; somewhere made of definitions and verbal structures. But it's not something we experience from the outside looking in. It comes from trust and from hope and from belief. Trust in one another and trust in the path forward. Hope that we can accomplish something, maybe even something small that will amaze us, and fortify us and validate us. And belief that even in a broken system and the experience of many failures that there is a near future and a far future that is better than right now.
Once you've been a full partner, nothing less will do. And to be fair, it's a more demanding role for parents too. We have to do the work we've committed to even when we are tired, listen with the same respect and interest that we want in return and often stretch beyond what we thought we knew. When we look around the table to see that parents are participants and stakeholders, we need to up our game and expect that meaningful partnerships will be the norm for all of us.
The new DSM 5, the bible for psychiatric disorders, intends to do away with a bipolar diagnosis for many children and teens. A new diagnostic category, temper dysregulation disorder (TDD) is being proposed and would include symptoms of bipolar disorder. The new diagnosis of TDD (does this really denote a serious medical condition?) will surprise and dismay many parents. Families usually struggle for years with their child's unpredictable behavior, intense moods and volcanic temper tantrums while strangers, friends and family assume that what is wrong is inadequate parenting. A bipolar diagnosis has helped many parents get treatment, school services and a recognition that what they are dealing with at home is serious stuff indeed.
The DSM is many things to many people. Mental health clinicians rely on it to help form an accurate diagnosis. Insurers use it to authorize payment for medically necessary treatment. Schools often cite diagnoses in the student's education plan. Even juvenile courts use it to better understand the behaviors that might bring a youth into court.
The DSM 5 Child and Adolescent Disorders Workgroup has listed several reasons for the recommended change. The rise in prescribing psychotropic medications for children is one. The group also cites a study that "found a 40-fold increase between 1994 and 2003 in the number of outpatient pediatric psychiatry visits associated with the diagnosis of BD [bipolar disorder]." Yet, a 2007 study found that youth released from the hospital with a primary diagnosis of bipolar amounted to less than one in a thousand.
But in 1994, practically no children were diagnosed with bipolar disorder, so any increase from "almost nothing" would be startling. In the early 90s, I was running support groups where parents would share stories with each other about their child's moods (from rage to extreme silliness to wanting to die), the nightmares that came almost every night, the rigid food preferences and risky behaviors. Most parents worked, had little support and felt overwhelmed by the impact on their family. Parents were told their children had ADHD, anti-social personalities, were oppositional or had conduct disorder. Somehow these diagnoses didn't capture the gravity or complexity of the situation.
The DSM is not a coding system set up for the convenience of the insurance industry or to create a shorthand for schools. Yet, a child must often be labeled "something" in order to get services. We all give lip service to measuring the "functioning" of a child but that still doesn't open doors or get services paid for. The reality is that parents often have to fight for services. We may decry the need for labels and powerful diagnoses, but at this point in time it's what we have. Those diagnoses have to increase access for children as well as describe their symptoms.
Most of the children and youth who now have a bipolar disorder diagnosis require medication, therapy, special education strategies and a loving, dedicated parent who is willing to do battle to obtain the needed treatments and services in order to improve things. It's a diagnosis that does not imply that "bad" parenting is the cause, which allows parents to be partners in creating and carrying out a treatment plan, just as they would if this were any other medical illness. It also does not imply the child is to blame, which is often equally important.
Any new diagnosis proposed by the DSM 5 needs to send a clear signal to insurers, schools and the general public that bipolar in children is very real and very serious. Parents already know this. There is still time for comments at www.dsm5.org until April 20, 2010.
Yes, there's been a gap between the last post and this one. I got a house ready to be sold, sold it and am getting ready to move. It certainly devoured a lot of my time. But I have been thinking about children's mental health a great deal and the posts will keep on coming!


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Biblica The Bible Atlas: A Social and Historical Journey through the Lands of the Bible
Beitzel, Barry, editor
Lane Cove, Australia: Global Book, 2006 pp. 575. Price Not Available
Description: Heralded as the most authoritative and up-to-date atlas of the Bible now available, Biblica: The Bible Atlas goes beyond the more traditional books of its kind. It places the biblical narrative and its peoples in their historical, cultural, social, and geographic contexts, and it makes clear the complex history and cultures of the Bible lands as they relate to the region�s modern social and political landscape. But perhaps most important of all, Biblica: The Bible Atlas incorporates the most recent archaeological findings and research, combining scholarly data with engaging discussion of the Bible�s immortal stories. In summary, this unusual volume offers readers fresher insights and a deeper appreciation of the biblical narrative than any other reference source of its kind.
Subjects: Methods, Historical Approaches, History, Archaeology
Review by Ralph K. Hawkins
Citation: Ralph K. Hawkins, review of Barry Beitzel, ed., Biblica The Bible Atlas: A Social and Historical Journey through the Lands of the Bible, Review of Biblical Literature [http://www.bookreviews.org] (2007).


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DHEC Clarifies Recent CDC Information about COVID Deaths; South Carolina Announces Latest COVID-19 Update (September 3, 2020)
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Today, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is clarifying misunderstanding around newly released data from the U.S. Centers for Disease and Prevention Control (CDC) regarding deaths associated with COVID-19.
Provisional death data updated by the CDC last week shows that for six percent of COVID-19 deaths, COVID-19 was the only cause of death mentioned. The remaining 94 percent of deaths were among people with other underlying or contributing conditions but COVID-19 was still a factor in the deaths.
Cause of death, as listed on a death certificate, includes an immediate cause, intermediate causes, underlying cause, and contributing conditions. A common example of cause of death involving COVID-19 would have acute respiratory distress syndrome as the immediate cause of death, which is the ultimate condition that caused the death. The intermediate cause of death would have been pneumonia, with COVID-19 as the underlying cause of death. The underlying cause of death is the condition that leads, via intermediate causes, to the immediate cause of death.
Contributing factors could have been asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes, or any other illness or condition that may have made the condition that was the cause of death worse than it would have been.
In the example above, COVID-19, as the underlying cause of death, is the condition that triggered the cascade of events that eventually lead to death. While certain people such as older adults are more likely to have more contributing factors, if the person doesn't contract COVID-19, then those factors don't start the cascade of events that lead to death. Therefore, while COVID-19 infection had a significant role in causing the death in the example, it was not the only cause of death listed. As a result, that death would not count in the six percent from the CDC.
This is not new information. It's been understood for quite some time that individuals with certain underlying conditions are at greater risk for severe illness and death, which is why DHEC provides underlying health conditions data, also called comorbidity information, for COVID-19-associated deaths on its county-level dashboard, under the "Deaths" data section.
Learn more about conditions that increase the risk of severe illness on the CDC website here. This updated data from the CDC further emphasizes the risk for people with these underlying health conditions.
Latest COVID-19 Update (September 3, 2020)
Today, DHEC announced 1,084 new confirmed cases and 29 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 12 additional confirmed deaths and 1 new probable death.
This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 119,822 probable cases to 1,874, confirmed deaths to 2,667, and 140 probable deaths.
Confirmed and probable cases: please click here.
Confirmed and probable deaths: please click here.
More Than 480 Testing Opportunities Available Statewide
Testing for COVID-19 is essential because it helps identify people who are infected with the virus, whether or not they have symptoms, so they can isolate themselves and keep those around them from becoming infected, especially at-risk individuals who can develop life-threatening illness if they contract the virus. Identifying those with COVID-19 who have symptoms helps ensure they receive the medical treatment they need.
DHEC is working with community partners to set up mobile testing clinics and make testing available in communities across the state. Currently, there are 248 mobile testing events scheduled through October 17 and there are 236 permanent COVID-19 testing facilities across the state. Find a testing clinic or event near you at scdhec.gov/covid19testing.
Testing in South Carolina
As of yesterday, a total of 1,033,762 tests have been conducted in the state. See a detailed breakdown of tests in South Carolina on the Data and Projections webpage. DHEC's Public Health Laboratory is operating extended hours and is testing specimens seven days a week, and the Public Health Laboratory's current timeframe for providing results to health care providers is 24-48 hours.
Percent Positive
The total number of individual test results reported to DHEC yesterday statewide was 6,560 (not including antibody tests) and the percent positive was 16.5%.
Hospital Bed Occupancy
Hospitals report their information each day to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by way of TeleTracking, and that same reporting is also provided to DHEC. Click here to view data from today's TeleTracking report.
For the latest information related to COVID-19 visit scdhec.gov/COVID-19. Visit scdmh.net for stress, anxiety and mental health resources from the S.C. Department of Mental Health.
*As new information is confirmed or provided to the department, some changes in historical and previously reported data may occur. DHEC's online COVID-19 resources will adjust to reflect the most current and verified information available at any given time.
COVID-19 Media Relations
Vendor Has Repaired Issues Causing COVID-19 Case Reporting Delays; Historical Breakdown Provided
DHEC Announces Shift from Containment to Mitigation as COVID-19 Cases See Record Growth S.C. Public Health Officials: "We Must All Stand Together on the Frontlines Against COVID-19"
DHEC, LLR Announce Joint Order Expands Pool of Medical Professionals who can Administer COVID-19 Vaccine
S.C. Public Health Officials Call on Nurses, Pharmacists, Paramedics—among other qualified people—to Apply for Jobs that Support COVID-19 Vaccination in South Carolina DHEC: "If you are able and willing, your state urgently needs you."
South Carolina State Epidemiologist Dr. Linda Bell Receives COVID-19 Vaccine, has the 'utmost confidence in its safety and effectiveness'
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Q: Text is not aligned on the button it has a button that will be used to open a content. Then when it is opened, the button text is changed to "-" and when it closes to "+".
I can't use icons!
Anyway, the "-" or "x", are not aligned on the button. I've used flex display, tested several things and I can't, someone help me please

document.getElementById("btn").addEventListener("click", (event) => {
  let button = event.target;
  if (button.innerText == "-") {
    button.innerText = "+";
  } else {
    button.innerText = "-";
  }
})
* {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

div {}

#btn {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  height: 40px;
  border: 0;
  font-size: 40px;
  font-weight: 600;
  background-color: red;
}

  <button id="btn">
            x
        </button>

A: You just have to add a width property.

.btn {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  height: 40px;
  width: 40px;
  border: 0;
  font-size: 40px;
  background-color: red;
}
<button class="btn">+</button>

<button class="btn">−</button>

<button class="btn">×</button>

Notes:

*

*The minus symbol is not the dash -, and the close symbol is also not X since they will be misaligned. Copy the symbol from the above code directly.

Symbol references

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*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plus_and_minus_signs

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_mark
PS: Some code that is not in use in the answer have been removed from the snippet copied from question.

A: My suggestion:

button {
  background-color: red;
  border: 0;
  font-size: 28px;
  font-weight: bold;
  margin: 0 5px 0 5px;
  padding: 10px;
  vertical-align: middle;
  text-indent: 3px; /* for perfect horizontal centering, with some fonts */
}
<button>+</button>
<button>−</button>
<button>×</button>

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It comes as a great shock to many church members that Jesus rarely used the word 'Church', basically only twice. Once when referring to the 'Rock' (himself) on which he would build the spiritual eternal community of those who become disciples (Matt. 16:18). A second time when giving guidelines on how to deal with discipline issues in the Christian community (Matt. 18:17).
The fact of the matter is that Jesus wasn't big on 'church' in the way we use the word anyway and didn't come to build one. So why does 'church' consume so much time and energy for western Christians?
We might look at this another way by asking what WAS Jesus on about if it wasn't church? The answer to that question is that He was on about the 'Kingdom'. This was the centre of His teaching and ministry-the establishment of the Kingdom of God, not the creation of a 'church'. It should be noted that in the Lord's prayer we pray 'your Kingdom' come, not 'your church' come.
So western Christians tend to be on about the church while God is on about His kingdom. The Kingdom being establishment of His rule in human hearts (conversion), and in human society (justice).
Just musing that it might be worthwhile for us to carry out an audit of how much of our resources (time, gifts, money) are used for 'the church' and how much in establishing the 'Kingdom'.
Just a thought, but it might have something to say about why we struggle!
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Our Student of the Month is Hairstylist-to-be, Taya Tkachuk 👏 👏 from the Edmonton campus. "Taya is a lovely student inside and out. She is always willing to lend a helping hand and has an eagerness to learn" says Edmonton Director, Analia Rubie.
1). Why did you choose Hairstyling as a career?
2). What do you like most about Hairstyling so far?
3). How was the Pop Up Salon?
"It was a great experience outside of school! It helped me understand what goes on behind the scenes of a salon….I learned different techniques in blow drying…and running/managing a salon".
4). What has surprised you the most about beauty school?
"Unit 3. I wasn't expecting to learn about anatomy. I hate that people stereotype hair school as dumb but that's not true. You need to know your stuff…even anatomy. All the studying and hair that you do puts a lot of stress on your body. You put so many hours into doing one clients' hair to make them happy and studying on top of that! Its not just applying color or cutting hair…it's much more".
5). What do you love about MC College?
6). What has been the most challenging thing you've learned at MC College? Why?
7). What are your plans for the future after graduating?
8). What advice would you give to someone who wants to become a Hairstylist?
9). What is the best advice you've received about the industry, beauty school or career?


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Tags Bribery
Tag: bribery
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Former Malaysian Deputy PM Faces Corruption Charges
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Ex-Hong Kong Official Sentenced to 3 Years on African Bribery Charges
Patrick Ho Chi-Ping, a 69-year old former politician from Hong Kong, has been found guilty of engaging in bribing African leaders by a New...
Desperate Huawei Now Trying to Bribe American Journalists
With international scrutiny growing on Huawei's activities, the company is desperately trying every trick in the book. Their methods include bribing American journalists in...
Ex-PLA Chief Sentenced to Life Behind Bars for Corruption
Fang Fenghui, a former Chief of Joint Staff of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has been sentenced to life in prison after he was...
China Has a Big Bribery Problem
China is aiming to be the No. 1 superpower in the world. But the country has many fundamental problems, among which is a long history...
Ex-Chinese Official Convicted by US Court for Corrupting African Leaders
Patrick Ho Chi-ping, a 69-year-old former Hong Kong politician, has been found guilty by a New York court on seven counts of violating the...
Offend Chinese Communist Officials and Find Yourself Going to Prison
Taiwanese businessmen do not understand the way the officialdom of the Chinese Communist Party operates. Their mistake is believing that the communist officials will...
Bribery Is Common in China, but Not in the U.S.
In China, there is a saying: "Money can move the ghosts." "Walking the back door," also known as bribery, has become an unwritten rule...
Are Chinese Officials Exporting Corruption Too?
According to the 2017 Corruption Perceptions Index, China ranks 77th least corrupt country in a list of 175 countries in the world. It...


One of my favorite characteristics of the cellulose fibrils is its behavior when drying or involved in the drying process of a product system. I have learned through some of our conducted tests that cellulose fibrils can act in an interesting and often beneficial way towards obtaining desired end product characteristics. Most of the examples on how the fibrils influence the drying are related to coatings. I however believe that similar behavior is possible to observe in application areas where a tight control of dry-out properties is desired. Evaporation of solvents is often the main technique for drying in many applications. I will therefore focus my blog post this time on this specific drying technique. Let me share some very interesting insights into why cellulose fibrils are improving the products upon drying.
In water based systems, one of the fastest growing technologies within adhesives and coatings applications, the main method used for drying is so-called convection drying. In convection drying, the water evaporates, influenced by several factors such as the humidity (relative), the air speed, and of course time. All these aspects play different roles depending on the equipment you use. Huge difference in behavior can for instance be observed if induction drying is compared to convection drying. The film formation of the coating, putty etc. behaves differently, and might even depend on the type of surfactants used.
Coatings, adhesives and putties are normally built up by polymers which at a certain time during the drying process go together and create a continuous film. It has not been typical to include non-soluble rheology additives in this context before, and this is where the cellulose fibrils are different. We have previously written about the rheology effect of the three-dimensional network of cellulose fibrils, but let me try to explain how this is also affecting the parameter of drying using the coatings field as an example.
When the cellulose fibrils are incorporated into for example an adhesive formulation in an optimal manner (by using high shear mixing), they form a homogeneously spread three-dimensional network within the product's matrix allowing for the strong water affinity of all the available OH groups on the fibrils' surface to give strength and improved stability to this network, as well as to the formulation as a whole. This improves the stability of the formulation on the shelf and creates performance functionalities during the application process. These same fibrils impact the drying process. Due to the presence of the fibrils, the film stays open during the entire solvent evaporation process, decreasing issues like blistering while at the same time removing stress in the film during drying (see sketch and picture below). At sufficient use dosage, the fibrils improve the strength of the film.
Picture 1: Courtesy of Borregaard (Exilva cellulose fibrils).
So, what's the practical benefits of this?
For the ones out there living in cold climates for a large part of the year, this effect can give a prolonged painting season (you can paint down to 2 degrees Celsius without seeing the cracking problem1.
Picture 2: Screenshot from Exilva video, courtesy of Borregaard.
Are you selling or distributing coatings, adhesives, putties or other types of products where drying is an issue? This rheology technology platform of cellulose fibrils giving additional effects could for certain be interesting. This is especially true if you are looking for thicker coatings with improved drying functionalities, or even looking to extend the painting season of your products. If you come up with a good solution for this, please be in touch and let me try your new formulation!


I think everyone needs one. Now I'll give everyone a few days to put one up theirselves. However, if you don't I am going to pt one up for you (since I am admin and can do creepy stuff like that). If you post enough that I can make one relate to you then thats what you get. If not then I am just going to find funny ones.
or maybe random flags such in our old forum?
And the irony is, I don't see that you already had one.
Get one for yourself ya hypocrite!
I am looking for the goofiest one for myself!


The Pascack Valley High School Interact Club recently held its annual food drive to benefit the River Vale food pantry. Members of the club donated several boxes and shopping bags full of non-perishable food. Club advisor, Ms. Jessica Andersen, teacher of Family and Consumer Sciences, along with Julie Allmers, Interact Club President, spearheaded the food drive.
The Interact Club, a community service-based co-curricular organization affiliated with Rotary International, aids local families in need. The club motto is "service above self."
"We look forward this year to again assisting the local community through various community service projects," said Andersen.
Photo: Pascack Valley High School Interact Club members with food donations collected for the River Vale food pantry. Pictured (from left to right) are: Julie Allmers, Interact Club President; Mallory Downs; Kayla Garfinkel; and Brianna Harnett.


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Walter Ruddiman (1719 – 6 June 1781) was a Scottish printer, publisher and newspaper proprietor based in Edinburgh. Born in Alvah, near Banff, in the North-East of Scotland, he was the youngest son of the farmer James Ruddiman (c. 1680 – c. 1739) and nephew of the printer, scholar and librarian Thomas Ruddiman (1674–1757) whose business was also based in Edinburgh. Walter Ruddiman moved to Edinburgh  sometime shortly after 1745 and was eventually admitted as a burgess of the city on 11 September 1754. Around the same time he also married Janet Bradefute with whom he had four children, Thomas, John, Walter and Janet.

Ruddiman's most important publishing venture was his Weekly Magazine, established (through its first issue) on 7 July 1768. It was a weekly broadsheet which commercially described itself as a digest of "all the Magazines, Reviews, Newspapers, &c. published in Great Britain [...] being a Register of the Writings and Transactions of the Times"; a description that allowed Ruddiman to avoid the stamp duty carried at that time by newspapers but not by literary periodicals. The magazine was a great success in Edinburgh and further afield with a circulation of around 3000 copies per week throughout the 1770s. Ruddiman's eldest son, Thomas (1755–1825) became a partner in April 1772.

Between 1771 and 1774 the Weekly Magazine notably carried new poetry by the young poet Robert Fergusson and the popular reaction to his work, especially that in Scots, prompted Ruddiman and his son to publish the first general edition of Fergusson's writing, Poems by Robert Fergusson, which appeared in January 1773. Ruddiman's magazine also featured poet John Mayne's poem on Hallowe'en in 1780.

In the later 1770s, the Weekly Magazine was brought to the notice of the London exchequer for carrying news articles, making it liable for tax. As a result, in 1777, Ruddiman created a new distinct title, Ruddiman's Weekly Mercury, for news and the Magazine, which became free of news content, became non-liable for stamp duty. In December 1779, from the 47th volume, it was retitled the Edinburgh Magazine, or, Weekly Amusement. Although these developments had the effect of splitting the readership in terms of circulation, the aggregate of the sales for both publications remained solid in the region of 3 to 3.5 thousand.

Ruddiman's wife predeceased him by five years and they are both buried in Edinburgh's Greyfriars kirkyard. Their son Thomas inherited his father's business.

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It's this time of the year when the Northern Hemisphere gets into spring mode. Time to wipe the dust off the board and sort out the gear for the new season. To give you some extra motivation for the first spring sessions, we've asked our riders to film some action during their OFF SEASON, showing them in their free sailing routine away from the buzz and pressure of competitions.
We'll start with no one less than our current Wave Vice World Champ.
Victor sent us this nice little edit from sailing at his home spot in Almerimar, shot in January 2016.
Thanks to Fish Bowl Diaries for the awesome shots to go with this post!
More OFF SEASON clips will follow in the coming weeks. Enjoy watching!
OFF SEASON - Victor Fernandez in Almerimar from Fanatic International on Vimeo.


Essentially, marketing involves all major areas of promotions and such and this course definitely do not teach you how to sell a product or service. In fact, it teaches you on how to strategize your selling campaigns.
One of the major areas in a degree in marketing is in its branding and promotions disciplines. This is where you will learn about the dynamics and methods adopted by successful global brands in establishing themselves to become synonymous with a specific area of everyday living and how you will be able to emulate these campaigns for your own products or services. While every marketing plan differs depending largely at the time and place as well as the nature of products or services, you will learn among many, the various methods to plan, develop, adopt and execute marketing plans. How effective and affective they are depends largely on how well you plan them.
Marketing degrees are highly appropriate for students who are interested in branding, planning, strategizing and such. You must be analytical when it comes to positioning your products so that all the events and promotional activities are launched with confidence and risks are calculated. Typically, you must first be able to grasp concepts like cost-benefit analysis, budgeting and finance and such so that you will be able to derive a practical ad profitable business marketing plan.
Among the modules that you will take in this degree includes Management, Economics, Retail Management, Consumer Behaviour, International Marketing, Marketing Research and others. You will notice that a degree in marketing requires you understand your customers well so that you know how to target them and why. Understanding the market dynamics and demographics are also taught in this course.
Career opportunities for graduates in Marketing include areas in Marketing, advertising and promotions. Some of the jobs out there are like advertising or account managers, marketing executives, media planner or buyers, brand communication managers, corporate communication executives and others.


Always keep one eye on the lake, it could make all the difference.
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"At the time of the earthquake, I was away from home. As soon as the earthquake stopped, I rushed home to find my family safe but my two-story house had turned into a pile of rubble. We lived in a tent for five months in dire conditions. Being an experienced mason, I decided to rebuild my house. Later, through a PASSA member, I came to know that the house I tried to build did not meet the national building standard and I might lose the chance of receiving the government reconstruction grant. I then went to Habitat's Housing Support Service Center to seek support and redesign my house. Through Housing Support Service Center I came to know about the skilled masonry training and I enrolled in it. With new skills and knowledge on hand, I started building my new house. Volunteers from Japan also helped in the construction. I had a chance to learn a new Japanese word — "arigato" (which means "thank you").


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LUNOS is a specialist trade mark 2022
For the sixth time, LUNOS has been chosen as the specialist trade brand of the year.
With this special award, the Plus X Award recognises the brands that have made a special contribution to the partnership with the trade and the craft.
The awards for specialised trade brand and specialised trade brand of the year are not based on the judgement of a jury of experts, as is usually the case, but on a Germany-wide survey for which the Plus X Award and its partner media call on the specialised trade and the specialised trade to vote for their favourite brands.
The importance of the specialised trade and the trade is greater today than ever before. "It is important that the industry understands to protect and support exactly these sales channels already out of its own interest," says Plus X Award President Donat Brandt. The partnership-based cooperation between manufacturers and trade or crafts is becoming increasingly important - also in order to be able to satisfy customers. "The awards for the best specialised trade brand and the best specialised craft brand in particular show that the company managements of the award-winning brands have understood this value and that their sales managements also work very responsibly and in partnership with the trade and craft", emphasises Donat Brandt.
We are very proud to have received this award once again and would like to express our sincere thanks to Germany's specialist craftsmen.


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Hamilton's letter to Richards
Loshaun Dixon
Minister of Community and Social Development, the Honourable Eugene Hamilton.
My dear Brother and Political Leader Shawn
On Sunday you raised among other things two critical issues for me to contemplate. A third issue emerged from later conversation among the persons present
I will characterize the issues as follows:-
Whether I would accept the position as Prime Minister as an interim measure
Whether I would join my six other elected colleagues in signing an instrument to the GG apprising him that we support another to serve as PM in the place of Tim Harris in whom we have lost confidence
The issue that evolved is "Whether I would join all of six elected members in signing a resignation from Cabinet"
The question outlined in the first issue assumes that the GG could replace the PM based on letters written to him by sitting parliamentarians. I am not familiar with any supporting legislation that provides that option to the GG.
If the question assumes that the PM would resign without seeking the dissolution of parliament, I don't believe that he would ever do so and I don't believe that you have advanced a case for him to do so.
Your question would only be relevant if he were to resign without the dissolution of parliament. Therefore, given my previous statement this matter should not even be contemplated under the circumstances
The second question is negatived by my belief that the GG does not have that option available to him. Any such letter may only serve as pressure but our history has shown that it could bring no result without a MONC
On the question of whether or not the GG can unseat the PM based on a simple extra-Parliamentary approach from anyone, such a development can be described as a palace coup.
Indeed, there is a well-respected convention that Her Majesty does not INTERFERE, INTERVENE, nor INTERCEDE in political wrangling and machinations at the level of those vying for power outside of any parliamentary platform.
She responds only to the wishes of the electorate at the level of the body politic via the process of democratic elections and at the level of the representatives of the body politic via the inner workings of the Parliament. Hence, the principal time when the GG "has occasion to appoint" is following an election and secondarily following a successful motion of no confidence.
The third question of resigning from Cabinet is one which I will not contemplate based on the information available to me and advanced by you so far. It does nothing to preserve the livelihood of those who will be exposed by adverse outcomes. I speak about all of the PAM dominated Boards where some derive their only income like Dorita; I speak about those hundreds if not thousands who are employed and are in vulnerable disposition and can be easily removed; I speak about those who have financial commitment and could have their life disrupted; and the list goes on and on
Regarding the letter written to the PM giving a deadline
Firstly, while I have listened to the letter read to me for the first time on Sunday, as having been sent to the PM, which purports to bring dissolution if no resolution by issuing a deadline, I am not convinced that the public would agree that we have done enough in the past and even now, to properly address the issues which confront PAM. True we should not have had to confront some of these at all but we have to deal with reality as they are
There is also the question of whether some of the issues are really for the PM to address rather than PAM addressing those questions
Secondly, I see no clear path for a return of the PAM elected representatives to parliament if Parliament is dissolved now as a consequence of our resignations. However, I can see a path if we are strategic in our conduct of affairs even at this late hour and I have previously given you some suggestions which includes your role on the Boundaries Commission
My view is that our resignation is like inflicting a death sentence on PAM. A proverbial mortal wounding of PAM by its elected representatives if we resign at this point without making some important strategic moves
I shudder to think that by my signature I would have inflicted a mortal wound on the party to which I have given more than fifty years of unfettered service and in the process suffering greatly without a murmur
I have survived being terminated by Labour twice in my life; the last termination costing me in excess of half a million dollars just to stabilize my life; denied my constitutional right to pursue my own business despite capitalizing the company with three times the statutory capital required; suffered a fractured jaw as a result of missiles thrown at a PAM public meeting; suffered unmerited humiliation by Bloom Cooper and his commission of inquiry; and believe me Shawn I am just getting started
At a recent meeting you and I listened to Linsday and Jonel clearly expressing trepidation about winning their seats while still appearing gung ho about dissolution. If they are uncertain, it is very likely that on the ground it is worse than they think because I would expect them to be the most optimistic about their constituencies than others, except it is that they don't really know their constituencies
I have not hidden my fears. I have told you and others where I stand and I am saying here again for the record that an election at this time is a loss of const 8 by any PAM candidate
If you are satisfied given what both Lindsay and Jonel have said, then you are prepared to accept PAM just having one seat which is your seat. I do not understand your plan and I would be unwise to accept without more. I would have been happy to be there tonight to get a better understanding to allay my fears
To me, the possibility of being reduced to one seat would be tantamount to driving a harpoon through the heart of PAM which I have given my life to.
As a mater of reflection regarding the overall spectacle of current developments, it is important to factor in the relevant consideration of what all this means in terms of public perception which will have some effect on public response in an election.
As politicians we must be mindful that our behaviours and actions are viewed by a mixed audience. There is therefore the question of what strategies are being employed and what will be the fallout of such strategies when analyzed by the total audience.
While it is easy to get carried away by the raucous support of the core of rabid supporters to whom we are the greatest thing since sliced bread, we should always consider the silent majority who is taking in our performance as well as the performance of our opponents. They are the ones who will very rationally analyze our performance and at the end of the day make a big difference one way or the other; depending on how they interpret our performance.
For reflection, See below the section of the Constitution that speaks to removal et al
Ministers.
(1) There shall be a Prime Minister of Saint Christopher and Nevis who shall be appointed by the Governor-General.
(2) Whenever the Governor-General has occasion to appoint a Prime Minister he or she shall appoint a Representative who appears to him or her likely to command the support of the majority of the Representatives.
(3) There shall be, in addition to the office of Prime Minister, an office of Deputy Prime Minister and such other offices of Minister of the Government as may be established by Parliament, or, subject to the provisions of any law enacted by Parliament, by the Governor-General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister.
(4) Appointments to the office of Minister, other than the office of Prime Minister, shall be made by the Governor-General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, from among the members of the National Assembly.
(5) If occasion arises for making an appointment to the office of Prime Minister or any other Minister while Parliament is dissolved, then, notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (2) and (4), a person who was a Representative immediately before the dissolution may be appointed as Prime Minister and a person who was a Representative or a Senator immediately before the dissolution may be appointed as any Minister other than Prime Minister.
(6) The Governor-General shall remove the Prime Minister from office if a resolution of no confidence in the Government is passed by the National Assembly and the Prime Minister does not within three days either resign from his or her office or advise the Governor-General to dissolve Parliament.
(7) If, at any time between the holding of a general election of Representatives and the first meeting of the National Assembly there-after, the Governor-General considers that in consequence of changes in the membership of the Assembly resulting from that election the Prime Minister will not be able to command the support of the majority of the Representatives, the Governor-General may remove the Prime Minister from office.
(8) The office of any Minister shall become vacant (a) if the holder of the office ceases to be a member of the National Assembly otherwise than by reason of the dissolution of Parliament; (b) in the case of the Prime Minister, if, when the Assembly first meets after any dissolution of Parliament, he or she is not then a Representative; (c) in the case of any other Minister, if, when the Assembly first meets after any dissolution of Parliament, he or she is not then a Representative or a Senator; or(d) if, by virtue of section 31(4), he or she is required to cease to perform his or her functions as a member of the Assembly.
(9) The office of a Minister other than the Prime Minister shall become vacant (a) if the Governor-General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, so directs; (b) if the Prime Minister resigns from office within three days after a resolution of no confidence in the Government has been passed by the National Assembly or is removed from office under subsection (6) or (7); or(c) on the appointment of any person to the office of Prime Minister.
(10) In the exercise of the powers conferred upon him or her by subsections (2) and (7) the Governor General shall act in his or her own deliberate judgment.
Finally my brother Shawn, don't make this about my pension (even though that is a truism that me and my dependents could suffer from that loss) but take the broad view and see this as your moment to do the greatest good for the greatest number of people.
In the scheme of things my loss or potential loss despite all that I have given to PAM dwarfs in comparison to the loss that would engulf the people that we pledge to serve
This is your utilitarian moment
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Science Technology and Reparations
By John Gimbel
PRE-OWNED COPY. The author describes the manner in which German scientific and technical research, including private commercial trade secrets protected by international patent law and worth billions, was simply stolen and sold or given to private American companies for risible sums of money.
A single paragraph in a single German document was said to have been worth 100,000 dollars to one American company. The scope of the plunder is such that one is almost left with the impression that the Americans actually provoked the war just to indulge in international thievery on a gigantic scale.
The following are a few paragraphs from the book, pp. 22-23:
"Howland H. Sargeant, the chairman of the wartime THC, the agency that collected both written and oral reports from investigators upon their return from Europe after the war, testified before a committee of Congress early in February 1946 that our top people in Germany had discovered and brought back technical know-how on a cold steel extrusion process used by the Germans to produce shell fuses at the rate of about twenty or thirty per minute, while Americans produced similar fuses at a rate of about one every three minutes.
Such 'processes carry over directly' to peacetime production, Sergeant observed. Noting that the United States had some 600 sheet-stamping shops and more than 2,500 manufacturing shops that stamped materials out of sheet metal, he concluded that all of these could use this process to produce more economically and efficiently, and to manufacture 'far more intricate parts than ever before'.
"Variations of the rubber story and the cold-steel extrusion theme could be repeated for synthetic fuel, jet aircraft, rockets, infrared, aerial photography, optical glass, electron microscopes, power circuit-breakers, die-casting equipment, wind tunnels, acetylene chemistry, textiles and textile machinery, X-ray tubes, forest products, ceramics, colors and dyes, tape recorders, heavy presses, diesel motors, high-tension cables, radio condensers, insecticides, color film processing, a unique chocolate-wrapping machine, a continuous butter-making machine, a precision grinding machine, a "hot welding" process for making radiator cores, and other technologies.
Wind tunnels found in Germany were reported to be 'far superior' to anything in use in the United States, and a working model on a twin-engine diesel motor was judged to be 'far superior to anything that had been produced or planned in the States'. 'An ingenious German machine' for producing radio condensers was thought to be advanced enough to 'revolutionize the manufacture of condensers for radio, radar, and other electric and electronic equipment'. Textile industry technicians, one of whom reportedly said 'we have been asleep here', found German 'textiles and yarns with no commercial counterpart in this country' and 'equipment for spinning worsted yarns 'superior to ours'.
Finally, Army Signal Corps experts and 'many manufacturers and designers of electrical equipment in this country' judged German die-casting machines – which the Germans had used to produce bomb parts, fuses, radio and field telephone sets, field glasses, camera parts, and 'complete radio chassis of excellent design' to be 'a real advance in the die casting art'".
This book is discussed in a letter to Ernst Zundel, and you can read it on this link: www.cwporter.com/letter34.htm
See also the Original CIOS Report Documents (Combined Intelligence Operations Service) offered here which evidence the claims made in the book
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2...e6 is the natural way for Black to defend the d5-pawn and it prepares to develop the Bf8, whilst for the moment the light-squared bishop is at first shut in. This system is considered one of the most solid against 1.d4 and has been used in numerous WCh matches.
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I suppose one could access the cable games via the internet. But the quality of the internet broadcasts that I have seen are not yet up to the viewing standards of those via broadcast or cable.
On the other hand, think of the time this circumstance released for so many people today!
UPDATE: No Orange Bowl game either.
Seems to me that the Bowl Games are all about money, and who can pocket the biggest slice of it. It is hard to believe that they would be allowed to hijack something as "american pie" as Bowl Games on New Years Day and hold hostage anyone who chooses not to subscribe to a cable company for service. Just another example of big money doing what they want and shoving it down America's throat.
You are right, Doug! I can remember New Years Day growing up being a feast of football games. I think we started off with the Cotton Bowl in the early afternoon, after a couple of parades, then to the Sugar Bowl, then to Rose Bowl, and finally to the Orange Bowl. My head was spinning by the time I collapsed in bed.


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Bills, Reforms, Regulations, Reports
Report of the 1st Company Law Committee (2016) and the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2016
Reforming company law for improving corporate governance standards in India
Debanshu Mukherjee
Shreya Garg
Shohini Sengupta
Joyjayanti Chatterjee
Anjali Anchayil
The Companies Act, 2013 was enacted in late 2013 and many of its provisions came into force in 2014. Before this law was enacted, companies were primarily regulated under the Companies Act of 1956. The 2013 Act brought about several transformative changes to company law in India. However, it also caused significant implementation issues that undermined ease of doing business and created several arbitrage opportunities for wrongdoers. The 1st Companies Law Committee was set up in 2015 to review the new Act and make recommendations for ironing-out such issues. Six working groups were set up under committee's aegis to examine issues relating to incorporation, raising of capital, accounts and audit, corporate governance, offences and penalties and subjects falling within the jurisdiction of the National Company Law Tribunal (such as oppression and mismanagement, insolvency and schemes of arrangement).
The committee's recommendations paved the way for several long-term changes to company law in India. One of its most important recommendations related to improving the transparency of Indian companies by requiring appropriate disclosures about beneficial ownership of shares in line with international best practices. This recommendation was targeted at discouraging the use of shell companies for tax avoidance and money laundering.
The Committee released its report in February, 2016. Many of its recommendations were included in the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2016, which was introduced in the Parliament in March, 2016 and after being considered by a Standing Committee, got enacted in December, 2017.
Read the Bill
Read the Act
Debanshu is one of Vidhi's Co-Founders. He has over a decade of experience in commercial laws and the financial sector and has advised the Government of India on several legislative projects in this space. He was instrumental in advising the Government on the design and drafting of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code and its subsequent implementation. He has developed and curated Vidhi's work on insolvency law, corporate law, financial regulation, and competition law and conceptualized its Bankruptcy Research Program. He has served as a member of a Government-appointed committee for operationalizing the National Company Law Tribunal and deposed before two Parliamentary committees examining financial sector legislation. He has also worked as a teaching fellow at Harvard Law School. He is an alumnus of the Harvard Law School, the University of Oxford, and Hidayatullah National Law University. He attended Harvard as a Fulbright Scholar and was awarded the Irving Oberman Memorial Prize in Bankruptcy and the Dean's scholar prize in Corporations. He was also awarded a Distinction for his graduate studies at Oxford. In 2017, he was selected for NYU School of Law's Hauser Global Scholarship, which he waived. His academic work has been published in peer-reviewed journals and an edited book published by Cambridge University Press, New York. He has been consulted by and mentioned in global business publications, such as IFR Asia and The Economist. Earlier, Debanshu practiced as an M&A and regulatory lawyer with AZB & Partners at its Mumbai and New Delhi offices.
Shreya is a Senior Resident Fellow and Lead, Law, Finance and Development. Her areas of interest are company law, insolvency law, corporate governance and responsible business conduct, fintech and financial inclusion. At Vidhi, she has worked on a diverse range of projects including research and drafting of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 and consequent amendments and subordinate legislation, review of offences under the Companies Act, 2013 and drafting of the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights. Shreya completed her B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) from the National Law University, Jodhpur in 2012 and her LLM from the Queen Mary University of London on a Chevening Scholarship in 2019, where her dissertation focused on peer-to-peer lending. She also worked as a Legal Consultant in the Financial Law Unit of the Legal Transition Team at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, London in 2019. Prior to joining Vidhi, she worked as an associate at Luthra & Luthra Law Offices, Delhi in the mergers & acquisition and real estate team.
Anjali worked as a Project Fellow at the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy.
R&D and Innovation in Corporate India
Law Reform Proposals for Making India an R&D Powerhouse
Institutionalising Valuation Profession in India
Book chapter for IBBI's Annual Publication on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016


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Q: Save hidden DIV as canvas image I used the following code to save the visible  as image.
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Is there any way that I can able to save the hidden

A: There are some solutions out there, like for example display property toggle, or render inside hidden element.
Solution 1
Quickly toggle visibility property
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Solution 2
Wrap your div (and make it visible) inside an invisible wrapper

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Jordan Shurr
Inclusive education has been a topic of intense interest and some debate of late. In the broad sense, inclusion often refers to making education welcoming and accessible to all students and in so removing barriers that inhibit access for students from marginalized groups such as those who are economically disadvantaged, racialized, those who identify with the LGBTQ+ community or those that are diagnosed with a disability (e.g., Ainscow, Booth, & Dyson, 2006; Brooks, Adams, & Morita-Mullaney, 2010; Kugelmass, 2004). Originally, prior to this broad thinking, the term inclusion had been mostly associated with increasing access for students with disabilities to the general education context. While the concept of inclusive education has been somewhat settled for students with high incidence disabilities, the debate continues for those with more significant support needs (Norwich, 2008). And, for this population, the focus of inclusive efforts has transformed over recent history. Wehmeyer described these shifts in foci, beginning around the 1970's and shifting every few decades, in three general themes (2006). Initially efforts on the part of researchers and advocates often focused on inclusive spaces, or physical access. This was aimed to get students with disabilities into general education places and away from segregated educational environments. The following wave was centered on the idea of social connectedness between students with and without disabilities. The intention here was to move beyond physical access, toward socially-meaningful connections for students. And the most current shift, initiated in the 2000's, has focused on inclusion as academic access. That is, students with disabilities are expected to gain access to the general education curriculum, tools, and resources for substantial opportunities of inclusive learning.
While it appears that there is a clear trajectory of the inclusive education history thus far, this is not necessarily reflective in current policy and practice, nor in public discourse. For instance in Canada alone, several somewhat diverging definitions of inclusive education from prominent entities exist. The Ontario ministry of Education describes it this way, "education that is based on the principles of acceptance and inclusion of all students. Students see themselves reflected in their curriculum, their physical surroundings, and the broader environment, in which diversity is honoured and all individuals are respected" (2009, p. 4). In this case, a strong emphasis on general principles of welcoming and a curriculum to match, seem to be the main message. Another such definition by, Inclusive Education Canada, is much more focused on the specific place and context of education, "all students attend and are welcomed by their neighbourhood schools in age-appropriate, regular classes and are supported to learn, contribute and participate in all aspects of the life of the school" (2017). Yet another definition from the Alberta Ministry of Education describes inclusion as, "an attitude and approach that embraces diversity and learner differences and promotes equal opportunities for all learners…" (2019). While there are similarities among these definitions and the many others published, differences exist regarding the focus on either specific elements of access or the broader principles or attitudes meant to guide the educational experience.
In addition to conflicts in the research literature and differences among authoritative definitions, it is clear that public perception of inclusion is often not based on a shared understanding of what is and what is not inclusion—specifically in the context of education for students with significant support needs. Recently, the Globe and Mail published a story on such a clash of perspectives along with a series of comments to the article from multiple perspectives (See Alphonso, 2019, January, 5; Busta, 2019, January, 7). The discussion in some way reflects the tension between inclusive education definitions which focus on the pragmatic versus those with more emphasis on philosophical elements. While debate is considered a healthy part of democratic society, it often appears that differences in opinion, in the case of inclusive education for students with significant support needs, could perhaps be attributed to a lack of clarity or shared understanding of the term. This topic is the central focus of this present project.
In working to understand the perspectives of individuals or groups on concepts as complex and nuanced as inclusion, it can be helpful to highlight the related external factors or influences. These can include history, culture, policy, social attitudes and the like—as ideas such as inclusive education are developed, practiced, and understood in context. Cross-national comparative research is one method for exposing such external variables and factors related to a concept of interest (Crossley & Watson, 2003). Such comparison of data can help reveal similarities across contexts as well as data that may be more accurately understand in a particular national context. It is expected that such a cross-national lens as will be employed in this project, will enable a rich understanding of perspectives on inclusive education.
Jordan Shurr, PhD
Mona Holmqvist, PhD
Daniel Östlund, PhD
Alexandra Minuk
Nehal Ghaith
Brenda Reed


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