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Solving Chronic Absenteeism Could Be Missing Piece to Classroom Achievement
Matt Masterson | November 10, 2016 10:43 am
With millions of students missing 15-plus days of school each year, a new report suggests increased tracking of chronic student absenteeism. (Don Harder / Flickr)
As states work to revamp their individual education policy models under new federal mandates, a new report suggests putting a focus on how often students are actually showing up to their classrooms.
Each state's accountability plan under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) – the federal law replacing No Child Left Behind (NCLB) at the beginning of next school year – must include four accountability measures, along with one non-academic indicator tracking either school quality or student success.
According to a report from The Hamilton Project, the best bet for that "fifth indicator" may be tracking chronic student absenteeism:
"State policy should, through its accountability system, encourage schools to ensure every child is in school every day and learning. By adopting chronic absenteeism as the fifth indicator, states will hold schools accountable to this goal."
To be "chronically absent," a student must miss at least 15 total days over the course of a standard school year. The Office of Civil Rights Data Collection estimates about one in seven K-12 students fit that definition during the 2013-14 school year.
That equates to roughly 98 million class days lost.
The chronic absenteeism metric allows for differentiation between schools and includes comparable and statewide attributes – requirements for any fifth indicator under ESSA – but the study also argues the vast majority of schools have significant room for improvement.
"Only 8.5 percent of regular public and charter schools nationwide reported no students who were chronically absent," the report states, referring to OCR data from the 2013-14 school year. "Put another way, more than 90 percent of schools can improve their rates of chronic absenteeism."
An abundance of available research compiled in recent years puts into perspective how important just showing up to school can be for a child at any grade level. Connections have been made between kindergartners missing school and depressed achievement levels; sixth graders attending less than 80 percent of class days and failing to move on to high school; and chronically absent high schoolers dropping out at substantially higher rates than their peers.
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) has also claimed a high attendance rate is more predictive of student graduation than standardized test scores.
And the negative effects brought about by chronic absenteeism do not plateau after 15 missed school days. The report states that as students move further and further beyond that threshold, they perform worse on standardized tests than those students deemed only "moderately chronically absent."
Though it doesn't specifically report on chronic absenteeism, ISBE does track chronic truancy – students missing nine or more school days in a given year without a valid excuse.
Statewide, the number of chronic truants has hovered between 9 and 10 percent of students over the past five years, according to data from the latest Illinois Report Card. Within Chicago Public Schools, that percentage is more than three times higher.
National distribution of chronic absenteeism. (The Hamilton Project)
For as many problems chronic absence and truancy create, there seems to be equally as many root causes – from health or family issues keeping kids from class, to harassment and safety concerns preventing them from wanting to go to class.
"Although there's a myriad reasons why they're truant, the end result oftentimes (stems from) a disconnection from all institutions," Brighton Park Neighborhood Council Executive Director Patrick Brosnan said, "so it really increases the number of disconnected youth, and in communities where there's high numbers of disconnected youth, there's also real high levels of violence."
BPNC works to connect hundreds of students and parents with needed resources relating to education, violence prevention, economic development and health care around Brighton Park. Much of that work also has to do with limiting truancy at schools.
The council has developed a violence prevention strategy and works to connect case managers with students missing class. While there has been success, Brosnan believes there is still substantial room for expansion.
His group, for example, works specifically with students who have been referred to them by schools. But there is not yet "street-level capacity" in place for students who have stopped attending class altogether.
"Our universe of support programs are really focused on kids that have one foot out the door, not both," he said. "And what's really needed is services for those kids."
Getting hold of specific absentee figures had also been difficult prior to ESSA. Under the new law, schools are now required to report chronic absence, suspension and expulsion rates to the Civil Rights Data Collection.
But previously under NCLB, schools and districts would often look at average daily attendance numbers, a metric which can obfuscate just how often students are actually at school, according to Marty Blank, president of the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Educational Leadership.
"You could have schools with 90 percent or 92 percent attendance, but if the children who are absent every day are different children, you really have a higher chronic absence rate," he said.
Many states, Illinois among them, remain in the process of drafting their individual ESSA accountability plans that will go into effect at the start of the 2017-18 school year. ISBE Director of Media & External Communications Jackie Matthews said the board is now working on its second draft based on feedback collected from a pair of statewide listening tours and hundreds of comments submitted online.
In an email, she added: "Chronic absenteeism was included in the first draft of the ESSA State Plan as a possible indicator of school quality."
Last year, the state also convened a committee of education officials and parent organization leaders to study chronic absenteeism and draft prevention strategies. That group is expected to release an annual report to ISBE and the General Assembly next month.
(Office For Civil Rights Data Collection)
A 2012 investigative study by the Chicago Tribune revealed 32,000 CPS students, including large numbers of African-American students and kindergartners, had missed at least four weeks of school during the 2010-11 school year.
While chronically absent students are more likely to continue missing class days as they progress from grade to grade, the effects are reversible. A 2012 study of Baltimore students found kindergartners who started off chronically absent were able to close the achievement gap with their peers in later grades.
But students can also backslide during their academic careers from one issue causing a prolonged absence to another.
"A kid might be in the second grade and you'll solve a problem and their attendance will get better, and then something will happen in the fourth or fifth grade that will again create a dilemma," Blank said. "So one needs to create a sustained capacity to support the children and support their families so they are attending schools on a very consistent basis."
To do that, Blank suggests getting teachers more actively involved in their students' lives – such as parent/teacher in-home visits – and matching schools with community-based organizations like BPNC that can provide assets and resources to keep kids coming to class.
He believes the chronic absenteeism metric can also work as a canary in a coal mine due to its potential to root out other systemic issues that aren't as readily apparent.
"If kids are missing schools because they have high rates of asthma, that means you've got to talk about what the health system is doing," he said. "If kids are missing school because moms have mental health issues and they keep their kids home because they want somebody around, then you have to have the mental health system engaged."
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Newsom says California about to 'break' amid flood of illegal migrants when Title 42 expires
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Newsom's comments reverse years of championing policies to accommodate and expand protections to illegal migrants entering California.
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California warned Monday that President Biden's plan to reverse former President Donald Trump's border policies could "break" his state.
The Biden administration is planning to lift the Trump-era Title 42 policy, which allows police and border officers to expedite the expulsion of illegal immigrants.
Newsom, speaking to ABC News on Monday, said, "The fact is, what we've got right now is not working and is about to break in a post-42 world unless we take some responsibility and ownership."
"I'm saying that as a father," the governor added. "I'm saying that as someone that feels responsible for being part of the solution and I'm trying to do my best here."
"About 22% of California's nearly 11 million immigrants are in the U.S. illegally, according to the Public Policy Institute of California."
Newsom claimed the U.S. government is sending "more and more" migrants to California because the state is "taking care of folks."
"The more we do, the burden is placed disproportionate on us," he said.
"We're already at capacity at nine of our sites," Newsom continued.
"We can't continue to fund all of these sites because of the budgetary pressures now being placed on this state and the offsetting issues that I have to address.…
"The reality is, unless we're doing what we're doing, people will end up on the streets."
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Warriors lose to Rockets, and Draymond Green leaves with an injury
Warriors lose to Rockets, and Draymond Green leaves with an injury. [Image Credit: Michael Tipton/Flickr]
The Golden State Warriors did something against Houston they don't normally — lose.
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The first team to 120 points win, right? That could have been the sentiment heading into the Warriors vs. Rockets matchup. Both teams came out firing on all cylinders, but the Warriors flamed out at the end. Despite Golden State being up as much as 17 points, the Rockets went on enough runs to keep the score close. And it wasn't just a loss for the Warriors; Draymond Green left the game with an injured knee on a night where every NBA fan was reminded of just how fragile a season can be.
Nick Young (23 points) didn't get a championship ring, but he was the Warriors star of the night. With a crowd that loves to rain praise on flashy players who can hit three-pointers, Young has finally found the perfect NBA home.
All he has to do with this Golden State team is what he does best, hit open jump shots. Whether he'll be a consistent player off the bench remains to be seen. But with the way Young can get hot from the outside, he is capable of winning games for this Warrior team, just not this one.
The starters
The Warriors starters played fine but were outmanned and out-hustled down the stretch. Before leaving in the third quarter with his injury, Draymond Green was having an all-around monster game (nine points/11 rebounds/13 assists). His absence may have made a difference, but when you have two former MVPs in their prime on your team, it certainly felt like the Warriors gave this one away.
Stephen Curry (22 points) and Kevin Durant (20 points) weren't their dominant selves and couldn't seem to bury the Rockets once they got them down.
Klay Thompson hit four three-pointers in the game but kept getting switched off James Harden, who played like an MVP in the fourth quarter.
With Andre Iguodala out this game, the Warriors bench wasn't operating anywhere near full capacity. And while Nick Young hit 8-9 shots from the field, the other contributions were minimal. Rookie Jordan Bell displayed some athleticism in his first game as a pro, scoring eight points on shots around the basket.
Golden State is used to their bench extending leads, but every player who didn't start had a +/- that ranged from -10 to 0.
How the Warriors start the year will be something to keep an eye, but means little as far as how they'll be judged. Teams like the Rockets, Thunder, and Spurs will assess their own team based on how they perform against Golden State.
But after two NBA championships and a 73-win season, all there is to say to the fans of other teams is, win or lose, enjoy the show.
Caroline.Diana
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Happy New Year soon. Pretty uneventful week heading into 2008. Getting to the end of tax-loss selling/gains taking and a lot of bad news-hopefully. All the indices were down .4-.6%. Our portfolio was down .1%.
Last week we went 8 stocks up, and 8 down.
For 2008 our favorite candidates for big gains are MEDW, AVSO.ob and BDAY. Although of all our stocks, we are only a bit worried about CLZR, as it continues to sink and is now our biggest DOG. MIVA at $1.83 is probably a good candidate for a January bounce.
For last week, 2007 year-to-date, and since we started this Blog in January 2006, our model portfolio is -.1%,+17.7% and +35.8% respectively. Since inception we are now 21 stocks up and 11 down( 7 of which are down less than 15%).
The DOW, NASDAQ and the S+P 500 were all down, with losses ranging from .4% (S+P 500) to .6% (NASDAQ) last week. The Dow is up 7.2%, NASDAQ is up 10.7% and the S+P 500 is up 4.2% for the year.
We are now up about 2.4 times the DOW, 1.6 times the NASDAQ and about 4 times the S+P 500 averages in 2007. The Russell 3000 and the Wilshire 5000 are up 4.0% and 4.6%for the year.
Since inception we have closed out the following positions:
2007-PDLI + 3% (Waited too long to sell)
For the 16 stocks that we have closed out in 2006 and 2007 the average gain was 22%. We have closed out 12 positions in 2007 compared to 4 in all of 2006.
Spectranetics (SPNC-Recommended 9/2/2006)
Buy price $10.65, Valuation $20-$22
Down $.50 to $15.30.
Hackers are back. 100 share trades most of last week–just like old times. Things continue to look just fine here.
Now up 44%. HOLD.
DataWatch Corp. (DWCH-Recommended 2/12/2006)
Buy price $3.21 (averaged down from $3.66), Valuation $10.30 (was $9.28, $9.20, $8.32, $7.50, $7.63, $9.31)
Closed at $5.93, down $.25.
The ex-CEO keeps cashing in options and selling–another 20,000 or so last week. This looks like it will go on for a while. Maybe the company ought to find a buyer for all his shares. Then this stock will fly.
DWCH is now trading at 58% of our valuation.
Now up 88%. HOLD, it this hits $8.00 in 2007-SELL 1/2
Parlux Fragrances (PARL-Recommended 11/30/2006)
Buy price $4.78 (was $6.12 before another $10,000 added, $6.65 before double up), Valuation $10.80 (Was $9.20, $8.63, $13.77)
PARL closed at $4.10, down $.18.
Lets see, sales up 38%, made $.10 a share fully taxed and paid down $8 million of debt over the past 6 months.
ECOM Ventures announced that it will merge with Model Reorg. Inc. ECOM will pay for it with shares, so that Nussdorf and family will end up owning 70% of ECOM. So maybe this was why he has been selling some PARL shares–lots of expenses and maybe some taxes to pay?
If they can get this deal done, can one with PARL be far behind?
Now trading at 38% of our valuation.
The new management has 2.0 million reasons to make this stock go up. Glenn Nussdorf paid $6 for his shares.
Down 14%. HOLD.
ILOG SA (ILOG-recommended 3/26/2007)
Buy price $12.08 (was $12.92 before another $10,000 added, $13.60 before double-up), Valuation $20.51 (was $23.22, $20.99, $20.52)
Closed at $10.52 up $.16.
No one cares about this stock right now.
It is a quality company–just French.
For FY2008 (this year) they are STILL projecting another 20% increase in sales and a tripling of operating income. They still have $3.35 a share in cash.
A buy-out is a decent possibility here.
Down 13%. HOLD
Celebrate Express (BDAY-recommended 4/17/2007)
Buy Price $8.38 (was $8.82 before double-up), NEW Valuation $15.51 (Was $17.85 $18.18)
Up $.02 to $7.90.
The "turnaround" is not yet done.
Earnings out January 3rd, after the close.
We like the recent insider buying again and are content to wait for this one.
Down 6%. BUY.
Mediware (MEDW-Recommended 6/4/2007)
Buy Price $6.52, (was $6.67 ($10,000 added), $6.98 after double up) NEW Valuation $13.32 (was $12.89, $13.40)
Up $.66 to $6.92..
Penninsula Capital owns 1.67 million shares or over 20% of MEDW. Not sure how they liguidate there stake profitably without a takeover
UP 6%. BUY
Candela Corp. (CLZR-Recommended 8/30/2007)
Buy Price $7.26, Valuation $11.51
Down $.17 to $5.44.
Healthinvest fund filed a 13G/a last week. Looks like they have reduced their position from 1,435,000 shares (6.2%) to 1,106,000 shares (4.8%). Looks like they are the ones that have been driving the price down.
JP Morgan added 95,000 shares from 11/28-11/30, at $6.12 to $6.21. They now own 3,354,000 shares or about 10%.
They also filed an 8K in December. Seems they are sprucing up their senior officer change-of-control agreeemtnts. Wonder why? Meanwhile the stock just continues to sink and is now our biggest DOG.
Angeion Corp. (ANGN-Recommended 10/14/2007)
No news to explain the big rise over the past month, but we like it.
MIVA. (MIVA-Recommended 10/21/2007)
Buy Price $2.38 (Was $2.62 before another $10,000 and was $3.00 forst before double up), Valuation $7.58 (was $7.59)
MIVA plunged on Friday. Tax loss selling here we think.
W. Blair disclosed a 10% stake in Miva in a 13G filing.
No news.
PDL Biopharma. (PDLI-Recommended 10/21/2007)
Buy Price $20.04, Valuation $24.00 to $30.00
PDLI announced the sale of a $30 million a year in sales drug–for $200 million.
Looks like our 3X product revenue valuation may be a tad low (below). The stock sank on this news. Makes no sense to us–other than tax loss selling.
At 7X the royalty revenue and 3X the product sales, you get $2.1 billion in value comapared to the current market cap of $2.1 billion. Their pipeline, and know-how has to be worth something.
No matter, they are still trying to sell the company.
So we are just waiting for them to announce the sale of the company and for how much.
Datalink. (DTLK-Recommended 10/31/2007)
Buy Price $4.28, Valuation $9.39
There is value here.
Trading at only 40% of our valuation.
OB-abies (Bulletin Board Listed Stocks)
Buy price $1.61 (Was $1.78 before another $10,000 added, was $2.06 before double up), NEW Valuation $5.71 (was $5.49, $5.34, $5.03, $5.28, $5.28, $5.21)
Closed at $1.65, up $.05.
Earnings two weeks ago were great. Sales up 21% and they made money. The stock initially went down! This market just stinks for mini/micro caps, and ARI does little to get any investor attention. Wake up management–you have a great little company here worth 3X what it is selling for.
Now up 2%. BUY. Still a Huge valuation gap here.
OPTIO Software Inc. (OPTO.ob-Recommended 3/22/2006)
Buy price $1.25, Valuation $2.74 (was $2.34, $2.28, $2.89, $2.89, $2.54 and 2.88)
OPTIO has cash of $.41 per share–32% of the market cap.
In late June, OPTIO announced they had hired an investment banker to help them review the "Strategic Alternatives" related to their Healthcare software division. In other words, a "for sale" sign has gone up. Having been through their SEC filings, there appears to be no disclosure on the sales or operating results for this "division", so there is no way for us to determine what this could mean from a valuation standpoint.
It has been 6 months now since their announcement–We would expect to hear an update SOON. They said in their latest earnings release that their healthcare business exceeded their goals. They better get a good price for this.
Still hoping we will see north of $2.00–but may not happen now unless next quarter rebounds with some decent profit numbers, or they get a good deal on the Healthcare "division".
UP 5%. HOLD.
Avatech Solutions Inc. (AVSO.ob-Bought November 28, 2005)
Buy price $.93 (Was $.99 and $1.19 before adding $10,000-twice), Valuation $3.05 (was $2.53, $3.25, $3.29 $2.69, $3.36, $3.81)
Stock closed at $.90, up $.05.
Nice presentation filed in their 8K 3 weeks ago. Couple of nice mentions–including in Smart Money of the CEO interview with the Wall Street Reporter. Sigma Opportunity Fund has been buying more shares.
We are guessing $55 million of revenue this year and being profitable–which should yield a valuation of over $3.50 a share, and hopefully a share price of at least $2.00–up 100% from here.
Now down 3%. BUY.
Buy price $.27 ask, Valuation $1.17 (Was $1.38, $1.29, $1.42, $1.28 $1.13, $1.05, $.82)
Ask price down $.01 to $.34. Closed at $.30.
Latest quarterly results were: Sales of $5.35 million, up 68% from $3.2 million last year. Without about $800,000 of patent enforcement costs, they would have broken even for the quarter, but this all dropped to the bottom line for a $808,000 loss—$.03 per share. One of these days CTIG is going to hit on all cylinders and get to $1.00.
Our valuation dropped a bit to $1.17, but, this is still trading at only 30% of our latest valuation.
Up 26% based on the ASK price. BUY
Lotus Pharmaceuticals (LTUS.ob-Recommended 12/3/2007)
Buy price $1.08 Valuation $2.08
LTUS, filed an impressive investor presentation on Form 8K in early December.
As noted, China stocks are risky, but based on their published information we just cannot figure out why this stock is trading so low.
LTUS is on track to make $.18 a share this year. Even if these earnings were taxed at U.S. tax rates, that would be about $.12 a share. That is a PE of less than 10, for a company growing revenues at 50% year-over-year. We may continue to buy more if the price stays in this range.
Down 3%. BUY
Merry Christmas all. What started out as a bad week for the markets and us, turned out OK. Getting to the end of tax-loss selling and a lot of bad news-hopefully. All the indices were up .8-2.1%. Our portfolio was up .4%.
Last week we went 7 stocks up, 8 down and 1 even.
For 2008 our favorite candidates for big gains are MEDW, AVSO.ob and BDAY. Although of all our stocks, we are only a bit worried about CLZR, as it continues to sink and is now our biggest DOG.
For last week, 2007 year-to-date, and since we started this Blog in January 2006, our model portfolio is +.4%,+17.8% and +35.9% respectively. Since inception we are now 19 stocks up and 13 down( 10 of which are down less than 15%).
The DOW, NASDAQ and the S+P 500 were all up, with gains ranging from .8% (DOW) to 2.1% (NASDAQ) last week. The Dow is up 7.9%, NASDAQ is up 11.5% and the S+P 500 is up 4.6% for the year.
Up $1.38 to $15.80.
After sinking down to the low $14 level, SPNC zoomed back up. Things continue to look just fine here.
We did manage to buy some more last week as low as $5.50.
The ex-CEO keeps cashing in options and selling. This looks like it will go on for a while. Maybe the company ought to find a buyer for all his shares. Then this stock will fly.
PARL closed at $4.28, up $.16.
ECOM Ventures announced last week that it will merge with Model Reorg. Inc. ECOM will pay for it with shares, so that Nussdorf and family will end up owning 70% of ECOM. So maybe this was why he has been selling some PARL shares–lots of expenses and maybe some taxes to pay?
Closed at $10.36 down $.60.
Looks like we were a few days premature with our double-up call as BDAY actually sank to under $7 for a brief time last week.
Buy Price $6.67, (was $6.98 after double up ($10,000 added) NEW Valuation $13.32 (was $12.89, $13.40)
We can't stand it anymore. Add another $10,000 on MEDW. This is just too cheap to ignore. New Buy price will be $6.52.
Up $1.18 to $9.16.
No news to explain the big rise over the past 3 weeks, but we like it.
MIVA sank to under $2 last week and then rebounded on Friday. Tax loss selling here we think.
W. Blair disclosed a 10% stake in Miva in a 13G filing. We think this is overblown on the downside and are going to add another $10,000 here. New average BUY Price will be $2.38 per share.
PDLI announced the sale of a $30 million a year in sales drug, last week–for $200 million.
Looks like our 3X product revenue valuation may be a tad low (below). The stock sank on this news. Makes no sense to us.
Earnings last week were great. Sales up 21% and they made money. The stock initially went down! This market just stinks for mini/micro caps, and ARI does little to get any investor attention. Wake up management–you have a great little compnay here worth 3X what it is selling for.
Now down .7%. BUY. Still a Huge valuation gap here.
Nice presentation filed in their 8K 2 weeks ago. Couple of nice mentions–including in Smart Money of the CEO interview with the Wall Street Reporter. Sigma Opportunity Fund has been buying more shares. I think it is time to add more here.
Ask price unchanged $.35. Closed at $.30.
Closed at $.97, down $.13.
ARI Networks (ARIS.ob)
ARI announced Q1 FY 2008 results (quarter ended 10/31/2007) this morning. Surprise! They were good. Sales increased 21% and they made $.04 per share in earnings (untaxed). Their net cash position improved, margins held at 82% and our valuation went up to $5.71 from $5.49 (4%). Not bad. This is a great buy–but nobody has cared so far. Maybe management will make an effort now with some positive results to tout.
Bad week for the markets again last week. All the indices were down 2.1-2.6%. Our portfolio was down a whopping 10.5% giving back just about all of our whopping 12.5% gain two weeks ago, This week MIVA, AVSO.ob, PARL and DWCH accounted for just about all of our losses.
We are adding to our positions in MIVA, AVSO.ob and BDAY this week.
Last week we went 5 stocks up, 11 down.
For last week, 2007 year-to-date, and since we started this Blog in January 2006, our model portfolio is -10.5%,+17.4% and +35.5% respectively. Since inception we are now 20 stocks up and 12 down( 10 of which are down less than 10%).
The DOW, NASDAQ and the S+P 500 were all down, with losses ranging from 2.1% (DOW) to 2.6% (NASDAQ) last week. The Dow is up 7.0%, NASDAQ is up 9.1% and the S+P 500 is up 3.5% for the year.
We are now up about 2.5 times the DOW, 1.9 times the NASDAQ and about 5 times the S+P 500 averages in 2007. The Russell 3000 and the Wilshire 5000 are up 3.75% and 3.1% for the year.
No news and trading volume has dropped. Not worried here. Looks like some hacker shorts may be back in playing too.
DWCH closed down for the week and down big on Friday.
We still like this one and may buy some more next week at this level, if we can get it.
But Glenn Nussdorf has been selling PARL shares! About 250,000 shares. Could be taking some tax losses, could be dealing with some margin debt issues, no one knows except for Glenn. Not a good sign with no explanation coming from the company, but this is still so cheap that we are staying with it for now.
Two Directors bought a total of 15,000 shares recently at about $11. This is very unusual.
ILOG Q1 earnings were disappointing. Our valuation dropped to $20.51 from $23.22.
Down 9%. HOLD
Buy Price $8.82, NEW Valuation $15.51 (Was $17.85 $18.18)
Boring to watch this–but so was DWCH. We like the recent insider buying again and are content to wait for this one. Add another $10,000 here. New average BUY price will be $8.38.
They also filed an 8K in December. Seems they are sprucing up their senior officer change-of-control agreeemtnts. Wonder why?
UP 6%. HOLD
Buy Price $2.62 (Was $3.00 before double up), Valuation $7.58 (was $7.59)
Buy price $1.61 (Was $1.78 before another $10,000 added, was $2.06 before double up), Valuation $5.49 (was $5.34, $5.03, $5.28, $5.28, $5.21)
Earnings out on Monday morning. Trading volume has picked up to about 85,000 shares last week. Hopefully some good news next week. This has been very boring.
Now down 4%. BUY. Still a Huge valuation gap here.
DOWN 4%. HOLD.
Buy price $.99 (was $1.19 before double up ($10,000 added), Valuation $3.05 (was $2.53, $3.25, $3.29 $2.69, $3.36, $3.81)
Stock closed at $.83, down $.07.
Nice presentation filed in their 8K last week. Couple of nice mentions–including in Smart Money of the CEO interview with the Wall Street Reporter. Sigma Opportunity Fund has been buying more shares. I think it is time to add more here.
Add another $10,000 here. We bought a couple thousand more shares last week too. New average Buy Price will be $.93 per share.
Now down 16%. BUY.
Ask price moved down to $.35. Closed at $.30.
LTUS is on track to make $.18 a share this year. Even if these earnings were taxed at U.S. tax rates, that would be about $.12 a share. That is a PE of less than 10, for a company growing revenues at 50% year-over-year. We bought more last week at $1.07 to $1.12. May buy more if the price stays in this range.
12/8/2007 Update
Big week for the markets again last week. All the indices were up 1.5-1.9%. Our portfolio was down 1.3% after last weeks whopping 12.5% gain, This week OPTIO gave back last weeks gains and was down 22% and cost us 2% in our total portfolio–even though our valuation moved up significantly.
For last week, 2007 year-to-date, and since we started this Blog in January 2006, our model portfolio is -1.3%,+27.9% and +47.6% respectively. Since inception we are now 19 stocks up and 13 down( 10 of which are down less than 10%).
The DOW, NASDAQ and the S+P 500 were all up, with gains ranging from 1.6% (S+P 500) to 1.9% (DOW) last week. The Dow is up 9.3%, NASDAQ is up 12% and the S+P 500 is up 6.1% for the year.
We are now up about 3 times the DOW, 2.3 times the NASDAQ and about 4.6 times the S+P 500 averages in 2007. The Russell 3000 and the Wilshire 5000 are up about 5.9% and 6.6% for the year.
No news and trading volume has dropped. Not worried here.
DWCH closed up for the week but down big on Friday. Although technically DWCH hit $8 last week–it may have been for only 1 trade. So we are not counting this as a 1/2 sell as we recommended last week.
We still like this one.
Now up 123%. HOLD, it this hits $8.00 in 2007-SELL 1/2
Boring to watch this–but so was DWCH. We like the recent insider buying again and are content to wait for this one.
Top Image Systems, Ltd. (TISA-Recommended 9/27/2007)
SOLD at a 39% loss. Taking some tax losses.
No news to explain the big rise, but we like it.
UP .4%. BUY
Down .2%. HOLD
Up $.49 to $18.20.
Closed at $1.50, unchanged.
Buy price $1.25, NEW Valuation $2.74 (was $2.34, $2.28, $2.89, $2.89, $2.54 and 2.88)
OPTIO announced earnings last week. Our valuation moved up 17% to $2.74.
Sales were $6.8 million down from $7.6 million last year, but up from the $6.6 million last quarter. Net loss was cut to only $160,000 or $.01 per share. Not a bad quarter in our opinion, but this has been a frustrating stock and some people are giving up (and taking tax losses).
It has been over 5 months now since their announcement–We would expect to hear an update SOON. They said in their latest earnings release that their healthcare business exceeded their goals. They better get a good price for this.
Still hoping we will see north of $2.00 this year–but may not happen now unless next quarter rebounds with some decent profit numbers, or they get a good deal on the Healthcare "division".
The CEO has bought 8,000 shares recently at $.85 to $.95. He is also giving an interview on the Wall Street Reporter on December 12th. Looks like maybe they are trying to get some attention to the under-valued stock they have.
AVSO is trading at 30% of our valuation.
Ask price moved up to $.36. Closed at $.30.
Earning out last month. Sales were $5.35 million, up 68% from $3.2 million last year.
Without about $800,000 of patent enforcement costs, they would have broken even for the quarter, but this all dropped to the bottom line for a $808,000 loss–$.03 per share. One of these days CTIG is going to hit on all cylinders and get to $1.
LTUS, filed an impressive investor presentation on Form 8K last week.
Lotus Pharmaceuticals—BUY
Lotus Phamaceuticals, Inc. (Bulletin Board—LTUS.OB)
Valuation-$2.08
Price November 30, 2007-$1.08
We are recommending LTUS.ob for purchase. LTUS is trading at 52% of our valuation.
We have not recommended an OB-aby in quite some time. Mostly because we could not find one that looked like a real company at a low valuation.
We purchased this at about $1.25 a while ago. The company has continued to perform, but the stock has not.
Q3 sales (9/30/2007) were up 80% to $16.5 million and net income was up 50% to $.05 per share (fully diluted, but untaxed).
This company/stock looks much like American Oriental Bioengineering, which we bought a few years back at around $1. It is now about $11.70 and trades on the NYSE under the symbol AOB. AOB is about three times the size of LTUS ($43.5 million in sales last quarter and $.16 per share in earnings—partially taxed), but its market cap is like 18 times higher ($877 million vs. $50 million). Part of the reason for this is that AOB has 70% gross margins, while LTUS has 40% gross margins.
LTUS has about as much cash as debt. Not as cash flush as we like, but not overleveraged either.
The daily trading volume is about 50,000 shares.
We think anything under $1.15 is a good price.
Like all Chinese stocks there are many transactions with affiliates and related parties that always give us pause. LTUS has not participated in the Chinese stock run-up at all. The 52 week low is $.90 and the high is $3.30. So while we plan to buy more next week—we will not "pile-on".
About Lotus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Lotus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Lotus") controls and operates Liang Fang Pharmaceutical, Ltd. ("Liang") and En Zhe Jia Shi Pharmaceutical, Ltd. ("En Zhe"), two Chinese pharmaceutical companies located in Beijing. Liang and En Zhe form a large comprehensive enterprise, which deals in an integration of the production, trade, sales and marketing of pharmaceuticals. Together, they possess some of the most advanced pharmaceutical-production equipment used in China, workshops authenticated by the National GMP, a suite of various medicines produced by Liang and/or En Zhe (together, "Lotus East"), and a number of high-tech personnel. Lotus East has business and office facilities of 2,000 square meters, warehouse of 1,000 square meters and operates ten retail pharmacies in the Beijing area. Lotus East performs scientific research on new medicines, and the production, wholesale and retail sale of medicines. For more information, visit http://www.LotusEast.com.
12/1/2007 Update–Great week for all
Big week for the markets last week. All the indices were up 2-3%. Our portfolio was up a whopping 12.5%, driven by a 36% gain in Datawatch and a 23% gain in Optio.
Last week we went 9 stocks up and 7 down.
For last week, 2007 year-to-date, and since we started this Blog in January 2006, our model portfolio is +12.5%,+29.1% and +49% respectively. Since inception we are now 22 stocks up and 9 down( 6 of which are down less than 15%).
We were up 12.5% this past week and are now up 29.1% so far in 2007. The DOW, NASDAQ and the S+P 500 were all up, with gains ranging from 2.5% (NASDAQ) to 3.0% (DOW) last week. The Dow is up 7.3%, NASDAQ is up 10.2 and the S+P 500 is up 4.4% for the year.
We are now up about 4 times the DOW, 2.9 times the NASDAQ and about 6.5 times the S+P 500 averages in 2007. The Russell 3000 and the Wilshire 5000 are up about 4% and 5% for the year.
SPNC did not participate last week. But everything seems to be be clicking along on plan here.
Buy price $3.21 (averaged down from $3.66), NEW Valuation $10.30 (was $9.28, $9.20, $8.32, $7.50, $7.63, $9.31)
Closed at $6.95, up $1.85.
As we noted earlier in the week, DWCH had a blow-out quarter and is on a roll. Our valuation moved up 11% to $10.30, which is great.
Their former CEO–Robert Hagger who has announced his retirement–has continued to sell his shares each week at much lower prices. Guess it just proves that even insiders don't know everything.
Down 16%. BUY.
Up .3%. BUY.
They also filed an 8K last week. Seems they are sprucing up their senior officer change-of-control agreeemtnts. Wonder why?
This is smelling like another LINN.ob right now. They announced their final eqrnings last week and it was worse than we expected. They spent all this money on acquisitions and ended up losing $2 million for the quarter and their margins plunged. We are not going to wait around for another 50%+ loser.
Worse, our valuation fell to only $1.77.
Down 39%. SELL
Third Point, the guys who started all the commotion about getting the CEO out and selling the company—sold all their shares. Lots of speculation as to why–but no one knows for sure except Third Point.
ARI actually traded about 50,000 shares last week–YIKES. Maybe some day their managment will take care of us shareholders.
Buy price $1.25, Valuation $2.34 (was $2.28, $2.89, $2.89, $2.54 and 2.88)
OPTIO announced that they bought back 701,250 shares last week from a single shareholder at $1.20 per share. Not a big deal since they had over $9 million in cash and 25 million shares outstanding, but it looks like it removed the "overhang" on the sell side and allowed the stock to rebound last week.
UP 20%. HOLD.
We actually traded over 40,000 shares last week.
Earning out 3 weeks ago. Sales were $5.35 million, up 68% from $3.2 million last year.


As expected, with NFL pre-emptions factored out, there were several adjustments from Monday's early adults 18-49 ratings to the finals this afternoon. CBS' "Bull" (0.8) and FOX's "The Resident" (1.0) adjusted up a tenth from their initial ratings.
Meanwhile, NBC's "The Voice" (1.9) and "Manifest" (1.6) both adjusted down one-tenth, as did ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" (1.0).


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When I think of Tucson, Arizona images of the Wild West often flash through my mind. In a more modern perspective, I associate Tucson with golf courses and sunny skies. What most people do not realize is that Tucson is very rich in aviation history, particularly, military aviation history. With Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson International Airport, The Boneyard (309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG)), and The Pima Air and Space Museum, and more, there are plenty of subjects to keep an aviation photographer engrossed and exultant.
Tuesday, I had the opportunity to spend the day down in Tucson with a great group of fellow aviation photographers. Aviation photography can be very exciting, but you can also spend hours waiting for aircraft which can often seem like exercise in futility. When you are in the company of wonderful people with common interests, those lulls in the action can be enjoyable.
The day began at Tucson International Airport (TIA, TUS, KTUS). Aside from being a commercial airport, TIA hosts the Tucson Air National Guard Base which is home to the 162d Fighter Wing (162 FW). The 162d FW contains the largest Air National Guard fighter unit in the United States with over 70 aircraft. As a training command, the 162d FW is responsible for training aviators, flying the F-16 Fighting Falcon, for the Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve, NATO/Allied/Coalition, and, as a Formal Training Unit (FTU), regular Air Force. Currently, the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) pilots are the NATO representative training with the 162d FW. In addition, the 162d also hosts the ANG AFRC Command Test Center (AATC) which is responsible for F-16 Operational Flight Program (OFP) testing along with testing a variety of other aircraft as needed. For example, the AATC currently operates an A-10 detachment out of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base with the support of the 917th Fighter Group (917 FG) out of Barksdale AFB, LA.
It was a busy early morning at TIA. The AZ ANG, AATC, and the RNLAF F-16's were launching regularly. We were able to catch some of the departures with decent lighting conditions before moving to another location to catch arrivals. I have posted an Aircraft Observation Guide (spotters guide) for TIA here which points out some of the better locations for observation/photography. We were able to photograph many of the arrivals we saw depart earlier. These aircraft included a nice mix of F-16's mixed in with some commercial traffic. For me, often the highlight at TIA is photographing the Dutch aircraft. The Dutch pilots often position their Fokker-made Vipers with nice angles when they see aviation photographers. In some cases, you can expect a wave or a "thumbs up" from the pilot. Aircraft spotting and aviation photography is more commonplace in the Netherlands which has created a positive relationship between the pilots and the spotters/photographers. In the United States, there continues to be some post-911 tension and aviation spotting/photography can be a controversial subject. In any case, we had a good morning at TIA. When the position of the sun did not support photographing from our arrival location, it became time to travel to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base for part deux of the journey to Tucson.
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (DM) is home to the 355th Fighter Wing (355 FW). In addition to the 355th FW, The Twelfth Air Force, the 563rd Rescue Group, and The Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) are all based out of DM. This can make DM a good place for observing/photographing aircraft. With several squadrons of Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II's (Warthogs) and Electronic Combat-ready EC-130's the daily activity can be abundant. What makes DM even more interesting is the potential for unexpected aircraft. Because AMARG calls DM home, aircraft from all branches of the military often take their last flight into DM where they can be neutralized and laid to rest in the nearby "Boneyard". Also, in the winter months, DM can be host to several "snowbird" squadrons. These snowbird squadrons are typically based in states that have cold winters. The mild Tucson winter climate provides a great opportunity for these squadrons to get a lot of training sorties in during the winter months.
For the most part, it was a very good day observing/photographing aircraft at DM. The current snowbird squadron is the 114th Fighter Wing which is part of the South Dakota Air National Guard based out of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. We were able to catch several of their F-16's arriving back to DM after their training sorties. We also caught plenty of local traffic. DM, Barksdale AFB, and Spangdahlem AFB marked A-10's were running regular sorties along with a few EC-130's. We also saw several aircraft from the DHS- U.S. Customs/Border Patrol. They typically fly reconnaissance aircraft and helicopters. Our "nice surprise" of the day was a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III from Travis AFB in California. This mammoth had us scrambling for position to be able to properly frame the large aircraft as it arrived. Another "plus" was the arrival of the Arizona ANG alert aircraft. These are F-16's that are designated for alert duty and carry live ordinance. The Tucson-based guard unit is responsible for 225,000 square miles of the Southwest United States with 24/7 preparedness, so these aircraft are a vital part of U.S. security.


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Former White House COVID adviser on how the pandemic might play out next
DANIEL ESTRIN, HOST:
COVID is still here, folks. Despite the vaccine rollouts, the boosters, the second boosters, these last few weeks, daily infections in the U.S. have been at about 130,000 cases a day, which leaves many of us wondering, are we going to need to live like this forever? Andy Slavitt has been thinking about that question, and he offers some answers in an essay in The Atlantic this week. Slavitt was a senior COVID adviser in the Biden administration. He also served as acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid under President Obama. Andy Slavitt, thank you for being here.
ANDY SLAVITT: It's great to be here.
ESTRIN: So you just had COVID, I understand. How are you feeling?
SLAVITT: It finally got me. You know, I've been vaccinated, and I got the monoclonal antibodies. And I felt better in about five or six days, so I'm very fortunate.
ESTRIN: Do you know where you got it?
SLAVITT: It's a bit of a mystery other than to say that I think, you know, BA.5, the current variant we have, can find holes in anybody's story. It's a pretty aggressive variant, as we all know.
ESTRIN: So how would you describe this weird moment we're in? I mean, in your essay, you call it a pandemic rut.
SLAVITT: Well, I think we're just in this extended period of time where for many people, it feels like they can't answer the question, how is this going to improve? How is this going to get better? What's going to change? We're in this state that's, you know, still a pandemic, not quite an endemic. But there is a consistency to it, which is, you know, in the U.S., at least 500 or so, 400 to 500 people a day dying. It's constantly around us. And even if it doesn't kill us, it keeps us out of work, keeps us out of school, disrupts our social life. And people don't really see the scenarios under which that's likely to change.
ESTRIN: Well, your essay is called "The Three COVID Developments I'm Still Holding Out Hope For." So hope is a good word. Let's talk about those three things. First of all, you say that the unpredictability of the virus could - well, the virus could mutate in more predictable ways. So what would that look like?
SLAVITT: Well, if this virus were - it had exactly the same properties, but it only visited us, say, once a year, it would be remarkably different situation. It would mean that we could plan our lives. It would mean that, like the flu, we could get an annual update based on the local variant. Right now, it's very hard to do that because the variant changes month to month, and so you don't necessarily get the booster right. It would mean that people who are immunocompromised or older or frailer could at least spend much of the year not in fear, and so that's a scenario that's hard to foresee right now. But many of the scenarios that have happened to us, many of the things that have changed have been very difficult to see in advance. And that's one of the things that I think would cause us to feel significantly better than we do today.
ESTRIN: Yeah. I mean, predictability would be nice, but how likely is it that the virus would become more predictable?
SLAVITT: You know, we just don't know enough about that - this virus. And when I ask the question to scientists, they continue to say one common thing, which is we are continually surprised. This virus fights for survival, on the one hand. On the other hand, the situations which cause it to multiply so quickly change all the time, and they change in some pretty random ways. So it is not something that I think you could predict today based upon the data. But that doesn't mean that it's not something that is a real possibility.
ESTRIN: The second possibility that you're hoping for is stronger herd immunity. So what do you imagine that looking like? Would people still get COVID, or would the virus just be less deadly?
SLAVITT: Well, really, the second scenario is that the continued strength of vaccines and the multiple occasions when people have had prior infections continue to accumulate to a point where, yes, COVID circulates frequently, but it becomes less and less relevant because the symptoms just get less and less. And this is something that I think some people mistakenly believe is already happening or is destined to happen. You know, I don't think a situation where we have as much disruption as we have today is a great steady-state scenario. But over time, the body and science together could make this much, much more of a non-even. I still think that, like the flu, for people who are in otherwise bad health or frailer, you know, this will represent a threat. But over time, this could look more and more like the other coronavirus that we're familiar with, which is the common cold. And that's the second scenario that I think has some real potential.
ESTRIN: Well, the last idea that you outline in your piece is, quote, "science could win." So what do you mean by science could win?
SLAVITT: Well, look, I think we're - science has had some big wins against COVID-19, no doubt about it. We had millions of people dying, and now we have thousands. Millions of lives have been saved from the vaccine. We've got great therapeutics, monoclonal antibodies, things like Paxlovid. But still, it's not been enough to keep the virus from circulating. And for science to win, I think we're talking about a transformational type of scientific discovery. And the one that I was most fixated on in this piece and what I'm most excited about is a nasal vaccine. The reason I'm excited about a nasal vaccine is because if you can picture a nasal vaccine...
ESTRIN: We're not talking about a needle in the in the nostril, I hope, Andy.
SLAVITT: No, no. We're talking about something you'd inhale...
ESTRIN: Yeah.
SLAVITT: ...In the nose and would create what's called mucosal immunity. And that would actually be a vaccine that could actually prevent the virus from actually infecting you in the first place. And you can imagine a very easy-to-take nasal vaccine that can be easily distributed around the world, low cost. It could make it very difficult for the virus to continue to even infect people. And so that's the type of breakthrough where the virus wouldn't even be able to infect us in the first place that, I think could be in the cards. And when one of those comes on the market. It could be a dramatic alteration of the current course and speed of the pandemic.
ESTRIN: Andy Slavitt, thank you so much for joining us.
SLAVITT: Great to be here.
ESTRIN: Andy Slavitt is a former White House adviser on COVID and the author of "Preventable: The Inside Story Of How Leadership Failures, Politics And Selfishness Doomed The U.S. Coronavirus Response." Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


Remember, this is going to be on your body forever.
After you thank this person for their clear insight, you should do some reflection. They have a good point. Your tattoo is going to be on you for a long time and, particularly if you're going to use this opportunity to get a tattoo reflective on your faith, you're going to want to get the right kind of tattoo. Here are a few ideas to spur your creative spirit. Remember these are permanent, so obviously, they are completely serious.


Osaka, Japan, October 7, 2018 - The United States picked up from where they left off in Kobe by winning their opening Pool F game in Osaka on Sunday, defeating Bulgaria 3-0. The reigning world champions came to Osaka from Kobe with a 5-0 win-loss record and extended that 100 per cent run to 6-0 with a fluid 25-16, 25-17, 25-11 victory in 72 minutes over the southern Europeans, who dropped to 2-4.
Kimberly Hill led the USA attack with 13 points, lefty Karsta Lowe added 12 and captain Jordan Larson kept her team flowing with nine points.
Bulgaria's main scorers were middle blocker Nasya Dimitrova (11) and wing spiker Miroslava Paskova with nine.
In the first set, USA captain Jordan Larson helped her team settle into the match and both Kimberly Hill and Lauren Gibbemeyer pulled off crunching blocks. Tetori Dixon made her presence felt at the net and Karsta Lowe fizzed over some searing cross-court winners.
Miroslava Paskova was Bulgaria's most dangerous attacker and captain Hristina Ruseva pulled off an inspirational block, but on more than one occasion there was a lack of communication on the Bulgaria side of the net.
Nasya Dimitrova held up the Americans' march to the opening set with another fine block and then spiked hard down the right side as Bulgaria appeared to be sorting out their defensive coordination. The lead was too big, though, and the USA sealed the first set 25-16 as Hill stepped up the pace.
The second set started in simimlar fashion with Dixon serving an ace and Lowe and Hill spiking hard to 8-3 at the first TTO. Gergana Dimitrova and Paskova repied for Bulgaria but, trailing 10-3, they took a TO.
Setter Carli Lloyd added to Bulgaria's problems with a couple of clever flick-overs as the USA tried to break clear and Bulgaria responded with more terrific all-round play from middle blocker Nasya Dimitrova.
Leading 16-10 at the second TTO, the Americans built on this advantage and closed out the second set 25-17 for 2-0 behind some lusty blows from Lowe on the right, Larson and Hill soaring from the back court.
A devastating Dixon spike down the middle sent Bulgaria into a TO behind 13-7, even though the form of the two Dimitrovas continued to trouble the USA.
Bulgaria made far too many unforced errors, notably on serve, and the USA wrapped up the match 25-11.


Every single time we make our way to the island, especially to Tofino, it makes me want to move out there. The smell of the ocean, the giant trees in the rain forest, the beach…. everything about it is so beautiful. Our son Jackson loves it out there, he can run for hours on the beach, chasing waves, climbing on the drift woods, finding seashells and crabs. Everything is so interesting for a 2 years old out there.
The wooden boardwalk and old stumps to climb and walk onto. That fresh air from the rainforest, there is nothing we can compare it to.
There is so much fun activities to do in tofino with kids and they are mostly inexpensive or free.
Our top 5 things to do in Tofino with a toddler.
There is so many awesome beaches that are easy access in Tofino. Incinerator rock is great to watch surfer and climb on rocks, Mackenzie beach is really family friendly, Tonquin beach is a short little trail on a board walk to get a beautiful view of the beach and a great spot to go observe starfish and other sea creatures on low tide. Cox bay has to be my favorite one, such a beautiful white sand beach with great surf, lots and lots of drift wood to build shacks or climb onto, we can also find sand dollars on low tide and play with kelp seaweeds. There is a short hike on the far left side of the beach, you get a beautiful view of the swell and the entire beach it is breath taking. The hike is short and steep, you have to climb and hang on to roots at some part of it but is totally doable with a child carrier if you are careful and taking your time.
This beautiful trail is one of the most popular hiking trails in the surrounding. It is part of the Pacific Rim National Park and is a scenic wooden boardwalk trail among giant trees. My little man walked the entire trail on the east side of the highway, with a little help for the longer stair sets but he loved walking on the wooden boardwalk and play hide and seek in old roots sticking out and tree stumps.
Most of the time when we go out to tofino, we camp. The campsites are so kids friendly and such a fun experience. The feeling of sleeping in a tent is so exciting for little ones, waking up to the sound of the ocean and bird songs is magical. Mackenzie beach resort is our campsite of choice each time, it's close to the village, right on the beach and there is little trails all over the campsite that we love to go explore. The sites are a really good size, all have picnic tables and fire pits and are surrounded by big roots sticking out that looks like little caves, the kids loves to go play in there.
The tofino playground always have a fun vibe to it in the summer, there's a smaller size playground for the little ones and a bigger ones for the older kids. There's also a big green area for picnic and to relax in between activities. The skatepark is located right beside, its super fun to watch the skaters rip it up, and if we're lucky and the park is empty, the little ones can also go run around the park or rip it up with there skateboard or run bikes.
Being in the water is just as much fun for the parents than it is for the kids, if you're in Tofino you got to try out surfing. Get in that wetsuit and get out there. It's better to take a lesson or stay in the white wash if you are not an experienced surfer, but just the feeling of being in the water and the waves pushing you is amazing. And for the kids it's important to go slow and where the waves aren't too crazy, stay close to shore and make sure the little ones feel comfortable in the water, you don't want to push it on them they might get scared and have a fear of water afterwards.
Hope you enjoy your stay in Tofino as much as we did!


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#include <errno.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#include "defs.h"
#include "posix.h"
#include "nonposix.h"
#include "relocate.h"

#if defined _WIN32
# define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
# include <windows.h>
#endif

#define INSTALLPATHLEN (sizeof(INSTALLPATH) - 1)
#ifndef DEBUG
# define DEBUG 0
#endif

extern "C" const char *program_name;

// The prefix (parent directory) corresponding to the binary.
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size_t curr_prefix_len = 0;

// Return the directory part of a filename, or `.' if no path separators.
char *xdirname(char *s)
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  char *path;
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    char *namex = new char[strlen(name) + strlen(ext) + 1];
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{
  char *s = path;
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  return path;
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// Compute the current prefix.
void set_current_prefix()
{
  char *pathextstr;
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  curr_prefix = searchpath(program_name, getenv("PATH"));
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    pathextstr = strsave(getenv("PATHEXT"));
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    curr_prefix = searchpathext(program_name, pathextstr, getenv("PATH"));
    a_delete pathextstr;
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{
  char *p;
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    p = relocatep(path);
  else
    p = strsave(path);
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  fprintf (stderr, "relocate: %s\n", p);
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  return p;
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