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Stories about government influence: Who are the people and groups most instrumental in crafting education policy? What are their priorities and agendas? And how do they work together when they disagree?
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Stories about money: How do local, state, and federal governments pay to support the education policies they craft? How do direct costs of going to school − from textbooks to tuition − hit a parent or student's bottom line? And how do changing budgets and funding formulas affect learning and teaching?
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Three Reasons Universities Aren't Worried About 'Credit Creep'
February 21, 2012 | 10:25 AM
By Ben Skirvin
Kyle Stokes / StateImpact Indiana
Higher Education Commissioner Teresa Lubber says legislation designed to limit required credit hours to 120 per degree will save students money. Universities aren't as convinced.
Governor Mitch Daniels has been touting a bill working its way through the Indiana State General Assembly which would limit the number of credit hours required to graduate from a public university to 120 — 15 credits per semester for eight semesters. The idea is to lower the cost of education by getting students out of college within four years of enrolling.
Typically colleges and universities don't like this kind of legislative interference in the daily and yearly routine of running a school. But in this case, university officials don't seem too concerned. One official at Purdue University said he actually worked with the Commission on Higher Education to draft the legislation.
So what gives? Why are schools backing a bill which seems to limit the amount of programming offered to students?
Indiana University Ponders Increase In Dorm Fees
February 16, 2012 | 5:43 PM
IU Trustee Tom Reilly says increased dorm fees would be partially used to finance current and future housing improvements
The cost of living on an Indiana University campus could soon increase under a plan discussed at today's Board of Trustees meeting in Indianapolis.
According to the proposal, Bloomington students in the least expensive dorms are likely to see the biggest rate increases- with a hike of as much 8 percent over last year. That translates to an annual jump of $381 for some students
IU Chief Financial Officer Neil Theobald says the proposed rate changes are based on the supply and demand of housing between campuses.
"We have far excess demand of what we are able to meet. So we went with a high rate," says Theobald.
Trustee Tom Reilly says Indiana University would likely reinvest the money from the increases back into housing.
"We have to be aware that we are financing these new improvements and additions with this money," says Reilly. Continue Reading →
The Nostalgia Of High School Basketball
Star Skirvin
Brown County High School Boys Basketball Coach Roger Fleetwood has spent four decades coaching basketball, most of those under the old single-class tournament system.
It's been more than a decade since all of the boys high school basketball teams in Indiana fought for the honor of being crowned the state's only champion, but there's talk now of returning to a single-class high school basketball tournament.
The Indiana High School Athletics Association has agreed to reopen the debate under pressure from the legislature and they're turning directly to fans for input.
Next to the Indianapolis 500, high school basketball is one of the best-known Hoosier traditions outside of Indiana. When the IHSAA holds public meetings meets in April to discuss the issue, they'll be talking about more than a procedural change. They'll be debating the future of an Indiana institution.
But nostalgia may run higher than support when it comes to "Hoosier Hysteria." Continue Reading →
https://stateimpact.npr.org/indiana/files/2012/02/SI_Basketball.mp3
Department of Education Pressures Schools To Rethink And Broaden Special Education Category
February 1, 2012 | 1:57 PM
Source: Edweek
Via: Education Week
New guidance from the U.S. Department of Education's office for civil rights warns school districts that the way they define which students should get special services under federal disability laws may not be broad enough.
The guidance, along with a detailed list of questions and answers issued in late January, clarifies district responsibilities under amendments in effect since 2009 that were passed to broaden the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Read more at: www.edweek.org
How iPads Are Finding Footing In The Indiana E-Textbook Market
January 31, 2012 | 4:29 PM
Apple announces its new digital textbooks at the Guggenheim in New York.
A number of Indiana schools have invested in bulk purchasing iPad's for students, often with the help of state or federal grants. Indiana University-Bloomington has a number of iPad-specific projects, including a class that focuses on creating app-based "textbooks" for the iOS platform.
Big name textbook publishers like Pearson and McGraw-Hill have also dived into iPad textbook world with iBook releases of many of their main products.
All of this seems to point to Mac's present and likely future domination of the e-textbook market, but hold on…
The School's Perspective?
The Richland Bean Blossom Community School Corporation recently used a state technology grant to purchase iPads for all of the corporations 8th graders. The platform was chosen after teachers were allowed to experiment with a variety of options. Surprisingly, it was not the iPad's slick design, touchscreen controls, or nifty app-based learning tools that won over educators.
Brain Drain In Indiana: The Facts And Opinions
IU School of Medicine
In some Indiana counties, as many as 75 percent of all college students leave Indiana after graduation.
It's about 2 p.m. and Purdue student Matthew Spiller is listening to a lecture on immunology.
According to a study from Indiana University published earlier this year, about 50 percent of the people in his class will leave the state after they graduate.
It's a problem experienced at all of Indiana's public universities. The higher a student's level of education, the more likely the student is to move away from the state after graduation. In fact, only about 16 percent of PhD recipients remain in Indiana's workforce one year after graduation.
Why Indiana's Most Educated Students Are Leaving The State
David Audretsch studies economic development with Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs
"Brain drain" is a serious problem in Indiana. That's one of the main findings of an Indiana University report issued earlier this month which found nearly 40 percent of all students who graduated from a public university in Indiana in 2000 had departed the state by 2005.
This has raised concerns that Indiana's public colleges and universities may subsidizing research and employment centers in other states like North Carolina, Texas, and California.
StateImpact sat down with Indiana University professor of economic development David Audretsch to discuss why well-educated workers leave the state and what can done to keep these employees in Indiana. Continue Reading →
"Special Educators Borrow From Brain Studies"
Ivymount is one of a growing number of schools trying to adapt techniques based on brain research to special education settings, a practice that many teachers and parents may not have even envisioned a few years ago. While some educators remain skeptical, brain research is slowly migrating from the lab into the classroom, both in predicting which students may have learning difficulties and intervening to help students diagnosed with disabilities.
Interactive Map: Where Are All Of The Graduates Going? Brain Drain In Indiana
January 18, 2012 | 12:43 PM
Graduates at Indiana University's winter commencement ceremonies at Assembly Hall in Bloomington.
If Indiana's public universities are engines of the state's economy, the fuel doesn't always stay here.
One in three graduates from Indiana's public colleges left the state — and the ones with the most advanced degrees were the most likely to leave — according to a study from Indiana University and the Indiana Workforce Intelligence System. The report tracked the payroll records of students who graduated in 2000 with various levels of education to determine what percent remained in the state after five years in the workforce.
"These figures document a significant net loss of human capital from the state," the study's authors write.
The highest rates of "brain drain" can be found in sparsely populated rural areas like Crawford and Floyd County. In some cases, fewer than a quarter of students originating from these communities remained in the state after receiving a post secondary credential. The study concludes higher levels of education equate to a lower likelihood of staying in the state and remaining in the workforce after graduation.
What A Mitt Romney Candidacy Means For Indiana Education
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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has repeatedly complimented President Obama on several education initiatives put forward in recent years.
According to political monitoring website, Real Clear Politics, Mitt Romney currently leads in all of the most recent Republican presidential primary polls by a margin of as much as 15 percent. With this in mind, StateImpact Indiana has decided to take a closer look at Romney's education platform.
Official Platform
Romney's official campaign website only once indirectly touches on the issue of education under a subheading of Romney's jobs platform.
Retraining Workers
Mitt Romney will approach retraining policy with a conservative mindset that recognizes it as an area where the federal government is particularly ill-equipped to succeed. Retraining efforts must be founded upon a partnership that brings together the states and the private sector.
Other than this minor mention, there are no plans or details offered.
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Gosling Sports Park (Hertfordshire) weather
Today. Maximum daytime temperature: 7 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -1 degrees Celsius. Overcast changing to sunny intervals by lunchtime. Sunrise: 07:48; Sunset: 16:40. UV: Low; Pollution: Low; No pollen data.
Overcast changing to sunny intervals by lunchtime.
Saturday 28 January. Maximum daytime temperature: 6 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 2 degrees Celsius. Cloudy changing to sunny intervals by lunchtime. Sunrise: 07:47; Sunset: 16:41. UV: Low; Pollution: Low; No pollen data.
Cloudy changing to sunny intervals by lunchtime.
Sunday 29 January. Maximum daytime temperature: 7 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 5 degrees Celsius. Overcast. Sunrise: 07:45; Sunset: 16:43. UV: Low; Pollution: Low; No pollen data.
Monday 30 January. Maximum daytime temperature: 8 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 3 degrees Celsius. Cloudy. Sunrise: 07:44; Sunset: 16:45. UV: Low; Pollution: Low; No pollen data.
Cloudy.
Tuesday 31 January. Maximum daytime temperature: 10 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 4 degrees Celsius. Partly cloudy changing to sunny intervals by late morning. Sunrise: 07:42; Sunset: 16:47. UV: Low; No pollen data.
Partly cloudy changing to sunny intervals by late morning.
Wednesday 1 February. Maximum daytime temperature: 9 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 4 degrees Celsius. Clear changing to cloudy in the afternoon. Sunrise: 07:41; Sunset: 16:49. UV: Low;
Clear changing to cloudy in the afternoon.
Thursday 2 February. Maximum daytime temperature: 9 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 5 degrees Celsius. Cloudy. Sunrise: 07:39; Sunset: 16:50. UV: Low;
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Many places remaining dry, though a few North Sea showers continuing to feed inland overnight. Patchy frost developing inland where skies remain clearer and winds fall lighter. Staying breezy near the coast. Minimum temperature -1 °C.
Still a chance of a few light coastal showers during the morning, otherwise a fine, dry day with winds easing and increasing amounts of sunshine for many areas. Maximum temperature 7 °C.
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Press Room » News Bulletins
November 3, 2010: Falun Gong News Bulletin on Events inside China
Monitoring the Falun Gong Human Rights Crisis in China
Inside China
FDIC: Internal Communist Party Documents Disclose New Campaign to Forcibly "Transform" Millions of Falun Gong Practitioners in China
Amnesty International Urgent Action: Falun Gong Practitioner At Risk of Torture: Qiao Yongfang
Congressional-Executive Commission on China: Annual Report cites crackdown on Falun Gong surrounding Shanghai 2010 World Expo
Key Cases of Falun Gong Deaths from Abuse Documented in October 2010:
FDIC: Photos Smuggled from China Show Bloated Falun Gong Practitioner Shortly Before Death
FDIC: After Eight Years of Torture, Falun Gong Practitioner Dies under Mysterious Circumstances
FDIC: Elementary School Teacher Tortured to Death Within One Month of Detention
FDIC: Gao Zhisheng Interviewee Dies Due to Torture, Photo Shows Emaciated Body
October 24: A series of internal Communist Party documents, some of them posted online, reveal the details of a new three-year, multi-billion dollar campaign targeting Falun Gong practitioners across China. The campaign's stated goal is to "transform" 75 percent of all known practitioners, who number in the tens of millions despite eleven years of brutal suppression. Specifically, the campaign calls upon security forces to go into "villages and households" to "educate and conquer" Falun Gong practitioners.
Transformation—a euphemism for forcing practitioners to renounce Falun Gong and pledge allegiance to the Communist Party—has been at the core of the anti-Falun Gong campaign since its inception. As part of the transformation process, individuals are typically subjected to physical and psychological torture.
Full story: /article/1091/?cid=84
To view one of the documents from Laodian Township, Henan province, dated May 2010: screenshot 1 2 3 / English translation
See also: http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/44866/
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_china/2010-10-29/061733240392.html
October 22: "Qiao Yongfang, who is in prison in China relating to his peaceful practice of Falun Gong, is in need of medical attention. In September, he was transferred to a special prison unit, heightening Amnesty International's concern that he is at risk of torture and ill-treatment.
People who have visited him recently report that he is currently in poor health, including suffering from diabetes, for which he is not receiving adequate medical treatment. Qiao Yongfang's lawyers have previously noted that he had been tortured while in detention, resulting in injuries to his head, for which he is not known to have received adequate medical treatment."
To read more and view details for writing a letter to the Chinese authorities on Qiao's behalf, see: http://www.amnesty.org/fr/library/asset/ASA17/043/2010/fr/e3236f41-0abc-4308-bd19-f7df3841e311/asa170432010en.html
October 10: From the section on religious freedom: "The Shanghai 2010 World Expo, held from May to October 2010, became the latest in a series of events that the Chinese government has seized upon as justification for ongoing "security" crackdowns that aim to ferret out and punish Falun Gong practitioners. In the lead up to and during the Shanghai Expo, authorities conducted propaganda campaigns deriding Falun Gong, carried out strict surveillance of practitioners, detained and imprisoned large numbers of practitioners, and subjected some who refused to disavow Falun Gong to torture and other abuses in prison and reeducation through labor facilities."
From the report's preface: "A further example of the Chinese leadership's determination to rein in independent sources of influence is the continuing ban on Falun Gong. Falun Gong is a spiritual movement established in China in the early 1990s based on Chinese meditative exercises called qigong. By 1999, the Falun Gong movement reportedly had grown to include an estimated 70 to 100 million followers (also called "practitioners"). The group flourished during the decade following the suppression of the Tiananmen democracy movement in June 1989, which many viewed as a hopeful development, showing that it was possible, even in the wake of the events of June 1989, to build a non-state-affiliated popular organization in China on a massive scale without state support.
In 1999, however, the Party announced a total ban on Falun Gong, the implementation of which has resulted in the harassment, detention, and mental and physical abuse of large numbers of Falun Gong practitioners in official custody, and in some cases torture and death. The ban remains in force today, and authorities regularly intensify crackdowns on the Falun Gong movement around events the government deems to be sensitive, such as the Shanghai 2010 World Expo."
To view full report: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_house_committee_prints&docid=f:61507.wais
October 5: A retired steel worker from Hebei province died on September 6, 2010, just over six months after being released from a prison camp where he had been tortured and forced to do hard labor for practicing Falun Gong, the Falun Dafa Information Center recently learned. Photos of Mr. Zhang Yunping (???) taken days before his death and smuggled out of China show the 58-year-old's emaciated chest and bloated stomach.
To view photos: /article/1086/
October 14: Falun Gong practitioner Cai Fuchen (???), a government employee from Jilin province, died in police custody in mid-September after spending eight of the last ten years as a prisoner of conscience.Mr. Cai last spoke with family members on September 5th, 2010, and reported that his condition was deteriorating. Prolonged torture and abuse had left Mr. Cai weak and emaciated, and he was under constant surveillance. Approximately ten days later, the family was told that Mr. Cai was dead.
Over the course of the eight years he spent imprisoned, Mr. Cai reportedly suffered from repeated torture as authorities attempted to force him to denounce his faith in Falun Gong. According to the accounts of witnesses and family members, during his time at Gongzhuling Prison Mr. Cai had been hung up by his wrists, deprived of sleep, held in solitary confinement, and shocked with electric batons.
October 29: An elementary school teacher was killed in detention in early October in Shandong province, approximately one month after she was abducted into custody on September 2 for practicing Falun Gong. Over the past eleven years, she and other family members, including her teenage daughter, have been repeatedly detained, tortured, and harassed.
Ms. Hu Lianhua (???) worked as an elementary school teacher in Hebei Province.[…] On September 2, 2010, Ms. Hu was abducted in Shandong Province, along with about ten other Falun Gong practitioners, and taken to Qinyun county's police department. Her home in Hebei province was also ransacked again, and authorities there took her husband into custody as well. One month later, on October 4th, the family was notified that Hu Lianhua had died in custody. Additional details into her death are being investigated.
First-hand account by Hu Lianhua published online in 2004 about the torment she and her family had been subjected to since 1999: /article/1093/?cid=12
October 31: A 53-year-old woman, whose testimony of excruciating and professionally-administered torture attorney Gao Zhisheng relayed in one of his open letters to China's leaders, died in mid-October as a result of abuse in custody.
According to sources inside China, Ms. Sun Shuxiang (???), a Falun Gong practitioner from Changchun, died on October 10, four months after her release from a labor camp, where she was shocked with electric batons, injected with unidentified drugs, and forced to perform hard labor. A photo taken immediately upon her return home and smuggled out of China shows her emaciated body (photo).
Sun is the third of Gao's interviewees known to have subsequently been tortured to death. Gao himself has been disappeared since April 2010, with many fearing he may have been killed in custody. […] Ms. Sun had been detained 12 times over the 11 years since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched its campaign to eradicate Falun Gong. As Gao described in his letter, she had been tortured to the verge of death on multiple occasions.
Full story (including part of Sun's testimony to Gao): /article/1094/?cid=84
Full text of Gao's open letter mentioning Sun: http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-12-16/35876.html


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Julien Soucours, né le  à Tresses (Gironde) et mort le  à Évecquemont (Yvelines), est un athlète français, spécialiste du 3 000 m steeple.

Biographie

Julien Soucours remporte deux titres de champion de France du 3 000 mètres steeple, en 1955 et 1956.

Il améliore à quatre reprises le record de France du 3 000 mètres steeple, le portant à  le  à Londres.

Il remporte la médaille d'argent du steeple lors des Jeux méditerranéens de 1955.

Palmarès
 Championnats de France d'athlétisme :
 vainqueur du  steeple en 1955 et 1956.

Records

Notes et références

Liens externes

 Docathlé2003, Fédération française d'athlétisme, 2003,

Coureur de demi-fond français
Coureur de 3 000 mètres steeple
Naissance en juin 1926
Naissance en Gironde
Décès en juin 2017
Décès à Évecquemont
Décès à 91 ans

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Baja East have given our ever comfortable beach slide an update with their ""Thriving"" phrase captioned across the shoe.
I love my beach slides! They're super comfortable and provide a surprising amount of support for being a slide. I wear them to the beach or around the house.


Very often, you don't have to see a photographer's work. Just by watching him in the street, you can see what kind of photographer he is. Discreet, tiptoes, fast or machine gun. Well, you don't shoot partridges with a machine gun. You choose one partridge, then the other partridge. Maybe the others are gone by then. But I see people wrrrr, like this with a motor. It's incredible, because they always shoot in the wrong moment.
The background of the interview is interesting and included in the article.


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Oakdale Police Beat 12-30-20
NOTICE: The names and incidents printed in the Police Log are obtained from the daily log of the Oakdale Police Department, which is a public document. The listing of a name here does not imply that person's guilt or innocence. That can only be determined by a court of law
SUNDAY, DEC. 27
10:35 a.m. — Threat complaint reported on West H Street.
4:59 p.m. — Vandalism reported on East D Street. Truck hit with a shovel.
5:29 p.m. — Fire reported on Haven Street. Sparks from cooktop reported.
8:17 p.m. — Fire reported on West F Street. Dumpster on fire.
SATURDAY, DEC. 26
12:11 p.m. — Road hazard reported on Villa Vista Court.
7:56 p.m. — Suspicious circumstances reported on South Fifth Avenue. Man caught on video smelling juvenile's underwear.
11:04 a.m. — Suspicious circumstances reported on Ponderosa Drive. Hamburger thrown at reporting party.
12:14 a.m. — Drug arrest on Willow Glen Avenue.
8:44 a.m. — Vehicle reported stolen on Walnut Street.
5:13 p.m. — Complaint reported on West H Street. Missing King Tut statue taken from back porch.
5:49 p.m. — Battery reported on Lambuth Avenue.
10:52 a.m. — Complaint reported on Timberwood Drive. Neighbor yelled at reporting party for barking dog.
12:50 p.m. — Petty theft reported on Peachcrest Drive. Catalytic converter stolen.
8:09 a.m. — Graffiti reported on South Third Avenue. Bright orange construction paint on building.
9:07 a.m. — Vehicle reported stolen on Semillion Court.
4:23 p.m. — Fire reported on Victory Road. Fire in pasture.
8:53 p.m. — Lewd conduct reported on East E Street.
11 p.m. — Drug arrest on North Yosemite Avenue.
TUESDAY, DEC. 22
7:18 a.m. — Warrant arrest on North Second Avenue.
2:34 p.m. — Petty theft reported on East F Street. Alcohol run.
2:51 p.m. — Vandalism reported on South Sierra Avenue. Tires slashed.
6:24 p.m. — Trespassing reported on East F Street.


Canadian-based QuardigaCX says they can't find their cold storage wallets. In a notice published on its website, the crypto exchange says they have filed an application for protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA), a Canadian law which deals with bankruptcies in Canada.
For the past weeks, we have worked extensively to address our liquidity issues, which include attempting to locate and secure our very significant cryptocurrency reserves held in cold wallets, and that are required to satisfy customer cryptocurrency balances on deposit, as well as sourcing a financial institution to accept the bank drafts that are to be transferred to us. Unfortunately, these efforts have not been successful. Further updates will be issued after the hearing.
The exchange wins out by not qualifying as a bank or a trust, both of which are exempt from CCAA protections.
On January 14, the exchange announced the death of their founder and CEO, Gerald Cotten.
A court document quotes the trading platform urging the court not to yield to what it described as unverified and invidious conjecture that the transactions are questionable. Margaret Waddell, Quadriga's lawyer claims the judge has reserved his decision in the hearing on the case. The CIBC on its part has refused to make any comments on the case.
The exchange was the largest in Canada by volume until its sudden demise this month. The company's public notices leave many details out. They are not the first Canadian exchange to suddenly face problems. MapleChange is another notable example.
CCN urges readers who have experience with QuadrigaCX to reach out with your stories. We'd like to know more about how well the exchange was functioning leading up to its apparent end. An exchange managing to lose its cold storage wallets is, at a minimum, an indication of an organization in disarray. We can speculate that the passing of the CEO played a big role in the exchange's troubles, but we can't know before we've received comment back from them.
As such, this is a developing story. Updates are likely to follow.
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Employer Liable for Facebook Hijack
What happens if one of your employees hijacks another employee's Facebook account?
You could be liable if the actions fall within the course of employment, an Employment Tribunal has found.
Abraham Otomewo alleged that he had been harassed on the grounds of sexual orientation by two colleagues who had used his iPhone without permission. They managed to get into his Facebook account and updated his status to read "Finally came out the closet. I am gay and proud".
Although Otomewo was not gay and did not believe that his colleagues thought that he was, he said that he was embarrassed by the comment, which could be seen by friends and members of his family.
He alleged that his employer, Carphone Warehouse, was responsible for this harassment.
What the Tribunal Said
The tribunal in this case was very quick to find that Mr Otomewo was embarrassed by the Facebook comments. Since they were made in the course of employment with the company, the Employment Tribunal said the employer was liable.
"The actions were done at work, during working hours and involved dealings between staff and their manager," the tribunal said in its judgment. "In all the circumstances the Tribunal considered that this matter fell within the course of the employment."
"The Facebook entry was made on a public forum via the internet and was displayed to people who were friends and family of the Claimant. The Tribunal recognises that there are prejudices against gay people currently in society. The comments made by the Claimant's work colleagues were intrusive into his personal life in a public forum."
The Tribunal will reconvene at a later date to decide how to penalise Carphone Warehouse for the Facebook comments made by their staff.
Why was the Tribunal so hard on the Employer?
Employers can be held liable for discriminatory acts by their employees that happen in the course of their employment, unless the employer can show that it took "all reasonable steps" to prevent the employee from performing the act. This is known as vicarious liability.
The test is whether the employment relationship and workplace created the opportunity for the behaviour to happen in the first place.
It was irrelevant whether the employer knew that the conduct being complained of was happening or whether the employer condoned or sanctioned that conduct.
In order to avoid liability for similar claims, you must take reasonable steps to prevent this kind of discrimination in your workplace.
The reasonable steps should as a minimum include an equal opportunities policy which should be clearly communicated to employees. We also recommend a suitable social media policy.
Suitable policies should include an explicit statement that this particular conduct should not happen, as well as a clear statement of principle regarding harassment on the grounds of a colleague's sexual orientation.
Where necessary, you should discipline employees who breach the policy.
It might also be worth pointing out that employees who bring personal technology, such as iPhones, into the workplace should be responsible for setting their own passwords or logging out of browsers.
And finally . . .
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An Exhibition: Car Design in Detroit – 1950–2020
December 3, 2020 By Mike Gulett 6 Comments
by Mike Gulett –
Detroit was once the center for American car design and has a lot to be proud of as a leader in the automotive world. Some of that American car design mojo has relocated to Southern California but Detroit's history is dazzling.
In another example of an art museum showcasing car design the Detroit Institute for the Arts is holding an exhibition titled, Detroit Style: Car Design in the Motor City, 1950–2020.
Design drawings and photographs showing the ideas the designers had on their way to a final design will also be on display in addition to 12 automobiles.
Some of the design ideas were clearly side trips to reality and never made it to production.
From the Detroit Institute for the Arts web site
This exhibition organized by the Detroit Institute of Arts will highlight the artistry and influence of Detroit car designers working between 1950 and the present day. It will bring together 12 coupes and sedans designed across that 70-year period to highlight significant achievements in style and technology.
This exhibit runs Sunday, November 15, 2020 through Sunday, June 27, 2021 and is free with general admission. All museum visitors must make an advance reservation.
Residents of Wayne, Oakland & Macomb counties Free
Adults $14.00
Seniors $9.00
College Students (w/ valid school ID) $8.00
Youth (6-17) $6.00
Children (5 and under) Free
Museum Parking Lot $7.00
This looks like an interesting exhibit and a fun time.
Let us know what you think in the Comments.
All images compliments of Detroit Institute for the Arts.
An Exhibition: Car Design in Detroit - 1950–2020
This exhibition organized by the Detroit Institute of Arts will highlight the artistry and influence of Detroit car designers working between 1950 and the present day.
Mike Gulett
Filed Under: Classic Cars, Events Tagged With: 1950–2020, Car Design, Detroit, Detroit Institute for the Arts, Detroit Style: Car Design in the Motor City
Roger A says
Thank you for sharing these pictures and this preview with My Car Quest readers. As you say, it looks very interesting.
Mike Gulett says
And if anyone attends this exhibit please send in photos!
Wallace alfred Wyss says
For town that must employ 3000-4000 designers this is a woefully small amount of work to be displayed. I think they should have a half finished clay model to show the role that plays. And for retired designers a special night (maybe closing week) where they can display 3 works each for sale because when else will us memorabilia collectors be able to buy automaker art?
Peter Heimann says
Is there a catalogue ?
Wallace Wyss says
I'll write a letter to the Museum to see if they could see their way clear to having the last week on the exhibition be open to retired car designers to exhibit 3 works each for sale. Unfortunately not all designers took work home –most saw it dumped into the trash to make way for new art. But at least to some who did, it's a robin's egg-sized next egg. And now that they aren't doing big drawings on vellum anymore it's a lost art. I'll print the letter here first and then those who second the motion can write the Museum too. By the way the murals in one of the pictures are by the great Diego Rivera. There's a story about those too, one of the braveness of the Ford family to not let them get painted over like the Rockefellers allowed when he did a mural for them in NYC.
Detroit MI 48202 December 8, 2020
Dear Directors:
As a historian and fine artist I am grateful that you have a show related to car design in your hallowed halls. I was surprised with the small amount of drawings, renderings shown, and would like to propose a unique ending to the event, an ending that would be newsworthy on its own.
That would either be a week long or day long if need be, where 100 members of The League of Retired Auto Designers could come, set up a card table, and display and sell three of the original renderings they saved forever, sometimes for five decades. This would give the audience a chance to buy work like that which was displayed and give the retirees a little income.
I am publishing this letter on MyCarQuest.com in hopes others will have further suggestions to benefit the designers who have made Detroit famous.
Wallace Wyss


UPA Report 7.3.16 By executive order, Barack Hussein Obama has made it possible for Muslims to become U.S. citizens without taking an oath of allegiance or a pledge to defend America.
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UPA Report 1.31.16 Patriot down in Oregon. R.I.P. Robert Levoy Finicum.
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Jennifer Lynn Elliott, age 39 of Hesperia, CA, passed away on December 10, 2013. She was born to Carol Norris and James Elliott in Pasadena, CA on December 3, 1974.
Jennifer grew up in Glendora, CA and attended Glendora High School. In 2009 Jennifer became a certified Medical Assistant earning her certification from Westech College in Victorville, CA.
Jennifer was someone that everyone loved. If someone knew her, it was likely they loved her. She had a passion for people and had a personality that made everyone smile. Her beauty lit up any room she went into. Her friends and family meant the world to her and she did everything she could to make sure they all knew that. She enjoyed her time watching sunrises, sunsets, and going to the beach.
She is survived by 3 beautiful daughters Brooke Collins, Marlana Pierson, and Autumn Woodman. She also leaves behind many loving family members and friends who will miss her dearly.
Jennifer's family requested a private service that will be held at the Sunset Hills Memorial Park and Mortuary in Apple Valley, CA on Wednesday December 18th at 1:00 pm. The family wishes to thank all those that have had the family in their thoughts during this difficult time. Donations can be made at gofundme.com/jennifer-elliott which will go towards funeral services as well as support for her 3 daughters.
Jennifer's life was claimed in an accident on the I-15 Freeway Dec. 10.


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California voters will decide on fast food industry regulation
LOS ANGELES — A California law creating a board with broad authority to set wages and improve working conditions for fast-food employees has been halted after restaurant and business groups filed enough signatures to put the issue before voters next year.
Officials with the California secretary of state's office announced Tuesday night that Save Local Restaurants, a broad coalition of small business owners, large corporations, restaurateurs and franchisees, had turned in enough valid signatures to prevent the law from going into effect. .
The group, which has raised millions of dollars to oppose the law, had to submit approximately 623,000 valid voter signatures by an early December deadline to place a question on the 2024 ballot asking California voters if the law should come into force.
Legislation signed in September by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom would establish a 10-member council of union representatives, employers and workers to oversee labor practices in the state's fast-food industry.
The panel would have the authority to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $22 an hour, well above the state minimum of $15.50. In addition, the council would oversee health, safety and anti-discrimination standards for nearly 550,000 fast food workers statewide.
Opponents, including the International Franchise Association and the National Restaurant Association, argued that the measure, Assembly Bill 257, singled out their industry and, in turn, would burden companies with higher labor costs than consumers would be passed on to higher food prices.
Matt Haller, president of the International Franchise Association, said the bill "was a solution in search of a problem that didn't exist."
"Californians have spoken up to prevent this misguided policy from driving up food prices and destroying local businesses and the jobs they create," Mr. Haller said.
Last year, the Center for Economic Forecasting and Development at the University of California, Riverside, published a study that estimated that employers would pass along about one-third of workers' compensation increases to consumers.
But Mr. Newsom, in signing the measure, said it "gives fast food workers a stronger voice and a seat at the table to set fair wages and critical health and safety standards across the industry."
Mary Kay Henry, president of the Service Employees International Union, a strong supporter of the measure, attacked fast food corporations.
"Instead of taking responsibility for ensuring the workers who feed their profits are paid a living wage and work in safe and healthy environments, corporations continue to fuel a race to the bottom in the fast food industry," said Ms. Henry. "It's morally wrong and it's bad business."
The effort to get the issue before voters follows a playbook used by big corporations to circumvent lawmakers in Sacramento. In 2019, state lawmakers passed a measure that required companies like Uber and Lyft to treat temporary workers as employees. The companies opposed the measure and helped put a proposition on the 2020 ballot that allowed them to treat drivers as independent contractors. The measure passed with nearly 60 percent of the vote.
The fast food law has been closely watched by industry workers across California, including Angélica Hernández, 49, who has worked at McDonald's restaurants in the Los Angeles area for 18 years.
"We are not intimidated and we refuse to back down," Ms. Hernández said. "We cannot afford to wait to raise wages to keep up with the skyrocketing cost of living and provide for our families."
Alison Morantz, a Stanford Law School professor who focuses on employment law, said what made the law unusual was "its holistic approach to addressing a wide range of issues in a traditionally non-union industry, not just low and stagnant wages, but also labor discrimination. and bad security practices.
"If it does go into effect, it will be closely watched and could become a harbinger of similar efforts in other worker-friendly jurisdictions," Ms. Morantz said.
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Q: Retrieve old lock screen notifications I pressed the home button on my iPhone 6.  I noticed that there was a notification on the lock screen - something about iCloud.  Before I could read more than a few words, Touch ID helpfully kicked in and unlocked the phone, taking me to my home screen.
I wanted to finish reading it, so I pulled down the notification center from the top and didn't see the message on Today or Notifications.  Is there any way to get such notifications back, or should I develop muscle memory of clicking the home button and quickly removing my thumb from the button to avoid losing these forever?
edit: This no longer appears to be a problem in iOS 10.  woot

A: Apple messed up, in my opinion, by taking away the "missed" tab on the notification pull down in iOS 8.
The only thing I've found that helps is to navigate to settings > notifications and set "sort by time".   After that you can pull down the notification center, and the notifications will still be grouped by app, but at least they are sorted so the most recent group is on top, then you can scroll down reading the top notifications out of each group until you get "caught up"
Personally I used that "missed" tab more than almost another screen on the phone, I can't believe they eliminated it.

A: Just swipe down from the top of the locked screen. The old notifications will scroll down.

A: Since this seems to be a popular question, I'll post an updated answer for completeness (and to help anyone searching for the answer on newer devices).
On iOS 11
Let's say you have notifications on the lock screen. You unlocked your device before you had a chance to see them, perhaps because the phone unlocked too quickly, or because you were trying to access an app and didn't have time to check the lock screen notifications.
There is a simple way to see which notifications were on the lock screen again: just pull down the Notification Center from the top of the screen. In it, you'll see the same exact notifications which you had on the lock screen. You will keep seeing these notifications in the Notification Center when you pull it down, until you lock your phone. So essentially you can pull the Notification Center down, deal with lock screen notification 1, pull the Notification Center down again, deal with lock screen notification 2, etc.
What if you want to see your previous lock screen notifications, after you've locked your device? It's simple: just swipe up on either the lock screen or the Notification Center. Then you'll see your past notifications, up to notifications from the past week. It isn't possible to tell which ones are the lock screen notifications that you missed, but you should be able to tell by looking at them – they will be grouped together chronologically.

Starting with iOS 11, the lock screen and Notification Center were updated. Now they have been merged, and have a new name: the Cover Sheet. When you turn your phone screen on, you'll see a locked Covert Sheet. When you're unlocked and you pull down from the top of the screen, you'll be bringing down the Cover Sheet. However, I used the old terms in my answer for clarity.

A: Train yourself to press the Home button with a different finger. I use my thumb to hit it first, specifically to see notifications. I often swipe one next before using my index finger to unlock the phone. That way I go right to the notifying app.

A: After reading all the above, I'll try the top button opening trick.
     Then do a screen shot of the lock screen to save notifications if there are a lot of them.
   Just tried a screen shot of the lock screen and it works.  I was able to pull it up from the camera roll.

A: If you are intent on seeing notifications first without accidentally unlocking the phone, just use the top button. That's what I do. I automatically hit that button as I pick up the phone or pull it out of my pocket. Then I hit the home button if I need to go any further.

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Gopherwood Studios Blog: Edison Project Win!
A few weeks ago I mentioned we were one of 9 contenders in a local business competition called the Edison Project. We achieved second place! It was a tough competition, but we lauded the virtues of HTML5 and threw in a bunch of games to give us an edge.
Thanks to: Danny Hearn and the Catawba Chamber for putting this competition together; the sponsors: Alex Lee, CenturyLink, CVCC, Catawba County Government, and the Committee of 100 for making it a reality; and Bill Parrish of the SBTDC who worked with us and gave us invaluable feedback as we put together our business plan and presentations!
Todd's response to seeing a check this large for the first time.
We also want to congratulate the first place winner, David Washco, with Price Drive. He doesn't have his product out yet, but he has a very compelling idea that we hope to see come to life soon. The third place winner, Peter Lohr, with Advanced Hydrogen Technologies Corporation, also has a brilliant idea that could fundamentally change car fuel systems.
Until the official news release gets out, hopefully this picture of Todd will suffice to show our excitement in the recognized feasibility of our business plan... ...and winning a check that's taller than my sons.
Congrats. Entanglement is on of my favorite games. Especially Sakura Grove.


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Long-Lost Moon Rock Turns Up In Clinton Papers
Rock was one of 50 brought back to states from Apollo 17 mission
By Greg Wilson	• Published September 22, 2011 • Updated on September 22, 2011 at 10:28 am
A long-lost, highly valuable Moon rock brought back from the Apollo 17 mission has turned up in the files of Bill Clinton.
The rock was one of 50 presented to each state, and was given to Arkansas while the ex-president was governor. The rock, worth millions of dollars, had been missing since at least 1980 until an archivist found it in old gubernatorial papers. Bobby Roberts, director of the Central Arkansas Library System, told Reuters the archivist opened a box previously archived as "Arkansas flag plaque." The rock and a state flag were originally affixed to the plaque, but the rock had fallen off and the plaque had been misplaced.
"The moon rock, which is in a plastic container, had fallen off the plaque," Roberts said, explaining that the rock was at the bottom of the box. "The archivist immediately knew what he had discovered."
The rock was originally presented to Arkansas Gov. David Pryor in 1976 and hung in the governor's office during the term of Pryor's successor, the future president. Roberts figures that when Clinton lost his bid for re-election in 1980, everything got packed up and the plaque and its rock from outer space were misplaced.
Other states have misplaced their Apollo 17 Moon rocks, including New Jersey ad Alaska. Last year, former Colorado Gov. John Vanderhoof admitted he had kept his state's rock, and agreed to give it back.


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With organisations laying staff off, HR and training are no exception to potential job losses. This leaves many to think about going freelance. Knowing how much to charge is one challenge. Often people in the consulting and freelance world undervalue their services, and equally, purchasers are increasingly unrealistic about what they expect to pay.
Some time ago I was asked to present to a local CIPD group about 'going freelance' and in the course of that preparation, it highlighted some important facts that all freelancers should be aware of.
There are 52 weeks a year – you will want 3-4 weeks leave – that leaves 48 working weeks.
You need to account for admin – tax returns, marketing etc, this will leave you with 2-3 days to work a week – so that is 48*3= 144 working days. Marketing effort should not be underestimated – this included all unpaid time doing proposals, visits etc.
Now – rather than charge 'by the hour' and all of the timekeeping required to prove it – charge by the 1/2 or full day. Your market space and the way you deliver your services will dictate if this is possible or not.
If you are going to charge by the hour, remember that you need to cover other time you cannot sell – for example, a one-hour meeting means you cannot sell that day as a full day. Also invoicing for 1 hour of work takes the same effort as invoicing to 10 days.. so the cost of that must be taken into account.
If you are looking to do hourly advice/ guidance, then charge for a package – say 50 hours over a year and invoice monthly. then all you need to do is keep a record of time used. The client can always add time if they need it. This is better for you and them in terms of cash-flow. professionals will charge upwards of £100 (UKP) per hour – this is only £800 per day – don't undercut too much (putting the competition into a war on price will just undermine the industry and make your business unsustainable – look what happened in the IT training sector – encourage people to buy on quality and service) – value yourself and what you can offer.
You get the idea – remember of course that you will now need to pay for any training you need, equipment, internet connections etc – so these can easily mount up – do not undersell your self – set your price and be proud of it!
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We put five mini USB 3.0 drives from Mushkin, PNY, Samsung and Sandisk to test. These compact drives by design can always stay plugged as a semi-permanent storage, yet fast enough for everyday tasks.
If performance is above all else, Samsung FIT Plus is the one to go for as it comes out on top in comparison to other mini USB 3.0 drives in our tests. It is also backed by a generous 5-year warranty, and is the only drive other than the Sandisk Ultra Fit 3.1 to come with a 256GB option. For the budget conscious, the Samsung's cost per gigabyte is also reasonably low considering its zippy performance and durability. Perhaps our only complaint is the size being noticeably larger than all the other drives in this round-up. The PNY's Elite-X Fit Fit is our next logical choice albeit slower than the Samsung but the product has been out of stock for a while already. We can't recommend it until we are certain what plans PNY has for its mini drive.
During our large file (a 10GB MP4) transfer tests, Samsung's FIT Plus is an undisputed leader in this sub-category of USB storage; it bested the second fastest drive – PNY Elite-X FIT – by as much as 47% in read speed. It's worth noting that Samsung's performance ratings vary between different capacities. The 32GB and 64GB model can reach up to 200MB/s whereas the 128GB and 256GB version can do 300MB/s.
Lastly, we noticed the Sandisk and the Mushkin both exhibited performance inconsistencies during write operations. The former would actually drop to below 10MB/s before slowly returning to above 30MB/s. The same thing didn't happen with the PNY and Samsung. In another test which involved copying back and forth 5GB JPEGs (most of them being between 4 and 8MB), the Samsung was neck and neck with the PNY. Both drives remained as the leaders in this round of benchmark. However, neither write nor read speed was even close to its their larger siblings, but surely you know you are trading speed for size.
Note these two tests focused primarily on sequential performance, because we felt most people would rely on a mini drive primarily as intermediary or secondary storage for media data. These mini drives, without a decent flash controller, are inherently incapable of handling applications that require fast random access. For this reason, we didn't bother with additional testing.
The featured low-profile USB 3.0 drives are all similarly small, but as soon as they are put next to each other, Sandisk Ultra Fit 3.1's diminutive size compares favorably to others – even if only by a fraction. When inserted, the Sandisk only protrudes just 6mm from the edge of a laptop. Still, last generation Sandisk, PNY and Mushkin are only slightly longer in comparison. The Samsung FIT Plus in contrast is noticeably larger, probably in favor of heat dissipation. It's worth noting that the Samsung and PNY are the only ones with a keyring loop hole.
In terms of durability, Sandisk took a step backward with its squishy plastic connector with latest version of Ultra Fit 3.1. This is a concern that is already echoed by a number of user reviews on Amazon. Having said that, if you intend to leave the drive plugged at all times, this shouldn't be that big of a problem. We would have to say the other drives with their metal USB connectors protecting the flash components could likely survive if being stepped on.
Who Would Need Such a Small Drive?
Buyers who want a drive that only protrudes as little as possible from a USB port should consider one. Thumb drives in general stick out quite conspicuously so they could easily get bent when being bumped repeatedly. This could easily result in data loss and maybe even worse, a broken USB port.
By design, compact drives can always stay inserted to a USB-enabled car stereo or to a notebook as a semi-permanent storage for media. They can also free up precious space on the laptop's speedy SSD for mission critical tasks. For this reason, a mini USB drive can actually prove to be quite practical to some of us who might need an effortless storage expansion option.


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Walt Disney has been quoted saying "If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse." That is what he said it took him to start Walt Disney Company; from an idea and dream that he imagined and believed. Many big companies like Walt Disney started from just an idea and its vision, and believed about the idea and vision, and decided to make things happening. Your imagination and what you believe is the prerequisite to your success. Of course several other things also get to play into part of the overall success, but the two steps foundations to start a business, to pursue a dream and goal, is to imagine it first, and believe about it so that you can act toward it and live it.
Many influencers and experts say that you can't get something that you cannot imagine. Before you can ever get something especially things that are worthwhile to have and pursue, you have to see yourself getting it first. Before you can have your harvest, you have to see yourself harvesting it. Before you win, you have to see yourself winning. You have to see the unseen by faith before you get to manifest it into your world.
When you imagine before you have it, you are basically seeing it in your mind before you actually achieve it. Before you can have it and live it, you have got to imagine it. You need to get a vision for your dream. So make sure you see a clear picture of your dream, goal, and objective. The clear the picture is the reality it can become to you. Get a big picture what you really want. Write down what you see in your mind. Do some research if you can, and write down a clear version of what you see and imagine concerning your life, your business, your ministry, and so on.
Successful people visualize their dreams and goals. In order to paint a clear picture of their goals, they use visual images maybe through vision boards, dreams and goals books, wallpapers, screensavers, and posters. They search for visual images concerning what they see in their minds, or what they think about their future, put them together, and display them where they can see them on regular basis.
One thing we can learn from fashion designers, or architects is that before they custom-made something for you, let's say you went to a clothing fashion designer to custom-made a dress for your special occasion, before he or she can take any measurements, you will both sit down and do some sketching of the dress you have in mind before he or she sends it for tailoring.
The same thing with our dreams and goals, we need to sketch down a clear picture according to our imagination, or what we see in our minds. And what I have realized is that as you write it down what you imagine in your mind your dream and goals becomes even clearer.
If you are Christian, a born-again Christian, it's important to involve God so that you can get a clear picture and revelation from God that you can see and imagine. Spend quality time with God in His Word, reading and meditating the scriptures, pray about it and ask for the Holy Spirit to guide you and help you to yield to His direction. God has different ways to speak to us, His people. If we seek Him, He will even give us better revelations and insights concerning His purposes for us and His plans for our lives.
The Lord told Abram, look from where you are, for I will give all the land that you see to you and your children and your children's children forever. So we learn from what the Lord told Abram, it doesn't matter where we are today, but is about where we are looking, where we are trying to go. It's about where we see we are heading. It's about what we prophesy for our future in our present moments or where we are today. There is a difference between where we are today and where we are going. Things can change between where we are today and where we want to be tomorrow. If we don't like where we are today, we can locate scriptures concerning where we want to be tomorrow and present it to God in prayers so that He can help us to get there. When hang on God promises concerning our lives we can be sure that we have a promise land to look forward to.
Don't ask a billionaire for ten dollars when he or she is willing to help you. I mean, it will be like an insult to the billionaire, because he or she is able to help you with more than ten dollars. That's why they say, we might as well imagine big because the Lord God, our helper is well able. He is bigger and able than what we think in our imagination. And we learn from what the Lord told Abram, sometimes God will give us according to how far we can see. Therefore, we can say that how far we can see is how far and much we can get from life.
Oprah Winfrey has been quoted saying "You don't become what you want to become. You become what you believe." It's not about what you want, it's more than that. How many of us want things but we still don't have them. You can want all you want, but if you don't believe you are worthy of them, or you can achieve them, or you hesitate getting them, then your disbelief may hinder you to go after them, or getting them.
So the Lord Jesus first asked His followers, "What do people say that I am?" And then He asked them "What do you say that I am?" There is always about what they say, and what you say. People can say what they say, but what do you say. Your circumstances can say whatever they want, but what do you say to your circumstance, or about yourself, or about the God you serve and rely on for help?
We can use this example to learn about the importance of believing in ourselves, in our dreams and goals that we have got all it takes to achieve them, and in God Who has equipped us that He can help us bring to reality our dreams, goals, and aspirations. Many times, even when our loved ones believe on us and they can see our potentials, but if we don't believe in ourselves and whether we can achieve our dreams and goals, we become our own roadblocks, we create a limitation on ourselves.
Jeremiah believed he didn't know how to speak and he was too young for what the Lord appointed him to do and say. But the Lord replied to him "Do not say you are too young. You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you." What we can learn from this Bible passage is that, if God says He has equipped you and He will be your shield, then He has the last say, and what He says it's final. There is nothing can be strong enough to corrupt God's promises and plans for our lives. Not our circumstances, our surroundings, what is against us, even ourselves. If God says go and do, you will go wherever and do whatever He tells or sends you. We learn this also in the Bible in book of Johan who was sent by God to prophesy and proclaim judgment to the people of Nineveh, but went on trying to escape the divine mission. And God sent a big fish to swallow Johan and for three days and three nights Jonah suffered inside the big fish's belly. After He prayed and repented for his disobedience, God spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Johan safely on dry land. After his rescue, Jonah finally obeyed the call to prophesy against Nineveh, which in turn caused the people of the Nineveh to repent and God to forgive them.
The Lord Jesus was on His way to heal Jairus's daughter, but before He arrived there, someone came to say that it was too late; there was no need for the Lord to go there, because she was gone already. Therefore the Lord Jesus told Jairus, don't listen to that report, just believe, and she will be healed. So it was up for Jairus to believe Jesus or the report that came.
When the bad reports come into our lives, we have choices to whose report to believe. Are we going to believe what God says about us and our situations, or are we going to believe on the bad report? It doesn't matter what our circumstances or situations, when we believe and rely on God to help us, He will turn it around for your good. All we have got to do is believe that God wants us to be healed, to succeed, and wants the best for us, and ignore all our bad reports. Whatever the bad reports are to us, because the bad report can be anything; it can be a healthy situation, financial situation, or opportunity situation. They laughed at the Lord Jesus, because they didn't know what He knew and believed. If you read the text, why would the Lord Jesus said to Jairus "Don't be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed" after someone came to say that she was dead? Even after He arrived at the house, the Lord Jesus told them "Stop wailing, she is not dead but asleep." But then the Bible says, "After the Lord took her by the hand and said He took her by the hand and said, "My child, get up," Her spirit returned, and at once she stood up." What we learn here is that whether she was dead or not, it doesn't matter to what you believe it can be. If you believe a dead person is only asleep, and have great faith like the Lord Jesus, He can bring that person to life because all things are possible with God.
So after we get a clear vision of our dreams, goals, or objectives, then we have to believe whatever we imagine, whatever we want, whatever we dream, that we can achieve and live it. Like Oprah said, we don't become what we want, but what we believe. We have to overcome our doubts and go after our dreams and goals. Every time we doubts creeps in, encourage yourself and say "God is not a liar. The Bible says He is faithful and true, therefore if He promised, then He will me bring it to reality. It's only a matter of time." It's about whose report we choose to believe.


Many people haven't even a nodding acquaintance with humility as a way of life. –12&12 (p.70) | More..
Backsliding begins when knee-bending stops.
The good news is you never have to drink again even if you want to.
Wisdom in its purest form is sometimes knowing what to overlook.
Prayer is asking a question. Meditation is listening for the answer.
If I'm not comfortable within myself, I can't be comfortable with others.
God used two people to create me; He used a whole Fellowship to change me.
We are prisoners of our own resentments.
Life didn't end when I got sober … it started.
Who we are is God's gift to us. Who we become is our gift to God.
If you think you have a problem with alcohol, you probably do.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing …my sobriety.
Some people think alcoholism is a two-fold disease–more and right now.
What does it benefit me to not like another human being?
Your concept of yourself reflects on your concept of God.
I don't have to like you, I only have to love you. –Marc N.
I'd rather be better than bitter.
Newcomers are the lifeblood of the program. But our oldtimers are the arteries.
I am responsible for carrying the message.
A victim is a spectator in his life.
Improve your memory — tell the truth.
Numb is dumb; feel to heal.
The reason the Traditions are called Principles is because they always work.
The Promises are a result; not a right.
I've only given up one drink … the next one.


Brachial plexus injury and palsy in the hand due to injury of the upper and middle trunks, reconstructed due to bullet wounds. Open reduction internal fixation fractures of the second and third metacarpals due to bullet wound.
Bullet wounds to the hands and upper extremities frequently cause significant damage because of the concentration of nerves, tendons, ligaments, bones, joints and arteries into small areas. Injury to any one of these can impair the function and viability of the digit or part of the extremity. Initial care consists of cleaning the wounds, controlling bleeding, and stabilizing fractures. Evaluation and management of the entire patient including vital sign management has first priority. Entry and exit wounds are identified. The latter generally show eversion of skin and soft tissues around the wound. When only one entry site wound is noted, then the bullet will need to be located at least by x-ray exam to consider its location and the implications of leaving the bullet or removing it.
Low velocity bullet wounds, such as those from handguns, which in some cases leave underlying structures intact, are often treated with cleaning the wounds, dressings and antibiotics. High velocity bullet wounds, which generally are caused by rifle injuries, create a soft tissue shock wave that causes extensive damage away from the track of the bullet. These cases generally require surgery in order to remove devitalized tissues from the area of the bullet track and surrounding shock wave. This minimizes the possibility of infection and optimizes future function. At the same time damage to structures such as tendons, ligaments, bones, nerves, and important arteries and veins are repaired. Retained bullets may mechanically interfere with the movement of bones, joints, and tendons, when this occurs the bullet or fragments require removal.
When a bullet is in a joint, it generally needs to be removed not only for mechanical reasons but also to avoid lead poisoning. Patients with bullet wounds generally receive antibiotics and tetanus coverage. Deflection of a bullet within the arm may occur as it ricochets. The bullet can fragment and cause damage over a wider area, even a low velocity bullet. The bullet can pass through the extremity and into another part of the body and this needs to be established and treated appropriately.
The hand surgeon is trained to repair bullet injuries in the fingers, thumb, hand, and upper extremity to the brachial plexus. Occupational and physical therapists are essential in rehabilitating the patient and optimizing their function.


The bats of Scotophilus vary in size and other characteristics but, in general, "They're cute. They look a lot like the bats you see in Chicago but they're this great yellow color," says Terry Demos, a Postdoctoral Fellow at Chicago's Field Museum and lead author of a recent paper in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. These furry creatures can roost in the nooks and crannies of homes in Kenya. "These are bats that live with people—they don't call them house bats for nothing," adds Bruce Patterson, MacArthur Curator of Mammals at the Field Museum and co-author of the study. Bats usually don't fly too far to find a home either. Despite having wings, bats prefer to stay in a specific region, resulting in huge amounts of diversity throughout Africa.
Before understanding how these bat species related to one another, it was difficult to even research them. "We were using three different names for these bats in the field," says Patterson. That kind of evolutionary confusion is enough to make anyone batty. As Demos and Patterson explain, bats that look very similar could have wildly different genetic information. This means that new species could be hiding in plain sight due to their physical similarities to other species. The only way to solve this mystery is to use cutting-edge genetic analysis techniques.
These findings are not only interesting to scientists but to the local farming industry. Organic groceries at Trader Joe's would be next to impossible without bats. They act as a natural pesticide, eating insects that threaten crops. Besides farmers, local health officials also rely on bat research because bats can be disease vectors that threaten public health. Being able to understand bats means that scientists can protect public health and plates of food.
This unexpected finding attests to the diversity of life in Kenya and other tropical locales in Africa. The variety of species in these regions is not ye described because, "Africa is understudied, and its biodiversity is underestimated, and it's critical because there are threats to its biodiversity," says Demos. This research gives a framework for future scientists to categorize species of bats and describe new species.
In the United States, because our bats are well researched, there is an app that can recognize bat calls, kind of like Shazam for bats. Patterson plays bat sounds off his phone,"I recorded this in my driveway and an app was able to identify the bat. This is what we want to be able to do in the field someday." The next step in this research is using the genetic analysis of Scotophilus bats as a framework that allows scientists to categorize and eventually recognize species based on observable features, such as the chirps, squeaks, and sounds human ears can't hear.


Copper diffusion barriers are necessary to contain copper within microelectronics interconnect wiring, preventing copper diffusion to the underlying silicon transistors. Both conducting and insulating copper diffusion barriers are used to encapsulate copper wiring, with low resistivity and dielectric constant of the barriers, respectively, critical to minimizing the time-delay contributions. TaCxNy films deposited from pentakis(dimethylamino)tantalum and methane were studied. Thermal chemical vapor deposition (CVD) at 365 °C resulted in films with resistivity > 6000 µΩ·cm due to high-resistivity Ta3N5. Plasma-enhanced CVD films using no methane had the lowest resistivity within this study of 440 µΩ·cm. The incorporation of carbon using CH4 increasing the resistivity due to preferential formation of graphitic- vs. carbidic-carbon. TaCxNy films as thin as 4 nm were found to be effective copper diffusion barriers. BCxNy films deposited by CVD using dimethylamine borane with ammonia and/or ethylene were characterized. Amorphous films could be deposited with k less than 4 at 360 °C, with hardness and modulus of 8.7 GPa and 71.3 GPa, respectively. BCxNy adhered strongly to dielectric films (> 10 J/m2 ). BCxNy adhesion to copper surfaces varied with surface pretreatment and generally ranged from 1.65 to 5.59 J/m2 , with one set of samples snapping (strong adhesion). Adhesion increased with carbon content, x, on oxidized copper surfaces. Adhesion to metallic copper was improved by the π- bonding character of the B-N bond. The barrier effectiveness was evaluated using bias-temperature stress testing. BC0.90N0.08 (k of 3.8) deposited using ethylene was the most promising boron-based film, having leakage current of 1.12×10-8 A/cm2 at 0.5 MV/cm and comparable barrier performance to SiC0.76N0.44. BCxNy barrier performance appeared to improve with lower boron content, fewer B-B bonds, and increased B-C bonds.


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The Kele or Sheke languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone B.20 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), apart possibly from Seki (Sheke) (B.21) itself, the languages form a valid node. They are:
Lengue, Ndasa, Sigu (Sighu), Kele (Dikele), Ngom, Mbangwe, Wumbvu, Kota, Shake (Sake), Mahongwe, ?Seki (Sheke)

Maho (2009) adds B203 Sama, B204 Ndambomo, B205 Metombola.

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I'm with you and Harlan.
There's always "Monday." It falls on the day after your day(s) off.
Harlan Ellison? Are you sure? I've also seen it attributed to Albert Einstein (almost certainly incorrect attribution), and Frank Zappa. Maybe Zappa and Einstein, with a beer.
NO ONE GETS OUT OF CHILDHOOD ALIVE. It's not the first time I've said that. But among the few worthy bon mots I've gotten off in sixty-seven years, that and possibly one other may be the only considerations eligible for carving on my tombstone. (The other one is the one entrepreneurs have misappropriated to emboss on buttons and bumper stickers: The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
(Not things, you insensate gobbets of ambulatory giraffe dung, elements! Elements is funny, things is imprecise and semi-guttural. Things! Geezus, when will the goyim learn they don't know how to tell a joke.
Ellison's an interesting guy. The deeper I dig into his stuff, the greater his genius shines. It's usually the other way around.


Farmers along Frahm Pike in Celina on Thursday morning harvest the last of their corn planted in 2018. Mercer County Farm Service Agency Interim Director Mike Baucher said last fall's wet weather and winter snows made harvesting difficult, forcing a number of farmers to postpone the work until now. New planting will likely start within the month, depending on field conditions, he said.


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