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TSTL'17.14: Putnam Memorial State Park
The Sky's the Limit 2017 Hiking Challenge #14
Putnam Memorial State Park, Redding/Bethel
Do you want to know something crazy? With this, our 14th and final Sky's the Limit Challenge hike of 2017, Damian and I have now gone to ALL 42 TSTL challenge points over the last few years.
Every. Single. One.
It has been quite a ride. (Calvin missed out on 3 in 2015 because, well, because he was three… but I still find it annoying.) If you are so inclined, feel free to click the TSTL tag and go all the way back to the beginning.
Damian has come a loooooong way in the intervening time. But he certainly still presents challenges nearly every time we begin a walk. I don't write about that stuff much anymore; it's just so ingrained into our lives.
But I would be curious to know how many others have done all 42. I know of a few personally. I'd guess there are maybe a hundred? No matter the number, I'm 100% confident none are kids with profound special needs.
Way to go, Damian!
I just wish he could feel a sense of accomplishment. Sigh.
The drive out to Putnam Memorial State Park is a long one for us, and includes a crazy drive through Bethel. I guess that's why I've never been here before – which is really only surprising when you realize that there are museums here. And you know me and my museums.
The park has everything. It's very pretty, it's free, it has as much history and as many historic sites as any other in the state. and frankly, it's just darn cool.
Recreated blockhouses
I'll be back in the future to spend time in the museum and (very, very nice visitor center), but for now, we'll just concentrate on the TSTL hike.
We parked at the main lot, which is the one nearest the visitor center on route 107. The park is divided into a "Historic Section" and a "Recreational Section." We spent our time in the Historic section.
This area is known as "Connecticut's Valley Forge." It was the site of the Continental Army's 1779 winter encampment under the command of General Israel Putnam. The site consists of remains of the encampment, reconstructed log buildings, and a bunch of other cool stuff.
There is a lot going on here. You can read all about it here – and I recommend you do so.
Putnam! Aaron Burr! George Washington! They all played a role here. As for us, we walked past the miniature blockhouses and cannons to enter the park. Note: little kids love cannons.
Up a short hill stands the 1888 Memorial Monument which commemorates the men who spent the winter of 1778-79 at the camp under Major General Putnam's command.
After that, we walked through history down "Company Street." Here, the soldiers constructed 12-man huts – for a quarter of a mile. The only remnants from these huts are the rock piles, called "firebacks." These were the chimneys built from local stone and it is pretty crazy to see them still lined up, one right after another.
Calvin seemed more interested than usual in all this stuff, but I realized that this was because it involved guns and cannons and war. He was concerned with the war and wondered if "we won." I explained that our lack of a monarch and British accent tells me that yes, we did.
He didn't quite understand, but we kept walking.
Near the goal for the day, we reached the short side trail to Phillips Cave. No, it's not an actual cave but a "Connecticut cave." No matter, Calvin was very excited to go check it out – giving Damian some time to rest in the shade.
Local legend claims that some guy named Mr. Phillips came to live in this cave after the Revolutionary War and that he was kind of a thieving jerk. So the locals "removed" him. I'm not sure what that means, but let's assume it means they killed him.
Anyway, we poked around and Calvin recreated one of our favorite videos of all time (his idea). Here's the original and here's the one he performed at Putnam State Park.
Love that kid.
We had hiked into Bethel by the way.
Just beyond the cave is the Officer's Quarters/Magazine – our final TSTL challenge point! Woo hoo! For a century, this recreated building was thought to be an officer's quarters, but now historians believe it was a magazine storage building. (That's kegs of gunpowder and such, kids.)
I was pretty darn happy to complete this year's challenge, but I don't think either boy gave it much thought.
Final 2017 TSTL required picture!
But then, Calvin piped up and said that he was happy because he'll be getting another medallion. I beamed from ear to ear; I can't believe he remembered!
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Nigel William says
Hi, CTMQ Admin! This is an amazing story! You`re a great writer, I had a great time reading it. Park looks amazing, I hope more people will get motivated by these beautiful photos. Your blog, in general, is so inspiring, I wish you more success and goals accomplished. I was wondering, what do you think is the best time of year to enjoy this beautiful trail?
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Okay, I will admit it…I don't like progress monitoring! Don't get me wrong, I live for those moments where I have solid data to prove that my instruction is working! That is why I am a teacher. But paperwork, analyzing data for hours, and hearing students whine about "assessments", is not my idea of a good time. But my attitude changed the day I had a conversation with a friend about progress monitoring with "Pokemon"!
First, let's make sure we are speaking the same language…what is progress monitoring? Progress monitoring is when teachers, well, monitor progress. It is how we document how well students are benefiting from our classroom instruction. When we go to the doctor, we often leave having scheduled a follow up appointment. This is because the doctor needs to monitor the effectiveness of their prescribed plan of care. As teachers, we also need to monitor the effectiveness of our instructional plan, to identify individual student needs. Progress monitoring is often utilized within the RTI process and targeted towards at-risk students. However, progress monitoring with Pokemon brings high-engagement to the entire class!
Every RPG game involves a quest: What are the characters trying to accomplish? How many levels/worlds/challenges will they have to complete it? When using RPG in progress monitoring, this step should include student and/or classroom goals/objectives? These goals can include content, behavior, and/or classroom management. Once you have decided your goals and objectives, consider creating a visual that can be used to display progression and focus learning.
Example: Use Pokemon as a RPG progress monitoring tool.
When progress monitoring it is important to be able to quickly determine how students are performing relative to the instruction given. This involves being able to chart student growth and data, a process that can lead to burnout among students. However, in a RPG setting the characters often have access to a journal. At any time, the character can use the journal to see what weapons and skills they possess to help complete the upcoming challenges. When bringing RPG into the classroom, provide students with a journal they can use to chart their progress. The journal should include space for the student to describe/write the goal and mark when the goal has been achieved.
Make sure to take the time to celebrate success! When playing an RPG game, payers gain points, stars, coins, level ups, costume changes, etc. to reward them for defeating enemies and completing challenges. This same system can be brought into the classroom to reward students for accomplishing goals. These rewards should range in value, however there needs to be clear steps to determine how rewards are attained. Rewards can also be differentiated according to the difficulty level of the goal.
One reason that RPG games are so addictive is the constant opportunity for improvement. Even if you have completed each task, you can keep playing to "level up" your characters. As we are using RPG to monitor student progress consider how their skills can be "leveled up." Look for standards which are "extensions" (For example, adding and subtracting within 1000 is an extension of adding and subtracting within 100) and provide these as an opportunity to level up. This allows students to see connections and progressions in what they are learning.
RPG games also often offer special side challenges and games that characters can add to their journal. We can mimic this in the classroom by providing special challenges and problem solving opportunities. These can be used as special badges/honors to be earned and placed in their journal.
Get started on your RPG Classroom!
With a little creativity, we can bring engaging RPG elements into our classrooms, and use their benefits for student success. RPG games provide a platform where players make decisions which lead them to becoming stronger and more experienced. Players can also see how their level of experience and set of skills directly effects their ability to complete tasks. As teachers, this is the power we want our students. This is the environment that can be created by bringing RPG elements into the classroom!
If you would like help in bringing RPG elements into your classroom, please feel free to contact me at creativemathnerd@gmail.com!
I would love to add your examples to this post! Please let me know how you bring RPG in the classroom in the comments below. Or email examples and pictures to creativemathnerd@gmail.com!


"Electric," the latest album from UK synthpop veterans Pet Shop Boys (released July 15 via x2 Recordings) continues the group's constant stylistic evolution, while keeping an ear towards the newest dance music trends.
In a behind the scenes video, the duo take a look at the making of their latest album.
Most songs on the album are lengthy affairs and the duo prides themselves on the songs' non-traditional structure. "It's a real feeling of freedom and something we'd like to do more of in the future," Tennant said.
The album's experimentation isn't limited to the music. "Electric" is the first album of the band's career to not be released on Polyphone Records. After 28 years with the label, PSB started their own label called x2 Recordings and moved to distributor Kobalt, whose roster includes Prince and New Kids on the Block.


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New app boasts fitness improvement
By Amelia Schwanke – Tuesday 27 May, 2014
A new tech-savvy phone app has found a way to encourage healthy lifestyle changes aimed at improving your health and fitness age.
Have you recently been made aware of your health and fitness age?
The Queensland government have promoted a service that allows the public to calculate their own health and fitness age, by using their weight, height and age as key factors to determine this.
Vital lifestyle characteristics are taken into account and generated into a scary looking age identifier that might have you feeling a bit worried.
Luckily, there's the Health and Fitness Age Challenger app that has been developed to help improve your health and well-being.
The app was launched today by Brisbane's Lions captain Jed Adcock, as a part of his Healthier Happier campaign.
As the ambassador of this campaign, Jed has always been an active leader to encourage the public to adopt healthier lifestyle behaviours for their health.
"The Health & Fitness Age calculator has given people the opportunity to discover what shape they are really in and so far the calculator has been used more than 250,000 times," Jed said.
"Take the stairs, rather than the lift and get outdoors as much as possible, rather than sit and watch TV. I always try to run around outside with my family."
By becoming aware of your un-healthy habits the app aims to assist the challenge of overcoming these and overall changing your lifestyle.
Chief health officer Dr Jeannette Young says Healthier Happier encourages the small changes that make an overall difference to your health.
"We want to encourage everyone, no matter their size or situation, to lead a healthier life and reduce their risk of chronic disease," Young said.
If you're interested in the free app and trying out the four week challenge head to: http://healthier.qld.gov.au.
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37. Red Cliff (2008)
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40. Black Sea (2014)
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41. Top Five (2014)
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43. Journey to the West (2013)
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44. Animal Crackers (2017)
94 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
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Directors: Tony Bancroft, Scott Christian Sava, Jaime Maestro | Stars: Emily Blunt, Danny DeVito, John Krasinski, Ian McKellen
45. New Police Story (2004)
A hero cop accidentally leads his team into a trap from which he is the only survivor. Drowning his guilt in booze, he is eventually assigned a new younger partner who turns out to have his own secrets.
Director: Benny Chan | Stars: Jackie Chan, Nicholas Tse, Mak Bau, Tak-Bun Wong
46. Shaolin (2011)
After ambushing and killing his rival, losing everything in the process, dispirited warlord Hou Jie turns to a Shaolin monastery seeking salvation.
Director: Benny Chan | Stars: Shaoqun Yu, Chen Zhiui, Xing Yu, Jing Wu
47. Red Cliff II (2009)
142 min | Action, Drama, History
Second and final part of an epic tale about a legendary ancient battle that changed the course of China history.
48. The Warlords (2007)
R | 126 min | Action, Drama, History
Set in China in the 1860's during the Taiping Rebellion, the story is based on the assassination of Ma Xinyi in 1870. Loyalist General Qingyun is the only survivor of a battle with ... See full summary »
Directors: Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Wai Man Yip | Stars: Jet Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Jinglei Xu
49. The Myth (2005)
Archeologist Jack keeps having reoccurring dreams of a past life, where he is the great General Meng Yi, who is sworn to protect a Korean Princess named Ok-Soo. Jack decides to go investigate everything with his friend William.
Director: Stanley Tong | Stars: Bing Shao, Jackie Chan, Weixing Yao, Jianzhong Zhang
50. Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011)
R | 122 min | Action, Adventure
Set three years after Dragon Inn, innkeeper Jade has disappeared and a new inn has risen from the ashes - one that's staffed by marauders masquerading as law-abiding citizens, who hope to unearth the fabled lost city buried in the desert.
Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Jet Li, Xun Zhou, Kun Chen, Lun-Mei Kwei
Votes: 7,319 | Gross: $0.17M


« So What Do You Think of Yourself?
While the optimist in me would like to believe that there is truth in all of that, last week, I was reminded that we need one another. I had the amazing gift of getting to spend 3 days with 20 total, yet amazing, strangers. When we converged on the Rapport offices in Las Vegas, Nevada, not one of us had ever met. Nor did we really understand what we were about to experience. But within 24 hours we would be a team – team 2664. At the end of it all, my hope in mankind was renewed by the way we came together.
I watched as 21 people let their guards down and learned to trust one another. We realized that we would not make it through the week without each other. All the conditioning that "I can do this on my own," was stripped away and we became completely dependent on one another. it was a scary but cathartic undertaking – the result of which was a group of friends who were total strangers just hours before.
There will be many posts in days to come of the lessons learned in the desert of Nevada, but that will take time for me to process. For today, the lesson is community. We need one another. No one is self-made. We might puff up and try to make people think we don't need anyone. But the cold hard fact of life is that we can't do this alone – not well anyway.
But here is what could be a revolutionary thought for you – or at least a liberating concept – we were never meant to do this alone. God created us for relationships. Genesis starts out in the very first chapter telling us that the first man needed someone else to be complete. We were created for community. That is how we are wired. We need to know and be known. WE NEED EACH OTHER. This is not an admission of weakness. In fact, it takes more grit and strength to admit we need another than it does to deny the truth and try and go it alone.
This truth is why the church is so important. Church is never to be a place where people put on masks and act as if they are self-sufficient. Church is the place we come for encouragement, support, instruction and relationships that help us make it through our days. If that is not a description of any church that you have ever attended, keep looking – they exist – I happen to belong to one.


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Minnesota faces housing crisis. How local…
Minnesota faces housing crisis. How local groups says $400 million could address it
Houses under construction as part of the Rivoli Bluff housing project, on an East Side bluff overlooking downtown St. Paul, are seen Thursday, April 5, 2018. (Andy Rathbun / Pioneer Press)
By Bill Salisbury | bsalisbury@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer Press
PUBLISHED: January 23, 2019 at 4:52 p.m. | UPDATED: January 24, 2019 at 9:07 p.m.
With Minnesota needing to build thousands of homes to address an affordable housing shortage, a diverse statewide coalition of organizations on Tuesday announced an ambitious and expensive agenda at a state Capitol news conference.
Their proposals call on state policymakers to borrow and spend more than $400 million over the next two years on a broad range of programs to provide affordable homes for workers, renters, the homeless and older Minnesotans.
"This is by far our boldest ask yet," said Fatima Moore, policy co-chair of Homes for All, a coalition of more than 200 nonprofit, business, local government, health care and education organizations advocating for building and preserving more housing.
RELATED: St. Paul has a housing crisis, city says. Here's what it's doing about it.
While their plan carries a hefty price tag, DFL Rep. Alice Hausman of St. Paul, chair of a new House housing panel, said there's growing, bipartisan recognition among lawmakers of the need for more affordable housing. She said lawmakers approved selling $100 million in housing bonds in 2014 and an additional $87 million last year, setting the stage for a more aggressive package now.
The coalition's wish list is based on recommendations made last year by then-Gov. Mark Dayton's housing task force, which cited a need to build 300,000 new homes by 2030 across all types, prices and locations to stabilize costs and meet demand. The report found that more than 550,000 Minnesota families spent at least 30 percent of their incomes on rent or mortgage payments, leaving little left over to cover such necessities as groceries and transportation.
WHAT THEY ARE SEEKING
The Homes for All agenda includes:
Borrowing $300 million to build and preserve housing across the state. Much of that money would go to build affordable rental housing for working families. It also would provide funds to repair and preserve public housing and supply emergency housing for the homeless.
Appropriating $55 million to the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency to produce more homes for workers, match local housing resources, help families buy homes and prevent homelessness.
Providing $50 million in tax credits for investments in a fund that offers money for locally directed affordable housing projects.
Allocating $25 million to the state Department of Human Resources to provide emergency shelter and support services for homeless families and housing assistance for people with severe mental illness.
HOUSING WHERE THE JOBS ARE
State Sen. Carla Nelson, R-Rochester, said the tax credit fund would help solve a "workforce crisis" across the state caused by workers' inability to afford housing in communities where the most in-demand jobs are located. The credit would encourage local businesses and labor to invest in solving their communities' housing needs, she said.
The Homes for All agenda will have to compete with numerous other groups for a share of the state's projected $1.5 billion budget surplus for the next two years.
Moreover, DFL legislative leaders have warned that much of the surplus will be needed to cover inflationary costs of existing programs, and Republican leaders contend the surplus should be returned to taxpayers.
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Bill Salisbury has been a newspaper reporter since 1971. He started covering the Minnesota Capitol for the Rochester Post-Bulletin in 1975, joined the Pioneer Press as a general assignment reporter in 1977 and was assigned to the Capitol bureau in 1978. He was the paper's Washington correspondent from 1994 through 1999, when he returned to the Capitol bureau. Although he retired in January 2015, he continues to work at the Capitol part time.
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Team AFMC — Just over a year ago, we published the 2016 AFMC Strategic Plan to outline how we would support the Air Force Strategy. We had a number of successes under this plan; however, by the end of 2016, it became clear there were opportunities for us to do better. We amended our strategy through a series of leadership engagements culminating in the 2017 Spring Senior Leader Conference, which reinvigorated our vision, goals, and objectives.
The new AFMC vision statement is: "Innovative Airmen, trusted and empowered, creating agile, cost-effective war-winning capabilities for the Nation." The change encourages our Airmen, who are trusted and empowered on a daily basis, to serve as the key element of delivering capabilities. Our vision highlights the elements of agility and cost-effectiveness; while simultaneously emphasizing how AFMC delivers capabilities serving the entire nation. The command mission statement, "Deliver and support agile war-winning capabilities," remains unchanged, but we overhauled three of AFMC's four strategic goals.
• The third goal, "Drive cost-effectiveness into the capabilities we provide," remains unchanged and reflects AFMC's commitment to manage every dollar in the most effective, responsible way. AFMC is the cost conscience of the Air Force.
As we embrace this evolution in the months ahead, I'm confident our AFMC team will lead the Air Force in providing agile responsiveness to the warfighter's needs.


Investing in Your Vacation: Why do most avoid this important investment?
In fact, Americans leave 429 million vacation hours on this proverbial table, according to a report from Forbes. And USA Today reports that, according to their study, over 30% of employees do not use all of their vacation days.
When we discuss investing, we talk about putting money aside in order to make a profit. We discuss putting money into stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and so forth. People also discuss investing in your career, like investing in an education or in a certification. Maybe we should talk about another investment that could pay dividends in your career, which is, of course, the place where you make your money. Is investing in vacation a good idea, or just hokey, happy talk?
"I'm afraid that I'll be fired." This is the idea that your boss expects constant work and looks down on those "snivelers" who dare to take a break.
"A hard worker should keep his nose to the grindstone and perform." This is related to the other reasons, and it also involves some allegiance to the idea that hard work is the key, over-arching purpose of life.
"I don't want my colleague to impress the boss more while I'm away." People worry about not getting that promotion if they take time away from the office.
These reasons are largely self-imposed. As noted below, most managers understand the benefits of vacation to their employees, not only for employee morale but also for his or her performance on the job. Your boss is not Ebenezer Scrooge, despite what you might think.
Research studies support the idea of taking your vacations. A University of Pittsburgh study found that leisure activities, including vacations, contributed to less depression and more positive emotions, along with lower blood pressure and smaller waistlines. These results are not surprising, since vacation reduces stress. As reported elsewhere, 80% of workers feel stressed on the job, and 70% of doctor visits are due to stress-related conditions.
According to Forbes, not using vacation time is bad for business. Most managers recognize the benefits of taking time off from work because their employees will be more productive, have better workplace morale, and are more likely to stay. Importantly, the health benefits of vacation result in employees missing fewer days for illness and less time for medical appointments.
So, based on the studies and the interviews of managers and executives, what are these benefits of taking a vacation? There are, of course, personal benefits to going on vacation or taking a "staycation," where you stay at home during your time off. You can enjoy your life more and become closer to your partner, your kids, and your friends. You become physically healthier, too.
Reduce stress, which helps in so many ways.
Increase productivity at work, after you return. Taking a break from work and doing what some have called a "digital detox" refreshes you.
Increase creativity, for those times when a better approach or new idea is needed.
Improve your relationships with other workers, so that you're more positive about projects and less likely to be irritable or say things that you regret later.
Of course, things that help you at work also help your company. And many employers know this, from their experience with other workers and managers who take vacations and then perform better. So, vacations are not only beneficial to you, but they also benefit your company.
Using your vacation time, and using it wisely, helps you to become a better employee, which can only help your company. And most managers understand this. Being a better employee will result, naturally, in a higher salary or a better job.
Investing in vacation, therefore, is both an investment in your own well-being and in your career and salary. Remember to invest in your vacation, just as you invest in your retirement, your education, or your house.


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Charidy Launches Higher Education Crowdfunding Platform: Getting Back to the Give with Mega Raise University Giving Days!
July 22, 2018 December 20, 2018 by Melissa Jane Kronfeld
University Giving Days have become a major source of fundraising for colleges and universities over the past several years. Perhaps the biggest success story has been Purdue University which managed to raise an astounding $18.3 million dollars in 2016, an increase of 33 percent over the previous year, as well as driving social media impressions from 19.5 million to 24 million.
University Giving Days have proved a huge boon to institutions of higher learning – working with a highly reputable partner platform, utilizing unique and high quality content and a strategy combining gamification and shareability, the result is a more engaging and personal approach to educational fundraising that creates a sense of shared community and responsibility which keeps people invested in the future of the school for years to come.
At Charidy, we recognize the unique opportunity we have to assist colleges and universities reach their fundraising goals. Having worked with nonprofits and charities across the world, we are strategically positioned to understand how technology and social media can be leveraged in order to make a huge impact on causes and communities.
With this is in mind Charidy utilized its institutional knowledge and technical expertise to develop a robust and dynamic University Giving Platform.
What distinguishes Charidy's University Giving Day from its competitors? What we offer is a platform that meets the needs of institutions, administration and faculty by integrating with existing payment methods, CRMs and over 15 industry standard processing companies, including Touchnet; while simultaneously delivering a user-friendly front-facing interface allowing for payment methods such as Venmo, Paypal and robust social media and peer-to-peer components which speak to the target demographic of students, alumni, organizational ambassadors and influencers.
Our fundraising platform combines the connectivity to existing technologies in use by our clients, tagboards and processing platforms adopted by your organization with an engaging and responsive user interface that allows users to share your fundraising campaign across their own digital ecosystem. For every influencer that picks up and spreads your message, dozens even hundred to thousands more can be reached, growing your campaign exponentially in the shortest period of time possible.
New technologies such as smartphones and social media have unlocked the ability of people to become advocates and champions of causes they believe in, and people who are dedicated to higher education are some of the most passionate of all. Our social and peer-to-peer sharing makes one-click giving, especially when combined with donation incentives and Charidy's expertise in individual and corporate donation matching, allowing our fundraising platform and engaging campaign messaging to align with organizational goals that create the potential for people to drive fundraising to the next level.
Providing a technologically seamless marriage which addresses the needs of the organization and the donor advocacy tools necessary for success is what allows our campaigns to drive exponentially greater levels of visibility and awareness as well as engagement and financial return to our clients and partners. And the ease with which Charidy executes campaigns allows our organizational partners the freedom to continue the important work they do for their communities.
How successful is our platform? To date we have launched over 2,100 campaign for over 1,400 organizations, collectively raising over $570 million with a success rate of 99 percent.
For Yeshiva University we helped raise over $10 million across two Giving Day campaigns (check them out here and here) through our mobile-optimized technology platform designed to meet students and donors on their phones where the ease of donation conversion will be high.
Utilizing our Seven-Step Ultimate Success Program, beyond just partnering to develop and execute University Giving Day Campaigns, our team works with yours on a post-campaign analysis to obtain actionable insights about our fundraising efforts to help understand the unique needs of your community. We aim for long-lasting partner relationships as the most effectiveway to reach both immediate and long term organizational objectives.
Our combination of strategic insight and technological know-how can help unlock the enormous human potential of any college or university. So, reach out to our team today by signing up for a demonstration at university.charidy.com to get started working together to drive your higher education institution to new heights of financial success and academic excellence!
Melissa Jane Kronfeld
Melissa Jane Kronfeld serves as the Vice President of Business Development at Charidy.com. A social impact consultant, MJ received her B.S. from George Washington Univeristy as well as an M.S. from both New York Univeristy & Rutgers Univeristy, where she also completed her PhD in Global Affairs. She has been a featured speaker at major impact-oriented conferences & gatherings around the world - as well as print, television, radio & podcast media outlets for her work in politics & philanthropy. MJ proudly serves as a Jewish Diplomat for the World Jewish Congress, the founding co-chair of the Blockchain For Impact and Human Trafficking & Modern Slavery Working Groups at the United Nations & the NEXUS Youth Summit, respectively, as an Honorary Adviser & Program Project Director for the UN's NGO Committee on Sustainable Development of New York, as well as on the board of a range of nonprofits focused on human rights around the world.
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An investigation of the factors affecting ownership and use of bank accounts in Ghana
Aurélie Larquemin
Department of Social & Policy Sciences
Centre for Development Studies
Research output: Working paper / Preprint › Working paper
Enabling everybody to benefit from regulated financial services has become a global policy goal. However, while access to accounts is increasing, use of accounts remains low. This micro-level study considers the transactions and savings components of financial inclusion, and investigates the factors affecting use of regulated savings accounts by individuals in Ghana. It investigates, for the first time on a single country national dataset, the five sets of constraints on use of regulated savings accounts identified by Karlan et al. (2014): transactions costs, information and knowledge gaps, social connections, trust in banks and
behavioural biases. It uses logistical regression analysis to assess the role of the five constraints on account use in Ghana using individual level data from a nationally representative sample collected by Finscope in 20101. The results show that, while the constraints considered by Karlen et al. (2014) affect the access to bank accounts, they do not influence the use of these accounts.
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Q: Controlling Taxonomy Category listings to hide and unhide specifics I have a vertical menu using the superfish script that shows categories in a custom 'productcategory' taxonomy. This menu has multiple levels, and is hierarchical.At the bottom of each branch of the tree we have the end category which represents a range of products, which the client does not want to show in this menu.
I am using this code to display it:

<?php
    $a = array(
        'title_li'  =>  '',
        'taxonomy'  =>  'productcategory',
        'depth'     =>  2
    );
    wp_list_categories( $a );
?>

This is what I currently have in terms of what is showing and what isnt. left being the main categories, and each line being 1 step down to its children:

Those in the red are the categories that are not shown in the menu,
This is not what my client needs however. While I could produce a menu that fits the requirements using the native Wordpress 3 menus, that would require manual intervention, intervention that is undesirable, both from a usability perspective, and from the clients wishes.
Since some main categories have subcategories that should be shown and some dont, the depth parameter will not suffice. Instead this is what I need, with the top level categories always showing:

Im not sure how to do this, and the only clue I have is a custom walker class to output custom html, during which I might be able to filter out the ones I dont want ( any categories with a parent that has no children). But I could not see any sufficient examples or articles on the subject, and I'd rather not loose the classes and markup wordpress provides
If anybody has any thoughts, or knows of tutorials forum posts or articles of use, I'd much appreciate it =)

A: I've made some progress based on walker classes but havent gotten ti working quite as needed because wordpress doesnt appear to handle the root nodes of the taxonomy tree in the same way as the child ones.
As a result, it prunes the end menu items, but if the parent of that node is a root level node, it prunes the node and leaves an empty ul element behind,

. The code that fixes this issue on child nodes does not work for a root node, resulting in the whole structure flattening with no submenus
class Post_Category_Walker extends Walker_Category {

    private $term_ids = array();
    function __construct( /*$post_id,*/ $taxonomy )  {
        // fetch the list of term ids for the given post
        $this->taxterms = get_terms( $taxonomy);
        $this->noshow = array();
    }
    function isdisplayable( $element, &$children_elements, $args ){
        $id = $element->term_id;
        if(in_array($element->term_id, $this->noshow)){
            return false;
        }
        $display = true;
        if($element->parent != 0){
            $display = false;
            if ( isset( $children_elements[ $id ] ) ) {
                $display = true;
            }
        }
        if($depth == 0){
            $display = true;
        }
        return $display;
    }
    function hasChildren( $element/*, &$children_elements*/){
        foreach($this->taxterms as $term){
            if($term->parent == $element->term_id){
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;//(isset($children_elements[$element->term_id]));
    }
    function display_element( $element, &$children_elements, $max_depth, $depth=0, $args, &$output ) {
        $display = $this->isdisplayable( $element, $children_elements, $args );
        $id = $element->term_id;
        if($element->parent != 0){

            if($this->hasChildren($element)){ //isset( $children_elements[ $id ] ) ) {
                $endnode = true;
                //print_r($children_elements[ $id ]);
                foreach($this->taxterms as $child){
                    if($child->parent == $element->term_id){
                        if($this->hasChildren($child)){
                            $endnode = false;
                            break;
                        }
                    }
                }
                if($endnode == true){
                    //$children_elements = NULL;
                    unset( $children_elements[ $id ] );
                    $newlevel = false;
                    $args[0]['has_children'] = 0;
                }
            }
        }else{
            // Wordpress separates out the terms into top level and child terms,
            // making the top level terms very costly as it passes in an empty
            // array as the children_elements unlike the other terms
            //if($this->hasChildren($element)){
                foreach($this->taxterms as $term){
                    if($term->parent == $element->term_id){
                        if(!$this->hasChildren($term)){
                            $this->noshow[] = $term->term_id;
                            unset($newlevel);
                            $args[0]['has_children'] = 0;
                        }
                    }
                }
            //}
        }

        if ( $display )
            parent::display_element( $element, $children_elements, $max_depth, $depth, $args, $output );
    }
}
$a = array(
    'title_li'  =>  '',
    'taxonomy'  =>  'productcategory',
    'walker'    =>  new Post_Category_Walker('productcategory')
);
wp_list_categories( $a );

A temporary workaround is to remove them via the following jquery snippet:
$("ul").each(
  function() {
    var elem = $(this);
    if (elem.children().length == 0) {
      elem.remove();
    }
  }
);

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Can anyone describe pain? No!! Nobody can fully describe it. Sometimes, it can be described. But sometimes it just can't.
Pain can only be felt by the person who has physically experienced it. Can you imagine the pain of those who suffer from cancer, tumor, or whatever other disease that exists in this world?
This is my story, I have bone tumor.
At first, I never thought I would have bone tumor.
It all started when I was 13 years old. Initially, I was an active person. I was engrossed in sports. I was also very good in traditional dances and was a school dancer.
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class movable
{
   BOOST_MOVABLE_BUT_NOT_COPYABLE(movable)
   int value_;

   public:
   movable() : value_(1){}

   //Move constructor and assignment
   movable(BOOST_RV_REF(movable) m)
   {  value_ = m.value_;   m.value_ = 0;  }

   movable & operator=(BOOST_RV_REF(movable) m)
   {  value_ = m.value_;   m.value_ = 0;  return *this;  }

   bool moved() const //Observer
   {  return !value_; }

   int value() const //Observer
   {  return value_; }
};

namespace boost{

template<>
struct has_nothrow_move<movable>
{
   static const bool value = true;
};

}  //namespace boost{
//]

#include <boost/move/detail/config_end.hpp>

#endif //BOOST_MOVE_TEST_MOVABLE_HPP

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