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Anne Day Leong
Part-Time Instructor, Boston University
SRCD/AAAS Policy Fellow, National Institutes of Health
Chapter Member: Boston SSN
Leong's area of expertise include social work with children and families, social services for immigrant families, domestic violence, child maltreatment, and early childhood. Much of her work focuses on developing policy level solutions to agency level challenges in the social services system. Leong has worked extensively on the clinical level with homeless survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking. At the policy level, Leong has focused on public services for children and immigrant families including Head Start preschools, and the child welfare system.
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How America's Head Start Program Improves the Lives of Children and Families
Basic Facts Brief, February 2016
Anne Day Leong quoted by Sean Mulkerrin, "Analysis: No Quick Fix for Growing Student Poverty" The Altamont Enterprise, November 30, 2017.
"Both Clinton and Trump are Getting It Wrong on Child Care," Anne Day Leong, The Hill, September 16, 2016.
"The Not-so-Subtle Racism in American Politics," Anne Day Leong, The Hill, July 12, 2016.
Regular contributions by Anne Day Leong to The Hill.
"Is Head Start Worth the Price?," Anne Day Leong, The Hill, May 10, 2016.
"Assessing the Cross-Cultural Reliability and Validity of a Measure of Parent Satisfaction Among Head Start Caregivers" Journal of Family Strengths 14, no. 1 (2015): 1-18.
Highlights the strengths of the Parent Satisfaction in Educational Experiences Scale (PSEE) in assessing caregiver satisfaction among immigrant families while drawing attention to the need for further research into validating the PSEE among male caregivers.
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You are asking in the wrong place, this forum is mainly for members to interact with each other and with female models. Have you tried posting in the Studio & Performer forum? Or, have you asked your VS account executive?
Hmmm, my Aussie Deluxe edition Jeffie 2000 seems to be stuck in a loop. Or perhaps it's my 785th consecutive Groundhog's Day.
"What a lovely day today will be. Let's see what's new on flirt!"
"Hope no new models need some advice. Well, in any case I can direct them to the model's foru - naah, Jeffie's got it. Same as yesterday. And the day before. And before that, and since time eternal."
I think on one side of Ayers Rock there are aboriginal pictoral drawings that roughly translate to, "Hi! I'm new, what do I do here?" and angry red ochre hand splats by a proto-Jeffie directing newbies to the model's forum/cave manual.


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Secrets and twists
It's been a really long time since I was so riveted by a story that I made a conscious decision to stay up at night until I had finished it. I started Jennifer Hillier's Little Secrets two days ago, and at bedtime tonight I was at 71 percent (Kindle). At 79 percent and 1:30 a.m., when I probably would have turned out the light on a normal reading night, I got back out of bed, made myself a snack (dinner was a long time back at 6:30 p.m.!), sat down in my chair and kept going. Luckily for me, as happens with Kindle books, the publisher had included a bunch of stuff at the end, including book club questions, author notes, and a preview for her next book, so I only had to read to 90 percent instead of 100. But I would cheerfully have gone that extra 10 percent, after the turns this book took in Part Three.
The book opens with that nightmare of all parents holding their child's hand in a crowded place—for just one second, struggling to juggle packages and her cell phone, Marin let go of four-year-old Sebastian's hand in Pike's Peak Market in Seattle at the height of the Christmas rush. For a few seconds more, she felt him pressed up against her side and then, as she pulled her attention away from her phone and looked around, he was just gone. As is the initial expectation with any mom with a lost kid, she thinks the crowd will open and he'll be standing there, turning in place, looking for her and panicking a little, and she can sweep him up and reassure him. But he's not.
Six weeks later, the FBI tells Marin and her husband, Derek, that they have followed every lead and have turned up absolutely nothing new since day one, and that although the case will, of course, remain open, they will now turn their focus to the cases of other missing children. Marin's response is to attempt suicide. Once she recovers some balance, she decides she will hire a private investigator to keep going with the case; Derek feels it's a vain effort, so she allows him to believe she has let the P.I. go after a month, but instead she keeps Victoria on the job and, while seeking out some tenuous leads, one of Victoria's employees spots Derek with a young art student with whom he is apparently having an affair.
Roused from her stupor of despair by a surprisingly strong flash of rage, Marin realizes that she has lost her son, but she's not going to lose her husband, too; this girl is an enemy with a face, and Marin decides she's going to fix this problem and keep intact what's left of her family.
Jennifer Hillier's author blurb on Goodreads says, "Jennifer Hillier imagines the worst about people and then writes about it." Boy, does she ever! I kept thinking I was one step ahead and had figured something out, only to be shocked into a delighted exclamation as each secret revealed itself and led to five more. Nine times out of ten, I am disappointed by the latest book lauded for psychological suspense, but this one was definitely an exception. I'm hoping now that her other five books are also exceptional, because I'm headed right for the digital library for Kindle reservations (at 2:30 a.m.)!
Category: Fiction, Psychological thriller, SuspenseTags: E-book, page-turner, Stand-alone
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Who Owns Your Content Online?
Myspace got into hot water last year for deleting years of users' blog posts before its re-launch. There was uproar from users, and in response Myspace created an export tool to allow them to download their old posts from the site.
Were users right to get upset? Did Myspace have to hand over old posts to users whose accounts had been deleted?
The short answer is that, legally, it didn't have to do a thing.
What are your rights to the content you post?
Who owns the rights to the content you post?
The availability of the platform on which the content appears.
Let's look first at who owns the rights to the content. It's fairly straightforward: if you created the content, you own it. That is, assuming you haven't assigned rights to another party (for example, a company which paid you to create the content) - and it doesn't infringe copyright. See my blog post on using photos in social media.
What you don't own, fairly obviously, is the platform on which you're posting that content.
If you're posting to WordPress or Facebook, for example, you are relying on the availability of the platform to host your content for you. You don't automatically have the right to expect the people at that platform to do so.
Mostly, these are free services. The platform owner couldn't possibly guarantee the availability of the service - managing the legal risk would be too great. What if it went bust, or was bought? It has to retain the right to delete content, or to suspend users.
As ever, the detail is in the contract: the terms and conditions that so few people read until it's too late.
The main social media and blogging platforms retain the right to terminate or suspend the service at their discretion, at any time.
Broadly, what varies is how each platform communicates this. Google's terms of service (for all its properties including Blogger and Google+), say: "If we discontinue a service, where reasonably possible, we will give you reasonable advance notice and a chance to get information out of that service."
This is an unusually user-friendly statement, and Google is the most explicit of the main platforms on the issue of getting information out in the event of a service suspension.
In July 2013, Tumblr (acquired by Yahoo in May 2013) shut down the account of Bohemea, a blogger with more than 100,000 followers, after the platform received five complaints that she had used copyrighted material in her posts. According to the blogger, she offered to take down the material in question, but was not given the opportunity to do so.
Tumblr's terms of service say it "may change, suspend, or discontinue any or all of the Services at any time, including the availability of any product, feature, database, or Content ... Tumblr may also terminate or suspend Accounts ... at any time, in its sole discretion".
So it was completely within its rights in this case. Sometimes, a platform or service might not have the resource (or inclination) to investigate every legal complaint, and it might just be simpler to delete the post or user causing the problem. Paid sites (and therefore often those with better funding) might have more resources to be able to investigate.
But a following of 100,000 is hard won, and even harder to win back after a suspension. There is a real risk that you could lose everything you've worked for, if you're relying solely on a third-party platform as a place to build your reputation or following.
Even if you own the content you've created, you may, by agreeing to the terms of a site, be granting that site a licence to use your posts. This is most notably true in Facebook's case.
The terms state: "You own all of the content and information you post on Facebook and you can control how it is shared through your privacy and application settings."
However, it goes on to say: "For content that is covered by intellectual property rights, like photos and videos (IP content), you specifically give us the following permission, subject to your privacy and application settings: you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any IP content that you post on or in connection with Facebook (IP License). This IP License ends when you delete your IP content or your account unless your content has been shared with others, and they have not deleted it."
So you own your content, but you can't fully control where and how it is used by Facebook. It is, after all, a free service (for now anyway - note the term that says "We do not guarantee that the platform will always be free"). That's the trade-off.
Take back-ups of everything you post.


Editor's note: On Friday, The Post conducted an email debate between Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam and former congressman Tom Perriello, Democratic candidates in Virginia's 2017 gubernatorial election. The questions were asked by Post editorial board member Lee Hockstader. The transcript has been edited for style and clarity.
Lee Hockstader: Polls suggest many primary voters are struggling to decide between the two of you, which might reflect the civility of your race or how narrow the policy differences are.
Dr. Northam, you've suggested you'd work better with the Republican-controlled legislature than your opponent, by dint of your experience and relationships in Richmond, but it seems a stretch to think GOP leaders in the General Assembly will allow any Democratic governor to claim a major victory. Mr. Perriello, you've made a case for yourself as a younger, very liberal candidate with what you call "bold" ideas, but a lot of those ideas — like soaking the rich with a tax hike to provide two years of debt-free community college for any Virginian — are simply non-starters for Republicans, no matter how much you campaign in conservative parts of Virginia.
What can each of you say to sharpen the distinctions between you so voters can understand how you would govern differently? Why are you a better bet than your opponent?
Ralph Northam: With over a decade of experience working in Richmond, I've developed relationships with leaders of both parties. In fact, one of my first experiences in the legislature [was] to lead the fight to pass a smoking ban in restaurants. While it failed the first time, I learned some lessons after taking a licking, brought Republicans to the table to talk about the benefits for Virginia. The very next year, we passed the ban and then-Gov. [Timothy M.] Kaine signed it into law. The way we got it done was to explain how much it was hurting our economy and costing our health care. We were able to succeed despite Big Tobacco's efforts.
I led similar efforts to establish firm guidelines for dealing with concussions in Virginia's student athletes. As a pediatric neurologist, I could leverage my expertise, and my colleagues respected that experience because of the relationships I established.
Having been a member of Kaine's climate change commission, I led the charge to gather bipartisan support for resiliency to combat sea-level rise. I've continued that leadership under Gov. [Terry] McAuliffe's administration.
Finally, I educated people on both sides of aisle on the transvaginal ultrasound bill, and because of my conversations, we were able to remove the transvaginal portion of the mandate.
So, I've got a proven record of bringing together bipartisan support and doing what's in the best interest of Virginia, and I can do the same as governor.
Tom Perriello: The track record of solving problems within the confines of Richmond hasn't worked. What I've done — both here and abroad — is bring people together, from the grass roots, to solve problems that pundits and observers said were impossible. I think that's a useful skill set. The "Virginia Way" stopped working for average Virginians a long time ago; what we need is a new way that builds solutions directly among the people, across region and race.
That's why in this campaign, I am the only candidate to offer a fully paid-for plan that guarantees universal pre-K and two years of truly free community college. I designed this plan not inside my own head; these are ideas I've heard at more than 350 public events across Virginia, including many in Trump country. I'm the only candidate from either party who's rejected Dominion's campaign contributions. I'm the only candidate clearly opposed to two fracked-gas pipelines that would cut across Virginia. I was the first candidate to call for a living wage of $15 an hour, to put fixing our criminal-justice system and ending the racial wealth gap on the table, to say Virginia should join an interstate climate alliance to confront climate change, and to call for enshrining the right to choose in our state constitution. This is about being bold and leading on the major issues affecting Virginia. I think leadership is about identifying the problem and solutions and building a political coalition to make them happen. I find voters across the political spectrum responding to our willingness to put policy details and real tough decisions on the table.
Hockstader: Dr. Northam, doesn't Mr. Perriello also have a proven record as a leader?
Northam: I believe it's a matter of experience in Richmond, a health-care provider and veteran versus experience in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere. The politics of getting things done in Richmond can be very complicated, and it takes someone who has spent the time to know the issues and develop the relationships with key members of both parties to make progress.
Perriello: I bring executive experience from outside of Richmond and outside of politics to the table, like Govs. McAuliffe and [Mark R.] Warner did, and people have seen that leadership in this race where we've set both the tone and policy agenda.
Northam: While it's easy to say that from someone who has not been in Richmond, I believe there are Democratic leaders across Virginia, including Sens. Kaine and Warner, and Gov. McAuliffe, who would say that we've made tremendous progress, and understand there is more to be done.
Hockstader: Mr. Perriello, hasn't Dr. Northam, to use your words, also identified problems and solutions?
Perriello: We appreciate that Dr. Northam has agreed with many of the policy positions that we've led on and introduced into this campaign. I believe that our campaign, talking about both needing to be a firewall against the hate and bigotry of the Trump administration and enacting a bold agenda of turning a cycle of debt to a cycle of opportunity in Virginia, has been unique in this primary. I also am the only candidate who's identified exactly how I will pay for my full agenda, and we find that voters across the political spectrum appreciate that a great deal.
Northam: Since he has not been in Richmond, he may not be aware that I have been fighting for things like gun safety reform, preventing offshore drilling, reproductive rights and pre-K for years.
My proposals, like my G3 program, will improve the economy, train the workforce, and are fiscally responsible. This can get done in Richmond. My total proposals equal $67 million and can be funded through comprehensive tax reform and economic growth, and are not reliant on a billion-dollar tax increase that will not pass the General Assembly.
Perriello: There is no scenario in which proposals like truly universal pre-K, raising teacher pay and paid leave cost only $67 million. A billion-dollar revenue plan did pass under a Republican governor with your support. So what is the distinction when this is for a progressive working-families agenda? To be clear: We don't raise taxes by a billion dollars; the plan includes spending cuts, tax reform and closing loopholes for big corporations as well.
Hockstader: Dr. Northam, would you care to respond to your opponent's skepticism regarding the cost of your program proposals?
Northam: I'm proud to have used all the tools available to Virginia, including securing a federal grant to fund the program. While there is more work to be done, we were able to open up 13,000 more new pre-K slots in Virginia last year. That's a good start.
The only way to address these solutions is to have the relationships and bipartisan coalition necessary to get the job done. I took a key role in the transportation plan that was passed, and as governor I plan to be part of the solution to creating a floor in the gas tax with bipartisan support. We must make sure we adequately fund Virginia's transportation system.
You have laid out policy proposals for well over a billion, and a tax increase of over a billion dollars; what's left for transportation?
Perriello: My proposal is not a billion-dollar tax increase, and suggesting it is sounds more like something that would come out of Ed Gillespie's mouth than a Democrat's! It includes major spending cuts and closing loopholes that benefit corporations to level the playing field for small businesses and invest in education.
Northam: I think we can both agree that Ed Gillespie's tax plan is a farce and nothing more than a giveaway to the rich.
According to your campaign, your plan increases revenue by more than $1.1 billion.
Hockstader: Would either of you support removing and relocating the statue of Robert E. Lee in the Old Hall of the Virginia House of Delegates? How about the statue of Stonewall Jackson on the grounds of the state Capitol? If so, why? If not, why not?
Northam: I believe these statues belong in a museum but that the decision belongs to local communities. In this instance, the power rests in the General Assembly, and it's a worthy conversation for us to have.
In order to be a more inclusive society, we need to elevate the parts of our complicated history that have all too often been ignored.
This means memorializing people like Barbara Johns and Oliver Hill, but also men like Samuel Wilbert Tucker, who was the leading attorney for the NAACP in the state of Virginia in the '50s and '60s and coordinated the sit-in at the Alexandria library in 1939. Or Mozella Jordan Price , who became supervisor of African American schools in Appomattox County in 1919 and served until 1963.
We need to remember the painful aspects of history and not omit them simply because they are difficult to discuss.
It is why the 400th anniversary of the arrival of African slaves at Fort Monroe is so important to commemorate, and we must do so in a way that helps spur a conversation about the more painful parts of our history.
Perriello: I strongly support the valuable conversation we are having about how we memorialize, and frankly understand, our past. In my home town of Charlottesville and Albemarle County, a majority of human beings during the Civil War were black. And it is important that we not discount their lived experience by three-fifths. I have worked on truth and reconciliation commissions in other countries, and often it is the process of these decisions — the conversation — that is as important as the outcome. I have called for a commission on racial healing and transformation, building on tremendously valuable local initiatives to look systematically at these questions.
Growing up in Virginia, our textbooks gave Reconstruction less than a page, but it is one of the most profound moments of our history. We cannot understand today's racial wealth gap — where the median net worth of an African American family is one-eleventh that of the median white family — but jumping from slavery to today with a brief stop at Jim Crow. We must understand that most of these memorials were put up not after the Civil War but during moments of racial progress for African Americans. This does not need to be seen as a zero-sum game but as a great puzzle that we ask all Virginians to solve about our past to form a fuller picture for our future.
Hockstader: Mr. Perriello: remove Stonewall and Lee from the Capitol or not?
Perriello: I personally believe the right outcome will be to move them, but I have learned as someone who has done transitional justice professionally that designing a truly inclusive process and addressing all these issues together, rather than one-off, is more effective for the ultimate goal of healing, transformation and a truly accurate history.
Hockstader: You've both proposed a minimum wage of $15 an hour, more than double the state's current rate. Some economists would say that's at odds with each of your stated goals to juice Virginia's growth rate, which currently stands at 48th among the states. Your responses?
Perriello: Actually, economic data clearly shows that raising the minimum wage is a growth strategy. One of the greatest barriers to real growth over the past two decades has been the myth of trickle-down economics. In dozens of past experiences of federal and state minimum-wage increases, job creation has risen and small business has benefited, including the restaurant and hospitality sectors that claim concern. This is because no successful business looks at only one side of their ledger sheet — costs — they look at the net between costs and revenue. When the working and middle class have more disposable income, it is our greatest indicator of real growth.
This is also about something our conservative allies can appreciate, which is that raising the minimum wage reduces welfare rolls. It moves more people off of public assistance and into taxpaying jobs. Over recent decades, welfare benefits have not gotten effectively better but the benefits of working have gotten far worse. Just keeping with inflation would have us at a $10-an-hour minimum wage, and if wages had kept with productivity, it would be at $22 an hour. What studies have shown repeatedly is that a mother going to work for less than $15 an hour will typically lose money by going to work, largely due to child-care costs, transportation costs and lost benefits. We need to make work pay to grow the economy, and that is something liberals and conservatives should agree on.
This is why a more conservative state like West Virginia has raised the minimum wage but a gerrymandered legislature here in Virginia has not.
Northam: Virginia's minimum wage is pegged to the federal minimum wage, which right now is $7.25 an hour and hasn't risen in nearly 10 years. That means that right now Virginia's minimum wage provides less than 40 percent of a living wage for an adult, and one-fifth of a living wage for an adult Virginian with two children.
The facts are clear: Our economy can afford a $15 minimum wage if it's phased in responsibly over time. Today, our low-wage workers earn less per hour than someone working at their level did 50 years ago. That's just unacceptable, especially considering our economy has grown dramatically over the past 50 years.
Oftentimes, I hear critics tell me that a $15 minimum wage is not needed in rural Virginia. Yet they leave out the lack of transportation options available to them and the higher expense of driving in those areas. We should be mindful that folks across Virginia are consumers, and more money in their pockets means more money they can spend at our businesses.
Hockstader: Another question for both of you: As you know, there's no legal definition of a sanctuary jurisdiction, but Arlington County seems to qualify: Its sheriff won't honor ICE detainers to hold undocumented immigrants in jail past their release date unless ICE secures a warrant issued by a court.
Do you regard Arlington's stance as admirable, and would you encourage other localities in Virginia to emulate it?
Northam: I believe Arlington's stance has been defended by Attorney General [Mark R.] Herring in 2015. His opinion stated that detainer request are optional. This mirrored the decisions by other states and local governments, and President [Barack] Obama's Department of Homeland Security. Arlington is well within their legal bounds to take this action. I should add that I was proud to break a tie when Republicans tried to scapegoat immigrants for political gain. They knew full well there are no sanctuary cities in Virginia, but they put up a bill to scare immigrant communities. That's not right. I was glad to put a stop to it.
Perriello: We support Arlington and others using all options for non-cooperation with the unconstitutional and unconscionable directives of the Trump administration. Within the bounds of the law, I will ensure that Virginia uses all powers possible to remain an inclusive state that ensures the dignity and security of all who live here. This includes discouraging the 287(g) partnerships that blur the distinction between deportation agents and local law enforcement in ways that undermine public safety. The day President Trump threatened to cut off funding, I called this out as an empty threat at odds with the anti-commandeering jurisprudence of our Constitution. Circuit courts have now reached that same conclusion. We must ensure safe, dignified spaces — particularly our schools, houses of worship and clinics — and make sure families do not go to bed at night terrified they may be separated at any moment from their children.
Hockstader: Arguably, there are at least two sanctuary counties: Arlington and Chesterfield. Do you admire their policies and would you like to see them proliferate in the commonwealth?
Northam: There simply are no sanctuary cities in Virginia. Cities and counties have the authority to release prisoners who are eligible for release, and Arlington and Chesterfield are exercising that authority. The attorney general has ruled that federal detainer requests are optional, and I support his opinion.
Hockstader: In response to the opioid epidemic, from which three Virginians die daily, would you support Virginia bringing a lawsuit against drug manufacturers like the one Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced this week?
Perriello: Yes. I have repeatedly called out Big Pharma for their role in this crisis, including during multiple visits to clinics in Southwest Virginia. I showed my willingness to stand up to the drug lobby during the fight for Obamacare, including my vote for an early, stronger version that allowed Medicare to negotiate cheaper prescription drug rates. This is also why we support the use of medical marijuana as a more effective element of care that does not come from Big Pharma.
Northam: This is a multifaceted challenge. As a provider, I've been traveling around educating other providers, as well as those in training, to ensure proper management of both acute and chronic pain. As lieutenant governor, I've led Virginia's effort to combat this crisis. This includes increasing funding for community service boards so that we now have same-day access, giving the public through the commissioner of health a blanket prescription for naloxone to reverse the deadly side effects, and working with Attorney General Herring to stop the influx of opioids, as those are now being laced with fentanyl and carfentanil.
Attorney General Herring has made some moves forward on this. I appreciate the spirit of Attorney General DeWine's lawsuit, and if Attorney General Herring believes there is a case to be made, I would support his decision.
Hockstader: Turning to a local issue central to the concerns of many Northern Virginians, how would you fix Metro and help meet its anticipated need for at least $15 billion in additional capital funds over the coming decade? Specifically, would you support a regional sales tax in which Northern Virginia would be assessed in coordination with suburban Maryland and the District of Columbia?
Northam: I don't think there is any question among leaders in Virginia, D.C. and Maryland that we need to fix Metro and find a dedicated revenue source for the system. It is an economic driver for the entire region, and one of the biggest economic drivers in Virginia.
However, as you well know, the complex political landscape across differing local and state governments makes this reality hard to achieve. So the first thing we need to do is create an unprecedented level of transparency and accountability for the governance and operation of the system. Restoring trust for riders, residents and policymakers is the only way we can change the current dynamic.
Second, as with tax reform, the legislature is going to reject any dedicated funding plan they feel is forced upon them. To prevent that, I will use the LaHood commission report to guide negotiations with Republicans in Richmond and Northern Virginia stakeholders to find a fair agreement on funding Metro, and to work with our neighbors in D.C. and Maryland.
I've long worked with Republicans and Democrats to ensure we have the necessary funding for transportation, even campaigning in 2007 that new revenue was needed to fix a transportation system that hadn't seen investment since 1986. I wanted to break the gridlock in Richmond and on our roads. I think I've done a little of both by supporting bipartisan transportation packages.
I know this can't be done without working together. There's no one in the race better equipped than me to do that, because I have the record of delivering results for Virginia.
Perriello: WMATA has both governance and revenue problems that are being greatly exacerbated by the current safety problems and service disruptions that have substantially reduced ridership. I would support this or other initiatives that would produce the necessary investments in our regional public transportation options. I have lived for the past six years in Alexandria and understand these problems both as a consumer and as a manager. When I worked at the State Department, members of my team wouldn't know on any given day if they were going to make it into work by 7 or 9 a.m., or make it home by 7 or 8:30 p.m. from work. When I oversaw the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review for President Obama, we looked at the transportation challenges in Northern Virginia as a national security threat, both because of the vulnerabilities it introduced and because it is getting harder to recruit and retain top national security personnel as costs rise and quality of life is eroded based on traffic. We have to ensure the region can tackle this problem.
Hockstader: So you would support a regional sales tax, Mr. Perriello? In your view, is any other means of raising substantial sums of new revenue preferable to a regional sales tax? And would you support scrapping binding arbitration — do you see that as part of the governance problem to which you refer?
Northam: Fair compensation and benefits for workers must be respected. Ultimately, we need to build a system of transparency and accountability within Metro. However, without out a dedicated revenue source, any other reforms will not be enough.
Perriello: Here, we disagree. I think the "solutions" coming out of Richmond on transportation have not come close to getting the job done. It has produced gridlock in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads and disastrous toll deals for tunnels. The "Virginia Way" approach stopped working with the radical gerrymandering years ago, and Virginians are paying a big price for it. Political change comes from building consensus and support across Virginia that we then take to Richmond.
To your question, Lee: As I said above, yes, I would support the regional sales tax. Our preference is for whatever revenue source and governance reforms can garner sufficient support to solve the problem.
Hockstader: Would you support a dedicated regional sales tax, Dr. Northam?
Northam: I agree with my friend [state] Sen. [George L.] Barker, who said, and I paraphrase, that we need a shared approach with states and localities, and localities having a big stake. The panel that recommended the regional sales tax made a mistake by not involving local political leaders. We need substantive discussion and debate in order to achieve consensus. In Virginia, the entire commonwealth needs to be on board, and they won't be if they are dictated to. We can't hamstring ourselves before we start the discussion in Richmond. It should be an option, but the discussion in Richmond and across Virginia needs to happen first.
Hockstader: Gov. McAuliffe released the outlines of a climate plan last month that calls for pricing carbon dioxide emissions and joining with other states to trade pollution credits. Do you support this idea, and is it appropriate to act on it without the legislature's consent? How would you flesh out the plan?
Northam: Yes, I support it, and applauded him when it was announced. I think Gov.McAuliffe was well within his authority to make that decision. In light of Donald Trump's idiotic and disastrous decision to leave the Paris agreement, it's even more important for states to lead. This is why I announced today that I would bring Virginia into the United States Climate Alliance, and I would continue Gov. McAuliffe's carbon reduction executive directive.
Perriello: We strongly support Gov. McAuliffe's decision as vital for protecting our climate and for ensuring Virginia stops falling behind on the clean-energy jobs and businesses of today. Virginia has the second-most-vulnerable coastline in America, and the ecological treasure and economic driver of the Chesapeake Bay stands at risk. We must pursue strong measures under this new rule to make Virginia a leader on climate and clean energy. That's why I was the first candidate to commit to the new interstate climate alliance and the only candidate to refuse donations from Dominion Power and oppose two fracked-gas pipelines in Virginia. These positions, interestingly enough, are widely popular among third-party and Republican voters we meet across the state, who see a monopoly approach to energy production as long out of date.
The private sector can help drive solutions, if we create a modern framework of incentives. I have spent much of my life advancing these common-sense reforms, including through the cap-and-trade bill in Congress and new energy business investments in Southside Virginia. We have fallen behind North Carolina on solar energy and risk losing the wind industry to Maryland because our utilities have too much power in Richmond. Dominion is full of good, smart people stuck in a very bad monopoly business model. We should be creating the space for farmers and small-business owners to take over the energy production of the future. It creates more jobs, more efficiency and more local business.
President Trump's disastrous move to pull out of the Paris agreement only reinforces the importance of strong state leadership on fighting climate change. I will ensure that Virginia becomes a leader on climate sustainability, distributed energy production and smart-grid technology.
Hockstader: Final question: High-quality charter schools have proved to be a successful alternative for many students, particularly children at high risk. It is one reason that they were promoted by the Obama administration. So explain why you want to continue to keep them out of Virginia when there are schools in many communities that have so consistently failed their students — many of them in predominantly black and low-income areas — and when there is no hope of change or improvement.
Perriello: The only problem with this question as posed is, well, evidence. The performance of charter schools has simply not exceeded performance within the system, despite years of investments. There have also been many legitimate concerns raised in how these have proceeded. Vouchers are also a plan that often make policymakers feel good about the few cases they appear to help, instead of focusing us on how to fix the system as a whole. We need to recruit and retain good teachers, which is why I'm the only candidate who has put revenues on the table to improve teacher pay, increase counselors in schools and add universal pre-K. Early-childhood development is a far more effective investment in quality outcomes. We are also expanding options to restore career and technical training programs in high schools, and I'm the only candidate to provide two years of apprenticeship programs, trade school or community college education.
The evidence does, however, show one clear trend, which is that schools in areas of concentrated poverty are far more likely to be underperforming. Instead of blaming the teachers and principals, we should ask why we have not done more to reduce poverty. In Virginia, we pay poverty wages of $14,000 a year to countless struggling parents. I meet parents every week who work two full-time jobs for less than $30,000 and add another 10 hours of commute time to get to a community with quality schools where they can afford to live. Every one of them would rather be at home helping with homework and cooking a healthy meal. These are not bad parents. They are exceptional parents who are finding ways to keep the lights on for their kids in an economy that is crushing the poor and working class. Some of the solutions to our education performance must be found outside the classroom, in restoring the broken promise of social mobility and economic security for all Virginians.
Northam: I grew up on a small farm on the Eastern Shore. My opportunities began with my public school education. Knowing that, it's one of the reasons I have been a big supporter of public education in Virginia. My wife, Pam, was a K-5 science teacher, so she has been a major influence on me as well.
It's one of the reasons I was proud to support raising teacher pay in the state Senate and as lieutenant governor. But teacher pay in Virginia ranks 30th in the nation, while we rank 10th in per capita personal income. If we're going to recruit and retain talented, good teachers, we have to step up to the plate and put our money where our mouth is and say we're going to make K-12 education a priority. I've also been proud to work on reforming Standards of Learning so that we teach our children how to think creatively rather than multiple-choice tests. This will go a long way toward helping children and educators.
I have also been involved as part of the Children's Cabinet modifying our high school curriculum to emphasize vocational and technical training, preparing our students for higher-paying, high-tech STEM-related 21st-century jobs.
With regards to charter schools or vouchers, we need to make sure that we fund K-12 first before we move on to other things like charter schools.
The fundamental reason charter schools have not moved forward on a wider scale in Virginia is because every proposal to come through the General Assembly would limit the local school board's authority to grant the charter. Making sure these decisions are left to our local leaders and those closest to the communities is vital. Second, the charter proposals seen in Virginia would ultimately divert much-needed funding from school divisions, often those that are in the most need.
We'd be better off revising Standards of Quality formulas to better eliminate disparities among different regions across the commonwealth and so that every child in Virginia has the same opportunity to quality education regardless of where they live.
Finally, I am proud that we secured federal dollars to fund 13,000 pre-K slots for low-income children. With the goal of universal access to pre-K, tax dollars can be better spent expanding access to all Virginia children.
Hockstader: Thank you to you both. We appreciate you joining this forum today.


Lent: Giving Up Coffee, or My Life?
The Lenten season has begun. For those who might not be familiar with Lent, it is the 40 weekday period between Ash Wednesday and Holy Saturday. It marks a time of humility, repentance, self-denial, and soul searching as one draws closer to the passion of Christ.
And if so, are you giving something up for Lent? What and why?
I appreciate the Lenten season for a variety of reasons. This year, I'm choosing -- along with some other things -- to give up coffee during the season of Lent. Trust me, as someone who runs a cafe, has his offices in a cafe, and has access to free Stumptown Coffee whenever I want, this will certainly be a test of self-denial.
I don't want to knock those who give stuff up. In fact, I understand the significance of self-denial, but if we're not careful, we can so easily just fall into religious practice for the sake of religious practice. If the goal is merely to give up of something without taking up of something more significant, the focus is merely on the stuff which we give up or really, the focus is on the practice of giving up something.
That is religion gone bad.
Anything that produces rituals, expressions, and practices -- without ultimately inviting us to a deeper understanding and worship of the living God lends itself to religion.
And, we do not need more religion; we need gospel.
And by gospel, I'm not speaking of self-help, pop spiritual psychology, but a gospel that cuts into the heart of humanity with a grace that compels us to not merely salvation but a life committed to justice, reconciliation, and redemption.
"I will tell you why!" I respond.
"It's because you are fasting to please yourselves.
'Yes, I am here,' he will quickly reply.
"Remove the heavy yoke of oppression.
Or in other words, I wonder if God might have these words for me: "Umm, I didn't ask you to give up coffee. I asked you to give up your life to me."
In what way does the self-denial of something make you more mindful of Christ and the kingdom of God?
In what way am I more compelled to give in to the ways of God?
How am I more deeply giving in and giving to -- to my neighbors, wife, children, church, strangers, etc.?
How am I more deeply giving or growing in stewardship, generosity, my convictions, etc.?
How am I more giving in to the ways of Christ? How am I more giving in to mercy, justice, and humility?
Give yourself more fully to Jesus and the kingdom of God.


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Life Sciences & Technology - Part 2: Is DX at the top of Life Science organisations' agenda?
Company Life Science Digital Transformation
The short answer is yes - thousands of businesses are grappling with DX, however most do not consider themselves to be completely 'transformed' yet. Many of the largest Pharma organisations have launched initiatives and created entire departments focused on innovation, and are well on their way to operating in the same way an organisation which has completed its DX journey so far, is.
Life Sciences & Technology - Part 1: What Can Life Science Organisations Learn From Digital Transformations in Other Industries
In our offices, businesses, colleges and homes, barriers exist between people that hinder free and easy communication. Physics undergraduates rarely mix with the Philosophy students, our accounts teams tend not to lunch with our account managers, and I almost never speak to the lady who lives in the flat below mine. It's a natural result of living, working and studying in cities with millions of strangers.
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A royal flush: future-proofing our team with Princess Anne
Company Construction
For any future-facing organisation, the importance of ample learning and development (L&D) cannot be overstated. A few months ago, our L&D team entered the Princess Royal Training Awards (PRTAs) -- and we are delighted to announce that we were successful in the following entries:
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Can London's Architecture industry continue to lead the world while adhering to the Architects Declare manifesto?
When the Mayor of London recently quashed the building of The Tulip, it raised troubling questions for the future of architecture in the UK. The Tulip was set to be London's next iconic piece of architecture, joining a long, illustrious line of pivotal buildings that have lined London's horizon and kept the city at the leading edge of architecture since Sir Christopher Wrenn re-designed St Paul's Cathedral in 1710. But can the UK continue to host such iconic buildings in the shadow of the looming impacts of climate breakdown and biodiversity loss?
A roundtable discussion on 5G, Brexit and frameworks
Connectivity Public Sector
Our Public Sector Director Afshin Attari recently sat down with Innopsis's Lynne Magennis and Michael Bowyer for a roundtable discussion on frameworks in the Public Sector.
Digitisation of Healthcare: A conversation with Innopsis
The digitisation of the NHS (one of the biggest employers in the world) is a huge task, and it begins with the opening up of the organisation's underlying data network. Over the past year, the NHS's N3 network has been being migrated to a new network: Health and Social Care Network (HSCN). HSCN has been built by a number of co-operating suppliers, including Exponential-e.
How to simplify multi-Cloud management
Cloud Digital Transformation
In recent years, Cloud has become popular with organisations due to its simplicity, accessibility and relatively low-cost. Using Cloud, you can avoid many of the difficulties and expenditures that come with operating your own infrastructure, and - because it's easily accessible from anywhere - Cloud can give your users much more flexibility than on-prem legacy infrastructure.
Why digital transformation (DX) is the engine powering advancements in the life sciences industry.
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The life sciences ecosystem encompasses organisations from big pharma to biotech start-up, third sector to private equity / VC, all ultimately striving to positively impact people's lives and deliver tangible patient outcomes in an increasingly complex health environment. However, in this digital age, their noble work risks diminishing returns if technological progression is not embraced, and DX is not adopted - after all, no one wants to get left behind.
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What kicked off at the Exponential-e Channel Charity Cup
A few weeks ahead of the Champion's League mania, we hosted our annual Channel Cup event, which saw nine teams competing in a 5-a-side football tournament at Crystal Palace's Selhurst Park homeground, all vying to be crowned the winner.
Would early favourites Silver Cloud (last year's champions) walk away with the trophy? How would the rivalry - now in its fourth year - between Sprout IT and Exponential-e's team play out? On the big day, Vonage, The Phone Co-Op, Sprout IT, Natilik, Silver Cloud, Net Premacy, and Blue Saffron all came together to 'channel' their inner Messi.
Natilik's No.10 Omar was the standout player on the day, scoring the most number of goals and coming inches away from hitting the bar in the Cross Bar Challenge. No mean feat from the halfway line into the wind! Silver Cloud came close to another place in the final, but their dreams were snatched away by Natilik.
Clearly enjoying the glorious sunshine, our Head of Channel Alp Kostem stepped up for the Cross Bar Challenge in his linen jacket and Ray-Bans, much to the amusement of the players. A valiant effort,but the general consensus was that he ought to stick to his day job. Once again, Exponential-e's own Eric Ascott took control of the microphone and nimbly guided everyone through the day with matchless witty banter. A weekend radio DJ gig should definitely be on his bucket-list.
In the end though, Vonage were crowned the winners, looking on course for a campaign to rival Liverpool's recent success. We look forward to seeing the team next year as they mount a defence of their title -- no doubt training's already well underway.
Each year we sponsor a different charity. This year, we chose Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), a globally renowned centre of excellence in child healthcare founded in 1852. Working with the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, GOSH forms the UK's only academic Biomedical Research Centre specialising in paediatrics. A clear reminder of how precious life is, we're tremendously proud to have raised £7,500 to help the organisation with their mission to fund research into children's healthcare and to finding new and better ways to treat childhood illnesses.
As the game ended, the Crystal Palace Hospitality Team did not disappoint. Hot showers, cold beer, and solid meal were provided after the tournament. Our Managing Director Mukesh Bavisi wrapped up the day by handing out the well-deserved awards to the teams and, more importantly, the presentation of the cheque to Amy from the amazing GOSH. For die-hards, the evening rolled on atWesthow House pub in Crystal Palace, recounting tales of their sporting prowess and dreaming of playing in the Premiership next Season. No doubt there were some sore limbs and heads the morning after, but it was all worth it for such a successful day.
Thanks to everyone who helped make this happen and for their generous donations to such an important cause. The amazing life-changing operations and treatments GOSH carries out every single day to children is just outstanding. We are delighted to be able to contribute to this and help the many GOSH children patients and their families. Till next year!
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Exponential-e shoots up The Sunday Times BDO Profit Track 100, fuelled by SD-DP and customer satisfaction
Today we are delighted to announce that Exponential-e has been listed at 46 in The Sunday Times BDO Profit Track 100 - a rise of 43 places following our debut last year at 89. Our inclusion was driven largely by our work in Digital Transformation, offered through our industry-leading SD-DP, the benefits of which have been seen by a diverse range of customers. Another key factor behind our inclusion are the record-breaking numbers we've enjoyed for the financial year ending 31st January 2019. Currently, we are on track for £150m revenue, with no acquisitions or VC funding along our business journey.
The Sunday Times BDO Profit Track 100 league table ranks Britain's top 100 private companies according to which has seen the fastest-growing profits over the last three years. Compiled by Fast Track, it's published as a supplement in The Sunday Times every April, with a national awards event held in June. This prestigious league table is a clear indicator of businesses that have developed and refined their offerings to grow at an economy-leading rate.
There's no doubt that the past year has been the best yet for Exponential-e, with our industry-leading SD-DP solving Digital Transformation concerns all over the UK and beyond. The SD-DP integrates core and edge computing, bonded with SD-WAN and SD-Data Centre, to form an underlying advanced network that enables data to flow freely yet securely between multiple clouds, from wherever it's stored through to the end user.
For those using the SD-DP, further improvements come from the Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC), launched last year, which monitors for compliance to multiple standards. The most recent technological development for the SD-DP is our Cloud Management Platform (CMP), which enables customers to manage their data and costs of multiple cloud environments through a 'single-pane-of-glass' view.
But what makes this so important right now? To start with, countless organisations in a range of sectors are currently seeking access to more bandwidth-hungry services. Compounding this are a range of new technologies demanding ever-increasing computing power, such as virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality (VR / AR / MR). The SD-DP offers customers fundamental access to real-time cloud performance and cost data, resulting in unprecedented levels of customer satisfaction - a pivotal driver of our place on The Sunday Times BDO Profit Track 100.
At Exponential-e, we always put the customer first, an ethos reflected partly in our real-time NPS score. As such, we've been excited to announce new partnerships over the past year with a wide variety of industry-leading customers, including Virgin Atlantic, The Ritz, Guinness World Records, WWF, and the British Medical Association. We also laid the connectivity foundations for major companies in the US to broadcast the royal wedding when all our competitors said it would be unfeasible.
To be counted amongst the top 100 companies across the UK paving the way in terms of profit growth is testament to the services we provide and how our company's culture consistently looks forward.Connectivity is crucial for companies nationwide; at Exponential-e, we take pride not only in our technology but also in our expert consultancy. We strive to be visionary, constantly evolving and innovating in order to deliver the very best experience to our customers; we're therefore very much looking forward to celebrating our success in achieving these aims with The Sunday Times in June.
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How partnering with Exponential-e can make you a go-to business for data centre solutions
While the improvement of IT management remains a goal for all enterprise IT teams, the true aim for IT departments today should be to simplify IT in order to drive business agility. Unfortunately, simplifying IT isn't so simple.
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Why technology is vital for future-proofing the broadcast and media industry
Today, innovation in technology is changing the way digital media is consumed more quickly than ever before. Tech-savvy consumers are creating an ever-growing market for data-intensive HD and UHD content, consuming content online, on the move and on-demand.
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Cyber security expertise and the global skills gap
Data Digital Transformation Security
By 2019, 1 to 2 million roles within cyber security will be unfulfilled. That's a figure that should strike fear into the heart of even the most stoic of business people. The threat of cyberattacks is growing quickly, and there aren't enough skilled people in place to control the wildfire.
This global cyber security skills crisis isn't exactly a new problem, though. Over the last 2 years, 40% of cyber security roles remained unfulfilled, despite an increase in job postings of over 74%. This is a problem, then, that's been smouldering in the background for a long time, and consequently now has the potential to create some serious destruction.
What's fuelling the fire?
Although there is a growing understanding of how vital cyber security is, organisations still don't necessarily understand exactly how fundamental it is to the success of their companies. Just look at cyber security budgets, which usually account for only 25-30% of an organisation's total IT spend (according to the IDC.)
With the number of attacks only growing, this is clearly not enough money. Every time a company gives an employee a take-home device, they're exposing themselves to a lot more than 25-30% of the total security threats!
Even if there were enough people applying for cyber security roles, the relatively meagre budget allocated to cyber security by most organisations still wouldn't be sufficient to hire all the cyber security professionals they need.
Out with the in-housing, in with the out-sourcing!
What with the lack of applicants and budget allocation, many companies are now choosing to outsource their cyber security teams. By the time we get to 2020, it's likely that most organisations won't have their own in-house cyber security skills.
For most companies, the best way to plug the cyber security skills gap is to call in organisations that offer an offsite security service. Even better, they can call in an organisation which provides the cyber security element on top of other useful offerings, like network and virtual data centre services (conveniently).
Going this route is making organisations' total IT spend more efficient.
This is because you don't have to invest in the infrastructure. By outsourcing, you can be flexible with the scope of the estate. You are also going to get better quality responses from analysts because they are keen to make sure you want to maintain the service.
These analysts add an extra dimension to the organisation – you don't have to hire them but they're there. To cut a long story short, if and when the big alarm goes off (and something goes wrong), there's always someone there to help fix it. An outsourced security team is probably going to give your organisation a lot more value than the 25-30% you're currently spending on your IT budgets – their expertise will really give you more bang for your buck.
And crucially, you can switch this service on and off as you wish. The job of a Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) is to be there to protect what really matters - when it matters.
Anyone can buy the tools to offer a cybersecurity service. You can buy a firewall quite easily - just pop onto the internet and order one. But the value lies in knowing what the output means – and which next steps to take. Your recently purchased firewall isn't going to do you much good if you don't know what it's telling you. Therefore, most organisations need to bring in expert cyber security monitoring and advisement in order to get the best use out of their technology. And who wouldn't want to do a better job whilst saving money?
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Multi-cloud and security challenges
76% of organisations are implementing the cloud or already operating in it. And no wonder: Cloud can do great things for your organisation. It can provide increased data storage capacity, improved business continuity, and potential cost reduction. However, using the cloud brings significant security risks with it, including data loss and threats to data privacy.
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The changing faces of security
Connectivity Data Security
Cyber security is more complex now than ever before, and the implications of a cyber-attack can be much more disastrous. Organisations must consider not only the financial implications but the reputational damage that can arise following an attack. The proliferation of social platforms and the increasing needs of regulation, mean that security breaches can be publicised across the globe within minutes. Whilst the cost of launching a cyber-attack has reduced over the last few years, the cost of defence has risen. This is because there's a greater variety of attack vectors – means by which an attacker can gain access to your network. The methods deployed are so vast, compared to previously, that it makes it increasingly difficult to build an effective defence against. Highly sophisticated cyber-attacks are also using automation techniques to maximise their damage, to the extent where one piece of code can be used many thousands of times.
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How can Fintech help transform the housing industry?
The portmanteau "Fintech" has been an increasingly large part of everyday language in recent years. Fintech hasn't just changed our language, it's changed our financial culture. New technologies, like machine learning, artificial intelligence, and predictive behavioural analytics, have the potential to take the guesswork and habit out of financial decisions.
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8.3.16 It was awesome had such a great day thanks travel starz. Janet B.
8.4.16 I sure enjoyed the game, great friends and holding the WIN sign. Thanks. Susie S.
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What a game!!!!! It was a nail biter right up until the end. And the bonus was great seats with a wonderful breeze blowing all day on a very hot day.
Watching other teams on TV, there are always empty seats, but the Cubs games are always filled to the brim.
Yes, they are still under construction.
I always leave the games during the 8th inning to get in touch with the driver, find a place outside where the passengers can easily find me, and generally get it together. Boy, did I ever make a mistake in doing that this game. The top of the 9th inning, Cubs were losing 4 - 1, so I to stand on the sidewalk outside the gate. By the cheering of the crowd, I could tell the Cubs were scoring. And here is how the marquee went.
And by the thunderous roar coming from inside Wrigley Field, I knew to get my camera ready.


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With a Halloween theme running throughout, and sketches spanning from a Carrey family reunion populated by a number of people behaving like Jim Carrey (really), to an elaborately staged tribute to Sia's video and YouTube sensation, "Chandelier," the show — while not phoned in, by any means — never really hit a home run.
That is, except for in one series of pre-filmed sequences, running throughout the show, lampooning Matthew McConaughey's recent Lincoln car ads (themselves already a bit of a riff on McConaughey's turn in HBO's True Detective).
Rapper Iggy Azalea was the musical guest, and did what she does.
You can check out the series of Lincoln spoofs below, and you can explore the extensive Web existence of Carrey and all other people, places, and things mentioned in this entry, by clicking the highlighted words above.


Yesterday, a fairly new, but high quality Nerf blog Southern Brisbane Nerf Club had to shut itself down and stop posting due to reasons unknown to us. He's also no longer going to be using his Facebook page or Youtube channel either.
Rob is 32 years of age with a son and a family, and according to his goodbye post he's got more important things to tend to that need his time. However in his 6 months of blogging he broke a lot of Nerf News and we around the internet thank him for that. I wish you the best of luck in life with both Nerf and non Nerf related things Rob.


Anybody interested to go? (I am, but I don't drive and I don't feel like making the train trip by myself).
It will be a 2x lists 75 pts Masters Dyad (as per SR 2016).
Supposedly they'll post the official tourney packet and painting competition Pdfs on Friday or Saturday.
I'll post a link here once we get more information.
- As expected it is a Standard Dyad Masters tournament, which means 2x 75 pts lists, NO painting requirements and ADR (so if you chose both of your casters/locks from your faction's current ADR you get 40 pts of sideboard for each list). SO for your models to be 'fully legal' you just have to assemble them and paint the front arcs on all your bases (No proxies).
- The painting competition has 5 categories: Single Model (small), single Model (large), Unit, Open Category and Youngbloods. You can enter any models from any manufacturer/game system you want (meaning you can enter in the competition any models, outside the army lists you'll be playing). I plan on entering something in every category except Youngbloods (because I am obviously too old/experienced in painting to qualify for that).
- I now have all the necessary info to make the bank transfer to buy the tickets, so as soon as I get confirmation from enough people to fill 1 car, I will buy the tickets for everyone that wants one (60 Eu per person, includes lunch on both days and participation prizes at the door). The TO said they don't have any special deals with local hotels but that he'll ask around a little and get back to me with some hotel/hostel suggestions, so that is still pending, but last time we went we easily found a cheap and comfy hostel (it is Vienna after all).
SO, who wants to go (and who has a car/license so we can plan out transportation)?


I read JR Woodward's book Creating a Missional Culture (kindle version) as I worked on my sermon for this Sunday at Revolution Church on Ephesians 4. He did a great job of talking through how a church creates a missional culture, and how the gifts described in Ephesians 4 help a church to move in this direction.
The reality of every church or organization is that culture always trumps their vision. Culture in a church, organization or family is simply how things get done. It is how decisions are made without thinking. This is why culture always trumps vision.
More than a strategy, vision or plan, the unseen culture of a church powerfully shapes her ability to grow, mature and live mission ally.
The unstated assumptions embedded in a congregation's culture either aids or hinders it in its mission.
In this passage the apostle Paul makes a direct link between the spiritual maturity of the church and the five kinds of equippers operating in the church: apostles (what I nickname dream awakeners), prophets (heart revealers), evangelists (story tellers), pastors (soul healers) and teachers (light givers). As the equippers incarnate their lives and ministries within the body, the whole body will be aroused and awakened to live in the world, for the sake of the world, in the way of Christ.
Creating a missional culture is more than just adding some outward programs to the church structure. Creating a missional culture goes to the heart and identity of God, to who we are and who we are becoming.
When the church is a foretaste, it demonstrates what life is like when men and women live under the rule and reign of God, when the people of God love one another, exhort one another, encourage one another, forgive one another and live in harmony with one another.
The idea of "culture" shapes everything we do as humans, from our thoughts while alone to how we develop family systems, to our interactions at the workplace, to the ways a specific country does its politics.
When someone says, "Let's go to church," it reveals ignorance of the nature of the church. The people of God are the church. Church is not something we go to, it is something we are. We go to a weekly gathering, we attend a worship service, but we are the church.
Paul tells us that when each of the equippers are equipping well, the whole body will grow up to the full stature of Christ.
The apostolic gifting carries with it an ability to create culture; therefore, apostles develop a keen awareness of the creation and maintenance of the cultural web of a congregation. Apostles help us remember that the mission of the church is grounded in the mission of God and is to be proclaimed visually and verbally.
In making disciples, apostles take an orient, involve and equip approach to training. They recognize that making disciples is a process, not a program, and it takes place within the context of engaging in God's mission. Discipleship takes place when we are "with people," like Jesus was with the Twelve, and it becomes personal and powerful in the informal daily rhythms of life.
Discipleship means inviting people to become whole again, which is partly about overcoming destructive habits, but also about building life-giving habits.
Apostles help disciples of Christ to reflect and refocus on their life by asking them meaningful questions and helping them to pay attention to what God is doing in and through them. They walk beside those they are working with, giving them practical assignments (with deadlines) for further growth, based on what God is doing. They recognize that training involves resourcing people theologically and practically so they can embody the good news contextually in every area of their lives. Dream awakeners understand that discipleship is ultimately about helping people follow Jesus in the concrete realities of life.
Apostles are catalysts who get things started.
I call prophets heart revealers because they reveal the heart of God and the hearts of those in the congregation. Prophets call the church to God's new social order and help the congregation to stand with the poor and oppressed.
Prophets have the ability to perceive reality when others are lost in a world of illusion. When prophets come on the scene, reality invades illusion and hearts are laid bare before the living God.
Prophets help communities of faith to be attentive to the work of the Spirit in their midst, helping people recognize that the Holy Spirit tugs on those who are apart from Christ, assures us when we are doubtful, comforts us when we are down and guides us when we are confused.
Prophets help us to be filled with the Spirit and thus sensitive to the Spirit. They help us recognize the Spirit's work in our lives so we don't miss out on his benefits. The Holy Spirit was given as a foretaste of what is to come. The Spirit allows us to participate in God's new age now.
I've given evangelists the nickname of story tellers, because they help the congregation share God's story in such a way that when those apart from Christ hear the good news and accept it, their life story is transformed for the glory of God and the good of the world.
Evangelists equip the church to proclaim the gospel by being witnesses, and they help the congregation to be redemptive agents, turning their "secular" jobs into sacred vocations.
Pastors, or soul healers, help us work through past hurts and pursue wholeness, not just individually but in the context of community.
Soul healers seek to create an environment that facilitates healing, growth and transformation. They seek to create rhythms of life for the community which enables people to be spiritually renewed, emotionally recharged and physically refreshed.
Gifted teachers, whom I call light givers, shed light on the text and help us understand it in a life-giving and liberating way. Teachers help the congregation to actively inhabit the sacred text by immersing ourselves in Scripture and dwelling faithfully in God's story. Teachers understand the importance of the Word of God in transforming lives. They help God's people remember that the Bible is a voice to be heard, not just a book to read.
If you are preaching on Ephesians 4, you should definitely reading this book. If you are looking for a book that will help you gauge the culture of your church and if it is one that is really set up to reach out to the world around you, this is definitely a book worth reading.
In his book Creating a missional culture, JR Woodward lays out that a church should have a culture that is learning, healing, welcoming, liberating and thriving. I found this section of the book to be particularly helpful, especially the questions he asks to evaluate your culture.
In what ways does Scripture shape the community you serve?
Is the community listening to God through the Scriptures and practicing in their everyday lives what they are learning? How?
In what ways are people actively reflecting on what they are practicing?
What percentage of the congregation is immersed in God's story and teaching the Scriptures to others?
How many are actively interacting with God's story as it relates to their local context and mission?
Do the rhythms of the church make space for people to have down time and just hang with each other?
Are their regular times for people to be genuine with one another – with no masks?
How well do people know each other and share life with each other?
What percentage of the congregation considers the church as family?
How many are experiencing healing from past hurts and moving toward wholeness spiritually, physically, mentally and emotionally?
How well does the faith community reflect the diversity of the neighborhood?
What ministries are in place to help orient people into the life of the congregation?
What percentage of people meaningfully connect with others in the neighborhood, at work or in other missional spaces?
How well does the community incarnate the good news within the various missional spaces?
How many people willingly initiate with people who are different than them?
What percentage of the congregation is pursuing God's shalom in the power of the Holy Spirit?
How many people are actively using their spiritual gifts to build the body and serve the neighborhood?
Is the congregation walking alongside the poor and oppressed? In what ways?
How is the congregation speaking to the powers and subverting systems that perpetuate injustice?
How much of the congregation seeks to be good stewards of all creation for the sake of the whole world?
How many people are discovering their calling and living it out with great passion?
To what degree is the multiplication of disciples taking place?
What percentage of people are being mentored and are mentoring others?
Are there apprentices for each ministry?
What percentage of people has a sense of ownership in the congregation?
Are there ministries in the congregation that intentionally help match people's passions with the needs of the church, the neighborhood, the missional spaces and social justice issues?
How many people see their work as a sacred vocation by which they are able to serve their neighbor and bring glory to God?
Great questions for leaders to think through.
Build a fire in your fire pit If you have one, do it. It makes people hang out longer when there is a fire. Put some chairs around it and invite people to sit down with you.
Missional is not the opposite of attractional. Stop trying to pick a side.
This was one of my favorite quotes in the book. Do you agree or disagree? Are missional and attractional really on opposite ends of the spectrum?
Does Homeschooling Deny the Missional Life?
But it seems to me that if I am truly committed to living a missional life, then I must enroll my kids in the public school. That is, I am committed to living a life fully invested in what I might call the "Jesus Ethic" or the "Kingdom of God Ethic," and also fully invested in the society — in fact, you might say that I live according to the Kingdom of God for the sake of society….
Similarly, formal education was formerly for the societal elite. But in a democracy, education is for all, with the understanding that the more educated we all become, the more humane we will be toward one another (this, of course, is open to debate).
So it seems to me that to withdraw my children from public education is to not play my (God-given) role as a missional member of society — like I can't just choose to withhold my taxes. We give our children all those vaccinations when they're young not necessarily to protect themfrom polio (since the chances of any one of my children getting it is exceedingly small) but because we live in a society, and part of the contract within the society is that we will never again let polio gain a foothold.
So I can't think, "I'll just pull my kids out of the public schools — what difference will one less follower of Jesus make in a school full of hundreds of kids?" I don't, as a Christian, have the option to "opt out" of the societal contract. Instead, I live under a mandate to be the most involved, missional societal participant that I can be.
Let me start off by saying, whatever you choose to do for schooling for your kids is completely your decision. I personally don't think a family should put their kids in a Christian school, a charter school, a public school or homeschool them. I think each parent needs to make that choice, and it may even be different for different kids in your family. I knew a family that had 3 kids, one was home schooled, one was in a public school and the other was in a private school as it was the best for each child.
Here's why I'm posting about this and why I took offense to it. We homeschool our kids. We made that choice after having our oldest in school for a quarter and saw what it did to our schedule, especially since I work on the weekend. We lost too much of our family time because of my work schedule. We've made the decision to evaluate each year what is best for our kids and our family and right now this is what is best for us.
Tony is right on one hand because many families homeschool their children to protect them from the world. I don't think this is a good idea. At some point they will encounter the world around them. But to say that it denies the missional life it to say that every Christian who has their child in a public school is living on mission. If that were the case, our schools would be drastically different.
Living on mission and homeschooling simply means you have to be more intentional about how you life on mission, how you bring the culture into the life of your kids. You have to think through it.
Our kids go to school 3 days a week for specials: gym, art and music. This helps them to meet other kids, be in a school, it allows us to meet the teachers and build a relationship with them.
Be outside. People walk around neighborhoods, they work in their yards, on their cars. Play out front instead of in the back. People walk around our neighborhood around 6pm, so we try to play out front then.
Invite your neighbors over, get to know them. Football started this week and that is an easy invite to a neighbor.
Get involved in the school. You can volunteer at the school, be a part of fairs or carnivals the school puts on that are open to the public.
Ask the principal how you could serve at the school and then follow through.
I shared this past week that Revolution Church is moving to Sunday morning on September 9 and we will be meeting at Magee Middle School. The response to this move from our church has been overwhelming. It is exciting to see the excitement that people have about this move. I am excited about this for a number of reasons, but one of them are the mission opportunities for us as a church and individuals.
Having your Saturday night free to hang out with friends. Let's face it, a lot of things happen on Saturday's. Either parties for kids, things downtown on 4th Ave., U of A football games, sports for kids, and a variety of other things. For the last 4 years, our family has had to say no to much of this because of church and we've missed some great opportunities to be with people who don't know Jesus.
Unchurched people are more conservative about church attendance. I shared this when I talked about our move, but we have seen this personally in our own church and seen it through a variety of polls and studies. When it comes to church attendance, unchurched people are more conservative than churched people.
Blessing Magee. We've already had some opportunities to bless the faculty and students of Magee with some simple things they've asked for. I'm excited about the potential of an MC focused on serving and loving the school, and other ways we as a church will be able to be the gospel to them.
Over the last 11 days of 2011, I'll be posting the top 11 posts of 2011. Here is #10: Gospel Intentionality Everyday.
One of the reasons many people don't live on mission as a follower of Jesus is time. Every Christian would agree, or should agree, that we are called to live on mission. That we are to reach the planet and disciple all people. Yet, most studies show that only 2% of Christians share their faith and live on mission.
Why? We have lost the idea of doing everyday, ordinary things with gospel intentionality. We see and often make living on mission an extra thing we do on top of everything else we do.
Daily routine (for example, travelling to work, eating meals, chores, walking the dog, playing with the children).
Weekly routine (for example, grocery shopping, watching favorite TV programs, getting exercise).
Monthly routine (for example, gardening, getting a haircut, going to the cinema).
Community component – involving another member of your faith community.
Missional component – involving an unbeliever.
Gospel component – talking about Jesus.