Sound asset investment is the most important factor in the success of a pension fund. The investment income forms the "third contribution", alongside the employee and employer contributions. Investments are made on an individual basis at CONVITUS according to investment pool and based on the corresponding risk-bearing capacity and risk appetite. CONVITUS is focused on very long-term investment aims.
CONVITUS firmly believes that long-term investment success hinges on the sustainability of the investments selected. This is why it invests in accordance with ethical principles. CONVITUS has made a conscious decision not to invest in alternative forms of investment such as hedge funds, structured products and other investment vehicles that lack transparency. CONVITUS also avoids investing in commodities.
CONVITUS firmly believes that the required level of investment income can be achieved by investing in equities, bonds issued by first-rate companies, and residential property at home and abroad.
Finally, CONVITUS focuses on implementing its investment strategies as cost-effectively as possible. Every saving, even if just a few francs in costs, adds up.
Investment pools | Pension schemes or groups of schemes that collectively manage investment assets of over CHF 5 million may set up a dedicated investment pool. While the actuarial administration and control is exercised within the established framework of the foundation, an independent asset manager may be selected for the investment pool. The assets, the value fluctuation reserves and the cover ratio are not pooled with the rest of the CONVITUS Collective Foundation. Each investment pool must form and administer its own reserves in accordance with its investment strategy. All investment pools are individually insured with the Security Fund.


The FCC this week voted yes on a new proposal the agency says will help combat the scourge of robocalls, but critics and consumer groups say opens the door to wireless carriers being able to censor text message campaigns they don't like, or SMS services that may compete with their own offerings.
"In today's ruling, the FCC denies requests from mass-texting companies and other parties to classify text messaging services as "telecommunications services" subject to common carrier regulation under the Communications Act—a classification that would limit wireless providers' efforts to combat spam and scam robotexts effectively. Instead, the FCC finds that two forms of wireless messaging services, SMS and Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), are "information services" under the Communications Act. With this decision, the FCC empowers wireless providers to continue taking action to protect American consumers from unwanted text messages.
Critics, however, charge that this was another example of the FCC's motives not being made entirely clear to the public at large.
As we've noted previously, this particular debate over text message classification began some time back, after Verizon decided to ban a pro-choice group named NARAL Pro-Choice America from sending text messages to Verizon Wireless customers that had opted in to receiving them. Ever since then, consumer groups, worried that cellular carriers would use their power as gatekeepers to stifle certain voices, have been urging the FCC to declare text messages a "telecommunications service," making it illegal for carriers to ban such select SMS services.
"No one should mistake today's action as an effort to help consumers limit spam and robotexts. There is a reason why carriers are applauding while more than 20 consumer protection advocates -- along with 10 Senators -- have cried foul. This decision does nothing to curb spam, and is not needed to curb spam. It is simply the latest example of Chairman Pai's radical agenda that puts companies ahead of consumers. We urge members of Congress to overturn this decision and ensure that wireless carriers cannot block or censor personal text messages."
Today the @FCC makes the same mess for text messages it did for #NetNeutrality last year.
That means your carrier now has the legal right to block your text messages and censor the very content of your messages themselves.
Like net neutrality, gutting oversight of companies with decades of anti-competitive behavior under their belts (not to mention flimsy and dwindling organic free market pressure to behave) generally doesn't work out very well for end users or those looking to compete with these entrenched network operators. It's worth noting the ruling doesn't apply to the next-generation texting standard, RCS, though carriers like Verizon have already called for that to occur in future orders; something Ajit Pai is likely to approve as well.
"SMS was designed purely as a carrier information service. MMS and later are just tacked on top of that,"
Technically this is incorrect as SMS and MMS use different protocols.


Ants do not present any major threat to our health, but can become a real nuisance when they enter our homes and workplaces. Effective control can only be achieved by destroying their nests with baits or insecticides. Applying a suitable bait around the area they are feeding and spraying where they are entering the property should have a considerable impact on the colony and reduce activity.
Ants have one of the most varied diets of all insects. Foraging worker ants cause a nuisance as they travel widely in search of food, following well-defined trails and clustering around the food source.
The gregarious habits of ants have resulted in the development of a caste system, whereby individuals are responsible for specialised duties within the community. There are: workers (sterile females); fertile males; and queens (fertile females). The worker ants build and extend the nest, look after larval forms and forage for food, whereby they become pests. The queens perform none of these duties, but remain almost exclusively within the nest.


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Film Festival of sports
Come enjoy 10 films of either baseball or hockey films that are made from 10 different decades.
Sport films
Friday, Dec. 27th 2013 at 12am to Saturday, Dec. 28th 2013 at 12am
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this is one and a life time come and see 10 films from 10 different decades. The films cover the 2 most popular sports in North America, Hockey and basebal
The director of tis movie is Lawerence C Widsom. It was relased in 1920 and the length of the film is 123 minutes. It will be played at 1 am. on december 27th
Elmer The Great
The director of this movie is Meryn LeRoy. It was relased in 1933 and the lengt of the film is 72 minutes. It will be played at 4 am On December 27th
The Stratton Story
The Director of this movie is Sam Wood. It was relased in 1949 and the length of the film is 106 minutes. It will be played at 6 am on December 27th
The winning team
The movie is directed by Lewis Seiler. It was relased in 1952 and 107 mins. It will be played at 8 am
The producer of this film is Suzi Jane Hokom. The film was made in 1962 and the length of the film is 26:19 mins. This will be played at 10 am
The filmBad News Bear was made in 1976 and it was directed Michael Ritchie. The running time of this movie is 107 mins. This will be played at 12 pm.
The slugger wife
The movie was made in 1985 and th director of the film is Hal Ashby. The running time of the film is 105 mins. Tis will be played at 2 pm.
The fan 1996
The film was made in 1996 and it was directed by Tony Scott. The running time of the movie is 116 minutes. this will be playing at 4 pm.
The rocket
The film the rocket was made in 2005 and it was directed by Charles Biname. The running time of this film is 124 mins.
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In 1981 I joined the Army, and after basic training went to Germany to serve my three years. It was peacetime, and I was one of thousands of soldiers helping to maintain an American presence in Europe. While there, I observed three types of soldiers.
The first type were the young ones who had never been to a foreign country before. They were like kids in a candy store – all hopped up on sugar. They wanted to see, taste and experience everything they could in this foreign land. They learned enough of the language to get around and communicate with the locals, and even their living quarters took on a German look, as they surrounded themselves with the things of the land. Their military mission was more of a side-line in this adventure in a foreign culture. They talked about home mostly as a place they will eventually go back to, but in the meantime, they are enjoying this strange, foreign place.
The second type of soldier became completely immersed in the culture, and usually ended up making it his home after his time in the military was over. They usually end up retiring in Germany, often marrying German wives, and live out their lives there. They rarely, if ever, talk about home, because this place has become their home.
But then we have the third type of soldier. They are usually somewhat older, but not always. They rarely venture off base, learn little of the language, and are generally unbedazzled by this foreign land. They are there to do a mission and then get back home. They know it is important that they be here, but they also know they won't be staying. When you talk to them, they always talk about home, and you can hear the longing in their voice. They are focused on the task they are there for, but you can tell that their hearts are somewhere else. They don't hate this place, and even find enjoyment in the good things it has to offer…but they have no desire to stay here.
It all just begs the question…"which one am I?". Which one are you? Have you accepted the gift of salvation offered by Christ, yet still want to taste, see and experience everything this world has to offer? Have you been transferred from the kingdom of darkness into the Kingdom of God, but remain fascinated with the things that belong to the darkness? Has the work of the Kingdom taken a backseat to your desire to enjoy life here to the fullest?
Have you made this place your home, becoming completely immersed in the culture around you? Has this place so captured your heart and mind that no one would know that you are a foreigner here? Do you ever talk about home, or is this place now home for you?
Fellow soldiers, it is not peacetime in this foreign land. We are at war. We cannot make ourselves at home here, and allow the enemy to distract us with what surrounds us. Nor can we allow the devastation brought by war to cause us to retreat in fear and despair. We must stay focused. We must remember where we are and why we are here. And we must keep our hearts turned toward home.


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Drone Center of Excellence Established By IG Drones and ESSCI; 10 Million Youth to Be Trained With Cutting Edge Drone Technology
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An MoU was signed between Electronics Sector Skill Council of India (ESSCI) and IG Drones to establish a 'Drone Center of Excellence' at ESSCI aligned with the terms laid by the newly drafted National Education Policy that has widened the scope for imparting knowledge related to Drone Technology under Vocational Courses for different age groups. NEP believes in including demand-based courses related to Drones as a Vocational subject to broaden the horizons for young children, facilitating their growth & improvement.
Under this MoU, both the parties agreed upon enhancing the training infrastructure of the institute with a common goal to make the future generations of the nation, skilled and capable enough to cope up with the rapid technological advancements.
According to a January 2020 PwC report, India is said to be the fastest-growing drone market in the world and is predicted to mushroom to $885 million by 2021. It is also expected to reach $1,810 million by FY 2026, growing at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 14.61 per cent.
Recent research by the global market intelligence and advisory firm BIS, also stated that the Indian drone market is expected to reach $1.21 billion by the end of 2021.
From surveillance to spreading awareness, disaster management to aiding search efforts, the Central Government has increasingly started deploying Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) a.k.a. drones to facilitate better governance. During the peak of the pandemic, drones have played a crucial role in controlling the situation in different ways.
Mr Om Prakash Das, Co-founder, IG Drones, Says --
The Center of Excellence will be powered by a High-End workstation along with Industry Standard Relevant Softwares to give a first-hand experience of drone flying and field training with safety gears. We also aim at providing performance-based placement support to the trained pilots.
Thus, it's important to educate the Indian youth with Drone Technology to empower them with essential knowledge and resources. The Center of Excellence is the best method to do this. By collaborating with technical institutes like ESSCI across the nation, the Drone CoE facilitates training the youth on how to manufacture drones and later use them for inspection, survey, monitoring and other purposes. The CoE plays a major role in enhancing industrial awareness among students and also provides placement opportunities in the same field, besides equipping them with valuable skills.
IG Drones is one of India's leading Enterprise Drone Solution providers for drone surveying, mapping & inspection by industry experts. Partnered with multiple State Governments & 30 of the biggest PSU's & MNC's, they have executed more than 150 Projects. They're present all over the country starting from the head office at Ahmedabad (Gujarat) and branch offices at Delhi, Mumbai (Maharashtra), Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Delhi & Guwahati (Assam).
Aligned with the government missions, Skill India & Atma Nirbhar Bharat, it has taken on the responsibility of training and enhancing the abilities of India's youth, preparing them for the oncoming Industrial 4.0 Revolution. The Drone Centre of Excellence (CoE) by IG Drones is a programme aimed at skilling over 10 million students about the newest drone technologies.
Er. Rashmi Ranjan Mohapatra, Head Skill Development and Board Member, IG Drones seems hopeful about the collaboration.
With the increasing demand for drones in India in various fields, drone technology has become the primary key to the nation's development. Thus, this collaboration of IG Drones with the allied sectors in India seems to have a bright, promising future ahead. I'm sure, it's going to open up new opportunities in Product Development, opening up in numerous paths in the field of Research & Analysis in India.
IG Drones COE -
It is an educational arm of one of India's leading drone enterprise solution providers IG Drones headquarter in Delhi. IG Drones COE aims to train and upskill the youth for the future of drone technology to make them industry ready and empower India's drone ecosystem with advanced drone technology skilled resourcing Drones has offices across 7 locations and has executed 150+ projects across 22+ states in India in 13 different industries.
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The lighthouse of the stem with a height of 20.20 meters, was built in 1874 southeast of the port of Sables d'Olonne. The street is the headlight alignment 2 of this flagship with the fire on the seafront promenade.
His fire, lit by a halogen lamp 1000 W, has a range of 16 miles (about 30 kilometers).
It is automated and it can not be visited.


The Levant News — Heimbach is a town in the district of Düren of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the river Rur, in the Eifel hills, approx. 20 km south of Düren. Heimbach has the smallest population of any town in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Heimbach and the city's Hengebach Castle was the seat of the local noble family which inherited the County of Jülich in 1207, with Heimbach annexed to the County (later the Duchy) since 1237.
After the fire of 1687 the city of Heimbach was rebuilt to house the town's population; however, the castle of Hengebach was left a ruin until 1904 when restoration work began. Now restored, the castle is owned and operated as a tourist attraction by the city of Heimbach. The castle is located on a rocky outcrop in the middle of Heimbach.
Today it is used as a restaurant and a location for public events. There are also castles in the villages of Blens, Hausen and Vlatten, now part of Heimbach.
Heimbach is an important town for pilgrims who visit the monastery of Mariawald and the statue of Mary in the church of Heimbach.
Heimbach is a popular town for tourists, particularly on day trips from the nearby cities Cologne, Aachen and Düsseldorf but also from the Netherlands.
The main attractions are the Eifel National Park, the Art Nouveau power station, the Rur dam, the monastery of Mariawald and the Hengebach castle.
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namespace optimizations
{

class PermuteAsReshapeImpl
{
public:
    /// Run for every PermuteLayer. Replaces it with a ReshapeLayer if they are equivalent.
    void Run(Graph& graph, PermuteLayer& permute) const
    {
        if (IsReshape(permute))
        {
            const TensorInfo& outInfo = permute.GetOutputHandler().GetTensorInfo();

            const std::string name = std::string("as_reshape-") + permute.GetName();
            const ReshapeDescriptor descriptor{outInfo.GetShape()};
            // Inserts NewLayer so layers don't need to be re-sorted.
            auto reshape = graph.InsertNewLayer<ReshapeLayer>(permute.GetInputSlot(0), descriptor, name.c_str());

            // Bypass permute. It will be deleted since it's left unconnected.
            permute.GetOutputSlot().MoveAllConnections(reshape->GetOutputSlot());
        }
    }

protected:
    PermuteAsReshapeImpl() = default;
    ~PermuteAsReshapeImpl() = default;

private:
    static bool IsReshape(const PermuteLayer& layer)
    {
        const TensorShape& outShape = layer.GetOutputHandler().GetTensorInfo().GetShape();
        const PermutationVector& permutation = layer.GetPermutation();

        const unsigned int numDimensions = permutation.GetSize();

        unsigned int lastGtOne = 0;
        while ((lastGtOne < numDimensions) && (outShape[(permutation[lastGtOne])] == 1U))
        {
            ++lastGtOne;
        }

        bool isReshape = true;
        for (unsigned int i = lastGtOne + 1U; isReshape && (i < numDimensions); ++i)
        {
            if (outShape[permutation[i]] > 1U)
            {
                isReshape = permutation[lastGtOne] < permutation[i];
                lastGtOne = i;
            }
        }

        return isReshape;
    }
};

using PermuteAsReshape = OptimizeForType<PermuteLayer, PermuteAsReshapeImpl>;

} // namespace optimizations
} // namespace armnn

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It has been a very stressful few weeks planning Sophia's 4th birthday party and it has finally come to an end. Sophia wanted a unicorn party with ice cream and cupcakes so she had just that. When Target came out with their pillowfort collection and I saw the unicorn head they had I knew it would be perfect for the party. I made a flower crown and balloon arch for the dessert table. We kept it pretty simple but it turned out amazing. We all had a great time celebrating alongside our friends and family.
Party looked fantastic. The cakes are so nice-looking. I bet the kids had fun. My daughter is about to turn 3 and she likes Little Pony. We'll probably end up DIYing a lot of things to save money but we'll take a note at what you've done design wise.
The biscuits and the cupcakes looks adorable. I bet your daughter and her friends loved them! Also the decor looks fantastic, you did a great job there!
Thank you! My daughter had a great time!
How creative and beautiful everything looks, almost too pretty to eat! Your daughter is beautiful. Enjoy this age, they grow so fast.
Thank you so much. You are right, I have a 15 year old and time flew by with her.
Planning a birthday can be hard, but you did a great job. The party looks like it was a blast, the food looks delicious, and your daughter is beautiful!
Every detail is overly too cute with lovely color. Also great dress. Amazing birthday, wishing her to be happy!
Oh my gosh, they all look so cute! Especially the unicorns and the balloon arch! How did you do it? Looks phenomenal!
Thank you Kallia! It's actually all just hot glued with low temp glue stick! Wasn't sure how it would turn out but it worked great!
I love the idea of making a unicorn party with ice cream and cupcakes! So creative and sweet! The design and food look fantastic! Happy birthday to your daughter!
Thank you so much Eugenia!
Thank you! She sure was having the time of her life!
What a fun party! I loved all of the food! The cakes were fantastic and the ice cream bar was so smart. I loved the balloon arch too. It is a great way to deal with a lot of space while decorating. I am sure your daughter loved it!
Thanks Alison, she sure did!
Sophie is a very lucky girl! Those unicorn biscuits look both delicious and super cute! I only wish I could bake like that..
gorgeous pictures!Happy birthday to your little princess! Unicorn themed party is such a great idea and beautifully executed! My daughters birthday is this month & i see some really sweet inspiration here!
Love your pictures and this looks so fun!! Thanks for sharing!
This is all just so adorable. I would have loved this when I was a little girl!
Can I just say that A. you have fantastic party planning skills B. Great taste in decor C. Photography on point and D. Your house is goals. This is the best 4th Birthday I have ever seen!
beautiful party - great styling!!


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State of the Education Beat 2021
A Critical Profession at a Time of Crisis
Learn about how we're organized, volunteer leadership, including our board of directors, committees and advisory boards
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EWA's leadership, including its board of directors, committees and advisory boards
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EWA's governing document, detailing the operations and structure of our association
The Education Writers Association (EWA) is a nonprofit, professional organization of journalists and other writers who cover education. Established in 1947, today EWA has more than 3,000 members who participate in programs and services designed to improve their journalistic skills and their knowledge of the sector.
Leaders of the EWA Board of Directors and staff undertook a strategic planning process in Fall 2015 for a number of reasons, including:
Their existing, high-level plan had run its course.
They wanted to ensure that EWA remains relevant for its members, responds to the broadening universe of education news writers, and sustains its financial and organizational health.
They wanted to clarify who they serve, how they can better serve their key constituencies and how to keep the organization healthy and relevant.
They saw opportunities to better serve EWA members and the public at large.
They were excited about working closely together to develop a new plan to address the dramatic shifts in EWA's operating environment.
During the planning process, EWA's Board defined a new vision, mission and set of values for the organization. These foundational elements focus on the ability of effective education journalism to help improve education and create a more informed and participatory society. EWA's new five-year goals build on the success of current core programs and focus on deepening members' engagement, advocating for more education journalism, and diversifying income streams.
Together, these goals will enable EWA to advance its mission to "strengthen the community of education writers and improve the quality of education coverage to better inform the public."
Environment and Context
The planning process was informed by stakeholder interviews and surveys, trend analysis, and the State of the Education Beat (SOTB) report released in May 2016. Key information from those sources that underpin the new strategic plan include:
Stakeholders think EWA is doing an excellent job achieving its mission, delivering high-quality programs, impacting the field, and employing strong, talented staff.
EWA is well regarded for its success in creating a community. Stakeholders often cite EWA's convening function and its strong network of education journalists as a key strength.
EWA's membership has grown exponentially since 2010.
EWA has a solid financial cushion, with increasing net assets. It is well supported by an increasingly diverse funder base.
The changing media landscape represents a top challenge for EWA and its members.
Stakeholders believe the lack of investment in mainstream education journalism and the rise of the individual and the think tank journalist has led to a need to redefine/broaden EWA's constituency. The most common future opportunities discussed by stakeholders were expanding and diversifying the membership.
Young education journalists are confident about the field. SOTB reported that 79 percent of respondents say education is a career path they are committed to pursuing. Millennial education journalists have substantially higher confidence levels than their older peers, a finding that bodes well for the future of the field and the future of EWA.
Education-focused news staffs are largely holding steady. SOTB revealed a mixed picture when it comes to the size of news staffs in education-focused outlets. Although 32 percent of respondents said their education news staffs had declined over the past two years, 27 percent report growth and 41 percent say the size didn't change. Education-focused news outlets were more likely to indicate growth than general-interest media.
Setting Direction, 2016 and Beyond
Using the operating environment and current state as its guide, the Board established a fresh vision, an updated mission, and set of organizational values for EWA.
EWA's long-term vision is shaped by its collective belief that:
Excellent education journalism creates more informed citizens and leaders;
Informed citizens and leaders make better decisions about our country's education system;
Better decisions lead to improved student outcomes and a more inclusive, informed, participatory society.
EWA believes high-quality education journalism plays a key role in helping to improve education. Excellence in education journalism relies on strengthening the knowledge and skills of education writers, supporting them in their work, and raising the prominence of the education beat.
High-quality journalism creates a more informed and participatory public, which strengthens education for all.
EWA's mission is to strengthen the community of education writers and improve the quality of education coverage to better inform the public.
Organizational Values
EWA helps our members create the highest-quality coverage. This focus on quality is essential for the work to result in greater awareness and a more participatory public.
EWA builds community by fostering connections among professionals covering education and encourages them to learn together, share different perspectives, and maintain the highest standards of journalism.
EWA believes strongly in upholding professionalism in education journalism. This includes being fair, accurate, transparent, and independent in covering education issues.
EWA embraces and advocates for a diversity of education writers, a diversity of issues, and a diversity of perspectives. We continue to strive to serve an increasingly diverse and broad range of education content generators.
Strategic Plan Overview
The Future: Ten Years Out
To launch the planning process, EWA Board members engaged in a creative visioning exercise in which they described the impact EWA could have by 2025. Ten years from now, they envisioned EWA as helping to inform a critical mass of high-quality journalism that acted as an "engine of improvement" for education. Journalism produced by EWA members was having a significant effect on the public because they were equipped with strong skills and a comprehensive body of information. Education decision-makers were more knowledgeable because they were armed with better data and information. Journalism influenced by EWA's programs was setting the national agenda. EWA was playing a role in increasing equity and inclusion. Its awards were highly sought after. Board members were excited by the idea that EWA's programs and members could not only help define the future of education journalism but also help improve education across the nation.
The Next Five Years: 2017 – 2021 Strategic Goals for EWA
The board and staff identified the following four strategic goals to move the organization toward the desired impacts envisioned by 2025. The goals are aligned with the new vision and mission statements, and informed by current internal and external conditions.
Over the next five years, EWA will:
Increase the skills and knowledge of members to cover the education beat effectively.
Attract new members and deepen membership engagement among key segments of education news content producers.
Advocate for the importance of education journalism and increase the prominence and visibility of effective, high-quality coverage.
Ensure organizational and financial health to sustain programs.
EWA Diversity & Inclusion Action Plan
In Fall 2015, Education Writers Association (EWA) undertook a strategic planning process to address the dramatic shifts in its operating environment. During that planning process, EWA's Board of Directors voted on a new vision, mission, and set of values for the organization.
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P-12 Education's Big Stories to Follow in 2022
(EWA Radio Episode 285)
January 11, 2022 Emily Richmond Subscribe to #ewaRADIO
How many days of instruction have students really lost amid the pandemic, and what's the impact? How are districts tracking and reporting COVID-19 infection rates among students and staff? Who's making sure the services districts invest in to help struggling students recover academically are high quality and grounded in research?
Martin Luther King Jr. Said, 'Education is a Battleground.' Reflecting on His Words
King's remarks on education continue to be relevant in 21st century America.
January 5, 2022 Kristan Obeng
When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. accepted the John Dewey Award from the United Federation of Teachers in 1964, he spoke of education being a battleground in the freedom struggle.
"It was not fortuitous that education became embroiled in this conflict," King said. "Education is one of the vital tools the Negro needs in order to advance. And yet it has been denied him by devises of segregation and manipulations with quality."
Member Spotlight: How a Newbie Education Reporter Landed a Big Investigation
"Race shapes everything we write" says 2019 EWA Awards Investigative Finalist Annie Ma
January 4, 2022 Asia Allen
Annie Ma landed her first full-time staff reporting job – as an education reporter at the Charlotte Observer – in June 2019. Just four weeks later, a story broke that would lead her into an investigation that won her and another reporter finalist honors in that year's EWA Awards program.
New Year, New Higher Ed Stories
From continued COVID-19 fallout to federal higher ed policy shifts, it's a big year ahead for colleges and universities (EWA Radio Episode 284)
January 4, 2022 Emily Richmond Subscribe to #ewaRADIO
This will be a momentous year for higher education – as colleges attempt to recover from COVID shutdowns, student loan bills come due again, and big changes come to admissions offices. What will college look like this year? How are institutions planning to spend billions of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief funds? And how bad a hit are overall enrollment numbers going to take in the third year of the pandemic?
How to Cover the Complex World of Child Care Funding
Learn about how child care programs braid funding together—and still struggle to survive.
January 3, 2022 Jackie Mader of The Hechinger Report for EWA
The fractured state of the child care industry has become especially clear during the coronavirus pandemic, as thousands of child care centers have closed permanently, and many more are struggling to find workers and survive economically.
Many of the issues facing these centers are related to the complexities of funding and lack of public investment in child care. It is expensive to provide, unaffordable for many families, and child care workers make such meager wages that many live in poverty, something that has led to an exodus of early educators during the pandemic.


These amazing paper art pictures are created by Peter Callesen. His works are based around an exploration of the relationship between two and three dimensionality. He continues to create beautiful works of art.


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SCORM: What is it?
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What version of SCORM are you using? Is the LMS SCORM conformant? xAPI might be replacing SCORM in the future. You hear about it in eLearning all the time, but what is it?
Other than giving a definition we've never really discussed it here. So, let's change that.
How SCORM is Like a DVD
At its most basic, SCORM is like a DVD. DVDs store and play movies. It doesn't matter if it's a Disney film, a Universal film, or a film made by another company. As long as you have a working DVD player, you can watch it. In that respect, the LMS is the DVD player. It's the system that reads the information on the DVD and shows it to the viewer as a movie. Or in this case, it reads the eLearning information and shows it as a course someone can take.
But there's more than one version. There's SCORM 1.2 and SCORM 2004. (2004 also has several editions, but we're going to skip that). So, think of 1.2 as a DVD and 2004 as a Blu-ray. 1.2 is older than 2004, but it's still widely used. 2004 has more special features, but unless you're specifically interested in them you can probably get by using 1.2. And Blu-rays require a specialized player. You can't play them in an ordinary DVD player. Some LMSs can read 1.2, some read 2004, and others can handle both.
How SCORM is Not Like a DVD
What about the eLearning demos you've found online? You didn't have to log into an LMS to try those. This is where the comparison to DVDs stops being helpful. You can't play a DVD without a DVD player. But you can view an eLearning course without SCORM or an LMS. To stay away from tech talk, let's say that most eLearning programs have "with SCORM" and "without SCORM" options. Without SCORM the course won't play in an LMS. With it, it can play in an LMS or in a web browser. But in a browser it'll probably show an error message before it starts working.
So, if eLearning can run without SCORM what's the point of having it? This is important. It lets you track course completions and whether the learner passed or failed, among other similar things. In an LMS, that's important. If someone is showing a course on their website as a portfolio piece, that doesn't matter.
Key Takeaways About SCORM
If your eLearning tools and LMS use the same version of SCORM you shouldn't need to think about it
There are two versions, 1.2 and 2004
SCORM exists to let LMSs read eLearning files, no matter what tool was used to create them
It also lets LMSs track completions, pass/fail, etc.
You can thank SCORM for the fact that your new authoring tool's files work in your old LMS. It's also the reason you don't need a programmer on your staff to add courses to the LMS. If it's doing its job correctly you won't even know it's there.
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Blame Congress, Not the Border Patrol
Michael Reagan · Jan. 2, 2019
The liberal media are up to their usual dirty immigration tricks.
This time, they're exploiting the death of a second Guatemalan child who died while in the custody of the Border Patrol at the southwestern border.
As usual, the liberal media didn't blame the parents for irresponsibly dragging their eight-year-old son across Mexico with the hope of illegally sneaking into America.
As usual, they didn't blame Democrats in Congress for refusing to help President Trump secure the border properly in order to dissuade illegal immigrants from Central America from trekking to our border in the first place.
As usual, the liberal media and their Democrat friends blamed the Border Patrol for the tragic death of a sick child.
It doesn't fit into the liberal media's false narrative that the men and women of the Border Patrol have been overwhelmed by an unprecedented invasion of illegal immigrants from Central America.
It doesn't matter that the Border Patrol and other federal agencies are trying to process, house and care for the 14,000 unaccompanied children that are among the 140,000 illegal Central American immigrants seeking asylum who've been detained in the last two months.
Of course, the ultimate bad guy in this tragedy — as the liberal media never tire of telling us — is President Trump.
According to the liberal media, the boy and the seven-year-old Guatemalan girl who also died in Border Patrol custody in early December perished because Donald Trump's cruel and heartless administration insists on enforcing our immigration laws.
As USA Today's lopsided "news" article spun it, the back-to-back deaths of the children "prompted an outcry from immigration activists, politicians and human rights groups and raised questions about the Trump administration policies that have separated children and parents and filled detention centers."
Others in the liberal media shamelessly pushed the same theme, turning the two children into martyrs and innocent patron saints for the open borders movement.
Of course you'll never see the New York Times devote so much tearful front-page attention or significance to the deaths of Americans murdered or harmed by illegal immigrants.
Those innocent victims, and their grieving families, don't count as martyrs to the Times or CNN because they don't fit the liberal media's two major agendas — opening up our borders and destroying Donald Trump.
And unless you watch Fox or listen to conservative talk radio, you're not likely to hear those five-year-old soundbites from hypocritical Democrats like Barrack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer, who were advocates for strong border-fences and tougher laws against illegals until President Trump promised to actually implement them.
According to Democrats and the liberal media, enforcing immigration laws as they were written by previous administrations is now un-American and immoral — mainly because it's being done by President Trump.
Building a fence — or a wall or a barrier or whatever it's called — to protect America's border is now considered to be a crime against humanity, a joke, a waste of taxpayer money.
But if all that's true, why do we have so many gated communities? Why is there an iron fence around the White House? Why do I have a gate in front of my house?
Why? Because they work, and sensible people who aren't playing partisan politics know it.
So why not live in a gated country?Why not put a strong fence with a gate at our country's southern border?
In the end it's up to Congress to fix immigration.
If the Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate really want to stop more kids from dying in the arms of Border Patrol agents, they have to secure the border, pass comprehensive immigration reform — and do it now.
If they won't do it, then it's time for us to begin working to send every one of them home in the next election. I can't think of a better New Year's resolution for the whole country.
Copyright 2018 Michael Reagan
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I want to place an image and change it's pivot point and then use a spin animation to rotate my image on it's new pivot point position.
I use right click on the image then "Position and size" , "Rotation" tab, Pivot point section. I change it to top, but the next time I open the "Rotation" tab of the same image pivot point position is not saved !
Rotation of the image and spin animation are different, independent operations. LibreOffice has not implemented an animation with setting the center point, but rotates always around the center of the object. You can fake the desired behavior by setting a negative top and left crop value, so that the center of the resulting object is the top-left corner of the image.
You have a numeric control of scale and cropping in the "Crop Dialog". You get it via menu Format > Image > Crop Dialog.


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This High Fence now joins Mojo Barriers' extensive range of barrier and crowd safety products, which are available globally through Mojo's network of offices and partners including the UK and Europe, the USA, South East Asia and Australia.
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Just three months after the original request, and High Fence had not only been designed and tested – but 2,500m (2.5km) had been manufactured and was used to create restricted zones and walkways across Brisbane. This product is now available to the global security, police and major event sectors.


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Q: Calling GMainLoop.quit() for mainloop running in child process, from parent process I need to run a gstreamer pipeline to perform video streaming. The GStreamer pipeline requires a GObject.MainLoop object which has a run() method that does not terminate until quit() is called.
For this I create a process (P2) from my main application process (P1), which runs the GObject.MainLoop instance in its main thread. The problem is that loop goes on indefinitly within the process P2 and I'm unable to exit/quit it from the main application process (P1).
Following is the section of code that might help understanding the scenario.
'''
start() spawns a new process P2 that runs Mainloop within its main thread.
stop() is called from P1, but does not quit the Mainloop. This is probably because
processes do not have shared memory
'''
from multiprocessing import Process
import gi

from gi.repository import GObject

class Main:
    def __init__(self):
        self.process = None
        self.loop = GObject.MainLoop()

    def worker(self):
        self.loop.run()

    def start(self):
        self.process=Process(target=self.worker, args=())
        self.process.start()

    def stop(self):
        self.loop.quit()

Next, I tried using a multiprocessing Queue for sharing the 'loop' variable between the processes, but am still unable to quit the mainloop.
'''
start() spawns a new process and puts the loop object in a multiprocessing Queue
stop() calls get() from the loop and calls the quit() method, though it still does not quit the mainloop.
'''
from multiprocessing import Process, Queue
import gi

from gi.repository import GObject

class Main:
    def __init__(self):
        self.p=None
        self.loop = GObject.MainLoop()
        self.queue = Queue()

    def worker(self):
        self.queue.put(self.loop)
        self.loop.run()

    def start(self):
        self.p=Process(target=self.worker, args=())
        self.p.start()

    def stop(self):
        # receive loop instance shared by Child Process
        loop=self.queue.get()
        loop.quit()

How do I call the quit method for the MainLoop object which is only accessible within the child Process P2?

A: Ok firstly we need to be using threads not processes.  Processes will be in a different address space.
What is the difference between a process and a thread?
Try passing the main loop object to a separate thread that does the actual work.  This will make your main method in to nothing but a basic GLib event processing loop, but that is fine and the normal behavior in many GLib applciations.
Lastly, we need to handle the race condition of the child process finishing its work before the main loop activates.  We do this with the while not loop.is_running() snippet.
from threading import Thread
import gi

from gi.repository import GObject

def worker(loop):
    while not loop.is_running():
        print("waiting for loop to run")

    print("working")

    loop.quit()
    print("quitting")

class Main:
    def __init__(self):
        self.thread = None
        self.loop = GObject.MainLoop()

    def start(self):
        self.thread=Thread(target=worker, args=(self.loop,))
        self.thread.start()
        self.loop.run()

def main():
    GObject.threads_init()

    m = Main()
    m.start()

if  __name__ =='__main__' : main()

A: I extended multiprocessing.Process module in my class Main and overridden its run() method to actually run the GObject.Mainloop instance inside another thread (T1) instead of its main thread. And then implemented a wait-notify mechanism which will make the main thread of Process (P2) to go under wait-notify loop and used multiprocessing.Queue to forward messages to the main thread of P2 and P2 will be notified at the same time. For eg, stop() method, which will send the quit message to P2 for which a handler is defined in the overridden run() method.
This module can be extended to parse any number of messages to the Child Process provided their handlers are to be defined also.
Following is the code snippet which I used.
from multiprocessing import Process, Condition, Queue
from threading import Thread
import gi

from gi.repository import GObject

loop=GObject.MainLoop()

def worker():
    loop.run()

class Main(Process):

    def __init__(self, target=None, args=()):
        self.target=target
        self.args=tuple(args)
        print self.args
        self.message_queue = Queue()
        self.cond = Condition()
        self.thread = None
        self.loop = GObject.MainLoop()
        Process.__init__(self)

    def run(self):
        if self.target:
            self.thread = Thread(target=self.target, args=())
            print "running target method"
            self.thread.start()

        while True:
            with self.cond:
                self.cond.wait()
            msg = self.message_queue.get()
            if msg == 'quit':
                print loop.is_running()
                loop.quit()
                print loop.is_running()
                break
            else:
                print 'message received', msg

    def send_message(self, msg):
        self.message_queue.put(msg)
        with self.cond:
            self.cond.notify_all()

    def stop(self):
        self.send_message("quit")
        self.join()

    def func1(self):
        self.send_message("msg 1") # handler is defined in the overridden run method

    # few others functions which will send unique messages to the process, and their handlers
    # are defined in the overridden run method above

This method is working fine for my scenerio but suggestions are welcomed if there is a better way to do the same.

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Андорра брала участь у Зимових Олімпійських іграх 1994 року у Ліллегаммері (Норвегія), але не завоювала жодної медалі. Країну представляли 6 спортсменів (4 чоловіки та 2 жінки), всі виступали у гірськолижному спорті.

Результати

Чоловіки
 Джерард Ескода
 Супергігант : 1:38.77 — 44-е місце
 Гігантський слалом: не фінішував у 1-у спуску
 Слалом: не фінішував у 1-у спуску
 Комбінація: не фінішував у другій дисципліні слаломі

 Віктор Ґомез
 Супергігант: 1:38.64 — 43-є місце
 Гігантський слалом: не фінішував у 1-у спуску

 Санті  Лопез
 Супергігант: не фінішував

 Рамон Росселл
 Супергігант: 1:40.25 — 26-е місце

Жінки
 Вікі Ґро
 Супергігант : 1:26.39 — 36-е місце
 Гігантський слалом: не фінішувала у 2-у спуску
 Слалом: не фінішувала у 1-у спуску

 Каролайн Пуссьєр
 Гігантський слалом: не фінішувала у 1-у спуску
 Слалом: 2:06.82 — 24-е місце

Посилання
 Офіційні звіти Олімпійських ігор

1994
Країни на зимових Олімпійських іграх 1994

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Last I heard tier 4 is not in place yet. Seems like nobody has got letter yet.
I'm reading so many unemployment threads and that many seem to be in the same boat right now with the computer and that magic Feb 27th date.
Thanks to the KY senator that had to stop the extension from getting the yes vote, only to go through 2 days later, and now moved to April 4th.
I Hope they can get the system straightened out soon!
I'd definately call about that overpayment.
Thanks KC~Carolina for your help!
call this number in the morning and have a rep manualy enter your tier 3 benefits.866-795-8877,lines are busy so keep trying Good Luck.
I sure wish jdljr was still around! He helped me ascertain that I was eligible for Tier 3, which would be 50% of my original benefit, which is 9 weeks. THEN, I started getting all these letters saying I was eligible for Tier 2, AFTER I had already started getting paid for what I thought was Tier 3 pulled forward. The letters all said "revision." I have been getting benefits now for 4 weeks & when I certified today, I got the message that I had 2 weeks or less of benefits remaining. I'm confused b/c today's cert should be for the 5th week of benefits of Tier 3....I should have 4 weeks left. I keep reading about people getting overpayment letters and so I'm afraid they have been paying me Tier 2 again, which I had already exhausted in my first benefit year. Once again, I am totally confused and dreading getting bounced around from rep to rep. I don't which is worse...not being able to find a job, or trying to navigate through all this confusion. If my family could survive without it, I'd just give up. If it was just me, I'd give up. Perhaps if I have a heart atttack & die from all the stress, my family will get my life insurance & be able to survive without me. Sad to think that's the best thing that could happen at this point.
This situation is so stressful. I'm feeling you!
I haven't gotten to the point of the tier 3 ect.... I just started my 2nd benefit year. So many have posted here today about getting messages about benefits exhausted . I really believe that the computer system is in a major whirlwind because of going over that extra 2 days!
It should not have ended your benefits early, but it's just so strange how so many are in the midst of collecting tiers getting that same message.
I dread getting an overpayment notice., hope it doesn't happen.
I have my RES orientation meeting this Thursday, I'm less than excited about it after reading what Frrunkis said what their experience was. Maybe you could send JDLJR a private message?
e'd get it even though he's not on this thread any longer...?
Please forgive me if this is the wrong place to ask..
I have been told so many stories of why I'm not being paid, before going any further, here is a copy of an email I have sent to ESC regarding the matter. It is lengthy, but I feel it may help with a few details you may need to know to help me.
I have not received my weekly benefit since 02/22/10. When I submit my weekly certification it tells me the usual "Your claim has been accepted, and is being processed for payment", but I have not received the deposit on my debit card.
I know I have ~$2600.00 awaiting me on the EB program, I have been told this by several representatives, as well as the supervisor mentioned below.
On my claim profile it says my benefits have been exhausted, which is NOT the case. On 2/24/10 I got concerned about my lack of payment and called the "800" number for help. The first time I was told my benefits had been exhausted, but I knew this was bad information due to just starting the EB program less then 5 weeks ago. I hung up and called again hoping for a more competent representative, and got a lady who explained to me that in my case, I had to go thru something called "Pull Forward" to continue to receive my benefits. She also told me that there has been a STOP placed on all cases that had to be "Pulled Forward" until further notice. The more she tried to explain to me why, and how, the more I could realize she was confused, and just looking to make-up an answer.
I got fed up with all the run-around of what was going on, and decided to call my local office. I spoke to a supervisor, who pulled up my claim information by my social security number, and as soon as I started explaining my situation, he stopped me mid sentence and assured me that he was familiar with the problem. I told him about what the other representatives had said, and he said it was non-sense, and that I definitely have more money awaiting me, and the "Pull Forward" thing had absolutely nothing to do with me or my situation.
He explained a lot (like in the thousands) of people were having the exact same issue, and the issue is with a PROGRAM that was wrote to give a extra benefit payment of around 130$, and It messed up a lot of peoples benefits. He explained to me me the entire situation, and assured me it was being worked on as we spoke. He also told me I would be receiving some type of "over payment" letter in the mail, and said he was surprised I haven't received it yet. (I still have received no such letter still to this day), and to completely ignore the letter. I asked him when he would assume that the issue would be fixed, and he said his best guess would be no later than 3/1/10.
He explained that it was a known problem, and it would be corrected quickly, and not to worry, I would be receiving the remainder of my benefit payments soon. He even took the time to calculate the TOTAL number of weeks I had remaining, before my benefits were exhausted for good. (I believe he said 10). He was an excellent person to talk to, and by far the most friendly, understanding, and helpful person I have EVER spoken to with ESC.
Can you please look into this, or forward this to someone who can, and give me an update on this matter. I appreciate your attention, and look forward to hearing back from you soon.
I got a reply back from ESC teilling me to re-send the email to a email address that was listed in their reply. Since then I have heard nothing.
The supervisor really made me feel better, but the more I think about it, I haven't heard anything on the news, or the ESC website, so if this is true, then why is it so hush? I have been googling this all week hoping to see something about this "programming error", or anything like it.
"The week for which you are trying to file 2/27/2010 has already been claimed on another benefit year. If you need further information please call remote service center at 1-888-737-0259"
Im scared, im frustrated, im worried, PLEASE someone tell me everything is going to be ok!
Thanks for reading, it is GREATLY appreciated!!
MANY have recieved those overpayment letters, wow!
I think your one of many that fell in the hole once the extension was on hold an extra 2 days . The senate didn't get it approved until after the cutoff "magic" date of Feb 27th., then it was voted through as a 30 day extension, now til April 4th.
Now everything that was supposed to stop in the computer system has to be reprogrammed once again. I think all pullforwards are on hold.
It seems that way since there has been so many posts on this thread today concerning the same thing.
I'd keep calling and writing esc til you get some reassurance.
Seems like the esc rep that you may have thought was wrong, may have been right..?
I'm sure you'll get the rest of your $$ after the system gets the other mess sorted out., question is when?
Look through the other unemployment threads at this forum. I know there seems to be a woman with the screen name of "Dorigirl" or something close to that, she may be a esc rep, I'm not sure.
However she answers many, many questions with certainty.
Type in "unemployment" and search through the threads and you'll find her, I hope she can help you.
Hope she can help you!
You can goto a thread she's on and post to her on that thread.
There's a thread called "Would someone be eligible for unemployment is this case"
She has the last post on thatthread.
Diorgrl shows upnext to that thread title.
Last edited by KC~Carolina; 03-07-2010 at 09:16 PM..


What will rural communities look like in the future?
A discussion paper 'What will rural communities look like in thefuture?' has been published by the cabinet office and Department forEnvironment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Attendees discussed issues that specifically impact on rural areas, including dispersed populations and connectivity to physical and virtual services. They also discussed issues that affect both rural and urban areas, but in different ways e.g. ageing, population growth and affordable housing.
This paper reports the main points discussed by external experts. It is not a statement of government policy.


Design, Develop using the below skill set and perform test automation; coordinate, plan and track progress with Engineering, IT teams, vendors and stakeholders to meet the needs of key business users. Define test data and reports for both functional and non-functional requirements.
Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer information systems, information technology, relevant engineering, or related degree, or a combination of education and experience equating to the U.S. equivalent of a Bachelor's degree in one of the aforementioned subjects.


Coincidentally, the Guardian has a CiF post on the 50p tax rate, commenting on its popularity with voters.
From what I read this morning, it's rather debatable how much the 50p rate is likely to raise in tax revenue, and it is plausible that it would even cause a net loss. However, I suspect that many people would support taxing the rich more, even if it cost them money.
The Treasury estimate that the 50% rate will gain £2.4 billion, the IFS forecasts suggest it could be as bad as a £800 million cost. The Taxpayers Alliance claim it could be as bad as a £4.5 billion cost (though I think that very unlikely). In context, overall government receipts are £548 billion (after the June budget), so these figures are a fraction of 1% of overall income either way. Taxing the rich a bit more, or not, isn't going to either save the country from ruin or give us a land of plenty. On the other hand, the difference between IFS worst-case and treasury could pay for the whole Legal Aid program (as it was before yesterday), so it isn't completely without real relevance.
Would you support 50p income tax rate for the rich if it raised money overall? (i.e. increased income or services for everybody in the country).
Would you support 50p income tax rate for the rich if it cost money overall? (i.e. reduced income or services for everybody in the country).


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Kamilah Drummond-Forrester
Director, Open Circle
M.A., C.A.G.S., MRC, Assumption College
kdrummon@wellesley[dot]edu \ LinkedIn
Directs Open Circle, which equips elementary schools with evidence-based curriculum and training to improve school climate and teach children essential social and emotional skills
Kamilah Drummond-Forrester, M.A., became the director of Open Circle in 2017. She initially joined Open Circle in 2013, where she led the organization's teacher development programming for four years, preparing educators to implement and integrate the Open Circle Curriculum in their classrooms. In that role, she delivered training and coaching to teachers, administrators, and support staff while upholding the integrity, quality, and fidelity of all elements of Open Circle's programming. Drummond-Forrester is also a facilitator with the National SEED Project, a program of the Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW), and has led WCW community members in discussions around various topics surrounding equity and diversity.
Prior to joining Open Circle, Drummond-Forrester was a co-founder and director of wellness at a Boston charter school and director of an award-winning, educationally-based reentry program at Suffolk County House of Correction. Her professional experiences have fueled her passion for social and emotional learning (SEL), equity, and youth development, affording her unique insight into the importance of SEL in the lives of children and the adults who care for them.
Drummond-Forrester is attuned to the changing landscape of education and, in her new role with Open Circle, intends to work collaboratively with her colleagues to provide curricula, professional development, and implementation support that keeps the wellbeing of students at the center while meeting the needs of schools and educators.
See Kamilah Drummond-Forrester's Projects
Social and Emotional Learning Supports Restorative Justice
Foster's Daily Democrat: Schools Spotlight Social, Emotional Learning Amid Complex Times
Collaborating to Advance Equity and SEL
News & Opinion:
Social and Emotional Learning Supports Restorative Justice, 11/20/19
Collaborating to Advance Equity and SEL, 06/19/19
Addressing DACA Impact on School Climate, 09/06/17
The Power and Purpose of Post-Election Relationships, 12/14/16
The Importance of Social and Emotional Learning, 02/22/18


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Arizona Coyotes' Mike Smith injured in loss to Ottawa Senators
Sarah McLellan
azcentral sports
KANATA, Ont. – Surrendering as many goals as the Coyotes did Tuesday is usually a cause for concern, but that's not why their goaltending position is under scrutiny.
Goalie Mike Smith suffered what looks like a left leg injury in the third period, leaving the game before it unraveled into a 7-4 loss to the Senators in front of 11,061 at Canadian Tire Centre.
The severity of Smith's issue has yet to be determined with the team calling it a lower-body injury. Smith will be re-evaluated Wednesday in Montreal, the second stop on the Coyotes' season-long, six-game road trip.
"It's too early to get any diagnosis yet," coach Dave Tippett said. "We'll make sure we do our due diligence and find out what it is, and we'll probably have more tomorrow."
BOX SCORE:Senators 7, Coyotes 4
Nearing the midway point of the period, Smith reached for a puck that bounced behind him and appeared to get his left leg tangled underneath himself. He reached for the leg and after getting evaluated on the ice, the 34-year-old was helped off and didn't seem to be putting much weight, if any, on his left skate.
"You never want to see anybody hurt like that," captain Shane Doan said. "He seemed to be pretty sore. Hopefully he's all right, but none of us know yet."
Smith missed significant time last season – approximately three months – while he recovered from surgery on a core muscle injury. He was superb upon his return last season, posting a .944 save percentage, and looked rejuvenated to start this campaign.
He was on-point in Saturday's season-opening win against the Flyers, making 27 saves, including some vital ones in overtime, and his 27 stops were a major reason why the Coyotes were only trailing 3-2 to the Senators when he left the action.
"He made so many big saves tonight," said winger Jordan Martinook, who scored twice. "To see him go down, everyone on the bench gets a little deflated."
Actually, the Coyotes were flat from the get-go.
They managed to find an early lead when winger Tobias Rieder buried a rebound off a Dylan Strome shot at 12:18 of the first for Strome's first career point in his NHL debut, but the Senators responded with a pair in 1:35. The first was a deflection on the power play from winger Bobby Ryan at 13:41, and the second came when center Tom Pyatt backhanded in a loose puck in front at 15:16.
Arizona Coyotes' Dylan Strome tallies assist in NHL debut
In the second, the Senators increased their lead with a short-handed 2-on-1 finish by center Zack Smith at 13:04; the Coyotes gave up the second-most short-handed goals in the NHL last season with 14.
Early in the third, Arizona capitalized on a 5-on-3 with defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson beating goalie Craig Anderson with a one-timer at 1:01. With an assist on the play, captain Shane Doan has 550 to move into a tie with Dale Hawerchuk for second in franchise history.
The Coyotes finished 1-for-5 on the power play, while the Senators were 1-for-2.
"That wasn't the difference in the game," Tippett said. "The difference was we didn't execute very well, and we got some guys that aren't competing as hard as they need to compete. When you do that, you're not going to win many games."
Only 12 seconds after backup Louis Domingue replaced Smith, the Senators went up 4-2.
Center Chris Kelly picked off center Martin Hanzal's errant pass to skate in alone on Domingue at 7:30. A brief 41 seconds later, winger Mark Stone knocked in a rebound.
Martinook scored his first at 10:07 on a five-hole shot after a slick pass from defenseman Alex Goligoski.
"He gives you everything he's got," Tippett said of Martinook. "He's one of the guys in the trenches as hard as he can work. There's some guys who can take some lessons from that."
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With 1:47 remaining, center Kyle Turris's wrist shot reinstated the three-goal lead.
Thirty seconds later, Martinook's redirect cut the deficit to 2 before Senators captain Erik Karlsson converted an empty-netter with 13 seconds to go. Domingue finished with eight saves, while Anderson had 31.
"I felt like they locked the neutral zone up pretty good, and we just weren't smart enough tonight to figure out how to get by it," Martinook said.
Solving this and improving their puck play won't be the only issues on the Coyotes' minds as they await more information on Smith.
This isn't unfamiliar terrain for Domingue if he's tasked with taking over the crease. The 24-year-old actually secured the backup gig with his play last season when Smith was on the mend, and he's eager to show he can be just as effective again.
Clearly, though, a healthy Smith is important, and a resurgence by him was positioned as a key for this young team to remain competitive.
Time will tell if that part of the equation will remain intact.
"Louis's going to come in and he's proven he can do it in the past, that he can come in and be the man," Martinook said. "If it's for a long period of time, everybody has faith in Louis. But obviously, losing Smitty – that's huge."
Key player
Senators winger Mike Hoffman had three assists.
The Senators scored the eventual game-winning goal at 8:11 of the third and their second in a span of 41 seconds when winger Mark Stone buried a rebound.
2 goals by the Senators in 41 seconds in the third period.
View from the press box
There is plenty in this loss the Coyotes could fret over – their puck play was poor, their power play struggled at times to find a rhythm and they had trouble clearing their own zone on many occasions. But the most obvious issue right now is the uncertainty surrounding goalie Mike Smith's lower-body injury. Smith looked solid to start the season; sure, the sample size is small, but he appeared rejuvenated and was doing a nice job of using his size to get in front of shots to limit the grandiose saves. Losing him for any amount of time could be a major blow to the team.
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