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Lethal Weapons
by Peter Stone
For gun control advocates, last fall's election results demonstrated theSisyphean nature of battling the National Rifle Association. Senator JohnAshcroft of Missouri was one of five NRA allies in Congress who was voted out, inpart because of organized efforts by activist groups such as Handgun Control. Butwith George W. Bush in the White House, Ashcroft rose again and now, as attorneygeneral, appears to be in a stronger position than ever to help the NRA.
And Congress, meanwhile, seems entirely cowed by the NRA's clout. Considerthe mild reaction to shootings at two San Diego schools in March. CongressionalDemocrats, who have become increasingly quiescent on gun issues, showed littleinterest in pursuing new gun curbs. Even such longtime gun control supporters asNew York Senator Charles Schumer were speaking not of tougher laws but ofvoluntary measures. Further, the minimal step of requiring unlicensed dealers atgun shows to make thorough background checks is stalled in Congress, while aweaker proposal by Arizona Senator John McCain seems to be gaining traction.
Gun control advocates have long been faulted for lacking grass-roots strength,for being too reactive and fragmented as a movement, and for failing to offercomprehensive and convincing agendas for gun control. And yet a small mountain ofevidence about America's gun problem has been compiled. Several recent booksprovide intellectual ammunition against the NRA as well as useful perspectivesabout new strategies for legislation that could curb gun violence.
In Gun Violence, economists Philip J. Cook and Jens Ludwig have marshaled new information and research to present a compelling picture of the true dimensions and extraordinary costs of gun violence in the United States. The book also debunks some of the key arguments of the NRA and its academic defenders.
More than one million Americans have died from gunshot wounds since 1965. Bycomparison, 600,000 Americans perished in all of the twentieth century's wars.It's true that the number of Americans killed by guns annually declined in thelast decade--from a 1993 high of 39,595 to about 32,000 in 1997. But the U.S.homicide rate is still "far in excess of any other developed nation," the authorsnote, and that's mostly attributable to the nation's arsenal of some 200 millionguns, of which almost a third are handguns.
What makes Cook and Ludwig's book novel and important is their careful effort tocalculate the total costs of gun violence. Beyond determining the medical costsfor treatment of wounds and the lost productivity of victims of violence, Cookand Ludwig factor in a variety of more-difficult-to-measure costs. These rangefrom the seemingly mundane--time spent at airports going through metaldetectors--to more complex factors such as the widespread fear of living orworking in violent places. "Most of what's at stake here are intangible factorsnot traded in the marketplace--freedom from the threat of gun violence, relieffrom the necessity of taking steps to reduce the threat," the authors write.
Cook and Ludwig employ a method known as contingent valuation, pioneered byeconomist Thomas Schelling, in which people are asked to quantify just how muchthey would pay to solve a social problem. Extrapolating from results of anationwide telephone survey of 1,200 individuals, the authors concluded thatcitizens would pay $80 billion to alleviate criminal gun use. Gun suicides andaccidental shootings cost society about $20 billion yearly, the authorscalculate, using a figure derived from earlier studies of lost work time and whatjuries have awarded to compensate gunshot victims or their families.
Challenging the oft-repeated arguments of economist John Lott, author of MoreGuns, Less Crime, Cook and Ludwig say there's scant evidence that violent crime is reduced by "concealed carry" laws like those passed in about 30 states because of NRA lobbying. The authors contend that Lott "confounded the effects of concealed carry laws with other factors" and that "the best available evidence suggests that permissive concealed carry laws have little or no effect on violent crime and injuries."
Eclectic and comprehensive in proposing remedies, Cook and Ludwig say the toppriority ought to be "closing the gaping loophole" that now allows private salesof firearms at gun shows without the criminal background checks that licenseddealers must make before they sell guns. Among their other proposals: Firearmsought to be regulated as consumer products and new gun designs should personalizeweapons to prevent use by children or criminals. They also urge more funding fortargeted police patrols in neighborhoods where gun violence is prevalent. Andthey favor stronger prison sentences for felons who use guns in crimes--an ideathat's been championed, as well, by the NRA. Further, the authors point out thathandgun bans, which have been tried in the District of Columbia, have real merit,though not much possibility of becoming widespread in the near term.
But why is comprehensive legislation to curb gun violence so rare in thiscountry? Shots in the Dark by William J. Vizzard, who spent 27 years as a special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and now teaches criminal justice at California State University, offers historical insight into this question. The author provides a survey of past attempts at gun legislation, coupled with a guide to the key debates, players, and symbols that have been at the center of gun politics in recent years.
Vizzard's account illuminates just how piecemeal gun control legislation hasbeen. He also faults gun control advocates for their limited vision. "Debate nowcenters around child safety, minimal expansions of the Brady Law and thedefinition of assault weapons," he writes. "This pursuit of modest politicallyattractive but largely ineffective programs has been ingrained in advocatesduring the past two decades." Since the 1968 Gun Control Act, Vizzard notes,almost every legislative effort has taken an incremental approach. The result hasbeen a "massive unregulated increase in the gun population."
The reasons why comprehensive bills haven't been pushed go beyond the NRA's cloutand the tendency of gun control groups to look for winnable battles. Vizzardobserves that there are guns in about 40 percent of American households and thatmost are used for recreation and sporting activities. For most gun owners, "thefear of prohibition provides the tie that binds them to the NRA and motivatestheir opposition to all gun control proposals." Ultimately, a key challenge forgroups that oppose the gun lobby is to "repudiate prohibition as an objective,avoid rhetoric that demonizes gun owners, and avoid support for controlobjectives that do not further their avowed goals." These are wise words that guncontrol advocates should heed if they want to have a decent chance at passingcomprehensive restrictions on guns.
Respecting the rights of law-abiding gun owners is one thing. Dealing with theflood of handguns used in crime is another. Josh Sugarmann, a tough-mindedadvocate who directs the Washington, D.C.–based Violence Policy Center, makescompelling arguments in Every Handgun Is Aimed at You. He presents a strong case that in the long run gun control advocates must set their sights on getting rid of handguns. Sugarmann details how and why handguns have proliferated in the United States, and he documents the toll they have taken in human lives.
To go after handguns, the movement needs to be bolder. "America's gun lobbywould be on the run if only gun control advocates would bother to chase them," hewrites in his introduction. "Instead, trapped by their perception of thepolitically achievable, gun control advocates are always on the defensive. Alltoo often their opening offer is their bottom line." Sugarmann laments thatproposals to ban handguns, which were a central focus of advocates from the 1960sto the early 1980s, have faded from political debates. The backsliding occurredin part because gun rights groups invoked the "slippery slope" argument, whichhas reliably aroused worries in hunters and sportsmen that their guns would benext if handguns were banned.
Sugarmann cites a 1994 study sponsored by the Police Foundation that found thatAmericans owned 192 million guns--65 million handguns, 119 million rifles andshotguns, and 8 million other types of guns. Significantly, the study showed thatsales of handguns had surged in the last several decades and that they were ownedby about one in six Americans. In general, handgun owners are white,conservative, and live in rural areas, according to the study. While 26 percentof males in the United States possess handguns, only 6.6 percent of women do.
It's not that all these gun owners have criminal intent, of course; but handgunshave become the weapon of choice for criminals because of what the author callsthe "three deadly Cs": Handguns are prized for their concealability, theircapacity, and their caliber. These factors add up to more firepower and morebloodshed. Sugarmann notes that from 1990 to 1999, handguns were used in about 75percent of so-called high-profile shootings. Other studies have shown thathandguns are used in 81 percent of all firearms homicides. "Trying to preventmass shootings without taking into account the central role of the handgun is anexercise in futility," the author concludes.
In the book's best chapters, Sugarmann carefully dissects the central argumentsthe NRA and other gun rights groups have propagated about handguns that, by dintof repetition, have too often been accepted by the public and the media. For onething, handguns don't achieve the self-defense objectives that their proponentswould have us believe, despite gun industry claims and massive marketing andadvertising campaigns. Keeping a handgun in the house only increases the riskthat someone will be killed or hurt by the weapon, according to the studiesSugarmann cites. Dr. Arthur Kellerman, who studied handgun use in King County,Washington, found that between 1978 and 1982 there were 43 deaths for everyself-defense homicide. And a New England Journal of Medicine study found that keeping a handgun on hand triples the risk that one member of a household will shoot another member.
While fewer than 25 percent of Americans own handguns, several polls in recentyears have revealed that about a third of the public favors a ban on handguns. Aswell, Sugarmann argues that the Second Amendment should not pose an obstacle toa handgun ban. The Supreme Court has refused to review a 1981 ban on the saleand possession of handguns that was adopted by Morton Grove, Illinois. And, asSugarmann observes, no less a conservative icon than Robert H. Bork wrote in his1996 book Slouching Towards Gomorrah that the Supreme Court has "consistently ruled that there is no individual right to own a firearm."
But Sugarmann is too experienced an activist to think that a handgun ban islikely any time soon. So he offers some useful suggestions for how the issue canbe revived: Build coalitions with natural allies such as women's groups andpublic-health activists; try to ban handguns in states that permit communities topreempt state laws; do more nitty-gritty grass-roots work, much as the NRA doesthrough phone calls and letters to government officials. Sugarmann's book offersa commendably broad vision for the gun control movement. His ideas are worthserious thought. While expectations for change in Washington are low for now, itmakes sense for gun control advocates to turn to the states for tougher gunlaws--and all the while to keep their eyes on the long-term goal of preventinggun violence by restricting the supply of handguns.
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Identical twins to attend University of California after earning $24 million worth of scholarship
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Good things to hardworking people.
A pair of identical twins from Louisiana, USA, have earned over $24 million USD in scholarship offers from the scores of colleges to which they had applied.
Yes, the amount of money that you saw up there is correct.
Denisha and Destiny Caldwell said that they received offers from over 200 colleges and universities around the world.
They are currently preparing to graduate at the top of their classes from the Scotlandville Magnet High School in Baton Rouge.
Talking about their motivation, Destiny said:
We started off competing against each other, and now we compete with each other.
Despite the large amount of options that they had, the duo decided to stay with each other and to continue their studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
The sisters said that they plan to major in math and science so they can pursue careers in the medical field.
Destiny and Denisha currently hope that their story will inspire more students to push themselves.
Talking about how to keep yourself motivated, Denisha said:
Strive to be the best that you can be, the best version of yourself. Do not let the negativity get to you.
Twins, you deserve every penny of that money. Use it well!
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Will You Get Your First Look at James Cameron's AVATAR in Front of TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN?
We have state secrets that haven't been kept as well as the mystery surrounding James Cameron's "Avatar". I understand that it's bigger than we can comprehend. His last film was "Titanic" which is the highest-grossing film of all-time, ties with "Ben Hur" and "Return of the King" for most Oscars, and he hasn't done a non-documentary film in the twelve years since. Oh, and it's in Digital 3D that's supposed to change the way we see movies forever.
But we will finally get some kind of look at the thing on June 26th when the trailer gets paired with "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" and I think…this can't be right. I know MarketSaw is saying they have two reliable sources backing it up and that the audience that turns out for "Transformers" is probably the one that turns out for "Avatar" but…it just doesn't compute. A week later Fox, which is also releasing "Avatar", has "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" hitting theatres in Digital 3D, the same format as "Avatar". While it's not the same audience, I imagine folks would pay money to see the third "Ice Age" movie just to get a look at the Avatar trailer. Fox can't expect people to shell out money for 3D glasses just to get a look at a trailer and then take them off for the movie they paid to see. You'd basically be paying five extra bucks for, at most, two and a half-minutes of footage. And why would Paramount (who is releasing "Transformers") allow that? "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" will open huge without a trailer for "Avatar".
So what if the trailer is only in 2D? Why would James Cameron, who has been hyping this film as the 3D motion picture that will make you climax non-stop, allow the first look at his film to be only in 2D. He hasn't even released photos that aren't from behind-the-scenes. Are we to believe that he's going to finally allow his first look at his return to cinema in a format he didn't intend?
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HomeBettingGrowth of United Press originating from a small news agency to one that covers a vast number of areas
Growth of United Press originating from a small news agency to one that covers a vast number of areas
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Q: y-axis not showing correct values in matplotlib.animation This code constructs a matplotlib figure, gets data using the get_data function from a webpage in the open, high, low, close format and appends these values to a list every five minutes using FuncAnimation which then updates a candlestick chart.  However, the y axis values are not correct as they display only 1-7 and should be current S&P prices of around 2500.  How to fix?
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib.finance import candlestick2_ohlc
import matplotlib.animation as animation
from matplotlib import style
from es_cme_quote import get_data
import numpy as np

style.use('ggplot')
fig=plt.figure()
ax= fig.add_subplot(111)
o_array=[]
h_array=[]
l_array=[]
c_array=[]
def update(dummy):

    [O,H,L,C]=get_data()

    def append_var(x,y):
        y.append(x)

    append_var(O[0],o_array)
    append_var(H[0],h_array)
    append_var(L[0],l_array)
    append_var(C[0],c_array)
    ax.clear()
    candlestick2_ohlc(ax,o_array,h_array,l_array,c_array,
    width=.8,colorup='g',colordown='r',alpha=1.0)

anime=animation.FuncAnimation(fig,update,interval=300000)
plt.show()

A: For a single plot within a figure.
axes = plt.gca()
axes.set_ylim([ymin,ymax])

Source: setting y-axis limit in matplotlib

A: import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib.finance import candlestick2_ohlc
import matplotlib.animation as animation
from matplotlib import style
from es_cme_quote import get_data
import numpy as np

style.use('ggplot')
fig=plt.figure()
ax= fig.add_subplot(111)
o_array=[]
h_array=[]
l_array=[]
c_array=[]
def update(dummy):

    [O,H,L,C]= get_data()

    def append_var(x,y):
        y.append(x)
    append_var(O[0],o_array)
    append_var(H[0],h_array)
    append_var(L[0],l_array)
    append_var(C[0],c_array)

    ax=plt.gca()
    ax.clear()
    candlestick2_ohlc(ax,o_array,h_array,l_array,c_array,
    width=.8,colorup='g',colordown='r',alpha=1.0)

anime=animation.FuncAnimation(fig,update,interval=300000)
plt.show()

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Q: How to get all records from one table and irrespective of where clause Below is my Query, when I am putting where clause, my recordset get reduced. I can understand why it reducing,
But I am looking for all records from teacher_profiles table (31 records) and then corresponding details if there is any else blank.
Can any one suggest ? Using mySQL
SELECT
CONCAT(a.teacherFirstName , ' ', COALESCE(a.teacherMiddleName, ''), ' ',  a.teacherLastName ) as teacherName ,
 COALESCE(GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT c.subjectLongName SEPARATOR ', ') , '') AS subjects ,
 COALESCE(GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT f.classStd SEPARATOR ', ') , '') AS classes ,
FROM
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There can be various reasons behind a painting. Of which one of the rarest is when the house owner does not repaint the walls for more than five years. Ever since the l'homme d'evolution was completed at my friends house, I have had much more confidence over large sized murals. So it did not take me more time to prepare myself for another. I had loved this sketch of an angel that I had found on net. I wanted to recreate it with some colours. I had also created a small sketch of it on piece of paper that became a reference for this mural.
First stage was much faster than expected. Very quickly a life sized sketch was drawn on the wall in my living room. Next, it got an outline in black.
This was about the time when I told my house owner what I was doing. During an annual visit, they came home to see it. The man looked okay but the lady seemed worried about the removal. I requested them to repaint all the walls if they did not agree on me painting this. They procrastinated the idea of painting the house by saying they would think about it and left. I took that as an approval.
Colouring the entire wall would make the image very loud so it was originally conceived to be minimal in colour. I planned to give strokes of colours that would also provide a feel of flow to the wings. Green colour to the wings seemed appropriate.
After this was done, I took almost several months of break. I think it took me about 3 months to get back to the mood to complete this. Next session completed the rest of the colours.
I particularly liked doing the eyes. The brown eyes! Yellow and blue was decided for the dress but yellow seemed too loud. A shade of brown had to balance it.
In the final touch, some other uncoloured areas were completed. What best can it be called other than "Le Vol". (The flight).


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Q: How can I plot the training loss as a function of γ [ I am a statistics guy but I am not very good in coding. This could be a simple for loop and plotting issue]
How can I plot  the graph with estimators (or 1 to 150) as x-axis and training loss as y-axis, for different γ (learning rate= 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 1). I like to plot the line chart for different γ on one plot. It will be easier to do compare.
from sklearn.datasets import make_blobs
from sklearn.metrics import zero_one_loss
from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from sklearn.ensemble import GradientBoostingClassifier
from sklearn.ensemble import GradientBoostingRegressor

X_train, y_train = make_blobs(n_samples=1000, n_features=10, centers=3,
random_state=10, cluster_std=5)

breg = GradientBoostingRegressor(learning_rate=0.1,
n_estimators=150, random_state=100)
breg.fit(X_train,y_train)

For γ or learning_rate=0.1, I can check the breg.train_score_ as:
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0.29832827, 0.26675631, 0.24067659, 0.21842987, 0.19817057,
0.18040607, 0.16585845, 0.15375498, 0.14213091, 0.1326827 ,
0.12492904, 0.11802082, 0.11265069, 0.10724528, 0.10237506,
0.09825622, 0.0948534 , 0.09180083, 0.08919955, 0.08660985,
0.08427062, 0.08218433, 0.08010646, 0.07845166, 0.07646058,
0.07511399, 0.07348535, 0.07191978, 0.07057382, 0.0694041 ,
0.06827032, 0.06751911, 0.06636306, 0.06553243, 0.06453646,
0.06382421, 0.06310264, 0.06255564, 0.06169868, 0.06106456,
0.06020758, 0.05956437, 0.0589683 , 0.05857613, 0.05835434,
0.05788804, 0.05734811, 0.05695127, 0.05617195, 0.05577267,
0.05535058, 0.05438471, 0.05415762, 0.05395474, 0.05359835,
0.05338581, 0.05261187, 0.05212596, 0.05177005, 0.05148665,
0.05125861, 0.05067917, 0.05050313, 0.04994986, 0.04934108,
0.04886436, 0.04844108, 0.04796545, 0.04787594, 0.04736417,
0.0469984 , 0.0463386 , 0.04610686, 0.04586156, 0.04555303,
0.04522064, 0.04500386, 0.04447497, 0.04422516, 0.04414786,
0.04367328, 0.04340406, 0.04290195, 0.04273739, 0.04259202,
0.04241596, 0.04182698, 0.04145753, 0.0410822 , 0.04101794,
0.04061812, 0.04032768, 0.04006762, 0.03997287, 0.03981082,
0.03954574, 0.03949362, 0.03925316, 0.03879255, 0.03865009,
0.03833753, 0.03799245, 0.0377798 , 0.03766262, 0.03746877,
0.03684285, 0.03676621, 0.03646639, 0.0361836 , 0.03606436,
0.03594994, 0.03590734, 0.03543761, 0.03537628, 0.03513024,
0.03492127, 0.03465343, 0.03448113, 0.03434481, 0.03430889,
0.03394142, 0.03390877, 0.03385245, 0.03361713, 0.03348751,
0.0333572 , 0.0331197 , 0.03288531, 0.03259427, 0.03234941,
0.03214568, 0.03187251, 0.03154897, 0.03129557, 0.03078963,
0.03065767, 0.03024594, 0.0300378 , 0.02959993, 0.02947694,
0.02914165, 0.02910925, 0.02903385, 0.028969  , 0.02879665])
Now, How can I get a plot for all γ (learning rate= 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 1) with B=150 in X axis and traininng loss in Y axis. Something like

Thanks a lot.

A: Personally, I don't see a point of doing this, because you know how the graph will look like. With the same number of trees, the higher the learning rate, the steeper the decrease in TRAINING LOSS. Theoretically, you can have the TRAINING LOSS and low as you want by setting high learning rates and large number of trees. I think it is more important to have a validation dataset and monitor the TRAINING LOSS AND THE VALIDATION LOSS together to prevent over-fitting when you see the validation loss go up while training loss keeps decreasing.


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Learning Personalized > Reimagining > Curriculum > 7 Questions to Ask in Our Transition Plans
7 Questions to Ask in Our Transition Plans
Mike Fisher is a former middle grades teacher who is now a full-time author and educational consultant specializing in the intersection between instructional technology and curriculum design. He actively blogs for the Curriculum 21 website and ASCD's Edge Social Network. Find his books published by ASCD. Find Mike on Twitter @fisher1000.
First published on Digigogy and reprinted with permission.
It's been a little over a month for many school communities and we're still facing weeks, if not months, of continued remote learning. But we also have our sights set on what's next as we prepare for what is after right now.
We're grappling with some old questions that now have a renewed focus:
How do we invite students into the plan? Listening to and acting on student voices has never been more important. They should be invited partners in the coming work. If students are to be self-directed and have more autonomy in the classroom then they have to have a stake in planning, outcomes, and deliverables. Contemporary learning isn't contemporary unless all voices are included, student voices in particular – they are the ones doing the work. It makes sense to establish the worth of their ideas early in the planning stages, as they have been the recipients of the many different modes of instructional and learning practices over the last few weeks. They have good ideas about what works for them. More here: See what students are already saying about remote learning.
How can we invite and maintain the highest levels of equity? Now that we have blatantly uncovered the haves and have nots in terms of access and support, there is a renewed responsibility for supporting all learners in every way we can. Now more than ever, we have to be advocates for every single student. This is not just a school effort. This is a community responsibility, working in coordination with schools, local government, parents, and students. We can shape school into something wonderful, something we've never been able to do before now with everyone at the table in whatever ways it takes to get them there. More here: Why Covid-19 is our equity check.
How do we focus more on quality and authenticity in autonomous and multi-synchronous environments? Schools should think about how they can leverage performances and demonstrations of learning for the sake of knowing students have learned what is intended for them to learn. Do our grading and assessment systems embody quality or quantity? If students are at the planning table, what possibilities exist in the creation of deliverables? Would a shift toward discovery and exploration with a clear focus on inquiry help the community of learners grow their thinking and performance capabilities? It's a challenge for sure, but a worthy challenge to embark on with students. Students (and their teachers!) can do challenging things. That's been proven as of late. Let's keep the momentum going! More here: Modernize your instructional practices in 11 ways.
How do we support parents and families in all the ways we need to for access, continued engagement, and as essential elements of our systems and programs? If parents are going to be in a renewed partnership with schools, it would be helpful to continue to invite, appreciate, and design learning experiences with parents as contributors. The responsibility for instruction and learning has swiftly shifted. It would be amazing to keep this community of learners in place as we move forward to whatever happens after our current situation is over. Parents as partners has the potential to revolutionize education. It always has. Now that the spotlight is on how much we critically need parents, perhaps we can be more mindful about including them from now on! More here: 7 tips for parents supporting remote learning.
What is the real worth of traditional modes? If schools are truly in charge of their schedules, times for learning, intervention practices, curriculum development, etc., then there should be planning that involves remixing our traditions. We've never known what we could do until we had to do it. And now that we've done it, we've shifted our capabilities and heightened our opportunities and potential for real impact. We must leverage these new capabilities and make room for new thinking and new possibilities. More here: From traditional high school learning to co-created learning experiences.
How do we rethink spaces and places for learning? What if we set up online and interactive spaces at the beginning of the school year in the same way we collect phone numbers and other needed/essential information? Some thought should be given to identify early who doesn't have access and actively work to get students into equitable spaces. Districts may need to consider deployment plans for wifi access with hotspots and with devices. Schools should establish synchronous and asynchronous places to learn and reimagine physical spaces for the benefit of the learner. Schools should spend time at the beginning of the year onboarding students into multi-synchronous environments with expectations that learning can happen anywhere, anytime, with a renewed focus on learner needs (SEL), self-direction, communities for learning, and joy.
What else might we need to think about? Upending traditional structures will also matter if we start back to school under continued rules for social distancing and sanitization. Districts may need to consider options for roving start times and student rotations throughout the day. This will necessitate conversations about priorities in instruction and assessment and create opportunities for bold and robust teaching and learning.
We have a renewed sense of community and contribution from an array of stakeholders. This is a good time to put in the work of observing and analyzing what's happening now to help inform what happens next.
What questions are on your mind or that you are wrestling with as you plan ahead? Share your questions and comments below as we start to unravel our next steps.
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Pianist Angela Hewitt brings unique background to CIPC Bach recital
Pianist Angela Hewitt returns to Cleveland May 18 for an all-Bach recital presented by the Cleveland International Piano Competition.
CLEVELAND, Ohio – There's a reason pianist Angela Hewitt stands alone in the music of Bach, and it's not her flawless technique, impeccable elegance or deep insight.
It's her father. Growing up in the home of an organist and choir director, Hewitt was literally raised on Bach, such that his music became as natural to her as folk songs are to others.
"I was very fortunate in that regard," said Hewitt, by phone from New York.
"I never learned any bad habits. My parents always stressed the importance of playing Bach as the basis of good technique. These pieces are a real part of me."
We in Cleveland have long been the beneficiaries of that experience, and are about to enjoy its fruits again.
Not only has Hewitt given us an invaluable library of Bach recordings and appeared here many times since the 1979 Cleveland International Piano Competition, where she took third place behind Jean-Yves Thibaudet. She's about to return, this time to Baldwin Wallace University, with an all-Bach program featuring the first three of the composer's six English Suites.
One of a handful of cities worldwide where Hewitt is sharing all or significant parts of her four-year "Bach Odyssey" project, Cleveland gets to hear Hewitt present Suites One, Two and Three, along with the Suite in F Minor, BWV 823, and the famed Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 894.
"I always hope that people will feel better and more refreshed than when they came in, and that maybe they'll want to go home and practice their Bach," Hewitt said. "This program is no exception."
Hewitt's family may be the foundation of her Bach expertise, but it isn't the only factor behind it. Also relevant, especially in this case, is her background in ballet.
For many years in her youth, the Ottawa native studied dance. That makes her uniquely qualified to interpret the Suites, each of which is rooted in courtly dance.
"You have to feel the dance in these pieces," Hewitt explained. "You have to bring that out. Bach only wrote the notes, nothing else, so we have to decide everything else, and that's always what's hardest: deciding what to put in."
Make that the second-hardest. Even for a veteran pianist like Hewitt, the one thing tougher than interpreting Bach's music is memorizing it, especially in such vast quantities. One slip, Hewitt said, and the whole thing unravels.
But the rewards more than justify any such risk.
To Hewitt, playing Bach isn't just satisfying as an accomplishment. Neither is it only a means of channeling her musical parents. It's something life-sustaining, a pursuit of which she truly could never tire.
"It just gives you all this energy," Hewitt said. "It's such positive music. Every hour spent in Bach's presence is worth it."
Cleveland International Piano Competition concert
What: Pianist Angela Hewitt performs Bach.
When: 8 p.m. Saturday, May 18.
Where: Gamble Auditorium, Baldwin Wallace University, 96 Front St., Berea.
Tickets: $35-$45. Go to clevelandpiano.org.


After a 28 hour journey and a further 7 hour wait for our Visas to be processed, PHM-UK have arrived in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 18 years after the first People's Health Assembly was held here and the subsequent birth of the movement.
Despite a protracted stay in Dhaka airport, we counted ourselves some of the lucky ones with other delegates kept overnight and some very unfortunately not being allowed in to the country at all. This sobering news was followed by an email from the conference organisers that due to technical issues the conference venue had been changed and a decision made to start a day later than planned.
Whilst the organising committee and PHM Global worked tirelessly behind the scenes, a spontaneous meeting was convened by members from PHM Australia as a meet and greet. The vision for the meeting quickly evolved as members from all over the world, with the help of a number of translators, came up with ideas to effectively use Day 1 of the conference.
A member from Greece captured the spirit of the movement saying that we don't need a plenary to start the assembly… we have everything we need here as he pointed to the rest of the room.
It was decided to use the time to get to know your region, share challenges, ideas and hopes for what people wanted out of PHA 4 and beyond.
It's safe to say that PHM Europe maximised their time by extending a proposed 1 hour meeting to last until dinner. Members from Spain, Italy, Belgium, Greece, Austria, Croatia, France, Germany, Switzerland and the UK shared the struggles of achieving Health for All within their countries.
Whilst deep in discussion, it was humbling to look around at different regions in conversation, particularly poignant was the Latin American contingent welcoming in the assembly with a Mayan tradition.
The stories from elsewhere in Europe resonated hugely with common themes coming out surrounding the privatisation of care, a hostile environment towards migrants and efflux of healthcare professionals from the public system. Although sobering to hear the dismantling of health services, it was empowering to hear the voices of those mobilising effectively to combat these and work towards equity in health. Relationships built and lessons learnt will be invaluable to work with PHM both on UK and European levels.
Our regional meeting was adjourned for a global football match, and the birth of PHM FC. Delegates from Malawi, Benin, Ghana, South Korea, Belgium and Austria joined in to play on the hallowed turf of the BRAC-BCDM pitch. Pol (Pogba) de Vos, deputy director of the Institute for Global Health and Development, was awarded player of the match.
After registration it was time for another amazing Bengali curry before some much needed rest to get ready for the exciting official programme to start tomorrow.
We are incredibly grateful for the work of the organising committee and PHM Global in what has been an inspiring day to meet and learn from health activists across the world.


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Mennonite Milestone: Nursing college celebrates centennial
Susan Marquardt Blystone	April 29, 2019 Filed Under Mennonite College of Nursing
Mennonite College of Nursing (MCN) marks its centennial year having achieved a level of excellence and energy that belies the struggle behind its founding. From its start as a Sanitarium Training School in Bloomington to its national status today at Illinois State, the educational endeavor has required extraordinary courage and commitment.
The beginnings trace back to Emanuel Troyer, a humble Central Illinois Mennonite pastor. While raising funds to establish a school in 1919, he could never have envisioned the college as it stands today with graduate programs, million-dollar research initiatives, high-tech lab equipment, and students who consistently pass the profession's standardized test far above state and national averages.
Troyer's goal 100 years ago was to see the Mennonite Church extend its Christian outreach by establishing a hospital and training nurses. It took work convincing congregations of farmers to financially support the idea, but enough funds were acquired to purchase a home for $10,000 in Bloomington. Converted for hospital care, the first patients arrived in May of 1919.
Expansion into education came quickly with an offer from physician George Kelso, who was ready to sell his Bloomington sanitarium for $75,000. Troyer and four others struck a deal "without a dollar in the treasury to pay for it," according to Troyer's personal writings. As a result, the Mennonite Sanitarium Training School opened with 11 students in May of 1920.
Kelso Sanitarium at 807 North Main Street in Bloomington.
"The situation was so acute," Troyer stated, "that for two whole nights I rolled and tossed, until finally it was just like a voice that said 'The problem is more mine than yours.'" This brought a peace to Troyer, who repeatedly stated "This is of God—it will succeed."
The decades since have proven Troyer's prophecy true, as the college has flourished beyond expectations while remaining grounded in its Mennonite roots. Two decades after the school's two-year diploma program started, Mennonite Hospital School of Nursing was established.
The school advanced with financial support from Mennonite Hospital. Academic offerings steadily expanded and by the 1980s, a baccalaureate curriculum was approved. The paradigm shift from a diploma to a degree program was significant, as Mennonite blazed a new trail in nursing education.
President Emerita Kathleen Hogan
"We were establishing a college. The enormity of that undertaking! We were making history," said Kathleen Hogan, who served as founding dean when MCN was formed in December of 1982. She went on to become president in 1990.
It was under Hogan's watch that the college received accreditation from the North Central Association in 1986, with the endorsement from the National League for Nursing acquired in 1987. The credential was retroactive to the first baccalaureate class in 1985, which was the same year the last class of diploma students graduated.
Mennonite was consequently the first independent, upper-division, single-purpose, degree-granting nursing institution in the entire country. The milestone elevated MCN to a new level from which the college advanced further. Scholarships were initiated, enrollments grew to consecutive records, and graduate programs were added.
A housemother and 17 students in their shared eight-bedroom home in 1939.
"We never planned to stop at the baccalaureate level," Hogan said. "We went right into developing a graduate program. Our 10-year strategic plan included the framework for a doctoral program."
There were obstacles to overcome in pursuing that goal, with finances the greatest hurdle. Hogan was at the helm when the college's viability under BroMenn Healthcare became a concern. Medicare funds used by BroMenn to support the college's $3 million annual budget were dwindling. The situation was so critical that the college had to explore aligning with an existing institution of higher education or face closure.
A proposal from Illinois State was deemed the best fit. The possibility of uniting was pursued by Hogan and ISU President David Strand, with leadership teams from both institutions partnering. Hogan worked to guarantee the Mennonite legacy would continue. Strand enlisted Illinois legislators—Sen. John Maitland Jr. and Rep. Bill Brady—to acquire $1.2 million in state funding needed for the University to finance the college.
The efforts were rewarded with Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois State University welcomed to campus on July 1, 1999. It was the first private/public higher education merger in the state. ISU acquired a sixth college, and its first professional program. MCN gained financial stability and a world of opportunity with greater teaching resources once settled into Edwards Hall, which underwent a $1.5 million renovation.
Dean Judy Neubrander
There was also a responsibility to intensify a research agenda, while maintaining the fundamental goal of preparing the next generation of caring and competent nurses. The effort to reach both objectives was led by Nancy Ridenour as the college's first dean at ISU, followed by interim dean Sara Campbell '86, M.S. '93. Janet Krejci took the helm in 2009, with H. Catherine Miller serving as interim prior to the arrival of Judy Neubrander in 2016.
As the current dean, Neubrander expresses gratitude to all of her predecessors for collectively creating an exceptional college. "I am blessed by all who went before me the past 100 years," she said, acknowledging the excellence that has continued throughout Mennonite's history.
There is ample evidence of reason to boast of all accomplished, including within the 20 years since MCN joined ISU. The college has invested more than $2 million to create a simulation lab that provides a virtual hospital unit. Students learn by working through nursing scenarios that build critical thinking skills and confidence.
Federal external funding totaling millions has resulted in programs focusing on specific aspects of nursing, from training nurses for geriatric care to addressing needs of rural populations and recruiting underrepresented groups to the profession. Community outreach has intensified, with students working beyond hospitals and nursing homes. They are also active in local schools through America's Promise, which counts as clinical hours for the students as they work to improve the health of children.
MCN students train abroad as well through an ongoing transcultural nursing program. It is one of many expanded academic opportunities, as the college has added doctoral degree programs, accelerated learning options, and a path for registered nurses to complete a bachelor's degree in nursing.
U.S. News & World Report ranks Mennonite College of Nursing as having one of the country's best graduate schools, and scores it among the best national online bachelor's and graduate programs as well.
Given its reputation, it is not surprising student demand is strong. The College is exploring strategic growth where feasible, however, finding additional sites to place students is an obstacle. This is one reason the college's focus for growing enrollment is in the area of graduate studies and the opportunity for registered nurses to complete an undergraduate degree online. Dual enrollment with community colleges is an option MCN is implementing. Neubrander is also exploring how to expand the simulation lab options as a means for students to complete more required clinical hours.
Regardless of how nurses are prepared, the need to recruit and retain faculty with a master's or doctorate is a second obstacle as the college goes forward. "As a part of succession planning, we anticipate future retirements within the next few years," Neubrander said, adding that it is a challenge to entice nurses into pursuing the path of an educator in the field.
A student working in the Nursing Simulation Laboratory.
Neubrander is confident those who join the faculty in the future will take research a step further by securing more government grants. Work is needed in areas of how to care for patients outside the hospital, which is the direction of health care. She would like to see more done to prepare students to work with geriatric patients, who often have complicated care needs, and is eager to see the college focus on further developing a mental health track.
Efforts to increase private giving are another priority for Neubrander. She is pleased to know the University continues to have within its master plan the building of a facility for the college, but is realistic in knowing such a structure is in the distant future.
Neubrander's focus is consequently on more immediate issues of ensuring students are prepared to make a difference at the bedside of their patients as a nurse with a fantastic skill set who is equally attentive to the holistic care of the individual. Teaching this critically important mix has been fundamental throughout the past century.
"We have such a rich history that has made us who we are," said Neubrander, who is as committed as her predecessors to making certain each graduate enters the field with compassion, competence, confidence, commitment and conscience.
That has been—and remains—the Mennonite way of preparing nurses.
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Aflibercept 8 mg Meets Primary Endpoints in Two Global Pivotal Trials for DME and wAMD, with a Vast Majority of Patients Maintained on 12- and 16-week Dosing Intervals
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Sep 08, 2022, 09:00 ET
91% and 89% of diabetic macular edema (DME) patients were rapidly initiated and maintained on 12- and 16-week dosing intervals (without need for regimen modification) through week 48, respectively
79% and 77% of wet age-related macular degeneration (wAMD) patients were rapidly initiated and maintained on 12- and 16-week dosing intervals (without need for regimen modification) through week 48, respectively
Safety of aflibercept 8 mg consistent with the established safety profile of EYLEA® (aflibercept) Injection
TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) today announced that the primary endpoints were met in two pivotal trials investigating novel aflibercept 8 mg with 12- and 16-week dosing regimens in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME) and wet age-related macular degeneration (wAMD). The PHOTON trial in DME and the PULSAR trial in wAMD both demonstrated that aflibercept 8 mg 12- and 16-week dosing regimens achieved non-inferiority in vision gains compared to the EYLEA 8-week dosing regimen. In these trials, the safety of aflibercept 8 mg was consistent with the established safety profile of EYLEA. Regeneron and Bayer will submit these data to regulatory authorities in countries around the world.
"These pivotal aflibercept 8 mg trials demonstrated that nearly 90% of patients with diabetic macular edema and almost 80% of patients with wet age-related macular degeneration were able to maintain a 16-week dosing regimen," said David Brown, M.D., FACS, Director of Research at Retina Consultants of Texas in the U.S. and a trial investigator. "These unprecedented durability data coupled with a safety profile consistent with that of EYLEA support aflibercept 8 mg as a potential new standard-of-care in these diseases."
"These groundbreaking results are excellent news for patients. These outcomes have shown that aflibercept 8 mg not only improved vision with less frequent injections, but also demonstrated a similar safety profile to EYLEA," said Jean-François Korobelnik, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Ophthalmology and Head of the Department of Ophthalmology at University Hospital of Bordeaux in France and a trial investigator….
Read more: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/aflibercept-8-mg-meets-primary-endpoints-in-two-global-pivotal-trials-for-dme-and-wamd-with-a-vast-majority-of-patients-maintained-on-12–and-16-week-dosing-intervals-301620404.html
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MCHS Student Explodes on Tik Tok with over 200,000 Followers
MCHS Senior Nikki Gatke before Junior prom. Courtesy of Instagram
Madison Ginn, Staff Reporter
One of Madison Consolidated High School's own students, Nikki Gatke, a senior, has gained a tremendous following on the popular app known as TikTok. Tik Tok is a video-sharing social networking app where people of any age post 15 to 60-second videos involving comedy, drama, and even romance.
Teenagers, especially at MCHS, have recently become captivated by the fairly new app. Gatke tells us she downloaded the app because she missed a similar entertainment app from the past called Vine. The app went "ghost", and is missed by many people. Most will agree that Tik Tok has taken its place in the present.
Tik Tok has "influencers," which are the people that users of the app follow to view their videos. Gatke is one of them. She is standing currently over a whopping 220 thousand followers and a current "like" count of 3.1 million. She tells us that she created her account a year and a half ago, early on in the lifespan of the app, giving her more time to grow. Her following began to expand when one of her videos was featured on the "For You" page, a page with ever-changing content and popular videos about a year ago. When Gatke heard that Tik Tok was a new fad, she decided to immediately make an account and start making videos for fun. Later, she started gaining more attention from Tik Tok users.
MCHS Tik Tok sensation Nikki Gatke's home Tik Tok screen. – via Tik Tok
With her massive following, comes some hate or bullying at school, as many people would guess due to jealousy or unkind people. Gatke tells us that most of the bullying happens at school rather than online because most people are more supportive online. Gatke commented that she has been bullied at school for many things and that her Tik Tok following just added on to it. Online, there are many other influencers that make the same or similar content as her, so if anybody does show hate towards her, it just gets brushed away.
Gatke actually makes income from her account. The money mostly comes in through her doing live videos on the live feature, where people can send her "gifts", and she receives money from them. Followers can send gifts ranging from five dollars to fifty dollars. Gatke also has businesses reaching out to her for brand deals, where she can post about the brand to promote them to her following, and they pay her.
Gatke states that she has met many new, really good people from the app. She has had an excess of viral videos and one can judge the video by looking at the number of views and likes the video receives. For example, one video from June of 2019 received over 600,000 views and over 60,000 likes. People will comment on her video telling her they see her on the For You page, which Tik Tok uses as an algorithm to showing more people your videos. She tells us that she thinks her maximum amount of videos with any type of virality would be fifteen.
MCHS student Nikki Gatke in mid- Tik Tok performance on a roller coaster.
Screenshot via Tik Tok
Her peak was through the summer of 2019, and she only expects to grow her platform in the future. Gatke tells us that followers really do not matter to her and that she just wants to be a positive influence on people. She is clearly making the platform a better place, and will continue to do that as long as she can!
Tik Tok was formerly called "Musical.ly" which was a hit around two to three years ago but was later changed when the company, ByteDance, renamed it because Musical.ly was always known for lip-syncing, and they wanted a fresh new name that would draw people to the app and represent people on the app better. A year and a half ago when a person heard the phrase Tik Tok, some, especially teens, might have considered the platform"cringy" and peculiar, but not long ago, the influencers and teenagers around the world have changed the perspective of the app and has gotten many obsessed with the trendy social media platform.
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Yeshal_carabbacan	• Mar 24, 2020 at 10:13 pm
Thank you for 200,000 followers
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Like most families, we love taking holidays together and one of the first questions we ask ourselves is what will we do with our dog while we're away?
It can be quite a challenge to find really nice accommodation that allows you to bring your beloved pooch but it is possible with a bit of research. We've taken Honey on lots of different weekends away around South East Queensland and even as far afield as down to Tasmania.
When we're going on a trip where we have chosen to bring her with us, the first places I check are Airbnb and Stayz.com.au and just make sure to have the filter set to search for pet-friendly places. I always make sure to read the guidelines for each listing and also let the owner know we are bringing our dog as sometimes they may have specific restrictions such as a small dog or outdoor dog only. Make sure you check that the place is well fenced if you plan to leave your dog at the property at any time.
I also check the map of the area and try to choose a listing that is within walking distance of dog-friendly locations like parks, beaches and outdoor eating options. Which of course, are the places we prefer to hang out anyway and it makes for a really enjoyable holiday all round.
Keep in mind that it's likely you'll be charged a slight premium for a nice place but that may be countered by not having to pay kennel fees, which we choose not to use. Mind you, homes listed on these sites can also be a really convenient option when you have kids as you can bring food supplies to cook at home or pack a picnic for day trips and avoid the cost of eating out for every meal. So it all evens out I think.
When we aren't able to bring our dog with us, in the case of an overseas trip or fly-in destination, for example, we have a few options too.
If you're in Brisbane then I highly recommend the services of Houndog Doggy Daycare. Angela and Leah offer really cool day trips for dogs and they also have a doggy resort which is their home! Your dog can go and live with them while you're away and be just as comfortable as they would be at home. They go on daily busy walks and regular trips to the bay for a swim and just like regular daycare, you'll get daily update photos by text message. I'm sure there will be a similar service where you are.
As I mentioned, we've made the choice not to put Honey in a kennel so instead we use services like Aussie House Sitters where you can list your house for the period of time you're away and the jobs you require the house sitter to do eg walk and feed dog, mow lawn, put bins out, check the mail etc, and the website acts like a match making service. This is a really great option as it's free but mutually beneficial for you and the person house sitting for you. I recommend this option for times when you'll be away for more than a week.
We also sometimes take Honey down to Roly's mums place if we have a really long trip or can't find a house sitter and she really gets the royal treatment. Granny's place also has a 2-bedroomed cottage which is doggy paradise if you're ever visiting or passing through the Port Macquarie region you can stay here with your pooch!
Taking your dog on holiday can be either be limiting or rewarding, depending on how you view it. We have a toddler so our holidays these days revolve around slow activities like walking to the park and having snacks. So for us, it's perfect. And kids love coming over to pat Honey so it's a nice way for Max to make friends to play with.
It's important to be a mindful dog owner, to be respectful of the rules in the places you stay like not letting your dog on the bed or couch if the owner asks you not to and to clean up after dog, both at the property and while you are out and about.
Also check in advance that certain parks, public facilities and attractions allow dogs. The rules in each state and region are different for national parks - some allow dogs on leash and others are not allowed at all.
I hope this post was of use! Have I missed any tips?


This is an oil painting , real size is 12" x 16"
I painted it after I captured really messy and mixed emotions from people . When you look into the eyes, it is a very different space. I had a friend who cried and felt like she wanted to hold onto the tree to survive. Her lips are vivid, the muddy color on her cheeks where things are not clear. the intelligence in her eyes and them looking to the infinity relying on the knowing that she is capable of handling anything she is going through. The darkness in her neck is formed into a tree root that you can grab and ascend .There is an inside laughter, INNER JOY, a party ready to come out at any time in her lips as if she WANTS to feel better.
What if you can see into her eyes can resonate with something inside you? What if you set an intention to look at this painting everyday? What is it is saying something you need this day? Dive into it and notice, it is full of colors gouache is used beneath her forehead in violet warm way and in the extreme right corner as well. While you tap into the eyes you can see a beam of light, INTELLIGENCE and golden points of light in them . There are these two blue lines that run down her cheek, her state is far from sadness. I am seeing them as tears running beneath this apparently QUIET face. This is a GIANT tree of a woman. HER hair is the leaves and the stem is her neck but you decide what it is representing!
The little mud beneath her eye tells a story of previous scar or previous pain. Her life VIBRANT red cheeks and lips are like a clown face, this could be a falsified attempt by her to understand beauty! Her branches continue beyond in the background. She continues to choose herself as a tree, BRANCHED , ROUGH, CHAOTIC , WITH BIG BLUE EARRINGS, what would you choose ?


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        "REQUEST_URI": "/24nonstop/result?ACT=1&SERVICE_ID=7554&PAY_ACCOUNT=maxudov%40ukr.net%D0%9C%D0%90%D0%A0%D0%9A%D0%A3%D0%A1.777&PAY_ID=BA56136B-93C8-4715-AA5F-51699305C6F2&TRADE_POINT=11057&SIGN=A77D6B3B4CF84CA1B97C8FA5D9E7688D",
...

But in this case loggly finds nothing.
If I use /24nonstop/ then loggly finds logs.
Link for my regexp
Am I searching properly?

A: According to  Regex. Loggly documentation
There are some limitations for regex search:

Regular expressions only work on single tokens when run on a full text search. You cannot do a regex >on a single term that has been split into several tokens due to special characters or other rules. For example, this won't work because it's been tokenized, even if we escape the special characters:
/HTTP/1.0/

Unfortunately there is no way to use / in search pattern, even if it is escaped with \.