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Women in The Conflict
Vol. 2 No. 3 , 1995
More than two months have passed since the deadline of the first of July 1995, which President Yasser Arafat and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres declared as the day the negotiations were to conclude over the redeploy¬ment of the Israeli forces in the West Bank. The elections, water, and other issues were also on the agenda for those negotiations.
The main obstacle in the negotiations, the Jewish settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), reared its ugly head again when negotiators started talking about security arrangements in general, and in Hebron in particular. Both sides agreed to divide the area into three cate¬gories: A) the Palestinian cities from which the Israeli army will complete¬ly redeploy, and responsibility will be transferred to the Palestinian Police; B) the Palestinian villages and refugee camps where Israel will have the overriding security, while the Palestinian side will be responsible for inter¬nal security and public order; C) the Jewish settleme
The Difficult Year Ahead ( )
By Ziad AbuZayyad Vol. 2 No. 3 1995
Letters to the Editors ( )
Vol. 2 No. 3 1995
Introduction: What is a Feminist Agenda? ( )
by Daphna Golan
A Free Palestinian, A Free Woman ( )
The struggles and the expectations of Palestinian women.
By Suheir Mahshi Vol. 2 No. 3 1995
Women in Israeli Society: An Overview ( )
Fighting against inequality, women have been drawn into the peace movement.
By Ghada Zughayar Vol. 2 No. 3 1995
Palestinian Women: Catalysts for Change ( )
Palestinian women in the transition from liberation to statehood.
By Galia Golan Vol. 2 No. 3 1995
From Denial to Equal Representation: Women's Peace Groups and the Creation of New Feminist Activism in Israel ( )
Representation and the development of the women's peace movement.
By Hannah Safran Vol. 2 No. 3 1995
Growing Pains: An Interview ( )
Women, culture and politics, post Oslo.
By Suad Amiry Vol. 2 No. 3 1995
Palestinian Women Political Prisoners: A Sociological Perspective ( )
Double standards, and the question of honor in a traditional society.
By Huneida Ghanem Vol. 2 No. 3 1995
The Impact of the Arab-Israeli Conflict on the Family ( )
The peace process opens up possibilities for change in women's social status.
By Hanna Herzog Vol. 2 No. 3 1995
Women's Health in Palestine ( )
The need for a holistic approach demands more work at the community level.
By Salwa Najjab Vol. 2 No. 3 1995
Women in the Israeli Labor Force ( )
Discrimination is the only reason for the low wages for women's work.
By Esther Alexander Vol. 2 No. 3 1995
Not the Mother of All Cities: a Feminist Perspective of Jerusalem ( )
Jerusalem has, for too long, been wrapped in male fantasies.
By Galit Hasan-Rokem Vol. 2 No. 3 1995
Honorary Ambassador: An Interview ( )
Women, dialogue, and Palestinian statehood.
By Hanan Ashrawi Vol. 2 No. 3 1995
The Sounds of the Multitude ( )
Reflections of an unborn baby and her family.
By Ilana Sugbeker-Massica Vol. 2 No. 3 1995
The New History and Sociology of Israel: A Challenge to the Old Version ( )
New views on Zionism, the 1948 war, and the Palestinian exodus.
By Ilan Pappe Vol. 2 No. 3 1995
An Environmental Contract for Jerusalem: An Interview ( )
Israelis and Palestinians live in one ecosystem -one we're not taking care of.
By Elihu Richter Vol. 2 No. 3 1995
An End to the Era of Sacrifices ( )
How can Israelis and Palestinians avoid the vicious circle of victimization?
By Alouph Hareven Vol. 2 No. 3 1995
Generating Palestinian Employment in Industrial Zones ( )
A plan to tackle the grave unemployment in the West Bank and Gaza.
By Simcha Bahiri and Samir Hazboun Vol. 2 No. 3 1995
Journal Jottings
Salwa Kanaana and Yael Lotan ( )
The Limitations of Dialogue ( )
Women and the Israeli Occupation: the Politics of Change Edited by Tamar Mayer; reviewed by Rolly Rosen.
A Study in Disparity ( )
Gender and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: the Politics of Women's Resistance By Simona Sharoni; reviewed by Leila Oabdoub.
Culture, Literature and the Arts
That is our Fate ( )
Excerpts from Memoirs of an Unrealistic Woman.
By Sahar Khalifeh Vol. 2 No. 3 1995
Film and Conflict ( )
The Jerusalem Film Festival reviewed.
By Nomi Sharron Vol. 2 No. 3 1995
The Tunis Declaration Extracts from the Second Mediterranean Women's Forum ( )
Chronology of Events
1 April 1995 to 1 July 1995 ( )
Edited by Anat Cygielman


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Country spent 1.1 billion dollars on fuel imports in the third quarter of this year
About 1.1 billion dollars was the amount the country spent in the third quarter of this year on fuel imports.
Data from the Petroleum Derivatives Regulatory Institute (IRDP) indicate that, in this period, 1,271,986 metric tons of fuel were purchased for sale, of which 69 percent were imported, at an expense of 1.102 million dollars, and the remaining 31 percent from the Luanda Refinery (30 percent) and Topping in Cabinda – Cabgoc (1 percent).
According to the IRDP, quoted by Angop, these figures thus point to an increase of around 21 percent over the previous quarter.
In terms of lubricants, around 8,981.93 metric tons were sold on the domestic market, of which 1,508 metric tons corresponded to national production and 7,474 to imports.
Thus, according to the regulator, this figure translates into a drop of around two percent compared to the previous quarter, writes Angop.
According to the IRDP, quoted by Angop, at the end of the period in question there were 911 service stations operating, reflecting an increase of around 11 more than in the previous quarter.
From the list of stations, 338 are controlled by Sonangol, 78 by Pumangol, 58 by Sonangalp, 48 by TotalEnergies and the remaining 389 with white label.
The figures also indicate that the general sales volume of the different parts of the market increased by around two percent compared to the previous period, to around 1,151,821.73 metric tons.
In addition, according to the regulator, the state oil company leads the market share with around 65 percent. 'Silver' belongs to Pumangol (20 percent), followed by Sonangalp (eight percent) and Total (seven percent).
As for gaseous fuel, 94,592 metric tons of LPG were placed on the market, 90 percent of which came from Angola LNG and the remaining 10 percent from the Luanda Refinery (six percent) and Topping in Cabinda (four percent), writes to Angop.
In this fraction – whose sales totaled 114,655 metric tons, corresponding to an increase of around two percent compared to the previous quarter – Sonangol is also the leader with a market share of around 79.2 percent. On the podium are Saigás and Progás with 10.9 percent and 4.4 percent, respectively.
In terms of gas consumption, the capital led with 59.8 percent, followed by Benguela, Huíla, Huambo and Cabinda, with 10.1 percent, 5.9 percent, 3.8 percent and 3.4 percent, respectively.
OPEC will "wait and see" before changing production
Petroleum Purchases by China to Africa fall 22.6 percent between January and September
Petro de Luanda confirmed in the first edition of the African Superliga
Angolan startups will have direct access to the competition final in Macau
Minister of Youth and Sports says that adapted sport has a high name for the country in the world
Decrease in inflation of around 13 percent influenced by the focus on domestic production
More than 75 million euros approved for the construction of the Luanda Ophthalmological Institute

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Interview Daphne Kapfer, Managing Director of EI: Joint strategies for international sales agents
Cineuropa / Interview by Domenico La Porta « Joint strategies for international sales agents »
As the European Film Market came to an end, Cineuropa talked to Daphné Kapfer, managing director of Europa International, in order to take stock of the joint efforts of film sales agents.
Cineuropa: How was Europa International born?
Daphné Kapfer: The association was created in Berlin in 2011 by its three founding members: The Match Factory, TrustNordisk and Doc & Film International. The initial motivation was to represent the sales agents, the only sector that still didn't have a lobby that was comparable to Europa Cinemas (for the exhibitors), Europa Distribution (for the distributors) or European Producers Club (for the producers), for example. It was important to ensure that sales agents' voices were heard during the preparatory phase of Creative Europe.
Michael Weber (The Match Factory) was the president of Europa International for the first three years, and Susan Wendt (TrustNordisk) has taken over the presidency of the organisation from 2014 onwards. Films Distribution, Fortissimo Films, Films Boutique, Doc & Film International, EastWest Filmdistribution and New Europe Film Sales are also on Europa International's board of directors. Today, it has 35 members.
What impact did you have on the European Commission and its MEDIA programme?
First of all, we managed to establish a dialogue that hadn't existed beforehand. Then we succeeded in increasing and improving the support available to sales agents (from €1.5 million to €2.7 million euros per year). We managed to lower the eligibility criteria for this support so that it can also be of benefit to small companies (ones that have a line-up of three films instead of four, as was previously the case), and offer an additional risk assessment linked to a sales agent committing to a project solely based on the script (eligible costs of 60% instead of 50%).
What is the organisation's operational process?
Above all, it's about defining joint strategies between our members. Up till now, each decision has been made unanimously, following a vote organised by us. We get together twice a year in a general meeting, before the Berlin and Cannes markets open. For two years, we've also organised an annual conference that takes place at the same time as the Europa Cinemas conference. This conference is subsidised by the MEDIA programme, within the framework of The Match Factory's Distribution 2.0 project – a project coordinated by Jenny Walendy that aims to reflect on the strategies linked to the new film distribution channels. Lastly, we work together with the members on the figures related to international sales, which we are going to compile in the form of a study in order to point out the role of the sales agent in the funding and profitability of the films. This study would have been impossible without the trusting relationship that has been built up between the association and its members.
Does one of these strategies consist of getting closer to the cinemas and the exhibitors?
Yes, and incidentally, it's very obvious if we look at the European Commission, which is looking to strike up a dialogue between, on one hand, the festivals where the film and its marketing are launched, and on the other hand the cinemas and the VoD platforms on which the movie is exhibited. The sales agent's role is important on this level. It is possible to have international strategies that go beyond the national distributions that are organised independently of one another. Our dialogue with the European Commission is still ongoing on the subject of selective distribution, for example. Today, it's the sales agent that is in charge of the grouping of distributors, and it doesn't receive any money for that;; the subsidy goes straight to the distributors, even though some sales agents work very strategically with their distributors on joint, coordinated trans-European actions (posters, trailers, media campaigns, visibility on social networks and so on).
The sales agents have also invested in projects concerning film circulation, such as Eye On Films (Wide Management), day-and-date preparatory actions such as IFFR Live! (TrustNordisk, Fortissimo Films, Doc and Film International) and the EuroVOD project (Memento Films International, The Match Factory). We think it is important that this work is recognised and supported by the European Commission and the MEDIA programme.


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There's Nothing Wrong with Love is the second full-length album released by American indie rock band Built to Spill. There's Nothing Wrong with Love was recorded in May and June 1994, and released September 13, 1994, on the Up Records label.  It was produced by Phil Ek. The songs "Car" and "Distopian Dream Girl" were released as singles. The video for "In the Morning" was featured on Beavis and Butt-head. Pitchfork ranked There's Nothing Wrong with Love No. 24 on its Top 100 Albums of the 90s list. An unlisted final track is a satirical preview of the next Built to Spill album; none of the clips on the track are real Built to Spill songs. Sub Pop reissued the album on vinyl in 2015. This is the only album to feature drummer Andy Capps and the first to feature bassist Brett Nelson.

Track listing
All songs written by Built to Spill except where noted.
 "In the Morning" – 2:37
 "Reasons" – 3:46
 "Big Dipper" – 4:09
 "Car" – 2:59
 "Fling" – 2:33
 "Cleo" (Karena Youtz, Doug Martsch) – 4:35
 "The Source" – 3:20
 "Twin Falls" – 1:49
 "Some" – 5:57
 "Distopian Dream Girl" (Martsch, Brett Nelson, Andy Capps, James Christensen) – 4:24
 "Israel's Song" (Youtz, Martsch, Nelson, Capps) – 3:47
 "Stab" – 5:29
 "Preview" (unlisted track) – 1:23

Personnel
Built to Spill

 Doug Martsch – lead vocals, guitar
Brett Nelson – bass
Andy Capps – drums
Additional musicians
Wayne Rhino Flower – guitar on "Big Dipper" and bass guitar on "Cleo"
John McMahon – cello on "Fling" and "Stab"
Gretchen Yanover – cello on "Car"
Eric Akre – percussion on "Source" and "Twin Falls"
Chad Shaver – guitar on "Midnite Star" (one of the songs in the unlisted preview track)
Phil Ek – speaking voice on "Preview"
Luke W. Midkiff – piano and keyboards

References

Built to Spill albums
1994 albums
Albums produced by Phil Ek
Up Records albums

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Home Politics BREAKING: Reps ask Akpabio, "What happened to Nigeria's N81.5 billion?"
BREAKING: Reps ask Akpabio, "What happened to Nigeria's N81.5 billion?"
The House says Akpabio is trying to distract Nigerians from the investigation into the financial activities of the NDDC.
The ongoing friction between the House of Representatives and the Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio, has taken a new turn with a statement released late on Tuesday, July 28, 2020.
The statement, signed by House spokesperson, Honourable Benjamin Kalu, accused Akpabio of trying to distract Nigerians by raising 'spurious allegations' against members of the National Assembly.
Akpabio, a former governor and former senator, had accused lawmakers of the National Assembly of being the biggest beneficiaries of most contracts awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
He made the claim on Monday, July 20 while appearing before a House Committee which has been investigating allegations of financial misappropriation committed by NDDC officials.
The minister's claim caused a public stir against the National Assembly, and the House of Reps issued him a 48-hour ultimatum on Tuesday, July 21 to release a detailed list of lawmakers who have benefited.
During plenary on Thursday, July 23, House Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, read a letter Akpabio addressed to the lawmakers, claiming that he had been misunderstood.
"Most NDDC contracts awarded since 2001 from the records allegedly to members of the National Assembly were done without the knowledge of the alleged beneficiaries," the former Akwa Ibom governor said.
He accused both chairmen of the Senate and House committees on NDDC of exhibiting unusual influence on the commission to the exclusion of committee members.
He further accused Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, House Chairman on NDDC, of directing the NDDC to pay the sum of N9 billion for 19 old contracts before 2019 budget details could be released to the commission. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, announced last week the House would initiate legal proceedings against Akpabio over his claim [Twitter/@Femigbaja]
In Kalu's Tuesday statement, he said Akpabio exonerated the current Ninth House of Reps, but failed to address the lawmakers' ultimatum by refusing to publish the names of beneficiaries.
He said Akpabio's 'irrelevant 8-paragraph private letter' was nothing but an attempt to divert attention from the investigation into the mismanagement perpetrated by the NDDC's Interim Management Committee (IMC) between January and May 2020.
Kalu said the minister highlighted some 266 projects which had only about 20 linked to past members of the National Assembly as 'constituency projects, not as contractors, but in furtherance of their representative mandate'.
He said the highlighted projects are not within the scope of the investigation, and that Akpabio has failed to address the ultimatum for him to publish names of lawmakers who were beneficiaries of most of NDDC's contract awards.
He said, "Nigerians are encouraged to ignore the deflections of the Honourable Minister and continue to ask the right questions as to what happened to the money of the region which has led to a gross disservice to Niger-Deltans.
"Nigerians should start asking the right questions and demanding the right answers; and the right question remains, 'What happened to Nigeria's N81.5billion under the charge of NDDC in the space of 6 months?'"
Lawmakers on Akpabio's list
In the letter he sent to the House, Akpabio had directly named some lawmakers whom he said enjoyed contract awards from the NDDC.
He said Chairman of the Senate Committee on NDDC, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi (Delta North – PDP), received 53 NDDC projects from 2017 to date. Senator Peter Nwaoboshi insists he never received contracts from the NDDC as alleged by Akpabio [Daily Post]
Representative of Bomadi/Patani Federal Constituency of Delta, Honourable Nicholas Mutu, also allegedly received 74 contracts from the NDDC.
Akpabio also accused former senator, Sam Anyanwu, of receiving 19 contracts, while Senator Matthew Urhoghide (Edo South – PDP) and Senator James Manager (Delta South – PDP) received six contracts each.
A few others were simply identified as representatives from Ondo and Edo without being named.
The minister said he couldn't provide more because forensic auditors, who have been tasked with auditing the financial history of the NDDC, could not sift through the thousands of files in the 48-hour window of ultimatum.
Many of the lawmakers have denied the minister's allegations and distanced themselves from the contracts.
Nwaoboshi called the minister 'confused' and told him to publish the names of the directors and shareholders of the companies that executed the 53 contracts he allegedly received.
Before Akpabio's letter was received and read last Thursday, Gbajabiamila informed his colleagues that he had directed the Clerk of the House to engage legal counsel to initiate a suit of criminal complaint of perjury against the minister.
He said counsel had also been directed to, at the same time, explore the possibility of a civil defamation suit against the former Akwa Ibom governor.
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So I'm playing a live €110 tournament, payouts of €1,000, €600 and €400. Four remain. I have 150k, villain has 90k, other two stacks 30k and 60k.
One fold, I'm on the button with K Q off. I make it 12,000, SB with 90k flats, BB folds.
Now info on the SB, he's certainly not the kind of player who would think a lot about situations, and doesn't bluff much. Very recreational player, not aggressive.
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Ray's attorney Luis Li says Ray has cooperated with authorities "every step of the way"
Li says the deaths of three people in sweat lodge was a "terrible accident"
(CNN) -- Self-help guru James Ray pleaded not guilty Thursday to manslaughter charges in the deaths of three participants at an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony he organized last year.
As many as 65 people, ranging in age from 30 to 60, attended Ray's "Spiritual Warrior" program in October at the Angel Valley Retreat Center near Sedona, Arizona. They spent up to two hours inside a dome-like structure called a sweat lodge, which was covered with tarps and blankets, and had hot rocks and water inside to create steam.
Ray, whose charges stem from the deaths of Kirby Brown, James Shore and Liz Neuman, was arrested Wednesday at his attorney's office in Prescott, Arizona, said Yavapai County Sheriff Steve Waugh.
Ray's attorney called the charges unjust and said his client would be exonerated.
"This was a terrible accident, but it was an accident, not a criminal act," attorney Luis Li said. "James Ray cooperated at every step of the way, providing information and witnesses to the authorities, showing that no one could have foreseen this accident."
Ray's bond has been set at $5 million.
His defense team made a motion to reduce bond Thursday, according to one of his attorneys, Brad Brian, who told CNN's "Larry King Live" that Ray is unable to post bond. A hearing to consider the motion will be held next week, Brian said.
Three people died after spending time in the sweat lodge October 8 and nearly 20 others were sickened. Brown and Shore were pronounced dead shortly after arriving at an area hospital, and Neuman died October 17 after being hospitalized since the incident.
Brian said Ray is "devastated" about the deaths, adding that the people who died were Ray's students and friends. Neuman had previously participated in several of Ray's events, Brian said.
"He thinks about those three people every minute of every day," Brian said.
Brian also said Ray took all of the necessary safety precautions during the program, hiring nurses and other medical professionals trained in CPR to monitor the sweat lodge inside and out. Participants in the $9,000 weeklong program also signed waivers and could opt out of the sweat lodge, Brian said.
He also denied reports that Ray prevented people from leaving the tent.
"The facts are about 20 people left the sweat lodge during the event," he said. "Doors were not locked. It's a tent."
Melinda Martin, a former James Ray International employee, was outside the tent as the sick came out.
"It was like an absolute MASH unit," Martin said in a December interview. "Bodies everywhere, passed out. And then [James Ray] walked out of there looking like a million bucks. James, I think, was completely oblivious to the pandemonium that was taking place around that sweat lodge."
Native Americans used sweat lodges in spiritual and physical purification ceremonies.
Ray is widely known for programs that claim to teach people how to create wealth from all aspects of their lives -- financially, mentally, physically and spiritually.


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Dimming the state's literary light
September 27, 2019 /0 Comments/in Academic Standards, Common Core, Featured, Oped: Common Core, Oped: Education /by Jamie Gass
This op-ed has appeared in CommonWealth magazine, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, and The Berkshire Eagle.
"A ROBUST GENIUS, born to grapple with whole libraries," is how 18th-century biographer James Boswell described the illustrious British man of letters, Dr. Samuel Johnson. It's a literary reference that's likely familiar to Massachusetts governors Charlie Baker and Deval Patrick, as both were Harvard College English majors.
September marks Johnson's 310th birthday. His A Dictionary of the English Language (1755) used 114,000 timeless quotations to help define 42,000 words, making it among the most famous dictionaries in human history. Well ahead of his era, he was also a forceful public opponent of slavery.
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The gifted son of a struggling bookseller, Johnson suffered from a tubercular infection in childhood, partial blindness and deafness, and nervous tics. Financial troubles prevented him from completing college.
Yet, this eccentric, witty, and multi-talented writer produced many works, including the poem, "The Vanity of Human Wishes" (1749); a novel, The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (1759); and a noted preface to Shakespeare's plays (1765), which helped expand the Bard's fame worldwide.
Eighteenth-century Great Britain – whose Enlightenment ideals and empire of language so powerfully shaped colonial America and the modern world – is still called the "Age of Johnson."
Language can shape, or misshape, civilizations. The crisis of modern American K-12 education is fundamentally a crisis in word quality. For decades, schools of education have not only eschewed rigor in spelling, grammar, phonics, and excellent writing, but likewise brushed aside basic background knowledge and cultural literacy.
These days, vapid edu-babble has been fused with empty business school buzzwords, producing an unintelligible super jargon that insults common sense and degrades Standard English. Until recently, Massachusetts was the exception.
Driven by bipartisan, liberal arts-centric leadership, including from Tom Birmingham, Mark Roosevelt, and Bill Weld – architects of the landmark 1993 Massachusetts Education Reform Act – the Commonwealth became the nationwide envy in K-12 schooling.
The Bay State, with English standards that were rich in classic literature and high-quality vocabulary, outperformed every other state between 2005 and 2017 on the reading portion of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), "the nation's report card."
When Deval Patrick and Charlie Baker studied English at Harvard, its revered professor W. Jackson Bate won the 1978 National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for his Samuel Johnson biography.
Interestingly, Dr. Johnson's Dictionary defines "politician" as "a man of artifice; one of deep contrivance."
In 2010, the hollowness of the Patrick administration's sloganeering – "education is our calling card" – was revealed when they took $250 million in one-time federal grant money to abandon our proven English standards and MCAS tests in favor of inferior nationalized Common Core and PARCC testing, which cut enduring fiction by 60 percent.
The Baker administration could have easily ended Common Core's academic mediocrity in the Bay State, but instead it followed Patrick's example by deferring to the wishes of career state bureaucrats.
The Johnson Dictionary reads, "pension: an allowance… generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country."
When our democratic leaders betray enduring public standards they themselves benefitted from, they exemplify what the late-20th-century social critic Christopher Lasch termed "the revolt of the elites."
NAEP data reveals that between 2011 and 2017 – the Common Core era – both the Bay State's and the nation's reading scores stagnated. Brookings Institution researcher Tom Loveless observed, "[T]he dominance of fiction is waning… and the change is evident in both fourth and eighth grades after 2011."
While Google recently honored Samuel Johnson's birthday with an online "doodle" about his dictionary, the research is clear that kids retain more by manually writing out class notes and thumbing through weighty reference books. In fact, excessive screen time, Twitter's 280-character limits, and Instagram's graphics are predictably leading to a decline in students' vocabularies.
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God," reads the King James Bible. The sacred role that language has played in the intellectual development of the English-speaking peoples reached perhaps its apex with Johnson's world-changing dictionary.
With any luck, American K-12 education leadership can reclaim its stature as an enlightening beacon emitting Dr. Johnson's love of words. That way, our schoolchildren can "grapple with whole libraries" instead of being consigned to a high-tech Tower of Babel.
Jamie Gass is director of the Center for School Reform at Pioneer Institute, a Boston-based think tank.
Maine Tries to Ignore a Clear Supreme Court Ruling on Education
As the U.S. Supreme Court takes up Carson v. Makin, the facts are clear. Maine has chosen to subsidize private education. As such, it cannot disqualify all religious schools from receiving public dollars under its school choice program.
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Time for State Action on Troubled Boston Schools
Given the failures of both appointed and elected school boards, perhaps the time has come to have the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education appoint the members of the Boston School Committee. Patience might be warranted if the Boston Public Schools were improving. But we have waited for decades, and they are only getting worse. Holding adults in the system accountable was a cornerstone of the Education Reform Act. If not now, when?
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A truly progressive student loan policy
This op-ed originally appeared in the Boston Globe. It was written…
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Rigorous Civics Education Needed Now More Than Ever
After decades of being overlooked, the importance of teaching US history and civics in public schools is at last gaining momentum. At the same time, the American Rescue Plan will bring an influx of tens of millions of dollars into Massachusetts schools. The confluence of these two events could transform civics education, but turning potential into reality will require combining a high-quality, fact-based curriculum with strong accountability measures.
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Charter schools leading the way with in-person instruction
Massachusetts charter public schools have lived up to their decades-long record of excellence during the pandemic, developing innovative ways to continue providing high-quality education by maximizing the number of students who can safely learn in person.
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Tax credit scholarship program would give Catholic schools fighting chance
I am among the countless individuals whose lives have been shaped by Catholic education; in my case, it was attending high school at Austin Prep. Despite a stellar record, Catholic schools are facing a grim financial picture. But a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision gives new hope to the schools and to the many Massachusetts families with children who would benefit from attending them.
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Tax Credits, Religious Schools And You
Six years ago, I met with Erica Smith of the Institute for Justice in a Montana coffee shop, where I agreed to be the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit about the use of funds from a state education tax credit program for children attending religious schools. This past June, in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed Montana's highest court and ruled that if parents use funds from the program to access private education, religious school options cannot be excluded.
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Voc-tech schools thriving despite pandemic strictures
HANDS-ON EDUCATION plays a critical role at Massachusetts regional vocational-technical high schools, where students alternate weekly between academics and shop classes. Given that reality, you'd think the schools would be particularly hard hit by the switch to hybrid models under which students are in a physical school building only half the time. But thanks to innovative approaches to coping with pandemic-related restrictions, voc-techs are successfully bucking statewide public-school enrollment trends.
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Education tax credits don't cost taxpayers a cent
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A new compass app offers a feature that can improve Maps in iOS 16
Bydaryl.baxter@futurenet.com (Daryl Baxter)
I get sent a lot of apps to try out, and whether they're on iOS, Android, Windows, or Linux, I try them all. Mainly because there's always a chance that an app will not only achieve what its developer has intended, but it also gives you an idea of how it could shape other aspects of your iPhone.
This is what happened with Compass GPS, released at the end of April by developer Rihab Mehboob. He got in touch back in January about a messaging app he created as well, that ingeniously works like a note-taking app.
This time, Mehboob told me that he wanted to make something different from other compass apps, which featured a great user interface, but could also easily direct a user in the right direction when walking somewhere.
I've been using it around Lincoln the past week, and not only does his aim succeed, but it gives me inspiration as to how Apple could improve its Maps app for iOS 16, which may be announced at WWDC 2022 in June.
Maps in iOS 16 should be inspired by this app
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Even before Maps was redesigned by Apple in iOS 6, you could set a destination and then follow your route through a compass feature in the app. Since the launch of the Apple Watch in 2015, you've been able to set your destination on your iPhone, then have your watch tap you on the wrist every time you need to turn left or right.
All of this has been useful, but even though Apple has said that it has a vested interest in augmented reality (AR), there's not been a feature in Maps to take advantage of the technology as yet.
When you want to find your position in Maps, you have to press the 'location' button on the top right twice for the app to adjust and rotate to give you an idea as to where you're facing. However, it can be difficult finding the right direction, and tapping a button twice feels unintuitive.
Mehboob's app solves this issue in an instant. Raise your iPhone and it switches to AR mode, with a compass overlaying the screen. Lower the iPhone, and it will show the map. It's a feature that's simple, but worked very well in practice as I was walking up the high street in Lincoln.
Whether Mehboob is moving on to the next idea as WWDC approaches, or there's bugs to fix in a future update of Compass GPS, there's potential here for a fully-fledged Maps app if Apple doesn't improve upon its own Maps app in iOS 16.
While it's free to download, Compass GPS has a $9.99 / £9.99 / AU$10.99 fee to keep using its features, which gives hope that the app could see more useful features in the coming months.
Regardless, Mehboob's app showcases what the potential of Apple's Maps app could be with AR, especially if the rumored AR Glasses come to fruition.
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My fascination with Star Wars began around 1990. I was visiting my grandmother and later that evening, Star Wars: A New Hope just happened to come on the T.V. As a casual first timer, I thought it was neat, but didn't really retain all of the movie. So, after that night, it left my mind.
6 years passed. As I was watching T.V. one evening, The Empire Strikes Back, again, just happened to come on. This time, I paid attention. This time, I was hooked. I bought every Star Wars toy that my monthly allowance would allow. Action figures, Micro-Machines, posters… the list continues.
Fast-forward another year. We moved to a house that was one block from the city library. At the library, I could check out movies for free. And wouldn't you know, they had all three Original Trilogy movies available to be checked out. The library also had the documentary From Star Wars to Jedi. Needless to say, my VCR got plenty of use over the next few weeks.
A few months later, I got word that the Original Trilogy was going to be re-released in theaters. A dream come true is an understatement! I gladly waited in line forever to get the best seats.
Then at some point afterward, I got word of the then future Prequel trilogy which was very exciting. It was right before the release in May that I purchased a subscription to Star Wars Insider, a decision that further fueled my Star Wars passion. I saw The Phantom Menace six times in the first month it was released. Of course, Attack of the Clones came in 2002, and Revenge of the Sith in 2005. Over the next few years, I collected a respectable amount of Star Wars novels and video games.
I now have four kids of my own, and have recently begun to share with them the fun that we call Star Wars. Of course, today Star Wars is more popular than ever, as it is now owned by Disney and there seems to be no end to the amount of new content being released. Experiencing Star Wars the way I did growing up was fun, but can you imagine how much more fun it is to experience it as a kid today?
For as long as I can remember, Disney has had a fun relationship with Star Wars. I remember how fun it was to visit Disney-MGM Studios (now Disney's Hollywood Studios) as a kid and experience the Star Wars section of the park and to ride Star Tours. Later on, I went to a few Star Wars Weekends events at Disney-MGM Studios, and they were awesome!
Now that Disney owns Star Wars, it's easier than ever to be a Star Wars dad at Disney!
We visited Disney's Hollywood Studios a few months ago and it was one of the best trips to Disney that I've ever experienced. Our kids are getting older and, because of that, enjoy a much more meaningful experience at the Disney parks. This trip, we came prepared. Before our visit, we researched how to participate in the Jedi Training: Trials of the Temple. Three of our kids have been wanting to do this for a long time.
Before our trip, we bought them each a Jedi robe to make the experience even more unforgettable! As soon as the park opened we rushed to the Trials of the Temple check-in, along with dozens of other families who clearly did their own research, and registered our kids for a morning show. Waiting in that long line was memorable in itself, as we were visited by a pair of Stormtroopers!
This show is fun to watch and boy did our kids love to be in it! Our 4-year-old girl was the smallest participant and the show's helpers thought she might be a little too scared to face Darth Vader, but she took him on like a champ! Nothing scared her one bit.
After the show, our kids received participation pins and were bouncing around the park in excitement for the rest of the day.
Star Wars Launch Bay is another fun attraction at Disney's Hollywood Studios. This building currently houses a bunch of props and photos from Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and we were able to meet a few characters like Chewie and BB-8. We ran into our stormtrooper friends again here and were able to pose for a few photos before we were asked to move along. Of course, we complied!
There are tons of cool photo opportunities here, plus a large gift shop full of Star Wars merchandise, including the droid builder kiosk. Our kids would spend hours building droids at that kiosk! For parents like me who may be a bit exhausted, this is all in an air-conditioned building which also provides a nice break from the Florida heat.
As much fun as all of these experiences are, they are likely to be overshadowed by the new Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge expansion due to open in 2019. You can see the construction of this spectacular place going on right now, and even though it's all blocked off, there were tons of people like me taking photos of the temporary wall art.
Portions of the new buildings are starting to appear above the tall construction barrier and they're already showing off the unmistakable look of Star Wars. Among the new attractions is the opportunity to explore the planet of Batuu, flying the Millennium Falcon, and boarding a Star Destroyer! We would love to be there on opening day (and every other day afterward)!
This is just a small portion of the Star Wars fun that you can experience at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Plan your vacation here if you want to be a Star Wars dad at Disney!
I'm having so much fun sharing my love of Star Wars to my kids. They are far from understanding its history and just how deep the Saga goes, but there's plenty of time to train them in the ways of the Force.