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The Gift One Year Later
Graduation ceremony photographed on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, at Lawnwood Stadium in Fort Pierce.
New Opportunities, Greater Access for Indian River State College Students and Community
One year ago, author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott pledged $45 million to Indian River State College (IRSC), the largest individual donation in the College's 60-year history. The gift came without prescription—Scott writes on her blog "we believe that teams with experience on the front lines of challenges will know best how to put the money to good use, we encouraged them to spend it however they choose"—but with great responsibility.
The gift was made as part of the Giving Pledge, Scott's commitment to give the majority of her wealth to address some of society's most pressing problems. In 2020, IRSC was among 384 organizations that Scott made large gifts to after her team of advisors considered some 6,500 organizations along with data analysis on community needs, program outcomes, and each non-profit's capacity to absorb and make effective use of funding. Donations were focused on those "operating in communities facing high projected food insecurity, high measures of racial inequity, high local poverty rates, and low access to philanthropic capital" and given "with full trust and no strings attached."
IRSC announced news of the gift at its Fall Commencement ceremony on December 16, 2020, reaffirming the College's critical mission and the commitment of its newly appointed President to redefine and reframe the narrative on how American community colleges can better serve its constituencies. On December 17, the College began its next chapter—to profoundly bolster its efforts to change lives.
"Our mission is to take students from any part of society and find ways to help them achieve their full potential," said IRSC President Dr. Timothy Moore. "Ms. Scott has provided IRSC with a uniquely transformative opportunity to accelerate our ability to make post-secondary education attainable for citizens of our region, regardless of their circumstance or
background. She has changed the trajectory for IRSC, and we in turn will change the trajectory for our students and our community."
True North—Mission, Students and Community IRSC is the only open-access, public institution of higher education in the four-county (Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, St. Lucie) service district. Its student body is more diverse than America, with the majority, 53.5%, comprised of minority students. Thirty-seven percent (37%) of IRSC students are first-generation students, and 40.1% of students receive a Pell grant. Most of IRSC's students (71.8%) are enrolled part-time and female students make up the majority (61.4%) of enrollment.
It is IRSC's mission to transform lives by offering high-quality, affordable and accessible education.
Guided by its True North— Mission, Students and Community—the College has embarked on the first of a series of strategic initiatives aimed to provide economic uplift to historically underrepresented populations; meet the increasing demand for trained, diverse workforces; advance student success and well-being; invest in future generations; and develop critical partnerships that bring new opportunities and ideas to our students, region and nation.
In pursuit of those goals, the College is deploying $24 million dollars of the donation, which is about 53% of the total gift.
Building a workforce for the future On December 14, 2021, exactly one year after receiving Scott's gift, IRSC, along with area hospital leaders, announced that the College would double the size of its Nursing program to address the critical need for more nurses in Florida. Funds will be used to transform 50,521 sq. ft. at IRSC's Pruitt Campus in Port St. Lucie into state-of-the-art nursing classrooms and simulated clinical settings. It would also create new pathways for students who earned Certified Nursing Assistant (C.N.A.), Emergency Medical Technician (E.M.T.) or other allied health certificates, offering them credit for prior learning when entering the Associate Degree in Nursing (R.N.) program. This exclusive pathway program reduces students' time to degree completion and costs, while adding diversity to the nursing class by prioritizing field experience and prior learning in the application process. Roughly $13.5 million will support this largest program expansion in IRSC history.
Economic uplift IRSC is moving with great velocity to support initiatives that support access and outreach to low-income, first-generation and historically underrepresented populations. To that end, a portion of the funds from the Scott gift will be used to create an endowment that builds on the success of the Lincoln Park Career Pathways Initiative (LPCPI). The program, centered at the Blackburn Educational Building in Fort Pierce's majority Black, economically challenged Lincoln Park community, provides funding for tuition, transportation, and other support service for students receiving college credit or non-credit coursework that leads to an industry certification and ultimately to a good-paying job. To date, 71% of program completers have received credentials and are now working in industry-related jobs. The new endowment will fund tuition and provide emergency support for transportation, child care or other financial needs to dramatically expand access to this life-changing program. One million dollars is committed to this endeavor.
Advancing student success and well-being During the pandemic, IRSC learned a great deal about new challenges students face. Students reported that they often do not have quiet places to study or reliable internet connections. They have missed the opportunity to study and interact with peers and classmates. As a result, IRSC is re-imagining student learning and social spaces, tools, academic support and more to advance student success, well-being and sense of belonging, which are essential elements of student retention.
IRSC is deploying $1 million dollars to develop a welcoming Student Learning Commons on its main campus in Fort Pierce. Located in the library, the Student Learning Commons will be a supportive and nurturing place for students to meet, study, and relax. Study skills are the most difficult to develop, and peer-to-peer tutors—prominent in the Learning Commons—are the most efficient way to assist students with learning. IRSC intends to duplicate a Student Learning Commons at each branch campus, furthering the reach of study services to all students.
Investing in future generations IRSC understands that high-quality pre-school is the essential difference maker in the success of a child. The College intends to allocate $2.5 million in its Child Development Center. The Child Development Center provides quality, low-cost education and care for the children of our students, community members and faculty. It also provides hands-on learning experiences for students enrolled in IRSC Early Childhood Education programs.
Developing critical partnerships An indirect effect of the gift includes increased passion, energy, and visibility of IRSC and its mission. Such attention has enabled IRSC to develop unique, groundbreaking partnerships with Adobe, Bloomberg, and Wolfram Researchto name a few. These partnerships have resulted in student, faculty and staff access to best-in-class research and technical software tools at no cost to them. No other community college in America offers these elite tools for free. As a result of these partnerships, IRSC students are uniquely poised for success in the classroom and gain a competitive edge for the modern workplace.
The multiplier effect Scott writes in her blog: "We chose to make relatively large gifts to the organizations…both to enable their work, and as a signal of trust and encouragement, to them and to others." IRSC has seen and will continue to see the direct effect of this generosity.
Recently, the College received two large restricted gifts. The first is a $2 million naming gift for the Eastman Advanced Workforce Training Complex, a purpose-built facility that will link advanced technology and leading-edge industry training in specialized technical career fields. The Complex, set to open in 2023, is cited as critical for closing the regional skills gap and preparing residents for high-wage, in-demand careers. The next is a $10 million restricted gift to develop and build a first-of-its-kind vocational charter high school in Indiantown, Florida, a rural majority Hispanic community. The new high school will be home to more than 400 students. Details about that project are forthcoming.
Changing lives "IRSC exists to change the lives of those we are here to serve," concludes President Moore. "We are grateful to Ms. Scott for the generosity and the trust she has placed in IRSC. We will continue to invest wisely to increase our capacity to educate and support more students, endow scholarships and instructors to propagate our mission in perpetuity, and expand programs of distinction which highlight IRSC as the education partner of choice for our community."
Jan. 3, 2022|
FPL In Support of Diversity in STEM
New Scholarship to Remove Financial Barriers for Black Students Seeking Associate Degrees
Indian River State College (IRSC) has received an $800,000 award from Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) to support diversity in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) careers. The funds will establish the Florida Power & Light Company Endowed Scholarship for Black students seeking Associate in Science degrees at IRSC in the areas of Electrical Power Technology (ICE specialization), Computer Information Technology and Electronics Engineering Technology (such as robotics-manufacturing and laser-photonics specializations).
FPL will fund the endowed scholarship over four years; $200,000 is available for the 2022–2023 academic year. Scholarship funds may cover tuition, books, and supplies or be used to enroll in courses that provide additional certifications such as OSHA or CPR while attending IRSC. New and returning IRSC students may begin applying for the awards now by logging into their MyPioneerPortal account.
"IRSC's longstanding partnership with Florida Power & Light centers around making a positive impact on people's lives," says Michael Hageloh, IRSC interim vice president for institutional advancement. "Over the years, we have collaborated on programs that build essential workforce skills and put students into great paying jobs. FPL's most recent commitment moves us closer to achieving another mutual goal—addressing racial opportunity gaps in STEM fields—and for that, we are immensely grateful."
According to an April 2021 report from the Pew Research Center, Black workers comprise 11% of all employed adults but account for only 9% of adults employed in STEM occupations. Their share is lower in some STEM job clusters, including just 5% in engineering jobs. Further, Pew states that there has been no change in the share of Black workers in STEM jobs since 2016.
FPL's commitment to IRSC will help remove financial barriers that may prevent Black students from entering these fields.
"We are focused on breaking down barriers to opportunity by investing in STEM programs that empower our next generation of leaders. We are proud to energize IRSC's dynamic STEM initiatives and provide support for students with this grant," said Pamela Rauch, vice president of external affairs and economic development for FPL. "The Florida Power & Light Company Endowed Scholarship for Black students will help inspire these innovators to obtain an Associate of Science degree—a strong foundation for landing a high-paying job in the technology field."
The Florida Power & Light Company Endowed Scholarship is the most recent example of IRSC's steadfastness to finding ways to remove barriers and support student diversity in STEM subjects. In September, the College announced a $4.9 million Hispanic-Serving Institutions STEM and Articulation Program grant from the U.S. Department of Education to increase the number of Hispanic and low-income students in STEM disciplines. These opportunities, combined with integrated academic and student support strategies and activities that promote retention and graduation, will help the IRSC increase the number of undergraduates from underrepresented groups who successfully complete STEM studies.
To learn more about Florida Power & Light Company Endowed Scholarship and other student funding opportunities available through the IRSC Foundation, visit irscfoundation.org.
About Florida Power & Light Company
Florida Power & Light Company is the largest energy company in the U.S. as measured by retail electricity produced and sold. The company serves more than 5.6 million customer accounts supporting more than 11 million residents across Florida with clean, reliable and affordable electricity. FPL operates one of the cleanest power generation fleets in the U.S and in 2021 won the ReliabilityOne® National Reliability Excellence Award for the sixth time in the last seven years. The company was recognized in 2020 as one of the most trusted U.S. electric utilities by Escalent for the seventh consecutive year. FPL is a subsidiary of Juno Beach, Florida-based NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE), a clean energy company widely recognized for its efforts in sustainability, ethics and diversity, and has been ranked No. 1 in the electric and gas utilities industry in Fortune's 2020 list of "World's Most Admired Companies." NextEra Energy is also the parent company of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, which, together with its affiliated entities, is the world's largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun and a world leader in battery storage. For more information about NextEra Energy companies, visit these websites: www.NextEraEnergy.com, www.FPL.com, www.GulfPower.com, www.NextEraEnergyResources.com.
About Indian River State College
A leader in education and innovation, Indian River State College transforms lives by offering high-quality, affordable, and accessible education to the residents of Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, and St. Lucie counties through traditional and online delivery. The College—ranked second-most-affordable in the nation—serves 26,000 students annually and offers more than 100 programs leading to Bachelor's degrees, Associate degrees, technical certificates, and applied technology diplomas. It is a recipient of the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation's signature recognition of high achievement and performance among America's community colleges. Learn more at www.irsc.edu.
Dec. 20, 2021|
Governor Adds to IRSC District Board of Trustees
Governor Adds Dr. Melissa D. Kindell and Deputy Chief Milo Thornton to IRSC District Board of Trustees
Susan Caron, José Conrado and Anthony George Reappointed
On Friday, December 3, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the appointment of two Indian River State College alumni as the newest members of the College's District Board of Trustees: Melissa Kindell, D.D.S., Owner of Everglades Pediatric Dentistry in Okeechobee, and Indian River County Sheriff Chief Deputy Milo Thornton. Susan R. Caron (St. Lucie County), José L. Conrado (Indian River County) and Anthony D. George Jr. (Martin County), who serves as vice-chair for the board, were reappointed to another term.
"The individuals who serve on the Indian River State College District Board of Trustees comprise the most dedicated, thoughtful and visionary governing body on any institution of higher education anywhere, " exclaims IRSC President Dr. Timothy Moore. "Governor DeSantis' confidence in our mission is evident by these appointments. We are grateful for his support and look forward to realizing the Administration's goal of Florida being number one in workforce education by 2030."
Dr. Melissa Kindell, a pediatric dentist and Owner of Everglades Pediatric Dentistry, was born and raised in Okeechobee, Florida. After earning an Associate Degree at Indian River State College, she attended the University of Florida, where she received both a Bachelor of Science Degree in Microbiology and a Doctorate of Dental Medicine. Kindell is President of the Board at Martha's House and serves on the Executive Board of the Economic Council of Okeechobee. She and her husband, Eric, reside in Okeechobee with their two boys.
Milo Thornton, Deputy Chief, Indian River County Sheriff's Office, is an alumnus of IRSC—earning both his Associate in Science and Bachelor's degrees in Criminal Justice from the College. For the past 15 years, Thornton has also served as an Adjunct Instructor at the IRSC Treasure Coast Public Safety Training Complex. He is an active member of the Gifford Youth Achievement Center, New Horizons of the Treasure Coast, Crossover Mission, Sunrise Rotary, Head Start, Dodgertown Elementary Community Partnership and Substance Awareness Center of Indian River County.
Susan Caron of Fort Pierce has served on the IRSC District Board of Trustees since 2012. She is an administrative assistant for the St. Lucie County Board of County Commissioners. Caron was the owner and vice president of Robert M. Caron Construction Inc. She is a current member of the Association of Community College Trustees and previously served on the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council.
José L. Conrado of Vero Beach, is the President of Conrado Enterprises. He is a former Chair of the IRSC District Board of Trustees and the Indian River State College Foundation. In 2020, he was recognized as Trustee of the Year by the Association of Florida Colleges. Conrado's other community involvement includes active roles with Take Stock in Children, Habitat for Humanity, the American Red Cross, March of Dimes, the Rotary Club, and the Hibiscus Children's Center. Conrado earned his Associate Degree from Indian River State College and was recognized with the IRSC Distinguished Alumni Award.
Attorney Anthony D. George Jr. has been a Florida Bar member since 1989. He owns a Stuart-based law practice focusing on elder law. Tony was first appointed to the Indian River State College District Board of Trustees in 2014 and presently serves as Vice-Chair. In high school, he took classes at Indian River Community College. Tony earned his Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences from the University of Florida and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law. In their spare time, Tony and his wife Deby try to keep up with their five children.
The nine-member board is comprised of members from each of the four counties in the IRSC service district—St. Lucie, Indian River, Martin, and Okeechobee—and establishes the policies that govern the operation of the College. Other members include Chairperson Sandra J. Krischke (St. Lucie County), Vicki Davis (Martin County), Christa Luna (Okeechobee County), and Brant Schirard Jr. (St. Lucie County).
FSBDC at IRSC Regional Director Joins Intuit/NACCE Ambassador Program
FSBDC at IRSC Regional Director Joins Intuit and NACCE Ambassador Program
Tom Kindred, FSBDC at IRSC Regional Director
The National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) in partnership with Intuit is pleased to announce the acceptance of fourteen colleges into their newly launched Ambassadors Program. Selected educators will support and champion the Financial Management for Entrepreneurs (FMFE) initiative, as well as Intuit's Design for Delight, which utilizes design thinking methodology to teach students how to approach critical problem-solving."The FMFE curriculum stands ready to make a tremendous impact nationally with fifty community colleges and HBCUs adopting it and another fifty NACCE members becoming Innovation Catalysts," said Dr. Rebecca Corbin, president, and CEO of NACCE.
The FMFE initiative started in the fall of 2018 with the ultimate goal of empowering future entrepreneurs with the right financial management tools and skills required for long-term business success. Since its inception, NACCE and Intuit have reached over 750 for-credit and non-credit students with this turnkey, modular curriculum. Over 70% of students who completed the post-tests shared that they felt confident in their ability to manage business finances and over 85% felt confident in their ability to manage their personal finances.
In 2020, NACCE and Intuit partnered to train educators on how Design for Delight can be used to identify unsolved problems, gain empathy, run rapid experiments with actual customers, test assumptions, and iterate along the way. NACCE and Intuit hosted two pieces of training, co-developed an Intuit Design Thinking Innovator digital badge, and reached over 300 educators and more than 1,000 students.
"Intuit is proud to partner with NACCE to help students develop critical personal and business financial skills and the entrepreneurial mindset needed to start and run their own business or work for an existing company," says Dave Zasada, Vice President of Corporate Responsibility for Intuit.
Please join us in welcoming the following colleges to the Ambassadors Program:
Kelly Barber – Halifax Community College (NC)
Vivian Faustino-Pulliam – City College of San Francisco (CA)
Deborah Gaspard – Metropolitan Community College (NE)
Gary Graves – Fullerton College (CA)
Holly Hanson – Roane State Community College (TN)
Neil Higgins – Cuesta College (CA)
Tom Kindred – Indian River State College (FL)
Jackeline Davila Mejias-Fuertes – NJ SDBC at Brookdale Community College (NJ)
Amy Pietsch – Fox Valley Technical College (WI)
Pam Pirog – Housatonic Community College (CT)
Matt Poyle – Lorain County Community College (OH)
Shane Snipes – Borough of Manhattan Community College (NY)
Ronda Taylor – Ivy Tech Community College (IN)
Danelle Toups – Tarrant County College (TX)
About NACCE
NACCE is an organization of educators, administrators, presidents and entrepreneurs focused on igniting entrepreneurship in their communities and campuses. NACCE has two main goals: to empower college leaders to approach the business of running a community college with an entrepreneurial mindset and to grow the community college's role in supporting job creation and entrepreneurs in their local ecosystem. NACCE unites a dynamic network of community colleges. For more information, visit www.nacce.com.
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Dec. 6, 2021|
IRSC Nursing Program Expansion Update
IRSC to Reveal Plans for Nursing Program Expansion
IRSC Nursing Students
There's a critical need for more nurses in Florida. According to the Florida Hospital Association, by 2035, the state will have 59,100 fewer nurses than it requires. In direct response to this workforce crisis, on Tuesday, December 14, Indian River State College will announce plans to double the number of graduates in its nursing programs and launch the construction phase of a project that moves the IRSC School of Nursing to its Pruitt Campus in Port St. Lucie by Fall 2022.
The public is invited to attend the event on IRSC's Pruitt Campus (500 N.W. California Blvd.) at 10:00 a.m. The event site, Building G, is one of two structures slated for complete re-imagination as IRSC works with Harvard Jolly Architecture—one of the largest firms in Florida with expertise in healthcare architecture and interior design—to transform the buildings into state-of-the-art nursing classrooms and simulated clinical settings. Proctor Construction, the firm responsible for the new Advanced Workforce Training Complex and multiple IRSC renovation projects, will construct the new home for the School of Nursing.
"Graduates of the IRSC Nursing program have always been highly sought-after," states Dr. Timothy Moore, IRSC President. "Not a week goes by where at least one local healthcare facility reaches out to our School of Nursing to connect with alumni or soon-to-be graduates. By expanding our Nursing program and investing in these modern facilities, we can be even more responsive to our partners' workforce needs."
IRSC Associate Degree and R.N. to B.S.N. Nursing programs are nationally accredited, and students train to local and state clinical requirements. Licensure and certification rates for IRSC Associate Degree in Nursing students are consistently above state and national levels. Over the past three years, the average employment rate for IRSC A.D.N. graduates averaged 99%.
The December 14 event will feature renderings of the facilities, nursing simulations, a meet-and-greet with IRSC nursing students and faculty, and addresses from Nancy Hilton, M.N., R.N., NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Officer, St. Lucie Medical Center; Robert Lord Jr., President, Cleveland Clinic Martin Health; and Dr. Timothy Moore, President, Indian River State College.
Those interested in joining IRSC at the "Reimaging Nursing" event should R.S.V.P. to Nina Jewett, Pruitt Campus Coordinator, at 772-336-6210 or [email protected] no later than Monday, December 12.
SouthState Sponsors IRSC Veterans Wall of Excellence
Southeast has become the Founding Sponsor for the Indian River State College (IRSC) Veterans Center of Excellence (VCE) Wall of Honor.
Demonstrating a commitment and profound appreciation of veterans, SouthState—one of the leading regional banks in the Southeast—has become the Founding Sponsor for the Indian River State College (IRSC) Veterans Center of Excellence (VCE) Wall of Honor. The commemorative wall will provide a permanent place to honor and recognize veterans at the VCE's home on the IRSC Pruitt Campus in Port St. Lucie.
The sponsorship agreement between SouthState and the VCE was announced at the College's annual Veterans Celebration held on Wednesday, November 10 at the IRSC Pruitt Campus in Port St. Lucie. The occasion recognized all students, staff, faculty, and community members who are veterans.
"SouthState is proud to partner with the Indian River State College Veterans Center of Excellence as the founding sponsor for the Wall of Honor. We are deeply appreciative of our veterans' service to our country and our community and are honored to be able to give back to support them as they grow professionally and personally," shares Brett Barnhardt, SouthState Treasure Coast Division President. "We strive to be the employer of choice in the Southeast, and we are also committed to developing a diverse workforce, which includes providing career opportunities for our veterans."
"This founding gift distinguishes our Veteran's Center of Excellence as a true community partnership," shares Michael Hageloh, Executive Vice President of Strategic Initiatives for IRSC. "My sincere thanks to Brett and the entire SouthState family for this investment in IRSC and the new Center."
IRSC currently serves more than 500 student veterans each year. Through enhanced services and physical space at the VCE, IRSC aims to increase enrollment among veterans and improve the retention and completion rates of IRSC student veterans.
"Service and support for veterans is a top priority of Indian River State College, and I'm proud that the IRSC Veterans Center of Excellence calls Pruitt Campus home," states Andy Treadwell, Pruitt Campus President. "IRSC is fortunate to have SouthState Bank as a dedicated community partner. Their generous support enables us to better assist our veteran students and provides supporters a place to honor the veterans in their lives."
For more information on IRSC Military and Veterans Services or the Veterans Center of Excellence call 772-462-7443 or email [email protected].
A leader in education and innovation, Indian River State College transforms lives by offering high-quality, affordable, and accessible education to the residents of Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, and St. Lucie counties through traditional and online delivery. The College—ranked second-most-affordable in the nation—serves 26,000 students annually and offers more than 100 programs leading to Bachelor's degrees, Associate degrees, technical certificates, and applied technology diplomas. It is a recipient of the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation's signature recognition of high achievement and performance among America's community colleges. Learn more at irsc.edu.
About SouthState Bank
SouthState Corporation (NASDAQ: SSB) is a financial services company headquartered in Winter Haven, Florida. SouthState Bank, N.A., the company's nationally chartered bank subsidiary, provides consumer, commercial, mortgage and wealth management solutions to more than one million customers throughout Florida, Alabama, Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia. The bank also serves clients coast to coast through its correspondent banking division. Additional information is available at SouthStateBank.com.
Nov. 15, 2021|
USA diving forms partnership with IRSC
USA diving forms partnership with IRSC; Educational center to be developed on fort pierce campus
USA Diving and Indian River State College recently formed a partnership to develop facilities and resources to support athlete and coach development in the United States. Present at the announcement were, left to right, Lee Michaud, USA Diving president; Dr. Timothy E. Moore, president of Indian River State College; and Dave Gascon, USA Diving board chairman. IRSC PHOTO
BY SUZANNE SELDES
USA Diving recently announced during its Olympic team trials in Indianapolis that it is moving its executive offices to Indian River State College's main campus in Fort Pierce.
The college and diving organization plan to develop facilities and resources to support athlete and coach development and the growth of diving in the United States. The partnership greatly expands the ability for the national governing body to deliver on its mission to champion, support and grow the sport of diving in the United States and support USAD athletes in achieving excellence in diving and beyond.
Under the agreement, funds will be raised jointly to construct a world-class, international diving facility on IRSC's main campus; create a coach development center to serve as USA Diving's centralized educational platform for the systematic development of all levels of USAD coaches, divers and judges; develop state-of-the-art training facilities where USAD athletes, coaches and personnel can improve their performance through access to enhanced data-driven technologies; and fully leverage the commitment of both the college and USAD to expand diversity and inclusivity in the sport.
"Partnering with Indian River State College advances our purpose meaningfully and significantly," Lee Michaud, president of USA Diving, said in a news release. "IRSC has a storied swimming and diving franchise and an unrivaled commitment to developing student-athletes in the sport. This partnership brings the prospect of a home for USA Diving with access to exceptional facilities surrounded by a proactive academic environment setting that supports a holistic approach to developing well-rounded athletes and coaches. This approach aligns with our vision for developing champion divers and champion people. This is the perfect time to partner with Indian River State College in that shared vision."
The college is a nationally recognized leader in education and innovation. It is a recipient of the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation's signature recognition of high achievement and performance among America's community colleges, and is one of the most affordable colleges in the nation.
IRSC holds the longest unbroken U.S. winning streak in any sport at the collegiate level with 47 consecutive National Junior College Athletic Association men's swimming and diving titles and 39 consecutive NJCAA women's swimming and diving titles [43 overall women's titles]. The college's five campuses serve more than 26,000 students annually. In support of its mission to make education broadly accessible, IRSC received a $45 million gift in December from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.
"We're delighted to house the USA Diving headquarters here at IRSC and assist in their efforts to recapture America's position as the top nation in the sport," IRSC president, Dr. Timothy Moore, said. "The project has enormous upsides for our students and employees and direct economic impact for the communities that we serve. We look forward to hosting international competitions on our campuses, providing a path to the Olympics for our student-athletes, collaborating on the development of an educational platform for USAD coaches and judges, and attracting new audiences to the sport of diving."
USA Diving expects to open its new headquarters this fall and is finalizing plans for a ribbon-cutting ceremony on campus. The partners also will explore other collaborative activities, including the use of student interns to provide additional USAD support.
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Jul. 19, 2021|
IRSC returning to normalcy as it readies campuses for fall semester
Indian River State College will be returning to pre-pandemic operational capacity beginning with the fall semester that begins Aug. 18.
Grant to enhance services for veterans enrolled at IRSC
Indian River State College has received a $449,966 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to establish the IRSC Center of Excellence for Veteran Student Success.
Apr. 30, 2021|
IRSC remembers Roy Lambert, entrepreneur, visionary and friend
Today, the college and the foundation mourn the passing of entrepreneur, philanthropist and friend, Roy Lambert.
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I stood at church this Sunday and watched the light on the first advent candle [hope] flicker. Considering that I had no clue what an advent wreath was 5 years ago, I am quite thankful my church has one! The first week of advent, with three remaining. And here I am still detoxing from Thanksgiving gorging and family feels. As I see each candle lit consecutively it reminds me to reflect and shows me how short Christmas season really is.
I feel like holiday seasons pass by so much quicker as an adult. Does anyone else feel the same? And with Christmas being a time we give gifts, it can easily become more consumer focused than Christ focused.
I'm working on getting decorations up this week because they help remind me that there is more to this season, even if it's just awe as I watch the Christmas lights sparkle and ponder Jesus taking human form (fully man, fully God) as I gaze at the nativity set.
I'm also working on an advent calendar for my nephews. I thought about my small but important part in their lives right now and how this Christmas I could make a spiritual impact rather than just giving a toy. I've decided to hand make an advent calendar for them with verses each day about the Christmas story with room for reflection and their parents to make it more of a devotion if they wish. I'll also include some fun, of course. I have candies, stickers, and dollar bills to stuff in there as little gifts as they open one each day. I feel like this is the perfect year to give it now that the eldest is a great reader and the littlest is able to sit still and engage in the activity.
I need to clarify that I am doing this with their parents' permission. I feel it very important, especially regarding spiritual things, that I get permission and that I do not overstep the parent's spiritual instruction in their children's lives as they are the main source and have a big responsibility before God to keep. But in this way, I can do my part this season to share Christ with them in a very special way.
Do you or your family have special traditions that help you remember the reason for the season?


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December 28, 2021: It's been eight weeks since Iran-backed militia tried to kill Iraq's the pro-reform prime minister and failed. The backlash in Iraq was far greater than Iran expected so Quds Force commander, Esmail Ghanni was sent to Iraq to assess the situation and do damage control. Ghanni confirmed that support for Iran was rapidly declining after the Iran- sponsored violence against the results of October 2021 national elections, which saw most pro-Iran candidates defeated and reform minded candidates winning. The reforms are more about reducing corruption and improving the economy than Iran. The initial Iranian reaction was to order its followers in Iraq to stage protests against the election results and try to intimidate senior officials. This led to the November 7 assassination attempt on the Iraqi prime minister, which triggered a lot of anti-Iran reactions and made it more difficult for Iran to disrupt the growing trade relations between Iraq and its Arab neighbors, particularly Saudi Arabia.
The Saudis and other Gulf Arab oil states are also eroding Iranian influence in Syria by accepting the Assads back into the Arab League as an active member, which means Arab League states are providing investment and reconstruction money for Syria that Iran can no longer afford because of the revived economic sanctions Iran is trying to shed. General Ghanni was told that getting those sanctions lifted was more important than anything else, including local support for Iran in Iraq and Syria. Those sanctions have crippled the Iranian economy, which is run by a religious dictatorship and does not allow free elections. The majority of Iranians have seen their living standards decline during decades of religious rule and note that democratic Iraq is prospering. That has kept Iranians demonstrating against their own government, even though, or because, their government orders the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) to use lethal force to disperse the demonstrators.
General Ghanni told the remaining pro-Iran militias in Iraq to resume attacking the remaining American forces in 2022. This is risky because the Americans have pulled out most of their equipment and troops. About 2,500 were left behind at the request of the Iraqis and Kurds in the north. If the Iranian attacks on the Americans next month are effective, that is more likely to cause more calls from Iraq for more American military assistance against Iranian aggression. American warplanes remain in Kuwaiti and the UAE air bases, but further airstrikes inside Iraq must be arranged on a case-by-case basis. A more explicitly anti-Iran government apparently wants to negotiate mutual defense deals with the Americans, similar to the ones that so many Arab Gulf states already have.
This sort of thing is a nightmare for Iran, which is what Iraqis prefer. Iran expects less trouble in Syria, where Iran-backed forces have been increasing their attacks on the thousand or so American troops still in Syria, mainly to support the Syrian Kurds and continued operations against ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant).
There are other Iraqi nightmares for Iran. There are growing calls for disbanding all the PMF militias organized in 2014 to fight the ISIL invasion that quickly took control of about a third of Iraq. Iran was active in organizing the militias, which had to do the work of the Iraqi security forces that surrendered or fled from approaching ISIL forces, even when the attackers were far fewer than the troops and police facing them. Iran gained control over many of these PMF units, which are now considered part of the armed forces. Back in 2014 corruption in the security forces produced low morale, missing weapons and training and commanders that were more interested in stealing than commanding. There was a repeat of this in 2021 when the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan. That gives you an idea of how firmly this culture of corruption is embedded in the Middle East. The anti-corruption effort in Iraq is not going to make Iraq corruption-free but Iraqis notice that the less corruption there is the more prosperous and safer the average Iraqi is.
The battle against corruption is a major issue that makes it possible to carry out seemingly impossible reforms. For example, government income can no longer support the massive corruption that was long considered normal. The covid19 recession and lower oil prices meant that Iraq could afford to spend as much money as they wanted. The problem is that too much government payroll spending was stolen and in early 2021 the government was under a lot of pressure to save money by making a serious effort to shut down the scams that steal as much as a third of the bloated payroll. For most of 2020 the government was able to borrow money to cover the monthly payroll shortfall. By 2021 the government was considered a credit-risk and unable to borrow. Firing unneeded government workers was seen as political suicide. No more. This will cause some protests but not as many if something is not done about the corruption.
Fire In the North
There has been a lot more fighting in the Kurdish north. This comes from increasing activity by Turkish forces against PKK (Turkish Kurd separatists) using bases in northern Iraq. The Iraqi government has agreed to work with the Kurds to reduce ISIL activity in the north. That is, between Baghdad and the autonomous Kurdish-controlled portions of northern Iraq. One of the things sustaining this violence is the pro-Iran PMF militias are often more hostile towards the Kurds than ISIL, and ISIL acts accordingly by concentrating their attacks on the Kurds. As the Iraqi government cracks down on outlaw pro-Iran PMF groups, the more loyal (to Iraq) PMF are more prominent in efforts to curb ISIL activity in the north.
Not all PMF are cooperating. The ones that dominate Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq, are more interested in making money by controlling much of the smuggling between Syria and Iraq. ISIL controlled for more than two years and the city was liberated largely through the efforts of Kurdish forces and Iraqi special forces. There was a lot of air support using guided missiles and bombs. The Kurdish forces left Mosul to concentrate on the thousand or ISIL members still in northern Iraq and pro-Iran PMF militias took over in Mosul, as well as many other areas in northern Iraq the Kurds were still occupying. This was an effort by the Iraqi government to prevent the Kurds from expanding their autonomous territory. This caused more animosity between the Kurds and the Iraqi government. The pro-Iran PMF units took advantage of this situation because Iran backed the curbs on expanded Kurdish control in northern Iraq. Iraqis living in Mosul and other areas where Kurd and PMF forces still coexist note that the Kurdish autonomous provinces are still free of ISIL and other Islamic terror violence. The Kurds continue to assist in counterterror operations south of their autonomous provinces to keep ISIL too weak to make a major effort against the Kurdish controlled areas. The most corrupt PMF units up north are backed by Iran and that is also noticed. There are security problems in the north and Iran is responsible for a lot of that.
December 27, 2021: In the north (Nineveh province) someone fired a rocket at the main Turkish base northeast of Mosul. Elsewhere in the north (Duhok Province) Turkish artillery bombarded a town suspected of harboring PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) Turkish Kurdish separatist personnel. In the south (Basra province) a roadside bomb was used against an American supply convoy from Kuwait. One truck was damaged but the convoy kept moving. There were no casualties. This is the fourth such attack in two days. Yesterday there were three such attacks, one in the north (Saladin province), Baghdad and in the west (Anbar province.) Iran-backed militias are responsible for all these attacks and Iran has announced that there will be much more of this violence next month.
The primary cause of this violence is not the continued presence of 3,500 American troops in Iraq and Syria, where most are stationed in Kurdish controlled area that are very difficult for any type of terrorist to operate, but the loss of so many pro-Iran candidates in the October elections. Earlier today the Iraqi Supreme Court certified those election results, which was another setback for Iran.
December 24, 2021: In the south (Najaf province) the provincial governor was forced to resign because of failure to deal with corruption. The provincial capital is the Shia shrine city of Najaf. The Shia population of the province, and especially in the capital, have long demonstrated their dislike of Sunnis, especially Iraq Sunnis and Iranians, even though Iran is the largest Shia majority nation in the world. The militant Najaf Shia have managed to drive most Iraqi Sunnis out of the province. In 2019 Najaf protestors seized and burned down the Iranian consulate. The anti-Iran Shia protestors called the consulate a center for terrorism and Iranian efforts to dominate Iraq. That was no secret in Najaf and the surprising thing is Iran was not able to muster enough pro-Iran Iraqis to defend the consulate. That is apparently no longer the case as Iranian influence has declined further.
Najaf is one of the areas powerful Shia cleric Muqtada al Sadr regards as threatened by Iran in addition to local government corruption. Sadr demands that all militias be disarmed and disbanded. This demand was aimed at Iran, which has used the militias to create a legal Iran-backed armed force in Iraq. Calls for disbanding these militias have been gaining a lot more support since 2017. The recent elections mean an even more anti-Iran government and sensing what that would mean for militias in general, most militias have announced plans to disband. Disarming is another matter. Despite that, Sadr efforts to clean up some of the corruption in Najaf province have succeeded,
December 23, 2021: North of Baghdad (Diyala and Nineveh provinces) counterterrorism forces arrested five key ISIL members as they tried to move between hideouts.
Elsewhere in the north (Saladin Province, some 200 kilometers north of Baghdad) a roadside bomb was used against an American supply convoy from Kuwait. There was no damage or casualties.
December 21, 2021: In the south (Babel province) a roadside bomb was used to attack an American supply convoy from Kuwait. There was another such bombing in the south, near Basra, in which one truck was damaged but there were no casualties. These attacks are attributed to pro-Iran groups trying to inflict some damage on the Americans as well as get all American troops out of the country. Most Iraqis want some Americans to stick around, if only because it frightens and annoys the Iranians and ISIL
In Baghdad the Central Bank announced that the reparations owed Kuwait were finally paid off, when $44 million transferred to Kuwait to complete years of stop-and-go payments of the $52.3 billion debt that Kuwait had demanded and the UNCC (United Nations Compensation Commission) certified as reasonable in the early 1990s. The UNCC also granted Iraq additional time to complete payments. The UNCC assessed the reparations in the 1990s but Saddam Hussein refused to pay. Five years after Saddam was removed in 2003 Kuwait restored diplomatic relations with Iraq in return for Iraq working with the UNCC to arrange a payment schedule to pay off the reparations. In early 2018 Iraq resumed paying Kuwait reparations. Payments had been resumed earlier but were suspended in 2014 because of the ISIL invasion and the consequent cash shortage. Iraq continued making payments and was expected to finish paying the debt in 2021 or 2022. Achieving this repayment improves relations with the Sunni Arab oil states in Arabia and makes it easier for Iraqis firms to do business in the rest of the Middle East. That goal is very popular with most Iraqis and makes Iran uncomfortable.
December 20, 2021: In the west (Anbar province) at the Tanf (on the Syrian side)/Walweed (on the Iraqi side) border crossing four explosions were heard in the American base near Tanf. The Americans have controlled the Syrian side since 2017 while a pro-American Iraqi militia controls the Iraqi side. This is one of the three main Syria/Iraq border crossings and controls access to the main Baghdad-Damascus highway. The crossing is near where the borders of Jordan, Syria and Iraq meet.
Elsewhere in Anbar (Ramadi) troops arrested a known ISIL tax collector who collected Zakat (obligatory charity donations from devout Moslems). For ISIL, the Zakat is not voluntary. In the case if the shepherds want to avoid attacks by ISIL, they must pay this particular Zakat collector when he comes around.
December 19, 2021: In Baghdad two rockets was fired towards the U.S. embassy in the Green Zone. One was shot down by the C-RAM anti-rocket system while the other rocket landed in an uninhabited area.
December 17, 2021: In western Iraq (Anbar province) the NATO coalition officially transferred the remaining coalition combat equipment and supplies at the al Asad airbase to Iraq. This sprawling facility is on the Euphrates River some 200 kilometers west of Baghdad. Al Asad airbase is where over a thousand American and NATO troops have been stationed since 2015. The U.S. and NATO agreed to withdraw all combat forces by the end of 2021 but Iraq requested the retention of 2,500 American troops to act as trainers and advisors. These will be stationed in small contingents at Iraqi and Kurd bases where needed most.
December 12, 2021: In the northeast (Diyala Province) the army and PMF militias have launched a major offensive to destroy known ISIL camps and capture or kill as many of the fleeing ISIL members as they can. While the security forces have been successful at keeping ISIL out of major urban areas, these Islamic terrorists remained active in rural areas between Baghdad and the Kurdish north. Kidnapping for ransom is a major source of income for ISIL out in the countryside. Because of this trend, overall terrorist and political deaths in Iraq continue to decline.
This offensive is largely taking place in the Hemrin Mountains, which extend from Diyala province through northern Saladin province and into southern Kirkuk province. In early 2018 it was believed that there were 500-1,000 armed ISIL members operating in the Hemrins and about the same in desert areas near the Syrian border from west of Mosul south to include Anbar province. Those numbers more than doubled by the end of 2018 and continue to grow in 2019 and 2020. Now the ISIL forces are diminished by constant airstrikes and aggressive ground patrols and raids. There are less than a thousand ISIL members in the rural camps and six separate army/PMF groups are simultaneously going after different camps, making it difficult for ISIL men from one captured or destroyed camp from moving to another one that is still operational.
December 11, 2021: In the north (Nineveh province), a Turkish airstrike hit a base allegedly occupied by a Yazidi Kurd militia aligned with the PKK. This Yazidi militia is known locally as the YBS (Sinjar Resistance Units) and its base is near Mount Sinjar.
Elsewhere in the north (Saladin Province) Iraqi F-16s carried out seven airstrikes on remote ISIL hideouts, in cooperation with Iraqi counter-terrorism forces, whose patrols had discovered the locations of these bases.
December 9, 2021: In northern Iraq three Turkish troops were killed during a clash with PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) gunmen based in the area.
Elsewhere in the north (Sinjar in Nineveh province) pro-PKK (Turkish Kurd separatists) Iraqis demonstrated against the continued occupation by Iraqi Arab forces, who occupied the area in 2017 to punish the autonomous Kurds for proposing a referendum on Kurdish independence in the north. With the departure of Kurdish forces from the area in 2017, security was less effective and ISIL and PKK both were able to operate in the area.
December 8, 2021: In the north (Nineveh province) Turkish troops continue searching for Yazidi YBS gunmen near Mount Sinjar. There have also been clashes where the Turkish/Iraqi/Syrian borders meet. A UAV strike reportedly killed a senior YBS commander, Marwan Badal, yesterday. He was known to be a commander of PKK militias. Despite YBS activity in northern Syria and Iraq, most Yazidis want nothing to do with the PKK aligned YBS.
December 4, 2021: In the northeast (Diyala Province) Kurdish commanders discovered that ISIL had recently received reinforcements from Syria. These consisted of about 200 men belonging to the Jundullah faction of ISIL. The reinforcements took some losses getting into Iraq and the movement was organized by new ISIL leadership in northern Iraq. The Kurds have better intel than the Iraqi security forces and have persuaded the Iraq government to send more troops and support a major offensive against the known ISIL bases and temporary camps. The new ISIL leadership in the north has demanded more offensive attitudes from the surviving ISIL members and apparently this led to the increased ISIL violence up there.
December 3, 2021: Turkey and Iraq acknowledged their military chiefs of staff have discussed joint military cooperation between their armies. Cooperation includes joint exercises. Joint operations are a possibility. Turkey and Iraq already cooperate closely on counter-terror intelligence.
December 2, 2021: In the Kurdish north (Erbil province) ISIL attacked a village in the disputed territory that Iraq took from the Kurds in 2017. Nine Kurdish militiamen and three civilians were killed. ISIL retreated with their taking their dead and wounded with them. ISIL concentrates their attacks on the Kurds because the Iraqi forces, many PMF militia, can be bribed or intimidated while the Kurdish forces cannot.
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Q: match using variable and create relationship between the results of the same variable I have this relationship:

and I have built this clause:

My point is that I want now to create a relationship between 1 and 2 after this match, so instead of RETURN n.name, I would need something like: CREATE n1 -[A_RELATIONSHIP]- n2
where n1 = "Serving Gateway" and n2 = "eNode-B".
Practically saying that if those two of the same Label (NetworkFunction) match in this case (as they are both related through another node with a different label but a send or receive relationship), create a relationship called "X" between them
How can I achieve that?

A: You can collect all network functions that has a send or receive relationship with mobility management. Then for each network pairs, create that relationship (A_RELATIONSHIP).  Note that I used an APOC function (apoc.coll.combinations) so ensure that this function is installed.
MATCH (n:NetworkFunction)
WHERE size((n)-[:SENDS|:RECEIVES]-(:MobilityManagement)) > 0
WITH collect(n) as allNetworkFunctions
UNWIND apoc.coll.combinations(allNetworkFunctions, 2) as network
WITH network[0] as first, network[1] as second
MERGE (first)-[:A_RELATIONSHIP]-(second)

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Ítrabo es una localidad y un municipio español de la provincia de Granada, en la comunidad autónoma de Andalucía, situado en la comarca de la Costa Granadina. Está situado en el sur de la provincia, en las estribaciones de la sierra de Los Guájares y de la sierra de Ubrite, con una extensión de 19,08 km² a 390 metros sobre el nivel del mar y 75 km aprox. de Granada capital. La población censada de Ítrabo en 2016 era de 1010 habitantes según el INE.

Geografía
Se sitúa en el suroeste de la provincia de Granada, formando parte de la comarca de la Costa Granadina. Su término municipal ocupa unos 19 km² y tiene una densidad de 58,86 hab/km². Se encuentra situada a una altitud de 390  y a 75 km de la capital de provincia, Granada.
Limita al norte con los términos municipales de Los Guájares, por el sudoeste con Almuñécar y Jete, y por el sureste con Molvízar y Salobreña.
El acceso al municipio de Ítrabo se realiza por la antigua N-323 y luego tomando la carretera comarcal GR-5300, que tras pasar por los desvíos de Lobres y Molvízar nos lleva directamente hasta Ítrabo.
Coronando Ítrabo aparece el Picacho, que es el pico en cuya falda está el pueblo, concretamente, Ítrabo se encuentra al pie de la loma de Bodíjar, justo debajo del Picacho.
Por las faldas del Picacho hay pinares y parajes de una gran belleza e interés natural, disponiendo de dos rutas de senderismo entre las que elegir, estas son la ruta de Al-Idrisi, y la ruta de León el Africano.

Historia
La historia de Ítrabo se remonta a los accesos a esta zona para comerciar por parte de fenicios, aunque se desconoce su fundación.

Edad Media
Sus orígenes se han perdido en el tiempo, aunque Ibu al-Atir habla de Ítrabo en el s. XII, por lo que se puede decir que el pueblo ya existía en la época musulmana y principios de la cristiana. En el s. XII, Al-Idrisi inserta en sus libros de itinerarios las Alquerías (Conjunto de Cortijos de Labranza) de Melicena (Balisana), Paterna y el puerto de Castell de Ferro (Marsá al-Farruh), dentro de un mismo recorrido. Por las mismas fechas, Ibu Gayr inserta en su Faharasa la biografía de un personaje, Nisba  al-Itrabī (al cual le debe Ítrabo el nombre), procedente de una de las Alquerías de Almuñécar, fácilmente identificada con la actual Ítrabo.

Por eso Ítrabo conserva un casco urbano con un entramado puramente morisco, de casas blancas y callejuelas estrechas, donde abundan los rincones con encanto.

Como prueba de la influencia musulmana que se respira en Ítrabo es de obligatoria visita la Ermita de la Virgen de la Salud donde se puede contemplar una perfecta integración del paisaje agrario con el medio rural, donde se aprecia el mejor exponente del concepto del jardín musulmán, una huerta floreciente.

Época cristiana
Tras un periodo de hostilidades con las fuerzas cristianas, la conquista provocó una cierta inestabilidad social que culminó con la expulsión de los moriscos y un despoblamiento generalizado en el siglo XVI.
Cuando los cristianos entraron en Ítrabo después de la toma de Granada por los Reyes Católicos, Ítrabo era una alquería de 50 vecinos, dependiente del alfoz (distrito o jurisdicción) de Almuñécar, teniendo en aquellos momentos una alta producción de morera, para la producción de seda.
Durante los siglos posteriores sufrió los ataques de los piratas berberiscos que no ayudaron en su repoblación hasta ya entrado el siglo XVIII.

Economía
Nos encontramos ante una economía en donde predomina la agricultura y la ganadería, principalmente el cultivo de higueras, vides y frutos tropicales, en especial los nísperos.

Cultura

Caben destacar la iglesia parroquial de Nuestra Señora del Carmen de estilo neoclásico y hermosas proporciones. De su patrimononio hay que decir que gran parte fue destruido por los milicianos perdiéndose durante la guerra civil: un crucifijo que presidía el altar, una inmaculada muy similar a la de Alonso Cano, un grupo de Santa Ana la Virgen y el Niño, el órgano de la iglesia.... La iglesia parroquial gracias a su utilización como almacén por los milicianos su conservó sin ningún daño su estructura, también se pudieron recuperar: San Vicente Ferrer (siglo XVIII), dos imágenes pequeñas de Santa Margarita y San Francisco Javier, dos cuadritos representando a la Virgen Niña y a Jesús Niño; así como la pila bautismal. La Ermita de la Virgen de la Salud donde se custodia la Patrona del municipio: Virgen de la Salud (siglo XVII). Es una talla de pequeñas dimensiones, embrutecida por los continuos repintes. Pertenece al estilo de los talleres granadinos y fácilmente identificable con las de Alonso de Mena.

Enlaces externos

 Ayuntamiento de Ítrabo
 Información turística de Ítrabo realizada por el Patronato de Turismo de Granada

Localidades de la provincia de Granada
Municipios de la provincia de Granada
Costa Tropical

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Zero People Charged With Online Pirating, Swedish Prosecutor's Office
For the first time in almost a decade, not a single person was charged with a file-sharing or streaming related crime in Sweden during 2019. The news comes from the Prosecutor's Office, which reveals that just 23 offenses were reported during the year, the lowest number since 2010.
While there are many hundreds of pirate sites and hundreds of millions of pirates around the globe today, for many years it was Sweden that generated a disproportionate number of news headlines covering the phenomenon.
With a population that had become exceptionally comfortable with file-sharing technologies and a general lack of enforcement, sites like The Pirate Bay flourished alongside significant numbers of private torrent sites, so-called Direct Connect hubs, and streaming sites. Eventually, however, legislation and law enforcement began to catch up, targeting sites both large and small, as well as individuals viewed as significant players by the entertainment industries.
After reporting what felt like dozens of cases over the years, some involving torrent and streaming site operators, others involved with DCC sharing, the last couple of years felt strangely devoid of criminal prosecutions. With the mainstream entertainment companies appearing to focus more on ISP blocking processes, criminal legal cases dropped off the radar.
Now, there is official confirmation from the authorities that for the first time since 2010, when a new criminal code was introduced, not a single person was criminally charged with a piracy-related offense during the whole of 2019.
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MPA Takes Further Action on Pirate Video App TeaTV, Requests Github
TeaTV is one of the most popular 'pirate' video apps around, providing ready access to movies and TV shows. The app received mainstream media attention in 2019 and following on from that exposure, the MPA has been trying to disrupt the application. The movie industry group is now asking code platform Github to take down three versions of the application while considering its repeat infringer policy.
As Police Investigate Share-Online Operators, Uploaders & Users Could
In October 2019, Share-Online.biz, Germany's largest file-hosting site, was shut down following police raids around Europe. As the investigation into the platform's operators continues, a cybercrime police representative now says that hunting down former content uploaders and regular downloaders at the site remains a "realistic scenario."
Top 20 Latest Research Problems in Big Data and Data Science
Even though Big data is into main stream of operations as of 2020, there are still potential issues or challenges the researchers.
Now is the best time to be a Data Scientist or a Data Steward in Europe
Now is the best time to be a Data Scientist or a Data Steward in Europe. Why the European Union plans to train over half a million data scientists and data stewards
Applications Of Data Science On 3D Imagery Data
The agenda of the talk included an introduction to 3D data, its applications and case studies, 3D data alignment and more.


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Once the greatest scientist Sir Isaac Newton compared the life of the researcher with a boy looking for shells and marbles on the shores of the Ocean. He treasures what he finds. However, this is just a tiny part of treasures of the great Ocean that are visible/reachable for us. What we know now is like those marbles that the Ocean allows us to reach. And beside and beyond that is a huge area of what we do not know yet (it is what the Ocean hides from us).
Doing stock market data analysis for many years, from time to time I came across some phenomena that could not be explained in terms of modern knowledge, at least as I know it. In most cases I had to put these outrage models aside, just to avoid users' questions that I would not be able to answer. Most of these models were obtained by chance, as a result of some mistake when I tried to do something else. As Hegel said, "The Destiny comes in the clothes of Chance".
Here I would like to introduce three models of that kind.
It allows to calculate a projection line based on a superposition of longitudes of two planets. And as an example, the Sun plus the Moon longitudes are considered. What we get we can take as an artificial object, and a period of its cycle is 25.44 days. I am not a big fan of artificial objects, but... Surprisingly I have found that this cycle works better than all Moon based cycles (DJIA analyzed).
From the physical point of view, it makes sense to analyze the angle separation between planets, not superposition of their longitudes. Knowing the angle separation between the Sun and the Moon, we can calculate Moon phases, Moon tidal force, any aspect between the Sun and the Moon and any planets etc. What physical sense may lay behind a superposition of planets' longitudes?
My personal opinion is: modeling the stock market, we should think not in terms of forces like in physics (as an example, a tidal force for the Moon), but in terms of metrics. I will explain what I mean. We are too used to think in terms of conventional thinking. For a change, let us image some hypothetical World. It looks like our Universe, and every thing in it is very similar to ours. The difference is that the inhabitants of that World do not have clocks as we do - no mechanical, no electronic, no atomic clocks. They have no idea of hours, minutes or seconds. Instead, they measure their time using the superposition of the Sun and the Moon longitude, i.e. they measure the time in degrees. According to that, they can say that some important event took place 1247cycles 50 degrees ago (while we would say about years and days and hours). And it would mean that since the event the Sun+Moon angle has traveled 1247cycles 50 degrees. To us, it is irregular/non even time. However, for some reason, this time measure is more suitable for the stock market. If the inhabitants of that imaginary World would play on the stock market (as we, Earthlings, do), they would use a very similar price chart. The only difference between the price charts would be X axis. We, the Earth inhabitants, used to display time on X axis in days (some traders prefer to exclude non trade days while others use all days). And the inhabitants of that imaginary Word would display on X axis the degrees of Sun+Moon superposition, just because it is more understandable and more convenient to them. Moreover, they could claim that some standard techniques (as an example, Gann fans) provide more accurate results than our Earth charts. The mathematicians of that World would say that this is because the TIME metrics of their World is more suitable for the stock market reality than our Earth atomic time.
You see, this way we try reconstruct TIME in which the stock market exists, we try to reconstruct its true metrics. We could say that sometimes it makes sense to consider planetary angles as something that generates the time flow. In our example we consider summary time generated by two major astronomical objects, the Sun and the Moon. It is like the Sun generates one time flow and the Moon another, while the stock market exists in a superposition of these two flows. But once again, take this statement as a hypothesis only. We are looking for the TIME/TIME FLOW in which our price chart reveals more order, we are looking for the most adequate METRICS for it.
We can take this cycle as a cycle generated by some artificial object that makes a full cycle of 360 degrees within four years between two Election days. It is a kind of one Presidential year. Let's calculate one more cycle, Presidential month cycle, this is period within which our "Presidential Elections" object passes 30 degrees, i.e. this 1/12 way of full 4 years Presidential cycle.
Surprisingly this cycle works. The period of this cycle is 4 months, i.e. this is not a quarterly cycle. This cycle is close to 116 days of Mercury synodic cycle, but Presidential month cycle works much more stable than Mercury synodic cycle. I do not understand why this analogy with Annual cycle works at all. Presidential month is an analogy of Solar month (the period within which the Sun passes one 30 degrees sign of Zodiac), but lasts four times longer.


Bad habits....give the baby a break!!!
Sorry little rant here. I keep reading how people are taking dummies off 3 weeks old babies to stop "bad habits" or deciding not to comfort newborns to sleep because of "bad habits".
They are newborns and they need to feel as secure in the world as they did in your womb which means lots of cuddles, perhaps a dummy for security and even needing to be comforted to sleep.
Baby's don't start to form habits until the 3-4 month mark before then every thing is for security not a bad habit.
By all means if you don't want your baby to have a dummy either don't give it too him/her at all or wait till he/she is older and feels more comfortable in the world just don't try to wean a new born off the little bit of comfort they are feeling at the moment. It's the same for how they sleep.
They are new and it's a scary place for a newborn, just love them instead of worry about "bad habits" they are too young to form. Oh and by the way it's impossible to spoil a newborn as written and stressed by many medical professionals.
Omg thank you for posting this!!! I second every word you said!
I agree :) they are so little now.
I was going to say something similar, you beat me to it!
So well said, same as punishing a small child for needing their parents, they are only little for so long.
Well said lovely. I'm over people telling me to not rush to her straight away. I waited a long time for missy to arrive and it comforts me as well to pick her up when crying. Miss will most likely be spoilt she is the only grandchild on both sides but for now she is just a little baby who can have all the cuddles she can stand.


Kingman Reef is a largely submerged, uninhabited triangular shaped reef, 9.5 nautical miles (18 kilometres) east-west and 5 nautical miles (9 kilometres) north-south, located in the North Pacific Ocean, roughly half way between the Hawaiian Islands and American Samoa at 6°23′N 162°25′W. It is the northernmost of the Northern Line Islands and lies 36 nautical miles (67 kilometres) northwest of the next closest island (Palmyra Atoll), and 930 nautical miles (1,720 kilometres) south of Honolulu.
On September 1, 2000, the Navy relinquished its control over Kingman Reef to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. On January 18, 2001 Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt created the Kingman Reef National Wildlife Refuge during his final days in office with Secretary's Order 3223. It is composed of the emergent coral rubble spits and all waters out to 22 kilometres. While there are only 0.012 km2 of land, 1,957.68 km2 of water area is included in the Refuge. Along with six other islands, the reef was administered as part of the Pacific Remote Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex. In January 2009, that entity was upgraded to the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument by President George W. Bush.
The reef encloses a lagoon up to 82 metres deep in its western part. The total area within the outer rim of the reef is 76 km2. There are two small strips of dry land composed of coral rubble and giant clamshells on the eastern rim with areas of 8,100 and 4,000 m2 having a coastline of 3 kilometres. The highest point on the reef is less than 1.5 metres above sea level, which is wetted or awash most of the time, making Kingman Reef a maritime hazard. It has no natural resources and supports no economic activity.
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Solomon's Grave - Preview (Prologue)
Solomon's Grave's release date is set for March, that's next month! Now that we're on the doorstep of its English-language debut, I thought you might like to read a couple of the opening chapters, over the next week or so. Feel free to share, spread the word, but keep in mind, this work in English is (c) 2009 by me, Daniel G. Keohane, and though you may reproduce / forward it in order to spread the word, no language/wording may be changed in any way, and all must be attributed to me (by always including the "by Daniel G. Keohane" line). If you like what you read, spread the word!
That said, let's try this baby:
Part One: Homecoming
Constantinople, 1204 A.D.
Bishop Georgios Palaiologos stumbled on a raised stone as he ran the length of the torch-lit corridor. The top strap of his sandal broke loose. There was no time for mending it. He curled the toes of his right foot to hold the sandal in place and continued on. Even in this little-known passage he could hear the sounds of Latin crusaders crashing through rooms and halls on the main floor. The Church of the Twelve Apostles, God's most holy and majestic Byzantine cathedral, was overrun by those who claimed their animal violence in His name.
The courier, a young boy of barely seven years, had given him the warning with terror etched on his small face. The message was from Georgios' fellow bishop at Hagia Sophia. They are coming; the Latins are coming and you must leave with as many of the relics as you can carry. No one is being spared. No one.
Then the boy's face crumpled. Before Georgios could reach out to comfort him he'd escaped out a side door, desperate to return home. The bishop now offered another prayer for the boy's safety as he opened a door hidden behind a tapestry at the end of the passage. He did so slowly, wary that perhaps he'd underestimated the preparedness of the knights storming up the church's steps only fifteen minutes after the courier departed. It would take time to find their way down here, but Georgios maintained stealth as he ran down the winding flight of steps and entered the large, cross-shaped tomb below the church. It was empty. For now.
No time to consider his plan. Still, when he saw the twelve caskets laid out in the chamber, relegated centuries before by Constantius to hold the most sacred relics of Christ's original twelve apostles, the large man sagged to his knees.
"Dear God," he whispered, hands clasped together against his chest. "Please protect your church. Do not let these murderers destroy your temple. Guide my steps." He wanted to remain there, fall prostrate to the cold floor and beseech the Lord to lay his hand over the perfect and irreplaceable objects which lay within the sarcophagi. The sounds above him became suddenly louder. They had found the entrance to this basilica. He had to go now, since what he sought made even these precious objects insignificant.
Georgios was the caretaker, chosen by God. He mustn't hesitate. There were some, perhaps many, among the invading hordes, dark-minded men no more faithful to Pope Innocent III's holy Crusades than were the neighboring Turks. These hidden marauders, servants of the Dark One himself, were his true adversaries. He rose to his feet, curled the toes of his right foot into the broken sandal, and ran to the far corner of the chamber. He passed the Column of Flagellation, the very pillar to which the Lord Jesus was bound and whipped. He closed one eye, trying to pretend it was nothing more than a support column.
Dear God, why does this have to happen?
The door was flush with the wall, save three indented holes into which he clumsily put the fingers of his right hand. He pulled. The door gave, though it tried to resist his efforts. The bishop leaned back, adding his own weight to the action, and the door swung wide. As soon as he released his handhold, the heavy stone began sliding back into place. He reached out and liberated the closest of the torches lining the room. They were lighted always, maintained by the nuns of his own order. Those poor women... no, he must think of nothing else but his mission. The door buffeted him as he passed inside, knocking him against the wall. Sparks from the torch dusted across his face. His right sandal, at last, broke free. He did not stop to reclaim it, but kicked off the other within the inner hall and walked barefoot along the passage. He held the torch's flame high to keep the heat and smoke out of his eyes.
Before he turned the corner into the chamber, the bishop felt its power. No matter how often, how constantly drawn he was to this secret room, the barely restrained power of God—both glorious and deadly—filled him with awe. But he did not slow; he could not. His bare feet slapped against stones regularly cleaned and washed by his own hand.
The relic before him seemed to suck the very light from his torch's flame, filling itself and shining back a hundred fold. Georgios was certain it was not mere reflection across the ornate gold that caused this. He had many theories on why this relic, as holy and historical as it obviously was, was so coveted by both God and Satan. Why he and thousands before him had devoted their lives to its secrecy and protection. Some day he would need to write his theories down. He cursed his procrastination. He may not live out the day to write any more in his journals.
After inserting the torch into the nearest sconce, the large man climbed onto the platform. Voices now, behind him. How had the cursed knights found the apostles' chamber so quickly? Sounds of breaking stone. Georgios stumbled, closed his eyes and wanted to weep at the thoughts of what might be happening beyond the sealed door.
The sound of looting and destruction faded suddenly under an obscure hum. Music, surrounding him. Chanting. No, not chanting, singing, a million voices collapsing into one, then back again to millions. He dropped to one knee, knowing in his heart the sound was of angels, just beyond the very doorway into Heaven.
No, he would consider such musings another time.
He looked up. The vessel was too large to be moved by one man, especially himself. After the boy left him, Georgios understood he'd been caught sleeping. He prayed that God would send a force to help him move it, but there was simply not enough time for help to arrive. Only one option left to him, which he must do alone.
Something crashed against stone at the end of the corridor. He heard voices, louder now, the grinding of the hidden stone door. It crashed closed. Even this most secret of places they had found with ease. It would not take long for them to realize how to handle the door and charge inside.
Georgios opened the vessel's lid, slid it sideways no more than a foot, and reached in with steady hands. He closed his fingers around them, the most sacred objects in existence. He lifted the bundle and held it close to his chest, feeling its power surge through him. This was the key. Without it, the door to Heaven would be locked against this violent, pathetic world.
Perhaps forever.
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copyright 2009 by Daniel G. Keohane
Publisher: Dragon Moon Press (March 2009)
The Path to Solomon's Grave, Part 3
Solomon's Grave is coming along nicely, rolling towards publication this Spring in the US and Canada from Dragon Moon Press. We've proofed the final layout and the cover artwork has been finished. See the image here.
In the coming weeks I'll begin sharing excerpts from the novel with you, maybe learning (and telling you what I've learned) about how we can promote this baby, even offer a podcast for the book, if I can find the time soon and not mumble too much. :-)
Special Lottery for the Shirley Jackson Awards
The Shirley Jackson Awards, organized and founded by a number of my fellow writers and New Englanders, is holding a "lottery" to raise funds. This on-line event takes place from February 9, 2009 through February 23, 2009. Persons buy as many "lottery tickets" as they want in hopes of being selected the winner for any of an array of donated prizes from well-known authors, editors, artists, and agents.
"Lottery" tickets are $1 each and can be purchased from http://www.shirleyjacksonawards.org/lottery/ .
Persons may purchase as many tickets as desired. At midnight on February 23rd, "lottery" winners will be selected randomly for each item and announced on the website. Prizes will be mailed to the lucky winners.
In recognition of the legacy of Shirley Jackson's writing, and with permission of the author's estate, the Shirley Jackson Awards have been established for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic.
Partial List of Donations to be Awarded
· From Ash-Tree Press: Collections of Sheridan Le Fanu: Mr. Justice Harbottle; The Haunted Baronet; Schalkin the Painter.
· From Laird Barron: A signed/personalized copy of his award winning short story collection, The Imago Sequence (Nightshade), plus an original piece of short fiction, in a separate, unbound manuscript.
· From Elizabeth Bear: Personally inscribed copy of The Chains That You Refuse, an out of print collection of short stories
· From James Blaylock: Signed copy (by James Blaylock and Tim Powers) of The Devils in the Details (Subterranean Press)
· From Douglas Clegg: Signed copy of the Vampyricon trilogy
· From Jeffrey Ford: Keyboard used to write several novels & collections, signed by Jeffrey Ford, to the winner.
· From Neil Gaiman: Computer keyboard, signed to the winner.
· From Elizabeth Hand: Signed galley for Wonderwall, her forthcoming novel
· From Brian Keene: Signed galley for Scratch, his forthcoming novel
· From Jack Ketchum: Signed afterwords, with handwritten comments for Only Child, Hide and Seek, and the anthology The Darker State
· From Nightshade Books: Limited edition of Tim Lebbon's Light and other tales of Ruin
· From Stewart O'Nan: Signed copy of unproduced screenplay, POE
· From Peter Straub: A reading copy of The Skylark, Part 1, read at ICFA in Orlando 3/2008.
· Tuckerizations by Ekaterina Sedia, Laura Anne Gilman, Nick Mamatas
· Manuscript/Proposal critiques from John Douglas, Alice Turner, Beth Fleisher, Helen Atsma, and Stephen Barbara
For each item, one winner will be chosen using a computerized random number generator. The winning names and prizes will be announced on the Shirley Jackson Awards website, http://www.shirleyjacksonawards.org/. The donating party will mail or deliver the prize to the lucky winner.
See You at Boskone this Weekend?
I'll be heading off to the Boston Science Fiction Convention, Boskone this weekend. If you're going, look for me wandering around aimlessly or at the following panels/events (times subject to change, as always for any con) with some pretty cool and prominent fellow panelist/performers:
Friday 8pm Faith in the Future
What is the forecast for religions in the future? Will there be more fundamentalist or more atheist types? Will it matter?
Jeffrey A. Carver; John Farrell (Moderator), Dan Keohane, James D. Macdonald, James Morrow
Friday 10pm Why I Write Horror
OK....it's not because you're crazy (is it?) So, why? How does creating this very darkest of the genres help you (or--one hopes!-- your readers) make sense of the "real" world? To create understandable connections with the BAD things around them? And, where--and how-- does horror *fail*?
Christopher Golden, Dan Keohane, Sarah Langan (M), Paul G. Tremblay
Saturday 1pm Mining the Bible
No question about it -- there are some terrific tales in the Bible. What are some that are particularly interesting to you, as a storyteller? How can you extract and use this material, while still showing some respect for its source (if that matters)?
Dan Keohane, James Morrow (M), Sonya Taaffe, Jane Yolen
They have me doing a reading Sunday morning but that's been canceled as I cannot stay for Sunday. As it is, I'll likely head home late Saturday to kiss the family. :-)


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BREAKING: Merkel Says She's Offered Support From German Drug Regulator in EU for Sputnik V Vaccine
BREAKING: Certain EU Nations are Interested in Sputnik V, Russia is Discussing Vaccine Production With Germany, RDIF CEO Says
BREAKING: Saudi Arabia May Become Hub for Sputnik V Deliveries in Middle East, RDIF Head Says
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Orwell Blushes: Ukraine POW Recalls 'Wonderful' Nazi Death Camp on TV Show
© Sputnik / Valeriy Melnikov
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201505141022145805/
Ukraine hasn't given up its attempts to revise history; in addition to its politicians issuing continuous denials of the Soviet role in the victory over Nazism, it has gone even further: a Ukrainian veteran and prisoner of war now admires the conditions of the Nazi concentration camp where he was interned.
Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany, a Ukrainian prisoner of war recently praised the conditions of a concentration camp in Kowel, Poland, where he was taken before being sent on to Germany.
"We were taken to a wonderful concentration camp in Kowel," the Ukrainian veteran said in live broadcast of a talk show on one of the Ukrainian channels.
"We were disinfected, I listened to the radio for the first time, and saw the lights, as if I was re-born," he told the audience.
He was the only veteran of Ukrainian origin who took part in the show. The broadcast proceeded in a special way: the host named a country which fought against Nazism. For example, France, Greece, Yugoslavia, Then a national song was played in the native language and a veteran representing the country shared his memories.
The Ukrainian veteran, therefore, recalled "a wonderful concentration camp" in Kowel.
Interestingly, there were no Russian veterans on the show, as, apparently, no one was interested in their memories.
One Should Never Forget the Horrors of WWII: Auschwitz Concentration Camp
The open memoirs available on the internet, however, suggest that conditions at the Kowel camp were far from ideal.
"The Hitler soldiers have been convoying prisoners through the city streets. The citizens of Kowel have been throwing food to them. The majority of the convoy did not pay any attention to it, but some of them though were shouting and threatening [the prisoners] with their weapons and shooting into air," one of the internet users, Ella Luker, wrote, conveying the memoirs of one of her relatives.
"Later they were transferred to Brest Street, where concentration camp "Shtandk"#301 was located. Up to 150-200 servicemen and officers died there daily from exhaustion and hunger. 11,000 prisoners were gunned down there between October 1941 and 1942."
"The archive documents reveal that there were nine pits with the [gunned down] bodies of civilians and around 63 with imprisoned officers. "
"After the liberation of the camp, in pit #1, 100 meters long, 10 meters wide and 4-5 meters deep, have been recovered 8,000 naked bodies of women and children. Some had no wounds or other injuries. This proves the cases of killing with electrical current".
This is not the first case, however, where the Ukrainians praised the conditions of a concentration camp.
The father of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko also praised the "very good" coffee he had taken to while interned in a concentration camp, where thousands had died of hunger.
Germany Opts to House Asylum Seekers in Former Nazi Concentration Camp
Former Bergen-Belsen concentration camp prisoners receive St. George ribbons
Obama visits Nazi concentration camp in Germany
Nazism, World War II, concentration camp, Kowel, Poland, Ukraine
11:28 GMT Memorable and Meme-able: Biden Inauguration Moments That Have Gone Viral
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11:24 GMT Model Claims Actor Armie Hammer Was Serious About Removing Her Ribs So He Could Eat Them
11:12 GMT 'Would Advance Moral Evils': Head of US Catholic Bishops' Conference Rips Biden's Abortion Agenda
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My todo list is again a few items shorter than last week. Here's what I've done….
Ok, time for another update! Let's pick up from where we left off last time: the one tiny issue left in the system I titled the "level change engine"….
Another week has passed. Let's have a look what I accomplished….
The title of this post says "Development Update #1". That is not actually true….
And hot on the heels of previous news, Power Heroes now has its own thread on TouchArcade's "Upcoming iPhone and iPod touch Games".
Yay. First post! The site is now officially opened. I welcome all visitors.
Development Update #10 – What Happened During Christmas?
Development Update #9 – Bosses!
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I want to make games for people to play. Games that can be enjoyed by both casual and more seasoned players. I like simplicity. Simple mechanics. Simple rules. Things that intertwine into something new.
Born in 1979, grown up in the 80's. Gaming on C64, Amiga, NES. Moved to PCs in the early 90's and made my first small games.
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Candidates: Where I stand on education
Here's a summary of what Obama and Romney have said about their plans for K-12 education.
When voters go to the polls on Nov. 6, they'll choose from among presidential candidates who have very different views on the major issues affecting America, including education.
With the election rapidly approaching, we've pulled together a summary of what each of the two major party candidates—President Barack Obama for the Democratic Party, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for the Republican Party—have said about their plans for K-12 education.
(To read about their plans, click on the headlines for each article.)
What do you think about the election? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.
Preparing every child for college or a career
In today's global economy, a high-quality education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity—it is a prerequisite to success. Because economic progress and educational achievement are inextricably linked, educating every American student to graduate from high school prepared for college and for a career is a national imperative…
Countless reforms, but few results
By emphasizing choice, accountability, and teacher quality, instead of simply throwing more money at challenges that have long since proven themselves unresponsive to increased spending, we can build an education system worthy of our next generation.
How school stakeholders view the presidential election
Education policies, funding at stake in 2012 election
Obama: Ryan's economic plan costly to schools
Obama renews call for aid to halt teacher layoffs
Expert: Federal school reform plan is wrong
Romney: American kids get 'third-world' education
Fact check: Romney off on Obama's love for unions
Romney tells Philly teachers that class size doesn't matter
Mitt Romney's plan to federalize education reform
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President of di United States of America, Donald Trump don condemn di bomb wey blow in Nigeria on Saturday for Damboa, Borno wey dey North Eastern Nigeria by Boko Haram terrorists.
As him talk talk person, Ms Heather Nauert yan am for U.S. Department of State, Trump yan say, him stand firm gidigbaa for di terrorism fight in Nigeria.
Based on reports, people wey go reach 32 persons die for di bomb attack,and people wey reach 84 get injury wen six suicide bombers bomb Damboa Local Government Area of Borno.
"United States dey stand firmly with Nigeria for dia fight against terrorism.
"We dey give our condolences to di families and friends of di victims wey injure and people wey die, and we dey mourn di people wey don kpafka'' U.S. talk am.