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I Have Seen The Future
June 13, 2012 John Merrow 2012 Blogs
Listen to John and Daniel King's interview:
[audio:http://learningmatters.tv/podcasts/media/MerrowKing2.mp3%5D
"I have seen the future, and it works." I write those words with some trepidation, because another journalist used those exact words in 1919 and lived to regret it, big time.
If you remember your history, Lincoln Steffens said that after returning from newly Communist Russia. Only later did he see with clarity the harsh cruelty of the Soviet dictatorship.
I'm playing on a much smaller stage, of course, and I am talking about high school, not one of the largest countries in the world.
In two weeks or so, you will be able to see for yourselves what I am so enthusiastic about, because Learning Matters producer Cat McGrath is now editing our two-part report for PBS NewsHour.
Update: it has now aired, and here it is:
But here's the gist: in 2007, half of the high school students in the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo school district in southeast Texas, on the border with Mexico, dropped out without graduating, just as their parents had done. The district has 31,600 students — it's 99% Hispanic and 89% economically disadvantaged. It was 'dropout city,' with a failure rate that was nearly twice the state average.
Then Daniel King came to town, with Texas-size ambition and three bold plans. First, the new School Superintendent went after the 237 kids who had left school that spring without graduating, to try to persuade them to come back to school. He organized volunteers to go door-to-door to talk with them, with a simple — and counter-intuitive — message: "High school didn't work, so come on back and let's try college."
In an abandoned WalMart store, he created a dropout recovery academy, but he didn't call it that. It was instead the "College, Career and Technology Academy," where students would complete their high school requirements, take some actual college courses and develop a connection to a local college or career training facility.
King is a persuasive man. Of the 237 students, he and his team convinced 223 to give education a second chance. That was in the fall of 2007. Very soon his College, Career and Technology Academy will graduate its one thousandth student.
"High school didn't work, so let's try college." What a concept! We know in our gut that high school is a painful rite of passage for most young people, four years held together by friendships (if you're lucky) but marked by boredom and, often, humiliation.
Why not attack boredom? Make the experience more challenging and interesting?
At the same time, he created a special school where everyone would go to college and high school at the same time. Admission to this small school would be by lottery. Students would spend half their time on the campus of a local college, half at their new school, which he named T-STEM, with the last four letters standing for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (the initial T is, of course, for Texas).
At graduation this spring, 55 of the 80 T-STEM seniors earned their two-year Associates degrees, which they received one week before getting their high school diplomas.
Who are these young people?
Meet 18-year-old Viviana Hernandez, whose parents work in the fields picking crops, as did she during the summers. Here's part of what she told us.
Since I am a girl, I am required to get up earlier than everybody else. We usually get up at 5:30, get to the field at 6:00, and we don't come back until like 5:00 or 5:30. Every day. There's no Saturday, no Sundays. It's every day, with no summer break at all. I stress out with my college work a lot, but I would rather sit in college classes and take a billion finals than work another day in the fields.
Viviana graduated from high school and community college this spring.
With the success of his dropout recovery school and T-STEM, King made the boldest move of all: import this approach into a huge, comprehensive high school, where being indifferent about education is the standard M.O., where it's just not cool to be interested in learning.
Daniel King has been a revolution in south Texas education.
This idea, 'early college,' began appearing in the 1950's, and, while firm numbers are just about impossible to come by, it's widely believed that at least 10% of high school juniors and seniors are in some sort of 'dual enrollment' program. By and large, these programs attract gifted and/or highly motivated students. What King is doing is pushing the inside of the envelope, in a big way.
He had made this work in a Texas district one-tenth the size, so he was optimistic going in. He's also a veteran (14 years as a Superintendent) who was named Texas Superintendent of the Year in 2006, the year before he came to Pharr-San Juan-Alamo.
Based on what I saw in PSJA school district, King's approach has been successfully transplanted to a larger stage. Kids are kids, he might say, and they want to be challenged.
I hung out with some students who had just finished taking their final exam in Economics 101, taught by Laura Leal, an instructor from a local college who travels to Memorial High School to teach her classes.
Leal told me that high school students were in some ways ideal. "It's kind of like the experience that Adam and Eve had, before the apple. High school students see every challenge as possible; they have their whole future ahead of them."
And, she added, they haven't been jaded or corrupted by the anti-intellectualism of the college campus. That culture shock awaits. "Students in high school aren't really experimenting with life yet. They don't have the culture shock of being in a dorm because they're still at home."
She believes they will enter college more self-assured, not to mention that they will also be quite a few steps down the road to a degree.
The thread that ran through my conversation with the students was 'respect.' And students welcomed the higher expectations, even when it meant they missed hours of just hanging out.
"We use a college textbook, it's a college teacher, it's college work," one said proudly.
"The (college) teacher treats us differently. High school teachers are always like 'do your work , do your work, do your work,' but this teacher isn't that way. With her, It's like 'there's the work, there's the syllabus, and it's your decision whether you do it or not.'"
"High school teachers kind of baby you," another said, adding that, if you are failing a high school class, "you'll get a bunch of extra credit just so you can pass," but "if you slack off at college, that's on you" because "you are not considered a kid anymore."
At Memorial High School, 40% of the graduates have earned at least three college credit hours. And 60 graduating seniors from the district's comprehensive high schools earned Associates Degrees from a local college.
The State of Texas encourages dual enrollment with financial incentives for colleges and participating high schools, because it wants and needs more graduates and a larger skilled labor force. King saw that opportunity, and his success should encourage others.
Could this be a new paradigm for the American high school? Remember, King is making this work in a district whose dropout rate was almost double the Texas average, with families with no tradition or expectation of higher education.
One final thought: I spent a fair amount of time with Danny King, and never once did I hear him use the word 'rigorous.' He's about challenges, expectations and respect.
I have seen the future. Whether it spreads is not up to me, but I sure hope it catches on.
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9 thoughts on "I Have Seen The Future"
M Nesbit says:
Thanks for sharing this inspiring story/testimonial, John! Bravo to Superintendent Dan King for knowing and applying the winning formula: creating an educational environment with community outreach and connection; extending opportunities for meaningful individual student commitment rooted in respect, values and belief that success is possible; establishing realistically high expectations for achieving learning goals of significance; and providing appropriate resources and support to meet them. Why aren't all school superintendents as enlightened and motivated? Leadership matters.
Judith (Judy) Solis says:
Since your visit to PSJA Memorial and my district, we have been designated an Early College High School! As principal, very proud! Thanks for recognizing the dedication and commitment of my district and my campus staff.
Proud in Deep South Texas!
Thank you for letting us roam freely around your school. I loved meeting your kids and was impressed by their eloquence and thoughtfulness. Producer Cat McGrath and I are putting finishing touches on the 2-part report, which should air pretty soon.
Larry Tietz says:
What is "it" that actually worked? Clearly Dan King cares. Did he hire like minded people? Did he inspire existing staff? The second turnaround happened in just three years in a large, 31,000 student district, if I heard the video testimony correctly. Systemic change in record time!
Although King is clear to report in his testimony that there is no one size fits all solution, it would be nice to know how and what to apply elsewhere.
We will have a couple of podcasts that may provide more explanation, certainly more detail. Good questions….
Jim Merrow says:
Here's why I like this story: Dan King is inspiring for obvious and practical reasons to those hard-working students finding success, and to others, or at least to me simply because it's inspiring to learn of the hard-working Dan Kings out there, which your work illuminates. Thanks.
Joan Countryman says:
John – What struck me in the NewsHour piece last night and in this transcript of your conversation with Dan King was the use of two words that resonate with my experience of independent school education – my own as a student and as a teacher. "Challenge" and "respect" were in such common use at Lincoln when I was there that I daresay we were not even aware of how critical the meaning was to our success (particularly with girls in the sciences). Now you've reminded me that even back in the fifties, when I was in high school at Germantown Friends, we spoke proudly of which courses (in science, history, English) were using college texts. Of course, our teachers also expected that we would succeed.
Joshua Kerrigan says:
This is a great post, I think you should turn it into a 2 or 3 part series.
Velda Kort says:
Thank-you for the pictures and the inspiration … I try to text a positive Thought of the Day to my kids and their spouses every morning . It is important to stay connected in a positive way every day! Thank-you for sharing your adventures with us … Life is one big adventure! Go out and explore!


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Q: linux + how to monitor dropping from ifconfig or ip How to monitor RX dropped packets in Linux 7 with tcpdump ?
Or maybe any other way?
And what is RX dropped?
ifconfig results on eth1:
    # ifconfig -a | grep RX | grep dropped
    RX errors 0  dropped 123136  overruns 0  frame 0
    RX errors 0  dropped 140938047  overruns 0  frame 0
    RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0

    # ifconfig -a | grep RX | grep dropped
    RX errors 0  dropped 123136  overruns 0  frame 0
    RX errors 0  dropped 140938083  overruns 0  frame 0  <--------------  after second
    RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0

A: If you want to watch it in real time, you can use:
watch -tn 1  "ifconfig -a | grep -A 5 eth1 | grep 'RX packets' | sed 's/^.* dropped:\\([0-9]\\{1,\\}\\) .*\$/\1/g'"

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Minnesota is in the midst of a coronavirus-induced exercise in distancing. Schools are temporarily closed. University students are learning remotely. The bars and restaurants still open are offering takeout-only meals. Gyms, yoga studios and other places where people gather are temporarily shuttered. Many employers are asking their staff to work from home.
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That's prompted some full-time residents of the Arrowhead region to urge people from the Twin Cities and elsewhere not to visit, out of fear they may inadvertently bring the new coronavirus with them.
Some on social media have even suggested a blockade of state Highway 61, the thoroughfare that links Duluth with Lutsen, Grand Marais and other North Shore towns.
Those fears, in a part of the state where there hasn't yet been a confirmed coronavirus case, have put local officials and business leaders in a tough spot. Northeastern Minnesota relies on tourists and seasonal homeowners — many of them from places where coronavirus cases have already been identified — to drive more than 80 percent of the region's economy.
At the center of the concerns is a decision by the Lutsen Mountains ski area to remain open one final weekend. The resort planned to close at the end of the day Sunday.
"Right now, the ski hill is doing a disservice to Cook County and to Minnesota," said Tom Spence, a photographer from nearby Tofte who has taken to Facebook to encourage his thousands of followers to refrain from traveling to the North Shore until the threat of COVID-19 subsides.
Spence said he's worked at Lutsen in the past, and praised the resort's owners, calling them "great people." He also acknowledged the pivotal economic role the resort plays in the region.
"But they're doing the wrong thing for the wrong reasons by keeping this place open" through Sunday, he said.
Lutsen officials say they've complied with state and federal guidelines and taken steps to prevent potential spread of the virus, including encouraging social distancing on the ski slopes, and urging family groups to stay together on lifts.
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"Each decision has been very deliberate and planned," said marketing director Jim Vick. "We appreciate others may come to different conclusions on the actions we have decided," he said, adding that critics have failed to acknowledge the steps they've taken to comply with state guidelines.
Other nearby businesses have taken a different approach.
Cascade Vacation Rentals, which manages more than 175 rental properties along the North Shore — from cabins in the woods to luxurious homes along Lake Superior — decided Monday to not take any new reservations through the end of April.
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Jim Boyd, who directs the Cook County Chamber of Commerce, said he's heard anecdotally, from retailers and others in the region, that vacation home owners are "escaping the Cities" and coming up north to their second homes.
Boyd says angry posts on social media telling people not to come, or to block Highway 61, aren't going to stop people from coming.
"What we have to do is ensure that our response to them is gracious and welcoming, because they're human beings," he said. "And we can't let the feeling that they shouldn't be here get out of hand."
Boyd fears the situation is going to last a lot longer than a lot of people realize. He said it's easy to scapegoat businesses who want to remain open. He said he's also concerned about workers in Cook County, many of whom piece together two or three jobs to make a living.
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Q: ndb not querying by date correctly I'm unit testing a method on the Expense model. The relevant parts of the model look like this:
class Expense(ndb.Model):

    user = ndb.KeyProperty(User, required=True)
    timestamp = ndb.DateTimeProperty(required=True)
    ...

    @staticmethod
    def new(user, amount, comment, description, timestamp):
        """creates a new expense and stores it. It returns the Expense instance"""
        ... validation ...
        exp = Expense(user=user, timestamp=timestamp, ...)
        exp.put()
        return exp

    @staticmethod
    def list(user, from_date=None, to_date=None):
        ...
        query = Expense.query(Expense.user == user)
        if from_date is not None:
            if not isinstance(from_date, datetime.datetime):
                raise ValueError("from_date must be a datetime.datetime instance")
            query.filter(Expense.timestamp >= from_date)
        if to_date is not None:
            if not isinstance(to_date, datetime.datetime):
                raise ValueError("to_date must be a datetime.datetime instance")
            query.filter(Expense.timestamp <= to_date)
        query.order(- Expense.timestamp)
        return query

I have the following unit test to test Expense.list:
The first 4 lines of the test create instances of the Expense model instance.

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*one on january 3rd 2013

*one on november 1st 2013

*one on november 2nd 2013

*one on january 1st 2014

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def test_list_expenses_filter_by_date(user):
    expense1 = Expense.new(user=user, amount=200.12, description="a netbook", comment="", timestamp=datetime.datetime(year=2013, month=1, day=3, hour=12, minute=30))
    expense2 = Expense.new(user=user, amount=1.0, description="A can of coke", comment="Really cheap!",timestamp=datetime.datetime(year=2013, month=11, day=1, hour=12, minute=30))
    expense3 = Expense.new(user=user, amount=3.05, description="A burger", comment="Tasty!", timestamp=datetime.datetime(year=2013, month=11, day=2, hour=12))
    expense4 = Expense.new(user=user, amount=0.30, description="Toilet visit", comment="I normally don't pay for these things, but it was urgent.", timestamp=datetime.datetime(year=2014, month=1, day=1, hour=1, minute=15))

    from_date = datetime.datetime(year=2013, month=5, day=1)
    to_date = datetime.datetime(year=2013, month=12, day=31)
    exps  = Expense.list(user=user, from_date=from_date, to_date=to_date)
    for expense in exps:
        assert from_date <= expense.timestamp <= to_date

But when I run this test from pytest, I get an AssertionError on the following line, as displayed by pytest:
assert datetime.datetime(2013, 5, 1, 0, 0) <= datetime.datetime(2013, 1, 3, 12, 30)

E            +  where datetime.datetime(2013, 1, 3, 12, 30) = Expense(key=Key('Expense', 5066549580791808), amount=200.12, comment=u'', desc...tamp=datetime.datetime(2013, 1, 3, 12, 30), user=Key('User', 5629499534213120)).timestamp
So why is my Expense.list method returning instances with a dat that is out of range?
I've tried this both in the app engine testbed, and in a requesthandler, viewing the output in a browser, so it's not a bug in the datastore stub.
I've also tried building the query differently. Instead of calling Query.filter repeatedly, I added filter expressions to a list, passed that list as *args to ndb.AND and passed that to a single Query.filter but that didn't work either.
I've ruled out the possibility of a bug in ndb. The following test passes:
def test_ndb_date():
    from google.appengine.ext import ndb

    class Time(ndb.Model):
        timestamp = ndb.DateTimeProperty(required=True)

    t1 = Time(timestamp=datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.timedelta(days=365))
    t2 = Time(timestamp=datetime.datetime.now())
    t3 = Time(timestamp=datetime.datetime.now() + datetime.timedelta(days=365))
    ndb.put_multi([t1, t2, t3])
    from_date = datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.timedelta(days=1)
    to_date = datetime.datetime.now() + datetime.timedelta(days = 1)
    result = Time.query(Time.timestamp <= from_date, Time.timestamp >= to_date).fetch()
    for time in result:
        assert from_date <= time.timestamp >= to_date

A: I misunderstood how Query.filter works. It doesn't alter the current Query instance, but returns a new one.


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#define __HTTPASYNCONNECTION_H__
/// @cond DO_NOT_SHOW

#include "platform/CCPlatformConfig.h"
#if (CC_TARGET_PLATFORM == CC_PLATFORM_MAC) || (CC_TARGET_PLATFORM == CC_PLATFORM_IOS)

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import <Security/Security.h>
/// @cond
@interface HttpAsynConnection : NSObject <NSURLConnectionDelegate, NSURLConnectionDataDelegate>
{
}

// The original URL to download.  Due to redirects the actual content may come from another URL
@property (strong) NSString *srcURL;

@property (strong) NSString *sslFile;

@property (copy) NSDictionary *responseHeader;

@property (strong) NSMutableData *responseData;

@property (readonly) NSInteger getDataTime;

@property (readonly) NSInteger responseCode;
@property (readonly) NSString *statusString;

@property (strong) NSError *responseError;
@property (strong) NSError *connError;

@property (strong) NSURLConnection *conn;

@property bool finish;

@property (strong) NSRunLoop *runLoop;

// instructs the class to start the request.
-(void) startRequest:(NSURLRequest*)request;

@end

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"The battle for growth is on and we absolutely must not ease up on this," Ayrault said.
Second-quarter gross domestic product was revised down to show a 0.1 percent contraction instead of being flat, according to data from the INSEE national statistics office.
Growth in the third quarter beat a Reuters poll forecast for zero growth quarter-on-quarter.
Still, while France performed better than expected in the third quarter the outlook is gloomy as separate data on Thursday showed the euro zone as a whole slipped into its second recession since 2009.
France's unemployment rate of 10.2 percent is weighing on its 2-trillion euro economy and weak industrial production and business sentiment surveys, as well as looming tax rises, suggest it may end the year on a down note, economists say.
Hollande's government unveiled a plan last week to boost the competitiveness of French industry, including 20 billion euros a year in tax credits to lower labor costs. However, German government sources have expressed concern the measures do not go far enough.


House Stark of Winterfell is a Great House of Westeros, ruling over the vast region known as the North from their seat in Winterfell. It is one of the oldest lines of Westerosi nobility by far, claiming a line of descent stretching back over eight thousand years. Before the Targaryen conquest, as well as during the War of the Five Kings and Daenerys Targaryen's invasion of Westeros, the leaders of House Stark ruled over the region as the Kings in the North. Their rule in the North seemingly ended after the events of the Red Wedding when House Frey and House Bolton betrayed House Stark after forming a secret alliance with House Lannister, during which Roose Bolton murdered King Robb Stark. Both the North and Winterfell were taken over by House Bolton. However, the Bolton's hold was jeopardized when Sansa Stark escaped their clutches after learning her brothers Bran and Rickon Stark were still alive and reunited with her half-brother Jon Snow at Castle Black. Sansa and Jon marched on the Boltons to save their younger brother Rickon, who was later murdered by Ramsay Bolton, and retake their family home Winterfell. House Stark was restored to their former stature after the Battle of the Bastards. The Stark victory led to House Stark's return to royal status in the North with their bannermen declaring Ned Stark's illegitimate son Jon Snow as the King in the North. He later abdicated his title as king in order to gain the full support of Daenerys Targaryen in the Great War, becoming the Warden of the North.


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Students take reins of local business
September 12, 2002 12:00 am by Daneesha Davis
Clifford Moore Jr. and Greg Salter believe that anything is possible. That's if you're willing to go the extra 150 miles and you put your mind to it.
Moore, 22, a fourth-year business student and Salter, 22, a fourth-year sociology student, both from Fort Pierce, are reaping the benefits of going those extra miles. They are the new owners of Copy Corner, the copy center on South Adams Street.
"You need to have ambition, self-motivation and goals," Salter said.
The former owner, FAMU language professor Ann Hooper, became ill and passed away. Salter had been working at the copy center for three years when his interest in acquiring the business piqued.
Salter went to Moore, his best friend since the sixth grade and the two got into "grind mode," working diligently to negotiate the purchase of the business.
"This is our future," Moore said.
Salter called Rep. Curtis Richardson, D-Tallahassee, who put him in touch with Daryl Jones of the Institute of Urban Politics in Commerce.
Slater said he served as an adviser and mentor, helping them get started.
"It was nothing but the grace of God," both said.
They said the whole process was mentally draining but they surrounded themselves with supportive and positive people.
Lack of assets, age and bad credit were obstacles for Moore and Salter.
"Every challenge that could happen did," Moore said. "But we felt what God has in store for us, is for us."
Salter said it was worth it. "You won't appreciate what you get until the end anyway," he said.
Salter is chief executive officer and Moore is chief operating officer.
Moore said they are trying to negotiate state and government contracts and would like to do business for all campus organizations.
They also hope to offer internship experiences for students, he said.
"We feel we have a lot to give back," Moore said.
The new owners are in the process of revamping the center and hiring more employees to handle the load.
"Soon we'll be too big for this place," Salter said, hinting of plans to expand the business beyond Tallahassee into Orlando and Atlanta. They said they'd also like to work with the President Fred Gainous as his exclusive copying service.
"Just for now we're the Wendy's of the game," Salter said of Copy Corner, calling Target Copy and Kinko's, McDonald's and Burger King, respectively.
"We're trying to get in the game for now, and do what we do to the best of our ability, and that's to continue servicing FAMU," he said.
Copy Corner, serving the Tallahassee community since 1986, offers services ranging from copying, binding, flyers, programs and business cards, to graduation announcements and color copies.
"This is something we like to do, working with people," Salter said. "When you love what you do, it's not really working anyway."


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Home Strain Review Three More Strains to Kick Off 2023
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Three More Strains to Kick Off 2023
New Year's Day represents a fresh start and new beginnings. And why wouldn't it? The first day of a brand new year is an opportunity to wipe the slate clean and start anew. No matter what the previous year may have been like, New Year's day and the beginning of 2023 allows everyone the chance to recommit to goals and create resolutions to help shape the coming year.
There are a variety of cannabis strains with the ability to help cultivate creativity and sharpen one's focus on their resolutions. Here are three to help you start 2023 on the right path:
Sour Diesel is a potent sativa-dominant hybrid. This strain goes by a few other names, such as "Sour D" and "Sour Deez", and the name comes from the strong aroma of diesel from the buds. The flavor is often described as smooth, however, with a sour lemony taste. Patients choose Sour Diesel for its cerebral effects, and it is a great choice for medicating early in the day. Many individuals report feeling mentally stimulated, creative, and full of energy after consuming Sour D. This is a great choice of strain if you are looking to clear your mind and focus on important tasks to start 2023. The THC levels in Sour Diesel average between 19-26%.
Jack Herer is also known as "Premium Jack", "JH", "The Hack", and "Platinum Jack". It is a sativa-dominant hybrid created through a cross between a hybrid of Haze and a Shiva Skunk and Northern Lights #5 cross. Jack Herer is one of the most popular and well-known strains, and for good reason. Users describe the effects of Jack Herer as uplifting and energizing. The taste is described as earthy with a bit of citrus, and users report the aroma is a very strong pine scent. Jack Herer has THC levels averaging around 18%, making this a great choice if you are looking for a little boost and motivation to get you going in the new year.
This sativa-dominant hybrid has been the winner of the Cannabis Cup twice. The strain was created by crossing Super Silver Haze and Lemon Skunk. This strain's name perfectly describes its flavor and fragrance. The taste is lemony candy and less sour than the fruit itself. The smell is zesty and citrusy. Users describe the effects of Super Lemon Haze as being very cerebral. Many also describe feeling energized after medicating with this strain. Super Lemon Haze has THC levels between 19 – 25%. It is a great choice to get you in the right frame of mind to tackle some of those to-dos that will get your New Year's resolutions off to the best possible start.
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Father Patrick Desbois is the founder of Yahad-In Unum ("Together in One"), an organization dedicated to collecting eyewitness testimonies and documenting sites of mass crimes committed against Jews and Roma by Nazi Germany and their collaborators during the Second World War.
During his presentation, Father Desbois will discuss his research with Yahad-In Unum and his recent work investigating ISIS for their genocide of Yazidis in Iraq. He will also speak about the rapid growth of anti-Semitic rhetoric and organized violence throughout the world, as well as offer his counsel to those seeking to resist it. His books will be available for sale and he will sign copies following his discussion.
Father Desbois has received numerous accolades for his ground-breaking work on the Holocaust, including the Legion of Honor, the highest French order of merit; the Humanitarian Award from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the 2017 Lantos Human Rights Prize. The work of Yahad-In Unum has been lauded by world leaders including Pope Francis and French President Emmanuel Macron. Father Desbois has been featured twice on the television program 60 Minutes.
He is the author of The Holocaust by Bullets: A Priest's Journey to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of 1.5 Million Jews, winner of the 2008 National Jewish Book Award. His recent book, In Broad Daylight: The Secret Procedures Behind the Holocaust by Bullets, reveals the untold story of how the murder of more than two million Jews was carried out. In 2015 he launched "Action Yazidis," an initiative that collects evidence on the Yazidi genocide committed by ISIS and documented in his most recent book, The Terrorist Factory: ISIS, The Yazidi Genocide and Exporting Terrorism.
An Evening with Father Patrick Desbois and the Holocaust by Bullets exhibition currently on display in the Criss Library at the University of Nebraska at Omaha are both proudly sponsored by the Sam and Frances Fried Holocaust and Genocide Academy.
Please contact friedacademy@unomaha.edu with any questions.
UNO is an AA/EEO /ADA institution. For questions, accommodations or assistance please call/contact ADA/504 coordinator (phone: 402.554.3490 or TTY 402.554.2978) or the director of Accessibility Services Center (phone: 402.554.2872).


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Tycoon Madatali Chatur loses bid to stop trafficking probe
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Justice Weldon Korir during a past hearing. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
The High Court has dismissed an application by reclusive city tycoon Madatali Chatur seeking to stop police from investigating him over allegations of human trafficking.
Justice Weldon Korir said the Kanu-era billionaire failed to establish how the investigations were breaching his rights.
While finding that the application was based on speculations and fears, the judge ruled that there was no evidence placed before court showing abuse or misuse of power by security agencies.
"The impression I get is that the petitioner wants this court to protect his purported "clean record". The court has no such powers. So long as the respondents (police) are acting within the confines of the law, they should be allowed to proceed," said Justice Korir.
"THREATEN MARRIAGE"
The court dismissed Mr Chatur's claims that the police searching his premises and homes was likely to threaten his marriage since such an action is so intrusive.
"He does not explain how this is so unless he wants to say that his marriage is hanging on a thin thread. If that be so, he should not blame the police when the thread snaps," said the judge adding that the businesman failed to establish how police were abusing their power to search.
In his application, Mr Chatur — who owns Diamond Plaza and Muthaiga shopping mall — wanted the court to issue a permanent injunction restraining police from from harassing him as he claimed the State was attempting to deport him.
He moved to court following a notice issued to him by Police Inspector Evans Kituyi on September 4, 2019 asking him to appear at the DCI Headquarters on September 9, 2019 to answer an inquiry of the offence of human trafficking.
Mr Chatur told court that the police had formulated an evil scheme of lies, falsehoods and distortions with a view to fix him on trumped up charges.
Further, he claims that the authorities were acting on rumours, innuendo and bad mouthing by jealous business rivals to brand him as a person engaged in human trafficking.
"DAMAGE BUSINESSES"
It was his case that the threatened search of his offices and residences was not conducive to the public's interest as he is a law-abiding individual with no criminal record. He stated that he has no history of any serious offences as he has always strictly complied with the laws of the country.
He further submitted that actions of the security agencies could irreparably damage business relations as he is a revered business person with huge investments in Kenya and overseas.
According to him, police activities have subjected him to psychological, mental and physical torture and in his view, there is no justifiable cause for the summons by the Director of Criminal Investigations.
The court also heard that Mr Chatur will suffer prejudice because his tenants at his Diamond Plaza building in Nairobi could move out of his premises on account of suspicion that he was being investigated.
Further, that he has indeed incurred massive financial losses because most rooms were vacant and the clients, partners and other visitors who frequented Diamond Plaza no longer went there.
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Inspector General of Police opposed the petition through the replying affidavit sworn by the investigating officer, Inspector Evans Kituyi.
The investigator said search of premises is a known legal procedure during investigations and does not amount to violation of any constitutional provisions.
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Money, Money, Money … | What Would The Founders Think?
You'll be adding your name, from Arizona, alongside thousands of other supporters' names — folks from all 50 states, from all different backgrounds. Together, all those names will be impressive — they'll show the strength of this campaign and our support for Barack.
For the last two months, Governor Romney and the Republicans have outraised us — and in the last month alone, they raised $35 million more than we did.
They've caught up to us in the fundraising race for the first time this election, and we have to do everything we can to close the gap now — before it's too late.
Donate $3 or more today to help close the gap.
We keep reminding you about this fundraising gap because when Governor Romney and the Republicans outraise us by that much, it matters. This fundraising gap means that Republicans may not only outraise us, they could outspend us this election — on TV, in the field, and online.
You better believe that when they're using their fundraising advantage to blanket the airwaves with misleading attack ads, Democrats across the board will feel the consequences.
Our next big fundraising deadline is just a few days away — and we have the chance to reverse this trend and keep Governor Romney and the Republicans from outraising us for the third month in a row.
Our next big fundraising deadline is on Tuesday — and we need your help.
As former chair of the Democratic Party, I know that after each of these FEC deadlines, hard decisions have to be made about where resources go — whether we can afford to hire more organizers to register voters in Florida, or if we raised enough to pay for that big TV ad in Ohio to fight back against distortions and misinformation from the other side.
We need your help to make sure our Democratic candidates across the country have the resources they need to win on Election Day. Donate $3 or more right now.
We've got a tough road ahead of us. Mitt Romney and the Republicans have outraised us two months in a row — and after this critical fundraising deadline, they're going to be making decisions about where to send their funds, too.
That's why it's so important we make sure that Democrats at all levels have the resources they need to fight back and talk about what we stand for. Nobody likes the money race — but we can't let a small group of powerful interests buy this election.
That's why we need your help — one donation at a time, we're fighting back.
Gosh, that sounds awful. Those darn rascally rich Republicans.
If we don't win this election, it will be because we didn't close the spending gap when we could.
Because right now we're seeing that voters have a choice between two very different men.
And the only way someone like Mitt Romney — who's asking Americans to put him in charge of their taxes while refusing to come clean about his own, who wants to repeal Obamacare, end Medicare as we know it and give more tax breaks to billionaires who don't need them — defeats someone like Barack Obama, is if the other side spends us into oblivion.
It's already starting on TVs and radios in swing states, and it's not going to stop.
In the last two weeks of this month, Romney and his allies had an almost 2:1 spending advantage in Florida, Iowa, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and Virginia — and that could be the election right there.
We've got more than 2.4 million grassroots donors building this the right way.
But we're running out of time to close the money gap when it really matters.
Barack and I honestly wish we could thank everyone who contributes to this campaign personally. You're our second family, you know.
Whew! I sure am glad that he is not indulging in hyperbole or exaggeration!
I'm not interested in the money race, so I'm just going to tell you how it is.
Our strength heading into November is going to be determined in large part by how much money we raise now. That's why the fundraising deadline tomorrow at midnight is so important.
We can't afford to lose — the stakes are just too high.
Can you stand the thought of a president who would take away guaranteed health coverage from people with pre-existing conditions, would be "delighted" to sign a bill banning all abortions, and would raise taxes on the middle class while lowering taxes for millionaires and billionaires?
Hmmm, is it just me or does he kind of sound like he is maybe a little interested in the money race?
But the choice voters face in this election couldn't be bigger.
Over the past two months, we have been outraised by our opponents. They've used that advantage to distort the truth and mislead people, over and over, on TV and the radio in battleground states.
Tonight is one of the most critical fundraising deadlines we'll face.
Days like today are part of what makes this job so nerve-wracking. How much we raise before the deadline at midnight tonight determines whether Democrats across the board will get the resources they need to win in November.
When we get the final total for how much we raised this month, we'll have some tough decisions to make — and those decisions will be even tougher if we come up short.
I know that these emails I send might seem like a little much — but they're important. The money we raise helps pay for our top-notch grassroots organization across the country to lay the groundwork to win in November.
We need your help to ensure that we can continue to operate at the level we know it takes to win.
I'm always amazed by how Barack balances his responsibilities as president, a husband, and a dad.
All of the things we've poured our hearts into — from passing health care reform to fighting for an economy that works for everyone — are on the line.
I know I don't want to wake up on November 7th wondering if I could have done more. So I'm doing everything I can between now and Election Day to make sure we can keep moving this country forward for four more years.
It's deadline day. We're down to the last few hours before we tally up our numbers — and make some tough calls about what Democrats can do in August. This could be our most important deadline yet.
If you can, please support Democrats across the country with an urgent donation of $3 or more before midnight tonight.
We're getting drastically outspent in this election, and people keep asking me how we can step it up. But the reality is, we're playing a different game — relying on people chipping in a little bit whenever they can — and we need to do more with less. It's my job to pinch the pennies and make sure we're putting our resources where they'll do the most. That's a tight budget. And that's why I'm emailing you.
I don't think anyone makes a donation just because they're happy to hear from me again over email.
Everyone who supports Democrats is stepping up for a reason. Maybe it's because you believe in winning elections the right way, building something one person at a time, and working together toward a better future. Or because you don't want to see so much hard-fought progress erased, or a return to policies of the past that sent the country into a ditch, or maybe you're just fired up to re-elect this President and win a Democratic majority in both houses of Congress.
I couldn't be prouder of what we've done together. Let's make sure we don't slip in the last few months.
Breaking the monotony of all of these begs for money, was a newsletter from the George Soros funded Brennan Center for Justice with the subject line: Voting Newsletter: Design Flaws Hurt American Elections, Lead to Lost Votes. Interestingly enough, there wasn't one word about attempts to disenfranchise active military voters. Must have been an oversight, I guess.
Today is Barack's 51st birthday, and the girls and I are pulling together his birthday card.
Last call for names: Want to sign it?
This election's only going to get tougher, so I know it would mean a lot to Barack to know he has your support on his birthday.
Awe shucks, I missed my chance. But on August 7, Brad Woodhouse let me know he still wants my $3.
What's worse than being outraised in a critical election year?
Knowing we could have done something about it and didn't.
Romney's campaign released their July fundraising numbers. We got beat again, but the gap is closing. That's right, our grassroots donations up against their deep-pocketed donors — and we're without a doubt starting to gain. This is proof that, if we keep our eye on the ball, we can continue to close the fundraising gap, and give Democrats what it will take to win in November.
Thanks — we can do this.
P.S. — Romney and the RNC outraised us by $26 million in July, and $35 million in June. Your $3 donation will help close the gap.
Then after another e-alert from the Brennan Center for Justice (this one worse than the last), B.O. sent me this note on August 9.
The headlines are talking about how you and I got beat again by the other side in fundraising.
Those headlines aren't going away. I will be outspent in this election. And we will not win the ad wars on TV and radio — right now, the other side is outspending us on TV by at least 2-to-1 in most battleground states.
And that's OK. But only if we're able to keep the spending gap close enough so that our investments in a truly grassroots campaign pay off.
I believe in that model, and I'm betting that you do, too.
It's moments like these that I need you to act on that belief. Can you make a donation of $3 or more today?
P.S. — To say thanks for all you're doing for me and for this campaign, we're inviting a couple grassroots supporters — and their guests — to New York for a special event with some basketball greats. Even if you don't share my love for basketball, I'd love to meet you. If you're interested, make a donation here today, and you'll be automatically entered to join us. I may even challenge you to a quick shootaround.
I always knew I'd regret not playing basketball. Gosh, he's just so earnest and friendly.
My latest message is from Joe Biden on August 12.
If you're thinking about making a donation to the campaign, please don't wait — donate $3 or more today, and let's win this together.
I guess he forgot about the whole hyperbole and exaggeration thing.
All their drivel makes me physically ill!
You have greater stamina than I do, Martin.
I guess all these e-mailers forgot to count the dollar value of union "help." The unions have to report direct contributions to candidates and parties and some of their independent expenditures. But they do not have to report internal communications to membership, and they don't have to report get-out-the-vote efforts, even if expended in heavily Democratic areas. Now what do you suppose all that "help" is worth?
One comment re: basketball. Much like his politics, Barack Obama can only go to his left.


John the Baptist presents Jesus as the Lamb of God, an identification continued in the book of Revelation. Looking to the Lamb, rather than to the great and powerful Beasts, should inform our politics as Christians.
37 The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. 38 When Jesus turned and saw them following, he said to them, "What are you looking for?" They said to him, "Rabbi" (which translated means Teacher), "where are you staying?" 39 He said to them, "Come and see." They came and saw where he was staying, and they remained with him that day. It was about four o'clock in the afternoon. 40 One of the two who heard John speak and followed him was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 41 He first found his brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which is translated Anointed). 42 He brought Simon to Jesus, who looked at him and said, "You are Simon son of John. You are to be called Cephas" (which is translated Peter).
Only in the fourth gospel does John the Baptist proclaim Jesus, "The Lamb of God" (John 1:29, 36). The image of Christ as Lamb occurs again most notably in Revelation, where the Lamb on the throne stands in contrast to the preceding description of four magnificent creatures (Revelation 5:6). The connection in both instances is almost certainly with the salvific symbolism of the Passover lamb—slaughtered in order to save the firstborn sons of Israel from the plague of death.
John's acclamation, like the description of the Lamb on the throne, is at the same time both unexpected in its meekness and grandiose in its expectations. In the synoptic accounts of Jesus' baptism, John proclaims a Messiah who will come with winnowing fork in his hand. Although the fourth evangelist is hesitant even to describe Jesus' baptism due to an elevated Christology, his image of the kind of Messiah Jesus will be seems decidedly more nuanced.
Jesus carries all of the power and promise of God. Jesus is God incarnate, who John declares with confidence, "takes away the sin of the world" (John 1:29). And yet, Jesus doesn't do this with cleansing fire or a threatening winnowing fork. Jesus exculpates the sin of the world through his own blood—as a lamb at the slaughter.
To be sure, there are some dangerous implications of this image if drawn too far. In particular, a preacher must be careful not to encourage victimization as a godly quality or to hold God up as a victimizer. However, the humble image of Jesus beginning his ministry as one of the least of us (a lamb), just as he was born a humble infant, is worth consideration in its own right.
From where do we expect our salvation? From whence is our hope to come? Is it from firearm-wielding, population-separating rulers and insurgents? Or is it from the less expected places—from the children and the livestock, from the peacemakers, and those who are going about their living, walking by, staying close (cf. John 1:36, 39), and offering an alternative to the violence and the hate?
Look at who is seated on the throne—it may not be the magnificent creatures you expect, but it is one who holds more power than any others combined.
As disturbing as that image is, it isn't nearly disturbing enough. An animal with its feed tied together that way wouldn't just lie there serenely awaiting the knife that will cut its throat. Instead it would be thrashing around, bleeting in fright, with terror in its eyes. It seems to me we've tamed the reality of what it means to be a "sacrificial" lamb.
Bill, you are no doubt right about sacrificial lambs, but this is probably not essential to the metaphor. Philosophers of language have long known that the Naive Simile Theory of metaphors, according to which the meaning of a metaphor is a literal likeness, is mistaken. For example, the meaning of "So-and-so is a pig" is not explained by any actual gluttony or dirtiness of pigs.


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Beedie School of Business > Beedie Newsroom > SFU's Beedie School of Business launches first MBA for Surrey
SFU's Beedie School of Business launches first MBA for Surrey
The SFU Surrey Campus
Simon Fraser University's Beedie School of Business has announced another first with its MBA program at Surrey, one of Canada's fastest-growing major cities and an important economic hub for the south Fraser region and British Columbia.
The part-time Surrey MBA program will meet the needs of a growing number of managers, entrepreneurs and business leaders seeking to enhance their business skillset without skipping a beat in their professional careers. Featuring the same curriculum as SFU's full-time MBA offered in Vancouver, the primarily evening program is taught by leading faculty from the Beedie School of Business.
"The implementation of the Beedie School of Business' part-time MBA program provides the City of Surrey's growing business community a new opportunity for growth and progression, as well as reflects Simon Fraser University's dedication to our City," said Dianne Watts, Mayor of the City of Surrey. "The astonishing amount of new businesses that have started up in the City of Surrey over the past six years, over 13,000, is a testament to the spirit of ingenuity and hard work that resides here, making the establishment of the part-time MBA program a perfect fit."
"The establishment of a part-time MBA for Surrey reflects SFU's ability to respond to the changing requirements of the business world," said SFU President Andrew Petter. "This development further demonstrates SFU's commitment as an 'engaged university' to deliver programs that enhance the social and economic well-being of the communities we serve."
Students will learn the fundamentals of business and management with an eye to the big issues of the future through a combination of theoretical learning and practical application.
SFU's Beedie School is home to Canada's first Executive MBA program, established in 1968, and has a longstanding history of creating customized programs to the meet the needs of individual students. These include the EMBA in Aboriginal Business and Leadership and the Management of Technology MBA programs. Additionally, the school has offered its Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) program at the SFU Surrey campus since 2002.
"The Beedie School of Business is proud to build upon its existing presence at SFU Surrey with the establishment of the part-time MBA," said Daniel Shapiro, Dean of the Beedie School of Business. "This program is ultimately a reflection of our business school's commitment to serving Surrey and the surrounding region, which is not only one of Canada's fastest growing population centres but is also home to global-class organizations and entrepreneurs."
Classes will begin in January 2014. The two-year, part-time evening program is expected to serve experienced working professionals who live or work in in the eastern portion of Metro Vancouver – Surrey, Langley, Delta, New Westminster, Abbotsford, Maple Ridge, and Mission.
The program will bring together students from highly diverse educational backgrounds across a wide variety of industries and functional experience. Utilizing a cohort model, students will build a collaborative learning environment by working together as a class through the entire program.
Dianne Cyr, Professor of Management Information Systems at SFU, will serve as Academic Chair of the program. An award-winning scholar, Cyr has an extensive background in both academia and industry, as well as a history of business education program development.
The program will be hosted at SFU's award-winning Surrey campus, designed by acclaimed architect Bing Thom and located adjacent to the Surrey Central SkyTrain station.
For more information on the SFU part-time MBA, visit http://beedie.sfu.ca/MBA-Part-Time/
Photos of the SFU Surrey campus and the part-time MBA are available at the Beedie School of Business Flickr page.
Tags: Andrew Petter, Beedie School of Business, City of Surrey, Daniel Shapiro, Dianne Cyr, Dianne Watts, graduate programs, MBA, part-time MBA, SFU Surrey, Simon Fraser University, Surrey, Surrey MBA


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By Member » Item 245 #2s
HEETF - GMU Increase HEETF Amount (language only)
Item 245 #2s
Education: Higher Education
Virginia College Building Authority
Page 156, line 45, after "of" strike "$50,000,000" and insert "$50,528,968" and after "and" strike "$50,000,000" and insert "$50,528,968"
Page 156, line 50, strike "$3,023,034" in each column and insert "$3,552,002" in each column
(This amendment provides an increase to the amount allocated to George Mason University from $3,023,034 GF to $3,552,002 GF in each year of the biennium under the Higher Education Equipment Trust Fund (HEETF). This would maintain the amount of funding that was available in FY 2010).
Authority: Chapter 597, Acts of Assembly of 1986.
A.1. The purpose of this Item is to provide an ongoing program for the acquisition and replacement of instructional and research equipment at state-supported institutions of higher education in accordance with the intent and purpose of Chapter 597, Acts of Assembly of 1986.
2. Debt service payments required to support equipment purchases are appropriated in Item 271 for the Treasury Board. Within the appropriation of the Treasury Board is debt service totaling $53,965,798 from the general fund and $4,842,602 from nongeneral funds the first year and $49,351,490 from the general fund and $4,842,602 from nongeneral funds the second year.
3. The Treasury Board shall transfer on July 1 of each fiscal year the required lease payment amounts to the Virginia College Building Authority. Failure to transfer the required amounts will result in the Authority defaulting on its debt obligations.
4. The Governor shall annually present to the General Assembly through the Commonwealth's budget process, the estimated amount of lease payments and the corresponding total value of equipment to be acquired.
B.1. The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia shall establish and maintain procedures through which institutions of higher education apply for allocations made available under the program, and shall develop guidelines and recommendations for the apportionment of such equipment to each state-supported institution of higher education.
2. The Authority shall finance equipment for educational institutions in accordance with § 23-30.28, Code of Virginia, and according to terms and conditions approved through the Commonwealth's budget and appropriation process. Bonds or notes issued by the Virginia College Building Authority to finance equipment may be sold and issued at the same time with other obligations of the Authority as separate issues or as a combined issue. Each institution shall make available such additional detail on specific equipment to be purchased as may be requested by the Governor or the General Assembly. If emergency acquisitions are necessary when the General Assembly is not in session, the Governor may approve such acquisitions. The Governor shall report his approval of such acquisitions to the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees.
3. Amounts for debt service payments for allocations provided by this Item shall be provided pursuant to Item 271 of this act.
C.1. Transfer of the appropriation in Item 271 of this act to the Virginia College Building Authority shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of Finance. An allocation of $116,798,956 made in the 2008-2010 biennium brings the total amount of equipment acquired through the program to approximately $918,108,405.
2. Allocations of $50,000,000 the first year and $50,000,000 the second year will be made to support the purchase of additional equipment to enhance instructional and research activity at Virginia's public colleges and universities. Allocations are as follows:
Christopher Newport University
University of Virginia's College at Wise
University of Mary Washington
Virginia Military Institute
Richard Bland College
Virginia Community College System
Roanoke Higher Education Authority
Institute for Advanced Learning and Research
New College Institute


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La plaza de Jesús es una ensanche de la calle de Jesús, de la ciudad española de Madrid, situada en el barrio de Cortes, distrito Centro. Comienza en la calle de Lope de Vega y termina en la de Cervantes. En su perímetro se encuentra la actual basílica de Jesús de Medinaceli, además de algunas tabernas de rancia tradición madrileña, como La Daniela y La Dolores, contraste que hace que con frecuencia se mezclen en la plaza las colas de romeros, beatas y devotos del Cristo de Medinaceli, muy apreciado, con grupos nómadas de celebrantes, turistas y súbditos del aperitivo madrileño.

Historia

La plaza de Jesús figura sin nombre en el plano de Texeira de 1656, como recogen en su tratado sobre Las calles de Madrid. Noticias, tradiciones y curiosidades, el cronista Carlos Cambronero y el investigador Hilario Peñasco de la Puente, que confirman que tampoco aparece rotulada como plaza en el plano de Antonio Espinosa de los Monteros de 1769, interpretando desde un principio que se trata de un ensanche o prolongación de la contigua «calle de Jesús», denominada en el siglo  «de los Trinitarios». En 1889 se conservaban antecedentes de construcciones particulares de 1678. En la parte superior del ensanchamiento se inicia, hacia el oeste, la antigua «calle de Francos», luego «de Cervantes». En el extremo norte, tapiado entonces, se trazaría más adelante la calle del Duque de Medinaceli, que enlaza con la plaza de las Cortes.

En la plaza se conservaba aún en 1968, una fuente –quizás la misma fotografiada por Alfonso Begué en 1864– que se surtía con aguas del Viaje bajo Abroñigal.

Al sur de este ensanche tiene su inicio la susodicha calle de Jesús.

Su nombre se debe a la proximidad antaño de una iglesia del mismo nombre, sita en la misma plaza. Esta iglesia era la capilla del derruido convento de trinitarios descalzos de la Encarnación, fundado el 7 de abril de 1606 por el duque de Lerma, Francisco de Sandoval y Rojas. En la primera mitad del siglo  se construyó un nuevo edificio religioso sobre el anterior, conformando la actual basílica de Jesús de Medinaceli.

En la basílica se conserva una imagen de Jesús Nazareno —el Cristo de Medinaceli— que, alojada previamente en La Mamora (actual Mehdía) cuando la ciudad estaba en manos españolas, tras la toma de esta en 1681 por el sultán Mulay Ismaíl fue llevada a Mequinez, sin embargo sería recuperada en 1682 por trinitarios y traída al templo madrileño.

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Modeling of Data Transfer Process in Wireless Communication Channels
Received: Oct. 30, 2016; Accepted: Dec. 17, 2016; Published: Jan. 18, 2017
Оlga М. Kucheryava, Educational and Research Institute of Computer Information Technologies, National Aviation University, Kyiv, Ukraine
The paper examines the functioning process of wireless communication channel. Queuing system with requests of complex structure and dispatching is used as a mathematic model. The paper provides the algorithm of statistical modelling of the system. The modelling considers the peculiar character where each request consists of a random number of operations with a random continuance.
Queuing System, Multiple Demand, Embedded Markov Chain
Оlga М. Kucheryava, Modeling of Data Transfer Process in Wireless Communication Channels, American Journal of Mathematical and Computer Modelling. Vol. 2, No. 1, 2017, pp. 24-28. doi: 10.11648/j.ajmcm.20170201.14
Primachenko V. I., and Storchak K. P., and Makarenko A. O. Mathematical modelling of wireless telecommunication systems. Tenth International Scientific Conference "Modern challenges in telecommunications", Кiev, NTГГ "KPI", 2016, pp. 230-232. (in Ukrainian).
Konovalchuk Y. S., and Bespalov O. G., and Shelkovnikov B. M. "Simulation wireless system at a frequency of 240 GHz", Scientific notes Ukrainian Research Institute of Communications. 2015, №1, pp. 54-60. (in Ukrainian).
Dudykevych V., Mykytyn G., Rebets A., Banakh R., "System security model of wireless connection technologies: data encryption in WIMAX- systems". Proceedings of the National University "Lvivska Politechnica". Computer Systems and Networks. 2014, №806, pp. 49-56. (in Ukrainian).
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V. G. Olifer, and N. A. Olifer, Computer Networks: Principles, Technologies and Protocols. SPb, Piter, 2010, 916 p. (in Russian).
O. M. Dyshliuk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle control algorithm using single-server queue system with a stream of complex structure requests. International Scientific Conference "Modern trends in system programming", Кiev, NAU, 2013, P. 33. (in Ukrainian).
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Elena V. Koba, and Olga N. Dyshliuk, "Renewal type queues with a complex arrival process", Journal of Automation and Information Sciences, vol. 42, pp. 48–54, 2010.
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E. V. Koba, and I. N. Kovalenko "Ergodicity condition for a system with queueing and servicing of objects of complicated structure", Cybernetics and Systems Analysis, vol. 43, pp. 625–628, September 2007.
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Kovalenko I. N., and Koba E. V., and Dyshliuk O. N. "Periodic discrete-time one-channel GI/G/1 retrial queuing system with FCFS service discipline", Cybernetics and Systems Analysis, 2013, №4, pp. 578-583.


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Shanghai has moved to the second phase of lockdown as testing lines continue to build
By George A
Photo Credit: AP Photo/Chen Si
Approximately 16 million inhabitants of Shanghai are being tested for the coronavirus as part of the second stage of the lockdown, which was extended Friday to the western half of the country's largest metropolis and financial centre, Beijing.
The lockdowns on residents of Shanghai's eastern districts, who were meant to be freed from quarantine after four days, may be prolonged if further COVID-19 cases are discovered in their homes, according to authorities.
The lockdown in Shanghai, which will be carried out in two parts over eight days to allow for testing of the whole population, has shook global markets, which are concerned about the potential economic effect on the city. In March, according to a monthly survey released Thursday, China's manufacturing activity dropped to a five-month low due to factory lockdowns and other restrictions that prompted enterprises to halt operations.
Residents of Puxi, which is located on the west bank of the Huangpu River, which divides Shanghai, will be unable to leave their neighbourhoods or housing complexes for the next four days beginning Friday. Some complexes had their gates sealed from the outside, and food and meals were being transported to pickup points in other areas.
Residents were urged to report to designated testing sites, where they were met with long lines and waits of more than 90 minutes. Government workers and volunteers wearing full protective equipment went door-to-door with megaphones in the city of 26 million people, calling on residents to report for testing.
The National Health Commission of China said on Thursday that a further 1,787 domestic cases of COVID-19 had been detected, with 358 of them occurring in Shanghai. Another 5,442 people tested positive for the virus but did not get sick, including 4,144 people in Shanghai.
People who tested positive but did not show any signs of illness are being sent to temporary isolation facilities, which include gymnasiums and exhibition halls.
Several modes of public transportation have been halted, and highways have been shuttered, putting the typically busy city to a complete halt. While city residents are being advised to remain in their homes, airports and railway terminals remain open for business.
The shutdown shows China's continued devotion to its "zero-COVID" policy, despite the relaxation of restrictions in other parts of the world. was the first to be discovered
Some Chinese have criticised the regulations as being excessive, while there has been little open rebellion of the government's policies. In the midst of the clamour, Shanghai officials have admitted that they made mistakes in their management of the omicron variant's spike, which resulted in panic shopping that depleted store shelves of supplies.
A top Shanghai official, Ma Chunlei, said at a press conference on Thursday that the city had not prepared enough. "We truly acknowledge and accept the public's comments, and we are making every effort to make it better."
George Ahttps://thenationalera.com/
I cover Science topics for The National Era


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Immigration and children
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mac wrote:
NW and others keep claiming that they only hate "illegal" immigrants.
You can sit on your plate and eat at the same time, then you regurgitate.
"Hate"? And you accuse people, me being one, of putting words in your mouth, hypocrite.
F.O.!
mat-ty
NW and others keep claiming that they only hate "illegal" immigrants and defend the Trump administration's immigration policies. My contention that the Trump administration has been lawless in their approach has now been admitted by the administration as they settle a lawsuit that gives people seeking asylum another shot. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/09/13/settlement-reached-in-family-separation-cases-more-than-1000-rejected-asylum-seekers-to-get-second-chance-if-court-approves/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.285d603e50c3
Mean, lawless and incompetent. But beloved by the fringe.
That's right, we love the fact we finally have a President that will protect our border. The vast majority want our borders protected, hardly the fringe...
Location: Berkeley, California
nw30 wrote:
NW would have us believe that his use of the epithet "illegal immigrants" without distinguishing asylum speakers is a loving term. Tell me NW, does anyone believe it?
techno900
mac said:
Just so we are all correctly informed-------
FACT CHECK: Do Asylum-Seekers Have To Illegally Enter The US?
9:47 AM 06/20/2018
Emily Larsen | Fact Check Reporter
Attorney Rabia Chaudry said in a tweet Sunday that people must be in the U.S. in order to apply for asylum, and that asylum-seekers on the southern border have to figure out how to get inside.
Verdict: False
People may apply for asylum at U.S. ports of entry without illegally entering the country.
Fact Check:
The Trump administration has faced backlash after increased prosecution of illegal immigrants at the southwest border led to the separation of migrant families. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen clarified the administration's policies in several tweets Sunday, including its position on humanitarian protection in the form of asylum.
"If you are seeking asylum for your family, there is no reason to break the law and illegally cross between ports of entry," Nielsen said.
Chaudry, who gained notoriety after NPR's "Serial" series highlighted the case of her friend, Adnan Syed, responded to the tweet. "You cannot apply for asylum unless you are in the US. There is no visa allowing you to enter to apply for it. You have to figure out how to get inside to apply, ie crossing the border," she tweeted, and called Nielsen a "liar."
Individuals may apply for asylum at a port of entry without illegally entering the country. While the law allows people illegally in the U.S. to apply for asylum, they do not have to "figure out how to get inside" before applying.
"You may apply for asylum if you are at a port of entry or in the United States," the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services website states. "You may apply for asylum regardless of your immigration status and within one year of your arrival to the United States."
Nielsen reiterated at the White House press briefing Monday that asylum-seekers do not have to cross the border illegally. "You do not need to break the law of the United States to seek asylum," she said. "DHS is not separating families legitimately seeking asylum at ports of entry. If an adult enters at a port of entry and claims asylum, they will not face prosecution for illegal entry."
When an "asylum speakers" are caught sneaking across the border and only then claim asylum, they are illegal, but can still apply for asylum if it's within one year of their illegal entry.
http://checkyourfact.com/2018/06/20/fact-check-asylum-seekers-illegal-entry/
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The treatment of children is the theme of this thread, and the basis of my concern. On Friday night I helped celebrate the renaming of the school in my neighborhood to the Sylvia Mendez school. It is indeed all about protecting the rights of children--a concept lost or deliberately ignored by the Trump administration.
Sylvia Mendez was the subject of a lawsuit, Mendez v. Westminster, that challenged the Orange County city's practice of barring children of Mexican descent from the best public schools. http://sylviamendezinthemendezvswestminster.com/aboutus.html
She is still alive and was present at the ceremony. Because of the lawsuit, Sylvia and her sister went on to college--and contributed far more to society, including taxes, than they would have without a better education. This was the first case barring discrimination in schooling, and paved the way for Brown v. Board of Education, the more famous case that extended rights to African Americans. The unanimous decision of the Court of Appeals held:
By enforcing the segregation of school children of Mexican descent against their will and contrary to the laws of California, respondents have violated the federal law as provided in the Fourteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution by depriving them of liberty and property without due process of law and by denying to them the equal protection of the laws.
61 F.2d 774 (1947) WESTMINSTER SCHOOL DIST. OF ORANGE COUNTY et al. v. MENDEZ et al.
There is an interesting discussion of the rights of school children in the September 10 New Yorker that overlooks this case, but specifically deals with the efforts of some states like Texas to deny undocumented immigrant children a public education. The seminal case in this respect is Plyer v. Doe, was decided by the Supreme Court, in a decision that denying children an opportunity for a public education was a violation of the 14th amendment. From a summary of the case:
...the Court concluded that the Texas legislation violated the Equal Protection Clause. The Court explained that "education has a fundamental role in maintaining the fabric of our society" and "provides the basic tools by which individuals might lead economically productive lives to the benefit of us all." Further, while persuasive arguments support the view that a state may withhold benefits from people whose presence within the country is a result of unlawful conduct, the children of such illegal entrants "can affect neither their parents' conduct nor their own status," and "legislation directing the onus of a parent's misconduct against his children does not comport with fundamental conceptions of justice."
While the state has a legitimate interest in protecting itself from an influx of illegal immigrants, there was no evidence to suggest that any immigrants came to the country to avail themselves of a free education. Similarly, while the state has an interest in removing burdens on the state's ability to provide high-quality public education, there was no evidence that the exclusion of undocumented children was likely to improve the overall quality of education in Texas.
None of the children seized by the Trump administration have been allowed access to education. Hundreds are still separated and some are lost in the system.
The issue here is one that is fundamental to what conservatives used to support--Constitutional rights and freedoms. There is no apparent concern that denying young children, and often their parents, due process rights is antithetical to decades of conservative thinking.
You constantly denigrate anyone with a conservative bent on things here, using all your favorite "ism" labels , combined with the "hate" label, it's your M.O.
And yet you try to come off as some sort of intellectual liberal who knows the only truth.
Net result, you cancel yourself out with that M.O.,,,, along with Dean.
If this country was made up with nothing but macs and Deans, we would have been destroyed long ago, made into just another 3rd world remnant.
bluefish1
Linking Mac and Dean is like linking you and Matty. Not sure you want that NW.
NW, are you really this thick?
Net result, you cancel yourself out with that M.O.,,,, along with Dean
The conservative viewpoint used to be about minimizing government and maximizing personal liberties. The sad fact is that the conservative viewpoint is essentially dead within the GOP, as shown by the departure of George Will and his urging voters to vote for Democrats. As John Boehner has said, there is no Republican party any more, there is only the party of Trump.
During the Obama administration, there were legitimate criticisms of Obama's continuation of Bush surveillance and drone strikes. The FISA courts continued, and those of us who opposed those things were more than a bit discomfited. But Trump, and his apologists like Nunes, have taken those things to a new level. At its core, the idea of chanting "lock her up", particularly after 18 investigations, is a refutation of the rights of the accused and of due process. The rule of law and due process would be completely dead if Trump had his way.
In the current thread, the angry description of anyone crossing the border without papers as "illegals" fits neatly within this viewpoint. It is not merely that the term is pejorative and a dog whistle--every time your repeat it. It is that you can't tell who is in the country illegally without affording them due process. Even where parents have crossed the border illegally, with no legitimate asylum claim, their children have some rights. Certainly closing the ports of entry, separating children from their parents without due process, ignoring the court settlement under the Obama administration about how detainees were to be treated, all fall into the arena of authoritarianism, not protection of liberties or respect for due process.
You don't pen something thoughtful like Techno, to the effect that not all who cross can claim they are seeking asylum. It wasn't necessary to disagree with Techno--he made a valid point. You simply screech "illegals" at every opportunity.
True conservatives used to stand as a force against the abuses of government. Now those who call themselves conservatives stand as a force in favor of Trump's abuses of government. None of you are actually conservative. I do certainly denigrate people with no coherent viewpoint who hide their authoritarianism behind the term conservative.
"Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation"
Well techno900, the above tells us all more about your fact check article. Frankly, I'm surprised that you are fishing in that questionable pool for anything credible.
Posted before, but liberals will ignore.
IRS definition of Immigrant:
Immigrant:
An alien who has been granted the right by the USCIS to reside permanently in the United States and to work without restrictions in the United States. Such an individual is also known as a Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR). All immigrants are eventually issued a "green card" (USCIS Form I-551), which is the evidence of the alien's LPR status. LPR's who are awaiting the issuance of their green cards may bear an I-551 stamp in their foreign passports.
According to Webster:
Immigration definition is - an act or instance of immigrating; specifically : travel into a country for the purpose of permanent residence there.
Anyone with common sense would assume that illegally sneaking into the US is not the way to achieve permanent residence, at least by legal standards. Liberals will think differently.
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ARS to host disability employment awareness event by Emily Baccam | October 9, 2019 at 4:00 a.m.
National Disability Employment Awareness Month is set to be celebrated in Hot Springs at 10 a.m. Thursday in the lobby of the Arlington Resort Hotel & Spa with the Arkansas Rehabilitation Services Region 6 Business Recognition Reception.
At an event in Little Rock on Oct. 1, Gov. Asa Hutchinson proclaimed October as NDEAM in Arkansas. Texarkana held a similar event last week, and one is taking place in West Memphis today.
At Thursday's event, state Rep. Bruce Cozart, R-District 24, will present Hutchinson's proclamation, and Hot Springs Mayor Pat McCabe will also declare the day as "Disability Employment Awareness Day in Hot Springs."
ARS, a section of the Division of Workforce Services, is holding the event to "showcase employees with disabilities and the businesses that support them," according to a news release.
"What we're trying to do is ensure that our community as a whole looks upon individuals who have disabilities as those who have self-determination, independence, empowerment, and are included and integrated into the business of our community," ARS Business Engagement Representative Gretchen Hunt said Tuesday.
ARS Commissioner Alan McClain is scheduled to speak, and ARS Chief of Field Services Carl Daughtery, representatives from West Central Arkansas Development District Inc. and Arkansas Career Training Institute administration members, including Director Jonathan Bibb will also be attending.
"We are excited to see so many new avenues opening up in Arkansas and across the nation for individuals with disabilities to work with so many supportive employers," McClain in the release.
"Every day, we see the talent that individuals with disabilities add to our workforce, but this is the time of year when we want to spotlight their value to our state and our economy."
The Arlington will be awarded a certificate of recognition from ARS at the event for "servicing and employing people with disabilities," Hunt said.
"The Arlington has successfully employed people with disabilities for over 20 years, and they will be the first-ever ARS Region 6 business to win this. It has faithfully exhibited the things that our agency believes in and stands for. Because of that, we felt like they should receive recognition for that."
The event is free, open to the public, requires no reservation, and expects to see attendance of about 50, she said.
Thursday's event, like all other events this month in conjunction with NDEAM, have an overarching goal, according to Hunt.
"We want to replace the stigma that people with disabilities face with acceptance, and we want to replace ignorance with understanding. We want to make sure every individual is valued and that all people are given the opportunity to work with respect and dignity," she said.
This extends to the students and staff of ACTI, a number of which have been impacted by the program's shift to a nonresidential model.
"We are collaborating with ACTI, and we had a meeting with them and their representatives yesterday. As the business engagement coordinator, I'm going to be working with them and trying to get their people employed," Hunt said.
"We honestly are trying to get our people ready to work. And that's kind of our goal."
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Print Headline: ARS to host disability employment awareness event


Incorporated in 1985, Software Interphase has been providing custom programming services, electronic engineering services, and marketing services for a variety of products. Prior to 1985, the founder Don Lambert, has been a pioneer in the first commercial bulletin board system (Syslink, run on a TRS-80 with modified TRSDOS and Microsoft Level II Basic interpreter) that provided email and "filemail" to sister sites --- over 13 years before the Internet became commercial! The systems would link to each other (with a dial-up 300/1200 baud modem) in the early hours of the morning and exchange mail, public bulletins, and files.
In 1987, we provided a rich set of tools for programmers that offered communication and windowing in text-based DOS. We received a write-up in Byte magazine which effectively launched SII on the map. In the coming years before Windows became popular (pre Windows 3.0), we sold thousands of copies of QuickWindows and QuickComm for QuickBasic and C --- both products received the prestigeous awards from the readers of BasicPro magazine (now called Visual Studio). We toured the country along with Crescent Software (Ethan Winer), MicroHelp (Mark Novasoff), and other tool vendors. In addition, we provided other tools such as LiveWindows (real-time video capture and motion detection), Designer QuickWindows (screen layout and property editing tool for QuickWindows -- many ideas were "borrowed" by Microsoft when they created Visual Basic 1.0), Visual Librarian, and LiteSwitch.
In 1992, we turned our focus to Windows development and introduced Help Magician, the only stand-alone help authoring tool that didn't require Microsoft Word. Other tools such as Doc2Help and RoboHelp required Word. Through good promotion, glowing reviews, and customer satisfaction, Help Magician quickly became the number 2 help authoring tool with many distributors selling our product worldwide. It is estimated over 20,000 copies were sold between 1992 and 1998.
In 1998 we exited the help authoring market due to internal issues and developed a line of networkable computer control and monitoring modules (PicNet). In addition, we also developed TWOS, a truck weighing office system for Solid Waste Management (perfect for town transfer stations, landfills, quarries, etc). TWOS is currently in operation in several towns throughout Rhode Island and Connecticut.
In 2000, we developed a system for monitoring up to 16 firefighters' vital signs when they entered a burning building. We developed the hardware, the RF network protocol, firmware, and the Windows monitoring application (that ran on a rugged laptop). In addition we were working on a RF triangulation device to locate the firefighter inside a building.
In 2001, we developed a low-cost controlling device that would receive a standard flex paging signal and turn on/off up to 4 relays. This product was going to be used to help motorists unlock their car if they accidently left their keys inside. Unfortunately, the company that was bankrolling the development of this and the firefighter products went bankrupt when we were about 90% completed.
In 2004, we regained exclusive publishing rights to Help Magician and now it is available from SII with the level of support and service you've come to expect from a 20-year old company (we're celebrating our 20th year in business in 2005).