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Opinion|The Trump War on Public Schools
The Trump War on Public Schools
By Gail Collins
One of the most disturbing things about the Trump administration is its antipathy toward public schools.
Perhaps you remember the president's mini-rant in his inaugural speech about an "education system flush with cash but which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of all knowledge."
Well, Trump's choice for secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, is responsible for Michigan's charter school boom, which currently costs the state about $1.1 billion a year. A 2014 investigation by The Detroit Free Press found myriad examples of "wasteful spending and double-dipping." Thanks in large part to DeVos's lobbying in the Legislature, there's virtually no oversight. So much for the young and beautiful students.
Take that for a rant.
DeVos is stupendously rich, and a longtime crusader for charters, vouchers and using federal funds for religious education. She was once the Michigan Republican state chairwoman, a fact completely unconnected to the $200 million or so her family has donated to the party. She's used all that clout to make Michigan a model of how not to improve public education.
Betsy DeVos at her confirmation hearing.CreditAl Drago/The New York Times
"I'm amazed at how many people on the street are saying, 'Please, don't let her be in charge of education,' " said Senator Patty Murray, the ranking Democrat on the committee that's considering DeVos's nomination, which is adorably called Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP). It's not particularly astonishing that a Democratic senator would hear complaints about a Republican president's nominees. But it is sort of remarkable how much ire, wrath and terror this particular one is causing. You'd expect everybody would be focused on the proposed budget director who wants to cut Social Security and failed to pay taxes on his babysitter's salary.
The committee is scheduled to vote Tuesday on the nomination. So far there's not much sign of Republican defections, even though DeVos's appearance before it was a disaster. The chairman, Lamar Alexander, desperately tried to throw himself in front of the train wreck. But it was hopeless, even before DeVos said that guns in school might be necessary "to protect from potential grizzlies."
Poor Senator Alexander, who was once secretary of education himself, has an excellent reputation for bipartisanship. But there he was, limiting his members to five minutes worth of questions each and refusing to allow a second round.
In the short time allotted, the committee did manage to learn that DeVos doesn't understand federal laws on educating disabled students and that in all her years working on school reform in Detroit, she has never asked any public school principals whether they had enough resources.
We have two problems here. One is that DeVos is obviously unqualified. While it was nice to learn that she "mentors students," that's not really a great preparation for running a 4,400-employee organization with a $68 billion budget. She has never actually worked in a school system or managed a large institution — she and her husband became billionaires through the old-fashioned strategy of having stupendously rich parents.
DeVos's big selling point for Republicans is her manic devotion to charter schools. There are, of course, some great charters around the country. But there are also some terrible ones, and she is deeply unenthusiastic about any system that would weed out the losers.
This would be the second problem.
DeVos seems to be a particularly big fan of for-profit schools. There's nothing more disturbing about the school-choice movement than its infatuation with private enterprise. Running schools like a business (and, of course, driving away the teachers unions) is supposed to create more efficiency. But mainly, it creates more income for management. About 80 percent of the charters in the Michigan system are for-profit, and The Free Press investigation found that the charters were generally spending more on administration and less on the classroom than traditional districts.
The DeVos family has invested in a company called K12, which runs online charters and has a history of wooing urban parents by suggesting that their kids will be safer going to school in the living room. The Walton Family Foundation, a huge supporter of school choice in general, funded a recent study which determined that if the virtual charters were grouped together as a single school district, "it would be the ninth-largest in the country and among the worst performing."
At the hearing, Senator Tim Kaine (wow, seems like a long time since we were thinking about Tim Kaine) asked whether DeVos would insist upon "equal accountability" for all schools that receive federal funding "whether public, public charter or private."
"I support accountability," said the nominee. This went on for some time, but she just would not go for that "equal."
Finally, Kaine volunteered that he thought all schools that receive taxpayer funding should be equally accountable, and he asked if DeVos agreed.
"Well, no," she replied.
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A: The text-align property is only used in cases where the length of the child element is less than the width of the parent (or containing element). If the length of the child element is wider than its parent / containing element then the text-align property isn't used. I get what you are trying to do with text-align: justify, but it doesn't work in this case as the paragraph elements lengths are actually extending past the 200px that you set for the container element.
So, in order to vertically align them, you just need to set a width and add it to the .text class.
Adding
width: 180px to your .text class should do the trick to set a width for the paragraph elements which will get it much closer.
However you'll still have the odd instance where they cut off at different characters and they won't align exactly as you expect, so you can do the below, which is a bit more tricky as you'll have to add a wrapper to each of the paragraph elements. It can potentially look a bit naff, but this would be how you do it:

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Up to you which of those you use though :)

A: I think it's possible with css tricks.

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But with this method, if 'text' is smaller than 'container' it looks weird, so apply'::after' to a specific class.
For example,'.overflow::after' and apply the 'overflow' class when 'text' is larger than 'container' via JavaScript.

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El FC Abdish-Ata Kant es un equipo de fútbol con sede en la ciudad de Kant, cercana a la capital Biskek en Kirguistán, el club milita en la Liga de fútbol de Kirguistán, la liga de fútbol más importante del país.

Historia
Son el único equipo en la historia del fútbol a aparecer en seis finales de Copa consecutivas y perder todas ellas. También son uno de los dos clubes más importantes del mundo para bajar los 7 finales nacionales de copa que asistieron sin ganar una copa nunca. Su nombre significa la juventud de oro blanco de Kara-Suu, Kara-Suu significa agua negro.

El equipo fue disuelto en el año 2005 por problemas financieros, pero regresó con su nombre actual. Ha sido campeón de Copa 5 veces.

A nivel internacional ha participado en 1 torneo continental, en la Copa de Clubes de Asia del año 1995, donde fue eliminado en la Ronda Clasificatoria.

Palmarés
 Liga de fútbol de Kirguistán: 1
 Campeón en 2022
 Subcampeón en 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

 Copa de Kirguistán: 5
 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2022

 AFC Champions League: 1 participación
2003: Qualifying West - 2. Ronda

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Career stats by KLISF Perfil en klisf.info
 Equipo Abdish-Ata 2013

Equipos de fútbol de Kirguistán
Equipos de fútbol fundados en 1992
Kirguistán en 1992
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In 1980, 131,000 librarians were employed in the nation's 43,600 libraries; the study estimates that in 1985, the number will increase to 138,000 and will remain the same in 1990.
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Anyone who thinks politicians are the sole problem of Nigeria is not discerning enough. A discerning mind would realize that the politicians, in many instances, are symptoms of what ails Nigeria, which is a perverted clergy across creeds.
Nigeria is plagued by too many clergymen who are addicted to living lives of opulence that openly conflict with the earthly sojourn of the founding prophets of the faiths. Only such carnal disposition will embolden the overseer of a church to validate the fake news about President Muhammadu Buhari being a clone to millions of his followers.
This desire to be earthly kings, in sharp contrast to their own admonition to their followers to only be expectant of heavenly rewards, has created first class scam artists that blaspheme against the very doctrine enshrined in the testaments by which they rate others.
Of course, any attempt at censuring the misdeeds of these clergy is immediately condemned as challenging God: the followers of some of these clergymen are quick to point out "judge not" or "touch not my anointed" without a memory of what portion of the scriptures confers such immunity on a General Overseer or "Daddy GO".
In response to this article, which will take the Supremo of Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, to task over his perversion of the Christian faith and doctrine, the expected reaction is for his members to invoke curses. But there is adequate provision for them.
The Bible says in Proverbs 26:2 ESV "Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a curse that is causeless does not alight" (or in the Contemporary English Version "A curse you don't deserve will take wings and fly away like a sparrow or a swallow).
That said, it is time to address the role Oyedepo thinks Nigerians expect of him in the run up to the 2019 General Elections. He has taken it upon himself to be the sole delegate who will decide who becomes Nigeria's President by May 29 of next year given his recent outings, utterances and missteps.
It is fair to make a disclaimer at this point that other clergymen have commented on the political process and Oyedepo is not in their leagues – there are those who make emergency prophecies after buying intelligence report from security operatives, there are those who enjoy the attention they get from being controversial and there are a few respected clergymen that are known to constantly make social-political interventions that are borne out of their being divinely led to so do. The Papa of Winners' Chapel is not one of them.
A major indicator that Bishop Oyedepo is losing the plot first came when he escorted the People's Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to receive the absolution and the blessings of former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Otta, Ogun state.
Kitted like a pupil of a Madrassa, one can easily deduce from his body language that he was eager for the photo-op with his "incoming president" assuming Nigerians are dumb enough to allow that.
A backlash from Nigerians saw him walking back that endorsement by claiming he was on a peacemaking mission, which left us wondering why his peacemaking mission did not berth in Plateau, Taraba or Kaduna state where ethnic strife claims lives regularly.
Some smart online commentators later identified Bishop Oyedepo, Atiku Abubakar and Obasanjo as using the so called reconciliatory meeting as a cover for them to meet as private universities owners who are smarting from the impact of the anti-corruption war.
Interestingly, Bishop Oyedepo smarts from more than just that. His jet setting lifestyle took a hit with the fiscal policies of the Buhari government, which saw no sense in allowing him to park his private jets at any federal government owned airport for free, a decision reported to have compelled him to find alternate arrangement for his aircrafts, as many as four by some counts. The same government stopped the duty waiver the Bishop's many businesses enjoyed under the PDP government.
Even more grating for him is the sharp dip in the revenue of his church on account of what he told his congregation was "hardship in the land". In reality, his members are no longer able to fill the offering boxes with money because they are facing the reality of an end to slush funds as imposed by the anti-corruption war.
A lot of them have suddenly realized that to live within their actual means they must make adjustments, which they did and the amount going to the church was reduced. The implication? Bishop now finds it increasingly tougher to maintain his lifestyle.
His tantrums are therefore understandable. He began the tantrum before his photo-op stunt when he told his congregation to vote against President Buhari and support Atiku. His justification is that there is hardship in the land and people are no longer enjoying like they did under the PDP government.
Of course it makes sense since many of Winners Chapel's members were part of the PDP government at senior levels an some of the nation's stolen funds can be traced to that worship place in form of offering, donations, pledges and tithe.
Now PDP, whose flag is flown by Atiku, wants to get back to the Presidential Villa and they have a worthy campaign director in Bishop Oyedepo. Like other PDP chieftains, his strategy includes blackmail, manipulating facts and hyping fake news to bestow credibility on lies.
This explains why he was able to abuse the sacredness of his position as a clergyman to propagate the fallacy of "Jubril from Sudan" who some halfwits separatist leader claimed has replaced President Buhari in the Villa.
The sad part is that Bishop Oyedepo, as a clergyman, did not quote from the infallible scriptures to support his outrageous claim. He quoted from a newspaper! A newspaper quoted from the pulpit by a clergyman in place of the Bible and his hypnotized shouted hallelujah to the claim that "Jubril from Sudan" has been cloned to replace President Buhari.
That the Bishop can blaspheme God on this scale is no longer surprising, it is a trade he has perfected. What is sad is the millions of people that he has hypnotized into following what is daily becoming apparent to be false doctrine and false worship, scriptures taken from the back page of the Nation newspaper or any other paper, vision as revealed by Atiku and PDP.
But even to those that operate from the shrine, reality is setting in. This is a clone of the Bishop whose words once turned men from the path of iniquity unto righteousness.
The point at which the real Bishop David Oyedepo was hijacked and cloned into a corruption supporting bigot is something that the spirit should reveal to the discerning among us so that we can go in search of the original.
Perchance like President Buhari the real Bishop would be able to confirm to the world that he is not a clone.
Rev. Kunle Yomi is founder, Christ the King Pentecostal Assembly, Lagos.


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Why are people so worried about 2019-nCoV? [closed]
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EDIT: After reading the comments and learning more about the current outbreak, I see that the premise of my question is incorrect. I mistakenly believed that the virus' mortality rate was around the same as that of the flu, when in fact it's much higher.
My understanding is that the virus' mortality rate is around 2%, which is similar to the flu. It's less deadly than SARS.
So why are people so worried, and why are governments going to such extreme measures to prevent it from spreading? My guesses are:
We don't know enough about the long-term effects of the virus, so better safe than sorry
The economic and social disruption caused by robust measures (e.g., quarantining) costs less than letting a new disease become pandemic, even if it isn't particularly deadly
Mass hysteria fueled by the media and misinformation
Governments feeling like they have to appear responsive to popular concern lest they seem lazy
This virus affects more developed parts of the world, so it's more visible
The Chinese government's over-the-top, authoritarian, "only in China"-style measures have left everyone in such awe that they think, "this must be really serious!" (When in fact the government's real intention is perhaps to cover up how badly they botched their initial handling of the outbreak.)
As for one's chances of coming into contact with the virus, the total number of confirmed cases in the world as of writing is around 80k. Let's say that the true number is double that, or 160,000. That's still only ~1.5% of the population of Wuhan, the city where the initial outbreak occurred. Why should anyone be in the slightest bit concerned about going for a stroll down the main street?
I'm not an expert in public health or medicine. It would be great to hear an expert's take on this question!
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This seems like a discussion you want to ave. Discussions are better suited to forums than on Q&A sites such as SE.
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A 2% mortality rate is comparable to that from the 1918 flu pandemic. In a normal flu season, the mortality rate is one to three orders of magnitude lower.
From the CDC site ( for US): there are 9 to 45 million cases of flu causing 12,000 to 61,000 deaths in US each year.
– blacksmith37
The danger posed to society from this disease doesn't come from the mortality rate, rather from the potential to make large fraction of the population ill. Unlike the flu virus, this virus is a new virus to which we have no immunity.
About 10% of the infected people requires hospital treatment, which is a lot higher than in case of flu. The death rate of the order of 1% is achieved thanks to excellent hospital treatment. With a far larger fraction of the population infected with this virus compared to the flu and a far larger fraction of the infected people requiring hospital treatment compared to flu, the available hospital capacity to give everyone the treatment they need can be easily exhausted. The death rate due to the virus will then increase.
Also, people who need treatment for other reasons can then also fail to get prompt medical attention. People suffering a heart attack who would have survived under normal circumstances thanks to getting prompt medical attention, may now end up dying too.
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"this virus is a new virus to which we have no immunity" -- Says who? Coronavirus is hardly a new virus. It's responsible for about 10-12% of all common colds so it's quite possible there's some degree of cross-immunity between strains in some people.
– Carey Gregory ♦
If we compare Covid19 to SARS or MERS - COVID19 seems to have a R0 slightly higher than SARS but lower than MERS. From various sources it appears that COVID-19 could be between 2 and 7, so compariable to diseases such as mumps and diphtheria in spread. Infection fatality rates vary wildly right now as the sample size is very small, but from 0.2% up to 18% (18% for early stage Hubei province infections).
Comparisons to other diseases:-Wiki-herd immunity - I wanted to paste the table in here, but SE doesn't seem to support the MD table format
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http://currents.plos.org/outbreaks/index.html%3Fp=40801.html
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/2/19-0697_article
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/23-01-2020-statement-on-the-meeting-of-the-international-health-regulations-(2005)-emergency-committee-regarding-the-outbreak-of-novel-coronavirus-(2019-ncov)
But IMO the primary difference is that SARS and MERS occured before large-scale social-media monetization.. So there was little to gain by media/social media doing a major panic..
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Where are you getting those comparison R0s from? MERS has a much lower R0 in most sources I am aware of.
– Bryan Krause
@BryanKrause got a range of 0.45 to 8.1 from wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/2/19-0697_article also useful is currents.plos.org/outbreaks/index.html%3Fp=40801.html
– baradhili
If the range is 0.45 to 8.1, and especially because the typical range for MERS is <1.0, outside of a couple particular outbreaks, it doesn't seem to make sense to call "2 to 7" less than "0.45 to 8.1".
True Bryan, but since the question was around the hyperbole around infections - I figured I should take the maximum reported values..
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Tonkawa. Waco and Tonkawa Indians and a host of others that called Texas home for a while typically because they either left the reservations or never went in the first place.
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USIP prediction on 2019 and Shehu Sani's reactions
By Isaac Atuluku
The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) has in line with its mandate to promote conflict resolution and conflict prevention worldwide conducted a research on the forthcoming general election in Nigeria with a view to identifying flash points and likely areas of conflicts.
But based on its interactions with Nigerians in the course of the research the institute noted that there's every indication that the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, President Muhammad Buhari is likely to win the 2019 presidential elections.
Anybody going through the report will see that it covered a wide range of its mandate using the basic tools of research to arrive at the conclusion.
Which means that any organization or individual can either rely on the conclusions to garner further evidences on the topic or if there's a disagreement with the findings follow the logical sequences of the facts evinced to counter such claims.
Since the release of the report by the well respected organization however not a single individual or agency has faulted the document either in its summation or in the methodology used.
Even the major opposition political party in Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, which ordinarily should have been discomfited by such findings has not said anything by way of disagreeing with the report.
This is because there is actually not much to disagree with.
Surprisingly however, it was Senator Shehu Sani, the senator representing Kaduna Central senatorial zone who has attempted to sneer at the report albeit not directly.
Since there wasn't much to say to interrogate the credibility and the surmise of the report, Shehu Sani resorted to casuistry by deviating from the message to casting aspersions on the messenger.
The senator in his twitter handle wrote in response to the report that the US peace institute should help in working for peace instead of predicting likely outcome of elections.
Said he: "US peace institute should help in working for peace in our troubled spots or 'predicting peace' in our crisis ridden towns and villages, instead of playing the soothsayer by predicting election results."
This comment coming from a purported champion of democracy leaves a sour taste in the mouth that one begins to wonder what has become of the pro-democracy credentials of the senator.
No doubt The United States Institute of Peace was established to promote conflict resolution and conflict prevention worldwide.
But it is also saddled with the responsibility of providing research, analysis, and training to individuals in diplomacy, mediation, and other peace-building measures.
As part of its activities in Nigeria, the body has been able to identify flash points and has worked in various communities in Kaduna State and in the Niger Delta regions to achieve peace.
Of particular importance is its intervention in the Ashafa and Wuyeo communities which helped to restore calm & conciliation to the city of Kaduna which experienced serious violence following the 2011 presidential elections.
If senator Sani had bothered to look at the entire report rather than responding to a tiny aspect of the document, he would have seen that the research was never embarked on to predict the outcome of the 2019 elections as he wants to put it, but to feel the pulse of the average Nigerian over an issue considered as most sensitive to his socio-economic pursuits and his likely reaction.
The USIP report for instance noted that there is a greater chance of the occurrence of election violence in 2019, listing Adamawa, Anambra, Ekiti, Kaduna, Kano, Lagos, Plateau, Rivers as the eight of 36 states with greater risks of election violence.
The report also noted that "Of all the state's institutions, most respondents felt that peaceful elections in 2019 are contingent on the performance of Nigeria's electoral commission, INEC.
It said, "Given the relative success of the 2015 elections, they felt that INEC ought to be able to deliver credible elections again in 2019. They feared, however, that any regression from the level of performance achieved in 2015 could lead to violence because some would view the failings not as a result of incompetence but as deliberate attempts to frustrate the will of the voters.
In view of this, USIP recommended that INEC should at least match the standards it set in 2015, as any regression could set the stage for violence.
"Yet, while the potential for election violence exists, there are signs of hope. Some states have developed successful election conflict-mitigation practices. In the short amount of time remaining, INEC and the police should undertake a number of key reforms," it said.
Not stopping at suggesting internal mechanisms for attaining peace after the elections, the organization recommended that the United States, along with other international supporters of the electoral process, should also intensify their efforts to reinforce the work of these key Nigerian institutions.
How all these could skip the eye of the senator or how they can be interpreted as not bordering on its key mandate of attaining peace beats the imagination.
The institute has done what every lover of peace and democracy should be proud of.
It is therefore mischievous for anybody commenting on the work of USIP to gloss over these high recommendations on peace and focus on just one aspect that seem to hurt his political sensibilities.
The USIP has not abandoned its responsibility of peace building in any way by adding a prediction on the likely outcome of the 2019 presidential elections in its report, it is those that choose to look at the report with partisan eyes that miss the fine points about it.
Atuluku is a researcher at the University of Edinburgh and wrote from the United Kingdom.


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Ann Vandersteel calls on the MAGA movement to focus on fighting the Deep State – Brighteon.TV
Ann Vandersteel called on some prominent members of the MAGA movement to stop the infighting and remember that the real enemy is not each other, but the operatives of the Deep State.
Vandersteel made her plea during the Nov. 29 episode of her program "Steel Truth" on Brighteon.TV.
Some of the most prominent members of the MAGA movement that are currently infighting include attorneys Lin Wood and Sidney Powell and retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn. They have all done a lot of great work promoting former President Donald Trump's claims of widespread voter fraud during the 2020 election.
Wood and Powell have both filed multiple election challenge lawsuits on behalf of Trump and his campaign. (Related: Mike Lindell to file a case before the Supreme Court to save the 2020 election – Brighteon.TV.)
But in late November, Wood claimed that he is "at war" with Powell and Flynn. Wood said he believed Powell, Flynn and many others involved with the MAGA and "Stop the Steal" movements are just grifters trying to make a profit.
"After doing the research and connecting the dots, I have reached the conclusion that the Stop the Steal organization is a Deep State organization to raise money for purposes other than to FIX 2020," wrote Wood on his channel in the messaging app Telegram. Wood later directed his ire at Flynn by questioning his loyalty to Trump.
"What does Mike Flynn think of President Trump? Is he fighting for Trump or has he given up on Trump? Does Mike Flynn have aspirations to run for president himself in 2024? Does Mike Flynn really want to FIX 2020 or does he want us to remain captives to a rigged election system that might benefit him in the future," wrote Wood.
Wood then later suggested that Flynn was working with the Deep State to sabotage the ongoing audits of the 2020 election results in battleground states like Arizona. In doing so, Flynn would have helped the audits fail and discouraged many of Trump's supporters from trying to overturn the results of the election.
But in a follow-up post, Wood seemed to dial back his accusations against Flynn. He said that the divisions within the movement "present a challenging situation at a critical time period in our nation's history."
The attorney then publicly extended an invitation for Flynn to meet him in private so that they can resolve their differences peacefully.
Infighting might have been orchestrated by the Deep State
Vandersteel pointed out that the Deep State has been relentless in its attacks against the MAGA movement. While prominent members of the movement were preparing to fight for former President Donald Trump's right to return to the White House, the Deep State was busy distracting and placing obstacles in their path.
These obstacles include the new post-vaccine omicron variant of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) bioweapon and the start of Ghislaine Maxwell's trial.
"We've sadly witnessed in horror as many of our heroes in this seemingly unending fight to save our republic spiraled into a war of words, accusations and veiled threats," said Vandersteel.
She was concerned that this infighting would "shake the very foundations of our movement while we gave thanks to the very same who contributed to the fight and exposing and defeating the enemies, both foreign and domestic."
"These enemies who have engaged in unrestricted fifth-dimensional warfare to destroy America and deliver her into the fold of the New World Order. A family feud with Lin Wood, Mike Flynn … and the war of words and innuendo has shaken the MAGA movement," Vandersteel said. "But you know what? Families do fight sometimes, and there's truth in there somewhere."
She hoped this will not distract from the true goal of ushering Trump back into the White House.
"We are still on the mission of election integrity despite everything else going on. At the end of the day, if we don't get that right, then these fights don't even matter. I know you all can agree on that."
Vandersteel has a lot more to say regarding the infighting among the prominent members of the MAGA movement. Watch the full Nov. 29 episode of "Steel Truth" with Ann Vandersteel, featuring guests Josh Yoder, Dr. Richard Bartlett, Brian Weinstein and Joe Oltmann here:
"Steel Truth" with Ann Vandersteel airs from Monday to Friday at 8-10 p.m. on Brighteon.TV.
Learn more about the machinations of the Deep State by reading the latest articles at DeepState.news.
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United Kingdom

See also
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An Overview of Mental Health in DeSoto, Texas
Along with Duncanville, Lancaster, and Cedar Hill, DeSoto, Texas, is one of the four suburbs of Dallas that make up the Best Southwest area. Its current population is estimated at 53,525, which represents growth of approximately 9% compared to 49,043 in the 2010 census.
DeSoto is one of the oldest communities in North Texas, having been first settled in 1847. It was named after a dedicated doctor in the original settlement named Thomas Hernando DeSoto Stewart.
A majority of DeSoto residents, 68.3%, identify as African American. Latinos represent the second most populous ethnic group at 17.5%, followed by Caucasians at 12.4%. Females slightly outnumber males at 53.8%, and the median age of DeSoto residents is 39.8, about five years more than the median for Texas.
Economics and Education in DeSoto
DeSoto is a fairly wealthy city. At approximately 11%, the poverty rate is on par with that for the entire country. The median household income of $64,575 exceeds that of the Dallas-Fort Worth area and the country as a whole. However, there are racial and ethnic disparities. African Americans are the largest ethnicity to live in poverty by a large margin, nearly twice that of Caucasians, which are the second-largest minority to live in poverty.
When it comes to education, 28.1% of the population holds at least a bachelor's degree, while 89.8% have a high school diploma. These statistics are nearly equivalent with the national figures.
Divorce in DeSoto
A split from one's spouse can represent a significant stressor that can negatively affect one's mental health. The divorce rate in Dallas County is among the highest in the state. For every 1,000 county residents, there are anywhere from 4.4 divorces to 5.7 on a yearly basis. Though there are not city-specific divorce data for DeSoto, the percentage of southwest Dallas County adults who are either divorced or separated is very high at 13.97%.
Additional Factors Affecting Mental Health in DeSoto
The biggest factors that may affect mental health in DeSoto are probably those related to health and safety.
The crime rate in DeSoto is 12% higher than the U.S. average and 3% higher than the statewide average for Texas. There is a rate of 3,085 total crimes committed for every 100,000 people in Texas, approximately 400 of which are violent crimes.
Though the rate of motor vehicle crashes in Dallas County is fairly low, there is a moderately high number of driving deaths specifically due to alcohol impairment, approximately 34%.
Sexually transmitted infections are prevalent in Dallas County. In 2018, there were 649 infections per 100,000 people. On a yearly basis, there are a moderate number of new HIV diagnoses made; 798 per 100,000 in 2018. These statistics have held fairly steady over a five-year period.
Economic Factors
Despite a high median income and low poverty rate, some people in DeSoto struggle financially. In 2018, a moderately high 18.2% of the population of Dallas County experienced food insecurity, although there was no community-level information available. Therefore, the actual prevalence in DeSoto proper may have been lower.
Access to Mental Health Services in DeSoto
At the state level, the number of people with mental illness receiving treatment is a moderately low 38.4%. Cost may be a factor, as 17.9% of adults in Texas hadn't seen any doctor in the preceding year in 2016 due to cost. However, it may also be that there is a relative shortage of mental health providers in the area. For every one mental health provider in Texas, there are approximately 1,012 potential patients. It is worth nothing that this has improved since 2013 from a ratio of 1,797 to one.
Following reports of serious lapses in patient care, the federal government made a systems improvement agreement with Dallas Behavioral Healthcare Hospital in DeSoto. The agreement gives the government oversight over the facility with a team of independent consultants working to bring the facility back into compliance. In return, the hospital gets to keep its Medicare funding.
Available Mental Health Resources in DeSoto
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DeSoto Police Department: 972-223-6111 (or 911 for emergencies)
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
Hickory Trail Hospital Behavioral Health Services: 972-298-7323
Suicide and Crisis Center of North Texas: 214-828-1000
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After a tumultuous 2016 season in Los Angeles that finished with him as interim head coach, John Fassel could have easily looked elsewhere for 2017. Instead, he's said, there wasn't any other place he wanted to be.
Fassel and new head coach Sean McVay reportedly had a quick and easy discussion that kept the special teams coordinator around for what will be his sixth season with the Rams.
"He said he wants to keep me around — and that's all I needed to know," Fassel told the Los Angeles Times in January. "I said, 'I want to be here, so I appreciate it.'"
In an interview with therams.com, Fassel said he first met McVay the day of the head coach's introductory press conference at the team facility in Thousand Oaks. And even then, Fassel could feel a good sense of chemistry.
"The first time I met him was the day he got introduced as the head coach, so we bumped into each other in the hallway and were high-fiving, and hugging, and it's almost like we had coached together and known each other for years," Fassel said. "So it was kind of just like, spontaneous combustion and then here we go. So it was fun right off the bat. And it's been a great couple of weeks so far."
While Fassel said he can see how being a familiar face to many players could be beneficial, he's also taking 2017 as a fresh start.
"I also feel like I'm new, which is kind of cool. I feel like I'm coming into a new team because it's a new staff and there are going to be some new players," Fassel said. "But the relationships I have with the players is just so important to me, and I'm glad I get to keep that with a lot of the guys."
So much so that Fassel gave credit to many of those players for the fact that he was asked to stay on.
"I've reached out to a lot of guys and thanked them for their professionalism, work ethic, and success because, you know, if the players play good, then usually coaches have the opportunity to stay — let's face it," Fassel said. "So I was very grateful for those guys for really giving me the opportunity to stay as well as coach."
With the myriad experiences Fassel had as a coach and person in 2016, he said it's hard to boil it down to one overarching lesson. But stepping in as the club's interim head coach was clearly among his most meaningful experiences.
"That was like a whole new world that opened up to me that [taught me to] be prepared for the unexpected," Fassel said. "If you're not really sure how to do something, figure it out really fast. So, there's not one thing I can pinpoint that I can say, 'That's what I learned.' It's just a whole hodgepodge, potpourri of stuff that kind of came at me fast. And It was a great experience for me. I'm super grateful for it, and I think I'm a better coach for it."


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This DAM Guru Program member webinar provides DAM metadata geeks and techies with an overview of how digital asset management can benefit from Semantic Web concepts, and how real life DAM projects are already using them.
The Semantic Web, hyped a decade ago and long declared dead by many, has sneaked into everyday Web technology in the form of Linked Data, knowledge graphs and initiatives like schema.org.
Join Demian, Margaret and Tim as they offer attendees a better understanding of the various ways Semantic Web concepts relate to Digital Asset Management. They will highlight how to benefit from Linked Data using the DAM system you already have. Find out how existing DAM systems can evolve once they incorporate the fundamentals of Semantic Web.
Demian Hess and Margaret Warren have been DAM Guru Program members since April 2015 and Tim Strehle has been a DAM Guru member since March 2013. Connect with them on LinkedIn.
Q: Are there any live/public examples of organizations that are succeeding in this currently? Comment: When you make use of external vocabularies you need to able to trust them. The definition you used to annotate an image may change over time and no longer reflect the meaning at the time of the annotation. You should also be sure that the URI is persistent.
A: It's less of a problem with external metadata schemas – most of us are using them all the time (Dublin Core, IPTC standards etc.). But vocabularies are typically much larger in volume, leave more room for ambiguity and are more volatile. It comes down to trust: Can you trust Wikipedia or Geonames as much as old-time librarians trusted the Library of Congress Classification or the Dewey Decimal Classification? Still, Wikipedia or Geonames data shows up in all kinds of apps and Web sites. This kind of large-scale vocabularies (which you couldn't possibly build up by yourself) is definitely useful even if you factor in the occasional data glitch. For smaller vocabularies where you have the choice to build your own, evaluate how likely the organization behind it is going to supported and extend it over time. Still, if you made the wrong choice, you can re-map the URIs to something else.
Q: Could you give an example of how a triple store/graph db might interact with a DAMS?
A: I think the easiest way would be similar to how DAM systems already interoperate with PIM (product information management) software: The triple store would be a fully separate, stand-alone system, but with links into the DAM, or from the DAM into the triple store (or two-way links). Information that's hard to model within the DAM – complex rights management, ontologies, or factual information – would live in the triple store. The DAM system would have to be tweaked to include information from the triple store when indexing asset metadata (so it can be used for searches within the DAM), and to display it along with regular asset metadata.
It would be way more work for the DAM vendor, but a clever move (in my opinion) to embed a triple store or graph database directly into the DAM software. The power of linked data would be available to all asset metadata, and it would be seamlessly integrated.
See also my blog post It's content, not just DAM metadata.
Q. How can we use public vocabularies in a DAM?
1) Assuming you have an existing private vocabulary, you can enhance it by adding public vocabulary URIs to some or all of the terms.
2) You can fully copy a public vocabulary into your DAM system, and make sure to keep the URI for each term. For example, you can download and import the IPTC Media Topics Pros: You can use the vocabulary just as you use your private vocabularies, and it should work with your existing DAM system without any changes to the software. Cons: Keeping up with changes in the public vocabulary can be tedious, and might not be suitable for very large vocabularies.
3) You DAM system software gets extended to fully support live remote vocabularies. It can then query a remote API whenever the user searches for a term. I think Margaret showed this to some extent in her screenshots. Rather complicated, but may make sense for large or frequently changing vocabularies. Maybe there's some hybrid solutions as well.
Q. Are there any live/public examples of organizations that are succeeding in this currently?
Comment: When you make use of external vocabularies you need to able to trust them. The definition you used to annotate an image may change over time and no longer reflect the meaning at the time of the annotation. You should also be sure that the URI is persistent.
Interesting question about the semantic web and machine based tagging. I will take a stab at that one. The workflows can definitely be made to work with one another, but it does require some re-thinking. What the semantic web can do is extremely deep, rich annotating, retaining historically pertinent information and digital provenance with an image, while machine tagging is getting better – literally – *every day* at classifying based on the objects the machine learns to recognize.
Until recently, machines were (generally) good at recognizing birds, but perhaps not quite so good at knowing the difference between an osprey and a seagull. This may even be un-true as I type this! Improvement is happening so rapidly in this area. But machines still struggle with unconventional or abstract points of view of objects; close-ups, multi-layered objects in the foreground and background, or highly conceptual images that aren't necessarily depicting an ordinary scene. So keeping humans in the loop for this kind of annotation would be extremely valuable.
There are number of groups working on using both technologies, including myself at the website above. A machine-learning API makes suggestions for tags that can then be used as part of a semantic annotation (a triple) using a variety of vocabularies including LIO to make even clearer distinctions of how the object is related to the keyword (in the form of structured data) that the machine could then re-use for better classification. It's a really exciting and challenging area of innovation to be working on.
At the end of yesterday's webinar, I started to mention a presentation by Jim Hendler, an artificial intelligence researcher at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA, and one of the originators of the Semantic Web. This presentation was recently given at the OWLED event co-located with the 2015 Innternational Semantic Web Conference; http://www.slideshare.net/jahendler/on-beyond-owl-challenges-for-ontologies-on-the-web – for anyone wanting to dive deeper into this topic.
Q. Does Semantic Web tech make machine-based tagging easier or more complicated?
Q. Could you give an example of how a triple store/graph db might interact with a DAMS?
If any of the three panelists could take a shot at these, that would be great.
RDF supports 'literals' – text strings as values – which can have attached language tags, and of course IRIs (the current replacement for URIs) can use full Unicode, so allow non-Western language conventions. So yes, in these senses RDF supports multiple languages. It might be more accurate to say that RDF is language-neutral, in fact.
I think there was another question coming up that we didn't have time to answer, about whether RDF supports multiple languages.
As I understand it, RDF statements do support a language attribute so this should work just fine.
For examples, search for "xml:lang" in the Expressing Dublin Core metadata using the Resource Description Framework (RDF) document.
Happy to answer more questions here!
Thanks everyone for joining, and thanks to DAM Guru Program for the opportunity and their great support!
Here's links to the schema.org RDF/XML DAM record example I promised, plus a list of quotes and links re DAM and the Semantic Web.


Let's keep playing with the 1←101\leftarrow 101←10 machine. And let's do a multiplication problem … right now!
Solve this multiplication as quickly as possible! Can you do it in less than 101010 seconds?
Now try to calculate 26417×426417 \times 426417×4.
Make the explosions required to stabilize the product of 6417×106417 \times 106417×10.


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Q: Want to color range A2:P I want to color range of A2:P through macro but not able to color. In one of my macro i am using below code but its not working with other. So can anybody tell me simple code to color range A2:P
Sub SelectiveColor2()
Dim ws As Worksheet
Dim wb As Workbook
Dim lastRow As Long

lastRow = ws.Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
Range("A2:E" & lastRow).Interior.color = RGB(204, 255, 255)

End Sub

A: Just Set ws:
Sub SelectiveColor2()
   Dim ws As Worksheet
   Dim wb As Workbook
   Dim lastRow As Long

   Set ws = ActiveSheet

   lastRow = ws.Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
   Range("A2:E" & lastRow).Interior.Color = RGB(204, 255, 255)

End Sub

Also your code goes to column E and not column P.


FORCE America (Burnsville, Minnesota) announced the promotions of four key individuals to the position of vice president.
Ryan Pobuda was promoted to the position of vice president of sales. As a Hennepin Technical College graduate, Pobuda has over two decades of industry experience. He joined FORCE America in 2002 and has held several key customer-facing roles, most recently as a Regional Sales Manager for OEM-based customers. Mr. Pobuda will assume sales leadership in both FORCE America distribution and manufacturing.
Robert Pokrzywa was promoted to the position of vice president of distribution. Pokrzywa joined FORCE America in 1986 and has served in virtually every aspect of distribution over his 33 years of service. His passion for developing people has been a key factor in the growth of the company. Pokrzywa will be responsible for all aspects of distribution including customer service, supply chain, training and field service.
Eric Holland was promoted to the position of vice president of manufacturing. Upon earning degrees in both Industrial Engineering and Business Management, Holland joined FORCE America in 1997. He has been instrumental in the development, growth and integration of each of the businesses within FORCE America's manufacturing divisions with a particular emphasis on lean manufacturing and continuous improvement. Holland will lead the manufacturing and logistics efforts company-wide.
Matthew Loeffler was promoted to the position of vice president of products and engineering. With a BS in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA, Loeffler brought Fortune 500 and high tech experience to FORCE America when he joined in 2010. Since that time, he has led engineering and product management teams and was a key contributor to the ERP implementation completed in 2016. Loeffler will focus on strategic products, partnerships and the long-term vision for FORCE America solutions.
For more information, visit forceamerica.com.


What a long name for this dish but I didn't want to leave anything out. Just the title makes my mouth water. Packed with an abundant amount of vitamins and good nutrition, this predominantly plant-based dish is calling your name.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Toss the potatoes with the olive oil and chile powder. Place potatoes on a rimmed baking sheet and roast until golden brown and a fork can easily pierce potato, about 25 minutes.
Puree half of the avocado in a blender or food processor with the buttermilk, lemon juice, parsley, salt, and pepper. Chop the remaining avocado half.
Plate your dish with the lettuce, corn, bell peppers, warm potatoes, and dressing. Top with chopped avocado and tuna. Enjoy! If you'd like a printer-friendly version of this recipe, Click Here.


When i fill in a form, there should be sent a notification to the company e-mail so they can answer. I tested this with several e-mails but it's only sending the notifications to one spicific e-mail. The e-mails i gave in are correct so why won't they send it to the others?
Form Maker plugin sends emails notifications through your website, using the mail server your web host provides. The plugin sets the content, senders, and recipients of these emails using its mail functions. However, it does not control the mail server of your web host.
If the emails to user or administrator are not reaching the inboxes of recipients, make sure to check the spam folders first. In some cases, the submission notifications are sent to spam boxes.
In case some of the emails are sent and received, this means, that the email functions of Form Maker plugin are working correctly. The cause of similar problems are the limitations on your web hosting.


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Eight players reportedly linked to Lakers ahead of trade deadline
BasketballJanuary 9, 2023
The Los Angeles Lakers have had one of the more interesting 2022-23 campaigns of any team in the NBA.
After starting the season off 2-10 and looking doomed to miss the playoffs again, L.A. has since gone 17-11 for a 19-21 mark through 40 games.
With five straight victories under their belt, the Lakers now find themselves merely one game behind the Golden State Warriors for sixth place in the Western Conference, and just two games back of the fifth-place Sacramento Kings.
The NBA trade deadline is Feb. 9, so if Rob Pelinka and Co. want to make a big move, time is running out.
According to Jovan Buha of The Athletic, eight NBA players have been linked to the Lakers in various capacities in recent weeks.
"In addition to the other names that have been attached to the Lakers, some others to watch that are expected to be available are Jae Crowder, Eric Gordon, Alec Burks, Terry Rozier, P.J. Washington, Kelly Oubre Jr., Josh Richardson and Jakob Poeltl, according to those sources," Buha reported.
Oubre, presumably, is out of the running since he recently suffered a hand injury that will sideline him for four to six weeks.
While none of those guys are massive superstars, all of them would address Los Angeles' weaknesses in their own special way.
Given that Anthony Davis' status for the rest of the year is still very much a question mark, with some reports citing he could be out as long as eight months, it makes sense that the Lakers wouldn't want to completely mortgage the future.
Each of the aforementioned seven non-injured players could bring something unique to the table at a presumably bargain price.
That being said, if the Lakers did want to swing for the fences, the relationship between Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks seem to be disintegrating.
Four squads area viewed as front-runners for Young's services should Atlanta deal him – and L.A. is one of them.
The Lakers' most recent winning streak has certainly added a certain level of intrigue to their NBA trade deadline plans.
Will it materially alter them, though? Time will tell.
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Nella mitologia greca Alessanore era il nome di uno dei figli di Macaone.

Il mito
Macaone, figlio di Asclepio, era il padre di Alessanore, che divenne famoso come costruttore di edifici. Fra le sue opere ci fu un santuario eretto in onore del nonno divenuto divinità medica nell'Olimpo; lo costruì a Titane, città che sorgeva sul fiume Asopo.

In seguito fu posta all'interno del tempio una statua dello stesso Alessanore.

Bibliografia

Fonti
 Pausania libro II 11,5-7

Moderna

Voci correlate
Asclepio
Macaone (mitologia)

Personaggi tessali della mitologia greca
Asclepio


This article briefly discusses the most common student demands, as well as the practical concerns higher education institutions should consider while assessing these demands and navigating a changing landscape.
The phrase "sanctuary campus" has no true legal significance. In general, though, sanctuary campus advocates are demanding two commitments from their institutions. First, they want their administrators to refuse to cooperate with immigration enforcement officials seeking undocumented students on campus, including refusing to turn over student records and denying immigration officials entry to campus absent a warrant. Second, they want an affirmation from campus police that they will not enforce or assist in the enforcement of immigration laws.
In large part, the sanctuary campus movement is more symbolic than substantive. With respect to sharing student information with immigration enforcement officials, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) already prevents colleges from sharing student records without their consent, except in a few narrow cases. Of course, a court order trumps FERPA, and higher education institutions would be without recourse if a law enforcement agency attempted to obtain otherwise protected educational records through a subpoena.
Some schools are considering whether they will ban entry to Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agents without a warrant. For public institutions, there are clear constitutional problems with such an approach. For private institutions, which generally have open campuses, there are obvious practical concerns. Most notably, there is an open question as to how such restrictions could possibly be enforced. In addition, as it now stands, ICE already applies an internal policy restricting its enforcement of immigration laws on college campuses and other "sensitive locations" such as churches – a policy from which it rarely deviates.
With respect to campus law enforcement, it is questionable how those officers could assist in the enforcement of immigration laws in the first place. The bulk of campus law enforcement agencies are specifically barred from inquiring about immigration status. Meanwhile, at least one major campus police department, at the University of Wisconsin, has balked at the suggestion that the administration could curb its authority to enforce the laws.
As discussed above, the campus sanctuary designation carries very little practical significance. With that said, university discussions about the establishment of sanctuaries have already drawn strong rebukes from politicians who have raised the specter of the loss of federal funding. Some pundits have suggested schools that actively obstruct the enforcement of immigration laws could jeopardize their receipt of institutional federal financial aid under the Trump administration.
Along the same lines, Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently tweeted, "Texas will not tolerate sanctuary campuses or cities. I will cut funding for any state campus if it establishes sanctuary status." A prominent Georgia legislator has also indicated that he is considering drafting legislation to punish Georgia institutions which declare themselves sanctuary campuses.
This blowback, coupled with the limited protections by the sanctuary designation, prompted Harvard University President Drew G. Faust to declare that Harvard will not designate itself a "sanctuary campus." According to Faust, the term has no legal significance and risks drawing special attention to the students in ways that could put their status in greater jeopardy. "I believe it would endanger, rather than protect, our students," he said, "and that is not something I am willing for this institution to do."
Considering the anxiety felt by undocumented students over the possibility of deportation, schools should consider making students aware of available mental health counselling services. In addition, several schools are extending immigration services to students to strengthen their cases for permanent citizenship if possible.
One area that may warrant particular attention for higher education institutions is when undocumented students are studying abroad. Several weeks ago, in a letter sent to each of its 23 campuses, the California State University's Office of the Chancellor advised administrators to tell DACA recipients currently studying abroad to return to the U.S. before the new president's inauguration. "It is highly likely that, as of January 20, DACA students who are abroad will not be allowed to re-enter the U.S," the letter said. Whether that is true remains to be seen, but careful consideration should be given to these situations.


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}

export = Entity;

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In honor of Black History Month, we'll visit the epicenter of the Sit-In Movement, which started right here in Greensboro and swept the country. Free admission is limited to the first 10 people to register by email. Regular admission price will apply to other participants. Please register 2 weeks in advance.


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Joseph G. (Joe) Rosenstein
I have been a member of the Mathematics Department of Rutgers University, New Brunswick , since 1969; this year (2015-2016) is my 47th (!) year at Rutgers.
(The photograph was taken at the launch of the MetroMath Center in November 2003; it looks like I was directing a performance of the MetroMath anthem, but I was just speaking enthusiastically about the Center's vision and goals.)
In the research portion of my career, I wrote a number of articles and published a research monograph Linear Orderings (Academic Press, 1982) in textbook form.
For over 30 years I have been heavily involved in K-12 education. This came about as a result of my serving as Director of the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics. (Details are in my vita.) In recent years, I have been involved in the following six major kinds of enterprises that are described in more detail below (in the same order):
organizing and directing professional development programs for K-12 teachers of mathematics,
organizing and directing a four-week residential summer program for mathematically talented high school students,
strengthening mathematics education in New Jersey through developing the NJ Mathematics Standards and the NJ Mathematics Curriculum Framework,
directing the New Jersey Mathematics Coalition, which later evolved into the New Jersey Mathematics and Science Education Coalition,
organizing and serving as founding director of the MetroMath Center, and
writing instructional materials for K-12 teachers focused on discrete mathematics.
As a result of this work, and in a few cases as part of the Coalition's public outreach effort, I have prepared a number of articles and presentations on mathematics education.
Most recently, in October 2014, I published Problem Solving and Reasoning with Discrete Mathematics, a textbook intended both for high school students and for college students intending to be K-8 teachers of mathematics, and also for all those interested in and curious about mathematics; it is available for review and purchase at www.new-math-text.com.
In another arena, I have developed and published Jewish prayerbooks, one for the prayer services of Shabbat and festivals entitled Siddur Eit Ratzon and one for the prayer services of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur entitled Machzor Eit Ratzon; they are available for review and purchase at www.newsiddur.org.)
I have been very active in the havurah movement, both locally, in the Highland Park Minyan, and nationally, in the National Havurah Committee, which provides a trans-denominational, egalitarian, participatory, communal, and spiritual Jewish alternative. I lead guided meditations on Jewish prayers and psalms, and occasionally publish meditation tapes and write articles on Jewish topics.
My wife Judy and I have five daughters (Mira, Ariela, Dalia, Neshama, and Nessa), and ten grandchildren, the oldest of whom was born in April 2002 and the youngest in October 2014.
Mira and her husband Psachya Septimus are proud parents of two sons, Aryeh Leib and Mordechai and one daughter, Devorah Gitel;
Ariela and her husband Marc Cohen are proud parents of two sons, Amar Metta Medwin and Kayel Steven;
Dalia and her husband Ozgur Gokirmak are proud parents of a two sons and a daughter, Eytan Atesh and twins Eliana Malka and Samuel Serkan; and
Neshama and her husband Dan Marcus are proud parents of a daughter and a son, Lauren Tirzeh and Jonathan Shai.
Returning now to my activities in mathematics education, here are some details that are associated with the six bullet points above:
since 1987, I have organized and directed a number of institutes for teachers. These include
the Leadership Program in Discrete Mathematics from 1990 to 2009, which involved over 1000 teachers attending a two-week summer program that focused on discrete mathematics;
An outgrowth of the Leadership Program has been the publication of a book Discrete Mathematics in the Schools, published by the American Mathematical Society and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
the Institutes for New Teachers of Mathematics and Science from 1987 to 2009, week-long induction programs for new math and science teachers in New Jersey;
the Precalculus Conference, an annual one-day conference that has attracted between 200 and 325 teachers each year from 1987 to the present;
one-day workshops for elementary, middle, and high school teachers of mathematics; over 50 workshops are offered during the 2014-2015 school year -- these can be reviewed at dimacs.rutgers.edu/grades-K-5-workshops, dimacs.rutgers.edu/grades-6-8-workshops, and dimacs.rutgers.edu/grades-9-12-workshops.
since 1990, I have directed the Young Scholars Program in Discrete Mathematics (email jemara@dimacs.rutgers.edu), a four-week residential summer program at Rutgers University for 30 mathematically talented high school students.
These programs for teachers and students are sponsored by the Rutgers Department of Mathematics and the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS); they were formerly sponsored also by the Rutgers Center for Mathematics, Science, and Computer Education (CMSCE).
from 1992 to 1997, I organized and managed the development of the New Jersey Mathematics Curriculum Framework, a collaborative effort of the New Jersey Mathematics Coalition and the New Jersey Department of Education. The purpose of the framework is to provide guidance to teachers and districts on how to implement the New Jersey Mathematics Standards adopted by the New Jersey State Board of Education on May 1, 1996. The 668-page framework was completed in December 1996 and distributed throughout the state in 1997. I served as co-chair of the committee that produced the 1996 standards and of the committee that produced the revised New Jersey Mathematics Standards adopted by the State Board of Education in 2002.
from 2001 to 2005, I organized and served as founding director of MetroMath: The Center for Mathematics in America's Cities, a Center for Learning and Teaching funded by the National Science Foundation. The MetroMath Center was a collaboration involving Rutgers University, the University of Pennsylvania, the City University of New York / Graduate Center, and the school districts of New York, Philadelphia, Newark, and Plainfield , and had as its goal the improvement of mathematics education in America's cities.
since its beginnings in 1991 (until 2007), I have served as Director of the New Jersey Mathematics Coalition, which later evolved into the New Jersey Mathematics and Science Education Coalition. State coalitions were formed in order to generate public support for the changes recommended by the "standards" of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. An important Coalition initiative that I co-directed (with Warren Crown) was The FANS Project (Families Achieving the New Standards in Mathematics, Science, and Technology), which conducted over 1,400 hour-and-a-half workshops for over 30,000 parents to inform them about the standards and how they can help their children achieve them.
since 2001, I have been involved in writing the following books on discrete mathematics for teachers and for students:
a set of two volumes that are part of a series of volumes published by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) to help teachers "navigate" through its mathematics standards ("Principles and Standards for School Mathematics"). These two volumes are entitled "Navigating through Discrete Mathematics K-12", the first primarily for K-5 teachers and the second primarily for 6-12 teachers. These two volumes were prepared jointly by Valerie DeBellis, Eric Hart, Margaret Kenney, and myself, and were published by the NCTM in 2009 and 2008, respectively.
a textbook for mathematics courses to be taken by prospective K-8 teachers. Written jointly with Valerie DeBellis, these materials are entitled "Making Math Engaging: Discrete Mathematics for K-8 Teachers." The development of these materials was funded by a grant from the Division of Undergraduate Education of the National Science Foundation.
as noted above, in October 2014, I published Problem Solving and Reasoning with Discrete Mathematics, a textbook intended both for high school students and for college students intending to be K-8 teachers of mathematics; this text (see www.new-math-text.com) involves major expansion, revision, and refocusing of Making Math Engaging.
And I have an extensive collection of interesting ties which are available for rental; see catalog for a complete display. In my spare time (?), I like to do word puzzles (not of the logic type), and occasionally create crossword puzzles on Jewish themes.
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