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Emotions in Organization Theory
Author: Charlene Zietsma Madeline Toubiana Maxim Voronov Anna Roberts
Emotions are central to social life and thus they should be central to organization theory. However, emotions have been treated implicitly rather than theorized directly in much of organization theory, and in some literatures, have been ignored altogether. This Element focuses on emotions as intersubjective, collective and relational, and reviews structuralist, people-centered and strategic approaches to emotions in different research streams to provide one of the first broad examinations of emotions in organization theory. Charlene Zietsma, Maxim Voronov, Madeline Toubiana and Anna Roberts provide suggestions for future research within each literature and look across the literatures to identify theoretical and methodological considerations.
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Management Foundations and Applications 2nd Asia Pacific Edition
The second edition of this text has been thoroughly updated, continuing its strong emphasis on the importance of the Asian region to contemporary Australian and New Zealand organisations. Many Asian case examples are featured to illustrate key management concepts, and these provide a useful basis for comparison with management practices in Australia and New Zealand. Numerous practical examples throughout the text highlight contemporary management issues, such as: * workplace diversity * sustainability * ethics/corporate social responsibility * the impact of technology * innovation in the workplace * globalisation * employee engagement * flexible working arrangements * work-life balance * generational issues in the workplace * skills shortages in various industries * the importance of effective employee recruitment and training * organisational culture * workforce flexibility and casualisation * the '24/7′ nature of contemporary communication technology, including social media * outsourcing Management, Foundation and Applications, 2nd Asia-Pacific edition, has also retained the features that made its previous edition so popular with students and lecturers, including the Career Readiness Workbook activities at the end of the book, and the accompanying Interactive Study Guide with its vast array of multimedia resources.
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This write-in workbook is an invaluable resource to help students' improve their Maths and English skills and help prepare for Level 1 and Level 2 Functional Skills exams. The real-life questions are all written with a Retail context to help students find essential Maths and English theory understandable, engaging and achievable. Written by Carol Vella, lecturer with a wealth of experience in the Retail and Business Administration industry, this workbook is an invaluable resource to support Maths and English learning in the classroom, at work and for personal study at home.
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In its 8th edition, AHRI-endorsed Human Resource Management has a re-organised author team and continues to provide a strong conceptual and practical framework for students of human resource management. The successful integrative strategic HRM model is retained and the most recent developments in human resource management theories and practices are explored. A multitude of contemporary regional and international examples are integrated throughout, alongside an expanded coverage on ethics and a focus on critical analysis. Thoroughly revised and updated with the latest research findings, this edition incorporates a wealth of new material including: corporate social responsibility, ethics, sustainable management practice, leadership, talent management, industrial relations, and retains its focus on core human resource elements. Accompanied by new online study tools which help to reinforce concepts, apply critical thinking and enhance skills, the 8th edition of Human Resource Management offers the complete learning experience required to succeed in human resource management.
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Peter J. Dowling (Ph.D, The Flinders University of South Australia) is a Professor of Human Resource Management at La Trobe University. He has co-authored a number of books and has written or co-authored over seventy journal articles and book chapters. He serves on the editorial boards of International Journal of Human Resource Management, Journal of World Business, Management International Review, Journal of International Management, Thunderbird International Business Review, Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Management & Organization and ZfPGerman Journal of Human Resource Research. Peter is President of the International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management (IFSAM), a Vice-President of the Australia & New Zealand International Business Academy, a Life Fellow of the Australian Human Resources Institute and a Senior Research Affiliate of the Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies at Cornell University. Former roles include past National Vice-President of the Australian Human Resources Institute and editor of Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (1987-1996). Marion Festing is Professor of Human Resource Management and Intercultural Leadership at ESCP-EAP European School of Management in Berlin, Germany. Her previous appointments include the University of Paderborn, Germany, and she has gained educational, research and work experience in France, Australia, Tunisia, Taiwan, and the U.S. Dr. Festing's current research interests focus on transnational HRM strategies, global careers, and global compensation. Her publications include a book on strategic international human resource management (Strategisches Internationales Personalmanagement, 2e) and a co-authored text on international human resource management (Internationales Personalmanagement, 2e). In addition, she has written or co-authored more than 50 book chapters and journal articles, as well as published in such international journals as Management International Review, Economic and Industrial Demography, European Management Journal, and International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business. Dr. Festing serves on the editorial boards of Career Development International, Journal of Management & Organization, International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business, ZFP-German Journal of Human Resource Research, and Zeitschrift Fur Management. In 2006, Dr. Festing served as co-chair of the IHRM track at the IFSAM conference in Berlin. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Paderborn. Allen D. Engle, Sr. is a professor of management in the College of Business and Technology at Eastern Kentucky University, where he has taught courses in management, human resource administration, organizational behavior, organizational theory, and international management. He also has been a visiting lecturer at the FHS – Hochschule Fur Technik, Wirtschaft und Soziale Arbeit, St. Gallen in Switzerland, and a visiting professor of international management at the University of Pecs in Hungary. Dr. Engle is a national and regional professional member of World at Work (formerly the American Compensation Association) and the Society for Human Resource Management, as well as a longtime member of the U.S. Academy of Management. His research interests are in the topic areas of compensation theory and practices, leadership and organizational change, job analysis, managerial competencies, and organizational design — particularly their impact on multinational firms. Published in regional, national, and international academic journals, Dr. Engle has presented academic papers at conferences in the U.S., Australia, Canada, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Slovenia, Spain, and the United Kingdom. He also has consulted for regional firms and presented professional seminars in the areas of performance appraisal systems, executive team building, strategically responsive compensation systems, intercultural management issues and organizational change. He received his D.B.A. from the University of Kentucky.
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Afghan Narcotrafficking
News | June 18, 2012
The EastWest Institute recently convened the second meeting of its Joint U.S.-Russia Working Group on Afghan Narcotrafficking. Given NATO's 2014 withdrawal from Afghanistan, the United States' planned troop drawdown, and persistent tensions in the U.S.-Russia bilateral relationship, the meeting was a timely opportunity for the experts to consider constructive ways for the United States and Russia to work together to tackle the production and trafficking of opium and heroin in and from Afghanistan.
The working group is drawn from U.S.- and Russia-based experts who are producing a joint threat assessment (JTA) on the wide range of challenges posed to both states by narcotrafficking from Afghanistan. The JTA will be followed by a Joint Policy Assessment suggesting cooperative measures that the United States and Russia can undertake to tackle the dangers posed by Afghan narcotrafficking. This working group is addressing a key security concern to both the United States and Russia and thus aims to aid in the "reset" of U.S.-Russia relations by delivering positive momentum, confidence-building, and policy impact. As the U.S.-Russia relationship faces increased strains and tensions from difficult and increasingly divisive issues like ballistic missile defense and Syria, the need to promote dialogue where there are common interests intensifies.
The working group members met in June at EWI's Brussels office for three days of discussions. Initial sessions were held with senior officials from the European Union, NATO, and the Russian Mission to NATO on actions, interests, and challenges in Afghanistan. The experts then devoted two days to assessing the key threats that both Russia and the United States face and possible scenarios for these threats after 2014. The discussions touched on economic development, insurgency and criminal groups in trafficking, state capacity, the Afghan national forces, corruption, border management, the role of eradication in counternarcotics strategy, and the function of international organizations in the region.
There was a widespread expectation that in the immediate aftermath of NATO's withdrawal and a reduced U.S. troop presence, there will be an increase in the amount of poppy produced and the role of opium—already significant—in Afghanistan's economy. Both the willingness and ability of the Afghan national forces to take on a significant counternarcotics role was also discussed.
Although the supply side of counternarcotics strategy dominated the conversations, the experts discussed how Russia and the United States could do more work on the demand side of counternarcotics strategy, which is fertile ground for continued collaboration. How to reinforce and expand already successful cooperation, such as the already robust Drug Enforcement Agency(DEA)-Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN) ties, was also discussed.
The JTA, which should be finalized by September, will include assessments of the following areas:
the threats that Afghan narcotrafficking poses specifically to Russia and the U.S. and the shared concerns between these two countries
the opium economy in Afghanistan
the transnational trade in Afghan opiates and money laundering
effects of narcotrafficking on state-building in Afghanistan
Working group members are scheduled to convene in New York in the fall to finalize the joint policy assessment.
Members of the Joint U.S.-Russia Working Group on Afghan Narcotrafficking:
Russian Experts
Ilnur Batyrshin, Head of the Scientific Research Center of FSKN
Viktor Korgun, Head of the Afghanistan department, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Yuri Kroupnov, Director, Institute for Demography, Migration, and Regional Development; Advisor to the Director of Federal Drug Control Service of the Russian Federation (FSKN)
Aman Saliev, Senior Expert, Institute of Strategic Analysis and Planning, Kyrgyz-Russian University of the Kyrgyz Republic
Konstantin Sorokin, Project Manager, Department of Training and Methodology and Research Projects, International Training and Methodology Centre for Financial Monitoring (ITMCFM)
Ekaterina Stepanova, Head of the Peace and Conflict Studies Unit of IMEMO
Georgi Zazulin, Professor at the Chair of Conflictology, St. Petersburg University, specializing on narcoconflictology and anti-narcotics policies in Russia and Europe; Russian representative of the International Organization European Cities Against Drugs
U.S. Experts
Andrew Kuchins, Director, Russia and Eurasia Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
George Gavrilis, Executive Director, The Hollings Center for International Dialogue
David T. Johnson, Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS); Senior Advisor, Avascent International; former Assistant Secretary of State for Narcotics and Law Enforcement
John "Jack" Lawn, former Administrator, Drug Enforcement Agency
David Mansfield, Visiting Fellow, The Feinstein International Centre, Tufts University
Kimberly Marten, Professor, Department of Political Science, Barnard College
Gretchen Peters, author, Seeds of Terror: How Drugs, Thugs and Crime Have Reshaped the Afghan War; Consultant, Researcher and Advisor of Transnational Crime Issues
Cory Welt, Associate Director, Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, The George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs; Adjunct Fellow, Center for American Progress
EWI Webinar on International Organizations and Conflict Resolution in the Time of COVID-19
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Securing Lasting Peace in the Middle East
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Q: How to create a raw regexp in scala? Let's say I have a string having any characters, but I don't know it until run time.
val s: String = "/+*à&ç"

How can I convert this string to a regular expression so that all special characters are escaped?
For now, trying this fails:
s.r.findFirstIn("What the /+*à&ç is this PatternSyntaxException?")

with the error:
java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException: Dangling meta character '*' near index 2

instead of returning the match.

A: There might be a scala-type method for that, but the following java does the trick.
import java.util.regex.Pattern
Pattern.quote(s).r.findFirstIn("What the /+*à&ç is this PatternSyntaxException?")

returns
res1: Option[String] = Some(/+*à&ç)

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Minnesota High School Basketball Player is Very Thirsty
Ah, high school — where the hormones are (naturally) raging and there is no such thing as shame. This hypothesis has never been more true than at the Minnesota 3A State Basketball Championship this weekend when De La Salle Senior Guard Samm Jones was interviewed after his team won the title, and, well….
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— Jake Schmitz (@schmitzstain) March 13, 2016
Can you blame the kid? Gorgeous reporter, your team just set the Minnesota record for consecutive state championships in a row (6), and you're the man on the squad.
The thirst is real, and it is indeed 'Shoot Your Shot 2016' in every facet of the game.


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Lowe's chief marketing officer exits as company realigns structure
Caroline Jansen Editor
Lowe's continues to play catch-up to its bigger rival, with mixed results. Daphne Howland/Marketing Dive
Marisa Thalberg, Lowe's chief brand and marketing officer, has exited the company as part of a broader reorganization effort. Thalberg became Lowe's CMO in February 2020.
As part of the realignment, the home improvement retailer's marketing team will move under Bill Boltz, executive vice president of merchandising, according to details provided to Retail Dive.
The company has promoted Jen Wilson, who comes with more than 20 years of experience in marketing and merchandising, to senior vice president of enterprise brand and marketing. Wilson will report to Boltz.
With Thalberg's departure as chief marketing officer, Lowe's joins the growing list of companies undergoing changes in the C-suite ahead of the all-important holiday season.
Other retailers including Dollar General, Bed Bath & Beyond, Francesca's and Adidas have experienced executive changes in recent weeks.
Marisa Thalberg became Lowe's chief marketing officer in February 2020.
Courtesy of Lowe's
Thalberg joined the home improvement retailer from Taco Bell just prior to the pandemic upending nearly every aspect of consumers' lives. She oversaw many marketing efforts, including supplying materials to "American Idol" contestants to help build at-home stages for the show's season finale, appearing at New York Fashion Week to help designers create runways and launching its #BuildThanks campaign, which encouraged consumers to create yard signs to support first responders.
For Lowe's, the company pegged the executive change on a broader realignment to its leadership structure. In addition to moving marketing under its merchandising team, the home improvement retailer has also realigned its Pro organization under store operations. As part of that shift, Tony Hurst, senior vice president of Pro services and international, will report to Joe McFarland, executive vice president of stores.
Additionally, to build on its collaboration between its online and tech teams, the company's senior vice president of online, Mike Shady, will report to Seemantini Godbole, executive vice president and chief digital and information officer.
Lowe's, like many other retailers selling goods for the home, experienced a boost in the early months of the pandemic. But in recent months, the retailer has lost some of that momentum and is seeing sales slide as consumers shift spending away from the home. In its most recent quarter, Lowe's reported net sales fell 0.3% year over year to $27.5 billion and comparable sales declined 0.3% largely due to a slowdown in sales from its DIY customers.
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Why the media network craze is just getting started
Marriott's push to sell more digital advertising marked a first for the hospitality industry, but marketers shouldn't be surprised if verticals from airlines to financial services follow suit.
By Peter Adams • Updated May 31, 2022


At Sullivan Engineering we look ahead confidently that our steady increased growth will continue through 2011. The professional relationships that we have established throughout the year have lead to repeat business and new referrals that will undoubtedly grow and thrive.
If the state of the economy has any part to play in our growth than several recent articles support our optimistic viewpoint including two by the Wall Street Journal (12-23-10 and 01-03-11) and one by Reuters (12-22-10). Of course we can find just as many, if not more, pessimistic predictions but you'll have to look elsewhere for those.
Continued growth in the economy should lead to renewed confidence by building owners to perform necessary restoration and maintenance deferred over the past few years. In New York City, the culmination of Local Law 11/98 subcycle A shortly after the end of 2011 and the start of subcycle B in August will also lead to an increased volume of work in the building envelope restoration industry.
If there is one belief that is reinforced by reflecting on the past and looking toward the future, it is that the philanthropic spirit of the American people will be the driving force behind our Nation's successful future. It is with that altruistic perspective that we at Sullivan Engineering will increase our charitable efforts and will look to perform additional pro bono projects in 2011. Please let us know of any not for profit organizations that you are involved with that can use our assistance.
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The Disney Dress Shop Now Open at Downtown Disney District at the Disneyland Resort
April 20, 2018 April 16, 2020 Guest Blog Disney, DIsney Parks Blog, Disneyland Dress Shop, News
From the Disney Parks Blog and written by: Michael Ramirez
The Disney Dress Shop is now officially open in its new location at Downtown Disney District at the Disneyland Resort!
The delightful apparel and accessories collection created especially for Disney Parks has been a fan-favorite of Disneyland Resort guests since the pop-up shop opened last year in Downtown Disney. The new location next to Marceline's Confectionary will continue to offer the whimsical collection, but in a larger environment.
Guests will find retro-designed items inspired by favorite Disney characters and theme park attractions, including several recently released items inspired by Mary Poppins, Main Street, U.S.A., "it's a small world" and the Haunted Mansion. In addition, shoppers can also find Disney Parks PANDORA jewelry.
Whether you are looking to complete a frightfully-fashionable look, or turn your day of shopping into a jolly holiday, The Disney Dress Shop is filled with unique items to show off your passion for Disney style.
The Disney Dress Shop opening is part of the promenade-wide transformation at Downtown Disney District in 2018, resulting in a fresh, one-of-a-kind Disney experience. Multiple new venues and significant refurbishments to marquee dining and retail locations will be completed throughout the year while Downtown Disney District remains open to guests.
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I've been a golfer since I was 7 years old. My dad always wanted a boy and when he didn't get one on the thirds try, I became his little girl golfer. I'm not going to say I've been drinking on the golf course my whole life, but definitely a fair amount of years. When my friends at Wine2Go sent me this flask, I knew just where it would be useful. There's now no reason to settle for whatever wine the golf cart girl has on stock!
I wanted this cabernet to be a bit more complex, but it was nice, simple, and easy to drink with notes of blackberries. It was overly fruity, for those who like a more medium flavor cab. This wine made par, but didn't birdie it.


Is the 100 in Holtec's Spent Nuclear Fuel HI-STORM 100 Cask a Reference to "Exemptions" to its Certificate of "Compliance" (CoC)?
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Careers @AFI
Why join AFI?
Working at the Alliance for Financial Inclusion is an opportunity to become a part of the organization's unique peer-to-peer learning model that encourages and enables financial policymakers to interact and exchange knowledge. This information interchange results in the building of a comprehensive knowledge base on financial inclusion and the subsequent formulation and implementation of effective policy by members in their home countries.
View our career opportunities below and click on the specific job link for details on how to apply. AFI will never charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process. For inquiries regarding future opportunities at AFI, please send your resume to talent@afi-global.org.
Head of Human Resource
Reporting to the Chief Operations Officer, the Head of Human Resource will provide the full spectrum of HR services including: compensation and benefits; talent acquisition and management; training and development; performance management; statutory bodies reporting; disciplinary management; expatriate management; and office management and administration. This role requires a minimum of 10 years in human resources, preferably in a multi-cultural organization or the development sector. Learn more & apply now.
Senior Specialist, Procurement & Contract
The Senior Specialist, Procurement & Contract is responsible for maturing and leading the AFI's contracting and procurement function and staff in a growth-oriented, member-centricity environment, with emphases on compliance, operational efficiency, and customer service. This role would also focus on contracting strategy, vendor selection, and contract negotiation. Learn more & apply now.
Digital Communications Manager
The Digital Communications Manager will be an experienced creative writer with graphic editing skills used to create innovative content, adapted to match specific requirements of each platform and its audience, while amplifying AFI's online presence in line with AFI Branding guidelines. Effectively supporting different AFI Teams in international events and promotion of knowledge products, this role will work closely with the AFI Executive Director in international events and activities, with occasional international work travel. Learn more & apply now.
Communications Manager of Inclusive Green Finance (IGF) & Gender Inclusive Finance (GIF)
AFI is looking for a Communications Manager who will focus equally and exclusively on two workstreams: green financial inclusion, and gender and women's financial inclusion. The incumbent will provide diverse services, and produce a variety of content while promoting AFI's activities in these two areas. This role also involves the coordination of AFI knowledge products, AFI events and accompanying visibility products, variety of online products and campaigns for website and social media. Learn more & apply now.
Brand and Communications Manager (Local Hire)
Reporting to the Head of Communications, Media Relations and Events Management, the Brand and Communications Manager is primarily responsible for management, development and implementation of AFI's branding policies, publications and exhibitions. This position requires close cooperation with editors and designers, as well as other technical consultants, to ensure highest quality of each publication and outreach product. Learn more & apply now.
Policy Manager, Inclusive Green Finance
A key responsibility of the Policy Manager, Inclusive Green Finance (IGF) is to develop new knowledge products and policy guidance on IGF, and support the newly established Inclusive Green Finance Working Group and member institutions in preparing, delivering and implementing policy change in this area. Experienced in financial inclusion policy and posses an understanding for climate change and its impact globally, the Policy Manager is goal-oriented with the ability to influence and guide others to achieve common goals. Learn more & apply now.
Policy Analyst, Gender Inclusive Finance
Reporting to the Head of Gender Inclusive Finance (GIF), the Policy Analyst will play a leading role in policy analysis work in new and emerging financial inclusion policy areas. This role requires a high level of responsibility, capacity to work independently, and ensuring the timely delivery of all team outputs. The Policy Analyst will also lead the research and policy analysis to support AFI's commitment for greater gender diversity and women's leadership within AFI member institutions. Learn more & apply now.
Programme Officer, Gender Inclusive Finance
The Programme Officer will assist the Gender Inclusive Finance (GIF) team in logistical organization of AFI's gender inclusion programs including advertising with AFI members and ground support at trainings and events. This role will also support the Head of GIF in preparing content and modalities for the AFI gender inclusion programs. Tasked with expanding AFI's gender inclusive finance program, the Programme Officer is expected to be a highly motivated self-starter with the ability to multitask. Learn more & apply now.
Policy Manager, Public-Private Partnerships (Local Hire)
Reporting to the Head of Global Partnerships, the Policy Manager, Public-Private Partnerships is tasked with administrating, advancing and expanding the AFI Public-Private Dialogue (PPD) platform. This role requires experience with partnership and client portfolio management comprised of global and regional institutions. Able to engage effectively with a diverse array of partners and stakeholders, the Policy Manager will secure PPD partner pipelines and strengthen AFI's Knowledge Partnerships. Learn more & apply now.
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Wine EnthusiastAlmost shockingly dry at first, the wine then develops a more mature character that broadens out the tight acidity and fruit. Previously described as Brut Nature, it's now designated as Extra Brut, allowing more dosage. It also has depth of flavor, complexity from the fruits, the hint of toast from bottle age. The wine finishes crisply with a fine mineral shot at the end.


Don't panic, there are three options available to you – all forms of insolvency – which can wipe the slate clean and allow you to make a fresh start by either applying for Bankruptcy, a Debt Agreement or a Personal Insolvency Agreement.
A cheap and flexible alternative to formal bankruptcy is a Debt Agreement, aimed at people on low incomes with few assets. It gives consumers who are struggling with their debts the option of reducing the amount they pay to their creditors by agreeing a compromise deal. Payments can take the form of money or property. This type of formal arrangement is primarily used by people with credit card and loan debts they cannot afford to pay, and is subject to a number of restrictions. Debt Agreements can be administered by a Registered Trustee, AFSA or a third party. Registered trustees typically charge a fee of around 20% of the money paid by consumers to creditors. A Debt Agreement is legally binding on all parties. Unlike Bankruptcy your income will not be restricted as long as it does not form part of the agreement. A majority of creditors holding 75% of the debt value must accept the proposal for the Debt Agreement to come into effect. The Agreement normally ends when all parties bound by the agreement have fulfilled their obligations, but it will remain on your credit report for 7 years. Click here for more information.
A Personal Insolvency Agreement (PIA) is very similar to a Debt Agreement in many ways. They both offer a flexible alternative to Bankruptcy and its stigma, with creditors agreeing to accept a reduced proportion of money owed to them. Another advantage of a PIA is it doesn't carry the same eligibility restrictions as a Debt Agreement (see above). On the downside it is a more expensive option as the PIA can only be administered by a registered Trustee or AFSA, who has the power to place a charging order on your property (a sort of mortgage ordered by a court.) A PIA will remain on your credit report for 7 years. For more information click here.


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Is it time to ban emotional support animals? | The Tylt
Is it time to ban emotional support animals?
After a woman tried to bring a peacock onto a plane, many believe it's officially time to ban so-called emotional support animals. The scientific basis for emotional support animals (ESA) is weak at best, and many argue ESAs undermine real service animals, which assist individuals with disabilities and are required to undergo rigorous and expensive training. But animal lovers say ESAs are legit, and they should be allowed to bring their furry friends on board. What do you think? 🐶
By Savannah Barker
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#SupportPetsAreBS
#LetPuppiesOnPlanes
Emotional support animals have been at the center of some of the more ridiculous news stories this year. From a turkey to a duck in red boots to a peacock, it's become clear that the emotional support animal system that allows passengers to board planes with their pets has officially gone too far.
Aside from being totally ridiculous, it is also very dangerous. Support pets have attacked passengers on planes time and time again. And since pets don't have to undergo any kind of formal training to become an emotional support animal, it seems inevitable that things will only get worse. David Leonhardt of The New York Times argues that, while flying pets may not be the most important issues of our time, it is endemic of "mass cheating" and selfishness in our culture.
I'm not going to claim that flying pets are one of the country's biggest problems right now... But I do find this situation to be a fascinating case study of how mass cheating can become acceptable—and how decent people can make decisions that are more selfish than they realize. It is one of the downsides of a modern culture that too often fetishizes individual preference and expression over communal well-being.
Individuals who travel with "emotional support" pets are abusing a law that was meant to protect people with actual disabilities who need service animals—which are required to undergo rigorous and expensive training. There is nothing noble about exploiting a loophole meant to help people with disabilities.
The law made sure that physically disabled people could travel with service animals. It also rightly applied to nonphysical disabilities. Some autistic children, for example, function better with a trained dog... [But] the trouble started when pet owners realized that they could game the system, because airlines did not require much proof of medical need.
The scientific basis for emotional support animals is virtually nonexistent. While the Air Carrier Access Act allows passengers to bring animals on board if they provide a letter from a mental health clinician or a doctor, the research on the effectiveness of emotional support pets is extremely weak.
As Yale psychology researcher Molly Crossman puts it: "... the research on dogs is inconclusive. The research on emotional support peacocks and hamsters doesn't exist."
With these emotional support animals, we're talking about what is essentially a prescription from doctors to people with clinically significant symptoms. When we talk about that, there are very specific standards of evidence for psychiatric and psychological treatment, and these have not met that standard.
A lot of people have this impression that [the evidence] is very well established and we really know that [animals] are beneficial. But what is surprising is that we actually don't know that at all.
So if the research is inconclusive, and people are clearly taking advantage of a loophole, why should we continue to allow emotional support animals?
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/2/23/17012116/emotional-support-animal-airplane-psychology-research-dogs
But defenders of emotional support animals argue there is research that suggests pets can help individuals with mental and emotional health problems. Even Crossman admits it's hard to quantify how much joy a pet brings someone. There's no evidence that emotional support animals are actually harmful to one's mental health, so if someone says they feel better when accompanied by their furry friend, who's to tell them no?
The father of modern psychology Sigmund Freud famously used his dog for psychoanalysis and found the presence of his dog consistently lowered his blood pressure. Dogs, in particular, are also skilled at reading the emotional states of humans and can react accordingly when their owner is dealing with anxiety or other emotions they may be feeling on a plane.
Doctors have been using support animals to help patients with PTSD, anxiety, and depression for years. Clearly, they are providing some benefit. According to the Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work, individuals saw an 82 percent reduction in symptoms of PTSD after just one week of having an emotional support animal.
https://esadoctors.com/mental-health-benefits-emotional-support-animal/
Sure, some people may be abusing the emotional support animal system, but those instances are few and far between. Thousands of support pets travel on planes every year, with few bad incidents. Is it really fair to punish and discount all support animals for the bad behavior of a few?
Alexis Dent of Greatist writes about her own emotional support dog Giant and how he has helped her deal with her anxiety disorder. Dent believes emotional support animals aren't given the same respect as service animals because mental health is still not taken as seriously as physical disabilities in this country.
When I see people being critical about the many Americans who benefit from emotional support animals, it's upsetting... It's easy for people to acknowledge the validity of a service animal for someone with a physical disability like blindness. But for those of us who are functionally disabled in a way that's less visibly apparent, the negative rhetoric around the rising number of emotional support animals reminds us that our culture refuses to treat neurological disorders the same as we do physical disorders like blindness or deafness.
https://greatist.com/live/my-emotional-support-animal-isnt-a-scam
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A report into Aboriginal incarceration rates in Australia that focuses on the plight of Aboriginal women being disproportionately imprisoned needs to be considered as a matter of urgency by Government if they are serious about close the gap efforts, Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert said today.
"What you don't see included in the budget papers can be just as concerning as what you do include. This is definitely the case for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues in the 2017 Federal Budget.
The Australian Greens are urging the new WA Government to urgently consider the WA coroner's recommendation that police lose the power to arrest and detain intoxicated people for street drinking and other measures that will help reduce Aboriginal incarceration rates and deaths in custody.
Australia Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has welcomed local community leaders in Cockburn and Bassendean considering an inclusive day for Australia Day.
"Both the City of Cockburn and Town of Bassendean have taken unifying steps in opening a dialogue on an Australia Day for everyone.
"Everyone should be able to celebrate our wonderful country on a day where all are welcome.
Threatening to revoke the authorisation to hold citizenship ceremonies because the City of Hobart is daring to discuss moving Australia Day celebrations is significant interference by the Turnbull Government and should stop, Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert said today.
"The Turnbull Government bullied the City of Fremantle in the same way but Freo stood strong and still changed the date for Australia Day. Now the Federal Government is trying the same bullying tactics with the City of Hobart.
The Prime Minister should engage in a meaningful way about changing the date for Australia Day, rather than rejecting the City of Hobart decision to discuss the issue, Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert said today.
"The Government put enormous pressure on the City of Fremantle when they changed the date for Australia Day celebrations, now the Prime Minister has had a go at the City of Hobart for daring to discuss the issue.
The Australian Greens have welcomed the City of Hobart opening up a discussion about changing the date for Australia Day.
"Well done to the City of Hobart for being brave enough to kick start a conversation about Australia Day in Tasmania. A lot of Tasmanian's clearly want Australia Day to accessible to everyone, it shouldn't be on a day that some members of the community view as a day of grieving", Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert said today.
A preliminary report handed down by the UN special rapporteur on Indigenous rights on Aboriginal incarceration and child removal has thrust Australia's inaction into the international spotlight, Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert said today.
Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert supports the open letter from Change the Record to Malcolm Turnbull, calling on the Government to urgently address Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth incarceration.
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Police Seek 18-year-old Accused of Fairfax Co. Rape
Published November 29, 2016 • Updated on November 29, 2016 at 4:15 pm
WASHINGTON — Police are searching for an 18-year-old man accused of raping a girl in Falls Church, Virginia, over the summer.
Police are searching for Ronald Fabricio Herrera Contreras, 18, (Courtesy Fairfax County police)
A 15-year-old girl disclosed to a case worker in August that 18-year-old Ronald Fabricio Herrera Contreras raped her in a wooded area in July 2016.
The victim, who speaks no English, said Contreras was a friend of a family member and would occasionally stop by the house. A known gang member, Contreras began to verbally threatened the victim, she said.
Eventually, Contreras visited the home every day to "check" on the victim and said he would kill her if she called police.
On July 13, the victim said she was ordered to leave the house and walk with Contreras until they came up a wooded area in a park in the 7300 block of Lee Highway. It was there that Contreras dragged her into the woods, raped her and then left her there, she told Fairfax County police.
Since the crime, police say Contreras has been in hiding, attempting to avoid apprehension. He is believed to still be in the United States, police said. Police say they have been conducting interviews and monitoring social media accounts to locate the 18-year-old.
Contreras is about 5 feet, 5 inches tall and weighs about 145 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information about his whereabouts can contact police at 703-246-7800.
Below is a map of the location near the rape:
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More than ever, children are moving out at the first opportunity. Under 25 college enrollments are set to hit 12.3m this year, according to the National Center for Educational Statistics. That number continues to rise, signaling a greater level of flight from the family home; and that's without considering those leaving home for other pursuits.
Children moving out of the home is a difficult time for any family. In the cooperative environment of co parenting it provides a unique challenge. Maintaining the level of organization and support you provide for your child requires a little thought, but is absolutely achievable.
Coparenting often brings with it an excellent level of support and control for your child. While a child will probably have a considerable amount of emotional and financial dependency on their parents when they leave the home, it's important to value the independence that they will be learning. One study, from the Benessee Educational Research institute, notes that employers consider independence crucial, and so it's important to allow breathing room. Instead, consider what support they need. Help them to learn how to manage their money, the importance of sticking to a schedule, and the work/life balance.
The student loan system means that prospective learners from a range of backgrounds can go to college, but it's not uncommon for parents to foot some of bill. In fact, according to CNBC, 34% of tuition comes from parent savings. As a coparent, it's important to ensure that this is fairly accounted for. However, many students will require further cash injections over the course of tuition, regardless of whether they find employment or live frugally. Be prepared for this, and use professional software to ensure knowledge and a fair split between coparents.
College and work are exciting, thrilling times for young adults. Despite this, homesickness is very much a factor; according to HAP, 30% of students become homesick to some extent, with 69% experiencing homesick symptoms. The financial and organization aspect aside, it is absolutely crucial for coparents to ensure that link with their child. Schedule, collaboratively, regular trips. Make use of modern communication tools to keep in touch regularly. You can also think of little things to make life easier – mementos, or imparting recipes for home cooked favorites.
Sending your loved one away from the home is an exciting, nervous, but positive experience. Focus your efforts on making every aspect of your coparenting relationship is ironed out and in order. That way you can focus on emotionally supporting your young one through their onward life.


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Dinklager Mühlenbach ist der Name eines etwa 15 km langen Baches, der auf dem Gebiet der Gemeinde Holdorf entspringt, die Stadt Dinklage von Süden nach Norden durchfließt und sich im Norden der Stadt mit der Aue zur Lager Hase vereinigt. Der Bach verläuft ausschließlich auf dem Gebiet des Landkreises Vechta und gehört zum Gewässersystem der Hase und damit der Ems. Der Einzugsbereich des Dinklager Mühlenbachs und seiner Nebengewässer umfasst 136,31 km².

Nomenklatur
Maßgeblich für den Sprachgebrauch in diesem Artikel ist die Nomenklatur amtlicher Stellen, vor allem des Niedersächsischen Landesbetriebs für Wasserwirtschaft, Küsten- und Naturschutz und des Landkreises Vechta. Abweichend hiervon wird gelegentlich der 3,2 km lange Abschnitt des Dinklager Mühlenbachs zwischen der Einmündung des Hopener Mühlenbachs und der Vereinigung mit der Aue als Oberlauf der Lager Hase betrachtet. Eine weitere Abweichung von der offiziellen Namensgebung besteht darin, den Unterlauf der Dinkel dem Dinklager Mühlenbach zuzurechnen und gleichzeitig den Jansbach bis zu km 5,5 fließen zu lassen (wo dem amtlichen Sprachgebrauch zufolge die Dinkel in den Dinklager Mühlenbach mündet).

Verlauf
Die Quellen des Dinklager Mühlenbaches liegen unweit östlich der Bundesautobahn 1 nördlich des Ortskerns von Holdorf an den Ausläufern der Dammer Berge. Der Bach verläuft von Anfang an in etwa parallel zu der Autobahn in nördlicher Richtung und bildet dabei auf weiten Strecken die Grenze zwischen der Gemeinde Holdorf im Osten und der Stadt Dinklage im Westen. Er nimmt von rechts den Sievenbach, den Kreuzbach und den Barkhoffsbach (bei km 10,9) auf. Bei dessen Mündung wird der Dinklager Mühlenbach nach Westen verschwenkt und (bei km 10,8) unter der Autobahn hindurchgeleitet. Er fließt anschließend in nördlicher und kurz darauf in nordwestlicher Richtung weiter und nimmt (bei km 6,9) den Trenkampsbach – auch Mühl(en)er Mühlenbach genannt – von rechts sowie von links (bei km 5,7) den Brookbach auf. Bis zu seiner Vereinigung mit der Aue behält der Bach danach seine nach Norden gerichtete Fließrichtung bei. Kurz hinter dem Brookbach mündet, bei km 5,5 von rechts kommend, die Dinkel in den Dinklager Mühlenbach. Es folgen, jeweils von rechts kommend, (bei km 4,1) die Plaggenriehe und (bei km 3,2) der Hopener Mühlenbach, bei km 1,9 von links der Bünner Bach und von rechts der Höner Markgraben, bevor der Bach die nördliche Stadtgrenze von Dinklage und damit die Grenze zum Landkreis Cloppenburg erreicht.

Nach der amtlichen Nomenklatur ist der Jansbach ein linkes Nebengewässer des Barkhoffsbachs.

Ökologie
In ihrem Pilotbericht stellten 2004 die Bezirksregierung Weser-Ems und der NLWKN über die sandigen Zuflüsse zur mittleren Hase fest, dass die linken Zuflüsse der Hase und die ihr nicht aus dem Landkreis Vechta zufließenden Gewässer die "strukturell besseren Gewässer" seien. Schlechter werden die aus dem Landkreis Vechta zufließenden Gewässer Bakumer Bach, Dinklager Mühlenbach, Aue und Bokerner Bach wegen ihrer "hohen Güteeinbußen" bewertet.

Für den Bereich nordwestlich der Autobahn 1 wurden Überschwemmungsgebiete des Dinklager Mühlenbachs amtlich festgelegt.

Einzelnachweise

Geographie (Holdorf, Niedersachsen)
Dinklage
2Dinklager Mühlenbach
Fluss in Europa
Fluss in Niedersachsen
Gewässer im Landkreis Vechta

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Helen Gym announces run for Phila. City Council
Helen Gym announces run for Phila. City Council:
JULIA TERRUSO, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
LAST UPDATED: Monday, February 9, 2015, 6:28 PM
POSTED: Monday, February 9, 2015, 4:44 PM
Helen Gym is no stranger to speaking before elected officials - sometimes rather loudly. Now she's vying for a seat at their table.
Gym, a Democrat, announced her candidacy for a City Council at-large seat at a lively rally Monday at the Ethical Society Building on Rittenhouse Square in which she mostly focused on education.
A former elementary schoolteacher, she has become a fiery advocate for public education funding and a frequent critic of city policies surrounding it.
Gym, 47, the mother of three children in Philadelphia public magnet schools, entered the race with the endorsement of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, who have also pledged to donate the maximum $11,500.
"We will support her campaign with the same energy and commitment that she has shown when it comes to high-quality education in Philadelphia," the union's president Jerry Jordan said at Monday's announcement.
Gym's three children introduced her to a cheering crowd of about 200 following comments from Rev. Mark Tyler of Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal church. In a city where there is no elected school board, "the next best thing is putting Helen Gym on City Council," Tyler said.
Gym joined a growing list of Democratic at-large candidates hoping to take one of five seats up for grabs, including the one vacated by former Councilman James Kenney.
The Democratic incumbents are Blondell Reynolds Brown, William K. Greenlee, W. Wilson Goode Jr. and Ed Neilson. Republican at-large Councilmen David Oh and Dennis O'Brien are also running for reelection.
In addition to Gym, the roster of nonincumbent Democratic candidates so far includes: Paul Steinke, former manager of Reading Terminal Market; former Councilman Frank Rizzo Jr.; George Matysik, the director of government affairs at Philabundance; Isaiah Thomas, professor and former candidate; Sherrie Cohen, an attorney with the Tenant Union Representative Network; Tom Wyatt, a partner at Dilworth Paxson law firm; and Jenne Ayers, a Yale law student and daughter of former Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers.
Gym, a University of Pennsylvania grad, was named one of the 75 most influential people in the city by Philadelphia magazine in 2014. She founded Parents United for Public Education, which seeks more funding and resources for
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20150210_Helen_Gym_announces_run_for_Phila__City_Council.html#z7Udf2VJrwyW2zcS.99
Education advocate and fellow education blogger Helen Gym Is Running for City Council! | EduBloggers
Education advocate and fellow education blogger Helen Gym Is Running for City Council! | EduBloggers:
Education advocate and fellow education blogger Helen Gym Is Running for City Council!
jonpelto / 19 mins ago
Great news from Philadelphia…. Philadelphia: Helen Gym Is Running for City Council
More information as it becomes available. Diane Ravitch ported the following earlier today;
Helen Gym, the articulate and tireless parent advocate for Philadelphia public schools, is running for City Council.
Here is a 30-second video of Helen.
She has already been endorsed by the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers.
Here is the speech she delivered at 5 pm today.
Helen Gym: Campaign Announcement
I stand here filled with gratitude to see so many of you here. I have given a lot of speeches over the years but it is a lot easier to give a speech about an injustice that must be fought, or students who need to be supported than it is to talk about… myself. But standing here, seeing so many friends and so many people that I respect, calms my nerves a little a bit, and makes me realize how lucky I am, and how lucky we all are, to live in a city with communities like this one.
Although I have lived here for almost thirty years, I wasn't born in Philadelphia. I grew up in Ohio, the daughter of Korean immigrants. We didn't have much, but I was fortunate enough to grow up in a neighborhood that had public parks where I could play, a public library where I could read, a public rec center where I could swim, and most importantly, public schools where I got a great education. That education formed me, like it formed so many of you. It unlocked the possibilities of the world. It was a social contract, and it influenced how I think about the possibilities, not just the limitations, of government throughout my life.
I moved to Philadelphia for college, met and married a wonderful man, and immersed myself in this city. I taught at Lowell Elementary School in Olney. I joined amazing organizations in this city – like Asian Americans United. I became a mother and started raising my three children in this city, and I worked alongside so many amazing mothers and fathers dedicated to re-envisioning our public schools.
I helped found the Philadelphia Public School Notebook, to raise up their voices as well as those of teachers, school staff and students. I helped found a school that breathed life into culture and practices that value multilingualism, community and served many immigrant families. I founded Parents United for Education advocate and fellow education blogger Helen Gym Is Running for City Council! | EduBloggers:
No two fingerprints are alike. Children have more individual differences than their fingerprints do. | Reclaim Reform
No two fingerprints are alike. Children have more individual differences than their fingerprints do. | Reclaim Reform:
No two fingerprints are alike. Children have more individual differences than their fingerprints do.
Posted on February 9, 2015by Ken Previti
You are the parent. Be the parent you want to be.
No two fingerprints are alike.
Your child is forced to comply with state mandated, high stakes tests that label each one for life in order to profit a few multinational corporate investors and the legislators they finance.
Children have more individual differences than their fingerprints do.
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Dov Rosenberg for President of the Durham Association of Educators!
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Learning from Failure | John Thompson
Learning from Failure | John Thompson:
Most innovations fail. And like NPR Planet Money's Adam Davidson explains, "life span of innovations has never shorter, meaning that failure happens more quickly." So, it is not too soon to start to contemplate of the obituaries of the contemporary school reform movement.
Professor Emeritus Larry Cuban's first draft of the history of "thirty years of market-driven and donor-supported school reform," is particularly prescient. Although vestiges of reform "will be quietly incorporated into public schooling," Cuban guesses that "contemporary policymakers and philanthropists who have invested much time, energy, and monies into these market-driven reforms ... will not break out the champagne for these remnants."
He concludes reforms such as "evaluating teachers on the basis of test scores, ending tenure and seniority, calling principals CEOs, and children learning to code will be like tissue-paper reforms of the past (e.g., zero-based budgeting, right- and left-brain teaching) that have been crumpled up and tossed away."
I read Cuban as saying that 1990s-type reforms were not doomed. Standards-based reforms produced incremental gains and, back then, charters had potential as laboratories for experimentation. Reformers were too impatient, however, demanding "transformational" change. They doubled down on standardized test-driven, competition-driven policies that are deserving of their place in the ash can of history.
Reformers should have listened to Cuban and other historians of education. Now, they have a second chance to reflect on where they went wrong. The New York Times Magazine special edition, Failure, (and its contribution by Davidson) could help accountability-driven reformers transition from their simplistic test, sort, and punish mandates to a science-based, humanistic reform era.
Failure is not shameful. For instance, the most-heralded innovations of the 1990s have largely failed to live up to their hype. Big Data did not put an end to the ups and downs of business cycles. The Human Genome Project has not yet yielded the health benefits it promised. As Kemia Malekvilibro explains, DNA sequencing's promise of a "golden road to pharmaceutical riches as target-based drug discovery has often proved to be more of a garden path."
So, data-driven school reformers were not alone in discovering that the world is far more complex than they believed. But, they have followed a path that is very different Learning from Failure | John Thompson:
Finding the Keys to School Funding in your Pocket | Cloaking Inequity
Finding the Keys to School Funding in your Pocket | Cloaking Inequity:
Finding the Keys to School Funding in your Pocket
Have you ever lost your keys? I did recently. I searched everywhere. I looked in the cushions of the sofa (always the most likely spot). I looked in yesterdays jeans (second most likely spot). I thought perhaps they might even be in my dirty laundry— so shirts— and other things— began flying through the air as I went through the hamper (I have history of finding them here too). I thought maybe they might have been lost in the bed covers so I tossed them aside (guilty). I thought maybe I might have left them in the car in the ignition (have done this many times before). Suffice to say that I tore the house apart. Misplacing your keys also happens at the most inconvenient times, the morning when you really urgently need to be somewhere to get something done or have an appointment. After an hour of looking high and low for my keys, and silly and stupid as this sounds, I found my keys in the pocket of the suit jacket I was wearing. Which was insane! All this time I had been looking everywhere, and the keys were in a very obvious place. It occurred to me this morning that this experience is an allegory for school funding.
I travelled to San Antonio Texas last week to serve as a panelist for the Intercultural Development Research Association'sJose A. Cardenas School Finance symposium held at Our Lady of the Lake University. The specific topic of the symposium was the weighted funding approach utilized in many state school finance systems and to "examine the amount of supplemental funding that is required to effectively implement appropriate services for English Language Learners at the secondary level."
I understand if ELLs are not typically on your radar, but stay with me because there is a broader, more general argument to be made here about school funding. First, there is this:
It's very clear from the data that states are unequally provisioning education. It's on purpose because policymakers are determined that some children will be provisioned with a high quality education and then at the same time ration that opportunity for the poor. They say that money doesn't matter for a high quality education, but what they actually mean is that money only matters for the education of the wealthy and not for the poor. In other words, throwing money at education for wealthy kids is okay, but not poor kids. Have you ever wondered what the funding situation looks like for high performing versus low performing schools? Since money "doesn't matter" there should be no Finding the Keys to School Funding in your Pocket | Cloaking Inequity:
'You have made us the enemy. This is personal.' — 7 N.Y. Teachers of the Year blast Cuomo - The Washington Post
'You have made us the enemy. This is personal.' — 7 N.Y. Teachers of the Year blast Cuomo - The Washington Post:
'You have made us the enemy. This is personal.' — 7 N.Y. Teachers of the Year blast Cuomo
Seven New York State Teachers of the Year have written an open letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, blasting his new proposed education reforms that, among other things, link half of a teacher's evaluation to student standardized test scores. Rich Ognibene, 2008 New York State Teacher of the Year, said in an e-mail that he wrote the first draft and six others contributed to the effort because "we were deeply hurt by the governor's proposed education reforms."
Writing and signing the letter along with Ognibene are Ashli Dreher, 2014 New York State Teacher of the Year; Katie Ferguson, 2012 New York State Teacher of the Year; Jeff Peneston, 2011 New York State Teacher of the Year; Marguerite Izzo, 2007 New York State Teacher of the Year; Steve Bongiovi, 2006 New York State Teacher of the Year; and Liz Day, 2005 New York State Teacher of the Year. The letter has been published in theAlbany Times Union and, with permission from the authors, I am publishing it here.
Dear Governor Cuomo:
We are teachers. We have given our hearts and souls to this noble profession. We have pursued intellectual rigor. We have fed students who were hungry. We have celebrated at student weddings and wept at student funerals. Education is our life. For this, you have made us the enemy. This is personal.
Under your leadership, schools have endured the Gap Elimination Adjustment and the tax cap, which have caused layoffs and draconian budget cuts across the state. Classes are larger and support services are fewer, particularly for our neediest students.
We have also endured a difficult rollout of the Common Core Standards. A reasonable implementation would have started the new standards in kindergarten and advanced those standards one grade at a time. Instead, the new standards were rushed into all grades at once, without any time to see if they were 'You have made us the enemy. This is personal.' — 7 N.Y. Teachers of the Year blast Cuomo - The Washington Post:
Reckhow and Tomkins-Stange Document How Gates and Broad Money Got Everyone "Singing from the Same Hymnbook" - Living in Dialogue
Reckhow and Tomkins-Stange Document How Gates and Broad Money Got Everyone "Singing from the Same Hymnbook" - Living in Dialogue:
Reckhow and Tomkins-Stange Document How Gates and Broad Money Got Everyone "Singing from the Same Hymnbook"
By Anthony Cody.
Researchers Sarah Reckhow and Megan Tomkins-Stange have released a paper titled "Singing from the Same Hymnbook": Education Policy Advocacy at Gates and Broad.
The paper was shared last Thursday at a fascinating event hosted by the American Enterprise Institute. The event was a forum, called "Is the 'new' education philanthropy good for schools? Examining foundation-funded school reform." While the panels were a bit weighted with inside players, and did not include a single actual educator, there is some useful information here, starting with the research by Reckhow and Tomkins-Stange.
I have been writing about the widening influence of the Gates Foundation since it became apparent around 2010. But Gates officials have been reluctant to acknowledge their influence, pointing out that their grants are a small fraction of the total amount spent on K12 education in the US. This paper should clear up this confusion for once and for all.
The authors use several different methods to investigate Gates and Broad influence, as they explain:
First, we collected data on grant distributions at each foundation. Second, we analyzed the testimony of foundation-funded witnesses in Congressional hearings. Third, we drew upon an original set of interviews with foundation officials, conducted between 2010 and 2012, to contextualize and extend our analysis.
Here is what they discovered:
We find that after 2008, Gates and Broad deliberately pursued funding strategies that prioritized federal policy and advocacy initiatives, sometimes in partnership with one another through purposeful convergence.i Specifically, we find that since 2008, Gates and Broad shifted funds from local education groups to national advocacy organizations and from discrete project-based initiatives to systemic reform efforts. We also show that Congressional testimony on teacher quality by Gates-funded and Broad-funded grantees has increased over time, indicating that these foundations have identified this strategy as a source of significant policy influence.
Finally, we demonstrate that the foundations utilized two distinct strategies within their advocacy funding efforts. First, the foundations closely aligned themselves with high-level officials at the federal Department of Education. Second, they funded a broad range of education interest groups that provided testimony to policymakers, disseminated research, and promoted a common set of policy goals. We argue that these targeted strategies led to a dominant narrative emerging within policy debates regarding teacher quality, specifically the concept of "value-added" teacher evaluation.
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The band have since released an ambitious 18 track record in The Veil, and remained close, a family even – Sebastian and bandmate Erik Klinga being exactly that, brothers – patiently honing themselves away to work on their sound, and recently adding a fourth member in bassist Wilhem Magnusson. In 2017 they arrive having done what any band in their right mind might do to combat the uncertainty of our modern world, they've retained both hope, optimism and their all-encompassing knack for melody – and they've written a pop record.
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Q: Not able to deploy Sample .NET Core reference application on Openshift I am trying to deploy Sample .NET Core reference application to Openshift using the provided helm charts. Following is the repo for it:
https://github.com/dotnet-architecture/eShopOnContainers
I first tried on local Kubernetes and it worked out of the box as per instructions. It uses some infrastructure services for redis, sql server, rabbitmq and mongodb.
The web applications use the default Kestrel web server. I am getting errors with Kestrel, first of all, on Openshift, with following exceptions:
[11:54:31 WRN] Overriding address(es) 'http://*:8080'. Binding to endpoints defined in UseKestrel() instead.
[11:54:31 FTL] Unable to start Kestrel.
System.Net.Sockets.SocketException (13): Permission denied
   at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.UpdateStatusAfterSocketErrorAndThrowException(SocketError error, String callerName)
   at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.DoBind(EndPoint endPointSnapshot, SocketAddress socketAddress)
   at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Bind(EndPoint localEP)

I have already modified the Dockerfiles for services to include following configurations, and various combinations of them:
LABEL io.k8s.description="Platform for running .NET 5 applications" \
      io.k8s.display-name=".NET 5" \
      io.openshift.tags="runtime,.net,dotnet,dotnetcore,rh-dotnet50-runtime" \
      io.openshift.expose-services="8080:http" \
      io.openshift.s2i.scripts-url=image:///usr/libexec/s2i \
      io.s2i.scripts-url=image:///usr/libexec/s2i

EXPOSE 8080
# Don't download/extract docs for nuget packages
ENV NUGET_XMLDOC_MODE=skip

## By default, ASP.NET Core runs on port 5000. We configure it to match
## the container port.
ENV ASPNETCORE_URLS=http://*:8080

# Create a group and user so we are not running our container and application as root and thus user 0 which is a security issue.
RUN addgroup --system --gid 1000 customgroup \
    && adduser --system --uid 1000 --ingroup customgroup --shell /bin/sh customuser

# Tell docker that all future commands should run as the appuser user, must use the user number
USER 1000

I also tried including following in launchSettings.json in all profiles:
"externalUrlConfiguration" : true,

Even after trying all possible solutions with my own modified images, I'm stuck. Can anyone with knowledge of .net-core and Openshift guide as to what I'm missing and how I can get this sample application up and running on Openshift cluster. Thanking in advance.
Following is the fork from original repo with the changes I tried mainly in Dockerfiles and in launchSettings.json: https://github.com/VineetKanwal1/eShopOnContainers

A: I think some of the apps ignore ASPNETCORE_URLS by using ConfigureKestrel and then listening to specific ports.
Trying to bind a privileged port (like 80) is causing the "Permission denied" SocketException.

A: I was able to resolve all issues. The above issue was as pointed by Tom " apps ignore ASPNETCORE_URLS by using ConfigureKestrel". After changing ports in Program.cs, it was working. But there were many more changes required to make it work on openshift to change port for services from 80 to 8080. All changes are in my fork:
https://github.com/VineetKanwal1/eShopOnContainers


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Proposals for Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council's 2021/22 budget include a proposed £5 average increase for the borough council part of the council tax which is likely to make it one of the lowest of the districts in Hampshire, and most of the rest of the country, again.
Maintaining services that residents value, including weekly bin collections, community safety patrols and keeping areas looking their best, are funded as part of the Cabinet's budget proposals for next year.
This includes previous commitments for additional funding to increase community safety patrols and a new scheme for councillors to support small-scale projects in their communities, which were delayed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
To help fund services, as well as a small increase in council tax, a 3% average increase in fees and charges to help pay for the costs of these services without putting the burden on council tax payers is proposed.
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Flight Sergeant Charles Williston McKim
Charles Williston McKim
F/Sgt. C. W. McKim remembered on the Runnymede Memorial.
Jane Collman Williams
On the 13th May, 1943, No.403 and No.416 squadron, R.C.A.F., had a nerve shattering day escorting short range bomber attacks. Three pilots didn't make it back to Kenley after the second sortie of the day, Ramrod 71.
It was a large operation involving more than 100 B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 8th USAAF, whose main target was the Potez aircraft factory at Meaulte. A diversionary raid was aimed at Fort Rouge and Longuenesse airfield, near St.Omer. The Kenley Wing, led by Johnnie Johnson, was to provide Third Fighter Cover. They took off at 3.40pm and everything went according to plan until the formation reached the target area and was attacked by 50 Messerschmitt BF109's and Focke Wulf FW190's coming from all angles. The combat continued back to Le Touquet. At around 4.40pm, Sergeant Uttley was "bounced" and shot down in the Doullens area. Squadron Leader F. H. Boulton DFC, of No.416 Squadron, was hit by flak, baled out and was taken Prisoner of War.
At 4.35pm, Flight Sergeant Charles Williston McKim of 416 squadron, R.C.A.F., flying Spitfire F, Mk.IX (BR626), reported that he was badly hit and baled out over the English Channel, 15 miles west of Le Touquet.
Wing Commander Johnson saw a parachute in the water and led 403 and 416 back to the area after the operation to search for McKim. Aircraft wreckage and an oil patch were seen but no sign of their comrade.
"Mac" was 21 years old, the son of Robert Taylor McKim, a clergyman, and Mary Annetta Renfrew Gilchrist, of Westfield, New Brunswick. He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was studying Medical Science at Dalhousie University, when he enlisted in the Spring of 1941. He was considered immature, but capable and intelligent, during his training, and received his Pilot's Flying badge on 19th June, 1942. He arrived in England in December, and, after the usual spell at No.53 Operational Training Unit, was sent to No.416, his first and only squadron, at Kenley, on 11th March, 1943.
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Memorial or graveyard location
Runnymede Memorial (46)
Grave or memorial details:
Panel 184.
Sources: 403 and 416 Squadron Operations Record Books. RCAF Service Files.
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Kory Moegenburg and Kurt Jus did not appear in court but filed a waiver of appearance and entered written pleas of not guilty.
Both the bouncer and the manager charged with battery after an alleged assault at Wild Greg's Saloon pleaded not guilty at arraignment Thursday.
Kory James Moegenburg, 26, and Kurt Just, 54, did not appear before Judge Joyce Williams in Escambia County Court, and instead filed a waiver of appearance and entered written pleas of not guilty.
Both men are accused in the same incident at the Palafox Street bar in the early hours of May 4. Police say they denied entry to a group of men and then chased them down the street and pepper sprayed them.
One victim also claimed Moegenburg kicked him in the face.
The victims allegedly walked up to the bar and were denied entry, which is when they started arguing with Just and Moegenburg, and one of them kicked a trash can over before walking away, according to Just's and Moegenburg's Pensacola Police Department arrest report.
One of the victims said Moegenburg and Just followed the group and Just called one of the men the N-word before both he and Moegenburg allegedly pepper sprayed them.
Just told police was attacked by the men, saying he was "jumped" as he was picking up bottles from the ground from the overturned trash can.
Moegenburg faces one count of misdemeanor battery in that incident and Just faces three counts of misdemeanor battery.
The owner of Wild Greg's, Gregory Urban, said earlier this week that both men have been terminated and replaced.
Urban told the News Journal he doesn't believe Just and Moegenburg did anything wrong and were acting within the scopes of their jobs. But, he said, the bar needs "fresh faces" after the publicity since their arrests.
Just and Moegenburg also face charges in connection to another incident surrounding alleged misconduct at Wild Greg's. Moegenburg was recently charged with another battery offense and a kidnapping charge for allegedly taking a patron into an elevator at the bar on Feb. 11 and assaulting him.
Just was arrested May 18 and faces a count each of resisting arrest without violence and tampering with evidence for allegedly concealing video of the February attack. Urban has also been charged with resisting arrest without violence based on the same allegations.
All three are scheduled for arraignment in those cases in June. Judge Williams set Just's and Moegenburg's battery cases for another court date July 3.
In a separate Wild Greg's case — one in which arrests have not been made — a patron was found outside the bar with facial fractures one night in July 2017.
The State Attorney's Office said in court in November it was considering contempt of court charges against Wild Greg's management for saying they had lost surveillance footage from inside the business on that night.
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