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Another one of my 2014 photographs turned into postcard, this one begins the summer-long fascination with chicory. Once identified (thank you Carol Blackbird Edson), I began to eat as many of the petals as I could find and also found chicory showing up in the OTHER series of poems I began writing during the APPF, some of which I've been reading at open mics and posting elsewhere online.
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A surprise large attic space with soaring ceiling height allowed the couple to create a walk-in closet and spectacular spa-like en suite accessible from a private staircase in the master bedroom. "A secret retreat, as we like to call it," notes one of the owners.
A black subway tile backsplash paired with black grout gave the sleek white bathroom and modern finish. Black mounted hardware blends seamlessly against its backdrop for a look that's completely calming in its minimalism.
"We decided to add a third floor addition after we realized there was enough ceiling height in the attic for Armando to comfortably walk through without slouching," says Emily. "The huge attic was a hidden gem—we had no idea it was there and the discovery was a dream for me as I always wanted a closet large enough to fit all my clothes and shoes.
An original cast iron tub was refinished and relocated to the couple's master ensuite on the third floor.
A hip black side table that houses a select few pieces of decor is the finishing touch to transforming a utilitarian bathroom into a truly serene spa experience.
Creating the private staircase to access the transformed attic and third floor addition from the master bedroom allowed the couple to make use of the found space without having to sacrifice bedroom space elsewhere on the second floor.
Emily and Armando's vibe of a modern oasis trickled down from the spa master bath to their bedroom, where white walls are punctuated sparingly by black and white photography and art prints, touches of green decor and a rich wood bed frame.
Avid travellers, the couple drew design inspiration from years of shared adventures around the globe. Sentimental souvenirs and objets d'art are strewn throughout the home.
A large-scale map of Rome was salvaged by the owners from an architectural firm and hangs prominently in the master bedroom.
While modern architecture and furniture governs the majority of the home, a few vintage accents add a touch of history to the home, and give a nod to its original craftsmen style.
With so few colours featured throughout the home, the few that were used truly pop. Plants are a predominant source of accent colour and we love how this bright green glasses case carries that pattern through to the bedside tables.
When it came to selecting artwork to hang over their bed, Emily and Armando didn't have to hunt for very long. Two simple but playful black and white photos of their daughter playing in a bed fit the space perfectly, and emphasize the cozy and dreamy aesthetic of their all-white bedding.
An Eames lounge chair with a simple white side table and plant are all that's needed to strike a scene in the nook under the stairs.
Colour and whimsy abound in two-year-old Penelope's room.
An oversized basket and modern wire side table make for easy storage for Penelope's impressive collection of stuffed animals, but her favourites, a preppy pink flamingo and a chipper yellow pineapple, sit on two identical vintage chairs.
Open floating white shelves are a sweet way to add even more colour to a nursery or playroom. Plus, if hung low enough, they're easy for little ones to retrieve books from.
A vintage globe on an antique dresser gives a nod to Emily and Armando's lust for travel, and hopefully will inspire the same in their daughter Penelope!
As the temperatures drop in Canada, indoor plants are all the more important to breathe a little life and colour into our homes.
Clean and modern hardware like this crystal door knob adds a touch of glamour and elegance to the home. Against the sleek white backdrop of the home's architecture, it's the epitome of luxury and femininity.
The couple designed the custom double vanity in the second floor bathroom, which sparkles with crystal and brass fixtures.
To imbue the white and gold bathroom with a touch of drama, the ceiling was painted with a rich, solid black. The unexpected choice helps to steer the space away from feeling overly precious.
A colourful assortment of Portuguese Claus Porto soaps take on an air of decor placed in a chic glass canister, while a little dish beside it holds colourful bits of jewellery. It's these few accents, along with a pink soap canister and towel, that solidify this space as chic, elegant and admittedly girly.
Emily and Armando's sense of wanderlust is echoed in almost every room of the home, including this second floor hallway where European city posters hang neatly in a row.
Down on the main floor, the kitchen received the most dramatic face lift during the renovation, and gives a dramatic first impression in the form of a black hallway and pantry that lead into the white open space at the very back of the home.
An oversized marble island anchors the bright and airy kitchen. Colourful artwork of Warhol-hued sardines adorns a wall. The pieces were made by Armando and inspired by cultural festivals in Portugal.
The stylish couple both love modern design but began to develop a stronger appreciation for the original beauty of their typical Toronto four square home with modest 'craftsman' style elements. Struggling to find a balance between old and new, the front of the house pays homage to the original design with double-hung windows and a restored wooden porch while the addition at the back of the house has a more modern feel with dark espresso-coloured brick and sleek black single pane windows.
"We wanted to respect the character of this established neighbourhood by maintain the originality of the front façade, but loved the idea that the rest of the house could be made to look modern," says Armando.
"When we visited the house for the first time, we immediately fell in love with the front entrance. It was big enough so that you didn't feel claustrophobic but small enough that you only got a glimpse of the surrounding rooms. It made you want to explore the next room. This was our inspiration when it came time to redesigning the layout of the first floor." explained Armando.
"We kept the rooms divided but connected, which created a racetrack layout and made the house feel more intriguing as you walk from one space to another—there are no dead ends, which makes it really easy to move around," says Armando.
The family keeps their kitchen counters bare, thanks in large part to the hidden pantry that houses appliances as well as preserves, but permissions are made for a few key items, like a pair of vintage green prints, a big bowl of red apples, and a gold hexagon wine rack.
Set against the pristine white backdrop of the family kitchen, black fixtures pop in a fresh and modern way, and are mirrored by the stark black stools featured under the counter.
The addition of a few simple black stools under the kitchen counter give the kitchen an informal vibe that invites friends to pull up a chair as dinner's being prepped!
The same floating white shelves used to display Penelope's books were used in the kitchen to show off the family's collection of cookbooks. (And if their library is any indication, a seat at their table is an enviable invitation!).
A big bowl of apples sitting on the counter serves as a good reminder to get your daily servings of fruit, and adds a brilliant burst of seasonal red.
A dramatic nook by the kitchen hides a perfectly-stocked pantry and bar area to mix cocktails and prepare coffee.
Though small, the pantry is incredibly efficient thanks to tightly stacked shelves with perfectly aligned goods and equipment.
Every inch of storage space is utilized, with shelving that runs from the floor to the ceiling. Wire baskets were brought in to help keep like items stored together, while still providing visibility into what tasty snacks are tucked away.
With bags and bags of coffee beans and jars of preserves, Emily and Armando are well stocked for the winter months! We love how the colourful jars add a festive fall colour palette to the dramatic black pantry.


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Body donation business accused of mishandling remains to pay out $58 million
The civil trial against Stephen Gore and his former business Biological Resource Center in Scottsdale wrapped up Tuesday morning.
Published: 11:50 AM MST November 19, 2019
Updated: 5:13 PM MST November 19, 2019
PHOENIX — Half of the plaintiffs in a civil case against a Scottsdale body donation center claimed victory in court Tuesday, but the ruling did little to ease the hurt one plaintiff said.
Ten of the 21 plaintiffs were awarded $58 million in the case against Stephen Gore and his former business Biological Resource Center. The plaintiffs accused Gore of lying to them about how their loved ones' remains would be used after the bodies were donated.
The former business was ordered to pay $50 million in punitive damages and $8 million in compensatory damages.
Gwen Aloai, who was awarded $5.5 million, said her husband's donated body was dismembered and his body parts were discovered in different states.
"My heart is broken. You get to know these people throughout the trial. People I've never known before, the other plaintiffs and there are some kind, sweet, lovely people that were totally taken advantage of," Aloai said.
Aloai left the courthouse with a message for others who may be considering body donation.
"People got to be careful when they donate now. I mean these people were marketing to hospices, to hospitals, and they think they were doing it out of goodwill, the hospices and hospitals, but they didn't know and it's got to stop," Aloai said.
The lawsuit alleged that some of the families received boxes of what they believed were the cremated remains of their loved ones, but they later discovered the bodies were sold to third parties or were still at the facility.
Michael Burg, attorney for the plaintiffs, said the jury sent a message with their verdict.
"They sent a message to people like Mr. Gore and others around the country who are doing these whole body donations that if you're not going to follow the rules, if you're going to misrepresent things to people, and you're going to do things with the bodies you're not supposed to do that there's gonna be a price to pay," Burg said.
Gore's attorney declined to comment on the verdict.
A 2014 FBI raid of the facility revealed human heads in coolers and a bucket of severed male genitalia, along with other dismembered body parts.
RELATED: Lawsuit: Head sewn to torso in 'Frankenstein manner' among gruesome findings at body donation center
Retired FBI agent Mark Cwynar testified to seeing torsos without arms and heads during the raid.
"The heads, arms and legs had been removed and stacked on top of each other," Cwynar said on the stand.
Cwynar also says agents recovered a head which was sewn onto what was clearly a different person's torso.
"I did observe a body that had its chest cavity opened up. Then there was a smaller head or a small head that was attached, and there was crude stitching around the neck portion that appeared to have reattached the head," Cwynar said.
Several plaintiffs also took the stand on day one of this civil trial and more are expected to tell their stories before the judge hands this case off to a jury.
The AP contributed to this report.

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Love This New Twerps Single
January 12, 2015 nathan.lankford Leave a comment
It's amazing what a little push from the big guys like P4K can do for a band; this new single from Twerps has blown up in the last four days with the "Best New Music" tag, and I couldn't be happier for the band. Ever since we first covered the act way back in 2011, they've brought this great calm to low-tempo pop music. I love the littlest touches the band puts to finishing up each track, like adding a slight backing female vocal in spots…especially when the guitars ring a hint louder than normal. All this points towards a sneaking suspicion that Range Anxiety is going to be a sure-hit for Chapter Music/Merge Records when the LP is released at the end of January.
Hear The New Kath Bloom Track
December 17, 2014 nicole.baumann Leave a comment
Connecticut Folk icon, Kath Bloom is back at it again, further continuing her 35 year long career. She's got a new album for the first time in five years that's set to be released in February of 2015, and we're lucky enough to have a track from that record to share with you below. "Criminal Side," off the forthcoming record, Pass Through Here, has this sort of patchwork feeling to it, where the emotive quality of Bloom's warbling vocals come together with the acoustic guitar and the gentle oohs in the background to form a folksy, yet powerful track. Enjoy the track below and get ready for the new album out soon on Chapter Music.
Fresh Tunes from Dick Diver
December 11, 2014 nathan.lankford Leave a comment
I fucking thought the hits from Wednesday were solid, but I'm stoked with the tunes I've got for you today, especially this new Dick Diver tune. The Aussie outfit has long been one of my favorites (I might have even been their first US supporter, maybe!). They've just offered up this great new single, which actually shows the band with a poppier and more forceful tone, which could come from the fact that the band is working with lyrics co-written by poet Michael Farrell; it could lead to some incredible things on their new LP, Melbourne, Florida (I'd like to state for the record that I once drank too much Kentucky Deluxe by the case in that odd beach town). The album will see the light of day in early March via their long-standing label Chapter Music and new US rep, Trouble In Mind Records.
New Twerps Tune for You
December 9, 2014 nathan.lankford Leave a comment
There are some bands you just can't get enough of, and, for me, that band is Twerps. Any time they have something to offer, I clamor to get my hands on it. So today, we're tossing up this next tune from the Aussie group, in advance of their next album, Range Anxiety. This tune take up the same emotional appeal as earlier work, though many people might be a touch surprised at the lead vocal role going to Jules on this number. Still, the guitar work, as always, is sublime, working somewhere in the vein between jangling and drifting; it creates a lush bit of pop. Look for the new album on January 23rd via Chapter Music/Merge Records.
Jonny Telafone Readies New Album
October 2, 2014 nathan.lankford
Chapter Music always has the pulse on what's going on over in Australia, and they've been working with some great R&B influenced acts, such as Jonny Telafone. This new single from his upcoming LP starts off really slowly, working mostly with his voice and some atmospheric undertones. But, the beats burst in and the song just takes off into this heavenly swirl of incredible club-friendly pop music. You can also check out this great video for the tune, which may or may not be NSFW; it's after the jump, HERE. Look for the new album, Romeo Must Cry in early 2015.
Brand New Tune from The Stevens
August 29, 2014 nathan.lankford
In case you were one of those unfortunate souls who missed out on the glory that was The History of Hygiene, then first listen to this delightful new song from The Stevens. We got glimpses of this sort of pop on their debut, but this track shows such growth and perfection that it's hard to even really see them as the same group. When the world looks back in 20 years on the history of Australian pop music, they'll start to look at Chapter Music as the purveyors of all great things; they're the label releasing this delectable single. Perfect way to wrap up your Friday afternoon. Then you can also go pick up their LP; you deserve it.
Playful Pop from Andras & Oscar
August 5, 2014 nathan.lankford Leave a comment
It's already been a pretty great week for Chapter Music, with some great coverage for the excellent Geoffrey O' Connor album, Fan Fiction, but they're back with a curveball for you…a good one. The Australian label known for being on the front lines of exporting great tunes has traditionally brought guitar based tunes our way, yet today they announced the singing of Andras & Oscar, a a danceable duo. The first single comes without much pretense, instead choosing to rely upon a solid vocal hook that's got a great beat to stand behind it. You'll be nodding and grooving for the rest of your day I swear. Check out their Cafe Romantica album when it's released by the label in October.
Another Great Track from Laura Jean
July 30, 2014 nathan.lankford Leave a comment
I've written about the work of songwriter Laura Jean on several occasions, and she's back with a real winner today. This is her second single from her upcoming self-titled album; it's also the best track I've heard from her (not that I don't adore the others). There's a gentle touch to her playing on this tune, almost playful, which suits the vocal tones extremely well. You think Jenny Lewis can write songs like this? I'm thinking no, which is a strong step forward for LJ. Look for her album on August 22nd from the reliable Chapter Music.
New 7″ Coming from Dick Diver
June 24, 2014 nathan.lankford Leave a comment
Australia's Dick Diver have long been one of my secrets, but it seems that they're getting their deserved accolades; it will only continue once people spend time listening to their latest single. It's the A-Side to their New Name Blues 7″, which is being released by Fruits and Flowers. I think the guitar work on this track is some of their best, while the craftsmanship still revolves around their usage of male/female vocal interplay. If you didn't listen to their record, Calendar Days, which was on Chapter Music, then perhaps this will convince you where you went wrong. Give a spin.
New Music from Laura Jean
After a rather quiet beginning to 2014, Chapter Music is gearing up to finish the year in strong fashion. We shared a track from Geoffrey O'Connor last week, and now we want you to take a look at Laura Jean. The construction of this track is quite careful, with barely any pace at all to it. Such an approach allows for LJ's voice to shine brightly, with a little bit of accent from her friend Jenny Hval. as the instrumentation begins to build you find yourself completely wrapped up in the realm Jean has created with her vocal performance. This is the first single off her up-coming self-titled album, which will see a street release date of August 22nd.
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Q: How to retain an "import" capability after py2exe compile I wrote a wxPython GUI where I currently configure some of the widgets and some default values by using "import data" for a module file containing several lists.
But I need to compile the whole program using py2exe for a user without a python installation.
In so doing, I lose the capability of letting the user edit the data.py file to change
those configuration defaults.
I could put each list as a series of text strings and read and parse the whole thing, but that
seems like a huge waste when python already can do all that by a simple import statement.
I could probably do it with xrc/xml or perhaps ConfigParser but it would seem there should be an easy way to sort of
import data.txt
or something similar and let python do it's thing!  Then when py2exe gets hold of it it, it wouldn't create un-editable byte-code for the data.txt file.
Any suggestions?

A: files that are imported are bundled in the executable by py2exe. The way to go is to use a configuration file that you package with your executable in a zip or with Inno Setup. Configuration files are files made to be changed at some moment, contrarily a user should not be modifying a python script. I tell you because some 'negative' experiences to say something polite.
For my programs (practically all use wxPython GUIs) I use to have a py module with configuration data (directories, etc) and some globals. This module is used to load default parameters if the program does not find my .ini file or if that especific parameter has not been set in the ini. Then I distribute everything (exe and auxiliary files) with inno setup.

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And so Chexx came to be, now and forever.
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Its estimated 2014 population was 103,410, making it the most populous city in the county and the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area. The city is notable for its wine industry and Santa Maria-style barbecue. Sunset magazine called Santa Maria "The West's Best BBQ Town".
The Chumash people made their homes in the Santa Maria Valley for thousands of years before European settlement. Spanish explorers passed through the valley in 1769, as part of the Portola Expedition. They established Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa just north of the valley and Mission La Purisma near Lompoc. It wasn't until 1821, after the end of the Mexican War of Independence, that these lands became available for private ownership.
In the late 19th century, many farmers moved to Santa Maria to take advantage of its rich, fertile soil. Agriculture continues to be an important local industry to this day. The city gained official status in 1875, when it was known as Grangerville. It later became known as Central City, before being called Santa Maria to avoid confusion with Central City, Colorado. Large scale oil wells were discovered in the area at the turn of the 20th century. By 1957, 1,775 oil wells in the Santa Maria Valley produced more than $640 million worth of oil.
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Similar to a roller coaster, the motivation of any individual can be really high at times, while at others, it may dip as low as calling it quits.
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For most, it's an annoying and frustrating experience not getting the results they want extremely fast.
How long did it really take you to put on the extra pounds? Was it just a week, a month or a year? Probably more than a year even. Then how do you expect drastic changes to appear in a week itself?
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Additionally, every individual has a different body metabolism and, hence, time for losing weight differs. Comparing yourself to others and wondering why a certain weight loss oriented time frame or plan worked for them and not you, is not at all recommended.
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Weight loss and getting the body of your dreams is not a happy walk on the beach. It is hard work. It requires you to change your diet, to consistently exercise, and change your lifestyle for a long time period, until you really get the desired results… and then maintain this new healthy lifestyle permanently.
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Also, you must have an accepting attitude towards yourself. Stay positive and have faith in your ability and your hard work towards achieving your goal. One of the best ways is to write down your progress and stick it somewhere so you can see it most of the time. Even an accidental look will rejuvenate your motivation.
The bottom line is that weight loss is a journey. Don't focus on the end results, focus on the journey. Take it one day at a time and realize that even the smallest result… is STILL results! The key is to keep piling on those small results… and eventually you'll reach your desired goal.


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Contact information for 117th Congress Republican Senators
December 29, 2020 kaykiser2 Comments
Please contact ALL of the Republican senators and urge them to reject the illegitimate, stolen electoral votes, especially from battleground states like Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin. This will force the election into a final vote by the House of Representatives, one vote per state. We cannot afford to lose this one. We may never get another chance if the Communist left have their way. We will permanently lose our freedoms, rights and our Constitution. It is not enough to contact our own senator, we need to flood the contacts of ALL of the senators with pleas to undo this travesty.
See attached files for links and contact information. Included are website, email, Facebook, and Twitter links along with mailing addresses and phone numbers. Feel free to copy, save and share these files. The Excel file has direct links. The pdf file links can be copied and pasted into your browser. Email takes a little longer than Facebook or Twitter or phoning, because each senator has a contact form you will need to fill out first. Twitter has a limit on the words/letter you can use.
Excel file: Repub Senators contact info of 117th Congress
Pdf file: Repub Senators contact info for 117th Congress
As an example, here is the text I emailed to all of the Republican senators:
Dear Senator (name),
You are our last best hope for preserving our republic, our freedom, our rights and our way of life.
Please add your name to those objecting to the electoral college votes submitted by the states. Do not let illegitimate, fraudulent, stolen votes be counted toward electing an illegitimate president. Please, especially object to the votes from "battleground" states such as Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Minnesota, which have plenty of hard evidence of vote counting fraud.
When deadlocked and turned over to the congress for final voting, please vote for President Donald Trump's team to preserve our republic. Now is the time to be courageous to stop tyranny and a Communist take-over. There may not be another chance.
Be bold. Be a courageous defender and a hero. The American people are counting on you.
Even if violence ensues, it is better to quell a few riots quickly than to accept the demise of our freedom, rights and our democratic republic for the foreseeable future. Domestic unrest and violence will ensue either way.
Patriotic American Citizen
NOTE: These files can be a tool for contacting senators in the future. It took me several days to compile the files since the websites are each arranged differently and links had to be found and inserted.
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This research also includes a groundbreaking study to determine the lethality of Covid-19 based on the most comprehensive available measure: the total years of life that it will rob from all people. This accords with the CDC's tenet that "the allocation of health resources must consider not only the number of deaths by cause" but also the "years of potential life lost."
Redacted Information in Dominion Audit Report in Michigan Shows Races Were Flipped: Analyst — The Wentworth Report
Redacted Information in Dominion Audit Report in Michigan Shows Races Were Flipped: Analyst. By Zachary Stieber. The analyst who led the forensic audit of Dominion Voting Systems in Michigan said on Friday the information state officials pushed to redact shows that the outcomes of races were changed. "The original report had log evidence that we…
Courage vs. Covid
The Age of UnReason, the Year of Fear.
2020: The Age of UnReason, the Year of Fear.Wed Dec 16, 2020 Jack Kerwick64
Shortly after word reached England that the Spanish Armada had embarked, the philosopher Thomas Hobbes, born in 1588, tells us that the terror induced in his mother labor pains that resulted in his premature birth. He memorably remarked that "fear and I were born twins together."
Hobbes' words will doubtless resonate in spades with anyone who was born in 2020.
The present year is the Year of Fear. It is the year of raw, wildly irrational fear.
For sure, the inexhaustible fear-mongering on the part of opportunistic political partisans in the Government-Media-Industrial-Complex has exacerbated, exponentially exacerbated, the fears of tens and tens of millions of Americans. Yet the elites have not, strictly speaking, caused this fear.
They have only revealed it for all of the world to see.
To put this in terms with which most of us have long been familiar, the transformation of a cold virus into an existential crisis legitimizing the indefinite revocation of the United States Constitution and the reduction of the Land of the Free to an internment camp—and one in which its prisoners seem only all too happy to observe "Social Distancing" protocols while cowering behind their masks—has proven beyond the shadow of a doubt that most people really are ridden with fear.
Fear is universal. It is at once necessary and desirable—as long as it is oriented toward objects that warrant its attention.
In other words, when the fear is reasonable, when it is proportionate to the danger posed, it is fulfilling its natural function.
And, as Aristotle long ago observed in his famous analysis of fear and courage, a person who habitually "fears the right thing, for the right motive, in the right way and at the right times" is a courageous person.
Courage or bravery is a virtue, an excellence of character. Aristotle said of it that it "is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others," "the greatest quality of the mind next to honor."
Courage is "the mean" between the emotional extremes of "excess" and "deficiency." Fear is a morally-neutral emotion in itself. When, though, a person habitually possesses an excess of fear—when he possesses more fear than he ought to possess—he has the vice of cowardice. On the other hand, when a person habitually suffers a deficiency of fear—when he possesses less fear than he ought to possess—he has the vice of recklessness.
Both an excess and a deficiency of fear are simply irrational or unreasonable amounts of fear. The irrationality of the fear is determined by the nature of the object of the fear.
Similarly, courage is the virtue that obtains when a person strikes upon the mean between excess and deficiency. To be courageous is to fear reasonably, to know what to fear, when to fear it, and how to do so.
Assuming for the moment (against the evidence to the contrary) that COVID-19 truly is a distinct virus that has been isolated from the gazillions of other stuff with which it co-exists in the bio-chemical soup in which scientists claim to have located it, even according to the official numbers (which even the CDC acknowledges is the result of inflating the death-by-COVID toll by some 94%), the dreaded Virus has a mortality rate in the United States of about one-tenth of one percent—about that of the seasonal flu (The real mortality rate is appreciably smaller than even this, for if only six percent of patients to have died from COVID, lacking any pre-existing conditions, actually died from COVID, then this amounts to about 15,000 people. This in turn means that for people who are not immunocompromised, COVID in the United States has a mortality rate of about five one thousandths of one-percent!).
Since the overwhelming majority of people to have died from "The Virus" suffered from multiple pre-existing conditions, they didn't die from this virus at all; they died with it, perhaps, but not from it. The proof for this is that much stronger in light of a recent John Hopkins University study that was retracted within hours of having been published—despite the fact that, to the admission of those who retracted it, there wasn't a syllable of it that was inaccurate.
Rather, the retraction was made on the grounds that it could be "misinterpreted" or otherwise used for the nefarious purpose of disseminating "misinformation" regarding COVID.
The study, which was performed by the university's students, found that the number of overall deaths in 2020 remained continuous with that of years past. This revelation came as a shock as the authors expected that deaths would be significantly higher given that this year, unlike in the past, COVID deaths would add to the total death toll. So the researchers delved more deeply and discovered that, incredibly—miraculously—deaths in all other categories, in the categories of heart disease, respiratory illness, pneumonia, influenza, etc., decreased just as COVID deaths increased.
The explanation for this became at once self-evident: deaths in all of these other categories were being counted as COVID deaths (the paper can still be found in a PDF file).
The point here, though, is that the millions of American citizens who have radically upended their lives (and the life of the whole society) due to their fear of contracting a virus with a mortality rate no different from that of seasonal influenza and from which most people who contract it don't even get sick are consumed by an excess of fear. The irrationality of their fear is staggering.
A reader recently brought to my attention an article that C.S. Lewis had written on the panic over the prospect of an atomic bomb attack that had seized the members of his generation. Lewis's contemporaries at least had something truly dangerous to fear, for an atomic bomb, being an indiscriminate killer, was certain to leave in its wake widespread destruction and death. Nothing remotely similar can be said for COVID. Still, it is worth revisiting Lewis's sagacious counsel, as his words resonate, or should resonate, more profoundly for those of us living today than perhaps at any other time within recent memory.
In "On Living in an Atomic Age," Lewis shares how he is "tempted to reply" to those who question how life should proceed under the constant threat of nuclear attack. "'Why, as you would have lived in the sixteenth century when the plague visited London almost every year, or as you would have lived in a Viking age when raiders from Scandinavia might land and cut your throat at night; or indeed, as you are already living in an age of cancer, an age of syphilis, an age of paralysis, an age of air raids, an age of railway accidents, an age of motor accident.'"
Lewis elaborates, warning against the loss of perspective that arises "by exaggerating the novelty of our situation." Death was "a certainty" long before the invention of the atomic bomb. What "the scientists" have done is simply add "one more chance of painful and premature death to a world which already bristled with such chances [.]"
This being the case, if and when it comes, "let that bomb…find us doing sensible and human things—praying, working, teaching, reading, listening to music, bathing the children, playing tennis, chatting to our friends over a pint and a game of darts," and "not huddled together like frightened sheep and thinking about bombs. They may break our bodies…but they need not dominate our minds [.]"
Lewis concludes with a warning that all of us in the "COVID era" should take to heart:
"Nothing is more likely to destroy a species or a nation than a determination to survive at all costs."
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2020/12/courage-vs-covid-jack-kerwick/
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Communist Coercion Techniques and Covid-19 Compliance
Is Covid-19 being used to condition us for compliance. See comparison below.
NOTE: Please disregard the references to containment camps, nanochips and 5G. These are typical Communist disinformation additions in order to discredit the other claims.
Biderman, A. D. (1957). Communist attempts to elicit false confessions from Air Force prisoners of war. Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 33(9), 616-625 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov archive.org
Source – https://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/the-biderman-report-of-1956-and-covid-19/276340
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Dominion and overturning an election
Dominion Vote Tabulation Machine Testing Results and Overturning an Election
A test of one Dominion vote tabulating machine in Ware County, Georgia showed that the votes were skewed in favor of Biden. In the test equal numbers of votes were run through for each of the two candidates.
What emerged was not equal. It showed that the computer program in the machine gave Joe Biden 1.13 votes for each vote cast and gave Trump 0.87 votes for each vote cast. That is a spread of 26%, and is enough to overturn the election from Trump to Biden.
Technically, this is not vote flipping; it is adjusting the count by multiplying the votes by algorithmic ratios. Therefore, the left can say no votes were switched or taken from Trump and given to Biden. Rather this is mathematical inflation and deflation of votes to achieve the same result.
Using the AP official numbers from shortly after the election, I calculated what the outcome of each state would be if the ratios were 1.13 for Biden and 0.87 for Trump. By dividing the reported votes by these ratios to eliminate bias, Trump would win most states and the election by a large margin.
Test 1. If we assume that only the battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin were skewed, each of these states would be overturned from Biden to Trump. Trump would win 308 electoral votes to 223 for Biden in spite of the additional illegitimate votes brought in after the count was stopped.
Test 2. If we assume all states were involved, then in spite of the illegally added votes, Trump would win 340 electoral votes to 191 for Biden. This would include overturning Maine, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico and Virginia from Biden to Trump.
Either way, Trump would have won by a significant margin. See Test 1 and Test 2 in the table below.
Opinion: Because Trump's lead in the battleground states was too great to overcome by using algorithmic factors to skew the vote count alone, the count was stopped and new batches of (illegitimate) votes were brought in to ensure that Biden would win. This appears to be what happened, especially in battleground states in large Democratically run cities.
Before this audit of the Dominion vote tabulating machine, I had done similar calculations using Sidney Powell's proposed ratio of 1.25 for Biden and 0.75 for Trump with similar results. See Test 3 and Test 4 in the table below.
Full data is in the Excel spreadsheet at the end of this report. The data used in calculations is from AP 11/21/2020 online. To maintain accuracy standards, I checked the 12/7/2020 AP online results. Most results were so close as to be within tenths of a percent to a rounding error. The only significant change was for New York with a 4.2% increase for Joe Biden, which didn't change the outcome.
Trump Biden
Raw Votes including disputed additional votes 232 306
Test 1: Adj. T/.87 and B/1.13 Battleground states only 315 223
Test 2 Adj T/.87 and B/1.13, all states 347 191
Test 3: Adj. T/.75 and B/1.25, Battleground states only 315 223
Test 4: Adj. T/.75 and B/1.25, all states 452 86
Figure 1. Electoral Votes resulting from adjusting election votes to remove bias from suspected algorithmic ratios imposed by Dominion vote tabulating machines.
Questions remain.
How many of the states, districts and machines used these ratios to skew the results?
What were the actual ratios used in each state and district?
Were Dominion machines recalibrated after the election to remove and hide the ratios used to skew the vote totals?
Because many of the Dominion vote tabulating machines have not been well secured, they may have been recalibrated to hide any skewing factors. If this is the case, we can't test them in any meaningful way or know for certain what, if any, ratio was actually used.
Did the 2016 presidential election also use these ratios in the voting machines?
If so, the Democrats were so confident that it would be sufficient to elect Hillary Clinton that they were not prepared to create and count extra illegal votes to make up for the difference when Trump votes exceeded expectations. Perhaps that is why they were prepared to supply those extra (illegal) votes in 2020. It also explains why Hillary Clinton never accepted the results and was sure that Trump had cheated.
Could the same system have been used in the 2012 and 2008 elections? Other previous years? We may never know.
2020 Presidential state-by-state election results. Data from AP
Source: https://www.wesh.com/article/2020-presidential-election-results;
Note: original chart copied 11/21/20; is no longer available at this site
Adjustment to remove possible fraud through Dominion settings to favor Biden.
Candidate Raw Votes EVotes Adjusted Votes Adjusted EVotes
ALABAMA 100% precincts
GOP Trump, Donald 1,434,315 9 1,648,638 9
Dem Biden, Joe 843,724 746,658
ALASKA 100% precincts
GOP Trump, Donald 189,543 3 217,866 3
ARIZONA 100% precincts
Dem Biden, Joe 1,672,143 11 1,479,773
GOP Trump, Donald 1,661,686 1,909,984 11
ARKANSAS 100% precincts
CALIFORNIA 97.4% precincts
Dem Biden, Joe 11,016,513 55 9,749,127 55
GOP Trump, Donald 5,931,367 6,817,663
COLORADO 100% precincts
Dem Biden, Joe 1,803,941 9 1,596,408 9
CONNECTICUT 100% precincts
Dem Biden, Joe 1,080,492 7 956,188 7
GOP Trump, Donald 714,613 821,394
DELAWARE 100% precincts
Dem Biden, Joe 296,268 3 262,184 3
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 100% precincts
GOP Trump, Donald 18,586 21,363
FLORIDA 100% precincts
GOP Trump, Donald 5,668,731 29 6,515,783 29
Dem Biden, Joe 5,297,045 4,687,650
GEORGIA 100% precincts
HAWAII 100% precincts
IDAHO 100% precincts
ILLINOIS 99.1% precincts
Dem Biden, Joe 3,450,333 20 3,053,392 20
INDIANA 100% precincts
IOWA 100% precincts
GOP Trump, Donald 897,672 6 1,031,807 6
KANSAS 100% precincts
KENTUCKY 100% precincts
LOUISIANA 100% precincts
MAINE 99.3% precincts
Dem Biden, Joe 430,023 4 380,551
GOP Trump, Donald 359,502 413,221 4
MARYLAND 100% precincts
GOP Trump, Donald 973,012 1,118,405
MASSACHUSETTS 100% precincts
MICHIGAN 100% precincts
MINNESOTA 100% precincts
MISSISSIPPI 100% precincts
MISSOURI 100% precincts
MONTANA 100% precincts
NEBRASKA 100% precincts
NEVADA 100% precincts
NEW HAMPSHIRE 100% precincts
NEW JERSEY 100% precincts
NEW MEXICO 100% precincts
NEW YORK 100% precincts
NORTH CAROLINA 100% precincts
NORTH DAKOTA 100% precincts
OHIO 100% precincts
OKLAHOMA 100% precincts
OREGON 98.72% precincts
PENNSYLVANIA 99.93% precincts
RHODE ISLAND 100% precincts
SOUTH CAROLINA 100% precincts
Dem Biden, Joe 1,091,541 965,965
SOUTH DAKOTA 100% precincts
TENNESSEE 100% precincts
TEXAS 100% precincts
UTAH 100% precincts
VERMONT 100% precincts
VIRGINIA 100% precincts
WASHINGTON 98.85% precincts
WEST VIRGINIA 100% precincts
WISCONSIN 100% precincts
WYOMING 100% precincts
Dem Biden, Joe 73,491 65,036
Trump Summary 73,785,969 232 84,811,459 347
Biden Summary 79,823,141 306 70,639,948 191
Grand Total 153,609,110 538 155,451,406 538
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History of Climate and Overpopulation Alarms
December 2, 2020 kaykiser
For a great history of Climate Change and Population Control Alarms watch this video from realclimatescience.com and Steve Goddard's Youtube channel by Tony Heller. A little long but well worth watching. All scares are politics, not science. The aim is socialist/communist control – control of population, economy, politics, every facet of your life.
The world is still not overpopulated.
Hunger is more about politics than scarcity. Modern agriculture can feed everyone.
The climate is always changing, but it is not dangerous. Warm is healthier than cold.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is plant food, and why earth is not one giant ball of ice.
Water vapor is a far stronger greenhouse gas than CO2.
Most of the greenhouse effect occurred in the distant past with an almost opaque blanket preventing heat loss to space. Any further increase in CO2 will have little to no effect.
Deserts and jungles are greening. Crop yields have increased 15 to 20% on average.
The oceans are not rising, except for 7 inches a century since the little Ice Age.
Ocean acidification is a myth. Oceans are buffered to maintain alkaline pH, not acid.
Storms, droughts, floods are not increasing in intensity or frequency.
Polar bears and other wildlife are thriving.
Check out my book Perverted Truth Exposed: How Progressive Philosophy has Corrupted Science on Amazon, and earlier posts here on this subject. The book covers some of the basic areas where science has been corrupted or replaced by philosophy disguised as science. The major scientific areas covered are Darwinian Evolution, Origin of Life Theories, Cosmology, Quantum Mechanics as the heart of Particle Physics, and the Climate Change debate. I present facts and logic to make the point that these areas, regardless of the merit of the theories, are actually based on philosophy, not science, that fits an atheistic, anti-human, progressive political agenda.
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CDC Updated Report: 94% of COVID-19 Deaths Had Serious Underlying Medical Conditions — Center For Rational Thinking
The Centers for Disease Control released a report showing how many people who died from COVID-19 had underlying medical conditions that attributed to their death. From 2.2 million down to… On March 16, 2020, a report from Dr. Neil Ferguson of Imperial College London and his team sent shivers through the world by delivering enormous CIVID-19 death estimates. It […]


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Democratic Rep. (California) Mark Takano Uses a Red Pen To Correct GOP Hardliners
High School Teacher Turned Democratic Congressman Trolls Republicans With Red Pen
California freshman Mark Takano whips out the correction pen to give GOP immigration hardliners "an F." Update: Republican calls Takano's edits "everything Americans hate about Washington." posted on July 11, 2013 at 1:22pm EDT LINK
WASHINGTON — When Democratic Rep. Mark Takano got his hands on a draft letter to Speaker John Boehner from conservatives on immigration, he did what any pro-reform member of Congress who was a high school literature teacher for two decades would: took out his red pen and marked up the draft.
Unsurprisingly, he gave the Republican letter an "F."
"If you don't understand the bill come by my office and I'll explain it," he wrote at the bottom in his best teacherese.
The letter, which is being circulated by Louisiana Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy and is addressed to Boehner, is a rebuke of the Senate's comprehensive immigration reform bill. It includes complaints that the Senate bill is "over 1,000 pages long" and was created in a "secret and underhanded way." Cassidy's letter calls on the House to reject a comprehensive bill in favor of several smaller bills targeted at specific immigration arguments, like border security.
The signatories of the letter are a Who's Who of Republican comprehensive reform opponents in the House, including Reps. Tim Huelskamp of Kansas, John Culberson and Mike Conaway of Texas, Charles Boustany and Rodney Alexander of Louisana, Steve Palazzo and Alan Nunnelee of Mississippi, Joe Pitts of Pennsylvania, Tom Price, Paul Broun and Austin Scott of Georgia, Paul Gosar and Trent Franks of Arizona, Andy Harris of Maryland, Doug Lamborn of Colorado, Jeff Duncan of South Carolina, Bob Latta of Ohio, Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, Blaine Luetkemeyer of Missouri and Richard Hudson of North Carolina.
Outside the White House Thursday, leaders of the Senate Gang Of Eight, which authored the immigration bill, rejected similar complaints made by conservative Republicans in the past.
"Those extreme opponents, they keep coming up with new reasons to oppose the bill. One of their latest is, 'oh, our bill is a thousand pages and complicated,'" said Sen. Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York. "Well, from what I understand, the bills they are putting together — and they only have half of them done — are already 500 pages."
"It's what in those pages that's important, and what's in those pages is supported by the American people overwhelmingly — Democrats, Republicans, business, labor, the whole religious community," Schumer added.
Takano's office says the marked-up version of the letter, which staff posted to both Takano's Facebook and Tumblr pages, has been a hit. After about two hours on Facebook, the letter had already been shared more than 1,000 times.
Update: In a statement, Cassidy responded to Takano's edits.
"Representative Takano's action and grandstanding represent everything Americans hate about Washington, but I won't let his partisanship stand for all of us," Cassidy said. "My colleagues and I are absolutely going to keep requesting that the Speaker listen to the American people, not the big money interests and rank partisans trying to bully and intimidate members of Congress to quickly pass this massive amnesty bill."
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The Chicago Battle Against Charter Schools' Take-Over
President Barack Obama left, talks with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel right, after arriving at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011
Chicago School Closings And The Joyce Foundation: The Obama Connection
By Steve Horn | July 9, 2013
The Windy City is is undergoing a tumultuous historical moment, with the uprising of the Chicago Teachers Union occurring alongside the ongoing restructuring and privatization of the Chicago Public Schools system.
Most recently, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel oversaw the closing of 50 public schools, many of which will be replaced by charter schools. A bulk of the 550 laid-off teachers will be replaced by Teach for America contractors, many of whom teach in charter schools.
"Statewide enrollment in charter schools has surged from 6,152 students in 2000 to 54,054 this school year — with most of them in Chicago — according to the Illinois State Board of Education," an April Chicago Tribune editorial explained. "The first charter school in Illinois opened in 1996. Now there are 132 campuses operating under 58 charters."
A thus-far underreported story of the retooling of CPS concerns a foundation close the epicenter of it all: the Joyce Foundation.
Joyce is a major liberal foundation. President Barack Obama sat on its board of directors from 1994 to 2002, as did Valerie Jarrett, his former senior advisor and assistant to the president for intergovernmental affairs and public engagement .
A look at major organizations dedicated to restructuring U.S. education turns up a slew of current and former upper-level Joyce staff and board members.
Between 1995 and 2012, the Joyce Foundation spent $135.58 million on education reform.
"They're really in bed now with conservative elements nationwide," said Mike Klonsky, a Chicago public schools activist and professor at DePaul University, in an interview with Mint Press News. "Anything that has to do with corporate-style school reform, you'll probably see Joyce's name in it."
A Mint Press News investigation reveals the veracity of Klonsky's statement — and then some.
In the sphere of school privatization, Joyce mirrors Milwaukee's Bradley Foundation, a key foundation of the Republican Party referred to by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel as the "Bradley Empire" in a November 2011 investigation.
In his book, "The Gift of Education: Public Education and Venture Philanthropy," Kenneth Saltman, Klonsky's colleague at DePaul, describes the activity of Joyce and allied foundations in the sphere of education reform as "venture philanthropy" — transforming a once-public education system into a for-profit market.
"Such a view carries significant implications for a society theoretically dedicated to public, democratic ideals," Saltman explains in the book's introduction. "This is no small matter in terms of how the public and civil roles of public schooling have become nearly overtaken by the … perspective [of] public schooling as principally a matter of producing workers and consumers for the economy and for global economic competition."
With assets of over $900 million, Joyce has helped in applying "shock doctrine"-type "venture philanthropy" to CPS, with tight-knit ties to the highest levels of the Democratic Party and the Obama administration.
Nuts and bolts: Mayoral takeover as launching pad for reform
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel — derided as "Mayor 1 Percent" by some activists and "One-Term Mayor" by others — formerly served as White House chief of staff under Obama.
Obama's secretary of education, Arne Duncan, is the former CEO of CPS. Duncan's federal policy agenda — notably the Race to the Top program — is Emanuel's agenda in Chicago.
To understand the origins of that agenda, rewind to 1995, when Chicago joined numerous major U.S. cities in granting full control of the public school system to the mayor. Other members of that club included Boston, Cleveland, Washington, D.C., New York City and Los Angeles.
Photo of a September 2012 protest against school closings and budget cuts in Chicago, Ill. (Photo/Shutter Stutter via Flickr)
"I think the reason for the crisis in American education is that no one was accountable," Duncan, then CEO of CPS, said in a 2002 article published in The New York Times. "Mayors could throw rocks and criticize, but they couldn't really do anything about it. If you have a mayor who says he's in charge of the schools, he's the one on the line, and he has to get results or he'll be voted out."
Mayoral control, though described by Duncan in terms of "accountability" because of the ability to quantify things like standardized test scores, is key for advocates of reconfiguring K-12 education systems.
"This is when the role of power philanthropy really began to play its role," said Klonsky. "They were very much worried about this democratic movement. It was too broad, too difficult to control and there were too many radicals involved in it. Thus, they were afraid of how it would play out politically."
Put most concisely, the mayoral takeover in Chicago served as a launching pad for the modern school reform movement in the Windy City.
The Chicago Public Education Fund and its Obama-run precursor
Not long after the mayoral takeover took place, the Chicago Public Education Fund was created. The fund is a public-private enterprise bankrolled in part by Joyce. Its precursor was the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, which launched in 1995 and morphed into its current form in 1999 via $2 million in seed money.
Obama, well before his rise to national fame, served as the chair of the board of directors of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge. He also sat on the board of the Joyce Foundation.
"[A] group of corporate and civic leaders in the Chicago area believed they could help their home city do a better job educating its students, so they put their minds, financial assets, and talents together, and the result was The Chicago Public Education Fund," the right-wing organization Philanthropy Roundtable wrote. "The Fund's strategy is to serve as a catalyst and investment partner … to invest dollars and ideas into high-impact programs that will improve student achievement and school leadership system-wide."
An ode to "venture philanthropy," Joyce invests somewhere between $1 million and $2 million of its assets in the Chicago Public Education Fund, according to its website. Joyce was the key funding stream behind the fund's launch.
"Joyce… was one of the first foundations to commit significant dollars to The Fund," Janet Knupp, former CEO of CPEF said in an interview with Philanthropy Roundtable. "They played a critical role in helping us forge relationships with larger foundations across the nation. They saw the value of our work on a local level but had enough of a national reach to start connecting us."
The fund's connections to power centers are illustrative:
– CEO Heather Anichini once worked in the CPS Office of Planning and Development under Duncan, leveraging that gig to become vice president of Teach for America.
– Jesse Rothstein, former chief economist at Obama's Labor Department, sits on the fund's External Advisory Council.
– Alice Phillips, who lobbied on the fund's behalf in 2006 and 2007, formerly worked alongside Loretta Durbin — wife of U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) — as a lobbyist for Government Affairs Specialists Inc.
– Penny Pritzker, once a member of Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness and now his secretary of commerce, served on the fund's board of directors and the Chicago Board of Education.
– Elizabeth Swanson, now the deputy chief of staff for education to Emanuel, formerly served as executive director of the Pritzker Traubert Family Foundation, which is overseen by Pritzker's family. Earlier, Swanson led the CPS Office of Management and Budget under Duncan.
Arne Duncan: 'Tapping into' CPS restructuring with teacher incentive fund
As CEO of CPS, Duncan "tapped into" President George W. Bush's No Child Left Behind policy. He subsequently rebranded it as "Race to the Top" when he took over the U.S. Department of Education.
"Pushing competitive market approaches and armed with unprecedented funding and support from the president, he is possibly the most powerful education secretary ever," The Christian Science Monitor wrote in an August 2010 article.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan, speaks to the U.S. Conference of Mayors 81st winter meeting in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
A cornerstone of Duncan's agenda as CPS head was the Recognizing Excellence in Academic Leadership/Teacher Advancement Program, funded by a five-year, $27.5 million U.S. Department of Education grant.
The program fit under the umbrella of Bush's No Child Left Behind: standardized testing, "teacher accountability," charter school promotion and the creation of an online charter school market. Its origins center around right-wing financier Lowell Milken's System for Teacher and Student Advancement program, now overseen by his National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, founded in 2005.
The Teacher Advancement Program, or TAP, "was launched in 1999 as a comprehensive school reform that restructures and revitalizes the teaching profession by providing teachers with powerful opportunities for career advancement, ongoing professional development, a fair evaluation system and performance-based compensation," the program's website explains.
The now-extinct Chicago Teacher Advancement Program website explicitly states that the program is modeled after Milken's program. Furthermore, Milken's website lists the Joyce Foundation as a financial supporter of its national TAP system. The Chicago Teachers Union, then run under different leadership, signed the original contract to take part in TAP.
"When teachers are given powerful opportunities for career advancement, ongoing professional growth and recognition for outstanding achievement, we see increased student achievement in TAP schools," Lowell Milken said in a December 2008 press release. "Chicago TAP schools are off to a strong start in continuing efforts to achieve these goals."
Milken, unmentioned in most accounts, has a vested financial interest in school reform efforts and "fixing failing schools."
That's because Milken is a major investor in K12 Inc., a corporation traded on Wall Street that sells online schooling and curriculum to state and local governments. Milken invested $10 million in K12 Inc. in 2000, a stake that is now worth over $125 million, according to a July 2008 article in Forbes.
"If it were a school district, K12 Inc. would rank among the 30 largest of the nation's 1,500 districts. The company, which began in two states a decade ago, now teaches about 95,000 students in virtual schools in 29 states and the District of Columbia," The Washington Post reported in a November 2011 investigation.
Duncan now oversees the federal Teacher Incentive Fund, which "supports efforts to develop and implement performance-based teacher and principal compensation systems in high-need schools," according to its website. It's the funding arm for Race to the Top and served the same function for "No Child Left Behind."
Yet another player is Deane Mariotti. According to her biographical sketch, she "led [the] joint effort with the Chicago Public Schools to secure the … Teacher Incentive Fund" while working as manager of program investments for the Chicago Public Education Fund in 2007.
In fall 2010, CPS received another five-year Teacher Incentive Fund grant, this time worth even more: $34.1 million. It did so, once again, with the helping hand of the Chicago Public Education Fund.
In a clear depiction of aligned interests, the Michigan-based Mackinac Center for Public Policy — funded by the right-wing Devos Foundation and Koch Family Foundations and a key proponent of "emergency financial managers" of cities in fiscal trouble, such as Detroit and Benton Harbor — praised Chicago's TAP system and "merit pay" for teachers in a September 2008 policy briefing.
The prominent liberal group Center for American Progress — run by John Podesta, who served as co-chair of Obama's transition team after he won the 2008 presidential race — also praised "merit pay" in a May 2009 report funded by Joyce. One of the co-authors of that report, Raegan Miller, is now the vice president of research partnerships for Teach for America.
Revolving doors, interlocking directorates: Joyce's K-12 restructuring machine
The government-industry revolving door and what sociologist G. William Domhoff coined as the "interlocking directorate" are the name of the game with Joyce. Joyce's ties go straight to the commanding heights of power of CPS and national K-12 school restructuring.
The executive director of Joyce, Ellen Alberding, serves as a case in point of how intricately the web is wound.
Alberding was personally invited to an Obama-led event convened in June 2009 to "highlight innovative non-profits programs that are making a difference in communities across the country." She also sits on the advisory board of Obama's Skills for America's Future initiative, which was launched in June 2011. Prior to being named secretary of commerce, Pritzker also served on the advisory board.
Alberding also sits on the board of directors of Advance Illinois, a powerhouse pro-charter school and school restructuring think tank.
Alongside Alberding on Advance Illinois' board sits Obama's former chief of staff, Bill Daley, who has tossed his hat in the ring to run for governor of Illinois in 2014. Dennis Hastert, former speaker of the U.S. House, also sits on Advance Illinois' board, as does Timothy Knowles, who simultaneously serves on the board of the Chicago Public Education Fund.
Advance Illinois took $1.37 million from Joyce from 2010-2012, according to Joyce's annual reports. Its policy director, Benjamin Boer, worked as an interim project manager for Obama for America during the 2008 election cycle.
The group's lobbyists work for Taylor Uhe LLC, which is co-owned by Mark Taylor and Rob Uhe. Taylor formerly served as legal counsel for the Democratic Party of Illinois, while Uhe formerlyserved as chief counsel to Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.
John Luczak, former Joyce Education Program Director, left his gig to became a co-owner at Education First. One of the clients Education First highlights as a success story is Advance Illinois.
"Over the course of nearly a year, Education First, together with … the Joyce Foundation … researched effective practices and staffed a steering committee and launch team of prominent Illinois leaders," the Education First website says. "Education First also prepared the organization's first major report, a case-making analysis of why Illinois education performance must improve dramatically if Illinois and its residents are to prosper."
That report, titled "The State We're In: Advancing Public Education in Illinois," served as Advance Illinois' launching pad on Nov. 18, 2008, just two weeks after Obama was elected president. The report and the public relations pageantry surrounding it followed the "tobacco playbook" — the tactic of using of industry-funded research to promote industry objectives.
That's because the Hill & Knowlton, the multinational firm that did PR on behalf of Big Tobacco during that industry's zenith, also did the groundbreaking PR for Advance Illinois, a press release announcing its entrance into the public square demonstrates. Hill & Knowlton also did graphic design work for that initial report.
Luczak's successor at Joyce's education program was Angela Rudolph, now policy director for Democrats for Education Reform's Illinois branch and vice chair of the Illinois State Charter School Commission.
Rudolph, wearing her Democrats for Education Reform hat, aided in spearheading a media blitz called "Put Students First" in fall 2012 to fend off the nascent Chicago Teachers Union strike.
Despite a campaign clearly meant to discredit teachers and unions, Rudolph told Catalyst Chicago in a June 2012 article, "What we have been most troubled by is this notion that we are anti-teacher or anti-union. We are a Democratic organization and one of the cornerstones of the Democratic Party is unions."
The "man behind the curtain" in that PR campaign was Ben Schaffer, the owner of Media Mezcla andmedia consultant for Howard Dean's 2004 run for president, according to a web domain search for the "Put Students First" website.
Rudolph's successor, now head of Joyce's education program, was Butch Trusty, who before coming to Joyce in May 2012 worked at The Bridgespan Group, a Bain Capital offshoot. Obama's 2012 Republican Party opponent in the presidential race was Mitt Romney, a former upper-level executive at Bain.
Though most famous for its Romney ties, Bain actually gave far more money to Democratic Party candidates for elected office before the 2012 election than it did Republicans.
Teach for America's 'scabs' and principal (CEO) development
Just over a month after the 50 CPS school closings and firing of 550 teachers, the Chicago Board of Education announced an increase from $600,000 to $1.58 million in spending to hire 570 Teach for America teachers. Klonsky told Mint Press News that Teach for America contractors serve as de facto strike-breaking "scabs" – usually unknowingly.
"They're providing the non-union teachers for the charter schools and they're almost like a scab organization," he said. "What you do is you close public schools and fire hundreds of teachers like we're doing here, then you open neighborhood charter schools and bring in Teach for America 5-week wonders who work cheap and last for about two or three years. Then they're gone and another batch comes in."
The Joyce Foundation gave $23.77 million to Teach for America in its first 20 years in existence, according to The Washington Post. It is one of 10 foundations whose funding accounted for over half of Teach for America's budget during that time period. Joyce gave Teach for America another $400,000 grant in 2012.
The Chicago Public Education Fund also has lended a modest amount of money to Teach for America. Between 2000 and 2005, the fund gave just under $400,000 to the organization, tax filings reveal.
Since 2001, the Chicago Board of Education has doled out close to $6.6 million in contracts and hired 1,931 teachers from Teach for America, Board of Education contract records show. During that same period, thousands of CPS teachers got pink slips.
The rubber meets the road in the relationship between the Chicago school restructuring movement's goal of creating CEO-type school principals and Teach for America's Principal Leadership Pipeline, which was launched in September 2007. The Principal Leadership Pipeline was a collaboration between CPS and Teach for America, financed by the Chicago Public Education Fund and the Pritzker Family Foundation.
"CPS will recruit high-performing Teach For America alumni to attend a school leadership program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and then enter into a one-year residency under the tutelage of a principal at a Chicago elementary or high school," a press release announcing the program's launch explains. "After the residency, the new principals will then take the helm of some of Chicago's most challenged schools…Over the next five years, Teach For America could have as many as 50 school leaders in the pipeline, a group that would reach some 15,000 Chicago children a year."
The program arose out of the Public Education Fund's "Great Principals Blue Ribbon Task Force," formed in 2005. Its members included Pritzker and Duncan.
"A consensus has developed over the last few years that a principal is the most important person in the school building," Pritzker said. "Just like a [CEO], the principal sets the tone, creates the culture, manages the team and ties it all together by articulating a shared vision for what the organization ought to be. So if we get the principal right, other things can fall into place."
Battle for the 'right to the city'
Pauline Lipman, an education policy studies professor at University of Illinois-Chicago and author of the book "The New Political Economy of Urban Education," says that what's taking place in Chicago — the heart and soul of the Democratic Party — is fundamentally a battle over the "right to the city."
The concept, she explains in her book, was coined by French sociologist and philosopher Henri Lefebvre.
"[T]he city's vitality is its diversity of people, ways of living, and perspectives — and thus its potential as a creative space of vibrant democratic dialogue and debate," she wrote in the book's conclusion. "Education is integral to a movement to reclaim the city… It is also a cry for education that develops our human potential, that prepares us to be subjects of history — to read and write the world."
It's a battle for the "right to the city" in Chicago, then, pitting the moneyed interests of Joyce and Friends against the Chicago Teachers Union and grassroots activists. The weeks, months and years ahead will determine who comes out on top.
Thousands of public school teachers rally for the second consecutive day outside the Chicago Board of Education district headquarters on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 in Chicago. (AP/Sitthixay Ditthavong)
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Il sito palafitticolo Fondo Tacoli è inserito nella Riserva naturale Complesso morenico di Castellaro Lagusello, situato nella frazione Castellaro Lagusello del comune di Monzambano, in provincia di Mantova.

Nel giugno 2011 il sito è stato inserito nella lista del Patrimonio dell'Umanità dell'UNESCO, nell'ambito del sito seriale transnazionale Siti palafitticoli preistorici attorno alle Alpi.

Del sito fanno parte 19 abitati palafitticoli italiani, dei quali 10 si trovano in Lombardia.

Storia
Gli scavi, effettuati tra il 1976 ed il 1979, hanno portato alla scoperta di un importante insediamento attribuibile all'età del bronzo.

Bibliografia
 Carlo Togliani, La civiltà del fiume. Mincio paesaggio complesso, Milano, 2014.

Voci correlate
 Siti palafitticoli preistorici attorno alle Alpi
 Sito palafitticolo Bande di Cavriana

Collegamenti esterni

Monzambano
Siti archeologici della provincia di Mantova
Siti palafitticoli preistorici attorno alle Alpi

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Utah's Governor, FIS General Secretary, And Fans Welcome The Start Of The FIS Championships
By David Boyle • Feb 4, 2019
Park City resident McRae Williams addresses the media ahead of the start of the FIS World Championships
The FIS World Championships are in full swing here in Park City. World-class athletes from across the globe will be in town from now until the closing ceremonies on Sunday.
The championships opened on Friday with USA's Mick Dierdorff, a former member of Park City Ski & Snowboard, winning gold in snowboard cross. On Saturday USA's Julia Krass, also a former Park City Ski & Snowboard member, took home the silver in the Big Air competition Isabel Atkin representing Great Britain took home the bronze in big air. Atkin has participated in the Winter Sport School and Park City Ski & Snowboard as well as attending school in Park City School District. On Sunday, Dierdorff found his way on the top of the stand again, winning gold with teammate Lindsey Jacobellis in the snowboard cross team event.
Utah Governor Gary Herbert spoke ahead of the opening ceremonies at the Canyons Base on Saturday, he said Utah is excited to have the eyes of approximately 250 million people on the state.
"Utah is known as a great place to in fact have winter sports." Governor Herbet said, "We're known by many as having the greatest snow on earth and so it's only fitting that we have the greatest athletes on snow here in Utah. Our resorts are very well known, we annually have our ski resorts listed as the top in North America. So this is a great venue, and a great place to have this competition."
The Secretary General of the FIS Sarah Lewis was also on hand for the opening ceremonies, Lewis said the organization was ready to begin their series of world championships.
"Particularly to kick them off with the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships." Lewis said, "The U.S. is the heart of these two disciplines and in fact we've been running snowboard world championships since the mid-90's and it's the first time it takes place in the U.S. So, it's an even more special moment."
Park City Mountain Resort COO Bill Rock said the resort has been creating facilities for the games since the first day they made snow this season.
"It's taken a huge effort." Rock explained, "Not only here at Park City Mountain but all the venues that are hosting events, Deer Valley, Solitude. There's just a tremendous amount of work that's gone into these venues to make them as quality as they are. We've already gotten great feedback just about how fantastic the experience has been for the athletes. I'd say hats off to our staff, volunteers, our community which is just an incredible community. I can't say enough about how supportive Utah is, Park City, Summit County, it just makes a world class event like this come together."
Secretary Lewis said that selecting the Park City area for the FIS World Championships made a lot of sense.
"World Class resorts, outstanding conditions here," Lewis continued, "welcoming the world, direct connections from everywhere, many many places into Salt Lake City, and easy access. It really ticks many, many, boxes. Also, when it comes to the Olympic Winter games being the choice of the United States Olympic Committee to move forward with that."
Of course, all the preparation and work by the resorts and organizations have led to an opportunity for athletes to showcase their talents. Reigning World Champion in Slopestyle, and Park City's own, McRae Williams says his focus is not so much on winning as it is performing the best he can.
"I've been trying to just work on—I'm 28 years old I've had a very successful career up to this point and coming off the win two years ago in Spain I feel a lot of pressure especially being here at the hometown." Williams explained, "So, I'm trying to just block all that out and just go out there and have a good time and just be a part of it. Enjoy being here and not try to put too much pressure on winning necessarily. Obviously, like Chris said we all want to win but I just want to go out there, have a good time and hope the weather holds off and put on a show for the friends, family and fans that are here in Park City."
Stay tuned to KPCW for daily updates during the 2019 FIS World Championshipss, including a daily call in at 4:45 with US Ski & Snowboard Director of Communicaitons Tom Webb.
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38 Athletes With Park City Ties Ready To Compete In FIS World Championships
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The FIS World Championships kick off this weekend with snowboardcross, skicross and team snowboardcross at Solitude Mountain resort and the opening ceremonies and Freeski Big Air Final at the Canyons Village. Amongst all the athletes that will be competing from now until the 10th of February, 38 have ties to Park City.
FIS World Championships Ready To Follow Up Sundance Film Festival This Weekend
By David Boyle • Jan 30, 2019
US Ski & Snowboard
As Sundance Film Festival begins to wrap up, the FIS World Championships roll into town. More than 1,400 athletes from 40 nations will come into town to compete to be world champions.
Ahead of the start of the 10-day competition Calum Clark of the 2019 World Championships Committee spoke to the effort gone into preparing for the world championships.
Park City Council Approves 2019 FIS World Championship Fee Waiver
By Emily Means • Jan 10, 2019
The U.S. Ski and Snowboard FIS World Championship is headed to Park City in February, briefly overlapping with the Sundance Film Festival. How much does it cost—and what will it give to the community? KPCW's Emily Means has more.
On Tuesday, the City Council approved U.S. Ski and Snowboard's request for a Level Five Special Event Permit, anticipating around 60,000 visitors during the 2019 FIS World Championship.


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Q: chapter 8 .micheal hartl ror 3rd edition hi i am presently on chapter 8 micheal hartl Learning Rails 3rd edition.
presently i am stucked in chapter 8 with above errors .I will highly appreciate if somebuddy help me out with it. Thanks in advance
when i run  bundle exec rake test it comes up with
sample_app git:(log-in-log-out) ✗ bundle exec rake test
Run options: --seed 16515

# Running:

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Finished in 0.944425s, 20.1181 runs/s, 40.2361 assertions/s.

  1) Error:
SiteLayoutTest#test_layout_links:
NoMethodError: undefined method `full_title' for #<SiteLayoutTest:0x007ff8bea694b0>
    test/integration/site_layout_test.rb:12:in `block in <class:SiteLayoutTest>'

19 runs, 38 assertions, 0 failures, 1 errors, 0 skips

whereas my file posses the following
require 'test_helper'

class SiteLayoutTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
  test "layout links" do
      get root_path
      assert_template 'static_pages/home'
      assert_select "a[href=?]", root_path, count: 2
      assert_select "a[href=?]", help_path
      assert_select "a[href=?]", about_path
      assert_select "a[href=?]", contact_path
      get signup_path
      assert_select "title", full_title("Sign up")
  end
end

A: full_title is a helper method defined in application_helper.rb. Check out https://www.railstutorial.org/book/_single-page#code-title_helper


A 3-dimensional plot of a surface defined by the list \(v\) of points in 3-dimensional space.
a list of lists (all of the same length) - this is treated the same as a matrix.
The option 'clough' will interpolate by using a piecewise cubic interpolating Bezier polynomial on each triangle, using a Clough-Tocher scheme. The interpolant is guaranteed to be continuously differentiable. The gradients of the interpolant are chosen so that the curvature of the interpolating surface is approximatively minimized.
The option 'spline' interpolates using a bivariate B-spline.
When v is a matrix the default is to use linear interpolation, when v is a list of points the default is 'clough'.
point_list - If point_list=True is passed, then if the array is a list of lists of length three, it will be treated as an array of points rather than a 3xn array.
num_points - Number of points to sample interpolating function in each direction, when interpolation_type is not default. By default for an \(n\times n\) array this is \(n\).
A 3-dimensional plot of a surface defined by a list of lists v defining points in 3-dimensional space.
This is done by making the list of lists into a matrix and passing back to list_plot3d(). See list_plot3d() for full details.
A 3-dimensional plot of a surface defined by a matrix M defining points in 3-dimensional space.
See list_plot3d() for full details.
The interpolation type for matrices is 'linear'; for other types use other list_plot3d() input types.
This will be if using an interpolation type other than 'linear', or if using num_points with 'linear'; otherwise see list_plot3d_matrix().
The option 'clough' will interpolate by using a piecewise cubic interpolating Bezier polynomial on each triangle, using a Clough-Tocher scheme. The interpolant is guaranteed to be continuously differentiable.
point_list - If point_list=True is passed, then if the array is a list of lists of length three, it will be treated as an array of points rather than a \(3\times n\) array.
num_points - Number of points to sample interpolating function in each direction. By default for an \(n\times n\) array this is \(n\).


Home Games Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido Demo and Trailer Released!
Players can get a glimpse of Nintendo's Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido through its trailer, or its demo in the Nintendo Switch eShop. The game's demo is part of the May 24, 2018 eShop update. It is available for download in North America and Europe.
Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido will also launch for the Nintendo 3DS, but no demo is available yet. Players can pre-purchase the game on that platform. Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido is an upcoming action-puzzle game developed and published by Nintendo, in cooperation with Indiezero. The game is available for both the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS.


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They were well in their fifties.
While I am aware that it is far more commonly phrased as "They were well into their fifties", I still from time to time run into the "in" version of the phrase. Does it really sound off to a native speaker and if it doesn't is this even grammatical?
It's off to me. It's either 'They were well into their fifties' or 'There were in their late fifties'.
"They were well in their fifties" could mean that their state of health was good during their fifties.
"Well in their fifties" sounds quite odd to me .
I prefer 'into'. 'Late fifties' is even better.
For me too. I'm well into my sixties now, and I hope to be well in my seventies.
I give it a thumbs down, too.
You could also say "Well up in their fifties."
Another vote for "into" but definitely not "in". I've never heard anyone put it like that.
Are you certain that you haven't heard, e.g. "He is in his fifties." ?
John is in his fifties.
The train is in the tunnel.
John is well into his fifties.
The train is well into the tunnel.
Yeah, I am quite certain. I hear it occasionally and also I've seen it in writing. Just to back me up, although I am not advocating the usage, here's a few google search results in books.
I'm surprised by those examples. For me they are ungrammatical.
Here's a Google ngram showing the relative frequencies. As the graph shows, there was a peak in the frequency of "well in" around the 1960s. In the 2000s "well in" has dropped to almost nothing in comparison to "well into".
Thank you! However, most of the other experts don't seem to share your opinion, for some reason. Do you think this usage may be regional?


Business is online. Whether you like it or not, we're living in a connected society and consumers are more enabled to do product and company research than ever before. The average household or business is operating with a limited budget and needs to get the best value for money they can within their means.
In the past we were limited to shopping where we live, at stores near our home or out of town if we went on a special trip to do so. With the advent of the internet and especially mobile, we can now find nearly anything while sitting in bed or eating our toast in the morning by searching for it online. All of a sudden we can buy what we want from who we want no matter where they are, even if they are not in the same country as us.
In addition to being able to buy from more places than before, we as empowered consumers can do far more research in terms of value offerings available elsewhere and can therefore make informed decisions even if we are planning to buy locally.
What this means for business.
As business people we are no longer competing with the store down the street or in the next town, we're now competing globally. It might be difficult to think this way if you're running a small garden service company, but the fact of the matter is that consumers are searching before they spend and if they don't find you then you won't be on their list of companies to consider.
In order to compete you need to be online and you need to be engaged.
Keep the design easy to read and be aware of those with vision problems — use contrasting colours to ensure readability, an easy to read font goes a long way.
Once you have the building blocks in place, remember the web is constantly evolving and your website will need to evolve with it. You'll need to regularly spend time working on your site and engaging online.


I'm getting ready for beachy days here in Massachusetts. This week, it actually hit 80 degrees and I dove into the Atlantic [quickly]—but we still have plenty of spring days left with temperatures between 55-70. I love this time of year and scouting-out summer looks. Here are a few things I'm considering for beachy fun and summer days.
Barbara you are one stylish woman. I love all your choices. Certainly makes me want to hit the beach. I don't think there is anywhere that makes me feel as good. Hope your getting some sea breezes and sun this weekend and doing well?
the hat is a must(for me).
LA - Gaye... I'm on sort of a "hat thing" lately!!
Purple Flower... thanks so much. Please check back again soon!