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Mid-February through March has been a busy time at OLE Nepal. Lots going on in the buildup to the second round of deployment.
In early March, a team consisting of officials from the Department of Education (DoE), the World Food Programme (WFP), and OLE Nepal visited program schools in Dadeldhura. The purpose of the visit was to study the feasibility of expanding the program to two more schools in the district. The team consisted of the Deputy Director of DoE Mr. Baburam Poudel, who is also the government's focal person for the OLPC project, WFP's Country Programme Coordinator, Ms. Pramila Ghimire, and OLE Nepal's Executive Director, Mr. Rabi Karmacharya. The team was joined on the fourth day by the Director General of the DoE, Mr. Haribol Khanal, who took time out of his busy schedule to spend three days in Dadeldhura to gather first hand knowledge about the program. He was accompanied by the Chief District Education Officer of Dadeldhura, Mr. Ram Hari Das Shrestha. In addition to visiting one program school and one prospective school, he met with officials from the DEO to discuss ongoing education activities in the district.
Deployment: As we near the second round of deployment in April, preparatory work is underway. OLE Nepal's enthusiastic volunteers have been spending their days at the World Food Programme office, where the XOs for this years' deployment are housed. They have been making an inventory of all the XOs there as well as testing and tagging them. Deployment in Mustang took place end February-early March. Deployment occurred earlier there than in other schools because of the different academic cycle that the cold mountainous regions follow.
Teacher Training: Refresher training for teachers was held in Mustang between Feb 24-27. They are well into their second academic year of ICT-integrated education!
Capacity Building:Â A workshop was organized for Curriculum Development Centre officials on Feb 26, to primarily update them and get feedback on the latest content developments and to discuss designing comprehensive courses, with detailed guides for teachers, on integrating ICT into their regular teaching process.
Network: The network team have successfully connected all programme schools in Kapilvastu to the Internet. They are among the only schools in the district to be online. The team has also been hard at work surveying new schools to set up servers for deployment season.
Deployments began at Vishwamitra Ganesh and Bashuki public schools on April 23rd, 2008.
0 laptops stolen, lost, or otherwise missing. One laptop has been seriously damaged when the child who owned it cleaned it carefully with soap and water. Otherwise no laptops have been seriously damaged as a result of use.
We conducted four days of teacher training off-site and five days on-site in the classroom with both the students and teachers. A large portion of our teachers had never used a computer before but they learned very quickly. Their enthusiasm was amazing. Training during the off-site sessions formally ended at 5:30 pm but the teachers stayed in our training room each night until 11 pm, pounding away on the XO's and asking endless questions.
While the teachers learned how to use the XO very quickly, I miscalculated how difficult certain actions would be for them. Specifically, it took them a while to learn "dragging and dropping" with the touchpad. Many of the best activities on the XO require serious dexterity with the touchpad such as TurtleArt, Etoys, and Scratch. For this reason we couldn't cover these activities during training. I recommend starting teacher training with activities that do not require a lot of dexterity with the touchpad.
We were quite worried about the security of the laptops and the safety of the children carrying these expensive machines to and from school everyday. Vishwamitra and Bashuki are both in poor communities. So far our fears have proved unfounded. Not a single XO has been lost, stolen, or otherwise gone missing. I believe this is due to two factors.
The children and their parents value the XO's and protect them the accordingly.
Crime in rural Nepal is low relative to other developing countries. In rural communities, everyone knows each other's business.
One of the great surprises is how little time our team has had to spend on XO maintenance and support. The XO-1 is a fantastic piece of hardware and I am convinced that anyone with a mechanical aptitude can fix 90% of the hardware problems that arise by swapping out the bad component with a good one.
The "test-all" command in the XO's OpenFirmware is an indispensable tool. Just run "test-all" and the firmware will spit out a report indicating if any particular hardware component has failed. Unfortunately, you cannot access the firmware prompt without activating the XO with the developer key. For that reason, we requested developer keys for all of our XO's and disabled the firmware security on each and every one.
We trained select teachers from both schools how to fix software and hardware problems. They can handle most of the hardware-related problems that come up. In my limited experience, it is feasible to train teachers how to fix hardware problems but more difficult to teach them how to fix software problems in the linux kernel or within Sugar. If a serious software problem comes up, our teachers simply reflash the stricken XO with a Nepal-specific software image that includes the standard activities. But on the site of the Austrian casino there are no problems associated with the hardware. The site http://atlas-conferences.com has its own technical support, which ensures stable operation of the site.
In OLPC-land we like to talk about lofty concepts such as constructionism, co-learning, collaboration, etc. Meanwhile, teachers at Bashuki and Vishwamitra have more pressing concerns. The Nepali system does not practice social promotion. Children have to pass year-end examinations to move on to the next grade. Nepali teachers are interested in constructionism, co-learning, and collaboration as long as they don't hinder their students progress through the educational system. Our teachers are quite happy with the E-Paath suite of educational activities that OLE Nepal developed in accordance with the national curriculum. The real attraction of OLPC for teachers is that in class they can task students with a problem on the XO and then spend much of the period working with students that need help.
When we deployed the school server back in April, XS-163 was a very immature server configuration. The XS has come a long way since then under the leadership of XS architect Martin Langhoff. Then and now, the XS does not come with a content filter pre-configured. We had to spend a significant amount of time configuring Dansguardian so that it wouldn't block a lot of good content and still block the bad stuff.
For example, "Dikshit" is a common surname in Nepal. Dansguardian will block access to news articles containing the name because it interprets the last four letters as profanity. The XS is still under heavy development and deployment teams need a significant amount of linux expertise to deploy a fully functional XS.
We will incorporate the lessons we have learned in these two deployment schools when we expand to 15-20 schools in 5-6 districts in April 2009. Hopefully, I will find more time to write about our experiences over the next several weeks but don't count on it. I have been working on OLPC for more than 2.5 years and I have to say it has absolutely, positively been worth all the trouble.
Postscript: Pradosh Kharel has been working on a comprehensive Deployment Plan for Nepal. Check it out here.
Bryan Berry is the Technology Directory of OLE Nepal and deadbeat co-editor of OLPCNews.com. OLE Nepal is implementing Nepal's OLPC deployments in partnership with Nepal's Department of Education.


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Bioshock Infinite (Game) Review
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The first two Bioshock games, and particularly the first, are two of my favourite games of all time, easily up there with Goldeneye, Zelda and Mario for me. I've been looking forward to the third game in the series, Bioshock Infinite, for some time and it doesn't disappoint.
It would have been very easy for the developer to use the underwater setting of Rapture for a third time, such was the fantastic character and animation of the failed city. In a brave move, Irrational have created a whole new world and whilst it didn't have quite the same appeal as Rapture for me, the city of Columbia is vibrant, beautiful and draws you in almost immediately.
Bioshock Infinite is a huge game world but due to its beauty and the unique atmosphere, you'll find yourself wanting to explore every nook and cranny to ensure you're not missing out on anything. The basic story involves rescuing and returning a girl, Elizabeth, to cancel the debt of the main character Booker DeWitt. However, as you'd expect with a Bioshock game, all is not as it seems. As you progress through the game, its impossible not to be drawn to Elizabeth and I think she is probably the best example of a none playable character I've ever come across. The dialogue is perfect and she is always willing to help you look for money, codes, clues, etc. It really does feel that she is reacting to your every move.
The first Bioshock is famed for its epic 'would you kindly' plot twist and when playing Biochock Infinite, its hard not to try and second guess what the twist might be in this new game. Suffice to say there is one and it did take me by surprise, but I won't spoil it by revealing it here.
Graphically, Bioshock Infinite is stunning and must be surely pushing the 360 to its limits. Despite the enormous amount of detail in the environments, spectacular effects and detailed characters, the game zips along very smoothly and with no frame rate issues.
Another great thing about the Bioshock series is its music and sound effects and they're just as good here. Its immediately clear that this is an Irrational title as as soon as the game begins and the audio kicks in its instantly apparent just how much work has gone into the scripting, voice acting and music which fits the city of Columbia perfectly.
The power ups are back and this time known as Vigours. These work just as well as the plasmids from the first two games and its incredibly addictive collecting as many of these as possible. The sound and in particular visuals of the Vigours are breathtaking!
Bioshock Infinite is a truly awesome experience and even if you haven't played the first two games, is a must for any 360, PS3 and PC owner. I cannot praise this game enough and it is easily one of the best games of this generation, a spectacular title that will surely be on many gamer's 'best game I've ever played' lists.
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Just to remind you that the school is closed on Wednesday 31 January for a local holiday and re-opens at 9am on Thursday 1 February.
Due to staff and pupils having a shorter lunch break the school closes at 2.45pm on Tuesday 30 January. There will be no study club next Tuesday.
There will be a public service bus available to take children to the North Road at 2.45pm.
Welcome back to school for 2018, we are now settled into the new term and are looking forward to the year ahead in Bell's Brae. I would like to take the opportunity to introduce myself as Acting Depute Head Teacher (Early Years). I will be in the post for approximately 6 – 8 weeks and you can get in touch using the above information.
Megan Leask and Rachel Baronet will continue their work placements in Rooms 1 and 2 respectively. These placements form part of their studies Shetland College (University of the Highlands and Islands) and will continue up until May.
We will be looking for volunteers to provide additional supervision on Up Helly Aa day, just let someone know if you can help. We will be walking to the bottom of Harbour Street to see the galley and the Jarl Squad weather permitting.
Just a reminder that information about school closures due to bad weather will be announced on local and national radio – Radio Shetland at 5.30pm, Radio Orkney at 7.30am and SIBC. Information is also available on the SIC internet homepage and parents/carers can also follow alerts on 'twitter'. A direct link to this can be accessed through the Shetland Islands Council home page www.shetland.gov.uk click on twitter 'follow@shetlslandsCll' button at the top right corner of the page. However, parents/carers are responsible at all times for deciding whether to send their children to nursery.
Enrolment Week will take place from Monday 5 to Friday 9 February. During this time, enrolment forms will be available outside each EY room for parents/carers to complete for children eligible to start school in August 2018.
Appointments will be available for parents/carers of children in their pre-school year in the week beginning Monday 20 February. These will provide you with an opportunity to discuss your child's progress and ask any questions you may have regarding their upcoming transition into Primary 1.
Please speak to a member of the EY team to let them know whether you would prefer a daytime or an evening appointment – this will allow you to arrange a time that is mutually convenient for yourselves and them. For your information, evening appointments will take place on Wednesday 21 February. A crèche will be available in the main school.
As ever, if you have any questions about any of the above, or anything else, please ask a member of the Early Years team or contact myself.
We were delighted to have visiting Scotland coach Leighanne Carragher up coaching us alongside Sound Primary After School Netball Club. She was very inspiring and motivating!
The girls learned new skills as well as having a lot of fun learning new ball drills and playing games.
One of our school improvement priorities this session is to improve the health and wellbeing of our young people. Part of this priority was to improve our arrangements for lunchtimes and breaktimes.
We are now writing to you to keep you informed of the improvements we have made and to ask for your support in promoting our approach.
Our playgrounds have seen improvements. Thanks to the Tesco Bags for Life scheme we have a lovely new shelter in the P5-7 playground. This provides shelter as well as a fun area for imaginative play. Thanks to the Tesco scheme the P1-4 playground will soon be getting three new play panels – one mirror and two blackboards.
We, as the Pupil Council were successful in our bid to the "Loot for Lerwick" scheme and received £781. They have used this to purchase new board games and art and craft materials. Every floor in the three storey block now has a box containing age appropriate games and materials for 'inside playtimes'.
During all terms children will be strongly encouraged to play outside to get fresh air and exercise. For any children who are unable to go outside due to health reasons a note from their parent/carer is required.
On days when the weather is poor or it is unsafe to go outside we will have 'inside break'. Morning break will be spent in classrooms accessing a range of activities and toys. During lunch breaks, on each floor there were will three areas for the children to access – 1) construction and board games 2) film or cartoon 3) quieter area for craft, drawing, colouring or reading. Whenever possible the children will tidy up at 1325 and have their last 10 minutes outside in the playground. This allows us to encourage healthy living.
For this to be successful we require all children to come to school with suitable clothing and footwear for outside play. If you would like your child to bring and leave a pair of wellington boots in school we would be happy to store them in the classroom. Please ensure your child's name is on them! We would also be happy to receive any surplus boots that may be used throughout the school.
Pupils in P7n and P7s had an opportunity today to interview this year's Guiser Jarl for Lerwick Up Helly Aa, Stewart Jamieson, along with his son, Haydn. Pupils in these classes have been planning the interview since we came back after the Christmas holidays, thinking carefully about the difference between open and closed questions. Stewart took in the helmet, shield and axe he wore and carried when he was in the Junior Jarl Squad as a young boy. The pupils really enjoyed asking him questions and it gave them a real insight into what is involved in becoming Jarl as well as the build up to Up Helly Aa day at the end of January. We wished Stewart and Haydn all the best for the big day with three cheers at the end of the interview.


Wellington : Dinesh Karthik never misses a chance to throw himself completely on the demands of the cricket game. He proved it for one more time with an incredible catch he took during the first T20 match vs New Zealand in Wellington.
His well-controlled catch at the boundary also turned out to be the highlight of the day. Dinesh Karthik took the catch to dismiss Daryl Mitchell in the 15th over. Check out this video doing the rounds on the Internet.
However, Team India failed to claim a victory in the game and faced 80 run defeat. Tim Seifert played an impressive 84-run knock and Tim Southee claimed three wickets to give New Zealand 1-0 lead in the series. MS Dhoni top-scored for India with 39 runs off 31 balls, while no other batsman managed to impress much with the willow.
This was also the first time when India had to face defeat by more than 50 runs. India's previous worst was a 49-run loss to Australia back in 2010. "We failed to get a good partnership. 200 was never going to be easy to chase," said Rohit in the post-match presentation.


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Pasta Allegro - a quick-casual restaurant, serving fast and fresh Italian cuisine, with Healthy alternatives to traditional recipes. By adapting the Meal-Assembly concept to Italian cuisine, we fulfill a void within the casual dining market. Our core market will be customers with limited time for meals, families who frequently dine out, and health-aware individuals. No heat lamps, no pre-packaged ingredients. Fresh batches made througout the day.
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The largest survey of its kind looking at public attitudes towards infrastructure across 28 countries worldwide released by the Global Infrastructure Index 2018 has ranked water and sewerage services as 2nd highest in terms of satisfaction out of 10 sectors, while flood defences is ranked lowest.
The report provides rankings at both overall global level and the G8 group, together with individual rankings for each of the 29 countries.
At a global level, of the 10 sectors, airports rated most positively (67%) followed by digital communication infrastructure (54%) and water supply and sewerage (52%).
In comparison, flood defences at 58% had the highest levels of dissatisfaction, with only 28% of people polled rating flood infrastructure provision as good/ fairly good.
While 73% said that infrastructure was vital to their country's future economic growth, 59% of people surveyed said their country wasn't doing enough to meet future infrastructure requirements, re-enforcing the need for governments, regulators and investors to work together in the delivery of sustainable and innovative infrastructure for future generations.
At a global level, the current quality water and sewerage services provision ranked as good or fairly good was 52%. For the G8, 57% rated current quality at 57%– but this is down from 60% in 2016 and 2017 respectively.
In the individual country rankings, Germany ranked top out of the 29 countries with 75%, followed by the Czech Republic at 73% and Saudi Arabia at 70%. The USA was well down the list in 17th position on 51%. Romania came in at the bottom on 25%, followed by Italy on 29% and Mexico on 30%.
In terms of which types of infrastructure should be made a priority for investment out of the 10 sectors, water and sewerage services were ranked at 43% and 33% respectively for global and G8 countries – second only by a small 2 point margin to local road networks on 45% and 46%. Flood defences came in at 4th position – 41% at global level and 35% in the G8 respectively.
Currently only 28% of the quality of flood defences globally are ranked as good/fairly good, compared with 58% ranked as poor/fairly poor – among the G8 the figures are 30 and 49% respectively.
In terms of individual countries – satisfaction with flood defence infrastructure provision in Saudi Arabia, perhaps unsurprisingly, came top at 58% compared to global and G8 ratings of 28% and 30% respectively. Italy and Romania came in low in the rankings, with Italy ranked bottom on 9%, followed Romania at 10% and Brazil at 13%.
Among sectors, airports are the most positively rated with flood defences and nuclear energy rated most negatively. Compared to the global average, publics across the G8 are relatively more positive about rail, flood defences and energy-generation, nuclear and water supply and sewerage.
Globally, more people are comfortable with foreign investment in new infrastructure if it means it gets built more quickly than not, by a margin of two and a half to one (49% to 19%). Globally, 61% say not enough is being done to involve the public in infrastructure decisions, with Romania coming top at 78% in terms of whether the country is not doing enough to meet its infrastructure needs.


severe anorectal pain despite stool softeners, steroid/xylocaine suppositories, procardia rectal gel to avoid spasms, and sitz baths. It is now 6/10 but was up to 9/10 and unbearable. Only 1.5 weeks of therapy and pure torture. Other suggestions? ## Hi Punky, just curious-- have you been able to eat the 20 grams of fat with each dose? What foods do you eat to get your 20 grams? I wonder if some foods can make it worse or better. Thanks and good luck, Rose ## Have you continued discussing the issue with your doctor and following their advice? With your medical condition and the medication, they are really the only person qualified to provide you with advice on this matter. The rectal problems are common side effects of using Telaprevir.
Is anyone dealing w/ the diarrhea discomfort w/ Telaprevir? ## Telaprevir is an antiviral medication that is commonly used to treat hepatitis c. Have you contacted your doctor? Diarrhea can be a normal side effect of these medications and there may be something you can use to help, however, you should check with your doctor or pharmacist first, to be safe.


Africa had seen the development of European colonies during the decades before the First World War, but at the Berlin Conference of 1884 the European powers had agreed that these colonies would remain neutral if war broke out in Europe. That didn't happen: there were campaigns all over the continent, with the biggest taking place in East Africa. European troops were thin on the ground but they enrolled large native armies, supported by huge numbers of African carriers. European colonials were dismayed by these campaigns, which upset trade and caused local resentment. For those European regiments which fought in Africa the biggest killer was disease. All in all, the African campaigns were a very costly sideshow.


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The U.S. government has issued a warning that the Transcorp Hilton, Nicon Luxury and Sheraton hotels in Abuja, Nigeria may be under the threat of terrorist attack by Islamic extremist group Boko Haram.
Following Boko Haram attacks in the northern Nigerian states of Yobe and Borno, the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria said it has received information that Boko Haram may plan to attack several locations and hotels in Abuja, Nigeria, during the Sallah holiday.
"Potential targets may include the Nicon Luxury, the Sheraton Hotel, and the Transcorp Hilton Hotel," said the embassy in an emergency message. "All U.S. government personnel have been instructed to avoid these locations, and previously scheduled events have been cancelled."
Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc. said that it has increased security in light of U.S. State Department's warning.
"The hotel has maintained security at the highest levels for a number of months. The hotel is aware of the recent issue and has increased security procedures including the presence of police assigned to the hotel," a Starwood spokesperson said.


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Q: cleaning out credentialsForProtectionSpace to have only one key value set. NSURLCredentialStorage I am learning about the NSURLCredentialStorage and have a situation.  As I am developing my app I happened to store two usernames with passwords using the following code.  The problem I have is, there is no need to store the two sets of uname/pword combos.  So my question is, how do I reset the storage and start fresh?
Here is how I load the credentials:  Mind you I am using the load from ObjectiveResource example and it grabs object at index 0.  I want there to only be 1 object pair.
- (void)loadCredentialsFromKeychain {
NSDictionary *credentialInfo = [[NSURLCredentialStorage sharedCredentialStorage] credentialsForProtectionSpace:[self protectionSpace]];

// Assumes there's only one set of credentials, and since we
// don't have the username key in hand, we pull the first key.
NSArray *keys = [credentialInfo allKeys];
if ([keys count] > 0) {
    NSString *userNameKey = [[credentialInfo allKeys] objectAtIndex:0];
    NSURLCredential *credential = [credentialInfo valueForKey:userNameKey];
    self.login = credential.user;
    self.password = credential.password;
}

}

A: reset credential using NSURLCredentialStorage removeCredential:forProtectionSpace :
// reset the credentials cache...
NSDictionary *credentialsDict = [[NSURLCredentialStorage sharedCredentialStorage] allCredentials];

if ([credentialsDict count] > 0) {
    // the credentialsDict has NSURLProtectionSpace objs as keys and dicts of userName => NSURLCredential
    NSEnumerator *protectionSpaceEnumerator = [credentialsDict keyEnumerator];
    id urlProtectionSpace;

    // iterate over all NSURLProtectionSpaces
    while (urlProtectionSpace = [protectionSpaceEnumerator nextObject]) {
        NSEnumerator *userNameEnumerator = [[credentialsDict objectForKey:urlProtectionSpace] keyEnumerator];
        id userName;

        // iterate over all usernames for this protectionspace, which are the keys for the actual NSURLCredentials
        while (userName = [userNameEnumerator nextObject]) {
            NSURLCredential *cred = [[credentialsDict objectForKey:urlProtectionSpace] objectForKey:userName];
            NSLog(@"cred to be removed: %@", cred);
            [[NSURLCredentialStorage sharedCredentialStorage] removeCredential:cred forProtectionSpace:urlProtectionSpace];
        }
    }
}

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Alright, it's time for a catch up! Late last year Alyse (you guys know my sister Alyse? If not, click here and get to know her - she's my best travel-buddy/assistant/photographer/everything) and I went on a 10 day cruise through the Coral Sea. We were on the voyage thanks to Student Flights who hired us to create some video content for their social media channels and such. I've always loved creating videos while travelling and it's so crazy/amazing/dreamy to have people appreciate them so much that they hire us to do the same for them. I love it!
Anyway, we were on a 10 day cruise and first stop was Nouméa in New Caledonia! Once we had docked we immediately got on another boat (a little speed boat) and drove over to Duck Island to spend the day soaking up the sunshine and snorkelling. Just the beginning of what was a killer trip! So much more to come!
Love the last outfit so much! I want to go some place tropical now!


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Horseshoe Club hosts States Doubles Saturday
By Cathy Srock on August 11, 2016 News
If it's the sound of "ringers" you are looking for, you are in luck with the oldest horseshoe club in the state of Michigan calling Orion home. The Lake Orion Horseshoe Club, who hosted its first Money Tournament last Saturday, will be busy once again this weekend as they are hosting the States Doubles Tournament […]
Kids and Kops Car Show
Famous Funny Car driver Della Woods brought her Dodge Daytona to the Kids & Kops Car Show this past weekend to help support funding for local youth programs. Check out a full story on Della's recent induction into the MOPAR Hall of Fame in the Aug. 17 issue of The Lake Orion Review. Also, […]
Leonard Sokol, 74
By Cathy Srock on August 4, 2016 Obits
Sokol, Leonard J., age 74, of Oakland Township. Passed away July 28, 2016. Beloved husband of Lisa (nee Fitzpatrick) for 36 years; son of the late Joseph and Helen Sokol; brother of Barbara (Ronald) Benning; brother-in-law of Jim (Linda) Fitzpatrick and Susan (Brad) Duggan; uncle of Christopher, Gretchen, Jason (Marilyn), Christopher, Bryan, Austin (Theresa), and […]
Voters say yes to fire, police, schools; select GOP winners for November election
By Cathy Srock on August 2, 2016 News
With all precincts reporting, unofficial election results from the Oakland County Clerk's Office indicate that voters said yes across the board, with both public safety millages passing, as well as the Building and Site Sinking Fund for Lake Orion Community Schools. Those results were: -Orion Fire Millage: 67.37 percent yes; 32.63 percent no -Orion Police […]
School board spots up for grab
The Lake Orion Community Schools Board of Education has four openings and five are vying for them. The deadline to file passed last week on July 26. Current board members Birgit McQuiston and Scott Taylor are seeking re-election for their seats, while Deborah Porter and Connie Meech are not. Meech, who initially filed, withdrew on […]
Bragging social media post connects suspect who fled police on motorcycle
By Chris Hagan Review Staff Writer A Rochester Hills man is facing a five year felony for something he may have been able to get away with had he not bragged about the incident on social media. Mike Brown, 33, encountered the Lake Orion Police Department on the morning of July 2, 2016 at about […]
LOHS grad drafted by Giants
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For migrant domestic workers living in Hong Kong, live-in work continues to be one of the most precarious forms of work. In a new court hearing, lawyers for Nancy Almorin Lubiano, a domestic worker from the Philippines, are challenging Hong Kong's live-in domestic rule that could affect her and 350,000 other women.
Hong Kong's regime originally had a more liberal stance for workers, which allowed domestic workers to provide outside living accommodations, so long as they had their employers' permission. A year before the rule was put into place, of the city's 200,000 maids, 100 worked as live-out employees.
Today, the rule that mandates live-in domestic help face the consequence of, "administrative sanctions in future applications for a visa or employment, and criminal prosecution over charges such as furnishing false information, which is punishable by a HK$150,000 fine and 14 years' imprisonment." Domestic workers face extreme precarity being forced to live in the home of their employers, always at the beck and call of their employers, and anyone attempting to flee a dangerous situation could be moved from one prison to the next.
For live-in domestic workers residing in Hong Kong, risk is ever present. According to Lubiano's lawyers, "Key findings by Shieh included an average of 71.4 working hours per week, with more than one in three respondents deprived of their weekly 24-hor rest day as required by law. Another 40 per cent were deprived of independent rooms, some of them exposed to the rest of the household while sleeping in corridors, kitchens, and even beds above toilets." Lubiano was given a 60 sq. ft. storeroom in a 640 sq. ft. flat shared with a family of three; because it was a storeroom Lubiano was never given privacy, since her employers had access to the room at all times. If maids in situations like Lubiano desired to leave an abusive employers, they would only have two weeks to find another employer before they are forced to leave the city.
Lubiano and Shieh have a very narrow legal challenge for the live-in rule, as contended by Shieh himself, but the verdict of the rule has large implications for foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong. The ability to be given the choice to live out, as opposed to the powerlessness that some feel living in their employers' home would mean the ability to have an escape from abuse and exploitation, and the end of a 24-hour on-call workday.


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Is N.C. media whitewashing radical demands of black UNC Students?
Dallas Woodhouse
Student protesters at UNC Chapel Hill wait to stage a walkout during a controversial talk on race from political analyst and author Ben Shapiro. (Photo by Kari Travis)
Triangle-based media outlets have been extensively reporting various issues surrounding Nikole Hannah-Jones declining to accept an offer of employment at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Several media outlets are reporting on UNC-Chapel Hill black student leaders and organizations' demands from campus administrators.
On July 7, the News and Observer's Kate Murphy reported:
"UNC-Chapel Hill student leaders are again asking the university to make the campus safer for Black students, with eight specific actions that can be implemented for the fall semester."
"Members of the Black Student Movement announced their top priorities at a press conference at the Sonja Haynes Center for Black Culture and History last week. The demands are focused on safety and equity," according to the newspaper report.
The report listed some of the demands as:
Incorporate the student-generated anti-racist alerts into the Carolina Alert system to notify students.
Terminate the employment of acting police chief Rahsheem Holland, who forcefully shoved Black students out of a recent UNC Board of Trustees meeting.
Use a metric-driven recruitment strategy for Black faculty and reinstatement of VITAE program for more diverse hires.
Publish equity scorecards for university departments that show data on student enrollment, discrimination complaints, and why Black employees are leaving.
Create a permanent memorial for James Cates, a 22-year-old Black student who was killed on campus in 1970.
WRAL also reported on the list of demands but left out the one that would revive one of UNC's most troubling policies. It would threaten to eviscerate academic freedom and the free exchange of ideas at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Same for CBS-17.
Ditto WTVD on July 7, 2021.
Same for the AP.
In the previous day's article ("How Nikole Hannah-Jones and UNC's Black community say school can begin to fix things," July 6), the News and Observer reported:
"The UNC Black Student Movement sent a list of 54 demands to Gene Davis, vice-chair of UNC-CH Board of Trustees, and to UNC Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz. Davis agreed to meet with student leaders about actions the board can take."
The original posting of the piece did include a link to those demands, but the text of the original article appears to have left out the most shocking part.
A later version of the article did include the following demand by UNC black student leaders.
UNC to bar white supremacist groups and speakers from campus
However, the actual demand text is more shocking:
No Agents Of White Supremacy On Campus
To protect Black students from hateful White Supremacist rhetoric and actions on our campus and improve the review process for receiving permits to speak at the university.
■ UNC College Republicans bringing Corey Lewandowski a notable white supremacist and Donald Trump's campaign manager.
Pro-life Group fall 2019 that specifically targetted [sic] Black women
■ Both theses [sic] groups obtained university permits
We note that members of the Black Student Movement specifically attended the speech given by Lewandowski, former Trump campaign manager, for the purpose of walking out. However, the desire of the group was to disrupt Lewandowski from speaking, according to UNC-Chapel Hill's student newspaper.
"BSM President Chris Suggs said the group planned its protest as a silent walkout because of action taken by the General Assembly and the UNC System in 2017 to prevent protesters from disrupting speakers on campus."
"When UNC College Republicans invited Lewandowski to come and speak, they clearly undermined the values that this university represents and disregarded communities and students of color," Julia Clark, co-chairperson of BSM's Political Action Committee, said in a statement reported in the Daily Tar Heel.
In an exclusive interview with Carolina Journal, Lewandowski, who is currently assisting with the former president's political operations, said:
"It's amazing to me that the left would try and silence voices at institutions of higher learning. As a two-time New York Times best-selling author and someone who has spoken at Harvard, Oxford, Stanford, and a number of other Ivy League institutions where they welcome the free flow of ideas, it's sad to see UNC caving to the woke left. By canceling people with different thoughts on college campuses, we are indoctrinating children with radical ideas that will only teach hate and perpetuate divisiveness across this country."
According to dictionary.com, a white supremacist "is a person who believes that white people constitute a superior race and should therefore dominate society, typically to the exclusion or detriment of other racial and ethnic groups, in particular black or Jewish people."
There is no evidence Lewandowski has ever expressed such a belief and declaring someone a "white supremacist," is arguably libelous.
Media archives record no history of pro-life speakers doing anything to black students. However, there have been several arrests for violence AGAINST pro-life students.
So a prominent UNC-Chapel Hill student group, one that is being featured all throughout North Carolina's media landscape, has a formal demand to reinstate the reviled UNC Speaker Ban.
On June 26, 1963, the North Carolina General Assembly passed the Act to Regulate Visiting Speakers, later known as the Speaker Ban Law. The law forbade anyone to speak on a University of North Carolina campus who was a known member of the Communist Party, or who was known to advocate overthrow of the United States Constitution, or who had invoked the Fifth Amendment in respect of communist or "subversive" connections.
The ban rocked North Carolina. It was so controversial across the state and the academic world that UNC-Chapel Hill continues to have a special section in its university history and archives chronicling this shocking episode. The official State Archives of North Carolina also have a dedication to the incident.
According to UNC:
"Civil rights demonstrations rocked the South in the spring of 1963. North Carolina was no exception as demonstrations sprang up throughout the state. In Raleigh, demonstrators picketed many segregated establishments including the Sir Walter Hotel, where many state legislators stayed during the legislative session. On June 25, 1963, the North Carolina General Assembly passed 'An Act to Regulate Visiting Speakers at State Supported Colleges and Universities,' otherwise known as the Speaker Ban Law."
The John Locke Foundation's North Carolina History Project online encyclopedia states:
"State legislators appropriated funds for UNC yet worried about the alleged radicalism of the University. Meanwhile, civil-rights demonstrators in Raleigh protested segregation in such establishments as the Sir Walter Hotel, where many solons roomed during the legislative session. Some legislators were not disposed to make distinctions between civil-rights demonstrators and Communist agitators. In this context, the Speaker Ban was passed on June 25, 1963, without significant legislative debate."
The encyclopedia entry added:
"Another inadvertent target of the Speaker Ban was the playwright Arthur Miller. A professor at UNC-Chapel Hill decided not to invite Miller to speak about his play 'The Crucible,' based on a mistaken belief that Miller had taken the Fifth Amendment about Communism. Miller had been a recalcitrant witness before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), but he had not taken the Fifth."
It's ironic that black students would want a speaker ban re-established because:
"In 1965, the NAACP chapter on the Chapel Hill campus wanted to invite Carl Braden. It was far from clear that Braden came within the terms of the Speaker Ban, but the UNC-Chapel Hill administration got a decision from the state Attorney General's office that the Speaker Ban applied to Braden.
"Banning certain speakers from campus based on the content of their speech, which is listed among the students' demands, is equivalent to bringing back the infamous Speaker Ban. Debate, inquiry, and discourse are essential for higher education and for a functioning democracy," said Jenna Robinson, president of the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal.
Another UNC-Chapel Hill Black Student Movement demand is:
"To include anti-racist alerts in the Alert Carolina system with the goal of increasing safety on campus for Black students ahead of what will likely be a tense year for our community. To prioritize transparency with students ahead of a dated and untrue image of campus as a utopia of diversity.
Students should not have to sign up for a new service in order to hear when dangerous white supremacists are on campus."
So now we have students wanting to ban pro-life speakers and Republican/conservative-oriented speakers. They also want the power to declare anybody they see fit as a racist or white supremacist and broadcast the names of those people across the media, email, and cell phones at will, with a touch of a button.
Might there be a story here?
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2022 Changes to the Tax Treatment of Research and Development Costs
By: Jim Keefe
Beginning in 2022, amendments made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act require taxpayers to amortize research and experimentation expenditures over five years or 15 years, for research and development performed outside the U.S. Attempts were made to delay the adoption of these changes to 2026 with the Build Back Better Bill, but since the BBB stalled in congress, taxpayers should prepare their quarterly tax estimates for 2022 with these changes in mind.
Prior to 1/1/2022, taxpayers could elect to deduct research and development expenses, amortize them over a period of a least 60 months, or capitalize them to the related property.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act made significant changes to IRC Sec 174 which now requires taxpayers to capitalize and amortize specified research or experimental expenditures for any taxable year, whereas prior to 2022, taxpayers were allowed to deduct research and experimental expenditures in the year incurred. "Specified research or experimental expenditures" is defined to mean research or experimental expenditures which are paid or incurred by the taxpayer during such taxable year in connection with the taxpayer's trade or business, which includes all costs incidental to the development or improvement of a product. The term also includes the costs of obtaining a patent, such as attorney's fees expended in making and perfecting a patent application. Software development costs are specifically included as R&D expenditures under IRC Section 174(c)(3). Such costs will be capitalized and amortized over a 5-year period beginning with the midpoint of the taxable year which such expenditures are paid or incurred. In the case of foreign research, such costs such be amortized over a 15-year period.
Foreign research is research conducted outside the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any possession of the United States. Similar to the five year amortization period, the 15-year amortization period for foreign research begins at the mid-point of the tax year in which the expenditures are incurred. As a result of the different amortization rules, taxpayers will need to track their Research and Development expenditures by location.
The amendment is considered initiated by the taxpayer with the consent of the Secretary so the taxpayer does not need to file a change in accounting method under IRC Sec 481. The change is applied on a cut off basis for expenditures paid or incurred in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2021 and no adjustments under section 481(a) need to be made.
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Jobs, the founder of Apple, was a college drop out, who got fired from the company which he founded and abandoned his first child for several years. He eventually "grew up", got married, took responsibility for his first child as well as his other three. He also became the chief executive officer of Apple after his comeback.


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Smith '80 Honored for Vision in Documentary Filmmaking
Marcia Smith '80 received the Luminary Award from the BlackStar Film Festival in August. Courtesy photo
By Erin Clossey
Marcia Smith '80, founder of documentary production company Firelight Media, was honored with a Luminary Award from the BlackStar Film Festival, a celebration of the visual storytelling of the African diaspora and communities of color, in Philadelphia in early August.
"I think the BlackStar festival is really groundbreaking in that over 11 years, they have cultivated probably the most diverse film fan base of any festival that I've seen, and I've been to a million festivals," said Smith, who is president of the media company she founded with her husband, documentarian Stanley Nelson, in 2000.
"They've got a really engaged audience, they host really important conversations, and the diversity of their audience is really unparalleled, so it was really an honor for me to get that award from them," she said.
New York-based Firelight Media produces award-winning documentary films that look to expose social injustice, tell the stories of underrepresented communities, and spur people to action.
Firelight's Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017, and won a Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Documentary. The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015) broke PBS records for broadcast viewership, streaming, and social media; won an NAACP Image Award; and was nominated for an Emmy. In 2021, PBS will air Firelight's four-part documentary series, Creating the New World: The Transatlantic Slave Trade, as part of Independent Lens, according to the company's website.
Smith has an Emmy nomination for writing, won the Writers' Guild Award for best nonfiction writing, and was presented with a Muse Award from New York Women in Film & Television in 2016.
She said both audiences and resources for documentary films have grown in the 20 years since she co-founded Firelight. In 2000, PBS was one of the few outlets screening documentaries, she said.
Smith said she and Nelson initially founded Firelight to "build an infrastructure around documentary film production which is unstable, unpredictable, and since Stanley and I were doing this together, we wanted to try to make this sustainable."
Today, premium channels like HBO and Showtime, streaming services like Netflix, and even urban cinemas produce or screen a steady flow of documentaries. And increasingly, the stories being told are reflecting a broader and more diverse audience, Smith said.
"There's definitely progress. The kinds of strides that have been made in the diversity of content is significant," she said. "I would also say we have seen that kind of progress before, and it can be ephemeral."
The level of representation in front of the lens is not necessarily indicative of who's behind the camera. Smith said while there are more people of color directing docs and determining their content, she suspects the diversity isn't trickling down as much.
"Producer jobs, editor jobs, camera operators, all those kinds of craft jobs – writing jobs – my guess is not as improved [in terms of opportunity] as directors, and directors have a long way to go," she said.
Smith herself came to her current career "the long way around."
She said she chose to attend Emerson because the College offered "applied knowledge," and the ability to learn hands-on skills that would help her throughout her career. Once out of school, she began teaching, then worked in politics. Throughout her career, she encountered the types of stories she would eventually tell as a writer and film producer. After starting Firelight, Smith took detour to serve as senior vice president at The Atlantic Philanthropies, a multi-billion-dollar charitable foundation.
"When I was at Emerson, I was interested in telling stories about dispossessed communities, political issues," Smith said. "I came around the long way, but I came back around."
Her advice to current Emerson students who are interested in telling stories via film: Persevere.
"I think this industry offers a lot of opportunity, but it always has a lot of ways to discourage people, and it also offers a lot of false starts to people, so I would say persevere," Smith said. "There are a lot of ways in, and they're not always the ways you would expect."
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I'd asked for breakfast at 08:00, the earliest they could offer but I had to go and find the chef at 08:15 when he had still not turned out – he was asleep in bed. The full English/Welsh was excellent though, but I'd rather have had the extra 1/2 hour walking. The chef gave me a bespoke packed lunch – there are no shops or any other habitations between Pandy and Hay-on-Wye – included in which was a bottle of water he'd had in the freezer overnight. This would have mostly melted by lunch time, providing a nice cold drink on what would prove to be one of my hottest days walking in the UK.
With an eye on the weather and the lack of facilities, I loaded my Platypus with a full 3 litres, when lunch was added my pack now weighed well over 11Kg.
I'm sure I would have enjoyed today, even with the heat, if I wasn't so tired and drained from the last two days. 19.5 miles on day one with 3200 feet of ascent and 20.5 miles on day two with 2500 feet of climb had pretty much worn me down. I had certainly not trained anything like hard enough for this trip and combined with the hot weather and the heavier than usual pack, I was really suffering.
Today was scheduled to be 16.5 miles, but my tracklog says it was actually closer to 18 miles, with about 2500 feet of climb. Although the majority of the ascent is completed within the first 4 miles, the path continues to climb gradually for another 8 miles. Unlike the previous two days there is no hope of any respite from the sun, in fact no shade whatsoever after the second mile.
I got great views of Ysgyryd Fawr (The Skirrid), a very pointy hill on the outskirts of Pandy, as I climbed out of the village on lanes and fields towards Hatterrall Hill. Even at 09:00 it was warm and muggy and I rolled my trouser legs up to my knees in a vain attempt to reduce the sweating down below. I was thankful for my decision to pack my sun hat and this provided the only shade of the day – and probably allowed me to complete today's walk.
Once the short section of lanes and fields is negotiated, the path follows open heaths and moorlands along the edge of the Brecon Beacons before dropping off a high bluff, down onto low open pasture land and into Hay-on-Wye.
I reached the first of four trig points after an hour and I could see the path curling away in front of me for many miles, little white dots of sheep against the purple heather and green bracken. After a short while I passed Llanthony Priory, way below in the Vale of Ewyas and ten minutes later, the second trig point of the day.
The path is still waymarked, even on a ridge where it would be hard to go amiss in the worst weather imaginable. These waymarks are impressive tombstone-like blocks, engraved with the national trail acorn and pointing to destinations that lie off the track to east and west. There are also several cairns along the way to assist in navigation.
I tried to limit myself to only occasional sips of water, but the heat was becoming oppressive and I found myself again becoming obsessed with the amount of water I had left. I stopped once or twice just to check the level in my Platypus – I resolved not to use it again – its more bloody trouble than its worth!
I passed a small herd of hill ponies, with young foals, cropping the grass on either side of the main track. They paid me scant attention, unlike the local flies. Once a fly has buzzed close enough and homed in on me, it would circle my head and face incessantly for several minutes before losing interest and buzzing off. One particular fly stayed with me for 45 minutes, driving me to despair. I must have looked a proper sight, waving my hands around and dancing about trying to shake it off. Eventually I gave up and sat down on the exposed concrete plinth of trig point number three. It was still a bit too early for lunch, but there was no guarantee of another seat until Hay Bluff. Once I stopped and sat down, the fly buzzed off to bother a sheep and lamb lying near the trig point.
The frozen bottle of water was still mostly ice, but it had at least served to keep my lunch cool. I ate part of the ham baguette, feeding the remains to the ewe and her lamb and probably thereby storing up trouble for the next set of walkers to come this way. I opened the bottle of water, to drink what had melted and as I twisted the top off, the contents exploded all over me. The damn fool chef had frozen a bottle of sparkling water (another one with a "still" label on it). I enjoyed my cold shower though and after a few minutes, I pressed on.
I declined the opportunity to make a 3.5 mile detour to the trig point on Black Hill, in favour of arriving an hour earlier in the pub! On the approach to Hay Bluff I met my first walker of the day, coming along the path towards me. We exchanged brief greetings, but I was unable to agree with him when he offered that is was a great day. I had unfortunately paid the price for rolling my trousers up. I could feel the backs of my arms and legs, exposed to the sun all day long, beginning to burn. I rolled the trousers back down, but the damage was already done. The only way to protect my arms would have been to put my fleece on, which would have been madness in heat like this, so I just suffered.
The trig point at Hay Bluff is called Pen-y-Beacon and it sits on a fine raised platform of stone. As I approached it a lady arrived and jumped up onto the platform and just stood there. I waited patiently, with my camera out, trying to get a photo of the trig, but she just stood there looking at me. In the end I lost my temper and asked her to move so I could get a shot of the pillar.
Normally I would have lingered at Hay Bluff, it's a fabulous place with views for miles and miles. A couple were sitting by the path at the top of the bluff and they invited me to sit a while, "you look like you deserve it" she said. I explained that if I sat down, I wasn't sure if I would be able to get up again. I've never felt so utterly drained. I ached all over, my arms and legs were burning, I had a banging head-ache, probably as much from dehydration as anything else, my feet were sore and I was convinced I wouldn't be able to make it to Hay-on-Wye, never mind Prestatyn.
I took the more gradual of the paths down the face of Hay Bluff, passing dozens of day trippers coming up the other way. The car park far below was absolutely packed with dozens of cars and…. wonder of wonders…. an ice-cream van!! Para-gliders were flying off the north western most tip of the bluff and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves. Except me.
For me, the inconceivable had become more than conceivable – I wanted to quit. I'd had enough. I was still 5 miles from Hay-on-Wye and I was utterly shattered. By the time I got to the car park at the foot of the bluff my legs were like jelly from the effort of descent. I couldn't even face an ice-cream. I walked along the road for a short while and found a rock to collapse on. I was fairly sure I couldn't do another day. By the time I reached Hay I would have done 58 miles and about 8500 feet of ascent in three of the hottest days I've ever walked in.
I rang Christine, I apologised and begged her come and collect me. She was very good about it and said she would leave straight after work and pick me up as soon as she could.
The next five miles into Hay remain a bit of a haze, lots more lanes and fields, lots more stiles and finally the second-hand book capital of England. I rang the B&B and cancelled. I gave some excuse about injury and received undeserved sympathy from the landlady. I found a public toilet and locked myself in a cubicle. I changed from my sweaty walking clothes into my evening clothes, washing as best as possible with the little water that remained in my Platypus. I then found a nice cool pub and ordered a coke with plenty of ice.
I had two or three hours to kill before Chris arrived, so I browsed some of the book stalls and had another couple of drinks. I had pie and chips from a chippy and ate them sitting on the tables outside. This was how Chris found me when she drove into town. So ended my Offa's Dyke walk, defeated by many factors, but mainly by myself.


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The Department of Mathematics and Statistics, in the College of Science at Utah State University, invites applications for a Professional Practice Assistant Professor position at the Logan campus of Utah State University with a start date of August 1, 2019. The major responsibilities of the position include teaching courses serving our K-12 mathematics teacher preparation programs and professional master's (Master of Mathematics) program, supporting school and university partnerships to improve the learning and teaching of mathematics in public schools, modeling high-quality undergraduate mathematics and statistics pedagogical strategies, and innovation in undergraduate teaching. Additional responsibilities include participating with the Department's Mathematics and Statistics Education Group, and in regional, national, and international mathematics education organizations by attending conferences and publishing works in practitioner or research journals. The position is an academic year (nine-month) non-tenure track appointment with the possibility of summer teaching for additional compensation. Outstanding performance in the position can lead to promotion to Professional Practice Associate Professor and subsequently to Professional Practice Professor.
Minimum qualifications include a Master's Degree in Mathematics, Mathematics Education, or Statistics; a minimum of 24 credit hours of graduate level Mathematics or Statistics coursework; and a record of excellence in teaching or mathematics and statistics education scholarship. Having a Doctoral Degree in Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Statistics, or a closely related discipline is preferred, as is experience teaching K-12 mathematics.
Utah State University was founded in 1888 as a land-grant institution, and has evolved into a thriving research university with faculty who are internationally recognized for their innovative research and teaching. In 2017, USU was ranked nationally as the #5 public university in the nation by the Washington Monthly, and as the #2 public university among Forbes "Best Value Colleges." USU welcomes nearly 28,000 students annually to its main campus in Logan and to its Regional Campus and Partnership Campus locations. The USU Logan campus is nestled in a mountain valley 80 miles north of Salt Lake City, and was named by Travel and Leisure in 2017 as "The Most Beautiful College in Utah." Opportunities for a wide range of outdoor activities are plentiful. Housing is at or below national average costs, and Cache Valley provides a supportive environment for families. USU offers competitive salaries and outstanding medical, retirement and professional benefits: www.usu.edu/hr. An affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, USU is sensitive to the needs of dual-career couples.
Candidates should submit a cover letter, three letters of recommendation, and curriculum vitae on USU's employment website (https://usu.hiretouch.com/job-details?jobid=4135). These letters should specifically address teaching and K-12 mathematics teacher preparation qualifications. Details about requirements for the application process are explained on this site. Review of applications begins 20 January, 2019, with the position open until filled. Email inquiries should be directed to the chair of the search committee, Brynja Kohler (Brynja.Kohler@usu.edu).


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Home Investment 10 Best stocks to buy on Nigerian Stock Exchange for 2023
10 Best stocks to buy on Nigerian Stock Exchange for 2023
The stock exchange opened the new year with tons of expectations, brokers, exchange houses and all players in the industry expect darker times ahead for the overall performance of the market. The Nigerian stock exchange was largely in the red for the greater part of 2022, with the bears taking the lead to the last part of the year.
Nonetheless, despite the losses recorded in 2022, some stocks showed promising gains that placed investors on a shift of how the market traditionally functioned. This article offers the top 10 stocks to look out for in the year 2023.
Meaning of stocks and insight into the NGX?
The term "stock" is used in the financial industry to describe the total number of shares that a single shareholder owns.
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NGX), which was founded in 1961 and used to be known as the Lagos Stock Exchange, is now a part of the Nigerian Exchange group in Nigeria. It is overseen by the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission, which is the sole authority over Nigeria's stock exchange. There are 176 companies listed on the Nigerian stock exchange and these 176 listed businesses welcome foreign and domestic investments.
We recommend purchasing the stocks of the following companies in 2023 on the Nigeria Stock Exchange based on their current performance.
10 Best stocks to buy on the Nigerian stock exchange
1. Morison Industries Plc (MORISON)
Morison Industries plc is currently the best-performing stock in Nigeria as of 31 December 2022 closing the 4th quarter of the year 2022. Morison falls under the category of non-durable consumer goods in the stock exchange.
The company's stock price finished at 1.99 Naira, with a volume is 2.129 thousand, and a market capitalization is 1.968 billion Naira at the close of 2022. Morison offers products for healthcare and cleaning. The company offers a great option if you intend to invest in consumer non-durable goods in Nigeria because it offers a reasonable stock price.
2. Honeywell Flour Mills Plc (HONYFLOUR
Honeywell is in the industry of process consumables industries under the Nigerian stock exchange. It sells processed foods for consumption to customers at Honeywell Flour Mills plc. Products like semolina, noodles, macaroni, wheat meal, and others are available from Honeywell.
The company offers stocks for 3.23 Naira, a volume of 199.773 thousand shares, and a market capitalization of 25.377 billion Naira. Due to its technical rating, selling Honeywell stocks is preferable to purchasing for investors. Despite the recommendation to sell, Honeywell is one of the top gainers.
3. Vitafoam Nigeria Plc (VITAFOAM)
Vitafoam is a business in the process industry. It is an established furniture and bedding manufacturer. Its market capitalization is 37.769B Naira, its stock price is 22.20 Naira, and its volume is 159.72 thousand.
Instead of selling the stocks immediately, the technical rating suggests buying them for future reference. Furthermore, it is one of the most profitable stocks in Nigeria today.
4. Guinness Nigeria Plc (GUINNESS)
Guinness is a well-known brand of alcoholic beverage maker in the Nigerian market. The company produces alcoholic drinks from Orijin, Smirnoff, Snapp, Malta Guinness, and other brands.
Guinness is a product of the consumer non-durable market. It has a stock price of 42.50 Naira, a volume of 222.078 million, and a market capitalization of 93.091 billion Naira. Following the company's stock price reaching a 52-week high, technical ratings suggest that the stocks should be purchased right away. There is no better time to buy the Guinness stock than right now.
5. Royal Exchange Plc (ROYALEX)
Royal Exchange plc operates in the finance sector under the Nigerian stock exchange market. Financial services related to insurance, trusteeship, core finance and others are offered by Royal Exchange plc.
The company has a stock price of 0.82 Naira, 881.709 million shares traded, and a market capitalization of 4.219 billion Naira. Royal Exchange is an amazing stock to buy right in 2023. If you are looking for a financial services company to invest in, the Royal Exchange plc serves as an excellent option for your investment. The company offers an affordable stock price. According to the technical rating, this stock should be bought right away.
6. Courteville Investments Plc (COURTVILLE)
Courteville operates in the commercial services industry in the Nigerian market. It's involved in several business ventures with a strongly diversified business.
The company's market capitalization is 1.776 billion Naira, its stock price is 0.55 Naira, and its volume is 19. 356 million. The stocks are currently highly recommended in the market, and the stock's unusually high volume is yet another reason to consider investing in it.
7. University Press Plc (UPL)
University Press Plc is a well-known publishing house in Nigeria. University Press falls under the category of consumer services. It also prints, sells, and distributes books, in addition to providing publishing services.
With a stock price of 2.94 Naira, a volume of 1.021 thousand shares, and a market capitalization of 1.268 billion. The technical ratings indicate that UPPLC stocks should be purchased immediately. If you've always wanted to invest in a publishing house, University Press is the right choice right now. For the past 52 weeks, the dollar-to-naira exchange rate has also been high.
8. Cutix Plc (CUTIX)
Cutix plc is part of the product manufacturing industry. It is a Nigerian company that makes aluminium cables, cables for appliances, cables for cars, and so on. Investors should sell rather than buy right now because the company has a market capitalization of 8.454 billion, a stock price of 2.40, 235.2 thousand shares traded, and technical ratings that recommend selling rather than buying.
9. United Capital Plc (UCAP)
United Capital operates in the financial services sector. It is a financial and investment company. It offers services in investment banking, asset management, wealth management, trusteeship, and securities. This stock, which has a market capitalization of 65.4 billion, a stock price of 10.75 NGN, a volume of 1.755 million, and a technical rating of "buy" rather than "sell," is recommended.
10. Skyway aviation handling company Plc (SKYAVN)
The transportation sector is where Skyway Aviation operates. Aviation and airport services are provided by Skyway Aviation Handling Company PLC (SHACO plc).
The technical rating recommends purchasing the stock at the current price of 5.83 Naira, with a volume of 2.6 thousand and a market capitalization of 7 851 billion. The stocks on the preceding list were chosen based on their current performance. Due to the volatile nature of stock prices, which can change at any time, investing can be risky for potential investors. However, keep in mind that risk is inversely proportional to return, and return is inversely proportional to risk. Therefore, invest with caution.
There are over 170 public limited liability companies listed on the Nigerian stock exchange market. The market offers both companies and investors generally the opportunity to increase profits in the long run.
Which stock exchange is the biggest in Africa?
The South African stock exchange is the biggest stock market on the African continent.
Can I buy more than one stock from rival companies on the market?
Yes, you can buy from as varying stocks as you can.
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Russia threatens to end U.S. adoptions

Bedford County Sheriff Randall Boyce tells media that Torry Hansen will not be making an appearance at the Bedford County Sheriff's Office in Shelbyville, Tenn. on Friday. Hansen adopted a Russian boy, but sent the 7-year-old back to Moscow alone on a one way

by Kristin M. Hall & Nataliya Vasilyeva
| April 10, 2010 9:00 PM
MOSCOW - Russia threatened to suspend all child adoptions by U.S. families Friday after a 7-year-old boy adopted by a woman from Tennessee was sent alone on a one-way flight back to Moscow with a note saying he was violent and had severe psychological problems.
The boy, Artyom Savelyev, was put on a plane by his adopted grandmother, Nancy Hansen of Shelbyville.
"He drew a picture of our house burning down and he'll tell anybody that he's going to burn our house down with us in it," she told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "It got to be where you feared for your safety. It was terrible."
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called the actions by the grandmother "the last straw" in a string of U.S. adoptions gone wrong, including three in which Russian children had died in the U.S.
In an exclusive interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos, Dmitry Medvedev said the boy "fell into a very bad family."
"It is a monstrous deed on the part of his adoptive parents, to take the kid and virtually throw him out with the airplane in the opposite direction and to say, 'I'm sorry I could not cope with it, take everything back' is not only immoral but also against the law," Medvedev said.
The cases have prompted outrage in Russia, where foreign adoption failures are reported prominently. Russian main TV networks ran extensive reports on the latest incident in their main evening news shows.
The Russian education ministry immediately suspended the license of the group involved in the adoption - the World Association for Children and Parents, a Renton, Washington-based agency - for the duration of an investigation. In Tennessee, authorities were investigating the adoptive mother, Torry Hansen, 33.
Any possible freeze could affect hundreds of American families. Last year, nearly 1,600 Russian children were adopted in the United States, and more than 60,000 Russian orphans have been successfully adopted there, according to the National Council For Adoption, a U.S. adoption advocacy nonprofit group.
"We're obviously very troubled by it," U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said in Washington when asked about the boy's case. He told reporters the U.S. and Russia share a responsibility for the child's safety and Washington will work closely with Moscow to make sure adoptions are legal and appropriately monitored.
Asked if he thought a suspension by Russia was warranted, Crowley said, "If Russia does suspend cooperation on the adoption, that is its right. These are Russian citizens."
"Child abandonment of any kind is reprehensible," said Chuck Johnson, acting CEO of the National Council For Adoption. "The actions of this mother are especially troubling because an already vulnerable, innocent child has been further victimized."
The boy arrived unaccompanied in Moscow on a United Airlines flight on Thursday from Washington. Social workers sent him to a Moscow hospital for a health checkup and criticized his adoptive mother for abandoning him.
The Kremlin children's rights office said the boy was carrying a letter from his adoptive mother saying she was returning him due to severe psychological problems.
"This child is mentally unstable. He is violent and has severe psychopathic issues," the letter said. "I was lied to and misled by the Russian Orphanage workers and director regarding his mental stability and other issues. ...
"After giving my best to this child, I am sorry to say that for the safety of my family, friends, and myself, I no longer wish to parent this child."
The boy was adopted in September from the town of Partizansk in Russia's Far East.
Nancy Hansen, the grandmother, told The Associated Press that she and the boy flew to Washington and she put the child on the plane with the note from her daughter. She vehemently rejected assertions of child abandonment by Russian authorities, saying he was watched over by a United Airlines stewardess and the family paid a man $200 to pick the boy up at the Moscow airport and take him to the Russian Education and Science Ministry.
Nancy Hansen said a social worker checked on the boy in January and reported to Russian authorities that there were no problems. But after that, the grandmother said incidents of hitting, kicking, spitting began to escalate, along with threats.
She said she and her daughter went to Russia together to adopt the boy, and she believes information about his behavioral problems was withheld from her daughter.
"The Russian orphanage officials completely lied to her because they wanted to get rid of him," Nancy Hansen said.
She said the boy was very skinny when they picked him up, and he told them he had been beaten with a broom handle at the orphanage.
Joseph LaBarbera, a clinical psychologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, said adoptive parents are many times not aware of the psychological state of children put up for adoption.
"Parents enter into it (foreign adoption) with positive motivations but, in a sense, they are a little bit blindsided by their desire to adopt," said LaBarbera, who specializes in the psychological evaluation of children and has worked with a number of children adopted from Russia and other foreign countries. "They're not prepared to appreciate, psychologically, the kinds of conditions these kids have been exposed to and the effect it has had on them."
Russian state television showed the child in a yellow jacket holding the hands of two chaperones as he left a police precinct and entered a van bound for a Moscow medical clinic.
The U.S. ambassador to Russia, John Beyrle, said he was "deeply shocked by the news" and "very angry that any family would act so callously toward a child that they had legally adopted."
Anna Orlova, a spokeswoman for Kremlin's Children Rights Commissioner, told The Associated Press that she visited the boy and he told her that his mother was "bad," ''did not love him," and used to pull his hair.
Russian officials said he turned up at the door of the Russian Education and Science Ministry on Thursday afternoon accompanied by a Russian man who handed over the boy and his documents, then left, officials said. The child holds a Russian passport.
Rob Johnson, a spokesman for the Tennessee Department of Children's Services, said the agency is looking into Friday's allegations, although it does not handle international adoptions.
Bedford County Sheriff Randall Boyce also said Torry Hansen was under investigation, but he hasn't interviewed the Hansens because their lawyer has advised them not to talk.
Lavrov said his ministry would recommend that the U.S. and Russia hammer out an agreement before any new adoptions are allowed.
"We have taken the decision ... to suggest a freeze on any adoptions to American families until Russia and the U.S.A. sign an international agreement" on the conditions for adoptions, Lavrov said.
He said the U.S. had refused to negotiate such an accord in the past but "the recent event was the last straw."
Pavel Astakhov, the children rights commissioner, said in a televised interview that a treaty is vital to protect Russian citizens in other countries.
"How can we prosecute a person who abused the rights of a Russian child abroad? If there was an adoption treaty in place, we would have legal means to protect Russian children abroad," he said.
Stephen Flanagan, senior vice president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, said the strong Russian reaction should not be a surprise.
"It's another sign of their incapacities at home, so when they see a former Russian citizen overseas mistreated or perceived to be mistreated it's something they try to use politically, but I can't see it leading to a rupture in U.S.-Russian relations," Flanagan said. "It's an unfortunate thing but it's in a different category."
Despite the uproar over adoptions, placing children inside Russia remains difficult. There are more than 740,000 children without parental custody in Russia, according to UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund.
Previous adoption failures have increased Russian officials' wariness of adoptions to the U.S.
In 2006, Peggy Sue Hilt of Manassas, Virginia, was sentenced to 25 years in prison after being convicted of fatally beating a 2-year-old girl adopted from Siberia months earlier.
In 2008, Kimberly Emelyantsev of Tooele, Utah, was sentenced to 15 years after pleading guilty to killing a Russian infant in her care.
And in March of this year, prosecutors in Pennsylvania met with a Russian diplomats to discuss how to handle the case of a couple accused of killing their 7-year-old adopted Russian son at their home near the town of Dillsburg.


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Former McKinney Police Officer Apologizes For His Behavior, Attorney Says
KERA | By KERA News
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National and local civil rights leaders want a former McKinney police officer to be criminally charged for his actions last week while responding to a disturbance at a community pool.
Eric Casebolt, the McKinney police officer who's attracted national controversy, is apologizing for his actions at a police call in which he pinned a girl to the ground and pulled his gun out at teenagers.
Casebolt, who resigned this week, did so with a heavy heart, but believes it was in the best interest of officers and the city, his attorney said Wednesday.
"He allowed his emotions to get the better of him," attorney Jane Bishkin told reporters. "Eric regrets that his conduct portrayed him and his department in a negative light. He never intended to mistreat anyone."
The video, shot Friday at a pool party, shows Casebolt yelling and cursing. Since the video went viral over the weekend, Casebolt is facing death threats. He's staying at an undisclosed location.
The video only tells part of the story, Bishkin said.
"The video that everyone has seen only depicts a small part of Eric's actions that day," she said.
Casebolt was reluctant to respond to the disturbance at the Craig Ranch pool party because he had already responded to two suicide calls, which had taken an "emotional toll," Bishkin says.
But she says Casebolt ultimately felt compelled to answer the call because of reports of fighting at the pool.
Meanwhile, national and local civil rights leaders want Casebolt to be criminally charged for his actions last week while responding to the disturbance at the pool.
They said Wednesday at a news conference in McKinney that it's not enough that Casebolt has resigned from the McKinney police force. They say he needs to be charged for wrestling a black teenage girl to the ground.
They did not specify what crime he should be charged with.
Casebolt, who is white, resigned Tuesday after facing heavy criticism following his actions Friday, when dozens of teens, many of them black, had gathered at a neighborhood pool for a party. Cellphone video showed Casebolt forcing the girl to the ground.
Watch remarks from Jane Bishkin, attorney representing Casebolt:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZXwrqwbPzk
Watch remarks from Pamela Means with the National Bar Association:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pTLBjfoDw8
On Tuesday night, police held a press conference. Watch that here:
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Case Name Brandt v. Rutledge FA-AR-0001
Docket / Court 4:21-cv-00450 ( E.D. Ark. )
State/Territory Arkansas
Case Type(s) Speech and Religious Freedom
Attorney Organization ACLU Affiliates (any)
ACLU National (all projects)
On April 6, 2021, the Arkansas legislature passed H.B. 1570 over the governor's veto. This bill, also titled the "Save Adolescents from Experimentation" (SAFE) Act, banned healthcare professionals from providing gender transition procedures to anyone under 18 or from referring anyone under 18 ... read more >
On April 6, 2021, the Arkansas legislature passed H.B. 1570 over the governor's veto. This bill, also titled the "Save Adolescents from Experimentation" (SAFE) Act, banned healthcare professionals from providing gender transition procedures to anyone under 18 or from referring anyone under 18 to any healthcare professional for such procedures. Additionally, the SAFE Act prohibited coverage of gender transition procedures for minors by Medicaid or private insurance. The plaintiffs claimed the SAFE Act was unconstitutional on three grounds: (1) for violating the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment; (2) for violating the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, and (3) for violating the First Amendment by prohibiting healthcare providers from referring their patients for medical treatments that are in accordance with the accepted medical standards to treat gender dysphoria. The relief sought by the families included: (1) Judgment on the unconstitutionality of the SAFE Act, (2) Preliminary and permanent injunctions on the SAFE Act; and (3) An award of reasonable attorneys' fees. The case was assigned to Judge James Maxwell Moody, Jr.
On June 17, 2021, the United States filed a Statement of Interest echoing the plaintiffs' claim that the SAFE Act violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. A number of national and state organizations of health professionals also filed an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs. These organizations included the American Medical Association and Arkansas Psychiatric Society.
On July 21, 2021, after oral arguments by both parties, the court denied defendants' motion to dismiss and granted plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction on all three grounds that they had proposed. Further details followed in the court's August 2 supplemental order. __ F. Supp. 3d __, 2021 WL 3292057, at *1. The court focused on the families' equal protection claim and explained that H.B. 1570 "rests on sex-based classifications and… transgender people constitute at least a quasi-suspect class." Moreover, the court found that the stated intents of the bill ("protecting children in Arkansas from experimental treatment or regulating the ethics of Arkansas doctors") were pretextual. The court looked, among other things, at overwhelming medical testimony that "gender-affirming for transgender minors may be medically appropriate and necessary to improve the physical and mental health of transgender people."
Defendants appealed the decision on August 20, 2021.
Achutha Raman - 10/15/2021
Constitutional Clause
Due Process: Substantive Due Process
Freedom of speech/association
Content of Injunction
Preliminary relief granted
Law-enforcement
Medical Exam / Inquiry
Gay/lesbian/transgender
Causes of Action 42 U.S.C. § 1983
Ex parte Young (federal or state officials)
Defendant(s) Arkansas State Medical Board
Attorney General of the State of Arkansas
Plaintiff Description Four transgender minors, their parents, and their doctors
Indexed Lawyer Organizations ACLU Affiliates (any)
Nature of Relief Preliminary injunction / Temp. restraining order
Order Duration 2021 - n/a
Brandt et al v Rutledge et al
By: ACLU
E.D. Ark.
09/30/2021 4:21-cv-00450-JM
FA-AR-0001-9000.pdf | Detail
Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief [ECF# 1]
Statement of Interest of the United States [ECF# 19]
Supplemental Order [ECF# 64] (2021 WL 3292057)
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