Such is the promise which Monty Johnstone lays before the readers of the Young Communist League journal, Cogito. It is a promise which will be welcomed by all honest members of the Young Communist League and the Communist Party, many of whom must also be wondering why this important discussion has been long "overdue", overdue, to be exact for rather more than four decades.
Together with Comrade Johnstone, we can quote the words of Lenin to the Russian Young Communist League that it is necessary to take "the sum total of human knowledge…in such a way that Communism shall not be something learned by rote, but something that you yourselves have thought over, that it shall be an inevitable conclusion from the point of view of modern education."
A discussion presupposes two sides. Comrade Johnstone calls upon his opponents to answer his case. We shall see to what extent he and the leadership of the Communist Party and Young Communist League will be prepared to allow the "full discussion" to proceed when the basic theoretical questions involved are really brought home to the rank-and-file of these organisations.
This is the basis of Johnstone's air of lofty objectivity. He promises not to "adhere fixedly" to the "old position" of Stalin, so why should his opponents persist in defending the ideas of Trotsky? Such is the impeccable logic of Johnstone's argument: no one advocates the "old position" of D�hring these days, so why support the ideas of Engels? No one imagines that God created the world in seven days, so why perpetuate the one-sided "cult" of Einstein and Darwin?
In reality, Johnstone has posed the question in an entirely un-Marxist way. The question is not whether we "fixedly adhere" to Trotsky, Stalin or any individual. It is a question of whether we still defend the basic ideas of Marxism itself, ideas which have been worked out scientifically, which have been added to in the light of historical experience, but which remain, in fundamentals, the same today as in the time of Trotsky and Lenin, or, for that matter, Marx and Engels. The basic issue, which Comrade Johnstone seeks to avoid, but which underlies all the arguments which he deals with, is precisely whether the "old position" of Marxism still holds good on such fundamental questions as internationalism, the role of the working class in the struggle for Socialism. the nature of Socialist society, etc. These basic ideas have been defended by all the great Marxists against the attempts of opportunists, masquerading as "Socialists" and "Communists", to water them down, revise them and reduce them to reformist impotence. Under the guise of "modern", "scientific", "objectivity", Monty Johnstone attempts to isolate these ideas as "Trotskyism", something alien to the traditions and conceptions of Marxism, and in doing so returns to the "old position" - of Bernstein, Kautsky and the Mensheviks.
Monty Johnstone's appeals to the Marxist method are worth nothing, because that method bases itself, first and foremost, upon scrupulous honesty and truthfulness when dealing with the writings of opponents in polemics. The most painstaking accuracy in quoting is to be observed in all the polemical works of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Trotsky. The great Marxists had no use for misquotation and distortion because for them, a polemic was a means of bringing out the basic ideological questions involved and of raising the political level of the membership, not scoring paltry debating points. They did not stoop to personal abuse as a substitute for arguments, but neither did they refrain from describing a rascal as a rascal, in a bid to cast a specious halo of professorial "impartiality" over their writings.
"the magnificently written but highly slanted polemical works of Trotsky", "swashbuckling rhetoric and flights of fancy [in place of] a calm examination of his opponents' position…", "adding paternalistically…", "hurling abuse from the sidelines…", "superficially plausible reasoning…", "wishful thinking and infatuation with the revolutionary phrase…", "windy and exaggerated generalisations [instead of] a balanced examination…", "Trotsky's dogmatic shibboleth…", etc, etc.
Comrade Johnstone has made progress since the days of Palme Dutt, Pollitt, Gollan and Campbell's "balanced, Marxist" analysis of Trotsky-Fascism. His progress consists in substituting for the language of the gutter the saccharine abuse and innuendo of the seminar room.
With these few words, Comrade Johnstone "explains" the somersault of the leaders of the World "Communist" movement on the position of Stalin, a position which they had fervently defended for thirty years, which was the ultimate, the essential article of faith, by which one could distinguish a Communist from a "Trotsky-Fascist". Having admitted, in so many words, that a discussion on basic developments in the Russian and international labour movement was suppressed for decades, he then blithely proclaims the 20th Congress as a kind of magical key which opens all the doors barring the way to knowledge.
But just a minute, Comrade Johnstone, what about the "Marxist method of objective critical and self-critical analysis in the light of historical experience"? What about Lenin's words on "the sum total of human knowledge" and learning by rote? The 20th Congress revealed to the World "Communist" Movement that for a matter of thirty years, for a whole historical period, all its leaders, its most trusted theoreticians, its most talented journalists had held a position which was not merely incorrect, but criminal from the standpoint of the Russian and international working class. You ask Communists to accept this without protest, to swallow it whole, and ask no questions? But surely that is just what the Marxist method is not? Surely this is just what Lenin warned the Russian Young Communist League against fifty years ago?
The first question which would occur to any thinking Communist is: Why? Why did it happen? How could it happen? We are aware that no one is perfect, that even the greatest Marxist will sometimes make mistakes…But to make such "mistakes", for such a length of time. That is monstrous. That requires an explanation. That demands an explanation.
No explanations are forthcoming from Monty Johnstone. Instead, he refers us to the text of Khruschev's speech on Stalin at the 20th Congress. But there is no point in looking for the Moscow edition. The speech, which was delivered behind closed doors, has never been published in Russia. Johnstone is obliged to quote the text of this masterpiece of modern Marxist thought from…the Manchester Guardian!
What is the "analysis" of Stalinism contained in the material issued by Moscow? The famous "theory" of the "Cult of Personality". It appears that, for a whole historical period, the "Socialist State" was ruled over by a Bonapartist dictator, who dispatched millions to forced labour in Siberia, wiped out whole peoples, exterminated the entire Old Bolshevik leadership after the most monstrous frame-up trials in history - and all on the strength of his own personality. What a travesty of Marxism and the Marxist method of analysis! The members of the Young Communist League and the Communist Party are not children, Comrade Johnstone, that they believe in fairy stories, even if these fairy stories are dreamed up in the Kremlin or in King Street.
For a Marxist it would be impossible to pose the question in this way. The Marxist method does not explain history in terms of the individual genius or villain, in terms of whims and "personality", but on the basis of social classes and groups, their interests and their interconnections. It is entirely inconceivable, that one man should be able to impose his ideas upon the whole of society. Marx had long ago explained that if an idea, even an incorrect idea, is put forward, gains support, and becomes a force in the lives of men, then it must represent the interest of a section of society. If Johnstone's references to the Marxist method are anything more than a mere stylistic trick, a nice turn of phrase, then we insist that he answers a straight question: whose interests did Stalin represent? His own?
We have said that every honest Communist will welcome a thorough debate on the question of Stalinism and Trotskyism. In this regard we welcome the contribution made by Comrade Johnstone also. But what kind of a Marxist analysis is it that, while making pompous references to the Marxist method, avoids any attempt at analysing the fundamental social processes which alone can throw light on the ideas expressed at various times by Trotsky and Lenin? Without explaining these historical processes, the whole thing becomes entirely arbitrary, reducing itself to a string of isolated quotations torn out of context from the works of Lenin and Trotsky, artificially juxtaposed in order to "prove" this or that point. Of course, Comrade Johnstone, such is the essence of the "Marxist method" which has been used by the Stalinists for decades to justify every twist and turn with the appropriate sentence from Lenin. Such a method bears little relation to Marxism, but owes a great debt to the scientific methods of…the Jesuits.
 As this pamphlet goes to print we note that Mrs. Reid has been busy once more "creatively enriching" Marxist thought. The "reasonable" Monty Johnstone notwithstanding, her latest attack on Trotskyism yields little in viciousness to the last one and surpasses it in ignorance.


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Dundee United manager Csaba Laszlo knew his side needed major surgery as far back as January.
And while he clung to the hope his team would lift itself to go up via the play-offs, he's admitted their post-season games failure came as no surprise.
That why, along with chief scout Paul Sturrock, he's been masterminding an overhaul of the squad this summer.
It's seen 19 departures, eight new arrivals so far and changes to the backroom staff that are set to continue.
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Fr. Stephen Fields, SJ (Georgetown University) delivers the lecture "The Future of Liberalism: Relativism Confronts St. Augustine" on April 19, 2018 at the University of Chicago.
Arcibiskup Bernardito Auza hovorí na tému: Pope Francis and Ideological Colonization: "A World War With the Weapons of Ideas".


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Alex Perez on the Golden State of Cocktails Event
February 19, 2016 by Lisa Pietsch
About Golden State of Cocktails:
Golden State of Cocktails has established itself as the celebration of California's diverse cocktail culture. From Napa Valley to San Diego and everywhere in between, GSC is the platform to showcase the state's spirits and those who craft and serve them. The three-day festival celebrates the passion and ethos of these professionals who are helping change the way the entire nation drinks and enjoys spirits.
Across California's three largest cities, Golden State of Cocktails provides an environment where the most respected names in the liquor industry educate the next generation of hospitality professionals and cocktail enthusiasts.
About Alexander "Alex" Perez:
Alex has an extensive background in wine and spirits, having been in the industries for many years. You'll note his discriminating palate in the Sipping off the Cuff episodes he hosts weekly with M.A. "Mike" Morales.
When Alex fell in love with the under appreciated spirits of Mexico, Tequila and Mezcal, he made it his mission to educate the public on these fine spirits. Alex has interviewed many leaders in the Tequila industry and uncovered fascinating facts that you'll see in his upcoming Founder's Features as he releases historic industry interviews from his vault of tequila treasures.
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Who Was Margarita?
October 11, 2015 by Lisa Pietsch
From the Vault Apr 10, 2003
Who was Margarita? A Celebrity, Showgirl or Socialite?
NEW YORK, Apr 10, 2003 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — The origins of the world's great cocktails are often shrouded in mystery and as hotly disputed as certain national borders. This is certainly true of the Margarita — the magical concoction from south of the border that makes you feel like you're on holiday, even if you're not. Cinco de Mayo — the 5th of May — a day of Mexican unity and patriotism, is the perfect occasion to try the Ultimate Margarita (recipe below) with GranGala. The Beverage Tasting Institute recently rated this vibrant triple orange liqueur as "superior" to "all the other orange liqueur brands in fantastically flavorful margaritas …" during a taste test that bestowed GranGala with a whopping 94 out of a possible 100 points. No matter how you prefer to drink this fiesta in a glass — frozen, on the rocks, or up; salt or no salt — the bright orange flavor of the Ultimate Margarita is a crowd-pleaser every time.
The Ultimate Margarita
* 1 oz. GranGala (Triple Orange Liqueur)
* 1 oz. gold tequila
* 1 oz. lime juice or sweet & sour mix
Rub the rim of your cocktail glass with lime and spin the glass in salt. Shake GranGala Triple Orange Liqueur, tequila and lime juice (or sweet & sour mix) together with ice in a shaker. Strain into glass and garnish with a slice of lime. Enjoy with friends.
There are at least 10 stories purporting to be the true origin of this sweet, sour, salty party in a glass. Not surprisingly, many center around a mysterious, seductive woman as the inspiration. The 1992 obituary of Carlos Herrara (San Diego) named him "the man who topped the tequila concoction with salt and called it a Margarita." Herrara's relatives say he invented the cocktail in 1938 or '39 when he decided to combine tequila with lemon juice, shaved ice and triple sec — topping the blend off with a layer of salt on the rim of the glass. His idea for the name came from a showgirl who called herself Marjorie King who apparently was allergic to all hard alcohol except for tequila. It was in her honor that he called his drink a "Margarita."
Another legend places the birth of this cocktail in 1940s Hollywood by Enrique Bastante Gutierez, a former cocktail champion who mixed drinks for some of the world's most famous film stars. Apparently actress Rita Hayworth was one of his loyal customers and he invented the drink especially for her, whose real name was Margarita . . .
Yet one more story surrounds American socialite Margarita Sames who was notorious for her house parties in Acapulco during the late '40s. Always wanting to impress her glamorous society guests she came up with the idea to mix up a new drink to chase away the hot Mexican sun. According to legend the "Margarita" was a hit and "kept the party going for two weeks."
Contemporary bartenders have continued to refine the Margarita and the discovery of the triple orange liqueur from Italy, GranGala, has added to finesse this forties fave. So whichever story you choose to believe (or disbelieve) you're sure to have a 'Gran-der' conversation over the Ultimate Margarita this Cinco de Mayo!
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By Whalebone The Dive Bar Issue November 13, 2018
Guy Walks Into A Bar…
The tried-and-true bar joke is a staple of humor, albeit a bit dated or "dad joke-ish" at this point. Nevertheless, you'd be hard-pressed to go your whole life without hearing "A man walks into a bar…" at least once. Here's a few that're worth raising a glass to.
A guy walks into a bar with an octopus under his arm. He sets the octopus on a stool next to him and announces, "This is an amazing octopus. I'll bet anyone in this bar that this octopus can play any instrument set in front of it."
None of the people could believe this, so one guy brought up a guitar. The octopus took hold of the guitar and started wailing away, better than Jimi Hendrix. The man took $50 from the guitarist. Next someone brings up a trumpet. The octopus started playing the trumpet, better than Dizzy Gillespie. The man won another $50 from the trumpeter. Then some guy brought up some bagpipes. The octopus picked up the bagpipes for a minute and looking a little puzzled, set them down again.
"Can't you play the bagpipes?" asked the man. "Play it?" said the octopus, "I'm gonna f_ck it as soon as I figure out how to get its pajamas off."
An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first orders a beer. The second orders half a beer. The third orders a quarter of a beer. Before the next one can order, the bartender says, "You're all assholes," and pours two beers.
Two guys walk into a bar and sit down at a table.
The barkeep comes over to them and asks, "What can I serve you gentlemen?"
One of them says to the barkeep, "I'll bet you a pitcher of your finest beer that I can lick my eye."
The barkeep says, "I've had guys come in here that could lick their nose but never have I ever seen one that could lick his eye. I'll take that bet."
So the guy reaches up, pulls out his glass eye, licks it, and puts it back in his eye socket.
The barkeep says, "Damn, you got me."
He brings the guys a pitcher of beer and goes about tending the bar.
When that pitcher starts to get low the barkeep comes back and asks, "Are you gentlemen ready for another?"
The same guy answers, "I'll bet you another pitcher of your finest beer that I can bite my ear."
The barkeep hesitates for a moment and looks at the guy's left ear, his right ear, and says, "There's no way you've got an artificial ear. I'll take that bet."
The guy reaches up, pulls out his false teeth, bites his ear with them, and puts them back in his mouth.
The barkeep says, "Damn, you got me again."
He brings the guys another pitcher of beer and goes about tending the bar.
A little later the betting guy is drunk, gets up and staggers over to the bar and lays a $100 bill on the bar saying, "I'll bet you a hundred that I can pee and fill 10 shot glasses lined up on the bar with their rims touching without spilling a drop on the bar from 3 feet away."
The barkeep says, "It'll be worth $100 to see that so I bet you can't do it."
He puts his own $100 on the bar, lines up 10 shot glasses and steps back.
The drunk whips it out and pees all over the shot glasses, the bar and the floor.
The barkeep picks up the two $100 bills with a smile on his face, gets out his towel and starts to wipe it up. He then notices the drunk is smiling and says, "I just made $100, you just LOST $100, why are you smiling?"
The drunk says, "You see that guy over there I've been drinking with all this time?
I just bet him $1,000 that I could come over here, pee all over the bar, and that you'd wipe it up with a smile on your face."
A nun walks into a bar and a drunk suddenly staggers right up and punches her, knocking the nun out cold. As the bouncers drag the drunk away, the drunk shouts at the nun, "Not so tough NOW, are ya, Batman?!"
The barman says, "We don't serve time travelers in here."
A time traveler walks into a bar.
The past, present and future walk into a bar. It was tense.
A proton walks into a bar.
Barman: "We only sell to protons, are you sure you are a proton?" Proton: "Yes, I'm positive"
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The New Year is here and you've probably made a few personal resolutions, but what about making some resolutions that will help you improve your email marketing? Here's our guide to the 6 marketing resolutions that will make a difference to your business in 2008.
It's much better to make new friends instead. Make sure you've got an active acquisition program to get new people to opt-in to your mailing lists. You can start as simply as placing a form on your website and then build more involved programs from there.
Sometimes, relationships fade – people stop responding to your emails and you lose their attention. Make a special effort to reconnect this year. Identify those people who haven't opened or clicked on your emails in the last few months and send them an email to ask them to re-opt in. Remind them why you're in contact in the first place and give them a reason to pay attention. Don't be tempted to try and email people who've actively opted out though, that's stealing time again.
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TNCS Parent Council 2020–2021 Hits the Ground Running!
At The New Century School, parent involvement is one of the key's to the school's success. As part of and in support of the larger TNCS community, parents contribute their time and energy in meaningful ways each year. As a way to galvanize all of this good effort toward meeting specific goals, the TNCS Parent Council was established during the 2016–2016 school year.
Five years on, the organization is going strong and continuing to hone its mission. In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, TNCS has remained open, and the Parent Council did not miss a beat. That's due in no small part to the leadership of new Parent Council President, Tilly Gurman.
Ms. Gurman has organized members and operations on a variety of virtual platforms, and meeting attendance has grown now that participants can join from anywhere. TNCS Class Parents are required attendees and report meeting proceedings back to the other families in their child's homeroom, but any member of the TNCS community may attend, and this even counts toward their requisite volunteer hours. (Have you attended a PC meeting and forgotten to log your hours? Log them here or sign into Blackbaud.)
The stated mission of the TNCS Parent Council is to: "Cultivate and sustain community at The New Century School across students, parents, teachers, staff, and the larger community" by:
fostering communication between all TNCS constituencies
providing support to the teachers and administration
assisting with fundraising initiatives that will further foster community
coordinating school events that connect people across TNCS
engaging with the larger Baltimore community
To accomplish these worthy objectives, the PC assembled a group of committees, including Community Engagement, Special Events, Antiracism/Social Justice, and Fundraising—more on those in a bit.
Parent Council 2020–2021
First, let's dive a little deeper into Ms. Gurman's vision for the 2020–2021 Parent Council:
I've been involved in the Parent Council since we started at TNCS 5 years ago, and until the class parents were involved, there were only three or four of us. So I wanted to find ways to grow participation and engagement as well as make it more inclusive. At the same time, it's important to temper expectations because we're in the middle of a pandemic, and we shouldn't make too many demands of parents who are potentially already overwhelmed.
She explains that she came to be president as rather a natural consequence of having always been a part of it as well as having experienced the preprimary, primary, and elementary divisions at TNCS as her children have progressed through. When TNCS Head of School Shara Khon Duncan approached her about taking over the PC helm, she weighed the decision carefully against all of her other life obligations but ultimately found it to be the right choice. "I've had the experience on the parent side through much of the life cycle of the school so far, and we plan to stay for the foreseeable future so we feel a commitment to the community. It's such a supportive community, and somehow I'd like to contribute to building on that and strengthening it for even once we're no longer in the school," she said.
One thing that is remarkable about this year is the emphasis on human connection. Perhaps we've all had less of that since the shutdown, and the PC is one place to enjoy a bit of camaraderie—Ms. Gurman sees to that, starting each meeting with a "temperature check", which has nothing to do with a thermometer (for once) but is more of a gauge of participants' state of mind, as well as an ice-breaker activity or two. At the November 11th meeting, she also reminded attendees to be self-compassionate:
We'll be reporting out about what's going on in the different committees, but I want to get across the idea that we are at a time when things are likely to change and evolve, especially if another shutdown happens. Let's be kind and gentle to ourselves, so when this happens, we're here together as a community. When we're thinking about the different activities that we're going to be planning, let's always link it back to how can the activities that we're doing bring us closer together as a community, and help us be there for our kids, too.
Another current that runs through this year's PC is the sheer enthusiasm about the PC. An average of more than two dozen people are attending each meeting and that's among a pool of fewer than 200 families. Moreover, participants are willing and eager to get to work on planning and implementing the various PC initiatives. Ms. Gurman attributes this to multiple factors: explicit outreach about joining the PC; the already-mentioned convenience of virtual meetings; the increased access to the school's innerworkings; and, of course, the altruism inherent in the TNCS community driving members to want to make a difference. "It does feel like this year people are more actively volunteering to lead the various activities," she said.
In the near future, she'd like to have committee-specific objectives and operating procedures drafted that tie in to the overall PC mission so that there's an infrastructure to support and sustain what she hopes will continue to be robust attendance for years to come.
And with that, let's see what those committees we keep mentioning are all about!
Parent Council Committees
Would you like to join one of the amazing, purpose-led, and very fruitful TNCS Parent Council Committees? No matter what your strength, there's a place for you! See the nifty planning calendar at this link for tentative dates and check you Blackbaud official school calendar for confirmed happenings. Email parentcouncil@thenewcenturyschool.com or add your name to the list here to join!
Antiracism/Social Justice Committee
Co-chaired by TNCS parents, Jay Golon (who describes the trio as a "happy triumvirate") Daris Johnson, and Allison Binder, this TNCS PC committee exists to, for example:
Facilitate discussions (e.g., discussing podcasts/magazine articles, hosting guest speakers) regarding raising antiracist children
Curate a list of children's books and television shows promoting diversity for the TNCS community
At their first meeting, Mr. Golon explains that they talked about antiracism in general and what it might look like to be antiracist families concerned about social justice at TNCS. "Early in the life of the committee," he said, "we'd like to conduct a family climate survey about how welcome and included folks feel at at TNCS and then use that to plan some other things. We also talked about creating a resource for all families from preprimary up through middle school of books, movies, and media of any kind focused on anti antiracism and social justice."
That's just to start, and Mr. Golon says, "If you weren't able to join us the first time around, it will be very easy for you to slide right in the second time, so please please join us!"
Community Engagement Committee
Chaired by TNCS mom Amy Hastings, this TNCS PC committee exists to, for example:
Coordinate low-risk activities supporting local non-profits (e.g., preparing bagged breakfasts/lunches for local day shelters, coat and clothing drives for sister school Wolfe St. Academy)
Coordinate Adopt-a-Family for the holidays (through Downtown Baltimore Family Alliance)
Coordinate a clean-up of Patterson Park for Earth Day
"Our goal is to identify ways for TNCS families to engage the community that surrounds the school," explained Ms. Hastings. "This committee will strive to support local organizations and uphold TNCS values."
The Coat Drive for TNCS's sister school Wolfe St. Academy is happening now—please share the warmth with our neighbors in need by donating new and gently used coats, mittens, gloves, hats, scarves, socks, etc. for children and adults of all ages! See our ongoing Facebook event (through December 11th) here.
And stay tuned for an announcement about the upcoming Adopt-a-Family! Note that this is a chance to do double community engagement—make your purchases from local businesses, like aMuse Toys in Fell's Point, to support them while helping out a family in need!
Co-chaired by TNCS moms Debbie Casanova and Isabel Kuoh, this TNCS PC committee exists to, for example:
Generate participation for this year's TREX challenge (recycling competition with schools across the country) and facilitate culminating Earth Day celebration activity
Orchestrate teacher appreciation efforts
Coordinate other possible events (e.g., Pancakes & Pajamas, bilingual kids' concert with 123 Andrés)
Ms. Casanova's teacher appreciation efforts went into effect right away, as she set up a round robin–style Sign-Up Genius for parents to choose a week to shower teachers with gratitude—they have kept our children happy, healthy, and learning all of these long pandemic months, and that has not been easy. Especially when many have to teach both live and virtually!
Describing their first meeting as a committee, Ms. Casanova says:
We spent a lot of our time talking about concrete events that are coming up but also giving some thought to how do we stay connected, how do we create community, and how do we do it in such a way that virtual families feel just as involved as on campus families. We also talked a little bit about how we have to have a few events ready to go in case the school does shut down and we all go virtual, just so we can all maintain some sort of connection and community that's going to become even more important.
Another big one for this particular committee is the second annual Trex Recycling Challenge. You can read all about it from TNCS's participation last year in TNCS Has NexTrex Recycling Challenge in the Bag!.
(Or, if you want the Cliff Notes, just start collecting the items shown below and email facilities@thenewcenturyschool.com with your tallied weight, then drop the plastics off at Harris Teeter, Safeway, Home Depot, or other locations! Check that location is still participating during COVID-19 restrictions.)
We'll have lots more info on this year's TNCS Trex Recycling Challenge and how it will roll out, but in the meantime, start collecting that bubble wrap!
Co-chaired by TNCS moms Lauren Davino and Sarah Andrews, this TNCS PC committee exists to, for example:
Facilitate dining out at designated local restaurants with a percentage going to TNCS
Coordinate silent auction of select items from local businesses
This can-do committee has already pulled off one successful fundraising dinner with TNCS parent–owned The Land of Kush, who so generously allocated some of each TNCS-generated sale on November 11th back to TNCS. See the results for yourself!
Thank you, Naijha Wright-Brown and Gregory Brown!
Another super easy way to earn funds for TNCS is to sign up for educational rewards with Harris Teeter. With their Together in Education program, TNCS earns a percentage of each purchase when TNCS families link their VIC cards and shop Harris Teeter brands using TNCS Code 3528. (Caveat: You must re-link your card each year; it does not automatically update.)
More fundraising dinners are in the works throughout the school year as well as a first ever TNCS silent auction! (Let them know if you'd like to make a donation to the Silent Auction, which will be curated in Arts and Culture, Sports, Spa, and other packages.)
In closing, the 2020–2021 TNCS Parent Council "gives parents agency to feel like they have a role in what their kids' school experience is going to be like this year," said Ms. Gurman. With so many uncertainties, it feels good to be hands-on in and possibly even what goes on in their day-to-day lives.
Parent Volunteer Coordinator Alicia Rojas also offers encouragement: "Even if you can't join monthly meetings but want to share your gifts and get involved, please contact us. Many hands make for light work."
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TNCS Welcomes DBFA and the "Big Kids"!
For the second year in a row, TNCS hosted this DBFA event, providing plenty of space in the gymnasium.
On Wednesday, January 28th, The New Century School once again had the pleasure of hosting the Downtown Baltimore Family Alliance's annual signature event, "Meet the Big Kids (and Their Parents)." This event featured participants from neighborhoods all over the city (e.g., Fell's Point, Butcher's Hill, Otterbein, Roland Park, Federal Hill, etc.) to provide the inside scoop on the challenges and benefits of growing up and going to school in our urban environment. TNCS was perfectly situated to host again, with plans to open its very own middle school in the fall of 2016 and welcome some big kids of its own!
Hors d'oeuvres from Lebanese Taverna gave attendees time to arrive at a leisurely pace, mingle, and recharge before getting down to business.
The event, designed to accommodate working parents, commenced with a happy hour with hors d'oeuvres from Harbor East's Lebanese Taverna, while children were given pizza and snacks in an adjoining classroom with childcare by Wondersitters. The audience turnout was high—how to raise healthy, happy older children in downtown Baltimore is a popular topic! DBFA solicited questions for the panel in advance to make sure everyone's concerns were addressed in a timely fashion. Said mediator Beth Laverick, "[This event] is 150% worth your time, and you will walk away with more information than you thought possible."
This year, the event took a slightly different tack, focusing more on the kids themselves and letting them express their opinions in their own voices. One especially nice touch was in the variety of perspectives that the panel shared. In addition to middle school–age and high school–age kids, parents were also on hand to provide their viewpoints. Thirdly, the panel included two young working professionals who had grown up in Baltimore, gone to college, launched successful careers, and returned to Baltimore to live and work. The resounding message was that staying in Baltimore to raise a family is not only fine, but it has many advantages—big advantages—that the panel was happy to enumerate.
So how do they do it? How do downtown families manage "without yards, two-car garages, and shopping malls"?
DBFA Executive Director John Bullock introduced the event by explaining DBFA's mission to keep Baltimore families connected and to provide the resources they need to enhance family life in Charm City. Mediator Mrs. Laverick then took over to introduce the panelists. Each was asked to describe where he or she lives and what it is about Baltimore that has him or her committed to city living. Walkability was a key theme as was the sense of community pervading the neighborhoods. Many consider Baltimore a "small, close-knit community within a big city." In other words, you get the best of both worlds here. All of your neighbors know you and keep an eye out for your family as in a small town, while first-rate theatre, dining, farmers' markets, and shopping are abundantly available—big-city perks. "There's never a dull moment," said Big Kid Sebastian Towles, which got a laugh from the audience. We could all agree with that statement!
Not surprisingly, schools were the biggest issue, just as they were last year. In some ways, this issue is fast becoming a non-issue. Almost soon as the Big Kids opened their mouths, audience members' concerns about Baltimore City high schools were quelled. The panelists were smart, witty, eloquent, and extremely self-possessed. They were perfectly at ease speaking from the stage to a large audience, all of which says a lot about the education (a mix of public and private schools) they are receiving. "Do you have concerns that the education your child is getting is not on a par with national standards? parents were asked. "Not even a little bit," said one, which was echoed unanimously. If anything, it's the opposite. Fun fact: students graduating from Baltimore City public high schools get free tuition to Johns Hopkins University upon acceptance! (See below for a list of the top-performing Baltimore City high schools. Also note that Baltimore is nationally renowned for its private high schools (e.g., Gilman, Calvert Hall). "Where did you go to school?" when asked of a Baltimore native, does not refer to college, but to high school.
This year's panel included the kids, their parents, and a couple of "former kids"!
What about school safety? What about transportation to school? In Baltimore City, no high schools are zoned, so all are by choice. Prospective enrollees apply to their top picks and make the decision based on where they are accepted. This system is really wonderful for matching a Big Kid to the right learning environment (some schools focus on The Arts, others on STEM, for example). It also presents a couple of challenges, such as getting to a school that isn't located in the immediate vicinity. Are parents forced to spend hours each morning chauffering their kids to school and making all manner of sacrifices for this inconvenience? Panelists laughed off the very idea. Part of urban living is developing the competence and independence to navigate the city. Most of the school-aged panelists take the MTA busses and are happy to do so. Carpools can also be arranged in certain instances, but to hear the kids themselves, availing themselves of the public transportation at hand clearly makes the most sense. Busses on the school routes are full of students, and it's easy to develop "bus buddies" should a helping hand or just some companionship ever be needed.
As for safety in the school, this was again a moment during which the panelists impressed the audience. It's true that cell phones and valuable items get stolen in Baltimore (as anywhere, city or no). These kids seemed almost puzzled by the idea that they wouldn't use common sense en route to school or anywhere else. Don't display valuable items; travel in groups. Duh ;)! As for larger safety issues such as bodily harm or worse, look at the statistics, said one of the grown-up "kids." Violence in schools not only happens everywhere, but actually seems to be more prevalent in non-urban areas. This fact seems difficult to fathom until you consider that with a greater population density comes correspondingly more infrastructure to maintain order, such as police presence (and number of streetlights, pointed out Amuse Toys owner Claudia Towles, winning another audience laugh). The grown-up kids were quick to point out the harrowing experiences they met with after leaving Baltimore for college in small towns. The kids are right: It's all down to using common sense, and urban parents might be more likely to begin instilling these lessons early, resulting in some pretty savvy young urban dwellers.
More than 40 parents turned out to Meet the Big Kids (and Their Parents) to learn about the next phase of parenting and schooling in Baltimore.
From this point, a unifying motif emerged during all topics. City kids are resourceful. They are creative, innovative, and welcoming of a challenge. No yard to play outside in? Text your buddies to meet up at the neighborhood park or initiate a ball game in a very-low-trafficked alley. "Learn your community like the back of your hand," they advised. Walk around; get to know the city. Parents agreed. Grant independence in increments, said Fell's Point mom Melanie Hood Wilson. Teach them their boundaries and to be mindful of their surroundings.
As happened throughout the night, what was presented in question form as something to be overcome turned out to be a clear advantage in panelist answers. For example, no backyard (or one made of bricks—another laugh) opens up the city as a playground with a wealth to do and explore. Mrs. Wilson shared an anecdote that when her teenage daughter had just finished a grueling morning of exams and had an afternoon available to do with whatever she chose, she and her friends opted for a visit to the art museum. And, Baltimore's walkability and abundant public transportation means that our teenagers aren't driving as much, which parents and grown-up kids say translate into fewer accidents and fewer DUIs compared to teens in the suburbs who tend to have to drive almost everywhere.
Although the view was overall pretty rosy, it isn't perfect. But Baltimore families and stakeholders are working on establishing more high schools, especially charter schools, to increase the number of excellent options. The DaVinci Academy for the Arts and Sciences (working name) is in development in Southeast Baltimore, for example, with hopes to open in fall 2017. "Baltimore has a way to go," said Mrs. Wilson, "to develop the same diversity of options for high school that we have for elementary. And that's only going to happen if families stay in the city and demand it." Another way you can make your voice heard on the topic of schools in Baltimore is by visiting the Baltimore City Public Schools website, which actively solicits feedback. This organization also conducts annual School Effectiveness Reviews (SERs) that are published on the site for your perusal.
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Baltimore City College
Baltimore School for the Arts
Western High School
. . . Read more at GreatSchools.org!
Finally, if you would like a deeper dive into the most frequently asked questions and their answers, please see Immersed's write-up of 2014's event, which dealt with many of the same topics: Meet The Big Kids.
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Government has opened new doors for the welfare of women : Keshav Prasad Maurya
Lucknow: Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Keshav Prasad Maurya said that the government is promoting women's respect, safety and self-respect. The government has opened new doors for the prosperity of women. Center and Uttar Pradesh government are fully committed for women's self-reliance and empowerment. Women are proving their worth in every field. Women are becoming self-reliant through self-help groups. In every field, daughters have made their own identity. The Deputy Chief Minister said that the government is paving the way for the progress of women, women should understand, try and come forward. There should be no difference between a daughter and a son. Ayushman card should be made available to every woman of the groups as per the rules. The trust towards women has increased in the society.
Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Keshav Prasad Maurya said that innovative efforts are being made to make women self-reliant and self-reliant through the Rural Livelihood Mission of Uttar Pradesh State Rural. The work of making rural poor women self-help groups and groups as village organizations and cluster level unions and making them self-reliant by giving them financial assistance is in progress. State Rural Livelihood Mission is being implemented in the entire state under the incentive strategy.
At present, under the mission, more than 70.56 lakh rural women of families have been covered through 672153 self-help groups, 37933 village organizations and 2133 cluster level associations. The mission is moving towards continuous progress to achieve the goals of sustainable development towards financial inclusion of women to encourage livelihood related activities.
Under the mission, 5,12,315 self-help groups have been covered in the form of Rs.770.17 crore revolving fund and 2,98,951 self-help groups have been covered through community investment fund of Rs.326.21 crore. Towards sustainable livelihood of 2.53 lakh self-help group members under the mission
A loan of Rs.2537.75 crore has been made available.
Giving information about various public welfare schemes of the central and state government based on women empowerment and self-reliance, the Deputy Chief Minister said that free gas cylinders to women under Beti-Bachao, Beti-Padhao, Ujjwala Yojana, Saubhagya Yojana, Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, Safe Motherhood Yojana. Giving information about schemes such as currency scheme, sewing machine scheme, etc., he said that various services, women power helpline, police assistance, cyber cell etc. are being run against violence against women.
He said that Narendra Modi in the country and in Uttar Pradesh under leadership of Yogi, new records have been set in every field. Houses are given in the name of women under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Chief Minister Awas Yojana. If women do household work, then even on the borders of the country, daughters are also protecting the country.
He said that respect, prestige and love are the basis of women empowerment. Women are the cornerstone, without whom no strong family, society and country can be imagined. History is witness that women have hoisted their flag in almost all fields. The nation can become strong only when its every citizen is strong, when its every citizen is strong, the role of women is at the forefront in this too.
Today, women in the country are equal partners in social, political and economic life. Legal system and similar community process have been developed to remove any kind of discrimination against women. Said that Uttar Pradesh State Rural Livelihood Mission has earned its livelihood by earning dividends through bank loans, BC Sakhi, Vidyut Sakhi, Economic upgradation and standard of living are being continuously improved, as well as through Take Home Ration, Anganwadi Center, women's groups are walking shoulder to shoulder with men economically.
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There is an interesting article in a newsletter entitled Global Trends in NGO Law published by the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law. In this article it discusses how many countries are restricting charities and philanthropists from funding projects or operating on their soil.
The barriers vary from country to country but in some casees include a prohibition of certain types of foreign funding; requirements that NGOs obtain government permission for funding; restrictions on funding certain types of entities or certain types of activities; having the funding go through government; prohibitive tax burdens on foreign funds and other restrictions such as refusing to issue visas.
Canadian charities should always be aware when they operate abroad of the foreign law of the countries they are operating in.
When do I need to file my Canadian Charity's T3010A or T3010B Registered Charity Information Return?


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Backyard Birds, Feeders and Food
GENERAL BIRDING TOPICS
Oh Canada...
By millipede,
March 3, 2019 in Backyard Birds, Feeders and Food
millipede 256
I hope I don't get myself in hot water here... but once in a while, I just have that NEED to ramble on about something that doens't quite fit anywhere on the forums... Part of me thinks I could get in trouble... part of me think that maybe if I put some other topical posts out there someone will finally create appropriate places for them??? I can dream I guess... So, I just typed something up to a listerv i'm a part of and I think I'll get better discussion for it here. 🙂 I find it interesting enough anyway... here it is...
Sort of a random musing on the names of birds. I heard someone today mention "Canadian" geese. I didn't say anything. He knew the word "birding" so I was a little surprised. But later on I got thinking about it. It's funny, to me, that sometimes birders make a big deal when it's said incorrectly. Reminds me of some of my grammar snob friends on Facebook.
But as I thought about that bird, I started to confuse myself. Why is it "Canada" in the first place? We don't have "America" birds. We have American. American goldfinch, coot, woodcock, wigeon, black duck, flamingo, white pelican, bittern, avocet, oystercatcher, golden-plover, three-toed woodpecker, kestrel, crow, dipper, robin, pipit, redstart, tree-sparrow... then we have eurasian and european and asian birds.
We don't say America ____ or Europe _____ or Asia _____.
So why are the Canada goose and warbler NOT Canadian? Seems that most of the names having to do with location are descriptive and Canadian would make sense. If we're talking about an American bird we say it that way. And with Canada, if we were talking about their money we'd say Canadian money.
Right or wrong I think that, for many people, it's what sounds right to them. Reminds me of when we first got an Aldi in Siloam Springs. A LOT of people I know would mention going to "Aldis." That just flows better somehow... even though nobody says they're going to "walmarts."
Words are funny I guess. Now back to your regularly scheduled program......
Charlie Spencer 3,137
Lexington, SC
Little too much caffeine yesterday?
not unless you can OD on chocolate. I don't drink caffeinated beverages. I think it's a good question to ponder.
Someone on the listserv mentioned that we do have Carolina chickadees and such... but then we also have Mexican birds, not Mexico birds.
Can we really blame people for saying Canadian?
lonestranger 598
lonestranger
15 hours ago, millipede said:
... part of me think that maybe if I put some other topical posts out there someone will finally create appropriate places for them??? I can dream I guess...
We might as well dream of winning the lottery too. @Administrator sounded committed to adding more forums back in September and mentioned it again in October but nothing has happened yet. I think we're just adding to our own frustration by pursuing this any further. The members have spoken, in more ways than one, but it doesn't seem like the right people are listening.
As for the Canada Goose term, I have to agree with you that it's weird not to use the term Canadian Goose. Being from Canada, and knowing better, I use the term "Canadian Geese" when referring to the plural but use Canada Goose when referring to an individual. It just seems to roll off the tongue better for me that way. Everyone knows what bird(s) I am referring to either way I say it so I never worry about which term I use.
11 hours ago, lonestranger said:
We might as well dream of winning the lottery too.
HA... don't think I don't dream of that as well. I'm a dreamer. 🙂
I am picky and it almost hurts to see things laid out the way they are... almost had me going off to make my own site but I don't have a lot of luck populating such things. Besides, I end up just hanging out in the ID section most of the time anyway... so I'll survive... I think
Leviticus Plews 1
Leviticus Plews
"American" and "America" both have three syllables. "Canadian" has four syllables, one more than "Canada". So while the adjective is better than the noun (for a descriptive word), "easier to say" trumps that rule.
(When I saw the subject line I thought it was about the White-throated Sparrow.)
4 hours ago, Leviticus Plews said:
When I saw the subject line I thought it was about the White-throated Sparrow.
is there a story about a white-throated sparrow in Canada? or, something I missed???
(and I have to ask about your username... call me curious. )
IvoryBillHope 379
IvoryBillHope
8 minutes ago, millipede said:
The call is often phonetically described as "Oh sweet Canada".
If we're going with easier to say, how about 'Canuk Goose' or even just 'Goose, eh?'
7 minutes ago, Charlie Spencer said:
or even just 'Goose, eh?'
This makes me want to start another RANDOM topic... someone can feel free to take the idea and go do that if they want otherwise I'll save it for the next moment I'm bored... But, a nice conversation on the not so accurate names for birds. Always interesting(as in, kind of uncomfortable) running into non-birders at a local lake describing the "water turkeys." (cormorants.)
10 minutes ago, IvoryBillHope said:
Somehow I did not know that... That could be another topic as well. I really, really don't like what many people use for the olive-sided flycatcher... "quick three beers?" Was that the best people could come up with? Or do some birders just always have alcohol on the mind? It's (yet another topic) interesting how many bird type meetings and events end up happening at a bar or have beer at them. 😕
anyway... I'm rambling but, that's okay. 🙂
Spyonabird 355
Spyonabird
I really, really don't like what many people use for the olive-sided flycatcher... "quick three beers?" Was that the best people could come up with? Or do some birders just always have alcohol on the mind? It's (yet another topic) interesting how many bird type meetings and events end up happening at a bar or have beer at them. 😕
Our local Audubon has a Birds and Beers social event once a month at a bar/restaurant. 🍺
Ha! I love the phrase for the Olive-sided, though I thought it was "quick! Free Beer". As for the white-throated Sparrow: In the U.S. we refer to the song as "Sweeeet .... Peabody, Peabody, Peabody". In Canada it's "Sweeet .... Canada, Canada, Canada".
Alas, I have never been able to hear words or phrases in birds' songs. Most of these mnemonics are wasted on me. If nobody had told me the particular call associated with Eastern Phoebe or Carolina Chickadee, I would never have used the phrases 'fee-bee' or 'chik-a-dee' to describe them.
On 3/5/2019 at 10:57 AM, Charlie Spencer said:
Alas, I have never been able to hear words or phrases in birds' songs.
You mean you don't hear the Goldfinch say "Potato Chip"?
That's exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about. No, I don't. In that particular case, I hear a four-note call but it doesn't sound like any words to me.
1 hour ago, Charlie Spencer said:
Yeah, my wife swears she doesn't hear it. And whenever I mention it (which is everytime I hear a Goldfinch) she asks me, well what did they say before potato chips were invented? Funny gal! The point is, of course they don't say "potato chip", but the four note call is expressed in the same rhythm with accent on the second syllable "ta". If you listen to it that way, soon you'll swear you're hearing "Potato chip".
flyhighbuddy01 0
flyhighbuddy01
interesting, topic.


Outfield ranks: Is Trout, Betts or J.D. No. 1?
The outfield is the life force for many fantasy teams, and the position boasts many of the game's biggest stars.
Outfielders won the MVP Award in both leagues last season and take up three of the top five spots in MLB.com's Top 800 fantasy rankings this year. That said, you don't need to spend a first-round pick on an outfielder to construct a strong group.
Trout needs no introduction. He's the consensus best player in baseball and was arguably better than ever in 2018, posting a career-high 191 wRC+. Betts, though, edged Trout for American League MVP honors this past season and is building a brilliant career in his own right. The 26-year-old has hit .308/.379/.538 over the past three seasons while averaging 29 homers, 98 RBIs, 117 runs and 27 steals per year in that span. This season, Trout and Betts are more 1A and 1B than No. 1 and No. 2.
Martinez, meanwhile, lags slightly behind the other two because he doesn't run much, but few can rival his hitting prowess. He's an excellent building block for any fantasy lineup and a fine top-five pick.
While a case can be made that Yelich belongs in Tier 1 after his spectacular National League MVP Award-winning campaign, it's questionable whether he can duplicate last year's power output. With an MLB-leading 35 percent HR/FB rate, Yelich was able to hit 36 home runs despite recording the highest ground-ball rate (51.8 percent) of anyone who had at least 30 roundtrippers last season. Even with some decline, however, the 27-year-old should be considered a bona fide OF1 option who could potentially return first-round value. The same goes for Harper, Judge, Stanton and Blackmon, as well as young phenoms Acuna and Soto, who are both primed for big sophomore seasons.
Marte is known more for his speed, but he hit a career-best 20 homers last season while significantly boosting his exit velocity on fly balls, which makes him a borderline top 10 fantasy outfielder heading into 2019.
Benintendi has proven to be an across-the-board contributor in his first two full seasons, and owners can expect additional growth in the home run department this year. With better health, Springer could cross the 30-homer threshold, as he did in 2017. The slugger battled a variety of injures last season and recorded a .683 OPS over his final 75 games, but he nonetheless topped 20 homers and 100 runs for the third straight season. Hoskins, meanwhile, could be one of the NL's top sluggers this season in a much-improved Phillies lineup, and Davis has a fourth straight 40-homer effort in his sights.
Even with a nagging right shoulder injury that required surgery in October, Ozuna still tied for 25th (min. 150 batted-ball events) in average exit velocity (91.5 mph) and ranked 46th in barrels/PA rate (7.3 percent). Look for better seasons from Ozuna and his former Cardinals teammate, Pham, who slashed .343/.448/.622 with seven homers and five steals after joining the Rays in a July trade.
Back-to-back 40-homer seasons make Gallo a starting-caliber option in all leagues despite his lifetime .203 average, and owners know what to expect from Cain, Upton and McCutchen by now. Rosario, Haniger and Castellanos, meanwhile, are firmly established as top-30 outfielders. And then there's Puig, who has proven to be a bit of an enigma during his career but is coming off two straight 20-homer, 15-steal showings.
Brantley, Pollock and Myers would rank higher if not for injury concerns, and Jimenez, Dahl and Robles could jump by next year. Dahl and Robles are expected to hold starting jobs for the first time at the MLB level, and Jimenez -- MLB Pipeline's No. 3 overall prospect -- could debut early in the season. Smith doesn't provide much outside the stolen-base category, but he could carry teams in that department without being a drain in the batting-average arena. Conforto, meanwhile, is a breakout candidate, and Peralta and Hicks both represent solid starting options after each had his best season in 2018.


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HMRC scoops extra £1bn through tax loophole crackdown
HMRC has scooped an additional £0.9bn over the last year, as its crackdown on tax avoidance schemes has reaped rewards
Increased scrutiny of tax avoidance schemes brought in £2.7bn of extra tax receipts for HMRC in 2018/19 – up 46% from £1.8bn in 2017/18 — including the revenue gained from investigating disguised remuneration schemes – according to accountancy group UHY Hacker Young.
Tax avoidance schemes under investigation include film partnerships by some high net worth individuals, who invested in films to reduce their tax burden.
HMRC has now banned favourable rates on film investments. Ingenious Media, a company previously used by celebrities such as Guy Ritchie, David Beckham and Robbie Williams to fund films, is currently appealing against the decision.
As UHY Hacker Young reported, an estimated 2,000 people invested in the three largest limited liability partnerships schemes, avoiding billions in tax.
Mike Crellin, director of UHY Hacker Young, said, "HMRC's focus on eliminating the use of tax avoidance schemes is delivering impressive results.
"Fewer schemes are being launched and HMRC is sweeping up more of the taxpayers who have bought into these schemes."
However, the Revenue is itself under scrutiny for its loan charge. The charge has brought in a significant proportion of HMRC's high tax yield for the year, but has prompted accusations of a "draconian" approach.
"The loan charge deadline led to a bumper year for HMRC, but a lot of that money was squeezed out of taxpayers who never realised they were buying into a tax avoidance scheme," Crellin noted.
"Many of those taxpayers had to sell their assets to pay those crippling tax bills. Nobody can fault HMRC's targeting of tax avoidance, but many of its methods are causing some alarm."
An HMRC spokesperson said, "Tax avoidance doesn't pay. Most avoidance schemes simply don't work and can give rise to unintended tax consequences. People can end up paying much more than they were trying to avoid in the first place. If something looks too good to be true, then it almost certainly is."
Originally published in Economia on 27 August 2019.


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6,000 residents of Lismore in NSW have been told to evacuate their homes.
A couple is missing on the Gold Coast in Queensland. State Emergency Services (SES) workers are currently preparing to evacuate a number of nursing homes in the suburbs of Southport and Burleigh.
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) have said that South East Queensland has recorded rainfalls of 368mm in the last 24 hours and that the Gold Coast suburb of Coolangatta has been averaging 80mm per hour for at least two hours. The Coolangatta airport was closed due to flooding.
Further south the city of Lismore has been inundated. A recently constructed levy has held back the waters of the Wilson river, protecting the town's central business district.


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WS Audiology is 'First Hearing Aid Company' to Receive Eu MDR Certification
Feb 19, 2020 | Industry News, Legislation |
WS Audiology (under its legal manufacturer name WSAUD) announced that it has become "the first hearing aid company to be fully compliant with the European Medical Device Regulation (MDR) that goes into effect on May 26, 2020." The certification was carried out by notified body TüV Süd Product Service GmbH.
Under the MDR, manufacturers have strict obligations to monitor the quality, performance, and safety of devices, according to WS Audiology's announcement; additionally, existing devices which have been CE marked under the current EU Medical Device Directive (MDD) must be "re-certified to abide by the new MDR requirements," according to the company's announcement.
The certification process at WS Audiology, with hearing aids and related software in scope, started with on-site audits in October and November of 11 sites in Europe, the US, China, and Singapore. During these audits, the company reports that its new quality management system was reviewed by notified body TüV Süd to ensure compliance to the EU Medical Device Regulation.
"The WS Audiology quality management system was put in place in record time following the merger of Widex and Sivantos on March 1, 2019," said Thomas Hies, Chief Quality and Regulatory Officer for WS Audiology.
"We have seen a tremendous cross-functional effort to build a new Quality Management System for WS Audiology," he added. "We have not only created a state-of-the-art quality system by combining the best of Widex and Sivantos, but we are also very proud to be the first hearing aid company to meet the standards of the challenging European Medical Device regulation."
WS Audiology CEO Eric Bernard said, "We are truly pleased with this very important achievement by the team, especially in view of the fact that we were going through a merger process when these audits were performed."
Source: WS Audiology
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Designing Babies
How Technology is Changing the Ways We Create Children
Robert Klitzman
Highlights cross-cutting issues related to reproductive technology and sheds light on the infertility industry as a whole
Makes a compelling argument for regulating reproductive technologies in the United States and provides specific policy recommendations
Based on firsthand accounts of patients and doctors using and thinking about ARTs
Since the first "test tube baby" was born over 40 years ago, In Vitro Fertilization and other Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) have advanced in extraordinary ways, producing millions of babies. An estimated 20% of American couples use infertility services to help them conceive, and that number is growing. Such technologies permit thousands of people, including gay and lesbian couples and single parents, to have offspring. Couples can now transmit or avoid passing on certain genes to their children, including those for chronic disease and, probably sometime soon, height and eye color as well. Prospective parents routinely choose even the sex of their future child and whether or not to have twins. The possibilities of this rapidly developing technology are astounding-especially in the United States, where the procedures are practically unregulated and a large commercial market for buying and selling human eggs is swiftly growing. New gene-editing technology, known as CRISPR, allows for even more direct manipulation of embryos' genes.
As these possibilities are increasingly realized, potential parents, doctors, and policy-makers face complex and critical questions about the use-or possible misuse-of ARTs. Designing Babies confronts these questions, examining the ethical, social, and policy concerns surrounding reproductive technology. Based on in-depth interviews with providers and patients, Robert Klitzman explores how individuals and couples are facing quandaries of whether, when, and how to use ARTs. He articulates the full range of these crucial issues, from the economic pressures patients face to the moral and social challenges they encounter as they make decisions which will profoundly shape the life of their offspring. In doing so, he reveals the broader social and biological implications of controlling genetics, ultimately arguing for closer regulation of procedures which affect the lives of generations to come and the future of our species as a whole.
1 "Take Home Baby": Reproductive dreams and journeys
2 "Not part of the parent club": Problems conceiving a healthy child
Part II: Choosing reproductive technologies
3 Becoming an infertility patient: Choosing treatment
4 Choosing eggs
5 Choosing sperm
6 Choosing embryos to avoid disease
7 "Family balancing": Choosing sex and other traits
8 "Two kids for the price of one?": Choosing twins
9 Choosing wombs
10 Choosing children
Part III: Choosing adults
11 Choosing doctors
12 "Good enough parents?": Choosing patients
Part IV: Facing and addressing stresses
13 "How much is a child worth?": Paying for treatment
14 Emotional roller-coasters: Confronting other stresses
15 Coping and Finding Support
16 "Meant to be?": Choosing religion and spirituality
Part V: Designing our future
17 Choosing education
18 Choosing policies
19 Choosing our future world
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B. Methods
C. Sample Questions
Robert Klitzman, Professor of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Joseph Mailman School of Public Health
Robert Klitzman, MD, is a Professor of Psychiatry in the College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Joseph Mailman School of Public Health, and the Director of the Masters of Bioethics Program at Columbia University. He co-founded & for 5 years co-directed the Center for Bioethics. He has conducted research and written about a variety of bioethical issues, and has authored or co-authored over 130 peer-reviewed scientific articles, as well as nine books, including Am I My Genes?, The Ethics Police?, Mortal Secrets, Being Positive, A Year-long Night, The Trembling Mountain, and In a House of Dreams and Glass: Becoming a Psychiatrist.
His work has appeared in JAMA, Science, and other scientific publications, as well as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, and The Nation. He has received several awards for his work, including fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation, the Aaron Diamond Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Commonwealth Fund, and the Hastings Center, and is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He has been a member of the Research Ethics Advisory Panel of the US Department of Defense, and is a gubernatorial appointee to the NY State Stem Cell Commission.
"Well-researched and rigorous yet highly readable, this study of reproductive liberty will assist patients on their journey through the infertility maze and enlighten general readers about this ever-changing industry." - Antoinette Brinkman, Library Journal
"Designing Babies is brilliant, revelatory, engrossing, and wonderfully readable - exactly the sort of work one has come to expect from Dr. Klitzman. He has taken a subject of extraordinary complexity, presenting a labyrinth of excruciating scientific, moral, and practical dilemmas, and has charted a path through them that medical professionals, men and women struggling to become parents, and others will find invaluable." - Louis Begley, author of Wartime Lies and About Schmidt
"In this meticulously researched and eloquent book, Robert Klitzman examines the brave new world of reproduction in the twenty-first century. He describes the relevant medical progress in accessible terms, tells the stories of individual families with warmth and compassion, and examines the ethical nuances that follow on evolving technologies. The book is written with the passion of a scientist and the subtlety of a novelist." - Andrew Solomon, author of Far from the Tree
"It takes a seasoned psychiatrist to make it plain that conjugal reproduction is giving way to a non-conjugal counterpart. It takes a seasoned ethicist to make sense of it all. The author, straddling both disciplines, lays out a tapestry unlike any other." - Eli Adashi, Former Dean, Brown University School of Medicine; Recipient, the first Lifetime Achievement Award, American Society for Reproductive Medicine
"Reproductive technologies are radically transforming the creation of families in ways that create a host of ethical and practical questions. Klitzman takes us on a vivid tour of this new landscape and offers not only his own incisive perspectives on the moral issues, but shows how these developments affect patients and medical providers, presenting a rich tableau of their own experiences told in their own voices. This is an important and much-needed work and there is no one who could write it better." - Melanie Thernstrom, author of The Pain Chronicles
"A few years ago, a friend of Robert Klitzman asked 'Do you want to be the father of my child?' After much thought, he declined. Now, in Designing Babies, he has written a wonderfully well-informed, sensible, and sympathetic account of the brave new world of mechanical reproduction, reviewing the innumerable questions and choices that face parents and would-be parents today. Coming from one of this country's leading bioethicists, Designing Babies is as valuable as it is timely." - Jonathan Weiner, author of The Beak of the Finch and His Brother's Keeper
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Reproductive States
Rickie Solinger, Mie Nakachi
Congenital and Perinatal Infections
Jennifer S. Read, Mark R. Schleiss
When Doctors Become Patients
Identified versus Statistical Lives
I. Glenn Cohen, Norman Daniels, Nir Eyal
The Breast Test Book
Connie Jones, Michael N. Linver
Dying at the Margins
David Wendell Moller
Random Families
Rosanna Hertz, Margaret K. Nelson
Women's Neurology
Mary Angela O'Neal
Patients with Passports
I. Glenn Cohen
Contexts for Young Child Flourishing
Darcia Narvaez, Julia M. Braungart-Rieker, Laura E. Miller-Graff, Lee T. Gettler, Paul D. Hastings
Neurological Diseases and Pregnancy
Emma Ciafaloni, Loralei L. Thornburg, Cheryl D. Bushnell
Valuing Health
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Oxford Handbook of Genitourinary Medicine, HIV, and Sexual Health
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After the Death of Charles in 1947, F. Earl Williams followed in his father's footsteps with 45 years of service before his retirement in 1982.
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