Virtually everyone believes education is a key to prosperity. But the fact that Vice President Mike Pence had to cast a tie-breaking vote to confirm Betsy DeVos as secretary of education raises the question: why does education provoke such sharp divisions in the United States?
When I was growing up under Communism, I easily understood the difference between my parents' and friends' opinions, on one side, and the Communist Party's on the other. The party wanted desperately to indoctrinate, whereas my parents did their best—at home, behind closed double windows—to counterbalance the official brainwashing. Such intense polarization may be understandable under Communism, but how can it be that Republicans and Democrats are so sharply divided on education?
To shed light on the problems with our educational system and their possible solutions, I will start with some simple facts that show roughly where we are in terms of what passes for education now. Then I will discuss where I believe we should be going, and how to get there. The answer is simple: the time young people spend in today's educational institutions must be drastically reduced, and complemented by new institutions that would give them more experience, teach discipline and perseverance, help them build networks, and better prepare them for their lives and careers.
At present, the college enrollment for the 18–24 age group stands around 40 percent, up from 26 percent in 1980. As expected, labor force participation for this age group has declined: rates for those aged 18–19 declined from 67 percent to 48 percent between 1980 and 2013; for those 20–24 years old rates declined from 77 percent to 71 percent. Not surprisingly, the median earnings of Americans 20–24 years old declined from $22,300 in 1980 to $17,500 in 2012 (in constant 2011–12 dollars), in part because a greater fraction of these age groups does not work.
Total federal and state government spending on education hovers around 5 percent of GDP since 1980,2 and outstanding student loans now stand at $1.4 trillion. After discounting for grants, college costs have increased since 1999 by about 20–30 percent for all income groups.
All of the above may not look too bad at first sight. But a closer look shows that these figures can easily be made to cover up some uncomfortable truths.
Consider first the 83 percent total high school graduation rate: the number does not necessarily say anything about how much the graduates actually know. A 2015 New York Times article starts with statistics from Berea High School, with one thousand students, whose graduation rate jumped from 65 percent to more than 80 percent in four years.3 Yet, in the college entrance exams those students took, only 10 percent of the students were ready for college-level work in reading, and only 7 percent were ready for entry-level college math. Across all schools, only 40 percent of twelfth graders, on average, were ready for college work in reading and math. This decline in learning is also reflected in different numbers at colleges and universities.
How are graduation rates inflated, and not backed by basic knowledge? In California, South Carolina, and Tennessee, authorities eliminated requirements that students pass exit exams before getting their diplomas. Alaska, California, Wisconsin, and Wyoming demand fewer credits than other states. Thirty-two states did not require graduates to take four years of English and math.
Meanwhile, in Camden, New Jersey, almost half of the area's high school seniors graduated through an appeals process because they could not pass the required exams to graduate. I could not quite discover what this means, but one thing is clear: this diploma is not backed by the same knowledge as the usual one.
In large part, we have tried to remedy these problems by increasing both spending on education and the amount of time students are expected to spend in the existing educational system. So far, the results of both of these efforts have been disappointing.
Using data from the 2010 Digest of Education Statistics, Eric Hanushek of Stanford University analyzed student enrollment and teacher and staffing levels at K–12 U.S. public schools between 1980 and 2008. He found that staff and teacher numbers grew roughly twice as fast as student enrollment over this period. Yet while school staff increased 52 percent and student enrollment by 21 percent, students still showed no additional learning in achievement tests.
Some simplistically attribute the decline in our public education system to the shift of skilled students into private schools, but far more significant events were at work, raising different questions about equality and social mobility.
Public schools worked well in the United States and other Western countries until about the 1970s. Until then, French public schools, for example, provided far better education than private ones. Underperforming students often went to private schools because they were thrown out of the public system. One reason public schools performed better during this period is that the vast majority of highly qualified women had few options for working outside the home, other than being teachers or nurses. They accepted relatively low pay, difficult working conditions, and gave their very best.
Increasing bureaucratization, government and union constraints, and faddish theories of education shifted hiring for top positions toward credentialed administrators rather than skilled teachers, and made it more difficult for the best teachers to become senior executives. All of these factors made the sector less attractive to the most talented women, causing them to leave rather than fill more upper-level positions. In this way, far from promoting equality and social mobility, the education sector likely prolonged gender inequality, which, in turn, contributed to declining public school performance.
The above problems in high schools extend into postsecondary education as well. Sixty percent of white males (and 65 percent of black males) do not graduate within six years of starting college (for women the numbers are 35 and 43 percent, respectively). Combine these numbers with the "real" rather than inflated high school dropout rates, and one is left with the stark conclusion that spending more on education does not create "assets" but, under the present institutional arrangements, creates liabilities instead. These liabilities include not only the debts that students or their parents incur—not backed by future incomes—but the menace of frustrated young generations, spoiled into prolonged adolescence and having high expectations left unfulfilled.
As of January 1, 2016, 43 percent of the roughly 22 million Americans with federal student loans were not making payments, and one in six borrowers (3.6 million) were in default on $56 billion of student debt. Also, a report from Pew Research Center shows that 26 percent of millennials (defined as those born in 1981 or later) lived with their parents, up from 22 percent in 2007, percentages that translate to 16.3 million young adults living with their parents, compared to 13.4 million in 2007.12 The change is being attributed to mismatches in what millennials studied and what job opportunities are out there, as well as to the debts the millennials took upon themselves. Among other things, these data also imply that the American education system is not ensuring greater social mobility and higher incomes. The frequently cited association between more diplomas and higher incomes may just be a correlation reflecting the fact that smarter people study harder—and study harder subjects—or that purchased educational credentials are skewing talent selection.
It is not difficult to further illustrate the issues affecting the quality of learning at the university level. Consider this: over the last few decades, accounting and business administration are among undergraduates' top majors. But do students specializing in accounting really have to spend four years as "business undergraduates"?
Accounting is a trade that one learns by practicing, rather than by passing multiple-choice exams. Until the 1960s, one could become an accountant by working, rather than studying at university, and most of the rest of what these undergraduate studies have been filled with can be easily acquired while working. It makes little sense for eighteen-year-olds to enroll in four-year business programs to start with. What does it mean for them to take courses in topics such as "management," "strategy," "organizational behavior," or "the psychology of organizations"? And such topics are taught by lecturers who, more often than not, have zero experience in managing, executing, financing, or marketing anything.
Imagine if lecturers in medical schools never operated but merely wrote papers on "Optimizing Procedures in Operation Rooms." The above pattern holds true for most business undergraduate studies: at worst, they can be offered in two or three years with impunity, and at best they would not exist in their present shape. Yes, students should learn the vocabularies of finance, accounting, and economics—but these could be complements to some "non-trade" studies or be acquired while working. Networking and creating teams appear to be the only benefits of such business studies, but these ends can be achieved in a better way through other institutional arrangements—apprenticing in accounting or finance, or working as low- or mid-level managers with specialized credits in other professions—in which students are taught and mentored by practitioners.
Rather than pursue more suitable arrangements and minimize wasteful programs, however, universities have dramatically increased administrative personnel and costs. Yet all the extra administrators have achieved almost nothing, as documented in Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa's recent book Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses (University of Chicago Press, 2011). They note that gains in critical thinking, complex reasoning, and writing skills have either been exceedingly small or nonexistent for a large proportion of students, with 36 percent of students experiencing no significant improvement in learning whatsoever.
Society would be far better off if its youth spent less time in today's high schools, colleges, and universities, which are more educational in name than in practice. For most people, these institutions are mainly offering a prolonged and subsidized adolescence, rather than developing skills and discipline.
Finishing one's studies in fewer years is also important because younger generations are in increasing competition with their peers around the world, previously held behind by the Iron and other dictatorial curtains. These foreign students do not have—and, unlike U.S. students, do not expect—the luxury of combining their education with several years of fun and leisure, financed by parents and taxpayers. A more efficient educational model would bring about greater discipline and less boredom, while allowing for greater freedom. Those interested in business can begin meaningful work earlier, while those interested in academic pursuits can begin real research rather than paying for more and more "credentialing." Where should young people go instead of educational institutions? Work, apprenticeships, and other forms of network-building would all be more rewarding for students and society.
What if students could also complete their education, including useful undergraduate study, in less time—reducing undergraduate programs, for example, by just one year? Such a reduction could probably be achieved simply by allowing students the option of studying continuously and not taking summer breaks.
Consider a "Fermi" calculation about the monetary consequences of such a change: there are about twenty million people enrolled in postsecondary education in the United States, with approximately four million graduating every year, about three million of whom receive bachelor's or higher degrees. Assume that from now on, each year three million students join the labor force a year earlier. How much annual income and how much wealth would this generate?
This brings us to execution: how to accelerate schooling while improving education? The Swiss and Israeli school systems provide insights. After primary education (grade 8), students are sorted according to their abilities, and some go to high schools (with streams in science, math, and the humanities), while others go to trade or vocational schools that collaborate with related businesses.
Adolescents whose talents and interests are not in general studies need not be forced to prolong their schooling, something that is detrimental to real education and discipline. Nor would this dual system close doors for late bloomers: if some change their minds and want to go to universities, they can pass a few exams later and apply.
Letting young adults gain experience in various trades does not imply that such students will end up earning less money, or that they will not be well versed in history, philosophy and arts (they can study such topics during their leisure time, which they may be able to afford more of if they are not forced to spend exorbitant sums on credentialing).
It is curious that many Americans resist such a dual system because of concerns that it might promote inequality—as if the present U.S. system does not. After all, "selection" is the main idea upon which many high schools and universities are based. Under the current system, everyone is only equal in being forced to pay exorbitant sums to university administrators via student-loan debt; the values of the credentials remain as unequal as ever, and those least suited to academic work are harmed the most.
Indeed, gaining experience in occupational fields may actually improve employment prospects and social mobility. For example, in Switzerland, 70 percent of young people aged 15–19 are training for occupations, whereas the number in Germany is 65 percent and, in Austria, 55 percent. In these three countries, youth unemployment rates are less than half of America's 16 percent.16 Along similar lines, in 2012 the UK created apprenticeship programs for commercial pilots, lawyers, and engineers, adding to the existing program for accountants. These programs are now considered the equivalent of college education.
Combining schools with apprenticeship programs is an increasingly discussed alternative but one that is still too rarely implemented, although Colorado, among other states, is experimenting with apprenticeship models. In order to achieve such collaborations, employers must create associations through which student-apprentices would be paid or financed, perhaps with the trained employees paying it back in the form of equity or debt, without necessarily binding the young employees to the company where their training started. Immobilizing employees is not a solution. The tax regime would need to be adjusted for this to happen, however.
Another U.S. example comes from St. Louis, where technology entrepreneur Jim McKelvey convinced several large employers, including Enterprise, Monsanto, and Rawlings, that computer programming does not require a college education but rather working with an experienced programmer. These employers created an apprenticeship program called LaunchCode. The program admits young people with basic programming skills, pays them $15 an hour, and pairs them with experienced programmers for two years.
Schools should also offer more specialized credits that can be earned while working, gaining experience which is almost certainly more valuable than the business degree programs discussed above. And, when enrollments drop—as has been the case with two-year, full-time MBA programs—close the programs, just as the University of Iowa did in phasing out its business school this year. Costs can be drastically cut without impacting students' education.
Let us end this section with a historical reminder. The university sector expanded so rapidly during the twentieth century because massive amounts of money were thrown at it, a combination of the GI Bill, the 1958 National Defense Education Act (after the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik), and later Great Society spending. In many cases, however, increases in students and faculty were not seen in math or the hard sciences, but in various fields that did little more than come up with new, obscure jargons—business schools being no exception to this heavily subsidized fad.17 Perhaps the 30 percent decrease in enrollment in MBA programs, and the closing down of such programs, is a first sign of the drastic retrenchment universities will go through in the coming years (business schools have been the first to react to other real-world pressures in the past, too).
Israeli undergraduates' stellar performance suggests that completing undergraduate studies in three years does not mean weaker performance down the line. It is true that Israeli youth arrive at the university two or three years older and are more mature than their U.S. counterparts because of required army service (two years for women and three years for men). But this implies that young Americans should gain discipline and experience, not that they should stay longer in schools. The fact that such experience counts for more than formal studies in preparing young people to solve problems is also reflected in Israel's becoming the "start-up nation": Israel has the largest concentration of high-tech companies outside of Silicon Valley. With a population of about eight million, Israel has the third-largest number of companies listed on the NASDAQ, after the United States and China.
This experience also suggests the importance of networking, as many Israeli start-ups are founded by youth who have been in the military together, learning about discipline, punctuality, operating under stress, and other intangible characteristics beyond the purely intellectual. All these have an impact on that elusive notion we call "culture." A compulsory national service of twelve or eighteen months would be more effective in shaping a disciplined, creative labor force than the present subsidized self-indulgence at colleges, where after the last presidential elections many well-known universities decided to cancel lectures, and give puppies and coloring books to whining students in their twenties.
It is a mistake to think that high schools, colleges, and universities are the only institutions where people can build networks. The military, compulsory national service, or apprenticeship programs may be far better at achieving this goal. In addition, military service, or some other form of compulsory national service for all (no exceptions), would put people from different sides of the tracks in close proximity, creating teams and networks necessary for future performance in all fields of life, and creating greater chances for social mobility. This is less likely to happen on campuses now, where students easily "Balkanize." And yes, national service could teach young adults that rights come with obligations too.
In politics—as in business and private life—bankruptcy or failure, or the fear thereof, is the mother of invention, and U.S. educational institutions are rapidly approaching this terminus. These institutions have been very good at creating the myth that they are needed for social mobility, economic success, and intellectual achievement. In fact, they are better at creating such myths than advancing any of these goals, and have induced students, parents, donors, and governments to cough up vast amounts of money for shockingly poor results. Investing more time and money in these same institutions will not improve education. Resources should be focused elsewhere. The proposals outlined above would put the country back on the road to long-term prosperity, correcting severe mismatches and rebuilding the connection between talents and capital.
This article originally appeared in American Affairs Volume I, Number 4 (Winter 2017): 19–31.
1 See Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, America's Young Adults: Special Issue 2014 (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2014).
2 "US Education Spending History from 1900," USGovernmentSpending.com, http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/education_spending.
3 Motoko Rich, "As Graduation Rates Rise, Experts Fear Diplomas Come Up Short," New York Times, Dec. 26, 2015. See also Theresa Harrington, "U.S. Math Scores Decline on International Test of 15-Year-Olds," EdSource, Dec. 6, 2016, https://edsource.org/2016/u-s-math-scores-decline-on-international-test-of-15-year-olds/573768.
5 Juan Perez Jr. and Kyle Bentle, "Chicago Public Schools Touts Improved Graduation Rate," Chicago Tribune, Sept. 5, 2016. The article notes that the practice is now being revised.
6 Terrence Stutz and Holly K. Hacker, "Critics Scrutinize Texas' Unusual Dropout Rates," Dallas Morning News, Aug. 29, 2015.
7 Anya Kamenetz, "High School Graduation Rates: The Good, the Bad and the Ambiguous," NPR, June 9, 2015.
8 Dan Seligman, "The Story They All Got Wrong," Forbes, Nov. 25, 2002, presents detailed data.
9 See M. D. Fitzpatrick, "Starting School at Four," Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research Discussion Paper no. 08-05, Dec. 2008. There were two small experiments with about 100 kids in which results were better than the Georgia one. But those experiments cost $16,000 to $41,000 per child, per year—impossible to replicate.
10 "Head Start for All," Wall Street Journal, Feb. 27, 2013.
11 "Few Women Run the Nation's School Districts. Why?," PBS News Hour, Dec. 30, 2016.
12 See Anna Louie Sussman, "'Boomerang' Millennials Get Cozy at Home," Real Time Economics (blog), Wall Street Journal, July 29, 2015.
13 Math, engineering, and similar hard sciences deserve subsidies for military and strategic reasons, in particular, though I have never encountered any young adult who took such courses just because they were subsidized.
14 This sheds some additional light on statistical studies of the last few decades showing that people in Western countries who stay longer in schools or go to universities secure higher incomes. As noted, the erroneous inference has been that longer education is necessarily the path to greater income and social mobility. But these studies were done during a period that coincided with the expansion of government bureaucracies, which employed graduates knowing little but jargon. Until the late 1980s, the resulting compounding costs were covered, in part, by the flow of capital and talent to U.S. shores from communist countries, and the domestic talent had nowhere to go, and could be more easily taxed.
15 One or two years of additional, compounding earnings could do a lot to shore up entitlement programs, with a more positive impact than requiring people 65 and older to stay in the labor force longer: compounding would start earlier.
16 Some writing about education suggest that it is cheaper to keep young adults at colleges and universities rather than on the dole. Why that is the alternative, though, they do not explain.
17 See Reuven Brenner, "Making Sense out of Nonsense," in Educating Economists: The Teagle Discussion on Re-evaluating the Undergraduate Economics Major, ed. David Colander and KimMarie McGoldrick (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1992). See also Reuven Brenner, "Extracting Sunbeams out of Cucumbers," in The Force of Finance: Triumph of the Capital Markets (New York: Texere, 2002).


We are thrilled to announce that our special guest speaker for MidWeek Fellowship this fall will be the renowned Dr. C. S. Lewis. Author of such classics as The Chronicles of Narnia, Mere Christianity, and The Screwtape Letters, Dr. Lewis will be reading portions of his book The Great Divorce, an allegory about the "divorce" between heaven and hell, and discussing its implications for our lives. Bring a friend and come hear Dr. Lewis at 6:15pm each Wednesday beginning August 26.
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Get To Know These Top 5 Most Influential Female Athletes In Sports For Year 2022
Top 5 Most Influential Female Athletes 2022
Other Women That Had A Huge Impact On Sports 2022
Every year, the world is captivated by the accomplishments and backstories of extraordinary female athletes. Women are constantly breaking records, breaking barriers, and chipping away at the glass ceiling in every sport. Women in sports are undeniably formidable competitors, but they not only excel as athletes, but they also hold significant influence around the world. Women's sports have never been more popular thanks to the power of social media. This article will present the top 5 most influential female athletes in and out of their respective sports for the year 2022.
The list honors sportswomen who have made outstanding contributions to their respective sports while also inspiring and empowering others through their contributions to the greater world. This group of leading figures is paving the way for a brighter future for women in sports and beyond.
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Maria Sharapova is ranked first on this list of the most influential female athletes in 2022. She has previously been ranked world No. 1 in singles by the WTA for multiple times, 5 to be exact for a total of 21 weeks. One of the female athletes. She is one of only ten women and the only Russian to have completed a career in the Grand Slam. She is also an Olympic medalist, having won silver in the women's singles event for Russia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. On August 2005, Sharapova became the world No. 1 for the first time. She last held the number one spot for four weeks, from June 11 to July 8, 2012.
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Serena Jameka Williams is a well-known tennis player from the United States. She has the most Grand Slam singles titles of any player in the Open Era and the second-most all-time, trailing only Margaret Court (24). Between 2002 and 2017, she was ranked No. 1 in the world in singles eight times by the Women's Tennis Association. On her sixth appearance, she broke Steffi Graf's record of holding the number one spot for 186 weeks. She has held the WTA No. 1 ranking for 319 weeks, putting her third in the Open Era behind Graf and Martina Navratilova. Williams is best known as one of the greatest female tennis players of all time. Serena currently have the most Grand Slam titles in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles.
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Eugenie Bouchard is ranked third on this year's list of the most influential female athletes. She is a professional tennis player from Canada who is currently ranked No. 80 in the world. Bouchard made history by becoming the first Canadian-born player to reach the finals of a Grand Slam singles event at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships. She came in second place behind Petra Kvitová. She also advanced to the Australian Open semifinals in 2014. Bouchard began playing tennis when she was five years old and is a member of Tennis Canada's National Training Centre in Montreal.
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Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova, born June 7, 1981, is a Russian-American tennis player, model, and television personality. Her celebrity and beauty made her one of the most well-known tennis players in the world. Fans looking for photos of Kournikova at the height of her fame made her name one of the most searched for. Despite never winning a singles title, Anna rose to the eighth position in the world in 2000. She had more success in doubles, where she was at times the world's No. 1 player. She also won Grand Slams in Australia (1999, 2002) and the WTA Championships (1999, 2000) with Martina Hingis. They referred to themselves as the "Spice Girls of Tennis."
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Ronda Rousey is ranked fifth on this list of the most influential female athletes in 2022. Rousey, one of the best female MMA fighters, was the first American woman to win an Olympic medal in judo (Bronze). She had won it at the Summer Olympics in Beijing in 2008. Ronda is a former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion as well as the current Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion. She won 12 straight MMA fights, including six in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Rousey was named the most "dominant" active athlete by two magazines in May 2015.
Influential sportswomen are not limited to the top five; there are thousands of women who excel in their sport while also giving back to the community. We discovered some sportswomen who did not make the top five but had a significant impact on the sporting world.
Allyson Felix is the most decorated Olympic track and field athlete in history, having won 13 gold medals at the world championships.
Lindsey Vonn is a former American skier. Alpine ski racer for the Ski Team World Cup. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, she became the first American woman to win a gold medal in downhill skiing.
Sydney Rae Leroux is a professional soccer player and Olympic gold medalist. She is now a member of the National Women's Soccer League's Orlando Pride (NWSL).
Hope Solo - From 2000 to 2016, he was a World Cup winner and two-time Olympic gold medalist as a goalkeeper for the United States women's national soccer team.
Rayssa Leal, a 14-year-old skateboard sensation who won a silver medal at the Olympics in Tokyo, narrowly missed out on a spot in the top 5.
Sunisa Lee is a Hmong American gymnast who became the first Hmong American to win an Olympic medal. In 2021, she will have 3.4 million social media instagram followers and 2.3 million Wikipedia page views.
Megan Rapinoe is a footballer and activist with 3.9 million followers and 1.7 million Wikipedia page views over the last year. She is active in the fight for equal pay and working conditions for the United States women's national soccer team, as well as openly advocating for LGBT rights organizations and social and racial justice.
Nikki Bella is a WWE Hall of Famer, reality television personality, entrepreneur, and former professional wrestler from the United States.
Women's sports are more popular and influential than they have ever been. The number of people who watch women's sports has increased in recent years. The popularity of women's sports encourages equal treatment of female athletes, from media coverage to recognition of their talent. Consistency, hard work, and self-belief have propelled our top female athletes to where they are now. These top 5 most influential female athletes in 2022 are living proof that if you believe in yourself, you can achieve anything.
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Thinking Big on Poverty
We should be a country that does big things—like cut poverty in half in the next decade.
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"A dangerous myth that permeates our national narrative is that 'the poor will always be among us' and that there is little government can do to systematically reduce poverty. History shows this belief to be false."
—"Restoring Shared Prosperity" report, October 2011
"I believe what the Occupy Wall Street movement has done is a patriotic thing by putting wage inequality back on the front and center stage," said Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, delivering a keynote address at the Center for American Progress last week (streamed online here). The occasion was the Half in Ten campaign's release of its inaugural report that starts the clock ticking on its aggressive goal to cut poverty in half in ten years nationally and in every state. Solis spoke to a standing-room-only crowd of advocates, activists, scholars and reporters.
"You think big, and you challenge America's leaders to do big things," said Solis, noting that the goal of cutting poverty in half was nearly achieved in the decade following President Lyndon Johnson's launch of the War on Poverty forty-seven years ago. "Cutting the poverty rate in half in ten years is something that I too believe we can do. Providing a ladder out of poverty has been my life's work."
The new report offers a comprehensive look at a record 46.2 million people living in poverty in the nation today, and lays out the key indicators within four categories that Half in Ten will track to measure progress towards its goal: overall poverty in the United States, more good jobs, strengthening families and communities and family economic security.
It ranks states according to each of the indicators, and an interactive website emphasizes the state's bottom-ranking data to focus attention on the areas that need the most work. The report also includes a call to action which outlines a set of policies that would make a real difference in people's lives right now.
The speakers on hand—including Secretary Solis, former SEIU Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger, author Barbara Ehrenreich and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights President and CEO Wade Henderson—recognize the enormity of the task: nearly one in six Americans now live below the poverty line of $22,000 for a family of four, including over 20 percent of all kids. The fact that the GOP is hostile to the federal government doing anything other than cutting taxes, spending on defense and prosecuting undocumented workers only makes the job harder.
But there was also a sense of hope among the speakers that there is increasingly a recognition of a common struggle in our inequitable economy—whether one is a homeless parent, a college graduate with huge debt, or a 50-year-old who was laid off and sees few if any prospects for a decent job. In fact, as the report points out, more than one in three Americans now lives on less than $44,700 annually for a family of four. That makes it pretty tough—sometimes impossible—to afford the basics like housing, healthcare, food and education.That's why more and more people are turning to the safety net who never imagined they would need to.
"For so long poverty has been isolated as a problem of someone else—it's the people who don't work hard, or make bad lifestyle decisions, or something," said Ehrenreich. "You can't do that anymore at this moment. So we have to talk about how to seize this moment."
Burger and others agreed that OWS is "a spark" but that inside the beltway elites and some progressive groups should stop harping on how to help them organize, or develop a set of demands, etc. "We should not think that we are going to take over Occupy Wall Street. They should be what they want to be," said Burger. "We all belong to organizations, we have members. Can we organize us as opposed to trying to organize them? They've already organized them."
There was agreement that this report, along with its policy recommendations, can help arm organizers and activists in their efforts to mobilize people, pressure politicians to do the right thing and hold them accountable when they don't.
"[This report helps] people realize they aren't the only ones suffering," said Burger. "Information like this—getting it out so that people know and can add their stories and add their faces to it—is the kind of stuff that sparks movements. I'm hoping that OWS is the first spark, and that there become lots of sparks, and that we feed those sparks with information, with courage, with real determination to not let the other side block us."
"This report will be used loud and proud," said Tara Marks, co-director of Just Harvest in Pittsburgh, a membership organization that organizes, advocates and provides direct service towards the elimination of poverty and hunger. "This is the information I need to get back to our clients so they can advocate for themselves. So I can say, 'You are part of this army. And we need you to fight, and we're here to supply you. Let's go get it done.' And then showing up at these Senators' and policymakers' offices and saying 'enough is enough.' "
Among the most powerful findings by Half in Ten is that the poverty rate of over 40 percent for single-mother families drops to just 14 percent when she has a full-time, year round job. This shows the importance of policies like paid leave (80 percent of low-wage workers have no paid sick leave), flexible workplaces and safe and reliable childcare instead of waiting lists across the country. Further, only 4 percent of households with more than one earner are in poverty, as compared to 24 percent with a single earner. While conservatives seize on that data to say that marriage is the way out of poverty, progressives understand that it isn't the only path, and that supporting multiple incomes in a number of forms is crucial. For example, summer and year-round programs aimed at connecting disadvantaged youth to education and work experience are critical, as are subsidized training and employment services—especially at a moment when approximately 15 percent of youth ages 16 to 24 are neither working nor enrolled in school. Solis said she anticipates a vote next month on a provision of President Obama's American Jobs Act that would create a $3.5 billion fund for job programs targeting disadvantaged communities, including $1.5 billion for youth employment.
She also honed in on the gender wage gap discussed in the report, increasingly significant as women now represent a majority of breadwinners or co-breadwinners.
"Today in America, women are paid an average of eighty cents for every dollar paid to men. For African-American women, it's seventy cents on the dollar. For Latina women, it's sixty cents on the dollar," she said. "According to the Institute for Women's Policy Research, if we closed the pay gap between men and women, we could cut in half the number of children living in poverty."
Finally, the report pairs familiar data on the unemployment crisis with more comprehensive data on job quality, tracking the number of workers without paid sick leave, retirement benefits and family supporting wages to give a more complete picture of the working poor and workers barely hanging on to the bottom rungs of the middle class.
"Overall, the report connects information on the number of people struggling to move out of poverty with the necessary policy tools to increase opportunity such as more good jobs, access to financial institutions to save for the future and affordable housing to name a few," Desmond Brown, consultant to Half in Ten, told me. "Going forward, the campaign will compare next year's data to this year's baseline to track our progress in restoring shared prosperity and rebuilding the middle class."
But Half in Ten's latest work, and the people who will use it to organize and push the country in a more humane direction, are also part of a much larger fight.
"We're in a fight for the heart and soul of this country," said Solis. "It's a fight about whether we're a country still willing to do big things."
Katrina vanden HeuvelTwitterKatrina vanden Heuvel is editorial director and publisher of The Nation, America's leading source of progressive politics and culture. She served as editor of the magazine from 1995 to 2019


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Q: Cannot prove a geometry area ratio between a triangle and a parallelogram

ABCD is a parallelogram.
Prove the following:

*

*$\frac{BF}{FA} = \frac{AD}{AE}$

*$\frac{S_{ADF}}{S_{AEF}} = \frac{AD}{AE}$

*$S_{EBF} = S_{ADF}$

*$S_{BCE} = \frac{1}{2}S_{ABCD}$

I solved the first 3, but could not solve the 4th:
1.
$$\text{Thale's theorm:}$$
$$\frac{AE}{CB} = \frac{AF}{FB} = \frac{EF}{FC}$$
$$\frac{AE}{AD} = \frac{EF}{FC}$$
$$\downarrow$$
$$\frac{AE}{CB} = \frac{AF}{FB} = \frac{EF}{FC} = \frac{AE}{AD}$$
$$\frac{AF}{FB} = \frac{AE}{AD}$$
$$\downarrow$$
$$\boxed{\frac{FB}{AF} = \frac{AD}{AE}}$$
2.
$$\text{Let P be a point on ED such that FP will be perpendicular to ED.}$$
$$\div\begin{cases} S_{AEF} = \frac{AE\cdot FP}{2} \\ S_{ADF} = \frac{AD\cdot FP}{2}\end{cases}$$
$$\frac{S_{AEF}}{S_{ADF}} =\frac{AE}{AD}$$
$$\downarrow$$
$$\boxed{\frac{S_{ADF}}{S_{AEF}} =\frac{AD}{AE}}$$
3.
$$\text{Let G be a point on AB such that EG will be perpendicular to AB. Then:}$$
$$\frac{S_{AEF}}{S_{EFB}} = \frac{\frac{AF\cdot EG}{2}}{\frac{FB\cdot EG}{2}} = \frac{AF}{FB} = \frac{AE}{AD} = \frac{S_{AEF}}{S_{ADF}}$$
$$\frac{S_{AEF}}{S_{EFB}} = \frac{S_{AEF}}{S_{ADF}}$$
$$\downarrow$$
$$\frac{S_{EFB}}{S_{AEF}} = \frac{S_{ADF}}{S_{AEF}}$$
$$\boxed{S_{EFB} = S_{ADF}}$$

*I have absolutely no clue. I see no way of creating a relation between the areas of the triangle and the parallelogram. I thought of trying to somehow prove that the area of BCE is identical to that of BCD or BAD, but couldn't find a way to connect those either, as they don't have a shared perpendicular.

A: AD is parallel to BC. Therefore, perpendiculars from A and E to BC will have the same length, call it $h$. Thus, $S_{BCE} = S_{BCA} = \frac{1}{2}h BC$. But $S_{BCA} = \frac{1}{2} S_{ABCD}$ as it is exactly half of the parallelogram, and the statement follows.

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Q: jquery fadeout timing I'd like this function to fade the contents of the div out, wait till the fadeout is finished, then fade the new calendar in. What's happening is the new calendar gets loaded, then the fade out and fadein occur. Its like it loads the calendar and then blinks. I can't tell if the load is happening durring the fade out but the timing is definitely off. The fadeout() function isn't waiting till the fade completes to fire the loadContent function. Anybody know how i can fix this?
function ajaxCalendar(X,Y,Z){
            $('#ajaxdiv').fadeOut('300',loadContent());

            function loadContent() {
                var changemonthlink = "http://localhost:8888/myproject/calendar/view/" + X + "/" + Y + "/" + Z + "/1";
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A: $('#ajaxdiv').fadeOut('300', loadContent());

should be
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as you need to pass the function not the result of a function call.


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How China Telecom is Connecting Countries Across Asia with the APG Line
The Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) submarine fiber optic cable line is now operational in Vietnam and will be rolled out across the Asia-Pacific region throughout 2017.
With a capacity of 54 terabytes per second, the APG has the highest capacity of any network in Asia and is 20 times faster than the Asia-America Gateway (AAG).
The new network is set to increase international transmission throughout the Asia-Pacific region while reducing the load on the existing AAG.
The $450 million undersea cable project will connect eight countries – Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Japan and Korea – and was initiated in May 2009.
China Telecom Plays Leading Role in APG
China Telecom continues to play a key role in the development and implementation of the APG in partnership with an international consortium that includes PLDT (the Philippines), Chunghwa Telecom (Taiwan), China Unicom, KT Corp. (Korea), NTT Communications (Japan), Telekom Malaysia and VNPT (Vietnam).
The APG joins China Telecom's vast global network of 33 submarine cables and high-speed terrestrial links that connect 72 countries and regions around the world with a total international transmission capacity of seven terabytes.
"The APG is a key strategic step in China Telecom's journey to becoming one of the leading Chinese IT services providers in the world," says Joe Han, President of China Telecom Americas.
"We are honored to be working alongside some of the region's finest telecommunications companies to bring world-class network capacities to the rapidly developing Asia-Pacific business community."
The APG is the latest addition to China Telecom's fiber cable network that spans more than 83,000 kilometers and is the largest optical fiber network in the world.
"As one of the world's leading Chinese internet service providers, China Telecom continues to build our expansive global network to serve our rapidly growing customer base of multinational enterprises looking for reliable, scalable and secure network services," says Mr. Han.
APG Supports Business Growth in Asia-Pacific
The construction of the APG was completed in November 2016. It spans 10,900 kilometers from Singapore in the south to Japan in the north, with cable landing stations at East Coast (Singapore), Kuantan (Malaysia), Songkhia (Thailand), Da Nang (Vietnam), Tseung Kwan (Hong Kong), Toucheng (Taiwan), Nanhui (China), Chongming (China), Busan (Korea) and Shima (Japan).
Facebook also sees the APG as important to the company's growth in South Asia and invested an undisclosed amount in the project in 2012.
In a statement at the time, Facebook said the APG will "[make] it possible for us to provide a better user experience for a greater number of Facebook users in countries like India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and Singapore."
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Hełm Brodiego (ang. Brodie helmet Mk. I) – brytyjski stalowy hełm, opracowany i opatentowany w 1915. Jego twórcą był londyńczyk, John Leopold Brodie.

Powstanie hełmu
W chwili rozpoczęcia I wojny światowej okazało się, że stosowane dotychczas (wykonane ze skóry lub tkaniny) nakrycia głowy nie zapewniają żołnierzom dostatecznej ochrony. Po wprowadzeniu przez Francuzów bardzo udanego (pierwszego nowoczesnego) hełmu Adrian M1915, Brytyjczycy postanowili zapewnić podobną ochronę również swoim żołnierzom. Konstrukcja hełmu była wzorowana na średniowiecznym kapalinie. Wykonywany był z jednego płatu blachy stalowej metodą wytłaczania, dzięki czemu hełm uzyskiwał dużą wytrzymałość. Drugą ważną zaletą był niski koszt nieskomplikowanej produkcji. Zadaniem hełmu była osłona głowy oraz ramion przed odłamkami. Hełm to zadanie spełniał dobrze, jeśli żołnierze przebywali w okopach. Po wyjściu z nich objawiała się olbrzymia wada – hełm praktycznie nie chronił boków głowy. Hełm początkowo posiadał skórzany wkład – fasunek oraz skórzany pasek pod brodę. W roku 1936 wprowadzono nowszą wersję z wygodniejszym wkładem oraz paskiem materiałowym (wersja Mk. I H2).

Waga hełmu, według producenta, wynosiła około 1,2 funta (0,5 kg).

Użytkownicy

Wielka Brytania
Pierwsze hełmy Brodiego dotarły na front we wrześniu 1915, a już na początku 1916 armia posiadała ich ćwierć miliona. Hełm Mk. I pozostawał na wyposażeniu armii brytyjskiej przez 25 lat, od roku 1915 do roku 1940 (z niewielkimi zmianami konstrukcyjnymi).

Stany Zjednoczone
Stany Zjednoczone przystępując w roku 1917 do Wielkiej Wojny nie miały na swoim wyposażeniu żadnych hełmów. Powołano specjalną komisję, która w czerwcu 1917 wybrała wzór Mk. I (jako M1917). Było to spowodowane kilkoma czynnikami (m.in. możliwość niemal natychmiastowego dostarczenia 400 000 hełmów z Wielkiej Brytanii). Nowy hełm przyjęto na wyposażenie United States Army pod nazwą M1917.

Zasadnicza różnica pomiędzy hełmami brytyjskimi i amerykańskimi leżała w materiale, z którego zostały wykonane. Hełm amerykański był wykonany ze stopu składającego się w 12% z manganu. Powodowało to wzrost osiągów balistycznych o około 10% w stosunku do hełmu brytyjskiego. Hełm amerykański był w stanie wytrzymać ostrzał z pistoletu Colt M1911 kal. 11,43 mm.

Hełm w wersji M1917A1 był standardowym hełmem armii amerykańskiej jeszcze na początku II wojny światowej. Został zastąpiony w roku 1942 przez hełm M1.

Wojsko Polskie
W odrodzonej po I wojnie światowej Polsce, znalazło się wiele rodzajów obcego oporządzenia i uzbrojenia. W tym także hełmy brytyjskie Mk. 1, a także amerykańskie M1917. Ich pochodzenie było różne. Były w nie wyposażone polskie oddziały formowane w okolicach Murmańska, a także częściowo Armia Hallera. Hełmy te znalazły się w magazynach, stanowiąc rezerwę sprzętową (w spisie z 1928 występują w liczbie 2086 sztuk).

Brodie Mk. II
W roku 1937 zaprojektowano zmodyfikowaną wersję Mk. I, czyli Mk. II. Nowy hełm do szerszego użytku wszedł dopiero w roku 1940. Po operacji "Overlord" w jednostkach frontowych powoli był zastępowany przez hełm Mk. 3.

Zobacz też

 Hełm Zuckermana
 Stahlhelm

Przypisy

Brytyjskie hełmy wojskowe
Amerykańskie hełmy wojskowe
Polskie hełmy wojskowe

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Metal Power II
EAR DANGER, ATOMIC ROCK, SCUM, ANWAR
format: 7" EP
country: The Netherlands
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King Of The Midnight Fire - EAR DANGER
The Spy - ATOMIC ROCK
Steel From The Rich - SCUM
Battle With The Beast - ANWAR
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On the 2nd volume of these extremely obscure Dutch compilations things have developed ever so slightly away from the most rudimentary Hard Rock/NWOBHM-ish moments of the 1st volume. It's also most likely the most cult/"exotic" volume of the whole series. I'll soon elaborate further on that issue...
Seeing the title "King Of The Midnight Fire" on the track list made me flinch at first. Could this be some unknown original version of the old RUNNING WILD demo-classic? I had to play the German's version directly after EAR DANGER's to be absolutely sure and I'm sorry to say: no, it's just a fluke. It's however still a decent piece of old-school, epic Heavy Metal, starting out with an excellent, catchy riff, it transforms into an acoustic verse and then back to a heavy chorus not quite as catchy as RW's ol' gem, but you can't win 'em all. ATOMIC ROCK doesn't try very hard to hide their English influences. "The Spy" is a pure NWOBHM-imitation straight off some 1980 DIAMOND HEAD/TRESPASS/SWEET SAVAGE-rehearsal. The only thing indicating this is recorded a few years later is this dark, spinechilling twin lead break somewhere in the middle of the song. On the B-side is where things get a bit more exotic though. I don't really know what to make out of SCUM's "Steel From The Rich"(sic). Lyrically this song is probably the most 'politically aware' 5 minutes in 80's Metal history. Few punk-bands of the time could have topped the blatant socialist rantings of this piece. Check this out: "More money more money more money, for the people who are unemployed. If they don't give what we want, we have to go out to steal - Steal from the rich..." Then it gets more radical. Despite the crappy playing and rather simple, prostest-song like song structure it's actually an extremely catchy and likable tune. The extremely unlikely amalgamation of Iron Maiden c:a '79 and Joe Hill???
...AND THEN IT'S PURE FUKKING EPIC METAL-TIME!! HrmpfwwAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Oh man, you cannot possibly believe how extremely, utterly, immensely fucking BAD ANWAR is. I pride myself with having heard a lot of odd & unusually crappy Metal, and ANWAR are right up there with the "masters" like LOCH NESS, KUSTER and SECRET METAL. The intro does make promises of MANILLA ROAD/CIRITH UNGOL-like epicness, but then: pure fucking kollaps! The musicianship, the production, it's... Oh forget about it. The thing that still makes the song interesting (apart from being hilarious) is that had any other band nicked the best ideas of it, it could have been a pretty neat piece of Steel. Why did they turn up on the EP then? I hear you wonder. The obvious answer: It's the producer/labelowner Tiny "Iceman" V. Stiphout's very own band. How very typical... If by some surreal coincidence they ever recorded an album that the collector world not yet have discovered, I don't think there will ever be a Metal vinyl out there I'd pay more for. Seriously, if it's out there, name your price. The amount of laughter that this hypothetical album could generate is simply priceless. Pure fucking CULT!
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Forecastle Festival at Louisville's Waterfront Park
Waterfront Park Witherspoon Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202
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Forecastle Festival Fans
Forecastle Festival Returns Memorial Day Weekend, May 27 - 29, 2022
2022 Festival to feature headliners Tyler, the Creator, Tame Impala, Jack Harlow and more
The Forecastle Festival, Louisville's longest running festival returns for its 20th anniversary event Memorial Day weekend, May 27 - 29, 2022 with an all-star lineup boasting GRAMMY-winning rapper Tyler, the Creator, psychedelic rock powerhouse Tame Impala and GRAMMY-nominated hometown hero Jack Harlow.
More than 50 artists across hip-hop, alternative, electronic and more will grace the Forecastle stages over the course of the three-day event including Rüfüs Du Soul, Phoebe Bridgers, Porter Robinson, Clairo, 6Lack and Black Pumas. The full lineup can be found below.
Tickets are available immediately via SMS presale with a general on-sale to follow on Thursday, January 6 at Noon EST. Ticketing options include 3-Day and 1-Day tickets for General Admission, GA+ and VIP experiences.
VIP experiences include access to up-close, prime viewing areas at the Mast and Boom stages, access to the VIP Lido Deck Lounge, located next to the Mast Stage and featuring shaded seating; premium restrooms; and food and beverage offerings from Louisville's favorite dining destinations; a variety of beer, wine and cocktails for purchase plus complimentary water and sodas from private bars in the Lido Deck Lounge and Boom Stage viewing area; complimentary salon services including festival braids and bio-glitter; a priority entrance lane into the festival and access to all General Admission areas.
The upgraded GA+ experience will also be available and includes access to a private retreat with seating and shade near the Mast Stage, air-conditioned restrooms, full-service bar with beer, wine and cocktails and food for purchase. To purchase 3-Day or 1-Day tickets and for the full list of amenities, visit forecastlefest.com/tickets.
The 2022 festival will bring not only new timing, but a reimagined fan experience. The Mast Stage will continue to offer sweeping views of the Ohio River, cast against the Louisville skyline. Now located on the Wharf, the Ocean Stage will be fully tented, creating an immersive musical experience. A reshaped festival site will improve fan mobility, ensuring patrons never miss a minute of their favorite artist or the chance to discover something new.
The festival will continue its support of the Forecastle Foundation, the 501(c)3 that works year round to preserve and protect threatened ecosystems in Kentucky and around the world. From each weekend pass purchased, $3 will benefit the foundation's work and partners. A portion of funds raised will support tornado relief efforts in Central and Western Kentucky. Since its inception in 2010, the Forecastle Foundation has contributed more than $700,000 to local and global conservation projects and helped protect and preserve more than 51,000 acres of land and more than 300 miles of waterways.
For more information visit forecastlefest.com
Location Waterfront Park Witherspoon Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202
Event Type Concerts & Live Music, Festivals & Fairs, Food & Drink, Outdoor
Date & Time May 27, 2022 3:00 PM to May 29, 2022 11:00 PM
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AID FOR CRIPPLED BLIND MAN.
Friends Are Starting a Subscription
Fund for Edward Harris.
Men who knew Edward Harris, the blind newspaper vendor who stood each day at the Junction and who was injured by being run over by a team Monday afternoon, met at the Kensington Avenue Baptist church last night and arranged to take up a subscription to aid him in his time of trouble. Harris was seriously injured, and may be a cripple permanently. He has a wife and a daughter to care for.
Reverend A. E. Burch, pastor of the church, presided at the meeting. Many residents of Kansas City were familiar with Harris and bought papers from him.
The members of the committee in charge of the subscription for Harris are Rev. Mrs. Burch, A. C. Wright, S. A. Faires and M. A. Randall.
Labels: churches, Kensington, ministers, newspapers, the Junction, visual impairment
HE RODE THE BICYCLE.
But Fred Collins, a Baker, Is Now
Under a Surgeon's Care.
To ride a bicycle was the ambition of Fred Collins, a baker, 1526 1/2 Grand avenue, and yesterday afternoon he secured a wheel and went out on Kensington avenue near Independence avenue to experiment. He started at the top of a hill and when he reached the bottom the machine struck a telegraph post. Dr. E. D. Twyman of the emergency hospital was summoned and set a broken right clavicle.
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ESCORTS RAN FROM
HOWARD'S REVOLVER.
BOTH LEFT THEIR COATS AT
THE AMBERSON HOME.
Alone, Clara Amberson and Her
Sister Fought a Losing Fight
With Murderer -- Girl Dies
After Four Hours.
ALFRED HOWARD.
Miss Clara Amberson, who was shot in the right temple by Alfred Howard, a rejected suitor, in the dining room of her home, 735 Kensington avenue, just before midnight Saturday, died at 4:20 a. m. yesterday. She did not regain consciousness.
In an unlighted room, and deserted by the young men who escorted them home, and who fled when Howard appeared with his revolver, Miss Amberson, assisted by her sister, Mrs. Mamie Barringer, battled in vain with Howard for possession of the weapon. Finally throwing Miss Amberson to the floor, Howard jumped on her, and then, as Mrs. Barringer seized him about the neck, he pulled the trigger.
The bullet struck Miss Amberson just back of the right temple and she collapsed. Believing that he had killed her, Howard turned the weapon on himself and sent the second shot through his own brain, and fell lifeless beside her. Surrounded by her mother, sister and friends, sthe wounded girl passed away four hours later.
In the light of subsequent events, it is believed that Howard contemplated the murder and suicide Saturday afternoon. It is known that he saw the young women at Forest park in the evening in company with young men, when he had been denied the privilege of escorting them or even calling at their home, and it is believed that the sight of the girl who was all the world to him, encircled in the arms of another man on the dancing floor, maddened him.
Four years ago Alfred Howard, then 22 years old, came to Kansas City from Iola, Kas. He secured a position in a railroad freight office, and roomed and boarded with Mrs. Anna Amberson, mother of the girl he killed. Miss Amberson was then a child of 13.
WANTED TO MARRY HER.
They were together a great deal. Howard assisted her with her studies, and when she was graduated from high school last year he declared his love for her, and asked her to be his wife. This was objected to by her sister and her mother because of her youth.
Six months ago Howard left their house, and shortly afterward went to Hot Springs, Ark. In the meantime Miss Amberson entered a wholesale millinery establishment and was rapidly perfecting herself in that line when he returned three weeks ago.
Howard had been in poor health since his return, but this did not deter him from declaring his ardent love for the girl whom, he told his friends, no other could replace. Miss Amberson found many excuses for not making engagements. Thursday he called her on the telephone and to his several requests for an evening she replied that she had previous engagements.
Saturday evening he called at the Amberson home and asked Miss Amberson to accompany him to a park or that she spend the evening with him as she chose. Miss Amerson smilingly told him that she had an engagement for the evening and that she was sorry. During the conversation he showed the sisters the revolver which he later used. No thought of violence crossed the minds of either girl.
SHADOWED TO FOREST PARK.
Miss Amberson and Mrs. Barringer were unaccompanied when they walked to Forest park, a short distance from their home. There they met several friends, among them Orville Remmick of 5212 Independence avenue, and Ed Doerefull of 4621 East Seventh street.
It is believed that Howard shadowed the sisters to the park. H e arrived at the Ambrose home shortly before 10 o'clock in the evening. The noise he made when he withdrew a screen from a window in the kitchen of the Amberson home and clambered in was heard by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wharton, roomers on the second floor, but they ascribed it to a parrot. For almost two hours Howard lay in wait. He chose as his hiding place the bedroom of the sisters, which opens from the dining room to the north.
On their way home, Deorfull, who escorted Miss Amberson, and Remmick, who escorted Mrs. Barringer, suggested that they eat some ice cream. They stopped at the Forest Park pharmacy and chatted for a few moments with O. Chaney, the druggist.
RAN FROM REVOLVER.
It was warm and the young men carried their coats over their arms. When they arrived at the Amberson home, they conversed for a few moments on the porch just outside the dining room, when the suggestion that they get a drink of water was made. the quartet entered the dining room. Miss Amberson and Doerfull going to one window seat while Mr. Remmick took a chair. Mrs. Barringer went into the kitchen for the water, when suddenly Howard sprang out of the bedroom.
Holding a revolver which he pointed at Miss Amberson, he cried:
"Throw up your hands and don't scream!"
"It's Alf! Help!" cried Miss Amberson.
Doerfull was first to see the revolver and the first to get out of the room. He was closely followed by Remmick. Both left their coats and hats. The cry for help brought Mrs. Barringer back to the room. By this time Miss Amberson had grappled with Howard and had clutched the revolver. Then began the battle for possession of the weapon and the shooting.
HAD PLANNED THE CRIME.
Screaming for help, Mrs. Barringer, after the shooting, fled to the sidewalk. Neighbors hastened to the scene. Doctors declared Miss Amberson fatally wounded, and said that Howard's self-inflicted wound had caused instant death.
The police who searched his clothing found the note which he had evidently written some time during the evening in which he declared that "Mamie" (Mrs. Barringer) was the cause of the anticipated double tragedy, and asked that Miss Clara and he be buried side by side.
ESCORTS DIDN'T WAIT.
Ed Doerfull, the escort of Miss Amberson, told a reporter for The Journal last evening that he had never been frightened as badly in his life as he was when he looked at that shiny steel barrel and heard the command to throw up his hands.
"I didn't wait to learn any more about who the fellow with the revolver was," said Mr. Doerfull. "Mr. Remmick and I had escorted the girls home and stepped inside the house to get a drink of water. I was close to the door and when I heard the command to throw up my hands and I saw that shiny steel barrel of the revolver, I concluded that I had better play checkers and move.
"I did not stop to grab my coat or hat, but ran. I don't know how I got home, for I was badly frightened. I lay awake all night and got up around 6 o'clock and went over to Remmick's house to see if he got home all right.
"I did not know until then that anyone had been shot, as I was too far away from the house when the shots were fired to hear the noise of the reports.
"I don't know why I ran away and did not notify the police about the man with the gun, but I guess most anybody would act the same as I did if they looked into the business end of a revolver and were ordered to throw up their hands.
GOT THEIR COATS SUNDAY.
"I got my coat and hat this morning at the same time Mr. Remmick got his. We saw Miss Amberson's body then and we will probably go to the funeral together.
"I did not know the young lady very well, having only met her a few times at the park. I did not go back to the house today, as I had an engagement to go to a picnic at Swope park, and it was too late when I got back this evening."
Orville Remmick, who was with Doerfull when Howard entered the room with the revolver in hand, told his parents that he was taken by surprise, and that when he heard the command to throw up his hands and he saw the revolver, his first thought was for his personal safety. He said that he ran for the door and ran home.
REMMICK HEARD REPORTS.
Half a block away he heard the muffled reports, and when he got home he telephoned to the Amberson home and learned of the double tragedy. He feared for a while, he said, that his companion, Doerfull, had been shot. Remmick left his coat and hat at the Amberson home and called for them yesterday morning. He spent yesterday afternoon at Forest park and yesterday evening at Electrick park.
Miss Amberson was 17 years old. She was the youngest of three children. Besides her sister, Mrs. Barringer, and her mother, she leaves a brother, Will, who is in the navy. An effort was being made yesterday to notify him by wire and hold the funeral until his arrival, if possible. The Ambersons came to Kansas City from Salida, Col., six years ago.
Howard had been rooming for the last two weeks at the home of Mrs. Ellen Harper, at No. 801 Cypress avenue, just a block from the Amberson home. That he planned the murder and suicide is believed by Mrs. Harper, as his trunk was locked and contained all of the small articles which he kept about his room.
Labels: Cypress avenue, dancing, druggists, Electric park, forest park, guns, Kensington, murder, rooming house, Suicide, Swope park
SHOOTS SWEETHEART
IN A JEALOUS RAGE.
ALFRED HOWARD LAY IN WAIT
FOR HIS VICTIM.
After Killing Clara Amberson, He
Turned Revolver on Himself.
Left Note Blaming Others
for His Deed.
As Clara Amberson and her sister, Mrs. Mamie Barringer, accompanied by two young men, stepped into the doorway of the Barringer home at 735 Kensington avenue, shortly after midnight this morning, a shot was fired which fatally wounded Miss Amberson.
The shot was fired by Alfred Howard, sweetheart of Miss Amberson, an a jealous rage. Mrs. Barringer grappled with Howard, but he shook her off and placing the pistol at his right temple, shot himself. Death was instantaneous.
A note, written by Howard, was found in the dining room of the Kensington avenue home. It reads:
"Mamie was the cause. She caused Clara to turn against me and Clara wanted to be dead when I was gone. Bury us side by side. HOWARD."
The note would indicate that Howard had deliberately planned murder and suicide.
The police at first said it might be evidence of a suicide pact, but the theory was given slight credence.
Howard lived at 801 Cypress avenue. He was 27 years old. He formerly lived at the Amberson home on Kensington avenue.
Labels: Cypress avenue, Kensington, murder, Suicide
VICTIM OF BUSHWHACKERS?
Skeleton Unearthed on the Old Judge
Shouse Farm.
While excavating for a basement in a house going up at 1611 Elmwood avenue at noon yesterday workmen unearthed the skeleton of a man. A few minutes after the original discovery Arthur Williams, a boy living at 1530 Elmwood, while prodding around in the basement for a stick found a rotten board of a box and several old-fashioned square nails.
Deputy Coroner Harry Czarlinsky ordered the bones taken to the Carroll-Davidson undertaking establishment, from whence they probably will be taken to the potter's field for burial.
"The basement is located on the old William Shouse farm, near where a house belonging to him was burned by bushwhackers during the fore part of the civil war," said E. M. Bradley, and employe of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company, who was born near the place in 1852, and has resided at Sixteenth street and Kensington avenue ever since.
"Mr. Shouse used to be county judge of Jackson county," continued Mr. Bradley. "He was a Southern man, but very outspoken against the bushwhackers. One day they raided and burned his place. It is just possible that some dark deed of the bushwhackers was covered up."
Labels: Civil War, Dr Czarlinsky, Elmwood avenue, history, Kensington, Metropolitan Street Railway Company, Sixteenth street, undertakers
WALKED FROM PLEASANT HILL.
John Fleming, 18, Missing Since
Monday, Returns.
John Fleming, the 18-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fleming of 2404 Kensington avenue, who has been missing since last Monday, returned home last night at 8 o'clock, having walked the entire distance from Pleasant Hill, Mo.
He could not give a very connected account of his wanderings, saying that he thought his mind had been affected by the heat of the sun when he started out. He remembered that he had walked most of the way to Pleasant Hill. It was thought that he had some vague idea of visiting his aunt, who lives within nine miles of that town, but he did not arrive there. He was more lucid about the return trip.
Young Fleming was first sighted at Raytown, Mo., by friends of Mrs. Fleming, who telephoned to the mother. Others along the line of march also recognized him and telephoned to the home. A reunion was held last night at the home.
Labels: Kensington, missing, Pleasant Hill, Raytown
KNOCKED DOCTOR
DOWN IN STREET
AFTER FIRST CAREFULLY RE-
MOVING THE VICTIM'S GLASSES.
POLICEMAN THE AGGRESSOR
DR. JOSEPH ROBINSON IS THE
MAN ACCUSED
Of Improper Advances Twoard Pa-
trolman's Wife -- Doctor's Wife
Goes to His Assistance.
Principals Arrested.
Telling him that he had insulted one woman too many, Duke Lee, a policeman of 4314 East Fifteenth street, calmly removed the glasses from the nose of Dr. Joseph H. Robinson, 4412 East Fifteenth street, at Fifteenth street and Kensington avenue, shortly before 7 o'clock last night, and felled him to the ground by a blow in the face. As the physician was regaining his feet he again was sent reeling by a terrific smash on the nose delivered by the sturdy patrolman.
Mrs. Robinson, who had witnessed the affair from an automobile belonging to her husband, ran to the doctor's assistance and grappled with Lee. Mrs. Robinson continued the attack until Lee had entered the hallway leading to his apartments, when she desisted only to render aid to her husband, who by that time had regained his feet.
The men were arrested by Policeman Henry Good on charges of disturbing the peace and taken to No. 6 police station in Dr. Robinson's automobile, from where they later were released after the men had posted bonds of $100 each for their appearance. No charge was preferred against Mrs. Robinson.
The trouble had its origin yesterday afternoon, when Mrs. Lee, who resides in apartments adjacent to the office of Dr. Robinson, confided to her husband that she had been grossly insulted by the physician. Removing his uniform, Lee went into the street in quest of the doctor, but not until some time later did he find him in front of his office tinkering with his automobile, in which was seated his wife, preparatory to starting the machine.
DOCTOR SAYS NOTHING.
"You have insulted one woman too many," said Lee, immediately after which the first blow was delivered. During the ephfusion which followed, Dr. Robinson said nothing other than to invite Lee to accompany him to the station in his automobile, and even later he refused to make a statement.
The affair caused not a little excitement in the neighborhood because of Dr. Robinson figuring in a similar, but probably more serious occurrence on the night of July 6, when he was shot at several times by John Kellenborn, who held some grievance, fancied or otherwise, in which his wife figured against the doctor.
Policeman Lee has been employed by the police department for several years and always has been highly respected in the neighborhood in which he resides. He has been married but a short time, and during the day hours his young wife is alone in their home. Mrs. Lee declares that the proposal made to her was deliberate, and when Dr. Robinson realized that she had been sorely offended he made an effort to apologize and requested that nothing be said of it.
Lee is on the day shift and at the time of his seeking and fining Dr. Robinson was in citizen's apparel. He has expressed himself as being determined to prefer a charge against Dr. Robinson today.
"WHAT HE DESERVED."
When seen at his home last night Lee said he probably should not have been so rash. "But when I thought of that little girl, a girl who probably never heard an indecent word before in her life, I was unable to control myself," said he. "I looked for him, found him and gave him what I thought he deserved. I am willing to answer for it."
Dr. Robinson was not seen last night. Mrs. Robinson, however, said that she is not acquainted with the facts of the case as she and her husband had had no conversation regarding it. Mrs. Robinson said that when sifted down the allegations of Mrs. Lee probably will have little or no foundation. It is said to be the intention of Dr. Robinson to prefer charges against Lee today, and to bring the matter before the police board.
Labels: doctors, Fifteenth street, Kensington, No 6 police station, police, violence
TO WHIP NO MORE
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT OF
PUPILS MUST CEASE
UNLESS PARENTS CONSENT
PRINCIPAL BERRY IS REPRIMANDED BY THE BOARD.
Used Peculiar Instrument for Inflicting
Chastisement That Left Welts on Scholar's Arm--
Teachers Testified the Boy Was Unruly
The board of education intends to put a stop to violations of rules of the board regarding the administering of corporal punishment to pupils. A peculiarly flagrant case, according to the claims of several witnesses, came to the attention of the board last night. A. D. Zimmerman, who lives at Fifteenth and Kensington, and whose son, Mark Zimmerman, attends the Kensington school, was represented at the meeting of the board by Attorney J. G. Smith in his complaint against Principal Berry, whom Zimmerman accused of cruelly beating the boy.
It was testified to by witnesses at the hearing that Berry has an instrument of his own invention for whipping pupils. To a piece of broomstick a foot and a half or so long he has attached a leather strap about an inch wide and fifteen inches long.
It was brought out that the Zimmerman boy had a green leaf fastened to his tongue and was manipulating it so as to make a peculiarly strident noise, which angered the principal. The boy grew sulky and "sassed" the principal, according to the witnesses. For this offense he was whipped with the strap, and he claims that the principal struck him over the arm with the wooden handle. This the principal denies, but the boy showed welts which were still in evidence, thought the beating occurred a week ago.
The board decided that Berry should be severely reprimanded by the superintendent, as he had grossly violated the rule of the board that no pupil shall be subjected to corporal punishment without the consent of the parent or guardian of the pupil. The Zimmerman boy's teacher testified at the hearing that she had punished him on several occasions, but that the parents had not objected. She testified that the boy was somewhat unruly and resented the attempts of theirs to discipline him, though he was generally tractable so far as she was concerned. The board believes that many cases of violation of the rule regarding corporal punishment occur which never come to the board's attention, and will enforce the rule to the letter.
Labels: Fifteenth street, Kensington, schools, violence


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About Janet Holton
Janet Holton
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Instructs: Piano
Education: Earned a Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music Education at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Earned and awarded a teaching certificate for piano and vocal music for all levels.
Performance Experience: Accompanied school choirs from 7th to 12th grades. Student accompanist and graduate assistant accompanist in college. Vocalist in college productions. Church pianist and choir director in Louisiana and Texas. Piano/Keyboard player in church and community events and conferences.
Teaching Experience: 1. Taught elementary and middle school vocal music classes in Lake Charles, Louisiana 2. 10 years of teaching in private schools in Louisiana. 3. Maintained a home studio teaching piano and accordion. 4. Taught piano and vocal students for the Keller School of Music: 2008-2014 5. 2014 - 2021...has a home studio for teaching piano and vocal students
Teaching Philosophy: One definition of music is...vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion. As a music teacher my job is to introduce each student to musical form indicated by written notes and symbols that are organized to create melodies with harmonies that become memorable and hopefully pleasurable. Introducing students of every age to the wonderful world of music is a highlight of my life.
Get to know Janet Holton
Janet Holton is a local piano teacher for Music & Arts. She also maintains a home studio and is teaching piano students at a local church. Ms. Janet has served as pianist/keyboard player for her home church since 2007 when she moved to Texas. She spent most of her life in Louisiana where she received her musical training and taught and served in church, public schools and private schools. In her spare time Ms. Janet enjoys reading and working in her garden as well as occasionally shopping.
Janet Holton teaches at:
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2301 Porter Creek Dr Suite 219


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GOLDONI was founded upon the traditions of the land in which the vines of Modena take root and this is the basis on which the enterprise has developed its core-business: in-depth knowledge about the sector in which it works and the utmost respect for agriculture. The history of our company is made of simple and indelible values, like keen interest in our work and a love for our land.
The first pump
In 1940 Goldoni moves to a larger building , still within Migliarina di Carpi, and by 1940 the company was designing and manufacturing pumps that would soon earn great reputation in neighbouring districts.
The internationalization
The first power mower FA was introduced in 1955 and shortly after, in 1956, the Migliarina company marketed in Italy its first motocultivator, which within a few years would make the Goldoni brand famous not only in Italy but also abroad
The myth
In 1957, the legendary Export series of motocultivators, a true vintage series, was introduced and became an overwhelming success, selling more than 30,000 machines from 1961 to 1973.
The Universal was indeed the latest product in the evolution of motocultivators. The first model in the Universal series was produced in 1969. Since then more than 32,000 have been sold.
The years of success
In 1986 Goldoni was a thriving company whose plant stretched over an area of 90,000 square metres; it had a workforce of over 500 employees and produced 30,000 machines annually.
The first traditional tractor
In 1982 the Compact series was launched, the first non-isodiametric tractor, specifically designed to operate in vineyards and orchards.
Diversifying business activities
In 1990 Goldoni acquired ITMA, a Mario Carraro company that specialised in building caterpillar tractors.
The acquisition
Following the acquisition by ARBOS GROUP, Goldoni begins a new chapter in its history, whose future is linked to the ambitious "One Belt, One Road" project, the modern Silk Road linking East and West, with a path able to transfer technologies, ideas and culture, considering sustainability and environmental protection.


Custom private label Kona coffee pods manufacturer expands single serve collection with luxury coffees for its private label brand and promotional products customers; exotic coffees will be available in limited supply to its wholesale coffee club members.
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Luxury single serve coffee pods will be available to the wholesale coffee club in limited release.
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Gene Regulatory Mechanisms—Implication for Medical Genomics
The proper execution of gene regulation is critical for human health and wellbeing; incorrect execution can lead to developmental defects and disease states. Over the course of his career, John T. Lis, Molecular Biology and Genetics, has worked to understand the basic gene regulatory mechanisms during the process of transcription—when genes are transcribed into RNA—during both normal and perturbed states. Such an understanding provides critical information for making precise diagnoses, developing highly specific therapies, and obtaining optimal patient outcomes in the emerging field of medical genomics.
In this project, Lis and his group are looking specifically at the regulatory effects of a key enzyme in gene transcription, RNA polymerase II (Pol II). In past studies of the heat shock genes in drosophila, Lis' group found that after the Pol II reaches its start-site on the DNA, called the promoter, it begins transcribing; but it reaches a pause site and stops. They further discovered that this pausing affects and regulates the rate and progress of transcription, which ran counter to established models that had assumed the most significant regulation occurred before elongation begins.
Now, Lis and his team are focusing their efforts on understanding the mechanisms underlying this pausing and the regulated escape of Pol II into productive elongation. They are examining the mechanisms at very high resolution in vivo under normal conditions and after specifically disrupting promoters, transcription factors (TFs), or TF interactions. These genome-wide data will be used to refine existing ideas and to generate new hypotheses for the mechanisms that contribute to the crucial and complex regulation of transcription. NIH Award Number: 2R01GM025232-40
Cornell Researchers
John T. Lis
Molecular Biology and Genetics, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences/College of Arts and Sciences
Funding Received
$1.8 Million spanning 4 years
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Bulletin: African-American reporter Jemele Hill was reinstated to her co-hosting job on ESPN's Sports Center on Oct. 23 following a two-week suspension. Hill, who called Donald Trump a white supremacist in September, was suspended for asking fans to boycott advertisers of the Dallas Cowboys, whose owner Jerry Jones threatened to bench players if they didn't stand during the national anthem.
While Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, continues his fight against being whiteballed by National Football League owners, his protest against police brutality and racist oppression by taking a knee during the playing of the national anthem in 2016 continues to impact sectors of society, not only in the U.S. but worldwide. Eleven Hertha Berlin soccer players from the German Premier League, for instance, took a knee on the playing field in solidarity with Black NFL players on Oct. 14.
Two members of the gold-winning U.S. fencing team at the Fie World Cup games in Cairo took a knee during the anthem ceremony on Oct. 22.
All of the cheerleaders at Howard University, a historically Black college in Washington, D.C., along with Kennesaw State University cheerleaders in Kennesaw, Ga., took a knee. Despite risking suspension, high school football players in Mississippi, Texas and elsewhere have also protested during the anthem.
When Nobel Peace laureate Jody Williams received a Human Rights Award on Oct. 15 in upstate New York, part of her acceptance speech was praising Kaepernick for taking a knee against racism. Williams received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for her efforts to ban landmines.
On Oct. 17 and 18, 13 NFL players and 11 team owners met at the offices of the NFL in New York City to discuss the protests that continue on a weekly basis during the anthem and flag ceremonies before the games. The players in attendance were Kelvin Beachum, Michael Bennett, Anquan Boldin, Demario Davis, Mark Herzlich, Malcolm Jenkins, Chris Long, Josh Norman, Russell Okung, Eric Reid, Kenny Stills, Julius Thomas and Michael Thomas. Representatives from the NFL Players Association were also present.
The players stated that their protests will continue until the NFL takes on a more pro-active role in providing resources to oppressed communities to help bring about equality. This is a just demand since the NFL is the richest professional sports league in the U.S., raking in billions of dollars in profits, especially from television revenues. These players have made it very clear that taking a knee during the anthem is a form of protesting the injustice suffered by Black and Brown people.
Only Jerry Jones, the billionaire owner of the Dallas Cowboys, echoed during this meeting the same sentiments as his buddy, Donald Trump, that a rule should be established that players will be benched if they don't stand for the anthem, because the league is "suffering." That rule was not voted on — resulting in a victory for the players — although Roger Goodell, the NFL commissioner, reiterated ad nauseum that the protests were "alienating" a majority of fans. He never mentioned that the vast majority of fans who are season ticket holders are white.
When Bennett and his teammates sat during the anthem on Oct. 22, they were harassed by racist New York Giants fans. An estimated two dozen players took part in the protests before the Oct. 22 games.
Even though Kaepernick was invited by the players to attend the two-day meeting, no such invitation came from the NFL hierarchy, making him a no-show.
Kaepernick made it known in the spring that he was ready to sign with another team, either as a starting or back-up quarterback, once he opted out of his 49ers contract. But going into the eighth week of the NFL season, he remains unemployed.
Kaepernick announced on Oct. 14 that he was filing a grievance against NFL bosses, charging them with collusion for denying him employment as punishment for igniting this protest. Whether Kaepernick wins or loses this legal battle, his grievance will be making a strong political argument for exposing these owners and the league, who care more about making profits than defending the rights of the players to fight for racial equality.