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5	May 2017
Florida Senate apologizes for 68-year-old racial injustice
May 5, 2017	Category: Stateside	Posted by: Philadelphia Sun Staff
ABOVE PHOTO: Pictured are three of the Groveland Four. Ernest Thomas was killed in a hail of bullets by law inforcement after being found sleeping under a tress. (Photo: Liberty of Congress PPD/NAACP)
By Brendan Farrington
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. –The Florida Senate formally apologized on Thursday to the families of four Black men accused of raping a white teenager nearly seven decades ago in a case now seen as a racial injustice.
The Senate also is asking Gov. Rick Scott and the Cabinet to posthumously pardon the men known as the Groveland Four. The Florida House issued the same apology last week. Both votes were unanimous.
"We cannot go back to this terrible event and undo it, but we can acknowledge our wrongs and we can bring peace and healing and closure to the families who have suffered for so long,'' said Democratic Sen. Gary Farmer, who sponsored the resolution.
Their ordeal began in Lake County in 1949, when a 17-year-old said she had been raped. Three of the men were arrested and severely beaten; a fourth, Ernest Thomas, fled.
A posse of about 1,000 men was formed to hunt down Thomas. He was shot 400 times when they found him sleeping under a tree. White residents also formed a mob and went to a black neighborhood, burning houses and firing guns into homes in a disturbance that took days to quell.
Charles Greenlee, Walter Irvin and Samuel Shepherd were convicted despite dubious evidence. Other evidence that could have exonerated them — such as a doctor's conclusion that the teen probably wasn't raped — was withheld at their trial. Greenlee was sentenced to life, and Irvin and Shepherd to death.
Thurgood Marshall, later the first African-American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, took up Irvin and Shepherd's appeals for the NAACP, and in 1951 the U.S. Supreme Court ordered new trials.
Walter Lee Irvin (second right) is pictured during his trial in 1952. Despite evidence against him being dubious and coerced through beatings, he was sentenced to death again. He was eventually paroled in 1968 and found dead in his car while returning to Lake County for a funeral a year later. Attorney for the 'Four', Thurgood Marshall sits at the far right. (Photo: Bettman Archives)
Just before those trials began, Lake County Sheriff Willis McCall shot Irvin and Shepherd, claiming the handcuffed men tried to escape as he transferred him from prison to a jail. Shepherd died. Irvin was shot in the neck and survived despite an ambulance refusing to transport him because he was Black. He was again convicted, even though a former FBI agent testified that prosecutors manufactured evidence against him.
Charges were never brought against any white law enforcement officers or prosecutors who handled the cases.
Irvin was paroled in 1968 and found dead in his car while returning to Lake County for a funeral a year later.
Greenlee was paroled in 1960 and died in 2012.
The resolutions don't call for any financial compensation, but Farmer said they take an important stand.
"I know that the families of Charles Greenlee, Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepherd and Ernest Thomas are looking at us today with great appreciation,'' Farmer said. "They've lived a long time with this indignity and this injustice, this grave miscarriage of justice, and today we take a large step on their behalf.''
"Devil in the Grove'' by Gilbert King
Author Gilbert King brought attention to the case with his 2012 book "Devil in the Grove.''
Greenlee's daughter Carol was at the Capitol last week when the House issued its apology and said there was a time her father questioned what good could come from talking about his case.
"My father said to me years ago, 'If it doesn't help anybody, just forget it. Let the past be in the past,''' said Greenlee, 67. "When I look around and I see all of the people who have read the book and have come forth and said 'This is not right; this is wrong,' my father's question was answered. It is helpful and it will continue to be helpful. And that makes me feel good.''
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The QScriptValueIterator class provides a Java-style iterator for QScriptValue.
The next() advances the iterator. The name(), value() and flags() functions return the name, value and flags of the last item that was jumped over.
If you want to remove properties as you iterate over the QScriptValue, use remove(). If you want to modify the value of a property, use setValue().
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Returns true if there is at least one item behind the iterator (i.e. the iterator is not at the front of the property sequence); otherwise returns false.
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Advances the iterator by one position.
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Moves the iterator back by one position.
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Sets the value of the last property that was jumped over using next() or previous().
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Phoenix history: Early churches provided sense of community
Within the area labeled downtown, you can find many church buildings that date from the early part of the 20th century
Donna Reiner
Special for The Republic | azcentral.com
American history courses have stressed that this country was founded on religious freedom. And indeed over the past 240 years since our founding, the United States has seen the ebb and flow of new religious groups as well as those previously established in other countries.
Newly formed congregations often started in homes and then rented small sites until they were able to purchase land and raise the necessary funds to build their permanent structure.
It would be the home that would often serve their needs for many years with additions and alterations. Sometimes these congregations would outgrow their initial home and find a place to build a larger campus. In that case, the church buildings might be sold to a new congregation of even a different faith.
Other congregations divided and formed new churches that would then seek a new home. And in a few exceptions, congregations disbanded and the church languished until it was demolished or found another use.
Whatever the case may be, the church building provided a sense of place in the community and often in the memory of the public still symbolized the original faith that built it.
Perhaps you have seen a sketch of the purportedly earliest church in Phoenix constructed from branches. As Phoenix became more established, more permanent construction materials were used such as adobe, wood, stone, brick, or concrete.
Within the area labeled downtown, you can find many church buildings that date from the early part of the 20th century. The current sanctuary of St. Mary's Basilica is perhaps the oldest with construction between 1903-1913. (The congregation is much older than that.)
The 1920s saw a surge of new church buildings. Historic First Presbyterian Church at Monroe and Fourth Avenue, now home to City of Grace Church, was built in 1927.
First Baptist Church, located at Third Ave and Monroe, was built in 1929. After being vacant for a number of years, owners have undertaken massive restoration efforts that will allow for new uses of this classic building.
The Gothic style Grace Lutheran on Third Street and Moreland dates from 1928. Nearby is the First Congregational Church at Second Street and Willetta. A much older building housed the congregation before the 1942 structure was built.
The first Jewish synagogue at 122 E. Culver, now home to the Cutler-Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center, was built in 1921-22.
Tanner Chapel A.M.E. at Eighth Street and Jefferson was built in 1929.
All except the First Congregational Church are listed on the City of Phoenix Historic Property Register.
Donna Reiner is the co-author of three books on Phoenix history.
15 oldest standing structures in metro Phoenix cities


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Immigration weekly update: August 20, 2018
2. Slovakia
Mexico: Immigration application delays
Due to the resignation of several immigration officers in Mexico (Guadalajara, Mexico City and Monterrey), and the changes caused by the last presidential elections, please expect a two-week delay for the following:
Work permit applications
Residency renewals
Permanent residence applications
Employer's certificate (approvals and renewals)
The two-week delay is an estimate; it could take more time depending on who is handling the case at the National Institute of Migration.
Key considerations
Applicants should expect further delays due to a backlog of cases and the possibility that immigration officers may return.
Crown's Immigration team is available to support employers and their relocating employees, and will advise on any procedural changes or issues that arise.
This summary was prepared using Information obtained from Crown Mexico.
Slovakia: Appointment delays at the Slovak Embassy in New Delhi
The Slovak Embassy in New Delhi, India is experiencing appointment delays due to an increase in applications. Appointments are delayed as follows:
Submitting Residence Permit applications: approximately seven months; the first appointments are now scheduled for March 2019.
Visa appointments: approximately one month; appointments are currently being booked for September 2018.
Foreign nationals as well as employers filing applications in New Delhi should consider the delays and postpone assignment start dates, if necessary. We also advise employers to start immigration applications as soon as possible.
This summary was prepared using information obtained verbally from the Slovak Embassy in New Delhi, India.
Disclaimer: The above information is provided for general information purposes only and should not be construed as legal advice. If you have any further inquiries regarding the applicability of this information, please contact Michele Giordani, Regional Immigration Manager EMEA.
Thailand: Single Window system implemented for visas and work permits
The Board of Investment (BOI) in Thailand has brought forward the implementation date for the new "Single Window" system.
Single Window system
The system succeeds the e-Expert system and replaces hard-copy blue book work permits with a digital work permit.
The BOI now requires BOI-registered companies applying for work permits or long-term visas at the Bangkok one-stop service (OSSC), or immigration centers at Chaing Mai and Phuket, to submit applications via the new online system. This will streamline initial and renewal work permit applications.
Until further notice, applications in all other provinces will still be made with hard-copy supporting documents and an old style blue book will be issued.
Processing times are expected to remain unchanged.
BOI registered companies who have already been issued with a user ID and password can now access the new system.
This summary was prepared using information obtained from the Thailand Board of Investment.
Disclaimer: The above information is provided for general information purposes only and should not be construed as legal advice. If you have any further inquiries regarding the applicability of this information, please contact Debbie Beynon, Regional Immigration Manager, APAC.


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You can keep your teeth for your lifetime. Here are some things you can do to maintain a healthy mouth and strong teeth.
Drink fluoridated water and brush with fluoride toothpaste.
Practice good oral hygiene. Brush teeth thoroughly and floss between the teeth to remove dental plaque.
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We convene 2-3 times per year and engage in informal dialogue between meetings to share updates and solicit feedback/ideas from community members.
We often invite guests (e.g. research labs, consultants, DLC, and representatives from other functions within our organizations) to a portion of our meetings to expand our understanding and spark new ideas for lighting efficiency.


TanglePatterns.com TANGLE GUIDE, 2014 Edition is here!
I know you've been eagerly waiting for it and I'm so pleased and excited to announce that the 2014 Edition of my TanglePatterns.com TANGLE GUIDE is now available for instant download in the Store!
This THIRD Edition of the Guide is revised and updated and integrates all of the tangles on the site from May 2010 through December 31st, 2013. I've added a couple of new features too.
As you may recognize, CZT Michele Beauchamp has once again added her graceful touch to the cover of this year's Edition and it is simply beautiful. Michele has selected many of the tangles that appeared on the site during 2013 and featured them in this edition's Zentangle-inspired cover art.
To get your copy of the 2014 Guide, click the cover image above or go to the top menu bar on any page on the site and select the STORE > EBOOKS page. Do take time to read the important information at the top of that page before you purchase the Guide. There are several eBooks on that page so PLEASE TAKE YOUR TIME AND CHOOSE CAREFULLY!!
The entire download process is automated — when your transaction is successfully completed your browser will be redirected to another page containing your personalized download link. Be sure to SAVE the document to your computer before you attempt to open it!
You do not have to open an account to use PayPal: after you click the cart button and update your cart, scroll down to the bottom of the PayPal page and look for the "Don't have a PayPal account" section. You can use any credit or debit card. If you choose to pay with an e-check your download link will be emailed to you in 3-5 days when your check clears.
A word about the alphabetic sorting of the tangles for those who are going to ask, especially the librarians and editors in the community. To simplify the sorting task I used Microsoft Word and its criteria for alphabetical sorting differs from that of other programs. (And from the rules I learned.) But I went with Word as the path of least resistance and if you have quibbles with its sort order I invite you to take it up with Microsoft!
Thanks, everyone! Creating my TANGLE GUIDE is a labor of love for me and it was such a pleasure reviewing all the great new tangles added in 2013, as well as revisiting the "oldies". I hope you enjoy using this handy resource and will encourage your tangling friends to get their own copy.
6 comments to TanglePatterns.com TANGLE GUIDE, 2014 Edition is here!
Again, you've done a fantastic job on the Tangle Guide for the new year. It is well worth $15!
Hello Linda, I have just downloaded my copy of your 2014 TanglePatterns guide. I used my 2013 copy a lot and kept it on the desktop of my computer. It's an easy to use the guide and I love the way one click and you get the step outs!! Brilliant.
Just to say, Linda, that you are a Zentangle ANGEL!! Being far away from all the 'live' action, your website has become an absolute essential for me as reference and inspiration. Thank you for all the hard work you put in, it is very, very much appreciated.
Off to get my copy now.
I concur with Annie, you are a ZENTANGLE ANGEL.
I love tot make Tangle patterns. I live in the Netherlands and I' m still looking for an instructior .
Maybe you know someone near my hometown Julianadorp.
I tried to order the new Tanglegide 2014 with my VISA.
Every time i get an reply that it wasn' t possible to connect my VISA with PayPal.
I tried to maken a new PayPal account, but still I got the same message.
Is there another possibility to acces/ pay for the new Tanglegide 2014.
The link to the list of Certified Zentangle Teachers is located in the left sidebar of the site under the heading SOURCE WEBSITES.
Please go to the PayPal.com home page and scroll down to the bottom for the link to their CONTACT page – they have a toll-free number you can call and they are always very helpful. They will help you figure out why your card isn't working and that is the best way to pay for and receive the eBook file.
If you prefer to make your purchase by mail, you can send a check or money order (US$ money order if you are from outside the USA) with your email address PRINTED CLEARLY to: Linda Farmer, TanglePatterns.com, PO Box 3822, St. Augustine FL 32085. FL residents should add 6% Sales Tax. When your payment is received I will email you an eBook download link.


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What I Buy and Why: Chinese Collector Jason Li on Scouring the Metaverse for Exciting New Art
We caught up with the collector at his home in Los Angeles.
Naomi Rea, March 10, 2022
Jason Li.
Jason Li is busy. The Los Angeles-based collector recently co-founded two ambitious artistic endeavors: Horizon, a foundation and artist residency program, and Outland, a platform focused on art and technology. (The latter just announced a new digital art series by Rachel Rose.)
When he's not working on those projects or serving on the Whitney Museum's Artist Council, Li is scouring the globe—and the metaverse—for new additions to his collection.
We grabbed a moment to catch up with the collector about his most treasured work, the artists on his radar, and how a ten-minute delay meant he missed out on the chance to acquire Jill Mulleady's moving portrait of the late basketball star Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gigi.
Cao Fei, Nova 12 (2019). Inkjet print on paper. Courtesy Jason Li.
What was your first purchase (and how much did you pay for it)?
An Andy Warhol photograph from his trip to Beijing in 1982. As someone who has now spent essentially half my life in China and the U.S., I appreciate the bridge between cultures that Warhol's photograph represents. I acquired it a long time ago, so I'm not sure about the price I paid.
What was your most recent purchase?
I'm a longstanding admirer of Cao Fei and her highly immersive approach to art and technology. I bought a fantastic print on paper from 2019. Her mesmerizing works and pioneering experiments in Second Life have anticipated how our lives move evermore seamlessly between the digital and physical, all without forgetting the human aspect of things.
Which works or artists are you hoping to add to your collection this year?
I recently attended Josh Kline's solo show at LAXART, and his work on addressing climate change resonates with me. He's a brilliant artist and I'm so impressed by his ability to tackle important issues in a variety of mediums, from 16mm film to melting wax sculptures and photography.
Jason Li's L.A. home. Courtesy Jason Li.
What is the most expensive work of art that you own?
My wife has long been a passionate painter even though it's not her day job. Her portrait of our daughter is something I will always treasure and is priceless in many ways.
Where do you buy art most frequently?
I mainly buy through galleries so I am supporting dealers along with the artists they represent. As I'm an avid NFT collector in addition to being passionate about contemporary art, I am particularly drawn to artists who are doing innovative things with technology. So I am often following artists and supporting them through NFT marketplaces for their virtual works.
Is there a work you regret purchasing?
Not a single piece!
What work do you have hanging above your sofa? What about in your bathroom?
I have an Owen Fu diptych over the sofa, and a David Shrigley in the bathroom—his work and its sense of humor always changes my mood for the better.
One Hundred Horses, datable to 1723-25. Artist Giuseppe Castiglione. Photo by Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images.
What is the most impractical work of art you own?
I don't have anything that impractical right now, but suspect that will change soon as I've been eyeing more challenging and ambitious sculptures and installations.
What work do you wish you had bought when you had the chance?
I was ten minutes late responding for Jill Mulleady's portrait of Kobe and Gigi right after they passed away. It is such a powerful work about a tremendous loss. I still think about it to this day!
If you could steal one work of art without getting caught, what would it be?
One Hundred Horses (1723–25) by Giuseppe Castiglione at the Met.
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Wallace Thurman - Nominee
Wallace Thurman was born in Salt Lake City. During his troubled and unstable childhood, he found solace in reading and wrote his first novel at 10. He began as a pre-med student at the University of Utah, but transferred to USC in Los Angeles. Instead of earning his degree, he left academia to become a reporter and columnist for a black owned newspaper. He began the magazine 'Outlet,' which was intended to be the West Coast equivalent of the NAACP's 'Crisis' periodical. In 1925 Thurman moved to New York and became an integral part of the Harlem Renaissance – a broad cultural movement of African American artists, singers, writers and performers who had migrated to New York. There he worked as an editor and publisher, while writing plays, novels, and essays as well. In 1926 he became editor of 'The Messenger,' a socialist journal for blacks, where he was the first to publish the adult-themed stories of Langston Hughes. That same year he collaborated in founding the literary magazine 'Fire!' which challenged the notion that black art should be a form of propaganda for white approval, claiming instead that black art should reveal the reality of African American life. Thurman's apartment at 267 West 136th Street, its walls adorned with Richard Bruce Nugent's homoerotic murals, became the cultural meeting place of this new black artistic movement. In 1928 Thurman edited the magazine 'Harlem: A Forum of Negro Life.' That same year he married Louise Thompson, who soon sought a divorce claiming Thurman was closeted homosexual and their union incompatible. Thurman, the first African-American reader for a major publishing house, is best known for his work The Blacker the Berry: A Novel of Negro Life (1929) which explored discrimination based on skin tone within the black community. Later that year his play, 'Harlem,' debuted on Broadway. In 1932 he published The Infants of Spring, a satire of the themes and personalities of the Harlem Renaissance and also co-wrote the book The Interne. Thurman died in 1934 from tuberculosis exacerbated by alcoholism.
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GLASS is the third in writer/director M. Night Shyamalan's trilogy about men with unusual abilities. This began with 2000's UNBREAKABLE, which starred Bruce Willis as David Dunn, a seemingly ordinary security guard who discovers that he's nearly indestructible after surviving a train crash. In the course of figuring out who he is and what he should do, David befriends Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson). Elijah has a brilliant mind, though his bones are so fragile he's in a wheelchair. Then David discovers that Elijah, obsessed with comic books, has engineered a series of mass disasters so that David can become a superhero. Elijah is elated to be the supervillain Mr. Glass, and ends UNBREAKABLE in a psychiatric hospital.
UNBREAKABLE was a solid movie. It had memorable images, good plot twists, and a nice sense of scale in dealing with myth-making. Shyamalan left that universe behind for a number of years to create other works of varying quality, but returned to the subject matter in 2016's SPLIT. SPLIT stars James McAvoy as a schizophrenic with twenty-four different personalities. One of these is the Beast, who kidnaps, kills and partially eats adolescent girls, though he allows one, Casey Cooke (Anya Taylor-Joy), to go free after he learns she has been abused. Since this review is not (primarily) about SPLIT, suffice to say that it's not as good as UNBREAKABLE. In the closing moments of SPLIT, we see David Dunn and realize that UNBREAKABLE and SPLIT are part of the same continuum.
Besides being the name of the film, GLASS also refers to Elijah, still hospitalized. Since he's the title character, we might expect him to show up a little sooner than he does in the proceedings. It's not too spoilerish to note that he's still in a mental hospital. GLASS is set three weeks after the end of SPLIT. David Dunn and his now-grown son Joseph (Spencer Treat Clark) run a security supplies store, but David's real job is patrolling his Philadelphia neighborhood as a full-fledged vigilante. He uses his abilities (besides resilience, he also has super-strength and intuition about people's intentions) to fight muggers and robbers. However, now that he knows of the Horde, as the Beast and those personalities who side with him call themselves, David feels he needs to stop the unknown killer, who has just kidnapped four more young women.
At this point, we're still early on in GLASS. It's a promising set-up, and for about the first two-thirds of the movie, it works well enough. We meet Dr. Ellie Staple (Sarah Paulson), a psychiatrist who specializes in persuading people who think they have superpowers that they really don't. When she starts talking about comic books, Shyamalan gets so meta about what he's doing with GLASS that he almost breaks the fourth wall. Still, there's enough interesting material to keep us engaged. By the midway point, we're wondering what's with all the negative buzz that we've heard – GLASS seems unlikely to knock our socks off, but it's doing some intriguing things with character and conflict.
Then come a couple of plot twists that are so misguided and tone-deaf as to be stunning. They will not be revealed here, but they not only lead to a conclusion that's as unsatisfying as possible, they betray a lack of awareness of what's going on with both comic books and comic book-inspired media. This might be marginally less objectionable if GLASS didn't discuss comic book tropes in multiple scenes. As it is, GLASS winds up sacrificing many great possibilities for the sake of reinventing the wheel, without any seeming awareness that other wheels already exist.
All this said, the cast is good. Willis is commendably restrained and serious as David, McAvoy is game and versatile as the ever-changing host of the Beast et al, and Jackson has wit and authority as the wily Elijah/Glass. Shyamalan does create some decent suspense, and the styles of both Dunn and Glass remain striking.
GLASS qualifies as an actual disappointment. Dunn and Glass seemed worth revisiting after UNBREAKABLE, and even the addition of the schizophrenic protagonist of SPLIT had potential. This film clearly represents what Shyamalan wants to say, but even viewers who agree with him in general may not feel this is the best way to frame the message.


Women in San José, Costa Rica, learn cooking skills in a kitchen funded by the Rotary clubs of Portland Pearl, Oregon, USA, and Belén, Belén, Costa Rica.
By Donald Q. Smith, a member of the Rotary Club of Portland Pearl, Minnesota, USA.
If teenage girls from a barrio of suburban San José, Costa Rica, earn a high school diploma, their quality of life is likely to improve.
And if their mothers learn cooking skills, their lives, too, will be changed.
Those have been the goals of two successful projects by the Rotary clubs of Portland Pearl, Oregon, USA, and Belén, Belén, Costa Rica, both funded in part by grants from The Rotary Foundation.
The two clubs forged their first links at a project fair hosted by Central America Rotarians. Four years ago, a US$54,000 project equipped a culinary room at the Suri School, just outside Costa Rica's capital. Through the vocational training they receive, women learn skills that could lead to work in the restaurants or hotels of San José or as paid domestic help.
"The kitchen gives them an opportunity for better jobs," says María Eugenia Mondragón, past president of the Belén Club.
Her husband, Victor Mata Chacon, president-elect of the club, said the quality of the installation, and the quantity of equipment, bring praise from outside food experts.
The two clubs collaborated a second time on a computer lab for 130 female students (ages 13-18) with a total Rotary investment of $18,500. Nineteen workstations and two printers will be linked when the room opens this summer.
On a visit to Costa Rica in March, my wife, Nancy, and I toured the school. We were joined by Belén Rotarians for a delicious chicken lasagna lunch prepared by women who study in the kitchen. On the wall near the entrance door is a plaque commemorating the contribution of Rotarians.
I have observed Rotary service projects from Northern Ireland to South Africa in my travels. I have experienced the internationality of Rotary through Rotary Youth Exchange. But this was the first time I have actually witnessed the results of matching grants initiated by my own Rotary Club.
Because of these grants, mothers will find jobs. Young women will go to university. In a community suffering from high unemployment, poverty, drugs, teen pregnancy, and single-parent homes, women have a new hope.
Donald Q. Smith is the former editor and publisher of the Monticello, Minnesota, Times; he lives in Portland, Oregon, where he is a freelance journalist and member of the Portland Pearl Rotary Club. He's a past president of both the Portland Pearl and Monticello Rotary clubs.
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For some reason, May is all about the festivals in Prague. An exciting time to visit, as you know you will have the opportunity to experience something different. Here's a brief round-up of what's happening where and when.
Prague Marathon: Of course you want to run 42 kilometers on your holiday. The Prague Marathon is actually a well-regarded and beautiful race, winding as it does through Old Town and along the Vltava River. If you have no interest in running, there are a bunch of peripheral events happening this weekend including a corporate marathon, family mini-marathon (4.2 kilometers), a 2 kilometer walk, a walk with dogs and an in-line skate event. All the details can be found here. Be warned if you are in town that weekend, on the actual marathon day (May 8), roads are closed and buses and trams are re-routed for the duration of the race. When: May 7-8, 2011.
Prague Spring: Prague is a city full of music and festivals celebrating that musical. The crowning glory of the music festival event calendar though is Prague Spring. Now in its 66th year, this top-notch festival brings some of the most influential orchestras, ensembles and soloists to Prague. There is also a strong competition element, so your chance to see the upcoming stars of tomorrow, today. The San Francisco Symphony and the New York Philharmonic; the Prague Guitar Quartet and Ensemble Martinu as well as John Malkovich (yes, the actor) and Dawn Upshaw are just a few of the fabulous people ready to play. Tickets go fast so it's best to reserve as soon as possible, which can be done online at Ticketpro.cz. For a full program and more details, visit their website. When: May 12-June 4.
Book World Prague: The city's largest homage to the book occurs at the Vystaviste exhibition grounds. This year the focus is on literature from the Arab world and the guest of honor is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. While most of the books are in Czech, it is worth checking out the program as many of the events with foreign authors are held in English. For example, at the fair, there will be a photography exhibition on The Sahara desert; a discussion on the world of modern Arabic literature, a reading by Israeli author David Grossman and a presentation of books about Ronald Reagan. The full program and more details are available here. When: May 12-15, 2011.
Czech Beer Festival: Billing itself as the largest gastronomic event in Prague, the Czech Beer Festival is your one-stop shop for tasting more than 70 types of Czech beer, along with some hearty Czech food. Held in a Prague suburb at the Letnany fairgrounds, big tents filled with tables, costumed wait staff and music will keep you entertained as long as you can stand it. When: May 12-28, 2011.


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The Downside of Reduced Student Borrowing
New research shows more student borrowing is connected to greater academic success -- at least at community colleges -- and indicates reduced borrowing could lead to higher loan defaults.
Andrew Kreighbaum
The student debt crisis has become ubiquitous in headlines and even in the mouths of some lawmakers.
New research, though, suggests that if many students are taking out unnecessary loan debt, others aren't borrowing enough to support their pursuit of a degree.
The studies found that community college students who borrow more have stronger academic outcomes than those who took out fewer loans or reduced their borrowing. And one experiment involving Maryland community college students found that positive effects of increased borrowing carry over to students' financial well-being after college -- whether or not they actually completed the degrees.
As both federal officials and college administrators raise concerns about overborrowing, the new research points to the possible downsides of messaging that could make low-income students averse to loan debt.
Andrew Barr, an assistant professor of economics at Texas A&M University, who co-wrote the study involving Community College of Baltimore County, said the findings show more nuance is necessary in discussions of student loan debt.
"There clearly are downsides to borrowing for certain people. But there is a reason we have student loans," he said. "It allows students to finance their education. And for certain students, if you reduce the amount they perceive they can borrow, they seem to do worse."
Barr, along with Kelli Bird, an assistant professor of education at the University of Virginia, and Ben Castleman, an associate professor of education at UVA, tracked the effects of a monthlong outreach campaign that used text messages to inform students at the Baltimore community college about their student loan debt. Students who received the texts reduced their borrowing through unsubsidized federal loans by about $200, or 7 percent, on average.
That reduced borrowing resulted in students performing worse in their courses. Those who received the texts and subsequently took out lower loan amounts were less likely to earn any credits and more likely to fail a class in the semester studied. Barr said that could be because students cut back on costs like food or spent more time working outside class to cover additional costs after reducing their borrowing amount.
The study also notably found that students who borrowed less were 2.5 percentage points more likely to default on their loans within three years. But those who borrowed more were less likely to default whether or not they completed a degree, Barr said.
"Even for people very unlikely to get a degree, academic performance matters for their likelihood of eventual default," he said.
Higher ed researchers have found that students who leave college without a degree or credential are at the highest risk of default. But the study suggests that those with worse academic performance are at even greater risk of default. Barr said it's not clear why that's the case, but credit accumulation, a higher grade point average or some other factor involving academic achievement appeared to make a difference for students who borrowed more in the experiment.
The study builds on previous findings from a study by Benjamin Marx, an assistant professor of economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Lesley Turner, an assistant professor of economics at the University of Maryland at College Park. In a separate study of community college students released earlier this year, Marx and Turner found that messaging from a college could lead students to make substantial reductions in their borrowing.
The study looked at the results when an unnamed college didn't include student loans in financial aid packages. Colleges that participate in the federal student loan program can't dictate the amount of loans available to students. But they can choose the loan amount displayed in financial aid letters.
Students who randomly received financial aid offers including student loans were 40 percent more likely to borrow than were those who got an offer with no student loan funds. And students who received award letters with student loan aid borrowed an additional $4,000 and completed 30 percent more course credits.
"It's important to avoid a knee-jerk reaction that we need to get rid of student loans," Marx said. "Lots of community colleges are dropping out of the federal loan program entirely. And there's evidence that that's harming students."
Some community colleges have incentives not to participate in the federal loan program. Consistently high default rates on student loans can lead an institution to lose access to any federal student aid, although very few institutions have suffered that consequence for loan outcomes.
Nine percent of community college students in the U.S. attend institutions that have opted out of the federal loan program, the Institute for College Access and Success found in 2016. Some public four-year institutions have also pursued policies to encourage students to limit their borrowing levels.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has warned that outstanding student loan debt has created a looming "crisis" for higher education. And top department officials have pushed for tools that would allow colleges to restrict improper spending by student aid recipients.
Matt Chingos, director of the Urban Institute's Center on Education Data and Policy, said there are clearly people who are borrowing too much -- usually those pursuing a credential with little economic value. While researchers have raised questions about whether others aren't borrowing enough, he said until recently there wasn't good evidence showing the effects of underborrowing by college students.
"What these papers give us is some solid evidence, at least with the two community colleges studied, that borrowing too little is a real thing and that people benefit from borrowing more," he said.
Chingos said it's important to note that those findings don't say anything about whether it would be preferable to give low-income students a larger Pell Grant or to make college free instead of offering loans. But given current higher ed policy, he said, the studies indicate borrowing can lead to more academic success.
Mark Huelsman, associate director of policy and research at the progressive think tank Demos, said the studies make clear that taking away one financing tool for college will have a negative impact on students. But those concerned with the effects of student loans don't want to see reduced borrowing with no other financial backstop for students, he said.
"If a student, today, is on the margins of dropping out or working too many hours, I would advise them to use the tools at their disposal, including loans," he said. "But from a policy perspective, it makes little sense why we're asking community college students to borrow in the first place rather than meeting their financial need at the outset."
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Past Workshops and Symposiums
Fall 2010 Workshop: Valuing Our Stories
Valuing Our Stories:
Growing Up as Minor-Attracted Persons
November 19, 2010, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Eighteen professionals, educators, and graduate students in the social sciences and mental health, and twelve minor-attracted people (MAPs) participated in B4U-ACT's fifth workshop, devoted to telling the personal stories of both minor-attracted and non-minor-attracted participants. Goals included helping those in the social and behavioral sciences to understand MAPs' struggles to understand themselves and their place in society, introducing them to new areas of practice and research, and helping participants to recognize the strengths that all groups in attendance bring to the situation. Probably the most important goal, however, was for participants to get to know the human subjects at the heart of complicated and difficult-to-discuss issues, thus breaking down stereotypes held by the groups about each other.
Over the course of the day, six minor-attracted people volunteered to speak openly about negotiating emotional and sexual attractions to children in a society prone to inaccurate generalizations and hasty, fearful reactions. Some speakers described wallowing in self-hatred for years – even decades – and sometimes considering suicide after discovering their attractions; others recounted well-intentioned acts of self-disclosure resulting in their alienation from family members and close friends. Some MAPs present – both those who shared formal testimonials as well as those who contributed shorter personal anecdotes during subsequent discussion – marked this workshop as a milestone in their journeys toward self-acceptance, many of whom labored to understand themselves up to that point in the absence of reassuring social messages about their decency or potential value in society. MAP participants remarked how simultaneously liberating and terrifying it was to speak so frankly about their sexuality in mixed company, considering the lengths they routinely go to understate these aspects of their identities in their everyday lives. All workshop participants received a packet including additional written accounts from MAPs who either couldn't attend the conference or preferred not to speak.
Mental health clinicians and graduate students also spoke about issues related to minor-attraction which personally and professionally impacted their lives. One professional drew parallels between some of his own experiences and those of minor-attracted people, and credited his attendance at a previous workshop with profoundly changing his therapeutic approach toward people who are attracted to minors. Another participant told of her astonishment to learn of the possibility of a "law-abiding pedophile" – as one participating MAP had so described himself – and resolved to receive minor-attracted clients with compassion. Participants demonstrated astounding level-headedness in the face of potentially crippling fears and emotional biases, a feat B4U-ACT seeks to elicit on an increasingly wider scale via more collaborative dialogues such as these. MAPs who likewise harbor biases toward the mental health community stand to benefit from B4U-ACT's consciousness-raising efforts as well as they interact in workshop settings with educators and clinicians who, having transcended commonly held prejudices about MAPs, stand ready to provide compassionate support and guidance for issues both directly and indirectly related to minor-attraction.
Despite an emotionally exhausting day, all thirty people in attendance echoed the importance of continuing these unprecedented dialogues. The experience prompted some attendees to inquire with mental health agencies in their local areas about funding sources for B4U-ACT, to look into arranging for minor-attracted persons to speak to their classes, to contact their university about hosting a future B4U-ACT workshop, and to consider focusing their research on minor-attracted people. Conversations trailed on for an hour after the workshop formally adjourned, a hopeful sign that the fire B4U-ACT has ignited in the name of mutual understanding won't be burning out anytime soon.


Children's Mental Health : By the time students go to University at 18, the damage has been done!
The generation of 12 to 18-year-old children and young adults need help with dealing with their mental health, wellbeing and resilience. Half of all diagnosable mental health problems start before the age of 14 and 75% by the age of 21.
Here at APPA Scotland, our app (APPA) is being used to assess and measure resilience in 12 to 18-year-old youths while giving them back key practical helpful hints on how to improve their resilience. Below, we take a cross Atlantic look at children's mental health and why the transition from secondary school to University is such a key phase in maintaining a health mental state.
There is a growing body of evidence that highlights today's youths suffer unparalleled levels of mental health and stress. This is not just a UK-wide problem but a global issue. The gravity of the situation facing youngsters is such that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has suggested that "If we don't act urgently, by 2030 DEPRESSION will be the leading illness globally". Today's youth will become tomorrow's depressed generation of adults. Bear in mind that even 30 years ago "anxiety" as a clinical condition did not exist in the USA, a country where over 40 million people have an anxiety order!
In a recent blog https://appawellbeing.com/schools-wellbeing-league-table/, we highlighted the notion of "Schools Wellbeing League Table" which was suggested by a former Head Teacher in England, Sir Anthony Seldon. He said a focus on wellbeing and character would improve exam results, but a focus on solely exam results would "diminish" wellbeing.
He added: "We now know, much more than we did ten years ago, how to teach wellbeing and character in schools. Running a university now, it has become even clearer to me that by the time students arrive at 18, the damage has been done, and universities are on the back foot. The groundwork needs to be done in schools.
In England, the Children's Outcome Research Centre (CORC) this week collaborated with Public Health England and Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families to publish "A toolkit for schools and colleges to measure and monitor children and young people's wellbeing". This aims to raise awareness of the range of tools available to school staff to measure wellbeing and evaluate the mental health needs of their pupils.
In Scotland, the Scottish Government recognised the need for better Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and set a target for NHS Scotland to deliver a 26 week wait from referral to treatment for specialist CAMH services from March 2013, reducing to 18 weeks by December 2014. However, recent figures show that many of the Scottish Health Boards were struggling to meet this target and additional funding is being provided to cope with the increased demand. There is also a variety of avenues followed by schools across the country on producing SHANARRI (Safe, Healthy, Achieving, Nurtured, Respected, Responsible and Included) Reports for each secondary aged child.
The USA – The theme is echoed across the Atlantic.
In a recent survey carried out by the American College Health Association (ACHA), two-thirds of parents said schools "definitely" should cover emotional and mental health issues, such as bullying, depression, and stress.
Ohio State University has seen a 43% jump in the past five years in the number of students being treated at the university's counselling centre.
At the University of Central Florida in Orlando, the increase has been about 12% each year over the past decade.
At the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, demand for counselling-centre services has increased by 36% in the last seven years.
The Government response in the USA has been to make a transformative change taking place through the introduction in 2016 of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) Model. This aligns the country's health and education services in the interests of the child in a school setting and follows on from the passing of the "Every Student Succeeds Act" (ESSA) in 2015 to provide every student with a well-rounded education but also to close the attainment gap in order to fulfil his/her potential. The WSCC Model focuses its attention on the child, emphasizes a school-wide approach, and acknowledges learning, health, and the school as being a part and reflection of the local community. Each child, in each school, in each community deserves to be a HEALTHY, SAFE, ENGAGED, SUPPORTED and CHALLENGED.
Over the coming weeks and months, there are more high profile conferences across the USA to address the Whole Child approach and grapple with children's mental health issues, including using global leaders in education at a Global Institute in Hawaii to explore "Ensuring Equity for Each Child", an international Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment.
Suddenly, there is a real energy around the subject of children's mental health and wellbeing, which is to be applauded.
Want to try APPA to measure resilience and wellbeing of a child? Contact the team at info@myappa.it or call us on +44 (0) 141 847 0774.
For more information on APPA and previous Blogs dealing with children's resilience, visit https://appawellbeing.com/ .


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Tag Archives: Michigan Attorney General
Part of funeral protest law too vague to enforce, fed court rules
Posted on September 9, 2011 by Brian Frasier
A federal judge's decision to strike part of Michigan's funeral protest law as unconstitutional has both sides declaring victory. [Detroit Free Press]
Judge Thomas Ludington struck subsection (c) of MCL 750.167d, which states:
(c) Engage in any other conduct that the person knows or should reasonably know will disturb, disrupt, or adversely affect the funeral, memorial service, viewing of the deceased person, funeral procession, or burial
Ludington said the subsection was unconstitutional because it was too vague for police to enforce. He left the remainder of the statute intact.
In the case, police pulled an Army vet and his wife from a 2007 funeral procession for having an anti-war sign on their vehicle. The Freep's David Ashenfelter talked to both the ACLU and Michigan Attorney General's office, with both declaring victory.
"It's a complete vindication of Lewis and Jean Lowden," said Detroit attorney Hugh (Buck) Davis, who represented the family with the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan.
He said they were humiliated for simply trying to attend a funeral. Lowden could not be reached for comment.
The Michigan Attorney General's Office, which had tried to get the suit dismissed, also declared victory.
"This is a victory for protecting the sanctity of funerals and the privacy of families who have suffered a tragic loss," said spokesman John Sellek, saying Ludington's decision struck two words — "adversely affect" — from the statute. "The law essentially remains in place."
Posted in Uncategorized	| Tagged ACLU, funeral protest, Hon Thomas Ludington, Michigan Attorney General, U.S. District Court, unconstitutional, vague	| Leave a reply
Andrew Shirvell fired from AG's office.
Posted on November 8, 2010 by Brian Frasier
Our national state nightmare is over. OK, so that overstates it a little (or a lot). From the AP:
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A lawyer for an assistant state attorney general accused of harassing the gay student assembly president at the University of Michigan has been fired.
Philip Thomas says Andrew Shirvell was fired Monday.
Shirvell was at a disciplinary hearing Monday at the Michigan attorney general's office related to the issue.
The attorney general's office is declining immediate comment.
Shirvell went on a leave about a month ago after national criticism erupted over a blog he wrote characterizing student leader Chris Armstrong as a "racist" and "liar" who promoted a "radical homosexual agenda."
Thomas has said Shirvell's actions were constitutionally protected as free speech.
No idea what we're talking about? Here's our original post, then the time he showed up on Anderson Cooper, when Mike Cox said he wouldn't be fired, and when he inexplicably showed up on "The Daily Show" thinking it was a serious interview.
Posted in Uncategorized	| Tagged Andrew Shirvell, fired, Michigan Attorney General, Mike Cox	| 2 Replies
DOJ, State files anti-trust suit against Blue Cross
Posted on October 18, 2010 by Brian Frasier
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department alleged Monday in a lawsuit that Michigan Blue Cross Blue Shield is discouraging competition by engaging in practices that raise hospital prices, conduct an assistant attorney general vowed to challenge anywhere else it is found in the United States.
The suit targets "most favored nation" clauses between Michigan Blue Cross Blue Shield and health care providers which, according to the government, essentially guarantee that no competing health care plan can obtain a better rate.
Michigan Blue Cross Blue Shield has most-favored-nation clauses or similar language in contracts with at least 70 of 131 general acute care hospitals in the state, the government alleges.
The lawsuit said that Michigan Blue Cross Blue Shield intended to raise hospital costs for competing health care plans and reduce competition for the sale of health insurance.
"As a result, consumers in Michigan are paying more for their health care services and health insurance," Assistant Attorney General Christine Varney, who runs the Justice Department's antitrust division, told reporters.
In some instances, the lawsuit states, Blue Cross has raised the prices it pays for hospital services in exchange for obtaining most-favored-nation clauses that raise the minimum prices hospitals can charge to Blue Cross competitors.
The state of Michigan joined the Justice Department in the case filed in federal court in Detroit.
In response, Michigan Blue Cross Blue Shield said the lawsuit is seeking to restrict the nonprofit company's ability to provide the most deeply discounted rates from Michigan hospitals. The company said that negotiated hospital discounts are a tool that Blue Cross uses to protect the affordability of health insurance for millions of Michigan residents.
"Our hospital discounts are a vital part of our statutory mission to provide Michigan residents with statewide access to health care at a reasonable cost," the company said.
The lawsuit outlines two types of most-favored-nation clauses requiring a hospital to provide services to Blue Cross competitors either at higher prices than Blue Cross pays or at prices no less than Blue Cross pays.
In alleging violations of the Sherman Act and the Michigan Antitrust Reform Act, the government said that under the "MFN-plus" clause, Blue Cross negotiated agreements requiring 22 hospitals to charge some or all other commercial insurers more than the hospital charges Blue Cross. Under the other clause, Blue Cross has agreements requiring more than 40 small, community hospitals to charge other commercial health insurers at least as much as they charge Blue Cross.
Varney declined to say whether the Justice Department has open inquiries in other states of most-favored-nation clauses, which are not illegal unless they stifle competition.
Posted in Uncategorized	| Tagged Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Christine Varney, Department of Justice, Michigan Antitrust Reform Act, Michigan Attorney General, Mike Cox, Most favored nation clause, Sherman Act	| Leave a reply
Asst. AG (Anti-Gay) III: Cox explains decision to keep Shirvell
Posted on September 30, 2010 by Brian Frasier
[In case you missed them: Part I/Part II]
The saga of Andrew Shirvell and his vendetta against a college student continues, as his boss, Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox, appeared on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 to explain his decision not to fire Shirvell. [Video of the interview at the link]
While Cox didn't exactly defend Shirvell, calling him a bully, he said Shirvell has the right to publish the things he did under the First Amendment.
Democratic candidate for AG David Leyton has called for his Republican counterpart, Bill Schuette, to join him in calling for Shirvell to be fired.
UPDATE: From the Detroit News, Cox has now suspended Shirvell.
Attorney General Mike Cox changed his stance Thursday, suspending Andrew Shirvell after the assistant attorney general attracted national attention for a controversial blog that ridicules and denounces a University of Michigan student leader for his gay advocacy, religious beliefs and character.
The suspension came a day after Cox told CNN he didn't intend to fire Shirvell, citing civil service rules that protect government employees from being "fired willy-nilly" for exercising their rights of free speech.
UPDATE II: From the Michigan Daily, the AG's office says Shirvell took a leave of absence on his own accord.
Posted in Uncategorized	| Tagged Anderson Cooper, Andrew Shirvell, Bill Schuette, David Leyton, Michigan Attorney General, Mike Cox	| 3 Replies
Asst. AG With Vendetta Against College Student Speaks to CNN's Anderson Cooper
A couple weeks ago, I posted about Michigan Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell, proprietor of the previously profiled "Chris Armstrong Watch," through which he obsesses over a college student.
He was a guest on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 to explain his crusade. Against a college student.
I think Cooper sums up the problem with his opening question:
You're a state official. This is a college student. What are you doing here?
Shirvell said he's got nothing personal against him. He said he's doing it as a private citizen off of work time. Then he should explain how he knows so much about the "criminal" records of Chris Anderson and friends.
Posted in Uncategorized	| Tagged Anderson Cooper, Andrew Shirvell, Chris Armstrong, Michigan Attorney General	| 2 Replies
Assistant AG Has Vendetta Against College Student
Sometimes, we get to report inspirational stories about ordinary people who rise up to fight against seemingly insurmountable opposition and succeed.
This is not one of those stories.
In fact, it's quite the opposite: what happens when a person who rises to a prestigious position become obsessed with someone far below them that it exposes what a sad and pathetic person they are. Like when an assistant attorney general makes it his duty to take down a college student body president.
As The Detroit News reported today, Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox rebuked assistant AG Andrew Shirvell for statements made on his blog against University of Michigan student body president Chris Armstrong. (Long story short: Shirvell doesn't like Armstrong because he's gay.)
"All state employees have a right to free speech outside working hours," Cox said in a statement issued Wednesday. "But (Andrew) Shirvell's immaturity and lack of judgment outside the office are clear."
The name of Shirvell's blog? Chris Armstrong Watch. Yes, an assistant attorney general, one of the state's top prosecutors, has started a blog solely for the purpose of attacking a college student. A grown man, going after a college student. No one says he doesn't have the right to do it, but that makes it no less sad and pathetic.
Sample posting:
BOMBSHELL: Ann Arbor Police Raid Chris Armstrong's Out-of-Control 'Gay Rush' Welcome Week Party
Summary: A house full of college students had a party that went late (after 1 am) and the police were called because it was late, loud and the students were hanging outside in the yards. THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS! EVER!
I wonder how the police were tipped off to this mayhem. Could have been the same guy who was aghast that the party was even planned to begin with:
OUTRAGE ALERT: Armstrong Invites U of M Freshmen to Join the Homosexual Lifestyle
And probably the same guy who just so happened to be present to take a video of the police arrival? You know, the guy whose YouTube handle is "AntiArmstrong." (Just one video posted. Ever.) I don't know whose page that is but I'd bet money his initials are "A.S."
Shirvell was disappointed to report in the post that "it's not clear whether the police issued any minor in possession (MIP) citations…" Because the police often go to parties with rampant mayhem and don't even issue MIP citations.
He actually resorts to Facebook-stalking Armstrong and his friends comments, posting screenshots of each. (What's interesting is that, for most Facebook pages, you cannot see a person's postings without friending them. Yet Shirvell has screenshots of Armstrong's and several of his friends' pages as evidence. Could it be that Shirvell has resorted to making a fake Facebook page in order to spy on college students? I sure hope not.)
And it's rampant Facebook-stalking. One thing is certain: that he knows way too much about the goings on of Armstrong and his friends. Such as:
Fresh off a three-week European vacation, MSA Business Representative Serwer, pictured above with police, was asked to produce identification, which he eventually complied with only after he went back inside the house to find it.
OMG! Serwer DIDN'T HAVE HIS ID ON HIM! Someone ready the electric chair. He also knows that Armstrong attended last weekend's Lady Gaga concert.
He outs as homosexuals other people with whom Armstrong is associated, armed with photographic evidence of a hug between the two which, "in a light more favorable to the nonmoving party" appears to be a joke of sorts.
He even trashes the parenting of the mother of one of Armstrong's friends for *gasp* taking her of-age son to Soaring Eagle Casino! He also discovered a fact that certainly must result in the mother's parental rights being terminated: she makes a joke about her son having a fake ID!
The situation should put Cox into a tizzy. While he's issued a "rebuke," the AG's office has said it will not comment further. This is pretty sad for an office that lauds its fight against cyberbullying. From the AG's offices own document, titled "A Parent's Guide to Cyberbullying":
A cyberbully is someone who uses technology to harass, embarrass, intimidate, or stalk someone else.
The methods a cyberbully could use to harass the victim include the following:
• posting of secrets or embarrassing information, including pictures, for everyone to see
• posting of gossip or rumors for the explicit purpose of damaging the person's reputation
• distribution of messages pretending to be the victim in an attempt to damage that person's friendships
• alienation of the victim from online groups.
And I'd say this is a pretty textbook example.
Posted in Uncategorized	| Tagged Andrew Shirvell, Chris Armstrong, Cyber-bullying, Michigan Attorney General, Mike Cox	| 9 Replies
West Michigan legal news links
Posted on December 8, 2009 by Brian Frasier
Ottawa County Prosecutor Kent Engle has announced his candidacy for retiring circuit judge Calvin Bosman's seat.
UPDATE: David A. Rhem, pictured left, a partner at Varnum LLP, has also announced his candidacy for Bosman's seat. The seat will be filled during the November 2010 election.
Muskegon County Drain Commissioner Jeffrey Hepler has been charged with making a false police report. Hepler allegedly reported to police that his motorcycle was stolen after crashing it last August.
Attorney General Mike Cox said that he'll go to court to force the closure of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal in order to protect Lake Michigan from Asian carp.
Two Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University Michigan State University College of Law professors have started a project to legalize e-marriages (in which couples are allowed to marry over the internet under the laws of whatever jurisdiction they choose).
Posted in Uncategorized	| Tagged 2010 election, Asian carp, Calvin Bosman, David A. Rhem, DCL-MSU, emarriages, Jeff Hepler, judicial election, Kent Engle, Michigan Attorney General, Mike Cox, Muskegon, Ottawa County Circuit Court, unicorns, West Michigan legal news	| 2 Replies


Bubble Bottles - DIY Lava Lamps - With Glow Power!
Bubble Bottles – DIY Lava Lamps – With Glow Power!
Sometimes we try something that makes the boys just stop and silently stare in wonder. Other times my kids come up with brilliant ideas that result in some pretty amazing things. This week both things happened when we made Bubble Bottles (or DIY Lava Lamps)!
The kids and I were fascinated by the little beads of colour that bounced joyfully in our bottles.
They were not hard to make and the results are stunning! Younger children can watch while you demonstrate, but older kids can help with this project.
~ Fill the bottom of the bottle with water to about 1.5" deep. In our 1.75L bottle this was about 1/2 cup.
~ Take a moment to admire how oil and water don't mix and create layers of awesomeness!
~ Wait a moment to take in the beauty of diffusion as the colour starts to blend with the water at the bottom after falling through the oil.
~ Sit back and watch the magic happen!
After building our first Bubble Bottle Jackson announced that he wanted to try it with Tonic Water instead of plain water to see if we could make a Glow Bubble Bottle with our black light (affiliate link). Always ready to take things up a notch we decided to go for it. And it worked!
In fact, it resulted in some really cool and unexpected results. The food colouring sat in a layer between the oil and tonic water, only mixing once we added the antacid.
We then tried adding two different colours. With water as the base the colours started diffusing and blending right away. But with the tonic water the beads of colours once again sat on top of the tonic water. When we added the antacid the food colouring started diffusing but not before creating beads of colour in both colours before they slowly blended together to create our new colour.
See how the colours are sitting between the layers? And they are not blending with each other either, just resting in perfect little colour beads.
Check out the amazing and mesmerizing results under black light and regular light!
After a few more tests with Baby Oil and Vegetable Oil. We discovered that Baby Oil held a lot of air bubbles which caused some issues with the colour beads breaking and also clarity of the solution. Vegetable was definitely the better choice for oils. I bought the cheapest oil I could find.
We also tried a water bottle that had ridged sides but we found the colour beads became trapped in the groves. Smooth sided gave the best visibility and awesomeness!
If the reaction starts to slow down you can add a little more antacid.
Once the reaction is completely finished, and this could take hours if you added a lot of antacid, you can put a lid on it and store it. Then you can add more antacid at any time to start the reaction again, BUT only put the lid on once the reaction is COMPLETELY finished. Gases are being released and will create a lot of pressure so do not cover it while it's reacting.
Once you have the lid on, make sure it's on tight, then you can tip the bottle and watch what happens to the liquids. If you're careful, you can also pour off the oil to use it in a new bubble bottle.
Overall this experiment was a big success. I know we will be doing it again as we progress through various science units.
~ Exploring the chemical reaction (the antacid reacts with the water and releases CO2 gas which rises to the top in a bubble of colour, at the top the bubble pops releasing the CO2 into the air and the food colouring drops to the bottom again because it has a higher density than oil).
~ Diffusion as the food dye mixes with the water in wonderful swirly patterns.
~ Colour mixing if more than one colour of food dye is used.
~ The black light glowing powers of quinine if you decide to try Jackson's twist with the tonic water!
~ For further study on chemical reactions Jackson is currently reading Basher Science Chemistry (affiliate link).
So much learning in one very mesmerizing experiment!
This looks like a fun project to try with the kids this summer or a good project for a Mad Science Theme birthday party!
What a great activity for the summer! Thanks for linking up to Blogger Brags. I've pinned your post to the Blogger Brags Pinterest board.


I need to change my name and number on my uniforms.
If you were given the option to add a name, number, or other "customized" application to an item you ordered, generally your requested change can ONLY be made within 48 hours of when you placed the order. Once the online store from which you ordered is closed, you will NOT be able to request such a change.
If it is still possible to change, the dedicated, online Customer Care team can assist you in modifying your order. This can ONLY be done once your payment has been successfully processed and settled.
Send a copy of your Order Identification number (sent via email Order Receipt you received when placing your order), the First Name and Last Name of the person who placed the order, and the EXACT, corrected spelling of the NAME you want applied, to our dedicated Customer Care team (see below).
Often numbers are pre-assigned by the administrator or coach of your organization. Be aware that in most cases we have no control over pre-assigned numbers. You should contact a representative of your team or organization to request such a change. If a NUMBER change was optional in the store (you chose the number) and you would like to make any change, please send us theOrder Identification number (sent via email Order Receipt you received when placing your order), the First Name and Last Name of the person who placed the order, along with the exact, corrected NUMBER you want applied, to the dedicated, online Customer Care team.


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NBA Rumors: Philadelphia 76ers interested in Bradley Beal and Zach LaVine; Golden State Warriors owner talks franchise's priorities in the Draft
Philadelphia 76ers v Portland Trail Blazers
Evan Tiwari
NBA Rumors: Warriors owner Joe Lacob explained what the franchise's priority is heading into the NBA Draft 2020.
Per the latest NBA rumors, the 76ers have expressed interest in making a move for Bradley Beal and Zach LaVine.
The NBA rumor mill has been quite busy lately, with loads of speculation surrounding some of the league's biggest stars. Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal and Chicago Bulls youngster Zach LaVine are on top of this list, and NBA rumors have been linking them with a move away from their respective teams.
NBA Rumors: Philadelphia 76ers in the market for shooting guards
New York Knicks v Washington Wizards
The Philadelphia 76ers are one of the teams to watch out for this offseason, with NBA rumors suggesting that their front office is expected to be quite active. The 76ers recently hired Doc Rivers as their new head coach and Daryl Morey as their General Manager, which could result in some exciting additions to an already strong roster.
According to the latest NBA rumors, the Philadelphia 76ers have already inquired about the status of star shooting guards Bradley Beal and Zach LaVine. The Washington Wizards and Chicago Bulls front offices' have rebuffed their advances, but the offers could be re-evaluated on draft day and later on too.
NBA rumors indicate that the Philadelphia 76ers are in the market for shooters and, if possible, another star who could complement Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid. Adept at playmaking and shooting, Beal and LaVine have the talent to turn the 76ers into legitimate contenders.
Neither front office has given any indication either player is available. But, each situation will be monitored closely on draft night and beyond, according to sources https://t.co/tkMEYvGRYV
— Vincent Goodwill (@VinceGoodwill) November 18, 2020
Also read: NBA Trade Rumors: James Harden has a 'verbal agreement' in place with Brooklyn Nets, Boston Celtics to extend deadline for Gordon Hayward's player option decision
NBA Rumors: Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob feels franchise roster needs to have more size and athleticism
Toronto Raptors v Golden State Warriors
There is major speculation around what the Golden State Warriors will do with their 2nd pick, with NBA rumors indicating that they are deciding between picking a talent or moving for a star. Warriors owner Joe Lacob recently made an appearance on popular basketball talk show First Take and revealed what the team's priority will be in the draft:
"We need more size and athleticism. We do believe in having a size at every respective position on the court. That would be something that we would like to have."
The Golden State Warriors have been linked with exciting talents like Deni Avdija and LaMelo Ball. Still, these comments point to the fact that James Wiseman would be preferred over the aforementioned duo. Wiseman is a center and would add more steel to the Warriors' defense. He would partner former Defensive Player of the Year, Draymond Green, in the frontcourt if he gets picked by the team.
GOOD MORNING TODAY IS THE DAY #DubsDraft || @Chase pic.twitter.com/KdCcuxNny3
— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) November 18, 2020
Also read: NBA Rumors: Boston Celtics offering 2 first-round picks to Cleveland Cavaliers, Toronto Raptors could match the best contract offered to Fred VanVleet
NBA Golden State Warriors Bradley Beal NBA Trade Rumors


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Вале́рій Іва́нович Мовча́н (14 липня 1959, Сордорово, Таджицька РСР) — український велогонщик, олімпійський чемпіон.

Валерій Мовчан тренувався в спортивному товаристві «Авангард» в Харкові. Золоту олімпійську медаль та звання олімпійського чемпіона він виборов на московській Олімпіаді в гонці переслідування на 4 000 метрів, виступаючи у складі збірної СРСР.

Посилання
 Олімпійське досьє

українські велогонщики
українські олімпійські чемпіони
олімпійські чемпіони з велоспорту
чемпіони літніх Олімпійських ігор 1980
велогонщики на літніх Олімпійських іграх 1980
Народились 14 липня
Народились 1959
Персоналії за алфавітом
Радянські олімпійські чемпіони

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smoked Spanish paprika 1/4 tsp.
2.In small bowl, whip egg whites until foamy.
3.In another small bowl, combine sugar, salt and paprika. Stir mixture into egg whites.
4.Add agave nectar to egg whites. Mix well.
5.Add nuts. Stir to coat well.
6.Pile 1 heaping Tbs. of coated nuts onto greased sheet pan. Continue piling nuts into 25 clusters, spacing them on pan.
7.Place pan in hot oven. Cook 20 minutes. Remove from oven.
8.Immediately remove nuts from pan onto wire rack.


Physicians are needed to act as Examiners for the Medical Council of Canada's Qualifying Examination Part II, which is occurring over the weekend of October 27 and 28.
MCCQE Part II is a 14 station Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) and a physician examiner is required for each station. The MCCQE Part II assesses the competence of candidates; specifically the knowledge, skills and attitudes essential for medical licensure in Canada, following a minimum of 12 months' supervised postgraduate medical training and prior to entry into independent clinical practice.
The dates are SATURDAY OCTOBER 27 AND SUNDAY OCTOBER 28, 2007, from approximately 7:00am until approximately 6:00pm on each date (we're asking people to commit to one date or the other, not necessarily both!). There is a small honorarium and lunch, snacks and coffee breaks will be provided. In addition, MCC will provide mileage reimbursement for those traveling more than 40 kms each way, and accomodation is provided for anyone more than 2 hours away from London. You can also collect Mainpro and RCSPC credits for examining!
Remember, in order to examine for the MCC, you must have an LMCC number and have been in independent practice for at least three years.


Int J Pharm Pract. 2016 May;24(3):170-9. doi: 10.1111/ijpp.12230. Epub 2015 Dec 16.
Delegation: a solution to the workload problem? Observations and interviews with community pharmacists in England.
Lea VM1, Corlett SA1, Rodgers RM1.
Pharmacy Practice Department, Medway School of Pharmacy, Chatham, Kent, UK.
This study aims to describe how pharmacists utilise and perceive delegation in the community setting.
Non-participant observations and semi-structured interviews with a convenience sample of community pharmacists working in Kent between July and October 2011. Content analysis was undertaken to determine key themes and the point of theme saturation informed sample size. Findings from observations were also compared against those from interviews.
Observations and interviews were undertaken with 11 pharmacists. Observations showed that delegation occurred in four different forms: assumed, active, partial and reverse. It was also employed to varying extents within the different pharmacies. Interviews revealed mixed views on delegation. Some pharmacists presented positive attitudes towards delegation while others were concerned about maintaining accountability for delegated tasks, particularly in terms of accuracy checking of dispensed medication. Other pharmacists noted the ability to delegate was not a skill they found inherently easy. Comparison of observation and interview data highlighted discrepancies between tasks pharmacists perceived they delegated and what they actually delegated.
Effective delegation can potentially promote better management of workload to provide pharmacists with additional time to spend on cognitive pharmaceutical services. To do this, pharmacists' reluctance to delegate must be addressed. Lack of insight into own practice might be helped by self-reflection and feedback from staff. Also, a greater understanding of legal accountability in the context of delegation needs to be achieved. Finally, delegation is not just dependent on pharmacists, but also on support staff; ensuring staff are empowered and equipped to take on delegated roles is essential.
© 2015 Royal Pharmaceutical Society.


Leader in Me – 3rd Session!!!!!
Hello All: A reminder that the 3rd last and final session of the Leader in Me is happening on Thursday night in the gym and babysitting will be available! Hope to see you there!
Leader In me Parent Training TONIGHT!!!!
There has been confusion about the leader in me parent training- sorry about that. The 2nd LEADER IN ME parent training will be TONIGHT!!!! Wednesday October 8th at 6pm at the school. See you there!
Hello All: Just a reminder that we will be having the "Leader in Me" Workshop – Series 1 of 3 tomorrow night (Thurs, Oct 2) in the gym from 6-8pm. Babysitting will be available. Hope to see you there!


About us — Hybrid Guitars Co.
We joined forces to make the best and most versatile Hybrid guitars in the world.
I have been building and repairing all types of instruments since 1996. I learned my trade by apprenticeship, first at Hamer guitars and later for innovative west coast luthier, Ralph Novak. I formed Clay Conner Guitars in 2005 to explore my own designs. In November of 2009 I relocated to Raleigh, NC to join the crew at Guru Guitars. I currently run the shop at Hybrid Guitars Co. and I also build custom instruments under my own name.


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Strzyżów – gmina miejsko-wiejska w województwie podkarpackim, w powiecie strzyżowskim. W latach 1975–1998 gmina położona była w województwie rzeszowskim.

Siedziba gminy to Strzyżów.

Według danych z 30 czerwca 2004 gminę zamieszkiwało 20 655 osób.

Struktura powierzchni
Według danych z roku 2002 gmina Strzyżów ma obszar 140,23 km², w tym:
 użytki rolne: 67%
 użytki leśne: 23%

Gmina stanowi 27,86% powierzchni powiatu.

Miejscowości
W skład Gminy Strzyżów wchodzą następujące miejscowości:

Demografia
Dane z 30 czerwca 2004:

 Piramida wieku mieszkańców gminy Strzyżów w 2014 roku.

Sołectwa
Bonarówka, Brzeżanka, Dobrzechów, Gbiska, Glinik Charzewski, Glinik Zaborowski, Godowa, Grodzisko, Łętownia, Tropie, Wysoka Strzyżowska, Zawadka, Żarnowa, Żyznów

Sąsiednie gminy
Czudec, Korczyna, Niebylec, Wielopole Skrzyńskie, Wiśniowa, Wojaszówka

Przypisy


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  layout 'mailer'

    # send a signup email to the user, pass in the user object that   contains the user's email address
  def send_signup_email(user)
    @user = user
    mail( :to => @user.email,
    :subject => 'Thanks for signing up for Plantia!' )
  end

end

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Coles Supermarkets (ook: Coles) is een supermarktketen in Australië. Coles is onderdeel van Wesfarmers. Coles heeft meer dan 100.000 werknemers.

Veel vestigingen van Liquorland, een drankwinkelketen, bevinden zich in of nabij vestigingen van Coles of BI-LO.

Geschiedenis
Coles werd op 9 april 1914 opgericht door George Coles, samen met zijn broer Jim. Zijn eerste winkel, de Coles Variety Store, werd geopend aan Smith Street, Collingwood, Melbourne. Voor de oprichting had Coles door de Verenigde Staten gereisd om te bestuderen hoe een winkel het beste beheerd kon worden. Jim Coles overleed tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog waarna George Coles het werk voortzette samen met Arthur Coles.

In de jaren 60 van de 20e eeuw was Coles sponsor van de televisieshow Coles £3,000 Question (later $6,000). In 1985 werd Myer Emporium Ltd overgenomen door Coles.

Logo
Het logo van Coles heeft verscheidene veranderingen ondergaan: vanaf eind jaren 90 van de 20e eeuw maakte de slogan "Serving you better" deel uit van het logo. Dit werd later vervangen door "Save everyday". Tegenwoordig bestaat het logo van Coles alleen uit de naam 'coles' in rode letters en slogans worden afzonderlijk gebruikt. Enkele recente slogans van Coles zijn "Cutting the cost of your shopping", "It all counts" en "Down, down! Prices are down!". Producten van het huismerk van Coles dragen de slogan "Why pay more for everyday basics?".

Externe links
  Coles
  Coles Online

Australische supermarktketen


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October 25, 2016 / 3:11 AM / 3 years ago
First repatriation of Myanmar refugees in Thailand begins
Amy Sawitta Lefevre
BANGKOK (Reuters) - The first, voluntary repatriation of 68 Myanmar refugees from camps along the Thai-Myanmar border began on Tuesday with the United Nations refugee agency calling the movement a "milestone" while underscoring it would not lead to an exodus.
The return of the refugees is the first to receive endorsement from the Thai and Myanmar governments, the UNHCR said.
For tens of thousands of refugees living in a total of nine camps along Thailand's border with Myanmar a return home has been a dream made impossible because of political and economic uncertainty in Myanmar.
That has somewhat changed since a civilian government, led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, took power earlier this year.
The return began on Tuesday with one family leaving a camp in the western province of Ratchaburi. Dozens more from Nupo Camp in Thailand's western Tak province will follow on Wednesday, said Iain Hall, UNHCR's senior field coordinator.
"This particular movement is a milestone," Hall told Reuters by telephone from the border town of Mae Sot, which is located some 490 km (304 miles) from the Thai capital Bangkok.
"But it won't be the start of a large exodus," he said.
"The Myanmar government came over and issued certificates of identification saying these people are their citizens," said Hall, adding that those who chose to return had based their decision on information given by their families in Myanmar who said that it was safe to return.
There are around 103,000 refugees and internally displaced people living in the nine camps along the border.
Some residents have been living in the camps for 30 years. Nearly 80 percent are ethnic Karen from eastern Myanmar who fled armed conflict and often persecution at the hands of the Myanmar army during decades of military rule.
Ko Ko Naing, a senior official from Myanmar's Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlements said Myanmar was ready to receive the returnees.
"These people want to return to Myanmar of their own volition," he told Reuters.
Successive Thai governments have raised the possibility of shutting down the camps permanently. Hall said now was not the time.
"We're not promoting return and we've made that clear with both governments," said Hall.
"We don't yet believe it is the time to return but of course these people have the right to return if they want to."
Myanmar has seen sporadic violence in recent weeks including in Muslim-majority Rakhine state between government forces and what officials say are fighters inspired by Islamists.
Additional reporting by Aung Hla Tun in YANGON; Editing by Michael Perry


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Franz Büchner ist der Name folgender Personen:

* Franz Büchner (Mediziner) (1895–1991), deutscher Pathologe
 Franz Büchner (Jagdflieger) (1898–1920), deutscher Jagdflieger
 Franz Büchner (Jurist) (1902–1988), deutscher Jurist und Versicherungsmanager
 Franz Büchner (Kommentator), deutscher Sportkommentator


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Record-Breaking Mahi Caught at Ladies-Only OC Tournament
Kristy Frashure's crew celebrates their state record mahi catch. Photo: Bahi Marina/Facebook
By Bay Bulletin / August 20, 2019
A Maryland woman now holds the state record for mahi mahi, breaking the previous record just three weeks after it was set.
Angler Kristy Frashure of Pasadena, Maryland says of reeling in the record-breaker, "It felt like an eternity."
On August 16, Frashure decked a 74.5-pounder at the Poor Man's Canyon while she and five friends were fishing the Poor Girls Open tournament out of Ocean City, Maryland.
Frashure adds that while she and the crew knew it was a big fish, they didn't realize it was a record-breaker.
"We were taking bets on how much it weighed," she said of the fish that now sits atop the list of best-ever caches for that species in the state's Atlantic Division.
Frashure's mahi barely beats out the 72.8-pound mahi a Cambridge man named Jeff Wright caught earlier this summer. Wright's fish held the state record for only three weeks. Wright also decked his record mahi at Poor Man's Canyon while he and friends were pre-fishing for the White Marlin Open.
Until Wright caught his mahi, the state record stood for thirty-four years. Back in July 1985, Kim Lawson reeled in a 67.8-pound mahi. Listed by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) as a common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus), most sport anglers call these brightly colored and flavorful fish either mahi or dolphin.
Frashure's catch was certified by a DNR biologist and its official weight verified by Bahia Marina, which hosts the tournament she was competing in. Captain Steve Harman started the Poor Girls Open as a way for waitresses and bartenders to fish an affordable and fun tournament while raising money for breast cancer research.
It is a "ladies only" billfish release tournament with categories for tuna and mahi. The tournament continues to grow, drawing more than 100 boats each time. According to the tournament's website, the Poor Girls Open has donated more than $100,000 to the American Cancer Society in the past three years.
Maryland DNR maintains state records for sport fish in four divisions–Atlantic, Chesapeake, Nontidal and Invasive. They award plaques to anglers who achieve state record catches, but only from public waters. If you ever deck a potential record catch, be sure to immerse it in ice water immediately to preserve its weight until it can be confirmed and certified.
-Capt. Chris Dollar
Study: Fish Populations Drop Since Snakehead Invasion
A recent study by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Maryland Department of Natural
Schooner Sultana at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
The schooner Sultana has kicked off the first of her two visits to the Chesapeake
New Federal Law Recognizes Virginia Indian Tribes
Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) applauded President Trump for signing H.R. 984, the Thomasina E.
Sandy Point State Park Gets Greener
North Sails Veteran Becomes Master Sailmaker at USNA