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Nyslotts operafestival (finska: Savonlinnan oopperajuhlat) är en årlig operafestival på fästningen Olofsborg i Nyslott.

Scen och salong är uppbyggda på den gamla borggården med halvfast inredning av bänkrader på metallställningar som rivs på hösten och återuppbyggs på våren. Över borggården spänns stora presenningar för att hålla regn borta, men vind, fåglar med mera har fritt tillträde under föreställningarna. Inne i borgen bakom och under scenen finns utrymmen för artistloger, servering och toaletter.

Festivalen anordnades första gången 1912 genom försorg av operasångerskan Aino Ackté. Under fem somrar därefter fortsatte festivalen, för att sedan tyna bort. År 1967 återupptogs traditionen och har varit obrutet årlig sedan dess.

Festivalen pågår under juli månad. De tre första veckorna visas ett antal olika operor med bemanning från Finlands nationalopera med diverse gästartister. Den sista veckan inbjuds något utländskt operasällskap att visa upp sig. Antal betalande besökare är omkring 60 000 varje sommar, varav 25  procent från andra länder än Finland. Sommaren 2015 var programpunkterna 33 och antalet sålda biljetter 71.000.

Kring festivalen pågår ett antal konserter bland annat i skolor i staden.

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Ett antal finska operor har haft sin världspremiär på operafestivalen:
 1975 – Aulis Sallinen: Ratsumies (The Horseman)
 1984 – Aulis Sallinen: Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan (The King Goes Forth to France)
 1989 – Paavo Heininen: Veitsi (The Knife)
 1995 – Aulis Sallinen: Palatsi (The Palace)
 1997 – Einojuhani Rautavaara: Aleksis Kivi
 2000 – Herman Rechberger , Olli Kortekangas och Kalevi Aho: Aika ja uni (The Age of Dreams)
 2004 – Jaakko Kuusisto: Koirien Kalevala (The Canine Kalevala)
 2006 – Jukka Linkola: Hui kauhistus (One Spooky Night)
 2007 – Olli Kortekangas: Isän tyttö (Daddy's Girl)

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Operasångaren Matti Salminen har i den lokala tidningen Itä-Savo vittnat om den speciella operafestivalsandan. Festivalen i Nyslott handlar inte bara om den konstupplevelse som operaföreställningarna och konserterna innebär. Det är likaväl fråga om att man efter föreställningen beger sig till de närliggande lokaliteterna; främst Totin terassi, Majakka, Tamino och Vanha Kasino för öl och kanske en bit mat - artister, kör och publik i en rusig blandning. Kvällen avslutas kanhända med en köttpirog och en mugg kaffe i insjöhamnens kiosk Lippakioski medan morgonen gryr över Saimen. Detta och den allmänt gemytliga savolaxiska mentaliteten, utan respekt för överhet, ordning och regler, bidrar till att en del artister återkommer år efter år till några hektiska sommarveckor i Nyslott.

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Q: Sinatra: User.first method I'm reading a book that's making a Twitter clone with Sinatra in order to improve my knowledge of Ruby.  I'm puzzled by the author's use of
User.first(:nickname => params[:recipient])

which he uses in several locations throughout the code, as in the following example.
post '/message/send' do
recipient = User.first(:nickname => params[:recipient])
Status.create(:text => params[:message], :user => User.
get(session[:userid]), :recipient => recipient)
redirect '/messages/sent'
end

What exactly is 'first' adding to this method. For example, is it searching for the first user with the nickname passed in as the parameter :recipient?   In other words, is it equivalent to 'find'?
I should add that it puzzles me also because the nicknames are supposed to be unique, so there's no reason why it would need to search for the 'first' if that's indeed what it's doing.
Update
The author is using DataMapper for the ORM

A: Ok, 'first' is a datamapper method that 'finds'. From the docs
zoo  = Zoo.first(:name => 'Metro')    # first matching record with the name 'Metro'

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Billy Ray Mangum, 84, passed peacefully into the arms of his Savior, on Wednesday, January 20th, with his family at his side. Billy Ray (better known to those who loved him as "Judge" or Papaw) was born on September 22, 1936 in Magee, MS to the late Gaston & Gladys Mangum. He married his high school sweetheart, Vermell, in 1958 and together they have two children, four grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. From humble roots on the farm in Magee to a furniture factory in Jackson, Billy Ray developed a strong work ethic that he maintained his entire life. He became a renowned public servant as an elected official in his community. He served seven terms and over 30 years as Rankin County Justice Court Judge and over 20 years as Municipal Court Judge to the cities of Richland and Florence. He was widely respected by his colleagues, who elected him President of the MS Justice Court Association and selected him as a member of the State Judicial Performance Committee. He led numerous efforts to improve the local school system as a member of the Richland School Board and President of the Booster Clubs for both the Richland and Florence schools. He also served his community through his membership in the Lions Club and Exchange Club. Despite his many accolades, he would be more likely to tell you how proud he was of the many youth baseball and football teams he coached, including a favorite memory of coaching the Jackson Boys Club championship game at Veterans Memorial Stadium in 1974. Billy Ray enjoyed all sports, but particularly basketball. He had a stand out career at Magee High School and was selected All Conference his junior and senior year. He later developed a passion for golf. He considered it one of his greatest blessings to be able to travel all across the United States from Hilton Head to Pebble Beach with one of his favorite golf partners, Billy Mancil. Playing as often as he could, he recorded a hole-in-one five times. He cherished the friendship and comradery of his weekly golf group. In addition to golf, another one of his passions was watching the Ole Miss Rebels. He particularly loved traveling to Oxford to spend time in the Grove with his family and friends. Most of all, Billy Ray was a strong, loving, and devoted leader of his family. Whether it was challenging his son, son-in-law, and grandsons on the golf course, attending every sporting event or performance of his children and grandchildren or entertaining his great-grandchildren, he supported every endeavor with love and affection. He brought great joy and love to all those around him. Whatever the need, big or small, his family always knew that Papaw would meet it with his boundless love, wisdom, and generosity. His great faith and faithfulness have inspired three generations of his family to follow his example. His faith was the foundation of everything he did in life. He loved the Lord, his family, his friends, and the community. Despite being diagnosed with cancer at age 61 which resulted in the loss of a leg, he continued to love and serve the Lord faithfully. He was an active member of First Baptist Church of Richland for over 60 years and served in many areas of leadership including Sunday School teacher, seven time Chairman of the Deacons, several Pastoral Search Committees, and Chairman of Building Committee. His life can be summarized by 2 Timothy 4:7-8. "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing." Billy Ray was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters Johnnie Abernathy and Annette Branning. He is survived by his devoted wife of 62 years, Vermell; daughter Renae (David) Oliver, son Todd (Elaine) Mangum; grandchildren, Adam (Amy) Oliver, Ashley Oliver Short, Emily Mangum, and Andrew Mangum; great-grandchildren, Eli, Andrew, & Ethan Short; sister Emmy Walker and several nieces and nephews. The family wishes to thank Billy Ray's friend and personal physician, Dr. Michael Winkleman for his excellent care and compassion over the past 23 years. There will be a private family graveside service on Saturday, January 23. The family requests, in lieu of flowers, that any memorials be made to First Baptist Church in Richland.
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Two innovative exhibitions debut at Frost Art Museum FIU exploring issues tied to social justice
By Erica Corsano
In celebration of the ratification of the 19th amendment, "House to House: Women, Politics, and Place" examines two ideas: the domestic space women have dominated, and the public, political space where their voices are increasingly heard. The exhibit opens Sep. 26, 2020 and runs through Jan. 3, 2021.
On August 18, 1920, women in the United States gained the right to vote. A century later, women's access to equity in the social and political sphere continues to be at the forefront of the popular consciousness, especially with the increasing visibility of women as political leaders. The exhibition investigates a spectrum of spaces where women have exercised agency from domestic spaces to beauty salons, factories and courtrooms. The multimedia exhibition, made possible with support from the Funding Arts Network, includes work by Aurora Molina, Catherine Opie, Martha Rosler, Wendy Red Star, Laurie Simmons, Mickalene Thomas, and Deborah Willis, among others.
"Otros Lados: Itzel Basualdo, Hugo Crosthwaite, and Judithe Hernández," opening Aug. 22, 2020 and running through Dec. 13, 2020, considers Mexican and Mexican American experiences from three different generations of artists. The exhibit, which opens Aug. 22, 2020 and runs through Dec. 13, 2020, was inspired by the novel "A Dream Called Home" by Reyna Grande.
The works of Basualdo, Crosthwaite and Hernández offer shared vantage points with Grande's text.
"The art produced by Mexican and Mexican American artists in the U.S. has a long history that continues to reverberate. This echo is a dynamic and necessary narrative that expands traditional interpretations of American art," explained Frost Chief Curator Amy Galpin.
"'House to House' and 'Otros Lados' launch our fall programming at a moment of seismic shifts in the world of culture," said Jordana Pomeroy, director of the Frost. "Social inequality frequently inspires visual and written narratives that can be unsettling and yet intellectually gratifying at the same time. We organized these two exhibitions at the Frost, both virtually and actually, as drivers of change and dialogue."
"Al otro lado" is a phrase used in Mexico referring to shared borders with the United States and the space populated by many Mexican immigrants on the other side of the Mexico/U.S. border.
"It's thrilling to present work by artists Judithe Hernández and Hugo Crosthwaite who are well-known in other parts of the U.S., but have not been thoroughly studied in Miami," added Galpin.
"House to House" and "Otros Lados" dig into issues and ideas that continue to shape policies, perspectives, and politics, especially timely with the approach of the 2020 election.
"We are eager to share work by three generations of Mexican and Mexican American artists at the Frost Art Museum this fall," said Frost Manager of Strategic Initiatives Maryanna Ramirez. "We often hear discouraging stories about border crossing and U.S. and Mexico relations in the news. This exhibition gives us the opportunity to look beyond headlines and toward the unique experience of living between two lands."
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I had the liberty to participate in Digitalocean's Hacktoberfest in October 2018.
How this works is that you have to submit atleast 5 pull requests(PRs) to open source projects. All it took me is a few hours of time to submit PRs to a few widely used Ansible roles. The first 50,000 to do so would receive a free Hacktoberfest t-shirts.
Completed Digitalocean's Hacktoberfest! Had started today morning. Just small bug fixes and replacing deprecated code in popular Ansible roles.
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He may be the youngest of the Baldwin brothers, but Stephen Baldwin has proven that he can create just an acting career like his male siblings, Alec, William and Daniel. What most people don't know is that this actor first started off as a well-known community opera singer. He attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan for two years after graduating from high school in Massapequa, New York.
While Alec was the most notable of the brothers during the 1980s, Stephen was able to land a few film and television roles around the same time. His very first film was the war film, The Beast. His breakthrough movie, The Usual Suspects, was released in 1995. Stephen has also appeared in numerous reality television shows, such as Celebrity Appearance.
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Les amis singapore christmas
Dec 18, 2017. Today, the group has grown to be one of Singapore's most influential. End your Christmas feast on a sweet note with our Limited Edition. " The classic fine-dining giant" A regular feature on the Asia's 50 Best Restaurants list, Les Amis is an award winning restaurant that was created to fill the lack of fine-dining options in Singapore in the early 90s.
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Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry > Academic Offerings > After You Graduate – Biochemistry > Notable Alumni
Ryan McGreevy '09
Majors: Biochemistry & Computer Science
Graduate Study: Master of Engineering, Bioinformatics from the University of Illinois at Chicago
Current Position: Research Programmer at Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, where he splits his time between software development and scientific research. Prior to that, he was an Associate Engineer at Chesapeake Technology International Corporation, where he developed software for military flight simulators.
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Alex Hessel '11
Minor: Mathematics
Current: Research Technologist at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine's Department of Biological Chemistry.
Asadullah (Asad) Akhund '14
Current: Pursuing his Master's degree in Chemical Engineering at Cornell University.
Anna Vaudin '10
Majors: Biochemistry, Music
Current: Pursuing her Master's Degree in Nutrition at University of Maryland, College Park.
Commonly Paired Minors
Pamela Mertz
Chair of Department
Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry


Were you born in the era when the best chewing gum ever was sold for only two for 5 naira?
No, not Sprint chewing gum, that was two for one naira. *eyeroll* Bomky!
That's hardly the story to be told.
Now, at the age of about 8, I was ready to be Bomky's brand ambassador. I bought it, shared it around, chewed it, proclaimed the gospel about it, dreamed of it…. Name it, I did! Bomky was the deal!
There would be four characters in this story. I should introduce them now before I go on, 'cause they would take on peculiar roles in this tale.
I'm as much a hero as it can get.
So, to the "epic" story.
It was a Saturday morning. My sister and I generally spent Saturdays studying and working momma/lesson teacher given homeworks. My dad was out. My mum was about to go out too. Before she left, she stated specifically : "None of you should go out, if I hear that you went out while I'm away, I'll beat the hell out of you when I get back" (She is who she is, here) and then she left.
Now, y'all realize that I'm the ambassador for this brand, I mean what else is branding about if it isn't't ensuring a potential consumer is conversed to a loyal one, huh?
"What if mummy catches you?" she asked.
"I'll be fast, she won't" I replied.
"Me I'm not there o!" the sly one said.
We took 10 naira to buy four and we set out – Ruka and I.
We ran the whole stretch with me singing "Just be limbo, just be quick…." from Fragle rock – in my mind – the whole time. We bought it and turned around to run the whole stretch.
I was a very fit child, there I was basking in the euphoria of "dusting" Ruka while she tried to catch up behind. And then in a moment I looked back and saw my mother's blue Peugeot 504 bending at the corner. I shouted to Ruka in Yoruba "Mummy's coming, run!" I don't know what she heard, but I saw her retreat and head to the car and do a courtesy like she was saying "welcome ma".
I was rooted to the spot, entranced by her stupidity.
I heard my mum say "I was checking if it was both of you, I wasn't sure, thank you for helping me confirm, now go and wait for me at home, I'm coming for you." And with that, Ruka ran back to me, crying in advance.
You know the rest of the gist, my mum did beat the hell out of us and asked us to face the wall, kneel down and put up our hands for the next one hour. Bisi snickered behind with the "I told you so" look.
And yeah, the bomkys, they stayed in the medicine box on the dinning table for the next 6 months till someone threw them out.
I lost my brand endorsement.
Someone copy the bomky guys!


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Nuthin But Luv Lyrics
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The Presidents of the United States of America - Nuthin But Luv
You shoot out evil rays
You say you don't love, don't love, don't love me no more
But you told a different story yesterday
You took a trip, you took a trip
And didn't bother telling me that you were going away
You say you don't owe, dont owe me no explanation
But you've got something to say
You got nothin in your mind but love
You got nothin in your mind
I had a bouquet, had a bouquet of big bright red flowers
But they had turned all grey
[lyrics was taken from http://www.lyrics.my/artists/the-presidents-of-the-united-states-of-america/lyrics/nuthin-but-luv] I had a Mansion and a car that had a private shower
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But you have thrown it all away
I pound and pound and pound and pound upon your door
And wonder when your coming out to play
You open on just enough for me to listen to you whisper that I better back away
Lets take a trip, lets take a trip, lets take a trip together
Lets go and throw it all away
I know you love me when you show me and you rub me
But the love we had just gotta go away
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La plaza de Armas de la ciudad de Iquique o simplemente plaza Arturo Prat o plaza Prat es la plaza principal de la ciudad homónima en la Región de Tarapacá, Chile, que se constituye en una zona patrimonial aglutinante de varias edificaciones catalogadas como monumentos históricos: la Torre del Reloj, el Edificio Sociedad Protectora de Empleados de Tarapacá y el Teatro Municipal, que en conjunto son una de las expresiones urbanas más representativas del periodo salitrero junto al Casino Español y el Club Croata.

Pertenece al conjunto de monumentos nacionales de Chile desde el año 1977 en virtud del D. S. 935 del 25 de noviembre del mismo año; se encuentra en la categoría «Zona Típica».

Historia

Tras la expansión de la producción salitrera durante la segunda mitad del siglo XIX, Iquique vivió un auge económico sin precedentes que transformó su casco urbano de manera significativa; tras la destrucción de parte importante de éstas como consecuencia de varios incendios y terremotos, desde fines del siglo XIX y principios del siglo XX se comenzó a levantar en la ciudad las edificaciones que le «dan a Iquique la impronta arquitetónica y urbana que conserva hasta el día de hoy».

La ciudad vivió algunas de sus mayores transformaciones arquitectónico-urbanas durante las décadas de 1880 y 1920, época de la que sobreviven algunos de los edificios patrimoniales que rodean a la plaza de armas. Cabe indicar que tras el incendio de octubre de 1880, se procedió a ampliar la plaza —que ya se conocida como plaza Prat— hacia el sur y el oeste, anexándole manzanas que había sido destruidas por el siniestro.

Véase también
 Anexo:Monumentos nacionales de la Región de Tarapacá
 Paseo Baquedano

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Zonas Típicas de Chile
Arquitectura de Iquique
Arturo Prat
Epónimos de Arturo Prat
Toponimia de la guerra del Pacífico

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FBI AGENT FOUND "NOT GUILTY" OF LYING IN LAVOY FINICUM SHOOTING
Video Shows Forensic Proof of The Assassination
By Jack Mullen| The Government Rag | 22Aug2018
In these times of Enemy occupation and Usurpation of the US Constitution, Federal Agents and their State infiltrated accomplices are not reprimanded for murder and assassination, or the unleashing of militarized "agencies" for purposes of stealing land and water rights, they are promoted.
FBI special agent Joseph Astarita was acquitted of charges of lying when he claimed he did not shoot twice at Lavoy Finicum; Astarita not unexpectedly was acquitted by in the court of his employer, a Federal Court, on August 9, 2018, in Portland. The actual officer who shot and killed Finicum, Casey Codding, was recently promoted to Captain, as Investigators in 2016 had already called the shooting "justified."
Lavoy Finicum, was an Arizona farmer who participated in saving the Bundy Ranch, in Nevada, in 2014, also tried to save his own ranch from the Bureau of Land Management in 2015, you can see his side of the story here, 'LaVoy Finicum – Stood Up for The US Constitution & Natural Rights'. Finicum later went to Oregon to help Dwight Hammond save his land and water rights, it was in Oregon where Lavoy Finicum fought his last fight.
The video below explains the likely truth about the manner in which Lavoy Finicum's life was taken. Watching the video and the supporting materials below, it's clear the Executive Branch Agencies are actually a militarized mafia in service of a Federal Government operating outside of Constitution Law and continue to serve an agenda to intimidate to buy and, if not possible, steal valuable land and water rights in the western States. The Federal Government now "owns nearly half the land in the 11 coterminous western states, as well as more than 60 percent of Alaska" and 80% of Nevada.
The plan to run all people off the most valuable lands and into soft prisons called smart cities was recently called Agenda-21 and now called Agenda-30. For a short discussion of the plan to change forever into a single world government, while downsizing the population and forcing mass movement of remaining people off their lands, please listen to Australian politician Ann Bressington, former Member of the South Australian Legislative Council, explain how the Club Of Rome planned to create fabricated crises to motivate people to support a "profound reorientation of all human societies."
In 1992, Maurice Strong, Secretary General of the UN Earth Summit and member of the Club of Rome said: "It is clear that current lifestyles and consumption patterns of the affluent middle class involving high meat intake, consumption of large amounts of frozen convenience foods, use of fossil fuels, ownership of motor vehicles, small electrical appliances, home and work air conditioning and suburban housing are not sustainable.(ibid)
Dixie Raye, former Washington State Governor and Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs stated: "Agenda 21 seeks to establish a mechanism for transferring the wealth from citizens to the third world. Fear of environmental crisis will be used to create a World Government and UN central direction. From a report in the 1976 UN's Habitat One Conference: "Land cannot be treated as an ordinary asset controlled by individuals and subject to the pressures and inefficiencies of the market . . . Private land ownership is also a principal instrument of accumulation and concentration of wealth . . . therefore contributes to social injustice (ibid)
Lavoy Finicum was an American, with Constitutionally protected rights to own property and accumulate wealth and act independently of the wishes, whims, and control of a mentally ill authoritarian dystopia. State law in Nevada and Arizona and Oregon does not support the arbitrary taking and redistribution of land, but the Federal Government pretends it has authority to do so and to do so violently if necessary. Lavoy Finicum was shot and killed by a Lawless and criminal Federal Government for believing his rights could be defended.
In the final moments of Lavoy Finicum's life, the FBI pursued him at high rate of speed into a blind-curve roadblock killing zone, shooting up his car, even before Lavoy could see the roadblock, terrorizing the occupants of his car and then shooting unarmed Finicum in the back as he walked outside the vehicle with hands up. Finicum was set up to be murdered, as the scholarly video below indicates, and the Oregon Federal Court system finds FBI agent Astarita not guilty of lying, which the video below disputes, and previously the state of Oregon pressed no charges against Codding.
This case indicates the extent to which the US Federal Government and the Executive Branch with its military agencies are corrupt to the point of being a hostile enemy force, willfully operating lawlessly, outside the bounds, by thousands of miles, of the US Constitution.
In these times of Enemy occupation and Usurpation of the US Constitution, Federal Agents and their State infiltrated accomplices are not reprimanded for murder and assassination, or the unleashing of militarized "agencies" for purposes of stealing land and water rights, rather they are promoted.
The Case of Lavoy Finicum, an American hero, who operated peacefully invoking Constitutional Law to stand his ground, should not be dismissed and forgotten. Lavoy's story should be taught to our children and his fight against the hostile take over and take down of America should be immortalized by repeating his efforts; we must all stand against the cancerous occupation of the United States by agents of the Zionist-Communist mafia working to finish the task of destroying America and transferring its wealth to the East for purposes of establishing a New World Tyranny.
Further References:
Officer that shot Lavoy Finicum said to have been involved in three Police related killings
FBI Agent Accused Of Lying In Finicum Shooting Found Not Guilty
Lavoy Finicum's Last Moments, Video From Inside The Truck
Investigators: Oregon State Police justified in shooting death of LaVoy Finicum
Dubious decisions in LaVoy Finicum shooting case revealed in trial of acquitted FBI agent


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ITC rules for Google's audio players infringe on Sonos patents, China blocks most exclusive music licensing agreements, French data regulators issue fine record against Google
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This week in Other Barks & Bites: China reveals its goals to improve intellectual property rights during the country's 14th five-year plan, even as the country's copyright department announces it has banned most exclusive music licensing deals; The Federal Circuit confirms Novartis' patent claims on Chief Justice Moore's opposition to the majority treatment of the written description requirement; The US International Trade Commission (ITC) rules that Google's audio players infringe Sonos patents and enters into a limited exclusion order against their import; Senator Telles announced his intention to vote in favor of the appointment of Cathy Vidal as Director of the USPTO; Hedge funds are dumping tech stocks at the highest rate in more than 10 years; Allele settles patent infringement lawsuit against Pfizer and BioNTech for developing a COVID-19 vaccine; French data protection regulators have announced fines against US tech companies for their use of tracking cookies, including a standard fine against Google.
NCAC bans most exclusive licensing agreements for digital music platforms in China On Thursday, January 6, officials with the National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC) announced an order banning most exclusive licensing agreements for digital music platforms, except in some special circumstances in which such agreements are allowed, at a meeting with executives from the platforms Popular digital music currently operating in China.
French data protection regulators fine Google and Facebook for using cookies On Thursday, January 6, officials at the French National Commission for Information Technologies and Liberty (CNIL) announced that US tech giants Google and Facebook had been ordered to pay fines of up to 210 million euros (US$237 million), including a record fine of 150 €1 million ($170 million) against Google, for companies' violations of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation through their use of cookies to track users online.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announces the Deferred Subject Eligibility Response Pilot Program On Thursday, January 6, the US Patent and Trademark Office issued a notice in the Federal Register announcing the creation of a Deferred Subject Eligibility Response Pilot Program in which participants who have submitted non-provisional patent applications are allowed to defer responses to the Section 101 Subject Eligibility Denial until issues are addressed. Other eligibility under Sections 102, 103, and 112.
A Chinese citizen pleads guilty to conspiring to steal Monsanto's trade secrets On Thursday, January 6, the US Department of Justice announced that Chinese citizen Xiang Haitao pleaded guilty to charges that he conspired to steal a trade secret from Monsanto by transferring data to a memory card and attempting to take it out of the country for profit. Government of the People's Republic of China.
Senator Telles votes in favor of Cathy Vidal's nomination for Director of the United States Office On Wednesday, January 5, Senator Tom Telles (R-NC) announced that he would vote to confirm Cathy Vidal, President Biden's nominee to serve as director of the US Patent and Trademark Office, calling Vidal "the exact type of visionary leader we need to succeed Andre Ianko." The Senate vote on Vidal's nomination, which was originally scheduled for the morning of Thursday, January 6, will be rescheduled.
The Chinese government sets intellectual property goals in the country's 14th Five-Year Plan On Tuesday, January 4, China's National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released an outline of the nation's plans to improve intellectual property rights over the course of the government's 14th Five-Year Plan, including amendments to the country's antitrust law, and improvements to legal protection of intellectual property , improving quality in patent and trademark examination, as well as increasing participation in global intellectual property affairs and the activities of the World Intellectual Property Organization, including participation in the annual World Intellectual Property Day.
Chief Justice Moore Challenges Majority in CAFC Emphasizing Written Characterization of Novartis Judgment On Monday, January 3, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit entered a previous ruling in Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. v. Accord Healthcare, Inc. in which the Court of Appeals affirmed the Delaware County ruling that Novartis' patent claims cover a method for treating recurrent multiple sclerosis (RRMS), and found no apparent error in the Delaware ruling that the contested claims did not fail the written description requirement of 35 USC § 112(a). In an objection, Chief Justice Kimberly Moore argued that the committee's majority contradicted the Federal Circuit's precedent by "significantly expanding the patent holder's ability to add, after years of filing a patent application, negative claim limitations that have no support in the written description."
Ninth Circuit Revokes Class Certification in Wolfgang's Vault Copyright Case On Monday, January 3, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a ruling in Kane vs. Bill Graham Archives LLC Where the Court of Appeals overturned the California Northern District's testimony to the categories of composers and performers of a class action including copyright infringement claims against live concert recording archive operators Wolfgang's Vault, finding that individual cases dominate Kihn's claims and that at the class level the injunction was inappropriate based on the record .
USITC rules Google audio players infringe Sonos patents — The US International Trade Commission on Thursday, January 6, issued a ruling that Internet technology giant Google has infringed allegations from a series of five patents owned by technology developer Sonos. The agency also issued a limited exclusion order (LEO) and cease and desist order (CDO) preventing Google from marketing infringing products in the United States, assigning a 100% bond to any imports of infringing products by Google during this presidential review period.
Nike sues Lululemon for patent infringement on home gym mirror On Wednesday, January 5, sportswear company Nike filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York against rival company Lululemon over that company's marketing of the Mirror Home Gym, which allegedly violated Nike patent claims covering various aspects of interactive digital sports technologies. .
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) establishes an administrative sanctions process for infringement of trademark rules On Wednesday, January 5, the US Patent and Trademark Office issued a notice in the Federal Register announcing that the Trademark Commissioner had established an administrative process to investigate trademark applications that appear to violate the agency's trademark practice rules, including the issuance of warrants to show cause and final decisions on sanctions orders.
CRB requests petitions to participate in the elaboration of the Classification of Business IV On Wednesday, January 5, the Copyright Board issued a notice in the Federal Register announcing the commencement of a procedure to determine royalty rates and terms for transmission of provisional copies of audio recordings to facilitate the transmission of audio to commercial enterprises under 17 USC § 112(e)(1). The CRB notice indicates that applications for participation are due on February 4th.
The Copyright Office appoints Susan Wilson to serve as general counsel On Wednesday, January 5, copyright registry Shera Perlmutter announced that Susan Wilson, former partner of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, has been appointed to serve the United States Copyright Office as general counsel, effective January 31.
Allele drops patent suit against Pfizer over COVID-19 vaccines — On Tuesday, January 4, a joint motion of disapproval entered in the Southern District of California ended a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Allele Biotechnology against Pfizer and BioNTech for their development of a COVID-19 vaccine that allegedly used the patented Allele fluorescent protein. During research and development of the vaccine.
CAFC Announces Updates to Electronic Enrollment Procedures, Argument Guides On Monday, January 3, the Federal Circuit announced that updates had been made to several important documents relating to practice before the Court of Appeals including the Electronic Court Submission Procedures, the Oral Pleadings Guide, and the Unrepresented Parties Guide.
New data protection rules are in force at the European Patent Office On Saturday, January 1, the European Patent Office (EPO) announced that new data protection rules governing all data processing activities carried out by the European Patent Office have come into force after the adoption by the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organization of a new data protection framework. June.
This week on Wall Street
Hedge funds are dumping tech stocks at the fastest rate in 10 years On Thursday, January 6, CNBC reported that the four trading sessions between December 30 and January 4 saw the largest total sale of tech stocks by the hedge fund community in a decade, in terms of total dollars, in large part due to fears of a growing Bond yields can increase debt costs and hinder the growth of technology companies.
Stryker Corp buys Vocera for $3 billion to boost digital patient communications — Medical device company Stryker Corp. announced Thursday, January 6, that it has agreed to buy mobile communications company Vocera Communications for approximately $3.09 billion, including $2.97 billion in cash, in an effort to improve Stryker's patient digital communications operations. .
Quarterly earnings The following companies named among the top 300 patent recipients in their 2020 IPO report quarterly earnings next week (2020 ranked in parentheses):
Monday: Nobody
Tuesday: Nobody
Wednesday: Nobody
Thursday: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (9)
Friday: Wells Fargo & Co. (t-173rd)


The geographical location (geolocation) of Peshawar is on the north and east hemisphere.
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Franklinton Elementary School will strive to promote college-bound, career ready, 21st Century students. We believe ALL students can and will LEARN!
A safe and orderly environment is imperative for academic success.
Regular parent involvement is important to student success.
Engaging students in meaningful work increases student achievement.
A team oriented atmosphere provides a foundation for educating the whole child.
Ensure that every student performs at or above grade level.
Ensure that every person is valued and respected.
Ensure a safe and orderly environment.
Effective teaching and learning cannot take place in a disruptive classroom. At Franklinton Elementary School, it is our goal to build relationships and create a discipline plan so that all stakeholders are aware and in agreement with our school wide expectations. We intend to increase the instructional capacity of students by teaching and reinforcing positive behavior to promote learning rich environments. Our plan focuses on a proactive approach to solving challenging behaviors. Our students will be taught how these rules look and sound in all school settings, i.e., in the classroom, hallway, cafeteria, playground, bathroom, and bus. Teachers will spend time teaching and modeling appropriate behaviors the first few weeks of school. Teachers will also introduce procedures which our students will be expected to follow. We are highly committed to teach our students to take responsibility for their own behavior.
Students who face challenges involving following classroom or school rules will be offered "Reflection Time" if causing minor disruptions in the classroom environment. This will help us reinforce the seriousness of education, respectfulness of the classroom environment, and the importance of students taking responsibility for their own behavior. "Reflection Time" allows students to refocus and gain control by asking them to either sit in a designated area or go to another classroom. Students will receive feedback about his/her inappropriate behavior and an opportunity to plan for future success once they return to class. Parents will be notified when their child has been directed to "Reflection Time". Additionally, parents will be asked for assistance if problems persist or if a problem is unusually challenging.
While this document is not all encompassing, it will outline a few of the procedures that we plan to enforce at Franklinton Elementary. The consequences listed in the matrix may change if deemed appropriate by administration. However, we will always operate within the guidelines of Franklin County Schools. We encourage you to join us in a cooperative and supportive effort to provide a safe school and a classroom conducive to learning. Feel free to call Mrs. Richardson or Mrs. Trader at 919-494-2479 should you have any questions about our school-wide discipline plan. Please sign the section at the very end of this document, along with your child, to indicate that you have read our policy, and return it to school with your child tomorrow. We look forward to working with you to make this a productive 2017-2018 school year for your child.
Franklinton Elementary will operate within the guidelines of Franklin County Schools. Consequences may have to be altered based on the severity of a situation. In situations where students or staff are injured, students may receive the maximum consequence allowed by the district even if considered a first offense.
Leaving the school building or playground area without permission from a teacher, administrator, or other staff member.
Refusing to follow instructions from any staff member when reasonable efforts have been made to gain cooperation.
Disruption includes, but is not limited to horseplay, throwing objects, and talking back/arguing.
Offenses to Person: A student may not willfully cause harm or attempt to cause harm to another student. For example: shoving and/or kicking; throwing objects at others; hitting, biting, spitting, pinching or any action which may cause harm to another student or adult.
Consequences will vary between conference to as much as a long term suspension depending on investigation.
*Teachers may use consequences such as silent lunch, time out, Reflection Time, phone calls home, or conferences. As mentioned previously, students may be escorted to the office for a referral depending on severity even on a first offense. Students who have become repeat offenders will receive office referrals.
Student dress that disrupts the school environment or clothing that indicates gang identification or reflects gang symbols will not be tolerated.
Clothing must be age appropriate, not disruptive to the teaching-learning process, and cannot be provocative, revealing, indecent, vulgar, or obscene.
Students should be covered from mid-chest to mid-thigh.
No shorts higher than mid-thigh; no skirts and dresses more than three inches above the top of the knee; no shirts and blouses that expose waist, midriff, or cleavage. .
No clothing, jewelry or symbols which convey membership or affiliation with a gang.
No excessively baggy clothing or visible underwear.
No hats, sunglasses, sweatbands or bandanas. .
No tank tops, spaghetti straps, or sleepwear.
Proper footwear is required; specifically bedroom shoes and slippers are prohibited.
Basketball jerseys and/or tank tops are not allowed unless worn over another shirt.
Clothing cannot be sheer, mesh, or have excessive holes.
Book bags are to remain in lockers during the school day.
This list may not cover every dress code violation. It is the role of the Principal/Assistant Principal to determine appropriate clothing in a questionable situation.
I am ready to return to my class, make good choices, and be a respectful, responsible scholar.
HOW IS FES DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF PBIS?
Our goal through PBIS is to create a school environment that is positive, proactive, and focused on solving problems. FES has a consistent list of expectations that will be taught, modeled, and positively reinforced. There are four expectations that are school-wide. These expectations will be taught to the students in each area where they are expected to follow them.
For more information about PBIS, visit www.pbisworld.com or see a member of the PBIS Focus Team here at Franklinton Elementary.
Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS) is an initiative that our school faculty and PTSA have chosen to adopt. PBIS is a proactive systems approach to school-wide discipline designed to be responsive to current social and educational challenges.
Teaching social behaviors like academic skills.
Maximizing academic engagement and success.
Below you will find the Franklinton Elementary School's Expectation Matrix. We will use this to teach student behavior expectations in different parts of the school building as well as extensions of the school grounds.
Car riders in kindergarten through second grade should be dropped off and picked up on Person Street (the one-way street). It is very important that parents make a left-hand turn onto Person from Hillsborough. Do not travel on Hillsborough Street and expect to make a right-hand turn onto Person Street. South Hillsborough Street will be closed to traffic at 8:00 AM.
Car riders in grades three through five are to be dropped off and picked up in front of the gym. If there are two or more siblings and at least one is a third, fourth or fifth grader, then the gym area may be used for all the siblings as long as they are riding in one vehicle. This must be prearranged with either Mrs. Richardson or Mrs. Trader.
The Roundabout is located near the gym and playground area. Only buses and service delivery trucks will be entering the Roundabout via the Howard Harris Road. They will have the right-of-way. Please use caution at all times. No cars are allowed on Howard Harris Road during school hours.
The crosswalk near the administrative gate is for students going to and from the playground. Students walking to school may use this crosswalk to provide an orderly flow of student movement.
The administrative gate parking is for staff parking and handicap parking prior to 8:15 AM. Parents and visitors wishing to enter the building prior to 8:15 should park in the parking lot on the ball fields. There is a gate and crosswalk to make this a safe way to travel into the main office areas.
Before/After School Care students may be dropped off beside the Before/After Daycare door between the hours of 6:00 and 7:30 AM. After-school ends at 6:30PM.
Please remember that it gets congested within the front gates in the morning. We ask that you are courteous to one another as well as our staff who are on duty to assist with safety as you drop our students off. If you need to make special arrangements for drop off, please arrange this with Mrs. Richardson. Thank you!
Requests for a change in transportation, including bus notes, must be given to front desk by 9:00 a.m.
Full credit may not be given for late work. Zeroes are not acceptable. Students are expected to do their best work at all times.
All computer use should follow all guidelines set forth in the district-wide Acceptable Use Policy.
At Franklinton Elementary, we believe that discipline is not punishment, but an opportunity to teach. All students can learn to be respectful, responsible, and safe if provided with high expectations. We thank you for your support! Please make sure that you and your child sign the contract below and return.
Teacher Responsibilities: I agree that discipline is not punishment, but an opportunity to teach. I agree to support the school-wide discipline plan by rewarding students who are respectful, responsible, and safe. I will also provide interventions, contact parents, and provide appropriate consequences.
Parent/Guardian Responsibilities: I have read the effective school-wide discipline plan and will join you in this effort to make Franklinton Elementary a safe learning environment for my child and others. I agree to support my child's teacher and assist him/her should problems arise. I will stay informed about my child's education as much as possible.
Student Responsibilities: I agree to follow the school-wide discipline plan and be a respectful, responsible and safe. I will follow school rules in all settings. When needed, I will use "Think Time" to calm myself so I can rejoin my class and keep on learning. I will give my parents notices and information received by me at school.


All members of the public are invited to attend our Annual General Meetings, typically held every March, but only Stirling Festival Theatre Members in good standing may vote. If you are not a paid-up Member of SFT, you may purchase your membership for $35 at the Box Office. For more information about SFT memberships and benefits, click here.
Provincially incorporated not-for-profit (NFP) organizations are required by law to hold an Annual General Meeting (AGM). Ensuring that this statutory business takes place is part of good governance and is an important part of the democratic life of an NFP.
An AGM is also an opportunity for the Board to share news, challenges and successes for the organization and to hear from its membership, in that it is often the primary two-way communication channel for a Board and a key sector of its stakeholders.


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5 Myths About Homeschool Superiority
Mary Ann Kelley
It's no secret that our family has taken advantage of a variety of school situations or that I am a fan of supporting parents no matter what their educational choice, but homeschooling has been the choice with the greatest flexibility and the one that I prefer.
Despite being an ardent supporter of home education, I find myself consistently feeling obligated to set the record straight when it comes to claims of the vast superiority of homeschoolers. I've noticed a tendency of homeschool advocates commenting online to be elitist. I'm not sure many of the commenters are even homeschoolers themselves - I get the sense that they are just politically opposed to public schools - but regardless, it's not helpful or accurate. If they are homeschoolers, I'm not sure if it is a defense mechanism, a lack of knowledge, or isolation from public school families, but I find it to be disingenuous and divisive.
I spend a lot of time following homeschool blogs, Facebook pages, and articles related to homeschooling, and I have seen several myths about homeschoolers repeatedly posted that are an inaccurate representation of reality. It's time for homeschoolers to stand up and set the record straight. I've been homeschooling my daughters off and on for 16 years, and we know lots of homeschooling families both in person and online. We also know lots of families that have chosen public and private schools. In my experience, these 5 claims are not supported by the facts.
Myths About the Superiority of Homeschoolers
Myth #1: Homeschoolers perform better than public school students academically.
Homeschoolers, like public schoolers, are all over the map academically. There have been studies done and debunked (usually due to poor methodology) about the academic performance of homeschoolers. It is almost impossible to get a random representative sample of homeschoolers for a statistically valid study, so even if homeschoolers did perform better we wouldn't know it.
Some homeschoolers perform better than they would have in an institutional setting because they get one on one attention, are allowed to fidget and move while learning instead of having to take medication, or do not have to deal with labels. Some children thrive in a classroom, are academically competitive, and benefit from positive academic "peer pressure". Some homeschoolers would benefit from the rich academic opportunities available in public and private schools. Some homeschoolers were brought home from schools because they were pressured to perform before they were at a stage of academic readiness. There are as many environmental and personal factors that affect the performance of homeschoolers as there are homeschoolers, and a study that accurately depicts homeschooler performance does not exist.
Reality: No one really knows how homeschoolers compare academically to their peers in public school when all factors are taken into consideration.
Myth #2: Homeschoolers are prodigies musically/athletically/intellectually.
This one is so outrageous that it is hard for me to even present an argument, but I still see comments from people suggesting that homeschoolers who win geography and spelling bees or make it into pro sports are representative of all homeschoolers. That is as ludicrous as suggesting that someone in public school is representative of all public schoolers. Yes, there are homeschoolers that participate in and even win spelling and geography bees. There are also public schoolers who do the same. And just like with public schoolers, the homeschoolers doing so represent a small minority of the whole. Whether it is athletics, music, art, theater, or academics, homeschoolers cover a broad range of abilities.
Reality: The homeschoolers in the news do not represent all homeschoolers.
Myth #3: Homeschoolers are better socialized than kids in public school.
I was guilty of pushing this myth when I first started homeschooling, but it was many years ago and I've matured. Socialization is defined as "to make social; especially : to fit or train for a social environment ... to adapt to social needs or uses". That covers a lot of ground, ranging from fitting in with your peers (which tends to be how critics define it) to acting appropriately for a situation (which tends to be how homeschool parents define it). Neither is exclusively true, but both together paint a picture that is somewhat more complete. As I've posted before, most people would say that they want their children to learn to function in a group setting, to learn respect for others, and to have the ability to get along with people of different ages, races, genders, and socioeconomic groups. Neither public school nor homeschooling is the source of those things. Instead, it is about how you parent and with whom your child spends time. Are there some homeschoolers who are socially awkward? Are there some public schoolers who are socially awkward? The answer to both is yes.
Socialization will continue to be a point of attack by critics and a defense for advocates, but the truth is somewhere in the middle. The personality of the child, the expectations of the adults in the child's life, and the definition of socialization all affect the determination of whether a child is "well-socialized". Too many people like to point to peer segregation and high student-to-teacher ratios in public schools and make the assumption that it necessarily means that homeschoolers are better socialized. When my daughter spent a year in public school in elementary school, as a whole the children in her class were much better behaved and respectful than the homeschoolers in our local "nature days" classes. That is just one anecdote, but it shows that assumptions are a bad idea.
Reality: Just like public schoolers, some homeschoolers are "well-socialized" and others are not.
Myth #4: Homeschoolers are more successful than public schoolers.
While it is true that many homeschoolers start earning college credit during high school or start their own businesses as teens, those experiences are not exclusive to homeschoolers. I have seen homeschoolers and public schoolers both that go on to be successful, and I've seen homeschoolers and public schoolers both that can't find jobs that pay a living wage. The drive of the student, the support of the parents, the opportunities the student has during the school years, and the opportunities available to them as adults all combine to create unique outcomes for each individual.
There are homeschool parents and public school parents who are giving their kids a great start and working hard to give them many and varied opportunities, and there are homeschool parents ("But those aren't real homeschoolers!") and public school parents that hinder their children's success in a variety of ways. Homeschooling can rescue some kids from what would have been sure failure in the public school system in certain cases, but in other cases public schooling might be the place where a child thrives.
Reality: Encouragement and support from parents are far more likely to determine whether a child will succeed than type of schooling.
Myth #5: Homeschooling guarantees that your kids will <insert ideology here>.
Whether the desired result is academic, political, religious, or social, there is no homeschool guarantee. An honest and respectful relationship with your children, whether they are homeschooled or in public/private school, is the best way to instill values and help your children work toward their goals. Homeschooling is not a magic pill that produces guaranteed results.
Reality: There are no guarantees for homeschoolers or anyone else.
Homeschooled kids as a whole are not any more socialized, academic, intellectual, athletic, musical, or entrepreneurial than their public and private schooled peers of the same socio-economic status with involved parents. Setting the standard that they are is harmful because it sends the message to our homeschooled children (who are paying a lot more attention to our attitudes than we often realize) that they have something to prove. When kids believe that they have something to prove and they don't meet that standard, they believe that they have somehow failed. Our kids have nothing to prove - let's stop sounding like they do.
Mary Ann Kelley lives in coastal North Carolina with her husband and has two grown daughters, both homeschool graduates. Mary Ann, who homeschooled off and on for 16 years, believes in school choice as well as allowing children to direct their own learning with guidance and input from their parents. Interviews with Mary Ann have been featured on Money.com, HuffPost, and in the Free Lance-Star newspaper. Her desire is to encourage parents and children to take personal responsibility for their own educational options and choices. In her free time, Mary Ann enjoys reading, cooking (check out her free meal plans), traveling, and genealogy. Learn more about Mary Ann →
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Originally published on May 23, 2015; Last updated on October 23, 2018 | Topics: Benefits of Homeschooling, Public Schools, Socialization
Ettina says:
I do think that homeschooling can improve social skills. Research has found that having siblings - but not a twin - boosts social skills, and that attending a mixed-age classroom results in better social skills than attending a class where everyone is less than a year apart. Given that, and how homeschool students tend to spend more time in mixed-age groups that regular schooled kids do, it stands to reason that there's probably an advantage in socialization.
Dotcom says:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2015/oct/27/just-the-one-the-misconceptions-of-the-only-child
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/fashion/12Studied.html
My husband is an only—as are the best of his colleagues. He has good friends, is very successful, and he is a wonderful husband and parent. The adults and children I've met with the worst social skills were usually from families of multiples that were so overextended the kids never got out much or had much one-on-one time with their parents. This can happen to an only as well, but it is much more common in larger families.
Chris James says:
I think the perception is that homeschooled kids are locked away in a little bubble. The reality is quite different. Not only do homeschooled kids have friends, but they have the opportunity to develop and grow strong friendships when they spend entire days together.
Td says:
I have to chime in- I've homeschooled my 11 children for about 20 years. I started out of necessity( we were military and moved frequently)and held many similar views as those expressed in your article. I thought it was, more or less, an equal path to conventional education, chosen with respect to invividual preference and circumstance. So when we settled in one place, I registered my older children in local private high schools. What astounded me is that the saturation of drug/alcohol/sex culture is so overwhelming that a kid would have to be capable of heroic virtue to resist becoming enmeshed. We are asking our kids to deal with and make solid judgements about these adult issues, testing character to the limit before the character has a chance to even form. The result- my two older sons dragged themselves in way over their heads. My second, in particular, a charismatic,social risk- taker,state champ athlete and incredible musician, was so derailed, he's still recovering at 22. I really feel I let them down.
My third (daughter) made consistently good decisions and did fine. So to me, it's kind of a crap-shoot. Will they adapt well or not? Are they ready, at 14, to " just say no" with peer pressure and bullying at an astounding high?
Maybe it's better parenting or just personality type, but I have found that the younger group, who I chose to keep home, are doing exceptionally well in all of these areas. They are very engaged in the community, on public school teams, have jobs, take classes at community colleges for credit and are strong, well- rounded individuals who have had ample time to form educated opinions on hazards of popular culture. I don't expect them to be prodigies, just want to give them a safe place to grow into the people God intended them to be. I really do not think that the dismal condition of our schools in areas of moral development can be underestimated.
Td, I'm sorry to hear that your sons had a hard time in their adjustment to school. It is heart breaking to have children involved in these things. However, while your experience associates those problems with your kids who attended school, I have also been homeschooling a long time and know homeschooled kids who have also encountered problems with drugs, alcohol, and other poor decisions, including teen pregnancies and running away. These have included homeschooled kids who were from quite "strict" Christian families who had many rules, kids whose parents I considered to be permissive, and even kids whose parents seemed to try so hard to keep to a middle ground.
I think this is what Mary Ann is saying -- there just aren't any guarantees. Does homeschooling help limit some of the negative influences and give kids more exposure to guidance by trusted adults? Yes, I believe it does. But not all homeschooled kids make it through their teens and twenties unscathed -- and many school kids seem to turn out just fine despite exposure to these things while they are in high school.
If homeschooling produced the perfect children that some contend it always produces, then everyone really would be homeschooling. Instead, we see that school works fine for some kids and homeschooling works fine for others. Because the parents are really involved with their kids, perhaps homeschooling tips the scales away from certain early experimentation. This makes sense -- there is generally greater supervision and guidance.
But overselling homeschooling doesn't make sense. It's not a panacea, and there are indeed kids who run into these same challenges even if they have been educated at home.
Amy Wilson says:
Excellent article, thank you! I think it's important to be realistic about homeschooling as one of many educational choices. Unrealistic expectations aren't healthy for kids, parents, or families. In addition, if you unrealistically regard homeschooling as "ideal" and other educational methods as "undesireable," then if family circumstances change, it may be harder to make a beneficial transition to another educational approach. Family attitudes about education, ethical behavior, treatment of other people, self-worth and human dignity, etc. are all more important than the educational setting, in my opinion.
By the way, I have one son (rising 11th grader) who has always been homeschooled, and a daughter (rising 9th grader) who was homeschooled until 8th grade. She chose public school last year and plans to attend public high school. It was an overwhelmingly positive experience for her and for our family. Homeschooling continues to be an overwhelmingly positive experience for my son.
JennC says:
Wow. Wrong all over the place. I won't even go into the studies and proofs of your wrongness. If you don't think there is a serious difference between kids in public school and kids not in public school, well that's just proof that you've homeschooled "off and on." The differences in these kids on a social level is glaringly different. Kids in school are socialized to their environment and atmosphere, namely an institution in which they are surrounded by children. They act accordingly. Homeschoolers are socialized to their environment and atmosphere, too, namely the real world. One set is influenced by and tends to mimic immature (read childish) behavior, while they other set is influenced by and tends to mimic adult behavior.
I had two kids, my eldest two, who spent the greater portion of their lives in the school system. The other three did not. The difference was profound. My younger children were more mentally mature at 10 than the others were at 17 or even 20 for that matter. The ones in school had an US vs THEM attitude about adults. The younger kids have never had that. The older kids were concerned with what kids thought; the younger (now adults) were more concerned with being good people.
As it stands, we only know homeschoolers in our area. However, when I get around family members who have kids, it is a very apparent who is in school and who is at home. The difference is striking.
Mary Ann Kelley says:
Hi Jenn - While I obviously haven't had your experiences and won't argue with them, you clearly haven't had mine. The public schooled kids that we are around are lovely, adjusted, mature young people going on to better the world. I attribute the success of a child largely to their environment and the expectations of those around them, for better or for worse. I've been around a wide variety of homeschoolers for 20 years now, and have seen both homeschoolers and public/private schoolers go on to college and adulthood, so I am very comfortable with my conclusions. The only striking difference that I see in the young adults I am around is the difference that comes from being raised in a loving and involved home, which is not limited to homeschooling.
Shawna says:
I hear that we are all people and therefore we all have our strengths and weaknesses. I do however, wish to disagree that homeschooling offers basically the same educationally and socially as does public school. Let's set aside for a moment the parents as well as school teachers that pervert the titles for which they have been empowered. So, molesters, bullies, zealots, racists... and so on that have infected all education aside, let's just focus on the well meaning of both public school and homeschool. In the area of nstitutional schooling, whether this teacher wishes too or not, they are supporting the status quo--Americans homeschool and home-rear for the first 3 to 5 years and then hire out these jobs for the next 12-13 years. For those 12-13 years they are expected to support and accept the limitations and shortcomings of this agreement for the implied release of sole culpability should the child fail to become a contributor. For homeschoolers it is different. They have pushed away from the tightly woven ties of the status quo and in doing have already begun to model and, thus teach a sort of pioneering, what-if-there-might-be-something-better mindset that cannot be taught in schools. Does it show up on state testing scores? No. It is not suited to standardizing at all. So one relying solely on outdated valuation methods would be completely blinded to it. Where are these methods developed? By the status quo. Homeschoolers fall outside that. Why is this a beneficial advantage? Because the one thing just about everyone agrees on regarding the world that us educators expect to be preparing our children/pupils for is that it is going to be vastly different than anything that has ever been before. In other words, no one has a clue how to prepare them. Of course we could both fail but instilling a what-if-there-might-be something-better mindset may allow these children to adapt where a wait-for-permission, blend-whenever-possible, don't-become-an-outlier mindset would have a much greater hardship taking those sharp mental turns that an unknown future contains. Another advantage that hasn't made it to popular testing is the power of strong family unity. This unity is the security net that institutionalized schooling was designed to break as it has the power to break nations. I feel that these are advantages that make homeschooling a necessary hope for a rapidly changing world.
April West says:
I whole-heartedly disagree with this. My child goes to public school and I consider myself just as evolved and dedicated to my son's education as homeschoolers. I do not consider my son to fit into the status quo but he is adapted to take the "outdated standardized test". That is a trait many successful working environment must possess. Parent involvement is key, yes homeschooling does provide parents with more opportunity to be involved, but I find it extremely offensive to state the public school parents sub their child's education out. I do not. Each academic year I access my son's weakness along with his strengths to know where my son may improve, than I purchase a curriculum that many homeschooler's use to supplement his education after school. Many things are learned at home that will follow a child through out a lifetime. Your home environment foster a child's success. That is what I believe the author is insinuating. No method is greater but what works for the child.
Carole Threewitt says:
Mayra - see Myth #1. You could google but be careful of your authority for the study.
Hi, I would like to know if there are studies about this and where could I find them. Thank you.


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