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GRABAR LAW INVESTIGATES POTENTIAL CLAIMS ON BEHALF OF SHAREHOLDERS OF TWIST BIOSCIENCE CORPORATION (NASDAQ: TWST)
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S&P: CME Group Inc. 'AA-/A-1+' Ratings Affirmed; Outlook Remains Stable
"CME Group has performed slightly better than we expected for the 12 months ended June 30, 2016," said S&P Global Ratings credit analyst Olga Roman. "The company's revenue in the first six months of 2016 was up approximately 11% from the same period in 2016." CME Group's total average daily volume (ADV) was about 16 million contracts for the first six months of 2016, up 13% from 14.1 million in the first half of 2015, driven by both financial and commodity products. The company's EBITDA margin was 70% as of June 30, 2016, and we expect the company to continue to operate with an EBITDA margin around 70%, above most of its peers'.
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The stable outlook reflects our expectation that CME Group will remain a leader in the global derivatives markets and will maintain minimal financial risk over the next 18-24 months. The outlook also factors in our assumption that CME Group clearinghouses will not relax their financial safeguards as a means to protect market share from potential competitive threats.
We could lower the ratings on CME Group if it loses substantial market share in some of its more important listed contracts or if it pursues more aggressive financial policies, such that FFO to debt declines below 50% or adjusted debt to EBITDA increases to more than 1.75x on a sustained basis. Additionally, we could lower the ratings if its financial safeguards materially weaken.
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President of Oreokasto parent association union steps down
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The president of the union of parents and guardians associations in Oreokastro Athanasios Tsolakidis announced his decision to step down, in response to a controversial ‘unanimous decision’ on banning child refugees from attending a school in the area.
According to an interview the former president gave to the Praktorio 104.9 radio station, he did not sign or take the controversial decision and claimed that there was confusion on how the press release was written.
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Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919) Oarsmen at Chatou, 1879
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Recital by Tom Pickles and Olivia Chew
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|Title:||2-Methylhexadec-2-ene from Phyllanthus niruri Linn.|
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|Abstract:||2-Methylhexadec-2-ene 1 has been isolated from farm-grown Phyllanthus niruri Linn. and its structure has been determined by IR, 1H NMR and mass spectroscopic methods.|
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Warren Buffett might be the Oracle of Omaha but did you know he has a close friend named Charlie Munger—a right-hand man, confidante, and friend—who is as good or even better than Buffett when it comes to investing?
The 93-year old Munger, considered by others as careful as Buffett, is not shying away from such banter or reflections. According to Yahoo! Finance, Munger is a practical investor who keeps it straight and simple. He follows these three rules which can be copied by anyone: you don’t need to be a genius, don’t be stupid and know what works and stick with it. In simple terms, these three are also how Munger classifies smart investors from ones that fail.
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A lot of these so-called experts and gurus could give their pieces of advice and tips. On the other hand, it is another thing if the mentor is a living proof of his or her talk. Per Forbes, Munger’s estimated net worth is at $1.63 billion. As vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, he is considered one of the closest friends of Buffett. He is number 1, 376 among the billionaires in the world in the list by Forbes and ranks 446th in the list of billionaires in the U.S. He knows what he is talking about and he walks the talks.
What makes it even more special for Munger is that he was a dropout from the University of Michigan but was able to get Doctor of Jurisprudence from the Harvard University. He is also an avid fan of reading. “In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn’t read all the time—none. You’d be amazed at how much Warren reads—and how much I read. My children laugh at me. They think I’m a book with a couple of legs sticking out,” a quote he shared with The Mission.
Included in his must-read list are the following: “Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion,” “Living within Limits: Ecology, Economics, and Population Taboos,” “Deep Simplicity: Bringing Order to Chaos and Complexity,” “Fiasco: The Inside Story of a Wall Street Trader” and Andrew Carnegie.
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Author David Clark of the book called “The Tao of Charlie Munger” says that Munger follows three rules for a fulfilling and long-lasting career: Don’t sell anything you wouldn’t buy yourself, don’t work for anyone you don’t respect and admire and work only with people you enjoy. In short, follow your passion and everything else follows.
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Start in a house facing stairs. To your right is a closed door. If you turn around, you notice that the exit door is open. As you advance, steam comes from the grates in front and the exit door closes. Go to the room on the left and see a camouflaged door in the middle of the bookcase against the far wall. Look up to see a fence around the room. Go out, turn left, and go to the left room behind the stairs. There is another camouflaged door in the corner. Notice the picture on the wall. Pick up a small Medi pack (1) beside a blue window. Out and go straight to the right room behind the stairs. Kill the poisonous mutant (1) in the kitchen and go back to the start point. Go up the stairs to the left and go into the first room to the right. Kill the three rats (2,3,4) in the bedroom. There is a large Medi pack (2) on the right corner table. Exit and turn right and pick up a small Medi pack (3) underneath the rising stairs. Follow counter clock-wise to another open doorway with green walls. Duck to avoid the darts shooting from the walls. At the end you are in a room with a large statue but with nothing to do.
Go back and now use the stairs to the third floor. At the top, go straight and follow the fence to a key lock. No key yet, so go back and go to room opposite this one. Go inside and kill a rat (5). On the right stairs you pick up a small Medi pack (4). See the picture on the wall. Climb into it and turn a wheel and get a cut scene of the camouflaged door in a room corner opening. This picture trick took a long time to find. Go outside and follow clock-wise to the doorway in the far right corner. You can climb through the wall in the right hand corner near the railing. It does nothing, just a funny bug. I found this occurrence in many places. Inside the room pick up a small Medi pack (5) in the right corner the windows. If you climb the left stair near the windows slow enough, you get a cut scene of the outside of the building. At the open window, you see gate to the right, another statue, and a green maze. Turn around at the broken window. Drop and grab, then climb the wall down to the ground. You see a poisonous mutant near the closed gate. As you walk around the area, two poisonous mutants (6,7) and a rat (8) attack. Kill them. I found no items.
Behind the statue, climb the ladder into the hole. Get left at the first landing and climb the ladder at the other end. At the top, back flip so you can safely kill a poisonous creature (9) on the other side. Then kill the rat (10) that nips at your heels. There is nothing on the creature side. Walk down the section the rat came from. A skeleton impaled on spikes shoots from the walls. There is nothing here either. Go back to follow the first ladder to the bottom. Get inside a cave and jump into the water. Climb back out and see a climbable wall. Climb it to an alcove in the left corner. From here jump up and grab a monkey swing and go to the other side. Slide down and turn right. Time jumps through the flame emitters and get the Smuggler's Key (6). Get back through the flames or carefully jump down and walk through the spikes to get back. Either go right on the blocks to use a monkey swing or dive in and swim back. Go up the ladder and return to the house.
Use the key in the only key lock you have found and the bookcase opens in the room below. Go there to get two rats (11,12) and pick up the Serpent Stone (7) from a block. Go back to the room with the camouflaged door in the corner that should be open. Go to the end to place the Serpent Stone and get a cut scene of a trapdoor opening in a corner of the kitchen. Go there and drop down. Slide down and jump over the spikes. You are in a large basement area below the steaming grates. In the middle is a deep pit with water. Go to the far side and down a ladder into what looks like a sewer area. Turn around and you see four corridors. One behind you and one to the left with a short ladder beside it. One to the right and one in front where you can see a pool and some flames.
Go into the corridor behind you and kill a large mutant (13). Go to the end drop down and grab a crevice. Shimmy right to a ladder and climb to the floor. Get a small Medi pack (8) from the corner. Go through the door slowly as the camera angle changes. Hit KEY PAD 0 to recover. In the right corner is an alcove. To the left is a closed door. Kill the rat (14) and the poisonous creature (15) in the pit. Go down to get a large Medi pack (9) and go the alcove. Kill two rats (16,17) before entering the crawlspace. Follow to the other side and grab a crevice. Shimmy left to the far side. Turn a wheel to open the gate and go back there. Enter a reddish room with a ramp. Kill two rats (18,19) and pick up a large Medi pack (10) from the floor. Go up the ramp to a greenish room and get a small Medi pack (11). Climb a ladder on the side of one of the columns. At the top, turn around and jump to an alcove. Press the button and get a cut scene of a fireplace in the house with the fire now off. This clears the exit way back to the house. Jump back to the first column and drop into the sewer tunnels again.
Go to the short ladder on the left wall. Go to the right of the ladder up a greenish inclined corridor. Notice a door on the left wall. Go to the end and pull up into a hole on the left wall. Pull up into a room and walk to the right open area as an impaled skeleton shoots out at you. Go further and see a door on the right side and kill two rats (20,21). Go back and climb the stairs and jump to a pillar at the top. Turn the wheel and the open in the corridor opens. Go there and jump into a reddish trench to pick up the Smuggler's Key (12) at the right end. Go back to the short ladder and climb in but be careful of the spikes. Pick up a small Medi pack (13) and notice the key lock on the wall. Use the Smuggler's Key and the other door you saw opens. Go there but be careful of a large mutant (22) who attacks you. Kill it and go through the door. Be careful of the drop. On one side pick up a large Medi pack (14) and on the other side pick up a Serpent Stone #1 (15). Jump the pit and on the other side and kill two rats (23,24) and pick up some flares (16). This way is the exit back to the house but it is too early to go there do get back to the short ladder.
From the short ladder go to the corridor straight ahead. At a T-junction, kill three rats (25,26,27) and pick up a large Medi pack (17). Go left and dive into the water. Swim to the other side and pull up into a room. Go down a ladder in a corner, up a ramp and run down the corridor to a wheel. Turn the wheel and the flames go off at the pool area. Go there and use the platforms to the other side. Turn around and kill the three fish (28,29,30). Dive in and pick up a Serpent Stone #2 (18) from the pool bottom.
You face three tunnels with movable blocks at the end. Pull of the left block up to the turnoff. Run around the entrance and pull it into the turnoff. Go back down the first tunnel and at the end pick up a Serpent Stone #3 (19). GO back to the turnoff and push the block back to where it was. If the block is pulled straight back to the entrance, it sticks and cannot be pushed back and you are stuck as well. Do he same procedure to the right block and find nothing behind it. Pull out the centre block to where you can go behind it. Go down the tunnel to a T-junction. Left are a key lock and a door so go to the right and up a ramp. As you enter the room kill three rats (31,32,33). There is a closed gate in front of you. On the left wall are a candle and a skeleton. Pick up the Smuggler’s Key (20) from the skeleton and return to the key lock.
Use the key and open the door. Go down a ramp and kill a large mutant (34) and another large creature (35) from the doorway. The large creature explodes and leaves no body. In the middle is a column with places for three Serpent Stones and a key. In a deep corner of one pool pick up a Smuggler's Key (21). Place the four items. Each time you use an item you get a cut scene of the house exit door. On the last item the cut scene shows the small door near the exit door opening. Go back to the exit route where you found the flares. Go to the and climb the side wall. At the top go right and down a short corridor. Turn left and go through the fireplace. Pick up a small Medi pack (22) and shotgun shells (23) beside it. Near the window are shotgun shells (24). Near the door are shotgun shells (25). Go out the door back into the house.
Go down to the first floor to the recently open door and go into the room. Run up the steps on the left to get the shotgun (26). Kill the two large mutants (36,37) chasing you. Jump the gap over the spikes and skeleton to the other ledge. Press the button on the wall to open the main exit door. Go back out of this room. If you run toward the exit door from here, the door closes as you pass over the original trigger again. Go to the right following the wall, pass in front of the stairs, turn left and then follow the wall to the open room in the corner. From here follow the wall and approach the exit door from the right side. The door stays open and you exit the level.
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Family fun this weekend: 'Star Wars' in the park, dinos on display, Dia Del Ninos, vintage shopping
No one style fits every collector. Some prefer French country, shabby chic, steampunk or midcentury modern items.
The Junk in the Trunk Vintage Market this weekend caters to many tastes with items from more than 150 vendors from around the country.
The market was founded in 2011 by Lindsey and Kevin Holt and Coley Arnold as a backyard event with a little more than 20 vendors. The team now puts on two markets in Scottsdale and three in California every year.
Before starting their market, Lindsey Holt made barn-wood signs and Arnold repurposed furniture. Their passion for vintage and antique items drove them to create their market.
The vendors for this weekend's market come from many backgrounds and sell a wide array of items, such as antique signs, midcentury modern furniture and vintage clothing and toys.
Arnold said each version of the market is different because the vendors bring one-of-a-kind antiques and vintage collectibles each time.
“Because the vendors do come from different places, they gather different types of items that you can only find in those places,” Arnold said.
Many vendors have gone on to open their own online or brick-and-mortar businesses.
“That’s one of the most rewarding things for the three of us is to be a place where small business owners grow,” Kevin Holt said.
The market has become more family-friendly this year with the addition of a children’s area with crafts, a community mural and a moms lounge.
The event will also have a display of restored Volkswagen buses, live music, food trucks, a mobile salon and photo-op areas.
Those who want a first look at items can take part in a VIP shopping experience Friday night. The VIP ticket also includes early admission on Saturday, tickets for the Saturday and Sunday markets, a complimentary beverage and a Junk in the Trunk canvas bag.
Festival goers will receive $1 off admission when they bring donation items such as disinfectant wipes, diapers and feminine hygiene products for Maggie’s Place, a non-profit that serves pregnant women and mothers in need.
Some proceeds from ticket sales go to Mission One’s Kijabe Women’s Sewing Project, a training program for Kenyan women.
Details: VIP shopping is 5-9 p.m. Friday, April 27. Regular market is 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, April 28-29. WestWorld of Scottsdale, 16601 N. Pima Road. $65 for VIP, $25 for early Saturday entry, $8 general admission, free for age 12 and younger, $5 for parking. junkinthetrunkvintagemarket.com.
Dinosaurs in the Desert
Dinosaurs inspire awe in adults and children alike, but it is rare to experience them as more than fossils in a museum.
The Phoenix Zoo’s Dinosaurs in the Desert exhibition lets guests engage with dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus rex, Stegosaurus, Utahraptor, Carnotaurus, Diabloceratops and Citipati. The exhibit, along the Desert Lives Trail, ends April 30.
The animatronic dinosaurs, which move and make noise, were designed in colors similar to desert creatures such as the Gila monster, jaguar and Gambel's quail.
Among the creatures on display are two winning entries from a dinosaur design competition.
As visitors roam the trail, they can learn about the dinosaurs from experts and educational displays, take part in a fossil dig and snap pictures in prehistoric photo-op areas.
During Dinosaurs in the Desert Trading Card Day on April 28, children can start or add to their collections of dinosaur trading cards. Zoo staff will hand out cards along the trail while supplies last.
Details: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily through Monday, April 30. Phoenix Zoo, 455 N. Galvin Parkway. $26.95-$28.95 for zoo admission and dinosaur exhibition for adults, $16.95-$18.95 for ages 3-13, free for age 2 and younger. 602-286-3800. phoenixzoo.org.
For many Valley residents, their interaction with their neighbors is limited to a hello in passing, and they may only be aware of city services from the bills they receive in the mail.
Peoria’s Parkfest series educates residents about city services in a more engaging way and provides a space for them to interact with their neighbors and families. The events take place at various parks in Peoria throughout the year.
The last Parkfest of the season is at Camino a Lago Park. There will be an outdoor screening of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi," free hot dogs and beverages, a bicycle giveaway and helmet fittings, a painting project and a climbing wall.
Children can test their skills on a bike rodeo course in which they maneuver past obstacles and observe safety rules such as stopping at stop signs. Peoria police officers will be on hand to talk to children about bicycle safety.
Details: 6:30-9:30 p.m. Saturday, April 28. Camino a Lago Park, 1111 N. 98th Ave., Peoria. Free. 623-773-7137. peoriaaz.gov/specialevents.
Dia del Niño
Engaging with other cultures can help children become more well-rounded, and having these experiences with their families can make them even more formative.
The Heard Museum’s celebration of Dia del Niño, a Mexican holiday honoring children’s contributions to society, offers art activities, storytelling, music and dance performances, face painting and games.
Children can try out instruments at an instrument "petting zoo," create pony bead bracelets, experiment with printmaking, make ojos de dios and paper flowers and test their pitching and hitting skills.
The event will highlight local performers from the Ballet Folklorico Itzamatul Del Valle de Sol dance troupe, the Harmony Project Mariachi Group and Los Sagoritos.
Youngsters are encouraged to visit museum galleries as part of the Explorer Passport Program. Participants can enter to win prizes such as museum memberships, Arizona Diamondbacks swag and tickets and gifts cards to the museum café.
Details: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, April 29. Heard Museum, 2301 N. Central Ave., Phoenix. Free admission for children 12 and younger with up to two accompanying parents or guardians. 602-252-8840, heard.org.

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Mind the gap: The inflation outlook depends on it.
In many parts of the world, demand is growing faster than supply as vaccination rollouts continue and restrictions on gathering and travel are lifted. This is especially true in North America and some emerging regions such as Central and Eastern Europe. In these economies, the pace of price increases has accelerated, leading to heightened concerns about inflation. Mainland China is the one major exception, where robust growth has been supply-led. Thus, despite a strong post-COVID-19 rebound in the Chinese economy, inflationary pressures are muted.
Even in the economies where the output gap is closing rapidly, labor force participation rates remain below pre-pandemic levels, meaning there is scope for more labor supply growth, which could ease the current labor crunch. Moreover, there is the possibility that labor productivity growth will increase during the post-pandemic recovery. Both of these trends could increase growth in potential GDP and slow the narrowing of the output gaps. The larger the output gap and the greater the slack in labor markets, the more room the economy has to expand before it hits capacity constraints, which in turn will crank up the pressure on price and wage inflation.
While inflation is rising and will continue to rise over the coming year, in most parts of the world, this increase will likely be temporary. The post-pandemic spurt in demand growth will slow, even as output gaps are closing. The removal of stimulus is a key factor behind our predictions of slowing GDP growth in 2022 and 2023. Moreover, we anticipate that supply (notably in labor markets) will respond to strong demand, mitigating some of the price (and wage) pressures.
Inflation Outlook: United States
The US economy will be one of a handful to close the output gap rapidly in 2021 and 2022. In 2021, real GDP growth (at 6.7%) will be the most rapid in the developed world. Growth in 2022 (4.7%) will remain well above trend, before returning to trend in 2023 and beyond. All this means that real GDP will surpass its previous peak in the current quarter and that the output gap will be closed by mid-2022. The previous peak in employment is also expected to be regained by mid-2022, with the unemployment rate falling to 3.5% by mid-2023. Not surprisingly, inflationary pressures are picking up and there is a fierce debate going on about how "transitory" this inflation spurt will be.
The intensity of the US debate about inflation points to the considerable uncertainty around estimates of potential GDP and its key components: productivity and the labor force. The civilian labor force participation rate has been declining gradually for the past two decades from around 67% in 2001 to a little over 63% right before the pandemic. It then plunged to nearly 60% in the spring of 2020 but has since recovered—it reached 61.7% in April. The plunge in the participation rate was especially pronounced for some demographic groups.
The participation rate for mothers with small children is still around 3.5% lower than in January 2020—a larger gap than men with small kids, and both men and women with no young kids. There has also been a sharp increase in the past year (around 3 million) in the number of people 65 years and older (with no disabilities) who are no longer in the labor force. There is potentially also a mismatch of skills and jobs, which explains (in part) why job openings are at record levels, while employment also remains well below the pre-pandemic peak.
While in April the official unemployment rate was 6.1%, one alternative measure, favored by US Fed Chair Jerome Powell, suggests that the unemployment rate was around 9%. All this implies that the US economy probably has "more room to run" and that the continued recovery in the labor force participation rate will help to keep inflationary pressures in check. IHS Markit analysts expect that temporary pressures will push US core inflation significantly above 2% in 2021, after which inflation will subside to near 2%.
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I do hope that the "speeds" at which the car traveled in the video are
not representative of the best it can do. In the U.S. the driver would
almost certainly be run over and killed on the first commute. Sadly and
ironically, it might be a Prius that ran over him.
Here's the prize, Toyota: 1000 km @ 120 kph, eight-hour charge. 2000 km
@ 60 kph, eight-hour charge. Charge-time and distance relationship to
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Richard Jackman and Mary, his wife to Christopher Clarke deed, 19 January 1790, Lincoln County,
KY Deed Book A, pp. 427-428, KDLA film 192238.
19 Jan 1790, Richard Jackman and Mary, his wife of Lincoln County to Christopher Clark of
Lincoln County deed. Consideration 10 L. Tract of 100 acres in Lincoln County on waters of Dicks River.
Beg at William Marshall's corner at a white oak, sugar tree, and ash.
S 30 E 140 poles to two beeches & white oak in Jackman's line.
S 10 W 115 poles to two elms and blackwater oak.
N 80 W 140 poles to red oak and two beeches in Marshall's line.
N 10 E with Marshall's line to Beg.
Acknowledge in person by Richard and Mary Jackman in Court, 19 Jan 1790. Mary released dower.

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Advocating for English Learners: Selected Essays
reviewed by Theresa Austin - October 07, 2008
If you had less than 200 pages to present a case that has been controversial for more than three decades, you would want to read James Crawford's text. A journalist who became increasingly an advocate for bilingual education, Crawford writes in an easy-to-access style that makes complex issues approachable and understandable. As his stature grew, through his prolific coverage of issues in the field of language policy, Crawford was asked to become the executive director of the National Association for Bilingual Education. During the two years at its helm, Crawford's advocacy agenda was not fully embraced by several board members, resulting in his ouster. While this level of controversy was personal, the move allowed Crawford to lead another budding organization, the Institute for Language and Education Policy, designed to use research to inform policy making that affects English and heritage language learners.
The entire collection zigzags through a little more than a decade of issues surrounding U.S. language policies for educating immigrant children who are learners of English. The collection of essays from 1996-2007 compiles several previously-released commentaries, speeches, web articles, and his own testimony to Congress as well as several revised and new articles. Rather than ordering the collection chronologically, it mimics the recurrent controversies surrounding bilingualism: the dominant groups' lack of understanding of how second language is effectively learned for schooling, the persuasive yet distorted media coverage of these issues, the changing discourses used to support the use of immigrant children's primary language in public school, the inadequacy of measurements that do not take into account the wide range of learners academic backgrounds and English language and literacy levels, and the lack of a powerful advocacy agenda by professional groups committed to educating this population. Overall, Crawford is consistent and forceful about the need for making advocacy a high priority for the field.
The book starts with an introduction that situates Crawford as a journalist awakening to the controversy brewing over bilingual education. As he proceeds to cover these stories, he gradually becomes inducted into an advocacy position. Out of his critical coverage of events was born a conviction that challenged established educators at all levels to do more, and pushed the professions of bilingual and TESOL educators to take up leadership in advocacy. It is this very advocacy that became controversial and compelled him to leave to found a new organization that would more vigorously take up the call. Throughout the collection, Crawford presents the dominant criticism of bilingual education efforts to meaningfully educate immigrant children for school success. He carries this out primarily through analyses of legislation, state data, the political actions of members of an organization called U.S. English, the aspiring California politician, Ron Unz, and the media's complicity. Crawford clearly presents the arguments of bilingual education opponents and even more carefully researches facts that overwhelmingly disrupt their positions. He asserts that this is the major responsibility of the media, one that was not lived up to during the critical periods of voting to restrict bilingual education programs. Crawford does not leave his critical eye fixed only on the opponents of bilingual education but also on those who support it. His understanding of the shifting political discourses indicates that advocacy also needs to shift but not loose sight of the integrity of its position on civil rights for the most vulnerable populations, that is, immigrants and their children who are learning ESL. The assemblage of facts, his accounts of first hand-experience, and his ability to make the complexities understandable make this a compelling book to read. A brief outline of what is argued in each chapter is presented below.
In the first essay, a policy brief, Crawford reviews the 2000 Census data and focuses on the construction of questions regarding language use in the U.S. Crawford demonstrates how the ambiguities in the wording of Census questions make the responses unreliable data and a disservice to understanding the U.S.'s diverse cultural and linguistic landscape. Crawford states, It is disappointing that the census has no plans to revise the current questions on language, which have been used since 1980." The multiple ways in which the questions lead to both over- and under-reporting result in an inaccurate representation of the actual state of diversity. (See Leeman (2004) for a detailed analysis of discourses signaled by the historical perspectives on immigrants and their language throughout the census years.) The hidden cost is the actual loss of heritage languages resources that could contribute to the U.S.
Crawford chooses to place his editorial on monolingualism in the U.S. following these census data to show how attitudes about being multilingual are responsible for the abandoning of mother tongue through acculturation, a misunderstanding of what it means to become bilingual through instruction and provocation of the dominant group's fear. This chapter introduces two opposing organizations, English Only and English Plus, and the public's lack of understanding about bilingualism.
The third essay, a commentary commissioned in 1999 but revised in 2007, addresses how heritage languages are not being recognized as a resource to be "tapped" and proceeds to explain why and how. Crawford advocates building reading materials in heritage languages: "investing in public and school libraries in minority communities would be a feasible, cost effective means of enhancing such skills" (p. 27).
In the fourth essay, "Plus ça Change ," a 2004 editorial for a bilingual family newsletter, Crawford presents examples of the use of other languages as symbolic capital. Political leaders from both Democratic and Republican parties are both shown to draw on the use of other languages, albeit mistakenly, through their blunders and gaffes.
In the fifth essay, "Concern or Intolerance: What's Driving the Anti-bilingual Campaign?", another commentary for a Southern California newspaper in 1998, Crawford puzzles through the Unz campaign that claims to "support immigrants." In essence he points out the reiteration of false reasoning and lack of scrutiny of facts when it is especially warranted. Among the falsehoods perpetuated is the purported failure of bilingual education. This leads to the scapegoating of bilingual education for all the failures of the educational system.
In the sixth essay, "The Bilingual Education Story: Why Can't the News Media Get it Right," a presentation to Hispanic Journalists in 1998, Crawford critiques journalists who did not "serve the voters or the schoolchildren of Californians" (p. 49). The time frame is the aftermath of California's Prop. 227, the proposition championed by Unz to restrict bilingual education and promote English-only in schools there. Crawford outlines the factors that were instrumental in the passage of this proposition and the media's coverage. Among the factors discussed in this essay are the anti-immigrant concern and fear exhibited by a populace largely uninformed about bilingual education, and thus "vulnerable to Unzs campaign of Big Lies"; Latino celebrities and average people's endorsements; and the opposition's lateness in responding through journalists to a need for educating the public, hence a failure to create a more balanced coverage. These arguments are repeated throughout the remaining chapters. But in this section, Crawford points his finger at the very nature of the news media that focuses on certain pollsters who basically "did not get it right." His clear prose points out the contradictions in the positions represented by the media about bilingual education that were left unexplained, inaccurately reported, or overlooked. Issues were thus conflated, and by the time of the vote, what was echoed were the Big Lies. Untruths were perpetuated because the media became the battleground for a war of sound bites (p. 45). Thus key facts were overlooked or treated as merely opinions, and fictions like the invented term sheltered English immersion remained more memorable.
In the seventh essay, "Ten common fallacies about bilingual education," written as an earlier ERIC Digest publication, Crawford lays out what appear to be the ten common persistent myths about language acquisition and immigrants. Readers can test their own understanding of bilingual education by reading this chapter.
The eighth essay, "Agenda for Inaction," is a reprinted response to a journal article in 2002 where Crawford fully denounces the failure of established organizations to become more political despite the growing politicalization. He argues,
As a result, decisions on how to teach English learners are being made not in the classroom, but in legislative chambers and voting booths; not on the basis of educational research data, but on the basis of public opinion, often passionate but rarely informed. (p. 59 )
As part of misinformation, advocacy by the anti bilingual groups perpetuated a belief that bilingual education "had become a means of fostering ethnic identity at the expense of teaching English" (p. 61). As this position further politicized bilingual education, Crawford warns researchers that the advice not to become political is "a bit like preaching disarmament in response to invading Cossacks. Not a very effective tactic for the peasants" (p. 62).
In the succeeding essay, "Accountability vs. Science in the Bilingual Education Debate," written in 2002 as a policy brief, Crawford tackles the issue of evaluating English language learners under scrutiny by considering the arguments put forth by standardized testing results. His analysis uncovers widespread misuse of tests in a political context because they are perceived to be more credible than teachers. At the same time, Crawford notes that the language researchers with expertise are dismissed by newsmedia and politicians like Unz. Hence we see the impossibility of representing the accuracy of the achievements under bilingual education. Within the discourse of "no excuses" put forth by NCLB, standardized English test scores have been reported as evidence of gains under English only. Challenging this wisdom, Crawford closely examines the weaknesses of standardized testing for accurately measuring students' achievement. The variation in defining proficiency and the redesignation rates of students from one proficiency category to another manipulates the success rates rather than reflecting actual gains in proficiency. In closing, Crawford unravels the misattribution of Oceanside, California's test score rise to English only under Proposition 227. His discussion clearly shows how decisions about "how to teach ELLs are increasing based on what is politically, not pedagogically effective."
In "Hard Sell: Why is Bilingual Education so Unpopular with the American Public, a 2003 policy brief, Crawford traces the historical shifts in public opinion polls in three different states and how the rhetorical explanations for or against bilingual education shaped these opinions. Both the media and advocacy groups' negative and imbalanced portrayals of bilingual education are blamed for shifting public opinion. Crawford explores whether ignorance and/or racism are to blame for the dominant group's voters. Effective strategies used by politicians and media portrayed bilingual education as impeding integration and perpetuating favors for the largely Spanish speaking groups. Using test scores without giving their context of redesignation, Unz was able to repeat an inaccurate representation of bilingual education as a failed program. The battles fought in California's Proposition 227, Colorado's Proposition 31, Massachusetts' Question 2, and earlier in Arizona's proposition 106 (2000) shared similar messages due to the backers of Unz's strategies. Crawford identifies why, in all cases except Colorado, bilingual education proponents were defeated. The trumping card in Colorado played on racial bigotry and self interests to preserve bilingual programs for language minority children.
In an editorial column, "Has Two Way Been Oversold," Crawford explores the growing appeal of two-way bilingual programs, which serve only a sliver of bilingual learners and English-speaking children. He questions how children are classified as a major issue in measuring the success rate. He concludes that "by all indications, the two-way model is well adapted to meet those goals for academically advantaged children, whatever their language background" (p. 99). His caution is a stance that again asks the fundamental question "does one-size-fits-all serve the varied needs of ELLs?"
The next essay, "Surviving the English Only Assault: Public Attitudes and the Future of Language Education," was written in 1996 as a keynote address to the professionals in Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages. It is curious to note that although this essay was written prior to the battles already discussed in the previous essay, it fits in as a strange prediction in the flow of the book's narrative. Crawford urges responsible TESOL professionals to carefully examine programs serving immigrants, and he pinpoints a key issue in his statement, "the English-Only movement is not about promoting English" but rather about "restricting the use of other languages, scapegoating the immigrants for many of this country's problems, limiting the rights of language minority groups, and manipulating ethnic fears and animosities for partisan advantage" (p. 103). Crawford describes the budget cuts for programs that teach English to immigrant groups, various English-Only legislation, the misinformation that is perpetuated about the historical linguistic diversity of this country, the false threat of other languages, and the purported high costs and inaccurate information on how bilingual education works and how second languages are learned. Crawford lists how teachers can use their roles as credible advocates to mobilize communities at multiple levels to be proactive.
"Official English Legislation: Bad for Civil Rights, Bad for America's Interests, and even Bad for English," is a transcript of Crawford's testimony in 2006 to the US. House Committee on Education and Labor and the Sub-committee on Education Reform. Here he supplies examples of his work as an advocate in providing a well-reasoned position against adopting English as an official language. His arguments draw on the history of U.S. democratic principles, facts about the rate of immigration and the rate of Americanization that do not warrant such a policy, the chronic shortage of ESL instruction that demonstrates a real need, and school personnel's obligation to communicate meaningfully with immigrant parents, all of which are used to argue against language restriction to English only. He bolsters his case with other reports of "language vigilantism" across the U.S. that fuels "race hatred" and ignites ethnic conflicts, while English-Only is promoted as a goal to "unite Americans." Crawford also argues that the amount allocated by the National Security Language initiative to fund the study of critical languages such as Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Russian and Farsi is far too little. He presents a strong case for English Plus rather than English Only, stating, "Rather than treating bilingualism as a nuisance or threat, we should exploit our diversity to enrich the lives of individuals and foster the nation's interests, while encouraging ethnic tolerance and safeguarding civil rights" (p.123).
In his last five essays, Crawford analyzes the effects of the Bush Administration's No Child Left Behind policy on federal involvement in bilingual education. "The Bilingual Education Act 1968-2002: An Obituary" is a policy brief prepared in 2002 for the Language Policy Research Unit at Arizona State University. Here Crawford examines the increased federal spending provided for the English Language Acquisition Act as a tool to reverse the gains in bilingual education and stress skills in English only. He notes how the erasure of the word "bilingual" was cemented by the renaming of the Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs as the Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited-English-Proficient Students, as well as the change in the name of the National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education.
In "No Child Left Behind: Misguided Approach to School Accountability for English Language Learners," a paper presented in a 2004 forum sponsored by the Center of Education Policy in Washington, Crawford points out fundamental flaws in current assessment of ELL and identifies what could be done, citing research and proposing more valid and comprehensive approaches to inform the instruction of ELLs.
In "A Diminished Vision of Civil Rights," Crawford documents the effects of a discursive shift in the vision of accountability to learners that is limited to test scores. He identifies how this shift marginalizes poorer schools and restricts their curriculum to test preparation, increases the achievement gap, and produces a "diminished vision of civil rights." The effects, he argues, show little meaningful accountability and push students out of education while blaming teachers, learners and schools.
"The Decline of Bilingual Education in the USA: How to Reverse a Troubling Trend" continues the discussion of the effects of invalid high stakes testing, using California as the main example. Here the focus is on how testing in English enforces punishment if the scores do not rise. Hence the decline in bilingual education, the minimal increase in two-way education to serve larger immigrant groups, and the increasingly demanding annual progress indicators all point to a trend toward enforcing all English programs. Crawford's analysis show that "No Child Left Behind espouses the cruel fiction that ELLs can meet the same levels of proficiency as their English-speaking peers before acquiring English, the language of instruction in most schools" (p. 148). Consequently, accountability must be measurable not only in outcomes but also in the progress made to improve instruction that removes language barriers as required by the Equal Educational Opportunities Act (1974).
In the end, after reading Crawford's text, one understands why the masses in the U.S. made such a huge mistake in negatively assessing bilingual education. The myths and misunderstandings are still with us, and Crawford accurately describes the somber future of language rights essentially being a struggle for civil rights: "when the political strength of Hispanics and other minorities catches up with their numbers, their civil rights are likely to be realized." He calls out to various groups and addresses what each can do to advocate for the fair treatment of immigrant education with regard to academic and language needs, including primary language instruction. Making these arguments across the collection of essays, not only highlights a careful analysis of the issues but models how to craft the message to the various audiences that need to hear it: the general public, educators, and legislators, etc.
One weakness of the text is one typically found in a collection of essays - the overall responsibility to build coherence among the essays lies with the reader. A brief foreword to each chapter could have identified the chapter with the period in which it was written and thus oriented the reader to the temporal deictics in the texts. This could explain why there is some redundancy with regard to arguments made about testing and challenges to particular politicians in the chapters. Aside from minor details, the lack of chronology or numbering of the essays, this text offers valuable insights on language policy in the education of immigrant children learning English.
Leeman, J. (2004). Racializing language: A history of linguistic ideologies in the US Census. Journal of Language and Politics 3(3), 507534.

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Prasa's R22m debt may lead to Park Station coming to a halt
The legal action could see thousands of commuters who depend on trains at Joburg’s Park Station daily becoming stranded as the entity’s coaches face possible seizure by the court.
Prasa was on Thursday at the South Gauteng High Court, denied its appeal application seeking to overturn a September judgment allowing its assets to be attached for not paying service provider Mbita Consulting.
Mbita’s emboldened legal representatives told The Star that following the ruling, which also delivered a costs order against Prasa, Park Station would come to a halt as the sheriff would stop the trains from moving should Prasa not pay up within 48 hours from Wednesday.
“We feel sorry for the passengers, but they would need to speak with Prasa because it has been defying court orders since 2015 to pay a contracted service provider.
“We will also attach and remove computers, desks and other equipment from Umjantshi House (Prasa’s offices in the Joburg CBD),” said a member of Mbita’s legal representatives, who asked to remain anonymous.
“In fact, we will start in the finance department before the employees’ salaries are sent through ahead of next week’s pay day.
“The employees will have to take that up with their leaders in Tshwane when they don’t get paid. People have lost their jobs at Mbita and it’s time Prasa feels the pain,” the lawyer added.
The R22m, which includes an annual 10% interest rate since November 2015, is for the cleaning services that Mbita provided for more than two dozen Prasa-owned train stations, which were taken care of from November 2012 to July 2017.
The Star has seen the warrant of attachment against Prasa, as well as yesterday’s court order made by Judge Brian Spilg dismissing the entity’s bid to prevent the seizure of its assets.
The parastatal is in a precarious cash position following the release of its 2016/17 financials, which were revealed a year later than expected, showing that it suffered a staggering loss of R928m.
Mbita’s managing director Russell Mbiza contended yesterday that Prasa was in this dire position because successive managers within the entity were embroiled in repeated personal litigations, such as the one with his company, because they were misusing taxpayers’ money and not money from their own pockets.
Mbiza said he had to retrench 400 workers in his company’s cleaning business and a further 30 in the transportation division due to Prasa’s non-payment.
The Star sent questions, including Judge Spilg’s ruling, to Prasa’s communications department on Wednesday
The department acknowledged receipt of the questions and has promised to answer.
It did not respond to questions at the time of publication despite repeated enquiries as to whether the parastatal would be answering or not.
However, Prasa had told The Star that Mbita had no case against it, and alleged that its service provider had tried “unlawfully to extract money” from it for two years.


Safety question: I have a blank metallic street sign. It’s reflective. What I want to do is cover the surface in edge lock tape, vector cut the tape with laser, peel away the tape, then paint. I’ve done this for lots of surfaces. But in this case, the sign is reflective. Does that reflection pose a problem for the laser? Or is it safe if I put it on low power that can just etch the tape?
Wow, THAT’S a new one.
I’ve definitely seen some concerns about steel, aluminum, and copper substrates. They reflect more than I had thought, and it’s less diffuse than I imagined. Not about these lasers specifically, any CO2 laser. The beam reflects quite a bit.
You’re hitting a more unique case- the sign’s not just reflective, it’s retroreflective, and that brings a whole new concern about returning reflected energy back down the optics path specifically. The retroreflective element is glass beads of a very specific size and could continue to exhibit retroreflection while being hit with the laser.
I’m picturing some red flags there
I have a drag knife if you want to cut it on the cnc router
When all you have is a laser, solve every problem with fire?
I have a drag knife
I’m leaving town tomorrow… when I get back in a couple weeks, I’ll reevaluate this project. I may take you up on that idea.