With two fully operating central stations, Security Central is prepared for any event. Load balancing and high availability between the two centers ensures that in the event of disaster, signals and calls are handled in the same way, no matter which location processes them.
Leading central station communications provider OneTel provides toll-free re-route technology to ensure that voice and alarm system calls are delivered to one of our central stations for processing across multiple redundant paths. In the event of a failure at any of our telecommunications providers, calls still complete due to the unique self-healing nature of OneTel's toll-free re-route technology. A further layer of backup is provided by WindStream communications, ensuring that calls make it through, no matter what the failure scenario.
Our internet connection is provided by enterprise class service from multiple providers, ensuring that we are always online and ready to accept your next generation signals. IP and Cellular communications fail-over automatically using the high availability provisions of the BGP protocol in tandem with IP re-routing technology from Keep Your IP.
• Multiple natural gas and diesel generators with automatic start and automatic switch-over capability.
• Tested weekly by switching our entire facility to backup power for at least 1 hour
• Modular, redundant APC Symmetra UPS's provide battery backup and conditioned power to all critical infrastructure.
• Dual power feeds to all server rooms, in turn feeding dual power supplies in all servers.
• Biometric access control ensures only authorized personnel may enter property, buildings and departmental spaces.
• Digital video surveillance protects the exterior and interior of all facilities.
• Cameras cover almost 100% of facilities excluding private areas (bathrooms, individual workspaces, etc.)
• Two private enterprise class data centers.
• Private Cloud and High-Availability.
• World class redundant routers, firewalls, and switches from Cisco, SonicWall, and HP Procurve. • Multi-path optical network.
• High-Availability Cisco UCS blade servers for increased systems reliability.
• Industry leading Manitou alarm processing software from Bold Technologies.
• Triple redundant database servers for Manitou software, mirrored in real time to both locations.
• All data backed up internally to multiple storage devices, and in real time to a secure offsite location.
• Fully redundant Avaya Aura PBX's at both central station locations.
• Redundant Communications Manager servers.
• Dual power supplies in all PBX equipment.
• Automatic call distribution to operators
• Automatic call distribution to alarm receivers.
• Automatic alarm receiver fail-over.
• Advanced statistical analysis from Taske, to ensure operator staffing meets predicted requirements.
• 24x7 digital call recording by Higher Ground, allowing immediate review of recorded conversations.
Manitou from Bold Technologies takes full advantage of an N-tier architecture with the latest Windows operating system at the core. Manitou centralizes alarm handling functions to provide "One Point of Control," as a result, removing the requirement for monitoring centers to maintain multiple systems. This allows immediate reductions in data entry time, operator error and training over multiple systems. Developed to be scalable for super central stations, smaller monitoring stations and everything in between, Manitou incorporates the latest technology including action patterns, audio/video integration and remote connectivity via the internet and mobile devices.
• Banks of multiple DSC Surgard and Osborne Hoffman receivers to handle all traditional transmission formats.
• DNIS functionality virtually eliminates busy signals.
• Automatic call routing and instant fail-over capability to our banks of receivers.
• IP and Cellular formats from InterLogix, DMP, DSC, Connect 24, Firelite, Honeywell Alarmnet, Tellular, and Uplink.
• Manitou integrated video-verification from I-View Now, RSI Videofied, Cernium Checkvideo, Honeywell, and Dedicated Micros.
All employees at Security Central are bonded by the state of North Carolina and other states across the country. Bonding includes a complete fingerprint and criminal record search. All this information is obtained and sent to the Alarm Licensing Board where it is processed by the SBI. The licensing board then reviews the findings and must approve all applicants before anyone is allowed to begin training at our facility. Any offenses other than traffic violations prohibit employment with our company. After potential employees have successfully passed the bonding process, they are subjected to drug screening tests. All employees are randomly tested for drugs during their employment at Security Central.
All Security Central operators are trained by our in-house instructor, who is certified by the Security Industry Association (SIA) and Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International, Inc. (APCO) (APCO certifies 911 dispatchers). During the first four weeks of training new operators spend 160 hours at our on-site training facility. They have access to a simulated central station, set up on a separate computer system, where each new operator practices his or her skills. Our training facility provides valuable experience as the traffic flow, type of signal received, and calls are replicated from actual experiences in the central station. The fifth week of training, the operators are placed in the central station with a qualified, veteran operator for supervised hands-on experience. The final and sixth week of training the new operator is tested by the instructor to be certain all skills have been mastered. The level of service all operators are trained to offers our customers the best customer service and knowledge in an event.
Once a quarter, all central station supervisors and operators attend a mandatory refresher class. During each refresher, we review the latest technology at Security Central as well as review procedures and address any concerns.
Most importantly, you will find our security response team is prompt, friendly and courteous.


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The Pacers built a 95-85 lead midway through the fourth quarter and not even the scuffle shook them up as they ended a three-game skid against Western Conference teams.
When play resumed, Ian Mahinmi made a free throw and later West had three baskets, Lance Stephenson hit a 3-pointer and George scored on a jumper to give the Pacers a 104-87 lead with 3:28 left to play.
"We knew we had to (close it out) with Roy going out," George said. "We knew we had to close that game. We're happy about this, but it's one game."
Indiana's Danny Granger played 18 ½ minutes and scored five points off the bench in his first home game this season.
He wasn't in the locker room for media availability after the game.
Pacers coach Frank Vogel said he wants to get Granger back in the starting lineup and is looking at a possible two-week timetable, but said he will review it week-by-week.
"My expectations are that we'll get him back into the starting lineup as soon as possible," Vogel said.
Curry hit a jumper and a 3-pointer and the Warriors took a 5-0 lead to start the game. Hill, who had 15 points in the first quarter, hit two 3-pointers, including one to tie the game with 4:19 left in the period.
With the Warriors trailing 52-43, Curry hit a 3-pointer and two more field goals before Lee scored on a layup to get them within 54-53 at halftime.

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Online impedance spectroscopy estimation of a dc-dc converter connected battery using an earth leakage monitoring circuit
conference contributionposted on 2018-01-18, 14:21 authored by Mina Abedi Varnosfaderani, Dani StricklandDani Strickland
Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) techniques are useful tools for being able to look at the characterisation of batteries under different conditions and/or with different material components. However, EIS analysis is mostly undertaken offline with bespoke equipment. This paper describes a method of undertaking EIS measurement on-line without the use of additional equipment by manipulating the earth leakage monitoring circuit to generate low frequency excitation signals to analyse a battery system connected to a dc/dc converter. This paper describes the methodology and presents some experimental results compared with off line EIS results generated with more traditional EIS equipment under the same conditions to illustrate the concept.
The authors would like to thank the EPSRC and Opal-RT for their contribution to this project.
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Post-metal is at an unfortunate place in its still-young history. Despite an ever-growing sea of bands that bear or are associated with its name, creativity-wise the genre has formed a quagmire of indiscernible copycats. Though it fares marginally better than its slightly older brother-in-arms, post-rock, a style full of groups convinced that they alone know the perfect crescendo, on the whole the odds of happening upon another Isis are increasingly low. As Dean Brown put it in his Mixtarum Metallum column earlier this year, “In the year 2013, the last thing you want to be accosted by is post-metal. This sub-genre was hammered to death by the volume of neck-beards who discovered Isis and Neurosis, and then decided to form groups which stole everything but the vitality of these two bands and bored everyone to tears with incremental build-ups and crescendos that you could see coming a mile away.”
This state of affairs isn’t just something that high-minded metal critics have concocted out of some misinformed cynicism. Those who play in the “post” genres feel it too. Brian Cook, one half of Russian Circles‘ rock-solid rhythmic foundation, shares the sentiment, telling Ghost Cult: “All due respect to Explosions in the Sky, but I just can’t listen to the countless knock-offs they’ve generated. It’s like, I get it, you have a delay pedal and you know how to play a minor scale on the guitar. Do something more with the formula.” Those who consider themselves devotees to the genre may be put off by Cook’s statement, but if there’s any outfit in the past ten years that’s been able to stake a claim as a true catalyst for forward-thinking songwriting in post-metal, it’s Russian Circles. Over the course of four studio records, the Chicago-based trio of Cook, guitarist Mike Sullivan, and drummer Dave Turncrantz has risen to become one of the mightiest instrumental metal outfits around, combining a well-honed sense of dynamics with a keen ear for layered riffs in a manner unlike anyone else in the field.
On their first two LPs, Enter and Station, Russian Circles play a variety of post-metal that’s clean and angular. As Cosmo Lee rightly observes in his Pitchfork review of Station, “Clean tones ring cleanly, but so do the dirty ones,” the larger point being that even the heavy moments of intense riffs nonetheless feel regimented, tightly wound. This sonic works marvelously on Station, whose mood and aura evoke the forward march of soldiers advancing to battle, a point made a little more than obviously by the album’s sleeve art. Not content to replicate this style, Russian Circles then advanced into promising territory on Geneva not but a year later, taking the sharply drawn sonic lines of Station and letting them blur just a bit. Geneva‘s title cut, featuring one of the greatest bass drops ever recorded, is indicative of the newfound gusto in the band’s otherwise heavy sound. The distortion is rougher, the drum hits more chaotic, yet amidst this metallic roar, the foundational strengths of the trio remain intact. Sullivan’s skill in looping multiple guitar lines is still plain to hear, and Turncrantz, arguably the strongest drummer in heavy metal currently, is always keeping the rhythm in control throughout the compositional ebb and flow of the band. Cook, who joined the trio on Station and became a permanent member shortly after, proved to be the ideal complement to Sullivan and Turncrantz, his rumbling basslines giving a low-end counterpoint to Sullivan’s frequently high-register loops. Whether in a live setting or in the studio, Russian Circles possess an interplay that few groups in any genre ever achieve; never does it feel like one musician is trying to upstage the other, and never is a voice crowded out.
All of these strengths reached a peak on 2011’s Empros, a record that, at the time, seemed like it’d be impossible to top. It contains some of the band’s sunniest melodic lines (the opening to “Mladek”) as well as its heaviest (Cook’s earth-rattling bass on “309”), and on the whole it best represents the most distinctive iteration of the “Russian Circles sound” out of any of their first four studio outings. After Isis broke up following 2009’s Wavering Radiant, Russian Circles’ rise to prominence was all the more plain for everyone to see. But as it turns out, Empros wasn’t a peak. Or, rather, it wasn’t the peak. It was a warning sign.
Memorial doesn’t insist upon itself the way you might think a great metal album would. It runs a mere 38 minutes, with the mean song length amounting to just four-and-a-half minutes — an anomaly for both Russian Circles and post-metal in general. The riffs don’t bludgeon the ears; the record is much heavier in mood than it is amplifier gain. All throughout its concise runtime, however, Memorial maintains a perilously difficult tug-of-war, simultaneously reining in Russian Circles’ stylistic facets while also expanding their capabilities into new realms. More than any other Russian Circles LP, the tracks flow together harmoniously, with the final notes of one segueing into the other with ease. In the aforementioned Ghost Cult interview, Cook notes that he and the rest of the trio view the songs as “stand-alone”, which is certainly an accurate description in many respects. A cut like the meditative “Cheyenne” does have the honed-in quality that makes it easy to take on its own terms, but one sit through Memorial makes it hard to take out of context. It would be inaccurate to label this a concept album, but in its clarity of vision and brilliance in composition it evokes a specific image, one captured gorgeously in its sleeve art. Like its sonic predecessor “Schipol”, the highlight track from Empros, Memorial envisions Russian Circles out in some wintry wilderness, crisp winds gliding flakes of snow across fingers picking an acoustic guitar. Guest vocalist Chelsea Wolfe, whose famously reverb-filled vocals form a crucial element of Memorial‘s closing song, gives a performance that sounds as if it were captured echoing through ice-capped mountains. All of this is bound together by a melancholy that fans of doom metal, particularly the version of that genre played by groups like Katatonia, Ghost Brigade, and Swallow the Sun, would find enticing. Such specificity of image is difficult to achieve when making instrumental music, but this trio is now five studio records into an already impressive career. If anyone is bound to be making music this good, it’s these guys.
As much of a leap forward as Memorial is for this band, there’s still an inviting familiarity present. “Deficit” and “1777” open the album in traditional Russian Circles fashion, offering up a whirlwind of mood shifts, drum hits, and satisfyingly punchy riffs. The dynamic shifts, as with Empros, are not always easy to predict, and often even the smallest acts of restraint pay huge dividends. Turncrantz’ drumming at the start of “1777” is exemplary of this; starting with a tapped cymbal matched with alternated hits of the snare, the beat then indicates that the bass drum will come in to fill in the void left after the snare is hit, but Turncrantz holds back from stomping on the pedal for just a few measures, enough for the cymbal and snare hits to build up tension. A small decision it is, but it’s a crucial one, and it shows just how attentive these three musicians are to maintaining a compositional tautness that goes beyond the requisite build-up to crescendo. “Cheyenne”, the most outright pretty Russian Circles song to date, takes the first half of its four minutes ever-so-slightly amping up the volume of Sullivan’s guitar arpeggio, backed by a simple, four-note bassline by Cook, and just when one might think Turncrantz to come in and drive things to a thunderous climax, the music quietly simmers down. Few bands aside from Earth have the ability to so deftly toy around with the listener’s anticipation of dynamic changes. The most straightforward track, the brooding “Lebaron”, is on its own terms less dynamically interesting than anything else on Memorial, but as a forceful lead-in to the tranquil farewell of the title cut, it’s exactly what’s needed to bring things to a conclusion: a final storm before the mournful calm.
At its core, Memorial is a tome poem, beginning and ending with the same fingerpicked acoustic guitar motif. “Memoriam” commences the album as a short teaser, a lead-in to all that follows after it. Wolfe’s vocals head up the breathtaking “Memorial”, which is not only just this record’s swan song but also an ideal candidate for audio backing to anyone’s passing. Memorial is a somber and serious recording, but like the best metal, instrumental rock, or, hell, just music in general, it’s ultimately life-affirming. None of the things it does aren’t anything that bands of Russian Circles’ ilk haven’t tried before, but not in a long, long time has anyone successfully managed to transcend the generic fray and craft something spellbinding from front to back. Russian Circles happen to have the benefit of not needing to feel like there’s a wheel to be reinvented. This far into their career, they know the sound they’ve forged, and with each recording since Station, they’ve gradually refined it, and it certainly seems that if this isn’t perfection, it’s near impossible to imagine what could come next. They’ve grown comfortably rather than forcefully into the role of post-metal titans, a fact evidenced by their natural sonic evolution that has opted for nuanced, unpretentious songwriting rather than anything overly ambitious. The result of this incredible journey, Memorial, is the first landmark post-metal release since Isis’ Panopticon, Russian Circles’ greatest achievement, and unquestioningly one of 2013’s true artistic masterpieces.

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The Mouse and His Child
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ISBN10: 0439098262 ISBN13: 9780439098267 Contributors: Small, David (Illustrator) Publisher: Arthur a Levine Published: Sep 1 2001 Pages: 244 Weight: 1.40lbs. Height: 9.75" Width: 7.00" Depth: 1.00" Language: English
Updated and filled with enchanting new illustrations by a Caldecott Medalist, a story first published in 1967 follows a toy mouse and his son, discarded because they are broken, as they try to find a place to call home.


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In early October the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a report outlining the obstacles for policymakers aiming to limit temperatures to between 1.5 and 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Even if they succeed, the world is expected to greater disruption in climate patterns, including stronger windstorms; more severe droughts; regular flooding; and frequent heatwaves.
Disaster risk affects all types of business, with few exceptions for field or line of business. In 2017 there were 710 recorded climate disaster events which produced USD 330bn in losses; the storms of Harvey, Maria and Irma alone resulted in USD 215bn of this. Only USD 135bn of this was insured. The burden of the losses was pronounced in emerging economies where insurance markets are under-developed and risk management strategies rudimentary. With penetration rates as low as 0.2% in Nigeria or 0.5% in Bangladesh, much of the responsibility for post-loss finance falls on public sectors which are already under-resourced.
Ample capital in international markets and low interest rates, however, have renewed interest in insurance linked securities, especially the catastrophe bond market, providing a vehicle for investors to be part of the solution. Catastrophe bonds, which are a form of sovereign risk financing, involve governments issuing bonds on which a principal will be paid if the specified catastrophe fails to occur. These bonds, activated by parametric triggers (such as wind strength, rainfall, or recorded temperature) have higher rates of return, lower associated expenses than traditional insurance products and provide instant finance to devastated countries.
The theory is that catastrophe bonds will help fill the gap until local insurance markets can shift the burden of financing from the public to the private sector. With doubts expressed over the ability of emitters to meet their climate commitments, however, these bonds will only be part of a solution. Ultimately, reducing climate risk requires cooperation between the private sector, governments and multilaterals, especially in markets were insurance penetration is low.


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PHOTOS: LNG carrier collides with product tanker in Suez Canal
A Singapore-flagged LNG carrier BW Lesmes collided with an oil product tanker Burri while transiting the Suez Canal en route from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea on Tuesday evening, August 22.
The LNG carrier, controlled by BW LNG, reportedly ran aground at about 22 hours local time while underway in the southbound convoy causing the tanker behind it to run into it.
The Suez Canal Authority confirmed earlier this morning that a minor collision occurred between the two vessels following a sudden stop by BW Lesmes at the 144th kilometer of the channel. The LNG carrier experienced a technical failure, causing the vessel to lose steering ability and run aground.
“‘BW Lesmes’ (IMO 9873840) reported that the vessel ran aground whilst transiting southbound through the Suez Canal at approximately 21:35 LT on 22 August 2023,” BW LNG AS, operators of the LNG carrier, said in a statement sent to Offshore Energy.
“All crew members are safe and accounted for and there were no injuries or any reports of pollution. Following the incident, the master of the BW Lesmes immediately initiated all onboard safety protocols and quickly notified the relevant authorities.”
The LNG carrier was not loaded with cargo at the time of the incident, according to SCA. The Cayman Islands-flagged product tanker behind it in the convoy was unable to stop in time due to strong water current and ran into the grounded LNG carrier.
“Following the grounding, another vessel subsequently allided with the BW Lesmes. The allision occurred at a low speed and the vessel’s operational capabilities have not been affected. Initial observations from the crew onboard have reported the vessel remains structurally sound,” statement from BW LNG AS further reads.
Four tugs from the Suez Canal Authority were sent to the scene to assist the two vessels. The product tanker Burri also experienced a malfunction and needed assistance from the tugs to carry out necessary repairs and resume navigation.
The LNG carrier BW Lesmes was refloated in the early hours of Wednesday and is said to be under tow on its way to exit the canal and will wait at Suez’s outer anchorage for further inspection. The product tanker Burri, managed by TMS Tankers, is underway outside the canal, the canal authority informed.
“In conjunction with the local authorities, crew onboard BW Lesmes successfully re-floated the vessel at 03:30 LT on 23 August 2023,” the company added.
“The BW Lesmes is now under pilotage and proceeding to Suez anchorage for further inspections. The BW LNG AS technical team from Oslo will arrive this afternoon to commence investigations. The safety of BW Lesmes and all onboard remains our highest priority.”
The head of the canal authority Lieutenant-General Osama Rabie said that the canal authority immediately dealt with the situation and that navigation was restored in both directions within two hours.
“The first 8 vessels in front were not affected, but 22 vessels in the southbound convoy behind stopped ship are resuming canal transit,” GAC said in an update.
“Ships in yesterday’s northbound convoy were not affected by this stoppage and have already exited the Canal.”
As informed, there has been no significant damage on either vessel or pollution reported by the Suez Canal Authority.
The Suez Canal is said to be clear for navigation and awaiting SCA advice on the 23 August convoys’ navigation arrangement and timings.


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SALEM — The first phase of the U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement announced on September 25 will reduce tariffs on many agricultural products. Japan is the largest international market for Oregon’s food and ag products and this agreement will have a positive impact on Oregon’s largest exports to Japan. The trade agreement is a win for many Oregon products including, beef, wheat, frozen potatoes, blueberries, cranberries, cherries, pork, cheese, frozen blackberries, prunes, sweet corn, and wine.
In essence, this trade agreement levels the playing field for many U.S. food and agricultural products. Recently, U.S. products have been at a disadvantage in the Japanese market, where signees of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership and European Union trade agreements have benefited from lower and lower tariff rates. For many products, this trade agreement brings the tariffs on U.S. food and agricultural products into alignment with the parties to the other trade agreements. The trade agreement also increases the quota for wheat, which is the single largest agricultural export from Oregon to Japan.
Oregon’s farmers, ranchers, winemakers, and food processors have felt the stress of having their markets tighten due to the changing tariff situation in key markets including China and Japan. Since January 2018, U.S. farmers and ranchers have been riding a roller coaster of uncertainty when it comes to trade with China—trade talks, failed trade talks, escalating tariffs, and retaliatory tariffs. While the U.S. has imposed tariffs on more than $250 billion in Chinese imports, China’s retaliation tariffs are targeting U.S. agricultural commodities. In Oregon, one of the most trade-dependent states in the nation, the ongoing tensions are impacting agricultural sectors like fresh cherries, potatoes, and beef.
In 2018, industry experts tell us northwest cherry growers lost $86 million in sales to China due to non-tariff barriers. While China did not add a specific tariff to cherries, trade tensions meant additional inspections were suddenly required. That translated into highly perishable commodities such as cherries, sitting on a shipping port for 7 to 10 days, downgrading the quality and price. While demand for cherries in China has grown 83 percent from 2017 to 2018, U.S. sales have fallen from 27,000 tons to 14,000 tons, with Chile and Canada making up the difference. Once we lose our place in the market, it is difficult and costly to earn it back.
The impact of trade friction and continued escalation has had a chilling effect on Oregon’s ability to sell goods to China. Northwest potato growers report a $20 million loss in 2018 due to tariffs. Growers in other-potato producing regions, such as Europe and Turkey, are taking advantage of the U.S. export slowdown and ramping up their production. Exporting Oregon beef into China is stalled. In May of 2018, I led a trade mission to China with an emphasis on beef. China had just opened their borders to U.S. beef after a 13-year lock out. We had high hopes for Oregon beef in China and the country remains an exciting market with a growing middle class expected to reach 160 million in the next decade. Trade tensions, however, have stopped any progress.
There is no doubt that the trade dispute is reshaping international markets in ways that will hurt U.S. and Oregon farmers for years to come if a resolution is not found quickly. China is Oregon’s fourth largest agricultural export market, shipping more than $270 million in product in 2018. At ODA, we are focused on the long term. That means despite uncertainty in federal trade policy, ODA will continue to explore new trade relationships, nurture existing relationships with trading partners, and host inbound and outbound trade missions with the goal of keeping and growing Oregon’s place in the agricultural global marketplace.

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Warren police were dispatched to the Warren Woods apartment complex Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. in response to a report of multiple people fighting, but when they arrived they discovered a 22-year-old man with gunshot wounds in his right arm and leg sprawled on the ground.
According to Warren police, three men and one woman fled the scene, ran across the street and hid in a residence at 26072 Ryan Road near Frazho Road.
“The victim was taken to Royal Oak Beaumont Hospital,” said Warren Police Commissioner William Dwyer. “His injuries were not life threatening and I believe he has been released.”
The department’s special response team was called at approximately 11 p.m. and, after some negotiation, the four individuals hiding in the building emerged at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday and were taken into custody.
Dwyer said there is one 19-year-old female from Detroit who is expected to be charged with robbery and three males ages 19, 20, and 22 who are expected to be charged with robbery and assault with intent to murder. Two of the men are from Detroit; one is from Grosse Pointe Park.
Police say initial investigation indicates that a dispute over a cell phone may have sparked the incident.


Remember how Republicans spent months insisting that Donald Trump withheld military aid to Ukraine not because he wanted to cheat on the 2020 elections but because he really, really cared about corruption? Even though he never mentioned corruption in his first phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky? Even though the Pentagon certified that Ukraine was fighting corruption and should get the money?
Ha ha ha, yeah, all those claims Republicans made, against all the evidence, that Trump cared about corruption, and what does he do? Well, first, during his own impeachment trial, Trump stood side by side with a world leader charged with corruption to unveil a major foreign policy plan. Now he’s handing out pardons and sentence commutations to a corrupt politician, a corrupt former law enforcement official, a corrupt lobbyist, and a couple corrupt rich guys. So let’s take a stroll down memory lane all the way back a month or two to hear from Republicans about how much Trump cares about corruption.
“Corruption is not just prevalent in Ukraine. It’s the system. Our president said time out, time out, let’s check out this new guy,” according to Rep. Jim Jordan, during the impeachment inquiry.
”President Trump had good reason to be wary of Ukrainian election meddling against his campaign and of widespread corruption in that country,” said Rep. Devin Nunes.
“When it comes to sending US taxpayer money overseas, the president is focused on burden sharing and corruption,” Trump’s impeachment defense insisted.
Had Trump expressed serious concern about corruption anywhere before he turned his eyes to Ukraine? From Sen. Ron Johnson, “If the subject was Ukraine, he’s expressed his concern about corruption in Ukraine, which everybody understood was endemic―including [Ukrainian] President [Volodymyr] Zelensky, who won. So I haven’t talked to the president about other countries where that might have come up.”
Again and again they told us that Trump cared so much about corruption that he held up nearly $400 million in aid that Congress had appropriated for Ukraine and that the Defense Department had signed off on because of Ukrainian anti-corruption efforts. And then Trump goes ahead and commutes the sentence former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich got for trying to sell an open Senate seat to the highest bidder. He plans to pardon former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik, who committed perjury, tax fraud, and more.
So it goes. Donald Trump cares about corruption like he cares about anyone not named Donald (or possibly Ivanka) Trump: only when it benefits him to claim he does.


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Legend of White Snake, local traditional folk literature in Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province and Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, is one of the national intangible cultural heritage.
Legend of White Snake is the story of White Snake and White Lady. Legend of White Snake, also known as Legend of White Lady and Legend of Leifeng Pagoda, is one of the four ancient Chinese folklores. It tells a series of sad and joyful divorces, such as the transformation of white snake into White Lady (Bai Suzhen) after thousands of years of practice, bringing Qing snake Xiaoqing to the West Lake of Hangzhou, meeting and marrying Xuan Xian, a pharmacy assistant, and being interfered by monk Fahai. The story. The legend of White Snake has rich cultural connotations, which not only reflects people's yearning for freedom of marriage and love life, but also shows people's pursuit of human liberation. In the legend of White Snake, a large number of traditional customs and customs are preserved, and the spirit of national culture is concentrated.
On May 20, 2006, the legend of White Snake was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists, with the heritage number I-6.
In the early Tang Dynasty, the original legend of "Jinshan Monastery monk descending white snake" had sprouted in Zhenjiang.
In the Song Dynasty, the story of Leifeng Pagoda, a word version of "Legend of White Snake" has been circulated among the people in Zhenjiang. The main content of the story has basically formed.
In the Ming Dynasty, Feng Menglong, who had taught Confucianism to Dantu in Zhenjiang, in his fiction "Leifeng Pagoda of Bainiangzi Yongzhen", corresponded to several real place names of Zhenjiang at that time, such as Needle Bridge, Jinshan Temple, Five Lanes, Ferry Pier, etc. Ancient Jinshan is a small island in the Yangtze River, surrounded by water, known as "Fuyu". The incense on the mountain, together with the ups and downs of the Yangtze River, has formed a considerable mystery, which provides rich imagination space for creation.
The legend of Leifeng Pagoda adapted by Fang Chengpei in Qing Dynasty describes in detail the climax of the story of "Shuimen Jinshan Temple".
The story tells of a white Dragon Cave on the Jinshan Mountain in Zhenjiang Yangtze River. There is a beautiful white snake in the cave. In order to repay young Xu Xian for saving his life, he married Xu Xian in the West Lake. Hou Bainiang's husband and wife opened a pharmacy called Baohe Tang in five streets of Zhenjiang to help the poor. Unexpectedly, all this angered Fahai, the abbot of Jinshan Temple. Fahai wants to break up the loving couple of Bainiang and Xuxian. It was designed for the Dragon Boat Festival to force Bainiang to show her original shape with realgar wine and frighten Xuxian to death. The white lady and the maid, Xiaoqingyong, robbed Xiancao to revive Xuxian. But Fahai deceived Xu Xian to Jinshan to separate husband and wife. After the Bainiangzi flooded the Jinshan Mountains, she met Xuxian Broken Bridge and reconciled as before. Unexpectedly, Fahai reappeared and used purple and gold bowls to town Bainiangzi under Leifeng Pagoda. Finally, Xiao Qing practiced for several years, and finally tried to knock down the Leifeng Pagoda, rescue the white lady, and achieve a great reunion.
The basic plot of this story was completed in Legend of Leifeng Pagoda adapted by Fang Chengpei in Qing Dynasty. The main plot of Legend of Leifeng Pagoda develops to 34 sections. The biggest breakthrough in the story is to increase the plots of "water bucket" and "stealing immortal grass" which can express the character of the white lady. The development of these important plots is closely related to Zhenjiang. From then on, the theory of "Shui Man Jin Shan Temple" not only increased the legendary and romantic flavor of the story, but also showed the white lady's human feelings and loyalty to love. In the story, the evil spirit is weakened, from the contradiction between Bainiangzi and Xuxian to the struggle between Bainiangzi and Fahai, the plot of the story also more clearly reflects the wishes of the people.
The legend of White Snake is sad and moving. It has the artistic characteristics of combining Romanticism with Realism and attaching equal importance to realism and freehand brushwork. Its structure is in line with the aesthetic principles of Chinese art.
The image of the White Lady, which has been refined and sublimated for a long time, has two characteristics: one is kindness, virtue, smart, competent, gentle and obedient; the other is the bold pursuit of free love and happy life, full of optimism and courage, tenacity and perseverance, which embodies the people's ideals, from the generation, spread and evolution of the story "Legend of White Snake". We can see the greatness of people's creation.
Forms of expression
The legend of the White Snake originates from folk stories about snakes, totems of snakes, beliefs of snakes and so on. It has gradually become complete from words to perfunctory articles. Its content has also changed from snake-eating to snake-demon-deceiving and harmful, to snake-man love, to expressing love and striving for happiness and freedom.
As the legend of White Snake in folk literature, it centers on the "legendary core" and mainly uses oral language to tell the story, reflecting the psychological activities of the characters, shaping the image of the characters and expressing people's thoughts and feelings.
Inheritance and protection
The theme of the story is very distinct in opposing evil, promoting good deeds and pursuing freedom of marriage; the plot is singular and touching; the characters in the story are prominent, good and evil are distinct, especially the virtuous, kind and unyielding spiritual beauty of traditional Chinese women embodied in the heroine Bai Niang Zi. These generally reflect the high aesthetic value of art. The legend of White Snake also contains quite a lot of social life, which indirectly reflects many ancient folk phenomena, such as the Dragon Boat Festival culture and customs. The whole story embodies the Chinese nation's social cognition, moral concepts, emotional characteristics, aesthetic orientation and artistic creativity, and has social, historical and cultural research value. The legend of White Snake, as an outstanding treasure of Chinese folk culture, contains many aspects of information value, which has always been a topic of discussion and research.
Because of the classicality of the legend of White Snake, its influence on other cultural and artistic styles is long-term and far-reaching. First of all, the legend of White Snake is closely related to opera. According to the statistics of 1959, more than 360 kinds of operas and 300 kinds of operas in different nationalities and regions of China have adapted and performed the Biography of White Snake. Many of the operas in the whole book have become classic repertoires of some operas and operas. For example, in Beijing Opera, Kunju Opera, Yueju Opera, Sichuan Opera and other operas, "Tour Lake", "Pirate Immortal Grass", "Water Dou" and so on, there are fascinating performances; Yangju's "Shangjinshan", "Fangxuxian" and "Broken Bridge Fair" are also very exquisite; Yangzhou Qingqu's "Shui Man Jinshan Temple" is also its key repertoire. Secondly, the creation of the novel and the romance of White Snake has never stopped. In 1935 and 1936, Mr. Lu Xun wrote two essays on the collapse of Leifeng Pagoda and on the collapse of Leifeng Pagoda again. Famous writers and dramatists Fu Xihua, Zhao Jingshen, Tian Han, Dai Bufang, A Ying, Zhang Geng and so on have written many literary works and comments on the Biography of the White Snake. The famous writer Zhang Henshui and Zhao Qingge created the popular novel The Biography of White Snake in 1955 and 1956 respectively. Kang Xinmin and Chen Jing of Zhenjiang City also created the popular novel Snake Love in 1988, which reflects the biography of White Snake.
Li Zhizhong, a Zhenjiang native born in 1890, is the first practical inheritor of the legend of White Snake in Zhenjiang. Li Zhizhong's stories retain the vivid oral literary language and attractive plot. He is a well-known local storyteller. His legend of the White Snake was published in Folk Literature and was later selected into the Family of Folk Stories of the Chinese Nation, Selected Chinese Folk Stories, and The Collection of Chinese Folk Stories, Jiangsu Volume. Li Zhizhong died of illness in the 1970s.
The second successor was Zong Zhenming, born in Yixing in 1909. Influenced by his father as a child, he liked to tell stories, especially the legend of White Snake. Among them, the most influential one was "Tears in Jinshan Temple". He has more than sixty stories published in publications at or above the provincial level. He died of illness in 1990.
The third successor is Ni Shuangxi, born in Dantu in 1912. Ni Shuangxi is a master of folk songs. His folk song chant "The Story of White Snake" sung at Dantu County Folk Song Concert is widely spread in Zhenjiang and published in "Integrated Chinese Ballads Jiangsu Volume". He died of illness in the 1980s.
Since then, Zhou Guangfu, who was born in 1909 and Bao Jiqing, a tale expert born in 1900, have also been the representative inheritors of the biography of White Snake.
Zhenjiang City has done a lot of work to protect the legend of White Snake in folk literature. As a key unit of intangible cultural heritage protection, Zhenjiang Minwen Culture and Art Museum has excavated and collected many original materials about the legend of White Snake, which provides a good condition for research and implementation of protection. On this basis, Zhenjiang has held a number of activities related to the legend of the White Snake in various forms, and created many works related to the legend of the White Snake.
On June 11, 2018, Sichuan Opera "The Story of White Snake", directed and directed by students of Chongqing University, won seven awards in the 6th Chongqing University Student Theatre Performance Season.
The dance drama "Sunset" adapted from the well-known traditional opera and the classic love story "The Legend of White Snake", premiered in Beijing National Theatre in November 2015. This masterpiece received strong repercussions and toured more than 20 performances in Beijing and Tianjin in the same year. In November 2016, it was staged at the 9th "Spring and Autumn Reality" Art Academy Stage Art Week of the National Grand Theatre, and it was highly influenced by all walks of life. Notes and praises; in 2017, it received special funding support to modify, process and improve, and was staged three times in Beijing National Theatre.


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STOCKTON, Calif. –The Stockton Thunder, proud ECHL affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League, announced in conjunction with the ECHL that Thunder defenseman Nathan Deck has been named a starter for the 2013 ECHL All-Star Game presented by University of Colorado Health, hosted by the Colorado Eagles.
Deck, 22, is currently skating in the AHL with the Oklahoma City Barons and was loaned to Oklahoma City on a professional tryout agreement on December 3. At the time of his call-up, he led all Thunder defensemen and was tied for fourth among ECHL blueliners with 17 points in 19 games this season.
His +8 rating was tied for second on the team and he has earned seven points on the power play.
The 5-foot-11 and 185 pound blueliner received the Thunder “Unsung Hero” award last season when he notched 26 points and a +10 rating (3rd on the Thunder) in 60 games during his rookie season.
Deck has collected four assists in 12 games with the Barons this season.
ECHL All-Star Starters
G – Philipp Grubauer, Reading (24 gp, 18-4-1, 2.28 GAA, .915 save pct.)
D – Denny Urban, Reading (31 gp, 13g, 13a, 26 pts.)
D – Nathan Deck, Stockton (19 gp, 5g, 12a, 17 pts.)
F – Casey Pierro-Zabotel, Gwinnett (34 gp, 9g, 28a, 37 pts.)
F – Justin Dowling, Idaho (31 gp, 11g, 31a, 42 pts.)
F – C.J. Stretch, Ontario (31 gp, 18g, 16a, 34 pts.)
The starting lineup is determined in voting by ECHL coaches, team captains, media directors, broadcasters and media members. The remainder of the ECHL All-Star Team will be announced tomorrow.
The 2013 ECHL All-Star Week, presented by CCM, begins on Tuesday, Jan. 22 with the ECHL All-Star Skills Competition, presented by OtterBox, and continues with the ECHL All-Star Game on Wednesday, Jan. 23. Both events begin at 7:05 p.m. MT at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland, Colo.
More than 50 players from the ECHL All-Star Game have gone on to play in the National Hockey League, including 39 since 2002 when the lineups began having players who coaches felt were prospects to move up to a higher level.
A two time recipient of the ECHL “Award of Excellence,” the Thunder led the ECHL in attendance for four consecutive seasons and drew over 200,000 fans for the seventh consecutive season in 2011-12. Season Tickets, Group Tickets and Mini-Plans for 2012-13 are on sale now. For more information about tickets, merchandise, or other inquiries contact the Stockton Thunder offices at (209) 373-1500 or visit www.StocktonThunder.com.


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On the Xbox 360 and PC, Splinter Cell Double Agent's story has an interesting hook but leaves much to be desired in terms of plot and character development. On the Xbox, PS2, and GameCube, it's still not the greatest story ever told, but there's substantially more and better dialogue, stronger characters, and a better ending. Yet, the same basic plot and main characters remain. Plot holes from the Xbox 360 and PC versions are plugged. For example, while it's inexplicable why Fisher would get to use his government-issued experimental rifle while working for terrorists in that version, on the Xbox, PS2, and GameCube, we learn that Fisher's commanding officer plants the gun by tricking the terrorists into believing he's an arms dealer. The relationship between Fisher and the one female member of the terrorist group is also revealed in greater detail on the Xbox, PS2, and GameCube, making Fisher's moral dilemma about how to deal with her and the rest of his mission seem much more interesting. In fact, the entire trust system -one of the new features in Double Agent -is handled completely differently in these versions of the game. Fisher still must try to balance his level of trust with both the terrorist group and the National Security Agency, but the conflicting choices he'll have to make when forced to follow contradictory orders aren't the same in these versions -nor are the consequences.
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Fresh off its trip to the University of Northern Colorado Jazz Festival in Greeley, CO, the Cowley College Singers and Cowley Jazz Band returned to Arkansas City to perform a spring concert Tuesday in the Robert Brown Theatre.
With many talented musicians on display, the Cowley College Jazz Band played jazz pieces they performed at the Greeley Jazz Festival.
Kendall Slovak (tenor saxophone), Wil Austin (piano), Ethan Goodwin (trumpet), Cameron Crabtree (guitar), and Travis Duckett (alto saxophone) had solos during the performance. Josh Fleig, director of the Jazz Band, accompanied the group on guitar.
The Cowley College Singers then sang "Rosanna", "If I Fell", "Bumble Bee", "In My Life", and "On a Clear Day". Bryce Sund, Benjamin Stranghoner and Rebecca Munoz served as soloists during “On a Clear Day”.
Next up for the school’s music department is the Cowley Concert Choir and Concert Band Spring Concert, which will be held Tuesday, May 1 at 7 p.m. in the Robert Brown Theatre. There is no cost to attend the concert.
Cowley College Singers are: Rebekah Anliker, Dylan Berry, Anthony Caldera, Devin Dice, Megan Hamlett, Sidney Hogan, Rachel McAfee, Rebecca Munoz, Lane Russell, Benjamin Stranghoner, Bryce Sund, Kristan Wiedeman, Kyle White, and Jason Williams.
Jazz Band members are: Travis Duckett, Cooper Bruhn, Kendall Slovak, Blake Gillihan, Mollie Talbert, Alex Smitley, Ethan Goodwin, Maria Schmidt, Sarah Enderud, Ryan Cells, Jordan Pohl, Cameron Crabtree, Wil Austin, Justin Davis, and Cody Waggoner.
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Week-long Homebuilding Marathon in Indiana
Last March, Henryville, IN, a town roughly twenty miles north of Louisville, KY, was hit hard by tornadoes, sustaining a great amount of damage.
Earlier this week, hundreds of volunteers arrived in the southern Indiana burg to help in the reconstruction of ten homes.
Supported by the organization Habitat for Humanity, the build-a-palooza began on a chilly Monday morning, when 200 volunteers showed up to help. The people whose homes are being rebuilt have been waiting more than isix months for permanent housing, and the goal is to get them into their homes before the weather turns truly cold, and the winter holidays arrive.
It would be easy to use this post as a lecture on the necessity of tornado (wind) coverage as part of your homeowners insurance, but instead, let’s take a moment to reflect on the kindness of strangers who are volunteering their time and energy to help provide others with shelter from storms both literal and emotional.
And let’s also take a moment to honor Habitat for Humanity for its continued good works.

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Eddie Vanderdoes' tape at UCLA isn't what he wanted it to be. The motivated
former top prospect is out to show the force he can be now with the
The Raiders focus has been on the 2017 NFL Draft. But, there's no escaping
the subject of running back Marshawn Lynch in Oakland.
The Raiders continued to shore up their secondary in the second round of the
2017 NFL Draft by picking up a safety out of UConn.


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Tufi is a town located on the south eastern peninsula of Cape Nelson, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. Tufi is located on a ria, or drowned river valley, on Cape Nelson surrounded by many uncharted reefs. The area is also famous for its production of tapa cloth.
The Tufi Dive Resort provides diving experiences of the reefs, sunken ships and aircraft. Tufi is serviced by Tufi Airport.


When the city was in the depths of the Covid-19-induced economic crisis, outdoor dining, which was not legal much less tried in many parts of the city, proved a lifeline.
It also proved to be popular. Now the city wants to make its Open Restaurants program permanent where possible, eventually replacing existing sidewalk cafe regulations with a comprehensive plan that includes sidewalk and street dining.
Albert Silvestri, Queens deputy commissioner for the Department of Transportation, laid out some of the agency’s goals on July 14 at a meeting of Community Board 5.
“It saved approximately 100,000 jobs,” Silvestri said. “It was a lifesaver not just for the restaurant industry, but the city as well, as we’ve seen outdoor dining bring vitality to our sidewalks and streets in what was otherwise a dark time for the city.”
The key, Silvestri said, is to learn from what worked and what did not as the city adjusted on the fly.
“Existing rules were suspended under executive order,” Silvestri said “ ... It’s worth noting that we definitely learned a few lessons from the emergency program. First, the speed of the rollout created some confusion. The DOT learned and changed as things progressed.”
Silvestri and Joy Chen of the Department of Planning said under existing sidewalk cafe regulations, there were just over 1,200 cafes citywide in March 2020, including 137 in Queens.
Chen said more than 11,500 eateries participated in the Open Restaurants program. She said while CB 5 had two cafes prior to Covid, 133 took part in Open Restaurants.
Silvestri said the earliest adoption of new regulations might not be before mid- to late 2023, but that the first order of business would be to change the jurisdiction from the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection to the DOT in order to better allocate curbside lanes and sidewalk space with drivers, businesses and pedestrians in mind.
He said the DOT is looking to make street setups seasonal, from March to November.
Street setups would have to have removable barriers to allow for snow removal in winter; and would have to allow drivers to see through them in order to view necessary traffic signs. The city right now also is looking to extend the existing two-year leases for sidewalk setups to four years in an effort to streamline the process and make it less costly.
CB 5 Chairman Vincent Arcuri said the new rules would require great expense from some owners, particularly those whose existing outdoor setups would not comply with new regulations. He also wants the city to work closely with the State Liquor Authority to make sure owners don’t go to the great expense of hiring engineers and architects only to find out they comply with city regulations but not the state’s.
“I think you need to iron that out before any amendment is approved,” Arcuri said.
In a telephone interview, Tom Grech, president and CEO of the Queens Chamber of Commerce, said he believes Arcuri’s concerns almost certainly would be addressed beforehand. But he had concerns of his own, and wants the city to proceed carefully and deliberately.
“They shouldn’t be rushing into creating permanent regulations,” Grech said.


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New York test scores hint at hard road ahead for Common Core
New York is among the first of 45 states to test students as it implements new standards for college- and career-readiness. The poor results mean the Common Core reforms will require patience.
The controversy surrounding New York State’s latest test scores hints at the difficult path most states can expect to tread as they begin to align tests to new Common Core State Standards in English and math.
Just 31 percent of the state’s students in grades 3 to 8 were deemed proficient in math and in English language arts (ELA) on the new tests, compared with about 65 percent in math and 55 percent in ELA on last year’s tests. Kentucky, another leading-edge state implementing its own common core tests, experienced similar declines in scores last year. Most of the 45 states that have signed on to the Common Core are waiting until at least 2014-15 to implement common tests that are still in development.
For those who support the Common Core, a set of standards for college- and career-readiness in the 45 states that have voluntarily adopted them, the drop in New York’s scores offers a more honest benchmark. It shows how much work schools need to do to prepare students for future success in colleges and careers. It’s predictable in the early stages, they say, but over time, teachers and students will adjust to new demands and come out ahead.
The scores, released Wednesday, “reflect the hard truth that students are struggling to meet these higher goals,” said Chris Minnich, executive director of the Council of Chief State School Officers, one of the groups developing the Common Core, in a statement.
Some critics of the Common Core, however, see it as a misguided attempt to create national standards. Others see it as yet another example of overreliance on testing and a way to label the public schools as failing to create an excuse for more privatization of education.
“The leaders of [New York] state seem intent on discouraging students, teachers and principals. Why do they want public schools to look bad?” wrote Diane Ravitch, an education historian and prominent critic of test-based accountability reforms, in an opinion piece for Newsday.
Common Core standards, and the tests associated with them, are controversial, and the New York results have given both sides fresh material to support their side of the debate.
“It’s a complicated issue, transitioning from one set of tests and standards to another … and people are spinning these results” based on their political agenda surrounding education, says Patrick McGuinn, a political science professor at Drew University in Madison, N.J.
In the middle, a number of groups are preaching patience with the Common Core but are worried that states will move ahead with the reforms without giving educators the resources needed to succeed.
“The low scores will be used by some as an excuse to throw out the Common Core or denigrate public education; those are the wrong lessons,” said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, a national union, in a statement. But teachers need “a system that provides the resources and supports – the curriculum, the professional development, the time, and the extra help kids need to achieve the deeper knowledge and understanding embedded in the Common Core.”
The Center on Education Policy at The George Washington University recently surveyed 40 states about the Common Core. It found that state leaders are forging ahead with remarkable agreement that “the Common Core will do a better job of preparing students,” says Executive Director Maria Ferguson. But “people are really nervous about resources.”
School districts need the technology and teacher training to support new computer-based tests, which will automatically offer harder questions to more advanced students and easier questions to struggling students. The idea is to help teachers understand which skills students have mastered, but for it to be effective, teachers will have to learn how to diagnose student learning and make adjustments during the school year. Thirty-four of the 40 states surveyed said it was challenging to find adequate resources for all of the necessary Common Core implementation activities.
Researchers say the public should brace for several years where scores will look worse before they look better, perhaps expecting to see strong positive results from the new standards 10 years down the road, Ms. Ferguson says.
Kentucky hasn’t had to wait that long to see some encouraging signs.
The state adopted Common Core standards in 2010 and released its first test results aligned to those standards in November 2012. It had prepared the public to expect the lower scores and didn’t experience a strong public outcry, says Nancy Rodriguez, spokeswoman for the Kentucky Department of Education.
Its next round of test results won’t be out until the end of September. But meanwhile, Ms. Rodriguez says, the percentage of Kentucky students deemed ready for college or a career has increased from 34 percent in 2010 to 47 percent in 2012. That’s based on measurements such as the ACT college admissions test, the Kentucky Occupational Skills Standards Assessment, and the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery.
“Our students face very real challenges. But it's better to have our students challenged now – when teachers and parents are there to help – than frustrated later when they start college or try to find a job and discover they are unprepared,” said New York Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch in a statement Wednesday.
More than 40 business leaders in New York released a letter Thursday supporting continued implementation of the Common Core.
This year’s scores will not be used for school or teacher accountability purposes, and the high school class of 2017 will be the first group expected to pass the new tests in order to graduate, New York officials said.
While politicians and union reps in New York City have seized on the scores, which show below-30 percent proficiency among city students, to criticize Mayor Bloomberg’s education reforms, other cities such as Buffalo and Rochester fared even worse, with about 1 out of 10 and 1 out of 20 students, respectively, scoring proficient.
States recently received permission from the US Department of Education to delay tying test results to teacher evaluations until 2016-17.
With researchers still largely divided on how to effectively link test scores and teacher evaluations, many advocacy groups had pushed for that leeway. To its credit, Ferguson says, the Obama administration responded even though it had appeared to draw a line in the sand on that issue.


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Non-scratch aquarium glass pane cleaner with handle
Maintenance and cleaning
Food and plant remains and metabolic products pollute the aquarium water. By cleaning the tank and accessories and by enacting regular partial water changes, the aquarium inhabitants will stay happy and you will enjoy your aquarium more too.
Clean within minutes
JBL Blanki removes algae, lime and other deposits from the aquarium pane within minutes. The glass pane cleaner does not scratch and with its robust aluminum handle is easy to handle without getting your hands wet.
The use of JBL Blanki is highly suitable for children. The cleaner is chemically neutral, non-rust and has no blades.
Note: not suitable for plastic panes; keep the sponge cushion free of sand.
What’s worth bearing in mind when cleaning your panes?
The glass aquarium panes are, in contrast to the plastic (acrylic/plexiglass) panes, harder than steel. This means they cannot be scratched with blades or metal pads. However, the gravel and sand in the aquarium is harder and can cause scratches if it gets between the cleaner and the glass. So be careful when you’re getting close to the ground with the glass cleaner. The silicone seams of your aquarium are also at risk. Avoid damaging the silicone seams with pane cleaning blades.
Removal of algae, lime and other deposits from the aquarium pane within minutes: non-scratch glass pane cleaner
Easy to handle: cleaner with handle – effortless removal of most stubborn algae
Safe and ideal for children: chemically neutral, no blades, non-rust, also suitable for curved front panes
Note: not suitable for plastic panes, keep the sponge cushion free of sand
Package contents: 1 non-scratch aquarium glass pane cleaner with handle. Incl.handle (45 cm) and cleaning cushion.

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If you grow your own cucumbers, the easiest way to get seed may seem to be to harvest them yourself. This is not always the best method because many modern varieties of cucumber are hybrid and their seed may be sterile. Find out the variety of cucumber growing in your garden before you invest time and energy into harvesting its seed. If the garden variety is a seeding kind, you are in luck.
Wait until the cucumber has turned a golden yellow color to harvest them (often after the first frost has killed off the vines). Then store them in a cool, dry place for 2 weeks to allow them to continue to ripen.
Use a sharp knife to slice the cucumber lengthwise. Then use a spoon to scoop out the seed mass in the center of the cucumber and place the seed mass into a plastic container.
Leave the container out, at room temperature, to ferment for four days. Stir the mixture daily. Mold will form on the top of the mass.
Pour off the pulp, unusable seed and mold that has floated to the top of the mixture. The usable seeds will sink to the bottom. Scoop them out of the container and spread them out on a sheet of paper towel to dry.
Place the dry seeds in the baby food jar and seal the lid. Place it in the freezer for 2 days to kill any pathogens. Then store the jar in the refrigerator until you are ready to plant the seeds in spring.
Things You Will Need
- Baby food jar with lid
- Paper towels
- Plastic container
- Plant your cucumber seeds in spring after all danger of frost has passed.
- If your cucumbers do not produce viable seed, purchase your seed from an online vendor or from your local gardening center.

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"The Forbidden Marriage" Production Team Member Diagnosed With COVID-19 + To Resume Filming Next Week
Filming of “The Forbidden Marriage” has come to a halt after a production team staff member tested positive for COVID-19.
On November 10, a source from MBC’s “The Forbidden Marriage” shared that a staff member has been diagnosed with COVID-19. With this, the entire filming of the drama has been suspended. The source added, “Filming will resume on November 14. We will do our best to ensure the safety of the cast and staff.”
Based on the web novel of the same name, “The Forbidden Marriage” will star Kim Young Dae as King Yi Heon, who falls so deep into despair after the death of his wife that he ends up prohibiting marriage in his kingdom. Seven years after the loss of his wife (played by IZ*ONE’s Kim Min Ju), who was then the crown princess, he comes across a con artist named So Rang (Park Ju Hyun) who claims that she can be possessed by the late princess’s spirit.
Wishing them a speedy recovery!
Check out Kim Young Dae in “The Penthouse“:


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Whoa! That’s a lot of dinero.
The first thing that comes to mind when talking about the Converse Chuck Taylor All-Star is that it’s affordable. But that’s not the case with this Chuck Taylor from the company, Just One Eye.
Designed by Nate Lowman, this Converse Chuck Taylor All-Star costs a whopping $25,000! Check out the details below to see why it cost so much.
Envisioned by Just One Eye and only one in a rare, limited edition of 21, these Converse shoes are composed of an original canvas from artist Nate Lowman. Hand-cut by Lowman, each shoe was hand-sewn onto an original 1970’s rubber Converse Chuck Taylor All Star sole by a craftsman in Los Angeles, each pair taking over 10 hours of work to complete. The canvas is composed of oil and high-gloss alkyd paint and latex, acrylic, and high-gloss alkyd paint on un-primed canvas. The shoes are lined with unfinished, uncolored Italian calf leather and stamped with Just One Eye’s logo and Nate Lowman’s signature.

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You have probably set yourself individual performance and fitness targets and it is down to you to meet those goals with your exercise regime but is it better to do your workout solo or could it prove more beneficial to hit the gym in a group?
Choosing a premier fitness gym that has all the equipment and facilities you need is important and another decision to make is whether you might do better if join a group of like-minded people who have the same fitness aspirations as you.
Here are some of the key points about group exercise to help you decide which option works best for you.
There is often a trade-off to consider
It seems that there is a reasonable chance that your performance level in the gym might be slightly higher when you go through your routine on your own, probably because your primary focus is on getting through your routine without any potential distractions.
However, exercising is not just about reaching a decent level of fitness and achieving a toned body, there is also the boost to your mental as well as your physical wellbeing that can be influenced by regular exercise.
You might put in more effort when you are working out alone but you might not get the same benefit when it comes to your stress levels when compared to how you feel when you exercise alongside others in a group.
The sense of community and belonging that you can enjoy when you are exercising alongside friends in a stimulating environment like a well-equipped gym shouldn’t be underestimated.
Encouraging each other to do better and sharing the pleasure of hitting new personal targets can provide some extra mental health benefits that go beyond exercise.
You might work slightly harder when working out on your own but if you want to boost your mental health and reduce stress levels, exercising in a group could be a worthwhile tradeoff.
Although it seems that you probably won’t get any fitter in a group compared to exercising alone there are sociable aspects which are worth thinking about.
There are also plenty of benefits attached to partaking in regular solo exercise, of course, but as we tend to be social animals it makes plenty of sense to appreciate that the social aspect of going through your routine in a group can have a positive impact on your overall wellbeing.
If you enjoy regular exercise and you like socializing too, combining the two could really lift your spirits and put a smile on your face every time you join a class.
Working out can also be lots of fun
If you like to push yourself hard and have already reached a level of fitness that is a notch above what regular gym-goers tend to get to it has to be said that you might find it frustrating to have to slow the pace down if you are working in a group.
Group workouts are about working together and encouraging each other throughout the session and the emphasis is about having fun and enjoying the company of others while you exercise. If you are going to be frustrated by others who are not working to your usual pace it might be that solo is still the best route for you.
Despite this, you could try a mix and match which involves doing your solo routines following your own rules, workout times, and pace, but get involved in some group classes too so that you can enjoy the social aspects of exercising.
You could even help to inspire others who are not as fit as you to get closer to your level with some friendly encouragement.
Helping each other to exercise correctly
It is worth pointing out that you can get stuck in a bit of a rut when you exercise alone and there could be new trends that you might not be aware of because you go solo.
Working in a group under some professional guidance will give you access to new training ideas and routines that you might like to try. Plus, there is also the chance that you might not be doing a certain move correctly because you are self-taught.
Working in a group will give you access to some new ideas that could keep your workout fresh and interesting and if you are doing something incorrectly, which could lead to an injury or mean you are not working the muscles in the right way.
Group exercise means looking out for each other and you might benefit in this scenario.
Most people who have already tried exercising in a group can find a positive aspect attached to the experience and one of those plus points is the fact that working alongside others can often improve your levels of motivation.
If you are new to fitness training, joining a group can be a great way to get a taste for what it is all about and you will most likely enjoy plenty of support and guidance from others in your group.
Peer support is an excellent source of motivation and the sort of camaraderie that can develop is well worth experiencing, as well as being a positive motivational factor.
Which is better?
It is almost impossible to answer the question as to whether it is better to exercise solo or in a group as there are pros and cons to consider on both sides.
It is fair to say that you couldn’t positively state that one option was better than the other so it is down to you to see which one works best for you. Alternatively, you could enjoy the best of both worlds and mix it up.
Doing a bit of solo and group exercise will help to ensure that you always feel challenged and benefit from the social aspects of exercising with like-minded individuals.
Getting fit and staying in shape is fun whichever way you look at it.

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The dangerous advance of measles, a disease that has reached epidemic proportions in several New York City neighborhoods, must prompt responsible actions to stop infectious diseases through vaccination from an early age.
We make a strong call to families in Puerto Rico to value vaccination as a proven tool to stop infectious diseases. The rise in incidence is impacting different parts of the world, including the most developed countries.
Official data show the magnitude of the problem. As of mid-April 2019, 555 measles cases have been confirmed in 20 U.S. states. According to the Pan American Health Organization, these cases correspond to six outbreaks involving mostly people who traveled to countries with increasing measles incidence.
Measles cases were reported in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Texas, Tennessee, and Washington. Puerto Ricans frequently visit most of these states.
More than half of the cases in the United States have been reported in New York City, particularly in Brooklyn. It would not be surprising if that infected people entering the island come from that jurisdiction since passenger traffic between that jurisdiction and Puerto Rico is high.
Puerto Rico must strengthen measures to prevent the spread of measles. Parents or guardians are responsible for ensuring compliance with their child´s vaccination schedule and boosters. The State should also facilitate access to vaccines.
This will avoid having to apply extraordinary measures such as those adopted by New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, who declared a public health emergency forcing people in the most impacted neighborhoods to vaccinate or face hefty fines of up to $1,000. He also warned about the possibility of closing schools that continue to allow unvaccinated children in classes.
Experts establish a link between the rejection of vaccines and the rise in the prevalence of infectious diseases, such as measles, in developed countries. Resistance is associated with the scientifically discredited belief that vaccines cause autism and suspicions surrounding drug producers and governments.
According to health authorities, Puerto Rico hasn´t recorded measles cases since 2002. Vaccination from an early age is mandatory on the island.
But the global drop in vaccine coverage has led to the return of measles in developed regions such as Europe. However, contagion can be prevented with the MMR vaccine (measles, mumps, and rubella) or the bivalent vaccine (measles-rubella).
Vaccines are a barrier against infectious diseases; they protect the health and lives of millions of children every year. Their impact transcends the individual: they protect the vaccinated person and the rest of the community due to the effect of group immunity when at least 95 percent of its members are vaccinated.
Not vaccinating children seriously affects the umbrella of collective protection and opens the door to diseases that were already eliminated. Today, measles is threatening the U.S., tomorrow other infectious diseases may have the same harmful potential.
We trust that Puerto Rico can keep the defensive barrier against diseases that can be prevented through a responsible and timely vaccination process.