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I took one pair of size 10 (6mm) knitting needles and one skein of Lion Brand Homespun with me on my road trip this week. I didn't cast on right away - I wanted to pace myself over the three days so I didn't run out of knitting! After the first couple of hours of driving, I started this - a scarf for my dad's birthday.
It's a stitch from a stitch dictionary - can't remember which one - called Cartridge Belt Rib. It's not really ribbing, but it has some good texture and doesn't curl. You need a multiple of 4 stitches plus 3 - I'm using 31 stitches. It's a two-row pattern. The first row is (K3, slip 1 with yarn in front) across to the last 3 stitches, K3. The second row is K1 (slip 1 wyif, K3) to the last 2 stitches, slip 1, K1. So the slip stitches are staggered on the back and front and it looks very clever even though you're only knitting, no purling.
I completed 23 inches of the scarf by the time I arrived home. I think it really needs to be at least 36 inches but I'm not sure whether the skein will last that long. I may have to buy another.
We sidetracked to a yarn shop in the Vancouver area. It was Wool and Wicker in Stevestown, a lovely place of small stores and nice housing, right on the ocean. The shop was divided into two parts - in one, the yarns were sorted by manufacturer, and in the other the yarns were sorted by colour. If I wasn't picky about my fibres (avoiding wool/silk) it would be a great adventure choosing lots of different yarns in similar colours and making a scarf with multiple strands.
I decided on three skeins of Berroco Comfort Sock yarn, which is 50% nylon, 50% acrylic, so should make for some hardwearing socks. It's a typical sock weight, recommended needle size 3.25mm, and whilst the label indicates 7.5 stitches to the inch, my little gauge swatch gave me 8! I'm used to making socks with elann esprit on 4mm needles, casting on 48 stitches for a sock for myself. I have already cast on for a sock with the yarn in the middle, and I'm using 64 stitches.
It was so nice to sleep in my own bed last night and I was sufficiently sleep-deprived from my night on the floor at the aquarium to sleep in until 10.40 this morning! And the kids weren't up yet either.


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Q: PEAR Mail, Mail_Mime and headers() overwrite I'm currently working on a reminder PHP Script which will be called via Cronjob once a day in order to inform customers about smth.
Therefore I'm using the PEAR Mail function, combined with Mail_Mime. Firstly the script searches for users in a mysql database. If $num_rows > 0, it's creating a new Mail object and a new Mail_mime object (the code encluded in this posts starts at this point). The problem now appears in the while-loop.
To be exact: The problem is
$mime->headers($headers, true);

As the doc. states, the second argument should overwrite the old headers. However all outgoing mails are sent with the header ($header['To']) from the first user.
I'm really going crazy about this thing... any suggestions?
(Note: However it's sending the correct headers when calling $mime = new Mail_mime() for each user - but it should work with calling it only once and then overwriting the old headers)
Code:
// sql query and if num_rows > 0 ....

require_once('/usr/local/lib/php/Mail.php');
require_once('/usr/local/lib/php/Mail/mime.php');

ob_start();
require_once($inclPath.'/email/head.php');
$head = ob_get_clean();

ob_start();
require_once($inclPath.'/email/foot.php');
$foot = ob_get_clean();

$XY['mail']['params']['driver'] = 'smtp';
$XY['mail']['params']['host'] = 'smtp.XY.at';
$XY['mail']['params']['port'] = 25;

$mail =& Mail::factory('smtp', $XY['mail']['params']);

$headers = array();
$headers['From'] = 'XY <service@XY.at>';
$headers['Subject'] = '=?UTF-8?B?'.base64_encode('Subject').'?=';
$headers['Reply-To'] = 'XY <service@XY.at>';

ob_start();
require_once($inclPath.'/email/templates/files.mail.require-review.php');
$template = ob_get_clean();

$crfl = "\n";
$mime = new Mail_mime($crfl);
while($row = $r->fetch_assoc()){
    $html = $head . $template . $foot;

    $mime->setHTMLBody($html);

    #$to = '=?UTF-8?B?'.base64_encode($row['firstname'].' '.$row['lastname']).'?= <'.$row['email'].'>'; // for testing purpose i'm sending all mails to webmaster@XY.at
    $to = '=?UTF-8?B?'.base64_encode($row['firstname'].' '.$row['lastname']).'?= <webmaster@XY.at>';
    $headers['To'] = $to; // Sets to in headers to a new

    $body = $mime->get(array('head_charset' => 'UTF-8', 'text_charset' => 'UTF-8', 'html_charset' => 'UTF-8'));
    $hdrs = $mime->headers($headers, true); // although the second parameters says true, the second, thrid, ... mail still includes the To-header form the first user

    $sent = $mail->send($to, $hdrs, $body);
    if (PEAR::isError($sent)) {
        errlog('error while sending to user_id: '.$row['id']); // personal error function
    } else {
        // Write log file
    }
}

A: There is no reason to keep the old object and not creating a new one.
Use OOP properly and create new objects - you do not know how they work internally.

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Q: Express Checkout.js Recurring Payment I am in the process of setting up an Express Checkout button which allows both one-time and recurring payments in one button. The single payments are working fine in the sandbox but I am running into problems when setting up billing agreement payments.
I am able to create a billing agreement which returns the JSON for the agreement, but then redirecting the flow to the login/payment screen doesn't work and shows an error message:
"Things don't appear to be working at the moment. Please try again later."
Before the error, the URL is:
"https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/checkoutnow?version=4&locale.x=en_GB&fundingSource=paypal&sessionID=5..."
So something is wrong when processing the request, but there are no errors returned in the console log.
Can anyone give some advice how to fix this please? Much appreciated


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Maurits van Saksen-Lauenburg (1551 - Buxtehude, 2 november 1612) was van 1581 tot aan zijn dood medehertog van Saksen-Lauenburg. Hij behoorde tot het huis Ascaniërs.

Levensloop
Maurits was de vierde zoon van hertog Frans I van Saksen-Lauenburg en Sybille van Saksen, dochter van hertog Hendrik IV van Saksen.

Wegens hoge schulden besloot zijn vader in 1571 te abdiceren als hertog van Saksen-Lauenburg ten voordele van zijn oudste zoon Magnus II. Hij beloofde om de landerijen die zijn vader wegens zijn schulden had verpand terug te betalen met de fondsen die hij als opperbevelhebber in het Zweedse leger verdiende, maar dat deed hij niet en hij bleef de landerijen in het hertogdom verder vervreemden. Dit veroorzaakte conflicten tussen Magnus II en zijn vader Frans I, zijn broers Frans II en Maurits. en de Staten van Lauenburg. Deze escaleerden door het gewelddadig temperament van Magnus II. In oktober 1573 werd Magnus II door zijn vader Frans afgezet als hertog van Saksen-Lauenburg, waarna die terug de troon besteeg.

Zijn vader Frans I stierf in 1581. Kort voor zijn dood besloot Frans na consultaties met zijn zoon prins-aartsbisschop Hendrik van Bremen en keizer Rudolf II, maar zonder overleg met zijn zoons Magnus en Maurits, zijn zoon Frans II aan te stellen als enige erfopvolger in Saksen-Lauenburg. Hij deed dit omdat hij Frans II beschouwde als zijn bekwaamste zoon, maar Frans schond hiermee de regels van het eerstgeboorterecht. Hierdoor werd Frans II door de Staten beschouwd als onwettig hertog, waardoor hij officieel administrator van het hertogdom Saksen-Lauenburg werd. Maurits oudste broer Magnus II vroeg vervolgens aan keizer Rudolf II om hem als nieuwe hertog van Saksen-Lauenburg te benoemen.

Op 31 januari 1585 besliste Rudolf II in het voordeel van Frans II en werd Magnus II onbekwaam verklaard om te regeren. Frans II wist Maurits aan zijn zijde te verkrijgen door hem tot mede-administrator van Saksen-Lauenburg te benoemen. Op 16 december 1585 aanvaardde Frans II dat de Staten van Lauenburg een permanente institutie werden die cruciale inspraak kregen in de regeringszaken, waarna Frans en Maurits in 1586 tot hertogen van Saksen-Lauenburg werden benoemd. Magnus II deed herhaalde pogingen om Saksen-Lauenburg te heroveren, waardoor Maurits en Frans een arrestatiebevel tegen hem uitvaardigden wegens landvredebreuk. In 1588 werd Magnus in Hamburg gevangengenomen en uitgeleverd aan Frans II en Maurits, waarna Magnus tot aan zijn dood in 1603 opgesloten werd in het kasteel van Ratzeburg.

In 1585 of 1586 verhuisde Maurits naar de stad Buxtehude, waar hij ging resideren in het Abdissenhuis van het zusterklooster Altkloster. Hij speelde geen belangrijke rol in de regeringszaken en leefde in het Abdissenhuis tot aan zijn dood in 1612. Ook ging hij militaire dienst voor de Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden.

Huwelijk en nakomelingen
Op 25 november 1581 huwde hij met Katharina von Spörcken, die deel uit maakte van een adelgeslacht uit Brunswijk-Lüneburg. Op 31 mei 1582 liet hij zich al van haar scheiden en koos hij voor zijn geliefde Gisela Sachsen, die afstamde van een buitenechtelijk kind van hertog Johan IV van Saksen-Lauenburg. Zijn moeder en hertog Julius van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel wilden dat Maurits terugkeerde naar zijn eerste echtgenote en lieten in 1588 zelfs een proces voor hekserij aanspannen voor Gisela en haar echtgenoot Adam von Tschammer. Maurits en Gisela kregen twee buitenechtelijke zonen, die nadien werd geadopteerd:
 Moritz Rautenstein (overleden tussen 1617 en 1639)
 Julius Ernst Rautenstein (1590-1660)

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Huis Saksen-Lauenburg
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In a sea of white kitchens, we are loving this gorgeous monochrome space. We have been obsessing over the kitchens over at Devol, and this one is no exception. The proportions in this kitchen seems just right: a perfect balance of traditional nostalgia and modern practicality. A one tone kitchen can seem like a bold choice, but when executed well, it actually feels both confident and serene. Click on the picture and links below to see how you can achieve this style in your own home.


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Trump Plays Dumb On David Duke's History Of White Supremacy. Here's Proof He's Lying.
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Oklahoma City, Friday, Feb. 26, 2016. CREDIT: SUE OGROCKI, AP
Two days after disavowing an endorsement from David Duke, Donald Trump suggested Sunday that he doesn't know anything about the former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard. But that was not his tune back in 2000.
"I disavow it, OK," he said on Friday when asked about Duke urging white supremacists to support his campaign.
But in an interview with Jake Tapper on CNN's State of the Union, Trump declined to unequivocally condemn the racism of Duke or disavow the support of white supremacists. Instead, he feigned ignorance.
"Well, just so you understand, I don't anything about David Duke, OK? I don't even know anything about what you're talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists. Did he endorse me, or what's going on? I know nothing about David Duke. I know nothing about white supremacists," Trump told Tapper.
Trump does know who David Duke is, however. In 2000, when he said he would not seek the Reform Party nomination, Trump said that the party was too splintered to successfully back a presidential candidate.
"As you know, the Reform Party has got some pretty big problems," Trump said on World News Now in 2000. "Not the least of which is Pat Buchanan, David Duke, Fulani, and it's a problem."
Trump also wrote in the New York Times, "Although I am totally comfortable with the people in the New York Independence Party, I leave the Reform Party to David Duke, Pat Buchanan and Lenora Fulani. That is not company I wish to keep."
Tapper rephrased the question and tried again but Trump said he "had to look at the group" and asked for a list of the white supremacist groups. When he asked Trump specifically about the Ku Klux Klan, Trump simply repeated that he had never heard of or met Duke.
Although Duke first supported Trump in August, he asked supporters to volunteer on Wednesday. Duke said, "get off your duff … call Donald Trump's headquarters, volunteer. They're screaming for volunteers," according to the New Orleans Advocate.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio criticized Trump on Sunday for his response to questions about support from former KKK grand wizard David Duke.
Rubio told reporters, "How are we going to grow our party with a nominee that refuses to condemn the KKK? Don't tell me he doesn't know who the KKK is."
Cruz tweeted in response to the news, "Really sad. @realDonaldTrump you're better than this. We should all agree, racism is wrong, KKK is abhorrent."
Still, Cruz and Rubio both have pledged to support Trump if he became the Republican nominee.
Trump tweeted out a video of his Friday disavowal of Duke on Sunday afternoon, reaffirming his earlier sentiment:
As I stated at the press conference on Friday regarding David Duke- I disavow. pic.twitter.com/OIXFKPUlz2
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The Yarraman Horse Ride Committee will be holding their 23rd annual Yarraman Horse Ride today - a 25km trail ride around neighbouring properties. The ride will leave the Yarraman Showgrounds on the New England Highway west of town at 8:00am following a compulsory briefing at 7:30am. The cost of the ride is $20 for TRA members or $35 for non-members, which includes cold water throughout the day (lunch can be purchased in the morning before the ride), $25 for children 14 and under or $100 for a family of four. Free camping will be available at the Showgrounds on Friday and Saturday nights, and meals will be available for purchase from Friday night through to Sunday morning. There'll be a bar and DJ running from around 6:00pm tonight after the ride concludes, and non-horse riders are very welcome to attend for free (but no BYO is allowed). More details? Phone Robert on 0438-638-506 or Sharyn on 0429-042-575.
Kumbia Neighbourhood Watch will be holding a special "Turn The Screws On Crime" morning at Repco in Youngman Steet, Kingaroy between 8:30am and 12:30pm this morning. For a gold coin donation, Queensland Police will fit one-way screws onto your car's number plates to deter theft.
Popular South Burnett performer Rowan Edwards will be appearing at the Palace Hotel in Drayton Street, Nanango from 7:30pm until late tonight. Admission is free. More details from the hotel on (07) 4163-1287.
The Murgon Show Society will be holding a Country Cabaret at Murgon Town Hall in Gore Street, Murgon from 6:30pm until late tonight as a curtain-raiser for this year's annual Murgon Show on March 15-16. In addition to the announcement of 2019's Miss Show Girl, Rural Ambassador and Junior Show Girl, veteran entertainer Tony Wagner from Dayboro will be providing the music. There'll also be novelty prizes throughout the night, a multidraw raffle, lucky door and lucky spot prizes, along with a great meal. Tickets are $15 per person or $50 per family and they can be obtained in advance from the Murgon Post Office in Lamb Street, or Maroske's Tyre Service on the Bunya Highway. Some tickets may also be available at the door unless sold out earlier. Everyone is welcome!
DJ iLLp will be spinning the platters from 9:00pm until late tonight at the Commercial Hotel at the corner of Glendon and Haly Streets, Kingaroy. More details? Phone the hotel on (07) 4162-1380.
Popular entertainer Guy Davis will be performing at the Wondai Hotel in Hasly Street, Wondai from 5:00pm until late tonight. The hotel will also be serving up pig, beef and lamb-on-a-spit dinners from 6:00pm. More details? Phone the hotel on (07) 4168-5274.
Two different watercolour workshops will be held in the South Burnett this weekend, both led by expert watercolour artists. In Kingaroy, the Kingaroy Arts Team will be holding a two-day workshop at the 1913 Council Chambers behind the Kingaroy Visitor Information Centre in Haly Street led by acclaimed North Burnett artist Sue Lederhose between 8:30am and 5:30pm both days. Course fees are $150, and more details can be obtained from the Kingaroy Regional Art Gallery on (07) 4189-9323. And in Wondai, the Wondai Regional Art Gallery in Haly Street, Wondai will be hosting as similar workshop led by artist Graham W. Smith from 9:00am to 5:00pm both days. Course fees are $60 ($30 for concessions) and guests should BYO lunch - morning and afternoon teas will be provided. More details? Phone the gallery on (07) 4168-5926.
The annual Bell Show and Rodeo will be held this weekend at the Bell Showgrounds in Wallace Street, Bell. In addition to the usual range of agricultural events, this year's show will feature a classic car and motorcycle rally; a ute, car and bike muster; home brew judging; and on Sunday, an NRA-affiliated rodeo that will kick off at 9:00am and run all day. Full details about this year's show can be downloaded from the Bell Show Society's website.
Fans of A-grade cricket can put their feet up today along with Murgon's victorious cricketers, who'll be watching with interest as two Gympie teams battle it out in that faraway town to see who'll face our local superheroes in the Grand Final next week. But in B Grade, Services will play Nanango at Taabinga State School in Kingaroy Street, Kingaroy; Murgon will play Wondai at the Murgon Showgrounds in Macalister Street, Murgon; the Warriors will play Blackbutt at Kingaroy State High School; and Cherbourg will test themselves against the mighty Kumbia Rattlers at Murgon State High School. All games start at 12:30pm and spectators are very welcome.


Not all readers will be familiar with University of the Incarnate Word (UIW), but we'll remedy that in this Spotlight Q&A. For starters, it's the largest Catholic university in Texas, as well as the fourth largest private institution in the state. And it's San Antonio campus offers more than a few alluring reasons to pay it a visit. Yet it may be best known for its small class sizes, rich ethnic diversity, and "Best Value" status by US News & World Report.


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This council is appointed by the Pastor and is responsible for assisting in all financial decisions including review of contracts.
This committee works closely with the Pastor in initiating programs so that all members of the parish community may participate in the liturgical celebrations of the parish. It assists in planning and coordinating various and seasonal celebrations.


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Anastazja Pustelnik FDC, właśc. Krystyna Pustelnik (ur. 13 października 1950 w Dylągowej) – polska zakonnica ze Zgromadzenia Córek Bożej Miłości, autorka książek kulinarnych znana jako siostra Anastazja.

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Gotować zaczęła mając 17 lat, po śmierci matki. Przez dwa lata pracowała w hucie szkła w Czechosłowacji, a w 1973 wstąpiła do zakonu. Tam gotowała dla niepełnosprawnych dzieci, następnie dla wspólnoty krakowskich jezuitów. Napisała 17 książek z przepisami kulinarnymi, z których pierwszą były 103 ciasta Siostry Anastazji. Książki sprzedały się w łącznym nakładzie 4 milionów egzemplarzy. Jej książki sprzedawane są m.in. w placówkach pocztowych. W 2016 zapowiedziała przejście na emeryturę. Według Newsweeka, popularność m.in. książek Pustelnik świadczy o postępującej emancypacji polskich zakonów żeńskich rozpoczętej w latach 90. XX wieku.

W 2019 nakładem Wydawnictwa WAM ukazała się biografia Pustelnik autorstwa Sławomira Rusina, zatytułowana Siostra Anastazja: Życie pełne smaku.

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You won't be able to buy this with V-Bucks.
Earlier in July, pop culture collectibles giant Funko Pop announced a deal with Epic Games to produce a Fortnite collection. This kicked off Fortnite: Battle Royale's invasion of the physical world, and a new announcement with a major toy manufacturer will take those efforts even further.
McFarlane Toys announced Monday it partnered with Epic Games to produce a line of Fortnite premium collectible figures. The toy manufacturer will create seven-inch toys based on the skins in the game. Along with the premium figures, McFarlane Toys will also produce other collectibles and resin statues based on the game. CEO and founder Todd McFarlane posted a video on his Twitter account about the announcement and giving his version of some of the more well-known Fortnite: Battle Royale emotes.
Fortnite: Battle Royale continues to grow in popularity on a pace rarely seen in video games. In less than a year, the battle royale game earned more than $1 billion, a figure game franchises take years to reach across multiple games on both physical and digital platforms. It's clear that everyone wants to be in the Fortnite business in whatever way possible.
The McFarlane Toys Fortnite collectible figures will release this fall in retail stores. No price for the toys was provided.
Another addition to the Fortnite: Battle Royale empire is the release of the Android version of the game. Rumors state Epic and Samsung partnered to release the game exclusively for the Galaxy Note 9 30 days before it will be available on other Android phones.


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Emojis in Court
Posted on Mar. 12, 2019, 8:49 am by Jonathan Holbrook
Love them or hate them, it looks like "emojis" are here to stay. As of this writing, more than 3,000 emojis have been officially recognized, standardized, and named by the Unicode Consortium (a group that cares very deeply about emojis, among other things) and they have been adopted for widespread use on cell phones, tablets, email clients, and social media platforms.
Emojis now exist as a way to succinctly express everything from the ordinary and familiar ( smiling face; thumbs-up) to the surprisingly specific ( mountain cableway; moon viewing ceremony) to the routinely misunderstood ( not "angry" but rather "persevering face;" not "shooting star" but rather "dizzy"), to the criminally repurposed ( snowflake to mean cocaine; rocket to mean high drug potency).
The explosive growth of this alternative form of communication is raising some interesting questions for criminal attorneys and the court system as a whole. Should emojis be considered "statements," on equal footing with written or spoken words? If they're not statements, then what are they? Who decides what is meant by the use of a particular emoji? Do they have to be published to the jury and included in the record as images, or can they be summarized and described by words? What should practitioners do to make sure that emojis are accurately reflected in transcripts, court orders, and appellate opinions, since many court systems are text-based and do not allow for the inclusion of images?
Let's about it.
Emojis? Really?
I'm afraid so. If this topic makes you and want to your , I sympathize. It took me far longer to find and insert those three images than it would have taken to simply type the words. But like it or not, emojis are showing up as evidence up in court cases with increasing frequency.
This topic garnered some national attention a few years ago, when the U.S. Supreme Court decided Elonis v. United States, 135 S.Ct. 2001 (2015). The defendant in Elonis challenged his conviction for threatening his estranged wife on Facebook, and one of the arguments on appeal was that the posts could not be interpreted as threats because the defendant included a smiley face emoji with the tongue sticking out, indicating that he was not serious. The emoji did not end up factoring into the Court's opinion, but to some observers it was proof that emojis had finally arrived as an issue on the legal landscape, and would likely become more common and more significant.
Recent cases across the country seem to bear that prediction out. See, e.g., United States v. Jefferson, 911 F.3d 1290 (10th Cir. 2018) (affirming defendant's robbery convictions, and noting that the "substantial" evidence of his guilt included not only surveillance videos and his admissions, but also a "Facebook post made after the January 9 robberies, which included a firearm emoji"); Commonwealth v. Hunt, 94 Mass. App. Ct. 1123 (Feb. 22, 2019) (unpublished) (evidence on cross-examination to show nature of relationship and alleged bias of witness included text messages with "three kissey emoji," "emoji of … two people with [a] heart … above their heads" and an "emoji of … [a] diamond ring"); State v. King, 2018 WL 4868127 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div., Oct. 9, 2018) (unpublished) (evidence in witness tampering case included Facebook post that included a picture of a subpoena, multiple references to the subject as a "rat," and "seven middle finger emojis").
According to Professor Eric Goldman, a law professor at Santa Clara University who tracks this issue, the prevalence of emojis in court cases across the country has followed a "J curve" pattern, beginning with just a few cases back in 2004 but then rising exponentially; in fact, more than 30% of all reported court cases mentioning emojis appeared in 2018 alone.
I have not yet seen any North Carolina or 4th Circuit cases in which the presence, admissibility, or meaning of an emoji was a crucial factor in the decision, but they are undoubtedly beginning to show up in the evidence. See, e.g., State v. Aracena, __ N.C. App. __, 817 S.E.2d 628 (Aug. 21, 2018) (unpublished) (evidence in robbery and assault case included a Facebook post directed at victim boasting about the assault, along with "five laughing emojis with tears coming out"); see also Nexus Services, Inc., v. Moran, 2018 WL 1461750 (W.D. Va., March 23, 2018) (concluding that an email between two co-workers which contained a "Hitler emoji" was not an attempt to chill plaintiff's speech – it had to be "taken in context" where "one was jokingly calling the other a 'meanie' and a taskmaster").
Emojis: Words, Thoughts, Both, or Neither?
As explained here, emojis first appeared in the mid- to late-1990's as a feature on select Japanese cell phones, but their popularity exploded in the early 2000's after they were standardized to work across multiple platforms and in different countries. The term "emoji" comes from the Japanese words "e" (絵, or "picture") and "moji" (文字, or "character"), so emoji literally means "picture character."
Emojis aren't words in the traditional sense, of course, but it's clear that they are something more communicative than mere doodles or illustrations. Like their text-based ancestors known as "emoticons" (figures or symbols such as ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ or :-), created with regular keyboard characters), emojis can be used to add context and tone to an accompanying statement, or they can express a separate and independent thought on their own. Conceptually, this makes emojis analogous to gestures, nods, or facial expressions that can likewise modify the meaning of accompanying words (like a shrug for "no offense," or a glare for "I'm not kidding"), or convey a complete thought (like a nod to mean "yes," or pointing to mean "over there"), depending on the circumstances.
Until we receive specific guidance from North Carolina's appellate courts, and in light of the fact that emojis are being used as a form of communication, the most logical approach is to treat them as "statements," comparable to any other type of "written or oral assertion or nonverbal conduct intended by the declarant as an assertion." G.S. 8C-1, Rule 801(a) (definition of hearsay); see also State v. Satterfield, 316 N.C. 55 (1986) ("An act, such as a gesture, can be a statement for purposes of applying rules concerning hearsay"). Treating emojis as nonverbal statements provides a ready-made body of law for tackling issues like relevance and admissibility, which is a great start, but it gets a little more complicated when we turn to the matter of interpretation.
What Do Emojis Mean?
Imagine a troubled young defendant who texts his girlfriend that he is willing to her disapproving parents so that they can finally be together. She texts back with what the Unicode Consortium calls the "folded hands" emoji: . What does that reply mean? Is it hands clasped in prayer, begging him not to do it? Or praying that he will? Or perhaps she misunderstands the emoji and thinks it's a "high five," celebrating their murderous plan? Additionally, consider what happens if the sender and receiver are using different cell phones or operating systems. The same emoji, "pistol," displays this way on a Microsoft device: but it shows up like this on an LG smartphone: . The potential for misunderstandings and conflicting interpretations is (literally) easy to see.
In many cases, the jurors will make the final determination about the true meaning or intent behind an ambiguous emoji, just as they would with any other potentially incriminating statement that the declarant contends was "only a joke" or "not how I meant it." And to help the jury answer those questions, it appears that we have already entered the age of emoji interpretation expert witnesses. In a recent human trafficking case out of California, the state qualified a detective "as an expert in the areas of pimping, pandering and prostitution," based on his training and experience, and the expert was permitted to testify about several emojis that the defendant texted (a crown, high heels, and bags of money) and the meaning of those images "specific to commercial … sexual exploitation." See People v. Jamerson, 2019 WL 459012 (Cal. Ct. App., February 6, 2019) (unpublished).
But judges, magistrates, attorneys, and law enforcement officers also need to become at least conversationally fluent in emoji-speak, in order to address a number of other issues that could surface before trial. For example, is the "folded hands" emoji in the example above enough to charge the girlfriend with conspiracy? Is it admissible at trial as a statement of a co-conspirator? If the girlfriend testifies and insists that her reply meant "I'm praying you don't do it," can the state still argue the mistaken high five interpretation as a "reasonable inference" in closing? Opposing parties will inevitably disagree on what certain emojis mean, but it helps if both sides can at least agree on their names and recognize the differences between them.
How to Publish and Preserve
The growing use of emojis in texts, social media posts, and emails poses two additional problems for the court system. First, how should emojis be presented in court proceedings, such as when an officer is using them as part of a warrant application, or when an attorney wants to publish them to the jury? Second, how should they be documented and preserved in court records, such as transcripts or appellate opinions?
Whenever possible, the best option is to use the entire text, email, or post, showing all the words and emojis together. Officers can attach a printout or screenshot to their warrant applications, and attorneys can publish to the jury by handing out copies and letting the jurors see it for themselves. This approach helps to avoid disputes about misrepresentation or cross-platform display errors, and best ensures that the full and true intent of the communication will be conveyed (whatever the parties contend that intent is).
If including an image is not possible, it is imperative that the written description of the emojis be as complete and accurate as possible, preferably by using the standardized Unicode Consortium names. There are 148 different emojis listed in the "Smileys and Emotion" category alone, so a vague description like "smiley face emoji" could lead to confusion or error. In addition to its distinctive name, every emoji also has a unique code assigned to it. Including both the full name and the code in the description will ensure that "sleepy face" ( , U+1 F62A) is not incorrectly characterized as "drooling face" ( , U+1 F924).
The least desirable option is to leave the emojis out entirely, or replace them with a generic placeholder in brackets like [emojis omitted] or [various emojis]. For all the reasons explained above, this option doesn't accurately convey the full meaning of the statement. See, e.g., United States v. Johnson, 280 F. Supp. 3d 772 (D. Md., Nov. 21, 2017) (referencing an Instagram post where defendant wrote "…they welcomed me home like it was 88 [emojis]. Real luv never fails…"). The post in Johnson would read quite differently if the defendant said he was being "welcomed home" with instead of .
Emoji or Emojis?
Finally, what is the correct plural of emoji? If there are several of them in a row, is it still "emoji" like we would say "the seven samurai," or should it be "emojis" like we would say "multiple tsunamis?" As you can tell from this post I've already made my choice, but for a contrary view check out this Atlantic article. Let the comment war begin.
Category: Evidence, Uncategorized | Tags: emoji, emoticon, hearsay, nonverbal statement
2 comments on "Emojis in Court"
Jillian Katz
I had an appeal in the past year where text messages were read into evidence. One of my client's texts was a sad face emoji and a sad face with a tear. The witness simply read them into evidence just like that — "sad face emoji" and "sad face with a tear." This was not an issue on appeal — as these emojis were universal and clear in their meaning — so it does not show up in the opinion.
Ann Wall
The ABA SCi-Tech Section has an Emoji CLE coming up:
Emojis Speaking Louder Than Words? The Import of Emojis, Emoticons, and Hashtags as Evidence at Trial and Beyond
http://maestro.abanet.org/trk/click?ref=z11aidwdq5_0-2oh22m5-0-3be30x3af9b5x015802&


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Die Galerie Smend ist eine Galerie für Textilkunst in Köln. Sie wurde 1973 von Rudolf G. Smend gegründet, der sie bis heute leitet.

Geschichte
Die Galerie Smend ist spezialisiert auf Textilkunst und stellt internationale Textilkünstler aus. Nachdem der gelernte Diplomkaufmann Rudolf Smend eine Reise durch Vorderasien, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Indien und Malaysia nach Indonesien 1972 unternahm, eröffnete er ein Jahr später in der Kölner Südstadt (Mainzer Straße) eine Batik-Galerie. Während seiner Reise belegte er selbst Kurse bei Batik-Künstlern, besuchte die kleinen Handwerksbetriebe und studierte die unterschiedlichen Techniken und sammelte kostbare Stoffe aller Art. Mit vielen dieser handgearbeiteten Textilien und Kunstwerke im Gepäck kam er zurück nach Köln. 1973, im selben Jahr seiner Eröffnung, stellte er auf dem "1. Internationalen Kunstmarkt", der heutigen Art Cologne, seine Batik-Stoffe aus.

Ausstellungen
Den großen Durchbruch brachte im Jahr 2000 die große Ausstellung "Batiken von Fürstenhöfen und Sultanspalästen aus Java und Sumatra" die im alten Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum stattfand und von der Galerie Smend zusammengestellt wurde. Insgesamt hat die Galerie mehr als 250 Ausstellungen gezeigt und 15 Bücher und umfangreiche Kataloge veröffentlicht.

 1973: 1. Internationaler Kunstmarkt Köln, heutige Art Cologne
 1974: Art 5, Art Basel
 1974: 2. Internationaler Kunstmarkt Köln
 1996: 7. Koreanische Textilkunst Biennale
 2000: Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum Köln, Batiksammlung von Smend "Batiken von Fürstenhöfen und Sultanspalästen aus Java und Sumatra"
 2005: American Textile History Museum, Lowell USA
 2005: 1. Textile ART, Berlin
 2008: Mehrere Ausstellungen
 Arts of Pacific Asia Show in San Francisco
 Textile and Tribal Arts Show in San Francisco
 Textile and Tribal Arts Show in New York
 Textile ART Berlin (MB)
 Ausstellung: Monika Speyer, Peter Algier, Kobayashi Shoukoh
 Batik-Ausstellung : Fritz Donart, Jonathan Evans, Beth Mc Coy, Rosi Robinson
 Ausstellung: Irina Kolesnikova
 Ausstellung: Arimatsu Shibori - Murase
 2009: Arts of Pacific Asia Show, San Francisco
 2009: Textile and Tribal Arts Show, San Francisco
 2010: Arts of Pacific Asia Show in San Francisco
 2010: Textile and Tribal Arts Show in San Francisco

Seit 1973 ständig wechselnde Ausstellung nationaler und internationaler Textil-Künstler.

Publikationen
 Batik – Europäische Künstler in Südost-Asien, 1977
 Batikhandbuch. 136 Batikkünstler stellen sich vor, 1980
 Seidenmalerei Handbuch, 1983
 Internationale Batik Ausstellung Katalog, 1984, Köln
 Malerei auf Seide – Handbuch II, 1985
 Seide, Farbe, Seidenmalerei – Handbuch III, 1987
 Seidenmalerei in Vollendung (Hrsg.) 1988
 Seidenmalerei Handbuch IV 1989
 VI. Biennale der Textilkunst 1990–1991. ISBN 978-3926779137
 Seidenmalerei Handbuch V, 1993
 25 Jahre Textile Kunst – Galerie Smend 1973–1998, Handbuch VI, ISBN 978-3926779731
 Batiken von Fürstenhöfen und Sultanspalästen aus Java 2000. Sammlung Rudolf G. Smend. ISBN 9783926779588
 Peter Wenger Batik – Retrospektive 2006. Katalog zur Ausstellung
 BATIK 75 selected masterpieces The Rudolf G. Smend Collection 2006. ISBN 978-0804838955
 Out of Ireland – 50 Years of Batik by Peter Wenger. 2007, Gallery 1, Thomastown, Irland

Weblinks
 Website der Galerie

Einzelnachweise

Galerie in Köln
Textilkunst
Gegründet 1973


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Akira Toriyama To Oversee New 'Dragon Ball' Series
By Maximus Prime | April 29th, 2015 at 5:12 pm
In 2013, Toei Animation produced Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, the first new Dragon Ball movie since 1996. In March of this year, a second film, Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F was released, bringing back fan-favorite villain, Frieza to the mix. And now — following the success of their revived film franchise — Toei Animation has announced Dragon Ball Super, the first new Dragon Ball series in 18 years.
The new show — which will take place during the aftermath of Goku and company's battle with Majin Buu — will be overseen by original Dragon Ball creator, Akira Toriyama, and produced by Fuji Television.
Topics: Animated, News, Television
Tags: Akira Toriyama, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball GT, Dragon Ball Super, Dragon Ball Z, Fuji Television, Toei Animation
Check Out This Trailer For 'Dragon Ball Z: Battle Of The Gods'
By Maximus Prime | June 23rd, 2014 at 5:06 pm
On August 5th, 2014, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of the Gods, the first feature film in 17 years from Akiria Toriyama and the Dragon Ball franchise, will be released in theaters nationwide. The 18th movie in the series, Battle of the Gods was originally released in Japan in March of 2013. Now, Funimation has dubbed the film in English and those of us in the United States who have been eagerly anticipating this movie will finally have the chance to view it.
Set 5 years after the Majin Buu Saga and a few years before Dragon Ball GT, Battle of the Gods includes all of the series' fan favorite characters. Below is the anime's official synopsis followed by the new theatrical trailer.
Topics: Animated, Movies, News
Tags: Akira Toriyama, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of the Gods, Funimation
Comic Review: Weekly 'Shonen Jump' Digital Manga Magazine
By RoughJustice | February 19th, 2013 at 2:33 pm
World Trigger By Daisuke Ashihara
Toriko By Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro
Dragon Ball By Akira Toriyama
One Piece By Eiichiro Oda
Naruto By Masashi Kishimoto
Cross Manage By KAITO
Nisekoi By Naoshi Komi
One Punch Man By Yusuke Murata
Viz Manga
Cover Price: 99¢
Okay, I have to be honest. When I was assigned to start reviewing Shonen Jump, I had much catching up to do. One Piece is on chapter 698 and Naruto is deep into its 600s as well, not to mention, there is a ton of manga in here that I am wildly unfamiliar with. That being said, I have taken up the arduous task of catching up on these manga, full-time job and personal hygiene be damned.
I am still working on getting my knowledge of current storylines completely up-to-date. So, bear with me if I forget to mention that someone is the brother of the widow who was once a demon but is now a soccer player, or something like that.
Now, without further ado, let's dive into the recent Shonen Jump (confetti falls from the ceiling, somewhere in the distance a dragon roars).
Tags: Akira Toriyama, Daisuke Ashihara, Dragon Ball, KAITO, Manga, Masashi Kishimoto, Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro, Naoshi Komi, Naruto, Nisekoi, One Piece, Shonen Jump, Toriko, Viz Media, World Trigger, Yusuke Murata


The kind folks over at Osram has sent us one of their new ORBEOS OLED Lighting panel for a review. The ORBEOS is a round (88mm diameter) glass panel that's only 2.1mm thick (it weights 24g). The efficiency is 25lm/W. The brightness of the panels is 1,000cd/m² with power input of less than a watt, and they should last around 5,000 hours. The panels are available now via OSRAM's site, they cost €240 each. The panels were actually released back in November 2009, and OSRAM say that they are happy with the sales and interest so far.
The ORBEOS come in a small box which contains the panel inside the 'development kit'. OSRAM has done a great job at this I think, it's very easy to handle. It has a battery (it even comes charged) and it charges via a USB. So what you basically get is a large OLED flashlight.
The kit contains a dimmer and an on/off switch. You can easily take the panel out (there are four plastic caps on the sides, you just have to remove them). OSRAM say that it's important to return the panel in the right direction - to the minus and plus connectors on the kit. Obviously I didn't read the instructions before playing with it, so I can say that I did return the panel facing the wrong way and tried to switch it off. It didn't work, but it didn't seem to harm the panel. Don't try this at home, anyway.
The ORBEOS emits a warm white light (2,800K, CRI up to 80) like an incandescent lamp - somewhat yellowish. You can't actually dim the light all the way... there's a large cut-off between "on" and "off". A bit annoying, but maybe that's the kit design, as the panel itself should be "continuously dimmable" according to Osram.
The ORBEOS has a honeycomb wire structure to the panel - this is visible in both the off and on state. I can say that even after working for several minutes, it doesn't get hot at all. This obviously one of the advantages of OLEDs (interestingly Philips' panel got very hot).
Both panels are rated at 1,000cd/m², and indeed both seem just as bright. The ORBEOS is much larger than the square Lumiblade I've got (which is 43.7x47.4 mm) and so it's brighter of course. The Lumiblade is white ('cold' white) while the ORBEOS is more yellowish. Like I said before, the Lumiblade gets very hot while the ORBEOS stays cool.
I think that OSRAM has done a great job on this OLED development kit. It's very high-quality, and it's exciting to handle one of the world's first OLED panels: you know you're holding the future of lighting... If you plan to get a few and use them in a lamp design, you have to understand that you'll need to build a controller of your own if you want to enjoy the thinness of the panels and get rid of the bulky kit.
The ORBEOS panels are very expensive (€240 each) but these are just samples - they are not yet mass produced. They are not very efficient either: 25lm/W is much less than a fluorescent (which is usually 60 to 90 lm/W). Obviously this is just a first step, as companies already announced OLED panels that exceed 100 lm/W in the "lab".


Tyga is not living with Kylie Jenner anymore, however they are still a couple according to US Weekly. Tyga only moved in with Kylie under a year ago, but rumor has it that he has packed his bags and moved out. Tyga will be living in his Hollywood Hills home.


Hello everyone! I am so excited to learn oil painting! I've always been interested in the depth that a person can achieve with this specific medium, but ran in the other direction after using turpentine as a solvent the first time I tried my hand at it. What a horrible feeling.
In my past I have explored plenty of mediums, searching for the right one (photogrphy, drawing in almost every medium, metalworking, ceramics, fiber, and painting in watercolor, gouache, acrylic, oil) and by far my favorite has been expressing myself with oil. It's extremely satisfying and traditional, which I have always leaned towards in terms of mediums.
I am currently painting my first impasto still life and have now got all my colors ready to go (55 matched tones, shadows, highlights, etc...), I also have a sketch done on a stained & gessoed cotton canvas.
I primed the canvas with gesso(that was originally for an acrylic painting), and just found out that oil painting actually may require a different type of gesso type substance specific to oil. Will my acrylic gesso cause problems?
I also purchased an instructional video on portrait painting where the instructor demonstrated his technique of using acrylic burnt umber as a base for an oil painting in order to save time. I was wondering if this causes any kind of long term problems as a painting ages as well.
My main goal is to create a non-toxic environment because I do not have proper ventilation as of now. I have read that it is preferable to avoid thinners, and stick to oils as solvents because of decreased deterioration of the painting in the long run.
Acrylic primer, gesso and toner is fine. Only thing to remember is NOT to use them on top of oil paint.
Have a look at all the free resources Mark provides in the "Videos and Tutorials" at the top of this page.
Geneva oils has no solvent. Only available in the US so far.
If you click on any of the art on the main page a DMP gallery will open.
Acrylic as a base is not a problem, you can execute the painting till it is finished, but then when it's dry, like in a couple of hours you can go back and hit it with oils, in parts or the whole thing. Oil will dry in a in a few days, on the surface but, if it's thick it can take a looong time to fully dry.
burnt umber as a base is quite a standard approach.
Welcome to the forum. I wish you a good start into your painting!
Welcome to DMP @GelatinousDream !
Heres a waring. Most art supplies are dangerous. Less so than many cleaning materials but dangerous all the same. Pigments, solvents, blades, scissors, staplers on and on. I've had more stitches from art supplies than from bar fights.
It's your health, so you do what works for you!


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Während der Siedlerbewegung in Wien in den 1920er Jahren zogen etliche Wiener auf Grund der durch den Ersten Weltkrieg hervorgerufenen Wohnungsnot und den immer knapper werdenden Lebensmitteln in selbst errichtete einfache Behausungen an der Stadtgrenze. Kleine Gärten stellten die Lebensmittelversorgung sicher. Ihr Anliegen war, unabhängig und autark von der Stadt zu leben. Während die ersten Bauten noch illegal errichtet wurden, unterstützte die Stadt das Vorhaben schnell.

Geschichte
Von den staatlich unterstützten Reform-Initiativen, die in England und Deutschland erfolgreiche Anfänge verzeichneten, war in Wien bis dahin nicht viel angekommen. Otto Neurath gründete 1920 die Österreichischer Verband für Siedlungs- und Kleingartenwesen. Durch die  Not und die Novemberrevolution ermutigt organisierte sich die Bewegung rasch in sogenannte Siedlergenossenschaften. Waren die Bauten erst noch illegal, lenkte die Stadt nach drei Massendemonstrationen ein und gründete 1921 die Gemeinwirtschaftliche Siedlungs- und Baustoffanstalt (Gesiba). Diese lieferte die Baustoffe, die Bauarbeiten selbst wurden von den Siedlern ausgeführt. Es entstanden bis Ende 1925 ca. 3000 Siedlerhäuser.

Adolf Loos schrieb Die Siedlerbewegung die alle Bewohner dieser Stadt befallen hat und stellte seine Fähigkeiten als Architekt dem  städtischen Siedlungsamt unter Max Ermers (1881–1950) zur Verfügung, andere von Ermers hinzugezogene Architekten waren Josef Frank und die Berufsanfängerin Margarete Lihotzky.

Klaus Novy teilte 1981 die Bewegung in seinem Aufsatz Selbsthilfe als Reformbewegung in 4 Phasen ein:
 Phase I: Notprojekt von unten – die wilde Siedlerei 1919/1920
 Phase II: Entwicklung eines Großsystems organisierter Selbsthilfe 1921–1922/23
 Phase III: Die kommunale Aneignung der Siedleridee: Die Stillstellung der Bewegung durch Gemeindesiedlungen 1924–1929
 Phase IV: Notprojekt von oben: Stadtrandsiedlung als Erwerbslosensiedlung 1930 ff

Ab 1923 widmete sich die Gemeinde Wien verstärkt mehr der Errichtung von Gemeindebauten und die Siedlerbewegung geriet etwas in den Hintergrund. Es wurden aber auch in weiterer Folge von der Gemeinde Wien einige gartenstadtartige Siedlungen geplant, zumal die den meisten Gemeindebauten der Zeit zugrundeliegende Idee der "Superblocks" nicht von allen Architekten befürwortet wurde.

Siehe auch
 Gartenstadt
 Schrebergarten
 Künstlerkolonie
 Arbeitersiedlung
 Urban Gardening
 Rotes Wien

Literatur
 Marcel Bois: Kunst und Architektur für eine neue Gesellschaft. Russische Avantgarde, Arbeitsrat für Kunst und Wiener Siedlerbewegung in der Zwischenkriegszeit, in: Arbeit – Bewegung – Geschichte, Heft III/2017, S. 12–34.
 Elke Krasny: Hands-on Urbanism 1850–2012 Vom Recht auf Grün. Turia+Kant, Wien 2012, ISBN 978-3-85132-677-2.
 Klaus Novy: Selbsthilfe als Reformbewegung. Der Kampf der Siedler nach dem 1. Weltkrieg. in: Arch+ 55, Kampf um Selbsthilfe, 1. Februar 1981, S. 27–40.
 Elisabeth Barbara Judmaier: LinkDie [Neue] Siedlerbewegung in Wien [?]. Wien, Univ. für Bodenkultur, Masterarb., 2011.
 Klaus Novy: Die Wiener Siedlerbewegung 1918–1934. Klenkes, Aachen 1982.
 Robert Hoffmann: Nimm Hack' und Spaten ... Siedlung und Siedlerbewegung in Österreich 1918–1938. 1987.
 Klaus Novy, Günther Uhlig: Die Wiener Siedlerbewegung 1918–1934. 1982.
 Inge Podbrecky: Rotes Wien. 2003.
 Ulrike Zimmerl: Wiener Siedlerbewegung und Siedlungswesen in der Zwischenkriegszeit. 1998.

Weblinks

 Werkbundsiedlung Wien – Die Wiener Siedlerbewegung

Einzelnachweise

Gartenstadt in Österreich
Architekturgeschichte (Wien)
Austromarxismus
Stadtbaugeschichte (Österreich)
Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung (Österreich)
Österreichische Geschichte (Zwischenkriegszeit)


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Modern day TV series about a small covert US government organization consisting of people that have superhuman powers.
Is there any information about how Alphas would have continued had it not been cancelled?
On Alphas, does Gary process audio transmissions?
Why didn't the flashing lights affect Gary?
In Alphas how does Kat's memory forgetting thing work?
Why can't Nina push Gary?
Are Warehouse 13 characters Pete Lattimer and Steve Jinks Alphas?


The one day workshop is tailored to your specific needs as a one, two or three-day workshop. A day of mindfulness offers a fully immersive experience giving time to fully explore the benefits of mindfulness in the workplace and any questions delegates have about implementing it into their day.
With one client who opted for a two day course the sessions focused on teaching delegates mindfulness in the context of working with teen age children. Drawing on my experience with .B and mindfulness in schools the workshop introduced delegates to the principles of how to teach mindfulness to children, with practice opportunities for the delegates so that they could gain confidence in sharing the mindfulness tools they had learnt.


Formal yet fun, these printed trousers have the style power and versatility to see you through work to weekend. Styled with a green base and all-over print, these smart tapered trousers feature a single pleated front, together with functional side pockets and a zip fly fastening. Mules, trainers, strappy sandals, you name it, these trousers can be paired with just about any footwear. Inside Leg: 70cm.


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Saint Alkison was Bishop of Nicopolis (now Preveza) in Epirus from 491 to 516, and became a valiant opponent of the policy of accommodation with the Monophysites pursued by the Emperor Anastasios I (495-518) and his successors. He firmly resisted every attempt at persuading him to condone heresy and was imprisoned at Constantinople, where he died of the effects of ill-treatment, on 28 September 516.
Around 460, the three-aisled basilica B Alkison was built, the first of a series of six in Nicopolis. Basilica B was the largest of the Nicopolis basilicas and probably served as the bishop's cathedral church. An inscription informs us that Bishop Alkison (491-516) sponsored some additions to the southern annex of Basilica B, possibly around 500. It came to be known as the Basilica of Saint Alkison, the ruins of which still exist.
The Synod of Chalcedon did not bring a definitive end to the theological disputes in the Church as a whole. In 482, Roman Emperor Zeno (474-491) promulgated the Henotikon, a declaration of union, written up by Patriarch Akakios of Constantinople (471-489) in a bid to bring compromise through reconciliation to the Monophysites of Egypt and Syria and the Duophysite of Asia Minor, Thrace and Illyricum, including Epirus. Pope Felix III (483-492) of Rome vehemently opposed the declaration because it did not explicitly endorse the principles of Chalcedon and in his view it represented an attempt to supersede the primacy of Rome in theological affairs, so in 484, he convened a synod, excommunicated Patriarch Akakios who, in turn, excommunicated him.
Nevertheless, the Henotikon reconciled the Monophysites of Egypt and Syria to Constantinople and secured a certain measure of ecclesiastical peace in the east for thirty years. The price, however, was a dispute with the papacy, opening a schism between Constantinople, on the one hand, and Rome and those eastern provinces rejecting it, on the other, lasting until 519. During this period the bishops of Thessaloniki generally sided with the patriarchs of Constantinople, thereby breaking with the bishops of Rome and ceasing to act as their vicarii in Illyricum; meanwhile the popes did what they could to maintain communion with and the obedience of certain groups of provincial bishops in the praefectura through bilateral relationships, defending the rights of the metropolitans and their synods against interference from Thessaloniki and Constantinople: there had already been some tradition of such direct bilateral relationships going back to around 450, with the bishops of Nicopolis, the third see of Illyricum, sometimes playing a leading role.
Emperor Anastasios (491-518) maintained a compromise position during the first half of his reign. But in 509, under pressure from Monophysite groups in Constantinople and Antioch following the end of the war with Persia (502-506), Bishop Flavianus II of Antioch explicitly condemned the Synod of Chalcedon and the Tomus Leonis, paving the way for Emperor Anastasios to give fuller support to the Monophysites in the east, leading to a period of depositions of pro-Chalcedonian bishops in Constantinople itself as well as throughout Asia Minor, Syria, and Palestine. Meanwhile, some 40 bishops of Illyricum supported the pro-Chalcedonians, maintaining constant correspondence during the ensuing years with Bishops Symmachus (498-514) and Hormisdas (514-523) in Rome, led by Bishop Alkison of Nicopolis, often defying the bishop of Thessaloniki.
By 513, the conflict spread to Thrace where the comes foederatorum Vitalianus, also a supporter of the pro-Chalcedonian cause, revolted, followed by a large number of Bulgars and other Huns. In 514, Vitalianus and his troops took control of the northern provinces of the diocese and besieged Constantinople demanding, among other things, the recall of Chalcedonian bishops expelled from their sees and the convening of a synod at Herakleia in Thrace to effect an ecclesiastical union with the participation of all the bishops, including the Bishop of Rome Hormisdas. Under pressure, Emperor Anastasios agreed and Vitalianus lifted the siege. In preparation for the synod, in 515 Bishop Hormisdas made a pact with the 40 bishops in Illyricum by which they withdrew from communion with Bishop Dorotheos of Thessaloniki. In the meantime, Bishop Alkison of Nicopolis traveled to Constantinople where he signed a libellus of reconciliation brought by Roman legates and he served as intermediary between the Roman see and the monks organizing the Chalcedonian supporters in Palestine. However, the Emperor delayed implementation of the agreement to hold the synod. In reaction, Vitalianus again besieged Constantinople by land and sea, but the Imperial forces defeated those of Vitalianus who was forced to retreat. In retaliation, Anastasios removed him as magister militum per Thrace. At that point, in the spring 516, the Emperor finally convened a synod at Herakleia in Thrace, gathering more than 200 high-level clergymen, but the actual synod never took place: instead Emperor Anastasios, with the active cooperation of Bishop Dorotheos of Thessaloniki, acted against the group of forty Illyricum bishops opposing them, forcibly bringing the bishops of Nicopolis, Lychnidos, Serdica, Naissus, and Pautalia back to Constantinople. There Bishop Gaianus of Naissus died in prison. Emperor Anastasios released two other bishops from Dacia Mediterranea, for fear of losing the Illyricum army's support. But Imperial agents also arrested Bishop Laurentius of Lychnidos and Bishop Alkison of Nicopolis, who died in prison in September 516. Pope Hormisdas received a letter in 517 from the Bishop of Nicopolis, calling Bishop Alkison "our holy father Alkison."
Only very recently, since 1988, has the Ecumenical Patriarchate recognized Bishop Alkison of Nicopolis as a saint for his martyrdom, thanks to the investigative efforts of the current Bishop Meletios of Preveza/Nicopolis. In 2013, for the first time in around 1500 years, Metropolitan Chrysostomon of Preveza/Nicopolis held a Divine Liturgy at the ruins of the Basilica of Saint Alkison in Nicopolis.
The efforts and sacrifice of Saint Alkison of Nicopolis and other bishops of Illyricum proved not to be in vain when Emperor Justin (518-527) and his nephew Justinian (527-565), also themselves Illyrians from the province of Dardania, Dacia diocese, came to power backed by those in favor of the orthodox Dyophysite, pro-Chalcedonian policy, paving the way for reconciliation with Rome under Bishop Hormisdas.


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terror on the streets of new york
NYC terror suspect allegedly asked to hang ISIS flag in hospital room
By Kaja Whitehouse
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The Uzbeki national accused of killing eight people on the Lower West Side bike path was so loyal to ISIS that he asked if he could fly the terror group's flag inside his Bellevue Hospital room, authorities revealed Wednesday.
Sayfullo Saipov also boasted that "he felt good" about the Tuesday afternoon pickup truck attack, which injured 18, according to a federal criminal complaint.
Federal prosecutors said Saipov was inspired to commit mass murder by watching hours of ISIS snuff films on his cellphone, and had been plotting the heinous attack for at least a year.
"In particular, Saipov was motivated to commit the attack after viewing a video in which [ISIS leader] Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi . . . questioned what Muslims in the United States and elsewhere were doing to respond to the killing of Muslims in Iraq," the complaint says.
Saipov, 29, first arrived in the United States from Uzbekistan in 2010. Neighbors and public records paint the accused killer as a longtime "radical" who didn't pay his taxes, ignored warrants and freaked out his own imam with his emotional intensity.
He always seemed to be carrying a dark secret, according to José Mejia, 49, who lives near Saipov's current address in Paterson, NJ.
"He always looked like he was hiding something," the neighbor told The Post.
"I'd see him a couple times with some people, I didn't know if it was family or friends. Just from the way he looked, I thought he seemed very secretive."
And Saipov's 24-year-old wife, Nozima Odilova, apparently shared his gruff nature, according to neighbor Maria Rivera, 47, who recalled an icy reception when she found one of the couple's two young daughters wandering the neighborhood and returned the girl home.
"I said, 'Listen, your daughter, she was in the middle of the street,' " Rivera recalled. "And she didn't say nothing to me. She walked inside the house. No 'Thank you,' no nothing."
A Florida imam said he was distressed by Saipov's behavior shortly before the terror suspect moved to New Jersey this year.
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"I used to tell him, 'Hey, you are too much emotional,' " the imam, named Abdula, told the New York Times.
"He did not learn religion properly. That's the main disease in the Muslim community."
Saipov's intensity accelerated over the last year, according to the criminal complaint, which states that he began planning his attack a year ago by watching ISIS training videos.
The federal complaint says he had about 90 videos that included "what appear to be ISIS fighters killing a prisoner by running the prisoner over with a tank."
Other footage featured "ISIS fighters shooting a prisoner in the face . . . a video of a beheading . . . [and] instructions for how to make a homemade improvised explosive device," the complaint says.
Saipov's cellphone "also contains approximately 3,800 images, many of which appear to be ISIS propaganda."
One day after the bike-path massacre, Saipov reveled in his own bloodshed.
"Saipov requested to display ISIS's flag in his hospital room and stated that he felt good about what he had done," the complaint states.
Saipov, who was shot in the stomach by police, was wheeled into a Manhattan federal courtroom Wednesday evening shackled at his legs and feet.
Magistrate Judge Barbara Moses read him his rights and he answered the mainly yes-or-no questions through a Russian interpreter — piping up himself once to say "Thank you" in broken English when the judge approved his request for a court-appointed lawyer.
He was held without bail.
The complaint against Saipov does not say when or where he was radicalized.
He "was admitted to the US upon presentation of a passport with a valid diversity immigrant visa to US Customs and Border Protection in 2010," according to a statement from the Department of Homeland Security.
His first stop was Cincinnati, where he stayed with family friends for two weeks. Even then, it was clear something was off, according to foster family member Dilnoza Abdusamatova.
"He always used to work," she told the Cincinnati Enquirer. "He wouldn't go to parties or anything. He only used to come home and rest and leave and go back to work."
He bounced between Florida and Ohio, racking up several traffic tickets along the way.
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He was in Ohio by the end of 2011, according to truck driver and Uzbek national Mirrakhmat Muminov, who remembered him as "not happy with his life."
"He had the habit of disagreeing with everybody," Muminov said.
In August 2012, he copped a guilty plea to two traffic violations in Pennsylvania, records show.
He and his wife, Odilova, married in 2013, records state. They have two daughters, and Odilova also may have given birth to a son over the summer, according to the imam, Abdulla.
The state of Ohio put a lien against Saipov in August 2015 for failing to pay $400 in back property taxes, but he had already moved to Florida, records show.
In December 2015, he was ticketed for driving in Missouri with faulty brakes. He never paid or even bothered to show up in court, and in April 2016, a warrant was issued for his arrest.
Missouri court records state he was served the warrant at his Tampa home late last year.
Additional reporting by Laurie Mizrahi, with wire services
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Sitting as I gasped for breath after a 10-minute workout in the open gym, I looked at the little boys of my colony playing football. My body was tired, but the brain lapped up the scene and started processing thoughts at Godspeed. From thinking about the Indian sports scenario, to football memories at school, to cherishing the innocence of childhood; I looked at the young boys adoringly.
My gaze was broken by a WhatsApp ting ting, a message in Hindi. It was long, but I read it. It spoke of a 10 year boy in Bihar who suffers from a rare disease-his bones break on mere touch or even without it. I flinched and narrowed my eyes as I pictured the scene. The son of a laborer couple. Doctors perplexed and inefficient-'unable' to treat the young, faultless life. A life which deserved to achieve and enjoy-but young Adarsh's life is far from ideal. He withers with pain, death would seem so much simpler in such a circumstance.
The evening air turned dense-Delhi pollution turned its worst in winter nights. I prepared to get up when suddenly a group of boys and girls my age emerged from behind the tree, smoking and giggling that even nonsmokers had bad lungs. I stomped home in disgust.
The heated over processor placed in my skull produced jumbled thoughts at unmappable speed. A monologue surfaced-Adarsh's bones, smoke, smog, poverty. If doctors could not devise a cure-maybe this disease was rare and indeed beyond scientific research. What could I do about it? I had non-medical in my senior secondary. I turned to Google. Bone diseases. Rare Bone Diseases. Adarsh's symptoms were closest to Osteoporosis.
Even the net stood by the Bihar doctors-I could find no cure or permanent solution online. But after hours of reading I figured out that rare diseases are contributions of genetic disorders and alterations in the DNA. These complications arise because of an unhealthy lifestyle dependent on drugs and tobacco, and adulterated food. They also arise because of insufficient diet, malnutrition in the mother and unsafe, unsupervised birth conditions.
If the child does not get sufficient Vitamin D and calcium intake, the problem is sure to occur. How laborers afford to feed their children milk when they seldom get chapatis, is the government's concern. The largest democracy. The most vibrant youth population. 6.3 lakh aspirants for AIPMT each year. And yet, none affirms that Adarsh will walk again, live freely with the zeal of 10 yr old like him. It is our job to bring this issue to light. But let this not remain a written piece-jobs yearn to be done.


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The School's On Fire!
A True Story of Bravery, Tragedy, and Determination
Chicago Review Press, 2019.
Coming soon -- just in time for the 60th anniversary of the blaze that changed American fire laws. The School's on Fire! follows the path of the December 1958 fire that killed 92 kids and 3 teachers at Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago. Recounted in a fast-paced, blow-by-blow and classroom-by-classroom narrative, the tragedy is made accessible to kids by focusing on the survivors' stories of courage, quick thinking, and luck. – Chicago Review Press
Rare Kids: Living with Cavernous Angioma. Angioma Alliance, 2015
The Biggest (and Best) Flag That Ever Flew, illustrated by Charles Greer. Tidewater Publishers, 1988, 1993; Schiffer Books, 2012
Captain John Smith's Big and Beautiful Bay, illustrated by Linda Shute. Schiffer Books, 2011
The Mystery of Mary Surratt: The Plot to Kill President Lincoln. Tidewater Publishers, 2004; Schiffer Books, 2013
The President Has Been Shot! True Stories of the Attacks on Ten U.S. Presidents. Dutton, 1996:
Matthew and Tilly, illustrated by Beth Peck. Dutton, 1991
Great-Aunt Martha, illustrated by Shirley Jackson. Dutton, 1995
Down at the Bottom of the Deep Dark Sea, illustrated by Virginia Wright-Frierson. Bradbury Press, 1991
I Am Not Afraid, illustrated by Patricia Mattozi. Concordia, 1986
The Biggest, Meanest, Ugliest Dog in the Whole Wide World, illustrated by Wendy Watson. Macmillan, 1982
The Believers. Arcade, 1989
Germy Blew It. Dutton, 1987
Germy Blew It--Again! Holt, 1988
Germy Blew the Bugle. Arcade, 1990
Germy in Charge. Dutton 1993
Madeline and the Great (Old) Escape Artist. Dutton, 1983
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STEPS TO SUCCESS | A JOURNAL SENTINEL SPECIAL REPORT
Can you change a kid's life with $25? Fund My Future Milwaukee thinks so.
Ashley Luthern, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Published 2:03 pm UTC Sep. 29, 2021 Updated 5:14 pm UTC Jan. 7, 2022
Sanquaita Lewis enrolled her daughter, Melody, 6, in Fund My Future Milwaukee, while Melody was still a student at Lloyd Barbee Montessori School. This fall, Lewis is home-schooling her daughter. Mike De Sisti / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
This story was republished on Jan. 4, 2022 to make it free for all readers
Ask Melody Lewis what she wants to be when she grows up and the first-grader rattles off a variety of jobs as she bounces on her toes.
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A chef. A doctor. A mom.
Her mother, Sanquaita Lewis, expects those answers will change as her daughter grows and has new experiences.
"I'm really big on education, providing choices for my children to know that they have options, that they're able to explore different things," she said.
So last year, when she heard about Fund My Future Milwaukee, a city-led effort to open college savings accounts for kindergarteners, she recognized an opportunity for her daughter.
"She has a choice in what she wants to do," Lewis said. "This is a chance to also help her to understand financial responsibility and that it is not always Mommy and Daddy's decision, it's not always some outside influence's decision, that you have a voice."
Research backs up what Lewis already knew instinctively as a parent: Providing those savings accounts boosts educational aspirations and offers a financial pathway to get to college.
Fund My Future is part of a growing movement to use the accounts to change educational outcomes, invest in the future workforce, build generational wealth and narrow inequities in opportunity.
Nationwide, state treasurer's offices and local governments have used a mix of public and private money to automatically open accounts with initial deposits. Most programs are universal, meaning all children are included, and have been found to have outsized benefits for low-income families.
Multiple states — including Maine, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, California, Rhode Island, Nevada and Illinois — open college savings accounts for every newborn. Wisconsin does not, leaving local communities to push ahead on their own.
Fund My Future pays the $25 initial deposit to open an account for each student through Edvest, the state-administered 529 plan. The seed money comes from the United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha Counties, which has contributed $521,000 since 2018.
The 529 program, named for the section of the tax code that governs them, invests the money so it grows over time, turning that $25 into more than $100 by the time a child is ready for college.
It might not seem like much given the high cost of college — an average of $35,720 per year and rising — but studies have found having an account with any amount makes it more likely that a child will pursue further education.
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Wisconsin's economy is changing and the number of jobs requiring higher education will continue to grow. The most recent data available show Milwaukee Public Schools' four-year graduation rate is about 67% and about one-third of MPS graduates had entered college the fall after commencement.
Sharon Robinson, director of Milwaukee's Department of Administration
It's an investment that's going to benefit everyone. Not only is it the right thing to do, it's also an economic imperative.
These college savings accounts set expectations early, sometimes providing the first message to a child or their family that higher education is possible.
And for a city like Milwaukee, known for stark racial disparities in income, homeownership and educational attainment, there also is this: Having a savings account was a better predictor of whether a child with college expectations would attend than race or parents' net worth.
"It's an investment that's going to benefit everyone," said Sharon Robinson, director of Milwaukee's Department of Administration. "Not only is it the right thing to do, it's also an economic imperative."
Fund My Future had opened accounts for 330 children across 17 public and private schools by the start of the 2020-21 school year, offering financial literacy lessons to a total of 750 students in those schools. That's a fraction of the roughly 5,500 5-year-old children who start kindergarten in Milwaukee Public Schools each year.
The program is slowly making progress, but few people outside the participating schools and existing funders know it exists. Sharing student data has been difficult. The city has dedicated a single full-time employee to manage the program and coordinate with more than a dozen schools and hundreds of parents.
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Still, outside experts and city officials say Fund My Future has the potential to make a real difference in the lives of Milwaukee's children.
"These things build a community with a college-going identity, that we're investing in our kids and in this place," said William Elliott, a University of Michigan professor, who has spent his career studying children's savings accounts.
Ashleigh Edgerson, right, manager for Fund My Future Milwaukee, meets Brandi Allen and her 5-year-old son, Javier Tucker, during an open house at Javier's school, Next Door in Milwaukee. Fund My Future wants to open 529 college saving accounts for all K5 students in the city. Mike De Sisti / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The challenges of making sure the money follows the student
City officials launched Fund My Future in 2018 after four years of study and planning.
They announced an ambitious goal: Open a children's savings account for every 5-year-old kindergartener in Milwaukee in three years, reaching more than 26,000 students by the 2020-21 academic year.
But the program ran into bureaucratic headwinds early. Instead of fully automatic enrollment for all students, Fund My Future had to retool its approach after a data-sharing agreement with MPS stalled.
Why is such a data-sharing agreement important? Fund My Future has an "omnibus" Edvest account — a single pot of money with students' accounts earmarked within it. The money needs to follow the student from kindergarten to graduation. Along the way, Fund My Future offers incentives. The first one comes in fourth grade when students who reach attendance benchmarks get an extra $10 in their account.
In Wisconsin, each student has a unique ID number from the state Department of Public Instruction. The number enables the department to know when students have moved up in grade level, switched school districts or stopped enrolling.
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Right now, Fund My Future does not have direct access to that unique ID from the school district, despite three years of trying to hammer out a deal with MPS. A spokesman for the district did not respond to questions about the agreement.
As a work-around, the program's manager drafted a consent form for parents to sign allowing the school to share the ID. Getting the signatures is a time-consuming process, and one that would be impossible to do for tens of thousands of students with the program's current staff of a full-time employee, an intern and a volunteer.
Once the MPS data-sharing agreement is reached, the city's program manager, Ashleigh Edgerson, believes it can serve as a template for other schools. For now, she goes school by school to get buy-in from staff and parents. City leaders also decided to open the program to all elementary schools, not just public ones.
"Nothing changed with our mission and our objectives and what we wanted to do," Edgerson said. "We could really be more intentional about the decisions that we made, and it actually helped us make better and quicker adaptations than if we had a larger group."
In the meantime, Edgerson has forged strong partnerships with teachers and staff at participating schools, including one principal who knows what it's like to come from an immigrant family and be the first to go to college.
Why a principal believes Fund My Future is 'equally important' as education for college
Marko Radmanović wants everyone to see the mural that stretches across the outside of Escuela Vieau, a bilingual MPS elementary school with about 750 students in Walker's Point.
He points out the faces of a dozen smiling children, their skin different hues. A girl in a graduation cap flanked by her parents. Sepia tone houses, swirling blue water and pink coneflowers. The word welcome in eight languages on the right side and on the left, a message: Escuela Vieau, A safe harbor for all.
Radmanović, the principal, has been at the school for eight years and leading it for the past three. When his regional superintendent explained Fund My Future, he immediately recognized an opportunity for his students.
Escuela Vieau school Principal Marko Radmanovic at the school in Milwaukee. The school is participating in Fund My Future, a city-organized program to set up all kindergarten students with a 529 savings investment account for college or further post-secondary training. Mike De Sisti / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"It's equally as important as the educational aspect because you can get prepared, but if you don't have a financial pathway, that's a huge obstacle," he said.
Most students and families do not begin thinking about vocational school or college and how to pay for it until high school, which doesn't leave a lot of time to save or strategize about scholarships, grants and loans. It's a process that can be even harder to navigate if parents do not speak or understand English well or have never gone to college.
Radmanović knows the feeling well. His father came to the United States after World War II as a refugee from the former Yugoslavia.
"He was not college-bound, but he wanted to be," Radmanović said.
His father could not get past the language barrier, nor could he pay for higher education. His parents focused on his schooling and Radmanović credits his mother, in particular, with figuring out how to access and complete federal forms for student aid and scholarships, leading to his graduation from Marquette University.
Shaped by that experience, Radmanović praises the "structure and ease" of Fund My Future. In the fall, Edgerson, the program manager, attends one of the school's regular parent breakfasts. She explains the program, hands out the consent forms and gets parents signed up on the spot.
Edgerson answers question after question. Are there any fees? No. Can parents contribute to the city-run account? No, they should open their own Edvest account, and if they do, the city will add another $25 to their child's city-run plan.
Radmanović, the kindergarten teachers and the school's parent coordinator help Edgerson follow up with those who do not complete the forms right away.
Last year, the pandemic and virtual schooling canceled events like the breakfast and made securing the forms more difficult. Of the roughly 75 kindergarten students who were eligible, only 17 were enrolled.
The city is allowing those families with students now in first grade to enroll this fall, along with the new crop of kindergarteners — a decision that applies to all participating schools.
It helps to have a partner like Radmanović. Not only does he relate to his students' background, he also knows the power of 529 college savings plans. He learned of the concept early in his career from a benefits adviser and opened accounts for his children, all of whom now have advanced degrees.
"My parents aren't alive to see it, but my kids are doing better than me," he said.
More than an account: Fund My Future includes financial literacy lessons
Like Melody Lewis, most kids have an answer for what they want to be when they grow up. Their answers often are a reflection of what they see in their community: teachers, firefighters, police officers, doctors, veterinarians.
Jessica Borkowski remembers one of her kindergarten students who wanted to be a philanthropist, only he didn't put it that way.
"He said: 'I want to take other people's money and go do good things,'" she said, chuckling at the memory.
Jessica Borkowski is a Master Teacher at Northwest Catholic School. She teaches fifth grade but had taught kindergarten for several years at the school. Her K5 class was among the first to take part in Fund My Future Milwaukee, which opens a 529 college savings account with a $25 initial deposit. Mike De Sisti / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Borkowski teaches at Northwest Catholic School, part of the Seton Catholic Schools network, and her student gave the answer during a Fund My Future class activity. Her class was one of the first cohorts in the city program, and Borkowski said she has found the classroom component to be just as important as opening the 529 accounts.
Jessica Borkowski, Northwest Catholic School teacher
By having the program here, we're clearly establishing a message. In kindergarten, we see all of our students as potential college graduates.
She and Edgerson, the city's program manager, led classroom sessions where students made graduation caps, drew piggybanks while learning about savings, read books about going to college and talked about their experiences in college.
Borkowski later incorporated those activities into math lessons when she taught counting and adding and subtracting. It's not too early to have those discussions with 5-year-olds, she added.
"They know what money is, they see their parents paying for things," Borkowski said.
As Fund My Future continues to add schools, the city is partnering with education students at Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to lead classroom activities, so it does not all fall to Edgerson and individual teachers.
The program has been at Northwest Catholic School for four years, and the school promotes the partnership to incoming families.
"By having the program here, we're clearly establishing a message," Borkowski said. "In kindergarten, we see all of our students as potential college graduates."
Melody Lewis, 6, has a 529 college savings account through Fund My Future Milwaukee. The program has the long-term goal of opening accounts for every K5 student in Milwaukee. Mike De Sisti / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
What it would take to grow Fund My Future
Nicole Angresano views Fund My Future as a starting point in a pipeline of success that moves Milwaukee's young people from early education through college and beyond.
"It is absolutely first and foremost an issue of racial equity," Angresano said, United Way's vice president of community impact. "It is an issue of all kids having the same opportunities."
About 62% of white MPS high-school seniors had plans to attend a four-year college, compared with 39% of Black seniors and 44.5% of Hispanic/Latino seniors, according to the latest survey results available from the state Department of Public Instruction.
"I'm not naïve," Angresano added. "It's not so simple to say, 'Well, now we all have college savings accounts so the work is done.' I think it's an important step. I think it's an important message."
A large body of academic research supports her.
Elliott, the University of Michigan professor, co-wrote a book about children's savings accounts called "Making Education Work for the Poor." In some programs, like Milwaukee's, the accounts are administered as a 529 plan. He draws the distinction because studies have found 529 plans on their own primarily benefit wealthy families.
"You have small-dollar accounts with $25. What can you expect from that? It can change things like parental depression, kids' social-emotional development, and parental and children's expectations about the future," Elliott said.
But the real potential, he said, is in the program's omnibus account, which allows for anyone to make a contribution.
"Beyond the initial deposits, beyond streamlining paperwork and beyond matching money, these provide a way for third-party investments, whether they be employers or community members or foundations," Elliott said. "That's when they take on wealth-building."
Fund My Future has enough money to continue adding a few schools each year with continuing support from United Way, the Greater Milwaukee Foundation and Marquette University, according to Edgerson. That covers the $25 seed deposit, the $25 incentive when parents open their own 529 account and the $10 fourth-grade attendance incentive.
Fund My Future is housed in the city's Department of Administration, which has contributed by hiring Edgerson. A spokesman said Mayor Tom Barrett was unavailable for an interview about the program.
Reaching the original goal of opening accounts for all kindergarten students will take more money, and Edgerson dreams of boosting the initial deposit to $100 and adding more incentives as students age. Statewide programs in Connecticut, Nevada, Rhode Island and Maine give initial deposits ranging from $50 to $500.
To give every K5 student in MPS a $100 deposit, the city would need to raise an estimated $550,000 each year — about $30,000 more than it has raised in the past three years total. Robinson, Edgerson's boss, said the long-term goal is to raise more than $1 million annually to open accounts for more students, give bigger deposits and hire more program staff.
Statewide children's college savings program could help families, employers
Could a statewide program with automatic enrollment and deposits boost education and the Wisconsin economy? It's working elsewhere.
The amount might sound like a lot, but it is achievable. The United Way raises about $50 million annually during its fundraising campaign to support numerous projects. Philanthropists and foundations in Milwaukee have donated millions for projects promoting family well-being, student achievement and racial equity.
There are barriers beyond money: the data-sharing agreements with schools, the understandable distrust some parents have of government and banking institutions and some parents who do not believe the account will make a difference.
EDITORIAL: Invest in Wisconsin's kids. Open college savings accounts for every child.
Edgerson often thinks back to what one boy told her during a Fund My Future classroom activity.
"He said, 'My mom told me I'm not going to college because she can't afford it'" she said.
"The immediate thought between me and his teachers was that if he can articulate that, and understand what that meant, then we have time to rewrite that mindset."
Fund My Future is a public-private effort to open children's savings accounts for every K5 student in Milwaukee. The program currently is in 25 schools in the city.
For educators: If you are an educator and want Fund My Future to come to your school, email program manager Ashleigh Edgerson at ashleigh.edgerson@employmilwaukee.org.
For parents: The city encourages parents of any student, or any age, to sign up for an Edvest account, the state-administered 529 plan, at edvest.com and start saving for vocational school or college.
Parents of kindergarten students at Fund My Future participating schools can sign up for the program this fall.
For community members: Those who want to donate to Fund My Future can do so through the United Way by clicking here. Many employers offer matching funds for donations.
For businesses and foundations: If you want to support the program, or grow its capacity by contributing to the fund, email program manager Ashleigh Edgerson at ashleigh.edgerson@employmilwaukee.org or Nicole Angresano of the United Way at nangresano@unitedwaygmwc.org.
Contact Ashley Luthern at ashley.luthern@jrn.com. Follow her on Twitter at @aluthern.
This report launches a series of stories focused on Milwaukee's youth, their needs and opportunities for their success. The work is supported by a foundation grant from SaintA, a Milwaukee non-profit, which in January, will become Wellpoint Care Network. SaintA's mission is to facilitate equity, learning, healing and wellness by restoring the connections that help children, youth and families thrive. All work on the project was done under the guidance of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editors. SaintA leaders had no involvement in decisions about the content or presentation of the work.


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The 'Go Back to Kansas' Argument & Rant
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By Robert Apr 1, 2008, 12:59pm EDT
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It seems that one of our comments yesterday led Brooklyn's Lost City blogger to post a rant about what he calls the "Go Back to Kansas Argument" that is sometimes used to shoot back at people that oppose developments in New York City. We've always thought it was actually the "Go Back to Ohio" argument, but no matter, Kansas works. Here's a sample of what he writes:
Well, you may not know it, but there's a certain neo-con, knee-jerk, let-'em-build-the- fucking-crap contingent out there in Commentland who thinks you're all from Kansas. Or should be from there.
Check out this comment on Curbed today by an Anonymous gentleman (yeah, could be a woman, but sounds like a man) who didn't like that some people didn't like the Trump Soho: ooooh... scary! Makes you want to just pack up and flee to Kansas where they don't have any big bad skyscrapers to terrorize you. Gee, what evil new construction project should we demonize next, the Freedom Tower? Get over it - the story of Trump Soho is about as New York as it gets.
You'll see these on a regular basis on the real estate-based blogs, usually coming in defense of some crapitecture Scarano, Fischer, the Toll Brothers, Thor or some like-intentioned develo-raper is throwing up to blot out the noontime sun. Sometimes it's Nebraska, or Iowa or somesuch. But usually it's Kansas, which I guess is the anti-New York or the world. Kansas is apparently the place where skyscrapers aren't built, condos don't exist, ugly architecture is verboten and everything stays the same all the time, with nothing new ever built in anyone's backyard.
The post doesn't end there, of course.
· The "Go Back to Kansas" Argument [Lost City]
· Trump Soho Takedown! [Curbed]
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