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Edge Hill University
Research output per year 1992 2009 2011 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022
200 Article (journal)
28 Project report
3 Keynote
2 Conference proceeding (ISBN)
2 Abstract
2 Other (conference)
2 Speech
2 Article (specialist)
1 Lecture
1 Editorial (journal)
1 - 50 out of 200 results
Bridging the theory and practice of eliciting the voices of young children: findings from the Look Who's Talking Project
Cassidy, C., Wall, K., ROBINSON, CAROL., Arnott, L., Beaton, M. & Hall, E., 18 Jan 2022, In: European Early Childhood Education Research Journal.
Foster Children 100%
Childrens rights 93%
foster child 61%
Lenses 60%
Cross-sectional associations between 24-hour activity behaviours and motor competence in youth: a compositional data analysis
Tyler, R., Atkin, A. J., Dainty, J. R., Dumuid, D. & Fairclough, S. J., 1 Sep 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors. 1, 1, p. 3
Motor Activity 100%
Sleep 22%
Dark Nudges: Branding Magnifies the Decoy Effect in Alcohol Purchasing Decisions
Pennington, C. R., Monk, R. L., Qureshi, A. W., Kulkarni, R., Li, W., Li, J. & Heim, D., 24 Aug 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
Alcoholic Beverages 100%
alcoholism 95%
alcohol 72%
Alcohols 71%
Ensuring quality of offshore programmes: views and expectations of key stakeholders in Oman
CHENG, MING. & Shukaili, J. A., 9 Feb 2022, In: Quality in Higher Education.
Oman 100%
stakeholder 55%
education 9%
compromise 9%
Homes became the "everything space" during COVID-19: impact of changes to the home environment on children's physical activity and sitting
Sheldrick, M. P. R., Swindell, N. J., Richards, A. B., Fairclough, S. J. & Stratton, G., 21 Oct 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 19, 1, 134.
Sitting Position 100%
Social Environment 31%
Nutritional intakes of highly trained adolescent swimmers before, during, and after a national lockdown in the COVID-19 pandemic
Newbury, J. W., Foo, W. L., Cole, M., Kelly, A. L., Chessor, R. J., Sparks, S. A., Faghy, M. A., Gough, H. C., Gough, L. A. & Louis, J. (ed.), Apr 2022, In: PLoS One. 17, 4, p. e0266238 e0266238.
food records 100%
pandemic 88%
photographs 33%
energy 20%
Operational Definitions related to Pediatric Ventilator Liberation
Abu-Sultaneh, S., Iyer, N. P., Fernández, A., Gaies, M., González-Dambrauskas, S., Hotz, J. C., Kneyber, M. C. J., López-Fernández, Y. M., Rotta, A. T., Werho, D. K., Baranwal, A. K., Blackwood, B., Craven, H. J., Curley, M. A. Q., Essouri, S., Fioretto, J. R., Hartmann, S. MM., Jouvet, P., Korang, S. K., Rafferty, G. F., & 10 othersRamnarayan, P., Rose, L., Tume, L. N., Whipple, E. C., Wong, J. J. M., Emeriaud, G., Mastropietro, C. W., Napolitano, N., Newth, C. J. L. & Khemani, R. G., 20 Dec 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Chest.
Mechanical Ventilators 100%
Artificial Respiration 72%
Politics 69%
Quality Improvement 37%
Prevalence and correlates of compliance with 24-h movement guidelines among children from urban and rural Kenya—The Kenya-LINX project
Swindell, N., Wachira, L-J., Okoth, V., Kagunda, S., Owino, G., Ochola, S., Brophy, S., Summers, H., Richards, A., Fairclough, S. J., Onywera, V., Stratton, G. & Jaafar, Z. (ed.), 30 Dec 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: PLoS One. 17, 12
Kenya 100%
Screen Time 35%
Researching inequality and lifelong education from 1982 to 2020: A critical review
Ilieva-Trichkova, P., Galloway, S., Schmidt-Hertha, B., Guo, S., Larson, A., Duckworth, V. & Maruatona, T., 2022, In: International Journal of Lifelong Education. p. 1-18 18 p.
education 100%
notable exception 71%
Adult Education 57%
driver 45%
ethnicity 41%
Sensitive, Challenging, and Difficult Topics: Experiences and Practical Considerations for Qualitative Researchers
Silverio, S. A., Sheen, K. S., Bramante, A., Knighting, K., Koops, T. U., Montgomery, E., November, L., Soulsby, L. K., Stevenson, J. H., Watkins, M., Easter, A. & Sandall, J., 8 Sep 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 21, 16094069221124739.
qualitative research 100%
experience 66%
narrative 52%
conscience 49%
expertise 31%
Technologies Of The Self And Narrating An Ethical Teacher Identity, Or How To Tell Stories Of A Life Well Lived.
WOOLHOUSE, CLARE., 21 Sep 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. 35 p.
narrative 100%
narrative interview 67%
metaphor 47%
career 34%
The development and preliminary validation of a new measure of self-efficacy
Kutuk, G., Putwain, D. W., Kaye, L. K. & Garrett, B., 22 Nov 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics (Belgium).
Self-efficacy 100%
self-efficacy 56%
EFL Learners 32%
L2 Learning 18%
Questionnaire 18%
The Physical Behaviour Intensity Spectrum and Body Mass Index in School-Aged Youth: A Compositional Analysis of Pooled Individual Participant Data
Fairclough, S. J., Hurter, L., Dumuid, D., Gába, A., Rowlands, A. V., Cruz, B. D. P., Cox, A., Crotti, M., Foweather, L., Graves, L. E. F., Jones, O., McCann, D. A., Noonan, R. J., Owen, M. B., Rudd, J. R., Taylor, S. L., Tyler, R. & Boddy, L. M., 19 Jul 2022, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19, 14, p. e8778
youth 100%
body mass 89%
school 70%
Body Mass Index 57%
#Ibelong: Towards a sense of belonging in an inclusive learning environment
THOMAS, LIZ., 9 Dec 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning. 23, 3, p. 68-79
learning environment 100%
staff 41%
first generation 36%
mentoring 30%
national minority 30%
Adolescent time use and mental health: a cross-sectional, compositional analysis in the Millennium Cohort Study
Atkin, A. J., Dainty, J. R., Dumuid, D., Kontostoli, E., Shepstone, L., Tyler, R., Noonan, R., Richardson, C. & Fairclough, S. J., 5 Oct 2021, In: BMJ Open. 11, 10, p. e047189 e047189.
Mental Health 100%
Self Concept 93%
Cohort Studies 87%
Can SENCOs do their job in a bubble? The impact of Covid-19 on the ways in which we conceptualise provision for learners with special educational needs
HALLETT, FIONA., 29 Mar 2021, In: Oxford Review of Education.
special educational needs 100%
education system 36%
disability 30%
Contradictory perspectives on academic support: beyond linear logic
HALLETT, FIONA., 2021, In: Frontiers in Education.
logic 100%
opposition 71%
common share 56%
heuristics 41%
literacy 30%
Developing critical thinking: Experiences of Chinese international students in a post-1992 university in England
CHENG, MING., 28 Sep 2021, In: Chinese Education and Society. 54, 3-4, p. 95-106 11 p.
university 100%
group discussion 27%
Digest of State Practice 1 July – 31 December 2020
Butchard, P. M. & Nessa, J. J., 31 May 2021, In: Journal on the Use of Force and International Law. 8, 1, p. 164-232 69 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (journal)
Employability in Higher Education: A Review of Key Stakeholders' Perspectives
CHENG, MING., Adekola, O., Albia, J. & Cai, S., 20 Jul 2021, In: Higher Education Evaluation and Development . p. 1-16
employability 100%
employer 22%
Employment and Academic and Social Integration: The Experiences of Overseas Chinese Students and Scholars
CHENG, MING., 28 Sep 2021, In: Chinese Education and Society. 54, 3-4, p. 91-94 4 p.
social integration 100%
overseas 91%
Four Weeks of Probiotic Supplementation Alters the Metabolic Perturbations Induced by Marathon Running: Insight from Metabolomics
Pugh, J. N., Phelan, M. M., Caamaño-Gutiérrez, E., Sparks, S. A., Morton, J. P., Close, G. L. & Owens, D. J., 11 Aug 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Metabolites. 11, 8, p. e535 535.
Metabolomics 100%
Running 94%
Placebos 35%
Intoxication without anticipation: Disentangling pharmacological from expected effects of alcohol
McNeill, A. M., Monk, R. L., Qureshi, A. & Heim, D., 25 Oct 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Psychopharmacology. 35, 11, p. 1398-1410 13 p.
intoxication 100%
Pharmacology 54%
Craving 34%
Is Foundational Movement Skill Competency Important for Keeping Children Physically Active and at a Healthy Weight?
Foulkes, J. D., Knowles, Z., Fairclough, S. J., Stratton, G., O'Dwyer, M. V. & Foweather, L., 23 Dec 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19, 1, 105.
physical activity 100%
Weights and Measures 51%
Weight 43%
Literacy and transformation: Shedding of spoilt identities
DUCKWORTH, VICKY. & McNamara, M., 21 Dec 2021, In: Australian Journal of Adult Learning. 61, 3
literacy 100%
psychological factors 52%
cultural factors 47%
consciousness 42%
Lost in translation: the reality of implementing children's right to be heard
ROBINSON, CAROL., 14 Dec 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of the British Academy . 8, s4, p. 29-39 11 p.
right to be heard 100%
children's rights 74%
UNO 47%
convention on the rights of the child 38%
maturity 31%
Negotiating identities of 'responsible drinking': Exploring accounts of alcohol consumption of working mothers in their early parenting period
Vicario, S., Peacock, M., Buykx, P., Meier, P. S. & Bissell, P., 1 Jul 2021, In: Sociology of Health & Illness. 43, 6, p. 1454-1470 17 p.
Negotiating 100%
Parenting 92%
alcohol consumption 88%
Alcohol Drinking 76%
Drinking 75%
Perspectives on inclusion: Close encounters of the creative kind
WOOLHOUSE, CLARE., Hastings, C. & HALLETT, FIONA., 4 Jun 2021, In: International Journal of Art and Design Education. 40, 2, p. 420 435 p.
Public Space 82%
Tate Liverpool 57%
Poaching International Students? A Study of an Australian University with Metropolitan Campuses
CHENG, MING., Shah, M. & Mahadevan, K., 2021, In: Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education. 26, 4, p. 1-11
student 100%
tuition fee 62%
Reflecting on Over 100 Years of Public Administration Education
Farrell, C., Hatcher, W. & Diamond, J., 16 Nov 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Public Administration. p. 1-13
public administration 100%
political science 12%
sociology 10%
engineering 8%
Relations between gender stereotyping and foreign language attainment: The mediating role of language learners' anxiety and self‐efficacy
Kutuk, G., Putwain, D. W., Kaye, L. K. & Garrett, B., 18 Jul 2021, In: British Journal of Educational Psychology. 12446.
Stereotyping 100%
foreign language 65%
Anxiety 55%
stereotype 55%
Respite care and short breaks for young adults aged 18–40 with complex health-care needs: mixed-methods systematic review and conceptual framework development
Knighting, K., Pilkington, G., Noyes, J., Roe, B., Maden, M., Bray, L., Jack, B., O'Brien, M., Downing, J., Mateus, C. & Spencer, S., 2 Mar 2021, In: Health Services and Delivery Research. 9, 6, p. 1-268 268 p.
Respite Care 100%
Young Adult 50%
Cost-Benefit Analysis 21%
Shifting Trends in International Student Mobility: Embracing Diversity and Responding to Change
CHENG, MING., 22 Feb 2021, In: Trends & Insights. p. 1-6
trend 100%
geopolitics 37%
travel 29%
low income 26%
The association between competitor level and the physical preparation practices of amateur boxers
Finlay, M. J., Page, R. M., Greig, M., Bridge, C. A. & Cè, E. (ed.), 30 Sep 2021, In: PLoS One. 16, 9, p. e0257907 e0257907.
physical fitness 47%
athletes 37%
sports 34%
The Effects of a Nutrition Education Intervention on Sports Nutrition Knowledge during a Competitive Season in Highly Trained Adolescent Swimmers
Foo, W., Faghy, M. A., Sparks, A., Newbury, J. W. & Gough, L. A., 6 Aug 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nutrients. 13, 8, p. e2713
sports nutrition 100%
nutrition knowledge 91%
nutrition education 82%
The prevalence of pre-conditioning and recovery strategies in senior elite and non-elite amateur boxing
Finlay, M. J., Page, R. M., Greig, M. & Bridge, C. A., 27 May 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Physician and Sportsmedicine. p. 1-9 9 p.
Boxing 100%
Massage 19%
Immersion 17%
The time to peak blood bicarbonate (HCO 3 – ), pH, and the strong ion difference (SID) following sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO 3 ) ingestion in highly trained adolescent swimmers
Newbury, J. W., Cole, M., Kelly, A. L., Chessor, R. J., Sparks, S. A., McNaughton, L. R., Gough, L. A. & Sunderland, C. (ed.), 1 Jul 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: PLoS One. 16, 7, p. e0248456
sodium bicarbonate 100%
bicarbonates 86%
ingestion 67%
blood 48%
Understanding international postgraduate students' educational mobility to China: an ecological systematic perspective
CHENG, MING., 23 Sep 2021, In: Higher Education Research and Development.
educational mobility 100%
national border 19%
further education 18%
Whole School SEND (WSS) Review: study protocol for a two-arm pragmatic parallel cluster randomised controlled trial in 160 English secondary schools
Morris, S., Smith, A., Lewin, C., Hick, P. & Harrison, J., 10 May 2021, In: Trials. 22, 1, 333.
Arm 100%
Pupil 79%
Randomized Controlled Trials 76%
Special Education 11%
'It's better than going into it blind': reflections by people with visual impairments regarding the use of simulation for pedagogical purposes
Maher, A. J., Haegele, J. A. & Sparkes, A. C., 8 Mar 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Sport, Education and Society. p. 1-15 15 p.
visual impairment 100%
Vision Disorders 90%
Physical Education and Training 66%
physical education 46%
A Decade of Missed Opportunities in Further Education
DUCKWORTH, VICKY. & Smith, R., 29 Oct 2020, In: CLASS Think Tank. p. 1 1 p.
further education 100%
act 61%
primary education 46%
consolidation 43%
secondary education 42%
Control Beliefs of Teacher Educators regarding their Research Engagement
NICHOLSON, LAURA. & LANDER, ARVINDER., 21 Sep 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Educational Review.
educator 100%
current account 22%
educational research 14%
research process 14%
Excellent Outcomes for All Students: A Whole System Approach to Widening Participation and Student Success in England
THOMAS, LIZ., 3 Mar 2020, In: Student Success. 11, 1, p. 1-11 11 p.
participation 100%
commuter 33%
fee 26%
Human rights education: developing a theoretical understanding of teachers' responsibilities
ROBINSON, CAROL., Quennerstedt, A. & Phillips, L., 3 Mar 2020, In: Educational Review. 72, 2, p. 220-241 22 p.
human rights education 100%
responsibility 37%
human rights 14%
Methadone‐Assisted Opiate Withdrawal and Subsequent Heroin Abstinence: The Importance of Psychological Preparedness
Jones, S., Jack, B., Kirby, J., Wilson, T. L. & Murphy, P. N., 19 May 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: American Journal on Addictions. 30, 1, p. 11-20 10 p.
Heroin 100%
Opiate Alkaloids 94%
withdrawal 83%
Moments in Transformation: Newly Qualified LIfelong Learning Teachers' Reconceptualization of Assessment in Practice
DUCKWORTH, VICKY. & Ade-Ojo, G. O., 27 Nov 2020, In: Creative Education . 11, p. 1-21
lifelong learning 100%
training program 26%
The challenge of conducting qualitative research to understand the factors that influence equity in medical education: A scoping review
SANDARS, JOHN., BROWN, JEREMY., NWOLISE, CHIDIEBERE., Patel, M., Dogra, N., KAEHNE, AXEL., GARNER, JAYNE., WATMOUGH, SIMON., MADEN, MICHELLE. & DUCKWORTH, VICKY., 30 Apr 2020, In: MedEdPublish.
Medical Education 94%
equity 69%
qualitative research 67%
Libraries 38%
The modifiability of implicit attitudes to carbon footprint and its implications for carbon choice.
Beattie, G. & McGuire, L., 1 Jun 2020, In: Environment and Behavior. 52, 5, p. 467-494 28 p.
carbon footprint 100%
consumption behavior 22%
climate change 9%
The translation of articles from the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into education legislation: the narrowing of Article 12 as a consequence of translation
ROBINSON, CAROL., Quennerstedt, A. & I'Anson, J., 1 Sep 2020, In: Curriculum Journal. 31, 3, p. 517-538 22 p.
convention on the rights of the child 100%
legislation 54%
mobilization 46%
National legislation 32%
Using logic chain and theory of change tools to evaluate widening participation: Learning from the What works? Student Retention & Success programme
THOMAS, LIZ., 6 Aug 2020, In: Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning. 22, 2, p. 67-82 16 p.
National commitments 96%
evidence 79%


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Trade Straight Talk
Published on: 08:20AM Jun 30, 2008
by Global Farmer Network
Canada offers fewer electoral votes than Rhode Island or Wyoming in a U.S. presidential election, but Senator John McCain still thought our northern neighbor was worth a visit last week.
The presumptive Republican nominee's speech to the Economic Club of Canada allowed him to highlight his views on free trade, which represent what may be one of the starkest policy differences between him and his Democratic rival, Senator Barack Obama.
During the primaries, Obama campaigned as a protectionist. He labeled the North American Free Trade Agreement "a big mistake" and even suggested that the United States should pull out of it.
More recently, Obama has moderated his rhetoric, suggesting that he didn't really mean what he said about NAFTA. That's good, because in my book flip flops are welcome when candidates abandon wrongheaded opinions in favor of wiser ones.
Yet it's even more preferable when they don't have to change their views at all--that is, when their views are rooted in something deeper than a desire to achieve a temporary political advantage.
Earlier this month, Peter Cook of Bloomberg asked McCain a frank question: "Are you prepared to lose votes and stick to your support for free trade?" McCain's reply was unequivocal: "I've always been prepared to lose votes for what I know is right."
Even Big Labor's fiercest protectionists have to give McCain grudging credit for this level of candor. When other candidates pandered to Ohio primary voters with populist balderdash, the man who rides the "Straight Talk Express" explained his views in a town-hall meeting: "The economists that I know and trust and the history that I study ... says that free trade is the best thing that can happen to our nation. When we have practiced protectionism, it has had devastating consequences."
During a debate in Michigan, when other presidential candidates dumped on trade to impress the citizens of a state with a stumbling economy, McCain stuck to his guns. "Every time the United States has become protectionist and listened to the siren song that you're hearing partially on this stage tonight, we've paid a very heavy price," he said. "Free trade has been the engine of our economy. Free trade should be the continuing principle that guides this nation's economy."
For McCain, trade isn't just something he talks about. The Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank that monitors congressional trade votes, puts the matter plainly: "John McCain has been a consistent proponent of free trade during his time in the U.S. Senate."
One of his most important votes involved approving NAFTA, the accord with Canada and Mexico. These two countries now buy about a third of all American exports.
Whereas Obama's exact position on NAFTA remains uncertain, McCain used his forum in Canada last week to reiterate his commitment to international trade: "For all the successes of NAFTA, we have to defend it without equivocation in political debate, because it is critical to the future of so many Canadian and American workers and businesses. Demanding unilateral changes and threatening to abrogate an agreement that has increased trade and prosperity is nothing more than retreating behind protectionist walls."
McCain didn't mention Obama by name, which was appropriate because partisan criticism is one American product that we shouldn't seek to sell abroad. Just before his trip, however, he penned a sharp column for readers of the Detroit Free Press. "Senator Obama's take-it-or-leave-it approach to dealing with America's friends would not rebuild the alliance relationships we need," he wrote.
McCain also condemned "a misguided, isolationist impulse that would inevitably and understandably alienate a key partner like Canada."
The current political climate demands a strong defense of existing trade agreements, but fortunately McCain has thought about how to do more than preserve the status quo. For instance, he has called for passage of the Colombia Free Trade Agreement, a measure that's currently languishing in Congress, and a McCain trip to Colombia is being discussed. He has also envisioned a deal with the European Union--EUFTA, or, phonetically, "Yoofta."
It's all in keeping with what he told the Canadians--as well as any Americans who may have been listening: "I aspire to lead a proud, outward-looking America that deepens its partnerships throughout the hemisphere and the world."
Dean Kleckner, an Iowa farmer, chairs Truth About Trade & Technology. www.truthabouttrade.org
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Parents take Westwood School to court, again
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Aggrieved parents of students schooling at Westwood International School have taken the school to the Court of Appeal seeking the court to set aside a High Court decision denying them a right to be members of the school.
The aggrieved parents went to the Court of Appeal after the High Court ruled in favour of Westwood School that the parents of pupils schooling at Westwood have no right to be members of the school. Attorney Uyapo Ndadi of Ndadi Law Firm who was represented the parents argued that his clients should be accorded their role as members of the school.
Ndadi argued that his clients were initially members before it changed the constitution which barred them from being members of the school without the participation of parents as members.
He said as members of the school his clients had a responsibility to hold the management of the school accountable at any lawfully convened Annual General Meeting (AGM).
Ndadi said initially, parents were members of the school as provided for by the Articles of Association. He said the school went on to change the constitution which barred parents from being part of any general meeting held at the school without their consent.
Ndadi asked the Court of Appeal to declare that the new constitution be amended to reflect that parents of pupils at school are members of the school entitled to participate and vote at any general meeting of Westwood School as per the terms of the old Articles of Association that were changed without the parents' input.
Appearing for Westwood School was Shakila Khan of Khan Corporate Law. She argued that parents brought politics to school meetings and made running the school difficult for management. Khan indicated that there was nothing wrong with coming up with a constitution to allow for the smooth running of the school. She also highlighted that the new constitution was properly adopted.
The panel of three Court of Appeal judges; Justice Ian Kirby, Justice Isaac Lesetedi, and Ian Foxcroft have reserved judgement for the 29th of October 2015.
Violent riots shut down BCA
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After the jealous tyrant Don Rodrigo foils their wedding, young Lombardian peasants Lucia and Lorenzo must separate and flee for their safety. Their difficult path to matrimony takes place against the turbulent backdrop of the Thirty Years War, where lawlessness and exploitation are at their height. Lucia takes refuge in a convent, where she is later abducted and taken on a nightmarish journey to a sinister castle, while Lorenzo goes to Milan, where he witnesses famine, riots and plague – all evoked through meticulous description and with stunning immediacy. The Betrothed is a masterful example of historical fiction and remains one of the most famous novels in Italian literature.


Samuel Flores returned to his heavenly home on April 8, 2019. He was born to Porfirio and Francisca Flores on January 4, 1929 in Colonia Dublan, Chihuahua, Mexico. This is where he spent his childhood, raised by his grandmother Elizabeth (Grandma Lizzie) Haws after his mother passed away when he was 4 years old. He graduated from Academia Juarez in Colonia Juarez Chihuahua, Mexico. He was called to serve a 2-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Mexico City, Mexico Mission.
He returned with honor and married the love of his life Amanda Flores on January 23, 1952 in the Mesa Arizona LDS Temple. They were blessed with 3 children.
He worked for many years as a manager and in sales for the Singer Company and New York Life Insurance Company to provide a Christ-centered, happy, comfortable life for his family.
He was a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He held many positions in the church. His most cherished and favorite calling was when he and his wife were called to be Mission President and Matron, initially in the San Salvador, El Salvador Mission; subsequently, due to political unrest in El Salvador, he went on to open the Honduras/Belize/Nicaragua Mission. They gained many missionary children and friends whom they served and dearly loved.
He is survived by his children, Cozeth (Art) Krauel, Las Cruces, NM; Laura (Damon) Truitt, Vancouver, WA; Sergio (Lori) Flores, West Jordan, UT. 9 Grandchildren, Ben Krauel, Mellissa Krauel (Kevin Weaver), Erica Krauel, Las Cruces, NM; Ehran Krauel, Kenosha, WI; Lindi (Justin) Cox, Vancouver, WA; Devin Maxfield (Colleen Bailey), Portland, OR; Annica Maxfield, Vancouver, WA; Celestina and Iris Flores, Provo UT.
9 Great Grandchildren, Caden and Emily Krauel, Las Cruces NM; Ian Krauel, Davenport IA; Lydia and Zelda Jones, Davenport IA; Liam and Laila Weaver, Las Cruces NM; Vincent and Margaux Cox, Vancouver, WA.
Sister, Gloria Rivas, Colonia Dublan, Chihuahua, Mexico. Brothers, Moises, Ruben, El Paso, TX; Helaman, Hector, Porfirio Flores, Colonia Dublan, Chihuahua, Mexico. Many nieces and nephews, brothers and sisters-in-law.
Preceded in death his beloved wife Amanda of 48 years, brothers Efren and Elias Flores, and sister Celia Collins.
He leaves behind many who loved him and will miss him very much. He was a great example of Christ-like love, kindness, service to others, and generosity. He loved and served the Lord and was grateful for the long life he lived.
We will all have wonderful memories and were truly blessed and grateful to have had him in our lives.
Funeral Service will be held Monday, April 15, 2019 at 2:00 PM at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 3210 Venus, Las Cruces NM 88012. Interment to follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, 5140 Picacho, Las Cruces NM 88005.
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On June 1, 2009, General Motors Corporation ("GM") and other affiliated entities (collectively, "Debtors") filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. The GM bankruptcy, one of the largest in U.S. history, has been widely anticipated since President Obama announced on March 30, 2009 that the carmaker had 60 days to "fundamentally restructure." This anticipation was only heightened when another of the "Big Three" U.S. automakers, Chrysler, filed for bankruptcy on April 30, 2009.


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'Brands aren't people. And if they were, they'd hate ads too.'
August 15, 2014 | By Aaron Dodez
Aaron Dodez is vp, associate director, digital marketing at independent ad agency, RPA.
There is no shortage of false prophets in marketing, each touting the "newest" tactic like native advertising (GoTo.com from 1998 says hello) that promises to finally make consumers love — or at least not notice — our ads. Yet inevitably, every time a fairly commonplace marketing tactic — advertorials, cookie-based targeting, Facebook's feed testing — is placed in front of consumers, the result is ridicule and horror.
As an industry, we've deemed it OK, for example, for an oral-hygiene brand to serve consumers an endless stream of promoted tweets during the World Cup "real-timing" each match and subsequent goal. So maybe it's not such a bad thing that we marketers are being derided for feeling the need to insert ourselves into every conversation – "Goal! Buy my mouthwash!" – like a needy 4-year-old.
Sure, it's arguably not as intrusive as a 15-second video ad at the beginning of a 30-second sports highlight. Or auto-play videos or interstitial ads that block all the content on a screen. But it is still interruptive marketing.
Let's accept this fundamental truth: Brands aren't humans, and if they were, they would hate most ads like normal humans do.
As digital fragmentation accelerates, be it through the increased unbundling of mobile apps or the shift away from mass consumer social networks toward private messaging, we are in an environment where consumers are increasingly empowered — and advertisers are marginalized.
Counteracting this means thinking about content marketing differently. Maybe your brand's significant budget line item for Facebook maintenance could in part be allocated toward niche social networks like the community network Nextdoor, home-oriented Houzz, product-focused Polyvore (or even the canine-centric Dogster, if that's your thing). Email, once unsexy, should be back on all marketers' radars as well: It's mobile, personalized and a one-on-one communication with customers.
In short, brands should look for ways to be niche publishers, not broadcast advertisers. Talk to a smaller, more relevant and engaged group who will take your content, share it and integrate it into their relevant conversations on their platforms of choice for you. This is a bottom-up content strategy versus a top-down interruptive one. Be more like HGTV, not NBC.
That means committing to producing more unique content – even great content ideas can die on the terrifying mountain of frequency – and shifting the storytelling away from the one-off, campaign varietal marked by a formal start and end date.
YouTube has been trying to get brands out of this mindset by preaching a strategy called "Hero, Hub, Hygiene." Higher production, but infrequent "hero" videos have been no problem for brands to embrace. But both hub (regularly scheduled content) and hygiene (always-on videos around consumer interests) have been underutilized, as many brands — and agencies — still think low-cost production equals poor-quality content.
However, it's easy to make the opposite case. Fewer, pricier content pieces result in increased risk to ROI, causing fear-based, self-fulfilling watering down of content. It's why Vine is so appealing: Its six-second format limits both the potential budget and adherence to brand guidelines. Case in point, Lowe's award-winning "Fix in Six" Vines.
The proof of this approach lies with premium channels like Nerdist and thousands of successful YouTube content creators who have amassed subscribers, engagement and views through consistent, focused lower-production-quality content. Admittedly, few brands outside of GoPro (serendipitously, their product produces thrilling visual content) have been able to duplicate this approach. But, as Tom Hanks said in "A League of Their Own": "It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it."
Obviously, this narrow-but-more-frequent approach needs to be overlaid with both exceptional content ideas and the appropriate allocation of paid dollars for visibility.
No matter what you do, it's doubtful consumers will ever love marketing. But maybe you can help them dislike it just a little bit less.
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City Room | Suspect in Fatal Subway Push Accused of Hitting Correction Officer
Suspect in Fatal Subway Push Accused of Hitting Correction Officer
By Wendy Ruderman
January 2, 2013 6:27 pm January 2, 2013 6:27 pm
A woman accused of fatally pushing a man into the path of a subway train assaulted a correction officer shortly after arriving at a hospital emergency room in Queens, a city official said on Wednesday.
The woman, Erika Menendez, 31, apparently grew agitated on Monday after she caught a glimpse of herself on the television news in the emergency room at Elmhurst Hospital Center, according to Robin Campbell, a spokesman for the New York City Correction Department.
"She was emerging from a bathroom when she became upset at seeing herself on the television, and she lashed out at the officer," Mr. Campbell wrote in an e-mail on Wednesday. "She pulled the officer's hair and, in the process, hit her face."
A second correction officer quickly intervened, grabbing Ms. Menendez's arm and quelling the attack. Ms. Menendez was handcuffed at the time, Mr. Campbell said.
He described the episode as "an assault," but said the officer was not injured and no charges would be filed against Ms. Menendez.
Ms. Menendez was transferred to Elmhurst from the Rikers Island jail after a judge ordered her to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.
During her arraignment on Saturday, the judge, Gia L. Morris, reprimanded Ms. Menendez for smiling and laughing during the hearing. Ms. Menendez has a history of mental illness and violent behavior, according to relatives and the police.
Ms. Menendez, of Rego Park, Queens, was arraigned on a charge of second-degree murder as a hate crime in the death of Sunando Sen, an Indian immigrant. The police said she shoved Mr. Sen, 46, into an oncoming No. 7 train at the 40th Street-Lowery Street station in Sunnyside, Queens, last Thursday.
According to prosecutors, Ms. Menendez told investigators, "I pushed a Muslim off the train tracks because I hate Hindus and Muslims ever since 2001 when they put down the twin towers."
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John A. Newman, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.
Benson A. Snaider, New Haven, Conn., for appellee.
Newman appeals.  We affirm the judgment of the district court.
100,000 people to no longer file or pay income taxes.
FN3. This position is meritless.  See infra, p. 467.
directly with Schiff on the air.
return, I will pay them $100,000."
KAREN STONE:  Why do you object to the federal income tax?
SCHIFF:  You're required to file.
STONE:  That we're required to file.
that I say it--(emphasis added).
exchange for his promise to pay $100,000."
Mr. Schiff's address if it can be located?
acceptance was still untimely.  This appeal followed.
A. The Requirement of Mutual Assent.
F.2d 757, 760 (2d Cir.1946) (Frank, J., concurring).
the Law of Contracts, 76 Yale L.J. 939, 943-44 (1967).
it depends on their overt acts." Id. at 175, 89 A. at 492.
meaning of the December 23rd conversation between Embry and McKittrick.
the ensuing year."  Id. at 390, 105 S.W. at 779.
favor.  Id. at 501, 84 S.E.2d at 521.
use it today.  E. Allan Farnsworth, Contracts s 3.6, at 114 (1982).
aff'd, 231 U.S. 50, 34 S.Ct. 20, 58 L.Ed. 115 (1913).
B. The Mechanics of Mutual Assent:  Offer and Acceptance.
Inc. v. Gorman-Taber Co., 521 S.W.2d 763, 768 (Mo.Ct.App.1975).
The present case concerns a special type of offer:  an offer for a reward.
according to the printed directions supplied with each ball."  Id.
Ms. Carlill had accepted, thereby entitling her to recovery.
v. Turilli, 473 S.W.2d 757, 763 (Mo.Ct.App.1971).
2. The CBS Morning News Rebroadcast.
newsreport of the offer previously made, which had already expired.
renewal of the Nightwatch offer.  We disagree.
newsreport as a new offer.
(Mo.Ct.App.1960);  Restatement (Second) of Agency s 82 (1958).
through conduct of the party.  Wilks v. Stone, supra, 339 S.W.2d at 595.
See also Weber v. Towner County, 565 F.2d 1001, 1008-09 (8th Cir.1977).
Handbook of the Law of Agency s 33, at 61 (1964).
and letter do not convert it into an offer.
D. Mandatory Nature of the Federal Income Tax System.
which have helped bring this to light.
nonsense." Schiff did not challenge this ruling in his cross-appeal.
by Schiff. For that he deserves great commendation from the public.
Newman equal time in the public interest.
Affirmed but without any costs against John Newman.


Please contact me if you are interested. This life size replica comes with a certificate of authenticity. I believe it is 1/500 in the world in production.
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Do you have any pictures? Or any real information you can provide?
Yes I have photos, but was unable to locate them on this drive. I should be able to find them soon. Do you how I can post them here? It is over 6 ft. tall and is an actual life size replica. Just as many of the Star Wars figures are sold, on a platform, life size, weapons included...exactly like from the movie. What other specific "real" information can I provide you with?
I think it's over 6' tall with the base and everything else.
The Replica is in storage, so I apologize for not having accurate measurments. There are so few of these in production, I could nt find any info on the net. Anyhow, the Replica is approx. $5000, but Im still researching the market. C3PO is $11000 on email right now, A Don Post dealeo.
If you are interested we can get more technical.
*Sigh* I lack the funds.
Can you wear it?? The armor and flight-suit, I mean?
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I would love to have that. Good luck finding someone with 5,000 dollars available to spend on something like that.
If I ahd it, I'd spend it I am bad with money hat way; I can never hold onto it.
I'm pretty much in the same boat as everyone else. Lacking funds. But still drooling.
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Boba has found his new home and his bounty!
ooooo......... It must be so nice to have that kind of money.
I like how Han is posed kind of similar to how he was propped up in Jabba's palace. Pretty nice touch.


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Did anyone else have negative experiences with the taxis last night? I fully understand the open letter a few months ago stating it is harming our tourism and we need another company to step in and run a friendlier, more professional service.
Myself and many others have ended up walking or hitching home with taxis that never show - it is understandable they can be busy and running late but then at least let the customer know , and if a customer phones to enquire where their taxi is it is unacceptable to be met with a bitter, angry response. Maybe the lady was in a particularly bad mood last night but this is not the first time.
I won't go into a long list of all the complaints i've heard and experienced - the main point is the customer service provided on the phone is consistently terrible , nearly all the drivers are great and i tip them but the way their office is managed and the way 'valued' customers are treated is an embarassment to the community.
I have complained directly on the phone only to be met with a defensive and harsh response. If there was another taxi company in town i imagine the majority of customers and quite possibly taxi drivers would be thankful for the choice of taking their business elsewhere.


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You can say, it's a waste of money, or materialistic, but deep down inside it would be fun to get a pair.
I know, most Fendi sunglasses start at around $500 a pair. Which is definitely a big chunk of cash.
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To make sure, I found Smart Buy Glasses and splurged on a gorgeous pair of Fendi glasses.
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With my glasses came the authenticity card and glasses case.
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ORLANDO, Fla. - One of Markeith Loyd's ex-girlfriends has been arrested for helping collect money for him after he fatally shot his pregnant ex-girlfriend in Pine Hills in December, according to an arrest affidavit.
Jameis Slaughter, 25, was being questioned around 7 p.m. Wednesday and deputies announced around 9 p.m. that she was arrested and charged with accessory after the fact to first-degree murder.
Deputies said Slaughter originally gave them the name of her twin sister when they apprehended her. She told them her real name as she was being taken to the Orange County Sheriff's Office, the affidavit said.
In the hours after Loyd fatally shot Orlando police Master Sgt. Debra Clayton outside a Walmart on John Young Parkway, Slaughter's vehicle was seen circling the grocery store and the area where Loyd was believed to have escaped.
Deputies said Slaughter also attempted to collect rent money from a woman on Loyd's behalf on Dec. 17, days after police said Loyd fatally shot his pregnant ex-girlfriend, Sade Dixon.
The twin sister was also named in the affidavit, but she has not been arrested.
Slaughter's arrest marks the third in about 24 hours in connection with the search for Loyd. Zarghee Mayan, 33, was arrested Tuesday night and Loyd's niece, Lakensha Smith-Loyd, 27, was arrested Wednesday afternoon.
Slaughter, Mayan and Smith-Loyd are all charged with accessory after the fact to first-degree murder.
Deputies said Mayan has seen Loyd multiple times since Dixon's murder on Dec. 13. In one of those encounters, the two hugged and Mayan realized Loyd was wearing a bulletproof vest.
Mayan gave Loyd money and food in the days after Dixon's murder, according to an arrest affidavit. He also gave Smith-Loyd $200 to give to her uncle.
Orlando police Chief John Mina said Tuesday that arrest warrants were being prepared for people who aided and abetted Loyd after Sade's murder.
Loyd is also wanted in the shooting death of Clayton, 42, who was slain Monday after confronting Loyd outside a Walmart, according to authorities.


This entry was posted on January 8, 2015 by Kari (Mrs. PQ).
Mr. PQ and I are headed to the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week. (Disclaimer: For those savvy social media thugs thinking to burglarize our home while we are away, allow me to dissuade you with the knowledge that a very well-armed housekeeper is on the premises and frankly, you'd be disappointed as we don't own jack: unless you include Mr. PQ's invaluable beard grooming kit, which he will most likely take with him as he doesn't travel anywhere without an impeccably groomed beard).
Anyhoo. Back to CES and Las Vegas. I've not returned to Sin City and CES since our first traverse there in 2011. Pad & Quill was a fledgling company with a few bookbindery cases for iPad and some paper napkin sketches of wallet styled cases for iPhones. We walked 273 miles of convention center floor, barely surviving the epilepsy inducing lights and carcinogenic haboobs of second hand smoke. As you can tell, the intensity of my desire to return is surpassed only by Mr. PQ's enraptured knowledge of my Wild intent to hike a part of the Pacific Crest Trail, as we will be in the vicinity, sort of.
Not being particularly interested in gambling, for the sake of gambling, the tables and slots hold little allure for either of us. We might plug a few quarters into a Texas Hold 'em machine, while sipping comped drinks and watching NFL playoff games. What truly intrigue me however, are prop bets. For the uninitiated, a "prop" bet is a bet constructed as an ancillary to an event. For instance, Superbowl prop bets might include: In which quarter will Gisele Bündchen appear on the television camera, sipping Bollinger Blanc de Noir from a crystal flute in her right hand. Or in which game minute will Jerry Jones come-over flop, in a Chris Christie like frenzy, down the center of his forehead? And finally, if it is a Romo v Manning Superbowl, which team doctor will be better equipped to intervene with the Heimlich Maneuver, thus saving their team from Superbowl infamy.
One prop bet I would certainly back is that folks are going to love our new self-propping Bella Vida for iPhone 6 Plus. This American full grain leather wallet is a well- crafted masterpiece of functionality, replete with the beauty and aesthetic design you've come to expect from a Pad & Quill product. Sadly, for us mere mortals who carry the iPhone 6, the Bella Vida is still in design production, and won't be immediately available, so I will be stealing Mr. PQ's iPhone 6 Plus at various times to post comparison pictures of the Bella Vida and various Vegas landmarks. My contention that it is the small, thoughtful, supportive things that lend to a beautiful life. Big, bold Vegas may prove me wrong, but I wouldn't bet on it.
This entry was posted in Brand, iPhone, PQ News & Announcements, Uncategorized and tagged iPhone, jerry jones, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6, CES on January 8, 2015 by Kari (Mrs. PQ).


NEW YORK, N.Y. - Ronald McDonald is having a midlife crisis.
His floppy shoes, painted-on smile and flaming-red hair may be a harder sell to today's kids who are trading in their dolls and trucks for manicures and mobile game apps at ever younger ages. He also seems out of step with McDonald's Corp.'s new efforts to appeal to adults. The 48-year-old spokesclown has fallen flat in new ads this year, according to Ace Metrix, a group that tracks TV advertising.
And the government is getting strict on marketing unhealthy food to children. That has both marginalized Ronald as more of a mascot than a product pitchman and landed him in the middle of the bigger debate about food makers' responsibilities in stemming the rise in childhood obesity.
McDonald's says it is proud of the food it offers and that Ronald teaches children to be active.
Critics say it's time to hang up the yellow jumper.
A group called Corporate Accountability International plans to ask Ronald to retire at the company's annual meeting on Thursday. They say Ronald encourages kids to eat junk food, contributing to a rise in childhood obesity and related diseases such as diabetes.
The group, which campaigned against the Joe Camel cigarette mascot in the '90s and complained about Ronald as a role model at McDonald's annual meeting last year, has stepped up its campaign. The group has taken out full-page ads Wednesday in the Chicago Sun-Times, New York Metro and four other papers to call for his head. The ads, signed by more than 550 health groups and professionals, carry the headline, "Doctors' Orders: Stop Marketing Junk Food To Kids."
What follows is an open letter to McDonald's CEO Jim Skinner, that says in part, "We ask that you heed our concern and retire your marketing promotions for food high in salt, fat, sugar, and calories to children, whatever form they take — from Ronald McDonald to toy giveaways."
McDonald's defended Ronald against the group's attack at last year's annual meeting and is adamant that it has never considered retiring or even downplaying their smiling mascot.
"It's totally unfounded," said Marlena Peleo-Lazar, the company's chief creative officer, who describes Ronald as "a force for good."
Ronald, the world's most famous clown, had humble beginnings with a paper-cup nose and scraggly blonde wig. First played by Willard Scott in 1963, he dispensed burgers and fries to delighted children and flew around on a magic hamburger. "Goofy and clumsy" is the way McDonald's describes the early incarnations.
A decade later McDonald's created standards on makeup and mannerisms for Ronald, so the actors who portrayed him could present a united front. Around that time, they also created McDonaldLand, home to Grimace, Mayor McCheese and an array of other characters.
Around 2004, McDonald's christened Ronald as a "balanced, active lifestyles ambassador," and stuck him in commercials where he trained for the Olympics. He got workout clothes. He got a tuxedo. He moved from McDonaldLand into the real world. New commercials show him as an active, athletic clown who plays soccer, shoots hoops and encourages kids to visit McDonald's Happymeal.com website. There's barely a mention of burgers and fries.
While other clowns have faded, Ronald has endured. He's been immortalized as a Beanie Baby, a bobblehead and a balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving parade. Even now, Zagat says he's the most popular fast-food mascot, beating out Jared the Subway Guy.
"It would be tough to walk away from him," said Nigel Hollis, whose company, Millward Brown Optimor, calculates that McDonald's is the fourth-most valuable brand in the world. "It would be almost as if the Geico gecko disappeared, or the Aflac duck."
But Jack McKee, vice-president of sales and marketing at Ace Metrix, said new Ronald McDonald commercials have failed to entice test audiences. His company surveyed 500 people about each commercial, he said.
"It's really remarkable how often I saw the word 'creepy'" in the survey comments, McKee said.
Replies Peleo-Lazar: "For everyone who may feel that way, there are more who feel the opposite."
Through the years, Ronald has also been the face of Ronald McDonald House Charities, which provides free or inexpensive housing for families who must travel to get medical treatment for a child. He still shows up as often as ever at camps for sick children and charity events.
Nick Guroff, a spokesman for Corporate Accountability International, said while that's a worthwhile charity, "to use that as their excuse for marketing junk food to kids is sort of having their burger and eating it too."


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Our 4th Annual Music Seminar February 20th – 21st, 2015.
It is our distinct pleasure to have Dr. Russell Shelley as our featured speaker for this seminar. Dr. Shelley currently serves as Chair of the Department of Music at Juniata College in Huntington, PA. His choirs have performed across the United States and in over 25 countries. In January of this year his tour group traveled to Costa Rica for a series of concerts. We were delighted to host Dr. Shelley last year and we are looking forward to hearing from him again.
Dr. Shelley will teach a little music theory, vocal techniques, as well as basic fundamentals of singing. He balances his direct method of teaching with a keen sense of humor and a genuine heart-felt passion for God and his students. You will leave this two-day seminar filled with new information and a greater desire to serve in your local church music ministry.
On that Friday, our first session begins at 6:30PM.
Saturday's sessions will run from 9AM to 3PM with a break for lunch provided by our church.
We are asking a $20.00 per person donation to help with the expenses. If you are unable to contribute, we still would encourage you to come, as our church desires to be a blessing to you.
If you plan to attend, please complete and submit the online form as soon as possible, so we can make the proper preparations (sheet music, notes, food, etc.).


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A multi-day business strike in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is protesting the government's attempt to extend and hike a tax.
Stephen Ruth discovered that Suffolk County officials had unsafely manipulated the timing of traffic lights to trick drivers into running red lights and increase the revenue from the ticket-issuing red-light cameras. He was so furious that he not only blew the whistle, but he cut the wires to the cameras to foil the scheme.
Save Lagos Group has called for tax resistance against the government of that Nigerian state.
American war tax resister Frances Crowe is 98 years old. That didn't stop her from getting arrested in a civil disobedience action against a planned natural gas pipeline. She was convicted, and is now refusing to pay the fine.
The Den Plirono movement is still sending out its Harry Tuttle-like engineers to reconnect the power to families who have lost electricity for failure to keep up with the tax hikes the government has added to utility bills.


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Rumsfeld: Venezuela build-up is concern
October 2, 2006 — budsimmons
By LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press Writer 4 minutes ago
The recent military build-up in Venezuela by U.S. nemesis President Hugo Chavez has other countries in the region worried that the weapons could end up in the hands of terrorists, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Monday.
"I can understand neighbors being concerned," said Rumsfeld, who is attending a meeting of Western hemisphere military leaders here this week.
Asked whether he believes Venezuelan officials' contention that the weapon buys are strictly for defense and not a threat to the region, Rumsfeld said, "I don't know of anyone threatening Venezuela — anyone in this hemisphere."
Venezuela's defense minister Gen. Raul Isaias Baduel, who is also attending the meeting, said Monday that his country's recent military spending spree wasn't "an arms race," despite Washington's protests.
Chavez, however, has repeatedly charged that United States is planning to invade his country, a claim American officials dismiss as preposterous. And he said Sunday that he's heard the Bush administration is plotting to assassinate him or topple his regime.
U.S. Army Gen. Bantz J. Craddock, chief of U.S. Southern Command, called the accusation "mindless" and "way over the top." But he also agreed that Venezuela's recent deal to buy roughly $3 billion worth of arms from Russia — including rifles, jet fighters and helicopters — is triggering "more concern from more countries."
Rumsfeld did not meet privately with Baduel, but did briefly exchanged pleasantries with him.
"I have spoken to Mr. Rumsfeld to convince him that he should try smoking Venezuela's good tobacco," Baduel told the Associated Press. "He said he doesn't smoke, that his wife wouldn't let him."
Meanwhile, Craddock and other officials said Monday that they don't see a credible threat in Venezuela's call for the creation of an anti-U.S. military coalition with other leftist countries in the region. Craddock said Brazil's defense minister told the gathering he doesn't see a need for a regional military organization.
Gen. Moises Omar Hallesleven, the commander of the Nicaraguan military, told U.S. reporters he is not concerned about the Chavez effort.
Venezuela, he said through an interpreter, has very weak influence in the region. Hallesleven also vowed that as long as he is its leader, the Nicaraguan military will remain apolitical and professional — even if Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega wins the upcoming presidential election.
Chavez grabbed headlines recently when he called Bush "the devil" and slammed U.S. leaders for trying to block his country from taking a seat on the U.N. Security Council.
U.S. officials have long considered Chavez a destabilizing force. And they have suggested that Venezuela would make the Security Council unworkable if the nation were to win its bid against U.S.-backed Guatemala for a rotating council seat.
Rumsfeld, in his formal remarks to the gathering, also made a reference to the other main U.S. antagonist in the region: Cuba.
He said he hoped that one day soon "the final holdout in our hemisphere against the democratic sweep of history will give its citizens the right to choose their own destiny and will participate in our conference."
Rumsfeld also called for more regional cooperation in the fight against terrorism.
"These new challenges can be solved only if we work together to protect our free democratic institutions and to provide economic opportunities for our people," Rumsfeld said.
The military conference, along with a NATO defense ministers meeting and other military visits in the Balkans last week, have largely kept Rumsfeld out of Washington for the past week, where there is renewed debate on his stewardship of the Iraq war.
He said he will not resign, and openly questioned why reporters were so focused on a new book, "State of Denial" by Washington Post assistant managing editor Bob Woodward, that is critical of the defense chief.
Clearly frustrated with repeated questions about his job security, Rumsfeld told reporters he has not read Woodward's book and is not likely to.
Associated Press Writer Julie Watson contributed to this report.
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American mogul skier Morgan Schild is all smiles after winning the women's mogul competition at the Visa Freestyle International event at Deer Valley on Thursday. The win was Schild's second World Cup victory of her career.
American mogul skier Morgan Schild's nerves started to creep back as she stood in the starting gate. The top qualifier from the first round of final runs, she was ready to go in the Super Final of the Visa Freestyle International, with masses of spectators at the bottom of the near-perfectly-designed course built at Deer Valley.
Then, she was off, cruising through the first section of the course with relative ease before hitting the daunting middle portion, where the skiers pick up most of their speed. Schild's knees bounced from side to side, nearly hitting her chest with each pump.
She made it through the middle section with what looked to be the same ease as the first section before hitting the final jump. From there, it was easy.
Schild crossed the finish line with a pump of the fist as the large crowd cheered on the American. Everyone in attendance knew it was a good run, including Schild, but it was in the judges hands.
She anxiously waited for her score under a blown-up gate set up for the athletes. When a score of 81.27 flashed on the screen, she could not contain their excitement. It was clear the crowd felt the same way as cheers from the bottom of the course erupted. Schild was the only female skier to break the 80-point barrier that evening, giving her the first-place finish at Deer Valley.
Following her gold-medal performance (her second World Cup win of her career), Schild immediately took off her skis and hurried her way over to the crowd, where her parents were waiting. She shared bear hugs with both of them and couldn't contain her emotions.
Schild's road back to winning gold was a tough one. Nearly two years ago, Schild, the 2015 FIS World Cup Rookie of the Year, tore her ACL while training in Italy on March 24, 2015, a date engrained in her memory. The injury kept her off of the tour for 22 months, where she remained hungry for a return.
Schild said waiting was the hardest part of sitting out.
Those 22 months were full of rehab and Schild's patience was tested during that time. Sitting out for one year is one thing, but nearly two years can feel like a lifetime for someone who's used to skiing every day.
She made her return a couple weekends ago in Lake Placid, where she didn't waste any time making her way to the podium with a third-place finish. Though happy with that result, she knew it wasn't her best. This was evident by her first-place finish on Thursday night.
The smile on Schild's face looked permanent, as she worked her way through the crowd following her win,. Words couldn't describe the excitement she was feeling, but no matter the outcome, odds are she would have been smiling anyway.
Schild certainly missed the sport during her 22-month break from competition, but the sport might've missed having her on tour even more. Schild's smile might be a little wider moving through the rest of her comeback tour now that she's back and competing at a high level.


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09/12 @ Columbus. Should be interesting now that Pryor's the starting QB.
If it swells, ride it!
David Cutcliffe says "We are a bowl team!" Too bad we're only gonna win maybe 3 games this year, coach!
Also, a report on special teams suits and dress collars: are they too tight?
I would not be surprised at all to see Duke make a bowl game this year. Cuttcliffe is a damn, damn good coach. You guys should count yourselves very lucky you were able to land him, he's leaps and bounds better than Chizik or Kiffin. I'm amazed Tennessee didn't hire him.
And I hate to say it for you guys, but I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up at Tennessee in two or three years. I bet he takes yall to at least one bowl game first. Maybe two.
The problem with suits, and collars, is that they assume the wearer has a neck.
Who are we going to win against?
Richmond, Army, NC Central. Then... mayyyybe Virginia or NC State?
To be honest I don't know enough about the ACC football teams to comment. Tech, Tech, UNC, Wake, Miami will wipe the floor with us. That leaves NC State, Virginia and Maryland in conference.
GT is up in the top 25 in almost everyone's poll dude this'll be an exciting season for y'all!
OH and most importantly, August marks the glorious yearly end of the America's Pasttime Sports Drought that stretches from late March until this time. I can't stand baseball.
I like to do things in terms of probabilities. Then you sum them to determine an expected win value. If you wanted to get fancy, you could even do a confidence interval for each number and figure out a range, but I don't bother.
Adds up to 6 wins. You'll be 3-1 or 4-0 going into VT at home, and VT could very well be 2-2 coming into that game, considering they open with Bama and could lose to either Nebraska or Miami. You might even get on national TV for that game!
Tech looks very strong this year. We have the most returning starters of anyone in the ACC, and PJ coached teams typically improve their most on offense between year 1 and year 2. We also open with two straight nationally televised Thursday night games, vs Clemson and Miami, which are both very winnable. If we open 3-0 after that, with the exposure we get we should be top ten fairly quickly. The championship game always comes down to whoever wins the GT/VT game, and I don't see that being any different this year.
RIP Jim Johnson. You will be sorely, sorely missed.
In the unlikely event I get to watch any of this, I'll be interested in seeing Coach Snyder part 2.
Despite having a real tough schedule, I think my Huskers will do well this year.
I raise your Taylor Mays, with Eric Berry.
As my Vols have the worst QB situation in the nation, I predict a 8-4 record.
With losses to: UGA/UF/Bama and Ole Miss.
As a life-long die hard UT fan, there is no way I could see us taking him back. Not only was his offense not upto date with the Florida's of the world, it tended to be in-effective in the 2nd half of our games. Not to mention his lingering health issues.
Dating back to the start of our program, we havent hired one coach that was outside the state of Tennessee. By that I mean, we didnt look for coaches, that had never been part of our university. UT was in need of new blood, and Kiffin is doing great so far.
Apparently people in Tennessee can't edit their posts.
I don't think the Vols are going to do well this year. Kiffin is making them a big ol' target and who is the QB? 8-4 is a ridiculously generous prediction, although I haven't seen your schedule. Maybe you're playing 8 games against creampuffs.
Go oklahoma University!! woot woot.
oh wait.. is this the right thread? what?
I appreciate your (mostly) harmless habit of posting scantily clad pictures in Shore Leave threads.
I guess you're referring to why I had 3 posts simultaneously? Honestly, if thats the reason, get over it.
Getting back to topic, yes, our schedule is extremly generous compared to previous' years.
CLK is making us a target for who? UF/Bama? So what, we knew we were going to lose against those 2 teams regardless of who our HC was.
He is getting UT back on the map, and there is nothing wrong with that.
I am also confused as to Tennessee being a "target". Are other teams going to try to beat them EVEN HARDER than before because of their coach?
That IS a hell of a schedule. The last time I was at Tennessee was the game where Duke actually scored a lot, but then lost in the last quarter. I know this because I was told after the fact and I don't remember a lot of the game.
Kiffin is a clown, and will turn your program into a Joke.
T minus 18 months until you sing a different tune.
Feel free to come back and look at this thread at that time.
Yes, because their coach is a clown. Slinging NCAA violations on twitter, calling out other coaches in press conferences, and generally acting like a jackanapes. Imagine Tennessee roamed through the parking lot at random and picked the drunkest fan they could find and made him Head Coach, and you'd see about what Kiffin has done so far.
His wife, however, woah momma.
Maam, I'd like another glass of gatoraide please.
There are a few games that you predicted, that just dont make much sense to me.
2.) Only reason UT lost to SC in the past is because of Foolmore and his clowns running the show. Phil couldnt beat Spurrier, and he knew it. Hopefully CLK doesnt have that problem, if so, id say its 60/40 favoring us.
3.) We shouldnt have a problem with Memphis, we never do. Anywhere from a 75-80% chance of a W against them.
4.) And finally, you say 50/50 against both Vandy/UK...HAH. I guess you dont know of our history with those 2 programs. We have won 24 straight against UK, and have won 25 of the last 26 against Vandy.
And saying Kiffin is going to turn our program into a joke might be one of the dumbest things you can say. Lets look what he has done so far: In a month and a half of full-recruitment, he landed a top 10 class, the #1 prospect in the nation, and a handful of skill players that we desperatly need. Hell, we even stole a big time recruit from Florida.
Kiffin at the SEC media day stated that he only said those things to get UT back in the national spotlight, and there is nothing wrong with that, especially since we have been a dying program since '01.
Kiffin, might not be the best coach out there, but he is doing a hell of a job so far, and in time, you will see how it will all pay off.
With Foolmore, we had nothing to look foward too, it was the s.o.s with him. 2 losing seasons in 4 years doesnt cut it, sorry.
I however do agree with you on Layla Kiffin, smokin hot.
Auburn might not win a game in conference this year. Auburn is horrible. They basically nuked their entire football program with last year's antics, and they won't be back to bowl level until Chizik is gone, at a minimum.
You are aware that Chizik's two seasons at Iowa State were 3-9 and 2-10, right? He's clueless. You could add every win he's ever had as a head coach and still not get enough wins to go to 1 bowl game.
Don't preach to me about history. History only applies when you have some relationship to that history. Yall are starting from scratch this year, and have made basically the same hiring mistake Nebraska did when they fired Frank Solich and hired Bill Callahan. Except Bill Callahan actually had SOME kind of resume, which Kiffen does not. All he has is his dad.
Hey, time will tell. I think it's 50/50 yall don't make a bowl this year, and it's 80/20 Auburn doesn't. If you're so sure that both will make bowls, then perhaps you'd like to place a wager?
They keep pretending it's in Austin though.
I'm predicting a bowl game for the Aggies with an outside shot at a good record to finish.
Im aware of AU's situation and I beleive they made a huge mistake not hiring Gill, however, if you matched them up against UCLA, many would take AU as the favorite. Not to mention Neil Caudle(sp?) will most likely be the starter now, he was a former elite 11 QB camp member. Maybe he will be their answer?
And you cant judge Kiffin by his time in Oakland, he didnt even get to hire is OWN COORDINATORS. Al Davis is the real HC of Oakland, everyone else involved are puppets. If you recall Kiffin was against drafting Russell, what did Al Davis do? Drafted Russell.
Oh, well, time will tell.
I don't know enough about Big 12 football to even prognosticate. A&M's problem is they've got a really tough division to play in.
I'm thinking that Texas will NOT choke it out like they did last year.
10/31. Robinson to Bryant will be like Harrell to Crabtree. Good setup for their 11/28 matchup vs OU.
Trying to figure out which game the Trojans will lose focus on the most.
I want to say Cal so bad because it would make my hotel a lot of money, but... the bears ain't lookin particularly awesome.
Southern Cal loses two games, but nobody can predict which ones, then beats the crap out of another poor Big Ten champion in the Rose Bowl.


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package zipkin.storage.mysql;

import java.sql.SQLException;
import org.junit.rules.TestRule;
import org.junit.runner.Description;
import org.junit.runners.model.Statement;
import org.mariadb.jdbc.MariaDbDataSource;
import zipkin.internal.LazyCloseable;

import static org.junit.Assume.assumeTrue;
import static zipkin.internal.Util.envOr;

public class LazyMySQLStorage extends LazyCloseable<MySQLStorage> implements TestRule {

  final String version;

  ZipkinMySQLContainer container;

  LazyMySQLStorage(String version) {
    this.version = version;
  }

  @Override protected MySQLStorage compute() {
    try {
      container = new ZipkinMySQLContainer(version);
      container.start();
      System.out.println("Will use TestContainers MySQL instance");
    } catch (Exception e) {
      // Ignored
    }

    // TODO call .check()
    return computeStorageBuilder().build();
  }

  public MySQLStorage.Builder computeStorageBuilder() {
    final MariaDbDataSource dataSource;

    try {
      if (container != null && container.getDataSource() != null) {
        dataSource = container.getDataSource();
      } else {
        dataSource = new MariaDbDataSource();

        dataSource.setUser(System.getenv("MYSQL_USER"));
        assumeTrue("Minimally, the environment variable MYSQL_USER must be set", dataSource.getUser() != null);

        dataSource.setServerName(envOr("MYSQL_HOST", "localhost"));
        dataSource.setPort(envOr("MYSQL_TCP_PORT", 3306));
        dataSource.setDatabaseName(envOr("MYSQL_DB", "zipkin"));
        dataSource.setPassword(envOr("MYSQL_PASS", ""));
      }
      dataSource.setProperties("autoReconnect=true&useUnicode=yes&characterEncoding=UTF-8");
    } catch (SQLException e) {
      throw new AssertionError(e);
    }

    return new MySQLStorage.Builder()
        .datasource(dataSource)
        .executor(Runnable::run);
  }

  @Override public void close() {
    try {
      MySQLStorage storage = maybeNull();

      if (storage != null) storage.close();
    } finally {
      if (container != null) container.stop();
    }
  }

  @Override public Statement apply(Statement base, Description description) {
    return new Statement() {
      @Override
      public void evaluate() throws Throwable {
        get();
        try {
          base.evaluate();
        } finally {
          close();
        }
      }
    };
  }
}

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When you're the big fish, it's not OK to pick on the little fish just because you can.
That's an important lesson for everyone. But some Houston first-graders got a particularly vivid demonstration in the form of a musical puppet show, which featured fish puppets and an underlying message about why it's wrong to bully others.
The puppeteer's show was part of an effort to expand arts education in Houston elementary and middle schools. Now, a new study shows that the initiative helped students in a few ways: boosting students' compassion for their classmates, lowering discipline rates, and improving students' scores on writing tests.
It's just the latest study to find that giving students more access to the arts offers measurable benefits. And adding time for dance, theater, or visual arts isn't at odds with traditional measures of academic success, according to the research — which amounts to one of the largest gold-standard studies on arts education ever conducted.
"Arts learning experiences benefit students in terms of social, emotional, and academic outcomes," write researchers Dan Bowen of Texas A&M and Brian Kisida of the University of Missouri.
The study, released Tuesday through the Houston Education Research Consortium, looked at elementary and middle schools — which predominantly served low-income students of color — that expressed interest in participating in Houston's Arts Access Initiative. There appeared to be significant need: nearly a third of elementary and middle schools in the district reported lacking a full-time arts teacher.
Too many schools were interested, which was bad news for some schools but good news for researchers. They worked with the district to randomly assign some schools to participate, with about 5,000 students in each group. The schools in the program offered students nearly eight "school-community arts partnerships," compared to just three at comparison schools.
What that looked like ran the gamut. Schools were encouraged to provide some exposure to theater, dance, music, and visual arts, and that took the form of on-campus performances, field trips, artists in residence, and other programs outside of school hours.
On other measures, the initiative didn't make a clear difference. That includes reading and math scores as well as survey questions about school engagement and college aspirations. Still, the survey results were mostly positive, though largely not statistically significant.
That's especially notable because some have feared that pressure to raise test scores has squeezed arts out of the curriculum in many schools (though there's limited empirical evidence on whether that's actually happened).
Other recent studies on field trips to the theater and museums have also found encouraging results, boosting students' political tolerance, interest in the arts, critical examination of art, and, in one case, math and reading test scores. And since low-income children are less likely than their wealthier peers to access things like plays and art galleries over the summer, schools are critical providers of those cultural experiences and the accompanying benefits.
The latest study came to a mix of conclusions about which group of students benefited the most from the extra arts education.
Tiffany Thompson, another first-grade teacher at Codwell Elementary, said she's seen the extra arts make a difference for struggling students.
"Some students who don't excel academically, they're more engaged, because it gives them a different way to learn," she said.
One caveat to the study is that principals volunteered for the program. It might not be as successful in schools where there is less enthusiasm for the idea to start.
Still, the results of the study hold national import as districts consider how much to prioritize arts education and as cities assess or expand their similar initiatives.
Correction: A previous version of the story mis-stated the number of partnerships in schools that participated in the arts initiative. The correct number is eight, compared to three in schools that did not participate.


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Q: Sierpinski Triangle in OpenGL and Objective C using recursion I am trying to draw the Sierpinski Triangle Fractal with OpenGL and Objective C.
I got most of the triangle, but there seems to be a bug I can't figure out.
In the image is the output I am getting. Note that the triangles at the right half go wrong.
#import "Fractals.h"
#include <math.h>
#include <OpenGL/gl.h>
//the points for the initial equilateral triangle
const float ox1 = 0, ox2 = 1.0, ox3 = 0.5, oy1 = 0, oy2 = 0, oy3 = 0.866025404;

void drawSubTriangle(float x1, float x2, float x3, float y1, float y2, float y3)
{
//set the colors
//0, 0 , 0 is black
glColor3f(0, 0, 0);
//draw triangles with midpoints of the original triangle
glBegin(GL_TRIANGLES);

{

    glVertex3f( (x1+x3)/2, (y1+y3)/2, 0.0);

    glVertex3f( (x2+x3)/2, (y2+y3)/2, 0.0);

    glVertex3f( (x2+x1)/2, (y2+y1)/2, 0.0);

}

glEnd();
}

void drawFractals(float x1, float x2, float x3, float y1, float y2, float y3)
{
drawSubTriangle(x1, x2, x3, y1, y2, y3);
//ensure that the size of the triangles is not too small
//distance formula is in the if condition
if(pow((pow((x2-x1),2) + pow((y2-y1),2)),0.5) > 0.0625)
{
    drawFractals((x1+x3)/2, (x3+x2)/2, x3, (y1+y3)/2, (y3+y1)/2, y3); //top triangle
    drawFractals(x1, (x1+x2)/2, (x1+x3)/2, y1, (y1+y2)/2, (y1+y3)/2); //left triangle
    drawFractals((x2+x3)/2, x2, (x1+x2)/2, (y2+y3)/2, y2, (y1+y2)/2); //right triangle
}
}

@implementation MyOpenGLView
-(void) drawRect: (NSRect) bounds

{

glClearColor(0, 0, 0, 0);

glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);

glColor3f(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);

glBegin(GL_TRIANGLES);

{

    glVertex3f( ox1, oy1, 0.0);

    glVertex3f( ox2, oy2, 0.0);

    glVertex3f( ox3, oy3, 0.0);

}

glEnd();

drawFractals(ox1, ox2, ox3, oy1, oy2, oy3);

glFlush();

}

@end

output from the program

A: I found the bug.
It was a mistake in the passing of values in the recursive function...
I changed it from
drawFractals((x2+x3)/2, x2, (x1+x2)/2, (y2+y3)/2, y2, (y1+y2)/2); //right triangle

to
drawFractals((x1+x3)/2, x2, (x3+x2)/2, (y1+y3)/2, y2, (y3+y2)/2); //right triangle

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Professor Laura Ferguson of the Program on Global Health & Human Rights met with the World Health Organization, Save the Children and other partner organizations in Geneva, Switzerland, to finalize a draft general comment on children's right to health.
In early 2011, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child decided a general comment on children's right to health was required to better define the obligations of states and other actors in realizing this right. Following an expert consultation in January 2012, Professor Ferguson was asked to lead the process of drafting a research document to support the committee's work. The draft will be submitted to the Committee on the Rights of the Child for its consideration, and a final version should be adopted in early 2013.


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District attempts to help failing '07 seniors pass test
By BY Examiner Staff • August 23, 2006 12:00 am
Twenty percent of the incoming senior class within the San Francisco Unified School District — a total of 882 students — have failed the state's exit exam — a standardized test that public school students are required to pass in order to get a diploma.
Those students will be integrated into a "districtwide initiative" to help pass the test by their June 2007 graduation, according to San Francisco's assistant superintendent of high schools, Margaret Chiu. Students who have not passed the high-stakes test are given extra test tutoring during an elective period or after school, she said.
Students first take the test in their sophomore year and then have four more chances — two during junior year and two in senior year — to retake the test in hopes of passing before graduation.
The test has two parts: a math portion, which tests up to an eighth-grade math level, and an English Language Arts portion, which tests up to the 10th-grade level of knowledge. The class of 2006 was the first group required to pass the test, known as the California High School Exit Exam, or CAHSEE, in order to be awarded a diploma.
According to San Francisco school officials, nearly 80 percent of The City's incoming seniors have passed both required portions.
Classes taken between the sophomore and the senior years, along with remediation, have seemingly helped some students who failed the test as sophomores pass in time to get a diploma with their peers. Two years ago, 25 percent of the class of 2006 had not passed the exit exam. By the recently passed June graduation date, however, that percentage had narrowed to approximately 10 percent.
This school year, districts will receive $500 for each student who has not yet passed the test to support the remedial program, according to the state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell.
So far, state education officials have only announced the numbers of students in the class of 2007 and the class of 2008 who have passed the English portion of the test and the number of students who have passed the math portion of the test — but not the cumulative number of students who have passed both sections. That data will be provided in October, according to O'Connell.
Within San Francisco's class of 2008, the incoming juniors who took the test for the first time last year, 76 percent passed the math portion of thetest and 74 percent passed the English portion of the test. The students performed slightly better on the math portion than students statewide, 75 percent of whom passed, and worse than the 77 percent of California students who passed the English portion of the test.
Within the San Francisco Unified School District, as well as statewide, a disproportionate amount of the students failing the exit exam are black, Hispanic, low-income and/or those students designated as English-language learners. It also includes special education students, who were given a one-year exemption from the test for the senior students this last school year.
The high number of minority and low-income students failing the test has supported exit exam critics' assertion that it unfairly denies a diploma to these subgroups of students, who historically have received their education in schools with less resources, including fewer qualified teachers, data has shown.
In supporting the test, Russlyn Ali, director of education at Trust West, a nonprofit policy organization, noted in a press statement Tuesday that one positive aspect of the test is that it has "brought about more focus, change and targeting of resources to our lowest-performing high schools."
Exit exam scores
This table shows the percentage of incoming 11th-grade students who passed the math and English subject exams when they took the test for the first time as 10th-grade students. These students have four more opportunities to take the test before their June 2008 graduation date.
Math	English
» Statewide Averages	75	77
» SFUSD District Averages	76	74
City schools
Abraham Lincoln High School	85	76
Balboa High School	65	66
Phillip & Sala Burton High School	76	69
City Arts & Technology Charter High School	7286
Cross Cultural Environmental Leadership High School	57	62
Continuation Downtown High School	24	37
Five Keys Charter High School	53	76
Galileo High School	87	82
Gateway Charter High School	89	98
George Washington High School	85	82
Alternative Independence High School	33	67
International Studies High School	59	63
Leadership Charter High School	78	89
Life Learning Charter High School	36	50
Lowell High School	99	99
Thurgood Marshall High School	75	62
Mission High School	52	52
Limited English Proficient Newcomer High School	52	1
John A. O'Connell High School	41	51
Raoul Wallenberg High School	72	77
School of the Arts High School	91	95
Small School for Equity High School	63	71
Ida B. Wells Alternative/Continuation High School	39	38
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Laurence Eastwood comes from Upwey, a small village in Dorset. He first started working with clay at the age of eleven and later began throwing on the wheel at a weekly evening class. Laurence was asked to join the Upwey Potters Group alongside five local potters, where he learned the values of being a potter and doing a craft.
When Laurence was 14, he was experimenting with woodworking, casting, and any other materials that he could get his hands on. He went on to do some ornamental plastering work part-time while studying art at a local college. After a couple years, Laurence decided to get back into pottery and started teaching and attending markets with his work.
Laurence started working at the Leach Pottery as a volunteer in 2015. After a year, he joined the team as one of their production potters. Alongside his work on the Leach Standard Ware, Laurence continues to work on his own range of work. 'Pots are not complete unless they are used and loved by the buyers on a regular basis. I enjoy using my pots after they are made just as much as I like making them.'
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Founded in 1920 by Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada, the Leach Pottery, St Ives, is among the most respected and influential potteries in the world. Over the last hundred years it has forged the shape of Studio Pottery in the UK and beyond. Scores of potters, students and apprentices, from across the world have come to the Leach Pottery to train, creating a uniquely international environment in the heart of Cornwall and maintaining the Pottery's creative principle of East/West exchange. Today, the Leach Pottery Studio, Museum and Gallery continue developing Bernard Leach's historic legacy.
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