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Lisa Brown is proud to be serving Oakland County residents for her third term as the
Clerk/Register of Deeds. In this role she is the official "keeper of the record," responsible for
overseeing the receipt and safeguarding of public records - including Circuit Court legal documents,
vital records, and real estate documents. She is also the chief election administrator for the county.
Under Lisa's leadership, the Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds office has received local and
nationwide awards and acclaim for innovations and improved services, including Brown's Property
Record Notification (PRN) system, which was showcased at the Google Next '19 conference, the
opening of a permanent satellite office, and the Combined Absent Voter Counting Board.
Lisa brings her passion for improving government services to many sectors. She serves on the
Legislative Committee for both the Michigan Association of Register of Deeds (MARD) and the
Michigan Association of County Clerks (MACC), two court form committees with the State Court
Administrative Office (SCAO), and was recently elected to serve on the MACC Board of Directors as
the District 5 Chair. She has also earned the national designation of Certified Elections/Registration
Administrator (CERA), the highest designation for those in the elections profession.
Previously, Lisa served as State Representative for Michigan's 39th District in Oakland County from
2009 to 2012. She is a graduate of Michigan State University and the Detroit College of Law, a
member of the State Bar of Michigan, and a former Realtor. A lifelong resident of Oakland County,
Lisa lives in West Bloomfield and attends Adat Shalom Synagogue. Lisa has received honors from
numerous groups and was featured in Marie Claire Magazine as a "Super Woman," More Magazine's
"Fierce List," and was proud to be named Democratic Legislator of the Year in 2012 by MIRS News.


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Women's Work: The Key to 2021's Recovery
We continue to believe that progress in female labor force participation (LFP) is a central issue to watch in gauging the strength of the US labor market and economic recovery in 2021 and beyond. History shows female LFP has been a critical long-run driver of the size of the American workforce back to World War II as well as defining the contours of more recent secular trends:
Female LFP (red line in the chart below) nearly doubled from post-WWII (32.0 pct in January 1948) to its peak of 60.3 pct in April 2000. It fell to 56.4 pct in September 2015, but rose to 57.9 pct in January 2020.
It has lost 2 points from January 2020 (57.9 pct) to November (55.9 pct).
By contrast, male LFP (blue line) has been in structural decline since WWII, from 86.7 pct in January 1948 to a low of 69.7 pct in November 2015, excluding 2020.
It has also lost 2 points from this past January (69.4 pct) to November (67.4 pct).
Takeaway: even though female and male LFP have both declined 2 points since January, a larger percentage of women have left the workforce than men since then. The civilian labor force for men ages 16 and older has contracted by 1.9 million since January through November versus 2.2 million for women.
As we look ahead to 2021, let's examine how male and female LFP have ebbed and flowed in the prior 5 recessions. We looked at the labor force participation rates for women and men aged 25 to 54 to cut out demographic issues that skew traditional datasets. Here's how they shaped up:
2008-2009 (Higher female LFP, lower male LFP):
Female LFP (blue line in the chart below): Rose by 0.4 points from the start of the recession in December 2007 to the end in June 2009. It declined thereafter through 2015, but rose from then on to a record high of 77.0 pct in February 2020.
Male LFP (red line): Dropped by 0.9 points by the end of the recession, waned thereafter and then flattened until picking up in 2017 through early 2020.
2001 (Lower female and male LFP):
Female LFP (ages 25 to 54): Fell by 0.7 points from the start the recession in March 2001 to the end that November. It was relatively flat around 75 pct until the next recession in 2008.
Male LFP: Declined by 0.5 points by the end of the recession, but was relatively stable around 90 pct until the next recession.
1990-1991 (Flat female LFP, higher male LFP):
Female LFP (ages 25 to 54): Remained at the same rate of 74.0 pct through the start of the recession in July 1990 to when it ended in March 1991. It climbed higher from there before flattening at around 76-77 pct from 1997 until the next recession in 2000.
Male LFP: Rose by 0.1 point during the recession, but slowly declined thereafter.
Female LFP (ages 25 to 54): Increased by 3.2 points from January 1980 to December 1982.
Male LFP: Fell 0.6 points during the recession, followed by a continued downward trend.
Female LFP (ages 25 to 54): Rose by 1.5 points from November 1973 to March 1975, and then kept ascending.
Male LFP: Declined by 0.7 points during the recession and was flat around 94 pct until the next recession in 1980.
Takeaway: female participation has actually increased in most recessions back to the 1970s, while male participation broadly fell. The loss in workforce participation for women in the current recession is unique especially relative to the Financial Crisis, when participation actually rose slightly for this cohort.
So why is there an increasing share of women leaving the labor force in the latest recession? Two major reasons stand out to us:
#1: Women account for an outsized share of service sector jobs, which have been disproportionately hurt by business shutdowns. For example, here are a few occupations where women make up the larger percentage of the workforce (2019 BLS data):
Education, training and library occupations (9.5 million total employed): 73.6 pct female
Office and administrative support occupations (17.8 million): 70.9 pct female
While women make up just a little over half (54.5 pct) of food preparation and serving related occupations (8.4 million total employed), they account for 71.3 pct of waiters and 82.1 pct of hosts at restaurants, lounges and coffee shops.
Takeaway: the growth in service sector jobs after the Financial Crisis helped pull women into the labor force, especially during the strongest period of the last economic expansion from 2015 through early 2020. The novel nature of 2020's public health crisis has made retaining or finding these types of jobs difficult and unpredictable amid changing business restrictions. Additionally, anecdotal evidence from the Fed's Beige Book reports over the past few months have showed business contacts struggle to bring workers back amid their fears of infection.
#2: Women also tend to bear the majority of childcare responsibilities, as the latest Beige Book out earlier this month alluded to: "Providing for childcare and virtual schooling needs was widely cited as a significant and growing issue for the workforce, especially for women."
Takeaway: It has been especially challenging for many women to work amid school closings and remote learning for their kids this year.
Bottom line: widespread distribution of vaccines next year should meaningfully help women's ability to return to the labor force as kids are able to go back to school and service sector workers are less at risk of infection or business re-closings. Female involvement in the workforce has been the largest determinant of overall participation for decades amid the structural decline in male LFP; the former will play an important role in driving US labor market gains in 2021 while the latter will likely at best revert back to the mean. With progress in female LFP historically increasing net participation, it will also play a key role in the size of the US tax base and US economic output.
Source: https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat11.htm

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Since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012, our collective senses have been rattled. Not only with the telling of the story of what happened, but also with the images that have been thrust into our view of frightened children, grief stricken parents, and other signs of intense pain.
And guns. Everywhere you turn – newspapers, TV news, online magazines – you see pictures of assault weapons. It is as if seeing the image of these machines that are designed to kill will somehow motivate us to some kind of action.
As we are gripped with the pain of this one tragedy, however, we tend to ignore the daily tragedy of harm that befalls other children daily. An average of 5 children die every day as a result of child abuse in the United States. Nearly 6 million children are harmed in some way by domestic abuse each year according to reports, which likely underestimate the true number of abuses cases.
We have ugly pictures to go along with that too. Photos of sad, morose children wth dirty faces and black eyes evoke pity and implore us to do something. Again, it seems that the only way to motivate people to action is to assault them with images of awful things.
Another area of activism that tries to motivate with horrifying imagry is the pet rescue community. Images of bloody and emaciated animals creep their way into my Facebook newsfeed every day. Activists think that sharing these awful pictures of abused and neglected animals will motivate us to do something to stop animal abuse.
Artists often buy into this myth that scare tactics motivate people to action. They fill their artworks with macabre images that thrill the arts intelligencia, who analyze their expressiveness with egoistic verbosity.
But looking at the statistics on mass shootings, child abuse and animal abuse, these motivation tactics do not seem to be working. Children are still being harmed. Animals are still being harmed. The two phenomena are deeply intertwined in their occurrence in our society. And shocking us with imagry is not making a dent in creating change.
As an artist, I do not enjoy creating ugly things. I deplore violence towards children and animals, and I want to use my art to educate people about how these two issues are connected. I want to inspire and lead people towards meaningful change. But I cannot, and will not do it by perpetuating the ugliness.
All of my artwork has a positive and joyful quality. It is not by accident. I choose color and other artistic elements that bring about those qualities on purpose. It is not to ignore the less positive realities in life, but to articulate the more positive outcomes that we seek.
With my Okey's Promise projects, I more purposefully challenge people to initiate a dialogue about the links between animal abuse, child abuse and domestic violence – a particularly ugly reality of human society. But even so, I do this by intriguing people with images of hope instead of creating images that make them want to turn away.
I don't know if I will make a dent any more than those who resort to sensationalism tactics. I can't go wrong with hope, though. What have I got to lose?
Kids and Critters shouldn't be so vulnerable, but they are.
I have written about the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting in this space before – here and here.
What happened to that town is not exactly in keeping with the purposes of this blog, but it is related. Addressing violence that happens to children IS an important component of this site's mission, even if it is not directly linked to animal abuse.
There was, however, an interesting link between animals and kids for me with the Sandy Hook story.
I suspect all Americans have grown a bit cynical and desensitized to hearing about gun violence in schools anymore. We have heard about it so much, it doesn't make us jump as much anymore. So when my iPhone alerted me with an AP breaking news alert early THAT morning, I turned over in bed and went back to sleep.
When I awakened later, and checked my Facebook, again on my iPhone, a status update from a friend brought me to reality.
A shooting at our local elementary school??? THIS IS NOT RIGHT!!! OMG!!!!!
This was not happening in just any town. It was happening in a friend's town.
I have read a lot about school shootings, but I never have known someone directly affected by one. Seeing my friend's raw emotion spilling out on Facebook really shook me.
My Friend was Robin Olsen who writes the Covered in Cat Hair blog and runs a cat rescue called Kitten Associates. We have met in person at Blog Paws, but mostly we know each other through social media.
Robin lives in Sandy Hook, CT. Her home is down the street from the shooter, Adam Lanza's home.
It is so close, in fact, members of the press were camped out near her yard.
Initially, no one knew how bad the incident was. When we realized that 20 small children and 6 adults had been murdered at the school, and that the shooter and his mother had also perished, it suddenly became one of those defining moments for everyone, where you remember every detail of your life on that day – at that moment. Kind of like 9/11.
I'm still in shock. Just want to sit here and cry. I need my community to be ok again. When I see images from all over the US mourning our loss it means it really happened, but it can't have happened. It just can't.
Robin does not have children at the school. But it was her town, riveted into international headlines by a tragic event that was beyond comprehension for any of us, especially for someone so close to the whole thing. I felt it much more deeply myself, just knowing someone there. This was not a town defined by the tragedy like Columbine or Aurora were to me. This was Robin's bucolic little New England town where she rescued kitties. And now, that bucolic town was in SOOOO much pain.
Being the person she is, it did not take Robin long to jump into rescue mode. You see, Robin has cats, and kittens. LOTS of them. Her life is dedicated to rescuing hurt cats and kittens. And those cats and kittens are pretty good at reciprocating by bringing joy and humor and hope to the most dire of circumstances.
In a few hours, Kitties for Kids was born – to help kids, first responders, and anyone else in the Newtown/Sandy Hook area "find their smile again" by playing with cheerful kitties.
People from all over the country donated plush stuffed cats so that each person who visited received a huggable gift. My contribution was to provide Robin with some resources about dealing with children affected by trauma, in case she encountered some who were overwhelmed with pain.
So far, a number of children and other people affected by the Sandy Hook shooting have visited Robin' kitties. There have been a number of recovered smiles. And the kitties are having a ball playing with their new friends!
There is no way to fix what happened to Sandy Hook. But there is nothing better than kittens to help people start the healing process when they are so suddenly pulled into a whirlwind of grief and trauma.
Okey's Promise was created to bring awareness to the links between violence to animals and violence towards women and children. But I think that there is a place for linking children and animals through healing too. And there is a place for remembering that, no matter what kind of horrendous things some people may do, there are many, many more people like Robin doing wonderful and good things to make our world a better place.
Thank you Robin, for reminding me of that.
God bless the town of Sandy Hook and all it's good and wonderful people. May your hearts heal and may you return to some semblance of normalcy someday.
And may your kitties and kids have a great time playing and smiling and enjoying childhood and kittenhood again in your bucolic little town. Because that's the way it should be, and can be again.


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Teridion's New Channel Chief: Public Cloud Sets Us Apart from Aryaka, Cato
Written by James Anderson
… listen, and we've got instant credibility. And the partners listen as well. I think that's key to our growth in the channel — leveraging our technology partners. Thus far, the technology partners have been very vocal about how we complement their solutions so well.
CP: From what companies are you trying to differentiate yourself?
KM: It's fair to say that we stand alone, but there are some folks that are doing something similar to us. I think the main difference is, we're providing our solution completely over the public cloud, whereas our competitors are building a transport infrastructure. They're setting up their private network. I think we're doing a great job at differentiating ourselves, and it's unique that we're leveraging the public cloud.
CP: And are these competitors SD-WAN providers with private networks?
KM: Yeah, someone like a Cato or an Aryaka. They're kind of building their own private footprint. They're doing great with their messaging, but I think our footprint is so easy to scale. Our capacity is limitless. We don't suffer the same constraints as they do.
CP: Meraki seems like such a key relationship. Could you tell us more about it?
KM: The timing is great that we get to talk again and give you an update on Meraki. We were at Cisco Live last week, and I personally was blown away by the reception we had. There were a lot of Meraki folks that came by and said, "Hey, I know a little. Tell me everything." They were so excited about it, and at the end of the conversation they'd say, "OK, I'm going to bring a partner by" or "I'm bringing a customer by." It was a constant flow of Meraki partners, prospects and the Meraki team. The excitement is in a fever pitch. The timing [of Cisco Live] was great, and it puts the wind at your sails in the sales process.
They're very excited to put us in front of their partners and their prospects. They love us because we've got a shared vision for cloud networking. They see [that] we're complementary and additive to their solutions. The synergy … it just works. It makes a lot of sense.
CP: Anything else you'd like to add?
KM: Certainly SD-WAN is a very hot topic right now. I think if you're trying to get in front of somebody, SD-WAN is one of those topics where people will put you down on their calendar. But the SD-WAN providers think their solution is the final frontier — that it's the destination. The truth of the matter is, they're stopping where we're starting. They don't even realize they're not addressing the challenge of the middle mile. What we're doing is revolutionizing cloud networking, and these SD-WAN providers have done it by addressing the first and last mile and getting you to the cloud.
One of our challenges is that this is so unique that we've got to do a lot of education. There's not even a Gartner Magic Quadrant for what we do. That's a positive and a negative. It just means we've got to do a lot of educating, but I love the conversations we get to have. You get to see the light bulb go on, and whoever the audience is immediately starts to think about how they implement this in their environment.
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"The God of Safe Trip Wherever You Go" Shows The Value of Life
New York Multidisciplinary Artist Tong Wang supports a cherished life through Chinese religious during the post-pandemic era
New York, NY – People's lives have been forced to turn over since the outbreak of Covid-19. Nowadays, some people are still experiencing heartbreaking losses. Life and death are inescapable and hard for every human. In line with Covid-19, however, a stronger desire to live is growing powerfully among the Chinese community. Sensing this power, Tong Wang, a New York Multidisciplinary Artist, created "The God of Safe Trip Wherever You Go" to show one's support. Wang's work was displayed at Night Flight, a group exhibition curated by Yizhe Huang, featuring artists Tong Wang, Feizi Wu, and Xianglong Li at RSOAA's The Royal in Williamsburg.
"Night Flight" features the homesickness of the overseas Chinese community, providing an alternative for the audience to experience various narratives through the connection of art. Due to the global pandemic and political tension between the U.S and China, many people can't reunite with their families in China like they used to. As a member of the Chinese community, Tong Wang wasn't excluded from the challenge.
The God of Safe Trip Wherever You Go
According to Tong Wang, the idea of "The God of Safe Trip Wherever You Go" comes from Chinese street advertisements, infinite copies, and stacked forms, which present a huge visual impact and manifest the fantasy of real-life forms and gods. Tong is inspired by the Chinese god of doors, a painting attached to the door during the Chinese Lunar New Year to ward off evil spirits, protect the house, keep the peace, and stay healthy. She transformed original Chinese religious images into fantasy forms with different textures. Even we're living through a difficult time, Tong calls people to cherish their life by her creations of death, and imaging life form and religious appearances.
This masterpiece is one of Tong Wang's works in "The God of Internet Series" that presents people's excessive reliance on the Internet. "On the one hand, the Internet can make all kinds of knowledge and information easily accessible, which brings a lot of convenience to life," Tong explained, "However, the Internet also affects people's cognitive ability, as our brain receives and processes a large amount of information for a long time, which makes our judgment and ability to think decline continuously."
Tong's creation is blended with religion, life, death, mystery, and science concepts. Using elements and symbols of pop culture like cartoons, hip hop music, and video games, she brings audiences unique visual and mental experiences. She aims to express the aspiration for a better life and appeals to the value of life.
Company Name: WangTong
Website: https://wangtongcd97.wixsite.com/mysite


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5 video games to watch in 2021
Ebenezer Robbins January 12, 2021 3 min read
With the arrival of next-gen consoles and the launch of long-awaited games like "Cyberpunk 2077," "Final Fantasy VII Remake," or even "The Last of Us 2," 2020 has been a particularly busy year for video games.
Even if the health situation could alter the release schedule again, the year 2021 also promises some important titles.
– Forbidden Horizon West –
Sequel to "Horizon Zero Dawn," a Playstation exclusive released in 2017, this open-world adventure game takes place in a post-apocalyptic universe where humans, back in the Stone Age, must face giant creatures. mechanic.
This second play will take the heroine, the hunter Aloy, to the discovery of the American West, once again wild.
Impressive graphics, a wider exploration area … Sony bets on this title among other things to score points with its PlayStation 5 in the duel between it and Microsoft's Xbox. Release scheduled for the second half of 2021 on PS4 and PS5.
– Hogwarts Legacy: Hogwarts Legacy –
The return of Harry Potter … or almost! Fans of the universe created by JK Rowling have been waiting for him for years: an action-adventure game to play a sorcerer's apprentice in the most famous school of magic will be released this year.
With no Harry, Ron, or Hermione on the horizon, however, the story takes place in the late 19th century, a period still unknown in the saga's history.
Following the path traced in the cinema by the Fantastic Animals saga, "Hogwarts Legacy: Hogwarts Legacy" aims to extend the world of JK Rowling beyond the original books.
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Release scheduled for 2021 on PC, PS4 / PS5, and XboxOne / Xbox Series.
– Humanity –
The French studio Amplitude publishes this year "Humankind", a strategy game in line with what the "Civilization" series offers.
Overlooking a world map, the player takes control of a civilization to develop it from the Neolithic to the modern era. All this while imposing himself by diplomacy or by war on his adversaries.
To differentiate itself from its illustrious predecessors, "Humankind" offers some originalities, in particular the orientation of its objectives according to the culture one embodies (some civilizations are more focused on war, others on commerce) or the possibility to change society during the game.
Launch scheduled for April 22 on PC and Stadia.
– Deathloop –
Another French study that will be discussed this year: that of the Lyonnais d'Arkane.
In "Deathloop," the player plays Colt, a prisoner who must escape both from a prison and from a time loop in which he is trapped. To do this, you must eliminate eight targets in a single day, while being chased.
The first-person shooter, Deathloop promises to be a mix between action and infiltration, as the studio had proposed in the "Dishonored" saga.
Launch scheduled for May 21 on PC and PS5 (and in 2022 on Xbox Series X / S).
– 12 minutes –
An apartment seen from above, a couple arguing, a murder … and a sense of déjà vu.
Independent game developed by the small Barcelona studio Nomada, "12 Minutes" intrigues with its concept, also based on a time loop.
Twelve minutes during which the player will have to solve a mystery while the same dramatic scene is repeated over and over again.
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Release scheduled for 2021 on PC and Xbox One / Xbox Series X / S.
– Maybe in 2021? –
Although announced for this year, the sequel to "God of War" 2018, credited with a very rare 20/20 on the site jeuxvideo.com, may be delayed. Under the title "Ragnarok", the adventures of the Greek demigod Kratos continue within Norse mythology.
As for the Master Chief, the very popular hero of the "Halo" saga, his landing on Microsoft's new console will no doubt take longer than expected. First announced for the Xbox Series X launch, "Halo Infinite" was postponed in disaster after the release of a trailer that had angered gamers on the Internet, believing that the graphics were not worthy next-gen console.
Last potential surprise for 2021, "Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2", sequel to the work released on the Nintendo Switch console and which has been a worldwide success.
On the other hand, no "GTA VI," "The Elder Scrolls VI," or even "Final Fantasy XVI" in 2021 – these long-awaited games shouldn't point the tip of the nose for several years.
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Many of you love to drink wine, but do you know what it takes to make it? There are many different recipes for making wine, and plenty of different processes, as well as opinions. A big factor in wine making is harvest time. It really does make all the difference when it comes to making specific wines. The ripeness of the grape will determine such things as acidity, sweetness, and alcohol level. Before the wine is even made, the viticulturist chooses the moment of ripeness when the grapes will be harvested. Harvest is considered the most crucial part of the wine making process. Pick your grapes too early and you have higher acidity, lower alcohol levels, and greener flavors and aromas. It's not an easy task to undertake when you have to take into consideration the difference in climates, where the vineyard is located, and the variety of grape that is being grown.
It's not just a matter of tasting the grapes to see if they're ripe. Such things as pH are tested as well, making the viticulturist something of a scientist. The more mature the grape is, the sweeter. During the fermentation process, the more sugar the greater the alcohol content will be. That's not to say that early grapes are a bad source for wine. Varying levels of ripeness make for different kinds of wine. The style of wine made is dictated by the level of sugars and acids within the grapes. To a winemaker, however, you don't simply make wine, you create it. Each winemaker has their own methods, theories, and recipes that are kept closely guarded.
Let's move on to maceration time and cold soaking. Maceration time or "skin contact" is how long the grape skins remain in the juice as it turns into wine. Whatever the length of time, this is called maceration time. The concept of cold soaking is when the grapes are kept cold while soaking to help pull out more color and flavor. The idea, here, is to keep the yeast from forming for a period of time so that it doesn't begin to ferment quickly and begin to become alcohol before the desired color and flavor is attained. This process also helps in avoiding an abundance of bitter tannin from being pulled from the skin.
When it comes to aging the wine, some winemakers prefer to use traditional oak barrels and some prefer to use steel tanks. The biggest difference between the two methods is oxygen exposure. When wine is aged in oak, the wine is exposed to more oxygen. Oxygen decreases tannin and decreased tannin allows for a fruitier wine. Wine, that's been aged in oak, over many years, also develops a nutty flavor. Oak definitely adds more than just the vanilla flavor that you may have heard about. Steel tanks are another matter. These allow less oxygen to get to the aging wine and also keeps it fresher. The tanks allow for zestier and juicier wines such as Pinot Gris.
Wine predates the Romans and has been around for thousands of years, and it will continue to be made for thousands more. It has found its way through the ages from country to country and has leaped across the seas. Wine is written about in every religion and has left its mark in history forevermore.
"The peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learnt to cultivate the olive and the vine." - Thucydides, Greek Historian 460B.C.
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The Cars Made Famous by Roger Moore
Posted By: Itrat BatoolPosted date: October 08, 2014 In: Cars, Pictures
Roger Moore – the name alone just conjures up images of OTT sophistication and the kind of elegance most men are incapable of. However, when he took on the persona of James Bond and got himself planted firmly at the wheel of a car, he turned into quite the raging beast to say the least. Take a look back into Roger Moore's Bond history and you find yourself presented with not only some of the world's most beautiful cars, but also a series of cars made globally iconic thanks to the man himself.
And the same also goes for some of his other notable screen appearances too – here's a quick rundown of the cars made gloriously famous by Roger Moore's on-screen alter egos:
Volvo P1800
For the Saint, Mr Moore stepped into the shoes of Simon Templar and into the driver's seat of a pretty gorgeous Volvo P1800. Admittedly, it wasn't exactly in supercar territory even in its day, but it was still a thing of beauty. The actual P1800 he drove was found quite recently falling to pieces in a barn in Wales. Suffice to say, having been restored to former glory, it's worth a fair bit more than most Volvos you'll come across.
Lord Brett Sinclair of Persuaders fame bought global fame the way of the Aston Martin DBS, which to be frank didn't really need any help in conveying its clear and massive appeal. Once again, the actual car Moore drove while filming the iconic production was eventually sold at auction and went for an amazing £533,000 – what the right face can do for the price of a car is simply staggering.
AMC Hornet
A classic American muscle car though in this instance stolen in Bangkok for a car chase, the AMC Hornet was already a pretty awesome car but was made all the more legendary thanks to Bond's infamous corkscrew jump scene. And just for the record, the stuntman pulled it off in just one take – what a hero!
Lotus Esprit S1
Perhaps the most famous scene of all in The Spy Who Loved Me was that of Bond taking to the wheel of a gorgeous Lotus Esprit S1 only for it to turn into a submarine with a battery of missiles strapped on for good measure. It became one of the most famous Bond cars of all time from one of the most memorable Bond movie scenes of all time, so the fact that it sold for £616,000 came as no surprise. The lucky buyers – why Elon Musk, of course!
Renault 11 Taxi
Last but not least, only Roger Moore in the guise of James Bond could possibly make the Renault 11 taxi a globally iconic automobile. Who can forget that brilliant scene in A View to a Kill when Bond first makes his Renault into an instant cabriolet by smashing off the room, only to then continue the chase with the whole damn car chopped in half right down the middle? Classic, brilliant Bond at its finest!
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Q: How do I get Tailwind and Vuetify to work together without causing style artifacts? I worked all day yesterday to finish a google cloud function to power an appointment maker vue component.  The last step is actually UI using the returned object.  I was planning on using the vuetify date/time pickers with allowed dates and times.
After spending much of today trying to add vuetify to an existing project to only use those to components, it is causing style errors with some classes(margin, etc) that are coming from main.sass.
I thought of adding a prefix to tailwind, but I don't have the time or inclination to go back to all of my components and files to add the prefix to all of my tailwind classes.
Is there something I can do to scope the vuetify classes/css so as not to cause problems outside of the two components I am trying to use?
Can I add the vuetify css after my tailwind is compiled and assembled so the tailwind classes win take precedent?
I don't have code to show as it is fairly straight forward.  I thought the google calendar API would be the hardest part of this component, but it is proving to be the easier.

A: I know this is too late to answer but I'm writing this for other people like me who came up with this problem.
In order to add Vuetify to an existing project which is using Tailwind CSS without CSS class conflicting, You just need to activate treeShake in Vuetify options.
For example in a Nuxt project, add the below snippet in nuxt.config.js:
export default {

// Other Configs

vuetify: {
    treeShake: true
  },
}

A: Tailwind allows you to prefix the generated classes in the configuration file. See https://tailwindcss.com/docs/configuration

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Went to the Saturday night game against the Wilderness - Magicians score 2 goals in the final minute to tie the game and win it in the shootout - with each team going 12 players deep into the shootout.
I agree - noticed some of the players at the rink today - so the magicians most be starting to report to camp.
I saw the game Sunday morning - it was very good - once the list gets reduced to 25 - 30 I suspect it will look even better, as there were a couple kids that didn't seem to want to move the puck, which usually doesn't work at the Jr level.
.... I hear they are back in the NAHL and moving to southern Texas / Reynosa Mexico area.
....USHL is Tier I and NAHL is Tier II - those are the only 2 leagues in the US that are not tuition based. Both providing players very good opportunities.
I am planning on buying season tickets and have talked to way more people that have indicated they are planning to attend (and excited about it) than have said they won't.
S & D - how many NAHL games have you been to this year and what teams? Also, how many D3 games have you been to this year and what teams?
It will be interesting to see how this develops. I suspect the team will be better than the bottom of the division based on the talent pool, but you never know. I will certainly go to the games - beats driving to Austin, Coulee, or the Blizzard and I have been to all 3 this year.


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Nigeria is currently in the process of ensuring the ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, the minister of trade, Niyi Adebayo, said on Monday.
Ratification is the action of signing or formally consenting to a treaty, contract, or agreement, after due legislative process, thus making it valid for official purposes.
Treaties or agreements concluded between Nigeria and other nations can mostly be legally binding after they have been enacted into law by the National Assembly.
Mr Adebayo also said Nigeria has set up a National Action Committee on AfCFTA.
He disclosed this today while welcoming the Secretary-General of the AfCFTA Secretariat, Wamkele Mene, who was on his first official visit to Nigeria.
"The committee has rolled out the implementation strategy with a view of taking full advantage of the agreement," the minister was quoted as saying.
President Muhammadu Buhari recently signed the AfCFTA agreement.
The essence of the agreement is to create a single market and promote easy movement of goods and services within the fifty-five member states of the Africa Union.
In his remarks, Mr Mene said Nigeria plays a leadership role in the success of the AfCFTA and he looked forward to having a good working relationship with the federal government.
"We have a lot to leverage in terms of experience in trade policy and negotiations experience of Nigeria in this area. And so it's very important to me, that we have a very good and close working relationship," he said.
"Addressing individual countries policies and laws that contradict the free trade," he said "may take some time but countries will eventually align."
"Well, that actually is a challenge not just in Africa, but it continues to be a challenge in Europe today. And the Europeans are 60 years down the line in this route of regional integration.
"When a country ratifies the agreement, the country is saying that we are ready to apply the rules of the agreement, we are ready to abide by the obligations that are set out in the agreement.
"That means that the next step is domestication. You then have to ensure that your laws are aligned and are consistent with the international instrument in this case, the AfCFTA.
"I am under no illusion that that will happen overnight. It is going to take a very, very long time because this agreement is very comprehensive," he said.
He also said when the agreement is concluded, "it will entail a universe of laws that each individual country may have to amend so that the country's national laws are consistent with the AfCFTA."
He noted that members of the WTO "who joined the WTO in 1994/1995 are today grappling with this issue of aligning their domestic legislation to the international instruments under the WTO."
"So I will have to work very closely with national governments to make sure that we support one another in order to amend country's laws once a country has ratified the agreement." (Premium Times)
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Chris and Krysia welcome you to the Art Toscana website. We have been running painting holidays in Tuscany, Florence, and Sicily since 2005. Now we go to Venice!
Set amid 23 acres of the Garfagnana Nature Reserve, a mile and a half from the mediaeval town of Barga, 20 miles from Lucca and 56 miles from Florence, our spacious Tuscan farmhouse has a restored barn, extensive studio facilities and a swimming pool. It is an ideal retreat for exploring creativity.
With fantastic views of the snow-capped Apuan Alps, the house and grounds are situated in one of Italy's richest botanic regions. Our house 'Val di Pozza' (Valley of the Well) is comfortably furnished and, whilst offering total seclusion, is only a short distance from Barga.
We have designed exciting painting course holidays for both beginners and the more experienced where the emphasis is on individual teaching within a maximum group size of ten. Although the painting courses are packed with lots to do, you may prefer to spend more time relaxing around the pool or watching the eagles soar. All materials, equipment, and a sketch book are provided.
If you are a non-painting partner who would like to spend your time walking, fishing, wine tasting, Italian cooking, horse riding, cycling, or furthering your photographic skills, we can arrange this for you. Click here for non-painters. We offer you a painting holiday where you can pursue your creativity with other interesting people, have fun and be well looked after in friendly and stimulating surroundings.
Our courses in Tuscany, Florence and Venice run from Tuesday to Tuesday to make the most of reduced fares for midweek flights and to avoid crowded airports. We meet you at Pisa airport when you arrive and take you back to Pisa airport at the end of the course.
Many of our guests stay for two weeks for which there is a 10% reduction for the second week.


Follow these few tips to create a neat, magnificent work of tile art in your home.
Save money and get a better looking tile job by making your own trim pieces for marble, granite and other stone tile jobs. Use dry diamond polishing pads.
With larger tiles, trowel a thin layer of thinset on the back before it's set. Then set the trowel near the center of tile and spread to the edge. Then rotate the tile a quarter turn and repeat until it is covered.
Prevent mistakes by using a laser level. Make sure the laser is properly level, then chalk the line and properly measure/set your tile.
Wiping the grout too soon allows too much water to epentrate, which means blotchy or hairline cracking. Wait until the grout is about wine cork consistency before you clean it.
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TFDi Design is proud to announce the TFDi Design 717 project!
We are working hard on the new 717 project, and it is farther along than expected.
The 717 is a very fun airplane to fly, and is different than any other aircraft. It has a unique design, both externally and internally, and will be a pleasure to design and fly. The flight simulation community was in desperate need of a quality 717, and we feel we can fulfill that need.
The 717 is currently about 20% of the way completed. Currently the external model is mostly completed, and the flight dynamics are mostly complete as well. We are in the process of texturing the external model and collecting resources for the virtual cockpit. We are planning a rapid development cycle for this project, and plan to push it as fast as we can without sacrificing quality.
As always, TFDi does NOT make any projections on release dates, as they are subject to enormous change. We will keep everyone updated, and the best place to stay up to date is right here!
TFDi needs resources and information from real pilots and crew, and we would love any help any of our fans could give us. If you or someone you know can help, please email us at admin@tfdidesign.com!
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Like no other structure in Sarajevo, The People's Museum stands as a heroic icon of resistance and resilience. Starved of funds and abandoned by the government, citizens have been invited to activate the space themselves, questioning what the 21st century museum can be. From Sarajevo to Caracas, inequality and scarcity are built into our evolving urban geography. Confronted by this reality, architects must rethink how they can operate within the city, learning from its emerging intelligence and shaping its outcomes to radical ends.
This official collateral event of the 15th International Architecture Exhibition, presented by Urban-Think Tank at ETH Zürich and Baier Bischofberger Architects, asks a simple question: can a museum be a force for change in a city? Inspired by demonstrations of solidarity and popular ownership, the exhibitors redefine it not as an elitist institution dedicated to the display of objects, but as a catalytic urban space. A temporary strategy of adaptive reuse can compel a new reading of the site and its surroundings. Sheathing the museum in a transparent vinyl skin leaves the decay and patina of the original building intact, while juxtaposing the old and new. The overall effect is a détournement, with the design projecting an oppositional message. The historic structure itself is enclosed as an uncanny artefact, subverting conventional notions of a museum as sterile container.
Alongside architectural proposals for The People's Museum in Sarajevo, the exhibition also incorporates screenings of the film 1395 Days without Red by renowned artist Anri Sala, a new video by Urban-Think Tank, archival broadcasts from Top Lista Nadrealista, photographs by Charlie Koolhaas, Jim Marshall, and Daniel Schwartz, and the Si/No retrospective of Urban-Think Tank projects and research worldwide, previously shown in Zürich and Munich.


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Question Time showed that you can't counter anti-vax myths with cold reason alone
Sonia Sodha
Changing minds is more complicated than simply exposing poor arguments
Immunologist Robin Shattock 'did his best under the circumstances' on a Question Time focusing on the Covid anti-vaccination debate. Photograph: BBC
Sun 6 Feb 2022 03.00 EST
How do you react when someone politely but firmly tells you that you're talking nonsense about something that's important to you? Do you gracefully and immediately give way to their greater expertise? Or do you double down?
Most of us are in the latter camp. Voicing our beliefs tends to solidify them. We may like to think of ourselves as rational creatures, constantly assessing the world for new information that might change our minds, but this is not how our brains work. Explaining to someone that their belief is flat-out wrong is not a good way of getting them to drop it. And research shows that the process of "myth-busting" – setting out a common false statement, then explaining why it is wrong – backfires because it counterintuitively reinforces and helps spread the myths.
This is why the premise of last week's Question Time was so flawed. The presenter of the BBC programme, Fiona Bruce, announced in mid-January that the programme wanted to explore why some people had chosen not to be vaccinated against Covid and specifically invited them to apply to be an audience member on the programme.
Understanding why some people have not yet been vaccinated despite the wealth of evidence that the vaccines are safe, effective and save lives is hugely important to improving take-up. But there are numerous research reports on this to which a current affairs programme such as Question Time has little to add. And if the objective was instead to increase understanding and build empathy among viewers, its tribal format, in which rhetorical flourish is deployed to score quick wins over opponents, could not be less well suited to the task. In response to widely aired concerns, the programme said it would vet potential audience members to allow ordinary unvaccinated members of the public through while filtering out the fanatics.
This is to misunderstand that the expression of reasonable-sounding doubts can be a much more effective transmitter of misinformation than ranting and raving. And sure enough, the programme ended up falling into a number of disinformation traps. The audience member who challenged the panel on vaccine effectiveness was given a huge platform to make a number of false statements about Covid vaccines, including that they have "fairly horrific" side effects whose incidence we do not know. The highly respected immunologist on the panel, Robin Shattock, comprehensively debunked them, while also expressing respect for people who question the evidence. When the audience member challenged Shattock, saying he had looked at the data himself, citing a report to suggest there may be under-reporting, Bruce reminded him of the latter's credentials.
The clip of this exchange will have been viewed many more times than the programme itself: it has gone viral on social media and been widely reported in the press. The tone with which it has been shared has been overwhelmingly positive, with a dash of mocking – isn't it great how well this misinformation has been demolished (and enjoy someone getting truly owned by a leading expert)? This is because that is exactly what people who have zero doubts about vaccines see: a clip that resoundingly debunks anti-vax myths.
But research about how we react to misinformation suggests people with doubts about vaccines, who are less inclined to trust scientific authority, might have seen something different. Dangerous misinformation about vaccines was repeated, reinforcing things they have already heard. Someone who shares some of their doubts was talked down to on the basis of some credible-sounding questions about the legitimacy of data, which may have left them feeling just as confused. The sneery tone of the headlines and social media posts might have felt aimed at them too.
Too many of us buy into the liberal idea that good and rational speech will always win over bad and logically incoherent
This is no criticism of Shattock, who I think did the best job he could under the circumstances, but it is a prime example of a counter-productive piece of public health messaging. Overall, information around vaccines in the UK has been excellent, focusing on the positive story about why to get vaccinated, avoiding the repetition of misinformation by myth-busting and complex explanations that many people do not engage with. But this episode shows the extent to which it is harmful public health messaging that is more likely to go viral.
Question Time also bought into another piece of conventional wisdom that disintegrates on close examination: the idea that on most issues people can be divided into tribes based on their fixed beliefs. The whole endeavour was based on the premise that "the unvaccinated" are a group of people who have been "unrepresented" on our national broadcaster, as if they share a coherent set of attitudes. But people have not yet been vaccinated for all sorts of reasons. Imagine thinking it useful to sort a Question Time audience on the basis of other unhealthy behaviour, such as smoking or excessive drinking.
While conspiracy thinking can exert a strong pull, in-depth attitudinal research illustrates that people can hold conflicting beliefs at the same time and that they might appear to be in one "tribe" or another depending on how a conversation is framed. For example, a study that interviewed 60 people for two hours each on racism found many people simultaneously hold beliefs that are helpful and unhelpful for anti-racism campaigns. "The idea that there are fixed groups of people – pro-vaccine, anti-vaccine and a persuadable group in the middle – is a massive oversimplification that can become a self-fulfilling prophecy," Nicky Hawkins, a communications expert who has researched vaccine messaging, tells me. Indeed, people are still coming forward to have their first vaccination, suggesting some are still changing their mind.
Too many of us buy into the old, and slightly vain, liberal idea that good and rational speech will always win out over bad and logically incoherent speech. And that people who disagree with us are less complex and more stupid than we are. Freedom of expression is critical to democracy in its own right, but insights from cognitive psychology put paid to the idea that the truest idea will win out, particularly in a world where social media platforms make most profit out of the stuff that hardens our views by making us angry. Campaigners who want to change minds have to be much smarter than simply explaining what makes other people so wrong.
Sonia Sodha is an Observer columnist


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Specialty fabrics make this pillow even more adorable! Melody will take the guesswork out of stabilizing and embroidering on plush fabrics. You don't have to gather too many supplies for this "In The Hoop project", it will be kitted for your convenience! You will need to download the design before class, see Supply List for details. Maxi or Jumbo hoop required.


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Depay completes move to Man Utd
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Memphis Depay completes move to Man Utd from PSV Eindhoven
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Manchester United have announced that Memphis Depay has completed his transfer from PSV Eindhoven.
Depay, 21, made 124 senior appearances and scored 50 times for PSV after coming through the club's youth system and was the Eredivisie's top scorer this season with 22 goals in 30 games.
The Netherlands winger was shortlisted for the Young Player Award at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and joins for a reported fee of £25 million.
#mufc is delighted to announce that @Memphis has completed his transfer from PSV Eindhoven. #WelcomeMemphis pic.twitter.com/uqq9nHCGxM
- Manchester United (@ManUtd) June 12, 2015
Depay told the official website: "This is a dream come true for me; to play for the biggest club in the world and also to have the chance to work with someone who I believe is the best manager in the world, Louis van Gaal. I have great belief in my ability and I work hard to strive to achieve my dreams.
"I have been at PSV Eindhoven since I was 12 years old and I would like to thank them for everything. It was a great moment when we won the league and I was so happy to be part of that. This is now a new chapter in my life and one that I am looking forward to."
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal added: "I know Memphis well from our time working together in the Netherlands national team. He is a young versatile player who has the ability to play in a number of different positions.
"It will take time for Memphis to get used to the rhythm of the Premier League but I have no doubt that he has the potential to become a great footballer for this club and he is at the right club to continue the good work he has done so far."


In prayer, we don't just have the opportunity to make our requests known to God but we more importantly have the privilege of having fellowship with God. Fellowship is companionship and friendly association. It is a mutual sharing of experience, activity and interest. So, in prayer we are in fellowship with the Lord [1 Jn 1:3, 2 Cor 13:14].
Do you know what Jesus is doing right now? He is interceding for the lost and for us [Heb 7:25; Rom 8:34]. So, when you pray you are mutually sharing prayer with the Lord. How often do we just pray and then get up and leave before having any fellowship with the Lord in the very thing in which he is involved?
Do you know what the Holy Spirit is doing right now? He is interceding for us with groanings which cannot be uttered [Rom 6:26]. Have you ever waited long enough in prayer for the Holy Spirit to be able to intercede through you with these unutterable groanings?
Do you know what God is doing right now? He is hearing our prayers, that is if we are praying [Mic 7:7]. Imagine being able to take the time to actually have a conversation alone with God. That's the true fellowship of prayer.
E.M. Bounds said, "Prayer is the contact of a living soul with God." "God taught Paul to pray by the revelation of himself, which is the first call to prayer, and the first lesson on praying." We need to take more time in prayer to do more than throw up our requests and run off before the Lord has time to fellowship with us.
In our text, the Lord said, "and my words abide in you." We need to study His words, devour them, absorb them, obey them, let them shape and mold us, meditate on them until the words live in our hearts. Eventually, our thoughts, responses and words will come forth from the well spring of God's words in our hearts. How little time we spend in prayer because of the paucity of time spent in our Bibles.
We need to saturate our minds and hearts with his words. When we do, our time in prayer will be spent in greater fellowship with the Lord because our thoughts will be on him and what matters to him.
In our text, the Lord said, "ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you." After enjoying fellowship with the Lord in prayer and having his words abide continuously in you, you can see why this prayer promise is true. You will be so in love with the Lord and so consumed with thoughts about him that your prayers are going to be like his. You will be in communion with the Godhead and he will be in communion with you. You will be doing what God asked of you so it will be a delight for him to do what you ask of him.


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Breaking schools' rules : A statewide study of how school discipline relates to students' success and juvenile justice involvement
Justice Center, Council of State Governments. 2011.
"The CSG Justice Center, in partnership with the Public Policy Research Institute at Texas A&M University, has released a groundbreaking statewide study of nearly 1 million Texas public secondary school students, followed for at least six years. Funded by the Atlantic Philanthropies and the Open Society Foundations, this study found that when students are suspended or expelled, the likelihood that they will repeat a grade, not graduate, and/or become involved in the juvenile justice system increases significantly. African-American students and children with particular educational disabilities who qualify for special education were suspended and expelled at especially high rates." - from the publisher
URL: http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/scanned/archive/2011/16100.pdf
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The educator's guide to Texas school law
Latest received: 2018 edition. By Kemerer, Frank R. University of Texas Press. 1986-.
A longtime favorite of education professionals, the new ninth edition of this title incorporates recent changes in the law about charter schools, bullying, and technology that affect Texas students' learning and safety while at school.
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Land, oil, and education
By Haigh, Berte R. Texas Western Press, University of Texas at El Paso. 1986.
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Texas school law bulletin
Latest received:2012. By Texas. West Pub. [for] Texas Education Agency. [197u]-.
This volume includes the Texas Education Code, school laws enacted through the Regular Session of the 80th Legislature, and general laws that have been deemed useful to school officials. It is an excellent resource for those researching Texas laws and how they address educational systems.
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Texas' school-to-prison pipeline : School expulsion : the path from lockout to dropout
By Texas Appleseed (Foundation). Texas Appleseed. 1st ed. c2010.
Documents the unfortunate effects of school expulsion and recommends policy modifications that might allow students to remain on campus.
URL: https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/bitstream/handle/2152/15134/TXSchoolPrisonPipeline.pdf?sequence=2
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When my child is disciplined at school : A guide for families
Texas Appleseed. 1st ed. c2009.
URL: https://www.texasappleseed.org/sites/default/files/04-STPP-ParentGuidetoSchoolDiscipline.pdf
KFT 4159 W56
Anatomy of a lawsuit : What every education leader should know about legal actions
By Shoop, Robert J. Corwin Press. c2006.
This book aims to detail and explain the litigation process to educators who are involved in a civil or criminal lawsuit or to educators who wish to take preventative measures. It explains the legal environment and general education law, goes over the litigation process in full, and also explains the roles of expert witnesses.
Table of contents: http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0514/2005015862.html
KF 4119 S54
Table of contents View details in library catalog
Breaking down barriers : A legal guide to Title IX
National Women's Law Center. [2007?].
KF 4166 B73
College and school law : Analysis, prevention, and forms
By Prairie, Michael. American Bar Association. c2010.
KF 4225 P73
The complete IEP guide : How to advocate for your special ed child
Latest received: 7th edition, 2011. By Siegel, Lawrence M. Nolo. 2009-.
This title offers information and strategies on a variety of subjects associated with the Individual Education Plan (IEP) for special needs students. Topics include: understanding the child's rights; eligibility rules and assessments; collecting all school records; drafting goals and objectives; developing a blueprint of program and services; researching school programs and alternatives; preparing for IEP meetings; and resolving disputes with the school district.
KF 4209.3 Z9 S57
Educating children without housing : A primer on legal requirements and implementation strategies for educators, advocates, and policymakers pursuant to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act
By Duffield, Barbara. American Bar Association, Commission on Homelessness and Poverty. 2nd ed. c2007.
This book addresses the federal educational mandates related to homeless students under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. It provides strategies for educators, school administrators, state coordinators, policymakers, advocates and attorneys to ensure the education rights of students experiencing homelessness. Additions include new sections on: homeless students with disabilities; students involved in the child welfare system; application of the Act in response to disasters; as well as expanded sections on definitions, preschool children, and unaccompanied youth. The book also includes an updated directory of resources.
KF 4217 H6 D83
Latest received:REL. 56 2013. M. Bender. 1984-.
This looseleaf title is a seven-volume set that serves as a comprehensive guide to legal issues facing educational institutions and their workers.
KF 4119 E27
Education law : First Amendment, due process and discrimination litigation
Latest received:SUPP. 2010-11. By Schneider, Ronna Greff. Thomson/West. c2004.
Schneider's two volume set examines freedom of expression, freedom of religion, race, gender, and due process issues within the public education system.
From schoolhouse to courthouse : The judiciary's role in American education
Thomas B. Fordham Institute. c2009.
Put out by an education-policy think tank, this book serves as a survey of education-focused litigation from the past 30 years. It is divided into three parts. The first provides context and helps to frame the discussions included in the book. The other two look at both issues that are generally considered to be settled (desegregation, school finance, special ed) and those that are still in contention (religion, discipline, and No Child Left Behind).
KF 4119 F76
The law of higher education : A comprehensive guide to legal implications of administrative decision making
By Kaplin, William A. Jossey-Bass. 4th ed. c2006.
Kaplin's two-volume set aims to aid university attorneys, administrators, faculties and staff in evaluating the legal implications of seemingly common university issues. "Law of higher education" addresses such varied topics as personnel and trustees, faculty, the student-institution relationship, rights of students, and the institution-government relationship.
KF 4225 K36
The law of schools, students, and teachers in a nutshell
By Alexander, Kern. West, a Thomson Reuters business. 4th ed. c2009.
Intended for teachers and education professionals, this title examines federal and state laws governing school operation in plain English. Potential contentious issues are discussed such as curriculum, freedom of speech, religion in public schools, search and seizure, discipline, discrimination, the education of disabled children, student records and student testing. Also covered is the information on employment terms for teachers, teacher's constitutional rights and teacher dismissal. The text looks that education law in terms of case law, statutory law, and constitutional law.
KF 4119 A4
The law of special education
By Jasper, Margaret C. Oceana Publications. 2nd ed. 2004.
As part of Oceana's Law for the Layperson series, this title gives a broad overview of the legislation, caselaw, federal agencies, and issues involved in educating children with disabilities. The title includes several appendices, including selected provisions of federal legislation, information on compulsory school attendence, and directories of educational departments and attorneys who represent parents of children with disabilities.
KF 4209.3 Z9 J37
Legal rights of teachers and students
By Cambron-McCabe, Nelda H. Pearson Education. 2nd ed. c2009.
This title provides a general overview on the legal rights of teachers and students, written in easy to understand terms. The treatment is broad, and not deep, and thus it would serve as an excellent starting point for further research. Includes a listing of selected Supreme Court cases.
Table of contents only: http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0821/2008027925.html
KF 4119 M38
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The principal's quick-reference guide to school law : Reducing liability, litigation, and other potential legal tangles
By Dunklee, Dennis R. Corwin Press. 2nd ed. c2006.
Written as a risk management guide for school administrators, this title focuses on the responsibilities of the principal to protect students' rights, teachers' rights, and obey federal legislation such as No Child Left Behind, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and more. This is an excellent reference guide for administrators interested in reducing liability.
KF 4119.6 D86
Principals teaching the law : 10 legal lessons your teachers must know
By Schimmel, David. Corwin Press. c2010.
Public school law : Teachers' and students' rights
By Thomas, Stephen B. Pearson. 6th ed. c2009.
This title provides a comprehensive treatment of the legal rights of teachers and students in public schools. Topics include church/state relations, school attendance and instructional issues, students' rights in noninstructional matters, student classifications, student discipline, rights of students with disabilities, discrimination in and termination of employment, teachers' constitutional rights, labor relations, and tort liability. Also included are selected Supreme Court decisions.
Table of contents only: http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip089/2008003419.html
KF 4119 M3
School violence : From discipline to due process
Section on State and Local Government Law, American Bar Association. 1st ed. c2004.
This title from the American Bar Association examines the issue of violence in schools. Applicable federal laws and precedent cases are discussed with the goal of providing guidance to schools dealing with this issue.
Table of contents: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip052/2004023759.html
Special education and the law : A guide for practitioners
By Osborne, Allan G. Corwin Press. 2nd ed. c2006.
This title on the legal aspects of special education discusses in detail the federal legislation that ensures equal education to those with special needs. Each chapter provides a list of recommendations, frequently asked questions, and references for further research.
KF 4209.3 O82
By Rothstein, Laura F. Sage Publications. 4th ed. c2010.
This title provides a comprehensive overview of the major federal laws—and judicial interpretations of those laws—that apply to the education of children with special needs. The text helps students understand what the law requires so that when they become educators, they can develop policies and make decisions that comply with these laws.
KF 4210 R68
Student loan law
Latest received: 2019, 6th edition. By Loonin, Deanne. National Consumer Law Center. c2015-.
This title is a thorough treatment of student loans and the applicable laws. The authors explain the entire process, from obtaining a loan to deferment to default and collection. Appendices contain sample forms, letters and requests.
Table of contents: https://library.nclc.org/book/student-loan-law
KF 4235 L66
Teachers and the law
By Schimmel, David. Pearson Education. 8th ed. c2011.
This text, now in its eighth edition, uses a question-and-answer format to focus on current legal issues, education legislation, and recent judicial decisions that are important to educators in the 21st century. It is designed for school professionals seeking a reference on areas of school law, including student and employee rights, sexual harassment, freedom of speech, in-school prayer, rights of gay students, affirmative action, home schooling, defamation, due process, cyber bullying, teachers' controversial postings on the Web, and the Teacher Liability Protection Act. This new edition also focuses on recent decisions affecting affirmative action, special education, and No Child Left Behind. Also includes a listing of relevant state and federal cases.


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