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Former Ed. Secretary Lambasts Budget, Questions Efficacy of Vouchers (Video)
By Carmen Rojas on March 24, 2017 5:15 PM | No comments
For an interview originally streamed via Facebook Live, Education Week correspondent Kavitha Cardoza sat down with John King, the former U.S. Secretary of Education, to discuss school choice, President Trump's proposed budget, and more. Expressing skepticism about vouchers' effectiveness and calling the budget an "assault on the American Dream," the former secretary shows he has a lot to say about the current direction of federal education policy.
For more on the interview with King, check out this Politics K-12 post or PBS NewsHour's coverage of the event.
This video was originally streamed on Facebook Live on March 22, 2017.
Former Ed. Sec. John B. King Jr. to Head Education Trust
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Good morning, Anya, and welcome back to Karen's Killer Book Bench. Really enjoyed the excerpt. You can see the love for music and how it intertwines with their lives. Thanks for sharing your newest book with us today!


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Hundreds visit Beyer Stadium in Rockford to celebrate renovations
By Susan VelaRockford Register Star
Aug 29, 2015 at 8:45 PM Aug 29, 2015 at 9:20 PM
ROCKFORD — Helen Waddell Wyatt puckered her lips Saturday and smooched Greg Schwanke for the latest renovations to Beyer Stadium, where she and the other Rockford Peaches once played decades ago.
She had promised him the official display of affection once the dugouts received a makeover.
Their kiss capped the grand opening of a field revamped with new brick pillars, sidewalks, a completed retaining wall and dugouts with artwork.
Wyatt, Schwanke, politicians, softball players and others gathered at the historic field, 311 15th Ave., to celebrate the Peaches' history as one of the first women's professional baseball teams and the athletes who have competed there in football, baseball and track.
"What a journey!" exclaimed Schwanke, a Friends of Beyer Stadium member since 2007. "This place is mesmerizing. You need to embrace it, not only because the Peaches played here but for local history."
The work cost less than $100,000, involved many donations and is part of a rebuild that lasted about six years.
Throughout the afternoon, visitors strolled the field to play games, enjoy beer and take a close look at the improvements.
"Oh, that's cool," Sean Muserallo said, taking in the artwork in the dugout. His 3-year-old daughter, Beatty, wore a dress styled on a Peaches skirted uniform. He'd like to see her play ball at Beyer when she's older.
"Yeah, we'll bring her back," he said. "She's already playing with the rocks on the first-base line."
He held an autographed photo of Dottie Ferguson Key, a gift from Doug Key, who lives in the family house on Blenheim Drive in Rockford. His mom, a native of Manitoba, Canada, died of cancer in 2003 at age 80.
The Key family wandered the field before the celebration began. Tori Carten, Dottie's 9-year-old great-granddaughter, has inherited Dottie's strong throwing arm.
Schwanke runs the Forest City vintage baseball team and the Rockford Starfires women's baseball team, which plays at Beyer Stadium. He announced Saturday that the Starfires will retire jersey No. 7 for Waddell Wyatt and No. 22 for fellow Peach Lou Erickson Sauer.
Starfires actually are a type of peach, and player Emi Grottke, 24, will hit the Beyer field for the upcoming Peach Orchard Classic.
She takes inspiration from the Peaches and "A League of their Own," which chronicles the founding of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during World War II and the exploits of one of its teams.
"I am honored" to take the field where the Peaches played from 1943 through 1954, Grottke said.
Friends of Beyer Stadium and the Rockford Park District sponsored Saturday's event.
Susan Vela: 815-232-0140; svela@rrstar.com; @susanvela

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On behalf of Law Offices of Herren & Adams LLP posted in nursing home abuse & neglect on Thursday, March 21, 2019.
Kentuckians and people across the U.S. are thinking of a loved one's best interests when they place them in a nursing home. The goal is to provide the person with the best care and to ensure they are in a safe and secure environment. While many facilities adhere to their responsibilities according to the standard of care and the law, mistakes can happen. Some employees are guilty of nursing home abuse and neglect. This can cause illness, injuries and death. People who have a loved one in a nursing home must keep an eye on incidents that occur in the state and across the nation so they know what to look for in mistakes and abuse.
On behalf of Law Offices of Herren & Adams LLP posted in nursing home abuse & neglect on Thursday, February 21, 2019.
When a Kentucky resident needs to put a loved one in a nursing home, it is done so that person will get the care they need to live a life as comfortable and as free of pain as possible. The residents can be elderly, have illnesses, conditions and injuries. Some will need help to do the basics of life and require medication to deal with their issues. The medical staff is tasked with providing care to ensure the residents are safe and cared for properly. Unfortunately, many facilities across the nation fall short in their stated responsibilities. If residents are injured or lose their lives because of that negligence, a legal filing might be necessary to recover compensation for nursing home abuse and neglect.
On behalf of Law Offices of Herren & Adams LLP posted in nursing home abuse & neglect on Thursday, January 24, 2019.
The decision to place a disabled, injured or ill loved one in a nursing home is not easy for Kentuckians and for people across the nation. However, it is often necessary to ensure that the person gets the best possible care for their ailments. The goal is to enhance the person's quality of life by letting professionals handle all aspects from the basics such as bathing, eating and helping them to bed to the more complex matters like giving medication and providing therapy. Unfortunately, incidents of nursing home abuse and neglect are frequently reported. People who are concerned about a loved one who might be subjected to this treatment or see evidence of it having happened should know about signs and what steps they should take.
On behalf of Law Offices of Herren & Adams LLP posted in nursing home abuse & neglect on Thursday, December 27, 2018.
When families place a loved one in a nursing home, they are doing so for that person to receive the care they need medically and personally. While most facilities will do their best to hire qualified staff and care for their residents, there are some that commit nursing home abuse and neglect. This can come in various ways. Often, family members are unaware of what has happened. When it is discovered, the resident might be injured, ill or even lose their lives. Having legal advice is an important part of seeking compensation through a lawsuit.
On behalf of Law Offices of Herren & Adams LLP posted in nursing home abuse & neglect on Thursday, November 29, 2018.
When a Kentucky resident believes a loved one who had been placed in a nursing home was injured or died because of nursing home and neglect, they will immediately consider the possibility of a legal filing for compensation. In many cases, this is a viable and wise option to hold facilities responsible for their mistakes, negligence, abuse or any other error that led to the person suffering when it could have and should been avoided. However, the law can be complex and one factor that must be considered is the law regarding medical review panels. A decision on a recent court appeal is important in this circumstance.
On behalf of Law Offices of Herren & Adams LLP posted in nursing home abuse & neglect on Thursday, November 15, 2018.
When Kentuckians are considering their alternatives for a place for elderly or infirm loved ones to live and receive the care they need, there are certain factors that must be accounted for to avoid illness, injury and mistreatment. Unfortunately, these things happen frequently and it is not discovered before it is too late. Nursing home abuse and neglect happens every day and a recent study found that there are certain common denominators in the types of facilities at which substandard care is provided. These should be assessed before the person moves into the facility and especially after. One key factor is if it is a for-profit facility.
On behalf of Law Offices of Herren & Adams LLP posted in nursing home abuse & neglect on Thursday, October 25, 2018.
One of the biggest goals for family members of an elderly or ill loved one who needs to be placed in a nursing home is that they will receive the proper care and treatment. Abuse is not something that they want to think about, but it is an unfortunate reality that this takes place all too frequently and can combine with the failure to give the treatment the resident needs, deserves and is paying for to cause injuries and death. This is worrisome for Kentucky residents and examples of mistreatment are prevalent across the country. When there is evidence of nursing home abuse and neglect, it is crucial to have legal advice on how to proceed.
On behalf of Law Offices of Herren & Adams LLP posted in nursing home abuse & neglect on Friday, October 5, 2018.
Nursing homes in Kentucky and across the U.S. are trusted to take care of elderly and infirm people when their loved ones cannot. These facilities have the lives of the patients in their hands. They provide them with their medication, food, and keep watch on them to make sure they are safe. It is unfortunate that there are many incidents of nursing home abuse and neglect. People can suffer injuries, become ill and even die due to mistreatment and mistakes at a nursing home.
On behalf of Law Offices of Herren & Adams LLP posted in nursing home abuse & neglect on Sunday, September 16, 2018.
Kentucky nursing homes are expected to provide proper care to their residents and ensure they are safe and protected. When there is evidence of mistreatment or negligence, injury and illness can result. This can send people to the hospital or even lead to their death. For relatives of nursing home residents who show evidence of abuse or neglect, it is crucial to understand what steps to take.
On behalf of Law Offices of Herren & Adams LLP posted in nursing home abuse & neglect on Friday, August 24, 2018.
When a family in Lexington makes the difficult decision to place an elderly or ill loved one in a nursing home, they are expecting the care to be up to industry standards, for medication to be dispensed correctly and on time, and for the person not to be victimized by neglect or mistreatment. Unfortunately, the news is littered with stories of nursing home residents being subjected to various forms of abuse. When there is evidence or a belief that nursing home abuse and neglect is taking place, having legal assistance to investigate the claims and move forward with a legal filing is critical.


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SPORTS & RECREATION 3 August 2018
Asia Music School
Asia Music School has launched their 3rd branch in Singapore's eastern neighbourhood, at Parkway Parade.
The school offers private piano, violin and a variety of music courses for students of all ages. One highlight of the Parkway branch is the exclusive recital hall, with a capacity of up to 60 seating pax, features intimate space that is ideal for performances from chamber music to solo recitals, rehearsals, workshops and presentations.
Asia Music School has established a reputation and is known for its dedicated teaching and performances in Singapore. The school, which started off with only a few students in 2008, is now providing instructional music programs to over hundreds of students every months through a variety of lessons including piano, violin, guitar, percussion and voice. The school currently has 3 branches at West Coast Plaza, Yishun Central, Parkway Parade and an upcoming branch in Hougang opening later this year.
80 Marine Parade Road, Unit #15-01 Parkway Parade Office Tower
Tel: +65 6821 1828 Email: info@asiamusic.edu.sg
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Check out the Great Leaps Language Growth for Emergent Readers book if your student is in second grade or below or go to the Language Growth for Grades 3-8 book if your student is older. With sections on Phonemic Awareness, Morphemic Awareness and Rhyming as well as lessons in building vocabulary and eliciting expressive language the Great Leaps Language Growth Program can address many of the other areas that your student may be having a hard time in.
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The Sunset Strip is the  stretch of Sunset Boulevard that passes through the city of West Hollywood, California. It extends from West Hollywood's eastern border with the city of Los Angeles near Marmont Lane  to its western border with Beverly Hills at Phyllis Street. The Sunset Strip is known for its boutiques, restaurants, rock clubs, and nightclubs, as well as its array of huge, colorful billboards.

History

Prior to the 1984 incorporation of the city of West Hollywood, the Sunset Strip lay in an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County. Because of this, the Sunset Strip and all of West Hollywood gained a reputation for being a loosely regulated area, in large part because it was not under the jurisdiction of the Los Angeles Police Department.

1920s
Gambling was illegal in the city of Los Angeles, but legal in unincorporated Los Angeles County, which fostered the development of rather wilder nightlife in West Hollywood than was found within the city limits. In the 1920s a number of nightclubs and casinos moved in along Sunset Strip, which attracted movie people; alcohol was served in back rooms during Prohibition.

1930s and 1940s

In the 1930s and the 1940s, restaurants and nightclubs on Sunset Strip, like Sherry's, Ciro's, the Mocambo and the Trocadero, were patronized by people working in the movie industry. Some of its expensive nightclubs and restaurants were said to be owned by gangsters like Mickey Cohen and Bugsy Siegel, earning Sunset Strip a place in Raymond Chandler's 1949 Philip Marlowe novel, The Little Sister. Also on Sunset Strip are the Garden of Allah apartments—Hollywood quarters for transplanted writers like Robert Benchley, Dorothy Parker, and F. Scott Fitzgerald—and Schwab's Drug Store.

1960s

By the early 1960s, Sunset Strip had lost favor with the majority of movie people, but its restaurants, bars and clubs continued to serve as an attraction for locals and tourists. In the mid-1960s it became a major gathering place for the counterculture and was the scene of the Sunset Strip curfew riots in November 1966, involving police and crowds of young club-goers. Those riots inspired the Buffalo Springfield song "For What It's Worth".

Sunset Strip became popular with rock musicians and their fans. Bands such as Led Zeppelin, The Doors, The Byrds, Love, The Seeds, Frank Zappa, and others played at clubs like Gazzari's, the Whisky a Go Go, the Roxy, Pandora's Box and the London Fog. In July 1965 Go-Go dancers also began performing.  The Hyatt West Hollywood (now known as the Andaz West Hollywood) became a popular hotel.

1970s

Rodney Bingenheimer's English Disco, influenced by Britain's glam rock movement, opened in 1972. It became a hangout for musicians, including The Stooges and the New York Dolls. Clubs on the Sunset Strip at that time, Rodney Bingenheimer's and the Starwood in particular, were notorious for allowing teenage patrons. "Nobody carried or cared about ID's. Thirteen-year-old girls could walk in dressed like sexy 25-year-olds, and kids could saddle up to the bar and order a cocktail, so it wasn't a big stretch for us to get up and play there", recalled Quiet Riot founder Kelly Garni. The 1979 Donna Summer song "Sunset People", from the album Bad Girls, was about the nightlife on Sunset Boulevard. Sunset Strip continued to be a major focus for punk rock and new wave music during the late 1970s.

1980s

During the latter part of the 1970s and well into the 1980s, the Sunset Strip would become synonymous with the Los Angeles heavy metal movement, commonly referred to as the West Coast Metal Explosion. The clubs on the Sunset Strip such as the Starwood, Whisky a Go Go, and The Roxy, became home to numerous LA-based heavy metal bands such as Van Halen, Quiet Riot, Mötley Crüe, Ratt and Guns N' Roses. The scene became synonymous with glam metal, with many fans mimicking the hair and clothing worn by the bands. The many heavy metal fans who would congregate outside the clubs along the strip became a defining feature.

The adoption of "pay to play" policies, in which bands were charged a fee to play at clubs, diminished its appeal to groups, other than as an industry showcase. As of the 2010s, the music industry establishment continues to dominate the clubs on Sunset Strip.

In November 1984, voters in West Hollywood passed a proposal on the ballot to incorporate, and the area became an independent city. Increasingly, the western end of Sunset Strip was occupied by office buildings, mostly catering to the entertainment industry, as well as hotels.

1990s
During the 1990s, the center of the alternative music activity in Los Angeles shifted further east to areas like Echo Park, Silver Lake and Los Feliz.

Landmarks

In popular culture
77 Sunset Strip, a 1958–1964 TV series, was set on Sunset Strip between La Cienega Boulevard and Alta Loma Road, although the address was fictional, as street numbers there run in the 7000s to 8000s. A second crime drama, Dan Raven, starring Skip Homeier, aired on NBC during calendar year 1960, also set on Sunset Strip. Dan Raven featured several celebrities appearing as themselves, including Bobby Darin, Marty Ingels, and Paul Anka. The 1979 film Hardcore had scenes from Sunset Strip when George C. Scott's character Jake Van Dorn flew to Los Angeles to find his missing teenage daughter.

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip was a behind-the-scenes television drama of a late-night comedy sketch show performed at a fictional theater on Sunset Strip.

Premiering on January 27, 2006, in Los Angeles at Vanguard Hollywood, the Rock of Ages stage production inspired the 2012 film of the same name. Its story line is centered along Sunset Strip in 1987.

The 2010 film Burlesque is set at a fictional neo-Burlesque club on Sunset Strip.

The opening credits of the HBO TV series Entourage featured shots of Sunset Strip.

The video game Grand Theft Auto V features a parody of the Whisky-a-Go-Go, named Tequi-la-la, a bar established in Eclipse Blvd, in the fictional city of Los Santos, based on Los Angeles.

Los Angeles-based artist Edward Ruscha created the artist's book Every Building on the Sunset Strip in 1966, later 12 Sunsets website for the Getty Research Institute.

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General bibliography

External links

  – official site

Sunset Boulevard (Los Angeles)
Entertainment districts in California
History of Los Angeles
Landmarks in Los Angeles
Neighborhoods in West Hollywood, California
Westside (Los Angeles County)

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If You Live With Thieves, You're Going to Get Robbed.
Prepare yourself to participate with us today.
What are the rules of the game you play?
Let's say you have benefitted from a crooked, broken system. Let's say, for instance, you had the inside track on a job. Those in charge want you to have the job. They told you how to get the job and they greased the skids for you. You benefitted from preferential treatment. Years later, those same people rig the system to keep you from advancing.
A hypothetical situation. Who's the sucker?
Who is to blame in that situation? Can you blame the management for being exactly what they were to you? Can you blame the system (whatever that means) you serve? No. If you do, you lie to yourself. Is it more meaningful, effective and stronger to place the responsibility, not the blame, squarely on your own shoulders? Of course it is. What if you accept—in this hypothetical example– that you agreed to play with crooked people in a crooked game with capricious rules and a stacked deck? Then, in a way, you got justice. What if they sized you up and decided you were a sucker? That could be a very sobering realization. Well, what happens when a man accepts responsibility for his situation, seizes control and faces a matter squarely? He starts to become an Authentic Man. A man who crushes the obstacle that keeps him from being Authentically Masculine. He has learned to seize control, accept justice, and stop lying to himself, no matter how painful that may be.
Do you blame when you cannot compel justice? If so, you look like a child, because that's what you have become. There are few things more grotesque than a full grown infant masquerading as a man.
What kind of man are you? Think that over. Hints about the first, greatest obstacle to Authentic Masculinity are all through this post. Can you spot them?
Join us next week as we continue to look at the first, biggest obstacle to being Authentically Masculine.


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Chin up, hero! The transfigurative magnet awaits beyond the gauntlet. Your golden age is within arm's reach.
Lead a hero in his quest to power and glory... will you reach the magnet?
Thomas Olsson : Programming, Level design, animation, music, sound, game design.
Rinaldo Wirz : Graphic design, animation, level design, game design.
Marie-Aurore Morfoisse : Graphic design, animation.
Thanks to Victor Moisan for writing and additional ideas. I love you, Victor.
was amazing working together on that one, and i wait for the next one to go further and further!
excellent game. i like it.
Wooow that's just crazy. The atmosphere, pixel art, gameplay, level design, sound design, story, all aspects of the game are handled with genius. Hats off to you !
That's a lot of content for a weekend, love the overall atmosphere!
Amazing mood. The pixel art and animation were also incredible. I couldn't figure out how to not get killed by the tentacle that grew out of me, so that's as far as I could get!
Good job to the three of you! I could see elements that each of you brought to the game.
Cool scenarios, but the main character seems to be limping a bit.
Amaaazing amount of content, amazing mood, good to play! Am I supposed to be able to reach the end thingy or is it the ending?
Awesome graphics! Awesome story! 10/10! Nice LD 34 game also.
Amazing all around! Did you guys not sleep for 72 hours? Great game.
Thank you guys. It is nice to read. @Dinner in the dark :should humanity try to reach it ?
Thanks for the kind message everyone !
Amazing atmosphere and I realy like the game play. Great entry.
Excellent dans tous les domaines, du contenu, rien à jeter!
There is a way to get the magnet? im seeing all the time the same cinematic at the end dying without reaching the magnet.
did you tried to end without killing anyone ?
This game felt like the movie Prometheus. The environment art is fabulous. The black throbbing heart was particularly unnerving and set the mood well. So did the audio. Great game design, I loved how the character slowly mutated. The scorpion arm was clever and humorous.
Great game! Nicely polished. Relly loved the the mood.
Looks really pretty! Loved the atmosphere in this!


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Float through any social event with M's fast facts. This week the self-styled gourmand Rick Arthur salivates over some of the world's most expensive foods. Bon appétit!
THE BASICS So, why is a button mushroom cheap and a white truffle almost priceless? Why does a fast-food hamburger cost no more than pocket change and a Wagyu steak eats up a big chunk of your pay cheque? Why is turmeric among the most affordable spices and saffron the most expensive? Well, think rarity and harvesting difficulty to explain why a foodstuff is costly. Any chef looking to make a name for himself can add edible gold leaf to a dish, but that's not what we're talking about here.
FISH EGGS? FOR HOW MUCH? Caviar - the roe, or eggs, from fish - has long been known as an opulent comestible. Beluga caviar is from the beluga sturgeon, which can take 20 years to reach maturity, lives mainly in the Caspian Sea and is endangered. Caviar from Iran is exempt from a ban imposed on other Caspian countries. An Iranian pearly white type of Beluga caviar, called Almas, is the rarest kind, taken from a hundred-year-old fish. Prices can hit some US$30,000 (Dh110,000) or more per kilogram.
A WATERMELON FOR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS? Why the Japanese have such an affinity for expensive foods escapes us. Regardless, black, hard, crisp, super-sweet Dansuke watermelons are grown only on the island of Hokkaido. In 2008, a 7.7kg beauty was sold for $6,100 (Dh22,405).
CANTALOUPES THAT COST The similarly rare Yubari melon, also grown on Hokkaido, looks like a common cantaloupe but also is extra sweet. A pair sold in 2008 for 2.5 million yen (Dh108,959).
A FUNGUS MONSTER White truffles, from northern Italy's Piedmont region and beloved by chefs of haute cuisine, are rare, and it takes luck and a pig to find them. The most expensive specimen, a 1.5kg monster, was sold for $330,000 (Dh1.2 million) in 2007.
A HUNK OF COW OR A NEW HANDBAG? The venerable Kobe beef comes from the black Tajima-ushi breed of Wagyu cattle in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. The meat is renowned for its flavour, tenderness and fatty marbling. It runs as high as $770 (Dh2,828) a kilo. And no, the beasts are not given beer or massaged with sake.
A SPICY TREAT Saffron - a seasoning and colouring agent from the saffron crocus flower native to South East Asia - is used in Middle Eastern and Indian cooking. It takes an absurd amount of dried stigmas - tens and tens of thousands of them - to make up a kilo, which would cost you some $11,000 (Dh40,403).
COFFEE ANYONE? Kopi luwak coffee from Indonesia is made from beans that are eaten, partly digested and excreted by the common palm civet, the luwak. The creature's digestive process is said to remove the beans' bitter flavour. Cost: some $300 (Dh1,102) a kilo.
TEA FOR TWO? "Tieguanyin" means "Iron Goddess of Mercy", and that's the name of the most expensive tea in the world. From China, this type of Oolong can cost up to $15 (Dh55) a cup and $3,000 (Dh11,019) a kilo. Lovers of the leaf say the flavour increases with repeated brewing, instead of growing more bitter.
WATER FOR WEIGHT LOSS? Kona Nigari water from Hawaii sells for $33.50 for a two-ounce bottle, which equates to $402 (Dh1,476) for a 750ml bottle. The seaweed mineral concentrate and desalinated seawater are meant to be mixed with regular drinking water before consuming, so add another couple of dirhams to your total cost. Supposedly it helps to lose weight, reduce stress and firm up the skin.
On February 10, 2007, The Dome restaurant in Bangkok served a meal that cost 1 million Thai baht (Dh122,087), including tax and tip. Here's what six chefs - from France, Germany and Italy - prepared for 15 diners, mostly real estate and gaming moguls from Asia and the US. The wines, of course, were rare and expensive.