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With an eponymous design studio and an array of high-profile projects, Norman Teague is a creator to watch in 2023. An assistant professor at the University of Chicago's School of Design, the educator and designer's practice centers on effecting positive social change and fostering empowerment within black and brown communities through his work. In 2017, he was named a creative collaborator on the exhibitions team for the Barack Obama Presidential Library and has partnered with major institutions ranging from the Chicago Architecture Foundation to the Art Institute of Chicago. Later this year, Teague is slated to represent the United States at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice.
We caught up with Teague to learn more about his creative process and what advice he has for those just starting out.
Norman Teague. Courtesy of Norman Teague Design Studios.
You opened Norman Teague Design Studios in 2019. Can you tell us about your background and what led to founding your own firm?
I grew up in Chicago's South Side, and when I became a teenager, I began to think creatively about a career in design and craft. I became close to architecture while studying at Harold Washington College, where I studied pre-architecture and worked in various offices as a CAD consultant like Eva Maddox & Associates and The Environments Group. It was my continuing education at Columbia College Chicago where I fell in love with interior architecture, wood shop, and furniture design. It was so enlightening to learn about different career possibilities and work under Kevin Henry and be introduced to Charles Harrison, the inventor of the View Master.
I rented my first studio before I graduated from Columbia College and began working on projects and making custom work for businesses and private clients. Some years later, I decided to apply for graduate school at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. I was accepted with a scholarship, and my work and time thinking there allowed me to consider storytelling through my work.
While studying, I met another amazing artist, designer, writer, and advocate for the Black arts movement by the name of Folayemi Wilson. Fo and I started a much-needed design studio call blkHaUS studios as a Chicago-based, socially focused, collaborative design studio dedicated to using design as an agent of change, to uplift and transform marginal communities. The name blkHaUS is inspired by the Bauhaus, a German school of architecture and applied arts founded in 1919 on experimental principles of functionalism and truth in materials—during a time when African aesthetics contributed to the development of Modernism. I continued to work on my personal studio projects as well as expand my practice, and in 2019 we established Norman Teague Design Studios.
Can you tell us a bit about your creative process—where do you start? What is the most important tool in your studio?
I have started my creative process in several different ways, but as one would imagine, we sometimes start with researching either through ethnographic community work or by looking at what the client's space might need. I draw inspiration from my city, people, architecture, and materials. Some of the materials are discarded, but my intentions are to create work through the narrative of where those materials are from, or how I might reappropriate those narratives into something new.
My favorite and most important tool is the hand planer. Planning reveals thin layers of wood, one sliver at a time. Simultaneously, it straightens the plank of wood so it's a better fit for joining to another plank of wood.
Installation view, "Norman Teague: Objects for Change" (2022). Courtesy of Norman Teague Design Studio.
Your work was recently featured in "Objects for Change" at the Art Center Highland Park. Can you talk about the exhibition, and the inspirations or themes behind it?
Firstly, I am so thankful to have advocates like Yumi Ross and the team at the Art Center Highland Park, and that they invited me to show my work, but more so understand my intentions and aesthetics. The alignment and wise counsel of a curatorial team is crucial to the progression of my work.
This exhibition was my exploration of the various narratives that an object, born from a source of material, plays in artistry, and the ways design can probe joy through its color, function, and form. Objects play on history and future while bringing a level of pleasure from its purest visual positioning within a space and context.
The context of Highland Park was my main concern. I knew of the heartwrenching recent events, and I knew that I wanted to address the hurt, so I went above and beyond to accentuate colorful work while at the same time developing pieces—furniture, wall art, and the slip cast ceramics—that explore a narrative. Lastly, I wanted to expand in scale and proportions. This allowed for a community aspect: inviting other artists to participate in the Cabinet of Curiosities. The piece exudes the scale and harmony one might envision in Martin Puryear's Vessel (1997–2002). And the Diasporic Wall mural drew inspiration from Alexander Girard's custom wall mural for Irwin Union Bank, but instead used assorted African printed textiles.
The array of objects made for and presented were filled with vibrant, bright colors that I hoped would infuse this Highland Park audience with some sense of joy.
Installation view, "Norman Teague: Objects for Change" (2022), featuring the Cabinet of Curiosities. Courtesy of Norman Teague Design Studio.
Your practice traverses many realms—from art to design and furniture to teaching. Do you approach these fields as distinctive, or more holistically?
My life experiences growing up in Chicago and living the life of a design enthusiast has been a double-edged sword in some ways. Provided the opportunities and struggles on the one hand and knowing where a systematic disaster has been thrust upon an entire culture on the other has always led me to believe there were other systems that needed to replenish that same culture. I've always assumed design needed to be a part of filling those voids. Through my work as an assistant professor, a designer, and furniture maker, I have always viewed them as one solid practice, and the industry component would soon follow to improve upon the inequities to make some compelling difference.
Where do you most commonly find inspiration?
I find most of my inspiration through the many facets of living in the city. Brushed with vacancy, fashion, music, arts and culture, architecture, and public spaces, each give me a sense of inspiration to make, tell stories, and mingle with other fascinating people. I surround myself with good people from the next-door neighbor to artist, fabricators, architects, and retailers—each of whom inspire me to do more.
I am also highly inspired by my travels to small places like in Guatemala and Nigeria, and international cities like in Italy and Spain.
Do you have any advice for artists or designers who are just starting out in their careers?
Travel, work hard, and meet new people. Pay strong attention to how humans respond to your work.
Then, make the necessary improvements but keep it original.
What are you working on now? Are there any projects or exhibitions on the horizon that you can share with us?
I am currently preparing designs for a retailer in Chicago's South Side called Leaders 1354 and working diligently to complete work for the Venice Biennale 2023 with Spaces organization out of Cleveland, Ohio. I also have a solo show at the Elmhurst Museum in Illinois in 2024.
Learn more about Norman Teague Design Studios here.
This entry was posted in Gallery Network, MPG News and tagged artnet news, blkHaUS studios, Change, chicago designer, Community, Design, Effect, Finding, Folayemi Wilson, Inspiration, Norman, norman teague design studio, Questions, Teague, the art center highland park, yumi ross on February 2, 2023 by melanie.
Spotlight: Ugo Rondinone's Witty Takeover of a Swiss Museum Sees Him Curate Himself Into Art History
Every month, hundreds of galleries add newly available works by thousands of artists to the Midnight Publishing Group Gallery Network—and every week, we shine a spotlight on one artist or exhibition you should know. Check out what we have in store, and inquire for more with one simple click.
What You Need to Know: On view from January 26 to June 19, 2023, the Museum of Art and History (MAH) in Geneva is presenting their its annual Open Invitation exhibition. For this edition, Ugo Rondinone was invited to take over the MAH building and its collection to produce the immersive exhibition experience "when the sun goes down and the moon comes up." Situated within the iconic architecture designed by Marc Camoletti (1858–1940), and heavily referencing two famed Swiss artists from the collection, Ferdinand Hodler (1853–1918) and Félix Vallotton (1865–1925), the endeavor posits a dialogue between the historic and the contemporary, thanks to Rondinone's interventions. The proverbial bookends of the exhibition are two works by Rondinone, the sun (2017) and the moon (2022)—circular sculptures measuring more than 16 feet in height, the former in gold and the latter in silver—which can be used as starting or ending points for visitors as they wind their way through the galleries.
About the Artist: Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone (b. 1964) studied at the Hochschule für Angewandte Künste in Vienna before relocating to New York in 1998, where he currently lives and works. Rondinone represented Switzerland at the 2007 Venice Biennale alongside Urs Fischer and has become widely recognized for his monumental public commissions; his two most famous being Human Nature (2013), which was installed at New York's Rockefeller Center and received millions of visitors, and Seven Magic Mountains (2016), an installation of boulder totems in the Nevada desert. Working across sculpture, painting, video, sound, and photography, the artist's varied practice engages with equally diverse themes and motifs that reference the zeitgeist through, for example, contemporary parlances or the iconography of advertising. Rondinone also has a parallel curatorial practice, granting him a complex understanding of the myriad ways his work and projects interface with the public.
Why We Like It: Rondinone's takeover of the MAH highlights both the artist's unique artistic and curatorial vision as well as the institution's premier historical collection and magnificent architecture. Involving nearly a dozen gallery rooms, Rondinone invites visitors to explore the unique juxtapositions between his work and that of the historical art and architecture of the room. In one gallery, Rondinone takes a collection of Hodler paintings of Swiss warriors and installs them on pedestals, transforming them into sculptures to circumnavigate. Elsewhere, another gallery is populated with 11 glass horses in varying shades of blue containing water from different oceans, a response to the series of paintings by Hodler depicting Lake Geneva and Lake Thun that are hung on the wall—inviting a reflection on the natural versus artificial, "the bounded and the boundless." Together, each room within "when the sun goes down and the moon comes up" presents a new facet of Rondinone's dialectical exploration of his own artistic practice against the backdrop of a major European institution.
See inside the exhibition below.
Installation view of "when the sun goes down and the moon comes up" (2023). Photo: Stefan Altenburger. Courtesy of the Museum of Art and History, Geneva.
"when the sun goes down and the moon comes up" is on view through June 18, 2023.
This entry was posted in Gallery Network, MPG News and tagged Art, artnet news, Curate, History, mah geneva, Museum, museum exhibition, museum of art and history, Rondinones, Sees, Spotlight, Swiss, swiss artist, swiss museum, Takeover, Ugo, when the sun goes down and the moon comes up, Witty on February 1, 2023 by melanie.
Revel in the Winter Season With These 6 Snowy Works From the Gallery Network
Love it or hate it, snow is a classic hallmark of winter. Whether a smattering of fluffy flakes or a full-on blizzard, snow has long been a favorite motif for artists; either for its symbolism, evoking themes of solitude and silence, or for its compositional qualities, offering a wintry scrim through which to view the world. Where paintings like N.C. Wyeth's Winter at Valley Forge (1934–36) engage with a specific event, portraying General George Washington's brave encampment in frigid hues, other works take a more contemporary, humorous approach to snowy scenes.
As we approach the midpoint of winter, we've gathered six artworks from the Midnight Publishing Group Gallery Network that highlight the artistic diversity of snow. And, as always, you too can browse and discover season-inspired art on your own through the Midnight Publishing Group Gallery Network, which has thousands of artists and galleries that can easily be accessed with just one click.
Manabu Ikeda, Snowy Night (2020)
Manabu Ikeda, Snowy Night (2020). Courtesy of Tandem Press, Madison.
Weaving together themes of nature and the manmade world in his work, Japanese artist Manabu Ikeda (b. 1973) is able to create extremely detailed drawings and prints of everyday vignettes that take on the air of the sublime. His monochromatic works on paper—such as this intaglio print of a hushed suburban street—play with the relationship between the micro and the macro, which invite viewers to spend prolonged periods looking, and to immerse themselves in his artistic world.
Rafael Desoto, Noir Pulp Magazine, Dead Man in the Snow (1945)
Rafael Desoto, Noir Pulp Magazine, Dead Man in the Snow (1945). Courtesy of Robert Funk Fine Art, Miami.
Originally from Puerto Rico, Rafael Desoto (1904–92) initially worked at an advertising company before starting to draw interior story illustrations for pulp magazine Street & Smith's in 1930. Soon, he was working regularly as a freelance pulp cover artist and was published widely. The gouache on board Noir Pulp Magazine, Dead Man in the Snow (1945) epitomizes his and the genre's frank and narrative style—and renders the usually lighthearted depiction of snow decidedly macabre.
David Yarrow, LA Baby (2022)
David Yarrow, LA Baby (2022). Courtesy of Maddox Gallery, London, Gstaad, and West Hollywood.
Scottish photographer David Yarrow (b. 1966) first rose to prominence with his iconic image of footballer Diego Maradona holding the 1986 FIFA World Cup, which he took when he was only 20 years old. Yarrow has continued to work as a highly respected sports photographer—including covering the 1988 Winter Olympics—as well as expanding his practice to include photographing the natural world. His nature images are recognized for their unique perspectives and compositional nuance.
Aaron Cobbett, Sean with Skates (2004)
Aaron Cobbett, Sean with Skates (2004). Courtesy of Clamp, New York.
Brooklyn-based artist Aaron Cobbett started his career in the 1980s as a window dresser at New York's famed Bergdorf Goodman department store. Simultaneously participating in the vibrant East Village drag scene, this confluence of experiences—also within the context of the AIDS crisis—informed and shaped Cobbett's artistic practice. Working across textile, video, installation, and photography, his color-saturated, high-concept portraits have become a cornerstone of New York queer visual culture.
Ryan Gander, Upside down Breuer chair after a couple of inches of snowfall (2017)
Ryan Gander, Upside down Breuer chair after a couple of inches of snowfall (2017). Courtesy of Esther Schipper, Berlin, Paris, and Seoul.
Exploring themes around his longstanding disability, which requires the use of a wheelchair, British artist Ryan Gander (b. 1976) creates artistic interpretations of the challenges he faces in his personal life. His ongoing research into the myriad ways he must navigate the world is reflected in the wide range of mediums he employs and approaches he takes—such as labyrinth-like installation pieces that viewers must gingerly traverse. Conceptual at its core, Gander's work often evokes a degree of playfulness and levity through his choice of medium and composition, which is juxtaposed by more solemn abstract themes.
Michael Fratrich, Quintessential Vermont (n.d.)
Michael Fratrich, Quintessential Vermont (n.d.). Courtesy of Tilting at Windmills Gallery, Manchester Center.
The practice of self-taught artist Michael Fratrich (b. 1983) centers on depicting rural and vintage American landscapes and scenes. His signature style evokes traditional folk and colonial painting styles, and his work engages with an "underlying American spirit." Largely inspired by the rural countryside of Vermont, where he currently lives and works, the snowy scene in the cozy Quintessential Vermont embodies the picturesque beauty of fresh fallen snow.
Explore and discover more artists and artworks with Midnight Publishing Group Gallery Network.
This entry was posted in Gallery Network, MPG News and tagged artists to watch, artnet gallery network, artnet news, clamp gallery, esther schipper, Gallery, maddox gallery, Network, oeno gallery, Revel, robert funk fine art, Season, Snowy, Sotheby's New York, tandem press, tilting at windmills gallery, Winter, Works on January 27, 2023 by melanie.
Spotlight: In Leah Gordon's Empathetic Photographs, Haitian Carnival Culture Bursts Forth in a New Show Spanning Decades
What You Need to Know: Ed Cross, London, is currently hosting the solo show "Leah Gordon: Kanaval," which will be on view through February 18, 2023. The selection of black-and-white photography is drawn from a long-term series that Gordon begun when she first visited Haiti in the early 1990s. With images taken over a 25-year period using a vintage analog camera, the works together offer insight into the rich and complex culture and history of Haiti's southern commune, Jacmel. The exhibition follows the recent reissue of the book Kanaval, by Here Press in November of last year; it features more photographs, as well as oral histories centered on the Carnival season in Jacmel. Later this year, Gordon's documentary film Kanaval: A People's History of Haiti in Six Chapters will be shown in select cinemas in November, as well as on BBC 4's Arena on November 27, 2023.
Why We Like It: What sets Gordon's work apart from straightforward documentary photography is her reciprocal approach—which has been referred to as "performed ethnography"—to the subjects of her images. Engaging directly with the people and places she focuses her lens on, and communicating through the shared language of Krèyol (also known as Haitian Creole), the sitters maintain their authority and are paid for their time. {Fittingly, 5 percent of the profits from the current show will be used to purchase art materials for Atis Rezistans—Resistance Artists—a collective based in Port-au-Prince.) Collecting oral histories alongside capturing the costume, dress, and setting of the participants and attendees of Jacmel's annual Carnival celebration over decades has resulted in a dynamic, multi-perspective visual exploration of the vibrant community and culture. Additionally, through this project Gordon has been able to engage with broader themes of history and politics, and bring to light the influence the past—from precolonial society to 18th-century revolt and 20th-century U.S. interference—on modern-day Haitian culture. Of the project Gordon said, "This is people taking history into their own hands and molding it into whatever they decide. So, within this historical retelling we find mask after mask, but rather than concealing, they are revealing, story after story, through disguise and roadside pantomime."
According to the Gallery: "We are honored to be working with Leah Gordon to present this show. Her iconic work, carried out over two decades, painstakingly and respectfully reveals the layers of meaning behind an extraordinarily rich cultural phenomenon, the study of which unlocks the unique and important history of Haiti, with all its tragedies and triumphs." —Director Ed Cross
See featured works from the exhibition below.
Leah Gordon, Lansè Kòd | Gason Bó Lanmé-a (Rope Throwers | Boy by the Sea) (2000). Courtesy of Ed Cross, London.
Leah Gordon, Madanm Lasirén (Madame Mermaid) (2003). Courtesy of Ed Cross, London.
Leah Gordon, Pa Wowo (The Way of Wowo) (2004). Courtesy of Ed Cross, London.
Leah Gordon, Nèg pote Wob fè Fas Kache: Deye (Man Wearing a Dress Hiding his Face: Front) (2004). Courtesy of Ed Cross, London.
Leah Gordon, Lanmò (Death) (2019). Courtesy of Ed Cross, London.
"Leah Gordon: Kanaval" is on view at Ed Cross, London, through February 18, 2023.
This entry was posted in Gallery Network, MPG News and tagged artnet news, atis rezistans, Bursts, Carnival, carnival season, Culture, Decades, documentary photography, ed cross, ed cross fine art, Empathetic, Gordons, Haitian, history of haiti, jacmel, kanaval, krèyol, Leah, mardi gras, Photographs, Show, Spanning, Spotlight on January 17, 2023 by melanie.
The Art Renewal Center Is Honoring the Best of Realist Art—by Sending the Winners of its Annual Competition to the Moon
The Art Renewal Center (ARC), based in New Jersey, has maintained a mission of promoting and preserving the tradition of realist art since its founding in 2009. A core tenet in both the ARC's inception and ongoing operation is the transmission of technical skills—from Old Master to contemporary—needed for creating representational art, as the genre's presence in schools and studios has dwindled. Today, there are over 85 ARC-endorsed schools and art programs, and an extensive collection of online resources, that together with ARC's exhibitions and partnerships are bringing 21st-century realist art to the fore once again.
This month, on January 2, the ARC announced the winners and finalists of its 16th International ARC Salon Competition—the largest competition in the world dedicated to contemporary representational art. The salon ultimately received over 5,400 entries from 75 countries.
The top honor of best in show—accompanied by a $25,000 cash prize—was awarded to Mark Pugh for his work An Unsatisfying Ending (2021). Speaking of his work, Pugh said, "With most of my paintings I try to tell a story. Here a young girl has torn up the pages of a book she was not happy with, while hiding it behind her back. I wanted to make sure the look on her face matched the story being told. The sunflowers behind her reflect her mood, and mirror her stance."
Other notable entries included Chanel Cha's Dreaming (2022), first-place winner in the Portrait category; Narelle Zeller's The Weaving (2022), first-place winner in the Still Life category; and Césare Orrico's Bifronte (2021), first-place winner in the Sculpture category. Together with the other first-place winners and finalists, these honorees exemplify the creativity and diversity of today's realist art, as well as the thriving community of artists the ARC has fostered. The organization acquired 11 works, valued at more than $80,000, from the competition for its permanent collection, exemplifying the ARC's commitment to supporting and preserving realist art and artists.
This summer, an exhibition comprising between 75 and 100 works from the competition will be shown at Sotheby's flagship galleries in New York, running from July 14 through July 24, 2023. Additionally, the winners' and finalists' work will be included in the Lunar Codex's "Polaris Collection," wherein images of the work—either as laser-etched nickel microfiche or on memory cards—will be added to a time capsule on the Griffin lunar lander. The Griffin will be launched and livestreamed by SpaceX in late 2023 and will place the time capsule on the moon.
See a selection of first-place winners below.
Chanel Cha, Dreaming (2022). First Place, Portrait. Courtesy of Art Renewal Center.
Narelle Zeller, The Weaving (2022). First Place, Still Life category. Courtesy of Art Renewal Center.
Jake Gaedtke, Midnight Shadows (2021). First Place, Landscape category. Courtesy of Art Renewal Center.
Césare Orrico, Bifronte (2021). First Place, Sculpture category. Courtesy of Art Renewal Center.
Jim McVicker, Begonias and Sunlight (2021). First Place, Plein Air Painting category. Courtesy of Art Renewal Center.
See all the first-place winners and learn more about the Art Renewal Center Salon here.
This entry was posted in Gallery Network, MPG News and tagged Annual, Arc, Art, Artby, artnet news, Center, chung-wei chien, Competition, figurative painting, Honoring, international arc salon competition, lunar codex, mark pugh, Moon, Realist, realist art, Renewal, Sending, spacex, tyler berry, Winners on January 10, 2023 by melanie.


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Michigan girl caught COVID-19 after high school required her to take SAT in person
Bill Laitner
DETROIT – When a Michigan family asked to have their daughter excused from taking the SAT because they feared she'd catch the coronavirus, administrators at Bloomfield Hills High School said the girl wouldn't graduate unless she came to school and took the college entrance test.
They told the West Bloomfield family that taking the SAT was a state requirement for graduation.
But according to state education officials, Michigan has no requirement that students take the SAT or any other test to earn high-school diplomas.
Not knowing that, the girl took the test in September at Bloomfield Hills High School while wearing two masks, one over the other, because her mother is at high-risk of developing more serious COVID-19 complications.
Despite her precautions, the 17-year-old senior at Bloomfield Hills High School was diagnosed soon afterward with COVID-19, and she spent nearly two months recovering in her bedroom while isolating herself from her mother, both of them anxious to avoid having the teen pass on the sometimes deadly illness.
"She's doing much better now," with most symptoms gone, although the girl only recently felt an easing of severe fatigue from the virus, her mother told the Detroit Free Press of the USA TODAY Network in November.
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The girl and her mother wish to remain anonymous, fearing repercussions from classmates and school officials. But they've asked the Free Press to make public their case through their primary health practitioner, Lydia Rising, a physician assistant who also lives in the Bloomfield Hills school district. The girl tested positive in early October, "well within the incubation period of COVID-19," Rising said.
In addition, two of the girls' friends who also took the SAT on the same day "had extremely similar symptoms, all within 12 hours of each other, and this certainly indicates a common source," she said. The Free Press was unable to speak to the families of the other girls or to confirm whether they were diagnosed with COVID-19.
Rising said going public with the case can't help the family she has been treating because "their daughter already had the virus and they got through this, although it wasn't easy and, thank goodness, her mother didn't get it."
Now, the family's goal is to warn others not to be pressured into taking college entrance exams during the pandemic, she said.
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Hundreds of colleges and universities across the nation waived their requirements for applicants to submit test scores for students seeking places in fall 2021. Some institutions said they suspended their requirements for test scores through 2022. A few have even made the suspension permanent, after years of critics saying the tests disfavored minority college applicants who don't receive costly tutoring designed to help test takers.
The girl already has been accepted, without submitting any test scores, by four Michigan universities: Michigan State, Eastern Michigan, Wayne State and Oakland. She applied through an admissions process called Early Decision, which meant that she applied to each university months before she was to receive her SAT scores, Rising said.
"She still doesn't have her scores. If that doesn't tell you that taking this test was unnecessary, nothing does," Rising said in November.
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The tests are offered only with in-person supervision and usually by having large groups of teenagers gather – ideal settings for transmitting the coronavirus among members of an age group deemed "super spreaders" of the illness, according to health experts. Even though relatively few teens and middle-schoolers have been reported as contracting COVID-19, and even fewer youngsters have needed hospitalization, their age group is linked to high rates of transmission to others, experts have said.
Yet, although it may be a simple matter for colleges as well as students to skip the SAT this year, it's not so simple for Michigan school districts and those in many other states. Current federal law requires that high schools administer a college entrance "assessment test" to at least 95% of eligible students each spring, said Steven Snead, supervisor of curriculum and assessment for Oakland Schools, the countywide intermediate school district that assists local districts in Oakland County.
"In Michigan, this assessment is the SAT," Snead said in an email.
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After the pandemic struck, Michigan's State Superintendent of Public Instruction Michael Rice, along with education leaders in other states, urged U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to waive the federal requirement for the usual spring SAT date because schools nationwide were closed, according to the Michigan Department of Education. And DeVos did so.
But in early September, DeVos notified Rice and other school chiefs across the country that the waiver would not continue through the 2020-21 school year. That spurred Bloomfield Hills Schools and numerous other districts in Michigan to administer the delayed spring SAT in September, and to urge students to take it.
That's when Bloomfield Hills Schools insisted to the family of the West Bloomfield girl, and to her health practitioner Rising in separate calls and emails, that the test was a state graduation requirement. Rising shared with the Free Press emails she'd received from a Bloomfield Hills administrator saying that taking the SAT was a state graduation requirement and those from state officials saying it was not.
Even after hearing from the Free Press, the district stuck by its erroneous statement. A district spokeswoman, after checking with higher ups, reiterated that taking the SAT was a state requirement for graduation.
"It's not really a decision that the district has," Communications Coordinator Mary Holaly said. Holaly further said that "the vast majority of our students in the class of 2021 have taken the SAT." She said that most did so on Sept. 23 — the same day as the girl who came down with COVID-19.
Echoing the statement from Oakland Schools, officials with the Michigan Department of Education said that taking the SAT is clearly not a state requirement for high school graduation.
"Local districts may require it for graduation, but the state does not," said Martin Ackley, director of public and governmental affairs for the Michigan Department of Education.
Instead, pressure put on students to take the SAT, as exerted by Bloomfield Hills Schools, apparently helps to fulfill a district's crucial state and federal test mandates.
"The college entrance exam (currently, the SAT) is part of the Michigan Merit Exam (MME), as required in state law. Students are not required by the state to take the MME, but districts are held accountable for 95 percent participation rate on state assessments," Ackley said, in an email on behalf of the Michigan superintendent of public instruction.
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Bloomfield Hills Schools said it won't offer the SAT this month and has not decided about whether to offer it in 2021. The district suspended in-person classes as of Nov. 4.
The district's administrators are no doubt wondering, probably like those in every other Michigan school district, whether DeVos will change her mind about waiving the federal requirement for assessment testing this spring. As the Trump administration leaves office in January, and as DeVos as well is expected to depart, her successor surely will hear pleas to waive the need for the SAT for the rest of the 2020-21 school year.
One such plea will come from Michigan, according to a recent news release from the state superintendent of public instruction, responding to DeVos' refusal to issue a fresh waiver.
"We will be re-applying this winter for federal waivers from statewide summative test administration," Rice said in the release.
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I cringe whenever I see an obese cat. Enabling feline obesity is almost like putting a gun to a cat's head in a game of Russian roulette. Sure, he or she may dodge the diabetes or hepatic lipidosis "bullets," but play the game long enough and the cat almost always comes out a loser.
Don't get me wrong, I have sympathy for the owners of fat cats. Getting a cat to lose weight is no easy task. Reduced caloric intake in combination with increased physical activity stands the best chance at success, but put the words "cat" and "exercise" together in the same sentence and most owners will break out into gales of laughter.
But what if we could tie exercise and feeding together in such a way as to promote weight loss? A recent two part study published in the Journal of Animal Science points to a simple way to do just that. In experiment one, researchers measured how much voluntary activity ten adult cats engaged in when they were fed one, two, four, or a random number of meals each day. The effect of increasing the water content of the food on voluntary physical activity was evaluated in experiment two.
The study revealed that cats were more active in the two hours before meals when they were fed four meals per day or were fed randomly. According to coauthor Kelly Swanson, "If they know they are going to get fed, that's when they are really active, if they can anticipate it." When the cats were fed high water content meals, their activity levels increased even more, but mostly after they have eaten, perhaps due to an increased need to use the litter box, according to Swanson.
Now, the cats in this study were not overweight and the caloric content of the food they were offered never changed, so these results are not directly applicable to obese cats who are put on a diet. That said, I can't see a downside to increasing the number of meals a fat cat gets per day while simultaneously increasing the food's water content and decreasing its caloric content.
Most owners aren't going to want to tether themselves to a feline feeding schedule that has cats eating four times a day, so it seems like an automatic feeder would be a good investment. Get one that allows you to offer canned food (the easiest way to increase the water content of the diet) every 6 hours or so. If your veterinarian has recommended a prescription weight loss diet, go with that one. Otherwise, try a high quality, over the counter, "light" variety. Start by offering the amount that is appropriate based on your veterinarian's prescription or the label on the can. Adjust the amount based on how quickly the cat is losing weight. Around one percent body weight per week is ideal.
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Kyrgyzstan Raising Rent for Russian Bases
A shot of the Kant air base which operates in Kyrgyzstan under the CTSO.
Kyrgyzstan's Defense Ministry said Wednesday that it would raise rent prices for three of the four Russian military bases on its territory.
"Inflation is growing by leaps and bounds; everything is getting more expensive. On this basis, we asked the Russian side to increase their payments for rent," Kyrgyz Defense Minister Taalaibek Omuraliev said, Interfax reported.
Russian officials had no immediate response to the rent hike.
The bases for which Kyrgyzstan is raising payments are an underwater-weapons testing base in Karakol, a military communications center in Kara-Balta and a radio-seismic laboratory in Mailuu-Suu.
Omuraliev said the new pricing system will be introduced in 2014, when Russia will sign a new lease for the bases. He did not provide a figure for the rent but said it would have to be paid in cash.
The fee for the fourth Russian military facility in Kyrgyzstan, the Kant air base, will not be increased because the base operates as part of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which includes Kyrgyzstan.
Omuraliev said Kyrgyzstan contributes more than 300 million soms ($6.4 million) to the operation of the Kant base each year.
The issue of the Defense Ministry debt to Kyrgyzstan was raised by Bishkek in February during a visit to Moscow by Kyrgyz President Almaz Atambayev, Kommersant reported. Soon after that, the Defense Ministry said it paid the debt, equal to $15.5 million.
The bases in Karakol, Kara-Balta and Mailuu-Suu have been used by Russia under a 1993 agreement by which Russia agreed to train Kyrgyz military personnel and provide military equipment.
The United States also leases a military base in Kyrgyzstan, and the country has repeatedly threatened to close it amid disagreements over rent.
In 2009, Washington persuaded the previous Kyrgyz president to allow the U.S. military to continue to use the base at the Manas airport near Bishkek in exchange for an extra $40 million a year and renovation of the airport.
Atambayev said shortly after his election last fall that he would prefer that the lease not be renewed when it expires in 2014.


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Based on the Gospel reading of Mark 6:30-34,53-56.
In today's Gospel we find Jesus doing the things he felt most compelled to do. No, not looking for rest and food or sailing around in a boat. Although, it is interesting how he climbs into the boat once but exits twice. For a moment it seemed that one of us; either the writer, Mark, or myself were having a Yogi Berra moment and it was "Deja vu all over again"! It wasn't until I saw the citation showing that we omit several verses that I understood what didn't seem right. What then, are the things that Jesus was doing? One prominent modern day mystic, the Franciscan monk Father Richard Rohr, suggests that in the context of all four gospels, Jesus does primarily two things: He preaches and he heals. He preaches and he heals. Here we find just that. First he preaches: We see Jesus's compassion and sympathy for these people who came to him from all over the land; for in his eyes they are like "sheep without a shepherd" and he begins to teach them. They come to him with their questions and he gives them answers with words to live by. They carry the ill to him on cots and mats and lay them down to simply "touch the fringe of his cloak", knowing that by doing so they would be healed. And he healed them – without complaining – even after what seemed to be a failed attempt to get some rest, food, and more than likely – time to pray. As Christians, upon hearing this, we no longer need to ask ourselves the question; "What then should we be doing as followers of Christ?" If we listen to the Gospels in earnest it certainly would be; "preach and heal." And so it is that we, too, should preach and heal.
Now I'm sure you'll agree with Richard Rohr and me in also observing that we, as Christians, preacha great deal more than we heal! And we preach it well! We know all about every subject imaginable and the moment we see somebody doing something wrong we begin to preach. Being human, I am as guilty of this type of preaching as the next person, my family can vouch for that, but preaching at someone – which is what it really is in this case – can easily turn into negative based, guilt induced, scare tactics that heals nothing. When we preach at people we come to believe we are the finest orators and lecturers in the world. We tell people what they should be doing in order to be healed. And it doesn't stop there; we get preached at through social media, radio talk shows, and reality TV – which by the way – are frequently mistaken as legitimate sources of information, when in reality, they merely serve as poor entertainment venues; venues that more than a few people use as their personal agendas to spread and foster division and fear. They teach nothing, and keep us on the surface of every issue they confront. Seldom does this type of preaching produce the type of healing that is necessary for us to grow in truth and spirit. Our preaching must teach. It must be formidable and informative, giving the people something to use in life that will allow them to grow and help others to grow. This is how we preach the Word of God. Preaching in ways that teach; teachings that plant the seeds of hope, and nurture our ideas into mature and functional practices. Preaching is a wonderful way to spread the word of God and educate folks with information and inspiration, but let's not forget that it should also heal.
In nearly every service in the prayer book, from the daily office to the Liturgy of The Word and beyond, we include intercessions for prayer. And most of those are prayers asking for healing, mostly healing from physical ailments and life challenges that need our attention. But there are many things that need to be healed. In our families and communities we need to heal brokenness of spirit, faulty behaviors, and strained and battered relationships. In our places of work we may need to heal moments of anxiety and frustration from every day conflicts. In our schools we need to heal layers of resentment and fear, built up from years of bullying, abuse and neglect. Throughout our world and societies we need to heal centuries of segregation and divisiveness that stem from our misinterpretation of written words and errant speech. We need to heal a world that at times seems to be beyond help from the damages done to our environment, and the damages done to so many souls from an utter lack of decency and respect towards those who appear different from us….
And of course, we need to heal the riffs that are currently being started by those who have attempted to ignite sparks; sparks of discontent among a church that continually seeks to do the preaching and healing that Jesus tells us to do by taking ourselves out into the world and putting action to the spoken word, a church that already has the shepherds who the people are looking for and are already in place doing the work that is ours to do.
The list of things that require healing goes on and on. Each person has their own identity with their own struggle and their own history, and each person is to be respected for who they are. And if their identity is not something we can visually or intellectually relate to or it makes us feel uncomfortable, then that just may be a signal that perhaps there is something there that we can learn from – that will prevent actions that require healing in the future.
Yes, there are primarily two things that Jesus does throughout the Gospels: He preaches and he heals. As members of the body of Christ, they are ours to do as well. I mentioned that it was a Franciscan monk who brought this to my attention. It reminds me of another monk – the one who started the order which it is named after. St. Francis understood what Jesus wanted us to do maybe more than most people ever will. And he said it so well by his actions that it's one of his most famously quoted instructions: "Preach the Gospel at all times. Use words only when necessary." It goes along wonderfully with Jesus's own words, "They will know you by your love." As is my duty as your deacon at the end of the service when I dismiss all of you, I'll be using words quite similar to this that echo these instructions, may you then and every day, truly go into the world to preach – and teach – and love – and heal, just as Jesus showed us. Amen.


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Ford wary but United have a big incentive
Banbury United boss Mike Ford is hoping Ricky Johnson will be fit for Monday
Can Banbury United make it three home wins on the spin? That is the question fans will be asking ahead of Monday's clash with Stratford Town.
The Puritans go into the game with six points from their opening two Evo-Stik League South home games and many will be expecting them to make that nine by 5.50pm on Monday.
Stratford always make life difficult for me, they're always tight games and I'm not expecting anything different on Monday
Puritans boss Mike Ford
But boss Mike Ford will not be taking anything for granted and nor should his players, despite taking seven Premier Division Central points from their first three games.
Ford said: "It's great to have seven points so far and be unbeaten but it is only three games.
"Stratford always make life difficult for me, they're always tight games and I'm not expecting anything different on Monday. We've got to be on it right from the start to give ourselves the best chance to get the right result.
"I don't want my team to lose games because they've not got the right attitude in any of them."
On-loan Northampton Town keeper James Goff will continue to deputise for Jack Harding who is almost back to full fitness. But Ford will have to wait to see if Ricky Johnson has recovered.
Saturday's match-winner against Leiston had to come back off after picking up an injury shortly after his introduction. Johnson had injury issues leading up to the campaign but Ford is hopeful he will be back in contention.
He added: "We're hoping that Ricky will be fit for Monday but that will depend on the advice from the physio. We made the decision to get Ricky and Mark Bell on very quickly but I'm sure they had both warmed up enough."


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BPC Inquiry Report
31 March 2016 Press Releases2015admin
The British Polling Council welcomes the publication today of the report of the Independent Inquiry into the performance of the polls in the May 2015 general election. It is deeply grateful to the Chair, Prof. Patrick Sturgis, and his colleagues for their forensic and thorough analysis of why the polls underestimated Conservative and overestimated Labour performance at that election.
The principal objective of the Council is to promote transparency in the reporting of opinion polls, and its members are required to adhere to a set of rules designed to achieve that objective. The Inquiry's report makes a series of recommendations for changes to those rules.
The Council has resolved that so far as some of those recommendations are concerned, the necessary changes to its rules should be made with immediate effect. Other of the Inquiry's recommendations require preparatory work be undertaken before they can be implemented, and the Council has agreed that that work should be put in train in the expectation that the consequent rule changes can be introduced early in 2017.
Specifically, the Council has agreed to implement immediately rule changes that will (i) require greater transparency about how polls have been weighted, (ii) specify what changes, if any, have been made since a company's previous published poll in how the data have been weighted or otherwise adjusted, and (iii) place an obligation on members to supply to any inquiry or committee that has been established by the BPC the micro data set for any poll in which that inquiry or committee has an interest.
Meanwhile, the Council has agreed that work should be undertaken to develop (i) an industry-wide method for calculating the confidence limits associated with a poll's estimate of a party's share of the vote, and (ii) an industry-wide approach to calculating the statistical significance of the change in a party's estimated vote share since a company's previously published poll. Rules that will require members to publish these calculations for any poll of vote intentions will be introduced once this work is completed. At the same time the Council will also consider how best to respond to the Inquiry's recommendation that members should register with the BPC the fact that they are undertaking a poll.
The Inquiry also makes a series of recommendations for changing the way in which polls are conducted. It will be for individual member companies to decide how best to take these forward. At the same time, however, the Council is aware of the need to show that due note has been taken of those recommendations and to make clear what changes have as a result been made to the way in which polls are conducted. The Council has thus also resolved that (assuming the next election is held in May 2020) it will issue a report in the second half of 2019 that describes the methodology that is being used its members in the run up to the next election and how this methodology has changed since 2015.
Prof. John Curtice, President of the British Polling Council, said, 'The Inquiry has undertaken what was an important but demanding task in a timely and professional fashion. I am confident that all those with an interest in understanding the difficulties that beset the polls in 2015 will find its report an illuminating and profitable read. The Council now wishes to ensure that its work is put to best use so that the transparency and accuracy of opinion polls is enhanced in future.'
The British Polling Council (BPC) is an association of polling organisations that publish polls. The objectives of the Council are to ensure standards of disclosure that provide consumers of survey results that enter the public domain with an adequate basis for judging the reliability and validity of the results.
The Inquirys Report is embargoed until 0001 hours on 31 March, and will be available online at National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM)
For further information, please contact a member of the BPC's Management Committee:
Simon Atkinson: 07791-680 770
Nick Moon: 07770-564 664
John Curtice 07710-348 755
Minutes of the Annual General Meeting 2015
23 March 2016 AGM, Minutes2015, AGMadmin
The Meeting was held at GfK NOP on 23 March 2015
John Curtice, President
Nick Moon, GfK NOP, Secretary
Simon Atkinson, Ipsos MORI
Anthony Wells, YouGov
Johnny Heald, ORB
Damian Lyons Lowe, Survation
Tom Mludzinski, ComRes
Laurence Stellings, Populus
Ivor Knox, Panelbase
Bill White, Lucid Talk
Harris Interactive
Mindmetre
TNS BMRB
The minutes of the last meeting were agreed.
Officers' Report:
Mindmetre were approved as new members during this year.
There were two complaints during the year, but only one case where the Executive Committee asked someone to provide information they had not already provided. In the other case clarification from the member showed that the poll was not covered by BPC rules.
John Curtice reported that he had repeated the earlier invitation to Lord Ashcroft to join the BPC, but had not had a reply. There was then a discussion about how much input members had to have to a poll conducted for Lord Ashcroft before they were obliged to make details available under BPC rules. It was agreed that Nick Moon would circulate a note about this, though in most cases the Rule 2.7 outlined below would take Ashcroft polls out of BPC rules.
John Curtice also reported that he had written to the Yes and No campaigns in Scotland, drawing their attention to BPC rules.
An application for membership had been received during the year, which led to a discussion about what exactly constituted a "polling organisation" as in the BPC Rules. It was agreed that there were two conditions that must be fulfilled by an organisation wishing to join the BPC:
must be operationally independent – eg not itself a proselytising organisation
must conduct polls for more than one client
One impact of this decision is that Lord Ashcroft would not be eligible to be a BPC member.
Financial Report:
At the start of 2012 BPC had £7,089 in the bank. During the year there was membership income of £500 and bank charges of £60. The balance at the end of 2012 was £7,529. However there is cheque for £240 for the website that has not been cashed. Also, invoices for the reduced 2013 membership fees will be sent out with the 2014 invoices, and if all these are paid there will be an additional £350 of income. This means that the balance sheet at the end of the year is £7,646, although Chairman's expenses have not yet been submitted for the 2013 AGM.
Sub-committee on disclosure:
Nick Moon and Simon Atkinson have both been on the sub-committee since its formation, but as they are now Officers they need to be replaced. It was agreed that Martin Boon and Andrew Cooper would be invited to join. Martin was present and agreed, and Nick Moon will write to Andrew.
Election of Officers:
John Curtice was re-elected unopposed as President
Nick Moon was re-elected unopposed as Secretary
Simon Atkinson was elected unopposed as member of the Management Committee
Nick Moon tabled four amendments to the BPC rules:
5.3. The President will take the chair at the AGM and any EGM. In the absence of the President, members present at the meeting will nominate a chairman for that meeting. Members may also appoint the President, in advance of the meeting, to cast their vote by Proxy according to their instructions.
5.7 subject to the agreement of two thirds of members, amendments to the Objects and Rules may be made via an email vote if there is agreed to be sufficient urgency
2.6.2. The rules of disclosure apply to all polls published in the UK by BPC members, irrespective of where they are conducted. The rules of disclosure do not apply where the survey organisation has no responsibility for the design of the survey or of the analysis, and all weighting of the data is according to client instruction
2.7. Any member of the BPC responsible for conducting a private survey that has entered the public domain, with the BPC member identified by the client, will acknowledge having conducted the survey.
All were passed unanimously.
In the case of 2.7 it was agreed that it would be good practice for members to say "no comment" rather than deny having conducted the poll
Any Other Business:
John Curtice reminded members about the date when the 28 day rule for elections would come into effect, and also said that Sunday polls should ideally be on the pollster's website on the Sunday.
Nick Moon reported that Companies House were disputing our right to use the words "British" and "Council" in our name. Members need to write to Companies House to say that the BPC includes all relevant practitioners, and that there was no competing body.
There was some discussion as to whether BPC should hold a post-mortem conference after the election. It was agreed that we would ask for a slot at the Political Communications s conference on 17/18 June.
It was agreed that the BPC table on the accuracy of the polls would define a final poll as a poll that was conducted entirely before the polls open, and included at least some fieldwork on the Tuesday
It was agreed that the Management Committee would decide whether a separate report on any on-the-day or hybrid polls would be necessary.
Details of Opinion Poll Inquiry Announced
22 May 2015 Press Releases2015, Election, Inquiryadmin
The British Polling Council (BPC) publishes today further details of the Inquiry into the performance of the opinion polls that it has established in collaboration with the Market Research Society (MRS).
Under the chairmanship of Prof. Patrick Sturgis, Director of the National Centre for Research Methods at the University of Southampton, the Inquiry is charged with the task of establishing the degree of inaccuracy in the polls, the reasons for the inaccuracies it identifies, and whether the findings and conduct of the polls were adequately communicated to the general public. Due to report by 1 March next year, the Inquiry will seek and welcomes submissions from all interested parties, and is empowered both to make recommendations about the future practice of polling and, where appropriate, for changes in the rules of the BPC. The BPC and MRS are committed to publishing the Inquiry's report in full.
Eight people with professional expertise and experience in conducting and analyzing survey and polling data, have agreed to serve (unpaid) as members of the Inquiry. None of them were directly involved in conducting published polls during the election campaign. They are as follows:
Dr. Nick Baker, Managing Director, Quadrangle Research
Dr. Mario Callegaro, Senior Survey Research Scientist, Google UK
Dr. Stephen Fisher, Associate Professor of Political Sociology, University of Oxford, who runs the Electionsetc website
Dr. Jouni Kuha, Associate Professor of Statistics, London School of Economics and lead statistician for the BBC/ITV/Sky exit poll
Prof. Jane Green, Professor of Political Science, University of Manchester and Co-Director of the 2015 British Election Study
Prof. Will Jennings, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, University of Southampton, and a member of the Polling Observatory team.
Dr Ben Lauderdale, Associate Professor in Research Methodology, London School of Economics and one of the team behind the election forecast website.
Dr. Patten Smith, Research Director, Research Methods Centre, Ipsos MORI and Chair of the Social Research Association.
Information about the work of the Inquiry will be available via a website launched today at National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM). As a first step the Inquiry is inviting written submissions, which can be uploaded via the website. A public meeting will be held during the afternoon of 19 June at the Royal Statistical Society, London, where there will be an opportunity to discuss the work of the Inquiry. The event will be free to attend but registration will be required. Registration will open, via the NCRM website, on Tuesday 26 May. Further information and updates about the conduct of the inquiry will be made available on the website thereafter.
Prof. John Curtice, President of the British Polling Council, said, 'The polls clearly gave the public a misleading impression of the likely outcome of the 2015 election and this shaped the reporting of the campaign. The Council is committed to ensuring that there should a thorough and transparent investigation into what apparently went wrong, and how both the conduct and the reporting of the polls might be improved in future. We are deeply grateful to Prof. Sturgis and the members of the Inquiry, all of whom have substantial professional expertise in the methodology and analysis of surveys, for agreeing to conduct this Inquiry.'
Jane Frost CBE, MRS' Chief Executive said, "As the world's leading research association, we are actively supporting the British Polling Council in its investigation. We continue to support all of our accredited members in ensuring standards are met. Market research is a UK success story, the UK is a world leader in this sector, contributing over £3.6bn to the UK economy. We continue to learn, adapt and innovate."
The full details of the Terms of the Reference of the Inquiry are appended to this release.
The British Polling Council (BPC) is an association of polling organisations that publish polls. The Council promotes standards of disclosure that are designed to provide consumers of survey results that enter the public domain with an adequate basis for judging the reliability and validity of the results. Most of the companies that conducted polls of voting intention at the 2015 UK general election are members. Further details can be found at http://www.britishpollingcouncil.org/.
The Market Research Society (MRS) is the world's leading professional research association, training and regulating the research sector in the UK. The research sector is a major UK industry worth a conservative £3.6bn (GVA) per annum.
The original announcement of the establishment of the Inquiry can be found at General Election: 7 May 2015
BPC/MRS Inquiry into the Performance of the Opinion Polls at the 2015 General Election.
To assess the accuracy of the published opinion polls (both national and sub-national) at the 2015 general election.
To evaluate whether any inaccuracies identified might be part of a pattern evident at previous elections.
To investigate the causes of any inaccuracies that are identified. Potential causes to be considered will include (but not necessarily be limited to): the possible impact of late changes in vote preferences, sampling methods, interview mode, weighting and filtering, population coverage, item refusal, differential availability and willingness to participate, question order and wording.
To assess whether the analysis or reporting of polls was influenced by a reluctance to be out of line with the published figures of other polls.
To consult and seek relevant evidence from all appropriate stakeholders, including but not exclusively, polling organisations that are members of the BPC.
To assess whether adequate information was provided and communicated to interested commentators and the public about how polls were conducted and what their results meant.
To make, as it sees fit, recommendations for improving how opinion polls are conducted and published in future.
To make recommendations, if necessary, for changing the rules and obligations of BPC membership.
To submit a report to the BPC and MRS by 1 March 2016, with a view to its publication by BPC and MRS as soon as possible thereafter.
General Election: 7 May 2015
8 May 2015 Press Releases2015, Electionadmin
The final opinion polls before the election were clearly not as accurate as we would like, and the fact that all the pollsters underestimated the Conservative lead over Labour suggests that the methods that were used should be subject to careful, independent investigation.
The British Polling Council, supported by the Market Research Society, is therefore setting up an independent enquiry to look into the possible causes of this apparent bias, and to make recommendations for future polling.
We are pleased to announce that Professor Patrick Sturgis, who is Professor of Research Methodology and Director of the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods, has agreed to chair the enquiry, and will take the lead in setting its terms of reference. The membership of the enquiry will be announced in due course.
The headline results for the final opinion polls are set out below:
Lib Dem
Opinium 35 34 8 12 6 5 online 2960 May 4-5
Survation 31 31 10 16 5 7 online 4088 May 4-6
Ipsos MORI 36 35 8 11 5 5 telephone 1186 May 5-6
ICM 34 35 9 11 4 7 telephone 2023 May 3-6
ComRes 35 34 9 12 4 6 telephone 2015 May 3-5
Populus 33 33 10 14 5 6 online 3917 May 5-6
YouGov 34 34 10 12 4 6 online 10307 May 4-6
Panelbase 31 33 8 16 5 7 online 3019 May 4-6
Average 33.6 33.6 9 13 4.8 6.1
Result 37.8 31.2 8.1 12.9 3.8 6.3
Difference -4.2 2.4 0.9 0.1 1 -0.2
Reading The Polls: Election 2015 and The British Polling Council
16 April 2015 Blog2015, Blog, Election, John Curticeadmin
This will almost undoubtedly prove to be the most polled election campaign ever. After all, YouGov in particular have been polling almost every day throughout the course of the last five years, and they are not suddenly going to stop doing so now. There are nine other companies who are also all polling on a regular basis. Meanwhile the apparent closeness of the election race will encourage newspapers to spend as much money as they can on their own exclusive polls in the hope of being the news organisation that first breaks the news that the deadlock has finally been broken (if it ever is).
But polling is far from being a straightforward enterprise. Those who undertake polls are attempting to provide an accurate measure of the nation's political pulse at a time when people have busier lives than ever, when many are increasingly reluctant to answer any kind of survey, and when no less than three insurgent political parties are enjoying unprecedented levels of support. There are evidently plenty of potential pitfalls to avoid.
At the same time, it is clear that the polls have influence. In recent weeks there has been much discussion of who might be willing to do a deal with whom in the event of a hung parliament, all of it predicated on the evidence of the polls that Conservative and Labour are neck and neck and that the SNP might displace the Liberal Democrats as the third largest party in the Commons. Without this evidence the subject matter and tone of the election campaign could well have been very different indeed.
In these circumstances it is clearly important that polls are subject to critical scrutiny. We should be able to satisfy ourselves that numbers that prove to be so influential but which are collected in what would seem quite difficult circumstances are indeed as robust and reliable as can reasonably be expected.
Making this possible is the key objective of the British Polling Council (BPC). Nearly all of the companies and organisations that conduct political opinion polls in the UK are members of the Council. In joining the body they have agreed to abide by a set of rules that demand a high level of transparency about how they go about their business.
Each member is expected to post on its website a description of how it conducts its polls and how it weights or otherwise adjusts or models the raw data it collects in order to arrive at its estimates of the balance of voting intentions. At the same time the details of each poll, including full details of the question asked and detailed tabulations of how the answers given vary by people's demographic and political characteristics should be posted within three days of the poll being published – and indeed during an election campaign ideally within 18 hours of publication. In practice most polling companies typically publish these details very shortly indeed after initial publication.
Not that this means that all polls have to be published. Anybody has the right to commission a poll from a BPC member and keep the results to themselves. But if they do not want the details of their polling to be published, they do have to keep the results to themselves. If, for example, a commissioner starts to leak results to one or more journalists (perhaps selectively) then the BPC member becomes obligated to publish full details of the polling that has been leaked. If the results of a 'private' poll have been put into the public domain then they should be capable of being scrutinized in exactly the same way as a poll that was originally intended for public consumption.
However, conducting a poll is a multi-stage operation. At its most basic it requires the capacity to contact and interview successfully a representative body of voters (these days typically either by telephone or via the internet), to collate the results and to weight the data to a standard demographic scheme so that it has, for example, the correct proportion of men and women younger and older people etc. But it also requires an ability to identify a suitable sample design, to craft suitable questions and to undertake more complex weighting and filtering of the data than simply making sure it has the right proportion of men and women.
Not all of these stages are necessarily conducted by the same organisation. In particular a polling company (or indeed other organisation such as a university or a government department) may not have the capacity to undertake the fieldwork for a poll and thus opts to sub-contract it to a polling company that does. The job of the sub-contractor is simply to conduct the interviews and tabulate the results according to the specification of the contractor. In these circumstances the BPC decided some time ago that the body that should be regarded as responsible for the poll is the company or organisation that designed and commissioned the fieldwork, not the firm that did the interviewing.
This issue of who is regarded as responsible for a poll has arisen on a couple of occasions recently. One of the most active pollsters in recent years has, of course, been Lord Ashcroft, operating under the banner 'Lord Ashcroft Polls'. Lord Ashcroft Polls does not have the ability to conduct its own fieldwork and thus sub-contracts this part of its polling to a number of companies, many of them BPC members. However, Lord Ashcroft Polls is responsible for the design, weighting and question wording of its polls, and thus it is the body that is ultimately responsible for its results. As it happens, Lord Ashcroft Polls is not a member of the BPC (and as an organisation that does not do work for multiple clients is not eligible to be a member), but as it happens it publishes full details of its polls in much the same way as a BPC member would be expected to do.
At the same time the Liberal Democrat Party has been undertaking quite a lot of polling in constituencies that it currently holds, seemingly with a view to establishing in which ones they might have a chance of winning again. Here too the party has been responsible for the design, and wording of the polling and for the weighting of the data, but has sub-contracted the fieldwork to a BPC member, in this case Survation. In recent weeks the Liberal Democrats have given journalists sight of some of their data, and in so doing apparently gave the impression that the polling was Survation's responsibility. That, however, was not the case as Survation subsequently made clear in a statement its own web site. To date the Liberal Democrats, who are not BPC members, have published full details of one of their constituency polls, though not as yet the remainder.
BPC members will be making full details of their published polls available as quickly as possible throughout the election campaign so that everyone can come to their own view as to whether they believe the results are robust and reliable or not. But inevitably members can only do so for those polls for which they are themselves responsible. If someone claims their poll was conducted by a BPC member, do please check the claim out. It may not be true.
John Curtice is President of the British Polling Council and Professor of Politics, Strathclyde University


A fantastic spot in the Pennine Alps: the Grand Mountet!
...in which I spent the night from July 15th to July 16th, 2011, after going up it along the normal trail leading from the village of Zinal high up above the Glacier de Zinal (this trail was only constructed by the Swiss military in 1986. Before that, one had to cross the Glacier de Zinal after walking along the long moraine crest behind Petit Mountet), which takes approximately five hours, this hut is situated in one of Switzerland's most spectacular spots, above an arena of several of the most important peaks of the Pennine Alps surrounding two big glaciers, the Glacier de Durand and the Glacier du Grand Cornier. An unforgettable place in which I had the luck of witnessing a breathtaking evening, a magical full moon night and a fantastic early morning before heading back down to Zinal the same way as I came up.
Outstanding shots Eric as usual.
Nice album Eric, i like those alpinenglow images.
Thanks a lot! You put up some nice pics today as well!
of shots Eric! What a marvelous place to spend the night.
Thanks so much, Marc! I was already starting to get a bit frustrated - was wondering whether I'd have any more opportunity this year to go to a place like that...Actually, it's fate that brought me to the Grand Mountet. Of course I had planned on visiting Zinal after five days of professional activity in Gstaad, but it was the other hut, the Cabane de Tracuit (no photo of mine I'm linking to...sorry :D) I had set my eyes upon. But as the indications were rather poor in Zinal, I missed the correct trail by following the Zinal valley to the very end instead of going straight up the eastern slope right from the village. This having become obvious, and as I didn't feel like marching back over a mile for nothing, I decided to do Mountet instead, of which I already knew that it's a fantastic spot as well.
Fantastic album Eric! All photos in it are beautiful...best album I have seen in a while.
Thanks so much Lodewijk! This is a big compliment, coming from as first-class a photographer as you!
fantastic spot! What a great photo's! I would love to go there, it looks simply marvelous!
As you say, a fantastic place to spend the night - and naturally you captured it beautifully on your camera. I know all the mountains well, but from the other side. Looks as if all the climbs would be pretty serious this side - and I'd guess your Mountet Hut a fairly quiet place, without a warden?
I'll keep a look out for your next photos - Pennine Alps are my favourite mountain range.
Thanks very much for your comment, Mark! Yes, the routes to all the peaks one sees there are technically quite demanding, I'm pretty certain about that! Zinal, even though well known among mountaineers, is a lot less "parade" than Zermatt on the other side of Zinalrothorn and Obergabelhorn, and for that reason the nature has been left far more intact than around Zermatt. This also makes it special. The Cabane du Grand Mountet, nevertheless, is a hut with a warden, where also meals are served and about 50 people can sleep. But luckily it is a quiet spot, yes!
Thanks so much for your appreciation - I will certainly be posting more later on, also of the two recent mountain hikes I did in Austria, the Ankogel and the Larmkogel!


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Graduate: Briana Bothe
Congratulations out to our latest volunteer Briana Bothe on your graduation for Hunterdon Central High School. Briana joined the Clinton First Aid & Rescue Squad as a cadet member in 2018, and completed her EMT Training last year.
Graduating from HCRHS with Honors, EMT Bothe also received a $1,000 scholarship from the George Daly Memorial Scholarship Foundation.
The George Daly Memorial Scholarship Fund was established to honor a cherished son, brother and friend whom was lost on February 12, 2015. George graduated with high honors in 2013 from HCRHS, where he was a member o the National Honor Society, Student Council, and was a team leader in Teen PEP.
At the end of the summer, Briana will be headed off to the University of Georgia! WAY TO GO from all your fellow members of South Branch Emergency Services!


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Q: How to fix "dictionary update sequence element # 0 has length 104; 2 is required" error I want to create a login page, when the username and password are incorrect there is this error "dictionary update sequence element # 0 has length ... is required". How to correct this error?
forms.py
class LoginForm(forms.Form):
    username = forms.CharField(max_length=250, required=False)
    password = forms.CharField(max_length=250, required=False)

views.py
class LoginView(View):
    template_name = 'login/index.html'
    form_class = LoginForm

    def get(self, request):
        form = self.form_class()
        return render(request, self.template_name, {'form': form})

    def post(self, request):
        form = self.form_class(request.POST)
        if form.is_valid():
            username = form.cleaned_data['username']
            password = form.cleaned_data['password']
            user = authenticate(username=username, password=password)
            if user is not None:
                login(request, user)
                next_var = request.GET.get('next')
                # redirect to url in next var else return to login home page
                return redirect('%s' % next_var) if next_var else redirect('%s' % settings.LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL)
        return render(request, self.template_name, {'form': form})

When the fields are not filled there is this error "dictionary update sequence element #0 has length 104; 2 is required" that appears. but when I log in and I go back to the login page to log in without anything filled in I'm reported that the fields are not filled

This is my urls.py
from django.urls import path, include

from .views import login, signup, logout, settings, profile

urlpatterns = [
    path('signup/', signup.SignupView.as_view(), name='signup'),
    path('signin/', login.LoginView.as_view(), name='signin'),
    path('logout/', logout.LogoutView.as_view(), name='logout'),

    path('account/', settings.SettingView.as_view(), name='account'),
    path('account/avatar/', settings.SetAvatarView.as_view(), name='set-avatar'),
    path('account/name/', settings.SetNameView.as_view(), name='set-name'),
    path('account/biography/', settings.SetBiographyView.as_view(), name='set-biography'),
    path('account/birthday', settings.SetBirthdayView.as_view(), name='set-birthday'),
    path('account/gender/', settings.SetGenderView.as_view(), name='set-gender'),
    path('account/password/', settings.SetPasswordView.as_view(), name='set-password'),
    path('account/dark-theme/', settings.SetDarkView.as_view(), name='set-dark-mode'),
    path('account/color/', settings.SetColorView.as_view(), name='set-color'),

    path('u/<int:id>/', profile.ProfileView.as_view(), name='profile'),
]

A: thanks i have solved the problem by putting the code of context in comment.

from . models import AccountModel

def accounts(request):
    if request.user.is_authenticated:
        account = AccountModel.objects.get(user__id=request.user.id)
        return {'account': account}
    else:
        return request

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The five rules you didn't know about marrying into the British royal family.
Clare Stephens
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In November last year, Kensington Palace released a statement confirming the relationship between Prince Harry and 35-year-old Toronto-based actress, Meghan Markle.
After much speculation, on Monday it was confirmed that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are engaged, to be married in May of 2018 at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
So now that the engagement ring is firmly on Meghan's finger, we have questions about what the rules are when it comes to marrying a British royal.
What would it mean for Markle's acting and humanitarian career? Did the Queen need to give her blessing for Prince Harry's marriage? Does it matter that Markle has been married (and divorced) before?
WE HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS.
Well, according to Morgan Evans for Redbook, there are a number of very important things we all need to know about marrying a British royal. And many of them are directly relevant to the likely newest addition to the royal family.
When you adopt a royal title, you can't be referred to as anything else.
There are intricate etiquette rules when it comes to appropriate ways to address a person in the royal family. Officially, royals should be referred to by their full title.
According to royal historians (my favourite career, ever), Markle would take the female version of Prince Harry's name, making her officially Her Royal Highness Princess of Wales.
However, given that William was made a Duke when he was married, royal historian Marlene Koenig believes Harry will be, too.
In that case, Markle would be known as Her Royal Highness Duchess of Sussex.
You can't play monopoly with your in-laws.
Oh. Well Markle must be reeling about this.
There literally is a rule against the royal family playing monopoly.
In 2008, Prince Charles' younger brother, Prince Andre Duke of York, banned the game after it became "too vicious".
I think maybe he has a point.
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When you marry a member of the royal family, you can't be active in politics.
While it might seem counter intuitive, members of the British royal family make a point of separating themselves from politics, and choose not to vote.
Technically, they have the right to vote, but doing so is believed to be unconstitutional, because the royals should be politically neutral. The idea is for them to sit 'above' politics, as to avoid unfairly swaying public opinion.
They're also not allowed to hold public office. This law comes from centuries-old issues in the British monarchy, but the idea is to safeguard royalty from using their unprecedented influence to affect laws and opinion.
Markle, however, has a background of strong political advocacy. She's an ambassador for World Vision Canada, raises awareness of the plight of women in poverty and was a UN advocate for women's political participation and leadership.
Then again, Princess Diana was known for breaking convention when it came to using her influence to promote ideas she was passionate about - and maybe Markle will do the same.
You need the Queen's permission to marry.
Given there are a number of 'traditional' requirements to becoming a royal, many of which are now redundant, marriages are now considered valid as long as the Queen approves.
The Royal Marriages Act of 1772 prohibited royals from marrying commoners, and specified that senior members of the royal families cannot marry someone who has been divorced.
The Queen evidently does not see this as an issue, given she gave permission for Prince Charles to marry Camilla Parker Bowles (who had been previously married) in 2005.
The Queen has also given her blessing for Prince Harry to marry Markle, who's first marriage to producer Trevor Engelson ended in 2013.
The Queen will set the tone for every event you attend.
Royal etiquette is notoriously vague - which makes it incredibly challenging to navigate. But generally, the Queen dictates the tone of every royal event. When she sits, everyone else sits. When she eats, everyone else eats, and when she's finished, everyone else is too.
Family events also require the family to always be in royal ranking order. At weddings, dinners, or any other functions, the royals need to enter in a very strict order, with the Queen leading the way. This then extends to seating arrangements.
So they're the key rules when it comes to marrying a member of the British royal family. We seriously cannot wait for this royal wedding in May.
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ARENA is providing $6 million to help Chargefox develop 21 ultra-rapid charging stations powered by renewable energy for electric vehicles long the major driving routes from Brisbane to Adelaide, including around Sydney and Melbourne, and separately in Western Australia.
The $15 million network is expected to have no more than 200km between stations, which is within the range of current electric vehicles.
The ultra-rapid charge will provide a range of up to 400km in just fifteen minutes, compared to a current charging time of several hours.
The stations will be open to the public and all electric vehicle models currently sold in Australia.
Euroa in Victoria and Barnawartha North, outside Albury Wodonga on the New South Wales-Victorian border, will be the first sites for the charging stations.
The network will help open up interstate travel and regional communities to the potential of electric vehicles.
Electric vehicles have the potential to lower transport costs, enhance fuel security, and increasingly create more sustainable cities with less pollution and better health outcomes for our communities.


Note: All applicants must qualify for Federal Work Study or recipients of Success Scholars Work Study.
Information Technology and Security depends on UT students for computer lab and student help desk operation. Students can choose from three different positions: ITS Help Desk Assistant, ITS Lab Assistant and ITS Lab Technician. Jobs within ITS allow students to work around their class schedules, give them the latest knowledge of software and technology, and help them gain customer service experience.
All employment applications must be submitted to Hire UT. Applicants who are chosen will be contacted via email.
After an ITS student employee is hired, students must participate in the IT in-service orientation and training program.
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In addition to the Regimental Museum, Bodmin has a wide range of attractions including the Courtroom Experience, the Town Museum, Bodmin Jail, and the Bodmin and Wenford Steam Railway.
Just across the road is Bodmin General station, the home base for the Bodmin & Wenford Railway, Cornwall's only standard gauge steam railway. Take a step back in time for an atmospheric 13 miles round trip through idyllic countryside on some of the steepest gradients in Britain.
An interactive visitor attraction based around the trial of Matthew Weeks who stands accused of the murder of Charlotte Dymond. You must act as a member of the jury; watch the trial and based on the evidence presented, cast your vote. Take part in a real slice of Bodmin's history, all led by knowledgeable and friendly guides.
A family-friendly local history museum. Displays include: World War I, a Victorian kitchen, a blacksmith's forge, schools from the 19th century, the old Bodmin priory, and much more. Children's quiz, free entry.
An impressive family visitor attraction. Originally built for King George III in 1779, the Jail you see today was built by its prisoners. During the First World War the Jail held state papers and the Doomsday book and the Crown Jewels have also been given safe haven here.
Details of places to stay, such as B&B's in Bodmin; hotels in Bodmin; cottages in Bodmin and campsites in Bodmin, and things to do in Bodmin such as walking and cycling, or information on Bodmin Moor.
For nearly 500 years, Pencarrow has been the home of the Molesworth-St Aubyn family. The House and Gardens are open to the public (seasonal).
Click below to find walks near Bodmin. 'Bodmin Town Walk' coming soon!


Senior artist Joyce Frances Devlin has lived and worked in the Ottawa region for over forty years, and is known for her abstract collages, tapestry-like patterns, daringly coloured landscapes, and metaphorical paintings of birds, trees, and flowers. Accompanying an exhibition of Devlin's contemporary paintings held at the OAG in 2011, this bilingual publication includes full colour reproductions of the artist's work, along with an artist's statement. Also included is an essay by exhibition curator Catherine Sinclair that contextualizes Devlin's practice within the history of late twentieth-century painting both in Canada and internationally.


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Australian Judge Finds Muslim "Cultural Differences" Valid Excuse for Rape
Rosemary Pennington 2015-09-28
Rosemary Pennington · 28 September, 2015
THE EXCUSES are manifold. Racism, cultural differences, Islamophobia, relativism… but it all ends the same way, with Western writers, artists and thinkers being censored and Western women being subject to Taliban treatment.
This is how it began.
An Afghan refugee would drive from his home in Tullamarine to nightclubs in Frankston late at night searching for drunk, vulnerable young women to prey on, a court was told today.
He would pick them up in his white 1988 Honda Civic and rape them.
The victim was sitting on the footpath behind the 21st Century Dance Club when Esmatullah Sharifi approached her and offered to give her a lift to the Bay Hotel.
She accepted but became anxious and confused when they had been driving for an hour and she saw a road sign saying Sorrento.
Sharifi then pulled over into a dark side street and raped her in the front passenger seat.
"She began to scream and cry out for help," Ms Dalziel said.
"The accused put his left hand over her mouth and his right hand around her neck, restricting her breathing. He said to her, 'I'll take you home after it, I'll give you back your phone as well'.
In the rapist's defense, his lawyer argued that he wasn't at all clear about this whole "Women are human beings" thing.
Mr Regan said Esmatullah Sharifi was uneducated, illiterate, inexperienced in forming relationships with women, and was confused about the nature of consent. He is in Australia on a permanent protected visa.
The judge didn't buy it then, but the usual lefty approach is to just keep appealing until you find a bleeding heart judge who accepts the horrible notion being put forward. And that didn't take very long.
Granting leave to appeal, Court of Appeal Justice Robert Redlich said: "The sentencing judge rejected any suggestion (Esmatullah Sharifi) didn't have a clear concept of consent in sexual relations."
In April last year, a psychologist told the County Court that Sharifi had "an unclear concept of what constitutes consent in sexual relationships" in Australia.
"It proves, in my view, an adequate basis for most grounds of appeal that (Sharifi) wishes to pursue," the judge said.
We're not just dealing with ignorance of the law. We have Western judges setting out the notion that if a Muslim settler in Europe, America or Australia does not understand the concept that women can refuse sexual contact, that this is a mitigating circumstance.
Ms Dalziel said Esmatullah Sharifi claimed he did not have a great understanding of sexual mores in Australia but Judge Mark Dean disagreed.
"These are acts of violence," the judge said. "Serious acts of violence against women, nothing to do with sexual mores. They're brutal acts of violence."
But they do. In Muslim sexual mores, serious acts of violence being committed against women are not a problem because the women do not belong to themselves. They belong to their family.
Islam does not recognize the same concept of individual rights as civilized jurisprudence does. Furthermore Muslims from tribal societies like Afghanistan bring those same tribal attitudes along.
As Australian columnist Andrew Bolt says, quite rightly,
If Afghan men have a culture which leaves them more likely to rape, and our courts have a culture of being more lenient as a consequence, I suggest Australian women have an interest in stopping the boats until we get this sorted out.
And that doesn't just go only for Australia. Stop the boats. Stop the planes. Stop the trains.
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Just another example of why these savages don't belong in a western country, they all have to go home.


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Multiversus Leak reveals the game list WB Super Smash Bros
According to several reports, WB Games is working on a Super Smash Bros – as a platform fighter with WB characters. Initial rumors suggested that the developer behind the project is Netherrealm Studios, the study responsible for injusticia and mortal kombat. However, this has been refuted since then for the latest reports. Unfortunately, none of these reports has been validated with news, information or official media, but some of them have been validated with a new filtration.
The flight comes from the way of Super Smash Bros. Pro, Hungrybox, who took Twitter to share a screenshot of what is said to be the game characters selection screen, which does not only reveal our first look at the game, but filters the following characters: Stephen Universe, Finn And Jake of adventure, Batman, Harley Quinn, Superman, Wonder Woman, Gandalf, Rick, Tom & Jerry, Bugs Bunny and a completely new original character.
If this is the full list of the game, it is a pretty small list, especially compared to games like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. However, it is very possible that this is not the full or final list of the game.
Everyone thought he was lying, huh?
Warner Bros Multiversus
Character selection screen. It seems that there are levels and fighter type icons.
-Stephen Universe.
-Expool
-Batman / Harley Quinn
-Superman / WW
-Gandalf.
-Rick and Morty
-Tom Jerry.
-Bugs Bunny.
-New Char (top left) pic.twitter.com/laywgn4kiv
Hungrybox (@LiquidHbox) October 27, 2021
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