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What Are Naturally Occurring School Lotteries and How Do We Identify Them?
| Rebecca Unterman
This post is one in a series highlighting MDRC's methodological work. Contributors discuss the refinement and practical use of research methods being employed across our organization.
Researchers across disciplines have long taken advantage of natural experiments to study the effects of policies at full scale (one of the first and best-known examples of this being researchers' use of the Vietnam draft lottery to identify the effect of serving in the military on long-term earnings). In the past decade rapid growth in the number of charter schools and school district choice systems has provided education researchers with exciting opportunities to do the same: to use naturally occurring pockets of randomization to rigorously study the effects of policy-relevant education reforms that are already in place, often on a large scale. What's more, this work can often be done quickly and relatively cheaply, relying solely on preexisting administrative records. Finally, when done retrospectively, the design allows for long-term follow-up of student outcomes within a short time frame.
What is a naturally occurring school lottery?
When a lottery is used to decide which students receive the opportunity to attend a school, it can create the conditions for a natural experiment. Because students' school assignment is random, there should be no measurable or unmeasurable differences between the students who win and those who lose the opportunity to attend the school; therefore, any differences in the students' future outcomes can be attributed to the opportunity to attend the school. In other words, researchers can identify the causal effect of the school model on students. Naturally occurring lotteries most often take place within relatively simple school-managed processes or within centrally managed admissions processes.
School-managed admissions
The simplest version of a school lottery occurs when a school independently manages its own assignment process and students (or their parents) submit applications to the school. Based on its mission and any state or federal funding rules, the school may set priorities for groups (such as siblings, or students from a certain geographic area). If more students apply than there are seats available, within its priority groups, the school uses a lottery to randomly choose which students will be offered a seat. MDRC's study of the SEED charter school in Washington, DC, followed this approach.[1]
To use a school-managed lottery, researchers must assess whether the process was truly random and the data are sufficient to be used for an evaluation. In our SEED study we attended the public lottery and observed the process; we also walked through the lottery documentation with school leaders and traced students through the assignment process into enrollment the following fall (and beyond). Ultimately, we tracked the results student by student and verified that at every point the students' lottery results determined whether they were admitted.
It is critical to know how the waiting list is handled by school personnel to determine whether wait-listed students later admitted should be classified as treatment or control group members. If students are placed on the waiting list in random order as a result of the lottery, their admissions offers may be seen as an extension of the lottery process. But if those who lose the lottery must take additional steps to be placed on the waiting list, then wait-list admissions offers may be affected by other student or family characteristics and are no longer randomly determined. In that case, the initial lottery results should be used to determine students' treatment classification, and any post-lottery movement (even via the waiting list) needs to be accounted for in the analysis. Finally, in areas saturated with school options, students may participate in multiple independently run lotteries and may be selected for admission in more than one school. If all data are available, this situation can be addressed analytically. (These analytic issues will be addressed in a future post.)
Centrally managed admissions
Alternatively, a school district may centrally manage all school admissions, and students apply to one or more schools through a district-run process. The district then uses an algorithm that takes student and school preferences into account to make admission decisions across multiple schools. In the case of a nonselective school, the district would not exercise preferences over which students to admit and would rely on a random process. In effect, the algorithm assigns students a random number and uses this to break ties when more students want to go to a school than the school can serve, creating the equivalent of a lottery.
MDRC has built a portfolio of work taking advantage of such randomization to study programs on a large scale. In 2010 Howard Bloom, Saskia Levy Thompson, and I wrote our first report on the Small Schools of Choice project, which used lotteries within the New York City school assignment process to study the effects of a large-scale education reform initiative: a set of about 100 new small high schools created to serve educationally and economically disadvantaged students (Bloom and Unterman, 2014). For Small Schools of Choice, a lottery occurs when the number of eligible students living within the geographic area who have attended a high school open house and want to attend the school is more than the school can serve; eligible students with lower priorities will not be admitted. (MDRC teams have identified similar lotteries for Boston Public Schools prekindergarten programs and New York City career and technical education programs.)
For work involving centrally managed admissions, a fundamental step is to engage with the district and listen to the staff to gain a clear understanding of the assignment rules. Afterward, researchers must carefully check that understanding with patterns in the assignment data. Once they are certain they understand the process, researchers can deduce where pockets of randomization have occurred. Thus, the practice of identifying naturally occurring lotteries involves both a theoretical understanding of the assignment process and an empirical review of the data. A final check of the lottery's internal validity is done by comparing the baseline characteristics of students who won and who lost the opportunity to attend the school, to ensure they do not differ systematically.
Once such lotteries are identified, the analysis proceeds as it would in any other multisite randomized controlled trial. However, the lottery identification process (and resulting sample) bring to the foreground a few methodological issues: Statistical power may be weaker than anticipated because of many small lotteries or because of skewed treatment-control group ratios (for example, if a school is very popular, a large number of students may compete for a small number of seats). Compliance may be imperfect if many students who win admission do not attend a school and students who do not win admission attend anyway (via subsequent steps in the assignment process). And if the oversubscribed priority group does not represent the majority of students attending the school or the sample selection process after school assignment is opaque, the generalizability of the findings may be constrained. These issues will be the subject of a future post.
[1] Other examples are the nationwide study of KIPP Charter Schools, a study of New York City's Harlem Children's Zone model, and the impact of Early College High Schools.
Reflections on Methodology
Going Away to School
An Evaluation of SEED DC
New York City Small Schools of Choice Evaluation

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Are you feeling stumped on what you might be cooking for the Holidays? Well you have come to the right place. Here are some recipes that I share with my family and now you can share them with your family too !
*Each recipe can feed 4-6 people!
Bake the jiffy mix according to the directions on the box.
Tear the toast by hand or your can cut it to your preference.
Chop your onion and celery, then combine all of the dry ingredients to a bowl.
Pour the stuffing mix into a casserole dish and top the stuffing with the butter and chicken broth.
Bake the stuffing for 30-45 mins at 350*F.
Boil the pasta for 5 -10 mins. Strain pasta and toss with butter, then add the cheeses & paprika. Add ingredients to a casserole dish and pour the milk over pasta mixture.
Bake the Mac n' Cheese for 30-40 mins at 350F.
Bake sweet potatoes in the oven for 1-1.5 hours at 400*F. When the potatoes cool peel the skin from the potatoes and mash them. After you have mashed the potatoes add the butter and the rest of the unused ingredients. Pour the pie mixture into the shells. Bake the pies at 325 F for 23-30 mins until firm.
Purchased a pre-sliced ham and scorn the ham. Put the cloves in the ham at the intersecting points of the scoring. Mix the honey and brown sugar in a bowl, then pour the honey mixture over the ham. Lastly, add the pineapple slices to the ham and hold in place with toothpicks.
*Place in crock pot for 2-3 hours on low.
*Bake in oven fully cover with foil for 1-1.15 hours at 325 *F. Baste the ham every 20 mins.
Blend together the ingredients except the fruit filling. Then add the mixture to the pie shell. Make sure that mixture is smooth and flat then top cheesecake with your desired fruit filling. Lastly, put it in the refrigerator to set for up 2 hours.
*Add of the ingredients to your crock pot and cook for 1-2 hours on high.
*Another homemade meatball recipe is to use fresh ground turkey or ground beef, then season with Italian seasoning and salt & pepper to taste. Add 2 eggs and 1 cup of Panko bread crumbs. Form the mixture into small balls(I use a cookie dough scoop). Bake in the oven for 30 mins at 350*F until brown,then put the meatballs in the Crock pot and BBQ sauce and grape jelly.
I really hope that these recipes find you well and that it makes your tummy as happy as it makes my family.


Maybe not. I've written about the question of college for everyone elsewhere.
2 – How do we improve the job prospects for young adults who will not get a college degree but are willing and able to receive vocational training?
Surely improving the economy overall will help young adults without college degrees, as a rising tide lifts many boats, but how can these young adults be better prepared to enter the labor market even when the economy isn't booming? Even during recessions, there are decent jobs that go unfilled due to a lack of qualified applicants. How can education and industry leaders work together more closely to target high-demand occupations that pay good salaries and formalize pathways into jobs in these sectors? Countries like Austria, Germany, and the United Kingdom are achieving good success with vocational training, apprenticeship programs and placements for their young adults in industries as varied as nursing, information technology, and advanced manufacturing. There certainly seems to be untapped potential for the United States to follow in their footsteps….
Looking at earnings impacts during the first 2.5 years after exiting [an apprenticeship] program, [Kevin Hollenbeck] estimated that the net social benefits to apprenticeship were about $50,000 per apprentice, far more than minimal gains accruing to community college students and WIA trainees. In other words, it takes little time for a significant payoff to apprenticeship training to accrue to the worker and society at large. On a lifetime basis, Hollenbeck projects the present value of earnings gains less costs at $269,000 per apprentice, compared to $96,000-$123,000 per community college attendee, and about $40,000 per WIA trainee.
We need to bring the VoTech and OO programs—updated to today's technologies and business needs—back into our high schools, including public, private, parochial, charter, and make all of these programs voucher-accessible to the extent the programs are not already.
The UI report is well worth reading in its entirety, as is the Knot Yet report for its separate, main subject.
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As you're making your list for what you hope Santa Claus will be bringing you this year, here are a few tech gadgets and goodies that you might want to include. I've also got a few suggestions for the important people in your life, in case you're stuck for what to get them this holiday season. Happy tech!
Children and teens will love the features of the JBuddies Studio Headphones. Designed for ages 6 to 16, these can save you from having to hear the latest Disney song one more time or the "music" that your teen is currently into. They are volume limited (to 85db) to prevent hearing damage and come in a variety of colors, which will make your older child happy. The cable is tangle free (great for the younger kids) and they fold when not in use for easier transportation. They are also guaranteed for life. At just $19.99, they are a great deal.
Get your young children started on a career in STEM with the Cubetto Playset Coding Toy. Designed for ages 3 and up, children help Cubetto, a wooden robot, navigate a magical world by writing their first programs using hands-on coding blocks. If you're worried about your children having too much screen time, Cubetto is perfect for you as there is no screen. This device is such fun that kids won't even know that they are learning while playing. It is pricey at $225.95, but well worth the cost.
Encourage the artist in your child with the 3D Printing Pen for Kids. Designed to be safely used by kids 8 and up, the pen comes with a random selection of three different filaments. Besides encouraging their creative side, the device also reinforces spatial thinking, planning and organization, attention to detail, a DIY spirit, and hand/eye coordination. It is priced at $39.99.
If you have a toddler investigating things around your house, then you'll want to get several SnapPower Safe Lights. The Safe Light is an easy-to-install wall replacement switch that not only childproofs, but also adds illumination so you don't need to take up one of the outlets with a nightlight. It doesn't require any batteries. They are available in white, ivory, or light almond. You can get one of these for $16.95 or a pack of four for $60.95.
If your favorite guy is always trailing cords and plugs with his gadgets, then think about getting him the stylish but manly Stud Satchel. This shoulder bag is perfect for carrying all of his tech, but doesn't look like a lady's purse. Available in olive or navy (very manly colors!), the bag can even be personalized with up to eight letters at no additional charge. It's big enough to hold a small laptop or Chromebook, but not so large that it's cumbersome. With lots of compartments and pockets, both a handle and an adjustable shoulder carrying strap, and made out of canvas and leather, your brother/significant other/father/male friend will love it. It's priced at $49.99.
Don't forget about your canine companion this Christmas. He will absolutely love the Furbo Dog Camera. With two-way audio and a WiFi pet camera, you can check in on your pal while you're at work with the free Android/iOS app. And what makes it especially fun is that you can fill it with over 100 pieces of your dog's favorite treats and the device will let you toss them to him. At $169.95, this is an expensive gift for your pet. But you can't put a price on love!
One of my new favorite gadgets for learning is the QBall. This is a throwable microphone system that connects to the teacher's audio system, whether that's an expensive one or just a set of computer speakers. It gives every student in your classroom a voice and ensures that what each one says can be heard by all of the others. Since it's made of light, durable foam, it can take a beating. And the microphone automatically shuts off while "in flight" so you don't get any thumps or bumps over the speakers. It's priced at $179, but there are discounts for bulk purchases. And they will accept purchase orders.
If your students are using any kind of devices in your classroom, then you know that dirty screens are rampant. Purchase these Buff Quick Cloths and you can help them keep their screens clean. Priced at $5.98 for two, these microfiber cloths are washable and come in four great designs.
Kick up your heels or just look stylish with the new Gemio Smart Band. This customizable bracelet (for both men and women) has LED technology that creates millions of colors and endless light effects as it responds to music, movement, and the people around you. Snap-on Tiles let you change the band's look in an instant and it's rechargeable. A basic set starts at just $11.99.
Make holding your device easier and more comfortable with the PopSocket Expanding Stand and Grip. This simple tool works on smartphones and tablets of any brand and will help ensure you never drop your tech again. It comes in a wide variety of stylish colors and folds to a very compact size when not in use. And at less than $9.00, it's a bargain!
You can never have enough power unless you have the Anker PowerCore 10000. This small (smaller than a deck of cards) external battery will charge any device up to three times before it must be plugged in. Priced at just $25.99, it's perfect for carrying with you every day to ensure your device can go the distance.
Add the power of augmented reality to your car while driving with the Navdy Windshield Projected Navigation system. Thedevice, which can be installed into any car, allows you to stay connected while driving with maps, calls, messages, music, and car information projected directly in front of you using AR. The image is completely visible even in direct sunlight. The system is priced at $399.99, but you're worth it!
Of course, in my opinion, the very best possible Christmas present for any educator is a one-year membership in TCEA, filled with all of the professional learning, networking, and resources possible. And it's just $49!
Regardless of the gifts you give or receive, TCEA wishes each of you a very wonderful holiday season!
For Meghan Trainor, it's all about the bass, but I think it's all about makin' it merry with animated GIFs! My colleague Miguel Guhlin inspired me and then taught me how to create an animated GIF. Check out my second ever GIF above with the holiday theme.
I made my first animated GIF for Twitter. It showcased our wonderful presenters for the November TCEA Campus Technology Specialist Academy. I must say, I was quite jazzed at the result. I then put on my educator hat and wondered how could this be used in school. It could easily morph into a makerspace, a holiday art project, or a technology integration lesson.
I changed the coloring of the lights and switched out the word "Happy" for "Holidays," but used the same text box. *You do not want to change the alignment of the text.
This will save the three slides as a .png. Be patient on this part. (It takes a little bit of time to make the magic work.
2. Click on the blue link to open up the folder in your Google Drive.
3.Download this file. On my Mac, it downloaded it as a zipped folder. I put it on my desktop and double-clicked on it to unzip it.
View the GIF or Download the GIF. But you don't really need to view it because you can see it in the control panel.
Elf Yourself Special note: Fun to create, but the cost to save your song is $1.99.
Make a Digital Breakout or try The Merry Merry Digital Breakout here.
Don't forget to join TCEA for our live virtual chat with Santa on Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. CDT.
As chill breezes cool their mornings, teachers' hearts warm in anticipation of the holidays. Tap into children's excitement about their special holiday by using the resources below to electrify your lesson planning efforts.
A Colonial Christmas in Williamsburg: Acquaint students with how holidays differ today from the past.
Holidays Around the World: Use the ten activities featured to help students learn about customs of the season in various cultures. Items are organized by grade level.
Analyzing A Christmas Carol: Use resources offered to analyze Charles Dickens' classic tale. Or see how one theater company puts together this famous holiday story.
Elf Yourself: Create an elf video with up to four friends. Upload a photo or use your webcam to import pictures of their faces. You will all soon appear as cheery elves dancing up a storm.
Portable North Pole: With a sprig of information, you can have this site create a customized video. You will receive a link you can share.
Trading Card Creator: Studying a holiday tradition, person, or event? Students can create an informational card, whether for fictional or real person, place, or object. When complete, they save it as a PDF and/or email it.
Celebrate Winter Holidays: Christmas: Learn to make no-bake Christmas tree ornaments, decorate a tree, and more at this site from Scholastic.
Santa Tracker: Follow Santa on the web or via the free Android app. You can also see where Santa is with the NORAD Santa Tracker.
Decorate Holiday Sheep with Google Slides: Let students practice their Slides skills as they decorate sheep for the season. Be sure to first Make a Copy of the slide before letting them begin.
Special Delivery: View this amazing Christmas video made by the Academy Award-winning studio, Aardman Animations (creators of Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep) using your Google Cardboard for 360 degree viewing.
Christmas Fun: This Google Site has lots of different resources, including apps, games, printables, SMART notebook files, tree decorating, and more.
And don't forget to join TCEA for our live Virtual Chat with Santa on December 12, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. CDT.
Celebrate Winter Holidays: Hanukkah: Scholastic provides this site where students can learn about the holiday, make their own dreidel, and light the menorah.
All About Hanukkah: There are a ton of resources, including some Hanukkah music to listen to, at this website.
Play the Dreidel Game: This is an online version of the game for one or two players.
Hanukkah Word Search: Add this extension to Chrome and your students can complete several word searches with Hanukkah vocabulary words.
Create Your Own Menorah: Use Google Drawings or the free iOS app Doodle Buddy to have your students create their own menorah drawings.
Celebrate Winter Holidays: Kwanzaa: Students can learn the basics about Kwanzaa, light the Kinara, send a traditional Kwanzaa greeting, and more at this site from Scholastic.
Kwanzaa: The History Channel offers this excellent article for older students on the history and meaning of Kwanzaa.
Kwanzaa Lesson Plan: This lesson plan for students in grades 4-9 has lots of different cross-curricular activities included with it.
Seven African Folktales for Kwanzaa: These text-only tales would be a great starting point for students learning about Kwanzaa. After reading them, ask students to illustrate the stories.
The Gift of Holiday Traditions: Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, and Christmas: This excellent lesson from EdSitement takes a look at all three winter holidays through the lens of gift giving.
Wintertime Magnetic Poetry Template: Make a copy of this Google Drawings template and have your students create poetry using words related to Christmas, Hanukkah, snow, sledding, and much more.
Build a Snowman with Google Slides: This is a wonderful activity that can be carried well into January and February.
Before students leave for their winter break, give them time to set their own resolutions for 2017 using any technology tool, website, or app that they have access to. Encourage them to share these with someone else for accountability (family member or another student) and to craft a plan of how they will accomplish their goals in the new year. You might even want to share one of your resolutions with them.
Don't let the holidays slip up on you unaware! Take the opportunity to deepen students' understanding of the role holidays play in our lives.
This blog was updated on December 20, 2016 with additional resources.
Star Wars R2-D2 Bluetooth Speakerphone ($20) – Show off your Star Wars enthusiasm while listening to music and podcasts. It pairs with Bluetooth®-enabled devices (2.1) and it plays movie sound clips when the device is switched on, when pairing is completed, and when turned off.
Cocoon Grid It Organizer ($17) – Use this chic but manly carryall to hold all of your cables, flash drives, dongles, and tools.
No Place Like 127.0.0.1 Non-slip Doormats ($17) – You know geeks are welcomed when you arrived to the office or home that has this doormat. While others may look at it and scratch their head, you'll be able to quickly identify someone's geekiness when they react to this unique welcome mat.
Circuit Board Ring ($22) – Be fashionable and resourceful by wearing a stylish ring handmade from real computer circuit boards. There are seven colors to choose from, so you are not stuck with the traditional green circuit board.
SnapPower USB Charger – Outlet Coverplate ($22) – Just like you can't have enough power outlets, you can never have enough USB charging outlets. This gadget can help add more USB convenience to outlets that you are frequently around without sacrificing the outlets themselves. Simply take off your current outlet faceplate and pop this one on to extend the capabilities of the outlet.
Fidget Cube($22) – If your IT person is always clicking a pen obsessively while listening, strumming their fingers on the desk while an update downloads, or making other distracting movements, you might consider the Fidget Cube as the perfect gift. This clever device allows them to satisfy their fidgeting while not being distracting to those around. If it is your office mate that fidgets, this may help save the relationship so you can still be friends.
TrackR ($30) – With a TrackR device on your keychain and another on your phone (or anything you frequently lose), you'll always know where it is. Consider purchasing in quantity to get discounts.
Circuit Board Tie ($30) – Nothing shouts geek more than having attire that matches your hardware. Don your circuit board tie and let everyone know that you are the IT guy with all the answers. For just five dollars more, you can get the more gentlemanly bowtie which comes in black or green, each with gold and silver circuitry.
Classic Pro Tech Toolkit ($65) – This toolkit has everything that an IT technician could dream of. It is fitted with tools based on data from thousands of tech repair guides. For just five dollars more, you can get the iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit – Government-Issue Edition used by both FBI and CIA.
16" Drifter II Laptop Backpack ($70) – IT guys/gals are known for having all the right gadgets, dongles, and cables so they are never left in the lurch. They'll thank you for this great backpack so they can visit campuses and admin offices while easily carrying all their "necessities." If you are looking for something even more impressive (i.e. expensive), then look no further than the Tumi Alpha Bravo Knox Backpack which will only set you back $365.
Kymera Magic Wand Remote Control ($99) – IT geeks who like control may find this magic wand remote control right up their alley. Compatible with most home electronics, they can teach their wand up to 13 infrared remote control codes. While it won't make their problems vanish, it might just make their day more enjoyable.
Spire Mindfulness and Activity Tracker ($99) – Sometimes being in IT can be pretty hectic. Whether is it a virus that is running rampant throughout the district or another technical crisis, it is easy get worked up and tense. The Spire tracks your breathing and provides feedback to remind you when you need to just take a deep breath and realize it's all going to be okay. Works with both iPhone and Android.
Intel Compute Stick (Core m3) ($120) – Enjoy the features of a full computer on a stick. Just plug directly into an HDMI port on a monitor or TV and enjoy doing your work in Windows 10. It even includes three USB 3.0 ports to accommodate your keyboard, mouse, etc.
Estream ($180) – Does your IT person like the great outdoors, but finds they are always tethered to their phone in case anything in the district goes wrong after hours? If so, they could use an extra battery or solar power to recharge their phone, but that is so last year. Water power is the new clean source for recharging devices. The Estream is a portable water-powered generator that fits into your backpack. The Estream is expected to start shipping in March 2017, which is perfect time to plan hiking, camping, and other outdoor adventures.
Segway miniPRO ($600) – What IT guy or gal wouldn't enjoy zipping around on their own Segway? Be sure they install the mobile app so they can get the fullest experience including remote control operations, customizable lights, and speed control,…oh, and anti-theft alarm.
What gadgets and and devices have you found that any ed tech enthusiast would enjoy? We'd love to hear your ideas!
If you've been good this past year, then you are probably busy creating a wishlist of what you hope Santa Claus (or one of his human helpers) will bring you this holiday season. Here are some ideas for tech gadgets that the TCEA staff recommends you add to your list.
Amazon Echo – If you have an Amazon Prime account (and why wouldn't you?), then you really need an Echo. The Echo is a cylinder that connects to your home WiFi and can change your life. It is voice-activated and it really works (unlike other voice-activated services). You can ask it to play music through its amazing speakers, give you the weather, turn off your lights, create a shopping list, research a topic on the web, play games, tell you a joke, give you the latest news and sports scores, and so much more. And the Echo has new features added to it weekly. I love this device so much that I have now purchased two of them for my home. The Echo is $179.
Tile – Do you constantly lose your keys or your wallet or your remote control? Tile (Gen 2) solves that problem. It is a quarter-sized device that can be fastened to any item.Then you use the companion app to find whatever the device is attached to. You can set the app to alert you when you venture too far from the item and can also use it to find your phone, even if it is on silent. It works with both iOS and Android and is available for $25. A four-pack is $70.
Koala Tablet Wall Mount Dock – If you own a tablet and spend time watching movies or TV shows on it, you realize how heavy it can get after a while. The solution is this amazing dock. It uses damage-free 3M Command adhesive strips for mounting, allowing you to place it virtually anywhere in your home without screws or nails. It works on iOS and Android devices and is only $15.
Satechi LightMate Emergency LED Flashlight – I keep one of these handy gadgets in the trunk of my car in case of problems. It is a long-distance, super-bright, LED flashlight and contains a 2200mAh portable power bank with a USB charging port and cable for emergency cell phone charging. It's also waterproof and highly durable. It is $30.
Flux Capacitor USB Car Charger – Go back to the future and keep your devices charged with this fun car accessory. With its two ports, you can charge two devices simultaneously and look cool while doing it. The capacitor is $25.
View-Master Virtual Reality Starter Pack – Remember looking at slides from around the world with your plastic View-Master? Well, the View-Master has now gone 3D and is even more fun. Download the free virtual reality app, drop in a smartphone, and you will instantly be transported somewhere else. The Starter Pack, which costs $25, includes one preview reel, but additional sets can be ordered for just $25 more. And the app will provide lots of views at no cost.
Petzi Treat Cam – If you worry about your pets while you're at school, this WiFi pet camera and treat dispenser is for you. The audio link allows you to talk to your pet and make sure it's behaving. If it is, you can give it a treat. The camera unit is $169.
Logitech Bluetooth Multi-Device Keyboard – This wireless keyboard works with any device, including smartphones and tablets, and is just $45.
Dancing LED Water Speakers – Hook these beautiful 9″ tall speakers up to any device with an audio jack and watch the show as the fountain spray increases with the volume of the music and the beat. With four colors, these two speakers are $30.
Gemio Friendship Bracelet – Purchase one of these stylish bracelets and anytime one of your BFFs is nearby, custom "light tones" will appear and you can send private messages between the bracelets. You can also set the bracelet to flash to the beat of the music. This truly is "high-tech jewelry for the connected generation" and you can have one yourself starting at $80.
Looking for some fun holiday websites for your students? Here are a few of our favorites, both old and new.
Grinch-mas is a new holiday tradition inspired by Dr. Seuss's classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Grinch-mas encourages readers to "grow your heart three sizes" through the celebration of family reading, giving from the heart, and community spirit. National Grinch Day, on December 1, will kick-start the 25 Days of Grinch-mas. During this time, bookstores and local retailers all over the country will be hosting Grinch-mas events that will incorporate holiday storytimes for families with opportunities for kids to win prizes for doing good deeds throughout the month of December. It might be too late to join in this year, but the website includes print-color-create activities, clips to watch, and games to play.
Watch Santa feed two of his reindeer during this holiday time.
This easy-to-use website allows you to virtually cut folded paper and preview the snowflake. Whether you have students create a flake and then write a story of the flake's travels or whether you have them incorporate specific mathematical features (rhombus, trapezoid, triangle, etc.), this site will be a fun start.
This site offers a super quick activity where you choose a holiday theme: Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or winter. Next, the user selects one of four holiday did-you-know trivia to include on the eCard. All that is needed to send the card is your name and the receiver's name and email address.
Mad Libs is a phrasal template word game where specific parts of speech are substituted for blanks in a story and then read out loud. A little history on Mad Libs: 110+ million copies of Mad Libs books have been sold since the series was first published in 1958. This site has some fun holiday-themed Mad Libs your students are sure to enjoy.
Here you'll find the lyrics to popular Christmas songs and carols. The Grinch Theme, of course, is included.
Links to the full stories.
For even more resources, check out the TCEA Lunch and Learn Webinar for members on K-5 holiday lessons.


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DPF OPERATIONS
Compensation payments
Information on compensation payments
Compensation payments archive
Bankruptcy proceedings
Archive of bankruptcy proceedings against banks
Deposit protection system members
Deposit Protection Fund bodies
Deposit Protection Fund Organisational structure
EFDI – European Forum of Deposit Insurers
Multilateral agreement
In 2000 – 2004, the Deposit Protection Fund fulfilled its legal obligation to pay compensation for inaccessible deposits in four banks with inaccessible deposits, namely in AG Bank, a.s., Slovenská kreditná banka, a.s., Dopravná banka, a.s. and Devín banka, a.s., which were declared insolvent by the National Bank of Slovakia.
Overview of paid out compensation for inaccessible deposits
AG Banka, a.s.
Date of declaration of the bank as unable to pay out deposits
Disbursing bank
Slovenská sporiteľňa, a.s.
Period for payment of compensation for inaccessible deposits
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10,306.71 € (310,500 Sk)
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Total amount of compensation paid
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Všeobecná úverová banka, a.s.
143,320,588.80 €
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Getting Started With Writing, Part XXXII
(con't from Part XXXI)
As we're traveling the highway noticing the scenery a first glance might cause us to miss something really worthy of our attention.
In a situation like this our aesthetic sense seems to tell us that what we've just noticed really deserves another look.
It's like a little alarm bell goes off inside us to warn us to spend a little more time with it so we don't miss out -- as if a warning sign were posted on the road (photo) for our own good that we should make a "U" turn and go back to fully experience and appreciate what we've just been exposed to.
A glance at our own catalog of compositions might offer us a suggestion in this respect: we might go back and have another look at a Fugue we've already written, turn it's subject around (invert it), and see if it makes another good line.
A good fugue subject (or countersubject) can be expected to sound good when turned upside-down also [See blog, Inversions].
We might then take that inverted subject and create an entirely new Fugue with it, perhaps by enlarging it slightly by including an excursion into an unrelated key in addition to all 5 related keys; then, after that new Fugue is written, we might use one of its countersubjects to build a related Prelude to be paired with it.
Building a second Fugue by inverting another Fugue's subject brings to mind some of what J.S. Bach illustrated when he penned his monumental work to which his sons, after his death, attached the title "The Art Of Fugue."
It's a fascinating trick if the opportunity lends itself and one that will lead us to make many interesting and rewarding discoveries in composition if we just have the courage and will to give it a try.
When the Prelude is supplied with just one theme, it can be worked easily enough, once again, in the 6-part improvisational form that Louis Vierne taught his students to use for improvisation on a single free theme [See blog, Learning By Example, Getting Started With Writing, Part XXXI].
This was the scheme employed in the score of the b minor Op. 26 Prelude & Fugue; it's Fugue subject is the preceding Op. 25 Fugue subject in inverted form.
It will help to download and print a copy of this score as this narrative is followed:
The Prelude begins with a 2 bar introduction, adding voice by voice until a 4 voice texture is reached in the 3rd bar which presents the theme in the top line; this theme is 7 bars long, harmonized in 4 parts, and ends in a perfect cadence in the home key of b minor.
The 2nd section, or bridge (Fr. "pont"), connects this 1st exposition of the theme with the 2nd exposition; this bridge need not be longer than 6 bars and generally works well when made up of 2 equal phrases each 3 bars long, the last of which points to the key of the 2nd exposition.
The 2nd exposition is supposed to be in a different key than the home key; the key selected is often the dominant but it could be the relative or some other related key; other less closely related keys might also be used for this if a smooth modulation to them can be made; the Op. 5 and Op. 25 Preludes are examples of this [See menu bar, Free Stuff].
Here the theme reenters in the dominant key, this time in the alto line, and is harmonized again in 4 parts, ending in a perfect cadence in the dominant key.
The 4th or development section takes a bar or two from the theme and works it rhythmically and harmonically for about 20 bars or so before coming to a stop; in this section bits of thematic material undergo excursions through a series of distant keys (A Major, C Major, Eb Major, Db Major, E Major) and arrive finally at a held Ab Major chord.
A length of 20 bars for the development section is merely an arbitrary choice, a compression or shortening of what Vierne generally recommended; extremely shortened, truncated developments sound like they're over with before they've started, whereas very long, tedious developments run the risk of dwarfing the other sections of this form to where the sense of architecture of the piece tends to get lost; a middle ground of around 20 bars, which represents roughly 1/3 of the Prelude, seems to be a reasonable compromise.
How this development section makes its various twists and turns is facilitated by employing sequences [See blog, Sequencing] and is only limited by the composer's imagination; no matter how far afield the music travels away from the home key, a smooth return to the home key can be created in the preparation for the reentry which follows.
The 5th section, then, performs this function, and is the preparation for the reentry; this portion need not be any longer than 4 bars and works well when made up of 2 phrases each 2 bars long ending on the dominant chord which points to the home key.
Here the decision was made to employ some altered chords (dominant 7ths with raised or flatted 5ths) to create a smoother transition to the final entry of the theme with its chromatic harmony.
Some may find it more helpful, in settling on the exact harmony for this preparation, to first work it at the keys of the instrument as one would an improvisation, then go back and commit it to notation; we are employing here, after all, a system for improvising on a single free theme, and when the Prelude is finished in this form it should, after all, sound like an improvisation.
The final or 6th section is the reentry of the theme which typically, but not always, appears in the top line; here, In this example, the theme reenters in the soprano but instead of returning to the bright but somber home key of b minor the theme is worked in the luminous parallel key of B Major and harmonized chromatically, ending very softly, very quietly, in the radiant tonality of this key using a plagal cadence.
The Fugue subject enters first in the alto line of the home key of b minor; it starts on scale degree 5.
Many theorists teach that any fugue subject that begins on scale degree 5, or features 5 prominently in the beginning, will result in a tonal answer, because 5 must be adjusted in the transposition to begin a 4th higher, on scale degree 1, rather than on 2; then, following the adjustment, the notes of the answer are 5th transpositions of the subject; a real answer will occur when scale degree 5 does NOT appear prominently near the subject's beginning.
But here, instead of a tonal answer (which is expected, since the subject starts on the 5th scale degree) we find a REAL answer supplied ... in the tenor, in the subdominant.
Why is this answer real and not tonal? ... because here the 1st and 3rd quick notes of the countersubject make consonant harmony with the 1st long note of the subject which is being held on the 5th scale degree at the same time; the intervening 2nd quick note of the countersubject forms a major 2nd very briefly with the held note of the subject ... this interval is dissonant all by itself, but here the ear accepts it as a tolerable passing tone between the 2 notes on both sides of it.
Thus a real answer is pleasing overall to the ear and the listener does not sense an unprepared dissonance.
There's a lesson in this: a tonal answer DOES NOT always have to be supplied for a fugue subject which begins on the 5th scale degree, as some theorists insist; a great many of such subjects demand a tonal answer, but not all of them, not 100 per cent of the time.
Since the subject begins on the 5th scale degree, the answer, in compliance with common practice [See blog, Getting Started With Writing, Part XX], begins on the 1st scale degree, which necessitates e minor (the subdominant) as the key for the answer; a short transition (called a codetta, interlude, or link) of 2 additional bars are then inserted to produce a smooth return to the home key for the 3rd entry.
The 3rd entry then appears in the soprano as the 1st countersubject enters in the tenor and the 2nd countersubject in the alto;
The 4th entry is then in the bass, returning to the subdominant; here the 1st countersubject moves to the soprano and the 2nd countersubject to the tenor, with a free voice added to the alto, as expected, to complete the exposition in a 4 part texture.
The music then passes through a series of entries in A Major, f# minor, a minor, D Major, e minor, G Major, and a final entry in b minor; these various entries are separated by modulating episodes each 4 bars in length employing sequences built upon fragments of the subject or countersubjects and their inversions.
In the final entry the subject enters in the top line and undergoes imitation 2 bars later in the bass.
A coda of 5 bars follows in which the head of the subject is segmented in the bass voice; the final cadence is unusual in that the penultimate chord is a dominant 7th with a sharpened 5th; the 7th of this dominant chord also resolves unexpectedly upward to the 5th scale degree instead of downward to the 3rd.
The music finishes in 10 voices employing an inverted pedal point for the right hand; the final tonic chord has an added 6th, a double raised (Picardy) 3rd, and double pedal reiterated twice in spread harmony for both hands with the full power of the organ employing an added 6th and double pedal.
This piece and the a minor Op. 25 Prelude and Fugue which precedes it chronologically share the same subject; that subject is inverted in Op. 26 and will repay careful study.
(con't in Part XXXIII)


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Propolis is a bee product that is made when honey bees collect resinous material from the leaves and bark of plants. This resinous material is then subsequently mixed with beeswax and enzymes to produce propolis. Because the propolis is mainly of plant origin it is not surprising that it contains a large range of phytochemical compounds. Propolis is safe for consumption by humans and is composed of around 50 % wax and 50 % other components including essential oils, pollen, and a range of polyphenols that can account for as much as 58 % of the non-wax constituents of the propolis. If the extract is concentrated during manufacture, the final non-wax component of the propolis may contain up to 78 % polyphenols. Of the polyphenols in propolis, about 20 % are flavonoids, with other polyphenols present including a range of phenolic acids and lignins. Propolis also contains phenolic acids, phenolic aldehydes, phenols and their esters, ketophenols, coumarins, terpenes, vitamin, mineral, proteins, amino acids and sugars.
Studies have investigated the effects of propolis on the activity of enzyme monoamine oxidase (MAO). This enzyme is able to breakdown the monoamine neurotransmitters noradrenaline, dopamine and serotonin. Propolis is able to significantly inhibit the activity of monoamine oxidase, suggesting that this may be one of the mechanisms by which it is able to cause mood changes in mammals. The propolis also showed significant antioxidant effects and this was likely due to the high content of phenolic acids in the samples.
Evidence suggests that propolis may have beneficial effects against certain mood disorders. For example, in one study, the effects of propolis essential oil was investigated in mice. Mice were administered propolis essential oil and subsequently exposed to experimental stress. The propolis essential oil was effective at decreasing anxious behaviour in the mice, but did not appear to cause sedation in the mice. The researchers also observed a significant fall in the blood cortisol levels of the mice suggesting that the stress response was blunted. In addition, the levels of lipid peroxides fell significantly and at the same time levels of the antioxidant enzyme superoxide dismutase rose significantly in the blood of the mice. This suggests that a significant antioxidant effect was conferred by the propolis. Polyphenols have been shown previously to confer beneficial mood elevating and antioxidant effects on animals and humans, and so the high polyphenol content of the propolis may have been responsible for the effects seen in this study.
Yellow propolis is one type of propolis obtained from Brazil that is rich in triterpenoids, primarily lupeol and 𝛽-amyrin (representing 44.8 % and 13.6 % of the total composition of the extract, respectively). In addition, yellow propolis contains prenylated 𝑝-coumaric acids, acetophenone derivatives, lignans, other phenolic compounds, and diterpenes and other triterpenes. One study investigated the effects of yellow propolis in rats exposed to experimental stress. The results of the study showed that there were anxiolytic and antidepressant effects conferred on the rats by consumption of the yellow propolis. In some cases the behavioural changes were similar to those seen with the benzodiazepine drug diazepam.
In another study researcher investigated the effects of an extract of propolis on the mood of rats exposed to experimental conditions designed to produce anxiety and depression in the rats. The results of the study showed that the propolis extract was able to significantly decrease both the anxious and depressive behaviour displayed by the rats. Further, the rats administered propolis extract had significantly improved antioxidant status compared to control rats. Propolis contains a number of phenolic acids and derivatives including a component called caffeic acid phenyl ester (CAPE). Researchers have investigated the effects of caffeic acid phenyl ester on the behaviour of mice exposed to experimental stress. The results showed that caffeic acid phenyl ester conferred a resistance to stress on the mice, and also decreased both anxious and depressive behaviour. In addition, the caffeic acid phenyl ester also attenuated changes to cellular signalling in neurones, that had occurred as a result of the elevated stress.
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December 19, 2017 / Comedy
The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962)
Charlton Heston stars as an American soldier behind Italian lines in World War II. In order to communicate German movements to the Allies, he uses carrier pigeons fitted with messages. As he grows more and more in love with the daughter of the family he stays with, the father accidentally feeds the pigeons to his family for Easter Dinner.
WATCH HEREThe Pigeon That Took Rome (1962)
The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942)
In this WW II spy comedy, an American pilot stationed in England is flying a routine mission when the Nazis shoot down his plane. He ends up seeking shelter in the home of an unhappily married Dutch woman. She covers for the pilot by introducing him as her mentally unbalanced but basically harmless husband. A Nazi major has taken over her home, and mayhem ensues when he and her "husband" meet.
WATCH HEREThe Wife Takes a Flyer (1942)
Un borghese piccolo piccolo (1977) AKA An Average Little Man
Giovanni Vivaldi is an average middle-aged man with a secure job as a government accountant. He wishes nothing more than to set up his only son Mario, his biggest pride in the world, with the same secure government job before he eventually retires. For this, Giovanni will stop at nothing.
WATCH HEREUn borghese piccolo piccolo (1977) AKA An Average Little Man
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968)
A housewife, bored with her bra-manufacturer husband, who spends most of his time obsessed with classical music, strikes up an affair with one of his employees whom she hides in the attic–something both she and the lover find quite a suitable arrangement.
WATCH HEREThe Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968)
That Certain Feeling (1956)
When Larry Larkin's comic strip needs some freshening up, he calls in ghost-writer Francis X. Dignan to help him with the strip. Things get complicated when Francis rekindles his love for his ex-wife, who happens to be Larkin's secretary and soon-to-be wife.
WATCH HEREThat Certain Feeling (1956)
Suddenly, It's Spring (1947)
A post-WWII romantic comedy that explores the effects of the war on American marriage, this film stars Fred MacMurray and Paulette Goddard as Peter and Mary Morley, a pair of constantly fighting attorneys. They are on the verge of breaking up their marriage when the war breaks out.
WATCH HERESuddenly, It's Spring (1947)
Stuckey's Last Stand (1980)
In this adolescent-oriented comedy, a head camp counselor is traumatized after he and his staff take their nine-year-old campers out for a little nature hike.
WATCH HEREStuckey's Last Stand (1980)
Sorelle Materassi (1944)
The quiet days of two elderly spinster sisters are changed for good with the unexpected arrival of their nephew.
WATCH HERESorelle Materassi (1944)


Sometimes, I stumble around questions on SO that, very obviously have no code included, and will inevitably be downvoted within the next few minutes (if on a popular tag). I usually look through the flagging menu to find the best solution. Here's the path that I take. Let's say a non-duplicate post either includes a) no code, or b) is just looking for somebody to solve their problem for them ("how can I do this" type things).
should be closed... is the best option - that's what should happen.
duplicate of... - in some circumstances, yes, but not in this one.
primarily opinion-based - not really, in these circumstances. It's a valid programming question.
too broad - I would say no, because it doesn't ask too many questions. It is still a one-question question.
unclear what you're asking - Maybe...? But I would still say this one isn't as relevant. Although you sould argue that a post without code could be unclear.
off-topic because... - I'll go here next.
(The choices for the question belonging on another site) - Nope, not relevant here.
Questions seeking debugging help... -This is the closest so far. However, I still don't believe this applies due to the fact that it references "debugging help". Our question is just looking for general "how do I do this", which is much different.
Problem can no longer be reproduced/blatantly off-topic/migration - all unrelated here, unfortunately.
So basically, I'm left with no reasons to flag.
I am aware I can just comment that they need to include code. I usually do this anyway - I'd just like a way to inform the moderators that wee woo, wee woo - this post may be low-quality and not follow the rules.
I believe posts like this are in violation of MCVE, because MCVE, numerous times, references "the code in your question" - obviously, if you don't have that code, then you're not asking a good question.
Am I missing something super obvious here?
You're missing the fact that we don't require code in questions.
"MCVE" is not a thing your post can be "in violation" of. It's not a rule; it's a descriptive term to be applied to a piece of code. Some fragment of code may be a minimal, complete, verifiable example of a problem, but that's merely a description of a code example in relation to the problem statement.
We have a rule that, if you're asking for debugging help with your code, you must provide an MCVE for that debugging case. But that certain questions need an MCVE does not mean that all questions do.
Vulkan: vkCmdBindDescriptorSets, pDynamicOffsets The question is asking about a function, yes. But it doesn't need to provide an example of vkCmdBindDescriptorSets usage, since it's asking about the behavior of a concept in a API specification. A code example would add nothing.
How to create debugging markers in OpenGL? Again, this is asking about API matters and runtime access to extension functionality. A code example wouldn't provide anything useful.
does signed integers now behave differently, with regards to left shift? This one is about the changes in a language specification.
I can keep going, but I hope my point is clear. There are lots of perfectly good questions on this site that don't need code examples.
What close reason best fits "requirements only questions"?
Which close reason is more appropriate in the following case?
How to handle "What does this (malicious) obfuscated code do?" questions?
Can questions about "nonsensical" code be on-topic?
Is posting pseudo-code in questions allowed on Stack Overflow?
How should we be advising users asking too broad or unclear how-to questions while not implying that such questions require code?


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The Dollhouse
The Dollhouse is founded on the principles of intersectional feminism. We work to empower queer, POC, transgender, gender non-conforming, and women artists. Our goal is to showcase and compensate artists and writers who have been marginalized by society to shift the representation of art away from being so incredibly male dominated. This magazine serves to inspire, educate and comfort readers in a world where some fight to feel included. We hope to be a voice in the fight for equality, visibility, and human rights.
We are a team of extremely close friends working hard to bring art into the world that may otherwise not have gotten it's place. As a team made up of queer women and non-binary people, we believe in the value of intersectional feminism and that no one deserves to be left out of the conversation based off of the color of their skin, their gender, their sexual orientation, their citizenship status, their age, or their ability.
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Walter Simons (født 24. september 1861 i Elberfeld i Preussen, død 14. juli 1937 i Potsdam) var en tysk jurist og politiker. Han var udenrigsminister i Weimarrepublikken i 1920-21 og præsident for Tysklands højesteret, Reichsgericht, fra 1922 til 1929.

Walter Simons læste jura, økonomi og historie i Strasbourg, Leipzig og Bonn og fik herefter stilling som assisterende dommer og senere som dommer ved højere retter. I 1905 fik han stilling i justitsministeriet i Berlin og blev siden flyttet til udenrigsministeriet. Han deltog i 1918 i fredsafslutningen med Sovjetunionen under forhandlingerne om Brest-Litovsk-freden.

Den 15. oktober 1918, kort forinden Novemberrevolutionen udpegede Rigskansler Max von Baden ham til kanslerens rådgiver i spørgsmål om international ret. I november 1918 blev Simons Ministerialdirektor og chef for juridisk afdeling i udenrigsministeriet. Han var Generalkommissar for den tyske delegation under forhandlingerne om Versaillesfreden. Simons var modstander af den forhandlede versaillestraktakt, hvorfor han fratrådte sin stilling. Han fik herefter ansættelse som direktør i Reichsverband der deutschen Industrie (Tysklands Industriforbund).

Politisk karriere
Simons, der ikke tidligere havde været politisk aktiv, fungerede fra juni 1920 til maj 1921 som udenrigsminister i Konstantin Fehrenbachs regering, hvor han repræsenterede Tyskland på Spakonferencen og Londonkonferencen i 1921. Han var ligeledes involveret i forhandlingerne mellem Tyskland og Polen om Øvre Schlesien.

Højesteretspræsident
Den 1. oktober 1922 blev Simons udpeget som præsident for Tysklands højesteret Reichsgericht i Leipzig efter indstilling fra Reichspräsident Friedrich Ebert.

Da Ebert døde i 1925, blev Simons midlertidig rigspræsident i tiden indtil Paul von Hindenburg blev indsat. Simons var selv blevet bragt i forslag som en potentiel kandidat til posten som Rigspræsident efter første runde af præsidentvalget i 1925, hvor der ikke var fundet en vinder i valget, men Simons afslog.

Som højesteretspræsident blev Simons kritiseret af SPD, da han åbent kritiserede, at dommer var medlemmer af det socialdemokratiske parti SPD og organisationen Republikanischen Richterbund, der var tæt knyttet til partiet.

Efter en konflikt i 1928 med præsident Hindenburg og Hermann Müllers regering om udpegningen af bestyrelsesmedlemmer til de tyske statsbaner, Reichsbahn opsagde Simons sin stiling i 1929.

Øvrig karierre
Simons var æresprofessor i international ret ved Leipzig Universitet og præsident for det Tyske Selskab for Folkeret. Han var også aktiv indenfor kirkelige kredse.

Efter nazisternes magtovertagelse var Simons alene aktiv indenfor kirken og i Neue Bachgesellschaft, der fungerede til ære for Johann Sebastian Bach. Nogle offentliggjorte udsagn efter magtovertagelsen indikerer en vis støtte til NSDAP og den tyske og italienske udenrigspolitik i 1930'erne og til falangisterne i Spanien.

Simons døde i Neubabelsberg ved Potsdam den 14. juli 1937.

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Personer fra Wuppertal
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Tyskere i 1800-tallet
Tyskere i 1900-tallet
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Nepotism, poverty danger to Zambia's peace – Anglican Church
By Bellah Zulu, ACNS
The Anglican Church in the Zambia has challenged the country to take conscious steps to preserve the peace, which the country has enjoyed since attaining independence from colonial rule on October 24, 1964.
This was contained in a special Independence Day message made available to the media by the Church of the Province of Central Africa (CPCA) Acting Provincial Secretary, and Bishop of Eastern Zambia, the Rt Revd William Mchombo.
The message addressed various areas which the country needs to focus on in order to engender lasting peace in the Central African nation, including poverty, corruption, tribalism, regionalism and youth unemployment.
Don't take peace for granted
"Our country has been blessed with peace which is not the case with many of our neighbouring countries," said Bishop Mchombo. "We may be truly at peace with our neighbours, yet because of impoverishment that we witness in most rural areas, fail to experience fulfillment and enjoyment which are the ingredients of the true meaning of peace."
He added: "Poverty degrades human dignity and the proportional distribution of the national wealth will engender peace. However, we need to continuously thank God for the prevailing peace in the nation and look into the future with hope."
Zambia today celebrates its 49th Independence Anniversary and the Church sees this as an opportune time for serious introspection and prayerful reflection. "In our reflections as a nation we need to look back in the past with great thanks for the work of the selfless freedom fighters and of many of our people, including the youth of the time for our independence," said the Bishop.
Selfless and sacrificial service
The Bishop reminded the country about the selfless nature of the freedom fighters who were drawn from different ethnic, regions, races, religions and professional affiliations and yet fought for a common cause.
"These women and men who sacrificed their freedom to liberate this nation came from all over the country," said Bp Mchombo. "They were driven by one desire of attaining independence by conquering colonialism and servitude. They led the way for selfless and sacrificial service."
The Bishop was disappointed however that, despite having attained 49 years of Independence, "We are far from attaining socio-economic independence from under development, poverty, corruption, disease, unemployment, regionalism with its twin brothers of tribalism and nepotism."
Poverty a threat to peace
"Poverty also allows for manipulation of the have-nots by those who are relatively wealthy especially at election time," said the Bishop. "This calls for an aggressive and sustainable approach towards agriculture which is the main occupation of the majority of our people in rural areas."
The Bishop highlighted the role that agriculture especially small-scale farmers play in food security and national peace. "Besides improving their economy at household level, small scale farmers also contribute to the national food security thereby contributing greatly to the peace of the nation. Small scale farmers need to be supported if we are to get out of the vicious cycle of poverty."
Challenges to development
The Bishop said that corruption should be "nipped in the bud whenever and wherever it shows its ugly head" and that those in public offices should provide the necessary leadership in the crusade.
He added: "The country needs healthy and energetic young men and women to tow the path of national development. Therefore concerted efforts in the promotion of maternal health should also be encouraged while addressing HIV and AIDS in order to have an HIV and AIDS free generation."
While acknowledging that the government alone cannot be the sole provider of employment in the country, the Bishop challenged the government to provide a "conducive atmosphere for small scale businesses to flourish with the provision of right incentives such as easy access to a revolving fund with low interest rates and less red tape."
"Youth unemployment remains a challenge," he pointed out. "We see a good number of our youths with different skills wanting to contribute to the economic development of this nation but they lack capital and space to start their own businesses, commensurate with their skills."
"If government can provide market shelters for conducive trading to marketeers, it surely can consider putting up workshops for various artisans engaged in works such as metal fabrication, manufacturing, motor mechanics and carpentry."
Favouritism a danger to national peace
"Giving preferential treatment or favouritism to people from one's own region despite their lack of the requisite qualifications for a particular assignment or job goes against the spirit of impartiality and the promotion of meritorious appointments," pointed out the Bishop. "It brings up despondency and can undermine the peace of the country."
He added: "Left unchecked, regionalism, with its twin brothers of tribalism and nepotism, can plunge the nation into chaos. The national anthem stresses the oneness of the people of Zambia, a land of work and joy in unity, one land and one nation being our cry (prayer), dignity and peace beneath Zambia's sky!"
"Unfortunately, in the recent past, both public and private media have been overwhelmed with the issue of tribalism pitting politicians in high offices. Politicians who are in the habit of playing a tribal trump card to push personal agendas should be shunned and probably named and shamed."
Bishop Mchombo said that tribalism is an affront to good human relationships and peaceful coexistence. "As we celebrate this 49th Independence anniversary let us walk into the jubilee year and beyond with hope and unity of purpose for the sake of a better mother Zambia.
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Death row inmate obtains masters degree becoming world's 5th to do so
Daily Mirror 2019-07-11 20:44:00
Indika Bamunusinghe, a prison inmate on death row received his Master's Degree from the Kelaniya University Convocation which was held at the BMICH today.
He is the first in Sri Lanka and fifth in the world to obtain a master's degree during the period of imprisonment. He was serving life imprisonment after being sentenced to death.
Mr Bamunusinghe graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Degree Programme in Social Sciences from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura in 2017 and started preparing to read for his masters at the Kelaniya University.
He has read for his degree from the Sri Jayewardenepura University in the subjects of Sinhala, Buddhist Culture, Social Science and Criminology, while subjects studied for the post-graduate degree from the Kelaniya University were Social Science, Social Culture, Social Research, Combined Social Sciences, and Contemporary Social Science.
He said that his wife helped him in his studies for the degree, providing him with the tape-recorded lectures from the university with the assistance of the university staff, complying with prison regulations under the guidance of Commissioner of Prisons (Rehabilitation) Chandana Ekanayake.
Speaking to the Daily Mirror, Mr. Ekanayake said the request made by the inmate to register in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Kelaniya University to sit for his masters was endorsed by the then Prisons Commissioner-General Nishantha Dhanasinghe.
"This is the first occasion in the history of the prison in Sri Lanka and the fifth in the world where an inmate obtained his Master's Degree. Therefore, it is a rare privilege for the inmate and also for the prison. We salute him and wish him well for all his endeavours. I should mention that this person has taught us a good lesson of striving hard to achieve the goals irrespective of whatever condition you are in," Ekanayake said.
"Bamunusinghe was assisted by a former university lecturer, who was also an inmate when Bamunusinghe was preparing himself for the BA Degree Programme in Social Sciences," Mr Ekanayake added. (Sheain Fernandopulle)


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DC love story: Local couple finds love on the Metro
By Bob Barnard
Couple finds love, marriage proposal on the DC Metro
A newly engaged couple is sharing their very D.C. love story -- and nestled right at the center of their love story -- the D.C. Metro!
WASHINGTON - When local Instagram blogger Chris Raleigh decided to propose to the woman he loves, he wanted to share it with the entire District.
Raleigh and Jane Rabinowicz have been chronicling their adventures on the WMATA rails, and the drinks they've enjoyed along the way, for three years.
The pair met online, and then began their journey linking the Metro and their love of sharing drinks in D.C.
Last week – they sealed deal when Raleigh proposed to Rabinowicz at the Rhode Island Avenue-Brentwood Metro station.
"I wanted it to be a love letter not only to Jane, but also to the Metro, and to the city," Raleigh said.
"It's really been just silly and fun how many people are excited for us and that people think it's just a fun story. It feels like we've ridden the Metro so many times together that it feels like a private thing that we just do all the time, so it's funny that other people just think it's a fun story," Rabinowicz said.
Rabinowicz says she thought Raleigh was in Arlington at the time, so his appearance at the station was a surprise.
"It's surprising – and awesome," Rabinowicz said. "He had many plans laid – and I'm still learning all tricks he had planned."
Smash-and-grab thieves steal $100K worth of jewelry in Falls Church


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Finn's Motel: Jupiter Rex [Album Review]
Brian Q. Newcomb | August 15, 2017 August 15, 2017 | Reviews
Finn's Motel
Jupiter Rex
Victory Over Gravity Records [2017]
Fire Note Says: Jupiter Rex. Thebeau has found his own voice, still connecting with those great early 80s influences, but not stuck there.
Album Review: When you've been writing and recording music in relative obscurity for close to 30 years, as has Joe Thebeau, you reach a point where you stop worrying about what's hot and what's not, quit worrying about which influence matters most to you, and you just start making music that pleases yourself and your friends and the fans that remember the bar band days of your youth. St. Louis' Thebeau made his last recording with Finn's Motel, Escape Velocity, back in 2006 for Scat Records, one time home of Guided By Voices. And Thebeau has obviously absorbed a bit of GBV's brand of brash power pop, as witnessed in "Drinking Wine at Beer Speed" on the band's latest album, Jupiter Rex.
The album starts with the fast, punky rocker, "Grounded," with fun, stutter stop rhythm breaks that hint at early Cheap Trick, and is followed "Jacket (Hangin' Around), which begins with the same lyric as the previous song: "I was reading you poetry/You were waiting on the punch line." The kind of fun challenge a smart songwriter might take on, to see if you could take a similar opening lyric into two completely different but complimentary songs. You hear a similar self-referential word play in "Number 7 By the Ice Machine," which is of course, in the Finn's Motel. Thebeau, who sings lead and play guitar, is joined by long time band mates Steve Scariano on bass, and Patrick Hawley on drums, with help from Matt Meyer on guitars, the occasional violin and other assorted instruments.
But just because most of the opening tracks lean toward bold rock & roll, with crunchy bass lines and power-pop melodies, don't think that's the whole ride. "Awake, Alive, Alone" is a singer-songwriter folk song played on acoustic guitar with only some piano accompaniment. "Into the Realm of Jupiter Rex," is a pure pop reflection on the early years of intercontinental flight and the old Greek gods, a theme which flows through a few more acoustic leaning songs that occasionally bring R.E.M.'s quieter works to mind. "Wings Are Not Made of Angels," "Icing the Equator" and "Lateral Drift" are similarly reflective, with a strong melodic presence over the finger-picking acoustics. "It's A Sign of Weakness" starts out similarly, but builds toward a sturdy pop rock crescendo.
"Down With the Ship" moves from flight to the seas and a return to rock, while the closing songs offer philosophical reflections on the changing seasons ("Early Spring") and the journey of life ("Behind These Mountains There Are More Mountains"). Lyrically, there's a poetic eloquence present in the explorations of boundaries, both physical and relational, which matches a level of musical maturity evident throughout the diverse approaches that make up Jupiter Rex. Thebeau has found his own voice, still connecting with those great early 80s influences, but not stuck there.
Key Tracks: "Grounded" / "Jacket (Hangin' Around)" / "It's A Sign of Weakness"
Artists With Similar Fire: Replacements / Guided By Voices / R.E.M.
Jupiter Rex by Finn's Motel
Finn's Motel Website
Finn's Motel Facebook
– Reviewed by Brian Q. Newcomb
Tags 4 Headphones, Finn's Motel, Newcomb, Victory Over Gravity Records
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Crowd for Angels intends to raise up to £50 million by way of a 5 year Liquid Crypto Bond paying 4% interest per annum, with investors receiving upto 99 free ANGEL tokens. The Bond proceeds are to be used to predominantly invest in or acquire secured crowd bonds listed on its own platform. Bondholders will therefore indirectly gain investment exposure to the bonds listed on the Crowd for Angels platform by investing in the Bond. In this way, they benefit from the advantages of what will be a diversified mix of bonds. Using the retained tokens generated during the fundraise, Crowd for Angels will generate attention for the platform by rewarding users who complete actionable 'events' with free ANGEL tokens. Users will benefit from token rewards by engaging with our website, apps, product advertising and media. This added reward will help foster user interaction, loyalty and spread content through the internal and external network, creating a virtuous circle.
Crowd for Angels is a UK crowdfunding platform that offers companies and investors opportunities to raise and invest funds in different projects. Our crowdfunding opportunities include shares (equity), crowd bonds (debt) and token sales (cryptocurrencies).
Crowd for Angels is based in the City of London, UK and is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Since 2014 we have been helping companies jumpstart and scale their business by assisting them in raising finance from thousands of investors on our UK crowdfunding platform.
At Crowd for Angels, our goal is to bring innovative and appealing investment opportunities to investors and to provide funding for companies throughout their growth cycle. Companies can raise finance through the issue of shares (equity), crowd bonds (debt) and tokens (cryptocurrency) on our crowdfunding platform.
Our investors get the opportunity to invest in shares (equity) in a tax efficient manner through the use of SEIS/EIS tax relief, through crowd bonds (debt) that can be held in a tax free IF-ISA wrapper and through tokens (a form of cryptocurrency). We never charge our investors any fees and companies looking for investment, only pay if the funding is a success.
If you are looking to invest in shares (equity), crowd bonds (debt), tokens (cryptocurrency) in a small private company, a small listed public company or to raise funds for your business then Crowd for Angels can help.
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by PBP Team | Apr 13, 2015 | AMA Group |
A MANUFACTURING company which brought clothing production back to East Durham is continuing with a recruitment drive that will see it employ 150 people by the end of the year.
The AMA Group in Peterlee now has 55 staff working on contracts for Tesco, Fred Perry and many more national and independent brands.
The company celebrates its first birthday at the end of the month and Joint Managing Directors Paul Watts and Julie Price say that expansion will continue over the coming months.
Paul said "We will continue to increase the number of machinists we employ to meet the demand from our growing list of clients.
"The workforce does a tremendous job but we need to increase production levels by bringing in extra people meet the high levels of demand.
"We are planning to recruit between 8 and 12 people every month on permanent full-time contracts, to take our staff numbers to around 150."
Julie said: "The revival of clothing manufacturing in East Durham is firmly established and over the last eleven months our growth has been rapid. The response has been fantastic and we continue to receive requests from companies who want to work with us.
"Our plans, for 2015 and beyond, are ambitious and we do believe the 150 people we will employ by the end of the year will rise significantly as we progress into 2016. And our plans aren't just focused on Peterlee. We believe this model could be recreated elsewhere in the region, once again establishing the North East as the bedrock of the clothing manufacturing industry."
Peter Dawson, 55 from Peterlee worked in the industry and AMA director David Price was his first boss. He said: "I feel like I've come full circle as I worked in the industry, then in a call centre, and now I'm back working in the industry but in a building that was intended to be a call centre.
"It's just like the good old days and it's so nice to be doing a job I genuinely love."
Sharon Ayre, 47, from Shotton Colliery was unemployed until she was offered a job with The AMA Group.
She said: "I worked for Dewhirst when the industry was at its peak and I loved it so when I heard about the plans to bring clothing manufacturing back to the area, I really wanted to be part of it.
"The first year has been brilliant. It is such a nice working environment, much more relaxed than it used to be but we work hard and everyone enjoys it.
"Working here really has changed my life."
The AMA Group is based at a state of the art facility at Whitehouse Business Park in Peterlee which was specifically chosen to reflect the modern, hi-tech approach to clothing manufacturing.
To find out more about the recruitment drive email paulwatts@ama.clothing.
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Once you've developed all your SEO friendly content it's time to create some internal linking within your site (this may also be done as your writing your site's content).
Internal Linking refers to any link contained on your site that points to another page on your site, and it is a good way to help users and search spiders navigate through your site. Internal linking is is probably the best way to get relevant anchor text links pointing to your pages.
The main purpose of internal linking is to pass 'link juice' throughout your site. Link juice refers to the amount of search engine recognition your site has. Inbound links are like referrals from other webmasters, basically saying, "we trust this site enough to post a link on our site." As in life, the more referrals you have the more reliable your business will appear. So, link juice is the search engine's way of measuring your site's reliability.
A superficial way to measure link juice is to check a page's Page Rank. To do so, you can download Google's toolbar. Pages with higher Page Ranks pass more link juice than those with lower page ranks.
Passing link juice from one page to another and developing an effective linking structure is truly an art, and the larger your site the more difficult the process becomes. The general rule I follow is to add 2 or 3 internal links per page of copy. These internal links should use specific anchor text link to refer to the page to which they are pointing. For example, this link: professional seo services, leads to my website. The text within the link, 'professional seo services', is the anchor text. Since you've already optimized each page for SEO, you have two or three relevant keyword phrases for each page. Use these phrases in your anchor text when linking to that page.
If you add new pages to your site and want to 'juice' them (get them indexed and ranked quickly), then you can add a link to that page on some of your higher ranking pages. This will ensure that the page is crawled by spiders and indexed in search engines.


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House Dems' Health Care Plan Includes Gov't Plan
by Philip Klein
While until this point most of the health care focus has been on the Senate side, today the House Democrats released a draft of their own plan. I just read through the outline, though you can check out the full 850 pages here. The short version is that there's a reason that liberals like it — it reads like their Christmas wish list. The trouble is, that it doesn't explain how Democrats expect to pay for the legislation. And if the Congressional Budget Office's valuation of the various Senate bills is any indication, the price tag will be off the charts. Okay, so here are more details.
Most significantly, the House bill includes a government plan at a time when there's an emerging consensus that there's not enough votes to get one through the Senate. House Democrats claim that the plan would be "self‐sustaining ‐‐ financed only by its premiums" and thus be on a "level playing field" to compete with private insurers. Of course, in real life, we have to assume that the government plan will ultimately have access to general government revenues if it's in any danger of failing. A good example is Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Though they operated as private companies, they benefited from the implicit backing of government, which allowed them to become the dominate players mortgage market. While the companies' Democratic defenders brushed aside conservative critics who claimed it was in effect a government enterprise, when push came to shove, government did step in to bail out the companies because they had a piece of a majority of mortgages in America. When private insurers can't make a profit they go out of business. But who in reality thinks the government plan will be allowed to fold if it's losing money? Is government going to close a plan that provides health insurance to tens of millions of Americans or is it going to pump general revenues into saving it? Anybody who is being intellectually honest knows the answer to that. Private insurers trying to compete against a government plan would be like a gambler trying to beat the house — over time, the house always wins.
The bill also calls for the creation of a national, government-run insurance exchange, in which individuals would receive government subsidies to purchase either the government plan or chose among government-designed private plans. The subsidies would be on a sliding scale and go up to 400 percent of the poverty level ($43,000 for an individual or $88,000 for a family of four), which is at the midpoint of the range being advanced in the two Senate bills. One key fact worth highlighting: "Over time, the Exchange will be opened to all employers as another choice for covering their employees." This directly contradicts President Obama's pledge that everybody who is happy with the health care they receive can keep it. About 63 percent of covered Americans get their insurance through their employers, meaning that encouraging employers to dump workers into the government run exchange will effectively threaten the current health care plans of most of the covered population.
The plan would also bar insurers from excluding those with preexisting conditions or charge them different rates based on their health status, and it would create federal mandates forcing individuals to purchase health care and empoyers to cover their workers or pay a tax.
Curiously the plan calls for, "More training of primary care doctors and an expansion of the pipeline of individuals going into health professions, including primary care, nursing and public health…" But the biggest problem in attracting more medical students to go into primary care is that Medicare has driven down reimbursement rates for physicians, and instead of dealing with this problem, the bill would actually exacerbate it by allowing the government plan to reimburse doctors at rates "similar" to Medicare levels. Typical liberal thinking — government policy creates a problem and the solution is yet more government.
The plan also calls for a massive expansion of Medicaid to 133 percent of the poverty level. "Recognizing the budget challenges in many states," the outline reads, "this expansion will be fully federally financed."
Of course, this triggers the question: "financed how"? The federal government, as you know, is not awash in cash these days. Well, the outline conveniently leaves out that tricky financing part. Though we now know that among other new taxes, they are considering a national sales tax (or VAT), a prospect that I wrote about earlier.


Last July 10th, I was privileged to attend a blogger's forum on Demonetization Program, which tackles about the Philippine Money. It was a fun and casual talk arranged by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Cebu, and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Cebu Region, together with the Cebu Blogging Community (CBC).
BSP or the Central Bank of the Philippines is the ONLY AUTHORITY to print money and regulate our bank operations.
I learned a lot about the Philippine money, specifically more on Demonetization, New Generation Currency Series, types of money (fit, unfit, & mutilated), and new security features.
For this post, I'll talk about Demonetization, and in another post, I will share the best ways to detect counterfeit money.
What is Demonetization and which MONEY will be Demonetized?
Demonetization is the process of withdrawing the money from circulation and removing the monetary value of the legal tender currency, by the issuing authority, which is the BSP. Demonetization happens every 30 years and this the 30th year of our old generation banknotes.
Currently, we are using two generations of money. The old banknote series or the New Design Series (NDS, launched in 1985), and the new banknote series or the New Generation Currency Series (NGC, launched in 2010).
According to BSP, BOTH old and new banknote series CAN BE USED today. However, the old generation banknote series, will be used until December 31, 2015 ONLY and will be under demonetization starting next year, January 2016.
What will happen during Demonetization?
Since the old banknote series can be used today until December 31, 2015 ONLY, starting January 1, 2016, these old bills can no longer be used in transactions.
By January 1, 2016 – December 2016, old banknotes can be exchanged to the new generation currency at ANY bank in the Philippines.
On January 1, 2017, old bills will be demonetized. Meaning, they can't be exchanged or used and they will no longer have monetary value. So by that time, only the new generation currency will be in circulation and be used in all transactions.
All banks, including cooperative banks, are authorized banks to exchange your old banknotes.
It is OK to exchange at any bank even if you are not a depositor of the said bank.
Exchange is FREE of charge.
NO maximum amount and NO limit as to the number of exchanges.
Exchange is from January 1, 2016 up to the last banking day of 2016.
Persons living abroad who are in possession of old banknotes can register online at www.bsp.gov.ph from Oct.1, 2016 – December 31, 2016, to have a one year extension for the exchange period, from the date of registration.
BSP and PIA Cebu have been very active in spreading the news on Demonetization. I hope I have done my part in sharing about this important information on our money circulation. Please do your part and share this to your family and friends.
Good to know we have the entire 2016 to exchange old banknotes.
Noted in my calendar. Will be sure to trade in my old bank notes.