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Individuals Are the Ultimate Nullifiers
by Michael Maharrey | May 31, 2018
Individuals are the ultimate nullifiers.
Legislation can set the stage to nullify federal acts by withdrawing cooperation and removing a lawyer of laws, but ultimately nullification is most effective when individuals are willing to do the things governments prohibit.
The lack of regulation when state and local police stand down creates space for markets to grow, even when the minimal threat of federal enforcement remains. This is exactly what happened after Maine legalized marijuana through a voter referendum.
The ballot initiative passed in November 2016 legalized marijuana. Sort of.
The referendum made it legal for adults in Maine to grow up to six mature marijuana plants and possess up to 2½ ounces of marijuana for personal use. But for more than a year, they couldn't legally buy or sell cannabis. The referendum left it to the state government to create a framework for licensing sellers and commercial cultivation. That didn't happen until May 2017 after the legislature overrode a Gov. Paul LePage veto of a bill to implement and regulate the state's adult-use marijuana market. Up until that point, it was still illegal to buy or sell cannabis in the state.
Read the rest at tenthamendmentcenter.com.
About Michael Maharrey
Michael Maharrey [send him email] is the communications director for the Tenth Amendment Center. He also runs GodArchy.org, a site exploring the intersection of Christianity and politics. Michael is the author of the book, Constitution Owner's Manual: The Real Constitution the Politicians Don't Want You to Know About. You can visit his personal website at MichaelMaharrey.com, like him on Facebook HERE and follow him on Twitter @MMaharrey10th.
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Disinformation Pushers, Label Thyself
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Ukraine Proves We Learned Nothing from the Vietnam War
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Today, January 27th, marks 50 years since the signing of the Paris Peace Accords which effectively ended American participation in the Vietnam war. One of the consequences, according to Georgetown University international affairs scholar Charles Kupchan, was that an...
TGIF: Don't Blame Wokeism on the Unfinished Liberal Revolution
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The National Conservatives are not only wrong about genuine liberalism -- that is, libertarianism -- they also apparently haven't bothered to read up on what they think they're attacking. Take Yoram Hazony, author of Conservatism: A Rediscovery, who recently appeared...
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Recently, Matt Walsh of the Daily Wire tweeted that Singapore is able have "nice things" (referring to the technological and economic advancements the country has made) because of their severe penalties on criminals, including the execution of drug traffickers. This...


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Chris is the President and Chief Executive Officer of New Island Capital. In this capacity, Chris directs New Island's investment program including portfolio strategy, asset allocation and risk management. He also manages New Island's Real Assets investment program and company operations. Previously, Chris worked as an independent farmland investment and conservation finance consultant. At Cambridge Associates, Chris supported the launch of the Mission-Related Investment initiative, and authored research on real assets investments for institutional clients. He served as the Executive Director of the Mattole Restoration Council, a community-led conservation NGO in rural northwestern California. Chris completed a BS at Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and an MBA at the Yale School of Management. Chris operates a small farm in Marin county focused on organic vegetable and fruit production.
Colin is co-head of Generation's growth equity business. He invests in sustainable solutions businesses globally. Generation is a mission-driven investment partnership focused on continuing to prove the investment case for sustainable capitalism. Al Gore serves as Chair and David Blood serves as Senior Partner.
Previously, Colin worked for Sustainable Asset Management where he ran research for the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and helped select companies for SAM's actively managed sustainable investment funds. He has also worked for the energy practice at Arthur D. Little and as a natural gas analyst at Total. He serves on a variety of Generation portfolio company Boards. Colin graduated from Bath University, UK with a BSc in International Management and Modern Languages and has completed the Corporate Finance Programme at London Business School.
Steve Lydenberg is Partner, Strategic Vision for Domini Social Investments, a Founding Director of the Initiative for Responsible Investment, and CEO of The Investment Integration Project. For over three decades he has been active in the responsible investment field with KLD Research & Analytics and Trillium Asset Management, among other organizations. He is author of numerous articles and monographs on responsible investment including "Reason, Rationality and Fiduciary Duty" and "On Materiality and Sustainability: The Value of Disclosure in the Capital Markets" as well as several books on responsible investment, including Corporations and the Public Interest (Berrett-Koehler) and Dilemmas in Responsible Investment (Greenleaf) with Céline Louche. He attended Columbia College (BA, English) and Cornell University (MFA, Theater Arts) andholds the Chartered Financial Analysts designation.
Dr. Sanjiv Malhotra joins DOE as the first Director of the Clean Energy Investment Center (CEIC), located within the Office of Technology Transitions. As the center's first Director, Dr. Malhotra will be responsible for standing up the CEIC, which will serve as a single point of contact for investors to access technical experts, acquire the latest reports on clean energy technology, and identify promising projects. He will also be instrumental in supporting Mission Innovation, an initiative that was announced at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris to dramatically accelerate public and private global clean energy innovation to address global climate change, provide affordable clean energy to consumers, including in the developing world, and create additional commercial opportunities in clean energy. Through the initiative, 20 countries, including the top five most populous nations, committed to double their respective clean energy research and development investment over five years.
Dr. Malhotra holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, and he holds a master's degree in business administration and a doctoral degree in chemical and biochemical engineering from the University of Iowa.
Greg is the Director of Ceniarth, a single-family office focused on funding commercial solutions to the world's big challenges. Ceniarth aims to provide capital to accelerate the deployment of products and services that directly impact underserved communities. The firm's investing activities are oriented toward the challenges of effectively scaling the adoption of appropriate solutions in ways that are commercially sustainable. Ceniarth's primary sectors of interest are energy access, agriculture, and financial inclusion with a geographic emphasis on frontier markets.
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Rodney attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, earning a bachelor's degree in Economics and International Studies. He earned his MBA from the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business, concentrating in Analytic Finance and International Business.
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Amie Patel is a Vice President with Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Ms. Patel joined Goldman Sachs through the acquisition of Imprint Capital to help expand the firm's ESG and impact investing capabilities. Ms. Patel is with the Alternative Investments & Manager Selection (AIMS) Group and based in New York, where she is a member of the AIMS Imprint team, focused on emerging market investments across all asset classes. Prior to this, she was with the Soros Economic Development Fund where she focused on early to growth stage investments. She managed the Fund's investments in Haiti and worked on several other investment opportunities in Palestine, India and parts of Africa. Previously, she worked with the Overseas Private Investment Corporation as a Presidential Management Fellow responsible for developing and evaluating top-quartile and first-time emerging market private equity fund managers. Ms. Patel began her career as an M&A analyst with Merrill Lynch and First Union Securities covering the automotive, healthcare and telecommunications industries. She also spent just under a year in Nepal with Students Partnership Worldwide as a Program Manager working on environmental education and women's issues. She holds an M.B.A. from Georgetown University and a B.S. in Business Administration from Washington University in St. Louis, MO.
For over three decades, Nicholas Parker has pioneered sustainable venturing ideas and initiatives. He is currently Founding Managing Partner of Global Acceleration Partners Inc. ("GAP"), established to address global megatrends shaping basic needs forclean energy, food, water and sustainable infrastructure by accelerating cross-border deployment oftechnologies and business models into emerging economies, particularly China. GAP seeks superior value creation and positive impact at scale.
Known as "Mr. Cleantech", Nicholas introduced the "cleantech" concept to the finance and business community in 2002 while launching Cleantech Group ("CTG"), the market-leading research and advisory company he chaired until the end of 2013. Under his leadership, CTG helped mobilize over $6B in private equity while building an innovation ecosystem involving corporations, governments and institutions around the world. During 2010-2013, Nicholas was Chair of Corporate Knights ("CK"), the media and financial research company for clean capitalism, best known for the Global 100 rankings launched annually at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Jeffrey was born and raised in Michigan, U.S.A. After receiving his college degree (Bachelor of Arts) he decided to move to the Netherlands permanently, where both his parents are from, and to study in Amsterdam for his Masters Degree. He subsequently worked at the European Parliament (Brussels and Strasbourg) and then the Dutch Parliament (The Hague) as a policy advisor. He later become a City Council Member (Amsterdam). He joined DOEN Foundation in 2005, the main fund of the three private Charity Lotteries in the Netherlands (i.a. Dutch Postcode Lottery). At DOEN he is, as program manager, responsible for establishing investment priorities and allocating funding, particularly in the field of climate change/energy and DOEN's most recent program "designing a new economy" (i.e., Biomimicry, Cradle to Cradle, Circle Economy).
Pat Sapinsley is the Managing Director of Cleantech Initiatives at NYU's Tandon School of Engineering where she leads the Urban Future Lab/ NYC ACRE/ Powerbridge --NYC's premier cleantech business incubator and an educational and policy hub where issues of climate change, smart cities, smart grid, and clean energy technology are explored. Prior to joining the Urban Future Lab, she was the founder of Watt Not, and Build Efficiently, both consulting companies in the energy efficiency/ green buildings space. She was formerly a Venture Partner at Good Energies, a venture capital fund that invested in clean energy and energy efficiency companies. As a Visiting Scholar at Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, she assists in translating biologically-inspired technologies into commercial products. Previously she was the founder of Sapinsley Architecture. She is a LEED AP architect, Co-Chair of the Committee on the Environment at AIANY and serves on the board of Green Light NY/BEEx.
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Resumo: Diagnostic tasks in a contagious disease as pleural tuberculosis is essential to send the patients to a correct treatment to cure the ailment. Tools for supporting this task are still a challenge because different variables are necessary, including invasive standard tests. In the present work Self Organizing Maps were used for clustering of patients of pleural tuberculosis in three risk groups. The first approach employs just anamnesis variables and a second methodology uses additional information about some classical result tests. The last approach exhibits best results compared to the approach using anamneses variables.


The [order] tag is in the process of being burninated. As part of that cleanup, I suggest merging the order-of-operations, order-of-evaluation, and operator-precedence tags.
We have 92 questions tagged order-of-operations, 315 tagged order-of-evaluation, and 748 tagged operator-precedence, with of course some questions having more than one of these tags. I can see no evidence that anyone thinks these tags are about different things. They all concern the rules of a programming language (or math in general, which is off topic for SO) for the order in which operators are applied (a.k.a. sub-expressions evaluated) when there are multiple operators in a single expression or language statement.
Since operator-precedence has the most questions, I suggest we keep it and make the other two synonyms. This would also mean merging/moving evaluation-order which is currently a synonym for order-of-evaluation.
Although I favor keeping operator-precedence both because it has the most questions and because it is the standard term used in the computer science literature, it seems somewhat obvious to me that order-of-operations has the best tag wiki description, so I recommend transferring that to whichever tag we decide should become the master tag.
order-of-evaluation has a tag wiki that states that it is about "well-defined rules stating the order in which expressions are evaluated", which is very similar to that of order-of-operations, which is "The set of rules within a programming language that determine the order in which operators are applied when evaluating an expression or statement containing multiple operators". When I checked the questions, in almost all of the cases, they both have been used to convey the same meaning.
However, there is one other point. The tag wiki of order-of-operations seems to be very well written. Therefore, if we were to synonymize order-of-operations to order-of-evaluation, we probably should be carrying over the tag wiki to the other one.
Given that there are more questions in order-of-evaluation, it does seem the best to use that as the master. Also, order-of-evaluation already has a evaluation-order, which would have to be removed, in case we decide that order-of-operations should be the master.
That said, there is another operator-precedence, which is also about order of evaluation of expressions, and the tag wiki mentions "In mathematics and computer programming, the order of operations (sometimes called operator precedence) is a rule used to clarify unambiguously which procedures should be performed first in a given mathematical expression.". If we were to include this tag, then operator-precedence would be the master and the others (3 in total) would be its synonyms.


Eating a healthy diet can help protect your heart.
1 How Does Poor Dieting Affect Arteries?
Healthy eating and dieting are not the same thing -- dieting is a short-term solution that often delivers short-term results. According to the University of Arkansas, only 5 percent of weight-loss dieters manage to keep the weight off. Healthy eating is a long-term commitment that you make for your heart, your body, your blood sugar and your overall well-being.
Overeating and a diet of high-calorie, high-fat foods can lead to weight gain and, if you're not careful, obesity. Excess weight and obesity increase your risk of high blood pressure, diabetes, increased triglycerides, gallstones, sleep apnea and stroke. A balanced diet – one that contains plenty of whole-grains, fruits, vegetables, low-fat dairy and lean protein – can help you maintain a healthy weight.
Foods that are high in saturated fat, trans fat and sodium can do a number on your cardiovascular system. Eating a lot of saturated fat and trans fat can increase your cholesterol and triglyceride levels. Over time, fats and cholesterol can form plaques – hard structures that accumulate on your artery walls. If a significant number of plaques form, atherosclerosis – or hardening of the arteries – may develop. Atherosclerosis makes blood flow more difficult, putting extra pressure on your heart. If not corrected, atherosclerosis can lead to heart disease.
High-sodium foods signal your kidneys to hold onto water. When your body retains water, your blood volume, and thus your blood pressure, increases. As with atherosclerosis, high blood pressure puts extra strain on the heart and can eventually lead to heart disease.
Healthy eating can help you control your blood sugar levels and your risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Refined grains and foods that are high in sugar can cause dramatic spikes in your blood sugar level. A prolonged increase in blood sugar or regular spikes and drops in blood sugar can lead to a condition called insulin resistance, which is when your body has trouble responding to insulin. Over time, insulin resistance can progress into type 2 diabetes.
Your body's physiological processes and your overall health rely heavily on vitamins, minerals and other nutrients, like fiber. When you eat a healthy, balanced diet, you are giving your body the access to the nutrients it needs to perform optimally. When you follow a diet that is low in specific nutrients, it can lead to a host of physiological symptoms, ranging from fatigue to bowel problems to neurological disruptions.
Palo Alto Medical Foundation: Why Eat Healthy?
Boyers, Lindsay. "The Purposes of Healthy Eating." Healthy Eating | SF Gate, http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/purposes-healthy-eating-7147.html. Accessed 18 April 2019.
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Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Tia Carrere
Genres: Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense
Arnold Schwarzenegger is special agent Harry Tasker, a top spy in the ultra-secret Omega Sector who also dances a mean tango- although to his neglected wife, Helen, (Jamie Lee Curtis) he's just a dull computer salesman. Bu... more »t while Harry's been busy fighting terrorists, Helen's been gathering secrets of her own. And when their two secret lives unexpectedly collide, Harry and Helen find themselves in the clutches of international terrorists, fighting to save not only their marriage but their lives as well. Packed with non-stop action, spectacular special effects and unprecedented stunts, this "domestic epic" from director James Cameron (Titanic, Terminator 2: Judgment Day) is a rollicking '90's twist on the super spy genre. « less
Creators: James Cameron, Lawrence Kasanoff, Pamela Easley, Claude Zidi, Didier Kaminka, Simon Michaël
Sub-Genres: Espionage, Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Cameron, Mystery & Suspense
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Format: DVD - Color,Widescreen
Screens: Color,Widescreen
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Languages: Arabic, English, French, German
Director: Chuck Russell
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Member Movie Reviews
Joan G. from EDGEWATER, MD
Reviewed on 5/17/2019...
The most interesting thing to me was how they all were telling lies--Arnold about his double life, while pretending to be a docile husband; the daughter, "acting out" yet only needing the opportunity to show her backbone; Jaime Curtis, acting witless yet having courage within and reaching out. Perhaps everybody at heart is living a lie, with their truth just a heartbeat away.
4 of 5 member(s) found this review helpful.
Timothy B. (bat115) from BAKERSFIELD, CA
Reviewed on 2/9/2016...
What is there to say about this film that has not been said before? It's a TRUE Action Classic from the 90s!
William J. (billystan3) from AUBURN, NY
Reviewed on 12/19/2015...
This is one of Schwartzenegger's best. With a decent cast and one powerful storyline this is definitely one to add to your collection. Bill Paxton's character is off the board and probably one of his most believable. Jamie Lee is terrific in her role as the befuddled wife and Tom Arnold tops it off like a good head on a cold glass of beer. A can't beat movie for a few laughs and lots of action. I give it a very solid 4 out of 5 stars.
Nina E.
This is an all time favorite. Schwarzenegger in a James Bond 007 role!!! yes it works. great supporting cast all around. You will enjoy this immensely. Good story line, excellent effects, casting, directing. This is an all around winner!
Jerome G. from LA CRESCENTA, CA
Back before James Cameron declared himself "King of the World" and back when he still made kick-ass action films, 'True Lies' is a must see. Sadly, this was his last great movie. Once his 'Titanic' hit that iceberg and began sinking, so did our hopes of him ever returning to the genius of "T2" or "Aliens" (which easily surpassed their originals). I will not be surprised to one day see "T-2:Rise of the Titanic" directed by Cameron! Let's remember how awesome 'true lies' was. The clever story, the sense of humor, the FX...Simply a great film.
Yes, Cameron wasn't afraid to show how terrorists really are: Enraged, Islamic lunatics who
Are hell-bent on blowing up America. This film, if made today, would be rated PG13, have all funny scenes regarding Muslims edited out, and the interrogation of Harrys wife (Jaimie Lee Curtis) why was she not nominated? We hate the Academy! If you haven't seen this one yet buy it trade it or even Netflix or rent it. You have my vote! Hey, Arnold is given a chance to 'act' in this movie! That's a first!
Also watch for a very funny scene at the used car lot with Bill Paxton Who was also in 'The Terminator" and "Aliens"( 'game over!')
Daniel H. (demonsalastor) from SAN JOSE, CA
This is probably among my top 5 Schwarzenegger films. It is hilarious, action packed, and just fully entertaining. The cast is fantastic, the plot is entertaining because it's more than just a typical spy movie, and the relationship with Schwarzenegger and Lee Curtis is so much fun to watch. I have watched this movie countless times, and I am still entertained by it. Oh, and as for the clever Schwarzenegger catch phrases, well I'll just say that you will not be disappointed :)
Herta H. from SAINT LOUIS, MO
I finally have my own copy! This is one of these movies that my kids and I like to watch over and over again!
Holly W. from SEVIERVILLE, TN
This movie is a comedy action adventure. If you like arnold Schwarzeneggar and Jamie Lee Curtis you will enjoy this movie.
I loved the Used Car salesman
Gunner | Bethlehem,Georgia | 02/13/2008
"True Lies DVD
True Lies is a movie about an U. S. spy (played by Arnold Swarzennegger) who tries to keep his true occupation a secret from his wife( played by Jamie Lee Curtis, the daughter of Tony Curtis, and her mother was Janet Leigh.
Anyhow this movie has some hilarious moments, I especially like the used car salesman, who reminds me of an ex-friend.
Highly recommended for fans of Arnold Swarzennegger and Jamie Lee Curtis. I didn't realize she could play a sexy role.
Gunner February, 2008
One of Arnie's and Cameron's best films!
shelley de lange | fountain valley, ca USA | 12/31/2002
"Meet Arnold Swarzennegar - amazing James Bond type spy who's absolutely clueless as a husband and father. He starts out as impeccable as 007, who he is obviously spoofing, but then loses it and goes crazy when he suspects his wife (Jamie Lee Curtis) is cheating on him. his best buddy, Tom Arnold from "Roseanne" fame, is the perfect comic foil. It's really Tom that makes this act/adv stand out from the crowd. The dialogue is fast, funny, and Tom takes it to the limit. Also up for a laugh is Bill Paxton, another Cameron regular (Aliens), who plays a seedy used-car salesman posing as a spy in order to seduce women. He really goes all the way, completely unafraid of playing a true idiot!It's just so great to watch an act/adv with great action that isn't limited to the usual, off-hand quips from stoneyfaced he-men. This movie is one of my favorites because it's a great popcorn movie that delivers on many levels. It's not just an excuse to blow things up and no one takes themselves too seriously. Everyone obviously had a great time making this film and it shows. I hope they make the sequel soon."
True Lies - An extremely entertaining action/drama film!
K. Wyatt | St. Louis, MO United States | 02/09/2004
""True Lies" is quite simply, one of the most entertaining, fast paced and hilarious films that Arnold Schwarzenegger has ever starred in. From the very first time I saw this movie in the theater to several viewings both in VHS and DVD format, I've found that the superior script and exceptional acting in this film entertains every time. I've read of and heard many lament over some aspects of this film and the best I could say to those is that quite often the movies that Hollywood produces are a sensationalism of real life events and ultimately a movie such as this one is for entertainment not making statements about any one group or individual and as a medium for entertainment, this film succeeds completely!Performance wise, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Tia Carrere and Art Malik all deserve great honors and the accolades they received for their respective parts in this film. "True Lies" was probably Arnold Schwarzenegger's best overall performance both in the action and the dramatic sense. Jamie Lee Curtis couldn't have been any better in this role and I can honestly say that I was impressed with Tom Arnold's performance in this movie whereas any other film or show I've seen him in I was not impressed. I believe the only other movie I've seen that Art Malik was in was "The Living Daylights" and in both that movie and this one his work has been exceptional.Say what you may like about director James Cameron but you would definitely have to admit that prior to the current but most likely "temporary" culmination of his career as a director with the movie "Titanic" and heading off to run the "Dark Angel" television series, few directors could come close to matching his accomplishments. "True Lies" was James Cameron's fifth highly successful hit in a row and with this movie and "Titanic" one could definitely say that during this run of box office hits, he had the pulse of the fans as he wrote screenplays and directed these extraordinary films.The Premise:Harry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a high speed "spook" working for a highly secretive government agency that is a watch dog/operator spook agency that identifies and handles terrorist threats to the United States. Along with his handler Albert Gibson (Tom Arnold), they uncover a major terrorist operation which is bent on using nuclear warheads against the US to accomplish its goals. As Harry, Albert and their organization are working to uncover the terrorists plot; his family becomes heavily involved in the story which is where Helen Tasker (Jamie Lee Curtis) comes in to play and some extremely hilarious scenes involving Simon (Bill Paxton). What follows from there is one of the most hilarious and exciting action/drama films to have come out of the nineties.I highly recommend this film to any and all who are interested in seeing a great, fast paced, highly intriguing and hilarious action/drama movie and aren't interested in reading too much into the plot or the characters in the plot that are used as plot devices. {ssintrepid}Special Features:-Original Theatrical Trailer"
A must own for 5.1 systems
shelley de lange | 11/02/1999
"I bought the DVD before I got my 5.1 system and thought the sound was great with normal stereo but WHOA NELLY! Watch the volume levels, though as comfortable dialog quick becomes sonic booms in this one.This has the best picture (via S-video) and audio quality I've seen so far on a DVD."
Arnold at his best.
Christopher Ware | Fremont, CA United States | 06/14/2000
"There are two ingredients for a great Arnold flick: tonue in cheek comeday and unbelievable action. This movie has enough of both of these for two movies.When Arnold gets together with James Cameron, you know the action's going to be unbelievable. I can't wait for TRUE LIES 2. The chase scene in the snow, the bridge chase, and the Harrier scene...some of the best action I've seen in years.Jamie Lee Curtis as Arnold's unsuspecting wife is just great. She can play both the vulnerable housewife and the hard as nails woman protecting herself...plus she can scream really well! The chemistry between her and Arnold onscreen is great.The comedy in this movie is great. Tom Arnold plays Arnold's partner and just gets walked all over by him. Has to take all the abuse and cruddy jobs...just hilarious. Then there's Bill Paxton's bit role as a sleazy car salesman. He does an unbelievably funny job.This is probably Arnold's best movie since TERMINATOR 2. Definitely a must see for any action junkie."

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Equine Piroplasmosis Confirmed in Ireland
By Fran Jurga | March 10, 2017 | 2 minutes read
by Fran Jurga | 9 September 2009 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.com
This statement has been published by the Irish government after a highly unusual disease situation was discovered on a Thoroughbred stud farm there:
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has today confirmed the occurrence of Equine Piroplasmosis (EP) in a number of Thoroughbred horses in an equine facility in county Meath.
Piroplasmosis is a tick-borne protozoan disease of horses, mules, donkeys and zebra. It is caused by blood parasites – Theleria equi and Babesia caballi and gives rise to anaemia and jaundice in affected animals. The disease is not readily contagious and has no Zoonotic implications and therefore no public health concerns arise.
A notifiable disease in Ireland since July 2009, it has not been officially reported in this country before although it is understood that a previous incursion did take place. The disease is present in Mediterranean countries but is not present in the US, Canada, the UK or Australia.
The facility in question has been served with a movement restriction notice and epidemiological investigations are underway to establish the origin of the disease and the extent of the spread, if any, to other locations.
The Department has been in contact with industry representatives who have been informed of the situation. A meeting with industry representatives has been arranged to discuss the implications for animal movement and the measures appropriate to address the threat posed by the disease.
(end of statement)
Note: the statement contains an error. EP has been found in the United States, this year in Missouri and last year in Florida. EP is a highly-feared disease and is often the reason why horses from certain Mediterranean countries cannot be directly imported into other countries. EP is also a deciding factor is where major competitions are held, since many people fear that an outbreak would possibly strand horses in a country for quarantine reasons, or infect them directly.
EP in Ireland is particularly chilling because the island nation is a huge exporter of horses. Flat and jump racing horses from Ireland routinely get on ferries and travel to England, Scotland or even France to race, especially during the winter months, and foxhunting in Ireland is a tourist season in and of itself. The most high-profile Thoroughbred trainer in Europe, Aidan O'Brien, is headquartered at Ballydoyle near Tipperary and travels from there to race all over the world.
As the world shrinks, equine diseases are becoming global, not local. EP in Ireland? A sign of the times, and not a good one.
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Optus launches '4G Plus' multiband network
Optus has expanded the rollout of its TD-LTE 4G network, taking the service to Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, and Adelaide ahead of the launch of the new TD-LTE compatible iPhones.
By Josh Taylor | September 13, 2013 -- 02:55 GMT (19:55 PDT) | Topic: Mobility
Optus is taking the 4G fight to Telstra, expanding its time-division duplex long-term Evolution (TD-LTE) 2300MHz 4G network to four new cities today, ahead of a plan to get its network out to 70 percent of the metropolitan population by mid-2014.
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Optus today announced that it had switched on the TD-LTE 4G network designed to complement its existing 1800MHz frequency-division duplex (FDD) LTE network in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, and Adelaide. The first TD-LTE network for Optus launched in Canberra earlier this year .
The network is now live to 55 sites, including an additional 14 in Canberra, 22 in Melbourne, six in Sydney, 11 in Brisbane, and two in Adelaide, all coming online today.
Optus' vice president of regulatory and corporate affairs David Epstein told ZDNet that the company would now focus on rolling out the two 4G networks at once.
"[In the] combined 4G rollout, we hope to cover 70 percent of the metropolitan population by between March and June next year," he said.
"We're putting our focus on areas of high demand or where you get peaking. That's why we're down in the Olympic Park area, and in time for Melbourne Cup, we're going to be out in Flemington, too."
Epstein said that the TD-LTE network was designed so that users would now get a consistent data experience on the 4G network, and in areas where there are surges in traffic, or peak data.
The release of dual-band 4G-compatible devices, including the new iPhones 5S and 5C , as well as the Samsung Galaxy S4 and S4 Mini , will no doubt go a long way toward helping Optus drive uptake on its new network, and Epstein said that more devices are likely to be on the way now that China Mobile and Softbank in Japan are launching multiband networks.
"Particularly with Softbank and China Mobile getting in the game in addition to the Indians, we're very confident of the prospects for multiband handsets and the user experience will be good," he said.
"When you aggregate all the spectrum we currently hold and we're about to hold, we'll probably have one of the more sophisticated multiband strategies around the world."
As of the end of June, Optus reported that it had now sold 1.08 million 4G handsets .
Telstra has publicly stated that it aims to have its 4G network reach out to 85 percent of the entire Australian population by the end of 2013. Vodafone has so far not made any pronouncements about the network reach of its 4G network yet, focusing on metropolitan areas and regional centres.
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Washington: The US space agency is set to announce the instruments that will be carried aboard the agency's Mars 2020 mission rover.
The announcement will take place at NASA headquarters in Washington, DC.
The new "roving laboratory" is the successor to the widely celebrated Curiosity rover.
The "roving laboratory" is powered by a radioisotrope generator that gives the rover an operating life-span of at least a full Martian year. This equals 687 days on Earth.
NASA received 58 proposals in January for science and exploration technology instruments to fly on board the Mars 2020 mission.
This is twice the average number of proposals submitted for similar competitions, and serves as an indicator of the public's prolific interest in exploring Mars, the space agency said.


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Bombardier honors UTC Aerospace Systems with 2015 In-Service STAR Award for excellence in customer service
PARIS AIR SHOW, Paris, June 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- UTC Aerospace Systems, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), was recently recognized by Bombardier for the fifth consecutive year with the prestigious In-Service Supplier Top Achievement Recognition (STAR) Award for its in-service support of Bombardier's Q400* aircraft program.
UTC Aerospace Systems received the 2015 In-Service STAR Award from the Canadian aircraft manufacturer based on the performance of environmental systems it has supplied for Bombardier's Q400 program over the past year. UTC Aerospace Systems has been recognized by Bombardier Aerospace for its outstanding service and support every year since 2010.
"UTC Aerospace Systems is committed to delivering on its program commitments by providing customers with reliable systems and components that are supported with high quality, responsive service. It is what drives us each day, so we are both proud and appreciative to have been recognized by Bombardier once again for our customer service," said Tom Pelland, President of UTC Aerospace Systems' Engine & Environmental Control Systems segment. "UTC Aerospace Systems and Bombardier have a long-established relationship, and we look forward to many more years of collaboration as we continue to support their aircraft programs".
To be eligible for Bombardier's STAR awards, a supplier must have scored at least 90 percent in areas deemed most important by Bombardier Aerospace's customers, such as product performance, aircraft support and customer focus.
Bombardier presented UTC Aerospace Systems with the award at its Bombardier Aerospace 2015 European Regional Review and Trade Show in Munich, Germany.
UTC Aerospace Systems designs, manufactures and services integrated systems and components for the aerospace and defense industries. UTC Aerospace Systems supports a global customer base with significant worldwide manufacturing and customer service facilities.
United Technologies Corp., based in Hartford, Connecticut, provides high-technology systems and services to the building and aerospace industries. To learn more about UTC, visit the website at www.utc.com or follow the company on Twitter: @UTC.
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Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
Almanac: Nietzsche on pity
September 26, 2018 by Terry Teachout
"Pity makes suffering contagious."
Friedrich Nietzsche, The Antichrist (trans. Walter Kaufmann)
Lookback: on seeing a classic film in a theater
I also reveled in seeing a classic film in a theater for the first time in…well, I don't know how long. I remember when I used to go to Film Forum once or twice a month to see old movies, but now I stay home, send out for pizza, curl up on my couch, and watch them on TV, sometimes with Mrs. T or a friend and sometimes by myself….
Read the whole thing here.
Almanac: Kathleen Turner on looking for audience sympathy
"Do you want the audience to like you or do you want to be a good actor? That's an easy choice for me."
Kathleen Turner, interviewed by David Marchese (Vulture, August 7, 2018)
Just because: Leopold Stokowski conducts Tchaikovsky
Leopold Stokowski leads the Swiss-Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra in his own version of Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet. This performance was taped for later telecast on August 7, 1968:
(This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)
Almanac: Patrick Kurp on personal letters
"Friends and loved ones do not expect manifestoes, tracts, laundry lists, instruction manuals or white papers. All they ask for is a little piece of us, wittily expressed."
Patrick Kurp, Anecdotal Evidence (August 6, 2018)
Van Gogh goes to the mall
In my latest "Sightings" column, which appears in the online edition of today's Wall Street Journal, I pay a visit to a new kind of art exhibition. Here's an excerpt.
What would happen if it suddenly became possible to make perfect copies of paintings of the past? To begin with, the purpose of art museums would change dramatically. It is by going to museums, after all, that most of us discover how different it is to stand in front of a great painting instead of seeing it reproduced on a poster or in a book. I still remember the life-changing thrill I felt when I first saw Vincent Van Gogh's "The Starry Night" in New York's Museum of Modern Art. Not only was it much bigger—three feet wide—than I'd previously imagined from "seeing" it in the family encyclopedia, but the colors were richer and more intense than any photo could suggest….
Four decades later, I drove to the King of Prussia Mall, located 25 miles from Philadelphia, to see a "pop-up show" of life-sized three-dimensional reproductions of nine celebrated Van Gogh paintings. The originals are owned by Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum, which put the show together and sent it on a tour of U.S. malls (most of the actual paintings are now too fragile to travel). The reproductions are on display in a pavilion set up outside Lord & Taylor, where you can see them for $5….
As I looked, I wondered: Is anyone here having the same kind of experience that I had when I first saw "The Starry Night" 40 years ago? And if not, why bother to put nine Van Gogh reproductions on display in a mall? For you don't have to go to Amsterdam to see his paintings: Museums in 21 states own at least one. The Philadelphia Museum of Art has six, two of which are currently on display—and while admission to the PMA is $20, children get in free. Nevertheless, I'm told that roughly a thousand people are visiting the pop-up show each weekend….
What are they seeing? The reproductions resemble very skillfully executed hand-painted copies of Van Gogh's original paintings. (The colors seemed just a bit bright to me, but that could have been the fault of the lighting.) Not only do they give you a surprisingly clear impression of what the real paintings look like, but their presentation is simple, straightforward and ballyhoo-free…
Looking at them felt rather like attending a movie-house simulcast of a live performance by the Metropolitan Opera: It's not as good as being there, but it's not bad, either.
But as they say in the infomercials, wait…there's more!…
The original theatrical trailer for Lust for Life, Vincente Minnelli's 1956 screen version of Irving Stone's 1934 novel about the life of Vincent Van Gogh, starring Kirk Douglas as the painter. The screenplay is by Norman Corwin and the score is by Miklós Rózsa:
Replay: Gregor Piatigorsky plays Walton's Cello Concerto
Gregor Piatigorsky plays William Walton's Cello Concerto, a work that he commissioned in 1956. He is accompanied by Malcolm Sargent and the BBC Symphony. This performance, the work's British premiere, was originally telecast live by the BBC on February 13, 1957:
Almanac: Ayn Rand on privacy
"Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men."
Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
Terry Teachout, who writes this blog, is the drama critic of The Wall Street Journal and the critic-at-large of Commentary. In addition to his Wall Street Journal drama column and his monthly essays … [Read More...]
About "About Last Night"
This is a blog about the arts in New York City and the rest of America, written by Terry Teachout. Terry is a critic, biographer, playwright, director, librettist, recovering musician, and inveterate blogger. In addition to theater, he writes here and elsewhere about all of the other arts--books, … [Read More...]
About My Plays and Opera Libretti
Billy and Me, my second play, received its world premiere on December 8, 2017, at Palm Beach Dramaworks in West Palm Beach, Fla. Satchmo at the Waldorf, my first play, closed off Broadway at the Westside Theatre on June 29, 2014, after 18 previews and 136 performances. That production was directed … [Read More...]
About My Podcast
Peter Marks, Elisabeth Vincentelli, and I are the panelists on "Three on the Aisle," a bimonthly podcast from New York about theater in America. … [Read More...]
My latest book is Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington, published in 2013 by Gotham Books in the U.S. and the Robson Press in England and now available in paperback. I have also written biographies of Louis Armstrong, George Balanchine, and H.L. Mencken, as well as a volume of my collected essays called A … [Read More...]
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2021 Orchids & Onions – Meet the Jury!
As our Orchids & Onions Committee is hustling together to prepare this year's program, we wanted to make a super big announcement – our jury! Over the years, we have always had an engaging team of jury members, and this year is absolutely no different. With thought-leaders from a variety of professional disciplines, we entrust with our jury the decision-making that results in the awards themselves. O&O is a unique awards ceremony. The public nominates all projects, but then the jury adds their expertise resulting in a combined effort to determine the winners.
They will be put to the test, from a grueling (not really) online voting process, to an in-person tour to see each short-listed project, to the feisty and always exciting deliberations that can last for hours; we know that this jury is up to the task!
While this may be an all-star band of dead-set industry rock stars, and they are, but don't forget that we will also invite you to all of SDAF's VIP member events to participate in the chance of a lifetime to join this year's jury.
Finally, to round out the total of nine jurors, we will also be inviting an ACE Mentor Student to join the jury. What an opportunity for a young budding designer to sit in and converse with some of our region's leading designers!
Over the coming weeks, we will be releasing information on how you can participate in your one chance of a lifetime! But for now, let's meet the jury!
Architect: Gemma Hsiueh
Gemma is a Registered Architect and Principal at RNT Architects, located in the Gaslamp Quarter. Gemma acknowledges her parents for allowing her the freedom to explore the field of architecture at such an early age. Her obsession with Legos during childhood led her to take several drafting classes in high school and participate in a summer exploratory program at the NewSchool of Architecture + Design. She refined her focus and skills at the USC School of Architecture. She jumped on the opportunity to study abroad in Italy for five months, which solidified her admiration of the subject.
Get to know Gemma more through this wonderful interview by unfamiliar.
Architect & Developer: Jeff Svitak
Jeff Svitak Inc. is an all-inclusive studio focusing primarily on architectural design while simultaneously integrating real estate development and construction management into its practice. The studio prides itself on creating unique and inspired human environments that engage with the user's senses. While each project has its individual inspiration and concept, Svitak believes heavily in the role of spatial organization and its influence on human emotions. By intimately studying this relationship, Jeff Svitak Inc. looks to enhance the emotional quality of its building's inhabitants. They thoughtfully integrate aspects of privacy and intimacy within the interior environment, connecting exterior living spaces, and inviting an overall sense of community through crafted and welcoming public and circulatory spaces.
Architect & HRB Member: Matthew Winter
Matthew Winter is the Director of Mixed-Use at LPA Design Studios. He has been responsible for managing various award-winning projects of multiple typologies, including housing, medical, civic, developer, and mixed-use projects. His work on the Pacific Center Campus in Southern California received the 2017 American Architecture Award and the 2016 Best Project for Office/Retail/Mixed-Use from ENR's California's Best Projects.
He is currently serving on the Historic Resource Board of the City of San Diego. Additionally, he is president of beautifulPB, the non-profit managing the certification process for the Pacific Beach EcoDistrict. He has helped spearhead multiple community-led projects within the EcoDistrict, ranging from new bicycle paths, community mural events, new placemaking, municipal code, new park designations, and an EcoDistrict planning checklist for new development. He previously served on the Uptown Planning Board and as a director on the Pacific Beach Town Council.
Designer: Rachelle Domingo-Rogers
As an '04 Alumni of Newschool of Architecture and Design with a 5-year Bachelors of Architecture degree, Rachelle has invested 20+ years in the San Diego Architectural and Design Industry working for various firms and non-profits. Now, she is the owner of Arch5 Design Studio, a boutique architectural and interior design studio specializing in residential and Commercial/Hospitality projects. They just recently celebrated their 6th year in business. Get to know Rachelle more through this great interview in Shoutout Socal.
Artist & Educator: Dave Adey
David Adey began his graphic design and branding career working for clients such as Intel, Pepsi, Nike, Qualcomm, Taylor Guitars, Hasbro, and many others. His sculpture often draws upon this experience, and his recent cut-paper works explore the fraught intersection between our physical bodies and the increasingly digitized world we inhabit. His work has been exhibited at The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Orange County Museum of Art, Torrance Art Museum, Cranbrook Art Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, The La Jolla Athenaeum, and Oceanside Museum Art, Frist Museum in Nashville, and galleries and venues nationally and internationally. His recent Hide series was selected for the exhibition State of The Art, Discovering American Art Now, which began at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas and has toured nationally.
Adey's graphic design and illustration have been featured in publications such as Graphis and Communication Arts. His art has been reviewed and featured in publications including Art in America, Art Ltd., LA Weekly, Installation Magazine, Artbound by KCET, Modern Luxury Magazine, The San Diego Union-Tribune, Wired, KPBS, and The Huffington Post.
His permanent public sculpture for the County of San Diego, titled Inspiration/Expiration, can be seen at the corner of Cedar and Kettner in downtown San Diego.
He received his MFA in sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BA in visual art from PLNU, where he is currently a professor of art and design.
Architect & Construction Manager: Katinka Read
Katinka was born and raised in Germany, but San Diego has been her home for over 15 years. After graduating from the NewSchool of Architecture + Design in 2011, Katinka worked in architecture for five years and got her license in California. She now works as a construction project manager for multi-family projects and operates her small architecture firm on the side.
Fun fact, Katinka volunteered with SDAF for a few years on our Orchids and Onions Committee, and we are so pleased to have her back on our jury this year.
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Landscape Architect: Neil Hadley
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Merkel urged Poroshenko to fulfill the political points of Minsk agreements
Political commitments of Ukraine are the special status of Donbas, elections in the occupied territories and amnesty for the militants
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko to fulfill the political commitments on the implementation of Minsk agreements. It is reported by Reuters, citing German government speaker.
A telephone conversation took place between the parties today, on 17 September.
"The chancellor has expressed the view that the next few weeks should be used for the decisive step forward", - said the speaker.
According to her, during a conversation of Poroshenko Merkel said that it is important that Russia and Ukraine would demonstrate the political will to reach an agreement.
Note that the AP report on a telephone conversation there is no information about the Merkel's appeal. Press Service reported that the sides "discussed the situation on security" in Donbas, and Poroshenko stressed the need for a full cease-fire by the Russian militants and the need to release all the hostages.
Earlier Foreign Ministers of Germany and France called to approve the special status of Donbas, the elections in the occupied territories and amnesty for militants.
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1. Eliminate distractions.
2. Cut class.
3. Make it up later.
4. Whittle it down.
5. Do one thing.
6. Bring in reinforcements.
7. Trust grace.
About Christine Smitha
Schedules and plans are all very well and good, but if you're like most of the rest of us, your school year goes off the rails at some point.
It's almost inevitable that something will happen, whether it's relatively minor such as a series of seasonal illnesses, or more significant, such as a new birth in the family.
Either way, you may find yourself asking, "How can I get back to the plan we had? How do we get caught up?"
Over the years, we've heard a lot of good advice, and combining that with wisdom from the counselors and Dr. Clark, we offer it to you here, in the hope that if you're currently looking for a way to get back on track, you'll find it in these pages.
A lot of times, it's the little things that knock us off balance. That's because they're small enough we don't notice them at first. Over time, however, they encroach more and more, driving a wedge between us and the important things we need to be doing.
Sometimes, that's our own fault, such as when we can't put down the smart phones because we're too tuned in to the latest texts, tweets, and instagrams. Other times, it's not our fault, as when the phone won't stop ringing with calls from marketers, politicians, and scammers, as happened to Seton mom, Sandy.
If you're noticing that you're suddenly taking twice as long to get through the school day, take a step back and see what might be consuming more than its fair share of your time. This goes for the kids too, and nine times out of ten, it's electronics.
Silence cell phones during morning hours and stash them away from the school zone. Move toys, comic books, and other recreational items away from work spaces. Ask family not to call before lunch, and register your phone number with the National Do Not Call List.
Turn off televisions and radios, and save the internet for afternoons or evenings.
Sometimes we get bogged down because we're trying to accomplish too much at once. Brains get saturated, energy lags, personalities generate friction, and before you know it, productivity has been cut by significant proportions. If this happens, it may be worth your while to restructure your school week.
Instead of doing all six to nine subjects (depending on grade level) every single day, do Math, English/Reading, and Religion every day, but save Science, History, Geography, and Art for two or three times a week.
Within a particular course or subject, you can cut certain elements, as well. As our counselors so often tell families, "Focus on essentials, and don't worry about the rest!" If it's a major assignment, finish it; if it's a daily activity, let it go.
At times it may be necessary to let an entire course go for a period of time, perhaps even for a semester or even a year. With this method, you relieve the student of the most troubling course during your regular school year, which allows the student to complete the remaining courses much more quickly with a relatively stress-free mindset.
Then after everything else has been accomplished, the "problem course" can be begun again, with undivided attention and a sense of freedom to take as much time as needed. As homeschool mom Nancy told us, "Sometimes when something isn't working, it's better to stop and start all over again, rather than just keep pushing."
Removing those stumbling blocks for a time may be just what's needed to get school back on track.
Inevitably, there will come a point when something happens that just couldn't have been foreseen, and for which we just can't be prepared, whether it's a death in the family, illness, or accidents, or an unexpected job promotion with subsequent move.
In such situations, it's not unusual for homeschooling to take a back seat for a few weeks, perhaps even a month or two. It can be demoralizing to face the seeming mountain of work that awaits you when the family is finally able to return to fulltime schooling.
Chip away at the work. Do school on Saturday mornings for a month. Add an extra half hour to hour of class time either at the beginning or the end of your normal school day. Meagan had her children do one extra hour a day five days a week for a few weeks after a move, and told us that it wasn't very long before they were caught up.
Do one class during lunch every day, something such as spelling or geography, in which everyone can participate.
By the end of the first week, you'll have caught up by two or three days, and within a month or two, you'll be fully caught up, using this incremental approach to accomplishment.
If adding in extra school time isn't suited to your family dynamic, try the alternative tactic, wherein you pick just one course or type of assignment, and do nothing but that for a week or two weeks at a time. Seton mom Michelle says when her kids get behind on book analyses, they "take an entire week off just to focus on getting the books read and writing the [book] reviews."
Instead of allowing that assignment to drag out for an entire quarter, Michelle makes sure they catch back up by stopping everything else. When you hone in on just one area for a few days before moving on to the next, not only can you get it done more efficiently, it's the Seton experience that you frequently end up getting ahead in everything.
You may have gotten this far in the article and be thinking to yourself that it's just not possible, not in your life, not in your circumstances. Perhaps it's time to think about asking for help, which is something most of us don't like to do, but which we should all do more frequently, nonetheless. Asking for help produces the double blessing of lightening your burden while offering someone else the chance to practice charity.
Sarah tells us that their family has nearly always been in survival mode, what with eight children under ten, a ninth currently on the way, and the fifth requiring special needs care. She finally reached out to her family this past year, and her father started coming to tutor the children twice a week. It made a difference.
Ask your family for tutoring assistance. Ask close friends from church for tutoring assistance. See about having nearby homeschooling families take one or two of your children for a class each week. And if you can't find tutoring assistance, remember that help doesn't have to be academic.
If aunts and uncles or grandparents are not comfortable teaching your children, perhaps they might be willing to help with errands and chores such as grocery runs and housework. Recruit friends and family for a Saturday to help you fill your freezer with a month of meals, or to do a top-to-bottom house-cleaning. Many hands make light work.
Even having a young lady from church come once a week to help you with babysitting or tidying can make a big difference in your ability to manage your homeschool.
Finally, trust in the power of prayer and God's infinite goodness. He can and will help your family when you need it. Rely on the Blessed Mother for her intercession and assistance. Seton mother Terri tells a particularly poignant story of how her daughter was unable to do any school work for a long time after the death of a close friend in an accident.
At a loss, Terri finally began praying a novena to Mary, Undoer of Knots. Within a couple weeks, her daughter was able to function again, and has since successfully completed her school year. With God's grace, we really can achieve the impossible.
In the long run, as Dr. Clark reminds us, "Staying on track should simply mean not wasting time and doing schoolwork every day."
After that, "getting behind" is really only a relative term. That's the beauty of homeschooling. Each student learns at the pace best suited to him or her within the context of the particular family situation.
If you need to take a break or take a longer time, that's o.k. But if you believe there's legitimate concern for the state of your homeschool, try one or two of the strategies above, and see if you're not back on track by the end of the year.
Happy homeschooling!
Christine Smitha holds a B.A. in English and Literature from Christendom College. She has taught Literature for nine years, and enjoys dabbling in journalism when she gets a chance. She is currently Seton Home Study School's Accreditation Manager.
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Q: Get all users and contacts from a group in Active Directory I have been searching around for a solution on getting both users and contacts from a group in Active Directory, but cant find one.
I understand that I cant get contacts the same way as users because they are not security principals?
I use this code to get all users in my group, is it possible to extend this to retrieve name, and mobile number from contacts? Or do I need to write something new?
            var context = new PrincipalContext(ContextType.Domain, "MY_DOMAIN");
            using (var searcher = new PrincipalSearcher())
            {
                var groupName = "MY_GROUP";
                var sp = new GroupPrincipal(context, groupName);
                searcher.QueryFilter = sp;
                var group = searcher.FindOne() as GroupPrincipal;

                if (group == null)
                    Console.WriteLine("Invalid Group Name: {0}", groupName);

                foreach (var f in group.GetMembers())
                {
                    var principal = f as UserPrincipal;

                    if (principal == null || string.IsNullOrEmpty(principal.Name))
                        continue;

                    DirectoryEntry entry = (principal.GetUnderlyingObject() as DirectoryEntry);
                    DirectorySearcher entrySearch = new DirectorySearcher(entry);
                    entrySearch.PropertiesToLoad.Add("mobile");
                    entrySearch.PropertiesToLoad.Add("sAMAccountName");
                    entrySearch.PropertiesToLoad.Add("name");
                    SearchResultCollection results = entrySearch.FindAll();

                    ResultPropertyCollection rpc = results[0].Properties;
                    foreach (string rp in rpc.PropertyNames)
                    {
                        if (rp == "mobile")
                            Console.WriteLine(rpc["mobile"][0].ToString());

                        if(rp == "sAMAccountName")
                            Console.WriteLine(rpc["sAMAccountName"][0].ToString());
                    }

A: You cannot use the System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement namespace to query contact information from Active Directory because as you point out, they are not security principles. You'll need to read and parse the member property of the group directly from the group's DirectoryEntry. This will be a list of distinguished names of all the objects which are a member of the group. There's no way to know from this what kind of object they are so you'll need to query AD for each to find out.
You have all the code needed to accomplish this already in what you posted, just add the member property to the load list and then loop though it loading new DirectoryEntry objects. The objectClass property will tell you if it's a user, group or contact.