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Johnson & Johnson's baby powder risk expands: It faces triple the cancer trials in 2019
Thousands of plaintiffs are accusing Johnson & Johnson of hiding a risk of cancer to protect its baby powder brand.
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By Jef Feeley, Margaret Cronin Fisk
Johnson & Johnson paid a steep price this year for claims that its celebrated baby powder was contaminated with asbestos. And its 2019 could be even worse.
A jury ordered the company in July to pay $4.69 billion to 22 women who blamed the talc-based product for causing their ovarian cancer. The prospect of similar judgments helped erase $45 billion in J&J's market value, with the shares headed for their biggest annual loss in a decade.
Next year, the world's largest maker of healthcare products is scheduled to face almost three times as many baby powder trials. Four will be in St. Louis, in the same Missouri court where the company lost the July verdict. Several of the trials involve multiple alleged victims, including one with 38 women scheduled to start in August, according to court filings.
"The increased number of trials, especially in what is considered a plaintiff-friendly venue like St. Louis, doesn't augur well for J&J," said Elizabeth Burch, a University of Georgia professor who teaches mass-tort law. "The more they lose, the more cases will be filed. I just don't see how they are going to get a handle on this litigation."
Investor concern over litigation risk has grown following news reports of internal documents showing company officials have known since the 1970s that some of the talc used in baby powder contained asbestos. Thousands of plaintiffs now accuse J&J of hiding the cancer risk to protect a brand that has been a staple in American homes for more than a century.
Baby powder is mostly talc, a mineral used to keep skin dry and as an astringent to prevent diaper rash. But geological formations that contain talc also yield asbestos, a mineral used in products such as building insulation. Scientists have found links between asbestos and mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer. Plaintiffs' lawyers say that studies have also shown a link between talc and ovarian cancer.
Women suing J&J contend they got cancer either from exposure to asbestos-laced talc or by using the powdery substance on their genitals. New Brunswick, N.J.-based J&J has insisted the product is safe.
Juries in states including California, New Jersey and Missouri have handed down more than $5 billion in total awards to plaintiffs since suits started going to trial in 2016. However, some of those verdicts have been thrown out by judges. J&J has won verdicts or had hung juries in other cases.
Committed defense
"Johnson & Johnson is committed to defending these cases based on the strong scientific evidence showing that talc does not cause cancer," Ernie W. Knewitz, a company spokesman, said in an emailed statement.
"Of the last five trials in 2018, two were decided in our favor, and there have been [three hung-jury] mistrials, reflecting the juries' appreciation of our argument," Knewitz said. "Every case that has gone through the appellate process has also been reversed, and we feel confident that the five cases currently on appeal will be reversed as well."
Still, the risk for the company is significant, according to Bloomberg Intelligence litigation analyst Holly Froum. To resolve almost 12,000 talc cases, J&J may have to cough up as much as $20 billion in settlements, Froum estimates. That would provide an average per-case payout of $1.67 million.
"I don't believe they did anything wrong, but I think this is going to be a major overhang for a long time," said Jeff Jonas, a portfolio manager at Gabelli Funds, which owns J&J shares. "I could see the number of lawsuits doubling or more, and just the cost to defend them all could reach into the billions."
First settlement
This month, J&J settled its first baby powder case, teaming up with talc supplier Imerys America Inc. to pay more than $1.5 million to settle a Manhattan woman's claims. The company said the move didn't signal it was open to the idea of a global settlement.
"We do not have any organized program to settle Johnson's baby powder cases, nor are we planning a settlement program," Knewitz said. "Rather, we will continue to vigorously defend the safety of Johnson's baby powder in the courtroom."
In 2019, there are at least 21 trials on court calendars targeting J&J over tainted talc, including more than 15 in California's courts and one in Georgia set to start in March. In 2018, J&J defended itself in eight talc trials. Although the company's lawyers will be busier next year, scheduling delays and pretrial maneuvering could result in cases being thrown out or trial dates being pushed back.
Most of the California cases are in state court in Los Angeles, where talc cases are consolidated. The first is scheduled for Jan. 4. Kirk Von Salzen, a retired computer salesman, said his asbestos-related cancer was linked to his 30-year use of baby powder. Von Salzen, who died recently, sought more than $12 million in damages. His family is continuing his case. In October, a jury deadlocked on Von Salzen's claims in his first trial.
The real fireworks start in St. Louis on Jan. 22, when 13 claims by women who contracted ovarian cancer are set to go before a jury. Five of those women have died, and their cases are being pursued by family members. Each plaintiff, including St. Louis resident Vickie Forrest, used baby powder for decades before her illness was diagnosed. Their attorneys, who won the first four talc cases, will cite asbestos as a contributing factor, though the trial won't focus solely on it.
Familiar foe
Things could get even more interesting in April, when veteran plaintiffs' lawyer Mark Lanier, who engineered the $4.69-billion verdict, will present his next talc case on behalf of 24 women with ovarian cancer. He has targeted asbestos as the cause of their illnesses. The women, who include a retired bank manager, a florist and a forklift driver, come from states such as Ohio, New York and Utah. Missouri law allows out-of-state plaintiffs to bring their claims because some of J&J's talc products were made in Missouri.
J&J has been one of Lanier's favorite targets over the years. He won a more than $1-billion verdict in 2016 over allegedly defective Pinnacle artificial hips. Two years earlier, he persuaded a Louisiana jury to hand down a $9-billion verdict against Japanese drugmaker Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. and the United States' Eli Lilly & Co. over problems with its Actos diabetes medicine.
"I'm sure J&J is quite sick of seeing Mark Lanier on the other side of these cases," said Burch, the Georgia law professor. "He's the last lawyer they want to have to face twice in the coming year."
Feeley and Fisk write for Bloomberg.


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Professional storytelling is a highly specialized art and the artists have to go through many years of training from childhood or early youth. The traditional transmission of the storytellers' art from generation to generation took place in the family. It was called 'oral transmission and teaching from the heart' kou chuan xin shou. Usually storytelling was a family enterprise and the master would teach one or several of his own sons or male relatives (after the 1930s also daughters) to continue his art, but it was also a common practice to accept disciples from outside the family.
The children were trained from the early age of five or six, and sometimes appeared in public before the age of ten. Famous masters were called upon to take in disciples from outside, and at times such a master might by himself suggest that a younger promising storyteller should become his disciple. But more often storytellers were reluctant to take in children from other families, either because they feared to lose the family 'fortune', or simply because it was a hard job to train a new disciple, and the master would be responsible for the child.
If the disciple was from another family, a contract was set up between the master and the parents of the child. There was an initiation ceremony with gifts and a meal served to the master. The legalization of the relationship between master and disciple, the ceremony accompanying the situations of instituting and dissolving such relationship was regarded as important. The naming of the regular students is also of particular importance, since the hereditary line of a certain school of storytelling, the identity of the 'school and branch' menpai, is based on the masters' accept of his student by 'bestowing him an artist's name' ciming. The lineage is shown by a common component in the names of all the storytellers of the same line, i.e. the component 'tang' found in the names of storytellers of the Wang school, 'hua' with the Kang School, 'liang' with the Wu School and 'zhang' with the Dai School. The name system is, however, not always that simple, as a glance at the table of storyteller's hereditary lines will show.


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      This section aims to recognize the contributions of all
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      and development of this library.

      Many thanks to Steven Watanabe and Vicente Botet for suggesting to me to use
      Boost.ScopeExit binding
      to emulate
      local functions. Many thanks to Alexander Nasonov for clarifying how
      Boost.ScopeExit binding
      could be used to implement local functions and for some early
      work in this direction.

      Many thanks to Gregory Crosswhite for using an early version of this library
      in one of his projects.

      Thanks to David Abrahams, Vicente Botet, et al. for suggesting to provide the
      variadic
      macro syntax on compilers that support variadic macros.

      Thanks to Pierre Morcello for sharing some code that experimented with implementing
      local functions using Boost.ScopeExit
      binding (even if this library is not based on such a code).

      Thanks to John Bytheway for checking the authors' virtual functor technique
      that originally allowed this library to pass local functions as template parameters.

      Thanks to Jeffrey Lee Hellrung for suggesting the use of the "keyword"
      bind to bind variables in scope
      and for suggesting to use bind(type)
      to optionally specify the bound variable type. Thanks to Vicente Botet for
      suggesting to provide a macro to expose the bound variable type to the public
      API.

      Thanks to Steven Watanabe, Vicente Botet, Michael Caisse, Yechezkel Mett, Joel
      de Guzman, Thomas Heller, et al. for helping with the Alternatives
      section and with the profiling of the different alternatives.

      Many thanks to Jeffrey Lee Hellrung for managing the Boost
      review of this library. Thanks also to all the people that submitted
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      Bytheway, Hartmut Kaiser, Krzysztof Czainski, Nat Lindon, Pierre Morcello,
      Thomas Heller, and Vicente J. Botet. Thanks to everyone that commented on the
      library during its Boost review.

      Finally, many thanks to the entire Boost
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Super Volleyball Retro Review (NEC PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16)
It's volleyball and it's quite super!
Volleyball has never been the most popular sport in the real world so it's even less often that you encounter it in the digital world. When you do it's more often than not based on the more interesting (certainly to most men anyway!) beach variety of the sport. Originally released in the arcades with both Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx versions following, Video System's Super Volleyball tries its very best to recreate the thrills and spills of international volleyball, and it does a pretty good job too in the most part. So don't let the subject matter put you off too much and read on, because this might just be a game that's worth adding to your collection.
In this TurboGrafx version of Super Volleyball you start off by choosing your team from the available selection of countries and selecting the type of game you want to play. You have both one-player and two-player games, as you would expect, and the usual array of options. In the single player mode you can choose to play in a one off exhibition match to hone your skills or go straight into the action and try to win the Volleyball World Cup. There's a wide selection of countries to chose from around the world, all with varying levels of skill. Rather strangely, there is also the option to watch a match instead of playing it yourself! Why would you want to do that? The game itself takes up a rather unusual viewpoint, while being side viewed (ok, pretty normal so far) it is 2D, on a flat plain with no up or down movement at all (very unusual indeed!). However the screen does scroll horizontally to move with the action and keeps up with the pace pretty well. Each team has four players, like real volleyball, and you get to control just one of them. The CPU players on your team tend to just hang around the net, so it's your job to serve and volley from the back of the court. The A.I. levels of the computer players is pretty decent too so you don't have to worry too much about them messing things up for you. You have the standard range of actions such as spike, volley and pass. The action in Super Volleyball actually gets pretty intense at times too.
When it comes to the visuals, Super Volleyball is rather nice. The sprites are both nicely drawn and well animated and the crowd in the background makes it look a bit more interesting. On the audio front it's perhaps a little lacking, with just some pretty basic sound effects and the odd little tune when you score points and win games, but nothing to really complain about. Super Volleyball controls well and gives a good challenge, so it will take you a while to master. I can't quite put my finger on what I liked about this game, I just did. I still find it strange that while the TurboGrafx doesn't have a decent football (soccer for our American readers) game it plays a mean game of volleyball! I have always found it bizarre that a system with such a high quality library in general has so many terrible sports games. So Super Volleyball was not only a very welcome surprise but it also, almost by default, becomes one of the best sports games on the system.
Final Verdict: 3.5/5
Available on: NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx (reviewed), Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Arcade ; Publisher: NEC ; Developer: Video System ; Players: 1-2 ; Released: 1990 ; ESRB: E For Everyone ; MSRP: N/A
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Crossing the Mormonism Rubicon
Thomas Grier Attorney, The Law Office of Thomas Grier
In the wake of Mitt Romney's victories in Arizona and Michigan, it now seems more than likely that he will eventually capture the GOP nomination. When he does, he and the GOP will have to deal with the rising tide of anti-Mormonism, mostly from outside the party but from within it as well.
The media has suggested America is in the middle of a "Mormon moment," highlighting the fact that there is a Mormon presidential candidate (there were two until Jon Huntsman dropped out), a critically acclaimed Broadway musical poking fun at Mormonism and a general discussion about Mormon theology and culture. But it is not all pleasant press.
Prominent commentators have ratcheted up the anti-Mormonism in recent weeks. Last month, Charles Blow of The New York Times tweeted, "Stick that in your magic underwear." Salon's editor, Joan Walsh, recently tweeted that "Romney's saving the soul of America — so he doesn't have to baptize us after we're dead." CNN's Tricia Erickson said, "It is my opinion that an indoctrinated Mormon should never be elected as president of the United States of America." Bill Maher stated, "By any standard, Mormonism is more ridiculous than any other religion."
Mormonism presents a real political problem for Romney and the GOP. As Byron York explains:
Twenty-seven percent of Democrats say they wouldn't vote for a Mormon, while 18 percent of Republicans say the same. For independents, the figure is 19 percent. …
Perhaps the most striking news in the Gallup survey is the durability of anti-Mormon bias. For more than 40 years, Gallup has asked a simple question: "If your party nominated a generally well-qualified person who happened to be a Mormon, would you vote for that person?" In the most recent survey, 76 percent of those polled said they would vote for the Mormon candidate, while 22 percent said they would not.
In 1967, when Gallup first asked the question, 75 percent said they would vote for a Mormon, while 17 percent said they wouldn't. The results were practically the same as they are today.
Perhaps this is why critics of Florida Senator Marco Rubio have been trying to tie him to Mormonism. A recent article about Rubio's Mormon childhood went viral and gave opponents an opportunity to question the viability of a Romney-Rubio ticket.
When Mitt Romney ran for Senate in 1994, his opponents quickly brought his religion into the race. His Republican challenger's campaign manager called Romney a "rich white Mormon." His Democratic opponent, the late Senator Ted Kennedy, famously focused on Romney's leadership experience within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, both as a Mormon bishop and as a stake president.
Mormonism will certainly be an issue in the general election if Romney is the nominee. Liberals will focus on the supposed disproportionate power that Mormons hold in government, business and elsewhere. They will paint Mormonism as the "GE of religions," as Newsweek's Walter Kirn did in a recent article. It will be a protest marriage between Occupy Wall Street and religion, a particularly nauseating but possibly effective combination.
As a practicing member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and someone who also works in politics, I believe dodging the Mormon issue would be a mistake for Romney and the Republican Party.
But what can Republicans do to address it?
They should focus on the aspects of Mormonism that appeal to broad segments of the American population. For instance, they should highlight to conservative audiences the fact that Mormonism is the most conservative major religion in America. Independents will appreciate Mormonism's focus on faith, family and service.
The "Mormon problem" is not going away and Republicans would be wise to begin the battle to define Mormonism for voters now. I am not sure why, but I am reminded of a quote from General George S. Patton: "A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week."
Thomas Grier is a third-year law student at The Ohio State University. A graduate of Arizona State University, Grier writes on constitutional law, politics and pro-growth policy.
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Phnom Penh, 10 May 2017: The University of Cambodia unveils the Tony Fernandes School of Business, complete with its new logo, and inaugurates the AirAsia Hall, both of which are on the 8th floor of the main campus building.
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The "burden of proof" in these cases is on the plaintiff, meaning you must convince the judge or jury that the death was the defendant's fault. Rather than the "beyond a reasonable doubt" standard in criminal cases, the standard here is "by a preponderance of the evidence." This is commonly defined to mean that you must prove that it is "more likely than not" that the defendant was responsible for your family member's death.
Proving the case often requires presenting witness testimony, documentation of the damages, medical records, and other evidence of the defendant's fault and how the death occurred.
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Russian Army to Be Fully Equipped With New Combat Kit by 2020
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The Russian army will be fully equipped with new infantry gear by 2020, Russia's Central Research Institute of Precision Machine Building told Sputnik on Wednesday.
KLIMOVSK (Moscow region) (Sputnik) — The Russian army will be fully equipped with Russia's next-generation Ratnik-2 infantry gear by 2020, Russia's Central Research Institute of Precision Machine Building told Sputnik on Wednesday.
"By 2020, the Russian army will be fully equipped with Ratnik-2, by now the troops have received more than 200,000 kits," the institute's chief executive Dmitry Semizorov said.
Ratnik is an infantry combat system, developed as a "future soldier" concept. It includes dozens of pieces of equipment, comprising firearms, body armor, optical, communication and navigation devices, as well as life support and power supply systems.
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Innovation is often widely misunderstood. It's a buzzworthy term and used in myriad ways. No wonder it's difficult setting up and running an innovation practice when the work and word itself can be so misunderstood.
At The Moment, we consistently help our clients learn, grow, and thrive in their innovation practices. So we thought we would share some of the magic. To be clear, there is no $9.99 approach to achieving success. It takes a lot of work, but here are some tools and tips that might make things a little easier.
[I N N O V A T I O N W E B I N A R ] Watch as Simon Mhanna and Heather Daam-Rossi share frameworks, tools, and approaches to building an innovation practice.
As the hosts, we learned that a lot of you out there have many questions — on how to frame and talk about innovation internally, which frameworks work best, how to measure innovation, and how to get colleagues and executives in your organization engaged in the work. Here is some advice to help you navigate your innovation work.
How do I frame innovation internally?
Innovation can be a scary idea for those who don't work in the space. People don't often like change and innovation can signal uncertainty and discomfort. Our advice to you: define the word for your organization and context, and use it to your advantage. Or find a different word that works for you!
Innovation is the process in which a new idea or invention is translated into a good or service that creates value or for which customers will pay.
How is innovation being applied in your organization?
What are the boundaries, if any?
Who is involved in moving innovation forward?
What are the implications for your organization to pursue innovation work?
However you define the word and context around your innovation efforts, be sure to provide examples and context for others in your practice, and in the broader organization. The biggest battle is often getting colleagues and executives to understand the importance and benefits of innovation. Set your definition and objectives clearly from the start.
In our webinar November 2018, we asked attendees: Do you use the word "innovation" in your organization?
How do I measure innovation?
These are just a few in addition to your standard financial and ROI project metrics. If you're interested in learning more on innovation metrics, be sure to check out Erika Bailey's Post on how to measure the right innovation metrics as an additional resource.
In addition to financial and project metrics, you might also want to think about how to measure aspects such as your organization's ability to innovate, as well as your own innovation skills.
Measure your organization's readiness to innovate: Are you equipped with the right tools, spaces, and mindsets to move the needle on innovation? Get the Culture Scan to surface and measure the factors of innovation culture in your organization.
Measure your innovation skills: Identify the strengths you bring to innovation work, and find out where you might need to augment capabilities. The Moment's Innovation Designer capability map helps you map the skills you currently have, and find the skills you need. Teams at organizations including Loblaw use the tool to map their skills across the entire team.
How do I get buy-in for my innovation projects?
Another question that we get asked all the time is about getting buy-in and support from both colleagues and executives to pursue innovation projects. Let's be honest — innovation is seen as inherently risky. It requires that the organization take a leap of faith to figure out a new path forward, in projects both big and small.
But there is a way to getting buy-in, and the secret lies in sharing the story of your work early and often. It's not just about creating an amazing package to present at the end of the project. It's about approaching different departments and teams to get their points of view, demonstrate the process and show off small wins, and use storytelling as an effective way to socialize your innovation work. It's also about leveraging the sharing points that are already happening; what meetings, town halls, and touchpoints already exist at which you could share some milestones from your work?
In our November 2018 webinar, we asked attendees: Do you have the resources you need for your innovation project?
The question around getting resources and buy-in from people around your organization might have a lot to do with the amount of time and portion of your job that is dedicated to actual innovation work. Our advice is to make innovation work not just a side-of-desk opportunity, but to carve out the space and pursue projects in a fulsome way. While not everyone gets the resources they may dream of, almost all of the people we hear from say they start in small ways – building wins and credibility through sharing and socializing the work – to expand the scope and impact as they move forward.
No matter where you are on your innovation journey, there are others out there who are dealing with similar challenges and roadblocks. Paving new roads within large or legacy organizations can be lonely work. Find your community of like-minded practitioners to share ideas and find support. Find allies within your organization who can vouch for this important work. And above all else, just keep being awesome.


When people think about building websites and web design, thoughts of fancy, graphic-heavy or flash-driven websites come to mind. However, in reality, what a business should look into with their website is conversions. Sometimes the ugliest websites online convert a high percentage of visitors into paid customers. That is why it is important for web designers to split test their designs to see which layouts, colors, and other variations lead to the best conversion rates for the business. The following are some aspects of a site's design that can make it convert better along with example sites.
Rather than bombard a website with many flashy animations or over-the-top artistry, sometimes sticking to the basics just works. You want your customers to understand what your business is all about along with the products and services you business provides. If you make the design too complicated, website visitors will get all distracted by those factors and might totally miss the point or message you're trying to get across.
Take this simple site http://www.gopromotional.com , on promotional gifts for example. It has a nice, clean look and feel to it that is simple and straightforward. With just a quick glance, you can tell what this company is all about. The navigation bar is well laid out, so this is a smooth and easy browsing experience for the user.
With your business' website, you want visitors to take action, whether it's to contact you for your services or to make a purchase through your store. This can be a lot easier if there's a bit button or image that acts as a call to action. People love images and are easily drawn to these kinds of things as long as they are designed properly. This is where the split testing comes into play.
One great example is this site http://www.privatejetscharter.com ,on private jets. At the top, the navigation bar allows users to go through different topics on private jets, and at the end of each mini description is a call to action to read more on the subject. In addition to that, below the navigation bar to the right is a call to action for a quote on a private jet trip. The button for this is easily visible, and your eyes are naturally drawn to it.
The above examples clearly show how important it is to split test website designs in order to determine which ones have the best conversion rates. This way, you can take your business to another level.


This is a subject that is dear to my heart. But I have to tell you that it's even dearer to God's heart. Especially, in these latter times. It's not enough to just go to church and do the good works, character must be attached to it. Unfortunately, it's not being taught in many churches today. You either have to find it online in an article or blog post, or hear it on one of the television or radio broadcasts (maybe), go to the bookstore to find a title on the shelf or you might watch a sermon on YouTube about it. Unfortunately, it's just not a popular topic. Yet, it's very important to God.
I mentioned earlier that character must be attached to the good works that we do. And the reason for this is so that God can be glorified. Jesus tells us in Matthew 5:16, "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." Our lifestyle should continually and purposefully reflect the light of God's goodness and glory. People should want to know and live for Christ because of our godly conduct and character. But if we're acting up, it will be hard for anyone to see Him or let alone, praise Him.
Jesus commands us in Matthew 5:15, "Don't hide your light under a basket! Instead, put it on a stand and let it shine for all." (NLT) Now, really listen to what Jesus is saying here. He doesn't want us to hide our light. Because if we are hiding our lights due to bad attitudes, disobedience, lack of submission and disrespect towards our authority, pride, lustful actions, just to name a few, people will not be able to see the light, which is Jesus Christ. This is dangerous if not corrected.
I want to pause here and say that if you're doing any of these things listed above, now would be a good time to repent and ask God's forgiveness. This is godly discipline and correction…and most importantly, its love. Proverbs 3:11-12 says, "My child, don't ignore it when the Lord disciplines you, and don't be discouraged when he corrects you. For the Lord corrects those he loves, just as a father corrects a child whom he delights." (NLT) Remember the truth hurts sometimes, but it will make you free (See John 8:32).
Keep in mind, that our great enemy Satan wants us to lose our flavor, but not only that. He wants to kill our witness! The Bible tells us that Satan is a thief, a killer, and destroyer. He only wants to destroy everything that God has done in our lives. But we can't let him. John 10:10 says, "The thief's purpose is to steal, kill, and to destroy. My purpose is to give life in all it fullness." So let's choose to live in that fullness through Christ.
A woman of godly character possesses integrity, purity, submission, obedience, and love. The Bible further describes it as fruit. Galatians 5:22-23 says, "But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives, he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control." (NLT) *This is what character looks like in real life, and this is what God wants us to have as godly women.
I want to add that this is a life process. So don't go crazy trying to do this on your own or in a week. Trust me. God will give you opportunities to grow in character as you walk through this life. And know that you will make some mistakes along the way. However, the key in making fewer mistakes is recognizing where you are, while confessing it to God and keeping a repentant heart.
Also, know that you are not alone in the process. The Holy Spirit will be your guide along the way. He will show you what to say and how to act according to the truth daily. Jesus tells us in John 16:13 & 14, "When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not be presenting his own ideas; he will be telling you what he has heard…He will bring me glory by revealing to you whatever he receives from me." So listen for Him.
I knew what I had to do. But I have to admit that it did bother me, because I do it most of the time. But I had a choice to make. Practice self-control and get up quietly and humbly turn the thermostat down. Or throw the covers off to show my aggravation and do it in a way that he would know that he could have done it himself.
In the end, I did what the Holy Spirit asked of me. And afterwards I got back in the bed quietly and waited patiently for a quick, "Thank you" (that never happened, because he'd already fallen asleep). Maybe my reward will come in heaven, I don't know. LOL! But the point here was listening to the Holy Spirit and practicing that godly character of self-control. Remember Galatians 5:22-23.
I hope and pray that this post has helped you in your pursuit of becoming a woman of godly character. You are definitely not reading this by chance. God already knew that you would be reading this today. Also, don't forget to read up on more articles, watch some videos, and get some other books or resources on this subject to help as you can continue growing in godly character. And read Matthew 7:20.
I pray you receive it well. And I pray that you will continue growing in love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, self-control, purity, and integrity. I hope you'll do the same for me. 😉 If so, thanks in advance! Love ya!
Comment…tanks so much for this post.may God increase more in you.


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Blum: Holiday Cheer and Thanks, Despite Christmas Parade Cancellation
December 3, 2019 By A Dagger Reader
From Michael Blum, Chairman, Bel Air Christmas Celebration 2019: To the Editors of the Dagger: On behalf of the Town of Bel Air, I would like to thank the citizens of greater Bel Air for their patience and understanding with our cancellation of the 30th Annual Town of Bel Air Christmas Parade and Celebration on […]
Kreamer on Rep. Cummings: "His Example Challenges the House and Senate Not to Accept Wrongdoing and Not to Dawdle in Their Duty"
October 22, 2019 By A Dagger Reader
From former Delegate and Councilwoman Barbara Osborn Kreamer: Statement on the passing of Representative Elijah Cummings There have been so many eloquent statements about Congressman Elijah Cummings on the sad day of his passing. I have been grieving the loss of my friend and former colleague. He was a great man, who held high office, […]
Baker: Drag Events Canceled after Threats from Harford County Liquor Board Inspector
May 18, 2019 By A Dagger Reader
From Sara Baker: Several restaurants have had to cancel their nearly sold-out drag events after visits from Harford County Liquor Board Inspector William Colburn. Mr. Colburn informed the restaurants that while it is illegal to ban the events outright, if they choose not to cancel he will visit them every day and eventually find a […]
Young: Historic Investiture of Judge Kerwin A. Miller, Sr.
April 3, 2019 By A Dagger Reader
From Brian K. Young, President, Harford County Bar Association: On March 22, Kerwin A. Miller, Sr. was publicly sworn in as a Maryland District Court Judge. Judge Miller's appointment by Governor Hogan makes him first African American male to take the bench in Harford County. Judge Miller quipped during the investiture "that makes Larry Hogan […]
Fang: "What Bowtie Barry and Sidekick Billy Boniface Really, Really Want to Build…is a Muslim-Free Community"
March 5, 2019 By A Dagger Reader
From David Fang: Much has been said in the matter of Delegate Lisanti. Interesting comments, hateful comments, comments from people 3000 miles away that have no clue. And one comment from someone right here in Harford County that also has no clue. As reported in the Baltimore Sun, "Those comments are not reflective of the […]
Boardman: "It is Our Responsibility as the Democratic Central Committee to Get to the Bottom of Why the Two Top Administrators of the County's Elections Were Suspended"
February 4, 2019 By A Dagger Reader
From Harford County Democratic Central Committee member Christopher Boardman: Harford County Democratic Central Committee member Christopher Boardman walked out of a special meeting held Sunday Feb. 3 in protest of the central committee's refusal to seek full disclosure over the suspension of Harford County Board of Elections director Kevin Keene and assistant director Dale Livingston […]
Close: "Wini Roche has the Energy and Ability to be a Reasoned Voice for the District"
November 4, 2018 By A Dagger Reader
From James A. Close: I am writing this letter in support of Wini Roche, candidate for County Council District F. She will bring a woman's voice to the Council. She will be her own person. A check of MD campaign finance contributions shows she has support mostly from individuals. Her opponent, Curtis Beulah, has contributions […]
MRA CEO Schafer on Rubble Landfill Case: "Time Has Come for the County Executive and Council to Recognize What the Jury Understood"
From Richard D Schafer, President/CEO Maryland Reclamation Associates Inc.: MRA is pleased with Maryland's High Court's decision to deny Harford County's petition and the motion for permission to file amicus curiae brief in support of petition for writ of certiorari. Importantly the court's decision made clear "there has been no showing that the review by […]
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[ARCHIVED] A FRESH START FOR NORWALK HEAD START
A FRESH START FOR NORWALK HEAD START
CIFC to Sponsor the Head Start/Early Head Start
Program in the Norwalk Area
Norwalk, CT- James H. Maloney, JD, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Connecticut Institute For Communities, Inc. ("CIFC"), joined Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) and U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy in announcing today that the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services/ Administration for Children and Families has awarded the program sponsorship for Head Start services in the Greater Norwalk[1] area to CIFC's Early Learning Programs (which currently include Head Start, Early Head Start and School Readiness in the Greater Danbury Area).
Connecticut Institute (CIFC) will assume operation of the program as of July 1, 2018, and will offer a multi-faceted Head Start program serving 156 children in the 5 towns of the Greater Norwalk area, including the City of Norwalk, and the Towns of Weston, Wilton, Westport and New Canaan. The program will be known as the Greater Norwalk Head Start Program (GNHS) under CIFC's Early Learning Programs.
In operating the program, CIFC will work closely with the City of Norwalk, the municipal and educational leaders of the area towns, a new Greater Norwalk Head Start Parents' Policy Council, and Norwalk health and education program advisory committees being organized by CIFC
Executive Program Summary:
Connecticut Institute For Communities, Inc's, Greater Norwalk Head Start program will provide full-year Head Start (HS) and Early Head Start (EHS) services to 156 children from the Norwalk area. Early Head Start (for children 6 weeks to 2 years and 12 months) is an entirely new component of Head Start Services to be offered in Norwalk. Of the 156-enrollment total, 16 children (infants and toddlers) will be enrolled in Early Head Start, at least 60 children will be enrolled in full-day Head Start (preschool for 3- and 4-year-olds), 20 of whom in the ordinary course will be funded by the State, and up to 80 children will be enrolled in part-day Head Start (preschool). Currently enrolled 3-year-olds will be able to continue their enrollment as 4-year-olds as of September 2018.
The program will offer a total of 9 classes. Five classrooms will be located at the Nathaniel Ely Center: 2 EHS classes and 3 full-day HS classes (including the State-funded classroom). The Benjamin Franklin Center will house 4 HS classes, all 4 part-day.
Head Start (Preschool)
All Head Start services will be center-based, five days a week, operating eight hours per day for full-day and 4.75 hours per day for part-day. Full-day classes will also provide an additional 2.5 hours per day of extended care, for a total of 10.5 hours (7:30 am to 6 pm) per day available to these children. The classes will operate 50 weeks of the year (see below), except for federal and state holidays.
The full-day HS program will provide 230 days of service which equates to 1840 learning hours per preschooler, exceeding the 1020-hour federal Head Start annual minimum requirement. The part-day HS program will provide 230 days of service which equates to 1093 learning hours per preschooler, which also exceeds the 1020-hour annual minimum requirement.
For both part-day and full-day, we limit, per state regulations, classrooms with a majority of three-year-olds to seventeen children per classroom, and those classrooms with a majority of four-year-olds to twenty children per classroom. We staff every classroom with a teaching team of at least two, having corresponding minimum ratios of 1:8.5 or 1:10 (also compliant with state regulations).
Early Head Start classes will operate 8 hours per day, five days per week, from 7:30 am to 3:30 pm, plus an extended day option. The classes will operate 50 weeks of the year (see below), except for federal and state holidays. In total, the GNHS Early Head Start program, offering 230 days of service, will provide 1840 of learning hours per infant/toddler, again exceeding the 1380-hour federal Head Start annual minimum requirement.
Classroom Organization and Staffing
Each Center location will have its own lead teacher. Each Head Start preschool class will be staffed by a classroom teacher, assistant teacher and classroom aide (who CIFC Head Start refers to as CDA Specialists). Early Head Start will have a teacher for each group of 4 children, resulting in two teachers per each classroom of 8 children, plus a classroom aid. For classroom staff, candidates undergo a multi-level vetting process that includes an initial phone screening conducted by CIFC HR, a site visit, the delivery of an observed sample lesson (either onsite or video), and an interview with the CIFC Education and Disabilities Service Specialist and an interviewing team. The interview teams will be comprised of members of the program' s leadership staff. Our goal will be to identify and recruit a highly-qualified classroom team of individuals who show a willingness and ability to implement a top-tier educational curriculum that meets the Head Start Early Learning Framework and State early learning standards. [A comparable process will be used for all other staff but adapted to their specific field of work (e.g. Family Advocates)]. Staff will be employed for 52 weeks per year, with one week devoted to in service staff development, and one week off during the end-of-the-year holidays as part of staff annual paid time off. Current staff of the interim Head Start Program employed by CDI, which ends as of June 30, 2018, are encouraged to apply and will, if qualified, be given preference when all other aspects are deemed equivalent.
Required Classroom Staff Credentials
Our Head Start program for Greater Norwalk will require that at least 50% of teachers hold a bachelor's degree (100% strongly preferred) and all other staff to be qualified consistent with the applicable Head Start Program Performance Standards. For classroom teachers, we will require, at a minimum, a bachelor's degree or an associate' s degree in early childhood education or related degree, with related experience. For pre-school assistant teachers, we will require at least a High School diploma and CDA credential (Associates Degree strongly preferred), and enrollment in a program leading to an associate or baccalaureate degree, and, if applicable, enrollment in a CDA credential program to be completed within two years. All center-based Early Head Start teachers will have specific Infant Toddler Child Development Associate credential and will have been trained (or have equivalent coursework) in early childhood development with a focus on infant and toddler development as required by Section 645A(h) of the Head Start Act.
In making the announcement, Mr. Maloney said: "All of us at CIFC are delighted that the Administration for Children and Families has made this award. As a very experienced Head Start/Early Head Start sponsor, CIFC will assure that our Greater Norwalk Head Start program delivers the high-quality services that the Head Start children and families of the Norwalk service area deserve."
"CIFC is grateful to all of the agencies and organizations that supported our application to operate the Head Start program in the Norwalk area (see the attached list). We are also very grateful to Norwalk Mayor Harry W. Rilling, who has been so welcoming to CIFC's sponsorship of the Norwalk Head Start Program," concluded Maloney.
U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said, "There's no better investment we can make in our kids than to get them started in pre-kindergarten education programs, like Head Start. We've fought hard over the years to expand quality early learning programs throughout Connecticut, and we're so excited to see Connecticut Institute for Communities help over 150 kids from the greater Norwalk area - including 16 toddlers and infants in the Early Head Start program - benefit from these federal dollars."
For additional information, please contact Mr. Maloney, as follows:
CONTACT: James H. Maloney, JD
Connecticut Institute For Communities, Inc. (CIFC)
Institute Headquarters
120 Main Street, 4th Floor
Email: MaloneyJ@CT-Institute.org
[1] The federal Head Start definition of the service area for the grant includes the City of Norwalk and the towns of Weston, Westport, Wilton, and New Canaan, but nearly all of the families with income-qualified children reside in Norwalk.
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The Norwalk Business Development Center will Host a Series of Free Professional Development Workshop
The City's 2023 Revaluation Project to Determine Fair Market Value of Properties in Norwalk to Begin
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The Date of the City of Norwalk's 2023 Mayor's Ball has been Changed to Friday, April 21
Norwalk Taxpayers have until February 1, 2023, to Pay Regular Second Installment Tax Bills from Oct.
Mayor Rilling Appoints Deputy Chief Walsh as Interim Chief of the Norwalk Police Department
Mayor Rilling Announces that Norwalk is Expecting a Winter Storm beginning Thursday
Norwalk Police Chief Thomas Kulhawik Retires after Nearly 40 Years with the Department
Mayor Rilling Lifts the Water Emergency for the City of Norwalk, Effective Immediately
Mayor Rilling thanks the State for Awarding Norwalk with $2 Million to Remediate the Webster Lot
Mayor Rilling Celebrates Norwalk's First Electric Vehicle Charging Station on City Property
Mayor Rilling Announces the Hire of the City's first Embedded Clinician in the Police Department
Mayor Rilling Announces Vanessa Nobre Valadares as Norwalk's Chief of Operations and Public Work
Federal, State, Local and Community Leaders Celebrate the Norwalk's Business Development Center
Mayor Rilling Announces LaToya Fernandez as the City of Norwalk's First DEI Officer
Statement from Mayor Rilling on Longstanding Property Owner Opening Workforce Training Center
Norwalk Lowers Flags to Half-Staff in Honor of Bristol Police Officers Killed in the Line of Duty
Norwalk Receives $2 Million in State Funds for Transit-Oriented Development Infrastructure
Mayor Rilling Announces Water Emergency for the City of Norwalk, Effective Friday, October 7
Mayor Rilling Announces Small Business and Entrepreneur Support Program
All Three Major Credit Rating Agencies Have Reaffirmed Norwalk's Bond Raitng
The City of Norwalk Transitions its Bi-weekly COVID Reports to a Virtual COVID Data Hub Format
The City of Norwalk Shares Preventive Information and Resources to Prevent the Spread of Monkeypox
Mayor Rilling Directs Flags to Half-Staff in Honor of Mayor Bill Collins
Joint Investigation Classified the Cause of the Nelson Avenue House Fire as Undetermined
Mayor Rilling Issues a Drought Advisory for the City of Norwalk
Residents have until August 1, 2022, to Pay their Property Tax and Sewer Use Bills
Mayor Rilling Announces the Reopening of the Rowayton Avenue Bridge Ahead of Fourth of July Weekend
Norwalk Offers Safety Tips for Fireworks and Grilling Ahead of the Fourth of July Holiday Weekend
Statement from Mayor Rilling on the Supreme Court's Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade
The City of Norwalk Recognizes Juneteenth as a Holiday and will be Closed Monday, June 20
Today Marks the Start of Hurricane Season and the City of Norwalk Urges Residents to be Prepared
The City of Norwalk's 2022 Dog Licensing Renewal will begin Tomorrow, Wednesday, June 1
The City of Norwalk Announces Several Events to Honor Veterans during and following Memorial Day
The City of Norwalk Reaches an Agreement for South Norwalk Neighborhood School
Mayor Rilling Announces the Nonprofit Organizations Selected for the Norwalk Community Recovery Fund
City, State, and Community Leaders Share Commitment to Strengthening Mental Health for Norwalkers
Norwalk Earns Gold Standard, the Highest Distinction in Best Practices in Economic Development
The City of Norwalk and Community Leaders Performed a Tree Planting Ceremony at Naramake Elementary
Norwalk Invests Federal Funds in Small Businesses Impacted by the Pandemic
COVID-19 Testing Location to Move to Lower Parking Lot of Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Beginning Today
The City of Norwalk Announces New Property Alert Service
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Mayor Rilling Announces the Completion of the Efficiency Study of the City and School Operations


Artist Fiona Green, a former long-time resident of Tottenham Street in Fitzrovia, will be reading from her book of poems at a literary event in Covent Garden this Wednesday 1 July.
The Poetry Cafe is a regular haunt on London's literary trail and features many reading events.
"As the theme of the evening is Soho, I have chosen to read — alongside others about Soho characters — my poem to Dylan Thomas from his son's point of view," says Green who now lives in Totnes, Devon.
"Ideally it should be seen alongside the original 'This Side of the Truth' for Llewelyn from the Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas New Centenary Edition, published by Orion," says Green.
A Life Class, Wednesday 1 July 2015, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm. An evening of poetry readings based on Memoir, and reminiscence spanning a bleak North East in the 1940's, the excitement of Sixties Soho to more recent times. The Poetry Café, 22 Betterton Street, London, WC2H 9BX. £5 on the door to include an illustrated pamphlet poem from 'A Soho Sequence'.


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ABOUT 511,700 visits were made by tourists to Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region during the 10-day holiday of the Tibetan New Year, up 11.6 percent year on year, local authorities said Thursday.
This year's Tibetan New Year, or Losar, fell on Feb. 5 and coincided with the Spring Festival. During the holiday, the region's tourism industry brought in around 353 million yuan (US$52.2 million), a year-on-year growth of 17.7 percent, according to the regional tourism development department.
"This is my first trip to Tibet. The scenery is breathtaking, and the locals are very friendly," said Luo Xiaohui, a visitor from South China's Guangdong Province.
She added that she could not have found a better time to visit Tibet than the Tibetan New Year, which is normally celebrated by religious rituals, horse races, family gatherings and feasts.
In a bid to attract more tourists during the winter, the region has rolled out a spate of preferential policies including waiving admission charges for some scenic spots from Nov. 1 last year to March 15.
Official data showed more than 30 million tourists visited Tibet last year, a year-on-year increase of 31.5 percent, the highest figure since 2013.


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NJ.com reported today intent by the Rockefeller Group to build a 40 story building in the northwest section of Hoboken claiming the group had been working with city officials over the last two years. Buried within the story was a dissenting opinion contrary to that development view from Mayor Dawn Zimmer.
Review of the two years of "discussions" reveals more from the Rockefeller Group's thinking, - they did invest two years of discussions with city officials, in addition to the mounds of money buying up property in that area. The only problem would be it's past officials in the Mayor Roberts and Mayor Cammarano Administrations. Discussions came to a sudden halt with ex-Mayor Peter Cammarano's resignation.
Last August, Councilwoman Beth Mason put forward a comprehensive commercial development covering a large section of the northwest of Hoboken including a minor league ballpark. Skepticism arose from some members of the community about the prospect for any of that happening with low scale development when large parcels had changed hands in the neighborhood of $40 million. A rough analysis showed development in scale with most of Hoboken was not financially tenable with those land costs. Now the Rockefeller Group is showing their hand on the designs they have for Hoboken.
Mayor Dawn Zimmer has a different idea about any planned announcement this fall from the Rockefeller Group on a 40 story building going up as a centerpiece of their plans.
Here's the full context of the mayor's remarks originally from a June 24th exchange with Josh Marshall of NJ.com:
There have been no negotiations with the Rockefeller Group regarding their project by my Administration. There will be no negotiations until a study has been completed, and a public process including all stakeholders has been completed in order to determine what kind of development our City would like to have in that area.
Once the City has completed this process and determined how it would like that area developed there is no doubt in my mind that we will have any problems finding a developer willing to build what the City and it residents envision for that area. Given that the Rockefeller Group is a major land owner in the area, we would certainly consider them as a potential redeveloper with respect to whatever project the city determines is appropriate and in the best interests of its residents.
...That the Rockefeller Group had received buy-in from the Roberts and Cammarano Administrations – if that is the case, those individuals are no longer part of Hoboken's government, and the promises they may have made will have no influence whatsoever on the decisions made by my Administration.
..., Hoboken is blessed with choices.
We are an amazing mile square city with views of Manhattan and easy access to the City; fabulous restaurants, bars, a thriving arts and music scene, diversity, and a small-town feel that makes our city very, very special. For all these reasons, many developers such as the Rockefeller Group are interested in joining our City.
We as a community are going to decide on the direction for our city that respects our past, present and future. Rockefeller is a stakeholder, and they will be a part of the process, right along side all of the other stakeholders that include the residents of Hoboken.
Photo: A Rockefeller Group development depiction. Will that be Hoboken?
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Heat advisory in Hoboken - it ain't Newark
City of Hoboken announces:
HEAT ADVISORY/COOLING CENTER INFORMATION
The National Weather Service has extended a heat advisory for Hudson County through 7 pm, July 6, 2010. Temperatures are predicted to reach up to 100 degrees.
To help residents cope with the extreme heat, the City of Hoboken is opening a cooling center at the Wallace School gymnasium at 1100 Willow Avenue. The cooling center will open at noon on Tuesday, July 6 and will remain open for at least 24 hours.
Update: A second center added - HHA Senior Building at 220 Adams Street.
UPDATE ON COOLING CENTERS
Due to the lack of response and use of the two cooling centers opened at the Wallace School and at the HHA Senior Building at 220 Adams Street, the City may close the cooling centers tonight. City officials will monitor the situation until 10pm on July 6th. If there is no need for the cooling centers, they will close for the night and reopen at 9am. Emergency services and EMS will be available throughout the night. Residents needing assistance are urged to contact the police department by calling 201-420-2100.
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Student Records FAQ - Dean of Students
This FAQ was created to aid students and parents in understanding their rights regarding student records. The information contained in this FAQ was taken from the U.S. Department of Education's Web site and Northern Michigan University's student handbook.
What information is a parent or legal guardian entitled to regarding their student at NMU?
Directory information is considered to be a matter of public record and will be disclosed unless the student specifically objects in writing. All other student records are protected by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
Directory information includes the following: name of student; student's local address; student's local phone; student's permanent address; student's e-mail address; date of birth; whether or not the student is currently enrolled; program level (undergraduate, graduate); cass (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior); major; current term candidacy for degrees and/or teaching certification; honors, degrees earned, and dates; Participation in officially recognized university activities and sports; and weights and heights of athletic team members.
What is FERPA?
The U.S. Department of Education describes FERPA as, "The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education." From: www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa.
Can a parent or legal guardian view their student's schedule, grades or other education records?
In accordance with FERPA, NMU cannot provide access to a student's education records to anyone but the student. Some conditions exist that allow individuals and organizations other than the student access to student records. These conditions are discussed later in this FAQ.
If a student is under the age of 18, does a parent or legal guardian have rights to view their education records?
According to the FERPA, when a student attends a school beyond the high school level the rights to a student's education records are transferred to the student.
If a parent or legal guardian pays for their student's schooling, are they entitled to view that student's education records?
Regardless of who is paying for a student's schooling, education records are only an entitlement of the student.
Are student records ever released to organizations and authorities without consent of the student?
In certain circumstances a student's records may be made available to authorities and organizations without consent of the student. For a complete listing of eligible parties and conditions, please see the FERPA Web site.
If a parent or legal guardian claims a student as a dependent for income tax purposes, are they allowed to access student records?
At the discretion of the university and in accordance with FERPA, if a parent can demonstrate by a current IRS tax form that a student is a dependent for income tax purposes the university can disclose education records without student consent. Please note that disclosure of student records without consent is done at the discretion of the university and will only be granted for special situations.
If a student wants their parent or legal guardian to be able to access their student records, is there any way this can be arranged?
If a student provides written permission to NMU, individuals other than the student can be granted permission to a student's education records. Please contact the Dean of Students Office for more information at 906-227-1700 or dso@nmu.edu.
Where can a parent or legal guardian go to find out more information about student records?
For more information regarding a student's records, please refer to the NMU Student Handbook or U.S. Department of Education's Family Policy Compliance Office.
If a student has a disciplinary problem at school, will their parent or legal guardian be notified?
According to the student handbook, a parent or legal guardian of a student who is under 21 years of age will be notified when a student has had either:
A serious alcohol or drug violation of the Student Code, e.g. required medical treatment or had another violation such as destruction of property or disorderly conduct in combination with the alcohol or drug offense, or
More than one violation of the alcohol or drug regulations of the Student Code. Parental notification for a serious alcohol or drug violation will be at the discretion of the Dean of Students.
Where can I find NMU's Student Handbook?
NMU's Student Handbook
What should I do if my question was not address in this FAQ?
If you have a specific question that you cannot find the answer to, please contact the Dean of Students Office at 906-227-1700 or dso@nmu.edu.


The TwInvis passive radar system of the company was unveiled for the first time at the Berlin Air Show in April 2018, where it was reported that it was a technology capable of detecting stealthy aircraft like the F-35.
A service spokesman explained that the test in early November is part of what the German Air Force considers a "measuring campaign" to evaluate the technology. The Air Force expects to take place in the event with aircraft and personnel.
Passive radar systems use commercial airwaves to monitor a given airspace. In a nutshell, the sensors can compute the positions of objects in the air only through their reflections in the overall noise of broadcast signals over populated areas.
The system cannot be detected by anti-radar weapons due to the lack of a dedicated emitter against which reflections are tracked in traditional radar setups. At the same time, a major obstacle for passive radars is that they must have sufficiently strong commercial broadcast activity in the relevant area so that to be able to work at all.
The exact date of the upcoming week-long test is not known yet as company officials declined to announce it. During the test Hensoldt will set up three passive radar receivers in the Munich area and one roughly 70 miles west, near the city of Ulm. The four sensors will allow air traffic tracking in a radius reaching north to Frankfurt in central Germany, but also include parts of Austria and Italy in the south and west, and parts of the Czech Republic in the northeast, according to the company.


Confidence. I've never had an overabundance of it. Some friends and family may beg to differ with me. That's because when I need to, I can muster up enough courage to get through the task at hand. I suppose that's all confidence really is, anyway; the feeling that something is more important than fear. More important than general confidence in ourselves is confidence in what the Lord has provided for us.
A few weeks ago, I went to see Bobby McFerrin in concert. He has been one of my favorite musicians since I was a child. In fact, when I was very little, my mother played his hit song, "Don't Worry Be Happy," for me all the time. I used to hop up on our coffee table and dance when I heard it. Apparently, I felt the song merited a few more inches of height than I had at that age.
He passed through Nashville and I wouldn't let anything keep me from that concert. Not work, not money, not fatigue, nothing. I was willing to dip into my emergency savings for such an occasion as this. Music is sometimes an emergency, after all.
I bought a ticket for a seat as close to the stage as I could be. I wanted to see him. I wanted to feel his energy, his spirit. I wanted to be immersed.
The concert began and as the music washed over my weary soul, I felt refreshed. I felt inspired. I felt alive.
And then, Mr. McFerrin hopped off the stage and stood a few feet from me. My breath caught in my chest, and my heart raced. Somewhere deep inside, I knew what was coming. He gestured his microphone to the crowd looking for a volunteer to improvise. I froze. This was my chance!
And I watched it pass me by.
All I had to do was reach out and sing, and instead I let fear stop me in my tracks. Shortly after, I felt regret, and then a twinge of anger, and finally guilt. I gave myself a thorough verbal lashing on the car ride home. I was disobedient to what God called me to do. I believed the fear-filled voice inside that said, "You can't do that." Which ultimately made me a liar because I then repeated to myself internally, "You can't do that." He gave me the resources, the training, and the ability to do it, and I doubted it.
Rather than let that moment of paralyzed disobedience fester into permanent regret, I decided to use it as a lesson and a springboard into a new way of behaving.
God gives us such wonderful gifts to use. He calls us to use them for His glory. But, He can't shine through our gifts unless we develop the confidence to use them when the opportunity presents itself.
The hymn, "Fix me Jesus," helps gently remind me that I am incomplete, imperfect, and that is OK. It is OK as long as I ask God to help fix my heart, soul, mind, and actions so they are pleasing to Him. Jesus helps "fix us" for His Kingdom daily.
Confidence is a process. Be kind to yourself during that process. But don't accept anything less than what is true of your abilities.
Whatever you do, don't listen to the voice that says, "I can't." Take an honest inventory of your talents. If you are capable, the opportunity arises, and you hear that still small voice calling you to action – do it. I made a promise to myself and God after my experience at the concert. In the future, I agreed to jump in and sing if I am asked/offered no matter how uncomfortable or scared I feel. I will trust the facts instead of the feelings. I encourage you to make a similar agreement with yourself.
Don't be disobedient in your hesitation. Be confident in the gifts God has given you. And if you fall (as children often do that are learning)? Well then, use it as a lesson. Get back up, shake it off, learn from it, and be ready to be confident again as God has called all His children to be.


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Rob Thompson may refer to:

 Rob Thompson (director),  American television director, producer and screenwriter
 Rob Thompson (rugby union), New Zealand rugby union player

See also
 Rob Thomson, baseball player and coach
 Robert Thompson (disambiguation)

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Soria Floorplan. Est. Completion TBD 2019. Located in the desirable Arrivas Village neighborhood adjacent to the Avenue shopping center. This home features a first-floor master retreat with sliding glass doors that lead out to your very own private courtyard. Enjoy white 42'' maple cabinets, granite countertops, and Whirlpool stainless steel appliances in the kitchen. Tile placed throughout the main living areas and 8' interior doors to accent the grand ceilings. In addition to your new home, you will have access to the exclusive dog park, pool and cabana area, and playground located within the Arrivas Village community.


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Q: Boldy theme  - Regarding the images above the boxes Hello I am using the Boldy theme for my Wordpress website. I have a problem with the boxes (all 3 of them). All these three boxes have a "read more" that takes the user to another page, and above these boxes there is a small image.
Now I want the images for each box to take the user to another page as well, but how can you make each image to turn them into a link in wordpress?
Here is my home.php this might help.
<?php get_header(); ?>

            <?php if(get_option('boldy_slider')!=''){

            $page_data = get_page(get_option('boldy_slider'));

                    $content = $page_data->post_content;

                    echo $page_data->post_content;

            }else{?>

                    This is the slider. In order to have items here you need to create a page in which to insert the images, simply one after another, setting up the link to point at ( if needed ) and text captions in the Title field. Then select the page as the "slider page" in the Theme Options Page. Make sure your images are 960px x 370px.

            <?php }?>

       <div style="width:960px; margin:0 auto; background:url(<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/images/bk_shadow_slider.png) 0 0 no-repeat; height:50px;">

       <?php if(get_option('boldy_blurb_enable')=="yes" && get_option('boldy_blurb_text')!=""){ ?>

            <a href="<?php

            if(get_option('boldy_blurb_page')!=""){

                echo get_permalink(get_option('boldy_blurb_page'));

            }elseif(get_option('boldy_blurb_link')!=""){

                echo get_option('boldy_blurb_link');

            } ?>"><img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/images/but_blurb.png" alt="" />

            <?php echo get_option('boldy_blurb_text'); ?>

       <?php }?>

        <?php $box1=get_post(get_option('boldy_home_box1'));

                  $box2=get_post(get_option('boldy_home_box2'));

                  $box3=get_post(get_option('boldy_home_box3'));

                  if(get_option('boldy_home_box1')!= null && get_option('boldy_home_box2')!= null && get_option('boldy_home_box3')!= null){?>

<?php echo $box1->post_title?>

                <?php echo apply_filters('the_content', $box1->post_content);?>

                <a href="<?php echo get_option('boldy_home_box1_link')?>">Read more »

<?php echo $box2->post_title?>

                <?php echo apply_filters('the_content', $box2->post_content);?>

                <a href="<?php echo get_option('boldy_home_box2_link')?>">Read more »

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                <?php echo apply_filters('the_content', $box3->post_content);?>

                <a href="<?php echo get_option('boldy_home_box3_link')?>">Read more »

A: The images are produced by simply displaying the content of the pages you created for each, box.
Go to each of theses pages, click the image. On the top-left corner of the image two icons should appear. Click the edit icon (the leftmost icon).
A dialog window will pop-up, which will allow you to edit the properties of the image (title, caption etc). Among this is 'link url' - change this to wherever you would like the image to link to. Click update. And then finally update the page.

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