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As someone who spends the first thirty minutes of my mornings mindlessly scrolling to catch up on the latest advertising and marketing technology news, I'm used to waking up to press release headlines bragging about "the next big thing". Every once in a while though, smaller, less flashy announcements startle me awake and make me question everything just a bit differently.
Well, that happened today as I glanced over the news that Google Ads will be deprecating Similar Audience Segments. The announcement, while by no means a surprise, got me thinking...
It's no secret that the digital advertising landscape is going to shift reliance away from third-party cookies. But what if that future is already here - earlier than anyone expected? Sure, some third-party tracking solutions are still "functioning", but what if we've already crossed the chasm where not heavily investing in first-party data solutions actually prevents organizations from achieving their goals?
A Maturing Landscape
Before our very eyes, every major advertising platform and digital publisher is continually innovating customer data technologies - deploying the capabilities needed to ensure continued success when the final axe comes down on the legacy third-party tracking solutions that have built their advertising empires.
Advertising Platforms like Facebook, Google, Twitter, Reddit, Inc. have led the way; deploying CAPIs (Conversion APIs) that ensure advertisers can overcome the signal loss from less-performant client-side tracking pixels. These platforms will continue to evolve to rely primarily on server-side tracking solutions while also implementing privacy-centric changes to power audience targeting solutions (ex. Google deprecating Similar Audience Segments).
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Digital Publishers like Bloomberg have shut off third-party advertising platforms (ex. Taboola) in favor of in-house publisher advertising solutions that rely on their first-party audiences. It won't be any surprise when the dominoes continue to fall and many more publishers soon follow suit. These private walled gardens will turn to proprietary audience activation and data clean room solutions to offer advertisers access to their soon-to-be treasure troves of customer data.
The reason we chose to make this investment is because consumers, platforms and regulators are all indicating that the way we've typically done business in online advertising is not the way we are going to do it in the future.
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Companies like AWS and Snowflake.. are much better suited to manage first-party data and allow for secure collaboration. Eventually, as they innovate and evolve, they will make companies like LiveRamp irrelevant.
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As we enter this new era of digital advertising, customer data infrastructures will become the arteries of the modern digital organization. The ability to capture, store, model, and activate first-party customer data (in an efficient & privacy-compliant manner) will become a fundamental pillar that defines their future success. New market leaders will emerge, taking over the reins from those relying on legacy data infrastructures.
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With each headline coming out this week and in the weeks to come, I challenge you to think about if your organization is in a position to succeed in this new era of advertising.
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By Stephanie Stiavetti Freelance Food & Lifestyle Maven
There are many ways to cook asparagus.
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Asparagus is a tasty treat that comes into season around the end April, depending on what part of the country you're in. Asparagus season doesn't last very long, so take advantage of this time of year and eat as much as you can!
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One thing to keep in mind when cooking asparagus is that freshness counts. While asparagus tastes good many different ways, its flavor is best when it's freshly cut. If you do a side-by-side comparison, you'll probably discover that freshly cut asparagus is noticeably sweeter than the same vegetable after it's been sitting around a few hours. Try to buy it as close to when you're going to cook it as possible and, if you must hold onto it for a while, store it in the crisper drawer of your refrigerator.
Grilling Asparagus
Grilling asparagus is perhaps the easiest way to cook it. All you need to do it lay your stalks on the grill, perpendicular to the bars so they don't fall through. Place them away from the heat so they do not burn and turn them occasionally if you see them start to turn brown. Like broccoli, asparagus has a built-in cooking timer - when they turn a deep, dark green, it's time to take the off the heat. Depending on how hot your grill is and how "done" you like your asparagus, you should grill them for about 4-6 minutes total. If they are cooking too fast and beginning to burn, move to a cooler part of the grill.
Steaming Asparagus
Steamed asparagus is very popular because it's easy to do. The only real way to mess up the process is by steaming it for too long, which will result in limp, stringy stalks. The key is to steam it just long enough for the stalks to stay crisp, but not so long that the flowers go soggy.Your best bet for steaming asparagus is to get a large pan with a steamer basket that's long enough to accommodate the length of your stalks. Alternately, you can purchase a special asparagus steamer that is made for just such a job.
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Sautéing Asparagus
Asparagus can be wrapped in tasty things before cooking.
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In Canada, the Company is in discussions with parties that have applied to Health Canada to become licensed producers under the new Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR) that went into effect April 1, 2014. Under the MMPR, licensed producers can be authorized to possess, sell and or provide, ship, deliver, transport, destroy, produce, export and or import marihuana for medical purposes.
In the United States, the Company is in discussion with parties who have applied to the Washington State Liquor Control Board to become licensed to produce, process and sell recreational marihuana. While medical marihuana is legal in 20 US states, Washington along with Colorado are the only states to legalize the non-medical use of marihuana.
"The regulation of the marihuana industry in North America is attracting significant attention from the investment community and it is Noram's intention to capitalize on the opportunity to participate in this emerging industry", said Noram president, Dave Rees.
While discussions are ongoing, the Company can make no assurances that an agreement will be concluded in the future.
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Remember that expression "Don't bite off more than you can chew."? In today's landscape of digestive maladies, perhaps it should be reworked into "Don't swallow more than you have chewed." In the case of GERD or Gastro-esophageal Reflux Disease, that very expression is one of the main interventions that alleviates it. Chewing or masticating completely, which means 20x per bite, enhances the secretion of saliva and breaks up food into nice, small, easier-to-digest pieces. This gives the stomach an easier time in digesting said food. Saliva is also highly beneficial to digestion as it protects the esophageal mucosal barrier, contains growth factors for epithelial cells as well as enzymes that further break down food. However, when we eat too quickly and don't chew food, we are secreting approximately 132% LESS saliva, which means we make GERD much more likely. Some of the other things that make GERD occur include smoking, drinking, consuming reactive foods such as coffee, chocolate and citrus fruits in excess amounts, and being overweight.
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If I had to pick a single moment when I grasped that we were on a new surveillance planet, it would have been the release of the stunning revelations of Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor now in exile in Vladimir Putin's Russia (and if there isn't irony in that, please tell me what your definition of irony is). Those revelations seemed to fit all too well with the then-developing picture of twenty-first-century America. You know, the country with those black sites spread around the planet; whose top government officials had "enhanced interrogation techniques" (aka torture) demonstrated to them in the White House (and then authorized their use on actual human beings across that same planet); a country running a series of global kidnapping operations, placing its trust in secret courts, and thoroughly committed not just to the large-scale surveillance of populations, its own included, but to pursuing any whistleblower like Snowden who might want to tell us what was going on.
Back in 2013, when it came to Snowden, I began a piece I called "How to Be a Rogue Superpower" this way: "It's hard even to know how to take it in. I mean, what's really happening? An employee of a private contractor working for the National Security Agency makes off with unknown numbers of files about America's developing global security state on a thumb drive and four laptop computers, and jumps the nearest plane to Hong Kong. His goal: to expose a vast surveillance structure built in the shadows in the post-9/11 years and significantly aimed at Americans. He leaks some of the documents to a columnist at the British Guardian and to the Washington Post. The response is unprecedented: an 'international manhunt' (or more politely but less accurately, 'a diplomatic full court press') conducted not by Interpol or the United Nations but by the planet's sole superpower, the very government whose practices the leaker was so intent on exposing."
In describing a government that was heading into "the shadows" in a way that would have left the founding fathers -- those ancient checks-and-balances guys -- horrified, I concluded: "It's eerie that some aspects of the totalitarian governments that went down for the count in the twentieth century are now being recreated in those shadows. There, an increasingly 'totalistic' if not yet totalitarian beast, its hour come round at last, is slouching toward Washington to be born, while those who cared to shine a little light on the birth process are in jail or being hounded across this planet."
And keep in mind that this was years before Donald Trump entered the Oval Office or any of us quite realized that what TomDispatch regular and private investigator Judith Coburn calls "surveillance capitalism," as well as a planet of hackers, would join that government in creating an unprecedented surveillance culture, one that leaves all of us exposed. Honestly, I'd like to see the novel that George Orwell would write 34 years after 1984. In the meantime, I'll settle for the vision of our world offered by one private investigator working in the San Francisco Bay area. Tom
Goodbye to All That
A Private Investigator on Living in a Surveillance Culture
By Judith Coburn
Now that we know we are surveilled 24/7 by the National Security Agency, the FBI, local police, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google, hackers, the Russians, the Chinese, the North Koreans, data brokers, private spyware groups like Black Cube, and companies from which we've ordered swag on the Internet, is there still any "right to be forgotten," as the Europeans call it? Is there any privacy left, let alone a right to privacy?
In a world in which most people reveal their intimate secrets voluntarily, posting them on social media and ignoring the pleas of security experts to protect their data with strong passwords -- don't use your birth date, your telephone number, or your dog's name -- shouldn't a private investigator, or PI, like me be as happy as a pig in sh*t? Certainly, the totalitarian rulers of the twentieth century would have been, if such feckless openness had been theirs to abuse.
As it happens, tech -- or surveillance capitalism -- has disrupted the private investigation business as much as it's ripped through journalism, the taxi business, war making, and so many other private and public parts of our world. And it's not only celebrities and presidential candidates whose privacy hackers have burned through. Israeli spyware can steal the contacts off your phone just as LinkedIn did to market itself to your friends. Google, the Associated Press reported recently, archives your location even when you've turned off your phone. Huge online database brokers like Tracers, TLO, and IRBsearch that law enforcement and private eyes like me use can trace your address, phone numbers, email addresses, social media accounts, family members, neighbors, credit reports, the property you own, foreclosures or bankruptcies you've experienced, court judgments or liens against you, and criminal records you may have rolled up over the years.
Ten years ago, to subscribe to one of these databases, I had to show proof that I was indeed a licensed investigator and pass an on-site investigation to ensure that any data I downloaded would be protected. I was required to have a surveillance camera and burglar alarm on the building where my office was located, as well as a dead bolt on my office door, a locked filing cabinet, and double passwords to get into my computer. Now, most database brokers just require a PI or attorney license and you can sign right up online. Government records -- federal and state, civil and criminal -- are also increasingly online for anyone to access.
The authoritarian snoops of the last century would have drooled over the surveillance uses of the smartphones that most of us now carry. Smartphones have, in fact, become one of the primo law enforcement tools other than the Internet. "Find my iPhone" can even find a dead body -- if, that is, the victim left her iPhone on while being murdered. And don't get me started on the proliferation of surveillance cameras in our world.
Take me. I had a classic case that shows just how traceable we all now are. There was a dead body, a possible murder victim, but no direct evidence: no witnesses, no DNA, no fingerprints, and no murder weapon found. In San Francisco's East Bay, however, as in most big American cities, there are so many surveillance cameras mounted on mom-and-pop stores, people's houses, bars, cafes, hospitals, toll bridges, tunnels, even in parks, that the police can collect enough video, block by block, to effectively map a suspect driving around Oakland for hours before hitting the freeway and heading out to dump a body, just as the defendant in my case did.
Once upon a time, cops and dirty private eyes would have had to attach trackers to the undercarriages of cars to follow them electronically. No longer. The particular suspect I have in mind drove his victim's car across a bridge, where cameras videotaped the license plate but couldn't see inside the car; nor, he must have assumed, could anyone record him on the deserted road he finally reached where he was undoubtedly confident that he was safe. What he didn't notice was the CALFIRE video camera placed on that very road to monitor for brush fires. It caught a car's headlights matching his on its way to the site he had chosen to dump the body. There was no direct evidence of the murder he had committed, just circumstantial, tech-based evidence. A jury, however, convicted him in just a few hours.
A World of Tech Junkies
In our world of the unforgotten, tech is seen as a wonder of wonders. Juries love tech. Many jurors think tech is simply science and so beyond disbelief. As a result, they tend to react badly when experts are called as defense witnesses to disabuse them of their belief in tech's magic powers: that, for instance, cellphone calls don't always pinpoint exactly where someone was when he or she made a call. If too many signals are coming in to the closest tower to a cell phone, a suspect's calls may be rerouted to a more distant tower. Similarly, the FBI's computerized fingerprint index often makes mistakes in its matches, as do police labs when it comes to DNA samples. And facial recognition systems, the hottest new tech thing around (and spreading like wildfire across China), may be the most unreliable of all, although that certainly hasn't stopped Amazon from marketing a surveillance camera with facial recognition abilities.
These days, it's hard to be a PI and not become a tech junkie. Some PIs use tech to probe tech, specializing, for example, in email investigations in big corporate cases in which they pore through thousands of emails. I recently asked a colleague what it was like. "It's great," he said. "You don't have to leave your office and for the first couple of weeks you entertain yourself finding out who's having affairs with whom and who's gunning for whom in the target's office, but after that it's unspeakably tedious and goes on for months, even years."
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Can you afford an investment? You can check this yourself!
Entrepreneurs, while carrying out their business activity, sometimes have to choose whether it is worth to invest in a new undertaking (or continue the development of the present one) or not. The solution to this issue can be found in our finances because we have to be sure that we can afford a new investment. We cannot begin the development of a new line of products or start a new business activity if our company has little or no money. In such a case, we would have to take a loan in order to fully realize our undertaking, and it would be very unwise to do so. How can we check if we can afford an investment? In order to do this, we do not really need to employ a group of specialists or request an audit report. It is enough to carefully look at our financial situation. It is not a difficult thing to do as long as the management of finances in our company is carried out clearly. There are some well-designed computer applications that make the lives of entrepreneurs easier. Among other things, these programs indicate which departments brought gains and which generated losses. Thanks to them, we are able to constantly monitor and control our expenditures. They also make it possible to make estimates on the possible gains on the level of the company as a whole as well as its particular projects.
The decision about taking up a new investment can be a deciding factor determining a company's existence on the market. It does not matter how long we compete on the market, sooner or later we have to make such a decision. It is a to be or not to be of every company. What is the best way of deciding upon investments? The most important thing is to analyze the pros and cons and to check if we can afford a given undertaking. Though it is said that nothing is impossible to a willing mind, it may not be true in the field of business. Here, in order to begin the realization of any investment or further develop a company and spread its area of interest (or enter a new market), we have to have the right amount of funds. Some of the money might come from external sources like loans, donations, and grants, but some must be the result of a given company's regular business activity. Before initiating a new investment it is important to construct a proper business plan. It will allow for an objective estimation of whether or not it is worth to take up a given investment; it will also help decide if the company can afford such an undertaking. A business plan is a basic tool that every manager should use on a daily basis. The main part of a business plan that is of interest to us in the context of taking up new investments is the financial analysis of an enterprise and the estimate of costs of investments. If a financial analysis is done properly, we receive an answer to the question if we can afford a given investment.
A manager has to be able to evaluate the state and the management of resources of his enterprise. When we mean resources, we talk not only about capital, but also personnel, products, marketing strategy, or the position among competition. Though electronic management of finances in a company facilitates financial analysis, other company resources have to be evaluated by means of different methods. Reports coming from different departments of the same company prove to be very useful in this.
The financial plan of an investment is the core of every good business plan. It should include the results of the analysis of the market and particular products; it should include information on the effects of the pre-planned marketing and personnel strategy as well as the plan and the schedule of a given future investment. It is worth to mention that, in most cases, the financial plan serves as the basic tool for managing a company, regardless of whether we currently deal with its routine activities or some special undertakings.
The creation of a financial plan is more difficult in the cases of new investments because there is a large degree of uncertainty related to the estimates of gains and expenditures. Because of that, when checking if we can afford a given investment, we have to make additional analyses of risks related to the undertaking.
It is difficult to create an unambiguous definition of a financial plan. It is usually brought down to a plan of incomes and costs in relation to specific periods of time. If we carefully monitor the expenditures and incomes of our company, we will get a clear answer to the question if we can afford any investment at all. If we can, the next step is to create a financial analysis of the particular investment to check if the costs of its realization are possible to be covered by the free resources at our company's disposal.
The plan of the flow of money is a very important element of every financial plan because its careful formulation helps in the reduction of many risks. We have to remember that a proper flow of money, so skillful management of the funds of a company, has a very significant impact on its overall functioning.
If we know that we have sufficient resources to complete a given investment, we may proceed to its realization. It is worth to mention that during our work on a new undertaking – because an investment is an undertaking – we have to carefully and constantly monitor the flow of money in relation to it. Any departures from a previously prepared plan have to be verified immediately because such situations might indicate that our financial plan is imprecise and should be adequately modified. In the monitoring and controlling of current incomes and expenditures related to a given investment a computer application designed for financial management in an enterprise will prove to be very useful. It will surely help us supervise the financial side of our investment – which is probably its most important aspect.
Additionally, it is worth to note that the departures from the plan during the process of realization of a given investment can be a signal of some unexpected circumstances, unwanted situations, and the failures of realization of previous actions. Unfortunately, if that is truly the case, we have to modify not only the financial plan itself, but the preliminary assumptions related to the investment. We have to verify the planned effects and carefully consider if there is a need for some corrections. If the departures are significant, we may even decide to cancel the whole investment. Such a move is necessary when an investment generates costs which are too high, and when the company has problems with maintaining the flow of finances. In order to identify such a disturbing situation on time, it is worth to use an integrated electronic system of financial management. Such a tool should be available to the owner of the enterprise and the people who decide upon the company's future investments.
When considering the cancellation of an investment, it is wise to ask for the help of a specialist in the field of financial management who has the ability to estimate the risk of continuing the development of an investment under the new, unfavorable circumstances. Our own analysis based on the system of financial management combined with the opinion of a specialist should become the basis for our final decision.
The regular control and monitoring of our financial plan are essential for skillful management during the realization of any investment.
A financial plan combined with the best possible systems of financial management in an enterprise cannot serve as the only factor determining our decisions related to new investments. We also have to adequately assess the risk of potential gains and the chances and threats.
We have to remember that every undertaking entails the risk of not achieving the expected gains. The key aspect here is the break-even point of an investment. Risk assessment related to the invested capital and maintaining the proper flow of finances are two very important aspects that must not be forgotten.
It is imperative that we assess the risk of not achieving the expected gains related to a given investment. At this point, it is worth to check the break-even point of an investment because even a well-planned undertaking can generate income on a smaller scale than expected. The break-even point makes it possible to determine the scale of the income flowing from sales from which the profit for the company equals null. This means that the money invested equals the money gained. Practically speaking, this is the smallest possible income we can accept.
We can also talk about capital risk which is connected to the problems related to the assessment of the proper amount of capital necessary for a given investment. The expenses should include tangible fixed assets, but at the same time they should be reduced by such things as the costs of initiation of an undertaking etc. The disregard of such costs will cause problems in the future, even during the first steps on the way to finalizing a new investment. If an investment entails an unacceptable level of risk, it should not be taken up. Generally speaking, every entrepreneur should consciously include risk estimates and negative scenarios in his investment plans. Thanks to such an approach, he will be positively surprised when all goes well and according to plan.
Summing up, the basis for making any decisions related to a new investment is the recognition of the resources of our company. We can do this on our own if we are equipped with a computer application designed to help in the management of finances. Thanks to such a program, it is easy to construct a financial report about the current activities of our company. If such a report indicates that there are enough free resources, which can be additionally supported by some external capital, we can indeed take up some new, lucrative investment.


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HomeBlogUncategorizedSenate Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Enhance Transparency and Oversight in Hospice
Senate Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Enhance Transparency and Oversight in Hospice
November 7, 2019By Sydney ShepherdUncategorized
Today, Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) introduced the Hospice Care Improvement Act of 2019, a bipartisan bill that addresses hospice program integrity, transparency, and education.
The legislation follows the release of the July 2019 Office of the Inspector General reports that cited hospice deficiencies and serious incidents of patient abuse. NHPCO and HAN worked closely with membership, committees, Congress, and the Administration on a series of program integrity initiatives that would ensure patient's have access to high-quality hospice care. Many of these program integrity initiatives can be found in the bill.
See below for a Press Release by NHPCO:
NHPCO is Supportive of Policies Outlined in Bipartisan Legislation to Enhance Smarter Oversight of Hospice Care
NHPCO will Continue to Work with Congress on Hospice Access and Program Integrity Legislation
(Alexandria, VA) – The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) offers support of the policies outlined in the Hospice Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S. 2807), a bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate today by Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Ben Cardin (D-MD). This legislation follows OIG reports released in July 2019 that outlined deficiencies with CMS monitoring of hospice and examples of poor care. NHPCO works closely with Congress and the Administration to ensure that hospice patients and their families have access to high quality hospice care and are encouraged to see many of the hospice and palliative care community's policy priorities reflected in this bill.
"As the leading organization representing over 4,000 hospice providers that serve a majority of the hospice patients, NHPCO supports the reasonable policies outlined in the bipartisan bill introduced by Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) which focuses on implementing new safeguards and strengthening existing ones in order to protect patients facing serious illness at the end of life," said NHPCO President and CEO Edo Banach. "We will continue to work with Congress and the Administration on enhancing access to high quality, interdisciplinary, person-centered care for those facing serious illness, including those in underserved and rural areas. NHPCO supports regulations that promote accountability and safety and is eager to work with lawmakers to develop reasonable policies and enforcement mechanisms that promote program integrity. We must also update the hospice benefit and codify a palliative care benefit to allow people to get appropriate care when they need it."
The Hospice Care Improvement Act of 2019 includes provisions that aim to improve the hospice survey process by requiring any newly-certified hospice program to be surveyed within 12 months of certification. Hospices that received condition-level deficiencies during a survey will be subject to another review every 12 months. Additionally, the legislation includes support for increased collaboration between hospice providers and accrediting organizations and state survey agencies. These provisions would require the surveying entity to provide educational information to hospices when deficiencies are identified so they can be corrected and prevented in the future.
The bill also prioritizes consumer education by supporting access to relevant and clear information about hospice providers, intended to lead to greater transparency and more informed care decisions. State and local survey agencies and accrediting agencies will be required to report survey information, including targeted deficiencies to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Hospice Compare website.
Congress has worked with key stakeholders to understand the intersection of high-quality care and program integrity. NHPCO and the Hospice Action Network look forward to continuing to work with Senators Portman and Cardin as this legislation advances to achieve this important goal.
To stay up-to-date with the latest in hospice and palliative care legislative news, visit the Hospice Action Network's Legislative Action Center.
Jon Radulovic
jradulovic@nhpco.org


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Karl Jacobs is an American gamer, Twitch Streamer. Karl Jacobs is also a member of the Dream Team SMP. He is most commonly associated with Mr. Beast and Karl appears on Mrbeast's most of all videos and has also created his own YouTube channel titled "Karl."
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Early life and Childhood
Karl Jacobs is 23 years old American gamer and an Internet personality. He was born on 19th July 1998 in North Carolina, the United States. Their zodiac sign of his is Cancer. Similarly, he belongs to an Anglo-Saxon ethnicity. From a religious point of view, he follows Christianity.
Talking about the family background, there is not much information regarding the parent's names as of now. However, he has disclosed his siblings' details through his Twitch account. He has two siblings, one brother, and one sister. His sister is Corry and his brother is Sean.
Karl Jacobs on his school graduation(source: Instagram)
Talking about their educational background, he is a college dropout. He dropped out of college just 5 weeks before his graduation. he dropped his college just to work with Mrbeast as he was a huge fan of Mrbeast. However, he has completed his high school education.
Karl Jacobs is a famous gamer, TikTok star, and YouTube content creator. On September 11, 2020, he created his YouTube channel titled "Karl".He shares his Roblox videos on his YouTube channel. As of now, he has earned more than 1.94 subscribers on his Youtube channel.
Karl Jacobs with MrBeast(source: Instagram)
Similarly, he has an account on twitch as well. He is one of the most popular Twitch streamers. He is widely popular as a member of the Dream Team SMP. Similarly, he has amassed more than 2.3 million followers on his twitch account.
Besides, he is most commonly associated with Mr. Beast and he appears on Mrbeast's most of all videos. His first appeared on MrBro's Last To Leave Halloween Candy Wins $10,000 challenge which made him go more popular among youtube fans. Similarly, he also appears as a 'Speedrunner' in one of Dream's Minecraft Manhunt videos. Furthermore, he won Minecraft Championship 11 with Dream, GeorgeNotFound, and Sapnap on October 24, 2020.
Karl Jacobs hosting rock paper scissors game in MrBeast video(source: Instagram)
Along with Youtube, he has an account on other social media platforms as well. he has earned more than 2.3 million fans on his Instagram account. He often shares behind the scene photos of his projects, photos with his friends, and many more. Furthermore, he has an account on Tiktok as well titled on his own name "Karl Jacob". He has earned more than 5.2 million fans on his TikTok account. He often shares lip-sync videos, snippets of his Youtube videos, and other fun challenge videos on his TikTok account.
Talking about the relationship status, Karl is single as of now. He has not dated any girl until now. However, there might be some possibility that the young internet sensation has kept his personal affairs secret from social media. In any case, we will let you know as soon as the relationship status of he gets revealed.
Regarding the body measurement, he has got a slim and lean body build. He stands tall with a height of 5 feet and 11 inches. Similarly, he has very beautiful gray eyes which make him more handsome along with his brown eyes. Furthermore, other details like body weight, body measurement, and more detail of him are not available as of now, we will update our database as soon as possible.
Social media and Net worth
Talking about social media, Karl Jacobs has a huge fan base in his every social media accounts. He has more than 1.94 million subscribers on Youtube, more than 2.3 million followers on Twitch. Similarly, he has earned more than 5.2 million followers on his TikTok account and 2.3 million followers on his Instagram account.
His primary source of income is gaming and his internet career. Moreover, his estimated net worth is around $1 million to $3 million.
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Broncos trade rookie cornerback Kary Vincent to…
Broncos trade rookie cornerback Kary Vincent to Philadelphia
In return, the Eagles sent a 2022 sixth-round pick to the Broncos
RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post
Denver Broncos cornerback Kary Vincent Jr. (35) knocks the pass away from Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Travis Toivonen (86) at Lumen Field on August 21, 2021 in Seattle, Washington.
By Ryan O'Halloran | rohalloran@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: November 2, 2021 at 2:32 p.m. | UPDATED: November 2, 2021 at 2:42 p.m.
Ahead of Tuesday's 2 p.m. NFL trade deadline, the Broncos flipped rookie cornerback Kary Vincent to the Philadelphia Eagles for a 2022 sixth-round pick.
Vincent, a seventh-round pick this spring, has spent the entire season on the 53-man roster but has not played a defensive snap.
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Trading Vincent should be viewed as a sign the Broncos believe cornerbacks Essang Bassey (torn ACL last December) and Michael Ojemudia (hamstring injury in late August) will be ready to play soon. On Monday, coach Vic Fangio said Bassey and Ojemudia would practice with the team this week.
The Broncos' updated draft picks for 2022: First round, second round, second round (from Rams), third round, third round (from Rams), fourth round, fifth round, fifth round (from Detroit), sixth round (from Eagles) and two seventh-round picks.
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Manger Folkehøgskole visits the University
The Manger Folkehøgskole came to the university to watch the fantastic James Fountain (Principal Trumpet with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) perform a concert recital for our students and the public.
Grethe Tonheim, who is head of music at Manger Folkehøgskole said 'I just wanted to say a big thank you for letting us be here and inviting us almost every year. This is our third trip to the University of Huddersfield and it is a fantastic university. The last time we were here we did a joint visit in the town centre which was great.'
Henning Anundsen, who is s a cornet player and conducted the last concert when the band visited and played with the university brass band said 'we were very lucky to listen to James play today and give his master class.'
'In the last few years on their annual trip to the UK to gain experience with brass bands we have this relationship where one day of that week they come and visit us sometimes they play but today worked out really nicely from our point of view of being able to listen to James Fountain and his fabulous performance' said Phillip McCann who has been friends with the group for a number of years.
Margie Sutherland Antrobus, who was the conductor on the trip with the school's band plays music with Manger which is one of the top 4 brass bands in Norway. 'We have been really lucky to come here and listen to this recital today with James Fountain, thank you so much for having us' said Maggie.
Manger Folkehøgskole is a secular school in Norway with 4 courses of study to choose from such as The Brass band Course, The Music Production Course, The Band Course and The Vocal Course.
The band hopes to return next year to play a shared concert with the University of Huddersfield Brass Band. You can watch the full interview here


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A book review of By Design: Evidence for nature's Intelligent Designer—the God of the Bible.
Before a discussion on any topic can begin, it is important to understand the concept at its basic level. In the first chapter of By Design, Dr Sarfati explains all the basic branches of the design concept that one needs to understand. These include a brief history of design, how we detect design, some design filters and, very importantly, the concept of information, which is a pillar of the design argument. By Design successfully and comprehensively illustrates how engineering principles apply in nature. Despite many evolutionary attacks in the past, the design arguments successfully hold up under close scrutiny. Thus the arguments for design and a Designer are sound, logical and scientific.
What made this book so fascinating is that it discusses the practical side and examples of the design concept. In these pages, I, as only a humble student engineer, have marveled at all the various fields and aspects of the engineering sciences that came to my attention while reading through the chapters of By Design. These include: materials science1 (which is an important branch of engineering today), flight and aerodynamics2, navigational systems3, mechanical mechanisms such as highly effective catapult mechanisms4, mechanical motors5, efficient use of energy sources6, and electronic and software engineering (which go hand in hand), and parallels can be drawn from the documentation process of engineering to nature. So it comes as no surprise that a new field of engineering is rapidly emerging, called 'Biomimetics', where scientists and engineers are actually learning from nature, to improve current technology. Dr Sarfati understands some engineering principles7 very well, which are important when dealing with certain evolutionary charges against the design concept, as we shall see. It becomes clear how God is indeed the Master of all these engineering fields, which could only make one's jaw drop in awe.
Material science is an important field in engineering, because different materials are needed for different applications in an ever-changing technological world. These can range from polymers (plastics and rubbers) to ceramics (and refractories8) and a whole miscellany of engineering metals, and many more. Chapter 8 of By Design deals with the superiority of materials that we observe in nature.
As with human technology, different operating mechanisms in the biological world need different types of materials. What is so astounding is that the materials that we do find fit their purpose so excellently and show high specification (which is itself a hallmark of design). My favourite examples are: the way fibres in the fingernails are arranged in order to prevent the nail from tearing down to the quick; and spider silk, which owes much of its amazing properties to the micro-structures of the fibres. These are much more advanced and complex than man-made fibres. Sponge's fibre optics, to which one researcher admitted that we humans are in the 'stone age' to nature. Resilin, as super rubber found in nature, with properties no other human designed rubber have had before.
Even secular material science engineers have realized that there is something very special about bone, and classify it as a 'smart material', where such a material is capable of adapting and rebuilding according to the current stresses and needs! Can you imagine any human-made mechanical structure doing that?
First prize, however, goes to bone. Even secular materials science engineers9 have realized that there is something very special about bone, and classify it as a "smart material" because it is capable of adapting and rebuilding according to the current stresses and needs! Can you imagine any human made mechanical structure doing that? This indeed confirms that God is a Master in material science.
In Chapter 4, Dr Sarfati explains the basic principles of flight in a manner that even the layperson can understand. But the most important aspect of this section is how he refutes evolutionary just-so stories. It is interesting to learn that no amount of random flap-flapping is going to create the needed aerodynamic effects, such as lift and drag, to actually get an animal flying. The only place where it flies is right in the face of evolutionary theory. And not surprisingly, the supposed transitional forms are very problematic. Often these require exactly the opposite effects needed for the end result of a flying animal, and require more faith than anything else to believe it actually happened that way.
Dr Sarfati then treats other flyers such as bats, pterosaurs and insects. As for the latter, he again shows how (biological) engineering structures called halteres actually act as gyroscopes (something which engineers use in all kinds of applications), rather than being vestigial remnants of evolution. This is important, because it shows that an evolutionary paradigm can most often make scientists overlook function and information.
You and I have all experienced falling. Most of the time, such an experience is something we would rather want to forget about. The acceleration due to gravity here on Earth is about 9.81m/s² and we use a 'g' to symbolize it. Humans cannot handle an acceleration of more than 10 times g. Thus it important that manned spacecraft not exceed this acceleration during lift-off.
In nature, we find amazing catapult mechanisms with accelerations that defy evolutionary explanation. The chameleon tongue can accelerate at about 50 times g. The mantis shrimp is amazing, being capable of punching with a force well over 100 times its own body weight, and the same limbs which are often responsible for cracking the glass, can accelerate between 6,600 and 10,600 g. And remember that this is in water. But there is even more. The humble bunchberry dogwood plant (something which does not even contain muscles) can shoot its pollen in the air at 2,400 times g, and many of its mechanisms, work only in fractions of milliseconds. The micro organism, Plankton (Vorticella convallaria) can accelerate its spasmoneme up to 10,000 times g!
The incredibly high specification of these structures testifies to God as an ingenious Engineer, and not to an accumulation of random accidents. In an evolutionary situation, not only is our watchmaker blind, he is also mindless (and literally 'stupid'). To believe that these mechanisms had a naturalistic origin, again, would require to me an unreasonable faith, rather than anything scientific.
Students of electronic engineering have to learn11 and be quite competent with computer programming, even from their first year. This is because a lot (not all) of electronics would be fairly useless without a set of instructions that controls it and tells it how to work, operate, function and process the feedback information it receives. In short, hardware often needs software to work.
The same principle applies in nature. For instance, signal processing takes place in the retinal layers between the ganglion cells and photoreceptors, even before it reaches the brain.12 Electronic engineers are still trying to improve on image processing with the latest flat screen technologies. Also, only a small part of the eye (the fovea), has got high resolution (and there is an important reason for this fovea and saccade system). If your entire retina was such a high resolution area, your brain would need to be 50 times bigger to process this extra information. The actual system is a far more efficient sensory information processing system.
This principle of hardware needing software also surfaces when engineers try to make flying robots using optic flow (a highly effective principle used by bees and other insects for navigation and orientation). Not surprisingly, they have discovered that the algorithm in the computer program for this flying process is quite complicated, and needs energy consumptive processors13.
Ants … use advanced Calculus (Mathematics) to navigate, but also to find their way back home using a path never travelled before. Again, this is something that is programmed in their tiny little brains. It would be insane to allege that this software could have programmed itself.
There are many more examples of this principle, such as ants, which use advanced calculus to navigate, but also to find their way back home using a path never travelled before. Again, this is something that is programmed in their tiny little brains. It would be insane to allege that this software could have programmed itself. Also, intermediates would not be possible. Natural selection would work against ant brains doing that calculus only halfway, or not perfectly, because it would lead the ant astray (that is assuming that any form of such mathematical calculation abilities can just appear via blind mutations in the first place). Software comes from intelligent software programmers. It just shows us that God is indeed a Master electronic and software engineer as well.
Few people may realize how important the documentation process in the field of engineering is. One professor at university once told us, that if we had to physically print out all the documentation for let's say, a Boeing aeroplane, such documents will make out the weight of the plane itself. How literally this statement is true, I don't know, but it surely carries some weight (pun intended).
Does the reader realize what an incredible and infinitely intelligent Mind had to sit behind this unbelievable information storage system, as well as the message itself?
Learn how this fascinating system works in By Design chapter 11, where Dr Sarfati also uses his expertise as a chemist to refute origin of life theories. Chapter 12 refutes the tired old 'junk DNA' argument, with many excellent references to even secular papers, but also common sense.
Chapter 12 in By Design treats some very important subjects. One of them is general principles to consider in a design. This is really nicely set out in an analogy with World War II tanks. For instance, one feature of a design cannot be over-optimized at cost of another,16 and the overall design has to be considered when giving attention, or even criticizing a particular feature.
This is quite relevant, because evolutionists often makes frivolous objections for 'poor design', but failing to see the 'bigger picture', where the entity is actually well designed. Examples of these include the eye's backwards wiring (and after By Design was published, some further breakthroughs have been made, enforcing creationists arguments even further—see Backwardly wired retina "an optimal structure" : New eye discovery further demolishes Dawkins), the prostate gland in males and its position, and even spine design. Despite many claims, God is no idiot, and in this section it becomes clear why. God is ahead of our often naïve human thought.
It is interesting to realize that many of the authors discussing their new found designs in nature do not have an evolutionary explanation for how these structures could have evolved. They simply give blind homage to Darwin in many cases. But for the few cases which some explanations do exist, Dr Sarfati is upfront with refuting such evolutionary hypotheses scientifically.
Why then, do so many 'evangelical Christians', refuse to consider the design explanation?
They are not scientific objections, but philosophical and teleological objections about what a designer supposedly would or would not do.
All these objections squarely ignore the Genesis account for the Fall, which is ultimately responsible for the cruelties we find in nature, and many other bad things. It is also responsible for genuine imperfections.
I argue that this is what makes Dr Sarfati's book unique, in that it actually addresses these objections both scientifically, as well as theologically in chapters 12 and 13 called; "What about 'poorly designed' things?" and "Why are there bad things in nature?". The fact that Dr. Sarfati actually identifies the designer, enables him to successfully refute these objections, and shows how nature makes sense in light of the biblical model.
By reading works like By Design, it becomes overtly clear that even today it is reasonable and rational to believe in the God of the Bible.
By reading works like By Design, it becomes overtly clear that even today it is reasonable and rational to believe in the God of the Bible. Whilst many might mistakenly think that science has disproven God, nothing can be further from the truth.
Furthermore, many of the so called 'New Atheists' equate God to a silly entity like a Spaghetti Monster, alleging that to believe in God, is as irrational as believing that such a creature exists. However, it should become clear to the reader that this analogy is quite false. The Christian God is better equated to a Divine Engineer, of which the evidence is abundant in nature. Saying that we cannot observe God in a test-tube would hardly be an objection to His existence. For one thing, 99% of us have never seen the engineer that designed the computer screen at which this review is read, the car that we use, or even an electrical motor that we might find in some remote place on Earth. Yet they exist, and we can deduce it safely from their handiwork and products.
As I read through the pages of By Design, there were two main thoughts that kept on crossing my mind. The first is, that our God is an awesome God, and an incredible Engineer, who posses unthinkable wisdom. The second is that Dr Jonathan Sarfati really knows what he is talking about, when he so comprehensively explains to his readers the astounding designs that we find in nature.
I found By Design a fascinating little volume, which is nothing less than encyclopedic on the subject of the design concept. It is my hope that this book becomes a classic in history for many who have read, and will read it.
See Chapter 8 of By Design Return to text.
See Chapter 4 of By Design Return to text.
See Chapter 5 of By Design Return to text.
See Chapter 6 of By Design Return to text.
See Chapter 10 of By Design Return to text.
Aspects of this surface in both Chapter 9 as well as Chapter 4 on 'Bird Flight' Return to text.
See Chapter 12 of By Design Return to text.
In this context, a refractory is a material that is very resistant to heat and high temperatures, and are often designed for applications in this regard. We get both ceramics, as well as certain metals, which we classify as refractories in material science. Return to text.
See various sections of the book of Smith W., & Hashemi J., Foundations of Material Science and Engineering, McGraw-Hill (Publishers). Return to text.
I confess however, not owning a lot of expertise on aerodynamics and fluid dynamics yet, as these are quite advanced (and I am not finished with my course yet). Just fluid dynamics alone often works with (differential) equations that could not be solved by normal methods, but only numerical methods. Return to text.
At my own university, first year students of electrical as well as electronic engineering, has to learn the difficult language of C. Further programming modules may even follow later, depending on which direction they choose to go in as they progress. Return to text.
See By Design p. 27-28 for more information on this. Return to text.
See By Design p. 83 to 85 for details on this. Return to text.
However, we know from practical experience that random mutations and misspellings do not increase the information in a straight forward message. Return to text.
Sanford J.C., Genetic Entropy & the Mystery of the Genome, Third Edition 2008, FMS Publications p. 131 Return to text.
See By Design p. 193 Return to text.
Quotes taken from: "evolution." Encyclopædia Britannica from Encyclopædia Britannica 2007 Ultimate Reference Suite. (2010). (CD-ROM Version) Return to text.


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Känkkäränkkä is a Finnish children's song by Mikko Alatalo and Harri Rinne. The song was recorded by Alatalo in 1981 for his album Eläimiä suomalaismetsissä. The song is about a mischievous little witch, who entices children to become angry and harass others. The witch Känkkäränkkä is so small that adults can not even see her. Jope Ruonansuu has made a parody of the song called Menkkaränkkä, which was published on his album Lomakiertue.

The heroine of the song, the small witch Känkkäränkkä, was not invented by Alatalo and Rinne, but was invented in the 1970s by speech therapeutist and children's book author Annami Poivaara. Känkkäränkkä fairy tales written by Poivaara were published in collections such as Unihiekkaa, Unilintu and Pikkunoita Känkkäränkkä. Poivaara recollects: "I wrote three books about a small witch, that Mikko Alatalo read to his children and the character started to develop in his mind."

References

External links
 Mikko Alatalo: Känkkäränkkä at YLE Elävä arkisto

1981 songs
Finnish children's literature
Finnish children's songs
Songs about witches


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How Liverpool could line up against Arsenal
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Liverpool return to FA Cup action on Sunday when they travel to North London to face Arsenal. Ben Twelves discusses the possible team selections for Brendan Rodgers after his side produced two big performances in just five days.
Tactical battle: Brendan Rodgers vs Arsene Wenger (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)
Liverpool take a break from Premier League duties as they turn their attentions to a tough FA Cup tie against the team they dismantled 5-1 at Anfield last weekend.
A similar result and performance to last Saturday is sure to be Brendan Rodgers' order of the day, but Arsenal will no doubt be looking for revenge after suffering the humiliation of a week ago.
Progression in the FA Cup has gone swimmingly for Liverpool so far, recording textbook wins over Oldham in round three and Bournemouth in round four, which resulted in being rewarded with a trip to the Emirates for the second time this season in round five.
The Liverpool manager has shown through his team selections both of the previous rounds that he is taking the competition seriously.
While whether he should be very much a debate for another time, it is fair to assume that Rodgers will continue to field a strong starting line-up, and one that can guide Liverpool into the sixth round.
But after producing two big performances in just four days, and with Champions League qualification of paramount importance this season, resting those that need it and protecting key players for the more important league games should be very much in Rodgers' interests.
With Liverpool currently well positioned in their fight to finish in the top four following Wednesday night's battling come-back win at Fulham, combined with this season being the best opportunity at cementing a return to the European stage, a distraction of the FA Cup at this time is simply not worth the risk of jeopardising our attempts to qualify for the Champions League, even if it is a chance of some silverware.
From a title challenge perspective and the current situation in the Premier League, it could even be argued that while you never want your team to lose a game, an exit from the FA Cup could benefit Liverpool more than remaining in the competition.
A win for Arsenal would progress them to the next round and leave them in the FA Cup with an extra game to play in amongst what is already a busy schedule of Premier League and Champions League fixtures.
This also applies to whoever emerges victorious out of the tie involving Chelsea and Manchester City, and having the teams above us playing games thick and fast in a number of competitions with just a short amount of recovery time, can only benefit Liverpool in their ambitious pursuit of a 19th league title.
However, as previously stated, Rodgers has picked teams to go out and win games in the FA Cup so far and there's no reason why he won't do so again.
The fact does remain though, that the game does provide an opportunity to rest those in need such as Jordan Henderson, who is the only ever-present in the Premier League for Liverpool this season, and give match minutes to players returning from injury such as Glen Johnson and Daniel Agger.
Fringe players such as Joe Allen, Iago Aspas, Luis Alberto and Martin Kelly will all be hopeful of returning to the starting team.
With rotation of huge importance this weekend after a demanding couple of games, Brendan Rodgers has a number of options to choose from.
One team selection for Rodgers on Sunday could be:
An alternative could be:
Wholesale changes could see Liverpool line-up like this:
What Rodgers' team is likely to look like:
Liverpool are in too good a position in the Premier League currently to risk being derailed in their quest for Champions League football.
While beating Arsenal for a second time in a week would of course provide the team with even more confidence as we approach the business end of the season, changes for Sunday's game should be seriously considered in order to protect key players from picking up niggles and injuries at a crucial time of the season.
It is another week until the next fixture against Swansea at Anfield and a good period of recovery time for the players, but the FA Cup is certainly not the priority for Liverpool this season which is why Brendan Rodgers needs to ensure that he plays the game and not the occasion on Sunday afternoon.
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Hanuman Hardcover Ruled Journal
B.G. Sharma Signature Edition
Part of Insights Journals
Illustrated by B.G. Sharma
A precocious firebrand, formidable warrior, musician, and scholar, Hanuman represents a lifetime of growth, discovery, and learning. Chronicle your life's adventure with the Hanuman Hardcover Ruled Journal. This beautiful journal features a hand-selected, full-color painting of Hanuman and vibrant endpaper illustrations by artist B.G. Sharma. Cased in tactually rich, scuff- and fingerprint-resistant leatherette and elegantly debossed, this journal provides a compelling aesthetic experience, inside and out. With sturdy construction and sewn binding, the journal lies flat, and the 192 lined, acid-free pages of high-quality heavy stock paper take both pen and pencil nicely to invite a flow of inspiration. All this, plus a ribbon placeholder, elastic closure, and 7.5 x 4.5–inch back pocket, perfect for holding photographs and mementos, makes this B.G. Sharma Signature Edition the ultimate art-inspired portable journal.
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B.G. Sharma is a recipient of the prestigious National Art Award bestowed by the president of India. He is internationally recognized for his mastery of the traditional styles of Kangra, Kishangarh, and Mughal, as well as for pioneering his own painting style. Sharma has been commissioned to create portraits of heads of state, such as Prime Minister Indira Ghandi and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. He is the recipient of the Independent Publisher's Award for Prince of Dharma (Mandala, 2003) and a two-time finalist for the Benjamin Franklin Award (2002 and 2003). He lives in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
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President Trump's first full month was a big one for jobs.
The unemployment rate ticked down to 4.7%. Unemployment peaked at 10% in 2009, after the financial crisis.
Last year the economy averaged about 190,000 new jobs per month. The economy is showing other signs of strength: Consumer and business confidence is high and stocks are at record levels.
Wage growth continued showing signs of progress after persisting at a sluggish pace for years until 2016. Wages grew a solid 2.8% in February compared with a year ago.


UCLA needs to offer child care for student parents if it wants to be considered an equal opportunity university.
Tuition at UCLA Early Care and Education is more than $1,500 per month, making it out of reach for most student parents struggling to make ends meet. Beyond being unaffordable, UCLA-affiliated child care centers also have extremely long waitlists, averaging 12 to 18 months.
Across the U.S., child care costs are wildly unaffordable. A report by the Care Index found that a year of child care on average costs more than a year of in-state college tuition. This financial burden is especially acute for student parents, most of whom are women. A recent study by the Institute for Women's Policy Research found 26 percent of undergraduates are student parents and 71 percent of them are women. In addition, many student parents are women of color: Approximately 47 percent of African-American female undergraduates are parenting students.
Child care costs are a heavy burden for any parent, but the costs primarily fall on women. Although the proportion of stay-at-home parents who are fathers is rising, it's still mostly women who end up staying home to take care of children. In California only 14 percent of stay-at-home parents are men, and most of them stay home because they have disabilities or are otherwise unable to work.
Among students with children, approximately half have children under the age of 5, the age at which children can attend public schools. Faced with steep child care bills, student parents are more likely to drop out of their degree programs, typically listing unaffordable child care as one of the main reasons, according to the American Association of University Women. Not surprisingly, studies such as one done by the Institute for Women's Policy Research have revealed that student parents are more likely to graduate when child care is offered on campus.
By neglecting to open affordable and accessible child care centers for students, the university makes it extremely difficult for a large proportion of women to seek out educational opportunities and complete their degrees. This exacerbates issues like the gender pay gap and the higher amount of student loan debt carried by women as opposed to men – the latter of which was demonstrated by AAUW.
The burden of high child care costs is regressive, and also keeps people with low incomes from pursuing higher education. People who have family connections or family wealth have access to child care resources that low-income parents do not. Not addressing this disparity creates major barriers to upward mobility for some of the people who need it most: struggling, low-income parents, who would love to have the opportunity to pursue a degree and someday seek out higher wages.
There are many benefits to offering child care. Studies show employers who offer child care have greater recruitment and retention; the military realized this long ago and now supports the largest employer-sponsored child care system in the country. Providing affordable child care on campus would not only promote equity and diversity, but it would likely boost graduation rates.
The California Department of Education's Child Development division provides some tuition assistance for early childhood education, but if your total household gross monthly income is more than $4,030 you are not eligible. At that level of income, you'd be spending half of your income on child care. This extreme burden wouldn't leave enough money to pay for rent and utilities, let alone food, transportation and other essentials.
UCLA is not the only university to have parenting students within the student body. Community colleges have long run child care centers on campus. In fact, California community colleges lead the way with 84 percent providing on-campus child care. It's absurd UCLA does not offer the same level of services for their students as a community college does.
UCLA needs to do more to address the needs of parenting students. Neglecting their needs creates an insurmountable burden to many people who would seek a degree if they had an affordable option for child care. If UCLA claims to have equity, diversity and inclusion as some of its goals, it needs to walk the walk. The lack of child care on campus keeps more women, particularly those of color, from enrolling and from completing their degrees.
I am a parenting student of 3 children. When I transferred from community college I was surprised that UCLA didn't offer any child care on campus. If I didn't have an opportunity to enroll my children at the child care center on campus at the community college where I earned my transfer courses, I wouldn't be able to return back to school. I think a university like UCLA has to offer child care on campus for free. My experience at UCLA was very overwhelming due to the lack of child care.
UCLA family housing has childcare centers and all local LAUSD schools have after school childcare. Costs are always subsided based on income.
However, the bottom line is if you decide to make babies, then you should find ways to raise them. Looking after children is not UCLA's job, and any resources it provides already are inherently generous.


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