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What Reaching LCFF Full Implementation Means and Why It Matters
April 2018 | By Jonathan Kaplan
The proposed state budget that Governor Brown released in January calls for a significant increase in support ($2.9 billion) to fully implement California's main system for funding K-12 education, the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), in 2018-19. Reaching this milestone would be a notable accomplishment, especially as it would come two years earlier than initially estimated when the Legislature enacted the LCFF in 2013. Achieving this LCFF funding goal was never intended to mean that an adequate level of financial support needed to deliver a quality education for California's K-12 students had been provided. However, reaching LCFF full implementation does reflect nearly $20 billion of increased funding for the state's K-12 schools over the past six years.
Moreover, because the LCFF allocates additional funds to school districts based on their number of disadvantaged students — English learners, foster youth, and students from low-income families — increasing funding for the LCFF means more dollars are being provided to improve educational equity. Advancing equity may also be the goal of recent calls — from some state policymakers and others — to boost LCFF funding further, but exactly how such a boost is provided could unintentionally undermine this goal. To understand why, it is necessary to take a closer look at how the LCFF works and what full implementation really means.
Although the LCFF name includes the word "funding," the statute establishing the LCFF did not actually provide any. Rather, the LCFF defined how the state allocates K-12 dollars by creating funding targets for a base grant per student to be provided to all California school districts, adjusted for the number of students at various grade levels. These base-grant targets are then used to calculate targets for the LCFF supplemental and concentration grants, the additional dollars that go to school districts for the costs of educating disadvantaged students. The LCFF statute also applied a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to the base grant targets each year, so that the targets for all three grants — base, supplemental, and concentration — would be adjusted annually. In short, the LCFF statute established three types of grants, along with targets for each, but did not in itself provide the funding to reach these targets. That said, the Legislature has increased actual funding for the LCFF each year, thereby moving districts closer to the established targets.
The Governor's budget proposal for 2018-19 provides sufficient dollars for school districts to reach the LCFF targets. Achieving this milestone would be worth celebrating as it would demonstrate the state's success in achieving a key goal set forth when the LCFF was enacted. One benefit of attaining the LCFF targets would be to underscore the importance of the revenue generated by Proposition 30 (2012) and Proposition 55 (2016), tax measures approved by California voters in recent years.
Another potential benefit of reaching full implementation would be to make it easier to determine the extent to which LCFF is fulfilling its goal of improving equity. A question raised often about the LCFF has been whether the dollars allocated for disadvantaged students are being spent to support them. Prior to full implementation of the LCFF, school districts are required to demonstrate how the additional funding generated by disadvantaged students under the LCFF increases or improves services for these students in proportion to the funds allocated to support them. However, the complexity of this proportionality requirement has made it difficult for education stakeholders to determine whether school districts are really fulfilling their obligations to incrementally increase their support for disadvantaged students. After LCFF full implementation it may be easier to determine whether school districts are fulfilling LCFF's equity principles because it will no longer be necessary to figure out exactly what proportion of increased LCFF dollars should go to support disadvantaged students. Instead, school districts will have to show how the full amount of supplemental and concentration grants are used to support disadvantaged students. While demonstrating this may present challenges for some school districts, the fiscal accountability requirement triggered by reaching the LCFF targets would be more straightforward than that under current rules.
As California approaches full implementation of the LCFF, some policymakers and others stakeholders have called for continuing to boost K-12 funding. This makes sense given that, as noted earlier, the targets originally established by the LCFF were not meant to provide an adequate level of school funding. While there may be strong arguments for increasing K-12 funding above what is needed for full implementation of the LCFF, there is a crucial difference between boosting funding for the LCFF after full implementation and boosting the targets for LCFF grants prior to reaching them.
Here's why: Boosting the targets for LCFF grants would mean changing the funding goals that the LCFF established, in essence moving the LCFF goalpost further down the field. What's more, increasing the LCFF grant targets is not the same as providing the funding to reach them. Instead of providing additional resources for K-12 schools, increasing funding targets would mean extending the time taken to reach full implementation. This would, in turn, keep in place the current complex set of rules that require school districts to show how they are providing a proportion of increased LCFF funding to support disadvantaged students. On the other hand, if the Legislature increases LCFF funding after reaching full implementation — instead of raising the targets beforehand — it would mean more than raising the funding goals. It would create an ongoing state obligation to actually provide the new, higher level of funding, and because of how LCFF dollars are provided (through what's called a "continuous appropriation"), this level of funding would continue to be allocated to K-12 school districts in future years even if the Legislature does not act.
Since the Governor's January budget proposed funding to fully implement the LCFF, at least one legislative proposal has called for increasing the targets for LCFF grants in 2018-19. However, any proposal that calls for increasing the LCFF grant targets in 2018-19 but does not actually provide the additional funding to reach them would mean postponing full LCFF implementation. Increasing funding for the LCFF is a worthwhile goal, but increasing the targets for LCFF grants prior to full implementation of the formula will not achieve it. And for those that want to improve the chances of reaching LCFFs equity goals, achieving LCFF full implementation — as would happen with the increased funding proposed in the Governor's budget — should be their first priority.
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"We Wish Maria Was Still Playing": Venus Williams Fends Off Serena Williams – Maria Sharapova Feud Rumours
Published 09/16/2021, 10:15 PM EDT
Purav Joshi
Every year, the Met Gala becomes responsible for some trends based on vivid costumes famous faces wear. However, this year, the fashion event captured an iconic photo of tennis queens Venus and Serena Williams with Maria Sharapova. And naturally, since the picture came out, every tennis fan wants to know about the conversation between the three.
Fortunately, a fan asked the seven-time Grand Slam champion, Venus Williams, about the backstory of the infamous photo on Instagram. Indeed, the answer was better than anyone could have imagined.
And… Serena Williams has now shared the photo as well. Either the world is healing or hell has frozen over. #METGala pic.twitter.com/wSqNInXmRE
— Max Gao • 高俊鹏 • #TIFF21 (@MaxJGao) September 14, 2021
Watch this story: Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka, Venus Williams, Maria Sharapova And Other Tennis Players Hit the Met Gala 2021
Notably, a backstory of the backstory is that Venus, Serena, and Maria were also arch-rivals on the WTA Tour. But, it ended last year when the Russian decided to retire from the sport.
"She Hated Me For…": When Maria Sharapova Opened up on Feud With Serena Williams
The backstory of infamous Venus Williams, Serena Williams, and Maria Sharapova photo at Met Gala 2021
Primarily, Venus admitted that she and her younger sister Serena were talking about Maria before she arrived. And so, when they saw her, it was a little reunion for them.
"We're walking like, 'Man, we wish Maria was still playing,'" Venus said. "And we saw her, and we both separately told her, 'Oh My God, we were just talking about you, [we] wish you were still on Tour.'"
Serena Williams of the United States shakes hands with Maria Sharapova of Russia after defeating her in her Women's Singles first round match during day one of the 2019 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
On a happier note, the 41-year-old talked about the night merrily. She then gave tennis fans another reason why they are champions on and off the court.
"And we were so happy to see each other, there were hugs, there was laughing, there were stories, and there was a photo. So, the backstory is that even though us players compete really hard on the court for years, we still respect and love each other. And love Maria," Venus said.
🚨 GUYS! I would henceforth like unofficial tennis journalist status for asking this hard-hitting question…. And getting an answer from Queen @Venuseswilliams herself! pic.twitter.com/nKya75TTd6
— amélie (@likethemovie19) September 16, 2021
Although the trio seemed complete, they did not forget about their good friend Caroline Wozniacki, who retired last year. Hence, Venus gave them a personal message on Instagram.
"If you want to come back, Maria, like we asked you to, come and do it. [It] goes to you too, Caroline," she concluded.
Indeed, it was one of the most remarkable eras of WTA when Venus, Serena, Maria, and Caroline competed on the court. Hopefully, they will find a way to create a reunion on the court someday in the future.
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Purav Joshi is a Tennis author at EssentiallySports. Having a degree in Films, Television and Media Production, he guided his passion for writing and journalism into the sport of aces and rallies. With over 2 years of experience as a copywriter, Purav has authored over 500 tennis articles.


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Top 5 lackluster endings in big Hollywood movies
On October 15, 2013 October 15, 2013 By ruthIn The Flix List
A couple of months ago I named my top 5 Spectacle Endings, well now I shift my focus on 5 movie endings that I thought lacked spectacle and excitement. As I mentioned on my last article, I love big Hollywood event/tentpole films. Yes I know most of them aren't what you called "great" cinema but hey that's the goal of these films. They weren't made to win Oscars or get approval from critics. They were made to entertain the masses and of course earn lots of cash. So when I pay to go see these movies that cost over $100 mil or more, I expect to be entertained and be transported to another world. I also expect to see a huge spectacle to close the feature, yet some didn't quite accomplish that.
This list contain films I think the studio or filmmakers should've done a better job in giving us the big spectacle that we expect to see. Here they are in no particular order:
Obviously since we're talking about movie finales, spoilers should be expected
This is probably my second favorite film of the Jack Ryan series and it was my most-anticipated film back in the summer of 1994. I'd just finished reading the book at the time and was super excited to see the film version. Despite some changes that were made from the book, I still thought it's a solid action thriller. Unfortunately it also has one of the worst-staged action sequences ever filmed.
The film ends with what was supposed to be a big and elaborate action sequence where Ryan, Clark and Chavez (fans of the books knows that this trio shared many adventures together), rescued the soldiers who were being captive by the drug cartel. The shootout sequence was poorly-staged and boring, while I expected to see some really intense and exciting sequence. I couldn't find the clip online but I assume most people have seen the film and know what I'm talking about. A few years later, the film's director (Phillip Noyce) admitted that he should've done a better job of shooting that scene. He actually wanted it be bigger and more elaborate than the ambush scene in the middle of the film when Ryan and the FBI agents were ambushed by the drug cartel thugs.
Of course when we talk about action films, a James Bond film must be in the conversation. Roger Moore's second outing as 007 was considered one of the worst in the franchise, in fact after this film's poor performance at the box office, United Artists was thinking of dropping the Bond franchise. Thankfully the next one made lots of cash and we still get see Bond on the big screen today. Anyway back to this Bond flick, it hardly have any big action scenes in it. Besides the big car chase in the middle of the film, it didn't really have any big shootouts or spectacle you'd expect to see in a Bond film. Now I thought the concept of the story was pretty great, Bond goes up against another super assassin, so you'd think we get to see big hand-to-hand combat and shootouts. Well for the film's climactic battle, we got this scene below:
Pretty weak right?
I was hesitant to include this one on my list because I thought the sequence was very well-shot but I wanted it to be bigger and see more of it. This scene where Bourne took out some henchmen ended too quick and just felt kind of rushed:
Originally the film was supposed to have a big spectacle the climactic action scene, you can read about it on this post on alternate endings.
My least favorite Mission: Impossible film and it contained probably one of the most boring hand-to-hand combat sequence I've ever seen. See the below clip:
The first two films closed out with some crazy action sequences and I expected to see the same for this one. Unfortunately, JJ Abrams decided to give a typical fight scene and a weak shootout. Don't get me started on a later scene when Ethan's wife, who's a nurse with no weapons training whatsoever but somehow was able to take down the main villain, who's a trained IMF agent. Lame, lame!
Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides
This 4th Pirates of the Caribean movie was just boring to sit through but I decided to watch the whole film and hoping that it would least have some kind of big spectacle action scene for the ending. Sadly it did not and I wish I could have 2 and half hours of my life back. I thought the scene was unimaginative and well boring, I still couldn't understand how the film made over a billion dollars at the box office. See the scene below.
Since this is a recent film, I assume many people already know about its troubled production and that the entire third act of the film had to be re-shoot. According to some reports and director Marc Forster, the top executives at Paramount felt the original ending was too brutal and didn't have any closure, so they wanted a lighter ending and have Pitt's character get reunited with his family. Well I called BS on that, I think the executives realized had they went with that big battle ending, the film would've received an R rating and of course it wouldn't have earn as much as it did at the box office. In an interview with Forster, which you can read here, he felt the original ending was too big and that the audience can't really relate to Pitt's character. He prefer the more suspenseful but quiet ending.
Now he could be telling the truth or he's just basically saying that because the film was a big hit. I mean they spent weeks and millions of dollars on that sequence and If I was the director, I'd be pissed that they didn't want to use it or even show it to the public. I wonder what he'd say had the film was a box office dud. Personally I didn't care for that more quiet and suspenseful ending, since the film was set up as action/adventure. I wanted to see a big spectacle battle to close out the film. Hopefully Paramount will release another cut of the film with its original ending and let us the paying audiences decides which version is better.
Again this is a recent film so I assume most have seen it, so I won't go deep into the climatic ending. I just felt it was more anti-climatic, I wish Tarantino had closed out the film with a big shootout that he showed earlier in the film. Here's the clip:
Yes it's one of the worst Bond films but there were some cool action sequences in the film, I really enjoyed the opening boat chase and the helicopters attack at the caviar factory. For the film's finale, I thought we would see some really big and elaborate action sequence, but what we got was a lame shoot-out inside a submarine. That entire sequence was pretty brutal to sit through, I kept thinking to myself, who approved this scene when it's written? I can only assume it sounded much more exciting in concept but somehow the execution was sloppy and not very creative. I remember I kept yawning when I saw it in theater and wish the film would end already, the scene felt like it went on forever. Sorry I couldn't find it online but I think most people know what I'm talking about.
So what do you think folks, do you agree with my choices? Feel free to share your picks for the lackluster ending in big movies.
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Dan Heaton
The Man with the Golden Gun's one-man showdown was actually a great idea. The problem was the lame way they ended it; such a great assassin wouldn't get fooled so easily!
I think of the end of Clear and Present Danger as the showdown when a snarling Harrison Ford confronts the President. It may be telling that I barely remember that gunfight, so it probably didn't work so well. Still, I like it a lot better than Patriot Games.
The World War Z finale was strange. I think it could have been a lot worse, but I'm not sure it was really needed. I'm not sure I like the big battle idea either, though.
Yeah I love the concept of The Man with the Golden Gun but the execution of the actual film just wasn't that great.
I love that scene where Ryan yelled at the President but I really wanted to see a huge action sequence for the climatic scene. In the book there was this huge shootout where Ryan and a group of Navy Seals went in and rescued the soldiers. I was hoping for something similar to that. And yes it's a better film than Patriot Games.
I'm more curious about the original ending to World War Z, to completely re-shoot it and then won't show the original to anyone, that's kind of strange to me. Hopefully they'll integrate that sequence into the sequel.
Wow, these are some lousy endings, though I have to say I never noticed anything off about BOURNE IDENTITY until now. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN actually lost me with the second one.
RE: MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN…I've always thought that was EON's way of paying homage to Orson Welles' LADY FROM SHANGHAI. No one wants me to get started on WINE 😉
The Bond movies remind me of one surprisingly good ending, where I was ready to die from cheesiness but it turned out OK, and that is PACIFIC RIM. Without giving away too much…I felt like they were setting us up for a total Bond final scene, but somebody somewhere had some restraint.
Hey Paula. I liked The Bourne Identity's ending but I wanted it to be bigger like the sequels. I love the big car chase finally in The Bourne Supremacy. The Pirates films are kind of lame but I did enjoy the big spectacle of the last two movies, but the last one was just lame.
I've never seen Lady from Shanghai, might have to check it out. To be honest, I still enjoy watching The Man with the Golden Gun today, partly because I really love the concept but they just didn't deliver on the actual film.
Haven't seen Pacific Rim yet, I'll give it a rent soon.
Oh dear…I should definitely have labeled my comment SPOILER. And yep, I enjoy pretty much all the Bond films, even the lousy ones 😉 If you check out LADY FROM SHANGHAI, let me know what you think 🙂
This is a great post! I'd need to think about this, but I agree with you on all fronts here.
Thanks Andrew. love to hear your picks.
ninvoid99
I definitely agree that Pirates 4 and MI 3 had poor endings as they were let-downs. Then again, Pirates 4 was a fucking mess to begin with. I could care less about what was happening with everyone. Yeah, The World is Not Enough had a terrible ending which I think is one of the worst films of the James Bond series.
Yeah those were pretty lame endings and YES The World Is Not Enough was one of the worst Bond films ever!
Novroz
Great post Ruth…I have some movies on my mind that need a different ending, in my opinion.
From your list, i have only seen Clear and Present danger and Bourne identity…sad to say I don't remember their ending anymore
Hi Nov, this is Ted's post. Hey, can you share which films you'd like to have different endings on? Just curious.
Red Eye…most definitely 😉
Ninja Assassin…great gore effect but terrible ending. Those are the two I can think of right now…there are more but can't think of it now
Ahah yeah, I'd like for the ending of Red Eye that Cillian's character becomes a nice guy and they'd live happily ever after, ahahahaha 😀
GYaaaa…that would be even worse than the real ending. It's a thriller…pure happy ending is not an option for me 😉
Ahah I was just kidding. Yes I know you like the dark stuff. I actually like Cillian being a nice guy though 😀
some good choices. Although I disagree about Django Unchained — i thought the way that film closed out was phenomenal, and there was actually quite a spectacularly bloody shoot-out on the plantation but i guess that wasn't the VERY last shot of the film. i would agree about it ending kind of conventionally, though. 🙂 I would have to side with you about World War Z, though. I did not like the way that went out, but I guess people say it might set up a sequel well. we'll have to see about that. . . .
Yeah I didn't hate the way Django ended, just wish QT closes the movie out with more energy, it felt like he just ran out of ideas. As for WWZ, I wanted the movie to close out with big zombies attack, LOL.
Asrap
I actually enjoyed Mission Impossible 3. I thought the interrogation scene in particular was quite intense! As far as lackluster endings go, I'd pick Tom Cruise's War Of The Worlds. I found the film as a whole as entertaining but the ending really did suck!
Hi Asrap! I also didn't care for the ending of War of the Worlds. But then again I wasn't fond of the film in general.
Oh yeah, I hated how War of the World ended, such a cop out ending, I hated the son character so I was not happy to see him alive at the end, lol.
jackdeth72
Kudos and well done, Ted!
'Clear and Present Danger' was whittled down beyond bare bones before the fist can of film was shot. Add to that, the miscasting of Willem Dafoe as John Clark. And writing out of anything in uniform being south of the border didn't help much at all.
'The Man with the Golden Gun' was an embarrassment even without the final shoot out.
'MI:III' did offer a superbly slimy, dumpy and creepy bad guy in Philip Seymour Hoffman. The kind of role he excels at since 'Scent of A Woman'. But not a heck of a lot more beyond that.
Thanks Jack, yeah you and I are on the same page about Dafoe as John Clark, he's just didn't fit the part at all.
Yeah, the showdown between Bond and Scaramanga was indeed an embarrassment, such a good concept for a Bond film but the filmmakers just couldn't deliver.
I'm still not sure why Hoffman's villain role in M-I 3 was so well liked, he didn't really do anything menacing, just walked around looking villainy and then he got ass whooped by Ethan and dies. Lame!
I actually liked the ending of world War Z but I do agree on Django. As much as I loved the film, it didn't know how to end.
Exactly how I felt about Django's ending Mark, I think QT just ran out of ideas on how to end the movie properly.
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Love this piece Ted! It's so disappointing when a decent film has a terrible ending. Someone above mentioned the ending of War of the Worlds and I'd go with that. I'd also say The Forgotten with Julianne Moore, although I'd probably class that ending as utterly awful rather than lackluster 🙂
Thanks Terry, never saw The Forgotten but heard the ending was pretty bad. And yes I hated the ending to War of the Worlds.
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Hey Ruth. Would love to feature some of your work on moviepilot.com. Drop me a line on sabina@moviepilot.com. Looking forward to hearing from you
Good stuff Ted. The main one that stick out to me was Pirates 4. I despised that movie. Sitting through it at the theater was the most laborious chore ever for me. Quite honestly, I was so bored that the ending simply matched the rest of the film perfectly. What a snooze fest.
I actually really like the ending of World War Z. Sure it's no big, elaborate action finale. But I like it's unresolved ambiguity. [SPOILER] They have a glimmer of hope but there's no real sense that they've one. And I couldn't help but wonder if they were 100% sure that Brad Pitt's character was going to be ok after injecting himself. Several questions and very open-ended. I kinda liked that.
Thanks Keith, yeah I hated Pirates 4 too, such a waste of time. I still don't know how it made so much money.
I like your reasoning for liking the ending of WWZ, I guess since the movie was set up as a high octane action/adventure, I expected to see a big action sequence for the finale.
I'm with you. I just don't know how Pirates 4 did so well. I mean that thing takes in over $1 billion globally. Talk about a head scratcher!
Really interesting list! I truly agree about MI: 3. The entire third film, though fun because J.J. Abrams directed it, I didn't quite care for Phillip Seymour Hoffman. He made a pretty weak villain, so the ending was so-so.
Except for Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl, I didn't enjoy the ending to the sequels – especially At World's End. It was a decent conclusion of the Swan relationship, but amazing – not so much.
Hey Katy, yes I didn't think Hoffman's character wasn't anything special in MI3, they built up this hype of him being this bad ass villain but he didn't really do anything at all in the movie.
I enjoyed the ridiculous spectacle of the last two Pirates films but the last one was just lame, just a waste of time.
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Very interesting to see you echo my thoughts on Django. Like I said back when I reviewed the film, I thought the entire final act Tarantino could have done without. The film went from a 5/5 to a 4.5/5 on that note alone. The final shootout should have been the last scene and Django should have died.
I also agree on the others, especially on World War Z, and the incredibly "weak", not to say horrible sequence that capped the end of The Man with the Golden Gun.
The only inclusion I disagree with is Bourne Identity. I think it held up with the rest of the feel of the franchise, favoring scenes that are filmed up close and personal, without long winding fights, and more one-two knockout punches instead.
I probably would have included The Game on a list like this. Big stars, big budget, a lot of success, and a pretty anti-climatic ending.
Thanks, that's how I felt about Django too. I wanted to see that big shoot out at the end instead of half way through the film.
Yeah I didn't mind The Bourne Identity's ending just that that I wanted to see more of the action. Like I said the scene was well shot and the action was well staged, just wanted to see more it. 🙂
cindybruchman
Fun post, Ruth. I agree with all your choices. Especially Django Unchained. I felt after Tarantino should have blown himself up earlier and end at the terrific scene you described.
Thanks Cindy, sounds like many are in agreement that Django's ending was pretty weak.
Sorry, Ted. I enjoyed your post on Ruth's blog.
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District 181 signs up for educator exchange program with South African schools
By Chuck Fieldman
Kathleen Robinson will travel to South Africa in July. (District 181)
Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Elementary District 181 has decided to become involved with the Langa Education Assistance Program that has allowed students, teachers and administrators at Hinsdale Central to have an exchange with counterparts in South Africa.
The connection between Central and schools in South Africa started with a student club at Central, Leap into Africa Club, about 13 years ago.
While Central has sent students, teachers and educators to South Africa, District 181 will not be participating in an exchange of students.
District 181's first exchange in the program will come in July when Superintendent Hector Garcia and Kathleen Robinson, assistant superintendent of learning, spend about two weeks in South Africa to observe program schools there.
The plan to help set up a visit in September to District 181 by educators from the South African schools.
During that visit, the South African educators will split their time between observing classrooms at Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills middle schools and area professional development opportunities.
Those from District 181 who travel to South Africa must serve as a mentor to South African teachers visiting in September.
District 181 school teachers and administrators will be able to apply to make the annual trip to South Africa, which generally will include one administrator and about four teachers.
Applicants are required to make presentations to various District 181 groups, on request, for three years following the initial exchange to share what they learned and offer professional development to other District 181 staff.
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"It's very exciting to be a part of this program, which has wonderful opportunities for our district," Robinson said. "The schools in South Africa involved in this have students with high social and emotional needs."
Robinson said the program supports and is aligned with the district's Social and Emotional Learning for Academic Success initiative.
District 181 is partnering with the Casten Family Foundation, which is covering costs to send local educators to South Africa and bring those from that country here. The District 181 Foundation will pay for visiting educators to participate in professional development here.
The schools in the program focus on emotional growth of their students as well as excellence in math, science and English. The goal is to provide educationally disadvantaged students with a mathematics and science-focused education.


ENGLISH: The whole case of child molestation against Michael Jackson made no sense. He was 100% INNOCENT in no uncertain terms.
The prosecution didn't like to focus on the fact there was no EVIDENCE supporting any of their claims. The case was nothing but a mean-spirited attempt to damage Michael Jackson's reputation and embarrass him.
Whoever reads the court record of the trial will realize that the DA Thomas Sneddon and his Asst. Prosecutors Ron Zonen, Gordon Auchincloss, and Mag Nicola did everything they could to fulfill that attempt. They also fabricated false evidence and conspired to do so.
On August 14th, 2012 the tv host William Wagener, who attended the hearings of the 2005 trial, and some Michael Jackson's supporters asked the Supervisors of the Santa Barbara County to read the affidavit of Mr. Wagener and appoint an outside Special Prosecutor to investigate Thomas Sneddon and his assistants for their conduct during the trial in 2005.
The Supervisors now have a constructive notice of a CRIME by Sneddon and have a duty to do something about it.
Please, let Supervisors know that the 'Affidavit' is supported by everyone who stands for Right Principles.
keep a count of the e-mails sent to the Supervisors.
This letter serves to express my continued support of the affidavit presented by Mr. William Wagener to you and your fellow County Supervisors in public forum on August 14th, 2012.
I wish to address other felonies committed by Tom Sneddon. I strongly urge that the below felonies be considered when determining whether a special prosecutor is assigned to investigate this matter.
Each felony has been tested by several legal representatives to insure they fall under fraud of the court. Each felony is a matter of court record. The body of the below criminal acts are found in the Santa Barbara Superior Court criminal records Case #1133603. Notice of Motion and Motion to Set Aside the Indictment (Penal Code Section 995) 06/29/2004 Released: 03/08/2006.
1. Tom Sneddon conspired to change the dates of the alleged molestation to fit the timeframe that both Michael Jackson and the alleged victim, Gavin Arvizo, were in the same city/state.
2. Tom Sneddon knowingly requested arrest warrant for Michael Jackson based on a false witness statement by Gavin Arivzo and family to Forensic Psychologist Dr. Katz. The statement contains manufactured dates and occurrences of the alleged molestation.
4. Tom Sneddon knowingly filed false kidnapping charges against Michael Jackson when he was aware the alleged victims of the kidnapping moved about freely on shopping trips and was also in contact with Tom Sneddon himself during the alleged kidnapping timeframe.
5. District Attorney Tom Sneddon conspired to imprison falsely Mr. Michael Jackson by violating his right to a fair trial in withholding exculpatory evidence from the Grand Jurors, the Courts and Defense attorneys.
3) Send your letter by snail mail. In this case, you have 5 letters to send, one to each supervisor: Mr. Cabajal, Mrs. Wolf, Mrs. Farr, Mrs. Gray and Mr. Lavagnino. You have to print your 5 letters and sign them by hand. Moreover, you have to send a duplicate of the 5 letters you signed to Mr. Wagener.
This letter serves to express my continued support of the affidavit presented by Mr. William Wagener to you and your fellow County Supervisors in public forum on August 14th, 2012. I wish to address other felonies committed by Thomas Sneddon. I strongly urge that the below felonies be considered when determining whether a special prosecutor is assigned to investigate this matter.
1. Thomas Sneddon conspired to change the dates of the alleged molestation to fit the timeframe that both Michael Jackson and the alleged victim, Gavin Arvizo, were in the same city/state.
2. Thomas Sneddon knowingly requested arrest warrant for Michael Jackson based on a false witness statement by Gavin Arvizo and family to Forensic Psychologist Dr. Katz. The statement contains manufactured dates and occurrences of the alleged molestation.
3. Thomas Sneddon used the same fraudulent statement as probable cause to obtain several search warrants for Michael Jackson's home.
4. Thomas Sneddon knowingly filed false kidnapping charges against Michael Jackson when he was aware the alleged victims of the kidnapping moved about freely on shopping trips and was also in contact with Thomas Sneddon himself during the alleged kidnapping timeframe.
5. Thomas Sneddon approved a search warrant and a raid on the home of Michael Jackson's personal assistant, whereby folders labeled "Defense Attorney", a fax addressed to the defense attorney, 15 items covered by attorney-client privilege and at least 36 items that were not covered by the search warrant were illegally seized.
ITALIANO: L'intero caso di abuso su minore contro Michael Jackson non aveva alcun senso. Lui era INNOCENTE al 100% in termini inequivocabili.
L'accusa non accettò di focalizzarsi sul fatto che NON c'erano PROVE a supporto di nessuna delle loro affermazioni. Il caso non fu nient'altro che un meschino tentativo di danneggiare la reputazione di Michael Jackson e metterlo in imbarazzo.
Chiunque legga gli atti del processo si renderà conto che il procuratore distrettuale Thomas Sneddon ed i suoi assistenti procuratori Ron Zonen, Gordon Auchincloss e Mag Nicola fecero tutto il possibile per portare a compimento quel tentativo. Loro fabbricarono anche false prove, cospirando per farlo.
Il 14 agosto 2012 il presentatore televisivo William Wagener, che presenziò alle udienze del processo del 2005, e alcuni sostenitori di Michael Jackson hanno chiesto ai supervisori della contea di Santa Barbara di leggere la dichiarazione giurata del signor Wagener per nominare un procuratore speciale esterno che indaghi su Thomas Sneddon ed i suoi assistenti per la loro condotta durante il processo del 2005.
Perfavore, facciamo sapere ai supervisori che la dichiarazione giurata ha il supporto di tutti coloro che lottano per difendere i propri diritti.
E' importante per tenere il contro delle email spedite ai Supervisori.
3) Spedite la vostra lettera per posta ordinaria. In questo caso, avete 5 lettere da spedire, una per ciascun supervisore: Mr. Cabajal, Mrs. Wolf, Mrs. Farr, Mrs. Gray e Mr. Lavagnino. Dovete stampare le 5 lettere e firmarle a mano. Inoltre, dovete spedire una fotocopia delle 5 lettere firmate a Mr. Wagener.


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The Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin gave a positive review of TMH's product line, presented to him during his visit to TMH production facility in Tver.
M. Mishustin highlighted the latest double deck passenger cars developed by TMH: "Honestly and sincerely, I like it here. We all travelled by train a lot. Very nice and, most importantly, well thought-through."
The Prime-Minister pointed out the quality of engineering in regards to the non-compartment passenger car presented to him: "Imagine student teams, friends travelling here – I think it will be very convenient and comfortable; the ergonomics here is very clever."
The Head of the Government highly evaluated the work of designers: "On the first look, you do not see much space, but when we sit here, talk, there are no problems at all."
The Chairman of the Government got acquainted with the plant's cutting-edge Production Management Center and ongoing production and management digitalization programs.
The head of the Russian Government visited TMH production plant in Tver on July 13 during his work trip to the city. He got introduced to the current and perspective products, created by the TMH group of companies – single and double deck passenger cars, including the car for the Egyptian National Railways and the concept of a passenger car in loading gauge T, new generation DC EMU EGE2Tv Ivolga 3.0, Series 81-775/776/777 metro train, RA-3 Orlan DMU, and TEM5x hybrid shunting locomotive.
Along with M.Mishustin the plant was visited by the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Vitaly Saveliev, the Governor of Tver Oblast Igor Rudenya, and CEO of Russian Railways Oleg Belozerov, advisor to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vasiliev, President of TMH and Member of the Board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Andrey Bokarev, Member of the Board of TMH Dmitry Komissarov, CEO of TMH and member of the Bureau of the Union of Machine Builders of Russia Kirill Lipa.
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The Distributed Electronic Cosmic Ray Observatory (DECO) is an effort to harness the global network of mobile devices to detect cosmic radiation.
Cosmic Rays were first discovered in 1912 by Victor Hess, who noted that radiation flux increased with altitude. An unexpected phenomenon, this was the birth of particle physics. In the years since, other particles such as the positron (1933) and the muon (1937) have been discovered, as well as general equations for mapping out the dispersal of the radiation as it approaches the earth.
The cameras in our cell phones do not just capture light, but also heat and light outside of the visible spectrum. These CCD sensors, when robbed of light and generally surrounded by consistent heat, are capable of recording particles that intersect with the lens. We've developed an Android app (to be run at night while the phone is charging) that takes snapshots and rules out images in a non computationally-expensive way, then uploads possible candidates to our sensorcast.org servers. Aggregate analysis begins on data collected around the globe to determine, among other things, the origin and behavior of the radiation.


For the first time in US military history, women will be integrated into the crew of a Navy submarine. Starting in the new year, four women who completed an intensive training course will report for duty on the guided missile submarine "Michigan." Officials are still working through the kinks of the integration, which appears to be something of a challenge. "We are revising our instruction that was — no kidding — 49 pages long of excruciating detail on what you wear on the treadmill," said Force Master Chief Wes Koshoffer. Because the primary concern while hurtling missiles through the ocean is, of course, the appropriate length of one's gym shorts.
A new political party in Brazil known as the "Party of the Brazilian Woman" aims to increase the representation of women in the country's Congress, which counts only 53 women among its 513 members. Unfortunately, all but two of the party's officers are men. Also, it is explicitly non-feminist and anti-abortion. Oh, and among the party's supporters is a senator who decamped from another political faction after being accused of sexually abusing his niece. Suêd Haidar, the party's founder and president, has said that she is working hard to recruit more female candidates. Until that happens, "Party of the Brazilian Woman" may want to consider changing its name to … well, anything else.
It was revealed this week that the newest face of Louis Vuitton is … a video game character? The famous French fashion house has featured Lightning, the pink-haired heroine of the massively popular Final Fantasy game series, in its 2016 Spring campaign. Designer Nicolas Ghesquière unveiled images from the new collection on his Instagram, in which Lightning can be seen sporting a crop top, shorts, and a multi-colored purse. Ghesquière also posted a video of Lightning wielding handbags like some sort of weapon, which may or may not be a metaphor for the carnage that Louis Vuitton purses can inflict upon your bank account.
A recently-released Chrome application seeks to help women avoid phrases like "just," "sorry," and "I think," which—according to the app's creator Tami Reiss—make e-mails sound less authoritative and professional. The "Just Not Sorry" extension will underline self-demeaning phrases ("I'm no expert") and qualifying words ("actually"), as if they were spelling errors. Reiss, who is the CEO of a consulting firm that specializes in women-led companies, was inspired to create the app after witnessing female entrepreneurs inadvertently undermine their opinions with one too many "sorry." The product is, as a result, geared towards women. And possibly Justin Bieber.


Jenny originally is from California, and received her BS in Environmental Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. After graduating, she decided to study forests outside of her home state, and so she worked as a research assistant in Wyoming and South Carolina, before settling in Virginia.
For four years, she was part of the Conservation Ecology Center at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, VA. There she researched the impact of disturbances, such as white-tailed deer and a changing climate, on forest growth and recovery in the Mid-Atlantic. She also received her MS in Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia for her work estimating carbon stocks in remnant old-growth forests of the Mid-Atlantic.
Jenny is the Chesapeake Forest Program Manager at the Alliance's Annapolis office. As Program Manager she collaborates with the Chesapeake Forests Program team on a variety of projects to advocate forests, promoting forest conservation and restoration in the Chesapeake region.
Beyond her dedication to forests, Jenny is an avid reader and eater, an occasional crocheter, and she hopes to become quite the gardener. Her favorite part about the Chesapeake region is the summers, especially the thunderstorms and lightning bugs.


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"The renowned dancer Leonid Sarafanov has signed a contract, under which on 1 January 2011 he is coming to the Mikhailovsky Ballet Company as a principal dancer. His first appearance at the Mikhailovsky Theatre as a principal is planned for 22 January 2011."
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This doesn't look good for the Mariinsky, especially after Lobukhin leaving for the Bolshoi earlier this year. I hope it doesn't backlash with the management negatively onto his wife's career.
Also the bit at the bottom of the description about Makhalina is a travesty.
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I'm shocked by this move, I somehow imagined Sarafanov was the company golden boy after his early promotion to the leading roles and never expected him to leave the company. Undoubtedly there is more to this than meets the eye and I dare say acting director Fateev had a hand in whatever forced Sarafanov to make this decision.
I wish him well in the new company, he would have been better off under the Mikhailovsky's previous director Messerer though. Won't his talents be rather going to waste under Duato?
richard53dog
Who knows how this may be connected to other events but this seems to me one more sign that there is some kind of artistic unease inside the MT Ballet.
Perhaps it's not so unfortunate that their visit to NYC for next summer has been cancelled. Let's hope for some new, brighter artistic direction which will lead the company back to a place where it is more in line with their traditional reputation.
Right now I would say there is quite a gap between the company's day in and day out performances and the much more positive historical/traditional reputation that they have in the minds of many ballet goers.
Lidewij
Now I'm wondering who his wife is, ksk04?
This sounds all really bad.. I also thought Sarafanov was 'golden boy' at the company (I don't really like his dancing, though)
His wife is Olesia Novikova
What is the source of this information? I mean his departure to the land of Duato? (who by the way won't be fulltime in the theatre until Jan 2011 either).
I just have to say, you watch the a la seconde turns at the end of that clip, and the changing spot -- and it gives me chills. Any company is lucky to have him.
This is huge. Something happened to prompt him to bail. He's enjoyed preferred casting for the past several years. My guess is that Mikhailovsky Theatre General Director, Vladimir "Banana King" Kehkman offered him far more money than he's being paid at the Mariinsky Theatre. Another factor may be that he's been assigned to Somova as her most frequent partner at home and abroad.
Someone asked whether this will effect Olesya Novikova. There's no telling how it will effect her career. It probably won't change her current situation. She's a 1st Soloist and pretty much a "house" 1st soloist. She's infrequently cast compared to others. I think that in two or more seasons Novikova may be consigned to "Dumchenko Land." If there are any promotions this season, I expect that Vladimir Shyklarov will be the strongest contender to take Sarafanov's place. MO.
Mashinka wrote,
Exactly. His classical repertory will be curtailed if Duato decides to mount and push his own works and sideline the classics. It would be an excellent move for him if Misha Messerer was still the ballet director. How will Maestro Gergiev deal with Yuri Fateev regarding this high profile departure? That's the $1 Trillion question. Sarafanov's departure is to Fateev what Zakharova's departure was to Vaziev. It's going to be interesting to see how this plays out.
*(Edited: Kehkman is the General Director not the AD).
From the Mikhailovsky website: http://www.mikhailovsky.ru/en/events/leonid-sarafanov-is-coming-to-the-mikhailovsky-ballet/
Ah thanks. I agree w/Cygnet regarding the potential effects on Sarafanov's career, given how strong his classical background is. But maybe he wants to branch into more modern works? Hopefully he will have the ability to guest externally more often in any case. Then too, with the Mikhailovksy's deep deep pockets, they tend to tour more than the Mariinsky -- that is going to be more exposure.
It will be an interesting move in any case.
My guess is that Mikhailovsky Theatre Artistic Director, Vladimir "Banana King" Kehkman offered him far more money than he's being paid at the Mariinsky Theatre.
Um, I guess I'm ignorant, but why is he the "Banana King"? Sounds intriguing.
Regarding Sarafanov, I've only seen him a few times, when the Kirov visited New York's City Center a few years ago. He was incredible. I had hopes that ABT might invite him to be a guest, but unfortunately that has not happened. If memory serves, I believe I read that the Mikhailovsky Ballet will visit NYC in 2012.
Abbatt wrote,
Kehkman is a billionaire. He made his fortune by importing bananas to Russia.
My guess is that since Sarafanov is not typically placed alongside Vishneva at home, that this prevents him from guesting with ABT. There may be an unspoken quota on how many Mariinsky guest artists ABT can house per season, I have no idea.
And yes- the Mik in 2012 in NYC is planned.
miliosr
There may be an unspoken quota on how many Mariinsky guest artists ABT can house per season, I have no idea.
Not just Mariinsky but guest artists as a whole. ABT's guest star policy has ever been contentious. The artistic director has to balance the public's love of guest stars against the day-to-day dancers' feeling that the company should be promoting them (in terms of press and rank) instead of the guests. God bless ABT -- it never changes!
(That being said, if Sarafanov wants to dance w/ ABT, then now would be the time to put out feelers. With Carreno retiring, Corella hardly dancing with the company any more and certain older danseurs dancing less (Beloserkovsky, Steifel), there is a certain void at the top w/ only Stearns seemingly on the cusp of promotion.)
True. He's also the classic "Biznizman" in more ways than one. Automobile advertisements at the entrance of the theater, anyone?
Who can blame Sarafanov for wanting to leave "The House of Blues" while he still has the physical prowess to command higher wages? Besides, he can still partner Obraztsova and other Mariinsky ballerinas who make frequent guest appearances at the Mikhailovsky. Anything to get away from Miss Hyperflex!
kahoyo
Mikhailovsky Ballet looked to be a second rate company to me, as its repertoire and dancers were not as fabulous as Mariinsky's. Why did Sarafanov sign such a contract?
Maybe things are going better ways after Ruzhimatov was sacked?
Belated thanks to Rosa for posting the announcement from the Mikhailovsky website. The following paragraph is interesting. It addresses several of the questions raised earlier in this thread.:
Leonid Sarafanov: "My coming to the Mikhailovsky Theatre is my conscious decision. I feel I have some capabilities, which are difficult to enhance in traditional repertory. I expect that at the Mikhailovsky Ballet led by Nacho Duato. I'll be able to experience some new artistic quality. I've always been interested in contemporary choreography, experimenting with new plastique and I'm inspired and encouraged by the perspectives I see at the Mikhailovsky Theatre."
Judging by the last two seasons in London, I'd hesitate to call the company 'second rate'. Their leading dancer, Irina Perren is actually very good and stands comparison with most of the featured Kirov girls. Denis Matvienko is undeniably world class and although no longer a regular company member he still guests with the Mikhailovsky. There are by the way, a number of former lower ranking Kirov dancers within the company who also felt they would be happier with St Petersburg's 'second company'. I imagine money was a factor in Sarafanov's decision to move, but he isn't the first to depart and I dare say he won't be the last. Merkuriev and Luboukin do very well at the Bolshoi, proving that jumping ship can be advantageous. The Kirov isn't what it was and had the Mikhailovsky continued down its former classical road, the company could in time have overtaken the Kirov, but the Duato decision probably means a change of direction along a route where classical ballet becomes secondary.
Mikhail Messerer was proving an inspired director at the Mikhailovsky, if Gergiev had any sense he would snap him up to replace the sorry 'acting' incumbent.
The April/May 2011 issue of Pointe Magazine has an article on Duato's plans for the Mikhailovsky.
It's not available online, but here are a few highlights. (Please note the information on a visit to Lincoln Center in 2012, in the bottom quote box.)
"I know the news that I was moving to this company was completely bizarre," says Duato, who was offered the position by the Mikhailovsky's enterprising general director Vladimir Kekhman. " "Everyone thought, Is he mad? Is he crazy," says Duato. "And yes, I am crazy. But if you're not crazy, you don't move forward."
Although he has little classical experience himself, Duato isn't planning to do away with the company's recent focus [on traditional ballets]. "The classics are important, and the company dances them beautifully," he says. "I'll update the lighting and the decor a bit, but I'm going to preserve the current classical repertoire." In fact, he'll add it it: One of Duato's first major products is a new Sleeping Beauty, to premiere in February 2012, which he will stage after Petipa.
My goal is to bring the company into the present by creating a balance between classical and contemporary." He adds that eventually he'd like the Mikhailovsky to be comparable to an American Ballet Theatre or a Paris Opera Ballet -- yet his troupe's repertoire will, unsurprisingly, include a substantial collection of his own pieces. ... Though he will set some of his best-known pieces (Remanso and Jardi Tancat among them) on the company, this July he'll premiere a new ballet whose vocabulary will be significantly more classical. "I have all these beautiful dancers with incredible Russian schooling and technique, so why not take advantage of that?" he says. "The bodies are different, the city is different, so my inspirations are going to be different. My choreography will evolve.
Duato also plans to amp up the company's touring schedule in Europe and America to increase the Mikhailovsky's international presence ... Indeed, though just a year ago most American ballet fans had never heard of the Mikhailovsky, the company is already booked for a run at Lincoln Center in 2012. It will perform Duato's Sleeping Beauty and a program of three new contemporary works.
While I'm glad that they're coming in 2012, I sure hope that it won't be "wall-to-wall Nacho"! How about the full-length Laurencia and Cipollino, two Soviet-era rarities that delighted London audiences last summer?


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...Donald Trump's fervent campaigning to undermine mail-in voting may have ultimately cost him victory in the crucial swing state of Georgia, its Republican secretary of state has said.
While the state is undergoing a recount, Joe Biden leads Georgia by around 13,000 votes, meaning he is poised to become the first Democrat to claim victory there in decades.
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Big Joe closing in on 6m more votes.
- Thu Nov 19, 2020 10:13 pm #630759
The US Spectator, apparently. I thought the point was that they didn't have any evidence and had lost 29 times out of 30 in court, but that's just me.
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- Fri Nov 20, 2020 11:55 am #630778
Well, if they had evidence, the court would have to look at it in depth.
They don't so it didn't.
I'm not sure what's so difficult about this.
- Fri Nov 20, 2020 2:07 pm #630806
What's making this difficult is the Orange Disaster* having the understanding capability of a drunk toddler.
*An early 1980s band from Stevenage, m'Lud. The name seems appropriate.
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- Sat Nov 21, 2020 11:25 am #630849
Biden lead over 6 million now. He's nearly got 80m too.
And still shedloads from New York out there.
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- Sat Nov 21, 2020 8:48 pm #630896
Well this has been the most weird first US presidential election I have ever voted in.
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- Sun Nov 22, 2020 11:59 am #630923
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2020-55030617
Well that would seem quite definitive re: electoral fraud then.
"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: there must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect." - Frank Wilhoit
- Sun Nov 22, 2020 12:49 pm #630924
He'll still carry on though.
- Sun Nov 22, 2020 1:10 pm #630926
According to this video, Trump's won 410 to 128 anyway.
Actual top legal advisor to the President of the United States.
The plot thickens. Republican Governor of Maryland, Larry Hogan, is also in on it.
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When standing in the steady rain, Air Force Veteran Chris Eagan said," Vets don't melt." It is true Vets don't melt, they don't stand down, they are steadfast, they have beaten their swords into plowshares to continue the life in the nation they served and fought to secure. Many Veterans, their family members, and supporters came to the dedication of the wooden bridge at Memorial Park on a very rainy, soggy, muddy Veterans Day. Dozens of people gathered under the shelter of the three tents set up along the concrete path that leads to the little wooden bridge. Mayor Larry Antoskiewicz greeted everyone and told the purpose of the meeting and the importance of recognizing Veterans because without Veterans we would not have or be able to enjoy life in North Royalton in the greatest country in the world, the United States. Linda Barath, Councilwoman Ward 2, offered an opening prayer as folks gathered to dedicate the little wooden bridge to Veterans. Everyone said the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by the Honor Guard from VFW Post 3345 playing Taps and supplying a military rifle salute: three volleys from seven rifles, in tribute to our Veterans whose service reaches back over 250 years.
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