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Willem James van Vliet (born 12 April 1949) was educated at a Queen's University in the Netherlands, graduating in 1970 with an award from the French embassy for achievements in the field of language and literature. In 1976, he received a doctorandus degree ad summos honores in sociology and planning at the Free University of Amsterdam.

From 1976 to 1979, he was a Fellow of the Department of External Affairs and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, representing the Netherlands in a bilateral exchange. Work at the University of Toronto led to a Ph.D. in sociology in 1980.

He accepted an appointment at the Pennsylvania State University in 1979, moving in 1986 to the University of Colorado where he is a professor in the Program in Environmental Design and director of the Children Youth and Environments Center for Research and Design, with an adjoint appointment in the Department of Geography. From 1991 to 2001, he was director of the Center for International Research and Education Projects. He was also director of the PhD program in design and planning from 1997 until 2007. The Japan Foundation awarded him a Fellowship in 1992 for a cross-national study of housing and community supports for elders. In 1989 and in 1999, he received the Award for Faculty Excellence in Research, and in 2008 he was given the Award for Faculty Excellence in Service in the College of Architecture and Planning.

He is or has been a member of the editorial advisory board of the Journal of the American Planning Association, the Journal of Planning Literature, the Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, Urban Affairs Review and Habitat International, among others. He has contributed widely to anthologies and journals in urban studies, planning and environment-behavior studies on issues concerning urban planning, housing, and the linkages between research, policy and practice. He is a past secretary and president of the Research Committee on Housing and the Built Environment of the International Sociological Association (1992–2007), he has worked with colleagues from other fields to promote interdisciplinary and cross-national research. He is active in a number of other national and international professional associations and has been a consultant to the Mayor's the Institute for Urban Design, UN Habitat and other organizations.

In recent years, his work has refocused on the experiences of growing up in cities and intergenerational aspects of urban livability. He is the founder and director of the Children Youth and Environments Center for Research and Design at the University of Colorado and lead editor of the Children Youth and Environments Journal. He takes a special interest in planning and design as participatory processes that include the voices of children, youth and other population groups whose interests tend to be overlooked in community development.

Books
 Habitats for Children: Impacts of Density, (co-edited by J. F. Wohlwill). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum, 1985.
 Housing Needs and Policy Approaches: Trends in 13 Countries, (co-edited by Elizabeth Huttman and Sylvia Fava). Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1985.
 Housing Markets and Policies under Fiscal Austerity, (editor). Westport, CT: Greenwood press, 1987.
 Housing and Neighborhoods; theoretical and empirical contributions, (co-edited by Harvey Choldin, William Michelson, and David Popenoe). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.  1987.
 Handbook of Housing and the Built Environment in the U.S., (co-edited by Elizabeth Huttman). Westport, Ct: Greenwood Press. 1988.
 Women, Housing, and Community, (editor). London: Gower Publishing Company. 1988.
 International Handbook of Housing Policies and Practices, (editor). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. 1990.
 Government and Housing; Developments in Seven Countries, (co-edited by J. van Weesep). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications. 1990.
 Affordable Housing and Urban Redevelopment in the U.S.: Learning from Failure and Success, (editor). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc., 1996.
 Encyclopedia of Housing (editor). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.,1998.
 Cities in a Globalizing World; Global Report on Human Settlements 2001, (editor), Nairobi: UN Centre for Human Settlements/London: Earthscan. 2002.

References

External links
 Children, Youth & Environments, The Journal
 Children, Youth and Environments Center for Research and Design

1952 births
Living people
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam alumni
Van Vliet, Willem
Van Vliet, Willem
Van Vliet, Willem
Van Vliet, Willem
Dutch sociologists
Dutch emigrants to the United States

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The Visual Basic IDE team now has a blog here. These are the guys (and girls) that are responsible for the VB portion of Visual Studio. They have already started to post some great content in just a few days.
HI,everybody!i have some trouble this time.i wanna some suggestions how to begin my Vbasic language study.i love this language and want to do something with it. i wanna you professors could give me your suggestions.thanx a lot.
After i pay for Visual Studio 2005 is it free afterwards or do i have to pay a fee? I have Visual Studio 6.0.
What is Visual Studio 2005?
CoOl! man i like VB.net alot it's realy make my fantasy real .but there is always a problem . vs.net take alot of my computer resources so applications and other process work slow . for example the time taking to press RUN and the system compile and builder about 8 seconds! … 8 seconds! so 8+8+8 while am debuging and correct code i find my productivity decress and my boss will fire me and restat aonther Delphi programmer to do my work! my qusions to the team if there is any way i can decress the time of compilation with upgrading my PC .. thanx alot and i'm waiting you replay!
hi , i'm having a problem with visual basic 6.I added a data control to the vb form , and when i clicked on record source , it gives an error that e.g rfrtttt.mdb is not a recognized format.Pls i need help on this problem as i used microsoft access 2003 to create the database.
You to convert you .MDB (Acess 2003) format to the oldest format of Microsoft Acess 97 .. to do that go to Tool menu /Database /Convert Database ..
and convert the database OK! if you need other help send me in my e-,mail (turboanas@hotmail.com) CoOl! … last note man .. Visual studio 2005 now on market you still 8 years behind .. try to upgrade your self~ ….
how can I do skinning on VB6?
Sorry been late for answer cuase i was away from Net for the past 4 days . about your conversion problem that may be cause of serveral resons!
* Installation problem : may be your version of MS Access 2003 have some files missing . so i suggest you resinstall your copy of MS Office . and if you using an illegal copy that's meens your version is full of bugs and errors.
* also you can use the repair method on Tools menu / Database Untilites and click on Combact Repair database .
* Try to check your file may be its corrupted due to disk error of something in this case it's hard to recover your data . by the way make backup files from your access file to aviod wasting information .
– if toy still have a problem .. if you file in small may be you can send it to me .. or we can find some else way to solve this .
OK! Mr.Buntina have best wiches and i hope you solve your problem soon!
you want skin . easy try downlaoding vbskinner pro from http://www.visual-basic.com.ar/active-x-controls.htm. it's a cool software make you apply skins esay to vb6 forms!
I desided to set my application as InternetExplorer Host then I made my form skinable!
I'm post graduate student try to develop basic electronic editor (which can drag n drop resistor,capacitor etc.) look like VB IDE, have toolbox and form.
Where can i find the source code for that purpose.
Can you give me any hint how to create the object in toolbox like resistor.
How about if i use third party object to put in toolbox like graph activex for example.
I can not understand exactly what! you want ? do you wanna make a software like Curcuit maker? or you wanna made an application that interacts with electronic pulses and control signal !?
Both actually. I want to create VB IDE for electronic lecturer which can draw circuit like Circuit Maker/Pspice and then they can define measurement nodes in drawing to their channels in DAQ card(real circuit at lecturer side). But all these in usercontrol designer so my program later can publish/save it as activex(in html form) into their webserver. So their student can then access the html file with activeX and do the measurement and control.
Summary: 1. How to create VB IDE with usercontrol designer. 2. How to create object like resistor and node that can be drag n drop to the designer. 3. How to save activeX in html file. 4. For measurement and datasocket, I'm using National Instrument activeX.


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Henry Mintzberg on results-driven managment: An interview by Bob Morris
A professor in McGill's Desautels Faculty of Management, Henry Mintzberg has been called a lot of things over his career – influential, innovative, iconoclast. Business magazine Fast Company even likened him to Mick Jagger.
Of course, Mick Jagger was never named one of the top management thinkers in the world, largely by attacking the foundations of the modern managerial profession – the MBA. Management education, according to Mintzberg, should be given to those actually working as managers, as opposed to the current practice of training young students with no practical experience in management theory.
"Leadership, like swimming, cannot be learned by reading about it," he says.
With books such as Managers Not MBAs and Strategy Bites Back Mintzberg had made the business world sit up and take notice of the flaws in how they think. He's made it his personal mission to reform the way managers are educated. His latest book, Bedtime Stories for Managers, was published by Berrett-Koehler (February 2019).
At McGill, Mintzberg helped design the International Masters Program for Managers (https://impm.org), a program that's been running since 1996, which seeks to expose practicing executives to new ways of thinking in a series of international modules. One executive at a major bank has sent some 16 of his managers through the program: "It changes people more than any other program I've seen – ever."
Before discussing Bedtime Stories for Managers, a few general questions. First, who has had the greatest influence on your personal growth? How so?
That's a tough one to answer, because many people have had small influence rather than one person having a big influence. But if I had to identify one person, it would be the little boy in the Hans Christian Andersen story about the emperor being naked.
To what extent has your formal education been invaluable to what you have accomplished in life thus far?
Other than the fact that a PhD gets you into university, I think my informal education has had a lot more influence.
What do you know now about the business world that you wish you knew when you went to work full-time for the first time? Why?
This is a really interesting question, but I don't have an easy answer. Maybe the answer is how difficult it is to effect change, even when the change it meant to return to very natural behavior at the expense of learned distorted behavior.
Of all the films that you have seen, which – in your opinion – best dramatizes important business principles? Please explain.
Maybe all the bad, commercial ones that demonstrate how not to make films.
Here are several of my favorite quotations to which I ask you to respond. First, from Lao-tse's Tao Te Ching:
"Learn from the people
Plan with the people
Begin with what they have
Build on what they know
Of the best leaders
When the task is accomplished
The people will remark
We have done it ourselves."
Terrific words, except the reference to planning with the people. We do too much planning!
From Michael Porter: "The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do."
There is an infinite number of possibilities of things not to do.
From Alvin Toffler: "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn."
From Donna Dubinsky to Bill Campbell after he had been named CEO of Claris: "Your title makes you a manager; your people make you a leader."
From Thomas Edison: "Vision without execution is hallucination."
Finally, from Peter Drucker: "There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all."
No shortage of this.
Of all the greatest leaders throughout history, with which one would you most like to be engaged in one-on-one conversation for an extended weekend? Why?
Whichever one really likes to go bicycling, or walking up a mountain.
What are the defining characteristics of a workplace culture within which personal growth and professional development are most likely to thrive?
One with more communityship, less leadership..
Recent research indicates that, on average, less than 30% of employees in a U.S. company are actively and productively engaged. The others are either passively engaged ("mailing it in") or actively disengaged, undermining the success of their organization? How do you explain this situation? What's the problem?
Often a lack of communityship, and leadership that is lofty and disengaged.
Looking ahead (let's say) 3-5 years, what do you think will be the greatest challenge that CEOs will face? Any advice?
As someone once said, I never predict, especially the future.
Now please shift your attention to Bedtime Stories for Managers. For those who have not as yet read it, hopefully your responses to these questions will stimulate their interest and, better yet, encourage them to purchase a copy and read the book ASAP. First, please explain your dedication "to all those managers who eat the scrambled eggs to help their organization work like a cow."
It's about the CEO of an airline that went bankrupt, not long after I was served horrible things called scrambled eggs while this guy was sitting in first class. Managing is not about sitting where you have become accustomed; it's about eating the scrambled eggs.
I think it's also about getting dirt under your nails.
Once upon a time, you wrote books (40, in fact) and countless articles about business and delivered major addresses at business conferences. Now you're a storyteller. What happened?
Actually it's 20 books, but I have always been a storyteller, this time just explicitly so.
With regard to the "medley of metaphors" you provide, they include cows and gardens, cutting cookies and scrambling eggs, the maestro myth of managing, the soft underbelly of hard data, the board as bee, and downsizing as bloodletting. In your opinion, what do these metaphors reveal about those who rely so heavily upon them?
That they're probably more intuitive than analytic; they need word pictures. We all need word pictures to see better.
Yogi Berra once said, "You can observe a lot by just watching."
Who are the "tooth fairies" and what have they left under your pillow?
These are the people helped me so wonderfully well to do this book. There is nothing more personal than a book, and yet good books really require good friends.
When and why did you decide to write Bedtime Stories for Managers?
I have always wanted to capture the insights that are buried in much of my work.
Were there any head-snapping revelations while writing it? Please explain.
Not that I can think of, but a great deal of fun doing it.
By what process and according to which criteria did you select the material in your book from dozens of blog posts?
The one criterion was useful appeal to practicing managers, and the process was that the piece felt great.
Of all the past Presidents of the United States, which do you consider to be the most effective manager? Please explain your choice.
Just for sheer execution FDR was really quite remarkable
If you were asked to advise the current occupant of the White House how to be a much better manager, what specifically would you suggest?
Henry cordially invites you to check out the resources at these two websites:
https://henrymintzbergbooks.com
http://www.mintzberg.org
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About AMU
About Adam Mickiewicz University
University Rank AMU
AMU – Vice-Rector letter
AMU – The program team
About PUEB
About Poznan University of Economics (PEUB)
University Rank
The Vice-Rector letter
The Program Team
About PUMS
About Poznan University of Medical Sciences
The Vice-Rector letter PUMS
Publications & conferences
Poznan University of Economics and Business (PUEB) was established in 1926 in the western part of Poland. Today it is one of Poland's oldest and most prestigious universities. It is known for its reputation of high academic standards, modern infrastructures, innovative learning methods, academic research, and international partnerships with large corporations and other leading universities in the world.
In accordance with the Bologna Convention and the stringent educational principles of the European Union, PUEB underwent an impressive surge of development, surpassing the educational requirements of the EU countries.
PUEB has over 11,000 students working towards one of three academic degrees (Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD), and is considered a leading center of learning for training business leaders, skilled managers, and managerial people who possess knowledge that conforms with the European Community's requirements.
PUEB's ranking is indicative of its first-class achievements with regards to educational standards, the evaluation of the academic faculty, and the graduates' desirability in the labor market. PUEB belongs to the highest league of the academic institutions that train senior managers and business decision makers, and is ranked second academically in comparison to all the academic institutions in Poland.
PUEB's strength lies in its modern, comprehensive teaching methods, which surpasses European standards as well as the requirements of a global labor market. The university's reputation has been reinforced by the certificates and accreditations it has been awarded (e.g., EPOQS, the ISO 9001:2000 quality certificate, and positive evaluation by the state accreditation commission). PUE's various faculties offer over 50 doctorial specializations.
PUEB's educational philosophy
PUEB's mission is to preserve the highest possible standards of theoretical and practical education in its various fields of study. The curricula offered surpass European standards of economics education and are based on international models of managerial training.
The university vigorously prepares students for the challenges of dynamic market conditions. PUEB's ability to adapt the curricula to the educational models employed in Western universities as well as the latest business world trends enables the students to function optimally in the complex world of business and education in the 21st century.
Research and advisory activity
As a major academic research center, PUEB enjoys the reputation of being a specialized center for applied research as well as expert analysis and consulting services, which the university provides to business clients as well as to the national government institutions.
PUEB places a great deal of emphasis on research projects associated with EU programs. Thanks to the interdisciplinary nature of some of the projects, they are carried out within the framework of inter-university cooperation.
A great deal of PUEB's strengths resides in its high-level academic staff, more than 600 lecturers, including nearly 130 professors, and well-developed infrastructure. The lecturers possess profound academic knowledge and expert pedagogical skills.
An impressive percentage of the lecturers are prominent figures in the worlds of academia and business – many of them are part of respected expert committees, participate in research and expert analysis projects, and advice business entities and government agencies.
PUEB's academic staff research accomplishments and publications have made an important contribution to in many fields and many of PUEB's doctoral students have been awarded prestigious scholarships for study and research abroad.
International education and research diversity
PUEB strong emphasis on the subjects relating to international education and research means it is constantly increasing the number of international research projects as well as the list of specializations studied in foreign languages.
The university offers Doctoral Programs in English in addition to MBA programs that are taught in cooperation with prestigious universities in the USA, Britain, France, and Germany. The fact that the university has adopted the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) has facilitated the creation of international study programs, thereby bringing about the development of the unique English doctoral program for Israeli students.
Business orientation
PUEB's study programs prepare its students for the complexity of the contemporary labor market. The students obtain an academic education combined with the professional competence required of managers in the working world. Consequently, the university offers unique subjects that are taught by experts from the business world, managers from the leading companies in the market, and professors from foreign universities.
University infrastructure
PUEB is empowered with modern state-of-the-art equipment for the benefit of lecturers and students alike. The university library contains in excess of 400,000 books, journals, and special collections in a variety of languages.
Students have access to the library's virtual databases, enabling them to make use of PUEB's high-quality academic resources from all over the world whenever it is convenient for them. The university's publishing house focuses on research and academic publications.
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By working across multiple policy areas at the same time, within a core framework of economic justice for women, mothers, and families, MomsRising has made major advances:
The membership of MomsRising, which is currently over a million strong, is continuing to grow and includes people in every state in our nation.
MomsRising is making important policy gains for women and families at the city, state, and federal levels. (Scroll down this page to see details.)
MomsRising has an estimated reach to a blog and social media audience of over 5 million, including over 3000 MomsRising bloggers, and a Breaking Through radio program that airs online and on stations across the country.
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MomsRising has a robust MomsVote and Be a Voter, Raise a Voter program that reaches moms and their children to help increase voter turnout.
Moms are a powerful force!
Sometimes it's hard to see the many ways that small actions like signing a petition, sharing your personal experience, making a call, attending a local meeting, or playing a MomsVote debate game on social media add up over time and make a big difference.
They do. Because we are MomsRising together.
Your everyday actions add up to inspiring victories for moms and families year after year. We've had big wins every single one of the last decade and beyond because the voices of moms, dads, caregivers and everyday people are powerful when we raise them together.
Top 10 campaign wins of 2019
We are thrilled to share that by running a strategic, focused multi-organization campaign, the Families Belong Together Corporate Accountability Committee, chaired by MomsRising, has had nine wins (Wells Fargo Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, SunTrust, U.S. Bank, BNP Paribas, Fifth Third Bank, Barclays, and PNC) in our campaign to stop bank financing of private prisons. Together our nine bank wins represent an estimated $2.35 billion, or 87.4% of the known financing available to the biggest private prison companies, CoreCivic and GEO Group.
2. FAIR PAY
In February 2019, MomsRising became part of the official Congressional record on equal pay and family economic security when MomsRising CEO/Executive Director Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner testified on the Paycheck Fairness Act at a joint hearing before the House Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services and the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
MomsRising pushed forward equal pay by increasing MOMentum for legislation like the Paycheck Fairness Act and the Raise the Wage Act, which both passed the US House of Representatives and have been moving forward in states as well.
MomsRising was also invited to testify in front of the Joint Economic Committee of the US Senate and US House on Making It More Affordable To Raise A Family in September 2019. The testimony can be read here.
Additionally, on Equal Pay Day 2019, more than 40 local business owners in 12 states participated in events around Equal Pay Day coordinated by MomsRising and the Main Street Alliance to raise awareness about the gender pay gap in the United States and to call for policies, such as a national paid family and medical leave program, to address this gap. At least 19,000 customers on-the-ground directly interacted with our materials.
MomsRising mobilized support for the Raise the Wage Act, which hikes the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour. In July, it passed the U.S. House.
3. PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE
MomsRising led the way in making major advances toward a strong federal paid family and medical leave policy--and is making advances in states as well. We won a HUGE step forward with the passage of 12 weeks of paid parental leave for approximately two million federal workers as part of the National Defense Authorization Act! MomsRising is thrilled that millions more working people will soon have paid parental leave to care for new or newly adopted babies.
To be clear, this is just a start: Working people need much more than paid parental leave, they need paid family and medical leave. Three in four workers in this country who take leave do so to address their own serious medical conditions or those of family members, and this measure will do nothing to support them. Federal workers, like all working people, need comprehensive paid family and medical leave. Congress and the Trump administration should follow up this advance with immediate passage of the FAMILY (Family And Medical Insurance Leave) Act, the only bipartisan paid leave proposal in Congress that would cover all workers -- and we will keep fighting and keep RISING to win!
MomsRising Senior Campaign Director Karen Showalter (center) urges passage of re-introduced Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act, co-sponsored by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (left), and Reps. Rosa DeLauro and Danny Davis.
4. JUSTICE FOR CYNTOIA
On Jan. 7, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam granted clemency to Cyntoia Brown, a victim of sex trafficking who was unjustly convicted and who has already served 15 years in prison. MomsRising followed the outstanding leadership of Black Lives Matter Nashville, which organized tirelessly to bring this injustice to Gov. Haslam's attention and convince him to do the right thing by bringing Cyntoia Brown home. More than 16,000 MomsRising members signed petitions to Governor Haslam to press for clemency.
5. MOMSVOTE 2019
MomsRising did highly successful voter engagement and voter turnout work, including increasing voter turnout by 15% to 17% in our focus areas in 2018 and successfully doing those same Be A Voter, Raise A Voter programs again in 2019 in Virginia…and we're gearing up to do even more in 2020. In November, MomsRising volunteers mobilized via text messages and postcards to directly contact other mom voters to encourage them to go vote. Together we reached thousands upon thousands of voters, mom to mom. Together we are making a difference for our democracy!
6. HEALTH CARE
In December, after thousands of signatures and letters written by MomsRising supporters, the US House passed H.R.3, The Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act. This is one major victory in our ongoing fight for healthcare justice.
7. GUN SAFETY
In February 2019, the US House of Representatives approved a bill that would require background checks on all gun sales in the United States -- one of the most significant pieces of legislation on gun safety to move forward in decades.
And for another big win in gun safety: After a years-long effort, MomsRising and our gun safety allies finally succeeded in getting legislation to rein in unscrupulous gun dealers through both chambers of the Illinois State House, only to see it vetoed by Governor Rauner. One of the first things new Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker did on taking office in 2019 was to sign the Gun Dealer Certification Bill into law, which gives law enforcement important tools to hold gun dealers accountable. It also requires more rigorous business practices (such as undergoing training in background checks, theft prevention, and preventing "straw" purchases) from gun shops as part of the state certification process. We're celebrating this win for families and our communities!
8. MATERNAL JUSTICE
MomsRising moved forward policies and national dialogue to protect maternal health and reduce racial disparities in maternal mortality and morbidity. In addition, MomsRising was proud to bring thousands of social media participants to the conversation in the second annual national Black Maternal Health Week (#BMHW19), which concluded on April 17, 2019. The theme of #BMHW19 was "Decolonizing Research to Develop Meaningful Policy Meaningful Policy for Black Maternal Health." Together with several organizations, we're making progress in educating lawmakers and the public on policies and practices that protect the lives of Black women and families.
MomsRising campaign director S. Nadia Hussain testified in support of Preventing Maternal Deaths Act, which passed in December 2018 in the House with bipartisan support. The following day, a companion bill, the Maternal Health Accountability Act, was approved by the Senate.
The legislation will require hospitals and clinics in the state to implement implicit bias training for all health care providers working in perinatal services. MomsRising joined a strong coalition of groups, including leadership from Black Women for Wellness and Color of Change. Our CA members took enthusiastic action to support SB 464, the California Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act. We delivered signatures to the legislature, made targeted calls when it was held up in committee, then delivered signatures directly to the Governor's desk.
9. CHILD CARE
Our childcare and early learning work reach and impact continued to expand. For instance, MomsRising co-authored a paper titled America, It's Time to Talk About Child Care Our childcare and healthcare teams hosted weekly tweetchats on healthcare and childcare that attracted 3-10 million impressions each.
10. FEDERAL BUDGET
MomsRising volunteers also sent thousands of letters to the editor speaking up against barriers to SNAP and other benefits; those proposed barriers, like work requirements, were defeated.
And over 17,000 volunteers sent letters educating Congress about the importance of improvements and the expansion of the EITC and Child Tax Credit and submitted hundreds of stories on how these tax programs lift up moms and families, many of which were included in a storybook that we delivered to Congress on the topic.
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"MomsRising never gives up. And even when I feel despair, the MomsRising team is always at the ready with a way for us to act, to fight for what's better for families, and to feel like there's always a way to do better. I thank you for that."
— Mary Beth, volunteer and donor
"Why do I belong to MomsRising? You see for me it's an organization I can trust and provide a way for trying to make things better for children and their families' lives. I feel that anything you can do for a mother, will in the end help their children, themselves and family whether its Health, Education, Gun Safety, Immigration or Justice. MomsRising is a go-to organization where I can find some way of helping even if it is as simple as a signature. It just plain makes me feel like I can do something to help in some way no matter how small."
— Julianne H., volunteer and donor
In October, Speaker Pelosi gave a major shoutout to MomsRising at an event on lowering prescription drug costs with US Representative Delbene: "When it comes to moms rising, we know: Don't ever get between a parent and a public policy that can help their child.Thank you to MomsRising! Nothing is more motivating to Congress than constituents, so don't ever give up!"
"What motivated me to support you…fighting for gun safety legislation, quality childcare that doesn't break the bank and voters rights. Women and Families are powerful, when they have what they need and when they stand together. To change the tide it will take All of us rowing in the same direction. We have a start, but we have to continue and you and your organization are helping to do that work."
— Brenda, MomsRising volunteer
"I support several progressive organizations. MomsRising texting and emailing system to elicit direct call is far superior to the others. I consistently respond to yours. You know your audience: busy moms and busy women. I know I can advocate within two minutes. DONE!"
— Kathy, MomsRising volunteer
"I am a Cuban American working mom, and your mission really resonates with me — especially when it comes to immigration reform. I learned about you because I saw MomsRising at the protests against the abuse of migrant children, and then checked out the podcast."
— Monica, MomsRising volunteer
"MomsRising has made it possible for moms like me to be on the frontlines of advocacy for policies to better support our families, like universal childcare and paid family leave. It's one of the only organizing spaces where I've felt my whole self, and whole family, is welcome."
— Jessica, MomsRising volunteer
"MomsRising is a lively well organized group I am pleased and proud to support. When I think about good ways to spend my money, contributing to causes that reduce suffering and increase joy, I look to those that address a broad coalition of our society. Mothers (and fathers) are among the most broad and committed group I can think of. I am a mother of two, grandmother of six, and the owner and manager of a business employing fifty people, many of them mothers and fathers. The activities of MomsRising regularly remind me how we can find commonality in our efforts to invest in our children's futures."
— Rachael, MomsRising volunteer
"I was raised by a single, working secretary mother. We shared a house with my grandmother. I knew that I would not be able to go to college unless I achieved scholarships, grants and loans, so I studied very hard and worked part time the whole time I was in college. So I know that many women contributed to those scholarships that I received and they helped me, so my duty is to help other women. Together we can achieve great things with generosity, kindness and effort. Link arms and move forward together."
— Margaret P, volunteer and donor
"MomsRising is amazing! Thank you so much for this!"
— Elena Hung, President and Co-founder of Little Lobbyists, which advocates for kids with complex medical needs and disabilities, responding to our Pride Month Social Media Kit (which included the poster above).
In my experience MomsRising is one of the smartest and most effective advocacy groups that I've seen across a full range of issues."
— Jon Carson, former Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement
"Hats off to to MomsRising because you have been one of the most influential groups in helping people's voices being heard."
— Tina Tchen, Chief of Staff to First Lady Michelle Obama and Executive Director of the White House Council on Women and Girls
"MomsRising was a critical player in getting Seattle to pass Paid Sick and Safe Days. Without their active involvement, we may not have been successful."
— Seattle City Councilmember Nick Licata, lead sponsor of the Seattle paid sick days bill
"MomsRising is able to reach out across the country to make sure that women's voices are heard at all levels, including at the very top of our political system. I support MomsRising because I can see that my investments in this powerful movement of moms are yielding big wins for American families."
— Lieutenant Governor of California, Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis
"I thank MomsRising for their tremendous advocacy. They have spent countless hours making calls and sending letters to Senators, and sharing the terrible experience of moms, dads and children who have been affected by unsafe food. I have been grateful to work with MomsRising to pass this legislation (The Food Safety Modernization Act) that will protect American consumers."
— Retired U.S. Senator Harry Reid
top 10 media moments and other notable moments
1. The wage gap costs Black women nearly $1 million in their lifetimes
New Pittsburgh Courier, Sept. 16, 2019
"It is shameful that in this day and age that Black women have to work 20 months to be paid what white men are paid in 12 months," Sherman said. "It's racist, it's sexist and it harms me as a mom, my family and the economy at large. There's absolutely no justification."
With MomsRising, Sherman is pushing Congress to pass pay equity legislation, including the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would help protect more workers against pay discrimination."
— Tina Sherman, MomsRising NC Campaign Director
2. Las amenazas de Trump a los migrantes preocupan a los hispanos en su mes
Los Angeles Times, Sept. 17, 2019
"Xochitl Oseguera, directora sénior de campañas de la organización MamásConPoder.org, aseguró que como mamá le parte "el alma ver cómo están tratando a otras madres y sus familias en la frontera, separando a miles de ellos y negándoles necesidades básicas como comida y agua adecuada y productos higiénicos".
"Somos una nación de inmigrantes y nuestros valores e historia están siendo empañados por el racismo de este presidente. Las madres de Estados Unidos no queremos que nuestros impuestos se usen para estos abusos de derechos humanos, encarcelando a niños y sus familias", puntualizó Oseguera."
— Xochitl Oseguera, MomsRising Senior Campaign Director
3. Trump's Agenda is Taking a Terrible Toll on Mothers
Ms. Magazine, Sept. 11, 2019
MomsRising's Executive Director was invited to testify in front of the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate. This article includes a link to that testimony: "We need a major national effort to end child poverty in this country. We must strengthen safety net programs like SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), the Earned Income Tax Credit, the Child Tax Credit and Medicaid, which allow millions of people living near poverty to afford food, health care, childcare, housing, clothing and other essentials."
— Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, MomsRising Executive Director and CEO
4. Medicaid coverage for new moms only lasts 60 days post-birth -- for now
Courier Newsroom, November 21, 2019
"Right now," [MomsRising Senior Vice President Monifa Bandele] told COURIER, "Medicaid is the payor for nearly half of births in this country but too many moms lose their Medicaid coverage just 60 days after giving birth, even though most will have at least one health complication within a year of doing so. By extending Medicaid coverage to moms for a year, the bill will support healthier mothers and families. Its enactment would send a strong message that our country is serious about improving maternal health."
5. Muslim Americans Are Already Wary of Traveling -- And Trump's Taunts Don't Help
MTV News, August 23, 2019
"The mere optics of this most recent instance of the federal government asserting power over minority women on an international scale reignites and underscores a deep pain that's been building within the Muslim community for years."
— Tasmiha Khan, Associate Campaign Director for Healthcare and Maternal Justice, writing for MTV News on living in the U.S. as a Muslim American today
6. The Men Who Lost Their Wives During Childbirth
MEL Magazine, June 13, 2019
"'We point a lot to Serena's story because this is a very well-known woman with enormous resources who almost died because she was being ignored during childbirth,' Bandele explains. As such, she believes many black women don't stand a chance at combating the inherent racism and implicit bias in the American medical system."
— Monifa Bandele, Vice President, MomsRising
7. Kamala Harris Reintroduces Maternal Mortality Bill, Aiming To Prevent Healthcare Bias Against Black Women
Refinery29, May 22, 2019
"We are glad that [Harris] and other lawmakers are putting forward proposals to address this crisis and focus on the disparities. If our leaders truly care about the lives and healthcare of their constituents, they will follow Sen. Harris' lead and turn this bill into law."
— Monifa Bandele, Senior Vice President and head of maternal justice campaigns at MomsRising
8. Activists groups urge lawmakers to pass Medicaid expansion during day of action
ABC News, April 16, 2019
"When parents have access to health insurance, that bolsters the health and economic security of the family and improves the health of the entire family."
— Felicia Burnett, MomsRising Senior Campaign Director for Healthcare
9. True Democracy is Loving Your Country Enough to Criticize It
Daily Freeman, Feb. 24, 2019
On ending the school-to-prison pipeline: "We should be...providing teachers with resources to teach social-emotional learning, and providing schools with social workers, full-time nurses and other resources to achieve the overarching goal of keeping students in school instead of criminalizing them."
— Beatriz Beckford, MomsRising Campaign Director
10. Black Mamas Matter
Ms. Magazine, Winter 2019
"The ability to protect the health of mothers and babies in childbirth is a basic measure of a society's development," wrote Smita Nadia Hussain of the advocacy group MomsRising in her testimony before the U.S. House...
Hussain and other advocates ... testified in support of the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act, which passed in December 2018 in the House with bipartisan support. The following day, a companion bill, the Maternal Health Accountability Act, was approved by the Senate. This legislation, said Monifa Bandele of MomsRising, "treat[s] maternal mortality as the national emergency that it is."
Stories - Bringing The Voices of WoMen Straight To Our Nation's Leaders
Using real stories from real constituents, MomsRising has been able to garner the attention of political leaders about the critical concerns of mothers and families.
While the din created by budget numbers, research, and political posturing can get overwhelming in our nation's Capitol, a real life story told by a mother with emotion and in her own words always rises above the cacophony and captures the attention and hearts of our nation's leaders and the media. MomsRising has collected thousands of stories from our members in many issue areas, including Healthcare, Paid Sick Days, Early Learning and Child Care, Pay Discrimination, Economic Security, Environmental Health, Flexible Work Options, Unemployment, Breastfeeding, Paid Family Leave, Housing Discrimination, National Budget Priorities, Medicaid, School Food, and more.
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Working with our over 200 aligned organizations to maximize the impact of the movement as a whole, the over a million multicultural grassroots members of MomsRising have played a key role in an impressive array of economic justice policy wins, as well as public education and voter engagement efforts at the city and state level as well as at the federal levels.
State and Local Victories
MomsRising is making advances at the state and local level by engaging our members in local issues.We have found that MomsRising, working in collaboration with other state and local organizations, is increasingly effective in our states work. Recent victories in some of MomsRising's targeted states include the following:
MomsRising just helped win paid sick days for all who work in New York City, giving an additional estimated 1 million people access to sick days (We were delighted that MomsRising was one of five organizations that the lead sponsor thanked in the floor speech just prior to the vote). We are continuing our work in New York City by currently pushing for minimum wage increases.
MomsRising recently helped repeal the death penalty, and won protections for pregnant workers. We are currently pushing for paid sick days in Maryland.
This state recently became the third state to pass paid family leave.
MomsRising just helped pass paid sick days in Portland. We are ramping up to win paid sick days statewide.
The City Council recently voted 7-1 to pass earned paid sick days. Our campaign for earned sick days is headed to Newark next.
MomsRising helped get paid sick days passed through the Philadelphia City Council for the second time.
MomsRising has a successful and very active test chapter, and has many active members working on the state budget, early learning, toxics, and more.
MomsRising helped pass sick days in Seattle, helped pass several early learning and child care bills, and is actively working on state paid leave and sick days policies.
Additional Paid Sick Days Cities and States
MomsRising is also currently actively engaged in efforts to advance earned sick days in Maryland and Washington, D.C. (with Vermont and Oregon likely coming soon).
Healthcare States
MomsRising is also hard at work advancing healthcare for children in the KidsWell states, including the following target areas: New Mexico, California, Texas, Mississippi, New York, Maryland, and Florida.


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Release our children, parent tells FGC-Ilorin Mgt.
The Federal Government and other concerned authorities have been urged to urgently direct the management of the Federal Government College, Ilorin to release students in its custody to return to their respective homes.
A concern parent who pleaded anonymity in a telephone conversation with ROYAL NEWS on Saturday expressed displeasure over the situation whereby pupils are kept in school despite the fact that there is ongoing strike action in Unity Schools nationwide.
The parent who is also a Senior Lecturer in one of the tertiary institutions in Ilorin the Kwara State capital added that, he had earlier contacted the Principal of the School, Mrs. Rita Okpaleke , who spurned the requests tabled before her.
It was however gathered that another Unity school in the state, Federal Government College , Omu-Aran has since released the pupils in its custody to return back home since there is no academic activities going on in the school premises.
"Our children are not prisoners. Since the service we paid for is not rendered, they should be released to us to prevent them from engaging in social vices. An idle hand is devil's workshop. A student was declared missing last year and up till now, his where about is yet to be known", he added.
Presidency release Buhari, children pictures to mark celebration
Gov Ahmed wishes muslims successful Ramadan


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Surfing the Web on the open road - Macleans.ca
Surfing the Web on the open road
Autonet plans to wire the world for Internet, one vehicle at a time
by Katie Engelhart
What do you get when you put a network guy and a race-car driver together? You get Internet in the car. So goes the well-worn joke around the San Francisco-based office of Autonet Mobile, the brainchild of Sterling Pratz, a pro race-car driver, and Doug Moeller, a wireless whiz. In 2005, Pratz and Moeller came together with a shared vision—a world in which any person in any vehicle can have access to the Internet. Five years later and they're well on their way, holding partnerships with Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Volkswagen and GM.
Autonet brings the Web to cars via what it calls its "TRU technology" routers. The routers, which can plug into a cigarette lighter, transform a vehicle into a WiFi hotspot, just like the one you might find at a coffee shop. The company says its system has an advantage over laptop wireless cards because it can automatically shift between broadband towers when signals are weak, so service is never lost. Though only available in the U.S., Autonet hopes to expand into Canada by year's end.
The market of connection-coveting clients is growing fast. Autonet fields daily calls from busy mothers, school bus manufacturers and ambulance responders. Kids can work on their laptops while riding the bus, and ambulance workers "can transmit things like EKG readouts to cardiologists," says Christine Williams, a company spokesperson. (Driving and surfing the Web at the same time, however, is most definitely not recommended.)
The $399 routers must be manually installed. "Easy. Two wires and four screws," Williams stresses. But Autonet is confident that by 2012, cars will come with fully integrated WiFi capability. Autonet hopes its router will follow in the footsteps of the radio, which went from luxury to standard feature. Autonet is probably also hoping that its router does not follow the path of the car phone (RIP).
Autonet Mobile
Chyrsler
Volkswagen stirs American labour divide
Wikipedia looks to play nice with PR people
Crowd-sourced governance
First woman to head GM Canada weighs in on automaker's first female CEO
The line between love and hate clicks


We are both excited and inspired to be working with our newest client, Headbands of Hope; a company whose mission is to spread hope to kids with cancer through simple and fashionable accessories. By donating a headband for each one they sell, Headbands of Hope aims to restore confidence and bring light to kids in hospitals who wish to let their personalities and confidence shine through the darkness they have experienced. By providing girls and boys with fashionable hats and headbands through the help of consumers, they are able to do exactly that. They have given tens of thousands of dollars to cancer research as well as having donated headbands to every children's hospital in the United States. They have also been featured on the Today Show, in Forbes, Entrepreneur, The Huffington Post, and many more. Stay up to date with Headbands of Hope by following them on Instagram and liking them on Facebook and help them to spread hope in all kids...one headband at a time.


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Pickerington High School North is a public high school in Pickerington, Ohio. It is one of two high schools in the Pickerington Local School District. In the city of Pickerington, it is referred to simply as "North" and their mascot is the Panther.
In 2002, "Pickerington High School" split into two high schools, Pickerington High School Central and Pickerington High School North. Pickerington High School North opened on August 24, 2003.

Athletics

The school's sports programs include football, boys basketball, girls basketball, wrestling, boys tennis, girls tennis, boys soccer, girls soccer, boys golf, girls golf, cross country, cheerleading, track and field, Boys Volleyball, Girls Volleyball, baseball, softball, marching band, and orchestra.

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
 Baseball – 2016
 Girls Bowling – 2012 (Brittany Beeghley - state singles champion)
 Boys Track and Field – 2015, 2020

Pickerington North Band Program
The Pickerington North High School Band program has over 140 wind and percussion members who participate in various performing groups including the Pickerington High School North Marching band coined "The Marching Panthers". Other groups including the OMEA Class AA Symphonic Band, Class B Concert Band I, and Class C Concert Band II. The Pickerington North Band is directed by Gregory Benson and assistant directors Chris Carmean and Matthew Guerrieri

The Pickerington North Band has served much success in its 19 year history including the following:

Marching Band
OMEA State Marching Band Finals Qualifier - 2003-2021
OMEA State Marching Band Finals Superior Ratings - 2004-2021
BOA (Bands of America) Central Ohio Bronze Medalists - 2019
Yearly performances at the Ohio State University Buckeye Invitational
2003 Nations Parade, New York, NY
2005 Festival Disney Parade Marching National Champions, Orlando, FL
2005 Festival Disney Indoor Guard National Champions, Orlando, FL
2006 Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, CA
2007 Fiesta Bowl Parade & National Band Championship, Phoenix, AZ - First Place Parade Marching (Class B)
2009 Citrus Parade, Orlando, FL
2011 NYC Veterans Day Parade, New York, NY
2013 Fiesta Bowl Parade, Phoenix, AZ - Grand Champion
2018 London New Year's Day Parade
2019 Tournament of Roses Parade
2021 Festival Disney Parade Marching National Champions, Orlando, FL

Symphonic Band
OMEA State Concert Band Qualifier - 2004-2007, 2009-2022
OMEA State Concert Band Superior Ratings - 2005, 2009-2022
2014 PHSN Symphonic Band Performance at the Capital University Wind Band Invitational and Reading Clinic
2016 PHSN Symphonic Band Performance at the OMEA Professional Development Conference
2019 PHSN Symphonic Band Performance at the Capital University Band Festival, with Guest Composer, John Mackey

Concert Band I
OMEA State Concert Band Qualifier - 2007-2010, 2012-2022
OMEA State Concert Band Superior Ratings - 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014-2022

Concert Band II
OMEA State Concert Band Qualifier - 2010, 2011, 2014-2021
OMEA State Concert Band Superior Ratings - 2017, 2018

Controversy
A number of notable incidents of racism have occurred at Pickerington High School North, including two students (one black and one white) who appeared having "former slave" and "former slave owner," respectively, painted on their backs during a football game in 2014, a student who appeared in blackface captioning herself as "#n***amegan" on Snapchat in 2016, and yet another student appeared dressed as a member of the Ku Klux Klan in a Snapchat in 2016. The latter two incidents spurred a "cultural-sensitivity training" session. However, in 2020, a school assembly which discussed police brutality and violence against Black people during Black History Month caused a number of parents of white students at the school to complain that the program was "politically charged."

Later, in June 2020, the Pickerington Local School District (PLSD) released a statement which noted continuing work to "[c]reate periodic open public forums in which all individuals are encouraged to freely discuss cultural, racial, and ethnicity issues that can provide insight and improve our ability to work together as a community."

Notable alumni
Justin Boren, retired NFL Offensive Lineman
Jake Butt, retired NFL Tight end
Pat Elflein, Carolina Panthers Offensive Lineman
Godwin Igwebuike, Detroit Lions running back
Jack Sawyer, Defensive End for Ohio State University

References

External links
 District Website
 Athletic Program Website

Educational institutions established in 2003
High schools in Fairfield County, Ohio
Public high schools in Ohio
2003 establishments in Ohio


What is the most magical thing you can wear when you step onto the Oscars red carpet—okay, besides your scarlet Valentino gown and, of course, your sky blue ACLU ribbon?
If you are Ruth Negga, nominated for Best Actress for Loving, you flaunt not just a spectacular diamond and ruby ring and accompanying dazzling earrings, but an incredible handmade headpiece, a cross between a headband and a tiara, to serve as your crowning glory.
Though innumerable celebrities rocked serious rocks last night, Negga stood out with her ruby coronet, an unconventional choice created by an unconventional jewelry designer for an unconventional actor.
Irene Neuwirth, who designed this suite of dreams, worked with Negga's stylist, Karla Welch, to bring the stones to life, and it was quite the serious, if joyful, undertaking—the headpiece alone features more than 146 carats of Gemfields Mozambican rubies set in blackened white gold.