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The Tech Sector Cools Off
Last December, we were wrapping up 2014, a year that saw a lot of good news.
We reported on a record-breaking twelve months in the new issuance market, discussed the healthcare sector's 100th IPO, and looked back at Alibaba's all-time biggest debut.
2015 was a little less exciting, even for Tech, a sector that always piques public interest.
The new issuance market had something of a rocky year, thanks to turbulent market conditions, the lack of a stand-out, blockbuster debut, and a summer swoon that extended into fall. So instead of touting Healthcare's record-breaking numbers, we're talking about how 2015 marks the first time since 2011 that proceeds and deal count have dropped from the prior year.
While average proceeds raised from Tech IPOs grew from $201.5M in 2014 to $304.6M in 2015, deal count dropped from 43 last year to 23 YTD this year. This marks the first since in last 5 years that the number of Tech IPOs dropped from the prior year, as the sector has seen an increase in the number of tech IPOs from the previous year since 2011.
The 2015 average figure marks the second largest in the last 5 years for the sector behind only 2012's average of $596.6M, which was bolstered by Facebook's massive $16.0B debut. Among the Tech debuts in 2015, First Data Corp. and GoDaddy Inc. took the top spots in terms of proceeds with $2.8B and $520.0M, respectively, a far cry from Facebook and Twitter.
It's not all doom and gloom. While deal count has dropped off considerably, 2015's average proceeds for the sector have remained 2nd strongest since 2011. Tech will just need to start a new streak in January.


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Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" is a live-action re-telling of the studio's animated classic which refashions the classic characters from the tale as old as time for a contemporary audience, staying true to the original music while updating the score with several new songs. Beauty and the Beast On DVD: June 2017 "Beauty and the Beast" is the …Read More »
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Barkers New Fruit Syrups
Barker's of Geraldine is one of New Zealand's favourite home-grown family businesses. Based in Geraldine, South Canterbury, the Barker family has been crafting delicious fruit preserves, chutneys and syrups for over six generations. Established on the family farm in 1969 by inventor Anthony Barker who, after learning his mother's skills for preserving fruit, went on to develop a successful …Read More »
Bad Moms
Mila Kunis , Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn, decide to blow off their responsibilities and have some fun, but their wild ways cause them to clash with a rival mommy (Christina Applegate) who's dedicated to preserving the facade of her perfect life.as a life couch who trains mothers to 'play by the rules' (i.e. be dull and no fun). …Read More »
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Ben-Hur is the epic story of Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother Messala (Toby Kebbell), an officer in the Roman army. Stripped of his title, separated from his family and the woman he loves (Nazanin Boniadi), Judah is forced into slavery. After years at sea, Judah returns to his homeland to seek …Read More »
Chasing Great
Chasing Great follows Richie McCaw through his final season as he attempts the goal of captaining the All Blacks to the first ever-back-to back Rugby World Cup Wins. Woven through that final season the film tells the story of Richie's life. With unprecedented access to Richie and a remarkable family video archive 'Chasing Great' is the story of how a …Read More »
Petes Dragon
For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham (Robert Redford) has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace (Bryce Dallas Howard), who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales…until she meets Pete (Oakes Fegley). Pete is a mysterious …Read More »
One Half from the East
The Remarkable True Story of the Pirate Of the Pacific Internationally bestselling author Nadia Hashimi's first novel for young readers is an emotional, beautiful, and riveting coming-of-age journey to modern day Afghanistan that explores life as a "bacha posh"-a pre-teen girl dressed as a boy. "Like its young protagonist, One Half from the East dances between hope and hard realities. …Read More »
The Notorious Captain Hayes
The Remarkable True Story of the Pirate Of the Pacific The incredible true story of William 'Bully' Hayes, the so-called 'Pirate of the Pacific': a story that separates the myth from the man. Famous throughout the Pacific, from the US to Australia and all points in between, Captain Bully Hayes has been the inspiration for writers ranging from Robert Louis …Read More »
Joy on Demand: The Art of Discovering the Happiness Within
Joy is the root of happiness. Joy is a sustainable state that fuels our creativity and inspiration for innovation. It strengthens our ability to attract friends and to get along with others. Learning to cultivate joy is the fundamental secret to success. In this long-awaited follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Search Inside Yourself, Chade-Meng Tan shows us …Read More »
Nathalia Buttface and the Embarrassing Camp Catastrophe
The laugh-out-loud funny girl-series returns – and Nat is more embarrassed than ever! From TV and radio comedy writing talent Nigel Smith. Nat's class is going on a week-long field trip to hunt for fossils. Cue mouldy log cabins, potholing, map reading and other totally boring geography-related stuff – all the things that Nat hates…and Dad loves! Of course …Read More »

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3 Biggest Mistakes Online Marketer Make Everyday
Thousands of leaders, business owners and marketers are widely using online marketing without knowing about the mistakes they are committing. Fatal mistakes can cause irreparable loss to your brand value and brand image. Most of the time, these mistakes are committed without completely knowing and understanding the basics of online marketing. Learning from your past mistakes is essential as it will hurt your online business. Here are a few common mistakes that you need to understand before using any online marketing platform.
Spending money on the wrong things
What works with one business may not work with the other and if you focus on using online marketing strategies that have worked for a brand in the past, you may hit the wrong point. Spending unnecessarily on super-fancy websites will never help your online business taste success. Therefore, analyze your online business and its target audience before choosing a marketing platform. There is no point using social media when a majority of the customers are B2B who prefer email over Facebook and Twitter. Furthermore, focus on creating interesting and captivating online marketing strategies to engage the readers.
Ignoring automated surveys
If you're among marketers who believe that you know your customers and don't need a survey, you're probably sailing in a sinking ship. And, for understanding the requirement of the target audience, you can ask them to fill automated surveys. Sending communication and offers without understanding the need of your customers will not lead you anywhere. Therefore, share automated surveys with your customers to know their needs. In the survey, ask questions that can help you know your readers because the results of this survey is used to create online marketing campaigns.
Improper sequencing
Sharing improper sequences related to a product launch is something many brands end up committing. Imagine sending messages related to a product before the product has actually reached the market. You can send sneak-peek of the product to the target audience, but sending important information before the launch will not serve any purpose.
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There aren't many positives for UT to take away from Saturday's gut-wrenching 14-10 loss to the Vanderbilt Commodores, but for senior offensive lineman Ja'Wuan James, one surfaced the instant he took to the field.
When the offense broke the huddle and snapped the ball two minutes and 9 seconds into the ballgame, the Suwanee, Ga., native tied the Tennessee record for the most career starts by an offensive lineman with 48.
"I don't even know how to speak about that. I feel lucky, basically," James said about the record. "I got an opportunity when I was young, and God blessed me without me getting hurt over all these games."
The right tackle who has been a fixture of the offensive line since his freshman season – he has started in every Tennessee football game in his four-year career – even got a surprise visit after the game from Jeff Smith (1992-95), the man whose record he tied.
"The cool thing was I got to meet the guy (Smith) whose record I tied this past week after the game," James said. "He came up to me after the game and said, 'I appreciate you. I've been watching you over the years, and I wouldn't want to tie with any other guy.' He feels like I just need to go out here and keep competing, keep playing and one day somebody will break my record."
First-year head coach Butch Jones praised James as one of the most influential players on the team, and one who has helped lay the foundation for what Jones believes will be the future successes of this program.
"He's a high character individual," Jones said. "Football means everything to him. This football team means everything to him ... I can't say enough about Ja'Wuan."
North Goes Down: Lost among all the talk of everything that occurred during Vanderbilt's 12-play, 92-yard game-winning drive was the Vols' inability to do anything offensively.
Tennessee amassed a grand total of 53 yards passing in the game and had an even more terrifying total of 16 prior to their final drive.
A sizable part of the Vols' inefficient passing attack stemmed from the loss of standout freshman wide receiver Marquez North who injured his right ankle in the first quarter.
"That really hurt us offensively," said Jones following Saturday's game. "That is our one speed weapon out on the perimeter. When he left the game, that really hurt us in our throw game."
With a trip to Commonwealth Stadium less than a week away, North's status remains uncertain and will have to be something that the Volunteer faithful keep an eye on throughout the week.
"He's day-to-day, and I'll know more as the week progresses," Jones said.
Helping Dobbs: In his first three career starts as the Tennessee quarterback, Joshua Dobbs has not only been unable to win a game for the Vols, but he also hasn't recorded a touchdown.
Even though the Alpharetta, Ga., native has made more than a few freshman mistakes throughout the past three games, Jones made it clear on Monday that the true freshman will be under center in the Vols' season finale.
"Josh will be our starting quarterback," Jones said. "I think Josh has to continue to progress. I thought Saturday he showed his age a little bit. ... But again, Josh has already been in, and that is the maturation phase of a young quarterback playing."
Jones also added that while he understands the quarterback will always get the blame when an offense struggles, he believes the other 10 members of the offensive unit need to do more.
"Everyone wants to point to Josh with the interceptions, and he's the quarterback, and you take full responsibility and accountability for that, but it was the other players around him," Jones said. "It's up to the receivers and running backs and tight ends to paint clear pictures for the quarterback.
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Capital Markets
Cynthia Sargeant and William Chan
IntroductionIf the 2012 season is any indication, we can expect to see a stronger level of shareholder activism in 2013. While companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) remain the primary targets, there has been a steady rise in the number of listed companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) (including large-cap companies) entangled in costly and prolonged proxy fights. On the dissident front, we are seeing well-capitalized dissidents from Canada and abroad making their way into Canadian corporate boardrooms. The Canadian regulatory regime provides a number of tools available for activist shareholders thereby requiring public companies in Canada to make advance preparations for any dissident activity.
We have conducted a detailed study of Canadian public proxy contests involving contested director elections over the past three years. This bulletin presents our findings related to the most common questions from companies and dissidents during their initial preparation.
Who Are the Typical Targets?Of the 74 Canadian proxy contests reviewed since 2010, the majority of targets were TSXV-listed companies with a market capitalization of between C$10-million to C$100-million, with a median of approximately C$19-million. As shown in the chart below, the majority of proxy contests have been in the mining sector, in particular, companies with gold projects (approximately 70% of the targeted mining companies). Small- and mid-cap industrial, energy and technology companies (including life sciences companies) were the next most common targets. Importantly, we are increasingly seeing large-cap companies being drawn into proxy contests. In 2010, seven TSX-listed companies with an average market capitalization of C$70-million were targeted. This number increased to eight in 2011 and 12 in 2012, with an average market capitalization of C$268-million and C$2.4-billion, respectively. In 2012, we saw the boardroom shakeup of CP Rail, a 130-plus-year-old iconic Canadian corporation, by Pershing Square, a U.S. hedge fund with over C$10-billion of assets under management. More recently, JANA Partners, a U.S. hedge fund, acquired an interest in Agrium, a company listed on the TSX with over US$15-billion market capitalization, and nominated candidates for election as directors. The incidences of shareholder activism may, in fact, be higher as some contests are never made public and are resolved through private negotiations.
Who Are the Typical Dissidents?With respect to the proxy contest dissidents, in the past three years, over half were non-institutional investors (55%), including founders (7%) and existing or former management (20%) of the targets. More notably, in 2012, we saw a surge in the number of foreign-based (non-Canadian) dissidents, mostly as a result of increased participation from foreign hedge funds, investment funds and private equity firms.
What Are the Success Rates so far?Our study showed that, over the past three years, dissidents have a slight edge over management if we consider a partial win to be a success for the dissident (on the basis that a negotiated settlement resulting in even one board seat for the dissident can be considered a win since it is a change from the status quo). What the study cannot track are those incidents where the dissidents were successful in agitating for change without the dispute becoming public. Over the past three years, 54% of the proxy contests ended in at least some form of success by the dissidents; half of these (24%) were partial victories, which often involved the dissident winning a number of seats on the board through negotiated settlements. While the majority (57%) of proxy fights were decided at a shareholders' meeting by election, about 36% were settled prior to or after the meeting, and 7% of the proxy fights were withdrawn or cancelled. Our study also shows that these outcomes are largely unaffected by whether a full or partial slate is sought by the dissident. With the recent adoption by the TSX of rules requiring individual, as opposed to slate voting, and the TSX's support of majority voting policies for the election of directors in an uncontested meeting, it may become easier for dissidents to achieve an even greater level of success in having alternate directors elected.
Are Contests Typically Resolved at an Annual or Special Meeting?Canadian corporate law permits a dissident shareholder (or a group of shareholders) holding not less than 5% of the issued and outstanding voting shares to requisition a special meeting of shareholders. Over the past three years, 49% of the concluded proxy contests were initiated by such requisition. The study also found six "ambush" cases where the dissidents waited for the annual general meeting (AGM) and announced its slate of director nominees with little or no prior notice. For purposes of this bulletin, we considered a contest to be an ambush if the dissident made the announcement within five days of the scheduled shareholders' meeting.
There have historically been very few ambush contests in Canada, mainly due to legal and practical difficulties of successfully soliciting proxies without publicizing the dissident's campaign. A company can also take steps to avoid an ambush strategy by adopting an advance notice bylaw or policy, which we discussed in our October 2012 Blakes Bulletin: Proxy Contests: Lessons from 2012 Proxy Season. Advance notice provisions are gaining increased acceptance in Canada and can also be readily adopted as a strategic response to any anticipated or proposed shareholder activism. In 2012, there were five proxy contests in which the company adopted some form of advance notice provisions in response to dissident actions. These contests all took place during the second half of 2012 with varying levels of success. Since our October 2012 Blakes Bulletin, the number of Canadian issuers with advance notice provisions has doubled (now over 60 companies) and is expected to increase further as we proceed into the 2013 proxy season. While it is still predominately TSXV-listed mining issuers that are adopting such provisions, adoption by TSX-listed companies is becoming more common. The requirements under these provisions are evolving and are increasingly robust, adding extra burdens on the dissidents, including recruiting a slate of director nominees early in the process.
Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and Glass Lewis & Co. have recently published their 2013 Canadian Corporate Governance Guidelines affirming their support for advance notice provisions subject to the requirement that they fall within applicable parameters (see our January 2013 Blakes Bulletin: 2013 Proxy Advisory Voting Guidelines: Matters to Consider).According to ISS, advance notice provisions "provide a reasonable framework for shareholders to nominate directors by allowing shareholders to submit director nominations as close to the meeting date as reasonably possible and within the broadest window possible, recognizing the need to allow sufficient notice for company, regulatory, and shareholder review." As discussed in our October 2012 Blakes Bulletin, in 2012, the Supreme Court of British Columbia and the Ontario Superior Court also upheld the right of management of a company to adopt advance notice provisions in the face of a proxy contest.
How Long Does a Proxy Contest Take?Our study showed that, over the past three years, a proxy contest took an average of 60 days from its first public announcement until election at a shareholders' meeting or settlement outside of the meeting. However, timing varies considerably depending on, among other factors, the use of litigation, both as an offensive and a defensive tactic. In addition, contested shareholders' meetings are frequently postponed or adjourned. Our study found that 32% of the contests were either postponed or adjourned and that at least 58% of the contests involved litigation or procedural disputes. The use of "preliminary" dissident circulars to allow the dissident to solicit well in advance of a shareholders' meeting, but without formally soliciting forms of proxy, can also substantially lengthen the duration of a proxy contest. Without proper preparation, including having a response plan in place, a company can suffer a significant disadvantage in dealing with an activist shareholder that has had months to formulate its plan of attack before contacting the company.
What Are the Most Common Solicitation Strategies?Under Canadian securities and corporate law, companies and dissidents are generally prohibited from soliciting proxies unless an information circular is furnished to shareholders. There are, however, exemptions to the general rule. For example, dissidents soliciting proxies from 15 or fewer shareholders may not be required to furnish an information circular. In addition, a dissident may solicit proxies by public broadcast, speech or publication provided that certain prescribed information, including information about the dissident's nominees, is made publicly available. Dissidents with large shareholdings or the support of other key shareholders may take advantage of these exemptions, although our study found only five instances where the dissident relied solely on an exemption and did not publish a dissident circular.
Traditionally, a dissident would wait until the company files a management information circular in connection with an upcoming shareholder meeting before filing its own circular. Unlike the company, a dissident is not required to file its circular at least 21 days prior to the meeting. This strategy allows the dissident to tailor its circular in response to the management circular. However, the earlier a circular is filed publicly, the sooner the party can solicit. According to our study, in proxy contests where the company and the dissident both filed a circular, the company had on average a 13-day head start in solicitation (the median is eight days).
However, in 2012, two dissidents chose not to wait until the company had filed its management information circular, but rather filed their own circular in advance utilizing the public broadcast exemption available to dissidents under Canadian corporate and securities law. In the CP Rail proxy fight, the dissident filed a preliminary circular, identifying the dissident's nominees and rationale for change, before the AGM was even scheduled, effectively providing the dissident a two-month head start in solicitation. The same approach was adopted by JANA Partners in connection with Agrium.
Be PreparedOur three-year study revealed important considerations for companies and dissidents. Participants in Canadian capital markets need to be mindful of the increased levels of shareholder activism. Proxy contests are no longer limited to TSXV-listed or junior mining companies. Large-cap, TSX-listed companies are now becoming targets of well-funded activists from outside Canada. Dissidents are offered a number of tools under the Canadian regulatory regime and, with proper planning and a well-executed strategy, are often successful in effecting change. Companies can also succeed in proxy contests and can prepare themselves through advance notice provisions and early and constant communication with shareholders.
For further information, or if you have any questions concerning this bulletin, please contact William Chan at +44-20-7429-3554 or firstname.lastname@example.com, or any other member of our Capital Markets Group.
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He hurts you physically and emotionally, yet you can't walk away. Here's what Caroline says about why it's so hard to leave a man who hurts you – you'll see yourself here…
"I left my husband 4 days ago after 2 years of abuse. I called 911 from the car and they found me and arrested him. The sick thing is I miss him terribly. I must be just as sick. We have a 7 month old so I'm doing it for him more than for myself. I feel like I'm a bad mother by taking him from his dad but I feel just as bad for keeping him in that environment. I'm staying with my family in my home town. I hope these feelings I have of missing him get better. It's the hardest thing I ever had to do. Good luck to all women out there in recovery. We're not alone." – from my article about the stages of abuse.
It is surprisingly difficult to leave a man who hurts you. The feelings of love and loss are confusing for you, your kids, and the people who love you. You'd think it'd be easy to walk away from a harmful relationship, but it's actually one of the hardest things you'll ever do.
If you're thinking about leaving a man who is hurting you, read It's My Life Now: Starting Over After an Abusive Relationship or Domestic Violence.
Reasons it's hard to leave a man who hurts you:
- Fear for your or your children's safety.
- Threats of custody battles.
- No money.
- No job, or a low-paying job.
- Low self-esteem.
- Fear you'll never be loved by another man.
- Habit – the hell you know is less scary than the hell you don't know.
- History of abuse. You've never known anything different.
- Shame and embarrassment.
- Isolation.
- Feeling like you have nowhere to go.
- Fear of homelessness.
- Fear of change and uncertainty.
- Feelings of love for your partner, even though he hurts you.
- Confusion.
- Feelings of powerlessness.
- Hope that your husband or boyfriend will change, and stop hurting you.
- You're trapped in the cycle of abuse.
One of the reasons it's so hard to leave a man who hurts you is the powerful abuse dynamic or cycle of abuse.
"Knowing the [abuse dynamic] cycle helps women begin to understand the real reasons for her entering into the relationship and staying as long as she does," writes Jill Cory in When Love Hurts. "Most women living with the cycle are just trying to survive day-to-day; thinking about leaving seems impossible."
If you don't know why he hurts you, read Why We Hurt the Ones We Love.
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San Sebastian is one of the most beautiful sites of Spain and The Basques call is Donostia. Every September, a film festival is held in this city by the see and the guests from all over the world are awaited by the one week Basque "Vacations" and the attack of Latin-American cinema.
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Non-Profit Voucher School Is Out Of Whack On Salary
By Ed Heinzelman On December 9, 2014 · 14 Comments · In Economics, Education, Government Waste, Local Politics, Social Justice, Wisconsin Politics
Ignoring the rest of the story about being on super secret double probation, here is something totally out of whack at a local private voucher school – this school has just over 600 students – yet the lead administrator has a total compensation package of $218,000:
(Dorothy) Travis Moore (founder of Ceria M. Travis Academy), a former administrator in Milwaukee Public Schools, said she's still earning a salary from her organization but has stepped back and is in more of a support and resource role this year. She said she's trying to retire.
Her total compensation was $218,000 in 2012, according to the most recent federal filings for the nonprofit.
The two schools under her organization are Ceria M. Travis Academy, a K-12 school with 437 students, and Travis Technology High School, which has 179 students, according to the state's fall 2014 enrollment count.
Yet the Milwaukee Public Schools which has an enrollment for the 2014 school year of over 78,000 students pays their new superintendent ~ $245,000:
For the first time ever, Milwaukee public schools will be led by a woman. The board voted unanimously to keep Darienne Driver for good.
Dr. Driver has a two year contract at an annual salary of $245,000.
I can't imagine the leader of a two school system with fewer than a thousand students…is worth nearly what the superintendent of MPS is worth…particularly since she is running a non-profit. Yet the screams about overpaid public employees continues to ring in our ears…wth?
Tagged with: Dorothy Travis Moore • Dr Darienne Driver • Ed Heinzelman • Education • public employees • school accountability • Voucher Schools
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Sue says:
One is mentioned as a 'total compensation package', while the other is called an 'annual salary'. Are we talking two different things here? My compensation jumps considerably when I factor in health insurance etc., my 'total compensation'.
Still quite high for what would amount to a K-12 district out in my neck of the woods.
dohnal says:
How is the school doing?? MPS it failure so how much is that worth?
EmmaR says:
Read the article, Dohnal. This school is on probation, of course.
Jenny says:
To put this into perspective, the administrator for ALL of Milwaukee Public Schools makes only $138,000 annually, and is FULLY accountable to taxpayers.
Taxpayer says:
dohnal, just because you say it's a failure does not make it so. Comprehension not your forte'?
Denis Navratil says:
We should keep in mind that an utopian solution is not possible, a point I should not have to make given the condition of MPS. That said, There are two courses of action available to deal with bad voucher schools. One is to shut them down if they are anywhere near as bad as MPS. A far more effective method is built into the system. That is, many and perhaps most parents will figure out that a school is bad and remove their kids from the bad school and send them somewhere better. This may take time. Additionally, more voucher options would help pressure schools to improve their service to the children and their families. None of these positive elements (choice, competition) are in play in MPS which explains in part why it is a disaster. More voucher schools are needed.
John Casper says:
1. Denis wrote: "We should keep in mind that an utopian solution is not possible,"
Thank you Captain Obvious.
2. Denis wrote: "a point I should not have to make given the condition of MPS."
Tell us everything you know about MPS, but bring links. Back up your claims. Also bring links of schools that you claim succeed with the demographics with which MPS has to contend. Back up your claims.
3. Denis wrote: "That said, There are two courses of action available to deal with bad voucher schools."
The most obvious action is not to open sub standard schools staffed by sub standard teachers.
Denis wrote: "One is to shut them down if they are anywhere near as bad as MPS.
See above.
4. Denis wrote: "A far more effective method is built into the system. That is, many and perhaps most parents will figure out that a school is bad and remove their kids from the bad school and send them somewhere better. This may take time.
We don't experiment with education. You're exactly what happens when we do. You get it right the first time. You don't offer choices that aren't top-shelf quality.
5. Denis wrote: "Additionally, more voucher options would help pressure schools to improve their service to the children and their families. None of these positive elements (choice, competition) are in play in MPS which explains in part why it is a disaster. More voucher schools are needed."
Wrong. All you care about is defunding unions.
When you decide you want the victims of white supremacy to do better in school, you'll support the federal government paying them reparations. "The Case For Reparations" http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/05/the-case-for-reparations/361631/
Since "(Federal) Taxes For Revenue Are Obsolete," http://www.huffingtonpost.com/warren-mosler/taxes-for-revenue-are-obs_b_542134.html the federal government doesn't have to RAISE taxes to pay the reparations.
You should also read "Slavery By Another Name" http://www.slaverybyanothername.com/
Chris says:
John, all that should matter is educating the kids. If you are suggesting that unions help educate the kids I am suggesting that you are on crack.
I understand completely that you liberals are now and forever in the tank for the unions.
John Casper says:
I'm sorry you want to make war on capitalism.
I'm sorry you think that reducing compensation for physicians, lawyers, …., all those who engage in collective bargaining, will attract a higher quality work force.
I'm sorry you think BB is a dating site.
Taxpayer says:
@Chris, so in other words you got nothing. Just the typical teaparty rhetoric. Acting like you can read minds & making stuff up.
Jack says:
I think it's worth noting that Dr. Travis Moore's doctorate isn't in education, as its use in the context of being a highly paid administrator would suggest. From what I have read, her doctorate is a "Doctor of Ministry" from Grace Theological Seminary. I don't think that would fly in the public k-12 setting. Correct me if I'm wrong…
Bill Kurtz says:
One thing I've never seen an explanation for: When vouchers were instituted, perhaps the biggest selling point was the problems of MPS. Yet many if not most of the startup voucher schools that blossomed after vouchers were expanded were led by former MPS administrators and/or teachers, like this one. Wasn't the whole idea to get pupils away from the presumably failed people at MPS?
Ed Heinzelman says:
Just a follow up article from MJS on their operations:
Tiffany Kearney says:
They need to give is our diploma n transcripts. I'm a grad student for 2002 and these motherfuckers don't have the morals to face us with Our information. I'm about to sue they ass to. Fraud ass Dorothy Travis Moore
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So after CAB we came home and went to Thought Bubble, but we didn't take any photos… Thanks to Oliver East and Gareth Brookes though for championing us all weekend and thanks to everyone that bought the books at Thought Bubble!
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Joe drew on the window.
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Army Spc. Freddy Meyers wants to return to active duty. The 21-year-old has been living in the outpatient barracks at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., since this May. And he's about to go to a meeting that will determine his future in the Army.
Generally, it isn't even remotely possible for someone who suffered a penetrating head injury to stay on active duty. Last year, while on patrol in Iraq, Freddy Meyers was shot in the head.
He pulls out the PDA he keeps in a pocket on the pant leg of his uniform. Meyers still has problems with his short-term memory. To compensate, he has had to learn to be very organized and write down the things he needs to remember — like questions for the doctor. He reads them from his Palm Pilot: "I'm going to ask him about my physical limitations, protective profile, my jump status, my deployability, what the effect of multiple concussions will be, Ranger school, duty restrictions, Zyrtec and my Red Cross volunteer letter."
On May 3, 2007, Meyers was manning the machine gun in a Humvee when a sniper's bullet ripped across the top of his head, pushing fragments of his skull into his brain. When he awoke from a drug-induced coma, Meyers could not talk to his wife and parents at his bedside. He could not walk.
Now, when he takes off his black beret, a scar is visible in the shape of a horseshoe from the back of his head to his forehead. The scar marks where doctors removed a large piece of his skull to relieve the pressure on his swollen brain.
A New Role
Meyers figures he cannot go back into combat. He's at high risk if he suffers another head injury or a concussion that's common from being near an exploding IED.
But he would like to get retrained — possibly to work stateside at an Army hospital like this one.
"I'm hoping to get into physical therapy and help out other people who've been injured, not just brain injuries, but combat injuries is what I'm looking into and helping out," Meyers says.
He thinks he can be a role model for other soldiers with brain injuries.
"I believe my story's pretty inspiring, and I'm hoping that it will show people how far you can come," he says. "Because they thought I was a goner, you know."
Army Maj. David Rozelle knows what it means to be a role model. His foot was amputated after a land mine explosion in Iraq in 2003. Rozelle was the first soldier in this war to return to combat with a prosthesis. He says there's a lot of pressure on people who are first to make people accept them.
"What Freddy's going to have to deal with when he goes back and is around his fellow soldiers — and he's having to use the PDA or whatever trigger he's going to use to make him remember stuff — he's going to have to look at his buddies in the eye and say, 'Hey guys, I'm going to be OK. This is just how I do this now,'" says Rozelle. "It's adaptation. It's tough."
A Better Outcome than Most
Up to 20 percent of soldiers who have been to Iraq say they sustained a brain injury, according to a recent study by the RAND Corporation, a think tank. Traumatic brain injuries are some of the trickiest injuries to treat, and healing is unpredictable. The Army does not keep track of how many have returned to duty, but at least one soldier, Master Sgt. Colin Rich, went back into combat after a penetrating head injury.
More common, though, are the injured soldiers who want to go back to duty but cannot.
"In some cases, a person's desire may not be enough," says Louis French, a neuropsychologist who runs brain injury programs at Walter Reed. "And that's a very difficult thing to tell someone: that they are not able to do what they want to do. But we are constantly, I think, trying to balance the reality of the issues related to their injury with their desire."
Meyers says he knows he has had a better outcome than most. He still has trouble with short-term memory, has had seizures and has not yet been cleared to drive a car. But this spring while at Laurel Highlands Neuro-Rehabilitation Center, a military and veterans facility in Johnstown, Pa., he put on his uniform and worked five days a week at a National Guard armory. The job wasn't glamorous; he did clerical work. Nonetheless, it was the sort of work in a military environment he had to prove he could do in order to get approval to go back to duty.
After the doctor's appointment, Meyers got that go ahead. He's scheduled to leave Walter Reed on Wednesday. Once back with the 25th Infantry Division, based at Schofield Barracks in Honolulu, he expects to do office support work. He says it's not the type of "boots on the ground" work that made him join the Army, but at least for now, it's a way he can continue to support the other soldiers in his division.
Q&A: Returning to Combat
In June 2003, Army Maj. David Rozelle was leading a convoy west of Baghdad when his vehicle hit a land mine. His right foot had to be amputated. Two years later, with a prosthetic foot, he returned to Iraq as a cavalry troop commander — the first amputee in this war to return to combat. In this excerpted conversation, Rozelle tells NPR health correspondent Joe Shapiro about going back to the battlefield and how he dealt with being "the first."
Q: Why do people want to go back to the front?
Major David Rozelle: It used to be back in WWII and the Vietnam War, when someone got injured, they called it the golden ticket — the [injury] that sent you home. And those were largely conscripted armies, draftees. In that environment, it was understandable that someone injured would just go home. With this all-volunteer Army, these volunteers want to continue to fight. Some of the moms and dads think, 'My son and daughter got injured. Now they want to go back?' But it's what we signed up to do. When I see other amputees that are in law enforcement, or a trash man, or teachers or whatever they do for a living when they get injured, I ask, 'Did you change your career?' [They say,] 'Well, no. I'm still a teacher, or in law enforcement or a trash man. Why would a disability slow me down ?'"
What did it mean to you to be the first amputee to return to combat?
It was a lot of pressure. Our president had come out in December of 2003 and said there's a place in this Department of Defense for any severely injured soldier. We'll find a way to keep you on active duty if you want. And I heard that and I kind of put it together and I thought, 'Well, I should figure out how I can do this.' My superiors supported it, from the president on down the chain of command. But for me as a leader, the hardest people to convince that I was fit for duty ... were my soldiers. And that's something that I'm proudest of — that I was able to go to work every day and convince those young, 18-year-old men that I could do what they were doing. I was not going to slow them down in combat. I could do every task that they could do.
Did everyone know you'd lost this body part? When you're in uniform it isn't obvious.
Although I wear shorts when I'm off duty most of the time, when I'm in uniform I very much hide the fact that I'm an amputee. I don't bring it up in conversation unless someone notices or gives me a hard time and says, 'Hey, did you twist an ankle or something?' And I'll say, 'Well, no, I actually got injured in the war.' Then of course they'll stop in their tracks because people don't notice — I don't want people when I'm in uniform to look at me and see that and think that I'm weaker than them. It's part of the brotherhood, you know. You're always matching yourself up against your opponents, even when they're on your own team, and I'm very careful about it. I know I can outrun most of my peers, even with a leg missing. But they'll look at me and think, 'You know, is that a guy I want to be on the battlefield with?' And I'm very sensitive about that. It's not a chip on my shoulder, but I spend a lot of my spare time staying in shape.


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Replacement 16:9 and 4:3 models spotted running free in the wild.
Got a Benny-like itch for a widescreen Dell LCD but can't scratch it because of those 24 and 30in prices? Problem solved…
Just back from the personal trainer are the company's 20in range and they're looking lean and mean. The new 2007WFP (above) will replace the existing 2005FPW and offers a smart 16ms response time, 800:1 contrast ratio, 300cd/m2 brightness and a 0.258mm dot pitch. The native resolution is a highly respectable 1680 x 1050 but I can't help wishing Dell had gone the extra yard to squeeze out 1920 x 1200 to make it compatible with full 1080p High Definition playback.
Should you be old school and prefer your LCDs more square than rectangular the 2007FP will be the model to catch your eye. It lays to rest the 2001FP and sports a 1600 x 1200 native resolution and 0.255mm dot pitch. Everywhere else it is inseparable from the 2007WFP.
Both models are available now and rather interestingly the widescreen 2007WFP actually costs slightly less than the 2007FP ($529 verses $539). Of course this being Dell those prices may only last a matter of hours before skyrocketing to $900 a piece or slumping to $5 with a boatload of coupons. It's rather like watching the stock market only without any discernable logic.
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2017 BMW 7-Series, 3-Series and X-1 launched in India
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BMW India has brought in 3 new offerings spread across 3 of its most significant models sold in India. And that's not all as the German car maker has also made changes in some of the variants of the different models sold in India. The 3 models that have received major change are the X1 SUV, 3 Series sedan and the flagship offering, the 7 Series. The flag bearer model of the German auto brand, 7 Series is now offered with a new trim called the 760Li. The company claims that this particular is the best powerful BMW ever made. We do believe that too considering that the M760Li comes with a Performance turbo petrol V-12 motor. This 6.6-litre motor puts out 610-PS at 5,250 to 6,000rpm and makes 800-Nm of torque. All of that power are sent to all wheels.
BMW claims that the 760-Li can sprint from naught to 100 kmph in mere 3.7seconds. The 760Li also comes with altered that we believe will play an impressive note from that V-12 motor. Since this one comes only in the M Performance edition, it gets a larger radiator grille. The grille, air blades and frame are all finished in metal grey. In addition, it gets M-spec 20-inch alloys again finished in grey. The side profile features M and V-12 logos to make it look distinct when associated to the regular model. Inside too there is more emphasis on V12 as the instrumentation cluster and the door sills feature the logos of the same. The 760Li V12 will set you back by Rs.2.27 crore, ex-Delhi.
Coming to the sportier BMW, the 3 Series gets a new 330i petrol trim instead of the 320i. The 320i was offered in two trims, Prestige and Luxury Line. The 330i comes in Sport Line and M Sports edition. When BMW launched the 330-GT in India, it was evident that the German car creator will add the same in the 3-Series as well. The 2-litre motor in the GT make 252-PS and 350-Nm and that is matching in the 330i sedan as well. The 330i Sport Line is priced at Rs.42.40 lakh whereas the M Performance version is available at Rs.45.90 lakh. All prices ex-Delhi.
Then comes with the entry-level SUV offering, the BMW X1. BMW has added a petrol model to the X-1 SUV. The motor doing duty in the SUV is a 2.0-litre unit that makes 191PS at 5,000rpm and generates 280Nm at 1,250 to 4,600rpm. The BMW X1 petrol is only offered in xLine trim that is priced at 35.75 lakh, ex-Delhi. The list of features offered in this trim is identical to that offered in the xLine diesel. Both these models are priced at Rs.35.75 lakh. In addition to these new trims that have been introduced in the 7 Series, 3 Series and the X1, BMW has discontinued certain variants of the 5 Series. The premium sedan is now available only in diesel as the petrol variant has been discontinued. The new gen 5-Series will be arriving in India the next couple of times. The other variant that has been removed from the line-up is the 6-cylinder xDrive30d of the X-3 SUV.


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road trip love, discovering the wonderful with Pandora
have you ever been on a road trip? (well, i´m sure most of you have ;)
i´ve been on many, but my favorites so far have always been with friends and with Raresh (he wants me to start calling him by his name from now on, so..)
And out of these, the one with Raresh are the best. I love being "stuck" with him in a car. This way i get to talk and talk for hours..and guess what? There is nothing he can do about it, well, maybe put on the headphones and start listening to a podcast...but the rest of the time is just for me, baby! lol! Of course he gets to talk too, but only when i let him...kidding again...
A while ago Pandora asked me to share my #doseethewonderful and i thought, why not go on a road trip through Austria, especially now, in fall, when nature es even more beautiful than usual. And so we did, last week we took our car, a blanket, lots of food and started this little adventure.
Our first stop was Hallstatt. That place is always crowded with tourists, i know. But even though, you have to see it. It is like a movie set, super small, but cute as (i don´t even use this expression, sorry, it just sounded good here ;)
The second stop was Braies Lake in Italy. It is also insta famous, but again, so worth a visit.
We loved both places, although what i enjoyed the most was the road trip per se. The talking, eating every 10 minutes and admiring everything we saw on our way. And man, Austria is just perfect, i really mean it. All those villages beside the road, you would think nobody lives there because everything is in its place, so clean, so neat, so very nice. Even the cows, horses and sheeps seem to know that, all so peaceful, all so beautiful. We stopped several times to just look at them and listen to the bells jingling. My grandparents used to have a farm and the sound of the bells reminds me of when i was little.
Some of you asked me when is the best time to visit these two places. I would say October, the beginning of November. The forests looked like a painting, in all shades and colors. The weather was also very good (kinda windy at Lake di Braies) but besides me freaking out on the boat, it was harmless ;)
So, here some tips and places worth the visit:
road trip Austria-Italy-Germany to the most instagrammable places: tips
- how long: 4-5 days
- when: October/beginning of November. The weather should still be nice and the nature is so colorful.
- places to see:
- Hallstatt (Austria) if you go in summer, you can also rent a boat and go on the Hallstatt lake.
- Admont Abbey (Austria) It is this beautiful baroque library you´ve seen in my Instagram feed. It is not far from Hallstatt and definitely a must see.
- Lake Mondsee (Austria) I´ve been there in summer and loved the mood
- Gosau Lake (Austria) My insta friend @beautlecieuse recommended it to me, thanks Johanna ;)
- Schafberg Mountain RailwayThere is this red, vintage train with steam engines that will take you through some beautiful locations through the mountains.
- Braies Lake (Italy) It is known as the pearl among Dolomite lakes and is truly beautiful. If you want to have a reflection at Braies Lake, make sure it is no windy. That would also be better for a boat ride. There are also many more lakes in the area and if you´re a nature lover, there are many hiking paths you could do. I found this one. Also, the place might seem very wild in pictures, where it is not. There is a hotel, a restaurant and a café there, so, for those who want to stay comfortable, you only have to walk 3 minutes from the parking place :D
- Neuschwanstein Castle (Germany) (hard to pronounce, huh? ;) Well, although there is a four hours drive from Lake Braies, you can´t miss this castle. Especially if you´re an instagrammer ;) Well, we did, but let me explain...lol. We only had 2 days for the car trip, that´s why. Anyways, it is one of the most popular destinations in Germany and looks like one in a movie, in fact, the storybook looking castle inspired the Walt Disney Sleeping Beauty.
- We did the road trip in our car, but i would like to go through all these locations i mentioned, again next year, same time, but in a van, a vintage one and camp everywhere and do all these romantic things i´ve seen in movies ;)
So, what do you think? Would you like to do the same? I´m a city girl, but thank you Pandora for challenging me to get and see the wonderful in nature. It kinda got to me, so now i´m already planning my next road trip, see? ;)


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Five big takeaways from this week's AP football polls
Some thoughts and observations following the release of this week's Associated Press high school football polls.
1. Mountain mania: Three schools who ranked at the top of their class — Johnson Central (4A), Belfry (3A) and Paintsville (A) — are located in Eastern Kentucky. Belfry has been a prohibitive favorite in Class 3A since the preseason. Paintsville jumped from the No. 4 spot to the top in the Class A poll after beating Pikeville on the road last week. Johnson Central, ranked second last week, dominated Lexington Catholic — a top-five team in Class 3A — while previous Class 4A No. 1 South Warren lost to Greenwood.
2. Class A cat fight: Beechwood received one more first-place vote than Paintsville, but the mountain Tigers finished five points ahead of the northern Tigers in overall points to take the No. 1 spot this week.
3. Marooned: Pulaski County didn't play this week but fell out of the top 10 for the first time in quite a while. The Maroons (1-1) likely lost some luster among voters after Harlan County, whom they defeated in their opener, got waxed at Belfry on Friday. Madison Southern, the top-10 newcomer who bumped them, has picked up impressive wins over Class 3A foes Garrard County and Western Hills the last two weeks. The Eagles host Pulaski County on Sept. 23.
4. Mayday in Class 3A: While Belfry and Corbin have booked extended stays in the top two slots, the rest of the Class 3A voting is all over the place. LexCath, Central and Boyle County — ranked third, fourth and fifth last week — all dropped two spots after losing last week. Central and Boyle County are 0-6, but five of those losses are to teams currently ranked in the top five of their respective classes. Lexington Catholic is 1-2 and with losses to St. Xavier (No. 6 in Class 6A) and Johnson Central (No. 1 in Class 4A).
5. Cantrall conflicts: Dave Cantrall's first edition of "Rating the State" came out Monday. Of course there were some notable distinctions between that formula and this week's AP poll ...
▪ Male and South Warren were rated No. 1 in Class 6A and Class 4A, respectively. Trinity and Johnson Central, No. 1 in those polls, have not played enough games against Kentucky competition to be rated yet.
▪ Henry Clay's one of the top 15 teams in the state according to Cantrall, but the Blue Devils didn't receive a single vote in the Class 6A poll this week.
▪ McCracken County is another undervalued team by voters according to the ratings. The Mustangs were ranked ninth by voters in the poll but were just a tenth of a point behind Simon Kenton, good for third in the Class 6A ratings (fourth overall in the state).
▪ Class 3A is just as crazy in Cantrall's ratings. Belfry's No. 1 there by a wide margin (the Pirates are ninth best in the state by his formula), but teams No. 2 (Elizabethtown), No. 3 (Paducah Tilghman) and No. 4 (Caldwell County) aren't even ranked in this week's poll.
▪ Cantrall's formula really likes Louisville Christian (2-1), ranked fourth in the AP poll. The Centurions bested Mayfield by nearly a point in his rating system. Another Class 2A team undervalued by voters but favored by Cantrall? Lloyd Memorial (2-1), which was unranked in the poll but rated eighth.
▪ Pulaski County still got respect from the numbers; the Maroons were rated No. 7 in Cantrall's Class 5A rankings.
▪ The team pollsters are giving more credit than the numbers do? Leslie County. The Eagles (3-0) received one first-place vote and were ranked eighth in Class 2A, but rated 15th overall in Class 2A on the Cantrall scale.


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You always hear that kids are doing it younger and younger these days. But nothing prepares you for that moment when your 3-year-old daughter announces that she has a boyfriend.
Skylar and Ike have known each other since infancy, when they shared a nanny, diapers, Goldfish crackers, and, apparently, a slowly building set of feelings for one another.
Skylar now says that she loves Ike. And I need to respect her feelings or risk causing a Romeo and Juliet situation.
Skylar and Ike get together every Friday, when Ike's dad is off work and Skylar and I come over because I am always off work. Last week, right after Yo Gabba Gabba, Ike made his intentions clear. He asked Skylar if she wanted to see his Spider-Man sheets, and boom, they spent nap time together. (He's real slick, that Ike.)
Don't get me wrong. Skylar could do worse. Ike seems to genuinely care for my daughter -- often even enough to share his prized toy fire engine. And he intends to be a superhero when he grows up, which I understand is lucrative.
However, this development throws a sizable wrench into my plans to raise my daughter as a lesbian. Also, to be honest, Ike is a little wild for my taste. Recently, we all visited the duck pond. While Skylar knelt down with me to feed some mallards, Ike spent his time sliding down a nearby hill headfirst into sharp rocks while pigeons attacked his bag of bread. I don't know the over-under on what adult behavior this predicts, but I suspect that motorcycles and tattoos will be involved.
When is it appropriate to let your daughter date?
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