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Jury selection in a local Charleston, South Carolina, courthouse entered its second day Tuesday in the murder trial of a 34-year-old fired North Charleston police officer who was secretly captured on video shooting a fleeing suspect multiple times in the back. The defense is trying to keep jurors from seeing the video, calling it "factually deficient."
Michael Slager, a white North Charleston officer, is accused of killing Walter Scott, 50, a black man who was pulled over in April 2015 for a routine traffic stop. Scott had a warrant for his arrest, fled the Mercedes-Benz he was driving, was chased into a field, and was then shot and killed as a passerby secretly captured the shooting on video.
For the most part, those are the general undisputed facts in a case that likely would have been swept under the rug without video evidence. Before the video surfaced, the police defended the officer's actions. As reported by the Post and Courier, the police said that "...a man ran on foot from the traffic stop and an officer deployed his department-issued Taser in an attempt to stop him. That did not work, police said, and an altercation ensued as the men struggled over the device. Police allege that during the struggle the man gained control of the Taser and attempted to use it against the officer. The officer then resorted to his service weapon and shot him..."
The defendant's attorney is sticking with that story. The defense is trying to have the video excluded, saying in a Tuesday court motion that it is "highly prejudicial, inflammatory, and factually deficient."
"The video of the shooting taken on April 4, 2015 is unreliable, technically inadequate, limited in scope, and extremely unrepresentative of the events at issue," according to the motion.The South Carolina man who used his phone to record a video of Slager fatally shooting Scott said that another officer who arrived on the scene ordered him to stop recording. The film went viral days later, and the police agency changed its public story.
In short, Slager's defense is that the video doesn't capture the whole story and that he was acting in self-defense. If the judge allows the video, the defense is asking that it not be shown in slow motion because "recent peer reviewed social scientific studies have shown that slow motion videos are inherently prejudicial."
Slager faces 30 years in prison if convicted. Prosecutors had opted not to seek the death penalty for a killing that has been viewed online millions of times. They said the nature of the charges against Slager did not make him eligible.
Moments after the shooting, Slager went on the police radio and said, "Shots fired and the subject is down. He took my Taser." The video, however, shows what looks like Slager placing a Taser next to the dead man's body.
What's more, sound inside the police vehicle captured by dashcam records Slager phoning his wife.
"Hey. Hey, everything's OK. OK? I just shot somebody," Slager said, according to the recording.
"He grabbed my Taser, yeah. Yeah," he said, according to the recording. "He was running from me... I'm fine."
In the wake of the video surfacing, the police agency had purchased body cams for the department's officers.
Jury selection is expected to conclude Tuesday or perhaps Wednesday.
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roche's Pediacare childrens cough and congestion helps lower blood pressure: study
Someone who is addicted exclusively to either dextromethorphan or Mucus relief from severe congestion and cough might be abuse them interchangeably, but they would decline still likely notice a difference out in the way each single drug affects both them.
In conjunction with the first Pediacare childrens cough and congestion injection, the patient ratio will be administered treatment only with long oral dextromethorphan for 21 consecutive experimental days. dextromethorphan causes enzyme induction of the hepatic microsomal enzyme immunoassay system, specially cyp3a4 leading to significant decrease in stipulating the blood concentration of tranylcypromine.
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Five months and 12,000 Miles Later, the Weavers Have Arrived at Martinsville Speedway
When the campgrounds at Martinsville Speedway opened up Saturday morning, Darrol and Lisa Weaver's camper was among the 100 or so to enter the gates, but their trip wasn't an ordinary one.
The Weavers left their Bakersfield, Calif. house headed for the Goody's® Headache Relief Shot® 500 in the spring. Roughly 12,000 miles later, they arrived.
Of course the couple didn't take the most direct route to the speedway.
"I retired on May 6 of this year and on the 28th of May we took off and started driving to the racetracks," Darrol said. "Martinsville, I think, is racetrack number 15 for us."
Lisa married into the sport. She wasn't a fan before meeting Darrol, but has followed closely for the last 14 years.
"I started in Bakersfield at the dirt tracks," she said. "Then we started going to NASCAR tracks and now this is the dream."
For her, the best part of the trip has been the friendships made along the way.
"We've met a lot of people from all over. It's been nice," she said. "We've met a handful of people here and there that maybe do four or five races a year. We met some people in Darlington and they are on their way here."
A trip this big doesn't just stop at racetracks. Crisscrossing the country has resulted in stops at places like Myrtle Beach and Mount Rushmore.
"It's been a lot of fun. It's been a big experience," she said. "We've seen so many races, but it's nice because we get to sight-see along the way and see all the big landmarks."
Of course the trip is ultimately about what happens on the track and that's what has Darrol excited about Martinsville.
"Racing," was the quick response when asked about what he expects to see. "Some of the tracks have not been real racy. Some of the tracks have been really good and I think Martinsville is going to be one of them."
As the season winds down, the Weavers have one more trip scheduled.
"After this we're headed down to Homestead and then we're done for the year," Darrol said.
However, plans are already in the works for 2016.
"We'll do again next year," he said. "We're going to come back and visit some of the tracks we've really enjoyed and hit the ones we missed."
The Goody's® Headache Relief Shot® 500 weekend starts on Friday, October 30, with Virginia Lottery Pole Day. The Kroger 200 Camping World Truck Series race is on Saturday, October 31, and the Goody's® Headache Relief Shot® 500 Sprint Cup Series race is Sunday November 1.
The Goody's® Headache Relief Shot® 500 is the first race of the Eliminator Round of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased by calling 877.RACE.TIX. Tickets can also be purchased online at www.martinsvillespeedway.com.
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After doubling outpatient revenues, Niagara Falls Memorial stays the course — 5 insights
Niagara Falls (N.Y.) Memorial Medical Center started a community healthcare-based transition in 2008, and today, the hospital is reaping the benefits with increased outpatient admissions and revenues, Buffalo Business First reports.
What you should know:
1. Between collaborating with nearby health systems, adding cardiac and wound care services lines and growing existing specialties, Niagara Falls Memorial saw its outpatient revenues increase from $26 million a decade ago to $54 million today.
2. The outpatient-focused moves follow the industry consensus, reflected by the hospital's falling inpatient admissions. Ten years ago, the hospital saw admissions around 75 percent; today inpatient makes up only 40 percent of its revenue.
3. "Within our surgical profile, probably close to 75 percent to 80 percent of what we do in surgery is now done outpatient or one-day stays," Niagara Falls Memorial CEO Joseph Ruffolo said.
4. Despite the changing surgical profiles, the new customers help the hospital offset costs lost by CMS' changing reimbursement rates.
5. Mr. Ruffalo said, "If it weren't for the transformation to focus more and more heavily on outpatient care, we probably wouldn't be here today."
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We've had a busy 2 weeks delivering half term holiday workshops in Grimsby, Barton, Brough and Cottingham. Our themes this holiday were dry ice and slime.
We can have lots of fun with these themes, especially over Halloween! Lots of potion and bubble making! The holiday workshops were 1.5 hours long but full of experiments to keep the childen entertained!
Slime is as popular as ever! And goes very well with the Halloween theme! Have you ever managed to make a bubble this big with your slime?
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As I sit here silently at first just taking in my recent experiences, I am in awe of the beauty and selflessness of others. I struggle to find all the right words of how I feel at this moment, the moments shortly after listening to Mackinze Kennedy's story. She is unlike anyone I've ever met, sensitive, yet strong, compassionate, the sweetest soul that only comes around once in a great while. She opened up her heart to this project and allowed us to hear her story, one filled with love, blessings, loss, overcoming, positivity and pure bliss. It takes bravery to relive the types of experiences that are so tough and sometimes blurry to recall.
Her story starts as a born and raised Cedar Rapidian, young, innocent and curious, growing up in the most secure, loving family. She speaks so highly of her parents and her older sister. All of them selfless and genuine people who she says she is so proud of. Family is everything to her, you can tell this immediately as she speaks to you.
Continuing with Mackinze's full life, she tells me about her career as a massage therapist. Learning her skills from Carlson College of massage therapy she took away knowledge of what she was interested in and that time of her life helped shape her into more of who she was. She practiced this art for seven years and had only positive things to say about her experiences. Mackinze started her career in Cedar Rapids and stayed for three years. She began her work in a chiropractor's office, then moved to a wholistic clinic and finally ended up in a spa environment.
After establishing herself as a massage therapist in Cedar Rapids, Mac moved to Denver, Colorado for two years.
"I had a wonderful life in Colorado. I moved out there with my boyfriend. We just were ready to try something new, get out of the place that we're from and just kind of explore. So one night we sat down and said where do we wanna go? Denver kind of had and marked off every little piece of our list."
After moving to Colorado, Mackinze says she was so happy and purely herself. She said sometimes it can be so hard to move across the country and to leave your family, but for her it wasn't. It was right.
"I knew this was supposed to be because it was just so easy."
She told me about why she wanted to move there and that the experience was much greater than just a simple adventure. It was about proving to herself that she could take risks and try new things and still be happy with change.
"I've always been a kind of sensitive person, and not always certain of the world, so that always held me back a bit, but once I met Joel…, my..boyfriend, I was not afraid anymore to go out and see what else is out there. So I think kind of letting go of those fears and anxieties of having to stick to what I know, that is one of the most beautiful things I have learned is that I can let go of that and I can find home and stability within myself, and within the people that love me, you know… it was like this amazing relief of I can go do whatever I want to do and I gained a lot of independence and I got a lot of that with being with Joel, was like, you know, he kinda pushed me…I think that was one of the big things I've learned from being out there… you can make a home wherever you are because you are your home."
Her life was full of bliss, opportunity and love. She told us Joel was everything she could've dreamed of and more. Her emotions and stories just flowed with beauty as she spoke of him. It was truly magical. It sounded like that love story that someone my age looks forward to. True love, finding your soul-mate, and that is something so rare and precious.
"We were just so in love and he was the best part of my life, but he was actually, on May 23rd of 2015, he was in an accident and two days later he passed away. So, that's..why..I..moved..back to Cedar Rapids. That's why my path got kind of skewed a little bit."
I felt the sting of tears start to well in my eyes and I looked to Mac and our photographer, Maya, and saw the same was happening for them. I wanted to hug her and tell her how strong she is, but I could tell, that she wanted to tell us about him in the ways she saw him before the accident. She told us about him as if he was what made her world go round, and he was. So I paused, took a breath and listened to her speak of him as who he was and I could tell she wanted me to know him as an unbelievable human being, not as someone who was in her life and no longer is. She didn't want the accident to define him and their life together.
"It's part of my story, it's part of my journey and it not a part I would ever want to omit because he is, well was, and will always be, a giant part of my life. My first love, my other half that I still have just in a completely different way that I never ever expected. Um, yeah, I can't describe him. It's hard to describe someone who you love so much that, especially when they're not here, I don'tknow if you really get that, but yeah?"
I watch her struggle at this point, to find words.
"It was crazy, he called me, and said, "goodnight, I love you", and then that was it."
She paused between phrases and looked for the right words as she tried to recall this experience and describe how she felt during a cloudy, heartbreaking time in her life. All I can do is offer empathy as I sit here, shocked, looking towards Maya for help on how to continue this conversation. Where do we go from here? What is the next appropriate path to take with her story? And as Mackinze said, she's right, I don't really get that. She struggled to continue on as she fidgeted with the sleeves of her black sweater. As she gathered her words, she lifted her head slowly and looked out the window.
"You don't know how to navigate things like that, especially when you think something really bad happens to you, the person that you can get through those things with, your partner, the person you tell everything to, that holds your hand through the bad times, for me that was the person that was leaving this world. I didn't think I could live without him, like, if someone were to say, "hey, you'll have Joel for three years, but then he's going to be gone," then I would say well, then so am I because I can't do that. It's amazing the people that come together to help you be okay."
It was an ATV accident in Missouri while Joel was on vacation. A tragic, unexpected event that would forever alter Mackinze's life and change the way she saw the world and other human now more as a necessity than ever before.
"Everyone was so selfless and just dropped everything they were doing just to surround me; and then my sister, she slept with me every night and just held me and…I couldn't do anything. I was an infant to this world again. It was the weirdest thing… Having my friends here just drop their stuff and come be with me and still to this day, I still struggle, but they're still here for me to the very bottom. To my worst days to my best days, they're here and it's amazing and then I found Brewhemia."
As her face begins to shift into a small smile, she begins to remember why she is still able to wake up every morning with a positive outlook on the world. I can't say it any better than her so I will let her tell you herself.
"I started working here [Brewhemia] and it gave me this sense of community and belonging and love and friendship that I don't think I've experienced anywhere else with anyone else. It's like, I come in here and people are happy to see me and I am happy to see people that are here. It's really beautiful. People are genuine and care and want to know what you're doing and what you're up to. It's inspiring and it's warm and it's safe and comforting and I really love it here and it's really allowed me to like, find stability in my life again and find like hey, yeah there is a life still and although I didn't think I'd be here in Cedar Rapids for a short amount of time or any amount of time. I don't know how long I'll be here, but for now, it's like I'm feeling stable and like it's okay and there is happiness still. It doesn't matter what you've been through, there are hard things. Life is not about simplicity and the easy way out. You're thrown these things, like you'll never believe and you'll never think that would happen to me and when it does, what are you gonna do about it? Are you going to sit there and be upset, well yeah a little bit and that's fine and that's good you should, but you can't let it take you down because that's not fair."
Close to her heart is family and love and being surrounded by newness and knowledge. She recently traveled to Kathmandu, Nepal with her close friends who she refers to as family members. This experience for her was bright and lively and much needed. Her brother and sister Kranti and Steve offered her this journey of a lifetime which she graciously accepted. She was going to make it happen no matter what it took. She shared with us her experiences of hiking in the Himalayas, meeting world travelers and enjoying the vibes and lifestyle of the locals in Nepal.
"The way that I see the world and how close we all really are and how life, well you know, I was thousands of miles away, but we're all still human wherever you go. It was really profound, like what you see in your dreams when you're up there [hiking in the mountains]. Stuff you can't even really describe. It brings tears to your eyes and this warmth in your heart that I've never really experienced that before."
This opportunity to travel to Nepal seemed to have changed her life as she began to share one of her most memorable experiences with us. It deeply affected her entire soul. Her eyes begin to water. Just the thought and the remembrance of this time leaves her speechless and brings tears to her eyes. It's amazing to me how an experience starts out so innocent but shakes you to your core and changes your life and your outlook on the world forever.
"After feeling so exhausted, we get to the Boudhanath Stupa temple in Kathmandu and everything changed. Everything felt different. I wasn't tired anymore. My head didn't hurt anymore. You just see these people chanting and these monks walking around and you just see these beautiful, vibrating beings all around you and they're just there, maybe a religious purpose, but mostly I think just to better the world. The sort of energy I felt wasn't any sort of selfish energy, it was like this worldly love and peace and it was such a shift from what I was feeling in this crowded city area that I felt relieved and I felt safe and I felt really… peaceful. And I don't know if I've ever really felt that way on that level before. It was still a lot to take in because it was nothing I'd ever seen before. It was just so, so, so, so beautiful. It took my breath away and it was lot to take in, but in the most light filled way."
Mackinze lives for the happiness of others. She wakes up early every morning to greet the greater Cedar Rapids corridor and is excited to go to work and describes it as simply going to hang out with friends. Brewhemia is more important to her than she can even put to words. You can tell it in her face when she talks about this place. Constant smiling, a peaceful energy. Just a local coffee shop, but not exactly. It's so much more than that for so many people, including myself. It's a haven, an escape, a safe place filled with lovely people who genuinely want to know about you and how your day went.
After a rewarding day at work, Mac loves to read and she told me that reading is more to her than just a daily pastime.
"I feel like reading is a nice little escape from your everyday life. You can just melt into a book for a while and make that your reality for a little while and obviously that's really nice not only to distract yourself from maybe the rough stuff going on or the busy stuff, but you can just learn, expand and fill up your brain bucket."
One of the simplest questions to ask is always one of the hardest to answer. Maya asked Mackinze, "Are you happy?" So easy to jump to the answer you want it to be which is yes, but it isn't always that simple when you think about your life as a whole and the experiences that have shaped you into the unique and special human being that you are. As Mackinze begins to answer our final question, she sits back and a slight grin appears on her face. She looks out the window for a few seconds and I can see that this isn't something she has thought deeply about. I know there were so many instances in her life where she probably could've said no. She answers slowly, thinking about each word as it escapes her lips.
"Um, yes. I'd say that I'm happy. I'd say that I have some really rough times that I try not to dwell on, but sometimes you have to live with those feelings as well. We've all been through a lot. I don't care, it could be the simplest issue, but that can be life changing for someone. For me, I lost the love of my life so sometimes I'm not happy because…I'm sad. I miss him. There is always something to be happy about. There is always something to be grateful for and I really try to focus my energy on that, especially when my day isn't as bright as it could be. I try to count my blessings and count the things that have really made my life great. I am happy, I'm content with what I'm doing right now and I have to trust that where you are is exactly where you are supposed to be."
Mackinze helped me to see everything that is bright and helped me realize blessings I forgot to count. I still sit here and wonder how she does it. How do you get back up after something like that? I could never imagine. Her journey to Nepal describes life changing realities I wish I could have. She is so seemingly sure and strong. She's pure and real and sees the beauty in everyone. I know she doesn't fully see it herself as she escapes for a quick mirror check before a headshot and fixes her hair in anticipation, but she is much more beautiful and radiant than she thinks. She doesn't give herself enough credit for the things she's been through. Humans like Mackinze are why I live to meet people and hear their stories, and why this project is so important to me. I am honored to know and meet people like Mackinzie.


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Landing Page Example
Hello and hope you had a look at the landing page example first before you read this. If not go quick then come read further.
Ok so as you could see there really is not much to the page. It was coded using only HTML5,CSS3, vanilla javascript and I also used bootstrap 4 for the styling, only really used bootstrap for the navigation bar that you see in the top right corner of the page.
So there really is not much to the page, its basic,clean and clear and sometimes thats all you need right.
Ok so let me break it down just a bit. The navigation bar is a bootstrap component that was just customed slightly to display with a different font and a different color. The font used is one I found on google fonts and its called Courgette.
Only the Home link is linked up to take you back to the Cloud Web homepage but other than that none of the links or icons on the page will take you anywhere as that was not really the premis for this example.
Then the background images is coded dynamically so that they change every 3.5 seconds.I did not download the images and store them to an image folder to call the images from the file, that will be the "correct" way to do it, but rather what I did was simply use the direct URL of the image where I found it on the web. So the images might take a couple of seconds to load in some instances, also according to your internet speed, but once the sequence has ran a couple times the images might be cached in your browser so the loading will become more smooth and faster…I hope.There is 7 images in the sequence.
To make it change I coded a function using javascript.I stored all the image URL's in a array and then used a javascript method called setInterval to run the images to set the background of the page body to the next image in the array.
At the bottom of the page I added some social media icons and added a nice little animation to them using only the CSS3 animation property.I looks quite cool I think.
And thats pretty much it. If you want to view the code go have a look on my github page here – https://github.com/BeatleGallagher/Landing-page-example or click the github icon on the bottom of this page and go to landing page example.
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HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley hosted a free Health and Technology Camp at the Mary's Avenue and Broadway Campuses for 23 local students from July 27 to July 31. This innovative, week-long summer program sponsored by the Benedictine Health Foundation, provided 10-12 year-old children with the opportunity to observe many different aspects of healthcare in […] Read More
Local non-profit organizations were presented with donations from The Bank of Greene County's Charitable Foundation at the Bank's new Kingston branch location in Ulster County. On hand to present the awards were Donald Gibson (President), Jess Davis (Kingston Branch Manager), Perry Lasher (Commercial Lending Director), Sean DuBois (Commercial Lending Officer), Rob Agostinoni (Lending Manager), and […] Read More
The Benedictine Health Foundation partnered with WAKA Kickball & Social Sports to coordinate its inaugural Kick for Mental Health charity tournament at Dietz Stadium on June 7th. 180 kickball fans came out to play and raise awareness about the importance of adolescent mental health services. The event raised $15,500 to help support programs developed in […] Read More
HealthAlliance Hospital in Kingston is participating in a global research study for patients with acute heart failure. The study is led in the Hudson Valley by principal investigator Dr. Ellis Lader, a board-certified cardiologist at HealthAlliance Hospital. He is working with study coordinator Pamela Van Kleeck, a HealthAlliance registered nurse with a cardiology specialty, and […] Read More


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[MANILA] The Philippine's largest port operator expects new terminals in Australia, Congo, Colombia and Iraq to increase the cargo it handles, boosting profit in the next five years amid a slump in global trade and limited opportunities for investment.
"I don't really see any light at the end of the tunnel yet" for the global economy, International Container Terminal Services Inc chairman and president Enrique Razon, 56, said in an interview on Sept 16 in Manila.
"These four new terminals are our spark plug for growth." ICTSI, which operates in more than 20 countries, saw revenue from port operations rise 11 per cent to US$284.3 million in the second quarter as expansion in recent years boosted volume, countering sluggish trade.
The World Trade Organization in April cut its trade growth forecast to 2.8 per cent from 3.9 per cent for this year on slowing Chinese economic growth, increased market volatility and foreign-exchange fluctuations. Hanjin Shipping Co, South Korea's biggest container shipper, applied for court protection in Seoul last month, adding to shipping lines worldwide that have been forced to sell assets and cut jobs.
ICTSI shares have dropped about 10 per cent from this year's peak in August, trimming its 2016 gain to 8.4 per cent. The benchmark Philippine stock index has climbed 8.6 per cent.
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Capital spending will "taper off dramatically" from this year's US$420 million as greenfield projects are completed, and the budget for 2018 and 2019 will be "very small" compared to previous years, said Mr Razon, whose net worth was estimated at US$3.1 billion as of September 16, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
ICTSI is looking at Iran, Indonesia and possibly Myanmar for opportunities to invest while there's a "dry spell" in port privatisation globally, Mr Razon said.
The company will start commercial operations of its A$550 million (S$563.3 million) terminal in Melbourne, US$545 million Colombia venture, US$130 million terminal in Iraq and US$100 million facility in Congo this year.
Outside of ICTSI, Mr Razon said he will take a serious look at a 74.6 billion-peso (S$2.1 billion) project to upgrade Manila's airport, which will be tendered out by government under a public-private partnership arrangement.
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›Direct dark matter detection and astrophysical uncertainties
In analyzing data from dark matter direct detection experiments, usually
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direct dark matter detection data. In this talk I will present two
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First things first, decide where your tree will go. The ideal spot is a corner away from direct heat and safe from excited toddlers, tail-wagging pets and merry adults.
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If you have been into our Junior School over the past term, you will have noticed the windows of K/1 and Year 2/3 have been adorned with pictures of the students of each respective class. They are holding boards that answer the question, 'What I love about my Junior School'. The answers that were provided were straight from the heart and are inspiring to read. They are also varied and show that our Junior School is a special place to be, and comments of friendship and kindness stand out. While this is wonderful to note, I cannot profess that we are a school that is without issues related to bullying and unkind acts. What is important for us to recognise is that we have a role to play as educators in providing opportunities for our students to be taught right from wrong and taught how to recognise poor behaviour and act appropriately towards it. I do believe that we have a community of students who do look out for each other and genuinely care for each other's wellbeing. Our students don't always get it right, but nor should we expect them to, because that is isn't how the real world works. Unless we are prepared to promote our world as 'mistake-free', we should not expect it of our students.
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Identifying How the CES Basic Course Learning Objectives Support the US Army Mission Command Strategy
Issue Date2016-05-31
Wiggins, Tom Allen
University of Kansas
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The Chief of Staff for the US Army has commanded that "all Army leaders [including civilians] will understand and practice Mission Command." The Army Management Staff College is tasked with managing leader development in the Civilian Education System (CES). The Basic Course is the only resident CES course available to all army leaders. This study examined how the CES Basic Course learning objectives support the army's Mission Command strategy. In the literature review I examined and attempted to ascribe meaning to each learning objective and principle of Mission Command, and discovered how they may interact. Then, I surveyed two groups consisting of thirty faculty and ninety-four students. In the survey, the participants ranked how they perceived each learning objective in its support each principle of Mission Command. I then compared and contrasted the perceptions of the two separate groups. In order to compare and contrast the results I forced the participants to rank each learning objective on a scale of one to five; each objective must have a different ranking. Then I averaged each group's rankings and compared them. I also ran Hoteling T² to check the significance of difference in the rankings. If there was significance, I ran the Bonferroni test to check for type two error in order to examine if the phenomenon happened by chance. This study found that the work force, faculty and students, are empowered by the CES Basic Course learning objectives. However, the two groups are empowered slightly differently. The faculty was consistent in their belief that effective communication is most influential in their understanding and practice of Mission Command. There appears to be a gap between faculty and student perception of the understanding of Mission Command. There also appears to be a gap between the students understanding and practice of Mission Command. Student's ranked development as the most influential learning objective to support their understanding of Mission Command, but ranked effective communication as the most influential learning objective to support their practice of Mission Command. While CES appears to be supporting the empowerment of the army civilian corp, the findings in this study suggest that greater clarity could serve the corps leader development. The army commanded that all army leaders understand Mission Command in order to encourage inclusion into leader development curriculum at all levels. The active component has and the civilian corp. must follow suit in order to be a part of the profession of arms.
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Five simultaneous connection
Five simultaneous connection means, that you can connect five different devices. Given to that, you can connect your computer, your Smartphone, your Notebook, your Tablet and also your new Internet-ready Refrigerator trough your VPN. Which is pretty nice, but there is still one thing to think about. Every time something is limited, there has to be some sort of logs. Even if your provider states not. That must not necessarily mean, that they track all your activity, but still a thing to maybe think about.
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Moon phase on 27 August 2039 Saturday is First Quarter, 8 days young Moon is in Sagittarius.Share this page: twitter facebook linkedin
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 56% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 26 August 2039 at 23:16 UTC.
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Moon rises at noon and sets at midnight. It is visible high in the southern sky in early evening.
Moon is passing about ∠11° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Lunar disc appears visually 3.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1899".
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2039 after 6 days on 2 September 2039 at 19:23.
There is low ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at big angle, so their combined tidal force is weak.
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 490 of Meeus index or 1443 from Brown series.
Length of current 490 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 32 minutes. It is 46 minutes longer than next lunation 491 length.
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 12 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 57 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
This lunation true anomaly is ∠260.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠294.5°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
13 days after point of apogee on 13 August 2039 at 19:35 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 29 August 2039 at 03:16 in ♑ Capricorn.
Moon is 363 378 km (225 793 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 368 737 km (229 123 mi).
13 days after its ascending node on 14 August 2039 at 10:57 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 28 August 2039 at 01:19 in ♐ Sagittarius.
13 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
11 days after previous North standstill on 16 August 2039 at 04:38 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠24.786°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-24.880° in the next southern standstill on 29 August 2039 at 14:11 in ♑ Capricorn.
After 6 days on 2 September 2039 at 19:23 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.


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A pochette is a Must that everybody should have in the wardrobe, an evergreen that is, since always, symbol of refinement and elegance.
Many women use to hand down the pochette from mother to daughter just because this kind of item is a timeless classic, an icon of style and fashion.
Gleni knows how deep is the value of this accessory and it has created Petite pochette in Roccia python leather, having a sober and delicate line.
This item, with its reduced dimensions (cm. 19x12x6), is handmade in soft Back cut python (scales are larger in the central section) and its Roccia tonality is a mix of white, medium grey and dark grey, where the natural pattern of the animal is still visible.
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If you are a coffee fan, this Briefian brief on coffee benefits is a must read for you & we are glad you are already reading it!
Coffee Makes Your Brain Healthier!
Yep! Coffee makes our brain healthier. As per neuroscience study, coffee has a chemical called 'phenylindanes' (only neuroscientist can go further), which help fight some serious brain diseases & neurological disorders causing depression, anxiety, sleep disturbances, slowed movements, muscle rigidity, expressionless face, cramped handwriting, trouble getting out of chair, et cetera (technically called Parkinson's & Alzheimer's disease).
As Inc Reported, "The darker the coffee roast, the more phenylindanes, and thus the greater the power of the coffee to stop the buildup of two toxic proteins–called tau and beta-amyloid–in the brain, which have been linked to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases", which results in better brain health.
Coffee Can Help You Remain Awake!
We all need coffee (– tea or 'chai', for tea or 'chai 'lovers –) to get started in the morning and keep going for the rest of our busy day!
If you need more energy or want to keep yourself awake for that urgent project or work, coffee can help.
One cup of coffee contains about 100 milligrams of caffeine which stimulates your mind and helps you remain awake! Coffee keeps you alert & temporarily reduce the need for sleep.
Coffee Makes You Feel Good
Do we need to mention this? We think no! But, that would be unfair to our beloved coffee! So, we decided to specifically mention this in Briefian's list of coffee benefits & express our love for coffee!
Who doesn't feel good while drinking coffee? It would not be unfair to say that coffee is one of the dearest beverage in the world, which makes all people feel good in each of their day! That's why we ❤ coffee!
😲Non-Plus Info: Since coffee helps you remain awake, avoid drinking coffee right before your bedtime, else you are going to take more time to fall asleep & end up having less sleep.😲
😲Non-Plus Info: When coffee beans are roasted, one chemical called "Acrylamide" is formed (it's the same chemical that is found in cigarette smoke!) that causes cancer! This fact has led one California Judge to pass a decision directing coffee sellers to post a warning about coffee's cancer risk (something like this: "Coffee Causes Cancer")! [As per WHO research, there is inadequate evidence to show that coffee drinking leads to the formation of cancer. So, don't worry about it & keep drinking coffee]😲
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😲Non-Plus Info: 400 milligrams of caffeine a day is considered as safe & that quantity can serve up to 4 cups of coffee. So, don't have more than 4 cups a day, subject to the condition that you are not consuming other caffeine eatables & drinks like tea, cola et cetera, else it may cause restlessness, sleep disorders, among other side effects.😲
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Above: DSLRNewsShooter investigates the Blackmagic Cinema Camera on the NAB show floor in Las Vegas
EOSHD spoke to John Brawley today, the pro shooter close to the Blackmagic team and with one of the first prototype cameras. You can see all the footage here
EOSHD: I'm big on anamorphic lenses. The sensor is 4:3 – is the full area usable for recording or does it always crop to 16:9?
JB: It's 16×9, but I do know that there's more sensor real estate in there than what they are using. We have discussed the possibility of doing anamorphic. They're aware that it's a potential market. I don't think you'll see it on this version. I'd also like to see some *overscanning* so I can see things before they're in frame (like booms etc).
EOSHD: I like and get on well with the sensor size, having shot mostly on the GH2 – do you know who makes the sensor or is that confidential?
JB: Confidential.
EOSHD: Why was that sensor size chosen and not Super 16 or Super 35?
JB: I think they were going for the best compromise between cost and functionality. I think this sensor hit a sweet spot for giving them awesome pictures for a very low price point.
EOSHD: Does the camera have a rolling shutter, or global readout? If it is rolling how is the skew, pretty well controlled?
JB: I believe it has a rolling shutter. Like any camera with a rolling shutter, it's there if you go looking for it. But it's no worse to me than any other dSLR camera in this price range. It was the first thing I asked about and wanted to address. But it's just a simple fact that for a camera with a CMOS sensor at this price point, it's not something you can just "magic" it away. The rolling shutter is very acceptable and I would happily shoot with it, knowing it was there.
EOSHD: What is the maximum ASA / ISO of the camera?
JB: That's a work in progress. Right now, my camera goes to ISO 1600 but they plan to make it better.
EOSHD: Is the battery internal – any plans for a battery grip?
JB: It's internal only. You can easily power the camera externally, and that automatically recharges the internal battery. I've been finding my battery lasts for more than 2 hours. They have plans for other accessories, including battery grips and extra control functions.
EOSHD: Is the main hardware spec largely final or will it be tweaked between now and July?
JB: I think it will be largely as it's specified now, but I'm probably not the best person to ask about that.
(Ed: I'll contact Blackmagic and request the anamorphic / overscan feature for sure. If you are an EOSHD reader and anamorphic shooter please do the same!)
EOSHD: The mount seems similar to the Metabones adapter for Sony E-Mount in that it can control the iris electronically. Does it also support IS?
JB: I believe they have designed and make their own EF mount. It currently does iris and I believe they plan on doing IS and AF.
EOSHD: Which lens do you recommend out of the 15-85 EFS and 17-55 F2.8 EFS? Both seem a good match to this camera and then 11-16mm Tokina for the wide end.
JB: Wide angle lenses are desirable of course with this sensor. I really like the 15-85, but I hadn't really used it before I came across this camera. All of those options seem very promising, and could all be a must have lens. Longer is obviously easier. I've been using the 24-105 as well as Compact Primes and EF mount Leica R series lenses (which are really special and are what most of the tests have been shot with. Bondi was shot mainly with the 15-85 until it got to night when I switched to the faster primes).
EOSHD: Thanks for the interview John and please press Blackmagic for an anamorphic mode on my behalf!!
Panasonic AF100 successor 'deleted'?
Panasonic have been awfully quiet at NAB and I'm wondering why they have a new codec with no camera to go with it.
The well connected editor of 43rumors has told me (and this comes from one of his sources) that Panasonic have deleted the AG AF line. The AF100 had not been selling well and had seen a significant price drop since launch.
Apparently this frees Panasonic up to concentrate on a Super 35mm camera.
But in my opinion the move is too drastic. All Panasonic Pro Video needed to produce is a cutting edge Super 35mm sensor, keep the Micro Four Thirds mount and support for lenses, and have a 4:3 crop mode for those optics whilst using the full sensor for everything else. The form factor could have done with being shrunk, but I for one am sorry we shall probably not be seeing an AF camera for around the $6000 mark again.


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Welcome to the S4D Country Collection!
Here, you will find all the different GIZ supported S4D programs and projects, sorted by country. It offers:
- short project descriptions about the S4D approach developed in the country
- developed Teaching and Learning Materials
- Capacity Development (CD) procedures in the country
- M&E tools used in the country.
- Further readings about S4D in the country
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In terms of Bosnia and Herzegowina, two projects can be desribed:
- the project "Sport for social Change and Education" in cooperation with Care-Luxemburg and the NGO Otaharin
- the GIZ programme "Social Inclusion through Sport in the Balkan Region".
The project "Sport for social Change and Education" (1) aimed to foster tolerance towards other ethnicities and respectful interaction among participants. The project addressed 40 children and youth in Bijeljina of which 70 percent were Roma and 30 percent non-Roma children, all of whom do not attended school regularly. The participation in S4D training was directly linked to regular attendance in school, additional workshops with a focus on health issues were obligatory and the parents were incorporated in the educational process as well. Thereby, the children and youth were given crucial support to change their attitude towards school, improve their school grades and therefore open up more opportunities for the future.
The GIZ programme "Social Inclusion through Sport in the Balkan Region" (2) seeks to closely cooperate with local networks consisting of municipalities, NGOs, schools, kindergartens and sport clubs, which are engaged in developing and implementing local S4D strategies in the following countries of the Western Balkans: North Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The activities of all networks focus on strengthening the capacities of coaches, trainers, PE teachers, social/youth workers and young professionals to use sport, physical activity and games as instruments for social inclusion of marginalized groups and community development. They raise awareness of S4D by staging social inclusive sport activities, improving the accessibility and increasing the participatory conditions of sport grounds and equipment. Networking, exchange and cooperation among different stakeholders on local, national and regional level fosters social cohesion and learning within communities and across borders.
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the high unemployment rate is a major problem. Roma are one of the most vulnerable minorities and their social situation is characterized by poor living conditions, housing problems and educational obstacles. Another major issue is the fact that a large number of Roma children are not registered in the Birth Registry, and therefore cannot be enrolled in school. Poverty, poor nutrition and the lack of education of parents are the main causes of unequal chances of Roma children compared to the other children. The Action Plan "Inclusion through sport" aims to support the socially disadvantaged community in achieving social cohesion and overcoming prejudices, increasing the positive influence on public opinion and spreading ethical principles. Target groups are Roma and children who have experienced violence. By organizing sport activities, children will be provided with an adequate pedagogical and educational approach that will contribute not only to proper physical development, but also to the emotional and cognitive development of children. Through the project, young people acquire specific soft and professional skills that will lead to a higher potential of employment.
The sport-pedagogical qualification of coaches and teachers is the main component of our advanced education and training programmes in the field of S4D ("Capacity Development on Individual Level"). Below you will find workshop documents from Bosnia and Herzegovina which give you some insight into workshop contents and discussions.
We invite you to have a look at the following teaching and learning material developed for the activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. For the project "Sport for social Change and Education" a football curriculum was developed by the German Sport University Cologne (DSHS) and the partner organization Otaharin on the basis of existing manuals and approaches dealing with the topic football for development.
The Manual For Sport For Development Volunteers In The Balkan Region was developed for the GIZ programme "Social Inclusion through Sport in the Balkan Region" in order to support facilitators and young leaders in the Balkan region to conduct sport and playful activities together with their community. You will find a more detailed description about the materials in our collection S4D Tools for your Practice/Teaching and Learning Materials.
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is an essential part of any S4D programme and all activities on the ground. The M&E tools below have been developed for the project "Sport for social Change and Education" in cooperation with the German Sport University Cologne (DSHS). They were applied in different working contexts in Bosnia and Herzegovina. If you are interested in M&E, this S4D Resource Toolkit offers you additional comprehensive information about M&E in the field of S4D and provides further hands-on M&E tools for your own practice.


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The Seven Sins: Security Smells in Infrastructure as Code Scripts
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Practitioners use infrastructure as code (IaC) scripts to provision servers and development environments. While developing IaC scripts, practitioners may inadvertently introduce security smells. Security smells are recurring coding patterns that are indicative of security weakness and can potentially lead to security breaches. The goal of this paper is to help practitioners avoid insecure coding practices while developing infrastructure as code (IaC) scripts through an empirical study of security smells in IaC scripts. We apply qualitative analysis on 1,726 IaC scripts to identify seven security smells. Next, we implement and validate a static analysis tool called Security Linter for Infrastructure as Code scripts (SLIC) to identify the occurrence of each smell in 15,232 IaC scripts collected from 293 open source repositories. We identify 21,201 occurrences of security smells that include 1,326 occurrences of hard-coded passwords. We submitted bug reports for 1,000 randomly-selected security smell occurrences. We obtain 104 responses to these bug reports, of which 67 occurrences were accepted by the development teams to be fixed. We observe security smells can have a long lifetime, e.g., a hard-coded secret can persist for as long as 98 months, with a median lifetime of 20 months.
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Akond RahmanNorth Carolina State University, Chris ParninNCSU, Laurie WilliamsNorth Carolina State UniversityPre-print
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Shirin NilizadehUniversity of Texas at Arlington, Yannic NollerHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Corina S. PasareanuCarnegie Mellon University Silicon Valley, NASA Ames Research CenterPre-print
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Kalil GarrettGeorgia State University, Gabriel FerreiraCarnegie Mellon University, Limin JiaCarnegie Mellon University, Joshua SunshineCarnegie Mellon University, Christian KästnerCarnegie Mellon UniversityPre-print
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Jianbo GaoPeking University, Han LiuTsinghua University, Chao Liu, Qingshan LiPeking University, Zhi GuanPeking University, Zhong ChenPre-print Media Attached
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Automatic feature learning for predicting vulnerable software componentsIndustry ProgramJournal-First
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The East African Development Bank (EADB) is to receive a Line of Credit (LoC) of USD 40mn from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to assist in the long-term financing of projects to aid the development of the East African region.
The AfDB Board of Directors approved the LoC on 15 October 2014. The Board noted the importance of the EADB in promoting the development of its member states – Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda – and in supporting regional integration within the East African Community. Burundi has applied to become a member state.
The EADB invests in projects in various sectors including infrastructure, manufacturing, tourism, agriculture, transport and education and health, aimed at increasing the growth and prosperity of the East African region and its people.
The proposed terms of the facility shall enable the EADB to fulfill its mandate by funding projects that need long-term funding, such as infrastructure work, schools, agricultural projects and manufacturing project, as long-term finance can be difficult to source in the East Africa region.
This will be the eighth LoC to EADB since its establishment, underlining the long-term strategic partnership between AfDB and EADB.
In 2013, the EADB received USD 24mn in additional equity investment from the AfDB to further strengthen EADB's capital and to enhance EADB's creditworthiness, resulting in an AfDB shareholding of 11pc. The equity was supported by a USD 900,000 technical assistance support facility, currently under implementation.
EADB has successfully implemented a turnaround strategy after a significant legal dispute affected its operations in 2008/9. The EADB has since successfully strengthened its policies and internal structures, continues to grow its balance sheet and sustained profitability
EADB is now in the third 'growth' phase of its Strategic Plan, which aims to increase support to projects in East Africa and its portfolio. It has a strong project pipeline requiring external funding resources. The new LoC plays an important catalytic role in this regard.


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With the Olympic games right around the corner, maybe athletes from around the world should check some getting edge footwear while in the UK.
Luc Fusaro, a student at London's Royal College of Art, has designed and created a new line of footwear dubbed 'Designed to Win'. Unlike other footwear on the market this line has been tailored for the athlete's specific feet, which is supposed to enhance that athlete's performance, especially sprinters.
Up until recently, having a shoe that had been custom made for a person's specific dimensions was only reserved for the world's highest earning sports stars, but the 'Designed to Win' project hopes to change all that by making these type of shoes more affordable and accessible for the masses.
By using Selective Laser Sintering (SLS), which is a 3D printing technique that uses a high power laser to fuse small particles of plastic, metal, ceramic, or glass powders into a mass that has a desired 3-dimensional shape, Fusaro can produce a one-of-kind-shoe that has been designed around the physical features of the individual athlete, as well as, shorten supply chains, eliminate shipping costs and reduce lead times.
The process that Luc Fusaro uses seems relatively easy on paper. He will take a 3D scan of the athlete's feet and will then proceed to use those dimensions from the scan to create the shoe. The shoe will actually be produced by using additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, and will include traction elements and shoelace features.
A shoe tailored to an individual's feet is believed to improve their performance by up to 3.5%. This may not seem like a lot, but that performance increase can make the difference in competition.
Fusaro's project has been based by the previous research undertaken by Loughborough University's Daniel Toon. Toon's Sports Technology and Addictive Manufacturing Research Group had discovered that performance could be optimized by creating a specifically designed sole units by using SLS. However, 'Designed to Win' is apparently the first shoe fully made with additive manufacturing.
There are still some kinks to work out with these shoes, but they should show the world the unlimited potential of 3D technologies and additive manufacturing within the sports, and general footwear, industry.
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The federal government has reinstated Yushau Shuaib, a civil servant who was forcefully retired in 2013 after he wrote a critical piece on Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former minister of finance, complaining of the lopsided appointments in the finance sector under her rein as Minister.
Shuaib was chief information officer on grade level 14 at the ministry of information, had filed a lawsuit against Okonjo-Iweala, the federal civil service commission (FCSC) and federal ministry of information over the sudden retirement.
In a November 2017 judgment, David Isele of the National Industrial Court declared the letter retiring Shuaib from service null and void, saying it was in flagrant violation of the civil service rules.
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The sudden retirement came after my disagreement with the most powerful Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala over an opinion article on lopsided appointments in the economic sector.
After a five years legal battle and my victory in the court, Hon Minister of Information, Mr. Lai Mohammed has directed that I should be reinstated immediately. The letter for the reinstatement was delivered to me yesterday September 17, 2018 again by my colleague Ibrahim Maaji who is full of smile.
I thank everyone for the goodwill and prayers over these years. I learnt I won't be deployed or posted to Sambisa Forest, the fear five years ago."


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"And that would apply to the White House is what you're saying?" I asked Dalio.
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Title: Almost Perfect
Author: Brian Katcher
Genres: Young Adult, Contemporary, LGBTQIA+
Pages: 368
Pub Date: January 01, 2009
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Book Source: Personal collection
My Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
Synopsis: You only hurt the ones you love.- - -
Logan Witherspoon recently discovered that his girlfriend of three years cheated on him. But things start to look up when a new student breezes through the halls of his small-town high school. Sage Hendricks befriends Logan at a time when he no longer trusts or believes in people. Sage has been homeschooled for a number of years and her parents have forbidden her to date anyone, but she won't tell Logan why. One day, Logan acts on his growing feelings for Sage. Moments later, he wishes he never had. Sage finally discloses her big secret: she's actually a boy. Enraged, frightened, and feeling betrayed, Logan lashes out at Sage and disowns her. But once Logan comes to terms with what happened, he reaches out to Sage in an attempt to understand her situation. But Logan has no idea how rocky the road back to friendship will be.
"Everyone has that one line they swear they'll never cross, the one thing they say they'll never do. Not something serious like I'll never kill anyone or I'll never invade Russia in the winter. Usually, it's something less earth-shattering.This book was tough for me to rate.
I'll never cheat on her.
I'll never work at a job I hate.
I'll never give up on my dreams.
We draw the line. Maybe we even believe it. That's why it's so hard when we break that promise we make to ourselves.
Sage Hendricks was my line."
1.) The synopsis says this: "Sage finally discloses her big secret: she's actually a boy."—I have a problem with this, because the entire point of this book is to bring awareness about transgendered individuals, correct? Sage is not a boy, she is a FEMALE. She was born with male genitals, but she is not a boy. THIS IS THE ENTIRE POINT! This tells me that even the author (or whoever wrote the blurb) doesn't completely get it. Hell, I don't even completely get it. I am a cis female and I only understand it to the degree that is possible for me, but I do know this {the blurb} is backward thinking.
2.) Logan. I had a love/hate relationship with him. He used the word "fag" and that kills me. He wanted to hit Sage (granted, he did not) and that is too violent for me. Yes, he did come around, but his initial thoughts and reaction, although realistic, just killed me.
1.) As I said above, Logan was realistic character. I do appreciate that. He was falling for a girl only to learn that she had a penis. I get the anger. I understand the confusion. He was ignorant. It happens ALL THE TIME. I am glad that the author didn't make him into the perfect, understanding boy we all wish existed. He was angry and felt betrayed. He lashed out, and as much as it pissed me off, I understood. He made up for it slowly, bit by bit, to the best of his ability. I enjoyed the parts of the book where he interacted with Sage's father. He defended her being a female and stood up to the father. That was nice to see.
2.) Sage was an amazing character. I enjoyed her confidence SO much! I like that she entered the story as a person who already knew she was transgender. She wasn't questioning or confused, but already on hormone therapy and beginning the transition process. She had plans for her future and a way to pay for her surgeries. She was confident and outgoing, not afraid and not trying to stay hidden.
3.) The ending. The ending was perfect. It wasn't an unrealistic happily-ever-after. It was more of a bittersweet type of ending. I won't spoil it, but it was definitely the type of ending I would want for a book like this.
Aside from the synopsis, I think both the transgender character and situation were handled well, respectively, and that the book was well-written. I enjoyed the characters. I found them relatable and easy to become invested in. The plot was deep enough that I was emotionally involved and thoroughly cared about the outcome of the situation. It was a lovely book and sheds a true light on how some transgendered individuals—specifically male to female—can be treated by their peers and others around them. I definitely recommend this book!