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Rowe, Michael (Informa Healthcare, 2012)[more][less]
Abstract: Background: The development of practice knowledge is an important component of clinical education and reflective reasoning is known to play a role in its development. Online social networks may have some potential for developing practice knowledge by providing tools for clinical educators to guide students' reasoning practices. Aim: To determine if an online social network could be used to facilitate reflective reasoning in clinical contexts, as it relates to developing practice knowledge. Method: The study was conducted within a South African university, physiotherapy department, using an online social network to facilitate engagement. Tharp and Gallimore's theory of assisted performance was used as a framework to conduct qualitative analysis of students' reflective blog posts within the network. Results: The lecturer was able to use strategies within the assisted performance framework to facilitate reflection among students. These included modelling, contingency management, feedback, instruction, questioning and cognitive structuring. The features of the social network enabled enhanced communication between teacher and student, as well as promoted engagement around clinical scenarios. Conclusion: Online social networks can be used to facilitate reflective reasoning as part of the development of practice knowledge by exposing students' understanding of clinical practice. However, careful facilitation using sound pedagogy is still necessary to guide students to deeper understanding URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/427 Files in this item: 1
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Rowe, Michael (South African Society of Physiotherapy, 2012)[more][less]
Abstract: The dominant form of teaching in higher education remains the lecture, even though evidence suggests that it alone is inadequate to facilitate the development of the higher order thinking skills required in clinical practice. The use of wikis may have a role to play in facilitating collaborative learning practices that are important for professional development. This descriptive survey evaluated the use of a wiki for a collaborative learning activity within small groups of undergraduate physiotherapy students in a South African university. Students participated in a wiki-based assignment and were then surveyed using open- and closed-ended questions to determine their perceptions and experiences of the process. The results indicate that although a wiki can be used to develop relevant content, there were significant challenges in its implementation. These included a poor understanding by students of how to work effectively in groups, a lack of physical and epistemological access to the internet, and the need for adequate preparation and support. Some features of the wiki were found to have an impact on the quality of the work produced, including the use of Discussion pages, peer review, and the public nature of the wiki. The conclusion is that wikis may have a role to play in collaborative groupwork, but that that students need to be adequately prepared and supported throughout the process. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/495 Files in this item: 1
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Rowe, Michael; Struthers, Patricia (South African Society of Physiotherapy, 2009)[more][less]
Abstract: The global shift toward the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in health education and practice has been shown to enhance both the educational opportunities and the support provided to students and healthcare professionals. This study aimed to investigate the use of ICT by South African physiotherapy students and what their experiences and perceptions were regarding their use of ICT as part of their studies. The study design was a cross-sectional, descriptive survey using a self-administered questionnaire. The survey population included all of the undergraduate physiotherapy students from six of the eight universities offering the physiotherapy degree in South A frica (N=1105). The sample size consisted of 529 students from the survey population who completed and returned questionnaires, indicating a response rate of 48%. The results of the study showed that the use of ICT by South African physiotherapy students varied according to task, racial group and university attended. Furthermore, the reported use of ICT for communication, research and continuing professional development was low. In conclusion, this study indicates that with a move toward the use of ICT to enhance health education and practice in South A frica, certain groups of physiotherapy students may be at a disadvantage if required to make use of ICT as a means of improving communication, enhancing education, participating in lifelong learning opportunities and accessing support. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/92 Files in this item: 1
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Rowe, Michael; Bozalek, Vivienne; Frantz, Jose M. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013)[more][less]
Abstract: While technology has the potential to create opportunities for transformative learning in higher education, it is often used to merely reinforce didactic teaching that aims to control access to expert knowledge. Instead, educators should consider using technology to enhance communication and provide richer, more meaningful platforms for the social construction of knowledge. By using technology to engage in shared learning experiences that extend beyond the walls of the classroom, we can create opportunities to develop the patterns of thinking that students need to participate in complex, real world situations. We used authentic learning as a framework to guide the implementation of a case-based, blended module in a South African physiotherapy department. Google Drive was used as a collaborative online authoring environment in which small groups of students used clinical cases to create their own content, guided by a team of facilitators. This paper describes an innovative approach to clinical education using authentic learning as a guiding framework, and Google Drive as an implementation platform. We believe that this approach led to the transformation of student learning practices, altered power relationships in the classroom and facilitated the development of critical attitudes towards knowledge and authority. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/652 Files in this item: 2
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Frantz, Jose M. (Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, University of the Western Cape, 2009)[more][less]
Abstract: Introduction: Research has become an integral part of all health care practitioners. Finding effective ways of sharing the valuable work that is being done in the clinical setting is essential. A case report is a form of communicating information to other health care practitioners regarding exceptional cases. Aim: This paper aims to describe the importance and role of case reports in the literature and summarise the guidelines for doing a case report. Method: A literature search was conducted in Pubmed and Medline using terms such as case reports, publishing, and guidelines to determine successful literature that highlights how to write a case report. Case reports will contribute to the body of evidence needed for professions and could stimulate debate around controversial issues. A summary of the relevant information needed to write a good case report for publication based on the literature is summarised in order to facilitate the process for new authors. Conclusion: Case reports if written in a scientific manner, can make a valuable contribution to research. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/116 Files in this item: 1
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Phillips, Julie; Frantz, Jose M.; Mpofu, Ratie (Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, University of the Western Cape, 2008)[more][less]
Abstract: Introduction: There is mounting evidence of the health risk behaviours that adolescents are involved in on a daily basis. Local and national governments have advocated for intervention programmes to prevent an increase in the health risk behaviours among young people. In order to introduce effective prevention strategies, evaluation of the current situation is needed. The University of the Western Cape, identified Youth Wellness as one of the niche areas for research. Aim: This paper aims to synthesize the studies on youth wellness conducted at the University of the Western Cape. Findings: The studies conducted included epidemiological studies and intervention studies. Studies used both qualitative and quantitative designs. Most of the studies highlighted the need for intervention programmes at various levels such as personal (individual), community and policy. Conclusion: The findings of the research clearly highlights the need for researchers at UWC to identify appropriate criteria by which to measure the desired intervention outcomes. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/112 Files in this item: 1
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State of Decay sold over 250,000 copies through XBLA within 48 hours of release
Undead Labs has announced on its blog that State of Decay sold over 250,000 copies through XBL Arcade within 48 hours of release.
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State of Decay Australian release waiting on Classification Board
The Classification Board is yet to reach a verdict on Undead Labs' State of Decay, explaining its absence from the Australian Xbox Live Marketplace.
Mon, Apr 15, 2013 | 01:46 BST
State of Decay to finally release in June on Xbox Live
Undead Labs has set a June release window for State of Decay, its upcoming survival horror title. That's not all: the developer saw fit to release a new video for it as well, and it's below. The game has been in development since at least 2009, and the game was confirmed for XBLA back in 2011, when it was still known as Class3. The game is the platform its MMO, Class4, will be build upon. Thanks, TenTonHammer.
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State of Decay celebrates Halloween with fireworks
State of Decay's emphasis on resource scavenging and combination allows for some pretty tricky approaches; watch as a group of zombies go nuts over a set of firecrackers while our heroes sneak off with the loot.
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State of Decay is the new name for Class3
Undead Labs has released a debut trailer for State of Decay, the zombie survival project currently known by the codename Class3.
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Undead Labs releases video tour of studio, open-world zombie shooter "Class 3″
Undead Labs has released a video tour, of its studio as well as a look at gameplay footage of its open-world zombie shooter, known for the moment as Class 3. Currently in the early stages of alpha testing, one of the scenes in the video posted below shows the game's ambush functionality, while another has people trying to barricade themselves in a building with one character suffering the consequences for not working fast enough. The game is slated for a release on Xbox Live upon completion, and will serve as a prequel and "platform" to its second zombie game in the works, Class 4, an MMO the firm announced back in 2009. Thanks, MMOcrunch.
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Tuesday Shorts – Minecraft Xperia Play, Square Enix rebrand, Majesty iOS
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Undead Labs: Class 3 is the "platform" for Class 4
Undead Labs' Jeff Strain has said the first of the studio's two zombie games will act as prequel and "platform" to the second.
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Undead Labs announces zombie-survival game for XBLA
Undead Labs has announced its to release a zombie-survival franchise for Xbox Live Arcade. Currently code-named Class3, it is to be published by Microsoft Game Studios, and feature local co-op.
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Developer says Sony and Microsoft are interested in console MMOs
Undead Labs founder, Jeff Strain, has revealed that Microsoft and Sony like the idea of console-based subscription MMOs despite the obstacles.
"There are still hurdles to jump with both Sony and Microsoft," he told Develop. "But people will make it much easier to jump the hurdle if people can come to the table and say 'we're making a console-only MMO from the ground-up.
"I've been talking to them for years and I think they very much want to see this. There are lots of sticking points to get through. The questions will be how billing works, how the revenue is recognized and who gets what," adding that console makers are currently "feeling their way through the whole MMO business model".
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August 26, 2010 28 Email article | Print articleWondershare Flash Gallery Factory Standard is a program that allows users to create Flash photo galleries. Here are the main attractions as per the developer:
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Allow you to view and organize all your photos in one place, just simply drag and drop to choose. With intuitive interface and clear workflow you can accelerate to make flash slideshow and web photo album within clicks. No flash knowledge, coding or design skill are required.
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Let your photos look perfect with built-in editing tools, turn a color photo into black and white, adjust brightness or contrast, crop, insert description or hyperlink and more. Edit and coordinate background sound with your slideshow, set when will play, select to loop the sound automatically (or not) and fade in/out (or not) .
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For a limited time – until August 31, 2010 – users can grab Wondershare Flash Gallery Factory Standard ($49.95 USD value) for free! You do, however, need a Facebook account to take advantage of this promotion. (Darn Facebook.)
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Taiwan Debut of the Mercedes-Benz Concept Style Coupe
Scheduled to be in series production next year, it is the third model for the New Generation Compact Car series
by John Clark | 23 October 2012
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Mercedes-Benz Taiwan announced today that Taipei will be Asia's first city to set off the artistic campaign by Mercedes-Benz with AVANT/GARDE DIARIES. It is part of a series of festivities that premiered in Berlin earlier last year, and continued on to Copenhagen, Los Angeles, and London. Mercedes-Benz Taiwan has invited superstar A-MIT, the "Pride of Taiwan" to be the curator for an exhibition with 8 newly rising artists from Taiwan on the theme of "Voice" as the inspiration. The exhibition will be held at Huashan 1914 Creative Park from November 9-11. A gala event will be held on November 8. As part of the event, the latest concept car by Mercedes-Benz – Mercedes-Benz Concept Style Coupe will make its debut appearance to personify the spirit of avant-garde art.
In 1886, Carl Benz boldly conceived a revolutionary idea and dared to turn it into reality – the world's very first automobile was the fruition of his ingenuity. His invention marked the end of man's dependence on animals for movement and transportation. From that point on, innovation, avant-garde attitude and boldness became parts of the Mercedes-Benz DNA. After more than 120 years, as the inventor of automobile, Mercedes-Benz continues to lead the world of cars and writes the vocabulary of innovative automobile for every generation.
The Premiere of Mercedes-Benz Concept Style Coupe – a Unique Interpretation of Avant-Garde Art
To further add to the excitement of AVANT/GARDE DIARIES TAIPEI, the organizer has shipped in Concept Style Coupe to Taipei especially for the exhibition alongside one of the artworks. A piece of bold experimental art along with the innovative concept car interprets the avant-garde approach and imaginative concept of "moving life". The Concept Style Coupe is an automobile that combines the streamline design of a two-door sports car with the practicality of a four-door sedan. It is equipped with the M270 engine used in the A-Class. Powered by a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine that produces 211 horse power.
Scheduled to series production next year, it is the third model for the New Generation Compact Car series. The audience will have the chance to preview its unique features in person.
AVANT/GARDE DIARIES TAIPEI – A-MIT Dialogue with the World
In 2009, performing artist A-MIT appeared. Carrying her heritage as a relative of the ethnic natives of Taiwan named Puyuma, she overtook the world with her resounding, wild voice. The next year, she swept up six Golden Melody Awards. Her bold, unique personality and original musical style make her a perfect example of the avant-garde spirit – a spirit in perfect tune with the essence of Mercedes-Benz.
Mercedes-Benz has invited A-MIT as the curator for the AVANT/GARDE DIARIES TAIPEI. A-MIT, a change seeker, will work with Isaac Chen as the Creative Director and 8 young Taiwanese artists to define sounds. In this project, she will show to the world and Asia her new self stemming from the wild dynamic in her Puyuman blood. A-MIT blends together a mixture of unlikely elements to demonstrate her interpretation and concepts of sounds.
"Personally I am really looking forward to this exhibition. The event offers a platform for me to perform with my voice and for more Taiwan's emerging artists to present their talents to the world, to an international stage like the AVANT/GARDE DIARIES. By doing so, the role 'A-MIT' becomes more enriched with depth and layers," said A-MIT.
The innovative ideas, diversification of different performance styles and her Puyuma-origin makes A-MIT the most authentic voice and power that truly represent the genuine character of Taiwan. AVANT/GARDE DIARIES TAIPEI works with Taiwanese talents, to give pop music a makeover, transforming sounds to a concrete experience that moves people. Through this exhibition, the invisible energy will reach beyond space and time, and manifest itself in the tide of arts to dialogue with Asia and the world from the perspective of Taiwan's emerging contemporary artists.
The works for the exhibition are predominantly installation artworks. Some attempt to visualize the forms of the sound, while others offer new ways to experience the sound. Dynamic device, digital control, smoke, lighting, lasers and other form or formless materials have been used to transform the popular ballads by A-MIT, such as "Weight of Soul", "Are You Looking At Me?" and "Fallen" into installation artworks, injecting a unique experience to A-MIT's musical consciousness while dialoging with the viewers.
About the Curator and participating Artists
A-MIT, the curator of the AVANT/GARDE DIARIES TAIPEIworks with Isaac Chen as the Artistic Director along with 8 of Taiwan's emerging artists for the event.
Curator: A-MIT
Born in 1972. Ethnically Puyuma, her high pitch, wild voice has fascinated the world. She appeared in 2009 as A-MIT.
Artistic Director: Isaac Chen
Born in Taiwan in 1973. He is executive director of concerts and large ceremonies, lyric writer, song producer, talent manager, film director.
Artist: Chang-Wei Chiu
Born in Taiwan in 1981, his creative works are focused on digital vision and dynamic devices. In his earlier career, most of his works were creations in computer animation and special effects. Recently, he has moved to create installation artworks with physical presence that invokes the cognitive awareness and illusional special effects. Through his works, he hopes to present a human-like organic form that can infiltrate and hide in the reality.
Artist: Wei-Hsiang Wen
Born in Taiwan in 1983, he specializes in visual art and installation artworks of new media. His artworks are focused on the relationship between image, time and space by observing the vibration of changes in the artworks through time and space in order to revisit the daily experiences with the micro-perspectives.
Artist: Chih-Wei Chuang
Born in Taiwan in 1986, his works are mainly installation artworks of light and space which explore the awareness of changes in life and the interaction of human, objects and the environment. In recent years, he has been exploring the possibility of interaction between new media arts and architecture by using high-tech materials as the medium to extend the linkage to the senses and to find the presence that never ceases.
Artist: Ting-Hao Yeh
Born in Taiwan in 1981, he specializes in the installation artwork of sound, vision, and the human-machine interaction. He started with visual art creation, studied computer programming, and constructed the model of coexisting linkage between vision and hearing. Next, he consolidated the technologies in multimedia to record the frequencies of interaction and awareness to find a digital presence for the future.
Artist: Zih Jing Wei
Born in Taiwan in 1983, she specializes in visual art and human-machine interaction. Ink is often used in her works as a way to describe nuances of emotions and imagination. After 2008, her works shifted to development of a series of chemically interactive devices that use chemical light-sensitive coloring agents to create dynamic 3-dimensional images.
Artist: Chin-Chung Din
Born in Taiwan in 1983, Din Chin-Chung specializes in dynamic devices. His works are focused on structures in space, relationship between movement and interaction, such as the diminishing energy in time and space that only leaves traces of marks, and the "repetition" of media.
Artist: Chun-Kun Wang
Born in Taiwan in 1982, his works are mainly in sound artwork and dynamic devices that seek to express sound with textures in a series of landscapes in sound. His installation artworks with automatic movement and sound have a sense of purity and aesthetic uniqueness.
Artist: Chia-Chi Yeh
Born in Taiwan, he specializes in dynamic devices. With background in architecture, his designs are structure-oriented that find linkage between human behavior and the environment and describe how mechanical ecology has slowly changed human awareness toward architecture and structures.
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Joaquin Phoenix stars as a troubled war veteran who has difficulty adjusting to everyday life after returning from the war — until he finds a charismatic man (Philip Seymour Hoffman) who promises to restore him to sanity. Though the man and his family have questionable methods and philosophies, the two forge a unique bond. Amy Adams also stars in this intense, puzzling drama from Paul Thomas Anderson. DVD extras include footage not used in the film.
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My politics is based massively around my ideas fairness, and it is on this crucial test that I think the bank charges fall down, and fall down in a big way.
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More from WTTR Director Jake Scott Q and A : Confirms that Kristen is in Louisiana and Clears Recent Misquote
Scene Magazine Scene Magazine has confirmed that Kristen Stewart, the star of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn," has arrived in Louisiana for the start of principle photography.
During a Q and A following the premiere of "Welcome to the Rileys" at the 2010 New Orleans Film Festival, director Jake Scott confirmed that he and Stewart shared the same flight into New Orleans.
The Spike/Scream event will be taped on October 16th at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. Its a 4-hour or so flight from NOLA to LA or maybe Kristen just pretaped something for the show. Don't question their ninja abilities. haha.
Updated! More from the Q and A with Jake Scott at New Orleans Film Festival. Clears up the recent misquote from @The Awful Truth that I posted here
This is NoAndree's account via IMDb
"Someone asked about Kristen and James, off screen chemistry and he described them as Mowgli and Baloo (from the Jungle Book). He described James as this big bear, lovable, and Kristen as a tiny waif. He described a scene in the movie where kristen looks at him out of the corner of her eye (you'll have to see it understand) as the perfect way to describe their relationship.
One of the twitter girls asked him to clarify the herding cats comment. He said it was taken out of context and was meant to describe all three of his lead actors. He said they all have different acting styles and strong personalities, so directing them together was like herding cats.
He did mention that Kristen was on his flight. I saw some people on twitter complaining that he was outing her whereabouts, but it wasn't in that context. Just that he had seen and spoken with her recently.
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Last month I went on a weekend retreat with a group of friends, WhoGivesAScrap?! I took my Silhouette and I am so glad that I actually used it! There are some shapes I have had for years that I just never seem to use so I also set a goal to use some of them. The little trees on this layout are one case in point--I think I got them 3 years ago!! LOL
On the next layout I just cut some extra shapes while cutting the title on the previous layout. I like to fill a 12x12 sheet with shapes when using my Silhouette so I don't waste paper.
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Someone - I'm starting to fall for someone that I met a couple weeks ago. I wonder if this was my 'tide'. :) When I don't see him I can't wait for the next time. Thoughts of him have invaded my mind.
I surely can't wait to see if...
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This Week. - Well lets see what it brought in for this week. Worked out 3 times this week, and had to get hay one day which is also a workout in its own. The hay is harsh because it gets in my thrat and makes it hard to breath and it hurts a little. Also ended up biting myself so...
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Will It Pay Off? -
Will all my hard work pay off in the future? Will the tide take me away from this place, and allow me to see the world in all it's glory?
Here's hoping.
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Dear Lord,
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2009World Hobbies is all about hobbies around the world. We have researched hobbies from two to three countries per continent.We choose this topic because we live in a small town and we don't get much diversity in the sports we do, so we wanted to learn about hobbies that they get to do in other countries.
DylanSEELEY LAKE ELEMENTARY, MT, United States
ShelbySEELEY LAKE ELEMENTARY, MT, United States
HopeSEELEY LAKE ELEMENTARY, MT, United States
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15 & under
Sharon TeagueSEELEY LAKE ELEMENTARY, MT, United States
Michele HolmesSEELEY LAKE ELEMENTARY, MT, United States
Sports & Recreation > Hobbies
Ages 12 and up
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Reading Guide / Book Guide
Team Collaboration
Hope edited the pictures, worked as a peacemaker and was the time keeper. Dylan designed and created the website. Shelby was the team leader, revised the information and picked the pictures. We had trouble deciding on topics and how to design our website. We all had different ideas about how to design our site so we voted on things to help and choose reasonable things.
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Shelby is White/Caucasian and is Catholic. Hope is White/Caucasian and is Christian. Dylan is White/Caucasian and is Christian. Dylan is a boy and Hope and Shelby are girls and we don't always get along.


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Draft Day Challenge, April 11
Daily baseball is all the rage in the fantasy sports world, so I will be covering the game a couple of times a week here at BaseballGuys.com. To that end, I've partnered with DraftDay.com to give all my wonderful followers, that's you, the chance to play the game on a daily basis. On Tuesday and Thursday's here at the site, every week, I'll be giving you some insight into the mind of The Oracle as I will give you some of my best plays for the day – even if I'm willing to admit that daily games are a bit of a crap shoot given the difficulty in predicting how a handful of at-bats will work out. With that, here are some of the better plays for Tuesday, April 11th.
To join a daily league remember to visit DraftDay.com by clicking on the link to their site.
1. Matt Wieters
2. Tyler Flowers
Wieters is only 1-for-12 against Alfredo Aceves in his career, a bad looking matchup on the surface. However he has hit .292 in 233 at-bats against the Red Sox, and 12 at-bats isn't a huge amount to draw on.
Flowers faces Dan Haren, he of the 32 homers allowed in his last 31 starts. Flowers has 20+ homer power and has two bombs in 22 at-bats this season. He has gone 10 at-bats without a hit though.
1. Brandon Moss
2. Kendrys Morales
Moss has two homers and nine RBIs the past two days, and he's also registered 10 hits in his last 17 at-bats (.588). Doesn't matter who is on the hill right now (it's Jason Vargas who he has one hit in three at-bats against).
Morales has nine hits in his last 20 at-bats including three doubles and a home run as he has knocked in five runs. He faces Justin Grimm, he of the 14 career big league innings during which time he has allowed 14 runs.
1. Jeff Keppinger
2. Dustin Pedroia
Keppinger will be facing the struggling Dan Haren whom he has eight hits against in 16 career ABs including a big fly.
You can pretty much always go with Pedroia, but this is a solid matchup. He's hit .364 against Chris Tillman in 11 at-bats. He's currently hitting .323. The last three years he has hit .303 at Fenway. Lock and load.
1. Manny Machado
2. Alberto Callaspo
Manny hit a game winning home run Wednesday, and though he's struggled this season he has hit a bit better versus righties than lefties (1-for-9 vs. lefties). Machado faces spot starter Alfred Aceves Thursday.
Callaspo has hit .283 against righties the past three years. He's got five hits in 11 at-bats against righties this season. He faces righty A.J. Griffin Thursday.
1. Elvis Andrus
2. Alexei Ramirez
Andrus has produced 16 hits in 51 at-bats against King Felix, a .314 batting average. He's also driven in eight runs in the matchup. Maybe the matchup will help him out of his current slump (four hits in 21 at-bats).
Ramirez faces a struggling Dan Haren who has he two hits in eight at-bats against. Is that enough of a reason to start the consistently solid Ramirez?
1. Coco Crisp
2. David Murphy
Crisp is hitting .364 with a homer in 33 at-bats against Jason Vargas. He's also hitting .444 with four homers, four doubles, and six RBIs the last seven days.
Murphy has a whopping 63 at-bats against Felix Hernandez in his career, and he's dong very well despite 15 Ks. When he isn't whiffing he's pounding out hits as evidenced by his .302 average, two homers and 10 RBIs.
1. A.J. Griffin
2. Jason Marquis
3. Zack Greinke
4. Dylan Axelrod
Griffin had a 2.90 ERA on the road last season and he get's to take on an Angels club, in Anaheim. The A's have also scored 18 runs in their last two games as their offense is humming giving you a warm feeling about Griffin getting plenty of run support.
Marquis has held current Dodgers batters to a .242 average and two homers over 128 at-bats (Matt Kemp is only 2-for-17 off Jason in his career). Marquis is also 6-4 with a 2.64 ERA in 14 career starts against the Dodgers.
Greinke has held the Padres to a .250 batting average in 48 at-bats. The Padres only have one player with 20 at-bats that is hitting .270. They also have only three homers in 264 at-bats. Greinke also looked sharp in his first outing (0 ER in 6.1 IP).
Axelrod… hey, there aren't that many options to turn to with a lot of early games. The Nats are 6-2 on the year and they are a solid offense, so this is more likely a shot in the dark you should avoid, than solid advice. At least I'm honest.
To join a daily league remember to visit DraftDay.com by clicking on the link to their site.
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I moved to Portland the day I graduated. In retrospect it was a mad and stressful thing to do. I could have gone home for two weeks, since my internship didn't start until then. But as Jack Kerouac said, "The only people for me are the mad ones." I moved in with two other Colby grads. It was weird to think of myself as a grad, as one of them even though we were all in different class years. It was weird to say "I went to Colby" rather than "I go to Colby."
I spent the two weeks between moving to Portland and my internship by taking walks around Portland and reading. I spent a little time in Portland while I was at Colby, but really being steeped in the city is so much different. I love that the entire city comes out to the art walk, that Longfellow Square is filled with young people selling their crafty things: recycled shirts, jewelry, paintings, and that people really consider what they are selling. I love that young people busk on the street corners of the Old Port. I love the old, gorgeous houses on the Eastern Prom that overlook the sea, with their second floor porches. I imagine someone walked on that porch in the 1800s, waiting for her sailor husband to come home, standing on the ledge to get the first glimpse of his ship.
Working at Maine magazine has made me love Maine more and more. I'm an editorial intern at the magazine, which means I do a lot of social media (updating the many Facebook pages the magazine has with advertisers' events and events the magazine sponsors), writing some short clips for the magazine and editing and fact-checking articles. I was thrilled (and frankly shocked) that on my first day, I was asked to read through the final draft of the magazine; it was going to print later that afternoon. I was even more shocked (in a good way) that some of my suggestions about commas and ambiguous antecedents were considered and added to the final draft. You always hear about the miserable, lowly intern who fetches coffee and clears printer jams. Thankfully, that is not me.
The most revelatory thing about working at Maine magazine has been the business aspect of the industry. I think of written journalism as purely about the writing. I forget what a huge role advertisers play in written journalism. The role of advertising is way more apparent in television journalism because the ads play in between segments and there is pretty much no way of escaping them. At least you can flip through the ads in magazines and newspapers or ignore them. Advertising in print journalism feels much more passive than television journalism, in which advertising is pervasive and aggressive. I pretty much stopped watching television news because 1. It's vapid and 2. I hate television advertising. For all the reasons I hate television advertising, see this essay. http://jsomers.net/DFW_TV.pdf
Maine magazine has obligations to its advertisers—a certain number of Facebook posts about an event, vying to be the exclusive media sponsor of a certain event to get the Maine brand out there and lure in more advertisers and maybe subscribers. Given the content and readers of Maine and Maine Home & Design, the advertisers are generally art galleries, architects, interior designers, clothes makers, craftspeople, artists, contractors etc.
I must admit here, that although I enjoy most postmodern art and literature, I am drawn to Marxist critiques of postmodern culture, in which people like Jameson and Lyotard argue that free market capitalism's invisible hand has become so pervasive in our culture, that nearly everything is transactional: relationships with other people, art like Damien Hirst's, Times Square.
So this relationship between advertisers and Maine magazine caused me a little consternation initially, in my totally insular, abstracted, academic way. Certainly, writing up a few Facebook posts isn't an awful example of how commerce becomes intertwined in a steamy embrace with a publication that is, in my mind, about good writing and stories people care about. But all the parties with advertisers and sponsoring events and all this stuff that is unrelated to the business of writing. Does it affect the quality of the magazine? Are articles not as they could be because staff is off schmoozing with advertisers and picking up potential advertisers? Do advertisers hold some invisible sway over content? So many moral questions.
There is a fine line between keeping advertisers happy, running a business that makes a profit and putting a magazine together. I am happy to say Maine straddles these three really well. I am proud to work at a magazine that runs new age-y articles alongside gritty, beautiful, human articles about quintessentially Maine topics like lobstermen on Monhegan Island. I love that the magazine supports Maine businesses, people who are committed to their work and clients, not to their shareholders (these are the people whose ads appear in Maine magazine). I like that I work for a small, regional magazine staffed with people who know the region well and really do care about this state they call home (and you know, like each other).
Basically, working at Maine has made me less cynical about making money: that the advertising is a small business supporting other small businesses, whose money stays within the Maine economy. And that you can make money and still do something affecting and responsible.
Also, working at the magazine, I've learned about the state and have found myself falling deeply in love with it. I came here for the snow. And I want to stay for the people.
In working for Maine magazine, I've learned that Maine has the most artists per capita of any state. I've learned that the majority of town halls in Maine are also attached to a performance venue. Think of how Portland's City Hall is attached to Merrill Auditorium or the Waterville Opera House is attached to Waterville's city hall, and think about what this says about these cities' commitments to the arts. I've learned about Maine's many art galleries, from big meccas like Portland to out of the way places like Deer Isle. I've learned that Maine is fiercely independent yet extremely communal.
I like Maine because the state is not a brand or a stereotype. There isn't one image of Maine or one idea of Maine that dominates. You might say that when outsiders think about Maine, lobstermen and lighthouses come to mind. And I would say yes, this is probably true, but you can't caricature these lobstermen and lighthouses. There are so many lighthouses in Maine, and each is something a community values and of which it is proud. Something of their history is rooted in that singular lighthouse, and no one lighthouse is like another. Each one's construction is different, each one has different myths and stories attached to it. Same with the lobstermen. I cannot imagine how many lobstermen are in Maine, but each is an individual, singular human being. Some of them are artists who've studied with renowned painters. Others of them went to elite colleges in New England but couldn't stand to be away from the sea. Others of them have lobstering in their blood, something their families have done for generations.
And Maine magazine does an excellent job with covering all the aspects of Maine that make it one of the most irrepressible and wonderful states, one of the most irrepressible and wonderful places in which I have had the good fortune to live. The easy way, the postmodern, consumptive tourist way of covering Maine would be to run only stories about picturesque lighthouses and the quaint seaside towns, to flatten complexities and make it easily marketable and digestible.
What Maine magazine does so well is not cater to this. Instead, Maine runs articles that are about a variety of subjects, that appeal to a variety of readers, and that are at their core about the people who make this state so amazing. The human element in a real way, not in the Dow Chemical PR blitz kind of way.
I'm excited to be going to graduate school in New York City, the city of dreams, where people go to remake themselves. But I cannot wait to come back to the place that has felt like home, where the people really are the mad ones: "the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing."


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By David Rosman
There is a fine line, a fine balance, concerning the introduction of religious studies in the separation of church and state and within public school curriculum. North Carolina's Senate Bill 138, though a good try, upsets the balance.
Thomas Jefferson's letter to the Danbury Baptist Associate has been used by both sides of the church-state separation discussion. Jefferson wrote: ". I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature would 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between Church and State."
I believe the Founders saw the necessity of the two institutions in American society in 1789. I believe the Founders took heed to keep the two realms clearly divided. Why? Their own witnessing of the misuse of religious powers to control the politics, education and scientific advancements of a nation by theocratic governments of Europe.
Jesus of Nazareth also recognized the need to separate the powers of church and state. In Mark 12 and Matthew 22, we are told when his followers asked if they should pay Roman taxes, Jesus said, " 'Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's.' And they marveled at him" (KJV).
North Carolina's Senate Bill 138 is an attempt to maintain that separation of church and state, but it still fails. It would permit teaching of "Hebrew scriptures (Torah) and New Testament" as electives in North Carolina's secondary public schools. There is no required textbook; however, there is a strong mandate not "to endorse, favor or promote, or disfavor or show hostility towards any particular religion, nonreligious faith, or religious perspective."
The tone appears fair and constitutional. It is not.
S-138 appears to purposely leave out studies of other faiths, such as Islam, Buddhism and Shinto, of non-monotheistic beliefs such as paganism, or of atheistic philosophies such as atheism and secular humanism. If there are classes concerning religious studies in the public school system, they should be comparative religious studies, inclusive of the world's major faiths.
S-138 appears to allow the door of science to be open to nonscientific, theocratic teachings in the guise of intelligent design or creationism. The bill fails to mandate that religious studies remain out of the science curriculum by including or suggesting that intelligent design and creationism are science, or misdefining scientific language to suggest that natural selection has never been proven. This argument has been negated by an avalanche of DNA evidence, including papers published in the journal Nature in this century alone that confidently "treat evolution by natural selection . as an established fact."
In 2005, Judge John Jones III of the U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania, examining the teaching of intelligent design in public science classrooms, called it "unconstitutional" and said intelligent design and creationism are not science.
S-138's use of the term "Hebrew scriptures" negates the importance of the Torah, Haftorah, Talmud and other spiritual writings of the Jewish faith, as does the term "Old Testament." I strongly suggest that the language be changed.
These are the most obvious problems with S-138. There are others.
To say religion has no place in society or education is wrong. However, religious studies in public schools must be limited to the philosophy classroom.
Crossing this line of separation, unbalancing the scale of church/state responsibilities, appears to violate the Establishment Clause and North Carolina Constitution's Article I, sections 1, 12 and 36. I ask my friends in North Carolina to urge their senators to stop S-138 in its tracks.
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Would you believe it if I told you that 24% of executives in the United States and the UK believe that financial services professionals need to engage in unethical or illegal conduct to be successful?
Well, a recent survey of over 500 executives found exactly that, with 26% of them admitting first hand knowledge of wrongdoing in their workplace.
I can't say I was surprised. Not one bit.
With this type of mentality, is it any wonder that our financial system is failing, and that the banks have a holier than thou mentality where they think they are above the law?
Apparently on Wall Street, the crime isn't engaging in misconduct, but in getting caught.
I mean, since everyone is doing it, it must be OK, right?
But down here on Main Street, we would not have the same success rate with that line of reasoning.
Let's say you got pulled over for speeding, and when the officer asked why would you going 100 miles-per-hour when the speed limit is 70, you told the officer;
"Well officer, everyone else was speeding; it would have been dangerous for me to slow down."
Do you think that officer would let you off? Of course not.
Yet regulators and politicians have been accepting this type of excuse from the banks for far too long.
Oppenheim Law's Dirty Dozen Exposed
And that exact excuse has reared its head again in relation to a massive tax fraud being investigated by New York Attorney General Schneiderman, the IRS, as well as the attorneys here at Oppenheim Law.
The investigation centers on what we have coined the @OpLaw Dirty Dozen, a group of twelve banks that have perpetrated the most egregious tax fraud at the expense of the American people.
This tax fraud, resulting in a potential liability to the banks of a trillion . . . yes, TRILLION, stems from the banking system's use of an entity known as REMICs (Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits) during the housing bubble to illegally disguise and manipulate the need to pay corporate income taxes.
A REMIC is an entity that receives very special tax treatment, but only if those setting up and administering the REMIC play by very specific rules set forth by the IRS and Congress.
In order to get this special treatment, resulting in a tax exemption in the trillions, REMICs are required to be passive entities, meaning they are stuffed with bundled home mortgages during the first 90 days after creation andthen left to collect interest on those loans. After that they are not permitted to add mortgages to the trust.
This may sound like a technical requirement, but it a clearly defined line in the sand. Once banks cross over it, all the special tax breaks disappear like a rabbit in a magician's hat.
The key to this is that virtually no mortgages can be placed into the trusts after those 90 days.
Wall Street On The Hook With IRS?
Because, if a small percentage of mortgages are transferred into the trust past that 90 day cutoff point, the REMIC can be taxed 100% on all income earned in the entire REMIC, as well as assessed penalties and interest by the IRS.
During the foreclosure crisis plaguing the nation, it became apparent to the world that the transfer documents assigning the mortgages into the trusts were not completed during that 90 day period.
Oops, yet another big mistake by the banks. But like other mistakes before it, they were simply written off as inadvertent errors.
And while usually such violations would mean that the investors in a REMIC would owe the IRS for all of the taxes, penalties and interest, the big banks that were hired to manage the REMICs are on the hook too with the IRS, thanks to indemnification agreements with investors.
Securitized Trusts Deconstructed, Part Two
As a follow-up to the law review article that Jacquelyn Trask and I wrote last year, concerning the Black Magic of Securitized Trusts, we decided to investigate further.
In doing so, we discovered another arcane rule from the Financial Account Standards Board, called the FASB Interpretation Number (FIN) 48, that requires public companies to disclose their unrecognized tax benefit every year.
The unrecognized tax benefit, or UTB, is a reserve of money that companies must hold back for tax positions that a company thinks the IRS is likely to require to be paid once the IRS audits the company.
It's kind of like a game of cat and mouse that large companies get to play with your tax dollars.
For example, if a company claims a $1 million deduction but believes it will only realistically be able to claim back $750,000, then the company is required to put the $250,000 difference into a bank account until the issue is resolved with the IRS.
And because banks love to claim deductions from the income tax that they owe the IRS, they are required to show what the difference is between what they have claimed and what they think they will actually be able to deduct.
So What Is the American Taxpayer Owed?
We got curious – just how much money the @OpLaw Dirty Dozen, which are responsible for the some of the most egregious law-breaking associated with the foreclosure crisis, had actually putaside in their UTB reserves?
It turns out that the number as of December 31, 2011 is just shy of $24 billion, representing the amount of money that the @OpLaw Dirty Dozen thinks the banks may owe the American people, but won't pay until the IRS forces them too.
Now if only all of us could get away with not paying our taxes too!
The thing is, while we found the @OpLaw Dirty Dozen's unrecognized tax benefits, we just don't know for sure how much of that money is for the REMIC scandal and how much of it is merely garden variety tax avoidance.
However, knowing the sums involved, we can assume that a substantial portion of the $24 billion is related to REMICs.
Given that our calculations show that the potential amount owed to the IRS by the @OpLaw Dirty Dozen could be $3 trillion, these banks have set aside less than 1% of what they might actually owe to the American people, a scary thought considering that their previous greed and malfeasance nearly toppled the entire economy back in 2008.
It is clear that the @OpLaw Dirty Dozen went wild with REMICs back when securitization was booming and now are trying their best to prevent the skeletons from coming out of their collective closets.
To find out which banks are a part of the @OpLaw Dirty Dozen, and to see just how much money they have stashed under their collective mattresses, please click here to see our @OpLawDirty Dozen Infographic.
From The Trenches,
Roy Oppenheim


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Text message spam is a growing annoyance, but -- until now -- you've had to jump through hoops to combat it.
Fighting text spam got easier by leaps and bounds on Wednesday when Android app PrivacyStar added a free-to-use feature, which will help users file formal complaints with the Federal Trade Commission directly from their smartphones. The app provides a simple and easy way to voice discontent with the federal agency, and it requires little more than a single tap to do so.
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When it comes to spam, asking the sender to remove you from a list -- whether for phone, text or email -- does not always end with you being removed from said list. And, up until recently, there were few authoritative bodies people could complain to and expect meaningful change.
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The app is currently available in the Google Play store. While many of its existing features, such as call and text screening and blocking are limited to paid subscribers to PrivacyStar, the ability to file complaints does not require a subscription.
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For our September 2012 health survey, we explored how U.S. adults are using the internet and digital technology as tools related to health and healthcare. Among our findings:
81% of U.S. adults use the internet and 59% say they have looked online for health information in the past year. 35% of U.S. adults say they have gone online specifically to try to figure out what medical condition they or someone else might have.
39% of online health seekers say they looked for information related to their own situation. Another 39% say they looked for information related to someone else's health or medical situation. An additional 15% of these internet users say they were looking both on their own and someone else's behalf.
Seven in ten (69%) U.S. adults track a health indicator for themselves or a loved one and many say this activity has changed their overall approach to health, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project. In all:
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One of the most controversial recommendations in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's anti-corruption commission report released this week is to enact public financing of campaigns for statewide elections.
The majority of the 25 Moreland Act commissioners say a public campaign finance system modeled on New York City's matching donor system is the only way to curb the undue influence of big money donors in state government.
The leader of the New York State Senate Republicans says he regrets the way gun control legislation was rapidly approved earlier this year, and he hopes what he now says was a mistake won't be repeated at the end of the session.
Republicans in the New York State Senate plan to hold hearings Tuesday, May 7, on what they say are abuses in New York City's public campaign finance system.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to update New York's antiquated abortion laws to reflect rights affirmed in the landmark Roe v. Wade decision. But Senate GOP leader Dean Skelos says it goes to far.
State Senate Republicans are confirming that a key provision of New York's recently approved gun control law, the New York SAFE Act, will be postponed.
New York Senate Republicans are pushing for middle class tax breaks in the new state budget, including a return to the New York State School Tax Relief Program property tax rebate checks curtailed in 2009.
State Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos says he's strongly opposed to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Reproductive Health Act, saying it would lead to too many late-term abortions. Pro-choice lawmakers and advocates say they disagree with the senator's interpretation.
Talks on gun control proposals between Governor Andrew Cuomo and the legislature continued Tuesday night, on the eve of the governor's annual State of the State speech.
Governor Andrew Cuomo and Republicans in the Senate remain at an impasse over gun control legislation -- just days before the governor's State of the State address. Meanwhile, the state comptroller says he's thinking of divesting the state's pension fund from investments in gun manufacturers.
New York state Senate Republicans dampened expectations that their new governing coalition would move quickly on progressive issues championed by Democrats, including a minimum wage increase and public financing of campaigns.
The newly-formed coalition of Republicans and Democrats, who will run the New York state Senate for the new term starting in January, made their first public appearance. They responded to criticism that the new majority coalition leaves out blacks and Hispanics.
Governor Andrew Cuomo, who has maintained that he has stayed out of the New York state Senate leadership fight, is now endorsing a newly formed coalition of Senate Republicans and five Democrats, but with some conditions.
The leadership fight in the New York state Senate has been resolved, with a break-away Democratic faction joining with Republicans to form a new governing coalition that involves sharing the title of Temporary President of the Senate.
Governor Andrew Cuomo says he will not necessarily endorse Democrats for election to the closely divided New York state Senate, even though he's a Democrat. He says he'll consider candidates on a case by case basis. That stance gives the politically savvy governor a number of options.
The state legislature ended their 2012 session Thursday evening as lawmakers had promised, but they did not manage to finish everything on their list before they left.
The legislative session that's concluding in Albany seems to be more about what's not getting done than what is getting accomplished. Agreements were not reached on several key issues.
Governor Andrew Cuomo at this time last year was intensely lobbying lawmakers to pass a bill to legalize gay marriage. This year, he has taken a more hands-off approach to the end of the current legislative session.
A bill to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana appears dead for the legislative session, now that Republicans in the Senate say they won't be acting on the bill.
Governor Andrew Cuomo says it's "highly unlikely" that his bill to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana will be taken up by the Senate before the legislative session ends on Thursday, and Senate Leader Dean Skelos confirms that.
Supporters of raising New York's minimum wage have not given up hope of getting a bill passed this session.
With just three weeks left in the legislative session, demonstrations and efforts to put the bill on the Senate floor continue.
For weeks, there's been a stalemate in Albany over the issue of raising the state's minimum wage, with Assembly Democrats backing the idea, Senate Republicans opposing it, and Governor Andrew Cuomo remaining neutral in the middle.
Cuomo says he generally backs the measure, but feels that the GOP can't be convinced.
The state's September primary is going to be delayed by two days, now that the legislature has agreed to move the date from Tuesday, September 11 to Thursday, September 13.
Democrats in the State Assembly approved a bill to increase the state's minimum wage.
The Republican leader of the State Senate offered a spirited defense of his position opposing the measure, but did not rule the issue out altogether.
Democrats in the Assembly approved a bill to increase the state's minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.50 an hour. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who has championed the measure, calls it a "moral imperative".
"It is, I keep saying it, a moral issue," said Silver.
New York's Presidential primary is Tuesday, but the initial excitement over the vote vanished when Rick Santorum dropped out earlier this month. State GOP leaders say they are looking ahead to the general election instead.
New York lawmakers are very optimistic about getting a budget done on time again this year. They say 99% of the state's spending plan has been closed down, and they will pass bills before the end of the week.
The Leader of the State Senate says an Assembly bill to hold state legislative primaries on June 26th is dead on arrival in his house, making it more likely that the state will hold three separate primaries this year.
The New York State legislature, on its first official day of business, acted in a show of bi- partisanship, to divest the state of investments in Iran, but Democrats and Republicans in the Senate continue to argue over redistricting.


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