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The Kansas State Board of Education earlier this month signed on to the Common Core State Standards Initiative, making Kansas the 38th state to join the "quiet revolution" toward national education standards. This is very bad news.
To understand why, consider how the Lawrence Journal-World plays up the political implications of Common Core:
The movement toward national standards — the Kansas State Board of Education joined the program earlier this month — comes with plenty of advantages, said Rick Doll, superintendent of the Lawrence school district.
Among them is snuffing the likelihood of political flare-ups, such as the off-and-on debate over whether Kansas should de-emphasize the teaching of evolution in public schools.
"What we teach in school should not be dependent on the political leanings of a governing body," Doll said. "With this, there's less chance of that happening."
This is dangerous nonsense.
First, by removing decisions about curriculum from state and local school boards, you deny parents and students accountability and their rightful voice. It's certainly true that 2+2 = 4 whether you live in Honolulu or Hanover. But things are bound to get dicey when it's a question, say, of whether to teach Richard Dawkins or Howard Zinn.
Second, who's to say a national governing body would be any less political than a state or local one? A public school system more centralized under the federal government is all but guaranteed to be further co-opted by the Blob.
School Reform News contributor and our friend Neal McCluskey argues at Cato's blog that hopes for political comity or any sort of consensus about national standards are misplaced:
…[H]aving national standards will only push the fighting to the national level, threatening to tear apart the entire country with conflicts that could have been contained within state or district boundaries. Moreover, the fighting is likely to be even more intense, because with national standards there's nowhere to go but out of the country if you lose. And that raises what should be the most alarming point for national-standards advocates: What happens if and when you are not in power?
Or, as I put it in an op-ed for Investor's Business Daily a few months back, if you thought the fight over Texas history textbooks was bad, you ain't seen nothin' yet.


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As we are approaching Canada Day, I am thinking a good old Canadian Moose tale might be appropriate. Then I start to think about other Canadian animals like the Beaver and the Buck, the Salmon and the Trout, the Kermode and the Grizzly. All of that makes me think about Animal Farm and how all the different personalities in Orwell's novel worked to work together in some kind of harmony, in order to eliminate chaos and establish a productive and peaceful life. In a lot of ways, the animal kingdom is like the human kingdom – they kill and eat meat; they make homesteads and protect their families from trouble; they are territorial and, most often, respectful and tolerant of others.
I wrote a story once, Animal Farm Revisited, and I had given an animal persona to each of the employees of my office at the time. We had a Queen Bee, a parrot, a cow and a pig, and a pesky bull that just did not fit it! I can't seem to locate that story anymore, but I know my friend Dove has it somewhere on a bookshelf in her lovely Foskett House Bed and Breakfast in Comox, British Columbia. I meant to ask her for it last month while I enjoyed a weekend with her, Michael and Max -- the dog who loves me.
When you think about it, humans have adopted specific animal traits – physical and emotional, but also there are behavioural similarities too. Some politicians, some teachers, some doctors, some lawyers and some businessmen have easily been compared to various animals – snakes, slugs, woodpeckers, octopuses, doves, tigers, rats … leading to great allegories and the use of personification in many novels in all languages everywhere in the world. I think I am most often a dove – peaceful and loving; but, I have monkey traits as well in that I am inquisitive, curious and energetic when it comes to figuring something or someone out! You can't pull the wool over my eyes!
So, instead of trying to come up with a Canadian Moose story this Canada Day, look around you and see that celebrating Canada is more than just identifying our iconic animals or adopted floral symbols or naming our provinces, capitals and former prime ministers – it is about looking at ourselves and those around us. It is about our harmony with nature, our relationship with nature, --- all it has to offer us and all we have to offer it, in our clean and peaceful homestead called Canada, where 'Can' trumps 'Can't' and we have figured that out.


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KSA Summer Show 16 opened on Friday 17th June 2016 with special guest Sir Terry Farrell. There were hundreds in attendance to celebrate what has been yet another great year at Kent School of Architecture. As with every year, the degree show is organised by a core team of students; this year the show was led by 5th Year MArch student James Bussey and KASA president, 4th year MArch student Charles Hope who also put together this year's degree catalogue. To buy this year's catalogue, click here.
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Does financial development 'lead' economic growth? A vector auto-regression appraisal
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Using a Vector Autoregression (VAR) approach, several hypotheses are re-examined suggested by the literature concerning the relationship between financial development and economic growth, investment and productivity. The models use quarterly time-series data from ten OECD countries and China. Innovation accounting or variance decomposition and impulse response function analysis is applied to examine interrelationships between variables in the VAR system and, therefore, differs from the more usual Granger causality approach. In particular, it examines the relationship between financial development proxied by total credit. At best, weak support is found for the hypothesis that financial development 'leads' economic growth.
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2015 marks the year where the nineties are making a comeback. Exciting news has been circulating around the music press that iconic bands Babes In Toyland and L7 are reforming. Babes In Toyland and L7 were two iconic all female grunge bands who were massive inspirations to the feminist-punk "riot-grrrl" movement including Kathleen Hanna herself. Both bands also share a connection with Courtney Love through Kat Bjelland of Babes In Toyland and Jennifer Finch of L7.
Babes In Toyland were formed in 1987 in Minneapolis after Kat Bjelland met drummer Lori Barbero at a friend's house. Kat and Lori went through many band members including Courtney Love who was kicked out of the band after a few weeks. Kat Bjelland and Courtney Love also have a legendary dispute over who invented the "kinderwhore" look (babydoll dresses, smudged lipstick and bleached blonde hair) a trademark of both frontwomen during the nineties. Like Courtney, Kat Bjelland was also famous for her gut wrenching howl and violent metaphor ridden lyrics. Babes In Toyland released their first single through legendary label Sub Pop in 1989. It was entitled Dust Cake Boy. The band also appeared in Dave Markey's film 1991: The Year Punk Broke documenting their influence during the grunge era. They played Lolapalooza in 1993 alongside bands such as Alice In Chains and Rage Against The Machine.
The band released their iconic album Fontanelle in 1992. The album consists of Bruise Violent and the track Handsome and Gretel, both rumoured to be about Courtney Love and their rivalry/friendship.The current reunion will consist of the line up who performed this album. Maureen Herman will play with Babes In Toyland in 2015. Both Michelle Leon and Maureen Herman have left and returned to the band on different occasions due to personal reasons. The band have battled many personal struggles in the years after Babes In Toyland including mental illness and physical injury. However, they were documented to reconnect in 2013 and have talked about getting back together for a while. In NME, Maureen Herman told of how they recently played the song He's My Thing together and "knocked it out on first try". The band will play their first gigs in the UK after 18 years in May 2015.
L7 were formed in 1985 in Los Angeles by Donita Sparks and Suzi Gardner. They were then accompanyed by Jennifer Finch on bass and drummer Roy Koutsky. Roy was then replaced by Demetra Plakas. Jennifer Finch once shared a band with Kat Bjelland and Courtney Love called Sugar Baby Doll, the project was doomed and never amounted to much. L7 were responsible for Rock For Choice, a pro choice organisation which was supported by bands such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam. The band got their name from a 1950's slang term which means "square" or "uncool". The band's 1992 album Bricks Are Heavy was produced by Butch Vig (Nirvana, Garbage) The popular album spawned their most famous hit Pretend We're Dead and the track Shitlist. L7 were riff heavy and famous for their aggressive and distinctive vocals. The band also garnered much controversy in their time. Donita Sparks famously stripped from the waist down on the iconic British music TV show The Word. During the 1992 Reading festival, she threw her used tampon into the crowd. Drummer Demetra Plakas once raffled off a one-night-stand at a London gig. The band found themselves on many movie soundtracks during the 1990s including Natural Born Killers and Tank Girl. They also made an appearance as a punk band in the John Waters film Serial Mom.
Currently, the original line-up have reformed after 14 years. The band have announced festival dates in Spain and France as well as an appearance at this year's Download festival at Castle Donington. It will be their first UK gig after 15 years. The band have also started a Kickstarter website to raise funds for a documentary entitled L7: Pretend We're Dead.
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It is possible that the 2021/22 academic year may be affected by the ongoing disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Any arrangements put in place by the University for the 2021/22 academic year will be in accordance with the latest government public health advice, pandemic-related/health and safety legislation, and the terms and conditions of the student contract.
Want to top up your business degree in Birmingham? Our BA (Hons) International Business (Top-Up) course allows you to learn from industry experienced lecturers.
This international business (top up) degree develops your knowledge and skills so you can apply what you learn internationally. We focus on giving you real business scenarios to put your learning to the test and get as much experience of the business world as possible.
We're living in an international world, where global communication and accessible customer and client services are vital. This course gives you the confidence to get out there and engage with overseas businesses.
Our top up year in international business covers international business strategy, operations and systems, e-Business, global management issues globalisation and much more. We encourage you to apply your learning to real experience and business scenarios, so you'll learn through group presentations, live projects and business case studies.
You get individual tutor support and they work closely with you to make sure you choose the projects and modules that will help you in your chosen career or further study.
You'll benefit from our exceptional links to business. Our staff bring in expert guest speakers and industry gurus to help you with your projects. They've worked all over the world and bring experience from the Ministry of Defence, aerospace and multimillion pound conglomerates.
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Our Virtual Open Day for this course will take place on 22 November 2020. Book now and we will email you with a link to the Virtual Open Day for your subject area of choice.
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If you're unable to use the online form for any reason, you can complete our PDF application form and equal opportunities PDF form instead. The University reserves the right to increase fees in line with inflation based on the Retail Prices Index or to reflect changes in Government funding policies or changes agreed by Parliament up to a maximum of five per cent.
UK and EU students applying for most undergraduate degree courses in the UK will need to apply through UCAS.
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) is a UK organisation responsible for managing applications to university and college.
Applications can also be made direct to the faculty for those students without a UCAS account. Please contact our Business School Admissions Team on Email: email@example.com or call +44 (0)121 331 6565.
There are three ways to apply:
You will need to complete our International Application Form and Equal Opportunities Form, and submit them together with scan copies of your original academic transcripts and certificates.
Our in-country representatives can help you make your application and apply for a visa. They can also offer advice on travel, living in the UK and studying abroad.
If you are applying for an undergraduate degree or a Higher National Diploma (HND), you can apply through the UK's Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).
You can request a printed form from your school or nearest British Council office. You will be charged for applying through UCAS. Birmingham City University's UCAS code is B25 BCITY.
UK / EU students are required to submit a personal statement as part of their application for this course.*
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There are no compulsory additional costs or charges associated with studying on this course. While you may choose to purchase personal copies of text books, all our key text books are available from our library or online (subject to normal library loan and online access arrangements).
Based on the past experience of our students, you might find it helpful to set aside about £50 for each year of your studies for your personal stationery and study materials. All our students are provided with 100 free pages of printing each year to a maximum total value of £15.
The cost of accommodation and other living costs are not included within your course fees. More information on the cost of accommodation can be found in our accommodation pages.
If you've got no idea where to start or just want to check you're on the right track, we've got expert advice and real examples from our students to help you nail your personal statement. You can even download our ultimate personal statement guide for free.
We offer further information on possible undergraduate financial support. This includes the type of loans, grants and scholarships available both from the government and from Birmingham City University.
In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete all the following CORE modules (totalling 120 credits).
If you study the 2 year version of the course, you will study the below modules in your first year.
Contemporary Business: Practice and Solutions
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This module investigates current issues that impact upon business organisations, providing you with a greater awareness of the challenges modern business face.
Applied Management
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Application of business strategy is highly important in every business, bringing together findings from operations, finance and marketing to create important visions and targets. In this module, you'll discuss key issues, look at case studies and specific information to gain a solid understanding of management strategy application.
Business Operations
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The module focuses on the tools and techniques used by operation managers within service and manufacturing institutions, ensuring activities are in line with corporate and market objectives.
Marketing Communication Planning
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The module will allow you to not only understand the tools and techniques used in marketing communications, but apply this knowledge to design and create their own campaigns.
Business Entrepreneur
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This module provides you with the direct experience in how to conceive, present and communicate an attractive and credible business plan. You'll become aware of the theory and practice of entrepreneurship in different international contexts.
Supply Chain Management
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This module will give an integrative perspective of the business organisation and underpinning knowledge of Supply Chain, Logistics and Operations Management. It provides students with an introduction to the management principles, processes and the environment within which the Supply Chain manager operates. Core to the module will be an examination of management decision-making and the range of tools and techniques used to support the Supply Chain process.
In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete all the following CORE modules (totalling 120 credits).
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Business Processes and Systems
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This module encourages you to develop an in-depth understanding of the analysis of business operations and processes, looking at real-life business plans and developing relevant theories in workshops.
Innovative Thinking in Organisation Development
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This Module builds on our practice-based approach to learning. You will integrate theory and practice in order to challenge existing approaches and thinking and propose innovative ideas to support flexible and creative initiatives within organisations. In addition the module meets key expectations set out by employers, the QAA Benchmarking standards for Business and Management programmes and the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). It complements other modules within the Final Year through supporting personal and professional development across a range of transferable skills including problem solving, critical thinking, generating innovative ideas, and building and delivering effective oral presentations.
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With the business environment undergoing constant changes, organisations can no longer obtain a competitive advantage by simply producing high-quality products. This module will equip you with the knowledge you need to be successful in e-business, using modern techniques to push business products.
International Business
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This module provides you with an introduction to the main issues of international business, dealing with the cultural, administrative and economic differences around the world, and how they shape modern businesses.
One Planet Business
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This module aims to provide you with an understanding of the role that marketing has to play in meeting the needs of the sustainability agenda. It identifies the nature and extent of the challenges facing organisations today and considers potential approaches for addressing these. In doing so, it aspires to creating a vision of the future in which organisations, consumers and government can work together to realise a one planet business strategy.
Contemporary Global Management Issues
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The module seeks to address key issues confronting managers in a rapidly globalising 21st century. The fast changing global business environment and the dynamics of international shifts in economic power have led to an increased interest in responsiveness of organisations. As you graduate from university with your business management degree you will need to demonstrate a clear appreciation of the key issues of the day and the theoretical work that has attempted to explain them. The module seeks to equip you with ability to critically analyse case material and to engage in meaningful debate both aurally and in writing.
You'll be assessed by conventional written exams but also a range of methods that reflect the challenges you will encounter in a work environment. This includes business reports, case studies, individual and group presentations, portfolios and projects.
You'll learn in a very friendly and supportive environment, so if you need help, guidance or advice, we're always on hand. You get a dedicated tutor and work in small classes, so there's plenty of individual attention paid to your goals.
If you are interested in undertaking part of your studies abroad, the Erasmus scheme may be of interest to you. It allows higher education students to study for part of their degree in another European country.
It is open to undergraduates in their second year (or above) and offers a unique opportunity to enhance your CV and experience new cultures. If you study with us you will have access to an Erasmus co-ordinator, who can provide information about which institutions we have links with.
When you complete your degree in International Business, you can continue studying with us for a postgraduate degree.
We have a range of courses available including, MBA, Executive MBA, MSc Management and Marketing, MBA International Business, or our MSc Leadership and Organisational Performance course.
We're happy to support and guide you if you decide you want to specialise further and carry on studying with us.
There are many opportunities to visit businesses and meet experts and professionals. We encourage our students to attend events and enter national and international competitions.
"One of the best aspects of studying at BCU is how intimate the learning environment is. This has really allowed me to interact with my fellow peers and instructors at a more personal level and has contributed to my learning and growth experience at university."
During the course you'll learn to find appropriate solutions to complex business and management problems, evaluate the effectiveness of business activity and generate ideas for new businesses.
These skills can all be applied in the real world. Employers are always impressed that our students already know how to apply their knowledge practically, without having to learn it on the job.
The top up degree teaches you how to work collaboratively with students from all over the world and how to act independently. By choosing your own professional route to taking on management tasks and accountability, you'll develop your confidence and be able to show employers that you can fit in to an organisation well.
You'll also learn invaluable skills such as how to conduct proper research, how to write a report and how to problem solve.
Developing your understanding of international strategic management and business operations will allow you to adapt in the ever-changing and increasingly internationally oriented business environment.
OpportUNIty: Student Jobs on Campus ensures that our students are given a first opportunity to fill many part-time temporary positions within the University. This allows you to work while you study with us, fitting the job around your course commitments. By taking part in the scheme, you will gain valuable experiences and employability skills, enhancing your prospects in the job market.
It will also allow you to become more involved in University life by delivering, leading and supporting many aspects of the learning experience, from administration to research and mentoring roles.
Students on this top-up course come from a variety of backgrounds. They study a broad selection of modules, which allows them to go on to a variety roles in any industry, or specialise further and continue to study with us once they graduate.
We get many students from China because of the practical focus of our top up degree and the opportunities for further study with us.
The diverse mix of students on the modules means that international students benefit from an array of students and cultural influences.
Ashley has played a key role in many of the projects reshaping the face of Birmingham, including as Communications and Engagement Manager for Grand Central Birmingham, overseeing the centre's transformation into a new premium shopping and dining destination.
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Turkey . Genocide vote 'will damage US-Turkey relations' "Turkey's top general has warned that military ties with the US will be irreversibly damaged if the US Congress passes a resolution that labels the first world war killings of Armenians a genocide." Turkish General Sees U.S. Ties at Risk "Bush administration officials and U.S. military leaders who oppose the resolution say they fear Turkey could limit crucial air and land supply lines into Iraq as punishment if the measure is accepted by the full House of Representatives." U.S. Urges Turkish Restraint On Kurds "U.S. officials began an intense lobbying effort Saturday to defuse Turkish threats to launch a cross-border military attack against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq and to limit access to critical air and land routes that have become a lifeline for U.S. troops in Iraq." Kurdish dreams find a foothold in Iraq "Unshackled from Arab domination and the yoke of Saddam Hussein's regime, Iraqi Kurdistan has grown into a powerful incubator of Kurdish ambitions and nationalism."
Iraq . Ex-Commander Says Iraq Effort Is 'a Nightmare'"In a sweeping indictment of the four-year effort in Iraq, the former top commander of American forces there called the Bush administration's handling of the war "incompetent" and said the result was "a nightmare with no end in sight." At an Army School for Officers, Blunt Talk About Iraq"Discussions between a New York Times reporter and dozens of young majors in five Leavenworth classrooms over two days – all unusual for their frankness in an Army that has traditionally presented a facade of solidarity to the outside world – showed a divide in opinion."
Mideast . Rice tries to curtail hopes for Mideast peace breakthrough "Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived here Sunday for another effort to forge an Israeli-Palestinian document to be presented to a Middle East peace conference next month, but both sides staked out sharply opposing positions, and she sought to lower expectations for speedy progress." Rice: U.S. has no intention of imposing conditions on Israel "Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has no intention of imposing on Israel "anything that will not be acceptable to it," during the negotiations with the Palestinians in preparation for the summit at Annapolis," Envoy attacks quartet 'failures' "The UN should withdraw from the quartet of Middle East mediators unless the group addresses Palestinian human rights, its envoy said today." Iran's Top Cleric Calls for Boycott of Peace Talks "Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called Saturday for all Muslim countries to boycott an American-sponsored meeting for Middle East peace that is planned for late November."
Israel-Syria. Analysts Find Israel Struck a Nuclear Project Inside Syria"Israel's air attack on Syria last month was directed against a site that Israeli and American intelligence analysts judged was a partly constructed nuclear reactor, apparently modeled on one North Korea has used to create its stockpile of nuclear weapons fuel," Israel Silent on Reports of Bombing Within Syria"Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Israeli officials declined Sunday to confirm or deny a report that an Israeli Air Force strike against Syria last month had bombed a partly constructed nuclear reactor of North Korean design." Israeli air strike was aimed at Syrian reactor "The fact that there were virtually no complaints from the Arab world added credence to suspicions that the target had been a military site causing unease among Syria's neighbours."
Putin. Putin to visit Iran despite threats "Russian special services have confirmed they received intelligence about a plot against President Vladimir Putin." Putin's visit to Iran to go ahead "Putin has confirmed that he will visit Iran on Monday as planned, despite reports of a possible plot to kill him there." Bush, aides 'grossly misjudged Putin' "The Bush administration's failure to win Russia's consent to install U.S. missile defenses in its European backyard and a growing list of other disputes suggest that President Bush and his aides have misread the man whose "soul" Bush thought he'd divined when they first met six years ago."
Immigration. States' Immigrant Policies Diverge "As the Bush administration and Congress sit gridlocked on an immigration overhaul, states are jumping into the debate as never before." Hispanic exodus from Irving hurts businesses "Since late last month, illegal immigrants have retreated into the shadows and Hispanic activists have organized protests over an Irving program that checks the immigration status of everyone arrested by city police." Taking a Middle Road on Immigration in California "Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger weighed in this week on two volatile issues in the immigration debate, splitting the difference in a way that exemplifies his delicate handling of the controversial subject." No Need for a Warrant, You're an Immigrant "Last week, immigration officials announced that they had made more than 1,300 arrests across the country over the summer when they went looking for gang members. Since the raids were carried out under immigration law, many protections in place under the American criminal codes did not apply."
World Bank & Africa. World Bank Neglects African Farming, Study Says "The World Bank, financed by rich nations to reduce poverty in poor ones, has long neglected agriculture in impoverished sub-Saharan Africa, where most people depend on the farm economy for their livelihoods, according to a new internal evaluation."
Australia election. Howard calls election as Australian voters desert him "Australia's prime minister, John Howard, called a general election yesterday as polls showed him heading for a landslide defeat after nearly 11 years in office." PM tells voters: you know where I stand "JOHN HOWARD says the nation cannot risk change. Kevin Rudd reckons not changing government is the bigger risk. The leaders delivered their opening salvos in the campaign yesterday after the Prime Minister finally named the election date: November 24." Rudd promises new leadership, not me-tooism "KEVIN RUDD has dismissed the criticism that he is guilty of mimicking the Government with an outbreak of "me-tooism", and has outlined five key areas of difference."
Sudan . South Sudanese present demands "Officials of south Sudan's former rebel movement have presented demands to the government, as a crisis threatens to destroy a two-year peace agreement."
Religious right politics. Bauer urges 'open mind' "Social conservative leader Gary L. Bauer has issued an appeal to supporters to consider former Sen. Fred Thompson's bid for the Republican presidential nomination."
Churches & gays. Church divide over gays has a global audience "As Episcopalians and Anglicans wait to see if their fractious global fellowship will splinter or hold together in a long-running conflict over homosexuality and the Bible, other denominations are watching nervously."
Religion and nation (James Carroll. Boston Globe) "The danger in mixing religion and nation lies in the way these two enterprises have exploited one another, each to advance its separate cause. This is as old as the early-4th-century emperor Constantine, who used Christian orthodoxy as a club with which to enforce political control of his vast empire."
So what does the Constitution say about religion? (Oliver "Buzz" Thomas, USA Today)"Americahas institutionalized this great theological concept through the political mechanism of the First Amendment. The "no establishment" clause separates the institutions of church and state by prohibiting any government action that has the primary effect of advancing or inhibiting religion. Government is to remain neutral. No citizen should be advantaged or disadvantaged because of his religious faith. The separation of church and state does not mean the separation of God and government or of religion and politics."


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In celebration of the Jamestown 4G LTE network launch, and in recognition of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Verizon Wireless will be awarding its 2012 HopeLine Award to a local individual who has worked to help end domestic violence in the Jamestown area. That individual will be announced later this week. In addition, the company will make a $2,500 donation to the Salvation Army of Jamestown in the winner's name. Both presentations will take place October 18 at the Verizon Wireless store at 901 Fairmount Avenue in Jamestown.
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THE SCOTS writer behind the global best-selling Grand Theft Auto video game series was a no-show at the opening of a new games lab yesterday – because of traffic.
Brian Baglow made his name from controversial game, in which players must speed through the city streets, running over pedestrians, and shooting up cop cars, to get to the next objective.
Edinburgh Napier University had hoped Baglow would unveil their new Interactive Entertainment degree programme and even delayed the event two hours in the hope he would turn up.
But they later conceded that traffic delays meant that the games developer and former student – now a PR consultant – didn't make it to the launch in time.
The university has worked with Disney subsidiary Black Rock to ensure the new BSc degree course fully prepares graduates for the games industry.Last week the SNP voiced fears that hundreds of jobs could be lost to Ireland after its government offered tempting tax breaks for games firms.
But the course is expected to be a big boost to the industry, supplying fresh talent to the dozens of games firms based primarily in Dundee and Edinburgh.
Edinburgh is already home to Rockstar North, one of the most advanced games developers on the planet, while Dundee is the current centre of the Scots video game industry.
Kenny Mitchell, research leader at the Black Rock Studio in Brighton, part of Disney Interactive, says that the course is tailor made for rapidly expanding industry.
The former Napier student said: "Edinburgh Napier has a proven track record in game development and we see this is a marvellous opportunity to develop the next generation of talent for the game industry.
"Titles like Harry Potter and Grand Theft Auto that are world leading franchises, have fed into expertise from Edinburgh Napier.
"We see that talent base in this area in Scotland that can be developed for the next generation.
"The games industry is outstripping the film industry in terms of revenue and there's a broad range of skill sets that we need to fill positions in are our studio and we're finding these in Scotland in particular.
"This is a particularly exciting time for the convergence of the game industry and the film industry."
The department has 24 Xbox consoles linked up to PC computers, allowing the students to analyse how the game was put together, and how the various layers came to the final product.
Sally Smith, Head of the School of Computing added: "This brings together a lot of our different disciplines with computing, we've been teaching programming, software engineering, networking for years.
"But highlights on this course are to be able to design and develop games, whether their games for your mobile or games for the XBox platform.
"Scotland in terms of the games industry is definitely punching above its weight.
"There are a lot of really good companies based here in Scotland and they need a lot of the courses like this BSc in Interactive Entertainment, in terms of graduates.
"It's only with the talent pool like that we have here in Scotland that the games industry can continue to flourish."
Chris Mann, a new student to the course, said that this is the right time for young hopefuls looking to crack the industry.
He said: "We have all the 24 Xbox's linked up to the computers so we can develop on the actual XBox platform.
"That's going to be the next generation, console development.
"It's all merging and coming together, and this is the next stage of development.
"There's almost certainly going to be jobs for someone in my position in three or four years.
"At the moment with the way the economy there aren't too many jobs for anyone but there certainly will be in four years or so, this is the perfect time to retrain and get yourself into this position."


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This month's RICS BIM Scotland Conference will host experts from across the construction sector. It will help clarify BIM for all professionals working in the property industry and explain how the new technology and associated processes will benefit the sector.
The construction industry has not been quick in taking up some of the benefits offered by certain modern developments. However, BIM has had a natural progression within the industry and is increasingly being used within the construction market. This is in part due to the potential for BIM to increase efficiency across collaborative working and the way construction projects are designed, delivered and operated.
The system has also been recognised by the Government, who announced within UK Government Construction strategy the requirement for collaborative Building Information Modelling on its projects by 2016. RICS BIM Scotland Conference will be held at the Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) BIM Centre of Excellence. The conference's keynote briefing will be delivered by David Philp, Head of BIM Implementation at the Cabinet Office.
David Philp Head of BIM Implementation at the Cabinet Office said: "BIM is not so much about the technology or process but is instead more about changing the way we work together to help realise better outcomes at all stages of the asset lifecycle and liberate maximum value for all parties. I am delighted to be working with GCU to help fully capitalise on the benefits for the industry and help create a better (BIM enabled) future Built Environment."
Steven Brady, Head of RICS Scotland Quantity and Construction Professional Group Board said: "There needs to be collaboration across the property industry for BIM to be fully implemented effectively and in line with the Government's 2016 objective. As one of the only industry bodies to cover the entire supply chain, RICS is well placed to support and lead on this collaboration. It is imperative that individuals across the sector recognise right from the beginning that BIM is an opportunity to provide a fully integrated service and is already becoming the new way working within the industry."


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Charles H. Whitebread, the former University of Virginia law professor who maintained his ties to the state through bar review courses and lectures long after he moved to the University of Southern California law school, has died. He was 65.
Mr. Whitebread had a national reputation as an expert in criminal law, the U.S. Supreme Court and juvenile law. That reputation was enhanced by his lectures for bar review courses and his summaries of Supreme Court decisions that he presented to judicial conferences in Virginia and elsewhere.
He taught at the U.Va. law school from 1968 to 1981 and twice received the distinguished professor award. The law school will hold a remembrance of Mr. Whitebread Saturday, Dec. 6 at 4 p.m. in Caplin Pavilion.
Mr. Whitebread died Sept. 16 from lung cancer. The Los Angeles Times has an obituary.
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Anamika 19th March 2013 Written Episode Update
Anamika 19th March 2013 Written Episode, Anamika 19th March 2013 Written Update
Anamika walking besides Jeet but gets a jolt of shock at Saluja House's doorstep. Mata Rani's statue is shown and it is implied that Anamika cannot enter the house through main gate due to Mata Rani's presence. Anamika is feeling sad.
Jeet enters the house and nani asks about Rano. Jeet replies irritably that she was behaving irrationally in front of all friends. Nani voices her concern to Pushpa that Rano's behaviour is not good for their relationship, but Pushpa brushes the worry aside.
Jeet enters his room and is waiting for Rano's call. He opens the window in a bad mood, where Anamika is waiting for him. She has a longing expression on her face and wants to touch Jeet, but just then Rano calls and asks him to say sorry Jeet says so, which Anamika does not like. Jeet asks Rano to say I love you and gets busy talking to her, which makes Anamika cry
Nani is worried that Rano is suffering from some mental illness, and so is not the right bride for Jeet and they should call the marriage off. But Pushpa refuses. Nani says that they should not ruin Jeet's life and they should not tie Rano to Jeet till she gets well. But Pushpa says that Rano has already accepted Jeet as her husband, and that they have got their son back only because of Rano and she is like their daughter, so she should not say so to anyone, especially Jeet's father. Anamika overhears everything and gives a wicked smile.
Nani (actually Anamika disguised as Nani) goes to Rano's house and asks for Rano. She tells Rano that she is not well and hands her report to her telling her that she is not normal and so she should leave Jeet. She tells that not just her, but the whole family feels that this marriage cannot happen as it will ruin Jeet's life. And so, if she truly loves Jeet, she should leave him forever.
At Saluja House, Bebe goes to meet Nani as Pushpa has informed the family that she is upset and that's why is not having her dinner and finds her sitting quietly in a corner. She assures her that everything will be alright.
Meanwhile, Rano's mom informs Jeet's father about Nani's visit and Pratap gets angry and informs Pushpa that Biji visited Rano and asked her to call off the marriage. Pushpa tries to calm him down, but Pratap is extremely angry and asks her if she knew about Biji's visit to Rano, but Pushpa denies. Pratap decides to talk to Nani immediately, but Pushpa stops him saying that Jeet is at home and this can create problems.
Ritu tries to assure Rano that everything will be alright but Rano is worried that her mental condition will create problems. Ritu assures her that no report or Nani can decide the fate of her and Jeet's relationship, only she herself can. She assures her that they will get married definitely and leaves asking Rano to take rest. Rano remembers everything that has been happening with her in the last few days and Nani's words.
Precap: Rano is waving to someone in the car and Anamika is watching. She murmurs what did Jeet see in this girl that he wants to make her his second wife. But she won't let this happen.
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text: Berlin: Yosef Baraki on Risking Lives to Shoot 'Mina Walking' in Afghanistan 5:47 PM PST 2/9/2015 by Etan Vlessing FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Yosef Baraki Mina Walking Still - H 2015 The Canadian director's Kabul set braved Taliban mortar shells, as his film portrays a fight to maintain hard-fought gains for Afghan women. Canadian director Yosef Baraki recalls his race against time to shoot Mina Walking in Afghanistan as that country's intensifying war with the Taliban came dangerously near. "I could hear boom, boom, boom. It was far off, but every second the sound felt nearer and near," Baraki told The Hollywood Reporter in Berlin about the sound of mortar shells fired by the Taliban as his cameras captured the Canada-Afghanistan co-production's main character, Mina, an impulsive 12-year-old Afghan street seller played by Farzana Nawabi. In a country where women cannot travel freely or safely alone, Baraki and his cast and crew often found themselves besieged by local Afghans hurling abuse at 12-year-old Nawabi for acting in Mina Walking, which bowed this week at the Berlinale as part of the Generation sidebar. Read more Afghanistan War Film 'Hornet's Nest' to Hit Theaters in Late May "When we were filming in busy streets or markets and people saw me pointing a camera at her [Nawabi], they would yell out insults, they would throw things at her and shout she should be ashamed to play in a film, she should be at home, not on the street talking to boys," Baraki recalled. Unlike other movies shot in Afghanistan, like Hell and Back Again and Restrepo, this one had no budget for 24/7 security for the movie set, the Canadian director said. So to avoid drawing attention, Baraki often positioned his camera on a roof top, or from an office window, and used a long lens to capture Nawabi and fellow castmembers in a scene below. Mina Walking, in an echo of Malala Yousafzai, the Nobel-winning Pakistani teenager campaigning for the rights of girls to an education, portrays a young girl struggling to stay in school while having to sell in the streets to support her drug-addicted father and senile grandfather after her mother is killed by the Taliban. Read more Malala Yousafzai, Child Activist Shot by Taliban, Closes Book Deal For Baraki, Mina reflects an entire post-Taliban generation of children in Afghanistan caring for families scarred by decades of war. "We think of this new generation of Afghans having an opportunity that the past never offered them. But I observed on visits to Afghanistan children taking care of parents and grandparents taken out of school and forced to sell in the streets," he said. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Etan Vlessing email@example.com @thr


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H.R.4709 - Take Unsafe Limos Off the Road Act116th Congress (2019-2020) |
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|Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (Introduced 10/16/2019)
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|10/31/2019 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8682) (All Actions)
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Take Unsafe Limos Off the Road Act
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to award grants to states that have enacted and are enforcing laws that require the impoundment or immobilization of stretch limousines if such limousines are found to have certain defects upon inspection.


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In Case You Missed It: Auditor general blasts Kathleen Wynne's 'Fair Hydro Plan'
The Wynne government created a "needlessly complex" scheme to pay for its hydro rate cuts without showing the costs on its own bottom line, Ontario's auditor general said in a...May 31, 2018
In Case You Missed It: eHealth Still Unfinished After 14 Years and $8 Billion: Auditor General
Ontario's health-care sector spent more than $8 billion between 2002/03 and 2015/16 on various electronic health records (EHR) projects and related initiatives, but significant components are still not operational, Auditor General Bonnie...May 30, 2018
In Case You Missed It: Auditor General Issues "Qualified" Opinion on Province's Books
For the first time in 23 years, the Auditor General issued a qualified opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Province of Ontario because the financial statements did not...May 29, 2018
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In Case You Missed It: Ontarians paid $37 billion extra for electricity from 2006-14, says auditor general Bonnie Lysyk
Ontario's electricity consumers are being zapped for tens of billions of dollars due to overpriced green energy, poor government planning, and shoddy service from Hydro One, says auditor general Bonnie...May 27, 2018
In Case You Missed It: Auditor general blasts Liberals' public-private funding and 'high-risk' MaRS loan
In a 595-page annual report to the legislature that blasted a "high-risk" $224-million government loan for the medical and related sciences (MaRS) tower, Lysyk said Infrastructure Ontario's use of private-public...May 26, 2018
In Case You Missed It: ORNGE founder Mazza all but destroyed air ambulance: report
Serious financial issues at ORNGE involving Mazza, who was terminated along with two senior executives in 2012, were first unearthed by the Toronto Star, which also revealed a series of...May 22, 2018
In Case You Missed It: Chris Mazza made $9.3M in 6 years at Ornge, minister confirms
Ousted Ornge CEO Chris Mazza collected $9.3 million over six years at the province's publicly funded air ambulance service, the governing Liberals confirmed Wednesday. The June 2012 report, which tried...May 17, 2018
In Case You Missed It: Ontario Liberals' gas-plant cancellations cost $1-billion: auditor
Ontario's Liberal government will spend a billion dollars to cancel two gas-fired power plants, a sum that puts the scandal among the costliest in the province's history. What's more, Liberal...May 16, 2018
In Case You Missed It: Private firms got public money, Ornge audit finds
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Facebook Messenger has crossed 1 billion monthly active users. The social media giant now owns 3 social media platforms that have more than 1 billion monthly active users, with Messenger being the latest.
While Facebook Messenger is obviously growing in popularity, are businesses using it the right way to reach out? It looks like there are a lot of gaps that brands can fill using Facebook Messenger. Let's identify these and understand the ways to use Messenger more efficiently.
Chat With A Prospect On Messenger
Social media is all about connecting with your prospects and users. It gives your brand. This becomes essential if your brand is dealing with sensitive products or services. Imagine brands which deal with contraceptive pills, adoption clinics, hair transplant or private detective services. You wouldn't expect your users to write their queries on your wall, would you? Invite them to your chat so that you can respond to any questions they might have. Once they get to interact with you, they would be more likely to do business with you.
Instant Reply and Auto-Greeting
Once a user lands on your page, greet them with a welcome message on Facebook Messenger. This is just to give your Facebook fan page the feel of a local store. Encourage them to interact with you. Ask them a question. Would they like to know the delivery time? Or would they like to see the product in action? Asking a compelling question goes a long way in getting the user to start interacting.
You can also use instant replies to give the feel that you are listening to your prospects. Imagine asking a question through chat and not getting any response. You feel ignored which is awful for business. Stop giving them the cold shoulder by setting up instant replies. Don't worry if you think your user might be annoyed with another generic message. At least they'll not feel ignored by your brand.
Messenger For Customer Care
Convert your Facebook page into a customer support portal by using Messenger effectively. Messenger opens up another channel for your customers to get in touch with you. What works for the brand is that Messenger is more personal, and a private chat can give you a lot of insights. Help your customer with the decision-making process and try to resolve his issue in a single conversation itself. Here it becomes necessary for you to take the message private too. If a customer is angry and is venting all over Facebook, take charge and pull them into a private chat. You can use this by using Facebook Messenger code.
Send the message to the user asking them to scan it. This opens up a private Messenger chat. This is great to manage your reputation on Facebook.
This is just like sending a CTA in a tweet to take the conversation private. A very useful tool to put out fires.
Start Using Chatbots
Marketing on Facebook has its challenges. Messenger opens up a few more. If your page has a huge active following, getting to respond to each and every request in Messenger is difficult. To mitigate this, Facebook announced its chatbots for Messenger. Developers can use Facebook Messengers API's to create awesome chatbots. Slack has already used the Slackbot to its advantage. It's time brands use these chatbots to automate some of the processes in Messenger.
These chatbots can assist you with your shopping, order food online and even deliver customized stock market alerts. You can tailor them further to remind them about an upcoming birthday. You can top this reminder with gift suggestions. There are a lot of different applications to Facebook Messenger chatbots. Your imagination only limits them.
Create Ads That Link Out To Messenger
Facebook continually experiments with their ads platform. One such recent update is that you can link out to your Messenger using Facebook ads. You can now create image ads and carousel ads on Facebook that take you to a private chat. This is a brilliant way to get personal with your audience.
Facebook ads give you that boost your business desperately requires. Integrating their ads platform with Messenger not only puts your brand in front of a larger audience, but it also brings them closer to you. Imagine a real estate agent marketing on Facebook. Facebook ads with Messenger can be used by them to get closer to their audience. Add a chatbot to this and they can indeed deliver a personal experience even with significant traffic.
Response Time
It is always a good option to update your typical response time on your Facebook page. This helps you to set expectations when a user visits your Facebook page. Most users expect you to respond to them in an hour. Keep them engaged with a greeting or chatbot. The response time has to be set carefully to ensure that your user doesn't feel ignored. If the wait time is longer than the response time mentioned, your brand image will take a beating.
Leverage Impulse Buying
Messenger is a great way to invoke that salesman in you. Get a conversation going with a user. Get them to the 'aha' moment quickly. Pitch and then close the sale soon after. Messenger lets you do that on Facebook. What you can do is get the ball rolling by inviting the user to chat with you. After the pitch, you can then link out to the landing page to close the sale. Facebook is currently experimenting with peer to peer payments on Messenger. I believe they will come up with an update to close the deal on Facebook itself. As of now, though, you have to be satisfied by linking out.
Have you tried using Facebook Messenger for increasing your business yet? If not, it is time that you implement these steps so you get closer to the users visiting your Facebook page. If you have other ideas about Facebook Messenger, let us know in the comments sections below.
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I went to my favorite bookstore the other afternoon, a visit that I make at least once a week, usually when I'm bored, perhaps when I've had a bad day, or, often, when I can invent some reason to go, usually under the delusion that I "need" another book. I made this particular trip to replace Harold Brodkey's First Love and Other Sorrows, which I'd given to a friend who was visiting from out of town. Not only did I feel compelled to replace this book, I also felt a strong desire to replace the exact edition, part of the Vintage Contemporaries mid-80s line, all featuring horrendous (and far-too literal) covers. And this is of course the first compulsion—the compulsion simply to go to the bookstore. Once in the bookstore I regularly experience a variety of other compulsions, which I'll describe below.
But first, a little about this particular bookstore, which I will not name here because I am slightly ashamed of these compulsions, which are admittedly a little creepy. The store has two locations, one of which is a downtown café with a hip menu and the occasional art show. I rarely go to that one. The location I go to is a massive labyrinth, a twisty maze constructed out of books, sprawling out over a few connected buildings. To enter is to be immersed in that old book smell, that smell that makes me dizzy, that loads me with a strange anxiety. The staff seems to be in a constant state of reorganizing the flood of books that pours in each day. There are, quite literally, hundreds of thousands of books, from floor to ceiling. They take review copies off my hands for credit, so I haven't had to pay cash for a book in years, which is, you know, nice. I also live 1.1 miles away. So, again, you can understand the repeated visits.
Anyway. Once compelled to the bookstore, I experience additional compulsions, such as
- Offering unsolicited help to confused-looking customers: Most of the time these are high school or college students, searching for assigned reading, usually in the wrong section (Contemporary Authors when they should be in Classics). Not only do I feel compelled to point them to the opposite side of the store, I've even gone so far as to walk them over there, and then suggest particular editions of the book. I try to avoid a route that would put me in the direct scope of the legitimate employees as I perform this unwanted service.
- Suggesting books to strangers: This compulsion is linked to another urge, the compulsion to look at what people are buying. If I see someone picking up a Philip K. Dick novel, I nosily ask about China Miéville, because I know that there's a copy of Perdido Street Station that still hasn't found a home. If some poor kid is in the Faulkner section to find As I Lay Dying for school, I become the creepy weirdo who suggests that she also read Go Down, Moses. On the "B" aisle once, my awareness of a used copy of 2666 became so distressing (why hadn't someone already picked it up!) that I waited until someone else strolled down the aisle and tried to casually mention how awesome the book was, and that that person could not do wrong to buy it. Weird look ensues.
- Desiring books I already own: The copy of 2666 (which disappeared by the next week, thankfully) highlights another strange compulsion. If I find a copy of, say, Tree of Smoke, I feel compelled to pick it up and give it to someone. I have to remind myself that giving someone a 700 page book that got incredibly mixed reviews is not really a gift; it's a dare or burden.
- Tracking books: So, yeah, I keep track of books. Why hasn't anyone picked up Vollmann's The Ice-Shirt in six months? Why is there still a used copy of Suttree? This is shamefully obsessive, but not as shamefully obsessive as—
- Hiding books: I don't even know how to begin to start to try to explain this. Let's move on.
- Buying books I'm pretty sure I'll never read: I'm pretty sure that I'll never get through all or even most of Roland McHugh's Annotations to Finnegans Wake, but I had to buy the first edition. When will I have time to get through Malcolm Lowry's Hear Us O Lord from Heaven Thy Dwelling Place? Why do I feel the need to pick up British Penguin editions of Aldous Huxley books that I already own (and have not read all of yet)?
- Scouring for book marks: I don't know why, but I like to find what people have used to mark their places in their books. I have, to my great shame, transferred, on occasion, a bookmark from a book that I'm not going to buy to one I am taking. This isn't exactly theft, but it feels like a strange violation of sorts.
There are more compulsions of course, but this isn't meant to be a case study of my illness, so I'll spare you further details. So, did I get the Brodkey? No. They had about a dozen copies, but not that first Vintage Contemporaries edition with the ugly cover with sandcastles and butterflies that I wanted. So I picked up his later collection Stories in an Almost Classical Mode. I also picked up another book that I used to own but had given to a friend, James Weldon Johnson's memoir Along This Way, and The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake by, uh, Breece D'J Pancake. Of course I won't have time to read these before next week's trip.


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The Gapmaster HOn30 rail gapping device
By jorgen on Dec 12, 2012 in Sales and wanted lists
Tired of derailments at electrical gaps in your trackwork?Or of unsightly plastic railjoiners, or gaps opening up or closing over time? The Gapmaster from American Tie and Timber solves these problems while providing a good-looking solution. It is simple to install — just solder your rails down to it and cut electrical gaps afterwards. Perfect alignment is guaranteed. Available in 2 models for HOn30 — GM013 for MicroEngineering / Railcraft Flextrack and Handlaid, and GM016 for Peco SL-400 "crazy track".
Wayne Perrier
American Tie and Timber