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When the federal government introduced a bold system five years ago to evaluate state child welfare systems, it drew cheers from case workers, administrators and researchers.
No longer would the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) judge systems primarily by processes that are often unrelated to quality of care, such as checking to see if forms were signed. Instead, HHS would look at outcomes and procedures that reflect service delivery, such as case worker training and how quickly youth are moved out of government care.
Since then, every state, along with Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, has gone through the new Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSR) – and every one has failed. Any state that doesn't improve to the satisfaction of HHS faces millions of dollars in fines.
Are the nation's child welfare systems that bad? Or is the CFSR a bad test?
Child welfare administrators and researchers have complained about the test so much that HHS hired a consultant to recommend improvements and created a committee of state representatives and critics to discuss the problems and develop solutions. Susan Orr, associate commissioner of the Children's Bureau within HHS, expects some "tweaking" for the next round of reviews.
But while critics claim that the CFSR is flawed in fundamental ways that create inaccurate assessments of child welfare systems, HHS says the test is fundamentally sound.
Even as officials in some states complain about the CFSRs, they are working to meet the standards, which HHS believes will improve child welfare systems.
"Yes, people are complaining," says Steve Christian, program director at the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). "At the same time, most people in the field would say the reviews have had a positive impact on the process and the way things are done."
Built to Fail?
The evaluations were destined to be controversial.
The CFSR's roots date to 1994, when amendments to the Social Security Act required outcomes-based evaluations of state child welfare systems. The CFSRs use self-assessments by each state and on-site reviews by HHS to measure seven child outcomes and seven system standards. States that achieve what HHS calls "substantial conformity" in all 14 areas are spared reviews for five years. States that don't achieve substantial conformity must write improvement plans, to be approved by HHS.
If the federal agency determines two years later that those improvement plans are not being sufficiently implemented, fines are to be imposed. The fines vary by how much federal child welfare funding each state gets and the number of instances in which the state failed to meet the standards. California faces the biggest potential penalty: $18 million.
No one expected all or even most of the states to be in compliance in all 14 areas. The CFSRs, after all, were designed in part to compel states to improve their child welfare systems. But the first wave of evaluations in 2001 delivered a disturbing wake-up call: All 17 states that were evaluated failed, a pattern that continued through last year.
To Mark Testa, director of the Children and Family Research Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the perfect failure rate makes the CFSR's shortcomings obvious: If he administered a chemistry exam and all 52 students failed, he would suspect that the test was flawed.
A new evaluation measuring such disparate and complex systems was bound to have initial flaws, HHS says. The department says some state concerns will be addressed before the upcoming second round of reviews.
While praising HHS for moving to qualitative reviews, critics say problems with the measures and the threat of financial penalties could lead states to change their policies and practices in ways that would be detrimental to children. Or all the states could fail again, which would intensify doubts about the validity of the reviews.
"The idea of CFSRs is good," Testa says. "If they had the right data, it would be better."
The threat of federal fines appears to have made state officials circumspect when publicly discussing the CFSRs. Child welfare researchers are hesitant as well, because they want to work with HHS to improve the measures. Nevertheless, they raise several key issues:
Adequate sampling: HHS' on-site evaluations include a review of 50 randomly selected cases – far too few, critics say, to be representative of a state system, especially when the cases come from only three counties in each state. Testa says it's impossible for 50 cases to be a valid sample in a state like California, where 90,000 children are in foster care.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) criticized the small sample size in a report last year, saying it allowed for a very large margin of error.
In assessing Arizona, where Gov. Janet Napolitano has made child welfare a top priority, HHS relied too heavily on the 50 cases, says Katherine Guffey, human services specialist in the state Administration for Children, Youth and Families. Those assessments included focus groups with people involved in the child welfare system.
"During the on-site focus groups, you may have a foster parent or attorney who brings up a concern that is anecdotal, and there is no way for the people doing the interviews to know if that is a trend," Guffey says. "Those single comments too often become part of the final report."
AFCARS data: Among the areas evaluated by the CFSRs are the waiting times for foster children to be reunified with their families or adopted. To set these standards, HHS looks at data from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS). From that, it can answer such questions as: Of the children adopted this year, how many were adopted within 24 months of entering foster care? Of the children who were reunified this year, how many returned home within 12 months? The HHS standard dictates that at least 32 percent of the children adopted in a given year must have been adopted within 24 months of entering foster care.
The researchers say this skews what is happening with foster children in a state, because it only counts those who were adopted or reunited with families. In a paper titled, "Time to Improve on a Good Idea," three researchers from the Center for Social Services Research in Berkeley, Calif., and the Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago, say HHS should add "entry cohort" data into the mix – that is, tracking children from the time they enter care.
One of the researchers, Fred Wulczyn of Chapin Hall, explains it like this: "If you were studying cancer therapy, would you follow only those patients who survived or only those patients who died to understand whether a given therapy was effective? Or would you follow all of the people who received treatment from the time the treatment started? The answer is obvious."
The writers say HHS should track all children for 24 months from their entry into a child welfare system. Some states collect such data for themselves, and the GAO report urged HHS to consider using longitudinal data for states that have it.
Long-time foster children: Researchers say that for states that pushed for the adoption of children who had been in foster care a long time, such as Illinois, the measure used by HHS punishes good behavior. That's because by trying to find adoptive homes for children who have been in care for at least four years, a state hurts its chances of meeting the standard that 32 percent of its adopted children be adopted within two years.
Critics say this is a distorted measure that doesn't accurately reflect how well a state is doing at moving children out of government custody. They warn that to achieve the national standard, a state might reduce its efforts to find adoptive placements for older children.
Compared with what? Some researchers, including Rob Geen, director of child welfare research at the Urban Institute, suggest that states be compared with themselves rather than held to standards based on national data. A baseline could be set for each state and improvement measured from there. This would eliminate the problem of comparing very different state programs.
For example, some states serve large numbers of status offenders, such as truants and runaways, making their foster care re-entry rates higher than in states that don't serve as many teens. "It would be more useful and fair to look at the same state over time," Geen says.
This Test Is Best
HHS says it recognizes shortcomings in the measurements, but the CFSR is the best it can do. Department officials say the 50-case review and the measures based on exit data are reasonable, partly because neither is used in isolation to judge any of the 14 outcomes or systemic factors.
To some extent, HHS was damned for not looking at outcomes of cases before CFSRs and is damned now for looking at outcomes in too few cases.
HHS doesn't claim that the 50 case studies produce a statistically valid sample. Officials say the review gives a sense of the kind of practices occurring in a state. They say every child and family brought to the attention of the agency should be properly served, and the case reviews indicate whether that is happening.
They concede that the data sources being used, such as AFCARS, were not intended to serve in an outcomes-based evaluation. Their purpose was to take child welfare censuses. So their usefulness in this new role is limited.
Tracking entry cohorts has limitations as well, the officials say. An entry cohort would have to be followed for at least two years to determine what percentage of the children are adopted within 24 months. Also, many state systems are not set up for such tracking. Some struggle just to produce accurate information for AFCARS.
Orr, the HHS associate commissioner, notes that processes are built into the CFSRs for states to challenge negative findings.
HHS hired a consultant to convene a committee of state representatives and critics to talk about problems with the CFSRs and how they can be resolved.
Those looking for fundamental changes appear headed for disappointment. Susan Mitchell-Herzfeld, director of the bureau of evaluation and research for the New York State Office of Children and Family Services, wanted HHS to let New York measure adoption and reunification rates based on entry cohort data, just as the GAO, Wulczyn and his fellow researchers suggest.
"We had a number of meetings with the federal officials where we talked about problems with the federal measures," Mitchell-Herzfeld says. She says HHS rejected any substitutions.
Some See Improvements
Despite the complaints, child welfare administrators and observers say the CFSRs may help to improve child welfare systems. While systems around the country are instituting significant changes for a variety of reasons, the CFSR "is what seems to be, in some cases, driving the changes," says Christian at the NCSL.
The CFSR process overall "was extremely valuable, as much as it was a lot of hard work," says Sheila Duranleau, policy and planning chief for the family services division of Vermont's Department for Children and Families. "It helped us focus on some things we knew we had to pay attention to but had not because of time and resources."
Vermont is one of eight states that have been spurred by the reviews to "beef up their quality assurance efforts," according to Christian. Vermont worked with the Children's Research Center, a division of the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, to create a system to evaluate the quality of its services and improve documentation, and it created an ongoing self-evaluation process.
But the reviews are not bringing states more money for improvements. "Most states are doing this without any new resources," Christian says. Pennsylvania officials told GAO researchers that a state budget shortfall would leave them with no additional money to implement the state's improvement plan.
The NCSL says three state legislatures provided more funding for child welfare because of the reviews: Alaska, West Virginia and Wyoming. The money was used to hire more staff and decrease caseloads, Christian says.
Mitchell-Herzfeld in New York believes that if every state approached HHS about using alternative measures, such as entry cohort data, HHS would agree. "I think they are going to have to adjust and accommodate this," she says.
In the meantime, states are working to implement their improvement plans to the satisfaction of the federal government. James Payne, director of the Department of Child Services in Indiana, which received a letter of commendation from HHS for its improvement plan and no longer faces financial penalties, says the process was valuable.
"There is a tendency to inertia, to keep doing what you are doing," he says. "The review said we cannot do that any more."
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Playing together every week for nearly 3 years, we are passionate about tabletop roleplaying games. Here you can learn a little about your favorite cast member.
Quinn Sowers – Dungeon Master
The creator, producer, and writer of Heroes Not Included, Quinn Sowers (@sowersian) is a former professional photographer, an avid video and tabletop gamer, and a writer who has been playing and running roleplaying games in the Pacific Northwest for over 30 years.
It all began when TSR released the 3rd edition of their Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set in 1979. When most kids their age were chasing after crushes, they spent endless hours leaning over a table covered in strange dice, cryptic sheets of paper, pewter figures, and dustings of snack food crumbs. Not only did discovering roleplaying games help them overcome their dyslexia, the games proved to be the spark that ignited a lifelong love of storytelling and adventure.
Nothing in their life has been left untouched by this love for roleplaying games, including doing graduate work on the urtext of all fantasy, the Lord of the Rings. Over the years, they have played everything from FASA's Star Trek RPG to Pondsmith's Cyberpunk 2020 published by R. Talsorian Games to Siembieda's RIFTS and the classic Star Wars RPG from West End Games. But through it all "the original fantasy roleplaying game," in all its incarnations, has remained the touchstone.
Richie Hazlewood – Eobard, Baern
Richie Hazlewood stumbled onto tabletop roleplaying in sixth grade when a kid on the bus invited him to make a character for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition. He had never played a game like this before. By the end of the first session, he was hooked. He has been looking for good opportunities to play ever since. A fan of fantasy and science fiction, Richie has no real experience in acting or entertainment but loves arguing his way out of situations, which seems to lend itself to roleplaying.
One thing Richie enjoys most about roleplaying is the humor that often comes out in playing. Some of hardest times he has ever laughed was when a group inevitably found themselves trying the most unorthodox and ridiculous schemes to solve a problem. Any phrase that starts with, "Okay. So just try and imagine," makes him eager to hear what comes next.
Zakaria Zajac – Calak, Erok
Zakaria Zajac is a software developer by day and a game-oholic by night. As a former stage actor, Zak has done everything from musicals to dinner theater. Roleplaying gives him the opportunity to put his acting skills to use and explore his imagination.
Zak played Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition by Wizards of the Coast back in high school for a few years before taking a long hiatus. During that time, he developed a passion for digital roleplaying games, including Everquest by Sony Online Entertainment and Worlds of Warcraft by Blizzard Entertainment. For the past two years, he has played Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition and Star Wars Edge of the Empire from Fantasy Flight Games with this awesome group, using his great sense of humor and his many talents to make every episode fun.
Greyson Simon – Aspen Tamble
Assisting with production of the podcast as our editor, Greyson Simon (@Legend0fGreyson) is the baby of the cast. Aside from a brief foray into a Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition Starter Kit with their dad, Greyson has only been playing since 2010.
Played mostly on the floor of their tiny studio apartment and outside the laundromat while in college, their first character was a half-elf swashbuckler named Phinn in a solo adventure using the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game by Paizo Publishing. Since joining the group 3 years ago, Greyson has spent most Saturdays at the table playing straight man to Richie's goofs. They are notorious for creating well rounded characters to fill in the gaps that often occur in small parties. They eagerly await the release of the Eberron setting for 5th edition.


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Brock and Rudy McCulloch are pleased to announce the engagement of their mother, January "Jade" Denise McCulloch of Jacksonville, to Michael David Woods, also of Jacksonville.
The future bride is the daughter of Dan and Janet Littig of Jacksonville. She graduated from Jacksonville High School and the University of Illinois. She is employed as a Senior Account Manager for Windstream Communications.
The future groom is the son of Linda Tucker of Jacksonville and the late David Woods of Jacksonville. He graduated from Jacksonville High School and attended Arizona State University. He is employed by the City of Jacksonville Parks and Lakes Department as a Landscaper.
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Greetings everyone. My name is Nate Jackson and I am the horticulture and propagation manager here at Midwest Groundcovers. What the heck is that you ask? Basically I am in charge of plant health, soil, water, fertility, and propagating new plants (reproduction through cuttings). Its quite a handful but I can't think of a more enjoyable position to be in. While Kevin is out 'tying the knot' he asked me to fill in and share some disease issues we see in the nursery and that you might be experiencing at home. I think it is a very pertinent topic for the type of year we have been having here in northern IL and I hope it helps you understand the nature of various plant diseases a little better.
As I'm sure most of you who live in the Chicagoland area are aware, we have had an abundance of rain this year. While rain is important to keep gardens thriving, it also promotes one of plants biggest enemies - foliar disease. When talking about foliar problems, there are two main types of issues that you run into; one is fungus and the other is bacteria. It is important to know what you are dealing with because the cure for each is different (for concrete diagnosis, you should take your sample to your local arboretum or contact your local university extension office). However, the way they grow and develop is very similar. To make it very simple - fungus or bacteria are all around us; in the air, soil, leaves, etc. Like any living organism, they need nutrients to thrive and unfortunate for plant lovers, many of those nutrients are found in the foliage of our favorite trees or shrubs. The majority of the pathogens need moisture to develop as well; hence the problem with continuous rains. The spore or pathogen lands on the leaf, begins feeding and is helped along with a little water and before you know it, leaf spot is present. Once the problem has developed, the rain adds to the outbreak by literally splashing spores or bacteria around, spreading them to other leaves making a small problem a very big one rather quickly. Below is a picture of a very common fungal pathogen that I'm sure anyone with roses in their garden has seen- rose black spot.
1) Start with a good plant - buying disease free plants and cultivars that are disease resistant is the number one thing you can do to keep a healthy garden. Simply googling disease free roses, for example, will give you a plethora of options that are resistant (not immune) to certain foliar diseases. There are few things that are completely resistant to pathogens, but resistant varieties offer a good starting point.
2) Begin spraying early - if you decide it is in your best interest to use chemicals to control disease, make sure you start early. Once disease develops, it's difficult to completely kill. Start spraying as soon as buds break and spray on a 14-21 day schedule on things that you have seen major problems with in past years. Thoroughly covering all your foliage is important and following all labeled directions will ensure personal and plant safety. Look for general fungicides in your local garden center or box store and read the label carefully to see what it treats - only spray things that it is labeled for.
3) Try not to overhead water - as I mentioned earlier, one of the biggest proponents to disease development is free flowing water. You can add to the problem by watering over your infected foliage, spreading spores and disease. Watering from the base of your plants and keeping foliage as dry as possible will help curtail any disease development and spread.
4) Do some cleaning in the Fall - The vast majority of foliar diseases can easily overwinter in the soil, on canes, and on dead, fallen leaves. This is where they start in the spring and is the main reason you see the same problem from year to year. Making sure to clean up all leaf debris around diseased plants is the number one most effective thing you can do to ensure disease does not pop back up next year. As soon as the plant defoliates, clean as much material as you can to ensure a good start for the next year.
With all of this rain we have had, it is very difficult to keep disease in check. However, if you follow those simple guidelines, it will help with future development and hopefully will stem the spread as well. There are thousands and thousands of different types of pathogens that effect plants, but the vast majority will only cause aesthetic damage. If you can stay away from chemical applications and just prevent the problem by buying a quality product and keeping things clean, it will not only make less work for you, but will help out mother nature as well. I hope this helps one or two of you out there and I'll be back next week to talk about some common creepy crawlers that may be causing you problems. Happy gardening!
Midwest Groundcovers display gardens and plant trials are discussed here. New plants for each season for categories like Roses, Groundcovers, Natives, Perennials and Shrubs.
There's so much that changes in the MG landscape throughout the year...we thought a plant trial and garden blog was the best way to start sharing "what's new" and "what's happening with all those new varieties" with you! Visit often for updates on how trial plants are performing in the gardens and to see photos throughout the season as we grow and change!
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Launch of the IET Academy Mobile Communications e-learning course: developed by UCL EEE
An innovative new distance learning course on mobile communications developed by telecoms industry expert Dr Clive Poole has been launched by the IE.
The IET Academy aims to support the technical workforce in industry with the best in engineering e-learning.
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Top 10 Most Forgotten Wedding Accessories!
With so much wedding planning to do it is easy to forget something along the way. The Wedding Outlet wants to make sure you don't find yourself without important wedding accessories on your wedding day. Whether it's your sand ceremony set or your toasting glasses, couple's often forget key accessories for both the wedding ceremony and reception. Here The Wedding Outlet lists the top accessories couples often forget about until last minute.


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Now, most of us probably don't have a clue as to what we'd do. I know I don't. That's why we're talking with Diana Guerrero, the Ark Lady, on Disaster Preparation for Animal Owners, on Dec 19. We'll go over the basics of setting up a disaster prep plan, and answer your questions on the topic.
As always, Diana and I are planning a special bonus for those who reserve their copy of the files. I don't know what it is just yet, but it'll be something special.
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Something of a letdown by his own lofty standards, but still awfully good by anyone else's, John Vanderslice's Romanian Names is perhaps the singer-songwriter's most obtuse album. There's never any faulting Scott Solter's production or Vanderslice's meticulous composition: Even on the most sparse sounding numbers, like the ominous "Forest Knolls" and the frankly stunning chamber-pop ballad "Too Much Time," subtle layers of electronic noise and multi-tracked instruments give the songs the rich texture they need to overcome their steady midtempo stride. The lyrics, though, are more problematic. Whereas the songs on 2007's Emerald City and 2005's Pixel Revolt subverted conventions of narrative voice in ways that gave those albums real structural depth, here structure and narrative seem like an afterthought. Striking images crop up over the course of Romanian Names (few other songwriters would have the audacity to pass off a line like "Fetal horses galloping in the womb" as the ostensible hook for his or her leadoff single), but they do so in isolation, attempting to ground otherwise free-floating stories. On "D.I.A.L.O.," the invocation of the Defense Intelligence Agency Liaison Office recalls the twitchy political paranoia of 2005's "Exodus Damage," but the song's narrator never emerges as a fully realized character. Instead, the penciled-in sketch lines show. While there's something to be said for impressionism, too many of the songs here lack the requisite clarity that would otherwise give them the kind of wide interpretive berth that has become one of Vanderslice's trademarks. Or put in less critically academic wank-job terms, most of Romanian Names scans as vague for the sake of being vague.
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Composition I, Landrigan, Fall 2013
Essay #2: Cultural Analysis (CA)
Rough Draft Due:
Fri, Oct 18
Final Draft Due:
Fri, Oct 25
our first assignment
, we examined a cultural product by looking inward, and reflecting on that object's significance to us as individuals. For this assignment,
a 4-5 page analytical essay
, we will approach the
same types of cultural objects
, but will look outward, to reflect on how the film, music, TV show, book, or sport is a product of the culture that created it. An analysis asks you to examine the relationship between interacting components of our world: in this case, the dialogue between a
cultural product and the time
, place, and social/political context that creates that cultural product. Rather than asking "Why is this cultural object significant to me?" we will ask, "How does this cultural product reflect the world in which it was created?"
You may write about how a television show reflects a trend in our national identity or way of thinking; how a film responds to the political climate in which it was made; how a book or video
game explores social values
, gender constructs, or ideas about family, faith, or education; how a band or musician has changed their sound in relation to the evolving historical values of their audience.
These are just ideas
, and not a comprehensive list – your challenge here will be to make your own connections between the cultural product and its broader context.
Brainstorming Your Topic
For this assignment, we want to slightly broaden the lens of our analysis, so you should choose
a body of cultural products
, such as a sport/game, a full comic book or video game narrative, the work of a band or musician, the work of a visual artist or architect, a full television show (rather than one episode), or a film. You don't, however, want to go too broad – no need to write
about the history of baseball
, or every book by a single author. You may write about the same cultural object from your first essay, since you will be examining it through a different lens, or you may choose something new, though it should still be something that you feel enough interest in to write a full essay. I will ask you all to check in with me to make sure your topic is appropriately focused.
Your Narrative
We will read extensive examples of analytical essays, all of which focus on cultural products or trends, but here are some of the key features of a successful analysis:
A clear thesis or claim:
Your analysis should be driven by a reflective assertion – a point you want to make about how your cultural object is a product of its environment. This claim can be directly or indirectly stated, but should be clear to the reader. We don't want to have to guess. Your reflective claim should also be detailed and specific: try to move beyond something like "Americans love zombie stories
because we love being scared
," to suggest something deeper and more significant: "Americans love zombies stories in the early part of the 21
century because they reflect our fears about economic crisis."
It's ok not to know your thesis when you start writing:
you may find that the best way to figure out what a cultural product reflects about its world is to start writing with a question in mind, and explore multiple possibilities over the course of the essay, as long as you eventually reach a conclusion.
Evidence in support of that claim:
In this essay, your evidence should come from the cultural object itself. Again, don't assume your reader knows the musician/television show, etc. Give us examples
in the form of song lyrics
, descriptions of sound, scenes from TV shows or movies, action or dialogue from books, comics,
or video games
, specific athletes or sporting events, etc. Laura Bogart does this very well in her essay about
Breaking Bad
Connect those examples to part of your reflective claim by examining them in detail. Make sure you remember
description isn't
: first describe the evidence, then explain what you think it means.
For this assignment, you should also begin to draw information in from other sources, though that doesn't necessarily mean traditional academic research. You may provide examples of other cultural products
to compare or contrast
, as Naomi Alderman uses vampires in "The Meaning of Zombies." You may include news features about current events to establish the cultural context, as Kristin Rawls does in "What Does Our Obsession with Zombie Stories…" You may include other material about the cultural object, the way Patrick Brown uses interviews with the stars of
The Hills
: You need not follow a traditional intro-body-conclusion
, but you should clearly organize your thoughts. A good structure to follow might look like this:
the cultural product in a way that engages your readers' imaginations.
individual points about the relationship between the cultural object and its culture. Think about how your analytical claim can be broken down into smaller points to establish individually. Lee Klein's "All Aboard the Bloated Boat," is a great example of this.
Feel free to use scene, narrative detail,
, even personal experience, throughout the essay to support your analysis and bring the cultural product to life.
throughout on the all-important question of
why –
why does this cultural object exist in this time and place? How does it demonstrate something about the culture that produced it?
by summarizing the various thoughts you have included about your cultural product,
and try to end on an image
, scene, or detail from the cultural product that illustrates your point. Leave your reader with a clear sense of your ideas, and then let that detail linger, echoing your conclusions. Matt Sailor does this well at the conclusion of "Return to Oz."
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Include a left-aligned, single-spaced heading that consists of your name, my name, the name of this course, your class time (MWF 9AM, or MWF 10AM), and the date.
Include a title (centered) – and be creative!
Include an MLA-style Works Cited page that has entries
for your cultural product
, and all additional sources of information.
No extra cover pages necessary.
Concentrate on clear, concise prose that brings your experiences to life, but is also grammatically sound.
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by Gwendolyn Brooks
We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June. We Die soon.
This poem is so delectably clever for being as short as it is.
The quick, short diction make this a sort of limerick. The tone could be interpreted as ironic because of how the poem is about life and pride in living it in the fast lane, but it ends abruptly with 'we die soon' which cuts the poem as well as ending the life of the "we" character in the poem. I feel like this could also be literally, telling the reader that they "left school" because they "die soon" and want to do some living before that happens.
Dover Beach
The sea is calm tonight.
The tide is full, the moon lies fair
Upon the straits; on the French coast the light
Gleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand,
Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay.
Come to the window, sweet is the night-air!
Only, from the long line of spray
Where the sea meets the moon-blanched land,
Listen! you hear the grating roar
Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling,
At their return, up the high strand,
Begin, and cease, and then again begin,
With tremulous cadence slow, and bring
The eternal note of sadness in.
Sophocles long ago
Heard it on the Ægean, and it brought
Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow
Of human misery; we
Find also in the sound a thought,
Hearing it by this distant northern sea.
The Sea of Faith
Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore
Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled.
But now I only hear
Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar,
Retreating, to the breath
Of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear
And naked shingles of the world.
Ah, love, let us be true
To one another! for the world, which seems
To lie before us like a land of dreams,
So various, so beautiful, so new,
Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,
Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain;
And we are here as on a darkling plain
Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,
Where ignorant armies clash by night.
This poem seems so lonely, and yet so connected. It contains an allusion to Sophocles which most people will recognize. That allusion also relates to the theme of a universal human suffering. The entire poem has a melancholic tone.
To His Coy Mistress
|by Andrew Marvell
Had we but world enough, and time, This coyness, Lady, were no crime. We would sit down and think which way To walk and pass our long love's day. Thou by the Indian Ganges' side Shouldst rubies find: I by the tide Of Humber would complain. I would Love you ten years before the Flood, And you should, if you please, refuse Till the conversion of the Jews. My vegetable love should grow Vaster than empires, and more slow; An hundred years should go to praise Thine eyes and on thy forehead gaze; Two hundred to adore each breast; But thirty thousand to the rest; An age at least to every part, And the last age should show your heart; For, Lady, you deserve this state, Nor would I love at lower rate. But at my back I always hear Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near; And yonder all before us lie Deserts of vast eternity. Thy beauty shall no more be found, Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound My echoing song: then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honour turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust: The grave's a fine and private place, But none, I think, do there embrace. Now therefore, while the youthful hue Sits on thy skin like morning dew, And while thy willing soul transpires At every pore with instant fires, Now let us sport us while we may, And now, like amorous birds of prey, Rather at once our time devour Than languish in his slow-chapt power. Let us roll all our strength and all Our sweetness up into one ball, And tear our pleasures with rough strife Thorough the iron gates of life: Thus, though we cannot make our sun Stand still, yet we will make him run
This poem is saying that if the narrator had time, he would spend an eternity admiring his mistress but time will slip away and they should enjoy one another while they are still young. This poem is written in iambic pentameter.


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21 October 2016
We officially celebrated the opening of our new second office location in Langley, BC with an Oktoberfest Open House Party.
20 October 2016
The number of basement floods are on the rise. Even if you haven't had a flood, every home is at risk. The most common causes are heavy rainfall, burst pipes or a failed sump pump. No matter what the cause is, a flooded basement needs to be dealt with immediately to prevent long-term damage.
Here are some tips on what you can do right away to help stop further damage to your property and some guidelines on when it's best to call in the professionals.


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Mr. Lawson is back, this time with a novel that masterfully packs a huge paranormal and fantasy trope filled punch.
Much like Ambrose Bierce, with the Civil War now over, The Elder Gods, whose mischief was done, decide to head west where law and order won't be an issue. But they weren't the only ones and I am not talking about the Giants, Dodgers or yeah the Rams.
Our hero, who seemingly has lost everything because of the war, heads west as well but not to catch a ball game. He looks to do battle with anyone and everyone is his way to save his son. Word for word this book is economically and artistically packed with action, sorcery, intrigue and flat out mysticism. The balance of cultures and tropes here is amazing. Mr. Lawson takes threads from a variety of worlds and cultures weaving them in a tale worthy of 'Big Trouble in Little China' or 'The Searchers'.
For those straight bibliophiles -- those are films.
This story is complex story, multi-layered that moves at the speed of light. This novel also evokes emotion; those of loss, desperation and the need for redemption.
I was exhausted after reading it.
My suggestion is for you to buy this book and while your at it check out Curtis' webpage for more:
Monday, January 18, 2016
Book Review: THE DEVOURED by Curtis M. Lawson, Winlock Press, 2015, 164 pages.
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In October 2014, I was invited to speak at the TEDx Warwick salon on Identity.
On Body Hatred and Why Magic Wands Don't Work
In this talk, speaking as Artistic Director for AnyBody UK/Endangered Bodies, I discuss one of the fundamental aspects of our sense of identity — our relationship with our body — and why we need more than the instruction to 'love your body' to combat body hatred.
Watch the talk here.


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By AbdulSalam Muhammad
Kano - Minister of State for Commerce, Humphrey Abba, yesterday in Kano, disagreed with the Chairman, House Committee on Commerce, Mr Nnaji over President Yar'Adua's 7-Point Agenda which the latter described as "equivalent to a waste of timeâ€.
Nnaji, who was represented by Mr Ubale Jakada Kiru, stirred the hornet's nest in a goodwill message during the opening session at the 3rd edition of Export Roundtable declaring that the main policy trust of the Federal Government should be reduced to 2 points.
Kiru, who was the former Chairman, Kano Chamber of Commerce, explained that the  near absence of leadership in the country has made nonsense of the 7-Point Agenda, stressing that it will be of great benefit to the nation if it prunes down the agenda to "power and securityâ€.
"At a time the world is thinking of alternative to oil, we are not thinking in that direction due to failure of leadership. This is definitely too bad for us as people, as a nation and for our economy,†Kiru said.
However, Abba discarded his prepared text for the keynote address, stating that the 7-Point Agenda is a blue print designed to get Nigeria out of the woods.
"The President's 7-Point Agenda is the vision of the man on how this country can be transformed from poverty to riches; on how it can be transformed from wants and lack to abundance; on how it can be translated from insecurity to a secured position. In doing all these you must set for yourself a target and a road map,†the Kogi- born politician explained.
He lamented that despite the warning signals arising from the fall in oil price, Nigerian leaders refused to take proactive measures to check the country's over dependence on oil.


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Cahners Advertising Research Reports revealed the distribution of business-to-business marketing budgets and the results shake out just about as one would expect them to with a heavy investment in trade magazine and trade shows. However, there are a few surprises and the results definitely make one wonder whether companies are distributing their marketing budgets appropriately given the current trends in media advertising and consumers' reactions to and interests in those media.
Here's the breakdown courtesy of Branding Strategy Insider:
- Trade magazines 23%
- Trade Shows 18%
- Direct Mail 10%
- Promotion/Market Support 9%
- Internet/electronic media 9%
- Publicity/Public Relations 7%
- General magazine advertising 6%
- Dealer/Distributor Materials 5%
- Directories 5%
- Market Research 4%
- Telemarketing/Telecommunications 3%
- Other 1%
I'm pleased to see that 9% is being invested in internet and electronic media, but honestly, this number needs to increase. While companies and brands are still learning how best to leverage the internet to drive business, particularly the social web, they have to at least take some risks, get on board and start testing the waters. The age of passive marketing has passed, and active marketing is the way of the future. Companies that understand the shifting trend and embrace it will reap the rewards in the long run. This holds true for both the business-to-business and business-to-consumer markets.
I'm also surprised that 3% is still invested in telemarketing and telecommunications, unless mobile advertising is included in that number. If so, then the number makes more sense, and I'd expect we'll see it grow in the future.
The other statistic that really sticks out to me in this report is the 10% investment in direct mail. Certainly, direct mail is a traditional advertising standard, and it's hard to give it up. However, with postage costs rising to exorbitant prices, it's time to start finding other marketing tactics to take the place of direct mail. That brings me back to my first point above about the need to boost marketing spending in internet and electronic media.
What stands out as surprising to you in these statistics? What statistic screams for change, and which ones are just right?
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Mass Effect Andromeda Release Date: Update On DLCs, No Season Pass
N7 has a lot of things to offer Mass Effect fans. Aside from a Mass Effect Andromeda release date, N7 has more news for gamers. It seems the game won't have a Season Pass, but it will have a lot of downloadable content (DLCs).
BioWare general manager Aaryn Flynn has a lot of news for N7 fans, especially with its hit game almost reaching its release date. The Mass Effect Andromeda release date has been highly anticipated. Given its announcement, fans are moving on to another prospect: DLCs.
The March 21 release date for the game is building quite a lot of excitement from the fans. Of course, it only makes sense for gamers to try finding out as much information on the game as possible. However, Aaryn Flynn's response is surprising.
Mass Effect Andromeda Release Date: When, Where?
The game has just been announced to have a March 21, 2017 release date. This means the Mass Effect Andromeda release date has been in the works for a long time. Aaryn Flynn has also been very active in answering questions from fans and gamers.
One of the more recent answers he gave was from Twitter. A fan asked whether or not the game will have a Season Pass. His answer was a simple, "Nope," but it had a lot of reactions. This is especially big news to gamers, given the state of the industry.
Fans can recognize that fans are on the hunt for ways to get as much revenue as possible. After all, a return of investment is needed in any industry. Games compensate for this using Season Passes for expansions. Others use microtransactions and even multiple editions.
When asked about the nature of DLCs, Flynn said these announcements would come later. However, the lack of Season Pass may be good news altogether. Still, fans will only know by the time the DLCs arrive for the game.
@coldboy33 @masseffect Nope
— Aaryn Flynn (@AarynFlynn) January 7, 2017
DLC Updates: For Free?
Another recent release from EA, Titanfall 2, doesn't have a Season Pass. Respawn Entertainment, its developer, plans to release all of its DLCs for free. Whether or not BioWare will push through with the same move is still unknown. However, there's nothing to indicate that there will be free releases after the post-launch of the game.
However, given the release date is already available, it seems its marketing team has been excited to work. According to Game Rant, there's an entirely new trailer at CES that detailed the console resolutions of the game. Not to mention, Xbox One players can play the game if they have an EA Access membership.
Of course, fans can remember the rather famous backlash with the character animations during The Game Awards preview. However, the fact that the game is all set means there's more to the game than just the animations alone.
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House hunting can be quite the chore. You are on a Goldilocks-like search to find one that is "just right." Newlyweds Anabel and John completely understand.
"We had been looking for three months," Anabel says. "For one reason or another there was nothing that we really wanted—too big, too small, too expensive, too cheap and damaged, too old or the neighborhood wasn't ideal."
After months spent tirelessly searching, they were excited to come upon Shea Spaces Summer Lake. Sales associate Gerry Elliot was happy to show them around the models and "knew what we were looking for" according to the Ginochios.
"I liked the look of the house—it makes me feel happy," John recalls. "The lake view, the floor plan, and especially the openness of the kitchen made it just perfect."
Gerry mentioned there was a home exactly like the model available. The Ginochios checked it out and immediately began the buying process. What really impressed them was how smooth and easy it was.
"The closing experience was very nice and fast," Anabel remarks. "The people that we dealt with were very professional. Everybody worked so hard to make the transaction fast."
The family was able to move in on the last day of 2011.
"What a nice way to start a new year," Anabel says. "A new life in a new home. This is the best wedding present ever!"
Anabel added that she wants to thank her husband John and the staff of Shea Homes who made this dream a reality. You are certainly welcome, Ginochios. Enjoy your home and future together!
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Weight loss seems to the biggest trend around the world. Even more so in North America. So many people give up on their weight loss journey due to not seeing results. We often think that store diet weight loss products are safe because there is an FDA Approved on the bottle. But what little did you know these kinds of weight loss products are filled with sawdust and other fillers that of course do not work when it comes to weight loss. People are on the hunt for ways to transform the body with natural weight loss. I'm sure you are one of those people are you would not land on this page. I want to share with you an amazing story of a friend of mine that transformed his 800-pound body into a healthy running machine. I say running because he went from not being able to move to runing 13 miles a day. What was the natural weight loss formula that this man used?
Natural Weight loss
In this post, I will give you some tips on how you can start your natural weight loss today. The first thing is Will Power. No matter where you are with your weight if you do not have the willpower to make lifestyle changes it will never happen. The next is motivation, Are you willing to get up and be motivated to do what it takes? In order to lose weight everything, you put into your mouth matters. Eating more Fruits and Veggies, Which a lot of people do not live fruit or veggies. Maybe you like them all. But the veggies people do not like are the ones that matter the most when it comes to natural Weight loss. The way that you cook, such as oils your using. Coconut and Olive oils are a much better choice than vegetable oil. There are many different ways to lose weight the natural way. It's about choice and dedication and being consistent. Natural weight loss costs more but it worth it in the end. You can't put a price on your health.
6 Months to live.
My friend who is a 56-year-old male went to the Dr one day only to leave with some very devastating news. He had six months to live unless he made some fast healthy weight loss changes. Weighing in at 800 pounds hardly able to move and could not enjoy living made some very healthy natural weight loss changes. He had a vision that you could not believe and knew he had to step up to the plate or he was a done deal. My friend knew he had to lose ALOT of weight in order to make his massive life style changes.
Natural Weight loss
Every label you read promises you to lose weight and gets your hopes up, but to only set people up for failure. I'm sure you can relate to what I have to say if you are one of the millions of people who are looking for a weight loss solution. People are looking for easy weight loss because of the thought of working out at the gym when your overweight lowers your energy level just by the thought of it. Nothing is easy in life if you want to lean towards the natural weight loss.
575 pounds shredded
As I shared with you my Friend had to make some massive lifestyle changes when it came to his health. He worked every day to move more and more and come up with an exercise plan. Over the course of 8 years, he lost 575 pounds. Now he is Inspiring people around the world with his story and Picture book for his transformation of natural weight loss he followed every single day. I'm sure by now your wondering what did he do? Because his story is so valuable and real I want you to hear it for yourself.
My Personal Transformation
I personally started to Join this natural Weight Loss journey. I could not believe the results I saw within 3 week time. As you mommies know we end up carrying a baby pouch that drives us nuts. I never thought I would ever see it transform into a normal Belly again. The Pictures are my personal results in a 3-week time frame just by following what my friend did to lose the 575 pounds. I have also managed to stop the swelling in my body and water that was retained by lymphedema. Results are amazing and now the fluid is gone the scale shows me looking 8 pounds in a 4 week period.
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Because I can about you I want to invite you to a call that we do every Thursday at 9 PM EST. I have asked him to Inspire some more people just like you. You will discover how he went from 800 pounds to 6 months to live, to running 13 miles a day with some simple steps he made in his lifestyle that anyone can do today. If you would like to join the call and listen to his story Look to this post and sign into the box that says " Discover how a 56-year-old man lost 575 pounds"


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Colombia: Arrests made following June 17 Bogotá attack /update 1
Nine arrests made in connection to deadly June 17 Bogotá attack; leftist MRP group believed to be responsible
The Colombian government announced on June 24 that eight people had been arrested earlier in the day in connection with the June 17 bombing carried out at a Bogotá mall; a ninth suspect was detained the following day. All nine are believed to belong to the leftist People's Revolutionary Movement (MRP) and will be indicted on terrorism and homicide charges, among others. Some are believed to have connections to urban wings of the leftist ELN guerrilla group (National Liberation Army).
The group has been known to carry out low-intensity bombings in the capital in the past. At least 14 incidents have been attributed to the MRP in Bogotá and in the city of Pereira since 2015 but these incidents typically target empty buildings (for example early in the morning or late at night) and rarely if ever result in fatalities. It is possible that the explosive was not intended to detonate at a time when the shopping center was open to the public. The MRP has publically denounced the bombing and has denied responsibility.
The attack occurred in a women's restroom in the in the Centro Andino shopping center (El Chico neighborhood) in Bogotá, killing three people and injuring nine others. President Juan Manuel Santos had indicated the attack may have been an attempt to derail the implementation of the peace agreement between the government and the (demobilizing) FARC guerrilla group. Both the FARC and the ELN have also condemned the attack.
While Colombia is no stranger to bombings and other violence, deadly attacks are rare in the capital and attacks against purely civilian targets, such as a shopping mall, have been relatively unheard of. Violence carried out by the country's numerous armed groups (leftist guerrillas, organized crime groups, narcotraffickers) typically target security forces, infrastructure, and the fossil fuels industry.
Individuals throughout Colombia are advised to report any suspicious activity or objects to the relevant authorities. Due to the presence of armed groups, many Western governments advise against travel to various regions of the country, particularly rural zones.


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There's no business like shoe business
On this day in 1912 Pietro Mascagni's Lodoletta had its United States premiere at the Metropolitan with Geraldine Farrar and Enrico Caruso in the leading roles.
Pitts Sanborn in the World
Seldom, indeed has the nameless and unsuspected malady that claims so many a hapless lady of the lyric stage seemed more gratuitous in its attack than in the case of Lodoletta. Surely it was quite enough for the good, old foster-father to suffer a fatal fall from a peach tree in Act I, while showering the rosy blooms on little children rejoicing over Lodoletta&8217;s birthday, and then for the good wives of the village to drive the children from an innocent young girl in Act II because of an intrigue with a painter which never occurred, without handling her this sorry New Year&8217;s blow in gay Paris. Really, that is just a bit too much! Mimi, Cio-Cio-San, Violetta, Gilda – none of that unhappy sisterhood but has her interlude of heaven. Even Lucia of Lammermoor, hounded relentlessly by the librettist, is allowed by the composer to lead the best sextet in opera and given a form of madness that brings the public up to her knees before she is at last consigned to the Ashton family tomb.
No, it really is quite too sad a good tale of Lodoletta, but so perhaps not quite so sad as Mascagni&8217;s music for it. That is all hovering on the teary smile of La Bohème, then suddenly remembering itself, and resolutely ascowl whining a dour plaint into Othello&8217;s fateful handkerchief, Mascagni seems to have made up his mind on no account to rewrite Cavalleria Rusticana only to lose himself hopelessly in a maze of treacherous Puccini shallows flanked by frowning cliffs of Verdi.
However, the music of Lodoletta is not pretentious, and that is perhaps the kindest thing that can be said about it. The first act, with its genuine simplicity, its pretty song for the caroling children, its soaring tenor phrases, would probably, despite the insistence on Antonio&8217;s funeral march, seem to an opera customer not gorged with frequency to be very nice indeed. The same customer might find that second act a trifle tedious, but the third he would be sure to enjoy.
Theatrically the third is the best act of the work. The orchestra waits for Flammen&8217;s silhouetted guests, the festive music from the street, and set off against these, the pathetic monologues for tenor and for soprano make this an effective opera act even if wanting in originality or special ingenuity. It is on this act that must hang the main success of the work, together with the fact that the rôle of Flammen is so divined that Mr. Caruso can sing it with complete ease and decidedly thrilling results.
He lived up to his opportunity on Saturday in a way that won him deafening applause from an audience which packed the house to bursting. He also looked so slender and played so naturally as the great painter from Paris that one saw in him a perfectly presentable Julien, if the Metropolitan ever gets around to producing that far worthier opera of love and painting, Louise.
The ingenious Lodoletta gives Miss Farrar one of the parts in which she can look and act unsurpassably, recalling by more tokens than a death in the snow the Goose Girl with which she used to beguile the drab boredom of Königskinder. Only her very Chinese pedestrianism of the wooden shoes marred an exquisite impersonation. The high notes of the part which are not few, she sang with more substantial and better focused tone, than has been her wont. Lower down her voice often sounded weak and reedy. Still in phrasing and expression her singing was generally commendable. An admirer balked the no-flowers rule by throwing her a bouquet from a box.
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Cotton sweatpants. Elasticated drawstring waist. Pull on style. Patch pocket at rear. Elasticated hem. Rise, about 8".Inseam, about 28".Cotton. Dry clean. Made in USA. Model shown is 5'10" (177cm) wearing size Small.
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