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How Coal Mining and Years of Neglect Left Kentucky Towns at the Mercy of Flooding
The region, one of the poorest in the country, is full of modest, unprotected homes and decaying infrastructure. Some residents say they won't return.
New York Times
Appalachian Citizens' Law Center Calls for Federal Black Lung Protections
The Kentucky-based nonprofit law firm submitted a petition requesting a new rule that would reduce silica dust—a major cause of black lung disease —in coal mines.
Lexington Herald-Leader
Opinion: President Biden Stands Up for Kentucky's Coal Communities
"President Biden's executive order recognizes what people in the coalfields have known for years—that they sacrificed to grow our nation's economy, and that they now bear the brunt of changes in global energy markets. This announcement gives us new hope that we can accelerate the just transition to a new economy, an economy that can be more diverse, resilient, sustainable and equitable."
Edelen Renewables Moves Forward with Solar Farm on Reclaimed Coal Mine in Kentucky
If successful, the 200-megawatt project would create 300 jobs and $300,000 in capital investment annually.
Lexington Herald-Leader
Op-ed: The push to save Kentucky coal has failed
"Coal is simply a noncompetitive commodity in today's marketplace, and Washington politicians can do next to nothing to change that fact," writes an emeritus professor at the University of Kentucky.
Lexington Herald-Leader
An Appalachian plan to repurpose 253,000 acres of former mine sites for utility-scale solar buildout
Tracts in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia are among those recently bought up by the Nature Conservancy under a program to draw developers and stimulate job creation and local economic activity.
Energy New Network
Big business pushes for change in the Bluegrass State
Corporate and industrial demand is driving the development of a nascent utility-scale solar industry in Kentucky. Brand-name companies that are promoting the shift include Dow Chemical, Toyota, Facebook and Google.
GreenTech Media
TVA, moving away from coal, commits big to utility-scale solar
The authority signed deals for 484 megawatts of solar and said it would develop thousands more. The news comes days after TVA closed its 1,205-megawatt Paradise coal plant in Kentucky.
GreenTech Media
In Kentucky, concerns that two mining companies will simply walk away
Blackjewel and Revelation "have failed to make progress on scores of environmental obligations and might leave Kentucky taxpayers on the hook for tens of millions of dollars in reclamation costs.
Lexington Herald-Leader
Change is unfolding in coal country, too
Even Kentucky is seeing an energy-industry makeover with retirements of the Drakesboro and Elmer Smith power plants this year. Consensus is that the state's power-generation sector will continue to modernize.
WFPL Louisville
More laid-off Kentucky miners go unpaid
About 75 workers let go by Perry County Coal have yet to receive final paychecks, and 24 remaining employees haven't been paid since mid-December. Miners fear precedent has been set.
Lexington Herald-Leader
Analysis: Shift from coal-fired generation is intensifying
Eleven coal companies have filed for bankruptcy in the past two years as utilities change their business models. State data—even from Kentucky and West Virginia—shows coal-consumption declines accelerating.
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis
Kentucky moves to tighten miner protections against bounced payroll checks
Lawmakers are drafting legislation to enforce a statute that requires coal companies to post payroll bonds "to make sure our miners don't get screwed over."
Louisville Courier Journal
Appalachian miners: 'Forget coal, coal is over'
The ongoing decline coal industry in Kentucky and West Virginia has forced a deep reassessment among workers: "What we've been doing is trying to transition into the 21st century and get on past coal."
The Guardian
1,000 jobs in limbo as coal company issues abrupt jobs notice
After filing bankruptcy on Monday, Revelation Energy and its affiliate Blackjewel told workers not to report for their next shifts. Revelation/Blackjewel employs miners in Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming.
Lexington Herald Leader
In Kentucky, a coalfield startup focuses on farming
An initiative in Morehead "is taking a portion of our state that prided itself on powering the country in the coal industry and pivoting to being a leader in sustainable agriculture."
Fast Company
Kentucky initiative offers miners a career-transition path
A program tied to the growing energy-efficiency sector pays former coal miners full-time wages with benefits while they learn "the intricacies of lighting, weatherization, solar panels, and decoding utility bills."
A push for tourism development in Cumberland, Benham and Lynch
Activists are making the case for more investment in southeastern Kentucky's tourism economy as a way to leverage the area's history and coal-industry legacy.
Pew Charitable Trusts
Kentucky sheriff cites coal downturn in patrol cuts
As local coal severance tax revenues have dropped from almost $1 million annually to $83,900, the sheriff of Martin County, Ky., has struggled to maintain law-enforcement norms.
Hagerstown Herald-Mail
TVA votes to close two failing coal plants in Kentucky
Tennessee Valley Authority directors voted 6-1 to close two money-losing plants even though President Trump had pressed for a different outcome. "This decision is about economics," said the TVA's CEO.
Washington Post
Hazard, Kentucky: Retooling for a post-coal economy
At the vanguard of a regional push for a "post-coal Appalachia," the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development seeks a paradigm that is "more sustainable, more diverse, more equitable and more resilient."
Hope marks Kentucky town's transition
The remaking of Owensboro, Ky., is "both more complicated and more encouraging than the widespread job losses and civic desolation that characterize coal plant shutdowns in other Ohio River Valley towns."
Energy News Network
Kentucky prosecutor pursues coal company for $2 million in unpaid county taxes
A prosecutor in Knott County, Ky., has resorted to garnishment proceedings to extract more than $2 million in back taxes sorely needed for public school operations and local government services.
Lexington Herald-Leader
$4 million Abandoned Mine Land reclamation grant to support 500 news jobs in Eastern Kentucky
A $4 million grant from the federal Abandoned Mine Lands Pilot Program will go toward reclaiming a former mine site so that an aluminum-production plant can be built there. The $1.5 project is expected to create 500 new jobs by 2020 "for our highly skilled, readily available workforce," Rep. Hal Rogers said in announcing the grant. "It also paves the way for future economic development opportunities and helps us reimagine Kentucky's Appalachian region as a major manufacturing hub."
The Daily Independent
A private-sector push for high-tech jobs in Kentucky
A Louisville tech startup called Interapt has attracted hundreds of applicants for training and jobs designing web and cellphone apps. The opportunity, part of a private sector push to bring Silicon Valley employment "inland," has drawn interest from coalfield-region residents who seek a future beyond mining. "Why outsource coding jobs to Bangalore when we can insource jobs to eastern Kentucky, poor in jobs but rich in work ethic, and every one I.T. job brings four or five other jobs with it?" asks the founder of the company.
The New York Times
A movement in Kentucky toward electric vehicles
A "bourgeoning renewable energy movement" in Kentucky is the subject of a documentary premiering this week in Lexington that looks at the growing popularity of electric cars. "What surprised me is that folks in Eastern Kentucky are a lot more enthusiastic about the prospect of new energy, energy like solar and battery technology, than I would have thought they might have been ... or than I think national media leads us to believe that communities are out there," the filmmaker said.
Another blow to Appalachia: Expensive electricity
While the coal-based economies of eastern Kentucky and West Virginia continue to decline, the region's electricity rates are soaring as utilities spread costs among fewer customers. Ratepayers are essentially subsidizing companies like Kentucky Power to keep outdated plants online and to clean up after those that have been retired. "They are charging us for shutting down our coal-fired plants that were keeping us all employed," said Angie Hatton, a Kentucky legislator.
InsideClimate News
Kentucky Power sells $17.6 million in excess coal stockpiles
Kentucky Power's Mitchell plant, which produces power for 168,000 customers in 20 eastern Kentucky counties, has sold $17.6 million in coal that it had stockpiled but will not burn because cheaper electricity can be produced from natural gas and renewables. The news is reflective of a downturn in eastern Kentucky's coal industry, which employed 14,000 people in 2011 but fewer than 4,000 during the first three months of this year. "The sale comes amid a changing energy landscape in the country. In 1990, coal-fired power plants generated about 52 percent of the electricity in the country … by the end of 2017, coal's share of national electricity generation had dropped to 30 percent."
Lexington Herald-Leader
Kentucky just put doctor shopping into law to help coal companies avoid paying for black lung
A new law makes it harder for Kentucky miners to qualify for workers compensation to pay for treatment. The law new law specifies that only physicians with a specific qualification are elligible to be heard in black lung claims.
Lexington Herald-Leader
Editorial: 'Coal miners' lives still matter'
A Kentucky newspaper applauds news that federal prosecutors have indicted eight mine managers on charges that they faked coal-dust monitoring results to avoid spending money on proper mine ventilation and to gain a cost advantage over competitors. The charges carry penalties of $250,000 and up to five years in prison. "Stiff punishments," the editorial notes. "But, then, black lung is a death sentence."
Lexington Herald-Leader
Project to reclaim former Kentucky mountaintop coal mine as 12,500-acre wildlife visitor attraction by 2020
In a pilot project to reclaim land left mostly barren from the closure of Kentucky's first mountaintop removal coal mine, nonprofit developers plan to open the 12,500-acre Appalachian Wildlife Center by 2020. The idea is to "kick off economic diversity based on conservation instead of coal mining," says a wildlife biologist leading the initiative. Construction began in June with $35 million raised from donors and the U.S. Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation Enforcement. Plans include expectations that the center will attract hundreds of thousands of visitors annually.
Scientific American
Another Kentucky coal-plant closure heralds more change to come
In announcing the retirement by 2020 of its 54-year-old coal-fired electricity plants, a Kentucky city is joining a market tide toward transition. The closure will affect 60 employees, and while the city of Owensboro will continue to get electricity from some conventional sources, it is now pursuing a solar power purchase agreement. "It's just as in when your car gets older, or any other piece of mechanical equipment, it becomes harder and harder and more expensive to maintain it," said a utility spokeswoman of the decision to close Elmer Smith Station.
WPFL Louisville
Market forces make aging Kentucky coal plant a candidate for shutdown
Characteristic of the coal-fired electricity-generation industry nationally, a locally-sourced Kentucky plant owned by Henderson Municipal Power & Light has been all but mothballed. Expense is the prime factor as officials decide whether to keep it open: "It costs about 33 times more to produce energy from Station Two than it does to buy it on the open market." Part of the plant has been closed already.
WPFL Louisville
Opinion: Washington-based Appalachian Regional Commission Should Relocate to West Virginia
A Charleston newspaper columnist advocates for moving the 50-year-old Appalachian Regional Commission to West Virginia, the only state whose borders are entirely within Appalachia. While Kentucky appears favored in a push to relocate the commission to a city in the region, the author argues that West Virginia should not "roll over on this one" and that the state's governor and congressional delegation "should openly compete for it, starting now."
Charleston Gazette-Mail
Three Hard-Hit Kentucky Towns Continue to Weigh Merger
Cumberland, Benham, and Lynch, Ky., "face stark challenges because of declining tax bases and other problems" as they continue to consider the possibility of merging operations to survive. The Tri-City Chamber of Commerce is advocating for the move, in the municipalities' best interest, and on the strength of a review by the Kentucky League of Cities.
Lexington Heraled-Leader
Kentucky Electric Coop, Citing Electricity Market Trends, Seeks to End 46-Year-Old Reliance on Henderson Coal Plant
Big Rivers Electric, an electricity cooperative that supplies power to 22 counties in western Kentucky, is seeking to end a contract with a Henderson coal-fired plant it has had in place since 1972. A Big Rivers spokesman said the cooperative has concluded the plant is "no longer capable of normal, continuous, reliable operation in an economic manner."
Power Magazine
Public School Teachers Across the U.S. Press for More Education Investment by Energy Companies
Grassroots movements by teachers in Kentucky, Oklahoma, and West Virginia are calling for coal, gas and oil companies to invest more in local education. The movement is rooted in the premise that tax policies favoring corporations and the wealthy have not been in communities' best interests. "Shared prosperity and natural resource extraction tend not to go hand in hand," noted one advocate for change.
The Intercept
Study: 'The Easier Coal' Has Already Been Mined in Central Appalachia
A new study that compiles data from the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the U.S. Energy Information Administration and the Securities and Exchange Commission finds that low natural gas prices, stagnant demand for electricity, and rising production costs have driven the decline of mining in Kentucky and West Virginia. "In central Appalachian coal is deeper in the ground and the seams are thinner," one expert said. "Because we've been mining coal for so long and so aggressively, we've already taken out all the easier to get coal."
West Virginia Public Radio
Restoring Appalachia
In West Virginia, programs like Refresh Appalachia, Reclaim Appalachia, and the Appalachian Bee Collective are helping former coal workers, and communities, create a path forward. "...the idea is to create a new generation of small-holding Appalachian farmers who will contribute to a larger agricultural community—one that's appropriately scaled, diversified, and vertically integrated. "
Orion Magazine
Kentucky: 'You Don't Recover From the Loss of 13,000 Coal Industry Jobs Since 2011 Overnight'
Coal production near Hazard, Ky., has dropped to about 4 million tons a year from 17 million tons a decade ago, and where there were once dozens of coal companies in the region there are now only seven. The labor-force participation rate is roughly 44 percent, compared to 70 percent annually. Economic diversification lags, and towns in the region are in dire financial condition. "We're still dealing with the aftermath of layoffs in the coal industry," said a spokesman for the Hazard-based Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program. "You don't recover from the loss of 13,000 coal industry jobs [in eastern Kentucky] since 2011 overnight."
Kentucky: Public School Students Seek a Better Future
Letcher County, in east-central Kentucky, had a thousand coal miners a decade ago. "Today, there are just 28," and the local economy is so battered that public schools are struggling to make ends meet. Student are beginning to openly advocate for progressive change and economic diversification.
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Op-ed: 'Our people must be the solution'
The president of Kentucky Highlands Investment Corp. describes progress toward economic diversification in Eastern Kentucky, where data shows gains in career education, self-employment, and property-value assessments as education, entrepreneurship, and private-public partnerships begin to offset coal-industry losses. "Our people must be the solution," writes the author.
Lexington Herald-Leader
Op-Ed: Three Trends That Suggest No Coal Comeback
Three distinct trends continue to work against the U.S. coal industry. One is a rapid rise of black lung among miners in Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia, where old coal seams that are increasingly difficult to tap are creating new health hazards, according to research by Stone Mountain Health Services. Two is national momentum toward retirement of the aging fleet of U.S. coal-fired electricity generation stations. Three is a Trump administration plan that is being crafted to bail out failing coal plants. "What seems clear from all three cases is that the coal industry isn't coming back," says the author.
The New York Times
Editorial: Diversify Kentucky's Economy
A Kentucky newspaper, editorializing on the decline of the state's coal-mining industry, calls for greater diversification of the region's economy. The editorial acknowledges broad energy market changes and notes by way of example that the Big Sandy Power Plant in Lawrence County, one of the "largest and most dependable customer for coal mined in the eastern third of the state," no longer burns coal. And it concedes that much of the region's coal has gotten so costly to mine that the industry is no longer competitive.
The Daily Independent
Kentucky Coal Job Gains in 2017 Seen as Unsustainable
Even with a recent uptick in coal-industry jobs in Kentucky, analysts do not consider the gains sustainable. Even the federal government is skeptical: "The U.S. Energy Information Administration projects that after an upturn in coal production in Central Appalachia in 2017, production in the region will generally decline."
Lexington Herald Leader
Study: 'Tough Task Ahead' for Coal Country
The Appalachian Regional Commission has published a study by researchers at the University of Tennessee and West Virginia University that documents "a vicious cycle at work" in the decline of the coal industry and its wide-ranging impact on local and regional economies. "Talk of bringing back coal is a distraction from the real work that needs to be done," said the president of the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development.
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
$372 Million Lithium-Ion Battery Factory Will Help Diversify East Kentucky's Economy
A California company plans to build a plant in East Kentucky to make batteries for the burgeoning electric-vehicle market. It will also move its headquarters to the area, bringing in a total of more than 1,000 jobs. State Sen. Ray Jones said the deal is "a game-changer not only for Pikeville and Pike County, but for the entire region."
Lexington Herald Leader
A Trend Toward Turning Former Mines Into Solar Sites
In a trend spanning Asia, Europe and the U.S., former coal-mine sites are being reclaimed as utility-scale solar electricity-generation farms. A project by Berkeley Energy Group to turn a strip mine in Kentucky into a solar power plant that could produce 50 to 100 megawatts of power by next year is mong the many examples. "Building solar power plants atop defunct coal plants has several advantages, including putting otherwise hard-to-use lands to productive use."
A Kentucky Miner and an MIT Tech Researcher Talk
"Agriculture and large-scale manufacturing typically doesn't exist in mountainous areas, so we saw that there was earning potential equivalent to our mining jobs in the tech sector, and that there was a demand for tech workers and that that was a product we could produce here and export over fiber optic cable to the greater market in the world."
Biggest Utility in Kentucky Sees Coal Accounting for Little of Its Future Electricity Generation
PPL, the company that owns Kentucky Utilities and Louisville Gas and Electric has published a transition analyst in which it sees natural gas and renewables accounting for 80 percent of its electricity: "Just by virtue of [economics], you're going to have substantial reductions and when you look out to 2050, substantial retirements of our coal-fired units will have happened by then."
Louisville Public Radio
A 22-District School Cooperative 'Aims to Remake Coal Communities'
The Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative, which includes 22 school districts, is promoting new possibilities for a region that has been overly reliant on coal mining. "It's called the resource curse in economics … When you have a company town, what tends to happen over time is you crowd out the potential of other industry to make a case for their future."
West Virginia Public Radio
New Job-Skills Initiative in Eastern Kentucky
The East Kentucky Advanced Manufacturing Institute this week began classes aimed at teaching new job skills to former coal miners in Johnson County. "Officials said jobs in the manufacturing industry will pay the same or more as what former coal miners were making," a local television station reports.
Op-Ed: Corporate Focus on Renewables in Kentucky
Kentucky manufacturers that include Toyota and GM are showing a growing preference for renewable-powered electricity, and so are retailers like Walmart and logistics companies like UPS. The trend has given rise to the possibility of a state "green-tariff" program that many large power users would likely support.
Lexington Herald Leader
Kentucky's McConnell 'May Have Undercut' Coal Industry With Appointments
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky "may have undercut" the Trump administration's proposed coal-industry bailout by confirming the appointments of two free-market regulators to a panel that will vote on the plan. One replaces a former McConnell aide, and the other has been a wind-industry lobbyist. Both "have vowed not to tilt electricity-market rules in favor any particular fuel."
Kentucky Employment Stats Shows Persistence Weakness in Coal
The latest employment data from the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet shows jobs weakness in coal. "We are stopping the bleeding, but it has not stopped," said the president of the Kentucky Coal Association. "We're starting to get to that flat-lining point."
Lexington Herald Leader
In Harlan County, Kentucky, 3 Municipalities Contemplate Consolidation
Three towns in Harlan County are exploring the possibility of merging into a single municipality as the area copes with the effects of having lost more than half its coal jobs since 2011. "It takes a lot of strong leadership to even have the discussion," says a representative of the Kentucky League of Cities.
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In response to Russian actions in Ukraine, the United States has imposed progressively stronger sanctions against Russia over the past several months, both by legislative and by executive action. The latest step was taken on December 13, 2014, when Congress unanimously passed the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 (the Act).1 The Act targets elements of Russia's defense, energy, and financial sectors. The Act also targets foreign financial institutions engaged in certain transactions either with Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs) or with certain Russian defense or energy interests, as well as significant foreign investors in Russian crude oil projects. President Obama, while expressing some misgivings, signed the Act into law on December 18. While early indications from the White House are that the President does not immediately intend to make use of the authority the law grants him, he has left open the possibility of taking swift action should circumstances warrant.
With respect to Russia's defense and energy sectors, the Act specifies a "menu" of nine possible sanctions that may be imposed on the individuals or entities specified, and requires that the President choose from these possible sanctions when implementing the law.
The individuals or entities subject to sanctions include:
- Rosoboronexport. The President is required to impose three of the possible sanctions against Rosoboronexport, a Russian state-owned exporter of weapons and other military items, within 30 days of the enactment of the Act.
- Any entity—owned or controlled by the Russian government or by Russian nationals—that knowingly manufactures, sells, transfers, brokers, or assists with the transfer of defense articles into Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Syria, or any other country designated by the President. The President is required to impose three of the possible sanctions against these entities, and against anyone that knowingly assists or provides support for these activities.
- Foreign persons that knowingly make significant investments in Russian crude oil projects in Russian shale formations, Russian Arctic offshore locations, or certain offshore areas in Russia's exclusive economic zone. The Act grants the President the authority to impose three or more of the specified sanctions against these persons, but does not require that the President do so. This language was a change from previous versions of the legislation, which required that the sanctions be imposed.
- Gazprom. The Act seeks to prevent Gazprom from cutting energy supplies to much of Europe. If the President determines that Gazprom is withholding natural gas from NATO members or Ukraine, Georgia, or Moldova, the Act requires that the President prohibit United States persons from dealing in the company's new equity or new debt with maturity over a specified period. The Act also requires that the President impose at least one additional sanction from those specified.
- The Act also grants the President the authority to impose additional requirements for the licensing of equipment used in Russia's energy sector.
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- Denial of Export-Import Bank assistance for exports to sanctioned persons;
- Denial of procurement contracts with US executive agencies;
- Prohibitions on the export of defense articles or services to those sanctioned;
- Denial of export licenses;
- Prohibitions on property transactions in the United States;
- A prohibition on access to the US banking system;
- Prohibitions on dealings in debt or equity of those sanctioned;
- Denials and revocations of United States visas and exclusion from United States territory for sanctioned individuals; and
- For the principal executive officers of sanctioned entities, any of the foregoing sanctions that can be imposed on individuals.
There are a number of instances in which the President may waive the required sanctions against entities in the defense and energy sectors. These waivers may be invoked in instances in which the entity being sanctioned is the provider of important defense articles or services to the United States. Additionally, if the President determines that a waiver of the sanctions is in the country's national security interests, he may grant a waiver—but must notify Congress of his reasons for doing so. Given the political implications of granting a waiver, and the attempts of some in Congress to eliminate the President's waiver authority in other sanctions regimes,2 it remains to be seen whether the waiver authority granted in the Act will be invoked.
The Act also authorizes the President to prohibit the opening of or otherwise to restrict US correspondent or payable-through accounts of foreign financial institutions that engage in significant defense or energy transactions with sanctioned persons or that facilitate significant financial transactions for Russian SDNs. Any foreign financial institution that knowingly engages in significant transactions with the Russian entities that deal in the transfer of defense articles into Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, or Syria is subject to this sanction, as is any foreign financial institution that engages in significant transactions involving the Russian crude oil projects or Gazprom's withholding of natural gas to European countries. Finally, foreign financial institutions that knowingly facilitate financial transactions of Russian SDNs also face potential restrictions on their US correspondent and payable-through accounts.
The Act is the latest salvo in United States sanctions against Russia. While these latest sanctions are targeted against specific sectors of the Russian economy, they have the potential to be far-reaching. Companies and financial institutions that deal in the sectors targeted should assess the law's possible effects on their businesses and should pay close attention to the executive branch's application of its new authority. The Act will certainly not be the last word in the US government's response to the Russian actions in Ukraine, especially considering the Republican control of both Houses of Congress beginning in January 2015.
1 The Act contains the same language as S. 2828, a piece of legislation passed by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in September, and amended before passage by the US Senate on December 11. For procedural reasons, the bill that was signed by the President is H.R. 5859.
2 The Sanction Iran, Safeguard America Act of 2014, for instance, was introduced in recent months in both the House and the Senate. This legislation would remove the President's authority to waive many sanctions against Iran, effectively reinstituting sanctions imposed through the Iran Freedom and Counterproliferation Act of 2012, the Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, and other laws.
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Civil Unions / Marriage: What is government's role?
You're invited to join us for a special evening as Liberty First hosts a panel discussion this Tuesday May 8th, 5:30pm to 7:30pm at The Dublin House (1850 Dominion Way, Colorado Springs) enjoying Tavern Style Politics and Activism in the Tradition of our Founding Fathers. The evening's topic of discussion is: Civil Unions / Marriage and governments role? This will be a panel discussion with Q & A from attendees in our usual respectful discourse in the best political format in town; tavern style politics.
Confirmed Panelists:
Confirmed Panelists:
Mario Nicolais, spokesman for Coloradans for Freedom
Carrie Earll, Senior Director of Issues Analysis for Focus on the Family
The evening's entertainment will include the infamous 29 second soapbox, trivia and awesome happy hour deals along with a door prize or two. So come on out May 8th and enjoy the discussion. You won't be disappointed.


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(Bloomberg) -- For U.S. President Donald Trump, attending a French-run ceremony to commemorate World War I, a bloodletting that highlighted the value of allies and dangers of nationalism, was never going to be easy. By the time he flew home on Sunday he appeared isolated and, by some, scorned.
Trump arrived fresh off midterm elections where his party lost control of the House of Representatives even as he kept control of the Senate. A Twitter storm over his failure on Saturday to attend a commemoration service of Marines who died a century ago on the battlefields of France is unlikely to affect him domestically, with his backers and opponents already well entrenched.
Abroad, though, the equivalent of any modern U.S. president's base -- the network of alliances built up through two World Wars and beyond -- appears more fragile. That's a risk for a leader who may need their cooperation as he confronts China in a trade war and Iran over its foreign and nuclear policies.
The weekend exposed tensions with U.S. allies in Europe over Trump's decision to pull out of the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia, which has kept the continent free of theater-range nuclear missiles for more than 30 years.
Trump Tweets
Returning to Washington on Monday, Trump said he had accomplished a lot with the other leaders, but acknowledged tensions over his long-standing demands on trade and defense spending. "Never easy bringing up the fact that the U.S. must be treated fairly, which it hasn't, on both Military and Trade," he wrote in a flurry of tweets.
"We pay for LARGE portions of other countries military protection,.............hundreds of billions of dollars, for the great privilege of losing hundreds of billions of dollars with these same countries on trade. I told them that this situation cannot continue."
It also underlined growing concerns over the reliability of U.S. security guarantees under Trump, and his wider commitment to a postwar international order the U.S. was largely responsible for building and has benefited from, including economically.
In Asia, Trump's decision not to attend a pair of annual Asia summits this month -- the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Papua New Guinea and events hosted by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Singapore -- is set to heighten concerns over U.S. reliability among allies there. Vice President Mike Pence will attend in Trump's place.
Diplomatic Land-Mines
French President Emmanuel Macron peppered the field with diplomatic land-mines before Trump arrived in Paris, staging the weekend's ceremonies to promote his own liberal and internationalist view of how the world should respond to the wave of nationalism that's sweeping the U.S. and parts of Europe.
Even before the 60-plus heads of state and government hit town, Macron criticized Trump over the INF treaty withdrawal. Speaking to Europe 1 radio on Nov. 6, he repeated his calls for a "true European army'' as part of a drive for greater Continental autonomy to defend against China, Russia -- and an increasingly unreliable U.S. Trump fired back on Twitter, moments after landing in Paris, describing the comment as "insulting.''
The two leaders appeared to make up as the weekend got under way. But on Sunday, at the main ceremony to mark the signing of the World War I armistice 100 years ago, Macron again appeared to have Trump in his sights as he attacked nationalism.
"France was shown as the bearer of universal values during these dark hours, as the very opposite of a selfish nation that only looks after its own interest," Macron said, using language that seemed to target Trump's "America First policies." Macron stood beside German Chancellor Angela Merkel as he spoke. "Nationalism,'' he went on to say, "is a betrayal of patriotism.''
Peace Forum Snub
The French leader also convened a "Paris Peace Forum" as part of the weekend's ceremonies, drawing together international organizations and non-profits to discuss how to strengthen global governance.
Merkel, a fellow champion of liberal internationalist ideas, addressed the forum on Sunday, taking up some of the same themes.
"I want to speak of my concerns that are mixed in with today's commemoration, the concern that national blinders are spreading again, that actions are taken as if to simply ignore our mutual dependencies, relationships and binding ties,'' Merkel said. She went on to wonder if the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights could be adopted today, adding, "I fear, not.''


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You are attending the International Construction by Preschoolers Contest. Unfortunately, you are too old to participate, but you still enjoy watching the competition.
In between rounds, you are walking around the contest area when you see a toddler, one of the contestants, playing with her blocks. Annoyed that she is having all the fun, you decide to challenge her to a game.
You set up two stacks of blocks of a certain height. Then, you and the toddler take turns removing some number of blocks from the stack which contains the largest number of blocks (if both stacks have the same number of blocks, the current player can choose either stack to remove blocks from). The number of blocks removed must be a positive multiple of the number of blocks in the smaller stack. For instance, if there is a stack with 5 blocks, and one with 23 blocks, then the current player can remove 5, 10, 15 or 20 blocks from the stack of 23 blocks. The player who empties one of the stacks wins the game.
You have graciously decided to take the first move, but then a worry strikes you – might this devious preschooler still be able to beat you?
One line with two integers N and M, satisfying 1 ≤ N, M ≤ 1018, the initial sizes of the two stacks of blocks.
Output a single line containing a single word: the word "win" if you are guaranteed to win if you play correctly, and the word "lose" if your opponent can force you to lose.
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The CW Development Slate for 2008/2009 Season [Continually Updated] May 14, 2008 8:28 pmPosted by Rosario T. Calabria in 2008 Upfronts, 2008/2009 TV Season, News, Television, The CW.
Following you will find The CW's current confirmed development slate and schedules for the 2008/2009 season.
For updates and changes, click here.
Check out the Fall 2008 Programming Guide HERE.
Continue reading past the show listing and schedule below for The CW's official press release from their upfront presentation.
90210 Spinoff
Fat City (MRC)
Surviving the Filthy Rich
I.M. Valentine, Investigations (MRC)
Book of Murphy (MRC)
Surviving Suburbia (MRC)
Renewed for 2008/2009
13 [Summer 2008]
America's Next Top Model
Everybody Hates Chris
The Game
Gossip Girl
One Tree Hill
Aliens in America
CW Now
Life Is Wild
Online Nation
WWE Smackdown (moving to My Network TV)
Fate Unknown
Beauty and the Geek
Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants
Farmer Wants a Wife
Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious
The CW PRIMETIME SCHEDULE FOR FALL 2008-09 (from The CW press release)
*New programs in UPPER CASE and BOLD
7:00 p.m. "MRC PROGRAMMING"
8:00 p.m. "Gossip Girl"
9:00 p.m. "One Tree Hill"
8:00 p.m. "90210"
9:00 p.m. "SURVIVING THE FILTHY RICH GIRLS"
8:00 p.m. "America's Next Top Model"
9:00 p.m. "STYLISTA"
8:00 p.m. "Smallville"
9:00 p.m. "Supernatural"
8:00 p.m. "Everybody Hates Chris"
8:30 p.m. "The Game"
9:00 p.m. "America's Next Top Model (Encores)"
Note: Reaper will join the schedule at midseason (13 episodes ordered).
*New programs in UPPER CASE
*New programs in UPPER CASE
The CW's official press release from their upfront presentation given on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 follows below.
Monday Night Features Winning Team of Hit Dramas
"Gossip Girl" and "One Tree Hill"
New Neighbors Move in Tuesday Night:
"90210" Ensemble Features Original Cast Member
Jennie Garth in a Guest Starring Role,
Followed By New Drama "Surviving the Filthy Rich"
Top-Rated "America's Next Top Model" Leads Into
New Fashion Reality Series "Stylista" on Wednesdays
Fan Favorites "Smallville" and "Supernatural"
Return on Thursdays
Friday Night Gets a Counter-Programming Comedy Makeover With
"Everybody Hates Chris" and "The Game," Followed By An
"America's Next Top Model" Encore
Three Hours of Original Programming on Sunday From Media Rights Capital
The Devil Returns on "Reaper" for Midseason
May 13, 2008 (New York, New York) ─ The CW Network announced a fall launch date of September 1 and unveiled the schedule for its 2008-2009 season today at a presentation and party for advertisers, affiliates and national media in the Tent at Lincoln Center. The announcement was made by Dawn Ostroff, President of Entertainment, The CW.
"With shows that everyone is talking about, from 'Gossip Girl' and 'America's Next Top Model' to our upcoming '90210,' our new lineup has the best Monday-Friday schedule flow we have ever had at The CW," said Ostroff. "We are zeroed in on our target demo of young women 18-34 with both new and returning series, and each programming block provides a strong promotional platform for the following night. We're confident that the quality of our shows for the fall season will make The CW the destination for young women."
On Monday, the network will continue the successful combination of GOSSIP GIRL and ONE TREE HILL. GOSSIP GIRL was the most buzz-worthy show of last season and had the highest concentration of female teens of any series on broadcast television. GOSSIP GIRL will return to its 8:00-9:00 p.m. slot, followed by ONE TREE HILL from 9:00-10:00 p.m. ONE TREE HILL's loyal fan base is the second youngest on television, and the series continued to grow last season despite its time period move.
On Tuesday, 90210, the most eagerly anticipated series of the fall, will premiere in the 8:00-9:00 p.m. timeslot. A fresh interpretation of the iconic 1990's drama "Beverly Hills, 90210," this spin-off features a dynamic cast of up-and-coming stars, familiar faces such as Lori Loughlin ("Summerland") and Jessica Walter ("Arrested Development"), and guest star Jennie Garth, who will reprise her role from the original series. 90210 promises to deliver all the drama and excitement of the original series. In the 9:00-10:00 p.m. timeslot, the new series SURVIVING THE FILTHY RICH brings a distinctively witty note to the Tuesday lineup. Based on the best-selling book "How To Teach Filthy Rich Girls" by Zoe Dean, SURVIVING THE FILTHY RICH stars JoAnna Garcia ("Reba") as the live-in tutor to wild and wealthy teenage twin sisters in fabulous Palm Beach. SURVIVING THE FILTHY RICH makes the perfect companion piece for 90210.
On Wednesday, The CW's top-rated series AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL ranked first in its time period in adults and women 18-34 and was the sixth highest-rated show on television among female teens last season. AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL returns in its successful 8:00-9:00 p.m. timeslot, followed by the new fashion reality show STYLISTA. From the creators of AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL and "Project Runway," and starring Elle magazine's Fashion News Director, Anne Slowey, and Creative Director, Joe Zee, STYLISTA is "The Devil Wears Prada" reinvented as a reality series. With tough weekly challenges, 11 hopeful fashion enthusiasts will vie for a coveted editorial job and great prizes. Together, AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL and STYLISTA make up the fall's most fashionable night of television.
On Thursday, the heroic team of SMALLVILLE and SUPERNATURAL will continue to offer viewers great special effects and gorgeous men. From 8:00-9:00 p.m., SMALLVILLE was The CW's most-watched and highest-rated scripted series in total viewers and adults 18-49 last season. In the 9:00-10:00 p.m. hour, SUPERNATURAL is The CW's third most-watched scripted program, despite the highly competitive timeslot.
Big changes are in store on Fridays when The CW will offer the only comedy option of the night with returning hits EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS and THE GAME. The counter-programming theme continues in the 9:00-10:00 hour with an encore presentation of AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL.
As previously announced, The CW is partnering with Media Rights Capital to program the Sunday night primetime block. Details on the individual series will be released at a later date.
For Midseason, the critically acclaimed drama REAPER will return for a second season with The Devil and his bounty hunter.
Following is The CW's 2008-2009 primetime schedule, a night-by-night breakdown and accompanying details on all the programs.
THE CW's 2008-2009 PRIMETIME SCHEDULE
8:00-9:00 PM 90210 (New Series)
9:00-10:00 PM SURVIVING THE FILTHY RICH (New Series)
9:00-10:00 PM STYLISTA (New Series)
9:00-10:00 PM AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL (Encore Presentation)
Returning for its second season, GOSSIP GIRL is a one-hour drama based on an exclusive group of privileged prep school teens on Manhattan's Upper East Side whose lives revolve around the blog of the all-knowing albeit ultra-secretive Gossip Girl. No one knows Gossip Girl's identity, but everyone in this exclusive and complicated vicious circle relies on her website and text messages for the latest scoop. The series stars Blake Lively as Serena van der Woodsen, Leighton Meester as Blair Waldorf, Penn Badgley as Dan Humphrey, Chace Crawford as Nate Archibald, Taylor Momsen as Jenny Humphrey, Ed Westwick as Chuck Bass, Jessica Szohr as Vanessa Abrams, Kelly Rutherford as Lily van der Woodsen and Matthew Settle as Rufus Humphrey. Filmed in New York and based on the popular series of young-adult novels by Cecily von Ziegesar, GOSSIP GIRL is from College Hill Pictures and Alloy Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Television and CBS Paramount Network Television with executive producers Josh Schwartz ("The O.C."), Stephanie Savage ("The O.C."), Leslie Morgenstein ("Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants") and Bob Levy ("Surviving the Filthy Rich").
Returning for its sixth season to the town of Tree Hill, last season ONE TREE HILL made the unprecedented move of taking the storylines four years into the future. Season four ended as the young characters graduated high school and season five began post-college, four years later. The show also dipped into the past, returning to incidents and events that impacted the lives of this close group of friends who call Tree Hill home. The series stars Chad Michael Murray as Lucas Scott, James Lafferty as Nathan Scott, Hilarie Burton as Peyton Sawyer, Sophia Bush as Brooke Davis, Bethany Joy Galeotti as Haley James Scott, Lee Norris as Mouth, Antwon Tanner as Skills and Paul Johansson as Dan Scott. ONE TREE HILL was created by Mark Schwahn and is executive produced by Schwahn, Joe Davola, Greg Prange, Mike Tollin and Brian Robbins. ONE TREE HILL is a Tollin/Robbins Production in association with Warner Bros. Television.
8:00-9:00 P.M. "90210" (New Series)
An edgy, contemporary spin-off of the iconic drama "Beverly Hills, 90210," the new 90210 looks at life through the eyes of Annie Mills (Shenae Grimes, "Degrassi: The Next Generation") and her brother Dixon (Tristan Wilds, "The Wire"), whose first day at West Beverly Hills High School leaves no doubt they're not in Kansas anymore. The Mills family, including dad Harry (casting TBD) and mom Debbie (Lori Loughlin, "Summerland"), has relocated to Beverly Hills to keep an eye on Harry's mother Tabitha (Jessica Walter, "Arrested Development"), a feisty-but-faded former television star and a charter member of the Betty Ford Clinic. For Annie and Dixon, the awkwardness of being the new kids is made worse by the fact that their dad has taken a job as the high school principal. The school is one big culture shock for Annie, a sweet and friendly girl with a passion for the theater, and Dixon, a star athlete and scholar who was adopted by the Mills family after they took him in as a foster child. Annie and Dixon have a close sibling relationship, which they'll need to help them cope with all the new cliques and classmates, including Naomi (AnnaLynne McCord, "Nip/Tuck"), a hot, spoiled, rich girl; Ethan (Dustin Milligan, "Runaway"), a popular jock whose abilities rival Dixon's; Navid (Michael Steger, "The Winner"), an aspiring reporter who heads up the school's daily newscast; and Silver (Jessica Stroup, "Prom Night"), a rebel who produces and stars in a YouTube-type video series. Even the faculty seems hip and sophisticated at WBHHS, such as smart and funny teacher Ryan Matthews (Ryan Eggold, "Dirt") and beautiful guidance counselor Kelly Taylor (guest star Jennie Garth, the original "Beverly Hills, 90210"). The Mills family has just begun to realize how much their lives are about to change. 90210 is produced by CBS Paramount Network Television with executive producers Gabe Sachs & Jeff Judah ("Freaks & Geeks"). Mark Piznarski ("Gossip Girl") is the director and executive producer of the pilot.
9:00-10:00 P.M. "SURVIVING THE FILTHY RICH" (New Series)
Twenty-three-year-old Megan Smith (JoAnna Garcia, "Reba") has a Yale education, a relentlessly positive attitude and a plan to conquer the world of journalism, despite the fact that she is currently slaving away at a tabloid rag. Megan's plan is thrown off course when, in one whirlwind day, she gets fired, meets cosmetics mogul Laurel Limoges (casting TBD) and becomes the live-in tutor for Laurel's twin teen granddaughters in the heady Palm Beach world of wealth and power. The girls, Rose (Lucy Kate Hale, "Bionic Woman") and Sage (Ashley Newbrough, "The Best Years"), are beautiful, rebellious and less-than-thrilled with their new tutor, but Megan is determined to win them over as she enjoys the perks of her new job ─ breathtaking private suite, gorgeous convertible and live-in chef Marco (Allan Louis, "Stomp the Yard"). Even the neighbors are fabulous in Palm Beach, and Megan quickly catches the eye of Will (casting TBD), the wealthy and extremely hot dilettante who lives on the estate next door and just happens to be dating Megan's estranged sister Lily (casting TBD). Completing this romantic quadrangle is Megan's best friend Charlie (Michael Cassidy, "Smallville," "The O.C."), who is secretly in love with her. Despite her own complicated romantic and family relationships, Megan is committed to making a difference in the lives of her two headstrong charges as she navigates the treacherous waters of high society in Palm Beach. SURVIVING THE FILTHY RICH is based on the Alloy Entertainment book "How To Teach Filthy Rich Girls" by best-selling author Zoey Dean ("The A-List"). The series is from Alloy Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Television and CBS Paramount Network Television with executive producers Rina Mimoun ("Gilmore Girls," "Everwood"), Bob Levy ("Gossip Girl") and Leslie Morgenstein ("Gossip Girl," "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants"). Michael Engler ("30 Rock") directed the pilot.
Returning for its eleventh cycle, the runaway runway hit series stars Tyra Banks. The show gives real people an opportunity to prove that they can make it in the high-stress, high-stakes world of supermodeling. With mentoring by Tyra Banks and exposure to high-profile fashion-industry gurus, young women of various backgrounds, shapes and sizes must endure a highly accelerated modeling boot camp and face weekly tests to determine who will make the cut as they vie for a professional modeling contract. The executive producers are Ken Mok ("Making the Band"), Tyra Banks and Daniel Soiseth ("Hell's Kitchen"). The reality series was created by Tyra Banks and developed by Ken Mok and Kenya Barris. AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL is produced by 10 by 10 Entertainment in association with Bankable Productions.
9:00-10:00 P.M. "STYLISTA" (New Series)
If "The Devil Wears Prada" were a reality show, it would be STYLISTA. Eleven aspiring fashion enthusiasts vie for a much-coveted editorial job with Elle magazine. They work as assistants to Elle's Fashion News Director, Anne Slowey, a demanding but well-respected fashion icon. The competitors will carry out an assistant task and a fashion editorial assignment in each episode. Each week, in consultation with Elle's Creative Director, Joe Zee, Anne fires one person, until the last assistant standing gets "promoted" to the coveted real-life job opportunity. The grand prize includes a paid editorial position at Elle magazine, a paid lease on a great apartment in Manhattan, and a clothing allowance at H&M, all for one year, valued at $100,000. STYLISTA is from 10 by 10 Entertainment, Inc. and Bankable Incorporated in association with Magic Molehill Productions, Inc. and Warner Horizon Television Inc. with executive producers Tyra Banks, Ken Mok, Eli Holzman, Desiree Gruber and Jane Cha.
Returning for its eighth season, this new interpretation of the enduring Superman mythology and its classic characters blends realism and adventure into an exciting action series. Last season, Clark Kent and Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum) became the sworn enemies that comic book aficionados have always known and loved. The season also brought storylines of Krypton and the El family, including the arrival of Clark's cousin Kara, a.k.a. Supergirl (Laura Vandervoort), and the return of Brainiac (James Marsters). There were also exciting guest stars from the Superman mythology, including Dean Cain ("Lois & Clark") and Helen Slater ("Supergirl"). Clark discovered more about his home planet, who his parents were, what his future holds and why he was sent to Earth. The series stars Tom Welling as Clark Kent, Kristin Kreuk as Lana Lang, Erica Durance as Lois Lane and Aaron Ashmore as Jimmy Olsen. Reinterpreting the Superman mythology from its roots, SMALLVILLE was developed for television by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar ("Shanghai Noon," "Spiderman 2"), based on the DC Comics characters. The executive producers are Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson, Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer, James Marshall, Mike Tollin, Brian Robbins and Joe Davola. The series is produced by Tollin/Robbins Productions and Warner Bros. Television. Superman was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster.
Returning for its fourth season, this haunting series follows Sam and Dean Winchester, two brothers bound by tragedy and blood to their dangerous, other-worldly mission. This past season, the clock was ticking as Sam and Dean journeyed into the dark world of the unexplained to find a way to break Dean's deadly contract with the evil Lilith. The series stars Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester and Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester. SUPERNATURAL is from Warner Bros. Television in association with Kripke Enterprises Inc. and Wonderland Sound and Vision, with executive producers Eric Kripke ("Boogeyman"), McG ("Charlie's Angels," "The O.C."), Robert Singer ("Midnight Caller") and Kim Manners ("The X-Files").
Returning for its fourth season, this hit comedy was inspired by the childhood experiences of comedian Chris Rock. Rock also serves as the narrator of this hilarious, touching story of a teenager growing up as the eldest of three children in Brooklyn, New York during the early 1980s. Uprooted to a new neighborhood and bused into a predominantly white middle school two hours away by his strict, hard-working parents, Chris struggled to find his place. At the conclusion of season three, Chris' excitement over graduation from middle school was ruined when his best friend announced his plans to attend a different high school in the fall. This responsible, resilient adolescent brings a distinct, funny spin to his everyday trials and traumas, in the Golden Globe- and People's Choice-nominated comedy EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS. The single-camera comedy series stars Tyler James Williams ("Unaccompanied Minors") as Chris, Terry Crews ("The Longest Yard") as Julius, Tichina Arnold ("Martin") as Rochelle, Tequan Richmond ("Ray") as Drew, Imani Hakim as Tonya and Vincent Martella ("Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo") as Greg. EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS is a production of CBS Paramount Network Television in association with Chris Rock Enterprises, Inc. and 3 Arts Entertainment. Co-creator and narrator Chris Rock ("Head of State"), co-creator and writer Ali LeRoi ("Head of State"), Michael Rotenberg ("King of the Hill"), Dave Becky ("Lucky Louie") and Don Reo ("My Wife and Kids") are executive producers.
Returning for its third season, THE GAME is a behind-the-scenes look at the lives of the wives and girlfriends of pro-football players. This comedy tackles the way these women deal with egos, groupies and image consultants and shows how THE GAME is really played among the women behind the athletes. The series stars Tia Mowry ("Sister, Sister") as Melanie Barnett, Coby Bell ("Third Watch") as Jason Pitts, Pooch Hall ("Miracle's Boys") as Derwin Davis, Hosea Chanchez ("For Your Love") as Malik Wright, Brittany Daniel ("White Chicks") as Kelly Pitts and Wendy Raquel Robinson ("The Steve Harvey Show") as Tasha Mack. THE GAME is a production of Happy Camper Productions and Grammnet Productions in association with CBS Paramount Network Television. Kelsey Grammer ("Frasier," "Girlfriends"), creator Mara Brock Akil ("Girlfriends," "Moesha," "The Jamie Foxx Show") and Steve Stark serve as executive producers.
9:00-10:00 P.M. "AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL" (Encore Presentation)
Returning for its eleventh cycle, the runaway runway hit series stars Tyra Banks. The show gives real people an opportunity to prove that they can make it in the high-stress, high-stakes world of supermodeling. With mentoring by Tyra Banks and exposure to high-profile fashion-industry gurus, young women of various backgrounds, shapes and sizes must endure a highly accelerated modeling boot camp and face weekly tests to determine who will make the cut as they vie for a professional modeling contract. The executive producers are Ken Mok ("Making the Band"), Tyra Banks and Daniel Soiseth ("Hell's Kitchen"). The reality series was created by Tyra Banks and developed by Ken Mok and Kenya Barris. AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL is produced by 10 by 10 Entertainment in association with Bankable Productions.
Details on the original series from The CW's partnership with Media Rights Capital will be released at a later date.
Returning for its second season, REAPER blends suspense and humor as it follows Sam, a slacker whose world turned upside down on his 21st birthday when he learned that his parents sold his soul to the Devil before he was born. Charged by the Devil himself to be Hell's bounty hunter, Sam, with the aid of his goofball friends, Sock and Ben, and loyal girlfriend Andi, must track down evil-doers and send them back where they belong. Along the way, Sam has learned a lot about friendship, trust and the line between good and evil. The series stars Bret Harrison as Sam Oliver, Tyler Labine as Bert "Sock" Wysocki, Ray Wise as the Devil, Missy Peregrym as Andi Prendergast, Rick Gonzalez as Ben Gonzalez, Valarie Rae Miller as Josie Miller, Donavon Stinson as Ted and Andrew Airlie as Mr. Oliver. REAPER is from ABC Studios with executive producers Michele Fazekas ("Ed," "Law & Order, Special Victims Unit"), Tara Butters ("Ed," "Law & Order, Special Victims Unit"), Mark Gordon ("Grey's Anatomy," Criminal Minds"), Deborah Spera ("Criminal Minds") and Tom Spezialy ("Desperate Housewives").
This post will be continually updated with new shows and revised schedules as soon as announcements are made.
Update 1: I've posted the first listing of rumored pickups and posted a leaked schedule (courtesy Sitcoms Online). Once The CW releases their official schedule tomorrow, I'll make the necessary changes.
Update 2: Added the network's press release detailing what they plan to do on Sunday's next season. Check it out here.
Update 3: Added the network's upfront press release, and replaced the rumored schedule with the official one (they were identical though).
Update 4: There's a rumor that MRC, who is programming The CW's Sunday night "may elect to take Moonlight as one of those two hours". The possibility is remote, but "there is a chance, only a chance".[Deadline Hollywood Daily]
Update 5: The CW announced four new shows that Media Rights Capital has identified that they may be airing on Sunday nights. Dramas: Fat City, I.M. Valentine', Investigations. Comedies: Book of Murphy and Surviving Suburbia. I've added the four shows to the New Show Pickups list and put a (MRC) next to each of them signfying they are produced by MRC.
Update 6: Some more info about MRC's interest in Moonlight. Nikki Finke has an update that MRC is not interested in the show for the fall season, but she reports that they are keeping their options open for a possible midseason pickup of the show. Odds are very much against it: "This is such a shot in the dark it's barely worth posting. But I'm posting nonetheless. I've also been told that CBS continues to hold an option on the star of the show, Alex O"Loughlin, and that he's in demand for other projects." [Deadline Hollywood Daily]
- 1. BRYAN SALTON - May 13, 2008 2:36 pm
- 3. Iza Mar - May 13, 2008 6:29 pm
Dear Bryan Salton.
Are you stoned?
- 4. Ellen - May 13, 2008 7:04 pm
Does MRC have any shows that are currently airing? Was curious to compare them to the type of shows we are getting from The CW now.


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Panther Prints is the voice of Duncanville High School. The newspaper is completely student led and produced. All content in the paper is provided by student journalist. Our staff is continually ranked among the top newspapers in the state and also places in the top of many national contest as well.
Our Print publication has been in circulation since the early 50's and our online publication was started seven years ago. Our content is based on what happens on our campus and in our community that affects our student body. The Panther Prints staff succeeds in providing great news, editorials, features and sports stories in our publication. This year Panther Prints also introduced an Audio/Video division that constructs all of our video for the website.
Panther Prints encourages readers to interact with us. We accept letters to the editor and encourage your comments on articles published on our website. You may submit a letter to the editor by completing the form our our website and sending it in to our staff. We read every letter that is sent to us however we reserve the right not to publish the letter based on its content and nature as it relates to our student body.
Panther Prints is a member of the National Scholastic Press Association, Columbia Scholastic Press Association, Texas Interscholastic Press Association, Southern Interscholastic Press Association, Texas Association of Journalism Educators, Journalism Educators Association and Quill and Scroll. Panther Prints writers and photographers have won numerous awards from The Dallas Morning News, ILPC, TAJE, NSPA, JEA and Quill and Scroll. The newspaper has been named as the Top Large School Newspaper in the area by The Dallas Morning News numerous times. Duncanvillepantherprints.org was named as the top high school website in the area by The Dallas Morning News in 2009. The Newspaper has also been the winner of numerous Star Ratings from ILPC and has been recognized by JEA, NSPA and TAJE for its excellence in journalism.
Panther Prints Staff members have won numerous awards. In the 2016-17 year, members from our staff have been recognized locally, state-wide and nationally. 2016 Panther Prints alumni, Cynthia Rangel, was named the 2016 Photographer of the year by the National Scholastic Press Association. Panther Prints also introduced an Audio/Video division this year that constructs all of our video for the website.
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Preheat your oven 450 degrees before starting ( i took the recipe from pinterest)
Boil the water and the butter and sprinkle a little amount of salt
Add the flour and stir quickly
Stir till it became a ball of dough
This dough make about 10 eclairs if u want more you can duplicate the ingredients
Then move it away from heat and rest it for 3 min before adding the eggs in order not to be cooked
Then add one egg and stir quickly
Add the other 2 eggs
Put it in a plastic bag
Prepare the baking sheet
Do it like this and put in a hot oven 450 for 15 min and then reduce it to 200 for 25 min
After baking
I cut it in half or you can bring the plastic bottle of the ketchup and do a hole in the eclairs then fill it and that's the best way but i cut it because i have no ketchup bottle :D
Prepare the pudding
Add sour cream to the pudding and if needs sugar u can add
Melt the choclate in the microwave then put 1spoon of butter
Melted choclate and butter
Dip it like this , i think caramel and white choclate will be yummy also
Rest it in the refregirator, (note) keep it away from your brother !!!! You'll not find it
Caramel eclair
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3 eggs
- Pudding(add sugar and sour cream)
- Choclate


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Ranger's Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan
It is about some kids who get picked by masters of different specialties.A boy named Will is hoping he will get picked in battle school. Instead he gets picked by a ranger. Will must train to prove his worth.
My favorite part of the book was when the ranger And Will And the rest of the battle school goon a hunting trip to kill a wild boar.
If you like medieval times, swords, weapons this is the right book for you.
This book's genre is fantasy. This book's story line is action oriented. This book left me feeling curious and shocked. On a scale of 1-5, I give this book a 4.
This review was written and submitted by 4th grader Jai.


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Amid the sprawling crisis at CBS, Page Six is told that network execs are ready to nuke its struggling morning show and rebuild it from the ground up.
A thriving "CBS This Morning" was thrown into disarray by Charlie Rose's sudden exit — and we're told that top brass have come to believe that the show overall is not going to recover.
Rose was brought down by sexual misconduct allegations in November 2017, leaving Gayle King and Norah O'Donnell as anchors. They were later joined by John Dickerson.
But the impressive momentum that King, O'Donnell and Dickerson developed quickly faltered. "There are real discussions about just starting over — anchors, format, producers. Everything is on the table," said an insider.
The news comes as the show's executive producer, Ryan Kadro, is negotiating his exit.
Sources close to Kadro are furious that his exit — revealed Wednesday — is being portrayed in the press as if it were linked to a settlement the network made with three Rose accusers, which was made public the same day. A network insider insisted to Page Six that the timing really is just an "unfortunate coincidence," and CBS said, "These conversations are unrelated to the settlement."
We're told that Kadro decided to leave months ago because he believes the flagging morning show needs "fresh blood and a total revamp" — and he's not the man to do it. Kadro was also named in the Washington Post's story about the Rose cover-up.
Kadro is widely liked by CBS staff and others in the industry, we're told. When asked how she was Thursday on-air, King — apparently referring to Kadro's ouster — told a guest, "Not good, not good . . . well, actually that's another story."
CBS News President David Rhodes' anchor moves have been disastrous.
He moved Dickerson from "Face the Nation" to the morning show, and replaced Scott Pelley with Jeff Glor on the evening news, which has lost more than 1 million viewers.
From a CBS News spokesperson: "We have an incredible anchor team, and we are looking forward to 2019."


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The Horry County Sheriff's Office, along with the AARP South Carolina and Shred Alert, is hosting a shred event on Thursday, April 26, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
The event is free and open to the public. To help fight back against identity theft, the public is encouraged to bring up to three bags or boxes of your old personal information to a mobile shredding truck that will be located at the Horry County Government & Justice Center, 1301 2nd Avenue in Conway. The goal this year is to shred 12,000 lbs. of paper! Identity theft and identity fraud are terms used to refer to all types of crime in which someone wrongfully obtains and uses another person's personal data in some way that involves fraud or deception, typically for economic gain. Identity theft has become one of the fastest growing crimes in the United States.
One of the biggest ways to protect you against identity theft is to shred personal information. You can also adopt a "need to know" approach to your personal data. For example, the more information you put on your checks like social security number and home phone number, the more chances that information could land in the hands of a criminal.
If you are traveling, have your mail held at your local post office or ask a trusting neighbor tocollect your mail while you are away. Also, check your financial information regularly, and look for what should be there and what shouldn't.
For more information about identity theft and how to protect you, go to the United States Department of Justice website at http://www. justice.gov/criminal. For more information on the upcoming shred event, contact AARP South Carolina at 866.389.5655.
if you think you might be a victim of identity theft or think that someone might have used your social security number; you should file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission.
Call: 1.877.IDTHEFT (438.4338)
Another tip is to check your Social Security Statement. The statement lists earnings posted to your Social Security record. If you find an error on you statement, contact Social Security right away.


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Motivation-hygiene theory
"The human animal has two categories of needs. One set stems from his animal disposition, that side of him previously referred to as the Adam view of man; it is centered on the avoidance of loss of life, hunger, pain, sexual deprivation, and on other primary drives, in addition to the infinite varieties of learned fears that become attached to these basic drives. The other segment of man's nature, according to the Abraham concept of the human being, is man's compelling urge to realize his own potentiality by continuous psychological growth." – Frederick Herzberg
Hygienic factors
In my previous job I did not get paid regularly. My salary was almost never on time and when I got paid it often was just part of what we had agreed on. Not knowing when I would get paid or even how much was worrying me because I was never sure if I could pay my rent the next month. The company struggled financially, mainly because there were no new projects coming in. That, however, led to a situation where I did not have much work to do, simply because there was none to do. This made me anxious because I was afraid of losing my job. In addition, the colleagues I was sitting with in an office, my supervisor and I had not many common interests. Combined with the worrying of everybody about losing their jobs as well and having no work to talk about, there was little communication at all. Being faced with this situation every day let me believe that this is normal. My motivation to go to work, however, was basically not existent.
Motivation factors
In another job I was given the responsibility to manage a project together with a colleague. It was challenging from time to time, but we were discovering how to help people in another organization to improve. It allowed me to personally grow by applying my skills and working on topics I was curious about. I was working with like-minded people and was recognized for what I was doing by my colleagues, supervisor and client. At the end of the day we could look back at our achievement to realize that we were making progress into the right direction. I felt engaged and valued which had a positive effect on my self-esteem. I could not wait to go to work every morning.
Herzberg's two-factor theory of motivation
The two work experience examples above describe the two-factor theory of motivation developed by Frederick Herzberg. He published his findings in 1959 in his book 'Work and the Nature of Man'. After conducting interviews with 200 engineers and accountants where they were describing job events that made them unusually good or bad in a previous job, Herzberg concluded that there are certain factors that cause work satisfaction and others that cause work dissatisfaction. The former he termed Motivation factors, the later Hygiene factors expressing that in order to have a healthy work environment and thus basic job satisfaction certain factors needed to be in place. The Hygiene and Motivation factors are listed in the following:
|Hygiene factors
|Motivation factors
Satisfaction is not the opposite of dissatisfaction
Herzberg reasoned that satisfaction is not the opposite of dissatisfaction, instead it is no satisfaction.Therefore he came up with two individual factors: The Hygiene factors that prevent employees from becoming dissatisfied, as well as the Motivation factors that ensure that employees become satisfied. It is not an either or situation, but rather one where Motivation factors are building on the Hygiene factors. This is visualized in the following:
Herzberg's theory could also be explained with Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, where the physiological, safety and security as well as social needs belong to the Hygiene factors and the esteem and self-actualization needs fall into the category of Motivation factors. Maslow actually presented this idea, but did not deliver any data to support his claim.
Absence of Hygiene factors causes dissatisfaction
What is interesting in Herzberg's theory is that Hygiene factors have no positive impact on work satisfaction. However, their absence causes great dissatisfaction. This emphasizes the loss-aversion we humans have. The Hygiene factors are basically extrinsic prerequisites to achieve a basic level of job satisfaction that needs to be reinforced constantly.
And this makes intuitively sense. When we do not receive a salary that helps us covering our basic costs every month or no salary at all, there is simply no way we can be satisfied. The same is true for when we have to worry about losing our job every day. Further, since we are a social species, the relationships we have at work, where we spent most of our waking time, matter a lot. Last but not least, when company policies and practices hinder us from achieving our daily tasks it is simply an unsatisfying situation.
Motivation factors cause satisfaction
Since the Hygiene factors only have an influence on dissatisfaction, when the Motivation factors are in place job satisfaction is increased. The absence of Motivation factors does not decrease job satisfaction, but their presence can increase intrinsic attitudes and motivation of employees significantly.
The chance that employees are more engaged, motivated and satisfied with their job is greater when they are given responsibility, are recognized and valued for their achievements as well as are able to personally grow by applying their skills and work on tasks they find interesting.
Motivation and Hygiene
Based on Herzberg's Two-factor theory of motivation and the two aspects of Hygiene factors and Motivation factors, there are four potential situations possible.
Criticism of theory
When Herzberg introduced his theory over 50 years ago the main critic was that he used a storytelling approach to present his findings and that the interviews were not analytically enough. It was claimed that he had a natural bias when selecting putting specific criteria into either Hygiene or Motivation factors. In addition, he was only interviewing white-collar workers.
However, the intuitive feeling we get from his theory is that it is valid. My work experiences have supported this view. Just the widespread use of this theory today to explain employee motivation shows that there is certain validity to it. Seeing it from another perspective it could also mean that there has been not much significant research in the area of employee motivation in an organizational context since the introduction of his theory.
Nevertheless, besides the intuitive feeling, there are multiple studies that replicated the results from Herzberg in a more quantitative way. Essentially same results were repeated in different countries and within different job groups, even with blue-collar workers. One particular study especially focusing on the individuality of people, another critique for Herzberg who only spoke about general human nature, found that different people satisfy different needs through their work. Their findings, however, show a general alignment with Herzberg's Two Factor Theory of Motivation.
Another general critic is that when things go wrong we look to our environment, but when things go well we look to ourselves. When I found myself in an unsatisfying situation I first of all asked myself what I could have done in that situation. The result was a worsened self-esteem, because I could not find a solution and blamed it on me. This made me realize that I could not accept how things are and that the environment needed to change. However, when things went well it was due to my environment that provided me the opportunity to use my skills and realize my potential to the fullest.
How to create greater job satisfaction?
Herzberg provided mainly three aspects of creating greater job satisfaction. These were:
- Job enlargement
- Job rotation
- Job enrichment
For job enlargement Herzberg brought forward the idea of removing control and at the same time increasing accountability and responsibility of the individual employees. Essentially he was relating to increasing the autonomy.
Job rotation was discussed in the ability of employees to create new units or projects that work on pressing problems. Herzberg encouraged a proactive attitude towards solving problems instead of being delegated to it by supervisors.
Herzberg saw a basic requirement for job enrichment in receiving direct and regular feedback on productivity and job performance. Interestingly he saw that feedback coming from peers, our co-workers, and not from supervisors. Another aspect is the encouragement of employees to take on new task that are challenging but provide the opportunity to grow personally. He saw a link of job enrichment and becoming an expert at a specific task; the intrinsic interest and fulfillment through work itself.
Did you know?
Herzberg was aslo found of saying that KITA, kick in the ass, does not produce motivation, only movement.
The mentioned study is:
Lundberg, C., Gudmundson, A. and Andersson, T. D. (2009) Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory of Work Motivation Tested Empirically on Seasonal Workers in Hospitality and Tourism. Tourism Management, Vol. 30, no 6, p. 890-899.


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Russia will get 50 intercontinental ballistic missiles this year, military chief says
MOSCOW – The chief of Russia's General Staff says the military will receive 50 intercontinental ballistic missiles this year, maintaining a high tempo of modernization despite the nation's economic downturn.
Gen. Valery Gerasimov's statement Friday comes amid spiraling Russia-West tensions over Ukraine, where fighting between pro-Russia rebels and government forces flared up anew this month after a period of relative calm.
Gerasimov said weapons modernization should prevent the U.S. and NATO from achieving military superiority over Russia.
He said the development of strategic nuclear forces is the top priority, adding that Russia will counter NATO's U.S.-led missile defense system by deploying weapons capable of penetrating the shield.
Gerasimov said that Russia is also developing long-range precision conventional weapons in response to the U.S. Prompt Global Strike program.


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Thanks Peter for the reminder There is also a separate OASIS recommendation on Published Subjects, defining "published subject identifiers" and "published subject indicators". http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/2897/pubsubj-pt1-1.01-cs.pdf Bernard Peter F Brown a écrit : > There are HTTP URIs for real world objects: they are called "subject identifiers" and form part of the ISO 13250 Topic Maps standard, where a 'Topic' is a proxy for any real world subject, and a Topic can take 0 to a URIs as subject identifiers... > Its sometimes really hard keeping things simple, but when There is something There that works , please use it and don't fall victim of the 'Not Invented here' syndrome. Regards, Peter > -- *Bernard Vatant *Knowledge Engineering ---------------------------------------------------- *Mondeca** *3, cité Nollez 75018 Paris France Web: www.mondeca.com <http://www.mondeca.com> ---------------------------------------------------- Tel: +33 (0) 871 488 459 Mail: email@example.com <mailto:email@example.com> Blog: Leçons de Choses <http://mondeca.wordpress.com/>Received on Wednesday, 16 January 2008 14:00:48 UTC
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US v. Gillenwater
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Leaving colourful memories behind at Rochor
Rainbow-coloured Rochor Road blocks set to make way for North-South Expressway
Today marks the end of the road for the four iconic rainbow-coloured blocks at Rochor Centre.
The blocks, which have been around for 39 years, are to make way for the 21.5km-long North-South Expressway.
On Nov 15, 2011, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) announced the acquisition of the four blocks at Rochor Road.
When The New Paper visited Rochor Centre yesterday, retiree Lee May Eng, 71, was still in the midst of packing her belongings.
Madam Lee and her husband have lived in Block 4, which is red, since its construction.
She said in Mandarin: "There are just so many things to move and I recently suffered a hand injury, so it is difficult for me to pack my belongings.
"I also feel very reluctant to move out of my home."
When TNP visited their home, there were still several framed photographs on the walls, and appliances like television sets, cabinets and fans strewn across their living room.
Retiree Chng Seng Zeok, 67, who lived in Block 2, which is blue, was collecting the last of her belongings.
She was pushing a trolley containing all her gardening tools, such as bricks for her potted plants.
Madam Chng said she had moved out last month, along with most of her neighbours. Drink stall owner Halilur Rahman, 60, a father of four who lives in Block 4, said: "This is the place where I saw my daughters get married, have children and buy their own homes." He has arranged for movers to move his furniture today.
He added: "We, old people, have to do things slowly and cannot go too fast."
Student Chan Yuk Chun, 14, recalls the spacious void deck on the fourth storey.
He said: "My family would take me there and we would chase pigeons. We would always go to the area around OG to buy ice cream." A HDB spokesman told TNP that almost all the 567 households have collected keys to their replacement flats.
And nine out of 10 households have chosen a replacement flat at Kallang Trivista at Upper Boon Keng Road.
The spokesman added: "Another 28 households have selected a flat elsewhere.
"The rest are not taking up a replacement flat with HDB.
"To date, most of the households have returned the keys to the Rochor units.
"For those who are unable to move out by the end of the year and requested an extension, we have considered their individual circumstances and will continue to work with them to vacate the unit as soon as possible.
"For security reasons, we have advised the remaining residents to move out soon."
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The home-school cooperative that I run (www.s-h-i-n-e.org) uses what is called "Blended Learning." How is that for a new term? Dr. Nellie Deutsch's November 9 post on the WizIQ blog defined Blended Learning as "the combination of online learning and face-to-face meetings."
Right now, it is working for my students and for me. We are, as you may know, creating our own model utopia and studying different cultures to inform the model world that we want to create. We are studying history and sociology as part of this investigation. We also live in Western Massachusetts, where there were once many thriving indigenous communities. Studying a Native community is an obvious course of study.
However, studying the Native Peoples of the US is fraught with complications. Scholars have trouble even agreeing on a title for the group, as there were many distinct groups. I do not like the term Native American, as they were not native to "America". "America" was not even a word during this era. I would be annoyed if a person named June took over my land, and then called me a Native Junian. I do not think that I would want to have anything to do with the word, nor the person. Most conscientious people try to refer to the actual name of the tribe. For example, here in Western MA, there were many Pocumtuc people. When it is not possible or practical to refer to a specific group, I refer to them as Native People or First People. This seems like a responsible way to handle the situation.
Studying Native People is complicated
The situation is complicated. I do not want the kids to be so afraid of offending someone that they are not able to talk nor learn. Nor do I want them to fall into the standard "positive" stereotypes, such as "The natives were close to nature." Yes, they were (and perhaps are) closer to nature than my students are, but that is not the point. I want them to understand these two points:
-Discussing Native People is Complicated: Atrocities happened, we can not understand them all, nor will we ever know of them all. There are no pat answers, but not thinking about what happened nor learning from the people it happened (and is happening) to is a greater crime than any that we can commit when we thoughtfully try to consider and learn from the lives of others.
-Native People Were and Are People: They did and do some wonderful things as well as some terrible things. They had lots of motives to live the way that they did and do the things that they do, just like all people.
How do we sensitively convey the complications to students?
I scheduled a trip to a local museum that has an extensive collection of information about Native populations that inhabited this area. Before we went to the museum, though, I insisted that the students developed an awareness, through conversation and reading, of what some of the stereotypes were and are. So, for Monday's on-line class, I introduced the kids to the ideas of different "kinds" of stereotypes. We talked about the Princess (gentle, kind to animals, close to the earth), The Noble Savage (proud, strong, acting in self-defense), and the Savage Menace (brutal, ugly, and violent). We touched on how these particular styles of stereotypes are popular the world over. When one group wants to simplify and dehumanize another group, they often resort to these images. There will be another time in the year when we can see how a different group is given the same treatment. The ideas will really take hold in their brains, then.
Then, on Tuesday, we met in person. I had several samples of images of the various kinds of stereotypes, and I asked the kids to work in small groups to categorize them. It might seem ironic to ask kids to categorize different stereotypes, but my goal was for them to look critically and think about the various images, and it worked. The kids were all engaged, discussing and considering the images and the idea. They were ready to visit the museum and thoughtfully consider the lives of others, with some understanding of the issues at hand.
Time in the WizIQ Virtual Classroom can support and enhance time in the brick and mortar classroom to help our students become more thoughtful and responsible human beings.