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Amusement Park Rides
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Unsafe Amusement Park Rides
Millions of Americans flock to amusement parks each year, but the twists and turns of an amusement park ride come at a risk. Every year, thousands of patrons are injured at amusement parks, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). For an unlucky few, a trip to an amusement park may even end in tragedy. In the majority of amusement park accidents, most injuries and deaths are attributable to negligence by amusement park staff or owners. One of the most commonly cited causes of amusement park accidents involves a failure to detect malfunctioning rides or ride parts. Regardless of who or what is to blame for an amusement park accident, it is important that families of injured victims seek legal representation.
Smallest Riders are Often the Most Vulnerable
Children and adolescents are those most likely to require medical attention following an amusement park accident. One study by the Center for Injury Research and Policy estimates that nearly 4,500 amusement park patrons under the age of 18 visit emergency rooms for injuries sustained at an amusement park each year. Most commonly, children are injured when they fall off, on, or against a ride. However, the most serious types of injuries to children often happen when they are struck by a ride or are struck by a foreign object during a ride. Twenty-eight percent of all amusement park accidents involving a child or adolescent result in brain or spinal cord injuries.
The statistics are sobering and cause for alarm, but many of these accidents are entirely avoidable. Because children and adolescents are among the most vulnerable at an amusement park, it is imperative that staff adhere to height and weight restrictions for all rides. Similarly, when a ride is off-limits to children who are unaccompanied by an adult, the rule must be enforced. Amusement park staff is also responsible for ensuring that all safety belts are securely fastened before operating a ride. Failure to do so can give rise to a personal injury claim if a rider is hurt.
Children are not the only ones at risk, as adults are frequently injured in amusement park accidents as well. Liability can arise when park owners fail to provide patrons with adequate warnings about the dangers posed by a ride. Rides that involve high speeds, sharp turns and centrifugal force must be advertised accordingly because they place patrons who are pregnant or suffer from a heart condition at an increased risk of injury. Amusement park officials must securely cordon off all amusement park rides to prevent passersby from venturing into harm's way. Additionally, all rides must be routinely inspected and immediately decommissioned when a defect is discovered.
Comparative Negligence in Amusement Park Accidents
It should be noted that an injury may be compensable even when a patron's own actions contributed to their fate. Pursuant to New Jersey's Comparative Negligence Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.1, et seq., damages are subject to a reduction when a plaintiff is at least partly to blame for their injuries, such as when a rider fails to obey a posted weight limit or fails to keep his or her arms and legs inside a moving ride as instructed. However, if an amusement park owner or staff member is found by a judge or jury to be more than 50 percent responsible for an amusement park accident, the plaintiff's actions cannot serve as an outright bar to compensation.
New Jersey Premises Liability Lawyers at Eichen Crutchlow Zaslow, LLP Seek Justice for Injured Riders
If you or a loved one has been injured in an amusement park accident, the New Jersey amusement park accident lawyers at Eichen Crutchlow Zaslow, LLP will seek compensation on your behalf. Call 732-777-0100 or contact us online today to schedule a consultation at our offices in Red Bank, Edison or Toms River, New Jersey, where we represent amusement park accident victims throughout the surrounding areas.


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McIntosh Dental joins the Pink Star Walk
Every day, nine women in New Zealand are told they have Breast Cancer. The Pink Star Walk event held every year in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch raises funds to help these women, the women we have lost, and the researchers who are working hard to find a cure, or at least a treatment programme that works, to save the lives of these women. These women might be someone you know, someone dear to you, and in the case of McIntosh Dental, someone who is a bit of a legend.
This year our awesome team joined forces, donned as much pink and sparkles as the chosen theme of Hula Girls allowed, and headed into a chilly, rainy Auckland Saturday to raise funds for Breast Cancer. The walks significance has become even more poignant since the clinics eldest team member, Mary McIntosh, survived Breast Cancer. Mary, a key member of the Administration team, is an incredible 90 years young, and she's still going strong despite her fight with the disease.
The Pink Star Walk is about celebrating survivors, remembering those we've lost, raising awareness, and raising much needed funds to work towards the foundation's vision of zero deaths from breast cancer. Every cent raised goes toward researching new treatments, promoting awareness and education to save lives, and supporting New Zealanders with Breast Cancer.
Not only did we raise money for a very good cause, we had a whole lot of fun doing it and we will definitely be doing it again. To find out more information about the Pink Star Walk, visit their website. To find out more about the indomitable Mary McIntosh, visit our Team Page!


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KUWAIT CITY, April 1: An unidentified Kuwaiti citizen has pardoned the murderer of her son moments before he was to be executed at the 'Punishment Square' in the Saudi governorate of Jubail, reports Al-Shahed daily. Saudi mass media said the woman and her children pardoned the accused after years of refusing to listen to mediation efforts by the elders and sheikhs and senior personalities. The Saudi authorities had taken the accused in custody for shooting to death the Kuwaiti youth following an altercation between them seven years ago
Complaint over laser therapy: An unidentified young woman has filed a complaint with the Nugra Police Station accusing an employee at a beauty parlor in the area of burning her body during laser therapy to remove hair from the body, reports Al-Anba daily. The complainant has provided a medical report to substantiate her claim.


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The North Fair Oaks man who earned the nickname Gilligan by allegedly robbing a string of Peninsula banks while wearing a floppy fisherman's hat before murdering his wife on the day he was scheduled to enroll in court-ordered domestic violence classes will stand trial in June.
Robert Lomas, 51, appeared in court for a pretrial conference Monday and opted for trial on one count of murder and seven counts of bank robbery rather than settling the case. Details of the plea offer were not released.
Lomas' trial comes just more than one year after he was arrested for the May 21 death of Linda Jackson Lomas, 50, and linked to five bank robberies dating back to 2002.
The prosecution theorizes the robberies may have been propelled by a mountain of debt due to his wife's medical conditions and losing his auto store job following a domestic violence conviction.
In early April, Lomas was charged with domestic violence and ultimately sentenced to 15 days jail with the option of serving in the Sheriff's Work Program. He was supposed to surrender June 19 and enroll in domestic violence class by May 22. However, Lomas was reportedly rejected from the class May 21 for lack of funds to pay the approximate $75 fee.
At 9:55 a.m. May 21, the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call from an unidentified man reporting a woman dead at 2830B Huntington Ave. in the unincorporated area of Redwood City. Reports that Lomas himself made the call have not been confirmed.
Lomas remained at large until approximately 9 p.m. when he approached officers near the crime scene and turned himself in. He reportedly first planned to kill himself on the train tracks.
During his police interview, Lomas reportedly said his wife was unfaithful with a number of men. He allegedly believed his wife was giving the money he stole to these men.
The Lomas marriage was further scrutinized during a hearing to preserve the testimony of a potential defense witness with cancer. Early Brewer, speaking before a video camera, said Lomas loved his wife and nearly fell apart when she was hospitalized for bypass surgery.
However, he said the couple's fourth child did not appear to be Lomas' biological son and Lomas resumed heavy drinking in the weeks preceding the murder.
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Spicy, smoky, creamy, and comforting, this was the perfect fall meal. Because stuffing peppers is admittedly a bit tedious and time-consuming, I split the preparation for this dish into two days. The first day I roasted the peppers, skinned them, prepared the filling, and stuffed them. I then placed them in the freezer. They remained there until the night before I wanted to serve this dish, when I removed them and placed them in the refrigerator to defrost. Then, all I had to do was simmer the sauce for about half an hour and pop the whole shebang into the oven.
This dish was definitely worth a little bit of extra work. It had the perfect amount of spice and was filling without feeling heavy. I ate the leftovers for lunch today atop some polenta and it was equally delicious reheated.
Stuffed Hungarian Hot Peppers with Tomato Sauce
Roasted Peppers:
9 Hungarian hot peppers
Non-stick cooking spray
Kosher salt
Preheat broiler. Cover a large baking sheet with tinfoil and spray with non-stick cooking spray. Place peppers on baking sheet and spray well with non-stick cooking spray. Season with kosher salt. Place under broiler, turning once, for about 15-20 minutes until the outer skins and charred.
Remove from broiler and place immediately in a ziplock bag. Allow the peppers to cool. Once cooled, remove charred outer skins (these are great to save for homemade beef stock). Remove the stem. Cut a single slit down the center of the pepper (if you tore the pepper as you were removing the skins, simply use that "tear" as your starting point. Don't worry if there are a few extra rips and shreds, as long as the pepper isn't totally decimated it's probably still usable. Set aside.
1 Cajun-style andouille sausage, casing removed and crumbled
2 hot Italian sausages, casing removed and crumbled
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup fresh mozzarella, cut into fine dice
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. dried parsley
2 tbs. fresh chives, chopped
Combine all ingredients well. Spray a casserole dish with non-stick cooking spray. Take a pepper and lay flat on cutting board. Using your hands or a spoon, take about 2 tbs. of filling and place in center of the pepper. Wrap the pepper around the filling. If the pepper will not close, remove a bit of filling. Carefully move the pepper and set it, seam side down, in the casserole dish. Repeat. It is preferable if the peppers are in one layer, but if you have to nestle them on top of one another, that is okay.
You should have about 1 1/2 cups of filling leftover. If you have less or more than that, don't worry.
1 1/2 cups left over filling (basically, whatever is left after you stuff your peppers – don't worry if you don't have this much)
1 tbs. olive oil
1/2 cup Burgundy wine
1 15 oz. can whole peeled San Marzano tomatoes with juice
1 tsp. garlic powder
Freshly cracked black pepper
4 oz. fresh mozzarella, cut into 1/4″ slices
Preheat oven to 350º.
In a large sauté pan, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the leftover filling and sauté, stirring frequently, roughly 10 minutes or until sausage is browned and cheese is melted. Add burgundy wine to deglaze the pan. Let simmer until only about 1/4 cup remains. Add tomatoes and juice. Using a spatula, mash up the tomatoes. Season with freshly cracked pepper and garlic powder. Reduce heat to low or medium-low and cover. Simmer 20-30 minutes, until juices are reduced by about half. If necessary, continue to mash up tomatoes occasionally. If liquid is not reducing, remove cover and simmer additional 5-10 minutes.
Pour sauce over stuffed peppers. Arrange slices of mozzarella cheese over top of sauce. Cover casserole dish and bake one and a half hours until heated through and cheese is melted.
1 cup jasmine rice, cooked according to package instructions
1 tbs. chopped chives, for garnish
Serve peppers and sauce atop a cup of cooked jasmine rice. Garnish with chopped chives.


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Is Atheism a Religion?
Is Atheism a Religion?
Jim Hamilton
Who Cares?
Before trying to answer this question, I thought it might be best to decide who benefits from one answer or the other. The question seems to arise in debate between theists and atheists. At some point the theist asserts that atheism is a religion too. Then the atheist, who had planned, going in, to ask if the theist really believes in a talking snake, takes the bait and ends up spending the rest of the debate defending his or her own beliefs as fundamentally different from theism. And the theist, who, by some strange logic, has accepted the idea that more than half the world believes in some completely different religion, can go home comforted by the idea that atheism is just one more. So mark this one up for the theist.
Now think of the benefits that would accrue if atheism were a religion. First of all, its institutions would be tax-free. As a religion, atheists would no longer be society's outcasts. As it is, atheists are always rated the scariest, most hated group - more so than Muslims, Buddhists or Hindus. But as a religion, maybe Christians would allow their daughters to marry atheists. Even Scientologists want to be a religion. And in that debate, the atheist can simply say yes, you're right, atheism is a religion -- now lets get back to the talking snake.
So with all this going for it, why don't atheists simply declare themselves to be a religion and be done with it? In fact, some do. There is a Church of Reality. The Humanists hold Sunday morning meetings that seem very similar to church services. But in the final analysis, it just doesn't work. Nobody believes that atheism is a religion. Most atheists go ballistic at the suggestion that their belief system is comparable to the absurd mythologies of organized religion. And theists generally don't believe that you can have a religion without a god, even though there are religions, like Buddhism, that have no god. Even that debater probably doesn't really think that atheism is a religion -- it was just a rhetorical device to help win the debate.
So if neither side believes that atheism is a religion, are we done? Isn't the answer no? It may just be that this is the best answer we can give. Still, this nagging question keeps coming up in debates, and to answer it with "nobody believes that" somehow doesn't cut it. So it would be nice if we had a simple, logical analysis that would answer the question definitively. In order to get that, of course we need ...
Definitions, definitions, definitions
At the very least, we'll need definitions for religion and atheism. Since the answer to the question will depend on how we define the terms, it may be difficult to make definitions that both sides agree to. But lets see what happens.
Religion is Theism
Suppose we simply define religion as belief in a god or gods, i.e. theism. Then if atheism is a religion, we would have theism equals a-theism, and this is nonsense. Surprisingly, this doesn't end the debate. When the theist claims that atheism is a kind of religion, what he really means is that atheists aren't really atheists. In this argument, the atheist instead believes in the god of science, or the god of logic, or the god or rationality. This amounts to a definition of god, of course, and under this definition the term atheist becomes vacuous, since everybody believes in something. So the definition of religion as theism is either trivially true or trivially false. Moreover, it leaves out the religions, like Buddhism, that have no gods.
Religion is Faith
Religious people commonly agree that they are willing to live without evidence for God, because they have faith. Atheists are OK with this because they have neither belief nor faith in God. Now the theist may claim that the atheist has faith in science, and since faith is the essence of religion, atheism is a religion. At this point, the atheist can make a couple of different counter-arguments. One is to play with the words faith, belief and trust. In this argument, faith is the kind of blind belief that the religious have, whereas trust is the relationship that one has with science. This is a weak argument, however, because these words are all pretty squishy. One could spend the rest of the debate coming to some agreement over their precise semantics.
A better counter is simply to say that atheism has nothing to do with what someone does believe, only what they don't. This really ought to answer the question. Since the atheist has no faith, atheism is not a religion. But the theist may not give up so easily. Since the atheist cannot prove that god does not exist, it can be argued that the atheist must have a kind a faith in the non-existence of god. The atheist can counter this with the claim that faith is not required. No atheist thinks it is 100% certain that there is no god, but that a logical analysis of the evidence shows that the probability is very low. Furthermore, it actually is rather trivial to prove that the major monotheistic gods (Yahweh and Allah) are logically impossible.
Religion is Dogmatic, Close-minded, Emotional and Irrational
This may sound like a blatant accusation leveled at theists by atheists, in order to compromise their position in a debate. But before you leap to this conclusion, it turns out it's not that simple. First of all, many theists would agree with some of these claims. Secondly, many atheists may be guilty of some of these attributes as well, even though they may try to deny it.
Consider dogmatism. The word itself is most commonly associated with religion. Every organized religion has its central dogma, which is the stories that comprise its sacred texts. One cannot remain a Christian and deny the story of Jesus. So there is no question that religion is dogmatic. But this is not necessarily a bad thing. It allows people to accept certain "truths" and move on. Are atheists dogmatic? One could regard "there are no gods" as the dogma of atheism. However, this doesn't really seem right. First of all, most atheists arrive at this conclusion of their own accord -- it is not imposed upon them. Second, most atheists do not regard it as a certainty, but as subject to revision by possible future observation. Sometimes theists will assert that atheists are dogmatic because science is sometimes dogmatic. Although it is true that dogma is often found in science (for example "Darwinian evolution is a central dogma of biology") science is not actually part of atheism. I think we can conclude that dogmatism is a characteristic that distinguishes religions from atheism.
Are theists close-minded? Yes, of course. They might feel offended by this characterization, because they don't feel close-minded in areas other than religion. But it is simply implied by faith. Faith trumps everything. No argument can change your mind. Are atheists close-minded? Theists sometimes say so. They see so many compelling arguments in favor of god, not to mention the masses of humanity that are religious that in their mind it is close-minded not to at least "try it". Perhaps they don't realize that most atheists have already tried it and found it wanting.
There is another way in which atheism might be regarded as close-minded. If one day there were evidence for some kind of god, we wouldn't easily accept it. We would make every attempt to debunk it. We would prefer to doubt it until it was proven to be valid beyond all reasonable doubt. And even then, we wouldn't respond by going to church to worship and pray. We would study it like any other natural phenomenon, such as attempting to communicate if that seemed appropriate. Personally, I would count this as a kind of open-mindedness, but your mileage may differ.
Is religion emotional? Emphatically yes, and proud of it! Theists sometimes use this as a kind of proof of God's existence. They will say "I feel God's love", or "I love Jesus", and then ask how they could love or be loved by something non-existent. Another favorite is "it is important to fear hell or you can't be moral". Their next step is to to accuse atheists of being cold and unemotional and furthermore of using faulty logic because it fails to take account of emotion. All of these claims are false of course. The details are beyond the scope of this essay, except to point out that logic certainly can take account of emotion, but you can't draw conclusions directly from emotions. Just because something feels true doesn't make it true.
Are atheists emotional? In general, they are just as emotional as anybody else. Are they emotional about religion? Most atheists try to keep emotion out of their arguments about religion. But otherwise, I think there is plenty of emotion involved. Much has been written recently about the "angry atheists". This may be somewhat overstated, but I think it is there. In addition, there is often pride and passion about being "enlightened". And, of course there is fear of punishment by the religious majority, especially in theocracies. I think it would be fair to say that atheists are more emotional about their position than theists often are. So in this respect, atheism is kind of like a religion.
Is religion irrational? It might seem that faith is irrational by definition. Despite this, there are theists who feel that their religion is completely rational. Others, however, admit that they are irrational, and say that this is a good thing, arguing that rationality is not the only way to discover truth. Somehow they never quite get around to explaining what the other ways are. They seem to involve either accepting a logical argument as true even if it is shown to be false; or accepting something as true because it feels like it must be true.
Atheists, on the other hand, put rationality on a sort of pedestal. It's kind of like the coach of an amateur sports team, trying to comfort the players after a loss by saying "winning isn't everything". The professional player, however, says "winning isn't everything -- it's the only thing". Atheists are the professional rationalists. It is worth examining this more closely in order to avoid certain misunderstandings that may arise. Lets say that a theist makes some assertion about his god. The atheist may have a kind of visceral reaction to the effect that "I know that must be false -- what should I say?". There follows a heated discussion which is inconclusive. Later, the atheist manages to construct the definitive proof that the assertion was false. We can see that this proof is a kind of rationalization of the original gut reaction. The theist can, with some validity, claim that the atheist is just as irrational about his belief in no gods as the theist is in his belief in his god. The reality is that this is just human nature. Rationality is the end result of a complex emotional and social process. The difference is that the atheist can get there, and the theist cannot.
So religion is demonstrably dogmatic, close-minded, emotional and irrational. While atheists are also emotional, it takes a real stretch of reasoning to find them dogmatic, close-minded or irrational. So by these characteristics, it would appear that atheism is not a religion.
Religion Is Belief in the Supernatural
Not convinced yet? Here is one last argument. In the stone age, people apparently couldn't form the idea of things following mechanical rules, or even the idea of one thing controlling other things. To them, everything was "alive", and the non-human things were "gods". So the sun god wasn't a separate entity that controlled the sun. The sun was a god. Later, as people learned to control some things themselves, they got the idea that there were more powerful human-like beings who controlled the things they didn't understand, which was still pretty much everything. These gods lived on the earth, but somewhere inaccessible to men. Later yet, as they developed hierarchical power structures of their own, they decided there was just one chief god. This god was still human-like, but lived in the sky somewhere. He still controlled everything, spoke to people regularly, and did miracles. This idea of god is still with us today. As science progresses, people no longer thing he controls everything, but, depending on who you talk to, he still controls some things, and may speak to people, and perform minor miracles. He still lives in a place that is inaccessible to humans. Since humans now have access to every place on earth and in space, this place must be somewhere that is not part of the natural world. We call this the supernatural.
Lots of other phenomena also seem to exist in the supernatural, like ghosts and ESP. Religious people don't necessarily believe in all of these, but most believe in a heaven and hell that are in the supernatural, where dead people go. Also souls may live partly or wholly in the supernatural. There are religions that have no gods, but as far as I know, they all believe in something supernatural. In my mind, this as the essential definition of religion.
Needless to say, atheists do not believe in the supernatural. An atheist might believe in ESP, since that doesn't necessarily have to do with gods, but if so, it would be as a natural phenomenon, not supernatural. I could stop here, and say that this proves that atheism is not a religion. But I can't resist going on and showing that...
The Supernatural Either Doesn't Exist Or Is Irrelevant
At one level, the proof of this is completely trivial. It is true by definition. The natural world consists of everything we can observe. So something supernatural is something we cannot observe. That means it can have no effect whatsoever. There is nothing to prevent the existence of such a thing. Think of it as some kind of parallel universe. Real scientists talk about such things a lot these days. But if it is truly unobservable, then it is irrelevant, since it can have no effect on anything. It might as well be non-existent. QED.
So if a theist agrees that there is no evidence for god, so you just have to have faith, that is actually nonsense. No-one can know what to have faith in if there is no evidence. Now you can start discussing what he thinks the evidence is. Theists commonly believe that god influences their minds in some way. Lets say he helps guide moral decisions. Regardless of what you think about how the mind/soul works, it can ultimately connect to your mouth, tongue, and vocal chords, and you can discuss moral decisions with me. This would give me a channel to god. This shows that god, if he exists, cannot be entirely supernatural.
At this point, you can begin to evaluate the evidence and see if it makes a convincing case for the existence of a god. If not, then the theist cannot fall back on the faith argument. He can, and probably will, disagree about the quality of the evidence. Perhaps someday brain science will show that all of the purported godly influences on the mind actually originate in the brain. Will that end the argument? Probably not. But I do hope that I have made a convincing case here that atheism is not a religion.


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Monday saw cryptocurrency price movements failing to build on the marginal gains made on the previous trading day. Virtual assets were trading in the red for much of the day, possibly dragged down by Bitcoin fumbling a newly established $5,300 US support level.
Markets, which initially reacted mildly to the Bitfinex scandal, went on to lose 6,8% of value in the week following the news, adding to an overall 21% ($39.4bn) drop in total trading volume in comparison to last week's performance.
Top altcoins, Ethereum, Ripple and Bitcoin Cash, were down 7.5%, 8.4% and 12.8% respectively on Tuesday, with IOTA being the top performer of the day. The Tangle technology bagged 3.4% gains following the news that it had clinched a partnership with the vehicle manufacturer, Jaguar Land Rover.
Worst Performing Coins
The market slump witnessed lower market cap coins tumbling down with double-digit thrashing. ARK incurred a 17.1% loss over seven days while WAVES, Stratis and IOST surrendered 18.4%, 18.6% and 20% value respectively during pullback. Other coins that took a pummeling are, Golem (-18%), Enjin Coin (-17,8%), Waltonchain (-18%) and Maximine (-20%) among others.
In The News
Though the markets continued to bleed value all through Monday, news headlines relating to cryptocurrencies indicated the potential for market sentiments was turning more bullish as the week progresses, though the proof remains ultimately, in the pudding.
Ethereum's creator, Vitalik Buterin, recently posted a staking reward metric on GitHub, suggesting that users could be in for higher staking rewards once the Ethereum network goes live with the, long delayed, Proof Of Stake consensus mechanism. In Other ETH related news eccentric billionaire, Elon Musk had, at time of writing, was sing the praises of Ethereum. The last time Musk mentioned a digital asset (Doge) its price surged admirably.
On April 19th, the world's most prominent casual and sporting footwear and apparel manufacturer, Nike filed a patent for the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the word "CRYPTOKICKS". The company apparently intends to use the word in various digital asset related goods and services, not ruling out the possibility of a Nike token.
South Korean consumer technology giant, Samsung is reportedly in the process of developing a blockchain network based on the Ethereum platform. Samsung also aims to issue a native token.
Nasdaq, the world's second-largest stock exchange, is said to be secretly testing their Bitcoin trading platform according to a tweet by one of the quantitative trading analytics firms, StrongMarket's analyst. Meanwhile, US digital asset exchange ErisX announced that it is getting ready to launch spot trading of cryptocurrencies after a round of testing with financial firms TD Ameritrade, Virtu and DRW Holdings.
Market Bounces Back
On Thursday, XRP went up 4.05% to sell at $0.30 in 24hours after becoming the base currency on the trading platform, eToro, in addition to Nasdaq adding a live XRP index to its exchange. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and LTC are all flashing green having risen 2.11%, 2.91%, 4.21% and 5.30% respectively in the past 24 hours.
News headlines appear to be alluding to two long-anticipated events in the cryosphere being imminent, namely; the entry of institutional money into the burgeoning asset class, and secondly, cryptocurrencies gaining mass adoption through mainstream enterprises taking the new technology on.


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ECE students at HackOHI/O 2018
A guy holding a laptop nonchalantly walks by in a bunny outfit. Another person is fast asleep on a couch. Three girls are attempting high fives, while a group of 10 others sit in absolute silence staring into blue screens. It's just a snapshot of any given moment at HackOHI/O 2018.
From Oct. 26 to 28, The Ohio State University's largest hackathon saw more than 750 students fill the Union meeting spaces, creating new tech inventions over 24 hours alongside industry mentors. It requires focus, open minds, and collaboration on all levels.
While predominantly a draw for Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) students, HackOHI/O historically provides a platform for any major to participate. As with previous events, several Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) students at Ohio State took home honors as part of the winning teams.
ECE student Andrew Fuwas was on Team Paul and the Buckbois, which placed among the Top 10 Finalists for its project Indigo. It provides individualized escape routes for families seeking aid immediately following natural disasters by applying artificial intelligence through classification models that quickly triage aerial imagery across affected regions. Other team members include Ryan Williamson, CSE and Data Analytics, as well as Bobby Yost and Alex Doan, both CSE.
Emily Kong is another ECE student among the Top 10 finalist teams that created Snugg, a cross-platform mobile app for the public to communicate safety status, safe/danger areas and even nearby resources. Other team members include Nathan Balli, CSE, Sam Coyle, CSE and Benjamin Higgins, Materials Science Engineering.
Alex King, ECE student, was a part of the team which won second place in the AEP Sponsor Challenges, for its Water Wizard creation. It is able to monitor soil moisture and predicted weather patterns via wi-fi to determine if a plant requires more water in an agricultural tech application. Other team members include Autumn Kerr, Mechanical Engineering, Maddy McGee, CSE, and Kellan Heth, Industrial Systems Engineering.
Isaac Zachmann was on Team M-Squad, which won "Most Original Hack" for creating the Motor Spineroo. It allows any iOS device to spin a motor wirelessly, which could help people open doors to their home without the use of a key. The group is rounded out by Operations Management student Collin Aldrich and CSE student Peter Campanelli.
ECE student Yuyi Chang was on Team HYCLZ, which won "Most Ambitious Hack" for its creation TwiHub, an open source community code sharing program. Other members include Chenzhang Hu and Wally Yang, both Computer and Information Science, and Xinyu Liu CSE.


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The 25-year-old musician from New Waterford learned from some of the best in the business.
With an interpretation, style, and energy all her own, Gillian Head delights audiences. Her influences include the variation and modern style of contemporary fiddlers, as well as the strong roots of the old traditional fiddlers of her native Cape Breton Island. This combination leaves you with a taste of the strong, lively fiddling that Gillian is all about. A stepdancer from a young age, Gillian took up the fiddle after falling in love with the music she danced to. She took up the fiddle at age 9, initially taking lessons from Stephanie Wills for a short time, and then studying for years under the direction of the late Jerry Holland. These early teachers, and love of dance, make for a distinctive rhythmic style of fiddling.
Head describes her fiddle music as upbeat and lively with a strong Irish influence. She plays a mix of traditional and contemporary tunes.
Head has also been teaching at the Ceilidh Trail School of Celtic Music for the past several years. Gillian has played all over her native island, and even out on the ocean onboard the Holland-America Cruiselines!
She has recently released her debut album titled Spirit in July of this year.


text: "Drug crimes" is an umbrella term that applies to a wide variety of drug charges. No matter the charge, a drug crime is a serious offense to be charged with, and the person who is being accused of the crime needs to defend himself or herself accordingly. But what do these various types of charges mean, and what can the accused person expect from these myriad violations? Let's start with a couple of basic charges: "drug paraphernalia" and "drug possession."


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How to Improve English Listening Skills
I. Features of News Language
News refers to the true report of the latest events. As a special form, its language , grammar , structure are different from others. 1.Vocabulary
(1)Special Words
Although news uses a large vocabulary ,the basic vocabulary of language is stable .For example, the common words that used in VOA Special English News are about 1500, whose rate of repeating is very high .News often uses certain words to express facts and events. Therefore, these words are gradually getting the special meanings that related with news reports through a long time used ,so-call journalistic words . There are some examples following. The former is often used in news , and the later is often used in common articles. ban prohibition cut reduction
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curb decrease shock astonishment News reports are the latest information all over the world .So involve persons ,places counties, some rivers mountains scenic spots and historic sites. Be familiar with those words listeners know the news more quickly and accurately. (2)Short Words
English news strives to use limited words to express the content , so the words must be clear , laconic . News diction prefers those short, pithy verbs, which are usually monosyllables. Because they are vivid and nimble . These words are called synonyms of all work . For instance , "damage" is not used, instead, "hit" "harm" "hurt" There are some examples:
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In order to save time and cut short the length ,constrictions are used a lot , For examples: WB(World Bank) , ASP(American Selling Price) , WTO (World Trade Organization) , GATT(General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) 2.Grammer
In English news , present is widely used. To make the listeners feel true and make the events are in progress , the title and body usually use present instead of past. Besides, even in the object clause after the words such as : maintained ,declared, reported, rumored , ect. Present often takes place of past . (2)More Extensive Simple Sentence
News reports are also characterized by the use of long sentences. In order to express lots of information into the limited length , the common method is using appositives, preposition phrases to extent simple sentences . (3)More Adjuncts
Another main features of news diction is that using more adjuncts to make the sentence complicated .Some listeners may can not seize the core parts so that feel it is difficult. For example : Deputy head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's North American Affairs Bureau, and Japanese Deputy head of the Defense Agency's Defense Policy Bureau , will meet US Deputy Defense Undersecretary for Asian and Pacific Affairs and others at the three-day meeting starting from Tuesday. The subjects are : Deputy head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's North American Affairs Bureau, and Japanese Deputy head of the Defense Agency's Defense Policy Bureau. But the subjects are so long that distract the listeners easily....
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How to Manage Office 365 Groups – Webinar with Todd Klindt
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Most Common Pain Points of Office 365 Groups Management
We went through the most common admin pain points of managing Office 365 Groups.
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text: Home ARTICLE Date ArticleType 9/4/2018 Member News Guenzatti Hat Trick gives Rowdies 3-0 win over North Carolina FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nico Castillo, Tampa Bay Rowdies 813-527-1376 firstname.lastname@example.com Guenzatti Hat Trick gives Rowdies 3-0 win over North Carolina CARY, N.C. (September 1, 2018) — Sebastian Guenzatti became the second player in modern Tampa Bay Rowdies history to notch a hat trick, scoring all three goals in the Rowdies' 3-0 win over North Carolina FC at Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park. Guenzatti scored in the 23rd, 43rd and 56th minutes to complete his hat trick and join Georgi Hristov in the Rowdies record books. His first-half brace saw Guenzatti become the 16th player in the Modern Era to score twice in a game, but only Hristov had ever finished the hat trick before Saturday night. "We've been working really hard during the week and tonight I think we showed that we're a tough team to play against," Guenzatti said. "Everybody was running for each other and pushing each other on. I think that was the main thing today. We were all on the same page." North Carolina (9-10-7, 34 points) started as the aggressor, but once Guenzatti netted his first of the night, the Rowdies (8-11-7, 31 points) never looked back. The go-ahead goal came in the 23rd minute when Rowdies forward Junior Flemmings spotted Guenzatti fed the ball to him. Guenzatti chipped it over advancing North Carolina goalkeeper Alex Tambakis for the opening goal. Flemmings and Guenzatti combined for the second time 20 minutes later when the Jamaican spotted his Uruguayan teammate with another cross. Guenzatti finished it first-time from seven yards out to double the Rowdies' advantage just before halftime. Flemmings is now the Rowdies' assist leader this season with five, moving past Marcel Schäfer's four. Guenzatti picked up right where he left off in the second half with another simple finish on a pass from Leo Fernandes to finish the hat trick. Tampa Bay's only previous hat trick was Hristov's in a 4-1 win over the Fort Lauderdale Strikers on September 24, 2016. "Its my first hat trick as a pro," Guenzatti said. "It means a lot to me. As soon as the game finished, I went after the ball. No one was going to get that one apart from me. I'm going to keep that one." The win was the Rowdies' third on the road this season, but was well-deserved after the Rowdies put in great performances against Pittsburgh and Cincinnati in the last two matches without getting a victory. "I felt that we weathered an early storm and we put into action what we worked on all week," Rowdies Head Coach Neill Collins said. "Credit to our strikers for taking their opportunities, but equally, the way the team defended was what you ask for. I thought our lads put into action the game plan and tonight we got a reward for it when there have been many nights where we haven't." Up next, the Rowdies face another tricky road trip to face the Charleston Battery next weekend before returning home to host Atlanta United 2 on Saturday, September 15. Scoring Summary Rowdies: Sebastian Guenzatti - 23rd minute (assisted by Junior Flemmings) Rowdies: Sebastian Guenzatti - 43rd minute (assisted by Junior Flemmings) Rowdies: Sebastian Guenzatti - 56th minute (assisted by Leo Fernandes) Caution Summary Rowdies: Dominic Oduro - 48th minute North Carolina: Aaron Guillen - 61st minute North Carolina: Marios Lomis - 76th minute North Carolina: Connor Tobin - 81st minute North Carolina: Austin da Luz - 92nd minute Starting Lineups Rowdies XI (3-5-2): GK Daniel Vega; D Hunter Gorskie, Tarek Morad, Zac Portillos; M Afrim Taku, Kwadwo Poku (Max Lachowecki 83'), Dom Oduro, Joe Cole (c) (Martin Vingaard 74'), Leo Fernandes; F Junior Flemmings, Sebastian Guenzatti (Georgi Hristov 89') NCFC (4-5-1): GK Alex Tambakis; D Aaron Guillen, Wuilito Fernandes (Marios Lomis 68'), Connor Tobin (c), DJ Taylor; M Steven Miller, Austin da Luz, Zach Steinberger, Graham Smith, Kyle Bekker (Tiyi Shipalane 68'); F Daniel Rios


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Today's blog post is late because I had to drive back late from my parents' house. They were celebrating their fortieth wedding anniversary, and like good sons and daughter, we all got together to have a dinner and cake. Of course, it wouldn't be a family get together without a little bullshit and friction, but in the end we pulled together, had a good time, and really felt like we gave back a bit to the parents that we, admittedly, were probably not 100% best of children to. But that's the role of a child, you know, push the boundaries and see what you can do while a parent pushes back.
One cool thing I did see this weekend was a few Army Black Hawks doing touch-and-goes on runway 32 at Pittsfield Municipal Airport. It was completely unexpected, as I saw them on a city street and figured that they'd be heading airport way. So I stopped out at the airport and saw them do a cool set of touch and goes, bouncing off the Pittsfield runway. It was pretty neat, and makes me wish there was a warbird or some other kind of show there for people to see now and then.


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The Sunday School teacher was describing how Lot's wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt, when little Jason interrupted, "My Mummy looked back once, while she was driving," he announced triumphantly, "and she turned into a telephone pole!"
A Sunday school teacher asked, "Johnny, do you think Noah did a lot of fishing when he was on the Ark ?" "No," replied David. "How could he, with just two worms?"
A Sunday school teacher said to her children, " We have been learning how powerful kings and queens were in Bible times. But, there is a higher power. Can anybody tell me what it is?"
One child blurted out, "Aces!"
A Sunday school teacher decided to have her young class memorize one of the most quoted passages in the Bible; Psalm 23. She gave the youngsters a month to learn the verse. Little Rick was excited about the task — but, he just couldn't remember the Psalm. After much practice, he could barely get past the first line.
On the day that the kids were scheduled to recite Psalm 23 in front of the congregation, Rickey was so nervous. When it was his turn, he stepped up to the microphone and said proudly, "The Lord is my Shepherd, and that's all I need to know."
Church Smiles
There was a very gracious lady who was mailing an old family Bible to her brother in another part of the country. "Is there anything breakable in here?" asked the postal clerk.
"Only the Ten Commandments," answered the lady.
While driving in Pennsylvania , a family caught up to an Amish carriage. The owner of the carriage obviously had a sense of humor, because attached to the back of the carriage was a hand printed sign…
"Energy efficient vehicle: Runs on oats and grass.
Caution: Do not step in exhaust.
Sunday after church, a Mom asked her very young daughter what the lesson was about. The daughter answered, " Don 't be scared, you'll get your quilt." Needless to say, the Mom was perplexed. Later in the day, the pastor stopped by for tea and the Mom asked him what that morning's Sunday school lesson was about. He said "Be not afraid, thy comforter is coming."
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And now that I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not forsake me, * till I make known your strength to this generation and your power to all who are to come.
Psalm 71:18 The Book of Common Prayer
"'Arrow Prayer' is a term used to describe a prayer which is offered quickly in the moment. Prayers of thanksgiving often come in the form of arrow prayers. Arrow prayers are also helpful in times of distress. 'Help me, God!' 'Holy one, watch over me.' 'Walk with me Jesus, for I am afraid.' These arrow prayers are also prayers of praise and thanksgiving for they recognize God's on-going presence in daily life."
Be well. Do good. Pay attention. Keep learning.
"Arrow Prayer" source: From a paper written by Jane E. Vennard "Exploring a Life of Prayer" Retrieved from the internet 23 Jan 2010: http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=296


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When your neighbor loses her job, it's a recession. When you lose your job, it's a depression. When federal workers not only keep their jobs but see their pay rise during a recession, it's a sign of the times. And when my home real-estate taxes rise 18% when my value falls 30% and the city tax gets raised I'm ready to ask all levels of government to make some layoffs and take some paycuts. How about you? Our state of Ohio employees have taken about a 5% cut but our unionized teachers got raises. It's not about what a job is worth or what's fair. Fair, is always a subjective matter. This is about having government right-size to our economies realities. If you expected that of the GM workers, why not expect it of government workers? Or at least consider 20% paycuts and use the money to employ many more people. Call it a new economic stimulus that pays for itself. let's post a few facts on how painful this great recession has been for the federal government employee vs the private sector employees.
USA Today: The number of federal workers earning six-figure salaries has exploded during the recession, according to a USA TODAY analysis of federal salary data. Federal employees making salaries of $100,000 or more jumped from 14% to 19% of civil servants during the recession's first 18 months — and that's before overtime pay and bonuses are counted. Federal workers are enjoying an extraordinary boom time — in pay and hiring — during a recession that has cost 7.3 million jobs in the private sector. Since June, the federal government has increased employment by almost 10 percent, while the private sector has cut employment by over 6 percent over the prior two years of decline.
Now you know why I've been advising many students to seek careers in government for over 5 years. My advice for financial students? Start learning government accounting and tax law. My advice for State and Federal Government? Start hiring those marketing majors. You need someone who could sell Ice to Eskimos' The government worker in this video couldn't sell water in the desert. Start working on those Taxes Are US slogans. As a young BBA about 40% of our Business School was Accounting majors. When private and public sector recruiters came on campus all us Beta Alpha Phi folks lined-up for the Big 8 CPA firms. Alias, for those of us who were finance majors too, Investment Bankers didn't come to WMU back in 1976. The only government jobs we thought might provide some stability and be cool were for the FBI and CIA. Frankly, we had no required government accounting classes within the core program -there was no need. All of my professors were CPA's and PhD's. I don't recall any of them had worked in government accounting. It's time to start signing up for any and all government related classes. After looking at the chart Scott Heintzelman just found(below)the advice I'd give college business graduates comes from a stock traders motto: The Trend Is Your Friend -start working on government internships and interviews. Remember government will not outsource or offshore itself. In 50 years it's never downsized -the trend has only gone up!


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For our second article for Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month, we introduce you to Katie Lightner, Keshet's Program Director at Camp Chi. We celebrate Katie's 10 years leading Keshet's most inclusive program.
As the frigid temperatures finally begin to head out of the Midwest, we know that everyone is counting down the days until Summer 2019. This is especially true for Katie Lightner, Director of Keshet Programs at Camp Chi. Last summer marked a decade of Katie's work with Keshet, and she is eager to begin her 11th summer with Keshet.
Katie oversees Keshet's involvement in camper inclusion and also Avodah. Through Keshet's support, campers with disabilities and special needs receive the full overnight camp experience. Each child is completely included in the cabins with their typical peers, yet still receives a 1-on-1 counselor to ensure that the inclusion process runs smoothly for everybody. Katie works to educate the counselors to meet the individual needs of each camper.
When campers reach 10th grade, they have two options: to become a Chi SIT or join the Avodah program. By this time, their peers that they've grown up with at camp start working and become counselors and specialists. "Work and play the Camp Chi Way," Avodah is a work-based program that combines vocational training with camp recreation. Katie and her staff work with our kids to do jobs all around camp such as mail, work assignments around Lake Delton and work with job coaches to attend to each child's needs and abilities.
Katie first got involved with Keshet in the summer of 2009. She had never heard of Keshet before, but word of mouth spread about an opportunity that might be of interest to Katie. She had just graduated with a Master's in social work, and wanted to find a job working with children that had special needs. She just knew that it was a summer camp role with kids and she was all for it. She interviewed for the role as Assistant Director, and soon to be 11 years later, she is still committed to Keshet and the children we serve at overnight camp.
Over the course of 11 years, a lot can change, and Katie has noticed that a lot has changed. One of the biggest changed that she's noticed was the number of campers that are serviced. She noted that when she first began in 2009, the Inclusion program was just four weeks long and serviced 10 campers. Now, both the Inclusion and Avodah programs are eight weeks long and involve 65 children and young adults. The growth of the programs that Katie directs has had quite the impact on the typical peers around camp as well. "It's amazing how what you don't have teach is that natural inclusion, it benefits Keshet campers as well as Chi campers and that camp can be for everyone…Not only am I seeing this at camp but also in schools," she notes as the biggest growth she's seen.
What has kept Katie coming back to camp for the past 10 years are what she finds to be the most rewarding aspects of her job and the many ways that Keshet has impacted her. She wants to continue to see the kids grow more and more each year, and says that it's an honor for her to have been able to watch how these programs have evolved. With her campers, she loves seeing that they truly enjoy the day-in and day-out activities. "Overnight camp is not for everybody, but it is when it's a successful experience. Seeing the experience bring smiles on their face and those true friendships growing, it's authentic… So it's that rewarding experience of the campers going beyond what might even be expected of them." The experience that Katie has had over the last 10 years has helped her grow personally as well as professionally.
Katie continues to make a difference in the lives of others when it's not summer time and camp isn't in session. For the past 4 years, she has worked as a school social worker at a Public Therapeutic Day School in Oswego, Illinois working with children ages K-5th grade. Her dream is to work her way up to becoming school principal and positively impact more lives than she already does now.
When asked what might she want others to know about Keshet that they might not know already? Katie replied, "Keshet is a family. I feel like it's always portrayed and that it might be our motto but when you're living it, it really is a family and everybody has each other's backs and the best interest of the kids at heart. Keshet is always striving to get these kids to have the most experience in life as much as they can." She also noted that not being Jewish, Keshet has really been a welcoming community of just amazing people.
What Katie is most looking forward to for Summer 2019 is exposing international staff to what Keshet is all about. They're going to be fully immersed when they come to an overnight camp and they're going to get the best learning experience.
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Current Events
Teaching ideas based on New York Times content.
Though the school year is winding down, we want to encourage students to continue to watch what's going on in the world.
"Stay Tuned …," an article in the May 9 issue of The New York Times Upfront, identifies five key events that will continue to make headlines all summer: the revolution in the Middle East, the post-earthquake crisis in Japan, the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the economy and the 2012 presidential election. We've elaborated on each of these with activity ideas, and added some of our own topics, below.
We're also happy to announce that we'll be repeating last year's very successful "summer reading challenge" again this July. Invite your students to follow the news that interests them most, then write to us weekly that month to tell us about it!
Key Questions
- Do you think it is important to follow the news? Why or why not?
- What sections of the newspaper do you read first? What is a recent article that caught your eye?
- What issues are most important to you? Why?
- What connections, if any, have you noticed between world events and what you have learned in school?
- What connections, if any, have you noticed between world events and your own life, family, friends or community?
- What questions or concerns do you have about how the media in general, or The New York Times in particular, reports stories?
- Is there any news in The Times or other national or international newspapers that you think students your age should not read? Why or why not?
- What can you learn as a news story "breaks," or is first reported?
- What are the challenges and limits of breaking news, for both journalists and their audience?
- How do you learn more as a story develops?
- Where can you find background information that isn't always provided in a news article or broadcast?
Activity Ideas for Following Any Ongoing News Story
Make Predictions: Have students work alone or in groups to learn about a topic or event, them have them make a list of ten predictions about how that topic will unfold in the coming months. Post or keep their predictions and check their accuracy when school resumes.
Adopt An Issue: Before students leave for summer break, they might each choose an issue or news story to follow, whether something of global importance or a community event, trend or controversy. Invite them to keep a digital or paper "news notebook," clipping articles and photos on their topic and annotating the clips with their comments and questions, to share when school starts in the fall.
Make It Personal: Find something in a big news event that gives students a way to relate easily. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, for instance, might be brought home by having a veteran visit the classroom, or by having students write to soldiers from your community who are currently serving. If you studied the disaster in Japan or the tornadoes or floods across the U.S. this spring, students might be interested in finding ways to help, or correspond with students affected in those areas. Challenge your students to design a personal project that connects to a news event they care about to ensure they will continue to follow that topic informally this summer.
Practice With Tech Tools: Show students how to find and follow issues they care about via RSS feeds, Google alerts or social media, then ask them to make at least one summer post to a class blog, Wiki or discussion group about something they've observed. How does the coverage of the same issue vary in different news sources?
Create Quizzes: Task students to take an area of interest, whether space, sports or social networking, and create 10-question quizzes about news developments in that area this summer. In September, the quizzes can be distributed in class or school-wide, or used as the basis for a Jeopardy-style game on "Summer News Topics."
Generate Questions for Inquiry: Students might use our links below to learn about a topic, then generate open-ended questions about how events related to the topic might continue to unfold in the next several months. Students might then claim a question to pursue over the summer, reporting on it orally, via an infographic or in writing when school resumes.
Topics to Follow This Summer
World Events
Uprisings in the Middle East: What is happening with respect to the political uprisings in the various countries in the Middle East? How has official government leadership been affected? How have people's lives changed? Students choose a specific country to study from this list, using the "Arab World Uprisings" interactive and Times Topics: Libya, Syria, Yemen, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Tunisia, Jordan, Israel. Or they can focus on how President Obama's speech about the Middle East plays out for United States foreign policy. They create descriptive timelines of key recent events and, informed by their research, write opinion pieces about what they believe should, or will, happen next. (To prime them for this activity, you might use our lessons on the region or specific countries like Egypt and Libya, and our related comprehension questions about Libya and conflicts on Israel's borders.)
Pakistan: How has the discovery and killing of Osama Bin Laden affected relations between the United States and Pakistan? Students research this topic, recording facts, observations and any questions they have on a graphic organizer like our Multiple Points of View chart (PDF). (You might direct them to our resources, including reactions from more than 500 students to the death of Bin Laden.) They present their completed graphic organizers to the class or in small groups.
Recovery in Japan: How are the people of Japan recovering from the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011? Students search for articles and other features about the recovery, like the reopening of schools and even changes to professional baseball that resulted from the disaster, as well as the revelation that dangerous conditions at a nuclear plant had been concealed and the government's plan to stop building nuclear reactors and effects on the Japanese economy, including the automobile industry. Students create paper or digital collages of photos, headlines and article excerpts to present an overview of the progress. They present their collages, explaining and giving additional details. For ideas about building background about the disaster, you might visit our activity ideas and those submitted by teachers.
Afghanistan: What is the status of United States military involvement in this nation? Students read the overview on the Afghanistan Times Topics page, then work in small groups to find out more about topics like Afghanistan's relationship with Pakistan, the change in American military leadership in Afghanistan, developments related to the Taliban and anti-Taliban action in that nation. They then complete Cause and Effect charts (PDF) based on the new information, then present what they have learned, along with predictions about what may happen in the coming months in Afghanistan.
Iraq: What is the nature of the ongoing conflict in Iraq? Will its leaders ask United States military forces to leave? Students read about Iraqis' views of the troops' presence and recent actions by insurgents, including bombings and death threats to journalists and others. They make timelines of important events of the past year, including those related to political leadership, militia violence and American military involvement, among other topics, using statistics, maps and other materials to encapsulate what has transpired in Iraq over the past 12 months.
National Events
Recovery Efforts: How have natural disasters caused serious problems in the United States this spring? Students learn about the flooding of communities near the Mississippi River and the hundreds of tornadoes across many Southern states and in Wisconsin and Iowa, as well as wildfires in western Texas and floods in North Dakota. They read about and view images of recovery efforts, then brainstorm plans for helping people and communities affected by disaster or, after weighing their area's risk of natural disaster, create emergency preparation plans. Science students can delve further into tornadoes, while those studying history can learn more about the historic role of the Mississippi River. During the summer, challenge groups of students to "adopt" one region or area and follow the recovery efforts weekly.
The Economy: What is the current state of the United States economy? Students prepare for a "State of the Economy" class forum by reading recent articles about unemployment rates, the federal debt limit, the state of the housing market and the price of imported goods, among other topics. At the federal level, they might look into the federal budget, budget cuts and the deficit. Or they can consider local economic conditions, including unemployment. After the forum, students create a list of open-ended questions they have around ongoing issues concerning world, national or local economics. They might then each claim a question to follow and try to answer via reading the news over the summer.
The Next Presidential Election: How is the 2012 presidential election getting under way? Students learn about declared and potential Republican candidates to take stock of the field, and the start of campaign fundraising. They also assess how strong or weak President Obama is as a candidate for re-election. Students then create a list of detailed predictions about the candidates and campaign issues and choose one each to follow over the summer.
The Personal Lives of Public Figures: Should we hold current and aspiring elected officials to higher standards regarding their personal lives? Students read the experts' views on this issue, then write their own response essays expressing their opinion, taking into account public image with regard to specific personal scandals, ethics breaches and alleged criminal conduct, among other issues. For context, they might research scandals that affected the political careers of leaders like the presidents Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon and the governors James McGreevey, Eliot Spitzer and Mark Sanford. Invite students to do a critical analysis of how news like this is reported on and reacted to: What patterns can they find? What questions do these patterns raise?
Immigration: What news has come about regarding immigration? Students read about President Obama's stated goals for immigration reform and states' resistance to his plan, as well as the reintroduction in the Senate of the Dream Act. Students might follow the news, then work with a partner to write a short "Yes/No"-style debate column on one related question.
Same-Sex Marriage: What might the future hold for same-sex marriage? Students read about the new bill supporting same-sex marriage that was introduced in the New York Assembly and those who oppose it. They learn about the federal Defense of Marriage Act and popular support for legalizing gay marriage, as well as each state's stance on the matter. They write an essay about their predictions about whether more states will adopt such measures and why.
Summer Fun
10 Ways to Celebrate Summer With The Times: Last year's list has evergreen ideas for reading, writing and responding to news about summer rituals, food, travel, games, and pop culture. Below are even more ideas.
Entertainment: What will be this summer's biggest blockbuster movies and best concert events and tours? What will be the inescapable songs of summer 2011? Students read the short summaries of movies to be released in May, June, July and August, making a list of those they want to see. They also look at the summer festivals for pop and jazz, theater and any other art form they like, choosing events they'd like to attend. They also look for annual summer reading lists, including the forthcoming New York Times list in the Books section. During or just after the summer, students write reviews of their summer cultural experiences, perhaps by posting them on their own or a school blog or creating short videos of their reviews to post on SchoolTube.
Summer Styles: What will be the big fashion trends of the summer? Students read about summer fashion and continue to track style coverage, do their own research on the street and in stores and identify the trends. They then conduct a poll about which looks will be most popular. Encourage them to keep track of these predictions, with photographs, as the summer kicks into high gear.
Football Season: Will the National Football League successfully avoid a lockout next season? Students follow the situation from the current legal ruling to the role of the players' union, what it means for just-drafted rookies, among other related issues. They write letters to the editor about what they believe should happen, fully explaining how their proposal will affect players, coaches, team staffers, fans, owners, the players' union and the league — and perhaps other parties like advertisers, stadium owners and employees, and nearby businesses related to team merchandise or game-day activity, like restaurants, parking services and so on.


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Taipei, Amid weakening global demand, Motech Industries Inc. plans to lay off more than 900 workers by Jan. 28, 2019.
This decision represents a continuation of the company's downsizing efforts after announcing a cut of 60 workers or about 2 percent of its workforce in September as it copes with challenges facing the solar industry, following an earlier announcement the same month that it would terminate the employment contracts of 300 migrant workers.
In the latest layoff plan, Motech will make 916 workers redundant, including 588 at its Taoyuan plant which will be closed, while the remaining 328 work at other production bases around Taiwan, the company said.
The market has estimated that the newly announced downsizing plan will affect about 30 percent of Motech's total workforce.
Motech has been seeking to restructure its operations for the past six months, by shifting production capacity to high performance solar cells and solar cell modules, thereby targeting a niche market at a time of a weakening global market, the company said.
As the current focus is rolling out higher quality products instead of expanding production, the existing workforce is too large, so layoffs became inevitable.
Motech added that the company is grateful for the contributions made by its employees, adding that the layoffs will be carried out in accordance with local labor law and vowed to help affected workers find new jobs.
As for the 588 workers at Motech's Taoyuan plant, Taoyuan City Government's Department of Labor said it has sent personnel to help impacted workers and monitor how the company implements its layoff plan, including negotiations with the workers and compensation, in a bid to ensure employees' rights are protected.
Motech said that following restructuring, its financial situation has improved. According to the Taiwan Stock Exchange, the company's total debt as of Sept. 30, 2018 stood at NT$14.08 billion (US$456 million), compared with NT$19.02 billion on Dec. 31, 2017.
However, Motech is still in the red amid escalating competition in the global market.
In the first nine months of this year, Motech incurred NT$8.25 in losses per share, compared with NT$4.05 over the same period of last year. In 2017, the company's loss per share stood at NT$5.92 after being just NT$1.86 in 2016.
Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel


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