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Inequity Tops School Priority List
Audit the curriculum in every school. Define how staff should be trained and supervised. Lobby for additional state funding. Set a district-wide strategy for parent involvement. And most importantly, review the district’s model of running many small schools.
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Finalists Pitch Downtown Venue Proposals
Who will bring more people to downtown New Haven? Who has the sounder business plan, and the deeper pockets? And who will better complement the entertainment district’s current mix of restaurants, theaters, clubs, concert venues, schools, and other community arts groups?
Those were some of the many questions asked Monday night during a New Haven Parking Authority meeting dedicated almost entirely to discussing who will next occupy the vacant commercial space on the ground floor of the Crown...
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Social Media Analysis Shows Nike Scored a Major Win With Kaepernick Ad
The people burning their Nikes weren't buying many shoes anyway but those who support the ad are the people Nike anticipates will buy shoes for decades to come.
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Find Clarity About Your Life's Purpose With This Simple Exercise
Being honest with yourself about your ideal world and genuine joys will help you boil down your true purpose.
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FDA is considering banning online sales of e-cigarettes: Gottlieb
U.S. regulators are considering banning the online sales of e-cigarettes, the head of the Food & Drug Administration Scott Gottlieb said on Tuesday.
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Report: Thousands of Germans abused by Catholic priests
A study set to be released on Tuesday reportedly found that more than 3,600 people were sexually abused by over 1,600 clergymen in Germany’s Catholic…
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‘You Are Not Safe!’: Antifa Threatens Kavanaugh, Cruz On Social Media
Twitter and Facebook are eager to take down or block users who violate their terms of service … but only if they swing to the right of the spectrum. After Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) was driven from a restaurant in DC by a group called Smash Racism DC, a branch of Antifa, the activists took to Twitter and Facebook to delight in their supposed victory.
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Peter Schiff Warns "Trump Tariff Put" On The Stock Market Is Worthless
Via SchiffGold.com,
The Dow Jones pushed into record-high territory again late last week. As Peter Schiff pointed out in his latest podcast, Pres. Trump was out there pointing out the record run on Wall Street and claiming responsibility for this bull market. Just turn on Fox News and hardly a segment will go by that somebody isn’t reminding you about how great the economy is. Peter said it reminds him how people were talking up George W. Bush before the Great Recession.
Just because you’re...
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Video-conferencing brings therapists to patients with anxiety
(Reuters Health) - Talk therapy for anxiety disorders can be effective even when done via video-conference, a new study confirms.
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Kavanaugh's freshman roommate drops a bomb: 'Debbie has a right to be heard and I believe her'
When Debbie Ramirez came forward with her account of a drunken college-aged Brett Kavanaugh disrobing in front of her in the common space of a Yale facility, she was stepping bravely into the maelstrom of Republican misogynistic hypocrisy. But she was also opening up the gates to true inspiration and support. Now, Brett Kavanaugh’s first year roommate—James Roche—has released a statement about the character of the two parties involved.
In it he provides yet another account of Kavanaugh’s...
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Stossel: Leaving the Left
Dave Rubin is a popular YouTube host who was once on the left. He worked for The Young Turks TV show.
But Rubin tells John Stossel how he gradually changed his mind and became a classical liberal. For that, Rubin lost friends and gets protested at college campuses.
While many leftists are so angry at Rubin that they will no longer talk to him, conservatives are eager to talk. Rubin says that surprised him because, "I'm pro-choice. Most of them are pro-life. I'm against the death penalty, most of...
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Consumer Confidence Explodes To 18 Year High But Wage-Gain Hopes Fade
American consumers' optimism about the short-term outlook improved considerably in September, with the Conference Board Consumer Confidence index soaring to 138.4 from 134.7 (smashing expectations of a dip to 132.1).
“After a considerable improvement in August, Consumer Confidence increased further in September and hovers at an 18-year high,” said Lynn Franco, Director of Economic Indicators at The Conference Board.
“The September reading is not far from the all-time high of 144.7 reached...