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But while parental expectations had a powerful impact on the kids performance, the reverse was not often true. Even when the child who was thought to be the lesser student did better than the other one, parents’ beliefs remained fixed; the golden child will always be seen as the golden child, never mind any academic tarnish that may accumulate over time.
The study was by no means a perfect one. Some parents surely do a worse job of hiding their expectations than others; some may even make it a point not to hide them, in the why-can’t-you-study-like-your-sister-does way. A sample group of 388 families might have 388 different ways of managing that dynamic.
Then too there is the chicken-egg problem. A question and answer survey of parents and a statistical core sample of just a year or two of grades does not remotely capture an entire childhood’s worth of experiences in which kids’ academic performance may be changing all the time and parents are forever having to tack into those winds.
Still, if there’s one thing kids have always had it’s an uncannily good radar for what their parents think of them. And if there’s one thing parents often lack, it’s a good defense against that. Mom and Dad may never be able to hide their expectations about their kids completely, but they could, at least, do a better job of adjusting them as circumstances warrant. The kids themselves—to say nothing of their GPAs—will thank them for it.
Israeli FM says Trump planning to sign order officially recognizing Golan Heights as Israeli territory during meeting with Netanyahu.
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Monday, formally recognizing the Golan Heights as Israeli territory, Israel’s foreign minister said Sunday afternoon.
The signing of the executive order on the legal status Golan Heights will take place during President Trump’s meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz tweeted Sunday afternoon, adding that the decision signals the continued strengthening of ties between Israel and the US.
On Friday, Reuters reported that US officials were preparing an official document to codify recognition by the United States of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.
A day earlier, Trump announced in a tweet that he felt the time had come for the US to officially recognize Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights, ending a decades-old policy of non-recognition.
After 52 years it is time for the United States to fully recognize Israel’s Sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which is of critical strategic and security importance to the State of Israel and Regional Stability!"
Israel captured the strategic plateau from Syria during the Six Day War in 1967. While Israel surrendered part of the Golan Heights during negotiations with Syria after the 1973 Yom Kippur War, the Jewish state retained roughly two-thirds of the 700 square mile area.
The Menachem Begin government applied Israeli law to the Golan Heights in 1981 with the Golan Heights Law, effectively annexing the territory.
At the time, the US, Soviet Union, and United Nations refused to recognize the move.
Four straight losses haven’t changed Walter Bond’s mind that the Gophers can be a Sweet 16 basketball team or better this season.
Coach Tubby Smith might not be asking Bond to figure out what’s wrong with the team right now, but the former University of Minnesota guard and successful motivational speaker has some ideas about how to get Smith’s players out of their funk, starting Tuesday, Jan. 29, when the No. 23 Gophers (15-5, 3-4) play Nebraska (11-10, 2-6) at Williams Arena.
Bond, a former NBA player and member of Minnesota’s Elite Eight team in 1990, said the Gophers’ body language needs to improve on the court, and players who are struggling with their shot should search for other ways to help the team win.
In a 55-48 loss at Northwestern last week, Bond was disturbed to see the same players who had appeared so confident when the Gophers were a top-10 team suddenly start to point fingers, complain and look lost on the floor.
It’s no fun when you’re playing your worst basketball of the season, which is where Rodney Williams, Austin Hollins and Joe Coleman were Saturday, combining for six points on 2-for-22 shooting in a 45-44 loss at Wisconsin.
Bond hasn’t been invited to speak to the team since the losing streak started. But he did talk to the Gophers the morning of their 76-63 Big Ten-opening win over Michigan State at the Barn on New Year’s Eve. Minnesota snapped a 10-game regular-season losing streak to the Spartans in impressive fashion.
Senior Trevor Mbakwe said the Gophers’ problems are “mostly mental,” and they believe they are still one of the best teams in the country.
Smith has used a sports psychologist or motivational speaker every year since his first season as a head coach at Tulsa in 1991. He calls what some of his players are going through a “mental thing,” but he has no plans to look for outside help. He also won’t change the starting lineup Tuesday.
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THE NHS is going greener, as it prepares to do away with paper and announce improvements to their online platform, which, reports from February 7 claim, will enable doctors to give a speedier diagnosis and be more convenient for patients too, encouraging them to manage health issues remotely.
The Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, originally announced his vision for a paperless NHS by 2018 under Britain’s previous Conservative-Liberal coalition government.
Pushing forward on Sunday, Mr Hunt made a statement about the next step in his paper-free NHS project, in which he announced the government’s intention to set aside money to bridge the leap between paper-based and electronic systems.
BBC health correspondent Sophie Hutchison commented that the progress made on the paperless campaign had been slow so far and that this was another attempt to push the ailing NHS forwards.
In late 2015, Mr Hunt promised that all NHS buildings in England would be equipped with free Wi-Fi, but this has yet to be entirely realized.
The £4 billion set aside by the government will be invested in the electronic services and digital platform of the NHS and for areas such as electronic records, consultations, online appointment booking and prescriptions.
It is hoped that at least 10 per cent of patients will be accessing GP services via their computers, smartphones and tablets by March 2017.
By 2020, the government wants at least 25 per cent of patients with long-term illnesses such as cancer, hypertension and diabetes to be monitoring their own health from home.
it was a real joke!!!! Doctor wanted to use light to look behind his eyes – light didn’t work- batteries no good.
Then doctor tried to go on line – not working!!!!!
Benilde-St. Margaret's top scorers learned mental and physical lessons last fall.
Benilde-St. Margaret’s senior boys’ lacrosse players Eric Weber and Quinn Ehlen found a new physical edge from this past fall.
Both played football on the Red Knights varsity, suiting up for the first time since elementary school. They helped the Class 4A defending champions go 8-0 in the regular season before losing to Orono in the Section 5 playoffs.
Weber and Ehlen, the lacrosse team’s top goal scorers, have led the top-ranked squad to a 12-0 regular season record. The Red Knights, the 2017 state runner-up, could look ahead to another state final, but the lesson of how football ended still lingers for Weber.
Red Knights lacrosse coach Rob Horn said his team really doesn’t fixate on won-loss records or getting back to the state final. With a 12-5 victory over Bloomington Jefferson on Tuesday, the team clinched the Metro West Conference title.
Williams has established himself as one of the top goalies in the state over the past two seasons with a .611 save percentage and 5.57 goals-allowed average this year, both improvements from 2017. Claiming the nickname “Buzz” from one of his favorite childhood movie characters, Buzz Lightyear from “Toy Story,” Williams chose the character’s catchphrase “to infinity and beyond” as his senior quote.
“I suppose it could be used in a bunch of different ways like always trying my hardest to succeed,” said Williams, who commits himself to four Cs in the net — confidence, composure, concentration and commitment.
He has a strong defense around him, too, with sophomore defensemen Seamus Foley and Jack Rigley, who has committed to Army, both garnering more than 27 ground balls apiece. Sophomore midfielder Jack Budniewski helps in transition with a team-leading 64 ground balls.
Weber co-leads the team in goals with 21 and has 17 assists. Ehlen also has 21 goals, along with seven assists. Sophomore attack Jack VanOverbeke has a team-high 24 assists along with seven goals.
Benilde-St. Margaret’s averages 10.4 goals per game and has a 5.5-point average margin of victory. The Red Knights have won five games by three goals or less, including an 8-7 victory over defending state champion Eagan (7-3) on April 28.
Before the Red Knights can even think about Eagan again, they will have to get through Section 5, which has quality teams in Breck (7-4), Armstrong (6-6) and rival Blake (7-5). It took a five-goal third period for the Red Knights to break away from Blake for a 10-6 victory on May 10. The rivals met in the section final for two consecutive years, splitting those matchups. A third could occur June 6.
Tributes are being paid to Facundo Cabral, the Argentine folk singer, who has been shot dead in Guatemala.
Cabral, 74, was heading from his hotel to the airport in Guatemala City when he was reportedly ambushed.
He was one of Latin America's most famous performers, and his killing has prompted a wave of reaction.
Guatemala's leader said early investigations suggested Cabral was not targeted but the attack was aimed at a music promoter travelling with him.
President Alvaro Colom said he was "dismayed by this cowardly act" and decreed three days of mourning.
Cabral had performed in the city of Quetzaltenango, 200km (120 miles) west of Guatemala City, on Thursday. He was heading to Nicaragua for more concerts.
Police said Cabral's vehicle, which was accompanied by another carrying bodyguards, had been hit by a number of rifle bullets and the singer died at the scene.
His most famous song was No Soy de Aqui ni Alla (I'm Not From Here or There), which was recorded in a number of languages.
Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman tweeted his "profound sadness" at the news, adding: "Adios amigo!"
Meanwhile President Colom told Argentine radio he had called his counterpart, President Cristina Fernandez, to tell her the news and said that it "seemed to hit her hard".
"We will find these criminals and bring them to justice," he said.
The president's office said police were investigating whether the shooting was an attempted robbery or a targeted attack.
The presidents of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela were among those sending condolences.
"What pain! We cry with Argentina and all of our great fatherland," tweeted President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela.
Guatemalan Nobel Peace Prize winner, Rigoberta Menchu, travelled to the scene of the killing and openly wept.
"For me, Facundo Cabral is a master," she said. "He loved Guatemala greatly."
Local media said the vehicle carrying Cabral tried to escape into a fire station. Police said one of the attackers' vehicles was later found abandoned on the road to El Salvador. It had bullet holes and contained spent cartridges.
Cabral's representative, David Llanos, told reporters: "I don't know how and why this happened, because Facundo is well-known around the world and I don't see why anyone would be interested in killing him."
Guatemalan fan Edgar Palacios, 54, told Reuters the singer would not be forgotten.
"Facundo Cabral died but his music will never die, just like John Lennon died but his music never died. Cabral wasn't just from one country. He was a universal man."
Cabral became famous in the early 1970s as a protest singer in Argentina.
His wife and baby daughter died in a plane crash in 1978.
In 1996, Unesco declared him a "world messenger of peace".
In an interview with Associated Press in 2008, he said: "I love life so much because it cost me so much to enjoy it. From the cradle to the grave is a school, so if what we call problems are lessons, we see life differently."
Guatemala has one of the highest murder rates in Latin America.
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on April 18, 2016, on page 1.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Sunday that Israel would never relinquish the Golan Heights, in a signal to Russia and the United States that the strategic plateau should be excluded from any deal on Syria's future.
Urging the international community to recognize Israel's claim on the territory, Netanyahu said he told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Saturday night that it was doubtful Syria can return to what it was.
The timing was seen by some political commentators as linked to talks Netanyahu is due to hold with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Syria, where Moscow's military and diplomatic interventions are crucial.
Though Russia is committed to keeping Syria intact under Assad, it has not publicly broached the future of the Golan.
BOISE, Idaho, May 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- A10 Capital, a leading provider of middle-market commercial real estate loans, announced today that it has received additional growth capital from Gemspring Capital, a middle-market private equity firm, and Schroders, a global asset manager, in connection with the purchase of a controlling interest in the company. Existing A10 shareholders, including H.I.G. Capital and management, will retain significant minority interests in the company.
Concurrent with the investment, Schroders and A10 have entered into an agreement through which Schroders will benefit from A10's extensive origination network and servicing platform to access middle-market CRE loan opportunities for its clients. The agreement also provides A10 with the opportunity to significantly diversify its balance sheet funding model. The two firms have a five-year history of successful collaboration and this new relationship deepens the commitment by Schroders to provide client capital to this important market segment.
A10 is a leading provider of commercial real estate mortgage solutions in the United States. With loans ranging from $1 million to over $30 million for commercial properties, A10's broad offering of transitional and permanent loan products covers the entire commercial property life cycle. For single-family rental (SFR) portfolios, A10 is an authorized seller/servicer of the Freddie Mac Affordable SFR pilot program. A10 offers borrowers streamlined closing and high-touch service through its full-service platform, which includes in-house underwriting, legal, and servicing. Since inception, A10 has financed over 43 million square feet of middle-market commercial properties.
Jerry Dunn, CEO of A10 Capital, said: "This transaction further strengthens A10's balance sheet. A10's continuing on balance sheet loan programs combined with the opportunity, where mutually beneficial, to access funds and separate accounts managed by Schroders, greatly broadens our ability to serve our borrowers, building on our legacy as a thought leader in middle-market commercial real estate lending."
Bret Wiener, Managing Partner of Gemspring, commented: "A10 offers a differentiated value proposition to borrowers with its technology-enabled, full service lending platform. The Company's customized products and in-house service have contributed to its stellar reputation amongst middle market borrowers. We are excited to invest in A10 and grow the business."
Karl Dasher, CEO of Schroders North America, added: "We are pleased to join Gemspring as a co-investor in the recapitalization of A10 and to deepen our relationship with the team. A10 has established a technology driven platform with a strong credit culture that fits well with our investment and corporate culture. Their sourcing and servicing capability will play an important role in our effort to offer more private debt opportunities that meet the growing investor need for compelling fixed income returns while maintaining rigorous credit standards."
Both commercial property and single-family rental home investors rely on A10 Capital as their one-stop balance sheet lender for middle-market commercial mortgages. With loans ranging from $1 million to over $30 million per commercial property and as authorized Seller/Servicer of the Freddie Mac Single-Family Rental (SFR) pilot program, A10's broad menu of bridge and permanent loans cover the entire life cycle of properties across the United States. The Company's full-service platform incorporates focused origination, speedy underwriting, in-house legal and servicing for the life of the loan. An innovator in the industry with a scalable funding model, A10 is backed by significant institutional investors. A10 is based in Boise and Dallas and has regional offices in key markets nationwide. For more information, visit www.a10capital.com.
Gemspring Capital, a Westport, Connecticut-based private equity firm with $355 million of equity capital under management, focuses on making control and structured equity investments in lower middle market companies headquartered in the United States and Canada. Gemspring partners with talented management teams and takes a hands-on approach to driving revenue growth and value creation. We focus on recapitalizations, buyouts, carve-outs, growth equity investments and restructurings. Target companies have $25 to $250 million in annual revenue and are in the business services, healthcare services, financial services, industrial services, software and tech-enabled services or specialty manufacturing sectors. For more information, visit www.gemspring.com.
Schroders is a global investment manager, managing $607.4 billion* of assets on behalf of institutional and retail investors, financial institutions, and high net worth clients from around the world. Assets are invested across a broad range of active strategies across equities, fixed income, multi-asset, alternatives and real estate. Headquartered in London, Schroders employs over 4,600 people across six continents and is publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange (LON: SDR). For more information, visit www.schroders.com. *As of December 31, 2017.
A stage with sets adorned with paintings in the style of romance book covers, and other kinds of Pop art. Costumes outfitted with geometric shapes reminiscent of a Piet Mondrian painting. These were prominent images in Kentucky Opera’s new production of “The Barber of Seville” that opened Friday.
Still, the vocal power on display pushed Rossini’s opera set in the mid-1960s into high gear due to a strong cast.
Careful comedic timing and the bustling movement blended to bring this opera’s recognized music into its own element — even though the overture makes many Americans think of Bugs Bunny.
Director Matthew Ozawa has created new backdrops here — a film set where the Brown Theatre stage becomes a sound stage and filmmakers surround the performers with the opera being made into a movie. But soon the filmmakers hardly attract attention.
What does demand attention are the hijinks and singing. Baritone Will Liverman, as the spry and clever barber named Figaro, makes his mark and first impression in “Largo al factotum.” (Yes, in this famous aria he brags about his work and sings his name three times.) Liverman is on task with this tongue twister hitting the notes and taking some fun spins with Ozawa’s choreography.
Even before Figaro’s entrance, the audience meets the lovers — Rosina (Megan Marino) and Count Almaviva (John Irvin) — and hears Rosina’s aria “Una voce poco fa.” She avows she will be with Almaviva despite all attempts of her guardian, Dr. Bartolo (Dale Travis), and others to thwart their union.
Rosina, who first appears on a balcony in her skivvies, confirms that vow throughout the opera. Mezzo-soprano Marino, who portrays her, proves her vocal prowess in that first aria. But she also sustains power throughout the production all the while nimbly signing Rossini’s swift and aerobatic music.
Liverman and Marino have more than vocal chops. Their comedic fortes shine here with director Ozawa encouraging a lot of physical humor in their characters. Marino’s Rosina is particularly funny in how she holds a cigarette in a devil-may-care manner while harboring a steely resolve when other men come to try to possess her.
Liverman always seems to be in on a secret with the audience as Figaro and he uses it to strengthen his rapport with those beyond the footlights. Figaro is a true capitalist here among the aristocrats, who are all a bit daft. Liverman mines these insights with small gestures and expressions.
The funnyman who blooms throughout is bass-baritone Dale Travis as Dr. Bartolo — the creep who has been Rosina’s guardian and now secretly plans to marry her. Ick! (She learns of this plan and thinks so, too.) Travis takes on the buffoon to near perfection with his self-important attitude and obsession to control Rosina. His voice even dazzles when he is given the chance to briefly sing falsetto.
As, Count Almaviva, Irvin gets to deliver his more comedic parts later in the opera. For the most part, his performance and his solid tenor act give the production a foundation and a character with a sense of sanity. Only when Almaviva is forced to adapt to wacky ways to get to Rosina is he able to enter her world and help her escape it.
Ozawa worked with set designer Andrew Boyce, a veteran of many Actors Theatre of Louisville productions (“Macbeth,” “Luna Gale,” “The Mountaintop,” “The Whipping Man”) and costumer designer Sally Dolembo to create this onstage flashback from 50 years ago.
Ozawa’s program notes cited his inspiration as Federico Fellini’s 1963 film “8½” and the works of surrealist filmmaker Luis Buñuel. While Ozawa tapped into some subtexts, the production has no surrealistic explosions.
Ozawa primarily stuck to “The Barber of Seville” as a comedy, but mined one crack at end of the first act. That’s after Almaviva makes his first attempt to liberate Rosina disguised as a drunken soldier and has created a public nuisance bringing a score of soldiers to the residence. Before the curtain falls, all the men who have amassed in Dr. Bartolo’s home reveal black-and-white pictures of Rosina, held with handles as if they are masks.
The opera’s traditional chaotic moment at the end of act one provoked pause to think of the intangible of love, possessing another human being and ideas of self-determination. That moment is inclined to set a mind springing to other thoughts regarding this juncture of our society and the social and economic status of women.

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