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Infinitely the happier for it William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 3-23-23
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Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.
Thomas Jefferson
Better bowlegs than no legs William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 3-22-23
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Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: Better bowlegs than no legs at all.
John Quigg
20% Of Philly Students Can Read??? — The ABC sitcom Abbott Elementary has a plot line in which a big, bad charter school company is trying to take over the show’s eponymous Philadelphia public school.
This caused Jeanne Allen, founder and CEO of the Center for Education Reform, to tweet:
It’s pathetic when fewer than 20% of Philadelphia students can even read, write or spell at grade level that there’s a show on television that has the nerve to criticize the schools that succeed, and the people that help them. This has TEACHERS UNION written all over it.
Is it true that fewer than 20 precent of Philadelphia students read, write or spell at grade level??
According to the Philadelphia School District’s website 46 percent of children K-2 and 33 percent of children in third grade read at grade level as of 2019, which is before the Covid shutdown.
The stats in 2013, by the way, were 52 percent of K-2 and 45 percent in grade 3.
It appears the more caring parents are getting their kids out of public school and into the big, bad charters which is the only sane and caring thing to do.
Modern Classical Music at DCCC
By Bob Small
Modern Classical Music, like alternative political parties and alternative religions can be seen as a subculture followed by those of us who don’t always trust the dominant traditional cultures.
Most people’s perception of classical music has been both Eurocentric and empire-centric, to say nothing of being male-centric. There should be room for music based on alternative visions of gender, race, and culture, and celebrating peace instead of wars and militarism.
For many, the enjoyment of new modern classical music lies in both the discovery phase and re-listening when possible. Hearing repeated live performances of new works is an extremely rare occurrence, whereas we can hear Bach, Mozart, Puccini, Beethoven and Verdi on an endless loop. Depending on how you get your music, there is usually a very limited choice of other composers presented. Though WRTI, our local classical FM station, tries to be diverse, it is rather limited in its diversity. For example, on March 8, which was International Women’s Day, the all-women-composers playlist included some composers only to be heard on that day, and some of their compositions were only partially played.
The new music performance groups I used to follow were Relache, when I lived in Philly, and Orchestra 2001, when it was at Swarthmore College.
Lately, I have discovered the new music program at Delaware County Community College (DCCC).
On the March 2 program of new music at DCCC, the duo Melomanie, consisting of harpsichord and flute, played works by Larry Nelson, Chuck Holdeman, Mark Hagerty and Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.
The first time I attended one of these programs at DCCC, I was one-third of the audience. Last Thursday night, I was one-tenth of the non-composer section of the audience. I had a challenging and enjoyable evening.
The next concert in the series is 5 p.m., Thursday, March 23,and features the Lang/Rainwater project. General admission is only $10.
Cannot keep spring from coming William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 3-21-23
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Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: You can cut all the flowers, but you cannot keep spring from coming.
Pablo Neruda
Spring 2023 Starts Now –According to our server’s clock it is now 5:24 p.m. EDT, EDT, March 20, which means the vernal equinox is happening and Spring 2023 has begun.
Equinox is Latin for “equal night.” Days and nights are approximately equal everywhere and the Sun rises and sets due east and west, explains The Old Farmers Almanac. At the equinoxes, the tilt of Earth relative to the Sun is zero, which means that Earth’s axis neither points toward nor away from the Sun.
Vernal comes from the Latin vernalis which means spring.
IAP Re-Launching In Pennsylvania — The IAP (Independent American Party) is in the process of re-launching in Pennsylvania. They want to be seen as “the solution party”. Their solutions are many and these are some listed in this Utah born Party.
There goals include “To uphold and revere our constitution in the tradition of our Founding Fathers as this land’s only and supreme law” and “To return the control of government back to the people as intended.”
The IAM was founded in 1993, inspired by a speech given by Ezra Taft Benson.
On May 16 1998, a vote was taken for the formation of a national IAP.
Pennsylvanian Will Christensen was one of the original founders of the IAP. See the history section of the IAP website for a bio.
The IAP is anti-one world government and pro life. Their website lists many other positions, including where they stand on the Article 5 Convention, Covid 19 vaccination, the Federal Reserve, the National Popular Vote Compact, and Red Flag Laws, etc.
Lonny Ray Williams, current National Chair, and descendant of Luzerne County Coal Miners sent a lengthy response to my questions
“The difference between the IAP and the Constitution Party is that we embrace the spiritual component of our nation and insist that it is an integral and important component of restoring and protecting the republic,” he said.
He uses Kathy Barnett as an example of a candidate he would support
“Our Plan is to rebuild America into a community of neighbors that love each other and are willing to help each other out through the difficult times in their lived (my ital) not one that relies on government as the arbitrator of kindness,” he said.
The Regional Coordinator of Pennsylvania is Scott Bartlett at Sbartlett@yahoo.com
Let me end with one of his statements “I would encourage everyone out there to stop voting for the lesser of two evils”.
Gentleness and patience William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 3-20-23
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Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
Colossians 3:12