tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36654067833357845002024-03-13T09:59:20.143-04:00APOGEE LearningRose Marie Raccioppihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327247225256540829noreply@blogger.comBlogger163125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665406783335784500.post-63855900548604349542023-04-23T19:24:00.001-04:002023-04-23T19:24:17.019-04:00A child, an adult, a life journey, Woman of Distinction... <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i> </i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGzjWyE1lhOIbiPjvbAnDP4T82FsX4ros45QTbaYmqoki71r4KbmoUeqPGs5W8NIeaFBXQsBlOdNQe3zejdlAAEC2q9TWQ0XQ16rKjfmuLxVSBq_bcl16BPehg8CARTBhS53SRvROBE8X2rIuW_Ukvk4stcd3_cccyTvIQRvIzJGt54yMgoqBcguX29w" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1030" data-original-width="864" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGzjWyE1lhOIbiPjvbAnDP4T82FsX4ros45QTbaYmqoki71r4KbmoUeqPGs5W8NIeaFBXQsBlOdNQe3zejdlAAEC2q9TWQ0XQ16rKjfmuLxVSBq_bcl16BPehg8CARTBhS53SRvROBE8X2rIuW_Ukvk4stcd3_cccyTvIQRvIzJGt54yMgoqBcguX29w=w392-h469" width="392" /></a></i></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">A child, an adult, a life journey, designated by PROCLAMATION, New York State Assembly, 2021, Woman of Distinction. </span></i></span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xdj266r x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--blue-link); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: times; font-size: large; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;"><i><a href="https://apogeelearning.blogspot.com/.../it-has-come-to-be...">https://apogeelearning.blogspot.com/.../it-has-come-to-be...</a></i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>When I, at 7 years of age was assigned a 'destiny', I in fervent regard, attended to every sound heard, to ever word spoken, read, or written. to the configurations of each letter of the alphabet, to the 'spell' of a word.. What be their sounding, their meaning, their <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>call ???</i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>In 1983, after decades of explorations, research, experimentations, and testing of the effects of tuning forks, APOGEE Acu-Tone™ was launched as part of Educational Consultation Services. At that time this was a pursuit, application and integration, that had no equal. To this day, I have not, nor have those who have researched, found such integrative practices that have, and continue to bring specific benefits in a myriad of ways. Here is a link to an introductory blog post that was put forth 12/12/2012: </i></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://apogeeacutone.blogspot.com/2012/">https://apogeeacutone.blogspot.com/2012/</a></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>And here is a post, I most ardently implore you to view, that puts my life's work and APOGEE Acu-Tone™ in present day perspective. </i></span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFUpgMXWc50">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFUpgMXWc50</a></span></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; font-family: times; font-size: 13.199999809265137px; text-align: start; white-space: normal;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">~</span></div></span><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: normal;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><span style="font-family: times;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Rose Marie Raccioppi, MS FABI</span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Personal Empowerment Specialist™</span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Founder/Director </span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">APOGEE Paradigm™</span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiURq4TU_ixKtBh0Vp54dZeMI7yDbMmyft5JnSCz8Spaf9CM1zCNW9K0oJGCc_A2qWC_IyKFTRAyAqw_-bNdMjgBTGZLjacJbqw56QcM5mAQphACgCjI_VA9mBr6wHQAPbbKTBgHiVjXUUKXcry07_NLbFBX57QvWPr_hi85aKncfCeovPi1exiV909aQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="604" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiURq4TU_ixKtBh0Vp54dZeMI7yDbMmyft5JnSCz8Spaf9CM1zCNW9K0oJGCc_A2qWC_IyKFTRAyAqw_-bNdMjgBTGZLjacJbqw56QcM5mAQphACgCjI_VA9mBr6wHQAPbbKTBgHiVjXUUKXcry07_NLbFBX57QvWPr_hi85aKncfCeovPi1exiV909aQ=w342-h218" width="342" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(66, 66, 66); color: #424242; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; text-align: start;"><b>© ArTo - stock.adobe.com</b></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>A recent article brought to my attention by my Son. </i></span></span><i style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: times; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">(1) </span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i> And here provided a link to a posting from 2012, in full accord from perspectives, research, garnered from my experiences as a </i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>Professional Educator/Consultant/Therapist </i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>since the completion of advanced graduate studies </i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>from 1960 to 1981. (2) </i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>Yes, seasoned, innovative, proven effective</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: times; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">teaching/learning orientations and practices. </span></i></p><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>At an International Conference several years ago I had the honor of presenting : "Dyslexia ~ The Mind of the Ancient Scholar." Not a 'dysfunction' ~ Not a 'disorder' ~ Not a 'disability, but a particular perceptual stance and a 'special kind of genius' to be fully understood and respected. </i></span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>Pleased to bring forth this recent article (1) in accord with my long held and notable perspectives. (2) </i></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>Do read the articles here provided. </i></span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>(1) <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; white-space: normal;"><a href="https://www.studyfinds.org/dyslexia-helped-greatest-minds/">https://www.studyfinds.org/dyslexia-helped-greatest-minds/</a></span></i></span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>(2) <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; white-space: normal;"><a href="https://apogeelearning.blogspot.com/search?q=Dyslexia">https://apogeelearning.blogspot.com/search?q=Dyslexia</a></span></i></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; white-space: normal;"><br /></span></i></span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>For those who are themselves known to be 'Dyslexic' or the parent of a 'dyslexic' child, teen, high school, or college student, or in training for a particular skill set, know I am only a call away. Consultation, Advisement, Counselings. from one who is fully documented, certified, noted and honored as a Learning Therapist/Specialist for the Dyslexic Learner. </i></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><b>For Contact and More Information:</b></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>Rose Marie Raccioppi, MS FABI</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Personal Empowerment Specialist™</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; 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color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">For information on Qualifications and Experience:</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Rose Marie Raccioppi | LinkedIn</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--blue-link); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: times; font-size: medium; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 py34i1dx" href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/rose-marie-raccioppi/20/509/293?fbclid=IwAR2FPgcbcMeMg2ECa9BRT3biGVSj--6WfSxFdhVD8lbFsTflzUo5qTqFad8" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--blue-link); cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/pub/rose-marie-raccioppi/20/509/293</a></span></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div></div>Rose Marie Raccioppihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327247225256540829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665406783335784500.post-11668758103521482452022-01-23T19:24:00.003-05:002022-01-23T19:28:06.795-05:00SACRED GEOMETRY AND THE ROMAN ALPHABET<h1 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var( --e-global-color-7e2aa84 ); line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 38px; font-weight: 500; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZC_rlUZ6UHA/Ye3sn1xp83I/AAAAAAAAaNA/xG-Ly2w364UYgKzAeGdQTSak1HDXGC1mgCNcBGAsYHQ/alphabet-by-Luca-Pacioli-and-Leonardo-Da-Vinci.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="357" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZC_rlUZ6UHA/Ye3sn1xp83I/AAAAAAAAaNA/xG-Ly2w364UYgKzAeGdQTSak1HDXGC1mgCNcBGAsYHQ/w357-h357/alphabet-by-Luca-Pacioli-and-Leonardo-Da-Vinci.jpg" width="357" /></a></div></h1><h1 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var( --e-global-color-7e2aa84 ); font-size: 38px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-size: 16px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: times;">Alphabet by Luca Pacioli and Leonardo Da Vinci</span></span></h1><h1 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var( --e-global-color-7e2aa84 ); font-weight: 500; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></h1><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-weight: 500; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><div style="text-align: justify;">As a young student, I took pride in the creation of each letter of the alphabet. I enjoyed teaching the younger student to print in what is deemed the uppercase letters, for they were in times past, held sacred. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This article calls to my ongoing fascination: <a href="https://archetypegeometry.com/sacred-geometry-and-the-roman-alphabet/">https://archetypegeometry.com/sacred-geometry-and-the-roman-alphabet/</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Enjoy!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Rose Marie Raccioppi, MS FABI</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Founder/Director </div><div style="text-align: justify;">APOGEE Learning Enhancement Training Systems™</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></i></span></span>Rose Marie Raccioppihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327247225256540829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665406783335784500.post-49400352548421613822021-09-20T14:58:00.008-04:002021-09-30T14:07:09.575-04:00Newly Proposed Curriculum... <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--0kqsG8vDRE/YUjYMeQX3YI/AAAAAAAAZ-0/JzyMApU7_zILaO0gKF0eohCTm7tRXkWtACLcBGAsYHQ/SchoolBell.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="876" data-original-width="1083" height="377" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--0kqsG8vDRE/YUjYMeQX3YI/AAAAAAAAZ-0/JzyMApU7_zILaO0gKF0eohCTm7tRXkWtACLcBGAsYHQ/w467-h377/SchoolBell.jpg" width="467" /></a></p><p></p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>As a grade school teacher, a college instructor, of days past, I would love to call, "class to order” with school bells tuned to curiosity, exploration, wonder, devotion, purpose, faith, JOY and TRUTH. Yes, an across the ages curriculum of LIGHT in its physical, spiritual manifestations of BEING. All so simple yet profound in its power, in its passion, in its pleasure, in its possibilities, in it divine purposes. </i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>Enrollment in personal counsel ever open.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: times;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;">For Contact and More Information:</span></b></i></div></span></div><div><div style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span><div style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); 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color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We grow, we thrive, we prosper,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><span style="font-family: times;"> by<b> N</b>urturance,</span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> by <b>A</b>spiration, </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> by <b>T</b>ruth, </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> by <b>U</b>nity, </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> by <b>R</b>evelation, </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> by<b> E</b>xchange. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: start; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We have only to look at a newborn, at a child each day of its first year, as its growing volition and quest for survival is heard in a cry, in a smile, in laughter anew. </span></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: start; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The indomitable laws of NATURE call for our discerning intelligence, for our instinctual and heartfelt awareness. NATURE, is beyond the imposed dictates of political power, policy, and mayhem. NATURE is an organic force of BEING. It is calling loudly, dramatically, intentionally, for our attention, for our understanding, for our adherence, for our blessed salvation.</span></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Can you look into the eyes of a newborn and tell me otherwise?</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Rose Marie Raccioppi </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Founder/Director</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">APOGEE Learning Enhancement Training Systems™</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Rose Marie Raccioppi, MS FABI</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Consultation </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Personal Empowerment Specialist™</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: start; white-space: normal;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Call for an appointment:</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">TELE~RESTORE™ SESSIONS Available</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Rockland County, New York : 845-359-9056</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">1-866-Acu-Tone </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">1-866-228-8663</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Rose Marie Raccioppihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327247225256540829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665406783335784500.post-88769558399885613472021-07-06T17:50:00.004-04:002021-07-06T17:53:23.505-04:00Russel Williams: The Genius of Consciousness and the Nonduality of Touch ~ an educators's gratitude. <div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/ePB19n9IZ98" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ePB19n9IZ98/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>So touched by such touching words... indeed. T O U CH ...be it our experience in Truth ~ In Oneness ~ in Union ~ in Creation ~ In Harmony ... Thank YOU for such understandings conveyed.</i></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>Thank YOU ever so kindly ~ I have taught dyslexic students who were experiencing difficulties in learning to read, to be reintroduced to each letter as they, with hands, fingers, created the letter by rolling out clay, and replicating its configuration, accompanied by sounding. Letter by letter, word by word, paragraph by paragraph, page by page, book by book, they came to master the art of reading and the delight of learning. </i></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>When quite young watching my mother creating dough, I asked how do you know when it is 'done' and ready to be set aside for the bread. I was instructed, You learn the FEEL, as your fingers and palms knead, your TOUCH tells you. </i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Rose Marie Raccioppi </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Founder/Director</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">APOGEE Learning Enhancement Training Systems™</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Rose Marie Raccioppi, MS FABI</span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Consultation </span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Personal Empowerment Specialist™</span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: start; white-space: normal;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Call for an appointment:</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">TELE~RESTORE™ SESSIONS Available</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Rockland County, New York : 845-359-9056</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">1-866-Acu-Tone </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">1-866-228-8663</span></span></div></div></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: start; white-space: normal;" /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div>Rose Marie Raccioppihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327247225256540829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665406783335784500.post-24408000395848267762021-06-30T10:32:00.006-04:002021-06-30T12:31:36.627-04:00It has come to be ~ Rose Marie Raccioppi ~ "A WOMAN OF DISTINCTION ~ 2021" <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CCStCX910Bg/YNx-AB4YFwI/AAAAAAAAZw8/fsMv3qBBCfY0o5EuRoJGS2cxxAQosQnGQCLcBGAsYHQ/RMR_PROCLAMATION_2021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1767" data-original-width="1481" height="441" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CCStCX910Bg/YNx-AB4YFwI/AAAAAAAAZw8/fsMv3qBBCfY0o5EuRoJGS2cxxAQosQnGQCLcBGAsYHQ/w368-h441/RMR_PROCLAMATION_2021.jpg" width="368" /></a></p><p></p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><br />It has come to be ... "A WOMAN OF DISTINCTION ~ 2021" ~ by the New York State Assembly, Assemblyman Michael V. Lawler, on May 14, 2021. </i></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>Yes, received with honor and gratitude, ready for what inquiry, assignment, challenge that comes along. All in acknowledgement of vision, quest, and BEING. </i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; white-space: normal;">A track record, post markers along the way, ever the vision of</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; white-space: normal;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; white-space: normal;">BEING, responsive, visionary, celebratory, heart</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; white-space: normal;"> to heart</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; white-space: normal;">, purpose to</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; white-space: normal;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; white-space: normal;">purpose. </span></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-size: 16px; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Rose Marie Raccioppi, MS FABI</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Personal Empowerment Specialist™ </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">APOGEE Paradigm™</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">PHOTO: PROCLAMATION ~ Upon arrival at my door...</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div></div>Rose Marie Raccioppihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327247225256540829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665406783335784500.post-31027348400814462852019-07-22T09:37:00.000-04:002019-07-22T09:39:45.136-04:00How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime | Nadine Burke Harris<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This Dear Parent, onto SELF, this an ever present quest, an ever present intention, an ever present knowing, an ever present doing. All that is LIFE anew, given to the guardianship of love, awaits support, validation, and a spirited belief in the right to envision, the right to imagine, the right to dream, the right to <b>BE</b>, <b>B</b>irth <b>E</b>ternal. See and know your <b>CHILD </b>as the expressive spirit of <b>C</b>reation, <b>H</b>armony, <b>I</b>nspiration, <b>L</b>ove, <b>D</b>eliverance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">As a parent, and now as a grandparent, words that speak the heart here proclaimed…</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">the words of Kahil Gibran, 1883-1931, Poet, Painter, Sculptor, Writer, Philosopher, Theologian, Visual Artist, author of "The Prophet."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i><br />On Children<br />Kahlil Gibran<br /><br />"Your children are not your children.<br />They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.<br />They come through you but not from you,<br />And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.<br /><br />You may give them your love but not your thoughts,<br />For they have their own thoughts.<br />You may house their bodies but not their souls,<br />For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,<br />which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.<br />You may strive to be like them,<br />but seek not to make them like you.<br />For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.<br /><br />You are the bows from which your children<br />as living arrows are sent forth.<br />The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,<br />and He bends you with His might<br />that His arrows may go swift and far.<br />Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;<br />For even as He loves the arrow that flies,<br />so He loves also the bow that is stable.”</i></span></div>
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<br />Rose Marie Raccioppihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327247225256540829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665406783335784500.post-89118517318605056172018-01-17T16:42:00.000-05:002019-01-10T12:39:19.992-05:00C H I L D... each calls to... Creation, Harmony, Inspiration, Love, Deliverance...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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APOGEE Learning Enhancement Training Systems™ is a distillation of formal academic course and degree completion, personal experiences and prospectives, yoga science, ancient Egyptian, Indian, Roman, Greek, and Chinese principles of wellness and wellbeing. YES, all this seasoned with the delights of being an educator, serving students across the age span, since 1960.</div>
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I have here posted a recent communication from Bank Street College of Education, New York City. I am a graduate of their advanced Supervision and Administration graduate degree program. Since 1983, I have integrated the teachings of this program into the APOGEE Paradigm™</div>
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It is with pleasure that I post this communication. Its presentation is most certainly in accord with the very principles and practices that I have implemented in my capacities as a consultant, educational therapist, sound/stress management therapist, and yes, poet laureate and artist.</div>
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Rose Marie Raccioppi, MS FABI<br />
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<b style="font-size: 14px;"><i>1. Variability in human development is the norm, not the exception. The pace and profile of each child’s development is unique. </i></b><i style="font-size: 14px;">When schools design learning experiences around a mythical average, or try to force all children to fit one sequence, they miss the opportunity to nurture the individual potential of every child. </i></div>
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<i>The capacity of parents and teachers to attune to the needs of children and youth may require support. Adults may lack skills and knowledge, including social and emotional skills, experience stress that interferes with their ability to attune, or lack the time necessary to establish or sustain developmental relationships.</i></div>
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<i>Schools and early care settings can be designed to support positive relationships between teachers and students and between students themselves, both of which strengthen development and learning. They also can promote trust and cultural understanding between schools and the home, which provides deeper knowledge about children and contributes to their feelings of physical and psychological safety. </i></div>
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<b><i>3. Children actively construct knowledge based on the convergence of their individual biology, experiences, relationships, and social context. </i></b><i>Students dynamically shape their own learning. Learners compare new information to what they already know to create mental models. These mental models enable students to connect facts to their past experiences and to make inferences and predictions about new situations. This process works best when students actively engage with concepts and knowledge, and when they have multiple opportunities to connect the knowledge to personally relevant topics and lived experiences.</i></div>
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<i>When learning experiences invite students to be active participants, they gain skills in producing and working with knowledge to create something useful…Effective teachers act as mentors: setting tasks, watching and guiding children’s efforts, and offering feedback. The model of teachers spoon-feeding information to students is outdated. </i></div>
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<b><i>4. Learning is social, emotional, and academic. </i></b><i>Studies of the brain in action reveal that different parts of the brain that control social, emotional, and cognitive processes work together when a child is learning, intertwined like the strands of a rope. For example, the areas of the brain involved in memory are strongly tied to those involved in emotion. </i></div>
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<i>There is a hierarchy to skills. Some skills act as building blocks for more complex skills later in life. For example, children’s early skills in regulating their behaviors, emotions, and attention provide the foundation for later abilities to persist with hard tasks and to pursue interests over a longer period of time.</i></div>
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<b><i>5. Adversity affects learning—and the way schools respond matters. </i></b><i>Stress is a normal part of healthy development and learning, but excessive stress can throw learning and development off track and exert profound effects on children’s well-being. </i></div>
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<i>When adversity is severe, prolonged, or when the counteracting effects of stable relationships are missing, the body adapts to the continual activation of the stress response system by going on “permanent high alert” and staying there. This produces excessive levels of cortisol that flood the brain and other vital organs, disrupting their normal functioning... The stress response also helps to explain how unbuffered stress in early life can affect educational outcomes. In early childhood, when the brain’s architecture is still being formed, unbuffered stress can make for a shaky foundation and can have long-term detrimental effects on children’s learning and behavior as well as on their physical and mental health.</i></div>
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<i>Because supportive adult relationships can prevent or reduce unhealthy stress responses in children and the resulting negative consequences, building and supporting the capacity of adults who care for and teach children is critically important. Schools and early childhood settings that provide developmentally rich relationships and experiences can buffer the effects of severe stress and trauma, promote resilience, and foster healthy development.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Ever the vision that the different learner, those deemed learning disabled, ADD, ADHD, Dyslexic, Gifted, or simply lazy, rebellious, disinterested, unmotivated, be understood for individuality, particular learning styles, potential, personal vision, interests, and special gifts of BEING... to live outside of judgments based on conclusions rather than exploration. Learners who readily identify with THE WALL ... These have been my students s<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">ince the founding of APOGEE Learning Enhancement Training Systems™ in 1983.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">My earlier students are now fathers, mothers, with children of their own. Among those who received the innovative services of APOGEE Learning ( <a href="http://www.apogeelearning.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.apogeelearning.com</a>) are entrepreneurs, business owners, medical doctors, nurses, psychologists, policemen, firemen, teachers, school administrators, artists, musicians, pilots, aeronautics engineer, light engineer, sound engineer, nutritionists, massage therapists, beauticians, acupuncturist, environmentalists, who hold to the value of diversity, and an attitude of "There is always a way..."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">YES, a young dancer, one who was ever fascinated by the wondrous nature of life, one who found delight in coloring, writing, listening to ambient sounds and identifying where the sounds were coming from, one who loved to be read to, one who found such telling meaning of fairy tales, stories and rhyme, one who when hearing a full orchestra for the first time was told her destiny was to 'tune up the world.' YES, this the Founder'/Director of APOGEE Learning™... this the Founder of the Rockland County Association for the Learning Disabled, the Past President of the New York Association for the Learning Disabled, this the artist, this the Poet Laureate, this the Founder/Director of APOGEE Acu-Tone, a pioneer in creating a system of vibrational therapy, this the mother, the grandmother who, as too, her students, hold to the attitude, "There is always a way." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Presently, my youngest student is 7 years of age, I started working with him when he was 5 years of age, and YES, his is a knowing beyond what he sees and what he is taught. His view of what the world needs is so very much on point... his is a wisdom that is willing to be expressed, willing to be known, and shall prevail as others are inspired by his leadership... TRUTH is his master, PEACE, is his guide. And he knows, "There is always a way..."</span></span></div>
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A recently discovered set of original <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/nikola-tesla-9504443#death-and-legacy" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #367bb7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Nikola Tesla</a> drawings reveal a map to multiplication that contains all numbers in a simple to use system. The drawings were discovered at an antique shop in central Phoenix Arizona by local artist, Abe Zucca. They are believed to have been created during the last years of Tesla’s Free Energy lab, <a href="http://www.teslasciencecenter.org/visitors/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #367bb7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Wardenclyffe</a>. The manuscript is thought to contain many solutions to unanswered questions about mathematics.</div>
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The Sketches were hidden in a small trunk with numerous other drawings and manuscripts ranging from hand-held technological devices to free-energy systems, many with notes scrawled all over them. Some of the pieces are already familiar to the public, but a few others are not. Most notably is the Map to Multiplication or the Math Spiral. Zucca made a few copies and showed the drawings around to different thinkers, dreamers, and mathematicians.</div>
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A few days later a Local High School Mathematics Instructor, Joey Grether, had been working on deciphering the system and had a few breakthroughs. Grether suggests that the Spiral not only explores Multiplication as an interwoven web, but that it, “offers a comprehensive visual understanding of how all numbers are self-organized into 12 positions of compositability.”</div>
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“This device allows us to see numbers as patterns, the formation of prime numbers, twin primes, Highly composite numbers, multiplication and division, as well as few other systems, I imagine, that are yet to be discovered.”</div>
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The diagram itself is very intuitive, allowing students to see how numbers all work together based on a spiral with 12 positions. 12, or 12x (multiples of 12) is the most highly composite system, which is why we have 12 months in a year, 12 inches in a foot, 24 hours in a day, etc. 12 can be divided by 2, 3, 4, and 6. So can all multiples of 12. For every 12 numbers there is a chance of 4 numbers being prime. They happen to fall in positions (think clock positions) 5, 7, 11, and 1.</div>
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Tesla is known for the quote “If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have the key to the universe.” It turns out that when the device is examined, the digital roots of the numbers in positions 3, 6, 9, and 12 constantly repeat the same sequence 3, 6, 9! Is this what Tesla was referring too? The self-organization of numbers and their digital roots?</div>
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Its hard to say, but Grether seems to think so. “This breakthrough is phenomenal. If we could get students all over the globe to use this technique, to play with it, and help figure out how to use it, we could overcome our cultural aversion to Mathematics. Instead of memorizing the multiplication table, we could learn the positions of numbers and have a better understanding of how they work.”</div>
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Juan Zapata, One of Mr. G’s students believes so as well… “I used to say I’m bad at Math… cause thats what everyone says, but now, I’m like, dude, this is too easy.”</div>
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Theres one other fact about the Tesla Spiral that make it interesting. The diagram is dated 12/12/12! 1912. Grether and his students want to turn <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_239664498" style="box-sizing: border-box;" tabindex="0">December 12</span> into a national holiday. So grab a 12 pack, get a dozen donuts, and celebrate the power of 12x.</div>
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Each crystal, mineral, gem, is a vibrational universe, conveying its intention... we need only to listen and its knowing will be conveyed.<br />
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A young student, with a very wise and loving soul, recently stated that I had OBSIDIAN POWER ... and so we communicate our truth through the intention of the OBSIDIAN we share. A universe of intention lies within each crystal, eac<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">h gem, each mineral. Here pictured is a father's hand and his son's hand, pledging to be in truth and to make that truth known to one another <i class="_4-k1 img sp_x2Btx44FsW7 sx_31b3fa" style="background-image: url(https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/yD/r/xgwo-eWAV_-.png); background-position: -629px -377px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: auto; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: -3px; width: 16px;"><u style="left: -999999px; position: absolute;">heart emoticon</u></i>. YES, the accord of OBSIDIAN POWER <i class="_4-k1 img sp_x2Btx44FsW7 sx_31b3fa" style="background-image: url(https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/yD/r/xgwo-eWAV_-.png); background-position: -629px -377px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: auto; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: -3px; width: 16px;"><u style="left: -999999px; position: absolute;">heart emoticon</u></i>.</span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br />All in the APOGEE Paradigm™ spirit,<br /><br /><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1335450819" href="https://www.facebook.com/rmraccioppi?fref=photo" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Rose Marie Raccioppi</a><br /><br />Thank You <a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=268007129918347" href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Crystals-on-the-Rocks/268007129918347" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Crystals on the Rocks</a> and <a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1624347937" href="https://www.facebook.com/kim.oleary.503" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Kim Oleary</a> for providing such treasures.<br /><br />Photo: OBSIDEAN Pledge of TRUTH, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi. APOGEE Paradigm™, 2015.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“We think that teaching comes from having the position of </span></div>
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Despite billions of dollars spent to prop up the Obama administration-pushed national education standards known as<a href="http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/16192-common-core-a-scheme-to-rewrite-education" style="-webkit-transition-delay: initial; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.5s; -webkit-transition-property: color; -webkit-transition-timing-function: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #bc0202; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Common Core</a> with <a href="http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/18077-pro-common-core-deception-falling-apart" style="-webkit-transition-delay: initial; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.5s; -webkit-transition-property: color; -webkit-transition-timing-function: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #bc0202; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">deceptive propaganda</a>, the scheme is quickly becoming a punchline and a toxic liability for politicians. Critics are scoring victories from sea to shining sea. Indeed, virtually every state government that accepted bribes from Washington, D.C., to impose the controversial plot is now battling a fast-growing grassroots army of parents and teachers that transcends traditional partisan divides and may ultimately crush the education establishment entirely.</div>
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Pro-Common Core <a href="http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/17909-big-business-launches-pro-common-core-propaganda-blitz" style="-webkit-transition-delay: initial; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.5s; -webkit-transition-property: color; -webkit-transition-timing-function: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #bc0202; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">deception funded by Big Business, Big Government, and special interests</a>, meanwhile, is <a href="http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/18077-pro-common-core-deception-falling-apart" style="-webkit-transition-delay: initial; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.5s; -webkit-transition-property: color; -webkit-transition-timing-function: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #bc0202; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">quickly crumbling in the face of facts and reality</a>. Parents are in open revolt. Teachers and unions are defecting, too. This week, American Federation of Teachers boss Randi Weingarten even warned in an interview with the online Salon outlet that Common Core “may actually fail” due to the public backlash and an implementation that has been even more botched than the ObamaCare healthcare takeover.</div>
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Parents nationwide are now refusing to let their children participate, preferring instead to “opt out” of the federally funded Common Core national testing regime that underpins the entire nationalization bid. At least 15 state governments so far, under immense public pressure, have already taken a step back. And analysts say this is likely just the beginning of the fight, with the tsunami of opposition threatening to end the political careers of Common Core defenders across the nation.</div>
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Opponents of the so-called ObamaCore regime, as the standards are becoming known, are increasingly hopeful that real education and local control will be restored by the time the dust settles — even if it takes years. However, at this point, many concerned Americans are now even looking beyond simply driving a stake through the controversial takeover and <a href="http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/17809-common-core-architect-now-dumbing-down-sat" style="-webkit-transition-delay: initial; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.5s; -webkit-transition-property: color; -webkit-transition-timing-function: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #bc0202; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">dumbing-down</a> of K-12 schooling.</div>
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Ironically, perhaps, activists, teachers, and parents from across the political spectrum say the outrage surrounding Common Core, which has focused public attention on government schools like never before, could even lead to a real, positive transformation of education. With experts widely acknowledging the fact that government education has been <a href="http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/17809-common-core-architect-now-dumbing-down-sat" style="-webkit-transition-delay: initial; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.5s; -webkit-transition-property: color; -webkit-transition-timing-function: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #bc0202; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">going downhill for decades</a>, Americans may soon be faced with an unprecedented opportunity to fundamentally reform and improve schooling at the state and local level. </div>
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The first step in that battle, though, is to stop Common Core, activists say. Recent trends from across the country suggest that is already underway. Even some of the most ardent defenders of the K-12 nationalization plot in elected office are being forced to back away. With Common Core now becoming the subject of brutal ridicule on the national stage — comedian Stephen Colbert, for instance, made a mockery of the standards on national television last month — standing with the Obama administration on the issue is quickly becoming politically toxic. </div>
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Much of the recent national media attention surrounding the fight has been focused on Indiana, which became the first state to adopt and then officially withdraw from the nationalization of K-12 education earlier this year. As <em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The New American</em> reported, however, the Indiana showdown is far from finished after policymakers were <a href="http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/17916-indiana-replaces-common-core-with-common-core" style="-webkit-transition-delay: initial; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.5s; -webkit-transition-property: color; -webkit-transition-timing-function: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #bc0202; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">exposed trying to dupe the public by keeping the vast majority of the scheme in place</a> under a new name. Similar efforts have been tried in other states, too, but citizens are not falling for it. </div>
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In the establishment stronghold state of New York, <a href="http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/17577-new-york-revolts-against-common-core" style="-webkit-transition-delay: initial; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.5s; -webkit-transition-property: color; -webkit-transition-timing-function: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #bc0202; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">overwhelming public pressure</a> has also forced a tepid retreat from Common Core. There, the board of the state teachers’ union voted unanimously against the standards, and even some educators are now unilaterally opting out of it. New York State Assemblyman Al Graf, a member of the Assembly Education Committee who has a degree in education, said Common Core is “state-sponsored child abuse.” The governor was eventually forced to sign the “Common Core Implementation Reform Act” in the face of the state-wide revolt, but critics of the standards have <a href="http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/17577-new-york-revolts-against-common-core" style="-webkit-transition-delay: initial; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.5s; -webkit-transition-property: color; -webkit-transition-timing-function: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #bc0202; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">vowed to keep fighting</a> until New Yorkers are protected from the scheme entirely. </div>
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In other states, the battle is starting to heat up quickly as well. On May 1, for instance, the South Carolina Senate voted unanimously to replace Common Core with homegrown standards by next year. The state also withdrew from the national testing scheme last month, and the governor has been highly outspoken about the dangers of a federal takeover of education.</div>
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Already, a dozen states have backed out of the controversial federal testing regime, which is a critical component of Common Core needed to <a href="http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/16193-orwellian-nightmare-data-mining-your-kids" style="-webkit-transition-delay: initial; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.5s; -webkit-transition-property: color; -webkit-transition-timing-function: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #bc0202; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">enforce compliance with the national standards and gather data on students</a> for state and federal authorities. Without it, the nationalization of education may well fail entirely, experts say. </div>
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Former Common Core proponent Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is also reportedly working to withdraw the state from the federally funded testing regime. In a sharp turnaround, he is also urging lawmakers to reject Common Core. Other Republican governors have tried to remain on the fence, denouncing the Obama administration’s efforts to impose the national scheme but quietly seeking to keep it in place. </div>
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In California, parents rallied at the state capitol on April 30 to demand an end to Common Core. “California had higher standards before Common Core,” noted mother Sandra Smith with the group Democrats Against Common Core Standards. “The curriculum that I’ve seen is awful. The math standards are awful and the English curriculum really, in disguise, is just meant to shape the way your children think.”</div>
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Inside the capitol in Sacramento, lawmakers on the Assembly Education Committee were debating legislation to allow districts to opt out of the controversial scheme in front of a packed gallery. “Now we’re dumbing down the curriculum,” observed state Rep. Tim Donnelly, who sponsored the bill and is running for governor.</div>
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In Missouri, both houses of the legislature approved legislation to create and adopt new standards to replace Common Core. “The purpose is to develop Missouri standards for education that would be owned by Missouri, applied by Missouri in our schools,” said state Sen. Ed Emery, who played a role in the bill. However, like in Indiana, lawmakers and constituents remain concerned that Common Core proponents may seek to hijack the process and keep ObamaCore in place under a new name. </div>
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As the retreat by policymakers in state capitols accelerates, Common Core is also quickly becoming a punchline across popular culture, which will only intensify the pressure to kill the scheme. The immensely popular conservative-leaning actor and commentator Chuck Norris, for instance, complained that “the feds” were using the scheme “to usurp power over public schools and influence young American minds.” Other top Hollywood actors — Matt Damon, for example — have also slammed the scheme. </div>
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With teachers and even many Democrats lashing out, multiple prominent comedians typically associated with liberal views have started ridiculing the standards as well, further inflaming the public fury. “Folks, as much as I didn’t expect it, I may be coming around to the Common Core, because it turns out that Common Core testing prepares our students for what they will face as adults: pointless stress and confusion,” noted comedian Stephen Colbert, heir to David Letterman’s show and a media titan who is especially popular with younger audiences. </div>
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Colbert also ridiculed a Common Core math homework assignment that wildly complicates what should have been a simple subtraction problem with a “number line” that has left even mathematicians scratching their heads. The nonsensical assignment, which went viral online after an electrical engineer and father publicized it, asks students to find the error and then “write a letter to Jack telling him what he did right, and what he should do to fix his mistake.” </div>
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“That's a great question,” Colbert says sarcastically about the bizarre homework assignment. “[It] teaches two important work place skills: math, and passive aggressive note-writing. We all know it's going to come in handy when you have to leave post-it notes about proper yogurt etiquette in the break-room fridge.” The audience erupted with laughter as the comedian continued making a mockery of Common Core.</div>
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Self-declared pro-Obama comedian Louis C.K., meanwhile, shocked the political establishment when he very publicly denounced the standards. “My kids used to love math. Now it makes them cry. Thanks standardized testing and common core!" he said on Twitter. “Kids teachers parents (sic) are vocally suffering. Doesn’t that matter?” Many thousands promptly re-tweeted his comments, which made headlines nationwide, as activists celebrated.</div>
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Analysts said that with Common Core advocates losing even the cultural elite, the tables have turned dramatically, debunking hysterical damage-control efforts by Obama officials trying to paint opponents as a vocal minority. “You know that discomfort and even outright opposition has reached a critical mass when the core becomes a frequent punch line in the repertoire of late-night comedians,” Pioneer Institute Executive Director Jim Stergios told Politico.</div>
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Of course, proponents of nationalizing education are digging in their heels, with a coalition of Big Business and Big Government advocates <a href="http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/17909-big-business-launches-pro-common-core-propaganda-blitz" style="-webkit-transition-delay: initial; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.5s; -webkit-transition-property: color; -webkit-transition-timing-function: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #bc0202; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">shoveling cash into propaganda efforts </a>aimed at building at least a semblance of public support for the takeover. Estimates suggest billionaire population-control zealot Bill Gates, whose own children attend a non-Common Core private school, has dumped over $2 billion into the effort.</div>
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable, meanwhile, are still<a href="http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/17909-big-business-launches-pro-common-core-propaganda-blitz" style="-webkit-transition-delay: initial; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.5s; -webkit-transition-property: color; -webkit-transition-timing-function: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #bc0202; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">pouring millions into deceptive pro-Common Core marketing gimmicks</a> and <a href="http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/18077-pro-common-core-deception-falling-apart" style="-webkit-transition-delay: initial; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.5s; -webkit-transition-property: color; -webkit-transition-timing-function: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #bc0202; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">factually challenged ads</a> on conservative-leaning media. The Obama administration also <a href="http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/16192-common-core-a-scheme-to-rewrite-education" style="-webkit-transition-delay: initial; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.5s; -webkit-transition-property: color; -webkit-transition-timing-function: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #bc0202; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">spent billions of taxpayer dollars to bribe state governments</a> into imposing the scheme on schools, which some 45 initially accepted.</div>
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With the <a href="http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/18077-pro-common-core-deception-falling-apart" style="-webkit-transition-delay: initial; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.5s; -webkit-transition-property: color; -webkit-transition-timing-function: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #bc0202; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">deception falling apart </a>and what pro-Common Core fanatic Jeb Bush called an “avalanche” of opposition growing faster by the day, it remains to be seen how long backers of the nationalization plot can hold out. The longer they try, though, the more intense the backlash will grow, which analysts say could spark a historic movement to restore real education across America.</div>
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