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When you make a promise to a client, are you confident your staff can – and will – keep it? Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and managing staff performance are popular management concepts. This article looks at their practical application and importance in providing a consistent quality service for your clients.
In the Future Ready III whitepaper, the Business Health authors say: 'The results for those businesses willing to invest in their people are quite astonishing – the firms that implemented an effective performance management system deliver (on average) almost three times more profit to the business owners than those who are not yet leveraging the full potential of their team.' How well do you leverage that potential?
Every effective performance management practice has the following:
1. Expectations
Everyone likes to know what they are supposed to do and what outcomes they can expect for their efforts. Figures from the Business Health whitepaper show that those practices where more than half the staff had personal objectives were 76% more profitable than firms where fewer staff had individual KPIs. KPIs need to be specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, given a time frame and agreed with your staff. It's important to write them down for future reference and review.
Set expectations about consequences. What will you reward and how? For example, achieving KPIs may be worthy of one level of reward, and exceeding them will attract greater rewards. Also be clear about the consequences of poor performance.
2. Review
Monitor performance and adjust expectations if necessary. Consider, for example, if adequate resources and training have been provided to enable achievement of KPIs. Having a 'no blame' culture will encourage staff to learn from their mistakes, rather than try to hide them.
3. Feedback
Giving feedback is a management skill that takes practice to perfect (which is why we sometimes avoid it until it's too late!). Here are some tips that apply to both positive and negative feedback:
- don't avoid or delay
- provide specific examples of the performance or behaviour the feedback relates to
- be clear about consequences
- agree on any changes that need to occur
- take the opportunity to seek feedback yourself
- set a date to review performance
4. Rewards
If you are going to provide rewards and incentives, you need to be committed and consistent. How can you be sure staff will value the rewards you offer? Simply by asking what would be of value to them and ensuring you honour their individual preferences. For example, an afternoon tea celebration and public recognition might be relished by some people, while the attention would only embarrass others.
You can use your imagination, and staff suggestions, to develop a reward program that will be motivating without breaking the bank. Whatever you do, remember that all the research indicates that the most important reward is your genuine appreciation. Saying 'thank you' and giving as much attention to your consistently strong performers as you do to managing poor performance can make the difference between keeping and losing your best employees.
5. Momentum
For truly outstanding results, provide guidance and feedback on an ongoing basis. Studies have shown that feedback and rewards are quickly forgotten by employees, so they need to be applied continuously and consistently. Michael Gerber, of E-Myth fame, recommends weekly individual employee development meetings (EDMs) between staff and their managers. The EDM gives both you and your employees an opportunity to re-establish priorities and provide feedback.
Industry data, again from Business Health, shows that practices where staff performance reviews were held within six months of the survey date had profit levels 35% higher than those where performance reviews had not been conducted for more than 12 months. Regular reviews enhance performance that can be tracked to your bottom line.
One final comment on performance management: In 'Good to Great', Jim Collins says 'If you need to constantly manage people and their performance, you know you've got the wrong people on the bus'. If you suspect this is the case, it might be time to review your recruitment and selection processes (see previous article in this series) and/or seek some external assistance.
If you have any comments, or questions, about these articles, I'd love to hear from you. Please email me or call on 1300 785 150. For more information about Balance at Work's range of people management services, visit our website or subscribe to our newsletter for more practical tips.


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"The Australian cricket captain is the Prime Minister Australia wishes it had. Steve Waugh is that man, Michael Clarke is not." - Jarrod Kimber
RIP Fardin Qayyumi and Craig Walsh - true icons of CricketWeb.
I hear this Docerty bloke that the OP mentions can spin the ball further than Warne. Drop Doherty for Docerty i say.
How about we just wait until the Ashes are over before digging the boot in?
So Ryan Harris apparently bought a new cricket bat for the second test. It's on e-bay now, flagged as "never used"
Parmi | #1 draft pick | Jake King is **** | Big Bash League tipping champion of the universeCome and Paint Turtle
About as funny as you would expect from a pom
Not as funny as selecting Michael Beer to be fair
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RIP Craigos. A true CW legend. You will be missed.
A follower of the schools of Machiavelli, Bentham, Locke, Hobbes, Sutcliffe, Bradman, Lindwall, Miller, Hassett, Benaud and Thunberg
I had a glimpse of Eureka
Chewing me up, chewing me up and spitting me out
-jected, I was rejected
I wasn't good enough to be elected
Lava, it was like lava
Moving through my body like fire
Heheh, the fans have a new song.
From The Barmy Army -Slip inside Ricky Ponting's mind
He's trying to find
Some new players to play
He wants to play his older team
But that's just a dream
They're too old to play
He said he'd start a revolution in his head
But he's been through all the players A to Z
Now there's just a summertime of doom
If he loses the Ashes race
He is going to lose his place
Losing three would simply tear his heart out
So Ricky can wait
Shane Warne is too late
And there's no Glenn McGrath
Gilchrist's had his day
And don't look back to Langer
He cannot play
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This mixtape is dedicated to my city. Ranging from drugs to nonstop shootouts & much more. I wanted to write this mixtape about home because you can never forget where you came from. It includes numerous of instrumentals and one song produced by Jarred on the beat. The last song "7 P.M. in New Jersey", was actually produced in New Jersey, but special thank you to Don Bee for connecting me with his city. After this mixtape, I break off from The 3O4 to tell another story & Migo 9OO will be changing his name to Quaniee Stain. "Connecting to The Heights", which is the name of the next project will be produced only by Jarred on the Beat and will tell the connection from the 3O4 to the 9O8. I just want to thank everyone who supports and listen. That's all I will ever need.
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Thoughts in the Watchtower
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"You Don't Question the Teacher During the Test"
God has abundantly blessed our family this February. About two weeks ago (on February 1), we received the news that a hole in her heart that had been there since birth, closed. The very next day, sitting cross-legged on my … Continue reading


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The Fruitful Callings of the Childless By Choice
Sometime in your late 20s, you start to notice a change with the invites sitting in your mailbox. The creamy white paper requesting your presence at a wedding transforms into a dainty baby-shower pink or blue. That same friend who just walked down that aisle is now having a baby. I have fun celebrating with my expecting friends, until the inevitable question comes my way.
"So when are you going to have a baby?"
Long before my husband and I married, we talked about having kids and agreed we were in no rush. We both assumed that when the time was right, we'd know. Lately though, we've begun doubt that the right time will ever come. We're considering not having kids.
Neither of us feels any desire to reproduce, certainly not right now, and we aren't scared of a potential future of "just us two." We actually welcome the idea. And while we love our friends' kids, we just don't love all of the things that would come with having our own.
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So, it turns out that waiting is actually really hard.
It's easy for me to wax poetic about waiting in the season of Advent, and there is a lot of beauty there.
But I hate waiting.
I'm waiting for something good, something that I know will happen one way or another in the next couple of weeks, and I'm tearing my hair out. Waiting is harder when I don't know if the thing I'm waiting for will ever happen, let alone when. Waiting is far harder when I'm waiting for something I'm not look forward to – waiting for the axe to fall, as they say. All things considered, I have it easy.
Living in limbo is uncomfortable at best, excruciating at worst. Sometimes it requires more of us than we feel we have to give, and yet we keep going, because there is no alternative.
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Community life: inspiring today and for the future
Please take a few moments to read the following reflections from Kelly Stanley, an AmeriCorps volunteer from New Jersey, who is living and working in Kimberton Hills:
At Kimberton Hills, "it takes a village" isn't just an expression; it's a way of life. A way of life I feel incredibly grateful to be a part of. I overflow with gratitude knowing this is where I live, work, and learn daily. At the heart of the community are those with what I like to call, "unique abilities," the special population of individuals who remind me in countless ways to be open and honest, to love without prejudice, and to truly be myself.
This experience has reshaped my path and views about the future. I feel more connected to the earth than ever before, which helps build stronger relationships to all living beings. I'm grateful for being exposed to so many truths, so much knowledge, and above all, a sense of belonging. There's a right balance of love and support that helps us all flourish and feel a confident sense of purpose. Maybe it's the consistent hugs, hellos, and genuine smiles that lift our spirits, or the incredible patience the seasoned coworkers have when welcoming new faces and energies. It's liberating to be given the chance to realize that things can be done differently than what our society offers us. Here, it's an endless source of inspiration. Every experience is a constant reminder of how everything in some way is a lesson to be learned and how we are all teachers, working together for the good of each other and for the planet we are all responsible for.
Love and care are what keep this movement alive. We all deserve to thrive in an environment that allows us to discover our strengths. There are infinite possibilities when given the chance to find your true self, without judgment or criticism. At this point in my life, I couldn't imagine being anywhere else than with my 102 member family at Kimberton Hills – a community who masters the art of living thanksgiving every day. We indeed bless and thank more than just our meals on the table, for we are conscientious and aware of all the efforts and energy put in to support this lifestyle, giving purpose and appreciation to every individual.
More than 20 short-term volunteers, like Kelly, volunteer with us each year, some staying for a second, or even a third year. When we are asked, "how many people do you serve?" our answer is always a long one, because we don't serve anyone; we all work together, including our friends and neighbors. We do this with uncommon care and attention, while at the same time making it possible for all who are part of Kimberton Hills – for a year, or a lifetime – to benefit in many ways. Know that your contribution not only supports the lives of those who live in the village, but it also helps shape and inspire the future for young people like Kelly. The impact of that is immeasurable. Please help to make this possible by making a gift to our Village Support Fund – your generosity will enrich many lives.
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I think the world of The New Civil Rights Movement, but Eric Ethington's post today about the recent court ruling regarding polygamy in Utah was a glaring example of one of the problems with the Marriage Equality agenda. Please don't misunderstand, I'm 150% in favor of marriage equality, but I've been irked by some of the wacky illogical thinking and reasoning used to promote this legal change.
First, some important background. Individuals associated with the television show "Sister Wives" filed a suit claiming that the Utah law that outlawed polygamy was wrong, and a Federal Court judge recently ruled, that yes, the basis of that law was unconstitutional. If you don't know much about how or why polygamy became unconstitutional, here are some links: here and here.
The anti-LGBTQ folks have used a scare tactic all along claiming that granting gays and lesbians any rights at all was the start of a slippery slope which would end civilization as we know it and soon polygamy, bestiality and a host of other things would soon be legal. Ethington's uses his column to try and distance Marriage Equality from this recent court ruling, because you and I both know it, some on the Far Right are going to have a field day with this one. Ethington is right to claim that same-sex marriage is not the slippery slope which will lead to polygamy. But he is dead wrong as he tries to paint one as a redefinition of marriage and the other not.
And here I am, left wondering if the comparisons between polygamy and the hard-fought freedoms the LGBT community has recently achieved are actually comparable.
We've heard the comparisons for years, "Gay Marriage leads to polygamy, bestiality and pedophilia!" How many times have those words dripped from the mouths of people like Brian Brown, Tony Perkins, Peter LaBarbera, and Rick Warren?
The potential legalization of polygamy calls into question everything we know and think of in marriage. The very thought of polygamy is rank with images of 55-year old men marrying 12-year old girls, of trapped teenagers beaten and killed for trying to escape polygamist compounds in the deserts of Utah and Texas.
But the legalization of polygamy is not connected to this ruling in any way. Rather, this ruling deals with Utah's law regarding bigamy. Here is a more accurate description from the Utah Political Capitol:
In the decision, the court found that Utah's bigamy law, which was the states primary polygamy law, was too broad when it included cohabitation. The law currently reads that " A person is guilty of bigamy when, knowing he has a husband or wife or knowing the other person has a husband or wife, the person purports to marry another person or cohabits with another person."
By including cohabitation in its bigamy law, the court concluded, the state cast too wide a net—as a married person could, under Utah law, be guilty if bigamy if they lived with another individual for an extended period of time, even if the individual was still in a monogamous relationship with another individual. The law left no room for long-term stays or an estranged husband sleeping on a friend's couch.
The court also noted that recently other courts have agreed that it is not the state's place to criminalize relationships or the activities within those relations. Consenting adults, the court argues, are allowed to engage in whatever relationships they so choose and should not become criminals simply for engaging in those relationships. By preventing the Browns, or any other polygamous relationship, from taking place, the state is violating the Fourteenth Amendment right to liberty, free of intrusion from the government according to the court.
Kody Brown, who is only legally married to Meri, made no attempts to legally marry his other wives and made no attempts to defraud other individuals or the state in regards to this fact.
To this end, the court reemphasized the fact that the state has an important role in regulating marriage, but only in the legal sense. The state, the court says, can not justify setting down legal restrictions to those who stray away from a traditional structure so long as other harm is not being done. Cases of incest, rape, intercourse with a minor, and domestic or child abuse are outside of this general statement, and laws independent of Utah's bigamy law address such crimes.
The judge's ruling regarding the bigamy law surrounds the rights of individuals to form and participate in relationships. LGBTQ persons have been forming relationships for ever. Marriage Equality doesn't provide us the right to form relationships, rather it allows for the legal recognition of a primary relationship between two persons in regards to legal rights and responsibilities.
Most obnoxious in Ethington's rationale is this:
Polygamy? It's not an innate characteristic, it's a choice. The struggle for polygamy is not about equality, but about privacy. It's a fight to keep government away from the choices of consenting adults. It's an important distinction to make.
Does that sound familiar- the attempted use of the notion of choice to draw a line between who should and shouldn't b e allowed to marry, or who does and doesn't deserve rights?
Ethington wants to separate the issue of polygamy and marriage equality by claiming that one is about privacy and the other is about equality, a truly fallacious argument. Privacy- remember how that is connected to LGBTQ Rights in terms of sodomy? Privacy and Equality are connected. Both are rights granted to us all.
Ethington is afraid. One understood path towards full marriage equality revolves around masses of straight people coming to believe that women and men who want to marry a same-sex partner are just like them. In other words that we queers buy into conventional monogamy. Ethington needs us to be as horrified of non-traditional relationships as the conservatives are. But a more prominent path to full equality revolves around the true basis of equality.
I don't believe Ethington needs to worry. This judge's ruling doesn't allow polygamy and there is no truth to the myth that marriage equality will lead to polygamy. A tradition of polygamy is more connected to a past-era notion of a patriarchal domination where a woman becomes the property of a husband and he can have as many properties as he chooses. That notion of unbridled control over women has no basis in a constitutional right to marry. Most everyone knows that.


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How to Print from An iPhone
- How to Print from An iPhone
- Printing through iPhone Print Apps
- Printing via Email
It has been just two years since Apple added AirPrint printing functionality to iOS 4.2, and at launch AirPrint was only compatible with about a dozen HP printers. The arrival of AirPrint brought two notions to the forefront: You can print from an iPhone (or iPad ), and the choices were meagerAirPrint, if you were lucky enough that your printer supported it, and a selection of third-party apps, most of which required a Mac on your Wi-Fi network.
Much has changed in the interim. A much wider range of printers now support AirPrint, printer manufacturers have stepped in to release their own, more fully featured iPhone printing apps, and third-party print apps have improved in functionality and in the range of printers they support. Though most iPhone printing requires that your iPhone be on the same Wi-Fi network as the printer, some printers now have their own email addresses, and will automatically print out documents and attachments you email to them, from anywhere in the world.
Printing with AirPrint
An easy way to print from your iPhone, provided that you have a compatible printer on your Wi-Fi network, is Apple's own AirPrint, built into recent versions of Apple's iOS operating system. iPhone models starting with the 3GS are AirPrint enabled, and many recent printers from major printer brands such as Brother, Canon, Dell, HP, Lexmark, Ricoh, and Samsung, are AirPrint compatible. AirPrint printing functionality is the same, no matter which model iPhone you own (provided that it's 3GS or later); it will work with iPads and iPods touch as well.
With AirPrint you can print documents from Apple programs such as Photos, Safari, Mail, and iPhoto, as well as many third-party apps. When you open a document in such a program, you can access the Share button through an icon (usually a forward arrow) at the top or bottom of the screen. It should reveal a print option (as well as social media sharing options). Press Print, and the Printer Options screen should appear. Press Select Printer, and the app will search for any AirPrint compatible printers on your Wi-Fi network.
AirPrint Troubleshooting
If the printer is turned on and its Wi-Fi is enabled, your iPhone should automatically detect it. If not, be sure that the two devices are really on the same Wi-Fi network. (There may be multiple accessible networks in an office setting.) Also, some AirPrint printers require that you enable AirPrint before you can use it, usually through the printer's Setup menu. (Check the printer's user manual if you still have any question.)
If these don't work, restart the printer, and make sure its firmware is up to date. If you still can't get your iPhone to find the printer, you'll need to contact the printer manufacturer and/or check with the relevant Apple Support Community: (https://discussions.apple.com/community/iphone).
AirPrint in Action
Printing from AirPrint is a decidedly no-frills operation. It'll let you use the number of copies, duplex printing (if your printer supports it), but little else, so you'll have to do any tweaking of the print setup through the printerbe sure you've loaded the right type of paper for your job and have enabled the proper settings for paper type and print quality through the printer's driver or software interface.
AirPrint Printing through a Mac
Even if your printer isn't AirPrint compatible, if you have a Mac on your network, you can install a utility such as Printopia that will let you print to it from AirPrint. Once you install Printopia on your Mac (a simple double-click operation), it will identify all the printers on your network. Your iPhone should recognize them as well, and you'll have the additional option "Send to Mac"which sends a PDF or JPEG of the document to your Macand, if you have DropBox installed, "Send to DropBox on Mac." Otherwise, printing is the same as it is directly through AirPrint.


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At the beginning of August 1914, the German army marched on Liège in Belgium. Barchon is a Belgian village in the province of Liège, near the German border. This photographic postcard depicts Belgian soldiers climbing up a hill.
There is often a fine line between information and propaganda. This especially applies for war postcards such as this one.
- Full title:
- The European war. Defense of Liege: attack of the 9th regiment in Barchon (7 August 1914)
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- 1914
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- Postcard / Photograph
- Language:
- French
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- © Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België (Bibliotheque Royale de Belgique)
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In May, we welcomed several large State and City DMOs to nSight. We're happy to say that many of our new users will be taking advantage of State-City subscription relationships that give the City DMOs a Free View of their Subscribing State Market. For example, since Visit California is a client, Los Angeles will have a view of the State compliments of Visit California. And Lexington will now have a view of Kentucky, compliments of Kentucky Tourism. The relationship is carried through with Hotel subscribers, too. Hotels get a complimentary view of their City compliments of their subscribing DMO.
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"I got 'em, I got 'em!" So, you've been duck hunting for a few years now and the thought of having a dog go and get your ducks rather than you having to do all the work sounds pretty cool. Well, you will find it to be pretty cool, and the good news is – your dog will too! Retrievers such as a Labrador or the Golden just love bringing things back to us, especially, dead birds! I've had several [Read More]
RD's Rugged Hunting Stories
Huntin' (rugged for hunting) is not only ultimately rugged, it's just plain cool! I've been so lucky to have hunted all across Canada and parts of the US of A. Caribou in the Northwest Territories, waterfowl in the prairies, deer in Ontario and Quebec… all the way to moose hunting in Newfoundland. And, let me tell you, the goose hunting in Texas… well, you would have to see it to believe it. And, the pheasant hunting in North Dakota? Rugged!
Hey, send in your huntin' stories too, along with a picture or three. We'll give you the full street cred, or as I call it, "Bush Cred."
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Black Bears and Black Pepper… and Cayenne Pepper Too!
"This misty spray just could save your life" I've eaten quite a lot of black bear meat in my life. And, just like most meats, I normally season it with salt and black pepper when I'm preparing to cook it. But, when I'm in the bush and I see a bear within my immediate area, I'll "season it" with cayenne pepper over black pepper, any day. Cayenne-based pepper spray is, in my opinion, the best line of self defense against [Read More]
The Bait Debate
"Corn and apples on the ground, 25 yards out." Sitting about 17 feet up in a tree sure gives me, the hunter, a great view. It also makes it a little less likely for the deer to see me, smell me or hear me. And, when they come in to eat the apples and corn I put there for them, they are distracted by all the free food! Since the deer is distracted, it gives me a good opportunity to [Read More]
"RD with his "lucky" buck." Sitting fifteen feet above the frozen ground with a stiff, November breeze smacking you in the face can make a guy appreciate things like hot coffee, long underwear and woodstoves. It can also make a guy appreciate whitetail deer hunting. As I very slowly moved my head from side to side I noticed a quick movement to my far right. My heart rate accelerated and I suddenly forgot how cold I was. But, within two [Read More]
Quality Hearing Products Provide Hearing Safety When You Go Hunting!
Hi, my name is John O'Connor. I am a father, outdoorsman and passionate about living a healthy lifestyle. Over the past few years I have become more and more interested in hearing loss. My father and grandfathers, who are and were all hunters, are affected by hearing loss. I feel that there is a general lack of understanding around the issue and it is our job to spread awareness where we can. Check out my new blog at bloggingwjohno.blogspot.com! People who love [Read More]
Pretty Good But Not Totally Trained…
"RD, you look like a goddam idiot! " I suppose it was my own damn fault! I mean, what did I expect would happen if I went duck hunting with a guy who doesn't really hunt very much. After all, he did tell me straight up that he normally only hunts ducks one or two days each season. Warning flag… There are several things you can expect when you agree to hunt with some random guy that you met through a [Read More]
Eighteen Feet
"Dead deer – Rugged! Earings on a dude… unrugged! (Sorry, Chris, I couldn't stop myself!!)" Eighteen feet is around the average height of one of my tree stands. It's likely the typical height that most tree stand hunters hang their stands at too, especially, the whitetail deer guys. I've been hunting out of trees for about thirty years now and to my amazement many of my rugged hunting buddies still have not discovered the advantages of hunting from up in [Read More]


text: Beth Novak Associate ProfessorAdvising Coordinator Schoonover Center 339740-593-4168 email@example.com of ExpertiseUser Interface DesignHistory and Production of Digital MediaNontraditional StorytellingBeth Novak's love of special effects began at a young age when her parents took her to a matinee of E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial. An eye for design and an affinity for technology sidelined the love of effects and lead to a career in graphic design. After stints as an interface designer with the Chicago Tribune, the Detroit Free Press, and America Online, Beth returned to school to earn an MFA in Design. It was in graduate school while working at the Advanced Computing Center for Art and Design that Beth rediscovered her love of visual effects. Beth has been at Ohio University since 2003, and in that time she has taught classes in areas such as the history of special effects, digital game production, computer animation, and media and the Web. Her creative work has ranged from digital game interface design for children to broadcast graphics for film. Education M.F.A. Interface Design, Ohio State University B.S. Visual Communication, Ohio University Attachment Posted on Sat, May 1, 2010 by Clayton Burnett


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Sandro Cortese of Germany and the Red Bull KTM Ajo Factory Racing Team won the first ever Moto3 World Championship title on Sunday at the Malaysian Grand Prix to write another chapter in KTM's successful history of always being "Ready to Race".
Sandro Cortese slipped past KTM teammate Zulfahmi Khairuddin in the final stages of the last lap to take the race and the title, even though he only needed a podium finish to settle the championship. Jonas Folger of Germany on the KALEX-KTM was third. There are still two races in hand.
Standings Constructors Moto3 after Round 16 of 18
Victory for KTM, the Moto3 bike & Sandro Cortese
Sandro Cortese on his now #1 KTM 250 GP
Cortese and team manager Aki Ajo celebrate success
Sandro Cortese – 2012 Moto3 World Champion
KTM Moto3 podium at Sepang (MA): (from left) Zulfahmi Khairuddin, Cortese and Jonas Folger
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DJ Fresh will be in town on Wednesday, Dec. 8 at the Knitting Factory with The Grouch, Brother Ali and more for the Boise stop of the fourth annual How The Grouch Stole Christmas Tour. More on that in Wednesday's issue of Boise Weekly.
Atlanta, Ga.'s The Constellations return to the Neurolux on Monday, March 28, 2011. Click here to read Josh Gross' review of their last Boise performance in October; they were opening for Electric Six who, due to family issues, had to cancel their Boise stop. The Constellations made sure no one was sorry for going to the show anyway. For an even funkier groove, visit TheConstellationsMusic.com and listen to the 9-minute jam, "Step Right Up."
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designed to support The New And advanced practitioner
We offer a variety of traditional and nontraditional individual, prop based, and partner based classes to help you practice your yoga - the connection of mind, body, and spirit, in our current day and age. Our classes max out with 8 students so you receive a personal experience and high level of instruction and safety.
DROP-IN AND Yoga MEMBERSHIP CLASSES
Limitless Gentle Yoga - LYB Friendly
Limitless Gentle Yoga is a LoveYourBrain friendly class geared to help anyone find balance and rejuvenation through intentional grounded movements emphasizing embodiment and fluidity within postures.
Each class will also incorporate pranayama practices and an extended savasana to quiet the mind, calm the nervous, and ease you into the week ahead.
*This class is LoveYourBrain Friendly for TBI survivors and qualifies for the $5 class discount for those who have completed at least ONE LYB Series. It is regularly taught by a LYB Trained Professional.
Limitless Hatha Ebb and Flow
Limitless Hatha Ebb and Flow is designed to be a Hatha yoga class focused on the balance between solar (heating) and lunar (cooling) energies of the body. This class is ALL LEVELS and will enable students to explore the depths of postures (asana) and breath (pranayama) to find a deeper awareness and understanding, while balancing that depth with gentle flows to find equilibrium in the growth process.
Limitless Vinyasa Flow
Limitless Vinyasa Flow is an ALL LEVELS vinyasa inspired class designed to seamlessly help you flow through meditation, breath work and asana (posture) to allow practitioners to connect deeper into their personal practices with ease and comfort on and off of the mat.
Vinyasa can be translated to "placing in a special way" to ensure that each movement made is purposeful, thought out and then felt to truly tap into a deeper connection to your own experience.
**Modifications will be provided for all levels of practitioners, so please tell your instructor of any special needs so they may assist you in having the best experience possible!
Limitless (Infrared) Yin Yoga *LYB Friendly
Limitless (Infrared) Yin Yoga is a yoga class open to all in order to release fascial binding, provide comfort, support, and ease to the myofascial (muscular) structures of the body with deep healing assistance from infrared light therapy in some of our time slots. This class is all levels and focuses on bringing balance and space back into the body through therapeutic applications of asana (postures), pranayama (breath), mudras (hand gestures), and dhyana (meditation).
Enjoy the use of props and hands on therapeutic adjustments to ensure a positive and supported experience.
*This class is LoveYourBrain Friendly for TBI survivors and qualifies for the $5 class discount for those who have completed at least ONE LYB Series. It is regularly taught by a LYB Trained Professional.
Limitless Yoga Energetics
Limitless Yoga Energetics is a class that will focus on deepening your connection to your energetic body. This class consists of yoga postures, mindful movements, mudra (gestures), bandha (locks), subtle energetics (vayus), breath work, deep relaxation and meditation woven together in a special way to reach a specific desired energetic result.
Anytime you mindfully move and shape your body and breath, you are altering the energetic landscape inside of you. Through the practice, you will feel a positive force begin to manifest that is beyond your thinking mind. The more awake you are for this experience, the more your practice will change you - on and off the mat.
At the heart of this class is the reminder of your essential nature, your true Self, so you can live beyond any limits.
Limitless Flight and Flow - Aerial + Yoga
Limitless Flight and Flow combines the art and science of aerial acrobatics and a traditional yoga practice in this 75 minute class.
Students will use ground based floor practices to deeply connect mind, body, and spirit before and after learning to maneuver within and utilize the aerial hammocks, silks, or lyra for complimentary acrobatically based tricks to help them heighten their awareness in the air.
This class is designed to address the therapeutics and complimentary movements an aerialist (and the general population) may need to maintain a strong mind and body. It will help to deepen flexibility and teach injury prevention.
No experience necessary. This class is limited to 8 people.
Limitless Cirque Fitness
Limitless Cirque Fitness is an intro and all levels strength & conditioning class that utilizes functional training exercises designed to specifically improve your technique and skills and ability in the air. Exercises translate to our Aerial Dance program, acrobatics, climbing, CrossFit and lifting, and other modalities.
We will incorporate a variety of movements working on the ground and with aerial silks, slings, and lyras to increase stability, control, and precision focusing heavily on core and upper body while enjoying and increasing flexibility and awareness of the entire system.
Come experience some of the "favorite" exercises performed for aerial arts to get your whole body feeling strong and lean to take your workouts to the next level.
Limitless Flexibility & Injury Prevention
Limitless Flexibility & Injury Prevention for Aerialists class will incorporate techniques from yoga, circus, and dance to safely enhance deeper flexibility and injury prevention tips of the key body areas used during an aerial practice.
Classes will vary in content each week, but will have focuses on back bends, hamstring, shoulder, chest, hip and forearm opening, joint mobility, and discuss injury prevention tips to promote a body that is open and agile. Students will be guided to deeply connect to their body awareness and breath through the play of fine tuning body adjustments to further deepen the length in their muscles and tissues. Breakdown on proper alignment and muscle engagement through these exercises are also highlighted.
Limitless Deep Flexibility
Limitless Deep Flexibility is both an elevatED and yoga inspired flexibility class focused on developing active flexibility, or flexibility that is supported by strength and stability, rather than passive flexibility, or that which doesn't require strength.
Come prepared to progressively work deep into postures and movements to build functional flexibility of the mind, body, and spirit here.
Open to all levels with a willingness to meet themselves where they are with their flexibility and open up to new worlds!
Limitless Flight - Aerial Yoga
Bring the ancient practice of yoga into the air with Limitless Flight Aerial Yoga Classes.
This class will utilize the aerial sling to support, open, and release the body through ground, air, and combination postures/asanas, breath work, and meditation practices.
Must pre-register. If no one registers, there will not be an instructor present.
Limitless Lunar Flight - Aerial Yoga
Bring the ancient practice of yoga into the air with Limitless Flight Aerial Yoga.
This LUNAR class is ALL LEVELS and will utilize the aerial sling to support, open, and release the body through ground, air, and combination postures/asanas, breath work, and meditation practices. This is a therapeutic and restorative class designed to cool and rejuvenate the body.
Must pre-register. If no one registers, there will not be an instructor present.
Limitless Acro and Partner Yoga
Join us for a partner and acrobatic yoga class. This class will work on a variety of partner yoga poses on the ground, via weight sharing, and in the air. Learn the basics, conditioning, and progress towards beginner and advanced transitions and combinations.
All levels are welcome. Come with friends and make new ones! No partner necessary for class. Please pre-register.


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An ethanol production plant in central Florida returned to operation after a tank exploded April 24, causing a temporary shutdown, a company source told DTN.
The source said that the Bartow Ethanol Inc. plant returned to service during the weekend following the fire. "Everything is back and running," she said, adding that a fire caused by the explosion was contained within hours.
The company, which is located east of Tampa Bay, processes ethanol from corn.
No one was hurt in the incident, she said, but couldn't provide details on the cause, which is still under investigations.
The explosion occurred in a 50,000-gallon tank that contained about 1,000 gallons of ethanol at the time, causing extensive damage to the south side of the building housing the company. While the explosion posed no direct danger to the public, officials evacuated the nearby Orange Bowl Juice Plant, the Cold Storage Plant, and an agricultural center as a precaution.
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A British man who allegedly tried to assassinate U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump has reportedly revealed to his father why he did it.
Michael Sandford, 20, spoke to his father last week after a prison visit in Nevada and told him that: 'Someone had to stand up for America'.
According to his family, Michael, who has a history of mental illness, is 'bewildered, frightened and overwhelmed' after being held in solitary confinement.
In an interview with the Mail on Sunday, his father Paul Davey, 50, said he was shocked by Michael's confession:
I asked him what happened and he would only say that if Trump was elected, it would change the world and that somebody had to stand up for America.
His parents said that Michael was a bright young man with mental health problems and that what he did was 'completely out of character'.
His mother Lynne, said:
Every message I've had from everybody who has ever known him says what a delightful person he is, how considerate, how charming, how polite. A jail certainly isn't the best place for him.
They spoke of the moment he was detained overnight at a psychiatric hospital last year, after being found 'distressed' in a car on the first day of a fortnight holiday.
A few months later he returned to the U.S. and lost contact with his family, which is when his mum alerted the authorities.
He was arrested last week at a Trump rally in Las Vegas for allegedly trying to grab a policeman's gun to attempt an assassination on the Republican presidential candidate.
According to police documents, Sandford told arresting officers that he had he been planning the assassination for a year and expected to die during the attempt.
Last night, his mother urged the U.S. authorities to let her son return to Britain to receive psychiatric help, adding he's 'a very troubled, disturbed person now.'


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Apple is yet to announce a date for the iPhone 8 launch. But with the event closing in, the leaks are coming at a faster pace. The latest lead we have about the design is an image from the Foxconn factory.
A picture of the iPhone 8 back is taken right before it is packaged and transferred to another line of production and you can see a fingerprint below the Apple logo.
Apple will unveil three new phones in September and the orientation of the dual camera suggests this is the iPhone 8.
But it's the fingerprint reader on the back that is perplexing. Jony Ive & co. seem to have decided against a side-mounted reader, focusing instead on the iris scanner. Could this be the iPhone 7s instead? Perhaps not, until now, all 7s leaks showed the dual camera on a horizontal line in the upper left corner.[Source"cnbc"]


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Famed Short Seller Carson Block, founder of Muddy Waters Capital, was interviewed by Bloomberg later this week and took issue with Farley's comments.
It's "un-American" to short?! I'd say it's more un-American to rig the markets so that no one can catch fraud. https://t.co/d2lrFukZ1k— Bethany McLean (@bethanymac12) June 28, 2017
Here is a May 22, 2003 Presentation by David Rocker to the House of Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprise titled:
"The Long and Short of Hedge Funds: Effects of Strategies for Managing Market Risk"
Included in the above link:
March 1999 Barron's:"A CROWDED TRADE"
February 2001 Barron's: "Fantasy Accounting"
Short Seller Carson Block Fires Back at NYSE's 'Un-American' Jab -https://t.co/CVki1m9feq— Mae 🔍 (@NCMae) June 30, 2017


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art'otel berlin mitte, by Park Plaza, Berlin
- Free WiFi
- Collect nights
art'otel berlin mitte, by Park Plaza, Berlinfrom $92
- Art Room
- Art Suite
- Suite (Art XL)
- Art Room, Courtyard Area
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What's around art'otel berlin mitte, by Park Plaza, Berlin
- In Mitte
- Nikolaikirche - 11 min walk
- DDR Museum - 15 min walk
- Friedrichstrasse - 15 min walk
- Berlin TV Tower - 16 min walk
- Berlin Cathedral - 17 min walk
- Gendarmenmarkt - 17 min walk
- Alexanderplatz - 19 min walk
Getting around
- Berlin (TXL-Tegel) - 24 min drive
- Berlin (SXF-Schoenefeld) - 22 min drive
- Alexanderplatz Station - 20 min walk
- Berlin Ost Station - 25 min walk
- Berlin East S-Bahn - 25 min walk
- Markisches Museum U-Bahn - 1 min walk
- Spittelmarkt U-Bahn - 8 min walk
- Jannowitzbrücke Station - 8 min walk
At a glance
Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 109 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 7 floors
- Check-in time 2 PM-midnight
- Check-out time is noon
Required at check-in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- Pets allowed (dogs only) *
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Self parking *
Payment types at the property
- Cash
Other information
- Smoke-free property
In the hotel
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Buffet breakfast daily (surcharge)
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- 24-hour room service
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Business center
- One meeting room
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Wedding services
- Multilingual staff
- Porter/bellhop
- Elevator
- Fireplace in lobby
- Television in common areas
- Dutch
- English
- French
- German
- Italian
- Turkish
In the room
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Private bathroom
- Bathtub or shower
- Rainfall showerhead
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- 32-inch TV
- Pay movies
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Phone
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
Also popular with travelers from the USA
Special features
DiningUpside Down - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Reservations are required.
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The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property. The policies listed are provided by the property.
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
Special cancellation policies or charges may apply for group reservations (more than 8 rooms for the same property / stay dates).
Mandatory fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check-in or check-out:
- A city tax is imposed by the city of Berlin. Business travelers with proof of business-related travel are exempt from this tax. For more details, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
- A 5 percent city/local tax will be charged
Optional extras
Self parking costs EUR 20.00 per night
Buffet breakfast is offered for an extra charge of EUR 19.50 for adults and EUR 19.50 for children (approximately)
Pets are allowed for an extra charge of EUR 10 per accommodation, per night
We have included all charges provided to us by this property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the unit you book.
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Recent reviews
Superb 9.0 From 421 reviews
Great location , great service , great people .
Very modern large rooms. Bathroom is modern and warm. Metro is front of hotel. Sofa bed is big and comfy. If you ask you can get kettle. Very helpfull staff. Thanks reception&housekeeping. If we go Berlin again, definitely choose Art Otel. Nice aresia. Thanks a lot.
The hotel was really perfect for my partner and I on our first couples trip together. The location was ideal for accessing public transportation around the Berlin, and I LOVED the Handy phone given to guests for use of wifi and google maps throughout the trip. I never needed to use data on my own personal phone. So helpful and such a nice touch. The bedding was comfortable and the water pressure in the bathroom was fantastic. Only complaint was somewhat slow wifi in the hotel, and the fact that our queen bed was really just two twin beds next to each other. For a couples trip, it felt like we had to sleep separately to avoid falling into the crack in between the beds. But that wasn't enough to change our positive impression of the hotel overall! When we checked out, we called ahead for a taxi the day before, and our taxi was ready and waiting at 4:30 a.m. when we groggily checked out. Thanks for the amazing service!
Easy access to the U and close walking distance to many sites. A quiet location, out of the hustle and bustle, which I liked. Staff was great---excellent service! Ordered room service twice and food was amazing! Room was clean and found the bed very comfortable. Was there in the winter so they had down comforters. Unlike the U.S. there were no sheets just 2 down comforters for a queen bed and it was perfect! Would stay here again--great for the solo traveller or couples. Would not recommend for families with young children. Very welcoming and friendly staff.
Lovely small hotel, clean, convenient and modern, nice beds and very good linen, in a lovely part of Berlin. Friendly, helpful and efficient staff, great breakfast, and the art display was a great touch. Very good value for money
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Great views, art, architecture and gardens. Richard Meier's Getty Center offers all. The journey begins as you board the tram that takes you to 881 feet above sea level, where the Getty Center is perched on a hilltop in the Santa Monica Mountains. The architecture is striking and uplifting with its abundance of light, open spaces and modern lines that go so harmoniously with the landscape.
Trivia: Can you guess which blockbuster movie featured the Getty Center?
Hint: Actor Christopher Pine was in it.
I was particularly taken by the gardens. There's a central garden with a maze and a walkway that winds through visual and sound sculptures created by the interplay of plants, water, stones and light. It's hard to explain because it's just one of those things you have to experience. These gardens make you want to linger and reflect. While I may have liked a potted mini-cactus or two, I never thought I'd ever describe these pin cushions as stunning or gorgeous. Dennis McGlade's cactus garden in the south promontory proved me wrong. I was so captivated by these prickly greens that I was so disappointed you could only view them from a distance. Just as well. Apart from the fact that the south promontory's location is too precarious, these cuddly-looking balls of golden fuzz, aptly named teddy bear cholla, can break off with the slightest breeze and attack you with its army of needles.


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Welcome to the June Etc by Danyale page challenge, in a new location and better than ever!
I thought since I am officially on summer vacation, it would be nice to really challenge myself this month. I have a hard time blending more than one kit together to make a layout, so this month I thought it would be fun to have to blend 3 kits together to really stretch my skills. So your challenge, if you choose to accept it, will be to take 3 Etc by Danyale kits, use pieces from each of them (enough so that you can tell you used the kit), and make a layout. Easy enough, right?
I chose 3 kits that you may not immediately think of to go together, I thought it would be more fun that way. I chose Shabby Boho because I absolutely love the papers in this one- the way they are blended together is just amazing!
Then, I decided on Enchanted, which is technically a Halloween-inspired kit, but I thought the colors in it would blend nicely with Shabby Boho.
Finally, I went with Gypsy. Now here is where you are thinking that these are kits that don't really go together well. Gypsy has a much brighter color palette than the other two kits, but I thought that would provide a nice pop to my layout.
And here is my finished layout using one of the senior pictures I took for my oldest daughter.
So on to the rules…
1. Pick any 3 Etc by Danyale kits currently in the shop and mix and match to your heart's content. Remember we need to be able to see that you actually used pieces from those 3 kits. (retiring kits are acceptable this month – but no kits retired in previous years please)
2. Upload your layout and post it here for us to gush over by midnight EST on Tuesday June 30, 2015. As this challenge is hosted on the blog, you can upload anywhere and share a link to it in the comments to enter!
One lucky winner will be chosen at random to receive a $10 coupon to Danyale's store.
So get to work, I can't wait to see what you create!
~ JenniferS


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Betti Alver
Alver, Betti
(pseudonym of Elizabet Lepik). Born Nov. 23, 1906, in Jigeva. Soviet Estonian writer and translator.
Born into a worker's family, Alver studied at the University of Tartu and published her first novel, Mistress of theWind, in 1927. She also wrote the short story "The Invalids" (1930), the narrative poem Song About a White Crow (1931), the poem in prose The Comedy of Poverty (1935), and the collection of poems Dust and Fire (1936). Her work is characterized by painstaking care with form and flexibility and lightness of language. She translated Pushkin's Eugene Onegin and M. Gorky's Childhood and My Universities into Estonian.
WORKSTähetund. Tallin, 1966.
In Russian translation:
In Antologiia estonskoi poezii, vol. 2. Moscow-Leningrad, 1959.


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Rockers Queen have paid tribute to their former producer David Richards, after he passed away on Friday.
The British musician died at his home in Switzerland at the age of 57 following a long illness, according to reports.
Richards began his career in the 1970s at London's Chappell Studios, and moved to Switzerland to work at the newly-opened Mountain Studios just two years later, becoming the venue's chief engineer by the time he turned 21. He would later become the owner of the famed studios.
He rose to fame thanks to his collaborations with David Bowie, starting with his 1987 release Never Let Me Down, and teamed up with Queen on their final four studio albums, including 1986's A Kind of Magic and The Miracle in 1989.
Richards also worked on Iggy Pop's Blah Blah Blah in 1986.
The surviving members of Queen have remembered their old collaborator in a post on their official website, writing, "(Richards) will be remembered by many as a good friend. He was funny and generous and great company, a talented and capable man who had an instinctive 'magic touch' in the recording studio. His creative productions will be enjoyed for years to come."
British rockers The Cribs have also sent their condolences to Richards' family.
A message on their Facebook.com page reads: "We are very sad to have today received the news that our friend David Richards has passed away in Montreux. David was a producer that The Cribs always had a deep admiration for, having produced many of our favorite Queen records back in the 1980's/90's. We had the honor of recording with him back in the late summer of 2012, while working on preliminary sessions for 'In The Belly of The Brazen Bull'…
"We are so grateful that we got to work with someone who can truly be described as one of the masters. David – thankyou (sic) for your generosity, the fun times, and the inspiration. You will be missed, sir."
Rockers Queen have paid tribute to their former producer David Richards, after he passed away on Friday.


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Poetry, haiku, tanka, and micropoetry
Looking for people to share the written word
Coffee For The Mind, inspiration for the soul!
the literary asylum
Daily Thoughts and Meditations as we journey together with our Lord.
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Teaching's 'Endangered Species'
Bu Blake Rodman
When Walter A. Mercer joined the education faculty at predominantly black Florida A & M University in 1963, the school was graduating more than 300 new teachers a year.
But today, despite growth in the university as a whole and the school's sound reputation for teacher training, it graduates fewer than 100. And of those, about 66 percent fail the state's new teacher-certification test.
"That leaves about 34 teachers a year," said Mr. Mercer in a recent interview. "And we are the largest producer of black teachers in the state."
The Florida A & M experience, far from unique among the nation's historically black higher-education institutions, provides evidence of what educators warn is a growing--if now largely unexamined--national problem: the long-term erosion of the minority teaching force.
And the eventual consequences of the problem, these experts say, may be incalculable. For as the minority teacher slowly vanishes from the nation's classrooms, legions of minority-group children--the fastest-growing segment of the nation's youth population--are poised to enter an education system that will be devoid of role models.
According to statistics from the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, the number of new teachers produced by predominantly black institutions like Florida A & M has declined by 45 percent since 1978. Because these schools have traditionally supplied the lion's share of the nation's black teaching force, declines of this magnitude are seen as significant indicators.
But assessing the full dimensions of the problem nationally has so far been hampered by the lack of timely and comprehensive data by race. As one Washington-based higher-education representative put it: "We take the hard data we can get and then speculate from there."
The statistics that are available provide much fuel for speculation, including these unsettling trends:
The pool of potential minority teachers is being narrowed by a general decline in college-going among minority youths.
Minorities "continue to be seriously underrepresented in postsecondary schools at the same time that their group as a whole continues to grow in number and proportion," said the American Council on Education last month, in its fourth annual status report on minorities in higher education. (See Education Week, April 17, 1985.)
Blacks have accounted for a smaller and smaller proportion of the nation's total college enrollment since the mid-1970's, according to statistics from the U.S. Education Department's office for civil rights. In the latest year for which figures are available--1982-83--black youths made up 13 percent of the 18-to-24-year-old population but represented only 9.6 percent of those enrolled in college. Hispanics, who represented 7.1 percent of college-age youths, made up 4.4 percent of college enrollment.
And the college-going rate for high-school graduates in both groups has been declining steadily since the mid-1970's, the ocr figures show--for blacks, from 35.5 percent in 1976, to 27 percent in 1983; for Hispanics, from 35.8 percent to 31 percent over the same period.
The number of minority college students choosing education as their field of study is dropping.
According to the ocr data, the number of bachelor's degrees in education awarded to blacks declined by 52 percent over a seven-year period--from 14,209 in 1975-76, to 6,792 in 1982-83. The proportion of all undergraduate education degrees awarded to blacks in that period fell from 9.2 percent to 6.9 percent.
And though the percentage share of education degrees for Hispanics increased--up from 1.8 percent to 2.6 percent--they, too, lost ground in numbers. In 1975-76, 2,831 bachelor's degrees in education went to Hispanics; in 1982-83, the figure was 2,517.
For whites, the number of bachelor's degrees in education declined by 40 percent--from 135,464 to 81,650.
The impact of competency-testing for teachers is becoming apparent in state and regional studies showing wide discrepancies between the growth of minority segments of the teaching force and growth in the teaching force as a whole.
A recent survey of teacher statistics in 10 Southern states, for example, found that the number of black teachers had fallen by 6.4 percent between 1980-81 and 1983-84--from 77,932 to 72,910--while the total number of teachers in those states was rising by almost a percentage point--from 522,683 to 525,987.
In South Carolina, the total number of teachers rose by 2 percent, but the number of black teachers fell by 6 percent. In North Carolina, where the total dropped 1 percent, the number of blacks dropped 5 percent. And in Texas, only 95 of 11,495 teaching positions added during the three-year period were filled by black teachers.
The survey's principal researcher, Constance Carter Cooper, dean of the division of graduate studies at Coppin State College in Baltimore, attributes these declines "mainly to testing."
"How else can you explain it?" Ms. Cooper said. "There is no other event that occurred in the last four years in the Southern states that would explain this drop in the number of black teachers."
Bleak Forecast for 1990
G. Pritchy Smith, chairman of the division of curriculum and instruction at the University of North Florida and considered by many to be the nation's leading authority on the effect of teacher testing on minorities, paints a disturbing picture of future classrooms from these and other statistics.
Based on data he has gathered from the National Center for Education Statistics and from states using required teachers' examinations, Mr. Smith concludes that, if present trends continue, the minority representation in the nation's teaching force--at about 12.5 percent in 1980--could fall to 5 percent by 1990.
In graphic terms, he says, a minority teaching force of that size would mean that the average student, who has about 40 teachers during his precollegiate years, can expect at best to encounter only two teachers who are members of a minority group during his entire school career.
"If black students don't see black teachers in the classroom," says Florida A & M's Mr. Mercer, "they will feel they shouldn't be in the profession either."
And, adds Mr. Smith, "to establish healthy attitudes about minority groups in this society," white children also must be able to identify with teachers from other racial groups.
Opting Out of Profession
Yet many educators suggest that a complex blending of social, economic, and political forces has contributed to the reluctance of blacks and other minorities to enter teaching. Some of the same factors that have prompted white students to opt out of the profession--low pay, long hours, lack of professional status, and the field's bureaucracy--are also disincentives to minorities, they note.
But in addition, say the experts, academically able minority-group members who once found teaching one of the few professional options available to them are now being recruited for careers that promise greater rewards and advancement.
"Up until the late 1970's," says Reginald Wilson, director of the office of minority concerns for the American Council on Education, "the college major of the predominant number of blacks and Hispanics enrolled in postsecondary institutions was education." Now, he says, the choices made by these groups closely mirror those of white students, the most popular being business.
And for those few who do choose teaching, an additional roadblock has been placed in their career path: competency testing. Those who have studied the phenomenon of the vanishing minority teacher agree almost unanimously on this point: The broadening practice of testing teachers--prospective teachers entering training programs, graduates seeking certification, and even practicing classroom teachers--has greatly exacerbated the problem.
The tests represent, says Florida A & M's Mr. Mercer, "an academic electric chair" for would-be minority teachers.
"They are killing off the future supply of black teachers," he says. "I've looked at the statistics from all over the country and within the next six years the black teacher will be an endangered species."
Says Peter A. Garcia, dean for extended education and governmental relations at Pan American University in Edinburg, Tex.: "These tests are devastating for Hispanics as well as for blacks. A large number of Hispanic young people are being excluded from teaching because of them."
Tests 'Especially Untimely'
And as Mr. Smith notes in a recent study, "The Impact of Competency Testing on Teacher Education: Ethical and Legal Issues in Teacher Selection," this additional thinning of the minority teaching ranks is "especially untimely." The number of minority-group children in elementary and secondary schools is expected to reach 30 percent of the total student population by 1990, he says.
Minority public-school enrollment already exceeds 50 percent of the total in New Mexico and Mississippi, according to Mr. Smith, and is expected to approach 50 percent in California, Louisiana, South Carolina, and Texas by 1990.
In addition, he says, the minority enrollment in Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Florida, and North Carolina, which currently ranges from 30 to 40 percent, will be about 50 percent by the year 2000.
"All of these states are presently, or will soon be, engaged in competency testing for teachers," notes Mr. Smith. "This testing appears only to guarantee the elimination of minority teachers in a decade when they will be sorely needed."
High Failure Rates
In fact, evidence from states that have been using teacher-certification tests now documents what many have feared since the tests' inception: that a disproportionate share of minority students are scoring below state-set cutoff points and thus being screened out of the profession.
In the majority of states currently testing prospective teachers, education officials report that as many as two-thirds of the blacks taking the test fail, while the failure rates for white students are in the 10 to 20 percent range. The failure rates for Hispanics and American Indians tend to be high as well, the officials say, and the same holds true to some extent for Asians.
"Regardless of where you look at the figures, the results will be the same," says Mark Musick, director of state services for the Southern Regional Education Board. "And I don't see the thing turning around, and that's a real problem."
California's experience, says Mr. Smith, can serve as a good "barometer" of the situation nationwide, since that state does not have what he calls a "North-South identification."
According to recently released statistics from the state's commission on teacher credentialing, only 33 percent of the 2,287 black teacher candidates taking the California Basic Education Skills Test for the first time last year passed it, compared with 81 percent of the 32,110 white teacher candidates. Fewer than half of the 1,720 Mexican Americans tested--46 percent--and only 41 percent of the 653 other Hispanic candidates passed, and the pass rate for Asian Americans was 56 percent.
Richard W. Watkins, a examinations consultant for the teacher-credentialing commission, says the statistics disclose a further discouraging trend: those who re-take the test usually fail it repeatedly. Last year, for example, 73 percent of the first-time test takers passed, but the pass rate for those taking the test a second time was only 46 percent. 4Third-time takers passed at a rate of 32 percent, and only 25 percent of the fourth-time takers passed.
Furthermore, says Mr. Watkins, even though the percentage of minorities passing the cbest has increased since it was first given in 1982, progress is largely illusory, a result of declining numbers of test takers. The 39 percent pass rate for the 2,133 Mexican-American candidates who took the test in 1982, for example, represented 831 certified Hispanic teachers. But the 46 percent pass rate the group recorded last year represented only 791.
The Southern Experience
In some Southern states, the situation has been worse. According to Mr. Smith's research, which provides statistical calculations of the tests' impact on minority-group representation, only 15 percent of the black students from public postsecondary institutions in Louisiana who have taken state-required National Teachers' Examinations have passed.
The rate translates into a devastating numerical decline, he indicates. Louisiana has added a total of only 211 new black teachers from all state colleges and universities since the inception of competency testing in 1978. To have maintained the pre-1978 racial composition of the state's teaching force, Mr. Smith says, 580 black teachers would normally have been added each year.
And even in such Southern states as Florida, where the failure rates for minorities have been much lower than Louisiana's, the toll of competency-testing may be an ever-widening gap for minorities between their share of the population and their representation in the classroom.
According to Garfield Wilson, director of the state education department's office of teacher education, certification, and staff development, figures for the five-year period in which certification tests have been required show that only 4.4 percent of those certified have been black and 2.8 percent Hispanic. Yet the state's public-school enrollment is 23.6 percent black and 8.7 percent Hispanic.
And Asa G. Hilliard, professor of education at Georgia State University in Atlanta, warns that the number of minorities being screened out of teaching could grow even larger if other Southern states follow Arkansas' lead--as Texas and Georgia have already done--and decide to test practicing teachers as well.
"If this becomes a trend, as I think it will," Mr. Hilliard says, ''you will soon have a whole new group affected by the tests."
Arkansas, which began testing practicing teachers last March, has not released pass/fail rates by race. But the rates were released by county, and counties with the highest failure rates were predominantly black.
Impact on Black Colleges
Already, the high failure rates on certification tests are threatening the enrollments--and in some cases the very existence--of the education programs many Southern states have relied on for the production of minority teachers.
Officials at historically black colleges in the region say that not only are the failure rates associated with their institutions keeping students from entering their teaching programs, but they are also threatening the academic health of the institution.
At least four states--Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee--have passed laws that penalize colleges of education whose graduates have high failure rates. In Florida, for example, program accreditation will be revoked unless 80 percent of graduates pass the state certification test.
About 30 programs in 18 of Florida's colleges and universities--primarily the historically black institutions and others with high minority enrollments--lost state approval in 1983. (Approval was reinstated when college officials submitted plans to improve their pass rates on the test, according to a state education official, but the state has yet to assess the improvement.)
But if certification-test results have discouraged many potential minority applicants, the prospect of being tested for entry into education programs has been an insurmountable intimidation for some others.
When Texas began requiring that students pass a preprofessional skills test for entry into teacher-training programs, education enrollments dropped precipitously at predominantly black Texas Southern University.
According to Cherry Gooden, assistant professor of education, enrollment in the school's elementary preparatory courses fell from about 20 students to 7. And in preparatory courses for secondary teachers, the drop was even steeper--from 30 students to 3.
"We were told by the university's academic vice president that the school would no longer be able to offer the classes at that size," Ms. Gooden said."There just weren't enough students who passed the tests."
After a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction temporarily blocking the state's use of the test last summer, however, the professional-training courses were offered as usual--with 27 students enrolled in the elementary courses and 31 in the secondary courses.
"It may well be viewed that in some instances these tests are successfully doing what some states could not legally do after desegregation," says Ernest J. Middleton, dean of the college of education at Southern University in Baton Rouge. But though he points out that "the largest push" for competency testing has come from the South, Mr. Middleton says he does not believe the prime motivation for the tests has been racial.
"Accountability is an issue whose time has come in public education," he says, "and we are going to have to deal with it."
Indeed, as state legislators and policymakers rush to satisfy the public's growing demand for education reform, teacher-competency testing has become one of the most popular items on the political agenda.
From 3 to 38 States
By the beginning of this year, 38 states had passed laws or adopted regulations requiring some form of testing for teachers, according to J.T. Sandefur, dean of the college of education and behavioral sciences at Western Kentucky University, who has tracked the phenomenon. Seven years ago, he says, only three states had such mandates.
Among the 38 states that test, 21 require students to pass an examination to gain entry into teacher-training programs and 32 require prospective teachers to pass a certification test. (There is some overlapping, Mr. Sandefur notes.)
Five of the states that have mandated teacher-competency tests--Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Nevada, and Pennsylvania--have not yet implemented them, he says.
In addition, seven states with no testing requirement--Illinois, Maryland, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin--currently are considering one.
Only five states--Alaska, Iowa, Idaho, Michigan, and Minnesota--have reported "no activity" on the matter, according to Mr. Sandefur.
"Virtually the only point on which all observers of the current trend in teacher testing can agree is that the use of such tests can be highly problematic," said Bernard R. Gifford, dean of the graduate school of education at the University of California at Berkeley, at a recent Educational Testing Service conference.
'Excellence' Over Equity
In fact, critics of the tests say "problematic" is an understatement. They call competency testing nothing more than an inexpensive, "quick-fix" approach to improving s that ignores deeper values. "It is the cheapest way to approach reform," says Georgia State's Mr. Hilliard. "True reform costs much more."
A former dean of education at San Francisco State University, Mr. Hilliard believes the testing movement is a hasty response "made without any empirical evidence to show that the test scores will actually improve the quality of instruction."
"To follow this practice, one should be able to say that the people who do well on these exams also do well with children," he notes. "And I don't think we can say this at all."
Many other teacher educators join Mr. Hilliard in his opposition to using the tests as "the sole criterion to determine whether an individual is qualified to work with children."
"Let's look at something other than what the students score in a single day on a single test," says Texas Southern's Ms. Gooden. "Let's look at a series of things. To put all your eggs in one basket is very dangerous."
But it is the social consequences of this "largely pencil-and-paper test movement" that should be examined most closely, writes Mr. Smith, in an analysis of such tests' ethical and legal implications.
"The issue of excellence has taken precedence over the issue of equity," he says. "With little protest from the public or the community of professional educators, definitions of excellence that are inclusive of equity have fallen by the wayside."
Widening Endorsements
But a wide array of education groups and authorities has offered support for the concept of teacher-testing, including both the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers.
And the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, which approves the nation's postsecondary teacher-education programs, has included in its upgraded standards a provision requiring that students entering an ncate-accredited program pass a standardized basic-skills test.
"What the profession is crying out for is good teachers who will prevent another generation of minority youngsters from not being able to pass these tests," says Bella Rosenberg, a spokesman for the aft "In our view, to take this position is to take a position for disadvantaged youngsters in this country."
Albert Shanker, president of the aft, has even proposed the establishment of a rigorous national certification test and has criticized some states already testing teachers for setting low passing standards on what he says are essentially easy basic-skills tests.
Both unions, however, oppose the testing of practicing teachers.
This widespread acceptance among educators and a growing public enthusiasm has convinced even those who oppose competency-testing that it is here to stay. And despite lingering court challenges to the practice, most legal authorities doubt that the tests will be overturned, except possibly in isolated cases in which they can be shown to extend a pattern of past discrimination. (See related story on this page.)
Urgent Tasks Ahead
For both critics and proponents, however, the institutionalization of the testing concept raises vexing questions for which there are not yet suitable answers.
Before the education community, they point out, lie the tasks of understanding and reversing the trend away from teaching as a favored career choice among minorities and of devising educational remedies for the deep-seated problems that have produced high minority failure rates on the teacher exams. (See related stories on page 13.)
But the most urgent task, say most in the field, will be dealing with the disruptions and lost opportunities resulting from the growing imbalance between the size of the minority school enrollment and the number of minority teachers.
"If unchecked by dramatic interventions," says the University of California's Mr. Gifford, a proponent of testing who thinks much more must be done to aid minority teacher candidates as early as high school, the situation "could result in a high degree of conflict between minority parents and a largely nonminority teaching staff, similar to the one that plagued public education during the 1960's in many of the nation's larger cities."
And, warns William C. Brown, director of an sreb project on the problem, the cycle of lowered educational expectations among minority children cannot be broken by a largely white teaching corps. "We have to provide black youngsters with black role models who have become successful through education to show that education can pay off," he says.
But the aft's Ms. Rosenberg, echoing the views of a growing number of educators, argues that solutions cannot come at the expense of standards. "What kind of a role model is a teacher who can't write and spell?" she asks. "Minority parents don't want teachers in the classroom who don't have the basic skills."
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