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Barbara contracted for the use of a roofing dumpster and she stated that the dumpster would be used for 63 bundles of asphalt shingles that were in a double layer on her roof (a total of 126 bundles/42 squares). Based on her statement the representative suggested a 20 yard dumpster. She agreed. The representative advised her that the fee for the dumpster was $310 which included delivery of the dumpster and disposal of up to 2 tons of material for a period of 7 days. The rep then advised her that if she exceeded 2 tons of material she would be charged $50 a ton for each ton over that amount and $10 per day for each additional day over the initial 7 day rental period. The rep also advised her that tonnage would be rounded up to the next full ton and the amount would automatically be billed to her credit card. Twice during the course of the call, Barbara was asked whether she agreed to these terms and she stated she did.
Upon completion of the roofing job, her dumpster was hauled away and weighed. The gross weight of the haul was 45580lbs. The tare weight (weight of empty truck) was 31980 lbs. The difference (contents of the dumpster) was 13600 lbs (6.8 tons). Rounded up it would be 7 tons. Two tons were included in the initial rate, leaving an overage of 5 tons of material.
Barbara called to object to this charge stating that her container was not even half full and that she should not have been charged the additional tonnage. Weight, not volume, is what led to the additional charges. Barbara believes we should have advised her that she would likely go over her allotted tonnage. There is no way to predict how much a dumpster will weigh at the completion of a rental. Factors such as additional materials, rain, neighbors adding to the load, changes in the scope of the project, are among those influencing the final weight. She was advised in advance of the additional charges and the manner in which they would be billed, if she incurred them.
The weight ticket from the landfill substantiates the additional weight. 43 squares of asphalt shingles weigh about 12,600 lbs (300lbs/square), which equates to about 6.3 tons. Additional weight may have come from dirt on the old shingles, moisture in the shingles, or additional roofing supplies (nails, plywood, etc.). Dumpster rental is not an exact science and all of the variables are controlled by the client. OAKLEAF and Home Depot have no control over what is placed in the dumpster following delivery.
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WASHINGTON – Rep. Michele Bachmann made the case on Wednesday that her commitment to Jewish causes makes her the best Republican presidential candidate in a still crowded and fluid field.
In a speech before the Jewish Republican Coalition, the last cattle call-style event involving most of the GOP's presidential candidates before voting begins next month, Bachmann promised the crowd that one of her first acts if elected President would be to move the U.S. embassy from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem, a promise echoed by many of the candidates who spoke before her.
"I've even found a donor who would put up the money for the move," Bachmann said. "So the boxes could be unpacked on day one."
Bachmann's speech mostly touched on familiar themes. She said the Obama Administration had "forgotten the importance of Israel to America" and "confused engagement with appeasement and has inspired Israel's enemies." The three-term congresswoman also called on Obama to order the Navy to begin preparations for a naval blockade against Iran and said covert operations to prevent the country from building a nuclear weapon should be stepped up.
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During a question and answer session with the audience a pediatrician asked Bachmann about her views on vaccines, especially in light of her controversial statements from the summer when she falsely linked the HPV vaccine to mental retardation. Bachmann ducked the question, arguing that her opposition to a plan for universal HPV vaccinations of young women in Texas was based on the allegations of "crony capitalism" between fellow candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry and pharmaceutical companies.
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Governor John Lynch today released the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling upholding the Affordable Care Act:
"As a state, we have been preparing to implement the Affordable Care Act and will continue doing so in a way that best fits New Hampshire. The Act will help provide access to affordable health care to many more of our citizens, and help our small businesses with the high costs of health care. The Court's decision allows those important provisions to go forward.
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This is a discussion on 7/18/13 VCDL meeting: Annandale, VA within the Member Meeting Place forums, part of the The Back Porch category; [Re-posted from a VA-ALERT with prior approval of VCDL. First person singular pronouns (I, my, mine, etc) and PVC reference Philip Van Cleave, President VCDL] ...
[Re-posted from a VA-ALERT with prior approval of VCDL. First person singular pronouns (I, my, mine, etc) and PVC reference Philip Van Cleave, President VCDL]VCDL meeting in Annandale in JULY to have a speaker talking about reloading!
There will not be a June VCDL meeting in Annandale (we usually skip June every year).
VCDL member Terrell Prude (AKA "Cowboy T") knows a lot about reloading and will be sharing his knowledge with you at the Thursday, JULY 18 VCDL meeting in Annandale! Here is Terrell's description of his talk/demonstration:
Having trouble getting 9mm? .40 S&W? .45 Auto? How about .223? If you can even find it, how's it priced?
How neat would it be if you could--safely--make your own ammunition in the comfort of your own home? Wouldn't it be nice to just be able to pop out a box when you want to go to the range? And how about lowering your ammo costs by more than half?
Wouldn't all that be great?
Yes, all this is possible. See, I have no ammo problems. And I shoot a fair amount, about 3 times a week. I can afford to do so because rolling your own reduces your ammo costs considerably.
I'd like to explain to you how this is done. And I'd like to do it at the next VCDL meeting in Annandale.
See, I got caught by the Great Ammo Rush of 2009. This time, during the G. A. R. of 2013, I was ready. My range frequency hasn't slowed one bit during all this. And if you want to maintain your ability--which we all should be doing as gun owners--you need ammo.
It's called, "handloading", or "reloading". And it's remarkably easy to do. As my cameralady who helps me with my instructional videos puts it, "it's like needlepoint; you can do this."
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Timing... vacuum or no vacuum advance?
I disconnected the timed port vacuum hose from my Mallory Unilite distributor and plugged the port at the carb. I set my initial timing at ~ 17 degrees. Then I slowly raised the speed of the motor and watched where the timing leveled off. This was at 40 degrees. I verified my idle rpm was at ~ 1000rpm and dropped to about 800rpm when I put it in drive. So far so good. I then reconnected the vacuum to the dizzy and I rechecked the initial timing. I was amazed when I saw my initial timing sitting at 30degrees. I slowly revd the motor again and the timing topped out at 52degrees!!! Thats about the same 22-23degree change in timing. (with and without vacuum advance)
What is going on here? Do I need to fix something? Should I leave the vacuum advance disconnected?
The vacuum port Im hooked up to on the Edlebrock carb is in the front and to the far left. I measured 10psi vacuum at idle. It goes up to over 20 when I slowly rev the motor up. Drops to 0 when I pop the throttle to WOT.
Hook the vacuum advance up to a non-timed port. Timed port is for emissions purposes only. You want the vacuum advance hooked to a full time source so that it drops off with any movement of the throttle but is high at idle and cruise rpm. Keeps the plugs cleaner and increases gas mileage.
your timing curve looks good to me. how does your engine run?
You can try different initial settings to see what timing your engine likes. Most BBC dyno tunes use 38 to 42 total mechanical timing for max power. Try 38 total mechanical, try 40 total, and try 42 total.
48 to 52 degrees total with the vacuum advance will be good for highway mpg (low load, high vacuum, low rpm)
is your vacuum advance canister adjustable?
Hey guys, thanks for the feedback.
The car seems to run pretty well at 40 degress total. I will experiment with 38 & 42 just to see how it feels in the seat of the pants and throttle response.
My big confusion is should I run with the vacuum advances connected or not? It suprized me when I saw it was at 30 at idle. Is this a bad thing as far as performance goes? I also end up at 52 total with the vacumm connected.
It does launch better with 18 initial and no vacuum advance. What I do notice now is while cruising at say 40mph and I punch it there is a massive stumble and bog. I guess this could be a carb issue and not timing.
Thanks again.
The vacuum canister is a stock unit that came with the Mallory unitlite distributor. Dont know if its adjustable (i'll check). If it is, How would you go about making the adjusments. I mean I know there is an allen key screw up the vacuum snout (if it has it) but what procedure do I follow? Do I adjust it so that at 10psi theres no advance on the timing or just till it feels good?
I really think its the vacuum advance that is the key to the problem here, but what do I know.
yes, 30 at idle seems right. 17 initial plus 13 from the vacuum advance.
yes, could be a carb issue. what carb are you using? could need more accelerator pump or just a bigger squirter.
what heads, cam, compression, gear, ect........
So you're saying I should connect the vaccum advance and let it go even though my final timing is going to end up at 52? Just seems contradictory to everything I've been told. (I'm not trying to be rude, just trying to understand)
I'm just about fed up with that Edlebrock carb and am about ready to by a Holley. Any suggestions?
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I am very close to 40* mechanical and a bit over 52 at cruise RPM
The adjustment on the vacuum advance is where the advance starts or drops out- not the total amount that is supplied.
The instructions as supplied w/the Crane adjustable vac. can KIT is- http://cranecams.com/pdf/210g2.pdf
yes, the timing from the vacuum advance drops off with no vacuum (wide open throttle).
revving the engine in park is not a load so you get the full timing (mechanical plus vacuum). That is why you are getting 52 degrees when you rev it up the driveway.
your engine is a fairly stout build. I'm sure you will do better with a holley.
an 850 would be a good size for your engine. Use a vacuum secondary carb if you want better mpg or a double pumper for better performance.
I like the classic 3310 750 vacuum secondary carb. very durable, cheap, and they work great. Hard to beat and they only cost about $270. However, it might be a little small for your setup. An 850 vacuum secondary holley goes up to $460! Is 100 cfm worth another $200? That is your call. But on the other hand, you can get by will a little smaller carb since you are using a single plane intake. In any case, a 750 holley or bigger will run better than an edelbrock carb on your engine.
I have one (stub stack), and when used on a 455 Pontiac w/a 4777 650 DP Holley, my ET and trap speed didn't change. I thought sure it would- IF it actually did what it was supposed to do.
I have also tried those snub stacks at the track without any noticeable improvement. furthermore, it seemed to interfere a little with the carb linkage.
I guess you might see improvement on the dyno or on a carb flow bench, but I'm thinking the overall gains are so small the track improvement would be insignificant.
If cobalt is running a 650dp on his 455 then that might also be a good carb option. again, the single plane intake gets more out of a smaller carb.
But that was w/a Performer intake, had I had an RPM intake (they weren't out yet, back then) I would've tried a bigger carb.
But that said, the OP's 454 will have the breathing ability to surpass what the 650 DP can deliver, so I'm w/everybody else AFA using a 750-range carb for good all-around use.
I just looked at the engine specs again. Combo's real good, if it wasn't for the Thumper cam and the Team G open plenum intake. That cam has too much exhaust duration w/a too late closing point- just to get a choppy idle. Those heads do not want or need that exhaust timing, IMO.
A different cam would make more power w/as good or better vacuum @ idle. A high rise dual plane would pick up vacuum and have more power under the curve- and possibly on top as well. Something like the RPM.
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Hey guys, thanks a ton. I'm taking this all in trust me. I checked a few other posts on the same vacuum timing topic and I think I finally understand the concept. I set my intital (no vacuum) to 18, final to 41, connected the vacuum advance, inital when to ~ 31 and final went to ~ 53. Timing's all set (for now).
Just took the beast out for a cruise and here is where I stand...
1) There is a slight hesitation at intial gentle tip in when leaving a stop light. I have to give it a quick pump to get things going. This is not there when cruising and then gently tapping the gas. Its real jumpy and responsive then. Does this seem like something I can tune out? If so, what to do?
2) From a dead dig or while cruising at speed there is a massive bog when I just flat out stomp on it. Almost to the point of a flat out stall. If I ease my way into WOT (like 60% effort) then it screams like a scaleded dog. I've adjusted the accel pump to the hole closest to the carb (more pump action) to no avail. Should I consider removing the carb and inspecting the accelerator pump stuff? What sort of problems am I looking for. Can I go to a bigger pump just by changing the diaphram?
I know alot of folks are going to scream HOLLEY, but I love to tinker so here we go. I may be screaming HOLLEY as well pretty soon, just hate to give up on parts I already have if I'm close.
Thanks again
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As we mentioned in our recent review of the Kodak ESP 9, all of Kodak's inkjet all-in-ones since it first entered the market have been based around the same print engine. That's true of the ESP 7, too, which is basically a cut-down version of the top of the range machine, without the Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) the touch-screen control panel and fax.
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The control panel swings out from the front and, although it doesn't have a touch panel, it does have the same size 76mm colour display. Here, though, it's an LCD panel, rather than the brighter OLED in the more expensive machine.
The arrangement of twin paper trays, one taking 100 sheets of plain paper up to A4 and the other taking up to 40 sheets of photo paper, is identical to the ESP 9's and works just as well, with automatic loading of photo paper when you request a photo print. At the back are sockets for USB 2.0 and Ethernet and the machine also has Wi-Fi built-in, which is unusual in a machine at this price.
Installation involves plugging in the two cartridges, one black and the other five-ink, including photo black and a transparent coating layer. The same software suite of Kodak HomeCenter, AiO Home Center and a driver governs the machine's functions. Wireless setup is surprisingly easy, as the ESP 7 searches for available networks and latches onto the selected one. Installing the software then makes the rest of the connection to your PC or Mac.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A lot was made about the Vols coaching staff turnover heading into the 2012 season. With seven new full-time coaches on staff, how would they gel?
Well according to head coach Derek Dooley, the staff has built a great amount of chemistry which has led to early-season success for Tennessee.
"I think it's fair to say that there isn't a member of our staff that isn't committed to the same purpose, the same goals and doesn't believe in how we are doing things and what we are doing," said Dooley. "Staff unity always means team unity. That's important."
Both sides of the ball showed well in the debut vs. NC State including the offense piling up 524 total yards while the defense had four takeaways, all on interceptions.
Also on Wednesday, the Vols' coordinators spoke to the media and relayed their thoughts on the win over NC State and upcoming foe Georgia State.
CAPTAIN AND COMMANDERFriday night at the Georgia Dome, Tyler Bray recorded his seventh-career 300-yard passing game behind some big plays to Cordarrelle Patterson, Zach Rogers and Justin Hunter.
Offensive coordinator Jim Chaney believes that Bray, who is in his third year with the Vols, is seeing this success thanks to a typical "seasoning" that comes with playing with a team for a few years and is happy with Bray's effort against the Wolfpack.
"I think he played very well," said Chaney. "As Tyler would probably tell you I think he missed a few things but he threw the ball down the field as accurate as I have seen. His command of the game and leadership was pretty doggon' good. I don't know if this was his best one but he played really well."
Tennessee used the no-huddle offense against the Pack and Chaney believed the success was due to Bray's understanding of the play calls.
"I think he feels like he gets more because of the ownership of understanding," said Chaney." He understands the plays better but we aren't doing many things different than we have done in the past. He is getting the plays in, he is getting everybody lined up and he understands it better. Ultimately, we are running the same plays we always have and he knows what he is doing."
Along with big plays, Bray was able to spread the offense to 10 different receivers over the course of the game. While the spread offense is nice, Chaney is much happier with the big plays that the team was able to develop.
"I think when you are trying to generate those big plays and make those big plays, that results in poise," said Chaney. "Big plays are important. If we only had three healthy wide receivers and we made 15 big plays I would still be happy. Moving the ball around, he did a nice job with that. But hitting the big plays when they were afforded to him that is a special time. For him, understanding coverage a little bit better, hats off to him because when they afforded it to us he took it for the most part."
Chaney believes Bray's understanding of the game, his poise in the pocket, and his reads on the defense have all improved with time. And they should only continue to get better as the year goes on.
"In all aspects of his game of football he has improved," said Chaney. "He is a year older, he has more reps, he will deliver at practice, he is doing the same things over and over and he is getting better at it. Just like all of us, the more we do something the better we become and I think that is what you are watching with Tyler."
VOLS D GETS AN A ON FIRST TESTAfter months spent learning the new playbook, watching film and working hard on the practice field, the Tennessee defense finally got a chance to show off its new look last Friday and did not disappoint.
In the debut of defensive coordinator Sal Sunseri the Vols created havoc all over the field, finishing with four interceptions, a sack which led to a safety and at least a dozen other hits on NC State quarterback Mike Glennon.
While Sunseri's scheme has gotten most of the credit, he is quick to downplay that talk, saying instead that the success is the by-product of a focus on fundamentals and technique by the entire coaching staff.
"I think our whole staff has done a great job," Sunseri said. "Coming in and putting the system in, we had 15 days of spring ball and however many we had in camp, and the kids went out there and executed what they were able to do. We were successful, but by no means are we satisfied with anything.
"The bottom line is that every single day you go out on that field, if you are going to be in this program, you are going to work the fundamentals and the techniques to be perfect because that is what is going to win football games. A call doesn't win football games, it is you going out there every single day competing against your opponent and having a chance to whoop his tail."
While the Vols displayed significant improvement in those fundamental football skills, namely tackling, that doesn't mean they are where they want to be. Nor does it mean they will start dedicating that portion of practice to something else.
"The tackling was better but you still go out there every single week and you work on it every day in practice," Sunseri said. "That's the thing that people don't understand, if you don't go out there and practice the fundamentals of this game - blocking, tackling, block protection - you are going to get beat."
Unlike most defensive coordinators, Sunseri does his work from the field on game day, which allows him more time to communicate one-on-one with his players. That paid off in spades against NC State as the Vols were able to adjust to the high-powered Wolfpack offense and hold them to just 168 yards in the second half, 47 of which came on their final drive of the game.
"I think everybody got settled back in and we got them over on the sideline," Sunseri said. "That's what coaching is all about, getting them over there, showing them what the mistakes were and then once you get settled you see the adjustments you have to take care of."
While the Tennessee offense put on quite a show of its own, Sunseri and his defensive staff had to watch it on film the next day as they were a little busy while Tyler Bray and Co. were piling up the points.
"Every time [the defense] comes off the field, you'll see that none of the defensive coaches are watching the game," Sunseri said. "We're getting with the players, telling them what the next play is going to be and coaching the players to expect what is going to happen to them."
Looking forward to Georgia State on Saturday, Sunseri expects a challenge from the Panthers.
"I'm going into this game saying that Georgia State is a good football team," Sunseri said. "You have to respect them because they do have some weapons if you don't go out there and do what you are supposed to do.
"Georgia State is going to try to spread us out and give us a bunch of different looks, they'll give us the option, give us the zone read, try to throw the ball down the field with Seattles and stuff. We just have to go play fundamental football."


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From the World Heritage inscription for the Rideau Canal:
The Rideau Canal, a monumental early 19th-century construction covering 202 km of the Rideau and Cataraqui rivers from Ottawa south to Kingston Harbour on Lake Ontario, was built primarily for strategic military purposes at a time when Great Britain and the United States vied for control of the region. The site, one of the first canals to be designed specifically for steam-powered vessels, also features an ensemble of fortifications. It is the best-preserved example of a slackwater canal in North America, demonstrating the use of this European technology on a large scale. It is the only canal dating from the great North American canal-building era of the early 19th century to remain operational along its original line with most of its structures intact.
The Rideau Canal is actually an enormous structure which goes from the Rideau River to Lake Ontario, however, the most famous part lies just below Parliament Hill in Ottawa. It is easy to see and explore if you are visiting Ottawa, but it can also be seen in many other places in Ontario as well. In the winter the frozen canal is plowed to create the world's largest ice rink.
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Aurora -- In the November issue of Ohio Magazine, Aurora will be named as one of five best hometowns in the publication's eighth annual "Ohio's best hometowns" edition.
"The Chamber is obviously thrilled that the city of Aurora has been selected for this well-deserved honor," said Laura Holman, executive director of the Aurora Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau. "We have so much to be proud of, and we are excited to share our town with the larger audience provided by Ohio Magazine."
Ohio Magazine editors said they selected Aurora because of its "impressive community spirit and extraordinary cooperation between its local government, outstanding school district and thriving business community.
"Aurora balances the fact that it's a popular regional destination with a steady focus on maintaining the community as a desirable place to live. Residents are particularly adamant about maintaining a superb quality of life for families and preserving the city's green space for all to enjoy."
The other four Ohio communities selected are Gahanna, Logan, Loveland and Vermilion. The issue will hit the newsstand Oct. 22.
To determine the honorees, Ohio Magazine solicited nominations and conducted site visits across the state. The editors evaluated the nominees in six categories -- community spirit, education, entertainment, health and safety, business environment, and culture and heritage -- to help finalize their selections.
Holman said Aurora residents are "blessed to live in a community that so fully embodies the categories used by Ohio Magazine to make the 'best hometown' selection."
"WHEN THE Chamber was contacted as a finalist for this award, we immediately reached out to the leadership in the city and schools," Holman said. "Together, we were able to effectively communicate that it is just that sort of collaboration that makes Aurora the special town it is."
She said another key factor for the honor was "the immeasurable depths of Aurora's community spirit."
"Aurora's business community is an eclectic and evolving mix of retail, commercial and industrial companies," she said.
"We are home to locally owned businesses, franchises and national corporate stores. Our commercial and industrial companies include local, national and international operations. We have room to grow, yet we have protected green space that ensures growth will not come at the cost of our community identity."
Holman said the city's Chamber and visitors bureau "serves as the collective voice for business in and around Aurora. The success of the Chamber can be directly attributed to our dynamic group of engaged members who invest their time and energy into the vitality of the Aurora business community.
"Aurora is truly beautiful, from its internal structures to the hidden gems found throughout to the people that choose to live and work here," she said. "I couldn't be more proud to be counted among them."
Each of the best hometowns will be featured in the November, January and July issues of Ohio Magazine, showing readers unique places to visit and ways to enjoy each location.
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Yes, this program may be taken on a part-time basis. It will simply take longer to complete. Part-time students must meet with a program advisor. If you choose to take all the courses as they are offered, you can complete your certificate in as little as one academic year.
Students interested in pursuing a career as a dental assistant must first register to become a student at MCC. The academic advisor will arrange assessment testing to determine a student's readiness for college coursework. Dental assisting students must show college-level abilities on the assessment test in the areas of math, reading and writing.
Yes, the application criteria for dental hygiene awards additional points for graduates of the MCC dental assisting program. However, dental hygiene applicants must complete 31 credit hours of prerequisite coursework before they are eligible to apply. All prerequisite courses are available at MCC. With the exception of two courses, the dental assisting program coursework will not transfer to the dental hygiene program. Successful completion of DAE 106 Dental Radiography and DAE 118 Dental Materials meets the dental hygiene program requirements for radiology and dental materials.
The status of a dental assisting student is considered full-time. It is strongly recommended that a student not work more than 10-15 hours per week while school is in session. Academic demands such as class and lab time, commuting, homework, study time and clinical assignments require about 40-50 hours per week.
Yes, all healthcare providers with patient contact are required to be vaccinated against Hepatitis B. Other vaccinations may be necessary depending on the area of employment.
Contact MCC Dental Programs Office at 928.704.7797.
The Dental Assisting Program is two semesters long – beginning in the Fall and graduating at the end of Spring semester each academic year.
Yes, it is very important that all dental assisting students attend all classes, labs and clinical sessions. The fast pace of this program does not allow for missed classes to be made up without disrupting the schedule of the entire program.
The MCC Dental Assisting program is not currently seeking accreditation from the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association.
In Mohave County, trained dental assistants can expect to enjoy an average hourly pay of $11-14. Demand for trained dental assistants is very high in Mohave County. The Arizona average pay is about $15 per hour for a trained dental assistant.
Financial aid in the form of grants and loans may be available to assist students with the costs of this program. Students who are interested should apply for aid using the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to see if they qualify. This form is available online at www.fafsa.ed.gov or at your local MCC campuses. Financial Aid advisors are available on each campus to work with students individually to assist students through the application process.
A Dental Assistant has many duties in a dental office: assisting the dentist chairside in the performance of dental treatment procedures, exposing and developing x-rays, maintaining infection control, engaging in administrative duties and performing laboratory procedures. Employment opportunities exist in the private dental office, hospitals, government agencies, industry sales and public health programs.
All of the Dental Assisting Program face-to-face courses and labs will be offered at the Legacy Foundation Allied Health Sciences Building in Bullhead City. Some courses will contain online components. All clinical instruction will be in the MCC Dental Clinic and in local dental offices.


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"CROSTHWAITE, a parish partly in the ward of Allerdale-below-Derwent, and partly in Allerdale-above Derwent, in the county of Cumberland, half a mile N.W. of Keswick, and 13 miles S.E. of Cockermouth. The Penrith, Keswick, and Cockermouth railway is at present in course of construction. This extensive parish, which is 10 miles long by 10 broad, comprises the townships of Braithwaite, Coledale or Portingale, Castlerigg, and Underskiddaw, and the chapelries of Borrowdale, Newlands, Thornthwaite, St. John's, Keswick, and the hamlet of Wythburn." [Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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Slayer's Kerry King Doubts there Will be More Big Four Shows
Slayer's Kerry King has said that he doubts that there will be more Big Four Shows, due to the sheer logistics involved. Slayer, Metallica, Megadeth, and Anthrax played a handful of shows together, the last of which occurred at New York City's Yankee Stadium in October.
"If you look at how much work went into making it all happen in the first place, then I really doubt we can do the same thing again," King told Classic Rock magazine. "You had four headlining bands—Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, and us—touring together and that takes so much organizing."
The guitarist continued, "I know there are some parts where they're angry not to have gotten the chance to see it. The Bay Area will probably never forgive us. And we could go on and on doing it for ages. But I honestly doubt we can get our schedules to coincide like that again."
Slayer are currently working on a new record, with the aim being for a release next summer.
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September 30, 1998
An Investment Opinion
by Louis Corrigan
Long-Term Capital: Playing the Hand vs. Playing the Man
I want to play a slightly more abstract riff off Dale's excellent column yesterday on the Long-Term Capital hedge fund to get at what seems to me the fund's most basic mistake: misconstruing the nature of markets. But first, let's review the salient facts of the story as we know them.
First, Long-Term Capital was trading based on quantitative models designed by Robert Merton and Myron Scholes, recent winners of the Nobel prize in economics for an options pricing model that, among other things, helps translate a company's employee stock options into fully diluted shares. This quant approach takes years of historical data about how certain markets interact and pops out supposedly no-lose arbitrage plays where one takes advantage of pricing disparities between different investment instruments believed to have a predictable relationship to one another. Rather than making informed directional bets on how real-world economic and political events will play out, Long-Term Capital was generally making "market-neutral" bets based on algorithms that calculated probabilities and assumed equilibrium as the norm.
Second, as Dale noted, Long-Term produced woefully sorry results even in its best years considering that its extraordinary leverage should have made returns of 100% or more relatively easy to achieve. This year, investors have lost at least 90% of the money that remained in the fund and probably a lot more because many borrowed to raise their original investment equity and, more important, the fund was, in a fundamental way, insolvent prior to the "bailout."
Third, the 15 financial institutions that pumped $3.5 billion into Long-Term ultimately were not bailing out the fund -- they were bailing out themselves. If the fund's positions were summarily unwound, Long-Term would have less than nothing. That means that the various high-net-worth individuals who invested in the firm, including the Merrill Lynch executives who put in $20 million of their own money ($800,000 from Chair/CEO David Komansky alone), would walk away with nada. What's worse, the institutions that loaned Long-Term the money to make the highly leveraged bets would also take a hit. What's still worse is that Long-Term's selling, if done in a disorderly fashion, would create additional asset devaluations that would produce further shockwaves as others with leveraged positions got margin calls and the institutions that loaned them money also faced serious losses.
The Federal Reserve's concern for Long-Term Capital was simply a recognition that it presented a potentially massive systemic threat since its failure could lead to a virtual death-spiral of margin calls and liquidations. The Fed's involvement also suggests that Chairman Alan Greenspan was mistaken in believing that the largely unregulated hedge fund industry can be effectively controlled by regulating creditors. As we've seen time and again, creditors can be just as prone to greed as the latest wizard of Wall Street, but they're often the last to understand the risks that would ordinarily help fear counterbalance greed.
As Dale points out, Long-Term invested without an adequate appreciation of the specific risks it was accepting. How could anyone think it was reasonable to assume that historical market data was applicable to what proved an illiquid market for Russian debt? How can one adequately model for a complex array of factors that may each depart ever so slightly from what's considered statistically probable?
Ultimately, Long-Term's failure resulted from a misunderstanding of the basic nature of financial markets. Speculator George Soros, who pocketed a fortune making exactly the kinds of directional bets that Long-Term eschewed, insists that quantitative methods don't work because they are based on the erroneous belief that markets are always efficient. "I think that those methods work 99 percent of the time, but they break down 1 percent of the time," he said in Soros on Soros. "I am more concerned with that 1 percent. I see a certain systemic risk that cannot be encapsulated in those assumptions that generally assume a continuous market."
Markets embody two quite different characteristics. On the one hand, they experience long periods of apparent equilibrium whereby market participants appear to be processing fundamental information almost immediately and efficiently so that relationships seem predictable. On the other hand, markets experience boom/bust cycles, or extremes of disequilibrium, where the action seems irrational. Which state better defines the basic nature of markets? Ultimately, the latter, and that means that one should approach the market with a recognition of its capacity for discontinuity and fragility.
Soros comes to these views from a broader theory about the flawed nature of human understanding. We cannot ever see the world in itself but only through our interaction and participation in it. Indeed, markets don't really exist in themselves but only via our collective self-reflexive perception and repeated re-creation of them. In effect, disequilibrium enters a market not from the outside but from the imperfect understanding of the market's participants. Ironically, the very idea that equilibrium is the norm is itself part of what creates disequilibrium. Long-Term's reliance on probabilities offers shockingly direct support for Soros's theory. In effect, approaching a complex, adaptive system with methods analogous to Newtonian physics amounts to playing the game without understanding the rules. In other words, investors must have a proper respect for the market's fundamental instability in order to properly avoid or address specific risks.
A great example of this comes from the recent film Rounders, which is about poker players. The movie divides the game's risks into playing the hand (a matter of probabilities) and playing the man (a matter of intuition or judgment). The character played by John Turturro is said to be a "grinder." He doesn't aspire to the glory of the big score; he just wants to make a decent and consistent living playing cards. This is an admirable, profitable, though unspectacular approach that depends foremost on limiting one's opportunities for losing by avoiding games featuring superior players and always playing the probability of the cards. In a sense, Turturro begins by controlling the larger risks posed by the man and concentrates on playing the hand, folding when the cards are bad while raising his bets when the cards are good.
The narrative focuses on a character played by Matt Damon who is friendly with Turturro but aspires to greater glory and so must undergo some painful lessons in what the highest level of poker requires. Early on, Damon enters what is the film's equivalent of the Russian market and makes a huge bet based on the probabilities. But the probabilities fail him, as his Russian opponent's two aces beat his two kings. He's wiped out.
Success at this level requires that one play the man, since one's opponent is the greatest variable in the game. At one point, Damon says he could even play a hand blind, with no knowledge of the cards themselves. The cards, of course, aren't immaterial, and Damon learns when to cut his losses. But his principal challenge is to bring his judgment to bear in the way of a Soros, not just on the cards but on variables of the system that make it much more than a game of luck or even probability.
Extrapolating from poker to investing may be a stretch, but I think the Turturro character is analogous to a Foolish investor selecting an S&P index fund or a Dow Four approach. His greatest strength is recognizing his limitations and finding the most sensible and prosperous way to grind out a living considering those limitations. He misses the glory of the big score, but he still gets to hang out at the Turkish bath.
Damon's character lives in the world of more active portfolio management, which requires greater savvy because it entails greater risks. Probability is not ignored in this world, but it must always take a back seat to interpretation and judgment. In a sense, Long-Term Capital tried to apply a black box, grind-it-out approach based on probabilities to this world, where it confronted exactly the risks of disequilibrium it had begun by ignoring. In the visual language of Rounders, the managers at Long-Term simply didn't believe that something as ordinary and insignificant as a tray of Oreo cookies could have anything useful to tell them. Their fate was to watch their own cookies crumble.


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Airlines Offering More Perks—For A Fee
Air travelers have become accustomed to paying extra fees for everything from checked bags to changed reservations. But many airlines are now introducing fees that may actually be popular with travelers. These new optional fees are for things that enhance the flying experience, like extra legroom, hot first class meals, or even pre-loaded iPads for the flight. "Airlines will invent a fee for anything they think they can get away with," says Bob Harrell of Harrell and Associates, an airline consulting firm. "These new fees are much more digestible by the passenger because it's a perk," Harrell tells KTRH. "It's getting an empty seat next to you or a meal from first class--most people would like to pay for something like that."
People are apparently paying for these perks, as the airlines are cleaning up from added fees. Fees bring in an estimated $15 billion a year for the airline industry, and are the primary driver behind the increased profits most airlines are seeing. Harrell explains that it's easier for airlines to make money off of fees than the actual airfares, which are subject to more competition and scrutiny. "The thing about fees that airlines like, particularly these new fees, is they tend to be more invisible," he says. "They're not gonna be as noticed as a general five or ten-dollar across-the-board increase."
Among the newest "upgrade" offerings, Southwest Airlines offers a move to the front of the boarding line for $40, and American Airlines offers a $68 roundtrip upgrade that includes early boarding, one checked bag and no change fees. With this new wave of fee services, the airline industry may have finally found the right balance between giving customers what they want and increasing its bottom line. "Getting your bags sent to the hotel for 30 bucks, or getting a first class meal if you're hungry and don't want to take the economy sandwich," says Harrell. "They're definitely going to appeal to passengers."


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The creative vision of one revolutionary man James Clark and a sheepskin rug was the humble beginnings of the successful retailer. The realisation of crafting a comfortable piece of footwear from sheepskin off-cuts and cast-offs (that was soon to be named a 'slipper') dawned on the labourer whilst working in his brothers tannery.
Since the founding idea, Clarks has survived and celebrated numerous revolutions and evolving shoe crazes from winklepickers to platforms; the list is endless. Through each welcomed fashion trend Clarks Head Office has stayed rooted in Street; the birth place of Clarks and a destination that produces stylish footwear that protects their loyal customer's feet.
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RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication". It's a way to get news, weblogs, announcements, and any other information automatically updated right on your desktop. You can avoid going from web site to web site for the latest news or constantly checking a favorite page for updates.
In order to get an RSS feed you'll need a reader. There are many RSS readers out there—you'll find that every RSS user has their preference. In addition to stand alone programs some email clients, like Opera Mail and Thunderbird, have their own built in RSS reader that collects feeds just like it gathers email.
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Justin Masterson hopes he has finally found the successful form he's been missing most of this season.
The right-hander has certainly been at his best against the Cincinnati Reds of late.
Looking to build on his strongest outing since joining the St. Louis Cardinals, Masterson tries to win his fourth straight start against the reeling Reds on Monday night at Busch Stadium.
After allowing five runs, seven hits and three walks in each of his first two starts with St. Louis (66-57) in eight innings combined, Masterson (2-1, 6.00 ERA) scattered three hits over seven scoreless innings of a 5-2 victory at Miami on Wednesday.
"I pray to the good Lord that this is on the right path,'' said Masterson, who went 4-6 with a 5.51 ERA in 19 starts for Cleveland before being traded July 30.
St. Louis manager Mike Matheny felt it was a matter of time before the veteran pitched like the guy who won a career-high 14 games and posted a 3.45 ERA for the Indians last season.
''(Wednesday) was just a great sign of the kind of pitcher he can be when he gets it all put together,'' Matheny said. ''It couldn't have happened at a better time.''
Masterson allowed nine runs and seven walks in 11 2-3 innings of his first two starts versus Cincinnati (61-63), but has yielded two earned runs while striking out 21 and walking five in 23 innings to win his last three.
Winners in four of five, the Cardinals are 6-3 against the Reds this season. They've also won six straight and 12 of the last 13 home series between the NL Central rivals.
St. Louis' John Jay is 3 for 23 in his last nine home games versus Cincinnati, but with two hits and two RBIs in Sunday's 7-6 win over San Diego, he is 12 for 24 with eight runs scored and nine RBIs in the last nine overall.
Teammate Matt Carpenter is batting .400 with a homer and five RBIs in five games, and .375 in the last six against the Reds.
Carpenter and Jay, however, are a combined 9 for 40 against Mike Leake (9-11, 3.59), who has allowed two runs over 14 innings to split his two starts against the Cardinals this season. He gave up four hits over eight innings of a 4-0 victory at Busch on April 9.
The right-hander yielded three runs over 20 2-3 innings to win two of three prior to giving up five in five innings of a 5-4 loss to Boston on Wednesday.
A loser in seven of nine, Cincinnati must find a way to regroup after being swept in a doubleheader at Colorado on Sunday.
Closer Aroldis Chapman walked all four batters he faced in the ninth as the Reds blew a four-run lead in losing 10-9 in Game 1. They led 5-2 in the nightcap before Colorado scored eight runs over the seventh and eighth innings for a 10-5 victory.
''The first one got away from us and the second one got away from us,'' manager Bryan Price said.
Billy Hamilton went 8 for 18 with three doubles in the four games at Colorado and is 5 for 14 at St. Louis this season.
Cincinnati's Brandon Phillips hasn't played since July 9 because of a thumb injury, but the second baseman is back in the lineup Monday after being activated from the disabled list. Phillips, batting .272, is 1 for his last 6 against Masterson.


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Jonathan Lewis one-hour webinar "Smarter Statistics in 11g"
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Smarter Statistics in 11g
For many systems the basic automatic stats collection is good enough; but there are always a few cases where the DBA or developer has to do something a little out of the ordinary when collecting statistics to get the best possible trade-off between resource consumption and accuracy. In this webinar I'll be looking at two features that arrived in 11g that can help to reduce resource consumption while increasing accuracy: the "approximate NDV" mechanism and "column group" statistics.
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Weird thread. I could read recently that old school gaming was about retaining what was good in the old school games etc Yet now improvement over several iterations is condemned… Go figure.
Many games can not be done right or extensively in one go. Paradox build on the same structure but they add substantial improvements every time. Improvements that could not be done the first time.
If you want a game that is released every year, that provides little to no improvement over the previous iteration, that is the football manager series.
Good to see that this site is turning more and more to wargaming as so many posters here are actually wargamers labelling themselves RPGers…
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Knowing when to hold 'em, when to send 'em
by Heather Cunningham
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Irene Combs wanted to enroll her son in kindergarten when he was just 4 years old. "He had missed the cutoff by just 26 days, and I thought he was ready," she says. But her eagerness to send her son into the public school system was stymied by school administrators who convinced Combs she would be doing him a disservice. Many children with summer birthdays, particularly boys, enter kindergarten a year later, the superintendent told Combs. As a result, he said, her child would be particularly young for his peer group.
"That was the first time that I had ever heard of parents whose kids have summer birthdays delaying kindergarten," the LaGrange resident says. It wouldn't be the last. The next year at a school function Combs met another mother who said she was thinking of keeping her son out of kindergarten for an additional year because he had a May birthday. "First summer babies, now those born in May?" says Combs. "One thought that keeps coming to mind is what will these May babies think when they are 18 years old and still have to finish their junior year in high school?"
While that's hard to tell, we do know they will have company. The term "redshirting," once used only to refer to college athletes who sit out a season to improve their skills, has gained a new definition in recent years. Academic redshirting now refers to holding back kindergarten-eligible children to give them another year for intellectual, emotional or even physical growth. It occurs most often when a child's birthday falls close to the Sept. 1 cut-off date used by all Illinois public schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics reports that nearly 1 in 10 kindergartners were redshirted according to data collected in 2000. The number may be even higher in some public school districts. Boys-particularly white, non-Hispanic boys-are the most likely to be held back a year, the statistics show.
"The sense everyone is getting is that this is a phenomenon that has been going on for decades and that has grown more popular over time," says Samuel Meisels, president of Chicago's Erikson Institute for Advanced Study in Child Develop-ment. "Anecdotally, in places like San Francisco, you hear that it is impossible to enroll a boy in private kindergarten unless they are at least 6 years of age. The entire age span for boys enrolled in these selective schools has gone up by a year."
Why it's happening
Redshirting is a trend being fed by both educators and parents. "There is a growing tendency to want to hold a child back to make sure that they are among the oldest in their class, and more mature, and have the potential to outperform their peers," says Terry Hatch, associate pediatrics professor at the University of Illinois.
And it's not just about academic performance, either.
"I even had a parent approach me about wanting to hold their child back from kindergarten, even though he had been doing fine in preschool, because they wanted him to be larger, physically bigger, when he was eligible (to play sports)," says Meisels.
Some parents just don't want their child to be physically dwarfed by their classmates. "Parents will hold their child out for that reason, particularly if he is a boy, because they don't want him to be the smallest in the class," says Darien-based pediatrician Garry Gardener. "If he is in the 5th percentile for size and also emotionally immature, I might agree."
"Other times it is parents of boys-because 70 to 80 percent of the students in question are boys-who look at the classroom and think that it is too academically oriented for their boy, that he will have difficulty with attention and sitting still in his seat," says Meisels. "They usually don't have a problem with how smart they are, but they are afraid that their son just isn't emotionally mature enough. This is a sad state of affairs when you think that we are talking about kindergarten, which really means 'the garden of children.' "
But research shows that teachers also may be unwittingly feeding some of that parental anxiety. Studies indicate the steady rise in redshirting may be linked to an increasing demand for higher levels of academic as well as social readiness in students entering kindergarten. That research shows more kindergarten teachers are expecting children to come to class equipped with good language, attention, problem-solving and small-muscle coordination skills. This goes against what's expected by parents, who seem to focus on preparing their child for kindergarten by honing their social, pre-reading and math skills.
In one national survey, teachers indicated 48 percent of their students were not ready for the current kindergarten curriculum, lacked the skills needed to follow directions and could not work independently. In those circumstances, parents say they make the only decision they believe will work for their child. "Kindergarten last year would have eaten him alive," says one west suburban mom who held back her summer-birthday son.
That shouldn't be, says Elizabeth Graue, professor of early childhood education at the University of Wisconsin and author of a 2002 study exploring the impact of redshirting. "There is a problem with a system that can't adapt to natural variations in kids' development," she says. "Teachers need to focus on meeting the needs of every child that has a right to be there."
Still, research shows that students who are redshirted are less likely to receive negative feedback from teachers about their academic performance or conduct in class through second grade. Robert Byrd, associate pediatrics professor at the University of California and author of a 1997 study examining the long-term effects of redshirting, says he understands those results. "It may be easier to manage a classroom of 6-year-old boys than a classroom of 5-year-old boys, but that does not mean we should be holding all of those boys back a year."
Colleen Puttin, a kindergarten teacher in Batavia and mother of a 2-year-old son with an August birthday, says she wouldn't advise any parent to hold back a young-for-grade student who is academically ready to begin kindergarten. But, she adds, "from what I have seen traditionally, boys with a later summer birthday are not as emotionally ready to begin kindergarten as girls (of the same age) are."
Graue says the odds are Puttin's son one day will be redshirted. "In my research I have found that a disproportionate number of redshirted students have parents who are teachers, because many teachers have the perceived idea that being the oldest is a benefit."
Swimming against that tide, Graue, a former kindergarten teacher, chose not to redshirt her August-born son when he became eligible for kindergarten. "He was a bit more immature than his classmates, but he has always had teachers who have handled that well," says Graue. "I have always requested that he get placed with a teacher who isn't afraid of the idea of young boys."
But the real story about children who are young-for-grade, researchers say, is something all teachers understand. "Someone has to be the youngest in the class," says Meisels. "And being the youngest does not necessarily mean that he or she is at a disadvantage. Age itself is not a direct marker of educational maturity-that has more to do with genetics, experience and learning style."
Puttin agrees. "You really have to look at the individual child. Right now I don't know that I will hold Brett back when the time comes. I will just have to assess it when we get to that point."
The emotional impact
A Chicago area mother believes holding back her August-born son was the best thing she could have done. Now in first grade, he is one of the academic and social leaders of his class. Another parent regrets not holding back her son years ago. Her son, now a teenager, still seems more socially immature than his peers, she says. Except for the few like Combs who publicly question the practice, parents generally seem to believe no harm can be done by holding back a child who would be young for his grade-and a lot can be lost if they are pushed into school before they're ready.
National experts say that commonly-held belief is wrong.
Byrd's research shows that when these kids become teenagers, they are far more likely to have behavior problems and drop out of school. In fact, students who were redshirted and consequently ended up old for their grade were twice as likely as their peers to drop out of high school, according to a study Byrd presented last year at an American Academy of Pediatrics meeting.
"Age alone is not a good reason to hold a child back," says Byrd. "The idea should not be to ace school, but to be engaged by it."
The problem, he says, is children who are held back and end up being the oldest in their class sometimes fail to gain self-esteem from their accomplishments. "They may be bored and even if they do well they feel that somehow they should be doing a little better because of the fact they are older," Byrd says.
Byrd points to research showing that any small advantage redshirted kindergartners may have washes out by third grade. What remains, he says, are years of an educational race that may have been launched from a skewed starting gate. "The peer-pressure issues that children face when they are 6 aren't the same as those they will face when they are 15 and 16 and the rest of the class is 13 or 14 and at an age when no one wants to be different."
Some would argue that kindergartners don't like feeling different, either. Experts note that children are keenly aware of their classmates' ages. In particular, they know who is the oldest and who is the youngest. That, the experts say, can be especially difficult for the older children. "When I taught kindergarten, I had a child with a May birthday who had been held back and started a year later," says Graue. "He didn't want to celebrate his birthday in class, no cupcakes, nothing. I found out later that he didn't want his classmates to know that he would be turning 7 instead of 6. There is more going on in those heads than we think."
Nor do students benefit socially, according to Graue's research. "I spoke with children, and I remember asking one boy who had been redshirted what he would need to do to be successful in kindergarten," says Graue. "He said that you needed to be able to sit, be quiet and be a good boy, or else they wouldn't want you. Kids that are age-misplaced in school wonder why, even if they may not voice it. It may be convenient for adults to assume that it is not an issue for their child, but kids are a lot more socially savvy than that."
According to Meisels, the trauma that a child may feel at being left behind by his peers is an important reason to weigh costs and benefits. "There can be very significant problems if a child is taken out of his or her peer group to be held back," he says. "For some children it may look like they are being held back in preschool, and we know that to lose a peer group is one of the most catastrophic things that can happen in the life of young children. We also know that those relationships are already beginning to be cemented by kindergarten."
An academic advantage?
Parents often see holding their child back as giving them an academic advantage. It is the same goal parents had a few years ago when they sent their children to kindergarten a year early. They believed that sending a child to kindergarten a year early would give him a jump on classmates.
Sending kids early isn't a good idea, experts say, and research shows red- shirting a child won't give them a long-term advantage either. Although the older kindergartners may get a short-term boost, particularly in reading, research shows, the advantage disappears after age 8. "In first and second grade the redshirted students may be more competent, but if you follow kids into third grade you see that there are virtually no differences from student to student," says Meisels.
A lot also depends on what the student has been doing in the year he or she is kept out of kindergarten. "If he has spent the whole year in this fabulous pre-kindergarten, he may then be bored by kindergarten later on," says Meisels. This was a child ready for kindergarten. "And this also ends up being a financial issue, because not all parents can afford to pay for this sort of high-quality education in the year that their child is waiting for kindergarten."
Conversely, children who were kept at home, required to repeat a preschool class or remain in childcare are less likely to get the same benefit from waiting a year to start school, Byrd says. "At the end of that year they will just be bigger, older, more bored and more capable of getting into trouble, which is a bad combination and actually renders them at an academic disadvantage."
At the same time, research shows a disproportionate number of redshirted kindergartners need special education services such as therapy for speech and learning disabilities once they do enter school. By delaying their entry into public school, parents also delay the moment when their children can begin receiving intervention services, which can put these students behind from the start.
Making the call
So what is a parent to do? Parents of kindergarten-eligible children with a late spring or summer birthday will have to answer that question in the next few weeks. "My best advice is to look at it individually and not generalize," says Meisels. "I would encourage parents to enroll their child for the year in which he is age-appropriate rather than waiting. My preference is always to try."
He admits there are exceptions. "Even though my opinion is that (red- shirting) is a bad policy for parents and schools to follow on a large-scale basis, on an individual basis it may make sense for some children," he says. "Clearly a child who is having difficulties with learning or social difficulties, or who has not had a lot of preschool experience may need to be held back. The same with those who have some very, very close ties to a teacher or other children that will be in school the following year."
Pediatricians recommend any child who seems hyperactive, aggressive, excessively shy or clingy, or who appears to have a speech, language or other developmental delay, be evaluated by a physician well before kindergarten registration to determine if there are any problems that need addressing. Many school districts will conduct free developmental screenings as young as age two. Parents may want to check with the district. Says Hatch, "The key is to start some sort of intervention early so that they do not have to be held back."
Other experts suggest that you make sure that your child gets some sort of preschool experience before kindergarten, and then rely on the recommendations of those teachers-who are experienced in evaluating school readiness-for their advice. "They know how your child fits into the overall peer group and they will have a good idea if they are ready or not," says Gardener.
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Private success depends on public investment--in infrastructure, education, health, transportation, research, economic stability, and protections of all sorts.
Corporations have not been hiring despite record profits. They continue to threaten our communities by outsourcing and minimizing pay for work, which leads corporations to eliminate or downgrade jobs and hence keep wages low when profits are high.
Arizona needs to protect and invest in its greatest resource, its citizens. If we protect our revenue with encouraging environments that provide opportunities we will have the resources to function and flourish.
It is the responsibility of the Arizona Legislature to see that our Human and Social Services are maintained properly and that people live by humane standards we would all agree to--indeed, we should be setting the standard for the rest of the country. If our legislature were to do its job, businesses could flourish and concentrate on their responsibilities instead of having to cut costs in order to work with an uneducated workforce that lacks basic health care.
The Arizona Legislature acts like a deadbeat dad refusing to pay for the support of his children, the citizens of Arizona. I will make sure Arizona meets its responsibilities; no matter how tough the GOP may complain, it is to provide for our state.
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Here�s the perfect bedtime story parents can read to children who have trouble falling asleep at night. It�s the newest rhyming adventure of Suzy Sue, who is
She brushed her teeth.
She picked up her Ted . . .
She clambered and climbed into her bed.�
About The Author:
Mij Kelly was born in Edinburgh Scotland, educated at York University in England, and lives and works today in Yorkshire. She is the author of two more Suzy Sue stories Achoo! and Have You Seen My Potty? both available in North America from Barron's.
About The Illustrator:
Mary McQuillan�s has illustrated many children's picture books, including two previously published Suzy Sue storiesAchoo! and Have You Seen My Potty?
Paperback / 32 Pages / 10 1/4 x 10 5/8 / 2011