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To mark the second anniversary of President Obama's health care overhaul, voters should turn to his home state of Illinois to see how it will deliver on its promise of quality health care for the most vulnerable. When they do, they will probably not like what they see.
As a state senator, President Obama sponsored and supported large expansions of the state's Medicaid program, similar to the ones in his national health care reform bill. These expansions have led to worsening care for the very people Medicaid was meant to protect.
Illinois' Medicaid program is on the verge of collapse. Well-intentioned program expansions have ballooned enrollment to more than 3 million people. The program reimburses doctors so poorly that many simply cannot afford to take more Medicaid patients.
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The president's health care reform will only make these problems worse. Instead of reforming the underlying problems in Medicaid, his health care overhaul simply expands the program to more people -- and forces them to compete with the others for appointments with fewer and fewer doctors willing to participate. When millions of new enrollees are dumped into the system, the poorest, who have nowhere else to turn, will suffer most.
It is a noble goal to deliver quality health care to the most vulnerable -- and one we can pursue more prudently. States should be given the freedom to design programs that meet the unique needs of their vulnerable populations. Once given that freedom, they can truly work as laboratories of innovation, learning from one another and tailoring programs to meet the needs of their citizens. Such a re-empowerment of the states would also re-empower the poor. Instead of insurance that cannot get them a doctor's visit, they could be given meaningful choices and greater control over their own health.
We've tried the president's plan in his home state, and it's already failed. We should not let it fail the nation as well. For sick children trapped in poverty, Medicaid reform could be the difference between life and death.
Jonathan Ingram is the health care policy analyst for the Illinois Policy Institute, a nonpartisan research organization dedicated to supporting free-market principles.


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At last nights swim meet, Obama was successful in terms of winning. They brought home twelve 1st place prizes, ten 2nd place prizes, and one 3rd place prize. Greenfield and Colfax were their competitors and put up a good fight but Obama prevailed. Obama excelled in the 200 and 100 medley relays. Obama placed first in everything.


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Has There Ever Been a Better Argument Against Lame Duck Sessions?
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Today's Wall Street Journal editorial nails it:
The 111th Congress's Final Insult
The 111th Congress began with an $814 billion stimulus that blew out the federal balance sheet, so we suppose it's only fitting that the Members want to exit by passing a 1,924-page, $1.2 trillion omnibus spending bill. The worst Congress in modern history is true to its essence to the bitter end.
Think of this as a political version of the final scene in "Animal House," when the boys from the Delta frat react to their expulsion by busting up the local town parade for the sheer mayhem of it. Bluto Blutarsky (John Belushi) did go on to be a U.S. Senator in the film, and a man of his vision must have earned a seat on Appropriations.
Letting politicians who got defeated return to DC and vote on more bills is like sending convicted pedophiles back to Chuck E. Cheese for a couple of months before they have to go to jail.
Meanwhile, President Obama, who said he'd never sign a bill chock full of earmarks, signed the Stimulus in spite of all the earmarks, and he signed last year's $447 billion spending bill in spite of all the earmarks. So there's no reason to believe he'll suddenly stick to his campaign promise and veto the current $1.1 trillion spending bill (kind of makes last year's $447 billion omnibus not seem so bad, eh?).
Remember all the Obama promises about earmarks? Our loyal reader Ken from Texas might say this guy's "all hat and no cattle." Actually, Ken might say something worse, but we'll leave it at that:
16 Responses to "Has There Ever Been a Better Argument Against Lame Duck Sessions?"
OK_Loyalist on
December 16th, 2010 12:18 pm
The pedophile analogy is perfect. Getting these people to give up the lame duck will happen when they vote themselves pay reductions.
Voting yes on the Tax Bill gives Prez YoMama another stimulus package for 2011. Any and all of the Tax Bill or Omibus Spending package can wait until 2011 (112th Congress). YoMama played the Senate & the people like a fiddle.
It's not too late, write/email you congress representative and tell them to vote NO on the tax bill and vote HELL NO on the Omibus Spending bill.
sizemorew on
December 16th, 2010 12:56 pm
The pedophile analogy was spot on.
And are you really surprised, Doug, that he's backing out on his "no earmarks" promise? I don't think there's been a single campaign promise that he's kept except for the ones that plunge our grandchildren's grandchildren into debt.
Doug on
December 16th, 2010 1:25 pm
are you really surprised, Doug, that he's backing out on his "no earmarks" promise?
Not at all. If I had been dumb enough to believe that he was going to do what he promised and the country he promised everyone was actually possible, I'd have voted for him.
sizemorew on
December 16th, 2010 1:56 pm
Sadly, enough dupes out there fell for it to put us where we are now. The ones that are shocked that he lied to get elected make me facepalm.
Marshall_Will on
December 16th, 2010 2:08 pm
I realize it was a bit before your time but the movie Animal House fundamentally changed America. The movie was set in 1963 and college campuses were awash in uptighty-whitey " Submitted faithfully Douglass C. Neidermeyer-types". At the dawn of the 60's ( smashing convention was a 'good' thing )
The only Black and/or Jewish people in the pre-PC film are used for comic effect. Otis Day & The Nights ( "Mind if we we dance wit' yo' "dates"? ) and the audience assumes Otter's 'mark' is a repressed Jewish girl that isn't quite sure what a 'date' actually is? We can tell she's Jewish b/c she has a big nose? I know, the whole movie is pretty tasteless.
Marshall_Will on
December 16th, 2010 2:14 pm
Part II,
In any event, the movie needed a 'big finish' and the boys of Delta vow to do something so 'pointless' Daniel Day ( D-Day ) and crew turn Kent Dorman's Lincoln Continental into the "Death-Mobile" and set about vandalizing and defacing property!
This is where the comparisons to the 111th. Congress come in. They've already gotten the axe so WTF? Pardon my language.
sizemorew on
December 16th, 2010 2:18 pm
Language pardoned. And, yeah, I've never seen nor had the desire to see Animal House. But it looks like an excellent analogy.
Marshall_Will on
December 16th, 2010 2:41 pm
I'd rec. everyone see it at least 'once' and it airs on TBS every now & again. If stuck home w/ a cold it's definitely worth the laughs. "Toga parties" became all the rage on college campuses during the late 70's and it spawned a sort of pop-culture revolution. One of crudeness. In ways you can say it gave birth to Political Correctness. IMHO.
But when John Belushi OD'd in the 80's.., the REST of us grew up and moved on! It was a lot of fun and a great way to say good-bye to over 2 decades of over indulgence. People your age would be -shocked- to see how ppl our age used to party!
Seriously, if the night didn't end passed out, in jail or w/ anon. sex it was a 'dud of a night'. Oh, we also know she's Jewish as her name was "Fawn Leibowitz". Nothing subtle there huh? Congress -today- no less obscene.
SignPainterGuy on
December 16th, 2010 3:49 pm
For John Belushi, "Dumb and Stupid" as a lifestyle proved to be more than just a movie line !
Brother Jim was / is a much better actor – resisting the urge / call to cross the "silly" line !
Clu Seatoe on
December 16th, 2010 1:07 pm
Remember all the Obama promises about earmarks?
And that's one of the human problems. And if one gets their news in the morning, it's forgotten by lunchtime. And so two years from now who is going to remember? And that's what the liar counts on. And even though the facts are undeniable that's why we need to be continually reminded by the truthers. And the truthers don't have to try to argue their point, just play the audio or the video and let the liars hang themselves.
But unfortunately there's a large voting block who thinks, I don't care. My monthly check should come today, I should look to see.
If I get too hot, I have a place to cool off. If I get too cold, I have a place to warm up. If I get hungry, I can eat.
Hey, everything's good. Let those other people fight about it.
SignPainterGuy on
December 16th, 2010 3:34 pm
You are sadly……….too right !!
Must? « Random Neural Synapses on
December 16th, 2010 1:25 pm
[…] editorial from this morning. The Senate as "Animal House", indeed. As Doug Powers says, "Letting politicians who got defeated return to DC and vote on more bills is like sending […]
SignPainterGuy on
December 16th, 2010 3:53 pm
Doug, you continue with apt analogies, well done !
There`s a reason fired employees are escorted to the door – having their stuff brought to them at the door !
Mike S. on
December 16th, 2010 7:24 pm
The 111th Congress's message: it's not over until we say it's over. Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor…?
OK_Loyalist on
December 16th, 2010 7:50 pm
Exactly !
Ken in Texas on
December 16th, 2010 10:11 pm
Actually, Ken might say that this numb-nut should shit on the ground and fall backwards.
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Annesley College in Adelaide has secured a future for at least the next two years.
The Uniting Church has announced it will underwrite servicing of any school loans for that time.
Uniting Church moderator Rod Dyson says the church's standing committee has decided to take decisive action to save the girls' college at Wayville, which has had a steep fall in enrolments.
Reverend Dyson says proposed mergers with other schools are now off the agenda.
Annesley's school council recently flagged possible mergers because of the enrolments fall.
The college is without a principal for next year, but Reverend Dyson says there is someone in line for the job who is highly-regarded and passionate about Annesley's future.
The school council will be given those details on Tuesday.
Reverend Dyson says the school can look to the future with hope.
"We have been inundated with emails, phone calls, letters and offers of support from parents, students, old scholars and staff," he said.
"This is a much-loved school. We totally understand that this has been an extremely stressful and difficult period for a lot of people, but we now believe that the way forward is clear."
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Most Oklahoma voters agree that Oklahoma banks are different than "Wall Street firms," a new SoonerPoll study shows.
Results indicate that 73.6 percent of likely Oklahoma voters polled agreed with the statement "Oklahoma banks are much different from the "Wall Street firms" that are often referred to as "banks" by the media."
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"By a three-to-one margin, those who were undecided are beginning to agree with the statement," Beverage said. "Last January, I said the undecided percentage was a number we had to improve on, and I'd say these results indicate that the OBA and Oklahoma banks together have done a pretty good job of making our case."
When results concerning the difference between Oklahoma banks and "Wall Street firms" are broken down by party very little variation is evident, but political label did affect results. Of those who consider themselves conservatives, 77.8 percent agree there is a difference, compared to just 59.2 percent of liberals.
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Traditionally, Oklahoma banks take in money through consumers' account deposits, which are insured through the FDIC, and then loan it back to the community in the form of auto, home, or business loans. By comparison, Wall Street firms focus primarily on facilitating the sale of stocks and bonds and operate as advisers and agents for companies that want to raise capital.
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"When Oklahomans understand that difference they realize that OBA-member banks are the solution to the nation's problems, not the cause of them," Beverage said.
SoonerPoll.com, Oklahoma's public opinion pollster, was commissioned for this poll by the OBA. SoonerPoll.com conducted the scientific study using live interviewers by telephone of 512 likely voters from Nov. 17-Dec. 6. The study has a margin of error of ± 4.3 percent.


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Well, at least one branch of our government is well-funded enough to take on these sorts of projects, I guess. Too bad the research is classified and likely highly iffy. Consider, similarly, the two "other" Hubbles found lying around in a Pentagon warehouse last year. "[S]top and think about this for a moment. The Department of Defense has the kind of funding needed — hundred of millions to billions of dollars, presumably — to build not one, but two, Hubble-like optical telescopes and then never use them."
It's not just pandas and sea lions: Chris Good of ABC News lists fifty-seven terrible consequences America can expect from the looming sequestration, the deep automatic cuts resulting from the August 2011 debt ceiling deal that — unless action is taken — are set to go into effect on March 1st. Among the probable damage: 700,000 jobs lost. "With the House in recess and with Obama playing golf [with oilmen] over the weekend, a deal does not appear imminent."
There's a lot of back-and-forth going on in Washington right now about whose fault these lousy sequesters are. Clearly, the GOP loved the idea back when, and they're the ones preventing any action on averting the cuts now. So make no mistake — if these deep and indiscriminate cuts go into effect, it'll be because the GOP wants them. It's the same reason they hold up disaster relief constantly, and are currently holding the US Postal Service hostage — Because they seem to get an ideological kick out of seeing Big Guvmint fail at its basic responsibilities.
That being said, let's remember: The president handed House Republicans a loaded gun. It takes a very short-term view of things to forget how, throughout 2010, 2011, and 2012, President Obama actively fomented the deficit witchhunt, and continued to promote both Simpson-Bowles and a deadly Grand Bargain even as it became patently obvious that investment, spending, and economic growth should be the order of the day. (By the way: Not in the Simpson-Bowles package of deficit-defeating awesomeness? The corporate tax loophole that just made Erskine Bowles $114,000.)
In short, this lousy sequester is the GOP's baby, yes. But it's also the ultimate consequence of both parties trafficking in unresponsible hysteria over a phantom problem for years one end. Now the chickens have come home to roost, and our fragile economic recovery, weakened by several years without any serious stimulus, faces a real crisis. Let's be clear: This crisis was not caused by the illusory danger of deficits, but because Republicans and the administration both, when the chips were down in August 2011, elided over basic economic sense and instead embraced the nonsense of austerity.
Update: The Story of the Sequester in GIF form, via AFSCME, and Sequestered Development, a not particularly inspired mash-up of Arrested Development and recent events.
You know what the world really needs? A system of dormant underwater drones, which apparently DARPA is hard at work on. If you want to use this type of tech to explore the oceans of Europa or Titan, fine. For the Taiwan Strait? Sounds like a terrible idea. SKYNET aside, glitches happen.
"Tom Hanks's ideal age was about 36 — when he made Philadelphia and Forrest Gump…Clooney's ideal age seems to have been about 45 — the Syriana–Michael Clayton period. He needed the gray hair and extra years because his whole 'I've done things with women you only dream of' vibe required some visible baggage—creases, texture, a little sag…Tom Cruise is about Clooney's age; unfortunately, Cruise's ideal age was about 25 — the Top Gun-Color of Money moment of maximum cocksureness."
In GQ, Mark Harris surveys the state of the Hollywood Leading Man in 2013. "The dust clears. We survey the landscape. Channing Tatum is now a movie star. And Taylor Kitsch is not. How did this transition, not particularly predictable a year ago, happen for one of them? Why did it fail to happen for the other?"
Our culture veers even closer to self-parody upon the news that Florida Atlantic University will name its stadium after a private prison conglomerate. "GEO Group reported revenues in excess of $1.6 billion in 2011, income generated mostly from state and federal prisons and detention centers for illegal immigrants."
What the?! Honestly, how shameful is it that we ostensible lovers of freedom — mainly on account of our ridiculous incarceration rates (for anything other than white-collar crimes) — not only have a private, for-profit prison industry flourishing in our country — one that routinely maintains substandard prisons and undercuts workers' wages by outsourcing their captive labor force — but that we're sufficiently unembarrassed about it to start naming stadiums after them? Pathetic.
Update: FAU students make their displeasure known.


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Ah, back to the naming convention that we all got comfortable with. I looked ahead and - no spoilers - that pattern remains through the rest of the season. Maybe season 2 will be named after Beatles songs.
We start the episode, like many of them this season, in a flashback. This is taking place in the relatively recent past, 3-6 months earlier. This episode jumps back and forth between the present day (Mike being questioned with Saul by the Philly cops) and into the past, either in Mike's last days in Philly or his first days in Albuquerque. It's pretty obvious in the show which is which due to a matrix-like blue filter. I think they have used this filter in previous episodes' flashbacks (chuck bailing out jimmy maybe?), so it's probably no big revelation.
Tune into the TV Soup Podcast (Better Call Saul, "Five-O" Review)
This episode's story is told like an old cop drama. He's got a tough exterior, made a few mistakes, but is generally a good guy. It's the tale of Mike Ehrmantraut, which might not be terribly relevant to people who have only seen BCS, but for those of us who watched all of Breaking Bad, this was some back story that was a looong time coming.
Back to present day and Mike is in an interrogation room and won't say anything until his lawyer gets there, now, apparently, Jimmy McGill. Mike has a plan, as he always does, and tries to get Jimmy to help him steal the detective's notebook. Jimmy instantly rejects the idea - he's trying to be on the straight and narrow, but of course goes along with the plan when push comes to shove. During this interview, we're finally given some insight into things that actually happened in Philadelphia.
Mike gets the notebook and gets a good look at what the cops have on him (interesting side note - the AMC story sync has some great images of the notebook so you can see what they have) and realizes that his daughter-in-law called the Philly detectives after Fenske and Hoffman were killed. She thought there could be a connection, and presumably, told them that Mike was now in Albuquerque. Mike goes to confront Stacey about her calling the cops, and while he winds up admitting the phone call Matt had that she was worried about was actually with Mike, you don't get much else. Mike just stubbornly says "My boy wasn't dirty".
We move into a flashback as smooth as silk, and Mike is walking down the street back in Philly. He niftily breaks into a police car and proceeds into the bar and Mike appears to be really deep in his cups when we see Fenske and Hoffman for the first time. Mike's already put his plan into action (breaking into the car to plant a gun) but it really gets into motion when he walks up to them and tells them that he knows it was them (who killed Matty).
The plan comes together perfectly (as most of his plans in BB did), and it's great watching it for a second time, seeing how everything falls exactly into place. Getting picked up by the cops after the bar closed, giving them the ringer gun, waiting until they did decide to kill him.
Back in the present, Mike is back at Stacey's house and ready to pour his heart out. This is one of the best scenes that Jonathan Banks has had in both shows, and showcases his talent - he's not just grumpy and rough on the exterior. Mike explains everything that happened around Mikey's death, "breaking his boy" and finishes it with "you know what happened. the question is - can you live with it?"


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By Woody Woodrick
Advocate Editor
Each fall, United Methodist churches hold charge conferences where, at least theoretically, the churches' mission and ministry are evaluated.
One of the difficulties is knowing how to do that. What indicates a healthy, vibrant church?
Churches in the Mississippi Conference will have a new tool this year to help assess their health: the A2 Indicators.
"Our goal is two-fold," said the Rev. Shane Stanford, who helped develop the indicators with his wife, Dr. Pokey Stanford. "We want to have churches participating in a corporate dialogue about information normally put on charge conference forms instead of one or two people filling these out. Bishop (Hope Morgan) Ward has said this is a report to the charge conference not the annual conference.
"The other goal has been to help identify next-step assessments for congregations. Not all churches need the same kind of assessment. This gives us an idea of the nuances congregation may need to move forward."
"The A2 process will evoke a helpful conversation in each local church," Ward said. "Some of the questions will be familiar. Others will be new. None will be complicated or difficult. In working with the 12 areas identified in the A2 process, each congregation will identify areas of strength and areas that might be strengthened for ministry."
The program is based on Acts 2:42-47. Prior to answering the questions, the congregation will have the opportunity to work through a study guide that examines four themes in Acts 2:42-47.
The Rev. Embra Jackson, administrative assistant to the bishop and who helped develop A2, said he thinks the scriptural aspect makes the A2 assessment process attractive and effective. "The biblical references will lead the congregation," he said.
"It will also mean less paperwork. A2 is centered more on conversation about the mission of the church. Because of that, I think the local pastors will embrace it."
Stanford, who serves as a consultant on congregational development for the conference, said results of the assessment could be unique to each church.
Ward said she believes using A2 will enable the conference to partner better with the local church.
"The purpose of the annual conference is to strengthen local churches," she said. "The local church is the mission station of the United Methodist connection! It will be good to continue to share ideas that are working, missions that are unfolding, persons who are being blessed. We continue to learn from one another in the family of the annual conference."
Once a church has completed its assessment, Stanford said the goal is to have the leadership delve deeper into the church's ministry efforts.
"I hope the assessment sparks better ministry," he said. "The primary intention is to help congregations meet themselves where they are, to begin discussing where we need to go. Other assessment steps have to take place at a deeper level.
"The next step will be to have a more narrative assessment in congregations," Stanford said. "The assessment is tailored toward that congregation. Some issues will be programmatic. Some issues are about visioning. Some are about ministry viability; is this a congregation that has a viable ministry life or possible transitions in the future?"
Long term, Stanford said he believes A2 will enable the conference to allocate resources more effectively.
"We should get a real idea of where our churches are," he said. "I think what we will discover is that we have a lot to celebrate and a lot of challenges. This will put everybody on the same page. It will help us to take limited resources and direct them to areas be most effective."


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Cross out each incorrect possessive noun. Write correct possessive form. .......Small acts of kindness made the outcast's lives better. Answer Cross out outcast's Replace outcasts'
Quid est Quintus?
Please help me
What does personal , reflexive ,and intensive mean
Thank you so much
Is the word humor abstract or concrete
describe the preparation of 100mls of 1,0M from concentrated HCL?
English / Literature
Choose one archetype that is illustrated by two or more of the stories you have read, and write a brief essay explaining what an archetype is, what archetype youve chosen to discuss, and how the archetype is demonstrated in at least two different pieces of literature you...
Sarah spends 2/5 of her monthly income on rent. Sarah's rent is $750. What is sarah's montly income? Write an equation to solve this problem.
a long distance phone company charges $3 for a phone call plus $0.75 for each minute of the call. What fuction does this situation give rise to? Find the formula and make a table for this function.
A candy bowl contained 723 candies. Some of the candies were red and the rest were green. There were twice as many green candies as red candies. How many red candies were in the candy bowl? Write an equation to solve this problem.
Describe how this could happen that three different animals could each be claimed - rightfully - to be the largest of the three. Discuss the implications of this kind of situation for teaching students about measurement.
. Theory and origin of the separation of powers II. The division of powers among the branches of government A. The executive branch B. The legislative branch III. The separation of church and state IV. The judicial branch V. Current ideas about the separation of powers most ...
What does Thomas Paine value highly in the excerpt from his essay The Crisis? Freedom Solitude Individuality Spirituality Equality
x+y=-4 (x-2)^2+(y+7)^2=13 solve by substitution
The sum of the squares of two numbers is 2. The product of the two numbers is 1. Find the numbers. xy=1 x^2+y^2=2 x^4+1=2x^2 x^4-2x^2+1=0 I don't think you can factor that unless its (x^2+1)(x^2-1) but I don't know where to go from there
What specific recommendations would you give on fuel selections and hydration to successfully run a 10 K race
y = sin (x - Pi sign) amplitude: period: phase shift:
How do I solve: log6 (x^2-5x) = 1 1/2log5(r-2)-log5 r) log2 (x-1/x^8) I really don't know how to do these or even start
Solve the polynomial equation, to obtain the first root. x^3+7x^2+19x+13 and 2x^4-19x^3+74x^2-127x=0 I don't know how to start these, or finish them
2 square root -50 + 5 square root -32 i got 30i square root 2 is this right
x/x+3 > or equal 2 (-3,6] or [-6,-3) or does it have an infinity in the answer
Solve the polynomial inequality x^2+5x >or= -6 (-infinity, -3]u [-2, infinity) or [-3,-2]
Doesnt i^2 equal -1
For the second one i got 1+3i is this correct
How do I figure these 2 out. Find standard form a +bi (4 square root -9) ( -3 square root -5) x^2 -3x+4 evaluated for x=1+i
Determine whether the function x^3+x^2-1 is even, odd or neither. I thought it was odd because it has one negative sign is this correct
Find all values satisfying x f(x) 3x-1 g(x) x^2-5x+12 (f*g)(x) = 17
Why is it important to know an accurate VO2 max value when prescribing exercise?
is the answer 5 thats what i got
(square root of x+7)-5 = x Only the x+7 is square rooted how do I find the solution set???
My teacher is asking me to "Create a two-part answer for the concepts below" what is a two part answer
Thx I had that 2
i don't have the height would i use 82 the slanted side
how do i find the height of a triangle the base is 18 inches, the angled side is 82 inches and it is a right triangle
66 ft/sec
x = 6.7
If the ratio of two pulleys, A and B is 4:3, and pulley B has a length of 13.5 inches, how long is pulley A? [a] inches how do i figure this
i don't get lateral area either
ok i found how to do the surface area but i still don't know what to use for the lateral area
man this sucks well hold on 2Fe3+ + Sn2+ --> 2Fe2+ + Sn4+ +0.62 V Sn2+ + I2 --> Sn4+ + 2I +0.38 V i hope this is better
2Fe3+ + Sn2+ ¡ú 2Fe2+ + Sn4+ +0.62 V Sn2+ + I2 ¡ú Sn4+ + 2I¨C +0.38 V
For there reaction system involving the species in the table below, what conclusion is justified for standard state conditions? Standard Reduction Potentials E0 2Fe3+ + Sn2+ ¡ú 2Fe2+ + Sn4+ +0.62 V Sn2+ + I2 ¡ú Sn4+ + 2I¨C +0.38 V (A) I¨C ...
is an electrode through which (positive) electric current flows into a polarized electrical device
I know that the electrons float over to the cataod SO i think it would be C
In every electrolytic and galvanic (voltaic) cell the anode is that electrode (A) at which oxidation occurs. (B) which attracts cations. (C) at which electrons are supplied to the solution. (D) at which reduction occurs.
what do you mean by plated
During the electrolysis of an aqueous solution of CuSO4 with inert electrodes (A) the anode loses mass and the cathode gains mass. (B) the mass of the anode remains the same but the cathode gains mass. (C) the mass of the anode decreases but the mass of the cathode remains ...
Ni2+(aq) + 2e¨C ¡ú Ni(s) ¨C0.25 V Sn4+(aq) + 2e¨C ¡ú Sn2+(aq) +0.15 V Br2(l) + 2e¨C ¡ú 2Br¨C(aq) +1.07 V
I left out this with the problem Ni2+(aq) + 2e¨C ¡ú Ni(s) ¨C0.25 V Sn4+(aq) + 2e¨C ¡ú Sn2+(aq) +0.15 V Br2(l) + 2e¨C ¡ú 2Br¨C(aq) +1.07 V so it says: Which process represents a general method for the preparation of a ...
Which process represents a general method for the preparation of a metal from its compounds? . (A) neutralization (D) fusion (B) reduction (E) sublimation (C) oxidation
well it cant be A or C so i think that it would be B
never mind that wouldnt be right i was looking at the wrong thing
would it be A because it is going from Zn to Zn^+2
Which statement is true for the cell as it discharges? Zn | Zn2+(1 .0 M) || Sn2+(1.0 M) | Sn (A) Oxidation occurs at the tin electrode. (B) Electrons will flow from the tin electrode to the zinc electrode. (C) The concentration of Zn2+ will increase. (D) The mass of the tin ...
Which reaction will occur if each substance is in its standard state? (A) Ni2+ will oxidize Sn2+ to give Sn4+ (B) Sn4+ will oxidize Br to give Br2 (C) Br2 will oxidize Ni(s) to give Ni2+ (D) Ni2+ will oxidize Br2 to give Br
Then A because its going from 0 to +2
is the answer C
In the chemical reaction, . Zn(s) + CuSO4(aq) ¨ ZnSO4(aq) + Cu(s), (A) metallic zinc is the reducing agent. (B) metallic zinc in reduced. (C) copper ion is oxidized. (D) sulfate ion is the oxidizing agent.
well then the question asks later on what the theoretical explanation would be so you choose A or D could the theoretical explanation be one of those and then the experimental be the other
Free sulfur may act as either an oxidizing agent or a reducing agent. What is the best experimental evidence for this statement? (A) Sulfur forms sulfur dioxide as well as calcium sulfide. (B) Sulfur is a nonmetal. (C) Sulfur forms both organic and inorganic compounds. (D) ...
Manganese has the oxidation number of +5 in ______ . . (A) [MnF6]3 (C) [MnO4]2 (B) Mn2O7 (D) [Mn(CN)6]
Create at least two arguments each pro- and contra the establishment of a Global Culture does any one know about global culture or what it is
Dr. Bob Chemistry question
1.136/.2068=5.5 .5976/.2068= 2.88 so 3 .2068/.2068 = 1 .3923/.2068 = 1.89 so 2 now do i do it to all four with different denominators like 1.136/1.136= 1 .5976/1.136 = and so on or do i do it by just that one
Dr. Bob Chemistry question
ok i did all the mols of those numbers and came out with H2O = (20.51/18.051)=1.136 C2O4 = (52.60/88.016)=.5976 Fe 3+ = (11.55/55.845)= .2068 K + = (15.34/39.098)=.3923 Ive gotten that far... now im a little confused on how you do the rest of the question because they don'...
Dr. Bob Chemistry question
Ok this is what i got for the grams part now.... Total mass is 20.14 + 51.64 + 11.34 + 15.06 = 98.18 %H2O = (20.14/98.18)*100 = 20.51% %C2O4 = (51.64/98.18)*100 = 52.60% % Fe 3+ = (11.34/98.15) * 100= 11.55% % K + = (15.06/98.15) * 100 = 15.43 % 20.51 g H2O, 52.60 g C2O4 11.55...
How do i write a good discussion/conclusion for a lab report.
Ok this is what i got for the grams part now.... Total mass is 20.14 + 51.64 + 11.34 + 15.06 = 98.18 %H2O = (20.14/98.18)*100 = 20.51% %C2O4 = (51.64/98.18)*100 = 52.60% % Fe 3+ = (11.34/98.15) * 100= 11.55% % K + = (15.06/98.15) * 100 = 15.43 % 20.51 g H2O, 52.60 g C2O4 11.55...
Dr. Bob ok well here is what i have gotten so far: on the problem H2O: 1.118 mol C2O4: .58681 mol Fe 3+: .2025 mol K^+: .3862 mol That is what ive gotten doing 20.14 g(1 mol / 18 g) = 1.118 mol and so on with the rest of them Did i do that wrong
ok well here is what i have gotten so far: H2O: 1.118 mol C2O4: .58681 mol Fe 3+: .2025 mol K^+: .3862 mol That is what ive gotten doing 20.14 g(1 mol / 18 g) = 1.118 mol and so on with the rest of them Did i do that wrong
How do I find the percent composition of H2O: 20.14grams C2O4: 51.64grams Fe 3+: 11.34grams K^+: 15.06 grams and the empirical formula with these numbers
what is an Incipient Civilizations
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well are you dr. bob can i ask you some questions... kinda like an interview
Question for a Teacher
Are any of you a teacher... I have an important question that has to a teacher
Enough water is added to 0.35 g of benzoic acid to make 1000 mL of solution. What is the pH? Ionization Constant for Benzoic Acid Ka = 6.5 × 105 Molar Mass Benzoic Acid 122. g·mol1 (A) 1.9 (B) 2.6 (C) 3.4 (D) 4.2
What is the molar concentration of silver ion in a solution containing 1.3 × 104 M CrO42, saturated with Ag2CrO4? The Solubility Product Constant, Ksp for Ag2CrO4 is 9 × 1012 (A) 1.3 × 1016 (B) 7 × 1016 (C) 9 × 10...
The ionization constant of an acid, HX is 1 x 10^-5. When a mixture of 0.100 mol HXand 0.100 mol of NaX is diluted to a volume of one liter by addition of wate, the pH of the resulting solution is very nearly a. 7 b. 6 c. 5 d. 4
BaSO4 less soluble so answer D
Equal volumes of 1 M BaCl2 and 1 M NaSO4 are mixed. What effect will the addition of more Na2SO4 solution have on the concentration of Ba^2+ remaining in solution? *No effect *increase the concentration of Ba^2+ ions *Decreases the concentration of Ba^2+ *Ba^2+ will remain the...
Which one of the following salts is obtained by the reation of a weak acid with a strong base. MgCl2 NH4F LiClO4 NaCl K2SO3
All of the following species would be expected to be able to function a Lewis bases EXCEPT a. F- b. O2- c. OH+ d. H2O BF3
How do you calculate the pH, pOH, [H3O] and [OH] for a 0.067 M solution of sodium iodate
What is the OH^- concentraton of a solution that is 0.10M in Na2C2O4? I have a couple of these concentration questions asking different things but I don't know how to do them
I got the pH how do i turn that into (H+)
constant sorry :(
The dissociation for a weak base BOH in water found to be 1.25 x 10^-6. What is the concentration of H+ in a 3.2M soluton of BOH.
well C says AX is less than BX2 and it is so i thought it would be that one.
If two salts AX and BX2, have the same Ksp values of 4.0x10^-12 at a given temperature, then A. their molar solubilities in water are the same B. the salts are more soluble in 0.1 M NaX than in water C. the molar solubility of AX in water is less than that of BX2 D. addition ...
that makes better sense now thank you
well i do understand what you did to solve the problem... and i did find the answer... its just that all this stuff im looking at is sqrt everything that's all and i didn't see you do that
where i am pulling this is if you pull up google and type in molar solubility the first website shows you how to do it... that is what i am following and it shows me that in the book too
Ksp = 4.0E-5 = (x)(3x) is the (3x) squared ??
If the concentration of a saturated solution of SrCO3 is 0.000040 mol*L^-1, what is the value for the solubility product constant of this salt. How do I start this please
i subtracted 1E-3 from the 1.8E-8 and it got me a -9.999E-4 then i took the sqrt cause (X)(X) is x^2 and then the calculator told me an error
ok I got x^2 = 1.8 x 10^-8 = 1.34 x 10^-4 for PbSO4 is this right
So im solving for two expressions... is that it.
So what do i do then to solve for the ksp
what is the molar solubility of lead sulfate in 1.0 X 10^-3 M Na2SO4? The Solubility Product Constant PbSO4 Ksp= 1.8 x 10^-8 The Ksp expression is: Na2SO4 = [2Na][SO4^-2] [2Na]=2x [SO4^-2]=x Ksp= 1.8 x 10^-8 = (x)(2x) Ksp= 1.8 x 10^-8 /4x^3 1.8 x 10^-8/4 = x^3 4.5 x 10^-9 = x^...


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In 1954, on his 5th birthday, Robert Sprinkle was given a choice by his father, Leland Sprinkle: have a traditional birthday party, or take a tour of one of Virginia's most famous caves, Luray Caverns. Robert chose the cave tour, and soon the Sprinkle family descended below the surface of the small town of Luray to view its main attraction.
When they arrived at a part of the cave dubbed "The Throne", their guides indulged in a regular custom: "Playing" the cave's stalactites like the keys of a marimba. "The guides had a habit of taking out a little rubber rod and tapping out 'Mary Had a Little Lamb'," Robert now recalls. "They had noticed that these different stalactites, when hit, made a sound, and they had identified several notes."
After the tour, Leland Sprinkle asked to speak with the cave's owner, Ted Graves. They had coffee in the cafeteria, and Sprinkle explained that he was an engineer and an organist, and that he could make a musical instrument out of the stalactites of Luray Caverns. He could turn the cave itself into a giant instrument, the only one of its kind.
"[Mr. Graves] should have said 'Are you kidding?'," says Robert. "But he didn't. He said 'Sure, why not?'" Sprinkle spent the next three years constructing his organ. He combed Luray Caverns for stalactites of different pitches and wired up hammers to strike them when an organ key was pressed, all while finding ways to keep a complex electrical system from going to hell in a forever-damp 54 degree cave.
The "Great Stalacpipe Organ"—as Washington Post music editor Paul Hume dubbed it—debuted in 1957, but Leland Sprinkle would spend the rest of his life continuing to work on it in one form or another. Underneath the town of Luray, he had built his legacy, after navigating so many twists, turns and false starts in the years prior.
Leland Sprinkle's Shortcut Detail
"My dad came of age during the Depression, and he had a number of opportunities that evaporated," Robert Sprinkle tells me over the phone. He is now a physician and an associate professor at the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy. "He ended up making his way in the world in a fashion that wasn't entirely what he had in mind."
Leland Sprinkle was set to begin a PhD program in physics at Harvard when his father was struck with a case of appendicitis. The appendix burst and Sprinkle's father died, leaving Leland to care for his mother. His Harvard plans curtailed, Sprinkle worked for various arms of the World War II-era U.S. government. He worked in the Treasury Department, the Federal Housing Administration, and later, the Pentagon. He worked on the Norden bombsight and the UNIVAC computer. He taught pre-flight calculus in the Navy. Along the way, he studied organ at the Peabody Conservatory, and earned patents for several inventions.
"Wherever he ended up, he made contributions that typically reduced the number of equations needed to solve a multivariable problem," Robert Sprinkle says. "He did it again and again and he kept referring to himself as having been assigned to the 'shortcut detail'." According to Robert, his father never quite got the credit he deserved for much of his work, but "this was sort of his story, and he was surprisingly not bitter about it."
Employees of Luray Caverns remember Leland Sprinkle as a unique man. A genius in matters of math, science, and music, he was also a willing teacher, and someone who could seemingly talk comfortably with anyone.
"He was always very kind to me," says John Shaffer, Luray Caverns' marketing director, who has been there for forty years. "He was always taking time to show a little kid like me why something worked. It didn't take him ten seconds to go over my head, but he was always trying to include even the younger people helping him."
Larry Moyer was a teenager when he started work at Luray Caverns as a tour guide, over three decades ago. Moyer made a model of the organ's automatic player system for a school project, and when Leland Sprinkle heard about it, he asked to meet the young man, and offered to let him tag along for some of the work in the cave. Today, Moyer is the manager of maintenance operations for Luray—and the chief organ engineer.
"He was a very interesting man, a very good man," Moyer tells me. "He loved to learn and he loved to see other people learn."
Moyer, like many people who aided Leland Sprinkle in the creation and maintenance of the organ, had an interest in electronics, but no formal training as an engineer. Not that it mattered. There was no engineering blueprint for The Great Stalacpipe Organ at all; it had to be configured from the (under) ground up. "You can't just go down to the store and buy a part for a Stalacpipe Organ," Moyer says.
In The Cave
One day in February 2011, Paul Malmström donned his white dinner jacket, set up a stereo mic on a boom stand in the main "Cathedral" of Luray Caverns, and placed a Nagra tape recorder on a chair in an attempt to capture history.
Malmström is one half of the group Pepe Deluxé. He and partner James Spectrum call themselves an 'inter-continental collective orchestra'. They had composed, and then spent years trying to get the opportunity to perform, the first piece of original music written specifically for The Great Stalacpipe Organ, titled "In The Cave".
"Recording an unusual instrument is often a challenge because you need to find out both what and where it sounds good," Spectrum tells me in an email exchange. "I tracked down most of the existing Stalacpipe recordings and those really helped us to realize that we should avoid repeating notes, especially in the lower register. We also decided that the tempo of the composition should be quite slow as there is plenty of reverb in the caverns – reverb that tends to blur faster notes."
The organ's stalactites cover over 3.5 acres of the cave, and each one is wired individually. Playing a note on the organ console sends a signal through a wire to a "solenoid", a type of electromagnet set to trigger a coiled rubber hammer, which then strikes the stalactite. Pickups are employed to help amplify the stalactite sounds, and with sometimes acres of wire to travel through to get to a stalactite (and then an amplification system to travel back through to get to the performer) some lag or latency in the signal is apparent. "Speed metal heads beware," Malmström says. "This instrument isn't something you'll do lightening fast 16th note runs on for sure. The keys have to be pressed with tender determination."
The organ's main console was built by Virginia's Klann Organ Supply. (They still assist with refurbishing.) Much of the rest of the design and construction is focused around a never-ending battle with the cold and moist conditions of the cave. The organ sits on a heated platform, and additional heaters have been rigged up inside the console. The control room holding the main power source is covered in heat lamps.
"I joke that it's like the surface of the moon," John Shaffer says. "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. It's a hostile environment. It's damp, and water seeps into every piece of equipment. Even though it's sealed up with ways to keep the water out, when it's down there for 365 days a year for decades…"
Robert recalls working with his father at home on a solution for keeping the stalactite pickups safe and dry. "When [my father] began discovering rocks that were too far away [to be heard acoustically] he needed to figure out a way to amplify something that was constantly being dripped on… We had a hot plate and an aluminum pot at home and we took very large chunks of beeswax and melted the beeswax, then dipped these magnetic pickups in the beeswax. It didn't interfere with the magnetic field at all, but it kept the wiring from getting corroded."
Sprinkle also had to design a way for the organ to play continuously to throngs of visiting tourists, so he fashioned an apparatus out of a spinning metal drum, covered with an outer layer of plastic. Sprinkle melted holes into the plastic surface so that it functioned much like a player-piano roll: Metal brushes would make contact with the metal drum where the holes were, triggering notes in the same way that pressing a console key would. Being a trained concert organist, Sprinkle of course did the transcriptions and sheet-making himself.
During our interview, Robert Sprinkle confesses that he only learned about a specific part of the organ's functionality that day as he went through some of his father's old paperwork in preparation for our talk. "If you look at the organ console, it's preposterously in excess of need, really, with multiple keyboards (there are 4). I thought this was only for show–to say it was more like an organ. What I read today [is that] he envisioned an antiphonal organ: there would be rocks of a different character in different places… There would be a louder set and a softer set. You'd have parts coming from your right, or parts coming from behind you, so that you're actually inside the instrument." Leland Sprinkle was trying to bring us his organ in full Surround Sound, an idea that sadly came and went with the decision to amplify the organ's stalactites.
Despite all of the ingenuity Leland Sprinkle displayed in Luray Caverns, none of his established patents relate to his work there. As Robert Sprinkle points out, "He never patented anything he invented for the cave. He wanted all of that to be freely available.He really thought what he was doing there was worthwhile and he didn't want to do it in any proprietary fashion."
Welcome to Luray
According to John Shaffer, Luray Caverns gets about 500,000 tourists per year. It's a popular destination among DC insiders (the Obama family has visited twice), vacationing east-coasters, travelers passing through on their way to Shenandoah National Park or George Washington National Forest, and couples, who come to get married in the Cathedral to the sounds of the organ.
(Robert Sprinkle suggested this idea to his own wife before they were married. In a sense, Leland Sprinkle could have posthumously performed at his son's wedding.)
Tourism is what keeps this town of 5,000 afloat, and Leland Sprinkle's organ is a big part of that. "The organ has been instrumental–no pun intended–in maintaining our popularity," says John Shaffer.
"It's a U.S. Natural landmark now, which is a designation bestowed by the Department of The Interior. The Park service inspects our cavern once a year to make sure we aren't doing anything to harm the environment, because they want us to maintain this for generations to come."
The irony of course is that Leland Sprinkle's tinkering in Luray Caverns—including his sanding of some stalactites to fine-tune them—would almost certainly get him thrown out of any natural landmark location today, if not arrested outright. Robert Sprinkle says his father was amused by the idea that, because of the natural growth of stalactites, the instrument would have to be tuned every thousand years or so. If some version of the U.S. government and its park service exists in a thousand years, that could mean trouble with the Caverns' landmark status.
I wonder about Robert Sprinkle's claim that his father's life wasn't what he had in mind. With his creativity, and a PhD in physics from Harvard, Leland Sprinkle could have been on the road to becoming another Einstein before his father died. But as a grown man with children of his own, Leland Sprinkle saw something in Luray Caverns that told him it could and should be his true life's work. I ask Robert what it was about the cave's potential that consumed Leland, and he takes a minute to sift through his own emotions.
"He thought that he could make an instrument out of an ancient thing—something that had existed for millions of years, that had a mellifluous potential that he could unlock. There was just the notion that there was something in there that he could liberate. To him, it wasn't a sideshow. To him it was a mission and he didn't want it to die with him. He wanted it to be maintainable, usable—he wanted other people to be able to use it."
Robert Sprinkle means his father wanted people to be able to play the organ after he was gone. But it strikes me just how many other ways Leland Sprinkle's organ is used today: The small town of Luray uses it to boost tourism. Couples get married to it and fathers take their sons to see it on birthdays. Pepe Deluxé used it to make music history.
"Oh man. I'm Googling 'Stalacpipe Organ' all the time to show off to friends and strangers alike," Paul Malmström says. "Most think it's a film set, while I naturally explain I've had a chance to man-handle the 8th wonder of the world."
Initially, neither John Shaffer nor Larry Moyer intended to stay at Luray Caverns forever, but Leland Sprinkle and his organ helped them build sustainable and fulfilling careers there for the long-term. (Luray also employs a full-time machinist that works specifically on organ parts.) Moyer uses the organ as a teaching device, a way for an older generation to impart specialized knowledge to a younger one, reminiscent of his teenage days and nights in the cave with Leland Sprinkle.
"I got two young guys I'm teaching right now, and I kind of let them work as a team. I teach them in the same method Mr. Sprinkle taught me. I give them little projects to work on, and they go down and work on it, and I leave them alone and give them time to try and figure it out themselves. That's the way Mr. Sprinkle taught me. He'd let me mess with it for a few hours or days before he came in and helped me solve a problem. I think you learn better that way. It worked for me anyway."
The Great Stalacpipe Organ may be Leland Sprinkle's greatest invention because it wasn't part of his "shortcut detail". On the contrary: There will always be water to keep out of the electronics, solenoids to clean, coils to rebuild, and consoles to re-key. And there will always be a need for the people and specialized knowledge to maintain it. Leland Sprinkle built an instrument that sustains the lives of those that continue to give it life.


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Around contest season, I often find people wishing me "good luck" or hear them saying it to other contestants. That always seemed strange to me, especially when a contest Toastmaster announced it to every contestant in the room at once.
That's as silly as telling every contestant that you hope they can win. Obviously, they can't all win.
I've lost contests I thought I should have won. I've won contests I thought I should have lost. And I've worked my butt off in contests. Winning is great, but winning because you did a good job is much better than winning because you were lucky—because the judges were biased towards your topic, or you were last in the speaking order, or your main competition went over time, or whatever.
I think it's better to say "May you give your best performance ever today!" Express the wish that people will live up to their potential, that they are learning and improving, that their great performance will help make for a great contest.
And that you CAN say to every single contestant in the contest.
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| c-fqgy chapter 5 . 1/24/2007
OMG! I havn't been this in love with a story in forever! I love your writing style its edgy, witty, and totally savvy. A must watch for sure!
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| Oyuki chapter 5 . 1/22/2007
seriously, heero, what is going on? she's ready to snap. hehe. please have more soon.
| Mini Nicka chapter 5 . 1/21/2007
Interesting and very good.
| AnimeGuera chapter 5 . 1/20/2007
Wow! This is getting better every time! I luv it! I enjoy Relena being forced into situations where sh ehas no idea whats going on. N Heero being courteous is just hilarious! I got a lil lost when they were on the truck n how they got in but maybe dats cuz is 1am? lol
Keep writing
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| Captain Stu chapter 5 . 1/20/2007
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please update soon.
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Yay! An update! This was great! Can't wait to read more!
| Trumpet-Geek chapter 5 . 1/19/2007
*fangirl squee* YOU KEPT YOUR PROMISE TO ME! I'M SO EXCITED! Now I'll be on your case even more to update so that I can find out just what Heero has been up to.. Even tho you told me at one point I can't rememeber it, lol...
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I loved this chapter! I can't wait to hear what Heero will have to say to Relena about how he's been acting. I hope you update soon.
| Angela chapter 5 . 1/19/2007
Great! I'm so glad you update regularly. Understand, I've been following your story since the beginning, but this is the first time I have been permitted to review the story by my computer. I want to give you my complements; you write well (truly a rarity,) and have an engaging plot. The only thing that bugs me a bit is Relena's somewhat... relaxed disposition. But I suppose that comes from reading years worth of fanfiction that portrays her as an uptight workaholic. Maybe this is a good interpretation. But why is there some kind of picture of a scantily clothed Relena available to the public? Would you mind explaining?
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Fantastic! Heero's OOc was pretty wierd, I wonder what's up? Anyway, please update soon! Your story's awesome!
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hmm... literally a cliffy eh.
you sure know how to leave us hanging.
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When the Festive Surprise DLC for GTA Online was announced, the update seemed a tad light on new content. However, in the announcement Rockstar stated that they will be expanding the Christmas DLC over the holiday with more and more content, and today the first burst of new holiday fun as arrived to GTA Online, with a few presents for the players. Snow covers Los Santos for the first time since last Christmas, and a new kind of roar can be heard from players' garages, but most intriguing of all is an all new game mode.
Here we have that new Adversary Mode Rockstar promised in their announcement of the Festive Surprise DLC. Beast vs. Slasher is a mash up of two relatively new Adversary Modes, namely Hunt the Beast and Slasher. In this new mode, one team is turned into the superhuman beasts, who run faster and jump higher than any human, plus they can temporarily turn invisible Predator style, while the other team is turned into the ominous, supernatural Slashers, whose task it is to hunt down the beasts.
Now, typically, you'd think that a hunt would be the other way around, however the Slashers have gotten a significant upgrade, and are categorized into three classes. Demolition Slashers are equipped with RPGs, Heavy Slashers tote miniguns, and Assault Slashers, for the first time ever in GTA Online, wield the awesome power of the railgun.
This new Adversary Mode accommodates 4 to 10 players, and undoubtedly having a full lobby will result is the biggest mayhem and most fun to be had. While it cannot be said that the two modes from which this one is composed are particularly geared towards lone wolves, Beast vs. Slasher is even more team-based than those.
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Testing from the inside out: This week, on May 20, the debate team at Minneapolis' Northeast Middle School is hosting a "community panel on standardized testing." With the help of French teacher and debate team coach Michael Grandys, these kids–whose school lives have been defined by testing–will be going directly in to the belly of the beast, and taking the rest of us with them. (I will be on the panel on the 20th, and, more importantly, so will a lot of other people, including students.)
After I met a few of these kids at a pre-panel event, I couldn't resist asking them why they wanted to host a debate about testing. I just assumed that, since they have grown up within the low expectation-slashing embrace of No Child Left Behind, being tested would be as natural a thing as breathing for these kids. Turns out it's not that simple.
Here's what the students I spoke with–8th grader Margret Ritschel and 7th graders Eleanor Craig and Ginger Benson-Nicheallochain–had to say. My questions and prompts are in bold; their answers (not in multiple choice format, unfortunately) are the bullet points that follow.
Tell me how you got interested in the topic of testing.
- I have hated testing since I was little and thought the whole thing was really unfair.
- I got involved in the panel on standardized testing after our coach, Mr. Grandys, went and saw Jesse Hagopian speak in March. He then talked with us about testing, and I got intrigued with it. I did a bunch of research and just got really passionate about it. That's why I've decided to speak out about it.
- There is just so much pressure with testing. Our teachers feel a lot of pressure to teach to the test, but the tests don't match up with what we're doing in class.
How do the tests not match up with what you are doing in class?
- We are all in advanced math classes, so the (federally mandated) MCA tests don't match what level we are at. The test is for grade-level work only, and we are all working above grade level. So, before the tests, we get crammed with knowledge, and told "we're doing this because it's on the test."
Wait. When I asked the Minnesota Department of Education about testing last year, their message was clear: they do not endorse or support the use of test prep. But it sounds like that message didn't reach your school.
- No, we do test prep packets for three months out of the year, to get ready for the tests. The packets are 10-20 pages long, and we have to do them every day.
- The test prep packets are huge, and kids don't have time to do them because we still have all of our other work to do. So, this leads to copying and searching on the Internet for answers.
- We get graded on the test prep packets, but we don't have time to for them.
Why do you think you have to do so much test prep?
- We hear the message all the time: You have to do well on these tests so our school can succeed and teachers can keep their jobs. One teacher said, "I kind of want a job next year, so do well on the test, everyone."
- It's so much pressure on students, but the teachers can't help it. They have to do this
because they are getting graded on our scores.
Some people say the tests are needed, to see how students are doing and what they're learning. What do you think?
- Testing is not learning. The quizzes and tests that teachers make are more fair, and they are about what we're doing in class. And teachers don't lose their jobs if we fail a spelling test. But with standardized tests, teachers can be fired if we don't do well.
- There are two worlds: the testing world, and the real world. In real life, you can ask for help. On the tests, you can't.
- With the tests, no one knows what's on them. We don't know what we got wrong or why.
- Life isn't multiple choice. In life, you have to think. And these tests don't help you think. They don't teach us how to apply information.
- I don't like that you can't ask for help, so there's no learning. In life, we can always find help or look up information we need.
- I have friends who get good grades and take all advanced classes, but do bad on tests. Why should so much depend on the tests?
So you're not buying in to the idea that these tests provide useful information to you, your teachers, or anyone?
- Testing was initially a good idea, because we do need to assess students. But it all got mangled. If I hadn't opted out of the testing this year, I would have had to take 11 standardized tests. It's too much.
- Assessing students is a great idea, but not to the point of affecting students' mental health and causing anxiety.
- There is a difference between assessing and ranking, and these tests are about ranking. I know they do this in high school. My brother happens to be near the top of his class, but how would you feel if you were number 138 or something? It is not encouraging.
- So much falls on one day. Kids are crying and feeling pressure, and if you have a bad test day, you can then be put into a special class, for extra reading or math. But there are a lot of smart kids who don't test well.
- These tests are used to judge students, but do we ever blame the people who make the tests? If a bunch of students don't do well, do we ever stop and think the tests might be bad? Instead, we are blaming students, but maybe the tests aren't good.
- MAP tests (given up to 3 times a year purportedly to show growth) are the worst because there is no stopping. The test keeps getting harder if you get a question right, but then it drops you right down if you get a question wrong. Right away you feel like "I'm doing bad." It's a negative mentality.
Tell me more.
- If 100 was a perfect score on the MCA tests, and 50 was passing, then they'll focus on the kids who are getting 40 points, and ignore the kids in the 20 range. Those kids, getting a 20, will keep getting lower and lower if you ignore them, and then the higher scoring kids don't get attention either. It's all about the kids close to passing, and having them boost their test scores.
- Teachers should test us on what they've been teaching us in class.
- After the tests are over, a lot of kids just think school is over. It's like school doesn't matter once the tests are done. One kid didn't bring his math book to class after the tests and when the teacher asked him about it he said, "We did the test! I thought we weren't learning anything anymore."
- High test scores equal a good school in parents' minds, but schools shouldn't be judged this way.
- Tests won't be part of our lives when we're older. Taking tests is not a job skill.
- Tests are draining. We have to sit for an hour and a half at a time, silently.
- Some students miss lunch because they can't get up and leave if they are in the middle of a test section.
- Afterwards, your brain is mush. Fried. You need to run around and have a break, but we have to go to another class. Then that teacher can't really do anything useful like an essay or project because we are all so tired.
- Taking these tests means staring at a computer screen for an hour and a half straight. Last time, I had to ask my teacher for a break afterwards because my eyes hurt and were stinging.
- I actually miss the paper tests because of this.
- The computer lab and the library are closed during testing season, so we can't use them to do our other work. And some kids don't have a computer or Wi-Fi at home, making it hard for them to do their homework.
What do you think should be done instead?
- I think testing uses the wrong incentives. It's all negative because the message is, if you don't do well then the school will lose funding, and teachers will get fired, and your parents won't be happy. There isn't any joy or inspiration this way.
- It's better when teachers know us and know why we did or didn't do well on something.
- I read about these schools in New York that use essays and projects to assess students. That seems good.
- Yes! We've seen the science classes give presentations, and it's amazing to see. The presentations are actually showing a student's passion and it's great.
- You could learn how students are doing without ranking them.
- Maybe there's a different way we could fund our schools so we wouldn't have to have these tests.
- One option would be to just reduce the number of tests. There are a lot of useless tests given that could be taken away.
- I see so many problems with testing, like the Pearson glitches we've had this year. Now they're saying that maybe none of the tests this year will count. If testing has all of these unnecessary consequences, why are we using them?
What about opting out? Has that caught on at Northeast Middle School?
- We've just started talking about it, in April of this year, so it's a very new topic here.
- Seven students, total, opted out at our school. A lot of students just don't know anything besides tests, so opting out is a really new idea.
- Some students think they have to do the test to get into high school or college. Students don't have enough information.
Smart kids. Come to Northeast Middle School on May 20, and listen in as they burst the bubble (sheet, that is) around the promise of high stakes standardized testing.
When: Wednesday, May 20, 7 p.m.
Where: Northeast Middle School Auditorium, 2955 Hayes Street NE, Minneapolis


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Graphics Files Included: Photoshop PSD ; High Resolution: Yes ; Layered: Yes ; Minimum Adobe CS Version: CS2 ; Pixel Dimensions: 2000x1408 .
- Manual with detailed instructions to assist you step by step
- 4 PSD photorealistic presentations
- 2000px width, 72 DPI quality (if needed, we can send you the files at a higher resolution)
- Smarts Objects used for fast and easy editing
- Fully layered objects, backgrounds, shadows
- Six textured background options
- The freedom to use any shape you want for the business cards, with automatically update on all the other layers
- Easy to change the color of the edges of the cards
- Clearly organised layers
- All graphics & effects included.
For any aditional information please contact us through GraphicRiver: http://graphicriver.net/user/PlatinumStudio
Stationary / Branding Mock-Up; Stationary / Branding Pack 1; Elegant & Professional Business Cards Template.
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Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has appealed for international aid in the wake of an earthquake that shattered central Chile and killed more than 700 people.
President Bachelet announced the sharp increase in the known death toll Sunday after meeting with aides and emergency officials. She said the number is likely to continue to rise as rescue workers search through the rubble. The 8.8 magnitude quake struck the South American country Saturday in the early morning hours.
Many Chileans stayed outside their homes Sunday because of the jolting series of aftershocks, some as strong as 6.9 magnitude.
Rescuers worked to reach about a 100 people trapped in an apartment building that collapsed in Concepcion, the country's second-largest city. The main rescue operation is centered in the city, about 100 kilometers from the epicenter of the quake. Looters ransacked stores in Concepcion Sunday, stealing both food and electrical appliances. Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse a crowd of looters at one supermarket.


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Event Archive - Musical Bingo + Manic Monday Karoaoke: Nicky the BINGO host, Jordan the karaoke host
Mon. October 26th 2015 @ The Astoria (No Minors)
7:00 - 1:00 doors at 7:00
$5 at the door only.
Presented by: Vibeology Entertainment
Musical Bingo followed by Manic Monday Karaoke
$5 for Bingo, free after!
$5 for Bingo, free after!
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