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OK, I'm still playing with my iPad and loving it, and I found another software App that is a lot of fun. ASKetch by Andrew Kern is supposed to work with finger motions and strokes alone, and not be used with a stylus or pen tool. I'll tell you what it is supposed to do (and it does it very well). Let's look at ASKetch as Mr. Kern meant it to be. First, I'll quote: ASKetch is a simple black & white procedural sketching program for drawing with your fingers. It is designed from the ground … [Read more...]
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I just found a Shareware program that had me reaching for my credit card within fifteen minutes of first downloading it to try out. From mooSoftware.com is TABLETDRAW® a simple drawing program that uses the pressure sensitivity of the various Wacom tablets to allow you to draw freely. It's a sketching and drawing program with the look of pencil, pen, or felt marker. It runs on Intel-based or PowerPC Macs and requires Mac OS X version 10.4 or later. Sorry, PC users, this one is Mac only. What … [Read more...]
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Ever wanted to turn a photograph into a drawing without spending an hour in Adobe Photoshop using layers and high pass filtering to finally separate out a line drawing of that photograph? It's possible with a plug-in from Akvis Software. The last time I looked they had some thirteen sofware applications for Macintosh and PC computers. Running either as stand-alone software applications or as plug-ins for image editing programs such as Adobe Photoshop or Photoshop … [Read more...]
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Jobs, jobs, jobs! 11,000 of them in an economically depressed area! Water, water, water, in a drought-stricken area! Clean energy! And it will "...not be located in seismically active or cultural areas..." It's obviously a no-brainer.It's come to my attention through the twitter universe (thanks @RL_Miller for the catch) that a business group wants to put a "Clean Energy Park" in western Fresno County (The Business Journal, April 7). This park will begin with the construction of wind turbines and a 150-megawatt solar thermal plant, which is a probably a great idea. But the other phase is the construction of two nuclear reactor plants. The plan is to pump up brackish groundwater, desalinate it, and make it available to agriculture in the region to the tune of 1 million acre-feet per year.
I don't know, maybe I'm overthinking this a little bit, but a couple of questions occurred to me as I read about this plan. I realize that brackish groundwater is useless for most human and agricultural uses, but have they considered the effect of removing 1 million acre-feet of water from underground in this area? The south end of the Central Valley has a long history of pumping water from deep aquifers, and one of the more profound outcomes is a serious level of subsidence, i.e. the sinking of the ground surface. In some places, the ground sank 30 feet or more. This, in a flat valley that is barely above sea level. I'm no expert on groundwater issues in that particular area, but how sustainable is removing 1 million acre-feet every year?
Then there is that issue of being located in what is not a "seismically active" area. It takes only a moment to find western Fresno County on the California Geological Survey's online interactive fault map (screen shot below). Um...that's California's Coast Ranges, one of the geologically youngest mountain ranges on the planet, which is riddled with fault lines. The San Andreas, of course, off to the west, but also the Hayward/Calaveras system, the Ortigalita zone, and the O'Neil fault system, and maybe the most worrisome system, the San Joaquin fault. Worrisome because it is not well mapped or understood.
The earthquake history of California is riddled with surprises. Many, or really most of California's earthquakes take place on faults other than the San Andreas. And many damaging earthquakes have taken place on faults that were thought to be inactive, or which were not mapped or known at all. The Coalinga quake of 1983, a few miles to the south of this area, was one of those surprises.
Well, at least the nuclear power plant will be safe from tsunamis. It apparently will be on a floodplain, though, and there are growing concerns of the possibility of a megaflood brought on by an atmospheric river storm (ARkstorm). Will this energy park be ready for something like that?
And of course there are those pesky concerns about "clean" nuclear energy. If we gear up and build dozens more nukes across the country, where will the uranium be coming from? Will the mines be as clean and tidy as the power plants? And where are they going to store the waste? It's been fifty years, and we still don't know where to put highly radioactive spent fuel rods. And when they do decide, do you want the railway system or highway system that they will use to transport those fuel rods to run through your neighborhood? Oh yeah, and what about that whole terrorism thing that certain political parties want us to always worry about? Do you trust that the rent-a-cops they will hire to defend the nuclear site will be up to the job?
Yeah, 11,000 construction jobs is great, though it will turn into just 400 jobs to run the plant. Solar and wind energy are great ideas, but I just don't know about this one....

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My new web site (3Rs-reduction.co.uk) is designed to help scientists teach themselves the principles of designing experiments involving laboratory animals. It is still under development, but you can try it now.
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This sub-web describes 15 steps in the design and statistical analysis of experiments involving laboratory animals. Such experiments could frequently be designed better, leading to a saving in animals, cost, time and effort, and improving the scientific quality of the results.
Isogenic strains (inbred strains and F1 hybrids) have made a substantial contribution to biomedical research. This sub-web describes their properties and characteristics and contrasts them with the genetically heterogeneous outbred stocks of mice and rats which are still widely used in biomedical research. It makes the case that the use of outbred stocks should be discontinued unless specifically justified for a particular research application.
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Toxicologists usually use a single stock of outbred mice or rats for screening potential new drugs or environmental chemicals. They ignore genetic variation in their test animals. This is poor science and may well account for the poor record of animal toxicity testing. Click here. to go directly to the page which explains this.
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Los Angeles — Dr. Edward E. Leamer, director of UCLA Anderson Forecast, is scheduled to discuss the importance of the Extensive Margin and the Intensive Margin, key economic components in the future of California infrastructure, at the next UCLA Anderson Forecast Conference. The conference, titled "California Infrastructure: Are We Ready to Grow?" is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2002. This daylong event will highlight the crucial issues facing California's infrastructure.
Dr. Leamer illustrates his economic projection in his paper, "The Extensive Margin and the Intensive Margin," by suggesting that California needs to understand the difference between Extensive and Intensive Margins, in order to understand the need for higher prices for infrastructure.
"If we can get our elected officials from the governor on down to understand these words, California will be a better place to live. More importantly, we need an informed and sophisticated electorate, able to understand the message if not the jargon: California's historical growth and prosperity came at the extensive margin. If California grows in the future, it will come at the intensive margin," said Leamer.
He argues that as Californians, "We are completely focused on the extensive margin. We think the solution is to build more — more generating capacity, more roads, more airports. We need to grow up. We need to realize that generating capacity, roads and airports are not a gift from Mom and Dad in Sacramento. We pay for them ourselves … We need to demand higher prices for infrastructure use."
Leamer offers a solution to the problem of scarcity — the free market price system. "If the California success story of the 20th century is to be repeated in the 21st, we will need to require users to pay the full cost of land, and water and electricity and roads and airports," said Leamer.
Highlights of Dr. Leamer's discussion include three lessons to better understand the future of California's infrastructure:
At early stages of development, growth comes at the extensive margin (more roads, more generating capacity, more runways and more aqueducts), but inevitably, scarcity becomes a problem and the locus of growth shifts from the extensive margin to the intensive margin. (using what we have more efficiently).
The switch from the extensive margin to the intensive margin is driven by the rising price of the resource. Absent a rising price of the resource, there is no economic incentive to use the scarce resource efficiently, and we squander our electricity, our roads, our water and our runways.
These higher prices may seem a little scary in prospect, but in reality, the conservation opportunities that spring from ingenious American minds are virtually unlimited.
Dr. Leamer and his colleagues at UCLA Anderson Forecast will present more of their findings about California infrastructure at their conference, "California Infrastructure: Are We Ready to Grow?" which will be held tomorrow, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2002, at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. The conference will be presented in conjunction with the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce. Sponsors of the conference are as follows: Sempra Energy, Washington Mutual, MWH Americas Inc., Automobile Club of Southern California (AAA), Kline Hawkes & Co., United California Bank and Los Angeles Business Journal.
For more information on UCLA Anderson Forecast reports or the quarterly conference, please call (310) 206-7707 or visit http://forecast.anderson.ucla.edu.
About UCLA Anderson Forecast
UCLA Anderson Forecast is the most widely-followed and often-cited forecast for the state of California, and was unique in predicting the seriousness of the early-1990s downturn in California, and the strength of the economy's rebound since 1993. December 2000 marked the Forecast's first recession call since 1991.
UCLA Anderson Forecast is one of the Centers of Influence at UCLA Anderson which is perennially ranked among the top-tier business schools in the world. Award-winning faculty renowned for their research and teaching, highly selective students, successful alumni and world-class facilities combine to provide an extraordinary learning opportunity. Established in 1935, the school provides management education to more than 1,300 students enrolled in full-time, part-time and executive MBA programs and academic master's and Ph.D. programs.


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The 27-year-old was the better player virtually throughout but was broken serving for the match in the fourth set and then saw a match point slip away as Federer, seeking a record eighth title, somehow pushed it to a decider.
Djokovic had lost five of his previous six grand slam finals, including his defeat to Andy Murray here last year, and was staring at the most damaging loss of them all but he kept believing and emerged a 6-7 (7/9) 6-4 7-6 (7/4) 5-7 6-4 winner.
The emotion quickly overwhelmed the Serbian, who crouched tearfully on the turf before climbing up to celebrate with his camp, including Boris Becker, for whom this was a first slam title as Djokovic's coach.
Djokovic then dedicated the victory to his fiancee Jelena Ristic, who is expecting their first child, his family and his childhood coach Jelena Gencic, who died last year.
"It's the most special grand slam final I've played," said the Serbian, who is now tied with John McEnroe on seven slam titles.
"At the time of my career for this grand slam trophy to arrive is crucial, especially after losing several grand slam finals in a row. I started doubting of course a little bit.
"I needed this win a lot. I'm going to try to use it in the best possible way and for my confidence to grow for the rest of my season and the rest of my career."
Djokovic, who will overtake Rafael Nadal as world number one on Monday, also rated the match as the best of the 14 grand slam finals he has played in, ahead of his epic 2012 victory over the Spaniard at the Australian Open.
The Serbian admitted it was tough to lose the fourth set but said: " I didn't allow my emotions to fade away, as was probably the case in the Roland Garros final four weeks ago.
"I could have easily lost my concentration in the fifth and just handed him the win. But I didn't, and that's why this win has a special importance to me mentally.
"I managed to not just win against my opponent but win against myself as well and find that inner strength that got me the trophy."
When Djokovic won his first Wimbledon title by beating Nadal three years ago, he celebrated with a nibble of the Centre Court grass.
He did the same again today, saying with a laugh: " I had a nice bite. I thought that there was less grass today than there was a few years ago, so I had a little bit of a soil as well.
"But nevertheless, it tastes like the best meal that I ever had in my life."
Djokovic can now step away from tennis to prepare for his forthcoming wedding to his long-time partner Ristic with a weight lifted from his shoulders.
"I think I can close the chapter of my tennis career just for little bit now," he added. "I think I deserve that for few weeks to rest, to enjoy, be with my fiancee and my family."
After seeing the first set slip through his fingers, Djokovic deservedly won the next two but t he match will be remembered best for an incredible fourth set in which Federer simply refused to accept defeat.
From 5-2 down, the Swiss held serve, broke Djokovic, saved a match point with an ace on a Hawk-Eye challenge, broke serve again and served out a fifth successive game to level the match.
The pressure of what might have been must have been weighing on Djokovic and, with a break point in the seventh game, Federer looked to be closing in on victory.
But he netted a backhand and again the momentum switched, Federer forced to save three break points, the final one with an amazing half-volley off his toes.
The pressure was growing again though, and this time, finally, Federer could withstand it no more, the 32-year-old netting the decisive backhand after three hours and 57 minutes.
"I just kept going," said Federer. "I couldn't figure out why I wasn't breaking Novak's serve or actually creating opportunities.
"Novak deserved it at the end clearly, but it was extremely close."
It was Federer's first grand slam final since beating Murray to win Wimbledon two years ago, and he may never get a better chance to win an 18th slam title.
He was clearly upset but that was tempered by the sight of his four-year-old twin daughters Myla Rose and Charlene Riva sitting on the edge of the players' box at the end of the match.
Federer said: "It's just nice being in Wimbledon finals. Winning or losing, it's always something special and something you'll remember, even more so when the match was as dramatic as it was today.
"It's even more memorable when I see my kids there with my wife and everything. That's what touched me the most. The disappointment of the match itself went pretty quickly."
The crowd were with Federer from the first ball, with even the luminaries in the Royal Box, including the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, having to hide their enthusiasm for the game's elder statesman.
Federer met William and Kate afterwards but said: "I wasn't in a great state. I was unbelievably sad at that moment just when I left the court, so it was a difficult moment for I think the three of us. But they were very sweet to comfort me and wish me well."
He added of the crowd: " I could sense that they really wished me well and hoped for me to either get back in the match or hopefully lift another trophy here at Wimbledon.
"I already have seven. It's not like I need another one. But it would have been awfully nice to have it."


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The Fermi Architecture
The GeForce GTX 400 family of GPUs is based on NVIDIA's Fermi architecture. The Fermi architecture is the most significant leap forward in GPU architecture since the original G80. G80 was our initial vision of what a unified graphics and compute processor should look like. GT200 extended the performance and functionality of G80. With Fermi, we have taken all we have learned from the two prior processors, analyzed the various applications that were written for them, and developed a completely new architecture optimized for next generation games and applications.
Parallel Tessellation Engines
Traditional GPU designs use a single geometry engine to perform tessellation. This approach is analogous to early GPU designs which used a single pixel pipeline to perform pixel shading. Having observed how pixel pipelines grew from a single unit to many parallel units and its subsequent impact on 3D realism, we designed our tessellation architecture to be parallel from day one.
Fermi GPUs implement up to fifteen parallel tessellation units, each with its own dedicated shading resources. Up to four parallel Raster Engines transform newly tessellated triangles into a fine stream of pixels for shading. The close coupling for tessellation, shading, and raster units provides enormous on-chip bandwidth and high execution efficiency. The result is a breakthrough in tessellation performance at over 1.6 billion triangles per second. Compared to competing products, Fermi GPUs are 2-8x faster as measured by independent reviews using Microsoft's DirectX 11 software development kit.
Superscalar Streaming Multiprocessor
The Streaming Multiprocessor (SM) is the heart of the GPU. It performs vital functions such as pixel shading, tessellation, and physics and compute calculations. The GeForce GTX 460 SM is highly parallel processor employing superscalar execution for optimal performance.
Superscalar execution is a technique that allows sequential instrutions from a program to be executed in parallel. Unlike thread level parallelism which improves throughput, superscalar execution also improves latency since the same program executes in less time.
The GeForce GTX 460 introduces a mode of superscalar execution that balances performance with efficiency. Wide superscalar designs have high peak performance that is often not realized in realworld applications. Based on thorough analysis of shaders used in modern games, NVIDIA engineers determined that the number of parallelizable instructions is approximately two. With this in mind, we designed the GTX 460 SM to process two instructions per thread, per clock. Since two warps (groups of 32 threads) execute concurrently, a peak of four instructions per clock is realized. This architecture provides an optimum balance between the benefits of scalar efficiency and superscalar performance.
To faciliate greater instruction throughput, the GTX 460 SM greatly expands the number of execution units. The number of CUDA cores is increased from 32 to 48. The number of special function units (SFUs) and texture units is doubled from four to eight. Texture filteirng for FP16 textures is now performed at full speed. These improvements enable exceptional performance in DirectX 11 games such as Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Metro 2033.
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The respondents appeal a three-year disqualification from participation as a vendor in the WIC Program. The Department of Public Health's motion for summary decision is granted based on the respondents' admissions. Also, the Division of Administrative Law Appeals lacks authority to amend the sanction imposed by the WIC Program.
On September 17, 2008, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, which implements the federal Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program in Massachusetts, terminated its 2008-2009 WIC Vendor Agreement with Latina Market and its owners, Santiago Infante and Mercedes Vincente (respondents). The WIC Program further disqualified the respondents from participating in the program for three years. The WIC Program received the respondents' appeal, filed by Mr. Infante, on September 22, 2008. The appeal, thus, is timely.
Following the prehearing conference on November 12, 2008, a hearing was scheduled for January 7, 2009, in order to accommodate a request by Mercedes Vincente. The DPH filed its proposed exhibits on November 12, 2008. The respondents were ordered to file their proposed exhibits by January 2, 2009, but did not do so.
Mr. Infante appeared alone for the hearing. He stated that he did not intend to call any witnesses or offer any exhibits. He requested a continuance so that the respondents could hire an attorney. The DPH objected to the request. It argued that the respondents had ample opportunity to retain counsel during the months since the notice of termination was issued on September 17, 2008. DPH further argued that it would be prejudiced by any delay because the DPH had incurred travel and lodging expenses for one of its witnesses.
In addition, Mr. Infante was informed at the prehearing conference that an attorney is not required in these administrative proceedings, but he should think carefully about whether the assistance of an attorney would be helpful. He was informed about the availability of programs that offer legal services for a reduced fee.
I denied Mr. Infante's request because he could not explain why he had not sought counsel earlier. He made no attempt prior to the hearing to look into hiring an attorney. He could not describe any change in his circumstances, economic or otherwise, that would allow him to now obtain counsel. The DPH moved for summary decision after the hearing opened but before testimony was taken. It argued that no material factual dispute exists because the respondents admitted on the record that the violations occurred. Rather than contest the violations, the respondents seek another chance to correct their mistake.
I conclude that the DPH's motion is adequately made and supported both as to the existence of the violations and as to the sanction imposed. I further conclude that, as a matter of law, the DPH should prevail. Accordingly, its motion is granted and the appeal dismissed.
The procedural rules that apply to this appeal are 801 CMR 1.02, the Informal/Fair Hearing Rules. 801 CMR 1.02 does not describe specific types of motions that parties may file. Instead, 801 CMR 1.02 (7) (c) provides simply that a party may request rulings or relief in writing at any time or orally during a hearing. In keeping with their informal nature, the rules allow parties to seek the relief appropriate to a given case. When the relief requested is a summary disposition, the language at 801 CMR 1.01 (7) (h) of the formal rules is helpful. It provides that:
When a Party is of the opinion there is no genuine issue of fact relating to all or part of a claim or defense and he is entitled to prevail as a matter of law, the Party may move, with or without supporting affidavits, for summary decision on the claim or defense. If the motion is granted as to part of a claim or defense that is not dispositive of the case, further proceedings shall be held on the remaining issues.
801 CMR 1.01 (7) (h).
A motion for summary decision may be granted when there is no genuine issue of fact regarding the claims presented and a party is entitled to prevail as a matter of law. Under such circumstances, a hearing would serve no useful purpose. Massachusetts Outdoor Advertising Council v. Outdoor Advertising Bd., 9 Mass. App. Ct. 775, 785-786, 405 N.E.2d 151, 156 (1980). The language of 801 CMR 1.01 (7) (h) borrows heavily from the standard for summary judgment set forth in Mass. R. Civ. P.56. It is well established that summary judgment shall be granted if the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file show that there is no genuine issue of material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law. Mass. R. Civ. P. 56(c); Community Nat'l Bank v. Dawes, 369 Mass. 550, 340 N.E.2d 877, 879 (1976). A party opposing summary judgment must respond with specific facts showing that there is a genuine, triable issue. Id.; Mass. R. Civ. P. 56(e).
The Notice of Termination alleges that the respondents violated the Vendor Agreement by:
a) on four separate occasions, overcharging the WIC Program by writing a higher amount on the check than the actual price of the items purchased by the WIC compliance buyer;
b) on four separate occasions, charging the WIC compliance buyer and/or the WIC Program a set price by check type instead of pricing each check for the actual items purchased;
c) on four separate occasions, failing to comply with federal, state, and local laws concerning the disclosure of prices for items offered for sale;
d) on four separate occasions, failing to observe the WIC compliance buyer sign the check or to ensure that the signature on the check matched the signature on the authorized WIC ID card; and
e) on four separate occasions, failing to fill in the purchase amount in the presence of the WIC compliance buyer before the WIC compliance buyer countersigned the check.
(Pleading A, filed September 25, 2008).
The Vendor Agreement is a requirement of federal law; vendors are required to comply with its terms. See 7 CFR 246.12 (h) (3) (xxii).
The respondents' hearing request filed by Mr. Infante, states: "I want to apologize for what happened. … I was not here and I was the one who took the training and I did not explai[n] anything to the person who was in the store [and] I am the one responsible for not explaining anything … I promise it will not happen again." (Pleading B, filed on September 25, 2008).
At the hearing, Mr. Infante did not dispute any of the facts underlying the alleged violations. He stated that he was not in the store on the days the violations occurred, that his wife was probably the cashier, but that it could have been his son or daughter. He reiterated that a mistake was made, he was sorry for what happened, and he needed a second chance because the economy was bad.
The respondents do not dispute that the violations alleged by the DPH in its Notice of Termination occurred. Accordingly, based on the pleadings and admissions on file, I conclude that there is no material factual dispute concerning whether the violations occurred.
The respondents ask for a second chance, that is, they seek to have the three year sanction reduced or modified. I conclude, however, that I have no authority to do so.
7 CFR 246.18 (8), a provision of federal law governing the WIC Program's administrative review procedures, provides that state procedures reviewing agency action must provide an impartial decisionmaker whose determination is based solely on whether the state agency has correctly applied federal and state statutes, regulations, policies, and procedures governing the WIC Program. No provision authorizes that decisionmaker to alter the sanction imposed.
The respondents entered into the WIC Vendor Agreement for 2008-2009. Exh. 1.A. Mr. Infante signed the agreement on the vendor's behalf. Exh. 1.B. The vendor agreed, among other things, to write on the check a price no higher than the actual, current shelf price of only those WIC products authorized on the check and actually purchased by the authorized WIC shopper. Exh. 1.A. ¶ 6.b. at 3. In addition, the vendor agreed not to price WIC transactions by check type instead of pricing each check for the items actually purchased. Exh. 1.A. ¶ 6.g. at 3.
The Vendor Agreement also sets forth the WIC Program's sanction policy for vendor noncompliance. Exh. 1.A. at 8. Under the Vendor Agreement, different classes of violations carry different sanctions. Those violations within Class II "will result in mandatory disqualification for three years for first time offenders." Exh. 1.A. at 8. A pattern of overcharging the WIC Program is a Class II violation. Exh. 1.A. at 22. A pattern is defined as two or more incidences of a violation. Exh. 1.A. at 21. The respondents engaged in overcharging on four occasions. A pattern of charging the WIC compliance buyer and/or the WIC Program a set price by check type instead of pricing each check for the actual items purchased also is a Class II violation. Exh. 1.A. at 22. The respondents engaged in charging a set price by check type on four occasions.
Accordingly, the sanction imposed by the WIC Program was that required under the Vendor Agreement entered into by the respondents. Each of these violations standing alone would have resulted in a three-year disqualification.
The respondents have not offered any evidence to the contrary. They have not come forward with facts that would show the existence of a material factual dispute regarding the sanction imposed. They have not, for example, shown that another vendor alleged to have overcharged WIC shoppers or to have charged a set price by check type received a lesser sanction. Nor have the respondents offered any argument to support their view that an administrative magistrate is authorized to alter a sanction imposed by the WIC Program.
Consequently, I find that the DPH is entitled to summary decision. There is no material factual dispute as to whether the alleged violations occurred or as to whether the sanction
imposed by DPH may be varied. The respondents are disqualified from the WIC Program for three years from the date they received the Notice of Termination.
/s/ Bonney Cashin
Administrative Magistrate
Dated: March 19, 2009


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By James on Saturday, November 18, 2017Best driving truck I tested (Ford and Ram). Seats are comfortable, steering gives great feedback, and shocks smooth out the bumpiest road. Towed a 6000 pound trailer easily without swaying or boogieing down the engine. Averaging 22.6 miles per gallon drive around a small country town. Capless tank makes it easy to fill up in the winter when necessary.
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By Joe on Wednesday, May 15, 2019I bought my truck brand new not 8 months ago. I don't work in it I baby my truck honestly I don't even think I've used the bed yet. I have five other cars so I don't drive it often. I love the truck except the paint I bought the truck in blue gorgeous blue but after eight months and nine thousand miles the paint is chipping away I also bought the paint and interior protection called luxcare don't waste your money on that either they don't want to fix the truck the paint they use is junk I know because I've looked it up and there's many other complaints like mine so if you don't mind what your brand new truck looks like after a year go ahead and buy one reliability all I've ever bought with Chevys this is my fifth Silverado and the one I had that was a 2006 prior to this paint looked better after 12 years than mine does now. Very disappointed you pay $46,000 for a brand new truck just to have the paint flake away before the first year is up and dealer won't fix it I just contacted Chevy hoping they stand by their product. I'm not talking about chips just on the hood and whatnot from road hazards it's like all over the truck and I just don't understand did they switch how they mix their paint? Anyways I will update my review Once Chevy gets back to me and I'll let you know if they stand by their product or if they don't
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Good truck.
By jim on Saturday, March 23, 2019Purchased new in 2017. Added on aftermarket step boards, folding bed cover and tow mirrors. Truck has been running good. Noticed a few shifting problems. Hard shift up/down, Nothing too serious until about three months ago. Started getting worse. In interstate traffic, slow down, moderate braking, had hard downshift. On acceleration, transmission shifted hard enough to shake the truck. Fluid level was good. Took truck in for service, told dealership about shifting issues. Truck has been down for over a week. Tech said there is a problem but doesn't know what it is. I was talking to my salesman and he said it is a known issue from GM. So, waiting to hear what the fix is. Granted, under warranty, not happy paying over 30G for a truck with a known issue.
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- Release Date of film : 2013-02-14
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – With a four-run eighth inning, the MIT baseball team came from behind to defeat New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) rival Springfield College, 5-4, to pick up its first conference win Tuesday on Briggs Field. The victory brings the Engineers' record to 7-8 (1-5 NEWMAC) while Springfield drops to 9-11 (2-4 NEWMAC) on the year.
Springfield wasted no time getting on the board, striking in the first. With men on first and second, junior Brian Harris singled to left and, coupled with a defensive error, brought two runners home to put the Pride up 2-0.
MIT responded in the second when junior Brian Doyle doubled down the left field line, giving sophomore Bryan Macomber a chance to score from second and narrow the lead to 2-1.
The next four innings were quiet as neither team managed to get a run on the board thanks to solid pitching courtesy of senior Ryan White on the mound for Springfield and freshman Max Ockner for MIT.
In the seventh, a lead-off single by Springfield's Peter Clandra and a walk by Ockner put two runners on base. Junior John Schmaltz—who hit 5 for 5 on the day—launched a shot deep to right field, and an unusual bounce carried the over the fence for a ground-rule double, scoring Clandra and extending the lead to 3-1.
Both starters were replaced after 6.1 innings. White threw 3 strikeouts with 4 walks and 1 run, while Ockner tossed 4 strikeouts to go with his 1 walk and 3 runs (2 earned).
Familiar with playing from behind, the Engineers kept their composure and mounted a rally in the eighth. Senior Stewart Park singled to lead the inning before Springfield reliever Chris Collard retired the next two batters. A fielding error scored Park and put sophomore Torre Swanson on first—an omen of the momentum shifting in MIT's favor.
Consecutive hits by William Blackman, Bryan Macomber, Doyle and A.J. Hansborough brought in three more runs, giving the Engineers the lead at 5-3. Closer Adam DeFelice took to the mound and closed out the inning for the Pride, leaving Collard (2-1) responsible for 4 runs (0 earned) and on the hook for the loss.
Springfield's Mike Corletta led the ninth with a double to right, and Schmaltz followed with an RBI single up the middle, closing the lead to 5-4 and putting the game-tying run on first. Henry Zhu entered the game to pitch for MIT, and though he gave up a single to Harris, a double play and ground-out closed out the inning, giving Tech its first conference win.
Barry (1-0) received his first win of the season despite dropping 1 walk and 1 run in 1.2 innings. Zhu tallied his second save.
In its seven wins, MIT has trailed in five games, scoring the go-ahead run in its last inning at-bat on three occasions.
Springfield is back on the field Wednesday, April 7, when it travels to non-conference opponent Eastern Connecticut State University for a 4 p.m. game. The Engineers continue NEWMAC play on Thursday, April 8, when they host WPI at 3:30 p.m.


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Driving the Event Engagement You Want with Gamification
If you read my blogs you know I believe that gamification tactics can be VERY effective when applied in a thoughtful manner. I wrote previously about the effectiveness of gamification tactics as applied to Cisco's Global Sales Experience. We just wrapped up Virtual Partner Summit (VPS) and I want to share some amazing results that in my opinion were very much a result of the gamification tactics applied to the event.
Some of the event goals we considered when crafting the VPS achievement program were:
- Increase attendees viewing duration
- Increase the overall event and session level evaluations submission rate
- Increase the interaction between attendees and Cisco
- Drive attendees to consume not just our general session content but also our executive chats, geographic and technical session content
So what we did was create a badging program that introduced a tiered approach for the badges. Unlocking badges accumulated points for the attendees with the higher tier badges earning more points. Once an attendee had accumulated 250 points they were eligible for an iPad prize drawing. To start attendees off we awarded the "Welcome to VPS" badge which awarded 50 points upon first login. We then aligned badges to our goals so there were badges for watching different types of sessions for at least 15 minutes, submitting evaluations, and asking questions.
So what were the results? Below are some key statistics…
- Average duration for a 30 minute executive chat was approximately 20 mins
- Average duration for a 2 hour general session was approximately 90 mins
- 600+ questions asked during the 3 day event
- 30% average evaluation submission rate (this is up considerably from 2011)
- Higher attendance rates for our non-general session content
The audience loved the achievement program. Of course some were after the prize but I was pleasantly surprised by the number of comments about going after the maximum points available as a matter of pride. With over 19k achievements unlocked in 3 days the VPS achievements program was a major feather in our event cap!
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Alec dorling
A great posting. I am researching gamification for process improvement . Also organising first major worldwide digital event . Would love to replicate what you ave done in your event . What are the opportunities, if any?


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April 30
8:22 a.m. — Marion Fire Department responded to a ditch fire on 140th Road east of Quail Creek. The call was canceled after the fire was extinguished by the person on the scene.
May 1
1:27 p.m. — Marion ambulance made an emergency transfer from St. Luke Hospital to Newton Medical Center.
11:49 p.m. — Marion ambulance responded to September Apartments for a man who couldn't stand up from the floor. No transport was made.
12:51 p.m. — Peabody ambulance responded to the 600 block of Chestnut for a man in his 80s with diabetic problems. No transport was made.
7 p.m. — Marion ambulance took a woman in her 40s who fell unconscious from Marion Middle School to St. Luke.
9:54 p.m. — Marion ambulance made an emergency transfer from St. Luke to Newton Medical.
11:52 p.m. — Florence ambulance responded to a report of a man who fell and hurt his back. No transport was made.
8:59 a.m. — Lifewatch air ambulance transferred a dehydrated person from Marion Family Physicians to Newton Medical.
No dispatches.
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9:42 a.m. — Peabody ambulance made an advanced life support transfer from Hillsboro Community Hospital to Kansas Heart Hospital.
11:40 a.m. — Hillsboro ambulance responded to the Hillsboro airport to assist Lifeteam air ambulance. Lifeteam was grounded by fog, so the ambulance made a transfer from HCH to Kansas Heart.
5:27 p.m. — Peabody ambulance responded to the 200 block of East Division Street for a man in his 30s who was bleeding from his head from an earlier car accident.


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Troy Loney wrote:Rocco wrote:Troy Loney wrote:Ugh, Brewers signed Lohse....it would have been nice for the pirates to commit some more money to the rotation.
The money wasn't the problem. Signing Lohse means losing a first round pick.
Wouldn't the pirates pick be protected?
Only top 10 picks are protected. Their compensation pick for not signing Appel would be fine but their regular pick would be lost.


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DES MOINES, IOWA – Darton State College freshman Jamel Sharp won the 125-pound class NJCAA Wrestling Championship title, Saturday, to become the first wrestler from Darton State College to stand above the rest on the champion's podium.
Sharp, a Valdosta High graduate and AAAAA state champ, cruised through the tournament and dominated all five of his matches by at least six points or a pin. He finished with an astounding 29-1 record.
"I was confident that he was going to win," said Darton head wrestling coach James Hicks. "I was nervous about every match, because we hadn't seen any of these kids before, but within the first minute of each one, I could tell he was going to win."
It was a goal that had been in the mindset of Sharp for a long time.
"The first thought I had was 'I did it… all of those years of hard work have paid off,'" he said. "I called my mother and she screamed louder than I've ever heard her; she said she was proud about how I showed everyone in our community how special I can be."
Sharp said his high school coach, Benjamin Scarbor, and many other people from his county have given him a lot of support in his efforts. "This is for them, for my community, for all they've done for me," he said.
His triumph Saturday seemed to shock a wrestling world dominated by Northern colleges, as Sharp was unranked all season leading into the tournament.
Even after the final, as Sharp stepped onto the winners' podium to be announced as the 125-pound champion, viewers of the internet webcast could hear the commenters say "wrestling is typically up here in the Midwestern part of the States… but we have a Georgia boy this year… they obviously know a little wrestling down there."
Hicks, who took over the Darton program on July 1, had only a little over a month to recruit student-athletes into the program. He said that he already knew about Sharp from his previous coaching job.
"I knew Darton was a half hour away from his house, and I got him to visit campus," Hicks said. "Darton was a better fit for him anyway, and things went our way. It took some luck and hard recruiting to get a guy like that in only a month."
"He's very coachable," Hicks said. "A lot of guys that talented aren't, and that's what put him over the top. Jamel does everything you ask and he wants to get better. He trains hard and he deserves the title.


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208cc Counter-Rotating Rear-Tine Rototiller with 16" Tilling Width
The Super Bronco CRT rear-tine rototiller from Troy-Bilt offers an outstanding value for a small or mid-size garden. The Super Bronco tiller gives you counter-rotating technology plus features normally found only on larger models - such as Just One Hand® Operation. Powerful enough to till deeply, yet small enough to fit between rows, the Super Bronco tiller is designed to tackle any task in your garden with ease.


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Giant Bicycles Corporation (捷安特), Taiwan's largest bicycle designer, builder and retailer, offers a highly attractive rental program (自行車租賃) to encourage more Taiwanese to take multi-day cycling trips across the island. The program lets you choose from two mid-range (NT$20,000 / US$650) bicycles [Great Journey 1 and CRX-2] and comes with a saddle bag and support kit that includes basic cycle accoutrements (air pump, tool kit, flashlight, lock, etc.).
The program allows rentals and returns at any of Giant's 30 some wholly-owned distributors (contact details for around 15 of them are posted in Chinese here). For our most recent cycling journey from Kaohsiung to Taitung, we rented bikes from Giant's Zuoying (Tsoying) outlet (捷安特左營店, tel: 07-348-0975), a 10 minute walk from the Zuoying High Speed Rail (HSR) station, and returned them at Giant's Taitung City outlet (捷安特台東店, tel: 08-934-7416).
The rental program is exceptionally cost effective, with rentals billed at NT$1,000 (US$35) total for the first three days and NT$200 (US$7) for each day thereafter. While bikes seem to be kept in good condition, make sure to give them a thorough once over before setting out. You probably will also want to consider packing a spare inner tube and/or tire repair kit as well.
The bicycle rental program is surprisingly under-advertised. Prior to our trip in March, I did a Chinese language search of the Internet and came up empty on any rental program details. The Giant website (also in Chinese) is quiet on the rental program as well ... the company apparently treating it as somewhat of a stealth operation. Giant may be concerned about over-subscriptions and thus prefers word of mouth promotion.
Program rules ask that you book reservations through your pick-up location (Giant outlet) at least one week in advance. English will likely prove too challenging for most of the store attendants taking phone-in reservations, so suggest that non-Chinese speakers book by e-mail. A partial listing of outlets with e-mail links follows:
Giant Taipei Hsinchuang (Sinjhuang / Xinzhuang)台北新莊店
Giant Bali (Shihsanhang) 十三行站
Giant Taipei Banqiao (Banciao) 台北板橋店
Giant Taipei Nanjing (Nanking East Road) 台北南京店
Giant Hsinchu Jiedeng 新竹捷登店
Giant Taichung City Hall 台中市政店
Giant Taichung Nantun 南屯店
Giant Taichung Beitun 太原站
Giant Fengyuan Circle 豐原圓環店
Giant Tainan City 台南店
Giant Kaohsiung Zuoying (HSR Station) 左營店
Giant Kaohsiung Qijin (Cijin) 旗津站
Giant Kaohsiung Ersheng 高雄二聖店
Giant Pingdong City (Pingtung) 屏東店
Giant Taidong City (Taitung) 台東店
Giant Hualien Liyutan 鯉魚潭站
Giant Hualien Qixingtan (Cisingtan) 七星潭站
Giant Yilan Zhongshan (Jhongshan) 宜蘭中山店


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Sorry, there are no photos of this scrumptious meal. By the time it had finished cooking, we couldn't stop to take pictures because we just had to eat. Take my word for it - delish!
Here's her recipe....
- 1lb. salmon in 1"-2" pieces
- 12 mussels
- 12 clams
- 24 shrimp
- 3 large cans of whole tomatoes
- 1 bottle white wine
- 2 white onions
- 3 shallots
- 4 cloves garlic
- 2 Bay leaves
- 5 threads of saffron
- Salt
- Cayenne
- Dried oregano and basil
- Fresh Italian parsley
- 1 stick butter
- 2 cups vegetable broth or fish stock
Mince onions, shallots, and garlic. Saute in big soup pot 3-5 minutes stirring constantly. Add 2 bay leaves.
Add bottle of white wine to pot. Stir occasionally until boiling.
Add cans of stewed tomatoes (with liquid). Add butter, ½ t salt, ½ t dry basil, ½ t oregano, saffron, and a few shakes of cayenne to soup. Cook on low for about an hour. Can cook on low a couple of hours if needed.
Eyeball soup and make sure seafood will be fully submerged when added. If you need more broth to cover seafood, add 2 cups vegetable broth or fish stock. Make sure it's hot before adding seafood.
10 minutes before dinner add clams. Cook on medium heat for 5 minutes. Add mussels, shrimp and salmon. Cook for about 5 more minutes. Check shrimp to see if it's done.
Add chopped parsley and serve with garlic bread. Eat right away!
Serves 4-6


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Grandma always said, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away" and now science has proven that statement may be correct.
In April 2008, a new study was derived from the NHANES study, a large health & nutrition database in the United States.
The study showed that adults who eat apples and apple products, like applesauce and apple juice, had less abdominal fat, lower blood pressure, and a 27 percent reduced risk for developing metabolic syndrome, which leads to diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
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Annual to tree
Leaves basal or cauline, alternate to whorled, simple to compound
Inflorescence: 1° inflorescence a head, each resembling a flower, 1many, generally arrayed in cymes, generally subtended by ± calyx-like involucre; flowers 1many per head
Flowers bisexual, unisexual, or sterile, ± small, of several types; calyx 0 or modified into pappus of bristles, scales, or awns, which is generally persistent in fruit; corolla radial or bilateral (rarely 0), lobes generally (0)45; stamens 45, anthers generally fused into cylinder around style, often appendaged at tips, bases, or both, filaments generally free, generally attached to corolla near throat; pistil 1, ovary inferior, 1-chambered, 1-seeded, style 1, branches 2, generally hair-tufted at tip, stigmas 2, generally on inside of style branches
Fruit: achene, cylindric to ovoid, generally deciduous with pappus attached
Genera in family: ± 1300 genera, 21,000 species (largest family of dicots): worldwide. Largest family in CA. Also see tribal key to CA genera: Strother 1997 Madroño 44(1):128. See glossary p. 25 for illustrations of general family characteristics.
Annual to shrubs, generally aromatic
Leaves entire to ± lobed, glabrous to densely hairy; hairs glandular (resin-filled) or T-shaped, hollow
Inflorescence: generally panicle; heads generally discoid or disciform, in racemes or panicles; involucre ovoid to hemispheric, generally concealing flowers; phyllaries in several series, margins scarious; receptacle conic, generally naked
Pistillate flowers 0many; corollas generally < 2 mm
Disk flowers 4many, generally forming fruits, sometimes staminate; corollas < 2 mm, pale yellow; anther tips acute to awl-shaped; style branches flat, fringed or blunt (sometimes simple, tack-shaped in staminate flowers)
Fruit < 2 mm, obovoid or fusiform, ribbed or smooth, glabrous, hairy, or resinous; pappus generally 0 or minute crown
Species in genus: ± 300 species: especially n hemisphere
Etymology: (Greek: Artemis, goddess of the hunt, and noted herbalist, Queen of Anatolia)
Reference: [Keck 1946 Proc Calif Acad Sci (4)25:421468; Shultz 1983 PhD thesis Claremont Graduate School]
Shrub < 30 dm, from thick trunk, gray-hairy
Stems generally glabrous
Leaves 13(6) cm, generally wedge-shaped, generally 3(05)-toothed at tip, often in axillary clusters, persistent, gray-green, densely hairy
Inflorescence: heads 22.5 mm diam, generally erect; phyllaries oblanceolate to widely obovate, densely tomentose, margins ± transparent
Pistillate flowers 0
Disk flowers 46
Fruit 12 mm, glandular or hairy
Chromosomes: 2n=18,36
Ecology: Common. Dry soils, valleys, slopes
Elevation: 3003000+ m.
Bioregional distribution: High Cascade Range, High Sierra Nevada, Inner South Coast Ranges, s San Joaquin Valley, South Coast, Transverse Ranges, Great Basin Floristic Province, Mojave Desert
Distribution outside California: to Washington, north-central US, New Mexico
Plant < 20 dm
Leaves generally 1.24 cm, narrowly wedge-shaped
Inflorescence < 30 cm, 515 cm wide, often surrounded by leaves; branches generally spreading
Fruit glandular
Chromosomes: 2n=18,36
Ecology: Valleys, benches, sandy to coarse gravelly soils
Elevation: 8001900 m.
Bioregional distribution: High Cascade Range, s San Joaquin Valley, Inner South Coast Ranges, Western Transverse Ranges, Great Basin Floristic Province
Distribution outside California: to Washington, Montana, New Mexico
Flowering time: AugOct
Horticultural information: DRN, SUN: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24; may be INV.


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Formula 1 – début of beyerdynamic's Quinta wireless conference system
This year's international press conferences for the Formula 1 at the Hockenheimring made use of new beyerdynamic digital wireless technology.
This year's international press conferences for the Formula 1 at the Hockenheimring made use of new beyerdynamic digital wireless technology.
Organisational and acoustic considerations meant that the press conferences and the press centre were separate for the first time; with a 1:1 transmission of image and sound between the conference room and the self-contained press centre. Courtesy of digital wireless technology, beyerdynamic, the audio specialist from Heilbronn, was able to deliver the corresponding solution to cater to these new conditions. New Quinta wireless conference system was in operation for the very first time.
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As a proud graduate of Portland Public Schools now finishing my junior year at Harvard, I am greatly dismayed by Gov. LePage's new grading system for Maine public schools ("Schools get letter grades, call system flawed," May 2).
The appeal of implementing a simplistic rating system of public schools is understandable.
However, any attempts to paint the aptitude of our schools with such a broad stroke will always miss the mark for one key reason: The stories of public schools cannot be explained by a simple letter grade.
I graduated from Portland High School in 2010 and, though it had certain shortcomings that a perennially underfunded budget render impossible to avoid, it served me well.
When one considers the myriad factors that contribute to the successes and failures of Portland High and all public schools, ranging from educating at-risk populations to ensuring after-school activities that keep youth off the streets, I cringe at the notion that a failing letter grade will help educators achieve their mission.
But LePage's grading system threatens more than simply the morale of hardworking educators.
Rather than work toward what should be our collective goal of improving struggling schools, describing schools as failures will only further stratify education inequities.
Parents fortunate enough to consider private schooling a viable option will choose to remove their high-achieving children from public education, undoubtedly leading to a brain drain and decreased confidence in our public schools. This is exactly what we should be working against.
Though perhaps well-intentioned, the grading system offered by Le-Page is a shortsighted and overly simplified answer to what is in fact a complex problem.
We must instead work toward an evaluation of Maine public schools that provides a holistic and complete assessment of the factors that influence the successes or shortcomings of a school.
We owe it to the future generation.
Simon Thompson
I am very troubled by Gov. LePage's distribution of school "grades."
This does simplify things, as the governor wanted, but to the point of being absurd.
Yes, students are graded, but they get multiple grades, one in each subject, rather than one total grade based on limited aspects of their progress.
My daughter is graduating from Portland High School, a school that just received a D.
She received a great education and has been admitted to an excellent college. Students from her class were admitted to Ivy League colleges and other first-rate colleges.
However, she does go to a school with a very high poverty rate. There are kids there who are homeless or live on their own because their parents cannot care for them. Another large group of students are English language learners.
Schools from the wealthy suburbs, ones that got "high grades," do not have this kind of mix in their schools.
Most students in those wealthy districts have parents who give their kid every advantage.
Although my husband and I could have lived in a wealthy suburb, we chose not to because we wanted our daughter to learn what the world is about, and to build skills for interacting with all kinds of people.
In addition to her daily interactions, she tutored in the ELL class, worked in the nearby soup kitchen and donated food for classmates who did not have money for food.
She learned as much from those experiences as she did from many excellent academic classes.
Rather than complain about education and make up a grading system based on a few measures, I wish Gov. LePage would visit schools like Portland High School, to see what amazing things they are doing with an incredibly diverse population.
Ellen Popenoe
While the governor's new school-ranking system fails for many reasons (many of which are well articulated in the May 2 editorial, "Our View: LePage's education policy earns him an F"), the rhetoric he used to explain it is also a failure.
In my junior English classes at Mt. Ararat High School in Topsham, I discuss the threat of rhetorical failures with my students.
Imprecise explanations, poorly supported assertions and ineffective analogies can undermine both an argument and its speaker's authority.
If the way in which you make your case is careless, I tell my students, then the class will doubt not only what you're saying but your reasons for saying it.
In defense of his ill-conceived effort to pit the students, teachers, administrators and citizens of Maine against one another via this ranking system, Gov. LePage explained that consistent school performance is problematic because "in a hospital setting, a flat line is not a good line."
Were this phrase to appear in an argument written by one of my students — and especially if it were coupled with the vague generalizations and clumsy verbs LePage also employed — then I would insist that the writer work harder to use the tools of language to achieve his purpose.
"How," I might ask, "is invoking the image of a dead heart supposed to help you inspire your audience?"
Either LePage does not understand that an effective analogy invokes the audience's understanding of one thing to help explain another, or his assumptions about and aspirations for Maine schools are not what he says they are.
As an English teacher in Maine schools, I am troubled by the governor's difficulties with language.
My classroom door is open to him should he want to bring his rhetoric up to the standard I set for my high school juniors.
Meredith Cass
I agree with your grade of F for Gov. LePage's school grading system.
As the mother of two boys who attend Portland Public Schools, I will let my sons speak for our family:
Jackson, age 12 and a seventh-grader at King Middle School (graded C), said, "King got a C because we have 70 kids who are still learning English."
Nate, age 11 and a fifth-grader at Hall School (graded F), notes, "And there are about 50 kids at Hall learning English."
Our children attend these great schools, by our deliberate choice, because of the dedicated teachers and staff and because of the diverse student body that will prepare them for lives in this world.
The best way for Gov. LePage to improve their educational experience would be for him to increase state funding to Portland Public Schools.
Margie Schoeller
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In the Harry Potter book series, Hermione is always exasperated when Harry and Ron don't know some basic bit of information that came from one of their schoolbooks. The brainiest and most diligent of the bunch, Hermione would probably always prefer a trip to the library over an adventure tangling with hippogriffs or the Whomping Willow; for her the wizarding world was an endless trove of stories and facts to be uncovered, whereas for Ron, it was always another opportunity to get in trouble and save the day (Harry, as ever, was somewhere between the two).
Whether you're a Hermione or a Ron will probably determine your reaction to today's news that there will be a new series of films based in the wizarding world of Harry Potter (no, not the theme park, though that's probably inevitable). Rowling herself will adapt Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, the slim 2001 companion book to the mammoth Harry Potter series, as an adventure starring Newt Scamander, the supposed author of the Beasts textbook, which is required reading for all first-year Hogwarts students. "[It] is neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter series, but an extension of the wizarding world," Rowling said in a statement. The laws and customs of the hidden magical society will be familiar to anyone who has read the Harry Potter books or seen the films, but Newt's story will start in New York, seventy years before Harry's gets underway."
Fantastic Beasts faces the same challenge as any other spinoff: maintain the flavor and appeal of the original while doing something completely different. By telling the story many years before Harry's birth and Voldemort's rise to power, Fantastic Beasts certainly seems to be doing a good job of setting itself apart from the titanic Potter series. Newt Scamander, really just a pen name for Rowling, didn't exist at all in Harry's world except as a name on a textbook, and given the timeframe-- and assuming there won't be any Time Turners or other shenanigans involved-- the only cameos we can expect from Harry's familiars are those of old characters, like Dumbledore or the immortal alchemist Nicolas Flamel, and even then as younger or very different versions of themselves. Harry Potter's wizarding world is undeniably fascinating, and it's possible that enough talk of Muggles and wands and the Ministry of Magic will make Newt Scamander's story feel of a piece. But is that enough to get the Harry Potter faithful to line up?
As one of those Harry Potter faithful, I'm not so sure. Generally I consider myself a Hermione, eager to dig into whatever detail about the wizard universe that I can find. But I never managed to pick up Fantastic Beasts, because as soon as you started presenting details without any context related to the characters I'd met and fallen so hard for, I lost interest. The films suffered from the opposite problem, scrubbing away many of the details of the world that I loved-- the talking portraits, the drama of the Yule Ball, the intricate moments of the Battle of Hogwarts-- to present a streamlined narrative. So Fantastic Beasts seems to roll two problems into one-- digging into details that are irrelevant to characters we already know, and presenting it on film, where Rowling's distinctive voice and talented details will by necessity be less visible.
It's not that Rowling can't invent new characters who will immediately feel as familiar as Neville Longbottom or Remus Lupin, or loop in familiar places like Hogwarts or even a giant Quidditch match to make Newt Scamander's adventures feel part and parcel with the world we've seen inside eight movies. But Rowling will also be trying to get enough distance from Harry to tell a new story-- and as long as Rowling insists on telling no more stories about Harry, Warner Bros. will be finding other ways to set stories in his lucrative world. Is this just the beginning of Harry Potter spinoffs that only get further and further from the details we all originally fell in love with?
I had always hoped for a spinoff series set inside Hogwarts, either about background characters we'd already met or even what was happening when Harry's parents and Snape were there. Rowlling created dozens of memorable small characters that she could revisit while keeping her promise that she was finished telling Harry's story. That always seemed like the natural launching point for a spinoff, and I admit I might just be upset that the idea I'd hoped to see isn't happening. But I'm still wondering how curious I'll be about Fantastic Beasts when it arrives-- and if other Potter fans are skeptical with me. After spending the last six years getting over the end of the Potter series, Rowling wants to lure me back in-- but I'm not sure I'm ready to give my heart over to Newt Scamander just yet. Maybe it's all Marauders fan fiction for me from here on out.


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SA j. ind. Psychol. vol.35 no.1 Johannesburg Jan. 2009
Psychological testing: an introduction (2nd edition)
Shanya Pillay
School of Psychology, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa
Keywords: psychological testing; reliability of tests; validity of tests; construction of tests; test administration
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The book under review provides a comprehensive introduction to psychological testing. It is divided into five parts, each dealing with a different aspect of testing.
Part 1 looks at basic issues surrounding psychological testing. It addresses issues such as the nature of tests, test administration and reliability and validity issues. Generally, the information provided in Part 1 is clear - however, given that these sections essentially introduce the reader to the subject area of psychological testing, it could have been more thorough.
Of note, the section on Tests and Experimental Procedure could be expanded to include greater detail on the issues of situational variables, experimental variables and subject variables. The section on Test Categories is excellently laid out and was easy to follow. The content included is more than sufficient and is pitched at a level suitable for undergraduate teaching.
Ethical standards and practices is an intricate and sensitive topic within the area of psychological testing. I found the text describing related issues to be sufficient but not overly detailed. Issues discussed could have been elaborated further, preferably with the use of case studies and practical examples, making it ideal for the undergraduate student. As it stands, the concepts related to ethical issues may be somewhat difficult to grasp at an entry level.
The section on test construction, administration and interpretation was excellent. The reader should have no trouble at all following and understanding the related procedures. The chapter includes detailed information on the entire process, from identifying which test/s to consider to test refinements. Test items are discussed in great detail with interesting examples that assist the reader in understanding. The explanation on test interpretation is also well presented. The text assumes that the reader has no prior experience in the field and therefore provides a detailed yet simple overview of the entire process.
Part 2 of the text focuses on the various dimensions associated with testing. The dimensions include: discussions on personality, cognition, attitudes, psychopathology, and normal, positive functioning. Descriptions of basic associated issues such as rating scales and report measures are adequate. The descriptions of specific tests, however, could have been simplified and discussed using practical examples. As it stands, undergraduate readers may encounter some difficulty, given that this might be their first exposure to these tests. The discussion tends to be quite complex and intricate. However, a brief review of the suggested readings following on from this section indicates that the authors have provided an excellent supplement to the material covered in the text. The readings were easy to locate electronically.
Part 3 of the book addresses psychological testing in the context of children, older adults, and disability and rehabilitation.
The chapter on children focuses on tests used on children who have difficulties in their development and learning. This chapter is especially well presented in that it provides a very detailed overview and analysis on how to identify such children. There is also a discussion on international law in this area. The chapter provides information on realistic challenges in evaluation and on the actual functions of this specific type of assessment. Issues of reliability and validity are well integrated into this section and it follows very logically from the initial descriptions of reliability and validity discussed in the preceding chapters. Also, the text is particularly useful in that aside from the theoretical discussions attached to testing children, there is a more than adequate inclusion of contemporary tests that are currently used.
The chapter on disability and rehabilitation is equally well presented. The overview provided is particularly good in that it presents an excellent review of disabilities, including the various categories of disability which exist and challenges which may arise. Although not extensive, the information provided in this chapter is clear and pitched at a level that was very easy to understand. Legal issues surrounding this sensitive area are also presented in a manner that is both interesting and easy to understand.
Part 4 focuses on the different settings where testing can occur, such as schools, the workplace, and clinical and forensic settings. All of the above areas are relatively well covered, each including a simple introduction, progressively detailed content and an adequate summary. However, more practical examples would have been useful. For example, the point of departure in each of the above-mentioned sections is very technical in nature. Information is provided on administration, scoring, and, among other things, scaling. The information on interpretation tends to be a little scant. Overall, however, this section is well presented.
Part 5, which looks at challenges associated with testing, is presented well. The information is relevant and ties in perfectly with all the sections preceding it. This part of the text provides very detailed information on the challenges which had been mentioned briefly in the previous chapters/areas. The text is set out in such a way that it relates to all tests that had been discussed earlier in the book. Each challenge is dealt with comprehensively, with explanations provided from numerous sources and authors. In addition, actual tests are mentioned with their associated challenges to illustrate how these challenges occur in practice. Indeed, the most beneficial aspect of this section is the practical element that is provided. The reader is able to see exactly how these challenges both occur and can be resolved. There are many tables, statistics and graphs that are also included which provide excellent technical information for the reader.
Perhaps most worthy of recognition is the inclusion of the chapter on the role of computers. An interesting, accessible historical overview of testing using computer technology sets the tone for this chapter. The discussions on computer scoring and administration of tests are more than sufficient. Although very technical in nature, the information provided in this chapter is easy to understand.
The chapter on testing behaviour and environments provides information in a systematic manner which flows from a historical/traditional perspective to more modern/contemporary perspectives. The section on behavioural assessment is useful, particularly the discussion on direct assessment methods. Practical examples used in explanations makes this easy to understand. Furthermore, the benefits associated with behavioural assessment (in comparison with other forms of assessment) provide the reader with an analysis of these different methods. This information is provided both graphically and theoretically. What is especially valuable in this chapter is that previously mentioned challenges are integrated into these methods, allowing the reader to relate this material to previous discussions. A discussion of assessment scales is provided, which includes a simple introduction and insightful summary.
The last section of the book deals with the history of psychological testing. Although this is well presented as a chapter in itself, it could be situated earlier on in the book as it touches on many of the issues/challenges and information presented in the other chapters. The history provided is particularly interesting, and draws on a number of different areas, including science and religion as well as other contexts.
Overall, the content of the book is useful and well laid out. Each section is introduced clearly, followed by graded content and then concluded with both suggested readings and discussion questions.
The flow of chapters in the book is excellent. Each new chapter follows from previous discussions and is introduced with the chapter's aims. The language used is pitched at a level which is suitable for undergraduate students. In fact, the introductory text is simple enough for a reader with no previous knowledge in this area, making it ideal for undergraduate teaching.
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Received: 18 Apr. 2008
Accepted: 02 Feb. 2009
Published: 07 May 2009
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Not that surprising given games like Call of Duty: Online, which is in China. Still funny, however.
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