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Renaissance Kids
By Leslie Wilson
As school starts each year, parents frantically search websites and call friends to get recommendations for activities for their children. Should little Ethan play flag football or take violin? Should precious Katelyn play soccer or enroll in the painting class?
My thought is, why can't they do both? Wouldn't that help make them more well-rounded? Wouldn't it better prepare them for college? For life?
Years ago, I wrote a column about the uglier side of competitive parents -- those who hurt others (or, in extreme cases killed them) over ridiculous things. Like their daughter not making cheerleader. Or an opponent tackling too hard.
To what end? Will our child play Major League Baseball someday? Will he play in the NFL, NHL, or NBA? The chances are slim. Only small percentages of students are awarded college athletic scholarships. And professional athletes are nearly as rare as lottery jackpot winners.
Why then do we push so hard? Our children feel pressure to achieve excellence (known to many as victory) in everything they attempt. Is this really what's best?
Some families are bringing up what I call Renaissance Kids.
Renaissance Kids appreciate the significance of art, music, and literature. And it doesn't have to be an either/or. In our own family, we embrace the arts without abandoning the sports arena. (My husband wouldn't have it any other way!)
Although artistic pursuits may involve competition on occasion, they also challenge children's minds and creativity, allowing them to flex more than just muscle.
Though the goal of rearing well-rounded children stems from the desire for children to experience the treasure that is art in all its forms, some parents have admittedly headed in the opposite direction out of a frustration with what much of professional sports has become -- an avenue for money-making and misplaced priorities.
Many young people esteem professional athletes because they win championships -- no matter that they beat up their girlfriends or were caught with drugs only last year. Children aspire to play professional sports because that is their ticket to big bucks or their way out of a miserable life. What they may not realize is that art can also transform life -- by bringing beauty to it.
To cultivate a Renaissance mindset, children need to learn that the real accomplishment lies in producing or perfecting something, for the sake of that thing. As parents, we can encourage creativity, inspire originality. Instilling such vision in the next generation of learners can lessen brutality, spark imagination and create delight.
Artistic pursuits and athletics are not mutually exclusive. It is possible to play sports and exhibit a Renaissance mindset. Mitchell, age 14, plays middle school basketball and plays the piano. Twin boys, Peter and Samuel, are multi-sport guys, who also sing with a local children's chorus and take piano and violin respectively. Our friends the Walkers encourage their children to participate in one sports activity and one arts activity each season. These families value what both sports and the arts have to teach. Like these parents, we can all help our children dream and reach beyond the next game.
How? By supporting our local arts community with our attendance at events. We can provide our children with lessons certainly, but what about exposing them to museums, art shows, opera, ballet, theatre and symphony? What about introducing them to great works of literature? There can be a balance between the wide world of sports and the Louvre.
It's a world I'd like to live in. Wouldn't you?
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2012 Real Estate Report
Still a buyer's market
Even so, brighter times may finally be at hand for single-family home sales. |
Real estate pros have been saying for years that the market isn't as weak as we've been hearing, that the bad stuff was only happening in other places, and that the recovery from the non-slump was right around the corner. ? So when Don Stern of Realty Executives South Louisiana, who helped compile the Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors' yearly report on Baton Rouge-area real estate trends, says, "The bleeding has stopped," it's easy to be cynical and note that we've heard that before.
But in fact, people who sell homes for a living can point to a few encouraging factors. According to the annual Trends report, the number of home sales in the Capital Region increased in 2011, although the uptick was small enough that the report's authors still say the market is in a "plateau."
And in April 2012, sales were up 21% over the same month last year, although much of the action consisted of sales of homes sold for less than $250,000.
Stern says when there's less than 5� months' worth of inventory available, it's considered a seller's market. Between 5� and 6� is a neutral market; more than 6� is a buyer's market.
"Overall, we're in a buyer's market right now," he says. "But [inventory] has dropped over the past few months."
In fact, he says Ascension and Livingston parishes are trending toward a neutral or even a seller's market. East Baton Rouge Parish still has an oversupply of housing, he says, although the average number of days on market is beginning to decrease. (The vast majority of home sales in the Baton Rouge area are concentrated in Ascension, Livingston and East Baton Rouge parishes.)
Even though the total number of sales was up last year, the average sale price was down slightly. The apparent culprit was the higher-than-average percentage of real estate-owned or REO sales, which typically are lender-owned foreclosures. In East Baton Rouge, for example, about one in four home resales was an REO.
Still, the number of foreclosures does not appear to be skyrocketing and certainly is not approaching the levels seen in Florida, Nevada and other hard-hit states. Unless there's a large hidden inventory of homes destined for foreclosure, Stern says, the number of REO sales isn't a major concern.
"We're working through the foreclosure inventory," Stern says. "If one just looks at average [price], foreclosures have a chilling effect. But if you take the foreclosures out, people [on average] haven't lost value in their homes."
Sales of attached single-family homes�—that is, condos and townhouses—continue to decrease, as do sales of homes worth more than $400,000. In general, resales are up, while new construction is down.
Overall, Stern says, prices have stabilized, and there is some statistical evidence that begins to confirm what Realtors have been reporting anecdotally: That the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel is visible, and brighter times may finally be at hand.
3/2004 – 2/2005 | 8,829 | $1,290,699,582 | $146,188 | 84 |
3/2005 – 2/2006 | 11,826 | $1,969,387,901 | $166,530 | 77 |
3/2006 – 2/2007 | 10,761 | $2,033,258,350 | $188,946 | 65 |
3/2007 – 2/2008 | 9,316 | $1,836,278,393 | $197,110 | 145 |
3/2008 – 2/2009 | 7,093 | $1,430,661,986 | $201,700 | 95 |
3/2009 – 2/2010 | 6,878 | $1,313,255,284 | $190,931 | 94 |
3/2010 – 2/2011 | 6,341 | $1,235,680,205 | $194,871 | 90 |
3/2011 – 2/2012 | 6,742 | $1,284,029,425 | $190,452 | 104 |
$1.28 billion Total value of home sales in the Capital Region from March 2011 through February 2012, the period of time covered by the Baton Rouge Trends report
$2 million Price of the most expensive home sold in the Capital Region in 2011
6,742 Total number of home sales in the Capital Region from March 2011 through February 2012
6.32% Percentage increase in the number of home sales from March 2011 through February 2012, compared to the prior year
$196,980 Average list price of homes sold from March 2011 through February 2012
$190,452 Average sale price of homes sold from March 2011 through February 2012
-2.27% Percentage change in the average sales price, compared to the prior year, from March 2011 through February 2012
$6,528 Average difference between list and sale prices
104 Average days on market for homes sold from March 2011 through February 2012
8.55 Average months of available inventory from March 2011 through February 2012
The Capital Region has not experienced the massive wave of foreclosures that has been seen in some cities. Still, real estate-owned sales are frequent enough to drag down the average sales price and partially mask the tepid ongoing recovery. CoreLogic says a large "shadow inventory" of distressed homes that have not yet been through the foreclosure process looms nationally. "My general sense of our markets and a review of foreclosure data from local municipalities tell me that, while the shadow inventory issue might still be a problem in some states, we in south Louisiana probably won't see much of an impact," writes certified mortgage banker Brian Andrews.
No one buys a home when they're not confident about their own economic prospects. The recent increase in sales indicates that some people are feeling better lately and are willing to take advantage of low interest rates and better availability of financing. However, the still-sluggish market for homes worth more than $400,000 seems to show that high net-worth families are in many cases still cautious when it comes to writing big checks for major purchases.
The so-called traditional neighborhood development along Perkins Road has been controversial since the day it was proposed, and some of the project's possible future neighbors in the Southdowns area continue to fight it every step of the way. While different housing and commercial uses are planned for the site, single-family homes are coming first. On May 21, in the most recent development of the four-year-plus saga, the East Baton Rouge Parish Planning Commission approved a development plan for a subphase that would consist of 17 homes.
There isn't really much new residential construction happening right now. But if there was, some real estate pros say, less of that building than in years past would be sticking to the country French-inspired style that dominates the region. It seems a more contemporary look, with cleaner lines and less ornate design, is becoming more fashionable. Outdoor spaces that seem to flow naturally from the indoors are also becoming popular, as are larger windows that trade a bit of privacy for natural light.
Organizers would like to create a new independent school district that would serve the area of southeast East Baton Rouge Parish between Interstate 10 and Interstate 12. Although the measure twice failed in the latest legislative session, the concept of ISDs isn't going to go away, regardless of what happens this year. Highly ranked school districts in Zachary and Central, not to mention Ascension and Livingston parishes, are credited with driving home sales in those areas; more such districts in East Baton Rouge could change the game.
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Supply Chain Collaboration and Alignment
A joint venture with the Smeal College of Business' Center for Supply Chain Research. Cosponsored by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals.
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- Industry case study on strategic partnerships
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- Implement proven collaborative methodologies like S&OP and CPFR within your organization
- Develop productive trading partner relationships and strategies
- Access, analyze, and understand disparate data sources and emerging trends in product management
- Understand how to successfully implement supply chain strategies relating to collaboration and alignment
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Delivery is balanced between in-depth discussion and action-learning exercises to drive home concepts and facilitate immediate application upon return to the organization. Topics include:
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Managing supply chains in the 21st century
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Newman! McMurry to Face Jets in Abilene for First Time
By: Dave Beyer, McMurry Sports Information
Updated: February 27, 2013
Newman currently sits in second place in the Heartland Conference, one game behind leader Arkansas-Fort Smith (McM's foe in its regular season finale on Saturday, March 2).
While the War Hawks can not impact the HC race because they are still on provisional status and their games do not official count in the standings, head coach Chris Beard's crew is looking to carry momentum into next week's National Christian College Athletic Association Central Region tournament in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
Last weekend's pair of wins at Oklahoma Panhandle State and at UT-Permian Basin were an encouraging sign for the War Hawks, especially considering road wins seemed about as scarce as a Halley's Comet sighting. Before last week's pair of victories, McMurry was just 2-7 on the opponent's home floor...a trait that seems to permeate the Heartland Conference competition, where there truly is no place like home.
McMurry is hoping to hold serve on its floor against the Newman squad which ranks second in the HC in scoring offense (76.5 p.p.g.), is fourth in scoring defense (67.0 p.p.g.) and tops the circuit in scoring margin (+9.5 p.p.g.).
The Jets are also tops in three-point field goal percentage defense (.306), steals (9.8 s.p.g.) and turnover margin (+7.08).
Despite falling to UA-Fort Smith last Saturday, 88-78, the Jets come into Abilene having won five of their last seven outings. NU also topped the War Hawks in McMurry's first Heartland Conference clash, 61-52, in Wichita, Kansas, back on Nov. 29.
In that last meeting, McM's Kenny Williams had a double-double of 24 points and 10 rebounds. However, Williams suffered a season-ending shoulder injury shortly after that and McMurry will have a different look this time around.
A trio of Jets average double digits, led by Shamar Acuay's 14.4 points per game. Acuay has come off the bench in 23 of 24 appearances . He also has a team-leading 43 steals on the year.
Marquis Cuyler - who had 19 points in the first bout with McMurry - averages 10.4 points and 4.5 rebounds per game. Darrell Traylor rounds out the NU scoring leaders, also at 10.4 p.p.g. and 4.5 r.p.g. Traylor has amassed 43 assists and 41 steals in his 22 games played.
Takoby Jackson is one in a long line of War Hawks who have picked up the slack in the 15 games since losing Williams. Jackson has his scoring average at 14.1 p.p.g., while also hauling in 4.7 rebounds per game and making 1.9 steals per game. Just for good measure, the senior passes off an average of 2.2 assists per game, as well.
The balanced McM attack has no less than six other players averaging better than five points per game. The sextet includes Antonio Bell (9.5 p.p.g.), Alfred Perez (9.3 p.p.g.), DJ Stennis (6.8 p.p.g.), Connor Robinson (6.0 p.p.g.), Chris Campbell (5.8 p.p.g.) and Kaylim Noel (5.1 p.p.g.).
McMurry's team also finds itself prominently positioned in the latest Heartland statistical report.
McM is sixth in scoring offense (71.5 p.p.g.), but tops the league in scoring defense with a stingy 63.8 p.p.g. allowed. The War Hawks are also third in scoring margin (+7.7 p.p.g.), third in free throw percentage (.736), fourth in field goal percentage (.469), second in field goal percentage defense (.406) and third in three-point field goal percentage defense (.330).


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Ellen Hopkins signs up for 2 more novels
NEW YORK (AP) — Million-selling author Ellen Hopkins has a deal for two more young adult novels.
Known for candid stories written in verse, Hopkins has a new agreement with her longtime publisher, Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.
The publisher announced Thursday that the first of the two new novels, "Rumble," will tell of a nihilistic teenager who undergoes a life-changing accident. No release date has been set.
Hopkins' previous novels include "Crank," ''Burned" and "Perfect." Her most recent book, "Tilt," came out in September.
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What Are the Real Costs to School Budget Cuts?
Monday, April 4th, 2011Education in America is a multifaceted and passionate debate. But it often feels like the voices that are the loudest don't have a stake in the fight beyond the political implications of it all. We all know that we are a country in massive amounts of debt and that everyone's reflex is to throw more money at a problem. It's true, a lot of these things need more money, but at their very heart, need fundamental fixes. Talk though, is indeed cheap and the problem is full of countless layers and nuances. But if there is any issue worth untangling, it's education. It's one of those aspects of society that permeates nearly everything, with ever-growing roots that reach the most important parts of society.
There are some incredible public school alternatives and even other options within the public system. From charter and magnet schools to home school networks, many students have a number of choices that weren't always available. However, there is still a huge segment of students that for a multitude of reasons, don't have those options readily available to them. I'm a public school product, and like anything else, some schools were great and some, well, were not so great. But is there any reason that this issue couldn't be solved with a number of solutions?
I certainly don't claim to have the answers, but am rather suspicious of the people who offer only one answer and are so willing to dismiss all others.
How do you strike the right balance to reach substantive solutions? Is it possible to empower teachers to use their talents and education to get the most out of crucial curriculum instead of teaching to a test and having to be classroom managers? Is it possible to offer students the high-level math and English they need and still be able to offer programs like music and art or even more focused curriculum targeted towards a specific discipline? Is it possible to have the kind of accountability that tax payers seek without stifling the scholastic process and taking creative choices out of a teacher's hands?
I'm on the precipice of really seeing the importance of all these things as my daughter is a mere year away from kindergarten. And the only thing that I really know is that it's imperative to get involved and ask a lot of questions. I want to be involved. I want to know who my daughter's teachers and principals are and work to get to know the other parents. It feels like a good start, but the true crux of the matter feels enormous and demands wide-scale involvement.
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- Are schools in your community facing budget cuts and challenges?
- Does your city have a successful public school district? Why or why not?
- What are some things that you've seen schools do to counter budget challenges?
This post was inspired by the NPR story "Detroit Public Schools Face 'Draconian' Cuts," a piece that discusses how Detroit's public school district is facing a $327 million budget deficit and a proposal that could put up to 60 children in a classroom.


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Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Mango Orange Ice Cream Floats
Lately I've been craving bright and tropical flavors. I made mango orange ice cream and paired with ginger ale to create a vibrant drink for Iron Chef Mango!
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I think everyone in DC is feeling about the same way I am. The clouds, the rain, the cold....we're done. We survived Snowmaggedon last year, and we're just not ready for anything resembling cold weather yet. I didn't really realize it until I sat down and thought about how nobody really wants to eat pumpkin, or cranberries. I feel like if we give in too much to these holiday flavors then we will be starting that slow death march to the bitter cold of February. I'm not ready.
In a state of denial, our monthly Iron Chef potluck was themed for mango! And thank heaven next month will be lime! We're keeping the food tropical and maybe if we crank up the heater enough we might forget for an hour of two that a bitter cold winter is right around the corner.
Wow. That was a bit of a downer. Let's get back to yummy food.
My friends Tristan and Rachel, from the amazing weekend of pumpkin fun and a New England road trip, brought some fierce competition. Tristan told me about a year ago his only goal is to beat me. Just once. Congratulations! You succeeded! It will never happen again... just kidding! I love you! And since we both brought mango drinks it was a fair fight. Ra-stan...no, maybe, Trichel? Hmmm....either way, their team made a fabulous mango lassi, based off of a few different recipes they'd found online!
The evening was a great success with mango drinks all around!
Mango Orange Ice Cream Floats
2 cups Mango/Orange Juice
2 eggs
3/4 cups sugar
1 tsp. lemon flavoring
2 cups cream
1 cup milk
In a small saucepan, boil the mango/orange juice until reduced to about 1/3 of a cup. Allow to cool slightly.
In a stand mixer combine the eggs and sugar. Beat for one minute until light and fluffy.
Gently mix in the cream, milk, lemon flavoring and mango orange syrup.
Transfer the mixture to an ice cream maker. Allow the ice cream to churn until finished and freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions.
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I can go for tropical any day in comparison to the cold drippyness of fall. We didn't get much snow last year (not like you did from the sounds of it) but it's a dark and gloomy time of year. Mango and lime are just right to add some color and liveliness to it! Makes me want to take a trip. Somewhere warm.
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At 6/28/2011 7:28:05 AM, askbob wrote:
You need not apologized, you summarized, i didn't have to waste my time reading you lost precious moments of your life for me and I gained them.
I guess you used up all your grammar on your project. Brb have to work on super complicated excel spreadsheet for my honors undergraduate degree in finance (fe-nans).
Shifting the goalposts. Also nice rebuttal of 1 and 2. Oh wait you didn't rebut them because you're not serious. Don't waste my time k? Kind of defeats the purpose of asking Juggle to remove troll accounts if you're just going to troll too.
"same level as pedophiles"
In that it is a severe "level" of abuse. If I say being kicked in the balls is "on the same level" as taking a baseball bat to the stomach, I don't mean they're literally the same, or that one isn't systematically found subjectively worse than the other.
They're not "on the same level"
Good thing you have an argument for that.
and pointing out that SOME PEOPLE would prefer poor being molested to being around second hand smoke does not prove your point that it is. It just proves that people are willing to compare experiences that they've never suffered through. Not that they're on the same level or even comparable.
Guess you're just going to nitpick my argument. I don't see why never having experienced either of these things invalidates the analysis. I guess you'd have to prove that everyone is so mistaken about the trauma of child abuse compared to the trauma of obesity. You can't make this argument because you've never experienced it either. Good job.
And even if you have, it doesn't matter because each individual is different. Trolololol. Expressed individual preference is the best touchstone we have.
But surely you understand this is just a technique to get people to take nutritional child abuse really seriously. You might understand that if you had read through the thread. But you just want to troll so you're just nitpicking. See you even dropped 2 of my main arguments against your position to harp on the weakest one.
"First, people can get over being molested. Even if there were a 90% chance of recovering from child molestation, it would still be horribad right? It would still be a despicable crime? hmm?
Second, there are long term effects of poor diet that can't be reversed. You just haven't been following the thread and don't know anything about nutrition."
In a debate I would extend them, point out you dropped them, and you would automatically lose. Too bad you can just wave your dick around on forums without any accountability.
I agree that it's abuse, but it's not pedophilia or comparable or on the same level or whatever terminology you want to use.
Want to debate that?


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The portrayal of women and so-called women's issues by the media was the focus of a panel Tuesday, Nov. 27, sponsored by the National Center for Civil and Human Rights and its Women's Solidarity Society. The breakfast program at the Ritz Carlton Hotel downtown was called "The Unbiased Truth: Compelling the Media to Tell Our Story."
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The Texas Mutual Insurance Company awarded a $100,000 grant to Midland College Tuesday, to fund the Risk Management Institute.
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NOTE: The Essential Concepts and Skills listed in Social Studies - Political Science/Civic Literacy are the same as the Essential Concepts and Skills listed in 21st Century - Civic Literacy
Political science is the study of power and authority through the examination of political processes, governmental institutions, and human behavior in a civil society. In this context the study of civics is understood to include the form and function of government. Civic literacy encompasses civics but also addresses the individual's social and political participation.
Essential Concepts and/or Skills
Employability Skills
The vision statement developed by the Iowa Core Curriculum 21st Century Skills Committee states: Each Iowa student will have the academic and social skills as well as the personal characteristics that empower them to be productive, caring, and competent citizens. This is consistent with the view that good employees may not be good citizens but good citizens always make good employees.
The employability essential concepts and skill sets represent universal content. They (1) contribute to outcomes that are valued for individuals and for society; (2) bring benefits in a wide variety of contexts and apply to multiple areas of life; and (3) are of use to all individuals, deemphasizing competencies of use only in a specific trade, occupation or walk of life. (OECD, 2005*).
Employers are demanding that employees demonstrate the skills to work productively in teams, communicate effectively, think innovatively and solve problems creatively. An overwhelming number of students leave their educational experience unprepared for the world of work. The employability concepts connect content and those dispositions required for success in life beyond school.
According to the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, "…academic and cognitive skills, as essential as they are, are not all that is necessary for a successful life. In our global technological age, young people also need to work with and learn from diverse groups, be flexible in a variety of work and social settings, and be adaptable to changing times. They need to demonstrate leadership and take responsibility for results, show initiative and resourcefulness, and be productive and accountable for their actions."
Integration of these critical skills across curricular areas will allow students to make the transition from the classroom to their roles as citizens and workers in an increasingly complex and unknown global market. The availability of a knowledgeable and skilled citizenry will enhance the quality of life and result in a profitable economy for Iowa, our nation, and our world.
*The Definition and Selection of Key Competencies, or the DeSeCo, Project. Overview. Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2005
Essential Concepts and/or Skills
Financial Literacy
Financial literacy is closely connected to an individual's emotional, personal, social, economic, and employment success. An individual needs to understand the basics of money management, and use financial resources appropriately to function well in society at a personal, professional, business and community level. In a broader sense, students need to identify and discuss significant economic issues, important to society and to the world. They should practice examining the consequences of change in economic conditions and public policies. (The enGauge 21st Century Skills, 2003)
As society changes, the skills needed to deal with the complexities of life also change. The meaning of skills like financial literacy may change to reflect context, or current realities. Financial literacy, however, is about empowerment, the ability "…to access, manage, integrate, evaluate, and create information in order to function in a knowledge society…" (ICT Literacy Panel, 2002)
The vision articulated by the Iowa Core Curriculum 21st Century Skills Committee states: Each student in Iowa's schools will learn financial literacy concepts, enabling them to succeed in a complex global environment. The essential concepts and skill sets for financial literacy address the requirements outlined in Iowa legislation Senate File 2216. They also reflect broader, universal skills that cultivate critical thinking and responsible citizenship. They provide us the framework and knowledge to be proactive. When we accept responsibility for our actions because they have consequences for other people as well as for our personal success, we will also understand what it means to solve the problems and face the collective challenges of an increasingly diverse and interconnected world. (OECD, 2005*)
*The Definition and Selection of Key Competencies, or the DeSeCo, Project. Overview. Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2005
Essential Concepts and/or Skills
Health Literacy
Health literacy, considered a 21st Century theme by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, is, "the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions" (Nielsen-Bohlman, 2004). A health literate person is able to make appropriate decisions about their health as he or she progresses through life, as health care changes, and as societal norms change. The benefits of being health literate influence the full range of life's activities—home, school, work, society and culture (Zarcadoolas, 2005).
Lack of physical activity and exercise, poor nutritional choices, increased violence, increased substance abuse and other high risk behaviors are serious threats to living a healthy, active life. The essential concepts and skill sets for health literacy provide a framework for building capacity among Iowa's students to think critically about the decisions that affect health status for themselves, their families and their communities. Learning the concepts will form the knowledge base for the development of attitudes and habits of mind that will lead students to take responsibility for their personal health status. This proactive approach will have profound effects on families and society.
The essential concepts reflect the belief that children need to assess media messages at young ages and then develop critical evaluation skills as they intellectually, emotionally and socially mature (Zarcadoolas, 2005). Children must also take an active role in accessing and appropriately using information which affects their health (Nutbeam, 2000, St. Leger, 2001). Therefore, it is important to integrate the essential concepts and skill sets for health literacy across content areas, providing relevant contexts, problem based and service learning experiences. This will provide students opportunities to practice systemic thinking and problem solving processes that will lead to the creative solutions and proactive policies necessary to enhance health status in an interconnected, global society.
Essential Concepts and/or Skills
Technology Literacy
Each Iowa student will be empowered with the technological knowledge and skills to learn effective and live productively.
This vision, developed by the Iowa Core Curriculum 21st Century Skills Committee, reflects the fact that Iowans in the 21st century live in a global environment marked by a high use of technology, giving citizens and workers the ability to collaborate and make individual contributions as never before. Iowa's students live in a media-suffused environment, marked by access to an abundance of information and rapidly changing technological tools useful for critical thinking and problem solving processes. Therefore, technological literacy supports preparation of students as global citizens capable of self-directed learning in preparation for an ever-changing world.
Regardless of current realities, literacy in any context is defined as the ability "...to access, manage, integrate, evaluate, and create information in order to function in a knowledge society..." (ICT Literacy Panel, 2002) "....When we teach only for facts ... (specifics)... rather than for how to go beyond facts, we teach students how to get out of date." (Sternberg, 2008) This statement is particularly significant when applied to technology literacy. The Iowa essential concepts for technology literacy reflect broad, universal processes and skills.
Although it is important that current technologies be integrated into all teachers' classroom practices and all students' experiences, it is also important to understand the broader implications of the transforming influence of technology on society. For example, creativity, innovation and systemic thinking are requirements for success in this environment. Technology is changing the way we think about and do our work. It has changed our relationships with information and given us access to resources, economic and professional, that were unimaginable just a few years ago
Technological advances also present societal challenges. It is essential that students have a deep understanding of technology literacy concepts in order to deal with technology's challenges and implications. It is also essential that educators partner with "...digital natives"..., teaching ways to mediate the challenges, and to realize the potential of technology literacy. (Palfrey and Gasser, 2008)
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Fastest car you can buy for under $22,000. 0-60 in 5.6 seconds, does the 1/4 mile in high 13's. Simply an amazing car and loved by car reviewers world wide for it's smoking performance and low price. 1.)Yeah, Johnny Dickweed spent $35,000 on that 350Z and got smoked by Dustin in his bone stock SRT-4 at the track.
2.)Yo did you see that SRT-4 smoke those riced out Civics? He didn't even have any mods doen and ran a 13.8 at the track!!! |
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Manufactured by Dodge from 2003-2005, based on the Neon/SX 2.0 body style. There was very little promoting done for the SRT-4 so in all fairness people have some very common misconceptions about it.
Dodge pulled the SRT-4 engine out of a PT Cruiser GT, the motor also saw production in the Mexican Stratus R/T. The PT-GT had a respectable 210 bhp as did the Stratus. Dodge tweaked the PCM and fuel system to bump the cars output to 215 bhp, but, Sport Compact car put a bone stock SRT-4 on a Dyno in 2003 and found 223 wheel horsepower. It is a well known fact that Dodge had underrated the vehicles power production to reduce insurance costs. In 2004-2005 vehicles a Quaiffe LSD was added as well as larger fuel injectors. Which boosted the SRT-4's output to 230 bhp, another magazine test by Car and Driver showed that the 2004 SRT-4 had dynoed in at 233 wheel horsepower. Which makes the SRT-4 the fastest FWD production car in the world and the fastest Production car for under 20,000 dollars. So please stop spamming garbage about this car, I challenge ANYONE who hates the SRT-4 to find a FASTER PRODUCTION CAR FOR UNDER 20,000 dollars. Instead of hating on a car, why not learn something about it. We owe Dodge for building the machine that they did for the price we paid. Nuff said, later. TURBOCHARGED FTW! SRT-4's are a very underrated car, give them the respect they deserve. Remember if you ran into one jerk who has an SRT-4, it doesn't mean that all SRT-4 owners are jerks.
A turbo'd sports package of the car known as the "Dodge Neon", many people rant about this car using "tests" done by Car & Driver magazine, and use it as a crutch to support their shitty car. John: "...But the Integra Type-R could easily destroy the SRT-4 at the track."
Joe: "TEH SRT-4 HAS A F4$T4R SL4L0M TIM3 TH3N TEH MURCILAGO!" |
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slang. recently became the official replacement for "polish a turd" in the ever popular phrase "you can't polish a turd".
while you still can't srt-4 a turd, many think that by paying the hourly goons at ye olde dodge factory to glue a turbo-charger to a silly dodge neon engine it will in fact create a glossy finish on a piece of feces. the car is intended for bedwetters and dog dick rubbers who can't afford a real car like a honda s2000, bmw m-series or acura tl type-s or aren't smart enough to properly affix a turbo-charger to a car that isn't already named "neon". the srt-4 phenomenon is basically the same as the 1980's dodge goons putting a faux-leather, glue on top(attempting to look like a convertible) to a dodge aries k-car and calling it a chrysler lebaron. again, this car was very popular with the recently gay but familiar with broke crowd. "wowie zowie leroy, that white girl you are courting is one seriously ugly girl."
"don't sweat is mister anderson, my sistah works at glamour shots and this saturday we gonna srt-4 her up." "gee leroy, that's swell. </vomits>" |
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a 2.4L turbocharged four cylinder fourdoor neon that smokes the average V8 buttrocker mobile and most rice burners. buttrockers hate it because it doesn't have a big V8, (nevermind the faster 1/4 mile et's) and the ricers hate it because it is a very capable four, but not with rice roots. this car runs high 13's in the qm with over 20 MPG stock, and thats something neither buttrockers or ricers hardly ever accomplish. Oh yea... this car is only 20k hey kids, load up. were going to pick up some grocery's then go smoke some neighborhood stangs in the srt-4!
Essentially a Dodge Neon with a turbocharger bolted onto a 2.4L inline 4. Although quite quick, this trim is harassed due to the fact it is built on a Neon. Adding a large spoiler and factory body kit, muffler-less exhaust, turbo and lack of interior sound deadening makes this car both quite fast and quite absurd. This car's owners are absolutely positive it is an SRT-4, and not a Neon, even though it's plagued with many of the shitty Neon traits like rough ride (made even more rough by stiffer suspension), noisy interior, boring sounding engine and poor build quality. Either way you look at it, it's NOT an SRT-4, it's a Neon. Owner: My SRT-4 is fast. I can pull a 13.8 second 1/4 mile.
Bystander: But it's still a Neon. Owner: No, it's an SRT-4. Bystander: {Shakes head} |
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A dodge neon that came with a turbocharger from the factory. Many SRT-4 owners will contest that their car is NOT a neon, that it is only an SRT-4, since driving a neon has somewhat of a "gay" vibe. And guys who drive srt-4's can't possibly be gay... because it has a turbo.
The srt-4, also known as a skittle because of it's shape resemblence as well as the bright colors it comes in, is an incredibly overrated piece of junk. It can't launch hard, it doesn't make as much power as it advertised, it gets no traction, it can't turn, and it can't stop. Also known for blowing the engine into a lot of small pieces when boost is increased. The typical srt-4 owner is very similar to that of a ricer, with unnecessary revving and trying to race anything on the road, then making excuses when they lose. Skittle Driver: "My srt-4 is teh ballz. It will run all over your (insert any type of car).
Other Guy: "Not it won't, and even if it did, it's still a neon." Skittle: "IT'S NOT A NEON! IT IS AN SRT-4!!!!" Guy: "Right, and my Z28 isn't a Camaro, it's just a Z28." SRT-4 Owner: "I like revving at minivans and surprise buttsecks." |


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03-10-2012, 05:29 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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Should Virat Kohil replace Dhoni as the Indian T20 captain ?
Jono's heart flutters as someone else broaches the subject of his man being numero uno.
But seriously, with India's failure in the past three T20 WC, should Dhoni be replaced as captain at least in the t20 format for starters by Kohli ? Kohli obviously being the long term (or maybe not so long term) successor in ODis and tests as well. Making him the captain for the 2014 T20 world cup would certainly be a step to grooming him for the bigger roles. Don't really see anyone else in the frame. Sehwag's is past his prime and Gambhir's total lack of form probably rules him out as well. Thoughts ?
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It should be Jadeja tbh.
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Don't burden the best player with Captaincy.. .. So give Gambhir the captaincy in all 3 formats..We have seen him captain and there is a passion to win and he has done good in the limited opportunities he has got..He is also a kinda player who performs well when given responsibility..Try Kohli as captain in some of the inconsequential ODI's we generally play and see how he does on the 2 important aspects of captaincy 1) Tactics 2) Player Management and go from there..
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I retract. India to select a specialist captain like that aussie kent.
My vote goes to Ganguly; he can boundary ride and bat at XI using a sugar cane or something. Double win - he gets out of the commentary box and pisses off the front-row spectators instead. They're usually ***** anyway. |
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TBF, ABdeV acted as pretty much a specialist skipper this tournament as well
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And smalishah's avatar is the most classy one by far Jan certainly echoes the sentiments of CW Yeah we don't crap in the first world; most of us would actually have no idea what that was emanating from Ajmal's backside. Why isn't it roses and rainbows like what happens here? PEWS's retort to Ganeshran on Daemon's picture depicting Ajmal's excreta |
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He's got a great big minder who'll bash all his critics. Shame Dhoni never had one.
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