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For six years a massive study on school discipline followed every Texas student who started seventh grade in 2000 through 2002 and bill that passed the Senate Tuesday was written to address its key findings.
Of those nearly 1 million Texas students, almost 60 percent had been suspended or expelled, according to an analysis released in 2011 by the Council of State Governments Justice Center in partnership with the Public Policy Research Institute of Texas A&M University.
More than one-in-seven students had been suspended or expelled at least 11 times, the study found. Only 3 percent of the disciplinary decisions were for conduct which state law mandates suspensions or expulsions. The study found African-American students, as well as those with some disabilities, were disproportionately disciplined on the behavior left to the discretion of school leaders.
Senate Bill 1115, authored by Sen. John Whitmire, D- Houston, would expand the Texas Education Agency's monitoring of disciplinary actions from reports on students moved to alternative programs to include all discipline that removes students from the classroom and adds ethnicity to the characteristics required to be reported. It also outlines how the commissioner of education could intervene when a school is identified as disproportionately disciplining a group of students or regularly removes students from the classroom for an excessive number of days.
The bill passed the Senate and now moves to the House for consideration.

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SQL Server Reporting Services R2 (SSRS) allows report developers to not only publish reports and data sources to the report server, but now they have the ability to publish report parts. You can publish parts of a report, such as charts, tables, logos, etc… In addition to the report part, any data set and/or parameter that the part depends on accompanies it as metadata. End-users will have the ability, using Report Builder 3.0, to create reports based on the published Report Parts. So, how do you publish the report parts?
First, create a report that contains a few charts, tables and maybe an image. Similar to the following:
Each item on the report, the five charts and the logo, can be published to the report server as a report part. Ensure that you give each part that you plan on publishing a descriptive and meaningful name. Once that is done, select Report from the menu bar and select Publish Report Parts. The following screen will appear:
Then select the checkbox next to each item that you want to publish as a report part and click OK. The next time you deploy your report project each selected item will be published to the report server. Finally, prior to deploying the report parts, you can specify the location where these items will be deployed. Right-click on the project in the solution explorer and select Properties:
Under the deployment section in the row labeled TargetReportPartFolder, you can specify the location where you want to deploy the report parts. Your end-users can now connect to the report server and use these report parts in their reports. I will explain how they do this in my next blog post.
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Alphacool Repack - Dual DC-LT - 5,25 Single Bay Station, the perfect reservoir for Alphacool DC-LT Keramik 12 Volt pumps, Dual- and single pump operation compatible!
Based on the Alphacool Repack Dual 5,25 Bay Station AGB, this reservoir also has all of its advantages: Easy mounting, compact dimensions and optically very appealing! All of these feature are implemented into the new Alphacool Repack - Dual DC-LT - 5,25 Single Bay Station at the highest level!
Designed for installation in a vacant 5.25" drive bay, this reservoir allows compact installation and is a great addition to the front of your enclosure. Connection to the reservoir can be achieved via the implemented ¼" threads for maximum compatibility and flexibility.
Construction-wise, this reservoir is also a great piece of hardware: Extra-strong Plexi increases stability of the reservoir and ensures extra rigidity. Filling can be done via the 3/8" thread in the front third of the reservoir, which is sealed with a black nickel plated screw plug during operation. By simply pulling the reservoir forward from the drive bay, it can be filled easily. Make it even easier for yourself by connecting a Fillport!
Installation of the reservoir is done just like mounting on an optical drive, making it quick and easy for any user!
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Material: Plexiglas/Acetal, brass
Colour: transparent/black/copper
Connection threads: 2x ¼"
Dimensions without pump (L x W x H): 99 x 148 x 43mm
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Water cooling generally is not only for Big towers and the high-end sector. Barebones, HTPC and Desktop systems also greatly profit greatly from a liquid cooling system. Here extreme overclocking is not the goal, but rather total silence in the system.
Besides the fans, which are extremely quiet to silent thanks to the water cooling system, the pumps are another noise emitting element. Not with this pump! From the start much quieter than the majority of the competition and still powerful enough to cool CPU and GPU with ease. A ceramic shaft promises a long lifespan and permanently smooth operation.And the size? The outer dimensions are roughly the same as of a 2 Euro coin (about 5mm larger in radius).
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The Houston Dynamo got a positive sign Friday with Ricardo Clark back in training.
The combative midfielder was listed as questionable, along with winger Tony Cascio (right knee sprain) and center back Eric Brunner (right ankle), on the team-issued injury report, due to what he termed was a mild left knee sprain. But on Friday the midfielder was on the field with his teammates and reported no ill effects from the session.
"The knee's good for the most part," Clark told MLSsoccer.com. "Took a couple of days off to let it heal…Today I felt good out there, so hopefully tomorrow's good also."
Added head coach Dominic Kinnear: "He seems to be fine. He trained today so that's the good thing."
The injury occurred in the second half of last week's 4-0 win over the New England Revolution. Clark could not pinpoint when the injury took place, but said it started bothering him towards the end of the contest.
The US World Cup veteran earned a unique assist in the win as his shot from distance ricocheted off Omar Cummings' head and into goal. It was part of a night where Houston throttled the Revs and Clark formed a pairing with fellow World Cup veteran Boniek García that drew positive reviews.
If Clark can go against the Impact on Saturday (7:30 p.m. CT, TICKETS), he will likely encounter a feisty opponent after what happened the last time the two met, a 3-0 Dynamo win in the 2013 Eastern Conference Knockout Round.
While the Dynamo may have the services of their star box-to-box presence, Montreal will be missing their star as Marco Di Vaio, along with Andres Romero, serves a suspension as extra punishment for red cards received in a late game fracas with Corey Ashe and the Dynamo in that playoff game last year.
"I think he's one of the smartest and best finishers in the league, so if you're asking me if I'm glad Di Vaio's not playing, then yeah, he's really good at playing soccer," said goalkeeper Tally Hall. "He makes their team better. I don't feel bad at all that he's being punished for his actions and we play a Montreal without Di Vaio. That's fine with me and I think he deserved what he got."
While the Dynamo players played down the importance of that game this week, they know that the Impact will come in fired up.
"I don't really think the way the game finished, the scuffle or whatever in the corner, I don't think that has anything to do with Saturday's game," said Hall. "I think the fact that we knocked them out, not so much the fight in the corner, will be probably extra motivation for them. It would be for us."
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'Beat Suite' from Electronisounds is dedicated to drum beats of every style, genre and tempo. Includes over 500 Drum Loops, plus over 250 BONUS samples. In total there is 681MB of WAV format content here.
If you liked 'Evolved Beatworks' or 'Junebug's Drum Tools' then you'll LOVE 'Beat Suite'. Includes 4-bar loops with variations and turn-arounds. 'Beat Suite' will help you get your drum tracks done faster and easier, allowing you more time to program your other layers and sounds.
The variety of beats included here is simply stunning. We've loaded this CD to overflowing with : Clean Beatz, Downtempo Beatz, Electro Beatz, DnB Beatz, Ruff Cut Beatz, and Tech Beatz.
We've given you laid-back, mello drum loops, thundering techno drum loops, overdriven hard-hitting drum loops, Downtempo drum loops and everything in-between -- with so many tempos you'll be working with these beats for years to come!
Drum Sounds:
This download is a DRUM LOOPS ONLY project, with no "exclusive" drum sounds in the collection. However, we have included a BONUS folder of 60 drum hits from our yet unreleased sample CD, "White Label Beats". These drums are slammin', and will help you round out your beats with little extra programming. We've also included 3 BONUS drumkits in soundfont [.SF2] format: Ecstasy Filtered Drums, Mystery Drums and Phrozen Drums. These kits come complete with MIDI file drumbeats [.mid format] so you can get drum tracks made with them almost instantly!
Bringing these sounds to you in standard .WAV format means anyone programming music on a PC or mac can use these sounds! These loops and sounds will slide effortlessly into any .WAV compatible music-sequencing program such as: ACID, Sonar, Cakewalk Project 5, Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Cubase, Fast Tracker, Orion, Fruity Loops, Impulse Tracker, Cakewalk Club Tracks, ReLoop2, Buzz, Leaf Drums, MasterBeat, Recycle...etc.
These .WAV's will also work directly with the AKAI S5000 & S6000, Roland SP-606 or any other hardware or software sampler that can read standard .WAV samples. ALL samples are 16-Bit, 44.1 KHz.
Clean Beatz - 57MB, 43 files
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Downtempo Beatz - 123MB, 84 files
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I'm going to put forward a dissenting opinion - scour your local area for military surplus shops and see what they have available. They'll be comparatively cheap and most likely extremely hard wearing. I'm currently on my second pair of german paratrooper boots bought in this manner. The first pair lasted for years and years and years while being the most comfortable footwear I've ever owned, and these ones seem to be no different.


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You don't need a fairy godmother to bring home the magic of Disney, just a little help from The Bradford Exchange Online. And what sort of enchanted wonders await you here? Well, all manner of treasures, from unique Disney collectibles, to spectacular Disney jewelry, home decor, apparel, accessories, and so much more. You're sure to encounter all your favorite Disney characters too; After all, there's been over 90 years of Disney animated artistry to inspire us. So let's start!
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Perhaps it is a magical clock you seek? Let Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Wall Clock cast its frightfully delightful spell. Or perhaps you love the history of Walt Disney and his early Mickey Mouse art? The Disney Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse Love Story Handbag is sure to steal the show wherever you go. And what better way to add a little bling than with the Tinker Bell Believe Ring? Thrill the princess in you with enchanting Disney Princess dolls, make your holidays magical with Disney ornaments, or treasure winter wonders forever with Disney snow globes. No matter your taste, you'll find something to delight your fancy, because we offer the best selection of Disney collectibles.
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Crosspointe Baptist Church is located on the west side of the city of Indianapolis, less than 5 minutes west of I-465.
220 Country Club Road
Indianapolis, IN 46234
Phone - 317-271-1600
The Pastor's PEN, standing for Praise, Encouragement, & Nurture, has become a great tool as we review our previous Sunday and look to events on the horizon here at "The Church that Believes the Bible and Loves people!"
The PEN is designed to encourage readers with the fact that God is "working His work" and from time to time addresses contemporary issues. In a culture that seeks to desensitize us on morality, destroy the foundations of our country, and threaten the preservation of our families, I am often compelled to stand up and address these issues with the Word of God.
To receive the Pastor's PEN, please provide your name and email address to the right.
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Top Five Holiday Houses in Taupo
Whether in the height of summer or the middle of winter, Taupo is a thriving tourist town.
Whether in the height of summer or the middle of winter, Taupo is a thriving tourist town. Located in the central North Island of New Zealand, Taupo's impressive scenery lays the backdrop for an array of outdoor activities.
New Zealand's largest lake is perfect for outdoor enthusiasts, offering travellers the opportunity to spend their days on the lake, whether fishing, skiing or swimming. For those for whom boating is not a high priority, Taupo town offers an exceptional glimpse into the history and culture of New Zealand in its many galleries and the Lake Taupo Museum.
Complete your visit by staying in a luxury holiday house. Below are our top five holiday houses in Taupo.
Taupo Luxury Villa 1: A stunning waterfront luxury holiday house that is simply the best accommodation Lake Taupo has. Featuring two tennis courts, a swimming pool, direct beach access, absolute privacy, uninterrupted views, and outstanding quality, this a stunning vacation rental. Wedding venues and celebrations here are amazing!
Lake front Taupo: A beautiful spacious holiday home right on Lake Taupo. With private lake access and set in a secluded half acre of park land. Perfect for large groups of friends and family get togethers.
Lake Terrace: A fabulous, private, secure, open plan, architecturally designed holiday house that has been created with relaxation and space in mind. Located on the waterfront of Lake Taupo with an easy walk to the town centre.
Kinloch House: A Supreme Home of the Year Award winner, Kinloch House offers four large, private ensuite bedrooms with outstanding entertainment areas. The highlight of the house is the panoramic views of hills with Lake Taupo in distance. Featuring a gourmet chef's kitchen, it is ideal for small groups and families.
Olive Tree: An award-winning, architect-designed residence, only a few minutes' walk from Lake Taupo with fabulous views and stunning Alfresco living. It is a split-level, light-filled, contemporary home elegantly furnished throughout and exhibits original artworks by many local and international artists.


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Next stop school choice
Education | Alternative education activists take their National School Choice Week message on a cross-country train tour
by Jill Nelson
Posted 2/01/13, 03:00 pm
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif.—America's education system is failing to make the grade. A study cited by the Heritage Foundation notes that "out of the nearly 14,000 public school districts in the U.S., only 6 percent have average student math achievement that would place them in the upper third of global performance."
School choice proponents, who say they have part of the solution to this problem, took their message cross-country this week. Reminiscent of the whistle-stop train tours of the early 20th century that highlighted women's suffrage, this modern day imitation included 14 stops and more than 3,600 events designed to spotlight National School Choice Week.
Yellow scarves and balloons illuminated train stations and schools across the nation as thousands celebrated the growing trend of charter schools, homeschools, virtual education and school vouchers. The train tour, a bipartisan endeavor involving more than 250 organizations, embarked at Union Station in Los Angeles on Jan. 25 and winds down on Feb. 2 in New York City.
At Oxford Preparatory Academy in Mission Viejo, Calif., students and teachers commemorated the week (and the charter school's hard-fought existence) with several yellow-themed spirit days and a showing of Won't Back Down, a movie highlighting the struggles and successes of the growing movement.
Most alternatives to traditional public education have experienced significant growth in recent years, with charter schools—tuition-free public schools that operate independently and without the constraints of traditional public schools—more than doubling during the past decade. In some areas, the demand for high-performing charter schools far exceeds supply, forcing students to submit their names into a public lottery.
The first charter school opened in 1992, and by 2002, charter enrollment had grown to half a million students. That number surpassed one million by 2006 and then doubled to two million just five years later. An estimated 610,000 students are currently on waiting lists for charter schools in 41 states and the District of Columbia.
California has favorable charter school laws, but obstacles still exist. Oxford had to share a building with a low-enrollment traditional public elementary school during its 2011 inaugural year and has fought the massive clout of teachers unions for each request taken to the Capistrano Unified School District. Persistent parents and administrators refuse to back down.
When Oxford's request for increased enrollment (based on hundreds of waitlisted siblings and prospective students) seemed doomed to fail last spring, more than 500 parents showed up at the district school board meeting wearing the teal and black school colors, and the request was approved.
But the battles continued. During school board elections last fall, anonymous complaints surfaced, accusing Oxford of cheating on standardized tests. During its first year in existence, Oxford astounded Orange County with an impressive Academic Performance Index (API) of 993—the highest state testing score among elementary schools in the county. After both sides completed independent investigations, Oxford was exonerated of all charges. But the school spent more than $57,000 in the process.
"Why are the unions mad? The same old paradigm is not in place anymore," Oxford founder Sue Roche told me. "There are more charter schools than ever before—it's not just a few here and there—and more people want to open them."
Only nine states do not have charter school laws: Alabama, Kentucky, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, and West Virginia. Charter organizations in states that do have a charter school presence are continually working to protect and improve the laws in place.
Union activists accuse the schools of taking much-needed tax dollars from traditional schools when students leave their local public campuses for a charter alternative in their district. Parents such as Julie Collier argue they should have a choice in how their tax dollars are used to educate their children.
Collier, an Oxford founder and director of Parents Advocate League, traveled to Sacramento last summer to speak before the state's Senate Education Committee about the latest bill targeting charter schools in the state, AB 1172. The California Teachers Association, the state's largest labor union and an affiliate of the National Education Association, sponsored the bill, which would have allowed school districts to deny charter school petitions based on negative fiscal impact to the district.
"I just want the legislators to understand that charter schools are important," Collier said. "They offer choice and something different," Collier said. The bill failed to pass the committee.
Roche argues that the money should follow the students.
"It's very easy to say, 'I work at this school and we have all the kids in this neighborhood who automatically just come to us," she said. "We don't have to do anything to get them to come to us. We just have to exist.'"
She contrasts this mentality with that of her school: "If we don't attract people to our school, we don't have a school."
Listen to a report on National School Choice Week on WORLD's radio news magazine The World and Everything in It.


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NIAGARA FALLS – City police are probing the business practices of a couple of local companies after a Spanish-speaking Ecuadorean tourist was reportedly charged $257 for a one-night stay at a Niagara Falls Boulevard motel Saturday night.
The woman checked into a motel around 8 p.m. Saturday and, despite signs in front of the business proclaiming rooms available for $25.99 per night, was charged $257 on her credit card, police said. She became afraid after seeing some suspicious-looking people hanging around the motel, according to reports, and walked to a nearby business to call police.
Officers tried to help the woman get a refund from the motel, but the manager reportedly refused. When questioned about the advertised rates, which included a weekly rate of $259.99 – the owner reportedly told police that his rates are higher during tourist season, and again refused to issue a refund. The police officer helped the woman find a room in a nearby Best Western hotel, where she was offered a substantial discount because of her ordeal, police said.
The Spanish-speaking clerk at the Best Western helped the woman communicate her story, and said that she would try to help her challenge the credit card charges from the other motel.
The Ecuadorean woman told police she had arrived in the city via train, and was picked up at the railroad station by a taxi driver, whom she asked to take her to a hotel. He dropped her off at the Niagara Rainbow Motel, according to reports.
Police believe the cabbie may have been operating without proper licensing, and have launched an investigation into the operation. Officers said that some businesses in the city appear to take advantage of foreign guests, especially those speaking limited English.


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Vernon Hills, IL (PRWEB) February 18, 2013
Cole-Parmer will showcase a selection of new and enhanced Masterflex® tubing pumps and tubing formulations at Pittcon® 2013 in Philadelphia March 18-21. Attendees stopping by Booth #2225 can view the new Masterflex® L/S® Precision Modular Drives. These peristaltic pump drives allow users to position the motor and controller separately—ideal for limited spaces, hoods, or isolation chambers. The new non-DEHP formulation of Masterflex® Tygon® E-Lab Pump Tubing, containing no BPA or phthalates, will also be on display. This versatile tubing handles virtually all inorganic chemicals and viscous fluids and offers near-global compliance.
Along with fluid handling products, Cole-Parmer will feature key items that boost productivity in the laboratory. The new Cole-Parmer® Variable-Speed Clinical Centrifuge ensures powerful and complete separation of serum and plasma specimens in samples. The new LabTouch Water Activity Meter uses the latest noncontact infrared sampling technology and a maintenance-free Aw sensor designed to measure almost any kind of sample. The new PBI Shredder SG3 System from Cole-Parmer enables users to achieve better sample integrity and longer DNA. The device creates a closed system in which to safely prepare samples. The Cole-Parmer® Rotational Viscometer determines the dynamic viscosity of samples in pharmaceuticals, chemicals, biofuels, adhesives, and more. It is available in basic, intermediate, and advanced models.
Booth visitors can also register to win a Nintendo® Wii U Basic Set and request the new 2013/14 Cole-Parmer® Sourcebook. For more information, call 800-323-4340 or go to ColeParmer.com/19788.
Cole-Parmer has been a leading global source of laboratory and industrial fluid handling products, instrumentation, equipment, and supplies since 1955. Our product lines, including popular brand names such as Masterflex®, Oakton®, and more, are sold through company-owned customer channel outlets and a strong network of international dealers. We also feature an ISO-17025-accredited metrology lab for instrument calibration and repair. Cole-Parmer responds with excellence to customer needs, and offers application expertise and technical support. For more information, contact Cole-Parmer, 625 East Bunker Court, Vernon Hills, IL 60061. In the US, call 800-323-4340. International customers, call 847-549-7600. Visit us at http://www.coleparmer.com.


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Chaweng Garden Beach Resort emphasizes on simplicity with a focus on Samui culture. Our concept is to maintain a simple feeling and simultaneously offering enough luxury to provide the feeling that Chaweng Garden Beach is your second home. We feel that all our guests are part of our family! All materials used are high quality wood and intense colors on walls or tiles, ensuring the tropical look of Samui.
The Chaweng Garden Beach Resort is situated in the center of Chaweng beach but nestled in the shady natural immense garden with old trees and plants. We are grateful and cherish our surroundings. Overlook the beautiful white beach form our pool and restaurant whilst swimming or eating savory delights of local cuisine.
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Amazing place!!! We love this place so much! Excellent for family with kids and couples also. We will come back for sure!
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Vert good Hotel,well located beautiful pool and garden, super friendly staff. Booked a standard room very clean and standard better than expected, visited the other rooms better in real life than on the photos of Internet, loved the bungalows .the food was very good at the hotel and cheap. Will definitely come back next year.
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Vey good.
Apr 02, 2016
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Feb 04, 2016
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The Hotel is very nice and in the middle off center Chaweng. There is no noise from the street and also no music to hear from the Ark Bar beside this Hotel. I booked a Shino room but the bed is low and probally not so good for the elder people under us. Also the hot water was not so long and fast empty. Overall I liked the Hotel clean and very friendly staff. Will come back later.
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Sawadee is always one off mine favourite and dit a great job with this booking again.
Feb 09, 2016
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Chaweng garden beach resort s staff is very nice,friendly,breakfast is good,near the beach,very convenient,recommend it!
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Always trust sawadee^_^
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Chaweng Garden Beach Resort was wonderful . The breakfast was delicious with plenty to choose from . The pool area was sufficient and clean every day. The beach was magical. Staff were respectful and helpful.Loved the resident dog David who greeted us every day .Only complaint is the room towels need replacing , pretty threadbare and thin other than that we will return to this hotel for future holidays
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Mar 30, 2015
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Отель понравился, даже несмотря на маленькие нюансы, а именно, в номере стандарт не было полотенец для лица, были только большие полотенца. Имейте ввиду что при заезде у вас попросят залог - паспорт или 2000 Bt. Мы знали о месте расположения этого отеля все хорошо, т.к. в августе прошлого года отдыхали в соседнем отеле Baan Chaweng Resort. Самолеты, взлетающие над пляжем не доставляли неудобств, так же как и акр бар, расположенный рядом. Делали массаж в отеле и за пределами, особой разницы не заметили, впрочем и по цене тоже. Хорошие завтраки, помимо традиционных яйца/омлет, всегда был рис с курице/морепродуктами, курица с карри зеленым/желтым, один раз была говядина. Салат бар всегда один и тоже: 3 вида листового салата, огурцы, морковь, помидоры, лук кольцами. 7 видов фруктов, в марте это были - ананасы, драгон фрут, дыня, бананы, папайя, арбузы. Бассейн чистый, с видом на море. Территория похожа на тропический лес, со своими запахами и стрекотом насекомых, убирались садовники постоянно. На территории отеля живут белки, которых мы кормили с руки. Мы были семьей со взрослым ребенком, но так же были семьи и с маленькими детьми. Этот отель смело можно рекомендовать для отдыха.
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Jan 31, 2015
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Superior room was fine. But porch in front was incredibly small and not dimensioned for three persons. Furthermore the ground floor rooms are situated so every bypasser can watch you and look directly into your room. No privacy at all. Location on Chaweng was perfect, but Chaweng is overcrowded an not very appealing unless all you want to do is buy souvenirs and roast on the beach....
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Feb 03, 2015
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Nov 15, 2014
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Excellent accommodation with friendly staff. We were upgraded free of charge and they even helped us move rooms. Highly recommend this resort
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Booking made easy and straight forward, hassle free time
Nov 20, 2014
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Oct 19, 2014
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A great stay here, the staff are excellent.
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Great resort, althoughright under the flight path for the airport. This should not stop you staying here, as the airport is not very busy.
Oct 26, 2014
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Michael Spong
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Oct 04, 2014
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I wanted resort style accommodation on the beach and this was spot on. The room we had was upstairs and looked out on a lush almost jungle type of beach setting. The beach was only a small walk away and the restaurant and bar was right on the beach. The pool was great. Meals were relatively inexpensive and good. The resort was right in the centre of the main beach area Chaweng Beach. I would recommend this resort. Only two negatives: The resort is on the extended centreline of the airport s runway so low flying aircraft pass directly overhead. I didn t find this too bad at all. The other was the mosquitoes in the rooms very hard to avoid being bitten alive as the rooms do not have fly screens. Take fly spray and spray room at night and also spray repellent on yourselves. Didn t notice mosquitoes outside of room. Reception staff a bit matter of fact and not very friendly but all the other staff at restaurant, bar and house keeping very very friendly. On the whole one of the best places I have been in Thailand and I semi live in Thailand. Good value for money. Kids will love it. Good food in the many restaurants outside on the street too. If you love seafood you ll love it here. A great holiday location.
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Very good
Oct 15, 2014
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Steve Thatcher
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May 25, 2014
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Great location in central Chaweng and next to the beach. Quiet and nice area, good swimming pool. Room was smallish for 2 adults, kid and baby, but that didn t matter bacause we spent most of the time elsewhere. Recommended!
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has been established since 1990. It is owned by a local Koh Samui family. The piece of land which the resort stands has been passed down for around three generations now. Therefore you will find real Samui hospitality here.
Our resort emphasizes simplicity with a taste of Samui culture. Our concept is to maintain a simple feeling, a feeling like this is your second home. We feel that all our guests are part of our family. We are situated in the center of shopping, nightlife and restaurants. Everything is within a walking distance!
Chaweng Garden Beach Resort
is situated in the center of Chaweng Beach but nestled in the shady natural atmosphere. We are grateful and cherish our surroundings. Our concept is to maintain a simple feeling - a feeling like this is your second home. We feel that all our guests are part of our family. We have quite a few rooms for you to choose from.
:: Air conditioning Room Building (22 sq.m.) - 2 Rooms ::
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:: Standard Room ::
Size: 33 sq.m. All Standard Rooms are located on long 2 storey building right at the center of the resort, surrounded by green tropical plants and a long tropical tree line.
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:: Superior Room ::
Room Size: 29 sq.m. Our Superior Room are located right at the center of the resort surrounded by tropical greenery and a long tropical tree line. The one suite we have is best for a family or a group of close friends.
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:: Shino Room ::
Size: 33 sq.m. m. The Shino rooms are located in our newly built contemporary Indo-China style building. There rooms provide total comfort in an atmosphere like on other on the island.
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:: Garden Bungalow ::
Size: 38 sq.m. The garden bungalows are located about 50 meters away from the beach. Hidden among our green garden, these bungalows are both cozy and relaxing.
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:: Grand Beach Bungalow ::
Size: 57 sq.m. Hidden in the shades of our green garden, there grand bungalows are located just a few steps from our beautiful Chaweng Beach. They are very spacious and designed to receive good ocean's airflow.
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Sue's Ocean Restaurant
The restaurant was named after Madame Sue, who has inspiration and desire to offer delightful taste of local and international cuisine. Situated by the white sandy beach and the swimming pool, the restaurant provides relaxing views of the tranquil ocean. The wide range of Thai and international selections are serves daily, from sunrise till sunset, for selectable breakfast, enjoyable lunch and romantic dinner. The sound of waves with the chill out music enhance the dining ambience with your lover, friends and family.
Samui Wine Oasis Restaurant
Located by the most vibrant street of Chaweng, our open aired with greenery setting allows you to absorb lively local Samui lifestyle at night. The restaurant offers specially seafood variety with choices of fresh ingredients and cooking. The menu favorites include enjoyable Thai and international dishes. Mingling tasteful dining with joyful conversation seems never ending.
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Koh Samui is the third largest island in Thailand. It is part of the Suratthani province. Since the 1950 the island has been visited by tourists from around the world!. Chaweng Beach is one of the most popular beaches in Koh Samui. Even though it has become a little packed during the past few years, travelers will find everything they need within a walking distance.
The Chaweng Garden Beach Resort is situated right in the middle of Chaweng Beach. Only fifteen minutes from the airport. Right across the street from the well known Green Mango Pub and Burger King.
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"Nope" is not much of an answer. May I consider that it means that you consider the lying found by the court to be an example of the dishonesty I referred to ?
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Yes that in terms of sentience, consciousness etc in particular. I think the whole area of artificial intelligence may force the same sort of debate that the ToE has already been through in the longer term.
Dualism and the whole mind/body/soul concept could be an area of intense debate. Almost every faith has a belief in an afterlife of some sort which necessitates some form of self seperate from the physical which does not sit well with science.
Cosmology is another obvious area. BB theory is adequate up to a point but there are major questions regarding how this could come about that remain and which are therefore ripe for creationist interpretation.
Abiogenesis and the formation of life is another area that creationists will cling onto to the bitter end. Debates about the exact environment in which this could occur and how valid any laboratory experiment designed with the purpose of creating life can be, will rightly be asked. Demonstrating that this can occur without intelligent intervention of some sort could be very difficult indeed.
Any area in which faith based beliefs have anything to say regards the physical world or our interaction with it are potential areas of debate but I think the above are the main areas that creationists in their various forms will be most desperate to hold onto and most difficult to prise from their grasp.
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Now then, seeing as how they did actually manage to do this (very little in the ways of outside literature made it into thier colonies), and this veiwpoint was still being defended in the 1700s, and the heliocentricness was discovered in the 1500s, that gives us about 200 years of resistance to the heliocentric model. And that's a relatively minor point compared to the evolution issue for creationists (especially for the literalist--in this case, there is biblical evidence. in the geocentric, that is not directly mentioned in the bible, IIRC). Were only a little over a hundred years into this debate.
(keep in mind, this holds true so long as I remember that date of 1700s right--I don't have the book anymore to check up on that)
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Having said that the rate of scientific progress has increased somewhat in the last few hundred years so we might at least keep the creationists on their toes.
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Edited by Admin, : Spam hidden. It's harmless, but Helena's been spamming the site. I deleted her two proposed topics that consisted solely of links.
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Second, you posted this a few minutes after proposing it as a new topic, thus attempting to bypass the system. I'm sure that a moderator will have a heart-to-heart discussion with you about such unethical behavior.
Third, the claim is not only pure bullshit, but it's also a PRATT ("point refuted a thousand times" -- though I keep forgetting exactly what the "P" stands for, could be "previously"). Creationist claims consist almost completely of PRATTs. Most new creationists here start out immediately by posting PRATTs and usually leave very soon afterwards after being informed by most other members here that their claims are wrong, they were shown to be wrong decades ago, and OBTW here is precisely what's wrong with those claims.
Basically, yes, Piltdown Man was a hoax, though we don't know exactly who had perpetrated. It was finally revealed by scientists to be a hoax, whereupon it was immediately dropped and used no more. Compare that with the conduct creationists whose main-stay are PRATTs -- ie, their claims are demonstrated to be false and yet they keep on using those same false claims, even in those cases where they acknowledged that their claims were false.
Nebraska Man was not a hoax, but rather a mistake. The tooth had unusual wear patterns from having been rotated in its socket, so that make it looked like it could be an anthropoid tooth. Not everybody was convinced, so it was not accepted by all. Within a few years, the original researchers discovered that was a peccary tooth and published a notice to that effect and that was that. The drawing reconstructing Nebraska Man was made by an artist in London now connected to the research and the only ones still circulating it are creationists.
The Talk.Origins Archive (http://www.talkorigins.org/) is an excellent source of information and it discusses almost all known creationist PRATTs. A couple pages dicussing the true story of Piltdown Man are http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/a_piltdown.html and http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/piltdown.html. And for Nebraska Man there's http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/a_nebraska.html and http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CC/CC002.html (from the creationist-claim index project, with which you should make yourself familiar). For that matter, go to the home page (first link given) and select "Search the archive" enter a keyword and it will Google through the site for you.
Bottom line is that both Piltdown and Nebraska are examples of science's success at detecting and correcting hoaxes and mistakes. OTOH, creationism's record in that regard is abysmal failure.
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As a molecular biologist I find it rather comical how the so called evolutionists here accuse creationists of "PRATTS", when you yourselves repeatedly do the exact same thing; only you refuse to recognize that scientific literature consistently refutes 99% of your arguments.
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Then you won't have any problem providing a link or a citation to some of this scientific literature, will you?
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A molecular biologist who isn't an evolutionist? Wow, that leaves out even Michael Behe!
Interesting claim, but off-topic here. You could propose it as a new thread over at Proposed New Topics.
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You must also presumably find it "comical" how the scientists who produce all this scientific literature also "refuse to recognize" exactly the same thing.
Since its first appearance on Earth, life has taken many forms, all of which continue to evolve, in ways which palaeontology and the modern biological and biochemical sciences are describing and independently confirming with increasing precision. Commonalities in the structure of the genetic code of all organisms living today, including humans, clearly indicate their common primordial origin.
You'd think that they'd know what was in the scientific literature, but presumably in your crazy fantasy world, they don't.
To return to the topic, this, at least, is one aspect of creationism that hasn't changed --- they have been claiming victory for the last 200 years or so. Ex-creationist Glenn Morton has called it The Longest Running Falsehood in Creationism.
Their arguments may have been abandoned one by one ... but their nutty and dishonest claim that victory is in just within their grasp has been passed down from generation to generation.
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See Bruce, E., "The revealed poverty of the gene-meme analogy - why memetics per se has failed to produce substantive results", Journal of Memetics, 2005, Vol 9, Issue 1, p1-4 (which is, in fact, the last issue of that journal ever published)
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I didn't say I wasn't an evolutionist, but evolutionary science falls under a very broad spectrum; yet too many people try to bottle it up into one very narrow argument. Evolution is factual science but it is not the end all be all explanation for life on earth, yet many attempt to present it as such; all the while making a mockery of those who don't accept it.
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One interesting way that creationism evolves is simplification.
A creationist argument usually starts off with a creationist reading something about science and misunderstanding it --- the original "mutation" that converts it into a creationist argument. So, when the creationist argument is first produced, it will have a certain amount of complexity and subtlety inherited from the ancestral scientific idea from which it evolved.
As it passes from one creationist to another, anything that makes it simpler makes it easier to infect a creationist brain, and therefore is a selective advantage.
Unlike a genuine scientific idea, it doesn't have to be able to do anything but propagate itself --- no-one ever uses it for anything. And because it only has to pass between creationist brains, it doesn't have to be sophisticated enough to deceive anyone who knows anything about science.
So, like all parasitic organisms, it becomes simpler and simpler in form.
One interesting aspect of this --- I don't know if it has an analogue in biology --- is that this progressive simplification helps prevent the mounting of an immune response. When, for example, creationists are wrong about the neck of the giraffe, it would be much easier to debunk their nonsense if the called the rete mirabile the rete mirabile. If they call it a "special sponge", it becomes much harder for anyone to find out that they're wrong, because it would first be necessary to find out what the heck they're being wrong about.
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And yet you believe that the scientific literature consistently refutes 99% of evolutionary arguments?
I guess you must think that the remaining 1% are really, really good, then?
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Does the theory of evolution by means of natural selection explain the diversity of life as observed to exist?
Who does not accept evolution on the basis of a valid alternative in your opinion?
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What has changed is where that growth is being generated. In 2013 China alone accounted for nearly 42% of new global wind capacity, practically as much as Europe (33%) and North America (10%) combined. Wind power figures from China often come with a warning attached — may not be connected to the grid. But all the signs are that China is getting to grips with its transmission problems.
A major high-voltage transmission line is being constructed to bring power from the remote north-west regions to the more populous south. And, from this year, more than 60% of the projects in the pipeline will be built in the central and southern regions, closer to electricity demand. China is planning its wind power, not just building it.
Failure to plan ahead accounted for the huge slump in new capacity installed in the US last year, with developers simply riding the year out until the production tax credit kicked in again.
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The Barcelona sunshine may have helped lift the mood, but Europe's wind business also looked leaner, fitter and more adaptable to change than at last year's EWEA event. Could this be an industry that has learned to live with policy uncertainty and political instability, and one that is getting on with the job of managing assets rather than obsessing over new installations?
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What will growth be like this year? Our predictions suggest that for the three mature regions, it will be better than last year, significantly so in the US. But whatever the graph will look like, this year's map on page 24 shows a well-established industry, generating an increasing amount of clean electricity from over 300GW of installed capacity. That all needs to be cared for, improved and updated — which is a business in itself.
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Due to the sensitive nature of an individual's disability status, all information disclosed to an instructor by a student with a disability MUST REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL. Instructors are asked to discuss issues with a student who has a disability in a discreet manner to avoid inadvertent disclosure to others in the classroom.
3. Is my material safe if I allow a student to tape my lectures?
Depending upon the nature and severity of a particular student's disability, an instructor may be asked to allow him or her to tape lectures. It is the policy of DSS that students requiring this accommodation keep the lecture tapes secure and confidential and to use them only for the purposes of reviewing the presented materials. If an instructor has questions or concerns regarding this policy, he or she may contact DSS staff.
4. What about interpreters for students who are deaf?
Students who are deaf may work closely with an American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreter. ASL Interpreters may be used to facilitate communication in the classroom, laboratories, field trips and other class-related activities. Instructors are requested to address any communication in a class (i.e., questions, responses to comments, etc.) to the student using an interpreter directly to the student, and not to the interpreter. Students who use interpreters are asked to wait for 15 minutes if their interpreters are late. Likewise, and interpreter is asked to wait for 15 minutes if the student is late.
5. What is assistive technology and who uses it?
The Assistive Technology (AsTech) Lab, located within the 24-Hour Lab in the Schulz building, houses computer equipment that is available for the use of students with various disabilities. Available equipment includes speech recognition software, magnification programs, text-to-speech software, and other assistive technology. Students must obtain an authorization from DSS to use these services.
6. How does a student qualify for "Exception to the time limitations prescribed by minimum progress requirements"?
Under certain circumstances and dependent upon the nature of an individual's disability, it may be possible to make exceptions to the University's minimum progress requirements. A student must make an appointment with a DSS Advisor to discuss his or her situation on an individual basis. The student will then work closely with the instructor regarding academic expectations.
7. What is "Disability Management Advising"?
All students who are registered with the DSS are eligible to meet with a Disability Management Advisor to discuss disability issues that may interfere with their academic performance. Appointments may be scheduled by calling DSS at (707) 664-2677.
8. How does a student get Priority Registration?
Students registered with the DSS are generally given Priority Registration time slots, which allow them the opportunity to register for their classes at the earliest registration period. In this way, they are able to manage their disability and be proactive in assuring a workable schedule.
9. How can I learn more about the needs of my students?
Open communication between you and your student facilitates a better understanding of the individual needs. Please contact your student's Disability Management Advisor for more information. Additional teaching strategies and resources may be found in Teaching Strategies and Faculty Resource section.
10. What do I do if a student has requested that my exams be converted into alternate media?
To convert an exam into alternate media for a student with a print-related disability, faculty may submit their exam and the instructions for administering this accommodated exam by the DSS office using our online Accommodated Test Instruction form at: http://www.sonoma.edu/dss/web_forms/test_request.html.
If neccessary, faculty may e-mail or deliver the exam to the Disability Services for Students office, Attn: Senior Accessibility Coordinator, a minimum of 72 working hours before the scheduled exam. The DSS office is located in Schulz 1014a, office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm, and the phone number is (707) 664-2677.
11. Why would you make a referral to faculty, staff, campus resources, community agencies?
Depending on the situation or the severity of disability, a student may be referred outside the DSS office for assistance. Typically, this occurs when the needs of the student cannot be met within the scope of the services available in the department. Students may be referred to other offices or staff on campus for specialized services (i.e., personal counseling, academic advising particular to certain majors, the financial aid office, off-campus medical professionals, testing and assessments, Learning Skills Services for study skills and academic support, etc.).
12. Other questions, comments, concerns, and/or compliments?
These FAQs are intended to offer a little guidance regarding some concerns that may face instructors as they interact with students with disabilities. Feel free to contact the DSS office at any time to discuss issues that may not be addressed in these pages. Together we are presenting a warm and embracing academic environment for all of our diverse students.
Please contact Disability Services for Students at (707) 664-2677 or stop by our office, Schulz 1014a.


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The Remix to Ignition/
Did you know today's National Hangover Awareness Day? I did as of 90 seconds ago! Which is when I saw a tweet about the more-a-promotional-stunt-than-actual-commemorative-day Day. Although it makes sense, when you read the press release think about it: The Monday after the Super Bowl, in fact, clocks more calls in sick to work than any other day of the year.
If there were an official Five O'Clock Press Release in response to the NHAD press release, nobody would read it it would read:
"We here at the blog appreciate that easing up on the gas can be a wise move for some, fo' sho'. We also encourage imbibers to experience many different kinds of alcoholic highs; all the better to one day happen upon the hangover that works best for you! So don't kill the headlights and put it in neutral, bros! Instead, try downshifting just a gear or two and spending your post-Bowl happy hour with an enjoyable, easygoing, 100% vino-derived cocktail, comprised entirely of lovely aperitifs and fortified wines. No harsh liquors or swilly beers that'll stick in your craw come morning! We like to think of it as the Remix to Ignition*: A newly jiggered kind of cocktail with a pleasant, rounded buzz, definitely not a buzzkill!"
*No lawsuitable copyright infringiness intended towards His Eminence R. Kelly, composer of said musical masterpiece in question, "Ignition (Remix)." That's actually one of my all-time favorite songs. It reminds me of my old friend Mike, whose levels of inebriation could be calibrated thusly: Level I - fake British accent. Level II - Choosing this song at karaoke. Level III - Roaring like a lion. Level IV - Destroying other people's mailboxes. Level V - Throwing own TV off balcony. If only he'd drank a Remix to Ignition before singing the remix to Ignition... think of all the poor mailboxes that would've been saved.
The Remix to Ignition
3 ounces Lillet
1/2 ounce dry vermouth
1/2 ounce port
1/2 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
2 dashes Peychaud's Bitters
Combine all ingredients in an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake (no need for over-vigorousness), strain into stemless wine glass that's got a few handsome ice cubes a-waiting in it.


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Homework... what can I say? I have been thinking long and hard about this topic over the last couple of months and the truth is, I am not a fan. The main reason my opinion of homework has shifted so dramatically over the last few years is because of my experiences as a parent. Here is the deal- helping Paul with his homework is not always necessarily that much fun... actually, it is rarely fun. It is frustrating, slow, time consuming and rarely does it lead him to a deeper understanding or appreciation for something he learned about in school. In fact, for him, homework is just something he has to get done because his teachers tell him to and he never wants to disappoint his teachers.
So, if our kids don't want to do the homework and their only motivation is to be compliant and please someone else, does the homework actually have any sustainability or value? From my lens, the answer is no. Maybe I'm missing the mark... maybe there is some value to homework but I have yet to see it.
Don't get me wrong, my opinion about homework has evolved over time but the greatest shift came in the last four years. When I was a classroom teacher I gave homework every single night because I thought that was the sign of a "good" teacher. I gave math worksheets, reading with some sort of log or reflection and some type of word work every single night. I gave homework because that is all I knew as a student. I did try and give less homework because I remember homework being such a struggle for me.
My parents are immigrants and although they were able to speak English, they weren't able to help me with my homework. I remember having dozens of math problems each night and reading from textbooks and answering questions and having book reports and projects, with little adult support. I remember homework being something I dreaded and often got me into trouble at school because I invariably made mistakes or didn't complete the assignments. Trust me, that wasn't fun or easy. Even though my experiences with homework weren't necessarily positive, I still couldn't do away with it as a teacher. Homework had always been given and I was convinced that the parents of my students were going to judge me by how much homework I gave and the quality of the assignments.
I guess one could say that I was somewhat indifferent to homework. I didn't love it but felt it was a norm within schools and thus it should be given each night. That thinking stayed with me even into my first few years as a principal. Then Paul got to 3rd grade and all of that changed. Homework suddenly became the bane of my existence... in fact, I think I dreaded homework just as much as Paul did at that point (actually, I might have dreaded it more). Homework became the "black hole" of our time together - it sucked out the fun and took away time from the things we actually wanted to do together (build Lego sets, read books for fun or play video games). Homework became a source of tension and stress in our home... and it was something both of us were feeling and taking out on each other. Homework was more of a battle than it was an extension of the learning in school.
That is when I realized something had to change and I started doing some research about the impact of homework on the academic experience of students. And guess what? I couldn't find any research that showed a direct correlation between the practice of giving homework and academic success within school. I read a lot of Alfie Kohn's work, who presented extensive research about homework and actually shared that homework could have a negative impact on children and their families (click here to see a summary of his research findings). It wasn't the only research I came across - in fact there were dozens of studies that show homework has no positive impact in elementary school and even middle school. Yet, homework is the norm... not the exception and I don't understand why if there is no research to support the practice.
Research shows us that people learn through social interactions and thus we encourage collaborative inquiry in our classrooms - we are not forcing students to work in silent isolation (except at some schools but that is a whole other post).
Research shows that positive reinforcement is a way to get students to model desired behaviors instead of acting out and thus we implement behavior plans and reward positive behaviors - we are not just relying on consequences and punishments to change behaviors.
Research shows us that children learn better in smaller chunks of time because of their short attention span and thus we keep our direct instruction to 20 minutes or less - we are not lecturing for hours on end in the hopes that children will learn.
I would argue that we don't use research enough in schools to guide our practice but we do use it in many instances and yet when it comes to homework, we do the opposite? Why? What are the benefits of homework? How is homework impacting our students in a positive way? How is homework supporting or extending the learning from within the classroom? If we don't have the answers to questions like these then the time has come for us to revisit homework; to reconsider homework; to potentially re-brand homework!
What do you think about homework? Why do you think that? What is the value of homework? Does homework in our schools need to change? Can we throw out homework completely at the elementary level? Why or why not? Please share your thoughts, insights and opinions!


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The following question was motivated by my research.
Consider a $n\times n$ matrix whose elements are $0$'s or $1$'s such that the determinant is odd. The question is: is it possible to assign signs to matrix elements such that the determinant of the matrix will be equal to $1$? I do not know an answer even to a weaker question: is it possible to replace some of the $1$'s in the matrix with odd integers so that the determinant will be equal to $1$?
Remark: it is known that a natural reduction mod $N$ map $SL_n(\mathbb Z) \to SL_n(\mathbb Z/ N\mathbb Z)$ is surjective for any $n,N$.


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U's guarantee their survival
Colchester guaranteed their League One survival with two second-half goals in a six-minute spell to win 2-0 at Carlisle.
Last Updated: 27/04/13 6:18pm
Colchester guaranteed their League One survival with two second-half goals in a six-minute spell to win 2-0 at Carlisle.
Gavin Massey forced in the opener and defender Tom Eastman's 71st-minute far post header proved the clincher for the visitors.
After a dreary opening half-hour the game finally came to life when Colchester had penalty appeals rejected after Carlisle defender Sean O'Hanlon slid in to divert Billy Clifford's cross for a corner.
Liam Noble provided Carlisle's principal threat, curling a right-footed shot just over the angle of post and bar from 25 yards before he almost caught out U's goalkeeper Sam Walker with a cross from the left, which looked to be dropping under the crossbar until Walker recovered his balance to push it over for a corner.
The second half continued in similar vein with precious little goalmouth incident until the 65th minute when Colchester grabbed the goal which settled their final-day nerves.
Clifford shook the Carlisle crossbar with a shot from just inside the area and Massey got his head to the rebound to send the ball bobbling in by the right hand post as Carlisle goalkeeper Mark Gillespie scrambled across his line in a despairing attempt to keep it out.
It was not a classic goal, but just what the U's and their 364 travelling fans ordered against a lacklustre Carlisle side, whose League One place was already safe.
Colchester made certain of victory in the 71st minute when David Wright's looping ball from the by-line was headed back across goal and into the net by Eastman.


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When I receive a communication like this one, I don't know whether to be happy or to cry. On the one hand, it's nice to be able to help someone. On the other hand, I'm sorry to have to help someone put their self-worth back together after it's been badly damaged so unnecessarily.
I received this note privately from someone on Facebook:
I watch AE on ustream and just wanted to say that something you said really helped me work through a few things 🙂 Forgive me for being candid about the subject!
While not brought up in the Catholic faith I went to Catholic schools and have suffered problems relating to sex due to various things (minimal relationship advice from embarrassed parents, virtually no sex education from school other than in science lessons). I have been in emotionally abusive relationships since a very young age and was taught to feel nothing but guilt and shame about anything sexual. Being English (and from Yorkshire to boot), we just don't talk about those things with our parents.
Through my self-education over the past few years (and my interest in issues related to atheism) I have started to work through these things that have plagued me since I can remember. It really clicked for me however whilst watching you responding to a caller on one of the archived programmes a few days ago. You were explaining to the caller how we do not need saving from being human. You stated that seeing a person and thinking sexual thoughts is a normal state of being and entirely natural (even essential) to being human and why would we need saving from soemthing so inherant to us?
It sounds silly to say it now but I had never thought of it that way. I'd had so much misinfomation and guilt piled on me that I couldn't see the blindingly obvious.
I've been reading John Gray recently and this concept of the human as animal and natural is only just now sinking in (I don't agree with everything he says but that part got to me). It seems that you don't need faith to be still affected by some of the dogma!
I turn 30 next year and have had so many good relationships ruined by this, so many tears and recriminations that I can't explain it here. I can't even begin to think how much I have lost.
I'd been working towards it for a while but you really made it finally click with your matter-of-fact approach. I felt like "duuuuuuuh" when I realised the crap I put myself through! And it was totally unecessary! 😀
So thank you. I managed to open so much of my life recently and this was one part of the puzzle that bound me to that old guilt.
All I can say to her is "you're welcome, and best of luck."
And all I can add for anyone else is "Don't tell me the average believer doesn't cause any harm."


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Shane Lowry eases into share of lead at rainswept Wentworth
SHANE LOWRY cruised into a share of the lead at the rainswept PGA Championship today as he posted a two-under-par that left him on 10 under with Thomas Bjorn.
Lowry won the Irish Open in bad weather as an amateur in 2009 and is a massive fan of Wentworth, finishing fourth here in 2011 and 12th last year.
"I was good out there today," said Lowry of his round of 70. His best finish of the season was a share of 15th in the Spanish Open last week. "I was mentally there and really enjoyed it.
"It was tough for the front nine with the rain and stuff but it was a nice back nine and I managed to take advantage of it."
Earlier in the day, Rory McIlroy went from flirting with a third consecutive missed cut in this event to a place inside the top 10.
A front nine of 38 left the former world number one just a shot outside the projected cut mark, but he eagled the 12th for the second day running and added birdies at three of the last four holes for a 71.
McIlroy announced on Wednesday that he had called off his planned November wedding to former world number one tennis player Caroline Wozniacki, even though the invitations had just been sent out.
"I was apprehensive going out yesterday, I honestly didn't know what to expect and it was good I had the quick turnaround to get back on the golf course," the 25-year-old said.
"I have exceeded my expectations so far. Once you get inside the ropes you are concentrating on your golf and it's almost a nice four or five-hour release to concentrate on the job at hand.
"I stood here yesterday saying that I would be happy to make the cut and I'm in for the weekend, which is nice. Hopefully I can make a run at it. I feel like I'm playing well enough to shoot something in the mid 60s and get myself in the mix going into Sunday."
Luke Donald carded a superb 67 to finish six under par, four shots behind joint leaders Bjorn and Lowry and one ahead of the likes of Henrik Stenson, Jonas Blixt and McIlroy.
The former world number one carded the lowest round of the day with six birdies and an eagle after the weather improved in late afternoon, a run of five threes in succession from the eighth culminating in an eagle on the 12th.
"When we were warming up the rain was coming down pretty heavy and the wind was blowing hard," said 2011 and 2012 champion Donald, who would join Colin Montgomerie, Bernhard Langer, Nick Faldo and Peter Alliss in winning the European Tour's flagship event three or more times.
"It was wet for six or seven holes but for the rest of the day it was pretty nice. I'm happy with the way I played and I holed some long putts which is always a bonus.
"Being nine behind after the first day seems like a big mountain to climb but now I'm back in position to try to win this championship again."
Donald finished his round in style with a birdie from 25 feet on the 18th and added: "Dinner will taste good, I might enjoy a little curry. It's hard to fine a good curry back in the States but there's some good ones round here."
Bjorn had set a new course record with his opening 62 and was pleased to recover from two over par after seven holes on Friday to return a 72.
"Those were tough conditions for everybody out there today," the 43-year-old Dane said. "Especially on the front nine it was extremely difficult to get into a rhythm.
"We played those first four holes in I don't know how long, and we had a couple of rulings in front of us. It was just impossible to find a good rhythm and Retief (Goosen) left us with a back injury after five holes, so we got caught in a two-ball.
"It just seems like all day we were waiting and waiting for a long time on a lot of these shots. It was a tough ask today so I was pretty pleased with the way I finished the round."
Bjorn birdied two of the last four holes to finish where he started the day on 10 under, with Lowry recovering from a double-bogey six on the ninth with birdies on the 10th, 12th, 17th and 18th.
Stenson can replace Adam Scott as world number this week depending on their respective results, with a missed cut for Scott in the Crowne Plaza Invitational meaning Stenson would need just a top-30 finish at Wentworth.
"I will be sitting at home biting my nails all evening," Stenson joked. "I don't expect Adam to miss the cut but I played fantastic golf for four or five months last season and made more points than anyone. If I can get to number one it's on the back of that."
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Le Fondre outguns Imps
Adam Le Fondre scored both goals as Rotherham battled their way to a 2-0 victory over Lincoln at Don Valley.
Last Updated: 24/11/09 10:48pm
Adam Le Fondre scored both goals as Rotherham battled their way to a 2-0 victory over Lincoln at Don Valley.
The prolific striker struck in the closing stages of each half to secure three points for Ronnie Moore's men, although he fluffed a great chance to claim his hat-trick when he placed an 88th-minute penalty wide.
City were happy to pull six or seven men back whenever danger threatened, but Rotherham gave a hint of what was to come when Kevin Ellison's 32nd-minute shot was brilliantly saved by Rob Burch.
And Burch was helpless five minutes later when Le Fondre latched on to a long punt out of defence and beat the keeper with a powerful shot for his 13th goal of the season.
Le Fondre was denied a second goal when Burch made another stunning save in the 44th minute.
The visitors were largely restricted to long-range efforts and fell further behind with eight minutes remaining when Le Fondre converted Tom Pope's cross with a wonderful overhead kick.
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Oh jeez. I'm sorry, I've been the worst blogger ever. I've been working my you-know-what off trying to launch a website (CSS and web design are WAY harder than they look!), and then I went to Korea with some friends, and only really got back yesterday.
Korea was amazing; I wish I'd had longer than a week there. I'd always had this strange attraction to it, and then this unexplainable love for Korean food (that for most people takes a few shots to get used to). My dad and I were discussing it one day and he told me that I was conceived there. And in our strange logic that completely explained why I love Korean food and why I have Asian alcohol syndrome (really, one drink and I'm blotchy and red and way too drunk for my Scottish roots). So I was super excited to finally go, and it was all thanks to my friend Soo. Soo moved to America from Seoul about a year before I did, and we ended up at the same high school. She went to university in San Diego and then moved back to Korea much to the dismay of all her friends. But it worked out for the best because she got married last week, and we all got to go and visit ;).
It was only a week, which wasn't nearly enough time to actually see the city. We had a few amazing meals (including the best Korean barbecue meal of my life) and got to see some really cool markets and herb stalls, and then it was over!! A whirlwind trip, really. But it was worth it. Except for the man next to me on the flight out there who twitched in his sleep bringing his hand terrifyingly close to my face, it was worth it.
When I got back I was craving sleep, and craving food that wasn't laden with MSG. So I went and stole dandelion leaves from my neighbour's garden. I know, I've been lecturing everyone else about not stealing from peoples' gardens, but dandelion leaves are different: nobody wants them (except us weird folk who like wild things) so I don't think it's such a big deal.
Fennels are growing wild everywhere in California right now. They're getting a bit too big to harvest, but I'm getting my last few in, and then they're available at farmers markets and supermarkets for months to come. The raisins add a pop of sweetness and the dandelion leaves balance it all out with that hit of tangy bitterness. Yummy for a side dish, or ust for lunch, if you're me.
Dandyfennel yum
1 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp butter
1 big fennel bulb, sliced
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 small handful dandelion leaves, cut into 2 inch pieces
1 handful raisins
1 tbsp chicken stock
1 tbsp white wine
1 tsp your favourite herb mix- I use my own personal 'herbs de Californie' blend, but you can use herbs de Provence, or even a collection of local things that catch your eye!
Heat the oil and butter on medium, add everything except the dandelion, and cook for around ten minutes, until the liquid is evaporated. Add the dandelion, wilt, and serve immediately.


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Fox to allow DVD copying on Apple's iTunes
Also in Apple's movie rental deal yesterday with Fox: Apple will license its FairPlay copy-protection technology to the studio for DVD movie releases. This will allow DVD purchasers to easily — and legally — copy movies to their computers for playback on iPods and iPhones.
The copy protection on DVDs was cracked long ago, but it's still not easy for the average consumer to copy a disc and transfer it to iTunes. Having one-click DVD copying, like iTunes has done for CDs for years, could well be the killer app for Apple's video products, including the Apple TV. (Update: According to Gizmodo, the files won't be ripped from the DVD; instead, Fox will include iTunes-formatted versions of the movie on the disc.)
Up until now, the only way to legally get a movie on your Apple TV was to buy it from the iTunes store. If this trial is successful, we could see other movie studios sign on quickly. Odds are good that Disney, the media company in which Apple CEO Steve Jobs is the largest individual shareholder, will get the same deal when the movie-rental store launches in January.


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NOTE: Earlier, we wrote that this story appeared in Bloomberg Businessweek. It actually appears in Bloomberg Markets.
Back in September, thieves broke into bond god Jeff Gundlach's home and stole millions of dollars worth of property including priceless artwork.
That property has since been recovered.
Today, we're learning that a brilliant suggestion by Gundlach may have been elemental in the recovery efforts.
From Bloomberg Markets' new cover story:
The robbers also snatched two works by Gundlach's late grandmother, Helen Fuchs, who was an amateur painter. ... The cerebral Gundlach also gave investigators a tip for solving the crime. He says that while he was at home in his family room, it dawned on him that thieves would do a Google search using his grandmother's name to find out more about the paintings and how much they might be worth.
Gundlach told the authorities that they should check the Internet to see who might have googled the name Helen Fuchs. He says exactly two such searches were executed: one by him and one by the thieves.
Gundlach says his Internet idea impressed investigators.
"The FBI," he says, "thought it was brilliant."
Read the whole feature at Bloomberg.com.