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The first unit of the robotic animal breeding complex, Kaluzhskaya Niva, the largest in Russia, opened in the Ferzikovo area on Dec 6
On December 6, the region's agriculture minister, Leonid Gromov took part in the inauguration of the first unit of the robotic animal breeding complex Kaluzhskaya Niva in the Ferzikovo district.
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When Lamar Alexander joined 13 other Senate Republicans to vote for the Gang of Eight's immigration bill last month, he was waving a red flag in front of the tea party.
Attending a rally in Smyrna, Tenn., last weekend, Alexander was greeted by a crowd of about 300 conservative activists — organizers said — wearing bright red T-shirts that read "Beat Lamar" in big bold letters. They held signs that blared: "You betrayed us" and "No more RINOs. Conservatives only."
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Tea party groups were already watching Alexander given declining scores from the Club for Growth and Heritage Action, and they hope last month's immigration vote will be a tipping point against him. It's a test of their ability to punish GOP lawmakers for their stance on the Gang of Eight bill — especially important given Senate Republicans did not move en masse to vote for the measure, and House Republicans want nothing to do with it.
"Unlike previous cycles, Lamar Alexander is in trouble," said Drew Ryun, political director of the conservative Madison Project and a former Republican National Committee deputy director. "Immigration is the big issue, especially given some of the things he's said in the past. His political doublespeak isn't going to work this time."
Activists representing several local tea party groups in Tennessee have teamed up with national conservative groups such as FreedomWorks, the Madison Project and Senate Conservatives Fund to find a credible, conservative candidate who can challenge Alexander in next year's primary.
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For now, they are still searching. They have an uphill battle against Alexander, who has $3.1 million in his campaign coffers and has locked up top officials across the state. He's even taken to meeting with potential challengers — for iced tea — to talk them out of running.
Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett said he's been approached by state conservatives and is considering the bid but acknowledged that it's going to be hard to beat the GOP "ruling class."
"He needs to be challenged," Burchett said, noting that Alexander is a friend and fraternity brother. "Every political person in Tennessee has already endorsed the senator, but when you ask them about amnesty, they're against it."
Alexander said he lunched with Burchett a couple weeks ago — and a potential challenge didn't come up.
"I didn't discuss it with him. We talked about various Knox County issues," Alexander said.
Activists are also trying to persuade Kevin Kookogey, a former Williamson County GOP chairman, to challenge Alexander, a former presidential candidate, education secretary and two-term Tennessee governor. Kookogey spoke at the tea party rally last weekend, recently testified at a congressional hearing on the Internal Revenue Service scandal and has taken strong positions opposing Shariah law.
Scorecards watched closely by Washington conservatives show the deal-making Alexander has an overall voting record more in line with moderate Democrats than the far right of the Senate. In addition to his support for an immigration bill that includes a pathway to citizenship, Alexander voted to end the filibusters for Tom Perez as labor secretary and expanding background checks for gun sales. (He then voted to uphold the filibuster of the Manchin-Toomey gun control amendment.)
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Nissan Sentra vs Honda Civic
Hi everyone. I plan to buy my first car and after surfing the internet for days making researches, these are the main 2 cars that interest me: Honda Civic and Nissan Sentra.
I based these choices on the look of the car through pictures, on the fact that these brands are respected and on the price range.
What would you suggest between these 2 cars? Obviously at the end of the day, I'll have to test drive them, however I'm also interested to know the opinion of others based on reliability, quality of the car, and basically which one is the best.
What is the advantage and disadvantage of each? To me, they seem very similar in terms of a look and in terms of reputation, I don't know what I would pick. Are they both GREAT cars?
Please help!!! lol
P.S: I'm not sure if I'll buy a new car 2005/2006, or a used one from around 2002-2003, but I don't think it matters that much in terms of comparing these 2 cars.
Also, how would other similar cars like Toyota Corolla and Mazda 3 compare? it's really hard for me, it's basically a fight between these 4 cars:
Nissan Sentra
Honda Civic
Toyota Corolla
Mazda 3
How would rank them as a top 4 from best to worst? Any other similar car in the same price range that I should consider?
Thanks for any help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I based these choices on the look of the car through pictures, on the fact that these brands are respected and on the price range.
What would you suggest between these 2 cars? Obviously at the end of the day, I'll have to test drive them, however I'm also interested to know the opinion of others based on reliability, quality of the car, and basically which one is the best.
What is the advantage and disadvantage of each? To me, they seem very similar in terms of a look and in terms of reputation, I don't know what I would pick. Are they both GREAT cars?
Please help!!! lol
P.S: I'm not sure if I'll buy a new car 2005/2006, or a used one from around 2002-2003, but I don't think it matters that much in terms of comparing these 2 cars.
Also, how would other similar cars like Toyota Corolla and Mazda 3 compare? it's really hard for me, it's basically a fight between these 4 cars:
Nissan Sentra
Honda Civic
Toyota Corolla
Mazda 3
How would rank them as a top 4 from best to worst? Any other similar car in the same price range that I should consider?
Thanks for any help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mazda 3
Toyota Corolla
Honda Civic
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BUT... theres a new Civic debuting this fall, that looks to be a leader in safety features, though it wont be discounted too much. Additionally, there should be a few changes, but not a total redesign for the Corolla this fall. The Sentra is hopelessly outdated, having debuted in 2000. Skip it (even though I love mine, it is a version that is no longer available, and the car hasnt changed much since I got it in Jan 2003). So for right now, the Corolla is the choice if you value ride, efficiency, reliability, safety (with side curtain airbags). The Mazda is the choice that I would make, for its great handling, strong engines, and expressive styling.
Good luck!!!
maxamillion1 Posts: 1,467The Mazda3, espeically the Mazda3 i, is probably about the best small car in this class.
The Corolla is a good car to. As a matter of fact, a couple year ago, I drove an rental 03 Corolla LE to Orlando, Fl. I was so impressed with the car that I seriously considered getting one.
That was before the debut of the Mazda3 though.
All the cars on the list are pretty good cars. As Alpha stated the Civic is all new in less than two months.
But the Mazda3 will be adding some new trim levels for 06 as well and top of the line models will get single-zone automatic climate control.
I have no idea what's in store for the 06 Corolla, and then Sentra will get very FEW changes for 06 with its redesign hitting showrooms sometime early next year (LONG overdue)
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diaz9220 Posts: 1Well You said Civic vs Sentra
I would go with the Sentra SE-R.
It is Beatiful. The car has 180 HP. The civic, well Its ok but for me, it would be a Sentra SE-R. I own a Sentra 2002 GXE and its GREAT! Its only had one problem, The service Engine soon light poped on, but its a common problem. I consider it a Glitch, but I just took it to the dealer and they fixed it. As for the other two cars, this is what i would rate it.
Mazda 3
Corolla :confuse:
Sentra 100%0
razalon Posts: 7I agree the Sentra is the better option. I was looking at the Civic, the Corolla, and the Sentra. They were all in the 17-19k range. With Nissan having the $2500.00 rebate, I got a fully loaded 1.8S sentra in the color I wanted, automatic for $13,500. The Honda/Toyota dealers weren't willing to deal at all, and Nissan gave me by far the best deal. I know it will go forever just like the Civic, and Toyota too.0
I'd want to wait on the new for 07 Sentra. The current one is REALLY dated, part of why the rebates are Chevy worthy right now. The Civic, in my opinion, is hands down the better car than the Sentra or Corolla, with the Mazda 3 being the closest contender.
From Civic or 3, it is a matter of preference, I believe, in either economy(honda) or sportiness (mazda).
I think I'd drive an Elantra before a Sentra; after all, they are just as "old", and have a better warranty.0
spectraman Posts: 255I would agree with razalon above.
I just picked up a rental 2005 Sentra today to drive while my KIA Spectra EX is in the body shop. It's front bumper fascia was scraped by a nimrod (NO... not me! ;-) in a parking lot.
First the good news....
I found the Sentra to be a decent running car that appeared to like to rev high before shifts. The car was pretty rattle and squeak free for 35k rental miles too.
Other than that though.... I wouldn't trade my new design Spectra for one of these in a million years. The interior is so uncomfortable and ergonomically wrong when compared to the new KIA that it would take several paragraphs to describe the shortfalls of the Sentra.
The Sentra also lacks sooooo many of the little standard touches that are standard on the Spectra.
So.... before you flame me, I'm not saying the Sentra is a bad automobile. BUT I do agree with the poster above that it is readily apparent that this baby's ready for an overhaul! I'm sure the next one will be right in the thick of things competitively.
I'm sure the next one will be right back in the thick of things competitively.
Well, they are releasing their new for 2007 Sentra in an odd fashion: with less power than most of its competitors. I thought Nissan was all about driving excitement in the engine room...The 5 year old Elantra has more ponies (138?) than the 2007 Sentra (135)? This seems wierd coming from Nissan. Also, Civic (140hp), Mazda 3 (148-160hp), Focus (151hp), Cobalt (145hp). The Corolla and Suzuki Forenza have less (126 hp).
Just a thought, here, folks. I realize the difference is small, but Nissan has been class leading in power for so long, I was surprised to see 135 hp instead of 155 or even something closer to 170. If an SE-R model is available, I expect to see it around the 200 hp of the Civic Si and Cobalt SS.0
The actual number means nothing. Who cares? Look at the acceleration times and fuel efficiency to tell the whole story- a 5M Corolla will soundly trounce a 5M Forenza with the same HP rating.
Also, which of the quoted figures are SAE certified and which are not? Toyota and Honda are both definitely SAE certified, as will be the 07 Sentra. But the Focus, 3, and Cobalt.... I do not know, as Ford and GM said they would only re-rate according to the new, certified methodology upon model or engine changes.
You are very right about the numbers not meaning much, and I'm sorry that I came across like that; it wasn't my intention. I'm not trying to "bash" the Sentra in any way, but I was a little surprised that Nissan, the first company with a 5-speed manual, 240 hp family sedan for $23k wasn't offering a car closer in performance to the Mazda 3.
As far as re-rating goes, GM and Ford have not seen much change to the engines that have been re-rated, as the Japanese makes are taking more of a hit in listed power numbers. I'd bet that the focus is still going to be in the 150 range, being the same engine that adequately powers the Fusion/6 (It's the 2.3L I-4, just massaged slightly).
I have read that the Forenza was painfully slow, belying its hp ratings (something like 11.X seconds to 60).0
My point is that you dont know for certain "......that Nissan, the first company with a 5-speed manual, 240 hp family sedan for $23k wasn't offering a car closer in performance to the Mazda 3."
How do you know that the new 2.0L 6M Sentra wont keep pace with the 2.0L 5M Mazda3i? The Sentra SE-R will be around again to compete with the Mazda3s....0
25 horsepower would likely show a marked difference, but I don't know how (or if) the numbers from Mazda will have a big adjustment per SAE regulations. Since noone has driven a 2007 Sentra, we will have to wait and see!
BTW, any torque figures for the 07 Sentra floating around? If more than 145lb-ft, they will be in fine shape. If in the 120lb-ft and under, they may get lost in the crowd.0
midnightcowboy Posts: 1,978No thank you NO Spectra or Sentra for me. I take a 2.0L 6M Civic Si0
We can't reply to your post because the pic is too wide. Perhaps you can resize it? Thank you for your efforts, though, spectraman. I've seen the front of this car at www.thehollywoodextra.blogspot.com. The site is updated daily with the latest new car gossip. It is often correct and timely, although it occasionally has some "wonky" info. You can check it out if you like! It's where I got the 135 hp figure.0
pat Posts: 10,421As mentioned, the picture you posted was so wide that it badly distorted the page, so I had to remove it.
Feel free to post links to wide pictures, but please make sure that any picture you want to actually display in your post is no wider than about 500 pixels - thanks!0
ctalk Posts: 646The Sentra is already on their site.
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The 06 Civic has [email protected], sounds more powerful than the 07 Sentra with 135HP. However, the Civic's torque is [email protected], that is, you have to floor the pedal, downshift, and hear the engine hauling every time on a freeway entrance ramp to stay away from trucks, I know that from my Accord. My 06 Sentra has [email protected] torque, similar to the VW Golf ([email protected]) and much better than all JPN, KRN and US compact cars. I never had to floor the pedal, unless the car is already on overdrive and needs to downshift. It feels much better, compared to my 97 Accord SE. I hope the 07 Sentra keeps the max torque at low RPM feature. Of course, we are not talking about sporty performance.0
97 Civic_ EX 1.6: [email protected], 107$5500, 2518
97 Accord SE 2.2: [email protected], [email protected], 2900
06 Civic_ EX 1.8: [email protected], [email protected], 2740
06 Snetra 1.8sSE: [email protected], [email protected]2400, 2580
The 06 Civic actually delivers less HP than the 97 Accord in practical dirving. After all, who drives at 6300RPM?
At 4200RPM, the Accord has higher torque than the Civic. Considering the weight difference, the two Hondas are about the same. I would geuss that they have much lower torque at below 3000RPM compared to the Sentra. The torque-RPM curve cannot stay almost constant between 2500 to 4300. It depends on the gear box design. Here you see the Nissan technology. They made a 1.8 liter engine behave like a 6 cylinder.
Today's Civic is indeed as good as a 97 Accord. 97 Civic was in a different class.0
Kia Spectra:
2.0 liter engine
[email protected]
[email protected]4500RPM
25mpg in city, 34 highway.
Sentra: 28-34mpg
Civic: 30-40mpg
Again, the Civic is gas friendly because it keeps drivers away from acceleration. The Sentra takes order from the driver. I can make my Sentra go at 33mpg average by intentionally pushing the gas pedal lighter.0
The numbers you present are not truly comparable because some of those figures are SAE certified, others are not. Judging from the downratings of the other automakers, the Sentra 1.8S is probably making a bit less than 126 horses and 129 foot pounds.
The Sentra 1.8 engine, coupled to either the current 4A or 5M, is not anywhere near the top of the class in refinement or efficiency. I have much higher hopes for the 2.0L and 6M/CVT combos.
Do you mean that the Sentra numbers are not SAE certified? Do you have any numbers for sure?
Even if the Sentra numbers are reduced by 10%, it is still peppier at 2000-3000 RPM. The 05 Civic had [email protected], there are many user review complaints about its performance. The 06 Civic (new model) is indeed more powerful now. However, Civic also lowered the city gas mileage from 32mpg to 30. I just suspect the Civic engine is not strong enough to deliver higher torque at low RPM range.
I never drove a Civic, but I have had an Accord for 8.5 years. The 06 Sentra is indeed faster, if I compare them without using 4000RPM. A friend of mine has a 03 Sentra, he drove my Accord once and also said his Sentra performs better. And, by the way, my Accord is in perfect condition, like new.
Besides, if a 06 Civic is equipped like a 06 Sentra 1.8s Special Edition, it is at least $5000 more expensive (Edmunds TMV pricing). That is after adding the ABS + side air bags package to the Sentra.0
Sorry, but the current Sentra is majorly outclassed in ride, handling, efficiency, space, power, and safety by the new Civic. Is it worth $5k more than the Civic? Maybe not to you, but most certainly to me (especially where resale is considered). And I own a 2003 Sentra (though its the 2.5L model).
Also, comparing the 2006 Sentra to an Accord that is from what? Model year 1997 is hardly a relevant comparison.
No, the Sentra's HP ratings are not SAE certified. There are no SAE certified figures available, so a direct comparison is to the new Civic's 140 horses and 128 foot pounds is tough.
I'm only talking about low RPM acceleration. When I need to merge into freeway traffic and accelerate from 50mph to 70mph in a few seconds, I hate to floor the gas pedal, downshift the automatic transmition and send the engine to 4000RPM. In the 1.8 liter Sentra, I never needed to do it. In the 2.2 liter Accord, I have to do it most of the times. Based on the spec numbers for the new Civic, I guess it is not better than the 97 Accord in this aspect. Having 140HP at 6300RPM means nothing.
A fair comparison could be 05 Sentra 1.8 (not 2.5) with 05 Civic, their torques are [email protected] vs. [email protected] By how much can a SAE correction change this ratio?
One bad thing about the 07 Sentra: no side molding at all.
I had a look of the Nissan webpage. The good news is that they say the 07 Sentra can deliver 90% of its 140lb-ft max torque at 2400RPM. And the safety stuff are standard. And the start price is around 15K.
With the 19.3K to buy a 06 Civid EX AT sedan without option, I would rather buy a 06 Subaru Outback Sport Special Edition. It is better loaded, a lot more of a car, and I can save a few bucks.0
Why do you keep referring to old cars? We aren't comparing the 1997 Accord and the Sentra, but I gladly will with you OUTSIDE of this forum. I drive a 1996 Accord LX to school (157,000 miles on it now)and can chat with you about it all day long.0
I'm concerned about acceleration at low RPM. You are not replying on this issue at all.0
warner Posts: 196I'm only talking about low RPM acceleration. When I need to merge into freeway traffic and accelerate from 50mph to 70mph in a few seconds, I hate to floor the gas pedal, downshift the automatic transmition and send the engine to 4000RPM.
Why the adversity to RPM's? There's nothing wrong with using an engine within it's design limitations. The Civic engine is smooth as silk at 4,000 and above...all the way up to it's almost 7,000 rpm redline. What's wrong with some rpm's? Did you ever ride a motorcycle? You'd probably hate that experience if you don't like rpm's.
And I'm concerned that you are going off topic...you didn't reply to that. As far as low end, my LX Accord has 139 lb-ft of torque. The Sentra is estimated at 140lb-ft.0
So now you agree with me. With Civics you use high RPM.
I do not like it, nor the downshift to get there. I like 6 cylinder cars just because of this. The Sentra is the only non-German compact 4 cylinder car which has good low RPM acceleration. This is what I have found so far, based on published specs. If you know some mechanics, you know this is hard to achieve. Driving a car to work everyday at age 50, I do not seek the motercycle excitement. I actually feel annoyed by the noises made by the other "sporty" cars, sometimes. You have to understand that different people look for different features on their cars. The number of drivers who hate having to use high RPM is not negligible. A lot of people do not know the importance of the location of max hoese power and max torque yet. The old specs from 10 years ago only gave the maxima. Now every specification of a new car is mandated to reveal the max HP and max torque together with the RPM numbers where the maxima appear. That is not for no reason. In fact, I would like to see the entire [email protected] and [email protected] curves for these cars. Without those, some car makers can still fool comsumers with cheaply designed engines, even dependable but cheap ones.0
Without those, some car makers can still fool comsumers with cheaply designed engines, even dependable but cheap ones.
Yes, as Ford has done with its Escape (200 hp). Despite having 44 less horsepower, the Honda engine has more power across the entire rev range, so its spanks the Escape in acceleration measures.0
The Accord, yours or mine, has [email protected]4200RPM. The 07 Sentra is claimed to have about [email protected]2400. (see Nissan webpage about the car, where they say "90% of max torque at 2400RPM".) The key is that a lot of drivers hate to send the engine to 4000+ RPM by downshifting the auto. trans., feeling dragged backward without warning. It takes a stronger engine to be capable to deliver high torque at low RPM. Other than the German cars, such as the VW Golf or Audi A3, only the Sentra is designed so. For cars with 2.5 liter or larger engines, it is OK to have the max torque (>180) appear at 4000, because even a linear interpolation implies >135 torque at below 3000RPM, while the weight of the car usually does not increase by 30%. (e.g. the Sentra 2.5 or the Impreza 2.5.) Like in a 6 cylinder car, there is no downshift necessary on a ramp.
With the Sentra, you can accelerate by push gas pedel slightly harder and make the RPM increase continuously. With a car having max torque [email protected], when you push the gas pedal a little bit harder, the car does not take your order to accelerate. Then you have to floor the pedal, the tahometer needle will jump to 4000, while you feel the dragging for a second, hear the engine hauling. I just hate it when that happens.
I hope I make my opinion clear. You may disagree with me.0
You may disagree with me.
Thank you, and I do respectfully (on part of it anyway). Your facts are fine, and I don't find fault with anything you said; it's just subjective to each person. I drive in traffic everyday, and go between my 06 Accord with 160lb-ft and my 96 Accord with 139 lb-ft. Honestly, I can't tell much difference below 3k RPM in around town acceleration. Above 3k RPM though, boy, that 06 takes off. I hit the gas hard today when merging (short on-ramp), and I took off faster than I ever could've with my 96, and I wasn't flooring it. This is more to do with horspeower (high-end) than torque, yes I realize that.
If you are used to the engine characteristics of a V-6, I'm surprised you find a small 4-cylinder doable (Honda OR Nissan).
What I like about Honda's, is that there is natural progression of power increase...the higher the rpm, the more power available. Some cars run out of steam before redline, and that scares me for this reason...
If I'm getting out of the way of a truck bearing down on me dangerously, I'm gonna floor it if I can't get out of the lane(and likely, you are too). Flooring it is going to put me higher in the rev range, and in a Honda, that is where my power is going to be. My 2006 Accord makes its peak hp at 5750rpm (I think, 750 from redline). Our Odyssey made its peak hp closer to 5,000 rpm, which made it feel like it went soft when right at redline (of the few times it had to go there). I didn't like that.
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I brought presents!
For moms—a beautiful poem by Cheryl Lawrie about the missing verses between Luke 2: 6 and 2:7.
For my part-time theologians—an interesting conversation about universalism over on Scot McKnight's Jesus Creed blog.
For folks who need a break from all the annoyingly perfect family photos sent with Christmas cards—AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com.
For social justice advocates—Global Exchange announces their 2009 "Heroes At Home," and if you haven't already, you MUST check out Kiva.
For social justice advocates who like to drink—a bottle of Fledgling wine supports literacy initiatives for children. (There's nothing quite like advocating under the influence!)
For my fellow blog addicts (from xkcd):
For music lovers—Grooveshark (Dan says he thinks it's legal)
For list lovers—Time's "The Tope 10 Everything of 2009"
And finally, for Learning with Lawrence fans—The Christmas Special (complete with my favorite Lawrence moment EVER!)
I'll post a poem on Christmas day, and will be back to blogging on Monday. Wishing you all a beautiful holiday, surrounded by lots of food and the people you love most!
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False statistics abound in WSJ's attack on Kansas education spending
A June 22 Wall Street Journal editorial used false statistics to criticize a Kansas Supreme Court decision mandating increased state funding for public schools.
Referring to the Kansas Supreme Court's June 3 ruling in Montoy v. Kansas, the Journal criticized the court's interpretation of a clause in the Kansas Constitution requiring the legislature to "make suitable provision for finance of the educational interests of the state." But in arguing that the court had overreached in ordering the state to increase education funding, the Journal misstated both how much Kansas currently spends on education per student and how the state's spending compares with other states:
But just what is a "suitable" amount? Kansas already spends a shade under $10,000 per student in the public schools -- the most in the region and above the national average even though Kansas is a low cost-of-living state. Also ignored by the courts were the volumes of scientific evidence that the link between school spending and educational achievement is close to nonexistent. Perhaps one reason schools in Kansas aren't as good as they might be is that the state ranks 47 out of 50 in education money that actually finds its way inside the classroom.
In fact, Kansas spent $7,292 per student in 2002-03, according to the most recent data available from the U.S. Census Bureau, which incorporates federal, state, and local education spending. This per-pupil figure placed Kansas 31st among the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Though the Journal failed to define the "region" that encompasses Kansas, four nearby states -- Colorado (ranked 30th), Nebraska (24th), Iowa (27th), and Wyoming (11th) -- all spend more, according to the Census. Kansas' spending is also below the national average of $8,019 per student, contrary to the Journal's claim.
Moreover, the Journal argued that more education funding in Kansas would improve little since "the state ranks 47 out of 50 in education money that actually finds its way inside the classroom." In fact, Census figures indicate* that Kansas spends 60.4 percent of its education budget on "instruction." The National Center for Economic Statistics places the figure at 59.2 percent+ in 2002-03, ranking the state 40th out of 51 (including Washington, D.C.).
Finally, the Journal falsely claimed that "the state Supreme Court has commanded that the legislature must increase spending on the schools, as well as the taxes to pay for it, by precisely $853 million over the next two years." In fact, the court did not demand increased taxes. The court ruled that the Kansas legislature must increase education funding, but it did not mandate what the source of the money should be.
*From spreadsheet: $4,401 per pupil for "instruction" divided by $7,292 per pupil overall.
+NCES defined "instructional expenditures" as: "current expenditures for activities directly associated with the interaction between teachers and students. These include teacher salaries and benefits, supplies (e.g., textbooks), and purchased instructional services."


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Transforming Economies and Civilizations: The Role of Technology
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- Technical "revolutions" (e.g., the Agricultural Revolution, the Technical Revolution of the Middle Ages, the Industrial Revolution, the Information Revolution)
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My son just had his first babysitting job. He's barely 13, so this really meant that he watched a 4 year-old at home, with me supervising. He negotiated a rate of $3 an hour, searched online for tips on babysitting, and was entirely serious about the whole thing. He even took a picture of his charge and sent it to the mom to report in. In applying for the job, he wrote to the child's mom, "I think I would be a good babysitter because I love kids, they're just big bundles of fun, and I can't wait to meet him!"
But I wonder how far male babysitters might be outside the norm. Last year I needed an overnight babysitter for a short business trip. I emailed my mom friends for recommendations, and one included a male nanny. I never even called. I would like to say that this is because I got numbers and glowing recommendations for women first, which is part of the truth. Even if I hadn't, though, I don't think I ever would have dialed that man's number.
Two factors seemed to drive my decision-making. First and foremost, I know too much about the crimes that can be committed against children. There are times when being a criminologist, and the exposure to the worst of human behavior that this occupation entails, is really hard. I feared that hiring a male babysitter would put my son in danger. Secondly, though, I also wondered about the general competence of a male babysitter. Would he really have quality experience with kids? Would he know how to interact with them? Handle the emotions of a child who missed his mom in the middle of the night? If it all sounds pretty sexist, well, yeah. This is about gender roles and stereotypes, and I don't know how to get around those issues.
And yet, I do hope that other moms will trust my son to babysit for them as he gets older. He's expressed an interest in being a pediatrician, and he is really, really good with kids. Not to mention, I think that babysitting is early preparation for parenting. How else can an only child get this kind of experience? And shouldn't we encourage males to occupy caregiving roles? So here I am, a hypocrite. I don't want to hire any male sitters, but I do hope others will hire my son.
I can't help remembering the Friends episode where Rachael and Ross hire a male nanny, played by Freddie Prinze Jr., to care for their infant.
Rachel: (About Sandy) I love him, I love him, I love him.
__Ross: __Oh, come on, Rach, he's a guy!
Rachel: So what? He's smart, he's qualified. Give me one good reason we shouldn't try him out.
Ross: Because, it's weird!
Rachel: Why?
Ross: What kind of job is that for a man? A nanny? It's like if a woman wanted to be...
__Rachel: __Yes?
Ross: King?
That episode aired in the fall of 2002. Are things any different now? Do your boys babysit? And would you hire a male sitter for your own kids?


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The Kentucky High School Athletic Association's 29th District Basketball Tournament gets underway Tuesday, Feb. 25, and continues Wednesday, Feb. 26. Championship games will be played on Friday, Feb. 28. All games will be played at North Oldham High School, located at 1815 South Highway 1793 in Goshen.
The Trimble County Raiders will face South Oldham in Tuesday night's boys' contest, which will be played at about 7:30 p.m., following the girls' 6 p.m. match-up between Oldham County and North Oldham.
By DAVE TAYLOR
The Trimble Banner
The Trimble County Raiders bounced back from their heart-breaking 56-55 loss to Carroll County in the boys' 8th Region All A Classic to defeat Frankfort's Western Hills High School in a dramatic, 49-44 road win Thursday.
Trimble trailed the Wolverines by a 11-6 score after the first eight minutes of play and matched their hosts point for point in the second period to continue to trail by five, 23-18, at halftime.
Trimble County's exciting run in the Touchstone Energy All A Classic tournament came to a disappointing end with a 65-48 second round loss to Newport Central Catholic on Friday.
"That was the most exciting game I've seen in years!"
Those were the first words off the lips of many an excited fan of the Trimble County Lady Raiders following the "never-say-die" team's thrilling come-from-behind double overtime victory over Murray last Wednesday in the opening round of the Touchstone Energy All A Classic Tournament at Frankfort's spacious Convention Center.
By KRISTIN BECK
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The Carroll County Panthers took care of business Friday night, defeating rival Trimble County, 42-0. The Panthers scored all 42 points in the first half, so a running clock shortened the second half, making it even harder for the Raiders to mount a comeback.
The Panthers' entire offense was their ground game, rushing 41 times for 384 yards while attempting zero passes. In comparison, the Raiders rushed 22 times for 20 yards and threw the ball once for three yards.
Another successful high school volleyball season came to an abrupt end Tuesday, Oct. 22 as the Trimble County Lady Raiders fell before a talented North Oldham team 3-0 in the opening round of the Kentucky High School Athletic Association's 29th District Tournament. Game scores were 25-14, 25-20 and 25-14.
The Trimble County Raiders scored a triumvirate of wins last week. Following Monday's triumph over Walden (see last week's Trimble Banner), the Raiders made quick work of Williamstown on Thursday and Beth Haven on Saturday. Saturday's 58-40 win over Beth haven capped a week of Homecoming activities for the team.
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Trimble County's 6th grade boys team traveled to Madison on Sunday to take on the Southwestern Rebels. Southwestern scored first and held a 2-0 lead. That was the last lead the Rebels had all day.
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Reddick rebounds physically, mentally from trying 2013
PHOENIX -- Josh Reddick is painfully honest when reflecting on The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year that was 2013.
It was the loneliest of times for Oakland's 27-year-old right fielder, normally the brash and boisterous type. Most days he ended up at his locker in the back corner of the A's clubhouse, lost in his thoughts despite the music bouncing off his ears.
PHOENIX -- Josh Reddick is painfully honest when reflecting on The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year that was 2013.
It was the loneliest of times for Oakland's 27-year-old right fielder, normally the brash and boisterous type. Most days he ended up at his locker in the back corner of the A's clubhouse, lost in his thoughts despite the music bouncing off his ears.
Too often he identified with a character in one of his favorite movies, wanting so desperately, like Happy Gilmore, to find his "happy place."
"There's guys picking you up, patting you on the back and all, but nobody's in your own head and nobody knows you better than yourself," Reddick said. "I spent a number of hours at my locker by myself, just thinking, 'What can I possibly do to get back to being the player I know I can be?' And there was just no answer in there."
So he looked for it in video, because that seemed like the prudent thing to do, even though he's a see-the-ball, hit-the-ball kind of guy, which made it something of a futile pursuit.
"But I get bored and it's there," he said, "so I look for the heck of it. But the less I'm thinking, the better I'm playing. If I could, I wouldn't watch a single second of video, because I was a way better hitter not knowing what they did. I watched way too much last year."
Even internally, Reddick didn't want to use his sprained right wrist as an excuse, even though the injury -- suffered just seven games into the season, when he ran into a wall at Houston's Minute Maid Park -- was probably the crux of his year-long woes. He's recently acknowledged this, to some extent.
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Tweaking his swing became a daily habit, just to accommodate his wrist and the pain he experienced each time he unsuccessfully turned on those inside pitches that used to be his specialty. Quickly, it became a mean mental game.
"I didn't want to use the injury as a crutch and say this is the only reason why I'm not playing or performing right now, but looking back, you don't really know how much it was, how much it wasn't, because it did actually hurt swinging," Reddick said. "I still don't blame everything on it. There were times my confidence was so low I went up to the plate wondering how the heck I was even going to touch the baseball. There were a lot of things going on -- injury, mental strength. You can't really separate them because it's all kind of connected in some way."
This gnawed at him.
April was the worst. Six days after X-rays on Reddick's sprained wrist came back negative, he went 0-for-5 with three strikeouts. The next day, he was pulled from the third spot in the lineup, where he started 141 of his previous 161 games, and batted sixth. Three days and only one hit later, he hit seventh. Five days after that, he was down to the eight-hole.
"That took a toll on me, because I was used to being that middle-of-the-lineup guy that everyone counted on," he said. "Having that kind of demotion, my pride, it kind of hurt me."
Then he went on the disabled list for the first time in his career, retreating to the sidelines and out of a spotlight that had been so kind to him the year before, when he christened his first season in green and gold with 32 home runs and became a fan favorite. Reddick would only hit 12 in 2013.
He retreated to his quiet place, "as a way to make myself the sideshow and not the main attraction, so to speak," he said.
"I really wanted to be left alone a lot of times last year. There wasn't much to talk about at my locker, anyway."
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"I think it's normal when you go through something like that to sit back and not be vocal," said teammate Brandon Moss. "I think it was good for him in a lot of ways. It's never good to struggle,and it's never good to be injured, but in a lot of ways, it gives you perspective, it gives you motivation. He had such a good year the year before, and a lot of times, when you have years like that, it's really easy to forget how hard the game can be.
"The game's hard enough, and it can be even harder when there are outside factors involved. He had to realize not everything is in his control. I think he'll be better for it."
Reddick counts Moss as one of his closest friends on the team. He's formed an even stronger bond with Coco Crisp, together a little bit of an odd couple -- "He's white, I'm black. He's country, I'm hip hop," a smiling Crisp says -- but pieces of a truly authentic friendship. The two would go to dinner often last year, sometimes even have sleepovers, and simply talk about life. This was a rare outlet for Reddick.
"I like people who are genuine," said Crisp. "He stays true to himself."
Reddick just didn't look like himself -- outside of a four-game series in Toronto in August, when he homered five times in two days to tie a Major League record. The feat followed an ugly 0-for-20 stretch and suddenly had Reddick on cloud nine.
Was he back?
"Once that happened, I thought that this thing was going to hold up fine," Reddick said. "'Keep doing what you're doing,' I kept telling myself, 'and still get the surgery in the offseason.' It just didn't work out."
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Reddick went just 3-for-23 from Aug. 17-25, before returning to the DL the next day. He was reinstated Sept. 10 and hit .304 with two homers in his final 17 games, bringing his average to .226 by year's end -- including a .200 mark against left-handers, fifth lowest in the American League, and .238 vs. righties. His OPS dropped from .768 in 2012 to .686 in '13, and after that rough season, he was he ready to make the trek back to Georgia with his dogs, Backster and Murray.
"I was really ready to just be in my home environment, because I knew once I got around family and friends, I was going to be able to clear my head a lot better," he said. "I just felt like I wasn't really a part of the team. I wasn't doing anything to help outside the Toronto series. I just didn't do a whole lot to provide my team the success that I should have."
Reddick underwent surgery on his right wrist in October and sometimes wonders if he should have done so sooner, maybe to avoid the cloud of doubt that now hovers above him as a player.
Following an offseason spent converting his garage into a man cave, complete with a pool table, poker table, a dart board and of course Georgia Bulldog carpet tiles, and making frequent trips down the road to grandma's house for a taste of home cooking, Reddick is "moving on and forgetting about it all, all the bad."
There was a lot of that, no doubt, but dissipated by time driving into town with his 2-year-old niece, or reliving high school drama through talks with his 16-year-old sister.
"A lot of people are saying I have something to prove," said Reddick, who has three hits in his first seven Cactus League at-bats, along with two memorable home run-robbing catches. "I don't know that I have to prove anything, or think about this as a new start. I've shown my abilities and what I can do at this level. I just have to get back to that, now that I'm healthy again.
"I don't want to just be a guy who hits in the eight-hole and provides defense. I can be a guy that can carry a team for awhile. Hopefully this year I'll have more of that cocky-confidence attitude, not to the point of being a nuisance, but to where I can walk up to the plate with a little bit of strut in my stuff and have a little more confidence up there."
"He's out here with a new mentality," said Crisp. "Things turned pretty quickly for him, and it was hard watching him go through it. That's the humbling part of this game you don't want to go through. But it happens, and I think he handled it well, and he's going to be a better person because of it. He gets to start from scratch, and we'll see where it ends up."
Jane Lee is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Major Lee-ague, and follow her on Twitter @JaneMLB.