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Every year we talk on the blog about holiday presents for teachers and based on what everyone had written in the past I figured once my oldest got to middle school I wouldn't be doing teacher presents for those teachers. (It seemed like no one bought gifts for middle school teachers – partially because there are so many for each child.)
However, now that are here I am finding that I want to do something to show appreciation to those teachers ESPECIALLY.
I am so impressed with my daughter's group of teachers this year (six teachers). They challenge her, they love her, they appreciate her and they are concerned with how she is adapting and growing in middle school. They encourage her and give her confidence. I can't tell you how much I appreciate that.
I am buying presents for 11 teachers this year so I have had to reduce the amount per person but I do want to give them something so they know we appreciate their work.
This year I settled on $10 gift cards to the movies for each teacher. This would either get them in alone to a movie or would pay for popcorn and drinks for their family to go. I know it's not a ton but it is something.
I am also including notes of thanks from me, and am having the kids do the same. Rose is every excited about writing her teachers thank you notes, and the 5-year-old wrote her teacher three notes with Christmas stamps and even threw in some change from her bank. (I can't wait for the teacher to see the change. It's so funny but so sincere. That's what a 5-year-old has to give.)
Will you do anything for your middle school and high school teachers this year? If so, what? What would teachers like? (See the corollary blog on best gifts for teachers.)
December 19th, 2012
6:02 am
Well, seeing as I have 5 kids, and 4 of them are in school…I will be giving ornaments. Yes, I include the middle school teachers…so that's 9 middle school teachers for my 2 oldest and 6 elementary teachers for my 2 youngest (TAG teachers, speech teachers, etc). Needless to say, I don't have $150 to spend on teachers, nor do I have time to make 15 batches of fudge. You can get a really pretty glass ornament for about $1.50 to $2.00 each. I hate to be "cheap", but since all their teachers know that my family lives on a teacher's salary, I'm sure they'll understand.
December 19th, 2012
6:12 am
As a high school teacher, I don't ever expect gifts but I do love getting just a card or a thoughtful letter of thanks. Sometimes I do get a small gift and that's a bonus. :) Gift cards (even $5 to Starbucks or something similar) are always lovely.
December 19th, 2012
7:41 am
Just keep blowing money…. spend, spend spend in order to show your appreciation… insane.
December 19th, 2012
7:54 am
My SIL is a teacher. She says the best thing her students give her during the holidays are gift cards.
December 19th, 2012
8:00 am
Once the kids were out of elementary school, I stopped buying gifts for the teachers.
December 19th, 2012
8:00 am
Do homeschooler's get presents for their teachers? LOL….
December 19th, 2012
8:00 am
That was directed to our own "Homeschooler", with love….
December 19th, 2012
8:04 am
TWG…a $10 gift card is appreciated. I gave gifts all the way through HS. Gift cards and movie tickets are perfect. You can get 2 movie tickets for $16 at Costco. I got them last night.
We went to an Orchestra Concert for our neighbor's son a few week ago. I was just telling someone that I volunteered 4-8 hours a month at the check in desk for the school, when my kids were in MS. That was 10 plus years ago. I ran into the front office secretary when my son was in college and daughter in HS. She said, "We miss you and could use you…want to come back?" I have said it MANY times before but teachers appreciate parents who are interested and not overbearing.
@ SEE…I hear what you are saying. This is why we thought about having TWO kids when we did. Sorry, but I am not very patient with people who complain about having so many kids and how expensive they are. After the first one, you figure out how it works. Teachers know this too. Having children is absolutely a choice for each set of parents and their business, for sure ( not mine). Complaining about it, to others, is not attractive IMHO. Just wait until they all start driving and head to college. Been there done that.
We saw a family with four children on our cruise. The entire family dressed for dinner. The boys had on ties and jackets and the girls in nice dresses. The mom was on crutches with a cast on her foot. I was impressed.
I do love ornaments and have some on my tree that I have had for 30 years! What about a pretty book mark? Even chap stick or lip balm would be nice …teachers will need it. A box of tea or cocoa?
December 19th, 2012
8:19 am
@MJG I don't see where See complained. She is getting ornaments for the teachers. In fact See mentions they live on a teachers salary.
December 19th, 2012
8:25 am
As the husband of a 2nd grade teacher and being friends with many of my wife's colleagues I hear a lot about what gifts they like receiving.
~Coffee and/or Starbucks gift cards
~Gift cards
Please No Sweets
December 19th, 2012
8:32 am
Also, nothing that will collect dust or clutter the desk.
December 19th, 2012
8:44 am
TWG, honey, this is one of the reasons you have trouble sticking to the Christmas budget. If you had as much guilt over what you were doing to the family budget as you do for thinking you may make some feel slighted, Michael wouldn't be taking over the gift shopping.
December 19th, 2012
9:08 am
Good morning, I bought $10 Target gift cards for my children's teacher. During the Black Friday, Lifeway bookstores had some nice pen & pad sets that I will give to them as well. My kids have good teachers this year as well. And like my mother always say, "It's the thought that count." Happy Holidays!!
December 19th, 2012
9:21 am
OK…sorry…I probably should not have added complain. I apologize to you SEE.
I just get frustrated when anyone says…we cannot do that as we have ( lots of) children. A personal choice for anyone and none of my business for sure.
On the flip side…anyone who can live on "A" teacher's salary with 5 kids obviously has very creative skills to manuever finances.
I have frequently heard, " We had no idea how expensive it would be when our kids got older."
I often remarked to my husband, at the beginning of the school year: "This is a lot of money to get kids ready to start school and I am happy that we only have two." To me, it is VERY expensive to have a large family and sometimes you cannot forsee ( sp?) the expense when they are little and adorable.
December 19th, 2012
9:22 am
@ Mayhem I don't get teacher gifts but I've sure saved money over the years not having to buy them. ;-) Hope you have a Merry Christmas.
Seriously, I'm in the same boat as Theresa. This is the first year I've had a child in real school and it is middle school. 8 teachers and they are all wonderful and deserve something. Headed to Costco now to see if I can find a box of ornaments that I can split up. I can't do 10 dollars per teacher but I can probably spend about 25 dollars to split between them. Or I might do Starbucks gift cards but that's still 5 dollars each.
December 19th, 2012
9:29 am
@Homeschooler – Merry Christmas to you!!
December 19th, 2012
9:40 am
This year, I got small gifts for my kids' bus drivers (gloves, hat set – $5). My elem kid said the bus driver was so surprised and happy to receive the gift. My HS and MS students are delivering today. However, they thought it was "weird" to give the bus driver a gift, especially in front of their friends. This year, I also gave my elem kids' other teachers a gift (PE, music, art). He said they just hugged him so hard because they rarely ever get gifts. They may not like the $5 box of Russell Stover chocolates, but they appreciated that someone thought of them. Even if they don't like the box of chocolates, they can re-gift it and that's totally fine with me. Sometimes just letting people konw that they are thought of is a good thing whether you buy something or not.
December 19th, 2012
9:46 am
@Michelle – we had a discussion in my home recently about giving gifts. One daughter found a great gift for her BFF, and bought it black friday. BFF told my daughter's boyfriend what she had bought for her. Boyfriend told my daughter, you need to get BFF another present to even it out.
I told my daughter, No you don't. You don't need to feel pressure to "even out" the gifts. The gift you chose, came from the heart. You saw something that reminded you of your BFF, and you chose to purchase that gift. BFF LOVES that you thought enough of her to look at that and think of her.
That's what the true spirit of this season is……gifting from the heart.
My family knows I love all gifts, that someone thought about me while shopping.
December 19th, 2012
9:55 am
@ Mayhem, I am with you on this. I would rather have a $5 bookmark with a ladybug on it ( since I love ladybugs) than a $20 gas card, purchased in haste….to even things out. I treasure my Santa collection, as I have over 50 Santas and they were selected for me. Each one is funny and different. Some are expensive and some are not.
We got our gift box of food from my Dad. Anyone need a Fruitcake or English Muffins? LOL.
December 19th, 2012
10:06 am
The best thing you can give a teacher? Your child sincerely thanking the teacher and expressing their appreciation. It does more than a dollar store knick knack or a gift card. (Seriously, he appreciates the "little gifts", but all those mugs (and a salt and pepper shaker set and a cookie cutter set this year) end up at Goodwill and I end up tossing the candy around February because he never got to eating it. Save your money or better yet, donate to a charity in your teacher's honor.)
December 19th, 2012
10:12 am
I give to all teachers from elementary to high school. As a teacher, I fully understand how tough of a job it is to educate children. I know that 99% of teachers go into their pockets to buy things for their classroom. Not many professions expect you to spend your own money to do your job, yet teachers do it every day. I usually give middle and high school teachers $5 gift cards to Subway since it's right by the schools. Every teacher gets a gift from me if they work with my child. At my school, students don't give a lot of gifts. As a music teacher I may get one or two gifts, but the homeroom teachers don't get much more than that. The students expect us to give them gifts. It doesn't bother me because I know it's the culture of this community. I'm just always amazed at the teachers that complain about getting ornaments, mugs or anything else. Really?
December 19th, 2012
10:14 am
@Mayhem. Good response to your daughter!! It really is the thought that counts!! That is a good lesson to learn early rather than doing like many and borrowing/running up credit cards to get gifts. The commercialism and materialism are overboard and at some point we have to put our foot down. Thanksgiving will soon be a thing of the past with all of the Black Friday sales starting earlier and earlier.
December 19th, 2012
10:17 am
No ornaments please. Cards or Gift Cards. Some place the teacher can shop for the classroom would be cool. i.e. Target, Walmart
December 19th, 2012
10:18 am
RJ…the culture of ( this) the community is an interesting thing…isn't it? I learn new things all the time, as I travel. We all get stuck in a rut with what we expect, due to our area. I do think a $5 gift card is perfect and really easy as you can just pick them all up at the same place!
December 19th, 2012
10:20 am
@ Ashley…I loved ornaments card and gift cards…taught for 15 years, in the classroom.
December 19th, 2012
11:12 am
I stopped buying gifts for all of the teachers a few years back as a result of reading all the negative comments on this blog from teachers and their spouses about what they are "sick" of receiving. No more ornaments, no more mugs, no more this, no more that… whatever happened to simply being pleased someone thought of you?
We have selected one gift for one of my son's teachers. He is a high school junior and this particular teacher is simply wonderful and her influence will have a lasting impact on him.
December 19th, 2012
11:42 am
@ homeschooler: so homeschool is a fake school? I think you meant to use the term 'public.' Y'all should bake a couple dozen cookies or a treat with your children and divide among the teachers.
December 19th, 2012
12:03 pm
Maybe I'm just too pragmatic but if you are going to give someone a gift card then just give em cash! They can spend it wherever they want and you never have to worry about expiration or going out of business!
December 19th, 2012
12:08 pm
Also, movie tickets does not seem like a good idea to me. Keep in mind there are people who do not go to movies due to moral or religious convictions. Kind of like giving alcohol as a gift. Plus, who wants to go alone? Now to redeem their 'gift' they are spending money for family members to accompany.
December 19th, 2012
12:09 pm
I love getting gift cards however the biggest reward is a sincere appreciation for the extra hours above and beyond that I pour into seeing that students succeed. So many times the appreciation does not get expressed and I mainly hear from the parents when it is time to blame someone if they child doesn't succeed. A simple "thank you" goes a long way.
December 19th, 2012
12:09 pm
@MomsRule….I'm feeling a little bit like you. I never gave gifts to teachers when I was in school. Never knew anyone who did. But what I'm feeling funny about is the "no more this and that". Now, I always believe that it is the thought that counts BUT I also believe that a gift should be meaningful to the recipient. How do you do that with a teacher you do not know? I don't think you should ever break the bank trying to give gifts (to anyone) but giving someone something cheap (not inexpensive…CHEAP) doesn't exactly convey how much you think of them. I would be more excited about a gas card than Starbucks (I don't drink coffee but I could get tea I guess). My mother likes to make pralines and I am trying to lose weight so I don't really want her to make me any but that is how she shows love…cooking!…so I just take the candy and share it. I say all that to say, be mindful of who you are giving to and what they may like but when you receive a gift be happy that the giver thought of you at all. We are in a time when people are so self-centered that if someone gives you any kind of thought we should be grateful and show appreciation.
December 19th, 2012
1:23 pm
Pier 1 always has their ornaments and other gifts on a super discount about week before Christmas. They have beautiful ornaments as well, and I think much nicer than a gift card for a movie, especially since $10 at a movie pays for so little. A gas card is good too, as are scratch off lottery tickets. NO HOMEMADE FOOD. It is obvious that almost all of it gets thrown out!
@MJG – that was uncalled for. SEE was not complaining, just stating a fact. Who are YOU to tell her how smart you were by only having 2 kids. I would imagine that SEE gets asked all the time to donate, contribute, etc, and probably also has kids who want what their friends have, while the friends are in smaller families and/or with parents that make more than teachers.
December 19th, 2012
1:24 pm
I'm not an expert on teacher gifts (my kids are homeschooled), but what about cute personalized office supplies, like sticky notes, pens, or pencils? These seem like things teachers would actually use, and they are not very expensive.
December 19th, 2012
1:39 pm
As the wife of a middle school teacher I can tell you that the gifts my husbands received are wonderful. They are very thoughtful and appreciated. He is diabetic and some of the kids brought him sugar free candy last year. This year he got a personalized t-shirt from one student about how he was a teaching superhero. Very clever!
December 19th, 2012
1:39 pm
How about gift cards to stores like ABC School Supply? Teachers can go get supplies they need for the classroom.
December 19th, 2012
3:27 pm
I taught middle school sped for a while, and taught middle school aged kids at a small rural school (k-7). Best gifts were notes from the parents and PICKING THE KID UP EARLY THE LAST DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS, SPRING BREAK, AND THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!
One of my students said to me last week, "You know, being in your class is kind of like being in that class with the Magic School Bus teacher." I will treasure that for a long time!
December 19th, 2012
3:35 pm
I always gave small gifts and a note, for all 3, all the way through school. Many of the H.Sl teachers were surprised! It was important to send a bow in their direction for the effort they spent with mine.
My daughter gets gift cards from her parents–amazing! I work at a school that serves 75% free lunch. Some of the grade-level teachers are given small gifts, but not too many. I work with the most-behind students now, and virtually never get any gift from a student, but I tell them their attention and effort are the best gift for me and them!
December 19th, 2012
3:42 pm
All teachers already get a gift, 2 weeks off.
December 19th, 2012
4:45 pm
My son is 3 and goes to pre-school. I gave $10 gift cards to Chick-Fil-A and a note of appreciation for the wonderful job they do with him. My sister is a middle school teacher and I'm always amazed at the gifts she gets from her students. They really do mean a lot to her.
December 19th, 2012
5:37 pm
We have always given gifts to all of the teachers throughout the years. Sometimes it takes some creativity, but I feel very strongly that whatever you can do to show appreciation to a teacher you should do it. My daughter is in middle school and she took her presents for the teachers in today. We are truly blessed that she has had some of the finest teachers ever at her middle school. Also, don't forget the high school teachers…if anybody needs a gift…they do!
December 19th, 2012
7:12 pm
When I was a "regular teacher", especially the years in kindergarten and first grade (18 I think) I loved getting the ornaments, the crocheted dish towels, the talcum powder, the cookies. It was all good to me. Until last year, when I gave up putting up a tree, I faithfully put those ornaments on the tree, and thought again about those who gave them to me. Many of the givers ended up being teachers–about 25 that I know of–and I teach with a half dozen of them at my school. Now THAT is a gift! In fact, I am teaching several "grand students" this year (and I taught their parents when they were five years old)!
December 19th, 2012
7:13 pm
I am watching a couple of "great grand students" coming along, and I might make it long enough to teach them! Goodness gracious! (We have babies early and often around here.)
December 19th, 2012
10:40 pm
@MissNadine…MJG had already apologized to See before you chimed in. That makes your diatribe at MJG just petty & rude.
I love the MS teachers but I will do at end of year. Usually g/c to Home Depot.
December 19th, 2012
10:41 pm
@missnadine…never considered myself smart for having two kids. Just logical. I once heard someone say, "have as many kids as you have hands to hold them." I thought that was good advice.
I am often a BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND kind of person and thus I tend to look at the long range picture. I have always had friends of all ages ( earlier with older kids) and knew it would be quite expensive for us to have more than two. Since we basically got no help physically or financially from either set of grandparents, we knew we would have to pull it off ourselves. We are hopefully on the home stretch.
Do you have kids of your own? If so, you do know how expensive things can get. If not, then you probably have no idea. The older they get, the more they cost. We have been lucky, as we enjoy our kids and feel the investment was quite worth it.
@ Denise…I have a VERY ugly brass vase that a student gave me over 25 years ago. I use it for a prop telling a story about a Genie. It is perfect. You can get creative with gifts! Reading this blog, you learn that there are lots of opinions about what makes the perfect gift. Everyone is different, that is for sure!
December 19th, 2012
10:45 pm
@ FCM…I think it is better if the gifts are spread out and a note now and gift later would be perfect. Good thinking!


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Are less lethal weapons a good compromise for a country that demands its Second Amendment rights but less bloodshed?
Guns are designed to kill but not all conflicts or confrontation need to end deadly. Weapons/ammunition like tasers and rubber bullets can incapacitate a person without ending their life. If these weapons are more prevalent in our society wouldn't we be safer? Or is the answer to criminals/mad men with guns really a society with more guns?
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Jan 19 2013: You mention just two choices as a solution to criminal/madmen predators: non-lethal weapons; or more guns.
Q: Would more non-lethal weapons make society safer? A: IF, I say IF, we replace all lethal weapons with non-lethal there would be fewer deaths by firearms. That would require a Constitutional amendment to change the Second mendment to read, "the right to keep and bear non-lethal arms." Not likely to happen.
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Jan 20 2013: So you agree less lethal weapons would cause less death but oppose it because it's not likely to happen? The big IF in your answer is whether innocent citizens will go through training in threat control. The other big IF that you leave out is whether that gun the innocent citizen bought will only be used for said purpose and will not EVER get in the wrong hands.
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|Women's Auxiliary to the Railway Mail Association Collection
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Organized in 1900 by wives of postal clerks from St. Paul and Minneapolis. The organization was federated in 1911. In 1941 its membership consisted of 181 women. Its purpose was "promotion of social enjoyment and the mutual advancement of the families of Railway Postal Clerks". Any member of the immediate family of a railway postal clerk or ex-railway postal clerk was eligible for membership.
The organization had a monthly luncheon meeting during the months of January-May and September-December. The organization was active in the Red Cross, the city Milk Fund, and other social welfare community work.
The first president of the associate was Mrs. G. W. Fox. Other prominent members included Mrs. A. C. Jamesgaard, President, 1939; Mrs. David E. Engdahl, President, 1941; Mrs. E.G. Milbrath Historian, 1941; Mrs. O.D. Wisner, National President; Mrs. E. C. Enbody, National President.
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Includes a brief history of the club and several newspaper clippings. Also included are programs for the years 1920-1923 and 1940-1944.
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Women in charitable work--Minnesota.
Women in community organization--Minnesota.
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"The Last Five Years," a chamber musical about a failed five-year-old marriage, has the distinction of employing a plot told in two different ways at the same time. The husband, Jamie, tells the story from beginning to end; the wife, Cathy, recounts their story from its end to its beginning. They join together in terms of plot and song only once, when their stories cross paths, at the point when they first meet and sing "The Next Ten Minutes."
Signature Theatre is currently producing an outstanding version of "The Last Five Years," brilliantly directed by Aaron Posner and beautifully acted by Erin Weaver and James Gardiner.
"The Last Five Years" was written by Jason Robert Brown, who packed as much comedy as he could into his story about two lovely but unfortunate young people. Jamie (Gardiner) is a novelist, who has almost instantaneous success with his initial novel. Its first chapter is published in the Atlantic. Then it is picked up by Random House, after which nothing seems to stand in Jamie's way.
Cathy (Weaver) is an actress who has less success with her career. She goes to audition after audition, always getting turned down. Jamie is supportive of Cathy's career until the end, when he is unfaithful to her. But Brown is not as interested in analyzing the causes of the breakup as he is in illustrating the effects, through song.
|'The Last Five Years'
|» Where: Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington
|» When: Through April 28
|» Info: $40 to $87; 703-820-9771; signature-theatre.org
Some of the numbers are slow, gentle ballads, some are jazzy and upbeat. Jamie gets two of the funniest, "Shiksa Goddess" and "The Schmuel Song," a hilarious klezmer number. All the songs are easy to listen to, even when the lyrics describe pain, for instance in Weaver's "Still Hurting," where her emotion from the breakup is raw.
Many productions of "The Last Five Years" seem to be the staging of a concept, a clever idea, rather than the realization of an integral whole. But Posner has avoided that, in part by casting two intensely appealing actors, in part by playing up the simple love story behind the musical's structure. His two characters seem so dedicated to one another and to the marriage -- until its end -- that it's impossible not to feel their passion for each other. You just don't see them singing that passion to one another in duets.
"The Last Five Years" is subtly about the passage of time and how it affects love. Daniel Conway's set is composed of an apartment with high windows, a bed and a desk. A great curlicue of pages, interspersed with different kinds of clocks, swirls upward from the desk to the ceiling. It is a brilliant evocation of the passage of time.


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Denmark's second-largest city, Århus, is an instantly likeable assortment of intimate cobbled streets, sleek modern architecture, brightly painted houses and student hangouts. It's small enough to get to grips with in a few hours, but lively enough to make you linger for days – an excellent music scene, interesting art, pavement cafés and energetic nightlife all earn it the unofficial title of Denmark's capital of culture.
Århus's main street, the pedestrianized Ryesgade/Søndergade, leads down from the train station, across the river and into the main town square, Bispetorvet. Running parallel one block west of Rysegade is Park Alle with the functionalist 1941 Rådhus (city hall), designed by Arne Jacobsen and Eric Moller (guided tours including bell tower arranged through tourist office). The square itself is dominated by the fifteenth-century Domkirke, a massive Gothic church with exquisite frescoes as well as a miniature Danish warship hanging from the ceiling. The area to the north, known as the Latin Quarter, is crammed with browsable shops, galleries and enticing cafés.Read More
AroS is one of Europe's most beautiful contemporary buildings and a fantastic modern art museum. It contains seven floors of works from the late eighteenth century to the present day accessed from a centrepiece spiral walkway reminiscent of New York's Guggenheim. The Skagen artists head the fine collection of home-grown art: the likes of Warhol are also represented along with the eerie five-metre-high Boy, by Australian sculptor Ron Mueck. The latest addition is the remarkable Rainbow Panorama, a circular rooftop walkway, fashioned in all colours of the spectrum, and offering wonderful city views.
Den Gamle By
Den Gamle By
A short walk northwest of the centre is one of the city's best-known attractions, Den Gamle by ("the old town"), an open-air museum of traditional Danish life, with seventy-odd half-timbered townhouses and actors in contemporary dress. A new town expansion is under construction (due for completion in 2014), which will feature shops and homes from 1900 to 1974 and attractions such as a poster museum. Close by are the pleasant botanical gardens.
Marselisborg Palace and Moesgård Museum
Marselisborg Palace and Moesgård Museum
Marselisborg Skov, two kilometres south of the centre, is the city's largest park, and home to the summer residence of the Danish royals: its landscaped grounds can be visited when the monarch isn't staying (usually at all times outside Easter, Christmas and late June to early Aug).
Ten kilometres south of Århus, the Moesgård Museum details Danish civilizations from the Stone Age onwards. Its most notable exhibit is the "Grauballe Man", an amazingly well-preserved sacrificial victim dating from around 100 BC discovered in a peat bog west of town in 1952. Also remarkable is the Illerup Ådal collection of Iron Age weapons and the scenic "prehistoric trail" which runs 3km to the sea. A striking redesign of the museum (tripling the area but not affecting access) should be complete by 2014.
Northwest of Århus
Northwest of Århus
Mainland Denmark's loveliest scenery lies northwest of Aarhus, with the big draw being the country's first national park, Thy, created in 2008. It's a lonely tract of wild beach and inland heath containing the Danish surfing Mecca of Kirtmøller, and backing onto vast fjords such as Limfjorden, producing some of the world's finest oysters.


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Some advice from my experiences -
You do not win a fantasy football championship with your first two picks. You win fantasy leagues by picking studs in the middle and late rounds. Another thing, don't draft your defense or kicker until the very end.
In the last three years, I've either won my super bowl or made the super bowl in all of my leagues. It's those middle picks that win you games. So, without further ado, here are my sleepers:
Peyton Hillis, RB - Chiefs
(65 overall)
Peyton Hillis was a beast in 2010 with the Browns. It earned him a spot on EA's Madden game. In terms of last year, Hillis wasn't hurt. He was just cross because he wanted a new contract. That being said, he forcefully sat out of games last year.
At 26 - and in a contract year - Hillis is on a high powered offense with the KC Chiefs. Jamal Charles is ahead of Hillis on the dept chart, but all signs point to an even workload between the two. Hillis is set to explode this year and could provide high end #2 RB numbers. He has been going as late as 8th round in most ADP data.
I say reach up and snag him in the 5th or 6th round, depending on your team and what's on your board. Hillis can catch out of the backfield and will get the goal line work. Remember how productive Charles was in a RB by committee? The coaches want to keep JC fresh for the season, so expect some lighting and thunder in KC.
Doug Martin, RB - Bucs (26th overall)
Maybe he isn't a super sleeper, but he is the starting RB for the Tampa Bucs. Doug Martin is an MJD type player, as he is a small bowling bowl. The Bucs moved up to get this kid and he's already been named the starter.
You can expect Martin to go in the 3rd or 4th round of your draft. He has a play making QB in Josh Freeman, a WR in Vincent Jackson and a solid O-Line. If Martin can put up 1,100 rushing 400 receiving and some 8-10 TDs then we have ourselves a great #2 RB. This may be a useful choice for those of you who are drafting a QB or WR in round one.
David Wilson, RB - Giants (75 overall)
Wilson has looked great this preseason. He's playing behind the injury prone Ahmad Bradshaw, though. If the two split carries or Bradshaw goes down, expect to see big things from this big back.
Ronnie Brown, RB - Chargers (Undrafted)
Yes, Ronnie Brown is the starter in San Diego. And he will finish with more points than Ryan "Made of Glass" Matthews by season's end. A steal at where he is going, which is undrafted; you're getting the starting RB for the Chargers ...
Rashad Jennings, RB - Jags (73 overall)
Yes, MJD finally ended his holdout. But that doesn't mean Jennings is done for, either. The Jags announced that Jennings will be the week 1 starter. Also, MJD may get injured due to being out of shape from his holdout (we've see this movie before).
Meanwhile, Jennings is in the top 5 of rushing yards for RBs this preseason. Reports on why they didn't give MJD more money is because they like what they see in Jennings.
Cedric Benson - RB, Packers (55 overall)
He may be 30, but we feel Benson has some gas left in the tank, especially since he's playing with Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers. Defenses will respect Rodgers and not Benson at game time. Expect some big runs from this former Bear.
Other RB sleepers -
- Donald Brown (starter, Indy) (68 overall)
- Ryan Williams (Possible starter, Cards) (85th overall)
- DeAngelo Williams (His stock has been soaring since Jon Stewart went down, 83rd overall)
Jon Baldwin , WR - Chiefs (Going undrafted)
This guy is built like Calvin Johnson. He is crazy big and fast. He is now playing as the #2 WR on the KC Chiefs. With Matt Castle healthy, and Bowe in camp, the Chiefs look to be a high powered offense this season. Look for Baldwin in the late rounds, this lottery ticket will surely pay.
Eric Decker - WR - Broncos (50th overall)
Remember Jordy Nelson last year? I got him in the 15th round in 2011. He would then go on to score 15TDs for the season.
Eric Decker is this year's Jordy Nelson. You can put that in granite. In the Bronco's 3rd preseason game, Peyton Manning threw two TDs to Decker. He's also targeted him a lot. The two of a good rapport and expect Decker to possibly be even a 1 WR this year.
Brandon Lloyd, WR - Pats (48th overall)
He is back with Josh McDaniels, but this time Tom Brady is his QB. Who else is buying this? Grab this guy there is great value with Lloyd.
Antonio Brown, WR - Steelers ( 44th overall)
Forget Mike Wallace. Brown has simply looked amazing this preseason. He also finished strong with Big Ben toward the end of last season, too. You can grab this guy as your #1 WR and feel very confident.
QBs -
Outside the usual suspects, here are some studs dying to break out this year:
Matt Ryan, QB - Falcons (Going 38th overall)
Go look at his numbers from last year. Now realize that he has Julio Jones, Roddy White and Gonzo to throw to. This is Matty's break out here. He seems to be going in the 4th round, although I snagged him in 6th. It all depends how many QBs go early in your league. Expect top 5 numbers this season.
Jay Cutler, QB - Chicago (Going 87th overall)
He is back with Brandon Marshall and the two are putting on a show this preseason. Cutler also has Alshon Jeffery. With Matt Forte and Michael Bush in the backfield, this is going to be the most explosive season Cutler's had since he went to the Pro Bowl. He is this year's Matt Stafford.
Russell Wilson, QB - Seahawks (Going 129th overall)
No, RG3 isn't this year's Cam Newton. It's this guy - Russell Wilson. Draft this guy with your final pick and park him on your bench. He can do it all.
Other QB sleepers -
Do you play fantasy football? Have any tips for Encino-Tarzana Patch readers? Tell us in the comments!


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Vivlamore reporting.
The Hawks didn't need a last-second 3-pointer to beat the lowly Wizards this time.
Atlanta built an 18 point lead in the third quarter but still had to hold off a late rally en route to a 104-95 victory over Washington Friday night. The win comes two weeks after the Hawks needed a last shot to defeat the then-winless Wizards at home.
The Hawks (11-5), third in the Eastern Conference, won for the eighth time in the past nine games. They have beaten the Wizards five straight games and 10 straight at Philips Arena.
The Wizards (2-14) are winless on the road, dropping all eight contests.
After watching two fourth-quarter leads slip away in their last two games, one a win and one a loss, the Hawks wanted to show a killer instinct against an inferior opponent.
They did – but barely.
The Hawks built the 18-point lead as DeShawn Stevenson hit a pair of 3-pointers early in third period. The Wizards didn't go away without a fight. They chipped away and cut the lead to two points in the fourth quarter.
The Hawks used a 13-2 run, started with less than four minutes left, to regain the double-digit lead for the win.
"We have to develop a killer instinct," coach Larry Drew said. "We had a team on the ropes and clearly had the momentum. We just have to develop that killer instinct. Tonight we didn't have it. We didn't do it. I've seen it before. I've seen us get into games and we have stretches where we really play well, we get leads and we have a lapse. We had one tonight.
"It's something that you develop and something that doesn't come over night. You eventually develop. You have to go through those type situations to understand it. I love being in that position where we do get big leads and create some separation. I'd rather have that problem than the other way around."
Josh Smith led the Hawks with 23 points and a season-high 15 rebounds. Al Horford added 14 points and 14 rebounds, his fourth straight game with a double-double. The Hawks also got double-digit scoring from their other starters in Jeff Teague (19), Stevenson (15) and Devin Harris (15).
Harris said the issue was more about the mistakes the Hawks are making.
"We just have to develop that killer instinct," Harris said. "This is a different team. Sometime it takes a little while. Hopefully it won't cost us any more games before we can figure it out. … You have to go through it a couple times and learn from your mistakes. In the third quarter we had them on the ropes. We have to understand that at that point we have to turn it up a little bit more."
The Wizards were led by Kevin Seraphin with 19 points and Bradley Beal with 18 points.
The Hawks led by as many as 14 points in the first half. The Wizards cut the lead to six points, 46-40, late in the second quarter. However, Stevenson hit back-to-back 3-pointers and Teague made a layup as the Hawks re-took a double-digit lead, 54-41, headed into intermission.
"I've got to give it up to Teague and Harris," Stevenson said. "I'm in the right spots. They know what spots I like to shoot from. I'm playing with a lot of confidence right now and just shooting the ball."
A 12-2 first-quarter run broke the game open early for the Hawks. They used another 10-0 run late in the opening stanza to lead by 14 points. The Wizards finished the opening quarter by shooting just 1 of 8 from the floor.
The Hawks held a 47-32 rebounding advantage, a key statistic for the unit.
It's early in the season but Stevenson said the Hawks must learn to finish off opponents.
"In the third quarter we get lackadaisical, take bad shots and turn the ball over," he said. "We have to keep that killer instinct because in the playoffs it's like that. … It's a good position (with big leads) but at the same time you don't want it to come back in a playoff situation and it bite us in the butt."
The Hawks will be tested as they start a three-game road trip Saturday against the Grizzlies, the top team in the Western Conference. That is followed by a game against the Heat, with the second best record in the Eastern Conference.
"All in all we've had a great homestand," Smith said. "That was very important. Now, we have to go out on the road and try to duplicate what we did at home."
- Chris Vivlamore
December 7th, 2012
9:58 pm
Joakim Noah had 5 less rebounds than the Pistons…as a whole team.
December 7th, 2012
10:02 pm
Let's go Hawks!
December 7th, 2012
10:06 pm
Join ESPN and be a Hawks supporter on the ESPN game threads!
December 7th, 2012
10:07 pm
ESPN gamecast, showed John Jenkins in for the end of the game. Why no mention of him being back?
December 7th, 2012
10:19 pm
This was pretty much a must-win because our next two at Memphis and Miami are far from guranteed.
December 7th, 2012
10:22 pm
jj fan need to keep up bro:
December 7th, 2012
10:24 pm
I would trade Josh Smith for Joakim Noah in a heartbeat.
December 7th, 2012
10:26 pm
I think im going to go help sumbodys daughter with that tuition. Strokers? Onyx? ……Life is full of tuff decisions.
December 7th, 2012
10:30 pm
O Yeah Go Hawks!!! Jamaaliver arm chair GM is where you need to be.
Josh >>>Noah…..Josh<<<<<<< L Aldridge
December 7th, 2012
10:33 pm
Just left Columbia…listened to the game on the radio while on I-20 headed back to Atlanta. Good win. Go Hawks!
December 7th, 2012
10:33 pm
December 7th, 2012
10:24 pm
I would trade Josh Smith for Joakim Noah in a heartbeat.
Noah and Al, reunited and it feels so good! 2-Time NCAA Champions!!
December 7th, 2012
10:37 pm
We are half a game out of 1st place in the division. MIAMI, were coming for you (in Mike Tyson voice)
December 7th, 2012
10:38 pm
thanks, doc.
December 7th, 2012
10:40 pm
listening to kobe on espn interview for the second time tonight, saying he essentially is getting d12 to put on his big boys pants like he is gasol. now described as serious "part of the time" by announcer and they are going to rub each other the wrong way. and saying d12 knew and wanted what he was getting into maybe to say it is too tough for him to meet such a standard.
again, say josh is more the man than d12 is. svg may have been the best thing for d12 and that may have been his high point until he makes a mental shift. kobe has a sense of urgency, d12 thinks he needs to be somewhere else maybe. sound familiar?
December 7th, 2012
10:40 pm
had no idea Stevenson would be this good for us.
December 7th, 2012
10:41 pm
no prob jj fan and i think he is going to be a good one.
December 7th, 2012
10:45 pm
What happened ,did Ferry call LD ask LD ,what are you doing to JT he hasn't been playing well,you need to play him big minutes & you need to get out of his face & let him play his game.LD left his office & said to himself he didn't say I have to play Ivan,he didn't mention him,ha ha.
December 7th, 2012
10:45 pm
What an amazing run so far, without ISO Joe and Marvin, great job by our GM and Coach!!
December 7th, 2012
10:50 pm
Westbrook with 27 and 5 dimes at the half against the Lakers? Wow!
December 7th, 2012
10:53 pm
i hate russell westbreezy
December 7th, 2012
10:58 pm
December 7th, 2012
10:50 pm
Westbrook with 27 and 5 dimes at the half against the Lakers? Wow!
December 7th, 2012
11:02 pm
westbreezy with 5 [3-balls]!
Lakers would have been better off keeping Bernie Bickerstaff as the interim coach..
Mike D'Antoni is turning into a disaster hire! Sorta like what happen with the Knicks under his tutelage….hmmm
December 7th, 2012
11:04 pm
I agree Slimjr – if the Lakers could not pull Phil Jackson back in it, then they should have left well enough alone. Bad hire D'Antoni never won the big one – what's the freaking obession with his brand?
December 7th, 2012
11:15 pm
Did not see the game, but good win for the Hawks. We must continue to beat up on these bad teams, because we will have a tough time when the schedule toughens.
We outrebounded the Wizards, but Hawks must get better at their FT shooting. We were 12-19 (63%) from the stripe. And Josh and Al are our 2 worst FT shooters.
December 7th, 2012
11:19 pm
aS bad as the Lakers are right now, lets see how they look when Nash and Gasol comes back.
I will say…I hope things fall apart, and Kobe calls out D12, which being the cry baby he is…D12 may want to test free agency (although the Mavs may be an attractive option).
December 7th, 2012
11:31 pm
marvin for 14 as the jazz blow up for 131 tonight. no crying yet about his loss nor jj's.
6 games above 500. is this the high mark for the team? if we finish the season at 6 games ove then that would be huge in my eyes and what i hoped for at best.
December 7th, 2012
11:31 pm
d12 17/14 and his team is down by 15.
December 8th, 2012
12:09 am
Dsteve had a huge game on both ends and is spot on in his comments. We had mental lapses in the third that gave them life when we could of choked em out. Also in the fourth I think we had some stagnant offensive possessions and were lucky Osh found that J tonight. Against real teams we cant do that and expect to keep winning.
December 8th, 2012
1:09 am
5 games in 7 nights. LD gotta play his bench. I wanna see Jenkins tomorrow.
December 8th, 2012
1:37 am
"In the third quarter we get lackadaisical,
take bad shots and turn the ball over,"
LD preaches "Killer Instinct"
Allright – DSteve gets it.
LD – it`s about a mind trick / or somethin`
The so called `kllr Instnct' is nothing more than:
"doing the right thing every time"
having the mentality of;
"always winning the next play every time"
I just said what DSteve said … in a different way.
There is NO mind trick;
where a team all of a sudden get`s a burst of energy,
then proceeds to blow away the opponent.
a team simply refuses to get lazy, or lackadaisical,
continues to diplay fundamentals and play within the Team.
It`s really that simple.
As I said – D-Steve gets it !
December 8th, 2012
1:56 am
I think when the Hawks were ahead by 18 points LD should play Ivan & Jenkins. I believe they would play in full strenght and would not let the team get "lackadaisical"…
December 8th, 2012
4:42 am
No Stevenson tonight. No Korver. May be a Jenkins siting, but I doubt it.
December 8th, 2012
5:55 am
The Hawks are Ranked #3 in The East!!! ….and they are Rarely mentioned on the front web page in the AJC??? I have to always scroll to the Hawks tab to find info on the Hawks!! Where's the Respect for this team?? Same thing on NBA.com !!! C'mon support the Hawks!!!
December 8th, 2012
6:00 am
I agree the city needs to support this team. These next two games are very important. Two wins and certainly people will notice. Two losses, people will notice to.
LD really may have made a mistake by starting Stevenson last night. He does not play him back to back. I have no idea who is going to check Rudy Gay. I would assume the Hawks will start with the big lineup.
Without Stevenson, we will see a lot of Morrow and Ivan. The only way we see Jenkins is if one of our players gets in foul trouble.
December 8th, 2012
6:37 am
Good win by the boys tonight but like national media says the Hawks don't have a go to man at the end of the night which unlike tonight (because they went to Josh in the 4th) will cost them games. They need to go with Josh and his unorthidox offencive game at the end (unless somebody is crazy hot at end of games) for better or worse because like it or not josh haters, he is the best overall player on the team and they can only go as far as he takes us. I think Josh will come back and his game will go to another lvl if he is given the ball with the team down with less than a min and LD tells him "go win it for us" until that happens at a home game we will have no chance moving forward
Ps Josh I'm not a hater of ur set shot but don't shoot that long 2 … shot a 3 or drive long 2's are just dumb shots when u hit 3 at the same clip. Just hang behind the line and dribble drive or shot from there. That is so annoying when u hit or miss that dumb shot. And LD should have told you that by now college 3's count for 2 in the NBA
December 8th, 2012
6:53 am
you didn't build that!
December 8th, 2012
7:51 am
Crazy stat – DeShawn Stevenson has made 32 baskets this season …..28 of them have been threes
December 8th, 2012
8:10 am
Last year, Stevenson attempted 172 shots, 145 were 3's. It's just who he is at this point. He's really a great role player to have on the bench. He hustles. He defends. He camps out at the 3-pt line, which provides spacing for the team & limits his turnovers. He seems to be a good locker room presence.
It's just unfortunate that we have to force him in to the starting SF role and get 26+ minutes a night from him. He's likely to break down at that rate. Even on the championship Mavs he avgd just 16 minutes a game.
December 8th, 2012
8:15 am
Bad night for Damion James last night. 2 pts, 4 Rebs, 4 fouls, 4 turnovers, -17 in 17 minutes.
Mike Scott played 29 minutes and had 14 pts on 11 shots, 4 Rebs, 3 assists and no turnovers, but was -26 for the game.
Bakersfield lost big of course.
December 8th, 2012
8:27 am
Joe Johnson took advantage of the Warriors' poor defensive backcourt and scored a season-high 32 points on 12-of-23 shooting (including four threes) with five rebounds, one assist, and one block in the Nets' 109-102 loss on Friday.
What did our backcourt do against GS?
December 8th, 2012
8:40 am
doc (10:40), I never thought Kobe would put up with d12's grinning, don't care attitude. A guy who is the epitome of mental toughness cares little for a teammate who has none.
December 8th, 2012
9:08 am
d12 is the stern system gone wrong. he was pampered by the refs and had his way before he earned it and it is going to be hard for him to get it back. grinder, he is not. maybe he is losing the respect of his peers as well, starting with kobe.
hope that gatsby nash gets back soon and is in fine form to pull this thing together. it could get f'ugly faster than fast if not.
December 8th, 2012
9:26 am
Hawks 11-5. Really good start. Let's go shock Memphis and rule South Beach.
December 8th, 2012
9:29 am
I do like that D'Antoni keeps him in at the end despite his horrid free throw %. D'Antoni says if he's a franchise player he needs to finish out games. Imagine that – a coach holding his star player accountable! Would be nice if the parents in our society would do the same.
December 8th, 2012
9:33 am
If they are waiting for Nash, I just don't know. I think the Lakers need to try to get Amare. He works a lot better in the system than Gasol.
Again, toughest matchup so far this season. This is a very important game. Wins tonight and Monday will get people talking about us.
JT0 is being more aggresive. He took 22 shots. Also, in games JT0 played 30+ minutes, the Hawks are 10-1 this season.
December 8th, 2012
9:59 am
I don't care about D12 and I hope that whole situation blows up. Not sure why anyone would want to see that team do well unless they are closet Laker fans?
Big game for Hawks, will be interesting to see how we stack up against Memphis. Will LD start big lineup with more Ivan?
December 8th, 2012
10:06 am
Not much to say after last night, we gave up some leads but got them back. Great game, I am surprised Ivan didnt get any PT though.
If we can get 10+ from all starters nightly we will be a very good team, balanced scoring is a great threat because you can't stop just one guy when everyone can score.
I'll be watching this game along with the Benson Henderson fight live on FOX, Benson vs Diaz is a straight up BRAWL! Benson wins and the Hawks win tonight.
December 8th, 2012
10:10 am
Oh yes and d12…
If he cant find the intensity and see that he has a chance to win an NBA championship with Kobe, Steve Nash and Pau Gasol then I do not want that care free attitude to sign with the hawks in the off-season if LA boots him out.
Your a professional NBA player and all he seems to care about is personal accolades and trying to make Dwight Howard a global brand, he doesnt realize he is an NBA player first and if he wins championships he will get more fame that way than commercials or whatever else he pursues.
December 8th, 2012
10:31 am
great win by the Hawks all you people that want josh smith traded are stupid he and horford are the faces of this franchise stevenson has been a great pick up and i love teagues development and harris solid Bring on the Grizzles GO HAWKS!
December 8th, 2012
10:35 am
Really I wouldn't mind D12 being here first it brings more fans and number two finally make people shut up about the center issue.
I know we all say we don't want D12 here, but if he does come here same people will be like D12 the man and etc. etc.
Look at what just happened with Ivan Johnson told us he's a trouble maker over in China they kicked him out now this guy got a nickname and key to the city in Atlanta just saying.


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Vile photos show the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border no one is talking about
With a spate of huge stories breaking in the past few weeks, you might not have caught the massive environmental crisis in northern Mexico that began earlier in August.
According to the Associated Press, local politicians claim that Grupo Mexico, a private mining company in Sonora with a troubling track record of hazardous waste violations in Mexico and the U.S., was slow to report a disastrous fault in its leaching ponds, which hold industrial acid used in the mining process. The spill released around 10 million gallons of acid into the Bacanuchi and Sonora Rivers.
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Would a large network of small telescopes equal one large telescope?
The proposal.... Form a network of hundreds of amateur astronomers around the world focusing on the same objects at the same time using CCD's and automatic tracking mounts . Locate each telescope precisely with a carrier-wave GPS hack and network the whole lot through some glorious alloy of SeaDragon and PhotoSynth to produce one huge, stable, composite image.
The question.... Have I totally misunderstood the physics of magnification?
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Nov 8 2013: Optical resolution is limited by "seeing" which is distortion of the image due to atmospheric effects. Observatories have complex computer controlled systems to clear the view. Without these an optical telescope any bigger than about a metre across the mirror is pointless as its theoretical resolution excedes the resolution possible through the atmosphere. That's why they build observatories on mountain tops. Less air to see through. It's also why Hubble is so good. No air to see through.
Nov 10 2013: The problem is you can't compensate for the atmospheric effect as it will be different for each individual telescope. It's a bit like looking through a dirty window. You could use a computer to attempt to compensate but every window has different dirt. Combining two images just combines two sets of problems. One good image is easier to produce.
Nov 11 2013: I agree. at these sensitivities even a minute gust of wind or temp fluctuations and even gravity humidity ect would be impossible to account for the 'noise' for even one telescope through our atmosphere at these distances. I wonder if computing facts from say 4 Hubble telescopes could allow us to see further! though it is my understanding that the problem is not distance, but breadth. we can only scan tiny pinpoints in the sky at any one time
Nov 11 2013: Well perhaps we can copy the big boys and put up a laser. One spot (a few spots?), near the target, that everyone can pick up. Perhaps we can encode time information in the beam to give another level of accuracy.
As I understand it the pro's use the laser to change the shape of the mirror itself rather than the image but surely the physics would translate?
Distributed systems are standard in radio astronomy and surely Gamma rays etc. are even higher wavelengths than light?
Nov 11 2013: Large networks of radio telescopes are possible because the long wavelengths used aren't affected by the atmosphere. Gamma ray observations are generally done in space as they interact heavily with the atmosphere.
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The subject of Gender Identify Disorder (GID) has emerged in the media and within the gay and lesbian movement as transgender visibility and activism continues to grow. GID is listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA).
While some transgender people use a GID diagnosis to qualify for hormone treatment, surgery and, in limited cases, anti-discrimination protections based on disability, the diagnosis can be used to pathologize transgender people and "gender-variant" youth -- i.e., those children who exhibit behavior that may be viewed as "pre-homosexual" or "pre-transsexual." GID is a controversial subject that deserves sensitive treatment. It has broad implications for the civil rights, health and well-being of transgender people.
NGLTF has worked in conjunction with Transexual Menace, International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment (ICTLEP), National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, FTM (Female-To-Male) International, Intersex Society of North America ("Hermaphrodites With Attitude"), International Foundation For Gender Education, GenderPAC, BiNet USA, Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, and other gay/lesbian/bi/transgender organizations and individuals on the subject of transgenderism, transgender visibility in our society, and GID.
A useful resource on GID and its use against children is the in-depth "Information Sheet" produced by National Center For Lesbian Rights staff attorney Shannon Minter, 415-392-6257, firstname.lastname@example.com. A copy of the joint NCLR and International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy (ICTLEP) statement on GID may also be obtained from Shannon Minter at NCLR. The City of San Francisco Human Rights Commission recently passed a proclamation opposing the use of GID against children by the APA. For a copy, contact the Commission at (415)252-2500. Transexual Menace has background information, a Q&A and other facts about GID and transgenders; contact Riki Anne Wilchins, (212)645-1753, email@example.com.
As NCLR and ICTLEP point out, there is a growing number of jurisdictions with civil rights policies that prohibit discrimination against transgendered people without reference to GID. These include the state of Minnesota and well as its cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul; San Francisco and Santa Cruz, Calif.; Seattle, Wash.; and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In addition, the European Court of Justice recently held that employment discrimination against transsexual people violates the fundamental human right to be free of discrimination based on sex. Many transgender activists believe these laws represent the beginning of a new era in transgender liberation -- a time in which they can attain equality and health care not through a diagnosis of "mental illness," but through a progressive and comprehensive civil rights agenda.
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The SAT cheating scandal involving an Emory student has led to tougher security measures for test takers.
Last year, the Nassau County district attorney charged Emory University student Sam Eshaghoff, who is from New York, with scheming to defraud, criminal impersonation and falsifying business records. The DA alleged that six students at Great Neck North High School in Long Island paid him as much as $2,500 to take the SAT in hopes of achieving a higher score.
Now, the test companies are taking steps to prevent such blatant cheating.
According to The New York Times:
Stung by a cheating scandal involving dozens of Long Island high school students, the SAT and ACT college entrance exams will now require students to upload photos when they sign up for the exams, and officials will check that image against the photo identification the students present when they arrive to take the test, the Nassau County district attorney said Tuesday.
The change was one of several announced Tuesday in the aftermath of the cheating cases, in which high-scoring students used fake IDs to take SATs or ACTs for other students. Twenty teenagers from five schools in Nassau County were arrested last fall, five of them suspected of taking tests for others and the other 15 accused of paying them $500 to $3,600 to take the tests.
The new rules apply nationwide, and the Nassau County district attorney, Kathleen M. Rice, said in a statement that they would take effect in the fall. Ms. Rice said a goal of the new requirements was to close the gaps in test security that had allowed students to impersonate other students. The photograph that students will be required to upload will be printed on their admission ticket and the roster at the test center. The statement said the uploaded photos would be retained in a database that high school and college admissions officials can look at.
Another new rule calls for would-be test-takers to list their high school when they sign up. "This will ensure that high school administrators receive students' scores as well as their uploaded photo," according to a statement from Ms. Rice's office. "This back-end check will provide another opportunity for cheaters to be caught." The statement said home-schooled students or others who are not in high school — those in the military, for example — "will follow a slightly different registration procedure."
The statement also said that standby test registration, in which students can register the day they take the test, would be eliminated. "Students not appearing on the roster" at a test center or students who do not present sufficient identification "will not be allowed to sit for the exam," according to the statement from Ms. Rice.
–From Maureen Downey, for the AJC Get Schooled blog
March 27th, 2012
1:29 pm
Atlanta issues are unique to Atlanta, and I think it's sad that they are trying to paint the rest of the nation as sad as they are. The majority of individuals in this city are left overs from the rest of the nation. They are some of the most poorly educated individuals I have met and worked with in my career.
Focus on your city and the lies and deceit that you have perpetuated on the rest of us. I have worked all over this nation and none is more ethically flawed than this city. The children of Atlanta Public Schools are by far the dumbest children I have worked with. Rude, hostile, and careless about their actions
March 27th, 2012
1:43 pm
This supports my earlier suggestion that make all students' test scores public to reduce cheating.
March 27th, 2012
1:52 pm
You mean you gotta show an ID to take an SAT but one political flavor wants to eliminate showing an ID to vote?!? In the ten years since coming into the teaching world, I have seen cheating taken to new heights. Many students are mastering the fine art of cheating in middle school or before and honing those skills through high school. This is not the way to compete in this day and age. This country will reap what it is sowing by raising our kids with some secular relativistic morality or no morality at all and blaming everyone else for their faults. May God have mercy on us.
March 27th, 2012
1:53 pm
3,2,1 until we here that this is a problem due to republicans, Bush, NCLB, etc.
Because of the aforementioned, it is alot easier to catch these liberals & their cheating ways. This is way the libs hate it.
March 27th, 2012
2:31 pm
Are minority students going to be prohibited from taking these tests? My understanding was that getting your photo made, even if it was at no cost was prohibitive against people who are not white.
March 27th, 2012
3:05 pm
As if voter impersonation has ever been or ever will be a problem. Test taker impersonation, on the other hand, is as old as . . . high stakes aptitude testing.
March 27th, 2012
3:07 pm
Pluto, you mean like the folks who can absentee vote without showing any ID?
March 27th, 2012
4:56 pm
I was told by several students that they observed another student cheating via cellphone while taking the SAT. No one wanted to get involved and point it out to the proctor. This could be teenagers being teenagers, but the girls/boys were adamant the girl was cheating. I'm sure she had her photo id.
March 27th, 2012
7:48 pm
Are they really going to expect High School administrators to check pictures when they receive scores? Please!!!
March 28th, 2012
1:34 am
Well…I guess this means that UK and Calipari are going to have to figure out some other way to get their basketball players eligible.
March 28th, 2012
4:40 am
Pluto says "Many students are mastering the fine art of cheating in middle school or before and honing those skills through high school. This is not the way to compete in this day and age."
Well, they learned how to cheat…in school…from their teachers.
I think no adult in Atlanta and especially no teacher in Atlanta has any right to criticize these students when they cheat because they all cry about the unfairness of high stakes tests! Well this is a high stakes test, remember?
Cheating teachers…this is what you make when you cheat and you have no right to criticize.
March 28th, 2012
4:45 am
But wait….this is a high stakes test!
Over and again Maureen and Get Schooled and a thousand teachers on this blog blame the test because it is a high stakes test and of course everyone will cheat on a high stakes test. It's not the cheaters fault or lack of morals the cheating Atlanta teachers say…it's just the test.
Well, what's good for the teacher is good for the student.
If it's Ok for a teacher to cheat on a high stakes test, then it must be OK for a student to cheat on a high stakes test.
I, for one, think all cheating is wrong. No one put a gun to the teachr's head and demanded they cheat — they should be fired and never allowed to teach or be employed by the government again.
As for the students, the test taker and the one the test taker is cheating for should be punished too.
March 28th, 2012
4:47 am
You have an unusual comment. You write "This supports my earlier suggestion that make all students' test scores public to reduce cheating."
How will this reduce cheating?
Explain your argument.
I assume that shame is part of your plan but I cannot see any reasonable situation where this would solve the cheating problem.
Good test security measures would solve the cheating problem but publishing test scores? How would that reduce cheating?
March 28th, 2012
8:09 am
Very sad that a few children's actions will cause such a large change in the testing policy. I am concerned with the process. This will assume that every child has access to the internet and the equipment to upload their picture. I dont think this is a racial issue, but an income class one. It will be interesting to see how much this will actually help the situation and what the long term impact will be. This is just sad that due to the spoiled antics of a few teens, it will change the entire process for everyone. I am glad both of my teens are throuh unless this rule follows to the GMAT.
March 28th, 2012
9:09 am
So these kids were able to pay this test-taker upwards of 2500 dollars. My question……where the heck were the parents? AreI we suppose to assume they didn't know about this shady business. This is all about competition and the lengths kids and parents are going to achieve the ultimate goal, whether it be by hook or crook. Once again spoiled teenagers have said they won't play by the rules because they don't apply to them…….wonder what the final punishment, if any will be?
March 28th, 2012
11:49 am
You blame bad parents and bad kids by saying "This is all about competition and the lengths kids and parents are going to achieve the ultimate goal, whether it be by hook or crook. Once again spoiled teenagers have said they won't play by.."
Spoiled adult teachers won't play by the rules either. If the teachers in Atlanta claim they HAD to cheat because it is a high stakes test (CRCT) then HOW can we as an Atlanta society expect our own younger minor children and young adult children to have higher morals than their own teachers?
The SAT is absolutely a high stakes test — much higher than the CRCT test.
If teachers claim the stakes were so high they had to cheat, well then the same thing goes for the younger, less mature students.
ALL cheating is wrong.
We as a society need to enforce test security measures for ALL involved, not just minor children — especially adult teachers.
March 28th, 2012
12:10 pm
Denise, I understand your concern for the poor but I think you don't have to worry. Kids who are college bound are familiar with computers and kids who are performing well in school are known by their teachers and the staff at the school. If a kid is smart and does well in school, they will be encouraged to go to college and take the SAT or ACT. Every school has a computer that can send a digital photo and just about every high school kid I know has a digital camera on their cell phone.
If this was another country, i think you'd be right to worry but here and now? very very unlikely….but I like that you are concerned for everyone's opportunity.
March 28th, 2012
2:56 pm
[...] SAT cheating scandal involving Emory student leads to new rule about photo IDs The DA alleged that six students at Great Neck North High School in Long Island paid him as much as $ 2500 to take the SAT in hopes of achieving a higher score. Now, the test companies are taking steps to prevent such blatant cheating. Read more on Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) [...]
March 30th, 2012
3:45 pm
All the photos in the world will not end cheating. Some people feel as if any means should be employed to win. I have seen it among those who are well educated and those who were educated in the public domain. Our children have many examples of people who have prospered greatly by cheating the system. Corporate heads whom have lied about degrees they have not received, politicians who hold high standards over others while not having to sustain them for themselves. Teachers pressured to perform by people who have never taught, never mentored our youth, and in some cases simply don't care. With whats at stake some kids are going to reassure the results by learning how to cheat. The photos will not stop cheating those with the financial capability will pay the right people to defeat even that system. Let's not leave out parents who cheat at little league, football, cheer leading, debate, homework, reports , school applications. and any thing that puts their child ahead of some one else s. We are going to start at the top to solve this, but who wants to give up their seat at the top for some one who actually earned it.


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