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Interdisciplinary Studies
Businesses in today's globally competitive and rapidly changing technological environment are increasing resorting to multi-disciplinary approaches to problem solving. The Fox School is leading a growing trend in business schools towards interdisciplinary research with its Inter-Disciplinary Studies (IDS) concentration. Outstanding students seeking in-depth preparation spanning multiple functional areas of business or who have expectations for breadth beyond the established programs of study may be interested in the IDS concentration. The faculty members within the IDS program are internationally recognized coming from multiple backgrounds in accounting, finance, international business, information systems, marketing, neuroscience, statistics and strategic management.
Because Interdisciplinary Studies students orient themselves between departments, student-identification of a primary mentor is of paramount importance. The mentor's role is to ensure desirable student development as measured by paper presentations at top conferences, publication in relevant academic journals and, ultimately, placements in research universities. Students from the IDS concentration typically seek mentorship from the most prestigious researchers in the Fox School, and, accordingly, are typically of the highest caliber among our accepted applicant pool.
New IDS Concentration in Decision Neuroscience
Decision Neuroscience, including its subfields of Neuroeconomics and Neuromarketing, has provided new insights into the mechanisms that underlie a wide range of economic and social phenomena ranging from risky choice and consumer behavior to altruism and cooperation. The interdisciplinary graduate program in Decision Neuroscience will be a joint effort between the Fox School of Business and the Department of Psychology (Brain and Cognitive Sciences) at Temple University. Students enrolled in this program will gain a thorough understanding of the intellectual issues in the rapidly growing field of Decision Neuroscience. The program, the first ever of its kind, has a unique vision of integrating scientific findings with everyday real-world problems, and seeks to attract students who want to work at the intersection of Neuroscience and Business.
During the first two years in the program, students will have the opportunity to take courses in both Fox School of Business and Department of Psychology. Students will also have opportunities for research rotations with faculties in both departments, as they seek to identify their primary research themes. Consistent with the vision of the program, they will be encouraged to work with faculty members from more than one department during these rotations in order to develop a broad and interdisciplinary research focus. The Concentration Advisor will work closely with the students to identify appropriate course plans and research support.
Required Core Courses and Seminars: 1. Cognitive Psychology 2. Judgment and Decision Making 3. Methods in Neuroscience 4. Decision Neuroscience 5. Business Statistics 6. Economic Theory of Choice Electives: Students will be expected to complete electives, based on their interests and research focus. These electives will be drawn from courses offered at Fox School of Business and with the Psychology Department at the College of Liberal Arts.
Core Faculty Members: Dr. Vinod Venkatraman, Marketing and Supply Chain Management Department Dr. Jason Chein, Psychology Department Dr. Angelika Dimoka, Marketing and Supply Chain Management Department Dr. Ingrid Olson, Psychology Department Dr. Paul Pavlou, Management Information Systems Department Dr. Thomas Gould, Psychology Department Dr. Nathan Fong, Marketing and Supply Chain Management Department
Interdisciplinary Studies Faculty
Concentration Advisor: Angelika Dimoka
Title: Associate Professor of Management Informaton Systems Research Interests: Decision Neuroscience and Functional Neuroimaging, Quantitative Analysis of Decision Making Office: Alter Hall 510 E-mail: email@example.com
Ronald Anderson
Title: Professor & Chair in Finance Research Interests: Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance Office: Alter Hall 420 E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Webpage: ronandersonprofessionalpage.net View CV
Dr. Rajiv Banker
Title: Professor & Merves Chair in Accounting Research Interests: Planning and Control Systems Office: Alter Hall 461 E-mail: email@example.com
Dr. Sudipta Basu
Title: Associate Professor and Merves Research Fellow in Accounting Research Interests: Earnings Forecasts, Origins of Accounting, and Effects of Conservatism Office: Alter Hall 455 E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com View CV
J. Jay Choi
Title: Professor Research Interests: Global Corporate Governance and Finance, Strategic and financial Issues, Corporate Restructuring and Risk Office: Alter Hall 417 E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Webpage: www.jchoi.me
Nathan Fong
Title: Assistant Professor of Marketing
Research Interests: Sales Taxes Effects, Price Sensitivity, Targeted Marketing Communications Office: Alter Hall 517
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Xueming Luo
Title: Professor of Marketing
Research Interests: Mobile Commerce Strategies, Uster-Technology Interfact, Organizational Strategies Office: Alter Hall 511
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Susan Mudambi
Title: Associate Professor of Marketing
Research Interests: Marketing Strategy, Technology in Marketing and International Business, Constomer and Supplier Relationship Strategies Office: Alter Hall 524
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Ram Mudambi
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Lalitha Naveen
Title: Associate Professor of Finance Research Interests: Empirical Corporate Finance Office: Alter Hall 418 E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Webpage: http://astro.temple.edu/~lnaveen View CV
Paul Pavlou
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Oleg Rytchkov
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Sunil Wattal
Title: Assistant Professor of Management Informaton Systems Research Interests: Economics of Information Systems; Technology Adoption, Privacy and Software Security; Internet Marketing Office: Speakman Hall 201 E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Webpage: http://community.mis.temple.edu/swattal/ View CV
Vinod Venkatraman
Title: Assistant Professor of Marketing
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Interdisciplinary Studies Students
Eunbin Whang
Eunbin Whang received his MS degree in Accounting from University of Illinois at Chicago and Bachelor's in Economics from Northwestern University. He has three years of work experience in corporate accounting for a Chicago-based private firm. His research interests are in financial accounting, capital markets, and managerial accounting. In his spare time, he love to travel and explore new places.
Sang Suk Yoon
SangSuk Yoon is a Ph.D. student in the Marketing Department at the Fox School of Business of Temple University and is working at the Center for Neural Decision Making. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Psychology, and a Master's Degree in Cognitive Psychology from Pusan National University in South Korea. He has been working on research exploring people's cognitive traits and the processes underlying judgment and decision-making. Before joining the Marketing Ph.D. program, he participated in the government-funded Individual Difference of Information Processing project. Sangsuk's research interests include the cognitive and neural mechanisms involved in judgment and decision making. His current projects examine inherent preference and preference construction that results from the anchoring effect phenomenon as well as the cognitive processes underlying unconscious thought effect.
Financial Aid
All students admitted to our program are considered for full financial support. Funding typically comes in the form of an assistantship and includes full tuition and a competitive stipend for at least four years, based on adequate progress and yearly evaluations. Students who apply before the January 15 deadline will also be considered for Temple's prestigious university fellowships.
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London to Paris Bike Ride
June 3 – June 7 2015
Cycling from London to Paris is by far one of the best individual challenges in the cycling calendar and one of the most popular bike rides by all keen cyclists and a personal challenge that needs to be ticked off. Join our London to Paris Bike Ride team for a truly fantastic experience, and a great way to raise funds for the charity of your choice or just challenge yourself to this brilliant experience of riding through the French country side.
Starting in London, our 300 mile, 4 day route takes us through the stunning Kent countryside on our way to catch the ferry from Dover to Calais. Once 'French side', we push on cycling along quiet French tree lined lanes, through traditional market towns with views of the rolling green hills of northern France. Get ready for a fantastic charity bike ride – the roads in France are brilliant and cycling is the French national sport … you will be surprised at the support you will receive by the French people on your ride.
Whether you are a regular cyclist or simply enjoy a Sunday afternoon ride, this event is perfect for you. We cater for all levels of ability on this ride. The special cycling experience, combined with a fantastic support crew to look after you, means this charity challenge is no longer a dream but a reality. No problems with your luggage, water or food – we take care of it all – leaving you to just to focus on reaching Paris.
2015 Dates
Registration Fee £195 + £325 by February1, 2015 and the £325 Balance to be paid by April 1, 2015.Total is £845
Payments explained….
- Participant registers on line, together with the Registration Fee of £195.00
- £325.00 (second payment) to be paid by February 1, 2015 by bank transfer
- The final payment of £325 be paid by April 1, 2015 to be paid by bank transfer.
- Although there is no minimum charity sponsorship required, our event is supporting the Tom Manard Scholarship at Millfield School. Please make a donation at registration if you wish to the fund if you would like to support this cause. You can, if you wish raise funds for your personal charity. Any sponsorship collected for charities other than the Tom Maynard Scholarship MUST be sent to the Charity direct and not to us.
Please contact us if you would like to spread the cost of your ride in a different way.

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While fans eagerly await an update on The Decemberists ' next studio album, frontman Colin Meloy has announced that he will hit the road for a solo tour.
The 10-date trek kicks off on November 1 at Town Hall in New York City and will make stops in Atlanta, Chicago and Minneapolis, among other cities. Meloy is expected to debut some new material on the outing as well as perform songs from throughout his career. The singer has also revealed that he's in the process of recording an EP of covers, which will be available for purchase at all of the upcoming dates.
Pre-sale tickets for the newly announced gigs will be available starting Wednesday at 10 a.m. local venue time at ColinMeloy.com . Remaining tickets will be available to the general public on Friday.
Here are the tour dates:
11/1 -- New York, NY, Town Hall
11/2 -- Glenside, PA, Keswick Theatre
11/4 -- Somerville, MA, Somerville Theatre
11/5 -- Washington, D.C., Lincoln Theatre
11/6 -- Durham, NC, Carolina Theatre of Durham
11/8 -- Atlanta, GA, Variety Playhouse
11/9 -- Louisville, KY, Headliners Music Hall
11/11 -- Chicago, IL, Park West
11/12 -- Madison, WI, Majestic Theatre
11/13 -- Minneapolis, MN, The Woman's Club
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The Staggering Cost of Teen Driving
Accidents involving teen drivers cost more than $34 billion in '06.
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the risk of motor vehicle crashes is higher among 16- to 19-year-olds than among any other age group.
Ask any parent who has just added a kid to the family's insurance policy and they'll tell you how expensive it is to have a teen behind the wheel. But the overall cost of teen driving is as tragic as it is staggering. According to a recent report from AAA, car accidents involving drivers 15 to 17 cost society more than $34 billion in medical expenses, property damage and related costs in 2006.
This massive figure includes $9.8 billion related to fatal crashes, and double that amount ($20.5 billion), connected with non-fatal crashes, while property damage losses made up the remaining $4.1 billion. But there are, of course, more heartbreaking and incalculable losses behind with these numbers.
Sobering Stats
According to an analysis conducted for AAA, in 2006 drivers ages 15 to 17 were involved in approximately 974,000 crashes that injured 406,427 people and killed 2,541. Here are more sobering statistics:
- According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among U.S. teens, accounting for 36 percent of all deaths in the age group.
- The risk of motor vehicle crashes is higher among 16- to 19-year-olds than among any other age group, and per-miles-driven teens ages 16 to 19 are four times more likely than older drivers to crash, says the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).
- Risk is highest at age 16, and the crash rate per miles driven is twice as high for 16 year olds as it is for 18 and 19 year olds, according to the IIHS.
- IIHS statistics show that 16- and 17-year-old driver death rates increase with each additional passenger.
- According to teensafety.com, 1 in 3 teenage drivers has an accident in the first year of receiving a license, and a teenager is injured in a car crash every 55 seconds and killed every 6.5 minutes.
More Soccer Instruction
According to carcontrol.com, the average 16-year-old soccer player has had 1,500 hours of coached practice, while only 50 hours of driving experience as required in Ohio for a driver's license. That didn't surprise Becky Ackford, media and communications coordinator with The Mid-Ohio School in Lexington, Ohio, which offers a Honda Teen Defensive Driving Program. "It's just another example of how essential teen-driver training is," she says. "As a kid, we had soccer practice three days a week. But many of the kids in Ohio cheat on those 50 hours of training by getting their parents to sign off without checking that they've completed them."
Message board: Is more instruction the key to helping young drivers?
The Mid-Ohio School's program, now in its fifteenth year, teaches teens accident-avoidance skills by practicing emergency driving situations in a safe, controlled environment. Teens study the dynamics of driving in the classroom and then apply the knowledge through hands-on driving in Civic EX Coupes. They learn wet braking techniques, emergency lane-change maneuvers and go through a skid drill that simulates driving in ice, snow and rain. The one-day program costs $350 per student, with various discounts available, and it runs through mid November of 2008. "We get kids from as far away as Alaska," adds Ackford.
Driver Training Tours
You don't have to ship your kids off to Ohio to improve their skills behind the wheel. Tire Rack's Street Survival program takes place this year in 50 cities through November 15. It costs $60 and is open to permitted and licensed drivers age 16 to 21. It teaches teens how to become more aware of traffic situations and to look far enough ahead to anticipate the actions of other drivers. As students maneuver their own cars through a course laid out with orange traffic cones in closed parking lots, they learn how a car feels and sounds as it reaches the limits of tire adhesion in a controlled situation. Participants repeat the exercise several times to learn from their mistakes and to improve their skills, and a trained driving coach accompanies each driver to provide feedback.
Another touring school, Driver's Edge, was founded by former race driver Jeff Payne in 2000 as a non-profit organization, and the fee-free program runs through October 19. The half-day Driver's Edge course is taught with what Payne calls an "MTV flavor" in new 3-Series BMWs and VW GTIs supplied by the program's sponsor, Bridgestone Tires. The course blends classroom and behind-the-wheel experiences that focus on "real-life" emergency avoidance, response techniques and driver safety. Participants also receive instruction in skid control, evasive lane-changing, anti-lock and panic-braking techniques and other skills. Traffic safety experts are on hand to interact with kids and parents are strongly encouraged to attend.
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Being investigated for or charged with a crime is one of the most frightening things you can experience. The potential consequences are hard to ignore and can make the situation seem completely overwhelming. It is vital that you take immediate action if you are confronted by such a situation and contacting a Las Vegas criminal defense lawyer should be your first step. Do not discuss the matter with police or investigators before retaining the services of a qualified attorney. Doing so may lead to your statements being misconstrued and used to incriminate you. Exercise your right to remain silent and your right to legal counsel and contact us at Okabe & Haushalter right away.
We are ready to delve into your case and investigate to locate evidence or information which may be used in your defense. Our firm will conduct a thorough review of the evidence the prosecution plans to use against you and search for any factors that may cause it to be considered invalid or inadmissible. Even if charges have not yet been filed, retaining our services while you are under investigation can sometimes lead to the entire matter being dropped. We will attempt to have any charges against you dismissed or reduced and can represent you aggressively in court. As needed, we will negotiate in pursuit of reduced penalties.
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Ellen A. Presby
Ellen likes fighting for the underdog. Big Pharma has all the money in the world on their side. Ellen likes to make sure the little guy has a fair shot.
People tend to trust the FDA to supervise the pharmaceutical industry, and that's not what the FDA does at all. Pharmaceutical companies will do whatever they can to get their drugs on the market, even when they have safety concerns. Trial lawyers are the best watchdogs of this industry on behalf of the consumer. Lawsuits and verdicts are the best measure to keep safety on the forefront. Ellen loves being part of the community that presses Big Pharma to do better. She really believes her clients and other consumers deserve more from the pharmaceutical industry, and Ellen is fighting to make that happen.
Bar Admissions:
- State Bar of Texas, 1984
- State Bar of Arizona, 2011
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1984
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 1993
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois – General Bar, 2011
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1984
Pro Hac Vice Admissions:
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas
- U.S. District Court Western District of Arkansas
- U.S. District Court District of Minnesota
- U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri
- Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas, 1984 - J.D.
- University of California, Davis, Davis, California, 1981 - B.A.
Professional Memberships:
- American Bar Association
- American Association of Justice
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- American Society of Trial Consultants
- Texas Board of Trial Advocates
- Public Justice Foundation
- American Inns of Court
- Southwestern Legal Foundation
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association
- State Bar of Texas
- Dallas Bar Association
- Dallas Trial Lawyers Association
- Academy of Trial Advocacy
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Published / Significant Legal Decisions:
- TexasPre-Trial Practice, (Co-Author), James Pub., 2000
- Hines v. Wyeth, No. BC 304491 (Sup. Ct. Cal, Los Angeles County, Southeast Dist. (Norwalk, CA))
- Grace Energy v. Kaneb Pipe Line, No. 97-05135-J (191st Jud. Dist Ct., Dallas County, Texas)
- Martin v. Waco Hilton (Jud. Dist. Ct., McLennan County, Texas)
- Status Diamonds v. Lloyds of London (Jud. Dist. Ct., Dallas County, Texas)
- Chacon v. Everett, No. 3-94-CV-2389-G (U.S. Dist. Court Texas (Northern Dist.))
- Interstate Adjusters v. Luce, No. 3-93-05691-C (68th Jud. Dist. Ct., Dallas County, Texas)
- Professional Manifest v. RCA, No. CA3-82-1697-R (U.S. Dist. Ct. TX (Northern Dist.))
- Perrin v. Curtis, No. 86-6018-A (14th Jud. Dist. Ct, Dallas County, Texas)
- Gregory v. Gravity, No. 83-726690B (44th Jud. Dist. Ct, Dallas County, Texas)
Professional Presentations:
- "Trial Advocacy," adjunct professor, SMU School of Law, 2010, 2001, 1990-1994, 2010
- "Jury Selection," Dallas Bar Association 2010
- "Legal Process Outsourcing," women in E-Discovery, 2010
- "Issues of Funding Bankruptcy Concerns," Lexis-Nexis Wall Street Forum: Mass Torts Litigation, 2003
- "Fen-Phen Federal MDLs/State Courts", American Association for Justice, 2004
- "Sanctions for Discovery Abuse," Advanced Civil Discovery Under the New Rules, University of Houston Law Foundation, 2000 – 2002
- "Summary Jury Trials", Texas State Bar Advanced Personal Injury Course, 1999


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Wow! just lookin at those lifts make my muscles hurt man!
Keep it up Megadeth man! Good job.
Whats up guys? Not much here. I had a good tri/little bit of chest workout today. Here how is went.
Dips: BW*12, +45lb.*10, +90lbs.*8
Overhead Tri extension: 75lbs. for 3 sets of 8
Yeah db's here too.
I used to go to ITT Tech and everything was on the computer! and i sometimes recall having the same problem.
Well, didnt have to time to update yesterday.
I did some chest....
Flat db press 45*12, 75lb*12,80lb*10,85lb*8
Incline db press 65lb.*10, 70lb*10, 75lb.*8
decline db press 75lb*12,...
Well i kind of slacked off today on eating. I only ate like half of what I usually eat and kinda drank a little. Oh well, ill be back at it tomorrow.
When you hang should the weights be between your legs or like resting in from of them?
Are those like the boneless skinless frozen ones?
man, i really dont like to cook, so usually i buy those rotisserie chickens from like Publix or Winn-Dixie. Man, theyre really good.
note:I HATE THE YMCA
Thanks man, Yeah im sorta trying to change things up a bit, thats why my reps are little whacked out right now.
4/21/05 Workout. Straight up Tris baby!
Dips: Unweighted 1*12 2 45lb plates 1*8 1*6 +80lb., 1*8O
Overhead Tricep Extension(not sure of the exact name) : 3*8 75lbs.(felt pretty light)
actually 2*6, 1*4
2 45lb plates for 3*6 here.
The weights i use in the gym have like spaces on the outer edges where the chain can slide through, or should i just use the middle hole so its farther up on my legs?


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WMDT 47 News - Social Media and smart phone technology have been used as a tool by many government and news agencies to inform residents about the storm, and now there's one to help you get through it.
The American Red Cross has a smart phone app called "Hurricane by American Red Cross" that not only lets you monitor conditions in your area, but also has tips to help prepare families and homes, find help, and let others know you're safe.
It features step by step instructions on what to do before, during, and after the storm, even if there is no data connection.
This includes a tool kit with a flash light and alarms, as well as a map that points users to the nearest shelter.
With the number of power outages throughout Delmarva, this can be a useful tool to help you and your family weather the storm.
The American Red Cross hurricane app is available for Apple and Android operating systems, or if you call "**REDCROSS" (**73327677) from your mobile device, they will send you a link to download.
Also, be sure to download the free WMDT 47 News app for the latest on Sandy and any other local news.
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I dont know what to say, I've been through alot while making this, and at the last bit, I've pulled so many one nighters, was on cold turkey, and on drugs... and so on... had a boyfriend and broke up, so many emotional instances that gave me/took power to work on this...
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One step at a time…
The Downtown Atlanta Walk There Challenge, which urges downtown commuters to walk to promote healthy habits, reduce pollution and stay active, isn't until Oct. 5-31. But you'll want to get this deal now. The Downtown TMA is giving away free pedometers all this month to the Walk participants. Visit the website to get information about registering for your pedometer and to get a list of dates and times for distribution. Participants will log their steps online, and each week a winner of a Downtown-themed prize will be awarded a gift. At the end of October, the person with the largest step count wins a basket "of goodies perfect for a Downtown getaway."
Free Career Coaching
This is an opportunity worth considering if you're a woman met with the challenge of job searching. Free workshop classes are being offered in a course called JumpSTART Your Career. It is available to all women, every Wednesday from 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m., Sept. 23 through Oct. 28 at Peachtree Presbyterian Church. The workshops are designed to help you identify your strengths, determine your areas of interest, improve your communication skills and write an effective resume, research potential employers and prepare for interviews. Peachtree Presbyterian is located at 3434 Roswell Road, Atlanta. For more information, call 770-883-6856 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. Click here to register.
Imagine It! Children's Museum
The Imagine It! Children's Museum has joined Facebook, and to celebrate its next exhibit — Curious George Let's Get Curious Oct. 10 through Jan. 24, it will have a series of weekly drawings from Aug. 31 through Oct. 19. To learn more, click here.
Cheesecake and a good cause
The Cheesecake Factory has partnered with Feeding America to help stamp out hunger. It comes with a mouth-watering deal for you, too. The first 500 people to bring two cans of soup to the Perimeter Mall Cheesecake Factory from 7 a.m.-10 a.m. on Sept. 18 will get a complimentary slice of Stefanie's Ultimate Red Velvet Cake Cheesecake. The promotion, called the Drive Out Hunger Tour, runs nationally through Sept. 30.
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The Mana Gem Glyph could be useful if you are playing arcane, instead of going down to 85% mana and bursting the gem you would be able to pop the gem at say 95% and then your next 2-3 casts will be at 100% mana rather than just the one currently.
There might also be mechanics in fights that will it will be useful for not that I can think of any previous examples right now.
Pyromelter said...
I can see pairing it with the glyph of loose mana too, too keep your mana high for mastery purposes.
Pyromelter said...
My mistake, I somewhat misread his comment, he did say "Mana Gem Glyph," not "Glyph of Loose Mana," so in my hasty reading of the comment, I thought he was talking about the 10 charge-glyph, which is precisely named "Glyph of Mana Gem."
But yeah, I think we all see where blizz is going with this, really good stuff for arcane incoming.


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I have been dyeing my hair since I was fifteen as a simple way to play with my look and discover my sense of style. In recent years, this beauty regimen has become a necessary inconvenience to cover my significant percentage of grey hair, which has eclipsed the element of fun. Nonetheless, dying my hair is a choice I continue to make because I am not ready to embrace this reality.
For the longest time I relied on a one-solid-colour-from-the-box-dye from the pharmacy because it was the least expensive option. However, lately I started to consider highlighting my hair instead to stretch the beauty process over three months. Blond highlights would better mask the grey regrowth and minimize the effort required to maintain my manufactured youth.
The down side: getting my hair highlighted in a salon costs upwards of $170. There is absolutely no way I can afford that quarterly. SO, back to the box dye. But then it dawned on me: Father Miser is absolutely meticulous AND frugal – the perfect combination to sway him to do my highlights. After much convincing, he agreed. Feeling ambitious, we decided to try foil highlights because it would allow for more coverage and therefore a more natural effect, given my hair's dark base.
After hours of research, shopping and trials, here is what I have to share with you.
For foil highlights, you will need:
- 40-60 foil pieces of 6×10 inches ($1.00);
- 10 elastics ($0.50)
- Plastic dish to mix dye ($3.49);
- Dye application brush ($0.79);
- Long-handled comb ($1.00);
- 2 oz powdered bleach sachet ($10.50)
- 8 oz of 20 volume cream developer ($1.99)
- 1.04 oz toner ($5.79)
- 1 willing partner or friend (payment to be negotiated)
- Mix 1 oz of powdered hair bleach for every 2 oz of developer into plastic bowl. The mixture will turn slightly purple. Don't worry, your hair will not turn purple.
- Section hair into ten mini buns, as shown in photo.
- Work your way through one section at a time, starting from the bottom-up. Grab a half-inch section of hair and clamp the excess out of the way. Divide the remaining half-inch piece horizontally into two. Weave pick-side of comb (up and down) through hair, allowing the bottom weave to separate.
- Insert one piece of foil under the top weave. To make it easier, fold a half-inch of the edge of the foil over the pick-side of your comb to ensure a secured hold.
- Apply dye mixture to hair pieces on foil.
- Fold foil over hair pieces.
- Repeat steps 3 to 6, working your way through all of the sections.
- Allow the dye to process for 20-45 minutes.
- Rinse bleach out of hair and towel dry.
- Mix 1 oz toner to every 2oz of developer.
- Apply toner over all hair (not just bleached parts).
- Allow toner to process for 5-30 minutes. Check your hair every few minutes until it has reached the desired colour. DO NOT assume you must leave toner on for full 30 minutes.
- Rinse toner and condition hair.
- Voila!
The savings you will incur by doing your own highlights at home are massive! When comparing the salon cost and the at-home cost, the decision is clear.
At-home cost:
- $25.06 for the first application and $18.28 for subsequent applications.
In salon cost:
- upwards of $170 each visit.
The savings are significant, especially if you consider the frequency of the process. If you are in a salon for highlights four times per year, that is $680 instead of $80 annually!
I am 100% convinced to have Father Miser do my highlights at home from now on. However, I would recommend using a highlighting cap instead of foils. The process of foils took over 3 hours, given our relative inexperience. No matter the method you choose, the person helping should be someone who is patient and detail oriented.
***I have no experience as a professional hair stylist. The recommendations above are based on my own personal experience only.


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iHub Research By Angela Okune / May 9, 2012
Day 1 of IST Africa 2012 – Developing Local Content
The IST Africa 2012 Conference started with an opening plenary where the Guest of Honor, Tanzania's Professor Makame Mbarawa (Minister of Communications, Science, and Technology) kicked off the conference. A round table on the Implementation of the Information Society Track of the 8th Africa-EU Strategic Partnership followed. For more information on the project, check out their website. The aim of the project is to strengthen ICT research and policy links between Africa and Europe. The project builds upon the substantial results obtained and the significant momentum created by several previous projects, designated over the years as the "EuroAfrica ICT Initiative." The next EuroAfrica ICT Awareness & Training Workshop will be June 13 – 14 in Maseru, Lesotho.
After lunch, iHub Research presented our M-Governance exploratory survey results as the first speaker in the eGovernment stream which was chaired by Isaac Maredi, Director of ICT in South Africa's Department of Science and Technology.
A reoccurring theme throughout the day was the development of local content.
Professor Nkoma of TCRA stated that challenges in Tanzania include lack of local content as well as last mile connectivity. Our Twitter followers agree that this is an issue not just in Tanzania but also in Kenya, Zambia, and across Africa. The question then arose, "Do people have the skills necessary to develop local content?" The KINU representative (Incubation Hub in Tanzania ) stressed the need for local capacity building in order to spur businesses and local content generation. Catherinerose Barretto (KINU) stated, "We need to foster innovation and creativity from an early age. In addition to mentorship and skills-based training on the job, we also need to teach students to question and think critically."
It was raised that the East Africa community has already seen the need to come together and create communities to catalyze innovation. iHub together with The KINU, RLabs, and HiveCoLab were mentioned as examples of the local community coming together to build local content.
A challenge was posed by Jussi Hinkkanen (VP, Corporate Relations and Business Environment, Nokia Middle East and Africa) around Innovation Hubs. "We know that Innovation Hubs (like the iHub, KINU, RLabs) work and have created a massive amount of progress. The next big challenge is how do we scale them up? How do we get iHub in every town around Africa? We have to let the innovators to really drive the innovation in Africa."
Any thoughts from the tech community? What do you think?
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Interesting challenge posed by Hinkkanen, because it implies that scale automatically leads to greater innovation – which isn't necessarily true. Often, the thinking behind 'going to scale' is that the hardware (in this case ICT Hubs) will be sufficient and not enough attention is paid to the software of the ecosystem (for example, social networks amongst entrepreneurs). Of course an increase of hubs could foster and encourage more networking and innovation – but this isn't guaranteed at all. So I guess what I'm saying is that perhaps the challenge given by Hinkkanen reduces the complexity of innovation, albeit a very good challenge to consider.Reply
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Outside, Kem is reveling in the snowflakes alighting on her face. Carter exits the hospital and joins her. "You should've waited in the car," he says boringly. "Come on! I haven't seen snow since I was a kid," she giggles. She wonders if he arranged it, and he jokes that he did, which I buy -- Mother Nature likes a suck-up, and Carter certainly can act like a mama's boy. He kisses Kem warmly; she puts her freezing bare hands on his back and he mock-protests. "Good thing I love you," he groans. "Want me to stop?" she teases. "Not necessarily," he husks, and they start making out. She'll be flossing beard hairs out of her teeth for weeks.
Luka carries Alex out of the hospital, the kid practically straddling him. It looks so damn comfortable. Carter and Kem split apart, and Carter flashes Luka an interested smile. "Good night," he says. Luka returns the sentiment, and Carter and Kem leave just as Sam parks her car and hops out to open the door for Luka. He loads Alex in, and then rights himself. Sam gingerly offers him a lift, but Luka quietly decides he's got some business to take care of before he can leave. She hops in her car to leave, and Luka shoots the whole scene a soft look before dashing back into the hospital.
Cut to Luka rummaging through Weaver's desk. She catches him; naturally, he was fishing out his resignation letter, and coyly refuses to tell Kerry anything other than that he's decided to postpone his return to Africa. The hell? I don't buy for a second that Sam and Alex have become so important to Luka's life that he's blowing off the one thing that seemed to make him feel connected to the world again. It's too soon for Sam or Alex to fill that role for him. Lame. I call bullshit. Weaver's curious, but can't quite hide her glee that Luka's not leaving so soon.
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Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker said Sunday that flooding near county offices could prevent some workers from reaching their jobs Monday.
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It's been over a year since Amanda Knox was acquitted of murder, and now, the headline-making 25-year-old who spent four years in an Italian prison has agreed to sit down with ABC's Diane Sawyer for her first televised interview to air during a prime-time special on April 30. Reportedly, Knox will not be paid for the appearance but will, on the other hand, receive a consequent massive amount of press for her book, which is scheduled to come out the same day.
Amanda's case was polarizing. It was one of those trials, like Casey Anthony's, that the public simply devoured. Now, almost five years after Meredith Kercher's murder, we'll get our chance to hear Amanda's side of things. Here's what we hope she'll be asked about:
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I think people just need her leave her alone, its time she lived a normal life.
Those questions aren't even softballs. They're marshmallows. I want to know why she told Italian magazine Oggi that her book sold for $5 million, while the press reported it was $3.8 million. It seems like the discrepancy is a way of disguising ABC's payment for the interview. There is little chance that Knox's book will earn out such a huge advance (her boyfriend's book has sold poorly) so what incentive does she have to do free promo?
I could have a field day asking her about discrepancies in her various statements and testimony, and comparing them to those of Raffaele Sollecito in his diaries and his book. It's so obvious both of them are lying. But if you ask her easy and predictable questions you're just fooling yourself.
P.S. Knox did not finish college. She's been showing her face at school recently after having taking last quarter off to supposedly "write" her (ghostwritten) book.
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During Sunday's session of the criminal trial of deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, who remains ranking member of the Muslim Brotherhood, the prosecution alleged he frequently provided Iran's Revolutionary Guards intelligence division with military and government secrets, according to the Middle Eastern news media.
Prosecutors accused Morsi of joining dozens of other Islamists in a conspiracy to weaken Egypt and create unrest within the fledgling government, according to an Examiner news story.
Morsi, who had been hailed as a "moderate" by President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is expected to be tried at least three times on separate criminal charges, according to Lawrence Feldman, a former police intelligence officer with expertise in Muslim radicalism.
Meanwhile, Morsi's vocal supporters are complaining to the news media that the ousted president and top Muslim Brotherhood members are being subjected to malicious prosecution because of their religious and political beliefs, said Feldman.
Morsi's trial for espionage began on February 16 in Cairo and but it wasn't until February 23 that the prosecuting attorneys announced the allegations against the legally-elected Morsi and the others accused to espionage.
Morsi also allegedly collaborated with the radical terrorist groups, Palestinians' Hamas and the Lebanon-based terror group Hezbollah, which is also armed and funded by the Iranians, as well as elements of al-Qaeda, according to the Examiner.
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Victoria Miro Gallery
To start off my summer I went on yet another day trip to London with Jack Oliver and we headed straight to the Victoria Miro Gallery. On show were works by Sarah Sze and the 'All In The Best Possible Taste' tapestries by Grayson Perry. Followers of mine will know that I have already written about and posted images of the Perry tapestries, so if you have missed the exhibition or you want to know what the full collection looked like then scroll down.
Usually, I don't like to be biased towards certain artists but in this case I must say that I prefer Grayson Perry. I have known his work for a few years, the aesthetics of the work please my eyes and the subject content is very interesting and topical. I specifically wanted to go and view the tapestries in person after seeing them on the T.V so the Sarah Sze exhibition was just a little extra treat. However, I must also say that Sze is a very credible contemporary artist who I studied last year.
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Human Rights Violations Report from June 12th – June 19th
Following the meeting of the UN Human Rights Council last March which resulted in the decision to appoint a Special Reporter to examine human rights in Iran, on June 17th, the former foreign minister of the Maldives Ahmed Shaheed was appointed the UN special reporter on human rights in Iran. Now all the hopes of a nation which has reached out to the international community are invested in this representative.
However, during the past week, news reports have described the human rights violations in Iran and the following is a reflection of these reports.
Universities and Students
According to reports from Iranian human rights websites, three student activists from Tabriz University Nima Pouryaghub, Sasan Vahebivash and Kamal Sadri Khosroshahi have been arrested. Also HERANA reports that Mehdi Tajik, a master's student at Tehran University, has been summoned by the executions office of Evin Prison to serve his two year term of imprisonment and Mostafa Akhavan, a pilot student in an aviation college, has been sentenced to a year of Tazir imprisonment by the 15th Branch of the Tehran Revolutionary Court.
The situation of guilds and jobs is still in disarray. A Kurdistan teachers' guild association member has been summoned for interrogation by the Kurdistan branch of the Ministry of Intelligence.
Last week's labor news started with the report on the death of a worker in the gas organization of Sari. He was killed due to the collapse of a relatively deep well. However, as sanctions increase and and the negative effects caused by the plan to "target subsidies" arise, many manufacturers are facing a downturn and bankruptcy. Mehr news agency reports that the executive secretary of the Qazvin house of workers declared that Ziaran meat factory has been shut down. A member of the board of commission also claimed that the fifty percent closure of industrial units for cow and chicken meat in the country are a result of the uncoordinated enforcement of the "targeted subsidies" plan by parliament.
On the other hand HERANA reports that more than 2,500 workers of Saveh Rolling and Profile Mills Company and Safa Rolling and Pipe Mills Company have not been paid since the beginning of the Iranian year (March 21st). Similarly, workers of the Kashan spinning factories have not been paid for 33 months. Labor news agencies also reported on Saturday May 22nd, 12 labor activists and other individuals who attended a meeting in support of imprisoned labor activists were summoned to the Sanandaj Revolutionary Court.
Ethnic Minorities
HERANA reports that on June 11th security forces and the militia inspected the home of a Kurdish citizen called Teymur Lajevardi in the Islamabad area of Salmas where they hit and threatened his family. Also a Kurdish-Iraqi citizen in Baneh, Jabbar Rostam Morad, was sentenced to jail by the Revolutionary Court of Saghez.
Religious Minorities
Once again in the past week in the continuation of arrests of Baha'i society members of Iran, Riaz Sobhani, based in Tehran, and another Baha'i citizen, Dari Amri (Esmailpour) based in Mashhed, were arrested. Also according to reports of the Baha'i Society News Service, first grade Anahita Zahrai from Shiraz has been physically harassed by her teacher for not participating in public prayer in the school. She is enrolled in a state elementary school.
However, the human rights violations of religious minorities have continued with the discrimination of other religious minorities as well. Among the cases Mukrian News reports that the court has sentenced Abdollah Khosrozadeh, Hesam Mohammadi and Mahmoud Takhti to 5 years of imprisonment for cooperation with religious groups. They have already been imprisoned for 20 months. Also three Sunni citizens have been sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment by the Revolutionary Court.
The Press and Cultural
The arrests connected with the death of Hoda Saber and resulting protests continued last week. Among those arrested, Solmaz Ikdar, a journalist and reporter, was arrested in Beheshte Zahra cemetery during Hoda Saber's funeral. Also a blogger Akbar Ruhani was arrested by Qom militia and he was taken to an unknown location after his shop in Ganjineh mall of Qom was inspected. Also according to HERANA news agency, security forces did not allow the daughter-in-law and grandchild of Ayatollah Amjad to exit the country. Following this, the website of Ayatollah Amjad was blocked. Also Mehrdad Ahmadzadeh, the national correspondent of the Iran newspaper was arrested by the police in Isfahan on June 10th. During the forced collection of satellite dishes in Gorgan, a citizen fell of his roof and was killed.
After a gang attack on a party in a garden in Khomeinishahr which ended in the sexual harassment of female participants and angered the people of Isfahan, last week the Imam Juma of Kashmar revealed a gang rape in Fujeh village. Reportedly in that incident, ten men raped a woman.
According to HERANA, no formal decision has been made concerning Ali Nasiri even though he has been imprisoned for two years. It is notable that this prisoner was 17 at the time of his arrest and is currently imprisoned in Section 5 of Rajaishahr Prison of Karaj. He had been detained as a result of a case fabricated by judiciary and security forces which claims he ran over a Basiji force.
Also this news agency reports that Mohammad Hosein Sohrabirad, a political prisoner in Evin Prison has stopped taking his medications to protest the failure of prison authorities to monitor his medical case. This is while 12 political prisoners are having a hunger strike to protest the death of Haleh Sahabi and Hoda Saber. Among other news related to political prisoners; the physical condition of two political prisoners Reyhaneh Hajebrahimi and Tahereh Bahrami is reported to be critical. A non-political prisoner in the Central Prison of Saghez has died. Also it is noted that according to HERANA, the attorney for imprisoned dervishes has been sent to the rehab section of the prison. Ashkan Zahabian, a member of the general council for the Office for Strengthening Cooperation was sent to Matikola Prison of Babol. He had been held in solitary confinement for 43 days detention in the detention center of the intelligence office of Sari (Shahid Kachui). Also Zahra Jabbari, one of the detainees of the Qods day protest of two years ago, has been sent to the Aminabad Mental Hospital after her condition turned critical.
In other news, five prisoners escaped from Sabzevar Prison. These prisoners had been arrested and charged with armed robbery and conflict with police forces. Their sentences ranged from 15 years imprisonment to execution. The Head of the Yazd judiciary system commented on the devastating conditions of prisons in Iran and confessed in an interview with Fars news agency that: "Unfortunately the physical atmosphere of Yazd prison is not suitable and is an explosive mood."
Political Detentions
News websites reported that on June 12th, Manssureh Behkish, a family member of a 1980s prisoner, was arrested by security forces. Also HERANA reports that Ali Moezi, a political prisoner from the 1980s has been arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence and has been sent to an unknown location.
As usual, there were many confusing sentences from the IR courts. Mustafa Akhavan, a pilot student from the aviation college of Tehran University, was sentenced to a year of imprisonment by the 15th Branch of Tehran Revolutionary Court. Hanieh (Sharareh) Farshi, a citizen from Tabriz, was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment after 11 months of detention. Three Sunni citizens were sentenced to 15 years of Tazir imprisonment and two citizens from Bukan were sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment and a citizen from Masjid Soleyman was lashed last week. However, a questionable verdict was the sentence of 20 lashes and a USD 300 fine for three activists arrested in the meeting to protest the drying out of Orumieh Lake on June 15th which surprised human rights observers in Iran.
The execution of prisoners also continues in Iran. On June 12th, two prisoners charged with the murder of a 16 year old during a kidnapping were executed. HERANA reports that on Saturday June 18th, a citizen in the Central Prison of Shahrekurd and a citizen in the Neiriz of Fars province were hung.
It is notable that according to report of the Statistics Unit of the Human Rights Activists Association, during the past four weeks, 13 prisoners have been charged with rape and executed in different cities.
Mehr News Agency
Fars News Agency
ILNA News Agency
Danshjunews website
HERANA News Agency
The First Reaction to Human Rights Violations in Iran by the UN Special Reporter
Human Rights Violations Report from June 12th – June 19th


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Every story I read about APS and the CRCT scandal depresses me as this mess steals time, money and attention away from the biggest challenge in Atlanta and other urban systems — getting children born with few advantages on a strong enough educational footing to live fulfilling lives. The continual battling also affects the many teachers and principals in APS striving each day to do their best for the students.
All the time devoted to who cheated on the 2009 Criterion-Referenced Competency Test takes away from how Atlanta children are doing now. For the sake of the system and the sake of the students, I hope the investigation wraps up soon and that anyone who deliberately falsified test results to protect their own skins is exposed. (I remain concerned over whether there will be any clear findings as I think the investigators are discovering more suspicions of cheating rather than confirmation or evidence.)
I am not saying that the investigation is unnecessary. The state cannot tolerate cheating. I just regret the impact on the honest teachers and on all the students.
Here is the latest in a saga in a drama that has no winners. Today, a Fulton judge ordered Atlanta schools, which maintained that they had a legal right to question witnesses, to halt its own internal probe of a Nov. 17 meeting at which Tamara Cotman, an area superintendent, reportedly urge principals to snub state investigation into cheating.
According to the story:
In court documents, the investigators said the school district has been "withholding evidence and intimidating witnesses whose unvarnished testimony could lead to the discovery of how much upper-level APS administrators know about the widespread cheating."
Cotman demoted one witness to the Nov. 17 meeting who later spoke to a lawyer investigating the episode for the district. The witness, a principal who since has been reinstated, told investigators Cotman said Superintendent Beverly Hall and Deputy Superintendent Kathy Augustine had "approved of this demotion."
"APS has shown its willingness to 'investigate' and then discipline witnesses who report crimes by APS personnel to law enforcement and the special investigators," the investigators wrote to the judge. Consequently, they said, other district employees are in danger of additional harassment.
In a statement Monday, Hall said the district "will honor the court's order, as well as continue to cooperate with the investigation."
She said the district "temporarily suspended" its investigation of Cotman last Wednesday, "pending resolution of who should investigate with the special investigators, and have not been resumed to date."
–From Maureen Downey, for the AJC Get Schooled blog.
February 21st, 2011
1:44 pm
Amen, Maureen! Well put.
February 21st, 2011
1:48 pm
maureen..there you go again…apologizing for Dr. hall because the heat of this investigation is getting to the top of APS.
The biggest problems of APS is the way adults in power have run this system. The cancer needs to be stopped and eradicated…otherwise no real teaching and learning will happen.
February 21st, 2011
1:55 pm
Gee Maureen……you sound like you're a APS administrator. SHAME on you!
February 21st, 2011
1:57 pm
I think the time to end this investigation is when Ms Hall and most of her close staff are in jail.
February 21st, 2011
1:58 pm
Ms. Downey, you are entirely right. If there is nothing to hide, then APS should open up and get this over. However, if the state has evidence that there may have been CRCT cheating back to early 2000s, then this is not just about 2009. 2009 just happened to be the year that the AJC figured out that the data doesn't match up.
If the cheating was concentrated in certain schools, then could it be possible that a child entering kindergarten could travel all of the way through APS middle school with his test results being affected? Before the "Educational Ponzoi scheme" could be discovered, that child likely dropped out or maybe they continued to pass him through to graduation.
How sad because those children were definitely affected if the evidence proves there was cheating. The consequences to the children's futures is worse than the fraud perpetuated by Bernie Madoff on his investors.
"What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up – like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore – And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over – like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags – like a heavy lead" – Langston Hughes
February 21st, 2011
1:59 pm
February 21st, 2011
1:55 pm
you hit the nail on the head…
February 21st, 2011
2:03 pm
This Division?? Who is responsible for the division and stress? Listen to Ms. Augustine's audio posted to WSB and linked by AJC site.
Who is helping provide the fodder for the division? Who paid for the lawsuit of the 4? Who is not "fully cooperating" it seems with the state investigation? Who asked principals and teachers to encourage the community to divide?
February 21st, 2011
2:03 pm
Maureen Downey
February 21st, 2011
2:00 pm
Where did all the erasures come from?
February 21st, 2011
2:04 pm
@exteacher — you are right. Something must be done to ensure it never happens again, but what is happening now is NOT it, and it's hurting students. When administrators (be they school-based or central office) are doing things that take teachers' focus off of instruction, kids are hurt. That's what's happening now.
February 21st, 2011
2:09 pm
maureen…you talk about evidence??
what evidence did APS have to quickly fire whistleblowers??
and what evidence does APS have that has caused it to simply reassign high level people ( like Tamara Cotman) and not fire them with the same speed like they did to the whistleblowers??
I am glad that your kids go to a good school system like Decatur City Schools.
But you have never been in the position of people who have been APS whistleblowers and have had their life and family turned upside down.
It is quite apparant that you have your head in the sand..all you have done is talk to Bev Hall in the ivory towers and got her side of the story.
You could learn a lot from Heather Vogell and the other brave AJC journalists
February 21st, 2011
2:13 pm
middle grade teacher…how can APS teachers focus on teaching and learning when the system is out to get them..the system is out to fabricate data..and if you dont go along with it, you are toast.
no wonder majority of the teachers at APS are not good teachers….good teachers with a spine will never survive at APS…I have seen them come and good…When APS is lucky to get a good teacher…for a year or two ..then they lost that teacher..the cycle continues..only teachers who come to work for a paycheck stay at APS
February 21st, 2011
2:14 pm
Maureen, the right concern is for the children. It's the board's resonsiblity to act right now to fix the culture that has robbed so many of a good education. Ms. Hall should be fired. Today would be good. She absolutely should not be allowed to serve out her contract and leave. Her leadership has been a disaster and the board needs to say so. The fact that a court had to order her to stop interfering with a state level investigation is just the most recent last straw.
An interim superintendent shoudl be appointed to sweep out any hint of cheating and coverup. The culture of cheating and abuse of power runs deep in the Admin of the APS and the sweeping should too.
It seems there has been an unholy alliance between the board and the business community in Atlanta. The sweeping broom needs to interrupt this connection too. People in the business community with much to lose in terms of their reputation were connected to a blue ribbon white wash and they needs to be called out and pushed out too.
Once the voters in Atlanta demand better they will start to actually get better. Maureen's foolishness about some metaphysical standard of proof is just silly. We don't need to convict these people, only conclude the investigation and take the right job actions.
Fire Ms. Hall! Preferrably today.
February 21st, 2011
2:17 pm
Maybe they should just cut the funding in 1/2 until the system can prove it isnt corrupt…
February 21st, 2011
2:19 pm
@exteacher — that's exactly my point. Something must be done. The way it is happening is hurting the kids. So "something" must be changed.
February 21st, 2011
2:20 pm
Maureen Downey
February 21st, 2011
2:08 pm
try again, you are going in circles.
February 21st, 2011
2:22 pm
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February 21st, 2011
2:23 pm
Cheating is never allowed and should be punished, but let's not let this scandal detract attention from the fact that this was a bad law to begin with. Public schools are not competitors in a free market economy, and they should not be penalized based upon poor student performance when the failure of the schools has more to do with the failings of society as a whole than with the competence of educators who are usually doing their best. When rules are unfair, people tend to break them whether it is the right thing to do or not. I don't condone the cheating but it is easy to see how it happened–it is analogous to what would happen if traffic engineers lowered the speed limit through a neighborhood from 35 to 25 because everyone was going 40, and then found that drivers were now averaging 45 because they had less respect for the lower limit. Cheating must be punished, but we need to find ways to incentivize teachers rather than simply letting them keep their jobs if they reach goals that in many cases are unattainable within the 9 months that they have to work with a group of children.
February 21st, 2011
2:25 pm
Obstruction of justice, witness intimidation, tampering with evidence. Nothing to see here. For the sake of the children, let's keep cheating, covering up and firing anyone with integrity..
If the Step-Up crowd and other Chamber stooges – Edupac, AEF, SACS – would surrender and admit that they've been backing a racket all these years, Bowers could end his inquiry. Until then, it must continue until they can no longer deny the obvious. Yes, for the sake of the kids, so that there is some chance of APS working on providing them with a real education rather than smug test gaming.
Bev's gang has perfected intimidation. So it takes time to get witnesses. Now we have two intimidators identified who report directly and one layer from Bev. Shouldn't be long now. Then there will be winners: the kids, the taxpayers and the honest and decent teachers who've all been defrauded for so many years.
February 21st, 2011
2:25 pm
When I first witnessed APS upper management up close and personal I was amazed at the sycophantic (ass-kissing) atmosphere throughout the building. The ego-cloud was so thick you could cut it. It's this culture that makes it impossible for its creators, and supporters, to see what they are doing.
One outward sign of this culture that stuck out like a sore thumb to me was that everyone sat on high-end, expensive Aeron office chairs. Dozens if not hundreds of them in the building (at the time, several years ago). A seemingly small detail but one that reveals much about the culture of self-declared exclusivity. Are the butts of these egomaniacs so important that taxpayers had to finance this level of luxury? Who had the contract to sell APS one of the best office chairs in the world?
February 21st, 2011
2:28 pm
Exteacher…What do you mean APS teachers aren't good teachers? Evidently you are an ex teacher because you probably suck. Come do what APS teachers do everyday and I bet your sorry behind would have been an exteacher sooner. We teach children who come from nothing, they are missing one or two parents, no running water at home, etc and still have to make them work hard ethically…contrary to what some people think. Wake up and come down to one of the other Atlanta schools that are not North of the city and let us see how well you fair… You wouldn't last til lunch.
February 21st, 2011
2:29 pm
"Those of you who want Dr. Hall's head also have to realize that there could be other people far lower down the ladder who may be implicated"
Leadership begins from the Top, not the bottom. Dr. Hall should have resigned on her own virtue, even if she had nothing to do with this (which is virtually impossible). For the sake of an institution leaders must go when they've managed to do as badly as APS is now shown to be. I almost seem to be reading your comments as implicating the investigation is hurting the 'children'. Quite the contrary, in my estimation.
February 21st, 2011
2:30 pm
Craig T. Jones, I agree with you. Maybe at this point it is time to back off and move on. The real victims here are the students who have received such a sub-standard education (even lower than the sub-standards of the CRCT) that cheating was deemed "necessary." All of this time, money, energy and analysis could be better spent on improving real outcomes for students.
February 21st, 2011
2:30 pm
Any investigation by APS is a joke and a farce. The GBI and other law enforcement agencies should be handling this issue. And heretofore should any APS employees get involved then an "obstruction of justice" charge should be brought immediately.
This people are covering more than just this cheating scandal…gross mismanagement of funds, theft, employee pilferage just name a few.
This entire board belongs behind bars and the sooner the better.
Get Rhee in here to clean house and kick some asses.
February 21st, 2011
2:31 pm
Unfortunately, APS seems to be run like many/most of the large corporations with all of the corruption that entails.
Someone really does need to clean house – and by that I mean literally get rid of all Principals on up. Bring in new management. Start fresh.
February 21st, 2011
2:32 pm
"Come do what APS teachers do everyday"
You cant even "speak"/type properly. Fine example you be.
February 21st, 2011
2:34 pm
"We teach children who come from nothing, they are missing one or two parents, no running water at home, etc and still have to make them work hard ethically…contrary to what some people think."
Who cares…you chose your path so deal with it. You are no miracle worker and from what you APS brain surgeons have been letting loose on the streets I would say each and every one of you should be terminated immediately. You are no saint.
February 21st, 2011
2:34 pm
Lastly, for those that continue to bash teachers (here it is APS teachers) will you please get a life and become aware of the facts? You guys have no clue what it is to be a teacher today, much less a teacher in APS. Yet, you spread your lies and false claims like wildfire.
One time (and it was only one time), I applied in APS. I then learned of all of the complete crap that those teachers have to go through – and that was BEFORE they even begin to worry about teaching the students! It was then I said 'no thanks' to APS.
Stop giving classroom teachers a hard time. I would estimate that 90% of the time the problems having nothing to do with that group!
February 21st, 2011
2:36 pm
Dr NO….
And the fact that you are unemployed means that you are a totally worthless worker? Hummmm.
February 21st, 2011
2:37 pm
Dr. NO….
You ask for Rhee yet I would bet a large sum of money that you know very very little about her other than the false claims that she makes. Educate thyself!
February 21st, 2011
2:38 pm
Unemployed? Not here, Alice. What u call in sick today or Presidents day off or you in the teachers lounge hijacking bandwidth for your silly diatribes. As a taxpayer you are on my payroll so get your butt to working and educating these kids.
February 21st, 2011
2:39 pm
One Rhee gets here you better run for cover as you probably are in her crosshairs. You and all in your little click.
February 21st, 2011
2:43 pm
" Yet, you spread your lies and false claims like wildfire."
You are a wildfire of ignorance and stupidity spreading amongst the student body. No wonder so many of these young kids end up in jails. Its partially the fault of lazy-beans like yourself. You do these children a great injustice by parading around as an educator…HA!
February 21st, 2011
2:44 pm
I must be losing it.
How did Judge Schwall get involved? WHAT motion/filing and to what action is Friday's hearing related? What report did I miss?
February 21st, 2011
2:45 pm
I couldn't disagree more with Maureen. Every unethical act by these APS mafiosi must be exposed in all its excruciating detail. Parents will then be forced to confront a fact they just don't want to confront: you can't keep delegating the job of educating your child to criminals and morons and expect a good result.
When a nationally celebrated superintendent turns out to have been running a giant con right under all our noses, we parents have to admit to ourselves we can't trust anyone but ourselves to do the vital job of overseeing our childrens' educations.
It's Egypt time, baby.
Time for a revolution in K-12 education.
More daily headlines, please! Bring me the scandal du jour! Can't wait for the final GBI cheating report–should be as heavy as a Bible and with even more brimstone.
The more Heather and Alan keep plugging away, the BETTER for our children. Maureen's got it exactly backward.
February 21st, 2011
2:46 pm
"Unfortunately, APS seems to be run like many/most of the large corporations with all of the corruption that entails."
Yeppers. Use of the normal diversionary tactics, per above, is prerequisite of a guilty person. The ole bait and switch routine eh. Well Alice, I suggest you clean your house, Corp America will clean their house and us Taxpayers and law enforecement authorities will HELP YOU, ALICE, to clean your house as you obviously have not a clue about much of anything.
February 21st, 2011
2:50 pm
yes i am an ex-teacher..an ex -APS teacher.
I came to APS from corporate america to change the world and give these kids who came from nothing, no running water, single parents a good education.I spent thousand of dollars of my own money so that my students could do labs. Never mind the fact that I never would get any science supplies even thought I was supposed to engage my students with good chemistry labs.
yes I know what teachers at APS go through. I have walked the walked in the toughest high school in the toughest neighbourhood of atlanta. I never had a problem with APS students. Once they saw that I was qualified in my subject area and wanted to teach them Chemistry they accepted me.
The same cannot be said of the adults, sycophants and APS administrators at the school I taught and the of course I tangled with the APS bureacrats and OIR at the ivory towers.
Did any of my fellow APS teachers defend me when I decided to expose the cheating?? not a single one did… they all needed to look the other way and collect their paycheck.
So ..yes I became and ex-APS teacher…went one to teach honors and gifted students in rich white schools and then went back to corporate america.
Does does that make me a teacher that sucks????
February 21st, 2011
2:52 pm
Wow, Maureen, what planet are you on? You don't think that maybe popping the head of the zit will alleviate not only employees' stress and fear, but also create a better learning environment for students? You know, one where their teachers come to work to work, not get yelled at by their principal for not putting the proper rubric on their bulletin board. Do you think these students are well served by harrassed and abused teachers?
February 21st, 2011
2:55 pm
It seems to me, at this point APS is d@mned if it does, and d@mned it doesn't. A principal behaves badly. If APS does nothing, people want to know why. If APS tries to do something, they are told to cease and desist. Talk about a lose-lose situation.
February 21st, 2011
2:58 pm
Yeah right Atl Mom, I'm playing the violins for you right now.
February 21st, 2011
3:00 pm
Let me be clear that the criminals and morons I'm talking about mostly work at Trinity (well, there are a few principals, too….)
We know a ton of great teachers who do indeed put up with an incredible amount of crap every day before they even get to BEGIN the tough job of teaching children, too many of whom are sent to them unprepared to behave–or learn. To them I say: I admire you and the masochistic streak within you that enables you to survive this abuse.
–and @HS Public: I guess I have to say it again: I have examined her record–THOROUGHLY-and my conclusion is that only weak teachers hate and feared and loathed Michelle Rhee in DC (as well they should have). So come on, let's see more of you weak-ass teachers "out" yourselves, right here in public. Please use your real names so we can avoid hiring you at the future Springdale Park Conversion Charter Elementary School.
February 21st, 2011
3:16 pm
A lose lose situation APS put themselves in. They have no one to blame but themselves and personally I hope to see everyone of them on the side of the road, in an orange jumpsuit, so I can flick lit cigarettes at them as I cruise by…*HONK HONK*
February 21st, 2011
3:17 pm
Your statement above that "I remain concerned over whether there will be any clear findings as I think the investigators are discovering more suspicions of cheating rather than confirmation or evidence" greatly concerns me. You're in a much better position to know what's going on behind the scenes than am I.
Given the situation, how can there NOT be any clear findings? The teachers who actually executed the classroom-level cheating are not professional criminals. They'll "crack under questioning" without much trouble. They have certainly already implicated themselves, other teachers around them, and the administrators that pressured them to do it. The GBI, and others, are fully capable of getting to the bottom of this.
If people don't go to jail, it will be because the Sam Williams' of this world (and other parties interested in "saving" Atlanta's national image) will be less than zealous at going all the way. Like Wall Street where the powerful did not go to jail for stealing billions, Atlanta's power elites will use "what's best for the children" and "moving on" as a cover for doing what's best for themselves. I'm more likely to go to jail for not paying a parking ticket than the APS administrators are for cheating students of an education, and lying about it, for a decade.
February 21st, 2011
3:24 pm
@springdale – Good luck with finding any good teachers to come to APS any time soon. There is no way I'm signing a contract.
February 21st, 2011
3:27 pm
Teachers can be very passionate about their subjects and views. But it seems that when we resort to personal attacks and namecalling, we all lose some credibility. At least politicians can [usually] debate without resorting to it. Jeez!
February 21st, 2011
3:29 pm
Congratulations, Maureen. You have officially entered the upper echelon of Beverly Hall apologists. You're right there with Andy Young ("nobody with any common sense wants Beverly Hall to resign") and Shirley "ask Brother President Obama to rescue us from the big, bad Sonny Perdue" Franklin. I hope you're proud of this distinction.


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