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Of all the bad ideas teachers have come up with lately, making a class full of teenagers write suicide notes has to be in the top five ... at least. And yet, that's exactly what happened at Antoine-Delafont, a secondary school in France. Thirteen and 14-year-old kids were supposed to pretend they were prepared to end it all, and then explain themselves on paper.
Parents and other teachers are -- not surprisingly -- upset. And I can't blame them. We need to talk about suicide with our kids, but this is not the way.
Apparently the suicide note assignment given to the kids asked them to pretend:
You've just turned 18 and have decided to end your life. Your decision appears irrevocable. As a final effort, you decide to explain the reasons for your act. In setting out your self-portrait, you describe all the disgust you feel for yourself. Your text must bring up certain events in your life at the root of this feeling.
Talk about walking a dangerous path. The teen years, especially the early "just hit puberty and my hormones are going crazy" years, are already filled with angst and confusion. These kids are already focusing on the bad. We need to turn them back in the other direction.
I wouldn't suggest ignoring suicide. Allowing it to remain taboo is just as bad as sticking your fingers in your ears when sex is on the table and pretending that your little dumpling will never make the beast with two backs.
But the conversation needs to be framed in a more positive light. Show a little sympathy!
Don't make kids feel hopeless. Make them realize what they'd be missing, what losing them would do to their friends and family.
Imagine if this assignment was, instead of suicide notes, a practice in writing their own obituaries after a hypothetical suicide. Same topic, but listing the relatives who "survive" their death puts in perspective just whom a suicide will affect and drives home how much support they really have. And they'd get the chance to list all their accomplishments.
As a mother, I'd be OK with that. Seeing my kid's suicide note, on the other hand, no way.
How about you? What would you do if your child was made to write a suicide note in school?
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I don't know. I have mixed feelings on this. When I was 15 we had a classmate hang himself. It was awful. He was a star football player with no signs, till the night he did it. He was found to have been on steroids. At that time I was an AP student and it wasn't uncommon to get serious writing topics of a serious nature. If that assignment had been given to me at that time it would have helped me process loosing our friend and the feelings I had about and myself. On the other hand, if we were given that assignment I would suspect the teacher would have had a counselor brief us prior to writing it. I don't think this was an all bad idea, just wasn't handled correctly.
I actually think it might be a good idea, it's forcing teens to understand that it's a REAL issue and hearing others written reasons may help them empathise with peple.
There are so many teenagers that act like the worst creeps on earth and Mummy and Dadsy aren't doing anything. SOMEONE has to.
This is awful! I truly believe suicide should be talked about in school with teenagers, but it's along the same lines as bullying. They need to be taught that there is help for them if they feel that way, and their lives mean something, THEY mean something to their family and friends. I would be beyond irate if my child was given this assignment, and they would NOT be doing it.
Doomy, I think this is why the assignment would be a good thing. If you think someone with a crappy past hasn't ALREADY considered suicide you're an idiot. It's not a magical Idea that only comes to your mind if someone tells you, it's a thought that creeps into your mind that you end up dwelling on and dwelling in before you do it.
THERAPY involves reliving and talking about things that happened to you in the past. You think that's bad too?
Maybe talking about it like this will help other teens know they aren't alone, and they can express themselves in a safe environment.
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Low Power Audio Amp Experiments
This web page contains some experiments on simple, low power, speaker output audio amplifiers. Presented are ideas, some measurements and examples of audio amplifiers which will likely sound better than the IC audio chips commonly seen in many receiver projects. This web page is a follow-on to this one and is a completely new area of experimentation for me. Audio amps were built using both split and positive power supplies. In all cases the complimentary power followers were driven by an op-amp. I tried building some power amps using discrete transistor differential amplifier stages with current sources as the driver, but the noise performance and simplicity of the NE5532 or NE5534 op-amp was superior.
Split or Bi-polar Power Supply Audio Amplifiers
In order to build up some split power supply amplifiers, a basic power supply was constructed and the schematic is shown in Figure 1 above. I found it was essential to regulate the voltage or hum would appear on the output. Choose a standard value fuse that is rated somewhere just above the maximum current you measure. I used 2 different AC output power transformers which were in the 18-24 volt, 375 mA to 1 amp range. The LEDS are strongly suggested. They inform you when there is power applied and their relative brightness will also often fall when higher current is being drawn on one side or the other. This alerted me to an accidental solder bridge to ground on more than 1 occasion.
The split power supply is shown in the photograph to the left. The retro Bakelite fuse holder is from an old tube audio amplifier. If you are wondering why the copper clad board is so large, the power supply is part of a future project. Some builders would use even greater value filter capacitors than those shown. Heat sinks on the voltage regulators are required for supplying DC to higher power amplifiers.
Rod Elliot Headphone Amp
The first amp I built is shown in the Figure 2 schematic above. This amplifier was designed by Rod Elliot and is used with his permission. Rod's ESP web site is a virtual treasury of audio design information. If you are into understanding audio design, visiting his web site is strongly recommended. Rod sells printed circuit boards for all of his circuits if you prefer this building method . Note I have made some minor modifications to some part values. although primarily designed as a low distortion, high power, headphone amplifier, it drives an 8 ohm speaker very well. I was able to drive this amplifier as high as 0.68 watts average power with a pure sine wave output during analysis. Power measurement is discussed in the next section. Note that on this web page, I quote the entire stage quiescent current. Since the op-amp and the 2 (or more) power followers are a "package", it is a lot easier to just measure the current at the power supply lead(s) of the stage than unsolder and lift up a transistor lead. In this case, with no input single, the stage current was about 9.5 mA. I did check and about half the current is going to the op-amp with the other half to the transistor pair. This is a wonderful sounding amplifier and Rod has an entire web page devoted to it, so I will not comment further.
There are a variety of suitable transistor pairs for audio power amplifiers depending on the power output you are choosing. I stock just a few; BD139-140, TIP 41C-42C, NTE 128-129. The higher beta 2N3904-3906 or 2N4401-4403 pairs worked well in the low power, single power supply amplifiers shown on this web page. I also performed some higher output power experiments which required the TIP and BD transistors and these are not shown.
Above photograph. A breadboard of the Rod Elliot headphone amplifier. This early version had a temporary output capacitor. When first testing a new circuit that has a direct speaker output, it might be a good idea to temporarily use an output capacitor until you measure your voltages and current and feel your transistor temperatures. This will save your speaker if you made a big mistake and/or blow up the transistors when you first power it up.
Amplified Diode Biased Audio Amp
Above in Figure 3 is a split power supply audio amp using an "amplified diode" to control the bias. The bias transistor was wedged between one of the output transistors and a piece of copper clad board to allow thermal tracking. The 10K bias control resistor was a trimmer type suspended over the copper clad board in most of my bread boards. Usually, you just need to set and forget about this resistor after initial set up. I adjusted the bias by watching in my oscilloscope with a low level, 1 KHz sine wave connected to the input. I measured the various voltages and stage current at quiescent and have indicated these values in red for learning purposes. The bias current range was 7.2 to 154 mA when turning the 10K trimmer pot from 1 extreme to the other. The maximal clean output average power of this amp was 0.78 watts. I used press on heat sinks for the NTE128-129 pair and they ran quite warm to touch. These TO39 type packaged transistors are somewhat difficult to heat sink compared to the TIP/BD transistor packages where you can just bolt on a heat sink of any size that is required. Please remember that the metal tab on the TIP and BD transistors is connected to the collector terminal.
In the above photograph is my first bread board of the Figure 3 amplifier. This particular version had TIP transistors, a 4 ohm speaker and an 470 uF output capacitor. Note the full size 10K bias control potentiometer on the left hand side. This was purely a experimenter's bread board, but it sounded amazing when listening to music through it.
Harmonic Distortion and Measuring Output Power
In Figure 4 is the formula used to calculate the average power of the
circuits on this web page. For example if you measure 6 volts peak to peak on
the oscilloscope, (3 volts peak voltage) and
your resistive load is 8 ohms, the average power is 560 milliwatts. At any point in
AC waveform there is power and it may be reported using a variety of ways.
Was it clean? distorted? a peak value? an RMS value? - often it is unclear.
To be clear, I measured the peak voltage on a pure, undistorted sine wave into an 8 ohm resistor. Stated power values are the mean sine wave power calculated with the formula shown. See this somewhat controversial link for details. You may not agree with my methodology, however, it allows you to compare the circuits on this web page. If you really must know the peak power, multiply the stated average sine wave power by 2. I will leave the power measurement and calculation debate up to scholars; as a lay-person, I need something simple.
The bench voltage measurement was as follows: The amplifier was connected to a 1 KHz pure sine wave generator and the 10K volume control pot was advanced just until any sign of distortion of the amplifier output sine wave appeared. Voltage measurement was taken at the point just before distortion occurred.
It is difficult to photograph a sine wave without a tripod. Motion, the angle, light reflection and
jpeg graphic compression all
wreck the perfect sine wave. In the Figure 4 graphic above is a typical
1 KHz output
waveform from my power amplifiers (squeaky clean) at the amplifiers maximum
average power level.
To the right is a photograph of my AF signal generator. This is an old, tube device but the output sine wave is beautiful. I did not perform spectrum analysis with a computer audio sound card program and will leave this up to audiophiles. These audio amps sound great; especially when compared to the IC audio power amps that many of us tend to use in our receivers.
In the above photograph is A, an 8 x 1 ohm resistor load and B, an 8 ohm load made from parallel 1/2 watt 10 and 39 ohm resistors. In dummy load A, I used 5 two watt metal film resistors plus 3 half watt resistors. In the future, I will obtain 3 more 2 watt resistors and replace the 1/2 watt resistors for a 16 watt rating. For a quick resistive load, B is the way to go for most of the circuits on this web page.. You can make a 4 ohm load from parallel 4.7 and 27 ohm resistors. In truth, a single resistor or any combination of resistors adding up to the desired load R value will work.
In Figure 5 above are some scope waveforms ranging from mildly distorted to full-on dirty.
Power Amplifier Concerns
Although the amplifiers on this page are 0.15-0.8 watts or so, they can consume relatively large current compared to the usual voltage amplifier circuits we build. Some potentially helpful tips to help keep away ground loops, oscillations and thermal run away are suggested as follows:
- Connect your negative speaker terminal directly to the AF power amp (do not use a common ground for the negative speaker terminal).
- Use big power supply line bypass capacitors (no 10 uF caps here)
- Keep your audio amplifier copper clad board separate from the rest of your circuit boards and star ground it to your main power supply ground point.
- Use heat sinks on your final transistors and voltage regulator(s) when you go for bigger power
- Watch your layout - keep the output away from the input etc.
- Watch your emitter resistor power ratings in "higher wattage" amplifiers. Burning resistors stink.
Single Power Supply Audio Power Amps
Since most 12 volt power supplies are actually closer to 14 volts; these experiments were performed with a typical radio bench DC power supply at 13.69 volts.. Figure 6, 7a and 7b represent evolving experiments aimed at obtaining greater output power.
Shown above in Figure 6 is the fundamental design using one op-amp and 2
power followers. It is shown in an AC output power measurement configuration.
The bias current range was about 5 to 100 mA when turning the 10K trimmer bias
control pot from one extreme to the other. Maximal sine wave average output
power was only 141 mW. Nevertheless, it might be loud enough for some receiver applications.
I connected this amplifier to a VCC of 15 volts. The maximal sine wave average output power was then 220 mW. In all of the single supply audio amps presented , increasing the VCC increased the maximal power output. Driving these amplifiers beyond a pure sine wave output power resulted in predictable harmonic distortion plus the re-emergence of crossover distortion in the output. This was an incredible learning; how could there be crossover distortion re-emerging in a amp that was properly biased to begin with? Increasing the bias current to the maximum level did not remove this crossover distortion. After emailing this question to Rick, KK7B and Wes, W7ZOI, and reading their replies, my best guess was that at some power level, the 5532 op-amp can not provide enough current to properly drive the complementary symmetry pair. The AC current in the output transistors may be limited by the base drive of the op-amp and they were no longer forward biased at the crossover point.
Above photograph. This is the Figure 6 amp driven past the point where the sine wave is pure. Note the crossover distortion blips on the sine wave. The base drive current for the power follower pair all comes from the op-amp. At this point there is likely not enough base drive to keep the base emitter junctions forward biased.
In the above photograph I blacked out the room and photographed the same
scope waveform as above while shaking the camera from side to side. This adds some
horizontal spreading of the signal and provided more information about what was
happening as compared to a single, clear oscilloscope trace.
I should mention that this crossover distortion blip occurred in all of the Figure 2 to 6 amps when they were driven past the point where a pure sine wave was seen. It is clear that maximal available power from a simple audio amplifier like this (one NE5532 op-amp plus 2 power followers) is constrained and thus its application is limited. Greater output power is possible using a split supply per Figures 2 and 3, however, a typical radio project has a 12 volt, single power supply. These basic amplifiers with a single power supply, may be very appropriate for projects such as a compact radio receivers or a code practice oscillator project, but not for applications where you require louder audio.
Shown above in Figure 7a is an easy method to get more output power from the
Figure 6 amplifier; add another set of complimentary pair current amplifiers.
I found 33-39 ohms to be a good emitter resistor value during my experiments.
Many hi-fi amp builders will use greater emitter resistor values, however, a
design goal was to get more output power from our 12 volt supply. Series emitter
resistors are used to improve linearity and operating-point stability. I kept
the final power follower pair emitter resistor values at 1 ohm to get maximal
output power. An output 10 ohm + 0.1 uF low pass filter was used to help prevent
oscillations in view of the low emitter resistor values on the finals.
The top 10K bias resistor was lowered to 6K8 to facilitate "more linear" setting of the output transistor bias with the 10K trimmer potentiometer. It did not help much. Setting the bias is very delicate procedure and you must turn the screw driver very slowly. In my bread board, the optimal stage bias current was 22.3 mA but anything around 20 mA should be fine. If you do not have an oscilloscope, after ensuring that there is no input signal, connect an ammeter in series with the positive power supply lead. Turn the bias potentiometer with with the screwdriver until you get close to 22 mA. If you only have a voltmeter, the rule of thumb of 1.1 seems to work... Measure the voltage across the final 2N3904-2N3906 bases and ensure the difference is at least 1.1 volts while adjusting the 10K trimmer pot. Personally I do my biasing with an oscilloscope at at least 2 different frequencies on the signal generator, however the for mentioned methods will work okay. This is a popcorn stage and a popcorn web site after all!
For the lowest potential noise, consider using metal film type resistors in your audio amps and "polysomething" capacitors wherever AC signal is coupled to another component or ground, excluding the output capacitor.
Further experiments to increase output power were frustrating. Finally a compound or Sziklai pair was trialed and increased the average power to over 400 mW as shown in Figure 7b . I used a small piece of copper clad board on the finals for a heat sink, although they really didn't get that warm. Ideally, the amplified diode should also be glued onto one of the heat sink boards for thermal tracking. This amplifier is now in a chassis as a bench reference audio amp for receiver testing.
In the above photograph is the Figure 7b prototype. I am using a new miniature potentiometer for my experiments that I bought from Digi-Key. The base has 2 leads which can be soldered right on the copper clad board for easy anchoring and removal after testing.
Another view of the bread board on which the Figure 6, 7a and 7b experiments were conducted.
KK7B Headroom Boosting Emitter Capacitors
We first learned about using large value emitter caps in audio amp complimentary
pairs from
EMRFD. Experimentation revealed
that these
capacitors do 2 things: 1. Can increase
the amplifier sine wave headroom and 2. Add some low pass filtering. I learned
from Rick, KK7B, that he designed his
EMRFD amp to
achieve low output power, low distortion and lower DC current drain. He desired
a clean output audio amplifier for his R2 series of receivers without needing a
lot of quiescent current or heat sinks on the 2N3904-2N3906 pair. The caps were
added to make the amplifier think it had much lower emitter resistors at AC than
the 22 ohm resistors he used in the EMRFD projects. When Rick made measurements and
simulations of the amplifier, it was very stable, had low distortion and
provided a very nice clean sound at all signal levels, from very weak signals in
a few milliwatts of noise, to music driving the speaker. The result is
outstanding and Rick's design was the catalyst for my own interest in audio
amplifier experimentation.
I performed experiments with these capacitors and found that they increased my amplifier power and head room in some cases, and that the boost is indirectly proportional to the emitter resistor value. With 1 ohm output transistor emitter resistors the boost is generally not that significant. With 4.7 ohm or greater emitter resistors, they can make a big difference and you might consider trialing them for more power and headroom as appropriate. They can also add a nice, warm sound to your audio amp. Refer to EMRFD for numerous examples of this technique.
Popcorn Audio Amplifier
What follows is a popcorn or "poor man's" audio power amp using the
2N3904-2N3906 pair. To meet true popcorn criteria, all of the capacitors used in my breadboard were
electrolytic and you can substitute different values from your own junk box.
It would be better to use "polysomething" capacitors for the NE5532 pin 5 and
6 signal capacitors if you have them. I normally use a 1 uF to 4.7 uF poly-type capacitor
in series with the 4K7 resistor on
pin 6. The 270 pF feedback capacitor could be
omitted or substituted with a higher or lower value to suit whatever high
frequency roll off you desire.
The transistor glue-on heat sinks seen in the 1 bread board photograph are completely unnecessary. This BJT pair were used in other higher power experiments as well. The 22 uF capacitor between the transistor bases is essential from my experimentation. Without this capacitor, the amplifier headroom decreases and crossover distortion occurs. You can use the other half of the 5532 for a preamplifier or use a NE5534 instead. A 741 op-amp would be a horrible substitution. The NE5532 performance is breathtaking considering its low cost. 181 mW is surprisingly loud. All resistors are quarter watt rated. What a fun little amplifier! The schematic is Figure 8.
The bread board of the Figure 8 popcorn amplifier using transistors without heat sinks.
Additional Outputs
I tried putting a current source on the Figure 8 bias and it made no difference to the amplifier characteristics according to my simple oscilloscope, listening and DC analysis.
One of the full wave rectifier, voltage regulator and filter bread boards used in these experiments. I went as high as 24 VCC on some single supply amps I tested and was getting over 5 watts average output power


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Lindsay Lohan goes before Judge Stephanie Sautner tomorrow for her second probation progress report and she will once again pass with flying colors ... but this time it came down to the wire ... sources tell TMZ.
As the judge dictated back in November, Lindsay was required to complete 12 morgue visits and 4 psychotherapy sessions by Tuesday's court hearing. Sources close to Lindsay tell us she's done just that ... but she completed the last 2 morgue visits on Friday and Saturday.
According to our sources, Lindsay has been a model morgue employee. Translation -- She gets the job done with no drama and she's friendly with the staff.
After tomorrow's hearing Lindsay will be at the halfway mark of her probation. She has another hearing February 15, where she'll have to show proof she completed another 12 morgue visits and 4 therapy classes. And on March 29 -- her final hearing -- she must show she's completed the remaining 17 morgue visits and 6 therapy classes.
Should Lindsay slip up at any point, she gets 270 days behind bars.
We'll be in court tomorrow.
That Woman NOT a girl she stoppped being that a long time ago....looks like warmed over death and you all can see it if you really looked......and Smitty that big white bogger in her left nostial in the kissy kissy and those red veined eyes tells it all......that is not face powder in her nose and her nose tip is still red and off center even with that ton of makeup on it..I ain't being over critial either...
She's still using ...
You all keep loving her and you'll love her to death...
@ everyone talking about a possible comeback for Lindsay - she's never going to be a Pretty Hollywood Darling type actress in the mold of Emma Stone, Rooney Mara, Keira Knightley, Natalie Portman, Halle Berry etc again - realistically that ship flew around 3 years ago, she's simply ruined her looks beyond repair. You can't possibly compare her to Robert Downey Jr either. I'm not saying Lindsay isn't talented but the thing is RDJ isn't just talented - he's exceptionally talented - enough so to stand out in a town full of talented actors. If she makes a comeback at all it will be along the lines of Mickey Rourke or Gabourey Sidbe (Precious), the whole "unlikely success story" angle. The public eat up an unlikely comeback yarn and there may be some director out there willing to capitalize on that angle in a few years time - but there would have to be some actual proof her ass was willing to work. Personally I don't see this happening, I predict more a rapid slide into prostitution and career crime.
Holley said "what if she finishes early?".
Holley should do stand up comedy..she is a riot.
she Improved that..
I got it...How about if she finishes it at all?
Awwww.... come on back, NICOLE. I'll apologize if you will. I won't mean it, but that's not the point, and besides..... you obviously like liars.
Lindsay has had a really good six months, CS and therapy is getting done, positive probation reports and progress hearings, staying sober with limited drinking, Pleinn Modeling campaign, Playboy shoot, Jag jeans "it girl", appearances at multiple A List parties including J Edgar party. Look for Lindsay at the Oscars next month........
She got into the party because Vikram was escourting her. He was there on the red carpet with her. There are pictures, the links have already been posted. SHE was not invited. Vikram took her because she wanted to go and he probably got some kind of kick out of it.
My opinion is that recovering drug addicts can do limited drinking. I know that some people like Michael Lohan can't drink without doing cocaine, but most people aren't like him. Lindsay may or may not be drinking I have no idea, but she doesn't appear to be intoxicated at all. I know many people believe that people recovering shouldn't drink at all and I respect their opinions. My feeling is that a couple of drinks at a party is legal and fine.
Thats a sensible opinion. The fact is, 90% of what we read in the comments section in nonsense. Lindsay was invited to several parties last night and she walked the red carpet, something which is afforded to guests only. You can see here they are trying to say otherwise and a lot more. Its nothing but senseles*****e.
They thought she would fail in her first month of CS & therapy...she didn't. They said she would fail in her second month...she didn't. They are now hoping she will fail in the next two months, what sort of people are they?
They lie, and wish the worst luck on this woman. Something happens to people when they sit in front of a computer, they become monsters. All celebrities have haters, I suppose it comes with the territory.
Joan Rivers, saw lindsay walking down the Red Carpet.and had to check her calendar. thinking it was 2006..until she saw lindsays face and body then reallized it was 2033..
must be embarrasing, the only way to go down the red carpet is for your pimp/john to walk you down it..and not recieving a award or mention is another slap in the face..
wonder how many boos she would get if she walked on stage.
the last time she walked the whole crowd booed her
It wasn't a by invite only you could buy tickets to the thing and walk the carpet like about 3/4 of the people their..thats how they make the money on the event...
She was the "and one" on her sugar daddy's arm ...and he payed for everything from the dress to the cocanie up her nose....
This could very well be the truth. Contract very soon.....
She's climbing up the ladder, not down.
She explained that her recently bleached hair is for a part she is currently playing as a mobster's daughter named Victoria Gotti.
'The hair's done for the role ', Lohan said.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2087306/Golden-Globes-2012-Kim-Kardashian-Lindsay-Lohan-Pari******on-win-award.html#ixzz1jdlp5HOF
BTW, she was invited.
gone, gone, gone....in the pine forest....
Is this NOT Vikram?
Red Cloud. Are you still drunk? Or do you just not have reading comprehension???
She explained that her recently bleached hair is for a part she is currently playing as a mobster's daughter named Victoria Gotti.
You do realize that Gotti has not started filming yet, and she hasn't signed yet, so how is she currently playing Victoria Gotti???
Please... the quote and story is B.S.
Chelsea Handler does Dina the best
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Can a sista with rainbow hair get respect?
Last week, Dodai at Jezebel wrote a post about the debate over the roots (no pun intended) of the colorful hair trend. A recent London Evening Standard article attributes the trend to English street culture, specifically a Dalston salon called Bleach. The blog Black Girl with Long Hair cries foul and says the style originated with black women. Blogger Leila says of the salon owner that is taking credit for candy-colored tresses: "Sam Teasdale, I don't mind that you've managed to sell this style to a number of bandwagon celebs but please give black women and all their hair eccentricities credit where it is due. Admit it! This is not your signature 'look'. You spotted it on a black girl about 10 years ago."
I suspect Teasdale and Alex Brownsell, co-owner of Bleach salon, are engaging in a little shameless self-promotion, trying to hook their salon to a trend. Folks have been wearing colorful hair since before the 20-something stylists were even born. But I also disagree with Black Girl with Long Hair. The first time I (a black woman who grew up in a predominately-black city) spotted brightly-colored hair was on 70s/80s-era British punks and New Romantics, which had scant to do with Bleach salon or the U.S. black community. I don't know for sure, but I suspect that if one looks through hairstyle history, one might find unnaturally-colored tresses in a variety of communities, including ones neither white nor black. Pinpointing who originated it all is likely a fool's errand.
What I'm really interested in is how Kool Aid-colored dos are evaluated differently, based on the race of the wearer. Black Girl with Long Hair gets at this issue: "Any black girl sporting a weave like this after 1999 would be considered GHETTO/YARDIE/HOOD! Making it hardly a new trend."
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The clerical error that played a role in New Jersey losing out on a Race to the Top grant has now played a role in the dismissal of the state's school chief.
According to the New York Times today:
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey has fired his education commissioner, Bret D. Schundler, in the midst of a controversy over the state's failure to win a $400 million education grant, the governor's office announced Friday.
A clerical mistake in the state's grant application had led the state to come up short by just three points in the high-stakes competition, known as Race to the Top. Mr. Christie had defended his administration's actions on Wednesday, in part by insisting that Mr. Schundler had provided the correct information to federal reviewers in an interview two weeks ago.
But federal officials released a video on Thursday showing that Mr. Schundler and his administration had not provided the information when asked. Mr. Christie, asked later Thursday about the videotape in a radio interview, said he would be seriously disappointed if it turned out he had been misled.
That same evening, the governor's chief of staff, Richard H. Bagger, called Mr. Schundler to ask for his resignation, Mr. Schundler said in an interview.
Mr. Schundler said he told Mr. Bagger that he was willing to resign. "I said I know that I serve at the will of the governor, so if he would like me to leave I would leave," he said.
But on Friday morning, Mr. Schundler said, he asked Mr. Bagger if he could instead be fired, citing his need for the unemployment benefits.
"I thought we were a very good team," Mr. Schundler said. "I thought we worked together and that we made a very good start. And I'm disappointed."
In a statement, the governor said he "was extremely disappointed to learn that the videotape of the Race to the Top presentation was not consistent with the information provided to me by the New Jersey Department of Education and which I then conveyed to the people of New Jersey."
"As a result, I ordered an end to Bret Schundler's service as New Jersey's education commissioner and as a member of my administration.
"As I have said before, I never promised the people of New Jersey that this would be a mistake-free administration," the governor continued. "However, I did promise that the people serving in my administration would be held accountable for their actions. As I said on Wednesday, I am accountable for what occurs in my administration. I regret this mistake was made and will do all I can to have my administration avoid them in the
August 28th, 2010
2:19 am
Why couldn't Mr. Schundler worked on Georgia's application instead?
August 28th, 2010
6:50 am
NJ gets all the breaks.. Lucky!!!!!
August 28th, 2010
7:58 am
Let's offer some tax breaks (we are good at it) and we can recruit this guy to Georgia. He doesn't even have to pretend to create jobs!
August 28th, 2010
9:07 am
I'm all in..
And did yall see where the Atlanta mayor(muslim) proposed cutting the state budget laying off 10-15% of state workers?
How about him start in Atlanta cuttig some fat.
What an idiot…
And what ever became of Squirrly Franklin??
August 28th, 2010
10:10 am
If Georgia would jut show that Southern Hospitality, we would do the right thing and give them our "winnings."
August 28th, 2010
11:09 am
JB and Proud Black Man. Two of a kind.
August 28th, 2010
12:01 pm
"My bad," as the kids say.
August 28th, 2010
12:16 pm
Everyone is showing their ignorance, go to NJ.com, and the NY times. Gov. Christie, pulled apart N.J. proposals just 4 days before it was due, because it didn't fit his political philosophy.
Bret Schundler had worked out an original agreement with the teachers unions. All of the paperwork was done with with proposal. The Thursday before Memorial day the Governor, decided that he didn't want that proposal to go forward, it didn't fit with his agenda. So he ordered it changed he is the one who order the numbers for 2008 and 2009 not be put in to use 2010 and 2011 instead, as it would show that his policies were a failure if the correct data were used.
Christie is the one who should resign.
August 28th, 2010
12:53 pm
This story is not about a Super of Ed in NJ. Nope, it is about the need for infusions of FED cash because we all are living beyond our means ………cities, counties and states and the Fed Gov.
Government is broke becaue of all of the taking from the rich to give to the deadbeats bent. Conservatives predicted this all of my life ……….bankruptcy, That is for all forms of government.
FDR and then LBJ in 64 and 65, when he said "We will end poverty as we know it."
Post office is broke.
Military is broke.
Medicare is broke
Social Security is broke,
Welfare friendly states like Michigan, California, NY and Ohio are broke.
Public education is broke.
Counties are broke.
Fed Gov is BROKE.
Why does anyone ……….anyone……… think that government can deliver any form of GOOD health care with this horrible, failed track record???
Only true dead beats like out in East Point demanding vouchers for 2012 housing.
When I resided in East Point as a kid and teen in the 50s and the fabulous 60s,, we had gorgeous lawns and homes, late model cars in the well kempt driveways of freshly painted homes …………now? Look at that crowd of deadbeats. Look at East Point !!!!
Government changed it all to WE ARE BROKE.
August 28th, 2010
1:01 pm
Mr. Schundler probably earned a six-figure salary yet requests to be "fired" so he may receive unemployment benefits! Unbelievable…
August 28th, 2010
1:23 pm
Great for Georgia…..The rest of the country has to contribute to our 400 million surplus….hahahahaha
August 28th, 2010
9:13 pm
I agree with NJ Governor Christie. The Superintendent should be fired for sending out an important document under his signature, with no quality control. The buck stops at his desk. I wish that it worked this way in GA……
August 28th, 2010
9:23 pm
Too bad our governor supported it. I would rather have Gov. Christie.
August 28th, 2010
10:19 pm
As long as the United States continues division instead of coming together as a country of people who includes all americans instead of " a select few", until we embrace one another as we should, we will always be a nation in trouble, no matter what form of government. Greed has caused an enormous amount of grief and will cease when we as a people understand, we are all in this melting pot together, which means we all must learn to co-exist together harmoniously for the sake of the good for all. Take a look at other countries and evaluate America.
August 28th, 2010
10:43 pm
To the comment from JB earlier in the thread
Kasim reed is a Methodist. Bringing up a man's religion in the context of a education article that has nothing todo with the state or the city of atlanta says a lot about your character and laziness.
August 29th, 2010
6:44 am
A "limited-government", fiscally responsible Governor like Christie disappointed that he couldn't get his hands on more government money: Priceless.
August 29th, 2010
11:16 am
Hope 'Ed' woke up this morning, turned on Fox news and saw Washington express how things are going to change. You believe all you want about YOUR mayor all you want.
Any tool like him who proposes cutting state jobs and WASTES city money like the one in Washington will get a better picture of his ambient life.
Go away.
August 29th, 2010
2:53 pm
I find it revealing that the first words out of Mr. Christie's mouth blamed the Obama Administration for the loss of New Jersey's RTT funding. He wasted no time using the incident as a political football. The release of the video by federal officials shows that sometimes what a politician says happens, doesn't happen., and has no relation to the truth. I wish New Jersey could have received some of the RTT funds, but the reason that the state didn't receive the funding is the fault of state officials.
August 29th, 2010
3:08 pm
I want to make a short comment on the anti-government rhetoric. Until 2009 I taught U.S. History, civics/government and other social studies subjects in public schools in this state, and in none of those years was there an absence of some type of government intervention into public education. Public education is inherently subject to some type of intervention whether it be at the local, state, or national level because public means us and refers to both our taxes and our government.
Citizens need to stop railing against "the government" because they're railing against themselves WE are the government, and any 8th grade civics student knows that in a representative democracy, government is a structure established by CITIZENS to make decisions on their behalf. This is the reason the Preamble to the Constitution begins with the words, "We the People." Sheesh.
August 30th, 2010
7:06 pm
when Schunder ran for Mayor of Jersey City he claimed to have made $35 million in the stock market. Now he needs unemployment checks? Something's wrong.


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Living in a dry cold climate I'm reasonably certain we get more static electricity from walking across carpet, etc,etc. Some of the things I do every day, I'm sure to get zapped on. I found, (and maybe someone told me or i read it somewhere), that if I touch wood first before i touch metal I don't get zapped. The theory is that the wood will un-charge you but not quite as fast as the metal so you don't feel the swift discharge.
So my theory is that this is where the phrase "touch wood" or "knock on wood " came from.
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Hello K2eoj:
I never heard of wood being a conductor of electricity but that doesn't mean I know everything. My wife is very prone to shocking, even in the summer. She puts a dryer sheet in her pocket sometimes and thinks it helps. I just hit objects with the tips of my fingers; that way I don't know whether I got hit or shocked.
Hold a key or coin, or something metal in your hand. Then use that object to discharge the static to a doorknob, faucet, or other grounded metal point. The spark will jump from the key to the ground. The charge will be dissipated across the whole surface of your skin in contact with whatever you are holding, rather than the point where the spark jumps normally.
This is actually quite fun to do. :cool: If you close the distance very slowly, you can reach a point where you can hear it start to "sizzle" before the spark jumps. Also if you have a large charge built up on your body you're hair is likely to be trying to stand up. Maybe not enough to look like Einstein, but just a little bit. When you discharge all that static, you will feel your hair fall back to your head. Normally the sharp sting from the shock on your fingertip overrides your feeling much of anything else at that moment.:eek:
Hey K2eoj:
I just re-read your post on static electricity. I think the "knock on wood" thing came from the Dutch; they did it to raise the spirits in the wood for their protection.
Raising spirits could have more than one meaning. They had wooden shoes, maybe they had wooden mugs.:D
I wonder what the ancients though of static electricity. It was probably more rare because of materials for floors and shoes but probably they got hit occasionally.:eek:
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I'm new to the K1000, but I've gotten the hang of it quickly. I'm having problems with my deployment of the Smart Notebook software though. I have a folder with the setup MSI, MST answer file, registry files for activation, etc...and I've been manually running a batch file that will do everything just fine.
My batch file:
ECHO -Department of Technology
msiexec /i "I:\ssc\MIS\SFigg\Software\SMARTgallery\install.msi" TRANSFORMS="smart.mst" RESPONSE_ACTIVATION="I:\ssc\MIS\SFigg\Software\SMARTgallery\SRS.reg" /qb
regedit /s "I:\ssc\MIS\SFigg\Software\SMARTgallery\SRS.reg"
Now, I've had to change that for K1000 deployment since it won't work with drive letters. I've put all my files (and gallery folder) all in one location, and changed the batch file to this:
msiexec.exe /i "install.msi" /qb TRANSFORMS="smart.mst"
copy "SMARTBoardService.lnk" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\SMARTBoardService.lnk"
copy "SMARTBoardTools.lnk" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\SMARTBoardTools.lnk"
In the install manager, I've forced these paths:
Install directory: C:\Program Files\SMART Technologies\Education Software
Gallery content source location: "Gallery Data Files" (this should be in a folder called "Gallery Data Files" in same directory as install)
Gallery destination: C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\SMART Technologies Inc\
So I run it, and it seems to install Notebook just fine - but it fails on the gallery part, saying it can't locate that path. I've also tried "\Gallery Data Files" and had the same problem.
The way I've been deploying is to take all those files/folders, zip them up - upload it to the software section - make it online, run as local admin account....then I made a script to push it out to 1 test machine for now.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to get this to work properly that is familiar with the software?
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You might try adding a "start /wait" in front of the msiexec statement. The MSI is being installed in the background and before the directories are being created you are trying to copy files to them.
The install starts working fine and the MSI seems to execute properly - but when it comes to the gallery installation, it says "Cannot find the source for this gallery".
This is where I configure the location:
It's in a folder called "Gallery Data Files" one level above the MSI and everything....so I've trieid these:
"Gallery Data Files"
\Gallery Data FIles
$(KACE_DEPENDENCY_DIR)\Gallery Data Files
None of these seem to work though...so I'm not sure what to set it as.
Note about your screenshot- $(KACE_DEPENDENCY_DIR) variable is a Kace variable and has no usage outside of a Kscript.
Have you tried zipping all contents and pushing it the a managed install under the distribution module? An alternate method...
I'd love to look at it with you if you need help. PM me and we'll sort it out.
I agree with Chris, a managed install would be the way to go. (That plus some smart labels and you can watch the machines do your work for you [:D])
That said...
Just to make sure I am reading that correctly, the gallery folder you are specifying is in the SMART installer setup? My first thought would be ".\Gallery Data Files" but I have had problems referencing files in the KACE directory before. Two other ideas that come to mind, you could see what ID is assigned to your installer by the KBOX (see what folder it downloads to) and reference the full path or use a network drive by using net use to temporarily map one.
cmccracken - Thanks for the reply - it's what I was hoping for. I've tried ".\Gallery" with no luck.
I did no know that each Software Installation package has a unique folder # - I knew it did - but didn't know it stayed the same. Is this just for installers or scripts? (i have the zip file for the "software" installer, then a script to execute it with different commands)...so if I change around the script and software installer - edit files/parameters, the folder will always be "6265" for me then unless I duplicate/delete/create a new installer? I could use the full path without a problem if that's the case - I just don't want it to change ever...since this Summer we'll be deploying it to 800 machines and need it to be the same on each.
(and I'll use a managed install later on - I'm just doing a machine here and there right now - not a big deal until this summer's 1000 system deployment). We may also use the k1000 client front end for them to request the install themselves - which will work as long as that "6265" folder never changes for anyone)
...and thanks for the help everyone - sorry, i've been crazy busy since last week and haven't had a chance to get on here to respond. But cmccracken has the exact understanding of what I'm trying to do along the lines of ".\Gallery". I've successfully gotten it to work if I use a network shared path like \\10.100.8.8\Gallery ....but I don't want to rely on a server for the gallery pushout - I'd rather have the whole thing reside on their machine if possible.
Would the gallery always be run from the KACE directory, or is that just the starting spot to have it copied from? I ask because when an agent upgrades, it deletes all of the downloaded files.
As far as I know (and have seen), the ID will stay the same for software and scripts as long as you keep using that same "item". The contents can change, but as long as a new database record isn't created, you will have the same ID and same folder.
The gallery files are copied to another local directory, so I wouldn't be worried about that original "6265" folder being deleted. I tested this, and it works great - however, once it gets done copying the gallery files, I get an error "gallery source cannot be located". I have to hit "OK", then it finishes up the install. Really stupid, since it installs just fine - I was hoping to have a zero interaction install for users, but it doesn't seem like it's going to work that way - if I run this outside of kace it seems to work fine - executing the msi through a batch file.
That error is generated by the MSI, correct?
Correct. During installation, the last step is to copy the gallery files. A new window opens up showing the progress, and it finishes (or gets to 99% or something), and then a see an error saying it cannot locate the source for the gallery - but I hit OK and the gallery is still there. I'm not sure if it completes whatever may be left (activation?), but it installs the gallery correctly while still erroring out after
Does it succeed if you run your setup file from the KACE directory manually?
How large is the full package? It almost sounds like some of the gallery didn't get copied.
Good luck with the other fires.
The full package is close to 900mb. However, I'm testing this MSI outside of KACE, and we've always run it in /QN ....which is why we've never seen it error out. If I run it as /QB, I see the same error - but I believe the error is irrelevant, since we've manually installed it with the /QN switch through a batch file dozens of times without a problem - so I think pushing it through KACE with the /QN switch will work out fine :) Sounds like a stupid error, but rather have it be that than something that isn't able to be solved!
Thanks for all the help guys - the K1000 can be quite overwhelming at first, especially when I've tried pushing this big package out during my first day of using it :) hah


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Another dose of the colour creeping in to my wardrobe but opting for pastel, perhaps channeling my love for 3.1 Phillip Lim SS12. I wouldn't usually pair these together as I'm not a personal fan of 'colour blocking', but the mint pants and spearmint seemed like a perfect, fresh summer match with solid black accessories. Dion Lee manages structure yet flow perfectly every single time with this silk top with harness cut out back, available from Desordre boutique in Paddington.
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QK: North Carolina's backup from Malvern (Pa.) Prep has played a grand total of 52:27 while compiling a 10.30 goals-against average. He is making saves at a 57 percent rate. I will watch him warm up Sunday at MetLife Stadium and give you my assessment during the broadcast of the Tar Heels' game against Johns Hopkins in the Big City Classic (ESPNU, 6:30 p.m.).
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An experiential education course in which students participate as interns in either radio or television, public relations, advertising, or some facet of organization communication. Open only to communication studies majors or minors of second-semester junior status or higher. No more than 6 practicum units may be applied toward the major or minor. Students must get instructor's permission to enroll in this class. Prerequisite: Students must either have completed or be concurrently enrolled in COMM 300; second-semester junior status or higher. Limit 15


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Why to "progressives" (socialists} always play the race card.
WHY because it works. The mere presence of the race card changes the subject from a failed administration to a defensive reaction by those that are critical.
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"Obama has hopefully set the Liberal agenda back twenty years and once again some sanity returns to the country."
Well lets see here. You got the liberal agenda then you got the conservative agenda.
The liberal agenda is less of a threat to my freedom and the freedom of others.
Neither agenda is preferable though.
What's funny is if one sits back and watches both sides argue you quickly see that they mirror each other almost completely.
Posted 304 days ago.
If there is an inherent racial hatred against blacks being able to succeed, how does Oprah explain Oprah? The race card has been so overused in the past five years, the little spots have been worn off and it's so flimsy it will soon disintegrate and blow away in the wind. The upcoming backlash against Political Correctness will be messy but necessary. Obama has hopefully set the Liberal agenda back twenty years and once again some sanity returns to the country. It's not the color that is bad, it's the ideas.
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