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I am completing my sixth week of teaching a college-level journalism class, and it is so much harder than I had expected.
I expected my first semester teaching to be difficult because I knew there was some material I needed to study and also knew I would have to create my lesson plans. But it is taking so much more time than I had anticipated to gather everything that I want to share with the class and make sure I have my materials exactly how I want them.
I also didn't anticipate how long grading would take. I am spending every weekend grading their blogs, their edited photos and videos, their social media plans, and their essays examining different media presentations. It is literally taking at least eight hours to grade each week. And then you have to get it all into the grade book.
I am not sharing this to complain. I am sharing it to PRAISE all the teachers out there! I don't know how they do it and get anything else done! (My house is a mess and my lovely meals have become very sad. Michael is missing all my homemade stuff. Everything is half-a@@D now.)
I am only lecturing four hours a week. I can't imagine having to create lesson plans to fill five hours a day, five days a week!
And I can't imagine how a teacher new to a grade pulls it all together. I would need a whole year just to prepare! I would never switch grades! (Me kicking and screaming in the principal's office: No you can't make me switch grades!! I have my lesson plans!)
I posted on Facebook last Sunday that I had spent the whole day, outside of church, grading and was finally putting everything into the electronic grade book. All my teacher friends chimed in: Welcome to my world!!
I am lucky to have found another adjunct who is very kindly sharing a lot of his planning and materials with me so I can see how he is teaching it. (He's been teaching the class two years so he really knows what he's doing.)
Are all teachers sharing materials on google.docs? It's the greatest thing ever!
I love, love, love being in the classroom and being with my students. They are so smart, creative and really amazing. But the prep and grading is just much harder than I expected.
So what do you think: Is teaching more time consuming and harder than people think? How do teachers get everything planned and prepared every day? Are the schools telling them how to teach it or are they having to reinvent the wheel?
If you are a teacher, how much time are you spending planning and grading? What is the most time-consuming part for you?
Am I having a hard time because this is college-level material? Would grade-school be easier or harder to prepare for?
September 23rd, 2011
7:04 am
Ah, Theresa, Theresa, Theresa! What can I say? Where can I start?
I've taught from college to nursery school. The elementary grades are much, much harder than college-level. Your students CHOOSE to be there. They have mastered a few basic skills. Think about that simple fact.
And, while they have problems, you are not required to watch for abuse (you must report it!), neglect (you must report it), nor, do I think, your students' parents play much of a role in what you are doing. You have a (relative) cream of the crop.
Teaching elementary school requires hours of planning and grading in addition to the 7-8 hours you are with the students. (Where did you get the five hour notion?)
In addition, you create your own syllabus (or cop the one from the other teacher) and you have virtually complete autonomy in your classroom. K-12 teachers do not. They are told who, where, and HOW to teach, even if it does not work for your particular class. (The idea you can use lesson plans from year to year–how quaint!)
The difference between teaching college students and 7-9 year olds (other teachers fill in other ages here) is night and day. As I said, I have done it all. (Never taught 10-12 grade, though. I am sure there are significant challenges there also.)
Others will help you understand more–gotta go!
September 23rd, 2011
7:25 am
The stimulus is working ! Obama is doing a wonderful job!
September 23rd, 2011
7:30 am
I'm not a teacher, I'm an engineer, I became an engineer because I did not have the talent to be a teacher! I found this out while trying to help my best friend with her algerbra class when we were in high school, I could do the work myself, but had no idea how to explain it so she could understand! The teachers that are out there that really want to be teachers and use their talent are way underpaid, and under appreciated. A lot of people in the working world think because teachers do not "work 8 hours a day, and get summers off" have a gravy train job, NOT SO, and this is coming from a non teacher. That said, the problem is that the good teachers suffer from the ways of the bad teacher, i.e, the ones who do not care, and should not be teaching. We need to appreciate the ones who are good teachers, and help the ones who are not to get out of the profession. Easier said than done, however. Thank you, to all the good teachers that my children had, and for those few that weren't I hope you find another profession!
September 23rd, 2011
7:31 am
Amen to praising the teacher for all the unrecognized and unappreciated outside-the-classwork effort that goes on in their world. One warning, though – when a first-year teacher I also longed for that second and third year when I would have my lesson plans all set and no longer have that prep time in front of me. But I found out it just plain doesn't work that way for the good teacher. Oh yes, there are parts that can be used. But classes differ based on the students abilities and motivation. No two years of Algebra II or American History 300 are the same. Lesson plans need to be adjusted, rewritten, and assignments altered. New tests reflecting those adjustments also, must be done. So simply an observation based on personal experience – if you are to continue your enthusiastic approach to the profession, don't promise your spouse more home-cooked meals in the future during the school year.
September 23rd, 2011
7:34 am
During the 36 years I was a high school CTAE instructor, each of my classes was mixed grade (9th – 12th), mixed experience (beginners thru all 4 years), mixed interest (chose the class, assigned to the class, even sentenced to the class), mixed skills (readers, non-readers, special needs, gifted, etc.). Try preparing for board drafting, beginning thru advanced AutoCAD: technical drafting, architectural drafting, 3D Modeling, landscape drafting, land surveying….
Then, try adapting all that (remember this is per class period) to meet the demands of the state & local standards, expectations of an Advisory Committee, national Industry Certification, and the needs of area employers. Toss in dealing with parents and difficult students, required extra curricular duties (SkillsUSA, chaperoning prom, professional development, state vocational conferences…) and that's only part of it. The same expectations placed on academic teachers who get to teach ONE subject to each class were placed on us.
I took the exam for Architectural Drafting that has probably been adopted for Georgia high schools and too many of the terms in it were more regional than universal. Try preparing your students for that as well as all of the above.
Some how I managed but am I ever so happy to be retired now!
September 23rd, 2011
7:50 am
As many know…I have taught Pre K ,Kinder and 2nd grade. I also teach adults. Teaching children is much more physically exhausting. I also teach EVERYTHING I HAVE DEVELOPED MYSELF. It is much harder to develop your own material than to teach what you are given: Here are the fifty states and now we will learn the capitals and major cities in each state.
I compare it to me following recipes from cook books…I can do that…or me being on Food Network and having to come up with my own things…NO WAY. Last week, I had a teacher say to me…
" You have created all this yourself? It is amazing!" I LOVE WHAT I DO. TWG congrats on finding something you enjoy!
I am thrilled that I have NO grading!
My neighbor is a brilliant woman who has worked for the Pentagon and Huntsville Aerospace. She has three lovely children. She is now teaching HS Physics. I love to talk to her as she has told me so many times…" I had NO idea what is was like in the classroom…so many things I did NOT know." I just want to hug her when she says this.
Not trying to step on anyone's toes here but just going to a job each day IS different than being at home. I am home for weeks every year and am SO much more relaxed than when I have to be at a different school each day and also meetings for teachers. I work 7 days a week many weeks out of the year but am also OFF for about 15 weeks per year ( no pay) and it is then when I can actually catch my breath. I DO get crazy when I am home too long… I need to be out of my house and with other people!
catlady… I hear you are joining me next week with the children? I look forward to it. I met with Denise on M and we had fun. TWG…thanks for providing me with new and interesting friends!
September 23rd, 2011
8:02 am
In fairness…teaching what I have developed myself is much easier for me, than to teach something I could never learn such as what OldSchool has mentioned!
September 23rd, 2011
8:08 am
Good for you! While it's hard, you are learning so much from this experience, and your kids are, too! I am in a similar situation right now–part time employed/part time stay-at-home mom. I love how it's stretching us as a family and how it's enriching my brain. If I have time to think about it (hehe) I realize I'm getting the best of both! Hats off to you!
September 23rd, 2011
8:19 am
I am excited about it, MJG! Hoping I get new ideas from you on engaging students. I will probably also volunteer to read at my daughter's school that day–I have done that for 3 years now. It's a kick to see how different her kids are from my Title 1 school's kids in behavior, questions asked, engagement, etc. Well worth a day of personal leave!
September 23rd, 2011
8:21 am
…only teaches ONE class PART TIME…sheesh, what a crybaby…
And, thanks to all the REAL teachers out there that have made this their life's work – we salute you and praise you and thank you for your contributions to everyday society, for which you receive far to little recognition – thanks for caring about my kids (when they were in school)…
September 23rd, 2011
8:42 am
God help those kids. The stupid being taught by the liberal blind.
September 23rd, 2011
8:44 am
Teach manners and respect to 8th grade catholic school girls if you want to earn your money. Or try to.
September 23rd, 2011
8:46 am
"I'm an engineer, I became an engineer because I did not have the talent to be a teacher!"
I'm not sure what kind of "engineer" you are, but I'm a real engineer, and have the ability to teach if necessary, and have done so, but not the patience.
It's not really "talent" one needs but the willingness (yes, voluntary, I said it!) to accept average/below-average pay and nonsensical administrative policies along with society's ills in the form of children.
I have a friend, however, who teaches in a private school and does not have these issues. The children come from better homes and are brighter and more interested in learning than those in government-based schools.
September 23rd, 2011
8:48 am
I have been blessed enough to experience my children having great teachers. To be totally honest, I think bad teachers are not as common as many believe. I think that in K-12 there is just so much pressure for the teacher to produce certain results based on testing (CRCT) yet there is so much more that goes on through the year that they just don't get credit for. My daughter does well throughout the school year but gets severe test anxiety. Do I think her teacher should be punished if she scores a little below average on the test? NO!! Also, I have began my volunteer hours for my son's school and have been helping the teacher assemble weekly alphabet books. That stuff takes TIME!!! I am only doing a small part of what she does everyday and the woman still has her own family and children to attend to and I really don't know how she does it!
I do want to say something about college professors though. I have been in school now for a year and at least 2 out of every 3 instructors are just plain rude, unfair, controlling, and demeaning. Nothing person against you TWG, but I am starting to wonder if some instructors are just in it for some extra cash. Your students are taking your class to LEARN what YOU already know. So do them a favor, don't belittle them in the process and be fair. I am an adult, please do not treat me as though I am an imbecile because I am attempting to obtain something you already have.
September 23rd, 2011
8:49 am
I cannot even begin to imagine the requirements, time, dedication, etc., that one must possess in order to be a teacher. Obviously I cannot speak to the actual topic as I have not a clue but I will say thanks and give kudos to whose who can and do. What a sacrifice!
September 23rd, 2011
8:58 am
A TRIBUTE TO A GREAT TEACHER: The Near Death of Literature
When I was in 10th grade I had Literature for 6th period and it just about killed me.
Whoever decided on what students to put in that class must have worked at the College Park jail because the moment I walked into sixth period on the first day of school I knew we were going to get into enormous quantities of trouble instead of learning enormous quantities about literature. I was really excited.
All the 10th grade misfits had been perfectly assembled—plus some new girl I didn't know who already looked terrified. One kid in the class, a kid named Jerry, had always given me the impression he was a caged animal but looked like a human tenth grader. Then there was our class nerd, Jim, who was short and stubby, over in the front corner with his goofy briefcase we always stole from him between classes and put on the top of a brick wall so he couldn't get it—but he always tried real hard to get it and he was always late for class. Every day.
I had no idea how you learned about literature. I figured you borrowed the Cliffs Notes from an eleventh grader. And from looking at this teacher with his mismatched shirt and tie and baggie pants and clod hoppers that looked like they saw action at Gettysburg … that's when I knew I could get some good sleep before football practice.
Our teacher, Old Burrell Brownlow, passed out the book we were going to study. It was a book about two street urchins who float down the Mississippi River on a log raft. Oh, boy … we were going to learn the deeper literary meaning of why two street urchins would want to float down the Mississippi River on a log raft written by a guy who was using a fake name. I wondered how much money my parents were paying for me to go to this nice school.
Old Burrell taught the book by standing in front of the class while he read from the book word for word for word. He never wrote anything on the chalkboard. He had three posters on the cinderblock walls. That was it. It was old school.
While he was reading, every once in a while he'd stop and lift his head and pontificate about the literary significance of something in the story like a cow. Then, every once in a while, Old Burrell would stop and ask us what we thought of what he just read. We'd wake up and look at each other and giggle. You could tell Old Burrell thought the school wasn't paying him enough money to teach at this nice school.
After about two days we got to the point where we had had enough of the deeper literary meaning of some dumb book written four hundred years ago and we needed some real excitement in Old Burrell's sixth period Literature class. So I enthusiastically concocted a plan where Jerry, who was a fearless running back on the junior varsity football team, was to run across the room and jump up in the air and fly in the air for a good while and then dive on Jim and they would go tumbling onto the floor. Several of us agreed that was a wonderful plan to liven sixth period Literature class up. We really loved the plan's elegant simplicity.
I remember Jerry asked me if I wanted him to do it while Old Burrell was reading from the book. Jerry was serious. I told Jerry, very slowly, with mild hand gestures so I wouldn't spook him, that we wanted him to jump on Jim the next time Old Burrell leftthe room. No one thought to volunteer for the role of locking the door behind Old Burrell while we partied.
So the day came where Old Burrell was doing his usual—reading from the dumb book, word for word for dang word—and all of a sudden he says he'll be right back. It was almost as if Old Burrell was in on it. He didn't say why he was leaving the classroom. He just walked out the door … with the book in his hand. I figured Old Burrell had to go to the toilet. I know I did.
Without thinking, because Jerry was an action man and not a thinking man, Jerry instantly leaped out of his desk and started running across the front of the classroom toward the nerd Jim. On that day, however, Jim had brought with him a huge bottle of cough syrup and he had it standing up on his desk. Jerry grabbed the desk, with Jim in it, and flipped it over and then jumped on Jim as if Jim was on fire and Jerry was saving him. That glass bottle containing a whole lot of cherry-colored cough syrup broke and a whole lot of syrup and broken glass got on the desk and on Jerry and Jim and into Old Burrell's groovy shag carpet.
I jumped up into the aisle by my desk and started juking my arms around like an uncaged baboon. I felt wonderful. That new girl lowered her head and scrunched her shoulders up and seemed to be wanting to evaporate. The rest of us, in nice grey slacks and black Weejuns and button-down shirts and nice rep ties and navy blue blazers with the crest of one of the finest college preparatory schools in the United States of America on the left breast pocket, went nuts. Our mascot is the War Eagle.
Old Burrell walked back in, accurately analyzed the scene in one millionth of a second, and then headed down the aisle … toward me. I noticed his face was very red and he was baring his teeth and his eyebrows were way up on his forehead and his eyes were real big and Old Burrell was saying some awful things about me personally while spit was flying out of his churning sandwich hole.
Everybody else was screaming, too, but with a sense of fun and joy. Jerry and Jim were still squirming around on the carpet in the cough syrup in their blue school blazers. I convinced Old Burrell to not pull off my arms and legs and head. I also ended up committing unexpectedly to Old Burrell that Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was the greatest book ever written in the world and that Mark Twain knew things. This seemed to calm him.
In 12thgrade I had Old Burrell again for Literature. I think it was second period. He read Flannery O'Connor stories to us, word for word, which was fine with me, because Jerry finally got kicked out of school and now I was the class president and a member of the honor council and I was flying straight and wanted to get into a decent college. Old Burrell said one story of hers was really going to affect you. He read it. It did.
At the moment of grace in A Good Man is Hard to Find, I discovered what I thought might be my calling—good typing. I had no idea when I'd be called, but I kept my ears open for a long time after that. Thirty-one years later my first novel got published. I dedicated it to Old Burrell Brownlow. Now I'm a teacher, too, a reunited one, right across the hall from Old Burrell, but at a different school way across town. Where all day long I can hear him … still reading good stories.
September 23rd, 2011
9:08 am
I think it all depends on at what level you are teaching and how you teach. For instance, I have a nine-year-old in the third grade (DeKalb County Schools). Her "teachers" don't "teach" as far as I can tell. They give her homework and tell her to just "go home and do it". When she gets home and tries to complete the assignments, the first words out of her mouth are, "I need help. I don't understand this." So, Daddy asks if her teachers explained how to do "it". Invariably, the answer is, "No, she just told us to figure it out for ourselves." Guess who ends up teaching her how to multiply, divide, write a simple sentence, or whatever?
A teacher's job should be to actually teach, not to shift the work off onto the parents.
My suggestion is that you get a job with DeKalb County Schools. Do that, and lesson plans, grading papers, etc. will not be a problem.
September 23rd, 2011
9:22 am
@Tad ~ I really enjoyed that!
September 23rd, 2011
9:39 am
I was just telling someone this morning how I think it is so sad that teacher's are so grossly underpaid. We trust them with our children 7 or 8 hours a day! It is so sad. Teachers have to spend their own money on work related supplies, take their own time out of school to prepare and grade papers, and have to deal with a wide range of children's needs during the day.
September 23rd, 2011
9:48 am
oneofeach4me … thank you! And I did, too! Heh, heh!
September 23rd, 2011
9:56 am
To the real engineer: Wow, glad you have ability to teach! Here, where I work, I've taught classes too. I'm an engineer – least my title says that I am. But I know I'm not the best trainer/teacher. I don't mind being up in front of a class of folks and sharing my knowledge with them.
But I acknowledge that that is not my forte. There are folks much better suited to do that sort of thing. I salute them. The other engineers that I work with? Same thing. They couldn't get up in front of a group of people and train them. Definitely not suited for it. You have to have an aptitude for it.
Whenever I interviewed for a field service technician, I looked primarily for someone who had good customer service skills. I can teach (most people) to be technicians. I can't teach someone to be a good customer service person.
September 23rd, 2011
10:22 am
So true. Preparing and grading are definitely time consuming. For teachers if you take their per hour pay and divide it up by the hours they actually spend on their teaching job, their pay is definitely too low.
Having to grade projects, tests and papers actually changes the types of projects, tests and papers you assign. I assigned my upper level math class a short research paper one time and then, when they turned it in, realized I now had to grade a research paper which is significantly different than grading math tests (answers are right or wrong). The next year, the paper was less formal so I could grade just the content and not the format.
Do you like the online part of your class? I love having my grades online and my assignments online too. As a parent and a teacher, it is great to have a single place for all the class information. As a teacher, giving online tests in science is wonderful because it grades all but the discussion questions for me. It can take a little getting used to in order to be the most efficient at entering grades. I try to keep on top of it so I'm not stuck entering a lot of grades at one time.
@Wayne – you are so right. Just knowing a subject does not make you a good teacher. There are people who are gifted at presenting topics in interesting and informative ways and not everyone has that talent.
September 23rd, 2011
10:29 am
@penguinmom: exactly!
September 23rd, 2011
10:53 am
…SOME teachers are underpaid, while MOST teachers are paid appropriately – we have already had this discussion –
But, again, teachers, thanks for all your efforts and services rendered as they are appreciated by my family and me (my wife comes from an extended family (mom, aunts, cousins) of approximately 11 teachers, mostly elementary school teachers for the hearing impaired)…
September 23rd, 2011
11:12 am
Teachers don't just teach; that is why I couldn't do it. They plan the lessons, teach, counsel, engage, entertain (sometimes), deal with issues and pressures from outside of the classroom (administration, parents, PTA, testing requirements, etc.), assess the progress of students (assign homework and projects and grade them), be available to students and parents outside of regular classroom hours via email or phone…I could go on. See, when I leave work after my 9 hours of work, almost every single day, I've left everything there. Sure sometimes folks call but those days are few and far between. (I'm not that important.) And I get paid a lot more than teachers. So I think teachers are underpaid because they have a lot more responsibility than we generally acknowledge. I don't want any of it.
September 23rd, 2011
11:53 am
Whenever I pitch myself for an educational venue, I typically say this:
I not only know my (original) material and am able to share it in a fun and interactive method, I actually use the information I have developed with young children and am able to show your teachers how to do this. I do not create in an office all by myself and publish. I test what I develop.
Many folks are VERY intelligent ( not me) but are not able to share what they know in an interesting and engaging manner ( this I can do).
I find some teachers who would be better suited in other professions.
My son told me, on Monday, that he might like to teach Pharmacy. He also added that he will stick with retail for now, as he needs to earn some money to get going on his student loans and that he would have another year tacked on for teaching internships. I was surprised to hear this from him as he has never expressed this interest to me previously. He was able to tutor fellow students in HS, so perhaps that might be in his future. Who knows? I am the only teacher in my family and absolutely love being with children and most teachers. I am honored to be able to do something I enjoy and make money doing it!
September 23rd, 2011
7:18 pm
Welcome to the wonderful world of teaching!! It is exhausting!! It's not that any one thing is terribly difficult, it is just that there is ALWAYS something to be done. I teach elementary school science. I see EVERY child in our school (800+) on a weekly basis. I teach 6 different grade levels every day, which means 6 different sets of materials EVERY day. Because my position is not paid for by the county, our school raises money through a private Foundation to pay my salary of $26,000 with no benefits. I have a Master's Degree in Science and could be making at least double if I were to take a regular county positionteaching middle school or high school , triple in the corporate world. Unfortunately, Science at the elementary level is not considered important enough to receive the same funding as art, music, or PE. I have very LONG days… I'm at the school for no less than 8 hours each day, and often spend weekends, summertime, and evenings doing additional work. I also have 2 school age children and a husband who travels for his job. I volunteer time for extra activities at school, and volunteer weekly in my community. Despite all of this, I feel as though I have the best job in the world. I get to share my love of science with some of the most incredible children you'll ever meet. I started teaching because I thought that I could inspire young children… it turned out that it is the young children who inspire me.
September 23rd, 2011
7:40 pm
Ltc. Razorback
When was the last time you conferenced with you child's teacher? Maybe it's time to stop taking a 3rd graders word on the situation and deal with an adult. When will some of you parents wake up to the fact that kids, yes even your own, have been known not to tell the truth, or whole truth, when it's in their best interest. In your daughter's situation, it's a good possibility that she was either not paying attention in the first place or to shy to ask for help. Do your daughter a big favor and go to the next parent teacher conference.
September 23rd, 2011
8:15 pm
I concur with Dave on this one, Ltc. Razorback. Who remembers the proverbial "What did you do in school today?" question. Answer, everyone? "Nothing!" There is no way that your child's teacher is just passing out work. None. Request a meeting with the teacher, and ask her about your child's demeanor/behavior during lessons. I think you'll find it's as Dave predicted.
TWG, please keep preaching it to all you know! Thanks for posting this.
September 23rd, 2011
9:12 pm
I work in a bookstore. Not being from the south, I'm not really up with Southern writers. It was just suggested to me by a customer to read Flannery O'Connor. She told me to start with "A Good Man is Hard to Find". I liked the story. It's a very interesting read, but I admit, I don't get the point of the stories so far. Wish I could sit in on a class that was discussing it. The woman who made the suggestion, (I believe she is a retired college professor.) gave me her business card and told me to write her if I had questions. I just might do that.
September 23rd, 2011
9:41 pm
Thank a teacher for being able to read this article. I started teaching in the late 60's and retired as an administrator in 01. I have seen much change and much of the change is not for the good. Oh yes it looks wonderful on paper but ask a teacher how it is really working out. Learning can not be legislated. To attract dedicated and involved teachers into the classroom give them the tools to discipline (which no longer exist for a classroom teacher), let the teacher teach not do paper work to justify what she/he is teaching, make discharging weak teachers easier. Zell Miller understands teachers. Zell Miller was and still a great friend to teachers and education. Parents support your child's teacher. I grew up in the world of "what did I do to be punished in school", not as it is today "What did that mean teacher do to you?" If you think teaching is easy go teach a class for six weeks. Walk a mile in our shoes before criticizing our profession.
September 23rd, 2011
10:07 pm
WOW….double WOW. I cannot actually believe I read something positive about the teaching profession. I am about to faint. OK, I think I can do this. I have my composure back…….
Less than 4 semesters to go for me until I can hang this profession up for good. I don't have the energy to write what I would like; it's been a rough week. Thank you for the nice comments about a profession that can and does change lives in many, many ways. It's unfortunate the profession does not receive the positive attention it deserves. My students know the positive influence I have had on them and their lives………that's all I need to keep going until I retire. All of the junk behind the scenes means nothing to me. I just take care of my kids. PERIOD!
September 24th, 2011
1:31 am
To the author of this story: You sound like a wonderful teacher who is bent on perfecting your craft, bravo! However, to "Praise all the teachers out there " is as foolhardy as a childs fantsy story book. I am certainly not a teacher basher, but lets get back to reality, shall we? I was raised by a mother who taught school. She was committed, as you seem to be. She spent countless hours working on class material, and grading papers at home after work. My grandfather was also an educator who started one of the finest prep-schools in America [right here in Georgia]. With all of this said, by in large, education in America is pathetic!…………The reason you ask? many of the very teachers you so praised participate in an unexcusable union mentality, they, like you see themselves as saviors.The true educators are parents, the better the sudent, usually the better the parent. Teachers, as good as some are sure to be, have turned out to be parasites, literslly taxing good people to death! Education has surely turned out to be the most expensive "works program" in the history of our country…………..You sound like a fine person, don't get caught up in how wonderful you are, study hard in your spare time on the true differense between liberal and conservatism……..don't just join-up with the liberals because it sounds right!………I challlenge you to look back at some "old school" methods of education that really taught children something………I further challenge you to be honest with yourself, ask God for direction, then go out there and teach your fanny off………..With highest Regards and all good wishes, RED
September 24th, 2011
7:16 am
Whine! Whine! Whine!
Teaching is a profession. Long hours, preparation and dedication are required. That is no different than many other professions. Being in the classroom is only part of the equation…The other part occurs "behind-the-scene." That's where the preparation and long hours come in. What's the big deal??? I practiced law for 8 years before opting to be a full-time SAHM who has homeschooled her children for the last 8 years. I put *looooong* hours into my career as an attorney and I put *looooong* hours into educating my children. I've also taught outside of the home along the way over the last several years. Teaching well requires LOTS of work and preparation. So what?! Continue being a professional and continue to rise to the challenge.
Btw, I, too, believe that good teachers should be commended. I'm just annoyed with the fact that people are often "shocked" that teaching requires long hours and act like putting in long hours into one's teaching career is an anomaly.
September 24th, 2011
8:31 am
Teachers today are unprepared because they themselves were taught by unprepared teachers. You see, somewhere along the way the proper teaching tools were discarded. If we would only bring back the two main teaching tools from yesteryear, (the dunce cap and castor oil), then our students could return to the number one spot in the global heirarchy of academic achievement, (we're number hundert now), and we could all point to our flag and say: the land of the free, the home of the brave, and the curriculum of the educated!!!
September 24th, 2011
8:36 am
Sk8ting Momma- I doubt teachers extra hours for given salary is in the same ball park as lawyers hours and salaries…as might be indicated by your ability to homeschool…and that just opens up a whole other conversation…
September 24th, 2011
8:55 am
Teachers want to be treated as professionals
However, I
September 24th, 2011
9:06 am
Without underpaid teachers, k-12, there would be no professions! Duh!!!
September 24th, 2011
9:11 am
To go back to your original questions — yes, teaching is much harder than people think, especially if you do it right and don't just follow a script. It takes hours and hours of planning to put together a business presentation — yet we are supposed to put together 5 hour-long presentations A DAY (at the high school level where I teach) with a mere 45 minute planning period (oh, and that would include bathroom breaks, photocopying, calling parents and breathing time). I've been screaming for 24 years that we need more planning time, but administrators think that if we are left to our own devices we'll be hanging out at Starbucks all day long.
The most time-consuming part for me is the record keeping – which includes grading. With 147 students, even a short quiz takes hours to grade and input into the grade book. I spend hours planning my lessons, but that is the fun part — and the reason I became a teacher. Documenting my e mails to parents because their little darling hasn't turned anything in all semester is NOT fun, and is eating up more and more of my time.
September 24th, 2011
11:01 am
One advantage teachers have over all other people on Earth is that we get to see all the various candidates for the position of Antichrist, starting in kindergarten, and then we get to save the world by performing our academic and social skill improvement skills heroics.
You're welcome.
September 24th, 2011
11:31 am
Many people have no idea of the emotional toll that working with 120+ children every day, their individual needs, (and their parents') takes on a person. THEN add all of the other factors mentioned. I still love working with my kids, but after 15 years, I am so beaten down and tired of all of the criticism…
To add insult to injury, I could start an entry-level job at the giant insurance agency that is currently hiring for $10,000 more than I make with a M.Ed. and 15 years of teaching experience.
In my years of teaching, I can think of four truly dreadful teachers. Everyone, including administrators, knew who they were, but as one candid principal told me, "After years of documentation, they will still turn around and sue you. It's just not worth it."
Parents, your child's teacher is there for your child. Work with them. Trust them. Support them. If you must look for someone to blame, look to the bureaucracy of each county's central office, or higher up. We teachers are bound to go through the motions of each new educational plan than comes down the pike, and each year that equates to less and less time to plan for YOUR child.
September 24th, 2011
11:39 am
In the village of Jefferson, some young men had learned how to inhale "laughing gas." Under its influence they would laugh, cry, roll over, jump about, make speeches, and do many amusing things.
—First Lessons in Georgia History, 1913
I'm yakking about something about Georgia history and say the word hell in a sentence and I wasn't talking about heaven or hell or purgatory or anything. I actually cussed without thinking. So they go nuts about it and I just get up without saying another word and start to walk out.
They can't believe it. Somebody screams … He's kicking himself out! Throw the chicken at him!
I am kicking myself out. I really am. I walk out and close the door behind me and turn around and make a sad face through the window and then walk across the hall toward the benches. I'm already exhausted.
Already on one of the benches is a seventh grader named Mink who was in a lot of trouble at the first of the year … and then he calmed down for a few weeks … and now I've been getting the feeling lately that Mink's cranking it back up again for a big end-of-days-Great Revival-apocalyptic-wrath-of-God hell raising.
He looks up at me and says he's taking a self-time-out.
I said good for you. A mature decision. I sat down.
Mink looks at me and then he sees ten kids gawking at me through the window of The Cozy Room of Learning door and then he looks back at me. Mink asks what the heck are you doing out here.
I told him I kicked myself out of class.
Mink asked if I was kidding.
I said nope. I told Mink I just said a cuss word in class and I felt like I should kick my own teacher ass out of class since I've been kicking a lot of them out lately for cussing. They've been using the S-word a lot and very professionally, too. They're real good at it.
Mink gave me a funny look. He said he's never heard of that before. A teacher kicking his own ass out of class.
Lamely, I smiled at him.
Then we both took a deep breath and blew it out at exactly the same time.
September 24th, 2011
11:45 am
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September 25th, 2011
9:12 am
GREAT TEACHERS SECRETLY HAVE FAVORITES: Spike In Toyland
The whirligigs were preposterous. John marveled at how much junk and energy had gone into making them.
—Georgia Curiosities, by William Schemmel
On the last day of the week of the first week of school we come to the undeniable case of Spike, the former seventh grader who is now an eighth grader who is an elf.
Spike was an elf in seventh grade and he is still an elf and he is ageless and changeless and brings fun and humor and mischief to the dreary world of the rest of us boring people. I have that certain funny feeling that we'll come to the undeniable case of Spike every day this year.
This year, Spike has no more—or less—freckles. He still has a million of them. His head hairs still stand on their ends. Like a mood ring, the color of his eyes still change from blue to green when he gets worked up. His voice is still squeaky. Spike has grown to a height of ten inches.
He is constantly moving, picking at something on his flesh, thinking, pondering, brooding, calculating, prognosticating, anticipating, commenting. His eyes are always open and watching for opportunities to please. His manners are natural and wonderful and instantly make me feel better.
Outside, during breaks, he'll have in his hands a string. Then the string will end up with two knots, one on each end. Then Spike will come show you how the string he's been playing with might be used to save civilization from evil. In several different and believable ways. Just him and a string with knots. I don't have a reason not to believe him.
He comes to school with a small ball covered with massage nubs. He also pulls out of his pocket a multi-colored plastic contraption that spreads out into a ring you can throw to your pals like a Frisbee. And when you're finished throwing it to your pals you can squeeze it back and you can put it back into your pocket … but Spike doesn't put it back into his pocket. He keeps playing with it in homeroom … while we're having our big group meeting on Friday morning where the teacher sitting next to him … me … has to constantly ask him to put it in his pocket.
Spike doesn't put it in his pocket. He puts it back there between the chair and his back. Next to his massage ball. Then he starts picking at something on his left leg with the metal ring of a pencil that would have held the eraser but the eraser has already been bitten off and the rest of it pulled out to be inspected and put to some use only Spike knows.
Spike brought to school this week a huge ball of yarn he keeps in his jacket pocket hand-warmer pouch and off of the huge ball of yarn he spins fibers between his fingers and in a few minutes he'll have a sturdy braid and later when you look again he's turned the braids into some kind of coaster or hair extension. Anything he makes he'll happily give to you.
He is in constant motion. Small, quick, constant motions. He has bright, darting eyes. A quick smile. Always a Yessir and a Thank you and a You're welcome. If Spike is not an elf he is a tree squirrel who drinks gallons of espresso.
I think he's an elf who likes to act like a tree squirrel.
He recently, in another class, probably under the cloak of the desktop, came into the afternoon homeroom with dollar bills he had formed, origami style, into butterflies, onto which he had attached large paper clips so that when he placed the currency concoction above each ear the paper clips would also be inserted into the hair to they'd stay in place while we admired them. He moved his head from side to side. He was sitting in the desk with both legs underneath him.
This week, preparing the fall semester Georgia History syllabus, which the students sign, then becoming a contract, I'm asking them what three or four things can I do in the classroom as your Georgia History teacher this year to help you help me help you. I came to Spike.
Spike said he appreciated having study guides prior to tests; that he enjoys projects; he is delighted thoroughly and educated by going on lots of field trips; and he loves watching documentaries on the flat screen TV in the corner.
I can do that.
Spike is a one in a million billion 8th grader elf, who coats then soaks me with his personality every day, but he's right in line with the rest of my historians on what I can do, seriously and syllabus-wise, to help him help me help him … God help us.
Before we went home today, in the last home room of the day, as they pack up and see me melt into an end-of-the-week giddiness and goofiness they like, I ask Spike what else I could do to help him succeed in school and in life and help me help him help me.
It's as if Spike had been waiting for the question all of his life.
Spike immediately says he'd like to have spider legs that could pop out of his back and help him crawl across the ceiling.
I ask him, giggling, actually trying to keep the giddiness going … And anything else?
And he'd like to have the power of invisibility. In his elf voice, Spike says, he'd like to have the power of tele-por-tation. Spike says he'd like to have a long monkey tail grow out of the end of his spine that he can whip around.
You cannot deny this child. No one, of any age, can deny Spike his time in their face and life. So we burst out laughing and point at Spike and pat him on the back.
He sort of understands. Spike thinks the way he thinks is no big deal and wonders why we find him so sensational. I guess he really doesn't mind anymore that we constantly gawk at him … in shock and awe and wonder.
It's 3:15. Lurlene, our principal, screams from down the hall … LET'S GO!
Before Spike leaves for home and the first weekend of the school year, he out-of-the blue says to me with bright elf eyes and a smile … Do no da go hv i … pronounced, doh noh dah goh huh ee. Cherokee for Until we meet again. Something Spike learned as a seventh grader last year … four months ago … in my mid-afternoon study hall, Lunch & Squirm, and remembered across the span of a summer.
Until Spike and me meet again. That would be early Monday morning.
I can't wait.
September 25th, 2011
12:44 pm
@Miss Priss – hilarious!
September 25th, 2011
3:36 pm
Many thanks. Dear, what I wrote is the God's Honest Truth!
I've got a misfit who's so purely evil that we could eliminate in our country our armed forces and just send this kid, all alone, to places like Iraq and Afghanistan and in a couple of hours he will have demoralized their soldiers and their governments so thoroughly that they'd surrender and never start a conflict again for fear that we'd send him back.
Let's be real about some parts of our jobs as teachers. Sometime we're prison guards. Sometimes we're baby sitters. Sometimes we get some learnin' in their heads. Sometimes.


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Considering New Construction
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Buying a brand new condo poses some special risks and challenges.
1. Construction defects
New does not mean perfect, and construction defects have been an issue in recent years—both for buildings erected during the recent construction boom (when developers, including many novices, cut corners in a rush to bring their buildings to the frothy market) and afterward (when developers cut corners to make ends meet in a soft market).
The most common problems involve exterior leaks, windows that don't work, defective wood floors, inferior substitutions of materials and appliances, missing fire proofing, heating and cooling system problems, and bad ventilation.
Complications ensue if the developer (also referred to as a 'sponsor') either doesn't want to fix a project he doesn't stand to make any more money on, or can't afford to. Worst case translation: Two to three years of lawsuits, five- or even six-figure assessments, mild-to-severe inconvenience, and repair work that could wind up costing each owner tens of thousands of dollars.
In light of the uncertainties surrounding the quality of brand-new construction, some buyers these days are opting for "slightly used" condos—apartments in two-to-three-year old buildings that have already had their tires kicked.
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2. Finding a reputable developer
While buyers of brand-new will never be able to eliminate the prospect of construction defects, the best hedge is to buy from a reputable developer—one who not only builds to a greater standard of care, but can afford to fix things that go wrong and wants to in order to preserve its reputation and be able to sell future projects.
So how do you find the good ones? A good real estate attorney (not one referred to you by the developer) should be able to steer you away from the worst and recite a list of the best.
You should also Google the name of the developer for discussions about problems in past projects. Remember that many developers create a new LLC for each project, so look in the offering plan—a huge telephone-book-sized document that along with its amendments essentially explains everything about the building, from how many units have to sell in order for the sponsor to relinquish management of the building right down to the finish of the countertop in the powder room—to find out exactly which entities are partners in the LLC, and Google those names too.
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3. Buying "preconstruction" units
Buying "preconstruction" means relying on renderings (which may be deliberately distorted) to depict everything from the view outside the window, to the spaciousness of the master bedroom, to the finishes in the bathroom.
See How to Analyze a Rendering and How to Buy Preconstruction Smart for some common trouble spots, and always remember that the sponsor is only legally obligated to deliver what's specified in the offering plan; the pretty pictures are irrelevant, and so is the model apartment.
There are two main advantages to buying off of a floorplan: Securing a unit in a hot market like this one, and typically lower early-bird pricing.
Sponsors release units for sale in several batches, raising prices each time. The spread between the first group and the last is usually 5 to 20%.
Note, however, that while you may get a cheaper apartment if buy early, you won't necessarily get a better one. Sponsors include a number of the most desirable units in each new batch of units and often save the best for last, when they expect to receive the highest price.
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4. Financing new construction
In the skittish modern credit climate, lenders look as closely at the building as at your financial history and income in deciding whether to give you a mortgage.
Building-wise, lenders require that anywhere from 15% to 50% of the apartments in the building must be in contract. The exact percentage is up to the lender, and so-called "preferred" lenders are typically at the lower end of this range. Preferred lenders, named in the offering plan, become intimately familiar with the development and don't have to start from scratch as an outside lender might. This minimizes the possibility of the loan being denied because of issues with the building though it doesn't rule it out; the lender may decide at some point to put a cap on the number of units it is willing to finance, for instance.
Before issuing a mortgage to a buyer, lenders also require that the building have a Certificate of Occupancy or Temporary Certificate of Occupancy issued by the Department of Buildings.
Most lenders require that you put at least 10% down on your new condo; the average is around 10-20%. If your building is FHA-approved (more and more common in many emerging Brooklyn neighborhoods, for instance), you will only need to put 3.5% down.
5. Tax abatements
Many new buildings offer property tax abatements that range from 5 to 25 years, meaning that you will owe no property tax or only a specified fraction each year until the program expires and you rejoin the highly taxed herd.
A few points about abatements:
- The longer abatements tend to be located in emerging neighborhoods like Upper Manhattan and certain parts of Brooklyn.
- Make sure you understand the phasing-in schedule: You may owe zero taxes for 10 years, then 25% of "normal" taxes in year 11, 50% in year 12 etc. A rapid phase-in can be a financial shock.
- Make sure you have a realistic sense of your actual tax burden once the abatement expires. The dizzyingly high number that the offering plan says will be your tax at the expiration of your abatement is based on current tax rates and assessed property values. Your actual number in 7, 14, or 25 years is likely to be much higher as tax rates and assessed values continue their inevitable climb.
- Don't assume you are going to sell in Year 7 in the event your income can't keep up with your taxes. Many of your neighbors may have the same idea—and the competition will make it harder to sell for the price you need.
- As a general rule of thumb, don't spend up because you have an abatement: Buy the apartment you could afford if there were no abatement.
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6. Negotiating with a developer
With demand for new construction outpacing supply, don't expect to find much negotiability except in troubled projects, at critical moments of a development's lifecycle (see below), and/or if you're paying all cash.
Keep in mind that unlike individual sellers, developers (also referred to as sponsors) generally avoid outright price reductions. Price cuts affect future sales, as each unit's recorded sale price is a matter of public record. If the sponsor gives you $25,000 off, he will probably have to give every other buyer in that line $25,000 off.
Instead, focus on extracting "off-deed" concessions that the rest of the world will not automatically learn about, such as:
- 3-12 months of common charges paid in advance
- Payment of attorneys fees
- Upgrades to your unit like a better floor (if not yet done) or other finishes and appliances
- Roof rights, rooftop cabanas, storage bins, bike spaces, parking
- Payment of your contribution to the building's reserve fund ("capital contribution")
- Mortgage recording tax "splitter": Not many buyers know about this, and it certainly pays to ask, as it can save you the entire amount of your mortgage recording tax (nearly 2% of your mortgage amount)
- An interest rate "buy-down"
- Furnishings, particularly when you're buying a model unit
In some cases, you may have more leverage at the beginning and end of a project. That's because during the preconstruction phase, the sponsor will be focused on getting 15% of the units under contract. Fifteen percent is the magic number at which the offering plan is declared effective by the attorney general and closings can legally begin. It is also the minimum threshold at which most lenders will even consider financing sales in the building (some want to see as many as 50% of the units under contract).
If you're paying all cash in the preconstruction phase, you may have the most negotiating leverage of all as far as concessions, if not purchase price.
Conversely, you may have extra leverage at the very end of the project, when a sponsor may be eager to close down the sales office and focus fully on the next project.
Other points of negotiation:
- Deposit amount: Most sponsors ask for 10% down when you sign the contract, but in the preconstruction phase, when the sponsor is eager to hit the 15% mark described above—and is likely to be sitting on your deposit a very long time before delivering the unit—you may be able to negotiate a lower amount, such as 5%.
- Drop dead dates: Sponsors will never offer this up, but most will agree to a reasonable "drop dead" date at which point you are let out of the contract. For example, if you're signing a contract in August and the sponsor predicts closings will start Oct. 1st when the building is predicted to be 25% sold, you can ask to be let out of the contract if closings are delayed 3-4 months past Oct. 1st.
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Visit by Burmese Leader Offers Key Opportunity to Press for Human Rights Improvements
Burmese President Thein Sein is scheduled to meet with President Obama today, marking the first visit to the United States by a Burmese head of state in 47 years. Since that visit in 1966, the people of Burma have endured governmental mismanagement, brutal military rule, and serious human rights violations. Burma became a pariah state, synonymous with its infamous imprisonment of political activists and militarized attacks on civilians.
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Bahrain has again indefinitely postponed a visit by the UN's special rapporteur on torture, the latest in a series of attempts to deter human rights observers from scrutinizing the kingdom's dismal human records record. The government told the rapporteur, Juan Méndez, that his visit could be "immensely damaging" to the Bahrain National Dialogue, an initiative that should welcome such a visit if it truly seeks to promote reform.
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PHR is hoping that the 57th session of the United Nation's Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), an international forum that has dedicated this session to the elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls, will galvanize efforts around the world to achieve that goal.
PHR Joins Coalition to Arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir
Four years ago today, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Omar al-Bashir, President of Sudan, on seven counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity including killings, rape, and torture. On July 12, 2010, Bashir was also charged with three counts of genocide.
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What was forecast as a storm with very little accumulation of snow in the town has developed into several inches falling on the ground and the roads being hazardous for drivers.
With efforts still continuing from the cleanup of Hurricane Sandy, the township has ordered all drivers off the road following the declaration of a local state of emergency and a travel ban until 6 a.m. Thursday morning. Howell Township Manager Helene Schlegel made the announcement in a phone message sent to residents."
In an email, Schlegel said the town was working to clear the roads from the storm at a time when they are still cleaning up from Hurricane Sandy. "The township is attempting to address the issues of the latest storm and accompanying snow fall," an email from Township Manager Helene Schlegel said. "We ask residents to please understand and have patience due to the fact that the Township has limited resources available during the current situation."
Schlegel said sources of "outside assistance," that would normally help the township with snow removal "have been dedicated to the areas devastated by last week's storm."
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WOONSOCKET- Richard R. Beauchemin, 57, of Mill St. died Thursday at home. He was born in Woonsocket, a son of Armand Beauchemin and Therese (Fontaine) Beauchemin.
He worked as an extrusion molder of plastics for many years for the AT Cross Company in Lincoln.
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WOONSOCKET- Sandra E. Nelson, 66, of Greene St., died suddenly Sunday, June 30, 2013 in her home.
Born in Boston, MA, she was the daughter of the late Elwood E. and Clara B. (Davis) Nelson, and had lived in Boston most of her life.
She worked as a technician for Honeywell and had previously worked for General Scanning and Laser Science, Inc. Sandra enjoyed photography and had begun attending St. James Episcopal Church.
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DOUGLAS, MA- Brian E. Dearborn, 57, of Bluebird Lane, died Friday June 28, 2013 at home. He was the former husband of Maryanne (Cybulski) Dearborn, of Millville, Ma.
Born in Providence, R.I. son of the late Wade B. and Julia (Rossini) Dearborn.
Brian worked as a Letter carrier for the Woonsocket Postal Service for 28 years prior to retiring.
He was a United States Marine Veteran.
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NORTH SMITHFIELD- Beverly J. Croce, 74, passed June 30, 2013.
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WOONSOCKET- Sister Frances (Violette) Dulude, RJM, 88, was a long time resident of Woonsocket, and a Religious of Jesus and Mary for 67 years. She entered the Congregation of the Religious of Jesus and Mary in Sillery, Qubec on August 9, 1946.
Sr. Frances taught at Jesus-Mary Academy, Holy Family School, and the Catholic Regional Junior High School in Woonsocket, at Notre Dame School in Fall River, Massachusetts and at Villa Augustina School in Goffstown, New Hampshire.
Henry A. Tessier Jr.
WOONSOCKET- Tessier, Henry A. Jr., of Woonsocket, passed away June 27, 2013 at the Trinity Health and Rehab Center.
The son of Henry A. Tessier, Sr. and the late Agnes (Leduc) Tessier.
He is survived by his two daughters Amanda Tessier, and Amandalyn Tessier, one son Christopher Tessier, and two grandchildren Braydon Gauthier and Ryan Tessier, he was also the brother of the late Paul Tessier.
He will be missed dearly by his family. Services will be private at the convenience of the family.


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Marine Corps' portable solar-energy units mean fewer IED deaths
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GREENS is a portable hybrid solar-energy system capable of producing 300 watts of continuous energy to forward-operating bases in Afghanistan. The units can be rapidly deployed and transported by Humvee.
"So for the very small operating bases where they may have 50 Marines or so — a couple of radios, a couple of laptops, a couple of battery chargers — pretty much take care of their mission needs," Gallagher said.
Training to operate the systems takes about an hour, and money saved from cutting fuel convoys means the units "pay for themselves" within three weeks.
But that misses the point, Gallagher said.
"The cost benefit can be measured in dollars and cents, but really how we measure is the ability to take fuel tanks off the road. That allows us to protect the Marines and not have them exposed to as many of the explosive devices over there," he said.
The Marine Corps began developing the technology in 2007 to support forward-deployed Marines in Iraq. GREENS units arrived in Afghanistan last year.
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GREENS were built with "modularity" in mind, so as solar-panel and battery technology improves, components can be easily swapped out for smaller, more efficient parts.


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Pahrump, Nev. -- The Nye County Sheriff's Office arrested a woman Friday in connection with the death of a man on January 23.
Sylvia Castillo, 35, of Pahrump was apprehended and questioned by detectives after her co-conspirator, Peter Helfrich was arrested the previous day for taking the life of a Pahrump man.
Castillo is being charged as an accessory to murder and destroying and concealing evidence of a crime.
Castillo admitted that she became aware that Helfrich killed the man and subsequently assisted him in driving the deceased man's body several miles east into Wheeler Canyon.
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There is one thing that i constantly find myself reading about. It's something that i am just as interested in as i am afraid of it, but for some reason find it completely fascinating. That thing is … Thermonuclear War. I came across this film randomly a few months back and was flabbergasted at its accuracy and realism. "The War Game" is a black and white documentary style film created in 1965 by Peter Watkins. This film was censored by the BBC for 20 years and wasn't released until 1985 because of the potential it had for causing mass hysteria. At first glance and before researching this film i thought it was a true to life documentary. I couldn't for the life of me understand how i had not heard about the events that were unfolding in the film. Luckily for myself, and the people of England, its pure fiction. The films shockingly realistic portrayal of a nuclear missile attack on Britain, from Russia, morbidly shows the physical effects of radiation and the post nuclear infrastructure collapse of society. Disturbing shots of civilians with radiation sickness (due to winds carrying nuclear fallout), psychological effects, flashing light blindness, scorched bodies, and police brutality, paint the beginning of a post apocalyptic future. At times the realism is difficult to watch. The film makes an important statement about children of war with a chilling question; When you get older, what do you want to be? The hollow, shattered children's only response "when i grow up…..i don't want to be nothing". This film asks the question, "Would the survivors envy the dead?" I think some would, but i believe it is innate to all living things, wether it be animals or plants, to survive. Do we want this for our world? I sincerely hope not. I would highly recommenced this film to anyone interested in the topic or to anyone in need of a wake up call.
My Personal Screen Print Collection
The past year has been a fun year of art work collecting. My friend and i even made a stop at Spoke Arts: Quentin VS Coen show in NYC a few months back. We drank White Russian's and spent the night laughing and dropping lines from our favorite films. Here's a few snapshots of my own personal collection of screen printed and glossy posters!
Hacking Documentary
Surprisingly Psyched!
Being a huge fan of all things sci-fi, im actually pretty excited for Ridley Scott's prequel to the original horror classic Aliens. This trailer looks pretty promising, lets hope it's as good or better then the prequel to John Carpenter's "The Thing"!
2011: A year of great screen printing
2011 has been a big year for screen printing everywhere, and the guys at Mondo have been at the fore front of great quality artwork for years. Here's a taste of some of my favorite screen printed movie posters that they've put out this past year!
GOBBLE GOBBLE MOTHER F****r
Seeing as this past Thursday was Thanksgiving, i thought i would ring in some of the holiday cheer with a bit of blood and gore. This particular film has been sitting in my instant que for about a year, but only because of how ridiculous the movie sounds. The movie is called "Thankskilling" and is about a foul mouthed, homicidal turkey, who comes back from the dead every thanksgiving to murder "white people" for taking American soil from the Native Americans, and for slaughtering his kind. The movie follows 4-5 stereotypical college kids, who get caught up in the turkeys murderous rampage, while on their break from classes. His best weapon of choice is a musket styled shotgun, which is only funny because of its irony. Why wouldn't a killer turkey use a shotgun as his weapon of choice? This vengeful bird, sports a wily temper as well as some of the funniest one liners i've ever heard in a low budget film. Which by the way, only cost 3.5k to create. This movie is pretty bad in many ways, the jokes are terrible, the characters are cliche, the plot doesn't really make sense, and the acting is atrocious. Does that mean that this is not an enjoyable movie? Not in the slightest! This movie actually holds it's own as a holiday cult classic and i mean, how many horror movies are out there about thanksgiving? Theirs like a billion about Christmas and Halloween! In one scene, the turkey murders a man, who is making sweet doggie-styled love to his partner.
After a quick axe to the back of his head, the turkey then quickly takes his position and begins to have his way with her, only to shout "You've been stuffed!!!!" Their are countless hysterical lines by turkey and stupid college kid a like in this flick and needless to say i was pleasantly surprised. Next time you think about that bird your mom's been baking for hours on end, think about the decades of turkey genocide that humans have committed for tradition and what it would be like if you were on the receiving end; getting stuffed!
Spinal Tap
This is a great video i recently came across on a friends facebook page, any fans of This is Spinal Tap will get a kick out of this. The video below is one of my favorite scenes from the movie , animated with lego's. TIST is a classic "Rockyoumentary" which follows around the rise and fall of 80's metal band Spinal Tap. Its a hilarious movie with tons of rock cliches that will leave you in tears, and enough leather and big hair to make you regret every photo taken of you in your 20's. if you love sex, drugs and/or rock and roll or just feel like getting your face melted off then definitely check out "This is Spinal Tap"!


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RECALL: Ford Recalls 92,000 Vehicles for Driveshaft Problem
Ford is recalling about 92,000 sedans and crossovers in North America because of a problem with the front, right half shaft, which means the vehicles can cause drivers to "experience the loss of drive function" suddenly, the automaker said on Monday.
The models covered by the recall are the 2013-14 Ford Taurus, police interceptor sedans and Flex; the Lincoln MKT and MKS; and the 2012-14 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX. About 83,000 of the vehicles are in the United States, about 8,200 in Canada and 600 in Mexico.
The problem was detected through warranty claims, said Kelli Felker, a spokeswoman for Ford.
Other recalls announced by Ford on Monday covered about 200 Fiesta compacts from the 2014 model year because the gas tank may leak and about 2,100 Ford Escape crossovers from 2014 because a weak bond could cause the panoramic glass sunroof to leak or break away from the vehicle.
The automaker said it was not aware of any accidents or injuries related to any of the recalls.
2/10/2014 2:00:00 PM | By Truck Fleet Management
Paccar Inc. said it is recalling more than 21,000 trucks for potential defects to door latches and seat belts, according to a notice from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's website.
The recalls involve various 2013 and 2014 Kenworth and Peterbilt models, Paccar wrote to NHTSA in a letter outlining the recalls. Paccar is the parent company of Kenworth Truck Co. and Peterbilt Motors Co.
Included in the door latch recall are 7,292 Peterbilt 567 and 579 models manufactured between Jan. 20, 2012, and Oct. 11, 2013. Also included are 6,746 Kenworth T680 from the same model years that were manufactured at around the same time.
The seat belt recall is for 5,276 units of a range of brand Kenworth model year 2014 — including T660s and T680s — as well as 5,138 Peterbilts, also for the current model year and also for a range of brands. Those trucks were manufactured between early August and early November of last year.
Paccar told NHTSA that it will notify owners and dealers of the defects by the end of February and that it will replace the seat belt buckles and door-latch assemblies, if needed, free of charge.
The truck makers did not respond to a request for comment Feb. 10.
The seat belts — made by Westfield, Ind.-based Indiana Mills and Manufacturing Inc. — fail to conform to federal standards in which it may take more effort than is standard to separate the latch plate from the buckle, NHTSA said.
The door latches were made by component maker Inteva Products, based in Troy, Mich.
Daimler Trucks North America, Volvo Trucks and Mack Trucks issued recall notices in January over the same seat belt issue involving IMMI's L9 seatbelt model. Those recalls included more than 26,000 of Daimler's Freightliner models and 5,000 Volvo models.
Eliminating Fire Department Water Tanker Rollovers
National Tank Truck Carriers June 2013
Eliminating Fire Department Water Tanker Rollovers is Goal of New NTTC/DOT Video
DENVER CO – On November 11, 2012, Firefighter Mark Haudenschild II, 26, was killed when the water tanker he was driving overturned while he was responding to a brush fire near Fort Wayne, Indiana. He left a wife and two young children. He was a volunteer with the Washington Township Volunteer Fire Department serving his community.
Over the past several years, too many firefighters have been killed or injured in water tanker/ tender rollovers while responding to emergencies. National Tank Truck Carriers ( NTTC) has produced a new version of the Cargo Tank Rollover Prevention Video it developed with the U.S. Department of Transportation to help educate water tanker drivers on the special characteristics of tank truck vehicles and the actions they can take to avoid rollovers.
"While this DVD was originally developed for commercial tank truck drivers, the principles of tank truck vehicle dynamics, road challenges, and safe driving practices it presents are equally applicable to water tankers used in emergency response," said Jim Shaeffer, president of McKenzie Tank Lines, Tallahassee FL, and Chairman of National Tank Truck Carriers, Inc. "I know we will use this DVD in our outreach to firefighters and LEPCs (Local Emergency Planning Councils) in the areas in which we operate. It is especially appropriate that we introduce this material at our Annual Safety Conference in Denver. Safety is the core mission of NTTC."
Fire Department water tanker rollovers are not a new phenomenon. The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a report on Firefighter Deaths from Tanker Truck Rollovers in 2001. That report said there had been 62 deaths from water tanker rollovers from 1977-1999. The report did not include the injuries. The ability to track media and other reports on such crashes today shows that they continue to be a real issue of concern. Firefighters continue to be killed and injured in these usually preventable crashes.
The original 20-minute video was produced by the U.S. Department of Transportation with input from National Tank Truck Carriers in 2010 following increased industry and government concerns about the number of tank truck rollovers. It focuses on: Tank truck vehicle design; cargo/load factors; highway factors; and driver factors. The video features real tank truck drivers who share their experiences, different types of tank truck equipment and detailed graphics, and various highway challenges. The video has been translated into French, Spanish and Japanese.
The video was based in part on information developed in 2007 in a detailed cargo tank rollover report prepared for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) by Battelle. Among information in that report was that over 75 percent of rollovers are caused by a driver's action or inaction, the majority of rollovers are single vehicle crashes that occur on straight dry roadways (not exit ramps as is often thought,) and that about one-quarter of tanker rollovers involve straight trucks where the tank sits on the truck body.
"I am delighted that we can help extend the very important safety message of the Cargo Tank Rollover Prevention Video to the fire service," said Tim Butters, Deputy Administrator of the USDOT's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration and former chief fire officer with the Fairfax City (Virginia) Fire Department. "We continue to see vehicle rollovers involving fire department apparatus, particularly tenders/tankers used for transporting large volumes of water. Understanding how to safety operate these vehicles will help reduce rollover accidents. Vehicle accidents continue to be one of the leading causes of firefighter injuries and fatalities. I will strongly encourage my colleagues in the fire and emergency response service to include this training video in their emergency vehicle driver/operator safety training and driver refresher programs. Emergency responder's provide a critical public safety service to their communities, and we want to return home safely."
"We have been pleased with the response to the original video and hope that this version directed to the fire community will become a tool for training drivers who perform such a valuable service to us all," said Dan Furth, National Tank Truck Carriers president. "The DVD is free for downloading from our website www.tanktruck.org and we encourage everyone to help spread this safety outreach to anyone who can benefit from it. Many of our NTTC members already work with fire departments in their operating areas and we know that this information will help in the training they provide."
A free copy of the DVD can be obtained for review and reproduction by contacting NTTC at 703/838-1960, by email to email@example.com, or by mail to NTTC, 950 N. Glebe Rd., Arlington VA 22203. If large amounts of copies are desired, we can put people in touch with our video company for obtaining copies. None of this material is copyright protected. National Tank Truck Carriers, Inc. is the trade association of the tank truck industry.
Note to editors: For more information, contact: John Conley, email@example.com, 703/216-0449.
The Battelle Report referenced can be found on the FMCSA website: http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/safety-security/hazmat/cargo-tank-roll-stability-finalreport-april2007.pdf
Safety Defect Recall Notification: Meritor WABCO
This just in from Ferrara Fire Apparatus on a major safety item involving all fire apparatus with the associated Meritor/Wabco control module. Please post the notice from Ferrara and note that the recall pertains to all fire apparatus utilizing the part numbers listed.
Re: Safety Defect Recall Notification filed with NHTSA
Meritor WABCO Recall Number 11E039000
Ferrara Fire Apparatus Campaign # 11V-507
Ferrara Fire Apparatus Inc. has been notified by Meritor WABCO that a defect, which relates to motor vehicle safety, exists in units with Electronic Stability Control Systems (ESC) installed. Our records indicate only 104 Inferno / Igniter chassis has received one of the suspect ESC modules. The purpose of this letter is to inform you of our plan for addressing this defect.
What the defect is and the risks involved in vehicle safety:
Meritor Wabco has determined that under certain unique road and driving conditions involving tight, successive, highly banked curves in opposite directions, vehicle body roll and road inclination characteristics may adversely affect the slip angle calculation by the ESC Module. This might cause the ESC system to perceive an oversteering situation and therefore apply the front axle outer wheel service brake until the vehicle is perceived to be stable by the ESC. This unnecessary brake intervention may pull the vehicle out of the curve, requiring the driver to counter steer to keep the vehicle on its intended path. If the driver is slow to react during this described unnecessary ESC intervention, the vehicle may deviate from its intended path. All known occurrences of this described condition have occurred on tight S-type curves that are highly banked above 6 degrees. The faster the vehicle is drives on this unique road condition, the tighter the curves and higher the bank, the more likely the occurrence of unnecessary oversteer brake activation by the ESC.
What Ferrara Fire Apparatus is doing to resolve this issue.
Once the required replacement ESC modules have been procured, a Ferrara Fire Apparatus Inc. field service technician will visit each affected location to replace the defective module and recalibrate the ESC system. Replacement ESC modules should be available to Ferrara Fire Apparatus by Meritor WABCO by November 30, 2011. Vehicles affected will be attended to as quickly as possible thereafter.
Other Manufacturers Fire apparatus will also be affected and they will be handled by their own recall campaign notifications. The Meritor Wabco ESC Module part numbers affected are:
• 446 065 020 0
• 446 065 027 0
• 400 850 179 0
• 400 850 185 0
• 400 850 195 0
Any questions pertaining to this Safety recall should be directed to:
Charlie Grimes @ 800-443-9006 Ext. 3011 or Email email@example.com


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The Doors To Be Honored By Marilyn Manson, Bad Religion & More At Sunset Strip Music Fest
A number of bands have name-checked The Doors as a musical influence through the years, but now an unlikely group of music stars will honor the Los Angeles rockers at the city's Sunset Strip Music […]
JACK's Inside Track: The Cult
The Cult got their big break playing with Guns'n Roses in 1989–now they're comin' full circle with a stint opening for Guns this Spring. See, kids? Dreams really DO happen!
New DVD/BluRay Release With the Authorized Story of "L.A. Woman"
Through new interviews with the three surviving members of [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]The Doors[/lastfm], [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Ray Manzarek[/lastfm], [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Robby Krieger[/lastfm] and [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]John Densmore[/lastfm], the new documentary Mr. Mojo Risin – The Story of L.A. Woman is a fitting […]
Jim Morrison To Be Posthumously Pardoned For Indecent Exposure
The did-he-or-didn't-he debate finally ends
Florida Governor Requests Posthumous Pardon For Jim Morrison
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Doors' Keyboardist Joins Napa Valley Symphony For River Fest
It's doubtful that the late [lastfm]Jim Morrison[/lastfm] ever thought, "Some day, the Napa Valley Symphony will be playing my trademark song moments before fireworks light up the sky." Yet, here we are, 29 years after […]
The Doors, Manzarek and Krieger Play Chatham Rockstock Tonite
After two Rockstocks out at the area airport, the Chatham outdoor fest is moving downtown to Tecumseh Park for its third edition. "It's a much more central location. It's right in downtown Chatham," says Chatham-Kent's […]
"L.A. Woman" Lyric Sheet Sells For Over $20,000
A hand written lyrics sheet to the [lastfm]Doors[/lastfm]' iconic track "L.A. Woman" has sold at a U.K. auction for over $20,000.
Johnny Depp narrates new Doors documentary
According to ABC, A new feature-length documentary on The Doors debuted this spring that features Johnny Depp as narrator. The film, entitled "People are Strange: A Film About The Doors", features candid interviews with Ray […]


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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- It'll be a steamy day ahead for some Minnesotans, especially those who are lacking power and the cool relief from an air conditioner.
Xcel Energy says 72,000 customers lost electricity after strong storms and high winds snapped power poles overnight. About 60,000 customers in the Twin Cities are among those who don't have service.
Forecasters are expecting temperatures in the 90s Tuesday along with high humidity. Thunderstorms are expected Tuesday evening. And, a flash flood watch is in effect for the Twin Cities area through Wednesday.
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Louisville, KY – Louisville Metro Councilwoman Ellen Call (District 26) will host a meeting for the Bon Air Neighborhood on Monday, March 26. The meeting will be held at the St. Pius X Community Center (3525 Goldsmith Lane) and will start at 7:00 p.m.
This meeting will serve as a follow-up to a town hall meeting held at St. Michaels Orthodox Church in January of this year. Major J.T. Smith (6th Division, LMPD), an Assistant Library Director along with Principals from both Seneca High School and Myers Middle School will attend to address concerns regarding crime and truancy in an area of the Bon Air Neighborhood.Sponsor:Ellen Call (R) 26


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The Journal of Blindness Innovation and Research is a peer-reviewed, academically-focused review that was "launched in 2010 to stimulate greater participation in the development, testing, and evaluation of innovative practices in the field of work with the blind." In the most recent issue, you will find the results of research conducted by the Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness at Louisiana Tech University upon developing a standardized, research-based assessment to determine the proper reading medium or media for blind and low-vision students.
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- This manuscript documents the need for, pilot testing, and validation of the National Reading Media Assessment (NRMA). The NRMA is an assessment of the visual reading efficiency of youth ages Pre-K through 12th grade who are visually impaired. The tool is designed to measure the extent to which large print materials are sufficient to complete academic tasks, whether Braille should be introduced, or whether the youth should be given primary instruction in Braille. Findings support the efficacy of this tool in making the decision to recommend print, Braille, or dual media for prereading youth and those in kindergarten through 12th grade.
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Bring in a gently used, insulated, clean winter jacket and receive
Offer available October 17th November 20th 2013. In-Store only. Offer valid on any jacket priced at $120 & up.
We're asking the community to bring in their gently used, insulated, clean winter jackets to be a part of our goal to keep every kid warm this winter.
As a thank you, participants receive $25 off any Mens', Ladies' or Youth winter jacket to be redeemed in store.
Maximum $25 off per jacket purchased. Cannot be redeemed online.
Over 11 years we've helped collect a lot of coats. Each of our 70 West 49 stores across Canada donates coats to a local charitiable organization to help families in their community.