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- Jason Wolfe
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Speaker Curator / Teacher, TEDxTokyo
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In education, Finland is usually at the top & the USA near the bottom, but what is the middle or upper middle doing?
Like many other situations we like to focus on the extremes, and although learning from the best is not a bad idea, I would like to learn a little from the pretty darn good.
What are all those countries located in the upper middle area doing to get themselves where they are? Something tells me they aren't just avoiding wat the USA is doing and emulating Finland.
If you can, please share some of your stories and knowledge on what is working for you that other teachers and educators could mull over.
Apr 26 2013: Hi Jason,
Really interesting, I'd like to hear more, but I have to say that I am a bit skeptical, or at least unsure. The risks of totally decentralising the system can be, among others, a decline in quality. If most parts of the curriculum and ground rules are kept though I also see the benefits - there's always a difference between communities and integrating social or just local issues into policies can have a positive result, as long as it doesn't include superstition and exclude reason. Hiring and firing may be a bit prejudiced though. But I don't know much about New Zealand so I shouldn't jump to any conclusions...
I didn't include the parents' role in my first reply to your question as I took it for granted that the parents must be informed, have possibility to give feedback and participate in their childrens' education and future.
One final thought or request - could you define education utopia? Or dystopia, they would be on opposite poles.
May 14 2013: Hi Anna
Sorry for the late reply. I have had a busy few weeks.
I may have been a little excited about the system in NZ, and a tad sarcastic, when I labeled their system as utopia. Utopia is perhaps not the right word at all as it is perfection and if there is anything I have learned from jumping into a career in education is that it is very much a 'now' thing and always changing (not to mention looking down on what was considered the right thing in previous generations).
Maybe not utopia, but a great system for me is getting the parents involved with the education system, from hiring and firing to partial curriculum development is great. As a parent and a teacher this sounds both wonderful and terrible, but I think with the right system it could be great. That's why I am curious about NZ's system...Also, in my perfect system, there is a focus on environmental education, limited standardized testing (none if possible), a lot of group work. Finally, I think tying education to things outside of education is important...keeping it real and grounded in what is happening outside of school.
Obviously, I could elaborate a lot, but I think that gives a decent overview of what my thoughts are.Apr 25 2013: What is the middle or upper middle doing? Maybe not as much as Finland ;) Or Japan, obviously.
Here are some thoughts in response to your question, based on personal experience. What might be beneficial:
(a) giving teachers time, possibility to constantly expand their knowledge and share their experience with other teachers while not strangling them with too much bureaucracy. The latter should and has to be there to keep track of what is happening, but if it becomes so time-consuming that teaching itself becomes job no.2, it might get risky
(b) gentle, subtle controll of the teachers with regard to results, method, input and, last but not least, feedback from students
(c) Q&A sessions during lessons (the teacher should be able to provide A's to the Q's, see point a ;))
(d) variety within a structure, relevance, balance between quality and quantity (a good reference for what quality is http://www.unesco.org/education/gmr_download/chapter1.pdf)
(e) reminding both the students and the teachers why they are doing what they're doing
(f) no-nonsense policy (zero tolerance for violence or harmful, uncivil behaviour. Must work both ways on a student-teacher-student axis and on student-student axis)
(g) not all teachers are mentors, not all mentors become teachers, but education still needs both.
A good but heartbreaking story here (rewind to 01.00)
Apr 25 2013: Expecting teachers to come up to par with their hands tied behind their backs by their--haha--leadership and then punishing them for the stupidity of the--haha--leadership is downright American. What more can teachers want? Sarcasm off.
Apr 26 2013: Hm. I wasn't thinking of America but of education in a broader sense. Education system is never a desert island among other political issues, all of them are interconnected. If a student is hungry and/or threatened by an armed, aggressive community there's very little a teacher can do. Other social problems in the system are not the teacher's fault either. In other words - first things first.Apr 26 2013: You didn't speak of armed or aggressive to begin with. You wish for things and when engaged, you change the subject completely. Your teachers sure teach funny things.
Apr 26 2013: No, I didn't, because that wasn't the topic of the conversation. The topic is in the question in bold at the top of this page. In my reply to your post I went from speaking in broader sense to speaking of details, exemplifying and reacting to what you brought up i.e. America.
Could you elaborate on the first reply, please? I'm getting confused here.
Sorry for the "delete"-line in this thread, I forgot to push the reply button, my reply got misplaced.
Jason Wolfe
Apr 26 2013: Thanks for your elaborate reply Anna. You make some great points.
- +1
I am at a conference now about language learning and just learned a lot about the New Zealand education system that is totally decentralized and the parents of the kids at the school take an active role, i.e., form a board of directors that dictates most of the school's policy, including hiring and firing as well as parts of the curriculum. Sounds like education utopia and I am excited to learn more.
My Ryan appears to jump to conclusions...at least two time in this post anyways. I am also confused by his first reply.Apr 25 2013: I am sorry you have not gotten any responses yet to your question.
What I have noticed in searching for comparative information about practices rather than outcomes is that OECD is launching a new publication series called Education Policy Outlook that will assemble and analyze pedagogies and strategies member countries have in place in an effort to distill best practices across the OECD countries.
Apr 25 2013: That sounds very interesting. I am definitely much more interested in the input than the output.
Thanks for sharing.Apr 24 2013: I look one day and my posts are gone, look the next and they are back. I apologize for saying such negative things to you and Ted. I just love eating crow in the morning.Apr 23 2013: Jealousy only harms you. I see you hate the proof, so you cried on teds shoulder. You belong to their flat earth society. Tell us one bit of new thinking no one else has ever offered. Oh, I'm sorry, you can't. Keep whining to Ted little boy.
Apr 24 2013: Jim you have completely lost me here...the proof? Are you talking to me or TED? Confused...
Apr 24 2013: From missing posts one day, to posts I submit to Ted and they reject about new thinking, such as space junk, I am confused. Ted claims to support new ideas, but I see so little, even from Ted talks. I do see intelligent thinking, but very little new thinking.
2 part
Science claims space is a vacuum, while science also claims its not!
By Jim Ryan
The speed of light test done in a vacuum over 20 miles is not what the test between the earth and moon show, because man can achieve a totally closed and complete vacuum, while space cannot. Space has trillions of tons of dust, if you believe in star nurseries, as science claims, coupled with billions of miles of gas clouds, trillions of tons of plasma, from the billions of suns and their ejections, trillions of tons of cosmic rays that all tend to divert and break up light, from as close as the moon, as science proves.
There is no vacuum in space, the kind that man can bring about on earth, ENTIRELY DEVOID of matter, because that is the only way that test could show light traveling at 186,00 miles per Test/ speed of light theory
If science really wanted to test speed of light theory, science could add a simple laser light to any of its probes and when the probe got say a million miles away from earth, it could send its laser light back to earth.
The most recent earth to moon and back, light test, showed that only single photons made it back to the collectors. Do scientists really expect light to travel billions of light years through space and be more than just single photons?Apr 24 2013: Trillions of tons of matter is all through out space, according to science.
Science claims space is a vacuum.
vacuum[ vak-yoom, -yoo-uh m, -yuh m ]
1. a space entirely devoid of matter.
2. an enclosed space from which matter, especially air, has been partially removed so that the matter or gas remaining in the space exerts less pressure than the atmosphere (plenum).
3. the state or degree of exhaustion in such an enclosed space.
To have star nurseries, --plural, as science claims and it takes dust beyond measure almost, to create a star, never mind many stars in many nurseries, as science claims, science contradicts itself terribly.
On many science web sites, science claims there is almost no matter in space.
Researchers at IPMU and Nagoya University used large-scale computer simulations and recent observational data of gravitational lensing to reveal how dark matter is distributed around galaxies.
Galaxies have no definite "edges", the new research concludes. Instead galaxies have long outskirts of dark matter that extend to their nearby galaxies; the inter-galactic space is not empty but filled with dark matter.
First science claims space is almost devoid of matter and yet science claims enough dust to fill star nurseries, while suns eject plasma and more, along with all the cosmic rays and now dark matter fills space and supposedly, keeps each galaxy together.
Can you or Ted refute such?Apr 24 2013: Science as a whole claims that gravitational lensing is a reality. I know it to be bogus. Can you understand why? Just a cursory small read should easily tell all. I wonder how people can be so gullible, until I remember that schools only teach copy and paste.
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/features/news/grav_lens.htmlApr 23 2013: Tell us Ted, why did you censor my offerings to all runners? Was it because I can prove that I can think for myself, while adding new thinking to science? What new thinking have you ever added Ted?
The science of running by Jim Ryan.
Yes, I used to run 10 miles a day for about 2 years. For whatever reason, I started counting a cadence in my head, that matched the cadence of my footfalls and my breathing, which synced body and mind, helping me to get into a trance like state, allowing me to run mile after mile without stress and the last mile I could run almost flat out.
I know they teach different things today, but give my method a try, I think you'll like it. By the way, keep your eyes focused just in front of you, on the ground.
The cadence in running I used to use was, "one two three one", " one two three two", "one two three three", and keep going.
It's a 4 count breathing in and then a 4 count breathing out.
Happy running.
Jason Wolfe
Apr 24 2013: Hi Jim
- +1
I don't think you have been censored by anyone but I do not see how the running story you shared answers my question.
I am looking for education examples from the middle. We here a lot about the best and the worst but not much about the middle.
Apr 24 2013: From where I sat in school, teachers taught from the middle. I never experienced a teacher teaching the best. I was always taught to be the best I could be. Why would you want anything middle of the road? Is that what your bosses expect of you? My bosses always wanted the best. If you ask your children to be middle of the road, that's what their expectations of the world will be.
You'll have to talk to middle of the roaders so to speak, I was taught to be a critical thinker and problem solver.
Since you mention only my running post, here's my post on gravity that none yet can refute.
Original work
Jim Ryan
Look to the space junk that NASA wants to possibly incinerate in space. It must be in a high orbit not to fall back to earth. That suggests that gravity is keeping it there. Space junk in a lower orbit eventually falls back to earth. There are two forces in gravity, one is attraction and one is repulsion. I will explain. The planets must sit in the suns high orbits, considering their mass, keeping them from falling into the sun, just as the space junk does not fall back to earth from its high orbit around the earth.
Those like myself are not a flash in the pan, we offer new thinking on a regular basis. Sorry, I can't help you with middle of the road.
Apr 24 2013: Oh I see...when I say middle I don't mean 50% or middle of the road. I am a teacher and definitely give more than that and expect more than that.
If you look at the OECD chart (see the links posted by Fritzie and myself earlier in the thread) there are lot of countries in the middle, and there doesn't seem to be that many 'points' separating them.
My concern is that we always here about the top and the bottom, we do like to celebrate extremes, but not much about the middle (I think this is a good middle) and I was hoping someone could share a few ideas from there about what is working for them.
JasonApr 24 2013: What is there to celebrate when not one country in the world teaches children to think for themselves?
Can you show that the countries do teach children to think for themselves? What one new bit of thinking have you brought to the world? Actually, critical thinkers bring new thinking on a consistent basis, properly motivated.Apr 22 2013: Here's another. Gravity is a push pull effect. Science claims its just an attractant.
Look to the space junk that NASA wants to possibly incinerate in space. It must be tin a high orbit not to fall back to earth. That suggests that gravity is keeping it there, unlike space junk that is in lower orbits, everything in lower orbit will eventually fall back to earth., according to science. There are two forces in gravity, one is attraction and one is repulsion. I will explain. The planets must sit in the suns high orbits, considering their mass, keeping them from falling into the sun, just as the space junk does not fall back to earth from its high orbit around the earth. Everything in low orbit will eventually fall back to earth.
Some planets will sit lower in their gravity wells than others, depending on size, mass and distance from the sun.Apr 22 2013: Here is one of my thoughts, to prove what I claim.
The science of running by Jim Ryan.
Yes, I used to run 10 miles a day for about 2 years. For whatever reason, I started counting a cadence in my head, that matched the cadence of my footfalls and my breathing, which synced body and mind, helping me to get into a trance like state, allowing me to run mile after mile without stress and the last mile I could run almost flat out.
I know they teach different things today, but give my method a try, I think you'll like it. By the way, keep your eyes focused just in front of you, on the ground.
The cadence in running I used to use was, "one two three one", " one two three two", "one two three three", and keep going.
It's a 4 count breathing in and then a 4 count breathing out.
Happy running.Apr 22 2013: When Yours or Finlands schools teach you to think for yourselves, let us know. Until then, you do better at memorization than most, that's all. If you can think for yourself, tell us, what have you given to the world that no other has?
Apr 22 2013: Hi Jim
I live in Japan, where most schools are geared towards entrance exams and thus rote skills and memorization are very much at the forefront. When you memorize for a test, there is a lot of cramming and long term doesn't really come into the picture.
I am wondering how you would define "think for yourself" and its role in education. I am curious.
Apr 22 2013: Recognizing that others may have things to offer is a sign of an intelligent and cautious mind. That's good to see. I would say look to your school years, to see that you dare not challenge a teacher or you'd be where? Look to the system and ask yourself, did that system look for the best in each student and work to bring that out like my mother or does the system get angry with those that are different or seemingly, defiant?
We all lived the exact same things in school, depending on the school, the money, time, dress, jobs of the parents and so on, for the que's in how each is to be treated by the teachers or nuns. By such, learning is reduced to the least common denominator, instead of the best, which is to find the best each child has to offer and help them to enhance that. I went to a rich catholic school, even though we were economically poor. My mom worked 3 jobs to raise 5 kids and to give us the best educations. It's too bad the schools were ppoor in heart, mind and spirit.
How many teachers have you seen, that taught the most timid of children, to help themselves and how did they do it? Think about it, perhaps you can offer an answer.
There's more, but I'll await your input to here, as you show interesting qualities. However, unless you, we, are taught, it's darn near impossible to know.Apr 22 2013: Hi Fritzie,
Thanks for your response and this link. I quickly skimmed it, but I have seen these numbers before.
Rereading my question, I think I should have been clearer. I mean education as a whole, including both as a profession, cultural acceptance, as well as student learning.
Two articles about 'problems' with the American Education system have come across my news feed recently. They are:
Meanwhile, during the last few months Pasi Sahlberg keeps coming back in to my circles (I even bought his book Finnish Lessons http://www.amazon.com/Finnish-Lessons-Educational-Change-Finland/dp/1470826151
In regards to your PISA rankings from the OECD, I am not all that convinced that giving 500,000 15 tear-old students around the world the same test in reading, science and math really measures education and long-term skills. The difference of the top and bottom do not seem too drastic as well. Although I don't like this measure I do like this picture ranking the countries more http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/dec/07/world-education-rankings-maths-science-reading
Did I make my question clearer?
Apr 24 2013: That chart in the Guardian is the same one I linked from OECD, except the Guardian adds colors.
I think your question is clear that you are interested in what various countries not at the top of the charts are doing.Apr 21 2013: I think your information is not quite correct. Here are the data from OECD comparing by country and subject: http://www.oecd.org/pisa/pisaproducts/46619703.pdf


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It does end w/ "crossing eyes", whatever that means.
Originally Posted by mimihigurashi
Uhh, on mangafox it says "the crossing of their fates".. What makes you think they're looking at each other? The panel just shows half of Kakashi's face and half of Obito's, it doesn't mean they're looking at each other, maybe Kakashi is still looking at the Rin he just killed lol.
Just saying, I dunno why people get their panties in a knot so much over stuff like this lol, just wait a few more days.
Exactly this. I thought the last panel was to show us that Obito saw Rins death with both of his eyes.
You read a bad translation.
Originally Posted by kibaclaw
You read a bad translation.
Originally Posted by Wang
It says "The crossing......." so it stills says they crossed paths. C'mon you think Kakashi fought Tobi and didn't remember him later? That makes no sense, that's not Kakashi killing Rin.
Originally Posted by MrDVz
It says "The crossing......." so it stills says they crossed paths. C'mon you think Kakashi fought Tobi and didn't remember him later? That makes no sense, that's not Kakashi killing Rin.
You just don't know when to quit, do you..
Lol? Why do you think Obito was able to see what Kakashi was seeing through the sharigan he gave Kakashi? That right there proves that Kakashi in that scene was the real live Kakashi.
Mangastream translations are better than this mangapanda crap. always read on narutobase first then get confused and rea dit on mangastream and it makes sense, how can kakashi look at obito if he is facing rin and are surrounded by smoke and debree while obito is yards away by some trees staring at them from a distance. Kakashi is not a sensor type ninja. If they crossed eyes, Kakashi would say or think : Obit?:
I really don't think kakashi was looking at obito, when they wrote "crossing" but we will see in the next chapter cause really ther is no point arguing about it.
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For last week in Sep .. 3 years ago I had a great vacation in New England. I went to Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound and I know I MUST go to Red's again; to me, it's worth the wait.
I'll probably try Young's in Belfast and Five Islands will only be open weekends so I can go there on Saturday. Heard great things about Thurston's in Bernard, too.
I'm debating whether I should to to Conte's in Rockland. I don't mind funky decor, but I want tasty food and this place gets mixed reviews.
Emphasis on lobster, casual settings, bang for the buck.
We were in Boothbay Harbor for 3 nights during the 3rd week of August this year. Several of the restaurants were offering similar (soft shell) lobster specials (e.g. $10 for 1, $15 for 2, $20 for 3). The ones I remember were Fisherman's Wharf Inn and Tug Boat Inn. The latter included one side. We ate at Fisherman's Wharf Inn and were allowed to combine the special with a restaurant.com. The price our meal with 3 side dishes, tax and a generous gratuity came to only $20.53.
Last year we dined at the Boat House Bistro during restaurant week and had an excellent lobster stew so we went back this year. We decided to dine on the open deck on the third level one evening. All the tables were taken so we opted to sit at the bar and shared orders of spinach salad (very good) and a "wild" mushroom ragout that was made with nothing more exotic than button mushrooms (fair) On the second round we ordered baked goat cheese with figs that was, shall we say, weird tasting (fair) and Asian lobster and crab cakes that were almost completely devoid of flavor (poor). I am not sure if we would ever return.
Roll the dice and try Conte's. Keep your head low and enjoy!
Belfast in-town: new BBQ called "Pig Out" near the harbor also a small Vietnamese (name escapes me) restaurant in that same area. Might try "Lost Kitchen" also in Befast.
I should mention that I'm staying in Belfast to be closer to Acadia and am willing to drive some to good lobster places .. staying in these two places to cover coast area. Don't have any desire to go to fancy places.
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Actually according to Wikipedia blue lobsters occur 2 in a million. But the Maine lobster catch, in 2011 for example, was 100 million pounds so they probably caught close to 100 blue lobsters.
When you're in Boothbay, just north of there, locals seem to love the Anchor Inn in Round Pond.
Belfast supposedly has some good food trucks now. We love Francine in Camden, but maybe that's too fancy for you. In Damariscotta- on the north side out by Rt 1- make sure to go to Round Top ice cream. Their rum raisin and maple walnut today were stellar. plus they have
exc. Grape Nut. but maybe your trip is over.....
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Yes, I got back home last night. 11 nights -- 4 in NYC, then Boston, Cape Cod .. Nantucket .. Maine, flew back from Boston. (Italian pastries (( sf...can't spell it) made it back just fine.) From Modern in Boston. Guy who waited on us said he's only worked there 3 wks and we were about the 4th ones from SF taking back pastries!)
We didn't get around to any ice cream, always too full from our meals. My friend had never had whole belly fried clams and now he's a big fan. He LOVED NYC and, if he won the lottery, would move to Nantucket tomorrow.
Actually, at Young's we had soft shell; which I was wary of but they turned out to be great.
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sfogliatelle. (and if i've spelled that right, i'd be thrilled.) My fav REAL bakery is in SF- la Boulangerie on Pine. I hope you'll post some more about your trip so we can advise future
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In Boston I tried one cannoli from Maria's; really delicious, filled when you order. Very small selection of goodies there so I went to Modern for the sfogliatelle. (Prior trip 3 years ago, we tried both Mike's and Modern and we preferred Modern.) Here at home, we heated it up a bit in the toaster oven, crisped it up nicely.
After getting lost leaving Acadia for Thurston's, I finally found it. Pretty good but counter people only wanted to ring people up and dish out the food, they thought they were too busy to clean the dirty tables after others left.
Did not go to Five Islands because it was raining and I didn't want such a long drive from Boothbay Harbor. Skipped Conte's because a lot of reviews said it was sort of slopped together and not that great.
Really wanted to try Home Kitchen Cafe in Rockland but it was closed for remodeling. (They make homemade bread and homemade pecan rolls.) Another person who showed up there sad that they were closed suggested we try Long Grain in Camden.
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Very well said Jason. Dave, I just wanted to say thank you. Your simple gesture has had a much bigger impact than you know. I have been stuck in camp for a while now, away from the wife and kids and just reading your post put me in a hundred times better mood. It is too easy to forget the bigger picture sometimes and your reminder of how people should act was muchly appreciated.
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I commend you for your deed. it serves as a example to each one of us as to how we should act.
Well Done Dave!
You said you wanted to hear similar stories, and while I've not personally run into the opportunity to do much more than help a blind man cross the street or tote an old womans groceries to her car a time or two, I did witness something that fits the category.
We were changing out a cooling tower on a 300' building downtown. Had the streets blocked off and many people and trucks and such. Tallest rig we could get and still be on rubber so as not to tear up the asphalt couldn't quite reach where the sections had to live, so there was a bit of downtime for the hook as we skidded them into place.
Down at the end of the block was a woman with two boys maybe 6 and 8 years old who had been standing at the barricades watching the goings on for quite some time. I saw one of the riggers go to his truck and get two hard hats and walk down there and after talking to Mom for a moment came back with the two kids in tow. (an insurance mans nightmare I know, but there was zero activity on the ground at the time) He walked them around and showed all the parts and tools to them and then took each in turn on his lap into the cab for the operators view. All the guys were shaking their hands and giving them stickers for their hard hats, and I don't think either kids feet touched the ground as he walked them back to Mom when it was time for the next pick.
I betcha both kids wore those brain buckets to school that next Monday. And I wouldn't be surprised if one or both are apprentices in a trade right now.
Thanks Dave. Your story reminded me of this one, and it still makes me smile!
nourider, Great story. It's great when we can take the time to brighten some kids day. Thanks for bringing this back up to the top and maybe we can get a few more stories added to this thread. DaveIf necessity is the Mother of Invention, I must be the Father of Desperation!
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Hey dabar, just read your story about the little girl and all I have to add is YOU ARE THE WEDLOR MAN OF THE MONTH:: Like I said in another post ther are some very good weldor's still out in the world we live in,THANKS MAN AAWWSSOOMMEE.
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Awesome! Just Awesome! I knew you were a nice guy from the forum, but that is above and beyond.
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You've just helped me as well... you helped restore my respect for my fellow man.
The world has become such a rushed place. Isn't it ironic that we have all of these comforts in life that make living so much easier but each year we seem to have less and less time?
Someone else in this thread said it very well when they said "It's always the simple things in life that make us the most happy."
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Good job sir.
I think along a credit principle. Think of a credit card. Every time someone does me some kindness it is a charge on my card Every time I do some kindness it is a payment on my bill. Stay in the black and don't carry a balance if you can and you will do well. It matter not that the person that you did good for does good back. Tit for tat risks harboring resentment. Having material skills has always been good for this for me. (I did a small amount of work that had a good impact on some people a while back using my skills) I mention this only to bring a point. If I had donated $50 or even $100 to a charity that sends me mail all the time they would have not felt it one way or the other and likely spent most of it sending me more junk mail asking for more. Being skilled with our hands and tools affords us opportunities to do directed and high impact good that many others do not have.
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Clinical studies have demonstrated associations between some HLA genotypes and drug-induced adverse skin reactions. The presence of the HLA-B*1502 allele increases the risk of developing toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) or Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS), a milder form of TEN. The frequency of the HLA-B*1502 allele varies throughout Asia: 10% to 15% frequency in Chinese, 2% to 4% frequency in Southeast Asians, including Indians, and <1% frequency in Japanese and Koreans.
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Positivity for HLA-B*1502 confers increased risk for hypersensitivity to carbamazepine, phenytoin, or fosphenytoin.
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Note that in patients who have received heterologous blood transfusions before a saliva sample was acquired, the saliva samples may contain donor DNA. Return to recipient genotype usually occurs after 6 weeks. Similarly, saliva samples obtained from patients after allogeneic blood or marrow transplantation can contain donor DNA. In both cases, this may result in genotyping results that reflect the genotype of the recipient, the donor, or a blend of the donor and recipient. Results obtained under these circumstances may not accurately reflect the recipient's genotype.
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Federal workers at Patuxent River Naval Air Station have been waiting for months to learn whether they'll be furloughed, and if so, for how long.
This week, Defense Department leaders made announcements that could offer employees some hope, but with little certainty or clarity.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said they are looking for ways to further reduce the planned pay cuts, which were originally scheduled for 22 days, according to reports released Wednesday by the Defense Department's American Forces Press Service.
"Defense leaders are submitting a 'massive reprogramming' request to Congress in response to the idiocy of sequester," Carter said. The DoD comptroller's office has said that request could involve moving money across funding areas. Hopefully, by the summer, Carter said, Congress will "give us some additional [budget] relief of some kind."
Currently, more than 700,000 federal workers are slated to receive furlough notices in early May. The number of furlough days has been reduced from 22 to 14, according to the DoD. Workers, essentially, would be forced to work 32-hour work weeks through September.
Meanwhile, federal and defense industry workers at Pax River say morale has suffered a serious blow as the uncertainty continues. There are about 22,400 workers, federal, industry and military workers are not slated to be furloughed under the sequester.
Dozens of defense industry workers — from people who clean rest rooms and maintain the grounds on the air station to vice presidents of contracting companies — have been laid off or have seen their hours reduced. Among them are at least 49 workers sacked from Wyle this year, as the company lost its E-2 radar aircraft, technical services contract to Imagine One Technology and Management, which underbid Wyle by more than $26 million. Base transportation service was eliminated, leaving about six workers without jobs. And as people who cleaned buildings at Pax saw their hours reduced or eliminated, federal workers have been left to empty their own trash, and bring it to "central collection sites," where it sits in piles waiting for removal.
"One of the key consequences of the sequester situation is that we find ourselves dealing with the associated requirement to furlough our government civil servants, which adversely impacts not only those individuals and their families, but the entire industry that supports them and most importantly their vital mission of providing timely support to our men and women serving in our nation's defense," Glen Ives, president of the Southern Maryland Navy Alliance, and a Pax River defense industry executive, wrote in an email this week.
"The furlough process is extremely demanding in terms of preparation and notification and requires many extra hours on the part of leaders and managers to implement. The specter of a looming furlough has promoted a very tentative business environment and has caused a great deal of concern and apprehension throughout the federal government and the defense department, and has certainly undermined morale," Ives wrote.
"Despite these significant distractions, the men and women supporting our NAVAIR and Pax River mission, active duty, civil servants and contract service professionals, have remained focused and dedicated to getting the job done," Ives said. "We are hoping that the Department of Defense is able to find a solution that minimizes or completely does away with the furlough option."
Science and technology (the type of work that takes place at Pax River) remain critical to national defense, Alan Shaffer, acting assistant secretary of defense for research and engineering, said Tuesday, according to DoD reports. He pledged to continue focusing on areas including electronic warfare, cyber- and counter-weapons of mass destruction.
"The challenge is clear," Shaffer said to a House Armed Services subcommittee on intelligence, emerging threats and capabilities. "The president and the secretary of defense depend on defense research and engineering to make key contributions to the defense of our nation."
Shaffer commended DoD scientists and engineers and their work with industry, academia and international partners. "When we look at the capabilities developed and delivered by these people during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, I contend the nation has received good return on investment."
But the drawdown in the war in Afghanistan is still creating fiscal concerns, Shaffer said. As DoD looks at cuts of about 9 percent across each program, he said, "uncertainty looms in national security and budget environments, creating reductions that will rattle some programs."
Steny Hoyer (D-Md., 5th) said the budget woes come at a high price. "Our hard-working, middle-class federal employees at Pax River and at federal facilities throughout Maryland cannot afford to be furloughed, and failure to prevent the widespread use of furloughs threatens our military's readiness," he said in a statement.
Hoyer said Congress needs to replace the entire sequester, rather than take piecemeal steps, to prevent the broad impact it could have. "Now that both the House and Senate have passed their budgets, I continue to urge House Republicans to appoint conferees to work toward a conference agreement that can turn off the sequester with a balanced mix of targeted spending cuts and additional revenues," Hoyer said. "I'm hopeful that both parties will work together to reach a bipartisan solution to prevent furloughs and strengthen our national security."


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Stockholm, Sweden 2013-02-07
HEAD makes a major investment and signs a four-year agreement with Swedish Swim Federation, Open Water Division. The agreement extends over the 2016 Rio Olympics. This will be the first time HEAD sponsors a National team effort.
HEAD has made significant investments in Open Water Swimming that has increased heavily in popularity in recent years, both in terms of number of events and number of participants. The HEAD brand is recognized by athletes for its high quality products and innovative mindset.
"We are pleased to enter into this partnership with HEAD for the Open Water Division. This presents great opportunities to develop Open Water Swimming in Sweden", says Bengt Jönsson, Executive Director, Swedish Swimming Federation.
"The partnership with Swedish Swim Federation is a great opportunity to create international brand attention. It is also an important step in establishing HEAD as the leading brand in the fast growing Open Water segment", says Chris Flodén, responsible for HEAD Swimming Nordic.
In broad terms, the agreement covers:
Official sponsor of the Swedish National Open Water Team.
Develop and raise awareness of Open Water Swimming in Sweden, in collaboration with the Swedish Swimming Federation.
Title sponsorship of HEAD Open Water Trophy.


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Recipe by BETHANYWEATHERSBY
"This is my grandmother's cornbread recipe and it's the best - sweet and moist!"
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1/2 cup
2/3 cup
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1 cup
1/2 teaspoon
baking soda
1 cup
1 cup
all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon
Glad you are all enjoying this recipe. Just wanted to mention a few things in response to some reviews. First, I mix all ingredients in the pan I melt the butter in. Less dishes. Second, I often use whole wheat flour to cut sweetness and make it a tad more healthy. Third, it freezes fabulously. I always make a double batch, remove one from the pan after cooling, wrap it up and pop it in the freezer. Thanks for all the rave reviews!
3/20 Based on some reviews I've read, I want to clarify something. I use a regular pot to melt my butter in. After the butter has melted I proceed with adding the rest of the ingredients in that same pot. I do NOT get a separate bowl for mixing in. After all the ingredients are mixed in the pot I pour the batter into a baking pan. I do NOT mix everything in the pan I'm baking it in. I do NOT keep the butter and sugar mixture out when mixing the rest of the ingredients. Hope that helps.
7/24/10 I'd change the recipe if I could, but I can't figure out how, so I'll mention here that the normal baking time is 30 minutes. I put 30-40 minutes in the directions because it takes longer when you use whole wheat flour, which I often do. I'm guessing those who complain about it being dry are just seeing the "cook time - 40 minutes" at the top and overbaking it.
3/16/11 I never claimed this was a Southern recipe & couldn't figure out why some reviews pointed out that it wasn't. Evidently Allrecipes put it in that category. Sorry!
No true Southerner puts sugar in the cornbread. The secret of Southern cornbread is to heat the fat in a skillet and pour the batter into the hot skillet.
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Very good recipe though I tweaked it a bit. I reduced the sugar a little, but think it would be fine for the full amount if you like your cornbread a little sweet. I used powdered buttermilk and water and added 2/3 c. fresh yellow corn. In my opinion, the ONLY way to cook cornbread is in a preheated cast iron skillet. It gives it such a wonderful buttery, crisp crust. I greased my 9 in. skillet with vegetable oil and put it in the oven while I assembled the recipe. When the batter was finished, I poured it into the hot skillet. I then baked it for 25 minutes. The result was top notch. Very moist with perfect texture.
Awesome 5++ stars. To the readers who had dry bread.... 1/4 lb not 1/4 cup butter!!! This might have made a difference if you read it wrong, 1/4 lb is 1/2 cup of butter. Also I put it in my greased preheated iron skillet for 25 min, excellent!!
The recipe is fantastic as written, but after making this recipe a few times I made a few changes. I used Splenda instead of sugar, whole-wheat flour instead of all-purpose, Smart Balance Light instead of butter, and sour skim milk instead of buttermilk. Sounds like a lot of substitutions, but the end result was absolutely delicious, and nearly guilt free! This is the ONLY cornbread recipe that I use, and it comes out wonderful every time.
Really good and easy. Tip: if you don't have buttermilk, decrease the milk by 2 tablespoons, and replace with 2 tablespoons lemon juice. It was a little on the sweet side, I will decrease the sugar a bit next time, as I am trying to decrease the sugar in my familys diet. It held together nicely when sliced, a bonus with messy youngsters :)
I made twelve, gorgeous muffins with this recipe and they were not sweet, not dry, and certainly not "cake-like." I don't like too sweet ANYTHING and even tho' I was tempted to reduce the sugar after reading some of the reviews, sheer curiosity led me to prepare the entire recipe, including the amount of sugar, as is. Normally I find that I want honey, butter (or both!) on my cornbread, but not this time. These muffins were buttery, moist, just slightly sweet, hearty and surprisingly flavorful. They baked up nicely with perfectly risen tops at 375 degrees for about 22 minutes. I swear, once again it's the buttermilk - and the butter, of course!
If you are a southerner and like the non-sweet, buttery-tasting southern style corn bread, this is not for you. But if you like the sweeter, more cakelike cornbread served in New England and other areas, you'll adore this recipe. Try it for breakfast with butter and maple syrup!
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Serving Size: 1/9 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 9
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 284
Calories from Fat: 110
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Series: The Flood: Not Global, Barely Local, Mostly Theological (4 entries)
The three part series, written by Paul Seely, explores the scientific validity of the Flood in Genesis. He offers the approximate date of the flood according to Scripture, and then looks at various lines of evidence that contradict the idea of a global flood at that time. In light of other Mesopotamian flood stories, scholars conclude that the flood was local at best. In the end, he suggests that this story primarily reveals theological truths from a limited scientific understanding of natural events.


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The movies do not explain this, but based on the hand-to-hand combat scenes from the Bourne movies, which discipline(s) does he seem to be skilled?
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Finally, the page about the game Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy says:
I believe it's a Hollywood blend based on a Filipino style called Kali but I'm afraid I don't have any supporting links, do seem to remember something in one of the directors commentaries (or a extra) from Identity?


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A flashback to 1979. I'm in my teens in my bedroom, dancing about madly to Heart of Glass. With her tousled platinum blonde hair and smoky eyes, Debbie Harry was my idol. Her approach to color has always inspired me. On her, even bubblegum pink looks punk. When she wore Stephen Sprouse, her choices were always daring in fluorescent camouflage print, or her infamous electric blue catsuit, which was like a sensual second skin. I just love her creative boldness!
Flash forward to 2011 and I'm at the opening of our new boutique in Sydney. It was our first chance to show to the Australian press (who are always very quick off the mark) our new retail concept, Crystal Forest, created by Tokujin Yoshioka.
A vibrant symbol of the eighties punk movement, Debbie Harry was our honored guest. Glamorous and full of energy as usual, she donned her signature sunglasses and gave us a performance to remember. It was a real treat to bring together my favorite music with my job!
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