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The 73rd annual ATLANTA DOGWOOD FESTIVAL returns to Piedmont Park this year and has announced collaborations with the National Black Arts Festival, Dad's Garage Theatre Company, Jeff Justice's Comedy Classes and more. Festival-goers can enjoy cocktails at the Open Air Comedy Club on Lake Clara Meer, a gospel concert, and music and dance from around the world. Can't wait until Friday? Get a sneak peek at the Preview Party on Thurs., April 16, at 6:30 p.m., featuring live music from Michel Innocent. Through April 19. $12-$15. Fri., noon-9 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sun., noon-7 p.m. 400 Park Drive. 404-817-6642. www.dogwood.org. (Alicia Wages)
HERMON HITSON is a long-standing Georgia music fixture who has played songs with everyone from Jimi Hendrix to Santana to the Allman Brothers to the Mighty Hannibal. His albums have traversed a wide array of styles, covering everything from psychedelic rock to soul and even country. These days his sound is a culmination of all of the above, resulting in a deeply Southern take on soul, R&B and rock 'n' roll sounds. East Ponce Faction also performs. $5. 8 p.m. Smith's Olde Bar, 1578 Piedmont Ave. 404-875-1522. www.smithsoldebar.com. (Chad Radford)
APRIL 23 ATLANTA UNSIGNED URBAN SHOWCASE BMI presents record industry stars and promising unsigned talent at E.S.S.O. nightclub. www.bmi.com.
APRIL 24-26 THREE Several Dancers Core joins forces with three renowned female choreographers from three different countries to create new works at 7 Stages Theatre. www.severaldancerscore.org.
APRIL 25 THE FLYING DUTCHMAN Atlanta Opera opens its final production of the season at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. www.ticketmaster.com.
APRIL 25 PUPPET UP! -- UNCENSORED Puppets go wild on film at the Center for Puppetry Arts. www.puppet.org.
APRIL 26 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND Visit Philips Arena. www.ticketmaster.com.


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Embarkation: Rome (Civitavecchia)
The Noordam is a much larger ship (2,000+/- passengers v. 1,200-1,500)than I'm used to but is certainly not of the mega variety which I avoid like the plague. At times, it did seem a little too big but it did not detract from the legendary, friendly and efficient service.Nothing ever seems crowded except one day when it seemed the entire boat was taking one of the land tours in Tunisia and there was a long line to disembark. I myself even took a ship excursion that day because I believed I could not navigate the city efficiently.
We had been staying in Rome pre-cruise so we got to the port before noon. The embarkation was seamless and our luggage was delivered to the room within 1 1/2 hours.
The ports on this cruise were absolutely the best and included Cannes, Palermo, Barcelona, Tunisia, Athens, Santorini, Turkey, Dubrovnik and a few other smaller ports.
All-in-all, with the exception of the toilets in our part of the ship not operating on 3 different More occasions, the trip, the dining, the service, the entertainment and other things to do were very satisfactory.
My only unsatisfactory experience was in the Pinnacle Grill, for which you normally pay $20 per head but one night on this trip was $39 per head because of a supposed "Le Cirque Restaurant" extravaganza. The Pinnacle Grill on this ship is far larger than the smaller ships and decidedly less intimate and elegant than I have experienced on other ships. Maybe it was a bad night for the restaurant but the entire night was poor from the greeting to the menu with little choice to the inexperienced wine to the lacking Le Cirque experience. I spoke to the front office after the meal and the representative instantly made it right. Less
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The Grant Pacers baseball team won Friday's away conference game against Burbank by a score of 8-2.
(May 7, 2010: Sacramento, CA 95823) Spectators at Friday's league battle between the Grant Pacers (Sacramento, CA) and the host Burbank Titans (Sacramento, CA), saw Grant's baseball squad knock off Burbank by a count of 8-2.
Coming up next, the Pacers play the Rosemont Wolverine (Sacramento, CA) in a Metro battle, on Monday, May 10. Grant will attempt to move on its 6-14 season record. The Wolverine enter the battle with a 19-6 record after their 11-0 league win over McClatchy (Sacramento, CA).
The Titans now possess a 1-17 record. They take the field next when they travel to Johnson [Hiram] for a Metro battle on Monday, May 10. Burbank will play a Warriors squad coming off a 3-0 league win over Sacramento (Sacramento, CA). The Warriors record now stands at 6-18.


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Arnulfstraße Underground (U-Bahn) Station is 250 metres away and offers access into the city centre in 10 minutes. A tram stops within a 5-minute walking distance. One of the oldest in Europe, the University of Cologne is 25 minutes away on foot.
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I had an excellent stay. The bed was confortable and the room exactly like in the photos. Angelika is à kind person who gives you your space. Perfect!
Really enjoyed my stay with Angelika. She was easy to communicate with and the apartment is very nice. Had helpful suggestions on the best places to go outside of regular tourist spots.
Angelika is an uncomplicated and nice host. The room was clean and quite appealing. You can relax on an own big balcony. Supermarkets, restaurants, bank and undergroundstation are very close to Angelikas flat. Very good!
Lovely lady, really helpful advice on travel and maps provided for my stay. Really considerate and happy to communicate in english. Would stay again without hesitation and with it easy to find and get to by tram - thats just a bonus.
Für mein Wochenendaufenthalt in Köln fand ich dieses ruhige, schöne Zimmer mit Balkon. Angelika ist eine sehr angenehme Gastgeberin. Ich hab mich sehr wohl gefühlt!
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Marijuana's Medical Value On Trial In U.S. Court
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The crux of the federal government's problem with medical marijuana in places where it's legal, like California, is that pot is not legit for anything under U.S. law: It's a schedule I drug, the highest-level of outlaw substance.
And so, this allows the DEA, for example, to warn that every pot shop in Los Angeles must close down.
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The matter before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia today.
The court will hear oral arguments by medical proponents who want marijuana's outlaw status downgraded so that some medical uses would be allowed.
It's a historic day for Americans for Safe Access, the Coalition to Reschedule Cannabis, Patients out of Time and groups that brought the suit to court.
Jasmine Tyler, acting director of national affairs for the Drug Policy Alliance, says in a statement sent to the Weekly and other outlets:
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The Vero Beach Indians girls lacrosse team won Saturday's away non-conference game against Oviedo by a score of 18-3.
(April 14, 2012: Oviedo, FL 32765) In Saturday's non-league battle, the visiting Vero Beach Indians lacrosse team scored a nice 18-3 win over the Oviedo Lions.
The Indians now have a 11-1 record.
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Rapid color change in fish and amphibians – function, regulation, and emerging applications
Version of Record online: 16 NOV 2012
DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12040
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Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research
Volume 26, Issue 1, pages 29–38, January 2013
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Nilsson Sköld, H., Aspengren, S. and Wallin, M. (2013), Rapid color change in fish and amphibians – function, regulation, and emerging applications. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research, 26: 29–38. doi: 10.1111/pcmr.12040
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Physiological color change is important for background matching, thermoregulation as well as signaling and is in vertebrates mediated by synchronous intracellular transport of pigmented organelles in chromatophores. We describe functions of and animal situations where color change occurs. A summary of endogenous and external factors that regulate this color change in fish and amphibians is provided, with special emphasis on extracellular stimuli. We describe not only color change in skin, but also highlight studies on color change that occurs using chromatophores in other areas such as iris and on the inside of the body. In addition, we discuss the growing field that applies melanophores and skin color in toxicology and as biosensors, and point out research areas with future potential.


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Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Segregation Drives Discipline Disparities in Chicago Schools
The University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research released a study last month disaggregating discipline results based on school composition. It found that while "[s]tudents with the most vulnerable backgrounds are much more likely to be suspended than students without those risk factors[,] . . . differences in the suspension rates for students with different risk factors, such as poverty and low achievement, do not explain most of the large racial and gender disparities in suspension rates. . . . The biggest driver of racial disparities in suspension rates comes from differences in which schools students of different races/ethnicities attend." More specifically, it found that segregation in Chicago played a significant role in disparate discipline outcomes. Highlights from the study include:
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Friday, November 13, 2015
Black Minds Matter
The Education Trust's new report, Black Minds Matter, argues that "though it is abundantly clear that Black children can achieve at the highest levels, most of the data paint a dire portrait of an education system — preschool through college — that systematically squanders Black talent." It frames that argument around basic data points. Just to list a few:
- African American children are "less like to have access to high quality preschool and early learning opportunities. The result? Achievement gaps begin early, even before children reach school age."
- "[I]nstead of organizing our K-12 school systems to ameliorate [the fact that African American children often start kindergarten behind], these children get less in school too." They attend the most challenging educational environments.
- African Americans attend schools that are predominantly poor and predominantly minority.
- African Americans are twice as likely to feel unsafe at school and three times as likely to be suspended.
- African Americans are far less likely to be enrolled in rigorous courses.
The report then offers a series of recommendations.
- Offering and ensuring academic relevance, rigor, and supports
- Ensuring equitable access to effective educators
- Extending learning time
- Improving school climate and fixing school discipline
- Providing a broad range of health, wellness, and socio-emotional supports.
November 13, 2015 in Discipline, Equity in education, Pre-K Education, Racial Integration and Diversity | Permalink | Comments (0)
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Plyer v. Doe's Impact on the Constitutionality of Long-Term Suspensions and Expulsions
Robyn Bitner's student note, Exiled from Education: Plyler v. Doe's Impact on the Constitutionality of Long-Term Suspensions and Expulsions, 101 Va. L. Rev. 763 (2015), offers a new theory for limiting some suspensions and expulsions. Her introduction includes this summary:
This Note will argue that, following Plyler, public school students have a plausible right of equal access to education under the United States Constitution. In addition to this right, students also benefit from a fundamental right to education in sixteen states. This framework hasthus far provided students with some respite from states' attempts to limit Plyler. However, in states where the right to education is not fundamental, or the status of education has not yet been determined by state supreme courts, school districts regularly violate students' plausible right of equal access to education in two ways. First, school districts offer no alternative education programs ("AEPs") during periods of long-term suspension or expulsion. Second, when school districts do offer AEPs, they routinely fail to provide even basic education, which places students at risk of academic failure. Ultimately, long-term suspensions and expulsions mean that many of our nation's most vulnerable students are not receiving an education. However, as this Note will argue, our federal and state constitutions suggest that they are entitled to one. In the legal field, little has been written about the implications of Plyler outside the context of undocumented students. The analyses that do exist focus on state and local attempts to limit the rights of undocumented students to attend primary and secondary school. Other studies analyze the limits to higher education that undocumented students face in terms of college admissions and in-state tuition rates. This Note differentiates itself from what the legal field already knows by focusing instead on the interplay between federal and state law to determine how students' plausible right of equal access to education has been limited in other contexts, specifically school discipline. Such knowledge is worthwhile because it may permit a better understanding of exactly how child advocates can protect their most vulnerable clients from being shut out of the education system altogether. Equipped with this knowledge,school districts can be held accountable for educating all students, even the most behaviorally challenged ones.
November 12, 2015 in Discipline | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, November 9, 2015
Troubling Trends in Religious and Ethnic Based Bullying
A new report by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) finds that Muslim students experience high rates of bullying and discrimination in California's public schools. Among other things, the report calls on Congress to amend Title VI to include a prohibition on religious discrimination. While the CAIR is correct that Title VI does not prohibit religious discrimination, it is not always clear whether the discrimination against Muslim students is ethnic or religious discrimination. The Office for Civil Rights has tended to treat it as ethnic discrimination, which Title VI would prohibit. Regardless, the report's empirical findings are troubling:
Ultimately 55% of the American Muslim students surveyed reported being subjected to some form of bullying based on their religious identity. This is twice as high as the national statistic of students reporting being bullied at school. Many students experienced multiple types of bullying; however, the most common type of bullying American Muslim students faced was verbal at 52%.
CAIR-CA also considered gender-based differences in survey responses. Remarkably, more male students reported experiencing bullying. However, the percentage of females who reported experiencing discrimination by a teacher or administrator was slightly higher. Of the female respondents who wear a hijab, the Islamic headscarf, 29% reported being offensively touched by another student, and 27% reported being discriminated by their teacher.
There were also two key findings in the students' responses to questions about their feelings regarding their school environment. The percentage of students who reported feeling that they were comfortable participating in class discussions about Islam or countries where Muslims live decreased 4 by 4 percentage points, from 80% in 2012 to 76% in 2014. Moreover, only 67% of students felt teachers and administrators were responsive to their religious accommodation requests. American Muslim youth continue to identify student-teacher relations as needing improvement. Many students' comments referenced increased problems in the classroom during discussions about 9/11, mainly due to teachers either failing to address harassment by other students against Muslim students or discriminating against Muslim students themselves.
November 9, 2015 in Discipline, Discrimination, First Amendment | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, November 2, 2015
Charter Schools With Lists of Students Who "Got to Go"
Civil rights activists and scholars have long speculated that some charter schools manufacture the student populations they would like to teach so as to produce better results. On the front end, they could achieve this by bending the rules and discouraging special education and English Language Learner students from applying. On the back end, they would weed out undesirables that made it in through the lottery system. Some data has confirmed the front end problem, but the later has been little more than speculation. Until last week.
[D]ocuments obtained by The New York Times and interviews with 10 current and former Success employees at five schools suggest that some administrators in the network have singled out children they would like to see leave.
The heading on the list was "Got to Go."
Nine of the students on the list later withdrew from the school. Some of their parents said in interviews that while their children attended Success, their lives were upended by repeated suspensions and frequent demands that they pick up their children early or meet with school or network staff members. Four of the parents said that school or network employees told them explicitly that the school, whose oldest students are now in the third grade, was not right for their children and that they should go elsewhere.
The current and former employees said they had observed similar practices at other Success schools. According to those employees, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to protect their jobs or their relationships with people still at the network, school leaders and network staff members explicitly talked about suspending students or calling parents into frequent meetings as ways to force parents to fall in line or prompt them to withdraw their children.
Last year, for instance, the principal of Success Academy Harlem 2 Upper, Lavinia Mackall, told teachers not to automatically send annual re-enrollment forms home to certain students, because the school did not want those students to come back, two former members of the school's staff said. Ms. Mackall said that her comments had been misinterpreted and that she was trying to encourage parents to take the school's requirements seriously, but that she also did not believe the school was right for all students.
In another example, a current employee said, a network lawyer in a conversation with colleagues described a particularly unruly student's withdrawal as "a big win" for the school.
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November 2, 2015 in Charters and Vouchers, Discipline | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Resource Officer's Violence Toward Student Raises Fundamental Question That Most Miss
A resource officer at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, South Carolina, pulled a female student from her desk by her neck, threw her to the floor, and then dragged her across the floor to another part of the room. The incident was caught on video and has gone viral. Apparently, the student had been disruptive and, at the moment of the incident, was refusing to follow instructions. The incident almost exactly mirrors one described in the U.S. Department of Justice's report on police involvement in Ferguson, Missouri's schools. At pages 37 and 38, DOJ cited that incident as part of a problematic trend of unreasonable enforcement action and added that it
demonstrates a lack of understanding of the negative consequences associated with such arrests. In fact, SROs told us that they viewed increased arrests in the schools as a positive result of their work. This perspective suggests a failure of training (including training in mental health, counseling, and the development of the teenage brain); a lack of priority given to de-escalation and conflict resolution; and insufficient appreciation for the negative educational and long-term outcomes that can result from treating disciplinary concerns as crimes and using force on students. See Dear Colleague Letter on the Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline, U.S. Dep't of Justice & U.S. Dep't of Education.
During the media rounds last night, the video prompted predictable debates over whether the use of force was reasonable. Those debates included mind numbing defenses and recriminations that, in effect, repeated the conversations we have heard for the past year in regard to the deaths of several African Americans at the hands of police. While that conversation is obviously a very important one that should continue, it is the wrong one here.
The question here should not be whether the resource officer used reasonable force. The question should be why he was in the school to begin with and why, at this very moment, he was the one directed to resolve the situation. This is a question I have raised and implied on this blog several times. In the last two years, I have noted numerous stories of school resource officers choking, handcuffing, restraining, and locking up in isolation rooms elementary and middle school students, including students with special needs. One Georgia school even saw fit to begin housing rifles on campus.
The answer is simple. Save exceptional circumstances, law enforcement does not belong in school. School resource officers are not educators. They are not sufficiently trained to deal with students. They are not dispute resolution specialists. No doubt, incidents arise when school officials believe that the brute force of law enforcement is beneficial. Even were that the case, the rare benefit that they provide far outweighs the regular burden they bring. They change the culture for students and teachers in ways that are not productive. They bring official confrontation to school. They bring violence into school. They bring real weapons into school. And even if a school were to unwisely accept all of these things as necessary evils, the school should minimize the circumstances when law enforcement is brought to bear on a student. Schools must always be the front line of school discipline and almost always the end line as well. They should only absolve themselves from that role when absolutely necessary. It seems relatively clear that this was not the case in Spring Valley High School.
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Thursday, October 22, 2015
Current Trends with OCR Complaint Process on School Disparities
The Children's Rights Litigation Committee of the ABA Section of Litigation is sponsoring a program on Current Trends with OCR Complaint Process on School Disparities and calling for speakers. The program is Monday, December 7, 2015 at 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Eastern. You can register here.
This roundtable will discuss current trends and outcomes in the civil rights complaint process with the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Education. The Roundtable will focus on Title VI complaints relating to the school-to-prison pipeline and disparities in school discipline. The program will gather attorneys, advocates, and representatives of complainants to share their experiences and outcomes in filing complaints. Speakers will also discuss a recently released memo which outlines the legal standards for disparate impact claims. This Roundtable is part of an ongoing effort by the Accountability Project, a subcommittee of the Children's Rights Litigation Committee, to provide tools to civil rights, legal aid and pro bono attorneys in the OCR Complaint process.
Rosa K. Hirji, RKH Law Office, Los Angeles, CA
Rachel Flynn, Nelson Mullins, Columbia, SC.
Call for Speakers: We are looking for speakers who are willing to share their experiences in filing complaints. We would like to circulate your complaint, resolution agreement/letters of finding, and ask you briefly present to the group. If you are interested, please send me an email to email@example.com by November 16, 2015.
October 22, 2015 in Discipline | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, October 19, 2015
Teacher-Student Relationships and the Achievement Gap
A fascinating new study by Hunter Gehlbach, et al, Creating Birds of Similar Feathers: Leveraging Similarity to Improve Teacher-Student Relationships and Academic Achievement, finds that a significant portion of the achievement gap between disadvantaged students and others relates to how closely students and teachers relate to one another. The study also finds that administering surveys to teachers and students and using the results to help them focus on their common responses and interests significantly reduced the achievement gap--by as much as 60%. Although the researchers did not study it, I would speculate that relationship gaps also correlate with negative school discipline responses, which, of course, drive down achievement. If so, this survey intervention might also have a positive impact on reducing harsh discipline responses. The abstract offers this summary:
October 19, 2015 in Discipline, Equity in education | Permalink | Comments (0)
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Tools for Change
Jason Nance's forthcoming article in Arizona State Law Journal, Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Tools for Change, is now available on ssrn. On the most basic level, it is a treasure trove of social science sources on school discipline and juvenile justice. It collects several sources I had overlooked in the past. But it also does an excellent job of synthesizing the studies in a way that makes the sum greater than the individual parts. His abstract offers this summary:
The school-to-prison pipeline is one of our nation's most formidable challenges. It refers to the trend of directly referring students to law enforcement for committing certain offenses at school or creating conditions under which students are more likely to become involved in the criminal justice system such as excluding them from school. This article analyzes the school-to-prison pipeline's devastating consequences on students, its causes, and its disproportionate impact on students of color. But most importantly, this article comprehensively identifies and describes specific, evidence-based tools to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline that lawmakers, school administrators, and teachers in all areas can immediately support and implement. Further, it suggests initial strategies aimed at addressing racial implicit bias, which is a primary cause of the racial disparities relating to the school-to-prison pipeline. The implementation of these tools will create more equitable and safe learning environments that will help more students become productive citizens and avoid becoming involved in the justice system.
October 15, 2015 in Discipline | Permalink | Comments (1)
Friday, October 2, 2015
Alabama Court Finds Police Officers' Failure to Adequately Decontaminate Students from Pepper Spray Effects and Use of Spray on Nonviolent Students Unconstitutional
The Northern District of Alabama ruled yesterday that Birmingham police officers (acting as school resource officers) used excessive force when they pepper-sprayed students who were not posing a danger and when officers failed to adequately decontaminate students from effects as recommended by the spray's manufacturer when there were available facilities to do so. discussed the suit earlier this year, The plaintiffs, students from eight of the city's nine high schools, alleged that local police used excessive force by spraying students with a substance called Freeze +P, a spray made up of Orthochlorobenzalmalonitrile (CS) and Oleoresin Capsicum (OC), that causes "strong respiratory effects" and "severe pain." The spray was used to break up fights, disburse bystanders, and discipline students who were verbally disrespectful but not physically violent. The officers were following Birmingham Police Department procedures in using the spray, as summarized by the court in Fig. 1. The district court found that the sprayings were unconstitutional seizures under the Fourth Amendment, and that officers' failure to arrange for sprayed students to be decontaminated was part of those ongoing seizures. Thus, the court concluded, the plaintiffs' claims were best evaluated under the Fourth Amendment's unconstitutional seizure doctrine, rather than the Fourteenth Amendment's "shock the conscience" standard. Turning to remedies, the district court found that six of the eight student-plaintiffs were entitled to damages. The court declined the plaintiffs' request to ban the use of Freeze+P in Birmingham schools, given the "scenarios when it is appropriate for S.R.O.s to use Freeze +P in the school setting." The court instead ordered the parties to meet and develop a training and procedures plan for S.R.O.s' use of Freeze+P, including protecting uninvolved persons from overspray. The court also suggested that the Birmingham police chief remind his officers that "enforcement of school discipline is not part of their job description and that Freeze+P is not suited for general crowd control." Given the chief's comments earlier this year that the school system was too dependant on the police department to resolve low-level misbehavior, he may agree with the court's sentiment. The plaintiffs were represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The opinion in J.W. v. Birmingham Board of Education is here.
October 2, 2015 in Cases, Discipline | Permalink | Comments (0)
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Seattle Imposes Moratorium on Elementary School Suspensions for Minor Misbehavior
Last week, the Seattle School Board unanimously voted to place a one-year halt on elementary schools suspension for disruptive conduct, rule breaking and disobedience. Last year, seventy five percent of the district's elementary school suspensions were for these minor misbehaviors. Under the new policy, elementary schools will remain free to suspend student who endanger themselves or others.
Seattle follows the lead of some other school districts in the area that are seeking to eliminate most suspensions all together. Readers might also require that California passed legislation last year to eliminate suspensions for students in kindergarten through third grade. To Seattle's credit, even before the policy change, its suspension rate was below average. Given its progressive stance on discipline, it would not be surprising to see this policy migrate to middle schools in another year or two. It will be interesting to see how the district performs if it moves toward a system in which there are very little if any suspensions other than those for very serious misbehavior.
More here.
October 1, 2015 in Discipline | Permalink | Comments (0)
Friday, September 18, 2015
The High Stakes of Telling the Truth and the Difficult Questions Raised for School Discipline
In October of 2013, I published a series of posts on a high school student, Erin Cox, at North Andover High School in Massachusetts. The story told by her, her family, and primarily her attorney, Wendy Parker, was that the school had punished her under its zero tolerance policy on alcohol for being at a party where alcohol was served. The media story that unfolded over a couple of days was that she had not actually consumed any alcohol, that she had not actually been present at the party, that she had only come to the party to give a drunk friend a ride home, and that the police were already there when she arrived, but released her because it was clear she was not involved. Her attorney claimed she had a police report that even verified these last facts. The narrative was that the school was punishing for doing the right thing. She then brought suit in state court seeking to enjoin her punishment and her attorney said that the school's attorney lied about the undisputed facts at the initial hearing before the court.
September 18, 2015 in Discipline | Permalink | Comments (0)
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Half of All African American Suspensions and Expulsions Were in Thirteen Southern States
Edward Smith and Shaun Harper have released a new study focusing on suspensions and expulsions in the South. Most of it is sadly par for the course, but the enormous portion of the nation's suspensions and expulsions that come from the South was shocking. "Nationally, 1.2 million Black students were suspended from K-12 public schools in a single academic year – 55% of those suspensions occurred in 13 Southern states. Districts in the South also were responsible for 50% of Black student expulsions from public schools in the United States." The racial disparities also seemed to track consistently higher than than other regions. "In 132 Southern school districts, Blacks were disproportionately suspended at rates five times or higher than their representation in the student population." Expulsion disparities were high as well, although slightly lower the suspension disparities. "In 77 Southern school districts, Blacks were disproportionately expelled at rates five times or higher than their representation in the student population."
The study also includes a nice set of tables with the data for individual school districts, so one can easily see what is occurring in their own community, region, and state.
Get the full report here.
August 26, 2015 in Discipline, Discrimination | Permalink | Comments (0)
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Can Schools Drug Test Students Just Because They Park on Campus?
August 20, 2015 in Discipline | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, August 17, 2015
NSU Shepard Broad College of Law Symposium: Shutting Down the School to Prison Pipeline
August 17, 2015 in Conferences, Discipline | Permalink | Comments (0)
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Kentucky Elementary School Cuffs Special Needs Student's Arms Behind Back, ACLU Sues
The handcuffing and isolated restraint of a third grade special needs students in Covington, Kentucky, was caught on video. The video is particularly disturbing, as the child cries and pleads. I did not watch the whole thing myself. The ACLU filed a federal lawsuit on that and another student's behalf on Monday, alleging the handcuffing was an unreasonable seizure and included excessive force. The complaint also alleges that the arrest amounted to discrimination and a failure to accommodate under the American's with Disabilities Act.
More on the story here.
August 5, 2015 in Discipline, Special Education | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, July 13, 2015
Judges' Decision to Incarcerate Juveniles Just Makes Matters Worse, New Study Finds
Two years ago, Anna Aizer and Joseph J. Doyle published a study finding that juvenile incarceration does not have the deterrent effect that the system supposedly intendeds. The abstract explains:
Over 130,000 juveniles are detained in the US each year with 70,000 in detention on any given day, yet little is known whether such a penalty deters future crime or interrupts social and human capital formation in a way that increases the likelihood of later criminal behavior. This paper uses the incarceration tendency of randomly-assigned judges as an instrumental variable to estimate causal effects of juvenile incarceration on high school completion and adult recidivism. Estimates based on over 35,000 juvenile offenders over a ten-year period from a large urban county in the US suggest that juvenile incarceration results in large decreases in the likelihood of high school completion and large increases in the likelihood of adult incarceration. These results are in stark contrast to the small effects typically found for adult incarceration, but consistent with larger impacts of policies aimed at adolescents.
They have now published a second even more nuanced study.
July 13, 2015 in Discipline | Permalink | Comments (0)
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Florida School District Agrees to Completely Revamp Discipline to Reduce Racial Disparities
The Southern Poverty Law Center and Flagler County Schools in Florida a reached a settlement to resolve a claim of discriminatory discipline. The original complaint had alleged that "African-American students accounting for 31 percent of all out-of-school suspensions during the 2010-11 school year even though they were only 16 percent of the student population." Under the agreement, the School Board adopted a wide-ranging plan to eliminate racial disparities in school discipline . Rather than permitting unilateral school level decision, the school district itself will have to approve suspensions of five or more days this upcoming school year, and suspensions for three or more days in the next school year. In addition, staff will receive cultural competency and implicit bias training. A committee will monitor discipline data on a regular basis to monitor progress. The district will consider abolishing suspensions altogether once it develops an alternative school program, peer mediation, and restorative justice practices. The district also committed to work with law enforcement to reduce in-school arrests.
SPLC is still pursuing federal civil rights complaints in Escambia, Bay, Okaloosa and Suwannee county school districts.
June 18, 2015 in Discipline, Discrimination | Permalink | Comments (0)
Friday, June 5, 2015
Flagler County, FL District Settles Discrimination Complaint About Discipline Practices
Flagler County Schools (FL) agreed to change its disciplinary practices after being sued for racial discrimination against African-American students, reports the Daytona Beach News-Journal. The Southern Poverty Law Center filed a complaint against Flagler Co. Schools in 2012 for removing and arresting black students more harshly than white students. The complaint alleged in the 2010-11 school year, black students made up 16% of the Flagler Co.'s school population, but were 31% of the in-school and out-of-school suspensions and 69% of expelled students. The complaint also alleged that black students were retained at a disproportionate rate of 22%. Flagler Co. school officials told the media that it will, subject to the school board's approval, reduce out-of-school suspensions and form a citizens' committee to monitor discipline practices. The district also reportedly agreed to reserve out-of-school suspensions for situations when there's a safety concern, and require district approval for suspensions lasting five days or more. Starting in August 2016, the district will require approval for any suspension of three days or more and consider eliminating out-of-school suspensions altogether.
June 5, 2015 in Discipline, Discrimination, News | Permalink | Comments (0)
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Pennsylvania School District Settles Racial Bias Suit
The Harrisburg Patriot-News reports that a racial bias suit against a Pennsylvania school district was settled this week. In 2014, the Webbs, a student and his mother, sued the Susquehanna Township School District after it expelled the student from high school for wearing a multifunction tool that had a knife on it. The student's mother sued when they learned that three white male students were treated differently than the student, who is black. In the other three instances, a white male student brought two airsoft pistols onto school and aimed at other students as they left the building; in the second, a white male student brought marijuana into a classroom; and in the third, a white male student brought a BB gun onto school grounds. On each of those occasions, the school superintendent did not recommend to expel the students. The Webbs sued in federal court claiming disparate treatment and violations of the 14th Amendment, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (PHRA). The Middle District of Pennsylvania dismissed their claims for lack of standing and because the statute of limitations had expired on some of the claims. However, the federal court gave the Webbs leave to amend their claims under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (PHRA). Despite the dismissal, the school district reportedly settled the case for an undisclosed amount. The federal case was Webb v. Susquehanna Twp. Sch. Dist., No. 1:14-CV-1123, 2015 WL 871731 (M.D. Pa. Feb. 27, 2015).
May 14, 2015 in Cases, Discipline | Permalink | Comments (0)


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Comment from: ARCKingston, 3-6 Male (Caregiver) Published: September 16
My son had 4 days of fever ranging from 100 to 103 F. He is 4 years old. Yesterday he did not have a fever but today a red rash of roseola has appeared on his chest and upper torso.
Comment from: nashwa1970, 13-18 Female (Caregiver) Published: July 07
My 15 months girl suddenly developed a rising fever with loss of appetite and mild diarrhea for 2 days. The fever decreased by paracetamol suppository for only 2 hours after which it started to rise again. I kept using cold foments and dressed her in a light cotton shirt with lukewarm bath when necessary. She was fuzzy only when temperature was so high at 39.7, otherwise she was surprisingly ok despite fever; only clinging to me. After 1 1/2 days fever started to settle down and a pink reddish rash appeared on trunk, abdomen, back, neck, and limbs; no itching. She was okay and even playing but still refusing food and only taking breast milk. Of note: she was exposed to infected children with same disease 3 days before her roseola started.
Comment from: confused mommy, 7-12 (Caregiver) Published: July 05
Wow, this Roseola must be new! I had never heard anything about it. But my 9 month old daughter got a sudden fever Thursday at daycare, 103. I took her to acute care immediately to rule out ear infection or strep. She continued running fever for 4 days. Then suddenly it stopped but she woke up with rash on face, neck, and on back. She was sleepier than normal and just wanted to be held. My main focus was to keep her eating or drinking when she had the fever and ibuprofen kept fever down.
Comment from: joannezz, 0-2 Female (Caregiver) Published: November 07
My 19 month girl developed fever 5 days ago suddenly, about 39.4 degree. She looked fine and was energetic, didn't seems to be sick at all but we went to see doctor as her fever was constantly high. The urine test came back normal and the doctor gave us some medication and instructed us to feed her every 4 hours and go back again if the fever still remained high 3 to 4 days later. Her fever went down to 37 to 38 degree, sometimes normal during the day time, but the fever went up to 38 during night but we didn't bring her back to doctor, thinking that it was not threatening. Today is day 5 and she developed rashes and my mum suspected it to be fake measles aka roseola in which the rashes will eventually go off after a couple of days. Today she is still having slight fever at about 37.6 degree. We brought her to the doctor again and the doctor diagnosed it to be roseola due to the rashes, which was all over her body and face but it doesnt irritate her at all. Doctor says that it is okay and should be gone after couple of days. If her fever still didn't subside 2 days later, we should bring her to the hospital for a check again as usually the fever would have subsided after a couple of days but today is the 5th. She lost her appetite 2 days after the fever breakout and is having mild diarrhea. I hope she will get well by tomorrow!
Comment from: Sara, Female (Caregiver) Published: March 19
My 11 months old son had roseola, he first had high fever for 3days. After one day gap rashes appeared on his head, tummy and back and very next day the same rash appeared on his arms and legs. He is active and eating well but sleeping more then he normally does. It is the second day of the rash and I m waiting for the rash to go away.
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I was surprised that my 14 year old has roseola. He had the typical 3 days of fever followed by the characteristic rash. He is my oldest "patient" ever to have roseola (I am a pediatrician). I would mention that most patients have the rash for 3 to 6 days, not just 2 days.
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Free Agency, Greg Monroe, Detroit Pistons, Portland Trail Blazers: 22 more rumors
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Adrian Wojnarowski: Sources: Greg Monroe is meeting with Portland owner Paul Allen, GM Neil Olshey and coach Terry Stotts this morning in Washington, DC.
July 26, 2016 | 10:58 am EDT Update
Marc Stein: Rough July for Dion Waiters. Until OKC's deal with Alex Abrines, its $6.9M qualifying offer to Waiters was on the table for two-plus weeks.
David 'Dubi' Pick: Hearing from rival German club that ALBA Berlin has scored a deal with Celtics summer forward Malcolm Miller.
Q: What area can he still progress the most or should he focus on as he enters his NBA prime? Scott Agness: Solomon Hill still needs to become a more consistent 3-point shooter. His confidence in his outside ball was through the roof last April and through the first round of the playoffs, but he needs to show that he can do that every game. Through three years, shooting 32.5 percent, he hasn't. He also could help big time by grabbing a few more rebounds.
But of all the participants whom the NBA All-Star-turned-social activist thanked at the end, he gave the biggest kudos to the Los Angeles Police Department officers who truly enthusiastically participated by listening to the pain and concern of the attending youth. "I was thanking everybody who came out and participated, especially the officers," Anthony told The Undefeated. "I know in situations like this they can feel awkward being in front of these people and hearing all of the negativity that comes by. It's easier to hear it when you turn on TV about how bad the police are. It's very difficult to hear it coming from the actual youth sitting there in small groups to take that information and decipher that."
Chris Paul, who also serves as the NBPA president, considered taking a helicopter to attend, but couldn't get out of a previous family commitment in Los Angeles, a source said. The NBA, USA Basketball and the NBPA collaborated to offer strong support as well. Five police officers manned the grounds at the gated venue. "I didn't expect the commitment from the other athletes," Anthony said. "I thought USA Basketball and the NBA could be on board. I was doing it myself at first. I was just going to come in and have a conversation. It wasn't going to be this big gathering or NBA town hall. It was just going to be a conversation with a couple officers, a couple of youth."
Anthony, who endorses Jordan's Jumpman shoe and clothing line, was proud to hear the words from the adored fellow African-American icon who is known for staying quiet on social and racial issues. "I just read the statement before I came here. That's big. That's MJ. That's Michael Jordan," Anthony said. "As African-Americans, that's who we look up to. He has a great voice with a great platform. I'm just glad that he came out now and he used it at this time with everything going on."


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Skip to comments.Springfield police: Scantily-clad stripper couldn't conceal 47 bags of heroin during traffic stop
Posted on 06/21/2013 4:09:01 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
SPRINGFIELD Police arrested a 20-year-old woman, a stripper who had apparently just gotten out of work early Friday, on heroin charges after the car she was riding in allegedly ran a red light at Union and Maple streets.
Since she was just coming from work at a local strip club she did not have enough clothing on to conceal the illegal narcotic, Sgt. John M. Delaney said. The officers had her step from the vehicle and the 47 bags of heroin fell easily to the pavement.
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Judging By her photo, I say guilty, until her work garb is shown.
Maybelline called. They want their warehouse back.
Still, Laz would frisk it.
I guess those stories of Afghanistan and the heroin trade here in the US are true.
The cops usually only catch the dumb ones.
springfield wants to be detroit when it grows up.
When I saw the image, I thought she was 20.... in 1996.
Poor girl. Hope she learns and moves on.
Good heavens.
She's barely not a child and her life is destroyed.
Poor thing.
My niece is a nurse in Springfield and tells us many stories about the city.Apparently it's a lot like Detroit but without the excitement.
If drugs were legal, she wouldn't be a stripper./s
paper or plastic?
She was pretty at one time and somebody's child. It is just a shame what drugs do to people. I hope she will be able to stop doing what she is doing, using or selling or whatever it is. She could clean herself up and get an education and make something of herself that she could be proud of. It is just so sad.
Wow. I suppose she looks better when the lights are dim.
She will look about the same when she is on a slab at the morgue.
Looks like an Earl Scheib Auto Body Shop did that face.
She deals in poison, and destroyed plenty of other lives along with her own. Don't waste your sympathy. She made her choice. Few things are more dangerous than a nasty little stripper dealing in heroin.
She deserves to pay for her crimes and I know that she's hurt others, but I do pity her.
She's very young and her life is destroyed.
But for the grace of God she could be my child - or me.
"gotten", is that really a word, or just poor slang for "got"? The people who write as journalists now really amaze me.
"Up against the car, and spread 'em."
Looks like an Earl Scheib Auto Body Shop did that face.
Earl and all his buddies, and their buddies, and...
I seen better lookin' faces on an Iodine bottle....
Her life is not destroyed; it may in fact be redeemed. I know from personal experience that the worst s**t that ever happened to me might have saved my life, and the best s**t that I THINK was the best that ever happened to me, nearly killed me.
I agree with you that this is a possibility for her.
It depends on how far gone she is and how much inner strength she is willing to muster in order to change her life.
Because she's very young, seems to be in really deep trouble, and is living a lifestyle which doesn't usually produce a quality circle of friends, I think her future doesn't look bright.
That she is caught and so is no longer living under cover of darkness is probably the best thing that could happen to her, and I agree that, now, there is hope.
It depends on how far gone she is and how much inner strength she is willing to muster in order to change her life.
Recovery from addiction and/or alcoholism does not depend on how far gone we were. As the Promises in the Big Book so eloquently puts it: "No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others" and my experience and observation is that the very worst among us can and do recover. Second, if we employ inner strength, we are screwed. We must rely on a Power greater than ourselves. We cannot recover all by our selves, no matter how 'strong' we think we are.
By "inner strength" I meant the strength which we gather, of course, with God's help. Sorry I wasn't clear.
I have never used drugs, but I have worked with people who have and have known, and still know of, those who have serious addictions. I have seen and continue to see these tragedies unfolding.
Some people manage to recover but some do not. The strength even to turn to God can be out of reach for some in that situation, although I always hope in and have faith in God's love for each of us, even if it takes a person until the very moment of his death to turn to God.
I have deep and sincere respect for whoever it is that you know who has suffered and recovered. I hope that this woman will have a similar experience.
I think we're focusing on two sides of the same coin. I don't think anyone is necessarily lost and I can't see the future. My comment about the young woman's life being destroyed was meant for the present and, possibly, the future.
I have learned from you to run my posts by my attorney before posting and to never, ever post in a hurry.
Then you have deep and sincere respect for me.
Yes, I do!
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Iran Nuclear Talks in Baghdad
Iran's so-called nuclear threat is a red herring.
by Stephen Lendman
Previous nuclear talks failed. On April 14 and 15, another round convened.
Istanbul hosted so-called P5+1 countries. They include the five permanent Security Council members - America, Russia, China, Britain, and France - plus Germany.
Iran participated in good faith. Its delegation came with little hope hardline Western views would soften. On April 14, both sides agreed to more talks in Baghdad on May 23.
At issue isn't Iran's nuclear program. Tehran's a Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) signatory. It complies fully with provisions. No evidence suggests otherwise. Nonetheless, bogus accusations persist.
Iran won't relinquish its legal rights. Washington remains hardline and obstructionist. An unnamed US official called May 23 talks "very difficult."
Both sides continued on Thursday. A possible Geneva June round was discussed. On May 24, the Washington Post headlined "Iran nuclear talks continue on second day," saying:
Talks resumed Thursday "amid fading hopes that these latest negotiations would help ease tensions over Tehran's disputed nuclear program."
As explained above and numerous previous times, Iran's program complies fully with international law obligations. Washington's the problem, not Tehran.
"Iran rejected" P5+1 proposals, said the Post. Thursday talks won't likely resolve things. They center on Iran's legitimate right to pursue a peaceful nuclear program. Washington wants it denied. No sovereign country should yield to that type pressure.
Iran justifiably rejected proposals it called "outdated, not comprehensive and unbalanced. There is no balance, and there is nothing to get in return. What we heard in Istanbul was more interesting....We believe the reason P5+1 is not able to reach a result is America."
According to former Iranian chief nuclear negotiator Hossein Mousavian:
"The world powers are asking Iran for diamonds, in the form of ceasing to enrich uranium to 20%, and all they are offering in return is peanuts, in the form of spare parts for Iranian airline planes."


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House cleaning agents:
– Castile Soap (in bulk): a gentle natural soap that can be used on floors, kitchen sink, dishes, hands, dog, body, hair.
– Homemade all-purpose Cleaner (see recipes) for the weekly house cleaning, baking soda in a Parmesan shaker ($1.99 unpackaged at Cost Plus) for scrubbing jobs hydrogen peroxide for mildew (use sparingly since it's not available in bulk)
House cleaning tools:
– Metal Scrubby. It works wonders on stainless if used in the direction of the grainloofah, natural brush, or a homemade scrubby knitted out of sisal twine for light scrubbing (loofah is a veggie, and you can grow your own!)– Feather duster for speed dusting. Use an old toothbrush for hard to reach places.– Microfiber cloths for every thing else (counters, floor, fridge, mirrors, etc.).
Cleaning Household Items:
Windows: Microfiber cloths are great, just add water. No window cleaner needed.
Un-washable messes: Turn clothing items you can't donate into rags to clean up wax,auto grease,glue,caulk (use sparingly since they end up in the landfill!)
Dishwasher: Two options for the detergent (liquid in bulk from Rainbow or powder in a recyclable cardboard box such as Seventh Generation) and white vinegar as a rinsing aid.
Air: Let plants absorb toxins and clean your air. I do not like to have objects sitting on the floor since they make floor cleaning more painful, but I have found a vertical wall planter that is ideal (picture above).
Laundry: Wash once a week only (to save time and dryer energy costs) with eco-friendly detergent (the one that has worked best for us is powder from a recyclable cardboard box such as Seventh Generation), using cold water cycles as much as possible. Savon-de-Marseille, dishwasher detergent, lemon or hydrogen peroxide work great on stains.
Drying: Dry on a line when possible. If you use a dryer, compost the dryer lint and forgo dryer sheets (you should not be wearing synthetic static clothes anyways). I personally have not found the heavily packaged, but reusable, dryer balls to be very effective.
Ironing: Iron very few things only (for us it's men's dress shirts, dinner napkins and handkerchiefs), use a homemade starch in a stainless spray bottle (see recipes).
Dry Cleaning/shirt laundering: Find a dry cleaner that has joined the sustainable world (Clean Look in Mill Valley for example). One that offers a reusable garment bag or nothing instead of plastic. And please do not settle for compostable bags, they are a real greenwashing ersatz.
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And in the end, it was the classic Reverse Cartman: "Screw you guys, you're going home." The Thunder were up six after three, and there was just a bit of uneasiness in Loud City. Not to worry: OKC went on an 8-0 run to start the quarter, watching the Lakers burn two timeouts in three minutes and roll up 9 points in ten and a half minutes. At the horn, it wasn't close to being close: Oklahoma City 106, Los Angeles 90, and the Finals beckon.
Kobe, at least, did what he could, tossing up a highly creditable 42 points on 18-33 shooting. The problem, of course, is that all the rest of the Lakers could manage only 48 points in aggregate. Pau Gasol, who played 44 minutes, spent at least ten of them doing his best impression of the stereotypical cigar-store Indian. Andrew Bynum had more fouls than rebounds, fercrissake. In fact, the Lakers had only 35 rebounds, 16 from Gasol. And while I hate to harp on L. A.'s lack of depth, the bench came up with a whole 5 points.
The Thunder, meanwhile, reeled in 51 boards, 14 off the offensive glass. (The Lakers had three.) Russell Westbrook, struggling early, made it look easy in the second half, finishing with a team-high 27. Kevin Durant tossed in 25; James Harden got 17. (The rest of the bench got 18. Nyah.) But what will be remembered about this game will be the defense: Kendrick Perkins and Nick Collison making life difficult for anyone daring to trespass into the paint, and KD scooping up ten boards just because he's Kevin Durant.
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I've got a bunch of spare hardware and I'm really fascinated in optimising C code and Linux, while also working with distributed systems. To do this, I'm keen to start coding distributed solvers for (NP?) problems, all based on Open Source software.
I've done a few experiments with Condor on Linux - a super simple "problem" of adding up a set of 1 million integers, I've chopped the the data set into blocks of 1000 and scheduled a very simple test program that adds up those numbers and submits the result back to the central Condor server. I would like to build on this with an objective just to further my understanding, again concentrating on optimising (the solver code, Linux) and doing this over many machines - distributed.
Optimising - I'd like to stretch my knowledge of C - making the code more efficient than just a for loop, in particular one thing I'd love to experiment with is CUDA. Doing this with a nice simple problem like adding up integers means I can concentrate on optimisation, but adding integers is a little /too/ simple.
I'm pretty familiar with Linux, but I've not done much in terms of performance tuning, and think this could be just as interesting as improving the solver application.
Distributed - I want to really experiment with HPC, and again, Condor is the only scheduler I've used so far (I'm a bit of an Open Source fanatic).
I have quite a lot of spare hardware (say, 30+ Intel i7 machines), and a perfect solution would be a problem that involves very little network traffic & data transfer (machines spreadout all over the place), absolutely 0 inter-node communication, and workloads that don't need a great deal of disk space. Also, pretty essential, I'd like a problem that would never end (NP?), so I can spend time continually learning in a loop - optimising, twaeking the code, optimising more, trying new hardware, optimising more, tweaking Linux, etc.
So, this is where I ask for your help, because I'm not a machination, or a scientist, so, What category of workloads/problems would best suit learning about C/Linux Optimisation and distributed systems/HPC? Thanks!


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