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First things first, here's the bottom line: Florida developers and builders are very, very interested in what the local county will be charging in impact fees because it can be a big, big number. So what is happening in Osceola County Florida and the possible end to impact fees there is big news.
What are impact fees exactly?
Impact fees are fees set by the county on new building - whether it's an expansion of something that already exists or whether it's a new development of custom homes, a new residential neighborhood, a shopping mall, an office building, a condo, or some other type of business structure.
The impact fee is an amount that the county levies against whatever is being developed or built so the county can take that money and use it against the county's costs to meet the added use on county utilities, etc. -- in other words, it's a fee to cover the added impact of the build upon the county's services.
What is happening to impact fees in Osceola County, Florida?
Osceola County has been hit hard in this Great Recession. It had one of the highest foreclosure rates in the nation. Its tax base was slipping: from 2011 to 2012, it fell 5.45%.
So, Osceola's powers that be decided that one way to spur new growth in the area was to waive impact fees -- and it worked. Osceola County saw an increase in commercial construction as a result of allowing developers to build without this cost to their bottom line.
Here is the Osceola County Impact Fee Office explanation of its commercial construction impact fee waiver (there's also one for residential construction):
Transportation and Fire/Rescue Impact Fees are currently waived for new commercial construction. To qualify for the commercial impact fee waiver:
Building permits need to be issued between December 13, 2010 and September 30, 2012
Initial inspection needs to be called in within 60 days of permit issuance
Certificate of Occupancy must be issued within 18 months from the date the building permit is issued
The County Manager may approve an extension of the completion date:
6 additional months for projects of 20,000 to 100,000 square feet
12 additional months for projects of more than 100,000 square feet
(Example: For a building permit issued on January 31, 2012, the C.O. would not be due until July 31, 2013, with the possibility of an extension ranging from December 31, 2013 thru July 31, 2014)
The current Building Permit Fee Waiver program will continue to be in effect on both residential and non-residential construction for permits issued by September 30, 2012.
Water and Sewer Impact Fees are assessed and collected by Toho Water Authority (TWA) and can be contacted at 407-944-5000.
Permanent Moratorium Up for a Vote
Now, Osceola is considering making that temporary waiver of impact fees into a permanent moratorium. It's hopefully up for a vote next month.
Expect it to pass: with a moratorium, it does not mean that the county will never have the power to assess impact fees in the future, but it does mean that builders and developers can count on the fact that for the near future, Osceola County may be a cheaper option for a project than other parts of the state that are still assessing impact fees on new growth.
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DISCLAIMER: Because of the generality of this update, the information provided herein may not be applicable in all situations and should not be acted upon without specific legal advice based on particular situations.
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The modern prevalence and negative consequences of obesity suggest that many people have a tendency to eat more than is optimal. This paper examines the biological underpinnings of mammalian feeding behavior in an attempt to reconcile the "self-control problem†with the normative tradition of neoclassical economics. Medical, genetic, and molecular evidence suggest that overeating is a manifestation of the fundamental mismatch between ancient environments—in which preferences for eating evolved—and modern environments. The phenomenon can be described with a simple optimal foraging model in which both the utility function and the Bayesian prior are generated endogenously in the distant past. The implied disparity between subjective probabilities and actual probabilities has potentially broad implications for welfare economics.
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1. Today's Sun front page claims that over 1,200 people have been killed by "mental patients" in the past ten years.
The story quotes an academic report - the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness, produced by the Centre for Mental Health and Risk at the University of Manchester. (As such, it's not so much an "exclusive investigation", more "reading a report on the internet that was published in July".)
3. The article says that the figure refers to "high-risk patients" who were "allowed to kill" by "failings in Britain's mental health system":
The University of Manchester study, which you can read here (PDF), does include the figure of 1,216 people who were victims of homicide (which covers both murder and manslaughter) - as you can see in this table:
But - as it says in a paragraph directly above the table that The Sun quotes - this figure includes both people who were "patients" (definied elsewhere in the report as those that had "been in contact with mental health services in the 12 months prior to the offence"), and those who simply "showed an abnormal mental state at the time of the homicide".
In other words, this figure explicitly includes people who were not patients at all, never mind the "high-risk" patients that The Sun claims.
7. The report is completely unambiguous about this:
It clearly states that "we do not know if these symptoms led directly to the homicide", and "most were not preventable by mental health services". 1 in 4 people in the UK will suffer from some form of mental health issue in their lifetime. The definition includes people suffering from depression - something that affects between 8% and 12% of the population in any given year.
The report doesn't break down the number of victims into those who were killed by "patients" and those killed by people with "mental illness" - and in any case, there is some overlap between those groups - but it does break down the number of perpetrators:
In other words, almost half of those who committed the homicides that made up The Sun's 1,200 figure were not "mental patients", their illness cannot be shown to have caused the homicide, and for most of that group, the mental health system could have done nothing to prevent the death.
And even those that were classed as "patients" were not necessarily "high-risk" patients, as The Sun claimed - just anybody who had contact with the mental health system in the previous year. According to Paul Farmer, the Chief Executive of the mental health charity Mind, that's a figure of around 1.2million people.
We have asked the University of Manchester for a comment on The Sun's use of their research, and will update this article if they respond.
10. Update: Professor Louis Appleby, the report's lead author, has confirmed on Twitter that The Sun misquoted the figures, and gave more context for the study's findings:
14. Seperately, the heads of three leading mental health organisations - Mind, Rethink Mental Illness and Time To Change - issued a statement criticising The Sun's article:
It's incredibly disappointing to see a leading newspaper splash with such a sensational and damaging headline.
…There are 1.2 million people using secondary mental health services – the vast majority of whom pose no threat to anyone. And in reality, people with mental health problems are more likely to be victims of crime than the general population.
This headline, which will be seen by millions of people today, creates a completely false picture which will only fuel the stigma and prevent more people from seeking help and support when they need it, including when they are in crisis.
15. As Professor Appleby says, the trend for homicides by both patients and those with symptoms of mental illness has been down in recent years:
The Sun's report also fails to mention another key figure in the Manchester study: in the same period that 738 mental health patients committed homicides, 13,469 patients committed suicide.
18. Update, October 23: A little over two weeks later, The Sun has published a clarification, in which they tacitly admit their mistake.
The Time To Change campaign described their meeting with The Sun's editor as "constructive", but added that "what's more important is how they continue to cover these issues in future."


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Just bought these headphones about 2 weeks ago, and i am blown away by these when compared to my Sennheiser hd650 headphones! But will warn you....these take a heck of alot of power to drive! I got my little dot mk3 tube amp's impedance turned up to 300+ ohms! But these will blow you away!! :-)
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but.. but... dat treble spike, sibilance, and upper midrange recession...
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I have to let them burn in more, but already they're beating the hd650
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It's all about perspective. One man's treble spike sibilance and upper midrange recession, is another man's ultra-detailed crisp open sound.
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I love these things! That's all i have to say
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Being spoiled by higher end headphones, I easily heard the roller coaster ride that is the HE400.
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This one is great headphone for the price it's one of the best, just let them burn in and enjoy your new can :D
I'm sure you will enjoy it much more than your hd650
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They are pretty good but the mids are a bit recessed and highes are quite bright with some songs
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This was my feeling as well and because of this I plan on selling my pair.
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Give the HE-500's a try.
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How would you compare the HE-500s to the HE-400s?
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HE-500 solves the problem of "recessed upper mids"?
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All i can say is, the he-400's blow my Sennheiser hd650 outta the water! Love them! :-)
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HE-400s are high end for bass heads, a.k.a. me.
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9:51 pm
December 21, 2010
since i started keeping tank fish a few months ago ive been changing my water religiously on a sunday (pun intended)
since my water temp is 25 degrees C and my room temp is rarely above 18 degrees C
ive been using water from the shower which is heated by gas boiler
i turn it down to the lowest it can go which is about 30 degrees C then add a little cold water to obtain desired temp
my question is : is the water chemistry changed by heating the water thru the boiler and
will it adversely affect fish ?
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August 23, 2010
It probably depends on lots of factors.
There are people who say "don't use hot water in your tank". They claim that the water will contain copper - which may be true if you live in really soft water areas. In hard water areas, it's unlikely to make much of a difference.
I do use hot water from the kitchen tap, have done [or the bathroom].
I also use RO water - for a lot of my tanks, it's only RO water which is heated with an aquarium heater...
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February 8, 2008
i have to agree to some extent with MatsP, however, i never do water changes on a weekend, only Tuesday to Friday as i was once told by a water board employee that some companies dump loads of extra chemicals into the water over a weekend as usage drops when all the offices/schools etc are closed and that increases the risk of bacterial blooms in pipes to said premises. not sure how true it is but i won't risk trying it.
i use water straight from my taps, hot and cold mixer. i add water condition to some tanks (those containing more sensitive fish), others get plain tap water. have always done this with no problems.
as for changing water chemistry, yes it has to, the temp will alter pH, the higher the temp the lower the pH and visa versa (i might have it the wrong way round)lol. my pH pen takes temp into account when reading pH levels.
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December 29, 2010
As everyone said, depending on the chemistry of the water you start with, the hot water heater could affect the water by the time you put it in your tank.
Do your fish act differently after a water change, or seem to be impaired?
The water from our local water authority is pretty consistent. I do large weekly water changes on some of my tanks (80 to 90 percent) straight from the tap, and I adjust the temperature by balancing the hot and cold faucets. I've done this for years, and so far, the fish seem fine.
since my water temp is 25 degrees C and my room temp is rarely above 18 degrees C
ive been using water from the shower which is heated by gas boiler
i turn it down to the lowest it can go which is about 30 degrees C then add a little cold water to obtain desired temp
my question is : is the water chemistry changed by heating the water thru the boiler and
will it adversely affect fish ?
My understanding is that for older houses with a hot water tank there was concern about the water sitting and absorbing potential nasties from the pipe work, but with a combi-boiler the water is heated on demand from the mains and so this isn't an issue.
I use both taps to get the water to a similar temperature to the tank before refilling, and err on the cooler side. With some species a change using cooler water may trigger spawning as it emulates the rainy season. I'd think this is less applicable when a species has been captive bred for many generations however.
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October 16, 2010
1:11 pm
June 28, 2008
I wouldn't worry too much about the temperature of the water (i.e. using water from the cold tap) if your only changing small amounts - the fish won't be too worried and in some it may even initiate spawning etc.
With regards contaminants - yes in old houses you may get traces of all sorts from your pipework - is it enough to do any harm - probably not.
I would have thought that only a very big change in temperature would affect pH significantly?
pH of pure water at Room temp(25 C) and pressure (approx atmos pressure) (RTP) is 7. I know that the higher the temp the lower the pH (a bugger in heating systems.....), thinks it's something like at 60 degrees the pH drops to 6.8 and at 4 degrees it rises to 7.4?
1:18 pm
October 16, 2010
Hi Bluedave. that's interesting. Is this because water that has had no CO2 added to it absorbs CO2 from the atmosphere more when it is warm.
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June 28, 2008
11:29 pm
August 23, 2010
I wouldn't think that's generally true. But some weak acids (and alkalines/bases) may indeed be temperature dependant. And of course, the reagent/meter may be temperature sensitive...
I think CO2 is one of those "weak acids".
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Intel Preps Silvermont, For Ultrafast Tablets And Smartphones
The cores are also flexible on performance and power consumption since they can be clocked up or shut down if idle. Intel said the flexibility provided by its cores is a better option than ARM's Big.Little, which incorporates different types of CPU cores to meet power and performance needs. Samsung's Exynos 5 Octa eight-core processor incorporates a Big.Little design with four high-power cores for demanding tasks and four low-power cores for tasks MP3 playback and voice calls.
With Intel's chip, no switching would be needed between low-power and high-power cores to meet different performance needs. A single Silvermont core can cover different ranges of power and performance, with no algorithms required to switch between cores.
Intel, which rules the personal computer industry, has found going tough in the Smartphone and tablet market. It has been slow to respond to the changing market at a time when its competitors like Qualcomm have moved fast to create new processors within months. Intel claimed that going forward it would update the Atom architecture every year.
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I arrived on business at the Hilton to find out my room (pre-paid) had been given away. They sent me here instead. Understandably frustrated, I took a taxi to the hotel and found the staff fantastic upon arrival. I hadn't eaten (this is why you book places like the Hilton!) and their kitchen was closed. No problem, Bridgette wrangled some takeaway for me and solved my issues. Our meeting wasn't by design this time, but based on their grace under fire, I'll be back. I guess this is why they are #1 on tripadvisor.
On a practice note, nice spacious rooms. Well appointed. Ideal for pleasure travel.
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- The Pincoffs Suite Hotel is a small luxury hotel. It resides in a national monument built in 1879 in the area currently called Kop van Zuid, the trendy Rotterdam left bank. The former customs office is full of atmosphere and authentic details. We can offer you charm, space and comfort in our 17 suites, luxury rooms, hotel bar and period rooms for meetings.The view of the river, the bridges and the skyline is heartwarming. There is free espresso coffee, tea and water in each room and suite. The Pincoffs serves breakfast (all days) and lunch (not on Saturday and Sundays). There is free parking in the street after 18:00h and on Sundays. The hotel has a private parking (15 euro per car per night).The Pincoffs Hotel is rewarded with the Green Key Gold medal for their environmental care. The hotel won several prices for interior decoration, hotel service and innovation. ... more less
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Hotel Petit Palace Plaza Malaga, Malaga
- Free WiFi
Main amenities
- 66 smoke-free guestrooms
- Near the beach
- Breakfast available
- Conference center
- Childcare
- 24-hour front desk
- Coffee/tea in a common area
- Air conditioning
- Daily housekeeping
- Computer station
- Front desk safe
- Laundry service
For families
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hydromassage showerhead
- Daily housekeeping
What's around
- In Centro
- Malaga Cathedral (0.1 mi / 0.2 km)
- Malaga Amphitheatre (0.3 mi / 0.5 km)
- Alcazaba (0.4 mi / 0.6 km)
- Picasso's Birthplace (0.4 mi / 0.7 km)
- Gibralfaro Castle (1.7 mi / 2.8 km)
Hotel Petit Palace Plaza Malaga, Malagafrom $103
- Quadruple Room
- Economy Single Room
- Romantic Room
- Double Room (Free Breakfast)
- Small Double Room
- Quadruple Room
- Double Room
- Double Room
- Standard Room (Quintuple Room)
- Quadruple Room
- Triple Room
- Double Room
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Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 66 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 5 floors
- Check-in time 2 PM-midnight
- Check-out time is noon
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- Children (2 years old and younger) stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding
- Babysitting/childcare *
- Pets stay free
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in public areas
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in rooms
- Discounted offsite parking
Other information
- Smoke-free property
- Resort fee included
Nearby Four Star Malaga hotels
In the hotel
- Buffet breakfast daily (surcharge)
- Coffee/tea in a common area
- Business center
- One meeting room
- Conference center
- Computer station
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Elevator/lift
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Television in common areas
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
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- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Soundproofed rooms
- Private bathroom
- Bathtub or shower
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Plasma TV
- Digital TV channels
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Phone
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
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Recently reviewed hotels in Malaga
- Los Amigos Beach Club by Diamond ResortsFrom
"Wonderful weekend in a wonderful resort. The lodging and staff were amazing. This place is a hidden jewel. "Jan 17, 2017
- Vincci Selección Aleysa Hotel Boutique & SpaFrom
"it was only overnight which was not enough. there was a booking problem that was made probably by the 3rd party. Besides, that was a great experience. "Jan 9, 2017
- Hilton Garden Inn MalagaFrom
"Great place to stay while we visited family in malaga. Convenient location...easy to get to...we always found plenty of parking on the street so we never had to pay for parking."Jan 8, 2017
- TRYP Málaga Guadalmar HotelFrom
"The hotel is very nice, direct to beach with wonderfoul seeview and close to airport, but 11 km the centrum of Malaga. Room clean and nice, but need some renovation mainly…"Jan 7, 2017
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On Site
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Golfing nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
Hotel Petit Palace Plaza Malaga, Malaga's small print
Also known as
- Hotel Petit Palace Plaza
- Petit Palace Plaza Hotel málaga
- Hotel Petit Palace Plaza Malaga
- Petit Palace Plaza
- Petit Palace Plaza Malaga
- Petit Palace Plaza Malaga Hotel Malaga
- Petit Palace Plaza Malaga Spain - Costa Del Sol
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Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2500, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation.
In accordance with national/local laws, air conditioning may be restricted to certain hours during certain times of the year.
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
Mandatory fees
The charges below are included in the total price displayed:
- Resort fee
Optional extras
Buffet breakfast is offered for an extra charge of EUR 15 for adults and EUR 7.50 for children (approximately)
Babysitting/childcare is available for an extra charge
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.
Recent reviews
Excellent 4.2 /5 from 408 reviews
Hard location with car. Can't drive to entry had to self park in a city lot and drag our own luggage. No valet
Nice and modern style design. In the center of town. Walking to the beach and Marina.
Rooms were huge but dark around bed area so hard to read. Night stands were almost on the floor which made it hard for alarm clock, bedside items. Not a good area for having a car as inconvenient to drag luggage to/from garage.
great hotel great location ..
There is no where to park anywhere near this hotel so unless you want to schlep your luggage, choose someplace else to stay. On the up side, it is located right in the heart of the old town.
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It's now a fairly well established fact that under No Child Left Behind, and to some extent during the years leading up to it, instructional time spent on reading in schools grew—at the expense of social studies and science (and probably the arts).
There was a certain logic at work. In most states, accountability was based mainly on reading and math tests—not science, history or geography tests. And the reading standards on which the tests were based were typically free of subject-matter content—focusing instead on such generic reading "skills" as syntax, finding the main idea, and identifying author's point of view. From the perspective of teachers and administrators, focusing precious instructional time on these generic reading comprehension skills rather than the subject matter would seem to make sense.
Unfortunately, as anyone who is familiar with E.D. Hirsch's work knows, this approach is counterproductive because reading comprehension depends hugely on the background knowledge that the reader brings to the text. Knowledge builds vocabulary, and when the reader doesn't understand the words in a text, comprehension suffers. More broadly, background knowledge lets us tap into our existing knowledge to make sense of the words we read. To use an example...
Prior research has shown that one of the most important indicators of effective teachers is that they know their subject matter. This study, by American Institutes for Research (AIR), examines whether content-intensive math professional development (PD) can impact that subject matter knowledge, as well as teachers' instructional practice and their students' achievement.
Analysts study a popular PD program called Intel Math, which is focused on deepening teachers' knowledge of K–8 mathematics. It offers ninety-three hours of total PD time—eighty hours of which was delivered over the summer of 2013, with the other thirteen delivered during the 2013–14 school year. The PD focuses on the conceptual foundations of math and its interconnectedness across grades K–8. Teachers also get time to analyze student work on topics covered in the PD and receive video-based coaching during which they get individual feedback, particularly on the quality and clarity of their mathematical explanations.
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If that makes sense to you—if you believe in "beginning with the end in mind"—then Coming of Age in the Other America should be at the top of your back-to-school reading list. To be clear, this is not an education book. Schools are treated superficially, mentioned only in passing; education reform is completely invisible. But educators and education policy wonks should read it nonetheless, because it provides one of the most...
Drafting state learning standards is a task simultaneously critical and thankless. In New York, where I opened an elementary school a few years ago, we are once again revising our standards.
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If there is one thing that has haunted me over the years as an educator (now former) and as a mother, it is the disparity in expectations for students that glaringly breaks down around race and class. And Rhode Island is no exception. While students of means are often pushed to write thesis statements—and defend them!—in the early grades, black and brown children are far too often consigned to years of book reports and worksheets that don't push their thinking or provide them with the opportunity to prove how incredibly smart and capable they are.
Well, cue the confetti and hallelujahs because Roger Williams Middle School is changing that. That's right. Sixth grade students on the south side of Providence are part of a pilot program designed to offer advanced coursework—the Advanced Academics Program—and they are proving to be more than up to the task. In fact, the demand is greater than the number of seats available. Students are selected for the program based on attendance, teacher recommendation, and standardized test scores and there are currently more qualified students than there are spots in the program.
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Last week, the U.S. Department of Education released the results of its most recent national science test for fourth, eighth, and twelfth graders—the 2015 National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP). There's a bit of good news, in that average scores are up slightly in the fourth and eighth grades and race-based achievement gaps narrowed slightly since 2009.
This was what Peggy Carr, acting commissioner of the agency responsible for assessment, seized on, as reported by the Washington Post. "This is exactly what we like to see," she proclaimed, "all students improving but students at the bottom of the distribution making faster gains."
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It's true that in fourth and eighth grade, if you define "high achievers" as those who score in the top ten percent, then the scores of such students have risen, including those of low-income and minority students. But we should be wary of such a definition. Recall that NAEP also reports student and state performance against three "achievement levels," dubbed Basic,...
Editor's note: This article is part of the series The Right Tool for the Job: Improving Reading and Writing in the Classroom, which provides in-depth reviews of promising digital tools for English language arts classrooms.
If you are in the market for online writing worksheets, check out Quill. The site is essentially an online database of digital worksheets aligned to the Common Core English language arts (ELA) writing standards. This tool offers many advantages but also raises several concerns.
The positives
Teachers will find Quill very easy to use. They can sort activities based on grade level, type of activity (writing or editing), or writing and grammatical concepts (such as adjectives and adverbs, comma usage, commonly confused words, prepositions, and punctuation). They can assign students an individual activity, a premade pack—put together by the site—that bundles several activities keyed to a single grammar concept, or a custom pack devised by the teacher that tailors activities to the needs of the class or individual students. These activities are simple to assign to one student or the whole class. Plus, assigning them as homework means that teachers don't need to worry about worksheets being lost in backpacks.
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As an educator, I'm always looking for new tools to enhance my teaching and engage my students. In my search for online supplemental curricula, I found a plethora of online resources for reading and math but struggled to find online writing tools. One welcome exception—and a particularly promising writing tool—is Quill.
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Hillshire Brands To Acquire Pinnacle Foods
The May 12 announcement brings together two Food Processing Top 100 companies both known for their frozen, refrigerated brands.
Snyder's-Lance Acquires Baptista's Bakery; Sells Private Brands to Shearer's ...
The North Carolina-based snack food manufacturer announced the transactions as part of its strategic plan to focus entirely on its branded products.
Consumers Wary of Big-Brand Claims
IBM study finds consumers wary of claims by big-brand food companies.
Careful Branding
Manufacturers and retailers should focus on incorporating good content into their products and not overly promote on the basis of superfood branding.
Hain Celestial, H.J. Heinz ink Linda McCartney brand deal
Hain Celestial Group Inc., a Melville, N.Y.-based manufacturer of organic foods, announced it has finally closed a deal to buy H.J. Heinz Co.'s Linda McCartney brand frozen vegetarian foods unit.
2008 Top 100: Profiles 77-100
The 2008 top 100 food and beverage processing companies in the U.S. and Canada are profiled in this annual feature. Find company contact information, major brands, key executives and main product areas.
Hormel Discovers Hormel Brand
Research shows consumers know and love the Hormel Brand.
Coca-Cola voted best brand
Coca-Cola Co. moved up two notches to displace Sony as best brand, at least in the eyes of 2,372 people surveyed by Harris Interactive's annual poll.
Metal Package Design Increasing in Popularity
Cans, tins and even aluminum bottles are tackling new challenges in brand-building and functionality.
Packaging Performs in the Marketing Mix
Promotional campaigns use packaging to deepen the consumer/brand relationship even on the web.
Improve Security Through Food Packaging
Emerging technologies can help create a package that safeguards products from tampering and protects your brand from counterfeiting.
Unilever SuperShots for Blood Pressure
Unilever takes the Promise brand further down the heart-health road with SuperShots for Blood Pressure.
2007 Top 100: Corporate Profiles 26-50
The 2007 top 100 food and beverage processing companies in the U.S. and Canada are profiled in this annual feature. Find company contact information, major brands, key executives and main product areas.
Store Brand Sales Increase By $5.4 Billion In 2008
Sales of store brand products across the major U.S. retailing channels last year increased by $5.4 billion versus the prior year to reach a new all-time high of $74.2 billion.
Marketing 101 - The Final Chapter
After about 100 columns, John Stanton is retiring. Will you take up his crusade against brand erosion and bean counters?
Brand extensions dominated in 2004
Packaged food sales were fairly flat in 2004 with few firms making any real headway, according to a new report from Information Resources Inc. Brand extensions dominated in the last year.
Hot Tamales, Mike And Ike Turning 60 and 70
The Mike and Ike and Hot Tamales brands invite fans to join the celebration as they mark their 70th and 60th Anniversaries, respectively.
BusinessWeek/Interbrand Unveils 100 Top Global Brands survey for 2006
Despite some slippage due to the publics slackening demand for soda, Coca-Cola remained the No. 1 worldwide brand in the BusinessWeek/Interbrand 100 Top Global Brands survey.
Sara Lee Completes Its Split
Its now Hillshire Brands and D.E Master Blenders.
Another Sandwich Acquisition for AdvancePierre
AdvancePierre buys Better Bakery LLC, a Valencia, Calif.-based manufacturer of premium stuffed sandwiches.
Top 10 Food Brands of 2005
Our picks for those trademarks that have withstood the test of time and forged an emotional connection with consumers.
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You can still forge a relationship with the consumer; just consider using a modern medium.
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B&G Foods Buying Specialty Brands
Adds to string of recent acquisitions.
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