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Monday, July 17, 2017
Dilbert Explains Again
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Labels: Dilbert, humor, wasted money in schools
Friday, July 14, 2017
Coming Soon
Thanks to Ricochet for sharing.
Labels: math humor, pythagorean triple
Friday, July 07, 2017
This is so true. Adjuncts make a great hourly salary. It is a fantastic way to supplement a paycheck or a pension but it is a crappy way to have to survive. I have worked with adjuncts who go from school to school and teach 8 classes. And, while many adjuncts are better teachers than their full time colleagues, they do their students a major disservice as they are not around for office hours and extra help.
I love being an adjunct but being an adjunct is not a career.
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Saturday, July 01, 2017
Old Westbury Gardens
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Labels: bees, bugs, flowers, my photos, Nassau county
Friday, June 23, 2017
I met Ahmed when he came to my class in the middle of the term. He was newly arrived from Pakistan and barely spoke English and his bathing habits were not up to our standards. He was shy and quiet and struggled with the math but he was never absent, never late and worked hard. This was extremely difficult because the class had a lot of uncontrollable students.
Fast forward to today. Ahmed and I are Facebook buddies. The picture above is him, minus the face. He is a sharp dressing, confident, successful young I commented how nicely he grew up and how happy I was to see the transformation from the shy young boy to the confident, successful young man. He replied that he will always remember me as his best teacher ever.
And this is what teaching is all about.
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Friday, May 19, 2017
Take That Mr AP
Just got this message. It made my day.
Hello Mrs. POT, how you've been?
I have news to tell you! I'll be attending XXX Pharmacy school this fall! Thank you for providing me the best education back in Packemin H.S. Thank you for always believing in me and always telling me to never give up. I hope to see you again some day!
Take that Mr AP! Guess I was better than you thought!
Hello Mrs. POT, how you've been?
I have news to tell you! I'll be attending XXX Pharmacy school this fall! Thank you for providing me the best education back in Packemin H.S. Thank you for always believing in me and always telling me to never give up. I hope to see you again some day!
Take that Mr AP! Guess I was better than you thought!
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Monday, May 15, 2017
Limbo Rock
Anyone who has ever taught knows that teaching is not a job everyone can do. My former school had several teaching fellows who knew their subject material inside out but could not handle a classroom. My cousin, a PhD in physics and the smartest person I know died in a high school classroom.
Unfortunately this practice of hiring teachers who know nothing about education is exactly the method being used to hire school administrators right here in NYC, okay, not in all schools. Newbies with a minimum amount of time in the classroom are suddenly in charge to say nothing of the Principal Academy which took no educators and made them the supreme leader of many institutions.
No one would ever go to a doctor who just had a degree in anatomy or use an architect with experience with Legos yet these same people have no problem using teachers with zero education experience or credits.
Limbo lower now--how low can you go?
Monday, May 08, 2017
Sorry State of Advanced Placement
How does a school keep its high rating? Easy. Designate every senior English class as an AP class.
The school looks good because of all the students taking college level classes. It costs the school nothing because all students must take English anyway. The administration does not care how the grades come out as the school is judged only by the number enrolled, not the number passing the advanced placement exam.
Struggling students are not being prepared for what they will need in college. Parents are being bamboozled and the ones that belong are getting a watered down education.
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Labels: Advanced placement, bamboozled, phony education
Thursday, April 13, 2017
A Little Fun
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Labels: comics, Rhymes with Orange
Friday, March 31, 2017
Why The AP Took The Job
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Labels: administrators, comics, Dilbert
Sunday, March 26, 2017
Hatred Relived
Several years ago a young man in one of my classes wanted to know if I would dance if he threw pennies at me. I reported him immediately to Mr. AP and asked to have him removed due to blatant anti-semitism. Mr. AP refused and vehemently repeated that the remark was not related to anti-semitism. We got into a heated fight. Thankfully the Principal took my side with both the boy and the Mr. AP.
Not experiencing something first hand does not mean it does not exist. This letter brought back painful memories.
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Labels: Ant semitism, Mr. AP
Friday, March 24, 2017
A Little Math Humor
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Labels: comics, math, Pearls Before Swine
Saturday, March 11, 2017
Bringing Back Memories
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Labels: AP calculus, cartoon, comics, memories
Thursday, March 02, 2017
Monday, February 27, 2017
Monday, February 20, 2017
Words of Martin Luther King Jr
Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.
Martin Luther King Jr, "Where Do We Go From Here?" (1967)
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Friday, February 17, 2017
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Labels: facebook, message from former students, Mr. AP, validation
Thursday, February 09, 2017
Snow Day
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Labels: clean streets, department of sanitation, NYC, snow day
Sunday, February 05, 2017
Alternative Math Facts
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Labels: alternative math facts, comedy
Saturday, February 04, 2017
A Math Teacher's Lament
I love my new watch but I wouldn't have bought it if I had looked closer. The "9" really bothers me. I spend hours explaining that pi is not 3.14. Pi is an irrational number that goes on forever.
used above would not represent 9 exactly.
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Labels: math teachers lament, Pi
Sunday, January 29, 2017
Dilbert Does It Again
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Labels: comics, Dilbert, truth in cartoons
Saturday, January 28, 2017
Why We Need Unions
The man pictured above works five 12 hour days every week. He doesn't have to do this. He could choose to work six 8 hour days instead. What a choice? He needs the job to support his family and it is one of the most coveted jobs on the island of Jamaica.
He doesn't complain about the long hours or the almost 2 hour commute he has each day on public transportation. He reports to work daily with a smile and seems to always be so upbeat. He hides the hardships of his life well.
Too bad there are no unions here. The hotel owners get rich while the workers get by. Not fair.
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Labels: overworked, smile, unions, why we need unions
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Monday, January 23, 2017
The Union
I've tried, and so have others, to reason with him, to give him facts supporting what we say but talking to him is like talking to a wall.He believes every piece of garbage spewed by the Post and Fox news. He refuses to listen to people who have witnessed things in action.
Our union has plenty wrong with it. It doesn't always do a great job of protecting its members but we would be lost without it. The union does not guarantee us jobs, it guarantees due process. And, although the union does stand up for the students, it is their job to protect us and it does not and should not be bashed for doing its job.
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Friday, January 20, 2017
Ineffective Administrator Moved On Instead of Out
Instead of removing her from the job she is incapable of doing well, she is in a new assignment, creating havoc and destroying the morale of once happy little dogs.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Mr. Danger
Years ago when I was a brand new teacher I observed Mr. Danger. I always saw his students fighting to go to the board and I was determined to learn his secret, a secret I learned within 5 minutes.
Mr. Danger gave his class "B's" every time they picked up the chalk. They loved the "B's" and worked hard to get them.
When the class ended I asked Mr. Danger what he did with all the "B's" the students collected. He just laughed and said he did not do anything and the students knew it. Mr. Danger was funny, full of life and he loved teaching and his students. The "B's" were just a way to pass this enthusiasm to his charges and it worked. His students were very successful.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Saturday, December 31, 2016
Ends and a Beginning
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Friday, December 30, 2016
Death Of Education As Told By Dilbert
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Labels: death of education, Dilbert, truth in comics
Sunday, December 25, 2016
Happy Holidays
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Saturday, December 24, 2016
No Matter What You Celebrate
Happy holidays to all!
I grew up in a world where my holidays were never acknowledged. I am enjoying the generic happy holiday greeting. I don't feel slighted by the lack of the word Chanukah and I certainly don't believe there is a war on it because it is not mentioned.
Enjoy whatever you celebrate or just celebrate this wonderful season.
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Thursday, December 22, 2016
A Calling or a Job
I loved teaching high school math. I was blessed with a career that brought me happiness. I cried when I retired and still miss it but, it was a job, not a calling.
I worked for that paycheck and if it wasn't there I would have been out the door.
I don't know why the lawyer pictured above is now teaching algebra but I am willing to bet no "higher authority" called him there. He would not be doing it without the bimonthly deposit in his bank account.
(Picture from an ad on the F train)
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Friday, December 16, 2016
December 14, 2016 | The University
The City University of New York is a national leader in welcoming, supporting and educating immigrants, regardless of status. Today, there is quite understandably heightened concern about the ability of universities across the country to protect and support their undocumented students. Since the presidential election, I have written to the CUNY community to reaffirm our historical commitment to providing education and opportunity to all, with particular emphasis on our fundamental commitment to immigrants. I have stated unequivocally that CUNY will take any steps available under the law to protect and support its undocumented students.
I joined other leading university presidents writing to urge the incoming administration to retain the humane and beneficial Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Through our important partnership with TheDream.US, CUNY has the largest number of undocumented students supported by private scholarships in the country, and we will pursue other means to support our students.
We are justifiably proud of our historical leadership in welcoming, supporting, and providing a wide array of services to immigrants. This is true on our campuses and it is true across the city through our outreach programs. We operate the extremely effective "Citizenship Now!" program, at this time more important than ever, which has offices in all five boroughs, providing one-on-one legal services, referrals to needed social services, reviews of legal status and assistance with immigration and visa applications. Our campuses have been providing counseling and other services, and each campus will establish a central point of contact for information and resources for students.
Our commitment to undocumented immigrants at CUNY is not new and has been demonstrated by the resources and attention we devote to these valued members of our community. Over the last month, I have had many discussions with students, faculty and staff at CUNY, and I write today to share more broadly many of the important elements that will continue to be part of CUNY's pledge to its community. CUNY's commitment includes the following:
- CUNY will take no action to assist in the enforcement of the immigration laws except as required by law;
- CUNY will protect student record information in compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act;
- CUNY will not turn over student information to immigration enforcement authorities except pursuant to court order;
- CUNY will not request or gather information about students' citizenship or immigration status in the course of providing educational or other services or in connection with public safety activities except as required in connection with tuition or financial aid eligibility;
- CUNY will not permit immigration enforcement officials to enter its campuses except to the extent required by a warrant or court order;
- CUNY will work with city, state and federal leaders in support of immigration reforms that maximize, not diminish, educational opportunities for all students.
We will continue to monitor and assess policies and practices that affect our students and take action, consistent with our obligations under the law, to support and protect our students. CUNY will continue to pursue policies and practices that help ensure that our campuses welcome and value all of our students, regardless of immigration status, race, religion, nationality, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation. And we will always condemn acts of violence, hate crimes, and expressions of bigotry and intolerance. In short, CUNY remains the university that, in the words of the first president of our predecessor institution the Free Academy, educates "the people, the whole people."
James B. Milliken
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Only Human
Anyway, this semester there was a young man in my class who I can say I disliked immensely. I still wish him no harm and do hope he grows up and becomes a successful person in all ways possible. Donny sat in the back of my class and played with his phone or slept. When I tried talking to him (which happened more than once) he got nasty so I stopped trying to reach him. After all, it was his tuition and his time that was being wasted and thankfully, in the college, teachers are not responsible for the students passing. Our supervisors know that the students are a mixed bag, some good and some not so good.
Donny thought coming to class was enough. I guess seat time credit is something he picked up in high school. I know Packemin counted it quite a bit. Not so in the college. Test grades count. Class participation and homework count. I have to admit I enjoyed watching Donny turn all shades of red during the last quiz before the final. I took pleasure in his missing the final and entering a grade of F on his transcript. I also hope he will learn something from his failure and change his attitude for the future.
I am not vindictive. Donny got the grade he earned. But I am also human and delivering it did make me happy.
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Labels: failing student, lesson learned, pleasure, seat time
Monday, December 12, 2016
A Find That Made Me Smile
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Wednesday, December 07, 2016
What got me was how he said it was me who got him into engineering and through the first three terms of calculus in college. He said he could not have done it without the things he learned in my class. I am not sure this is true, but it sure felt good to hear it. Needless to say, he made my day.
When I left the high school I doubted myself as a teacher. After all, when someone repeatedly tells you how awful you are, you start to wonder if they are right. Mr. AP did this to me all the time. In fact, I heard he is still talking about me (and not in a nice way) at department meetings. I have no illusions about myself as being G-d's gift to teaching. I know I had my faults but I also know I worked very hard, put in tons of extra hours and put my students first. Looking back, I know I made a difference in many of their lives, a difference that is helping them lead good lives now.
It is no secret that I did not get along with my former AP. At one point he even promised me that I would end up retiring on a very sour note and he did everything possible to insure this would happen. What he could not take, and will never take is the joy of learning I instilled in my students, the respect I gave them and they gave me in return and the love we had for each other. I was not the teacher he wanted me to be but I was the teacher my students wanted and needed. I served them well. Students like the one I met today help me reaffirm my belief that what I did was not only not bad, but that it was pretty good.
(picture-Freedom Tower from St Paul's Church)
Monday, November 28, 2016
My Sentiments Exactly
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Labels: Down with Trump, not my president, NYC, Trump Towers
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Sunday, November 13, 2016
New Job
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Monday, November 07, 2016
This Is What Teaching Is All About Part II
Last week a boy stopped me after class and said "Do you remember me?" I didn't but pretended too. I did not want to hurt his feelings. He had been in my class at Packemin and said I was one of the best teachers he had and I made a difference in his life.
This is what teaching is all about.
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Labels: being remembered, helping students, words
Thursday, November 03, 2016
What Teaching Is All About
This is what teaching is all about.
I was with a friend today who was telling me a story about a person who always put her down. Even though she knew what he said was not true, he said it so loud and so often she sometimes believed him. My former AP did this to me too and I too sometimes doubted myself. I wish I could hug that young man from yesterday and tell him how much his words mean to me.
Monday, October 24, 2016
The Integral
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Labels: calculus, funny math, integrals, math
Thursday, October 20, 2016
Lies Principals Tell
The Principal was invited to address the local civic association meeting. He took the microphone and began spouting the virtues of his school, how it turned around for the better and how the school was finally becoming problem free.
Talking to faculty and other staff at this high school paints a different picture. Security tells of the many fights they are still being called to break up. There still must be neighborhood trouble as these guards ring nearby streets at dismissal time. Attendance is at an all time low and getting lower every day. School aides are still assigned to patrol stairways and are still worried about their safety. These same stairways still reek from pot smoked there.
I understand the Principal's need to sell his school. It is located in an upper middle class neighborhood and he needs the students who live nearby to attend. But, while I understand, I protest.
The school is still far from a good one and far from safe. The Principal is lying to the community he serves. I would not send my child there.
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Monday, October 17, 2016
Freedom Tower
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Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Another Good Teacher Leaves
I met a wonderful retired teacher in my UFT origami class. We chatted and she asked me if I am familiar with any blogs and then mentioned Chaz's School Daze. I told her that not only did I read it, I knew Chaz and thought he is a great guy and fantastic teacher. I then introduced myself and she said she was a fan of my blog, read it regularly and even said my words helped her make her decision to retire.
Anyway, all this is background. I knew I met a kindred spirit when she told me about the harassment she received at the hands of a baby Principal, treatment that lead to her decision to leave. She knew the Principal expected her to leave her room with all its beautiful decorations behind for the teacher taking her place, the teacher who was a good friend of the Principal.. But she stripped the room bare and took everything with her or trashed it. She told the Principal she knew a new teacher would want to start with a clean slate although she knew in her heart the opposite was true.
This teacher has seen pictures of the new room and it is not very nice. She says she doesn't care but I know there is a part of her that is gloating.
Another good, older teacher has left the system. Children are now being deprived of a caring, experienced, competent teacher. The Principal only cares about the friend she was able to give a job. Education continues its downward slide and no one cares.
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Labels: abuse, blogs, decision to retire, getting even, principals
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Gone and Not Forgotten
It has been 5 years since I left Packeminm, and even more since some others have left but you still are talking about us at department conferences. While I am thrilled to provide you with material for your long, often boring and always useless and incomprehensible meetings, I am impelled to speak to you now, and give you some words of advice.
First off, my fellow retirees and I are gone a very long time and most of the teachers in the department have no idea who we are or why you hate us so much. But, since we both know many of them read this blog, I will fill them in on all that they are missing.
Mr. AP only likes the young and innocent. He likes the ones who revere him and call him uncle and who cower and bow when he speaks. Mr. AP also needs a punching bag and there always will be one of you ready to fulfill that need. You see, many of us, the ones he talks crap about were once well liked too. We were the ones who created programs, wrote curriculums and made sure everyone was being educated to the highest level possible. We stayed late and came in early and were responsible for the department's reputation. You think you are safe but you are not.
And now back to advice for Mr. AP. Start conducting meetings that will actually help your teachers and in turn, the students. Prepare your remarks and make sure they are making sense. Try to understand, as you once did, that different teachers have different methods just as different students learn differently. I remember when you told me you didn't understand how I conducted my class, but it worked and I should keep on doing it. You even entrusted me to teach a class of 28 seniors who had never passed a math class and was more than pleased when 27 out of 28 passed.
Mr. AP, I remember sitting with my colleagues and being bored to death at your conferences. We counted the seconds until we could leave and walked out making fun of everything you said and suggested we do as most made no educational sense. I remember being in the math office late one afternoon and was surprised to hear the newbies, the little angels, the teachers you put on pedestals making fun of you too. Most of them see right through you but humor you to keep their jobs and their good programs. So, as a final suggestion I suggest you observe other Assistant Principals and learn the proper way to conduct a meeting and treat the teachers who work in your department.
I trust you will take this advice and give up your practice of bad mouthing retired teachers and focus on things that will help the teachers and students under your care, especially if you don't want posts like this to keep appearing.
Sincerely yours,
Gone but not forgotten
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Friday, September 16, 2016
The Principal Who Puts Her/his Personal Agenda First
It is hard to fathom what is going on in the mind of this Principal. I can't believe any Principal, entrusted with the education of thousands of students can make such a lame, self serving decision, but s/he did. I find it hard to believe s/he can justify this, even to her/himself.
The department I am referring to needs a new Assistant Principal. There are experienced, competent teachers in the school who hold the appropriate license and want the job. Instead, a person with zero days in the classroom, zero days as a supervisor and zero experience in this subject has been put in charge. This person is not familiar with rules and regulations and will be able to offer no guidance to the teachers being supervised. Yet, this person will be making all the decisions and will be deciding who is effective and who is not.
If this was the plot of a movie or a television show anyone with half a brain would say it was too stupid to be true. Sadly, it is true. A pompous ass of a Principal is making a mockery of the system because of a grudge or a favor s/he owes someone. It hurts to see so many people being put at risk because one uncaring, unknowing individual is in charge.
Sunday, September 11, 2016
Back Better Than Ever
I remember the desolation and the heartbreak after the attack 15 years ago. I love seeing my city rebuilt, strong, better than ever. I love NY and lower Manhattan is my favorite part of the city.,
And of course the wonderful events, like Battery City Dance
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ROADWORKS at the Bakers Arms roundabout on the A35 were carried out last week due to flood damage that needed repairing.
Engineers also further widened parts of the carriageway, in particular the Sandford Road approach to the roundabout.
The Bakers Arms roundabout flooded on a number of occasions, forcing police to close the junction.
Dorset County Council also closed the roundabout one weekend last October to allow planned resurfacing work to take place.
There is still a small section of white line that needs to be painted to complete the project.

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By Howard P. Kamen, USA TODAY
Welcome to another season of Survive and Advance.
Over the next 17 weeks, I plan to guide you through the labyrinth that is (insert your best John Facenda voice here) the National Football League in an attempt to pick one – yes, just one – winner each week.
And believe me; it's not as easy as it sounds.
For those of you new to the column, that's the basis for "survivor" pools.
If your team survives, you advance to the next week. If your team loses, you're out. The last player standing is the winner. Some survivor pools allow you to pick the same team over and over again throughout the season. The internal USA TODAY survivor pool that I'll reference a lot during the year is run that way. Others force you to choose a different team each week until the real NFL playoffs begin and then the teams are reset.
I'll reveal my pick each week (usually on Fridays except when there's a Thursday night game like this week) and include some nuggets of information that will hopefully help make your decision a little easier.
I expect to have some fun along the way, too. And thanks to some new tools USATODAY.com is providing readers – namely the ability to add your comments at the bottom of each week's column and to contact me directly on my personal profile page– I'm hoping to make the column as interactive as possible. Much of that will be up to you; but I'm game if you are.
For starters, here are some basic survivor pools tips that I usually follow each week. Notice that I said usually, because you have to be willing to take some chances if you want to be successful in this type of game.
• Because it's nearly impossible to know how most teams will come out of the gate, making that Week 1 pick is often like playing a game of Deal or No Deal. You just pick with your gut (or choose the sexiest model, err, team) and hope for the best. That's why you need to be especially diligent in your research early on – so you can make intelligent picks and hopefully dodge the inevitable Week 1 stunner that wipes out half your pool.
• Stay away from rivalry games, even if they look good on paper. Anything can happen when pride and emotions bubble to the surface and you don't want to be caught in the middle.
• Unless it's an absolute no-brainer or you have no other valid choice, do your best to avoid picking road teams – especially when it's an intra-division matchup.
• In addition to reviewing the injury report, always check the weather forecast before making your pick and note if the game is being played in a dome. Some teams, like the Rams, are notorious for having split personalities depending on whether the game is inside or outside.
Now onto my Week 1 picks:
Touchdown: Seattle vs. Tampa Bay
As usual, it's a tough Week 1 schedule to handicap. But this game clearly rises above the fray. Despite their struggles at times last season, the Seahawks were just an overtime loss away from returning to the NFC championship game. Meanwhile, the Bucs went 4-12 and, at least on paper, didn't improve much over the offseason. You hate to burn Seattle in your pool so early, but the 'Hawks have won their last four home openers by an average of 16 points and coach Mike Holmgren has a 14-4 career mark against Tampa Bay. Seattle is the pick.
Field goal: Pittsburgh at Cleveland
Here I go breaking my own rules already, but I dare you to find me another game that's more appealing. Barring a Brady Quinn miracle, the Steelers – who have won seven in a row and 13 of the last 14 in the series – should make a winner of Mike Tomlin in his coaching debut.
Best of the rest
Jacksonville vs. Tennessee: Titans may keep it close for a while, but they just don't have the firepower anymore on either side of the ball to pull off the upset.
Dallas vs. N.Y. Giants: If you're really quiet, you can hear the Giants' implosion coming.
Punt: New England at N.Y. Jets
Bill Belichick hasn't lost to the Jets at the Meadowlands since his first year as Patriots coach (6-1). However, there's rain in the forecast, Randy Moss remains a big question mark and the New England defense is missing the suspended Rodney Harrison and the injured Richard Seymour. Not a good combination for Week 1. Plus, New York coach Eric Mangini proved last year he's got what it takes to stare down his mentor.
Avoid these, too
Denver at Buffalo: The Broncos are clearly the better team on paper, but the Bills need this one badly with games vs. Pittsburgh, New England, Dallas and Baltimore on the horizon.
Houston vs. Kansas City: I think the Texans will be one of this year's surprise teams and the Chiefs one of the NFL's worst, but I'm not ready to mortgage my pool in Week 1.
Indianapolis vs. New Orleans: Enjoy this high-scoring affair without having to put your trust in the Colts defense.
St. Louis vs. Carolina: Too dicey to invest your time and money.
Philadelphia at Green Bay: Game time snow in Lambeau could cause trouble. Just joking with you. You'd expect Donovan McNabb and the Eagles to come out strong, but the home team has won eight of nine in the series.
San Diego vs. Chicago: Did you know that the Super Bowl runner-up has lost its opener seven of the last eight years? Even so, I've got too much respect for that Bears defense to make the Chargers the pick.
Baltimore at Cincinnati: Too tight to call.
Arizona at San Francisco: For what it's worth, four of the Cardinals' 10 combined wins the last two seasons have come against the Niners.
Minnesota vs. Atlanta: Tough to tell how all the off-field distractions will impact the Falcons. Either way, you should stay away.
Washington vs. Miami: Yuck! Too many question marks for both teams.
Detroit at Oakland: Ditto.
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Skip to comments.Dental fillings could become a thing of the past (calcium-ion powder to regrow dentin?)
Posted on 04/05/2008 5:26:18 PM PDT by Stoat
Dental fillings could become a thing of the past
By Laura Clout
Last Updated: 12:23am BST 05/04/2008
Don't stop brushing and flossing quite yet :-)
Dentistry.co.uk News Tooth regeneration will make fillings a thing of the past
Scientists fill gap in dental market - Scotsman.com News
I knew it was only published in the UK, not practiced.
I need to see a dentist.
Too bad this technology will never be used in the UK
I need to see a dentist.
It seems that we've found you a new patient.
They publish these things all the time to make their subjects feel better about their NHS. Just this week there was a story in the Times about an old lady who had to poull her own teeth because she could not get an appointment, and was told to "Take painkillers".
If one searches the Literature they will discover that this mechanism they describe, such as using calcium ion enrichments to attract serum phosphates and form hydroxyapatite is old, old news, having been worked upon by hundreds of researchers. Some publications come from Brazil, Australia, etc.
It's just another example of breathtaking advances that will be here "Soon" to keep the Subjects happy..and of which, next year, we will never hear another word.
But do not worry-After our election in November we can watch the same Bread and Circus here.
Too bad this technology will never be used in the UK
I suppose they will need to show a cost effectiveness as opposed to using traditional fillings in order to get approval for use under the NHS.
I never knew why they hadn't figured this out before but good news none the less.
How about HAIR regeneration?
Nah! Dentine in the hair just gums it up.
Indeed. From The Scotsman article:
Stephen Bayne, professor of dentistry at the University of Michigan, noted that while many groups are working on regrowing teeth, Marshall has "incredible stature" in dentistry for her groundbreaking work.
Apparently, new methods or approaches have been discovered and so this justifies the paper that's being published in The Journal of Structural Biology. So very many new developments are the result not of a single, instantaneous discovery but are in fact the result of many peoples' work over decades.
I've noticed some variation of this story appears periodically, and it's happened for at least the past 25 years.
Yep, still waiting.
I thought that little problem had been solved back in the Sixties?
Here's the secret: We can already do that. We've been able for near a decade now, and we do it for closest friends and family... But what fun is applying something painlessly in 3 minutes time when we can instead strap you down and pick at your more sensitive nerve endings with pointy implements, hear the screams, and see the terror in your eyes? Plus charge you a bounty for the experience? Huh???
You are one scary guy. ;)
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hi greg
the standard SqlDateConvertor in beanutils uses java.sql.Date.valueOf to
perform the conversion. this method requires a date in sql date format ie
yyyy-mm-dd. i don't think that the conversion will work given an input in
your format.
there is an easy way to make this work in beanutils. you can create a
custom converter and then register it to handle your java.sql.date's.
i'd create a custom convertor by extending SqlDateConverter and overriding
convert with something like
public Object convert(Class type, Object value) {
if (value == null) {
return super.convert(type, value);
return super.convert(type, value.toString().substring(0, 10));
see java docs for explanation of how to register a custom converter.
- robert
On Friday, December 6, 2002, at 06:32 PM, Greg Dunn wrote:
> I'm using BeanUtils to populate a bean with records from a resultSet via
> a
> HashMap built using the metadata.getColumnName for property names and the
> rst.getString for values in the usual way. A date field in the resultSet
> (we'll call it "myDate") is causing an exception.
> Debug log shows ConvertUtils is attempting to "Convert string '2002-09-25
> 01:05:43.0' to class 'java.sql.Date'" but it cannot and throws a
> ConversionException.
> My bean imports java.sql.Date, and the instance variable is:
> private Date myDate = null;
> My setter is:
> public void setMyDate(Date myDate) {
> this.myDate = myDate;
> }
> How do I get the date into my bean as a date? Am I stuck with setting it
> as
> a String?
> Greg
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Pliny also mentions "bdellium," if that was the substance known as "B'dolach."
They were brimful of myrobalan, bdellium, saffron, and violets.
Calmet relates that, according to several commentators, bdellium is the carbuncle, but that it may also be crystal.
Now the manna was like coriander seed, of the colour of bdellium.
Was "bdellium" (as probably being a fragrant gum) one of these offerings?
When Moses speaks of bdellium and the onyx stone, I take these specimens of gems for gems in general.
Its exports were cotton, a kind of fine calico called bfts, bdellium, and flowers of the mahina tree.
The "bdellium" mentioned by Moses in Genesis is a perfuming gum, resembling frankincense, if not identical with it.
Alca kept the bdellium and a few things to please her young friends, and distributed the rest among the delighted girls.
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- Even larger colleges often have night courses. I took bronze casting, and many of my fellow students had been taking the same course for 10 years for access to the equipment.
--- In email@example.com, conradh@... wrote:
> > Went to our local community college and got 2 boards resawn for free! Cool
> > shop to boot, must find a way to take classes there.
> >
> > Thanks for the suggestion.
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> > Grace and Peace,
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> > Jovian
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> Check their rates, but a community college adult ed. shop class is often a
> cheap way to get access to some major power tools in a large space. Often
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Discussion in 'XenForo Pre-Sales Questions' started by DenverNuggets35, Nov 2, 2014.
Just confirming is this where you pay one time and then don't pay again?
You pay $140 for the software, but in order to stay up-to-date, you must renew your license each year for $40.
Actually, the full answer is that the original license costs $140.
You receive 12 months of support/updates with the original license and after that point license renewals (12 month period) is $40 and supports ticket submissions and download of latest versions.
You do not have to pay the $40 per year, but you will not be able to access the latest versions nor submit tickets for support. You WILL still be able (as long as your license is in good standing) to participate in the support forum (where a lot of help is obtained) and download the latest version as of time of expiration of your license support period.
You can extend the license at any time after it expires to obtain support and download of latest version ability.
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