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What reformers are doing to urban kids (or 'it's terrible what they are doing to these schools')
This was written by Natalie Hopkinson, a fellow of the Interactivity Foundation and a contributing editor to The Root, a daily online magazine devoted to the black experience. She is co-author of
he co-author of "Deconstructing Tyrone: A New Look at Black Masculinity in the Hip-Hop Generation." This post first appeared on The Root.
By: Natalie Hopkinson
Something wasn't right at the high school that Darwin Bridgers' son attends, so he sat in on the class to see for himself. All morning long, the instructor at the Washington, D.C., charter school pointed to a list of ground rules, a detailed list of rewards and punishments posted on a wall near the front of the class filled with black and Latino students.
Then the students filled out worksheets. That's how it went: rewards and punishments, then worksheets. No instruction, just worksheets. At the end of the class, Bridgers, who works as an exterminator, pulled aside the teacher, a young white male and recent graduate.
"I wanted to know when he was going to do some, you know, teaching," Bridgers explained to me recently. "You know, like, how we used to have in school? She would stand in front of the class … "
I nodded my head. I attended K-12 at schools in Canada, Indiana and Florida in the '80s and '90s, but I knew exactly what he meant. There would be assignments to read from textbooks. A teacher would give a lecture and randomly call on students. Students would ask questions and write things down. Then there would be some sort of written exam to see what you'd learned.
Of course, today the "reformers" say that that way of teaching is old school. It was fine before the days of social media and the "information revolution" and the global economy. But now, as the argument goes in films like "Waiting for Superman", no self-respecting parent would ever send his or her child to a "failing" public school like the one that generations of Bridgers' family attended in their neighborhood in Northeast Washington.
For Bridgers' son and a disproportionate number of black students around the country, charter schools have become the preferred choice.
The idea is that charters can find a model that produces results -- measured in test scores -- then apply it to different campuses. They can raise and spend money independently. They can have management consultants, and they can compete -- just like a business. As the charter school movement picks up steam nationwide, the District of Columbia may provide a glimpse of the future of "choice": Roughly 40 percent of children enrolled in District of Columbia public schools attend charters.
Many D.C. parents are finding that, sure, there are plenty of choices -- just not a lot of good, or even passable ones. When you mix corporate strategies with an ominous 2014 compliance deadline under the No Child Left Behind law, you often end up with scenes that look nothing like what most of us might recognize as a classroom.
"What once was an effort to improve the quality of education turned into an accounting strategy," the acclaimed education historian Diane Ravitch writes in her book "The Death and Life of the Great American School System."
"The strategy produced fear and obedience among educators. It often generated higher test scores. But it had nothing to do with education. It produced mountains of data, not educated citizens. Its advocates then treated that data as evidence of its success."
That strategy has grown even more intense as teachers and administrators are testing for their professional lives. Under NCLB, 100 percent of schools must reach certain test-score targets by 2014; schools that fall short could lose federal funding, or be closed.
Even if the law is repealed, which is something the Obama administration has signaled it will do, education has been changed in this country forever. Obama's Race to the Top program continues to use the same sticks and carrots that require educators to teach to the test or else be fired or make less money.
The looming deadline is making people do crazy things: Like administrators pushing out low-performing students in North Carolina. Like teachers helping students cheat in Atlanta. Like officials producing math so fuzzy, it would make Wall Street CEOs blush. And, in the case of the Oprah-certified former D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee, like importing shoddy private managers to take over a school.
Under this framework, "failing" schools are by definition the ones serving the most vulnerable populations -- recent immigrants learning English, families battling poverty, children with trifling or MIA parents. The reformers say that even these students would produce better test scores if only they weren't sitting in front of "lazy" teachers collecting checks, a slight upgrade from Ronald Reagan's welfare queens.
Under this movement, teachers don't get better with practice. Instead they are installed and reinstalled like interchangeable parts. Teachers' unions, originally organized to protect the mostly female work force from capricious regulations of their marriages and lifestyles by mostly male administrators, are depicted as the enemies of progress. (Police unions somehow escaped blame for rising murder rates.)
I'm less concerned about the teachers and administrators than I am the children stuck in those classrooms. What it means to learn has been transformed for a generation of urban children. Education is acquiring a basic body of knowledge needed to competently vote and play Jeopardy, appreciate music and art, go to college and get a job, communicate and so on.
But in the name of reform, it's as if somehow the goalpost has been moved without our realizing it. Now education -- for those "failing" urban kids, anyway -- is about learning the rules and following directions. Not critical thinking. Not creativity. It's about how to correctly eliminate three out of four bubbles. The whole messy, thrilling, challenging work of shaping young minds has been reduced to a one or a zero. Pass or fail.
A decade of this language has taken its own toll. Kids attend "failing" schools. A majority of black boys are "failures." Whole communities are branded with a collective "F." Conservative California politicians liken Compton parents who demand the heads of school staff to modern-day versions of Rosa Parks.
So in cities such as New York, they bring in the number crunchers instead of real education experts -- even if these privatization experiments can go horribly, tragically wrong. And even if choosing a charter school often means choosing to racially segregate.
Public schools that enjoy certain socioeconomic privileges (and a minimal number of needy kids) are thriving and will continue to be left alone. But for the "failing" communities and students, there will be no public system.
Instead they are required to navigate the education marketplace, choosing between neighborhood schools that have been creamed of their best students and the new experimental start-ups that on average perform worse than traditional public schools. "This strategy plays a shell game with low-performing students, moving them out and dispersing them, pretending they don't exist," Ravitch wrote.
We have collectively decided that we are incapable as a society of honoring the social contract to own buildings and pay teachers in disadvantaged communities. How can a whole demographic of children need to be "fixed"? How can all of them be wrong?
As for his black son, Bridgers believed that there was something wrong with the medicine. "The teacher was too young," he says. "He couldn't handle the pressure."
A week after Bridgers visited the school, his son told him that the young teacher had left and never come back. So Bridgers sent his son to live with his mother in Pennsylvania. "I coach football Little League," he told me. "This is what we talk about on the sidelines. It's terrible what they are doing to these schools."
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| January 14, 2011; 5:01 AM ET
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Valerie, you don't have to search in North Carolina to find out a school system that is pushing low performing students out. All you have to do is wonder where are the poorly prepared students from DCPS's low performing elementary and middle schools are going to high school. The following DC high schools have implemented admissions testing. School Without Walls, Banneker, Ellington, Mckinley, Phelps, and the Collumbia Heights Educatonal Campus. So where do you think the kids are being pushed to? So of course the test scores are going to go up at a few schools that may bring up the average. Of course the discipline problems are going to go down, because the kids who are the problems are not going to get in from the beginning.
Posted by: topryder1 | January 14, 2011 5:45 AM | Report abuse
Valerie, you don'thave to go to North Carolina to find a school system that pushes its academically weak, high disciplinary problems out. DCPS does it right here at home. The follow high schools have admission tests, School Without Walls, Banneker, Ellington, Phelps, Mckinley, Columbia Heights Educatonal Campus. So where are the high school age kids reading on the third grade level being pushed? Of course the scores are going to go up if you keep the kids you failed to educate out. Facts speak for themselves..but I don't see you going very far on this.
Posted by: topryder1 | January 14, 2011 5:51 AM | Report abuse
The original sin of "reform" is earned dignity, I mean "earned autonomy." The easier-to-educate kids get engaging instruction in small schools, magnets, and some charters, and the kids left behind get test prep. Schools have to earn respect. The students of educators who don't earn test score increases get rote learning mandated. I've also personally seen the damage done to hundreds of students in the inner city of Oklahoma City who have been pushed out by this cruely.
Posted by: johnt4853 | January 14, 2011 7:49 AM | Report abuse
To generate profits, reformers push a factory model of false education including profitable charter schools on the poor and middle class in urban areas. Scripted curriculum, boring worksheets, test-prep, relentless testing, and non-certified teachers would not be tolerated in suburban public school districts. If students are engaged in meaningful learning activities, bribes and compliance measures aren't needed. Parents have the power to stop the reform nonsense by withdrawing their children from charter schools like the one described in the article.
Posted by: nfsbrrpkk | January 14, 2011 8:10 AM | Report abuse
Again, we look for numbers instead of results. All the statistics in the world are useless unless applied correctly. If we know that "X" number of kids will be set back, or need to set back, a year at the 3rd grade, then budget for the increase. It is only one year, and not the 20 year prison sentence we could face for not educating the child.
We are so worried as parents that our child will be thought less a person if set back, yet we would forgo that fleeting moment (because those events as soon lost in time) of set back and risk our child's possible jail time for not learning enough to make a living or an improved living.
There is another terrible injustice for families that are not "in the groove" economically. Parenting and Family Living classes. All too often people are giving birth without the benefits of family and friends to assist them in understanding the growing issues of a child.
Lastly, we spend more time blaming parents for the child's shortcomings instead of dealing with the real need...the child's improvement. We need a new focus...that being the family, not the teacher, not the preacher, not the baker, or the candlestick maker...
Posted by: jbeeler | January 14, 2011 8:29 AM | Report abuse
This scenario is no different than what's been going on in DCPS for over 40 years, long before Michelle Rhee was around. This very issue is why so many urban parents choose charter schools, because so too many of their public schools are populated by teachers with fragile commitment to their children. Sure you can cite cases of lousy charter schools, but nobody should be foolish enough to think that a solution is the best solution. When enough parents leave that school it will close down, as it should.
A teacher leaving after one year is a broken record in regular public schools, and has been for a couple generations. How many of these 'experienced, highly qualified' teachers are beating down the doors to teach 'in the hood?' I've yet to hear anyone confront that issue or offer a tangible solution. There's always been a 'public system' available to urban parents, but it's been LOUSY!
This dishonoring of the 'social contract' has been occurring long before charter schools came around, but the real dishonor is teachers serving a bureaucracy versus parents and students. In DCPS especially, how can you say we've decided not to 'honor the social contract' when the ADA for DCPS has been one of the highest in the Nation? For decades what has DCPS been doing with $18,000/student?
When parents have the freedom to choose the best options for their children THEY will fix public education, because public education will be forced to meet their needs versus serving themselves.
Posted by: pdexiii | January 14, 2011 9:27 AM | Report abuse
Please stop taking one anecdote and applying it to vast swaths. Your columns are so repetitive and pat. You need new material, or a real editor.
Posted by: paulkp | January 14, 2011 9:59 AM | Report abuse
The reality is that a large number of children that enter urban poor public schools are totally unprepared for education and in many cases have serious obstacles to learning.
Politicians speak of the performance gap when the reality is that there is a large gap or difference in the children that enter public schools in urban poor areas and the children that enter public schools in middle class areas.
Instead of recognizing this differences and having programs to deal with this problem there is a pretense that all children the same when they enter the public school system.
There are tests available to indicate how well children are prepared to enter the public school system. These tests will never be given to all students entering public schools since they would immediately show the gap of children entering urban poverty public schools.
The white establishment would never allow these tests since it would end the myth in regard the sameness in children and there would have to be programs to deal with these differences. Racial groups would be fearful that these tests would be used against them as evidence to a supposedly inherent inferiority of their group.
The public schools in urban poverty areas will never change until there is recognition of the differences of children entering these public schools and children entering middle class public schools. Recognition of this difference would allow for programs to deal with this problem.
New research is indicating that children are not born innately inferior or innately superior in intelligence.
The research is indicating that most individuals have the same genes but that the brain will develop very differently based upon the environment.
Apparently if a child with the equivalent genes of Einstein is born in a family with a chaotic and detrimental environment, that child would probably not even be able to learn how to read.
Time to recognize that the environment of the first 5 years of the life of a child plays more of role than the racial group of a child and that a poor environment for a child could create obstacles in learning for any child, no matter their racial group.
Is there a genius in all of us?
Posted by: bsallamack | January 14, 2011 10:36 AM | Report abuse
Teachers who actually "teach" in the style that Mr. Bridger hoped to see are scorned and ridiculed by reformers. They accuse teachers who stand up and teach lessons as running a "teacher centered" classroom instead of a "student centered" classroom. They are scorned as being an egotistical "sage on the stage" instead of being a "guide on the side." Of course the false assumption is that students are actually capable of discovering what they need to know on their own without direct instruction. Real research, the kind real academics do, tells us this assumption is false and that direct instruction IS the most effective way to teach. Of course, the type of research that the reformers refer to when they talk about "researched-based" is merely the opinions of right wing and libertarian think tanks like the American Enterprise Instituted, the Heritage Foundation and the Cato Institute.
Posted by: buckbuck11 | January 14, 2011 10:52 AM | Report abuse
Because our school is now always on the verge of failing to make adequate yearly progress (AYP), the time after the winter break is almost completely devoted to test prep. It's hard for me to imagine a less inspiring school day. Our school has lots of diversity, too, which makes it even harder to make ayp: each subgroup--low income, each racial group, special ed, and probably others--are represented at the school in great enough numbers that any one group can cause the entire school to achieve or not achieve ayp. This all makes the teachers and the school as a whole basically stay in freakout mode all year long, almost frantically forcing kids and their families to obsess on the tests. I empathize with the school and teachers because they don't have much choice, but it makes the whole learning experience stressful and insanely boring and repetetive.
Posted by: hellokitty5 | January 14, 2011 11:12 AM | Report abuse
"When parents have the freedom to choose the best options for their children THEY will fix public education, because public education will be forced to meet their needs versus serving themselves."
When parents have the freedom to choose, it invariably leads to a stratified system where involved parents choose better schools... while public schools are left to deal with the unimaginatively difficult task of educating the poorest and most troubled students.
Posted by: joshofstl1 | January 14, 2011 12:32 PM | Report abuse
The one solution to the educational crisis in America is very elusive and complex. However, something needs to be done and it needs to be done in a hurry. I remember when I first arrived from Latin America in 1980; I could not believe how undemanding the education at my new high school in northern NJ was. In my native country I had almost stayed back in 9th grade because I was failing one subject. However in my new NJ high school it was almost impossible to stay back or not graduate, unless you dropped out.
I see it in my own family, those who attended high school in the USA thru at least 11th grade have attained engineering degrees, whereas those of us who attended other than our senior year in the USA have not been able to get engineering degrees. In my own case, I took Geometry, Trig, and Calc in my NJ high school, but since I knew there were no major consequences for not passing these classes I did not put much effort into them and consequently did not learn what I needed to learn to be able to obtain an engineering degree in college.
On the other hand, my cousins who came from our native country having finished 11th grade had not problem with the college engineering math. The basic difference between their high school experience and mine was that they had not option but to pass every single subject in high school lest they risked staying back.
For decades the current educational system has failed to properly educate generations of people. As a country we can not afford to continue with this calamity, as most industrialized and even developing countries around the world are making sure that most of their citizens get a solid education.
If decades ago, Jaime Escalante, a Bolivian native, was able to make such an amazing difference in the lives of hundreds of Mexican-Americans from East LA by ensuring that they prepared for and passed the AP Calculus test, how can we as a nation continue to undereducated our young people? There are groups that have benefited, for far too long, from the status quo and they will probably resist drastic changes; however, the future of our younger generations and of our nation is at stake. We need a change and we need it now!!
Posted by: duyda | January 14, 2011 12:53 PM | Report abuse
The one solution to the educational crisis in America is very elusive and complex. However, something needs to be done and it needs to be done in a hurry. I remember when I first arrived from Latin America in 1980; I could not believe how undemanding the education at my new high school in northern NJ was. In my native country I had almost stayed back in 9th grade because I was failing one subject. However in my new NJ high school it was almost impossible to stay back or not graduate, unless you dropped out.
I see it in my own family, those who attended high school outside of the USA thru at least 11th grade have attained engineering degrees, whereas those of us who attended other than our senior year in the USA have not been able to get engineering degrees. In my own case, I took Geometry, Trig, and Calc in my NJ high school, but since I knew there were no major consequences for not passing these classes I did not put much effort into them and consequently did not learn what I needed to learn to be able to obtain an engineering degree in college.
On the other hand, my cousins who came from our native country having finished 11th grade had not problem with the college engineering math. The basic difference between their high school experience and mine was that they had not option but to pass every single subject in high school lest they risked staying back.
For decades the current educational system has failed to properly educate generations of people. As a country we can not afford to continue with this calamity, as most industrialized and even developing countries around the world are making sure that most of their citizens get a solid education.
If decades ago, Jaime Escalante, a Bolivian native, was able to make such an amazing difference in the lives of hundreds of Mexican-Americans from East LA by ensuring that they prepared for and passed the AP Calculus test, how can we as a nation continue to undereducated our young people? There are groups that have benefited, for far too long, from the status quo and they will probably resist drastic changes; however, the future of our younger generations and of our nation is at stake. We need a change and we need it now!!
Posted by: duyda | January 14, 2011 12:56 PM | Report abuse
I have done extensive reading about education in general and successful students in particular. In almost every case of the high-achieving student, there is a parent or guardian who made certain his child was in a good school. In every situation where there is a highly successful adult, such as Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey or Geoffrey Canada, there was a parent who sought out the right school for his child EVEN WHEN THERE WAS VERY LITTLE MONEY IN THE HOME. So when Darwin Bridgers sent his son to a supposedly better school in Pennsylvania, he was following a pattern long ago established by parents who want the best for their children.
Ideally every public school in America should provide each child with a high-quality education; but while we're chasing that elusive goal, it's every parent for himself. My advice: Never send your child to a "bad" school. Do whatever you can to find a placement that you consider adequate or better. Your child's future depends on it.
For a good description of the type of education poor kids often get, read "Tested" by Linda Perlstein. For some insight into how involved but poor parents fight for their children's education, read the biographies of many successful black people (Vernon Jordon, Clarence Thomas) plus the book "A Hope in the Unseen" which features the tremendous effort a mother put into getting a decent education for her son, despite their impoverished circumstances.
Yes, a parent should be able to send her child to the local school and expect something better than test-prep and worksheets, but sadly that is not a reality at this time.
Posted by: Linda/RetiredTeacher | January 14, 2011 2:16 PM | Report abuse
It's quite possible that completing those work sheets is more education than most of those kids had ever had. A calm environment and focused activity isn't to be sneered at.
Posted by: Cal_Lanier | January 14, 2011 3:28 PM | Report abuse
The "no excuses" ideology is a new paternalism that promotes classism and asks LESS of those students already being disadvantaged in their lives: http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Shifting-Truth-about-by-Paul-Thomas-101021-188.html
Posted by: plthomas3 | January 14, 2011 3:29 PM | Report abuse
1. Those students filling out worksheets were probably getting exactly the practice they needed to pass all the standardized tests--that's what education is these days.
2. It is impossible to make assignments in textbooks in some schools because the students aren't allowed to take them out of the class--the school only ordered enough for one class at a time.
3. How are parents going to choose "good schools" for their children if they have had a poor education and don't know what education is supposed to be? Immigrants who don't speak English or parents who are illiterate don't know what their students are learning, and there are still plenty of people who complain that the school are ruining students by teaching them academic subjects instead of "useful" things.
Posted by: sideswiththekids | January 14, 2011 4:55 PM | Report abuse
I teach like I learned: direct instruction. That's the way I learned in Fairfax County Public Schools in the 1970's and early 1980's. It worked and it still works.
Cooperative learning is way overrated--I have always thought that. Yes, there are times when I ask students to help another student who just doesn't seem to get it even though I have explained it 4 different ways. And sometimes my students do a better job that I do because they speak the language of a 4th grader (or whatever level I'm working with) better than I do.
However, when administrators and principals are "looking" I stick to the Teaching & Learning Framework so I can keep my job. But when I'm certain no one is "watching" I do direct instruction and then students practice on their own and I circulate the room to give extra help to those struggling.
Contrary to popular belief, direct instruction is NOT boring and it IS interactive and participatory. When a teacher knows his subject, he is able to lecture with excitement and enthusiasm which keeps students interested. My students know they can't zone out because I also employ the Socratic method and am constantly engaging them and asking questions in my "lecture" or direct instruction.
The best teachers I had in school and certainly the best professors in college were the ones who knew their content and could lecture in a way that kept me mesmerized and drinking up everything they said. Sadly, that way of teaching is definitely a lost art--thanks to the oh so knowledgeable "reformers."
Posted by: UrbanDweller | January 14, 2011 5:00 PM | Report abuse
"When parents have the freedom to choose, it invariably leads to a stratified system where involved parents choose better schools... while public schools are left to deal with the unimaginatively difficult task of educating the poorest and most troubled students."
An uninvolved parent is an issue a school cannot solve. An uninvolved parent, even if the neighborhood school is 'good,' will do equal damage to that child no matter how 'good' the school is. There's neither data nor experience to support 'stratification' since school choice is a new territory. In the best 'choice' environment, there will be schools that actively seek the 'tired, poor, huddled masses' because they are a population that has a need.
Posted by: pdexiii | January 14, 2011 11:05 PM | Report abuse
Many great comment posted here. Some of my pet peeves (as a DCPS parent and teacher of many years) are children being sent to school unready to learn through no fault of their own. Intensive support at very early ages is one way to turn around urban education. Two, hold teachers, students, parents, administrators accountable for learning. DC does not support retaining a child who has not been able to demonstrate that he has learned enough to move on. Three, I teach at a good school but parents, you need to do more for your kids than just drop them off at our doorsteps. Let's turn off the TV's and require your child to read each day. Please require your child to come to school each day on time. Please require your child to do his homework. Please respond to your child's teachers when we ask to work together with you.
Posted by: pat1117 | January 15, 2011 9:18 AM | Report abuse
Things to make you say "what the heck"?
Durant HS in Plant City FL is an "A" school but they had 30 drop outs last year, more than triple the amount of surrounding high schools. If you want an "A" get rid of the kids who aren't doing well enough. What the heck?
The goal is to have students in THEIR classes to learn however many students are taken out of class (suspended or expelled) for many things including "willful disobedience" which they consider being late or skipping class however FL Law, title XLVIII, Ch: 1006.09(b) line 13 reads: "No student shall be suspended for unexcused tardiness, lateness, absence, or truancy." I gave the principal and her bosses a copy of this law and I was told they are not breaking the law because the students are being suspended for "willful disobedience because they did it more than once". Think about this: The student was late or not in class where they should be to get educated so let's punish them by taking them out of class. Shouldn't they be made to attend MORE class. What the heck?
Fl law also says students are allowed to have cellphones with the knowledge that it can be taken away should it be used in a crime however they are taking them away (stealing) just for being visible and if the student doesn't give it up they are suspended. #1 it is not illegal for a phone to be visible and last I heard it was perfectly legal not to allow a bully to steal from you. #2 and actually most important is it has been proven the schools cannot protect our kids. A cellphone is their access to 911 or their parents if they are in trouble. What the heck?
Here's one you may have never thought of. There is a growing problem with theft, bullying and overall lack of respect in children today. Where do you think they learn that from? From kindergarten up their things are taken from them, they are punished and taken out of classes where they need to be to learn because of some bullying teacher who feels a threatened ego and needs to show their authority. The authority of parents is completely thrown out the window when the schools ignore parents completely so why should the students respect any of them and why not steal, it's a natural part of their lives taught to them by adults. What the heck?
Posted by: zoverstree | January 15, 2011 10:04 AM | Report abuse
Once again, you provide a strong example. I hope others follow.
But ask yourself--how many of your colleagues can do what you do and how you do it? I have some doubts that many would care to try your method, or possibly even understand it. Reason: it takes real commitment and more skill and effort than they want to muster.
But this is only my speculation. Your views are more important to this blogue than mine. Please provide.
Posted by: axolotl | January 15, 2011 12:41 PM | Report abuse
How can a whole demographic of children need to be "fixed"? How can all of them be wrong?
Articles like this are so important. If John Q. public doesn't give a crap about what "reform" is doing to teachers maybe he will care about what these so called schools are doing to kids.
Posted by: Califather | January 15, 2011 10:12 PM | Report abuse
I probably am wasting my time but I think the real experts in education are the people in the trenches, the teachers. Now, you'll all disagree yelling at me that you had someone who was totally off his rocker etc. but I'll reply that under the circumstances of handling today's student, parent, and administrator the teacher has far too little time to teach and far too much time allotted to explain his methods. There is magic in learning and it happens to multiply itself many times over for those who experience it. I experienced it early in my teaching through a radical reading program and once that it happened it paved the way for my primary style of teaching no matter what the curriculum stated. I taught sixth graders in a middle school in Marion, Ohio. Many of those sixth graders had great difficulty in reading. I had been taught by a reading professor at Miami University that the best way to get to these students was to get materials for them to read and to make sure they had time set aside to use them. My wife and I lugged books from the local library to our classrooms. We introduced the books; we read the books; we set aside time for the students to read the books; we actually individualized and personalized their education. So many times over those first three years of my teaching I saw kids going from stringing words together to almost an amazing understanding of content in an enlightening moment or two. My students got into trouble for pulling out their books in other classes and reading whenever they could. They were learning and once they caught on to how they were in control of their learning no one could stop them. Today's problem is not that students aren't learning but because of the technology (cell phones, computers, etc) they are in control of what and when they are learning. If you don't believe me tell them to give you a test on using their games, applications, and devices. The school curriculums are locked into antiquated methods which are not individualizing or personalizing education but the kids are doing exactly that. Our technology allows each and every person to have a unique course of study even if our schools don't! By basing our accountability on testing we are showing that each student needs to know similar material while our technology shows the students a wide wonderful world of variety in learning. I know which of these two worlds would be more attractive to me if I were a student today. So, how could the test ever show what we want them to? But I have no doubts about our modern students ability to learn.
Posted by: dmyers412 | January 16, 2011 3:40 AM | Report abuse
Thanks UrbanDweller, my sentiments exactly!
Posted by: pat1117 | January 16, 2011 9:26 AM | Report abuse
Teachers who actually "teach" in the style that Mr. Bridger hoped to see are scorned and ridiculed by reformers. ... Real research, the kind real academics do, tells us this assumption is false and that direct instruction IS the most effective way to teach. Of course, the type of research that the reformers refer to when they talk about "researched-based" is merely the opinions of right wing and libertarian think tanks...
The person who posted this comment doesn't understand the meanings of "reform." There are two meanings: One is the move toward the sort of guide-on-the-side teaching described here, and it comes largely out of ed schools. NYC public (not charter) schools embrace this sort of "reform" with a passion.
The second meaning, the one relevant to charter schools and right-wing (and centrist) think tanks has to do with changing the structure of schools. Charter schools do not, by and large, promote the kind of "reform" described in the preceding paragraph. In fact, most of them champion direct instruction.
Posted by: hainish | January 17, 2011 7:27 PM | Report abuse
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The Geomarketing, allows you to analyze the situation of a business through the exact location of the customers, competition, locating them on a digital map. It allows you to analyze the data by geographical area or specific physical location for greater commercial focus.
The data is used, according to the objectives set by the company to locate existing customers for a new promotion or the identification of the results of a promotion already completed.

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Willemsen writes introductory tribute for John WoodenJuly 06, 2010July 4th of this year marked a celebration for America, but also the one-month anniversary of the passing of college basketball legend John Wooden, renowned head coach for UCLA and two-time inductee to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Reach USA journey comes to fruition; Newton considers it great successJune 09, 2010After returning home from a 10-day stint in China filled with growth and development as a person and an athlete, Charles Newton shares his insight into the Reach USA program and outlook on his experiences in general.
Gates, Muhammad named as TTU Strength All-AmericansJune 02, 2010The National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) recently awarded Tennessee Tech's Kaleigh Gates and Elijah Muhammad with its annual All-American Strength and Conditioning Athlete of the Year awards.
Former Golden Eagle Amadi McKenzie named France's Forward of the YearMay 21, 2010Amadi McKenzie, an all-OVC selection during his Golden Eagle career under coach Mike Sutton, has been named the Forward of the Year in the French Professional B League.
Spring graduation ceremonies include 43 students from athleticsMay 08, 2010Athletics was well-represented when Tennessee Tech president Dr. Bob Bell handed out degrees Saturday to more than 900 students at the University's Spring Commencement in Eblen Center.
OVC partners with three other conferences to form officiating consortiumMay 07, 2010The Ohio Valley Conference will partner with the Big 12, Conference USA and the Southland Conferences to create a newly-formed consortium to manage its basketball officiating program for men's basketball.
Tech's Charles Newton bridging basketball and belief abroadMay 03, 2010Charles Newton, a sophomore guard on the Tennessee Tech men's basketball team, will embark on a 10-day trip to East Asia with the Christian sports ministry, Sports Reach.
CBS, Turner and NCAA reach 14-year agreement on Men's Basketball coverageApril 22, 2010The NCAA has announced a new 14-year television, internet and wireless rights agreement with CBS Sports and Turner Broadcasting to present the Division I Mens Basketball Championship beginning through 2024 for more than $10.8 billion.
Muhammad, Davis receive top honors as men's basketball announces awardsApril 20, 2010Frank Davis won the Sam Harley Lynn Award and Elijah Muhammad captured the John P. Hendrix Leadership Award as was also named the teams Most Valuable Player, as coach Mike Sutton announced the men's basketball teams 2009-10 award winners.
Muhammad and Davis to play in the 3rd Annual Music City All-Star ClassicApril 16, 2010Tennessee Tech senior guards Elijah Muhammad and Frank Davis are set to hit the court one more time this Saturday evening for the 3rd Annual Music City All Star Classic.
Tech's Mike Sutton helped select NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament fieldMarch 23, 2010Mike Sutton recently served his second year as a voting member on the Regional Advisory Committee for the Division I Men's Basketball Championship, helping to pick the teams for this year's 65-team field.
Frank Davis receives NABC second-team all-district honorsMarch 16, 2010Tennessee Tech senior guard Frank Davis, one of the top 3-point shooters in the nation this past season, has been named second-team all-district by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
Golden Eagle season ends in OVC semifinals with loss to Morehead StateMarch 05, 2010Morehead State guard Maze Stallworth led the way as the No. 2 seed Eagles ran away from Tech in the first half and held on for a 76-47 victory over the Golden Eagles in the semifinals of the OVC Tournament in Bridgestone Arena Friday night.
Golden Eagle fans can gather pregame Friday at Big River GrilleMarch 04, 2010The Tennessee Tech Alumni Association is hosting a pregame celebrations in Nashville Friday and inviting all Golden Eagle fans to attend. The event is from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Big River Grille on Broadway, just blocks from the arena.
Golden Eagles hope to capture title, national spotlight at OVC TournamentMarch 04, 2010The Golden Eagle basketball team hopes to not only claim the 2010 Ohio Valley Conference title this weekend in Nashville, they can also grab the attention of the nation by winning the crown in front of a national TV audience on ESPNU and ESPN2.
On to the OVC semifinals: Murphy's buzzer-beater sinks APSUMarch 02, 2010After Austin Peay's Anthony Campbell tied the game at 65 with six seconds remaining Tech's Kevin Murphy took the ball the length of the court and calmly sunk a buzzer-beating 3-pointer.
Golden Eagles visit Austin Peay in OVC opening roundMarch 01, 2010The Tennessee Tech mens basketball team had two fierce battles with Austin Peay during the regular season, and the two teams are set to meet one final time.
Tech faces OVC Tournament doubleheader Tuesday at Austin PeayFebruary 28, 2010Tech's men's and women's basketball teams have both drawn the same assignment Tuesday night in the first round of the 2010 Ohio Valley Conference Basketball Tournament: Austin Peay in the Dunn Center in Clarksville.
Golden Eagles slip past Gamecocks on Senior Night, 72-62February 27, 2010Kevin Murphy scored 22 points to lead Tech to a 72-62 win over Jacksonville State Saturday night, securing the No. 6 seed in the OVC Tournament. Tech will play at Austin Peay Tuesday night.
Seniors Davis, Muhammad to be honored as Golden Eagles host regular season finaleFebruary 25, 2010The 2009-10 Tennessee Tech mens basketball regular season will come to a close Saturday night in Eblen Center, but not without a bang. Tech is in a battle for a higher seed in the OVC Tournament, and Frank Davis and Elijah Muhammad will be honored on Senior Night.
OVC Basketball Tournament to expand, change locations beginning in 2011February 22, 2010The Ohio Valley Conference Basketball Tournament will change its format and move to a new venue to determine the mens and womens basketball championships, beginning next year.
Golden Eagles drop BrackerBuster contest at Appalachian StateFebruary 20, 2010Tennessee Tech wrapped up a tedious week on the road with a visit to Appalachian State Saturday night, and the Golden Eagles couldnt keep pace with a red-hot Mountaineer squad, suffering an 81-68 non-conference loss in a Bracket Buster contest.
Golden Eagles visit Appalachian State in ESPNU BracketBusterFebruary 19, 2010The Tennessee Tech men's basketball team will step out of Ohio Valley Conference play Saturday night when it visits Appalachian State in an ESPNU BracketBuster game, which tips off at 6 p.m. central in Boone, N.C.
Tech bows in overtime for second time this weekFebruary 18, 2010For the second time in four nights, the Golden Eagles lost an Ohio Valley Conference road game in overtime. This time, Austin Peay tied the game in the final minutes then claimed a 77-72 win in the Dunn Center.
Golden Eagles look for season sweep of Austin PeayFebruary 17, 2010Its crunch time for the Tennessee Tech mens basketball team as the Golden Eagles battle for position in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament.
Golden Eagles visit Tennessee State for OVC double-headerFebruary 15, 2010Despite the wintry weather the Tennessee Tech men's and women's basketball teams will travel to Tennessee State for an OVC double-header Monday night with the women's game tipping things off at 5:30 p.m.
Tennessee State outlasts Golden Eagles in double-overtimeFebruary 15, 2010Dead even down to the final seconds. And then some. And then some more.
Tech subdues Skyhawks, 70-61, to tighten OVC standingsFebruary 13, 2010Tennessee Tech helped tighten the Ohio Valley Conference basketball race Saturday night with a 70-61 victory over UT Martin in Eblen Center, giving the Golden Eagles a season sweep over the defending league champions.
Tech hosts defending OVC champion UT Martin Saturday nightFebruary 12, 2010Looking to snap a three-game skid and gain ground in the Ohio Valley Conference, the Tennessee Tech mens basketball team will host UT Martin in Eblen Center on Saturday night.
Zach Bailey receives 2010 First Tennessee Bank ScholarshipFebruary 11, 2010Golden Eagle sophomore Zach Bailey was named recipient of the 2010 First Tennessee Bank Scholarship, an award he accepted Thursday during Tech's doubleheader against Murray State.


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Break out your dancing shoes
I've never been much of a dancer, except perhaps at prom or the occasional wedding, but the call of March changes things amongst most sports fans.
This weekend will fill out the dance cards to see who is getting an invitation to the NCAA basketball version of the prom.
Conference tourneys always provide some compelling dramas with upsets and crazed fans from small schools doing their own happy dance at center court when their school knocks off Goliath.
I've got to admit I'm a sucker for late night west coast basketball with the UNLV's, San Diego's, Gonzaga's and Mt. Saint Mary's of the world in an eternal struggle to head to the NCAA Tourney.
I think that these games provide the same thrill as a good drama on the big screen, with emotions so close to the surface of the players and coaches.
When you get non-basketball power like American University, a Portland State or a Mount St. Mary's of the Northeast Conference that qualifies for the NCAA Tourney , you get a look into the excitement that the sport can generate amongst players and fans.
The monetary boost of a tourney bid aside, a trip to the NCAA Tourney is typically a rallying point for a school's student body. Hoops can help heal a lot of wounds.
Just look at North Carolina, Virginia Tech and Northen Illinois. Each school dealt with the tragedy of murders at their respective universitys over the past couple of years.
But as sporting events were re-scheduled and took place, basketball games seemed to be a place where fans could feel the joy of rooting on their team while taking a break from their grief.
So when NCAA Tourney berths are announced this weekend, I'll stand by with my dancing shoes at ready and hope for a nice path for my Hoosiers. I'm sure they'll need it with the way things have played out of late, Big Ten Tourney aside at this point. But rest assured that between dances I'll be checking out my brackets and hoping to keep ahead of my competition. Because it's pretty embarrassing when you're a sports writer and you get outpicked by a co-worker's pre-teen son, which happened last year.
So get your brackets ready and if you can, check out a conference tourney of your choice and see the joy that still makes the game fun for these kids. But if you're a part-time dancer like myself, get your brackets ready.
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The Student Organization Center is located in Pickler Memorial Library. The center houses seven offices that can be shared by more than one organization. In order to be eligible for membership, organizations must be registered with the Center for Student Involvement. Members are selected annually at the end of the Spring term, by the Student Organization Center Committee and serve a 1-year term.
The Student Organization Center has been implemented to promote diversity, incubate organizations and ideas, disseminate information and to reward organizations that provide service to the University. In order to achieve this vision, our efforts will be governed by the principles of fairness, service, and cooperation as we create a forum to celebrate diversity, support efforts of recruitment and retention, and promote a greater sense of community within Truman State University. The Student Organization Center supports Truman values of creating a diverse community of learners that aspires to do the best for themselves, their families, their society, and their world. By exemplifying self-reflection, inclusiveness, and commitment, our participants will develop skills of leadership, organization, strategic planning, and understanding of self and others. Combining student assets of enthusiasm, idealism, energy, and a fresh point of view, we will achieve a location that facilitates cooperation between organizations and contributes to the appreciation of diversity among the entire university community.


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A Lunchtime on Leather Lane
In case you were overwhelmed with the food choices around The Rosebery in Clerkenwell, we asked everyone at Supercity HQ what their favourite food stall was on Leather Lane to help make your choice a little easier:
This is a firm favourite of Fred's, our General and Operations Manager. "Chillango stands out for me- great variety Mexican and they also do daily meal deals at lunch for £5, which is awesome!
Chillango is based at the Chancery Lane end of Leather Lane.
Zoe, PA to the MD and Office Manager likes to go here at least once a week. Although she never strays from the "plain tortilla and a side salad with olive oil, salt and pepper". There are lots of other Spanish staples on the menu, like croquettas, chorizo and chicken baguettes and the mighty 'Spanish Tapas box'.
Embutique is located about half way down Leather Lane in a black food caravan, near St Cross Street.
Warung Tempeh
Joanna, our Sales and Revenue Manager says "the owner is a very nice bloke- but have you seen the guy he works with oooof so tasty!" The food is also good of course, and a great option for the veggies out there. Whats more their tempeh is 100% organic which sounds good to us!
Warung Tempeh is at the Clerkenwell Road end of Leather Lane.
Boom Burger
Without fail, every Friday Roxanne, Supercity's Accounts Manager will go to Boom Burger, she doesn't even have to tell them what she wants anymore! For the record she goes for a burger, cheese and salad but tells us the bacon is also really good. There is also a veggie option, but not sold on a Friday as that's their busiest day.
Boom Burger is about halfway down Leather Lane on the corner of St Cross Street.
Our MD, Alexis always sings the praises of the Trents Goat's Cheese Salad! This is always her lunch of choice if she hasn't brought anything in. The Halloumi wrap is another good choice and, in case it might rain (which is highly likely in London) they have seating inside, which is an added bonus.
You can find Trents at the Clerkenwell Road end of Leather Lane.
Our advice would be to get there before 2pm, any later than this and you run the risk of not getting anything as the stalls often run out of food after this time. Something Joanna and Zoe experienced recently when they tried 4 different stalls which were all out of food and ended up in the local supermarket!


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Why Visit Bulgaria | Balkan Travel
By now, I have written and rewritten this piece a few times. And it will almost inevitably remain a work in progress. To find good answers to the question why you should travel to Bulgaria is akin to finding good answers to the very question "Why do we travel"? Why do we leave home for new and unknown places and what do we hope to find along the way? Perhaps instead of telling you why you should visit, I should ask you what brought you to this page? You landed on my web site for a reason. Something made you interested. What was it?
But in order to remain truthful to the title of this page, I will offer my perspective on what makes Bulgaria a wonderful place to explore.
It's fun and safe: Spending time in Bulgaria, getting to know the country and people can be tremendous fun. Bulgaria is a very safe country. My fellow countrymen are famous for hospitality and we love to proudly show our country off to visitors. There is a tendency to be boastful or even bombastic. You will be told that the first PC was invented by a Bulgarian (perhaps partially true). You will hear that Plovdiv, Bulgaria, is the oldest European city (simply untrue, although being the third oldest is more than respectable!). You will be informed that for 30 years, the world high jump record for women is held by a Bulgarian (definitely true).
Bulgarians love a good time. The food is fresh and delicious with plenty of variety for all tastes. The mild climate and long growing season provide perfect conditions and you will savor fruits and vegetables, whose taste will linger in your memory for a long time. One of Bulgaria's still pretty well kept secrets is its wines, including some unique local varieties. Meals are a long and vivacious affair. The eating and drinking happen in a slow, indulgent manner and serve as a backdrop for hearty socializing - conversations, jokes, story telling. If you are into it, clubbing and dancing after dinner can carry you into the wee hours.
It's an adventure: From the signs in Cyrillic to the Bulgarian way where nodding your head actually means "no" - it's no ordinary, easy to navigate geography. After years of living in the US, I find my countrymen to be notoriously confusing when giving directions. No one uses "north" and "south" and metrics such as "walk down this way for five minutes and then turn right" are not rare. You will encounter a handful of road signs you've never seen before. You will walk into tourist information offices where no one speaks English. But for the true explorer, all this makes a destination so much more desirable since we love venturing off the traditional paths and sometimes even getting lost.
It will enrich you with knowledge and beauty: And this is the most important point. If you love one or more of the following - history, culture, archeology, nature, arts - you will not be disappointed. The country was established in 681 but the territory has been inhabited for millenniums. And it has the Roman theaters, Thracian sites, and Ottoman relics to prove it. For such a small country, it has a wonderfully diverse terrain with impressive mountains, gorgeous valleys, rivers and lakes, and, of course, let's not forget the Black Sea coast. Bulgaria currently has nine UNESCO World Heritage Sites and another fourteen on the tentative list: List of World Heritage Sites in Bulgaria
It will change your perspective: Invariably, when my foreign friends learn of the triumphs and falls of the past and present - from the golden age of the 10th century, through Bulgaria's struggles to keep its cultural identity during 500 years of Ottoman rule, to the controversies of the communist regime and the four-digit inflation of the 1990s - they often gain a new appreciation of the contrasts of the world and an enriched viewpoint.
Need more convincing? Keep reading for more Bulgaria Travel Tips. And consider watching Rick Steve's newly released Bulgaria episode.


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Value Code (J-P) Value Method Code3 {Q-W) Type (e.g., buy, sell, redemption) Date mm/dd/yy Value C?cie (J-P) Gain Code (A-H) Identity buyer/seller (if private transaction) Citibank Accounts None Income Garn Codes =$1,000 less =$1,001 -$2,500 =$2,501 -$5,000 0=$5,001-$15,000 =$15,001 -$50.000 (See Columns and 04) F=$50.001-$100,000 =$100.001 $1,000,000 =$1,000,001 -$5,000.000 =More than $5.000,000 Value Codes =$15,000 less =$15,001 -$50.000 =$50.001 -$100,000 =$100.001 -$250.000 (Sec Columns and 03) =$250.001 -$500.000 =$500,001 -$1,000.000 =$1.000,001 -$5,000,000 =$5,000,001 -$25,000.000 =$25.000.001 -$50.000.000 =More than $50,000.000 Value Method Codes Q=Appraisal =Cost (Real Estate Only) =Assessment =Cash Market (See Column C2) =Book Value V=Othcr W=Estimatcd Name Person Reporting Date Report Edwards, Harry 511012012 VIII. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION EXPLANATIONS. (lndicate partofreport.) Date Report Edwards, Harry 5/10/2012 IX. CERTIFICATION. certify that all information given above (including information pertaining spouse and minor dependent children, any) accurate, true, and complete the best knowledge and belief, and that any information not reported was withheld because met applicable statutory provisions permitting non-disclosure. further certify that earned income from outside employment and honoraria and the acceptance gifts which have been reported are compliance with the provisions U.S.C. app. 501 et. seq., U.S.C. 7353, and Judicial Conference regulations. Signature: Harry Edwards NOTE: ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY FALSIFIES FAILS FILE THIS REPORT MAY SUBJECT CIVIL AND CRIMINAL SANCTIONS U.S.C. app. 104) Committee Financial Disclosure Administrative Office the United States Courts Suite 2-301 One Columbus Circle, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20544


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Here's a scenario we recently had reported: A customer running Outlook 2010 installs KB 2553248, and now Outlook crashes when they try to open meetings that were created using Exchange Web Services (EWS). In fact there are a few other scenarios where Outlook crashes:
1) Create a Meeting request using EWS and send it to yourself. When you receive it in Outlook 2010 as a No Response Required meeting request, just selecting the meeting request crashes Outlook.
2) Opening the meeting in the Organizer's Calendar crashes Outlook.
3) If the attendee sends an acceptance, selecting the acceptance in the Explorer crashes Outlook.
4) Dismissing reminders crashes Outlook.
The issue is happening because there was a change made in Outlook which caused it to crash when it encounters a Time Zone property on a meeting which does not have a name. If we use MFCMAPI to dump out the properties of a Meeting we can see the problem is with PidLidAppointmentTimeZoneDefinitionStartDisplay. Notice that szKeyName is null.
<property tag = "0x80380102" type = "PT_BINARY">
<NamedPropGUID>{00062002-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} = PSETID_Appointment</NamedPropGUID>
<NamedPropName>id: 0x825E=33374 = PidLidAppointmentTimeZoneDefinitionStartDisplay, dispidApptTZDefStartDisplay</NamedPropName>
<Value>cb: 76 lpb: 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000</Value>
<SmartView><![CDATA[Time Zone Definition:
bMajorVersion = 0x02 (2)
bMinorVersion = 0x01 (1)
cbHeader = 0x0006 (6)
wReserved = 0x0002 (2)
cchKeyName = 0x0000 (0)
szKeyName = (null)
cRules = 0x0001 (1)
TZRule[0x0].bMajorVersion = 0x02 (2)
TZRule[0x0].bMinorVersion = 0x01 (1)
TZRule[0x0].wReserved = 0x003E (62)
TZRule[0x0].wTZRuleFlags = 0x0002 = TZRULE_FLAG_EFFECTIVE_TZREG
<Value>04:00:00.000 PM 5/5/2012</Value>
<AltValue>Low: 0x1FE4C000 High: 0x01CD2AD8</AltValue>
Fortunately, the fix is in the works and if everything falls in place should be out in the June 2012 CU for Office 2010.
If you're running into this issue you have a couple options:
1) Uninstall KB 2553248 (obviously).
2) Fix the Exchange Web Services code so that new meetings that are created do not crash Outlook.
What do I need to do to fix the existing code? The change is simple:
For Exchange Web Services Proxy code, remember to specify the Time Zone Name along with the Base Offset:
DateTime startTime = new DateTime(2012, 05, 05, 8, 00, 00, DateTimeKind.Unspecified);
appointment.Start = startTime;
appointment.End = startTime.AddHours(4);
appointment.StartSpecified = appointment.EndSpecified = true;
TimeZoneType tzUSMST = new TimeZoneType();
tzUSMST.TimeZoneName = "Atlantic Standard Time";
tzUSMST.BaseOffset = "PT4H";
appointment.MeetingTimeZone = tzUSMST;
For Exchange Web Services Managed API provide the TimeZone like below:
appointment.StartTimeZone = TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById("Atlantic Standard Time");


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The Old Testament is used, when needed, by "Christian" hypocrites as a blunt instrument. They always seem to overlook the awkward parts about dire punishment for wearing clothes of mixed fibers or touching pigskin. Leviticus is a laugh riot.
As an agnostic, I have occasional thoughts about the existence of God and the vastness of the multiverse, but never a thought about joining an organized religion.
I was raised Lutheran and we had to go to classes once a week for 3 years before we could get confirmed. The minister said at one point the Bible was written to help uneducated people with answers to their questions and also how to behave (10 commandments). My mom was not happy about that.
A few generations of my ancestors were Evangelical Lutheran pastors; I have an inordinate amount of religious branches on my family tree. I think they were happy to spend their time sitting and reading--even if it was mostly biblical stuff. Just my guess.
The founding fathers were deitists and believed God wound up the world like a clock and let it go.
I read "the founding fathers were dentists" and wondered why they didn't do a better job with Washington's teeth...
Notice how the OP is missing in action. I noticed Jane that I spelled it wrong. Maybe just having some fun with us
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As you can see on the release notes this release comes with tones of bug fixed. Thanks to allof you who contributed at fixing bugs opened by Vincent Untz and other testers. Please keep helping us making the future GNOME IM client and framework.
If you are going to use libempathy(-gtk) API for you applets or other collaborative work, please keep in mind that the API is not stable yet and may change at anytime. However you can start experimenting with it.
File transfer support is on his way.
We now have telepathy-haze which is a ConnectionManager based on top of pidgin's libpurple. That means that Empathy can connect MSN/Jabber/Yahoo/etc, all protocols supported by libpurple.
And finally MissionControl's DBus API is being standardised, based on Nokia's MC and Decibel. The goal is to be able to run a GNOME IM program like Empathy in a KDE environment using accounts defined by kopette, for example.
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The Silver Spoon Hollywood Buffet Before The MTV Movie Awards Where Stylemakers Sarah Michelle Gellar, Selma Blair & Paris Hilton Shop Silver Spoon!
Los Angeles, CA (June 8, 2005) Silver Spoon Entertainment Marketing hosted the Silver Spoon Hollywood Buffet at a private Beverly Hills estate on Thursday, June 2nd and Friday, June 3rd to help stars prepare for the MTV Movie Awards*. The 2-day long event catered to celebrities and trendsetters with an indulgent Hawaiian luau theme and an enticing array of edgy fashions, luscious beauty products, and delectable cuisine. Hipster brands were displayed in a complimentary 'buffet' like setting.
Attendees all contributed $20 to help raise $10,000 for the Epidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation (EBMRF), a non-profit that works to relieve the suffering of children with Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), a life threatening genetic skin disease, by providing funds for research and raising awareness of the disease.
Attendees included Sarah Michelle Gellar (The Grudge), Selma Blair (The Sweetest Thing), Paris Hilton (House of Wax), Hilary Duff (A Cinderella Story), Haylie Duff (Napoleon Dynamite), Rosanna Arquette (Pulp Fiction), Dominic Monaghan ("Lost"), Tori Spelling (Scary Movie 2), Jorge Garcia ("Lost"), Harold Perrineau ("Lost"), Bridgette Wilson-Sampras (The Wedding Singer), William Fichtner (Mr. and Mrs. Smith), Shannon Elizabeth ("Confessions of an American Bride"), Gene Simmons (KISS), Michelle Tractenberg (Ice Princess), Linda Cardellini ("ER"), Lacey Chabert (Mean Girls), George Eads ("CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"), Kimberly Stewart (musician), Chris Kattan (Corky Romano), Andrea Bowen ("Desperate Housewives"), Greg Grunberg ("Alias"), Blake Lively (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants), Perry Farrell (Jane's Addiction), Constantine Maroulis ("American Idol"), Michael Rappaport (Hitch), Rashida Jones (Little Black Book), Rachel Hunter ("Dancing with the Stars"), Andy Dick ("Less Than Perfect"), Bonnie Somerville (Without a Paddle), Bryan Greenberg (HBO's "Unscripted"), Kathy Hilton ("I Want to be a Hilton"), Jennifer Finnigan ("Committed"), Simon Rex (Scary Movie 3), Kylie Bax (Get Over It), Paul Johansson ("One Tree Hill"), Rosa Blasi ("Strong Medicine"), Eric Winter ("Days of Our Lives"), Nicole Eggert ("Baywatch"), Kyle Secor ("Homicide: Life on the Street"), Kyle Chandler (Mulholland Falls), Hal Sparks ("Queer as Folk"), Jonathan Silverman (The Cookout), and Pauley Shore (Jury Duty).
Silver Spoon Entertainment Marketing founder Melissa Lemer commented, 'In keeping with the hip, relaxed vibe of the MTV Movie Awards, we treated our guests to a festive Hawaiian luau, to get them prepped and pumped for the show! It was a great way to introduce everyone to the hottest styles for the summer season.'
Lemer's partner, Lorena Bendinskas added, "We had a wonderful time, and were able to help our friend Andrea Pett-Joseph raise $10,000 for EBMRF."
The Silver Spoon Hollywood Buffet is a relaxation destination for celebrities, stylists and media. The buffet is normally held before major award shows as a way for talent to prepare and enjoy themselves. Buffet guests were gifted with unique designer clothing from boutique brands like Rock Solid's sequined and embroidered shirts, Crimes and Misdemeanors's beaded tank tops and Chan Luu's embellished apparel. They were also able to select jewelry from Gorjana, Lee Riot and Holly Lauren and choose from Allison Burns Los Angeles' gorgeous colorful leather handbag collection.
Tarte gifted makeup and helped stars sample new looks. Attendees prepped for the bright lights of the red carpet by a choice of tanning services: Sunset Tan tanning beds or California Tan Sunless spray tanning. Biolage Matrix fashioned hair while Ceilbre Laser performed skincare treatments and MB York shaped eyebrows and extended eyelashes. Guests were also treated to goodies including the latest in blue tooth technology for cell phones from Jabra.
About Silver Spoon Entertainment Marketing
The Silver Spoon Entertainment Marketing has set the trend for these events in Hollywood during award season. With casual ambiance and a unique atmosphere, The Silver Spoon Entertainment Marketing continues to set the precedent for award show pre-pampering. Designers, jewelers, cosmetic and skin-care lines from around the world travel to Los Angeles to gain access to the media and celebrities surrounding this global event. The company is the creation of partners Melissa Lemer and Lorena Bendinskas.
Epidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation (EBMRF)
Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) is a disabling and potentially life threatening genetic skin disease which causes the skin to tear and blister at a slight touch, requiring daily bandaging of wounds. The EBMRF was established to relieve the suffering of EB children by providing funds for research, with the goal of finding a cure and raising awareness of this disease.
*Please note The Silver Spoon Hollywood Buffet is not an official MTV event.
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Cold Stone Creamery ultimate ice cream experience
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frank.studio nail art
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Gorjana Jewelry
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Holly Lauren jewelry
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Kitsch*nGlam aprons
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Love Sac furniture
MAC Veneers by Microdental Laboratories
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Uglydolls plush art toys
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When transcoding a file to my XBox360 mediaserver.exe is taking processes of around 50%, which is expected with my older computer and the size of file I am transcoding on the fly.
When I stop playback on the Xbox it continues to take CPU utilization when there is no content being played on any device. Anyone know why it is doing this and how to turn it off?
I'm assuming its finishing transcoding the movie file, but I don't want it to.
The last file you chose will continue transcoding until you play some other file (say an MP3 file). We do pause the transcoding in most cases when we are sufficiently ahead of the device request, but I believe with the Xbox this pause is not performed.
Either way, just check the status tab, you should see there whether a transcoding is taking place or not and whether it is active or paused.


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Personally I always ship items I sell out within one business day, sometimes even less. I can't stand it when people wait to ship things out, and I never understand why. Don't you want to know the money is yours sooner rather than later? At least- that's how I feel about it.
Onto more topics to rant about- last night I found a Hello Kitty Pullip on eBay for $75 with broken wrists. Lucky me I happened to find a steal of a deal on a lot of three type 3 Pullip bodies, which would've been absolutely perfect for her! Of course, I hesitated just a little too long and she was sold by the time I next looked. I should've just done a buy it now, I didn't realize how rare she was.
In other news- Lucky isn't doing too well. I'm doing my best to keep him going, including giving him his daily doses of medicine (and a little extra) as well as some slippery elm bark to hopefully help him keep food down. So far he doesn't seem to be giving up easy. Wish him luck.
I feel like I should say when it comes to Lucky I go to extremes to take care of him. The other day my boyfriends grandparents came over, and his grandmother kept commenting on how he looked sick. I told her, "Yes, of course he looks sick. He's in advanced heart failure." She continued to ignore anything I said and say the same thing over and over. Yes, I do realize he's unwell- however, I'm not willing to give up on him before he's ready. If he keeps fighting and has a will to live longer, who am I to take that away from him?


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Watch Player 4+
Peter Knapp
- "新闻"类第 34 名
- ¥6.00
- 提供 App 内购买项目
Finally, go running with your Apple Watch and your favorite podcast or exercise other sports and leave the iPhone at home.
1. Select Pods from Main View
2. Press leftmost button in ToolBar on Main View to select Pod for transfer
3. Do 1. and 2. with other Pods if you like
4. Press most left Button in NavigationBar to start the transfer
WatchPlayer transfers podcast episodes directly to the Apple Watch. These can be played there without the direct connection with the iPhone. The podcast will be played in the background on the Apple Watch. The workout app or other apps on the watch can be started simultaneously.
On the iPhone, WatchPlayer is a complete podcast manager and player. In a directory you can put the sources of his favorite podcasts and can load individual episodes to the iPhone and if you would like to listen to them right there or directly to the Apple Watch for transfer.
To listen to the podcasts on the Apple Watch, you need Bluetooth headphones. Apple has recently taken the support of the built-in speaker of the Watch from the app developers. It also takes a long time until the episode on the watch was broadcast.
Since watchOS 4 / iOS 11, the WatchApp of audio apps on the clock * is automatically started *. There is no way to stop this. You can only set this behavior globally for all apps in the Watch settings. Therefore you can find on the second side of the WatchApp of WatchPlayer an iPhone Control Screen, via which you can remote control the iPhone's player.
The app does not use tracker or other analytical tools. All rights and obligations are the responsibility of the respective podcast authors.
版本 4.0
New in v4.0:
- Expansion of the player on the Apple Watch with features that watchOS 5 offers
- Maintenance of all functionalities also for older Apple Watch
- Transfer from iPhone to Apple Watch is displayed on the iPhone as a percentage
- CarPlay
It's very good
But I wish you add Chinese thanks I can't understand English
开发人员回复 ,
Hi, I know and I am very sorry. But the fallback language should be English. Is this not the case?
启用"家人共享"后,此 App 最多可供 6 名家庭成员使用。


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I thought my last post wasn't THAT long ago, I was wrong.
Anyway today I bring to you another "How to:" blog post where I explain to you how I wash my makeup brushes, wait for it… FOR FREE! IKR
I'm not saying this is 100% the best, most highy sanitary way of doing it but, if its good enough for your hair, it must be good enough for your brushes…right? I bet some of you are very confused but keep reading and in these very concise steps i will explain to you how to do that thing that you're meant to do but never end up doing. LETS GO!
Okay so there is one slight catch, if you pay your water bill then you'll have to pay for that stuff that comes out your tap. Either way, take that water and give your dirty ass brushes a good old rincey rincey!
So, you know those free shampoo bottles you get in hotels that you never use but "steal" anyway and keep for a rainy day? Well, check the weather forecast because it's time to dig them out (excuse the pun, I found it funny). Take off the lid (duh!) and either dip your brush in or pour it on.
Then, take your brush and give it a good old swish around your (hopefully) clean hands. Then your get to see all that dirt come off and feel awful that you hadn't done it sooner. (FYI: by swish I mean push in circles around your hand, but im sure any other form of swishing does the same trick!)
Dunk into a bowl/sink of water and repeat the old swishes into the water. feel free to apply more shampoo and swishing if needs be until water is clear because then your brushes SHALL BE CLEAN!
Admire your work, boast on twitter, chuck them at your friends because you my friend shall have the cleanest makeup alliances around.
There you have it, i hope you enjoyed that little DIY post. If you have any more questions feel free to comment or hit me up on any of my social media platforms (pretty much enter NatsChatsTV into anything and you should see my smiling face), including Instagram which if you have come from i would like to say a very big hello to. Please do enter your Instagram name and I will try to follow you back, thank you very much.
Just a reminder, this technique is what i use, i am not a beauty technician or medical expert so if this goes horribly bad for you (somehow) then i am very sorry, maybe your shouldn't use that shampoo in the future.
ALSO: A little extra step you can add if using cleanser which apparently makes your brushes softer, I dont tend to do this cause…well…im lazy, but do tell me if this makes any difference.
See you soon my lovelies!