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Joined: 17 Oct 2002
Posts: 6
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2002 7:48 pm
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The shutter speeds are off in my RB Graflex Series B, Ser No 154561 (it was my father's), and I could use some help/ advice. It has always produced great image's, but the exposure has been problematic. Recently I picked up a Calumet Shutter Speed Tester on ebay, so I tried it out on the Graflex.
According to the placque on the camera, the Graflex shutter speeds are supposed to be:
Slot Width __ 1/8" __ 3/8 __ 3/4 __ 1 1/2
Tension 1 ___ 350 ___ 110 __ 40 __ 10
Tension 6 ___ 1000 __ 295 __ 90 __ 35
But measured speeds were:
Tension 1 ___ 652 ___ 321 __ 133 __ 27
Tension 6 ___ 713 ___ 404 __ 170 __ 36
For each slot width, the speeds were about 3 stops fast at tension 1. But at tension 6, the speeds varied from almost right on at 35/36, to fast at 90/170 and 295/404, to slow at 1000/713. 35 and 680 are close to being correct.
I like to dabble in camera repair (hobbyist/ dangerous) and have a copy of the service manual for the Series B. I dismantled the shutter mechanism and cla'd it per the book. No appreciable difference. So I played with the amount of pre-load on the tension roller spring, but nothing made much difference.
Finally it occurred to me to check the shutter curtain material to see if it was getting stiff. While examining it, I noticed that the slot widths didn't look right. So I measured them and here's what I found.
Curtain Slot Widths
Nominal __ 1/8 ____ 3/8 ____ 3/4 ____ 1 1/2
Decimal __ 0.125 __ 0.375 __ 0.750 __ 1.500
Measured _ 0.160 __ 0.280 __ 0.545 __ 2.120
Error ____ +.035 __ -.095 __ -.205 __ +.620
None of the measured slot widths match those given on the placque on the camera. And most are off by quite a bit. And some are wider while others are narrower. I don't see any logic to the error pattern... like attempting to compensate for spindle diameter growth as curtain material winds onto it.
Are these slot widths correct? This camera went into storage when Dad went of to WW-II and didn't come out again until I inherited it after his death. It's factory original, and no one messed with it until me... and I haven't altered the curtain slots.
What are the correct slot widths that should have been cut into the curtain? Should the actual widths match the nominal widths marked on the placque?
How many turns of curtain material should be glued to the roller spindle? That will influence the effective roller diameter.
Does anyone have any other suggestions on what needs to be done to yield correct shutter speeds?
For now, I've created an alternate shutter speed placque that gives the actual shutter speed per the Calumet tester for each combination of tension and slot width.
Thanks for any and all suggestions,
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Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2002 8:05 pm
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I suspect a fault in the tension roller/spring. If it can be dismantled do so and clean/lubericate it and reassemble and retest. If it cannot be disassembled then flush it out with a spray cleaner and lube with light oil.
If the camera has never been repaired then slot width, wraps on the rollers ect. should be factory origional and tolerances of the day come in to question.
Does this shutter assembly have a govenor? If so is there a difference in accuracy between govenor and non governed speeds?
While a picture may be worth a thousand words, a quality photograph is worth a million.
[ This Message was edited by: 45PSS on 2002-10-17 13:07 ]
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Tim Engel
Joined: 17 Oct 2002
Posts: 6
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2002 9:14 pm
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On 2002-10-17 13:05, 45PSS wrote:
> I suspect a fault in the tension roller/
> spring. If it can be dismantled do so and
> clean/lubericate it and reassemble and
> retest. If it cannot be disassembled then
> flush it out with a spray cleaner and lube
> with light oil.
Thanks for the reply.
The tension roller doesn't appear to be very sophisticated. However, I didn't see any way to dismantle it, and I didn't want to force anything since replacement parts aren't readily available. But I did flush it out as best I could. Then I applied a small droplet of light oil where the spindles exit the roller.
> If the camera has never been repaired then
> slot width, wraps on the rollers ect.
> should be factory origional and tolerances
> of the day come in to question.
Tolerances? 5/8" on a 1 1/2" slot? =8<0 I hope they had tighter tolerances than that back then. Anyone can free-hand cut better than that (I've gotta be careful where I throw stones since this camera isn't that much older than I am). IF" the nominal dimensions on the shutter speed chart are correct, then someone at the factory was having a real bad day when they made mine. Tolerances won't cover it... I hope.
That's why I was guessing that there might be some attempt to compensate for roller diameter growth as the curtain winds up on it... or something like that.
> Does this shutter assembly have a
> govenor? If so is there a difference in
> accuracy between govenor and non governed
> speeds?
No govenor that I could see or detect. If it exists, it must be inside the tension roller, and as I stated above, I didn't force it open. But it doesn't move like it's governed. Actually, it moves about like a window shade.
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Location: Bakersfield California
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2002 10:30 pm
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No adjustment except how tight the spring is wound.....no gov.....no lube points...
no disassembly possible....slots are std for all models, and after 20+ years of restorations, have never seen any variations except the number of slots! You will have to set the tension on the spring to hit a happy medium....set it to your most used settings, and check speeds at diff tension settings to compensate for some of the closer exposures!
You new fellows to these cameras must realize that these are not typically
up to "todays state of the art", and the design came along a very long time before the 35mm canned film was invented! Like all old things, they tend to slow a bit with age! And check out that $65 tester you are using, against a expensive one, and you will
find yourself doing a bit of hedging with it too, (I have a tester just like yours)
Best to take notes of results and exposures, and keep them handy....I usually find that the exposures are always kinda one sided...all slow, or all fast!
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Tim Engel
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Posts: 6
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2002 12:22 am
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Thanks for the info.
And yes, I understand that the Calumet Shutter Speed Tester is more of a tape measure than a micrometer. I take what it says with a grain of salt. I don't have a "real" tester to check it against, but I have used it on several modern SLR's fresh from professional cla's, and it/they seem to correlate well.
Thanks and regards,
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Location: Mid Peninsula, Ca.
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2002 12:31 am
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Bret, I'm well aware that the "MODEL T" is not quite a Towne Car even though it is quite durable.
Tim's measurements calculate to an adverage of + or - 25%, good enough for materials of that age?
While a picture may be worth a thousand words, a quality photograph is worth a million.
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Who Has The Guts For Gluten? - New York Times
Pac replied to admin's topic in Celiac Disease - Publications & Publicity"Gluten is absolutely necessary for most people to survive - that is why it is called vital wheat gluten" OMG! (I miss the smiley rolling on its back laughing here)
First Post :) Gluten Associated Neurological Symptoms
Pac replied to thegron's topic in Celiac Disease - Post Diagnosis, Recovery/Treatment(s)Hi, here's a list of what was causing my symptoms. migrains, brain fog - rice alergy, wheat/rye alergy - including inhaled wheat around bakeries, pizza places, I don't need to eat my allergens to get sick. Even someone else warming up rice gave me two days of bad migrain. brain fog, orthostatic hypotension - yeast overgrowth and glutenning fatigue - anything mentioned above plus nightshades and low blood pressure loss of hunger - glutening and something else I still can't figure out - seems like I only get this when my thyroid is hyperactive which usualy happens a couple of days after gluten exposure. Hope it helps a little. I know how hard it is to find what's causing which symptom. It took me about a year to figure the rice alergy since most of the rice products can also be cc with wheat so I always blamed cross contamination.
Does Coffee And Strong Tea Put Anyone Over The Edge And Give You Celiac Like Symptoms?
Pac replied to mommyto2kids's topic in Other Food Intolerance and Leaky Gut IssuesI sometimes get very bad stomach cramps and D after drinking coffee or black tea. It happens about one out of 10 times and mostly when I don't put milk, other than that I haven't the slightest clue why I get this reaction. It's not my gluten symptoms so no cc involved.
Caramel Coloring?
Pac replied to livelifelarge24's topic in Super Sensitive Celiacs & Gluten SensitiveAnd part of this urban legend is that this high level of processing removes all the gluten (or other allergen). Sensitive individuals DO react even to these highly processed ingredients. On the other side, I never had problems with caramel coloring or glucose syrup here in America. Can't say the same about Europe.
Low Stomach Acid After Glutening
Pac replied to melon_uk's topic in Celiac Disease - Post Diagnosis, Recovery/Treatment(s)I had the same problem before going gluten-free and twice after bad glutenning - each time it took me about 3 months to get better.
Celiac, Sex, And Pancreas
Pac replied to Making__A_Change's topic in Celiac Disease - Related Disorders & ResearchThat includes gluten in his soap and other body care products. (
Whats The Deal With Cheese?
Pac replied to MitziG's topic in Other Food Intolerance and Leaky Gut IssuesHigher casein content, additives/colorants, iodized salt?
What Should I Cut Out Before Egd?
Pac replied to user853's topic in Celiac Disease - Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & SymptomsI've read that soy intolerance can cause similar biopsy results as mild celiac - March 1a, but not the full celiac damage (flattened villi, etc.). I know your tests showed no deficiencies, but quite often that is just a trick of the body taking vitamins and minerals from tissues to keep the blood levels where it need them to be. This way you get deficiency symptoms first while blood levels will only start to drop later on. Vegan diet lacks B12, which can cause your neuro symptoms. Low magnesium can also cause neuro symptoms and most food is low on it nowaday.
Food Intolerance, Topicals Aswell?
Pac replied to arian's topic in Other Food Intolerance and Leaky Gut Issuesnot molecules as big as gluten, but the small ones (hormones, parabenes...) you DO absorb.
How Do You Do It?
Pac replied to GFreeMO's topic in Super Sensitive Celiacs & Gluten SensitiveIf it was the smell itself, at least you'd have a clue which place to avoid. Soo often I only know it's time to run when I'm already dizzy with blurred vision and itchy all over...
Birthday Cake
Pac replied to Merrin231's topic in Celiac Disease - Parents of Kids or Babies With Celiac DiseaseI don't use mixes, but otherwise I have the same experience - cakes and cookies are the easiest thing to make gluten-free without people noticing any difference... I use bean flour if I want to make flour cake. Most often I skip the flour and use only "the good stuff" as my family calls it - nuts, coconut, chocolate, pinapple, poppy seed, cocoa.
Chickens Eating Grains
Pac replied to Skittles's topic in Gluten-Free Ingredients & Food Labeling IssuesI'm not concerned about gluten getting through the skin into the poor fishes flesh, that is quite impossible. I meant gluten caught up in the fish's gills and jaws while breathing/eating. The reason is I often get sick from soups I make. At first I was suspicious of everything else, but it all seems like the culprits are heads/necks and other GI track parts of gluten-eating animals. The first time this possibility crossed my mind was when I made identical rabbit soup two days in a row and the batch with head and neck in it made me sick. Fish soup (usually with carp heads) makes me bloated, but I always acredited that to the carrot, celery and croutons in it and never paid much attention to the symptoms. Then once I made the soup with pike and no bloating. So, happy that maybe I can tolerate carrot better, I made the soup again few weeks later using carp and bam - the bloating and fatigue got me again. Last half a year I've been only eating heads when I know the animal didn't eat gluten (otherwise the neighbours cat has it). I didn't get sick yet. I just don't know what to think of it. I feel like a total idiot, but then - every single time I ignored what my body was telling me and trusted the "common sense" and nay-sayers instead, I was wrong. Who knows... That's why I would like to hear if anybody here experienced anything similar.
Chickens Eating Grains
Pac replied to Skittles's topic in Gluten-Free Ingredients & Food Labeling IssuesWhat about parts of the animal that do get in direct contant with gluten? Or farm-raised fish that pretty much swim in gluten soup all their life? Does anybody here get unexplained reactions to those?
All The Symptoms But Negative Blood Work...
Pac replied to ~TheFanny~'s topic in Celiac Disease - Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & SymptomsIf you can get the scope (+biopsy) done soon, then I would do it, even on gluten-free diet. Negative results don't mean you cannot continue eating gluten-free. Intestine healing might take up to two years so after a month gluten-free you still have some chance, especially if your doctor seems to be aware that you might get false negative results due to being alreagy gluten-free. I only got scoped 6 week or so after going gluten-free and there was still some minimal damage visible. I got diagnosed with celiac based on that and my reaction to gluten-free diet.
Pac replied to celiacgirl1982's topic in Celiac Disease - Coping With"You can eat THAT, it's all natural, no chemicals in it." "It's CHEESE cracker, you can surely eat those. I bought them for you." Just recently my sweet mother-in-law, who just doesn't get the diet at all, brought back a bag of flour tortillas from the store asking: "You can eat those, no? It's just tortillas." "But that is so DANGEROUS to eat gluten-free!" (I think because I would lack protein, but it was a few year ago so I don't remember.) Some online health food store: "Gluten is dietetic fiber that is essential for human body. People that have to unfortunately avoid gluten cannot obtain enough dietetic fiber from natural food to make up for the lack of gluten in their diet and therefore need to buy special food supplements..." Another invaluable piece of online information: "Due to lack of important vitamins and nutrients in gluten-free foods, people with celiac diet have to periodically eat gluten to avoid deficiencies." The missing nutrients included protein, fiber and almost all vitamins. I would almost swear I saw even B12 in the list.


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Taxi driver dies in Victoria crash
Victoria's holiday road toll has climbed to five following the death of a taxi driver in a crash in Geelong.
Investigators believe a Holden Commodore was travelling east on Ballarat Road, in the Geelong suburb of Hamlyn Heights, when it crashed into a stationary taxi at about 6.15pm (AEDT) on Tuesday.
The male driver of the taxi died at the scene while the driver of the Commodore was not hurt.
* The national road toll period runs from 0001 December 23, 2012, until 2359 January 3, 2013, local times, in line with the Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Board.
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Nature and Sanctioning of White Collar Crime, 1976-1978: Federal Judicial Districts (ICPSR 8989)
Principal Investigator(s): Wheeler, Stanton; Weisburd, David; Bode, Nancy
This data collection, one of only a small number available on federal white collar crimes, focuses on white collar criminals and the nature of their offenses. The data contain information on the source of conviction, offense category, number of counts in the indictment, maximum prison time and maximum fine associated with the offense, the duration and geographic spread of the offense, number of participants, number of persons arrested, number of businesses indicted, and spouse's employment. The data are limited to crimes committed solely by convicted individuals and do not include defendants that are organizations or groups. The defendant's socioeconomic status is measured using the Duncan Index. Further information provided about the defendant includes age, sex, marital status, past criminal history, neighborhood environment, education, and employment history.
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Wheeler, Stanton, David Weisburd, and Nancy Bode. NATURE AND SANCTIONING OF WHITE COLLAR CRIME, 1976-1978: FEDERAL JUDICIAL DISTRICTS. 2nd ICPSR version. New Haven, CT: Stanton Wheeler, David Weisburd, and Nancy Bode, Yale University [producers], 1978. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2000. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08989.v2
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Subject Terms: convictions (law), criminal histories, federal courts, offenders, offenses, sentencing, white collar crime
Geographic Coverage: United States
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Universe: Convicted white collar criminals in federal judicial districts representing metropolitan centers, specifically, central California, northern Georgia, northern Illinois, Maryland, southern New York, northern Texas, and western Washington.
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Valaika joins many more on Marlins' disabled list
By Joe Frisaro / MLB.com
SAN DIEGO -- Injuries are piling up at a rapid rate for the Marlins, who once again have placed a player on the disabled list.
The day after one second baseman headed on the DL, another went down.
Chris Valaika went on the disabled list Wednesday with a fractured left wrist. In Tuesday's 5-1 loss to the Padres, Valaika broke the tip of his left radius bone in the eighth inning.
Valaika went down the same day Donovan Solano headed to the disabled list with a strained left intercostal.
No team in the big leagues has had more players miss time on the disabled list than the Marlins. Entering Wednesday, Miami had lost a Major League-leading 309 days of player availability. The Yankees are second with 269 days.
In all, 12 different Marlins have served 13 stints on the DL. Joe Mahoney has been on the disabled list twice.
"It's been crazy," manager Mike Redmond said. "To see so many guys, at so many different positions, and we're not getting them back, which is the tough part. It's one thing to lose guys to injuries, but we're not getting them back on the field. Our pitchers have been down for months.
"We're hoping that eventually we're going to get some of these guys back. We've been piecing things together and playing shorthanded. I'm not going to sit here and feel sorry for myself or the team. Nobody is going to feel sorry for us. It is what it is. We've got to keep going out there and playing, and fighting and battling, and doing the best that we can."
On Wednesday, infielder Derek Dietrich was selected from Double-A Jacksonville to replace Valaika. Dietrich singled in his first Major League at-bat and finished 1-for-3 in a 1-0 loss to the Padres. Casey Kotchman was transferred to the 60-day disabled list to make roster move for Dietrich.
And Miami is waiting to see if starter Alex Sanabia is healthy. Sanabia was lifted in the fifth inning on Tuesday due to tightness in his right groin. He says he is better and doesn't expect to miss his next start. But that is unsure.
The team does have some off-days coming up, so Sanabia could be given extra rest to avoid a DL stint.
"I think he's going to be OK," Redmond said. "I haven't heard anything. They're going to evaluate him [Wednesday]. I haven't heard anything that would keep him from making his next start."
Pierre still going strong at 35 stealing bases
SAN DIEGO -- At age 35, Juan Pierre has no intention of slowing down, especially when he is on the bases.
Already on the road trip, the Marlins left fielder reached a milestone by stealing his 600th career base. He continues to be on the run.
With 12 stolen bases, he is tied with Boston's Jacoby Ellsbury for the most in the Major Leagues entering play on Wednesday. But in the Marlins' 1-0 win to the Padres, Pierre was thrown out trying to steal second by San Diego's Nick Hundley.
Pierre is no stranger to leading the league in steals. In 2010 with the White Sox, he swiped 68 bases, a career high.
During the Marlins' 2003 World Series championship season, Pierre swiped a franchise record 65 bases. And in 2001, Pierre and Jimmy Rollins of the Phillies tied for the most steals in the National League.
Can he pace the league in steals at age 35?
"When you get up in age, you don't usually see guys doing that," Pierre said.
An exception was Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson. In 1998, at 39, Henderson stole 66 bases.
Miami manager Mike Redmond is pulling for Pierre.
"I hope he wins it," Redmond said. "I know he doesn't care about that stuff, but I'm pulling for him. JP, this guy, his work ethic, and what he brings to this team is off the charts."
Pierre's work ethic is among the best in the game.
"It's impressive," Redmond said. "JP deserves everything he gets in this game. He's earned it. I didn't think he could ever keep that work ethic up. He's a special player, and a special guy."
Green back after five-day Minor League stint
SAN DIEGO -- Nick Green certainly understands what it is like to be on standby.
In the unpredictable world of a veteran utilty player, Green knows he could be coming or going at any time. Usually, transactions take a little longer than five days.
On Tuesday, the Marlins selected Green's contract five days after he was designated for assignment. The 34-year-old infielder was brought in because second baseman Donovan Solano was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left intercostal. He didn't play in Wednesday's 1-0 loss to the Padres.
"You never know what's going to happen," Green said. "But you certainly don't expect something to happen this fast, even though it's happened to me before."
When he was with the Yankees in 2006, from June 6-27, he was part of four transactions in 21 days.
"I got called up because [Derek] Jeter was hurt," Green said. "I was up for a week, and I got sent down for literally like three days, and Miguel Cairo got hurt. When Cairo got healthy, [Robinson] Cano got hurt."
Green opened the season at Triple-A New Orleans, but on April 18, he was brought up when shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria went on the disabled list with a bruised right elbow.
Green delivered a walk-off sacrifice fly on April 29 in a 5-4 win over the Mets in 15 innings.
"I'm glad everything is still fresh for me," Green said. "It's not like I've been gone for months."
Ana Sanchez named honorary bat girl
SAN DIEGO -- Mother's Day in Major League Baseball is a reminder of a worthy cause.
On Sunday, the league will celebrate the day by raising awareness for breast cancer.
Each of MLB's 30 teams will have an honorary bat girl. On Wednesday, Major League Baseball announced the winners of the 2013 Honorary Bat Girl Contest.
Selected to represent the Marlins is Ana Sanchez.
Diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010, Sanchez has undergone a partial mastectomy, chemotherapy and 33 rounds of radiation.
In October of 2010, TEAM ANA-LICIOUS was started in her honor. She continues to be active for the cause.
The Marlins will be playing the Dodgers in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Joe Frisaro is a reporter for MLB.com. He writes a blog, called The Fish Pond. Follow him on Twitter @JoeFrisaro. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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MAUHS seeks to overcome gendered views on math
BENNINGTON -- Educators are becoming conscious of a gender gap in standardized math test scores at the high school level. But that realization is a positive, according to Kathryn Schonbeck, head of the math department at Mount Anthony Union High School.
"We're just going to become very aware in the math department," Schonbeck said, after recent years' data from the New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP) that indicates a disparity in proficiency rates between male and female students in their junior year. The latter cohort testing 12 percentage points below the former in 2012.
"Just becoming aware often shifts things," Schonbeck said.
Action steps in the upcoming year include monitoring and reporting progress, two new pilot course offerings, and researching strategies for encouraging girls in math and science -- amid a nationwide effort toward putting more women in so-called STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields.
Partly an issue of "high-stakes testing"
While final class grades are similar between male and female students, the high school also typically sees fewer girls taking higher level Advanced Placement offerings in math. Social conditioning and peer pressure partly contribute there.
For the most part, Schonbeck said, "it's not cool to be smart -- and it's definitely not cool to be smart and female."
Teachers leading seminars have taken up the topic as a discussion starter.
Oftentimes, to change the class compositions, it just comes down to marketing the higher level course offerings. "They just have to be told (about available AP classes)," said Donna Leep, director of curriculum instruction and assessment for the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union.
Although statewide scores show similar proficiency levels between male and female students, national trends often reflect a similar disparity as at MAU during "high-stakes testing," such as the timed NECAP, Leep said, where data indicates girls and other demographic groups (race and socio-economic, for example) do less well.
"It is the fear of high challenges," Leep continued, with the brain function saying, "wait a minute, I need to take my time. And so they (often) run out of time."
Trend for boys up; for girls, flat
The trend over the past five years has seen improvement in male students' math proficiency at MAUHS -- from 28 percent proficiency in 2007 to 37 percent in 2012 in the 11th grade, in line with the state average -- but the graph recording female proficiency has remained flat at around 25 percent. But "we're all humans and we can all learn math," Leep said -- and do equally well, or excel.
The two educators said they were looking at how girls learn differently from boys. And while targeting girls' math performance, the responses have a positive contribution all around.
Schonbeck said female students tend to learn better in classrooms with less pressure. She said formative assessment techniques allowed students to answer in multiple ways like "gallery walks" or on whiteboards that were less intimidating than raising your hand and being mistaken (or right all the time). "I think using formative assessment will help a lot of kids."
New and returning math programs at the high school will also contribute, including "short block" lab and skill classes taken alongside semester-long offerings.
The after-school "after math" program addresses some gender equity issues because "it's not the classroom setting where you're on stage," Schonbeck said.
Two new pilot classes this fall include a co-taught science/algebra offering aimed toward college preparation with intensive support, and a full-year geometry course, at the same college-prep level as a semester of geometry but at a slightly slower pace (and with more seat time in the end).
Leep said one-to-one mentoring often boosted students' confidence and made a measurable impact on their success. "It's their confidence that has built their success."
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Evening/morning, gentlemen.
Just throwing poo around, but there was, long, long ago, a thread which was created by a poster - Akamu, I think his name was - dedicated to sigs for other users. He could create them, look them up, and so forth, and posters could even request certain desirable styles. It was sweet!
Is anyone here a sig guru? I've seen on the only Knick site that rivals KO (I think it's sh*t), PSD Knicks Forum, that they have a poster dedicated to creating sigs, and they're awesome! Disclaimer: that site is sh*t. You may not join under threat of water boarding.
F*ck that crew having anything better than the fine gentry on KnicksOnline.com
Any takers?
Any suggestions?
Any links to gifs and so on?
Who's gonna be the sig sensei?


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Discussion in 'General Trek Discussion' started by DavidGutierrez, Oct 3, 2013.
Double post - My apologies.
There are actually quite a few different meanings of the term, including the description of commissioned and noncommissioned personnel.
But then O'Brien is constantly referred to as an officer, even on DS9, and even to his face. Example, in Sons of Mogh O'Brien is about to speak in Worf's defense but Sisko cuts him off saying "I've already got one officer defending Worf, I don't need another." Although every time I watch that episode I always say "you won't, since he's not an officer" at that point.
But really, most of the time Trek has shown other enlisteds something is usually screwed up. There are several examples of enlisted people going to the Academy, even O'Brien. Calling them "officers" is hardly worth getting upset about.
Chief Petty Officer O'Brien.
I got the impression that members of Starfleet were called...Starfleet.
This is what I've always done. It covers all the bases.
You see a group, at a table, in a bar, with officers, enlisted, male, female, Human, Vulcan, Andorian and whatever. You can still just say, "They're Starfleet."
I just don't follow this this idea of Starfleet being set up "the same" as a civilian police force when one has categories of commissioned officers and petty officers and enlisted men, and the other does not.
As for everyone in Starfleet being called "Starfleet officers" collectively, maybe so, but I would be more convinced if there were examples of it being used for enlisted personnel other than O'Brien, whose history as an "officer" is muddled at best. Picard's line in "The Drumhead" stringly suggests that the term "officer" does not cover everyone serving in Starfleet.
But "initially" lasted for years.
Good question. Since O'Brien wore the insignia of a lieutenant at the time, it's hard to know what to make of it.
But female yeomen is one the fundamentals of Star Trek!
You know, I didn't think of that. In Italian they were just called attendenti ("attendants").
You're too caught up on that idea.
It's simply a case that the term "police officer" is commonly used to describe anyone regardless of their rank and it seems to be the same case with "Starfleet officer."
Given how much the term is used, it actually does seem to do so. It doesn't preclude getting into specifics (commissioned, noncommissioned, enlisted), but it does seem to be the more commonly used phrase to describe all Starfleet personnel. It's even fitting if we think of Starfleet as being its own thing from another time and not a 100% exact extension of today's U.S. Navy.
The only time O'Brien's rank was seriously mishandled was in "Where Silence Has Lease," the second episode of the second season.
In "Encounter at Farpoint" O'Brien wears a single pip, but isn't referred to by rank.
In "The Child" he begins wearing two pips.
In "Where Silence Has Lease" Riker refers to O'Brien as "Lieutenant." I believe this is the sole time he is verbally referred to as a officer.
In "Family" O'Brien is wearing two pips and is direct referred to as being a "Chief Petty Officer." It is subsequently made abundantly clear that O'Brien is in fact a non-commissioned officer.
So merely having collar pips does not automatically mean that the person is a officer, O'Brien while wearing two pips is clearly a non-commissioned officer.
Again, it's not a good example because the two cases are not directly comparable. Civilian police forces do not have officer and non-officer categories. Starfleet officers regularly start their careers as an ensign. A police officer does not start out as a lieutenant.
Are there examples of Starfleet enlisted personnel, other than O'Brien, being referred to as officers? There may be, I just don't know of any. But it still doesn't explain "The Drumhead."
I never assume it is.
So the same pips mean lieutenant as well as chief petty officer? It doesn't seem likely, if the insignia are to be of any use.
Agreed witht the comment about two pips, now lets say they were silver instead of gold and we would have a difference.
I think we can more or less chalk it upto that Colm Meany was orginally going to be a one shot appearnce in "Encounter... " and they never really thought much beyond that. I doubt the thought that they would use him as the most prominant re-curring character in TNG ever entered their mind, let alone that he woulc go onto be a regualr in another spin-off.
I totally disagree. I think they're completely comparable. Both use the term "officer" to describe most of their personnel, regardless of rank. Seems pretty simple, really.
Sure, it does and rather easily. As I said earlier, the use of "Starfleet officer" as a general term for both commissioned and noncommissioned personnel doesn't preclude specifics being discussed when specifically called for.
Then that solves issues when Starfleet does something differently.
For lack of another term having popped up in Trek's almost 50 years and hundreds of hours, we're left with "Starfleet officer" being the generic term by default. In a case like Picard discussing officer status with an enlisted personnel, it's a matter of the context within which the term is being used.
And FWIW regarding O'Brien...in those early Season 1 appearances, he's not referred to by name. We like to think that it's Chief O'Brien, but as actors have played dual roles on Trek before and since, we can't assume that it is.
Otherwise, I'd just consider his being addressed as "Lieutenant" one time, and never having gotten his pips changed because the show didn't have an enlisted rank structure at the time, to just be apocryphal details.
At least they were consistent about it, after establishing O'Brien as a NCO they continued to employ two pips on his uniform. When TPTB created a formal dress uniform for O'Brien to wear at his wedding, it had two pips.
One of the advantages to this would be that many of the nameless people we see about the ship over the course of the series wearing pips would be NCOs, making the ship less top heavy with officers.
Would the similarity of the rank insignia be confusing? Apparently not for them.
Except, AGT established that was O'Brien wearing a red shirt in Farpoint, therefore it's not too much of a stretch to assume the security officer seen in Lonely Among Us was also O'Brien.
^In which case, see my next paragraph.
Not really, you are only a non commissioned officer when you reach E-4 in the enlisted ranks. Whatever basic training Starfleet has would most likely produce what starfleet would call crewman. (E1 through E3) Navy calls them Seamen.
Which doesn't change at all what I said above. The term "officer" is not exclusive to commissioned personnel nor even to military personnel.
Fine, but Occam's Razor has to come into play at some point here. Starfleet is obviously modeled after the Navy. The term officer in Starfleet obviously refers to commissioned officers. Like I said, just ask Sergey Rozhenko.
I have no interest in arguing over such a trivial thing but it comes down to the writer's muddling their way through enlisted terminology on the show. Their job is to write compelling stories for television so I'm not going to hold that against them but that is where the rank confusion stems from.
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Mets' offense held in check by Nationals
Making Grapefruit League debut, Murphy notches first-inning single
By Joey Nowak / MLB.com
VIERA, Fla. -- The Nationals closed out their Grapefruit League season on a high note, beating the division rival Mets, 5-1, at Space Coast Stadium on Thursday afternoon.
The Nationals will head north to take on the Yankees in an exhibition game Friday in Washington, while the Mets will wrap up their Grapefruit League slate on Friday against the Cardinals in Port St. Lucie.
Adam LaRoche and Danny Espinosa both homered in a four-run second inning that gave the Nats a comfortable lead and chased Mets starter Domingo Tapia. Meanwhile, Washington starter Gio Gonzalez was excellent through four shutout innings, striking out seven in his final exhibition start. He's in line to pitch the Nationals' second game of the regular season.
Tapia, projected to begin the season with Class A Port St. Lucie in the Mets' system, struggled throughout. Nine Nationals hitters came to the plate in the four-run second that also included RBIs for Bryce Harper and Denard Span.
"When you've got a young kid on the mound ... there are some circumstances that you put these guys in that they're not always necessarily that comfortable in," manager Terry Collins said. "When we get the [Opening Day] lineup out there hopefully on Saturday, we'll see what they look like. If they're that sloppy Saturday, I'll have some concerns."
After singling in his first at-bat of the afternoon, Harper's streak of consecutive plate appearances reaching base ended at 11 in the second when he lined out to left field, though he still drove in a run on the play. His Grapefruit League batting average closes at a remarkable .484.
In his first game action this spring, Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy went 1-for-3, reaching on a broken-bat single in his first at-bat. Greg Burke threw a scoreless 1 2/3 innings of relief for New York.
Up next: Bumped up a spot in the rotation, Matt Harvey will make his final Grapefruit League start Friday against the Cardinals at Tradition Field. Harvey was originally scheduled to open the season April 4 against the Padres, but Shaun Marcum's neck injury shifted him up to Wednesday instead. Harvey will oppose right-hander Jake Westbrook in Friday's 12:10 p.m. ET game.
Joey Nowak is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @joeynowak. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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It's not just in its vast music catalogue that Radio Dacorum is keen to build up its stock of golden oldies – manager Matt Hatton is also recruiting venerable voice talent to join the station's diverse team.
After successfully adding young mums and teenagers to the roster, Matt is now determined to build a new daytime slot aimed at those in their golden years.
With yummy mummies, under 25s and middle aged rockers all present and correct, he is aiming to find silver surfers who want to step up to the microphone.
No experience is required as full training will be given to the lucky candidate.
Matt said: ''You don't have to be a technical whizz kid, just so long as you know how to turn a computer on and can talk the hindleg off a donkey.''
He did some market research with members of his target audience as they played dominoes at Gadebridge's Centre in the Park during a recent morning session.
So what would appeal to the older generation?
Sprightly 77 year old Derek Norman laughed at the thought of listening to punk band The Sex Pistols but said that some modern music was all right. Fellow domino player Kate Hollimand, 74, said ''I like band music and James Last, sometimes a nice softer sound for when I want a snooze''.
But it is not just music, those questioned said they would like to talk about Hemel Hempstead Old Town and past life experiences which may appeal to listeners of all ages.
The show up for grabs is the daytime slot from noon until 2pm every weekday and although there is no age restriction the ideal candidate would be firmly retired and understand the interests of the older generation.
If that sounds like you or someone you know then get in touch with Matt at Radio Dacorum on 01442 384874 or online www.radiodacorum.org.uk.


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Imo, the question of eternalism and selfhood is perfectly overrated in Buddhism. Buddhists hear the word 'self' and before they've even taken a moment to consider how it is used they've braced themselves for adharma. What happens if you take the Dharmakaya to be eternalistic? What are the consequences? I don't subscribe to the view that getting a few abstract philosophical details wrong is such wrong view it will impede your chances of realisationgregkavarnos wrote:While there are undoubtedly purposefully eternalist text exising within some Buddhist Canons I personally believe that the teachings within the Tathagatagarbha Sutras, the Lankvatara Sutra and or the Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra are not necessarily eternalist. It is true though that if viewed through the prism of eternalism they may seem so. But then if one wears rose coloured glasses everything looks rose coloured, so that proves nothing...
Eternalism puts one in contradiction with the Four Dharma Seals, thus an eternalist reading of these texts (or eternalist texts themselves) is not a view that is based on Buddhdharma. Now, of course M. may trot out the now jaded arguement that Buddism is not necessarily Buddhadharma, to which I agree to an extent, but at the same time not ALL Buddhism is divorced from Buddhadharma AND not all non-Budhist views are necessarily Buddhadharma. No matter which spiritual/religious milieu one may belong to, it's always a good idea to carefully consider what is being propounded using a analysis based on the Four Dharma Seals as a measure of the validity of their view.
Or perhaps a better way to get at this is to ask: For whom is this relevant? . Imo, it's only relevant for those who have actually realised this and then apprehend it as self. And even so, rather than setting up a position of 'what is the Buddhist take' etc. I'd rather ask: What are the practical consequences? According to an arhat like Luangta Maha Boowa, the final strand of ignorance between arhatship and non-returning is so luminous and radiant that most people who get there will mistake it for a true self. That's a pretty select elite of people for whom the question of eternalism is relevant. It also tells us it's possible to hold the view of eternalism and actually get that far.
Someone else I know voiced the concern that people who awaken within a framework of eternalism are given a framework to really latch on to that realisation and make it into an ultimate prize and emptiness teachings don't encourage the same thing. I can see that and it's a fair call, but it's as much to do with personality of the practitioner and emptiness practitioners trade it in for a tendency towards annihilationalism.
OTOH, all these eternalist teachings, and I am cutting a wide swath here and including all Tathagatagarbha teachings and those that are based on them, provide a perspective with great practical value that madhyamika struggles to formulate. The whole 'innate wisdom' thing are very useful fingers pointing to the moon in terms of relaxing into the path and being able to let go. It's a very direct and intuitive approach.
As long as you let go of everything in the end, it isn't all it's cooked up to be along the way, imo. The great Chan master Mazu, who taught all kinds of eternalistic Tathagatagarbha stuff was asked: "Why do you teach that Mind is Buddha?" "to stop little children from crying." "What about after that?" "Neither mind nor Buddha." Problem solved.
As I see, we all carry views of alternating annihilationalism and eternalism on very subtle cognitive levels that see us departing from the middle way at a most basic level. Probably will do so all the way up until full liberation. Fretting too much about our intellectual views of all this is like polishing a turd. That's not where the real issue is.[/quote]


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Situated in Chico, this hotel is within 3 mi (5 km) of Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park, National Yo-Yo Museum, and California State University-Chico. Butte College and Woodson Bridge State Recreation Area are also within 20 mi (32 km).
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Best Western Heritage Inn - Chico features an outdoor pool and a spa tub. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary. A complimentary breakfast is offered. This Chico hotel also offers complimentary newspapers in the lobby, dry cleaning/laundry services, and complimentary use of a nearby fitness facility. Limited complimentary onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis. A total renovation of this property was completed in February 2017.
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Not based on personal experience (!) but it might be worth noting that Nanavira thought that he "entered the stream" while undertaking walking meditation:mikenz66 wrote:Since the point of the suttas is to inform practice, does anyone have further comments on their experience of the relative stability of concentration developed when walking rather than sitting?
(Recorded in his private notebook, and published after his death).HOMAGE TO THE AUSPICIOUS ONE, WORTHY, FULLY AWAKENED. - At one time the monk Nanavira was staying in a forest hut near Bundala village. It was during that time, as he was walking up and down in the first watch of the night, that the monk Nanavira made his mind quite pure of constraining things, and kept thinking and pondering and reflexively observing the Dhamma as he had heard and learnt it, the clear and stainless Eye of the Dhamma arose in him: "Whatever has the nature of arising, all that has the nature of ceasing." Having been a teaching-follower for a month, he became one attained to right view.


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We have already given notice at our current apartment and made arrangements to move into this house. Does the owner have a right to insist on my wife's Social Security number for a credit check at this late date?
A Every tenant has a right to privacy guaranteed by the state Constitution. This right applies to a tenant's personal financial information. However, California Civil Code Section 1950.6 creates an exception to this privacy right in order to allow a landlord to conduct credit checks to screen rental applicants. The purpose of this exception is to provide a fair opportunity to screen potential tenants.
In your case, the landlord has already signed a lease, so the policy of encouraging adequate screening no longer applies. The landlord now has a binding contract with you and with your wife, which means there is no longer a valid reason to violate your wife's right to privacy. Even if the lease has a clause specifically permitting follow-up credit checks, the validity of that clause would be questionable in light of the right to privacy, especially since every credit check results in a "hard hit," which damages the person's credit score.
If the clause has any validity, it could only be invoked if there were a relevant financial responsibility issue, such as your request to renegotiate your rent or some other lease terms. Otherwise, you and your wife currently have a binding agreement to provide you with a rental premises for the term of the lease. If the landlord now tries to back out because your wife refuses to provide her financial information, you cannot force her to allow you to occupy the property. However, you would have a right to seek your damages for losing this rental opportunity, particularly since you have lost your current tenancy.
Q Last month, a young couple moved into the apartment next to mine. When I met them, I learned they had recently moved here from India for a job opportunity. I thought I would be neighborly and invited them over for a home-cooked meal while they were in the process of getting settled in.
A week or so later, they invited me to dinner at their apartment. I had never eaten Indian food before, and although I enjoyed some of the dishes, I couldn't help but notice the very pungent smell that came from their cooking. Even though I like them, I am now worried that the odors from their kitchen will start to leak into my apartment and affect my health. How can I protect myself against their cooking?
A The fair housing statutes protect every tenant's right to live in a rental property without interference or discrimination, regardless of their national origin. In our diverse society, these protections require housing providers to tolerate differences in culture and practices arising from the different national backgrounds of their residents. Given these protections, your landlord could not curtail the activities of one tenant in response to a general complaint from another tenant about the unpleasant or irritating aspects of the first tenant's culture. Nor can a landlord isolate or "steer" tenants of one culture to certain areas of the property to avoid offending the other residents from different cultures.
The only exception might be if the cooking activities constituted a nuisance, meaning that the odors or fumes were so invasive or irritating that they were unreasonably interfering with your ability to utilize your rental unit. If the activities truly create a nuisance, you could ask your landlord to intervene. The difficult question for your landlord would be deciding how to distinguish an odor that is unpleasant for you from one that makes it impossible for you to live in your rental unit.
You could also contact your local mediation program to bring you together with your new neighbors in a non-threatening environment where you could learn more about their practices and talk about some ground rules that would minimize the impact on you.
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BERLIN – Local law enforcement agencies this week are still trying to figure out a bizarre incident last weekend that included a vehicle overturned and under water in a roadside ditch without an occupant, a search of the surrounding area including divers and, finally, the discovery of the victim unconscious in his home nearby with serious head and chest injuries.
Around 8:30 a.m. last Saturday, Worcester County Emergency Services received a 911 call from a motorist concerning a vehicle off the roadway, overturned and under water along Friendship Rd. near its intersection with Cathell Rd. in Berlin. The caller told responders the vehicle was an SUV but it was unknown at the time if anyone was still in it because it was largely under water.
Responding officers immediately plunged into the icy water in an attempt to gain access to the vehicle, but were unable to breach the doors or windows. Berlin Fire/Rescue units arrived on the scene and were able to right the SUV, the roof of which was collapsed. Using Hurst tools and other gear, rescue crews were able to gain access to the passenger compartment of the vehicle, but no one was located inside.
Fire and rescue crews embarked on a search of the immediate area surrounding the collision site but turned up nothing. Divers from the Maryland State Police and the Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) searched the waters surrounding the crash site but again, no victim was located. Investigators were able to locate the vehicle's registration and found it was registered to Timothy Dean Cooper, 41, of Berlin.
Detectives then responded to Cooper's residence on Windmill Rd. nearby, and because of the high probability of serious injuries sustained by the occupant or occupants of the vehicle based on the damage to the SUV, gained entrance to the residence. Once inside, investigators reportedly found Cooper unconscious and lying in his bed with severe injuries including head and chest trauma.
With the arrival of Maryland State Police investigators, Cooper awoke and was somewhat responsive, according to police reports. He was taken by Berlin EMS to Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. During the investigation, it was learned a passing motorist picked up Cooper following the accident and took the victim to his home on Windmill Rd.
As of mid-week, Maryland State Police investigators were still trying to determine who picked up Cooper and took him home. The investigation is ongoing and charges are pending. Anyone with information concerning the investigation is urged to call the state police Berlin barrack at 410-641-3101.


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Treasury makes bad regulation worse
Updated 8:05 pm, Friday, November 9, 2012
Texas banks are losing scads of deposits from foreign nonresidents, including Mexicans, living in Texas. That's because nonresident account holders are closing accounts in advance of the enactment of a new U.S. law that will require U.S. banks to report their interest incomes to the home countries of the nonresidents.
The agreements are reciprocal so that the U.S. Treasury would learn from foreign banks about interest they pay to U.S. citizens.
It appears securities brokerage and insurance companies are next.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury said this week it is in talks with more than 50 nations to increase the amount of financial account information exchanged between countries.
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The information would start being collected in 2013 through forms issued by the Internal Revenue Service. Massive exchanges of information between countries would start no later than Sept. 30, 2015.
Mexicans, such as those living in San Antonio and the rest of nation, already have been pulling their deposits from U.S. banks and moving their money to banks in Switzerland, the Caribbean islands and other places, said Lindsay Martin, a tax lawyer and partner at the San Antonio office of Strasburger Price Oppenheimer Blend.
Martin said his Mexican clients are distressed because their names, account information, dates of birth, addresses, tax identification numbers and other sensitive data will reach the Mexican government. Much of the time, information would move by mail within Mexico, which is not secure. They also worry about Mexican government corruption and how the information will be used.
They fear kidnappings could result, too, Martin said.
It came to light this week that Treasury already has reached agreement with the United Kingdom to expand the reporting from bank accounts to brokerage and insurance companies. Treasury is in talks with numerous other countries to follow the U.K. model.
"There is nothing that will be private," Martin said.
The security of the Mexican nationals living and operating companies in the United States aside, this is terrible news for U.S. financial companies and the U.S. economy.
Even with just the bank account regulation, foreign nonresidents were moving their deposits to other countries, removing money that U.S. banks would use to lend to U.S. businesses. If Treasury signs agreements with many other countries for reporting on insurance and brokerage accounts, U.S. brokerages and insurance companies could lose substantial business, Lindsay said.
The U.S. government might be trying to find U.S. tax cheats with offshore accounts, but it is not taking into account the amount of capital flight these agreements have sparked and the harm that the movement of money will have on the U.S. economy through lost bank deposits and lost business at U.S. brokerages and insurance companies, Martin said.
The medicine is worse than the illness it seeks to cure.
These international agreements and regulations stem from a 2010 congressional law. Congress needs to take another look at the effect of its law, and President Barack Obama should seek a reversal. Billions of dollars and the good they can do the U.S. economy are at stake.


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