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In avoiding the readers' misunderstanding, the writer would like to give the limitation of the title It is of course that in giving the limitation of the title is not at wholly. From the thesis entitled " The Influence of the Ability in Mastering Dialogue on the Achievement in Learning English to the Second Year Students at M A N Magelang ", the writer just wants to explain some terms related to the title. Especially those are becoming key words. They are : Influence, Ability, Mastering Dialogue, Achievement, Learning Eng lish, and MAN Magelang.
Influence : It is a noncountable noun. It means power to affect sb's character, beliefs, or actions through example, fear, admiration, etc. According to Professor Sir Randolph Quirk in his dictionary entitled 'Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English' N.Edn., the word Influence means the power to have an effect on someone or something without the-use of direct force or command . In this thesis the influence shows the relation between the ability in mastering dialogue and the achievement in learning English.
The Ability in Mastering Dialogue :
Ability (noun) means power to perform ; skill ,to achieve; capability for carrying out; capacity to device retain, or make use of; phisical or moral strength; talents or gifts; in a special or general degree; wealth, means And also according to Professor Sir Randolph Quirk, the word 'ability' (C/U noun ) means the fact of having the skill, power or other qualities that are needed to do something . Mastering is a ferund form of master or to master ( to inf. ) Master ( v ) means to learn thoroughly or gain a lot of skill in . Dialogue ( noun ) means ( a ) written conversation inna book or play . According to A S Hornby, dialogue means ( writing in the form of a ) conversation or talk.
In this thesis 'the ability in mastering dialogue means, in the writer's opinian, the students' ability in mastering the English dialogues either in their text-books or in other books or even on their tests in the written form. The word students, as we have already mentioned above, refers to the second year students at Madrasah Aliyah Negeri ( MAN ) Magelang.
Achievement : The word 'achievement' is a noun (C/U) Achievement ( U ) means the successful finishing or gaining of something. Whereas the word achievement as non countable noun means something success fully finished or gained, especially through skill or hard work.
Learning English : in the writer's opinion, how is the students' score condition in learning English, especially on the final test of the fourth semester. It is a compound word coming from 'Learning' and 'English'. Learning is the gerund form of to learn (to inf.) having meaning to acquire knowledge of; fixed in the mind (vt), to gain or receive knowledge or skill (Vi.).
As a matter of fact, the word English has so many meanings. In this thesis, English means : 1) The language of Britain, the U S, Australia, etc. , 2) English language and literature as a subject of study. In the writer's opinion the word English means the language of Britain, the US, Australia which is learnt by Indonesian learners as a subject of study. Learn ing English means the process in learn, ing English of the second year students at M A N Magelang.
Madrasah Aliyah Negeri (MAN) Magelang :
There are two Islamic Senior High Schools lay in Kotamadia Magelang. , They are MAN whic is located on Jl. Perum Korpri Ngembik Kotamadia Magelang first, and MAN which is lied on Jl. Sunan Bonang 17, P 0 BOX 42 Phone 2928 Kodia Magelang. In getting the data of this thesis, the writer had researched MAN which is lied on Jl. Sunan Bonang the 17th Kodia Magelang, or it is usually called M A N ex :P G A N Magelang.
After giving explanation of each term, the meaning of the title ' The Influence of the Ability in Mastering Dialogue on the Achievement in Learning English to the Second Year Students at M A N Magelang is an investigation to show the relationship between the ability in mastering dialogue, in the written form, and the result of the final score of English subject. In this case the writer investigated to the second year students of A.1, A.3, and A.4 Programs.
Before discussing the problems involved in this thesis, the writer would like to give points becoming the background of the problems. It is done in order to make the readers will be easier in understanding this thesis.
English is one of the International languages, and spoken by many people in the world. English is also the most famoust and important language in the world, since there are many scientific books printed in English, and English is also used in formal or non formal communication in the world.
In many branches of knowledge, the English books are their main sources, such as Mathematics, Biology, Sociology, Law, Chemists, Medical, Engineering, and many others. Lately, English is also spoken in formal or in non formal meetings in the world, and in Indonesia as well. There are many teaching learning processes are conducted in English, especially in the English department of Universities, English course institutions, discussions, seminars, and so on.
In Indonesian schools condition, English is taught from junior high school level until university level. There also occur many English courses in every town. In this case, later ones, serve English courses for children or they are usually called English for Children Class. On the other word, there are many companies or factories or even state departments that need one who master English well. They do not demand ones mastering English passively only, that is ones who master English in receiptive skill, but also ones mastering English actively, that is ones who can use English as their means of communication or ones who can speak and write in English. It means that the English is the first and main entrance requirement in applying for the worker.
Based on the brief description of the English position, we know that English is one of important languages in the world. It is one of demanding subjects in every high school in Indonesia. Thus, English, for the English department students, is not a new subject, since English has been given when they were studying English in their junior high schools level. Viewed from the time they had used, they should master English well.
We have already known that there are four aspects influencing the ability in mastering a language, English as well. They are : reading, listening, writing, and speaking. Therefore, in this thesis, the writer would like to discuss about two aspects of language they are; speaking and listening, or it's usually named 'dialogue' Because, of the reasons of the curriculum, the writer could not do the investigation of students ability in mastering dialogue as it be. It means that in investigating the students ability in mastering dialogue was not orally, but he investigated the dialogue in the written form.. It was also because the very limited time being available to do the research.
Furthermore, agree with the " Kurikulum 1984 Madrasah Aliyah "
Agree with the Kurikulum Madrasah Aliyah 1984, in its introduction is said that "Berbahasa adalah menggunakan bahasa untuk berkomunikasi" . It means that after learning English, the students are hoped to be able to use the language as their means of communication.
Furthermore, based on the objective or purpose and the function of the teaching of English is said :
Kurikulum bahasa Inggris ini bertujuan untuk mengembalikan pengajaran bahasa kepada ketermaknaan dan fungsi komunikasi tersebut. Ini diupayakan dengan penjabaran kurikulum yang secara jelas bertujuan kemampuan berkomunikasi. Kurikulum ini menuntut bahwa dalam penyajian bahan pengajaran, bentuk-bentuk bahasa. selalu dikaitkan dengan makna bentuk bahasa itu dan dengan pesan yang dimaksud untuk disampaikan. Proses penyampaian pesan ini diterangkan dalam kaitannya dengan tugas dan fungsi komunikasi sesuai dengan konteks dan situasi berbahasa.
After searching the purpose and the function of teaching of English based on Kurikulum 1984 Madrasah Aliyah, we can find that the language as a means of communication has an important role. It means that the teaching of dialogues to the second year students is to support the achievement of the curriculum.
The dialogue, as we have already mentioned above, means a conversation or a talk in the written form . It means that in this thesis, the writer did not investigate how is the students ability in mastering English dialogue orally. It was because of many reasons. Therefore in this thesis, wants to know how is the influence of the ability in mastering dialogue on the achievement in learning English to the second year students at Madrasah Aliyah Negeri Magelang.
Related to this study discussing about the Influence of the Ability in Mastering Dialogue on the Achievement in Learning English to the Second Year Students at M A N Magelang, the writer would like to present the formulations of the problem first, namely :
1. How is the ability in mastering the English dialogues of the second year students at MAN Magelang.
2. What methods have been used in order to increase the students ability in mastering the English dialogues.
3. How is the students achievement in learning English.
4. How much is the influence of the ability in mastering dialogue on their achievements in learning English.
If the students have good ability in mastering English dialogue, their achievements in learning English will be better.
Language is not a practical science only, but also theoretical science. Studying a language means to study how the language works, either in theoretically or in practically. Language will be useful for persons learning he language, if the persons can use the language as it be. They should be able to master the language both in receptive skill reading and listening and productive skill speaking and writing.
Now days, all of people know that so many companies or factories or even state departments' demand persons who master English well to be their workers. Persons should be able to communicate their ideas in English, if they want a good job with good salary.
While the demands of the world are felt too heavy for everyone, includes the students, the graduated of the schools have not been ready for used yet. They should come to a course or training school to make perfect their knowledge of English if they want to get the job as they have immaginized. It means that they will need much more time as well as fee to improve their knowledge in English.
On the other word, in getting a test or final examination, they often or even always meet dialogues in the written form. They often get difficulties in answering the question lists. In the writer's opinion, they get difficulties because they haven't been usual to use the language as their means of communication, although in written forms. In Indonesian schools, especially those are based on the Curriculum of 1980, the teaching-learning a language processes are still emphasized on the structure, structural-oriented, whereas the communicative aspects on the weak side. It is mentioned in the "Kurikulum Madrasah Aliyah, Garis-garis Besar Program Pengajaran:" Dalam Kurikulum 1980 struktur menjadi pusat perhatian dan inti kurikulum. Semua penyajian pelajaran berkisar sekitar struktur itu ".
On the other hand, learning a language is not only learning its structure, but also learning all of the language aspects or learning what the language really is. Language is a means of communication, by means that by using the language we are able to communicate our ideas to other people, or to make interact to other ones.
Agree with Mary Finacchiaro, Ph.D., in her book entitled : 'English as a Second Language: From Theory to Practice, giving us some definitions of the language, one of them says :
"Language is a system of arbitrary, vocal symbols which permits all people in a given culture, or other people who have learned the system of that culture, to communicate or to interact . Furthermore, she also explains the definition above. She says :
The word communicate and interact as used in the definition signify to understand and to speak; to be able to hear and to respond or react (by carrying out directions, for example ) to spoken word. They imply, too, the ability to talk about something that happen in the past, that is happening in : the present time, or that may happen in some time in the future.
From the explanation above, we are clearly able to understand that learning a language is how to learn the language to be useful for our daily life.
In studying English, the ability in mastering dialogues is a very important aspect that muse be mastered by every English learner, if they want to be good in English. The attitudes of the teacher or the techniques of teaching are very important aspects to achieve the success in learning English, and the students dilligence as well, especially for the ability in mastering dialogues.
According to the writer, MAN Lagelang is representative enough for the level of Senior High School to be investigated.
As a student of Tarbiyah Faculty, English section Of Tadris Department, after graduating, the writer will be an English teacher, so that he needs knowledge and experience in teaching English as a means of communication, especially in teaching dialogues. As far as he knows, there have not been scripts of English for Tadris students, discussing the influence of the ability in mastering dialogue on the achievement in learning English.
Generally each person has purposes of doing something and the writer as well. In writing this thesis, the writer wants to gain some purposes, they are :
1. The writer wants to know whether or not the ability in mastering English dialogue will influence the achievement in learning English.
2. Wants to search, the students who master four language skills, especially mastering dialogue, will gel good marks / scores in their tests. So that the writer wants to prove quantitatively.
3. Wants to know what methods have been used to increase the ability in mastering the English dialogue of the second year students at M A N Magelang.
4. Wants to fulfill the requirement of getting a scholarship degree.
In order that the materials of the teaching-learning process can be received, or understood by students qualitatively or quantitatively, as the candidate of the English teacher, he must, the writer, look for the best method for the teaching learning processes. In this case the writer is going to give the definition of "quality" and "quantity". Quality means 'The level of exelence something. In this script, qualitatively means the materials that are taught by the teachers can be understood by the students well. While the quantity means "Anything which can be multiplied", In this script, quantity means the materials that are taught by the teachers are inside of the principles of the instruction programmes ( GBPP ). If the method is good, the target will be easier to get. Furthermore the writer would like to correlate the ability in mastering the dialogues and the achievement in learning English. If the correlation of both is string, we can used the dialogue method to achieve the target in learning English. It means that the proportion of tie ability in mastering dialogues should be increased with connecting the other components such as structure, vocabulary, reading and so on. It is of course, this method does not break the guidance of teaching program written in GBPP.
This thesis is expected to give worthwhile experiences in teaching English to the writer; and the result of this research is expected to be useful for English teachers to develop their teaching abilities.
This thesis is expected to give worthwhile experiences in teaching English to the writer; and the result of this research is expected to be useful for English teachers to develop their teaching abilities.
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I am just one opinion; even so, I try to be as objective as possible and put myself in the seat of a potential buyer. As like with any of you, if I wanted to add an attractive set of individually sleeved cables into my PC, there are a few routes to take to get your desire fulfilled. If you must have something completely custom and have no mechanical abilities, you can sell off a kidney and pay well over $100 to have someone build you a kit of cables.
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MILWAUKEE -- Brewers right-hander Donovan Hand will get an opportunity in the coming weeks to win back the 40-man roster spot he recently lost.
The team announced Wednesday that Hand -- designated for assignment last week when the Brewers re-signed free agent Francisco Rodriguez -- had cleared waivers and was outrighted to the Triple-A Nashville roster. Hand will still be in Milwaukee's big league camp, but as a non-roster invitee.
"Finally headed to spring training," Hand tweeted on Wednesday. "Long week but finally on my way."
Finally headed to spring training ... Long week but finally on my way- Donovan Hand (@DonovanHand) February 12, 2014
The 27-year-old Alabama native nearly won an Opening Day roster spot last year with a strong Spring Training and was ultimately promoted to the Majors in May. He posted a 3.69 ERA in 31 games (seven starts) and pitched to a 3.38 ERA in 10 games in September.


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Winning strategies | How to build your business development team
Hiring retired senior military officers for business development positions is a common practice.
However, the business development role is highly misunderstood. It is often perceived as a meet/greet/golf/dinner networking activity, rather than a skilled profession requiring high-level business thinking, extensive people knowledge and effective process execution.
As paradoxical as it may seem, when senior military officers embark on their second careers, the best term to describe them is trainees. However, few receive an orientation on the corporate culture, strategic vision, markets, potential opportunities, or the capture and proposal processes.
In their former careers, these officers were highly trained and professionally educated. Now they're thrust into private-sector roles with little or no preparation.
Some fortunate individuals may be formally "partnered" with seasoned professionals charged with teaching them the tenets of business development.
Although it is good in theory, partnering can sometimes evolve into a tension-driven relationship between the aggressive, strategic visionary, "out of the box" thinking professional as the teacher and the "toe the line," former senior military officer now in the position of trainee.
Corporate leadership is looking for a return on its investment when it hires retired senior military people. Members of this group may be successful in opening doors, but without prior education in how to develop business, they are at a loss what to say after hello. The sought-after relationship goes nowhere.
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Good girls are submissive and subsidiary
by Deepti Priya Mehrotra
School textbooks continue to portray a predominantly male and patriarchal world. Women are depicted as demure, stay-at-home accessories for the male. They seem to exist only to preserve the status quo
Sukh ka Dwar, Rajasthan Class 5
In this part of the series 'Education or Indoctrination', we will focus on examining Hindi Language textbooks for Classes 3, 4 and 5, produced by the Rajasthan State Textbook Board as well as NCERT (1), with an eye to gender concerns. A qualitative approach is combined with quantitative content-analysis methods, to examine gender stereotyping, presence and visibility of female and male characters, women's agency, and notions of ideal family and societal structures.
Gender stereotypes and work roles
School language and social science textbooks, including those brought out by West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and most other state boards, as well as by commercial private publishers, tend to reinforce gender prejudices, stereotypes and discrimination (2). Scholars have noted that Hindi-language textbooks of states like Rajasthan and UP project an India that is upper-class, upper-caste, Hindu, masculine and militarised. (3) Several scholars have pointed out that the NCERT-2001 textbooks promoted values contradictory to constitutional norms, with negative presentation of gender, as well as of deprived caste, ethnic and religious groups. (4) In contrast, the NCERT-2005 textbooks are framed within a progressive educational, social and political understanding. (5)
When we examine gender roles, identities and attitudes, NCERT (2005) textbooks emerge superior to the Rajasthan state texts, as well as those published by the private publisher Savio, which some private schools in New Delhi prescribe. In Rajasthan textbooks, an archaic, feudal or monarchical ethos is frequently evoked, with women relegated to subsidiary positions. They remain responsible for household chores, particularly cooking and serving; even the story of an activist woman, Imarti Bai, begins with the sentence, "Imarti Bai was working in her house" (Rajasthan, Class 3). Even queens are projected primarily as wives and mothers, rather than rulers: their horizons are limited to the (royal) household. Not one text or illustration depicts a male engaged in household work.
Men are traders, businessmen, kings and princes, soldiers, teachers and religious heads. There is a fleeting reference to a woman scientist, Kalpana Chawla, but an entire lesson about a male scientist, DS Kothari, who is presented as a `vigyanik sant', saint-scientist. The representations of farmers too are all-male: only at one place is a woman shown in the agricultural fields, and that because she has brought food for the men to eat!
Rajasthan texts and illustrations have an overwhelming presence of soldiers, and groups of boy marching in uniform—soldiers-in-the-making. A number of statesmen are depicted including Gandhi, Chandrashekhar Azad and Rajendra Prasad, but there is no corresponding depiction of a female political figure. In biographies, women are mentioned only in mother or wife roles; in the lesson on Gandhi, Kasturba is not even named, she is just referred to as `Ba'. There is only one female teacher throughout the three textbooks, compared to 10 male teachers. Many `gurus' are depicted—a term used interchangeably with `teacher', but there are no female characters to match the stature of any of these. Visual depictions emphasise these distinctions.
Rajasthan and Savio textbooks make hardly any attempt to stimulate thinking on girls' and women's status in society; the NCERT textbooks do make scattered attempts to address social stereotypes, with stories and illustrations of girls and women engaged in a wide array of activities. Although NCERT textbooks also frequently show women as responsible for housework and childcare, at least there are some attempts to formulate a challenge. In the story Thapp Roti Thapp Daal (NCERT, Class 4), boys play-act a scene in which they try to cook a meal. By the end of it, however, they are disheartened, and illustrations too indicate their inability to cook.
Girls take over: a brave yet sad commentary on the slow pace of change in gender roles!
Thapp Roti Thapp Dal, NCERT Class 4
Gender-typed from childhood
NCERT textbooks depict changing images, with several stories and illustrations of girls and women in energetic, active postures, wearing different kinds of clothing, their faces and bodies expressive. In Rajasthan textbooks, by contrast, there are visual depictions of girls in traditional feminine garb, lighting diyas at Diwali, receiving presents at Christmas etc. Textbooks by private publishers such as Savio also portray girls and women as passive, basically within a set mould, although overlaid with a veneer of elitism and consumerism.
Hamein Jalashaya Lagte Pyare, Rajasthan Class 3
Rajasthan textbooks project a number of boys with extraordinary personal qualities, for which they are usually amply rewarded. Luv and Kush are presented as child prodigies, Aaruni as the ideal obedient child, Shravan Kumar the quintessential son serving his parents, while Dhruv is fearless and virtuous. These boys are framed in historical and mythological narratives, a context in which no brave girls are depicted. The stray instances of brave girls dwell on one exemplary action; for instance Kalibai, a tribal schoolgirl, sacrifices her life to release her school teacher (in Gurubhakt Kalibai). Roshni, in the story Roshni, runs out of the house to rescue her baby goat, facing firing from across the border. Buddhimatta portrays an ordinary working-class child, Sohni, a rag-picker who aspires to attend school, and plays a key role in the arrest of terrorists. None of these girls matches the stature of the brave boy-heroes.
Role models
The lack of diverse female personalities and adult women in different occupations means that there is a paucity of role models for girls, especially in the Rajasthan textbooks. While girls are sometimes shown as hard-working students, women are shown as working primarily within the household. Girls reading these books are likely to be caught in a dilemma: although they are exhorted to study, no long-term goals and role models are made visible to them. As they grow up, they are supposed to adopt pre-ordained roles of womanhood: wives, mothers and household drudges, devoted primarily to their families. In Savio Publishers' Hindi textbooks too, there is a lack of positive role models for girls, although at least a female teacher is shown. When a male teacher is depicted, it is interesting to see him communicating directly only with the boys in class, while the girls either stare straight ahead into space, or look somewhere in the direction of the boys!
`Svasth Kaise Rahein', Satrangi Class 5, Savio Publications Pvt Ltd, New Delhi
Women in Rajasthan textbooks are invariably shown wearing traditional clothes, their heads demurely covered, faces expressionless — which is not the case in NCERT textbooks. In Savio texts, girls are usually shown as sweet, pink-cheeked, wearing cute frocks. In NCERT books the images are more realistic, and diverse. Rajasthan and Savio illustrations have girls with homogenous faces and figures, expressionless. Society, whether the home, classroom or a public function, is shown as segregated on the basis of gender. The age-group to which these textbooks cater often has girls beginning to grow taller than boys—a reality nowhere reflected in the illustrations, which uniformly show girls smaller than boys.
Presence and visibility of girls, boys, women and men
To examine the presence and visibility of girls and women vis-à-vis boys and men, a count of characters in the textbooks was carried out. The count indicates a clear imbalance in the texts as well as in the illustrations, in both Rajasthan state as well as NCERT-2005 textbooks.
Counting all characters in all the lessons in Rajasthan Hindi textbooks for Classes 3, 4 and 5, we find the ratio of male to female characters in the written content is 3:1. Surprisingly enough, the ratio is exactly the same for NCERT textbooks (Hindi, Classes 3, 4 and 5): 75% of the total characters are male, and 25%, ie a mere quarter, are female. There is a similar acute imbalance in the visual representation of females vis-à-vis males in both Rajasthan and NCERT textbooks: approximately three-quarters (76% or 74%) in illustrations are male, while only one-fourth (24% or 26%) are female. Thus, the male-female ratios are extremely low, across the textbooks studied.
Table 1: Number of female and male characters in textbooks
|Textbooks: Text/ Illustration
|Total characters
|Male characters
|Female characters
|Rajasthan, Cl 3, 4, 5: TEXT
|141 (75%)
|46 (25%)
|Rajasthan, Cl 3, 4, 5: ILLUSTRATIONS
|450 (76%)
|139 (24%)
|NCERT, Cl 3, 4,5: TEXT
|121 (75%)
|41 (25%)
|NCERT, Cl 4: ILLUSTRATIONS
|280 (74%)
|101 (26%)
Examining illustrations in Rajasthan textbooks further, we find just three illustrations with only-female characters. In contrast, 65% illustrations are all-male, while 33% have male-and-female characters.
The ratio of male to female characters is skewed in Hindi language textbooks brought out by private publishers as well. In the Class 4 Savio textbook, the male to female ratio in the texts is 2:1.
Such skewed gender composition is indicative of deeper qualitative issues. This evocation of a predominantly male world provides children with a gender-skewed vision of society.
Patriarchal social structure: No questions asked!
In Rajasthan textbooks, the stories are all set within patriarchal family and society/state structures. There is no questioning of patriarchy, no depiction of alternatives. NCERT textbooks are better, with a relatively more democratic ethos, and some characters who question patriarchal norms.
In Atal Dhruv (Rajasthan, Class 3), the king's two wives are key characters. Polygamy is casually projected as a natural way of life, with no historical framing, or information about its present status as illegal. Reading this story, we step back into a feudal, monarchical, patriarchal world: a world in which God comes and stands before a boy-child, resolving all his family problems, simply because the boy is virtuous. The story plays out the tension between `good' mother-and-son, and `bad' mother-and-son. The `good' woman is shown as submissive, silent, innocent and homely, while the `bad' woman is cruel, wicked, manipulative and worldly-wise.
Atal Dhruv, Rajasthan, Class 3
Women and girl-children, and to an extent boy-children too, are framed within the patriarchal family, community or nation—to which they are totally loyal and committed, and for which they continually perform various services. Even the few stories with lead female characters are framed within a patriarchal ethos. Thus Ganga ('Ganga ki Chaturai', Rajasthan Class 4) is intelligent and quick-witted, but uses these attributes solely in the service of her husband and sons. In Buddhimatta, Sohni receives an award for bravery, but the visual depiction is dominated by the males on stage, and an overwhelmingly male audience. The audience seating arrangement is sex-segregated, with the men prominently placed, and female audience tucked away in a corner. While women in these textbooks wear traditional clothing and jewelry, men wear a range of clothes—from dhoti-kurta and turbans to more contemporary clothes like shirt, pants, suit with tie etc. Their appearance and body language indicate that they are assertive and sure of themselves, while women are submissive and subsidiary.
Women as agents of change
Rajasthan textbooks show Imarti Bai, who prevented deforestation by sacrificing her own life, and Kalibai (Guru Bhakt Kalibai) who sacrificed her life to save her teacher: these characters are harshly punished by the state for their courageous actions.
Imarti Bai, Rajasthan, Class 3
Sohni, in the story Buddhimatta, comes across as a hard-working, sweet, `good' girl, who catches two terrorists in a totally unrealistic sequence of events. Nowhere in the three sets of textbooks is there any indication of women's collective action for social transformation.
Girls and women hardly ever emerge as a group, especially in a progressive ethos. They are shown as a group only within traditional contexts: celebrating festivals, heads covered and eyes demurely lowered, quintessential `feminine' images. Female protest, when presented, is interpreted in ways that suit the interests of maintaining gender hierarchies. Women never raise a voice against patriarchy within family or society; at times a heroine-type figure engages in spontaneous action (to save trees/a baby goat/a revered teacher), for which she is instantaneously punished, usually by death. After Imarti Bai'shead is cut off because she protests tree-cutting, the story glorifies the king who corrected his action due to Imarti Bai's martyrdom. She is shown as mere fodder for the monarchical state, whose legitimacy is never questioned.
Apart from the three women or girls who take some action in the public sphere — Imarti Bai, Kalibai and Sohni — there is no female political agency. There is no hint of women's participation in politics, whether in panchayats or in higher echelons of governance. Women's movements are blanked out and there is no sense of women's collectivity, whether in everyday or public life. They are not part of the workforce. India is depicted as a seamless whole in which patriarchy co-exists with a jumble of monarchy, feudalism and capitalism, ruled uncontested by wealthy men, male politicians and teachers; women and girls exist, with the sole purpose of perpetuating the status quo.
In NCERT textbooks too, girls and women are rarely depicted in groups, while boys and men (as in Rajasthan and Savio textbooks as well) are frequently shown in groups—playing ball together; students with their teacher/guru; boys and men in the marketplace or walking on the street; kings and courtiers in palaces; etc. They are also predominant when it comes to questioning or protest, as in `Daan ka Hisaab' (NCERT), where the dissenting citizenry is shown as largely male, with one or two women included. The ethos is predominantly masculine. The typical or ideal putative reader, it seems, is a boy, not a girl – in all the textbooks reviewed — including the NCERT textbooks.
1) Hindi Kaksha 3, Hindi Kaksha 4, Hindi Kaksha 5, produced by Rajasthan Rajya Paatthyapustak Mandal, Jaipur, 2009; and Rimjhim 3, Rimjhim 4, Rimjhim 5, produced by National Council for Educational Research and Training, New Delhi, 2007
2) CABE Sub Committee on Regulatory Mechanisms for Textbooks and Parallel Textbooks Taught in Schools Outside the Government System Report, 2005; also Nirantar, Textbook Regimes: A Feminist Critique of Nation and Identity, 2009
3) Apoorvanand, 'Kaun si Pustakein Patthya Hain', Shiksha Vimarsh, Issue January February 2007 pp 7-20. In the present article on `Gender Concerns', we examine the `masculine' nature in detail, whereas other articles in this series look closely at caste, class, religion and militarization.
4) Ritubala, 'Patthya Pustakon ki Rajniti', Shiksha Vimarsh March-April 2001, p 19-25; and Bhadu, Rajaram, `Paatthya Pustakon ke Antarpath', Shiksha Vimarsh, January, February 2007, p 60-63
5) Ritubala, ibid, and Joshi, Kamlesh Chandra, 'Patthya Pustakon ke Naye Swar', Shaikshanik Sandarbh Volume 5 Issue 62, Nov 2008-Feb 2009, p 29-42
(Deepti Priya Mehrotra is a Delhi-based writer and academic. Her recent book is entitled Burning Bright: Irom Sharmila and the Struggle for Peace in Manipur)


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Having trouble expressing just how much you're loving this amazing spring weather? Worry not, as our favorite Prince-a-like Gordon Voidwell has teamed up with New York MC Iron Solomon on the perfect ode to springtime living with their new single "Spring Fever". The brilliance of this song is that it plays out a whole lot like the days we've been having. It starts out with a sunny blunted-out stroll around the city - bells chiming, dudes rhyming, big synths vibing... that sort of thing - before spiraling into a warped slow jam that feels like that perfect burnt out post-day-drunk-at-sunset moment we're all no doubt familiar with once the sun comes out and the mercury starts rising.
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A storm system with heavy fog is to blame for several tornadoes that touched down in Central Illinois before contributing to a 20-vehicle pileup in Will County and temporarily shutting down Midway International Airport in Chicago.
The fast moving line of thunderstorms caused tornadoes to touch down in four areas in Central Illinois Thursday afternoon between 3 and 5 p.m. before a significantly weaker version hit Chicago during rush hour.
"We have a fast moving line of thunderstorms that originated in Central Missouri this afternoon and raced across from Illinois from West to East," said Chris Geelhart a meteorologist with the National Weather Service Lincoln office.
The first tornado report came in before 3 p.m. about 50 miles West of Springfield. Reports came in from Mechanicsburg around 4 p.m., then Pana at 4:20 and Shumway before 5 p.m, Geelhart said.
Several buildings were destroyed or damaged in Mechanicsburg, but there were only reports of minor damage like power poles, trees and outbuildings in the other places.
"None of these have been on the ground for a long time," Geelhart said, "brief touchdowns for the most part."
He said the snow on the ground in Chicago helped temper the storm here.
"The really strong storms weren't able to go that far north," Geelhart said. "It's looking like it was very weak as it went through Chicago."
The last batch of storms is moving through Chicago and was to move out by 7:30 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.
"Almost all of the activity is within Cook County now," said Richard Castro, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
While the fog should clear out within the next couple of hours, the fog advisory was expected to end at 7 p.m.
Next, strong, possibly damaging southwest winds will hit this evening until 11 p.m., Castro said.
The storms hit at about 5:30 p.m. and were expected to pass through with south to southwest winds at 30-40 mph, gusting to 60 mph. A high wind warning is in effect until 11 p.m. Temperatures are expected to drop and there could be hail with the rain, according to the National Weather Service.
The dense fog is being blamed this evening with a crash at about 4:40 p.m. that involving 19 vehicles, including seven semi-trucks and 12 passenger vehicles on I-57 northbound in Peotone near Harlem Avenue in Will County, according to Illinois State Police. Officials said 10 people were taken to area hospitals with injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
One of the trucks ignited in flames but did not involve hazordous materials, police said. The interstate was closed from Wilminton-Peotone Road to Manhattan-Monee Road but later reopened.
At about 4:30 p.m., Midway International Airport was in a "ground stop" which meant that no flights were departing. At O'Hare International Airport, some flights were departing but only flights currently in the air were arriving due to the low visibility, officials said.
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Thursday, April 5, 2012
Mets Win! One down 161 to go!
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Wonderful as always. I am sharing with my Amazing Mets Fans page on facebook. Thank you for these sketches.ReplyDelete
Terrific Opening Day collage of drawings Joe! And your stats are great as always! Thank You!ReplyDelete
This is really an amazing work of art. Love the color. Lets hope we can have a lot of color artwork this season haha. R.I.P Kid and LETS GO METS!ReplyDelete
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text: Flutter is a Mac application that turns your webcam into a Kinect-like controller that will start and stop playback of everything from YouTube to Spotify to iTunes on your computer with a quick hand gesture. A bit simple, sure, but the developer promises to add more functionality in the future. [Flutter via The Next Web via Technabob]


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Junior Tim Linden and the Crimson are 1-1-0 at home this
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Ivy League Standings
The Game:
Harvard looks to snap a two-game losing streak and opens Ivy League play by hosting archrival Yale at Ohiri Field.
The Crimson owns a 1-1-0 record at home this season after defeating then-No. 13 Stanford, 2-1, Sept. 4, and falling to Providence, 2-1, Wednesday evening. Harvard heads into Ivy League play with a 2-3-3 overall mark, while the Bulldogs own a 1-7-1 record in their non-conference games this fall.
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Live statistics will be available for Saturday's home game against Yale.
Last Time Out:
Jamie Rees scored a goal in the 47th minute, and Austin Harms recorded two saves, but the Crimson dropped a non-conference matchup to Providence Wednesday.
A History Lesson:
The Crimson and Bulldogs have played 96 times, with the series beginning in 1907 with a 1-1 tie. Harvard leads the series, 50-36-10, and has won the last four games against Yale. Last season, Harvard topped its archrival, 1-0, in double overtime, as Brian Rogers scored the game-winner in the 103rd minute to lift the Crimson to a win on Oct. 3, 2009.
Returning to Ohiri Field:
Today's game against Yale will be the first for Harvard on Ohiri Field this season. Last fall, the Crimson boasted an 8-2-0 record on Ohiri Field.
About Harvard:
Brian Rogers, who assisted on the Crimson's goal against Providence Wednesday, leads the squad in scoring with three goals and seven points. Kyle Henderson (1-2-4), Jamie Rees (1-1-3), Scott Prozeller (1-1-3), Zack Wolfenzon (1-0-2) and Ross Friedman (1-0-2) have also found the back of the net this fall. Rogers and Friedman are tied for the team lead with one game-winning tally apiece.
Austin Harms has one shutout this season, giving him 14 in his career, which ranks him second in school history. He boasts a 2-3-2 record with a 1.34 goals-agianst average and 23 saves. Harms also stands sixth in program history with 115 saves.
Harvard has scored nine goals this season, compared to 11 by opponents. In its two home games, Harvard and its opponents have both tallied a total of three goals. The Crimson has also earned 24 corner kicks, while opponents have 35.
About Yale:
The Bulldogs have dropped two straight games, including a 2-1 loss at home to No. 18 St. John's Tuesday. Yale owns an 0-2-1 record on the road.
Andy Hackbarth and Andy Shoren are tied for the team lead with two goals and four points each. Hackbarth also tallied Yale's lone game-winner this fall, coming in a 2-1 overtime victory over Sacred Heart.
Bobby Thalman has started all nine games in goal and is 1-7-1 with one clean sheet and a 1.47 goals-against average.
Defense Wins Games:
Harvard has allowed two goals or less in all eight of its games this season. The Crimson has also surrendered one goal or fewer in four contests. Harvard is 1-0-3 when it allowed one goal or less.
Up Next:
The Crimson faces intrastate rival Holy Cross in a non-conference matchup Wednesday, Oct. 6. Harvard then returns home to face Cornell in the squad's second Ivy League game of the year. That contest will be played at Ohiri Field Saturday, Oct. 9.


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First up today is Mailbox, an app that brings a more mobile focus to Gmail on your iPhone, and offers the ability to set your mailbox to "snooze" so you're not harassed by emails at all hours. Up next is LinkedIn, the social network for professionals that makes networking, and maybe even job-hunting, a little […]
First up today is Mailbox, an app that brings a more mobile focus to Gmail on your iPhone, and offers the ability to set your mailbox to "snooze" so you're not harassed by emails at all hours. Up next is LinkedIn, the social network for professionals that makes networking, and maybe even job-hunting, a little easier. Finally, Om Nom is back in Cut the Rope: Time Travel, which adds new elements to the puzzler series.
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I've got a GearScore… It's somewhere between 1 and 5000. I know it was 4554 a week or so ago.
A friend looked me up while he snowman danced with me, otherwise I would have no idea.
I did some Ulduar
Off tangent for a moment, I'll bring it back on course I promise.
Back a day or so before appearing on TNB, I did a couple of bosses in Ulduar. We only got Flame Leviathan and XT down, wiped on Razorscale and chucked it in. It was a late night, spur of the moment thing so no wucking furries.
Can you heal Ulduar10 hardmode?
I was in LookingForRaid when I got the whisper. I said I doubted it, but if it was normal I'd be ok.
He asked for GearScore and Achievements and I foolishly said yes.
- Foolishly because I passed up 3 other raid offers waiting for their invite.
- Foolishly because… Well I'll get to that…
My issue with GearScore and Achievement Checking.
The person demanding it is covering their butt, not yours. They want to make sure their run is successful, not gaurantee yours.
I guess I'm going down with the sinking ship…
Finally I get an invite and we head to FL. I get told to get away from the chopper, they it's use is explained in detail like it's the most important vehicle in the joint… No word on the others.
We got FL down… Thanks largely to me. The others were hardly on the meters… Whatever, I guess people can screw up… Somehow… Don't know how, but they must be able to.
Maybe they didn't throw Pyrite… We certainly never shot any down…
On to XT, my 1st real opportunity to see what this uber GearScore and Achievement needing raid was like…
After 15 odd minutes of terrible instructions the tank charged in…
Luckily the one comment he read of mine was to stop.
Everyone had ignored my comments about the adds on either side of the room, but now the tank listened and charged off. The OT nearly ran in the opposite direction, stopping just before body pulling…
Mmm not a good sign.
We engaged XT
We wiped.
Pretty dismally really. Apparently the DPS didn't want to be troubled with bursting down the bomb bots because the boss was bigger or something…
The Heals just aren't good enough…
It was the healers fault of course, well not the MT healer cause she managed to keep the tank at 20% the whole time… Mmmm
Healers reassigned. I am no longer solely on the OT (who didn't take any damage until the non-dps'd bomb bot exploded in his face. I had been raid healing because the 3rd healer would have let everyone die.
So the new healing assignment is well, same as before except now I am officially healing the raid and 75% of the off tank.
They couldn't tell me which 75%, so I decided I'd look after the top 75% of his health bar… After that it was the other healers problem.
We did much better this time, it was another wipe… but quicker and less painful.
Taking out the raid rubbish
The raid leader steps up and announces that he's kicking the crap DPS, which draws my attention to Recount.
I was a bit confused… There was no DPS above 2,500 and only two above 2,000. The raid leader wasn't one of them!
So what was he going to do, kick everyone including himself?
Someone left, or was kicked, and while they looked for another DPS the raid leader said something smart in vent about how disappointed he would be if they didn't get it this time… My response:
If this fails I will be reasonably pissed… get gear checked and can't even down 2nd boss…
The response…
Don't get pissed at us. Get pissed at our stupid 10 year old main tank, who left cuz her sister wanted to play hello kitty
I wonder why?
Sensible Raid member selection
They got their replacement, an apparently awesomely geared and experienced healer…
- 2 tanks,
- 4 healers, and
- 4 DPS that can't crack 2,500 DPS
Squidly the Patient
Now I'm a patient guy, so I stuck around. I just had to see how 4 healers were going to save the raid.
- We engaged…
- We wiped…
- I said Thanks for the invite!
- I dropped group…
What a bunch of tossers!
Straight after this fail group I joined a quick Noth job for the weekly raid quest… it was the complete opposite, quick professional lots of DPS.
Gnomer and Out, Squidly and Stout!
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Team Bondi, the Sydney studio that saved the worst year of its existence for the one in which it finally delivered L.A. Noire, owes its employees more than $US1 million, according to papers filed in the studio's liquidation.
It's a fitting epitaph for an outfit slagged for shady employment practices and insider sniping that the Bondi boss was something of an insufferable martinet. That guy, Brendan McNamara, has the largest claim on unpaid compensation, actually, coming in over $US100,000. His other company, Depth Analysis, which created the animation technology that set L.A. Noire apart, is owed more than $US140,000.
The studio is being liquidated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), and the proceeds will go to pay outstanding claims held by McNamara, employees and other creditors.
Team Bondi, founded in 2003, released one game.
Team Bondi Owes Its Employees Over $US1 Million [Game Informer]


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GelsenkirchenAfter seeing U2 play in Amsterdam twice, this was a very, very nice treat! We also saw them land with the helicopter, great! The show was, as before, awesome! Just too bad they keep singing the same 3 last songs..... Ultraviolet is great, but why not "I will follow", or another nice song to keep you "In the U2 mood"....
03 August, 2009
AmazingI was in Berlin, it was a superb night. I just drove 4 hours back from Gelsenkirchen, the night was different, but amazing all the same. Elevation is really a song that has to be played live. I almost cried when I heard the first notes of Stuck In A Moment... It's my favorite song at the moment, and I really wanted to hear it. And Edge's guitar incident. Nobody went unexpected on the stage tonight, but it was a pleasure to see U2 again. And I guess the trip back to the airport in the two helicopters was better than the app. 400km alone in a rental car. ;-)
03 August, 2009
Under a roofGreat great show!! So proud to introduce my daughter to her first U2 show. Joyful to see how she recognizes songs an the exquisite smile on her face a few seconds later. A younger generation fan now i would believe ;-) Thks for Edge his treat; Vertigo & stopped and ..Vertigo again. Hope to hear 'Bad' somewhere out there, maybe Boston. I dare to hope for it. Cheers, Johan
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i am backit was a great show. i likdt it very much great songs, lights and cameras. u2 see you nex time. Gr leroy van rosmalen
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Bonobastic!!Thank you, Thank you, Thanks to U2!! U made us so happy! Love was in the air and the whole crowd from all over Europe was on fire! Stuck in a moment was a highlight, but the most touching moments we`ve had during walk on. Let`s pray for this strong lady in Burma! And I hope, U2 will come again!!!


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PORTSMOUTH — The U.S. Coast Guard has yet to finish an investigation into why a 55-foot tugboat sank last month at the Memorial Bridge construction site, though some new information could be released soon.
Two crew members escaped injury on Oct. 24 when the Benjamin Bailey became pinned against a barge and capsized.
The 1,200-horsepower tugboat is owned by Riverside and Pickering Marine Contractors in Eliot, Maine, a subcontractor hired to work at the bridge.
The boat was being operated under contract with Archer Western Contractors, the company running the $81.4 million project, which is being funded by New Hampshire and Maine.
Ken Anderson, one of the co-owners of Riverside, said his company is preparing to release information about the incident soon — possibly early next week.
"We are actually in the process of getting ready to release a press release that will pretty much answer just about any question anybody could ask," he said Friday. "We're just waiting for the final approvals to come through here on it, and hopefully we'll be releasing it at the beginning of the week."
Officials from the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services and the U.S. Coast Guard gathered at the accident site for several days as the owner endeavored to salvage the ship. It was finally transported back to Eliot, Maine, on Oct. 29. An environmental company was also hired to help contain any potential fuel leaks from the ship's diesel tanks, periodically deploying booms in the water.
Anderson said the cause of the tugboat mishap has not been determined. At this point, there's been "no discussion of any type of mechanical problem," he said, but he declined to comment further.
"You gotta keep in mind, there's a lot of moving parts to this investigation," he said. "It wouldn't be prudent for anybody to comment until there's been a conclusion."
The U.S. Coast Guard, which is conducting the accident investigation, is not likely to wrap up the procedure for a week or more. U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Janna Ott, chief of the investigations division at Sector Northern New England in Portland, Maine, said officials are prohibited from commenting on any preliminary findings.
Coast Guard Lt. Nick Barrow said the investigation is being carried out by the Marine Safety Detachment in Portsmouth, but the findings of the so-called "marine casualty" investigation must also be reviewed higher up the chain of command before they can be released.
"The overall purpose is to prevent similar incidents from happening again in the future," he said.
Carol Morris, a spokeswoman for Archer Western, said she had not received any new information about the investigation since the accident occurred. Morris said it was up to Riverside, the subcontractor, to deal with the ramifications.
"It's not really our thing, and even if I had an idea, I wouldn't really be able to talk about it," she said.
Morris said the sinking of the tugboat had no effect on the services that Riverside was contracted to perform for the Memorial Bridge project, nor did it affect the cost of the services.
"Technically speaking, I suppose Archer Western is responsible for its subcontractors ... If one of them does something bad or doesn't meet specs, then the buck stops, certainly, at Archer Western's desk," Morris said, "but that doesn't mean that they are intimately involved with everything that happens with their subcontractors."
N.H. Department of Transportation spokesman Bill Boynton said NHDOT has not been involved with any kind of follow-up regarding the tugboat incident, and referred questions about the cause of the crash to the Coast Guard.
In response to a request from Foster's, the state Department of Environmental Services provided three reports detailing their activities at the Portsmouth accident site over a period of six days.
The documents indicate that the Benjamin Bailey was stocked with an estimated 750 gallons of diesel fuel in four tanks when it sank. They indicate a light sheen from an unknown material was noticed after the initial incident. About two hours after the tugboat went underwater, DES discussed the possibility of off-loading the fuel underwater prior to raising the ship, but the effort was called off. It would have entailed a diver drilling holes into fuel compartments, sealing off the holes and pumping off the fuel by way of a vacuum truck.
"It was decided that this operation was too dangerous and the effectiveness was questionable given the conditions with the strong currents of the river," states a DES incident report. The next day, divers were able to successfully plug the ship's fuel vents to prevent fuel from escaping.
A "small volume of oil" was released during efforts to move the ship on Oct. 26, and another substance was also released the following day, as the ship was being towed closer to shore, according to the DES report.
"As the vessel broke the surface, a release of diesel fuel, of undetermined quantity, occurred. DES, USCG and Clean Harbors responded to the release by placing sorbent boom downstream of the tug and in the area of Prescott Park docks," the report states. "Sorbents were used to recover oil that had collected in the vicinity of the Prescott Park docks. In addition sorbent boom was placed around the tugboat in an attempt to contain the oil in the vicinity of the vessel. Subsequently, oil spill containment boom was deployed in the vicinity of the vessel as well as the area near the Prescott Park docks. A vacuum truck was used to recover oil directly from the area within the sorbent boom at the vessel."
Fuel was removed from the fuel tanks the following day, according to the report. Clean Harbors changed the booms around the vessel earlier that day, and also changed materials in the dock area at Prescott Park and added another containment boom there.
DES later surveyed the area and determined there were no pockets of oil that had accumulated in natural collections areas upstream or downstream of the sunken boat.
"Patchy sheen was noted in several areas both upstream and downstream of the vessel. Additionally, the area near the entrance to Little Harbor was surveyed and no oil was noted in that area," the report states.
Coast Guard still probing tugboat mishap in Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH — The U.S. Coast Guard has yet to finish an investigation into why a 55-foot tugboat sank last month at the Memorial Bridge construction site, though some new information could be released soon.


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Whether you're signed up for True Scrap 6 on October 18 or not, you are gonna want to check out this fantastic instructor interview series. Over the next two weeks, all eight instructors are going be meeting with us live to share their scrapping secrets, challenges, inspiration sources, and more via Spreecast!
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