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The PM's said it; the education secretary's said it; schools minister Nick Gibb's said it; the DfE's robotic spokesperson's said it: '…there are now more than 1.4 million more pupils in schools rated good or outstanding than in 2010.'
The rise in the number of pupils in good or better schools in the last six years, according to the above, is because of the academies and free schools policy which, Theresa May says, were 'overseen by pioneers such as Andrew Adonis and Michael Gove [and] has been a huge success and begun to build an education system fit for the future.'
But correlation isn't causation. There is no evidence that the massive changes to the English education system set in place by Gove have caused the rise in the number of pupils in good or better schools.
First, there has been a rise in the number of pupils attending schools although this only a minor cause.
Second, and more importantly, Ofsted has concentrated more on inspecting schools which were inadequate or previously judged satisfactory/requires improvement.
There is a third factor which blows a hole in the argument that academization and a free schools have caused an increase in good or better schools: it is in the primary sector where academies are in the minority that the proportion of good or better schools has risen. It is not in the heavily-academized sector where improvement in Ofsted grades has stalled.
Correlation isn't causation, of course. The stagnating improvement of the secondary sector may be nothing to do with the large number which converted to academy status. But if May's comment is true – that academization and free schools policy has resulted in more pupils in good or better schools – then it should be expected that inspections in a sector which embraced academization should have improved more than they have.
Deception about academies has been going on since they were first started. And it still continues despite evidence which shows academies as a group are no better than non-academies, the National Audit Office saying informal methods such as local support are more effective at bring about improvement than formal (and more expensive) methods such as academy conversion, and academy heads in academy chains finding the much-promised autonomy isn't forthcoming. They are allowed only as much freedom as the chain's trustees will give them.
Perhaps, then, it's time to greet every repetition of the '1.4m more pupils in good or better schools since 2010' mantra with a snort of derision.
NOTE: Perhaps opposition MPs could also start groaning when a schools minister 'inadvertently' mentions the discredited PISA data for the year 2000 in the Commons. And Government MPs could perhaps politely tell the minister that such data has been found to be faulty and shouldn't be used. Its repetition shows the Government in a bad light.
And that's assuming that 'good' and 'outstanding' schools really are. It is certainly not possible to base such a judgement just on the latest 'C' grade benchmark.
The aquisition of deep understanding, cognitive growth, broad knowledge, self confidence and good physical and mental health are more important. These are the educational and personal qualities that support progression to proper careers, high quality HIgher Education and sound and rewarding adult relationships.
In all these respects standards appear to be falling and I suspect that many 'good' and 'outstanding' schools achieve this status at some cost.


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But they usually don't win them without some either.
Generally a team can't win a championship without luck, but that luck doesn't make them lucky to win a championship. The Red Sox on Wednesday night were lucky to score five runs in the first two innings when they could have scored none because the Cardinals played such uncharacteristically poor defense. That doesn't mean it was a lucky win.
The Yankees might have lost the 1941 World Series but for a strike-three passed ball in the ninth. Giants in 2012 went into an NL postseason in which Steven Strasburg wasn't pitching, and hypothetically, it is possible he could have beaten them. The Mariners in 2003 were lucky that the Cubs collapsed after a fan behaved badly when it looked like their season was over. In addition to the Pierzynski ACLS strikeout that led to an ACLS win, the White Sox were lucky a double-play ground ball went through the legs of a Red Sox player in Game 2 of the 2005 ALDS. The 1983 Orioles were lucky the White Sox screwed up on the bases in Game 4 of the ALCS. That doesn't mean any of those teams were lucky to win the World Series or won the World Series because of luck.
There are plenty of teams that get lucky breaks that don't capitalize on them to win championships. It doesn't mean the teams that do capitalize on lucky breaks are lucky to win. The Cardinals are not unlucky to have lost because their shortstop made errors and the team can't catch an infield fly at the pitcher's mound.
By the same token, the White Sox were very unlucky in 2013. It doesn't mean they would be in the World Series if luck had gone their way.
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The Reynolds Memorial Hospital Auxiliary is comprised of over 100 men and women. Last year, over 13,000 hours of time was donated to the hospital, which is the equivalent of six full-time employees.
The hospital also has a Junior Volunteer program for teenagers and college students ages fourteen through eighteen.
The Auxiliary donated over $50,000 to the hospital last year. These funds were raised in the hospital Gift Shop by completing special fundraisers such as Book Sales, Flower and Candy Sales and Dances.
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On the way out, Daniels stopped at two tables of parents getting a bite and a beer with sons who were upperclassmen at Purdue. In each case, after small talk about majors and plans for after graduation, as well as a few selfies, the conversation turned to finances. In both cases, parents thanked Daniels for not raising tuition during his time as president – and during their students' time in West Lafayette.
"That happens quite a bit," Daniels said on the way out the door.
A tuition freeze intended to be a one-time statement during the former Indiana governor's first year at Purdue has turned into Daniels' calling card.
On Thursday, Daniels intends to announce that Purdue's tuition freeze will extend a seventh consecutive year, stretching into the 2019-20 school year. Purdue a year ago announced a freeze for the upcoming 2018-19 school year. A seventh year also would cover the final year of Daniels' current contract, which runs through June 30, 2020.
"That's not the reason, but that's accurate," Daniels told the J&C.
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Y ou can't keep Alexander Wang away from a dance party. He'll get down almost anywhere, from the grubby Williamsburg Sugarland gay dance garage to the old Sunday-night Hiro party at the Maritime Hotel to traveling German raves that are text-invitation-only to his model pal Agyness Deyn's party house at the Coachella music festival (where Wang dispatched a model-terrifying desert insect on the wall with a deadly high-kick). He'll drive to Philly for a good dance party or fly to Barcelona or hit the underwear party in ramshackle Cherry Grove. On the seventh floor of Barneys on Fashion's Night Out this past fall, Mark Lee, the store's newly installed CEO, who hadn't met Wang before, says he couldn't get close enough to introduce himself. He was dancing like a madman, Lee says, like it was the Mudd Club in 1979. He was at the dead center of a mosh pit of fans. It was the night before his show, and he was covered in sweat.
The next night, Wang ended his show with a dancer's spin at the top of the runway, hands clasped over his head, grinning and almost falling over, before heading to his own always-major after-party. This time, he installed a mini San Gennaro festival by the West Side Highway, with a bouncy castle, games of chance and skill, and a cranked-up carousel. There he, of course, danced.
In many ways, dance party is his brand: He's built an approximately $25 million business on cool but benign day-into-night clothes for lithe, pragmatic downtown girls who all appear to work in galleries or PR or in fashion somehow themselvesanything vaguely creative. Wang synthesized the street-style-blog-derived notion of looking like a model off duty, a louche fantasy of effortlessly sexy living if ever there was one. After all, what exactly does a model do when she's off duty? The Wang girl is, therefore, always ready to go out, dance with careful abandon, drink in hand, accessorized with a cigarette and a handsomely scruffy boy, swaying her hair around, pushing it behind her ears. Mimetic youth is what sells his lower-priced T line of tanks, tees, and sweatpants to Upper East Side moms who probably won't make it to Coachella this year.
Wang's clothes have been described as both androgynous and humorously slutty. Not unlike Wang, a flirty, pretty, beaming 27-year-old who talks quickly and holds himself lightly, as if to belie the weightiness of the expectations upon him. He's still young enough to have his high-school friends say he hasn't changedtwo of them, Victoria and Vanessa Traina, who styled his early looks, still see him almost every week. His closest friend, Ryan Korban (who doubles as his interior designer), he met at Parsons before dropping out after his sophomore year.
That was in 2004. He and his sister-in-law put together what he thought would be a unisex line of cashmere sweaters with pictures of his cool-girl friends woven on the backs. By the fall of 2008, he had won the Council of Fashion Designers of America/Vogue Fashion Fund Award, which includes $200,000 and membership in an elite club. CFDA president Diane Von Furstenberg and Anna Wintour became his, in his words, fairy godmothers. Von Furstenberg would call him at ten o'clock at night and ask how he was, if he was sleeping, taking care of himself.
Wintour launched the fund to invigorate American fashion with fresh talent, and, she e-mails to say, Wang embodies absolutely everything that it takes to be a winner of the award. He is like Proenza Schouler or Rag & Bone inasmuch as he has big aspirations for what he thinks his brand can achieve, and he knows he can do it because he has this ability to connect with the way his generation wants to dress. (Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez of Proenza were the first winners in 2004.) The Fashion Fund works both as a Hollywood-style star-making system and also as a business-development workshop. It began in the boom, when many in the city's industry were worried that New York lacked enough new designers to sop up all that consumer confidence. Wang, however, won as the downturn was beginning. He came on the scene just at the right time, says Julie Gilhart, who until last fall was the women's fashion director at Barneys. Designer prices were rocketing upward, and luxury customers were not afraid to buy less-expensive things as long as those things had style, quality, and, in Alex's case, image. This all adds up to a very fast-tracking, successful business.
A designer, you're designing a lifestyle, you're designing a brand, you're not just designing clothes, Wang says, one arm of his loose-fitting T-shirt pushed up, in sneakers and black cords, BlackBerry at the ready on the white marble-top table in his showroom. He's preparing for his February 12 showthere are stacks of model face cards on the other white marble tables lined up, cafeteria style, in the roomwhile renovations at both his first store, on Grand Street in Soho, and his new $2 million Tribeca loft are running behind schedule (his sublet ran out, and he's been living in a hotel). I never say that I'm an artist. I like to create things that lead to a bigger picture.


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The Samba-Bugzilla – Bug 8485
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Created attachment 6942 [details]
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When compiling the 17 alpha samba4 had the error attached.
I tried to use samba4 even with the error and it worked like domain, but could not perform proxy authentication in samba.
The authentication of Windows clients functioned normally.
It will be a problem with kerberos? Or does lack some addition to my operating system?
Probably always the same issue using "make quicktest".
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 8447 ***


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Appearently new Dolphins linebacker Dannell Ellerbe believes the AFC East king New England Patriots can be had this season.
The Patriots have had a very tough offseason. They lost leading receiver Wes Welker to the Broncos. They released second leading wide receiver Brandon Lloyd. Star tight end Rob Gronkowski has had many surgeries this off-season. It lost scat-back Danny Woodhead to the Chargers.
And finally, their second star tight end Aaron Hernandez is sitting in a Massachusetts jail after being charged with murder.
Among the Ellerbe comments: "I think they are but you have to prove it, you can't just talk about it."
Ellerbe, who has enjoyed success against New England as a Baltimore Raven. made the remarks when asked if the Patriots are vulnerable by CBSSports.com columnist Mike Freeman.
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Gigi Hadid shows her love for Malibu on her t-shirt as heads inside LAX airport to catch a departing flight on Saturday afternoon (August 22) in Los Angeles.
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The Family Plan Saves a Bunch!!
Kajeet has new family plans that have saved us money! You can get a parent plan for $30 with 1,000 minutes and 100 texts then we put two kids on $14.99 plans with 60...Read complete review
Kajeet has new family plans that have saved us money! You can get a parent plan for $30 with 1,000 minutes and 100 texts then we put two kids on $14.99 plans with 60 minutes and unlimited texts. That's $60 for 3 lines - with no additional taxes, line surcharges, etc. and you can eliminate any risk of expensive overages! Wow.
If you want this plan you just have to decline to choose a plan at the time of purchase. I think the option says "no thanks, this is a gift or I'm an existing customer..." select this instead of selecting a plan. Then tell Customer Care which plan you want on activation.
Plus, to save an additional 15% on your initial purchase of the phones, visit the discount landing page at www.kajeet.com/bargain and use promo code "BARGAIN"!
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I purchased a Kajeet phone through their website in November of 2011. I had been looking for a phone for my school age son, particularly one with a GPS locator. Kajeet seemed to...Read complete review
I purchased a Kajeet phone through their website in November of 2011. I had been looking for a phone for my school age son, particularly one with a GPS locator. Kajeet seemed to really fit what I needed. They have a variety of monthly plans ranging from 4.99 a month all the way up to $50.00.
I signed up for the 24.99/mo. This plan provided Unlimited text and picture messages + GPS Phone Locator + 300 anytime minutes. I wanted my son to have the ability to text and send pictures to me and me back to him. He only lives with me part time so I thought it would be nice to be in contact on the days I wasn't with him.
Great things about this so far....
I can control who can call or text to him and who he can call and text. The GPS locator can be set up to locate the phone at certain times during the day. I can control when he can call (phone can be unusable during school) and who pays (parent wallet or kid wallet can be credited online). Control access to mobile sites (if the phone has that capability).
So. I got the phone. LG Rumour
On the outside of the box it said:
"What's inside!"
-$5 AIRTIME CREDIT! (nope- no mention of this credit in the one, very small, quick start guide included. When I called Kajeet customer service I was told that Kajeet does not know of these credits and the customer has to call them TO TELL THEM that the credit is mentioned on the outside of THEIR box. They gladly credited me the $5.00 once I mentioned it.
-PHONE(yes...that was there)
-CHARGER (yep, included)
-BATTERY (included)
-EARBUD (ummmm... no earbud in the box. I asked Kaj customer service about this. They insisted that it was the manufacturer's responsibility to provide the earbud and that I had to call the manufacturer to get it. I indicated that the phone came in a Kajeet box. I asked if Kaj packed the box and was told yes. Then put on hold for a bit. The rep returned and said yes....in fact...it IS Kajeet's responsibility to provide the earbuds and that they would arrive in 3-5 business days. Glad I pressed the issue or I would have been sent on a wild goose chase for some earbuds.)
LIMITED MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY (nope. nothing in the box with any info on a warranty. When I asked, Kajeet said they don't put warranty info in the box. If I had a problem I should call them....THEN they would give me a separate phone number to call to find out about the warranty.)
I also did not receive a user guide for the phone. Kajeet does not provide user guides for the phones they sell. Customer service told me I had to go on the internet and download or print a user guide.
WHEW! ok. after all of this I was ready to set up the phone with the "super-easy" quick start guide they included with the phone. 3 easy steps is all it takes! I followed the steps, eagerly anticipating receiving the phone number for the phone as well as the ability to start setting up contacts etc. At the end of the third step I received a notice that the Kajeet system was temporarily slow and I would receive the rest of my set up info in 4 hours.
tick tock tick tock. 4 hours pas. 5 hours pass. 6 hours......FINALLY. e-mail arrives! I am able to finish set up. I immediately start adding contacts and specifying who can call in and who my son can call during select hours. GREAT feature! But.....the contact manager does not download to the phone as with other cell phones. Once you add all of your contacts online you need to go into the phone and manually add them again. Kinda inconvenient. But- I'll do it anyway.
Finally! I am ready to test the phone. Try to make a call out.....no service. Try to locate on GPS...can't locate......basically nothing is working even though it's activated. Call Kajeet customer service. After telling the rep my issues he looks around in my account for a while and then tells me the phone has not been programmed. He efficiently helped me through the steps to get it programmed and all seems to be working. WHY this is not mentioned anywhere is a bit of a puzzle. I am not sure if all kajeet phones come this way or if it was just mine. If I had know I had needed to call Kajeet to get the phone programmed before getting it activated I would have gladly done so.
The plan I chose gave me 300 anytime minutes each month. After I activated (and programmed) the phone I went to my online account to review and noticed I had 289 minutes left. The phone hasn't been used...where did 11 minutes go? Upon asking Kajeet I was given a complicated answer about pro-rating and the date the phone was purchased etc....hmmmmmm okaay.
I really love the IDEA of this service but so far it's been a huge pain in the butt. Kajeet provides limited information with their products and has the consumer guessing......
I am recommending them but just make sure to read everything and also follow up with Kajeet to make sure you are getting everything you are paying for. Also- the customer service reps were all very professional and helpful.
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We got a small Kajeet phone for my daughter as an emergency phone several years ago. It is small and fits in her pocket, so I sent it with her on an outdoor sports practice last week in case of emergency. She got lost. I tried to text her -- it appeared to go through, but I never heard back from her. She tried to call me and got a message that the call could not be completed. We were both pretty upset, but I found her. I found the phone in her room today and tried it myself -- plenty of cell signal, but again no calls went through, including to customer service. Then I called customer service from my own phone, and they did something that made it work again -- but wouldn't tell me what. Scary to think that even though the phone is functional and service is fully paid for every month that they will randomly turn off your service -- and it is COMPLETELY UNPREDICTABLE. I guess we will need to find another service provider. It is a shame, because I like the service in theory. But in actuality, it is dangerous because you think you can rely on it in an emergency, but you can't.
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Our daughter wanted a phone but we did not want her to have a smartphone because of trust issues with the use of internet. When I found Kajeet I thought this would be the perfect service for her. I loved the idea of parental controls, such as who she could call/text and vice versa. I also liked the idea of being able to lock the phone down during school hours yet give her the ability to text immediate family in the event of an emergency. And for those times when it seemed necessary to give her a consequence, rather than taking the device away, I could lock it down from the convenience of our computer to stop calls/texts to and from her friends. With that being said, I like the parental options Kajeet offers. The company no longer sells phones so the only way to get service on a phone is by using a Sprint device. That part I don't like. When we eventally do upgrade the phone it will have to be Sprint - it would be nice for Kajeet to allow any device to be used. Also, as with any technology there's going to be issues. On a few occasions when I've locked her phone down, it has not worked and she was still able to text & call her friends. And another thing I'd like to see Kajeet add is the ability for a customer to change their user name. We can change the password but so can my daughter. She figured out my user name and was able to change the password simply by going to the Kajeet website, putting in the user name and requesting a password change. All she had to do was submit the user name and her phone number and a temporary password shows on the account. I would really like to see Kajeet add the option of being able to change the user name as well or at least email a temporary password rather than have one pop up on the screen. Aside from those issues we've been happy with the service itself.
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This phone service provider is okay. The service cost is cheap, but so is the service itself. It's difficult to send a message without getting an "Error 923-0" message. I was also spammed with "care@kajeet" messages so often that I had to put them on my block list due to the fact I got literally hundreds of messages from them per day. The service is okay for Little Bobby's first phone, but for someone who just wants to socialize and not have to resend a message 3 times just for it to go through, this service provider is not good.
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The Kajeet service does not provide the protection for your children that it advertises and will not protect your personal information. Stay away from this company.
The Kajeet service does not provide the protection for your children that it advertises and will not protect your personal information.
The phone service is unreliable, the contact manager does not work, the wallets do not work properly either. Basically, all the reasons you would get this for your kid do not work as advertised.
Customer Service
I've had a plan with Kajeet for several months.
My 7 year has their phone for emergency calls to parents and grandparents only. However, he has been getting phone calls from all over the country. I've set up the contact manager multiple times and verified that only those on the list can contact him via calls or text yet the blocked calls continue to arrive. The phone service has cut out multiple times even though both the child's and parents wallet were full. The last time I called to speak to customer service they asked my security question and after I gave them the correct answer they then asked me to give them my private password. I refused to disclose my password and asked the operator if he could see it on his end. He said, "no sir I cannot see your password, but in order to continue you need to tell me your password." I refused and asked for a supervisor. Augustine the operator then tried to tell me that he would not give me a supervisor without first getting my private password. I have never been asked to disclose my private password before. There is a very good reason why your passwords are encrypted and unrecoverable. No legitimate company would expect you to hand over your password over the phone. If I had forgot my password the best they could do is send me a new one because your password is private, encrypted, and not visible to others.
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Kajeet is a great alternative for people who don't use there phones often, for older people who don't need a fancy phone or for children whose parents want to be in control of whatthere children are using there phones for. A parent can choose when the phones are used and who can talk to them. They do offer text messaging as well. The phones and plans wont meet my needs but they are Good if your looking to save money or are willing to tarde fancier phones for a cheaper plan.
Call Quality
Call quality wasn't horrible, but it also was not anything to get too excited about. It was a little hard to hear what the other person was saying.
Coverage was spottier than other carriers I have used. The person I know who has Kajeetwas with me all day and she never once had full coverage.
Plan Options
The plan options are pretty Good. They are Basic, but Good for people who are not big cell phone users or for children. You can also monitor what and when the phone is used for if purchased for a child or teen.
The phones that Kajeet has to offer are not very feature filled. However the plans have a lot of neat features.
Customer Service
Kajeet has awesome customer service.
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The ONLY good thing I have to say about this product is that customer service answers their calls quickly. This company is a bunch of foreigner scam artists. You will never get a normal English speaking American citizen when you call customer support. The main issue ive had with them is that they auto-refill when you don't want them to. I had to call 4 times within a year about the issue. The last call took 40 minutes and me yelling and getting a supervisor which he also just argued and said my daughter used her phone, even tho I pulled it up on her account and proved it was not in use. I had to threaten to sue just to get part of my money back that they stole from my bank account once again. I checked over and over to make sure auto refill was not checked off, it wasn't, that's not a mistake I would make because NOTHING of mine is on auto refill and I check over and over to make sure of that. After having been the 4th time I had called them about this issue I finally said screw you guys im done with this and had them completely deactivate the phone and the account. Another issue was the phone. I got the pink keyboard slider phone that operated on android...well it wouldnt run a lot of games cuz it wasn't set up for that and it wouldn't do live wallpapers cuz once again, it wasn't set up to work with that. The keyboard keys were in a weird order and I did not like the setup at all. Another problem with the phone was that it was junk. These phones are supposed to be for kids. SO you think they'd make them more durable. My daughter dropped hers a couple times, as expected from a 10 year old, and after that, it would shut off on its own constantly and things just wouldn't work right. I would not recommend this phone company to ANYONE. You will just get ripped off, and the people who wrote good reviews were probably the people who have barely even tested the product out or haven't even had to go thru anything troublesome yet. I stuck with it for a year, I tried and tried to have more patience and work around the problems. Then they did the renew without my permission thing AGAIN so ive had it. Theres plenty of other better no contract companies out there, or just get a tablet or ipod, you can call and text free on them things nowadays. Just saying. :)
Plan Options
Plans were okay priced, except it says picture mail is included. But its not. When id call to ask why I cant send and receive pictures they say because its data and I have to use email or other such things that you have to buy a separate data plan for. So they lied on their plans page about it.
Customer Service
Quick to answer calls, which was nice. Very quick to argue that your wrong and they wont refund you even tho they stole money from you unless you throw a big fit and argue for almost an hour.
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Kajeet represents the pinnacle of flexibility in the context of my family's mobile needs. I am a sprint customer, and tend to upgrade phones quite often. Kajeet uses Sprint's CDMA network, so whenever I upgrade my own phone, I suddenly have a spare available for one of my kids that can be activated on a sprint MVNO like Kajeet. My 15 y/o inherited my Galaxy S2, and my 10 y/o has the Epic Galaxy (essentially the "Galaxy S1") which I picked up on ebay a year ago for about 60$.
Using Kajeet's online activation eligibility tool, I put in both phone's DEC numbers and Kajeet apparently could verify that the phones' ESN's were clean and ready for activation. I purchased the plans, followed the relatively simple activiation and unlocking instructions, and within 15 mins both kids were active and on their plans.
I really don't need to go into much detail here about coverage or call quality - as mentioned before, Kajeet is a sprint MVNO, so whatever sprint's coverage and quality is in your area is what you should expect from Kajeet.
I suppose my fave feature of Kajeet is the weekly usage email I get from them showing my kids cell activity, broken down by data usage, time usage (i.e., 50 minutes used from 9p-7a, 110 minutes from 7a-3p, etc), most called contacts, and so forth. The email report does a really good job of showing at-a-glance my children's usage trends.
I don't mean to knock the company for the actual prepaid phones that they sell, because the prices are comparable to pretty much any network or MVNO, but I just can't stomach those prices when such great deals can be found on ebay or Craigslist. But buyer beware....if you buy a sprint branded phone off of those sites, you better make sure it has a clean ESN or it cannot be activated.
Overall, because of the shockingly wide variety of very cost-efficient plans Kajeet offers, their service is very highly recommended unless you happen to live in an area where Sprint reception is awful, which I imagine isn't the case for most areas.
Call Quality
Same as sprint, which is fine.
Same as sprint, which is fine.
Plan Options
I have one kid on the 14.99 plan and another on the 24.99 plan with data. both plans EASILY suffice for my kids usage, especially considering most of their data is gathered through wifi anyway.
The ability of parents to remotely check the location of their children's phone is great, not to mention the text/call blocking which can be done according to unwanted phone numbers, time blocks, etc.
Customer Service
When I have dealt with Kajeet employees, they have been awesome. You do tend to get quite a bit of email from the service, though. Not full-on spam, but not terribly important email, either.
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The customer service is awful. I bought a phone and plan for my 10-year-old. The phone didn't work, so I sent it back. For weeks customer service would not tell me the status of my refund or if I'd get a new phone. I knew they received the phone, because it was sent UPS. Finally, after going through my credit card company, they refunded my money. I then had to call 3 times to cancel my account with Kajeet, and I'm still not sure they cancelled my account.
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1 year ago I changed my 2 Sprint phones over to Kajeet. 1 is my 11yo daughters the 2nd is mine. We do not talk much on the phone but mainly use texting (great when you have kids, trust me). Transferring the phones was a PITA but once done all is good.
Like I said, Customer Service really does SUCKS and you really have to keep ontop of them to get what you are looking for.
Make sure you set the Features online before using the phone. I didn't block any times as my daughter is good with the phone. I did have to set blocks to certain numbers when I got a bombard of Spam calls. I didn't answer the calls so I googled the numbers. I also got some Spam texts which for some reason you can not block because it doesn't give a full tele number.
If there is a problem, CALL Kajeet, they NEVER respond to Emails.
Forget adding $$ to the Wallets, other then the main one if you Really need it. If you set up your phones on line correctly and your child knows the rules, you should be all set.
Make sure you go over everything with your child ! You can text yourself FREE and it will tell you how many min you have left and what you have used.
I pay $32.98 a month for 2 phones, Unlim Text + 60 min of talk- No internet- No pic mail. I was paying $100 through Sprint for about the same, maybe a little more min in talk. But like I said we don't talk that much.
I have Magic Jack at home. Costs about $1 a month. Bought it at Walgreens so I could return it if I didn't like it in 30 days. It was like $40 and came with 1 year. You will need a REALLY good phone, cheap ones are bad hearing. So it is not Perfect but MAN is it cheap !!
With these 2 phones and the magic jack we have saved a TON of money, at least $100.
Internet is for at home on the computers. There are other company's out there with $50 everything plans I hear. It is just not worth it to do it on the phone to me.
And yes, we are a bunch of Geeks here in my house.
The people who are upset didn't push to get things done and must be really needy people. I can not say anything about Kajeet phones other then they look $$$ for what they are which is out of date phones. Go to Sprint and buy a NEW one directly. Just remember it is a long process to get it programmed through Kajeet but the $$ you will save is so worth it.
I have saved $800+ in the past year with the cell phones alone ..... now if I could get cheaper Internet/TV at home ... :)
Call Quality
Depends on the phone, but our 2 phones are great. Same as with Sprint
Had Sprint before so it is exactly the same
Plan Options
Great for Basic text/small amount of calls. Not so great for Internet, you can get cheaper though $50 month everything plans elsewhere
We only use Text and some talk, but I like the blocking feature online, you CAN NOT do that with any other company !
Customer Service
Sucks, period. make sure you are level headed and have time.
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I have been working with them for 3 weeks to active the new phone I ordered from them, they just cannot make my transferred phone number to work in their system. Somehow, Kajeet system does not integrated with Sprint well, and my phone always shown error like registration with Sprint failed, and they customer service guys cannot make it work. It's so wired since phone come from Kajeet, and they control the system, why registration with Sprint failed even is an issue?
Their process is slow too, everything seems like take up to 5 days to process, and if you check the status with them after 5 days, they cannot tell. I just cancel my account with them. I'm not confident with them at all after 3 weeks struggle with them.
Call Quality
The phone I received from Kajeet does not go this far.
Cannot tell since the new phone cannot work
Customer Service
At certain point, I post mail my phone to them for replacement based on their suggestion, and 7 days after usps confirmed delivery, their customer service guy still cannot find the device in their depot, and no one takes action to process my replacement.
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The 1500-strong, pro-life rally at the New Mexico State Capitol on January 22, 2014 received only passing mention in the media and, to the extent that it did, was given an interesting spin. The New Mexican's coverage opened with: "New Mexico's three Catholic bishops made no mention Wednesday of the legalization of same-sex marriage when they met with dozens of state lawmakers. Instead, the bishops focused their attention on five other measures, notably a constitutional amendment that would pour about $100 million more each year into early-childhood education."[i]
What was this? In addition to his work as a lobbyist for the New Mexico Catholic Conference, Allen Sanchez is the president and CEO of St. Joseph Community Health (SJCH). This is an organization that was founded with (and largely runs on) money from the sale of St. Joseph's hospital in Albuquerque…although Sanchez' "compensation" comes from Catholic Health Initiative, a multi-state health system.
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The proposed legislation does not specify which programs it would support but from Allen Sanchez' remarks after the pro-life Mass, it would seem he is forwarding the Los Alamos Foundation's studies and practical conclusions – which are from a secular perspective – as a basis for placing the New Mexico Catholic Conference and the force of the pro-life community not only behind this legislation but behind the First Born program or something similar.
As Sanchez is one of the primary proponents of this legislation - and may even stand to benefit from it, through the work of SJCH - this raises several concerns.
The first is that, as the Church learned with the HHS Mandate debacle, government programs have their own value system and do not operate according to Church or to pro-life values. There is no guarantee (and every expectation) that, like the First Born program, any state-supported early childhood development intervention will include family planning counseling and all that signifies. (One can foresee other consequences that would have moral implications, as well, but this one is the most obvious.)
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"We will do the best we can with this life… to be of use.."
As part of our commitment to support the local community especially the poor, the needy and the orphan community, we would like to share with you Handara Golf & Resort's CSR programs that have been conducted in 2017.
We will continue our commitment to spread love and care to the wider community through our CSR program. Should you wish to join this good cause, please do not hesitate to contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Handara was built in 1974 by Mr. Ibnus Sutowo for two main missions: to spread his passion for golf to people in Indonesia and to support the local communities. He succeeded in doing both – he was recognized as the Father of Golf in Indonesia and he was able to give employment to the residents in the surrounding villages.
In 2015, the brand new management team is committed to continue his Legacy. The staff at Handara is mostly made up of local residents who have been working working for years, if not decades. Aside from supporting our staff internally, we're committed to help the wider community by implementing quarterly CSR program
The pioneer program was implemented on May 6, 2015. Packages of daily necessities (i.e. Rice, sugar and washing detergent) bought with proceeds from the first quarter were distributed to more than 200 people from 8 villages around the resort. The success of the first program made us more determined to continue the legacy to support the local community.
The second CSR program was on 27 July 2015. We shifted our focus to supporting students going back to
school. We went to 5 different schools and kindergartens in the area to distribute notebooks and stationery to the children. Seeing the timid but joyful smiles of the kids was the most encouraging thing for us to continue this worthy cause.
On the third program, we were very grateful that our loyal patrons the Darwin Group contributed some funding for our CSR efforts. Combined with charity proceeds from the Hackers & Slackers Fun Golf Carnival, the donation was used to deliver baby goods to more than 400 babies and toddlers in the area on September 15, 2015. We're humbled that other entities have started to trust and support us doing this worthy cause.
Our last program of the year was held with the support from The Yak Inaugural Golf Invitation on November 30, 2015. With our own CSR funds and donation from the tournament's participants, we wanted to show our appreciation to our loyal caddies who have been supporting Handara's guests by delivering daily goods to families of the 130 caddies.
EXTREME POVERTY IN KARANGASEM BALI. We are all here on Earth on a mission, and one of them is to help others. No matter our differences in background or religion, we are obliged to encourage each other to spread love and kindness. We, the Management of Handara Golf & Resort Bali, 'will do the best we can with this life to be of use' especially to the poor and the orphan community. We are committed to help the wider community by implementing CSR Program.
On June 15, 2016, the Management of Handara Golf & Resort Bali visited Nawa Kerti Village in Karangasem, East Bali where thousands of Bali residents live in extreme poverty. The soil is dry and infertile and most of the village residents are very poor and have restricted access to clan water and electricity. Package of daily necessities (i.e rice, oil, sugar, washing detergent and soap) was supported by our loyal patrons the Jester Groups and Handara's family and friends.
We presented the daily goods package to 402 families living under the poverty line. We hope to continue supporting them in the future.
We thanks to our golfers, friends and family for making this happen
The sun shines bright, the fogs cover the hills and the smell of wet grass chills our bones every morning. During this Emotional Intelligence Awareness month, happiness is shared with a lot of people, especially Handara golfers, underprivileged orphan children and special needs children. With a lot of fun prizes, Golfers are gathered in our Handara Golf & Resort to attend our yearly Hackers & Slackers Fun Golf Carnivale as part of our commitment to continue the legacy of giving back to the community in our CSR Program. We were raising funds as well as reaching out to children in need and were supported by a lot of partners such as Nurul Quran Bali, Larondendari Bali, Mom's and I, Bali Adventure Tours and many more. We're humbled that other entities have started to trust and support us doing this worthy cause.
Our 2nd Hackers & Slackers Fun Golf Carnivale at Handara Golf & Resort was a great success. With the objection to share happiness with children, especially underprivileged and those with special needs, we invited a total of 50 orphan kids to join us at this year's Carnivale on the 24th of September 2016. Young and old enjoyed a day full of sunshine, lots of laughters and fun together. To make this happen we were supported by our partners Bali Adventure Tours and Mom's & I. Handara Golf & Resort is proud to receive their support as well as their trust in us organizing the Hackers & Slackers Fun Golf Carnivale tournament for the second time already. All the funds that have been raised that day will be used for the Handara CSR Program in order to give back to the community and to put a smile on many other children's faces.
The main mission of the second Hackers & Slackers Fun Golf Carnivale at Handara Golf & Resort was to support a worthy cause and make children smile and happy. In order to make this happen we were coordinating the efforts not only with our supporting partners Bali Adventure Tours and Mom's & I, but also with Nurul Quran Bali, an orphan care program, and Larondedari Bali. The children's boutique Larondedari participated by giving one of its gorgeous looking princess dresses to be auctioned during the award ceremony, where 100% of its proceeds go to the Handara Golf & Resort Corporate Social Responsibility Program (CSR).
With Nurul Quran's orphan care program, the proceeds have been well received by following orphanage houses and organization:
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2. Yapenatim Gianyar
3. Yayasan Panti Asuhan Tunas Bangsa Denpasar
4. ZIS Miftahul Falah Sanur Denpasar
5. Panti Asuhan Yayasan Yatim Piatu Singaraja
6. Panti Asuhan Yappenatim (yayasan Penolong Pendidikan Anak Yatim dan Miskin) Denpasar
And together with Larondedari Bali, the proceeds go to Yayasan Widya Guna WINS Foundation, a home and learning center for underprivileged and special needs children.
We're planning to have the next CSR program at the end of the year. Should you wish to join this good cause, please don't hesitate to contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com. We look forward to your continued support to spread love and care to the wider community.
As giving back to the community is part of our mission, this time we wanted to share our happiness with children in need. We were fortunate to have Yayasan Peduli Anak Kanker Bali as our partner. Handara Golf & Resort Bali conducted our CSR Program which was joined by golfers from Sutowo Amateur Charity Golf Tournament, as well as our extended family and friends.
Yayasan Peduli Anak Kanker Bali is a non-profit organization in Bali that helps a lot of children with cancer mentally and financially. Through Handara Golf & Resort's 7th CSR program, our extended family and friends, as well as golfers from Sutowo Amateur Charity Golf Tournament, gathered to raise donation for the Yayasan. With this program, we helped 14 kids with cancer between the age of 3 to 11 year's old who are diagnosed with leukemia, skin and kidney cancer. We were really blessed and happy to see the smiles on the children's faces and to be able to lessen a little of their burden. We hope we can continue sending our support to these 14 kids in any way possible. If you wish to pass more happiness to those in need or to join this good cause, please feel free to contact us at (0361) 288944. Let's make the world brighter through the face of the kids.
Handara Golf & Resort Bali was honored to be supported by Mr. Hawk Dunlap and to be able to partner up with Mr. Chris Sperduto, aka The Helmet Man, in our CSR – Safety Riding Program on March 4th, 2017. We started the day by educating kids in TK Candimas Pancasari (Candimas Kindergarten) on the importance of wearing helmets when they are riding motorcycles. A total of 85 helmets were donated by Rottary Club under the name of Mr. Hawk Dunlap and distributed to these kids and their 5 teachers.
We can't thank our donator and partner enough for the time and resources that they allocated to raise awareness on this matter. We hope that we can decrease the number of fatal accidents caused by lack of information on safety riding.
Let's spread love to those in need and "ingat pakai helm & penting ingat klip!"
On 8th of March 2017, Handara Golf & Resort Bali was really happy to be able to team up with Mrs. Elisabeth for our CSR program. We were able to have 16 elderly women who desperately need our attention. One of them is abandoned by the family, some of them don't have the capabilities to walk anymore, and the rest of these women don't have any family. We were touched by Mrs. Elisabeth's beautiful heart in helping those in need and we would like to encourage you to do the same. Thanks to our Jester Golfing Group for their cash donation and continues support towards our CSR program.Let's spread love to those in need and "ingat pakai helm & penting ingat klip!"
Yayasan Senyum Bali is a local, non-profit, independent organization that works hard to bring health care for to people with craniofacial disabilities. They are a transparent organization that strives to repair patient's disabilities that include cleft lip and palate and a wide variety of other conditions like Goldenhar Syndrome, Apert Syndrome, and facial tumors.
With Yayasan Senyum Bali, smiles are restored, hearts are warmed.
Yayasan Sayangi Bali is a foundation that provides disabled and abandoned children a safe and healthy home around Bali. Our organization is fully responsible for daily and medicinal needs to raise them in optimum health conditions. Yayasan Sayangi Bali strives to reignite hope for abandoned children in hopes of finding new ones.
Built as an educational foundation, Nurul Qur'an also stands for orphaned children and helps them thrive in real time. They have created a measurable, repeatable and systematic method to ensure that orphans are educated, fed, loved and safe. Handara CSR Program donated groceries and stationeries for those children in need to help them have a better quality of life and feel loved. There are incredible children out there hoping for someone to believe in and help them. They want your brilliant smile and helping hands to help create a child's hope for love and belonging. You will connect with children that will change your life and you will find deeper meaning as you work and play with them. Start to lend your hands, adventure awaits!
News of Mount Agung's "imminent eruption" has spread quickly around the world, whilst those on the island wait with calm but fearful anticipation. However, with evacuations at their highest level in the area, refugees are the immediate focus for communities in Bali. Whilst the mountain rumbles indecisively, people on the island have turned their focus on caring for the evacuees who are left with dwindling supplies in their new shelters. Luckily for them, many, many groups, communities and volunteers are lending a hand. Handara CSR Program also there to give some support to several evacuation tents. One of them is in Klungkung, at the Swecapura Sports Centre.
Boxes of instant noodles and water were stacked outside Swecapura sports center, where more than 3800 evacuees sweltered inside the building and surrounding tent city. Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, was slated to visit the camp on September 26th, 2017 in the afternoon.
Nothing warms the heart than a good deed done without expecting anything in return. To continue the legacy and spread the donation to those in need, Handara CSR Program teaming up with Nurul Qur'an Foundation has helped some orphanages in Lombok & Bali. Some of them are Panti Asuhan Pondok Tahfiz Yatim Piatu Hidayahtulla, Panti Asuhan Assalam Nusantara, Panti Asuhan Miftahul Ulum, and Yayasan AL-IKHLAS Ampenan, Lombok.
These orphanages offer new homes to orphaned, abandoned and other vulnerable children who have lost their parents or who cannot live with them for various reasons. Regardless of race, culture or religion, children admitted finding a family in which they are given the love and security that every child needs for sound development.
Despite economic growth, 87 million Indonesians remain vulnerable to food insecurity. Indonesia has the fifth-highest number of stunted children in the world. More than one out of every three children, or 37 percent, in Indonesia are stunted. That means 9.5 million children under five are malnourished. Generally are those who are in the suburbs, rural, and remote. In this early 2018, Handara CSR Program helped the Baitul Maal Hidayatullah Foundation for their Nutrition Care Healthy Program.
The National Nutrition Day event will be held simultaneously in 42 regions on Thursday, January 25, 2018 in 28 provinces. We hope this National Nutrition Day becomes the trigger and spur of all parties to be able to answer the problem of malnutrition that still hit the country.
We are thanking you for supporting the noble cause. Join us to make a better living condition to those in need by donating to our Mandiri bank account at 175-00-0043364-8 (under the name of PT.Sarana Buana Handara)
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Chapter 8 & 9 of Da Mo Yao in Koalasplayground.... HQB and JY sizzling with hotness moments.....
Chapter 8 & 9 of Da Mo Yao in Koalasplayground.... HQB and JY sizzling with hotness moments.....
Just read from Koalasplayground that Liu Shi Shi has been confirmed for Jin Yu!!!! ShiGe RULES!!!
YES!!! GeShi Da Mo Yao!!!! My hopes for GeShi leading DMY are up again.
"Liu Shi Shi has also revealed that she will be in Ballad of the Desert, her character being a girl that was brought up by wolves" (Jin Yu).
Links: http://ent.ifeng.com/zz/detail_2012_...547462_0.shtml
Liu Shi Shi has stated that she is going to be Jin Yu in Da Mo Yao.
If they're getting a veteran to take Wallace's place, doesn't that mean that Hu Ge will be playing Huo Qu Bing?! (HG's probably past idol status, but still not old enough for veteran status, and the character Meng Jiu/Meng Xi Mo in DMY is the oldest of the 3 leads.)
Is Da Mo Yao really where GeShi will finally pair up? I am actually in Ninth Heaven now.
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Biases: Hu Ge, Qiao Zhenyu, Liu Shi Shi
Jiang Hu Fansubs - Recruiting members (especially translators).
i've been listening to the audiobook.. da mo yao is such a great story..
just wondering if any of you know what is the song that was played at the end of the 58th episode?
can't wait to watch this drama!!
i cannot imagine anyone other than shi shi as jin yu and hu ge as huo qu bing while reading the book... *goes back to crazy dance* GESHI GESHI GESHI GESHI GESHI
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Biases: Hu Ge, Qiao Zhenyu, Liu Shi Shi
Jiang Hu Fansubs - Recruiting members (especially translators).
Yey!! thanks for the update H.Ge-C.Liu!! finally!!
I personally don't want Kevin Cheng to play Meng Jiu though... hmm, I just finished watching BBJX few weeks ago and I honestly don't want to see him NOT getting the girl again unless they make Meng Jiu as someone who is really really evil and doesn't deserve to be happy LOL
but then I'm not done reading the book yet so I don't know what he will become :P
喜欢一个人不就是应该让她感到幸福,让她快乐。别给他带来困扰 - 孟天楚/刑名师爷
At first I can't picture LSS as a wild exotic girl like Jin Yu as she really does look very Han Chinese (altho she's not) and just, well, virginal. I mean Jin Yu comes across to me as really sensual...I was thinking of Ady actually. But I guess looks-alone can be compromised (if Guo Xiaoting can be cast as a Mongolian girl in BBJX). We will see how much LSS can pull off that untamed, sensual side.
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I ship Shi-Harem
So now we have 2 confirmed casts. GeShi together is an exciting news to fans who like them. They had been in a number of dramas but never came across as lovers. Do hope they will make a couple this time.
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I ship Shi-Harem
I also think Kevin's 8th brother is similar to Yelu Xie (I keep hearing it as Yi Zhi Xie. -_-") with the vibe, who seems to be a nice person, but at same time feel like he's insincere because it seems like his kindness towards some people is due to political reasons. And Yu Dan (is that his name?) seems like 10th. Maybe because I'm early in the story still, I still don't get Shi Shi vibe for Jin Yu or (Yu Jin) at this moment. To me, Yu Jin feels kinda like Yang Mi (as in her Qing Chuan from Gong) in this early stage. Ady....? I got to picture next time I tune in.
Really like this story so far. I think it's gonna take me at least a month to go through the whole story with my limiting schedule.
You are hearing it right as Yi Zhi Xie. I'm referring to a totally different character from another Tangren series - Shao Nian Yang Jia Jiang back in 2006.
But I'm keen to see Hu Ge break out of his usual typecasting.
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I ship Shi-Harem
I must have been sleep reading last night to have skipped out all the important detail in your post. Even skipped out YH. ^^
I wonder if they'll put two actress to play Jin Yu. A young girl to play Yu Jin from Chapter 1 and then have LSS play the veiled Yu Jin from Chapter 2 onward. Like in dramas when the male lead was a boy and jumps into the water and comes up all grown up.
Well, in BBJX she started off as a young girl too...
I ship Shi-Harem
I ship Shi-Harem
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As you probably already know .. I had a horrible idea few days ago and decided to participate the Animefest cosplay competition. There were two versions - cosplay debut for cosplay beginners also the rules weren´t so hard and the cosplay competition whose winner goes to Eurocosplay competition!
I finished .. well, not really finished .. my side chainmails are missing, also the top roundy things attached to my sleeves and I bought those shoes the day before competition.
Well .. at least I tried. There was one minute limit fot each contestant to show some presentation of their cosplay (dance, sing, whatever ..). I chose battling of course!
I was so nervous behind the scene. It was my first time showing my cosplay at competition. I wondered what it feels like .. and now I know! It´s terrible and stressfull :D
But when the actual one minute show of mine begun .. all the stress was gone. I felt super powerfull that I attacked my friend surprisingly agressively. Ooops ..
But I feel like people liked it even though it wasn´t perfect. And that´s all I wanted to know! That I´m capable of presenting myself on a stage without a shame.
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The Bergen Philharmonic has been in business since 1765 and lists Edvard Grieg among its former artistic directors. It is overshadowed these days by the Oslo Philharmonic, but the Bergen musicians seem ready to challenge their Oslo compatriots for a piece of the international spotlight. At Carnegie Hall on Tuesday evening, led by Andrew Litton, its conductor since 2003, the Bergen Philharmonic played with an unusual solidity and warmth, and produced a breadth of color that gave it a distinctive sonic thumbprint.
Some of that, clearly, was Mr. Litton's work. In the Shostakovich Fifth Symphony his phrasing was consistently pointed and precise, often with a slight crescendo at the end of a passage to highlight its shape. Busy effects like this can become tiresome if called on too frequently, but on first hearing they restored to this score a measure of freshness and energy that familiarity has sapped. Mr. Litton also made the most of the orchestra's willingness to follow him through minute shifts in dynamics and intensity, creating a changeable fabric in which a hushed string sound, for example, was gradually transformed into an enveloping roar.
Whatever you make of the work's extramusical associations — whether you take it as meant to restore Shostakovich to Stalin's good graces or as a protest against Stalin — Mr. Litton's reading had the virtues of supremely polished surfaces with raw, often savage emotion swirling just beneath them. (His interpretation seemed inclined toward the protest option.)
Mr. Litton's manipulations aside, the orchestra's strengths carry it a long way. In Shostakovich's "Festive Overture," which opened the program, the impeccable firmness of the brass choirs and woodwinds was immediately striking, as was the vigor of the percussion. Those impressions were reinforced in "Chatter" (2005), a short, bustling, aptly named work by the Norwegian composer Knut Vaage. Here six percussionists produced waves of spirited noise that swept through the orchestration, itself rich in athletic figuration, explosions of timbre and humorous touches.
The big piece on the first half of the program was the Grieg Piano Concerto, with André Watts as the soloist. You never know exactly what you're going to get from Mr. Watts, but in extroverted works like this one he is in his element. There were occasional heavy-handed moments, and stray notes were sometimes caught up in fistfuls of correct ones. But mostly Mr. Watts was in fine technical shape, and his best moments were electrifying.Continue reading the main story


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What I learned last week that amused and depressed me.
I'm often asked — by my wife's friends and even my own staff — "so what do you do all day at work?"
Mostly, I read. It's a sweet gig.
I look for financial research that will help people learn about, get out of, and stay out of debt. But every week, I find interesting tidbits I can't really do anything with. Like these 3 weird things…
The country's most expensive hotel is in Montana
"With an average rate of $2,385 per night, the Ranch at Rock Creek, located close to the historic mining town of Philipsburg, Montana, leads the list," Luxury-Hotels.com reported Friday.
Want to stay at the Ritz-Carlton in Central Park? It's a bargain at an average rate of $874 a night.
So what makes the Ranch at Rock Creek so damned pricey? It's a "fully inclusive guest ranch" that includes twice-daily housekeeping, all meals, most alcohol, horseback riding, stagecoach rides, and "shotgun instruction," among other perks.
Being around "attractive objects" makes you money-stupid
The University of Miami Business School announced some research results on Friday that I'm still trying to figure out. Here's the headline: Exposure to Attractive Objects Makes People More Open to Financial Risk-Taking.
I'll let assistant professor Claudia Townsend explain…
We found that people become more open to persuasive arguments when they see themselves related in some way to attractive objects. These findings can serve as a forewarning to consumers, but also as an opportunity for marketers who might decide to place attractive objects within sight of consumers shopping for something considered far from a sure thing. For example, used car dealerships might benefit from reminding consumers of a previous good-looking product they have purchased or of their attractive friends and family.
If I understand the professor, her research is teaching used-car salesmen how to dupe the public by telling them to think pretty thoughts. There's a student loan crisis in this country, and this is what the money gets spent on?
If you want kids, pray for a girl
I never understood why fathers always want sons. I don't have kids, but if I did, I'd want a daughter. No matter how poorly I parented and how well my wife did, she'd grow up seeking my approval and hating her mother. And I'd never have to face that father-son moment when my kid realizes he can beat me at sports or even beat me up.
Now there's another reason: Your daughters will support you in your old age, while your sons will bleed you dry and leave you to bleed to death.
At least, that what the research shows….
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UNLV continues to recruit heavily in Southern Nevada, signing three locals, including the state's top-ranked baseball player, among the nine signing announced Wednesday.
Right-handed pitcher Gabe Gonzalez of Arbor View High School is ranked No. 1 in Nevada by Perfect Game. He also is tabbed the nation's 28th-best pitcher and the 89th overall top player.
Liberty High teammates Jesse Keiser and Dan Skelly also signed. Keiser is an outfielder and Skelly a right-handed pitcher.
Outside the state, the Rebels picked up right-hander Blaze Bohall of Mountain Ridge High in Glendale, Ariz., and left-hander Corey Wilson of O'Connor High in Phoenix. Bohall is the No. 16 player Arizona and Wilson the 51st best in that state.
Other signees included shortstop Austin Anderson of Columbine High in Littleton, Colo.; outfielder Hunter Bross of Notre Dame Prep in Scottsdale, Ariz.; right-hander Christian Myers of Rock Canyon High in Highlands Ranch, Colo.; and shortstop Payton Squier of Greenway High in Phoenix.
"Overall it is a really good recruiting class," head coach Tim Chambers said in a statement announcing the signings. "We are super happy with it. We only offered 11 guys and we got nine of them. We got the guys we were going after and that is a real positive for our program. We can't wait to get them all on campus."
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Deadenstereo played our first gig on September the 10th 2001. With a spirit of confidence, we decided to head into the studio. That early live demo produced 'Their Idol', released in Belgium on a Paperheart records compilation album 'hi fi songs for lo fi hearts'. Buoyed up by this early success we went back to Chambers Studio and recorded 'Storyteller' and 'Witch For A Love Affair', two live favourites. We pressed these up with 'Their Idol' on our first demo. We gained a lot of interest and gigs from that cd, but began to feel that we could do better, so we have just returned from Split Level Studios. where we recorded three new songs - 'Schadenfreude', 'Learning Our Vices Exist', and 'Never Meant Enough' - (Song of the month at elevationstation.net).
We've all realised that being in a band band is the most important thing in the world to us, and although a hasty van purchase has left us with an expensive hunk of useless metal and rubber in a field near Cupar, that's not going to change.
Fast-forward to today, and we've stepped up the level of gigs we play significantly. It's hard work but we've been playing regularly throughout Edinburgh: Bannermans, Bongo Club, Liquid Rooms, Caledonian Backpackers, La Belle Angele, Citrus Club, The Mercat, Subway Cowgate - the list goes on!. We've also realised that a band must play outside it's home-town, hence gigs in Glasgow, Aberdeen, Perth and Dundee. We've also had radio-play on Beat 106, Northsound and MeFM in Aberdeen, and student radio in Stirling.
We've been getting favourable reactions from fanzines (Fudge, Alternative 101, Bible Fanzine), e-zines (AUBL, Elevation Station), audiences, radio, and some small record companies with our new cd and live set and we are hoping to capitalise on this by getting more exposure through gigs and radio, and to try and gain the interest of record companies with a view to putting out a single.
At a time when all bands are so easily pigeon-holed, deadenstereo are making music that is both varied and vibrant, and we fully intend to outlive whatever this week's trend my be.
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Great emphasis is placed upon pastoral care seeking to nurture the potential of the whole child as an individual. This is achieved through:
- Clear moral values fostered by assemblies, circle time, and PSHCE
- Very high behavioural expectations
- Close partnership between teachers and parents
- House system in junior department
- Breadth and challenge beyond the classroom to complement the academic
- Leadership opportunities and positions of responsibility including Head Boy and Head Girl, prefects, form captains, sports captains and house captains.
- New pupils provided with peer mentors
- Establishment of firm relationships based on trust
The spiritual awareness of each individual is fostered through:
- Regular assemblies
- Celebrating a wide range of Religious festivals and different cultures
- Visiting Speakers
- Circle time
School Standards and Expectations
Pupils are carefully guided towards a fulfilment of their personal goals through:
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- Opportunities for each child to meet individual targets through broad curriculum fulfilling their potential
- Monitoring of teaching and learning through classroom observations
- Monitoring of standards through subject specific curriculum monitoring
Dress Standards
Pupils are encouraged to take pride in attending Highclare and in their appearance through high expectations of dress. They are supported by:
- Regular uniform checks with positive rewards
- Consistency, checking and monitoring of pupil dress by all staff
- Partnership and support from parents ensuring smart appearance at all times
- Staff as a role model
Standards of behaviour
- To fulfil their academic and personal potential, high standards of behaviour are expected and rewarded.
- A positive and calm atmosphere is encouraged throughout the school
- Children adhere to Golden Rules and Code of Conduct
- Classroom rules are agreed by staff and pupils
- The promotion of reasoned discussion to think through and solve problems
- Respecting everyone within the school community
Interpersonal skills
Pupils are encouraged to interact and develop a wide range of social and communication skills through:
- Asemblies: regular whole school, department, house and class assemblies
- School trips
- Staff as role models
- Speaking and listening curriculum
- Drama
- Circle time
- Dealing with conflict
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- Teaching is class based for core subjects
- Specialised teaching in many areas
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- Encouraging, positive and purposeful atmosphere
- High expectations through praise, rewards and friendliness
- Small classes provide more time and greater opportunity for individual attention
- Differentiated work to cater for the needs of each individual child
- Regular monitoring and assessment to inform future learning
- A range of Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) are taught from Pre-School
- Providing challenges and extension for gifted and able
Pupil participation
Pupils are encouraged to actively discuss and offer opinions about issues affecting themselves, their school and community and the world at large.
- Pupil participation is an integral part of school community
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- House and Sports' captains run assemblies and plan challenges for the whole school