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The biggest political news story today is the government's decision to allow the opening of a de facto new grammar school in Kent (it's illegal to actually open a new grammar school, so technically it's a second site for an existing grammar school in another town). Obviously it's too early for there to be any polling in re-action to this, but it's a long standing issue so there is plenty of past polling to look at.
On balance, the public tend to support the existence of current grammar schools – only around a quarter of people support the government ending selection in the remaining grammar schools and opening them to children of all abilities. In contrast, around 40% of people support allowing more selection by ability and the opening of new Grammar schools – the balance is made up of don't knows and people who back what was the status quo of allowing the existing grammar schools to remain, but not allowing any new ones.
In May YouGov asked about the "loophole" that Nicky Morgan today approved – opening up an extension of an existing grammar school at a new campus in a different location. 51% of people approved of that idea, 18% disapproved, 30% didn't know. So for what it's worth, it appears to get the public's thumbs up.
As an aside, whenever the issue of public attitudes towards grammar schools pops up on the agenda I see the same question. Polls that ask about grammar schools normally show the sort of results I've outlined above, and critics of grammar schools will normally counter with something along the lines of "Ah, but you only asked about grammar schools, if you'd asked do you want to bring back grammar schools for those who pass the test… and secondary moderns for those who don't, then you would have got a different answer".
That's a reasonable point. So we tested it.
Back in February YouGov asked a question to two different samples. Half were asked if they'd like to bring back grammar schools across the whole of Great Britain – 53% said yes, 20% said no. The other half were asked if they'd like to bring back the system of an exam at 11, with 25% of children who passed going to grammar schools and the other 75% going to secondary moderns. Now 46% of people supported it, 34% of people were opposed.
People are, at first glance, pretty supportive of grammar schools. That support is undermined a little when people consider the other side of the coin – the majority of children who do not pass the exam – but grammar schools still have more supporters than detractors.
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I'm surprised at the public acceptance of grammar schools, which wasn't the case 30-40 years ago when most of them went.
I think the key point here, which relates to a number of other discussions is "aspiration". Most people believe that their child would qualify for grammer school and therefore benefit at the expense of other children. Grammar schools are as much about defence of privilege as independent schools.
Of course back in the 1970s it was the increasing number of middle class families who saw their children banished to secondary moderns who led the objections, and to whom the Conservatives paid attention (since a bit of arithmetic will show you that a majority of middle class children were sent to secondary moderns, even though over 80% of grammar school kids were middle class.).
Public opinion is often strange – both short-sighted and ignorant. Who'd be a politician, or indeed anyone wanting to promote the public interest?
We appear to be mostly in agreement – a shock to us both I'm sure ;)
To clarify a couple of things; I don't think chucking money at it will solve the problem (and I tend to be very dubious about such things ). My point about redistribution was more in lines with how it gives everyone a good starting point from the ancillary beneficial point of view: namely less stress, better access to good nutrition, toys and space to play etc. (yes, people having more money does not necessarily lead to these things, but on average it does improve chances) which all play a role. It's significant in that children tend to be naturally curious, playful and quick learners – so even if the parents are not instilling the 'right' virtues, in a home environment where the child is not being curtailed they have a better chance of picking up such things from elsewhere.
To a certain extent we can't know whether government policy is good or not (or how well it compensates for this or that), but we can see that certain types of education instruction work better than others (and there is a great deal case-study and comparative work on this – though not without difficulty as education in each country has a different surrounding environment, so what works in one place might not work in another). Of course a bad educational policy might stymie an otherwise good parental influence just as much as vice versa. One thing for sure, though, is that consistency is always going to be good; unfortunately most governments can never seem to resist the temptation to tinker with systems, even when they're working perfectly well (which is normally where the problems derive from). And as we are dealing with the potential futures of people I tend to sidle onto the 'caution first' approach.
I can't really see how redistrution helps unless the parents are engaged in the process. How do you ensure that the redistributed funds get spent on desirable outcomes for the children.
And for me that was the lesson of progs. like Educating Cardiff.
Some of our Schools seem to have become agencies of Social Care- I feel sorry for them trying to do this groundwork-and educate as well.
Something seems lacking in the Social Service Provision.
Wales desperately needs more English-only grammar schools.
The biggest political news story today is the government's decision to allow the opening of a de facto new grammar school in Kent (it's illegal to actually open a new grammar school, so technically it's a second site for an existing grammar school in another town).
I'm wondering whether there might be legal challenges in the months or years to come. From disappointed parents perhaps?
I am getting lots of adverts for Shur-gard & other storage firms. I have not been looking for storage so it's not my cookies. The silly ad companies obviously think this is a storage blog site! Personally, I'm blaming Carfrew. ;-)
Parent involvement is the tricky part, but this is why I think a lot of community support and action is often required – in the sense that it should be readily available (which is part of what I include under redistribution). Parents can be educated to be better parents (more involved, doing things better, tips and tricks etc) but that requires that there is somewhere they can go to get support if they're struggling. As you say social service provision does seem to lack in areas and could do with more direction/resources (though exactly in what direction is tricky to say).
I do believe that school can compensate though, but this again requires properly resourced schools (with enough teachers, good sized classrooms etc.) which, in poorer areas at least, are sadly often very rare and hard to come by.
John Chanin – "I'm surprised at the public acceptance of grammar schools, which wasn't the case 30-40 years ago when most of them went."
It's always tricky finding issues polling from decades ago, but what I can find from the 70s and 80s at least (though of course, that's a little too late) is still broadly supportive, albeit, much closer than the polls suggest today. The oldest data I can find, from 1974, had the balance of public opinion narrowly against grammar schools.
The British Social Attitudes survey asked about whether we should have Grammar&Secondary Moderns or Comprehensives several times in the 1980s.
1984 – 50% Grammar & Sec Mod, 40% Comprehensives
1985 – 46% Grammar & Sec Mod, 45% Comprehensives
1987 – 52% Grammar & Sec Mod, 41% Comprehensives
1989 – 47% Grammar & Sec Mod, 46% Comprehensives
The British Election Study asked a question in 1974 and 1979 on how important it was to replace Grammars with Comprehensives.
1974 – 42% Important it SHOULD be done, 39% important it should NOT be done
1979 – 33% important it SHOULD be done, 48% important it should NOT be done
I find the suggest you make quite plausible – that when grammar schools were widespread there were plenty of middle class parents who disliked them because their kids didn't get in; now where they don't exist today's middle class parents assume their offspring would get in.
@ Colin
Some of our Schools seem to have become agencies of Social Care- I feel sorry for them trying to do this groundwork-and educate as well.
Something seems lacking in the Social Service Provision.
Providing social services for children using their schools as the route to do so could bring significant savings & considerable benefits. But it needs to be properly structured & carefully implemented.
Thanks-we are in large measure agreed.
The Troubled Families program has, I understand been successful-but what we are discussing seems to be the next level down ( ? up) -a much larger cohort=much greater cost.
Even things like ability to defer gratification are fixed very early in life and are likely inherited. See the Stanford Marshmallow Test which was conducted on four to six year olds:
That test predicted exam scores and success in life before the children had even set foot in a school.
I know people want to believe that government can "fix" things, but they can't. All this stuff is determined by the parents. And the key decision is the choice of spouse – do people choose someone steady and reliable or do they choose someone stupid and flaky. And the other question that follows is why are some women deciding there is no downside to choosing a flaky partner – is it because the state will step in and bail them out regardless?
Re polling on Grammar Schools.
The key demographic are swing voters in marginal constituencies. If too many nice middle class kids get sent to secondary moderns then the system gets changed.
I went to an average Comprehensive by the way and got to Oxford via Sixth Form College. I was not the only person in my Comprehensive year to reach Oxbridge.
I would say that comparing the social effects of grammar schools today with that in their heyday is misleading. This is because in the days when every town had a grammar school (or equivalent, for Jocks), most parents aspired to get their children into one. Now that they are thin on the ground, wealthier parents have an advantage in gaining access (e.g. by moving house to a more expensive area).
But grammar schools aren't 'thin on the ground', because they're not evenly spread. They're still widely present in those counties that retained them (Kent[1], Lincs, Bucks and some other LAs) but completely absent or with only a few elsewhere[2]:
This means that you can compare the effects of selective education in say Kent (which is particularly useful because of its size and comparative geographic isolation) with how things operate in other counties.
[1] These are often the historic counties because of boundary changes, so they may also pop up in adjoining areas such as Bromley and Bexley.
[2] Often as a convenient way of continuing to provide single-sex education. One of the amusing aspects of the fuss over various Muslim-influenced schools recently was the denunciation of separation into boys and girls for certain activities coming from people quite prepared to promote elsewhere the genders being separated for everything.
What would, or will, be the polling when a Labour government nationalises the public schools and turns them into sixth form colleges offering the EU baccalauriat and paired in exchange programmes with French, German and Chinese schools?
This would, I think be quite feasible, since it has happened with virtually the whole of the university system, and has been in no way revolutionary, except to open up the highest quality higher education to everyone.
Roger Mexico
"This means that you can compare the effects of selective education in say Kent (which is particularly useful because of its size and comparative geographic isolation) with how things operate in other counties."
It would be interesting to see the opinion poll results for those particular counties, but i suppose the cross-break sizes would be too small to be meaningful.
Pedantic note: inherited characteristics are not necessarily genetic characteristics. Language, most obviously, is usually inherited from people's parents but it is obviously cultural rather than genetic.
"I know people want to believe that government can "fix" things, but they can't. All this stuff is determined by the parents. And the key decision is the choice of spouse – do people choose someone steady and reliable or do they choose someone stupid and flaky. And the other question that follows is why are some women deciding there is no downside to choosing a flaky partner – is it because the state will step in and bail them out regardless?"
Mate choice is a zero sum game. If women valued a man's financial stability more than they do now then men with good, stable jobs would have hotter girlfriends, but someone would still end up with the losers. What's more, women can also have bad traits – maybe the losers would end up together, resulting in assortative mating that would continually increase inequality over time.
The policy outcome you are reaching towards is reducing the fertility rate of net tax consumers below the replacement rate. Any idea how to make it happen in a humane way?
@John Pilgrim
"What would, or will, be the polling when a Labour government nationalises the public schools and turns them into sixth form colleges offering the EU baccalauriat and paired in exchange programmes with French, German and Chinese schools?
"This would, I think be quite feasible, since it has happened with virtually the whole of the university system, and has been in no way revolutionary, except to open up the highest quality higher education to everyone."
Our universities operate in an even more extreme variant of a grant-maintained grammar system. They are not just selective between two broad tiers, they are selective down to the last decimal point in their league table scores. I do agree with you that it is interesting how different the reaction would be to a system in which one applied to secondary school in direct competition with every other student in the country. I don't understand why the reaction would be so much different, but I suspect finding out would tell us a lot about the irrationality of democratic voters.
@ Candy
Re the Marshmallow Test: Your theory that genetics are involved in the outcomes of the test has been comprehensively debunked.
Here's an article about one piece of research which disproved that genetics were a factor.
In case you are unable to defer gratification until you've read to the end of the article, here's the conclusion: A learned response based on trust & experience is the determining factor in whether a child defers gratification or not.
And the concluding paragraph of the article says: "The descriptions of Mischel's work have focused mainly on determination and grit, and many of the charter schools and educational researchers that have taken the marshmallow results to heart tend to see self-control as a unitary quality that can explain both our childhood decisions and our adult outcomes. In Kidd's study, the willingness to wait is more of a situational trait. Rather than being engaged in a desperate struggle against their own appetites, the young subjects of her study were carefully calculating the likelihood that they would actually get a second marshmallow. Her work suggests that getting kids to be better at waiting—in the lab and in life—is a matter of persuading them that there's something worth waiting for."
@ Candy
Assuming you consider CEOs to be people who have succeeded (which, I'm happy to admit, is debatable) then explain to me why they always want an 'executive summary' at the beginning of presentations. Why do they want 'immediate gratification'? Are they incapable of having the conclusion at the end, after the evidence has been presented? Or do they, sensibly, want a heads-up on whether it's worth the effort of listening to the whole thing?
Your source supports the strong heritability of intelligence and the weak (and diminishing) effect of parental resources:
"Findings from twin, adoption, and family studies are the most commonly cited forms of evidence for a biological theory of intelligence. These studies compare individuals with very similar DNA (identical twins or related family members) with biologically unrelated children growing up in the same home or with children and their adoptive parents. This method attempts to distinguish traits a person is born with from those influenced by his or her environment. Molecular biologist, Robert Plomin has utilized such studies to estimate the heritability of intelligence at around .50 (50%) of the variance [18]. Other studies utilizing g as a cognitive measure have arrived at similar estimates. Longitudinal studies show that these effects increase with age. The heritability of g appears to rise to about .75 (75%) by late adolescence. One explanation for this shift is that family influences on cognition are deemed to diminish throughout development. Also possible, explains Plomin, is that additional gene expression delayed during childhood may be triggered as cognitive processes develop."
The most it grants to your position is that genetic determinism isn't yet proved to be the cause:
"But do these studies provide evidence that intelligence is inherited? Causation has not been determined here."
@Colin & Amber
Thanks. I'll have to take a look at the troubled families program – it sounds like that kind of thing, but yes school support and other factors (whether a level down or up) or also important. The devil, of course, tends to be in the details and, where this stuff is concerned, there unfortunately tends to be a lot of details and a lot of devils…
Right, this time the last word on it (because I'm well aware that anything I say will not shake the absolute conviction you have in what you assert but I'm miserably compelled to try…)
Amber has already covered some of this ground, but its worth noting that the original experiment does not quite suggest what you think it does (Mischel, for one, was not actually testing whether delayed gratification led to success but what strategies children used to do it – it was the later studies that showed that it seemed to correlate with success, not something he actually predicted from the original test).
Some additional points on this:
1) The children used in the experiment were all primary school children – so they had already been exposed to a school environment alongside a parental one when they took the test (which would confound any easy link between parents and success on the test)
2) The children were all children of Stanford students, faculty and graduates – people who you would think would have the right combination of genetics and habits to pass onto their children. On your terms all the participants in that test should have delayed gratification until the end – the fact that they did not should be an indication that there is something else going on.
3) The test Amber points to demonstrates that with a mere 15-minutes of priming beforehand you can turn the children into people who either mostly delay gratification or mostly go for instant gratification. The fact that this can happen fairly kiboshes the idea that its fixed early on and is then unchangeable. The best that you could say is that, similarly to language, its easier to learn it when you're young than when you're older, but its not impossible (and neurosciences would also support this as the brain is still developing well into adult-hood).
4) It's also difficult to say that this is the one characteristic, or set of characteristics, that determines these outcomes. As I've already pointed to, certain accents are highly correlated with success as well but it'd be a brave person who would claim that accents are genetic and they determine success.
Aside from this I'm not really sure what you're suggesting should do instead. You seem to be suggesting that we should ditch schools (because they're a waste of money) and ditch government support (because it just encourages women to think they can [email protected] any caveman and get away with it) and pump all our money into improving dating apps instead. But would be a mental proposition so I doubt it's that…
The ghosts of Sir Cyril and Lysenko, and the disasters they respectively wreaked, should haunt anyone who claims that they have found the scientific key to producing success…
I rather suspect Mr Cummings' ejaculations are figuring prominently in this (alongside the work of Satoshi Kanazawa and Steven Pinker in his less cautious moments…)
It is interesting to note that the characteristics that determine success are mostly the same characteristics that Weber identified as being inherent in Protestantism and which led to the development and rise of capitalism (because they had the right mindset to be entrepreneurial and bring it about).
Weber's thesis is, of course, [email protected] which should give some pause for thought when anyone proclaims that it's 'so simple, it's just x'
Yes, but if your read the successive paragraphs you'll note that they start to talk about the problems with the studies that are cited to show that intelligence is genetic:
"But do these studies provide evidence that intelligence is inherited? Causation has not been determined here. There are two significant problems associated with twin/adoption and family studies. First is the assumption that genetic effects can be separated from environmental effects. This position rests on the "equal environments assumption" (EEA), which posits that the environment of individuals in the same or different homes can be controlled for in such a way that genetic effects can be separated out. There have been serious critiques levied at EEA due to the way adoptive and non-adoptive environments are appraised as being different or alike [19]. Additionally, the idea that genetic and environmental effects are simply additive and work in isolation of one another is false.
Second, a majority of these studies do not account for how IQ outcomes are affected by class differences. Eric Turkheimer, et al. utilized the twin/adoption and family method to show that socioeconomic status modifies heritability of IQ in young children [20]. The study found that in families who subsisted on incomes at or below the poverty line, the heritabilty effects on IQ were close to zero, whereas in affluent families, these effects were quite high. They also found that parental education levels modified both the effects of heritability and environment, increasing the former and decreasing the latter as years of education increased. In cases where adequate nutrition, access to education, protection from exposure to environmental toxins, and similar issues have affected the development of individuals, heritability estimates have been shown to be expressed quite differently.
Another phenomenon that seems to refute current heritability estimates is the "Flynn effect [21]," which describes a steady worldwide rise in performance since testing began. A three-point rise in IQ per decade on average has been noted, even when tests have been re-standardized to account for these gains. The reasons for this rise are not known, but one explanation involves children's need, and the need of people in general, to adapt to the increasing complexity of modern life. Obviously the rise cannot result from genetic mutation as the time frame is too narrow. Rather, the Flynn effect may demonstrate how flexible human cognitive development really is. As successive generations take in greater, and more complex, amounts of information from shifting sources such as television and radio, they learn to process the increase. The phenomenon calls into question the extent to which g is an inborn trait. Members of the American Psychological Association task force underscored in their 1995 report that: "…heritable traits can depend on learning and they may be subject to other environmental effects as well. The value of heritability can change if the distribution of environments (or genes) in the population is substantially altered [22]."
An illustration of the benefits of delaying gratification :)
It seems to me that a very large cohort study could, over time, solve the question of the degree of genetic heritability involved in, if not "intelligence" then at least in success.
DNA profiling 100,000 newborns and then following their milestones for 30 years would do it.
Of course, lots of people would be dead against this because lack of scientific evidence is the primary defence against the (morally/politically) unacceptable concept that stupid people have stupid children.
What @Mico said. Your link disproves your rant.
In a free society the government can't control private behaviours which range from drinking during pregnancy to having children without a partner and income to support said child so they are brought up in an unstable environment, to shacking up with dullards who pass on bad genes.
There is nothing we can do about this, nothing at all. So the only recourse to the state is to limit the cost to the rest of us. If providing expensive remedial help to a child yields no better results than if they hadn't bothered, then what's the point of spending that money? They'll still end up on minimum wage (or benefits because robots would be more efficient for the job). Or if you are Prince Harry, with an undeserved sinecure. But nothing, nothing can make a dull child clever. It's set at birth.
We've been trying for a century to solve this problem and we've frankly exhausted the "throw money at it" solution, the "grammar school method", the "make teachers try harder" solution, the "testing the children at various ages" method, the school inspection method and probably a few other things as well. The problem is not the state and it's not the schools or teachers – it's the parents.
People need to take responsibility for their own offspring, including looking at how they are contributing to reducing their children's life chances. And if the state is actually incentivising people to behave in ways that hurt their own children, then we need to stop those incentives.
Have I understood the modified marshmallow test correctly?
If I wait 15mins I may get another marshmallow or not, depending on the trustworthiness of the tester? No-one takes away my first marshmallow?
Then why not wait?
@ Amber Star and AU
You spared me from typing up all the debunking.
Everybody knows (in psychology, except for the zealots) that the Marshmellow Test is tooth fairy science (you can do as many calculations and regressions as you want on the number of the tooth left under the pillow and the amount of money found in the following morning – it does not have any evidence for the phenomenon that it wants to prove, it confuses correlation with causality, and ignores size effects and concentrates on p value (thoroughly discussed during the elections here).
@ Candy
Just for your information: we know that Sir Cecil Burt was a fraud, so his arguments shouldn't be used, and you using them discredits you, even if you picked up from secondary sources (or anecdotes which is not an alternative plural of data).
Also if you want to know something about genes, you need to read about it, and you may want to start from "Not in our genes" (Rose is one of the authors), and then continue from what has been found since, rather than the social Darwinist prejudices.
I don't want to get involved, even if Anthony would allow it, in debate about the genetic and environmental bases of educational success.
However, there are big issues concerning situations, far from confined to education, when overwhelming intellectual and academic evidence fails to shift political opinion. It would be nice to think that voters cast their ballots on the basis of the evidence; but there is a large amount of psephological research to show that they do not.
Is perverse electoral behaviour, and pandering by politicians to such behaviour, the price of democracy? Many of us hate the idea of grammar schools, but we wouldn't support a dictatorship in order to get rid of them.
Best post of the day on the subject, i totally agree with you. If only the poiticians did.
@ Candy
But nothing, nothing can make a dull child clever. It's set at birth.
Nothing which has been tried already has proved to be an infallible system for making all children who are not academic early in their life into successful academics.
On the other hand, there is a wealth of anecdotal evidence that it is indeed possible.
Regarding your characterisation of people who have a 'loser' as a father being, themselves, 'losers' – I am one of the many, many exceptions which disproves your rather silly theory.
@ Neil A
Of course, lots of people would be dead against this because lack of scientific evidence is the primary defence against the (morally/politically) unacceptable concept that stupid people have stupid children.
Are you asserting that there's a gene which determines levels of 'stupidity'?
It's quite depressing to read so much from nominally smart people, that's so judgemental of other people.
Woe betide anyone who doesn't fit what is 'judged' as clever by society at large, or who sees 'success' as something different to the 'normal' society.
Woe betide anyone who has particular difficulties, perhaps by disability or accident.
I have known academically gifted people who I wouldn't trust to tie their boot laces.
I've worked with people without a single qualification who have incredible humanity and the wisdom of Mother Earth herself. These folk are especially good at bursting pompous balloons, and see through nonsense like an Emperor's new clothes.
"It's quite depressing to read so much from nominally smart people, that's so judgemental of other people."
We are all judgmental of other people, we do it every day, its normal human behaviour. I am sure we can all agree with the examples you give, that's not the point that Candy and others were making.
Why is it that when people who don't like others views, words like "nonsense" and "silly" appear in posts. Depressing………………..
@Frederic Stansfield
There is actually a know curious psychological quirk called the 'backlash effect' whereby the more you demonstrate (factually, logically) that someone's belief is wrong, the more it solidifies that belief.
Us humans are very weird creatures…
You are happy to believe that the tendency for diabetes and heart disease runs through families but intelligence does not? Why? What makes the genes that form the brain behave differently to the genes that form the rest of us?
@Neil A
"Of course, lots of people would be dead against this because lack of scientific evidence is the primary defence against the (morally/politically) unacceptable concept that stupid people have stupid children"
And the morally/politically unacceptable concept that smart people have stupid children as well…
Roger Mexico
"[4] While there's technically nothing wrong with the 'whole of Great Britain' wording (a hypothetical can suggest anything after all) I did wonder whether Anthony was trying to wind up OldNat at the time and has now chickened out by not linking the tables."
Thanks for the link to the tables.
Of course, you are correct in that any geographic area could have been postulated, into which an antique form of English schooling (now only prevalent in remote areas such as Kent) could have been introduced .
YG could have asked with equal technical validity, relevance, point and accuracy to "reintroducing" English Grammar Schools to the UK, the British Isles, Europe, the Empire (God Bless Her!) or even Kent.
In Kellner's mining of a worn-out seam, perhaps the most damning indictment of YG's total incompetence in framing "explanations" for questions was this –
Perhaps the most significant group are 25-39 year-olds—the generation with children either in secondary schools or heading there in years to come. They back "reintroducing grammar schools" by 45-17 per cent—but oppose "reintroducing the selective system" and the 11-plus exam by 41-35 per cent. This represents a 34-point shift, from a 28-point majority in favour of grammar schools to a six-point majority opposed to the 11-plus"
There is an argument (though this is not the place for it) about selection to create teaching groups. It has always amazed me that there seems to be such enthusiasm in England to place such teaching groups in separate schools.
Since many Scottish Secondary schools (including the two I attended in the late 50s/early 60s) accommodated different streams in the same school, separation clearly isn't necessary.
Many English folk remain obsessed with seperatism! :-(
I blame La Manche, meself.
@ Candy
You are happy to believe that the tendency for diabetes and heart disease runs through families but intelligence does not? Why? What makes the genes that form the brain behave differently to the genes that form the rest of us?
You have picked excellent examples. Do you believe that diabetes & heart disease are caused only by genetics & that nothing else contributes to those conditions? Do you believe that people with those conditions should receive no help from the state, or society, but should be 'allowed' to die of their 'defect' with society making no attempt to alleviate or cure the condition? After all, their mother has unwisely chosen to have a child when she &/or her partner may have genetic 'defects' because a tendency to these conditions is 'in the family'.
I suppose this will sound pompous – but I hope that you, through the very examples you, yourself, have given may be willing re-consider some of your positions.
Pete B – by happy co-incidence, the Kent Messenger actually commissioned a proper poll of Kent voters before the election that did have grammar school question in it.
Sadly I can't now find what the actual question was (have a google around, more details might have been there at the time), so very hard to judge how meaningful it was, but FWIW 75% of people in Kent were in favour of expanding Grammar schools in the country, 16% opposed.
That. of course, is in the context of a county that is now heavily Conservative anyway.
And on other matters, this has moved from a discussion about the science of IQ and heritability which was off-topic but perfectly civil (and very interesting in some cases), to one about how other people's views are silly and heartless and nasty. I think it's probably time to draw a line under it.
@ Dave
Have I understood the modified marshmallow test correctly?
If I wait 15mins I may get another marshmallow or not, depending on the trustworthiness of the tester? No-one takes away my first marshmallow?
Then why not wait?
Because there is inherent uncertainty in the testing process. There is now a risk that there could be a third tester who will take away your only mallow & you will get nothing. The children no longer trust the testing process to deliver a specific outcome.
@ Anthony Wells
Sorry for the 'silly' comment which I made about Candy's theory. I took Candy's comment personally due to my own family history; I shouldn't have taken offence, if none was intended by Candy.
"I think it's probably time to draw a line under it."
Your clever [1] wheeze of moving swiftly on from the YG Scottish poll thread, seems to have come unstuck.
[1] Whether your cleverness is more nature than nurture, or vice versa, will remain forever a mystery. :-)
Last word on this because AW wants us to stop,
How people look (physical features) is hereditary. Eye colour is hereditary. Blood type is hereditary. You can't get cystic fibrosis unless both your parents have the gene. In other words it's hereditary.
Are we to assume that the brain alone is exempt from this? Or do you believe that it's all perfectly random and we should stop doctors taking family medical histories because they're casting "judgements" on the people they're treating?
People inherit intelligence. And the sooner we acknowledge this the sooner we allocate scare resources more productively. We need to acknowledge that "trying harder/studying harder/working harder" doesn't always yield results because of basic abilities. Perhaps the people at the bottom will always need financial support from the state because no amount of "effort" can change the way they are. If we stop wasting our time and money on fanciful utopias maybe we could afford to provide the safety net for the bottom. Think about the money spent on remedial education to no measurable improvement. We may as well save the money as we'll have to pay it out in benefits anyway.
Apologies if I contributed to the lack of civility, but thank you for allowing the discussion to run even though it was off topic.
It has, after all, given me an advanced look at what the circle of Hell I'm going to be pitched into will be like when I croak it… ;)
"It has, after all, given me an advanced look at what the circle of Hell I'm going to be pitched into will be like when I croak it"
Yes, a world without storage, or coffee, and everything is subject to automod…
@ Candy
I believe that people's brains can adapt & change themselves or be changed.
Here is one example: I have read that Parkinsons, a disease of the brain, may be caused by an infection from the stomach which travels along or affects a particular nerve so that the effects of Parkinsons appear to come from the brain. Cauterising the nerve may prevent, arrest & perhaps even lead to the reversal of Parkinsons disease. Not very long ago, it was considered that a diagnosis of Parkinsons meant inevitable deterioration; there was no hope for the patient.
So I believe that people with 'defective' brains should not be written off. There may well be a systematic solution to the problem – we just haven't found it yet. And shouldn't we be very, very careful about who decides that a brain is 'defective'? I certainly do not feel qualified to make such a judgement or decree that there is no hope for change.
Scottish EU poll (via Britain Elects)
Remain: 51% (-1)
Leave: 31% (+2)
(via YouGov / 09 – 13 Oct)
Thanks for that. YG have now released tables for other questions in the Full Scottish poll.
Replace with equivalent – 25% (+1)
Keep WMD but cheaper & less powerful – 29% (-2)
Giove up WMD – 37% (=)
GM crops
Support ban – 37% (+2)
Oppose ban -32% (-2)
National Reading/Writing test for Primary
Support 66%
Minimum Alohol pricing
Support – 48%
Oppose – 41%
Allow fracking in Scotland?
Yes 23%
No 59%
Party leader ratings (doing well or badly) – Well : Badly : DK
Cameron – 30% : 63% : 6%
Sturgeon – 67% : 28% : 5%
Dugdale – 20% : 35% : 45%
Davidson – 38% : 38% : 25%
"Giove up WMD"
Obvious typo – strapping Gove to a WMD would be hugely popular :-)


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A pair of denim shorts was on my shopping list this summer so I started looking around online and found two promising (ethical & sustainable) options: this pair from Everlane and these from Able. I'd also stumbled upon these eco shorts from JCrew while on their website.
At the same time, I was in the throes of searching for white denim, finding my perfect pair of white sneakers, and new sheets. So, I wasn't thrilled about the idea of ordering more stuff online and having to deal with returns (also, not the most environmentally friendly option). I live close to a JCrew and decided to stop in to take a look at the eco shorts I'd spotted online. I tried on my normal JCrew denim size (27) and fell in love. They fit perfectly, are high waisted (but not crazy uncomfortable high waisted) and have some stretch. Plus, they do not hug my thigh and have a reasonable inseam length. I don't think shorts shopping has ever gone so smoothly for me before. Literally the first pair I try on happens to check all my boxes, how is that possible?!
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Seeing the live telecast of Jallikattu on TV for the past few years, I yearned to go and see the real action. I arrived at Avaniyapuram, Madurai, with my 9 year old son, Adityan, in tow. I had also brought my friend and his two teen-age sons who had recently come back from the US. All the way from Coimbatore to Madurai, I raved about the wonderful experience that I had during the Jallikattu that I had attended about two decades back.
During my college days, I had the good fortune of experiencing Jallikattu in a village in Trichy district. It was my friend's village. Four of us – all close friends – arrived at our friend Subramani's house. The whole village wore a festive look and all the houses were freshly white-washed and decorated. In typical Tamil hospitality style, his family treated us like royalty. We celebrated the community Pongal in the village temple grounds. The whole village folk arrived, all of them dressed up in their new festival attire. After a gala breakfast there were competitions like cycling, kabaddi, pot-breaking etc for all age groups. The next day was Jallikattu. We were all so excited. We arrived at the temple ground which was surrounded by houses all around. Every Tom, Dick and Harry walked up to us and warned us that Jallikattu is a sport only for the able-bodied. It appeared as if the whole village was worried that the 'town boys' might get hurt and earn a bad reputation for their village. My friend assured them that we were only spectators. The whole village folk assembled. The youth were standing in the ground while all the kids, women and other men-folk stationed themselves safely on roof-tops or terraces of the houses. We could see people on roof-tops, terraces, some safely peeping from inside their house though windows or grill gates and with some kids climbing on to trees for a good view of the event.
After asking everybody to be safe, and announcing several times, the bulls were let loose through the temple-gate, one by one. Since there were no enclosures or barricades, the bulls ran freely. The youth tried to chase them down and get hold of the prize – cotton towel, silk towel, silk dhoti, cash or gold coins – tied in-between the horns. Those who were successful in 'taming' the bull, walked around proudly sporting the prize towel draped around their neck. After the last bull was tamed, the end of Jallikattu was announced. The whole village gathered to congratulate the winners.
My son was all excited to see Jallikattu. With all the new rules and regulations in place, I was sure that this would a safer and more enjoyable experience.
The whole town was abuzz with activity when we arrived at Avaniyapuram at 7am. The crowd was still thin and hence we hoped to get a seat with a good view.
The Jallikattu was to be held on a narrow street lined with houses on either sides. The street was barricaded on both sides and further protected by a metal net. The minute we entered the space between the barricade and the houses I had my first thought that this was going to be an interesting experience. With very little space to walk between the barricade and houses, we had to play trapeze artist crawling through poles that held the barricades, or jumping over them. Luckily for us the crowd was thin and hence we could move around without much difficulty.
There was no gallery for people to sit. So people were sitting inside the little gap between the double barricades. Some generous house owners allowed a few people access to their rooftops. A friend of mine had arranged a roof-top for us. Unfortunately it was on the other side of the street. To reach the other side, I has to walk over 2 kilometers. Pulling my son along I extricated myself from the mess of barricades and took a very narrow filthy by-lane. After carefully crossing all kinds of filth that I do not wish to mention here, we reached the main street. By this time, Jallikattu had started and the police had totally closed off the access to the other side of the street. So we were stranded. And what a place to get stranded! We were on the road which was the exit route for the bulls coming out of the 'arena'. Every other minute, I had to pull my son and run into a nearby shop for cover as bulls came charging towards us. The bull owners were running behind the bull with ropes to get hold of it.
It was too dangerous for us to be anywhere near there, especially with kids. So I went to a nearby house and asked them if they could allow us to the terrace. The kind old lady asked her son to ask the house-owner living on the first floor. The landlord was not willing to let us in. So the old lady suggested we get on to the roof-top of the adjacent building. I sent my son, my friend and his sons to the roof-top and ensured that they were safely seated. Being a freelance photographer, I decided to walk around and get some good pictures of the raging bulls.
I went back to the exit-street to get some good eye-level photos. The whole street was crowded and I could only see the heads of spectators. When a raging bull is sighted, everybody ran for cover and the street would be cleared for a split second. I had to get my picture and then run for cover within that split second. Very soon, I got fed up. Not only could I not get good shots, my feet was covered with filth that I trampled on when I ran for cover. So I decided to try some other spot. I walked along and spotted a few foreign tourists standing on a tractor trailer meant for police personnel. The police were kind enough to let me also get on to the tractor. I took a few pictures of bulls running out. Still I was nowhere near the bull-taming arena. So I got down from the tractor and walked some more distance till I reached the end of the street on which the bull taming was being held. I squeezed myself into a small gap between the tractor and a metal barricade. There were people jammed on the other side of the barricade. The barricade just near me did not have the metal sheet in the middle. So it was sort of open and provided an excellent opportunity for people to peep through it to get a good open view of the bulls. Looked like I had got the perfect spot to shoot a ground level picture of a bull with tamers in tow. This was the street corner. The bull had to run straight towards us and then turn to its right and go on towards the exit. So I could get bulls running straight at me! I could also notice some bulls 'returning' back to the arena. There was this one bull which did not seem to want to go out. It just stood there about 50 feet from me, loitering and threatening anyone attempting to throw a rope to get hold of it. It went around poking at the people behind the barricades through the metal net. Slowly it came in my direction. Instinctively, I moved a few steps back. Luckily for me, it was more interested in the people peeping through the metal barricade. In a flash everybody behind the barricade ran away and all of a sudden it was just a big open hole. The bull squeezed through the hole and ran free into the next street!
When another bull also found its way to the other street through the same route, I decided it was safer for me to be on the tractor trailer. Again I requested for access to the police tractor and they were kind enough to let me on. Finally I got a few pictures. I went back to check on my son and friend's family. They were still on the same roof-top where I left them, but there were over 100 people on the roof-top now, including a Swedish couple who were on a tour of South India.
We decided we had enough of action for the day and we started heading back to our car. Now my son wanted to use the toilet. Oh My God! This day was turning into a nightmare now. With thousands of spectators pouring in to see the Jallikattu action, it somehow did not seem to dawn on the authorities that these people may need rest rooms! As a result, we could see people using the roadsides as open-air toilets! We were not used to that and so I had to beg a house owner to let my son use his toilet.
On my way back, I wondered about what had changed in the two decades that had elapsed between my first Jallikattu experience and the one I experienced today. With the passage of time, new technological strides that our country has made, all the new rules and regulations, all talk about spectator safety, bull-tamer safety and safety of the bull, should the sport not have improved? Instead, the quality and safety of the sport seems to have greatly deteriorated. Have the so-called animal-rights activists and the authorities ended up turning the enjoyable safe sport into a more dangerous one?
I wish we could rewind the clock back to the good old days with the same old simple form of Jallikattu which was safer for the bull-tamers and spectators and also less stressful for the bulls.


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Rockwell Automation Inc.ROK reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.69 in fourth-quarter fiscal 2017 (ended Sep 30, 2017), up 11% from $1.52 recorded in the prior-year quarter. The year-over-year performance was driven by higher sales, partially offset by higher investment spending, incentive compensation. However, earnings missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.72.
Including one-time items, the company's earnings came in at $1.57 per share, up 9.8% from the year-ago quarter figure of $1.43.
Total revenues came in at $1.67 billion in the quarter, up 8.4% year over year. Revenues also surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.66 billion. Organic sales rose 5.6%, acquisitions contributed 1.3% and foreign currency translations boosted sales by 1.5%.
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Operational Update
Cost of sales increased 15% year over year to $1,020 million. Gross profit edged down 0.6% to $647.7 million from $651.9 million reported in the year-ago quarter. Selling, general and administrative expenses flared up 5.8% to $425.5 million.
Consolidated segment operating income was $283.5 million, down 7% from $304.3 million recorded in the prior-year quarter. Segment operating margin was 17% in the reported quarter, 280 basis points contraction from the year-earlier quarter due to elevated investment spending and incentive compensation.
Segment Results
Architecture & Software: Net sales rose 8% year over year to $752 million in the fiscal fourth quarter. Organic sales were up 6.2%, acquisitions contributed 0.2% and currency translation increased sales by 1.6%. Segment operating earnings were $178 million compared with $180 million recorded in the prior year. Segment operating margin was 23.7% compared with 25.8% witnessed in the year-ago quarter.
Control Products & Solutions: Net sales climbed 8.7% to $915.5 million in the quarter. Organic sales increased 5.1%, acquisitions contributed 2.2% and currency translation boosted sales by 1.4%. Segment operating earnings dropped 15% to $105.5 million from $124.3 million in the year-ago quarter. Segment operating margin came in at 11.5% compared with 14.8% in the prior-year quarter.
As of Sep 30, 2017, cash and cash equivalents were $1,411 million, down from $1,526 million as of Sep 30, 2016. As of Sep 30, 2017, total debt was $1,844 million, down from $1,964 million as of Sep 30, 2016.
Cash flow from operations in fiscal 2017 came in at $1,034 million compared with $947.3 million in fiscal 2016. Return on invested capital was 39% as of Sep 30, 2017, increasing from 33% as of Sep 30, 2016.
During the reported quarter, Rockwell Automation repurchased 210,000 of its shares for $34.6 million. As of the quarter end, $608.4 million was available under the existing share-repurchase authorization.
Fiscal 2017 Performance
Rockwell Automation reported adjusted earnings per share of $6.76 in fiscal 2017, up 14% from $5.93 per share recorded in the prior year. Earnings fell short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $6.78. Including one-time items, the bottom line came in at $6.35, up 14.2% from $5.56 recorded in fiscal 2016.
Revenues jumped 7.3% year over year to $6.31 billion from $5.88 billion in fiscal 2016. The top line beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $6.30 billion.
Rockwell Automation issued its fiscal 2018 guidance. For fiscal 2018, the company expects adjusted EPS in the range of $7.20-$7.50 and reported sales growth in the range of 5-8%. Rockwell Automation projects heavy industries to be marginally higher than the company average, with solid contribution from oil and gas. The company also anticipates growth in consumer and transportation sectors.
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Rockwell Automation's shares have outperformed the industry in the past year. The company's shares have surged 60.6%, while the industry recorded 55% growth.
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We all know that traveling is a very fun and exciting activity. Most of us can't wait to travel somewhere so that we can escape from the day-to-day obligations and tasks that await us, and give our mind a much-needed break that it deserves. During our vacation, we have a chance to relax, have fun, and enjoy our free time. Unfortunately, when we are far away in a foreign country, the last thing that comes to our minds is weight management.
It is not a surprise that we don't want to think about sticking to our diet when we are on vacation. When we take a few days off work, we just want to relax and not think about anything that can stress us out. Unfortunately, we often don't think about how to maintain our current weight, and as a result, some of us return home with a few extra pounds.
However, you should be aware that traveling doesn't necessarily result in weight gain. On the contrary, it can help you get rid of the excess weight. Of course, your weight management results depend on several factors, including your choice of foods while traveling, and the level of activity.
You can't expect to lose weight if you tend to overeat and indulge in fast and unhealthy food and stay in your hotel room the entire day as it is impossible. On the other hand, if you are active, and make reasonable decisions when it comes to food choices, you will probably be able to lose excess weight with ease.
Weight Management Stimulate You to Be Active
If you are a frequent traveler, you surely already know that the key to having a fantastic vacation is to walk as much as possible. Many sights are available that you shouldn't miss out on, no matter if you want to visit Paris, go to Canada to enjoy the beautiful nature, or go to a horse race in Kentucky. If you don't leave your hotel room, going on a trip will be just a waste of money.
The purpose of traveling is to see everything that one location offers, find out more about the culture and customs in a foreign country, trying local specialties, and more, all of which is not possible if you spend the entire days locked in a hotel room. You should be aware that walking is one of the most effective activities when it comes to weight loss. You can get rid of the excess pounds easily if you walk as much as you can.
Walking a lot while traveling will help you shed fat quickly, and once you return home, you will be more satisfied with what you see in the mirror compared to before your vacation. When you are in a foreign country, going sightseeing will contribute to your weight loss results significantly. You will do plenty of walking while on vacation so that you can see everything that a particular location offers.
It is important to realize that those who walk often have lower cholesterol levels compared to those who don't. Of course, the level of bad cholesterol depends on several factors, not only on whether you walk a lot or not. However, going sightseeing has a positive impact on your cholesterol levels. All you need to do is to leave your hotel room, go outside, choose a direction and start walking.
Another way in which traveling can motivate you to be active is that it will stimulate you to try new and different things. For example, if you have always wanted to try bungee jumping, you already know that you can't try it anywhere. If you spend your vacation in a city or place that offers it, you probably won't be able to resist the temptation. Of course, it depends on whether you have an adventurous spirit or not, and whether you are willing to try it or terrified by the idea of doing it.
In case you decide to try it, you will burn more calories compared to sitting on the bench or at the restaurant. The more calories you burn, the more weight you will lose, all thanks to traveling. You can also burn calories by engaging in more common activities that you have already tried. You are not obligated to try extreme sports to lose some weight as regular sports will help too. If you travel somewhere during the winter, you are likely to go skiing. If you go on vacation during warm summer months, you will probably enjoy hiking and exploring the area at the same time, or swimming to cool down a bit.
Biking is also a popular option among travelers as it gives them a chance to get moving and explore the city that they are visiting. In case you are feeling adventurous, you can opt for rock climbing or rafting. If you want weight management while traveling, the most important thing is to be active and to engage in different activities. Once you return home, you will be delighted by the results of your efforts.
It Will Encourage You to Stay Hydrated
Drinking plenty of water while on vacation is very important. If you are not adequately hydrated, you won't be able to go sightseeing or try different activities. Some of the symptoms of dehydration that you may encounter if you don't drink enough water include low energy, headaches, and feeling hungry. All of these things can ruin your day, as well as put you into the temptation of reaching for unhealthy snacks or fast food.
Of course, if you consume fast and unhealthy food, it will have an adverse impact on your weight management results. If you want to prevent something like this from happening and manage to lose excess weight, you should make sure that you always keep a water bottle with you. Thanks to having plenty of water with you while going sightseeing, you will stay hydrated and be full of energy. Also, you won't be tempted to reach for unhealthy snacks. As you can see, traveling can help you get rid of the extra pounds, and weight management well.


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Even today, the inhabitants of Venice go to the high altar of the church dedicated to the Virgin, after one of the many plagues suffered during the 1500s and 1600s.
Around the middle of the XVII century, northern Italy suffered one of the most serious epidemics of plague that also spread throughout the city of Venice.
The people began to pray and the patriarch Giovanni Tiepolo ordered that from 23 to 30 September 1630 public prayers were held throughout the city, especially in the cathedral of San Pietro di Castello, the patriarchal seat.
On 22 October it was decided that for fifteen Saturdays a procession in honor of the Madonna should be held around St Mark's Square, carrying an image called "Maria Nicopeja".
But the plague did not end.
As in the previous century, the Serenissima then made the solemn vow to dedicate to the Madonna a church, called Santa Maria della Salute. In addition, the Senate decided that every year, on the official day of the end of the infection, the doges should go solemnly to visit this church, in memory of the gratitude to Our Lady.
In January 1632, in order to be faithful to the vow made, work began and the sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini was asked to sculpt the image of the Madonna.
The work began on 25 March, the day considered the anniversary of the creation of the world, the Annunciation, the Crucifixion and the foundation of Venice in 421.
On September 6, 1631, the first foundations were laid according to the project of Baldassare Longhena.
The plague finally ended and 28 November was declared the official day of liberation from the disease.
Alvise Sagredo, the new patriarch of Venice, opened the temple on 9 November 1687 and the date of the feast was definitively moved to 21 November.
Since then, every year a large crowd has been on pilgrimage near the church over the boat bridge built for the occasion on the Grand Canal.
In a mixed atmosphere of sacred and profane, in front of the church and in the nearby fields there is a fair: a great popular festival for children and adults where, next to the votive candles, there are stalls of handicrafts and the typical tastings of cold cuts and cheeses, mulled wine, sweets, colorful balloons and toys.
Traditionally in the houses people prepare a typical dish, the castradina, a special recipe from Montenegro based on smoked meat of mutton castrato, boiled and served at the table with a side of cabbage or savoy.
The tradition thus perpetuates the gratitude of the Venetians for the Dalmatians who, during the long isolation suffered by the city, were the only ones to regularly supply it with mutton castrated and preserved in salt, which thus became the dish of those days.


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Pixar's new movie, Coco is being described as a love letter to Mexico
It's finally here! Disney Pixar released the first official trailer of their upcoming movie Coco today. It is slated to release this winter and is the next project in line post Cars 3. The movie is the only non-sequel on the studio's slate right now.
The story revolves around a 12 year old Mexican boy, Miguel who's love for music is challenged by his family's age old ban on Music. As the story goes, Miguel's great-great-grandfather abandoned his wife in favor of a career in music. After she took over as the matriarch of the shoe-making family, she banned music for all her descendants. This led his family to believe that music is cursed.
Coco is directed by Toy Story 3 director Lee Unkrich and it's cast includes; Gael García Bernal of Mozart in the Jungle fame, new comer Anthony Gonzalez, Benjamin Bratt from Law & Order and Renée Victor from Weeds as Miguel's abuelita/ grandmother.
Director Lee Unkrich was inspired by Día de los Muertos, the Mexican Day of the Dead to create this movie. In several interviews, Unkrich has stressed that it was important for them to have an all Latino cast from day one to preserve authenticity and portray Mexican culture in the best manner possible.
While Pixar has confirmed that Coco isn't a musical, there will definitely be some original scores to look forward to!
Without much ado, here's the official plot of Coco –
Despite his family's baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel (voice of newcomer Anthony Gonzalez) dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz (voice of Benjamin Bratt). Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector (voice of Gael García Bernal), and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.
Watch the first official trailer of Coco right here –
Going by the first look of the movie, Coco looks like a homage to classic Mexican ranchera films that featured several staples of the genre, including Vicente Fernandez and Antonio Aguilar. And then there's the magical element which makes this a truly awaited Pixar Movie!
Coco Releases in the US on November 22, 2017.
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I was in a non-client meeting recently, and I had the opportunity to describe what branding meant to us. In the middle of me talking, a person in the room said, "Well bring up some samples of your branding." Have you ever looked back at an interaction with someone and said to yourself, "I should have said…"?
This was one of those times for me. I proceeded to tell the person that our new website was not up yet to showcase our branding capabilities. What I shoulda said was, "I can't just show you our branding, you have to feel it. Let's call one of our customers and listen to their excitement. Let's talk to one of their employees and see if they work with passion and vision."
New logos, colors and tag lines create excitement for the short term and are very fun to work on…but what is best, is when that look is accompanied with a culture that reflects and supports it. Branding is a look, but it is also a feel.
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British-based firm Hawkeye is expected to be named as the provider of goal-line technology for the Premier League later today.
The system is understood to have been recommended as the preferred option to a meeting of the 20 top-flight clubs. A German system, GoalControl, has also been under consideration after submitting a tender.
If the recommendation is accepted it means Hawkeye's camera-based system will be in place at Premier League grounds and Wembley Stadium from next season.
Hawkeye, which was sold to technology giant Sony two years ago, already provides systems for tennis and cricket.
The Premier League provided seed money to help Hawkeye develop a goal-line technology system back in 2007, but there is no longer a formal relationship with the company.
League chiefs made their recommendation based on both cost and ease of implementation and use.
Earlier this month FIFA chose GoalControl, which is also a camera-based system, for the Confederations Cup in Brazil in June and next year's World Cup finals.
Two other systems, also German, have also been licensed by FIFA but they both use magnetic sensors rather than cameras.
Former Arsenal and FA vice-chairman David Dein, who has long campaigned for goal-line technology, claimed every top-flight referee in England was in favour of having a system.
He said at the Soccerex conference in Manchester: "The Premier League will be the first league in Europe to introduce it. I have been on this campaign for six or seven years and now it's going to happen. The referees need help, the camera will always beat the eye, and every referee in the Premier League is in favour of it."
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Unlicensed adoption agency under investigation
A Macomb County woman is facing federal wire fraud charges in connection with allegedly running an unlicensed adoption agency. In a federal court filing, Tara Lynn Lee, 37, is accused of giving adoptive parents false hope and charging exorbitant fees in the process.
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A simple "thank you" can pay it forward
Last evening I was invited to attend the monthly meeting held by my school district's Board of Directors to share the news of the publication of my debut novel. I expected to "pitch" Violet's Secret, so I brought a few copies to peruse and pass around and a short list of notes to help me remember what I wanted to say, since in my years of being a student and teacher in this school district, I'd never had the necessity or inclination to attend one of these meetings. Waiting for the meeting to begin, I actually sold a book to one of the parents of past students I'd taught, simply attending for information's sake.
I was most pleasantly surprised that I was recognized first on the agenda by my supervisor (I'll leave out her name for privacy's sake, but she is the Superintendent of Curriculum). She presented me with a certificate of accomplishment and must've said several nice things that I can't recall because I was so gratified by this gesture. It's not that teachers are never appreciated with an occasional gift or luncheon, but I suppose being upheld in this venue for my competence, talent, and accomplishment, I was genuinely moved.
We all possess the power to make a difference. I use mine everyday (sometimes with better results than others) to reach my students, to turn them into readers and perhaps writers, to teach them to be thinkers and effective communicators. My supervisor used hers yesterday to motivate me to continue to write and become the valuable asset she's recognized me to be, just by certifying my hard work. It's a big cycle, so appreciate someone today. Tell them they did a good job or that they look nice, or say "thank you" to show your appreciation. It may seem like a simple gesture, but if it inspires one person, then it was worth it. Pay it forward.


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The Prelude :-
The story begins with some passionate vagabond who happen to meet with each other accidentally on their venture to an unrevealed land. Pratik, portrayed as a guy who has lived his life in seclusion. On a remote US95 route, four other guys come across with one another. Bishal, Ashish, Ravi and Krishna. Krishna came from the south-most city of the continent. He seemed to be more constrained & secretive than others, whereas the other three were hippies living their life rambling all over the world.
Out of the four, Ashish was the most cautious of all. He and Bishal were born in the same city. He had reluctantly accepted Bishal's offer to travel to the desolate land. On the other hand, Ravi was the guy who was daring yet outspoken. He was the forerunner in the group. Over the period of small time these guys got along with each other rather well. But, destiny would take them through some unforeseen events when they will come across many other people, some humane while others iniquitous. Destiny would leave upon them to unravel the veiled impersonator.
The Union :-
The Four people : Bishal, Ravi, Ashish & Krishna walked upwards towards the forbidden mountain. The place was forbidden and rumors said that the woods there would wake up in the midst of the full moon. The place was supposedly haunted & ruled by the mystical creatures. Rumors had no effect on Ravi & Bishal. But instinctively Ashish suspected. Although, Ashish wanted them to return back, They convinced him in believing that the rumors were all fake, barely though.
The trails took them to a hamlet at the foot of the high snowy mountains. There, they encountered other four wayfarers, Kishor ,Kabindra , Mahesh , & Surendra. These guys were travelers in search of virgin lands. Kishor was the most hilarious of all. He was a humorist and always searched for ways to make people laugh. He was a collector of ancient effigies. Human effigies with masked faces. He cherished his collection more than anything in the world. Surendra was a horse-rider as daring as Ravi. Kabindra being the reticent of all came together with Kishor. Mahesh, had joined their group during an earlier voyage when they happened to meet in a similar sequence as today. Mahesh was placid at convene, however, he was more than what the others thought about him. Only time will unravel their actual characters.
The travelers got along benignly throughout. They decided to take the trails up to the woods after few days. For the next few days, they decided to stay at the foot of the mountains for respite and accruing energy for the rest of their journey. The companions relished, cheered and had fun the other day. But through the gloomy shade of the dark forest somebody was keeping an eye on them. The companions were oblivious of the sinister who was following them throughout the trails.
The day of setting foot on the woods :-
The fate had summoned upon them. The day arrived when they would climb up the mountains through the unsung woods. The companions decided to climb up the sierra but the foul weather inhibited their way up. The blizzard took them to different neck of the woods severed from each other. Earlier, prognosticating the poor weather, severely impeding their movements, Bishal had decided to retreat at the half way up the mountain and wait until the weather calmed down. He had expected the others to halt and climb down instead of moving upwards because the weather was too substandard for any movement. However, his suspicion wasn't going to transpire. He waited & waited for others to climb down and meet him but in vain.
As the weather calmed down, he sat in a dead log exhausted, weathered, distressed, disconsolate, dismal, somber and most notably alone, contemplating ...............!>
What really happened to them ? Where was Ashish ? Were they at the mercy of foul weather, the shadowy woods and unrelenting snow ? Different questions were coming out of Bishal's mind. But the most important of all was "were they all safe" & "will they ever come back ?"
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