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207 Massey to Department of External Affairs
Cablegram 556 SINGAPORE, 24 September 1948, 6.41 p.m.
Guerilla activities here are conducted largely by:
(1) War time 'Malayan Peoples anti-Japanese Army' and
(2) Small mobile groups of professional gunmen (see part two (c)
of my report enclosed with Ministerial despatch Number 3, July
15th), aided by some Chinese and a few Malayans who are
(1) operative consequently on fear of ([1] reprisal) and
(2) for purpose of possible gain.
2. Development of initiative as follows:-
During Malayan campaign of 1941-1942 the only Asian elements to
rally effectively to the defence, very early against the Japanese
were the Chinese Communists here organised in [2] [Dal]force under
Colonel Dalley. [3] Later during the occupation they formed MPAJA
and carried on spasmodic guerilla resistance, by which time K.M.T.
Chinese here had also a resistance force in action on a smaller
scale. Both groups were contacted, armed to some extent trained
and led by British Officers of Force 136. It must be admitted that
the resistance value of all these guerillas has been exaggerated
since the war and that they were frequently interested in mere
banditry and in addition spent considerable energy in fighting
against each other.
3. On re-occupation both groups were dissolved and 'surrendered
their arms'. Though large quantities of these were buried and both
groups continued to develop skeleton forces in remote areas,
demobilisation took place fairly smoothly and in the case of MPAJA
Old Comrades Association, recognition of the services of all those
active in guerilla resistance was given in the form of
commendation and a monetary bonus. Although few were satisfied
with this, most were re-absorbed into civilian life without undue
difficulty. Thanks to the action of Lord Mountbatten the guerilla
community received adequate and in some opinions excessive
recompense for services rendered.
4. I can find no evidence that post-war treatment of these forces
was the subject of any diplomatic representation by the Chinese
Government and it seems unlikely that the latter would be
interested in advancing the interests of a sworn anti-K.M.T. body
like MPAJA. Equally, although MPAJA Old Comrades Association
opposed to federation constitution as part of AMCJA PUTERA [4]
front (because like all Chinese groups it thought constitution
unduly pro-Malay) its decision to take up arms this year was
influenced only to very slight extent by this consideration.
You will see there can be no question of the Chinese Government
calling off hands which not only reject its authority but are
fighting determinedly against it in what is partly an extension
here of civil war in China. You might note in Malaya more K.M.T.
Chinese have been murdered by guerillas than Europeans.
5. There are no grievances peculiar to some MPAJA forces of which
Communists could take advantage. You will have formed your own
opinion of evidence in my report that insurrection here was
deliberately inspired by Malayan Communist Party for political
purposes and was possibly allied in this respect to current
insurrection against Burmese and Indonesian Governments. Whatever
its origin, it found support here in normal grievance of a
labouring population and in addition, Chinese susceptibility to
6. My reports have given real explanation of the present
insurrection. I agree however that, K.M.T. or Communist Chinese
are tirelessly expansionist, and both groups maintained private
armies here prior to the present outbreak-see my telegram [286 of
April 27th] [6] for [7]-of K.M.T. force in Perak. I believe
Chinese loyalty is basically to the Chinese race (see my despatch
2 October 20th 1947) and real Significance for f[ut]ure [8] of
present outbreak is its Chinese expansionist aspect.
7. There is no foundation for statement concerning guerilla bands
in vicinity of Singapore.
8. Further comprehensive report will be forwarded [9] together
with copy of the Awbery Dalley Report [10] which is very

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Management plays a vital role in the business world as it involves the process of organising and carrying out activities efficiently and effectively. The scope of management not only includes managing people but also other resources within an organisation.
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The structure of this programme is as follows:
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The validity period for TOEFL and IELTS is two (2) years from the date of the award.
Without such qualifications, international students are required to register for and pass the Intensive English Programme. This English programme will incur additional charges apart from the respective Programme Fee.
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Introduction to Corporate Secretarial and Administrative Practices
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Struggling Taiwanese device maker HTC announced another poor set of monthly sales, with its TWD21.23 billion (US$728.8 million) revenue for November 2012 down 31.39 percent from TWD30.94 billion in the same month last year.
The company has already said it expects fourth quarter sales to disappoint, providing guidance of around TWD60 billion – lower than the TWD70.2 billion it saw in the third quarter, despite the later period including the normally lucrative Christmas holiday sales period. It also anticipates its gross margin to fall to 23 percent from 25 percent in Q3, and operating margin to be 1 percent compared with 7 percent.
On a more positive note, the company's revenue in November was up 23.3 percent from the previous month.
HTC is facing tough competition in important markets including the US, Europe and China, where its Android devices have been overshadowed by Samsung's Galaxy range, which uses the same platform, as well as Apple's recently released iPhone 5S. The company has also seen a challenge from recovering Sony Mobile, among others.
According to figures from Canalys, HTC's smartphone market share slipped to 4.8 percent in the third quarter of 2012, compared with 10.9 percent in the third quarter of 2012. While the size of the market as a whole increased by 44.3 percent to reach 173.3 million units, HTC's shipments decreased by 36.1 percent to 8.4 million units — although it should be noted that the vendor does not confirm device volumes itself.
In recent weeks, the vendor has warmed-over its Android product line, including an update to its One X flagship (One X+). It has also announced a high-end device, Droid DNA, for Verizon Wireless.
It has also launched its first Windows Phone 8 devices, having said it intends to "go big" with the fledgling platform in order to offer a more balanced portfolio than with Android alone.
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Two businessmen, both of whom looked like they were in their early 60's, were discussing the upcoming cold front heading toward their next destination. Somehow, that segued into 'how to save feet that are frostbitten.'
One man was saying that if your feet are frozen, NEVER try to thaw them if there is any chance that they might be re-frozen before you get to help (which is true). He then said to NEVER rub your feet (or any frozen tissue) to try to thaw them. . .frozen flesh has ice crystals in the cells, and rubbing them is a little like having a lot of little rocks under your skin. If you rub them, you can cause even more damage (which is also true).
The other man turned toward the first man with a look of utter incredulity and said "What? That's not what Almanzo Wilder did in the Long Winter!"
I nearly choked.
Had it been a woman, young boys, or teen girls, I might have just smiled and wondered the same thing. But a man? Quoting something from a Laura Ingalls Wilder book? Oh. My. Word!
That just made my day.
But, as is my M.O., I didn't just leave it at a giggle. . .I had to know whether Almanzo was doing something dangerous, or whether the first man was right.
Turns out, Almanzo may have taken a chance when he got that pail of snow. I wonder if later, when he had diphtheria and neuritis afterwards, if the permanent damage to his feet was, at least in part, connected to that choice. Hmmmm.
At any rate, knowing correct basic first aid for frostbite can't hurt. So, here it is:
- Don't rub the area (especially with snow). It will worsen the injury.
- If possible, don't walk on your feet if they are frostbitten (or use an area of your body that is frostbitten)
- If you have to, though, try to keep the area padded AND frozen
- Keep the frozen area frozen if there is ANY chance that re-freezing might occur. That can cause even more damage.
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It responds very well to the commands by the touch screen when you tap the screen, rarely it doesn't respond to the user commands.
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We introduced you to the rising Toronto rapper Devontée with the premiere of his stand-out record "Let It Go." It served as a nice warm-up for those unfamiliar with the producer/rapper, and now, he's returned to HNHH with a new remix from SBTRKT's Wonder Where We Land album.
"Let It Go" had flares of the electronic, something which meshes well with Devontée's deep voice, and so a remix of the slightly-electronic "The Light" from SBTRKT and Denai Moore definitely seems appropriate, and offers up that contrast again. What do you think of it? Devontée drops two verses so don't clock out after the first one.
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For a year for the lights to shine on me
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If it's night or the day, either way
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Comic Fridays 2: Drawing Hands
Episode two of Comic Fridays discusses techniques for drawing hands; the upcoming Judge Dredd movie; and the rest of this week's comics news. This week's reviews are of 2000AD #1786, Epic Fail & Yakage Force.
Intro & Outtro music: "2025" by DoKashiteru (feat. Colin Mutchler, murat ses)
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2000AD: http://www.2000adonline.com/
Yakage Force: http://www.yakageforce.co.uk/
Epic Fail: http://epicfail.xepher.net/


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Affirmative Action in South African Universities: What Does Race Represent?
Editor's note: Following the US Supreme Court's decision last week in Fisher the OxHRH will be running a series of posts that offer international perspectives on affirmative action. In this post, Dr Max Price, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town, reflects upon the use of race as a marker for disadvantage and redress in South Africa.
As admissions policies have been making global headlines, the University of Cape Town (UCT) has come under considerable scrutiny. Unlike elsewhere in the world, the main the controversy in South Africa is not about the established place of disadvantage in the selection process. Rather, it concerns the use of race as a marker for disadvantage and redress.
There are three fundamental arguments against the use of race as a basis for affirmative action. The first is that racial categorisation undermines our national commitment to non-racialism since it forces us to view the world and each other through a racial lens. Secondly, there is no legal mechanism for classifying people by race and so we rely on self-classification. This is increasingly open to abuse with applicants classifying themselves in order to benefit from the affirmative action policies. Thirdly, affirmative action based on race will include black students who are not disadvantaged, who may come from wealthier homes than most whites, and who may have had the benefits of 12 years of private-school education. This then unfairly disadvantages a hard-working, and perhaps less well-off, white student in favour of a black student who has achieved lower marks, solely because the latter is black.
This argument has an underlying assumption: the selection of applicants from privileged schools should be race-blind because there is no longer any educational disadvantage for black students in private schools. But the reality is different, and in the South African setting, the problem is that educational disadvantage can last for generations and has been the consequence of many determinants.
In fact, the matric marks at the University of Cape Town's top 30 feeder schools nationally show black students performing an average of seven percentage points lower than white students.
So the question we have to confront is this: Why is there a difference in the performance by race even in students from the same privileged schools and middle-class socio-economic status?
In an article for the Mail & Guardian, I concluded that it does not reflect different talent, and generally not different motivation, but rather the legacy of different parental education, differences in cultural capital and the effects of racial stereotypes, which are all direct consequences of our apartheid past.
But how do you measure the aggregate effect of all these subtle deprivations? Here and elsewhere in more depth, I have argued that race, in fact, is a rather good proxy, for the logical reason that the past population group classification of the parents explains almost all the contributing factors.
Thus while there are good reasons why we ought to move away from a race-based policy, we should accept it in the interim only if there is no better solution, and only if the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. UCT is currently again investigating better proxies for inequality that can underpin our redress measures. So far we have not been able to validate an alternative set of criteria that are more reliable than race.
Finally, one cannot dispute that policies using race or disadvantage will reduce the number of white students gaining entry. But we must not forget the context in which white students still constitute 45% of the student body at UCT. Any reduction in opportunities for white students as a result of affirmative action is not nearly as great as it would be if the township and rural school system had already been corrected and there were half a million more qualified black applicants competing for the same number of university places. We need to recognise where the primary unfairness lies.
Dr Max Price is the vice-chancellor of the University of Cape Town. For a more in-depth discussion of these key issues, please see www.mg.co.za/uctadmissions.
I believe that discrimination on admissions should be colour-blind but the focus should be given on the applicant's upbringing and financial background.students from rural set-ups and poor families should surely have that slight advantage over their counterparts from rich backgrounds.
At present in the 2017/2018 admissions year the situation is thoroughly racialized and politicized with Indian and mixed descent students with good school exit grades simply being discarded or "African" students with much lower grades. The fact that an ANC membership and/or part of its patronage network is also a good indicator of a successful admission to all of the varsities in the country. City councils, provinces, national government, ANC veterans association, women and youth leagues, the top ANC politicians trust funds, the parastatals, all give out bursaries and the varsities dare not refuse these students admissions. Added to this you get foreign students from Africa , elsewhere in the world like Europe and America, as well as the private schools with their on matric exam fills up the yearly admissions leaving non-Black students (white,
coloured (mixed descent) and Indian students who are not politically connected simply not being accepted at varsities time and time again. An entire generation is being excluded and remember blacks ( new definition = only African ) also benefitted from Apartheid through biilions spent on homelands which also had varsities which excluded others. Apartheid was most devastating to the numerically small coloured and Indians groups which were predominantly urbanized and our parents worked hard and sacrificed to get us an education e.g. my Dad worked as a waiter for 2 years to save up money to study for a 2 year teaching qualification in the 1970's'. He became a teacher and my Mom also had to work first then save up to study. While doing that my Dad twice and my Mom once, lost their house where they were staying to the group areas act. They got up fought the government and still drummed into us that education is the Golden Key to life and no-one can take it from you. The present Admissions Apartheid, part of the greater Black apartheid, is educational genocide for the hard working students who find themselves with the wrong skin colour. I see this with my kids at the moment. We fought Apartheid and as Nelson Mandela warned about Black Supremacy, well, that is what we are seeing taking hold in this our country of birth.


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How Safe is Cloud Storage?
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Any device you connect to the Internet has the potential to be hacked. It's not likely, but it's possible. The cloud isn't 100 percent secure, but neither is your smartphone or laptop. So just how safe is cloud storage? There are two components to keeping your data secure: making sure it's always available when you need it, and protecting it from anyone you don't want accessing it.
Maintaining Availability
Cloud storage is safe and reliable enough that Google and Microsoft not only provide cloud storage, but also use third-party cloud storage. Many, if not most, large corporations use cloud storage because cloud providers can offer the security these clients demand for far less than it would cost each client to build the same level of availability.
The key to availability is redundancy. Normally a bad thing, redundancy is actually crucial for keeping your data secure and available. If your information is stored on a single hard drive, a failure of that drive could cause you to lose everything. Because of this, providers store copies of your data on multiple drives, sometimes in multiple data centers in different locations. This way, even if the entire data center is crippled, there's a backup at another center. Redundancy is built into storage, power supply, Internet connectivity, and other network features to make sure your data is there when you need it.
Maintaining Privacy
If all you know of cloud security is the celebrity photo hacking scandal from 2014, then you may have a negative view of the cloud's level of privacy. However, as awful as that breach was, it was only possible because the victims chose poor, easy-to-guess passwords. The breach relied on a combination of an Apple security flaw and the fact that the victims' passwords were among the 500 most common of all passwords, making them vulnerable to brute-force attack.
That's not to say the victims deserved it, of course, but it does illustrate the fact that you're as responsible for your data's security as anyone else. Apple has fixed the flaw on its end, but the first step in improving every aspect of your online security is choosing better passwords.
What Security Features Are Available?
One thing you don't have to worry about is the strength of online encryption. In fact, it's so strong that some law enforcement agencies are concerned it jeopardizes their ability to investigate crimes.
All online service providers offer encryption, but if you want to make your cloud-based data even more secure, you may want to seek out providers with extra security features. For example, logging into your account with McAfee's Personal Locker cloud storage service requires a pin code, answering personal security questions, facial recognition, and voice recognition. If these security features won't put your fears at ease, you may want to consider any online connection anyway.
Two-factor authentication is something you should definitely look for. This feature ties individual devices to your cloud accounts, preventing data thieves from accessing your accounts even if they have the password. DropBox, iCloud, Google Drive and other consumer-oriented cloud services offer two-factor authentication. It's also available for many other online services, including social media.
One policy worth considering, if you're really serious about added privacy, is zero-knowledge storage. In some cases, cloud providers know what kinds of files you're storing, even though they don't actually access those files. But with zero-knowledge, or client-side encryption, the data itself is encrypted, and the only thing the storage provider knows is the file size. In other cases, the provider doesn't know your password. That means that hackers can't gain access to that data through flaws in the provider's internal security. Even if the government subpoenas your password, the provider wouldn't be able to turn it over. A subpoena for data would yield only encrypted files.
Find a Better Connection
A faster Internet connection may not make your data any more secure, but if you're storing a lot of data in the cloud, you'll appreciate the time that faster uploads save you. Consider the faster downloads, browsing, and better online video welcome side effects.
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Will Smith is a copywriter living in Chattanooga, Tennessee. His favorite word is "petrichor," and aside from wordplay, he loves reading history, watching Dodger baseball, and racing with the Sports Car Club of America.


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I met up with Alexandra Korey of arttrav.com when I was in Florence in November 2009. Arttrav is an online magazine with the motto: italy. art. travel. lifestye. Arttrav.com is a member of Top Travel Content Europe, the other European travel blog which I edit.
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By means of satellite instrumentation, astronomers in 1961 discovered what appeared to be an unusual nebula.
We normally understand the nebula phenomenon as a vast cloud-like mass of gas or dust. This one, however, appeared to have anomalous properties and was named the Golden Nebula. The public's attention was not drawn to this unusual revelation until much later, presumably when it was realized that this nebula's location was coincident with the projected orbit of our solar system.
Around the
early 1980s a radio announcement in the U.S. was made (heard by the
author) that our solar system was, in fact, going to collide with an
'electromagnetic cloud' in the not too distant future. This
incredibly important statement of astronomical and historical
significance was expressed in the usual casual and indifferent
manner as though of little consequence -- just as was, about that
time, the announcement that the FDIC (bank-depositor's insurance)
was penniless!. Follow-up data was then suppressed and another
government cover-up was contrived for the typical purpose of
exploiting where possible natural events to camouflage contrived
It is in fact referred to by more enlightened ETs as a 'planetary trouble shooter'. (watch below Video)
Let us outline the mechanics of this anticipated encounter of our solar system with the photon belt.
The whole universe is held together by means of vortices within vortices of centripetal energy - with their associated electromagnetic fields - like whirlpools on water, within larger whirlpools (this is the machinery behind Einstein's spacetime topology of general relativity). These spiraling energies give rise to natural spacetime orbits: satellites around planets, planets around stars, solar systems around other more major vortex centers, and so on.
Our planet Earth orbits the Sun once a year but our solar system as a whole also traverses an orbit in this section of the galaxy with a period of about 24,000 years. There are many other solar (star) systems in this cyclic motion (just as there are numerous planets orbiting the Sun).
Pleiades, which is encircled by the photon belt, is about 400 light
years from us, and is part of this system and in fact our solar
system orbits the central sun of the Pleiades, Alcyone. The belt
consists of many photon bands emanating from the centre of the
galaxy, and associated with the spiral arms of the galaxy.
Nevertheless, some sources state that the period in the band could be much less: 30 to 40 years, depending on man's resistance to change. This is difficult to relate to our fixed cyclic picture but, in addition, this same source points out that Earth was in trouble from the damage incurred by our civilization and called for the photon belt--a typical emergency call procedure for planets.
fact that the 'call' was synchronous with the orbital position
merely indicates the higher plans--that the big picture would
already have matters organized to happen in that way. This 'call'
occurred in 1947 and manifested as a signal which could have been
monitored on the AM band, producing a clicking sound--see Robert
Shapiro's Explorer Race and Shining The Light series of books.
There have been in fact huge discrepancies in channeled material regarding the date of this revelatory occurrence, ranging from 1987 to 'definitely before the end of this century' to 2003 and finally about 2011-2012.
Other Pleiadians tell
us that our solar system skimmed the belt for a few days in 1987,
then contacted it for over a week in the following year, increasing
the degree of entry each year, and then the Sun went in fully in
1998. The information indicates that Earth does not enter fully
until 2012. At the present time we are being informed that the Earth
is in the belt (for the period December, 1998 and June, 1999). The
belt does, however, have an outer aura which we enter first, and we
are not expected to experience the full-blown effects until 2012.
The stellar activations have already begun and will
continue through 2012 to 2017. The principle time cycle is 26,556
years, which is the precession of the equinoxes and is caused by a
slow wobble of the Earth as it spins and orbits around the Sun. This
is known by astronomers. Note that this period is not to be confused
with the 24,000 (or so) year cycle in which our solar system orbits
Even the most dense person will be accelerated into a
higher state of consciousness, causing possible havoc in their mind
and body if they are not prepared. Channeled material from the
Shining the Light books tells of a civilization which was utilizing
the planet's resources to make it into a dynamo. This was killing
the planet and it called on the photon belt which eradicated the
race, everyone, in three days, by putting them to 'sleep'. Nothing
as drastic as this will be necessary for Earth; the energy will
encourage people to come into balance but where resisted will cause
further imbalances.
It would have been expected to be pitch dark with probable
cancellation of electrical power sources. If, however, Earth went in
first then the darkness would have been avoided. This was all
earlier speculation.
Apparently it could have been sufficiently
sudden to destroy the civilization and to heal the planet quickly,
but Earth requested a very gradual repair.
If it did, within
minutes the sky would be lit up with intense light, more powerful
than from a welder's torch. If eyes were not protected it would
cause blindness. This intense light was expected to last three days.
These dangers appear to have been by-passed. The photon belt
encounter, thanks to Mother Earth, has been adjusted to give minimum
suffering to mankind and maximum benefit.
The Voyagers books of Anna Hayes describes the division into three
time tracks and is highly recommended reading.
The photon energy as a
result of the collision of electrons and positrons will become a
major source of free energy (and at this time the NWO -
New World
Order - will be unable to suppress its use).
At a later time, however, NASA's space probe Ulysses detected that the magnetic field of the Sun no longer has a north and south pole! The Sun's magnetic field was found to have changed dramatically into a homogeneous field. No scientific explanation was given, and of course it has been withheld from the public.
Furthermore, the
satellite more recently revealed that the Sun responded abnormally
to the impact of cosmic bodies causing an eruption of some 30 to 35
solar flares, which is unprecedented. (Note that unknown to present
physics the Sun and planetary bodies, etc. have powerful
high-frequency electromagnetic fields which would be expected to
form the basis for the solar system integrity, despite interference
and jeopardy from magnetic pole variations.)


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The mandatory test is keeping at least 22,500 California students a year from graduating who would otherwise fulfill all their requirements, researchers say. State education officials defend the exam.
By Mitchell Landsberg | LA Times
April 22, 2009
California's high school exit exam is keeping disproportionate numbers of girls and non-whites from graduating, even when they are just as capable as white boys, according to a study released Tuesday. It also found that the exam, which became a graduation requirement in 2007, has "had no positive effect on student achievement."
The study by researchers at Stanford University and UC Davis concluded that girls and non-whites were probably failing the exit exam more often than expected because of what is known as "stereotype threat," a theory in social psychology that holds, essentially, that negative stereotypes can be self-fulfilling. In this case, researcher Sean Reardon said, girls and students of color may be tripped up by the expectation that they cannot do as well as white boys.
Reardon said there was no other apparent reason why girls and non-whites fail the exam more often than white boys, who are their equals in other, lower-stress academic assessments. Reardon, an associate professor of education at Stanford, urged the state Department of Education to consider either scrapping the exit exam -- one of the reforms for which state Supt. of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell has fought the hardest -- or looking at ways of intervening to help students perform optimally. Reardon said the exam is keeping as many as 22,500 students a year from graduating who would otherwise fulfill all their requirements. FOR THE RECORD: An article in Wednesday's Section A about California's high school exit exam misstated the findings of a university study about the test. The story said researchers found that girls and non-whites fail the exam more than white boys, who are their equals in other assessments. The study actually found that girls and non-whites fail the exam more than those white boys who are their equals in other assessments. It did not compare them to all white boys.
"No one can be happy with these results," Reardon said. "The exit exam isn't working as it was intended."
O'Connell issued a statement containing measured praise of the report but defending the exam, saying it "plays an important role in our work to ensure that a high school diploma has meaning." Other officials in the Education Department reacted skeptically to the study, sharply rejecting its assertion that the test has no positive effect on learning.
"I'm not ready to agree with that at all," said Deb Sigman, deputy superintendent for assessment and accountability. The researchers, she said, "don't look at grades, they don't look at classroom observation or interviews with children."
But Russell Rumberger, a professor of education at UC Santa Barbara who directs the California Dropout Research Project, called the study "very sophisticated" and said policymakers need to take heed of its conclusions and perhaps consider an alternative test.
State Assembly Speaker Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) issued a statement saying that the research "reinforces the concerns that many of us have had about the exit exam from its inception." She said the results "must make us all pause and take stock of whether the exam could be fixed or is fatally flawed."
The exit exam, which students can take multiple times beginning in their sophomore year, includes math and English tests, with the math aligned to eighth-grade standards and English to 10th-grade standards. It has been criticized both for being too easy and for unfairly denying a diploma to students who otherwise might graduate.
The study, funded by the private, nonprofit James Irvine Foundation, is based on analysis of data from four large California school districts, those in Fresno, Long Beach, San Diego and San Francisco. Reardon said the results were very similar for all four districts, suggesting that the conclusions had broad application for all California schools.
Not surprisingly, the researchers found that the exam was toughest on students in the bottom quarter of their class, based on state standardized test scores. That was also where the study found the strongest inequality of results.
"Graduation rates declined by 15 to 19 percentage points for low-achieving black, Hispanic and Asian students when the exit exam was implemented, and declined only one percentage point . . . for similar white students," the study said. Low-achieving girls had a 19 percentage-point drop in their graduation rate, compared with a decrease of 12 percentage points for boys.
Reardon said he initially was skeptical of the "stereotype threat" effect, but that it has been well-established by social psychologists and appears to apply to the test disparities.
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Richard Lutz highlights the TV film of the week.
Whew. It's hot. It's the dog days of August. Even murky, cloudy, drizzly Old Blighty bakes.
So, what better movie to switch on to than Dog Day Afternoon (Thursdsu, Sky Cinema Select, 16.35)?
It's Brooklyn, it's 1972, it's Al Pacino burning up as inept bank robber Sonny Wortznik, who needs to raid a bank on Avenue P. You don't know Avenue P in the nowhere of lower Brooklyn? It's Palookaville, back of Schlumptown, and Sonny and his equally inept sidekick Sal (one of actor John Cazale's last roles before his death) screw things up badly as the stick-up turns into a baking hot siege.
Nearly everyone turns out to be a schmuck: The criminals, the cops, the FBI, even the rubberneckers outside this no count bank on Avenue P who slowly hail Sonny as a counter culture hero as he awaits his fate.
Great performances from Pacino and Cazale (Meryl Streep's first husband in real life) and probably director Sidney Lumet's best film. And he made some corkers too, such as Network, 12 Angry Men and Serpico.
But it's Pacino who steals it. He's manic. His Sonny is hilarious, out of control, pathetic and likeable as one of the biggest lovable losers to fill the screen. And when the story goes south and the reason for Sonny's bank job is made apparent, Al is onto a winner.
Dog Day Afternoon won an Oscar for best screenplay. Funny that, because it's based on a real story. The actual Sonny saw the Pacino film while in prison and gave it a so-so qualified thumbs up. For me, it's one of the best around.


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"I don't think there's a better time to buy into PlayStation – PS4 particularly."
The PS4's amazing sales performance at retail continues, with sales of the system now being well over 25 million, according to SCE Worldwide Studios VP Michael Denny has revealed. We've already known that the console was at 25 million units sold worldwide a few months ago- so the new statement doesn't do much for us here, since it lacks any specific updates.
"I don't think there's a better time to buy into PlayStation – PS4 particularly," Denny told GamesIndustry.biz at Paris Games Week. "Our installed base now is well over 25 million. That gives us a massive community of gamers, supported by a lot of new community features. We've got great games out there, more coming through. We're looking forward to 2016, it's an exciting time."
With the PS4's recent price drop globally, sales of the console, which had begun to slow down just a little in recent months, should pick up again, and manage to sustain the record breaking pace that they have achieved ever since the console launched in November 2013. And with the great lineup of games for the console next year, it seems as though there is no stopping the PS4 train for a good while now.
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Displaying all 8 1991 Ford Taurus reviews.
1991 Ford Taurus GLReview
It Like The Car It Is A Tank And Makes You Feel Secure When Driving. — the look of the car is not bad it is not rounded as the newer Tauruses and is a really heavy duty car. the backseats are very roomy with lots of head and leg room and very comfortable. The front bench seats are very nice with nice power seats and a nice stereo. The cars power is very nice with its 3.8L v6 car that gets better gas mileage than the other car I drove (a chevy astro van).
Primary Use: Commuting to work
Pros: the car is very big and has front and back bench seating. very comfortable. the mpg is 18 city 26 highway.
Cons: it does has regular braking so you may skid if you have to stand on the brake on wet road.
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1991 Ford Taurus L WagonReview
Great Grocery Getter And Weekend Camping Getaway Vehicle — Great Cloth interior easy to keep clean, Hauling capacity is way beyond whats expected for a vehicle this size. Although the 3.0 engine could use a few more ponies, it gets where it goes..Bad Tranny at @ 60,000 miles since no problems..
Primary Use: Utility (towing boats, transporting cargo, etc.)
Pros: Lots and lots of cargo area
Cons: Seems to go through suspension components prematurely
1991 Ford Taurus L WagonReview
I Did Enjoy Owning This Car,......but Not Maintaining It. — The ultimate shag-wagon of the early 90s!! My red monster was notorious for the poor quality of Ford built transmissions. I replaced the transmission twice and when I purchased it used, it was on it's 2nd or 3rd already. But, the engine was still kicking just fine even after 158,000 miles as many Taurus owners can attest, that was the car's greatest asset. I loved my wagon most because of the space. I could haul around my whole quartet easily. The V6 was not very powerful and had abysmal mileage, but it got me where I needed to go. Overall, it was a fine little vehicle.
Pros: Space........the final frontier.
Cons: Just throwing money at the transmission the moment of purchase, it will desensitize you for when it blows up the first time.
1991 Ford Taurus GLReview
Decent Car... —
It's not really a BAD car, just very old and really on its last legs. The engine runs pretty well but it doesn't like winter. It tends to be quite difficult sometimes on a cold morning. Transmission is still in decent shape, shifts relatively smoothly. Brakes are good, stops very well. Handles about like you'd expect for an older car. Not extremely sporty but I've flown around a few curves in it at pretty high speeds and it grabbed pretty nicely. Trust me I work my cars out pretty well, having formerly raced a lot. Car is built pretty solid, especially for its age. It has some rust but not horrible. As for the appearance, HA, yeah, it's pretty ugly. It was wrecked pretty good in the back and the roof is missing some paint. Plus, older Tauruses were ugly anyway. Gets horrible gas mileage, I'm estimating around 12 mpg highway. Comes from being horribly out of alignment and the engine having an intermittent misfire. Maintenance is fairly expensive since it likes to burn oil and always seems to have some other problem going on. Still a pretty fun car to drive though, with a nice 3.0L V6 under the hood. Not anywhere near the best I've ever driven but still entertaining sometimes.
Pros: Runs decent for its age
Cons: Getting old and grouchy
1991 Ford Taurus SHOReview
Parts! — expensive parts, rare parts, .....did i mention expensive parts? Performance is awesome, yamaha built the 3.0L V6. its rated at 249 hp but most dyno tests reveal about 225 or so, redline is set at 8,000 RPM which is nice, an awesome powerband between about 2500-7200 is due to secondaries that open up a different set of runners providing awesome mid range torque and horsepower. The one weak point in the car is the mazda designed transmission (MTX-IV) its not designed for a 3500LB car...or a 250 HP motor. Overall though they are addicting cars, I love mine and will never sell it, when parts stop being available there is always the machine shops!
Pros: Performance
Cons: Price
1991 Ford Taurus SHOReview
I Love My Car So Much!!! — Its good on gas, fast, good looking, and a dream to drive! It's very solid build quality even with the crazy torque!The 5-speed manual is smooth shifting even if it does have longish throws. The brake and gas petal are very responsive, the steering is also solid and quick. The car is extremly well balanced and with its thicker meatier tires can take corners amazingly and acts kind of like a RWD sports car! The engine is the most amazing part though and makes you want to do naughty things all day in the drivers seat while listing to the incredible exhust note and the amazing power from the 3.0 Liter 24 Valve DOHC Super High Output 220 HP V6 screaming to its 7000 rpm redline!!! Incredible!!! The car is very well equiped too, especially for a 17 year old car!! It has many features that some newer cars still don't even have yet!!
Pros: Its good on gas, fast, good looking, and a dream to drive! It's very solid build quality even with the crazy torque!
Cons: Mine personaly was not very well taking care of by the previous owner, but i will fix all its flaws.
1991 Ford Taurus SHOReview
I Loved This Doomed Car — The Ford Taurus SHO was an amazing car for it's time. Comfort, practicality, and off-the-wall performance for a decent price. Amazing car, but mine developed some vicious electrical problems, and was sold as a parts car a few months after buying it. I drove it halfway across Canada in the short time I owned it, and loved it
Pros: Looked good, comfortable, and fast as hell
Cons: VERY expensive to fix and broke frequently
1991 Ford Taurus GLReview
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2019 Ford Taurus Reviews
Only Complaint that I have is that Ford has decided to stop making the Taraus, in favor of SUVs & Crossovers. They are comfortable, roomy, & Safe. :) Read More
i would buy it. have a 2010 and 130000 miles and it never gave a bit of trouble Read More
2015 Ford Taurus Reviews
Awesome from bumper to bumper. It feels like a real car compared to the foreign cars of late. Saddened to see the Taurus discontinued. Read More
2014 Ford Taurus Reviews
Ford Taurus Is The Way To Go For A Family Sedan!!
I love my car! It was the best investment I have made. It handles awesome in the snow and overall has amazing handling and speed. I feel 100% safe putting my kids in the back seat and taking off on a... Read More
Sweet Ride, Looks Great
Fantastic looking car with a ton of options and a lots of space. Slightly disappointed in MPG at 26 compared to other Taurus's I have owned at 28. Like the touchless key options for doors and trunk. N... Read More
2013 Ford Taurus Reviews
All Around Amazing Vehicle. Great Family Car.
Its a hard car to get used to. When you first get in and drive, you are overwhelmed with blind spots. But once you get used to the feel it grows on you quickly. I guess that's why they added the back ... Read More
I Like It
I like the great power out and very good handling , but I don't like the interior quality. Back up camera it is must , but it is exist in 2014 SEL but not in 2013, Nice Technology and perfect exterior... Read More
2012 Ford Taurus Reviews
I Love This Car!
Fantastic car that will do almost anything you want it to. It's capable on dry pavement, but doesn't shy away from wet and snowy roads with its AWD. No buttons, just get in and go. If I had to buy ... Read More
Great Car, I Really Like It
This is my second Taurus, the other was a 2010. Ford has done a great job with style, comfort. I had always been a Chevy guy but would highly reccomend this car to anyone with a big family, does all... Read More
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In its purest form, value investing involves solely buying cheap companies. Just cheap companies. Studies of valuation either use high minus low (buying the cheapest stocks and shorting the most expensive stocks) or separate stocks into deciles (10 evenly split groups) or quintiles (five evenly split groups) based on their relative valuation ratios. No consideration is given for any other characteristics.
The big challenge with a pure value strategy (or a pure momentum, a pure growth strategy, etc.) is the actual stocks designated for purchase. In the case of value, an investor will end up looking at a list of stocks so unattractive that they are unlikely to even be allowed to entry into the building where a beauty contest is being held. There will be more than enough stocks with big enough flaws and risks to cause an investor to openly question the rationality of following the strategy.
A way around this problem is to require stocks to have additional characteristics. In "Fact, Fiction and Value Investing," Clifford Asness et al. explained how including momentum and profitability components in a value strategy increased risk-adjusted returns. Strong momentum occurs when a stock's return is above average over a period of time (e.g., 26 weeks). Profitability, as the word implies, means a company is making money. Continue Reading »
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The earnings calendar lists 71 S&P 500 member companies as being scheduled to report. Included in this group are nine Dow components: Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), UnitedHealth Group (UNH) and International Business Machines (IBM) on Tuesday; American Express Co. (AXP) on Wednesday; Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), Visa (V) and Travelers Companies (TRV) on Thursday; and General Electric Co. (GE) on Friday.
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As Friday approaches and the inauguration looms ever closer, the typical fanfare involved with anointing a new president—no less than Beyoncé, John Legend, Mary J. Blige, Bruce Springsteen, and more have performed at President Barack Obama's two inaugurations—has still proven conspicuously absent for Donald Trump.
Headliners like Jennifer Holliday and the Springsteen cover band B-Street Band have dropped out from playing the ceremony's concert, with the former citing death threats, and the latter concern for upsetting the Boss. And that's just up on stage: A growing number of Democrats are also ducking out of the crowds, which are also ever-dwindling, if the Trump team's mass texts reminding that attendance is actually free of charge are any indication.
The lack of hubbub, then, makes it just a bit more dire that also missing from the festivities is a hairstylist for Trump's second wife, Marla Maples, and their daughter Tiffany Trump—at least, one they can use for the same price tag of attending the inauguration.
A connection of theirs apparently reached out to the freelance stylist Tricia Kelly to coif the pair, which then led to a conversation where Kelly had to explain the concept of her rates. After negotiations, which Kelly says saw her begrudgingly agree to keep to their $300 budget, she was then asked to forgo payment altogether in exchange for a currency that comes in social media tags: "exposure."
Unfortunately for Trump and Maples, all this is happening just before the family heads into the White House—otherwise, they could have just used Melania's "glam room," which she soon plans to install in the capital. Nicole Bryl, her longtime makeup artist, said last week that "there will absolutely be a room designated for hair, makeup, and wardrobe" in the White House—one with "the most perfect lighting scenario" at that.
That may sound a bit over the top, but it's also admittedly a necessity: It takes no less than an hour and 15 minutes' worth of "uninterrupted focus" under similar lights before Melania can emerge and go about her daily life—even though she'll stay living at Trump Tower.
At least her husband likely understands her pain: His own coif has been rumored to be, in fact, a $60,000 weave, thanks to a wildly expensive treatment only performed by a clinic that just so happens to be found on his gilded New York offices' 25th floor. They may be living apart, but it looks like the pair might not be keeping their grooming routines separate after all.
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text: Jeehyun Kim School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Kyungpook National University Biography Publications Institution JoVE Articles Jeehyun Kim has not added a biography. If you are Jeehyun Kim and would like to personalize this page please email our Author Liaison for assistance. Publications Optical Coherence Tomography for Advanced Screening in the Primary Care Office Journal of Biophotonics. Apr, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23606343 Combined Photoacoustic and Optical Coherence Tomography Using a Single Near-infrared Supercontinuum Laser Source Applied Optics. Mar, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23518723 Objective-free Optical-resolution Photoacoustic Microscopy Journal of Biomedical Optics. Jan, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23232814 Investigation on Safety Aspects of Forward Light Propagation During Laser Surgery Lasers in Medical Science. Dec, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23238805 Simultaneous Measurement of Neural Spike Recordings and Multi-photon Calcium Imaging in Neuroblastoma Cells Sensors (Basel, Switzerland). 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23202210 Enhanced Photocoagulation with Catheter-based Diffusing Optical Device Journal of Biomedical Optics. Nov, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23154817 In Vivo Non-ionizing Photoacoustic Mapping of Sentinel Lymph Nodes and Bladders with ICG-enhanced Carbon Nanotubes Physics in Medicine and Biology. Dec, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23151772 Non-destructive Inspection Methods for LEDs Using Real-time Displaying Optical Coherence Tomography Sensors (Basel, Switzerland). 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23112606 Ultra-fast Displaying Spectral Domain Optical Doppler Tomography System Using a Graphics Processing Unit Sensors (Basel, Switzerland). 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22969328 Pulsed Magneto-motive Optical Coherence Tomography for Remote Cellular Imaging Optics Letters. Sep, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22941000 Noninvasive in Vivo Optical Detection of Biofilm in the Human Middle Ear Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Jun, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22645342 Optical Sensing Method for Screening Disease in Melon Seeds by Using Optical Coherence Tomography Sensors (Basel, Switzerland). 2011 | Pubmed ID: 22163706 Full-range K-domain Linearization in Spectral-domain Optical Coherence Tomography Applied Optics. Mar, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21394187 Handheld Optical Coherence Tomography Scanner for Primary Care Diagnostics IEEE Transactions on Bio-medical Engineering. Mar, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21134801 Magnetomotive Laser Speckle Imaging Journal of Biomedical Optics. Jan-Feb, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20210436 Methods to Enhance Laser Speckle Imaging of High-flow and Low-flow Vasculature Conference Proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference. 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19964103 CIB1 Functions As a Ca(2+)-sensitive Modulator of Stress-induced Signaling by Targeting ASK1 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Oct, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19805025 TUNABLE RING LASER BASED ON A SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER AT 1300 NM USING A SIMPLE WAVELENGTH SELECTION FILTER Microwave and Optical Technology Letters. May, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 20539831 Thermal Depth Profiling of Vascular Lesions: Automated Regularization of Reconstruction Algorithms Physics in Medicine and Biology. Mar, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18296773 Imaging Nanoparticle Flow Using Magneto-motive Optical Doppler Tomography Nanotechnology. Jan, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 19636123 Negative Regulation of SEK1 Signaling by Serum- and Glucocorticoid-inducible Protein Kinase 1 The EMBO Journal. Jul, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17568772 Detection of Magnetic Nanoparticles in Tissue Using Magneto-motive Ultrasound Nanotechnology. Aug, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 21727557 Spatial Refractive Index Measurement of Porcine Artery Using Differential Phase Optical Coherence Microscopy Lasers in Surgery and Medicine. Dec, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 17115385 Detection of Vulnerable Plaque in a Murine Model of Atherosclerosis with Optical Coherence Tomography Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions : Official Journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions. Jun, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16602128 Hemoglobin Contrast in Magnetomotive Optical Doppler Tomography Optics Letters. Mar, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16544621 Optical Coherence Tomography Speckle Reduction by a Partially Spatially Coherent Source Journal of Biomedical Optics. Nov-Dec, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 16409099 Dependence of Calculus Retropulsion Dynamics on Fiber Size and Radiant Exposure During Ho:YAG Lithotripsy Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. Aug, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15543869 Use of Optical Coherence Tomography to Monitor Biological Tissue Freezing During Cryosurgery Journal of Biomedical Optics. Mar-Apr, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15065892 Stone Retropulsion During Holmium:YAG Lithotripsy The Journal of Urology. Mar, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12576805 Use of a Blood Substitute to Determine Instantaneous Murine Right Ventricular Thickening with Optical Coherence Tomography Circulation. Apr, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 11956129 Photoacoustic Cystography Mansik Jeon1,2, Jeehyun Kim3, Chulhong Kim1,2 1Department of Biomedical Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 2Department of Creative IT Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 3School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Kyungpook National University JoVE 50340 Bioengineering


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Title: The Way I Used to Be
Author: Amber Smith
Rating: ★★★★
Synopsis: Eden was always good at being good. Starting high school didn't change who she was. But the night her brother's best friend rapes her, Eden's world capsizes.
What was once simple, is now complex. What Eden once loved—who she once loved—she now hates. What she thought she knew to be true, is now lies. Nothing makes sense anymore, and she knows she's supposed to tell someone what happened but she can't. So she buries it instead. And she buries the way she used to be.
Huge thank you to Simon & Schuster Canada for this ARC!
Sam's Review:
This was a tough book to read. It's one that focuses on rape, consent, and how rape transforms someone. Eden, our heroine, spends a lot of this novel in self-reflection, transforming into a young woman who has had her world changed in a way in which she had no control. She becomes someone so drastically different after she is raped, and she is coming to terms with who she once was and who she has become.
The writing in this novel is absolutely stunning, and it makes for strong, absorbing storytelling. While I didn't necessarily love the way in which it went through her four years of high school, it did grow on me as I read on. Sometimes it felt like time was moving crazy slow, other moments quick as lightning. It makes for a difficult yet unique approach to storytelling — how one event can make someone feel so polarized about themselves, and that's a lot of what I felt the author was exploring.
I really loved Eden and her friendship with Mara. I loved watching their transformations go in completely different directions and yet they still were very bound to their friendship. In a lot of ways I felt like they were constantly rescuing each other from so much that has happened. The way in which their friendship was portrayed left me with a lot of thinking when I was finished the novel. There's a lot of growth in Eden, and you see how complicated and complex she becomes as a character, and it's shows so well in this story. I loved growing along side Eden.
This is a very challenging novel to read and I think it asks readers to look at difficult issues through different gazes. It asks people to understand that events can transform people for better or worse, and I feel like that is The Way I Used to Be's strong suit. This novel is beautiful as it is smart, and it definitely has the power to spark some real good conversation.


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nature meets street art
The Delaware Arts Center is opening exhibits by two artists — Linda Bastian and Gary Abramson — on July 18 at its loft gallery in Narrowsburg.
Opening receptions will be held from 7-9 p.m. for Bastian's "Tulips and Other Surprises from the Natural World" and Abramson's "Paintings, Postcards." Both exhibits run through Aug. 9.
Bastian says her art is influenced by "flattened, abstracted shapes of flora and fauna embedded in Chinese and Japanese rugs." She recently returned from five years of teaching art in the Middle East, where she was influenced by flowers and gardens often depicted in Islamic art.
Abramson's oil and gouache paintings often portray figures in urban street scenes and country garden settings. "I think of my work as hand-made postcards, of sights, scenes that moved me enough to depict them," he says.
Brenda Gilhooly
What: "Tulips and Other Surprises from the Natural World" by Linda Bastian and "Paintings, Postcards" by Gary Abramson
When: July 18-Aug. 9. Opening reception from 7-9 p.m. July 18; gallery hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday
Where: Alliance Gallery, Delaware Arts Center, 37 Main St., Narrowsburg
Information: 252-7576; delawarevalleyartsalliance.org.
Nature meets street art at the Delaware Arts Center in Narrowburgh
nature meets street art


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Events for May 21, 2019
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Perryton, TX Wheat Field Fay
The annual Wheatheart Wheat Field Day will feature dryland variety trials and hear updates from AgriLife Extension specialists on diseases, insects and variety characteristics. Speakers will include Dr. Ken Obasa, plant pathologist; Dr. Ed Bynum, entomologist; and Dr. Jourdan Bell, agronomist, all from Amarillo; and Dr. Clark Neely, state agronomist, College Station. Lunch will be provided by Equity Exchange and ...Find out more »


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Last updated on October 4, 2019
Spring is in the air, and so is academia! Here are a few dates to keep in mind as you start the new semester at DCCCD:
- The last day to register for regular semester classes is Wednesday, Jan. 11. (You can only register for Flex Term classes after this date.)
- Tuition payments from financial aid begin approximately 10 calendar days before your first class. So if your class begins Jan. 17, your tuition payment should post sometime between Jan. 7-17. (Note: There is a 30-day delay for first-time borrowers.)
- The last day to arrange for a payment plan is Friday, Jan. 20.
- The financial aid lock date, or 12th class day, is Monday, Jan. 30.
- The 60 percent date for Spring 2017 is Thursday, March 30.
- The last day to withdraw for a "W" is Wednesday, April 12.
You can also check out the DCCCD 2016-17 academic calendar if you're looking for a date that's not listed here, or the financial aid disbursement schedule.
Miss the deadline to register for spring? Apply for admission now and then check out the Flex Term schedule instead to find out what other classes you can still take.
Holiday and Other Closures
- We will be closed Monday, Jan. 16 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
- Day and evening classes will not meet on Thursday, Feb. 23 for TCCTA faculty meetings, nor will day classes meet on Friday, Feb. 24. (Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday classes will still meet.)
- DCCCD will be closed Monday, March 13 through Friday, March 17 for spring break.
- We will be closed Friday, April 14.
- The last class day for Spring 2017 is Friday, May 5 and last but not least, May 8-11 is finals week.
Getting Ready to Graduate?
Congratulations! For specific graduation application deadlines, be sure to touch base with the Admissions/Registrar's Office at your college.
More Information About DCCCD
- Learn more about our programs and degrees on the DCCCD website.
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Pastor of Common Wealth of Zion Assembly COZA, Abuja, Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo recently took a selfie with his $2, 490 Gucci Web Anmalier GG supreme bee tote and social media has gone crazy ever since.
While some have been condemning the pastor for being extravagant, others have shown support for the charismatic leader.
Freeze, however, has not kept mute on this issue. The media personality took to Instagram yesterday September 6, 2016, writing, "This was trending earlier on on social media! Is that a N1m Gucci bag in this recession? My congratulations pastor!!!
I think it's high time we re evaluated our belief system. Jesus handed very clear instructions to his disciples; Mark 6:7-8 KJV
[7] And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits; [8] And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:
Remember, we are what we believe; mere puppets in the hands of the people who create those beliefs. Modern day slavery goes way beyond bars, chains and handcuffs, be wise Nigerians, be extra careful who you allow into your mind! "


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Tricks and Treats
Lidia is wary of the challenges and the prizes at this point in the competition.
Being in the bottom of two put me in the spotlight position of this week's challenge. Our day started with a Mini Challenge to sketch an outfit that Kelly was wearing from a memory which was a trick to ask as we were fascinated by the dress that Issac brought. So when I found out that we actually had to capture details of Kelly's dress it caught me by surprise because my eyes were distracted from a busy pattern of her dress and I totally did not pay attention to it. But somehow my visual impact stayed in my memory and I was able to express it in my sketch, and no surprise, my sketch ended up in the top three. Issac and Laura's comments were that I totally captured the mood and essence of the dress. I was happy and satisfied and yet totally fine that I wasn't the winner. This time, because I sensed that the winner's prize could be a trick as well. And here we go; the winner of the Mini Challenge will be choosing the person who is going to be in the bottom three.
Our big challenge was a surprise as well but I had a sense that this time going to NY Model Management didn't necessarily mean that we were going to design for models as we've previously done. My next guess was that we might be designing for the staff of NY Models. But, here we go: The project is to design for real women and my model was the total opposite of me. Now we have to create an outfit that would enhance the positive and hide the imperfections. During the fabric shopping I had a chance to get to know my model and study my customer. She mentioned only her height to be a problem as not being able to find clothes that would fit her in length, as she was too shy to talk about her other body issues. The issues I noticed was a small chest, wide hip bone, and flat behind. So I've decided to even out her height proportion and make her fuller in the bust and behind area.
The fabric colors were to brighten her beautiful face and to step away from black, which was her color. I was happy with my garment the way it came out and my customer was satisfied and excited with her new change and look. It's Fashion Show time and I was glad our guest judge was stylist Rebecca Weinberg, because my look composed a complete, polished, and finished look as ready to wear in a stylish way that Rebecca would appreciate.
Our respectful judges complimented on my outfit and it felt very satisfying because this was a moment for me to prove to myself the reason that I'm here in this competition. They commented that they were happy with last week's decision for me to stay on the show. I proved to myself again that I would never let our judges down as my work speaks for itself.