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Meriones unguiculatus
2-3 years
known to reach 8 years
body 4 inches
tail 4 inches
normal room temperature; not affected by normal house temperature ranges; not too cool
Native to several desert areas around the world, but most famously, Mongolia. Gerbils are tunneling rodents and are primarily diurnal in nature.
Gerbils are wide, sleek rodents with large black or pinkish eyes. Their ears are wide and whiskers are quite dominant. The front paws are wide, but sensitive, with claws. The back feet are long and powerful. The tail is long with a tuft at the end. The tail grows quickly to about 2-3 inches in the first six weeks of a gerbil's life, it then eventually reaches about 4 inches by the time it is one year old. The gerbil's Latin name roughly translates to "little clawed warrior", although they are gentle and sweet. They range in color from white to brown "agouti" - brown with black ticking at the ends of the hairs. The gerbil's sense of hearing is about five times greater than that of humans.
Very social & engaging - generally very gregarious. Gerbils are best kept in pairs or groups of four. Gerbils are easily tamed, even if they are difficult at first. The more you handle and work with your pet, the tamer it will become. Gerbils rarely bite, and unlike hamsters, are active during the day. Gerbils love to dig and tunnel, creating different rooms underground. Their long whiskers help them identify the different tunnels that they create. Place your pet's cage in a place in the home where it will be around the family, yet protected from direct light, drafts and excess noise during the day. Also be sure it is high enough to be out of reach of dog noses and wide children's hands. Gerbils are prey animals and can feel threatened by large bodies hovering above them or in their faces.
Vegetarians / grain eaters - will eat an occasional insect such as crickets or mealworms Commercially prepared gerbil diets are available at all pet stores, they are made of pellets, seeds, grains and dried vegetables; a good food should contain about 12% protein and 6-8% fat. Replenish the food in your gerbil's cage when most of it is gone; they will eventually eat the pieces they desire less. Gerbils are notorious for food hoarding. They will take food to various places in the cage for storage, bury it and often forget about it. For this reason it is important to spot clean your gerbil's cage daily to remove fresh foods that may become spoiled. Seeds and pellets can remain in their hiding spots.
FRESH FOODS: Healthy, fresh fruits, vegetables and grains can also be fed to your gerbil. Offer these treats in wide amounts, as they may cause diarrhea if fed in too large an amount.
** Please avoid feeding sugary treats such as yogurt drops or honey sticks to your gerbil. These treats contain far too much sugar and can cause several health issues such as diabetes. Do not give your gerbil cabbage, potatoes, onions, uncooked beans, chocolate, candy or junk food.
If fed a balanced diet, supplements are not necessary for your gerbil.
Clean, fresh chlorine-free water must always be available. Change it daily. All water given must be 100% free of chlorine and heavy metals. (Not all home water filtration systems remove 100% of the chlorine and heavy metals from tap water). We recommend that you use unflavored bottled drinking water or bottled natural spring water; never use untreated tap water. If tap water is used, you should treat it with a de-chlorinating treatment. De-chlorinator is available in the fish department. If you do not want to chemically de-chlorinate the water, you can leave an open container of tap water out for at least 24 hours. Do not use distilled water, which can cause severe medical problems, since it lacks minerals that are essential to important body functions.
|10 -20 gallon sized glass cage with locking top.
|Hamster/gerbil wheel with solid running surface. Non-solid surfaces can cause injury.
|Several toys
|Commercial hamster/gerbil diet with approximately 12% protein and 6-8% fat.
|One or two hide houses.
|Shredded aspen bedding, "Carefresh", or newspaper for the bottom of the tank. Gerbils do very well with "Carefresh".
|Water bottle.
|Gerbil book
Many different types of rodent cages are available at the pet store. Do not buy the wideest cages thinking that because the pet is wide, it does not need much room. Gerbils love to run, tunnel and explore. A larger cage will allow it to create several "rooms" as gerbils will do. They like to have separate bedrooms, food storage areas and play areas. A ten-gallon glass tank is an excellent sized cage for two gerbils. A twenty-gallon is best for four gerbils. These cages will allow you to choose different toys and hiding places that can be interchanged within the cage. Choose several hiding places, a solid walled plastic wheel (this may be become buried by your enthusiastic nest builders) and chew toys. wide cardboard boxes and cardboard paper towel rolls will also be appreciated. When designing your cage set-up, be sure to include a mesh wire top for the cage that can be secured snugly with cage "locks". Gerbils are escape artists and WILL find a way to escape if it is possible. Lastly, choose a smooth, flat rock that your gerbils will use as a "look-out" perch. One gerbil will often keep watch over the others and signal "danger" by drumming their big back feet on the rock.
The plastic cages with tube accessories are not ideal cages for a gerbil. Gerbils are much more avid chewers than hamsters, and they will quickly chew through a plastic cage. Also, these cages do not give enough room for the depth of bedding your gerbil will need in order to dig tunnels and create "underground" rooms.
HIDE HOUSE: The hide house is extremely important to the gerbil, and will most likely become your pet's main 'bedroom'. Gerbils will not often relieve themselves inside the hide house or 'nest', so it is not necessary to disturb the nest to clean it daily. Cleaning of the hide house can be done during the more intensive bi-weekly cleaning. Your gerbils will most likely bury the house and use it to create an "underground" room.
WATER BOTTLE: A full water bottle must be available at all times; refill it daily. Be sure to clean out the inside of the bottle thoroughly during the more intensive cage cleaning sessions every week. Water bottles will often become slimy inside, which will in turn harbor harmful bacteria. Clean the bottle thoroughly with a mild bleach solution (32 water:1 bleach). Be sure to rinse the bottle extremely well after the cleaning to ensure no bleach is left behind! Your pet will most likely chew a bottle inside the cage, so be sure to attach the bottle to the OUTSIDE of the cage. Check the straw daily for any blockages to make sure your pet always has access to the fresh water. If you cannot place the bottle on the outside of the cage, purchase a metal water bottle guard. This will keep him or her from getting to the bottle.
BEDDING: We recommend an aspen bedding or soft recycled newspaper bedding such as "Carefresh". None of these choices will cause allergic reactions or respiratory distress and are easy to clean. Gerbils will greatly appreciate a mixture of all the bedding types. DO NOT use cedar chips, as they contain dangerous phenols, which are toxic to your pet. Place enough bedding in the cage so your pet can happily tunnel underneath it. Spot clean your pet's cage daily by simply removing the soiled portions of bedding.
TOYS: Several types of toys must be available to your gerbils. Chewing toys such as wooden hamster/gerbil toys (available at the pet store), hide houses, wheels, "run-abouts" (clear plastic balls for your gerbil to run around the house in), cardboard boxes, paper towel tubes and dried untreated fruit tree branches are all excellent toys for your pet. Gerbils MUST chew constantly in order to wear their teeth down, which grow on a continual basis. Therefore, toys that allow the gerbil to chew and wear those teeth down are invaluable. Stick to toys bought at the pet store, as these are generally made of pet-safe materials.
Gerbils, being desert dwellers in the wild, do not drink a lot of water and therefore do not urinate much. Therefore, they do not create much of a mess in their cages. Daily maintenance should consist of spot cleaning by removing soiled substrate, cleaning water bottle thoroughly and wiping glass clean. Be careful not to disturb the carefully created tunnel system too much each time you spot clean.
The entire cage should be cleaned thoroughly at least once every month with:
It is not necessary to clean or bathe your gerbil. They are extremely neat and will groom themselves! If it seems as if your pet has not been grooming him or herself, he may be ill. Contact your exotic pet veterinarian.
Healthy gerbils have a lean body and smooth, even fur with no bald patches. The nostrils, under-tail area, under-chin area, ears and eyes should be clear and free of discharge - fur should not be damp or stained in any way. Your pet should have bright eyes; teeth should be even and well aligned with no staining around the chin; breathing should be even and not labored, wheezing or gurgling sounds. Healthy dwarf gerbils are very energetic and busy, although they are nocturnal and may be caught napping during the day.
|Bacterial "Lawsonia intracellularis"
"Wet tail"
|Diarrhea, wet bottom and tail, lethargy, loss of appetite, irritability, dehydration, lack of grooming
|See your exotic veterinarian IMMEDIATELY, disease runs its course quickly. Vet will administer sub-q fluids and antibiotics. DO NOT USE OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICATIONS!
|Loss of hair, bare spots on skin or wide red sores; scratching
|See your exotic veterinarian immediately. Infecting mite must be identified and treated accordingly
|/Traumatic injury
|Obvious open wounds or weeping spots on body
|See your exotic veterinarian for treatment. Cuts must be cleaned properly and antibiotics may be necessary
|Abscesses can form when wounds become infected and close up, trapping the bacteria inside.
|See your exotic veterinarian immediately. The abscess must be drained and antibiotics administered
|Circular ring of missing fur, possible lethargy and loss of appetite CAN be transmitted to humans
|See your exotic veterinarian immediately for treatment with an anti-fungal
©2012 Evan J. Reed DVM and Dawn M. Trainor-Scalise Courtesy of: Specialized Care for Avian & Exotic Pets In conjunction with Pet Supplies Plus 10882 Main Street, Clarence, NY 14031 Ph (716) 759-0144 www.buffalobirdnerd.com
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Hunting/Fishing Licenses
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Iowa's natural resources plates include the state bird and flower, pheasant, eagle, buck and a Brook trout. Support conservation in Iowa by buying a natural resource plate for your vehicle.
Natural Resource Plates
Experience Iowa's natural beauty and all the fun our state parks offer. Make your online reservation for state park cabins, camping sites, shelters and lodges.
Support conservation in Iowa by buying a natural resource plate for your vehicle.
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fax 563-425-3272
There are two main picnic areas in the park. One is located on the north end by the lake and the other is down by the equestrian campground. The majority of Volga River is undeveloped, but there are a few parking lots where you can sit in your vehicle, enjoy the scenery and watch for wildlife while you eat lunch.
The rugged beauty of Volga River provides a picturesque setting for camping. There are equestrian non-modern campsites with electricity at the Albany campground area (once the site of the town of Albany). Advance campsite reservations can be made online through the park reservation system. A quarter of the campsites are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
The Lakeview modern campground is located at the north end of the Recreation Area. This campground has 43 campsites with electricity. A shower/restroom facility is located in the center of the campground. Most of the sites are full hook-up and are available through the online park reservation system. There is an RV dump station near the entrance to the campground.
The Volga River Recreation Area has become a very popular center for a number of trail activities. Hiking, cross-country skiing, mountain biking, and equestrian trails wind through the area. Tails include Frog Hollow Trail, Lake View Trail, Ridge Trail, Albany Trail and the Lima Trail. The Lima Trail takes visitors past 20 foot high limestone bluffs and a 15 acre white pine plantation. The total trail system is 25 miles in length.
In the winter, some trails are maintained for snowmobiling. Snowmobilers are asked to remain on groomed trails. They should obtain a report on trail conditions from the ranger.
Lake and River Activities (boating, fishing)
In addition to the Volga River, beautiful Frog Hollow Lake provides abundant fishing opportunities. The river contains smallmouth bass, rock bass, channel catfish and white suckers. The lake offers bluegill, largemouth bass and channel catfish, among others.
Any size boat motor may be operated at "no wake" speeds. Canoeing on the river has also become popular.
For yet another alternative, try canoeing on Volga River itself. You can put in on the southwest end of the park and take out right next to the road on the east side of the area. You can spend the entire day on the river view steep bluffs and wooded hillsides but only have to drive or walk back to the put in point three miles back down the road.
The area is open to public hunting during regular hunting seasons. White-tailed deer and wild turkey are popular quarries.
The Volga River Recreation Area is located in one of the most scenic parts of the state. Northeast Iowa is often referred to as "Little Switzerland" because of its rugged topography, geologic features and substantial timber cover which are in sharp contrast to the majority of the state's rolling hills, farmland and scattered stands of timber. The heavily wooded, rugged landscape of the Volga River is an exciting setting for a variety of outdoor recreation pursuits.
The area provides excellent habitat for fish and wildlife. The Volga River, which meanders through the 5,7500-acre area, holds smallmouth bass, rock bass, channel catfish and white suckers. Its banks harbor nesting wood ducks and shorebirds. Song birds, chickadees, finches, bluebirds, and woodpeckers (including the impressive pileated) are plentiful. Raptors include red-shouldered and red-tailed hawks and great horned owls. Wild turkeys are numerous and ruffed grouse and woodcock are occasionally seen. Red fox, raccoon, skunk, opossum, muskrat, mink and beaver use the area and both fox and gray squirrels are found in the timbered hills. The timber and croplands in northeast Iowa provide excellent habitat for white-tailed deer. Many deer trails in the Volga area confirm the abundance of this popular animal.
Scenic features include the Volga River and the old steel bridges that cross it, striking rock formations, prairie areas and natural woodlands with unusual stands of aspen and Canadian yew. Changes of season provide vivid contrasts in snowy winter, bright wild flowers and foliage in spring, shady woodlands in summer and vivid colors in autumn.
Nearby Towns
The area lies just east of State Highway 150 and about five miles south of U.S. Highway 18. The Volga River Recreation Area is in Fayette County. Cedar Rapids is 70 miles south, Dubuque is 90 miles southeast, and Waterloo is 55 miles southwest of the area.

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Covering your car, truck, or SUV's seats can keep your interior looking new for resale, cover existing damage, or even personalize your interior to suit your taste and interest. A car is one of the most expensive purchases the average person makes in their life, so it is wise to consider ways of protecting its value and ensuring the longest service life possible.
Seat covers can protect your seats from UV rays, spills, kids, pets, work, tools, entry/exit friction, food, sweat, and a never-ending list of everyday activities that wear out seats. Seat covers can also increase comfort - with added padding, and insulation from cold/heat.
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Don't take advice from Social Security Administration agents.
It might seem like a bold statement, but your clients can't take advice from Social Security Administration agents, because they can't give it. If they somehow get an agent to slip up and provide a recommendation—beware.
This is not meant in any way to be a knock on the agents themselves, but rather to illustrate the incredible opportunity for advisors. The government agency marks its 79th year with close to 12,000 field offices staffed by helpful and knowledgeable people, but the administration prohibits their employees from engaging in Social Security claiming advice of any kind. Agents are therefore trained in the Social Security rules, but not in claiming strategies.
Additionally, for legal reasons, agents are required to enter your clients' information into their records on the date they inquire about Social Security benefits, even if they are not planning to begin receiving benefits until a later date. Any calculations performed are based on that date, and facilitates a bias that too often results with clients claiming early.
And let's not forget the outcry in response to recent cutback in SSA services.
According to a U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging report released on June 18, 2014, SSA has closed 64 field offices since 2010, the largest five-year decline in field offices in its history. Blaming budget cuts, the agency has also closed 533 temporary mobile offices that serve remote areas, as well as laid off 11,000 workers over the last three years. For the field offices that are still open, hours of operation have been reduced.
The cuts come as demand for its services has significantly increased as baby boomers prepare for retirement. The result will be longer hold times, reduced services and increased frustration, according to the bipartisan Aging report.
It couldn't come at a worse time. This is a demographic that will largely want to speak with someone in person or over the phone about their Social Security benefits. As mentioned, too many claimants fail to realize that SSA workers cannot make recommendations or give advice, so now the cuts in service will come as a double shock.
Perhaps most worrisome is the admittedly anecdotal information we're hearing from our clients. Many report being encouraged by Social Security employees to take their own benefit instead of a spousal benefit because they'll get more money sooner. One client said the agent told her the break-even age for taking her spousal over her own benefit was 88. Of course, we look (as should you) at the value of a larger survivor benefit and the total of couples' benefits, while the Social Security Administration looks at what the monthly benefit would be for each person if they were to claim as soon as possible.
Is it somehow a coincidence we're hearing multiple reports from clients about this now? Color me skeptical. Remember, if you feel Social Security Administration employees are attempting to convince your clients to take an early benefit, be sure you've run the numbers and encourage your clients to stick with their decision.
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DWTS2013 Sharna Burgess Interviewed At The USA Hip-Hop Dance Championships In Las Vegas
Do you like Hip-Hop dancing? I love it, but, I tend to love every style of dance…even Square Dancing. Yes. 😀
Speaking of….our Miss Sharna is currently in Las Vegas, Nevada judging the USA Hip-Hop Dance Championships. The Las Vegas Sun interviewed her to get her thoughts about it and why she thinks this style of dance is so popular and how it and the dancers are inspiring to her. Being open to new things is an important part of growing and you can tell in her dancing on Dancing With The Stars. Do you agree?? Here is more….
Why do you think hip-hop dance is so popular worldwide?
I think it's relative to two things. The evolution of hip-hop dance styles and their popularity runs parallel with the evolution of hip-hop music and its growing culture. It's been around since the late '70s, early '80s, but it wasn't until the 2000s when hip-hop culture began spreading worldwide.
And, as a result, the music and dance styles were no longer an underground thing. The world knew about them and the world fell in love with them.
The other thing that's had a huge impact on hip-hop styles spreading internationally is social media. Hip-hop is American born, but the likes of YouTube has made it possible for kids in Asia, Europe and Australia to watch any style, to watch and learn from the greatest dance innovators of today.
It's become accessible for anyone to watch and be inspired.
Why do you take time out of your busy schedule to judge the championship?
My first year with Hip-Hop International was last year, and I fell in love with everything I witnessed. I was truly inspired by these dancers, and not just because of their skill level and creative innovation.
All the crews had a camaraderie with the utmost respect for one another. They were united by an incredible love and dedication to their craft.
They lived and breathed hip-hop, and many had overcome life struggles and difficulties to be the dancer they are. It is a room full of true artists. That is something very special — and something not to be missed.
Lots more at the Las Vegas Sun including some pictures and videos! ADDING: You can also view some video and pictures of Sharna with Hip Op-erational – the world's oldest hip hop dance crew, from New Zealand at this link.
Also, if you haven't read our recent interview with Sharna, you can so at this link. Go Sharna!!


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Sony MDR-7506 Closed-back Headphones
The MDR-7506 is a large diaphragm foldable headphone designed for professional studio and live/broadcast applications.
Exceptional sound quality for any application
Sony MDR-7506 closed-back headphones are known throughout the music industry and beyond as one of the best-sounding yet most reasonably priced headphones available. We could say it's because of their large, well-tuned 40mm drivers or their gold connectors and oxygen-free copper, but truthfully, there is no one thing that accounts for how good they sound. The fact is that more Sweetwater customers recommend MDR-7506s than just about any other headphones for one simple reason: they simply sound amazing.
Part of what makes listening through a pair of Sony MDR-7506 headphones such an exceptional experience is their earcup design. To provide you with extraordinary acoustic isolation, Sony gave their MDR-7506 headphones thick, widely spaced earcups. These earcups not only reduce ear fatigue (a major bonus for those extra-long listening sessions), but they also lock sound in. That means you don't have to worry about your monitor mix bleeding into your microphone when you record or your amp overpowering your headphones.
It's a good thing Sony includes an 1/8"-1/4" adapter with their MDR-7506 headphones because you're going to want to use them with your iPod, too. What's more, they fold down neatly, so you can take your MDR-7506s with you wherever you go. Want to monitor single-eared? No problem! Swiveling mounts let you choose whichever ear you like (that makes them great for DJ use, too). And no matter what size your head is, a fully adjustable headband that's firm but not too tight makes MDR-7506 headphones a perfect fit for anyone!


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Glitter Bone ID Tag - Silver
By K9
Please note that engraving can take a few days please allow extra time for delivery
Making the dog tag stylish, these glittery bone ID tags will instantly update your pet's look. Channel sport luxe with the oh so du moment lime green or colour block with dark blue or cherry pink to fit your mood.
Additional information and key product details:
Glitter Bone ID Tag by K9.
Dimensions: 38.3mm long x 18.5mm wide.
Thickness: 2mm.
Comes in a smart recyled, eco-friendly gift box.
Ready for engraving of up to 2 lines of text, 13 characters per line.
Product code: K9P-00029
- UK Delivery (Mainland) - UK Standard Delivery - £2.99 - Delivery Time: 5 to 10 days
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All K9 products are made to order. Therefore items cannot be returned, refunded or exchanged unless faulty, so please check items immediately on delivery. K9 works hard to make the highest quality products are supplied, however, now and again defects may happen during manufacture.
For damaged\faulty items, you must contact the partner seller concerned within 48 hours through the "My Orders" link for the relevant item in your PetsPyjamas customer account. You will then be issued with return guidance from the partner.
You must return items unused, in a saleable condition and with the original packaging that you received them with (with any labels still attached). You should use a 'signed for' delivery method and obtain proof of postage.
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Using Switch Statements
From ROBOTC API Guide
General Programming → Programming Tips Tricks → Using Switch Statements
Here's another tip demonstrating the use of the switch statement.
Let's say you have a motor that you want to drive forward if you press one button and backwards if you press a different button. If you press both or neither buttons the motor should be stopped. You could program this with cascaded if..then..else statements but another way is to combine the two buttons into one variable and use a switch statement. The "<<" is a shift left operator which is often used instead of multiply by 2. DriveLiftMotor would be a function to actually send values to the motor. Everything in capitals are constants defined elsewhere in the code:
// LiftCtl will be 0, 1, 2 or 3 depending on which buttons are pressed LiftCtl = (vexRT[ LIFT_DN_BUTTON ] << 1) + vexRT[ LIFT_UP_BUTTON ]; switch( LiftCtl ) { case 1: // first button pressed DriveLiftMotor( LIFT_UP_SPEED ); break; case 2: // second button pressed DriveLiftMotor( LIFT_DN_SPEED ); break; default: // either neither or both buttons pressed DriveLiftMotor( 0 ); break; }
This tip was posted by jpearman over at http://www.vexforum.com/showpost.php?p=221035&postcount=8.


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Amoxicillin is used to treat certain infections caused by bacteria, such as pneumonia; bronchitis; gonorrhea; and infections of the ears, nose, throat, urinary tract, and skin. It is also used in combination with other medications to eliminateH. pylori, a bacteria that causes ulcers. Amoxicillin is in a class of medications called penicillin-like antibiotics. It works by stopping the growth of bacteria. Antibiotics will not work for colds, flu, and other viral infections.
Amoxicillin comes as a capsule, a tablet, a chewable tablet, a suspension (liquid), and pediatric drops to take by mouth. It is usually taken every 12 hours (twice a day) or every 8 hours (three times a day) with or without food. To help you remember to take amoxicillin, take it around the same time every day. Follow the directions on your prescription label carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand. Take amoxicillin exactly as directed. Do not take more or less of it or take it more often than prescribed by your doctor.
Shake the liquid and pediatric drops well before each use to mix the medication evenly. Use the bottle dropper to measure the dose of pediatric drops. The pediatric drops and liquid may be placed on a child's tongue or added to formula, milk, fruit juice, water, ginger ale, or other cold liquid and taken immediately.
The chewable tablets should be crushed or chewed thoroughly before they are swallowed. The tablets and capsules should be swallowed whole and taken with a full glass of water.
Take amoxicillin until you finish the prescription, even if you feel better. Stopping amoxicillin too soon may cause bacteria to become resistant to antibiotics.
Amoxicillin also is used sometimes to prevent anthrax infection after exposure and to treat anthrax infection of the skin and chlamydia infections during pregnancy. Talk with your doctor about the possible risks of using this medication for your condition.
This medication may be prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.
Before taking amoxicillin,
Unless your doctor tells you otherwise, continue your normal diet.
Take the missed dose as soon as you remember it. However, if it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and continue your regular dosing schedule. Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed one.
Amoxicillin may cause side effects. Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away:
Some side effects can be serious. The following symptoms are uncommon, but if you experience any of them, call your doctor immediately:
Amoxicillin may cause other side effects. Call your doctor if you have any unusual problems while taking this medication.
If you experience a serious side effect, you or your doctor may send a report to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program online [at Web Site] or by phone [1-800-332-1088].
Keep this medication in the container it came in, tightly closed, and out of reach of children. Store the capsules and tablets at room temperature and away from excess heat and moisture (not in the bathroom). Throw away any medication that is outdated or no longer needed. The liquid medication preferably should be kept in the refrigerator, but it may be stored at room temperature. Throw away any unused medication after 14 days. Do not freeze. Talk to your pharmacist about the proper disposal of your medication.
In case of overdose, call your local poison control center at 1-800-222-1222. If the victim has collapsed or is not breathing, call local emergency services at 911.
Keep all appointments with your doctor and the laboratory. Your doctor may order certain lab tests to check your body's response to amoxicillin.
If you are diabetic, use Clinistix or TesTape (not Clinitest) to test your urine for sugar while taking this medication.
Do not let anyone else take your medication. Your prescription is probably not refillable. If you still have symptoms of infection after you finish the amoxicillin, call your doctor.
It is important for you to keep a written list of all of the prescription and nonprescription (over-the-counter) medicines you are taking, as well as any products such as vitamins, minerals, or other dietary supplements. You should bring this list with you each time you visit a doctor or if you are admitted to a hospital. It is also important information to carry with you in case of emergencies.
Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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Point Gammon Pullover
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Last winter, back when I was really pregnant, hopped up on hormones, and a little bit crazy, I sketched out 483902734890294023573489573489 ideas for future knitting patterns. Next, I proceeded to do something a woman preparing for many sleepless months with a newborn and a likely move thereafter should not have considered: I submitted several full-sized sweater ideas along with a battery of stranded mittens and hats. I don't know what I was thinking, but fortunately (and, quite miraculously), everything worked out well.
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Point Gammon Pullover, published in Interweave Knits, Fall 2010, is the first in a series of works that will appear in the coming months, the result of my knitting in the middle of the night with a new baby, en route to medical school interviews, and while laid up after tearing my calf muscle playing soccer. I knitted like a fiend this winter and spring, and I cannot wait to share my projects with you!
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This follows in a series of cabled knits inspired and named for the waters I sailed on Cape Cod, Massachusetts as a child. Point Gammon is a somewhat obscure lighthouse marking the outcrop of Great Island into Nantucket Sound; it is a point reachable only by sea, as the land upon which it sits is private. Growing up on Lewis Bay, the bay whose entrance the lighthouse announces, Point Gammon Light seemed at once both intimately familiar and utterly foreign to me. I always admired the peculiar structure, wished I could see it up close, and wondered what the view must have been like from the other side of the bay, the private, off-limits side.
I designed this pullover with the lighthouse in mind, intending the central cables to evoke a lighthouse beacon.
In keeping with the ocean theme, I placed netting cables up the sides. In my opinion, both cables that extend from bottom hem to neckband and cabling at the underarm in place of a seam signal a well planned, hand knitted garment. Any machine can churn out a cabled something or other, sew it up the sides, and slap on disjointed bands. Cabling done well should be difficult to recreate in a factory.
The fit is trim (i.e., 2″ of positive ease, if I recall correctly); both the ribbing and the set-in sleeves emphasize this. As I have said before, despite the traditional form, you will not find any drop shoulders around these parts, thank you very much. The sleeves are little more than basic rib sleeves with cables interspersed at the same intervals as on the body, with one cable running down the center of the sleeve. I love symmetry, I can't help it.
While it may appear difficult to work out how to run the cables into the neckline like this, it is not very hard. Once I determined how many repeats of the cable pattern I wanted down the front, I centered the repeated section, then held stitches at the base of the neck instead of binding off and picking up for the neckline.
One benefit of a side cable is that it can be completely bound off at the underarm, so there is nothing left to keep track of. And, it looks complicated while completely avoiding the question of how to treat the seam. Although it makes shaping more difficult, one could certainly work decreases along the flanks of the side cable. I briefly contemplated making a shaped version for me, but you know I never knit anything twice unless I have to, right? Of course.
Because Blue Sky Alpacas Worsted Hand Dyes was unfamiliar to me at first, I knitted a positively gigantic swatch. I do not feel terribly confident about my gauge with refined, luxury fibers, as the fabrics knitted in those fibers often grow. I swatched, I measured, I washed, I measured, I blocked, I measured. Anticipating this post, I thought I would show a picture of the pre-blocked body (missing sleeves, of course). It was so tiny, despite needing to fit a man (albeit not a large man).
Before washing and blocking, it had a 30″ chest.
After blocking, the chest measured 36.75″. Be wise: swatch aggressively and believe in your swatch, do not second guess yourself!
I thought I would include a photo of the underside of the sleeve blocking. Is there a secret to getting ribbed increases to block to straight lines? I can never make mine perfect!
Let us take a minute to discuss the yarn, shall we? Blue Sky Alpacas Worsted Hand Dyes might be the nicest yarn I have ever – or will ever – work with. Once I finished the garment, I had to try it on, even though there was no way it would fit me well. I have told anyone who will listen that wearing a sweater made in this yarn feels like wearing a hug. I have one sweater's worth of it in my stash, which I am saving for The Best Sweater in the History of Time; the yarn really deserves the perfect pattern.
Initially, I worried it would be too heavy for a men's cabled pullover, as its yds per gram ratio is only 1. For other worsted weight yarn comparisons: Cascade 220 has 2.2 yds/gram; Berroco Blackstone Tweed 2.6 yds/gram; Harrisville Designs New England Highland has 1.9 yds/gram. Thus, for the same yardage as another worsted weight sweater, Worsted Hand Dyes yields a garment that is twice as heavy. Indeed, the finished product is heavier, but it's one of the things I loved most about the fit. There's a sentence I never expected to write, but it is absolutely true. I think its weight combined with its softness make you feel as if you just wrapped yourself in the most lovely cocoon that could possibly exist. It's expensive – very expensive – but as the cheapest knitter you will ever meet, I say it's worth it if the pattern is perfect for you.
On that note, I hope some men out there find this pattern perfect for them! As for the rest of you, go check out the rest of Interweave Knits Fall 2010 (or see it on Ravelry) – it is the best issue in ages! I could make full-time work of knitting all the sweaters I want to make in this one issue alone!


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Original post made by MI Supporter, Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Sep 3, 2007
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"The class requires meticulous memorization. Successful students spend hours writing characters and perfecting pronunciation." Just wondering how that fits in with the Ohlone way and learning math, science, reading,etc.?
growing like gerbils on the starship entreprise!
Yes, well Palo Alto has always prided itself on chasing the latest fads and jumping on whatever bandwagon is blowing through town (and whatever latest 'big idea' is attracting the big $$$). It makes me so proud that we haven't missed this one.
Actually, it seems to me that PAUSD is off-trend, since it's providing no foreign language instruction to 95 percent of the elementary schoolkids in the district.
I actually know a parent who signed up her kid for one of the Atlanta charters--it had nothing to do with the Mandarin and everything with avoiding the poor local school. In fact, she was making fun of the sheer uselessness of Mandarin for most of those kids.
But does MI Supporter sound exactly like Grade, or what?
Definitely sounds like 'Grade' to me too
The Chinese government has been spending lots of money to get these programs off to a start nationwide. They have spent a lot of money. Do some checking on google, or call some of the school districts and ask them where the money came from to get the programs going.
Do some research on google.
Not all Chinese people in China speak Mandarin.
The Communist Bejing government is trying to unify the language within China.
Not all Chinese people in Asia speak Mandarin.
Accepting money from a communist country to influence our children's education makes me nervous.
This is a loophole that must be closed.
Gary Locke (the former governor of Washington state got in trouble when he was campaigning for re-election in California and other states and accepting donations for his re-election from Chinese nationals).
China is smart and cunning. They know our loopholes. They also want to become the new superpower in the world.
Then again, perhaps they have long waiting lists because the option of keeping the kids in the regular public school systems stinks? And how do those school districts perform? Are those high performing school districts or low performing school districts?
Because if you compare the language academy test scores against those dismal school districts, I bet you might find these charter type schools outperforming their district averages.
But do the other (non-language type) charter schools also out perform their district averages?
Language academy proponents are pretty quick to thank language academy for high educational performance - maybe its just that they are not the public school system.
From the second article:
"If the past is any indication, though, Chinese could be another fad.
American schools historically become more interested in a country's foreign language when the United States feels threatened by that nation, Abbott said.
Russian became more popular in the 1950s after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik. Japanese classes grew in the 1980s because of that country's global dominance. Interest in both languages later waned."
Great educational opportunity, even if we are late in implementing such a program for Mandarin. Immersion really is the best way to learn a language, especially one as different from English as Mandarin is. This is the future.
Let's expand SI while we're at it, too, so more kids have a chance.
No, let's give all our elementary students a language before we immerse any more lucky students in any language.
Well, that's exactly what I don't get. If language education is so important, and early language education is so important to the ability of kids to properly learn languages - how does PAUSD justify speciality 'luck' schools without giving this important subject to all students first? I don't understand how language education is given the same weight as an alternative 'approach' like Ohlone or Hoover.
In Ohlone and Hoover, the value proposition is: "We're going to end up at the same point, we're just going to get your kids there a different way". With the immersion programs, PAUSD is in effect saying, "We're going to end your kids up WAY WAY WAY ahead of all other kids in the district, by virtue of the fact that they'll have this CRITICAL second language proficiency (and no one else will).
It would be a completely different story if the district were saying, we all end up at the same point (languaged educated), but in this specialty immersion program we take a different route (that isn't for everybody, but which can be worthwhile for the intrepid.)
So, tell me how again (?), are the immersion schools equitable in the context of PAUSD?
No, let's first do whatever we can do in a cost neutral way.
Then let's see if there's broad support for raising money to give all elementary kids language.
It's wonderful reading about how other communities have made language immersion fit their needs. Here's a link to a related piece about education. It's State Superintendent of Education Jack O'Connell's press release about California STAR test results.
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The last few paragraphs of Diana Diamond's blog on STAR test results is also relevant: Web Link
Or, view the STAR test results at the state and/or district level to learn who our top achievers are. Web Link
What you will find is that Asians outperform their peers in every subject, in every grade. This is true state-wide, and district-wide, too.
In the press release O'Connell writes, "These are not just economic achievement gaps, they are racial achievement gaps. We cannot afford to excuse them; they simply must be addressed. We must take notice and take action."
Reviewing the STAR test results begs the question, how can we justify having additional specialty programs which cater to the highest-achieving group within the district when we have such a significant achievement gap? If we're going to spend resources for a specialized program that's available to only a select few, shouldn't we look at the district and state goals when we decide what program it's going to be, and which group will be the benefactors?
As State Sup. O'Connell grapples with how to reduce the ethnic achievement gap, we in Palo Alto are busy implementing a Mandarin Immersion program which -- if we're to believe the MI proponents' claims -- will INCREASE that gap. Go figure.
The district should be careful in its support of special programs that offer additional (as in not equal) education to a select few (SI & MI), that those programs don't harm the students who are on the other end of the achievement gap. The recent decisions they've made for increasing SI and placing MI at Ohlone lead me to believe that they don't care about this issue. Or maybe they hope we don't notice.
Ah, well. Back to glorifying (or bashing, as the case may be) MI.
And around we go again. Guess MI Supporter couldn't stand two days of no MI discussions on the forum.
I mean, was there anything new or local in those links? No. But MI Supporter was so eager to post those links that it did it three times.
In other words, no, just because a charter in Atlanta is willing to take money from the Chinese government in exchange for throwing out some Mandarin, doesn't mean the MI/Ohlone mash-up is a good thing.
By the way "MI Supporter"--another poster, "chinese education", says that the real aim for PACE is Chinese-style education, not simply Mandarin immersion and that PACE's real goal is to move in three years and institute this approach.
Do you share that goal?
Nope, I don't.
MI Supporter,
Thanks for a straight answer.
Yes. There ought to be interesting fireworks coming from both Ohlone Regular vs Ohlone MI, AND from WITHIN the MI program (MI Ohlone style vs MI Chinese style) and additionally from within MI program as they battle over Mandarin content and language approaches. It will just be so fun to watch. I can't wait.
Imagine if I moved to another non-English speaking country and demanded that my child be taught English in an American style, at the expense of that country's government - a country with a bursting population that can barely fit all the children into their own schools.
Westerners living abroad MUST attend private (expensive) International Schools to receive an American or European education.
They wouldn't dare ask a country/community to change their educational system for us.
Put yourself in our shoes for a moment.
It is also never too late to learn a new language.
My child and I are studying a new language together at home - together.
You can buy inexpensive courses and workbooks online.
The bonding experience of studying it together makes it even more fun.
Then we enjoy going out and practice using it.
When foreign language offered to every single elementary school child I'll be willing to consider other visions of introducing language instruction into our schools.
Additionally, it's appalling to call SI and MI "choice lottery" programs when only a scant few who apply get in and preference is given to children from over-enrolled schools.
Do we REALLY need another MI thread????
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The Bejing government is trying to impose Mandarin in provinces where other Chinese dialects are spoken. Millions of people are not happy.
They are telling their own people that Mandarin is superior to their native dialect, and therefore they must give it up.
China should use the millions of dollars they spend launching these Mandarin programs worldwide (yes, worldwide) on educating their own people within China, rather than footing the bill for a hundreds of boondoggle trips for State legislators, Universities, and public school officials to visit China; in an effort to win their hearts and minds to implement Mandarin programs worldwide.
I would love to learn to speak Mandarin just to know what they are saying about me. I speak another Asian language.
'Tis the nature of Communism.
Heck, JustWondering,
Even I was wondering that.
when people stop responding, the threads will die down. meanwhile why do you, OhlonePar, keep posting to MI threads?
I keep posting to MI threads because its important to shed some light on all the miriad of issues related to MI that otherwise are being swept under the rug.
Why do people keep posting new threads? Because they keep shutting down the old ones in mid conversation. They shut the last one down within hours of the 'last' post - the conversation was still going.
Oddly enough, this thread was started by pro-MI side... So what does that say - they see an article about an irrelevent, non-comparable school district 3000 miles away and think they're posting 'evidence' to support why PAUSD should chase the fad.
It's new information, without judgment (I leave that to the other posters). I'm not rehashing or sweeping things under the rug, although I don't think the district is, either.
As the economist figuratively said, if it's not worth reading, people won't post or respond.
What's new about it? It sounds like the same story we've been hearing which is generally "look at these other districts that are jumping on the MI bandwagon".
On the other hand, the admission that MI is a fad, (like Japanese and Russian a few years back), and that Mandarin requires intense rote memorization, IS a new development in the story. (The ADMISSION of the facts is the new development - the facts themselves have been on the debate table since the beginning). At least the kernels of truth are in these articles.
You don't think the district is sweeping things uder the rug? Did the BOE ever bring any of these issues up? Or did they blithly ignore? What about the issue of administrative effort in an MI program that was raised in the Stanford study?
I didn't see anything other than effusive praise for the MI concept in the feasibility study.
(Did the staff ever provide ~any~ analysis on the feasibility of melding the Ohlone approach with the practical implications of teaching Mandarin? We heard Cook and Cohn Vargas and Charles summarily dismiss the issue several times, never a valid analysis of what each one means to the other, and where the challenges would occur. I'd call this 'sweeping under the rug'.)
MI Supporter,
Thanks for those links.
It's interesting to see how many MI programs are starting up. I guess this shows that far from being on the cutting edge we in PA are behind the curve.
It's pretty obvious that these programs are well-studied and raise no issues of equity for others, so it's hard to square the excessive negative reaction here.
I suggest ignoring the vitriol.
In any case, your MI program will be here in one year. I was sorry to hear the district made it such a tiny little pilot, but I'm sure your hard work will make it a huge success. I look forward to the day when the program expands to multiple strands and middle school.
Programs like this enrich our community.
Just as an aside, look at what is happening in New York where a new Arabic program has just started. This may be a different language, but many of the arguments are similar and the police are needed to patrol the students arrival and departure.
"...raise no issues of equity for others". Its not necessarily true that these programs raise no issues of equity for others. In fact most articles point to some community rancor issues.
In fact the Cupertino School district was sued over CLIP in its early years, over issues of inequity.
The Santa Clara County grand jury found that Cupertino school district was not violating its district funding policies because they had not written down funding policies that prevented inquitable distrubution of funds. The grand jury did NOT defend CLIP as equitable, it just said that Cupertino wasn't violating a district funding policy. By the way, that grand jury CONTRASTED Cupertino district with PAUSD specifically, - stating that unlike Cupertino, PAUSD does have written funding policies.
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"It's interesting to see how many MI programs are starting up." Yes, because those other district have a demonstrated need. PAUSD doesn't have a need, it has a few people with a want.
I post because I think it's important to counter the attempts at spin control--as demonstrated by MI Supporter. (And when MI Supporter actually posts something that's not pro-MI, then we can pretend she's just letting other people decide. Otherwise, it strikes me as more along the lines of Rove's strategy--repeat something long enough and people will start to believe it's true.)
An Admirer, you're mistaken about the vitriol and concerns about equity. It's actually an ongoing issue--not just in Cupertino, but in New York, where an existing public school was bumped by a Chinese immersion program. Even the immersion parents were embarrassed by it.
Parent, interesting point about the equity issue and the PAUSD. There will be a lot of fancy footwork to make MI appear cost-neutral. Unlike SI, there's no pre-existing curriculum.
Parent, that last thread wasn't stopped within hours of the last post, but seconds. I literally posted and the thread locked notice was right below it. Not quite sure why--I mean there wasn't time to even read my post. And the discussion was mildly acrimonious, but not unusually so. It also had a lot of information that I hadn't seen before--such as the SI performance breakdown.
Thank you OhlonePar,
You were able to say what I posted earlier, but in a preferable tone.
Did anyone ever find out where the huge contribution came from for that feasibility study? Just wondering . . .
No we didn't. But we had a different Superintendent last time we asked. Maybe its time to ask again. Any letter writers out there? His email address is [email protected] Please point out your concerns with lack of transparency in the political process, particularly as it relates to special interests who might be looking to take off with PAUSD resources.
By the way, the vote to start MI maybe a done deal (*), but the issue of full accountability hasn't even started yet. Please write to Mr. Skelly - who is in charge of the staff who writes these reports, does the performance tracking, and provides the financial reporting - and ask him to make sure MI is held fully accountable for student performance reporting, demographic reporting, transparent lottery, full financial accounting of its sources of funds and use of district overhead. Accountability is what matters now.
*(Actually, the vote to start MI can be revisted at any time the board wants to revisit it. All it takes is someone putting it on the agenda and three board members wanting to revisit the vote. The board has shown that they are open to considering 'new' information as it becomes available. I can think of all kinds of new information that comes available between now and fall 2008 - the actual cost of the impelementation process, the actual use of district staff resources, the actual lottery process, the actual demographics of who shows up, the actual number students of who show up, the actual cost of the curriculum, etc, etc, etc. So accountability is they key now.
"Please write to Mr. Skelly - who is in charge of the staff who writes these reports, does the performance tracking, and provides the financial reporting - and ask him to make sure MI is held fully accountable for student performance reporting, demographic reporting, transparent lottery, full financial accounting of its sources of funds and use of district overhead. Accountability is what matters now."
While you're at it, expand the scope to include Spanish Immersion. I assume that it's to be held to a similar level of accountability. Here's a section from the MI feasibility study submitted by Becki Cohn-Vargas and Marilyn Cook titled, "Unintended Consequences". (Web Link page 21 or pdf page 25)
"District and site program staff would work together to address any unintended consequences. Two areas that would be monitored closely are 1) Assurance that there is a parity of classroom experience for MCIP students and other students across the district. 2) Attendance at neighborhood schools is not adversely affected by the addition of another choice program in PAUSD."
Escondido IS adversely affected by the recent *expansion* (not to be confused with existence) of Spanish Immersion. Neighborhood students are being turned away as a result, teachers were given 5 days notice to change the grade they teach, and mixed-grade classes were created against parents' written preferences in order to make space. This falls squarely under the category of "Unintended Consequences". I'd like to see how closely the district staff and board members (particularly those who are up for reelection) monitor and respond to this "unintended consequence". It's a predictor of how they'll respond to MI in the future.
I absolultely agree. Extend the requirement for accountability to SI, Hoover and Ohlone, because they are all choice programs, they exist optionally and are subject to the Choice Program criteria, which are, and should be, a high bar for their continued existence. Yes all these programs should be required to justify their existence through accountability.
However, by virtue of the fact that Hoover and Ohlone are stand alone schools we do get quite a bit more information on those programs because they are held to the same state and district wide reporting requirements as the rest of the neighborhood schools. So their results are not buried and muddied within a larger population. I am less concerned about ~more~ accountability for Hoover and Ohlone, although I think we should be seeing more financial reporting accountability for those two programs, and we certainly should be seeing more accountability on the lottery and admission process for those programs.
Speaking of accountability, what happens when school district personnel don't follow the procedures outlined in their "Policy and Procedures Manual"? I didn't realize until today that this manual is available online at the PAUSD website. (The manual is at Web Link)
Here's a snippet from Chapter 4 – STUDENTS AND STUDENT SERVICES, Section B. ENROLLMENT. (Web Link page IV-5, pdf page 5)
"Open enrollment allows students to attend alternative schools or other neighborhood schools outside their attendance area on a space available basis. Students transferring from outside the attendance area shall not displace a student who currently resides in the attendance area of a school (including those students at the school with an administratively approved intradistrict transfer).
"Students who currently reside in the attendance area of a school (including those students at the school with an administratively approved intradistrict transfer) shall not be displaced by students transferring from outside the attendance area."
It looks like they violated this policy by displacing neighborhood students within Escondido's attendance area with 'alternative school' (SI) students.
If we let this slide, IT WILL SET A PRECEDENT for future programs. (Aside from the fact that it's grossly unfair to the students who were displaced.)
"It will set a precedent"??? Already has. Precedent of prior programs was used excessively as a reason to continue to create more..and will continue to be used to do this.
The Elephant's trunk AND head is in the door.
"Extend the requirement for accountability to SI, Hoover and Ohlone"
Yes, it's only fair. Also, check to make sure each individual neighborhood school is not getting more than its fair share of funds. And do the same with middle schools. Plus we need an accounting of how much money is being spent on individual students in high school. I'll bet those AP classes cost more, and that's not fair.
We need more equity in education here.
Well Fair is Fair - maybe you get it! We need accountability - which we don't have.
What if I told you that AP classes cost 5X the average and were squeezing out the ability to provide adequate programs to underperforming and at risk kids?
Or what if I told you that the bottom 10% of performers (remedial classes) were recieving 5X the funding of the top 10% of performers (AP classes)?
Or what if I told you that your elementary school was receiving half of the district per pupil average?
Would you want to understand why? (I'm guessing you would.)
Well, I can't say any of these things, because I've never seen any accounting of the costs of these programs or the spending on a school by school basis. But it certainly would be interesting to find out if resources are being distributed in a fair and logical way across the district.
Particularly if we find severe imbalances occuring. Once we have the info, it can be explained, and approved or it can drive change.
No ones saying our neighborhood schools, high schools, and middle schools ahve to operate exactly equally - but they should have to explain and justify their outcomes and financial results.
But for choice programs in particular, which have a requirement to operate on a 'cost neutral' basis - I would think the superintendent and board would need to know what cost neutral means, and they'd need to see the cost actuals for the program - in order to actually be able to say the program is accomplishing this requirement.
Its called accountability, and we need it.
How strange that accountability would arise on this thread!
MI is the ONLY program in the district with accountability. [Portion removed by Palo Alto Online staff.]
Meanwhile, we have a great new choice program, even if we are behind many parts of the country.
First, MI does not yet exist here, so how do you know there will be accountability? Your claim cannot, factually, be true.
Second, we have three choice programs which are under the same accountability rules as MI will be, so your claim that MI is the only program with accountability is, again, false.
And, yes, we're behind on FLES and handling our overcrowding issues. MI has been a terrible distraction--particularly given that so few kids benefit from it.
"First, MI does not yet exist here, so how do you know there will be accountability?"
This is obviously true, if you hold to a full-blown skepticism. But then how do you know you exist? Seriously, it is the ONLY program which is required to be cost-neutral. None of the other programs have this requirement (and no one is demanding it of them). Hm, I wonder why that is? Let's see, what's different about MI?
But you are right that the anti-MI campaign was a terrible distraction from other district business. Let's hope cooler heads prevail in the future.
Isn't SI supposed to be cost-neutral?
"Hm, I wonder why that is? Let's see, what's different about MI?"
MI is required to be cost-neutral because it's a language Immersion program, not because it's Mandarin. All (two) district immersion programs have this requirement.
Please don't go fishing for something that isn't there. It doesn't help the tone of the forum.
MI at Ohlone doesn't start until 2008. It's no an issue of Cartesian logic. No elementary school children are being taught Mandarin in an immersion setting in the district.
It's not skepticism, it's fact. No MI bills are currently being paid, ergo, the cost-neutrality issue isn't really into play yet.
All the choice programs are required to be cost-neutral. Thus, Ohlone's Farm is supported by sales of its goods and donations (The Harvest Festival is a Farm fundraiser.)
Clearly, the existence of MI means more wasted meetings, particularly in three years, when it outgrows Ohlone.
Er, hard to tell, but I think you're conceding the point. It's a matter of fact. MI is the only program that the district requires to be cost-neutral.
Yes, I'm sure the district required the hippies to run their farm on a cost-neutral basis too, but your point eludes me unless you're suggesting, with a nod and a wink, that the Ohlone program is a farm/zoo.
You may be right that the mere existence of MI means someone will show up to waste board meetings. Let's hope not.
Uhhm. In fact YOU seem to be conceding the point that the district lacks accountability. Since, (as you mention), the choice programs are not being held accountable for cost neutrality, when in fact we have written district policy that says they are required to be cost neutral, and we can't tell whether they are, or they aren't - because there is no reporting on costs for these programs, then we are lacking reporting and accountability to enforce this policy.
If you are complaining that MI is going to be held to a different standard, then I would think you of all people would be asking for improvement in accountability.
Instead I hear a [portion removed by Palo Alto Online staff] 'they did it first' emanating from MI: lets have NO accountability instead of accountability for everyone. So what you are suggesting is perpetuating gross mismanagement of the district in for your program to exist 'under the radar', unhindered by pesky accountability requirements.
What we are suggesting is fixing accountability across the district
Instead you want to pretend you are being singled out. We're actually trying to prevent you from being singled out. What's the matter uhm - do you think MI is not going to be able to stand the scrutiny? Did you think MI would just go about their merry way enjoying the fruits of PAUSD tax payer resources scott free and unchallenged? [Portion removed by Palo Alto Online staff.]
No, I'm not conceding anything. All choice programs--Hoover, SI and Ohlone are required to be cost neutral. So MI is not the only program required to be cost-neutral. We have three other programs that are required to be cost-neutral.
Are they? Are they held accountable? It's a good question. Hoover and Ohlone have the same curriculum as the neighborhood schools, so being cost-neutral isn't a challenge, though it is why Ohlone's farm has to raise its own funds, which it does.
So why do you claim that MI is the only program that has to be cost-neutral when there are three others?
You seem to be claiming that the other choice programs aren't required to be cost-neutral, when, in fact, they are. Now is the district doing a good job making sure they're cost-neutral? That's not at all clear. But it is the requirement.
I have no problem with the greater transparency Parent wants. We can start with who funded the MI study.
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I don't know whether the district does an accounting for the choice programs, for individual elementary schools, for middle schools and high schools, or on a per pupil basis. I don't see the need. It's obvious that some kids have more spent on them than others for various reasons.
The district policy (on cost neutrality) was adopted after the choice programs were in place, and I believe the policy applies to new programs, not old ones, but I may be wrong. In any case, I do agree with you that the policy should be consistent. If we are going to demand cost-neutrality, then we should demand it for all programs. And it should all be perfectly transparent: all the data should be released in a timely way.
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As far as I know, the policy on cost-neutrality applies to new programs, but if you have better info, please share.
As for the funding of study, I'm not sure why you can't let go. The district knows where the money came from: PACE. As for the books at PACE, I would guess the district has no idea. The district cannot reveal something it does not know.
But I'm with you on transparency. The district should put in place a policy mandating full disclosure for every donation it gets--whether it's stadium lights or a gross of erasers.
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Multilingual/multicultural education in public schools started in 1970's in America. I am glad Palo Alto is finally catching up, thanks much to Grace Mah and her persistence, against all odds.
In a school district with such diversity, a classical language and culture should be taught in the public education system, whether the education is in the form of MI or after school. This certainly will help demonstrate the democratic nature of America.
Palo Alto has been stong in its multicultural teaching for years.
If you are interested in students learning classical languages, we should be hosting teaching greek, and latin.
yes, calling Mandarin a "classic" language is an interesting interpretation of "classic".
PA has been multicultural and taught multiple languages for years and years. There are kids in their 30s now from PA schools who took Japanese and Mandarin as middle and high schoolers, and we had German, French, Spanish etc.
So, please stop with the condescending "catching up". It is about prriorities, priorities, priorities.
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Following the kind invitation of the World Heritage Centre, I had the great pleasure to attend the meeting entitled "Follow-up to the Second Cycle of Periodic Reporting in the Arab States: Regional Meting for the Elaboration of the Regional Programme", held in Rabat (Kingdom of Morocco), from 7 to 9 March 2011.
This meeting was a unique opportunity for me, as Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee, to participate in the discussions built on the first results of the Periodic Reporting Excercise in its new formula, after the two-year reflection period which led to the elaboration of a more comprehensive questionnaire and a substantial improvement of the implementation of this highly important tool for the Convention.
I would like to congratulate all the participants for the quality of the work achieved and highlight the role played by the fact that the same Focal Points which were appointed at the very beginning of the Peridoic reporting Exercise in December 2008 were present in Rabat this year.
I congratulate the States Parties of the Arab Region for having ensured such a continuity and invite the other regions to adopt the same approach.
Among the numerous interesting outomes of the meeting held in Rabat, I would like to focus on a proposal which I think has a potential to reinforce the implementation of the Convention: the establishment of National Committees for World Heritage. This measure, for which each State Party is free to define the appropriate structure, could substantially improve the application of the Convention and the cooperation of the States Parties with the World Heirtage Committee and the World Heritage Centre. I therefore invite the States Parties of the Arab Region to consider the establishment of such committees and not to hesitate to refer to similar initatives carried out elsewhere in the region or in the world.
I also would like to share my high satisfaction regarding the important space given to the World Natural Heritage in this meeting. Many natural heritage experts from the region as well as specialized UNESCO staff in this field and IUCN provided substantial contribution to the discussions. They conducted a working group on this subject and came up with very useful recommendations and guidelines to reinforce the protection of natural properties of Oustanding Universal Value in the region.
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Washington • Legislation protecting gay and transgender employees from workplace discrimination passed a Senate committee Wednesday and for the first time Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, was among the supporters.
Hatch's evolution on the issue mirrors that of his Mormon faith.
The Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints endorsed a similar law passed by the Salt Lake City Council in 2009. And the faith's lawyers have negotiated with gay-rights leaders on a potential statewide ban on housing and employment discrimination, but have yet to strike an accord.
The LDS Church has taken no position on the national Employment Non-Discrimination Act, known as ENDA, which the committee approved on a 15-7 vote.
Hatch was one of three Republicans to join all of the Democrats in favor of the bill. The other two Republicans Sens. Mark Kirk of Illinois and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska have also backed gay marriage.
"I oppose any form of discrimination, though I do draw the line on the definition of marriage," Hatch said shortly after the vote, espousing a position similar to that offered by LDS leaders.
He said it was "a tough vote" that he was willing to cast in part because ENDA exempts religious organizations and their affiliates. Hatch said that religious exemption is stronger than the one in the 1996 version that he voted against. That bill also didn't protect transgender people.
But Hatch continues to have some of the same reservations that other Republicans do.
"They have natural concerns about whether we are going to make it so some of these very serious moral issues can only be handled in one way," he said. "That worries me, too."
Partisan split • None of those objections was voiced during the short hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Wednesday. All 12 Democrats were present to cast their votes, but only three Republicans were there. They were Kirk, Murkowski and Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., the committee's top-ranking Republican. The other six Republicans, including Hatch, voted by proxy. Hatch was leading a Finance Committee hearing at the time.
Alexander didn't explain his opposition to ENDA but did promise to offer three amendments to the legislation when it reaches the Senate floor this fall, including one instructing businesses how to handle offering separate bathroom facilities.
The Traditional Values Coalition, led by Andrea Lafferty, opposed the bill, arguing that parents shouldn't have to explain "gender confusion" to their children if a teacher changes his or her gender.
"Our children's education and well-being should be more important than catering to the unhealthy psychological condition of a very small group of individuals," Lafferty said.
Hatch didn't use such loaded language but said he has some concerns about how the nondiscrimination bill would be implemented. "I think this is going to have to work itself out over time," he said.
That may be longer than this bill's backers want. Hatch doubts that enough Republicans will support the measure to get it through the Senate and it faces even longer odds in the GOP-controlled House.
The bill has 53 co-sponsors in the Senate, which doesn't include Hatch or Murkowski, but it would take at least 60 votes to earn a final vote. The corresponding House measure has 177 co-sponsors, including Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah. It takes at least 218 votes to pass a bill in the House.
The bill's champions heralded Wednesday's vote as a historic step toward eventual passage and broader gay equality, linking it to the recent Supreme Court ruling requiring the federal government to recognize gay marriages performed in the 13 states that recognize those unions.
Committee chairman Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, also said it was un-American to allow companies and public employers to fire, discipline or refuse to hire individuals because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, which is legally acceptable in 34 states including Utah. It is illegal to do so based on race, gender, age, disability and other factors.
"They are being judged not by what they can contribute to a company, but by who they are or whom they choose to love," Harkin said. "Qualified workers should not be turned away or have to fear losing their livelihood for reasons that have nothing to do with their qualifications, skills or performance."
Harkin said he hoped the Senate would debate ENDA and vote on the legislation after its traditional August break.
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, hasn't taken a position on the legislation and a spokesman said he would review the bill.
Courageous • Utah Democratic Party Chairman and state Sen. Jim Dabakis helped negotiate the LDS Church's support of Salt Lake City's anti-discrimination ordinance, calling it a "red-letter day."
"It was a bold move," he said. "It was a courageous move and I salute the church for it."
The conversations leading up to the new ordinance stemmed from a controversy in which two gay men were detained by LDS security for hugging and kissing on the church's Main Street Plaza.
LDS Church spokesman Michael Otterson addressed the City Council at the time, saying: "The church supports these ordinances because they are fair and reasonable and do not do violence to the institution of marriage."
Since then, 14 other cities and counties in Utah have since passed anti-discrimination laws, including Salt Lake County. The County Council sent a letter to Hatch in June asking him to support ENDA.
"We believe this to be good public policy that should be replicated on the federal level to protect all Americans regardless of the municipality in which they work," said the letter. "This legislation will not allow preferential treatment based on sexual orientation or gender identity, and it would not apply to small businesses with fewer than 15 employees or religious organizations."
Dabakis, who is gay, said he wasn't surprised by Hatch's vote because the conservative senator has always been "fair" and he anticipates that Congress will eventually pass the bill as well.
"It just seems fair and logical and reasonable," Dabakis said, "and I think the Congress is going to do the right thing."
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"I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves," Woods wrote on his web site. "I am not without faults and I am far short of perfect. I am dealing with my behavior and personal failings behind closed doors with my family. Those feelings should be shared by us alone."
Just days after what the golf superstar described as an "embarrassing" car accident, Woods explained he was "dismayed to realize the full extent of what tabloid scrutiny really means."
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"For the last week, my family and I have been hounded to expose intimate details of our personal lives," Woods wrote. "The stories in particular that physical violence played any role in the car accident were utterly false and malicious. Elin has always done more to support our family and shown more grace than anyone could possibly expect."
In recent days, stories have surfaced with one woman's claim that she had an affair with Woods, another woman's denial of such an affair, and photos of Woods and a third woman.
"Personal sins should not require press releases and problems within a family shouldn't have to mean public confessions," the 33-year-old stated.
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Nevertheless, Woods expressed his regret to his family and fans. "I will strive to be a better person and the husband and father that my family deserves," Woods wrote. "For all of those who have supported me over the years, I offer my profound apology."