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Calendar Photo Contest Announced
South Carolina is truly a place of "smiling faces, beautiful places" and the Pee Dee seems to have more than it's share. To celebrate the beauty and fun of our territory, ArborOne Farm Credit is pleased to announce the opening of the 2014 Calendar Photo Contest. This contest is open to anyone but the photos must be taken within the 12 county territory of ArborOne Farm Credit. Those counties are: Clarendon, Dillon, Darlington, Florence, Lee, Horry, Georgetown, Sumter, Marion, Chesterfield, Williamsburg, and Marlboro.
Some possible photo ideas would be Country Kids, Baby Farm Animals, Flowers, Outdoor Landscape Scenes, Nature Scenes, Harvesting of Crops, Sunrises, Sunsets, Barns, Silos, Wildlife, Classic and Antique Farm Equipment. This contest is open to all creative work – you don't have to limit yourself to the ideas listed. You may submit new ideas or any combination of the above.
Contest Guidelines:
Who is eligible: Customers, employees and friends of ArborOne Farm Credit are invited to enter our 2014 Calendar Photo Contest.
Photos must be taken within the ArborOne Farm Credit territory.
All entries must be submitted to
All photos must be at least 1 MB in size.
Orientation of photos must be horizontal (landscape). No vertical (portrait) photos, please.
Please limit your entries to three photos. We will not accept more than three photos per person.
Deadline for submission is November 20, 2013.
Cash Prizes Awarded:
1st Place - $300
2nd Place - $200
3rd Place - $100
Winning entries will be announced and featured in the 2014 ArborOne Farm Credit Calendar, the ArborOne Farm Credit Leader Magazine, and on our website
If you have any questions, please contact Mary Dickson at 843.662.1527 or e-mail
So get those cameras out!
ArborOne Farm Credit is the leading agricultural lender in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina. A member of the nationwide Farm Credit System, ArborOne operates as a cooperative and is member-owned. ArborOne has paid out more than $71 million in patronage to their customers since 1988.
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The February 14th Parkland, Florida school shooting continues to embolden the fascistic Left.
On MSNBC's Deadline: White House Thursday, New York Times writer Bret Stephens joined host Nicolle Wallace to throw out any pretense of not "coming for America's guns." To the contrary, the dynamic Democratic duo made things absolutely clear: you have no right to own a firearm.
According to Wallace, citizens opposing gun control -- once "civilized" -- have become "repugnant." Furthermore, those repulsive proponents have been fighting for something that American liberty should absolutely not afford them:
"There is something kind of aggressively and inhumanly repetitive about this line that guns are essential to American liberties – a hard one to stomach when so many thousands of people are dying every year for this so-called 'liberty."
Uhh, no, Bret -- the desire to defend oneself is not "a hard one to stomach." Only in your leftist, elitist bubble may it seem so. Furthermore, what about personal transportation? Is that a right worth fighting for? It's a freedom which crashed and crumpled 40,000 Americans to death in 2017. How's your stomach feeling about driving?
Incredibly, Wallace seconded Stephens's portrayal of the 2nd Amendment as a "so-called" freedom:
"How do the voices of law enforcement, the voices of the victims...on -- I agree with you -- a so-called 'right' not break through this time?"
So, the voices of the victims are not heard, if one desires to retain the right to protect oneself? If there were no legally-owned guns -- if there was no "so-called right" of law-abiding citizens to own firearms -- there would be more victims. Not fewer. But don't expect the left-wing radicals to understand such common sense. They're too busy with their culture clash, their war with mainstream America, dismissing those who value the 2nd Amendment as part of one of the greatest treasures of this country: the Bill of Rights.
Stephens condescended:
"Well there doesn't seem to be even a moment of silence and compassion and thoughtfulness on the part of gun advocates for what has happened."
That comment is hard to stomach.

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My idea for this project was the act of something called 'self-demonization'. Demonization, relatively simply speaking, is the act of making somebody or something seem inherently bad or evil. Demonizing somebody isn't a difficult task, in fact, it's quite easy if in the right mindset, but that's what makes it such an awful force to be reconned with. Sometimes it's easier to do rather than the correct thing – moving on from a difficult situation and accepting the outcome. This can widely vary in severity, from being told by a parent to take out the trash while you're obviously sick, to failing an important test and getting a call about your beloved family pet passing away before you got home. Whatever the situation, there is always a chance that either side could demonize the other. However, you can always talk to the other party later on and correct mistakes and assumptions that were formed.
One of the more difficult aspects comes when self-demonization enters the playing field. Self-demonization is basically the same thing as normal demonization, except it is directed inwardly at the person in question instead of outward towards another. The reasoning for it arrises just as it does for its predecessor, except it's for something the person deems they did wrong on their own. The issue that occurs in many people is just how easy it is to blame something on yourself instead of analyzing the whole situation. These people end up stockpiling things upon things on themselves, then someday collapse under the weight and have no idea how to stand back up again. Forgiveness is much harder to give to yourself if you aren't able to see why you would be pardoned in the first place. That's, unfortunately, the awfully harsh reality we're given.
This project deals with the issues I've faced throughout past few months after my ex-girlfriend left me to pursue other interests. I pushed to know why and was finally told it was because of me and what I had done wrong. I couldn't, and I wouldn't take into consideration if there had been any issues she brought to the table, regardless of any input from friends and family. Only being able to demonize myself lead to borderline nightmares, something I'm not too fond of remembering. My goal for this project is to recreate the average scene I would find myself in when I would close my eyes at night.
Scene 1
Shot 1
-Steady transitioning lights
-Various, soft colors
-Various, soft shapes
-Steady heartbeat
Shot 2
-Steady becomes erratic
-Lights become faster
-Colors become bolder and lighter
-Shapes spin and fly around
Shot 3
-Heartbeat suddenly stops
-Screen goes black
Scene 2
Shot 1
-Form starts to appear
-White. soft outline of a woman
-Very slow heartbeat
Shot 2
-White slowly bleeds in
-Happy features on woman's face in simple black lines
-Steady Heartbeat, nearly 'fluttering' in places
Shot 3
-Image suddenly turns red
-Erratic, frightened heartbeat
-Happy features turn angry
-Everything in sharp, bold lines
-Noise/static over everything
Shot 4
-Form cuts in and out
-Droning, awful noise
-Heartbeat too fast, seemingly about to give out
Scene 3
Shot 1
-Suddenly, form is gone
-Heartbeat dies down, fading back to normal
Shot 2
-Screen starts brightening
-Nearly deafening, high pitched sound
Shot 3
-Eyes open to see a bare ceiling
-Head turns, revealing an empty side of the bed
-Soft, sad heartbeat
-Head turns back to staring at ceiling
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Fenerbahce vs Antalyaspor
Turkey – Super Lig
Date: Monday, 23 April 2018
Kick-Off at 18:00 UK
Venue: Ulker Stadyumu (Istanbul)
Fenerbahce host Antalyaspor for their Matchday 30 clash on Monday evening, just days after their Thursday's clash was suspended as Besiktas' manager Senol Gunes was hit with an object from the stands. They now hope to rather build on their three-game winning streak and challenge the top 2 in a thriller top of the Super Lig table.
They've been in fine form as Sarı Kanaryalar outclassed Kayserispor, Osmanlıspor, and Sivasspor in three April outing beforehand. Although we do believe Aykut Kocaman's men will be very disappointed with the recent turn of events, we don't feel their confidence will be dented as they look to impress in the attacking third once again – primarily on the backs of an in-form Roberto Soldado who netted two goals in last three appearances.
Antalyaspor, on the other hand, come into the match on the back of a fine streak of their own – having connected a four-game unbeaten streak with three wins in a row and a draw at Konyaspor. They've proven as a very tough side to outgun and we do believe Hamza Hamzaoglu's men will prove such a character on the day as well, despite seeing far more troubles in their trips away from home.
Fenerbahce vs Antalyaspor: Head-to-head
Fenerbahce have been a lot more successful in the overall head-to-head clashes.
Interestingly, Antalyaspor have bagged three wins in a row over the rivals before this season.
Fener have ended the streak, though, earning a narrow 0-1 win at Antalya Stadyumu earlier this term, with a single goal from Giuliano.
Fenerbahce vs Antalyaspor: Prediction
We will now back them to build on such a success and outclass the mid-table rivals, going for a one-goal Winning Margin at very good-looking 3.25.
We do see the visitors getting on the scoresheet too and we'll thus back a YES on Both teams to score at 1.83.
Fenerbahce vs Antalyaspor: Bet Tips
Winning Margin – Fenerbahce to win by 1 @ 3.25
Both teams to score YES @ 1.83


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The D-Link Xtreme N Desktop Adapter (DWA-552) is a draft 802. 11n wireless client that delivers unrivaled wireless performance for your desktop computer. This wireless adapter delivers up to 14x faster speeds and 6x farther range than 802. 11g while staying rearward well-matched with 802. 11g and 802. 11b networks. Once connected, you may be able to share a high-speed Internet connection, photos, files, music, videos, printers, and storage. Features: Low profile bracket & PCB 32-bit PCI interface Standards: IEEE 802. 11n and IEEE 802. 11g Wireless frequency range: 2. 4 to 2. 4835 GHz Security: Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA, WPA2) Wi-Fi Certified Data move rate: up to 300 Mbps LED: Link/Activity Three (3) antennas for best range and signal fidelity 802. 11n delivers up to 14x faster and 6x farther reception than 802. 11g Easy to install and use Lead-free parts (RoHS compliant) Package will include: D-Link Xtreme N DWA-552 Wireless LAN PCI Adapter Three (3) antennas.
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Fastest Wi-Fi Standard:RNX-AC1900PCE uses Broadcoms new generation WiFi 802. 11ac chipset to reach super-speeds of up to 1300Mbps at 5GHz band, which is three times faster than 802. 11n WiFi speed. At the same time, it maintains full rearward compatibility with all last WiFi standards. surprising WiFi Speed:With wireless speeds of up to 1300Mbps+600Mbps and advanced MIMO technology, RNX-AC1900PCE gives a fast, dependable wireless connection for lag-free online gaming and video streaming. It achieves the best performance with wireless 11AC devices, however also works seamlessly with present WiFi networks. A Card for all your need:RNX-AC1900PCE lets to connect with a 2. 4GHz or 5GHz network. It lets users to experience better super HD video streaming and online gaming in the 5GHz band, and to use the 2. 4 GHz band for simple tasks like sending e-mails or web site browsing to meet all your internet need. economical Wi-Fi:RNX-AC1900PCE supports the new Beamforming Technology which intelligently strengthens wireless connectivity with exact directional signal amplification for expanded coverage, increased data-throughput speed, and improved stability. Wider Range with High get removable Antennas:Three removable dual band antennas create optimally tuned and wider wireless coverage. With upgradable antennas, RNX-AC1900PCE can supply the perfect placement for final reception and the highest quality WiFi networking. Stylish Aluminum Heat Sink:The advanced heat sink uses high-density aluminum to dissipate heat from the chipset, making sure the dependability. Lower temperatures turn into a more stable connection in all weather conditions and well-intended ventilation maintains perfect performance at its highest level.
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Marmot's Amp 2p Tent brings a surprising amount of space without the weight for ultralight backpackers. Its twin tip top gives sufficient headroom for both you and your backpacking buddy. Apart from the four DAC NFL poles, this semi-freestanding tent only requires one stake for a simple setup….


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What Retailers Should Learn from Blue Buffalo's Move Into Grocery and Mass
Last week, Blue Buffalo became the latest channel-hopping pet food brand with the announcement that it would start selling "a subset" of its BLUE Life Protection Formula (LPF) line in mass and grocery stores like Target, Kroger, Meijer and Publix. And while the company is casting this as a fairly innocuous move—after all, the company's Wilderness, Basics, Freedom and Earth's Essentials line will remain exclusive to the pet specialty channel, at least for now—there are signs that this could very well be a game changer for independent pet stores.
Interestingly, none of the retailers I've spoken with since the announcement were particularly surprised by move. Some even speculate that the expansion into grocery and mass was necessitated by erosion in Blue Buffalo's market share in the pet specialty channel as several big chains have been lowering their emphasis on the brand in their stores. Now, were those chains deemphasizing the brand because they were expecting this jump into grocery and mass? I don't know, but it might be a question worth pondering.
Now that the move has been made, though, there is no question that some independent retailers will be decreasing their focus on Blue Buffalo as well. One successful retailer even went as far to predict that this could be "the beginning of the end" for the brand in independent pet stores.
Obviously, only time will tell what the ultimate impact is on Blue Buffalo's relationship with independent retailers. However, I think the company's expansion into the grocery and mass channel touches on an issue that is much bigger than any one brand. It is becoming harder than ever to figure out which companies and brands will remain committed to the pet specialty channel, particularly the indies.
In the letter that Dino Mele, the company's senior vice president of North America sales, sent to retailers to announce the move, he described it as "the natural evolution of our go-to-market strategy." And therein lies the rub… go-to-market strategies do evolve. In fact, they seem to be evolving at a faster rate than ever—especially when manufacturers go through changes in ownership or have to answer to investors that demand a high rate of growth.
That means just about any of today's independent-only or even pet specialty-only brands could be tomorrow's rising star in grocery and mass. In fact, I've heard rumors that an announcement similar to Blue Buffalo's could be made by another prominent pet food company quite soon.
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Awesome specimen growing in 6" pot with a hefty, complex caudex and a head full of spiny foliage.
Branching stems with a light, lime green stripe down the columns. Branches grow from a large subterranean caudex. As specimens mature, they can be elevated to the soil surface. Prune top growth when dormant to grow new, bright green stems in the spring. Shipped bare root.


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Day 22- Had a very pleasant day with Lucero today. Started out with snuggles in the stall – this is the first time I have caught him laying down and he didn't mind me intruding one bit.
He was so darn cute that I let him snooze for a bit while I groomed him.
I took the stirrups off my saddle and rode him stirrupless for the first time.
He stretched over his back at the walk and trot and let me put his nose wherever I wanted.
I wonder if our little adventure the other day broke through some invisible barrier- it's like we have a whole new level of trust and dependence with each other.
And it's awesome.
Introduced shoulder in coming out of a corner at the walk, he accepted it and seemed to pick up on it quickly.
We also introduced side passing against the rail- we've only done it once on the ground- and he gave a couple of good steps.
We worked on walking leg yield on and off the rail, which he is rapidly improving on. Surprisingly he does better yielding off the rail than on.
He gave me his first 2 bucks during this intensive training on our trot to canter transitions. It was our first time with me asking for the canter from the sitting trot, and I think he wasn't quite sure how to balance going into it at first. It was the first 2 transitions, after that no more, so I'm not upset about it.
Ended the training working on standing while I picked up the arena- again, he moved twice and then decided it was easier to stand still XD
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Playing a game is fun only when you win
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Playing a game is fun only when you win.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Write at least 250 words.
Sample Answer:
The world has already turned into a cut-throat competitive stage where games are no longer a great source of fun. That is to say that it is fun only when we win. We take part in a game with the mentality that we have to win. So, in a game, participators put themselves at stake, as if it is their question of survival. However, I am of the honest opinion that playing is fun only for one who wins for several reasons which I am going to elucidate in the bellow.
To start with, if we ask both children and adults the question why you play sports or watch sports, the answer is usually some variation of it is fun. Yet the empirical evidences tell us different story that the playing game is not fun, per se. for example, if an alien from another galaxy comes to our planet and observes how we act on our stadiums, badminton courts, and golf courses, I am sure the alien would never guess we partake in games for fun.
This is because that parents yell at coach, officials, and worst of all, scream at their own children for not performing or playing well. Take my experience for an example. When I was in high school, I like to play rugby. The euphoria of win fueled my excitement and when I defeated I felt so frustrated. And the worst case was that my every defeat turned out to be nightmare for me that the bitter experience is inexpressible in words. My parents yelled at me and even they beat me sometimes. On the top of that, fans, who spend thousands of dollars on tickets, souvenirs, posters, and festoons, flip off fellow fans, and their faces turn into purple for the poor play of their teams.
To wrap up, the world we live in rewards him for his win not for how well perform. A player is exalted only when he wins and he is severely criticized for his defeat. This is the fact and for this, a game is intrinsically fun only when it is won.


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Visitors to Morocco will often take a day trip to the Sahara Desert, but few realise that this is actually a prime camping spot. For the full Saharan experience, Travelup reviews recommends that visitors trek by camel out to the desert, and camp out in the sands in a traditional nomadic campsite. These encampments range come from comfortable and basic, to full blown luxury tents. Most camping trips to the Sahara are done with the help of a guide, and meals will usually be included in the trip. This is definitely a more unique camping experience – surrounded by the vast desert landscape, tucked away at the foothills of the desert dunes, this is an experience which you won't want to miss out on.
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Multiple students injured after Fort Bend ISD bus crash in southwest Houston
HOUSTON — A Fort Bend ISD school bus was involved in a crash Thursday afternoon in southwest Houston, according to the local fire department.
The bus was travelling down Blue Ridge Road around 12:30 p.m. when it struck another vehicle, according to school officials.
Eight students from Willowridge High School were reportedly on the bus at the time of the accident. Investigators said at least five of those students were taken to various hospitals in the area. Two people from the second vehicle were also transported — no word on their conditions. The remaining three students were picked up by the school principal.
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A educational program launched in partnership with the Vancouver Canucks encourages positive behaviour by hockey parents in the rink.
The game of hockey is for kids. Kids play the game because they love it and because it is fun. As parents we must realize, that for kids, positive participation is always more important than excellence. The personal and social development that comes from being part of a team is one of the most enriching experiences offered by the game.
Being a hockey parent is no easy task. Hockey parents often fill not only the role of parent, but also the role of an essential hockey volunteer. Parents may be coaches, evaluators, directors, etc. Balancing these roles can be challenging. That is why BC Hockey and Hockey Canada provide resources and programs to assist parents in ensuring that their children's hockey experiences are positive.
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Though not technically summer, once the calendar reads June we often think of it as summer time! Summer has traditionally meant vacation time, a more relaxed lifestyle and a time to reconnect with neighbors, family and friend for good old fashion fun! Those of us in the school business especially think of summer as a time of recharging, going back to graduate school and sometimes a more laidback work experience! But, these next couple of months could/should be a real critical time for education at the local, state, national and international level! CASE will be calling you to action on several items throughout these next few months in order for us to be true to our mission. There are 4 major issues your professional organization is working on right now:
Formulating the CASE position on IDEA
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Advocating for appropriate funding and assisting districts dealing with Sequestration
While these issues appear to be very U.S. centric, the true issues behind each of these — influencing policies and practices to improve the quality of education are universal! So, we want our Canadian members and other international members to provide input and feedback as we work through these issues. What do we need from our members and colleagues on these four (there are many more but these happen to be the most pressing this month) issues now and in the near future?
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The sequester unpacked: New animated video for you to share
NDD United
, a campaign representing 3,200 organizations working to stop budget cuts to core government functions has released a video that you can use to educate policymakers, the press and the public about the disproportionate cuts non-defense discretionary programs — including employment and training, research, public health, education, public safety, housing, social services, infrastructure and environmental protection — have taken as a result of deficit reduction efforts and how these cuts will impact our daily lives.
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How are these cuts impacting your program? How will that affect your program ability to provide vital core public services? Will staff be reduced? Will those that depend on the services your program provides have less access to critical services? Will waiting lists expand? These stories are needed to help us paint a picture for policymakers, press and the public of the real world impacts these cuts will have.
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has initiated a search for an Executive Director to replace Dr. Bruce Ramirez who will retire on June 30, 2013. His long tenure of service to CEC has been greatly admired and appreciated, and we wish him all the best as he moves into the exciting next chapter of his life. CEC's growth as the voice and vision of special education is of major importance to all of us. To ensure our ability to lead the future of our profession, we engaged a recruitment consultant to help us identify the skills, credentials, experience and characteristics needed in our new Executive Director. Click Here for
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Mico University College Child Assessment and Research in Education Centre
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School Psychologist, and Special Educators
at the graduate or doctoral level. Candidates must be able to diagnose and apply prescriptive remediation for children with learning disabilities and behavioral disorders, should have strong leadership skills with the ability to organize, train and develop and guide a clinical team. Strong research and analytical skills are also required.
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Association of University Centers on Disabilities
, a national not-for-profit organization, seeks an executive director to lead and guide activities that fulfill its mission to advance policies and practices that improve the health, education, social and economic well-being of people with developmental and other disabilities, their families and their communities by supporting its members in research, education, health and service activities. AUCD is governed by a 19-member Board of Directors that includes professionals, individuals with disabilities and family members. It has an annual budget of approximately $5 million and employs a staff of 21. For additional detailed information,
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Special education postings for
La Porte Community School Corporation (Indiana)
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Community Based Teacher
Special Education Diagnostician
HS teacher
— in some instances, the posting will indicate the date for application is passed but these positions are still open — please contact Janet Kelly, So. La Porte County Special Education Co-op 219-324-3287.
Berkshire Hills Music Academy
, a private post-secondary residential school for young adults with a love of music who have learning, cognitive or developmental disabilities, is seeking a new executive director. Located in South Hadley, Mass., the academy uses a strength-based, music-infused curriculum to promote gains in self-efficacy as well as to cultivate performing arts abilities.
The executive director will lead the school, oversee staff and programs, and be responsible for fiscal health and fundraising. Requires experience working with individuals with disabilities, management and fundraising experience.
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Columbia MO Public School District
is accepting applications for Special Services Teachers (K-12 Special Education certification) for the 2013-2014 school year. At this time we have several openings at the secondary level and we are actively interviewing candidates. All teaching candidates must complete a profile, attach a resumé and unofficial transcripts, and apply through the Human Resources site on the Columbia Public website:
For more information, please contact the Human Resources Department of Columbia MO Public Schools at 573 214 3400.
Needed: 2 teachers of the deaf
— 1 teacher working primarily with the elementary/PK and 1 position working primarily with the middle and high school students. We are in Pasco, Washington — the "Tri City" area of south central Washington State. Candidates contact
Tracy Wilson
with any questions. Position is Open until filled- currently as of 5/18/13 both positions are open. We are looking for students with strong ASL skills, able to meet the Federal Highly Qualified Credentials, be eligible or willing to work on obtaining the special education credential Washington state prefers. For additional information,
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Tell Congress how your preparation program helped you become a great educator
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Did you know that policymakers in Washington are thinking about cutting funds for IDEA's Personnel Preparation Program, a leading source of financial assistance for future special education, local/state leaders, researchers and related service personnel?
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GAO releases report on test security: 40 states report allegations of educators cheating on state assessments
CEC Policy Insider
The U.S. Government Accountability Office recently conducted a nationwide study to catalog and assess the test security procedures and allegations of cheating on state administered assessments. The study was meant to determine where states were using leading practices in test security to prevent irregularities, what oversight states used in ensuring school officials are following test security procedures, how often that oversight lead to the identification of cheating, and finally, on what resources are school officials relying for assistance and what further assistance would be useful to them.
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The National Center for Education Statistics releases report: 'The Condition of Education'
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As mandated by Congress, the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics, a division of the Institute for Education Sciences, has compiled and released the 2013 edition of "The Condition of Education," which reports on statistics collected during the 2010-2011 school year. This report presents information based on 42 indicators of the condition of education, such as attainment, economic outcomes, demographics, preprimary education, enrollment, school characteristics and climate, and finance.
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Special education could face $2 billion in cuts
NBC Latino
As a new round of budget talks gets underway in Congress, special education advocates are sounding the alarm about big cuts that may be on the horizon.
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In decade's time, childhood disabilities rise 16 percent
Disability Scoop
Significantly more children have disabilities today as compared to a decade ago, largely due to increased diagnosis of neurodevelopmental and mental health conditions, researchers say.
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Up to 1 in 5 children suffer from mental disorder: CDC
Up to 20 percent of children in the United States suffer from a mental disorder, and the number of kids diagnosed with one has been rising for more than a decade, according to a report released by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Common Core tests in works for students with severe disabilities
Education Week
Mary Skinner-Alexander, a high school special education teacher in the Sioux Falls, S.D., district, has a student who communicates by directing his gaze at printed cards. Other students in her self-contained special education class of ninth- through 12th-graders are reading at the level of early-elementary students. And all will be expected to learn — and be tested on — academics based on the Common Core State Standards.
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ADHD: How many children are misdiagnosed?
NBC Latino
A year ago, psychiatrist Leon Eisenberg, considered to be the "scientific father of ADHD," was quoted in a last interview before his death as saying that "ADHD is a prime example of a fictitious disease." His comment certainly has caused an uproar not just among the medical community, but with parents, too. And this is easy to understand given that the number of children diagnosed with ADHD has seen a dramatic increase in recent years. According to this article in the World Public Union, "in the United States every tenth boy among 10-year-olds already swallows an ADHD medication on a daily basis." And the numbers are rising. In fact, the CDC recently released data from a 2011–2012 study that showed that an estimated 6.4 million children ages 4 through 17 have received an ADHD diagnosis.
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The promise of iPads for special education
The Hechinger Report
When Neil Virani walked into his middle school special education classroom at Mulholland Middle School, part of the Los Angeles Unified School district, three years ago, he encountered a roomful of students with a range of cognitive, emotional and physical challenges. But the most toxic problem they had to combat was the low expectations from the school system they'd been in since kindergarten. "All they had was coloring books and watercolors. They were not working on any academic aspects of the curriculum," he says.
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Special education could face $2 billion in cuts
Disability Scoop
As a new round of budget talks gets underway in Congress, special education advocates are sounding the alarm about big cuts that may be on the horizon. Preliminary figures from the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations indicate that education programs could be slashed by nearly 20 percent for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, partly as a result of the sequester, the across-the-board spending cuts that took effect in March. Though detailed proposals have yet to be released, the Council for Exceptional Children — which lobbies on behalf of special educators — is estimating that such cuts would mean more than $2 billion less for programs under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
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House committee targets education funding
eClassroom News
Republicans controlling the House of Representatives pressed ahead May 21 with a plan to slash spending on certain domestic programs — including education — far deeper than the cuts these departments already face under a painful round of automatic austerity. Military Construction/Veterans Affairs, Homeland Security and the Pentagon would be spared under the plan approved by the House Appropriations Committee on a party-line vote, but total funding for education, health, and labor programs would absorb a cut of 18 percent below fiscal year 2013 levels adopted in March.
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Public spending per student drops
The Wall Street Journal
U.S. public education spending per student fell in 2011 for the first time in more than three decades, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data. Spending for elementary and high schools across the 50 states and Washington, D.C. averaged $10,560 per pupil in the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2011. That was down 0.4 percent from 2010, the first drop since the bureau began collecting the data on an annual basis in 1977, the agency said. However, when you adjust the figures for inflation, this isn't the first drop on record. By that measure, spending per pupil dropped once in 1995 and hit its highest level in 2009. In inflation-adjusted terms, spending per pupil was down 4 percent in 2011 from the peak
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How to make school funding fair
Education Week
In its final report released in February, the U.S. Department of Education's Equity and Excellence Commission issued a clear and powerful charge: Efforts to improve our school system "must start with equity" — particularly the equity of resources. To achieve this goal, the commission instructed all levels of government to improve or redesign their methods of funding schools in order to adopt truly equitable funding systems. In calling for equity in funding — which the commission defines as providing sufficient resources "distributed based on student need, not ZIP code" — the report tells policymakers the "what" of school funding reform, laying the groundwork for improving school quality.
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5 ways to increase chances of a successful 1 to1 implementation
Tech & Learning
As more and more schools hop on the 1:1 or BYOD bandwagon in one way or another it is important to deeply consider proper implementation. While there is the promise for engaged and inspired learning, these large-scale implementations also present potential pitfalls for school districts that must watch the bottom line, provide adequate support for teachers new to the technology, and engage families in a dialogue about these powerful pieces of equipment that are going to be coming home in Johnny's backpack each night.
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Schoolmates of suicide victims at higher risk
Teens who have a classmate die of suicide are more likely to consider taking, or attempt to take, their own lives, according to a new study. The idea that suicide might be "contagious" has been around for centuries, senior author Dr. Ian Colman, who studies mental health at the University of Ottawa, told Reuters Health. Past studies supported the idea, but none had looked at such a large body of students, he said.
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Diplomas elusive for many students with learning disabilities
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Game time — How to approach sports for kids with LD
Common Core promises new tests. Will they be better than the old ones?
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Feds to emphasize student performance in special education
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Study shows graphic novels add value to K-12 student learning
The Independent Voter Network
Graphic novels may have a place in the classroom as an alternative form of literature, according to researchers. Diane Lapp, distinguished professor of education at San Diego State University — along with researchers Thomas DeVere Wolsey, Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey — surveyed elementary, middle and high school teachers about the effectiveness of using graphic novels in the classroom as well as their willingness to use the material for primary instruction for their students.
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Special education best practices inspire successful expanded learning time for all students
Craig Haas, a licensed special education administrator at Edwards Middle School in Boston, writes: "In assembling the plan for expanded learning time at the Edwards Middle School, we drew inspiration from our own special education department. Too often, special education is viewed as a place or a static state, when the truth is that special education is a series of interventions, modifications, and accommodations afforded to students who are unable to access a curriculum under routine circumstances. ELT, too, is a series of interventions, and so, in applying some special education principles, we gained some valuable insights."
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Caution and the Common Core
The New York Times
The rigorous Common Core learning standards that have been adopted by 45 states represent a once-in-a-generation opportunity for the United States to improve public schools nationally, bringing math, science and literacy education up to levels achieved by high-performing nations abroad. The Department of Education has rightly pushed the states to jettison outmoded systems in exchange for a challenging, writing-intensive approach. But the department, which has set a rapid timetable for this transformation, will need to give the states some flexibility so that teachers — who themselves are under pressure to meet evaluation standards — can adjust to the new curriculum.
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A Tribe Called Quest to Open NYC Pop-Up Shop This Week
Last week, Q-Tip took to Instagram to announce the forthcoming release of A Tribe Called Quest's sixth and last studio LP, We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service. To help celebrate the release of the album, the Queens group will host a special three-day pop-up shop in New York City that will feature exclusive and limited merchandise from ATCQ.
Set to take place from Nov. 11-13, the pop-up shop will be located at 393 Broadway during day hours. The exclusive ATCQ shopping location will feature a wide range of garments and accessories themed after the groups's last album and its signature graphics. With the store's items comprised of several graphic t-shirts, hoodies, bomber jackets, sweatpants and physical copies of the new project, the store will offer consumers the ultimate Tribe Called Quest shopping experience.
A Tribe Called Quest's next and final LP, We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service, is set to drop on Friday, Nov. 11, and will feature guest appearances from the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Jack White, Elton John, André 3000 and Busta Rhymes.
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Suspected 'Cannibal Cop' Weeps as Jury Deliberates
MANHATTAN (CN) – New York City's alleged "cannibal cop" wept as his lawyer showed the jury a picture of the young daughter he lost when his wife found out about his morbid online musings.
"For that, he is already serving a life sentence," Gilberto Valle's attorney Julia Gatto said.
Valle, 28, an NYPD officer, could face an actual life sentence if the federal jury finds he intended to follow through on his chats on the Darkfetishnet website, involving kidnapping, raping, cooking and eating women.
Gatto compared these chats to Orson Welles' 1938 radio broadcast of "War of the Worlds," presented – with repeated disclaimers – as a breaking news story about a Martian attack on Manhattan.
"Panic ensued," Gatto said. "People really fled their homes. They thought it was an alien invasion."
She insisted that her client's case was "no more real."
Valle's profile page on the website allegedly stated, "I like to press the envelope but no matter what I say, it is all fantasy."
That profile page was deleted when Valle closed his account, but a paralegal for the defense testified that she saw the page in his web cache.
According to one defense exhibit, Valle told a woman named Valerie in an online chat, "i just have a world in my mind, and in that world i am kidnapping women and selling them to people interested in buying them."
Valerie told him in the chat that a butcher could get 12 to 15 pounds of meat out of her.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Hadassa Waxman insisted that prosecutors distinguished between storytelling and the real thing.
"This case is not about freedom of speech or freedom of thought," Waxman said, adding that the "Darkfetishnet website is not on trial."
FBI Agent Cory Walsh, who sorted out the evidence, testified that he put that conversation into a pile of conversations he identified as fictitious.
The allegedly "real" pile included conversations with Michael Vanhise, a 22-year-old from New Jersey; Aly Khan, who claimed to be chatting from India and Pakistan; and a Brit known by the name "Moody Blues."
But Gatto, lifting up that pile, told the jury that it was filled with reasonable doubt.
In a Feb. 28, 2012 chat, Vanhise tried to haggle down the price of Alyssa, one of the alleged targets, from $5,000 to $4,000.
Valle responded: "I am putting my neck on the line here. If something goes wrong somehow, I am in deep shit. $5,000 and you need to make sure she is not found. She will definitely make the news."
Gatto said the deadline for the abduction passed, no money changed hands and the men acted as if the conversation never had happened when they chatted again months later.
After Vanhise was arrested for a similar conspiracy, his wife told the New York Daily News that she knew about her husband's online chats, but that she accepted his "flaws."
Moody Blues, who was arrested in Britain on child pornography charges, received a document from Valle titled "Abducting and Cooking Kimberly: A Blueprint."
It contained a picture of Valle's college friend Kimberly Sauer, smiling and reclining with her head propped on her hands.
Waxman said that transmission put Sauer in "grave danger," but the rest of the document misidentifies her last name, age, place of birth, degree and former university – details that Valle says he knew.
When Moody Blues urged him to find a "VERY SECLUDED" spot to carry out the alleged plot, Valle replied: "I have a place in the mountains. Nobody's around for three quarters of a mile." He said there would be no one to "hear her screams."
But Valle he had no such place, Gatto said, nor did he and Moody meet for the "Labor Day cookout" they planned.
Valle drove with his wife and daughter to Maryland to meet with Sauer for brunch a few days after this conversation.
Prosecutors say he was conducting surveillance.
The defense claims it was a meal between old friends.
Shortly after this trip, Valle met again with Moody online, in July and wrote that Sauer looked "absolutely mouthwatering."
There was no evidence that the two ever spoke about the alleged plan again. Valle was arrested roughly three months later, in late October.
The Khan chats also turned up apparent inconsistencies.
In those chats, Valle pretended to have a remote house in Pennsylvania, and wrote that he planned to lure Sauer to India before changing the venue to an unspecified Pakistani hotel.
Valle also is charged with illegally searching an NYPD database for the names of women profiled on his computer.
The defense insists the dates of these searches do not match up with the timeline of any of the alleged plots.
Gatto accused prosecutors of using the case's shocking evidence – including pornographic snuff images, cannibal cartoons and a simulated torture video – to try to convict Valle based on "emotion and disgust alone." She said that "the burden of proof itself is on trial."
During his rebuttal summation, prosecutor Randall Jackson did not shy away from outrage, and told the jury they should be disturbed.
"The defense has been trying to sell you on the idea that it is OK for a police officer walking around with a gun in New York City to have daily conversations about executing women," he thundered.
He compared it to a chef chatting nightly about poisoning his patrons with cyanide.
"Fantasies point to actual deep-seated desires," Jackson said.
Throughout his rebuttal, Jackson repeatedly described Valle as "sick," "sadistic" and said that visitors on the Darkfetishnet website were "not normal."
The defense depicted Valle as a part of a thriving, if twisted, online community. It claims that Darkfetishnet boasts of more than 30,000 members, though its founder testified that only about 4,500 maintain active accounts. These include users from around the world, with tamer kinks such as foot fetishes.
The jury heard no statistics about other morbid fetish websites cited in the case.
Jackson said that prosecutors were aware of their burden, and "wrap [it] around ourselves like a warm blanket."
The jury's notes during deliberations indicate that they take that burden of proof seriously.
Its first request asked for evidence related to the Google search for the address of a high school student that appeared in one of Valle's chats.
Prosecutors seized upon this research as proof that this alleged plot was not make-believe.
"You don't need [her] address to fantasize about her in your mind," Jackson said.
Around this time, Valle's wife discovered her husband's cannibalistic musings. The defense says she could have searched for the student's address while researching his online activities.
Jurors requested a stipulation stating that it is impossible to conclude who placed the search based on forensics alone. They also asked for "a flip chart to help organize our facts," which the judge agreed to have waiting for them when they returned today (Friday).
Valle is charged with conspiracy to commit kidnapping and accessing a federal government computer without authorization.


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13 September 2009
The Puzzle of Dr. Norman Borlaug
Dr. Borlaug's New York Times obituary includes a fascinating description of just how profoundly his work transformed agricultural practices and the resulting outputs.
Dr. Borlaug's initial goal was to create varieties of wheat adapted to Mexico's climate that could resist the greatest disease of wheat, a fungus called rust. He accomplished that within a few years by crossing Mexican wheats with rust-resistant varieties from elsewhere.
His insistence on breeding in two places, the Sonoran desert in winter and the central highlands in summer, imposed heavy burdens on him and his team, but it cut the time to accomplish his work in half. By luck, the strategy also produced wheat varieties that were insensitive to day length and thus capable of growing in many locales, a trait that would later prove of vital significance.
The Rockefeller team gradually won the agreement of Mexican farmers to adopt the new varieties, and wheat output in that country began a remarkable climb. But these developments turned out to be a mere prelude to Dr. Borlaug's main achievements.
By the late 1940s, researchers knew they could induce huge yield gains in wheat by feeding the plants chemical fertilizer that supplied them with extra nitrogen, a shortage of which was the biggest constraint on plant growth. But the strategy had a severe limitation: beyond a certain level of fertilizer, the seed heads containing wheat grains would grow so large and heavy, the plant would fall over, ruining the crop.
In 1953, Dr. Borlaug began working with a wheat strain containing an unusual gene. It had the effect of shrinking the wheat plant, creating a stubby, compact variety. Yet crucially, the seed heads did not shrink, meaning a small plant could still produce a large amount of wheat.
Dr. Borlaug and his team transferred the gene into tropical wheats. When high fertilizer levels were applied to these new "semidwarf" plants, the results were nothing short of astonishing.
The plants would produce enormous heads of grain, yet their stiff, short bodies could support the weight without falling over. On the same amount of land, wheat output could be tripled or quadrupled. Later, the idea was applied to rice, the staple crop for nearly half the world's population, with yields jumping several-fold compared with some traditional varieties.
This strange principle of increasing yields by shrinking plants was the central insight of the Green Revolution, and its impact was enormous.
Particularly in sustainable agriculture circles, many point out that Dr. Borlaug's Green Revolution, like every revolution, included its share of unintended consequences and created problems of its own. Chief among these: the industrialization and corporate domination of agriculture, the depopulation of the countryside, and squeezing out of small family farms. Modern farming is no longer conducted on a "human" scale, and the overwhelming majority of people in developed countries have lost all connection to where their food comes from.
I understand these sentiments well, and sympathize (at least in spirit) with much of the critique of modern industrial agriculture. However, I am under no illusions that it is possible --- or even desirable --- to put the genie of modern agriculture back into its bottle. Fertilizer is a prime example; the large confinement livestock operations have never been better at capturing animal waste, but even all that manure falls far short of what is needed to grow crops on the scale needed to feed the world's population. Synthetic nitrogen fertilizers are a practical necessity. As Blake Hurst, himself a commercial farmer, points out in his excellent article, The Omnivore's Delusion:
Norman Borlaug, founder of the green revolution, estimates that the amount of nitrogen available naturally would only support a worldwide population of 4 billion souls or so. He further remarks that we would need another 5 billion cows to produce enough manure to fertilize our present crops with "natural" fertilizer. ... And cows do not produce nitrogen from the air, but only from the forages they eat, so to produce more manure we will have to plant more forages.
Hurst goes on to discuss the planting of cover crops (aka "green manure") to supply nitrogen naturally, but demonstrates that this is both impractical and would remove a great deal of cropland from production. I love the Amish, and the way they farm, but we can't pretend that Amish farming practices can feed the world.
Don't get me wrong: I highly recommend the small-scale agriculture that our family is engaging in, and I hope that more families follow us in adopting this lifestyle. But it's difficult to imagine "yeoman farmers" like ourselves ever being able to feed the world with what we're doing. Heck, we can't even (entirely) feed our own family this way…and we've met very few families who even come close.
We do produce all of our own eggs, and almost all of our meat, and what we can't raise here (beef) we buy from a neighbor who does. But, even there, I need to be honest. Our egg layer and broiler chicks all come from a commercial hatchery. So do our ducklings, and our goslings, and our turkey poults. All the feed they consume was grown by "industrial" farmers and mixed up for us by the local grain elevator (with industrial-strength equipment). Our sheep are exclusively grass-fed, and our goats are largely grass-fed, but the does could not produce enough milk for us without supplemental grain from the elevator. Our egg chickens are free to forage, but their egg production would suffer badly without supplemental grain. In short, without the extraordinary crop yields and productivity of modern agriculture, we would not have the relatively inexpensive feed grains that ultimately make our family's micro-farm possible.
Perhaps the most important by-product of Dr. Borlaug's Green Revolution is the shattering of Malthusian theories. Thomas Malthus argued that because population increases geometrically, but agricultural production only increases arithmetically, human populations would eventually outstrip the ability of farmers to feed them. Malthus and his modern disciples (such as Paul "Population Bomb" Ehrlich) therefore argued that stringent population-control measures were the only way to solve this dilemma.
But Malthus failed to anticipate the extraordinary manner in which technology and innovation could literally change the rules about agricultural output. As the late Dr. Julian Simon pointed out in numerous books and other research writings, human beings are not mere consumers of resources. Rather, we are truly "the ultimate resource." Humans, because of our brains and intellectual ability, are equipped to solve problems and produce far more than we consume. Particularly when markets are allowed to function freely and offer incentives for meeting the needs of other people, and governments protect property rights, human beings have proven themselves capable of coming up with extraordinary breakthroughs to solve the problems of food production. As others have put it, every child is born with a mouth to feed --- but two hands to help work. And, as Dr. Simon would add, a brain to help innovate.
And that leaves us with a puzzling final observation. Despite his personal experience in revolutionizing the way food is produced, and having witnessed first-hand the ability of human intellect to find new ways of feeding a growing world, Norman Borlaug was and remained an advocate for the population-control movement. His references to "the population monster," and other similar formulations, even hint at an underlying misanthropy in his beliefs --- as if the problem is too many people in the world, rather than not enough freedom and market incentives for innovators to find ways to supply the needs of those people. I greatly admire what Dr. Borlaug was able to achieve in his work, but am left wondering why he could not recognize the profoundly anti-Malthusian implications of his achievements.
What I wouldn't give to be a fly on the wall for the conversation that Norman Borlaug and Julian Simon might be having right now on the other side…
5 comments:
- Pat Schloss said...
Great article Chris, very balanced. I believe that in India he is practically considered a saint for saving over a billion lives. An interesting side note is that he is the only Aggie to ever receive the Noble Prize. It was for the Peace Prize.
- September 14, 2009 at 6:44 AM
- Anonymous said...
I haven't read Passport but it is obvious to see from this post why you won a bronze medal for best 2008 religious fiction. A fair, balanced and well written article. Good farming to you!
- September 14, 2009 at 8:02 AM
- Zach said...
One thing I note from this account is that Dr. Borlaug's work was done without GMO's. All of this was accomplished through tradition plant breeding methods.
Makes me think there's a lot of unexplored potential in our crop genomes without the bizarro cross-species splicing techniques.
Also, it seems to me that it's time (if not past time) to begin grappling with the dilemmas of the Green Revolution that you outline. For example, that artificial nitrogen fertilizer that an estimated 2 billion lives depend on -- that uses natural gas as a process input. Which is a declining, nonrenewable resource...
Also, by the calculations I've seen, tractor-based agriculture gets about a 25% productivity subsidy from the use of fossil fuels to provide traction. (Yes, I'm bringing up "Peak Oil" here.) So, replacing fossil fuel use by either animal traction or by biofuels (TANSTAAFL) loses that subsidy.
- September 14, 2009 at 9:25 AM
- Anonymous said...
The reason he continued to warn about over-population is because he was a smart man and retained his common sense.
- September 14, 2009 at 10:40 AM
- Anonymous said...
Good, honest article. We've thought about exclusively producing food for our own family, and have tried on a limited basis, only to realize we are unable to entirely do so. Modern agriculture has it's problems, but contributing to starvation isn't one of them.
To add to the fertilizer topic, we use natural gas for the hydrogen component, and the nitrogen comes from the air to synthesize ammonia. Before using natural gas, electrolysis of water was used for the hydrogen source. Natural gas is used now because it is cheaper. Fortunately, a very small percentage of the world's annually produced natural gas is used to make fertilizer.
- September 14, 2009 at 1:36 PM


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Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez will be forced to sit out the rest of the year after a scan revealed he had broken his thumb in the fight with Liam Smith on Saturday.
The new WBO light middleweight champion revealed to reporters after the clash with Smith in Texas that he fought with discomfort in his right hand and his promoters, Golden Boy promotions have now confirmed the news.
An X-ray on Monday showed Canelo had indeed broken his thumb in the second round of his triumph over Liverpudlian Smith in front of a 51,240-strong crowd in Arlington.
Smith came to America as the defending champion, but he was no match for the 26-year-old who battered him until forcing a stoppage in the ninth round.
Canelo has already said he would like to fight Gennady Golovkin in the near future, but with the middleweight champion set for a mandatory WBA defence and Canelo set for a stint on the sidelines, fight fans will be made wait for that clash.
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Plunder has matured into habit and addiction; the people who could author the mechanized death of our ghettos, the mass rape of private prisons, then engineer their own forgetting, must inevitably plunder much more…
Once, the Dream's parameters were caged by technology and by the limits of horsepower and wind. But the Dreamers have improved themselves, and the damming of seas for voltage, the extraction of coal, the transmuting of oil into food, have enabled an expansion in plunder with no known precedent. And this revolution has freed the Dreamers to plunder not just the bodies of humans but the body of the Earth itself.
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me


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Today's guest speaker is Paul O'Rourke, CEO of Emily's Voice. Emily's Voice began about 5 years ago in Toowoomba, Queensland, and has as its aim the protection of children, born and unborn. After outlining the work and purpose of Emily's voice, Paul goes on to speak from the Scriptures of the attitude Jesus had to children and the importance he placed on them. This message will give rise to thoughtful consideration of what can be done to counteract the prevalence of child abuse and neglect as well as abortion. Sunday 17th June 2012
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Sanger Unified 2018-2019
LCAP Infographic Web Accessible Version
What is LCAP?
The LCAP is an important component of the LCFF. Under the LCFF all LEAs are required to prepare an LCAP, which describes how they intend to meet annual goals for all pupils, with specific activities to address state and local priorities identified pursuant to EC Section 52060(d).
Sanger Unified District Overview
2018-2019 Estimated LCAP Funds
GOAL #1: Student Achievement
The district will provide a high quality educational system to raise the academic achievement of all students.
2018 State Assessments (CAASPP)
State Assessments (CAASPP)
A-G Rates: 55%
CTE 2018 Pathway Completion: 25%
Percent of Students who Passed an AP Exam with a 3 or Higher: 55%
($7 million) of the estimated LCAP Funds
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GOAL #2: Close the Achievement Gap
The district will provide a high quality educational system for all students focusing on high academic rigor with a Multi-Tiered System with a focus on narrowing the achievement gap for all Student Groups.
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Translation – French/English – English/French
As much as I can translate English into French pretty adeptly due to the fact that I was born in France and followed a classical education, I am in the strange position of specializing in French to English translation because not only have lived in English most of my adult life, I also pursued a degree with a Major in English (and a Minor in Modern Languages).
Translated materials include: legal correspondence, food and cosmetics labels, marketing material, Taoist medical and philosophical texts, news articles, website content, touristic brochures, technical and user guides/manuals, software content, and literary works – I especially love translating dialogue, plays and scripts!
Unagi – a short story by Dominique Fortier: Unagi
Le Prince de Miguasha – a play by Serge Lamothe: The Prince of Miguasha
Tarquimpol (excerpt) – a novel by Serge Lamothe: Tarquimpol – excerpt
Occupy Love – subtitles for a documentary by Velcrow Ripper: Occupy Love
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Copy edited materials include cover letters, biographies, website content, magazine articles, university essays and dissertations, educational material, organisation protocols and procedures, self-help books and much more!
Cycling For Everyone – Article by John Pucher for Momentum Magazine: Cycling for Everyone
Emancipation Through Creation – Master's Dissertation by Jennifer Maksymetz: Emancipation Through Creation
I have ghost-written a few self-help and entrepreneurial books but I can't offer links to samples of my writing due to the confidential nature of the work. All I can say is that I have received great feedback on my ability to tap into each person's unique voice and that I do my best to vanish from the text when writing for someone else – a skill I acquired with my translation experience. Feel free to contact me and I will give you an honest assessment on whether I will be a good fit for your writing project.


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At the tender age of ten, during his school vacation Wijith's father escorted him to a "Wadiya", utilized for the processing or "peeling" of cinnamon. Here, he witnessed personnel labouring on the bare floor, in a rather uneasy posture referred to in Sinhalese as – "Anathiyagena"; they were carrying on the activities of scrapping, rubbing, peeling, and so forth. Furthermore, he noted that employees commence work prior to 06.00 o' clock in the morning, in order to harvest (cut) cinnamon trees and carry them to 'Wadiya" from the plantations. These individuals were compelled to work even amid rain. Moreover employees were obligated to toil, for extensive hours in an inadequately illuminated environment, via an oil lamp, engaged in the painstaking task of "the peeling". The processed cinnamon was absently left laying on the floor in unsanitary conditions.
Nevertheless, he was awed with the great passion, tradition, and culture of these people and with the art of cultivating, caring (maintaining), harvesting, and processing cinnamon.
His childhood experiences were lingering in his progressing mind, which later evolved to his lifelong passion. With the aim of conserving the tradition and heritage of the industry, he was ardent in overcoming the social inequities of those involved and elevates the cinnamon processing practices to meet the expectations and satisfy the global customers.
In 2001, he established the first cinnamon processing factory with GMP requirements ("Wadiya to Factory") with living quarters for workers and also enhanced management practises by accommodating fair trade principles. This establishment achieved the GMP certification in 2005. With this revolutionary change, the dignity of the cinnamon peeler was elevated. Today, the cinnamon peeler is referred to as a "cinnamon processor'.
In 2006, Dassanayake Walauwa Plantation processing factory became the first model HACCP cinnamon processing factory, and within the same year it was recognized as the sole ISO certified model cinnamon processing and packaging factory in Sri Lanka.
Since 2005 to date, Dassanayake Walauwa Plantation has been recognized by the Export Development Board of Sri Lanka and The Spice Council (The apex body for spices and allied products of Sri Lanka) as the Model Cinnamon Processing Factory. The factory has been voluntarily serving the industry to achieve GMP, HACCP, ISO 22000:2005 and FSSC 22000 for cinnamon processing and packaging. The Dassanayake Walauwa Plantation can be proud of guiding cinnamon producing and packaging factory entrepreneurs in achieving GMP, HACCP and ISO 22000:2005 certifications for their organizations.


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Mar 09, 2017
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – Ohio Northern defeated Albion College, 9-0, in a spring break men's tennis match Thursday morning.
All six singles matches were decided in straight sets. Josy McGarry, Albion's No. 1 singles player, had the closest score in any set when he dropped the first, 7-5.
Albion's next match is a March 18 date against Bethel at Knollwood Community College.
Get the latest information on the team by following @albiontennis on Twitter. General athletics news can be found @gobrits on Twitter and Albion College Athletics on Facebook