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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo complained that performance reviews for teachers and educators are not being implemented quickly enough during his State of the State Address earlier this month.
Over 1,000 New York State school principals and over 4,000 citizens signed a letter in December arguing the opposite, that the push for accountability in education is being rushed and handled improperly. The full text of the letter can be found attached to this article.
"We're trying to change 200 years of education in a year with a sledgehammer," said Pearl River High School Principal William Furdon. "It doesn't make sense.
"Take the time to do it better. Do it in small research groups. Then ask if you got the information you wanted to get with that test. If not, let's change it before we throw it out to the entire state at one time."
Furdon is far from alone in his concerns regarding the Annual Professional Performance Review (APPR), which calls for all teachers and principals to be given a performance rating of 0-to-100 to be based in part on how their students fare on existing standardized tests. The state legislature passed a law in May 2010 calling for this system to be in place by September of 2011.
Furdon said he and the other principals have no problem with change or accountability. They just want to see the proper time put into choosing the right methods.
"New York State has not field-tested or piloted the new APPR system," Clarkstown High School North Principal Harry Leonardatos said. "State presenters compare the implementation of this system to building a plane while it is in the air. Our students are too valuable to set them on this misguided journey. We need research-based and field-tested systems of evaluation."
The letter sent to the New York State Education department focused on three areas of concern -- 1. Educational research that urges caution when evaluating teachers based on standardized testing; 2. The potential negative impact APPR would have on students; 3. Funds going to testing companies rather than schools.
"I support the position taken by the authors of this position paper," said Clarkstown High School South Principal James Vitale. "I believe that there was such a rush to create a model for evaluation that the quality of evaluation is lacking.
"On the surface, using students' test scores as a partial tool to evaluate teachers may have the ring of soundness to it. However, I believe that the consequences to student learning may be negatively affected. The focus may be directed to "drill and kill" lesson plans that result in superficial learning just to pass the test without having breadth and depth which would normally result in true learning."
Albertus Magnus High School Principal Joseph Troy said the APPR is not the same issue for him because he runs a private school, but he is a former public school principal at Briarcliff.
"I think the points they made in that article are accurate," Troy said. "You can't evaluate teachers based on test scores. It's not accurate. What about the teachers who teach only honors classes? Or the teachers who teach only Regents classes? There is a gap there. The bottom 25 percent of the lower-level Regents classes, those teachers will be penalized."
Research Brings Using Student Scores Into Question
The letter points to research that calls into question the practice of using student scores to evaluate teachers.
"The new APPR evaluation system for teachers and principals places too much emphasis on test scores," Leonardatos said. "The focus will be on student testing rather than student learning. Recent research shows that the focus on standardized tests over the past decade has actually led to a decrease in student learning."
He cited research by the National Center for Fair and Open Testing in the article "The Lost Decade." He also mentioned the conclusion drawn by the National Research Council, which argued that No Child Left Behind policies requiring more testing have not led to increased learning. A summary of that position can be found here.
"The ultimate goal is to focus on learning not testing," Leonardatos said. "Education is a unique setting for teachers and students, not test-makers and test-takers."
Negative Impact on Students?
The concerns about focusing too much on testing and not enough on learning tie into potential issues impacting students with the implementation of APPR.
"The testing they talk about, it's hard for us," Furdon said. "Are we going to spend all this time on testing beginning of year and end of year? Those are days we are losing in true education in the classroom. Are we really looking to do that to kids? And the non-core classes such as art and music, the ones we don't have a state test on it, what do we do with those?"
The letter also pointed out that the APPR would provide incentive to keep students in lower-level courses rather than having them push themselves, keeping those who might struggle away from Advanced Regents exams.
"We push kids to stretch themselves, to take a chance," Furdon said. "Take an AP course. That's a risk for our kids to do. If you put a teacher's reputation and evaluation on the line, why is a teacher going to encourage a kid to take that (tougher) course?"
The letter also pointed out that the APPR would push teachers to compete against one another rather than work together.
"I also believe that teachers will become less collaborative and more competitive with each other over resources and students assigned to them," Vitale said. "It lacks in approaching education as a team where every member has a role in education the whole child."
That collaboration can also be particularly important for newer teachers or student teachers, who often rely on more experienced colleagues to help them.
"It's helping each other," Furdon said. "It's that collaboration. It is also that horizontal integration. Every kid gets the same material. If I want to move faster than my colleague, so I can get more points, we're competing instead of making sure every kid gets the best education. We're fortunate. Our test scores are good. But do we want an atmosphere where we're stating to pit our own colleagues against each other versus what's best for the kids?"
This works counter to the goals of districts that look to coordinate all levels from K-12, so students are constantly building on what they have already learned rather than finishing with repetitions and gaps in their education.
"Look at our eighth-grade tests," Furdon said. "We struggle with those al the time. And yet our 11th-grade scores, we have 97-98 percent passing and 80 percentile getting mastery. Did our kids suddenly become smart in the previous two years? A lot of it is the testing, which can have nothing to do with what they know. It's the type of test and how they grade it.
"Now you have a scenario where a teacher is being evaluated based on it to decide if they keep their job or not. It doesn't make sense to me."
Money Going to Testing Instead of Classrooms
In addition to funding going to testing companies, school districts must pay for teachers to spend time training, proctoring and grading exams.
"The new teacher and principal evaluation system represents another unfunded mandate," Leonardatos said. "Taxpayer money is and will be spent on retraining principals, who have already been evaluating teachers for years. While teachers are being laid off, the state is spending money on research and development for test questions and spending money on companies to develop the new evaluation system. The preponderance of funds should be spent where the taxpayers expect money to be spent—hiring teachers, purchasing relevant materials, and refurbishing our aging classrooms."
"Now we have six days testing eighth grade English and Math," Furdon said. "It is an hour and a half each day. That's a lot of time in a classroom just testing. Then we have to take teachers out of the classrooms to grade the tests. That is done for three days, the entire day, and we have to bring in subs.
"But there is also talk about doing away with the Regents in January. Nothing makes sense any more."
Clarkstown PTSA Speaks Up
Clarkstown North is the only PTSA to sign the letter opposing APPR. Leonardatos spoke to the group about the reviews.
"They felt it would limit instruction," said Clarkstown North PTSA President Rhea Vogel. "They felt it would not enhance what was going on in the classroom. Parents were afraid that teachers would teach to the test and not teach the children."
Vogel said the overall concern is that more time is needed to evaluate this process.
What's next?
Leonardatos will be among a group of principals meeting with Merryl H. Tisch, chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents, to discuss APPR later this month. Check back with Patch to hear more about this discussion.
Editor's Note: Kim Tran and Robin Traum contributed to this report.
Rockland Principals and Citizens Who Signed
- Catherine Bonet, Rockland BOCES
- Christine Arlt, Bardonia Elementary School
- Dianae Basso, Felix Festa Middle School
- Francine Cuccia, Link Elementary School
- Kevin Horan, Felix Festa Middle School
- Harry Leonardatos, Clarkstown North High School
- Lisa Maher, Woodglen Elementary School
- Dr. Diane Mitchell, Felix Festa Middle School
- Deirdra O'Connor, Strawtown Elementary School
- Martha Ryan, Congers Elementary School
- Jonathan Schatz, Felix Festa Middle School
- Jonathan Slaybaugh, Birchwood School
- Annie Streiff, West Nyack Elementary School
- James Vitale, Clarkstown South High School
- Dr. Nancy Kavanagh, Elmwood School
- Barbara Knecht, Margetts Elementary School
- Ira Oustatcher, Pomona Middle School
- Karen Pine, Spring Valley High School
- Patricia Smith, Grandview School
- Maria Vergez, Chestnut Ridge Middle School
- Peter DiBernardi, West Haverstraw Elementary
- Dr. Michael Gill, North Rockland High School
- Michael Roth, Willow Grove Middle School
- Joseph Witazek, Thiells Elementary
- Joseph Troy, Albertus Magnus High School
- William Furdon, Pearl River High School
- Patrick Breen, Suffern High School
- Mary DiPersio, Richard P. Connor Elementary
- Brian Fox, Suffern Middle School
- Kim Bell, Rockland BOCES
- Pamela Charles, Gateway Academy High School
- Jennifer Amos, Tappan Zee High School
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In the wake of this week's slaughter at the Washington Navy Yard, Second Amendment advocates will doubtless continue to tout their constitutional right to bear arms and insist that the gun didn't kill those people, the man holding it did. Yet they will also just as surely refuse to agree to a national database, even though such a system could easily have prevented this tragedy.
This week's killer clearly knew he was ill. He begged for help. If at the very least, authorities had entered his name in a national database, he could not have bought the gun that took so many innocent lives. And he, our fellow human being, a man who so desperately needed our help and compassion, might also still be alive.
At some point, we have to stop making this about macho Second Amendment rights and start making it about dead babies and mothers and fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives and about sad, disturbed people who don't deserve to die any more than their victims.
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By DAVID RAINER
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council continues to hold out hope that there still could be a red snapper season in the northern Gulf this year.
At its meeting in Gulfport, Miss., recently, the council passed a recommendation that an emergency rule be implemented that allows the regional administrator to extend snapper season to the end of the year if the quota has not been met.
"Previous to this action, the official season was June 1 to September 30 even though we anticipated the quota would be completed by July 24," said Bob Shipp, chair of the Gulf Council and head of Marine Sciences at the University of South Alabama. "But now with this situation, if the conditions change and if the quota is not reached, then this will give the regional administrator the authority to extend the season into the fall and winter."
Shipp admits that every day the oil spill continues the more dire the situation becomes. In fact, the area closed to fishing in federal waters has now been extended to Panama City.
"One of the downsides is that even if they do get this thing under control, those areas that have been in contact with oil will have to undergo detailed analysis on the impact on the species that live there and make sure they haven't accumulated any toxic levels of oil or contaminants," Shipp said. "The best scenario is if they cap this thing and the closed areas start to shrink. But that doesn't mean they will be reopened right away."
When I asked Shipp if it would be unrealistic to think there would any significant red snapper fishing off the Alabama coast this year, he didn't project all doom and gloom.
"I wouldn't be quite that pessimistic, but if we have a snapper season it will be mid-fall to late fall or early winter," he said. "I don't see anything through September."
Capt. Johnny Greene, who runs the charter boat Intimidator out of Orange Beach and sits on the Gulf Council, was glad to see the council recommend the emergency rule.
"I was very proud to see the reception from the fellow council members toward the disparity we're going through and the compassion they have in trying to extend our ability to catch red snapper to Dec. 30," Greene said. "That's a big deal for us. Hopefully, they get this thing capped and get it cleaned up so we can salvage a fall season off Alabama."
During public testimony, Capt. Maurice Fitzsimons, who helped start Zeke's Charter Fleet in 1992 and is still involved in the marina at Orange Beach, said the charter industry is near a tipping point.
"A lot of the trips the boats have built their business on over the years are corporate charters," Fitzsimons said. "If we let this corporate business get away for a year, they're going to play golf in Myrtle Beach or go pheasant hunting in South Dakota and you've lost that charter. They've already found a new way to spend the money. When the money is gone, business is gone. The thing we're asking for is a fall fishing season. That would be the most beneficial thing you could do for us in Orange Beach, Ala.
"Right now we've got captains doing whatever they can do to make their boat payments, their house payments, whether it's a vessel for hire or looking for odd jobs. We're shut down. Boats cannot even get out of Perdido Pass. There are no people on the beach, the hotels and condos are empty or nearly empty. We've got three restaurants (at the marina) that are not even in the 25-percent volume range from what they've been in years past. Plus, we were down 70 percent in the charter office prior to June 1."
Roy Crabtree, Southeast Region administrator for NOAA Fisheries, said all the agency's resources are busy sampling the Gulf of Mexico to analyze the impact of the oil spill and determine if a fall snapper season is feasible.
"We have vessels out sampling in different capacities," Crabtree said. "Some are sampling water chemistry, finding where oil is and what's beneath the surface. We have other vessels out sampling fish and shellfish to see if they are contaminated with oil or hydrocarbons.
"We have a lot of vessels and a lot of people working on this. We've got universities involved. We're hiring charter boats and commercial vessels for sampling. All we have to do is make sure we have someone onboard who can ensure that the samples are collected from a certain area and remain in the chain of custody."
Crabtree said the agency gets projections every morning of where the oil is and where it is likely to be in 24 and 48 hours. If an area has had oil over it or is projected to have oil over it in 48 hours, it will be closed to fishing.
Crabtree is hopeful that the trend toward closing more of the Gulf will be reversed and areas can be reopened.
"Once the oil recedes from an area, we'll identify those as high-priority areas to have vessels to go in and sample the fish and shellfish," he said. "The way the protocol works is if we can show the animals there are clean, we can open that area. We haven't done that, yet, but I'm hoping we can soon. The high-priority areas we're looking at right now are off the western coast of Louisiana where the oil has pulled back. Then down off the west coast of Florida.
"We had originally identified areas off Alabama and the Panhandle of Florida to sample, but the oil moved back over those areas, so the closures have actually expanded there. I had hoped we would be able to open some of those areas with the opening of red snapper season, but it worked out just the opposite."
Because the extent of the oil spill is unprecedented, Crabtree said it's virtually impossible to determine a timetable for any relief for Gulf anglers.
"Everything depends on how long the leak goes on," he said. "It's hard for me to judge once the leak is stopped how quickly things will clear up and how quickly we will start to open all these fishing areas. I hope it's very quickly, but I just don't know. There are still a lot of things we have to figure out. I think it's too soon to say what the long-term impact is on fish stocks. I think a lot of the adult fish move away from it, but we don't know the effect on the eggs and larvae, which are much more vulnerable.
"The good thing is we have not seen evidence of large fish kills. Normally, if we get a red tide, for instance, we get reports of dead fish floating. I have not had reports like that. Right now, the main concerns are on the impact on habitat like the marshes in Louisiana and the impact on eggs and larvae."
In other action, NOAA Fisheries will implement an emergency closure of the gag grouper fishery in the Gulf starting Jan. 1, 2011 for 180 days with an option to extend it another 180 days.
"During that period, we will re-examine the stock assessment and the bycatch issues associated with the red grouper fishery," Shipp said. "When these are examined, then we will determine if we can have a short season for gags in the later summer or fall, but it's not too optimistic. It may be closed for all of 2011."
PHOTO: (by David Rainer) Charter boat captains and recreational anglers on the northern Gulf Coast hope a fall red snapper season will be scheduled if the oil spill is contained and federal waters are re-opened to fishing.


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NEWARK, N.J. -- Los Angeles Kings captain Dustin Brown this morning said he had no problem sleeping last night, the eve of Game One of the Stanley Cup final, but he's ready to start the best-of-seven series against the New Jersey Devils. The opener is set for 8 p.m. in the Prudential Center.
"I slept fine," Brown said. "The afternoon nap might be a little more difficult. It's going to be more [emotional] when we get here tonight. It felt like any other morning to me. When we get here tonight, the nerves are going to pick up."
The Kings made quick work of the Canucks, Blues and Coyotes and lost just two games in the first three rounds to reach the finals for the first time since 1994. They've had plenty of time to relax in between series but have effectively been able to regenerate the energy and unity that carried them this far in the first place.
"It has allowed us to enjoy what we accomplish in the series that just ended," Brown said. "On the flip side, a few days later, you hit the reset button and get that work mentality back. You want to keep playing. From a rest standpoint, to get where we are and have the rest that we've had, it's definitely a positive."
Brown, 27, who grew up in Ithaca and played frequently in Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse as a kid, is making his first appearance in the finals. It's hardly his first big game. He played for the United States in the 2010 Olympics, losing the gold medal to Canada. He's leading the Kings with seven goals and 16 points and is plus-13 in 14 postseason games.
"It's important for some guys like myself and some younger guys to understand that we might not have this chance again and be ready to go from a playing standpoint," Brown said. "It's nice to sit here and pat everyone's back. At the end of the day, we haven't done everything."
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There is a world of difference this summer at Worlds of Fun.
"We have combined both parks," said Holly Gurley, director of marketing for the pair of Kansas City attractions. "Previously, every guest who went to Worlds of Fun of or Oceans of Fun had to buy a ticket that got you into either park. Now, each guest who buys a ticket gets admission to both parks."
For decades, Midwestern families' summer vacations have included Worlds of Fun, the theme park based on the book "Around the World in 80 Days." A couple of Worlds of Fun's longtime characters -- Phileas Fogg, a Jules Verne-created character, and Nelie Bly, a real-life woman who emulated Verne's Fogg -- make regular appearances.
The pair appear together in period costume and interact with the park's guests daily. With the combination of the two attractions, the pair's responsibilities have doubled, and their century's past garb are adapted to the park in which they playing.
"The park's costume department has gotten to create fun, turn-of-the-century swim wear," Gurley said. "When they head over to Oceans of Fun, it's really a fun time."
Worlds of Fun marks its 40th anniversary in 2013. Two decades after its creation, Oceans of Fun, its sister attraction, splashed in near the book-based theme park. The two attractions soon grew together, and 2013 marks the combination of the two attractions and admission structure.
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Gurley said the combination of the two parks is great for families seeking a diverse experience.
"We are really excited," Gurley said. "There's not a part of Oceans of Fun or Worlds of Fun that didn't get expanded or improved this year. Now, Oceans of Fun is just another cool section of Worlds of Fun, and the walls are down."
The attractions at Worlds of Fun still thrill guests and turn guts upside-down and right-side up.
While roller coasters such as Mamba, Patriot, Prowler, Timber Wolf and Boomerang still thrill the park's dry guests, new attractions on the park's wet side add excitement to the attraction.
A couple of the park's heritage rides are always crowded.
"I always laugh because the Finish Fling is still loved," Gurley said. "It was an early ride in the Scandinavian area. Guests love the Rip Cord, too. Guests love the Grand Carousel and Planet Snoopy, as well."
The biggest news at Oceans of Fun this summer is the new thrill rides, including a six-slide-high thrill complex that includes Predator's Plunge, Gurley said.
"It's three rides inside the complex that includes Aqua Launch tubes where you get in the tube, the life guard shuts the tube and you hear a count down," she said. "Then the floor launches you down into a high-speed water body slide."
Other water attractions are tube slides. Guests hop into an inner tube and slide down the logs, twisting tunnels into pools.
And Worlds has added a dinosaur exhibit. For an extra $5, Dinosaurs Alive offers 35 life-size, animatronic dinosaurs.
"Guests get to learn about where these animals lived and what life was like when they roamed the earth," Gurley said. "It's a very cool exhibit. It's more than an exhibit or a ride."
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Both parks offer many opportunities for family fun, though Gurley said the Oceans side requires some planning -- visitors must wear swimwear. The combination is a hit with visitors so far, she said.
"Both adults and kids have said they loved it," she said. "Our guests from Joplin now get to come to Oceans of Fun without having to buy two (park) tickets, so the value has really increased."


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Welcome to The Not-So Private Parts where technology & privacy collide
Some people feel that every time they go on the Internet, their digital selves are being hijacked and driven to a shady data broker's garage, where they get sliced, diced, and mined for valuable intel. The people that feel like they're getting info-jacked are starting to fight back. How? With a false-information security system.
Kevin Ludlow, a 33-year-old Texan software developer, calls it "Bayesian flooding" and the data miner he wants to protect against is Facebook. "The problem is that once information [about you] has been collected, it will always be stored and associated with you," he writes. "I have therefore devised a slightly different method for dealing with this problem. Rather than trying to hide information from Facebook, it may be possible simply to overwhelm it with too much information."
With a nod toward Bayes theorem, Ludlow basically wants to confuse the advertisers trying to profile him and the algorithmic machines that are trying to make predictions about him by throwing lots of false information about himself onto their radars. So he's become a digital Scheherazade, weaving amazing tales about his life:
Over the past several months I have entered a myriad of life-events to my Facebook profile using their new Timeline feature. Some of those life-events are true, and some of them are not. In my fictitious life I've explored a dozen different religions, had countless injuries and broken bones, suffered twice through cancer, been married, divorced, fathered children all around the world, and have even fought for numerous foreign militaries….
When Facebook analyzes my profile and notices that I have participated in a dozen different religions over the past 30 years, their engine should make the assumption that I am interested in theology and various disciplines of spirituality. As a result, they're more likely to serve me ads and recommendations within this realm, perhaps for spiritual books, personal retreats, or the like. For a sizable majority of people, these assumptions and recommendations will be accurate and should result in a better click-through rate and ultimately more revenue. But the truth is that I'm an agnostic atheist and certainly couldn't care less about religious topics.
It might seem like childish anarchy, but there is a legitimate rationale behind wanting to fool the engine. As data analysis becomes more and more detailed (namely due to our world being digitally cataloged), companies are inventing coercive psychological tricks that manipulate consumers into spending more, plain and simple. The products aren't necessary getting better, rather the science of selling the products is. Advertisers argue there are benefits to more efficiently targeting customers, but I believe these benefits fail to acknowledge the downside consumers face. It's simply a matter of knowing far too much about a person while having the singular goal of acquiring their money. If consumer manipulation is harmless, I would have to strongly question why we condemn psychics for applying similar tricks, while at the same time congratulating the business world.
Beyond psychological manipulation, there are also legitimate privacy concerns that need to be taken into consideration, much like the case of the pregnant teen. If advertisements became completely personalized, it would be possible to learn virtually anything about someone just by observing what they were suggested to buy, never mind what they actually bought.
Ludlow says his experiment is working and that he's getting far fewer ads effectively targeted at him — though really, who clicks on Facebook ads ever? — and suggests his approach might appeal to others "interested in reducing what they're worth to Facebook as a human commodity."
It may sound crazy, but there are others with whom this resonates. According to Consumer Reports, one in four Facebook users tells lies on the social network.
The colorful life may be useful for fooling machines but what about the humanoids who look to Facebook to make decisions about Ludlow. Those unaware of the experiment — and familiar with his real life adventures — might worry about mental health issues. A potential boss or romantic interest might find the propensity for digital tall tales off-putting (or attractive — depending on their outlook).
Despite the potential downsides, Ludlow is not the only one embracing this tactic, though he's probably the most exteme. Yale student Max Cho suggests "unselling yourself to Facebook" by adding random interests to your profile. Cho added Teletubbies as his favorite TV show, Teen Vogue as his favorite book, and Tony Danza as a " Person Who Inspires Him." (Poor Tony. Not the Boss anymore, apparently.) Cho, though, still lists Yale 2013 on his profile. Some facts about ourselves we want everyone to read loud and clear…. assuming that's not an ugly lie too!
"The trick is to populate your Facebook with just enough lies as to destroy the value and compromise Facebook's ability to sell you," writes Cho.
I stripped out everything on my FB page, locked down the sharing, changed my personal email address to an account I use only for contest submissions, and posted a link to my Google+ page.
I only ever updated FB through Twitter, Foursquare, and Youtube. Never had to login. Never saw ads. Never provided data through cookies or otherwise, never used apps. Whatever FB sold marketers was pretty bogus.
But that might be their issue. They can't give marketers more than raw users numbers. They don't have a way to dig-deep into their metrics, so companies can target small parts of their "955,000,000 MAUs." Marketers also don't trust shotgun promotions because they can't target well enough, and can't rely on those who did get the ads being real.
In short, FB is a giant mess of a company, being led by a kid that has gone into hiding, and for which there aren't any solutions to clean things up. Not before it becomes just another trendy site that fades into the background.
I admire Ludlow for his creativity, if not for his judgement. It seems that his approach to establishing his online Facebook persona (calculated and deliberate falsehoods) is the proverbial killing of a gnat with a shotgun. Not only is Ludlow's tact extreme, as Steffan Heuer charitably characterizes it, but it seemingly blithely ignores the potential he will face one day of having to say "just kidding" to a potential employer, a potential spouse, an insurance broker, a banker deciding whether he is an acceptable credit risk, a character and fitness committee deciding whether he obtains a professional license or, heaven forbid, a judge who is imposing a sentence on a relatively minor criminal infractions and reviews his wild presentencing report. Ludlow says his approach "might seem like childish anarchy." I'd describe it more like a child playing with matches. Or, to use another cliche, Ludlow's cure is worse than the disease. If Ludlow is that troubled by Facebook mining his personal data, perhaps he should take an even more radical, yet far simpler, approach…deleting his Facebook account. Reminds me of those people who continually complain about the garbage on TV, but never think to hit the off button and pick up a good book.
A couple of things always confuse me about this heated debate: if you insist on not using browser plugins such as AdBlock, and accept being subjected to ads, wouldn't you at least PREFER ads that are somewhat relevant? That way our relationship with advertisers becomes a bit more collaborative, rather than strictly monological.
Secondly, it's not like anyone looking at your profile, sees the ads directed at YOU; they see the ads directed at THEM. The Target scenario is irrelevant here, because it happened in the real world, and had no connection to The Matrix — and (hopefully) the lesson has been learned by all.
Thirdly, if one's level of paranoia extends beyond the coral of Facebook's privacy capabilities, via its myriad of settings, perhaps it's time to re-evaluate your social framework. Spending all that time inventing all these versions of yourself, just to send Nabisco chasing its tail, seems a bit tedious. I mean I do it all the time, but that's because I'm a secret agent for the C.I.A.
The key word here is Heuer's "abandon". It's like yelling at a tree for smashing your car and your face, because you crossed a median and jumped a curb, while not wearing a seatbelt, and guzzling a martini.
I would not be surprised if schools start implementing the Interweb equivalent of a sex ed workshop in the near future.
Ludlow is on the right track. I've practiced a small degree of this — like not listing a precise DOB. There are few reasons to need your DOB only to know that you are over a certain age. Data minimization — only collect what you need for the purpose you collect.
Although I'm aware of privacy and don't use my real name on FB, I just can't see myself posting bogus status updates or making up stories about myself.
Not saying that the idea in general isn't good. Over flooding of information is a smart idea and probably the most elegant way to combat the information giants, but there have to be better ways and methods to do it. I actually ran across this the other day – a company that uses bogus identities to combat online tracking. They still don't seem to have a downloadable version but their idea is very interesting:
My cousin and I were doing this years ago- not to avoid tracking, but as a little contest to see who manipulate their profile to generate the most ridiculous display ads possible:
It started out trying to get rid of those annoying dating site ads that show up if you're listed as "single". Of course, I didn't want FB to tell potential dates that I was married, so I just nulled out the field. Unfortunately, this didn't work- still got the singles ads (I presume because they kept the last value, even if they didn't display it). So then I set it to married, and THEN nulled it out (back then you had to wait a day in between each step, because apparently their database for marketers was updated by a daily batch process). Ah, so now FB wouldn't tell anyone my relationship status, but told marketers I was married. Excellent.
Of course, it still knew I was a man, and thus included pictures of scantily clad co-eds in most ads (obnoxious and insulting), but that could be remedied using the same process, and this resulted in the hillarious change to referring to me with plural third person pronouns (Djvanderhoeven changed "their status").
This inspired my cousin to reconfigure his entire profile page to suggest he was a member of the Borg (from Star Trek), which led to him getting ads for communes where they experimented in and practiced "collective consciousness". Brilliant. I did the same thing to my profile for a time for kicks and grins. This was all several years ago.
Anyway, good article, and bonus points for the Arabian Nights reference. With a name like "Kashmir", I suppose I shouldn't expect anything less?
I have to wonder why these people want to be part of a social network. Don't they care more about the information that real people, not adbots, can see about them? If you make up wild stories about yourself at a cocktail party, you're seen as psychopathic, not social. Use AdBlock, and prove to other social people that you're not paranoid.
The original author doesn't seem particularly interested the actual ads. I didn't read the article as ads being annoying to him. Rather he writes that everything you do is being tracked and sold. Therefore if you want large data mining companies to have inaccurate dossiers on you, apply his method.
Moreover, he writes in some detail (in his original essay) that there is a benefit to social networking sites. He describes sharing pictures with friends so that all other friends can presumably see these moments.
I think it's a far cry to compare someone lying to actual people at a party for their own entertainment vs. lying to a machine. In fact, Ludlow even made mention that it's not important to him what Facebook thinks because his actual friends know that information is not correct, so what's the difference?
Facebook allows me to use this name, I refuse to put my 'real name' on the net for creepy people to potentially use for evil, as well as pictures advertisers could use for impermissible monetary gain.


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Roy Steed Cope, 69, has been charged by the Appanoose County Sheriff's office with one count of second degree theft, control over a stolen 2003 silver Pontiac Bonneville from Sac County bearing license plates stolen from Greene County; one count of assault while participating in a felony, a class D felony, where Cope used the stolen vehicle to ram the pursuing Appanoose County Sheriff's vehicle causing at least $1,000 but less than $10,000 in damage; one count of assault against a peace officer, a class D felony; one count of eluding or attempting to elude pursing law enforcement, a class D felony; one count of second degree criminal mischief, a class D felony; and one count of possession of burglars tools, an aggravated misdemeanor.
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So, anyways, they're 'Acoustic Response Audio/Video Monitor Series 707' speakers. They're fairly large and have two brass looking knobs on the front to adjust the treble and bass. I just hooked 'em up to the 'B' output on my receiver and I get nothing. I'm fixin' to open 'em up () and see if I can hook up any misplaced wires.
Anoybody know anything about these? Were they worth saving from the dumpster? Should I try to fix 'em up? Or just enjoy 'em and then throw 'em away?
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How do I declare my major?
Undergraduates must declare a major prior to their 61st credit. Students who do not declare a major within the first four weeks of the semester lose their New York State TAP (Tuition Assistance Program) funding.
Undergraduates must declare their minors before the 80th credit.The procedure for declaring a major or minor is to pick up the appropriate form in the Registrar's Office (Shuster Hall, Room 106), get a signature from the appropriate department, and return the form to Shuster Hall, Room 106.
Candidates for a second bachelor's degree must also file a second degree area of concentration form. All forms are available in Shuster Hall, Room 106 during normal business hours. This form is also available in Shuster Hall, Room 114, during evening hours when classes are in session.
When can I register for next semester's courses?
Generally, registration is open 2 months prior to the semester start date. Each semester, you should check when registration begins by clicking 'Academic Calendar' located on the left hand side of the Office of the Registrar's main webpage at http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/provost/registrar/
How do I add a course to my schedule?
Registration for courses at Lehman College is conducted over the internet using the eSIMS Web registration system. In-person registration is ONLY provided to incoming freshmen entering Lehman College for the first time. More information on registering for courses can be located by clicking 'Registration' located on the left hand side of the Office of the Registrar's main webpage at http://www.lehman.edu/provost/registrar/registrar.html
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Consult Deirdre Constant, the General Advisor, for approval and course equivalencies. You must provide a student copy of your transcripts at this time. To aid the evaluation process particularly for credits earned outside the USA, students need to provide as much information as possible on the courses they wish to have evaluated. Course descriptions and if possible, syllabi from transfer institutions will help determine if transfer equivalency can be given. Please bring the descriptions to the departmental advisor for any course you wish to have evaluated. Deirdre can be reached at 718-960-8165 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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But when someone at work comes around, asking if you want to throw your money in on a Powerball pool, why does it feel really hard to say no?
I posed that question to Dan Ariely, a prominent behavioral economist. He gave two reasons why Powerball pools at the office are hard to pass up.
"It's become socially normative," he said. "Suddenly, everybody around you is doing it."
The second thing?
"Anticipated regret," said Ariely, "is the feeling that we think we're going to have regret later on. For example, when they ask you to buy the extended warranty on all sorts of appliances. You say to yourself 'How stupid would I feel if a month after the warranty expired, the TV is broken and I did not buy the warranty.'"
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Nursing students learn at shelter, rescue mission
A man close to 60 years old enters the Baker University School of Nursing clinic at the Lawrence Community Shelter sharing his history of high blood pressure and complaining of blurred vision. He informs assistant professor Susan Ludwick and fourth-level student Lauren Cox that he recently suffered a mild heart attack.
Ludwick promptly asks, "Have you seen a doctor?" He responds, "No, I haven't because I don't know how I am going to pay for it."
Such interaction is common for Ludwick, whose expertise is in community health. Every other Tuesday at the shelter Ludwick and Baker nursing students educate the homeless and those at risk of being homeless at Douglas County's only emergency shelter. They provide basic health assessments and make sure the residents are properly taking their medicines, partnering with a social worker to gather information.
Sally Bartlett, a case manager at the shelter, is appreciative of the work Baker's professor and nursing students provide.
"We think of Baker as our nurses," Bartlett said. "We really like the services they provide because of the medical attention they give and educating the residents to take better care of themselves."
As part of the school's change project, the nursing students created a medicine cabinet to better organize the medication. The shelter previously kept the items in drawers and boxes.
Through her community health classes, Ludwick trains the nursing students to communicate with a diverse group.
"We prepare them to work with different socioeconomic populations," Ludwick said.
Cox worked in mid-February at the clinic for the first time. She recorded weight and checked blood pressure.
"I enjoy working with people with different backgrounds," said Cox, who is interested in pediatrics. "It's a lot different than school where you see the same people. Your eyes are opened at the community shelter."
In Topeka, School of Nursing instructor Marlene Eicher and Baker students in their final semester provide similar assistance every Wednesday at the Topeka Rescue Mission. The shelter annually houses nearly 2,000 people and serves 200,000 meals. Other services include a clothing bank, Christian guidance, recovery programs and work training programs.
"I really believe that we make a difference by providing nonjudgmental, culture-sensitive nursing care, health-care services, and patient education for the 'guests' at TRM," Eicher said. "It is a privilege to share the experience with fourth-level nursing students."
Eicher and the nursing students usually provide health services for a dozen patients a week.
"They use many of their first- and second-level skills such as focused assessments learned during health assessment lab, paper chart documentation, and over-the-counter medications to treat mild illnesses," Eicher said. "They are eager to participate, and often quite surprised how much they know and remember. The majority of the students report the autonomy of the experience provides an excellent clinical experience."
Recent change projects at the Topeka Rescue Mission include influenza awareness posters, administered donated flu vaccines, research protocols for nurse clinics and medication administration guidelines, and patient-teaching handouts of at-home supportive care for minor illnesses.
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