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Council unveils housing and business options under Local Plan
Updated 10:10am Saturday 1st February 2014 in News By Simon Farr, Reporter
RESIDENTS are being asked to help a council decide where thousands of new homes and businesses should be built around the district.
Wycombe District Council may have to build between 500 and 700 new homes every year between now and 2031 to keep up with growth. Up to 400 dwellings are currently built around the district every 12 months.
A review of the Green Belt will be carried out by the council, which says it "can't see an answer" that doesn't involve the use of Green Belt land - but council chiefs have pledged to keep development to a minimum.
WDC Leader Richard Scott said the Local Plan was a "big challenge" but "doing nothing was not an option" as WDC would risk being at the mercy of developers who could run riot over south Buckinghamshire.
Cllr Neil Marshall, WDC's Cabinet Member for Planning and Sustainability, said: "People need to understand we have to go through the process and we would like their input. This is our means of controlling our destiny, rather than it being in the hands of developers.
"Getting your Local Plan approved means you can control development. If you lose, you are effectively handing over power to the developer."
WDC pointed to the problems facing Aylesbury Vale District Council, which had its Local Plan thrown out by the Planning Inspectorate.
"Aylesbury had three appeals that became a public inquiry with 6,000 proposed houses tied up in it - it's planning by appeal with developers picking sites and councils spending money to fight them off", he added.
All local authorities have been told by the government to work out how many homes and jobs are required and plan to meet that need.
WDC used census data and population trends from the last decade and applied that formula to work out the housing need up until 2031.
Penelope Toillitt, WDC's new Head of Planning and Sustainability, said the Government would "struggle to accept" the council continuing with its current housing levels.
The council does not want 'piecemeal development' or homes in one place and jobs in another, which would encourage commuting.
Cllr Marshall said: "We don't think that would be a sustainable solution.
"There's a strong economic pull for the south of the district, we just haven't got the space down there for economic and housing growth. So we are limited to a bit here, a bit there and housing where we can."
Green Belt
DEVELOPING Green Belt land to accommodate additional housing and jobs could prove to be the most contentious element of the Local Plan.
Wycombe District Council has admitted it cannot see a way of meeting growth without building within the Green Belt.
Once the public consultation has come to an end, the council will carry out a review of both its own Green Belt land - as well as work with neighbouring authorities to see if they could take some of the burden on the area.
Cllr Marshall said: "We have to do it with our neighbouring authorities. If we look at what we can deliver, we don't think we will have the capabilities to deliver it all.
"So we then have to go to our neighbours to see if they can help.
"If we haven't had a thorough look at our patch first, and they will be looking, they will turn around and say 'look again'. We have to do it."
According to figures provided by the council, the protected Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty covers 71 percent of the district. That, coupled with the area's topography, makes development difficult.
Cllr Marshall added: "It's a difficult one, you look at the map and there's a lot of Green Belt in [South Bucks District Council's] plot but we have a very limited scope, a little patch down the south-east we can look at."
A council statement added: "If we don't look at the Green Belt, any plan we put forward is likely to be rejected. Right now we are exploring all options."
Residents in Bourne End and Wooburn Green had already been in touch to suggest an area of land they would be happier to sacrifice, as opposed to the Slade Meadow site put forward (below).
ESSENTIAL infrastructure upgrades would have to be funded by a new development or it might not be allowed to go ahead, the council said.
WDC's Leader Cllr Richard Scott said if a new development required any new roads, schools or doctors' surgeries to make it sustainable; the infrastructure would have to be funded by the development.
If not, it would impact upon the council's decision-making abilities with a site potentially being deemed unacceptable and ruled out as a result.
He said: "The argument we could use is - if we are to do x we need the infrastructure, if we haven't got the infrastructure we can't...
"If we say to a developer, we can't do this unless you put in a new road or a new railway, whatever, that is clearly an argument to say we can't do it."
Penelope Toillitt added some developments have been estimated to cost in the tens-of-millions which would not be funded by the development.
She said: "That raises questions about how we deal with the balance - are there other sources? Do we talk to the LEP? Are there government funds?
"If the infrastructure is too expensive to the point it makes it unviable, that's when we say it's a real constraint."
So what about the district's existing infrastructure? Residents and groups have been campaigning for the road network to be improved and for Accident and Emergency to be reinstated at Wycombe Hospital.
Cllr Marshall said WDC takes its lead from Buckinghamshire County Council about the roads, while power, water and other service providers assessed the council's plans and then drew up their own to match up.
WDC planning officers said the hospital service was a "higher debate".
High Wycombe
WDC has put forward four 'reserve sites' - pieces of land not in the Green Belt on the edge of towns and villages that have been previously identified as development sites - for consideration in High Wycombe.
Abbey Barn South could provide about 450 homes, new businesses and open spaces.
Abbey Barn North could host around 75 new homes and a nature reserve.
Terriers Farm between Hazlemere and Terriers could play home to about 400 homes, as well as sports pitches and transport measures in the area.
Gomm Valley and Ashwells, like Terriers Farm, is deemed to be a sensitive site but it could provide 400 new homes, job opportunities and an extended nature reserve. Most of the area would remain untouched.
The council is also consulting the public over three potential new employment sites in High Wycombe.
These are: Land to the north of Heath End Road at Junction 3a of the M40. The land is in the Green Belt and would require heavy investment - but it would be a major economic development opportunity, the council says.
Wycombe Air Park will be kept open but WDC believes it could make better use of the existing building space already on the site.
Buckmaster Playing Fields in Booker could be transformed into employment space if another site could be found for the playing fields.
Large scale housing is "probably a no-no" in Marlow, WDC Leader Cllr Richard Scott has said, but the Westhorpe Interchange near Westhorpe House could be a long-term site for additional employment.
It is, however, within the Green Belt and visible from the Chiltern AONB so it would need to be a 'sensitive development'.
Wye Valley
The council has a reserve site in Slade Meadow - the field which seperates Bourne End and Wooburn.
Part of the site is a village green and it is also in the floodplain but the council believes it could host 175 new homes and maintain the green feel.
Princes Risborough
Could face large-scale development with planning honchos stating it holds the "greatest potential" out of all the district centres.
The single largest housing development site opportunity put forward by WDC is an area of land to the north-west of Risborough between the town and Longwick.
The plot could host anywhere between 2000 and 2500 homes but it would have to be built to 'garden city' principles of well-designed, energy efficient homes with good routes for walking and cycling.
As many jobs as possible would have to be attracted to the area to cut down on commuting and at least one new school and doctors' surgery would need to be built. Any development would take over a decade.
Picks Mill Farm could accommodate 450 homes, which could dovetail with land north of Longwick Road which could hold up to 1000 homes.
Picts Lane and the Princes Estate could offer additional homes and jobs, while the Longwick Road employment area could be expanded.
Cllr Neil Marshall said while Risborough offers the greatest scope for development it also throws up dilemmas - as the town is not seen as a business destination.
He said: "Risborough certainly has the greatest potential. The difficulty is Risborough is it's not where business wants to be.
"So it's all very well to plan homes there, but if we can't attract business and it leads to commuting, is that the right solution?"
Planning bosses said a development of 2500 homes would require significant infrastructure investment which would not be covered by the development. It could cost £27m to put in a suitable road network.
Penelope Toillitt said: "We don't even know if that's viable, there are some real questions of deliverability even if we decide it is sustainably desirable."
Rural areas
Saunderton, Stokenchurch and Kimble have also be considered by WDC but due to the Chilterns AONB and lack of facilities in those places development would seem unlikely.
Council chiefs have also explored the possibility of a new town above Risborough near Terrick.
Public consultation
EVERY home and business in the Wycombe District will this week receive a booklet outlining the options of the Local Plan.
Residents are asked to consider the merits of six main options - build in towns, build on brownfield sites, build on reserve sites, expand villages, consider the use of Green Belt land and expand Princes Risborough.
A host of exhibitions and workshops will be held across the district between February and March, with the consultation closing on April 4.
The first exhibition will be held in the High Wycombe Library in Eden between February 11 and March 15.
Residents can email their views to firstname.lastname@example.com, call 01494 421158, tweet @wycombedcnlp or write to the council's headquarters in Queen Victoria Road, High Wycombe.
Visit www.wycombe.gov.uk/newlocalplan for a complete overview of the options, take part in the consultation and for details about the exhibitions dates and venues.
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9:08am Sat 1 Feb 14
motco says...
9:17am Sat 1 Feb 14
sundaydriver says...
Soon we will be able to drive from Wycombe to Risborough without seeing a field! Still at least the building firms will get rich
9:39am Sat 1 Feb 14
Agniesca says...
10:06am Sat 1 Feb 14
sundaydriver says...
11:39am Sat 1 Feb 14
mitch12 says...
11:42am Sat 1 Feb 14
sundaydriver says...
12:03pm Sat 1 Feb 14
Mr Methane says...
Problems in this area could easily be alleviated by building a new airport in the wastelands east of London. Then route HS2 up the eastern side of the country where there is plenty of room and the pressure on this area will go.
6:14pm Sat 1 Feb 14
townraider says...
10:20pm Sat 1 Feb 14
Cley123 says...
I doubt that will stop them though, as those who run this country really give **** about it!
8:42am Sun 2 Feb 14
motco says...
Why does the LA and central government think Green Belt was introduced in the first place? It was precisely to prevent the sort of ribbon development and ad hoc building over of green areas that they are now seeking to introduce. There are places in areas away from the south-east hothouse that would be delighted to have population growth and new businesses. I wish they had the foresight of their predecessors...
8:58am Sun 2 Feb 14
Peter Cyprus says...
10:13am Sun 2 Feb 14
sundaydriver says...
Peter Cyprus wrote:The maths cant hide the true picture - you are dead right - just a shame the way the country is changing or rather the manner in which the country is changing. If developments were more aesthetically pleasing and akin to the appearance of the surroundings then it would not be quite so bad but when 'new towns' or 'new developments' don't blend the only winners are the builders and mortgage companies
Nett immigration has averaged about 200,000 a year, not including illegals. So if we say that on average there will be 5 per house it doesn't need much imagination to see why we need to concrete the countryside over!
11:49am Sun 2 Feb 14
yog says...
Cllr Richard Scott - Marlow Councillor
Cllr Neil Marshall, WDC's Cabinet Member for Planning and Sustainability - Marlow Councillor.
No green space is safe in Wycombe whilst we have a Marlow Clique running the Council.
1:44pm Sun 2 Feb 14
Agniesca says...
2:04pm Sun 2 Feb 14
Chris Woodman says...
"The District Council has described the new Local Plan as a challenge and they are right!
Central Government is requiring each District to look after its own housing needs in the future and they are dictating how those housing needs should be assessed. They issue ringing statements about no building in the Green Belt but then they say that every Local Authority should review the boundaries of the Green Belt, so it's "no building in the Green Belt but you must use this loophole". But we believe there is a lot to argue about in this consultation. WDC say they must provide for 500-700 new homes a year, up from the 300-400 in the past, which is based not only on natural growth in population within Wycombe District but adds in a projection of past migration trends, which are vague and uncertain. The threat is of vast areas of Green Belt being concreted over. The Council must do all they can to persuade the Planning Inspector that lower numbers will be enough to meet Central Government's requirement. They must make best use of all the brownfield sites around the District, like the CompAir site, and they must be imaginative in bringing in architects to create good quality buildings at a higher density. If there is to be major growth at Princes Risborough, then it needs to bring in the best of Garden City ideas so that it doesn't overburden Risborough town centre and can extend into Oxfordshire.
And rigorous thought needs to be given by both the District and County Councils to providing proper transport links and infrastructure, which is not happening at the moment."
3:57pm Sun 2 Feb 14
BOOKERite says...
If the Buckmaster playing fields are built upon (who wants to live adjacent to the motorway), how on earth are the new inhabitants going to move around? What with John Lewis, Asda, the new Next store and the intended very extensive WTS traffic. It is almost impossible now on a Saturday afternoon with just John Lewis, Asda and the Adams Park traffic.
I suggest that the enabling infrastructure is put in place before any large scale developing of the Wycombe area and also that all departments of our local hospital are reinstated.
8:49am Mon 3 Feb 14
BucksComment says...
oh, sorry, forgot that the planning chaps are all Marlow elected....
It is time the general public stood up and said 'No' to this - just becasue someone says we need more houses, why believe them? I'd love to live on Main street, but because there are no houses availbale there, I had to choose The Avenue.... simple
2:20pm Mon 3 Feb 14
Very much concerned says...
yog wrote:This statement sums up WDC or should we say the Marlow Run Council. No Town Council for Wycombe but Marlow has one, so why not close it. Allowances increased to the benefit of Marlow Councillors! Marlow people had a major influence on decisions about Booker Airfield and were very concerned about through traffic. Want to build offices in High Wycombe and move the Fire Station at a cost of millions to the public when there are empty offices on Globe Park Marlow. Put a new Industrial site in Hughenden but want to restrict through trafic by a new road system and remove the "Berlin Wall. Try that on Marlow!
"Large scale housing is "probably a no-no" in Marlow, WDC Leader Cllr Richard Scott has said
Cllr Richard Scott - Marlow Councillor
Cllr Neil Marshall, WDC's Cabinet Member for Planning and Sustainability - Marlow Councillor.
No green space is safe in Wycombe whilst we have a Marlow Clique running the Council.
Residents on the outskirts of Wycombe Town are worried about traffic gridlock when others have it now and it will get worse around Wycombe Town when new road plans come to fruition.
It is time for a Unitary Council to save money but some want to hang on to their control and protect their own interests? An effective opposition might help but NIMBY will rule.
2:24pm Mon 3 Feb 14
Very much concerned says...
Cley123 wrote:Very true now but it will get worse unless the Berlin Wall is saved
Have they seen the roads in the morning round Wycombe. I very much doubt that they can stand the extra traffic in peak hours.
I doubt that will stop them though, as those who run this country really give **** about it!
6:01pm Mon 3 Feb 14
legiopatrianostra says...
BOOKERite wrote:As the residents found with the stadium, if enough people get together and TELL the Council they don't want something, then the council will have to back down. These people are supposed to be respresentatives, not devine rulers.
WDC are determined to do something with Wycombe Air Park since losing the Stadium battle! If houses are to be built there, will they want to live side by side with the low flying aircraft and the soon to be built noisy, smelly waste transfer station? I don't think so.
If the Buckmaster playing fields are built upon (who wants to live adjacent to the motorway), how on earth are the new inhabitants going to move around? What with John Lewis, Asda, the new Next store and the intended very extensive WTS traffic. It is almost impossible now on a Saturday afternoon with just John Lewis, Asda and the Adams Park traffic.
I suggest that the enabling infrastructure is put in place before any large scale developing of the Wycombe area and also that all departments of our local hospital are reinstated.
6:31pm Tue 4 Feb 14
Hernibs says...
9:48am Wed 5 Feb 14
Lucy-Fur says...
4:33pm Wed 5 Feb 14
J B Blackett says...
The politicians and their mates are not there for your benefit - they seek and obtain power for Their Own Benefit. Which fact they will deny , of course.
And we all know how open , truthful and honest they are - don't we ? They are in fact professional liars and are very adept of spinning and thinking up numbers to suit their own purposes. Remember in recent years 'they' said only 15000 Poles a year would come to the UK.
And some of predicted this year there would be 'A Tidal Wave' of Romanians and Bulgarians. So far this year , we appear to have only been 'swamped' by loads of water and the surging sea.
What liars and deceivers ( or idiots ) these people are. Please beware - they really only desire to gain and cling on to power and influence and your assets - whatever they say or promise.
Past and recent History proves it.
Thank you for reading this far.
10:01pm Wed 5 Feb 14
Peter Cyprus says...
Lucy-Fur wrote:Don't hold your breath!
All these new houses.....does that mean we will get Wycombe Hospital back as it should be?
11:15pm Wed 5 Feb 14
J B Blackett says...
Peter Cyprus wrote:How can you tell if the writer above is holding their breath ?
Lucy-Fur wrote:Don't hold your breath!
All these new houses.....does that mean we will get Wycombe Hospital back as it should be?
Have you some kit that we don't know about ? Are we all under surveillance via he BFP.
Very scary.
8:59am Tue 11 Feb 14
BucksComment says...
11:03am Tue 11 Feb 14
Weemac says...
I think as part of their Local Plan, WDC should consider redeveloping the commercial areas in and around the town and providing space that is fit for purpose, whether it be living or working space.
Much is made about having a say in what is proposed. All very well as long as someone listens.
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"Stop making our government a laughing stock across the state," Councilor Marc Laplante said, accusing Lantigua of hiring hacks, cutting services and "embarrassing us repeatedly in 2012."
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Accessing Quizzes
1. Log into D2L and enter your course.
2. In the navbar at the top of the page, click the Quizzes link under the drop-down menu in the Assessments tab.
Your quizzes will be listed on this page. To access a quiz, click the title of the quiz.
Quiz Management
Editing Quizzes
1. Log into D2L and enter your course.
2. In the navbar at the top of the page, click the Quizzes link under the drop-down menu in the Assessments tab.
3. On the Manage Quizzes page, click the name of the quiz you want to edit. You can edit the settings on any tab. Go to the Layout/Questions tab to edit specific questions.
Re-Ordering Quizzes
1. Log into D2L and enter your course.
2. In the navbar at the top of the page, click the Quizzes link under the drop-down menu in the Assessments tab.
3. On the Manage Quizzes page, click the Re-Order (green arrows) button at the top of the page under the more actions drop-down menu.
Deleting Quizzes
1. Log into D2L and enter your course.
2. In the navbar at the top of the page, click the Quizzes link under the drop-down menu in the Assessments tab.
3. On the Manage Quizzes page, click the Delete (trash can) button at the top of the page under the more actions drop-down menu.
4. Select the checkbox(es) next to the quiz or quizzes you want to permanently remove from your course. Then click Delete Selected.
5. A dialog box will appear. Click Yes to confirm that you want to permanently delete the selected quiz or quizzes.
Creating a Quiz
1. Log into D2L and enter your course.
2. In the navbar at the top of the page, click the Quizzes link under the drop-down menu in the Assessments tab.
3. On the Manage Quizzes page, click the New button at the top of the page.
4. On the Properties tab, fill in the Quiz name and any additional options you want. Note: If you want the quiz to be included in the gradebook, you must add a grade item (see step 5). When you are finished on the Properties tab, move to the Restrictions tab.
5. If you do not want to add a new grade item, skip to step 6. To add a grade item, type the item name in the Name field (as you want it displayed in the gradebook). From the drop-down menu, select the Quiz category. Then enter the maximum points value for the quiz. Set any additional options as desired, then click Save. You will be returned to the New Quiz creation page. Go to the Restrictions tab.
6. On the Restrictions tab, you can set date and time restrictions for your quiz. This is also where you set availability status (make status active to make the quiz available to students). Finally, you can set a time limit from this tab. If you choose to use the Release Conditions feature, please see the Release Conditions page for instructions. Once you are finished on this tab, move to the Attempts tab.
7. On the Attempts tab, you can set how many times students may take the quiz and which of those attempts will be included in their calculated final grade. When you are finished setting attempt options, click Save Quiz, then move on to the Submission Views tab.
8. On the Submission Views tab, you will see the information that is displayed to students upon completion of the quiz (default settings). If you want to change the information displayed, click Add Additional View. Then customize the information displayed. When you are finished on this tab, click the Reports Setup tab.
9. On the Reports Setup tab, you can set up reports which will provide detailed statistics about your students' quiz attempts (if desired). When you are finished, go to the Layout/Questions tab.
10. The Layout/Questions tab is where you create or edit the questions in your quiz. Click the Add/Edit Questions button to begin.
11. You will be directed to your quiz question list. To create a new question, select the type of question you want (multiple choice, true/false, etc) from the drop-down menu, then click Go.
12. For this example, we will create a multiple choice question. Enter the point value, question text, answer choices, and weight (see image below). Note: to mark the correct answer, enter 100 in the weight column by the correct choice (You can also give partial credit by entering percentages in this column if desired). There are also feedback options on this page; these are optional. When you are finished creating your question, click Save or Save and New to create another question of the same type.
Creating Random Sections
Random sections are created by importing questions from the Question Library. A random section allows you to present questions in a random order. You can also present different combinations of questions in random order. In other words, if you were to import 25 questions but only wanted a 20 question quiz, the random section would pull 20 random questions from the 25 that you imported. No two of these randomly generated quizzes would put the same 20 questions in the same order, so your students would not have identical tests.
1. Log into D2L and select the course. Click on the Quizzes area on the navigation bar under the drop down menu in the Assessments tab.
2. From the list of quizzes, click on the quiz that you want to add the random section to.
3. Select the Layout/Questions tab. Click Add/Edit Questions. From the create new drop-down menu, select Random Section. Click GO.
4. In the Section Name text box, type a name for the section of random questions.
5. In the Display Options section, select the desired options and then click Save.
6. In the quiz sections, click the random section you just created and then click Import.
7. From the Source Section drop-down menu, select the section of the Question Library containing the questions you want to randomize.
8. In the Source Collection section, select the questions you want to use in your random section. *Note: To select all questions in the section, select the section name. A question is selected if a checkmark appears before it. Be sure to click Save.
9. In the Select text box, type the number of questions you would like to randomize. Then type the number of points each question is worth.
10. Click Save.
Creating Submission Views
Use the options in the Submission Views tabs to give feedback to users after they submit a quiz attempt. You can do this by writing a message for the users to see and/or allowing them to see the questions with or without answers.
1. Click on the Submission Views tab from within a quiz.
2. The details of the default submission view are displayed.
3. To change the default view, click the Default View link. The Edit Submission Views page displays.
4. Type a Message to display to users once they have submitted a quiz. (Optional)
5. Use the Show Question? options to determine what elements of answered questions users see upon completion of their quiz. Click Yes to activate the Show Question? option and choose an option from the Show
Questions list. You have the following choices:
Show questions answered incorrectly- Only shows users questions that the user answered incorrectly.
Show questions answered correctly- Only shows users questions that the user answered correctly.
Show all questions without user responses- Shows all of the quiz questions the user did not answer.
Show all questions with user responses- Shows all of the quiz questions to the user that the user answered.
Show question answers- Shows the answers next to each question that appears. Answers will not appear for questions which are not displayed.
Show question score and out of score- Shows the score achieved and out of values for each question that appears.
6. Or, click No to show no questions or answers to users after they submit their quiz.
7. Show attempt scores and overall attempt score. When this option is set, users are able to see their score as soon as they submit their attempt. The score displayed is reliant on what the system can auto-grade.
8. Check 'Show Class average' or 'Show score distribution' to display the respective statistics to users after they submit their quiz.
9. Choose the additional view that you have created. Then click save and close.
***Now users can create post-quiz views. Even when quiz date has ended, instructors can enable students to look at their old tests.
Example of a student's view, when you add additional submission views.
Show attempt score was selected and show questions answered incorrectly.
Previewing Quizzes
You can preview your quizzes in order to see how it will appear for your students.
1. Log into D2L and enter your course.
2. In the navbar at the top of the page, click the Quizzes link under the drop-down menu in the Assessments tab.
3. On the Manage Quizzes page, click the name of the quiz you want to preview.
4. At the top of the page, click the Preview button.
Your quiz will now be displayed in Preview mode. You can then click Start Quiz to take a preview version of the quiz (exactly as it would be presented to your students).
Deploying Quizzes
Unlike with Blackboard, you do not have to "deploy" your quizzes in D2L. If your quiz is active and available (date/time restrictions), your students may access the quiz by clicking Quizzes in the navbar, then clicking on the name of the quiz. Therefore, if you do not want your students to be able to access a quiz until a certain date, make sure that you set date/time restrictions or change the status of the quiz (Manage Quizzes, Edit, Restrictions tab).
You may choose to create a QuickLink from the Content area that links directly to a quiz. To do this, follow these instructions:
1. Log into D2L and enter your course.
2. In the navbar at the top of the page, click the Content link under the drop-down menu in the Assessments tab.
3. Create a new topic by clicking on the New Topic icon by the desired parent module on the Manage Content page. Note: You must create at least one module before you can create a topic.
4. Select the QuickLink option.
5. Give the topic a title, then click the Insert QuickLink icon to the right of the URL field (chain icon). Then select a Category and Item, and click Insert.
6. When you click the QuickLink icon, a dialog box will pop up. Select the Quizzes category, then the name of the quiz you want to link.
7. The dialog box will close. Make sure to click the Save button to finish creating your QuickLink.
Your QuickLink will now appear in your Content area under the module you specified.
Grading Quizzes
1. Log into D2L and enter your course.
2. In the navbar at the top of the page, click the Quizzes link under the drop-down menu in the Assessments tab.
3. Click on the Grade (ruler) icon next to the quiz you want to grade.
4. You can choose to grade by attempt or by question by selecting the appropriate tab at the top of the form.
To grade by attempt:
1. Click the Attempt tab at the top of the form, then click the quiz attempt you want to grade.
2. The student's entire quiz is displayed including question data, the user's answers, and the correct answers. Questions answered correctly will be notated with a check-mark; questions answered incorrectly will be notated with an X.
Overall quiz feedback can be left for the user by typing in the Attempt Comments textbox. You can give the student feedback on any individual question by clicking Expand Question Feedback below the question. If you wish to override an existing auto-grade, enter a new value in the Score textbox. After you have finished manually grading the quiz, click the Re-Calculate button to update the student's grade. Then click the Save button.
To grade by question:
1. Click the Questions tab at the top of the form.
2. On the question analysis page, you can award points to all students at one time for the question. Under Grading Options, you can either award points to all students regardless of their submitted answer or you can award points to all students who answered a specific answer. These options are helpful if there was a mistake in the question creation and you want to quickly rectify it.
Resetting a Quiz Attempt
1. Log on to D2L and click into your course, then click on Quizzes.
2. Click on the grade icon beside the quiz that you want to reset.
3. Click on the Grade option.
4. Click on Display Options.
5. Click on the Allow Reset option and click Save.
6. Checkmark the Quiz attempt that needs reset and then click on the trash can to reset the attempt.
7. When the confirmation comes up, click Yes.
The LTC supports the Respondus software program for creating question pools, then uploading them to D2L.
Click here for more information about Respondus and how to install it on your computer.
- How do I get my students to view their test question results (feedback) after the day restriction is up?
Currently, the only way we have found to do this would be to reopen the quiz. You would want to check to see who hasn't taken it at all before reopening it and restrict those students. You can do that by adding only the students who took the quiz in the special access area.
- Can I check to see student access during quizzes?
For this you will need to go to your Quizzes tab. Click on the ruler with the green check-mark associated with the particular quiz you want to check. There will be a small drop-down menu that says 'Restrict to': you will then select 'Users with attempts in progress' and now you can view them from the bottom of your screen.
To view students' quiz attempts that have already been completed or to assess their quiz: Click on the ruler with the green check-mark associated with the particular quiz you want to check. You can see the students who have completed their quiz listed below. To view a particular student's quiz click on "attempt 1" (or other attempts if you allow more than one) below the student's name and you will see the student's response to all questions and what they got wrong or right.
- How do I reset an attempt?
To reset an attempt, go to your Quizzes. After finding the appropriate quiz, select the grading icon (the ruler/check mark icon) to the right of the title. You must then select Display Options at the upper left corner of the Users page and assure that the Allow Reset box is checked. Be sure to select save before leaving this box. After this is complete, you will return to your Users page where there will be a list of your students that have attempted the quiz you are working with. Below each student's name will be a record of each attempt they have made thus far. In order to reset a student's attempt, you must check the box to the left of the attempt that you wish to remove. You then must select the Trash Can icon at the top or bottom of the page. There will be a confirmation box appear. Be sure to select Yes and your student will be able to attempt the quiz again.
- Students have taken the quiz, but the grades for this quiz are not showing up in the gradebook.
It could be one of two things: a) that you did not link it to the gradebook or b) you do not have the auto grade check box marked. You will need to manually link the quiz to the gradebook in the quizzes area:
1. Edit the quiz that you would like to link to the gradebook by clicking on the name of the quiz.
2. On the Properties tab, you will find a drop down menu beside "Grade Item". If you have already created the grade item in your gradebook, the quiz name will be listed in this menu.
3. If you have not created a gradebook item in the manage grades area, you will need to click on the blue "add grade item" link to create your gradebook item.
4. Auto Grade: Make sure there is a check mark in both boxes below this menu box: "Auto Export to Grades" and "Automatic Grade." Click Save.
5. Check your gradebook, if the grades are still not showing, you will need to go into each student's attempt and click "submit" in order for the grades to show up in the gradebook
- What are some anti-cheating options?
1. Disable the ability to right click.
2. Disable the use of the pager tool. (Note this tool is disabled in our version.)
3. Password- protect the quiz. (Please note that this creates one password for the quiz and not different passwords for each student.)
4. Restrict access to your quiz to certain IP addresses. (This could be used to restrict it to a particular computer or computer lab.)
5. Prevent the students from moving backwards through the pages so that once they answer a question, they cannot go back and give another student their answer.
6. Randomize the options so that two students answering the same question potentially won't have the same letter option. (Please note that you would have to do this for every multiple choice question you create. It is not a one click for all questions feature.)
- I can see all but one student's grade in the gradebook; the student took their quiz, but said that they couldn't see their quiz grade either, what happened?
Chances are the student went over the time limit; you will need to view their attempt and click "submit" in order for the grade to be sent to the gradebook.
- What are the "Recalculate and "auto-grade" buttons?
The "Recalculate" button comes into play when the instructor accesses the students' attempts and changes the grades on particular questions. For example, if the correct answer was option C. A and B, and the student selected A, the professor can elect to go in and give the student partial credit for that question. After changing the points on that particular question, click recalculate and the final score at the top of the attempt will be changed. The grade in the grade book will not change until you click save at the top of the page.
The "auto-grade" button resets the points on the questions to what was calculated by D2L based on the correct answer the instructor provided. Note that if you change the grade on a question and hit auto-grade instead of recalculate, the grade will revert to the score originally calculated. With any changes, remember to click save.
-How do I randomize my test questions?
1. When setting up a quiz in the layout/questions tab and in the add/edit questions area, use the Create New drop-down menu to create a random section.
2. After clicking Go, you will need to name the section and add any necessary messages. Click Save.
3. You will then be brought back to the add/edit page where you should select Import. This will bring you to the question library.
4. Use the drop-down menu to select the question folder you desire the questions to come from. Select the box in front of the folder to select all questions. Select Save.
5. At the top of the page, you call determine how many questions from this folder you would like randomly pulled. (You can also determine how many points each question is worth). Click Save.
6. You can now return to the layout/questions area to preview the quiz.
7. Be sure to ALWAYS select Save when making changes.


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At least one house was damaged on the 2300 block of Mt. Lebanon Road, west of Covington.
Tony Cromwell said the damage to his house happened within five minutes. He said around 6:15 p.m., the winds woke him up and ripped off the roof of his house.
Everything inside was destroyed.
As Connie Cromwell walks into her house, she can hardly hold tears back.
"It sounded like hail hitting the house, then it just exploded. I ran in and could see through my roof," said Tony.
The Cromwell's friends, family, and neighbors came out after the storm hit to help clean up the property.
Cromwell has farmed the area for years.
He said high winds ripped grain bins off their foundation and moved them across the street, even into a lake behind his house.
"I guess it was a tornado or straight line winds. I have no idea," said Tony.
Winds even spun Cromwell's SUV around in his driveway.
Insurance adjusters were out after the storm.
They said Cromwell's house is more than likely a complete loss.
And as the clean up begins, Cromwell is happy to be alive.
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But while the center, which rotates among Trinity Congregational Church, St. John's Episcopal Church, and Unitarian Universalist Church, has taken significant strides in serving the community, it has not hosted a major community-wide event — until now.
On Saturday, the Grace Center program is coordinating a candlelight vigil with an eye toward raising awareness of the center's work and the community's ongoing and still-growing needs. Titled "Glow with Grace," the planned march will begin at 7:15 p.m. at Gloucester High School, with walkers heading down to and along Stacy Boulevard, and then returning to the high school. Registration will run from 6 to 7 p.m. in the GHS field house, and LED candles will be distributed for the march.
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The RFP asks bidders to bundle the leasing of equipment with service needs, training for technical staff members, loaners and all other components necessary for the program, HCPS Technology Director Peter Taylor said, so that the overall cost to the school system may be more inclusive than in previous contracts.
The new machines will have solid-state hard drives, which are more durable and less likely to need repair than the mechanical drives that are used in the system's leased laptops currently, Taylor said. The new contract also will include a program on each laptop that automatically backs up critical student data to a server in their schools, he said. That way, students will have easy access to their materials at all times – even if they need loaner machines.
Officials will review bids with the School Board early next year, and the board likely will award a contract by the end of February.
In a separate RFP, to be issued by the end of December, school officials will seek bids to update the school system's network infrastructure. The current network, implemented in 2001 when Henrico began its laptop initiative with Apple, is on the verge of becoming obsolete, Taylor said. The chief problem: lack of adequate bandwidth, which particularly at the high school level is threatening to slow the flow of information from the internet and individual school servers to student and faculty computers.
Recommended state bandwidth standards for school systems exceed what Henrico's is capable of handling through its current network system, Taylor said. With so much demand for online content and so many users, high schools in the county likely will reach their bandwidth limitations within a year.
Upgrading the network to a 10 gigabits per second (gpbs) internal capability for all schools will provide more than enough bandwith, while preparing the school system for future needs, Taylor said. (Current bandwith varies from 10 megabits per second at elementary schools to 100 mbps at middle and high schools and 1 gpbs for internet usage.)
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So, yeah: Barry Zito.
It wasn't supposed to come to this, was it? When the 2012 season began, Barry Zito was the Giants' No. 5 starter, but his job was secure because -- with the departure of Jonathan Sanchez in a brilliant trade -- the club just didn't have anyone else. In the pecking order, though, it went something like Matt Cain, Tim Lincecum, Madison Bumgarner, Ryan Vogelsong ... three hundred crickets playing three hundred tiny violins ... and Barry Zito. That's what happens when you go 3-4 the previous season, and haven't had a winning record since 2006.
Something funny happened on the way to Obscurity, though: Barry Zito went 15-8, just missing a tie for the team lead in victories. At the same time, Lincecum was suffering through the worst season of his career (by a lot). What's more, Zito got
lucky hot at just the right time. From the 7th of August through the end of the season, Zito started 11 games and the Giants won all 11 of them; in that stretch, his ERA was a non-thrilling 3.92, but his other numbers were quite good, with plenty of strikeouts and few walks or home runs.
For those 11 starts, Zito seemed worth his $19 million salary.
For the whole season, though? Zito's 2012 performance mirrored almost exactly what he'd done in his previous five seasons as a Giant. Except you might argue it was even worse, since AT&T Park seems to have been exceptionally pitcher-friendly this year. Zito's 4.15 ERA seems perfectly decent, but his 84 ERA+ was actually the worst of his career.
So, there's that. If you buy into park effects, you have to conclude that Zito was essentially a replacement-level National League starting pitcher. And you wouldn't give a replacement-level starting pitcher much of a shot against the St. Louis Cardinals, who basically eviscerated left-handed pitchers this season.
You want hope, Giants fans?
I'm sorry. I don't really have anything for you. But as Giants fans remember too well, Zito has started two huge games for the club during his tenure, and both outings ended disastrously.
Two years ago, on the last Saturday of the regular season, Zito drew a start against the Padres. A win for the Giants would have clinched the National League West title. A loss would leave the Giants needing to win on Sunday.
Zito lasted three-plus innings; Bruce Bochy pulled him when Padres pitcher Tim Stauffer led off the fourth inning with a walk, the fourth Zito issued. The Giants went on to lose the game, but did clinch the next day. Of course, they also went on to win their first World Championship since moving to San Francisco. Zito didn't pitch a single inning during the Giants' postseason run.
Last week, Zito started against the Reds in the fourth game of their Division Series. A loss would eliminate the Giants.
This time, Zito didn't survive the third inning; Bochy pulled him after he issued his fourth walk. Of course, the Giants would come back to win that game, and the series.
And here were are again, the Giants needing to win and Barry Zito pressed into service, this time because it's been roughly two months since Madison Bumgarner has done anything to inspire real confidence in his manager or anyone else associated with the Giants; in Bumgarner's two postseason starts, he's given up a ton of hits, including two home runs.
Bruce Bochy was faced with a true dilemma. He had to pick one of the horns. No it's probably just a question of how badly he's gored.


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Boston marriage
"Boston marriage" as a term is said to have been in use in New England in the decades spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries to describe two women living together, independent of financial support from a man.
Origin of the term[edit]
The fact of relatively formalized romantic friendships between women predates the term "Boston marriage" and there is a long record of it in England and other European countries.[1] The term "Boston marriage" became associated with Henry James's The Bostonians (1886), a novel involving a long-term co-habiting relationship between two unmarried women, "new women," although James himself never used the term. James' sister Alice, who lived in such a relationship with another woman, Louise, was among his sources for such a relationship.[2]
There are many examples of women in "Boston marriage" relationships. Perhaps the most famous[weasel words] of these romantic friendships was the late 1700s relationship between two Irish upper-class women, Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, nicknamed the Ladies of Llangollen. Elizabeth Mavor suggests that the institution of romantic friendships between women reached a zenith in eighteenth-century England.[1] In the U.S., perhaps the best known example is that of the relationship of the novelist Sarah Orne Jewett and her companion Annie Adams Fields, widow of the editor of The Atlantic Monthly, during the late 1800s.
Lillian Faderman provided one of the most comprehensive studies of Boston marriages in Surpassing the Love of Men (1981). Reviewers used the term to describe the Jewett-Fields relationship depicted in the 1998 documentary film Out of the Past.[3] David Mamet's play Boston Marriage, which premiered in 2000, helped popularize the term.
Some women did not marry because they felt they had a better connection to women than to men. Some of these women lived together. Of necessity, such women were generally financially independent due to family inheritance or career earnings. Women who chose to have a career (doctor, scientist, professor) created a new class of women who were not dependent on men. Educated women with careers who wanted to live with other women were allowed a measure of social acceptance and freedom to arrange their own lives.[4] They were usually feminists with shared values, involved in social and cultural causes. Such women were generally self-sufficient in their own lives, but gravitated to each other for support in an often disapproving and sometimes hostile society.[4]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b Elizabeth Mavor, The Ladies of Llangollen (London: Penguin, 1971), page ??
- ^ Landazuri, Margaret. "The Bostonians". 50 Years of Merchant-Ivory. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (July 31, 1998). "Finding Courage and Anguish Along the Road to Gay Pride". New York Times. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
- ^ a b Faderman, Lillian To Believe in Women: What Lesbians Have Done For America - A History (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999), pp. ?
- Katherine B. Davis, Factors in the sex life of twenty-two hundred women (NY: Harper Brothers, 1929)
- Lillian Faderman, Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America (Columbia University Press, 1991)
- Lillian Faderman, Surpassing the Love of Men: Romantic Friendship and Love Between Women from the Renaissance to the Present (NY: Morrow, 1981)
- Carol Brooks Gardner, "Boston marriages," in Jodi O'Brien, ed., Encyclopedia of Gender and Society, vol. 1 (SAGE Publications, 2009), pp. 87–88, available online (mistakenly says Henry James used the term)
- Esther D. Rothblum and Kathleen A. Brehony, eds., Boston Marriages: Romantic but Asexual Relationships among Contemporary Lesbians (University of Massachusetts Press, 1993)
- Carroll Smith-Rosenberg, Disorderly Conduct: Visions of Gender in Victorian America (Oxford University Press, 1986)
- Elizabeth Mavor, "The Ladies of Llangollen: A Study of Romantic Friendship" (London: Penguin, 1971)
External links[edit]
|Look up boston marriage in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
- "So, Are You Two Together?"—Ms. Magazine, fiction by Pagan Kennedy.
- "Boston Marriage"-list of relevant articles on About.com


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"Doubts on Romney's Conservatism Help Santorum in the South," reads the ABC News headline from March 13. The headline would have you believe that Rick Santorum trounced Mitt Romney in the Alabama and Mississippi GOP primaries. It obscures the fact that Santorum beat Romney by just 44-39 percent in Alabama and 42-39 percent in Mississippi. In other words, nearly half of GOP primary voters in these states voted for Romney.
The headline not only obscures the kinds of political divisions that divide the rural and more liberal urban parts of the South; it also feeds into the idea that Southern conservatives vote primarily on "family values" issues, and takes it on good faith that Romney -- who has moved awfully far to the Right during primary season – is somehow the more civilized, sane, humane and/or liberal of the two.
In January, CNN contributor John Avlon wrote about the ugly stereotypes about South Carolina that he saw as that state's primaries kicked off: "You know, the characterization of South Carolina as a swamp of sleazy politics and brutal attack ads, a Bible belt bastion of rednecks and racism, a state defined by Bob Jones University. Sometimes these stereotypes are floated in political conversations as evidence of how 'real' the state is in determining the true feelings of the conservative base."
These stereotypes are nothing new. In fact, they often date back to the Civil War. They tend to denigrate the Southern poor, under-educated and rural in ways that bear striking resemblance to Republican rhetoric that demonizes the poor in general. But every election season, those of us who have spent most of our lives in the South are reminded of the devastating misconceptions that many other Americans have about us. The Right romanticizes us as the " real America" while the Left treats us a punchline. Polling organizations like Public Policy Polling design studies that target Southern states and reinforce the national sense that we are backward and dim-witted. Here are just a few of the ways in which popular political narratives distort the contemporary realities of Southern life in historical context.
1. We are not predominantly rural.
This one should be a no-brainer. Of course, it is clear to people who live here that our economies no longer operate by way of large-scale plantation systems, if they ever did in the first place. Ferrel Guillory, a UNC-Chapel Hill professor in the school of Journalism and Mass Communication tells AlterNet, "There is this common wisdom out there that the South remains a rural place dominated by working-class people with no education past high school."
But the reality is much more complex: "The truth is the South is much more of a metropolitan place. Three out of four Southerners live in metropolitan areas – some combination of cities, suburb and exurb. Throughout the last quarter of the 20th century – up until the recession hit – the South was the fastest growing section in the country. It had outpaced the nation in job and population growth."
Guillory is the founding director of UNC's Program on Public Life. He also teaches courses about the political history of the South. He does this, he says, to teach budding journalists how to write about the region in ways that provide appropriate context: "What tends not to be captured is how the South is still the South, but more complex, more diverse. True, you can go into some small towns and find classic Mayberry, and you can go into other small towns and find a lot of poverty. One of the tragic consequences of the recession," he says, "is poverty in the South, which had been declining. It has gone back up to mid-1990s levels in the past few years."
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MattieologieIn 2011, news coverage—including a spot in Essence.com's "Forty Fab Fashion Bloggers"—helped twenty-seven-year-old Mattie James catapult her hobby into a full-time career. She showcases her eclectic style through outfit posts (where she might take a scarf, for example, and style it with a dress) and YouTube product reviews. In August she started Atlanta Style Bloggers, organizing events, blog-building exercises, and newsletters for more than 150 members. mattieologie.com, atlantastylebloggers.com
JennySue MakeupBeauty blogger Jennifer Duvall is a self-proclaimed "mommy with a makeup problem." The mother of three launched JennySue Makeup in 2008 after working as a makeup artist for local brides. With more than 30,000 hits a month—mostly thirty-something women like herself—Duvall offers how-to-apply tutorials on everything from a bold red lip to winged black eyeliner. Her makeup bag is filled with a variety of sponsors, which send her products to test and review. jennysuemakeup.com
The Fashionista Next DoorEboni Saint-Elie caught the blogging bug when she joined Twitter in 2008. She tried her hand at different blog topics—long-distance relationships, weight loss—but it wasn't until she began the stylish and budget-conscious Fashionista Next Door that she found her niche. Popular features like Style Me Friday, in which readers can submit pictures of a styled look for Saint-Elie to re-create from her own closet, have helped the site draw upwards of 50,000 hits each month. fashionista-next-door.com
AsianCajunsPrevious "Best of Atlanta" winners for their AsianCajuns blog, twin sisters Catherine and Lauren Lee are now taking the site international. The duo have managed their lifestyle-and-fashion blog from Decatur since 2007, but when Lauren moved to Edinburgh with her husband in late 2011, the pair decided to showcase how fashion can translate across the pond. In addition to personal style posts, the twins highlight local boutiques, cafes, and events in their respective cities. asiancajuns.com
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